List of shipwrecks in 1970
The list of shipwrecks in 1970 includes ships that sank, foundered, grounded, or were otherwise lost during 1970.
January
6 January
- Sofia Papas (
Liberia): The tanker split in two and sank in the Pacific Ocean with the loss of seven crew.[1]
10 January
- Elda (
Greece): Grounded near Mehidia, Morocco after developing engine trouble and a leak. Declared a total loss.
18 January
29 January
- USS Nathanael Greene (
United States Navy): The James Madison-class submarine ran aground off Charleston, South Carolina.[3]
February
3 February
- Rio Damuji (
Cuba): The cargo ship ran aground at Punta Maya, Varadero Peninsula (23°06′N 81°23′W / 23.100°N 81.383°W). Salvage was abandoned after gale damage.[4]
4 February
- Arrow ( Liberia): The tanker ran aground on Cerberus Rock in Chedabucto Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada[5] and broke in two, resulting in the spill of 3.5 million litres of her cargo of crude oil.[6]
7 February
- Antonias Demades ( Liberia): The tanker san in the Pacific Ocean with the loss of twelve crew.[1]
9 February
- Lairdsfield (
United Kingdom): The coaster capsized and sank off the Tees Estuary with the loss of all ten crew.[7]
10 February
- California Maru (
Japan): the bulk ore carrier sank in the Pacific Ocean. Of her 29 crew,[8] all but five were rescued.[1]
17 February
- Amasya (
Turkey): The cargo ship sank in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of eight of her 33 crew.[9]
Unknown date
- Agami (
France): The trawler foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all nine crew. Officially declared lost on 17 February.[9] - LT-1969 (
United States Army): the vessel sank in the Qui Nhon area, Vietnam. Salvaged by USS YMLC-5, USS BD 6062 and USS BD 6662 ( United States Navy) between 7 and 17 February.[10]
March
4 March
- Eurydice (
Marine Nationale): The Daphné-class submarine suffered an explosion whilst submerged off St Tropez and sank with the loss of all 57 crew.
12 March
- Eternity (
Panama): The cargo ship sank 200 nautical miles (370 km) south of Hong Kong. Twenty-five crew survived.[11]
13 March
- Interwave (
Netherlands) The coaster ran aground off Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom.[12]
22 March
- HQ-1236 (
Republic of Vietnam Navy): The Armoured Troop Carrier struck a mine and sank. Salvage operations by Republic of Vietnam Navy and United States Navy personnel completed on 25 April with the vessel towed to Dong Tam, Vietnam.[10]
April
1 April
- Glen Strathallen ( United Kingdom): Scuttled at 58°18′55″N 4°7′31″W / 58.31528°N 4.12528°W as a training facility for divers.
- HQ 6527 ( Republic of Vietnam Navy): The monitor struck a mine and sank. Salvage operations by the Republic of Vietnam Navy and United States Navy completed on 15 April.[10]
9 April
- London Valour ( United Kingdom): The cargo ship was wrecked at Genoa, Italy with the loss of 13 lives.[13]
12 April
- Sierra Bravia (
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Spain): The coaster sank after a collision with Ruhr Ore ( Liberia) in the English Channel. Four of her thirteen crew were killed.[14] - K-8 (
Soviet Navy): The November-class submarine sank in the Bay of Biscay with the loss of 52 of her 125 crew. - Kalymnos ( Greece): The cargo ship ran aground off Rhodes, constructive total loss.
19 April
- Enterprise (
Canada): The ship foundered in the Cabot Strait.[15]
20 April
- Patrick Morris ( Canada): The ferry foundered in the Cabot Strait.[16]
May
8 May
June
7 June
- Batissa (
Argentina): The cargo ship collided with Italmotor (
Italy) in the Paraná River and caught fire. She was abandoned and later refloated and laid up. A proposed sale fell through and she was scrapped in 1977.[4]
9 June
- Thorland ( Panama): The cargo ship suffered a catostraphic explosion in the Indian Ocean 400 miles off Mombasa, Kenya in which 9 men were killed. She was towed to Mombasa but refused entry and later en route to South Africa the bow half broke away and sank off Mozambique. The stern was beached at Porto Amelia. Declared a constructive total loss she was later acquired by Greek interests and towed to Japan where she was joined to the bow half of the Wafra and renamed Achillet.
