List of shipwrecks in 1965

The list of shipwrecks in 1965 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1965.

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1965
Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr
May	Jun	Jul	Aug
Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Unknown date

January

1 January

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1965

Ship	Country	Description
Catala	Canada	Catala, 1976 The passenger ship was wrecked in a storm at Ocean Shores, Washington, United States.

22 January

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1965

Ship	Country	Description
Hindsia	United Kingdom	The tanker ran aground in the Oslo Fjord, Norway.[1] Refloated 1 February.[2]

24 January

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1965

Ship	Country	Description
San Nicola	Liberia	The cargo ship sank in the Pacific 750 nautical miles (1,390 km) north west of Honolulu, Hawaii. All 30 crew rescued by Maria and taken to Japan.[3]

25 January

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1965

Ship	Country	Description
Queen Elizabeth	United Kingdom	The ocean liner ran aground off Cherbourg, France but was refloated undamaged shortly afterwards.[4]

29 January

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1965

Ship	Country	Description
Congo Moko	Belgium	Collided with Kongsvang ( Norway) in the River Scheldt near Vlissingen. Repaired and returned to service.[5]

31 January

List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1965

Ship	Country	Description
Rascisce	Yugoslavia	The cargo ship sank in the Ionian Sea, all 30 crew rescued.[6]

February

13 February

List of shipwrecks: 13 February 1965

Ship	Country	Description
Spyros Amrenakis	Greece	2,065 ton collier wrecked on Nolleplaat sandbank, of Flushing.

17 February

List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1965

Ship	Country	Description
Normanner	Norway	Became stranded and sank on a voyage from Kopervik and Kristiansund.[5]

19 February

List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1965

Ship	Country	Description
Sophocles	Netherlands	The cargo ship's cargo of fertilizer caught fire. The ship later capsized and sank in the Atlantic, with three of her 44 crew reported missing. Ulysees ( Netherlands) rescued the other 41 crew.[7]

28 February

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1965

Ship	Country	Description
Tristein	Norway	Wrecked at Rolvsøy.[5]

March

11 March

List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1965

Ship	Country	Description
Master Elias	Liberia	Stranded on Burias Island, Philippines. Refloated 15 March and towed to Manila, where sold for scrapping.[5]

19 March

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1965

Ship	Country	Description
Roland L	Belgium	Collided at Antwerp with Santos ( Sweden) and sank. Raised on 26 March, repaired and returned to service in July 1965.[8]

27 March

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1965

Ship	Country	Description
Nora	Norway	The tanker collided with Otto N. Miller ( Liberia) in the English Channel. Both ships caught fire and there was a large spill of oil.[9]

29 March

List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1965

Ship	Country	Description
Katharina Kolkmann	West Germany	The cargo ship collided with Gannet ( United Kingdom): and sank in the English Channel 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off Folkestone, Kent with the loss of one of the fifteen crew.[10]

April

5 April

List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1965

Ship	Country	Description
Nan An	Panama	The cargo ship ran aground off Hong Kong and broke up. All 41 crew rescued.[11]

6 April

List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1965

Ship	Country	Description
Cagliari	Italy	The cargo ship ran aground in the River Thames and Gravesend, Kent in fog.[12]

11 April

List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1965

Ship	Country	Description
Transatlantic	West Germany	The cargo ship collided with Hermes ( Netherlands) and sank in the Saint Lawrence River, Canada. One of her fourteen crew was killed and two were reported missing.[13]

13 April

List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1965

Ship	Country	Description
Bremerhaven	West Germany	The passenger ship capsized and sank at Bremerhaven.[14]

30 April

List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1965

Ship	Country	Description
King Abdelaziz	Saudi Arabia	Ran aground 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) west of Jeddah. Refloated on 3 May.[5]

May

7 May

List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1965

Ship	Country	Description
Kitak	Norway	The sealer foundered in the Norwegian Sea. She was on a voyage from the West Ice to Ålesund.
Cedarville	United States	The bulk carrier sank after colliding with SS Topdalsfjord ( Norway) in the Straits of Mackinac one nautical mile (1.15 miles; 1.85 km) east of the Mackinac Bridge, killing 10 of her 35 crew members.

