The list of shipwrecks in 1983 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1983.
April
11 April
List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1983
Ship | Country | Description |
Bay Club |
Panama |
Suffered an engine room fire 1,000 nautical miles (1,900 km) off Land's End, Cornwall, United Kingdom. The crew abandoned ship and were rescued by Dart Atlantic ( United Kingdom.[2] |
Schutting 1 |
Panama |
Foundered 75 nautical miles (139 km) south west of Land's End. Six crew taken off by helicopter form RNAS Culdrose, Cornwall. The seven remaining crew later took to a lifeboat and were rescued by Axel Johnson. They were also taken to Culdrose by helicopter.[2] |
19 April
List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1983
Ship | Country | Description |
Ghiannis D |
Greece |
Ran aground at Sha`b Abu Nuhas reef. Remained stranded on reef and sank some six weeks later.[3] |
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: unknown date April 1983
Ship | Country | Description |
Misty Blue |
United States |
The fishing trawler departed for a clamming trip on 11 April 1983 and was scheduled to return the following day, but never did. Her entire crew of four was lost. Her intact wreck was found on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean east of Cape Henlopen, Delaware.[4] |
June
5 June
List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1983
Ship | Country | Description |
Alexander Suvorov |
Soviet Union |
Collided with a railway bridge at Ulyanovsk, killing 177 people. Ship later repaired and returned to service. |
August
6 August
List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1983
Ship | Country | Description |
Castillo de Bellver |
Spain |
The tanker broke in two and caught fire off Saldaana, South Africa. The stern section capsized and sank; the bow section was taken in tow by the tug John Ross ( South Africa), but was sunk by explosive charges.[7] |
10 August
List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1983
Ship | Country | Description |
Neg Chieftain |
Panama |
The tug capsized and sank off Ramsgate, Kent.[8] |
11 August
List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1983
Ship | Country | Description |
Unknown Soviet submarine |
Soviet Union |
US Army Intelligence and Security Command assets intercepted information that allowed the United States to piece together details concerning the sinking of a Soviet submarine in the North Pacific.[9] |
October
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1983
Ship | Country | Description |
Nina Sagaidak |
Soviet Union |
Trapped in ice in the Chukotsk Sea, crushed and sank. Crew rescued by helicopter and taken to Vladivostok. Kolya Myagotin ( Soviet Union) also reported to be sinking.[10] |
References
- ↑ "HMS Nurton". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
- 1 2 "Fifty rescued from storms". The Times (61504). London. 12 April 1983. col E-G, p. 2.
- ↑ Andrea Ghiotti, ed. (1996). Diving Guide to the Red Sea Wrecks. Luxor: A A Gaddis & Sons. pp. 56–61.
- ↑ Anonymous, Shipwrecks of the Mid-Atlantic: Maryland, Delaware & Southern New Jersey (poster), Sealake Products USA, undated.
- ↑ "Ship's crew saved after oil rig collision". The Times (61572). London. 30 June 1983. col D-G, p. 1.
- ↑ "The 1983 Central Pacific Tropical Cyclone Season, July 31 - August 4, 1983 (TROPICAL STORM GIL)". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
- ↑ "Tanker's bow taken in tow as oil moves away". The Times (61605). London. 8 August 1983. col E, p. 1.
(Continued on back page, column F.)
- ↑ "Neg Chiefain".
- ↑ "NSA Signal Intelligence".
- ↑ "Race against time to save ice-bound ships". The Times (61664). London. 15 October 1983. col D, p. 6.
- ↑ "Nicaroguan Naval Battles". Sovietempire.com. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
- ↑ "Greek ship in Gulf hit by Exocet". The Times (61697). London. 23 November 1983. col C, p. 1.
- ↑ "Navy Ship, Freighter Collide". St. Cloud Times. 24 November 1983. p. 2.
- ↑ "A small Lebanese-registered merchant ship collided with a U.S..." UPI. Retrieved 21 November 2017.
- ↑ "British Merlin". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.