15 June
- Robertina ( Panama): The cargo ship sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Palmas, Liberia. She was beached 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Cape Garraway but declared a constructive total loss.[4]
18 June
- USS Moray ( United States Navy): The Balao-class submarine was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off California.
July
1 July
- Ancona ( Italy): The tanker suffered a rudder failure at Istanbul, Turkey and crashed into a six-storey building killing three people.[18]
12 July
- Marie Guillon ( France): The yacht caught fire and exploded off Jersey, Channel Islands killing both crew, Félix Gaillard and Dominic Cirotteau.[19]
20 July
- Fulvia (
Norway): The cruise liner caught fire 100 nautical miles (190 km) north of Tenerife, Spain and sank. All 270 crew and 447 passengers were rescued by Ancerville ( France).[20]
21 July
- Seatrain Washington ( United States) The Type T2 train ferry ran aground at Vung Tau, Vietnam. Salvage operations involved USS Bolster (ARS-38), USS Deliver and USS YLLC-5 ( United States Navy) and she was refloated on 29 July.[10]
August
1 August
- MV Christena (
Saint Kitts and Nevis): Overloaded ferry sank in channel between St-Kitts and Nevis. 91 survivors of 300.[21]
21 August
- Galétée ( Marine Nationale): The Daphné-class submarine collided underwater with her classmate Maria van Riebeek (
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South African Navy) off Toulon, killing six crew and injuring four others. She was beached at Cap Cepet.[22]
Unknown date
- Cambria ( United States): The tanker ran aground at Bandar Abbas, Iran and suffered extensive bottom damage.[23]
- Manhattan ( United States): The tanker ran aground off Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia.[23]
September
9 September
- Irving Whale ( Canada), a barge owned by J.D. Irving Ltd. sanks in the centre of the Gulf of the St. Lawrence. The barge was hoisted in 1996 and is now in service. It has been renamed ATL 2701.
- Moonlight ( United Kingdom): The coaster foundered 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north of Chicken Rock, Isle of Man after her cargo shifted. Two of her crew were killed.[24]
16 September
- Fotini Tsavliris (
Cyprus): The cargo ship ran aground in the North Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands (53°25′N 5°00′E / 53.417°N 5.000°E). Refloated on 18 September. Subsequently towed to Greece and laid up. Scrapped in 1972.[4]
23 September
- Andre (
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Belgium) sank in the Waal after collision with Libia ( Netherlands). Raised on 7 October, repaired and returned to service.[25]
Unknown date
- Aquarius ( United States): The tanker was abandoned off Muscat, Oman following a collision with a Russian merchant ship.[23]
October
20 October
- Västanvind (
Sweden): The coaster was in collision with a whale and sank of the Canary Islands, Spain. All four crew rescued.[26]
23 October
- Pacific Glory ( Liberia): The tanker collided with Allegro ( Liberia) off the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom and was set on fire. She was beached on a sandbank off the Isle of Wight.[27]
29 October
November
6 November
- Marlena ( Liberia): The tanker ran aground off Syracuse, Sicily, Italy and caught fire. All 36 crew rescued and the fire was extinguished. The ship was refloated a week later.[29]
19 November
- Marites (
Philippines): driven aground during Typhoon Patsy.
Unknown date
- Erkowit (
Sudan): The cargo ship was run aground at Corunna, Spain,[30] following a collision with Dortmund (
West Germany).[31]
December
3 December
- USS Bluegill (
United States Navy): The Gato-class submarine was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean about 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) off Lahaina, Hawaii to serve as an underwater rescue training vessel. She was raised in November 1984 and sunk again in deep water.
