List of shipwrecks in 1947
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1 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Karla |  Denmark |
The cable laying ship struck a mine and sank in the Gulf of Finland, 15 nautical miles (28 km) of Ormus Island, Estonia. Sixteen of the 44 crew were killed.[1] |
2 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Caritas I |  Belgium |
The cargo ship broke in two and sank after being beached in the River Scheldt following a collision with Jan Steen ( Netherlands) on 1 January. |
| Empire Wharfe |  United Kingdom |
The cargo ship arrived at Lagos, Nigeria on fire and was beached in Badagry Creek. Refloated on 6 January, repaired and returned to service.[2] |
3 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Magnhild |  Norway |
The cargo ship collided with Imba No. 401 ( Soviet Union) whilst on a voyage from Kolding, Denmark to Gdynia, Poland.[3] |
5 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lois | United Kingdom |
The 130-foot (40 m), 286-ton trawler, a sold off (either a "Non-standard" Mersey-class, or Castle-class) anti-submarine naval trawler, was wrecked in a blizzard and mountainous seas at Grindavik, Iceland. She broke up, a total loss. Her captain was swept away and died.[4][5] |
| Varvassi |  Greece |
The cargo ship ran aground off the Needles Lighthouse, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom.[6] |
7 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pollnes | Norway |
The cargo ship foundered off the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom whilst on a voyage from Bodø, Norway, to Dublin, Ireland. Thirteen crew killed.[3] |
8 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Senjen | Norway |
The cargo ship ran aground west of the Kvaløy Lighthouse whilst on a voyage from Bangsund to Trondheim, Norway.[3] |
11 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ewell | United Kingdom |
The collier ran aground off Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk.[7] |
12 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Clarinda |  United States |
The 76 GRT, 89.6-foot (27.3 m) motor cargo vessel was destroyed by fire at Sand Point, Territory of Alaska.[8] |
13 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Good Shepherd | United Kingdom |
The ship was driven ashore on Fair Isle and was a total loss.[7] |
14 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Astafjorden | Norway |
The cargo ship sank west of Kvænangen Municipality whilst on a voyage from Tromsø to Hammerfest, Norway.[3] |
| Simbra | United Kingdom |
The whaler foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all bar one of her sixteen crew.[9] |
18 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| British Earl | United Kingdom |
The tanker struck a mine in the Great Belt and was beached on Langeland, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Abadan, Iran to Stockholm, Sweden. She was refloated on 25 January and taken in tow for Nyborg, Denmark.[10] |
19 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Chihkiang |  China |
The passenger ship collided with a tug and sank at Shanghai with the loss of at least 100 lives.[11] |
| Heimara | Greece |
The ferry run aground and sank off Kavalliani in the South Euboean Gulf with the loss of about 300 lives. |
| Wanganella |  Australia |
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20 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Drexel Victory | United States |
The Victory ship ran aground on the Peacock Spit, at the mouth of the Columbia River, Oregon. She was on a voyage from Astoria, Oregon to Yokohama, Japan. She was refloated, but consequently sank 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off the Cape Disappointment Lighthouse.[12] |
| Empire Grassland | Australia |
The hopper ship foundered in the Pacific Ocean 70 nautical miles (130 km) north north west of Carnarvon, Western Australia whilst under tow from Singapore to Australia by Empire Downland ( Australia).[13] |
21 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Bonaventure |  Royal Navy |
The submarine tender ran aground at Cape Melville, Australia.[14] Refloated on 23 January.[15] |
23 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ampleforth | United Kingdom |
The cargo ship was driven ashore in a storm at Tel Aviv, Palestine. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Haifa, Israel. Ampleforth was refloated on 3 March but declared a constructive total loss. She was repaired, sold and re-entered service in 1948 as Bangor Bay.[16] |
25 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| British Earl | United Kingdom |
The tanker ran aground at Sprogø, Denmark. She was being towed from Langeland to Nyborg. She was refloated and completed her voyage.[10] |
| Storesand I | Norway |
The cargo ship sank in the Drammensfjord whilst on a voyage from Gilhus to Oslo, Norway.[3] |
26 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sten Sture |  Sweden |
The cargo ship (ex Sverre Nergaard) sank off of Bornholm while on a voyage from Gdańsk, Poland to Helsingborg, Sweden with the loss of 5 officers and 13 crew.[17][18][19] |
27 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Middlebury Victory | United States |
The Victory ship ran aground on the Île de Planier, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. She was on a voyage from Haifa, Palestine to New York. The ship was abandoned on 3 February. She was declared a constructive total loss in October 1947.[20] |
29 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Samwater | United Kingdom |
The Liberty ship caught fire and sank in the Atlantic Ocean (42°41′N 10°13′W / 42.683°N 10.217°W).[21] |
30 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Star of Mex |  Egypt |
The cargo ship ran aground off Bahrain. The ship was attacked by Arab pirates on 15 February. All 28 crew rescued by British Destiny ( United Kingdom).[22] |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Edwin C. Eckel | United States Army |
The 360-foot (110 m), concrete-hulled cargo ship was damaged in a typhoon on 11 November 1946 and declared a constructive total loss. She was scuttled by the United States Army at an unknown location sometime in January.[23] |
