List of shipwrecks in 1974

The list of shipwrecks in 1974 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1974.

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1974
Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec
Unknown date

January

1 January

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1974
ShipCountryDescription
Transocean III  United States The drilling rig sank 100 nautical miles (190 km) east of the Orkney Islands, United Kingdom. All 56 crew rescued.[1]

16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1974
ShipCountryDescription
Prosperity  Cyprus The cargo ship struck a reef and sank west of Guernsey, Channel Islands. All eighteen crew lost.[2][3]
Merc Enterprise  Denmark The coaster sank off the south coast of Devon, United Kingdom with the loss of eight crew.[2]

19 January

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1974
ShipCountryDescription
Nhật Tảo Republic of Vietnam Navy Battle of the Paracel Islands: The Chi Lang II-class patrol boat was sunk by an anti-tank missile fired by No. 389 (China People's Liberation Army Navy) There were 37 survivors from her 104 crew.[4]
No. 389  People's Liberation Army Navy Battle of the Paracel Islands: The Type 6610 minesweeper was shelled and damaged in the Paracel Islands by South Vietnamese ships and was beached to prevent sinking. Refloated, repaired and returned to service.[5]

22 January

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1974
ShipCountryDescription
USS Raymond  United States Navy The decommissioned John C. Butler-class destroyer escort was sunk as a target off the coast of Florida.

27 January

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1974
ShipCountryDescription
Captayannis  Greece
Captayannis.
The ship was wrecked in the River Clyde. Her 30 crew were rescued by Rover ( United Kingdom). Captayannis was on a voyage from East Africa to Greenock, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom.[6]

29 January

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1974
ShipCountryDescription
Hedwig Lünstedt  West Germany The coaster capsized and sank in the English Channel with the loss of all eight crew.[7]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1974
ShipCountryDescription
Batavia Road  Australia The tourist boat struck rocks and foundered 30 kilometres (16.2 nautical miles; 18.6 miles) north of Geraldton, Western Australia.
Scaldis  United Kingdom The fishing boat foundered in the English Channel off Chesil Beach, Dorset in late January with the loss of five lives.[8][9]

February

9 February

List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1974
ShipCountryDescription
Gaul  United Kingdom The factory ship sank in the Barents Sea off Norway. All 36 crew lost.

10 February

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1974
ShipCountryDescription
Tania  Cuba Stranded on the Corona del Tingo rocks (22°46′N 83°58′W / 22.767°N 83.967°W / 22.767; -83.967). Declared a constructive total loss.[10]

19 February

List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1974
ShipCountryDescription
Mahiri  United Kingdom The Empire F type coaster sprang a leak south east of Tobago. Taken in tow but capsized and sank in Gulf of Paria (10°37′N 61°34′W / 10.617°N 61.567°W / 10.617; -61.567).

22 February

List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1974
ShipCountryDescription
Giovanna Lolli-Ghetti  Italy The empty ore-bulk-oil carrier caught fire and a string of explosions ripped open the ten central holds. The vessel sank within three hours 900 miles northeast of Hawaii (31°50′N 145°15′W / 31.833°N 145.250°W / 31.833; -145.250).[11] Seven sailors perished.[12] Thirty-one survivors were rescued by Tamerlane ( Norway), Novikov Priboya ( Soviet Union), and USCGC Mellon ( United States).

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: unknown 1974
ShipCountryDescription
Unidentified  South Korea Two fishing vessels were captured by North Korean ships. 30 crewmen captured. the vessels were later shelled and sunk by North Korean shore batteries.[13]

March

6 March

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1974
ShipCountryDescription
USS Kenneth M. Willett  United States Navy The decommissioned John C. Butler-class destroyer escort was sunk as a target off the coast of Puerto Rico.

10 March

List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1974
ShipCountryDescription
Oregis  United Kingdom The support ship ran aground on the Black Midden Rocks in the Tyne Estuary.[14]

23 March

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1974
ShipCountryDescription
Straitsman  Australia The livestock carrier capsized and sank in the Yarra River, Melbourne with the loss of two crew and many of her cargo of 2,000 sheep.[15]

27 March

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1974
ShipCountryDescription
Versa  Cyprus The cargo ship sank off Roche Douvres, France. All sixteen crew rescued by the Guernsey lifeboat.[16]

April

8 April

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1974
ShipCountryDescription
USS Wickes  United States Navy The decommissioned Fletcher-class destroyer was sunk as a target.

15 April

List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1974
ShipCountryDescription
Astra  Norway The factory ship collided with Karonga ( Singapore) off the coast of Portuguese Guinea. She sank on 17 April with the loss of a crew member.[17]

May

9 May

List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1974
ShipCountryDescription
St Pierre  Canada Capsized and sank in the Lachine Canal, Montreal.

16 May

List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1974
ShipCountryDescription
Master Deviedem  Soviet Union The tanker sank after colliding with a French ferry 21 nautical miles (39 km) north of Tunisia.[18]

19 May

List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1974
ShipCountryDescription
USS Ingersoll  United States Navy The decommissioned Fletcher-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California at 33°34′8″N 118°34′7″W / 33.56889°N 118.56861°W / 33.56889; -118.56861 ("USS Ingersoll (DD-652)").

