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List of shipwrecks in 1962

The list of shipwrecks in 1962 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1962.

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January edit

3 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1962
Ship State Description
Kostantis Mpousses   Greece The steamer foundered off Thassos in the Aegean Sea.[1]

7 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1962
Ship State Description
Sabac   Yugoslavia The cargo ship collided with Dorrington Court (  United Kingdom) and sank off the Goodwin Sands, English Channel.[2] Twenty-eight of her 33 crew were killed.[3]

8 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1962
Ship State Description
Pinjarra   United Kingdom The cargo liner ran aground at the mouth of the River Tees.[4] Refloated the next day.[5]

9 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1962
Ship State Description
Suerte   Lebanon The Liberty ship ran aground near Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.[6]

11 January edit

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).[7]

15 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1962
Ship State Description
KRI Matjan Tutal   Indonesian Navy Battle of Arafura Sea: The TNC 45/Adjak-class motor torpedo boat was sunk in the Arafura Sea by HNLMS Evertsen (  Royal Netherlands Navy) off western New Guinea. Three crewmen were killed with the survivors rescued by Evertsen.[8]

16 January edit

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.[9]

17 January edit

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.[10]

20 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1962
Ship State Description
Fides   Italy The Liberty ship ran aground at the mouth of the Elbe and broke in two. A total loss.[11]

21 January edit

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.[12]
Fides   Italy The cargo ship ran aground in the Elbe at Cuxhaven, West Germany.[12]

23 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1962
Ship State Description
Gladonia   United Kingdom The coaster ran aground off the Hook of Holland, Netherlands.[13]

31 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1962
Ship State Description
BP Driver   United Kingdom The tanker ran aground at Porthcawl, Glamorgan.[14]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1962
Ship State Description
Gai Floreal   France The fishing vessel ran aground near Bennal Cove, St. Ives, Cornwall, England. Her entire crew survived. She was refloated and towed to France.[15]

February edit

1 February edit

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.[16]
Kozara   Greece The cargo ship ran aground in the Black Sea. Refloated after nine days.[17]

5 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1962
Ship State Description
Yanix   Greece The Liberty ship foundered 60 nautical miles (110 km) off Luzon Island, Philippines (19°04′N 120°37′E / 19.067°N 120.617°E / 19.067; 120.617). All 29 crew rescued.[18][19]

6 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1962
Ship State Description
Monarch   United States The fishing boat capsized and sank without loss of life in the Pacific Ocean 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) off Clipperton Island. Later that day, her crew of 10 reached the island, where they remained for 23 days until the guided-missile destroyer USS Robison (  United States Navy) rescued them on 1 March.[20][21][22]

7 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1962
Ship State Description
Chickasaw   United States The Type C2-F cargo ship ran aground on Santa Rosa Island, California.

9 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1962
Ship State Description
OS-18   Soviet Navy The decommissioned Gnevny-class destroyer was sunk as a target off the Tendra Spit.

11 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1962
Ship State Description
Barbro D   United States The 8-gross register ton, 30.3-foot (9.2 m) fishing vessel sank at Juneau, Alaska.[23]

28 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1962
Ship State Description
Captayannis   Panama The cargo ship ran aground in the North Sea off Goeree-Overflakkee, South Holland, Netherlands (51°40′N 3°25′E / 51.667°N 3.417°E / 51.667; 3.417). She was refloated but deemed uneconomic to repair and was scrapped in April 1962.[24]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1962
Ship State Description
Kingsgate   United Kingdom The coaster ran aground south of Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland.[25]
Delce   United Kingdom The barge foundered in the Thames Estuary with the loss of both crew.[26]

March edit

4 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1962
Ship State Description
Island Lass   United Kingdom The passenger ship foundered off North Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands.[27]

8 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1962
Ship State Description
Gem   Liberia The tanker broke in two in the Atlantic Ocean (33°33′N 75°18′W / 33.550°N 75.300°W / 33.550; -75.300). She was taken in tow for Jacksonville, Florida, United States. She was declared a constructive total loss and scrapped.[28]
USS Howorth   United States Navy The decommissioned Fletcher-class destroyer was sunk as a torpedo target off San Clemente Island, California, by the submarines USS Volador and USS Salmon (both   United States Navy).

