List of shipwrecks in 1947

The list of shipwrecks in 1947 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1947.

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1947
Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr
May	Jun	Jul	Aug
Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Unknown date
References

January

1 January

For the loss of the Liberty ship An-Mer-Mar on this date, see the entry for 27 December 1946.

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Karla	Denmark	The cable laying ship struck a mine and sank in the Gulf of Finland, 15 nautical miles (28 km) of Ormus Island, Estonia. Sixteen of the 44 crew were killed.[1]

2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Caritas I	Belgium	The cargo ship broke in two and sank after being beached in the River Scheldt following a collision with Jan Steen ( Netherlands) on 1 January.
Empire Wharfe	United Kingdom	The cargo ship arrived at Lagos, Nigeria on fire and was beached in Badagry Creek. Refloated on 6 January, repaired and returned to service.[2]

3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Magnhild	Norway	The cargo ship collided with Imba No. 401 ( Soviet Union) whilst on a voyage from Kolding, Denmark to Gdynia, Poland.[3]

5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Varvassi	Greece	The cargo ship ran aground off the Needles Lighthouse, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom.[4]

7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Pollnes	Norway	The cargo ship foundered off the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom whilst on a voyage from Bodø, Norway, to Dublin, Ireland. Thirteen crew killed.[3]

8 January

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Senjen	Norway	The cargo ship ran aground west of the Kvaløy Lighthouse whilst on a voyage from Bangsund to Trondheim, Norway.[3]

11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Ewell	United Kingdom	The collier ran aground off Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk.[5]

12 January

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Clarinda	United States	The 76-gross register ton, 89.6-foot (27.3 m) motor cargo vessel was destroyed by fire at Sand Point, Territory of Alaska.[6]

13 January

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Good Shepherd	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore on Fair Isle and was a total loss.[5]

14 January

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Astafjorden	Norway	The cargo ship sank west of Kvænangen whilst on a voyage from Tromsø to Hammerfest, Norway.[3]
Simbra	United Kingdom	The whaler foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all bar one of her sixteen crew.[7]

19 January

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Authority	United Kingdom	The coastal tanker ran aground in the River Mersey, United Kingdom.[8]
Chihkiang	China	The passenger ship collided with a tug and sank at Shanghai with the loss of at least 100 lives.[9]
Heimara	Greece	The ferry run aground and sank off Kavalliani in the South Euboean Gulf with the loss of about 300 lives.
Sweet Water	United States	The tanker ran aground in the River Mersey. Refloated after twelve hours.[8]
Wanganella	Australia	Wanganella aground on Barrett Reef. The passenger ship ran aground on Barrett Reef at the entrance to Wellington Harbour, New Zealand. She was refloated 18 days later and repaired, and she returned to service in November 1948.

20 January

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Empire Grassland	Australia	The hopper ship foundered in the Pacific Ocean 70 nautical miles (130 km) north north west of Carnarvon, Western Australia whilst under tow from Singapore to Australia by Empire Downland ( Australia).[2]

21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1947

Ship	Country	Description
HMS Bonaventure	Royal Navy	The submarine tender ran aground at Cape Melville, Australia.[10] Refloated on 23 January.[11]

23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Ampleforth	United Kingdom	The cargo ship was driven ashore in a storm at Tel Aviv, Palestine. She was refloated on 3 March but declared a constructive total loss. She was repaired, sold and re-entered service in 1948 as Bangor Bay.[2]

25 January

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Storesand I	Norway	The cargo ship sank in Drammensfjord whilst on a voyage from Gilhus to Oslo, Norway.[3]

29 January

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Samwater	United Kingdom	The Liberty ship caught fire and sank in the Atlantic Ocean (42°41′N 10°13′W).[12]

30 January

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Star of Mex	Egypt	The cargo ship ran aground off Bahrein. The ship was attacked by Arab pirates on 15 February. All 28 crew rescued by British Destiny ( United Kingdom).[13]

February

2 February

List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Dora Oldendorff	Germany	The cargo ship was scuttled in the Bay of Biscay. (47°40′N 9°02′W).[14]

