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
12 January
20 January
23 January
List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1963
Ship | Country | Description |
Coalinga Hills |
United States |
The T2 tanker ran aground off Tanegashima, Japan. She was on a voyage from Iran to Kudumatsu. Consequently scrapped due to damage sustained.[5] |
24 January
List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1963
Ship | Country | Description |
Graziella |
Italy |
The cargo ship was driven ashore in a gale at Tangier, Morocco.[6] |
31 January
February
4 February
6 February
List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1963
Ship | Country | Description |
Johan Collett |
Norway |
The cargo ship on route from Sardinia to Ghent with a cargo of zinc ore sank after the cargo shifted in a force 10 gale. 9 men were saved by the Guernsey R.N.L.I. lifeboat, earning their Gold Medal and also one from the Norwegian Lifeboat Institution.[8][9] |
11 February
15 February
25 February
List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1963
Ship | Country | Description |
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.[12] |
Aegli |
Greece |
The cargo ship sank in the Aegean Sea with the loss of all but one of her 22 crew.[13] |
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.[13] |
28 February
List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1963
Ship | Country | Description |
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.[14] |
March
13 March
List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1963
Ship | Country | Description |
Aghios Ioannis |
Greece |
The Liberty ship ran aground at Ōhara, Japan and broke in two.[15] |
18 March
List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1963
Ship | Country | Description |
Protoklidos |
Lebanon |
The Liberty ship ran aground on the Portuguese coast. Subsequently refloated but sank in the Atlantic Ocean on 20 March north of Cabo Roca.[16] |
19 March
20 March
24 March
List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1963
Ship | Country | Description |
Northgate |
United Kingdom |
The cargo ship sank off Le Havre, France. All eight crew rescued by the Le Havre pilot boat.[18] |
27 March
28 March
Unknown date
April
1 April
10 April
12 April
16 April
21 April
24 April
26 April
29 April
30 April
List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1963
Ship | Country | Description |
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.[27] |
May
1 May
List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1963
Ship | Country | Description |
Yue Jin |
China |
The cargo ship struck a rock,[28] and sank off Cheju Island, South Korea. All 55 crew rescued by the fishing boat Iki-maru ( Japan).[29] |
5 May
List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1963
Ship | Country | Description |
Adel |
Egypt |
The ferry capsized and sank in the Nile near Karara in Sudan with the loss of 173 lives.[30] |
20 May
22 May
31 May
List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1963
Ship | Country | Description |
Alkimos |
Greece |
The cargo ship ran aground 30 nautical miles (56 km) north of Perth, Western Australia following the loss of her tow.[32] |
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1963
Ship | Country | Description |
USS Iona |
United States Navy |
The tug was sunk in an accident. Later raised and scrapped by burning. |
June
2 June
5 June
7 June
13 June
List of shipwrecks: 13 June 1963
Ship | Country | Description |
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.[34] |
18 June
19 June
List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1963
Ship | Country | Description |
Gianni Zeta |
Italy |
The cargo liner collided with Fosna ( Norway) and sank off Gibraltar. All nineteen crew and nine passengers saved.[35] |
26 June
List of shipwrecks: 26 June 1963
Ship | Country | Description |
Fleurus |
Canada |
The circus ship caught fire at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. All people and animals saved except for some zebras.[36] The wreck was scuttled in October 1963.[37] |
July
2 July
List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1963
Ship | Country | Description |
Netty |
Netherlands |
The coaster collided with Fina Canada ( Italy) off Ramsgate, Kent and sank. All five crew rescued by Fina Canada.[38] |
8 July
List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1963
Ship | Country | Description |
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.[39] |
11 July
List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1963
Ship | Country | Description |
Ciudad de Asuncion |
Argentina |
The ferry struck the wreck of Marionga J Cairns (flag unknown), caught fire and sank in the River Plate between Buenos Aires and Montevideo, Uruguay.[40][41] At least 53 of the 420 people on board were killed.[42] |
14 July
List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1963
Ship | Country | Description |
Hobart Star |
United Kingdom |
The cargo ship ran aground at Melbourne, Australia in a storm.[43] Later refloated and returned to service. |
15 July
17 July
21 July
24 July
List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1963
Ship | Country | Description |
Aronda |
China |
The cargo ship ran aground at Macao after losing her tow in a typhoon whilst being towed to Hong Kong for scrapping.[49][50] |
25 July
List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1963
Ship | Country | Description |
Blikur |
Faroe Islands |
The coaster struck an iceberg and sank off Greenland. All 35 crew saved by Poseidon ( West Germany).[51] |
August
4 August
14 August
September
4 September
List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1963
Ship | Country | Description |
Archangelsk |
Soviet Union |
The cargo ship ran aground in fog in the Bosphorus, ramming a house and killing three people.[53] |
6 September
13 September
21 September
22 September
23 September
24 September
List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1963
Ship | Country | Description |
Roland |
West Germany |
The coaster collided with Rio Quequen ( Argentina) off Warnemünde and sank with the loss of one crewmember, two others reported missing.[57] |
October
1 October
2 October
8 October
14 October
List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1963
Ship | Country | Description |
Island Cypress |
Canada |
The barge broke in two and sank off the mouth of the Quillayute River.[60] |
22 October
List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1963
Ship | Country | Description |
Island Maple |
Canada |
The barge broke in two off Cape Flattery. The bow section sank, the stern section capsized and was scuttled.[61] |
Manticos |
Greece |
Sank after pumping operation failed and leak increased. |
23 October
24 October
November
13 November
List of shipwrecks: 13 November 1963
Ship | Country | Description |
Woodburn |
United Kingdom |
The cargo ship ran aground off Singapore and was holed.[64] |
14 November
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1963
Ship | Country | Description |
Kilo |
Netherlands |
The cargo ship caught fire in the Bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued by the Mumbles Lifeboat.[66] |
December
8 December
14 December
20 December
21 December
List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1963
Ship | Country | Description |
Douala |
France |
The coaster foundered off Point-aux-Basques, Newfoundland with the loss of at least seven crew.[69] |
22 December
24 December
25 December
List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1963
Ship | Country | Description |
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.[71] |
29 December
31 December
Unknown date
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