List of shipwrecks in 1967
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The list of shipwrecks in 1967 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1967.
1967 | |||
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Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr |
May | Jun | Jul | Aug |
Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
Unknown date |
January
1 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Refrigerator 10 | ![]() |
The reefer ship sank in the Bering Strait 35 nautical miles (65 km) north on Unimak Island, Alaska, United States with the loss of five of her 79 crew.[1] |
2 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Bjoern Lohse | ![]() |
Caught fire at Lisbon, constructive total loss, scrapped in March 1967.[2] |
4 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Bluebird | ![]() |
The hydroplane crashed on Coniston Water during an attempt on the world water speed record, killing its pilot, Donald Campbell. |
9 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Jamaica Bay | ![]() |
The dredger was mined by the Viet Cong and sank in the Mekong River, 45 nautical miles (83 km) north of Saigon, Vietnam.[3] |
HMS Amphion | ![]() |
The Amphion-class submarine collided with Timbarra (![]() |
10 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Parmarina | ![]() |
The cargo ship was wrecked in the South China Sea off Keelung, Taiwan (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.).[5] |
11 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Audacity | ![]() |
The coastal tanker ran aground near the Terschelling Bank Light Vessel. Refloated on 21 January, repaired and returned to service. |
13 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Nelson B | ![]() |
The sailing ship struck a submerged object at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. and sank.[6][7] |
17 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Elias K | ![]() |
The cargo ship ran aground in the Farasan Islands (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.). Refloated on 24 January. Subsequently declared a constructive total loss and scrapped in December 1967.[5] |
21 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Jacob Verolme | ![]() |
The bulk ore carrier exploded and sank 120 nautical miles (220 km) off Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain with the loss of one of her 48 crew.[8] |
23 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Constantia 2 | ![]() |
The tanker was carrying fresh water on route to Gibraltar when she struck the Les Casquets reef in a storm, all crew were rescued, the ship broke her back. [9] [10] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Sir Winston Churchill | ![]() |
The schooner sank at Southampton, Hampshire. Later pumped out, refloated and returned to service.[11] |
February
21 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Cape Bonnie | ![]() |
The coaster ran aground at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. and was wrecked.[12] |
27 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Farringford | ![]() |
The passenger ferry ran aground at Lymington, Hampshire during a gale. Later refloated and returned to service.[13] |
28 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Tukan | ![]() |
The factory ship foundered 15 nautical miles (28 km) north of Hanstholm, Denmark with the loss of 57 of her 79 crew.[14] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Roma Um | ![]() |
Caught fire and beached at Belém, Brazil.[15] |
March
8 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Laura Scotti | ![]() |
Capsized and aground off Caparica, Portugal.[2] |
12 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Balmoral | ![]() |
The collier ran aground in the Weser Estuary, West Germany. She broke in two on 5 April, a total loss. |
Dias | ![]() |
The cargo ship sank off Portugal. All crew saved.[16] |
14 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Kolno | ![]() |
Collided with Østbornholm (![]() |
18 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Torrey Canyon | ![]() |
Ran aground on Pollard's Rock in the Seven Stones reef between the Cornish mainland and the Isles of Scilly, loaded with 120,000 tonnes of crude oil. The vessel released 32 Million gallons of oil much of which washed up on the Cornish coast.[17] |
20 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Labuan Bay | ![]() |
The cargo ship ran aground on Bancoran Island, Borneo and caught fire. Refloated 24 March and towed to Manila, Philippines. After a further fire on 11 July, the ship was scrapped in November 1967 |
24 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Myalls | ![]() |
The coaster caught fire and sank off Shelburne Harbour.[18] |
April
11 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Walter X. Young | ![]() |
The decommissioned Crosley-class high-speed transport was sunk as a target during missile-firing tests. |
28 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Costa Rican Trader | ![]() |
The cargo ship ran aground in Halibut Bay, Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada and was wrecked.[19] |
June
2 June
Ship | Country | Description |
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Essberger Chemist | ![]() |
The chemical tanker exploded and caught fire 250 nautical miles (460 km) south of the Azores, Portugal. All 40 crew rescued by an American ship.[20] |
8 June
Ship | Country | Description |
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Magd | ![]() |
