The destroyer was driven ashore on the coast of Brittany, France. A total of 233 crew were removed by a French coast guard helicopter. A French tug refloated the ship.[4]
The oil rig, being towed on a barge, ran aground at Guernsey, Channel Islands, when the tow broke in a storm. Her crew were rescued by the St. Peter Port Lifeboat and Royal Navy helicopters.[5]
The tanker collided with bulk carrier Roseline (France) off the Norfolk coast and capsized, remaining afloat for a number of days afterwards.[15] Bow section blown up and sunk on 1 June.[16] About 5,000 tonnes of heavy fuel oil were spilt.[17]
The 70-foot (21.3 m) vessel sank off the Aleutian Islands 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) from Dutch Harbor, Alaska. The vessels Cape Lynch and Crystal (both United States) rescued her crew.[22]
The coaster collided with Macasse (Ivory Coast) and sank in the Seine 16 nautical miles (30 km) downstream of Rouen, France with the loss of four of her five crew.[26][27]
The tanker collided with the bulk carrier Maroudio (Greece) and sank off Ouessant, France. The bulk carrier August Pacific (United Kingdom) washed out her tanks in the area where the accident occurred. She was forced to stop by L'Alerte (Marine Nationale) after ignoring demands from the dredger Baccarat (France) to stop. Her captain was fined ₣50,000 (then £5,800) for illegally discharging the oil.[30]
The wreck of Cuyahoga when she was refloated on 29 October 1978.
The cutter sank with the loss of 11 lives after colliding with the tankerSanta Cruz II (Argentina) in the Chesapeake Bay. There were 18 survivors. She was refloated on 29 October 1978 and scuttled on 29 March 1979 to form an artificial reef.
The yacht was seized by the Kampuchean Navy for drug smuggling. She reportedly was scuttled and her two crewmen were executed by being burned alive.[51]
The motor vessel was overdue on a trip in Hawaii between Honolulu Harbor and Kawaihae Harbor and was presumed capsized and sunk in the Pacific Ocean.[53]
The cargo ship was wrecked on Shab Abu Reef near the Straits of Gubal. The vessel Interusja (flag unknown) rescued her cew. Kimon M. slid off the reef and sank some days later.[54]
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^[Pitfield, Jane (2000). Leaside (Second ed.). Toronto: Natural Heritage Books. ISBN 978-1-55002-875-1., p. 65.]
^[Macpherson, Ken; Barrie, Ron (2002). The Ships of Canada's Naval Forces 1910–2002 (Third ed.). St. Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell Publishing. ISBN 1-55125-072-1., p. 165.]
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