List of shipwrecks in 1962

The list of shipwrecks in 1962 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1962.

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1962
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January

3 January
List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Kostantis Mpousses  Greece The steamer foundered off Thassos in the Aegean Sea.[1]

7 January
List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Sabac  Yugoslavia The cargo ship collided with Dorrington Court ( United Kingdom) and sank off the Goodwin Sands, English Channel.[2] Twenty-eight of her 33 crew were killed.[3]

8 January
List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Pinjarra  United Kingdom The cargo liner ran aground at the mouth of the River Tees.[4] Refloated the next day.[5]

9 January
List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Suerte  Lebanon The Liberty ship ran aground near Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.[6]

11 January
List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1962
ShipCountryDescription
B-37  Soviet Navy The submarine was destroyed by explosion at Ekaterininsky. S-350 ( Soviet Navy) was damaged by the explosion. A total of 132 people killed.
Fordfield  United Kingdom The coaster capsized and sank 10 nautical miles (19 km) south east of the Owers Lightvessel, off Selsey Bill, Sussex. All nine crew rescued by Perla Dan ( Denmark).[7]

15 January
List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1962
ShipCountryDescription
KRI Matjan Tutal  Indonesian Navy Battle of Arafura Sea: The TNC 45/Adjak-class motor torpedo boat was sunk in the Arafura Sea by HNLMS Evertsen ( Royal Netherlands Navy) off western New Guinea. Three crewmen were killed with the survivors rescued by Evertsen.[8]

16 January
List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Finn Gemma  Norway The coaster collided with Nordic in Bremen Harbour and sank. All 12 crew rescued.[9]

17 January
List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Neftegorsk  Soviet Union The tanker ran aground off the mouth of the Gironde, France and was abandoned.[10]

20 January
List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Fides  Italy The Liberty ship ran aground at the mouth of the Elbe and broke in two. A total loss.[11]

21 January
List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Hjalmar Wessel  Norway The cargo ship caught fire in the North Sea 60 nautical miles (110 km) north west of Den Helder, Netherlands. Fire extinguished and ship towed to IJmuiden.[12]
Fides  Italy The cargo ship ran aground in the Elbe at Cuxhaven, West Germany.[12]

23 January
List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Gladonia  United Kingdom The coaster ran aground off the Hoek van Holland, Netherlands.[13]

31 January
List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1962
ShipCountryDescription
BP Driver  United Kingdom The tanker ran aground at Porthcawl, Glamorgan.[14]

Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Gai Floreal  France The fishing vessel ran aground near Bennal Cove, St. Ives, Cornwall, England. Her entire crew survived. She was refloated and towed to France.[15]

February

1 February
List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Berta Kienass  West Germany The trawler struck a mine and sank off the Netherlands with the loss of all but one of her fourteen crew.[16]
Kozara  Greece The cargo ship ran aground in the Black Sea. Refloated after nine days.[17]

5 February
List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Yanix  Greece The Liberty ship foundered 60 nautical miles (110 km) off Luzon Island, Philippines (19°04′N 120°37′E). All 29 crew rescued.[18][19]

7 February
List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Chickasaw  United States The Type C2-F cargo ship ran aground on Santa Rosa Island, California.

11 February
List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Barbro D  United States The 8-gross register ton, 30.3-foot (9.2 m) fishing vessel sank at Juneau, Alaska.[20]

28 February
List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Captayannis  Panama The cargo ship ran aground in the North Sea off Goeree-Overflakkee, South Holland, Netherlands (51°40′N 3°25′E). She was refloated but deemed uneconomic to repair and was scrapped in April 1962.[21]

Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Kingsgate  United Kingdom The coaster ran aground south of Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland.[22]
Delce  United Kingdom The barge foundered in the Thames Estuary with the loss of both crew.[23]

March

4 March
List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Island Lass  United Kingdom The passenger ship foundered off North Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands.[24]

8 March
List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1962
ShipCountryDescription
USS Howorth  United States Navy The decommissioned Fletcher-class destroyer was sunk as a torpedo target off San Clemente Island, California, by the submarines USS Volador and USS Salmon (both  United States Navy).

