The university ship, formerly the ocean linerQueen Elizabeth, caught fire in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong. She capsized the next day. The fire was extinguished on 13 January. She was scrapped in situ in 1974.[3]
The refrigeratedcoaster capsized and sank in the Atlantic Ocean 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Leixões, Portugal after her cargo shifted.She was on a voyage from "Villagarcia" to a Moroccan port.[7]
The oil rig supply vessel foundered in the North Sea 12 nautical miles (22 km) west of the Vyl Lightship with the loss of nine of her nineteen crew.[8]
While en route from Mobile, Alabama, where she had been built, to Kodiak, Alaska, the newly constructed crab-fishing vessel disappeared in the Gulf of Mexico with the loss of all four people – the owner, his wife, their eight-year-old child, and a crewman – aboard. Her wreck was discovered lying in 8,920 feet (2,720 m) of water approximately 200 nautical miles (370 km; 230 mi) off the United States Gulf Coast in 2012, and it was positively identified in 2013.[4]
The cargo ship foundered 160 nautical miles (300 km) south of Muroto, Japan. Her captain went down with the ship, the rest of her crew were rescued by two patrol boats (Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force).[21]
Vietnam War: The blockade runner was scuttled when she was intercepted by enemy vessels near the border between Cambodia and South Vietnam. Six of her crewmen were killed. It is unclear whether the intercepting vessels were Cambodian, South Vietnamese, or both.[29]
The cargo ship ran aground near Cape St. Vincent, Portugal. She was on a voyage from "Ashod" to a French port. She was refloated on 22 August and put in to Setúbal, Portugal, where she was laid up. Scrapped at Bilbao, Spain in September 1973.[45]
The coaster was cut in two when in collision with Ciudad di Manizales (Colombia) in the English Channel and sank with the loss of eleven of her 13 crew. The stern section sank, but the bow section remained afloat. It was sunk by the French Navy as it was a hazard to navigation.[47]
The cabin cruiser sank when a wave capsized it after its engine failed in the Indian Ocean off Lourenço Marques, Mozambique. Three of the four people on board drowned. The only survivor was a South African woman who swam 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi) to safety on a buoy and reported that two dolphins protected her from sharks and helped her stay afloat when she tired during her swim.[51]
The fishing vessel was sunk with the loss of 22 of her 23 crew when it was in collision with the bulk carrierMarylisa (Greece) 600 nautical miles (1,100 km) west of the Cape of Good Hope.[52]
The bulk carrier collided with a pier at Holland, Michigan in bad weather. A 12-foot (4 m) hole was torn in the vessel's bow and the ship sank. The ship was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.[56]
The cargo ship was abandoned when its cargo of railway locomotives broke free of their chains, causing the ship to list when she was 200 nautical miles (370 km) south east of Cape Race. Newfoundland.[65]
After burning for five days following a 19 December collision with the tanker Horta Barbosa (Brazil), the supertanker sank in the Persian Gulf after a series of explosions.
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