February
2 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dora Oldendorff |  Allied-occupied Germany |
The cargo ship was scuttled in the Bay of Biscay (47°40′N 9°02′W / 47.667°N 9.033°W) with a cargo of obsolete chemical ammunition.[24][25] |
5 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Winkleigh | United Kingdom |
The cargo ship ran aground off the mouth of the Humber.[26] |
8 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ary |  Panama |
The cargo ship was carrying coal from Port Talbot, Wales to Waterford, Ireland when the vessel foundered in the waters off County Waterford during the notoriously cold winter of 1946–1947. 15 of the 16 crew died (most of them Poles); many are buried at Ardmore Cathedral, Ireland.[27][28][29][30] |
18 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Arrow | United States Army |
The United States Army transport, formerly the Colonial Navigation Company's Belfast (1909), wrecked off Ocean Park, Washington while under tow to Puget Sound.[31][32] |
26 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| P T & B Co. 1651 | United States |
The 1,008 GRT barge was wrecked on Lewis Reef (55°22′30″N 131°44′15″W / 55.37500°N 131.73750°W) in Tongass Narrows in Southeast Alaska near Ketchikan, Territory of Alaska.[33] |
| Royal Oak | United States |
The T2 tanker caught fire off Esmeraldos, Ecuador (1°04′N 80°03′W / 1.067°N 80.050°W) and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Talara, Peru to Buenaventura. She was later reboarded and the fire was extinguished. She was towed in to Balboa, Panama. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.[34] |
| Royal Ulsterman | United Kingdom |
The ferry ran aground at Clauchlands Point, Isle of Arran, Argyllshire. Refloated with the aid of the tug Vanguard ( United Kingdom).[35] |
| USS YON-163 | United States Navy |
The YOG-40 class fuel oil barge sank while being towed from Eniwetok to Kwajalein.[36] |
| Zephyros | Greece |
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Cullercoats, Northumberland, United Kingdom.[35] |
| Zeprom | Greece |
The cargo ship ran aground at Whitley Bay, Northumberland, United Kingdom. All 35 crew rescued.[35] |
March
3 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Luana |  Italy |
The vessel struck a mine and sank 20 nautical miles (37 km) south of Capo Promontore, Yugoslavia.[37] |
| Novadoc |  Canada |
Carrying a cargo of gypsum and a crew of 24, the 2,250 GRT cargo ship sent a distress signal reporting herself taking on water in the Atlantic Ocean 22 nautical miles (41 km) east of Portland, Maine, during a gale. She probably sank in over 400 feet (120 m) of water. An extensive search failed to find any trace of her or her crew.[38] |
| Oakey L. Alexander | United States |
Carrying a cargo of coal, the 5,284 GRT cargo ship broke in half in the Atlantic Ocean during a gale. Her bow section disappeared. Her stern section sank in up to 20 feet (6.1 m) of water just off Cape Elizabeth, Maine. Her entire crew survived.[39] |
4 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bolivar | Norway |
The cargo ship ran aground on the Kish Bank, Irish Sea whilst on a voyage from Dublin, Ireland to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[3] |
6 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Trondhjem | Norway |
The cargo ship struck a mine in the Weser, West Germany and sank. She was on a voyage from Stavanger, Norway to Hamburg.[3] |
8 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ira | Greece |
The Liberty ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom and broke in two. All 34 crew rescued by the Walmer Lifeboat.[40] |
9 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sondra Lee | United States |
The 296 GRT, 99.1-foot (30.2 m) motor cargo vessel was destroyed by fire in Wrangell Narrows in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[41] |
12 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fort Dearborn | United States |
The T2 tanker broke in two in the Pacific Ocean 800 nautical miles (1,500 km) north west of Honolulu, Hawaii. Ten crew on the bow section were rescued by General W. H. Gordon ( United States). Twenty-two crew on the stern section were rescued by USS Eldorado ( United States Navy). The bow section was shelled and sunk, the stern section was towed to Hawaii. Fort Dearborn was on a voyage from San Francisco, California to Shanghai, China.[42] |
13 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Edmund Fanning | United States |
The Liberty ship exploded at Genoa Italy and was beached. She was later refloated but declared a constructive total loss and scrapped.[43] |
| Empire Jonquil | United Kingdom |
The cargo ship caught fire in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) north east of the Outer Dowsing Lightship ( Trinity House) and was abandoned by her crew. She was subsequently boarded by the crew of a fishing trawler and beached in the Humber, where the fire was extinguished. She was refloated and taken in to Hull Docks, where she sank. Empire Jonquil was declared a constructive total loss. She was later repaired and returned to service.[44] |
19 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Famagusta | United Kingdom |
The former landing craft tank was abandoned in position 44°27'N 9°07'"W, 70 nautical miles (130 km) north northwest of A Coruña, Spain, in the Bay of Biscay, after taking water in a gale, and subsequently sank. She was on a voyage from London to Cyprus with a cargo of lorries. Eleven survivors were rescued by steamship Empire Plover ( United Kingdom); the owner, his wife, and three others (one from Empire Plover) were drowned when a lifeboat capsized in heavy seas.[45][46] |
| ROCS Fu Po |  Republic of China Navy |
The Flower-class corvette sank in a collision with the merchant ship Hai Ming ( Republic of China) in the Formosa Strait.[47][48] |
20 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alexandra |  Greece |
The cargo ship struck a mine in the North Sea (53°31′N 4°57′E / 53.517°N 4.950°E) and was severely damaged. She was towed in to Zeebrugge, West Flanders, Belgium. She was consequently scrapped.[49] |
