List of shipwrecks in 1963
The list of shipwrecks in 1963 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1963.
January
8 January
- Nueva Guinea (
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Spain): The coaster exploded and sank off Santa Cruz de la Palma, Canary Islands. One crewmember reported missing and two injured.[1]
20 January
- Adelfotis II (
Lebanon): The cargo ship was driven ashore at South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom. All 23 crew were rescued by breeches buoy.[2]
24 January
- Graziella (
Italy): The cargo ship was driven ashore in a gale at Tangier, Morocco.[3]
31 January
- Crescence (
United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground at Winterton, Norfolk.[4]
February
11 February
- Flaksee (
West Germany): The cargo ship collided with SS Canuck Trader (
Canada) near the Varne Lightship (
Trinity House) and sank 9 nautical miles (17 km) off Folkestone, Kent.[5]
15 February
- Maasdam (
Netherlands): The Ocean Liner struck the wreck of Harborough ( United Kingdom) at Bremen, West Germany and was holed. All 230 passengers and 276 crew rescued by Gotthilf Hagen ( West Germany).[6]
25 February
- Miraflores (
Panama): The tanker collided with Abadesa in the Westerschelde, Netherlands. Both tankers caught fire. One crew and five reported missing from Miraflores. The tanker George Livanos ( Panama) ran aground when taking avoiding action.[7] - Aegli (
Greece): The cargo ship sank in the Aegean Sea with the loss of all but one of her 22 crew.[8] - An Unnamed ferry (
Japan): The ferry collided with a cargo ship ( Japan) off Kobe and sank. Of the 64 people on board, nineteen were rescued, seven killed and 38 were reported missing.[8]
28 February
- Ilektra ( Greece): The cargo ship ran aground on the Corncarhai Rock off Brest, France and sank. Sixteen crew took refuge on the rock and were rescued by helicopter. The captain was killed and two crew reported missing.[9]
March
19 March
- Arctic Bear (
Canada): The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her two crew were rescued by Irving Birch (
United States).
20 March
- Bear ( United States): The barquentine sank 250 nautical miles (460 km) south of Nova Scotia, Canada after losing her tow. Both crew rescued.[10]
24 March
- Northgate ( United Kingdom): The cargo ship sank off Le Havre, France. All eight crew rescued by the Le Havre pilot boat.[11]
28 March
- Valor ( Panama): The cargo ship ran aground at Mukho, South Korea and was declared a constructive total loss.[12]
April
1 April
- Bulwark (
South Africa): Ran aground at Danger Point, Cape Province and broke in two. A total loss.[13]
10 April
- USS Thresher ( United States Navy): The Thresher-class submarine broke up and sank with the loss of all 129 crew during deep diving tests 190 nautical miles (350 km) east of Cap Cod, Massachusetts.
16 April
- Arctic Sealer ( United Kingdom): The sealing ship sank off Newfoundland, Canada. All crew rescued by Arctic Endeavour ( United Kingdom).[14]
24 April
- Cato ( United Kingdom): The coaster collided with SS City of Brooklyn (2) ( United States) and sank at Bristol.[15] Later raised and scrapped.[16]
29 April
- Cosmonaut (
Soviet Union): The cargo ship ran aground off Copenhagen, Denmark on her maiden voyage and was holed.[17]
30 April
- Aghios Georgios II ( Lebanon): The cargo ship caught fire off Eastbourne, East Sussex, United Kingdom. The crew were taken off and the ship was beached at Norman's Bay.[18]
May
1 May
- Yue Jin (
China): The cargo ship struck a rock,[19] and sank off Cheju Island, South Korea. All 55 crew rescued by the fishing boat Iki-maru ( Japan).[20]
5 May
- Adel (
Egypt): The ferry capsized and sank in the Nile near Karara in Sudan with the loss of 173 lives.[21]
20 May
- Bruce M ( Lebanon): The cargo ship collided with Puerto de Castillon ( Spain), which sank west of Jersey, Channel Islands. Bruce M rescued the crew of the other ship and made for Plymouth, Devon but started to take on water. Assistance was given by HMS Wakeful (
Royal Navy).[22]
22 May
- Mparmpa Petros ( Greece): Ran aground at Porto de Pedras, Brazil and was wrecked.
31 May
- Alkimos ( Greece): The cargo ship ran aground 30 nautical miles (56 km) north of Perth, Western Australia following the loss of her tow.[23]
Unknown date
- USS Iona ( United States Navy): The tug was sunk in an accident. Later raised and scrapped by burning.
June
2 June
- Lord Gladstone ( United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground at Novorossiysk, Soviet Union. Later refloated with aid of Soviet ships.[24]
13 June
- Carmen ( Panama): The cargo ship collided with Sadikzade (
Turkey) in the Strait of Dover and sank with the loss of two crew. Sadikzade then collided with Leandros ( Greece), which in turn collided with Clyde Sergeant ( United Kingdom). All three ships reached port safely.[25]
18 June
- Agios Nektarios ( Greece): caught fire in the Ionian Sea, taken in tow but sank near Patras, Greece.
