The list of shipwrecks in 1976 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1976.
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Ship | Country | Description |
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Capella | ![]() | The coaster sank off Schiermonnikoog, the Netherlands. [1] |
Carnoustie | ![]() | Sank in same storm as Capella. Often mistakenly referred to as "Carnoesti" in American press. [2] [3] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Princess Sissy | ![]() | The cruise ship ran aground in the Adriatic between the islands of Hvar and Korčula. [4] |
Vanquisher | ![]() | The tug capsized and sank in the Thames Estuary at Tilbury whilst assisting Jervis Bay (![]() |
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ARA Comandante General Zapiola | ![]() | The Navajo-class fleet ocean tug ran aground on a reef off Antarctica and was declared a total loss. |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Esso Provence | ![]() | The tanker ran aground off Fawley, Hampshire, United Kingdom. [6] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Olympic Bravery | ![]() | The tanker ran aground off the coast of Brittany, France. [7] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Kirk Pride | ![]() | The vessel struck a reef and sank off the Cayman Islands. |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Evgenia I | ![]() | The ship ran aground 23 nautical miles (43 km) north of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and was severely damaged. She was refloated but had to be beached. Declared a constructive total loss. [8] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Otterstetter | ![]() | The Edsall-class destroyer escort was sunk as target off Puerto Rico. |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Marie Elizabeth | ![]() | The cargo ship caught fire at Barcelona, Spain and was abandoned by her crew. Declared a total loss. [9] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Unknown | ![]() | A navy vessel was sunk by six Thai navy vessels. [10] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Gustave Zédé | ![]() | The decommissioned submarine tender was sunk as a target in 2,149 metres (7,051 ft) of water in the Mediterranean Sea south of Marseille, France, at 42°30′N5°24′E / 42.500°N 5.400°E by an E14 torpedo fired by the submarine Doris (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Deep Sea Driller | ![]() | The drilling rig ran aground off Bergen. One leg broke off and six crew were killed. Although declared a constructive total loss, [12] the rig was later repaired and returned to service. |
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Magnet | ![]() | The decommissioned degaussing vessel was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California at 31°16′N117°40′W / 31.267°N 117.667°W . |
Ship | Country | Description |
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INS Godavari | ![]() | The Hunt-class destroyer ran aground in the Maldives and was damaged beyond repair. |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Kitty Bear | ![]() | The 12-gross register ton, 34.2-foot (10.4 m) fishing vessel sank in Clarence Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. [13] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ferro 119 | ![]() | The fishing boat was sunk by a Cuban exile-operated boat, with one crewman killed and three wounded aboard her and Ferro 123 (![]() |
Ferro 123 | ![]() | The fishing boat was sunk by a Cuban exile-operated boat, with one crewman killed and three wounded aboard her and Ferro 119 (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Kaptanvassos | ![]() | The cargo ship capsized and sank off Perama, Greece. Five of her crew were lost. [15] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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SAS Vrystaat | ![]() | The decommissioned Type 15 frigate was sunk as a torpedo target by the submarine SAS Maria van Riebeeck (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ocean Express | ![]() | The drilling rig sank in the Gulf of Mexico. Thirteen of her 36 crew were killed when an escape capsule capsized and sank. [18] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Master Carl | ![]() | The 131-gross register ton, 72.7-foot (22.2 m) crab-fishing vessel capsized and sank in a storm in the Gulf of Alaska off the south-central coast of Alaska near Kayak Island, approximately 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) southeast of Cape Suckling ( 59°59′30″N143°53′00″W / 59.99167°N 143.88333°W ). Her entire crew of four abandoned ship in a life raft, but two of them died when the raft capsized in the surf as they approached the shore. The other two crew members survived. [19] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Nordhuk | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground off Eilean Trodday, Inner Hebrides, United Kingdom and was wrecked. All twelve crew were rescued by the Stornoway Lifeboat. [20] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Hotai | ![]() | The 81-gross register ton, 86-foot (26.2 m) motor vessel was wrecked on the coast of Montague Island on the south-central coast of Alaska. [21] |
