The list of shipwrecks in 1947 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1947.
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Karla | ![]() | 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] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Caritas I | ![]() | The cargo ship broke in two and sank after being beached in the River Scheldt following a collision with Jan Steen (![]() |
Empire Wharfe | ![]() | 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] |
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Varvassi | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground off the Needles Lighthouse, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. [4] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ewell | ![]() | The collier ran aground off Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk. [5] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Clarinda | ![]() | The 76 GRT, 89.6-foot (27.3 m) motor cargo vessel was destroyed by fire at Sand Point, Territory of Alaska. [6] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Good Shepherd | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore on Fair Isle and was a total loss. [5] |
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Astafjorden | ![]() | The cargo ship sank west of Kvænangen Municipality whilst on a voyage from Tromsø to Hammerfest, Norway. [3] |
Simbra | ![]() | The whaler foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all bar one of her sixteen crew. [7] |
Ship | State | Description |
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British Earl | ![]() | 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. [8] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Chihkiang | ![]() | The passenger ship collided with a tug and sank at Shanghai with the loss of at least 100 lives. [9] |
Heimara | ![]() | The ferry run aground and sank off Kavalliani in the South Euboean Gulf with the loss of about 300 lives. |
Wanganella | ![]() | ![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Empire Grassland | ![]() | 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 (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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HMS Bonaventure | ![]() | The submarine tender ran aground at Cape Melville, Australia. [11] Refloated on 23 January. [12] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ampleforth | ![]() | 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. [13] |
Ship | State | Description |
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British Earl | ![]() | The tanker ran aground at Sprogø, Denmark. She was being towed from Langeland to Nyborg. She was refloated and completed her voyage. [8] |
Storesand I | ![]() | The cargo ship sank in the Drammensfjord whilst on a voyage from Gilhus to Oslo, Norway. [3] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Sten Sture | ![]() | 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. [14] [15] [16] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Samwater | ![]() | The Liberty ship caught fire and sank in the Atlantic Ocean ( 42°41′N10°13′W / 42.683°N 10.217°W ). [17] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Star of Mex | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground off Bahrain. The ship was attacked by Arab pirates on 15 February. All 28 crew rescued by British Destiny (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Edwin C. Eckel | ![]() | 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. [19] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Dora Oldendorff | ![]() | The cargo ship was scuttled in the Bay of Biscay ( 47°40′N9°02′W / 47.667°N 9.033°W ) with a cargo of obsolete chemical ammunition. [20] [21] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Winkleigh | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground off the mouth of the Humber. [22] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ary | ![]() | 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. [23] [24] [25] [26] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Arrow | ![]() | The United States Army transport, formerly the Colonial Navigation Company's Belfast (1909), wrecked off Ocean Park, Washington while under tow to Puget Sound. [27] [28] |
Ship | State | Description |
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P T & B Co. 1651 | ![]() | The 1,008 GRT barge was wrecked on Lewis Reef ( 55°22′30″N131°44′15″W / 55.37500°N 131.73750°W ) in Tongass Narrows in Southeast Alaska near Ketchikan, Territory of Alaska. [29] |
Royal Ulsterman | ![]() | The ferry ran aground at Clauchlands Point, Isle of Arran, Argyllshire. Refloated with the aid of the tug Vanguard (![]() |
USS YON-163 | ![]() | The YOG-40 class fuel oil barge sank while being towed from Eniwetok to Kwajalein. [31] |
Zephyros | ![]() | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Cullercoats, Northumberland, United Kingdom. [30] |
Zeprom | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at Whitley Bay, Northumberland, United Kingdom. All 35 crew rescued. [30] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Luana | ![]() | The vessel struck a mine and sank 20 nautical miles (37 km) south of Capo Promontore, Yugoslavia. [32] |
Novadoc | ![]() | 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. [33] |
Oakey L. Alexander | ![]() | 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. [34] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ira | ![]() | The Liberty ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom and broke in two. All 34 crew rescued by the Walmer Lifeboat. [35] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Sondra Lee | ![]() | 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. [36] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Fort Dearborn | ![]() | 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 (![]() ![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Edmund Fanning | ![]() | The Liberty ship exploded at Genoa Italy and was beached. She was later refloated but declared a constructive total loss and scrapped. [38] |
