List of shipwrecks in 1981
The list of shipwrecks in 1981 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1981.
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January
1 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Big Sea | ![]() | The fishing vessel sank while tied to a buoy in Port Etches on the south-central coast of Alaska.[1] |
Mercy Bee | ![]() | The fishing vessel capsized in heavy surf in Squaw Bay (60°49′15″N 147°50′30″W / 60.82083°N 147.84167°W / 60.82083; -147.84167 (Squaw Bay)) on the south-central coast of Alaska.[2] |
6 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Novo Amapá | ![]() | According to Federal government of Brazil official confirmed report, the Passenger ship sinks at the mouth of the Cajari River, Pará States, Brazil, 186 persons were rescued and survived, killing more than 130 people.[citation needed] |
7 January
Ship | State | Description |
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José Martin | ![]() | The tanker ran aground off Dalarö, Sweden.[3] |
17 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Fourat Star | ![]() | The coaster was driven ashore at Limassol, Cyprus. She was scrapped in situ.[4] |
26 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Deifovos | ![]() | The cargo ship sank off Vega, Norway,[5] with the loss of nine of her 37 crew.[6] |
27 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Tampomas II | ![]() | The ferry caught fire and sank in a storm in the Java Sea 500 nautical miles (930 km) north east of Java. She was carrying a 1,136 people,[7] of whom 762 were reported to have been rescued.[8] |
30 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Ems | ![]() | The cargo ship sank after collision with Undine (![]() |
Frederika 1 | ![]() | The cargo ship sank after colliding with Blackthorn (![]() ![]() |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
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Golden Princess | ![]() | The passenger ship sank in a storm while laid up at Perama, Greece. |
February
6 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Nellie M | ![]() | The Troubles: The coaster was sunk at Lough Foyle after being boarded and bombed by an IRA team on a hijacked lifeboat. The ship was raised and refitted in 1982, sold to an Irish company and renamed Ellie (![]() |
8 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Burgundia | ![]() | ![]() |
13 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Eastern Mariner I | ![]() | The cargo ship was damaged in a storm, and sank three days later east of Bermuda (32°19.36′N 64°31.30′W / 32.32267°N 64.52167°W / 32.32267; -64.52167).[13] |
Wood Duck | ![]() | The 32-foot (9.8 m) fishing vessel sank in Union Bay in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska in a violent storm. Her owner-operator died in the sinking.[14] |
19 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Akra Aktion | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground off Mangalia, Romania and sank.[15] |
24 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Uyak | ![]() | The 60-foot (18 m) fishing vessel sank off Humpback Rock in Chiniak Bay on the coast of Kodiak Island near Kodiak, Alaska.[16] |
26 February
Ship | State | Description |
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USS Glennon | ![]() | The Gearing-class destroyer was sunk as a target off Puerto Rico. |
28 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Dae Rim | ![]() | The 291-foot (88.7 m) cargo ship caught fire and washed ashore at Cape Wrangell on the coast of Attu Island in the Aleutian Islands with the loss of 24 lives. There were two survivors.[17] |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
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Jupiter | ![]() | The 82-foot (25.0 m) fishing vessel was wrecked on Sozavarika Island (54°51′20″N 162°31′35″W / 54.85556°N 162.52639°W / 54.85556; -162.52639 (Sozavarika Island)) off the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula in Alaska. Her crew of five survived.[18] |
March
4 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Pacific Angel | ![]() | The 94-foot (28.7 m) crab-fishing vessel was wrecked without loss of life on Chowiet Island (56°02′N 156°42′W / 56.033°N 156.700°W / 56.033; -156.700 (Chowiet Island)) in the Semidi Islands southwest of Kodiak Island.[19] |
8 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Mezada | ![]() | The cargo ship sank in rough seas about 100 nautical miles (190 km) southeast of Bermuda. Eleven of 35 crew rescued. |
13 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Daito Maru No. 55 | ![]() | The 105-foot (32.0 m) fishing trawler sank in the Bering Sea about 380 nautical miles (700 km; 440 mi) northwest of Adak in the Aleutian Islands with the loss of her entire crew of 26.[17] |
25 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Rio Bravo | ![]() | The cargo ship caught fire and sank 600 nautical miles (1,100 km) south west of the Azores. All 27 crew rescued.[20] |
April
9 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Nisho Maru | ![]() | The ballistic missile submarine USS George Washington (![]() |
May
14 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Olfert Fischer | ![]() | The Niels Juel-class corvette was damaged by an engine room fire off Bornholm on her sea trials. Subsequently repaired but commissioning delayed from 25 May to 16 October.[21] |
