The wreck of Igara's bow section, photographed on 1 May 2007The ore-oil carrier hit a rock and was holed in the South China Sea. She later sank by the bow 70 nautical miles (130 km) off Singapore. Broke in two at № 1 hold on 19 March. The stern section was refloated and fitted with a new bow section, and returned to service as Eraclide.
The cargo ship disappeared without a trace in a hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all 32 crew. This ship and Norse Variant sank in the same storm. No distress call was ever received. According to researchers, the ship was likely sunk by a rogue wave.[9][10][11]
The ferry ran aground on Sleit Rock in the Sound of Gunna, between Tiree and Coll. All on board took to the lifeboats. Loch Seaforth was refloated but declared a constructive total loss and scrapped.
The bulk carrier foundered in a hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean. The incident occurred in the same storm as the disappearance of Anita, and, like with that incident, was also likely caused by a rogue wave, according to researchers.[9][10] Only one person survived of the 30 crew.[3]
The cargo ship collided with the fishing vessel Dany Gérard (France), which sank in the English Channel. Juzenny Burgh was escorted into Brest by the minesweeper Antho (Marine Nationale).[16] All five crew on board Dany Gérard were killed.[17]
The cargo ship ran aground on the Nyali Reef, off Mombasa, Kenya. Five people were killed during salvage operations in November 1973, the ship was later scrapped in situ.
The ship was sailing from Rotterdam to Alexandria with cargo fertilizer. In heavy seas the cargo shifted. The ship was taken in tow, but the list increased and the ship sank 3 miles north of GuernseyChannel Islands.[20][21]
The tanker was struck by the container shipSea Witch (United States), which had lost her steering in New York Harbor. Esso Brussels caught fire, killing thirteen crew; two crew were lost from Sea Witch. Esso Brussels was later repaired and returned to service.
The 64-foot (19.5 m) shrimper sank only four minutes after she began to flood in heavy seas in the Shelikof Strait between the Kodiak Archipelago and mainland Alaska. Two of her four crewmen perished.[22]
The merchantman-passenger ship with 98 passengers capsized in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Somalia with the loss of 40 people. The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Jonas Ingram rescued 48 surviving passengers and crew, and recovered nine bodies. The other 31 were reported missing and presumed dead. [34]
The cargo ship caught fire at Port Kelang, Malaya when a fork-lift truck fell into her cargo whilst working in a hold. The ship was towed out of port and beached. Refloated in August, she was declared a constructive total loss and consequently scrapped.[41]
The submarine sank in the Atlantic Ocean southwest of Ireland in 1,375 feet (419 m) of water.[46] Both of her crew members survived for 76 hours in the vessel, which was raised after a multi-agency rescue effort.[47][48]
Prelude to the Corsican conflict: The waste-disposal ship was disabled at Follonica Bay, Italy, by the explosion of a device attached to the hull in a diver attack by Corsican nationalist militants.[52][53]
The 45-foot (13.7 m) crab-fishing vessel struck a rock and sank near Kodiak, Alaska. Her crew of three reached shore in a skiff and were rescued by a passing crab-fishing vessel.[28]
The fishing boat was attacked and sunk by a Cuban-exile-operated boat. One militia member was killed in the attack on Cayo Largo 17 and the fishing boat Cayo Largo 34. Cuban helicopters rescued the survivors.[59]
The fishing boat was attacked and sunk by a Cuban-exile-operated boat. One militia member was killed in the attack on Cayo Largo 34 and the fishing boat Cayo Largo 17. Cuban helicopters rescued the survivors.[59]
Yom Kippur War: Battle of Marsa Talamat: Both Dabur-classpatrol boats ran aground temporarily during the battle. One killed and seven wounded during the battle.[30]
The coaster foundered off Hobart, Tasmania. Nine crew took to a liferaft, but one died at sea and two others died of exposure when the liferaft landed near Dunalley nine days later.[68]
The crabfishing vessel sank in 180 feet (55 m) of water in rough weather in the Gulf of Alaska off the southwest coast of Kodiak Island about 20 nautical miles (37 km; 23 mi) southwest of Cape Alitak. Her entire crew survived and was rescued by the fishing vessel Lourie Lynn (United States).[74]
Yom Kippur War: The cargo ship was torpedoed and sunk by an Egyptian submarine 60 nautical miles (110 km; 69 mi) north of Alexandria, Egypt. 14 crew killed.[30][75]
The supertanker exploded and sank in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of one of the 44 people on board. The survivors were rescued by the ocean liner Cabo San Vicente (Spain).[78]
The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank 50 nautical miles (93 km) off the coast of Northumberland. All eleven crew were rescued by the trawler Kingston Emerald (United Kingdom).[81]
The bulk carrier ran aground on her maiden voyage off Guernsey, Channel Islands. She was refloated on 24 February 1974[87] despite having sustained a hurricane a month before.[88]
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