Urquiola | ![]() | The tanker exploded and caught fire at the mouth of A Coruña harbour, killing two of her thirty-nine crew. [22] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Christmas Seal | ![]() | The motor vessel ran aground at Eastern Shore, Nova Scotia, Canada, and sank. |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Gamtoos | ![]() | The cargo ship was sunk as a target in Table Bay off the coast of South Africa by South African Air Force aircraft. [23] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Armorique | ![]() | The ferry ran aground off Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine and was damaged. She was later repaired and returned to service. |
Ship | Country | Description |
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NEPCO 140 | ![]() | The barge ran aground in the American Narrows causing a large oil spill. |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Lappe | ![]() | The lighter sank in Cline Bay, off Freetown, Sierra Leone. [24] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Polaris 1 | ![]() | The tanker was driven ashore on San Andrés Island, Columbia. Consequently scrapped in 1977. [25] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Chopper | ![]() | Tethered for use as a target by the submarine USS Spadefish (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Duck | ![]() | The houseboat struck a submerged log and sank in the Inside Passage in Southeast Alaska at a location described in the wreck report as "Saint Mary's Point" north of Ketchikan, Alaska, possibly a misidentification of Point Saint Mary's ( 58°44′00″N135°01′15″W / 58.73333°N 135.02083°W ) north of Juneau, Alaska. [26] |
Miller’s Bay | ![]() | The 34-foot (10.4 m) salmon troller disappeared with the loss of all three people on board – a husband and wife and their 14-year-old daughter – while fishing off Noyes Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. [19] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Gulf Coast | ![]() | The coaster caught fire in the English Channel and was beached. [27] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ann Page | ![]() | The fishing vessel sank south of Wingham Island ( 60°01′N144°23′W / 60.017°N 144.383°W ) near Cordova, Alaska, after she struck a rock. [28] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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HMS Reward | ![]() | The offshore patrol vessel collided with Plainsman (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Major | ![]() | The 50-gross register ton, 54.8-foot (16.7 m) fishing vessel sank off Kodiak Island, Alaska. [19] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Barkis | ![]() | The tug capsized and sank off Lowestoft, Suffolk with the loss of one of her four crew. [30] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Morning Cloud | ![]() | The yacht ran aground outside Ramsgate Harbour, Kent. [31] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Malaysia Raya | ![]() | The cruise ship caught fire at Kuala Lumpur, a total loss. [32] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Deep Sea | ![]() | During a voyage in Alaska′s Kodiak Archipelago from Mush Bay ( 57°42′00″N153°28′24″W / 57.7°N 153.47333333°W ) to Kodiak, the 72-foot (21.9 m) fishing tender sank in Whale Pass between Kodiak Island and Whale Island during a gale with the loss of all eight people – three men, three women, a 5-year-od boy, and a 20-month-old girl – aboard. [26] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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TCG Dumlupınar | ![]() | The Balao-class submarine was beached in the Dardanelles to avoid sinking after colliding with the cargo ship Szik Vovilov (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Tina | ![]() | Lebanese Civil War: The vessel was sunk by limpet mines in Lebanon by the Christian faction sometime in August. [33] |
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Salinda | ![]() | The Design 381 coastal freighter capsized and sank off Uwi Island. [34] [35] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Alexandra K. | ![]() | The cargo ship caught fire in the Aegean Sea ( 35°10′N30°20′E / 35.167°N 30.333°E ) and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Eleusis to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Presumed to have subsequently sank. [36] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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HMS Fittleton | ![]() | The minesweeper capsized within a minute of colliding with the frigate HMS Mermaid (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Tiger Lil | ![]() | The 38-foot (11.6 m) sailboat and all three people aboard her disappeared in the Gulf of Alaska during a voyage from Seward, Alaska, to Seattle, Washington. Later, wreckage of Tiger Lil later was found on Montague Island at the entrance to Prince William Sound and the body of one of her occupants washed ashore on Kayak Island. [37] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Gertrude S | ![]() | The 70-foot (21.3 m) vessel sank in 342 feet (104 m) of water in Kupreanof Strait ( 57°58′N153°00′W / 57.967°N 153.000°W ) between Raspberry Island and Kodiak Island in Alaska′s Kodiak Archipelago. The fishing vessel Sierra Seas (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Miss Aurora | ![]() | The 22-gross register ton motor vessel sank in Chatham Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska, 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) off Point Lull ( 57°18′00″N134°48′45″W / 57.30000°N 134.81250°W ) at the entrance to Kelp Bay ( 57°17′54″N134°51′57″W / 57.2982°N 134.8658°W ). [19] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Rarau | ![]() | The 2,186-ton factory trawler with a Romanian crew of eighty-four drove into the northern part of the Seven Stones Reef known as the North-east Rocks. All the crew were rescued and the trawler slipped into deep water. [39] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Sea Witch | ![]() | The fishing vessel was wrecked on Saint Paul Island in the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea. [40] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Sylvia M. Ossa | ![]() | The bulk carrier was last reported in the Atlantic Ocean ( 68°00′N34°15′W / 68.000°N 34.250°W ) whilst on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [25] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Boehlen | ![]() | The tanker sank in the English Channel during a storm with the loss of twenty-three of her thirty-six crew. [41] |