11 March
List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Eunice  United States The 34-gross register ton, 55.2-foot (16.8 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Homer, Alaska.[25]
Sand Dart  United Kingdom The coaster ran aground at St Alban's Head, Swanage Dorset.[26]
Norwich Trader  United Kingdom The coaster collided with Akinity ( United Kingdom) and was beached on a sandbank off Kings Lynn, Norfolk. Later refloated and reached port.[22]

12 March
List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Triton  United States The 19-gross register ton 42.2-foot (12.9 m) motor vessel was destroyed by fire at Craig, Alaska.[27]

14 March
List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Athina  Greece The cargo ship caught fire at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. The fire was extinguished two days later but she was declared a constructive total loss. Scrapped in August 1962.[21]

15 March
List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Sophie H  United States The cargo ship ran aground near Augusta, Sicily, Italy. Refloated on 19 March.[28]

16 March
List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Venezuela  Italy The ocean liner ran aground off Cannes, France.

25 March
List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Marconia  United States The 115-gross register ton, 74.5-foot (22.7 m) fishing vessel struck a reef and sank in Unga Strait (55°25′N 160°30′W) off the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula.[29]

26 March
List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1962
ShipCountryDescription
USCGC Winnebago United States Coast Guard The Owasco-class cutter ran aground on Tripod Reef at the entrance to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. She was refloated with the assistance of United States Navy tugs within a few days.

27 March
List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1962
ShipCountryDescription
British Mariner, and
Palmyra		  United Kingdom
 West Germany		 The cargo ship Palmyra collided with tthe tanker British Mariner 18 nautical miles (33 km) west of Ouessant, Finistère, France and sank. British Mariner was consequently declared a constructive total loss and was scrapped in May 1962.[21][30][31]
Chignik 7  United States The 8-gross register ton, 31.3-foot (9.5 m) fishing vessel was wrecked near Ivanof Bay, Alaska.[32]

28 March
List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Ridunian  United Kingdom On voyage from Alderney to Guernsey with a cargo of gravel, was wrecked on rocks, off Guernsey.[33]

29 March
List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Kirsten Skou  Denmark The cargo ship collided with Karpfanger ( West Germany) and sank in the English Channel off Dover, Kent. All 35 crew saved.[34]

30 March
List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Skyros  Greece The bulk carrier ran aground off To-shima, Tokyo and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Kobe, Japan to Los Angeles, California, United States. Consequently scrapped.[35]

Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Wear Breeze  Australia The cargo ship ran aground at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Refloated but declared a constructive total loss and consequently scrapped in July.

April

3 April
List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Inchmay  Hong Kong The cargo ship ran aground at Wakayama, Japan. Later refloated and returned to service.

6 April
List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Suerte  Lebanon The Liberty ship was scuttled off the coast of Canada.[6]

15 April
List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Theopan  Liberia The Liberty ship caught fire at Beirut, Lebanon. She was declared a constructive total loss.[36]

18 April
List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Augustenburg  West Germany The cargo ship collided with Colorado ( Denmark) and sank 24 nautical miles (44 km) south of the Nab Tower off the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom.[37]

21 April
List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Cena  United States The 10-gross register ton motor vessel sank near Turnabout Island (57°07′30″N 133°58′40″W) in Frederick Sound in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[32]

30 April
List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Bahia de Nepe  Cuba The ship was attacked and sunk by a Guatemalan Air Force after firing upon the aircraft when ordered to identify herself. Guatemalan President Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes claimed the ship was running arms to Guatemala.[38]

May

5 May
List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Quest  Norway The schooner-rigged steamship struck ice and sank north of Labrador, Canada.