11 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1962
Ship State Description
Eunice   United States The 34-gross register ton, 55.2-foot (16.8 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Homer, Alaska.[29]
Sand Dart   United Kingdom The coaster ran aground at St Alban's Head, Swanage Dorset.[30]
Norwich Trader   United Kingdom The coaster collided with Akinity (  United Kingdom) and was beached on a sandbank off Kings Lynn, Norfolk. Later refloated and reached port.[25]

12 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1962
Ship State Description
Triton   United States The 19-gross register ton 42.2-foot (12.9 m) motor vessel was destroyed by fire at Craig, Alaska.[31]

14 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1962
Ship State Description
Athina   Greece The cargo ship caught fire at Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. The fire was extinguished two days later but she was declared a constructive total loss. Scrapped in August 1962.[32]

15 March edit

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.[33]

16 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1962
Ship State Description
Athos II   Greece The cargo ship ran aground off Hairsis Island, Turkey. She was on a voyage from Constanţa, Romania to Antwerp, Belgium. She was declared a constructive total loss and consequently scrapped.[34]
Venezuela   Italy The ocean liner ran aground off Cannes, France.

24 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1962
Ship State Description
Unknown schooner   Indonesia The schooner was spotted, strafed and set afire near Fakfak by a Royal Netherlands Navy Lockheed P-2 Neptune aircraft.[35]

25 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1962
Ship State Description
Marconia   United States The 115-gross register ton, 74.5-foot (22.7 m) fishing vessel struck a reef and sank in Unga Strait (55°25′N 160°30′W / 55.417°N 160.500°W / 55.417; -160.500 (Unga Strait)) off the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula.[36]

26 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1962
Ship State Description
USCGC Winnebago   United States Coast Guard The Owasco-class cutter ran aground on Tripod Reef at the entrance to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. She was refloated with the assistance of United States Navy tugs within a few days.

27 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1962
Ship State Description
British Mariner, and
Palmyra 		  United Kingdom
  West Germany 		The cargo ship Palmyra collided with the tanker British Mariner 18 nautical miles (33 km) west of Ouessant, Finistère, France and sank. British Mariner was consequently declared a constructive total loss and was scrapped in May 1962.[37][38][39]
Chignik 7   United States The 8-gross register ton, 31.3-foot (9.5 m) fishing vessel was wrecked near Ivanof Bay, Alaska.[40]

28 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1962
Ship State Description
Ridunian   United Kingdom On voyage from Alderney to Guernsey with a cargo of gravel, was wrecked on rocks, off Guernsey.[41]

29 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1962
Ship State Description
Kirsten Skou   Denmark The cargo ship collided with Karpfanger (  West Germany) and sank in the English Channel off Dover, Kent. All 35 crew saved.[42]

30 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1962
Ship State Description
Skyros   Greece The bulk carrier ran aground off To-shima, Tokyo and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Kobe, Japan to Los Angeles, California, United States. Consequently scrapped.[43]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1962
Ship State Description
Wear Breeze   Australia The cargo ship ran aground at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, West Germany to Colombo, Ceylon. She was refloated with the assistance of the tug Svitzer (  Denmark) but was declared a constructive total loss and consequently scrapped in July.[44]

April edit

3 April edit

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 edit

List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1962
Ship State Description
Suerte   Lebanon The Liberty ship was scuttled off the coast of Canada.[6]
List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1962
Ship State Description
Portador   Spain The cargo ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean 250 nautical miles (460 km) off the coast of Ireland (51°15′N 15°34′W / 51.250°N 15.567°W / 51.250; -15.567) and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Comeau Bay. Presumed to have subsequently sank.[45]

15 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1962
Ship State Description
Theopan   Liberia The Liberty ship caught fire at Beirut, Lebanon. She was declared a constructive total loss.[46]

18 April edit

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.[47]

19 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1962
Ship State Description
Unknown speedboat   Indonesia The speed boat was shelled and sunk by HNLMS Evertsen (  Royal Netherlands Navy) off Fakfak.[48]

21 April edit

30 April edit

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.[49]

May edit

5 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1962
Ship State Description
Quest   Norway The schooner-rigged steamship struck ice and sank north of Labrador, Canada.

