List of shipwrecks in 1967

The list of shipwrecks in 1967 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1967.

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1967
Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr
May	Jun	Jul	Aug
Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Unknown date

January

1 January

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1967

Ship	Country	Description
Refrigerator 10	Soviet Union	The reefer ship sank in the Bering Strait 35 nautical miles (65 km) north on Unimak Island, Alaska, United States with the loss of five of her 79 crew.[1]

2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1967

Ship	Country	Description
Bjoern Lohse	West Germany	Caught fire at Lisbon, constructive total loss, scrapped in March 1967.[2]

4 January

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1967

Ship	Country	Description
Bluebird	United Kingdom	The hydroplane crashed on Coniston Water during an attempt on the world water speed record, killing its pilot, Donald Campbell.

9 January

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1967

Ship	Country	Description
Jamaica Bay	United States	The dredger was mined by the Viet Cong and sank in the Mekong River, 45 nautical miles (83 km) north of Saigon, Vietnam.[3]
HMS Amphion	Royal Navy	The Amphion-class submarine collided with Timbarra ( Australia), sustaining slight damage.[4]

10 January

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1967

Ship	Country	Description
Parmarina	Lebanon	The cargo ship was wrecked in the South China Sea off Keelung, Taiwan (25°10′N 121°43′E / 25.167°N 121.717°E).[5]

11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1967

Ship	Country	Description
Audacity	United Kingdom	The coastal tanker ran aground near the Terschelling Bank Light Vessel. Refloated on 21 January, repaired and returned to service.

13 January

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1967

Ship	Country	Description
Nelson B	Canada	The sailing ship struck a submerged object at 44°00′N 66°18′W / 44.000°N 66.300°W and sank.[6][7]

17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1967

Ship	Country	Description
Elias K	Greece	The cargo ship ran aground in the Farasan Islands (16°23′N 41°48′E / 16.383°N 41.800°E). Refloated on 24 January. Subsequently declared a constructive total loss and scrapped in December 1967.[5]

21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1967

Ship	Country	Description
Jacob Verolme	Netherlands	The bulk ore carrier exploded and sank 120 nautical miles (220 km) off Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain with the loss of one of her 48 crew.[8]

23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1967

Ship	Country	Description
Constantia 2	United Kingdom	The tanker was carrying fresh water on route to Gibraltar when she struck the Les Casquets reef in a storm, all crew were rescued, the ship broke her back. [9] [10]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1967

Ship	Country	Description
Sir Winston Churchill	United Kingdom	The schooner sank at Southampton, Hampshire. Later pumped out, refloated and returned to service.[11]

February

21 February

List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1967

Ship	Country	Description
Cape Bonnie	Canada	The coaster ran aground at 44°26′N 63°42′W / 44.433°N 63.700°W and was wrecked.[12]

27 February

List of shipwrecks: 27 February 1967

Ship	Country	Description
Farringford	United Kingdom	The passenger ferry ran aground at Lymington, Hampshire during a gale. Later refloated and returned to service.[13]

28 February

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1967

Ship	Country	Description
Tukan	Soviet Union	The factory ship foundered 15 nautical miles (28 km) north of Hanstholm, Denmark with the loss of 57 of her 79 crew.[14]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1967

Ship	Country	Description
Roma Um	Argentina	Caught fire and beached at Belém, Brazil.[15]

March

8 March

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1967

Ship	Country	Description
Laura Scotti	Italy	Capsized and aground off Caparica, Portugal.[2]

12 March

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1967

Ship	Country	Description
Balmoral	Liberia	The collier ran aground in the Weser Estuary, West Germany. She broke in two on 5 April, a total loss.
Dias	Liberia	The cargo ship sank off Portugal. All crew saved.[16]

14 March

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1967

Ship	Country	Description
Kolno	Poland	Collided with Østbornholm ( Denmark) in the Odense River.

