List of shipwrecks in 1962
The list of shipwrecks in 1962 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1962.
January
3 January
7 January
- Sabac (
Yugoslavia): The cargo ship collided with Dorrington Court (
United Kingdom) and sank off the Goodwin Sands, English Channel.[2] Twenty-eight of her 33 crew were killed.[3]
8 January
- Pinjarra ( United Kingdom): The cargo liner ran aground at the mouth of the River Tees.[4] Refloated the next day.[5]
11 January
- B-37 (
Soviet Navy) destroyed by explosion at Ekaterininsky. S-350 ( Soviet Navy) damaged by the explosion. A total of 132 people killed. - Fordfield ( United Kingdom) The coaster capsized and sank 10 nautical miles (19 km) south east of the Owers Lightvessel, off Selsey Bill, West Sussex. All nine crew rescued by Perla Dan (
Denmark).[6]
16 January
- Finn Gemma (
Norway): The coaster collided with Nordic in Bremen Harbour and sank. All 12 crew rescued.[7]
17 January
- Neftegorsk (
Soviet Union): The tanker ran aground off the mouth of the Gironde, France and was abandoned.[8]
21 January
- Hjalmar Wessel ( Norway): The cargo ship caught fire in the North Sea 60 nautical miles (110 km) north west of Den Helder, Netherlands. Fire extinguished and ship towed to IJmuiden.[9]
- Fides (
Italy): The cargo ship ran aground in the Elbe at Cuxhaven, West Germany.[9]
23 January
- Gladonia ( United Kingdom): The coaster ran aground off the Hoek van Holland, Netherlands.[10]
31 January
- BP Driver ( United Kingdom): The tanker ran aground at Porthcawl, Glamorgan.[11]
Unknown date
- FV Gai Floreal (
France) ran aground near Bennal Cove, St. Ives. All crew saved, ship towed back to France.[12]
February
1 February
- Berta Kienass (
West Germany): The trawler struck a mine and sank off the Netherlands with the loss of all but one of her fourteen crew.[13] - Kozara (
Greece): The cargo ship ran aground in the Black Sea. Refloated after nine days.[5]
6 February
- Yanix ( Greece): The liberty ship foundered 60 nautical miles (110 km) off Luzon Island, Philippines. All 29 crew rescued.[14]
7 February
- Chickasaw (
United States): The Type C2-F cargo ship ran aground on Santa Rosa Island, California.
28 February
- Captayannis (
Panama): The cargo ship ran aground in the North Sea off Goeree-Overflakkee, South Holland, Netherlands (51°40′N 3°25′E / 51.667°N 3.417°E). She was refloated but deemed uneconomic to repair and was scrapped in April 1962.[15]
Unknown date
- Kingsgate ( United Kingdom): The coaster ran aground south of Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland.[16]
- Delce ( United Kingdom) : The barge foundered in the Thames Estuary with the loss of both crew.[17]
March
4 March
- Island Lass ( United Kingdom) : The passenger ship foundered off North Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands.[18]
11 March
- Sand Dart ( United Kingdom): The coaster ran aground at St Alban's Head, Swanage Dorset.[19]
- Norwich Trader ( United Kingdom): The coaster collided with Akinity ( United Kingdom) and was beached on a sandbank off Kings Lynn, Norfolk. Later refloated and reached port.[16]
14 March
- Athina ( Greece): The cargo ship caught fire at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. The fire was extinguished two days later but she was declared a constructive total loss. Scrapped in August 1962.[15]
15 March
- Sophie H ( United States): The cargo ship ran aground near Augusta, Sicily, Italy. Refloated on 19 March.[20]
16 March
- Venezuela ( Italy): The ocean liner ran aground off Cannes, France.
27 March
- Palmyra ( West Germany): The cargo ship collided with in the Bay of Biscay 18 nautical miles (33 km) off Ouessant, Finistère, France with British Mariner ( United Kingdom) and sank. British Mariner was subsequently scrapped in May 1962.[15][21]
29 March
- Kirsten Skou ( Denmark): The cargo ship collided with Karpfanger ( West Germany) and sank in the English Channel off Dover, Kent. All 35 crew saved.[22]
Unknown date
- Wear Breeze (
Australia): The cargo ship ran aground at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Refloated but declared a constructive total loss and consequently scrapped in July.