10 May

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1965

Ship	Country	Description
Tassia	Greece	The cargo ship sank in the Atlantic.[15]

23 May

List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1965

Ship	Country	Description
Heimvard	Norway	The tanker exploded and caught fire at Mururan, Japan. Three of her crew were killed, 22 were injured, five others reported missing.[16]

28 May

List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1965

Ship	Country	Description
La Salle flag unknown		The ship struck the Grunes de L’Ouest rocks (49.29209N 02.39333W) between Guernsey and Jersey Channel Islands. 40 people were rescued by the Guernsey lifeboat.[17]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1965

Ship	Country	Description
Yousuf Baksh	Pakistan	Caught fire in the English Channel, a total loss.[18]

June

4 June

List of shipwrecks: 4 June 1965

Ship	Country	Description
Pendennis Castle	United Kingdom	The ocean liner ran aground in Southampton Water. Refloated undamaged after 4½ hours.[19]

6 June

List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1965

Ship	Country	Description
Luisa	Italy	The tanker exploded and caught fire at Bandar Mashar, Iran, killing 30 of her 41 crew, and two others onshore. The ship capsized and sank in shallow water.[20]

8 June

List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1965

Ship	Country	Description
Shelley	United Kingdom	332 ton collier sank in Belfast Lough.

July

1 July

List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1965

Ship	Country	Description
Thrasyvoulos	Greece	The liberty ship sank in the Arabian Sea off Abd al Kuri, South Yemen. Crew abandoned ship and landed on the island, from where their distress calls were answered by RAF Shackleton aircraft and HMS Zulu ( Royal Navy).[21]

13 July

List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1965

Ship	Country	Description
HMS Tiptoe	Royal Navy	The T-class submarine collided with HMS Yarmouth ( Royal Navy) in the English Channel 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of Portland Bill, Dorset.

18 July

List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1965

Ship	Country	Description
USS Frank Knox	United States Navy	USS Frank Knox aground. The Gearing-class destroyer ran aground in the South China on Pratas Reef in the Pratas Islands. She was salvaged, repaired and eventually returned to service.

20 July

List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1965

Ship	Country	Description
Napier Star	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground off Bahia Potrero, Uruguay. Refloated on 18 August but declared a constructive total loss. Scrapped in February 1966.[22]

August

2 August

List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1965

Ship	Country	Description
Meiko Maru	Japan	The tanker collided with Arizona ( United States) 100 nautical miles (190 km) south of Tokyo and sank with the loss of 18 crew.[23]

15 August

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1965

Ship	Country	Description
Janequeo	Chilean Navy	The tug sank during a storm in the Bay of Manquemapu, 60 nautical miles (69 miles; 111 km) south of Corral, Chile, with the loss of 51 men while trying to assist Leucotón, which had run aground.

23 August

List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1965

Ship	Country	Description
Kathe Niederkirchner	East Germany	The cargo ship ran aground on Muckle Skerry, in the Pentland Firth, Scotland. All fifty on board survived.[24]

30 August

List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1965

Ship	Country	Description
Arsinoe	France	Stranded on the Scarborough Reef (15°10′N 117°40′E / 15.167°N 117.667°E). Broke in two on 2 September and sank.[25]

September

7 September

List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1965

Ship	Country	Description
Amaryllis	Panama	The cargo ship ran aground at Riviera Beach, Florida, overnight on 7-8 September during Hurricane Betsy. Later refloated and scuttled in August 1968 to form an artificial reef.

9 September

List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1965

Ship	Country	Description
Aeakos	Greece	The cargo ship ran aground in the South China Sea north west of Borneo (5°07′N 112°33′E / 5.117°N 112.550°E) and abandoned. She was seized by pirates on 5 December and salvage efforts were abandoned.[22]
Bowqueen	United Kingdom	The dredger capsized and sank off Clacton-on-Sea, Essex with the loss of four of her seven crew.[26]

22 September

List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1965

Ship	Country	Description
Tactician	United Kingdom	The cargo ship caught fire off Canvey Island, Essex whilst laden with explosives. Ship flooded during firefighting operations.[27]

26 September

List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1965

Ship	Country	Description
Albin Köbis	Volksmarine	The decommissioned training ship was sunk as a target off Rosenort.[28]
Nadezhda Krupskaya	Soviet Union	The cruise ship ran aground off Stockholm, Sweden. All 94 passengers returned to Stockholm by a Swedish ship.[29]

28 September

List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1965

Ship	Country	Description
Sir Joseph Rawlinson	United Kingdom	Sank after a collision with a hopper barge. Ten crew were rescued by the tug Danube VIII, but nine others died.[30] Raised in 1966.[18]

30 September

List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1965

Ship	Country	Description
Transcaribbean	United States	The Victory ship was driven ashore at Bermuda in a storm.[31]

October

6 October

List of shipwrecks: 6 October 1965

Ship	Country	Description
Dina	Denmark	The Coaster ran aground off the Mull of Kintyre, Scotland. Refloated the next day.[32]

8 October

List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1965

Ship	Country	Description
Normanby Hall	United Kingdom	The coaster sank in Belfast Lough. All crew rescued.[33]
Cities Service Baltimore	United States	The tanker ran aground in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts.[34]

11 October

List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1965

Ship	Country	Description
Nerée	France	The coaster sank 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Cherbourg, the loss of six of her 25 crew.[35]

18 October

List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1965

Ship	Country	Description
Marlin	Liberia	Foundered after cargo shifted, 120 nautical miles (220 km) east of Cape Fear, North Carolina.

