List of shipwrecks in 1981
The list of shipwrecks in 1981 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1981.
January
7 January
- José Martin (
Soviet Union): The tanker ran aground off Dalarö, Sweden.[1]
26 January
- Deifovos (
Greece): The cargo ship sank off Vega, Norway,[2] with the loss of nine of her 37 crew.[3]
27 January
- Tampomas II (
Indonesia): The ferry caught fire and sank in a storm in the Java Sea 500 nautical miles (930 km) north east of Java. She was carrying a 1,136 people,[4] of whom 762 were reported to have been rescued.[5]
30 January
- Ems (
West Germany): The cargo ship sank after collision with Undine (.svg.png)
Belgium) off Happisburgh, England (52°55′N 1°37′E / 52.917°N 1.617°E).[6] Six crew rescued by Undine and taken to Vlissingen, Netherlands. Thirteen others rescued by helicopter and taken to Great Yarmouth. Four crew were killed.[7] - Frederika 1 ( West Germany): The cargo ship sank after colliding with Blackthorn (
United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Greenwich. All five crew were rescued by the tug Redriff ( United Kingdom).[7]
February
6 February
- Nellie M ( United Kingdom): The Troubles, sunk at Lough Foyle after being boarded and bombed by an IRA team, raised and refitted in 1982, renamed Ellie.
13 February
- Eastern Mariner I (
Panama): The cargo ship was damaged in a storm, and sank three days later east of Bermuda (32°19.36′N 64°31.30′W / 32.32267°N 64.52167°W).[8]
19 February
March
25 March
- Rio Bravo ( Greece): The cargo ship caught fire and sank 600 nautical miles (1,100 km) south west of the Azores. All 27 crew rescued.[10]
April
9 April
- USS George Washington (
United States): The nuclear submarine surfaced under Nisho Maru (
Japan), sinking her with the loss of two crew.
May
20 May
- Alkmini ( Greece): The cargo ship collided with Duro Seis (
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Spain) in the English Channel and sank. All 28 people on board were rescued by helicopter and taken to Cherbourg, France.[11]
June
1 June
- Reina del Mar ( Greece) scuttled off Kynosoura, Greece.
15 June
- Charity (
Netherlands) : She collided with Good Captain ( Greece) and sank 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Pantellaria Islands, Italy.[12]
July
3 July
- Arctic Explorer (
Canada) :the icebreaker sank off St. Anthony, Newfoundland and Labrador. Thirteen of her 32 crew were killed.
27 July
- Sir Winston Churchill ( United Kingdom): The schooner ran aground 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Later refloated and returned to service.
August
3 August
- Prince Ivanhoe ( United Kingdom): The former ferry struck a rock and sank at Horton, Swansea. All 450 on board rescued but one passenger suffered a heart attack and died.[13]
- Melpo Lemos ( Greece): The tanker ran aground on the Lepe Bank, in the Solent off Southampton, United Kingdom.[13] She was refloated the next day.[14]
September
20 September
- Tungufoss (
Iceland): The coaster sank in a storm 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Land's End, Cornwall, United Kingdom. all crew rescued by a helicopter from RNAS Culdrose or the Sennen lifeboat.[15]
21 September
BRP Datu Kalantiaw.
- BRP Datu Kalantiaw (
Philippine Navy): Typhoon Clara: The Cannon-class destroyer escort was driven ashore on Calayan Island with the loss of 79 of her 97 crew.
24 September
- MV Dimitris ( Greece): The 963 grt freighter (formerly known as MV Harrogate of Associated Humber Lines) flooded, foundered and was lost[16]
unknown date
- Chrisoula K ( Greece) ran aground on the Sha`b Abu Nuhas reef and later sank.[17]
October
Temple Hall, February 2008
21 October
- S-178 Soviet Union rammed and sunk by Refrizkerator-13 Soviet Union in Golden Horn Bay. Thirty one crew killed.
28 October
- S-363 (
Soviet Navy):The Whiskey-class submarine ran aground off Karlskrona, Sweden and was damaged. After a diplomatic incident and military standoff, the submarine was refloated on 5 November and towed into international waters for handover to the Soviet Navy.
