List of shipwrecks in 1966
The list of shipwrecks in 1966 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1966.
January
6 January
- Polynesia (
United States): The schooner ran aground on a reef 15 nautical miles (28 km) south of Bimini, Bahamas. Fourteen of the 47 people on board were rescued by a United States Coast Guard helicopter.[1]
11 January
- Monte Palomares (
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Spain): The cargo ship sank in the Atlantic Ocean 900 nautical miles (1,700 km) north east of Bermuda with the loss of 31 of her 38 crew.[2] Two crew rescued by USCGC Escanaba (
United States Coast Guard).
14 January
- Le Trégor (
France): The coaster sank 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) of Cap Gris Nez following a collision with an unnamed motor vessel.[3]
20 January
- Bright Star (
Panama): The coaster ran aground in the South China Sea (15°32′N 109°09′E / 15.533°N 109.150°E) and was wrecked. - Kremsertor (
West Germany): The cargo ship foundered in heavy weather off Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom. All crew 27 rescued by the tug Atlantic ( West Germany) or by a helicopter from 845 Naval Air Squadron based at RNAS Culdrose, Cornwall.[4] - Mi Amigo (
Netherlands): The coaster ran aground off Frinton-on-Sea, Essex, United Kingdom. Later refloated and returned to service.
22 January
- Praia do Saude (
Portugal): The cargo ship ran aground in the southern Algarve. All six crew escaped alive.[5]
23 January
- Chelwood Beacon (
United Kingdom): The tanker ran aground in New York Bay,[6] 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) east of Sandy Hook, New Jersey, United States. Thirty-nine crew taken off by the pilot boat New Jersey ( United States). Thirteen crew and a pilot taken off the next day by USCGC Yeaton ( United States Coast Guard). The ship was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.[7]
Chief Boatswain's Mate John F. Kennedy, Boatswain's Mate First Class Melvin D. Yohe, Seaman David L. Ryan, Seaman Apprentice Fred H. Borisoff, Seaman Apprentice John W. Mulligan, and Lt. (j.g.) R. William Allison, of Coast Guard Search & Rescue Vessel Yeaton from New London CG Station were lauded by Lt. Cmdr. James G. Heydenreich with high praise for the performance of his crew during the rescue on Monday off New York City of 13 men from the disabled British Tanker Chelwood Beacon Monday about 15 miles south of Manhattan, 1 1/2 miles east of Sandy Hook, NJ, where the 665 foot tanker had run aground during a snowstorm. The officer and five enlisted men manned the forecastle for the daring transfer of the merchant seamen from the disabled tanker to the 125 foot craft. The master, a harbor pilot, eight ships officers, and 3 crewmen remained on their battered vessel overnight until the master began to fear for their lives when the tanker appeared to be breaking up. The next morning, January 24, 1966, badly battered herself by high winds and raging seas for 18 hours, Yeaton nevertheless eased her bow to the tankers side 3 different times before all hands were safely on the cutters decks. The rescue was executed in seas of seven feet whipped by gale force 25-knot winds, large masses of debris had washed to sea by the raging storm of the week end, and the 25-foot seas in which the ship was being maneuvered Sunday while standing by for the stricken tanker. Damage to the cutter, which included the snapping off of a 25-ft section of its galley stack, the splitting of a bow and the shearing off of a two in anchor chain pawl, was repaired at CG Station St. George, Staten Island. The prow was bent when it came in contact with a rail around the tanker hull during the removal of the crewmen. Heydenreich said the damage was caused by the swiftness of the rolls taken by the ship in the heavy seas. The actual rescue was effected by bringing Yeaton's bow up against the straight side of the 665-foot tanker with sailors stepping from their ship to the rescue craft as a wave reached its peak. There were no injuries. None of Yeaton's crew got much sleep or much food during the operation and there wasn't any heat aboard until a blower could be rigged over the damaged stack. When Yeaton returned to the scene the following day the tanker was under the surveillance of Commercial Tug Christine Moran and Cutter Tamaroa out of Staten Island. A message of appreciation was received from the Third District Commander, Stevens, it noted the operation required maximum effort on the part of crews and skill in ship handling and seamanship under adverse weather conditions, and expressed pride and pleasure in the performance of duty. The Day, New London, Conn., Wednesday, January 26, 1966 Dist. Comdt (CPI)(3), Mariners weather Log, Moran Towline, CGCYeaton, CG Tamaroa, AG,V-28 (2/3/66) Last edited by MonasMoe : Today at 02:49.
