List of shipwrecks in 1952

The list of shipwrecks in 1952 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1952.

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1952
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May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec
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January

9 January

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1952
Ship Country Description
Robin Doncaster  United States The cargo ship collided with tug Ruth and barge Agram (both  United States) in the Delaware River. Agram damaged beyond economic repair.

10 January

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1952
Ship Country Description
Flying Enterprise  United States
Flying Enterprise sinking.
The cargo ship sank in English Channel, 31 nautical miles (57 km) south of The Lizard. Her cargo included $160,000 and zirconium.[1]

13 January

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1952
Ship Country Description
Sovac Radiant  Panama The tanker ran aground at South Foreland, Kent. Refloated the next day.[2]
Agen  France The cargo ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands and broke apart.[2]
Radmar  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground off Hoek van Holland, Netherlands.[3] Refloated on 26 February.[4]

14 January

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1952
Ship Country Description
Taxiarchis  Greece The cargo ship ran aground at Redcar, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. All 37 crew rescued.[5]

17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1952
Ship Country Description
Liberty  Liberia The cargo ship ran aground at Pendeen. All crew saved, ship later scrapped.[6]

20 January

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1952
Ship Country Description
Acclivity  United Kingdom The tanker sank off Dunstanburgh Castle, Northumberland. All seven crew rescued by the collier Magrix ( United Kingdom).[7]

22 January

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1952
Ship Country Description
City of Liverpool  United Kingdom The ocean liner ran aground at Grays Thurrock, Essex. Refloated the next day.[8]

24 January

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1952
Ship Country Description
Arahura  New Zealand The steamer was sunk as a target in Cook Strait by Royal New Zealand Air Force aircraft.

28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1952
Ship Country Description
North Britain  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground off Fiji. Refloated later that day.[9]
Tofua  New Zealand The cargo liner ran aground off Fiji. Refloated later that day.[9]

February

11 February

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1952
Ship Country Description
Hans Hoth  West Germany The coaster sank in the North Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) off the mouth of the Tyne. All nine crew saved by the tug Hendon ( United Kingdom).[10]

18 February

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1952
Ship Country Description
Pendleton  United States
Pendleton sinking, 19 February 1952

The Type T2-SE-A1 tanker broke in two in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Massachusetts. The bow section sank. The stern section grounded six miles off Chatham, Massachusetts and later sank. Thirty-two of her 41 crew were rescued by CG 36500 ( United States Coast Guard).

Fort Mercer  United States The T2-SE-A1 tanker broke in two off Chatham, Massachusetts. Twenty one of her 34 crew were rescued from the stern section by USCGC Eastwind ( United States Coast Guard). Four crew were rescued from the bow section by USCGC Yakutat ( United States Coast Guard).[11]

19 February

List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1952
Ship Country Description
Arkaba The cargo ship was stranded on a reef off Port Lincoln, South Australia. She was later refloated and returned to service.

25 February

List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1952
Ship Country Description
Elanor The barge was sunk in the River Mersey, England, in a collision with the passenger ship Tynwald ( Isle of Man).

March

12 March

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1952
Ship Country Description
Caronia  United Kingdom The passenger ship ran aground in the Suez Canal, [Egypt]].[12]

April

3 April

List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1952
Ship Country Description
RFA Wave Ruler  Royal Fleet Auxiliary The Wave-class oiler caught fire at Greenock, Scotland. Later repaired and returned to service.

5 April

List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1952
Ship Country Description
Brattind, Buskøy, Pels, Ringsel and Vårglimt all  Norway Sank in a storm in the West Ice, Greenland. A total of 78 lives were lost.

15 April

List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1952
Ship Country Description
William Eaton  United States The Liberty ship ran aground off Tokyo, Japan.[13]

23 April

List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1952
Ship Country Description
Holdernile  United Kingdom Collided in the River Scheldt near Fort St Marie, Belgium with Meerkerk ( Netherlands) and sank.[14]

24 April

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1952
Ship Country Description
Rabenhaupt  Netherlands Struck the wreck of Holdernile ( United Kingdom) and sank. Refloated on 15 May and beached. Later repaired and returned to service.[15]

26 April

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1952
Ship Country Description
USS Hobson  United States Navy The Gleaves-class destroyer collided in the Atlantic Ocean with the aircraft carrier USS Wasp ( United States Navy) and sank with the loss of 176 lives.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1952
Ship Country Description
Flying Buzzard  United Kingdom The tug was towing Esso Appalachee ( United Kingdom) with Flying Petrel ( United Kingdom) when Esso Appalachee fouled her tow and then collided with Flying Buzzard, sinking her. She was salvaged in May and repaired, returning to service in October.
Beltana  Australia The cargo ship ran aground in Port Philip Bay, Victoria, Australia. Refloated on 7 May.[16]

