The tanker broke in two 70 nautical miles (130 km) south east of Minorca, Spain. Her crew were rescued by Bintang (Netherlands) and Rubicone (Italy). Seirstad was on a voyage from the Persian Gulf to Barcelona, Spain.[6]
The VIC-type lighter ran aground off the Isle of Mull and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from the Isle of Mull to Troon, Ayrshire. She sank and was a total loss.[7]
The coaster grounded on South Arklow Bank, County Wicklow, Ireland. All eleven crew rescued by the Arklowlifeboat. Refloated and taken in tow, but sank the next day.[8]
The trawler grounded on the North Pier, Aberdeen Harbour, Scotland. 11 crew rescued by the Aberdeen pilot cutter, and one rescued by the tug Danny. Later repaired, refloated, and taken in tow, but sank a few miles out to sea.[9]
The Victory shipAydin collided with the cargo ship Charles Tellier in the Scheldt. Aydin was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Istanbul, Turkey. Both vessels were beached. Salvage of Aydin was abandoned in March and she was declared a total loss. Charles Tellier was later refloated and taken in to Antwerp.[14]
The tug ran aground in the Thames Estuary. Two barges she was towing were discovered at Allhallows, Kent and Yantlett, Kent. All six crew were killed.[18]
The tanker was bombed and sunk by a CIA Douglas B-26 Invader aircraft off Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia.[34][42]
28 or 30 April
These two ships were bombed in an air raid or raids on Ambon Bay in Indonesia. Ambon was bombed several times, and sources differ as to the date(s) on which the ships were attacked.[30] One source suggests that they were hit on 1 or 2 May.[31]
The cargo ship was bombed and damaged or sunk by a CIA Douglas B-26 Invader aircraft.[30] in Ambon Bay, Indonesia. Subsequently salvaged and registered in Panama as Keanyew.
The cargo ship was bombed and sunk by a CIA Douglas B-26 Invader aircraft.[30] in Ambon Bay, Indonesia. Nine crewmen were killed, seven missing.[31][43][35]
The cargo ship caught fire and was beached on Bahrain Island, Bahrain. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to the Persian Gulf. She was refloated on 8 June. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.[53]
The coaster was in collision with Pardo and sank 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Dover, Kent, England. All twelve on board rescued by the tug Dominance (United Kingdom).[56]
The coastal tanker collided with Ludwigshafen (West Germany) in the English Channel north of Guernsey. Josef Joham was cut in two and sank, all eleven crew were rescued by Ludwigshafen.[60]
The tankerS. E. Graham collided with the T3 tankerGulfoil at the mouth of the Narragansett Bay; in the fire that resulted, at least 15 people were killed and 34 seriously injured.[66]S. E. Graham was declared a total loss after she burned.[67]Gulfoil caught fire and was beached. She was on a voyage from Providence, Rhode Island to Port Arthur, Texas. Although declared a total loss, she was lenghtened and converted to a cargo ship in 1961 and returned to service as Pioneer Challenger.[68]
The cargo ship ran aground in the Caribbean Sea 135 nautical miles (250 km) off Kingston, Jamaica. Salvage efforts were abandoned in September and she was declared a total loss.[69]
The cargo ship had run aground off Parigi, Indonesia on 14 August.[72]Permesta rebels captured her on 16 August, refloated her and beached her at Belang.[72] The Indonesian Navy sighted her there on 18 August and shelled her on 22 August, setting her on fire.[72]Norse Lady was burnt out and remained a beached wreck until March 1966, when she was towed to Kaohsiung, Taiwan and scrapped.[72][73]
Chinese Civil War: 1st Battle of Kinmen Island: The transport was torpedoed and sunk off Kinmen Island (Quemoy) by No. 103, No. 105, No. 175, No. 178, No. 180, No. 184 (all People's Liberation Army Navy). 200 troops killed.[75]
The T2 tankerFernand-Gilabert collided with the tankerMelika in the Arabian Sea off the coast of Oman. Both ships set on fire and abandoned; a total of 21 crew were killed. Fernand-Gilabert was on a voyage from Port-de-Bouc, Bouches-du-Rhône to Mina Al Ahmadi, Kuwait. She was towed to Karachi, Pakistan. She was consequently scrapped. Melika continued to steam at full speed. She was later taken in tow by HMS Bulwark (Royal Navy).[82][83]
The cargo ship (5,155 GRT, 1925) caught fire and came ashore 25 nautical miles (46 km) south of Port St. Johns, Eastern Cape, South Africa.[99] She was on a voyage from Cape Town to Durban. One life was lost.[100]
Nyon's stern section under tow in 1959.The cargo ship ran aground at St Abb's Head, Berwickshire, Scotland. Stern section salvaged and new bow section fitted in 1959, returned to service.
Part of the rweck of Carl D. Bradley in 2007.The lake freighter — a 629-foot (192 m), 10,028-gross register tonbulk carrier — hogged, broke in two, and sank in 310 to 380 feet (94 to 116 m) of water during a storm in Lake Michigan 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) southwest of Gull Island with the loss of 33 of her crew of 35.
The 33-foot (10.1 m) motor vessel disappeared in a snow squall in Lynn Canal near Haines, Territory of Alaska. Wreckage from Haida Maid – containing the body of the only person aboard – came ashore in Sanki Inlet near Dyea, Territory of Alaska, on 29 November.[102][103]
After a gale struck and trapped the 35-foot (11 m) herringfishing vessel in ice around a small projection of land in Taku Inlet in Southeast Alaska, her three-man crew of Alaska Fish and Wildlife Service employees conducting herring research abandoned her and boarded the buoy tender USCGC Sweetbriar (United States Coast Guard) unharmed. By the time a power barge arrived to recover Tarleton H. Bean, she had disappeared, and she was never seen again.[70]
The V-classsubmarine broke her tow and came ashore at Sandsend Wyke, Yorkshire whilst being towed to the Tyne for scrapping.[110] Refloated on 23 December.[111]
The cargo ship ran aground in the Aegean Sea between Kos and Turkey. Refloated on 23 December, repairs were uneconomic and she was scrapped in August 1959.[112]
The tanker ran aground on Gull Shoal and broke in two. The crew was rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard. Oil from the tanker heavily polluted the coastline at Ocean City, Maryland.[114]
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