Six-Day War: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Suez Canal by Israeli Air Force aircraft. Wreck cleared in 1975 to enable the canal to be re-opened.[5] |
USS Liberty | ![]() |
Six-Day War: The Belmont-class technical research ship was attacked by Israeli Air Force aircraft and Israeli Navy torpedo boats in the Mediterranean Sea north of the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt. She was declared a constructive total loss and was consequently scrapped. |
9 June
Ship | Country | Description |
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Northern Venture | ![]() |
Ran aground off Okinawa, declared a total loss. Ship was scrapped. |
17 June
Ship | Country | Description |
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Pearl of Victory | The cargo ship was wrecked on a reef in the Red Sea. |
24 June
Ship | Country | Description |
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Essberger Chemist | ![]() |
the chemical tanker was torpedoed by HMS Dreadnought (![]() ![]() |
July
13 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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President Garcia | ![]() |
The cargo ship ran aground in Saints Bay, Guernsey, Channel Islands.[22] Refloated on 20 July.[23] [24] |
17 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Jamhuri | ![]() |
The coaster ran aground off Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. All 200 passengers taken off by other vessels.[25] |
18 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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New York News | ![]() |
The sailing ship foundered off Pugwash, Nova Scotia.[26] |
26 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Sir Winston Churchill | ![]() |
The schooner ran aground at the entrance to Holyhead Harbour, Anglesey, refloated later that day.[11] |
August
11 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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British Lantern | ![]() |
The tanker ran aground in the Schelde at Borssele, Zeeland, the Netherlands.[27] Later refloated by numerous tugs.[28] |
14 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Scurry | ![]() |
The decommissioned Admirable-class minesweeper was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean off the Virginia Capes. |
24 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Hubert R Smith | ![]() |
The coaster caught fire and sank in the Bay of Fundy.[29] |
27 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Aristos | ![]() |
collided with Linde (![]() |
29 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Cucciolo | ![]() |
wrecked off Pantellaria Island.[2] |
September
4 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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North American | ![]() |
The retired cargo ship sank while under tow in the Atlantic Ocean off Massachusetts, 25 nautical miles (29 miles; 46 km) northeast of Nantucket Light. |
5 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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Amfitriti | ![]() |
The decommissioned Gato-class submarine was sunk as a target in the Mediterranean Sea by United States Sixth Fleet vessels (![]() |
6 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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R C Stoner | ![]() |
The tanker ran aground at Wake Island, one of the United States Minor Outlying Islands.[31] |
16 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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Kowloon No.1 | ![]() |
Ran aground at Hachinohe, Japan (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.). Refloated 7 October but declared a constructive total loss. Scrapped in June 1968. |
18 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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Regency | ![]() |
The salvage vessel exploded and sank off the Wolf Rock, Isles of Scilly whilst undertaking salvage operations on the wreck of HMS Association (![]() ![]() |
Merchantman | ![]() |
The tug sank 85 nautical miles (157 km) east of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire after colliding with the drilling rig Ocean Prince.[33] |
October
9 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Panoceanic Faith | ![]() |
The Type C2-S-AJ1 cargo ship foundered off Alaska with the loss of all 42 crew.[34] |
10 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Harveson | ![]() |
The decommissioned Edsall-class destroyer escort was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off California. |
12 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Statue of Liberty | ![]() |
The tanker ran aground off the north coast of Kent, United Kingdom.[35] |
17 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Nagusena | ![]() |
The cargo ship sank in the North Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Esbjerg, Denmark.[5] |
21 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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INS Eilat | ![]() |
The Z-class destroyer was struck by two Styx missiles launched from a Komar-class missile boat (![]() |
24 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Abbott | ![]() |
The sailing ship caught fire and sank in the George's Bank area of the Gulf of Maine.[36] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Roma Um | ![]() |
Refloated, having been aground at Belém, Brazil since February, but capsized and sank.[15] |
