List of shipwrecks in 1966

The list of shipwrecks in 1966 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1966.

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1966
Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec
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January

2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1966
Ship Country Description
Pytheas  Greece The Liberty ship sprang a leak and was beached at Rhodes, a total loss.[1]

4 January

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1966
Ship Country Description
Faro  Liberia The Liberty ship was driven ashore near Tokyo, Japan (34°53′N 139°55′E / 34.883°N 139.917°E / 34.883; 139.917) in a cyclone. Declared a constructive total loss, she was scrapped in situ.[1]

6 January

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1966
Ship Country Description
Polynesia  United States The schooner ran aground on a reef 15 nautical miles (28 km) south of Bimini, Bahamas. Fourteen of the 47 people on board were rescued by a United States Coast Guard helicopter.[2]

11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1966
Ship Country Description
Monte Palomares  Spain The cargo ship sank in the Atlantic Ocean 900 nautical miles (1,700 km) north east of Bermuda with the loss of 31 of her 38 crew.[3] Two crew rescued by USCGC Escanaba ( United States Coast Guard).

13 January

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1966
Ship Country Description
Lampsis  Greece The Liberty ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (34°18′N 51°22′W / 34.300°N 51.367°W / 34.300; -51.367).[1]

14 January

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1966
Ship Country Description
Le Trégor  France The coaster sank 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) of Cap Gris Nez following a collision with an unnamed motor vessel.[4]

20 January

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1966
Ship Country Description
Bright Star  Panama The coaster ran aground in the South China Sea (15°32′N 109°09′E / 15.533°N 109.150°E / 15.533; 109.150) and was wrecked.
Kremsertor  West Germany The cargo ship foundered in heavy weather off Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom. All crew 27 rescued by the tug Atlantic ( West Germany) or by a helicopter from 845 Naval Air Squadron based at RNAS Culdrose, Cornwall.[5]
Mi Amigo  Netherlands The coaster ran aground off Frinton-on-Sea, Essex, United Kingdom. Later refloated and returned to service.

21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1966
Ship Country Description
Viking Liberty  Greece The Liberty ship ran aground at Trinidad. She was refloated, but declared a constructive total loss and scrapped.[6]

22 January

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1966
Ship Country Description
Praia do Saude  Portugal The cargo ship ran aground in the southern Algarve. All six crew escaped alive.[7]

23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1966
Ship Country Description
Chelwood Beacon  United Kingdom The tanker ran aground in New York Bay,[8] 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) east of Sandy Hook, New Jersey, United States. Thirty-nine crew taken off by the pilot boat New Jersey ( United States). Thirteen crew and a pilot taken off the next day by USCGC Yeaton ( United States Coast Guard). The ship was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.[9]