5 February

List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Winkleigh	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground off the mouth of the Humber.[15]

18 February

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Arrow	United States Army	The Army transport, formerly Colonial Navigation Company's Belfast (1909), wrecked off Ocean Park, Washington while under tow to Puget Sound.[16][17]

26 February

List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1947

Ship	Country	Description
P T & B Co. 1651	United States	The 1,008-gross register ton barge was wrecked on Lewis Reef (55°22′30″N 131°44′15″W) in Tongass Narrows in Southeast Alaska near Ketchikan, Territory of Alaska.[18]
Royal Ulsterman	United Kingdom	The ferry ran aground at Clauchlands Point, Isle of Arran, Argyllshire. Refloated with the aid of the tug Vanguard ( United Kingdom).[19]
Zephyros	Greece	The cargo ship was driven ashore at Cullercoats, Northumberland, United Kingdom.[19]
Zeprom	Greece	The cargo ship ran aground at Whitley Bay, Northumberland, United Kingdom. All 35 crew rescued.[19]

March

3 March

List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Luana	Italy	Struck a mine and sank 20 nautical miles (37 km) south of Capo Promontore.[20]

4 March

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Bolivar	Norway	The cargo ship ran aground on the Kish Bank, Irish Sea whilst on a voyage from Dublin, Ireland to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[3]

6 March

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Trondhjem	Norway	The cargo ship struck a mine in the Weser, West Germany and sank. She was on a voyage from Stavanger, Norway to Hamburg.[3]

8 March

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Ira	Greece	The Liberty ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom and broke in two. All 34 crew rescued by the Walmer Lifeboat.[21]

9 March

List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Sondra Lee	United States	The 296-gross register ton, 99.1-foot (30.2 m) motor cargo vessel was destroyed by fire in Wrangell Narrows in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[22]

12 March

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Fort Dearborn	United States	The T2 tanker broke in two in the Pacific Ocean 800 nautical miles (1,500 km) north west of Honolulu, Hawaii. Ten crew on the bow section were rescued by General W. H. Gordon ( United States). Twenty-two crew on the stern section were rescued by USS Eldorado ( United States Navy). The bow section was shelled and sunk, the stern section was towed to Hawaii. Fort Dearborn was on a voyage from San Francisco, California to Shanghai, China.[23]

13 March

List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Edmund Fanning	United States	The Liberty ship exploded at Genoa Italy and was beached. She was later refloated but declared a constructive total loss and scrapped.[24]
Empire Jonquil	United Kingdom	Sank at Hull Docks, declared a constructive total loss but later repaired and returned to service.

19 March

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1947

Ship	Country	Description
ROCS Fu Po	Republic of China Navy	The Flower-class corvette sank in a collision with the merchant ship Hai Ming ( Republic of China) in the Formosa Strait.[25][26]

21 March

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1947

Ship	Country	Description
HMCS Onyx	Royal Canadian Navy	The Admiralty-type drifter foundered.[27]

22 March

List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Empire Contamar	United Kingdom	The schooner ran aground in St Austell Bay. Seven crew rescued by the Fowey lifeboat. Refloated in June and declared a constructive total loss but rebuilt as a coaster and returned to service.

24 March

List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Garnes	Norway	The cargo ship struck a mine off the Dutch coast and sank at 53°26′N 4°35′E whilst on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Emden, West Germany.[3]

28 March

List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Sevilla	Norway	The cargo ship collided with Clio ( Norway) west of Bloksen and sank with the loss of ten crew. She was on a voyage from Bergen, Norway to Geneva, Switzerland.[3]

30 March

List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Titania	Norway	The cargo ship struck a mine off the Dutch coast (53°35′N 4°35′E) whilst on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Oslo, Norway. Declared a constructive total loss and scrapped at Stavanger, Norway.[3]

Unknown March

List of shipwrecks: Unknown March 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Hrvatska	Yugoslavia	The Victory ship struck a mine in the Adriatic Sea near Dubrovnik and was beached to prevent sinking. Raised, repaired, and returned to service in 1949.[28]
Kunitsu Maru	Imperial Japanese Navy	The Kamitsu-class transport, irreparably damaged when sunk during World War II, was scuttled off Singapore sometime in March.[29]

April

1 April

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Freelock	United Kingdom	The cargo ship sank on this date.[30]

3 April

List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Stancliffe	United Kingdom	Ran aground at Sharpness Docks. Declared a constructive total loss but later repaired and returned to service.

