List of shipwrecks in 1951
The list of shipwrecks in 1951 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1951.
January
3 January
- Palana (
United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground on Pine Peak Island, Northumberland Islands, Australia. Refloated on 5 January.[1]
8 January
- Monty (
Norway): The Channel Tanker capsized and sank near Torungen Lighthouse, Arendal, Norway.
16 January
- George Washington (
United States): The passenger ship caught fire at Baltimore, Maryland. She was consequently scrapped.
17 January
- Tapti ( United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground off the Isle of Mull, Inner Hebrides.[2] Later declared a total loss.[3]
22 January
- Bie (
Sweden): The cargo ship caught fire in the North Sea and was abandoned 100 nautical miles (190 km) north of Terschelling, Netherlands. All bar one of the twenty crew were rescued by the ocean liner Washington ( United States).[4]
23 January
- Barnes ( United Kingdom): The tug sank in the River Thames near Blackfriars Bridge, London.[5]
28 January
- Castledore ( United Kingdom): The Liberty ship sank off the coast of Spain. All 38 crew rescued by a French trawler.[6]
- Janko (
Panama): The tanker broke in two off Cape Finisterre, Spain. Stern half taken in tow by the tug Bustler ( United Kingdom).[7] Bow section also remained afloat and was taken under tow. Ship declared a constructive total loss and scrapped.[8]
February
1 February
- Eleth ( United Kingdom): The coaster capsized and sank in the Irish Sea 12 nautical miles (22 km) east of Carlingford, County Louth, Ireland.[9]
2 February
- Eleth ( United Kingdom): The cargo ship sank in the Irish Sea with the loss of nine of her ten crew.[10]
- USS Partridge (
United States Navy): The YMS-1-class minesweeper struck a mine and sank at Wonsan, Korea.
16 February
- Deeness ( United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground off Cherbourg, France.[11]
18 February
- Nairana (
Australia): The passenger/cargo ship was driven ashore in a storm off Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Wreck scrapped in situ.
March
24 March
- Ramses II (
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Egypt): The cargo ship ran aground in the River Severn at Sharpness, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.[12]
April
3 April
- Ketos ( United Kingdom): The refrigerated cargo ship sank following an explosion in her engine room whilst off the coast of Brazil (2°25′N 30°20′W / 2.417°N 30.333°W). All 41 crew rescued by Castelverde (
Italy).[9][13]
12 April
- Oljaren ( Sweden): The tanker ran aground on the Pentland Skerries, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom.[14]
13 April
- Arab Trader (
Aden): The Isles-class trawler ran aground at Mombasa, Kenya, a total loss.
16 April
- HMS Affray (
Royal Navy): The Amphion-class submarine foundered in the Hurds Deep, off Alderney, Channel Islands.
27 April
- RFA Bedenham (
Royal Fleet Auxiliary): The armament carrier was destroyed in an explosion of ordnance at Gibraltar.
May
3 May
10 May
- Marrawah ( Australia): The hulk was scuttled by the Royal Australian Air Force off Sydney, Australia.
June
10 June
- Maharashmi (
India): The coaster ran aground near the Bhaktal Fort Lighthouse, India and broke into three sections.
July
1 July
Sri Ayudhya shortly before sinking
- HTMS Sri Ayudhya (
Royal Thai Navy): Manhattan Rebellion: The rebel-controlled coastal defence ship was shelled and bombed by government forces until she sank off Bangkok, Thailand.
4 July
- Peterstar ( United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground in the South China Sea.[16]
7 July
- Jargoon ( United Kingdom): The coaster collided in the English Channel with Tormes (
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Spain) and sank 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of the Owers Lightship.[17]
19 July
- RFA Wave Laird ( Royal Fleet Auxiliary): The Wave-class oiler collided with the Royal Interocean Line's ocean liner Boissevain (
Netherlands) off Singapore.
21 July
23 July
- Rubens (
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Belgium) Sank off Kats u Ura, Japan (35°12′20″N 140°24′20″E / 35.20556°N 140.40556°E).[19]
29 July
- Earl ( United Kingdom): The tug capsized and sank at Cardiff, Glamorgan whilst berthing the Festival of Britain ship Campania (
United Kingdom). All six crew rescued.[20]
August
11 August
- Santos (
Brazil): The ocean liner ran aground off Cabo Frio. All 263 passengers rescued by Cordoba (
Argentina) and Pocone ( Brazil).[21]
13 August
- Bess ( Norway): The cargo liner sank in the North Sea with the loss of seven of the 31 people on board.[22]
15 August
- TSS Wahine (
New Zealand): At 05:40 a.m. the 4,436 grt Union Steamship Company passenger ferry Wahine (meaning 'wife') ran hard aground on the Masela Island Reef off Cape Palsu in the Arafura Sea, being held as far aft as the engine room. In response to a distress call, all aboard were rescued by the Standard Vacuum Oil's tanker Stanvac Karachi and returned to Darwin. From there the men were flown in relays to their destination but it was a sad end for a vessel that had given 38 years of magnificent service. Salvage attempts were unsuccessful and the vessel was abandoned as a total loss.[23]
20 August
- Dromus ( United Kingdom): the oil tanker suffered two explosions and a fire in the small hours of the morning while loading at Pulau Bukom, Singapore. Three officers,[24] 19 crew and five shore-based staff were killed.[25] On 14 September she was drydocked for refitting[26] and in due course she returned to service.
