List of shipwrecks in 1962

The list of shipwrecks in 1962 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1962.

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1962
Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec
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January

3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1962
Ship Country Description
Kostantis Mpousses  Greece foundered off Thassos.[1]

7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1962
Ship Country Description
Sabac  Yugoslavia The cargo ship collided with Dorrington Court ( United Kingdom) and sank off the Goodwin Sands, English Channel.[2] Twenty-eight of her 33 crew were killed.[3]

8 January

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1962
Ship Country Description
Pinjarra  United Kingdom The cargo liner ran aground at the mouth of the River Tees.[4] Refloated the next day.[5]

11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1962
Ship Country Description
B-37  Soviet Navy destroyed by explosion at Ekaterininsky. S-350 ( Soviet Navy) damaged by the explosion. A total of 132 people killed.
Fordfield  United Kingdom The coaster capsized and sank 10 nautical miles (19 km) south east of the Owers Lightvessel, off Selsey Bill, West Sussex. All nine crew rescued by Perla Dan ( Denmark).[6]

16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1962
Ship Country Description
Finn Gemma  Norway The coaster collided with Nordic in Bremen Harbour and sank. All 12 crew rescued.[7]

17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1962
Ship Country Description
Neftegorsk  Soviet Union The tanker ran aground off the mouth of the Gironde, France and was abandoned.[8]

21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1962
Ship Country Description
Hjalmar Wessel  Norway The cargo ship caught fire in the North Sea 60 nautical miles (110 km) north west of Den Helder, Netherlands. Fire extinguished and ship towed to IJmuiden.[9]
Fides  Italy The cargo ship ran aground in the Elbe at Cuxhaven, West Germany.[9]

23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1962
Ship Country Description
Gladonia  United Kingdom The coaster ran aground off the Hoek van Holland, Netherlands.[10]

31 January

List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1962
Ship Country Description
BP Driver  United Kingdom The tanker ran aground at Porthcawl, Glamorgan.[11]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1962
Ship Country Description
FV Gai Floreal  France ran aground near Bennal Cove, St. Ives. All crew saved, ship towed back to France.[12]

February

1 February

List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1962
Ship Country Description
Berta Kienass  West Germany The trawler struck a mine and sank off the Netherlands with the loss of all but one of her fourteen crew.[13]
Kozara  Greece The cargo ship ran aground in the Black Sea. Refloated after nine days.[14]

6 February

List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1962
Ship Country Description
Yanix  Greece The liberty ship foundered 60 nautical miles (110 km) off Luzon Island, Philippines. All 29 crew rescued.[15]

7 February

List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1962
Ship Country Description
Chickasaw  United States The Type C2-F cargo ship ran aground on Santa Rosa Island, California.

28 February

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1962
Ship Country Description
Captayannis  Panama The cargo ship ran aground in the North Sea off Goeree-Overflakkee, South Holland, Netherlands (51°40′N 3°25′E / 51.667°N 3.417°E / 51.667; 3.417). She was refloated but deemed uneconomic to repair and was scrapped in April 1962.[16]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1962
Ship Country Description
Kingsgate  United Kingdom The coaster ran aground south of Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland.[17]
Delce  United Kingdom The barge foundered in the Thames Estuary with the loss of both crew.[18]

March

4 March

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1962
Ship Country Description
Island Lass  United Kingdom The passenger ship foundered off North Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands.[19]

8 March

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1962
Ship Country Description
USS Howorth  United States Navy The decommissioned Fletcher-class destroyer was sunk as a torpedo target off San Clemente Island, California, by the submarines USS Volador and USS Salmon (both  United States Navy).

11 March

List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1962
Ship Country Description
Sand Dart  United Kingdom The coaster ran aground at St Alban's Head, Swanage Dorset.[20]
Norwich Trader  United Kingdom The coaster collided with Akinity ( United Kingdom) and was beached on a sandbank off Kings Lynn, Norfolk. Later refloated and reached port.[17]

14 March

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1962
Ship Country Description
Athina  Greece The cargo ship caught fire at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. The fire was extinguished two days later but she was declared a constructive total loss. Scrapped in August 1962.[16]

15 March

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1962
Ship Country Description
Sophie H  United States The cargo ship ran aground near Augusta, Sicily, Italy. Refloated on 19 March.[21]

16 March

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1962
Ship Country Description
Venezuela  Italy The ocean liner ran aground off Cannes, France.

27 March

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1962
Ship Country Description
Palmyra  West Germany The cargo ship collided with in the Bay of Biscay 18 nautical miles (33 km) off Ouessant, Finistère, France with British Mariner ( United Kingdom) and sank. British Mariner was subsequently scrapped in May 1962.[16][22]

28 March

List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1962
Ship Country Description
Ridunian  United Kingdom On voyage from Alderney to Guernsey with a cargo of gravel, was wrecked on rocks, off Guernsey.[23]

29 March

List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1962
Ship Country Description
Kirsten Skou  Denmark The cargo ship collided with Karpfanger ( West Germany) and sank in the English Channel off Dover, Kent. All 35 crew saved.[24]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1962
Ship Country Description
Wear Breeze  Australia The cargo ship ran aground at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Refloated but declared a constructive total loss and consequently scrapped in July.

