List of shipwrecks in 1976
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The list of shipwrecks in 1976 includes some of the ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1976.
1976 | |||
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Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr |
May | Jun | Jul | Aug |
Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
January
3 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Capella | East Germany | The coaster sank off Schiermonnikoog, the Netherlands.[1] |
Carnoustie | United Kingdom | [2] Sank in same storm as Capella. Often mistakenly referred to as "Carnoesti" in American press.[3] |
8 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Princess Sissy | Panama | The cruise ship ran aground in the Adriatic between the islands of Hvar and Korčula.[4] |
Vanquisher | United Kingdom | The tug capsized and sank in the Thames Estuary at Tilbury whilst assisting Jervis Bay ( United Kingdom). All seven crew rescued.[5] |
10 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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ARA Comandante General Zapiola | Argentine Navy | The Navajo-class fleet ocean tug ran aground on a reef off Antarctica and was declared a total loss. |
19 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Esso Provence | France | The tanker ran aground off Fawley, Hampshire, United Kingdom.[6] |
26 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Olympic Bravery | Greece | The tanker ran aground off the coast of Brittany, France.[7] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Kirk Pride | Cayman Islands | Struck a reef and sank off the Cayman Islands. |
February
15 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Otterstetter | United States Navy | The Edsall-class destroyer escort was sunk as target off Puerto Rico. |
20 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Marie Elizabeth | Panama | Caught fire at Barcelona, Spain. Declared a constructive total loss. |
26 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Gustave Zédé | French Navy | The decommissioned submarine tender was sunk as a target in the Mediterranean Sea south of Marseille, France, at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. by a torpedo fired by the submarine Doris ( French Navy). |
March
1 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Deep Sea Driller | Norway | The drilling rig ran aground off Bergen. One leg broke off and six crew were killed. Although declared a constructive total loss,[8] the rig was later repaired and returned to service. |
4 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Magnet | United States Navy | The decommissioned degaussing vessel was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.. |
23 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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INS Godavari | Indian Navy | The Hunt-class destroyer ran aground in the Maldives and was damaged beyond repair. |
April
8 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Kaptanvassos | Cyprus | The cargo ship capsized and sank off Perama, Greece. Five of her crew were lost.[9] |
16 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ocean Express | United States | The drilling rig sank in the Gulf of Mexico. Thirteen of her 36 crew were killed when an escape capsule capsized and sank.[10] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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SAS Vrystaat | South African Navy | The decommissioned W-class destroyer was sunk as a target. |
May
2 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Nordhuk | West Germany | The cargo ship ran aground off Eilean Trodday, Inner Hebrides, United Kingdom and was wrecked. All twelve crew were rescued by the Stornoway Lifeboat.[11] |
12 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Urquiola | 23x15px Spain | The tanker exploded and caught fire at the mouth of A Coruña harbour, killing two of her thirty-nine crew.[12] |
13 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Christmas Seal | Canada | Ran aground at Eastern Shore, Nova Scotia and sank. |
June
23 June
Ship | Country | Description |
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NEPCO 140 | United States | The barge ran aground in the American Narrows causing a large oil spill. |
July
21 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Chopper | United States Navy | Tethered for use as a target by the submarine USS Spadefish ( United States Navy), the decommissioned Balao-class submarine sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, before Spadefish could fire at her. |
August
10 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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HMS Reward | Royal Navy | The offshore patrol vessel collided with Plainsman ( Singapore) in the Firth of Forth during foggy weather and sank. All 42 people on board rescued by Plainsman.[13] |
16 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Barkis | United Kingdom | The tug capsized and sank off Lowestoft, Suffolk with the loss of one of her four crew.[14] |
20 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Morning Cloud | United Kingdom | The yacht ran aground outside Ramsgate Harbour, Kent.[15] |
24 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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MV Malaysia Raya | Malaysia | The cruise ship caught fire at Kuala Lumpur, a total loss.[16] |
September
20 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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HMS Fittleton | Royal Navy | Collided with HMS Mermaid ( Royal Navy) and sank off Texel, the Netherlands. |