13 April

List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Belpamela	Norway	Sank in a storm off Newfoundland. Cargo included 16 locomotives for the French Railways.[31]

14 April

List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Queen Elizabeth	United Kingdom	The ocean liner ran aground on the Brambles Bank in the Solent.[32] Refloated the next day.[33]

15 April

List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Georgie	Panama	The cargo ship ran aground at St Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom.[34]
Nicolaos G Kulukundis	Greece	The cargo ship ran aground off Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom.[33]

16 April

List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Grandcamp	France	Texas City disaster: The Liberty ship caught fire at Texas City, Texas, United States. She was obliterated by the explosion of her cargo of explosives. Around 580 people were killed.
Great Isaac	United States	While towing the Liberty ship Thomas M. Cooley ( United States), the 1,117-gross ton tug sank in 90 feet (27 m) of water off Barnegat Light, New Jersey, after colliding with the cargo ship Bandeirante ( Norway) in dense fog. Bandeirante rescued her entire crew of 27.[35][36]
Wilson B. Keene	United States	Wilson B. Keene Texas City disaster: The Liberty ship was sunk by the explosion of Grandcamp ( France) at Texas City, Texas.

23 April

List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Samtampa	United Kingdom	The Liberty ship was driven ashore at Sker Point, Glamorgan and broke in three. All 39 crew were lost, as well as all eight crew of the Mumbles lifeboat Edward, Prince of Wales ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).
HMS Warspite	Royal Navy	Ran aground at Prussia Cove after parting tow on final voyage from Portsmouth to the breakers yard on the Clyde.[37] Towed to Marazion in 1950 and dismantled.[38][39]

28 April

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Merganser	United Kingdom	Collided with Norwalk Victory ( United States) and sank in the River Scheldt between Doel and Liefkenshoek.[40] Raised on 2 July and beached. Repaired between 1949 and 1951, sold and returned to service.[20]

29 April

List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1947

Ship	Country	Description
HMS Witherington	Royal Navy	Under tow to the breaker's yard, the decommissioned Admiralty modified W-class destroyer parted her tow line in a gale and was wrecked on the northeast coast of England off the mouth of the River Tyne.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1947

Ship	Country	Description
San Nicolao	Panama	The cargo ship departed from the Tees on 2 April bound for Gibraltar. No further trace.[41]

May

2 May

List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Wicklow Head	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground near Port Mouton, Nova Scotia, Canada. All 30 crew were rescued by the fishing vessel Ray Richard ( Canada).[42]

8 May

List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Muirchú	Irish Naval Service	The decommissioned patrol vessel sank in the Irish Sea off the Saltee Islands, County Wexford, Ireland, while under tow to a scrapyard.

13 May

List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Balena	United Kingdom	The whaler ran aground on the Shipwash Shoal, off the coast of Essex. Refloated but again ran aground.[43]
SATS General Botha	South African Navy	The decommissioned accommodation ship was sunk as a target in False Bay off Simonstown, South Africa.[44]

14 May

List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Balena	United Kingdom	The whaler ran aground off Gorleston, Norfolk.[45]

17 May

List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1947

Ship	Country	Description
USS Oklahoma	United States Navy	The decommissioned Nevada-class battleship sank under tow 540 nautical miles (1,000 km) off Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, while on her way to San Francisco, California, for scrapping.

22 May

List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1947

Ship	Country	Description
USS Mallard	United States Navy	The decommissioned Lapwing-class minesweeper was sunk as a target by the submarine USS Piper ( United States Navy).

