List of shipwrecks in 1980
The list of shipwrecks in 1980 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1980.
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References |
January
1 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Sea Shepherd I | ![]() |
The anti-whaling ship, a former fishing trawler, was scuttled by her captain, Paul Watson, at Leixões, Portugal.[1] |
12 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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HMCS St. Laurent | ![]() |
The decommissioned St. Laurent-class destroyer foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, while under tow to breakers. |
15 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Gemini | ![]() |
The 198-gross register ton, 93.6-foot (28.5 m) crab-fishing vessel iced up, capsized, and sank in the Gulf of Alaska with the loss of two lives. A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued her three survivors from a life raft approximately 150 nautical miles (280 km; 170 mi) southeast of Cold Bay, Alaska.[2] |
17 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Salem | ![]() |
The supertanker was sunk by explosive charges in the Atlantic Ocean off Senegal in an insurance fraud scheme.[3] |
18 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Star Clipper | ![]() |
The bulk carrier collided with the Almö Bridge, Sweden, causing it to collapse. |
20 January
22 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Deliverance | ![]() |
The 40-foot (12.2 m) fishing vessel sank off Marmot Island in Alaska′s Kodiak Archipelago with the loss of two lives. There was one survivor.[4] |
Don Segundo Sombra | ![]() |
The bulk carrier was wrecked at Punta Calendaria, Argentina whilst being towed to Bilbao, Spain for scrapping.[5] |
28 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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USCGC Blackthorn | ![]() |
Sank after collision with tanker Capricorn (![]() |
Kyriakoula III | ![]() |
Stranded off Chioggia, Italy (35°46′N 0°34′W) and damaged beyond economic repair.[7] |
30 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Lady Lee | ![]() |
The 52-foot (15.8 m) fishing vessel sank in Kukak Bay (58°19′N 154°06′W) on the coast of Alaska on the west side of the Shelikof Strait. The fishing vessel Sharon W (![]() |
31 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Switha | ![]() |
The Isles-class naval trawler ran aground outside Leith Harbour and was wrecked.[9] |
February
2 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Tom and Al | ![]() |
During a voyage from Kodiak to Homer, Alaska, with a cargo of shrimp and a crew of two, the 96-gross register ton, 84-foot (25.6 m) motor vessel sank with no loss of life 14 nautical miles (26 km; 16 mi) off the Barren Islands and 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) off Shuyak Island.[10] |
6 February
7 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Pacific Trader | ![]() |
The 110-foot (33.5 m) crab-fishing vessel capsized and sank in the Bering Sea north of Unimak Island in the Aleutian Islands with the loss of three crewmen. The fishing vessel Provider (![]() |
17 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Oregon Dawn | ![]() |
The 98-foot (29.9 m) crab-fishing vessel rolled on her starboard side in a gale and sank in the Gulf of Alaska approximately 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km; 2.9 mi) south of Cape Tolstoi (55°22′20″N 161°28′00″W) near Pavlof Bay on the coast of Alaska. The fishing vessel Patience (![]() |
March
1 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Robert L. Wilson | ![]() |
The decommissioned Gearing-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the Harpoon missile testing program. |
7 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Tanio | ![]() |
The tanker broke in two off Le Havre, France and was wrecked with the loss of eight of her 39 crew. The bow section capsized and sank,[15] but the stern section was taken in tow by the tug Languedoc (![]() |
10 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Abatan | ![]() |
The decommissioned Pistil-class distilling ship was sunk as a target west of Guadeloupe. |
11 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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María Alejandra | ![]() |
While en route from Algeciras, Spain to Ras Tanura in the Persian Gulf on ballast, the crew was working to resolve a malfunction in the inert gas system; the tanker suddenly suffered a chain of four or five explosions over a few seconds, the hull rapidly broke in two and sank 100 nautical miles (190 km) off Nouadhibou, Mauritania. 36 people out of 43 aboard perished (34 Spanish and 2 British).[17] |
