The list of shipwrecks in 1958 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1958.
February
19 February
List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1958
Ship | Country | Description |
Seistan |
United Kingdom |
The cargo ship caught fire, exploded and sank in the Persian Gulf.[9] Fifty eight of her 66 crew were killed.[10] |
25 February
List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1958
Ship | Country | Description |
Gannochy |
United Kingdom |
The coaster sank in the Mersey Channel, 13 nautical miles (24 km) north west of Liverpool, Lancashire.[11] |
March
1 March
List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1958
Ship | Country | Description |
Üsküdar |
Turkey |
The ferry sank in lodos with the loss of 272 people aboard including seven crew. 39 people survived.[13] |
9 March
List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1958
Ship | Country | Description |
Lusambo |
Belgium |
The cargo ship struck a submerged object naar the Westhinder Lightship and holed. Put into Antwerp for repairs.[15] |
14 March
List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1958
Ship | Country | Description |
Nadia |
Panama |
The cargo ship sank at the entrance to Alexandria Harbour, Egypt. All 35 crew were rescued.[17] |
April
20 April
List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1958
Ship | Country | Description |
Pepinella |
Italy |
The cargo ship collided with Sunoak ( Norway) and sank 30 nautical miles (56 km) east of Ramsgate, Kent with the loss of one of her nineteen crew.[20] |
28 or 30 April
- These three ships were bombed in an air raid or raids on Ambon Bay in Indonesia. Ambon was bombed several times, and sources differ as to the date(s) on which the ships were attacked.[23] One source suggests that they were hit on 1 or 2 May.[24]
List of shipwrecks: 28 or 30 April 1958
Ship | Country | Description |
Aquila |
Italy |
The cargo ship was bombed by a CIA B-26 Invader[23] in Ambon Bay, Indonesia.[24] She sank on 27 May 1958.[25] |
Armonia |
Greece |
The cargo ship was bombed and damaged or sunk by a CIA B-26 Invader[23] in Ambon Bay, Indonesia. Subsequently salvaged and registered in Panama as Keanyew. |
Flying Lark |
Panama |
The cargo ship was bombed and sunk by a CIA B-26 Invader[23] in Ambon Bay, Indonesia.[24][26] |
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1958
Ship | Country | Description |
Intata |
Indonesia |
The coaster was bombed and sunk at Kendari, Indonesia with the loss of five of her 28 crew.[22] |
May
2 May
List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1958
Ship | Country | Description |
Nefeli |
Greece |
The cargo ship foundered in the Red Sea. All eighteen crew rescued by Frankfort ( West Germany).[27] |
12 May
List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1958
Ship | Country | Description |
Cliffville |
United Kingdom |
Sprang a leak and capsized at Meadowside Granary Wharf, Glasgow. Declared a total constructive loss. |
June
8 June
List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1958
Ship | Country | Description |
Lady Stella |
United Kingdom |
The coaster was in collision with Pardo and sank 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Dover, Kent. All twelve on board rescued by the tug Dominance ( United Kingdom).[31] |
20 June
List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1958
Ship | Country | Description |
Lavernock |
United Kingdom |
The tug was run down and sunk in the Bristol Channel. She was salvaged on 1 August and was consequently scrapped.[32] |
26 June
List of shipwrecks: 26 June 1958
Ship | Country | Description |
Omega |
Peru |
The barque sprang a leak and sank off Peru. |
July
6 July
List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1958
Ship | Country | Description |
Josef Joham |
West Germany |
The coastal tanker collided with Ludwigshafen ( West Germany) in the English Channel north of Guernsey. Josef Joham was cut in two and sank, all eleven crew were rescued by Ludwigshafen.[33] |
August
5 August
List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1958
Ship | Country | Description |
Cabo Razo |
Spain |
The cargo ship sank in the Arosa Estuary off Pontevedra. Thirteen of the 44 people on board were killed.[34] |
8 August
List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1958
Ship | Country | Description |
St Nicholas |
Liberia |
The cargo ship ran aground in the Caribbean Sea 135 nautical miles (250 km) off Kingston, Jamaica. Salvage efforts were abandoned in September and she was declared a total loss.[19] |
22 August
List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1958
Ship | Country | Description |
Norse Lady |
Panama |
The cargo ship had run aground off Parigi, Indonesia on 14 August.[36] Permesta rebels captured her on 16 August, refloated her and beached her at Belang.[36] The Indonesian Navy sighted her there on 18 August and shelled her on 22 August, setting her on fire.[36] Norse Lady was burnt out and remained a beached wreck until March 1966, when she was towed to Kaohsiung, Taiwan and scrapped.[36][37] |
September
13 September
List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1958
Ship | Country | Description |
Melika |
Liberia |
The tanker collided with T2 tanker Fernand-Gilabert ( France). Both ships set on fire, a total of 21 crew killed. Fernand-Gilabert was consequently scrapped.[46] |
October
5 October
List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1958
Ship | Country | Description |
Tupavuori |
Finland |
The tanker caught fire, exploded and sank at Tupavuori, with the loss of ten crew.[48] |
6 October
List of shipwrecks: 6 October 1958
Ship | Country | Description |
Hoi Wong |
Norway |
The passenger ship ran aground in the Paracel Islands, China.[49] |
22 October
List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1958
Ship | Country | Description |
Zeta Trader |
United Kingdom |
The cargo ship ran aground off Pulau Mantaras, 35 nautical miles (65 km) south of Singapore.[50] Refloated on 29 October.[51] |
23 October
List of shipwrecks: 23 October 1958
Ship | Country | Description |
Earsdon |
United Kingdom |
The cargo ship sank in the River Tyne following a collision. Raised in March 1959 and scrapped.[52] |
31 October
List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1958
Ship | Country | Description |
Corijs |
Netherlands |
The lightship sank in the Scheldt estuary after she was hit by Selvik ( Norway). All five crew rescued.[53] |
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