List of shipwrecks in 1976

The list of shipwrecks in 1976 includes some of the ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1976.

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1976
Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec


January

3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1976
Ship Country Description
Capella  East Germany The coaster sank off Schiermonnikoog, the Netherlands.[1]
Carnoustie  United Kingdom [2] Sank in same storm as Capella. Often mistakenly referred to as "Carnoesti" in American press.[3]

8 January

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1976
Ship Country Description
Princess Sissy  Panama The cruise ship ran aground in the Adriatic between the islands of Hvar and Korčula.[4]
Vanquisher  United Kingdom The tug capsized and sank in the Thames Estuary at Tilbury whilst assisting Jervis Bay ( United Kingdom). All seven crew rescued.[5]

10 January

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1976
Ship Country Description
ARA Comandante General Zapiola  Argentine Navy The Navajo-class fleet ocean tug ran aground on a reef off Antarctica and was declared a total loss.

19 January

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1976
Ship Country Description
Esso Provence  France The tanker ran aground off Fawley, Hampshire, United Kingdom.[6]

26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1976
Ship Country Description
Olympic Bravery  Greece The tanker ran aground off the coast of Brittany, France.[7]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1976
Ship Country Description
Kirk Pride  Cayman Islands Struck a reef and sank off the Cayman Islands.

February

15 February

List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1976
Ship Country Description
USS Otterstetter  United States Navy The Edsall-class destroyer escort was sunk as target off Puerto Rico.

20 February

List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1976
Ship Country Description
Marie Elizabeth  Panama Caught fire at Barcelona, Spain. Declared a constructive total loss.

26 February

List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1976
Ship Country Description
Gustave Zédé  French Navy The decommissioned submarine tender was sunk as a target in the Mediterranean Sea south of Marseille, France, at 42°30′N 5°24′E / 42.500°N 5.400°E / 42.500; 5.400 ("Gustave Zédé") by a torpedo fired by the submarine Doris ( French Navy).

March

1 March

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1976
Ship Country Description
Deep Sea Driller  Norway The drilling rig ran aground off Bergen. One leg broke off and six crew were killed. Although declared a constructive total loss,[8] the rig was later repaired and returned to service.

4 March

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1969
Ship Country Description
USS Magnet  United States Navy The decommissioned degaussing vessel was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California at 31°16′N 117°40′W / 31.267°N 117.667°W / 31.267; -117.667 ("USS Magnet (ADG-9)").

23 March

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1969
Ship Country Description
INS Godavari  Indian Navy The Hunt-class destroyer ran aground in the Maldives and was damaged beyond repair.

April

8 April

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1976
Ship Country Description
Kaptanvassos  Cyprus The cargo ship capsized and sank off Perama, Greece. Five of her crew were lost.[9]

16 April

List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1976
Ship Country Description
Ocean Express  United States The drilling rig sank in the Gulf of Mexico. Thirteen of her 36 crew were killed when an escape capsule capsized and sank.[10]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date April 1976
Ship Country Description
SAS Vrystaat  South African Navy The decommissioned W-class destroyer was sunk as a target.

May

2 May

List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1976
Ship Country Description
Nordhuk  West Germany The cargo ship ran aground off Eilean Trodday, Inner Hebrides, United Kingdom and was wrecked. All twelve crew were rescued by the Stornoway Lifeboat.[11]

12 May

List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1976
Ship Country Description
Urquiola  Spain The tanker exploded and caught fire at the mouth of A Coruña harbour, killing two of her thirty-nine crew.[12]

13 May

List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1976
Ship Country Description
Christmas Seal  Canada Ran aground at Eastern Shore, Nova Scotia and sank.

June

23 June

List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1976
Ship Country Description
NEPCO 140  United States The barge ran aground in the American Narrows causing a large oil spill.

July

21 July

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1976
Ship Country Description
USS Chopper  United States Navy Tethered for use as a target by the submarine USS Spadefish ( United States Navy), the decommissioned Balao-class submarine sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, before Spadefish could fire at her.

August

10 August

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1976
Ship Country Description
HMS Reward  Royal Navy The offshore patrol vessel collided with Plainsman ( Singapore) in the Firth of Forth during foggy weather and sank. All 42 people on board rescued by Plainsman.[13]

16 August

List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1976
Ship Country Description
Barkis  United Kingdom The tug capsized and sank off Lowestoft, Suffolk with the loss of one of her four crew.[14]

20 August

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1976
Ship Country Description
Morning Cloud  United Kingdom The yacht ran aground outside Ramsgate Harbour, Kent.[15]

24 August

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1976
Ship Country Description
MV Malaysia Raya  Malaysia The cruise ship caught fire at Kuala Lumpur, a total loss.[16]

September

20 September

List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1976
Ship Country Description
HMS Fittleton  Royal Navy Collided with HMS Mermaid ( Royal Navy) and sank off Texel, the Netherlands.