22 August
- USS Wisconsin ( United States Navy): The Iowa-class battleship ran aground in the Hudson River at New York. Later refloated undamaged.[27]
September
1 September
- HMS Bagshot ( Royal Navy): The Hunt-class minesweeper struck a mine and sank off Corfu, Greece.
- Pelican ( United States): The passenger ship capsized and sank off the Montauk Lighthouse, New York with the loss of 45 lives.
10 September
- Scillonian ( United Kingdom): The ferry ran ashore on the Wingletang Ledge, St Agnes, Isles of Scilly in fog. She was later refloated and continued in service.[28]
14 September
Allenwood
- Allenwood ( Australia): The cargo ship ran aground at Norah Head, New South Wales and was wrecked.
October
3 October
- Saltfleet ( United Kingdom):The coaster ran aground at Reedness, Yorkshire. She rolled over on 4 October, salvage was abandoned in 1952 and the ship was scrapped in 1954.
7 October
- USS U-2513 ( United States Navy): The Type XXI submarine was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean off Key West, Florida (24°53′N 83°15′W / 24.883°N 83.250°W).
12 October
- Ranna (
Costa Rica): The cargo ship collided with Tharros (
Greece) and sank off Gothenburg, Sweden with the loss of six of her eight crew.[29]
14 October
15 October
- Paul M ( United Kingdom): The coaster collided with the trawler Rose of England ( United Kingdom) and sank off the mouth of the River Humber.[31]
21 October
- Pandora ( United Kingdom): The coaster foundered off Whitby with the loss of all six crew.[32] Collided with SS Gripfast ( United Kingdom) during rescue operation.
25 October
- Bluebird ( United Kingdom): The hydroplane sank in Coniston Water, Cumberland.[33]
30 October
- Transpet ( Panama): The tanker exploded and sank in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Canada.
November
4 November
- Mina Cantiquin ( Spain): The coaster struck a rock 50 nautical miles (93 km) off Black Head, Devon damaging her steering gear. She was driven ashore at Lowland Point. All seventeen crew rescued by the Coverack lifeboat.[34]
- Maipu ( Argentina): The ocean liner collided with USS General M. L. Hersey ( United States Navy) and sank in the Weser Estuary. All 260 passengers and crew were rescued.[35]
5 November
- Nuria R ( Argentina): The cargo ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay. All 34 crew rescued by the Bibby Line ocean liner Staffordshire ( United Kingdom).[36]
6 November
- São Paulo ( Brazilian Navy): sank off the Azores, Portugal with the loss of eight lives.
December
6 December
- Sandeid ( Norway): The passenger ship sank off Rennesøy with the loss of ten of her seventeen crew.[37]
12 December
- Jean Marie ( Belgium): The coaster foundered south of Stockholm, Sweden after cargo shifted.
14 December
- Gucum Erman (
Turkey): The cargo ship struck the wreck of Empire Kumari ( United Kingdom) and sank in Haifa Bay, Israel.
17 December
- James Richardson ( United States): The cargo ship ran aground at Nacqueville, France and was severely damaged.[38]
20 December
- Erria (
Denmark): The cargo liner caught fire in the Columbia River at East Astoria, Oregon, United States with the loss of eleven of the 114 people on board. The severely damaged ship was later repaired and converted to a cargo ship.[39][40]
21 December
- Edison Mariner ( United States): The Liberty ship collided with Kittiwake ( United Kingdom) in the Scheldt and ran aground.[41]
- Noreg ( Sweden): The cargo ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom.[42] Refloated the next day.[43]
- Porlock Hill ( United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground at Famagusta, Cyprus.[44] with the loss of five of her 31 crew. The ship broke in two and was declared a total loss.[43]
30 December
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31 December
- Østhav ( Norway): The tanker broke in two in the Bay of Biscay. Both halves were driven ashore.[46]
- Gemma ( Netherlands): The tanker ran aground at Guéthary, France, with the loss of all seven crew.[47]
References
- ↑ "Efforts To Salve P. & O. Ship" The Times (London). Saturday, 6 January 1951. (51892), col F, p. 5.
- ↑ "British Ship Aground" The Times (London). Thursday, 18 January 1951. (51902), col D, p. 6.
- ↑ "62 Rescued From Grounded Ship" The Times (London). Friday, 19 January 1951. (51903), col F, p. 2.
- ↑ "Burning Ship Abandoned In North Sea" The Times (London). Tuesday, 23 January 1951. (51906), col G, p. 4.
- ↑ "Thames Tug Sinks At Moorings" The Times (London). Tuesday, 23 January 1951. (51906), col G, p. 4.
