List of shipwrecks in 1964

The list of shipwrecks in 1964 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1964.

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1964
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May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec
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January

3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1964
Ship Country Description
Schelde  Belgium The cargo ship collided with Francois L D ( France) in the Nieuwe Waterweg, Netherlands and was beached.[1] Later repaired and returned to service.[2] Francois L D was towed to Schiedam for repairs.[1]
Looiersgracht  Netherlands The coaster collided with Langkloof ( South Africa) in the Scheldt near Terneuzen. Three of her eleven crew reported missing.[1]

10 January

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1964
Ship Country Description
HMS Tiptoe  Royal Navy The T-class submarine ran aground in the Clyde at Greenock. Refloated after seven hours.[3]

12 January

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1964
Ship Country Description
Demeter  United States . Sank.

13 January

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1964
Ship Country Description
ACS Bullfinch  United Kingdom The cable-laying ship grounded in the Firth of Clyde.[4] Refloated the next day.[5]

26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1964
Ship Country Description
Nysjø  Norway The fishing vessel was sunk when accidentally rammed by the cargo ship Trattendorf ( East Germany) north-west of the North Cape, Norway. All 14 crew members were lost.[6]

February

2 February

List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1964
Ship Country Description
Security  United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with Carpathia ( West Germany) and sank in the Elbe Estuary. All fourteen crew rescued by Carpathia.[7]

3 February

List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1964
Ship Country Description
Kingsgarth  United Kingdom The tug collided with Port Launceston ( United Kingdom) and sank at Avonmouth Docks, Somerset. Three of her five crew reported missing.[8]

10 February

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1964
Ship Country Description
HMAS Voyager  Royal Australian Navy Sank after collision with aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne ( Royal Australian Navy) with the loss of 81 lives.
Dirk  West Germany The coaster collided with USNS Blue Jacket ( United States Navy) off Bremen and sank. Six crew reported missing.[9]

11 February

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1964
Ship Country Description
Queensgate  United Kingdom The coaster ran aground off Tynemouth, Northumberland. Later refloated.[10]

21 February

List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1964
Ship Country Description
Ambassador  United Kingdom The cargo ship sank 660 nautical miles (1,220 km) south east of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, having been adrift for three days following engine failure. She had been taken in tow by the tug Elbe ( Netherlands) but the tow line parted and she sank. Twenty of her 35 crew were rescued, eleven by USCGC Coos Bay ( United States Coast Guard) and nine by Fruen ( Norway).[11]

23 February

List of shipwrecks: 23 February 1964
Ship Country Description
Brother George  Liberia The cargo ship ran aground off the south coast of the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom.[12] Refloated the next day with assistance from Schedle ( Netherlands).[13]
Witte Zee  Netherlands The tug struck a rock and sank. She was assisting Abeille 10 ( France) and Gatcombe ( United Kingdom) to free the Brother George ( Liberia). All sixteen crew rescued by the Yarmouth lifeboat and Gatcombe.[12]

March

1 March

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1964
Ship Country Description
Amphialos  Liberia The tanker broke in two and sank 230 to 270 nautical miles (430 to 500 km) south east of Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada. HMCS Athabaskan ( Royal Canadian Navy) rescued 34 of her 36 crew.[14]

11 March

List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1964
Ship Country Description
Jan Brons  Netherlands The coaster ran aground at Dunmore East, Ireland. Six crew rescued by breeches buoy.[15]

14 March

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1964
Ship Country Description
Jalamanjari  India The cargo ship ran aground outside Hartlepool Harbour, Co Durham, United Kingdom.[16]

15 March

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1964
Ship Country Description
Merak  Netherlands The coaster ran aground off Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, United Kingdom. All five crew were rescued.[16]

18 March

List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1964
Ship Country Description
Lenie  Netherlands The coaster ran aground on the Caernarvonshire coast. Refloated after three hours.[17]

May

2 May

List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1964
Ship Country Description
USNS Card  United States Navy
USNS Card after the mine attack.
A limpet mine attached by a North Vietnamese frogman sank the aircraft transport as she lay alongside a pier at Saigon, South Vietnam, killing five of her crew. She was refloated on 19 May 1964 and returned to service in December 1964.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date May 1964
Ship Country Description
Alkimos  Greece
The wreck of Alkimos on 22 September 2012.
The cargo ship dragged her anchor and was wrecked in the Indian Ocean on the Eglinton Rocks off what is now Yanchep, Western Australia.

