List of shipwrecks in 1958
The list of shipwrecks in 1958 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1958.
January
6 January
List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1958
Ship | Country | Description |
Capella |
Netherlands |
The coaster foundered 10 nautical miles (19 km) north of Texel with the loss of all nine crew.[1] |
9 January
13 January
21 January
List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1958
Ship | Country | Description |
Anna Toop |
United Kingdom |
The coaster ran aground on the South Arklow Bank, Co Wicklow, Ireland. All eleven crew rescued by the Arklow lifeboat. Refloated and taken under tow but sank the next day.[5] |
27 January
List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1958
Ship | Country | Description |
Nankai Maru |
Japan |
The ferry sank in the Kii Strait with the loss of all 170 on board.[6] |
29 January
List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1958
Ship | Country | Description |
Hadsel |
Norway |
The coaster ran aground on the Lofoten Islands and sank. All 46 passengers and crew were rescued.[7] |
February
19 February
List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1958
Ship | Country | Description |
Seistan |
United Kingdom |
The cargo ship caught fire, exploded and sank in the Persian Gulf.[8] Fifty eight of her 66 crew were killed.[9] |
25 February
List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1958
Ship | Country | Description |
Gannochy |
United Kingdom |
The coaster sank in the Mersey Channel, 13 nautical miles (24 km) north west of Liverpool, Lancashire.[10] |
26 February
March
1 March
List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1958
Ship | Country | Description |
Üsküdar |
Turkey |
The ferry sank in lodos with the loss of 272 people aboard including seven crew. 39 people survived.[12] |
2 March
9 March
List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1958
Ship | Country | Description |
Lusambo |
Belgium |
The cargo ship struck a submerged object naar the Westhinder Lightship and holed. Put into Antwerp for repairs.[14] |
10 March
14 March
List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1958
Ship | Country | Description |
Nadia |
Panama |
The cargo ship sank at the entrance to Alexandria Harbour, Egypt. All 35 crew were rescued.[16] |
19 March
27 March
28 March
31 March
April
6 April
20 April
List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1958
Ship | Country | Description |
Pepinella |
Italy |
The cargo ship collided with Sunoak ( Norway) and sank 30 nautical miles (56 km) east of Ramsgate, Kent with the loss of one of her nineteen crew.[19] |
28 April
28 or 30 April
- These three ships were bombed in an air raid or raids on Ambon Bay in Indonesia. Ambon was bombed several times, and sources differ as to the date(s) on which the ships were attacked.[22] One source suggests that they were hit on 1 or 2 May.[23]
List of shipwrecks: 28 or 30 April 1958
Ship | Country | Description |
Aquila |
Italy |
The cargo ship was bombed by a CIA B-26 Invader[22] in Ambon Bay, Indonesia.[23] She sank on 27 May 1958.[24] |
Armonia |
Greece |
The cargo ship was bombed and damaged or sunk by a CIA B-26 Invader[22] in Ambon Bay, Indonesia. Subsequently salvaged and registered in Panama as Keanyew. |
Flying Lark |
Panama |
The cargo ship was bombed and sunk by a CIA B-26 Invader[22] in Ambon Bay, Indonesia.[23][25] |
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1958
Ship | Country | Description |
Intata |
Indonesia |
The coaster was bombed and sunk at Kendari, Indonesia with the loss of five of her 28 crew.[21] |
May
2 May
List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1958
Ship | Country | Description |
Nefeli |
Greece |
The cargo ship foundered in the Red Sea. All eighteen crew rescued by Frankfort ( West Germany).[26] |
12 May
List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1958
Ship | Country | Description |
Cliffville |
United Kingdom |
Sprang a leak and capsized at Meadowside Granary Wharf, Glasgow. Declared a total constructive loss. |
14 May
22 May
29 May
June
3 June
8 June
List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1958
Ship | Country | Description |
Lady Stella |
United Kingdom |
The coaster was in collision with Pardo and sank 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Dover, Kent. All twelve on board rescued by the tug Dominance ( United Kingdom).[29] |
20 June
List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1958
Ship | Country | Description |
Lavernock |
United Kingdom |
The tug was run down and sunk in the Bristol Channel. She was salvaged on 1 August and was consequently scrapped.[30] |
26 June
List of shipwrecks: 26 June 1958
Ship | Country | Description |
Omega |
Peru |
The barque sprang a leak and sank off Peru. |
July
6 July
List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1958
Ship | Country | Description |
Josef Joham |
West Germany |
The coastal tanker collided with Ludwigshafen ( West Germany) in the English Channel north of Guernsey. Josef Joham was cut in two and sank, all eleven crew were rescued by Ludwigshafen.[31] |
August
5 August
List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1958
Ship | Country | Description |
Cabo Razo |
Spain |
The cargo ship sank in the Arosa Estuary off Pontevedra. Thirteen of the 44 people on board were killed.[32] |
8 August
List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1958