- ↑ "British Ship Sinks Off Spanish Coast" The Times (London). Monday, 29 January 1951. (51911), col E, p. 4.
- ↑ "Wrecks Off Spain" The Times (London). Tuesday, 30 January 1951. (51912), col F, p. 6.
- ↑ "1938 JAGUAR". Lardex. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 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.
- ↑ "Steamer Sunk Off Irish Coast" The Times (London). Saturday, 3 February 1951. (51916), col D, p. 4.
- ↑ "British Steamer Aground" The Times (London). Saturday, 17 February 1951. (51928), col D, p. 5.
- ↑ "Steamer On Sandbank" The Times (London). Monday, 26 March 1951. (51958), col D, p. 6.
- ↑ "British Ship Sunk" The Times (London). Wednesday, 4 April 1951. (51966), col D, p. 4.
- ↑ "Swedish Tanker Aground" The Times (London). Friday, 13 April 1951. (51974), col C, p. 4.
- ↑ "Bore III (5603964)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 28 May 2012. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "British Ship Aground Off China" The Times (London). Thursday, 5 July 1951. (52045), col D, p. 6.
- ↑ "Steamer Sinks After Collision" The Times (London). Monday, 9 July 1951. (52048), col G, p. 6.
- ↑ "Belgian Merchant P-Z". Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
- ↑ "Belgian Ship Sinks" The Times (London). Tuesday, 24 July 1951. (52061), col E, p. 3.
- ↑ "Campania Tug Sunk" The Times (London).
- ↑ "Brazilian Liner Aground" The Times (London). Monday, 13 August 1951. (52078), col B, p. 4.
- ↑ "Ordeal On Raft In Rough Seas" The Times (London). Thursday, 16 August 1951. (52081), col E, p. 3.
- ↑ "TSS Wahine".
- ↑ "Dromus explosion death toll reaches 27". The Straits Times (National Library of Singapore). 22 August 1951. p. 7. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
- ↑ "Oil fire victims: most not known". Straits Times (National Library of Singapore). 23 August 1951. p. 9. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
- ↑ "Dromus to go into dry dock". The Straits Times (National Library of Singapore). 14 September 1951. p. 4. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
- ↑ "U.S. Battleship Aground In Hudson" The Times (London). Thursday, 23 August 1951. (52087), col D, p. 5.
- ↑ Mumford, Clive (8 September 2011). "Calamity for islands' vital vessel". Cornishman.
- ↑ "Six Seamen Drowned Off Sweden" The Times (London). Saturday, 13 October 1951. (52131), col A, p. 5.
- ↑ "Typhoon In Japan" The Times (London). Monday, 15 October 1951. (52132), col G, p. 6.
- ↑ "Traffic Delayed By Fog" The Times (London). Tuesday, 16 October 1951. (52133), col D, p. 6.
- ↑ "THE MERCHANT SHIPPING ACT, 1894, REPORT OF COURT (No 7977), SS "Pandora" O.N. 90948". Plimsoll. Retrieved 24 December 2009.
- ↑ "Motor-boat Bluebird Sinks" The Times (London). Friday, 26 October 1951. (52142), col E, p. 6.
- ↑ "Ship Aground In Gale" The Times (London). Monday, 5 November 1951. (52150), col E, p. 4.
- ↑ "Liner Sinks After Collision" The Times (London). Monday, 5 November 1951. (52150), col E, p. 4.
- ↑ "Liner Lands Rescued Spanish Seamen" The Times (London). Thursday, 8 November 1951. (52153), col E, p. 4.
- ↑ "10 Drowned In Lost Steamer" The Times (London). Friday, 7 December 1951. (52178), col E, p. 6.
- ↑ "Thick Fog In France" The Times (London). Tuesday, 18 December 1951. (52187), col C, p. 4.
- ↑ "WORLD EVENTS IN EUROPE, ASIA AND AMERICA: A MISCELLANY OF NEWS". Illustrated London News (5881): p.25. 5 January 1952.
- ↑ "The Fire Aboard the Erria". History with heart. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
- ↑ "U.S. Freighter Reported Damaged" The Times (London). Saturday, 22 January 1951. (52191), col F, p. 4.
- ↑ "Steamer On Goodwins" The Times (London). Saturday, 22 December 1951. (52191), col F, p. 4.
- ↑ 43.0 43.1 "News In Brief" The Times (London). Monday, 24 December 1951. (52192), col D, p. 2.
- ↑ "British Steamer Aground" The Times (London). Saturday, 22 December 1951. (52191), col F, p. 4.
- ↑ "Hongkong Ship Aground" The Times (London). Monday, 31 December 1951. (52196), col D, p. 3.
- ↑ "M/T Østhav". Warsailors. Retrieved 4 October 2011.
- ↑ "Ships Wrecked Off France" The Times (London). Tuesday, 1 January 1952. (52197), col F, p. 6.
See also
| Ship events in 1951 | |||||||||||
| Ship launches: | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 |
| Ship commissionings: | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 |
| Ship decommissionings: | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 |
| Shipwrecks: | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 |