Chief Boatswain's Mate John F. Kennedy, Boatswain's Mate First Class Melvin D. Yohe, Seaman David L. Ryan, Seaman Apprentice Fred H. Borisoff, Seaman Apprentice John W. Mulligan, and Lt. (j.g.) R. William Allison, of Coast Guard Search & Rescue Vessel Yeaton from New London CG Station were lauded by Lt. Cmdr. James G. Heydenreich with high praise for the performance of his crew during the rescue on Monday off New York City of 13 men from the disabled British Tanker Chelwood Beacon Monday about 15 miles south of Manhattan, 1 1/2 miles east of Sandy Hook, NJ, where the 665 foot tanker had run aground during a snowstorm. The officer and five enlisted men manned the forecastle for the daring transfer of the merchant seamen from the disabled tanker to the 125 foot craft. The master, a harbor pilot, eight ships officers, and 3 crewmen remained on their battered vessel overnight until the master began to fear for their lives when the tanker appeared to be breaking up. The next morning, January 24, 1966, badly battered herself by high winds and raging seas for 18 hours, Yeaton nevertheless eased her bow to the tankers side 3 different times before all hands were safely on the cutters decks. The rescue was executed in seas of seven feet whipped by gale force 25-knot winds, large masses of debris had washed to sea by the raging storm of the week end, and the 25-foot seas in which the ship was being maneuvered Sunday while standing by for the stricken tanker. Damage to the cutter, which included the snapping off of a 25-ft section of its galley stack, the splitting of a bow and the shearing off of a two in anchor chain pawl, was repaired at CG Station St. George, Staten Island. The prow was bent when it came in contact with a rail around the tanker hull during the removal of the crewmen. Heydenreich said the damage was caused by the swiftness of the rolls taken by the ship in the heavy seas. The actual rescue was effected by bringing Yeaton's bow up against the straight side of the 665-foot tanker with sailors stepping from their ship to the rescue craft as a wave reached its peak. There were no injuries. None of Yeaton's crew got much sleep or much food during the operation and there wasn't any heat aboard until a blower could be rigged over the damaged stack. When Yeaton returned to the scene the following day the tanker was under the surveillance of Commercial Tug Christine Moran and Cutter Tamaroa out of Staten Island. A message of appreciation was received from the Third District Commander, Stevens, it noted the operation required maximum effort on the part of crews and skill in ship handling and seamanship under adverse weather conditions, and expressed pride and pleasure in the performance of duty. The Day, New London, Conn., Wednesday, January 26, 1966 Dist. Comdt (CPI)(3), Mariners weather Log, Moran Towline, CGCYeaton, CG Tamaroa, AG,V-28 (2/3/66) Last edited by MonasMoe : Today at 02:49.

February

1 February

List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1966
Ship Country Description
Rockport  Liberia The Liberty ship was abandoned in the Pacific Ocean (32°59′N 168°10′W / 32.983°N 168.167°W / 32.983; -168.167) after her hull fractured. She foundered on 5 February.[10]

16 February

List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1966
Ship Country Description
White Mountain  Liberia The Liberty ship collided with Funabashi (flag unknown) off Singapore (1°19′N 104°18′E / 1.317°N 104.300°E / 1.317; 104.300). She capsized and sank.[11]

20 February

List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1966
Ship Country Description
Anne Mildred Brovig  Norway The tanker was involved in a collision off Heligoland, West Germany with the coaster Pentland ( United Kingdom). Both ships caught fire.[12]

25 February

List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1966
Ship Country Description
Marine Bounty  United Kingdom The Liberty ship ran aground at Hasieshan, China and broke in two.[6]

27 February

List of shipwrecks: 27 February 1966
Ship Country Description
Euxeinos  Greece The Liberty ship sprang a leak and was abandoned off the Azores (33°05′N 31°00′W / 33.083°N 31.000°W / 33.083; -31.000). Presumed subsequently foundered.[1]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: February 1966
Ship Country Description
Kyra Hariklia  Greece The cargo ship ran aground at Malmö, Sweden. Refloated on 11 February, declared a constructive total loss.[13]

March

4 March

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1966
Ship Country Description
Sand Star  United Kingdom The dredger collided with Caroline M ( United Kingdom) in Southampton Water and sank. All eight crew rescued by Caroline M.

11 March

List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1966
Ship Country Description
Evi  Greece The cargo ship ran aground and was wrecked in the Red Sea near Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

16 March

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1966
Ship Country Description
Kettara IV  Panama Small 1910 coaster shelled and sunk by North Vietnamese Army off the demilitarized zone and sunk with loss of all crew.[14][15]

19 March

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1966
Ship Country Description
Maria Despina  Liberia The Liberty ship ran aground at Alexandria, Egypt and broke in tow. The bow section was salvaged and subsequently used as a derrick barge.[10]
Monteleon  Spain The tug was severely damaged by an internal explosion at Santa Cruz de Tenerife.[16]

23 March

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1966
Ship Country Description
Pegasus  Netherlands The coaster sank in the Tagus at Lisbon, Portugal following a collision with Transsylvania ( West Germany. All crew rescued.[17]