15 May
List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Empress  United States The 71-gross register ton, 78.8-foot (24.0 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire near Pleasant Island in the Icy Strait in Southeast Alaska.[25]
Sea Venture  United States The 150-gross register ton, 130.1-foot (39.7 m) fishing vessel sank in the Bering Sea approximately 20 nautical miles (37 km) north of Seguam Island in the Aleutian Islands.[39]

23 May
List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Forager  United Kingdom The tug capsized and sank in River Clyde. Refloated on 5 June and later repaired. In service until scrapped in 1984.

24 May
List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Tollman  United Kingdom The tug capsized and sank at Hull, Yorkshire with the loss of three of her five crew.[40]

28 May
List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Star 2  United States The 7-gross register ton, 28.4-foot (8.7 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Larsen Bay, Alaska.[39]

June

9 June
List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Theoforos  Honduras The Liberty ship ran aground off Tallinn, Soviet Union. She was refloated but declared a constructive total loss.[11]

14 June
List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Hai Chang  China The Liberty ship foundered off the Pescadores Islands (23°38′N 119°50′E).[41]

15 June
List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Nyon   Switzerland The cargo ship collided with Jalazad ( India) and sank 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south of Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom. All 32 crew rescued by Jalazad.[42]

30 June
List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Nautilus 2 Unknown Vietnam War: Battle of Quang Khe: The junk was shelled, rammed, and sunk by T-161 ( Vietnam People's Navy) off the navy base at Quang Khe, North Vietnam.[43]
T-185  Vietnam People's Navy Vietnam War: Battle of Quang Khe: The Type 55A gunboat was sunk with limpet mines at the navy base at Quang Khe, North Vietnam, by South Vietnamese commandos. She was raised, repaired, returned to service.[44]

July

6 July
List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Tuaikaepau  New Zealand The vessel ran aground on the Minerva Reef. Crew lived in the wreck of a Japanese vessel, wrecked two years earlier, for seven weeks before making a raft and some of them sailed to Fiji. Five crew died before rescue came.

7 July
List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1962
ShipCountryDescription
USS Fullam  United States Navy The decommissioned Fletcher-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean 180 nautical miles (330 km) south of Cape Henry, Virginia.
Star of Mecca  Saudi Arabia The cargo ship ran aground near Jeddah, a total loss.[45]

18 July
List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Two Brothers  United States The 24-gross register ton, 49.9-foot (15.2 m) fishing vessel sank west of Karluk Reef (60°27′N 151°24′W) in Prince William Sound off the coast of Alaska.[27]

30 July
List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Montrose  United Kingdom The 4,993-ton freighter struck a steel barge being pushed by a tug and sank under the bridge on the Detroit River the night of 30 July 1962.[46] The collision ripped a hole in the side of the freighter causing water to flood into the front of the ship. All the crew got off safely and The Windsor Star reported about 20,000 spectators in Windsor and Detroit watched “the lumbering ship flop to her side in 30 feet of water”. The 440-foot (130 m) vessel was said to be valued at $6 million to $8 million, exclusive of cargo, and was just 18 months old. She was coming from France to the Great Lakes with fine wine and 200 tons of aluminum.

Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date July 1962
ShipCountryDescription
USS Ira Jeffery  United States Navy The decommissioned Buckley-class destroyer escort was sunk as a target.

August

1 August
List of shipwrecks: 1 August
ShipCountryDescription
Leanne  United States The 12-gross register ton, 29.8-foot (9.1 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Sand Point, Alaska.[47]

4 August
List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Sara B  United States The 9-gross register ton, 34.3-foot (10.5 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire on the west side of Renard Island (59°55′N 149°20′W) approximately 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) from Seward, Alaska.[39]
Summit  United States The 9-gross register ton, 28.3-foot (8.6 m) fishing vessel sank in Alitak Bay (56°50′N 154°10′W) on the coast of Kodiak Island.[39]