May

4 May

List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1952
Ship Country Description
Heathery Brae  United Kingdom Was engaged in salvage work over the wreck of CLARRIE (177grt/1901) off Bordeaux harbour, Guernsey Channel Islands. Timed explosive charges placed on wreck but she could not move clear in time and was severely damaged by the explosion. She launched her life boat and the four crew pulled clear before the vessel foundered. .[17] [18]

7 May

List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1952
Ship Country Description
Orcades  United Kingdom The ocean liner ran aground in Port Philip Bay, Victoria, Australia.[16]

8 May

List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1952
Ship Country Description
HMS Tenacious  Royal Navy The T-class destroyer ran aground in the River Foyle, Northern Ireland.[19]

10 May

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1952
Ship Country Description
Chervona Ukraina  Soviet Navy The decommissioned Admiral Nakhimov-class light cruiser was grounded on a spit for use as a target. By 1980, nothing remained of the ship above the water's surface.

June

5 June

List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1952
Ship Country Description
HMML 2582  Royal Navy Exercise Bluebird: A Royal Netherlands Air Force Republic F-84 Thunderjet collided with the motor launch's mast and crashed onto the boat, killing its pilot and fifteen crew of 2582, which sank. The accident occurred in the Marsdiep, Netherlands.[20]

30 June

List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1952
Ship Country Description
Mahenge  Belgium The Victory ship collided with Liberty ship Granville ( France) off Alderney, Channel Islands (49°48′N 2°18′W / 49.800°N 2.300°W / 49.800; -2.300). Mahenge sank, her 46 crew and three passengers were rescued by Ringas ( Norway). Granville severely damaged and set on fire. Later towed to Cherbourg, France after fire extinguished.[21]

July

6 July

List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1952
Ship Country Description
Whiteson  United Kingdom The cargo ship sank north east of the Paracel Islands, China.[22]

22 July

List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1952
Ship Country Description
Portland  Denmark The tanker sank in the Kattegat with the loss of seventeen crew.[23]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1952
Ship Country Description
Prins Alexander  Netherlands The cargo ship collided with N O Rogenaes ( Norway), Strait of Dover. Towed into Dover.[2]

August

1 August

List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1952
Ship Country Description
Pas de Calais II  France The dredger sank in Boulogne Harbour after dredging up a torpedo, which exploded. Eleven crew were killed.[24]

8 August

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1952
Ship Country Description
Ariana  Finland The cargo ship ran aground in the Scheldt, Belgium and broke in two.[25]

10 August

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1952
Ship Country Description
Lassei  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground off Cloughey Bay, Northern Ireland.[26] Refloated on 2 September.[27]

20 August

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1952
Ship Country Description
Western Farmer  United States The Liberty ship collided with the tanker Bjorgholm ( Norway) near the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom and broke in two.[28][29]

September

1 September

List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1952
Ship Country Description
Derwentfield  United Kingdom Explosion and fire at Balik Papan, Borneo, abandoned on 16 September and declared a constructive total loss.

4 September

List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1952
Ship Country Description
Stream Fisher  United Kingdom The coaster sank at Swansea, Glamorgan whilst being loaded.[30]

7 September

List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1952
Ship Country Description
Princess Kathleen  Canada
Princess Kathleen sinking.
The passenger-cargo ship ran aground at Lena Point in Alaska′s Lynn Canal, then slid into deeper water and sank. All passengers and crew were safe.

9 September

List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1952
Ship Country Description
Niš  Yugoslavia The ferry capsized and sank in the Danube at Belgrade. Ninety people drowned.[31]

23 September

List of shipwrecks: 23 September 1952
Ship Country Description
Joacosta  Portugal The three-masted sailing trawler sank in the Atlantic 56 nautical miles (104 km) north of Saõ Miguel Island, Azores. Twelve crew were rescued by Compass ( United States). Thirty five were rescued by Steel Executive ( United States) and the remaining 27 were rescued by Henriette Schulee ( West Germany).[32][33]

24 September

List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1952
Ship Country Description
Kaiyō No. 5  Japan The oceanographic research ship was sunk by jets of water and tephra[34] from the eruption of the submarine volcano Myōjin-shō.

