List of shipwrecks in 1968

The list of shipwrecks in 1968 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1968.

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1968
Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec
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January

7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1968
Ship Country Description
USS Abercrombie  United States Navy The decommissioned John C. Butler-class destroyer escort was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off San Diego, California, by the ships and aircraft of the USS Bon Homme Richard carrier battle group ( United States Navy).

9 January

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1968
Ship Country Description
USCGC Coos Bay  United States Coast Guard
Coos Bay sinking.
The decommissioned Casco-class cutter was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean 120 nautical miles (220 km) off the coast of Virginia by the guided-missile destroyer USS Claude V. Ricketts (DDG-5) ( United States Navy), one other U.S. Navy ship, and 35 aircraft.

11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1968
Ship Country Description
St Romanus  United Kingdom The trawler issued a mayday on this date which was heard but not responded to. Lost with all twenty crew.

12 January

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1968
Ship Country Description
HMS Artemis  Royal Navy The Amphion-class submarine ran aground off Bembridge, Isle of Wight. Refloated on 14 January.[1][2]

15 January

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1968
Ship Country Description
Cessnock  United Kingdom The dredger capsized and sank in the River Clyde during a storm. Three crew were killed.[3]

22 January

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1968
Ship Country Description
Elpis  Greece Sank between Ameland and Schiermonnikoog, Netherlands.

23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1968
Ship Country Description
INS Dakar  Israeli Navy The submarine disappeared on her delivery voyage to Israel. Claims that Assyout ( Egyptian Navy) sank her with depth charges are disputed by Israel.

26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1968
Ship Country Description
Kingston Peridot  United Kingdom The trawler was last reported off Iceland on this date, lost with all twenty crew.

27 January

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1968
Ship Country Description
Minerve  French Navy The Daphné-class submarine sank in the Mediterranean Sea about 25 nautical miles (29 miles; 46 km) from Toulon, France, with the loss of her entire crew of 52.

February

4 February

List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1968
Ship Country Description
Ross Cleveland  United Kingdom The trawler capsized and sank off Isafjordur, Iceland with the loss of eighteen of her nineteen crew.

5 February

List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1968
Ship Country Description
Pacific Fir  Hong Kong The cargo ship sprang a leak in the South China Sea 75 nautical miles (139 km) east of Tai Tung, Taiwan. (22°37′N 121°42′E / 22.617°N 121.700°E / 22.617; 121.700) and was abandoned. Beached at Koto Soh but broke in two, a total loss.[4]

19 February

List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1968
Ship Country Description
Capitaine Frangos  Panama The cargo ship sank after colliding with an undentified ship at the entrance to the Dardanelles, Turkey. Fifteen of her twenty crew were killed.[5]

20 February

List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1968
Ship Country Description
USS Saufley  United States Navy The decommissioned Fletcher-class destroyer was sunk as a target off Key West, Florida.

25 February

List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1968
Ship Country Description
British Crusader  United Kingdom The tanker ran aground in the Panama Canal, blocking it.[6]

26 February

List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1968
Ship Country Description
Shozan Maru  Japan the bulk carrier struck a rock in the Panama Canal and sank. Refloated the following day.[7]

March

1 March

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1968
Ship Country Description
USS Bayonne  United States Navy The decommissioned Tacoma-class patrol frigate was sunk as a target.

3 March

List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1968
Ship Country Description
Ocean Eagle  Liberia
USS Preserver with the sunken Ocean Eagle off Puerto Rico, 1968.
The tanker ran aground at San Juan, Puerto Rico. Later broke in two, a total loss.[8]

6 March

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1968
Ship Country Description
Antonios Michalos  Greece The cargo ship struck a submerged object at Brăila, Romania and ran aground. Refloated but declared a constructive total loss and scrapped in May 1969.[4]

8 March

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1968
Ship Country Description
K-129  Soviet Navy The Golf II-class ballistic missile submarine sank in the Pacific Ocean 90 nautical miles (104 miles; 167 km) southwest of Hawaii with the loss of all 98 crew members.[9]

10 March

List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1968
Ship Country Description
Hi Krooyer  Denmark The coaster sank 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of Sule Skerry, Orkney Islands following and on-board explosion. One of her five crew was killed.[10]

16 March

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1968
Ship Country Description
SS African Star  United States The freighter collided with the towing vessel MV Midwest Cities ( United States) and her barge Intercity No. 11 on the Misisisippi River. The ensuing conflagration resulted in the deaths of 15 crew and two passengers.[11]

20 March

List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1968
Ship Country Description
Elisabethville  Belgium Caught fire at Antwerp, declared a constructive total loss. Scrapped in January 1969.[12]

April

2 April

List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1968
Ship Country Description
Jordaens  Belgium Ran aground on North Sand Head, Goodwin Sands. Refloated later that day.[13]

10 April

List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1968
Ship Country Description
TEV Wahine  New Zealand
Salvage of TEV Wahine
The New Zealand inter-island ro-ro ferry of the Union Company, foundered on Barrett Reef at the entrance to Wellington Harbour and capsized near Steeple Rock. Of the 610 passengers and 123 crew on board, 53 were killed.