June

3 June

List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1964
Ship Country Description
Poseidon 3  Belgium The collier collided with Bencruachan ( United Kingdom) in the Scheldt at Hansweert, Netherlands, and sank. One life was lost.[18]

29 June

List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1964
Ship Country Description
Rajah Soliman  Philippines The destroyer escort was sunk while tied up at the dock by Typhoon Winnie/Dading. It was later raised and sold for scrap.[19]

July

3 July

List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1964
Ship Country Description
Bonifaz  Spain The tanker collided with Fabiola ( France) off the Spanish coast in fog. Bonfiaz caught fire and sank. Six of her 50 crew were rescued by Sloman Malaga ( West Germany).[20] Bonifaz was also carrying six passengers. Setas ( Netherlands) picked up 22 crew and three passengers. Four of the crew subsequently died of their injuries.[21]

8 July

List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1964
Ship Country Description
Arromanches  United Kingdom The ferry ran aground off Seaford, East Sussex in a storm. Refloated after three hours.[22]

16 July

List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1964
Ship Country Description
Trepassey  Canada The sailing ship foundered off Halifax, Nova Scotia (43°10′N 63°10′W / 43.167°N 63.167°W / 43.167; -63.167).[23]

24 July

List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1964
Ship Country Description
Star of Alexandria  Egypt The cargo ship exploded and sank at Bône, Algeria, killing at least twenty people and injuring at least 165 others.[24]

August

4 August

List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1964
Ship Country Description
USS Spikefish  United States Navy The decommissioned Balao-class auxiliary submarine was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean off Long Island, New York.

6 August

List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1964
Ship Country Description
Guernsey Coast  United Kingdom The coaster collided with Catcher ( Liberia) 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Cherbourg, France and sank. One crewman reported missing.[25]

25 August

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1964
Ship Country Description
Kenya  United Kingdom The tug collided with Maarshaven ( Netherlands) and sank at Tilbury, Essex, United Kingdom. Later raised and beached.[26]

September

5 September

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1964
Ship Country Description
Dorar  Liberia The cargo ship foundered at Hong Kong during Typhoon Ruby with the loss of eleven crew.[27]
Southern Paul  United Kingdom This former coastal minesweeper was acting as a port auxiliary craft in Leith Harbour, South Georgia when she capsized and sank due to the accumulation of snow and ice on deck
Southern Peter  United Kingdom This former coastal minesweeper was acting as a port auxiliary craft in Leith Harbour, South Georgia when she capsized and sank due to the accumulation of snow and ice on deck

6 September

List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1964
Ship Country Description
Leecliffe Hall  Canada The bulk carrier collided with Apollonia ( Greece) and sank with the loss of three crew. Amongst her eight passengers was Maurice Bourget PC, Speaker of the Canadian Senate. All passengers were rescued.[28]

14 September

List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1964
Ship Country Description
Avalon  United States Foundered in a storm off Palos Verdes, California.

17 September

List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1964
Ship Country Description
Penn Carrier  United States The cargo ship ran aground in the Suez Canal.[29]

18 September

List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1964
Ship Country Description
Trentbank  United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with Fogo ( Portugal) and was flooded.[30]

20 September

List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1964
Ship Country Description
Eastern Take  United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with a Japanese tanker off Nagoya, Japan. The Tanker sank with the loss of seven crew.[31]
Kaptjan Nielsen  Denmark The dredger capsized and sank at Brisbane, Australia. Seven crew were killed and two reported as missing.[32]

25 September

List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1964
Ship Country Description
Oriental  United Kingdom The cargo ship was driven aground at Satsuma, Kagoshima, Japan during Typhoon Wilda. All crew were rescued.[33]

29 September

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1964
Ship Country Description
Livanita  Norway The bulk carrier ran aground in the Clyde at Scotstoun, Glasgow, United Kingdom.[34] Refloated on 6 October.[35]
Sycamore Hill  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the Bosporus, Turkey.[36] Refloated 2 October.[37]

October

7 October

List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1964
Ship Country Description
USS Barbero  United States Navy The decommissioned Balao-class guided-missile submarine was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, by USS Greenfish ( United States Navy).