28 September

List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1952
Ship Country Description
La Sibylle  French Navy The S-class submarine sank in the Mediterranean off Cape Camarat with the loss of all hands.[35]

30 September

List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1952
Ship Country Description
HMS Wave  Royal Navy The Algerine-class minesweeper ran aground at St. Ives. All crew saved. Ship later refloated and towed to Devonport.[6]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1952
Ship Country Description
Foundation Star  Honduras The tanker broke in two whilst on a voyage from Vera Cruz to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Both sections sank.[36]

October

1 October

List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1952
Ship Country Description
Baron Dunmore  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Workington, Cumberland and broke her back.[37]

2 October

List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1952
Ship Country Description
Luctor  Netherlands The cargo ship capsized and sank off Guernsey, Channel Islands with the loss of three of her seven crew.[38]

8 October

List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1952
Ship Country Description
Heemskerk  Netherlands The cargo ship ran aground at Osthammar, Sweden and was damaged. Later refloated and towed into Oregrund.[39]

November

6 November

List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1952
Ship Country Description
Faustus  Panama The cargo ship ran aground north of Hoek van Holland, Netherlands. Sank the following day.[40]
Bakir  Turkey The cargo ship ran aground off Ameland, Netherlands.[40]
Sac Badalone  Spain The cargo ship ran aground off the Wadden Islands, Netherlands.[40]

18 November

List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1952
Ship Country Description
SS Home  Canada She was stranded at Jersey Harbour after breaking her moorings.[41]

21 November

List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1952
Ship Country Description
Krasnyi Kavkaz  Soviet Navy The decommissioned cruiser was sunk as a target by SS-N-1 Scrubber anti-ship cruise missiles.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1952
Ship Country Description
Adrias II  Greece ran aground at Falconera Islet whilst on a voyage from Crete to Piraeus.[42]
Brunswick  United Kingdom The tug was involved in a collision with another vessel and sank in the River Mersey with the loss of three crew. Raised on 17 November and beached near Liverpool, Lancashire.[43]

December

3 December

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1952
Ship Country Description
Euroland  West Germany The tanker struck a mine and sank in the North Sea, north of Terschelling, Netherlands (53°33′N 5°15′E / 53.550°N 5.250°E / 53.550; 5.250).[44]
Havørnen  Royal Danish Navy The gunboat ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk, United Kingdom.[45]

10 December

List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1952
Ship Country Description
Ellen  West Germany The coastal tanker collided with the ocean liner Maasdam ( Netherlands) in the Nieuwe Waterweg, Netherlands. She capsized and sank with the loss of six of the twelve people on board.[46]

11 December

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1952
Ship Country Description
Fernstream  Norway The cargo liner collided with Hawaiian Rancher ( United States) and sank near the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California, United States. All 42 crew and twelve passengers were rescued.[47]

15 December

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1952
Ship Country Description
USNS Grommet Reefer  United States Navy Ran aground at Livorno, Italy, a total loss.
Shch-117  Soviet Navy The Shchuka-class submarine was lost in the Strait of Tartary on or about this date. All 47 crew members lost.

21 December

List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1952
Ship Country Description
Quartette  United States The Liberty ship ran aground off Midway Island. Thirty-five crew were rescued the next day by Frontenac Victory ( United States). Quartette broke in two in January 1953 and was declared a total loss.[48]

22 December

List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1952
Ship Country Description
Champollion  France The ocean liner ran aground at Ouzai Bay, Beirut, Lebanon and was wrecked.[49] Seventeen people were killed.[50]
Margarita  Finland The cargo ship ran aground on Ailsa Craig, Firth of Clyde, United Kingdom.[51] Refloated on 29 December.[52]

23 December

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1952
Ship Country Description
Albatros  Netherlands The cargo ship ran aground at St Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight and was wrecked.[53]
Oswestry Grange  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the Nieuwe Waterweg, Netherlands.[54]

24 December

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1952
Ship Country Description
Virginia  Panama The cargo ship ran aground off Atherfield, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. Refloated 23 January 1953, but declared a constructive total loss and subsequently scrapped.[21][55]

27 December

List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1952
Ship Country Description
Merino  Australia The 550-ton interstate cargo ship, owned by L. W. Smith Pty. Ltd., Launceston, ran aground in Wineglass Bay, Swansea, Tasmania, Australia.[56]

28 December

List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1952
Ship Country Description
Emory Victory  United States The Victory ship ran aground at Cairnryan, Wigtownshire, United Kingdom.[57]

29 December

List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1952
Ship Country Description
Fermain  United Kingdom Whilst on a voyage from Swansea to Guernsey with Anthracite, the cargo ship ran aground on Black Rock off St Sampson's, Guernsey, Channel Islands. Declared a constructive loss. [58]

30 December

List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1952
Ship Country Description
City of New York  United States The schooner ran aground at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada and caught fire.[59]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1952
Ship Country Description
Buskø  Norway The sealer sank with the loss of 79 lives.
Levant II  Malta The decommissioned cable ship was on its way to be scuttled when it began to take on water and sank off Grand Harbour.[60]
Southern Collins  United Kingdom ran aground at entrance to Leith harbour and was holed. Later repaired and returned to service

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See also

Ship events in 1952
Ship launches: 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957
Ship commissionings: 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957
Ship decommissionings: 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957
Shipwrecks: 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957
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