7 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1962
Ship State Description
Clan Chisholm   United Kingdom The cargo ship caught fire at sea whilst on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewship to Dar-es-Salaam, Tanganyika. She put in to Mombasa, Kenya the next day. The fire was extinguished on 10 May. Clan Chisholm was declared damaged beyond economic repair. She was subsequently towed to Hong Kong for scrapping.[50]

15 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1962
Ship State Description
Empress   United States The 71-gross register ton, 78.8-foot (24.0 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire near Pleasant Island in the Icy Strait in Southeast Alaska.[29]
Sea Venture   United States The 150-gross register ton, 130.1-foot (39.7 m) fishing vessel sank in the Bering Sea approximately 20 nautical miles (37 km) north of Seguam Island in the Aleutian Islands.[51]

23 May edit

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.[52]

24 May edit

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.[53]

28 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1962
Ship State Description
Star 2   United States The 7-gross register ton, 28.4-foot (8.7 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Larsen Bay, Alaska.[51]

June edit

9 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1962
Ship State Description
Theoforos   Honduras The Liberty ship ran aground off Tallinn, Soviet Union. She was refloated but declared a constructive total loss.[11]

14 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1962
Ship State Description
Hai Chang   China The Liberty ship foundered off the Pescadores Islands (23°38′N 119°50′E / 23.633°N 119.833°E / 23.633; 119.833).[54]

15 June edit

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.[55]

30 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1962
Ship State Description
Nautilus 2 Unknown Vietnam War: Battle of Quang Khe: The junk was shelled, rammed, and sunk by T-161 (  Vietnam People's Navy) off the navy base at Quang Khe, North Vietnam.[56]
T-185   Vietnam People's Navy Vietnam War: Battle of Quang Khe: The Type 55A gunboat was sunk with limpet mines at the navy base at Quang Khe, North Vietnam, by South Vietnamese commandos. She was raised, repaired, returned to service.[56]

July edit

6 July edit

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 edit

List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1962
Ship State Description
USS Fullam   United States Navy The decommissioned Fletcher-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean 180 nautical miles (330 km) south of Cape Henry, Virginia.
Star of Mecca   Saudi Arabia The cargo ship ran aground near Jeddah, a total loss.[57]

18 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1962
Ship State Description
Two Brothers   United States The 24-gross register ton, 49.9-foot (15.2 m) fishing vessel sank west of Karluk Reef (60°27′N 151°24′W / 60.450°N 151.400°W / 60.450; -151.400 (Karluk Reef)) in Prince William Sound off the coast of Alaska.[31]

30 July edit

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.[58][59] 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 million to $8 million, exclusive of cargo, and was just 18 months old. She was coming from France to the Great Lakes with fine wine and 200 tons of aluminum.

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date July 1962
Ship State Description
USS Ira Jeffery   United States Navy The decommissioned Buckley-class destroyer escort was sunk as a target.

August edit

1 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 1 August
Ship State Description
Leanne   United States The 12-gross register ton, 29.8-foot (9.1 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Sand Point, Alaska.[60]

3 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1962
Ship State Description
Medina Princess   United Kingdom The cargo ship ran around off Djibouti. She was refloated.[61]

4 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1962
Ship State Description
Sara B   United States The 9-gross register ton, 34.3-foot (10.5 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire on the west side of Renard Island (59°55′N 149°20′W / 59.917°N 149.333°W / 59.917; -149.333 (Renard Island)) approximately 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) from Seward, Alaska.[51]
Summit   United States The 9-gross register ton, 28.3-foot (8.6 m) fishing vessel sank in Alitak Bay (56°50′N 154°10′W / 56.833°N 154.167°W / 56.833; -154.167 (Alitak Bay)) on the coast of Kodiak Island.[51]