November
3 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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Habib Marikar | ![]() |
The cargo ship was wrecked when her engine failed during Typhoon Emma. All but one of her 44 crew were rescued by USS Navarro (![]() |
5 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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El Hasani | ![]() |
The cargo ship caught fire on her maiden voyage off Southampton, United Kingdom. All but two crew taken off by a Swedish tanker.[37] |
Rethi Moller | ![]() |
The coaster was driven ashore at Penmaenmawr, Caernarvonshire.[38] |
14 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Guavina | ![]() |
The decommissioned Balao-class submarine was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Henry, Virginia, by a Mark 16 torpedo fired by the submarine USS Cubera (![]() |
December
1 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Irving Beech | ![]() |
ran aground off New Waterford, Nova Scotia with tanker Lubrolake (![]() |
6 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Pitsa | ![]() |
sank off Socotra Island, Yemen. |
13 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Joseph Okito | ![]() |
Ran aground in the Congo River, Boma. Refloated 9 January 1968.[2] |
20 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Fessenden | ![]() |
The decommissioned Edsall-class destroyer escort was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. |
31 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Advance | ![]() |
The coaster ran aground at Hoek van Holland, Zuid Holland, the Netherlands. All eight crew saved.[39] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Oracle | ![]() |
The decommissioned Auk-class minesweeper was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean by United States Pacific Fleet forces in the winter of 1967. |
Turisten | ![]() |
The lake steamer was scuttled in the lake Femsjøen, Norway. The wreck was raised in 1997 and restored, work being completed in 2009.[40] |
References
- ↑ "Soviet ship sinks off Alaska" The Times (London). Monday, 2 January 1967. (56828), col D, p. 1.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ "British Tanker Shelled by Vietcong" The Times (London). Tuesday, 10 January 1967. (56835), col C-E, p. 1.
- ↑ "Submarine damaged" The Times (London). Tuesday, 10 January 1967. (56835), col E, p. 1.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ "47 rescued after ship explosion" The Times (London). Monday, 23 January 1967. (58646), col A, p. 1.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |publisher=wrecksite.eu
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Schooner is refloated" The Times (London). Thursday, 27 July 1967. (57004), col D-F, p. 2.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ "Ferry aground as gale hits Britain" The Times (London). Tuesday, 28 February 1967. (56877), col C-E, p. 3.
- ↑ "Russian ship sinks with the loss of 52" The Times (London). Wednesday, 1 March 1967. (56878), col C-E, p. 4.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ "Liberian ship sinks" The Times (London). Monday, 13 March 1967. (56888), col C, p. 1.
- ↑ Robinson, P. (2003) The Birds of the Isles of Scilly. London: Christopher Helm.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ "Tanker sinks after ocean explosion" The Times (London). Saturday, 3 June 1967. (56958), col E, p. 1.
- ↑ "Navy sinks a tanker" The Times (London). Monday, 26 June 2011. (59677), col C-E, p. 2.
- ↑ "Cargo holds up ship's repairs" The Times (London). Monday, 17 July 1967. (56995), col F, p. 2.
- ↑ "Grounded ship refloated" The Times (London). Friday, 21 July 1967. (56999), col E, p. 2.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ "200 brought to safety from coral reef" The Times (London). Tuesday, 18 July 1967. (56996), col D-E, p. 5.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ "Tanker aground" The Times (London). Saturday, 12 August 1967. (57018), col D, p. 4.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ "Crew saved in Channel collision" The Times (London). Tuesday, 29 August 1967. (57032), col C, p. 2.
- ↑ "Heavy flooding in path of Hurricane Dora" The Times (London). Monday, 18 September 1967. (57049), col F-G, p. 4.
- ↑ "Salvage ship sinks after explosion" The Times (London). Tuesday, 19 September 1967. (57050), col C, p. 2.
- ↑ "Tug sinks after oil rig crash" The Times (London). Tuesday, 19 September 1967. (57050), col A, p. 3.
- ↑ "Two Briton in missing crew" The Times (London). Wednesday, 11 October 1967. (57069), col B, p. 5.
- ↑ "Tanker aground off Kent" The Times (London). Friday, 13 October 1967. (57071), col D, p. 1.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ "Fought ship's fire for seven hours" The Times (London). Monday, 6 November 1967. (57091), col A, p. 3.
- ↑ "Picture Gallery" The Times (London). Tuesday, 6 November 1967. (57092), col B-D, p. 3.
- ↑ "Ship aground at Hook of Holland" The Times (London). Monday, 1 January 1968. (57137), col B, p. 3.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
See also
Ship events in 1967 | |||||||||||
Ship launches: | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 |
Ship commissionings: | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 |
Ship decommissionings: | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 |
Shipwrecks: | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 |
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