8 August
List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Aleutian II  United States The 12-gross register ton, 29.6-foot (9.0 m) fishing vessel sank near Makushin Bay (53°44′N 167°00′W) on the coast of Unalaska Island in the Aleutian Islands.[48]

22 August
List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Amy D  United States The 23-gross register ton, 41-foot (12.5 m) fishing vessel sank in "Mallard Bay" on the coast of Alaska. The wreck report does not specify whether the sinking occurred in Mallard Bay (60.2949°N 147.8178°W / 60.2949; -147.8178 (Mallard Bay)) on the coast of Knight Island in Prince William Sound on the south-central coast of Alaska or in Mallard Bay (54.7786111°N 131.9994444°W / 54.7786111; -131.9994444 (Mallard Bay)) on the coast of Prince of Wales Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[48]

26 August
List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Eudora  United States The 143-gross register ton, 100.6-foot (30.7 m) pleasure craft was wrecked at Cape Devine (55°22′45″N 160°09′00″W) on Korovin Island in Alaska's Shumagin Islands off the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula.[25]

28 August
List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Jenny III  Liberia The Liberty ship ran aground on the Serrana Bank, in the Gulf of Mexico. She was later refloated and towed to New Orleans, Louisiana, where she was declared a constructive total loss.[36]

30 August
List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Planet  United States The 43-gross register ton, 49.8-foot (15.2 m) motor cargo vessel was lost after colliding with the motor vessel Mutual ( United States) in Clarence Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[49]

September

1 September
List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Crescent  Panama Typhoon Wanda: The Liberty ship was driven ashore at Hong Kong. Declared a constructive total loss, she was scrapped in situ.[18]

2 September
Typhoon Wanda - twenty ships aground or sunk at Hong Kong,[50] including -
List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Carronpark  United Kingdom The cargo ship was driven ashore.[51]
Merchant Prince  United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with Grosvenor Navigator ( United Kingdom) off Hong Kong.[51]
Saldura  United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with Leefoon ( Hong Kong)
Mayon  Panama The cargo ship was severely damaged when Ruthy Ann ( United Kingdom) broke free from her mooring and was driven onto the smaller ship.[51]
Kowloon Dock  United Kingdom The tug foundered with the loss of all 30 crew.[50]

4 September
List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1962
ShipCountryDescription
D & M II  United States The 84-gross register ton, 110.2-foot (33.6 m) barge sank off Ocean Cape (59°32′30″N 139°51′30″W) on the south-central coast of Alaska.[52]
Rudakof  United States A storm destroyed the 171-gross register ton, 82.2-foot (25.1 m) motor vessel at the mouth of the Kaliakh River (60°05′40″N 142°48′30″W) on the south-central coast of Alaska.[53]

6 September
List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Guide  United States The motor vessel sank at Angoon, Alaska.[54]

7 September
List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Dixie  United States The 8-gross register ton, 30.8-foot (9.4 m) fishing vessel sank in Kasaan Bay (55°24′N 132°06′W) in Southeast Alaska.[52]

13 September
List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Unidentfied fishing trawler  Japan The fishing trawler sank in a collision with a Soviet Navy submarine. Sixteen of her crew were detained.[55]

14 September
List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Sisu  United States The 11-gross register ton, 32.4-foot (9.9 m) fishing vessel sank in Swanson Harbor (58°11′30″N 135°05′00″W) in Southeast Alaska.[39]

20 September
List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Georges  Liberia The Liberty ship was wrecked on the north coast of the Soviet Union (69°52′N 61°10′E).[18]

21 September
List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Ketovia  United States The 53-gross register ton, 57.6-foot (17.6 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of Alaska.[56]

28 September
List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Alaska Roustabout  United States The 119-gross register ton, 99.9-foot (30.4 m) tug sank in the Gulf of Alaska.[48]

30 September
List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Major  United Kingdom The Thames barge ran aground off Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex in a storm.[57]
Widder  West Germany The coaster ran aground at Canna, Scotland in a storm.[57]