21 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMCS Onyx | Royal Canadian Navy |
The Admiralty-type drifter foundered. |
22 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Empire Contamar | United Kingdom |
The schooner ran aground in St Austell Bay. Seven crew rescued by the Fowey lifeboat. Refloated in June and declared a constructive total loss but rebuilt as a coaster and returned to service.[50] |
24 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Garnes | Norway |
The cargo ship struck a mine north of Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. She was taken in tow but sank at (53°26′N 4°35′E / 53.433°N 4.583°E). Garnes was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Emden, West Germany.[3][51] |
25 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| St. Lawrence Victory | United States |
The Victory ship struck a mine 8 nautical miles (15 km) off Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia and was beached off Korcula. Salvage was subsequently claimed by Yugoslav authorities and she was abandoned as a constructive total loss by the War Shipping Administration. Subsequently rebuilt and entered Yugoslav service as Zagreb[52] |
26 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Albert Kahn | United States |
The 360-foot (110 m), concrete-hulled cargo ship was severely damaged in a typhoon at Saipan on 10 September 1946 and declared a constructive total loss on 9 October. She was scuttled by the United States Army at (13°24′N 144°15′E / 13.400°N 144.250°E).[23] |
27 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS Carmita | United States Navy |
The Trefoil-class concrete barge was reported as sunk by the Ship Repair Facility, Manicani, near Samar, Philippines.[53] |
28 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sevilla | Norway |
The cargo ship collided with Clio ( Norway) west of Bloksen and sank with the loss of ten crew. She was on a voyage from Bergen, Norway to Geneva, Switzerland.[3] |
30 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Titania | Norway |
The cargo ship struck a mine off the Dutch coast (53°35′N 4°35′E / 53.583°N 4.583°E) whilst on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Oslo, Norway. Declared a constructive total loss and scrapped at Stavanger, Norway.[3] |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hrvatska |  Yugoslavia |
The Victory ship struck a naval mine in the Adriatic Sea near Dubrovnik and was beached to prevent sinking. Raised, repaired, and returned to service in 1949.[54] |
| Kunitsu Maru |  Imperial Japanese Navy |
The Kamitsu-class transport, irreparably damaged when sunk during World War II, was scuttled off Singapore sometime in March.[55] |
| USS LCT-746 | United States Navy |
The decommissioned Landing Craft, Tank was scuttled in the Pacific Ocean off Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, sometime in March after use as a target in the Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests of 1946.[56] |
April
1 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Freelock | United Kingdom |
The cargo ship sank on this date.[57] |
3 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Stancliffe | United Kingdom |
The collier ran aground at Sharpness, Gloucestershire. She was declared a constructive total loss but was later repaired and returned to service.[58] |
4 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS Ernest G. Small | United States Navy |
The Gearing-class destroyer ran aground off Block Island, Rhode Island.[59] |
6 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hilary A. Herbert | United States |
The Liberty ship ran aground in the Scheldt. She was on a voyage from the Hampton Roads, Virginia, to Antwerp. She was refloated on 13 April and towed in to Antwerp. Although declared a constructive total loss, she was subsequently sold, repaired and returned to service.[60] |
12 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Acacia | Sweden |
The cargo ship struck a mine and sank off Falsterbo.[61] |
13 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Belpamela | Norway |
The heavy-lift ship sank in a storm off Newfoundland. The ship's cargo included 16 locomotives for the French Railways.[62] |
14 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Queen Elizabeth | United Kingdom |
The ocean liner ran aground on the Brambles Bank in the Solent.[63] Refloated the next day.[64] |
15 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Georgie | Panama |
The cargo ship ran aground at St Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom.[65] |
| Empire Passmore | United Kingdom |
The coaster struck a mine off the Horsborough Lighthouse, Singapore and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Kuching, Malaya to Singapore. She was towed in to Singapore by Anhui ( United Kingdom) Subsequently repaired and returned to service.[66] |
| Nicolaos G Kulukundis | Greece |
The cargo ship ran aground off Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom.[64] |
16 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Grandcamp |  France |
Texas City disaster: The Liberty ship caught fire at Texas City, Texas, United States. She was obliterated by the explosion of her cargo of explosives. Around 580 people were killed. |
| Great Isaac | United States |
While towing the Liberty ship Thomas M. Cooley ( United States), the 1,117 GRT tug sank in 90 feet (27 m) of water off Barnegat Light, New Jersey, after colliding with the cargo ship Bandeirante ( Norway) in dense fog. Bandeirante rescued her entire crew of 27.[67][68] |
| Wilson B. Keene | United States |
 Texas City disaster: The Liberty ship was sunk by the explosion of Grandcamp ( |
18 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sir Harvey Adamson | United Kingdom |
The 219.7 ft (67.0 m), 1,030 GRT British India Steam Navigation Company coastal steamship disappeared in the Andaman Sea en route from Rangoon to Tavoy, Burma. All 64 crew and 205 passengers were lost.[69][70] |
23 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Samtampa | United Kingdom |
The Liberty ship was driven ashore at Sker Point, Glamorgan and broke in three. All 39 crew were lost, as well as all eight crew of the Mumbles lifeboat Edward, Prince of Wales ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). |