April
3 April
- Inchmay (
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Hong Kong): The cargo ship ran aground at Wakayama, Japan. Later refloated and returned to service.
18 April
- Augustenburg ( West Germany): The cargo ship collided with Colorado ( Denmark) and sank 24 nautical miles (44 km) south of the Nab Tower off the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom.[23]
30 April
- Bahia de Nepe (
Cuba): The ship was attacked and sunk by a Guatemalan Air Force after firing upon the aircraft when ordered to identify herself. Guatemalan President Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes claimed the ship was running arms to Guatemala.[24]
May
5 May
23 May
- Forager ( United Kingdom) : The tug capsized and sank in River Clyde. Refloated on 5 June and later repaired. In service until scrapped in 1984.
24 May
- Tollman ( United Kingdom): The tug capsized and sank at Hull, Yorkshire with the loss of three of her five crew.[25]
June
15 June
- Nyon (
Switzerland): The cargo ship collided with Jalazad (
India) and sank 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south of Beachy Head, East Sussex, United Kingdom. All 32 crew rescued by Jalazad.[26]
July
6 July
- Tuaikaepau (
New Zealand) ran aground on the Minerva Reef. Crew lived in the wreck of a Japanese vessel, wrecked two years earlier, for seven weeks before making a raft and some of them sailed to Fiji. Five crew died before rescue came.
7 July
- USS Fullam ( United States Navy): The Fletcher-class destroyer was sunk as a target 180 nautical miles (330 km) south of Cape Henry, Virginia
30 July
- MV Montrose ( United Kingdom): The 4,993-ton freighter struck a steel barge being pushed by a tug and sank under the bridge on the Detroit river the night of July 30, 1962.. The collision ripped a hole in the side of the freighter causing water to flood into the front of the ship. All the crew got off safely and The Windsor Star reported about 20,000 spectators in Windsor and Detroit watched “the lumbering ship flop to her side in 30 feet of water”. The 440-foot vessel was said to be valued at $6 million to $8 million, exclusive of cargo, and was just 18 months old. She was coming from France to the Great Lakes with fine wine and 200 tons of aluminum.
31 July
- Monthouet (
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Belgium) collided with Arabella (
Liberia) 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) north of Cap Gris Nez, France. Set on fire and severely damaged with the loss of four crew. Towed to Antwerp for repairs.[1]
September
2 September
- Typhoon Wanda - twenty ships aground or sunk at Hong Kong,[27] including -
- Carronpark ( United Kingdom): The cargo ship was driven ashore.[28]
- Merchant Prince ( United Kingdom) : The cargo ship collided with SS Grosvenor Navigator ( United Kingdom) off Hong Kong.[28]
- Saldura ( United Kingdom): The cargo ship collided with Leefoon ( Hong Kong)
- Mayon ( Panama): The cargo ship was severely damaged when Ruthy Ann ( United Kingdom) broke free from her mooring and was driven onto the smaller ship.[28]
- Kowloon Dock ( United Kingdom): The tug foundered with the loss of all 30 crew.[27]
30 September
- Major ( United Kingdom): The Thames barge ran aground off Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex in a storm.[29]
- Widder ( West Germany): The coaster ran aground at Canna, Scotland in a storm.[29]
October
7 October
- Beater (
Canada): Hurricane Daisy: The sealer, a converted minesweeper, was driven ashore and wrecked at New Harbour, Nova Scotia.[30]
16 October
- USS Aspro ( United States Navy): The Balao-class submarine was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off San Diego, California by USS Pomodon ( United States Navy).