February
- Kyra Hariklia (
Greece): The cargo ship ran aground at Malmö, Sweden. Refloated on 11 February, declared a constructive total loss.[8]
20 February
- Anne Mildred Brovig (
Norway): The tanker was involved in a collision off Heligoland, West Germany with the coaster Pentland ( United Kingdom). Both ships caught fire.[9]
March
4 March
- Sand Star ( United Kingdom): The dredger collided with Caroline M ( United Kingdom) in Southampton Water and sank. All eight crew rescued by Caroline M.
16 March
- Kettara IV ( Panama): Small 1910 coaster shelled and sunk by North Vietnamese Army off the demilitarized zone and sunk with loss of all crew.[10][11]
19 March
- Monteleon( Spain): The tug was severely damaged by an internal explosion at Santa Cruz de Tenerife.[12]
23 March
- Pegasus ( Netherlands): The coaster sank in the Tagus at Lisbon, Portugal following a collision with Transsylvania ( West Germany. All crew rescued.[13]
April
3 April
- Anzio ( United Kingdom): The passenger ship ran aground at Donna Nook, Lincolnshire and capsized, killing at least thirteen people.[14][15]
8 April
- Stavfjord ( Norway): The cargo ship collided with Oriente (
Cuba) 16 nautical miles (30 km) north of Ameland, Netherlands. Both ships sank, all crew rescued by Luden ( Netherlands).[16]
12 April
- Sparta ( Netherlands): The coaster ran aground at Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland. Refloated with slight damage on 17 April.[17]
14 April
- Sofoclis Venizelos ( Greece): The cargo ship suffered a fire at Piraeus, Greece, and was wrecked.[18]
21 April
- Costance ( Panama): The cargo ship ran aground on Lampedusa Island, Italy and sank.
- Saba ( Netherlands): The coaster sank between the Isles of Scilly and Penzance, Cornwall after her cargo shifted. All seven crew rescued by Scillonian ( United Kingdom).[19]
26 April
- Heinz Bernd ( West Germany): The coaster collided with Torne (
Sweden) in the Kattegat and sank with the loss of six lives.[20]
May
10 May
- Capetown Castle ( United Kingdom): the ocean liner ran aground off Vlissingen, Netherlands. Refloated undamaged later that day.[21]
17 May
- Fina Norvege (
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Belgium): The tanker ran aground on Cani Island, Tunisia. Her cargo was transferred to Fina Canada ( Belgium). She was refloated on 31 May, rebuilt with a new bow section and returned to service.[22] - Pioneer Cebu (
Philippines): The ferry foundered off Cebu Island during Typhoon Irma,[23] Of the 305 passengers and crew, at least 175 were killed.[24]
24 May
- Kaitawa (
New Zealand): The collier foundered 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Cape Reinga with the loss of all 29 crew.[25]
June
2 June
- Kawana (
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Hong Kong): The cargo ship caught fire in the Chittagong Roads, East Pakistan. She was beached but broke in two and was declared a total loss.[8]
16 June
- Alva Cape ( United Kingdom): The tanker collided with Texaco Massachusetts ( United States), caught fire killing all 33 people on board both ships and the tugs Esso Vermont and Latin America.[26]
19 June
- Zanita (
Liberia): the cargo ship developed a leak and sank off the Kuria Muria Islands. All crew rescued by the Ol-class tanker RFA Olna (
Royal Fleet Auxiliary.[27]
25 June
- USS Stalwart ( United States Navy): The Aggressive-class minesweeper caught fire, capsized and sank at San Juan, Puerto Rico. She was later refloated and scrapped.