8 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1962
Ship State Description
Aleutian II   United States The 12-gross register ton, 29.6-foot (9.0 m) fishing vessel sank near Makushin Bay (53°44′N 167°00′W / 53.733°N 167.000°W / 53.733; -167.000 (Makushin Bay)) on the coast of Unalaska Island in the Aleutian Islands.[62]

22 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1962
Ship State Description
Amy D   United States The 23-gross register ton, 41-foot (12.5 m) fishing vessel sank in "Mallard Bay" on the coast of Alaska. The wreck report does not specify whether the sinking occurred in Mallard Bay (60°17′42″N 147°49′04″W / 60.2949°N 147.8178°W / 60.2949; -147.8178 (Mallard Bay)) on the coast of Knight Island in Prince William Sound on the south-central coast of Alaska or in Mallard Bay (54°46′43″N 131°59′58″W / 54.7786111°N 131.9994444°W / 54.7786111; -131.9994444 (Mallard Bay)) on the coast of Prince of Wales Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[62]

25 August edit

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.[50]

26 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1962
Ship State Description
Eudora   United States The 143-gross register ton, 100.6-foot (30.7 m) pleasure craft was wrecked at Cape Devine (55°22′45″N 160°09′00″W / 55.37917°N 160.15000°W / 55.37917; -160.15000 (Cape Devine)) on Korovin Island in Alaska's Shumagin Islands off the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula.[29]

28 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1962
Ship State Description
Jenny III   Liberia The Liberty ship ran aground on the Serrana Bank, in the Gulf of Mexico. She was later refloated and towed to New Orleans, Louisiana, where she was declared a constructive total loss.[46]

30 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1962
Ship State Description
Planet   United States The 43-gross register ton, 49.8-foot (15.2 m) motor cargo vessel was lost after colliding with the motor vessel Mutual (  United States) in Clarence Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[63]

September edit

1 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1962
Ship State Description
Benarty   United Kingdom Typhoon Wanda: The heavy lift ship was driven ashore at North Point, Hong Kong. She was refloated on 14 September, repaired and returned to service.[64]
Fortune Lory   Hong Kong yphoon Wanda The cargo ship ran aground in Tolo Harbour. She was refloated but found to be damaged beyond economic repair and was consequently scrapped.[65]
Crescent   Panama Typhoon Wanda: The Liberty ship was driven ashore at Hong Kong. Declared a constructive total loss, she was scrapped in situ.[18]

2 September edit

Typhoon Wanda - twenty ships aground or sunk at Hong Kong,[66] including -
List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1962
Ship State Description
Carronpark   United Kingdom The cargo ship was driven ashore.[67]
Kowloon Dock   United Kingdom The tug foundered with the loss of all 30 crew.[66]
Mayon   Panama The cargo ship was severely damaged when Ruthy Ann (  United Kingdom) broke free from her mooring and was driven onto the smaller ship.[67]
Merchant Prince   United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with Grosvenor Navigator (  Hong Kong) off Hong Kong.[67]
Ocean Glory   Hong Kong The cargo ship broke from her moorings in a typhoon at Hong Kong. She collided with Grosvenor Navigator (  Hong Kong) and was damaged. Ocean Glory was declared a constructive total loss and sold for scrap.[68]
Saldura   United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with Leefoon (  Hong Kong)

4 September edit

6 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1962
Ship State Description
Guide   United States The motor vessel sank at Angoon, Alaska.[71]

7 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1962
Ship State Description
Dixie   United States The 8-gross register ton, 30.8-foot (9.4 m) fishing vessel sank in Kasaan Bay (55°24′N 132°06′W / 55.400°N 132.100°W / 55.400; -132.100 (Kasaan Bay)) in Southeast Alaska.[69]

13 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1962
Ship State Description
Unidentified fishing trawler   Japan The fishing trawler sank in a collision with a Soviet Navy submarine. Sixteen of her crew were detained.[72]

14 September edit

20 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1962
Ship State Description
Georges   Liberia The Liberty ship was wrecked on the north coast of the Soviet Union (69°52′N 61°10′E / 69.867°N 61.167°E / 69.867; 61.167).[18]

