The list of shipwrecks in 1976 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1976 .
January 3 January List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1976 Ship Country Description Capella East Germany The coaster sank off Schiermonnikoog, the Netherlands.[1] Carnoustie United Kingdom Sank in same storm as Capella . Often mistakenly referred to as "Carnoesti" in American press.[2] [3]
8 January 10 January List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1976 Ship Country Description ARA Comandante General Zapiola The Navajo -class fleet ocean tug ran aground on a reef off Antarctica and was declared a total loss.
19 January List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1976 Ship Country Description Esso Provence France The tanker ran aground off Fawley , Hampshire , United Kingdom.[6]
26 January List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1976 Ship Country Description Olympic Bravery Greece The tanker ran aground off the coast of Brittany , France.[7]
Unknown date List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1976 Ship Country Description Kirk Pride Cayman Islands The vessel struck a reef and sank off the Cayman Islands.
February 11 February List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1976 Ship Country Description Evgenia I Greece 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]
15 February 20 February List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1976 Ship Country Description Marie Elizabeth The vessel caught fire at Barcelona , Spain. Declared a constructive total loss.
22 February List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1976 Ship Country Description Unknown A navy vessel was sunk by six Thai navy vessels.[9]
26 February March 1 March List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1976 Ship Country Description Deep Sea Driller Norway The drilling rig ran aground off Bergen . One leg broke off and six crew were killed. Although declared a constructive total loss,[10]
4 March 23 March List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1969 Ship Country Description INS Godavari Indian Navy The Hunt-class destroyer ran aground in the Maldives and was damaged beyond repair.
April 5 April 6 April List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1976 Ship Country Description Ferro 119 Cuba The fishing boat was sunk by a Cuban exile -operated boat, with one crewman killed and three wounded aboard her and Ferro 123 (Cuba ) combined.[12] Ferro 123 Cuba The fishing boat was sunk by a Cuban exile -operated boat, with one crewman killed and three wounded aboard her and Ferro 119 (Cuba ) combined .[12]
8 April List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1976 Ship Country Description Kaptanvassos Cyprus The cargo ship capsized and sank off Perama , Greece. Five of her crew were lost.[13]
14 April 16 April List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1976 Ship Country Description Ocean Express United States The drilling rig sank in the Gulf of Mexico . Thirteen of her 36 crew were killed when an escape capsule capsized and sank.[16]
26 April May 2 May List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1976 Ship Country Description Nordhuk West Germany The cargo ship ran aground off Eilean Trodday, Inner Hebrides , United Kingdom and was wrecked. All twelve crew were rescued by the Stornoway Lifeboat.[18]
12 May List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1976 Ship Country Description Hotai United States 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 .[19] Urquiola Spain The tanker exploded and caught fire at the mouth of A Coruña harbour, killing two of her thirty-nine crew.[20]
13 May June 10 June 23 June List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1976 Ship Country Description Armorique France The ferry ran aground off Saint-Malo , Ille-et-Vilaine and was damaged. She was later repaired and returned to service.
23 June List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1976 Ship Country Description NEPCO 140 United States The barge ran aground in the American Narrows causing a large oil spill.
Unknown date List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in June 1976 Ship Country Description Lappe United Kingdom The lighter sank in Cline Bay, off Freetown , Sierra Leone.[22]
July 3 July List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1976 Ship Country Description Polaris 1 The tanker was driven ashore on San Andrés Island, Columbia. Consequently scrapped in 1977.[23]
21 July 25 July Unknown date August 3 August 10 August List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1976 Ship Country Description HMS Reward Royal Navy The offshore patrol vessel collided with Plainsman (Firth of Forth during foggy weather and sank. All 42 people on board rescued by Plainsman .[27]
12 August 16 August List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1976 Ship Country Description Barkis United Kingdom The tug capsized and sank off Lowestoft , Suffolk with the loss of one of her four crew.[28]
20 August 24 August 26 August Unknown date September 17 September List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1976 Ship Country Description Salinda The Design 381 Coastal Freighter capsized and sank off Uwi Island.[32] [33]
20 September List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1976 Ship Country Description HMS Fittleton Royal Navy The minesweeper capsized within a minute of colliding with the frigate HMS Mermaid (Royal Navy ) in the North Sea 60 nautical miles (110 km; 69 mi) north of the island of Texel , the Netherlands . She sank several hours later in 160 feet (49 m) of water. Twelve members of her crew lost their lives; accompanying ships rescued 32 survivors. She was brought to the surface the next day and scrapped in 1977.
22 September 26 September 27 September 29 September List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1976 Ship Country Description Rarau Poland 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.[36]
October 1 October List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1976 Ship Country Description Hongkong Beauty I Ran aground at Al Hudaydah , Yemen and refloated 15 October.[37]
9 October 12 October 14 October 15 October 18 October List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1976 Ship Country Description Otterturm West Germany The tug collided with a barge and sank off Burghead , United Kingdom with the loss of one of her ten crew.[40]
20 October List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1976 Ship Country Description George Prince The ferry sank in the Mississippi River after a collision with Frosta Norway ). Seventy-eight people were killed.
23 October 25 October 27 October Unknown date List of shipwrecks: Unknown date October 1976 Ship Country Description Coral Master United States The 78-foot (23.8 m) vessel sank off Alaska .[44]
November 1 November 22 November December 3 December 9 December 11 December List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1976 Ship Country Description Fog United States The 28-foot (8.5 m) vessel sank off the south-central coast of Alaska .[47]
15 December 17 December 20 December List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1976 Ship Country Description Mecca Iceland The ferry sank in the Red Sea after catching fire the previous day and drifting onto a reef.
23 December 24 December List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1976 Ship Country Description British Steel United Kingdom The yacht ran aground off Fuerteventura , Spain. All eight crew rescued, and the yacht was later refloated and returned to service.[50]
27 December List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1976 Ship Country Description Unidentified midget submarine Pakistan Navy The SX-404 -class midget submarine was lost in an accident with the loss of all hands.[51] [52]
Unknown date List of shipwrecks: unknown date 1976 Ship Country Description 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.[53]
Unknown date List of shipwrecks: unknown date 1976 Ship Country Description KRI Hardadali Indonesian Navy The missile boat sank after striking an underwater obstacle in early 1976.[54]
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