19 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Bering Scout | ![]() | The 65-foot (19.8 m) tug sank with the loss of three lives in Etolin Strait on the west-central coast of Alaska.[1] |
20 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Alkmini | ![]() | The cargo ship collided with the motor vessel Duro Seis (![]() |
22 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Unidentified | ![]() | Lebanese Civil War: The cargo ship exploded at Tyre, Lebanon. She had been chased into harbor by an Israeli Navy warship.[23] |
June
1 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Reina del Mar | ![]() | The passenger ship was scuttled off Kynosoura, Greece. |
15 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Charity | ![]() | She collided with Good Captain (![]() |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
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Unknown patrol ship | ![]() | The patrol ship was sunk by South Korean coastal batteries. Nine crewmen were killed, one captured and four rescued.[25] |
July
3 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Arctic Explorer | ![]() | The icebreaker sank off St. Anthony, Newfoundland, Canada. Thirteen of her 32 crew were killed. |
12 July
Ship | State | Description |
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USNS Wheeling | ![]() | The inactivated Wheeling-class missile range instrumentation ship was sunk as a target by Harpoon missiles. |
20 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Shoshone | ![]() | The 76-foot (23 m) fishing vessel struck a rock and sank 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Egg Island in the Aleutian Islands. The fishing vessel Captain Banjo (![]() |
27 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Sir Winston Churchill | ![]() | The schooner ran aground 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Later refloated and returned to service. |
August
2 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Primrose | ![]() | The 16,000-ton freighter ran aground on North Sentinel Island. The crew were rescued a week later. |
3 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Melpo Lemos | ![]() | The tanker ran aground on the Lepe Bank, in the Solent off Southampton, United Kingdom.[27] She was refloated the next day.[28] |
Prince Ivanhoe | ![]() | The former ferry struck a rock and sank at Horton, Swansea. All 450 on board rescued but one passenger suffered a heart attack and died.[27] |
4 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Louis G | ![]() | The seiner capsized and sank off Cape Bartolome (55°14′N 133°37′W / 55.233°N 133.617°W / 55.233; -133.617 (Cape Bartolome)) in Southeast Alaska. The fishing vessel Delight (![]() |
7 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Winterwind | ![]() | After the 43-foot (13 m) fishing vessel began taking on water, she drifted onto the tow line of a passing barge and sank in Cook Inlet 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Clam Gulch, Alaska, after the barge collided with her.[14] |
10 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Karen E | ![]() | The 35-foot (11 m) cabin cruiser sank with the loss of five lives in eastern Long Island Sound off Rocky Point, Long Island, New York, in waters probably over 100 feet (30 m) deep after colliding with a barge.[30] |
20 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Cowboy | ![]() | The fishing vessel was lost in bad weather in the Gulf of Alaska.[31] |
21 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Northern King | ![]() | The 96-foot (29.3 m) trawler-processor developed a heavy list in a storm in the Bering Sea off Cape Lieskof (55°47′18″N 162°03′15″W / 55.7883°N 162.0542°W / 55.7883; -162.0542 (Cape Lieskof)), Alaska, then capsized and sank near Nelson Lagoon (55°50′N 162°05′W / 55.833°N 162.083°W / 55.833; -162.083 (Nelson Lagoon)). Her seven crew members abandoned ship 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off the Alaska Peninsula; two were lost, but the other five made it to shore in a life raft and were rescued.[32] |
Rocket | ![]() | The 34-foot (10.4 m) vessel capsized in Strawberry Pass (60°24′N 146°03′W / 60.400°N 146.050°W / 60.400; -146.050 (Strawberry Pass)) near Montague Island at the entrance to Prince William Sound on the south-central coast of Alaska with the loss of both people on board.[33] |
26 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Pushka | ![]() | The vessel was wrecked at Sanak Point (54°23′N 162°35′W / 54.383°N 162.583°W / 54.383; -162.583 (Sanak Point)), probably off Sanak Island in the Aleutian Islands. The fishing vessel Casade (![]() |
September
7 September
Ship | State | Description |
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Misty | ![]() | The 86-foot (26.2 m) fishing trawler burned and sank in Marmot Bay (58°00′N 152°06′W / 58.000°N 152.100°W / 58.000; -152.100 (Marmot Bay)) off Alaska′s Kodiak Archipelago. The fishing vessel Trailblazer (![]() |
9 September
Ship | State | Description |
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Lady Simpson | ![]() | The crabber-trawler sank in the Bering Sea about 72 nautical miles (133 km; 83 mi) north of Dutch Harbor, Alaska. A Japanese fishing trawler rescued her crew of six 28 hours later.[29] |
13 September
Ship | State | Description |