Empire Jonquil | ![]() | The cargo ship caught fire in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) north east of the Outer Dowsing Lightship ( ![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Famagusta | ![]() | 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 (![]() |
ROCS Fu Po | ![]() | The Flower-class corvette sank in a collision with the merchant ship Hai Ming (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Alexandra | ![]() | The cargo ship struck a mine in the North Sea ( 53°31′N4°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. [44] |
Ship | State | Description |
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HMCS Onyx | ![]() | The Admiralty-type drifter foundered. |
Ship | State | Description |
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Empire Contamar | ![]() | 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. [45] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Garnes | ![]() | The cargo ship struck a mine north of Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. She was taken in tow but sank at ( 53°26′N4°35′E / 53.433°N 4.583°E ). Garnes was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Emden, West Germany. [3] [46] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Albert Kahn | ![]() | 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′N144°15′E / 13.400°N 144.250°E ). [47] |
Ship | State | Description |
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USS Carmita | ![]() | The Trefoil-class concrete barge was reported as sunk by the Ship Repair Facility, Manicani, near Samar, Philippines. [48] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Hrvatska | ![]() | 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. [49] |
Kunitsu Maru | ![]() | The Kamitsu-class transport, irreparably damaged when sunk during World War II, was scuttled off Singapore sometime in March. [50] |
USS LCT-746 | ![]() | 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. [51] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Freelock | ![]() | The cargo ship sank on this date. [52] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Stancliffe | ![]() | The collier ran aground at Sharpness, Gloucestershire. She was declared a constructive total loss but was later repaired and returned to service. [53] |
Ship | State | Description |
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USS Ernest G. Small | ![]() | The Gearing-class destroyer ran aground off Block Island, Rhode Island. [54] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Hilary A. Herbert | ![]() | 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. [55] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Belpamela | ![]() | The heavy-lift ship sank in a storm off Newfoundland. The ship's cargo included 16 locomotives for the French Railways. [57] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Queen Elizabeth | ![]() | The ocean liner ran aground on the Brambles Bank in the Solent. [58] Refloated the next day. [59] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Georgie | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at St Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. [60] |
Empire Passmore | ![]() | 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 (![]() |
Nicolaos G Kulukundis | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground off Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom. [59] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Grandcamp | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | While towing the Liberty ship Thomas M. Cooley (![]() ![]() |
Wilson B. Keene | ![]() | ![]() Texas City disaster: The Liberty ship was sunk by the explosion of Grandcamp ( |
Ship | State | Description |
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Sir Harvey Adamson | ![]() | 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. [64] [65] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Samtampa | ![]() | 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 ( ![]() |
HMS Warspite | ![]() | The battleship ran aground at Prussia Cove after parting tow on final voyage from Portsmouth to the breakers yard on the Clyde. [66] Towed to Marazion in 1950 and dismantled. [67] [68] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Merganser | ![]() | The ship collided with Norwalk Victory (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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HMS Witherington | ![]() | 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. |
Ship | State | Description |
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Teniente Pratt Gill | ![]() | Paraguayan Civil War: The transport was attacked by two aircraft and forced to run aground at Río Pilcomayo. [71] |
Ship | State | Description |
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San Nicolao | ![]() | The cargo ship departed from the Tees on 2 April bound for Gibraltar. No further trace. [72] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Wicklow Head | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground near Port Mouton, Nova Scotia, Canada. All 30 crew were rescued by the fishing vessel Ray Richard (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Muirchú | ![]() | The decommissioned patrol vessel sank in the Irish Sea off the Saltee Islands, County Wexford, Ireland, while under tow to a scrapyard. |
Ship | State | Description |
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Stanhill | ![]() | 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. [75] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Balena | ![]() | The whaler ran aground on the Shipwash Shoal, off the coast of Essex. Refloated but again ran aground. [76] |
SATS General Botha | ![]() | The decommissioned accommodation ship was sunk as a target in False Bay off Simonstown, South Africa. [77] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Balena | ![]() | The whaler ran aground off Gorleston, Norfolk. [78] |
Ship | State | Description |
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USS Oklahoma | ![]() | 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. |