12 March
14 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Viking IV | ![]() |
The ferry collided with a tug (![]() |
15 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Max | ![]() |
The 95-foot (29.0 m) fishing trawler capsized off Green Island in Prince William Sound on the south-central coast of Alaska and was beached. A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued her entire crew of five.[20] |
17 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Norel | ![]() |
The crab-fishing vessel disappeared in the Gulf of Alaska near Cape Saint Elias, Alaska, with the loss of all three people – a woman and two men – on board.[21] |
20 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Mi Amigo | ![]() |
The vessel sank on the Long Sand Bank, North Sea (51°35′00″N 1°17′20″E). |
25 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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SAS Jan van Riebeeck | ![]() |
The decommissioned training ship, a former frigate, was sunk as a target 60 nautical miles (110 km; 69 mi) south of Cape Town, South Africa, by a Skerpioen missile fired from over the horizon by the fast attack craft SAS Jim Fouché (![]() |
27 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Alexander L. Kielland | ![]() |
The semi-submersible drilling rig capsized and sank following the structural failure of one of its six legs, killing 123 people. |
Maridi | ![]() |
The cargo ship ran aground off Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Oskarshamn, Sweden to Port Sudan. Refloated on 1 April but deemed beyond repair and subsequently scrapped.[24] |
29 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Capella | ![]() |
Under tow by the tanker Alaska Standard (![]() |
April
1 April
2 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Cloverleaf | ![]() |
The 60-foot (18.3 m) fishing trawler sank near the Alaska Peninsula in Alaska, 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) off Sutwik Island, with the loss of two lives. A United States Coast Guard C-130 Hercules aircraft spotted her sole survivor – her captain – clinging to a log on 3 April. The fishing vessels Bessie M and Rondys (both ![]() |
3 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Mycene | ![]() |
The tanker exploded and sank off the coast of Senegal with the loss of six of her 38 crew. Mycene was the sister ship of María Alejandra, lost in a similar incident less than one month before (see 11 March).[26] |
16 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Florence D | ![]() |
The fishing vessel sank in Circle Bay (56°23′N 132°26′W) on the southwest coast of Woronkofski Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[27] |
19 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Kivalina | unknown | The tug disappeared somewhere between Ketchikan, Alaska, and the Strait of Georgia on the coast of British Columbia, Canada.[28] |
20 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Altmark | ![]() |
The cargo ship sank off the Netherlands with the loss of two of her crew.[29] |
22 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Don Juan | ![]() |
The ferry collided with the tanker Tacloban City (![]() |
27 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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K L (or K R) | ![]() |
The fishing vessel sank off Southeast Alaska west of Cape Ommaney (56°10′00″N 134°40′20″W), Alaska. Her entire crew of 14 survived.[28] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Yolanda | ![]() |
The cargo ship was wrecked on a reef off Ras Muhammad, Egypt. |
May
1 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Jeremiah | ![]() |
The 42-foot (12.8 m) fishing vessel burned and sank 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) north of Tonki Cape (58°21′N 151°59′W) on the coast of Afognak Island in Alaska's Kodiak Archipelago. The Alaska Marine Highway System ferry Tustumena (![]() |
3 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Starwood | ![]() |
The 31-foot (9.4 m) fishing vessel was swamped and sank near Kodiak, Alaska. The vessel Miss Stormy (![]() |
9 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Assab | ![]() |
Eritrean War of Independence: The cargo ship was scuttled by the Eritrean Liberation Front after being captured in April.[33] |
Massawa | ![]() |
Eritrean War of Independence: The cargo ship was scuttled by the Eritrean Liberation Front after being captured in April.[34] |
Summit Venture | ![]() |
The cargo ship collided with the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Tampa Bay between St. Petersburg and Terra Ceia, Florida, causing it to collapse and killing 35 people. |