29 September

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1976
Ship Country Description
Rarau  Poland 2,186 ton factory trawler with a Romanian crew of eighty-four drove into the northern part of the Seven Stones Reef known as the North-east Rocks. All the crew were rescued and the trawler slipped into deep water.[17]

October

1 October

List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1976
Ship Country Description
Hongkong Beauty I  Panama Ran aground at Al Hudaydah, Yemen and refloated 15 October.[18]

14 October

List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1976
Ship Country Description
Boehlen  East Germany The tanker sank in the English Channel during a storm with the loss of twenty-three of her thirty-six crew.[19]

15 October

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1976
Ship Country Description
Andros Antares  Liberia The supertanker ran aground at Antifer, France in a storm.[19]
Freeland  Cyprus The cargo ship foundered off Brittany, France in a storm. All crew saved.[19]
Ante Oltmans  West Germany The cargo ship foundered off the coast of the Netherlands in a storm. All six crew were killed.[19]
USS George K. MacKenzie  United States Navy The Gearing-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off California.

18 October

List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1976
Ship Country Description
Otterturm  West Germany The tug collided with a barge and sank off Burghead, United Kingdom with the loss of one of her ten crew.[20]

20 October

List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1976
Ship Country Description
George Prince  United States The ferry sank in the Mississippi River after a collision with Frosta ( Norway). Seventy-eight people were killed.

25 October

List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1976
Ship Country Description
USS Tigrone  United States Navy The Tench-class submarine was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.

December

3 December

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1976
Ship Country Description
Achaios  Cyprus Ran aground at Akrotiri Peninsula (34°37′N 32°55′E / 34.617°N 32.917°E / 34.617; 32.917) and wrecked.[18]
Devon City  United Kingdom The bulk carrier ran aground at Rügen Island, West Germany. Refloated the next day and sailed to Szczecin Poland for repairs.[21]

15 December

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1976
Ship Country Description
Argo Merchant  Liberia
Argo Merchant

Ran aground at Nantucket Island, Massachusetts. Broke up and sank on 21 December, a total loss.

17 December

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1976
Ship Country Description
Sansinena  Liberia Caught fire and exploded at Los Angeles, United States.

20 December

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1976
Ship Country Description
Mecca The ferry sank in the Red Sea after catching fire the previous day and drifting onto a reef.

23 December

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1976
Ship Country Description
Seastar  Lebanon Ran aground on the Sha`b Abu Nuhas reef, remained stranded and finally sank in 1984.[22]
Santez-anna  United Kingdom Fishing boat lost, west of Guernsey Channel Islands

24 December

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1976
Ship Country Description
British Steel  United Kingdom The yacht ran aground off Fuerteventura, Spain. All eight crew rescued, and the yacht was later refloated and returned to service.[23]

References

  1. ↑ "Trail of death and damage moves to the Continent" The Times (London). Monday, 5 January 1976. (59593), col A-E, p. 2.
  2. ↑ "MV Carnoustie [+1976]". wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
  3. ↑ "Europe cleaning up after severe storm". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 5 January 1976. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
  4. ↑ "Britons taken off stranded ship" The Times (London). Friday, 9 January 1976. (59597), col D, p. 1.
  5. ↑ "Seven saved as tug capsizes" The Times (London). Friday, 9 January 1976. (59597), col D, p. 4.
  6. ↑ "Supertanker runs aground" The Times (London). Tuesday, 20 January 1976. (59606), col E,F, p. 1.
  7. ↑ "Onassis tanker aground off Brittany" The Times (London). Tuesday, 27 January 1976. (59612), col F, p. 8.
  8. ↑ "Six die as oil rig is wrecked" The Times (London). Tuesday, 2 March 1976. (59642), col D-F, p. 1.
  9. ↑ "Kaptanvassos (5148728)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 27 October 2013. (subscription required (help)).
  10. ↑ "13 drown after oil rig sinks of Texas coast" The Times (London). Saturday, 17 April 1976. (59681), col A, p. 1.
  11. ↑ "Ship abandoned" The Times (London). Monday, 3 May 1976. (59694), col F, p. 2.
  12. ↑ "Oil tanker explodes in Spanish harbour" The Times (London). Thursday, 13 May 1976. (59706), col D, p. 1.
  13. ↑ "Naval ship sunk in Forth" The Times (London). Wednesday, 11 August 1976. (59779), col B, p. 1.
  14. ↑ "Man presumed drowned after tug sinks" The Times (London). Tuesday, 17 August 1976. (59784), col B, p. 3.
  15. ↑ "Heath yacht grounds" The Times (London). Saturday, 21 August 1976. (59788), col A, p. 3.
  16. ↑ "The fiery sisters" The Times (London). Wednesday, 25 August 1976. (59791), col D, p. 4.
  17. ↑ Liddiard, John. "Seven Stones". Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  18. 1 2 "Belgian Merchant H-O" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
  19. 1 2 3 4 "23 sailors lost as ship sinks in storm" The Times (London). Saturday, 16 October 1976. (59836), col D-G, p. 4.
  20. ↑ "Seaman missing after collision" The Times (London). Tuesday, 19 October 1976. (59838), col B, p. 3.
  21. ↑ "British ship refloated in Baltic" The Times (London). Friday, 5 November 1976. (59853), p. 8.
  22. ↑ Andrea Ghiotti, ed. (1996). Diving Guide to the Red Sea Wrecks. Luxor: A A Gaddis & Sons. pp. 71–77.
  23. ↑ "Chay Blyth and crew safe" The Times (London). Wednesday, 29 December 1976. (59896), col G, p. 5.
Ship events in 1976
Ship launches: 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981
Ship commissionings: 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981
Ship decommissionings: 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981
Shipwrecks: 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981
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