Ship | State | Description |
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Kairyu Maru | ![]() | The ship was sunk by a mine. [79] |
Ship | State | Description |
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USS Mallard | ![]() | The decommissioned Lapwing-class minesweeper was sunk as a target by the submarine USS Piper (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Newhall Hills | ![]() | The tanker collided with Monica (![]() |
Oceanic II | ![]() | The trawler was in collision with John la Farge (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Trader Horn | ![]() | The schooner foundered in the Caribbean with the loss of two of her five crew. [81] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Emperor | ![]() | 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 (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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HMS LCT 1068 | ![]() | The landing craft tank was lost on this date. |
Ship | State | Description |
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Winifred | ![]() | The 13 GRT, 37-foot (11 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Uganik, Territory of Alaska. [84] |
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Cape Karluk | ![]() | The 15 GRT, 32.6-foot (9.9 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire off Kumlik Island ( 56°38′N157°24′W / 56.633°N 157.400°W ) on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula in the Territory of Alaska. [6] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Fairplay II | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
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Heron | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with Stal (![]() ![]() |
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USS LCT-816 | ![]() | 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. [87] |
Ourang Medan | ![]() | The ghost ship allegedly exploded and sank after its crew died under suspicious circumstances. |
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Panigaglia | ![]() | The ship exploded at Santo Stefano, Sardinia, killing 68 people. [54] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Kronholm | ![]() | The former minesweeper was destroyed by fire at the Soon shipyard. [3] |
Ship | State | Description |
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M. Xilas | ![]() | The Design 1022 ship caught fire at Ko Sichang, Thailand. She was beached and abandoned, and sank on 13 July. [88] |
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ARP Humaitá | ![]() | 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. [89] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Rainbow III | ![]() | The 139 GRT, 100.3-foot (30.6 m) fishing vessel was wrecked in Marmot Bay ( 58°03′52″N152°15′16″W / 58.0644°N 152.2544°W ) on Afognak Island in the Kodiak Archipelago near Afognak, Territory of Alaska. [90] |
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Empire Lark | ![]() | The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean ( 47°55′N8°25′W / 47.917°N 8.417°W ) with a cargo of obsolete chemical bombs and contaminated soil. [91] |
Ramdas | ![]() | The coastal passenger ship sank 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Bombay with the loss of around 600 lives. [92] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Avis | ![]() | The 8 GRT, 31-foot (9.4 m) fishing vessel sank in Cross Sound in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. [93] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Hong Kheng | ![]() | 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. [94] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Nascopie | ![]() | The steamer was wrecked near Cape Dorset near the southern tip of Canada's Baffin Island. |
Ship | State | Description |
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Lützow | ![]() | World War II: The captured Deutschland-class cruiser was sunk by the Soviet Union in the Baltic Sea off Świnoujście, Poland, during weapons testing. [95] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Empire Lifeguard | ![]() | 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. [96] |
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Ocean Liberty | ![]() | 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] [97] |
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USS Chewink | ![]() | The decommissioned Lapwing-class minesweeper was sunk as a target in Long Island Sound off New London, Connecticut. |
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ROCS Heyong | ![]() | 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. [98] |
Kapsul | ![]() | The patrol vessel ran aground. She was refloated in July 1948. [99] |
Leighton | ![]() | The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean with a cargo of obsolete chemical ammunition. [100] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Unknown cargo ship | ![]() | 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. [101] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ole II | ![]() | 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. [102] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Leighton | ![]() | The cargo ship was scuttled with an obsolete cargo of ammunition, 100 nautical miles (190 km) northwest of Malin Head ( 56°22′N9°27′W / 56.367°N 9.450°W ). [103] [104] |
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Gravina Point | ![]() | The 59 GRT, 71.6-foot (21.8 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Cordova, Territory of Alaska. [105] |
Ship | State | Description |
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"Helium" BCL 3051 | ![]() | The 265 foot B5-BJ1 class concrete hulled barge drag her anchor in heavy seas and she stranded on a reef at Waikiki, Hawaii ( 21°16′N157°50′W / 21.267°N 157.833°W ). Wreck dispersed with explosives in July, 1948 after attempts to refloat failed. [106] |
