List of shipwrecks in 1961
The list of shipwrecks in 1961 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1961.
| 1961 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr |
| May | Jun | Jul | Aug |
| Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| Unknown date | |||
| References | |||
January
1 January
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sadie |  |
The 10-gross register ton, 34.8-foot (10.6 m) fishing vessel sank at Tee Harbor (also known as "The Harbor"), Alaska.[1] |
3 January
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Indian Navigator |  |
The cargo ship sank 60 nautical miles (110 km) off the Isles of Scilly.[2] Thirteen crew of Indian Success ( |
5 January
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Arcadia |  |
The ocean liner ran aground off Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. Refloated after two hours.[4] |
| Harry R. Jones | |
The cargo ship ran aground off Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland whilst under tow to Troon for scrapping.[5] |
9 January
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| El Pensativo |  |
The motor sailer was intercepted and sunk at sea by an armed boat. Four Cuban intelligence agents were killed. |
10 January
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Egoz |  |
The passenger ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea with the loss of 46 of the 49 people on board. She was on a voyage from Al Hoceima, Morocco to Gibraltar. |
11 January
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HDMS Egenæs |  |
The patrol vessel ran aground off Odden. She was consequently scrapped.[7] |
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While under tow from New York City to Jacksonville, Florida, the 75-foot (22.9 m) motor automobile ferry capsized and sank without loss of life in 55 feet (17 m) of water in the North Atlantic Ocean off Avon-by-the-Sea, New Jersey, at 40°11.646′N 073°56.787′W after her tow line parted during a storm.[8] |
12 January
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Oberon |  |
The Oberon-class submarine ran aground at Rothesay Bay in the Firth of Clyde.[9] Refloated the next day with the assistance of three tugs and two boom defence vessels.[10] |
20 January
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Caribbean Queen | |
The cargo ship sank between Cuba and Florida, United States. All crew rescued.[11] |
20 January
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Yewmount | |
The coaster collided with Stamatios M. Embiricos ( |
26 January
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
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The Whiskey-class submarine sank in the Barents Sea with the loss of her entire crew of 68. Her wreck remained undiscovered until 23 June 1968. |
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The cargo ship capsized and sank off Venice, Italy with the loss of five of her 22 crew.[13] |
Unknown date
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Yarasli |  |
The coaster foundered in the Ionian Sea. She was last heard from on 25 January. |
February
3 February
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5 February
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kupreanoff | |
The 10-gross register ton motor vessel sank at Port Williams (58°29′30″N 152°35′00″W) on the southern coast of Afognak Island in Alaska′s Kodiak Archipelago.[14] |
8 February
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Braga |  |
The cargo ship foundered in the English Channel. All 27 crew and both passengers rescued by the tug Rennes and cargo ship Banora (both  |
17 February
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BP Explorer | |
The coastal tanker capsized and sank in the River Severn at Awre, Gloucestershire with the loss of all five crew.[16] |
| C 632 |  |
The auxiliary vessel ran aground at Dungeness, Kent and was holed. A pump was put on board and the ship was escorted to Dover.[17] |
| Eminence | |
The coaster collided with American Farmer ( |
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The floating breakwater, formerly the armored cruiser USS South Dakota (later renamed USS Huron) ( |
| Parcorali |  |
The cargo ship ran aground on the Rosslyn Rock whilst on a voyage from Bangkok, Thailand to Japan. She was refloated the next day but was consequently declared a constructive total loss and scrapped.[18] |
19 February
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Petromar Buenos Aires |  |
The tanker collided with Pennsylvania ( |
| Lapwing | |
The coastal tanker capsized in the River Humber with the loss of three lives.[20] |
| Runic | |
The cargo ship ran aground on Middleton Rock, 400 nautical miles (740 km) north west of Sydney, Australia. Her crew were rescued by Arabic ( |
| Scaldis | .svg.png){kind=small} |
The tug capsized and sank at the mouth of the Scheldt. Two of the fourteen crew were reported missing.[21] |
26 February
Unknown date
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Parks No. 11 | |
The 12-gross register ton, 31.2-foot (9.5 m) fishing vessel was wrecked on Sitkalidak Island in the Kodiak Archipelago.[25] |
March
1 March
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Western | |
The 25-gross register ton, 41.5-foot (12.6 m) fishing vessel sank near Russian Harbor (56°44′N 154°05′W) at the southern end of Kodiak Island, Alaska.[26] |
11 March
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Newfoundland | |
The ocean liner ran aground off Argentia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Refloated after six hours.[27] |
| Tundra | |