21 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1962
Ship State Description
Ketovia   United States The 53-gross register ton, 57.6-foot (17.6 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of Alaska.[73]

28 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1962
Ship State Description
Alaska Roustabout   United States The 119-gross register ton, 99.9-foot (30.4 m) tug sank in the Gulf of Alaska.[62]

30 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1962
Ship State Description
Major   United Kingdom The Thames barge ran aground off Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex in a storm.[74]
Widder   West Germany The coaster ran aground at Canna, Scotland in a storm.[74]

October edit

1 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1962
Ship State Description
Mattie J   United States The 14-gross register ton, 32.6-foot (9.9 m) fishing vessel sank at Chilkat (60°11′N 144°12′W / 60.183°N 144.200°W / 60.183; -144.200 (Chilkat)), Alaska.[36]

7 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1962
Ship State Description
Beater   Canada Hurricane Daisy: The sealer, a converted minesweeper, was driven ashore and wrecked at New Harbour, Nova Scotia.[75]

12 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1962
Ship State Description
S R 22   United States The 650-gross register ton, 110.3-foot (33.6 m) barge sank in the Gulf of Alaska near Chirikof Island.[51]

13 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1962
Ship State Description
Cima 8   Cuban Revolutionary Navy The auxiliary patrol boat was sunk in the Cardenas Bay by a Cuban Exile operated boat.[76]

21 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1962
Ship State Description
M-1545F   Republic of China Navy Chinese Civil War: The sailboat was shelled and sunk by No. 504 and No. 587 (both   People's Liberation Army Navy).[77]
Sanct Svithun   Norway The passenger ship ran aground off the Vikna Islands, refloated then sank with the loss of 33 of the 79 passengers and crew.[78]

22 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1962
Ship State Description
Johnny O   United States The 7-gross register ton, 27.6-foot (8.4 m) fishing vessel was wrecked at Thomas Basin in Ketchikan, Alaska.[79]

26 October edit

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.[80][81]

28 October edit

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.[80]

29 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1962
Ship State Description
Matelots Pillien et Peyrat   France The cargo ship was driven ashore in a storm at Port-de-Bouc, Bouches-du-Rhône and sank at the entrance to the Canal de Marseille au Rhône. Refloated on 3 November but declared a constructive total loss and scrapped.[82]

November edit

2 November edit

List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1962
Ship State Description
Rana   Netherlands The coaster sprang a leak and sank 25 nautical miles (46 km) off the west coast of Denmark.[83]
Musketier   Netherlands The coaster ran aground at Crail, Fife, United Kingdom. Broke in two and sank on 6 November.[84]

10 November edit

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).[85]
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.[86]

11 November edit

List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1962
Ship State Description
Jean Gougy   France The fishing vessel ran aground at Land's End, Cornwall, United Kingdom and capsized. Eight of the twenty crew were rescued by helicopter or breeches buoy. Sergeant Eric Smith of 22 Squadron, Royal Air Force was awarded a George Medal for his actions in the rescue.[87]

14 November edit

List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1962
Ship State Description
A M   United States The 7-gross register ton, 27.7-foot (8.4 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in Cook Inlet at the mouth of the Kasilof River on the south-central coast of Alaska.[62]

16 November edit

List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1962
Ship State Description
USS Aspro   United States Navy The decommissioned Balao-class submarine was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off San Diego, California, by the submarine USS Pomodon (  United States Navy).

17 November edit

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).[88]

18 November edit

List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1962
Ship State Description
Ashanti Palm   United Kingdom The cargo ship was driven into a breakwater at Naples, Italy, and sank. She was on a voyage from Genoa, Italy to Port Harcourt, Nigeria[89][68]
Captain George   Greece The Liberty ship exploded and sank 300 nautical miles (560 km) north of Bermuda (36°49′N 61°24′W / 36.817°N 61.400°W / 36.817; -61.400) with the loss of all 18 crew.[46][85]
RFA Green Ranger Royal Fleet Auxiliary The fleet support tanker ran aground south of Hartland Point, Devon, England, and was wrecked. All seven crew rescued by breeches buoy.

