The tanker ran aground on Scharhörn, in the Elbe estuary.[1] She was pulled off the reef and towed into Cuxhaven on early morning 10 January, after many failed attempts and heavy damage.[2][3]
The TID-class tug capsized and sank whilst assisting the berthing of Rudolf (Sweden) at Hull, Yorkshire. Three of her four crew were killed. Fenman was refloated on 3 April. Subsequently repaired and returned to service[22][23]
The collier collided with another ship and then went aground at the mouth of the Tees. Salvage attempts abandoned in May and the wreck was blown up on 26 August 1955.[24][25]
The minesweeper foundered in the Mediterranean Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) east of Gibraltar with the loss of 33 of her 77 crew. The survivors were rescued by Potestas (Italy). HMS Superb (Royal Navy) assisted in the rescue operation.[28][29]
The ocean liner sank in the Mediterranean Sea following an explosion and fire in the engine room on 29 March. All passengers and crew rescued apart from the four killed in the explosion.
The 1,275-ton cargo ship suffered cargo shift in a gale and was beached to prevent sinking on the Outer Banks, about three miles (4.8 km) north of the Chicamacomico Coast Guard Station in Rodanthe, North Carolina. The ship was refloated after the cargo was salvaged.[39][40]
The repaired ship in the 60sThe passenger steamboat capsized and sunk on Lake Balaton, near the port of Balatonfüred. There were 178 passengers aboard the ship, 23 of whom died. Later, the ship was raised, and turned back to service.
The cargo ship, a sold off converted Mersey-class naval trawler, stranded on Niule reef outside Tanga, Tanganyika. She was refloated on 27 August and taken to Tanga and then to Mombasa, British East Africa.[57][58]
The cargo liner caught fire in the Indian Ocean off Colombo,Ceylon. Storm damage and engine failure also occurred and she was consequently withdrawn from service and scrapped.[68]
The cargo ship, a sold off converted Mersey-class naval trawler, sank at dock at Mtongwe, British East Africa under unknown causes. As she was already damaged from running aground 22 July, she was abandoned.[71][72]
The cutter sailed from Den Helder and sank with all hands on October 7, 1954, during a severe storm off the coast of Terschelling, Friesland. Intensive searches for the vessel began in 2023, using sonar scans and divers. The ship was discovered in October 2025.[82][83]
During an attempt to set a new world water speed record, the hydroplane went out of control on Lake Iseo in Italy at an estimated speed of 306 kilometres per hour (190 mph) and somersaulted. Its pilot, Mario Verga, was thrown from the boat and killed.
The cargo ship was in the Atlantic Ocean when there was a boiler explosion and she was set on fire. The crew abandoned ship, and were rescued by Corrientes (Argentina). They were landed at Lisbon, Portugal. Two crew were killed in the explosion and the ship sank.[85]
The tug capsized and sank at Tilbury Docks whilst assisting to berth Arcadia (United Kingdom). Five of her nine crew were killed. Raised on 28 October, later repaired and returned to service.
Capsized on the Goodwin Sands with the loss of all seven crewmen. The only survivor was a Ministry of Agriculture scientist who had been on board bird-watching.[99]
The 130-foot (40 m), 278.44-ton trawler was last reported between Cap Juby and Cap Blanc on 1 November. The vessel failed to arrive at Lisbon as scheduled on 5 November. Lost with all 23 hands.[102][103]
The T-classsubmarine was swept out of her dock at HMNB Chatham when a caisson collapsed. She ended up aground in the Medway. Four people were killed. Later repaired and returned to service.
The sold off Mersey-class naval trawler stranded 15 yards (14 m) from the Ardtornish Lighthouse, Morven, in the Sound of Mull. She slipped off the rocks and quickly sank with only her mate and a deckhand surviving. Twelve crew were killed including her skipper.[112][113]
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^Gardiner, Robert, ed., Conway′s All the World′s Fighting Ships 1947–1982 Part I: The Western Powers, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1983, ISBN 0-87021-418-7, p. 110.
^"Italian Ship Breaks in Two". The Times. No. 52901. London. 8 April 1954. col. B, p. 5.
^"Attempt To Raise Tug". The Times. No. 53077. London. 1 November 1954. col. C, p. 2.
^"Traffic Delayed by Fog". The Times. No. 53078. London. 2 November 1954. col. C, p. 4.
^ ab"Floods on East Coast After High Tides". The Times. No. 53088. London. 13 November 1954. col. A, p. 6.
^"Chinese Nationalist Warship Sunk". The Times. No. 53089. London. 15 November 1954. col. D, p. 8.
^Gray, Randal, ed., Conway′s All the World′s Fighting Ships 1947–1982, Part II: The Warsaw Pact and Non-Aligned Nations, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1983, ISBN 0-87021-919-7, p. 327.
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