April

3 April

List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1966
Ship Country Description
Anzio  United Kingdom The passenger ship ran aground at Donna Nook, Lincolnshire and capsized, killing at least thirteen people.[18][19]

8 April

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1966
Ship Country Description
Stavfjord  Norway The cargo ship collided with Oriente ( Cuba) 16 nautical miles (30 km) north of Ameland, Netherlands. Both ships sank, all crew rescued by Luden ( Netherlands).[20]

12 April

List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1966
Ship Country Description
Sparta  Netherlands The coaster ran aground at Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland. Refloated with slight damage on 17 April.[21]

14 April

List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1966
Ship Country Description
Sofoclis Venizelos  Greece The cargo ship suffered a fire at Piraeus, Greece, and was wrecked.[22]

19 April

List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1966
Ship Country Description
Pericles  Greece The liberty ship ran aground on the Ajax Reef (25°25′N 80°07′W / 25.417°N 80.117°W / 25.417; -80.117). Declared a constructive total loss, she was consequently scrapped.[23]

21 April

List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1966
Ship Country Description
Costance  Panama The cargo ship ran aground on Lampedusa Island, Italy and sank.
USS Lewis  United States Navy The decommissioned John C. Butler-class destroyer escort was sunk as a target.
Saba  Netherlands The coaster sank between the Isles of Scilly and Penzance, Cornwall after her cargo shifted. All seven crew rescued by Scillonian ( United Kingdom).[24]
USS Walter B. Cobb  United States Navy The decommissioned Crosley-class high-speed transport sank in the Pacific Ocean after colliding with USS Gantner (APD-42) ( United States Navy) while both ships were under tow.

26 April

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1966
Ship Country Description
Heinz Bernd  West Germany The coaster collided with Torne ( Sweden) in the Kattegat and sank with the loss of six lives.[25]

May

10 May

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1966
Ship Country Description
Capetown Castle  United Kingdom the ocean liner ran aground off Vlissingen, Netherlands. Refloated undamaged later that day.[26]

17 May

List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1966
Ship Country Description
Fina Norvege  Belgium The tanker ran aground on Cani Island, Tunisia. Her cargo was transferred to Fina Canada ( Belgium). She was refloated on 31 May, rebuilt with a new bow section and returned to service.[27]
Pioneer Cebu  Philippines The ferry foundered off Cebu Island during Typhoon Irma,[28] Of the 305 passengers and crew, at least 175 were killed.[29]

18 May

List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1966
Ship Country Description
Aurora  Greece The Liberty ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 300 nautical miles (560 km) east of Cape Race, Canada. Presumed subsequently sank.[30]

24 May

List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1966
Ship Country Description
Kaitawa  New Zealand The collier foundered 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Cape Reinga with the loss of all 29 crew.[31]

26 May

List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1966
Ship Country Description
Eastern Mariner Vietnam War: The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Saigon River in South Vietnam. She was salvaged and returned to service.

30 May

List of shipwrecks: 30 May 1966
Ship Country Description
Tempo  Panama The Liberty ship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Kaohsiung, Taiwan. She was declared a constructive total loss and scrapped.[32]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date May 1966
Ship Country Description
USS Tingey  United States Navy The Fletcher-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off San Francisco, California.

June

2 June

List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1966
Ship Country Description
Kawana  Hong Kong The cargo ship caught fire in the Chittagong Roads, East Pakistan. She was beached but broke in two and was declared a total loss.[13]

10 June

List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1966
Ship Country Description
Dixmude  French Navy The decommissioned Avenger-class escort aircraft carrier was sunk as a target by United States Navy forces.[13]

16 June

List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1966
Ship Country Description
Alva Cape  United Kingdom The tanker collided with Texaco Massachusetts ( United States), caught fire killing all 33 people on board both ships and the tugs Esso Vermont and Latin America.[33]

19 June

List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1966
Ship Country Description
Zanita  Liberia The Liberty ship ship developed a leak and sank off the Kuria Muria Islands . All crew rescued by the Ol-class tanker RFA Olna ( Royal Fleet Auxiliary.[6][34]

25 June

List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1966
Ship Country Description
USS Stalwart  United States Navy The Aggressive-class minesweeper caught fire, capsized and sank at San Juan, Puerto Rico. She was later refloated and scrapped.