23 November edit

List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1962
Ship State Description
Berea   South Africa The motor vessel ran aground at Ponta Barra da Falsa, Mozambique, a total loss.[90]
Tainamshan   Hong Kong The coaster ran aground off Swatow, China. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Fuzhou, China. She capsized and sank on 26 November.[91]

25 November edit

List of shipwrecks: 25 November 1962
Ship State Description
No. 8 Xijin   Republic of China Navy Chinese Civil War: The infiltration ship was shelled and sunk by No. 547, No. 567 and No. 577 (all   People's Liberation Army Navy). 26 crewmen were taken as prisoners of war.[92]
Alstertor The ship (2460 GRT) ran aground on Scharhörn and could later be pulled off the reef.[93]

28 November edit

List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1962
Ship State Description
Ike   United States The Liberty ship ran aground on a reef in the Red Sea (14°40′N 42°49′E / 14.667°N 42.817°E / 14.667; 42.817). Beached and abandoned, she was declared a constructive total loss.[94]

29 November edit

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.[95]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown 1962
Ship State Description
Hanlasan   Republic of Korea Navy The Baekdusan-class submarine chaser was sunk in a typhoon in the Pacific Ocean at Guam. She later was raised and was scrapped in 1964.[96]
N P Corp. No. 41   United States The 38-gross register ton 60.2-foot (18.3 m) barge sank in the Gulf of Alaska off Cape Saint Elias, Alaska.[97]

December edit

2 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1962
Ship State Description
Tuscany   Liberia The Liberty ship ran aground on the Ladd Reef (8°40′N 111°40′E / 8.667°N 111.667°E / 8.667; 111.667), a total loss.[98]

5 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1962
Ship State Description
Link One   United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with Pulkovo (  Soviet Union) and sank in the Baltic Sea south east of the Gedser Lightship, off the east coast of Denmark. All crew took to the lifeboats and were rescued by Lechistan (  Poland).[99][100]
No. 1 Xiangshan   Republic of China Navy Chinese Civil War: The infiltration ship was shelled and sunk by No. 508 and No. 518 (all   People's Liberation Army Navy). 23 crewmen killed, 6 crewmen taken as prisoners of war.[92]

8 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1962
Ship State Description
Cornish City   United Kingdom The cargo ship caught fire at Aden, Aden Protectorate. She was on a voyage from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States to Calcutta, India. Temporary repairs were made and she was towed to Bombay, India. Consequently scrapped.[101]

16 December edit

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.[102]
Nautilus   West Germany The cargo ship sank off the Netherlands with the loss of all but one of her 24 crew.[103]
Loide Honduras   Brazil The cargo ship ran aground in the West Scheldt, Belgium.[103]
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.[103]

18 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1962
Ship State Description
Ridgefield   Liberia The Liberty ship ran aground at Grand Cayman Island and broke in two, a total loss.[11]

20 December edit

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.[104]

23 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1962
Ship State Description
Gernik   Netherlands The cargo ship ran aground off Karpathos, Greece. Her crew were rescued. She was declared a constructive total loss.

30 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1962
Ship State Description
Gwendoline Steers (or Gwendolyn Steers)   United States During a voyage from New York City to Northport, Long Island, New York, the 90-foot (27.4 m) or 96-foot (29.3 m) (sources disagree), 164-gross register ton tug sank in 40 to 55 feet (12 to 17 m) (sources disagree) of water in Long Island Sound at 40°57.282′N 073°25.758′W / 40.954700°N 73.429300°W / 40.954700; -73.429300 (Gwendoline Steers) — a location described both as off Oyster Bay, Long Island, and as off the entrance to the harbor at Huntington, New York — during a blizzard with the loss of all nine crew.[105][106][107]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1962
Ship State Description
USS Amesbury   United States Navy The decommissioned Charles Lawrence-class high-speed transport sank 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) west of Key West, Florida, while under tow to a scrapyard sometime after her 24 October 1962 sale for scrapping.
Regina   United States The 7-gross register ton, 30.9-foot (9.4 m) motor passenger vessel was destroyed by fire at Chignik, Alaska.[70]

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