11 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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HMBS Flamingo | ![]() |
The patrol boat was strafed by Cuban Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 aircraft and sunk 40 nautical miles (74 km) south of Ragged Island, Bahamas. Four Bahamian Marines killed and three crewmen wounded. Surviving crewmen and eight captured Cuban fisherman sailed to Ragged Island on a confiscated Cuban fishing boat, Ferrocem 165.[35][36][37] |
15 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ajax | ![]() |
The fish tender was wrecked on Tongass Rock (54°47′N 130°44′W) just north of Tongass Island in Southeast Alaska. The cutter USCGC Cape Romain (![]() |
18 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Frances K | ![]() |
The 74-gross register ton, 67.2-foot (20.5 m) fishing vessel sank in the Gulf of Alaska approximately 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi) south of Yakutat, Alaska. Her entire crew of four perished.[27] |
22 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Garmorar | ![]() |
Western Sahara War: The trawler was captured by Polisario fighters and intentionally run aground and wrecked on the coast of Western Sahara.[39] |
Zenlin Glory | ![]() |
The cargo ships collided with another ship (![]() |
29 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Carol Jean | ![]() |
The 107-foot (32.6 m) fishing vessel burned and sank 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) off Granite Cape (59°36′33″N 149°45′38″W) on the south-central coast of Alaska. The vessel Stardust (![]() |
Kayak | ![]() |
The floating cannery vessel capsized and sank near Sea Ranger Reef (59°51′20″N 144°36′45″W) off the southwest end of Kayak Island off the south-central coast of Alaska after she suffered a steering failure during a storm and was driven onto rocks. Her crew of ten and cannery employees who were aboard her abandoned ship in her lifeboats and were rescued by the fishing vessel Aloha (![]() |
June
4 June
Ship | Country | Description |
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Rio Vouga | ![]() |
Western Sahara War: The trawler was captured by Polisario fighters. The trawler sank from damage sustained during the capture.[39] |
6 June
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS John R. Craig | ![]() |
The decommissioned Gearing-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California. |
7 June
Ship | Country | Description |
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Zenobia | ![]() |
The ro-ro ferry capsized and sank on her maiden voyage in Larnaka Bay Cyprus at 34°53.5′N 33°39.1′E after a computer fault that upset her ballast. |
14 June
Ship | Country | Description |
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Michael Lee | ![]() |
The 93-foot (28.3 m) fishing vessel sank with the loss of one life near Clarks Point (58°50′30″N 158°33′00″W) in Nushagak Bay (58.6222°N 158.5911°W) on the Bristol Bay coast of Alaska. The fish processing ship Soyuz V (![]() |
July
4 July
7 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Khalil | ![]() |
Lebanese Civil War: The coaster was damaged in combat operations. She was scuttled in the Bay of Jounieh on 8 September.[41][42] |
27 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Stribling | ![]() |
The decommissioned Gearing-class destroyer was sunk as a target. |
31 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Duncan | ![]() |
The decommissioned Gearing-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off California. |
Margaret Jane | ![]() |
The trawler was involved in a collision with another trawler, Cape Beaver, and sank off Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.[43] |
August
1 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Bellubera | ![]() |
The ferry was scuttled in the Tasman Sea off Long Reef, New South Wales, Australia, to create a recreational underwater diving site. |
Shaktoolik | ![]() |
The processing barge sank during a voyage between Dillingham and Kodiak, Alaska.[32] |
17 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Sea Tiger | ![]() |
A storm destroyed the motor vessel at Pederson Point (58°46′15″N 157°03′45″W) northwest of Naknek, Alaska.[32] |
27 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Kathi R | ![]() |
The motor vessel sank 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) off the Kekur Peninsula (56°23′N 134°56′W) on Baranof Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[28] |
September
7 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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Neoga | ![]() |