November

2 November

List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1965

Ship	Country	Description
Panagathos	Greece	The liberty ship ran aground north of Ameland, Friesland, the Netherlands and was wrecked. All 33 crew rescued.[36]

8 November

List of shipwrecks: 8 November 1965

Ship	Country	Description
Bianca Venture	Liberia	The cargo ship ran aground 40 nautical miles (74 km) north of Mukho, South Korea (38°09′N 128°36′E / 38.150°N 128.600°E). She broke in two three days later, a total loss.[22]

13 November

List of shipwrecks: 13 November 1965

Ship	Country	Description
Yarmouth Castle		( Panama): 5,002 ton Passenger liner, due to onboard fire off coast of Miami, Florida. 90 fatalities.

18 November

List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1965

Ship	Country	Description
Blue Fin	Spain	The cargo ship sank in the Bay of Biscay whilst under tow following the loss of her rudder. The accident was caused by her cargo shifting.
Beverwijk 30	Netherlands	The dredger ran aground off Tynemouth, Northumberland, United Kingdom. Refloated on 6 February 1966.[37]

19 November

List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1965

Ship	Country	Description
Banora	Morocco	The cargo ship foundered while under tow off Cape Villano, Spain.[38]

24 November

List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1965

Ship	Country	Description
Santa Kyriaki	Liberia	2,958 ton cargo ship beached south of IJmuiden, Netherlands. Refloated 8 March 1966 but declared a constructive total loss. Scrapped in July 1966.
Ping An	Liberia	The cargo ship was driven ashore at Ter Heijde, Netherlands. All 49 crew rescued.[39] The ship was declared at constructive total loss and scrapped in situ.[40]

December

17 December

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1965

Ship	Country	Description
Noemi	Lebanon	Ran aground at Masirah, Oman. Declared a constructive total loss.

24 December

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1965

Ship	Country	Description
Gertrud C Ertel	West Germany	The cargo ship ran aground at Falsterbo, Sweden and broke in two. Declared a constructive total loss. Refloated in July 1968, cargo discharged and subsequently scrapped the following month.[22]

30 December

List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1965

Ship	Country	Description
Singo	Norway	The coastal tanker collided with Fina Two ( Belgium) and sank in the Scheldt with the loss of four crew.[41]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1965

Ship	Country	Description
Khersones	Soviet Union	708 GRT coastal tanker sunk as a target in the Black Sea.

References

1. "Tanker Aground in Norway" The Times (London). Monday, 25 January 1965. (56228), col E, p. 10.
2. "Telegrams in Brief" The Times (London). Tuesday, 2 February 1965. (56235), col D, p. 11.
3. "Liberian Ship Sinks" The Times (London). Monday, 25 January 1965. (56228), col G, p. 10.
4. "Queen Elizabeth Liner Aground" The Times (London). Tuesday, 26 January 1965. (56229), col D, p. 12.
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11. "Helicopters Save 41 Shipwrecked Men" The Times (London). Tuesday, 6 April 1965. (56289), col B, p. 9.
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13. "Sunken Ship Delays Traffic in St. Lawrence Channel" The Times (London). Monday, 12 April 1965. (56294), col C, p. 10.
14. "Pleasure Ship Capsizes in Harbour" The Times (London). Wednesday, 14 April 1965. (56296), col A, p. 9.
15. "Greek Ship Reported Lost in Atlantic" The Times (London). Tuesday, 11 May 1965. (56318), col D, p. 12.
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30. "Ship Sinks in Fog: Nine Lost" The Times (London). Wednesday, 29 September 1965. (56439), col C, p. 10.
31. "Freak Storm Hits Bermuda" The Times (London). Friday, 1 October 1965. (56441), col F, p. 10.
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See also

Ship events in 1965
Ship launches:	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970
Ship commissionings:	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970
Ship decommissionings:	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970
Shipwrecks:	1960	1961	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970