List of shipwrecks in 1968
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The list of shipwrecks in 1968 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1968.
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Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr |
May | Jun | Jul | Aug |
Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
Unknown date |
January
7 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Abercrombie | ![]() |
The decommissioned John C. Butler-class destroyer escort was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off San Diego, California, by the ships and aircraft of the USS Bon Homme Richard carrier battle group (![]() |
9 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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USCGC Coos Bay | ![]() |
The decommissioned Casco-class cutter was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean 120 nautical miles (220 km) off the coast of Virginia by the guided-missile destroyer USS Claude V. Ricketts (![]() |
11 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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St Romanus | ![]() |
The trawler issued a mayday on this date which was heard but not responded to. Lost with all twenty crew. |
12 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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HMS Artemis | ![]() |
The Amphion-class submarine ran aground off Bembridge, Isle of Wight. Refloated on 14 January.[1][2] |
15 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Cessnock | ![]() |
The dredger capsized and sank in the River Clyde during a storm. Three crew were killed.[3] |
22 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Elpis | ![]() |
Sank between Ameland and Schiermonnikoog, Netherlands. |
23 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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INS Dakar | ![]() |
The submarine disappeared on her delivery voyage to Israel. Claims that Assyout (![]() |
26 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Kingston Peridot | ![]() |
The trawler was last reported off Iceland on this date, lost with all twenty crew. |
27 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Minerve | ![]() |
The Daphné-class submarine sank in the Mediterranean Sea about 25 nautical miles (29 miles; 46 km) from Toulon, France, with the loss of her entire crew of 52. |
February
4 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ross Cleveland | ![]() |
The trawler capsized and sank off Isafjordur, Iceland with the loss of eighteen of her nineteen crew. |
5 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Pacific Fir | ![]() |
The cargo ship sprang a leak in the South China Sea 75 nautical miles (139 km) east of Tai Tung, Taiwan. (Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.) and was abandoned. Beached at Koto Soh but broke in two, a total loss.[4] |
19 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Capitaine Frangos | ![]() |
The cargo ship sank after colliding with an undentified ship at the entrance to the Dardanelles, Turkey. Fifteen of her twenty crew were killed.[5] |
20 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Saufley | ![]() |
The decommissioned Fletcher-class destroyer was sunk as a target off Key West, Florida. |
25 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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British Crusader | ![]() |
The tanker ran aground in the Panama Canal, blocking it.[6] |
26 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Shozan Maru | ![]() |
the bulk carrier struck a rock in the Panama Canal and sank. Refloated the following day.[7] |
March
1 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Bayonne | ![]() |
The decommissioned Tacoma-class patrol frigate was sunk as a target. |
3 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ocean Eagle | ![]() |
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USS Preserver with the sunken Ocean Eagle off Puerto Rico, 1968.
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6 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Antonios Michalos | ![]() |
The cargo ship struck a submerged object at Brăila, Romania and ran aground. Refloated but declared a constructive total loss and scrapped in May 1969.[4] |
8 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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K-129 | ![]() |
The Golf II-class ballistic missile submarine sank in the Pacific Ocean 90 nautical miles (104 miles; 167 km) southwest of Hawaii with the loss of all 98 crew members.[9] |
10 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Hi Krooyer | ![]() |
The coaster sank 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of Sule Skerry, Orkney Islands following and on-board explosion. One of her five crew was killed.[10] |
16 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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SS African Star | ![]() |
The freighter collided with the towing vessel MV Midwest Cities (![]() |
20 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Elisabethville | ![]() |
Caught fire at Antwerp, declared a constructive total loss. Scrapped in January 1969.[12] |
April
2 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Jordaens | ![]() |
Ran aground on North Sand Head, Goodwin Sands. Refloated later that day.[13] |
10 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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TEV Wahine | ![]() |
File:NZ Wahine Salvage.jpg
Salvage of TEV Wahine
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30 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Brandaris | ![]() |
The coaster sank in the Bay of Biscay 80 nautical miles (150 km) west of the mouth of the Gironde. All crew rescued by a Spanish trawler.[14] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Motive | ![]() |
The decommissioned Auk-class minesweeper was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean by elements of the United States Pacific Fleet. |
May
6 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Islas Orcadas | ![]() |
The tanker exploded, caught fire and sank at Ensenada. The explosion spread burning oil which set tankers Fray Luis Beltran and Cutral Co (both ![]() |
10 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Gero Miklaos | ![]() |
The cargo ship ran aground in a cyclone at Akyab, Burma and broke up, a total loss.[4] |
21 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Scorpion | ![]() |
File:USS Scorpion (SSN-589);U136658.jpg
Bow section of Scorpion on the ocean bottom, photographed by the bathyscaphe Trieste II.
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June
14 June
Ship | Country | Description |
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World Glory | ![]() |
The tanker broke in two off the coast of Natal in a storm. Both sections sank.[16] |
30 June
Ship | Country | Description |
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Riachuelo | ![]() |
The decommissioned Gato-class submarine was sunk as a target on or about this date. |
July
9 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Humaitá | ![]() |
The decommissioned Gato-class submarine was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean off Long Island, New York, United States by United States Navy vessels. |
19 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Magsaysay | ![]() |
The cargo ship caught fire in the South China Sea off South Korea and was abandoned. She was towed into Pusan but declared a constructive total loss and consequently scrapped.[4] |
23 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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USCGC Mackinac | ![]() |
The decommissioned Casco-class cutter was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. by the heavy cruiser USS Newport News, the guided-missile light cruiser USS Springfield, the guided-missile frigate USS King, and the destroyer USS New (all ![]() |
August
14 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Devilfish | ![]() |
File:USS Devilfish;0829206.jpg
The sinking of Devilfish.