30 April

List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1968
Ship Country Description
Brandaris  Netherlands The coaster sank in the Bay of Biscay 80 nautical miles (150 km) west of the mouth of the Gironde. All crew rescued by a Spanish trawler.[14]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date April 1968
Ship Country Description
USS Motive  United States Navy The decommissioned Auk-class minesweeper was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean by elements of the United States Pacific Fleet.

May

6 May

List of shipwrecks: 6 May 1968
Ship Country Description
Islas Orcadas  Argentina The tanker exploded, caught fire and sank at Ensenada. The explosion spread burning oil which set tankers Fray Luis Beltran and Cutral Co (both  Argentina) on fire, both ships sank.[15]

10 May

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1968
Ship Country Description
Gero Miklaos  Greece The cargo ship ran aground in a cyclone at Akyab, Burma and broke up, a total loss.[4]

21 May

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date May 1968
Ship Country Description
USS Scorpion  United States Navy
Bow section of Scorpion on the ocean bottom, photographed by the bathyscaphe Trieste II.
The Skipjack-class submarine sank in the Atlantic Ocean about 400 nautical miles (460 miles, 740 km) southwest of the Azores on or after this date with the loss of her entire crew of 99.

June

14 June

List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1968
Ship Country Description
World Glory  Greece The tanker broke in two off the coast of Natal in a storm. Both sections sank.[16]

30 June

List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1968
Ship Country Description
Riachuelo  Brazilian Navy The Gato-class submarine was sunk as a target on or about this date.

July

9 July

List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1968
Ship Country Description
Humaitá  Brazilian Navy The Gato-class submarine was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean off Long Island, New York, United States by United States Navy vessels.

19 July

List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1968
Ship Country Description
Magsaysay  Philippines The cargo ship caught fire in the South China Sea off South Korea and was abandoned. She was towed into Pusan but declared a constructive total loss and consequently scrapped.[4]

23 July

August

14 August

List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1968
Ship Country Description
USS Devilfish  United States Navy
The sinking of Devilfish.
The decommissioned Balao-class submarine was sunk as a target by a Mark 16 MOD 8 torpedo fired by the submarine USS Wahoo (SS-565) ( United States Navy) in the Pacific Ocean off San Francisco, California, at 37°05′N 124°08′W / 37.083°N 124.133°W / 37.083; -124.133 ("USS Devilfish (SS-292)").

17 August

List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1968
Ship Country Description
USS Traw  United States Navy The decommissioned John C. Butler-class destroyer escort was sunk as a gunnery target off Baja California, Mexico, by the destroyer USS Bausell (DD-845) ( United States Navy).

22 August

List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1965
Ship Country Description
Amaryllis  Panama The cargo ship, refloated after running aground in September 1965, is scuttled 0.75 mile off Riviera Beach, Florida, to form an artificial reef.

23 August

List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1968
Ship Country Description
Southern Foster  United Kingdom This 438 GRT steam-powered whaler foundered and was lost off South Georgia Island in the South Atlantic Ocean.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date August 1968
Ship Country Description
USS Condor  United States Navy The decommissioned YMS-1-class minesweeper of the YMS-135 subclass was sunk as a target.

September

8 September

List of shipwrecks: 8 September 1968
Ship Country Description
Isabella Baldwin  United Kingdom The survey ship struck a wreck in Da Nang harbour, Vietnam and sank. All twelve crew rescued by a United States Navy vessel.[17]

October

10 October

List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1968
Ship Country Description
Dumaguete  Philippines The ferry sank near Zamboanga, Mindanao. Only eleven survivors of between 300 and 500 people on board.[18]

15 October

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1968
Ship Country Description
E Evangelia  Greece
The wreck of E Evangelica in January 2008.
The cargo ship ran aground in the Black Sea off Constanţa, Romania (43°58′N 28°39′E / 43.967°N 28.650°E / 43.967; 28.650). Declared a constructive total loss.[4]

16 October

List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1968
Ship Country Description
DSV Alvin  United States
The sunken Alvin photographed on the ocean bottom in June 1969.
The deep submergence vehicle sank in the Atlantic Ocean at approximately 39°53′30″N 069°15′30″W / 39.89167°N 69.25833°W / 39.89167; -69.25833 ("DSV Alvin"), about 88 nautical miles (101 miles; 163 km) south of Nantucket Island, when steel cables lowering her over the side of the research ship Lulu snapped and she fell into the water with her hatch open. All three crew members escaped. Alvin was refloated in September 1969, overhauled, and returned to service.[19]

19 October

List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1968
Ship Country Description
USS Archerfish  United States Navy The Balao-class submarine was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off San Diego, California by USS Snook ( United States Navy).