28 June
- Alva Cape ( United Kingdom): The tanker exploded whilst her cargo of naptha was being unloaded in New York Harbor, killing four people.[26]
July
1 July
- South African Seafarer (
South Africa): The cargo liner ran aground in Table Bay and broke in two. All 76 people on board were rescued by South African Air Force helicopters.[28]
3 July
- Alva Cape ( United Kingdom): The burning tanker was scuttled by USCGC Spencer ( United States Coast Guard).[26]
17 July
- Bridlington Queen ( United Kingdom): The passenger boat sprang a leak and sank at Bridlington, Yorkshire. All 120 on board rescued by various pleasure craft. Later refloated, repaired and returned to service.[29]
25 July
- Favourite ( United Kingdom): The 163 year old Thames barge sank at Chiswick.[30]
- Koula ( Greece): The cargo ship ran aground at Qais Island, Iran. She was declared a total loss.[8]
30 July
- Janet Glory ( Liberia): The cargo ship ran aground at Spencer's Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. All 31 on board abandoned the ship by lifeboat and landed at Spencer's Wharf. Three local fishermen boarded the ship with the intention of salvage, but were killed when the ship exploded. Their fishing boat was also sunk.[31][32]
August
8 August
- Mystitchi (
Soviet Union): The cargo ship ran aground in the Great Belt, Denmark.[33]
11 August
- Dashava ( Soviet Union): The cargo ship ran aground in the Great Belt, Denmark whilst going to the assistance of Mystitchi ( Soviet Union). The teleprinter hotline between the White House and the Kremlin was cut.[33]
23 August
- Baton Rouge Victory ( United States): The Victory ship was sunk at Saigon, Vietnam by a Vietcong mine.[34]
Unknown date
- Hunzeborg ( Netherlands): The cargo ship was involved in a collision in the Strait of Dover, and was beached at Sandown, Kent.[35]
September
1 September
- Prins der Nederlands ( Netherlands): The ocean liner ran aground off Flores, Azores, Portugal. Two hundred passengers taken off.[36]
3 September
- Maria ( Greece): The Channel Tanker sank south of Cyprus.
7 September
- Skagerak ( Norway): The train ferry sank in the North Sea with the loss of two of the 147 people on board.[37]
- Hanseatic ( West Germany): The ocean liner caught fire at New York. The fire developed in the engine room and gutted five decks.[38]
14 September
- U-Hai (
German Navy) : The Type XXIII submarine foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[39] The wreck was raised on 19 September and consequently scrapped.[40]
25 September
- City of Wellington ( United Kingdom): The ocean liner was driven ashore in Tokyo Bay during a typhoon. Later refloated.[41]
October
16 October
- MV Fennia (1966) (
Finland): The ferry ran aground in fog on a voyage between Turku, Finland and Stockholm, Sweden.[42]
23 October
- Pioneer Leyte ( Philippines): The passenger ferry collided with Golden State ( United States) and sank off Manila with the loss of 44 lives.[43]
November
6 November
- Ada (
Italy): The dredger collided with Boček (
Yugoslavia) and sank at Lido de Venezia.[44] Refloated on 4 February 1967, repaired and given a new diesel engine, returned to service.[45]
10 November
- Shibam (
Aden): The coaster was driven ashore at Salalah, Oman during a tropical cyclone. Later repaired and returned to service
14 November
17 November
- Ypapanti ( Panama): The cargo ship ran aground on Long Sands Head Shoal, 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom and was wrecked. Assistance was given by the Walton on the Naze lifeboat.[46]
25 November
- Can-do ( United States): The buoy tender sank off Anchor Point, Alaska, with the loss of three lives.[47]
28 November
- Tegean ( Greece): The Liberty ship ran aground on Sisters Shoal, Sambro Island, and was wrecked.[48][49]
29 November
- SS Daniel J. Morrell ( United States): The Great Lakes freighter broke up in a storm on Lake Huron with a loss of 28 of its 29 crewmen.
30 November
- Pionere ( Italy): The tug capsized while assisting Guglielmo Marconi at Messina. Refloated 22 January 1967, repaired and returned to service.
December
8 December
- Heraklion ( Greece): The passenger ferry capsized and sank in the Aegean Sea
12 December
- Agia Varvara ( Greece): the coaster caught fire, then capsized and sank off Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
- Contentia ( West Germany): The cargo ship collided with the Bull lightvessel (
Trinity House, [United Kingdom]) and sank at the mouth of the Humber.[50] - Eldorita ( United Kingdom): The coaster foundered north west of Hoek van Holland, Netherlands. All four crew survived.[50]
- Elke ( West Germany): The coaster collided with another ship and sank in the Humber Estuary.[50]
31 December
- Oriana ( Panama): The cargo ship caught fire at Kaohsiung, Taiwan. She was grounded due to the amount of water pumped aboard during firefighting operations. Refloated on 4 January 1967 and declared a constructive total loss.[8]
Unknown Date
- Nafsiporos ( Greece): The cargo ship foundered in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued by the Holyhead Lifeboat.[51]
See also
| Ship events in 1966 | |||||||||||
| Ship launches: | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 |
| Ship commissionings: | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 |
| Ship decommissionings: | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 |
| Shipwrecks: | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 |
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