List of shipwrecks in 1950
The list of shipwrecks in 1950 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1950.
USS Missouri aground in Chesapeake Bay
January
12 January
- HMS Truculent (
Royal Navy): The T-class submarine was sunk in collision with oil tanker Divina (
Sweden). A total of 64 crew killed. Submarine later salvaged and scrapped.
15 January
- HMS Thermopylae ( Royal Navy): The T-class submarine ran aground on Stevenson Rock, off Skerryvore, Inner Hebrides.[1]
17 January
- USS Missouri (
United States Navy): The Iowa-class battleship ran aground in Chesapeake Bay. Refloated on 1 February.
27 January
- Delta (
Netherlands): The coaster was in collision with the collier Colonel Crompton (
United Kingdom) in the River Thames near Tower Bridge, London and sank.
29 January
- Edirne (
Turkey): The cargo ship ran aground on the Ortach Reef, Alderney, Channel Islands. Floated free and sank the next day.[2] All 50 crew were rescued.[3]
31 January
- Fidamas (
West Germany): The coaster struck a mine and sank off Langeoog, Netherlands with the loss of eight of her sixteen crew.[4] The survivors were rescued by the tug Rumania ( United Kingdom).[5] - Rask (
Norway): The coaster ran aground at Scremerston, Northumberland, United Kingdom. All sixteen on board were rescued.[6]
February
1 February
- William Ashburner ( United Kingdom): The schooner ran aground in the River Severn off Chepstow, Monmouthshire and was wrecked.[7][8]
10 February
- Marchioness ( United Kingdom): The collier was in collision with Durmitor (
Yugoslavia) in the Thames Estuary at Greenhithe, London and sank. All twelve crew were rescued.[9]
11 February
- Karhula (
Finland): The cargo ship sank off Texel, Netherlands with the loss of eleven of her 27 crew. The two stowaways on board were rescued.[10]
12 February
- Stag ( United Kingdom): The tug capsized and sank 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south of the mouth of the River Wear whilst towing unfinished ocean liner City of Manchester ( United Kingdom). Four of her six crew were killed.[11]
- Wing Hing (
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Hong Kong) caught fire, beached at Chilang Point, Hong Kong. Constructive total loss.
21 February
- Clam ( United Kingdom): The tanker ran aground near the Reykjanes Lighthouse, Reykjavík, Iceland. Twenty-seven of her 50 crew were drownd when their lifeboats capsized.[12] Declared a total loss on 5 March.[13]
24 February
- Benledi ( United Kingdom): The cargo ship caught fire east of Malta and was abandoned. Later repaired and returned to service.
- Empire Gladstone ( United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground 8 nautical miles (15 km) north of Twofold Point, New South Wales, Australia (35°56′S 149°57′E / 35.933°S 149.950°E) and was declared a total loss.[14]
March
15 March
26 March
- Voorwarts ( Netherlands): The coaster ran aground on the Paternoster Reef, off Jersey, Channel Islands and was abandoned.[16]
April
10 April
- Halladale ( United Kingdom): The ferry ran aground at Calais, France. Refloated later that day.[17]
May
7 May
- City of Lincoln ( United Kingdom): The hulk of the cargo liner was sunk as a target by the South African Air Force off Cape Town.[18]
26 May
- Cabo Espartel (
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Spain): The cargo ship collided with Felspar ( United Kingdom) in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent. All 37 crew were rescued. Felspar was beached south of Deal, Kent.[19]
June
1 June
- Sand Runner ( United Kingdom): The coaster ran aground at St. Ives Head. All crew saved. Ship refloated the following day.[20]
23 June
- Fairwind (
Australia): The survey vessel foundered off New South Wales with the loss of all seventeen crew.
July
5 July
- Barnet ( United Kingdom) standing guard overnight under the Warspite’s bows, at Prussia Cove, Cornwall was holed in the engine room, towed off and eventually drifted ashore at Long Rock, a few miles to the west.[21][22]
9 July
- Ranheim ( Norway): The cargo ship was wrecked off Kapp Borthen, Svalbard.[23]
12 July
- Franconia ( United Kingdom): The ocean liner ran aground at Orleans, Ontario, Canada.[24] Refloated on 16 July.[25] All 1,272 passengers and crew rescued.[26]
August
13 August
- Mayakovsky : steamer in Riga, Latvian SSR
23 August
- Jeep Hee ( United Kingdom): The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Yangtze, China.[27]
25 August
- USS Benevolence ( United States Navy): The hospital ship collided with Mary Luckenbach ( United States) off San Francisco, California and sank with the loss of 23 of her 505 crew.
