List of shipwrecks in 1949
The list of shipwrecks in 1949 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1949.
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Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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January
1 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Queen Mary | The ocean liner ran aground off Cherbourg, France. Refloated the next day.[1] |
27 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Taiping | The badly overloaded passenger steamer, packed with over 1,000 refugees fleeing advancing Chinese Communist forces during the Chinese Civil War, sank near the Zhoushan Archipelago after a collision with the cargo vessel Chienyuan during a voyage from Shanghai, China, to Keelung, Taiwan, killing over 1,500 passengers and crew. |
February
3 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Yewpark | The collier collided with Beminnes ( |
9 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Prenton | The cargo ship ran aground off Mytiki, Greece. Declared a constructive total loss but later repaired and returned to service. |
13 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Granny Suzanne | The coaster collided with San Miguel Bay ( |
22 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Bombo | The coastal freighter sank at night outside Port Kembla, Australia with the loss of twelve of her fourteen crew.[4] |
March
1 March
4 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Guararema | The cargo ship collided with Britannia ( |
6 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Fiducia | The cargo ship ran aground at Whitby, Yorkshire and was severely damaged.[7] |
25 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Tchoung King | Chinese Civil War: The Arethusa-class light cruiser was bombed and sunk by Nationalist Chinese aircraft. The ship was salvaged, stripped of parts and used as an accommodation ship.[8] | |
Miss Orient | The passenger ship struck a mine at Canton, China and sank with the loss of up to 100 lives.[9] |
30 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Dan | The former YMS-1-class minesweeper ran aground in Queen Charlotte Sound, British Columbia, Canada and was declared a total loss. |
31 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Charles M | The coaster was in collision with another vessel off Dungeness, Kent.[10] All seven crew rescued by Sir Leonard Pearce ( |
April
3 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Christina Dawn | The coaster ran aground at Irvine, Renfrewshire.[12] |
14 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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City of Waterford | The cargo ship collided with Marpessa ( |
16 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Christina Dawn | The coaster sank when her cargo of carbide exploded at Irvine, Renfrewshire.[12] |
20 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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HMS Amethyst | Chinese Civil War: The Black Swan-class sloop ran aground on in the Yangtze River at Rose Island, 15 nautical miles (28 km) east of Chianking after she was shelled and damaged by the People's Liberation Army with the loss of 22 crew killed and 31 wounded. HMS Consort ( |
22 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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James Clunie | The cargo ship ran aground at Mar del Plata, Argentina.[14] |
25 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Magdalena | The cargo liner ran aground near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on her maiden voyage. Declared a total loss after breaking in two during attempt to tow her into harbour. | |
Yung Chi | Chinese Civil War: The Yung Chien-class gunboat was sunk in the Yangtze by Chinese Communist artillery fire. Raised, repaired and put in |
28 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Shian | Chinese Civil War: The Yingkou-class escort ship was sunk near Yanziji by Nationalist aircraft.[17][18] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Tung An | The cargo ship was wrecked in the Yangtze River 6 nautical miles (11 km) south west of Shaweishan.[19] | |
ROCS Ying Hao | Chinese Civil War: The gunboat was scuttled in the Yangtze.[20] | |
ROCS Yung Sui | Chinese Civil War: The Yung Sui-class gunboat was sunk in the Yangtze by Chinese Communist artillery fire. She was raised, repaired, and put in |
May
4 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Mudo | The coaster collided with Algol ( |
15 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ebba | The schooner sank 200 nautical miles (370 km) off Cape Farewell, Greenland. The five crew took to a lifeboat.[23] |
25 May
28 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Glycine | First Indochina War: The D 210-class minesweeper was sunk by a mine in the Mekong River, Vietnam, French Indochina. 32 crewmen killed, one survivor.[25][26] |
29 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Inchmark | The cargo ship ran aground on the Schilpad Island Reef, Banda Sea (7°05′S 132°03′E / 7.083°S 132.050°E) and was declared a total loss.[27] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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ROCS Mei Yuan | Chinese Civil War: The Wake-class river gunboat was scuttled at Shanghai, China, to prevent capture by Chinese Communist forces. |
June
3 June
Ship | Country | Description |
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Norjerv | Broke in two whilst under tow of the tugs Rifleman and Tradesman (both |
20 June
Ship | Country | Description |
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Empire Conyngham | Scuttled in the Bay of Biscay with a cargo of obsolete bombs. | |
Myosotis | First Indochina War: The D 210-class minesweeper was sunk by a mine in the Mekong River, Vietnam, French Indochina. 29 crewmen killed.[28][29] |
21 June
Ship | Country | Description |
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Prinses Astrid | The cross-Channel ferry struck a mine 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Dunquerque, France and sank with the loss of five of her 65 crew. All 60 surviving crew members and all 218 passengers on board were rescued by Cap Hatid ( |
22 June
Ship | Country | Description |
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Corcrest | The cargo ship struck the wreck of the Victory ship Fort Massac ( |
July
1 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Marie-Flore | Collided with Ragnhild Brövig ( |
11 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ioannis G. Kulukundis | The Liberty ship ran aground at Point Arguello, California, United States and broke in two. She was declared a constructive total loss.[32] |
29 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Valo | The 10-gross ton 34-foot (10.4 m) gasoline-powered fishing vessel was destroyed by fire off Hoonah, Territory of Alaska.[33] |
30 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Kiang Ling | Chinese Civil War: The ferry was shelled and sunk in the Yangtze by Red Chinese artillery.[34] |
31 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Swan Point | Stranded in the Karnaphuli River, Chittagong, India and broke in two. Declared a total loss. |
August
8 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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HMNZS Philomel | After being sold out of naval service, deliberately run aground, stripped, and refloated, the decommissioned Pearl-class cruiser was scuttled off Cuvier Island, New Zealand. |