24 May

List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1974
ShipCountryDescription
USS Stockdale  United States Navy The decommissioned Edsall-class destroyer escort was sunk as a target off the coast of Florida.

26 May

List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1974
ShipCountryDescription
Sygna  Norway
MV Sygna, 1974

The cargo ship ran aground at Stockton Beach, New South Wales, Australia.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1974
ShipCountryDescription
Titus  Belgium Collided with Mediterranea ( Italy) in the Panama Canal.[19]

June

20 June

List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1974
ShipCountryDescription
USS Burns  United States Navy The decommissioned Fletcher-class destroyer was sunk as a target.

28 June

List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1974
ShipCountryDescription
No. 863  Republic of Korea Navy The patrol ship was sunk by three North Korean ships. 28 crewmen killed.[20]

July

16 July

List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1974
ShipCountryDescription
Northfield  United States The tanker ran aground off Bombay, India. She was on a voyage from Beaumont, Texas to Bombay. Consequently scrapped.[21]

21 July

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1974
ShipCountryDescription
TCG Kocatepe  Turkish Naval Forces Turkish invasion of Cyprus: The Gearing-class destroyer was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Cyprus by Turkish Air Force aircraft that mistook her for a Greek warship. Fifty-four of her crew were lost.

August

8 August

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1974
ShipCountryDescription
Rainbow  Cyprus Ran aground in the Guadalquivir river. Sold for scrap in situ.[19]

9 August

List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1974
ShipCountryDescription
Metula  Netherlands Antilles The tanker ran aground in the Strait of Magellan.[22] Subsequently refloated, declared a total loss and scrapped.[23]

11 August

List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1974
ShipCountryDescription
Produce  Norway The tanker ran aground off Durban, South Africa. All 33 crew rescued.[24]

12 August

List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1974
ShipCountryDescription
Caribia  Greece
The loss of Caribia

The ocean liner ran aground at Guam and was wrecked.

22 August

List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1974
ShipCountryDescription
USS Thorn  United States Navy
USS Thorn being sunk.
The decommissioned Gleaves-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean approximately 75 nautical miles (86 miles; 139 km) east of Jacksonville, Florida, by aircraft from the aircraft carrier USS Saratoga.

30 August

List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1974
ShipCountryDescription
Otvazhny  Soviet Navy The Kashin-class destroyer exploded and sank in the Black Sea with 24 casualties.

September

2 September

List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1974
ShipCountryDescription
Nuage de Matin  United Kingdom The yacht sank off Gorey Castle, Jersey, after she broke from her moorings.

5 September

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1974
ShipCountryDescription
Morning Cloud  United Kingdom The yacht was sunk by a large wave while sailing from Cowes to Burnham-on-Crouch, England, with the loss of two of her seven crew members.

13 September

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1974
ShipCountryDescription
Verona  United States The vessel was wrecked on the east coast of Kodiak Island, Alaska.[25]

18 September

List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1974
ShipCountryDescription
Martisant United Kingdom Dominica The cargo ship sank at Puerto Castilla, Honduras.[26]

19 September

List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1974
ShipCountryDescription
Focomar  Cyprus Ran aground on Andros Island, Greece, then sank in deep water

23 September

List of shipwrecks: 23 September 1974
ShipCountryDescription
Kaffir  United Kingdom The coaster was wrecked at Newton, Ayrshire.[27]

26 September

List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1974
ShipCountryDescription
Transhudson  United States The tanker ran aground on Kiltan Island, India. She was on a voyage from Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia to Subic Bay, Philippines. Declared a total loss.[28]

29 September

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1974
ShipCountryDescription
Nauticus Ena  United Kingdom The coaster collided with Thuringa ( West Germany) and sank 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Ostend, Belgium.[29]

30 September

List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1974
ShipCountryDescription
USS Pettit  United States Navy The decommissioned Edsall-class destroyer escort was sunk as a target off Puerto Rico.

October

4 October

List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1974
ShipCountryDescription
Ammersee  Cyprus The coaster was abandoned in the English Channel. She was shelled and sunk by Le Champenois ( Marine Nationale) as a danger to shipping.[30]

28 October

List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1974
ShipCountryDescription
Eurabia Sun  Lebanon The cargo ship sank off the coast of the Netherlands. All 28 crew rescued.[31]

29 October

List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1974
ShipCountryDescription
HMS Whirlwind  Royal Navy The decommissioned W and Z-class destroyer sank at her moorings in Cardigan Bay, Wales, while in use as a target ship.

November

19 November

List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1974
ShipCountryDescription
USS Cockrill  United States Navy The decommissioned Edsall-class destroyer escort was sunk as a target off Florida.