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Graf Zeppelin | ![]() | 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. [95] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Mayo | ![]() | The 23 GRT, 42.9-foot (13.1 m) fishing vessel sank 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) off Ninilchik Light ( 60°03′N151°40′W / 60.050°N 151.667°W ) near Ninilchik, Territory of Alaska. [107] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Empire John | ![]() | 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. [108] |
VAS 234 | ![]() | The VAS 231-class submarine chaser burned at Vinice. [109] |
Ship | State | Description |
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USS S-24 | ![]() | The decommissioned S-class submarine was sunk for use as a sonar target in the Pacific Ocean off Portland, Oregon. |
Ship | State | Description |
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Unidentified MAS boat | ![]() | The captured MAS boat was sunk by explosives off Marsaxlokk, Malta. Five other MAS boats were scuttled in open seas. [110] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Tidings | ![]() | The 17 GRT, 40.5-foot (12.3 m) fishing vessel ran aground and sank off Soapstone Point ( 58°06′10″N136°29′50″W / 58.10278°N 136.49722°W ) in Cross Sound in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. [111] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Matagalpa | ![]() | The fire-damaged fast transport, a former Clemson-class destroyer, was scuttled off Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |
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Norfisk | ![]() | The cargo ship was abandoned whilst on a voyage from Aalborg, Denmark to Tórshavn, the Faroe Islands. [3] |
RFA Thorpebay | ![]() | The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean ( 47°47′03″N8°21′00″W / 47.78417°N 8.35000°W ) with a cargo of obsolete chemical ammunition. [112] |
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HMAS Warrnambool | ![]() | ![]() |
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Sunset | ![]() | The cargo ship sank off the coast of Norway whilst on a voyage from Raufarhafn to Åkrehamn. [3] |
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USS LCI(L)-332 | ![]() | 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. [113] |
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USS Douglas H. Fox | ![]() | 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. [54] |
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USS LCT-412 | ![]() | 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. [114] |
USS LCT-705 | ![]() | 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. [115] |
USS LCT-818 | ![]() | 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. [116] |
USS LCT-874 | ![]() | 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. [117] |
USS LCT-1013 | ![]() | 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. [118] |
USS LCT-1078 | ![]() | 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. [119] |
USS LCT-1112 | ![]() | 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. [120] |
USS LCT-1113 | ![]() | 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. [121] |
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Advance | ![]() | 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″N131°48′10″W / 55.4128°N 131.8028°W ) and Channel Island ( 55°26′48″N131°52′45″W / 55.44667°N 131.87917°W ). [93] |
USS Crittenden | ![]() | The decommissioned Gilliam-class attack transport was sunk in an explosives test in the Pacific Ocean off the Farallon Islands. |
Ship | State | Description |
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Betty Hindley | ![]() | 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. [122] [123] |
Bro | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground off the coast of Iceland whilst on a voyage from Sandur, Faroe Islands to Reykjavík, Iceland. [3] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Gulfstream | ![]() | The ferry was wrecked off Powell River, British Columbia. [124] |
Ship | State | Description |
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HMS Gillstone | ![]() | 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] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Auk | ![]() | 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. [93] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Alannah | ![]() | The 41 GRT, 51.1-foot (15.6 m) fishing vessel was wrecked off Cape Fox Island ( 54°45′50″N130°51′00″W / 54.76389°N 130.85000°W ) in Dixon Entrance in Southeast Alaska. [93] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Corona | ![]() | 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. [125] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Oda | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 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 ![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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USS LCI(L)-327 | ![]() | 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. [126] |
Matrona | ![]() | The passenger ship capsized at Birkenhead, Cheshire. Righted in June 1949, she was declared a constructive total loss and scrapped. [127] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Dolly | ![]() | The cargo ship sank off Mariager whilst on a voyage from Mariager to Isefjord, Denmark. [3] |
Matrona | ![]() | The passenger ship capsized at Liverpool, Lancashire. [128] She was declared a constructive total loss and was scrapped in 1948. [112] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Tilla | ![]() | The cargo ship sank off Fosnes Municipality whilst on a voyage from Randers to Fredrikstad, Norway. [3] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Castillo Montjuich | ![]() | 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. [129] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Mona | ![]() | The sailing barge sank off Lille Marnet whilst on a voyage from Horsens to Slemmestad, Norway. [3] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Aurora | ![]() | The 19 GRT, 43.1-foot (13.1 m) motor vessel sank in Lisianski Inlet ( 58°07′30″N136°27′30″W / 58.12500°N 136.45833°W ) in Southeast Alaska. [93] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Aqueity | ![]() | 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. [130] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Roald Amundsen | ![]() | 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] [131] |