The 13-gross register ton, 36.9-foot (11.2 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Seward, Alaska.[28] |
16 March
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dominator | |
 SS Dominator, May 1965 |
| Lizzonia | |
The Channel tanker collided with Arctic Ocean (  |
| Martin Lutjens |  |
The coaster collided with Schelde Lloyd ( |
19 March
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Verao |  |
The cargo ship foundered off the coast of Queensland, Australia. All fifteen crew rescued by Iron Flinders ( |
21 March
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mary P Cooper | |
The cargo ship collided with the coaster "Foamville" and sank in the Manchester Ship Canal, blocking it completely. All eight crew rescued.[32] |
22 March
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Chresten | |
The Channel Tanker struck a submerged object and sank near Stubbekøbing |
| Mary P. Cooper | |
The sand hopper collided with another vessel and sank in the Manchester Ship Canal.[33] |
April
8 April
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dara | |
The passenger ship suffered an onboard explosion and fire off Dubai, with 238 of the 819 people on board killed. The ship was taken under tow, but sank on 10 April. |
14 April
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Marine Merchant | |
The bulk carrier broke in two and sank in the Atlantic Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km) south east of Portland, Maine.[34] |
| Theia Maria | |
The Liberty ship ran aground near Punta Galera, Mexico (15°53′N 97°46′W) and broke in two. She was scrapped in situ.[35] |
16 April
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS Baldwin | |
_being_refloated_at_Montauk_Point%2C_New_York_(USA)%2C_on_28_April_1961_(NH_99108).jpg) Baldwin (extreme right) being refloated on 28 April 1961. |
| Comedian | |
The 12-gross register ton, 38.5-foot (11.7 m) fishing vessel sank off the coast of Mary Island in Alaska. The wreck report does not specify off which of several islands of the name the sinking took place.[36] |
17 April
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| El Baire |  |
Bay of Pigs Invasion: The El Baire-class submarine chaser was bombed and sunk at the Isle of Pines by Cuban Exile-operated Martin B-26 Marauder aircraft.[37][38] |
| Houston | |
Bay of Pigs Invasion: The CIA-chartered N3-S-A1 type coaster was bombed and damaged by a Cuban Air Force Hawker Sea Fury and Lockheed T-33 aircraft in the Bay of Cochinas. The ship was beached and later burned out.[37][39] |
| Olsen | |
The retired wooden-hulled fishing trawler and clam dredger was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean off Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey, in 65 feet (20 m) of water.[40] |
| Rio Escondido | |
Bay of Pigs Invasion: The CIA-chartered cargo ship, a converted landing craft tank, was rocketed and damaged by Cuban Air Force Hawker Sea Fury and Lockheed T-33 aircraft 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Playa Girón. The ship blew up and sank.[37][41] |
| Seagarden | |
The Liberty ship ran aground off Tobago. She was refloated but declared a constructive total loss.[42] |
| SV-3 | |
Bay of Pigs Invasion: The auxiliary patrol ship was sunk by ground fire.[43] |
19 April
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Larsen Bay No. 3 | |
The 61-gross register ton, 70.2-foot (21.4 m) scow was wrecked at Swikshak Beach near Kodiak, Alaska.[44] |
| Tuskar | |
The coaster struck a rock and sank 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south west of Chicken Rock, Isle of Man. All five crew saved by the cable layer Ariel ( |
25 April
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ivernia | |
The ocean liner ran aground off Southampton, Hampshire. Refloated after five hours.[46] |
| White Cap | |
The 31-gross register ton, 44-foot (13.4 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire near Fox Island in the Aleutian Islands.[26] |
Unknown date
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS Makassar Strait | |
 The wreck of USS Makassar Strait on 22 January 1963. |
May
3 May
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Albatross | |
The brigantine foundered in the Gulf of Mexico during a squall. Six of the nineteen people on board were killed.[47] |
7 May
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| R-43 | |
The auxiliary patrol ship went missing on this date, lost with all 17 hands. |
28 May
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Madura | |
Typhoon Viola: The cargo ship ran aground at Hong Kong. Refloated on 10 August but declared a constructive total loss and consequently scrapped.[48] |
31 May
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Vercharmian | |
The heavy lift ship ran aground in Mormugao Bay, India, She was refloated 7 July but leaking and beached. Scrapped in 1962. |
| Marie Kerk | |
The cargo ship ran aground on the Varne Shoal in the English Channel. She was refloated with the aid of the tugs Diligent, Dominant (both |
June
1 June
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Josephine I | |
The 14-gross register ton, 38-foot (11.6 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Juneau, Alaska.[50] |
6 June
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS Baldwin | |
The decommissioned Gleaves-class destroyer was scuttled near Montauk Point, Long Island, New York. |
8 June
14 June
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Malina | |
The 165-gross register ton, 82-foot (25.0 m) fishing vessel was wrecked in Bristol Bay off the coast of Alaska near the Black Hills (55°41′N 162°05′W) on the Alaska Peninsula.[52] |