19 June
- Gianni Zeta ( Italy): The cargo liner collided with Fosna (
Norway) and sank off Gibraltar. All nineteen crew and nine passengers saved.[26]
26 June
- Fleurus (
Canada): The circus ship caught fire at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. All people and animals saved except for some zebras.[27] The wreck was scuttled in October 1963.[28]
July
Trebisnjica, July 2010
2 July
- Netty ( Netherlands): The coaster collided with Fina Canada ( Italy) off Ramsgate, Kent and sank. All five crew rescued by Fina Canada.[29]
8 July
- Patrician ( United Kingdom): The cargo ship collided with Santa Emilia ( United States) and sank off Gibraltar. Thirty-four of the 37 crew were rescued by Santa Emilia, with three reported as missing.[30]
11 July
- Ciudad de Asuncion (
Argentina) The ferry caught fire and sank in the River Plate between Buenos Aires and Montevideo, Uruguay.[31] At least 53 of the 420 people on board were killed.[32]
14 July
- Hobart Star ( United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground at Melbourne, Australia in a storm.[33] Later refloated and returned to service.
15 July
- Bassurelle (
France): The trawler was wrecked in the English Channel off Langton Matravers, Dorset, United Kingdom. Her five crew were rescued.[34] - HMS Brave Swordsman ( Royal Navy): The Brave-class fast patrol boat ran aground 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. Later refloated and taken to Chatham Dockyard for examination.[35]
17 July
- Trebisnjica (
Yugoslavia): The cargo ship ran aground on Hogsty Reef, in the Bahamas.
21 July
- Tritonica (
Bermuda): The bulk carrier collided with Roonagh Head ( United Kingdom) and sank in the St Lawrence River 55 nautical miles (102 km) from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Thirty-three crew were killed.[36][37]
24 July
- Aronda ( China): The cargo ship ran aground at Macao after losing her tow in a typhoon whilst being towed to Hong Kong for scrapping.[38][39]
25 July
- Blikur (
Faroe Islands): The coaster struck an iceberg and sank off Greenland. All 35 crew saved by Poseidon ( West Germany).[40]
August
14 August
- Empire Grace ( United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground at Kanholmsfjärden, Sweden. Refloated on 26 August but declared a constructive total loss and consequently scrapped.[12]
September
4 September
- Archangelsk ( Soviet Union): The cargo ship ran aground in fog in the Bosphorus, ramming a house and killing three people.[41]
13 September
- Alacrity ( United Kingdom) : The coaster ran aground on the Cornish coast between Land's End and St Ives and was holed.[42][43]
22 September
- Andes ( United Kingdom) : The ocean liner ran aground off Sicily, Italy but was refloated after three hours.[44]
24 September
- Roland ( West Germany): The coaster collided with Rio Quequen ( Argentina) off Warnemünde and sank with the loss of one crewmember, two others reported missing.[45]
October
1 October
- Esso Brussels (
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Belgium): The tanker collided with another ship in the Mediterranean Sea.[46]
2 October
- Humbergate ( United Kingdom): The coaster capsized and sank off West Pentire, Cornwall. All five crew survived.[47]
8 October
- Manticos ( Greece): Beached at 11°14′N 16°32′W / 11.233°N 16.533°W after developing a leak.
22 October
- Manticos ( Greece): Sank after pumping operation failed and leak increased.
23 October
- Juan Ferrer ( Spain): Capsized and sank near Boscawen Point, United Kingdom,[48] with the loss of eleven of the fifteen crew.[49]
November
13 November
- Woodburn ( United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground off Singapore and was holed.[50]
14 November
- Dynafuel ( United States): The tanker collided with Fernview ( Norway) at Buzzard's Bay, Massachusetts. She sank on 15 November after the tow ships were separated.[51]
Unknown date
- Kilo ( Netherlands): The cargo ship caught fire in the Bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued by the Mumbles Lifeboat.[52]
December
14 December
- Castillo Montjuich ( Spain) last reported 400 nautical miles (740 km) north west of the Azores (43°12′N 34°20′W / 43.200°N 34.333°W).[46]
20 December
- Mary Pauline ( Canada): The coaster foundered off Saint John's, Newfoundland with the loss of six of her seven crew.[53]
21 December
- Douala ( France): The coaster foundered off Point-aux-Basques, Newfoundland with the loss of at least seven crew.[54]
22 December
- Lakonia ( Greece): 20,314 ton passenger liner, due to onboard fire in the Atlantic ocean while sailing to the island of Madeira. 128 fatalities.
25 December
- Mohammedi (
India): The ocean liner ran aground 14 nautical miles (26 km) south of Singapore. HMS Barbain ( Royal Navy) attempted to go to her aid but was ordered out of Indonesian territorial waters by Indonesian Navy gunboats. Her clearance to enter Indonesian waters not being accepted, she withdrew to international waters.[55]
31 December
- Esso Brussels ( Belgium): Collided with another ship, towed to Antwerp for repairs.[46]
References
- ↑ "News in Brief" The Times (London). Wednesday, 9 January 1963. (55594), col F, p. 6.
