List of shipwrecks in 1973
The list of shipwrecks in 1973 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1973.
January
21 January
22 January
31 January
February
2 February
- Alcamo ( Italy): The cargo ship struck rocks and was holed off Cap Rosso, Corsica. She was declared a constructive total loss and later scrapped.[3]
March
4 March
12 March
- Igara ( Italy): The Ore-oil carrier hit a rock and was holed in the South China Sea. She later sank by the bow 70 nautical miles (130 km) off Singapore. Broke in two at № 1 hold on 19 March. Stern section refloated and fitted with new bow section, returned to service as Eraclide.
22 March
April
2 April
4 April
24 April
27 April
May
3 May
11 May
- Pramnos ( Greece): The coaster collided with Tony ( Italy) off Porto Stefano, Italy and sank with the loss of three of her fourteen crew.[9][10]
16 May
- Hongkong Grace (): The cargo ship collided with Mina ( South Africa) in Mossel Bay, South Africa and caught fire. She was scrapped in December 1973.[11]
21 May
24 May
30 May
June
3 June
13 June
25 June
July
6 July
19 July
Unknown date
August
14 August
29 August
31 August
September
10 September
28 September
29 September
October
11 October
- Cap de la Hague ( France): The dredger capsized and sank off Calais. Six crew were trapped in the sunken vessel.[24] One man was rescued after 68 hours.[25]
13 October
- Blythe Star ( United Kingdom): The coaster foundered off Hobart, Tasmania. Nine crew took to a liferaft, but one died at sea and two others died of exposure when the liferaft landed near Dunalley nine days later.[26]
25 October
November
6 November
- Golar Patricia) ( Liberia): The supertanker exploded and sank in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of one of the 44 people on board. The survivors were rescued by the ocean liner Cabo San Vicente ( Spain).[28]
15 November
18 November
- Gapern ( Sweden): The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank 50 nautical miles (93 km) off the coast of Northumberland. All eleven crew were rescued by the trawler Kingston Emerald ( United Kingdom).[30]
23 November
- Annette ( Cyprus): The cargo ship collided with the harbour wall and sank at Ashdod, Israel, killing 21 of her 24 crew.[31]
26 November
December
4 December
13 December
19 December
25 December
Unknown date
References
- ^ "Navy saves nine from sinking ship" The Times (London). Monday, 22 November 1973. Issue 58687, col D-E, p. 5.
- ^ "Belgian Merchant A-G". Belgische Koopvaardij. http://www.belgischekoopvaardij.net/belgian%20merchant%20A-G%2023.5.04.pdf. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
- ^ "Belgian Merchant H-O". Belgische Koopvaardij. http://www.belgischekoopvaardij.net/belgian%20merchant%20H-O%2024.5.04.pdf. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
- ^ "M/S Anita" (in Norwegian). Lillesand Sjomannsforening. http://www.sjohistorie.no/skip/a/Anita. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
- ^ "Priate ship runs aground" The Times (London). Tuesday, 3 April 1973. Issue 58748, col A, p. 5.
- ^ "Soviet ship held in France" The Times (London). Friday, 6 April 1973. Issue 58751, col G, p. 8.
- ^ "Soviet ship released" The Times (London). Saturday, 7 April 1973. Issue 58752, col D, p. 5.
- ^ "Container hazard to ships after Channel collision" The Times (London). Saturday, 28 April 1973. Issue 58769, col D, p. 1.
- ^ "Greek ship sinks" The Times (London). Saturday, 12 May 1973. Issue 58780, col A, p. 5.
- ^ "MV Pramnos (+1973)". Wrecksite. http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?58494. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
- ^ "Belgian Merchant P-Z". Belgische Koopvaardij. http://www.belgischekoopvaardij.net/belgian%20Merchant%20%20P-Z.pdf. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
- ^ "Oil leak from tanker on mudbank" The Times (London). Monday, 25 June 1973. Issue 58817, col E, p. 1.
- ^ "Oil watch on coast as tanker refloated" The Times (London). Tuesday, 26 June 1973. Issue 58818, col E, p. 1.
- ^ "Search goes on for seamen" The Times (London). Thursday, 19 July 1973. Issue 58838, col G, p. 2.
- ^ "Nordic Service (+1973)". Wrecksite. http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?129457. Retrieved 3 June 2011.
- ^ a b "British cruise liner aground again" The Times (London). Thursday, 16 August 1973. Issue 58862, col A, p. 1.
- ^ "Picture Gallery" The Times (London). Friday, 17 August 1973. Issue 58863, col D-G, p. 5.
- ^ a b "Race against time to save two trapped in midget submarine" The Times (London). Saturday, 1 September 1973. Issue 58876, col A-E, p. A. (continued on p 2, Col A).
- ^ "Regulations on deep-sea work to be considered after near-disaster" The Times (London). Monday, 3 September 1973. Issue 58877, col E-G, p. 1.
- ^ "Champagne flows after rescue from the deeo" The Times (London). Monday, 3 September 1973. Issue 58877, col D-G, p. 2.
- ^ "10 missing after ships collide in Channel" The Times (London). Tuesday, 11 September 1973. Issue 58884, col G, p. 2.
- ^ "Three die as Dutch ship sinks" The Times (London). Saturday, 29 September 1973. Issue 58900, col D, p. 4.
- ^ "Swedes guard poison ship" The Times (London). Tuesday, 2 October 1973. Issue 58902, col C, p. 8.
- ^ "British diving bell rushed to help free men trapped in dredger" The Times (London). Saturday, 13 October 1973. Issue 58912, col A, p. 1.
- ^ "Man rescued from hull of capsized dredger" The Times (London). Monday, 15 October 1973. Issue 58913, col E, p. 1.
- ^ "Three die in nine-day ordeal after ship sinks" The Times (London). Thursday, 25 October 1973. Issue 58922, col A, p. 7.
- ^ a b "Hurrican closes port of Palermo" The Times (London). Saturday, 27 October 1973. Issue 58924, col D, p. 6.
- ^ "Supertanker sank after series of explosions" The Times (London). Wednesday, 7 November 1973. Issue 58932, col A-B, p. 7.
- ^ "British tanker runs aground off Norway" The Times (London). Friday, 16 November 1973. Issue 58940, col A, p. 7.
- ^ "Trawler saves crew of sinking ship" The Times (London). Monday, 19 November 1973. Issue 58942, col E, p. 1.
- ^ "21 die as ship sinks outside Israel harbour" The Times (London). Saturday, 24 November 1973. Issue 58947, col G, p. 7.
- ^ "Navy helicopters rescue men from freighter" The Times (London). Tuesday, 27 November 1973. Issue 58949, col E, p. 6.
- ^ Carter, C (1998). The Port of Penzance. A History. Lydney: Black Dwarf Publications.
- ^ "Hunt for lost ship's crew" The Times (London). Friday, 21 December 1973. Issue 58970, col A-B, p. 6.
- ^ "Ship aground for 61 days is refloated" The Times (London). Monday, 25 February 1974. Issue 59023, col E, p. 2.
- ^ Simper, Robert (1998). River Medway and the Swale. Lavenham: Creekside Publishing. p. 14. ISBN 0951997 7 5.
See also