List of shipwrecks in 1978
The list of shipwrecks in 1978 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1978.
January
7 January
12 January
- Function (
United Kingdom): Grounded on the quayside at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk due to surge tide.[2] Ship cut up for scrap later that month.[3] - Holmar (
Netherlands): The coaster capsized and sank 15 nautical miles (28 km) north east of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire with the loss of five crew.[2] - Sea Diamond (
Greece): The cargo ship foundered off Lowestoft, Suffolk with the loss of seven crew.[2] - MV Gloriosa (
Cyprus): The cargo ship foundered off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. Five crew killed.[2]
13 January
- Duperré (
Marine Nationale): The destroyer was driven ashore off the coast of Brittany. A total of 233 crew removed by French Coastguard helicopter. Ship refloated by a French tug.[4]
February
3 February
- Maria Dormio (
Italy): The cargo ship sprang a leak an sank in the Tyrrhenian Sea 56 nautical miles (104 km) south west of Cape Miseno.[5]
Unknown date
- Orion (
United Kingdom): The oil rig ran aground at Guernsey, Channel Islands, whilst under tow. Her crew were rescued by the St. Peter Port Lifeboat and Royal Navy helicopters.[6]
March
16 March
Amoco Cadiz.
- Amoco Cadiz (
France): Ran aground on Portsall Rocks, 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off the coast of Brittany, loaded with 255,000 tonnes of crude oil.
23 March
- Kronos ( Greece): struck by MV Romanza whilst berthed at Piraeus. Declared a constructive total loss.
April
1 April
- Federal St Laurent (
Liberia): Collision with Chimo and grounded at Grondines, Quebec, Canada. Refloated on 4 April and returned to service.[7]
7 April
Astron, 2008.
- Astron (
Soviet Union): The cargo ship ran aground at Punta Cana, Dominican Republic and was wrecked.
14 April
- Henrietta B (
Denmark): The coaster foundered 50 nautical miles (93 km) off The Lizard, Cornwall. All thirteen crew rescued by a French warship.[8]
May
6 May
- Eleni V ( Greece): The tanker collided with bulk carrier Roseline ( France) off the Norfolk coast and capsized, remaining afloat for a number of days afterwards.[9] Bow section blown up and sunk on 1 June.[10] About 5,000 tonnes of heavy fuel oil were spilt.[11]
12 May
- Zeehaan (
South Africa): Foundered at 20°42′S 12°46′E / 20.700°S 12.767°E.[12]
June
13 June
- Yellowstone (
United States): The bulk carrier collided with cargo ship Ibn Batouta (
Algeria) and sank off Gibraltar.[13]
28 June
- Margaret Smith ( United Kingdom): Sank off Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.
July
8 July
- USS Sealion ( United States Navy): The Balao-class submarine was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean off Newport, Rhode Island.
23 July
- Jayawang (
Singapore): Sank off Bangkok, Thailand. Raised in November 1979 and moved to new anchorage but sank again.
August
24 August
- Mary Weston ( United Kingdom): The coaster collided with Macasse (
Ivory Coast) and sank in the Seine 16 nautical miles (30 km) downstream of Rouen, France with the loss of four of her five crew.[14][15]
September
1 September
- Jolly Azzuro (
Panama): The cargo ship collided with Atlantico (.svg.png)
Spain) in the Strait of Gibraltar and sank. Atlantico sustained severe damage to her bows.[16]
8 September
- Bandeirante (
Norway): The tanker collided with the bulk carrier Maroudio ( Greece) and sank off Ouessant, France. The bulk carrier August Pacific ( United Kingdom) washed out her tanks in the area where the accident occurred. She was forced to stop by L'Alerte ( Marine Nationale) after ignoring demands from the dredger Baccarat ( France) to stop. Her captain was fined ₣50,000 (then £5,800) for illegally discharging the oil.[17]
20 September
- Angel (
Japan): The cargo ship collided with Dignity ( Greece) 45 nautical miles (83 km) off Oporto, Portugal and sank with the loss of eleven of her 24 crew.[18]
October
12 October
18 October
- HMS Eagle (
Royal Navy): The aircraft carrier ran aground at Loch Ryan on her way to the breaker's yard. Later refloated and scrapped.[20]
20 October
- USCGC Cuyahoga (
United States Coast Guard): Sank after collision with tanker Santa Cruz II (
Argentina).
30 October
- Nico Primo ( Italy): The cargo ship sank in the Peloponnesus with the loss of eight of her nine crew.[21]
31 October
- Christos Bitas ( Greece): The tanker was scuttled 320 nautical miles (590 km) west of Fastnet Rock, United Kingdom.[22]
December
13 December
- München (
West Germany): Sunk in the Atlantic Ocean in a severe storm
30 December
- Ben Asdale ( United Kingdom): Fishing trawler wrecked in a blizzard off Falmouth, Cornwall. Three men drowned.[23]
References
- ↑ "Belgian Merchant P-Z". Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Storms wreak havoc" The Times (London). Friday, 13 January 1978. (60209), col C, p. 1.
- ↑ "Three die after worst snow of winter" The Times (London). Friday, 20 January 1978. (60215), col D,E, p. 1.
- ↑ "French Navy ship rescued in storm off Brittany" The Times (London). Saturday, 14 January 1978. (60310), col B,C, p. 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.
- ↑ Howarth, Patrick. Lifeboat In Danger's Hour. London, New York, Sydney, Toronto: Hamlyn. p. 120. ISBN 0 600 34959 4.
- ↑ "Belgian Merchant A-G". Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
- ↑ "Brittany oil coaster sinks off The Lizard" The Times (London). Saturday, 15 April 1978. (60277), col A, p. 1.
- ↑ "Difficulty of ship control in N Sea" The Times (London). Tuesday, 9 May 1978. (60296), col G, p. 6.
- ↑ "Navy had no intention of destroying Eleni V hulk" The Times (London). Friday, 2 June 1978. (60317), col G, p. 4.
- ↑ Eleni V
- ↑ "Belgian Merchant H-O". Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
- ↑ "Holed American ship sinks" The Times (London). Wednesday, 14 June 1978. (60327), col D, p. 6.
- ↑ "Little hope for crew in sunken ship" The Times (London). Friday, 25 August 1978. (60389), col C, p. 1.
- ↑ "British ship sank in one minute" The Times (London). Saturday, 26 August 1978. (60390), col D, p. 3.
- ↑ "Cargo ship sinks after collision" The Times (London). Saturday, 2 September 1978. (60396), col G, p. 3.
- ↑ "French fine British captain for pollution" The Times (London). Tuesday, 12 September 1978. (60404), col F,G, p. 5.
- ↑ "11 missing in collision off Oporto" The Times (London). Thursday, 20 September 1978. (60412), col A, p. 6.
- ↑ "Gales forecast as salvage team battles against time to save stricken tanker" The Times (London). Tuesday, 17 October 1978. (60434), col D, p. 1.
- ↑ "HMS Eagle runs aground on way to breaker's yard" The Times (London). Thursday, 19 October 1978. (60436), col D, p. 1.
- ↑ "Eight crew missing" The Times (London). Tuesday, 31 October 1978. (60446), col A, p. 7.
- ↑ "Master of sunk tanker says he dumped oil" The Times (London). Wednesday, 1 November 1978. (60447), col A, p. 5.
- ↑ Mitchell, Peter. "Ben Asdale". Submerged. Retrieved 14 April 2012.
See also
| Ship events in 1978 | |||||||||||
| Ship launches: | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 |
| Ship commissionings: | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 |
| Ship decommissionings: | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 |
| Shipwrecks: | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 |
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