| HMS Warspite | Royal Navy |
The battleship ran aground at Prussia Cove after parting tow on final voyage from Portsmouth to the breakers yard on the Clyde.[71] Towed to Marazion in 1950 and dismantled.[72][73] |
24 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Benghazi | United Kingdom |
The trawler, a sold off Castle-class naval trawler, was driven aground in a gale on rocks off Eilean Dubh Beag (Little Black Isle), Firth of Lorne falling on her beams end. Twelve crewmen made it to shore in her boat, but one died of hypothermia after plugging a leak with his hand. The vessel later floated free but was driven ashore again on Fladda Island in Luing Sound. Of the four crew still on board one was washed away and the other three rescued by a lifeboat. Two days later another gale struck causing her to slip off the rocks and sink, a total loss.[74][75] |
28 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Merganser | United Kingdom |
The ship collided with the Victory ship Norwalk Victory ( United States) and sank in the River Scheldt between Doel and Liefkenshoek, Belgium with the loss of a crew member.[76][77] Raised on 2 July and beached. Repaired between 1949 and 1951, sold and returned to service.[78] |
29 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Witherington | Royal Navy |
Under tow to the breaker's yard, the decommissioned Admiralty modified W-class destroyer parted her tow line in a gale and was wrecked on the northeast coast of England off the mouth of the River Tyne. |
30 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Teniente Pratt Gill |  Paraguay |
Paraguayan Civil War: The transport was attacked by two aircraft and forced to run aground at Río Pilcomayo.[79] |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| San Nicolao | Panama |
The cargo ship departed from the Tees on 2 April bound for Gibraltar. No further trace.[80] |
May
2 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Wicklow Head | United Kingdom |
The cargo ship ran aground near Port Mouton, Nova Scotia, Canada. All 30 crew were rescued by the fishing vessel Ray Richard ( Canada).[81] Wicklow Head was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. She was further damaged in storms between 8 and 12 June and was declared a constructive total loss.[82] |
8 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Muirchú |  Irish Naval Service |
The decommissioned patrol vessel sank in the Irish Sea off the Saltee Islands, County Wexford, Ireland, while under tow to a scrapyard. |
11 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Stanhill | United Kingdom |
The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Palmas, Liberia. She was on a voyage from Lagos, Nigeria to the Clyde. She was looted and set afire by the local inhabitants and was consequently declared a constructive total loss.[83] |
13 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Balena | United Kingdom |
The whaler ran aground on the Shipwash Shoal, off the coast of Essex. Refloated but again ran aground.[84] |
| SATS General Botha |  South African Navy |
The decommissioned accommodation ship was sunk as a target in False Bay off Simonstown, South Africa.[85] |
14 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Balena | United Kingdom |
The whaler ran aground off Gorleston, Norfolk.[86] |
17 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS Oklahoma | United States Navy |
The decommissioned Nevada-class battleship sank under tow 540 nautical miles (1,000 km) off Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, while on her way to San Francisco, California, for scrapping. |
20 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kairyu Maru |  Japan |
The ship was sunk by a mine.[87] |
22 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS Mallard | United States Navy |
The decommissioned Lapwing-class minesweeper was sunk as a target by the submarine USS Piper ( United States Navy). |
24 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Newhall Hills | United States |
The tanker collided with Monica ( Sweden) off the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom causing an explosion in No.2 tank and subsequent fire. Two hours later, an explosion blew off her bow forward of No.3 tank and that section sank. Newhall Hills was towed to Sheerness.[88] She was repaired in February 1948 and returned to service.[89] |
| Oceanic II | Belgium |
The trawler was in collision with John la Farge ( United States) and was cut in two. She sank with the loss of three of her five crew.[88] |
25 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Trader Horn | United Kingdom |
The schooner foundered in the Caribbean with the loss of two of her five crew.[90] |
31 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Berlin | Germany |
The former cruiser was scuttled in the Skagerrak to dispose of chemical weapons.[91] |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| S. D. J. | United Kingdom |
The 87.3-foot (26.6 m), 100-ton drifter failed to make daily contact on 12 May. Debris later found indicated she was sunk by a mine in the North Sea. Lost with all nine hands.[92][93] |
June
4 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Emperor | Canada |
The cargo ship struck a rock and sank of Isle Royale, Lake Superior with the loss of twelve of her 33 crew. The survivors were rescued by USCGC Kimball ( United States Coast Guard).[94] |
6 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS LCT 1068 | Royal Navy |
The landing craft tank was lost on this date. |
11 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Loch Hope | United Kingdom |
The 125.4-foot (38.2 m), 273.94-ton trawler was sunk by a mine that came up in her nets off the east coast of Iceland. One person was killed, and the 17 survivors, of whom 8 were wounded, were rescued by Urka ( United Kingdom).[95][96] |
12 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ford Dearborn | United States |