18 June
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Southern Author | .svg.png){kind=small} |
The 439 GRT steam whaler was wrecked after running aground on Dassen Island, 50 nautical miles (93 km) north of Cape Town, South Africa.[53] |
25 June
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Evertsen | |
The coaster collided with Favoriet ( |
Unknown date
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Johnny E | |
The 24-gross register ton, 44.5-foot (13.6 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at the Icy Straits Cannery in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[50] |
July
1 July
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| A R 4 | |
The 8-gross register ton, 27.5-foot (8.4 m) fishing vessel was lost in the vicinity of the Egegik River Buoy near Egegik, Alaska, after she became caught between a fish brailer and the motor vessel Alaska Reefer ( |
2 July
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Stoyky | |
The Storozhevoy-class destroyer sank in a storm off Cape Taran, Kaliningrad Oblast.[56] |
4 July
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly | |
The 18-gross register ton, 40.1-foot (12.2 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Cordova, Alaska.[44] |
8 July
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dupont | |
The 71-gross register ton, 51.8-foot (15.8 m) motor cargo vessel sank off the south-central coast of Alaska approximately 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) south of Cape Suckling (59°59′30″N 143°53′00″W). The tug Barbara Foss ( |
9 July
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Save |  |
The cargo liner ran aground at Quelimane, Mozambique and caught fire.[58] Of the 549 passengers and crew, 259 were killed.[59] |
15 July
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dora |  |
The ship ran aground on the Bitto Bank (10°30′N 107°42′E) and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Phnom Penh, Cambodia to Hong Kong. Subsequently damaged and declared a total loss.[60] |
| Welcome | |
The 12-gross register ton, 42.3-foot (12.9 m) fishing vessel became stranded and was lost in Gambier Bay (57°28′N 133°55′W) on Admiralty Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[26] |
18 July
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kathi J | |
The 8-gross register ton, 29.2-foot (8.9 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Naknek, Alaska.[14] |
19 July
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pen 12 | |
The 8-gross register ton 28.6-foot (8.7 m) fishing vessel sank on the coast of Alaska between King Salmon and Bear River.[25] |
August
4 August
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mist | |
The 17-gross register ton, 39.6-foot (12.1 m) fishing vessel sank at Mount Edgecumbe Dock in Sitka, Alaska.[52] |
18 August
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Exhibit | |
The 21-gross register ton, 40.8-foot (12.4 m) motor cargo vessel was destroyed by fire at Hydaburg, Alaska.[62] |
23 August
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Merka | |
The 8-gross register ton, 34-foot (10.4 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in Controller Bay (60°05′N 144°15′W) on the south-central coast of Alaska.[52] |
| Peary | |
The coaster sank off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. All eight crew rescued by Fergus ( |
24 August
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| World Jury | |
The tanker ran aground off Masirah Island, Oman and broke up. Twenty-eight of her crew rescued by HMS Llandaff ( |
September
4 September
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Vencedor |  |
The passenger ship capsized and sank off Buenaventura with the loss of 50 lives.[65] |
9 September
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Denia M | |
The 19-gross register ton, 38.9-foot (11.9 m) fishing vessel sank off Bold Cape (55°01′30″N 162°15′00″W) near King Cove, Alaska.[57] |
11 September
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Smile | |
The 8-gross register ton, 31.5-foot (9.6 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire north of Wrangell Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[1] |
12 September
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alf and Jim | |
The 12-gross register ton, 34.6-foot (10.5 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Port Wakefield, Alaska.[55] |
13 September
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pafco No. 9 | |
The 14-gross register ton, 33.1-foot (10.1 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at King Cove, Alaska.[25] |
16 September
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Heron | |
The coaster sank off Jersey, Channel Islands. Of her eleven crew, six were rescued by Cranborne ( |
17 September
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| L'Opiniatre |  |
The frigate ran aground at Dales Voe, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom. Refloated by Haakon VII ( |
21 September
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Irma Belle | |
The 9-gross register ton, 27.9-foot (8.5 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Meyers Chuck, Alaska.[68] |
| Juno | |
The 30-gross register ton, 47.7-foot (14.5 m) fishing vessel sank in Japanese Bay (56°56′N 153°41′W) on the coast of Alaska′s Kodiak Island.[50] |
23 September
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hyperien | |
The 18-gross register ton, 43.2-foot (13.2 m) fishing vessel sank in Bartlett Cove (58°27′N 135°55′W) in Glacier Bay in Southeast Alaska.[69] |
24 September