While beached at Halleck Point (57°13′45″N 135°30′45″W) in Southeast Alaska northwest of Sitka, Alaska, the tug was destroyed by a fire.[21] |
9 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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Derbyshire | ![]() |
Sunk due to structural failure in Typhoon Orchid south of Japan in the Pacific Ocean. All 44 people on board lost. |
20 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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Magnet | ![]() |
The 36-foot (11.0 m) vessel sank in the vicinity of Spiridon Bay (57°40′N 153°52′W) on the south-central coast of Alaska.[20] |
21 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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Unidentified missile boat | ![]() |
Iran–Iraq War: The Project 205 (NATO reporting name "Osa-class") missile boat was sunk by an AS.12 air-to-surface missile fired by an Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force AB-212 helicopter. |
27 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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Pisces | ![]() |
The sailboat sank in Resurrection Bay on the south-central coast of Alaska. The two people on board survived.[12] |
October
6 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Due North | ![]() |
The 58-foot (17.7 m) fishing vessel dragged her anchor and was stranded in Alitak Bay (56°50′N 154°10′W) on the southern end of Kodiak Island in Alaska′s Kodiak Archipelago.[4] |
11 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Prinsendam | ![]() |
![]() Prinsendam The ocean liner caught fire and sank in the Gulf of Alaska south of Yakutat, Alaska. |
Sea Fisher | ![]() |
The 54-foot (16 m) fishing vessel ran aground in Terror Bay (57°46′N 153°12′W) on the coast of Kodiak Island. The vessel Cold Stream (![]() |
17 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Cherokee | ![]() |
The fishing vessel sank in Behm Canal in Southeast Alaska with the loss of her captain. The tug Edith Olson (![]() |
18 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Al-Hafifa | ![]() |
Iran–Iraq War: The tanker was shelled and sunk by Iranian missile boats.[45] |
Al-Nasari | ![]() |
Iran–Iraq War: The tanker was shelled and sunk by Iranian missile boats.[45] |
Al-Phirosh | ![]() |
Iran–Iraq War: The tanker was shelled and sunk by Iranian missile boats.[45] |
Gelaninipirpasa | ![]() |
Iran–Iraq War: The tanker was shelled and sunk by Iranian missile boats.[45] |
Mehran | ![]() |
Iran–Iraq War: The Iranian patrol boat was sunk by Iranian Air Force F-4 Phantom II aircraft.[45] |
Murlinda | ![]() |
Iran–Iraq War: The tanker was shelled and sunk by Iranian missile boats.[45] |
Sufina Al-Umar | ![]() |
Iran–Iraq War: The tanker was shelled and sunk by Iranian missile boats.[45] |
Tiran | ![]() |
Iran–Iraq War: The Iranian patrol boat was sunk by Iranian Air Force F-4 Phantom II aircraft.[45] |
22 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Dan Prince | ![]() |
While under tow, the oil-drilling platform sank in 16,000 feet (4,900 m) of water in the North Pacific Ocean approximately 300 nautical miles (560 km; 350 mi) southeast of Dutch Harbor, Alaska. All 18 people on board survived.[4] |
25 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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SS Poet | ![]() |
The U.S. cargo ship was last heard from on 24 October after it departed from Cape Henlopen, Delaware with a crew of 33 and a shipment of corn, scheduled to arrive on 9 November in Port Said in Egypt. Poet encountered a storm in the North Atlantic east of Delaware Bay on 25 October and was reported missing on 3 November. [46] An air search was made by the U.S. Coast Guard over a 296,000 square miles (770,000 km2) area until 17 November and "No trace of the vessel, crewmen, or debris was ever found." [47] |
26 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Gertrude Ann | ![]() |
The vessel sank near Afognak Island in Alaska′s Kodiak Archipelago.[2] |
31 October–1 November (overnight)
Ship | Country | Description |
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Eagle | ![]() |
The 92-foot (28.0 m) crab-fishing vessel capsized and sank in the Bering Sea approximately 40 nautical miles (74 km; 46 mi) from the Pribilof Islands. Her crew abandoned ship in survival suits and was rescued by the fishing vessel Calista Sea (![]() |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Panagiotis | ![]() |
The coaster ran aground on Zakynthos and was abandoned. |
November
3 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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Alaska Mariner | ![]() |
The 86-foot (26.2 m) motor scow fishing vessel burned and sank near Sitkalidak Island in Alaska′s Kodiak Archipelago. The fishing vessel Pacific Lady (![]() |
