List of shipwrecks in 1949
The list of shipwrecks in 1949 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1949.
January
1 January
27 January
List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1949
Ship | Country | Description |
Taiping |
Republic of China |
sank after a collision with another vessel en route to Taiwan near the Zhoushan Archipelago, leading to the deaths of over 1500 passengers and crew combined. |
February
3 February
9 February
13 February
March
1 March
List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1949
Ship | Country | Description |
Katowice |
Poland |
The cargo ship ran aground off the Netherlands. All 26 crew rescued by a Dutch lifeboat.[4] |
4 March
6 March
List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1949
Ship | Country | Description |
Fiducia |
Netherlands |
The cargo ship ran aground at Whitby, Yorkshire and was severely damaged.[6] |
25 March
30 March
31 March
List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1949
Ship | Country | Description |
Charles M |
United Kingdom |
The coaster was in collision with another vessel off Dungeness, Kent.[8] All seven crew rescued by Sir Leonard Pearce ( United Kingdom) Charles M later sank.[9] |
April
3 April
14 April
16 April
List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1949
Ship | Country | Description |
Christina Dawn |
United Kingdom |
The coaster sank when her cargo of carbide exploded at Irvine, Renfrewshire.[10] |
20 April
22 April
25 April
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1949
Ship | Country | Description |
Tung An |
Republic of China Navy |
The cargo ship was wrecked in the Yangtze River 6 nautical miles (11 km) south west of Shaweishan.[12] |
May
4 May
15 May
25 May
List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1949
Ship | Country | Description |
Henrik |
Norway |
The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Sound of Falsterbo, Denmark with the loss of four of her nineteen crew.[15] |
29 May
Unknown date
June
3 June
20 June
21 June
List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1949
Ship | Country | Description |
Prinses Astrid |
Belgium |
The cross-Channel ferry struck a mine 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Dunquerque, France and sank with the loss of five of her 65 crew. All 60 survivors and 218 passengers on board were rescued by Cap Hatid ( France) and various tugs from Dunquerque.[17] |
22 June
July
1 July
31 July
August
23 August
List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1949
Ship | Country | Description |
Chungli |
China |
Chinese Civil War: The cargo ship loaded with ammunition exploded and sank at Kaohsiung, Formosa with the loss of over 500 lives. Two other ships were sunk and many fires started in Kaohsiung.[19] |
26 August
September
7 September
List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1949
Ship | Country | Description |
Chaksang |
United Kingdom |
The cargo ship caught fire at Hong Kong due to barratry. She sank the next day and was declared a total loss. Raised on 22 March 1950 and subsequently scrapped.[16] |
9 September
14 September
List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1949
Ship | Country | Description |
Noronic |
Canada |
Noronic
Caught fire and sank whilst moored in Toronto Harbour with the loss of at least 118 lives. Ship raised in November 1949 and subsequently scrapped. |
19 September
23 September
List of shipwrecks: 23 September 1949
Ship | Country | Description |
Surreybrook |
United Kingdom |
Wrecked on Spanish Battery Point, Tynemouth.[5] |
28 September
List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1949
Ship | Country | Description |
Roslin Caste |
United Kingdom |
The ocean liner ran aground in the River Humber. Later refloated and resumed her voyage.[21] |
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1949
Ship | Country | Description |
Major Richard M Strong |
United States |
Ran aground at Camp Point, Vancouver Island, Canada. Salvaged, sold and repaired and returned to service as Island Sovereign.[22] |
October
4 October
List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1949
Ship | Country | Description |
Mira |
Sweden |
The cargo ship struck the wreck of the ocean liner Gneisenau ( Germany) with the loss of two crew.[23] |
6 October
7 October
16 October
List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1949
Ship | Country | Description |
Ingertre |
Norway |
The cargo ship was wrecked off Spitsbergen.[26] |
18 October
19 October
20 October
List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1949
Ship | Country | Description |
Africa Occidental |
Portugal |
The cargo ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom but was refloated undamaged after an hour.[28] |
21 October
List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1949
Ship | Country | Description |
Cydonia |
Ireland |
The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Irish Sea.[29] |
27 October
31 October
List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1949
Ship | Country | Description |
Carl Rehder |
West Germany |
The cargo ship collided with Rane ( Sweden in the Kiel Canal and sank.[30] |
November
9 November
13 November
18 November
19 November
27 November
List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1949
Ship | Country | Description |
Britkon |
United Kingdom |
The cargo ship ran aground at Oskarshamn, Sweden and was wrecked. All 27 people on board were rescued.[36] |
December
3 December
11 December
List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1949
Ship | Country | Description |
Toornvliet |
Netherlands |
The coaster foundered off the East Goodwin Lightship with the loss of six of her nine crew.[37] |
19 December
29 December
Unknown date
See also
References
- ↑ "The Queen Mary Back In Port" The Times (London). Monday, 3 January 1949. (51269), col E, p. 4.