28 June

List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1966
Ship Country Description
Alva Cape  United Kingdom The tanker exploded whilst her cargo of naptha was being unloaded in New York Harbor, killing four people.[33]

29 June

List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1966
Ship Country Description
Mystras  Liberia The Liberty ship ran aground in the Elbe. She was later refloated but declared a constructive total loss and scrapped.[35]

July

1 July

List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1966
Ship Country Description
South African Seafarer  South Africa The cargo liner ran aground in Table Bay and broke in two. All 76 people on board were rescued by South African Air Force helicopters.[36]

3 July

List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1966
Ship Country Description
Alva Cape  United Kingdom The burning tanker was scuttled by USCGC Spencer ( United States Coast Guard).[33]

5 July

List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1966
Ship Country Description
Elias Dayfas II  Greece The Liberty ship sprang a leak and was abandoned off the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico (21°09′N 86°28′W / 21.150°N 86.467°W / 21.150; -86.467. Presumed subsequently sank.[37]

8 July

List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1966
Ship Country Description
Cosmos Altair  Panama The Liberty ship ran aground on the Altair Reef (28°55′N 48°47′E / 28.917°N 48.783°E / 28.917; 48.783). She was later refloated.[38]

10 July

List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1966
Ship Country Description
Paestum  Italy The Liberty ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States.[6]

11 July

List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1966
Ship Country Description
USS Naifeh  United States Navy The decommissioned John C. Butler-class destroyer escort was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off San Clemente Island, California, by a combination of naval gunfire and aircraft attacks.

13 July

List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1966
Ship Country Description
USS Ulvert M. Moore  United States Navy The decommissioned John C. Butler-class destroyer escort was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off San Nicolas Island in Californiaʼs Channel Islands by surface gunfire and by aircraft from the attack aircraft carrier USS Coral Sea ( United States Navy).

17 July

List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1966
Ship Country Description
Bridlington Queen  United Kingdom The passenger boat sprang a leak and sank at Bridlington, Yorkshire. All 120 on board rescued by various pleasure craft. Later refloated, repaired and returned to service.[39]

25 July

List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1966
Ship Country Description
Angelic  Panama The Liberty ship ran aground at Nojima Saki, Japan. Later refloated but declared a constructive total loss and scrapped.[1]
Favourite  United Kingdom The 163-year-old Thames barge sank at Chiswick.[40]
Koula F  Greece
The wreck of Koula F, known locally as the "Greek Ship," on 3 December 2008.
The cargo ship ran aground in the Persian Gulf at Kish Island, Iran. She was declared a total loss.[13]
Taiwind  Panama The Liberty ship collided with St. Matthew (flag unknown) off Irosaki, Japan. She was declared a constructive total loss and scrapped.[6]

28 July

List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1966
Ship Country Description
Archangel Michael  Liberia The Liberty ship ran aground near Okha Port, India (22°27′N 68°59′E / 22.450°N 68.983°E / 22.450; 68.983) and broke in two, a total loss.[41]

30 July

List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1966
Ship Country Description
Janet Glory  Liberia The cargo ship ran aground at Spencer's Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. All 31 on board abandoned the ship by lifeboat and landed at Spencer's Wharf. Three local fishermen boarded the ship with the intention of salvage, but were killed when the ship exploded. Their fishing boat was also sunk.[42][43]

August

8 August

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1966
Ship Country Description
Mystitchi  Soviet Union The cargo ship ran aground in the Great Belt, Denmark.[44]