21 October
- Sanct Svithun ( Norway): The passenger ship ran aground off the Vikna Islands, refloated then sank with the loss of 33 of the 79 passengers and crew.[31]
26 October
28 October
- Lisieux ( France): The ferry caught fire on a voyage between Newhaven, East Sussex, United Kingdom and Dieppe. Escorted into Dieppe at reduced speed.[32]
29 October
- Matelots Pilien et Peyrat ( France): The cargo ship was driven ashore in a storm at Port-de-Bouc, Bouches-du-Rhône and sank at the entrance to the Canal de Marseille au Rhône. Refloated on 3 November but declared a constructive total loss and scrapped.[15]
November
2 November
- Rana (
Netherlands): The coaster sprang a leak and sank 25 nautical miles (46 km) off the west coast of Denmark.[33] - Musketier ( Netherlands): The coaster ran aground at Crail, Fife, United Kingdom. Broke in two and sank on 6 November.[34]
10 November
- East Star (
Canada) : The coaster developed a severe list 130 nautical miles (240 km) of Bermuda and was abandoned. Crew rescued after nine days by San Gaspar ( United Kingdom). East Star was taken in tow by Mount Borga ( Norway).[35] - Zephyr ( Liberia): The cargo ship ran aground at Gladden Spit, British Honduras. Caught fire on 17 November, refloated on 27 November. Declared a constructive total loss but sold, repaired and returned to service.[15]
11 November
- FV Jean Gougy ( France) ran aground at Land's End, Cornwall, United Kingdom and capsized. Eight of the twenty crew were rescued by helicopter or breeches buoy. Sergeant Eric Smith of 22 Squadron, Royal Air Force was awarded a George Medal for his actions in the rescue.[36]
17 November
- RNLB George Elmy (
RNLI ): The lifeboat foundered in the 'Seaham Lifeboat Disaster' with the loss of eight men and one boy (all five crew members and four of the five people they were trying to rescue).[37]
18 November
- RFA Green Ranger (
Royal Fleet Auxiliary) ran aground south of Hartland Point, Devon and was wrecked. All seven crew rescued by breeches buoy. - Ashanti Palm ( United Kingdom): The cargo ship hit a breakwater at Naples, Italy and sank.[38]
- Captain George ( Greece): The liberty ship exploded and sank with the loss of all 18 crew.[35]
23 November
- Berea (
South Africa) ran aground at Ponta Barra da Falsa, Mozambique, a total loss.[39]
29 November
- Ragna Ringdal ( Norway): The cargo liner ran aground off Vatoa Island, Fiji. All passengers and crew rescued after three days.[40]
December
5 December
- Link One ( United Kingdom): The cargo ship collided with Pulkovo ( Soviet Union) and sank in the Baltic Sea south east of the Gedser Lightship, off the east coast of Denmark. All crew took to the lifeboats and were rescued by Lechistan (
Poland).[41][42]
16 December
- Aristoteles ( Greece) : The 7,221 GRT freighter sank 600 kilometres (320 nmi) NE of Funchal, en route from Detroit to Calcutta.
- Nautilus ( West Germany) : The cargo ship sank off the Netherlands with the loss of all but one of her 24 crew.[43]
- Loide Honduras (
Brazil): The cargo ship ran aground in the West Scheldt, Belgium.[43] - Uilenspiegel ( Belgium): The pirate radio ship was driven ashore in a storm. She had got into difficulties off Zeebrugge and an attempt was made to tow her to Vlissingen, Netherlands but she broke her tow.[43]
20 December
- Aghios Nicolaus ( Greece): The coaster ran aground off Tripoli, Lebanon. All nine crew rescued by a Royal Air Force helicopter. Aghios Nicolaus was later refloated.[44]
31 December
- Gwendoline Steers ( United States) : The tug sank in Long Island Sound with the loss of all 9 crew.[45]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Belgian Merchant H-O". Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
- ↑ "Ship Sinks After Collision off Dover" The Times (London). Monday, 8 January 1962. (55283), col G, p. 10.
- ↑ "28 Feared Dead After Ships' Collision" The Times (London). Tuesday, 9 January 1962. (55284), col A-C, p. 6.
- ↑ "P. & O. Liner Aground" The Times (London). Tuesday, 9 January 1962. (55284), col E, p. 10.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Six Tugs Refloat Stranded Ship" The Times (London). Wednesday, 10 January 1962. (55285), col F, p. 6.