The T2 tanker broke in two in the Pacific Ocean 800 nautical miles (1,500 km) north west of Honolulu, Hawaii (36°00′N 168°00′W / 36.000°N 168.000°W). She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California to Shanghai, China. The bow was sunk by United States Navy gunfire. The stern section was towed to Honolulu. Declared a constructive total loss, it was used as a floating power plant for four years before being scrapped.[97] |
14 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Winifred | United States |
The 13 GRT, 37-foot (11 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Uganik, Territory of Alaska.[98] |
21 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cape Karluk | United States |
The 15 GRT, 32.6-foot (9.9 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire off Kumlik Island (56°38′N 157°24′W / 56.633°N 157.400°W) on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula in the Territory of Alaska.[8] |
22 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fairplay II | United Kingdom |
 Netherlands). Fairplay II was refloated on 13 August. Although declared a constructive total loss, she was repaired and returned to service.[99] |
28 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Heron | Greece |
The cargo ship collided with Stal ( Denmark) in the English Channel off Folkestone, Kent, United Kingdom and sank with the loss of one of her 24 crew. The survivors were rescued by Suavity ( United Kingdom).[100] |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS LCT-816 | United States Navy |
The decommissioned Landing Craft, Tank was sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, sometime in June after use as a target in the Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests of 1946.[101] |
| Old Ocean | United States |
The T1 tanker sank whilst laid up at San Francisco, California. Although salvaged, she was declared not worthy of repair and was scrapped in 1951.[102] |
| Ourang Medan | Netherlands |
The ghost ship allegedly exploded and sank after its crew died under suspicious circumstances. |
July
1 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Panigaglia |  Italy |
The ship exploded at Santo Stefano, Sardinia, killing 68 people.[59] |
3 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kronholm | Norway |
The former minesweeper was destroyed by fire at the Soon shipyard.[3] |
4 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| M. Xilas | Greece |
The Design 1022 ship caught fire at Ko Sichang, Thailand. She was beached and abandoned, and sank on 13 July.[103] |
11 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ARP Humaitá | Paraguayan Navy (Revolutionary) |
Paraguayan Civil War: The Humaitá-class gunboat, under control of Revolutionaries, was bombed and damaged by government North American T-6 Texan aircraft and forced to run aground off Ituzaingó. Refloated 13 August.[104] |
13 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rainbow III | United States |
The 139 GRT, 100.3-foot (30.6 m) fishing vessel was wrecked in Marmot Bay (58°03′52″N 152°15′16″W / 58.0644°N 152.2544°W) on Afognak Island in the Kodiak Archipelago near Afognak, Territory of Alaska.[105] |
17 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Empire Lark | United Kingdom |
The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean (47°55′N 8°25′W / 47.917°N 8.417°W) with a cargo of obsolete chemical bombs and contaminated soil.[106] |
| Ramdas |  India |
The coastal passenger ship sank 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Bombay with the loss of around 600 lives.[107] |
18 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Avis | United States |
The 8 GRT, 31-foot (9.4 m) fishing vessel sank in Cross Sound in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[108] |
19 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hong Kheng | United Kingdom |
The passenger ship ran aground at Chilang Point, Hong Kong. All on board, more than 1,800 people, were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rangoon, Burma to Amoy, China. She was a total loss.[109] |
21 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nascopie | Canada |
The steamer was wrecked near Cape Dorset near the southern tip of Canada's Baffin Island. |
22 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lützow |  Kriegsmarine |
World War II: The captured Deutschland-class cruiser was sunk by the Soviet Union in the Baltic Sea off Świnoujście, Poland, during weapons testing.[110] |
23 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Empire Lifeguard | United Kingdom |
The cargo ship was sunk at Haifa, Palestine by limpet mines which had been placed on her hull whilst at Famagusta, Cyprus. Refloated on 8 August, subsequently repaired and returned to service.[111] |
28 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ocean Liberty | Norway |
The Liberty ship caught fire at Brest, France whilst unloading a cargo of ammonium nitrate. Later towed out of port. Attempts by the French Navy to scuttle her failed. She exploded and was obliterated apart from her stern.[3][112] |
31 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS Chewink | United States Navy |
The decommissioned Lapwing-class minesweeper was sunk as a target in Long Island Sound off New London, Connecticut. |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ROCS Heyong | Republic of China Navy |
Chinese Civil War: The landing craft tank ran aground and was stranded in a river in Jiangsu Province. Captured and put in Communist Chinese service.[113] |
| Kapsul |  Soviet Navy |
The patrol vessel ran aground. She was refloated in July 1948.[114] |
| Leighton | United Kingdom |
The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean with a cargo of obsolete chemical ammunition.[115] |
August
1 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown cargo ship | Paraguay (Revolutionary) |
Paraguayan Civil War: The twin-masted river cargo ship was bombed by government aircraft at Puerto Ybapobó, causing her cargo of ammo and explosives to explode.[116] |
8 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ole II | United States |
The 8 GRT, 31.9-foot (9.7 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in Union Bay in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[117] |
9 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Leighton | United Kingdom |
