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The list of shipwrecks in 1953 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1953 .
January
1 January
List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1953
Ship
State
Description
Attu Island
United States
Carrying a cargo of 5,000 tons of capsized and sank bottom-up 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km; 0.6 mi) south of Bar Harbor in
Ketchikan ,
Territory of Alaska . An attempt during the 1970s to refloat her failed.
[1]
6 January
List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1953
Ship
State
Description
Kelvinbank
United Kingdom
The Liberty ship was driven ashore on Ocean Island. She was later refloated but struck wreckage and was abandoned.[2]
8 January
9 January
11 January
15 January
17 January
18 January
21 January
List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1953
Ship
State
Description
Arklow
flag unknown
The coaster ran aground off Avonmouth. Refloated the next day.[12]
Palomares
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground off Avonmouth. Refloated the next day.[12]
23 January
25 January
30 January
31 January
February
1 February
List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1953
Ship
State
Description
HMS Sirdar
Royal Navy
The Dockyard and sank. She was later raised, repaired, and returned to service.
3 February
List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1953
Ship
State
Description
Westland
Netherlands
The ship foundered in the Friesland with the loss of all seven crew.
[18] [19]
15 February
26 February
List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1953
Ship
State
Description
Huglen
United Kingdom
The cargo ship ran aground at
March
1 March
List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1953
Ship
State
Description
Baalbek
Norway
The cargo ship collided with the Great Nore Sands Fort, in the North Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off Sheerness , Kent , United Kingdom. One of the seven towers of the fort collapsed and the ship ran aground. Four of the fourteen crew of the fort were reported missing.[22]
2 March
3 March
List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1953
Ship
State
Description
Loomis
United States
The 15-
4 March
8 March
10 March
List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1953
Ship
State
Description
Tahsis No. 3
Canada
The bulk oil carrier sank after striking a rock in .
11 March
List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1953
Ship
State
Description
Settsu Maru
Japan
The whaling support ship sank in the pack ice, or due to an accident with her sea valve, or sea injection valves.
[27] [28] [29]
17 March
20 March
28 March
29 March
April
1 April
List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1953
Ship
State
Description
Ciudad de Palma
Spain
The passenger ship ran aground at Majorca. All 670 passengers and crew rescued.
[33]
2 April
List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1953
Ship
State
Description
Rolling Wave
United States
The 13-
4 April
6 April
7 April
10 April
13 April
List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1953
Ship
State
Description
Taboga
Panama
The cargo ship foundered 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) west south west of
14 April
List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1953
Ship
State
Description
HMS Conway
United Kingdom
Conway after grounding
The
Mercantile Marine Service Association
training ship , formerly a Rodney class 90 gun Ship-of-the-Line, ran aground in the
Menai Strait and was subsequently declared a
total loss . Her wreck was destroyed by a fire in 1956.
18 April
28 April
May
6 May
9 May
List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1953
Ship
State
Description
Supreme
United States
The 33.5-foot (10.2 m), 7-
11 May
List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1953
Ship
State
Description
Henry Steinbrenner
United States
The 427-foot (130 m), 4,719- with the loss of 17 of her 31 crew after her cargo hatch covers were lost during a storm.
17 May
19 May
20 May
24 May
26 May
List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1953
Ship
State
Description
Maggie
United States
The 12-
June
4 June
7 June
16 June
11 May
List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1953
Ship
State
Description
Scotiadoc
Canada
The 424-foot (129 m), 4,432-). There were 30 survivors.
26 June
List of shipwrecks: 26 June 1953
Ship
State
Description
Mary Pat
United States
The 10-
July
2 July
7 July
14 July
16 July
List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1953
Ship
State
Description
Three unidentified landing ships
Republic of China Navy
Dongshan Island in
China by
mortar fire that detonated their cargoes of ammunition.
[58]
20 July
List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1953
Ship
State
Description
A R 5
United States
The 8-
23 July
26 July
August
9 August
List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1953
Ship
State
Description
St Columba
United Kingdom
The ferry ran aground in Ettrick Bay, Buteshire. Refloated the same day.
[62]
11 August
List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1953
Ship
State
Description
Sacco No. 3
United States
The 28-
19 August
List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1953
Ship
State
Description
Else Basse
Denmark
Newfoundland, Canada and was abandoned. Her 24 crew and a passenger were rescued by
Corner Brook (
United Kingdom .
[63] She was subsequently repaired and returned to service as the Finnish
Kaarina .
[64]
31 August
September
3 September
7 September
8 September
List of shipwrecks: 8 September 1953
Ship
State
Description
Liberté
France
The ocean liner ran aground at Le Havre . Refloated that day.[67]
9 September
21 September
23 September
List of shipwrecks: 23 September 1953
Ship
State
Description
RFA Wave Ruler
Royal Navy
The , Wales. Refloated on 5 October and returned to service.
27 September
List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1953
Ship
State
Description
Walrus
United States
The 21-
29 September
30 September
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date September 1953
Ship
State
Description
Celt
United States
The 43-
October
7 October
List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1953
Ship
State
Description
Fearless
United States
The 63-
9 October
List of shipwrecks: 9 October 1953
Ship
State
Description
Jr.
United States
The 9-
12 October
13 October
List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1953
Ship
State
Description
Tiderip
United States
The 15-
14 October
List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1953
Ship
State
Description
Reliance No. 3
United States
The 10-
21 October
List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1953
Ship
State
Description
Bharatveer
India
The cargo ship was driven ashore 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north of constructive total loss.
[77]
22 October
List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1953
Ship
State
Description
Eiho Maru
Japan
The tanker ran aground in the River Mersey , United Kingdom, three times within 24 hours.[78]
25 October
List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1953
Ship
State
Description
Sea Gram
United States
The 13-
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date October 1953
Ship
State
Description
Hiawatha
United States
The 74-
November
2 November
List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1953
Ship
State
Description
Trygve
United States
The 15-
4 November
6 November
7 November
List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1953
Ship
State
Description
Meteor
United States
The 8-
8 November
List of shipwrecks: 8 November 1953
Ship
State
Description
Columbus
Netherlands
The coaster sank 50 nautical miles (93 km) north west of Texel . All eleven crew were rescued.[81]
9 November
List of shipwrecks: 9 November 1953
Ship
State
Description
Wanita
United States
The 32-
10 November
16 November
List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1953
Ship
State
Description
Vittoria Claudia
Italy
The cargo ship collided with Dungeness,
Kent , with the loss of twenty of her 25 crew.
[83]
24 November
25 November
29 November
30 November
December
14 December
15 December
24 December
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: unknown date in December 1953
Ship
State
Description
Roda
West Germany
The cargo ship sank in the North Sea on or after 3 December. She was being towed from Stavanger , Norway to Hamburg for scrapping. She was refloated in 1956 and scrapped at Hamburg.[93]
Unknown date
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