U-234 | ![]() | ![]() 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 | ![]() | The Type IXC/40 submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean off the east coast of the United States by USS Flying Fish (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Havøy I | ![]() | The cargo ship sank off Lillesand after striking flotsam whilst on a voyage from Oslo to Bergen, Norway. [3] |
U-858 | ![]() | The Type IXC/40 submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean off the United States East Coast by the submarine USS Sirago (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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North Pass | ![]() | 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″N135°03′10″W / 58.19028°N 135.05278°W ) on the southeastern tip of Couverden Island. [135] |
Ship | State | Description |
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USAT Clarksdale Victory | ![]() | The Victory ship was wrecked at Hippa Reef Island, British Columbia, Canada, with the loss of 49 of her 53 crew. [136] [137] |
Sunbird | ![]() | The tug capsized and sank in the River Thames at Limehouse Reach, London with the loss of two of her six crew. [138] |
Vaagar | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground off Gothenburg, Sweden whilst on a voyage from Menstad, Norway to Hälsingborg, Sweden. [3] |
Ship | State | Description |
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John E. Schmeltzer | ![]() | The Liberty ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Santo Antão, Cape Verde whilst on a voyage from Rosario, Argentina to Gothenburg, Sweden. [139] |
Ship | State | Description |
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U-530 | ![]() | The Type IXC/40 submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean north east of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. |
Ship | State | Description |
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Stenberg | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | The converted Portuguese-class naval trawler sank off Trelleborg whilst on a voyage from Stettin, Poland to Bergen, Norway. [3] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Castillo Coca | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground at the mouth of the Ferrol and was wrecked with the loss of 46 of her 50 crew. [140] |
Sonny Boy | ![]() | The trawler was in collision with the cargo ship Vinkt and sank 6 nautical miles (11 km) west of Dungeness, England. [141] |
Ship | State | Description |
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USS Ponaganset | ![]() | The Suamico-class fleet replenishment oiler broke in two at Boston, Massachusetts. Not repaired, scrapped in 1949. [142] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Jerry S | ![]() | The 41-foot (12.5 m) troller departed Sitka, Territory of Alaska, bound for Red Bluff Bay ( 56°51′47″N134°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″N135°19′23″W / 57.5367°N 135.3231°W ) in Southeast Alaska on 16 March 1948. [143] |
Ship | State | Description |
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BO-302 | ![]() | The BO-201-class submarine chaser was wrecked on this date. |
Francis P. Duke | ![]() | 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. [144] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Kallipoi | ![]() | The Liberty ship struck a mine, broke in three and sank off Rijeka, Yugoslavia. [131] She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, United States to Rijeka. [55] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Kina | ![]() | The cargo liner ran aground on Samandag Island, Philippines and was wrecked. [145] |
Samuel Bakke | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground whilst going to the aid of Kina (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Spencer | ![]() | The 61 GRT, 64.5-foot (19.7 m) motor cargo vessel sank at Kanatak ( 57°34′05″N156°02′15″W / 57.56806°N 156.03750°W ), Territory of Alaska. [36] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Alek | ![]() | The cargo ship sank off Farsund, Norway. [3] |
Alice L. Pendleton | ![]() | The 228-foot (69 m), 1,349 GRT four-masted lumber schooner was abandoned at the Palmer Shipyard on the west side of the Mystic River in Noank, Connecticut, sometime during the 1940s, gradually rotted away, and settled on the river bottom in 10 feet (3.0 m) of water. [146] |
Ark | ![]() | The motor vessel blew ashore and broke up in Amalga Harbor ( 58°29′30″N134°47′20″W / 58.49167°N 134.78889°W ) in Southeast Alaska sometime during or after 1947. [93] |
B D Co. No. 7 | ![]() | The 67-ton, 60-foot (18.3 m) wooden scow was wrecked on the shore at Cape Suckling ( 59°59′30″N145°53′00″W / 59.99167°N 145.88333°W ), Territory of Alaska, in late 1947. [147] |
John I. Nolan | ![]() | The Liberty ship struck a reef in the Pacific Ocean and was severely damaged. She was declared a constructive total loss. [148] |
Lanikai | ![]() | The decommissioned schooner sank in Subic Bay in a storm in February 1946 or during a typhoon sometime in 1947. [149] [150] |
USS Lignite | ![]() | The Trefoil-class concrete barge, while under tow, broke free during a typhoon and ended up on the fringing reef off Eil Malk, Palau ( 7°9′15″N134°21′45″E / 7.15417°N 134.36250°E ) sometime before salvage of her cargo started in September. [151] |
Unknown | ![]() | A concrete-hulled tugboat, possibly converted to a barge, was wrecked on Omaha Beach, Normandy, in a winter storm in 1946 or 1947. Broken up as a hazard to swimmers in March 2023. [152] |
A mystery to the Swedish authorities was the loss of the 1030-ton S.S. Sten Sture which with 5 officers and a crew of 13 disappeared after leaving Gdańsk for Helsingborg on January 26, 1947.
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