List of shipwrecks in 1964
The list of shipwrecks in 1964 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1964.
January
3 January
10 January
12 January
13 January
List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1964
Ship | Country | Description |
ACS Bullfinch |
United Kingdom |
The cable-laying ship grounded in the Firth of Clyde.[4] Refloated the next day.[5] |
16 January
18 January
26 January
List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1964
Ship | Country | Description |
Nysjø |
Norway |
The fishing vessel was sunk when accidentally rammed by the cargo ship Trattendorf ( East Germany) north-west of the North Cape, Norway. All 14 crew members were lost.[8] |
February
2 February
3 February
8 February
10 February
11 February
11 February
21 February
23 February
March
1 March
6 March
11 March
14 March
15 March
18 March
List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1964
Ship | Country | Description |
Lenie |
Netherlands |
The coaster ran aground on the Caernarvonshire coast. Refloated after three hours.[24] |
28 March
May
2 May
June
3 June
List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1964
Ship | Country | Description |
Poseidon 3 |
Belgium |
The collier collided with Bencruachan ( United Kingdom) in the Scheldt at Hansweert, Netherlands, and sank. One life was lost.[26] |
21 June
29 June
July
3 July
List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1964
Ship | Country | Description |
Bonifaz |
Spain |
The tanker collided with Fabiola ( France) off the Spanish coast in fog. Bonifaz caught fire and sank. Six of her 50 crew were rescued by Sloman Malaga ( West Germany).[28] Bonifaz was also carrying six passengers. Setas ( Netherlands) picked up 22 crew and three passengers. Four of the crew subsequently died of their injuries.[29] |
8 July
16 July
17 July
24 July
List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1964
Ship | Country | Description |
Star of Alexandria |
Egypt |
The cargo ship exploded and sank at Bône, Algeria, killing at least twenty people and injuring at least 165 others.[33] |
August
4 August
6 August
List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1964
Ship | Country | Description |
Guernsey Coast |
United Kingdom |
The coaster collided with Catcher ( Liberia) 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Cherbourg, France and sank. One crewman reported missing.[34] |
25 August
September
5 September
List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1964
Ship | Country | Description |
Dorar |
Liberia |
The cargo ship foundered at Hong Kong during Typhoon Ruby with the loss of eleven crew.[36] |
Southern Paul |
United Kingdom |
This former coastal minesweeper was acting as a port auxiliary craft in Leith Harbour, South Georgia when she capsized and sank due to the accumulation of snow and ice on deck |
Southern Peter |
United Kingdom |
This former coastal minesweeper was acting as a port auxiliary craft in Leith Harbour, South Georgia when she capsized and sank due to the accumulation of snow and ice on deck |
6 September
11 September
14 September
17 September
List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1964
Ship | Country | Description |
Penn Carrier |
United States |
The cargo ship ran aground in the Suez Canal.[39] |
18 September
List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1964
Ship | Country | Description |
Trentbank |
United Kingdom |
The cargo ship collided with Fogo ( Portugal) and was flooded.[40] |
20 September
List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1964
Ship | Country | Description |
Eastern Take |
United Kingdom |
The cargo ship collided with a Japanese tanker off Nagoya, Japan. The Tanker sank with the loss of seven crew.[41] |
Kaptjan Nielsen |
Denmark |
The dredger capsized and sank at Brisbane, Australia. Seven crew were killed and two reported as missing.[42] |
25 September
29 September
October
7 October
12 October
14 October
18 October
25 October
List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1964
Ship | Country | Description |
Capetan Vanghelis |
Liberia |
The cargo ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. Refloated after six hours by a tug and the Ramsgate lifeboat.[51] |
28 October
List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1964
Ship | Country | Description |
Magdeburg |
West Germany |
Sank after a collision with Yamashiro Maru ( Japan), off Broadness Point, Northfleet, Kent. Later raised and sold,[52] but sank whilst under tow in Bay of Biscay whilst being delivered to her new Greek owners. |
29 October
List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1964
Ship | Country | Description |
Tjokroaminoto |
Indonesia |
The cargo ship sank in Amsterdam Harbour, Netherlands after her cargo of copra caught fire.[53] |
November
15 November
19 November
20 November
List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1964
Ship | Country | Description |
Pompadour |
Panama |
The cargo ship ran aground in the South China Sea, some 70 nautical miles (130 km) west of Palawan, Philippines. Salvonia ( United Kingdom) sent to her rescue, but also ran aground whilst towing Pompadour. Both crews rescued by HMS Zest ( Royal Navy).[56] |
24 November
26 November
29 November
List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1964
Ship | Country | Description |
Agios Nikolaos Y |
Greece |
The cargo ship exploded and sank off Peniche, Portugal. Crew rescued by the tanker Fogo ( Portugal).[57] |
December
1 December
2 December
7 December
12 December
13 December
List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1964
Ship | Country | Description |
Tjoba |
Netherlands |
The coaster capsized and sank in the Rhine at Sankt Goar, West Germany. The ship was raised after eight days when it was discovered that the ship's cat had survived in an air pocket. He was taken to a vet in Koblenz for treatment.[62] |
14 December
17 December
22 December
23 December
24 December
27 December
List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1964
Ship | Country | Description |
Smith Voyager |
United States |
The cargo sank under tow in the South Atlantic.[70] She had been disabled on 21 December following a shift in her cargo of grain.[66] She foundered due to the rupturing of a seam.[70] Four crew drowned,[71] the remaining crew were rescued by a United States Coast Guard cutter.[70] |
28 December
Unknown date
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