List of shipwrecks in 1955

The list of shipwrecks in 1955 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1955.

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1955
Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec


January

2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1955
Ship Country Description
Rosafred  Sweden The cargo ship ran aground off Stockholm. All 22 crew rescued by K A Wallenberg ( Sweden).[1]

7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1955
Ship Country Description
Lanarkbrook  United Kingdom The coaster collided with Artesien ( France) in the Seine. Lanarkbrook was holed and was beached to prevent her sinking.[2]

13 January

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1955
Ship Country Description
Gatt  Norway The cargo ship ran aground at Hoek van Holland, Netherlands. Crew of 22 rescued by a Koninklijke Marine helicopter or a line from the shore.[3]

15 January

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1955
Ship Country Description
Sudbury Hill  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground off Bermuda but was refloated undamaged.[4]

16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1955
Ship Country Description
Centauro  Italy The cargo ship was blown from her moorings at Hamilton, Bermuda and ran aground on a reef. Refloated on 17 January.[4]

17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1955
Ship Country Description
Gerda Maersk  Denmark The tanker ran aground on Scharhörn, in the mouth of the Elbe, West Germany[5]

18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1955
Ship Country Description
Theta Star  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on Terschelling, Netherlands.[6]
Greta Thordén  Finland The cargo ship collided with Olympic Brook ( Greece) off Brunsbüttel, West Germany.[5]
Markhor  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the Weser at Blexenreede, West Germany.[5]

19 January

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1955
Ship Country Description
Edendale  United Kingdom Chinese Civil War: The cargo ship was sunk in an air raid at Swatow, China. All 52 crew survived.[7]

21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1955
Ship Country Description
Roskva  Norway The cargo ship ran aground off Burial Island, Co Down, Northern Ireland.[8]
Mando  Panama The cargo ship ran aground off Round Island, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom. All 26 crew rescued by the St. Mary's lifeboat.[9]

22 January

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1955
Ship Country Description
Kingsbridge  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground off Christchurch, Dorset.[10]

23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1955
Ship Country Description
Syros  Greece The tanker ran aground off Bermuda after her anchor chains broke in a gale.[11]

24 January

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1955
Ship Country Description
Bobara  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Rhosneigr, Anglesey.[12]

25 January

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1955
Ship Country Description
Albertville  Belgium The cargo ship ran aground in the Scheldt.[13]
Bullaren  Sweden The cargo ship ran aground in the Scheldt, Belgium.[13]

February

4 February

List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1955
Ship Country Description
HMS Wrangler  Royal Navy The W-class destroyer ran aground at Villefranche sur Mer, France. Refloated on 6 February by French Navy and Italian Navy tugs.[14]

14 February

List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1955
Ship Country Description
Hoheweg  West Germany The cargo ship collided with Sunny Prince and sank in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent. All fifteen crew rescued by Sunny Prince and landed at Dover.[15]

20 February

List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1955
Ship Country Description
Camas Meadows  United States The tanker sank at Genoa, Italy in a storm.[16]

21 February

List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1955
Ship Country Description
Monviso  Italy Ran aground at Hope Point, St. Margaret's Bay, Kent. Refloated by tugs and returned to service.[17]
Nordanland  Sweden The cargo ship exploded and sank when her cargo of calcium carbide reacted with seawater and formed acetylene after the ship was badly damaged in a storm at Genoa, Italy the previous day.[16][18]

22 February

List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1955
Ship Country Description
Meta D  United States The cargo ship ran aground 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Selsey Bill, West Sussex, United Kingdom.[19] Refloated on 25 February and towed into Southampton, Hampshire.[20]

March

2 March

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1955
Ship Country Description
Inchkeith  Hong Kong The cargo ship struck an uncharted rock in the Bay of Bengal off Port Meadows, Andaman Islands and was abandoned as a total loss.[21]

14 March

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1955
Ship Country Description
Iason  Greece The fishing vessel capsized and sank in the Ionian Sea with the loss of eleven of her fifteen crew. Stratheden ( United Kingdom) sent one of her lifeboats to the aid of Iason, but it capsized and all eight on board were drowned. Four survivors from Iason were rescued by Stratheden.[22]

20 March

List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1955
Ship Country Description
British Craftsman  United Kingdom The tanker ran aground off Stockholm, Sweden.[23]

23 March

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1955
Ship Country Description
Anna Henny  Netherlands The coaster was driven ashore at Aberavon, Glamorganshire in a storm. Refloated after five hours.[24]
Venus  Norway The ocean liner ran aground at Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom.[25]

24 March

List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1955
Ship Country Description
Urola  Spain The cargo ship collided with Storaya Pyaltylotka ( Soviet Union off Setubal, Portugal and sank. Storaya Pyaltylotka was badly damaged, entering the Tagus still taking on water. All 33 crew from Urola were rescued.[26]

25 March

List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1955
Ship Country Description
Lea  Netherlands The coaster ran aground at Kettleness, Yorkshire.[27]

29 March

List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1955
Ship Country Description
Nigelock  United Kingdom The coaster ran aground at Foochow, China.[28]

April

18 April

List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1955
Ship Country Description
Georgios Matsas  Greece Ran aground off Muros, Spain and subsequently sank. Raised on 17 June, but declared a constructive total loss. Repaired and sold, served a further ten years before being scrapped.