24 May

List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Newhall Hills	United States	The tanker collided with Monica ( Sweden) off the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom causing an explosion in No.2 tank and subsequent fire. Two hours later, an explosion blew off her bow forward of No.3 tank and that section sank. Newhall Hills was towed to Sheerness.[46]
Oceanic II	Belgium	The trawler was in collision with John la Farge ( United States) and was cut in two. She sank with the loss of three of her five crew.[46]

25 May

List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Trader Horn	United Kingdom	The schooner foundered in the Caribbean with the loss of two of her five crew.[47]

31 May

List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Berlin	Germany	The former cruiser was scuttled in the Skagerrak to dispose of chemical weapons.[48]

June

4 June

List of shipwrecks: 4 June 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Emperor	Canada	The cargo ship struck a rock and sank of Isle Royale, Lake Superior with the loss of twelve of her 33 crew. The survivors were rescued by USCGC Kimball ( United States Navy).[49]

6 June

List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1947

Ship	Country	Description
HMS LCT 1068	Royal Navy	The landing craft tank was lost on this date.[50]

14 June

List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Winifred	United States	The 13-gross register ton, 37-foot (11 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Uganik, Territory of Alaska.[51]

21 June

List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Cape Karluk	United States	The 15-gross register ton, 32.6-foot (9.9 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire off Kumlik Island (56°38′N 157°24′W) on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula in the Territory of Alaska.[6]

28 June

List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Heron	Greece	The cargo ship collided with Stal ( Denmark) in the English Channel off Folkestone, Kent, United Kingdom and sank with the loss of one of her 24 crew. The survivors were rescued by Suavity ( United Kingdom).[52]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Ourang Medan	Netherlands	Allegedly exploded and sank after its crew died under suspicious circumstances.

July

3 July

List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Kronholm	Norway	The former minesweeper was destroyed by fire at the Soon shipyard.[3]

4 July

List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1947

Ship	Country	Description
M Xilas	Greece	The cargo ship caught fire at Ko Sichang, Thailand. She was beached and abandoned, and sank on 13 July.[2]

13 July

List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Rainbow III	United States	The 139-gross register ton, 100.3-foot (30.6 m) fishing vessel was wrecked in Marmot Bay (58.0644°N 152.2544°W / 58.0644; -152.2544 (Marmot Bay)) on Afognak Island in the Kodiak Archipelago near Afognak, Territory of Alaska.[53]

17 July

List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Empire Lark	United Kingdom	The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean (47°55′N 8°25′W) with a cargo of obsolete chemical bombs and contaminated soil.[2]
Ramdas	India	The coastal passenger ship sank 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Bombay with the loss of around 600 lives.[54]

18 July

List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Avis	United States	The 8-gross register ton, 31-foot (9.4 m) fishing vessel sank in Cross Sound in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[55]

21 July

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Nascopie	Canada	The steamer was wrecked near Cape Dorset near the southern tip of Canada's Baffin Island.

22 July

List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Lützow	Kriegsmarine	World War II: The captured Deutschland-class cruiser was sunk by the Soviet Union in the Baltic Sea off Świnoujście, Poland, during weapons testing.[56]

23 July

List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Empire Lifeguard	United Kingdom	The cargo ship was sunk at Haifa, Palestine by limpet mines which had been placed on her hull whilst at Famagusta, Cyprus. Refloated on 8 August, subsequently repaired and returned to service.[2]

28 July

List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Ocean Liberty	Norway	The Liberty ship caught fire at Brest, France whilst unloading a cargo of ammonium nitrate. Later towed out of port and scuttled.[3]

31 July

List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1947

Ship	Country	Description
USS Chewink	United States Navy	The decommissioned Lapwing-class minesweeper was sunk as a target in Long Island Sound off New London, Connecticut.