Unknown date
- SS Southern Foam ( Canada): She ran aground and was wrecked in Conception Bay, Newfoundland sometime in 1970. She was sold to Dominion Metals Ltd. for breaking.[32]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Japanese inquiry into shipwrecks mystery" The Times (London). Wednesday, 11 February 1970. (17791), col A-B, p. 7.
- ↑ "18 feared lost" The Times (London). Monday, 19 January 1970. (57771), col A, p. 1.
- ↑ "Submarine stuck" The Times (London). Friday, 30 January 1970. (57781), col E, p. 1.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 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.
- ↑ "http://people.stfx.ca/rsg/SRSF/GCIFA/ArrowSpill.html"
- ↑ "Nova Scotia oil scare" The Times (London). Monday, 9 February 1970. (57789), col E-F, p. 4.
- ↑ "10 feared lost as coaster capsizes" The Times (London). Saturday, 10 February 1970. (57788), col D-F, p. 1.
- ↑ "29 missing as vessel sinks" The Times (London). Tuesday, 10 February 1970. (57790), col E, p. 1.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Five drowned in shipwreck" The Times (London). Wednesday, 18 February 1970. (57797), col E, p. 6.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 "Harbor Clearance Unit One, Calendar Year 1970, OPNAV Report 5750-1". Seastory. Retrieved 23 June 2011.
- ↑ "Survivors back" The Times (London). Saturday, 18 April 1970. (57847), col E, p. 4.
- ↑ "Picture Gallery" The Times (London). Saturday, 14 March 1970. (57818), col D-E, p. 2.
- ↑ "Visiting wives die as storm sinks British ship" The Times (London). Friday, 10 April 1970. (58740), col D-G, p. 1.
- ↑ "Ships sinks after collision" The Times (London). Monday, 13 April 1970. (57842), col D, p. 1.
- ↑ "Enterprise - 1970". Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
- ↑ "Patrick Morris - 1970". Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
- ↑ "Tanker threatens Spanish beaches" The Times (London). Saturday, 9 May 1970. (578656), col D, p. 4.
- ↑ "Tanker kills 3 on land" The Times (London). Thursday, 2 July 1970. (57907), col G, p. 6.
- ↑ "Gaillard's body found in yacht wreckage" The Times (London). Monday, 13 July 1970. (57916), col A-B, p. 4.
- ↑ "Captain watches as cruise liner sinks" The Times (London). Tuesday, 5 July 1970. (57923), col C-E, p. 5.
- ↑ "Feature Film on Christina Disaster in Production".
- ↑ "Submarine's crew saved by captain" The Times (London). Saturday, 21 August. (57951), col C-E, p. 1.
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 "Tanker mishaps may put oil prices up again" The Times (London). Saturday, 12 September 1970. (57969), col E-F, p. 5.
- ↑ "Two drowned as coaster sinks in heavy seas" The Times (London). Thursday, 10 September 1970. (57967), col A-B, p. 2.
- ↑ "Belgian Merchant A-G". Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
- ↑ "Survivors say a whale sank ship in Atlantic" The Times (London). Wednesday, 21 October 1970. (58002), col C, p. 7.
- ↑ "Disturbing similarity with Torrey Canyon disaster" The Times (London). Monday, 26 October 1970. (58006), col A-G, p. 3.
- ↑ "Souris Trader - 1970". Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
- ↑ "Holed tanker freed after week on the rocks" The Times (London). Saturday, 14 November 1970. (58023), col F-G, p. 3.
- ↑ "Corunna imposes ban on fishing" The Times (London). Tuesday, 17 November 1970. (58025), col F, p. 7.
- ↑ "Tugboat captain accused of harbour pollution" The Times (London). Monday, 23 November 1970. (58030), col E, p. 25.
- ↑ http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?202386
See also
| Ship events in 1970 | |||||||||||
| Ship launches: | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 |
| Ship commissionings: | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 |
| Ship decommissionings: | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 |
| Shipwrecks: | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 |