April

3 April

List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1962
Ship Country Description
Inchmay  Hong Kong The cargo ship ran aground at Wakayama, Japan. Later refloated and returned to service.

18 April

List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1962
Ship Country Description
Augustenburg  West Germany The cargo ship collided with Colorado ( Denmark) and sank 24 nautical miles (44 km) south of the Nab Tower off the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom.[25]

30 April

List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1962
Ship Country Description
Bahia de Nepe  Cuba The ship was attacked and sunk by a Guatemalan Air Force after firing upon the aircraft when ordered to identify herself. Guatemalan President Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes claimed the ship was running arms to Guatemala.[26]

May

5 May

List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1962
Ship Country Description
Quest  Norway Struck ice and sank north of Labrador, Canada.

23 May

List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1962
Ship Country Description
Forager  United Kingdom The tug capsized and sank in River Clyde. Refloated on 5 June and later repaired. In service until scrapped in 1984.

24 May

List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1962
Ship Country Description
Tollman  United Kingdom The tug capsized and sank at Hull, Yorkshire with the loss of three of her five crew.[27]

June

15 June

List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1962
Ship Country Description
Nyon   Switzerland The cargo ship collided with Jalazad ( India) and sank 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south of Beachy Head, East Sussex, United Kingdom. All 32 crew rescued by Jalazad.[28]

July

6 July

List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1962
Ship Country Description
Tuaikaepau  New Zealand ran aground on the Minerva Reef. Crew lived in the wreck of a Japanese vessel, wrecked two years earlier, for seven weeks before making a raft and some of them sailed to Fiji. Five crew died before rescue came.

7 July

List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1962
Ship Country Description
USS Fullam  United States Navy The decommissioned Fletcher-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean 180 nautical miles (330 km) south of Cape Henry, Virginia.

30 July

List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1962
Ship Country Description
MV Montrose  United Kingdom The 4,993-ton freighter struck a steel barge being pushed by a tug and sank under the bridge on the Detroit river the night of July 30, 1962.. The collision ripped a hole in the side of the freighter causing water to flood into the front of the ship. All the crew got off safely and The Windsor Star reported about 20,000 spectators in Windsor and Detroit watched “the lumbering ship flop to her side in 30 feet of water”. The 440-foot vessel was said to be valued at $6 million to $8 million, exclusive of cargo, and was just 18 months old. She was coming from France to the Great Lakes with fine wine and 200 tons of aluminum.

31 July

List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1962
Ship Country Description
Monthouet  Belgium collided with Arabella ( Liberia) 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) north of Cap Gris Nez, France. Set on fire and severely damaged with the loss of four crew. Towed to Antwerp for repairs.[1]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date July 1962
Ship Country Description
USS Ira Jeffery  United States Navy The decommissioned Buckley-class destroyer escort was sunk as a target.

September

2 September

Typhoon Wanda - twenty ships aground or sunk at Hong Kong,[29] including -
List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1962
Ship Country Description
Carronpark  United Kingdom The cargo ship was driven ashore.[30]
Merchant Prince  United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with SS Grosvenor Navigator ( United Kingdom) off Hong Kong.[30]
Saldura  United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with Leefoon ( Hong Kong)
Mayon  Panama The cargo ship was severely damaged when Ruthy Ann ( United Kingdom) broke free from her mooring and was driven onto the smaller ship.[30]
Kowloon Dock  United Kingdom The tug foundered with the loss of all 30 crew.[29]

30 September

List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1962
Ship Country Description
Major  United Kingdom The Thames barge ran aground off Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex in a storm.[31]
Widder  West Germany The coaster ran aground at Canna, Scotland in a storm.[31]

October

7 October

List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1962
Ship Country Description
Beater  Canada Hurricane Daisy: The sealer, a converted minesweeper, was driven ashore and wrecked at New Harbour, Nova Scotia.[32]

21 October

List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1962
Ship Country Description
Sanct Svithun  Norway The passenger ship ran aground off the Vikna Islands, refloated then sank with the loss of 33 of the 79 passengers and crew.[33]

26 October

List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1962
Ship Country Description
Costas Michalos  Greece The cargo ship ran aground at Calais, France.[34]

28 October

List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1962
Ship Country Description
Lisieux  France The ferry caught fire on a voyage between Newhaven, East Sussex, United Kingdom and Dieppe. Escorted into Dieppe at reduced speed.[34]