24 April

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1955
Ship Country Description
Empire Fowey  United Kingdom The troopship ran aground in the Suez Canal, Egypt. Refloated after twelve hours.[29]

26 April

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1955
Ship Country Description
Belgion  Greece The cargo ship was in collision with Tai Shan ( Norway) in the Scheldt at Fort Paarel, Belgium. Belgion capsized and sank with the loss of five of her 27 crew.[30]
Germania  Greece The cargo ship collided with Maro ( Panama) in the English Channel and was beached off Beachy Head, East Sussex.[31]

May

6 May

List of shipwrecks: 6 May 1955
Ship Country Description
SS Pyidawtha  Burma She ran aground and was wrecked in the Bay of Bengal, off Cheduba Island[32]

11 May

List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1955
Ship Country Description
Shiun Maru  Japan The train ferry collided with Japanese National Railways ferry Uko Maru ( Japan) and sank with the loss of 168 lives.

18 May

List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1955
Ship Country Description
Urmajo  Netherlands The coaster ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. All ten crew rescued by the Ramsgate lifeboat. They were later returned to the ship which refloated on the next tide. Urmajo was towed into Ramsgate by the tug Ocean Cock ( United Kingdom.[33]
Zor  Turkey The cargo ship developed a heavy list in the North Sea off Norfolk. Ten crew were rescued by the collier Richmond Queen ( United Kingdom) and transferred to the Wells lifeboat. Richmond Queen and two other ships stood by as it was not possible to rescue all crew on board.[33]

22 May

List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1955
Ship Country Description
Zor  Turkey The cargo ship capsized and sank between the Humber and The Wash. She rose to the surface in a capsized state on 23 May.[34]

29 May

List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1955
Ship Country Description
Goolgwai  Australia Wrecked on rocks at Malabar, Sydney, Australia.

30 May

List of shipwrecks: 30 May 1955
Ship Country Description
HMS Northumbria United Kingdom Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve The Ton-class minesweeper was in collision with Cyprian Prince ( Cyprus) off Newcastle upon Tyne and was holed. Cyprian Prince towed her into Newcastle upon Tyne.[35]
Harfry  United Kingdom The collier collided with Firmity ( United Kingdom) off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Both ships were holed. Harfry was beached at Hemsby and Firmity put into Great Yarmouth.[36]

June

8 June

List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1955
Ship Country Description
Mona's Isle  United Kingdom The ferry collided with a fishing vessel and ran aground at Fleetwood, Lancashire. The fishing vessel was cut in two and sank with the loss of one of her three crew. Mona's Isle was later refloated.[37]

9 June

List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1955
Ship Country Description
Johannishus  Sweden Collided with Buccaneer ( Panama) and caught fire. Ship a total loss, cargo of oil largely salvaged.[38]

16 June

List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1955
Ship Country Description
HMS Sidon  Royal Navy The S-class submarine sank in Portland Harbour, England, following an on-board torpedo explosion. Thirteen lives were lost. Later refloated and sunk in 1957 in deeper water.

July

12 July

List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1955
Ship Country Description
La Flecha  Mexico The passenger ship sank off Veracruz with the loss of 30 lives.[39]

13 July

List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1955
Ship Country Description
Geologist  United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with Sun Princess ( Liberia) and sank with the loss of twenty of her 42 crew.[40]

14 July

List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1955
Ship Country Description
Cygnet  Liberia The cargo ship was holed in a collision off the Goodwin Sands, Kent. All crew rescued by Baltic Clipper (flag unknown).[41]

16 July

List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1955
Ship Country Description
Middlesex Trader  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River, 30 nautical miles (56 km) from Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.[42]

17 July

List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1955
Ship Country Description
Seine  United Kingdom The coaster collied with Drochobyz ( Soviet Union) 8 nautical miles (15 km) south west of Dungeness, Kent and sank. All seven crew were rescued by Drochobyz.[43]

22 July

List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1955
Ship Country Description
Punta  Panama The cargo ship ran aground on the Seven Stones reef, off Land's End, Cornwall, United Kingdom. All crew rescued.[44] The ship broke up and sank the following day.[45]

27 July

List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1955
Ship Country Description
Empire Claire  United Kingdom Operation Sandcastle: The cargo ship was scuttled with a load of 16,000 German chemical bombs at 56°30′N 12°00′W / 56.500°N 12.000°W / 56.500; -12.000.

28 July

List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1955
Ship Country Description
Vir Pandian  India The coaster ran aground at Gopinath, India. Constructive total loss, scrapped in situ.