11 August

List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1966
Ship Country Description
Dashava  Soviet Union The cargo ship ran aground in the Great Belt, Denmark whilst going to the assistance of Mystitchi ( Soviet Union). The teleprinter hotline between the White House and the Kremlin was cut.[44]

23 August

List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1966
Ship Country Description
Baton Rouge Victory  United States The Victory ship was sunk at Saigon, Vietnam by a Vietcong mine.[45]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1966
Ship Country Description
Hunzeborg  Netherlands The cargo ship was involved in a collision in the Strait of Dover, and was beached at Sandown, Kent.[46]
USS Maurice J. Manuel  United States Navy The decommissioned John C. Butler-class destroyer escort was sunk as a target.

September

1 September

List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1966
Ship Country Description
Prins der Nederlands  Netherlands The ocean liner ran aground off Flores, Azores, Portugal. Two hundred passengers taken off.[47]

3 September

List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1966
Ship Country Description
Maria  Greece The Channel Tanker sank south of Cyprus.

7 September

List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1966
Ship Country Description
Skagerak  Norway The train ferry sank in the North Sea with the loss of two of the 147 people on board.[48]
Hanseatic  West Germany The ocean liner caught fire at New York. The fire developed in the engine room and gutted five decks.[49]

14 September

List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1966
Ship Country Description
U-Hai  German Navy The Type XXIII submarine foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[50] The wreck was raised on 19 September and consequently scrapped.[51]

19 September

List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1966
Ship Country Description
Granikos  Lebanon The Liberty ship ran aground off Pulo Sambu, Indonesia. She was later refloated and towed to Singapore where she was declared a constructive total loss.[35]

20 September

List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1966
Ship Country Description
Ioanna  Greece The cargo ship caught fire off Arzew, Algeria, and was scuttled two days later 5 nmi (9.26 km) offshore.[52]

25 September

List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1966
Ship Country Description
City of Wellington  United Kingdom The ocean liner was driven ashore in Tokyo Bay during a typhoon. Later refloated.[53]

26 September

List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1966
Ship Country Description
Saggitatius  Liberia The Liberty ship collided with Schwarzburg ( West Germany) off Buenos Aires, Argentina and sank. She was refloated on 1 October. Subsequently scrapped.[30]

29 September

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1966
Ship Country Description
Eleni K  Greece The Liberty ship broke in two and sank off Thevenard, South Australia. She was refloated on 17 November and beached on Goat Island (32°18′S 133°32′E / 32.300°S 133.533°E / -32.300; 133.533 where she subsequently broke up.[41]

October

15 October

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1966
Ship Country Description
Hernan Cortes  Panama The Liberty ship ran aground on the Alacran Reef, off the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico. She was later refloated but declared a constructive total loss and scrapped.[6]

16 October

List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1966
Ship Country Description
Fennia  Finland The ferry ran aground in fog on a voyage between Turku, Finland and Stockholm, Sweden.[54]

23 October

List of shipwrecks: 23 October 1966
Ship Country Description
Pioneer Leyte  Philippines The passenger ferry collided with Golden State ( United States) and sank off Manila with the loss of 44 lives.[55]

24 October

List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1966
Ship Country Description
Gulfscout  United States The tank ship capsized off Morgan City, Louisiana. She was on a voyage from Port Arthur, Texas to Tampa, Florida. Gulfscout was subsequently towed out to sea and sunk.[56]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown Date October 1966
Ship Country Description
USNS American Mariner  United States Navy The former range instrumentation ship was intentionally grounded on a sand bar in the Chesapeake Bay 7 nautical miles (13 km) east of Point Lookout, Maryland, between Point Lookout and Smith Island, Maryland, at 38.02.439N 076.92.08W for use as an aerial bombing target.
USS Suisun  United States Navy The decommissioned Barnegat-class seaplane tender was sunk as a target by the  United States Navy.