29 October

List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1962
Ship Country Description
Matelots Pilien et Peyrat  France The cargo ship was driven ashore in a storm at Port-de-Bouc, Bouches-du-Rhône and sank at the entrance to the Canal de Marseille au Rhône. Refloated on 3 November but declared a constructive total loss and scrapped.[16]

November

2 November

List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1962
Ship Country Description
Rana  Netherlands The coaster sprang a leak and sank 25 nautical miles (46 km) off the west coast of Denmark.[35]
Musketier  Netherlands The coaster ran aground at Crail, Fife, United Kingdom. Broke in two and sank on 6 November.[36]

10 November

List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1962
Ship Country Description
East Star  Canada The coaster developed a severe list 130 nautical miles (240 km) of Bermuda and was abandoned. Crew rescued after nine days by San Gaspar ( United Kingdom). East Star was taken in tow by Mount Borga ( Norway).[37]
Zephyr  Liberia The cargo ship ran aground at Gladden Spit, British Honduras. Caught fire on 17 November, refloated on 27 November. Declared a constructive total loss but sold, repaired and returned to service.[16]

11 November

List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1962
Ship Country Description
FV Jean Gougy  France ran aground at Land's End, Cornwall, United Kingdom and capsized. Eight of the twenty crew were rescued by helicopter or breeches buoy. Sergeant Eric Smith of 22 Squadron, Royal Air Force was awarded a George Medal for his actions in the rescue.[38]

16 November

List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1962
Ship Country Description
USS Aspro  United States Navy The decommissioned Balao-class submarine was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off San Diego, California, by the submarine USS Pomodon ( United States Navy).

17 November

List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1962
Ship Country Description
RNLB George Elmy RNLI The lifeboat foundered in the 'Seaham Lifeboat Disaster' with the loss of eight men and one boy (all five crew members and four of the five people they were trying to rescue).[39]

18 November

List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1962
Ship Country Description
RFA Green Ranger  Royal Fleet Auxiliary ran aground south of Hartland Point, Devon and was wrecked. All seven crew rescued by breeches buoy.
Ashanti Palm  United Kingdom The cargo ship hit a breakwater at Naples, Italy and sank.[40]
Captain George  Greece The liberty ship exploded and sank with the loss of all 18 crew.[37]

23 November

List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1962
Ship Country Description
Berea  South Africa ran aground at Ponta Barra da Falsa, Mozambique, a total loss.[41]

29 November

List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1962
Ship Country Description
Ragna Ringdal  Norway The cargo liner ran aground off Vatoa Island, Fiji. All passengers and crew rescued after three days.[42]

December

5 December

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1962
Ship Country Description
Link One  United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with Pulkovo ( Soviet Union) and sank in the Baltic Sea south east of the Gedser Lightship, off the east coast of Denmark. All crew took to the lifeboats and were rescued by Lechistan ( Poland).[43][44]

16 December

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1962
Ship Country Description
Aristoteles  Greece The 7,221 GRT freighter sank 600 kilometres (320 nmi) NE of Funchal, en route from Detroit to Calcutta.
Nautilus  West Germany The cargo ship sank off the Netherlands with the loss of all but one of her 24 crew.[45]
Loide Honduras  Brazil The cargo ship ran aground in the West Scheldt, Belgium.[45]
Uilenspiegel  Belgium The pirate radio ship was driven ashore in a storm. She had got into difficulties off Zeebrugge and an attempt was made to tow her to Vlissingen, Netherlands but she broke her tow.[45]

20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1962
Ship Country Description
Aghios Nicolaus  Greece The coaster ran aground off Tripoli, Lebanon. All nine crew rescued by a Royal Air Force helicopter. Aghios Nicolaus was later refloated.[46]

31 December

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1962
Ship Country Description
Gwendoline Steers  United States The tug sank in Long Island Sound with the loss of all 9 crew.[47]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1962
Ship Country Description
USS Amesbury  United States Navy The decommissioned Charles Lawrence-class high-speed transport sank 5 nautical miles (5.75 miles; 9 km) west of Key West, Florida, while under tow to a scrapyard sometime after her 24 October 1962 sale for scrapping.


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  29. 1 2 "Hongkong Typhoon Killed 120" The Times (London). Wednesday, 5 September 1962. (55488), col F, p. 8.
  30. 1 2 3 "Typhoon Havoc in Hong Kong" The Times (London). Monday, 3 September 1962. (55486), col E, p. 10.
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  45. 1 2 3 "23 Feared Dead in German Ship" The Times (London). Monday, 17 December 1962. (55576), p. 7.
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  47. ↑ "Tug Sinks in New York Gale" The Times (London). Tuesday, 1 January 1963. (55587), col E, p. 8.

See also

Ship events in 1962
Ship launches: 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967
Ship commissionings: 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967
Ship decommissionings: 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967
Shipwrecks: 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967
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