Unknown July

List of shipwrecks: Unknown July 1947

Ship	Country	Description
ROCS Heyong	Republic of China Navy	Chinese Civil War: The landing craft tank ran aground and was stranded in a river in Jiangsu Province. Captured and put in Red Chinese service.[57]

August

8 August

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Ole II	United States	The 8-gross register ton, 31.9-foot (9.7 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in Union Bay in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[58]

9 August

List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Leighton	United Kingdom	She was scuttled with an obsolete cargo of ammunition, 100 nautical miles (190 km) northwest of Malin Head.[59]

11 August

List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Gravina Point	United States	The 59-gross register ton, 71.6-foot (21.8 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Cordova, Territory of Alaska.[60]

16 August

List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Graf Zeppelin	Kriegsmarine	World War II: The captured, incomplete Graf Zeppelin-class aircraft carrier was sunk by the Soviet Union in the Baltic Sea off Świnoujście, Poland, during weapons testing.[56]

18 August

List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Rovena	Norway	Wrecked off Langanes, Iceland.

20 August

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Mayo	United States	The 23-gross register ton, 42.9-foot (13.1 m) fishing vessel sank 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) off Ninilchik Light (60°03′N 151°40′W) near Ninilchik, Territory of Alaska.[61]

21 August

List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1947

Ship	Country	Description
VAS 234	Regia Marina	The VAS 231-class submarine chaser burned at Vinice.[62]

25 August

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1947

Ship	Country	Description
USS S-24	United States Navy	The decommissioned S-class submarine was sunk for use as a sonar target in the Pacific Ocean off Portland, Oregon.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Unidentified MAS boat	Regia Marina	The captured MAS boat was sunk by explosives off Marsaxlokk, Malta. Five other MAS boats were scuttled in open seas.[63]

September

3 September

List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Tidings	United States	The 17-gross register ton, 40.5-foot (12.3 m) fishing vessel ran aground and sank off Soapstone Point (58°06′10″N 136°29′50″W) in Cross Sound in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[64]

6 September

List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Matagalpa	United States Army	The fire-damaged fast transport, former Clemson-class destroyer, was scuttled off Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

8 September

List of shipwrecks: 8 September 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Norfisk	Norway	The cargo ship was abandoned whilst on a voyage from Aalborg, Denmark to Tórshavn, the Faroe Islands.[3]

9 September

List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Goma	Norway	The cargo ship sank north of the Tylön Lightship whilst on a voyage from Aalborg, Denmark to Gdańsk, Poland.[3]

13 September

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1947

Ship	Country	Description
HMAS Warrnambool	Royal Australian Navy	HMAS Warrnambool sinking. The Bathurst-class corvette sank near Cockburn Reef along the Great Barrier Reef off the northern coast of Queensland, Australia, after striking a mine. Four of her crew were killed and 29 were injured.

15 September

List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Rolfsøy	Norway	The cargo ship ran aground off Egersund whilst on a voyage from Fredrikstad to Harstad, Norway.[3]

16 September

List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Sunset	Norway	The cargo ship sank off the coast of Norway whilst on a voyage from Raufarhafn to Åkrehamn.[3]

October

2 October

List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Reine II	Norway	The cargo ship sank off Halmstad, Sweden, with the loss of all five crew. She was on a voyage for Halmstad to Oslo, Norway, and may have struck a mine.[3]

4 October

List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Troll	Norway	The cargo ship collided in the Øresund with the DFDS ship Jolantha ( Denmark) and sank. Raised on 22 January 1948 and repaired at Copenhagen, Denmark. Returned to service as Bandak.[3]

6 October

List of shipwrecks: 6 October 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Advance	United States	The 17-gross register ton, 40-foot (12.2 m) motor vessel was destroyed by fire on a beach on Gravina Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska between Rosa Reef (55.4128°N 131.8028°W / 55.4128; -131.8028 (Rosa Reef)) and Channel Island (55°26′48″N 131°52′45″W).[55]
USS Crittenden	United States Navy	The decommissioned Gilliam-class attack transport was sunk in an explosives test in the Pacific Ocean off the Farallon Islands.