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17 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Traw | ![]() |
The decommissioned John C. Butler-class destroyer escort was sunk as a gunnery target off Baja California, Mexico, by the destroyer USS Bausell (![]() |
22 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Amaryllis | ![]() |
The cargo ship, refloated after running aground in September 1965, is scuttled 0.75 mile off Riviera Beach, Florida, to form an artificial reef. |
23 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Southern Foster | ![]() |
This 438 GRT steam-powered whaler foundered and was lost off South Georgia Island in the South Atlantic Ocean.[1] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Condor | ![]() |
The decommissioned YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass was sunk as a target. |
September
8 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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Isabella Baldwin | ![]() |
The survey ship struck a wreck in Da Nang harbour, Vietnam and sank. All twelve crew rescued by a United States Navy vessel.[17] |
October
10 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Dumaguete | ![]() |
The ferry sank near Zamboanga, Mindanao. Only eleven survivors of between 300 and 500 people on board.[18] |
15 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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E Evangelia | ![]() |
File:Evangelia.JPG
The wreck of E Evangelica in January 2008.
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16 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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DSV Alvin | ![]() |
The deep submergence vehicle sank in the Atlantic Ocean at approximately Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., about 88 nautical miles (101 miles; 163 km) south of Nantucket Island, when steel cables lowering her over the side of the research ship Lulu snapped and she fell into the water with her hatch open. All three crew members escaped. Alvin was refloated in September 1969, overhauled, and returned to service.[19] |
19 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Archerfish | ![]() |
The Balao-class submarine was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off San Diego, California by the submarine USS Snook (![]() |
21 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Sitakund | ![]() |
The tanker exploded and sank 17 nautical miles (31 km) south of Eastbourne, East Sussex with the loss of three crew. Thirty-nine crew saved by the frigate HMS Mohawk (![]() |
November
3 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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Sacrum Cor | ![]() |
The cargo ship sank at Vado during a storm.[21] |
11 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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Empire Ace | ![]() |
Ran aground off Campbeltown, Argyllshire declared a constructive total loss. |
Steepholm | ![]() |
She was wrecked off South Wales. Four crewmen of the sand dredger were saved by the Atlantic College lifeboat and the Porthcawl lifeboat in partnership with the Mumbles lifeboat. |
24 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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Dumbo | ![]() |
She was driven ashore at Las Palmas, Spain, and declared a constructive total loss. |
December
7 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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USCGC White Alder (WLM-541) | ![]() |
The buoy tender was sunk in a collision with the MV Helena (![]() |
8 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Jesse Rutherford | ![]() |
The decommissioned John C. Butler-class destroyer escort was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off California. |
19 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Gold Sky | ![]() |
The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank in the Mediterranean Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Gibraltar. The crew were rescued by Otto Leonhardt (![]() |
22 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Helisoma | ![]() |
The tanker struck a Vietcong mine in a South Vietnamese port and was damaged.[23] |
Federal Queen | ![]() |
The schooner capsized and sank off Canouan Island, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Forty-one of the 79 people on board were killed.[24] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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USCGC Dexter | ![]() |
The decommissioned Casco-class cutter was sunk as a target by the ![]() |
References
- ↑ "Submarine all night aground" The Times (London). Saturday, 13 January 1968. (57148), col C, p. 1.
- ↑ "Picture Gallery" The Times (London). Monday, 15 January 1968. (57149), col D-F, p. 1.
- ↑ "20 are killed in Scots hurricane" The Times (London). Tuesday, 16 January 1968. (57170), col D-E, p. 1.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ "15 missing as ship sinks" The Times (London). Tuesday, 29 February 1968. (57180), col G, p. 5.
- ↑ "Panama blockage" The Times (London). Monday, 26 February 1968. (57185), col G, p. 1.
- ↑ "Panama clear" The Times (London). Tuesday, 27 February 1968. (57186), col D, p. 1.
- ↑ "Oil near holiday beaches" The Times (London). Monday, 4 March 1968. (57191), col C, p. 1.
- ↑ "CIA tells Russia of Soviet sea disaster" The Times (London). Saturday, 17 October 1992. (64466), col F-G, p. 10.
- ↑ "28 hours on a life raft" The Times (London). Monday, 11 March 1968. (57197), col D-F, p. 3.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ "Dutch crew saved by fishermen" The Times (London). Wednesday, 1 May 1968. (57240), col G, p. 6.
- ↑ "Three tankers in port explosion" The Times (London). Tuesday, 7 May 1968. (57245), col C, p. 5.
- ↑ "Oil menace to Natal coast" The Times (London). Thursday, 20 June 1968. (57282), col G, p. 6.
- ↑ "Wreck sank British ship" The Times (London). Monday, 9 September 1968. (57351), col C, p. 3.
- ↑ "Many lost in ferry" The Times (London). Saturday, 13 October 1968. (57380), col D, p. 1.
- ↑ Anonymous, SALVOPS 69, Washington, D.C.:Department of the Navy Naval Ship Systes Command, 1969, p. 3.
- ↑ "30 rescued in Channel tanker blast" The Times (London). Monday, 21 October 1968. (57387), col G, p. 1.
- ↑ "Fears of 200 deaths as floods sweep north Italy" The Times (London). Monday, 4 November 1968. (57399), col D-G, p. 1.
- ↑ http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/White_Alder_1947.asp
- ↑ "vietcong hole a British ship" The Times (London). Monday, 23 December 1968. (57441), col E, p. 1.
- ↑ "41 missing in wreck" The Times (London). Monday, 23 December 1968. (57441), col E, p. 1.
See also
Ship events in 1968 | |||||||||||
Ship launches: | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 |
Ship commissionings: | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 |
Ship decommissionings: | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 |
Shipwrecks: | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 |
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