- ↑ "Ship Sinks In Thames" The Times (London). Friday, 4 February 1949. (51297), col E, p. 4.
- ↑ "Ship Sunk In Channel Collision" The Times (London). Monday, 14 February 1949. (51305), col D, p. 4.
- ↑ "95 M.P.H. In Holland" The Times (London). Wednesday, 2 March 1949. (51319), col G, p. 4.
- 1 2 3 "Belgian Merchant H-O" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
- ↑ "Widespread Falls Of Snow" The Times (London). Monday, 7 March 1949. (51323), col F, p. 4.
- ↑ "Steamer Sunk By Mine Near Canton" The Times (London). Saturday, 26 March 1949. (51340), col G, p. 4.
- ↑ "Three Men On Raft In Fog" The Times (London). Friday, 1 April 1949. (51345), col F, p. 4.
- ↑ "Bodies Of Fishermen Washed Ashore" The Times (London). Saturday, 2 April 1949. (51346), col D, p. 3.
- 1 2 3 "Explosion In Ship" The Times (London). Saturday, 16 April 1949. (51357), col B, p. 3.
- ↑ "British Steamer Aground" The Times (London). Saturday, 23 April 1949. (51363), col C, p. 4.
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- ↑ "Ship Sinks After Collision" The Times (London). Thursday, 5 May 1949. (51373), col C, p. 4.
- ↑ "Danish Ship Lost Off Greenland" The Times (London). Wednesday, 18 May 1949. (51384), col G, p. 4.
- ↑ "Norwegian Ship Sunk By Mine" The Times (London). Thursday, 26 May 1949. (51391), col E, p. 3.
- 1 2 3 Mitchell, W H, and Sawyer, L A (1995). The Empire Ships. London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. p. not cited. ISBN 1-85044-275-4.
- ↑ "Dover-Ostend Ship Sunk" The Times (London). Wednesday, 22 June 1949. (51414), col D, p. 4.
- ↑ "Ship Strikes On Wreck" The Times (London). Thursday, 23 June 1949. (51415), col D, p. 4.
- ↑ "500 Killed In Chinese Ship Explosion" The Times (London). Wednesday, 24 August 1949. (51468), col D, p. 3.
- ↑ "British Ship Aground In Pacific" The Times (London). Saturday, 10 September 1949. (51483), col G, p. 4.
- ↑ "Liner Refloated" The Times (London). Thursday, 29 September 1949. (51499), col E, p. 4.
- ↑ Heaton, K E (8 July 2004). "Shipwrecks in British Columbia's Waters". Retrieved 21 April 2011.
- ↑ "Ship In Collision With War-time Wreck" The Times (London). Wednesday, 5 October 1949. (51504), col E, p. 3.
- ↑ Liddiard, John. "Seven Stones". Retrieved 19 February 2012.
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- ↑ "Fire In French Liner" The Times (London). Thursday, 20 October 1949. (51517), col D, p. 3.
- ↑ "Steamer Escapes The Goodwins" The Times (London). Friday, 21 October 1949. (51518), col A, p. 4.
- ↑ Board of Trade (9 March 1950). "The Merchant Shipping Act 1894. Report of Court (No. 7964). S.S. "Hopestar" O.N. 161592" (PDF). Plimsoll.org. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
- ↑ "Kiel Canal Blocked" The Times (London). Tuesday, 1 November 1949. (51527), col D, p. 4.
- ↑ "H.M.S. Ajax Aground" The Times (London). Thursday, 10 November 1949. (51535), col G, p. 4.
- ↑ "Ship Lost Off Devon Coast" The Times (London). Monday, 14 November 1949. (51538), col G, p. 4.
- ↑ Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- 1 2 "Traffic Delayed By Fog" The Times (London). Saturday, 19 November 1949. (51543), col E, p. 4.
- ↑ cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?240272 |name=Hanna (+1949) |publisher=wrecksite.eu |accessdate=27 Aug 2015
- ↑ "Crew Of Wrecked Hull Steamer Safe" The Times (London). Tuesday, 29 November 1949. (51551), col D, p. 3.
- ↑ "Dutch Coaster Sunk" The Times (London). Monday, 12 December 1949. (51562), col G, p. 4.
- 1 2 "Severe Gales In North" The Times (London). Tuesday, 20 December 1949. (51569), col D, p. 4.
- ↑ "Nova (5606399)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 28 March 2014. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "Utklippan II (1088196)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 23 November 2013. (subscription required (help)).
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