The list of shipwrecks in 1971 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1971.
January
7 January
List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1971
Ship | Country | Description |
Kolno |
Poland |
Ran aground off Falsterbo, Sweden, withdrawn from service as a result and converted to a floating boilerhouse. |
West Shore |
Norway |
The supply vessel foundered in the North Sea 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) off the Ocean Viking oil rig. All thirteen crew rescued.[1] |
10 January
List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1971
Ship | Country | Description |
Vrachos |
Panama |
When a big ocean liner's cargo of fertilizer catches fire in Galatz, it causes an explosion and pretty soon, the whole ship is ablaze. A helpful newlywed passing by in a canoe and a stowaway help try to fight the fire. They made a movie two years after of this tragedy named Poseidon Explosion with Romanian actors Dem Rădulescu, Jean Constantin, George Motoi, Colea Răutu, Toma Caragiu, Gheorghe Oancea, Radu Beligan, Dorin Dron, Mihai Mălaimare, Mihai Boghiță, Mircea Başta, Gheorghe Dinică, Draga Olteanu Matei, Cezara Dafinescu, Florin Piersic, Mircea Diaconu. They made the film in two cities Galatz and Zătun, after the movie the wreck ship was beached Smârdan to the groove channel Măcin where she was abandoned and stayed there until 1994 when it was cut off for the most part. The good part of this tragedy is no people death, many people are surviving except for the movie Poseidon Explosion when he died three people and two of the crew but rest of the people surviving of this tragedy. |
11 January
List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1971
Ship | Country | Description |
Texaco Caribbean |
Peru |
Collided with Paracas ( Panama), exploded, split in two and sank in the English Channel off Folkestone with the loss of at least eight lives.[2][3] Survivors were rescued by Bravagos ( Norway) and the fishing vessel Viking Warrior ( United Kingdom).[4] |
12 January
List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1971
Ship | Country | Description |
Brandenburg |
West Germany |
Struck wreck of Texaco Caribbean ( Peru) and sank with the loss of 21 lives.[2][3] |
31 January
List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1971
Ship | Country | Description |
Princess Margarethe |
Denmark |
The ferry ran aground off the Kullen Lighthouse, Sweden. All on board rescued by Kärmen ( Denmark).[6] |
February
6 February
List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1971
Ship | Country | Description |
Byzantium |
Cyprus |
The ship caught fire at Gibraltar, with its bridge deck and accommodation gutted. Repairs were deemed uneconomic and the ship was scrapped later in the year. |
10 February
List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1971
Ship | Country | Description |
Aguedal |
Italy |
The cargo ship ran aground 15 nautical miles (28 km) off the coast of Libya.[7] |
22 February
List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1971
Ship | Country | Description |
Endeavour II |
New Zealand |
The three-masted auxiliary barque was driven ashore in Parengarenga Harbour, a few miles south of North Cape. She was en route to New Zealand from Australia, and after being becalmed encountered a gale on rounding North Cape and failed to make Houhora Harbour. The crew of 13 men and one woman landed safely, there were no fatalities. She was the first square-rigged sailing vessel wrecked on the New Zealand coast for more than 50 years. Endeavour II had taken part in the 1970 bi-centenary re-enactment of James Cook's landing at Botany Bay, Sydney on 29 April 1970.[8] |
27 February
List of shipwrecks: 27 February 1971
Ship | Country | Description |
Niki |
Greece |
The ship struck the wreck of Texaco Caribbean ( Peru) and sank with the loss of all 22 crew.[2] |
Esso Antwerp |
Belgium |
The ship collided with Panachaikon ( Liberia) and sank in the River Scheldt. Later raised, repaired and returned to service.[10] |
March
29 March
List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1971
Ship | Country | Description |
Texaco Oklahoma |
United States |
The tanker broke in two and foundered off North Carolina with the loss of 33 of her 44 crew.[14][15] |
31 March
List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1971
Ship | Country | Description |
Christos |
Liberia |
Ran aground on Kandeliusa Island, Kos, Greece. |
April
20 April
List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1971
Ship | Country | Description |
Cohansey |
Panama |
The T2 tanker collided with Marimunda ( Sweden) off Pladju, Indonesia. Arrested and laid up at Singapore, she was scrapped in 1973.[17] |
May
15 May
List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1971
Ship | Country | Description |
Herulv |
Norway |
The tanker was involved in a collision off the coast of Kent, United Kingdom and was holed.[19] |
July
4 July
List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1971
Ship | Country | Description |
Naniward Abone |