The cargo ship was scuttled with an obsolete cargo of ammunition, 100 nautical miles (190 km) northwest of Malin Head (56°22′N 9°27′W / 56.367°N 9.450°W).[118][119] |
11 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Gravina Point | United States |
The 59 GRT, 71.6-foot (21.8 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Cordova, Territory of Alaska.[120] |
11 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Red Gauntlet | United Kingdom |
The 154.6-foot (47.1 m), 422-ton trawler, a sold off Tree-class trawler/minesweeping trawler, was wrecked on a reef at South Cape, Spitzbergen. All 22 hands rescued by Northern Spray ( United Kingdom).[121][122] |
15 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Helium BCL 3051 | United States |
The 265-foot (81 m), B5-BJ1-class concrete-hulled barge dragged her anchor in heavy seas and stranded on a reef at Waikiki, Hawaii (21°16′N 157°50′W / 21.267°N 157.833°W). The wreck was dispersed with explosives in July 1948 after attempts to refloat her failed.[123] |
16 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Graf Zeppelin | Kriegsmarine |
World War II: The captured, incomplete Graf Zeppelin-class aircraft carrier was sunk by the Soviet Union in the Baltic Sea off Świnoujście, Poland, during weapons testing.[110] |
18 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rovena | Norway |
Wrecked off Langanes, Iceland. |
20 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mayo | United States |
The 23 GRT, 42.9-foot (13.1 m) fishing vessel sank 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) off Ninilchik Light (60°03′N 151°40′W / 60.050°N 151.667°W) near Ninilchik, Territory of Alaska.[124] |
21 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Empire John | United Kingdom |
The Larch-class tug struck a mine off Kiel, Allied-occupied Germany. She was towing a corvette from Harwich, Essex to Copenhagen, Denmark. She put in to Kiel. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.[125] |
| VAS 234 |  Regia Marina |
The VAS 231-class submarine chaser burned at Vinice.[126] |
25 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS S-24 | United States Navy |
The decommissioned S-class submarine was sunk for use as a sonar target in the Pacific Ocean off Portland, Oregon. |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unidentified MAS boat | Regia Marina |
The captured MAS boat was sunk by explosives off Marsaxlokk, Malta. Five other MAS boats were scuttled in open seas.[127] |
September
3 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tidings | United States |
The 17 GRT, 40.5-foot (12.3 m) fishing vessel ran aground and sank off Soapstone Point (58°06′10″N 136°29′50″W / 58.10278°N 136.49722°W) in Cross Sound in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[128] |
6 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Matagalpa | United States Army |
The fire-damaged fast transport, a former Clemson-class destroyer, was scuttled off Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
8 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Norfisk | Norway |
The cargo ship was abandoned whilst on a voyage from Aalborg, Denmark to Tórshavn, the Faroe Islands.[3] |
| RFA Thorpebay |  Royal Fleet Auxiliary |
The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean (47°47′03″N 8°21′00″W / 47.78417°N 8.35000°W) with a cargo of obsolete chemical ammunition.[129] |
9 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Goma | Norway |
The cargo ship sank north of the Tylön Lightship whilst on a voyage from Aalborg, Denmark to Gdańsk, Poland.[3] |
| Thomas Altoft | United Kingdom |
The sold off Castle-class trawler was wrecked on the rocks off Glas Island, Scalpay, Harris, a constructive total loss. All 14 hands rescued by Flanders ( United Kingdom). The skipper of Flanders was awarded an inscribed silver bowl for the feat of seamanship in the rescue.[130][131] |
13 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMAS Warrnambool | Royal Australian Navy |
 |
15 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rolfsøy | Norway |
The cargo ship ran aground off Egersund whilst on a voyage from Fredrikstad to Harstad, Norway.[3] |
16 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sunset | Norway |
The cargo ship sank off the coast of Norway whilst on a voyage from Raufarhafn to Åkrehamn.[3] |
28 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS LCI(L)-332 | United States Navy |
The decommissioned Landing Craft, Infantry was scuttled in the Pacific Ocean off Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands after use as a target in the Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests.[132] |
29 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS Douglas H. Fox | United States Navy |
The Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer struck a mine and was damaged in the Adriatic Sea 18 nautical miles (33 km) off Trieste, Italy. Three of her crew were killed.[59] |
Unknown September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS LCT-412 | United States Navy |
The decommissioned Landing Craft, Tank was scuttled in the Pacific Ocean off Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, sometime in September after use as a target in the Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests of 1946.[133] |
| USS LCT-705 | United States Navy |
The decommissioned Landing Craft, Tank was scuttled in the Pacific Ocean off Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, sometime in September after use as a target in the Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests of 1946.[134] |
| USS LCT-818 | United States Navy |
The decommissioned Landing Craft, Tank was scuttled in the Pacific Ocean off Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, sometime in September after use as a target in the Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests of 1946.[135] |
| USS LCT-874 | United States Navy |
The decommissioned Landing Craft, Tank was scuttled in the Pacific Ocean off Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, sometime in September after use as a target in the Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests of 1946.[136] |