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- Capitaine Frankignoul (
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Belgium) The Liberty Ship ran aground south east of Zanzibar, refloated after four days and returned to service.[28][29] - Quebec (
Canada): The cruise ship caught fire in the St Lawrence River, a total loss.[30]
September
12 September
- Clan Chatton ( United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground on the Shipwash Sands, 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Harwich, Essex.[31]
15 September
- Happy Harry ( United Kingdom): The schooner foundered at Southport and was dismantled in situ.[32]
16 September
- Colonial (
Portugal): The ocean liner was driven ashore on the Argyllshire coast in a storm. She was being towed from Lisbon, Portugal to the Clyde for scrapping and had a skeleton crew of eight on board. They were rescued by breeches buoy.[33] - La Place (
Marine Nationale): The Tacoma-class frigate struck a mine in the Baie de la Fresnaie off St Malo and sank with the loss of 51 of her 92 crew.[34]
22 September
- Energi ( Sweden): The cargo ship struck a mine and sank off the Åland Islands, Finland with the loss of eleven of her seventeen crew.[35]
27 September
October
5 October
- Orwell ( United Kingdom): The Thames barge collided with the motor barge Betty Hudson ( United Kingdom) in the Thames Estuary and sank 36 nautical miles (67 km) downstream of London Bridge.[37]
12 October
- USS Pirate ( United States Navy): Operation Wonsan: The Admirable-class minesweeper struck a mine and sank off Sin-Do, Korea with the loss of thirteen crew.
- USS Pledge ( United States Navy): Operation Wonsan: The Admirable-class minesweeper struck a mine and sank off Sin-Do, Korea.
15 October
- Ernesto Tornquist (
Argentina): The passenger ship ran aground on South Georgia. All 250 on board were rescued.[38]
24 October
November
7 November
- Seniority ( United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground at Leinish Point, Inner Hebrides. Sank the next day off Bo Vich Chuan Rock, Inner Hebrides.
11 November
- Masterman ( United Kingdom): The tug struck Hogus Rocks, Cornwall.The tug Tradesman ( United Kingdom) was damaged in assisting to free Masterman and had to be taken in tow by tug Superman ( United Kingdom).[22]
17 November
- Skeldergate ( United Kingdom): The cargo ship was driven ashore near Puri, India in a cyclone. She broke her back and was declared a total loss.[40]
24 November
- Santagata (
Italy): The cargo ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom and was wrecked.[14]
26 November
- Selnes ( Norway): The cargo ship collided with City of Bristol ( United Kingdom) in the Thames Estuary and was beached on the West Barrow Sands, where she was declared a total loss.
30 November
- Regent Lion ( United Kingdom): The tanker ran aground in the Firth of Forth. Refloated the next day.[41]
December
1 December
- I P Suhr (
Denmark): The collier capsized and sank in the Baltic Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off Sandhammaren, Sweden with the loss of 20 crew.
11 December
- Bechuana (
South Africa): The Channel Tanker ran aground at Port Nolloth, South Africa. A total loss.
15 December
- Etivebank ( United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground at Licata, Italy after her anchor chain broke in heavy weather. Later refloated and returned to service.
24 December
- Santagata ( Italy): The cargo ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She broke in two and was declared a total loss. All 32 crew were rescued by the Walmer Lifeboat.
References
- ↑ "Submarine Captain Charged" The Times (London). Thursday, 6 April 1950. (51659), col F, p. 4.
- ↑ "Loss Of Turkish Ship" The Times (London). Tuesday, 31 January 1950. (51603), col D, p. 4.
- ↑ "Welfare Of Edirne's Crew" The Times (London). Saturday, 4 February 1950. (51607), col D, p. 8.
- ↑ "German Steamer Sunk By Mine" The Times (London). Wednesday, 1 February 1950. (51604), col D, p. 4.
- ↑ "News In Brief" The Times (London). Monday, 6 February 1950. (51608), col E, p. 5.