18 March

List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1967

Ship	Country	Description
Torrey Canyon	United Kingdom	Ran aground on Pollard's Rock in the Seven Stones reef between the Cornish mainland and the Isles of Scilly, loaded with 120,000 tonnes of crude oil. The vessel released 32 Million gallons of oil much of which washed up on the Cornish coast.[17]

20 March

List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1967

Ship	Country	Description
Labuan Bay	Panama	The cargo ship ran aground on Bancoran Island, Borneo and caught fire. Refloated 24 March and towed to Manila, Philippines. After a further fire on 11 July, the ship was scrapped in November 1967

24 March

List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1967

Ship	Country	Description
Myalls	Canada	The coaster caught fire and sank off Shelburne Harbour.[18]

April

11 April

List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1967

Ship	Country	Description
USS Walter X. Young	United States Navy	The decommissioned Crosley-class high-speed transport was sunk as a target during missile-firing tests.

28 April

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1967

Ship	Country	Description
Costa Rican Trader	Liberia	The cargo ship ran aground in Halibut Bay, Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada and was wrecked.[19]

June

2 June

List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1967

Ship	Country	Description
Essberger Chemist	West Germany	The chemical tanker exploded and caught fire 250 nautical miles (460 km) south of the Azores, Portugal. All 40 crew rescued by an American ship.[20]

8 June

List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1967

Ship	Country	Description
Magd	Egypt	Six-Day War: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Suez Canal by Israeli Air Force aircraft. Wreck cleared in 1975 to enable the canal to be re-opened.[5] USS Liberty.
USS Liberty	United States Navy	Six-Day War: The Belmont-class technical research ship was attacked by Israeli Air Force aircraft and Israeli Navy torpedo boats in the Mediterranean Sea north of the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt. She was declared a constructive total loss and was consequently scrapped.

9 June

List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1967

Ship	Country	Description
Northern Venture	Panama	Ran aground off Okinawa, declared a total loss. Ship was scrapped.

17 June

List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1967

Ship	Country	Description
Pearl of Victory		The cargo ship was wrecked on a reef in the Red Sea.

24 June

List of shipwrecks: 24 June 1967

Ship	Country	Description
Essberger Chemist	West Germany	the chemical tanker was torpedoed by HMS Dreadnought ( Royal Navy) and finished off by shelling from HMS Salisbury ( Royal Navy) at the request of her owners.[21]

July

13 July

List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1967

Ship	Country	Description
President Garcia	Philippines	The cargo ship ran aground in Saints Bay, Guernsey, Channel Islands.[22] Refloated on 20 July.[23] [24]

17 July

List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1967

Ship	Country	Description
Jamhuri	Zanzibar	The coaster ran aground off Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. All 200 passengers taken off by other vessels.[25]

18 July

List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1967

Ship	Country	Description
New York News	Canada	The sailing ship foundered off Pugwash, Nova Scotia.[26]

26 July

List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1967

Ship	Country	Description
Sir Winston Churchill	United Kingdom	The schooner ran aground at the entrance to Holyhead Harbour, Anglesey, refloated later that day.[11]

August

11 August

List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1967

Ship	Country	Description
British Lantern	United Kingdom	The tanker ran aground in the Schelde at Borssele, Zeeland, the Netherlands.[27] Later refloated by numerous tugs.[28]

14 August

List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1967

Ship	Country	Description
USS Scurry	United States Navy	The decommissioned Admirable-class minesweeper was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean off the Virginia Capes.

24 August

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1967

Ship	Country	Description
Hubert R Smith	Canada	The coaster caught fire and sank in the Bay of Fundy.[29]

27 August

List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1967

Ship	Country	Description
Aristos	Greece	collided with Linde ( Norway) and sank 16 nautical miles (30 km) off Beachy Head, England. All eighteen crew were saved by Linde.[30]

29 August

List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1967

Ship	Country	Description
Cucciolo	Italy	wrecked off Pantellaria Island.[2]

September

4 September

List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1967

Ship	Country	Description
North American	United States	The retired cargo ship sank while under tow in the Atlantic Ocean off Massachusetts, 25 nautical miles (29 miles; 46 km) northeast of Nantucket Light.

5 September

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1967

Ship	Country	Description
Amfitriti	Hellenic Navy	The decommissioned Gato-class submarine was sunk as a target in the Mediterranean Sea by United States Sixth Fleet vessels ( United States Navy).

