The list of shipwrecks in 1973 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1973.
February
2 February
List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1973
Ship | Country | Description |
Alcamo |
Italy |
The cargo ship struck rocks and was holed off Cap Rosso, Corsica. She was declared a constructive total loss and later scrapped.[4] |
April
4 April
List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1973
Ship | Country | Description |
Juzenny Burg |
Soviet Union |
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).[9] All five crew on board Dany Gérard were killed.[10] |
May
5 May
List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1973
Ship | Country | Description |
Captain Niko |
Somalia |
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 Guernsey Channel Islands [12] [13] |
11 May
List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1973
Ship | Country | Description |
Pramnos |
Greece |
The coaster collided with Tony ( Italy) off Porto Stefano, Italy and sank with the loss of three of her fourteen crew.[14][15] |
16 May
List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1973
Ship | Country | Description |
Hongkong Grace |
Liberia |
The cargo ship collided with Mina ( South Africa) in Mossel Bay, South Africa and caught fire. She was scrapped in December 1973.[16] |
June
12 June
List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1973
Ship | Country | Description |
Parima |
Venezuela |
The cargo ship caught fire at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was consequently scrapped.[17] |
July
22 July
List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1973
Ship | Country | Description |
Glenfinlas |
United Kingdom |
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.[22] |
August
14 August
List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1973
Ship | Country | Description |
Canberra |
United Kingdom |
The cruise liner ran aground off St Thomas, British Virgin Islands.[23] She was refloated on 15 August.[24] |
29 August
List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1973
Ship | Country | Description |
Pisces III |
United Kingdom |
The submarine sank in the Atlantic Ocean southwest of Ireland in 1,375-foot (419 m) of water.[25] Both of her crew members survived for 76 hours in the vessel, which was raised after a multi-agency rescue effort.[26][27] |
31 August
List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1973
Ship | Country | Description |
Baltika |
Soviet Union |
The cruise liner ran aground off Bermuda.[28] |
September
28 September
List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1973
Ship | Country | Description |
Leliegracht |
Netherlands |
The cargo ship sank off IJmuiden with the loss of five of her eleven crew.[31] |
29 September
List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1973
Ship | Country | Description |
Viggo Hinrichsen |
West Germany |
The coaster foundered off Öland, Sweden. Both crew survived.[32] |
October
4 October
List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1973
Ship | Country | Description |
Cayo Largo 17 and Cayo Largo 34 |
Cuba |
The fishing boats were attacked and sunk by a Cuban Exile operated boat. One militia member killed. Survivors rescued by Cuban helicopters.[33] |
13 October
List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1973
Ship | Country | Description |
Blythe Star |
United Kingdom |
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.[59] |
25 October
List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1973
Ship | Country | Description |
Gotze Delched |
Bulgaria |
The cargo ship sank in a storm at Palermo, Italy.[60] |
Nuova Ustica |
Italy |
The ferry sank in a storm at Palermo.[60] |
26 October
List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1973
Ship | Country | Description |
Siris |
Israel |
The tanker was sunk in the Strait of Jubal by a mine.[61] |
November
6 November
List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1973
Ship | Country | Description |
Golar Patricia |
Liberia |
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).[62] |
18 November
List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1973
Ship | Country | Description |
Gapern |
Sweden |
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).[64] |
23 November
List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1973
Ship | Country | Description |
Annette |
Cyprus |
The cargo ship collided with the harbour wall and sank at Ashdod, Israel, killing 21 of her 24 crew.[65] |
26 November
List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1973
Ship | Country | Description |
Armas |
Cyprus |
The cargo ship ran aground off Alderney, Channel Island with the loss of one of her 23 crew.[66] |
December
19 December
List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1973
Ship | Country | Description |
Oriental Monarch |
Liberia |
The cargo ship foundered 150 nautical miles (280 km) off Victoria, British Columbia with the loss of all 40 crew.[68] |
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