31 October
- Temple Hall ( United Kingdom): The cargo ship was beached at Arrecife, Spain after developing a leak. The stern section of the ship survives as of February 2014.[18]
November
26 November
27 November
- Elma Tres ( West Germany): The cargo ship foundered 215 nautical miles (398 km) west of Hamilton, Bermuda with the loss of all but one of her 24 crew.[20]
- Euro Princess (
Yugoslavia):[21] The cargo ship ran aground off Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. All 26 crew rescued by helicopter.[20]
December
13 December
- Bonita (
Ecuador): capsized by two massive waves 40 miles north of Guernsey while on voyage from Hamburg to Panama with fertiliser. One member of crew lost, the rest saved by navy helicopter and St Peter’s Lifeboat, Sir William Arnold.[22][23]
14 December
- Grain Ville ( United Kingdom): The cargo ship foundered off County Wexford, Ireland. Five of her nine crew were rescued.[24]
19 December
- Mark ( Panama): The coaster was lost in Mount's Bay, Cornwall while bound for Spezia, Spain with a cargo of china clay from Teignmouth. All six of her crew were lost and the wreck has never been found.[25]
- Lifeboat Solomon Browne (
Royal National Lifeboat Institution) lost while attempting to rescue the crew of the Union Star (
Republic of Ireland) off Tater Du, Cornwall. Eight crew lost from each vessel.[26]
30 December
- Marina di Equa (
Italy): The bulk carrier sank in the Bay of Biscay with the loss of all thirty crew.[27]
Date unknown
- Holland XXIV ( Netherlands) - a dredger beached at Cleveleys.[28]
- St Bedan ( United Kingdom) sunk by the IRA whilst inward bound to Moville, near Derry.[29]
References
- ↑ "Soviet tanker runs aground" The Times (London). Thursday, 8 January 1941. (60820), col D, p. 4.
- ↑ "Searchers find five bodies from Greek ship" The Times (London). Tuesday, 27 January 1981. (60836), col H, p. 5.
- ↑ "Hope fades" The Times (London). Wednesday, 28 January 1981. (60837), col H, p. 7.
- ↑ "500 feared lost from Java Sea ferry boat" The Times (London). Wednesday, 28 January 1981. (60837), col C, D, p. 1.
- ↑ "762 saved in Java ferry disaster" The Times (London). Thursday, 29 January 1981. (60838), col C-F, p. 8.
- ↑ "Belgian Merchant P-Z". Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Five saved as ships collide in Thames" The Times (London). Saturday, 31 January 1981. (60840), col C, p. 1. (Continued on page 3, cols B-D.)
- ↑ "Eastern Mariner I (5053832)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 24 February 2014. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "AKRA AKTION - IMO 5340912". Shipspotting. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
- ↑ "Greek ship sinks" The Times (London). Thursday, 26 March 1981. (60886), col H, p. 6.
- ↑ "28 saved in sea collision" The Times (London). Thursday, 21 May 1981. (60933), col E, p. 2.
- ↑ "STAD GOUDA" (in Dutch). Uit Vervlogen Tijden. Retrieved 19 June 2010.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "450 trippers rescued from holed steamer" The Times (London). Tuesday, 4 August 1981. (60997), col H, p. 1.
- ↑ "Refloating of tanker lifts threat to gas pipes" The Times (London). Wednesday, 5 August 1981. (60998), col G, p. 2.
- ↑ "11 dead as storms sweep Britain" The Times (London). Monday, 21 September 1981. (61308), col G, p. 1.
- ↑ "MV Dimitris [+1981]".
- ↑ Andrea Ghiotti, ed. (1996). Diving Guide to the Red Sea Wrecks. Luxor: A A Gaddis & Sons. pp. 71–77.
- ↑ "Temple Hall MV (1954~1969) Telamon MV (+1981)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
- ↑ "Oil threat to beaches in Sweden" The Times (London). Friday, 27 November 1981. (61093), col H, p. 8.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 "Ship's crew lost in heavy seas" The Times (London). Saturday, 28 November 1981. (61904), col D, p. 5.
- ↑ "Parliament of Canada, 37th Parliament, 1st Session, Thursday, March 1, 2001". Hansard. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
- ↑ Meyjes, Toby. "Successful rescue could easily have become another Penlee disaster". The Cornishman. p. 16.
- ↑ "The Bonita rescue". RNLI. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
- ↑ "Four missing as ship sinks in a storm" The Times (London). Tuesday, 15 December 1981. (61108), col D-G, p. 1.
- ↑ Williams, John (18 December 2014). "Lifebelt recalls forgotten tragedy". The Cornishman (Cornwall & Devon Media). p. 10.
- ↑ Corin, John; Farr, Grahame (1983). Penlee Lifeboat. Penzance: Penlee & Penzance Branch of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. p. 120. ISBN 0-9508611-0-3.
- ↑ "Thirty missing as freighter sinks" The Times (London). Wednesday, 30 December 1981. (61119), col D-F, p. 1.
- ↑ "ICI Coasters". Fylde Postcard History. Archived from the original on 2007-08-18. Retrieved 6 February 2008.
- ↑ Carter, C (1998). The Port of Penzance. Lydney: Black Dwarf Publications. ISBN 0-9533028-0-6.
See also
| Ship events in 1981 | |||||||||||
| Ship launches: | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 |
| Ship commissionings: | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 |
| Ship decommissionings: | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 |
| Shipwrecks: | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 |