4 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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Texas Gold | ![]() |
The fishing vessel was destroyed by a fire while at anchor off Unimak Island in the Aleutian Islands. The fishing vessel Sea Wolf (![]() |
11 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Mindanao | ![]() |
The decommissioned Luzon-class internal combustion engine repair ship was sunk as an artificial reef off Daytona Beach, Florida, at 29°12.00′N 80°44.87′W, 11 miles (18 km) northeast of Ponce de León Inlet.[49] |
19 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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Tomi Maru No. 52 | ![]() |
The fishing vessel sank with the loss of three lives in the North Pacific Ocean about 100 nautical miles (190 km; 120 mi) west of Adak Island after colliding with the fishing vessel Tomi Maru No. 51 (![]() |
21 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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Commander | ![]() |
The 114-gross register ton, 74.5-foot (22.7 m) fishing trawler disappeared during a voyage from Seattle, Washington, to Kodiak, Alaska. She was last seen in a gale with 30–35-foot (9.1–10.7 m) seas and 80-knot (150 km/h; 92 mph) winds in the Gulf of Alaska 30 nautical miles (56 km; 35 mi) off Cape Spencer on the south-central coast of Alaska. All four people aboard – members of the same family – were lost. Wreckage from Commander was found on the coast of Alaska 27 miles (43 km) south of Yakutat.[25] |
23 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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Harp | ![]() |
The 1,594 GRT merchant ship sank in the South Atlantic Ocean off Uruguay, during a storm.[50] |
26 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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Mary Jane | ![]() |
The crab-fishing vessel ran aground in Unalga Pass (53°58′N 166°14′W) in the Aleutian Islands between Unalaska Island and Unalga Island. Her crew abandoned ship in survival suits and was rescued from the beach on 27 November by the fishing vessel Advancer (![]() |
29 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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Paykan | ![]() |
Iran–Iraq War: Operation Morvarid: The Iranian patrol boat was sunk by missiles from Iraqi warships.[45] |
Two unidentified missile boats | ![]() |
Iran–Iraq War: Operation Morvarid: Two unidentified missile boats were sunk by Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force F-4 Phantom II aircraft. |
December
1 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Dauntless | ![]() |
On her maiden voyage, the 73-gross register ton, 48.9-foot (14.9 m) or 58-foot (17.7 m) limit seiner was wrecked without loss of life at Ulakta Head (53°55′35″N 166°30′45″W) on Amaknak Island in the Aleutian Islands just north of Dutch Harbor, Alaska. Most of her wreck was salvaged or scrapped in situ.[4] |
Unidentified infiltration vessel | ![]() |
The infiltration vessel was sunk by a South Korean Army amphibious ship. Nine North Korean agents aboard were killed.[51] |
15 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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LNG Taurus | ![]() |
The liquified natural gas carrier ran aground off the west coast of Japan. Her captain committed suicide.[52] |
18 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Bamenda Palm | ![]() |
The cargo ship accidentally rammed a Romanian fish factory ship in Carrick Roads, Falouth, Cornwall, England, in a Force 9 southerly gale. The anchorage was very crowded with many vessels sheltering from the storm. A major disaster was averted because her bulbous bow punctured the fishing vessel in the fish hold. After five days of repairs, Bamenda Palm was seaworthy enough to continue her voyage to West Africa.[53] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Eva V | ![]() |
The motor vessel struck the Pierre Vertes off Ushant, France.[54] |
King James | ![]() |
The fishing vessel was found abandoned near the Egg Islands in the Copper River Delta on the south-central coast of Alaska. The only person who had been aboard was never found.[28] |
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Ship events in 1980 | |||||||||||
Ship launches: | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 |
Ship commissionings: | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 |
Ship decommissionings: | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 |
Shipwrecks: | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 |
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