- ↑ "Four Killed by Falling Trees in Gales" The Times (London). Friday, 12 January 1962. (55287), col A-B, p. 5.
- ↑ "Ship Sinks After Collision" The Times (London). Wednesday, 17 January 1962. (55291), col C, p. 10.
- ↑ "Picture Gallery" The Times (London). Thursday, 18 January. (55292), col C-D, p. 10.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "North Sea Ship is Crippled by Fre" The Times (London). Monday, 22 January 1962. (55295), col G, p. 10.
- ↑ "British Ship Aground" The Times (London). Wednesday, 23 January 1962. (55297), col A, p. 8.
- ↑ "Grounded Tanker Crew Scramble to Safety" The Times (London). Thursday, 1 February 1962. (55304), col A, p. 6.
- ↑ "1946-62". St. Ives Trust. Retrieved 15 March 2008.
- ↑ "10 die when ship hits mine" The Times (London). Friday, 2 February 1962. (55305), col E, p. 10.
- ↑ "Telegrams in Brief" The Times (London). Wednesday, 7 February 1962. (55309), col D, p. 10.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 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.
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- ↑ "Error Theory on Barge Sinking" The Times (London). Wednesday, 18 July 1962. (55446), col C, p. 9.
- ↑ "News in Brief" The Times (London). Monday, 5 March 1962. (55331), col D, p. 7.
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- ↑ "News in Brief" The Times (London). Tuesday, 20 March 1962. (55344), col E, p. 10.
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- ↑ "35 Saved From Ship Sunk in Collision" The Times (London). Friday, 30 March 1962. (55353), col E, p. 9.
- ↑ "Ship Sinks After Fog Collision" The Times (London). Thursday, 19 April 1962. (55370), col D, p. 6.
- ↑ "Guatemala Sinks Cuban Ship" The Times (London). Tuesday, 1 May 1962. (55328), col F, p. 12.
- ↑ "3 Missing as Hull Tug Overturns" The Times (London). Thursday, 24 May 1962. (55399), col E, p. 14.
- ↑ "Wrong Position Given for Sinking Ship" The Times (London). Saturday, 16 June 1962. (55419), col A, p. 8.
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 "Hongkong Typhoon Killed 120" The Times (London). Wednesday, 5 September 1962. (55488), col F, p. 8.
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 "Typhoon Havoc in Hong Kong" The Times (London). Monday, 3 September 1962. (55486), col E, p. 10.
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 "Britain Clears Up After The Gales" The Times (London). Monday, 1 October 1962. (55510), col D, p. 6.
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- ↑ "33 Feared Dead in Shipwreck" The Times (London). Tuesday, 23 October 1962. (55529), col C, p. 7.
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 "Fire on Channel Steamer" The Times (London). Monday, 29 October 1962. (55534), col E, p. 9.
- ↑ "Dutch Ship Sinks in North Sea" The Times (London). Saturday, 3 November 1962. (55539), col G, p. 6.
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- ↑ "British Ship Sinks in Naples Port" The Times (London). Monday, 19 November 1962. (55552), col G, p. 10.
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- ↑ "Flight From Ship on Fiji Reef" The Times (London). Monday, 3 December 1962. (55564), col F, p. 10.
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- ↑ "British Ship Sinks off Denmark" The Times (London). Thursday, 6 December 1962. (55567), col D, p. 12.
- ↑ 43.0 43.1 43.2 "23 Feared Dead in German Ship" The Times (London). Monday, 17 December 1962. (55576), p. 7.
- ↑ "R.A.F. Rescue 9 From Sinking Ship" The Times (London). Friday, 21 December 1962. (55580), col G, p. 6.
- ↑ "Tug Sinks in New York Gale" The Times (London). Tuesday, 1 January 1963. (55587), col E, p. 8.
See also
| Ship events in 1962 | |||||||||||
| Ship launches: | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 |
| Ship commissionings: | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 |
| Ship decommissionings: | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 |
| Shipwrecks: | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 |