21 October

List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1968
Ship Country Description
Sitakund  Norway The tanker exploded and sank 17 nautical miles (31 km) south of Eastbourne, East Sussex with the loss of three crew. Thirty-nine crew saved by HMS Mohawk ( Royal Navy).[20]

November

3 November

List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1968
Ship Country Description
Sacrum Cor  Italy The cargo ship sank at Vado during a storm.[21]

11 November

List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1968
Ship Country Description
Empire Ace  United Kingdom Ran aground off Campbeltown, Argyllshire declared a constructive total loss.
Steepholm  United Kingdom She was wrecked off South Wales. Four crewmen of the sand dredger were saved by the Atlantic College lifeboat and the Porthcawl lifeboat in partnership with the Mumbles lifeboat.

24 November

List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1968
Ship Country Description
Dumbo  Panama She was driven ashore at Las Palmas, Spain, and declared a constructive total loss.

December

7 December

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1968
Ship Country Description
USCGC White Alder (WLM-541)  United States Coast Guard The buoy tender was sunk in a collision with the MV Helena ( Taiwan) in the Mississippi River near White Castle, Louisiana. Only 3 of her 20 crewmen survived.[22]

8 December

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1968
Ship Country Description
USS Jesse Rutherford  United States Navy The decommissioned John C. Butler-class destroyer escort was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off California.

19 December

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1968
Ship Country Description
Gold Sky  Panama The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank in the Mediterranean Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Gibraltar. The crew were rescued by Otto Leonhardt ( West Germany).[4]

22 December

List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1968
Ship Country Description
Helisoma  United Kingdom The tanker struck a Vietcong mine in a South Vietnamese port and was damaged.[23]
Federal Queen  United Kingdom The schooner capsized and sank off Canouan Island, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Forty-one of the 79 people on board were killed.[24]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1968
Ship Country Description
USCGC Dexter  United States Coast Guard The decommissioned Casco-class cutter was sunk as a target by the  United States Navy.

References

  1. ↑ "Submarine all night aground" The Times (London). Saturday, 13 January 1968. (57148), col C, p. 1.
  2. ↑ "Picture Gallery" The Times (London). Monday, 15 January 1968. (57149), col D-F, p. 1.
  3. ↑ "20 are killed in Scots hurricane" The Times (London). Tuesday, 16 January 1968. (57170), col D-E, p. 1.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Mitchell, W H, and Sawyer, L A (1995). The Empire Ships. London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. p. not cited. ISBN 1-85044-275-4.
  5. ↑ "15 missing as ship sinks" The Times (London). Tuesday, 29 February 1968. (57180), col G, p. 5.
  6. ↑ "Panama blockage" The Times (London). Monday, 26 February 1968. (57185), col G, p. 1.
  7. ↑ "Panama clear" The Times (London). Tuesday, 27 February 1968. (57186), col D, p. 1.
  8. ↑ "Oil near holiday beaches" The Times (London). Monday, 4 March 1968. (57191), col C, p. 1.
  9. ↑ "CIA tells Russia of Soviet sea disaster" The Times (London). Saturday, 17 October 1992. (64466), col F-G, p. 10.
  10. ↑ "28 hours on a life raft" The Times (London). Monday, 11 March 1968. (57197), col D-F, p. 3.
  11. ↑ Fire aboard the SS African Star. Washington, D.C.: National Transportation Safety Board. 1970-01-01.
  12. ↑ "Belgian Merchant A-G" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
  13. ↑ "Belgian Merchant H-O" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
  14. ↑ "Dutch crew saved by fishermen" The Times (London). Wednesday, 1 May 1968. (57240), col G, p. 6.
  15. ↑ "Three tankers in port explosion" The Times (London). Tuesday, 7 May 1968. (57245), col C, p. 5.
  16. ↑ "Oil menace to Natal coast" The Times (London). Thursday, 20 June 1968. (57282), col G, p. 6.
  17. ↑ "Wreck sank British ship" The Times (London). Monday, 9 September 1968. (57351), col C, p. 3.
  18. ↑ "Many lost in ferry" The Times (London). Saturday, 13 October 1968. (57380), col D, p. 1.
  19. ↑ Anonymous, SALVOPS 69, Washington, D.C.:Department of the Navy Naval Ship Systes Command, 1969, p. 3.
  20. ↑ "30 rescued in Channel tanker blast" The Times (London). Monday, 21 October 1968. (57387), col G, p. 1.
  21. ↑ "Fears of 200 deaths as floods sweep north Italy" The Times (London). Monday, 4 November 1968. (57399), col D-G, p. 1.
  22. ↑ http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/White_Alder_1947.asp
  23. ↑ "vietcong hole a British ship" The Times (London). Monday, 23 December 1968. (57441), col E, p. 1.
  24. ↑ "41 missing in wreck" The Times (London). Monday, 23 December 1968. (57441), col E, p. 1.

See also

Ship events in 1968
Ship launches: 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973
Ship commissionings: 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973
Ship decommissionings: 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973
Shipwrecks: 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973
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