6 September

List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1967

Ship	Country	Description
R C Stoner	United States	The tanker ran aground at Wake Island, one of the United States Minor Outlying Islands.[31]

16 September

List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1967

Ship	Country	Description
Kowloon No.1	Hong Kong	Ran aground at Hachinohe, Japan (40°32′N 141°33′E / 40.533°N 141.550°E). Refloated 7 October but declared a constructive total loss. Scrapped in June 1968.

18 September

List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1967

Ship	Country	Description
Regency	United Kingdom	The salvage vessel exploded and sank off the Wolf Rock, Isles of Scilly whilst undertaking salvage operations on the wreck of HMS Association ( Royal Navy): Her five crew were rescued by trawler Roimage ( France).[32]
Merchantman	United Kingdom	The tug sank 85 nautical miles (157 km) east of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire after colliding with the drilling rig Ocean Prince.[33]

October

9 October

List of shipwrecks: 9 October 1967

Ship	Country	Description
Panoceanic Faith	United States	The Type C2-S-AJ1 cargo ship foundered off Alaska with the loss of all 42 crew.[34]

10 October

List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1967

Ship	Country	Description
USS Harveson	United States Navy	The decommissioned Edsall-class destroyer escort was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off California.

12 October

List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1967

Ship	Country	Description
Statue of Liberty	Liberia	The tanker ran aground off the north coast of Kent, United Kingdom.[35]

17 October

List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1967

Ship	Country	Description
Nagusena	Panama	The cargo ship sank in the North Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Esbjerg, Denmark.[5]

21 October

List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1967

Ship	Country	Description
INS Eilat	Israeli Navy	The Z-class destroyer was struck by two Styx missiles launched from a Komar-class missile boat ( Egyptian Navy) and sank with the loss of 47 of her 199 crew.

24 October

List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1967

Ship	Country	Description
Abbott	Canada	The sailing ship caught fire and sank in the George's Bank area of the Gulf of Maine.[36]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1967

Ship	Country	Description
Roma Um	Argentina	Refloated, having been aground at Belém, Brazil since February, but capsized and sank.[15]

November

3 November

List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1967

Ship	Country	Description
Habib Marikar	Hong Kong	The cargo ship was wrecked when her engine failed during Typhoon Emma. All but one of her 44 crew were rescued by USS Navarro ( United States Navy) before the ship was driven ashore at Lincoln Island, Paracel Islands.

5 November

List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1967

Ship	Country	Description
El Hasani	Morocco	The cargo ship caught fire on her maiden voyage off Southampton, United Kingdom. All but two crew taken off by a Swedish tanker.[37]
Rethi Moller	West Germany	The coaster was driven ashore at Penmaenmawr, Caernarvonshire.[38]

14 November

List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1967

Ship	Country	Description
USS Guavina	United States Navy	The decommissioned Balao-class submarine was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Henry, Virginia, by a Mark 16 torpedo fired by the submarine USS Cubera ( United States Navy).

December

1 December

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1967

Ship	Country	Description
Irving Beech	Canada	ran aground off New Waterford, Nova Scotia with tanker Lubrolake ( Canada and a barge. All three vessels lost.

6 December

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1967

Ship	Country	Description
Pitsa	Panama	sank off Socotra Island, Yemen.

13 December

List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1967

Ship	Country	Description
Joseph Okito	Zaire	Ran aground in the Congo River, Boma. Refloated 9 January 1968.[2]

20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1967

Ship	Country	Description
USS Fessenden	United States Navy	The decommissioned Edsall-class destroyer escort was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

31 December

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1967

Ship	Country	Description
Advance	West Germany	The coaster ran aground at Hoek van Holland, Zuid Holland, the Netherlands. All eight crew saved.[39]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1967

Ship	Country	Description
USS Oracle	United States Navy	The decommissioned Auk-class minesweeper was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean by United States Pacific Fleet forces in the winter of 1967.
Turisten	Norway	The lake steamer was scuttled in the lake Femsjøen, Norway. The wreck was raised in 1997 and restored, work being completed in 2009.[40]

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See also

Ship events in 1967
Ship launches:	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972
Ship commissionings:	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972
Ship decommissionings:	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972
Shipwrecks:	1962	1963	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972

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