| USS LCT-1013 | United States Navy |
The decommissioned Landing Craft, Tank was scuttled in the Pacific Ocean off Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, sometime in September after use as a target in the Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests of 1946.[136] |
| USS LCT-1078 | United States Navy |
The decommissioned Landing Craft, Tank was scuttled in the Pacific Ocean off Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, sometime in September after use as a target in the Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests of 1946.[137] |
| USS LCT-1112 | United States Navy |
The decommissioned Landing Craft, Tank was scuttled in the Pacific Ocean off Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, sometime in September after use as a target in the Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests of 1946.[138] |
| USS LCT-1113 | United States Navy |
The decommissioned Landing Craft, Tank was scuttled in the Pacific Ocean off Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands, sometime in September after use as a target in the Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests of 1946.[139] |
October
2 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Reine II | Norway |
The cargo ship sank off Halmstad, Sweden, with the loss of all five crew. She was on a voyage for Halmstad to Oslo, Norway, and may have struck a mine.[3] |
4 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Troll | Norway |
The cargo ship collided in the Øresund with the DFDS ship Jolantha ( Denmark) and sank. Raised on 22 January 1948 and repaired at Copenhagen, Denmark. Returned to service as Bandak.[3] |
6 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Advance | United States |
The 17 GRT, 40-foot (12.2 m) motor vessel was destroyed by fire on a beach on Gravina Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska between Rosa Reef (55°24′46″N 131°48′10″W / 55.4128°N 131.8028°W) and Channel Island (55°26′48″N 131°52′45″W / 55.44667°N 131.87917°W).[108] |
| USS Crittenden | United States Navy |
The decommissioned Gilliam-class attack transport was sunk in an explosives test in the Pacific Ocean off the Farallon Islands. |
7 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Betty Hindley | United Kingdom |
The coaster struck a mine off Scarborough, Yorkshire and broke her back. She was beached sinking by the bows. One crewmember was killed. Betty Hindley was on a voyage from London to the River Tyne. She was a total loss.[140][141] |
| Bro | Norway |
The cargo ship ran aground off the coast of Iceland whilst on a voyage from Sandur, Faroe Islands to Reykjavík, Iceland.[3] |
11 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Gulfstream | Canada |
The ferry was wrecked off Powell River, British Columbia.[142] |
15 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Gillstone | Norway |
The Isles-class trawler was driven ashore at Kvalbeinsrumen, Jæren, Norway whilst on a voyage from Bergen to Risør for conversion to a merchant ship. Later refloated and returned to Bergen.[3] |
16 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Auk | United States |
The 28 GRT, 60.2-foot (18.3 m) tug was wrecked at the mouth of the Ugashik River on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska.[108] |
18 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alannah | United States |
The 41 GRT, 51.1-foot (15.6 m) fishing vessel was wrecked off Cape Fox Island (54°45′50″N 130°51′00″W / 54.76389°N 130.85000°W) in Dixon Entrance in Southeast Alaska.[108] |
19 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Corona | Norway |
The cargo ship, which had been refloated two days earlier having sunk on 24 February 1943, sank in the Mediterranean Sea whilst under tow 20 nautical miles (37 km) north of Derna, Libya.[143] |
21 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Oda | Norway |
The cargo ship capsized and sank at Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua whilst being loaded with a cargo of timber bound for Maracaibo, Venezuela.[3] |
| U-190 | Royal Canadian Navy |
The Type IXC/40 submarine was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean by Avro Anson, Fairey Firefly, Fairey Swordfish and Supermarine Seafire aircraft of the Royal Canadian Air Force and by HMCS Haida, HMCS New Liskeard and HMCS Nootka (all Royal Canadian Navy). |
30 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS LCI(L)-327 | United States Navy |
The decommissioned Landing Craft, Infantry was destroyed at Bascombe Island (Meck Island), Kwajalein, Marshall Islands after use as a target in the Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests.[144] |
| Matrona | United Kingdom |
The passenger ship capsized at Birkenhead, Cheshire. Righted in June 1949, she was declared a constructive total loss and scrapped.[129][145][146] |
31 October
November
1 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tilla | Norway |
The cargo ship sank off Fosnes Municipality whilst on a voyage from Randers to Fredrikstad, Norway.[3] |
2 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Castillo Montjuich |  Spain |
The vessel broke moorings, collided with another ship and was driven ashore at Gijón, France. The ship was refloated in March 1948, repaired and returned to service.[147] |
3 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mona | Norway |
The sailing barge sank off Lille Marnet whilst on a voyage from Horsens to Slemmestad, Norway.[3] |
6 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Aurora | United States |
The 19 GRT, 43.1-foot (13.1 m) motor vessel sank in Lisianski Inlet (58°07′30″N 136°27′30″W / 58.12500°N 136.45833°W) in Southeast Alaska.[108] |
11 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Aqueity | United Kingdom |
The coastal tanker struck a mine and sank off Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Bremen, Allied-occupied Germany to Bromborough, Cheshire.[148] |
20 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Roald Amundsen | Norway |
The Liberty ship ran aground at Skudeneshavn whilst on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Narvik, Norway. Broke into three on 15 January 1948, with two sections sinking. The remaining section was scrapped in situ during the summer of 1948.[3][149] |