November

6 November

List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1966
Ship Country Description
Ada  Italy The dredger collided with Boček ( Yugoslavia) and sank at Lido de Venezia.[57] Refloated on 4 February 1967, repaired and given a new diesel engine, returned to service.[58]

10 November

List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1966
Ship Country Description
Shibam  Aden The coaster was driven ashore at Salalah, Oman during a tropical cyclone. Later repaired and returned to service.
White Eagle  Greece The Liberty ship ran aground on San Clemente Island, California, United States (32°55′N 118°33′W / 32.917°N 118.550°W / 32.917; -118.550), a total loss.[59]

11 November

List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1966
Ship Country Description
Isle of Gigha  United Kingdom The roll-on/roll-off ferry capsized off the west coast of Scotland. She was salvaged and returned to service.

13 November

List of shipwrecks: 13 November 1966
Ship Country Description
Omega  Liberia The Liberty ship suffered a fractured hull and was abandoned in the Pacific Ocean (6°57′N 125°53′W / 6.950°N 125.883°W / 6.950; -125.883). Presumed subsequently foundered.[60]

14 November

List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1966
Ship Country Description
Marina di Sapri  Italy The cargo ship struck the wreck of Ada ( Italy) and sank.[58]

17 November

List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1966
Ship Country Description
Ypapanti  Panama The cargo ship ran aground on Long Sands Head Shoal, 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom and was wrecked. Assistance was given by the Walton on the Naze lifeboat.[61]

20 November

List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1966
Ship Country Description
Eastern Argo  Liberia The Liberty ship was driven ashore at Mapingil, Philippines.[6]

25 November

List of shipwrecks: 25 November 1966
Ship Country Description
Can-do  United States The buoy tender sank off Anchor Point, Alaska, with the loss of three lives.[62]

28 November

List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1966
Ship Country Description
Tegean  Greece The Liberty ship ran aground on Sisters Shoal, Sambro Island, and was wrecked.[63][64]

29 November

List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1966
Ship Country Description
Daniel J. Morrell  United States The Great Lakes freighter broke up in a storm on Lake Huron with a loss of 28 of its 29 crewmen.

30 November

List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1966
Ship Country Description
Pionere  Italy The tug capsized while assisting Guglielmo Marconi at Messina. Refloated 22 January 1967, repaired and returned to service.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknow date in November 1966
Ship Country Description
Stamatis  Liberia The Liberty ship was driven ashore and wrecked in a typhoon at Madras, India.[6]

December

8 December

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1966
Ship Country Description
Heraklion  Greece The passenger ferry capsized and sank in the Aegean Sea

12 December

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1966
Ship Country Description
Agia Varvara  Greece the coaster caught fire, then capsized and sank off Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Contentia  West Germany The cargo ship collided with the Bull lightvessel ( Trinity House, [United Kingdom]) and sank at the mouth of the Humber.[65]
Eldorita  United Kingdom The coaster foundered north west of Hoek van Holland, Netherlands. All four crew survived.[65]
Elke  West Germany The coaster collided with another ship and sank in the Humber Estuary.[65]

18 December

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1966
Ship Country Description
USS Colahan  United States Navy The decommissioned Fletcher-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California.

31 December

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1966
Ship Country Description
Oriana  Panama The cargo ship caught fire at Kaohsiung, Taiwan. She was grounded due to the amount of water pumped aboard during firefighting operations. Refloated on 4 January 1967 and declared a constructive total loss.[13]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown Date 1966
Ship Country Description
USS Corson  United States Navy The decommissioned Barnegat-class seaplane tender was sunk as a target by the  United States Navy.
Francis Garnier  French Navy The decommissioned sloop-of-war was sunk as a target in a nuclear weapon test in the Pacific Ocean.
Nafsiporos  Greece The cargo ship foundered in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued by the Holyhead Lifeboat.[66]

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