21 November

List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1974
ShipCountryDescription
Roy A. Jodrey  Canada The bulk carrier struck a buoy, then ran aground on Pullman Shoal near Alexandria Bay, New York. Efforts to save the ship failed and the vessel turned on its side before sinking at 44°20′N 75°56′W / 44.333°N 75.933°W / 44.333; -75.933.[32][33]

28 November

List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1974
ShipCountryDescription
Yuyu Maru  Japan The tanker was bombed and torpedoed by Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force ships and Japan Air Self-Defence Force aircraft and sunk 300 nautical miles (560 km) off Cape Inubo.

December

24 December

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1974
ShipCountryDescription
Booya  Australia Schooner sank in Darwin Harbour, Australia during Cyclone Tracy with the loss of 5 crew.

25 December

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1974
ShipCountryDescription
HMAS Arrow  Royal Australian Navy
HMAS Arrow.

The Attack-class patrol boat was destroyed at Darwin, Australia during Cyclone Tracy.

31 December

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1974
ShipCountryDescription
Koromiko  Hong Kong The ship ran aground at the mouth of the Ganges (21°34′N 89°45′E / 21.567°N 89.750°E / 21.567; 89.750). She was on a voyage from the Philippineds to Chalna, India. Koromiko was abandoned on 9 January 1975.[34]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1974
ShipCountryDescription
Berkshire No. 7  United States The barge sank in Bridgeport Harbor at Bridgeport, Connecticut, in the spring of 1974 while lashed to the barges Elmer S. Dailey and Priscilla Dailey when one of them began to take on water, sank, and dragged the other two down with her.
Elmer S. Dailey  United States The barge sank in Bridgeport Harbor at Bridgeport, Connecticut, in the spring of 1974 while lashed to the barges Berkshire No. 7 and Priscilla Dailey when one of them began to take on water, sank, and dragged the other two down with her.
Priscilla Dailey  United States The barge sank in Bridgeport Harbor at Bridgeport, Connecticut, in the spring of 1974 while lashed to the barges Berkshire No. 7 and Elmer S. Dailey when one of them began to take on water, sank, and dragged the other two down with her.

References

  1. ↑ "North Sea rig sinks after crew taken off". The Times (58977). London. 2 January 1974. col D, p. 1.
  2. 1 2 "16 bodies found after Guernsey shipwreck". The Times (58991). London. 18 January 1974. col E-H, p. 1.
  3. ↑ "MV Prosperity Memorial". BBC. Retrieved 27 Aug 2015.
  4. ↑ "Chinese Naval Battles (Civil War and later)". Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  5. ↑ "Chinese Naval Battles (Civil War and later)". Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  6. ↑ Watson, Calum. "Sugar Boat shipwreck: The River Clyde's unlikely landmark". BBC News Online. Retrieved 14 October 2010.
  7. ↑ "13 feared dead after gales lash Britain". The Times (59000). London. 29 January 1974. col F, p. 1.
  8. ↑ "Historical List of Shipwrecks at Chesil Beach & from Bridport to Lyme Regis". Burton Bradstock Online. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  9. ↑ "Scaldis small fishing boat (1974)". wrecksite. Retrieved 23 February 2018.
  10. ↑ "Belgian Merchant A-G" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
  11. ↑
  12. ↑
  13. ↑ "North Korean Naval Battles". Redfleet-Soviet empire. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  14. ↑ "Oil support ship aground in Tyne estuary". The Times (59035). London. 11 March 1974. col A, p. 1.
  15. ↑ "Four-hour ordeal in sunken ship". The Times (59047). London. 25 March 1974. col A-C, p. 7.
  16. ↑ "Crew of 16 saved". The Times (59050). London. 28 March 1974. col G, p. 4.
  17. ↑ "Thorshavet". The Yard. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
  18. ↑ "Soviet tanker sinks after hitting ferry". The Times (59091). London. 17 May 1974. col F, p. 7.
  19. 1 2 "Belgian Merchant P-Z" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
  20. ↑ "North Korean Naval Battles". Redfleet-Soviet empire. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  21. ↑ "T2 TANKERS - N - O - P". Mariners. Retrieved 31 October 2016.
  22. ↑ "METULA, Chile, 1974". The International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation Ltd. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  23. ↑ "Metula (2)". Auke Visser. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
  24. ↑ "Tanker's crew saved". The Times (59163). London. 12 August 1974. col C, p. 5.
  25. ↑ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (V)
  26. ↑ "Pomerol". The Yard. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  27. ↑ "KAFFIR". Clydesite. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  28. ↑ "T2 TANKERS - Q - R - S". Mariners. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  29. ↑ "British cargo ship sinks in collision". The Times (59205). London. 30 September 1974. col D, p. 6.
  30. ↑ "Dynamite ship explodes after direct hit". The Times (59211). London. 7 October 1974. col G, p. 6.
  31. ↑ "Freighter crew saved". The Times (59230). London. 29 October 1974. col G, p. 10.
  32. ↑ "Roy A Jodrey (6522622)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  33. ↑ "Roy A Jodrey". shipwreckworld.com. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  34. ↑ "KOROMIKO". Clydesite. Retrieved 1 July 2016.

See also

Ship events in 1974
Ship launches: 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
Ship commissionings: 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
Ship decommissionings: 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
Shipwrecks: 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
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