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Virgie K | |
The 13-gross register ton, 39.4-foot (12.0 m) fishing vessel foundered in Sitka Sound in Southeast Alaska.[70] |
26 September
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USNS Potomac | |
The Maumee-class oiler caught fire and was wracked by a series of explosions while moored at a pier at Morehead City, North Carolina, killing two men. Her bow section was declared a constructive total loss, but her 200-foot (61 m) stern section was cut away and combined with a new bow section to create the oiler SS Shenandoah, later renamed USNS Potomac. |
October
1 October
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hess Mariner | |
The tanker suffered an explosion and fire 110 nautical miles (200 km) east of Jacksonville, Florida. She was on a voyage from Houston, Texas to Perth Amboy, New Jersey. Hess Mariner sank the next day.[71][72] |
2 October
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pioneer II | |
The 17-gross register ton 36.9-foot (11.2 m) fishing vessel sank off Driest Point (55°10′40″N 131°36′15″W) on Annette Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[25] |
| Richard K | .svg.png){kind=small} |
The 10-gross register ton, 34-foot (10.4 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Cold Bay, Alaska.[73] |
| Simferapol |  |
The depot ship ran aground between Walvis Bay and Swakopmund, South-West Africa and was wrecked.[74] |
3 October
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Chignik Pride | |
The 7-gross register ton, 27.8-foot (8.5 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Chignik Lagoon, Alaska.[36] |
| KFC-7 | |
The 7-gross register ton, 31.5-foot (9.6 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Chignik Lagoon, Alaska.[14] |
8 October
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Partner | |
The 16-gross register ton, 37.5-foot (11.4 m) troller sank off Lemesurier Island in Icy Strait in Southeast Alaska. All five people aboard – a husband and wife and their three children – perished.[25] |
10 October
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS Guardfish | |
The decommissioned Gato-class submarine was sunk as a torpedo target in Long Island Sound off New London, Connecticut, by the submarines USS Apogon and USS Blenny (both |
13 October
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Husky | |
The 50-gross register ton, 55.2-foot (16.8 m) fishing vessel was wrecked on Amak Island in the Aleutian Islands.[69] |
15 October
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Vibex | |
The tanker ran aground in the St. Lawrence River in Canada.[75] She later was refloated and returned to service.[76] |
16 October
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| B B P 14 | |
The 8-gross register ton, 30-foot (9.1 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Dillingham, Alaska.[77] |
17 October
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Peggy L | |
The 11-gross register ton, 32-foot (9.8 m) fishing vessel sank near Homer, Alaska.[25] |
18 October
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Arctic Viking |  |
The 501-gross register ton, 167-foot (50.9 m) fishing vessel sank off Flamborough Head, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, with the loss of five of her crew. |
19 October
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Barmouth | |
The Bar-class boom defence vessel was in danger of running aground between Bempton and Speeton, Yorkshire after her tow line parted. All nine crew rescued by a helicopter from RAF Leconfield.[78] |
22 October
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bianca C. |  |
The passenger ship suffered an explosion and fire off Grenada. Although taken in tow by HMS Londonderry ( |
| Bascobel | |
The tug sank at Mariners Harbor, New York. She was declared a constructive total loss, and scrapped in December 1963. |
23 October
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Halronell |  |
The cargo ship struck Black Rock, off Rosslare Co Wexford coast and broke in two. Three of her six crew were killed, the other three were rescued by a helicopter from RAF Brawdy, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom.[79] |
27 October
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ruby S | |
The 8-gross register ton, 31.8-foot (9.7 m) fishing vessel sank near Duke Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[73] |
30 October
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hwei Sung |  |
The Liberty ship ran aground at Naoyetsu, Japan. She was later refloated but declared a constructive total loss and scrapped.[80] |
Unknown date
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Guy Junior | |
The 50-gross register ton, 58.6-foot (17.9 m) fishing vessel sank off Montague Island on the south-central coast of Alaska.[81] |
| Silver Star | |
The 37-gross register ton, 43.9-foot (13.4 m) fishing vessel sank near Sukoi Bay on the south-central coast of Alaska sometime on or after 8 October with the loss of her entire crew of three. Her wreckage was found on a beach near Cape Douglas (58°52′N 153°16′W) on 14 October.[1] |
November
1 November
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Brant | |
The 44-foot (13.4 m) fishing vessel disappeared off the north coast of Alaska′s Kodiak Island with the loss of her entire crew of three.[82] |
6 November
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Carmella J | |
The 35-gross register ton, 44.3-foot (13.5 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by a storm off Ugak Bay (57°25′N 152°35′W) on the coast of Alaska′s Kodiak Island.[36] |