Indonesia |
The cargo ship collided with Ocean Prime ( Liberia) and sank off Waikayama, Japan.[22] |
Rakusui Maru |
Japan |
The coaster collided with another ship and sank off Waikayama with the loss of eight of her nine crew.[22] |
Koyo Maru |
Japan |
The coaster collided with another ship and sank off Japan.[22] |
17 July
List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1971
Ship | Country | Description |
Selamat |
Singapore |
The vessel ran aground at Kalampunian Island, Borneo. The ship was abandoned as a total loss. |
August
5 August
List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1971
Ship | Country | Description |
Mania |
Liberia |
Caught fire off Bari, Italy and abandoned. Beached at Split, Yugoslavia on 8 August. Scrapped in November 1971.[23] |
30 August
List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1971
Ship | Country | Description |
Bertha Denz |
West Germany |
The trawler was in collision with Achatina ( United Kingdom) and sank 25 nautical miles (46 km) west of Heligoland. Two crew rescued by Achatina.[28] |
September
5 September
List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1971
Ship | Country | Description |
Eleni |
Greece |
The cargo ship collided with Princess Ragnhild ( Norway). Declared uneconomic to repair, scrapped in April 1972 at Santander, Spain. |
24 September
List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1971
Ship | Country | Description |
Teviotbank |
United Kingdom |
The Bank Line cargo ship was damaged by East Bengal guerrillas at Chalna, East Pakistan.[31] |
29 September
List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1971
Ship | Country | Description |
Apollo |
Cyprus |
Stranded 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Skije .[32] |
October
22 October
List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1971
Ship | Country | Description |
Loch Seaforth |
United Kingdom |
The mailboat ran aground off Skye. All 26 passengers rescued, ship later refloated.[34] |
30 October
List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1971
Ship | Country | Description |
Nam Sanh |
Vietnam |
Stranded in a typhoon at Chu Lai, Vietnam. |
November
9 November
List of shipwrecks: 9 November 1971
Ship | Country | Description |
Heythrop |
United Kingdom |
The OBO carrier exploded and caught fire 150 nautical miles (280 km) East London, South Africa. All on board were rescued by Showa Venture ( Liberia). The captain and five officers later reboarded the ship, which was towed by the tugs Arctic and Statesman to Port Elizabeth.[35] The ship was repaired and returned to service.[36] |
Maori |
France |
The cargo ship sank 250 nautical miles (460 km) off the coast of Spain. There was only one survivor of her 39 crew.[35] |
17 November
List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1971
Ship | Country | Description |
Elcano |
Spain |
The tanker sank off the Cape Verde Islands following an onboard explosion with the loss of four of her 35 crew.[37] |
30 November
List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1971
Ship | Country | Description |
Juliana |
Liberia |
The tanker ran aground off Niigata, Japan and broke in two.[38] |
December
4 December
List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1971
Ship | Country | Description |
PNS Comilla |
Pakistan Navy |
Indo-Pakistan War of 1971: The Rajshahi-class patrol craft was sunk by Indian Hawker Sea Fury aircraft in the Bay of Bengal off Chittagong.[39][40] |
PNS Ghazi |
Pakistan Navy |
Indo-Pakistan War of 1971: The Ghazi-class submarine was sunk in the Bay of Bengal off Visakhapatnam, India, by Indian surface ships, or loss by accidental explosion while laying mines, with the loss of her entire crew of 92.[41][42] |
PNS Jessore |
Pakistan Navy |
Indo-Pakistan War of 1971: The Rajshahi-class patrol craft was damaged (4 or 11 December) by Breguet Alize aircraft from INS Vikrant ( Indian Navy) in the Bay of Bengal and beached. Refloated, repaired and put in Bangladeshi Navy service.[43][44] |
PNS Khaibar |
Pakistan Navy |
Indo-Pakistan War of 1971 - Operation Trident: The Badr-class destroyer was sunk in the Arabian Sea south of Karachi, Pakistan, by two SS-N-2 Styx missiles fired by the missile boat INS Nirghat ( Indian Navy). 289 crewmen killed.[45][46] |
PNS Muhafiz |
Pakistan Navy |
Indo-Pakistan War of 1971 - Operation Trident: The Mahmood-class minesweeper was sunk in the Arabian Sea south of Karachi, Pakistan, by two SS-N-2 Styx missiles fired by the missile boat INS Veer ( Indian Navy).[47][48] |
PNS Sylhet |
Pakistan Navy |
Indo-Pakistan War of 1971: The Rajshahi-class patrol craft was sunk (on 4 or 6 December) by aircraft from INS Vikrant ( Indian Navy) in the Bay of Bengal.[49][50] |
Venus Challenger |
Liberia |
Indo-Pakistan War of 1971 - Operation Trident: The cargo ship was sunk in the Arabian Sea 26 nautical miles (48 km; 30 mi) south of Karachi, Pakistan, by an SS-N-2 Styx missile fired by the missile boat INS Nipat ( Indian Navy).[51] |
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