October

1 October
List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Mattie J  United States The 14-gross register ton, 32.6-foot (9.9 m) fishing vessel sank at Chilkat (60°11′N 144°12′W), Alaska.[29]

7 October
List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Beater  Canada Hurricane Daisy: The sealer, a converted minesweeper, was driven ashore and wrecked at New Harbour, Nova Scotia.[58]

12 October
List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1962
ShipCountryDescription
S R 22  United States The 650-gross register ton, 110.3-foot (33.6 m) barge sank in the Gulf of Alaska near Chirikof Island.[39]

13 October
List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Cima 8  Cuban Revolutionary Navy The auxiliary patrol boat was sunk in the Cardenas Bay by a Cuban Exile operated boat.[59]

21 October
List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1962
ShipCountryDescription
M-1545F  Republic of China Navy Chinese Civil War: The sailboat was shelled and sunk by No. 504 and No. 587 (both  People's Liberation Army Navy).[60]
Sanct Svithun  Norway The passenger ship ran aground off the Vikna Islands, refloated then sank with the loss of 33 of the 79 passengers and crew.[61]

22 October
List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Johnny O  United States The 7-gross register ton, 27.6-foot (8.4 m) fishing vessel was wrecked at Thomas Basin in Ketchikan, Alaska.[62]

26 October
List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Costas Michalos  Greece The Liberty ship ran aground on the Banc les Quenocs, off Calais, France and broke in two, a total loss.[63][64]

28 October
List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Lisieux  France The ferry caught fire on a voyage between Newhaven, Sussex, United Kingdom and Dieppe. Escorted into Dieppe at reduced speed.[63]

29 October
List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Matelots Pillien et Peyrat  France The cargo ship was driven ashore in a storm at Port-de-Bouc, Bouches-du-Rhône and sank at the entrance to the Canal de Marseille au Rhône. Refloated on 3 November but declared a constructive total loss and scrapped.[21]

November

2 November
List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Rana  Netherlands The coaster sprang a leak and sank 25 nautical miles (46 km) off the west coast of Denmark.[65]
Musketier  Netherlands The coaster ran aground at Crail, Fife, United Kingdom. Broke in two and sank on 6 November.[66]

10 November
List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1962
ShipCountryDescription
East Star  Canada The coaster developed a severe list 130 nautical miles (240 km) of Bermuda and was abandoned. Crew rescued after nine days by San Gaspar ( United Kingdom). East Star was taken in tow by Mount Borga ( Norway).[67]
Zephyr  Liberia The cargo ship ran aground at Gladden Spit, British Honduras. Caught fire on 17 November, refloated on 27 November. Declared a constructive total loss but sold, repaired and returned to service.[21]

11 November
List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Jean Gougy  France The fishing vessel ran aground at Land's End, Cornwall, United Kingdom and capsized. Eight of the twenty crew were rescued by helicopter or breeches buoy. Sergeant Eric Smith of 22 Squadron, Royal Air Force was awarded a George Medal for his actions in the rescue.[68]

14 November
List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1962
ShipCountryDescription
A M  United States The 7-gross register ton, 27.7-foot (8.4 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in Cook Inlet at the mouth of the Kasilof River on the south-central coast of Alaska.[48]

16 November
List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1962
ShipCountryDescription
USS Aspro  United States Navy The decommissioned Balao-class submarine was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off San Diego, California, by the submarine USS Pomodon ( United States Navy).