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HMS Rapid | ![]() | The decommissioned Q and R-class destroyer was sunk as a torpedo target in the Western Approaches by the submarine HMS Onyx (![]() |
14 September
Ship | State | Description |
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City of Seattle | ![]() | The 84-foot (25.6 m) crab-fishing vessel burned and sank in the Shelikof Strait 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) south of Cape Uganik (57°58′N 153°30′W / 57.967°N 153.500°W / 57.967; -153.500 (Cape Uganik)) on the coast of Uganik Island in Alaska′s Kodiak Archipelago. The medium endurance cutter USCGC Confidence (![]() |
Spring | ![]() | The 42-foot (12.8 m) troller sank 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) off Ratz Harbor (55°53′15″N 132°35′45″W / 55.88750°N 132.59583°W / 55.88750; -132.59583 (Ratz Harbor)) on the northeast coast of Prince of Wales Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[26] |
18 September
Ship | State | Description |
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HDMS MHV 68 | ![]() | The cutter ran aground off Læsø. She sank the next day.[21] |
19 September
Ship | State | Description |
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Periphery | ![]() | The 32-foot (9.8 m) fishing vessel broke up and sank in heavy seas while under tow by the vessel Billy Don (![]() |
Sobral Santos II | ![]() | The ferry sank in the harbour of Óbidos, Pará with the loss of an unknown number of people. Estimates range from 50 to 300.[34] |
20 September
Ship | State | Description |
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Tungufoss | ![]() | The coaster sank in a storm 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Land's End, Cornwall, United Kingdom. All of the crew were rescued, either, by helicopter from RNAS Culdrose or the Sennen Cove lifeboat.[35] |
21 September
Ship | State | Description |
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BRP Datu Kalantiaw | ![]() | ![]() Typhoon Clara: The Datu Kalantiaw-class frigate was driven ashore on Calayan Island in the Philippines with the loss of 79 of her 97 crew. |
24 September
Ship | State | Description |
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Dimitris | ![]() | The 963 GRT freighter (formerly known as Harrogate of Associated Humber Lines) flooded, foundered and was lost.[36] |
27 September
Ship | State | Description |
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Sea Foam | ![]() | The fishing vessel was wrecked in Summers Bay (53°54′45″N 166°27′30″W / 53.91250°N 166.45833°W / 53.91250; -166.45833 (Summers Bay)) on the coast of Unalaska Island in the Aleutian Islands.[26] |
30 September
Ship | State | Description |
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The Faith | ![]() | The barge, a converted landing craft mechanized with three divers aboard, sprang a leak and sank in Shotgun Cove (60°48′05″N 148°32′30″W / 60.80139°N 148.54167°W / 60.80139; -148.54167 (Shotgun Cove)) near Whittier, Alaska. The fishing vessel Tommel (![]() |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
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Chrisoula K | ![]() | Ran aground on the Sha`b Abu Nuhas reef and later sank.[38] |
October
21 October
Ship | State | Description |
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S-178 | ![]() | The Whiskey-class submarine was rammed and sunk by the refrigerator ship Refrizkerator-13 (![]() |
22 October
Ship | State | Description |
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Elusive | ![]() | After a fire broke out in her engine room, the 86-foot (26.2 m) fishing vessel burned and sank near Cape Ikolik (57°17′15″N 154°47′00″W / 57.28750°N 154.78333°W / 57.28750; -154.78333 (Cape Ikolik)) on the coast of Alaska′s Kodiak Island. The fishing vessel Gerry D (![]() |
27 October
Ship | State | Description |
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Diane O | ![]() | After her engine broke down, the 26-foot (7.9 m) fishing vessel drifted into the surf and broke up on the south coast of Nunivak Island in the Bering Sea.[17] |
28 October
Ship | State | Description |
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S-363 | ![]() | The Whiskey-class submarine ran aground off Karlskrona, Sweden and was damaged. After a diplomatic incident and military standoff, the submarine was refloated on 5 November and towed into international waters for handover to the Soviet Navy. |
30 October
Ship | State | Description |
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Gem | ![]() | The 47-foot (14.3 m) fishing vessel struck a rock and sank in Cape Spencer in Southeast Alaska. Three of her four crewmen survived.[40] |
31 October
Ship | State | Description |
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Telamon | ![]() | The cargo ship was beached at Arrecife, Lanzarote, Canary Islands after developing a leak. The wreck later broke in two, the forward part sank, and the after part remained above water.[41] Scrapping began in September 2022.[42] |
November
12 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Aleutian Monarch | ![]() | After she caught fire and burned for five days, the 460-foot (140.2 m) fish processing vessel was towed out to sea and scuttled near Beaver Inlet (53°50′N 166°15′W / 53.833°N 166.250°W / 53.833; -166.250 (Beaver Inlet)) on the coast of Unalaska Island in the Aleutian Islands.[43] |
15 November