- ↑ "Crew Saved By Breeches Buoy" The Times (London). Wednesday, 1 February 1950. (51604), col F, p. 4.
- ↑ "William Ashburner". Through Mighty Seas. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
- ↑ "Widespread Gales" The Times (London). Thursday, 2 February 1950. (51605), col E, p. 4.
- ↑ "Steamer Sunk In Thames Estuary" The Times (London). Saturday, 11 February 1950. (51613), col D, p. 4.
- ↑ "Finnish Steamer Lost" The Times (London). Monday, 13 February 1950. (51614), col F, p. 6.
- ↑ "Bodies Of Tug Crew Still Missing" The Times (London). Monday, 13 February 1950. (51614), col F, p. 6.
- ↑ "27 Of Tanker Crew Lost" The Times (London). Wednesday, 1 March 1950. (51628), col G, p. 6.
- ↑ "Loss of 27 Men In Ship's Boats" The Times (London). Tuesday, 11 July 1950. (51740), col C, p. 3.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Mitchell, W H, and Sawyer, L A (1995). The Empire Ships. London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. p. not cited. ISBN 1-85044-275-4.
- ↑ "Belgian Merchant H-O". Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
- ↑ "Dutch Coaster On Reef" The Times (London). Monday, 27 March 1950. (51650), col F, p. 4.
- ↑ "Barge Sunk Off The Nore Sands" The Times (London). Tuesday, 11 April 1950. (51662), col D, p. 6.
- ↑ "Liner Hulk Sunk" The Times (London). Monday, 8 May 1950. (51685), col C, p. 3.
- ↑ "Ships Collide In Channel Fog" The Times (London). Saturday, 27 May 1950. (51702), col B, p. 2.
- ↑ "1946-62". St. Ives Trust. Retrieved 15 March 2008.
- ↑ Carter, C (1998). The Port of Penzance. Lydney: Black Dwarf Publications. ISBN 0-9533028-0-6.
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 "Visitors to Mount’s Bay. The Last days of HMS WARSPITE". Hearts of Oak. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
- ↑ "Ranheim (5605743)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 16 November 2013. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "Franconia Still Aground" The Times (London). Friday, 14 July 1950. (51743), col C, p. 6.
- ↑ "Franconia Refloated" The Times (London). Monday, 17 July 1950. (51745), col F, p. 4.
- ↑ "Stranding Of The Liner Franconia" The Times (London). Saturday, 30 September 1950. (51810), col C, p. 3.
- ↑ "News In Brief" The Times (London). Thursday, 24 August 1950. (51778), col D, p. 3.
- ↑ "Belgian Merchant A-G". Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
- ↑ "Marine Casualty Database Southern African Coast". Oocities. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
- ↑ "Ships Lost In August" The Times (London). Monday, 11 September 1950. (51793), col G, p. 9.
- ↑ "Ship Aground" The Times (London). Thursday, 14 September 1950. (51796), col F, p. 3.
- ↑ "HAPPY HARRY September 1950". Martyn Griff. Retrieved 5 October 2011.
- ↑ "80 M.P.H. Gusts" The Times (London). Monday, 18 September 1950. (51799), col E, p. 4.
- ↑ "French Ship Blown Up" The Times (London). Monday, 18 September 1950. (51799), col E, p. 4.
- ↑ "Steamer Sinks Afer Striking Mine" The Times (London). Saturday, 23 September 1950. (51804), col C, p. 5.
- ↑ "Liner's Mishap Off Southampton" The Times (London). Thursday, 28 September 1950. (51808), col E, p. 4.
- ↑ "Gelignite Barge Sunk In Thames" The Times (London). Saturday, 7 October 1950. (51816), col C, p. 6.
- ↑ "Argentine Ship Lost" The Times (London). Thursday, 19 October 1950. (51826), col B, p. 3.
- ↑ "6,470-ton Steamer Runs Aground" The Times (London). Wednesday, 24 October 1950. (51831), col E, p. 3.
- ↑ "Cyclone Damage in Bengal" The Times (London). Tuesday, 21 November 1950. (51854), col C, p. 3.
- ↑ "News In Brief" The Times (London). Saturday, 2 December 1950. (51864), col C, p. 3.
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