- ↑ "Tributes to Sunderland shipwreck hero who saved 23". Sunderland Echo. 14 January 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
- ↑ "Arctic Weather Grips Northern Hemisphere" The Times (London). Friday, 25 January 1963. (55608), col G, p. 9.
- ↑ "Coal for the Beachcombers" The Times (London). Friday, 1 February 1963. (55614), col A-B, p. 22.
- ↑ "Steamer Sinks After Collision" The Times (London). Tuesday, 12 February 1963. (55623), col B, p. 10.
- ↑ "Liner Crashes into Wreck in Fog" The Times (London). Saturday, 16 February 1963. (55627), col D-G, p. 8.
- ↑ "Two Tankers on Fire Following Collision" The Times (London). Tuesday, 26 February 1963. (56635), col D, p. 10.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Japanese Ferry Disaster" The Times (London). Tuesday, 26 February 1963. (56635), col D, p. 10.
- ↑ "Rock Saves 16 as Ship Sinks" The Times (London). Friday, 1 March 1963. (56638), col D, p. 9.
- ↑ "Byrd's Ship Sinks in Atlantic" The Times (London). Thursday, 21 March 1963. (56655), col E, p. 10.
- ↑ "Crew Rescued as Ship Sinks" The Times (London). Monday, 25 March 1963. (55658), col C, p. 6.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 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.
- ↑ "WWI STANDARD BUILT SHIPS L - W". Mariners. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
- ↑ "Sealing Ship Sinks Off Newfoundland" The Times (London). Wednesday, 17 April 1963. (55677), col E, p. 7.
- ↑ "Picture Gallery" The Times (London). Thursday, 25 April 1963. (55684), col C, p. 12.
- ↑ "CATO". Goole Ships. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
- ↑ "Telegrams in Brief" The Times (London). Tuesday, 30 April 1963. (55688), col A, p. 11.
- ↑ "Crowds See Beached Ship After Fire" The Times (London). Thursday, 2 May 1963. (55690), col C, p. 7.
- ↑ "Rock, not Torpedoes, Sank Chinese ship" The Times (London). Monday, 3 June 1963. (55717), col F, p. 6.
- ↑ "Chinese Ship Sunk Off Korea" The Times (London). Thursday, 2 May 1963. (56690), col A, p. 12.
- ↑ "173 Drowned in Nile Ferry" The Times (London). Monday, 6 May 1963. (56693), col B, p. 12.
- ↑ "Frigate goes to Steamer's aid" The Times (London). Tuesday, 21 May 1963. (55706), col E, p. 12.
- ↑ "Two Seamen Killed on British Ship" The Times (London). Saturday, 1 June 1963. (55716), col C, p. 7.
- ↑ "Soviet Seamen Help Free British Ship" The Times (London). Monday, 3 June 1963. (55717), col G, p. 6.
- ↑ "SS Carmen [+1963]". Wrecksite. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
- ↑ "28 Saved as Ships Collide" The Times (London). Thursday, 20 June 1963. (55732), col G, p. 9.
- ↑ "Fleurus - 1963". Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
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- ↑ "34 Saved When British Ship Sinks" The Times (London). Tuesday, 9 July 1963. (55748), col A, p. 8.
- ↑ "33 Die in Riverboat Sinking" The Times (London). Friday, 12 July 1963. (55751), col F, p. 10.
- ↑ "Briton's Praise for Argentine Rescuers" The Times (London). Saturday, 13 July 1963. (55752), col A, p. 5.
- ↑ "Cargo Ship Grounded" The Times (London). Monday, 15 July 1963. (55753), col A, p. 10.
- ↑ "Historical List of Shipwrecks at Chesil Beach & from Bridport to Lyme Regis". Burton Bradstock Online. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
- ↑ "Gunboat Aground for Five Hours" The Times (London). Tuesday, 16 July 1963. (55754), col G, p. 7.
- ↑ "British Ship Sinks in Eight Minutes" The Times (London). Monday, 22 July 1963. (55759), col B, p. 8.
- ↑ "Inquiry Into St. Lawrence Collision" The Times (London). Saturday, 30 November 1963. (55872), col A, p. 7.
- ↑ "British Ship "in Hands of Chinese Navy"" The Times (London). Thursday, 25 July 1963. (55762), col C, p. 8.
- ↑ "Correction" The Times (London). Friday, 26 July 1963. (55763), col B, p. 11.
- ↑ "Ship Sinks After Hitting Iceberg" The Times (London). Friday, 26 July 1963. (55763), col F, p. 15.
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- ↑ "Liner Aground for Three Hours" The Times (London). Monday, 22 September 1963. (55813), col C, p. 10.
- ↑ "Search for men After Baltic Collision" The Times (London). Wednesday, 25 July 1963. (55815), col D, p. 8.
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- ↑ "Gunboats Stop British Naval Ship" The Times (London). Friday, 27 December 1963. (55893), col G, p. 6.
See also
| Ship events in 1963 | |||||||||||
| Ship launches: | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 |
| Ship commissionings: | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 |
| Ship decommissionings: | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 |
| Shipwrecks: | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 |