23 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Chungli | Chinese Civil War: The cargo ship loaded with ammunition exploded and sank at Kaohsiung, Formosa with the loss of over 500 lives. Two other ships were sunk and many fires started in Kaohsiung.[35] |
26 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Cochino | The Balao-class submarine sank off Norway with the loss of six crew members following a battery explosion and fire. |
September
7 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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Benjamin Peixotto | The Liberty ship was driven ashore at Hong Kong in a typhoon. She was subsequently scrapped.[36] | |
Chaksang | The cargo ship caught fire at Hong Kong due to barratry. She sank the next day and was declared a total loss. Raised on 22 March 1950 and subsequently scrapped.[27] | |
Henry L. Abbott | The Liberty ship was driven ashore at Hong Kong in a typhoon. Declared a constructive total loss, she was subsequently scrapped.[37] |
9 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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Pacific Enterprise | The cargo liner ran aground 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north of Point Arena, California, United States.[38] |
14 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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Noronic | Caught fire and sank whilst moored in Toronto Harbour with the loss of at least 118 lives. Ship raised in November 1949 and subsequently scrapped. |
19 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS U-1105 | The Type VIIC/41 submarine was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Piney Point, Maryland (38°08′10″N 76°33′10″W / 38.13611°N 76.55278°W) in a test of a depth charge. |
22 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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ARA Fournier | The minesweeper sank in the Tierra del Fuego channels while en route from Rio Gallegos to Ushuaia, all hands lost. Worst peacetime maritime disaster in Argentina as of 2018 (77 dead and missing). |
23 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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Surreybrook | Wrecked on Spanish Battery Point, Tynemouth.[6] |
28 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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Roslin Caste | The ocean liner ran aground in the River Humber. Later refloated and resumed her voyage.[39] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Major Richard M Strong | Ran aground at Camp Point, Vancouver Island, Canada. Salvaged, sold and repaired and returned to service as Island Sovereign.[40] |
October
4 October
6 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Fantree | The 6,300-ton Elder Dempster Line cargo ship struck the Flemish Ledges on the Seven Stones Reef en route from West Africa to Liverpool via Amsterdam and carrying a cargo of hardwood, palm kernels, palm oil, cocoa, rubber, cotton, coffee beans and copal The hardwood was still being salvaged in 1992.[42] Her crew of fifty-eight was rescued by launches Kittern and Goldern Spray of the Isles of Scilly.[43] |
7 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Chehalis | The Patapsco-class gasoline tanker exploded and sank at United States Naval Station Tutuila, American Samoa with the loss of six of her 75 crew. |
16 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ingertre | The cargo ship was wrecked off Spitsbergen.[44] |
18 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Maystone | The collier was in collision with HMS Albion ( |
19 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Liberté | The ocean liner was severely damaged by fire at Saint Nazaire.[45] |
20 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Africa Occidental | The cargo ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom but was refloated undamaged after an hour.[46] |
21 October
25 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Unknown | Chinese Civil War: Battle of Guningtou: A Red Chinese invasion fleet of 200 vessels, mostly junks, were stranded on Kinmen Island and were destroyed by Nationalist troops with hand grenades, flame throwers and burning oil. Some were sunk with 20 mm and 40 mm gunfire from ROCS Chung Lung ( |
27 October
31 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Carl Rehder | The cargo ship collided with Rane ( |
November
9 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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HMS Ajax | The decommissioned Leander-class light cruiser ran aground at Newport, Monmouthshire, England, while under tow to a scrapyard.[50] |
13 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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Monte Gurugu | The cargo ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Lundy Island with the loss of twelve of her 37 crew.[51] Survivors were rescued by Richard Silver Oliver, Violet Armstrong and William Cantrell Ashley (all |
18 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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Astland | The dredger collided with tanker Esso Juniata ( | |
Lunevale | The foot ferry ran aground off Fleetwood.[53] |
19 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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Hanna | The British motor-schooner, built in 1915, on voyage from Plymouth to Jersey with a cargo of lime, was wrecked off L'Etacq, Jersey Channel islands. Hanna was lost.[54] |
22 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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Harcourt Kent | The cargo ship was wrecked in a storm 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km; 2.9 mi) west off St. Shott's, Newfoundland and Labrador.[55] All eighteen of her crew were saved.[56] |
27 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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Britkon | The cargo ship ran aground at Oskarshamn, Sweden and was wrecked. All 27 people on board were rescued.[57] |
December
2 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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HMS Implacable | The third rate Téméraire-class ship of the line was scuttled off the Isle of Wight. |
11 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Toornvliet | The coaster foundered off the East Goodwin Lightship with the loss of six of her nine crew.[58] |
19 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Florence Cooke | The cargo ship ran aground in the Belfast Lough, Co Antrim.[59] | |
Nova | The cargo ship was wrecked two nautical miles north of Obrestad, Norway.[60] | |
Star of El Nil | The cargo ship ran aground in Holy Loch, Buteshire.[59] |
29 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Utklippan II | The cargo ship collided with a wreck and sank in the Baltic Sea at 54°31.21′N 10°31.55′E / 54.52017°N 10.52583°E.[61] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Altalena | The converted tank landing ship was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea 15 nautical miles (17 miles; 28 km) off the coastof Israel. | |
Empire Flamingo | The cargo ship was scuttled off Gwennap Head, Cornwall, England.[27] | |
Northern Lights | Unknown | Came ashore on Tavern beach, St Mawes, Cornwall, England, and later re-floated.[62] |
Wei Ning | Chinese Civil War: The gunboat was sunk. She was salvaged and returned to service.[63] |
See also
References
- ↑ "The Queen Mary Back In Port". The Times (51269). London. 3 January 1949. col E, p. 4.