| Clan Keith | |
The cargo ship hit rocks (initially thought to have exploded but later disproved) and sank off the coast of Tunisia with the loss of 62 of her 68 crew.[83] |
7 November
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Union Reliance | |
The cargo ship collided with Berea ( |
10 November
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Freshfield | |
In a fog, the coaster was struck by the Guinness ship Lady Gwendolen ( |
12 November
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bluebelle | |
The ketch was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean by her captain after he murdered five of the other six people on board. |
16 November
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sparky | |
The 7-gross register ton, 28.7-foot (8.7 m) fishing vessel was wrecked on the Copper River Flats in south-central Alaska.[1] |
21 November
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ruth L | |
The 55-gross register ton, 60.4-foot (18.4 m) motor vessel sank with the loss of three lives near Cape Douglas (58°51′N 153°15′W) on the south-central coast of Alaska.[73] |
24 November
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Peggy Foss | |
The 32-gross register ton, 51.9-foot (15.8 m) tug was destroyed by ice at Anchor Point, Alaska.[25] |
December
4 December
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Stientje Mensinga | |
The coaster struck a rock off Eagle Island, County Mayo, Ireland and sank. Four crew took to a lifeboat. An attempt to rescue them was made by Maria Schulte ( |
6 December
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Antonakis | |
The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Spartel, Morocco (35°43′N 5°57′W) and broke in two. Declared a total loss.[48] |
| Montsoreau | |
The T2 tanker collided with Isidora ( |
| Ondo | |
The cargo ship ran aground on a sandbank near the Elbe No.2 Lightship ( |
8 December
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Thorsheimer | |
The tanker ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, off the coast of Kent, United Kingdom.[89] |
9 December
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sofia T | |
The cargo ship sank off Marmara Island, Turkey (40°35′N 27°34′E) with the loss of three crew.[90] |
| Wiema | |
The coaster sank 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of the South Bishop Lighthouse, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom. Her cargo had shifted in a storm and she attempted to make for Pembroke. Assistance was offered by the Admiralty tug Empire Netta ( |
10 December
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Combine I | |
The cargo ship foundered 700 nautical miles (1,300 km) north east of Singapore. Only five of her 29 crew were rescued.[92] |
| Ondo | |
The cargo ship ran aground in the Elbe and was abandoned after attempts to salvage her were abandoned.[93][94] |
12 December
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Streatham Hill | |
The cargo ship ran aground in the Schelde at Westkapelle, Belgium. Later refloated and returned to service.[95] |
13 December
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Allegrity | |
The coaster ran aground at St Anthony Head, Cornwall. |
| Spartan |  |
The Liberty ship, ex-Henry Watterson, ran aground at Pasa Buenavista, Cuba. She was refloated on 29 May 1962, and towed to Havana. Declared a constructive total loss and scrapped.[96] |
18 December
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| NRP Afonso de Albuquerque | |
Annexation of Portuguese India: The Afonso de Albuquerque-class aviso's crew ran her aground after she suffered serious damage in combat with the frigates INS Betwa and INS Beas and a minesweeper (all  |
| NRP Sirius | |
Annexation of Portuguese India: The Antares-class patrol ship was scuttled at Goa, India to prevent capture.[99] |
| NRP Vega | |
Annexation of Portuguese India: The Antares-class patrol ship was strafed and sunk off Diu, India by Indian Air Force De Havilland Vampires. Her captain and one crewman were killed.[100][101] |
22 December
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Allegrity | |
The coaster capsized and sank on Veryan beach, Cornwall. Her fourteen crew were saved by the Falmouth lifeboat.[102] |
25 December
29 December
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Malgomaj | |
The bulk carrier collided with the tanker Esso Berlin ( |
30 December
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Klyuchevsky | |
The fishing trawler disappeared in the Bering Sea 90 nautical miles (170 km; 100 mi) west of Saint Paul Island.[14] |
Unknown date
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Jubilee | |
The 30-foot (9.1 m) fishing vessel sank in Prince William Sound on the south-central coast of Alaska.[50] |
| USCGC Triumph |  |
The motor lifeboat sank in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Oregon with the loss of five of her six crew members. |
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See also
- List of shipwrecks
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- "50 Die as Holiday Ship Sinks". The Times (55178). London. 5 September 1961. col E, p. 10.
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| Ship events in 1961 | |||||||||||
| Ship launches: | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 |
| Ship commissionings: | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 |
| Ship decommissionings: | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 |
| Shipwrecks: | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 |
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