Ship | Country | Description |
St Nicholas |
Liberia |
The cargo ship ran aground in the Caribbean Sea 135 nautical miles (250 km) off Kingston, Jamaica. Salvage efforts were abandoned in September and she was declared a total loss.[18] |
14 August
15 August
21 August
22 August
List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1958
Ship | Country | Description |
Norse Lady |
Panama |
the cargo ship had run aground off Parigi, Indonesia on 14 August.[34] Permesta rebels captured her on 16 August, refloated her and beached her at Belang.[34] The Indonesian Navy sighted her there on 18 August and shelled her on 22 August, setting her on fire.[34] Norse Lady was burnt out and remained a beached wreck until March 1966, when she was towed to Kaohsiung, Taiwan and scrapped.[34][35] |
26 August
September
8 September
10 September
18 September
13 September
List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1958
Ship | Country | Description |
Melika |
Liberia |
The tanker collided with tanker Fernand Gilabert ( France). Both ships set on fire, a total of 21 crew killed. |
26 September
October
5 October
List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1958
Ship | Country | Description |
Tupavuori |
Finland |
The tanker caught fire, exploded and sank at Tupavuori, with the loss of ten crew.[41] |
6 October
List of shipwrecks: 6 October 1958
Ship | Country | Description |
Hoi Wong |
Norway |
The passenger ship ran aground in the Paracel Islands, China.[42] |
21 October
22 October
List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1958
Ship | Country | Description |
Zeta Trader |
United Kingdom |
The cargo ship ran aground off Pulau Mantaras, 35 nautical miles (65 km) south of Singapore.[43] Refloated on 29 October.[44] |
23 October
List of shipwrecks: 23 October 1958
Ship | Country | Description |
Earsdon |
United Kingdom |
The cargo ship sank in the River Tyne following a collision. Raised in March 1959 and scrapped.[45] |
31 October
List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1958
Ship | Country | Description |
Corijs |
Netherlands |
The lightship sank in the Scheldt estuary after she was hit by Selvik ( Norway). All five crew rescued.[46] |
November
2 November
List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1958
Ship | Country | Description |
Prince Philippe |
Belgium |
The ferry ran aground at Dover, Kent, United Kingdom. Refloated two hours later.[47] |
3 November
List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1958
Ship | Country | Description |
Lake Burnaby |
Canada |
The 6,140 grt freighter was stranded on Bancorran Reef, Philippines and declared a total loss |
13 November
16 November
List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1958
Ship | Country | Description |
Nyon |
Switzerland |
Nyon′s stern section under tow in 1959. The cargo ship ran aground at St Abb's Head, Berwickshire, Scotland. Stern section salvaged and new bow section fitted in 1959, returned to service. |
18 November
23 November
List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1958
Ship | Country | Description |
Caltex Wellington |
United Kingdom |
The Type T2-SE-A2 tanker ran aground in the Suez Canal, 12 nautical miles (22 km) south of Port Said, Egypt. Later refloated.[49] |
Dansborg |
Denmark |
The tanker ran aground in the Suez Canal 12 nautical miles (22 km) south of Port Said. Later refloated.[49] |
December
1 December
List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1958
Ship | Country | Description |
Indore |
United Kingdom |
The cargo ship ran aground off Vlissingen, Netherlands.[50] |
3 December
List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1958
Ship | Country | Description |
Prodromos |
Liberia |
The cargo ship collided with King Minos ( Greece) in the English Channel and was abandoned. Twenty-three crew rescued by two Dutch ships. The tug Jean Bart ( France) took Prodromos in tow and she was beached at Rye Harbour, East Sussex, United Kingdom. King Minos was assisted into Dover Harbour, Kent by the tug Dominant and salvage ship Swin (both United Kingdom).[51] |
5 December
List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1958
Ship | Country | Description |
Alex |
West Germany |
The coaster collided with a Dutch vessel in the Waal and sank. All five crew were rescued.[52] |
14 December
15 December
17 December
List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1958
Ship | Country | Description |
HMS Volatile |
Royal Navy |
The V-class submarine broke her tow and came ashore at Sandsend Wyke, Yorkshire whilst being towed to the Tyne for scrapping.[54] Refloated on 23 December.[55] |
18 December
List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1958
Ship | Country | Description |
Taxiarchis |
Greece |
The cargo ship ran aground in the Aegean Sea between Kos and Turkey. Refloated on 23 December, repairs were uneconomic and she was scrapped in August 1959.[18] |
23 December
28 December
List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1958
Ship | Country | Description |
African Queen |
Liberia |
Stern of the wrecked tanker African Queen.
The tanker ran aground on Gull Shoal and broke in two. The crew was rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard. Oil from the tanker heavily polluted the coastline at Ocean City, Maryland.[56] |
Late December
Unknown date
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