The list of shipwrecks in 1962 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1962.
January
3 January
7 January
8 January
9 January
11 January
List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1962
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| B-37
|
Soviet Navy
|
The submarine was destroyed at Ekaterininsky by an explosion. The submarine S-350 ( Soviet Navy) was damaged by the explosion. A total of 132 people killed.
|
| Fordfield
|
United Kingdom
|
The coaster capsized and sank 10 nautical miles (19 km) south east of the Owers Lightvessel, off Selsey Bill, Sussex. All nine crew rescued by Perla Dan ( Denmark).[8]
|
15 January
16 January
List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1962
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Finn Gemma
|
Norway
|
The coaster collided with Nordic in Bremen Harbour and sank. All 12 crew rescued.[10]
|
17 January
List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1962
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Neftegorsk
|
Soviet Union
|
The tanker ran aground off the mouth of the Gironde, France and was abandoned.[11]
|
20 January
21 January
List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1962
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Hjalmar Wessel
|
Norway
|
The cargo ship caught fire in the North Sea 60 nautical miles (110 km; 69 mi) northwest of Den Helder, Netherlands. Fire extinguished and ship towed to IJmuiden.[13]
|
23 January
31 January
Unknown date
February
1 February
List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1962
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Berta Kienass
|
West Germany
|
The trawler struck a mine and sank off the Netherlands with the loss of all but one of her fourteen crew.[18]
|
| Kozara
|
Greece
|
The cargo ship ran aground in the Black Sea. Refloated after nine days.[19]
|
5 February
6 February
7 February
9 February
11 February
16 February
28 February
Unknown date
March
4 March
8 March
11 March
12 March
14 March
15 March
List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1962
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Sophie H
|
United States
|
The cargo ship ran aground near Augusta, Sicily, Italy. Refloated on 19 March.[37]
|
16 March
24 March
25 March
26 March
27 March
28 March
29 March
30 March
Unknown date
April
3 April
List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1962
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Inchmay
|
Hong Kong
|
The cargo ship ran aground at Wakayama, Japan. Later refloated and returned to service.
|
6 April
List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1962
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Suerte
|
Lebanon
|
The Liberty ship was scuttled off the coast of Canada.[6]
|
13 April
15 April
18 April
List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1962
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Augustenburg
|
West Germany
|
The cargo ship collided with Colorado ( Denmark) and sank 24 nautical miles (44 km) south of the Nab Tower off the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom.[51]
|
19 April
21 April
30 April
List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1962
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Bahia de Nepe
|
Cuba
|
The ship was attacked and sunk by a Guatemalan Air Force aircraft after firing on the aircraft when ordered to identify herself. Guatemalan President Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes claimed the ship was running arms to Guatemala.[53]
|
May
5 May
7 May
15 May
23 May
List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1962
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Forager
|
United Kingdom
|
The tug capsized and sank in River Clyde whilst towing Hororata ( United Kingdom). Forager was refloated on 5 June and later repaired. In service until scrapped in 1984.
|
24 May
List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1962
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Tollman
|
United Kingdom
|
The tug capsized and sank at Hull, Yorkshire with the loss of three of her five crew.[57]
|
28 May
June
9 June
14 June
15 June
List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1962
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Nyon
|
Switzerland
|
The cargo ship collided with Jalazad ( India) and sank 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south of Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom. All 32 crew rescued by Jalazad.[59]
|
30 June
July
4 July
List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1962
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Unnamed
|
South Africa
|
The fishing vessel collided with the Victory ship South Africa Victory ( South Africa) off the coast of Natal. She was taken in tow by South Africa Victory but consequently sank Her sixteen crew were rescued by South Africa Victory.[61]
|
6 July
List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1962
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Tuaikaepau
|
New Zealand
|
The vessel ran aground on the Minerva Reef. Crew lived in the wreck of a Japanese vessel, wrecked two years earlier, for seven weeks before making a raft and some of them sailed to Fiji. Five crew died before rescue came.
|
7 July
9 July
List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1962
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Roberto Parodi
|
Italy
|
The Liberty ship ran aground on the Colorado Reefs, off the coast of Cuba. She was on a voyage from Tampa, Florida, United States to Tokyo, Japan. She was refloated on 17 July and put in to Havana, Cuba.
|
18 July
30 July
List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1962
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Montrose
|
United Kingdom
|
The 4,993-ton freighter struck a steel barge being pushed by a tug and sank under the bridge on the Detroit River the night of 30 July 1962.[64][65] The collision ripped a hole in the side of the freighter causing water to flood into the front of the ship. All the crew got off safely and The Windsor Star reported about 20,000 spectators in Windsor and Detroit watched "the lumbering ship flop to her side in 30 feet of water". The 440-foot (130 m) vessel was said to be valued at $6 to $8 million, exclusive of cargo, and was just 18 months old. She was coming from France to the Great Lakes with a cargo of wine and 200 tons of aluminum. The wreck was refloated on 5 November.