17 November
List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1962
ShipCountryDescription
RNLB George Elmy RNLI The lifeboat foundered in the 'Seaham Lifeboat Disaster' with the loss of eight men and one boy (all five crew members and four of the five people they were trying to rescue).[69]

18 November
List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1962
ShipCountryDescription
RFA Green Ranger  Royal Fleet Auxiliary The fleet support tanker ran aground south of Hartland Point, Devon, England, and was wrecked. All seven crew rescued by breeches buoy.
Ashanti Palm  United Kingdom The cargo ship hit a breakwater at Naples, Italy and sank.[70]
Captain George  Greece The Liberty ship exploded and sank 300 nautical miles (560 km) north of Bermuda (36°49′N 61°24′W) with the loss of all 18 crew.[36][67]

23 November
List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Berea  South Africa ran aground at Ponta Barra da Falsa, Mozambique, a total loss.[71]

25 November
List of shipwrecks: 25 November 1962
ShipCountryDescription
No. 8 Xijin  Republic of China Navy Chinese Civil War: The infiltration ship was shelled and sunk by No. 547, No. 567 and No. 577 (all  People's Liberation Army Navy). 26 crewmen were taken as prisoners of war.[72]

28 November
List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Ike  United States The Liberty ship ran aground on a reef in the Red Sea (14°40′N 42°49′E). Beached and abandoned, she was declared a constructive total loss.[73]

29 November
List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Ragna Ringdal  Norway The cargo liner ran aground off Vatoa Island, Fiji. All passengers and crew rescued after three days.[74]

Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Hanlasan  Republic of Korea Navy The Baekdusan-class submarine chaser was sunk in a typhoon in the Pacific Ocean at Guam. She later was raised and was scrapped in 1964.[75][76]
N P Corp. No. 41  United States The 38-gross register ton 60.2-foot (18.3 m) barge sank in the Gulf of Alaska off Cape Saint Elias, Alaska.[77]

December

2 December
List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Tuscany  Liberia The Liberty ship ran aground on the Ladd Reef (8°40′N 111°40′E), a total loss.[78]

5 December
List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Link One  United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with Pulkovo ( Soviet Union) and sank in the Baltic Sea south east of the Gedser Lightship, off the east coast of Denmark. All crew took to the lifeboats and were rescued by Lechistan ( Poland).[79][80]
No. 1 Xiangshan  Republic of China Navy Chinese Civil War: The infiltration ship was shelled and sunk by No. 508 and No. 518 (all  People's Liberation Army Navy). 23 crewmen killed, 6 crewmen taken as prisoners of war.[81]

16 December
List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Aristoteles  Greece The 7,221 GRT freighter sank 600 kilometres (320 nmi) northeast of Funchal, en route from Detroit to Calcutta.
Nautilus  West Germany The cargo ship sank off the Netherlands with the loss of all but one of her 24 crew.[82]
Loide Honduras  Brazil The cargo ship ran aground in the West Scheldt, Belgium.[82]
Uilenspiegel  Belgium The pirate radio ship was driven ashore in a storm. She had got into difficulties off Zeebrugge and an attempt was made to tow her to Vlissingen, Netherlands but she broke her tow.[82]

18 December
List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Ridgefield  Liberia The Liberty ship ran aground at Grand Cayman Island and broke in two, a total loss.[11]

20 December
List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Aghios Nicolaus  Greece The coaster ran aground off Tripoli, Lebanon. All nine crew rescued by a Royal Air Force helicopter. Aghios Nicolaus was later refloated.[83]

30 December
List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1962
ShipCountryDescription
Gwendoline Steers  United States During a voyage from New York City to Northport, Long Island, New York, the 90-foot (27.4 m) tug sank in 40 feet (12 m) of water in Long Island Sound off Oyster Bay, Long Island, during a blizzard with the loss of all nine crew.[84][85]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1962
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USS Amesbury  United States Navy The decommissioned Charles Lawrence-class high-speed transport sank 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) west of Key West, Florida, while under tow to a scrapyard sometime after her 24 October 1962 sale for scrapping.
Regina  United States The 7-gross register ton, 30.9-foot (9.4 m) motor passenger vessel was destroyed by fire at Chignik, Alaska.[53]

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See also
Ship events in 1962
Ship launches: 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967
Ship commissionings: 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967
Ship decommissionings: 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967
Shipwrecks: 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967
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