Carrying a cargo of 5,000 tons of cement and damaged earlier in her voyage when she struck a reef off Pennock Island in Southeast Alaska while under tow by the tugHercules (United States), the 328-foot (100.0 m) LST-type bargecapsized and sank bottom-up 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km; 0.6 mi) south of Bar Harbor in Ketchikan, Territory of Alaska. An attempt during the 1970s to refloat her failed.[1]
The cargo liner struck a submerged object 100 nautical miles (190 km) north of Lourenço Marques, Mozambique and sank. All passengers and crew rescued by Bloemfontein Castle (United Kingdom).[4]
According to South Korea Coast Guard official confirmed report, this passenger ferry route, Yeosu Port and headed to Busan Port, capsized off 8km (5 miles) southwest from Dadaepo area, Busan, South Korea. There were catastrophes in which 229 people were died and only seven persons were survived.[7]
The cargo ship was in collision with the ferryGold Star Mother in New York Harbor. Both ships were damaged, with Gold Star Mother taking in water by the bows and having eleven of her 1,900 passengers injured.[10]
The cargo ship was in collision with British Dragoon (United Kingdom) and sank off Cape Espichel, Portugal. Thirty-six survivors rescued by British Dragoon.
The Castle-class trawler from Fleetwood, Lancashire foundered in a severe storm off Barra Head, West Scotland with the loss of all hands. 13 fatalities.[16][17]
The cargo ship collided with the Great Nore Sands Fort, in the North Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off Sheerness, Kent, United Kingdom. One of the seven towers of the fort collapsed and the ship ran aground. Four of the fourteen crew of the fort were reported missing.[22]
The cargo ship collided with Senegal (Italy) 25 nautical miles (46 km) north of Margate, Kent, United Kingdom and sank. All 29 crew rescued by Arnhem (United Kingdom).[25]
The Bangor-class minesweeper sank 12 nautical miles (22 km) off Alexandria with the loss of 53 of her 115 crew. The 63 survivors were rescued by Czech (Poland).[26]
The coaster ran aground off Anglesey. Refloated but leaking, towed by Empire Punch (United Kingdom) to Holyhead. Later repaired and returned to service.
The Mercantile Marine Service Association training ship, formerly a Rodney class 90 gun Ship-of-the-Line, ran aground in the Menai Strait and was subsequently declared a total loss. Her wreck was destroyed by a fire in 1956.
The ferry caught fire at Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom and was burnt out and sank. Refloated and towed to Elsinore, Denmark in September 1953 for repair.[37][38]
The ferry collided with USNS Haiti Victory (United States Navy) 40 nautical miles (74 km) east of Harwich, Essex and was cut in two. The bow section sank, three lives were lost of the 396 people on board. The stern section was towed to Harwich.[40] A new bow was built and Duke of York returned to service.
The Bangor-class minesweeper collided with SS Jaguar (Sweden) in Suez Bay and sank with the loss of her captain. The rest of her 111 crew were rescued.[42]
The 12-gross register ton, 30.3-foot (9.2 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire near Anchor Point in Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska.[47]
Chinese Civil War: Second Battle of Dongshan Island: The landing ships were sunk in a harbor on the coast of Dongshan Island in China by mortar fire that detonated their cargoes of ammunition.[56]
The 42-gross register ton, 51.6-foot (15.7 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in the Gulf of Alaska approximately 19 nautical miles (35 km; 22 mi) southeast of Kodiak, Territory of Alaska.[24]
The cargo ship was driven ashore 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north of Madras in a cyclone. A fire broke out two days later and she was subsequently declared a constructive total loss.[73]
The 15-gross register ton, 38.5-foot (11.7 m) fishing vessel was wrecked on the beach at Homer Spit on the southern tip of the Kenai Peninsula in the Territory of Alaska.[72]
The cargo ship collided with Esso Cardiff (United Kingdom) off the coast of Spain. Tonghai was taken in tow by the tugAbeille 26 (France) but sank on 6 November. All crew were rescued by Esso Cardiff.[75]
The 32-gross register ton, 44-foot (13 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at the mouth of Red Bay on the north end of Prince of Wales Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[66]
The cargo ship collided with Perou (France) and sank in the English Channel 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) off Dungeness, Kent, with the loss of twenty of her 25 crew.[78]
The Thames barge exited the Medway and collided with a coaster, she then hit a second vessel before being rammed amidships by the City of Johannesburg (United Kingdom) and sank in the Thames Estuary. All seven crew were rescued by the collierAlexander Kennedy which was one of the two earlier vessels with which she collided. (United Kingdom).[85]
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