29 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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Rarau | Poland | 2,186 ton factory trawler with a Romanian crew of eighty-four drove into the northern part of the Seven Stones Reef known as the North-east Rocks. All the crew were rescued and the trawler slipped into deep water.[17] |
October
1 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Hongkong Beauty I | Panama | Ran aground at Al Hudaydah, Yemen and refloated 15 October.[18] |
14 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Boehlen | East Germany | The tanker sank in the English Channel during a storm with the loss of twenty-three of her thirty-six crew.[19] |
15 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Andros Antares | Liberia | The supertanker ran aground at Antifer, France in a storm.[19] |
Freeland | Cyprus | The cargo ship foundered off Brittany, France in a storm. All crew saved.[19] |
Ante Oltmans | West Germany | The cargo ship foundered off the coast of the Netherlands in a storm. All six crew were killed.[19] |
USS George K. MacKenzie | United States Navy | The Gearing-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off California. |
18 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Otterturm | West Germany | The tug collided with a barge and sank off Burghead, United Kingdom with the loss of one of her ten crew.[20] |
20 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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George Prince | United States | The ferry sank in the Mississippi River after a collision with Frosta ( Norway). Seventy-eight people were killed. |
25 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Tigrone | United States Navy | The Tench-class submarine was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. |
December
3 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Achaios | Cyprus | Ran aground at Akrotiri Peninsula (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.) and wrecked.[18] |
Devon City | United Kingdom | The bulk carrier ran aground at Rügen Island, West Germany. Refloated the next day and sailed to Szczecin Poland for repairs.[21] |
15 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Argo Merchant | Liberia |
Ran aground at Nantucket Island, Massachusetts. Broke up and sank on 21 December, a total loss. |
17 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Sansinena | Liberia | Caught fire and exploded at Los Angeles, United States. |
20 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Mecca | The ferry sank in the Red Sea after catching fire the previous day and drifting onto a reef. |
23 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Seastar | Lebanon | Ran aground on the Sha`b Abu Nuhas reef, remained stranded and finally sank in 1984.[22] |
Santez-anna | United Kingdom | Fishing boat lost, west of Guernsey Channel Islands |
24 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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British Steel | United Kingdom | The yacht ran aground off Fuerteventura, Spain. All eight crew rescued, and the yacht was later refloated and returned to service.[23] |
References
- ↑ "Trail of death and damage moves to the Continent" The Times (London). Monday, 5 January 1976. (59593), col A-E, p. 2.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ "Britons taken off stranded ship" The Times (London). Friday, 9 January 1976. (59597), col D, p. 1.
- ↑ "Seven saved as tug capsizes" The Times (London). Friday, 9 January 1976. (59597), col D, p. 4.
- ↑ "Supertanker runs aground" The Times (London). Tuesday, 20 January 1976. (59606), col E,F, p. 1.
- ↑ "Onassis tanker aground off Brittany" The Times (London). Tuesday, 27 January 1976. (59612), col F, p. 8.
- ↑ "Six die as oil rig is wrecked" The Times (London). Tuesday, 2 March 1976. (59642), col D-F, p. 1.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ "13 drown after oil rig sinks of Texas coast" The Times (London). Saturday, 17 April 1976. (59681), col A, p. 1.
- ↑ "Ship abandoned" The Times (London). Monday, 3 May 1976. (59694), col F, p. 2.
- ↑ "Oil tanker explodes in Spanish harbour" The Times (London). Thursday, 13 May 1976. (59706), col D, p. 1.
- ↑ "Naval ship sunk in Forth" The Times (London). Wednesday, 11 August 1976. (59779), col B, p. 1.
- ↑ "Man presumed drowned after tug sinks" The Times (London). Tuesday, 17 August 1976. (59784), col B, p. 3.
- ↑ "Heath yacht grounds" The Times (London). Saturday, 21 August 1976. (59788), col A, p. 3.
- ↑ "The fiery sisters" The Times (London). Wednesday, 25 August 1976. (59791), col D, p. 4.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 "23 sailors lost as ship sinks in storm" The Times (London). Saturday, 16 October 1976. (59836), col D-G, p. 4.
- ↑ "Seaman missing after collision" The Times (London). Tuesday, 19 October 1976. (59838), col B, p. 3.
- ↑ "British ship refloated in Baltic" The Times (London). Friday, 5 November 1976. (59853), p. 8.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ "Chay Blyth and crew safe" The Times (London). Wednesday, 29 December 1976. (59896), col G, p. 5.
Ship events in 1976 | |||||||||||
Ship launches: | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 |
Ship commissionings: | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 |
Ship decommissionings: | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 |
Shipwrecks: | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 |
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