- ↑ "Ship Sinks In Thames". The Times (51297). London. 4 February 1949. col E, p. 4.
- ↑ "Ship Sunk In Channel Collision". The Times (51305). London. 14 February 1949. col D, p. 4.
- ↑ "View Shipwreck - Bombo". Australian National Shipwreck Database. Australian government. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
- ↑ "95 M.P.H. In Holland". The Times (51319). London. 2 March 1949. col G, p. 4.
- 1 2 3 "Belgian Merchant H-O" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
- ↑ "Widespread Falls Of Snow". The Times (51323). London. 7 March 1949. col F, p. 4.
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- ↑ "Steamer Sunk By Mine Near Canton". The Times (51340). London. 26 March 1949. col G, p. 4.
- ↑ "Three Men On Raft In Fog". The Times (51345). London. 1 April 1949. col F, p. 4.
- ↑ "Bodies Of Fishermen Washed Ashore". The Times (51346). London. 2 April 1949. col D, p. 3.
- 1 2 3 "Explosion In Ship". The Times (51357). London. 16 April 1949. col B, p. 3.
- ↑ "Chinese Naval Battles (Civil War and later)". Retrieved 4 February 2018.
- ↑ "British Steamer Aground". The Times (51363). London. 23 April 1949. col C, p. 4.
- ↑ Gray, Randal, ed., Conway′s All the World′s Fighting Ships, 1906-1921, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1985, ISBN 0-87021-907-3, p. 399.
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- ↑ "Danish Ship Lost Off Greenland". The Times (51384). London. 18 May 1949. col G, p. 4.
- ↑ "Norwegian Ship Sunk By Mine". The Times (51391). London. 26 May 1949. col E, p. 3.
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- ↑ "British Ship Aground In Pacific". The Times (51483). London. 10 September 1949. col G, p. 4.
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- ↑ "Ship In Collision With War-time Wreck". The Times (51504). London. 5 October 1949. col E, p. 3.
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- ↑ "Fire In French Liner". The Times (51517). London. 20 October 1949. col D, p. 3.
- ↑ "Steamer Escapes The Goodwins". The Times (51518). London. 21 October 1949. col A, p. 4.
- ↑ Board of Trade (9 March 1950). "The Merchant Shipping Act 1894. Report of Court (No. 7964). S.S. "Hopestar" O.N. 161592" (PDF). Plimsoll.org. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
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- ↑ "Kiel Canal Blocked". The Times (51527). London. 1 November 1949. col D, p. 4.
- ↑ "H.M.S. Ajax Aground". The Times (51535). London. 10 November 1949. col G, p. 4.
- ↑ "Ship Lost Off Devon Coast". The Times (51538). London. 14 November 1949. col G, p. 4.
- ↑ Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
- 1 2 "Traffic Delayed By Fog". The Times (51543). London. 19 November 1949. col E, p. 4.
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- ↑ "Canadian ship wrecked, 18 seaman saved". Lewiston Evening Journal. 23 November 1949. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
- ↑ "Crew Of Wrecked Hull Steamer Safe". The Times (51551). London. 29 November 1949. col D, p. 3.
- ↑ "Dutch Coaster Sunk". The Times (51562). London. 12 December 1949. col G, p. 4.
- 1 2 "Severe Gales In North". The Times (51569). London. 20 December 1949. col D, p. 4.
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- ↑ Chesneau, Roger, ed., Conway′s All the World′s Fighting Ships, 1922-1946, New York: Mayflower Books, 1980, ISBN 0-8317-0303-2, p. 413.
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