|
Unknown date
August
1 August
3 August
List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1962
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Medina Princess
|
United Kingdom
|
The cargo ship ran around off Djibouti. She was refloated.
|
4 August
8 August
15 August
22 August
25 August
List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1962
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Clan Chisholm
|
United Kingdom
|
The cargo ship, awaiting scrapping, heeled over at Hong Kong. She was subsequently righted and scrapped.
|
26 August
28 August
30 August
September
1 September
2 September
- Typhoon Wanda - twenty ships aground or sunk at Hong Kong,[74] including -
4 September
6 September
7 September
9 September
13 September
14 September
20 September
21 September
28 September
30 September
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown September 1962
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Chromite
|
United States
|
The 366-foot (112 m) Design B7-D1 concrete-hulled barge was sunk as a breakwater at Carlos, Kwajalein, sometime in September.[85]
|
October
1 October
7 October
12 October
13 October
14 October
21 October
22 October
26 October
List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1962
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Costas Michalos
|
Greece
|
The Liberty ship ran aground on the Banc les Quenocs, off Calais, France, and broke in two, a total loss.[92][93]
|
28 October
List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1962
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Lisieux
|
France
|
The ferry caught fire on a voyage between Newhaven, Sussex, United Kingdom and Dieppe. Escorted into Dieppe at reduced speed.[92]
|
29 October
November
2 November
List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1962
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Ella Hewett
|
United Kingdom
|
The 170.1-foot (51.8 m), 595-ton trawler struck the sunken wreck of HMS Drake ( Royal Navy) in Church Bay, Northern Ireland and sank the next day. Declared a total loss. On 18–29 September 1978 her wreck was dispersed with explosives.[95][96]
|
| Musketier
|
Netherlands
|
The coaster ran aground at Crail, Fife, United Kingdom. Broke in two and sank on 6 November.[97]
|
| Rana
|
Netherlands
|
The coaster sprang a leak and sank 25 nautical miles (46 km) off the west coast of Denmark.[98]
|
| Santa Irene
|
Costa Rica
|
The Ocean ship ran aground on the Los Cabezos Shoal, west of Tarifa, Spain and was wrecked.[99]
|
10 November
List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1962
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| East Star
|
Canada
|
The coaster developed a severe list 130 nautical miles (240 km) of Bermuda and was abandoned. Crew rescued after nine days by San Gaspar ( United Kingdom). East Star was taken in tow by Mount Borga ( Norway).[100]
|
| Zephyr
|
Liberia
|
The cargo ship ran aground at Gladden Spit, British Honduras. Caught fire on 17 November, refloated on 27 November. Declared a constructive total loss but sold, repaired and returned to service.
|
11 November
14 November
16 November
17 November
List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1962
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| RNLB George Elmy
|
RNLI
|
The lifeboat foundered in the 'Seaham Lifeboat Disaster' with the loss of eight men and one boy (all five crew members and four of the five people they were trying to rescue).[103]
|
18 November
23 November
25 November
28 November
29 November
List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1962
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Ragna Ringdal
|
Norway
|
The cargo liner ran aground off Vatoa Island, Fiji. All passengers and crew rescued after three days.[110]
|
Unknown date
December
2 December
3 December
List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1962
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Boston Heron
|
United Kingdom
|
The 130.7-foot (39.8 m), 314-ton trawler was wrecked in a gale on a reef off Stilamair Island, Isle of Scalpay. Her captain and four crew survived, while seven others died.[114][115]
|
5 December
8 December
16 December
List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1962
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Aristoteles
|
Greece
|
The cargo ship, which had sprung a leak the day before and had been abandoned by her crew, sank 320 nautical miles (600 km) north east of Funchal, Madeira (36°48′N 14°40′W / 36.800°N 14.667°W / 36.800; -14.667). She was on a voyage from Detroit, Illinois, United States to Calcutta, India.
|
| Atlantic Sun
|
United States
|
The T3 tanker collided with the tanker Esso New York ( United States) in Delaware Bay. Atlantic Sun was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Jacksonville, Florida. Repairs were declared uneconomic, and she was consequently scrapped.
|
| Loide Honduras
|
Brazil
|
The cargo ship ran aground in the West Scheldt, Belgium.[121]
|
| Nautilus
|
West Germany
|
The cargo ship sank off the Netherlands with the loss of all but one of her 24 crew.[121]
|
| Uilenspiegel
|
Belgium
|
The pirate radio ship was driven ashore in a storm. She had got into difficulties off Zeebrugge and an attempt was made to tow her to Vlissingen, Netherlands but she broke her tow.[121]
|
18 December
20 December
List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1962
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Aghios Nicolaus
|
Greece
|
The coaster ran aground off Tripoli, Lebanon. All nine crew rescued by a Royal Air Force helicopter. Aghios Nicolaus was later refloated.[122]
|
23 December
30 December
Unknown date
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