The supercarrier Chandragupta sank in a January storm in the Pacific Ocean. 68 crewmembers died with the ship, which left an enormous trail of wreckage in the water, scattered over a 36-mile (58 km) area.[1] Researchers ascribed the cause of an incident to an encounter with a rogue wave.[2] This is one of the 22 supercarriers believed to have been sunk by rogue waves from 1968 to 1995, and the incident associated with the greatest loss of life.
The destroyer was driven ashore on the coast of Brittany, France. A total of 233 crew were removed by a French coast guard helicopter. A French tug refloated the ship.[6]
The oil rig, being towed on a barge, ran aground at Guernsey, Channel Islands, when the tow broke in a storm. Her crew were rescued by the St. Peter Port Lifeboat and Royal Navy helicopters.[7]
The tanker ran aground on Portsall Rocks, three nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) off the coast of Brittany, and was wrecked. She was loaded with 255,000 tonnes of crude oil.
The tanker collided with the bulk carrier Roseline (France) off the Norfolk coast and capsized, remaining afloat for a number of days afterwards.[22] The bow section was blown up and sunk on 1 June.[23] About 5,000 tonnes of heavy fuel oil were spilt.[24]
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.[37][38]
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.[41]
The cargo ship collided with Dignity (Greece) 45 nautical miles (83 km; 52 mi) off Oporto, Portugal and sank with the loss of eleven of her 24 crew.[44]
The wreck of Cuyahoga when she was refloated on 29 October 1978.The cutter sank with the loss of 11 lives after colliding with the tankerSanta Cruz II (Argentina) in the Chesapeake Bay. There were 18 survivors. She was refloated on 29 October 1978 and scuttled on 29 March 1979 to form an artificial reef.
^"No Trace Found of 74 Who Abandoned Vessel". The Los Angeles Times. 7 January 1978. p. I-3. Retrieved 17 April 2024. The last report Thursday night was that the No. 1 hatch was gone, the ship was taking on water and they were abandoning it...
^ abcd"Storms wreak havoc". The Times. No. 60209. London. 13 January 1978. col C, p. 1.
^"Three die after worst snow of winter". The Times. No. 60215. London. 20 January 1978. col D, E, p. 1.
^"French Navy ship rescued in storm off Brittany". The Times. No. 60310. London. 14 January 1978. col B,C, p. 4.
^Howarth, Patrick (1981). Lifeboat in Danger's Hour. London, New York, Sydney, Toronto: Hamlyn. p. 120. ISBN0-600-34959-4.
^Mitchell, WH; Sawyer, LA (1990). The Empire Ships (Second ed.). London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. p. 220. ISBN1-85044-275-4.
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^Mitchell, WH; Sawyer, LA (1990). The Empire Ships (Second ed.). London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. pp. 31–32. ISBN1-85044-275-4.
^Mitchell, WH; Sawyer, LA (1990). The Empire Ships (Second ed.). London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. p. 307. ISBN1-85044-275-4.
^"Holed American ship sinks". The Times. No. 60327. London. 14 June 1978. col D, p. 6.
^Mitchell, WH; Sawyer, LA (1990). The Empire Ships (Second ed.). London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. p. 215. ISBN1-85044-275-4.
^Mitchell, WH; Sawyer, LA (1990). The Empire Ships (Second ed.). London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. p. 448. ISBN1-85044-275-4.
^Gray, Randal, ed., Conway′s All the World′s Fighting Ships 1947–1982, Part II: The Warsaw Pact and Non-Aligned Nations, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1983, ISBN0-87021-919-7, p. 310.
^"11 missing in collision off Oporto". The Times. No. 60412. London. 20 September 1978. col A, p. 6.
^Jones, Tim (17 October 1978). "Gales forecast as salvage team battles against time to save stricken tanker". The Times. No. 60434. London. col D, p. 1.
^"HMS Eagle runs aground on way to breaker's yard". The Times. No. 60436. London. 19 October 1978. col D, p. 1.
^Mitchell, WH; Sawyer, LA (1990). The Empire Ships (Second ed.). London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. p. 238. ISBN1-85044-275-4.
^[Pitfield, Jane (2000). Leaside (Second ed.). Toronto: Natural Heritage Books. ISBN978-1-55002-875-1., p. 65.]
^[Macpherson, Ken; Barrie, Ron (2002). The Ships of Canada's Naval Forces 1910–2002 (Third ed.). St. Catharines, Ontario: Vanwell Publishing. ISBN1-55125-072-1., p. 165.]