7 October

List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Betty Hindley	United Kingdom	The cargo ship struck a mine off Scarborough, Yorkshire and broke her back. She was beached sinking by the bows. One crewmember was killed.[65]
Bro	Norway	The cargo ship ran aground off the coast of Iceland whilst on a voyage from Sandur, Faroe Islands to Reykjavík, Iceland.[3]

11 October

List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Gulfstream	Canada	The ferry was wrecked off Powell River, British Columbia.[66]

15 October

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1947

Ship	Country	Description
HMS Gillstone	Norway	The Isles-class trawler was driven ashore at Kvalbeinsrumen, Jæren, Norway whilst on a voyage from Bergen to Risør for conversion to a merchant ship. Later refloated and returned to Bergen.[3]

16 October

List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Auk	United States	The 28-gross ton, 60.2-foot (18.3 m) tug was wrecked at the mouth of the Ugashik River on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska.[55]

18 October

List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Alannah	United States	The 41-gross register ton, 51.1-foot (15.6 m) fishing vessel was wrecked off Cape Fox Island (54°45′50″N 130°51′00″W) in Dixon Entrance in Southeast Alaska.[55]

19 October

List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Corona	Norway	The cargo ship, which had been refloated two days earlier having sunk on 24 February 1943, sank in the Mediterranean Sea whilst under tow 20 nautical miles (37 km) north of Derna, Libya.[67]

21 October

List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Oda	Norway	The cargo ship capsized and sank at Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua whilst being loaded with a cargo of timber bound for Maracaibo, Venezuela.[3]
U-190	Royal Canadian Navy	The Type IXC/40 submarine was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean by Avro Anson, Fairey Firefly, Fairey Swordfish and Supermarine Seafire aircraft of the Royal Canadian Air Force and by HMCS Haida, HMCS New Liskeard and HMCS Nootka (all  Royal Canadian Navy).

31 October

List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Dolly	Norway	The cargo ship sank off Mariager whilst on a voyage from Mariager to Isefjord, Denmark.[3]

November

1 November

List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Tilla	Norway	The cargo ship sank off Fosnes whilst on a voyage from Randers to Fredrikstad, Norway.[3]

2 November

List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Castillo Montjuich	Spain	Broke moorings, collided with another ship and driven ashore at Gijón, France. Refloated in March 1948, repaired and returned to service.[68]

3 November

List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Mona	Norway	The sailing barge sank off Lille Marnet whilst on a voyage from Horsens to Slemmestad, Norway.[3]

6 November

List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Aurora	United States	The 19-gross ton, 43.1-foot (13.1 m) motor vessel sank in Lisianski Inlet (58°07′30″N 136°27′30″W) in Southeast Alaska.[55]

11 November

List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Aqueity	United Kingdom	Struck a mine and sank off Terschelling, the Netherlands.

20 November

List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Roald Amundsen	Norway	The Liberty ship ran aground at Skudeneshavn whilst on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Narvik, Norway. Broke into three on 15 January 1948, with two sections sinking. The remaining section was scrapped in situ during the summer of 1948.[3][69]
U-234	United States Navy	U-234 The Type X submarine was sunk as a torpedo target in the Atlantic Ocean off the United States East Coast by the submarine USS Greenfish ( United States Navy).[70]
U-889	United States Navy	The Type IXC/40 submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean off the east coast of the United States by USS Flying Fish ( United States Navy).[71]

21 November

List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Havøy I	Norway	The cargo ship sank off Lillesund after striking flotsam whilst on a voyage from Oslo to Bergen, Norway.[3]
U-858	United States Navy	The Type IXC/40 submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean off the United States East Coast by the submarine USS Sirago ( United States Navy).[72]

22 November

List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1947

Ship	Country	Description
North Pass	United States	The 32-gross register ton, 46.6-foot (14.2 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in Southeast Alaska 1.1 nautical miles (2.0 km; 1.3 mi) north-northeast of Rocky Island Light and 0.5 nautical miles (0.93 km; 0.58 mi) from Point Couverden (58°11′25″N 135°03′10″W) on the southeastern tip of Couverden Island.[73]