14 October

List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1964
Ship Country Description
Dia  Panama Developed a leak and sank south of Savona, Italy (44°12′N 08°38′E / 44.200°N 8.633°E / 44.200; 8.633).
Doris  Netherlands The cargo ship was driven ashore in a storm at Naples, Italy. She capsized and sank.[38]

18 October

List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1964
Ship Country Description
Tulipan  Spain The cargo ship ran aground on the Monach Islands, Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom. Thirteen of her fourteen crew were rescued by a Royal Air Force helicopter.[39]

25 October

List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1964
Ship Country Description
Capetan Vanghelis  Liberia The cargo ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. Refloated after six hours by a tug and the Ramsgate lifeboat.[40]

28 October

List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1964
Ship Country Description
Magdeburg  West Germany Sank after a collision with Yamashiro Maru ( Japan), off Broadness Point, Northfleet, Kent. Later raised and sold,[41] but sank whilst under tow in Bay of Biscay whilst being delivered to her new Greek owners.

29 October

List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1964
Ship Country Description
Tjokroaminoto  Indonesia The cargo ship sank in Amsterdam Harbour, Netherlands after her cargo of copra caught fire.[42]

November

20 November

List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1964
Ship Country Description
Pompadour  Panama The cargo ship ran aground in the South China Sea, some 70 nautical miles (130 km) west of Palawan, Philippines. Salvonia ( United Kingdom) sent to her rescue, but also ran aground whilst towing Pompadour. Both crews rescued by HMS Zest ( Royal Navy).[43]

24 November

List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1964
Ship Country Description
USS Sea Devil  United States Navy The decommissioned Balao-class auxiliary submarine was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off Southern California.

26 November

List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1964
Ship Country Description
Stolt Dagali  Norway The edible products tanker was cut in half in a collision with the ocean liner/cruise ship Shalom ( Israel) in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (58 miles; 92 km) from New York City, killing 19 of her 44 crew members. Her stern section sank, but her bow section remained afloat.

29 November

List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1964
Ship Country Description
Agios Nikolaos Y  Greece The cargo ship exploded and sank off Peniche, Portugal. Crew rescued by the tanker Fogo ( Portugal).[44]

December

1 December

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1964
Ship Country Description
Fury  Panama The cargo ship was driven ashore at Wedge Island, Nova Scotia, Canada in a storm. She was declared a constructive total loss.[45]

2 December

List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1964
Ship Country Description
Acadia Seahawk  Canada The trawler sank at 43°30′N 61°10′W / 43.500°N 61.167°W / 43.500; -61.167.[46]

7 December

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1964
Ship Country Description
Scantic  Denmark Foundered in Saint George's Channel, United Kingdom.

12 December

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1964
Ship Country Description
Deutschland  West Germany The coaster collided with Vera ( Norway) in the Lower Elbe and sank with the loss of four crew.[47]
Yewcroft  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at IJmuiden, Netherlands.[47]
Fury  Canada The cargo ship lost her steering gear and was driven ashore at Canso, Nova Scotia.[48]

13 December

List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1964
Ship Country Description
Tjoba  Netherlands The coaster capsized and sank in the Rhine at Sankt Goar, West Germany. The ship was raised after eight day when it was discovered that the ship's cat had survived in an air pocket. He was taken to a vet in Koblenz for treatment.[49]

21 December

List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1964
Ship Country Description
San Patrick  Liberia The cargo ship, converted T2 tanker,[50] ran aground on Udak Island, Alaska, United States with the loss of over 30 crew.[51]

22 December

List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1964
Ship Country Description
North Wind  Denmark The coaster was driven ashore at Preston, Devon, United Kingdom. Crew rescued by breeches buoy.[52]

23 December

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1964
Ship Country Description
HMCyS Vijaya  Royal Ceylon Navy The Algerine-class minesweeper ran aground during a cyclone in the Gulf of Mannar.[53]

27 December

List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1964
Ship Country Description
Smith Voyager  United States The cargo sank under tow in the South Atlantic.[54] She had been disabled on 21 December following a shift in her cargo of grain.[51] She foundered due to the rupturing of a seam.[54] Four crew drowned,[55] the remaining crew were rescued by a United States Coast Guard cutter.[54]

28 December

List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1964
Ship Country Description
Southbank  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground off Washington Island, Kiribati[56] and broke in Two.[57] The crew abandoned ship but one was drowned and two injured. USCGC Winnebago ( United States Coast Guard) sent to her aid.[56] Winnebago rescued 103 passengers and crew the next day.[57]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1964
Ship Country Description
Thorium  United Kingdom The ICI coaster ran aground on Knot Spit, Lancashire in 1964 and was refloated six days later.[58]
Charles A. Dunning  Canada Sank.

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See also

Ship events in 1964
Ship launches: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
Ship commissionings: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
Ship decommissionings: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
Shipwrecks: 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
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