29 July

List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1955
Ship Country Description
Star of Malta  Malta The passenger ship ran aground at Valletta and was wrecked. One crew member and a passenger were killed.[46]

August

14 August

List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1955
Ship Country Description
Levin J. Marvel  United States The schooner capsized and sank in Chesapeake Bay with the loss of twelve of the 24 people on board.[47] It was lost during high waves in Hurricane Connie.[48]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1955
Ship Country Description
Hans Egede  Netherlands Caught fire off the Dutch coast. Towed to Dover where fire was extinguished.[38]

September

4 September

List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1955
Ship Country Description
Ambes  France The tug capsized and sank in the Gironde Estuary following a collision with Lipari ( United States). Three crew were killed.[49]

30 September

List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1955
Ship Country Description
Lelonta II  Thailand The yacht capsized and sank off Capraia, Italy. All twenty on board were rescued, including the owner of the yacht, Prince Biram of Siam.[50]

October

4 October

List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1955
Ship Country Description
Fechenheim  West Germany The cargo ship ran aground at Oslo, Norway and broke in two. All 42 crew were rescued.[51]

6 October

List of shipwrecks: 6 October 1955
Ship Country Description
Thorodd  Norway The cargo ship foundered in a storm south of Risør, Norway. Crew rescued by the cutter Grant.

11 October

List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1955
Ship Country Description
Wallsend  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Hoek van Holland, Netherlands. Refloated by 13 October.[52]

12 October

List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1955
Ship Country Description
Conde de Barbate  Spain The coaster collided with Columbie ( France) and sank off Vigo with the loss of all five crew.[52]

16 October

List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1955
Ship Country Description
Bluebird  United Kingdom The hydroplane sank in Lake Mead, Arizona and Nevada, United States. Salvaged and returned to service.[53]

19 October

List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1955
Ship Country Description
HNLMS Tijgerhaai  Koninklijk Marine The Zwaardvisch-class submarine ran aground at Weymouth, Dorset, United Kingdom. Refloated the same day.

26 October

List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1955
Ship Country Description
Antonio Sanchez Valdes  Mexico The coaster sank in the Caribbean off the coast of Mexico with the loss of all 25 crew.[54]

28 October

List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1955
Ship Country Description
Karmas  Sweden The cargo ship ran aground at the mouth of the River Tees, Northumberland, United Kingdom. Refloated on 10 November.[55]
William Lykes  United States The ocean liner ran aground in Table Bay, South Africa. Refloated on 31 October.[56]

29 October

List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1955
Ship Country Description
Novorossiyisk  Soviet Navy The Conte di Cavour-class battleship was sunk by an explosion while at anchor at Sevastopol in the Soviet Union with the loss of 608 lives.

November

Early November

List of shipwrecks: Early November 1955
Ship Country Description
Joyita  United Kingdom The merchant vessel was found awash and adrift in the Pacific Ocean on 10 November, the with no persons on board, more than 600 nautical miles (690 miles, 1,111 km) from her scheduled route, partially submerged and listing heavily. She had left Suva on 3 October and was expected to arrive at Funafuti on 5 October, but searches in the region after she was overdue had found no trace of the ship. Joyita was later salvaged and repaired.

15 November

List of shipwrecks: 15 November 1955
Ship Country Description
City of Ghent  Republic of Ireland The coaster sank 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off the Lizard Lighthouse, Cornwall, United Kingdom. All seventeen crew rescued by the Cadgwith lifeboat.[57]

16 November

List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1955
Ship Country Description
Foulney  United Kingdom The dredger was in collision off Fleetwood, Lancashire with the trawler Teroma ( United Kingdom), which sank. Foulney was beached and refloated the next day.[58]

18 November

List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1955
Ship Country Description
Mille  Marine Nationale The submarine ran aground in St. Paul's Bay, Malta. Refloated after six hours with assistance from two tugs.[59]

23 November

List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1955
Ship Country Description
Nang Suang Nawa  Thailand and Albacore ( Philippines): The cargo ship and tug were lost at sea between Thailand and Hong Kong. Last reported position was 17°56′N 113°54′E / 17.933°N 113.900°E / 17.933; 113.900.

25 November

List of shipwrecks: 25 November 1955
Ship Country Description
Gouvernour Galopin  Belgium The cargo ship ran aground on the Bank van Saaftingen, refloated 26 November.[60]

27 November

List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1955
Ship Country Description
Kismet II  Liberia The cargo ship ran aground at Cape St. Lawrence, Nova Scotia, Canada and was wrecked. All 22 crew were rescued by a Royal Canadian Navy helicopter.[61]

December

9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1955
Ship Country Description
Darton  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground off Gedser, Denmark but was refloated.[62]

14 December

List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1955
Ship Country Description
Victoria City  United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with Valentina Bibolini ( Italy) 10 nautical miles (19 km) north of Ameland, Netherlands and sank.[63]

27 December

List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1955
Ship Country Description
Tanda Maru  Japan The cargo ship was driven ashore in a typhoon on Honshu and broke in two. Fourteen of her 24 crew were rescued by an American helicopter.[64]

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  2. ↑ "British Ship Aground After Collision" The Times (London). Friday, 8 January 1955. (53133), col D, p. 8.
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See also

Ship events in 1955
Ship launches: 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960
Ship commissionings: 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960
Ship decommissionings: 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960
Shipwrecks: 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960
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