| U-234 | United States Navy |
,_20_November_1947_(80-G-704673).jpg) The Type X submarine was sunk as a torpedo target in the Atlantic Ocean off the United States East Coast by the submarine USS Greenfish ( |
| U-889 | United States Navy |
The Type IXC/40 submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean off the east coast of the United States by USS Flying Fish ( United States Navy).[151] |
21 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Havøy I | Norway |
The cargo ship sank off Lillesand after striking flotsam whilst on a voyage from Oslo to Bergen, Norway.[3] |
| U-858 | United States Navy |
The Type IXC/40 submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean off the United States East Coast by the submarine USS Sirago ( United States Navy).[152] |
22 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| North Pass | United States |
The 32 GRT, 46.6-foot (14.2 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in Southeast Alaska 1.1 nautical miles (2.0 km) north-northeast of Rocky Island Light and 0.5 nautical miles (0.93 km) from Point Couverden (58°11′25″N 135°03′10″W / 58.19028°N 135.05278°W) on the southeastern tip of Couverden Island.[153] |
24 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USAT Clarksdale Victory | United States Army |
The Victory ship was wrecked at Hippa Reef Island, British Columbia, Canada, with the loss of 49 of her 53 crew.[154][155] |
| Sunbird | United Kingdom |
The tug capsized and sank in the River Thames at Limehouse Reach, London with the loss of two of her six crew.[156] |
| Vaagar | Norway |
The cargo ship ran aground off Gothenburg, Sweden whilst on a voyage from Menstad, Norway to Hälsingborg, Sweden.[3] |
25 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| John E. Schmeltzer | United States |
The Liberty ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Santo Antão, Cape Verde whilst on a voyage from Rosario, Argentina to Gothenburg, Sweden.[157] |
27 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| President Reitz | Union of South Africa |
The Liberty ship was driven ashore 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) east of the Zitzihamma River. She was on a voyage from Table Bay to Durban. She was declared a constructive total loss.[158] |
28 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| U-530 | United States Navy |
The Type IXC/40 submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean north east of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. |
30 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Stenberg | Norway |
The cargo ship ran aground at Tromøya with the loss of three crew. She was on a voyage from Skjebergkilen to Kristiansand, Norway.[3] |
| Oval | Norway |
The converted Portuguese-class naval trawler sank off Trelleborg whilst on a voyage from Stettin, Poland to Bergen, Norway.[3] |
| Sonny Boy | Belgium |
The fishing boat was sunk in a collision with the Victory ship Vinkt ( Belgium in the English Channel 7 nautical miles (13 km) off Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom with the loss of one of her six crew. The survivors were rescued by Vinkt.[159] |
December
1 December
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Castillo Coca | Spain |
The cargo ship ran aground at the mouth of the Ferrol and was wrecked with the loss of 46 of her 50 crew.[160] |
| Sonny Boy | Belgium |
The trawler was in collision with the cargo ship Vinkt and sank 6 nautical miles (11 km) west of Dungeness, England.[161] |
9 December
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS Ponaganset | United States Navy |
The Suamico-class fleet replenishment oiler broke in two at Boston, Massachusetts. Not repaired, scrapped in 1949.[162] |
12 December
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dhoon | United Kingdom |
The 137.1-foot (41.8 m), 323-ton trawler was wrecked at Latrabjarg, Iceland. Four crew killed.[163] |
| Jerry S | United States |
The 41-foot (12.5 m) troller departed Sitka, Territory of Alaska, bound for Red Bluff Bay (56°51′47″N 134°46′26″W / 56.8631°N 134.7738°W) in Southeast Alaska. The vessel disappeared with the loss of all three men on board. Wreckage from Jerry S was discovered near Peschani Point (57°32′12″N 135°19′23″W / 57.5367°N 135.3231°W) in Southeast Alaska on 16 March 1948.[164] |
18 December
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BO-302 | Soviet Navy |
The BO-201-class submarine chaser was wrecked on this date. |
| Francis P. Duke |  Newfoundland |
The schooner Francis P. Duke was lost at sea and the wreckage drifted ashore on the north side of Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland. The schooner had been driven ashore by the southeast gale. All crew perished in the incident.[165] |
20 December
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kallipoi | Greece |
The Liberty ship struck a mine, broke in three and sank off Rijeka, Yugoslavia.[149] She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, United States to Rijeka.[60] |
24 December
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Park Victory | United States |
The Victory ship was driven onto a reef 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off Utö, Finland (59°46′N 21°24′E / 59.767°N 21.400°E). She was on a voyage from the Hampton Roads, Virginia to a Finnish port. She subsequently capsized and was a total loss.[166] |
| Skoghaug | Norway |
The cargo ship sank off the Dutch coast with the loss of all 26 crew after hitting a mine. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, Netherlands to Oslo, Norway.[3] |
26 December
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kina | Denmark |
The cargo liner ran aground on Samandag Island, Philippines and was wrecked.[167] |
| Samuel Bakke | Norway |
The cargo ship ran aground whilst going to the aid of Kina ( Denmark). She was refloated and rescued five crew from Kina.[167] |
31 December
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Spencer | United States |
The 61 GRT, 64.5-foot (19.7 m) motor cargo vessel sank at Kanatak (57°34′05″N 156°02′15″W / 57.56806°N 156.03750°W), Territory of Alaska.[41] |