24 November

List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Clarksdale Victory	United States	The Victory ship was wrecked at Hippa Reef Island, British Columbia, Canada with the loss of 49 of her 53 crew.[74]
Sunbird	United Kingdom	The tug capsized and sank in the River Thames at Limehouse Reach, London with the loss of two of her six crew.[75]
Vaagar	Norway	The cargo ship ran aground off Gothenburg, Sweden whilst on a voyage from Menstad, Norway to Hälsingborg, Sweden.[3]

28 November

List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1947

Ship	Country	Description
U-530	United States Navy	The Type IXC/40 submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean north east of Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

30 November

List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Stenberg	Norway	The cargo ship ran aground at Tromøya with the loss of three crew. She was on a voyage from Skjebergkilen to Kristiansand, Norway.[3]
Oval	Norway	The converted Portuguese-class naval trawler sank off Trelleborg whilst on a voyage from Stettin, Poland to Bergen, Norway.[3]

December

1 December

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Castillo Coca	Spain	The cargo ship ran aground at the mouth of the Ferrol and was wrecked with the loss of 46 of her 50 crew.[76]

9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1947

Ship	Country	Description
USS Ponaganset	United States Navy	The Suamico-class fleet replenishment oiler broke in two at Boston, Massachusetts. Not repaired, scrapped in 1949.[77]

12 December

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Jerry S	United States	The 41-foot (12.5 m) troller departed Sitka, Territory of Alaska, bound for Red Bluff Bay (56.8631°N 134.7738°W / 56.8631; -134.7738 (Red Bluff Bay)) in Southeast Alaska.and disappeared with the loss of all three men on board. Wreckage from Jerry S was discovered near Peschani Point (57.5367°N 135.3231°W / 57.5367; -135.3231 (Peschani Point)) in Southeast Alaska on 16 March 1948.[78]

18 December

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Francis P. Duke	Newfoundland	The schooner Francis P. Duke was lost at sea and the wreckage drifted ashore on the north side of Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland. The schooner had been driven ashore by the southeast gale. All died including Captain William Miller, Ignatius Miller, Donavan Bryan, Arthur Stewart Keefe, Maxwell Payne, Augustus Pickett, Alfred Mullins.[79]
BO-302	Soviet Navy	The BO-201-class submarine chaser was wrecked on this date.[80]

20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Kallipoi	Greece	The Liberty ship struck a mine, broke in three and sank off Rijeka, Yugoslavia.[69]

24 December

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Skoghaug	Norway	The cargo ship sank off the Dutch coast with the loss of all 26 crew after hitting a mine. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, Netherland to Oslo, Norway.[3]

26 December

List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Kina	Denmark	The cargo liner ran aground on Samandag Island, Philippines and was wrecked.[81]
Samuel Bakke	Norway	The cargo ship ran aground whilst going to the aid of Kina ( Denmark). She was refloated and rescued five crew from Kina.[81]

31 December

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Spencer	United States	The 61-gross register ton, 64.5-foot (19.7 m) motor cargo vessel sank at Kanatak (57°34′05″N 156°02′15″W), Territory of Alaska.[22]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Vinkt	Belgium	collided with trawler Sonny Boy, which sank 6 nautical miles (11 km) west of Dungeness, England.[82]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1947

Ship	Country	Description
Alek	Norway	The cargo ship sank off Farsund, Norway.[3]
Ark	United States	The motor vessel blew ashore and broke up in Amalga Harbor (58°29′30″N 134°47′20″W) in Southeast Alaska sometime during or after 1947.[55]
B D Co. No. 7	United States	The 67-ton, 60-foot (18.3 m) wooden scow was wrecked on the shore at Cape Suckling (59°59′30″N 145°53′00″W), Territory of Alaska, in the autumn of 1947.[83]
USS Lanikai	United States Navy	The decommissioned schooner sank in Subic Bay in a storm in February 1946 or during a typhoon sometime in 1947.[84][85]

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See also

• List of shipwrecks

Ship events in 1947
Ship launches:	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949	1950	1951	1952
Ship commissionings:	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949	1950	1951	1952
Ship decommissionings:	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949	1950	1951	1952
Shipwrecks:	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949	1950	1951	1952