Mar del Oro | ![]() | The 156-gross register ton, 79.9-foot (24.4 m) shrimp-fishing vessel sank in the Shelikof Strait between the Kodiak Archipelago and the mainland of Alaska. A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued her entire crew of six. [19] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Andros Antares | ![]() | The supertanker ran aground at Antifer, France in a storm. [41] |
Freeland | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered off Brittany, France in a storm. All crew saved. [41] |
Ante Oltmans | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered off the coast of the Netherlands in a storm. All six crew were killed. [41] |
USS George K. MacKenzie | ![]() | The Gearing-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off California. |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Otterturm | ![]() | The tug collided with a barge and sank off Burghead, United Kingdom with the loss of one of her ten crew. [42] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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George Prince | ![]() | The ferry sank in the Mississippi River after a collision with Frosta (![]() |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Eko | ![]() | Lebanese Civil War: The cargo ship was sunk by mines off Lebanon. [43] [44] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Tigrone | ![]() | The Tench-class submarine was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Roadrunner | ![]() | The halibut-fishing vessel was swamped and wrecked on Kayak Island in the Gulf of Alaska off the south-central coast of Alaska. [45] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Coral Master | ![]() | The 78-foot (23.8 m) vessel sank off Alaska. [46] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Vina | ![]() | The capsized fishing vessel was found on shore at Cedar Pass ( 56°46′N135°11′W / 56.767°N 135.183°W ) in Southeast Alaska with both of her crewmen missing. [47] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Margaret A | ![]() | The 108-gross register ton motor vessel sank off Turnabout Island ( 57°07′30″N133°58′40″W / 57.12500°N 133.97778°W ) in Frederick Sound in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. [19] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Mona | ![]() | The fishing trawler was wrecked off "Cheka". |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Achaios | ![]() | The motor vessel ran aground on the Akrotiri Peninsula ( 34°37′N32°55′E / 34.617°N 32.917°E ) on the coast of Cyprus and was wrecked. [48] |
Devon City | ![]() | The bulk carrier ran aground at Rügen Island, West Germany. She was refloated the next day and proceeded to Szczecin, Poland, for repairs. [49] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Doomba | ![]() | The lighter was scuttled off Dee Why ( 33°42′58″S151°20′50″E / 33.716083°S 151.347217°E ), New South Wales, Australia. |
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Fog | ![]() | The 28-foot (8.5 m) vessel sank off the south-central coast of Alaska. [50] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Argo Merchant | ![]() | ![]() The oil tanker ran aground at Nantucket Island, Massachusetts. She broke up and sank on 21 December, a total loss. |
Unimak | ![]() | The fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in the Bering Sea. [51] |
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Sansinena | ![]() | ![]() |
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Seastar | ![]() | The vessel ran aground on the Sha'b Abu Nuhas reef, remained stranded and finally sank in 1984. [52] |
Santez-anna | ![]() | The fishing boat was lost west of Guernsey in the Channel Islands. |
Ship | Country | Description |
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British Steel | ![]() | The yacht ran aground off Fuerteventura, Spain. All eight crew rescued, and the yacht was later refloated and returned to service. [53] |
Patra | ![]() | The passenger ship, the ex- Kronprins Frederik , was travelling with pilgrims between Jeddah and Suez when a fire broke out that exacerbated by poor and obsolete firefighting equipment. The ship sank due to the inability to extinguish the fire. 102 out of the 403 passengers and crew were lost. [54] [55] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Unidentified midget submarine | ![]() | The SX-404-class midget submarine was lost in an accident with the loss of all hands. [56] [57] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Grand Zenith | ![]() | The oil tanker vanished in the North Atlantic with the loss of all hands; the United States Coast Guard estimated she sank on 30 or 31 December. [58] |
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KRI Hardadali | ![]() | The missile boat sank after striking an underwater obstacle in early 1976. [59] |
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