Ship | State | Description |
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USS Charles R. Ware | ![]() | The decommissioned Gearing-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the Caribbean. |
26 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Globe Asimi | ![]() | The tanker ran aground at Klaipeda, Lithuania and broke in two.[44] |
27 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Elma Tres | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered 215 nautical miles (398 km) west of Hamilton, Bermuda with the loss of all but one of her 24 crew.[45] |
Euro Princess | ![]() | The cargo ship ran aground off Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. All 26 crew rescued by helicopter.[45][46] |
Nannie D | ![]() | The 32-foot (9.8 m) fishing vessel sank southwest of Seward, Alaska, with the loss of her entire crew of three.[32] |
30 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Saint Patrick | ![]() | The 458-gross register ton 138.2-foot (42.1 m) scallop-fishing trawler was abandoned in the Gulf of Alaska 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) east of Marmot Island near Kodiak, Alaska, after a large wave laid her over. Only two men of her crew of 11 men and one woman survived. Days later, Saint Patrick was found floating derelict in the outer part of Marmot Bay and was towed to Womens Bay, Alaska, where she sank.[26] |
December
8 December
Ship | State | Description |
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Garnet | ![]() | The reefer collided with Molaventure (![]() |
Molaventure | ![]() | The tanker collided with Garnet (![]() |
13 December
Ship | State | Description |
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Bonita | ![]() | The cargo ship capsized when two massive waves struck her in the English Channel 40 nautical miles (74 km; 46 mi) north of Guernsey while on a voyage from Hamburg, West Germany, to Panama with a cargo of fertiliser. One member of her crew was lost; the rest were saved by a Royal Navy helicopter and the St Peter’s Lifeboat Sir William Arnold (![]() |
Kaliakh | ![]() | The 86-foot (26.2 m) motor scow dragged her anchor, drifted onto the rocks, capsized, and was lost in Iliasik Passage (55°02′N 161°55′W / 55.033°N 161.917°W / 55.033; -161.917 (Iliasik Passage)) between Inner Iliasik Island and Outer Iliasik Island in the Shumagin Islands off the south-central coast of Alaska. Her crew survived and was rescued by the tug Jeffrey Foss (![]() |
14 December
Ship | State | Description |
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Grain Ville | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered off County Wexford, Ireland. Five of her nine crew were rescued.[51] |
19 December
Ship | State | Description |
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Mark | ![]() | The coaster was lost in Mount's Bay, Cornwall while bound for Spezia, Spain with a cargo of china clay from Teignmouth. All six of her crew were lost and the wreck has never been found.[52] |
Solomon Browne | ![]() | Penlee lifeboat disaster: The lifeboat was lost in a gale while attempting to rescue the crew of Union Star (![]() |
Union Star | ![]() | Penlee lifeboat disaster: The coastal cargo ship was lost on her maiden voyage due to engine failure in a gale. She was wrecked off Tater Du, Cornwall, England, ending up capsized on the rocks. All eight people on board – her master, her master's wife and two daughters, and her four crewmen – were lost, either on board Union Star or in the sinking of the rescue lifeboat Solomon Browne (![]() |
20 December
Ship | State | Description |
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Arion | ![]() | The ferry, arriving at Haifa from Greece, suffered onboard explosion and fire from a terrorist bomb and was beached. Later towed to Piraeus for lay-up, and to Spain for demolition in 1984.[55] |
23 December
Ship | State | Description |
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Dimitrios | ![]() | ![]() |
28 December
Ship | State | Description |
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Unidentified patrol vessel | ![]() | The navy patrol vessel was sunk by three Royal Thai Navy vessels off Koh Kang Province, Cambodia. Of her crew of six Vietnamese and seven Cambodians, eight were killed and five became prisoners-of-war.[56] |
29 December
Ship | State | Description |
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Sue | ![]() | The 32-foot (9.8 m) fishing vessel sank in Izhut Bay (58°11′N 152°15′W / 58.183°N 152.250°W / 58.183; -152.250 (Barren Islands)) on the coast of Afognak Island in the Kodiak Archipelago after striking a log. The fishing vessel Amber Dawn (![]() |
30 December
Ship | State | Description |
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Marina di Equa | ![]() | The bulk carrier sank in the Bay of Biscay with the loss of all thirty crew.[57] |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
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Aurore | ![]() | The fishing trawler, a former yacht, sank in the D'Entrecasteaux Channel after sriking an unidentified object. she was later refloated and restored to her original configuration as a yacht. |
Holland XXIV | ![]() | The dredger was beached at Cleveleys.[58] |
J. P. Webb | ![]() | The hopper barge sank off Port Lillias.[59] |
USS Ozark | ![]() | ![]() |
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