List of shipwrecks in 1967

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The list of shipwrecks in 1967 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1967.

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January

1 January

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1967
Ship State Description
Refrigerator 10  Soviet Union The refrigerated cargo ship sank in the Bering Strait 35 nautical miles (65 km) north of Unimak Island in the Aleutian Islands with the loss of five of her 79 crew.[1]

2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1967
Ship State Description
Bjorn Lohse  West Germany The ship caught fire at
constructive total loss. The ship was scrapped in March 1967.[2]
Filia  Greece The
constructive total loss.[3]

4 January

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1967
Ship State Description
Bluebird  United Kingdom The hydroplane crashed on Coniston Water during an attempt on the world water speed record, killing its pilot, Donald Campbell.

8 January

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1967
Ship State Description
San Roberto  Panama The
deemed uneconomic and she was consequently scrapped.[4]

9 January

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1967
Ship State Description
HMS Amphion  Royal Navy The Amphion-class submarine collided with Timbarra ( Australia), sustaining slight damage.[5]
Jamaica Bay  United States The dredger was mined by the
Saigon, Vietnam.[6]
V O  United States The 126-foot (38.4 m)
life raft 26 nautical miles (48 km; 30 mi) east-southeast of Marmot Island and 50 miles (80 km) northeast of Kodiak, Alaska.[7]

10 January

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1967
Ship State Description
Parmarina  Lebanon The cargo ship was wrecked in the South China Sea off Keelung, Taiwan (25°10′N 121°43′E / 25.167°N 121.717°E / 25.167; 121.717).[8]

11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1967
Ship State Description
Audacity  United Kingdom The
tanker ran aground near the Terschelling Bank Light Vessel ( Netherlands). Refloated on 21 January, repaired and returned to service.[9]

13 January

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1967
Ship State Description
Nelson B  Canada The sailing ship struck a submerged object at 44°00′N 66°18′W / 44.000°N 66.300°W / 44.000; -66.300 and sank.[10][11]

15 January

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1967
Ship State Description
Rosa Anna  Philippines The
constructive total loss. Consequently scrapped.[12]

17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1967
Ship State Description
Elias K  Greece The cargo ship ran aground in the
constructive total loss and scrapped in December 1967.[13]

19 January

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1967
Ship State Description
Dangpo  Republic of Korea Navy The
MiG-21 aircraft, and sunk, with 39 of her crewmen killed.[14]

21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1967
Ship State Description
Jacob Verolme  Netherlands The bulk ore carrier exploded and sank 120 nautical miles (220 km) off Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain with the loss of one of her 48 crew.[15]

23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1967
Ship State Description
Constantia 2  United Kingdom The tanker was carrying fresh water en route to Gibraltar when she struck the Les Casquets reef in a storm, all crew were rescued, the ship broke her back.[16][17]

25 January

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1967
Ship State Description
Pafco No. 12  United States The
motor vessel was destroyed by fire at Kodiak, Alaska.[18]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1967
Ship State Description
Sir Winston Churchill  United Kingdom The schooner sank at Southampton, Hampshire. Later pumped out, refloated and returned to service.[19]

February

6 February

List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1967
Ship State Description
Astronaut  United States The 77-
seagoing buoy tender USCGC Citrus ( United States Coast Guard) rescued the other four.[20]
Medina  United States The

17 February

List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1967
Ship State Description
Bar  Yugoslavia The
constructive total loss, she was scrapped in situ.[3]
Ponderosa  Liberia The
constructive total loss, she was refloated in May and sold.[22]

21 February

List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1967
Ship State Description
Cape Bonnie  Canada The coaster ran aground at 44°26′N 63°42′W / 44.433°N 63.700°W / 44.433; -63.700 and was wrecked.[23]

23 February

List of shipwrecks: 23 February 1967
Ship State Description
Valiant Enterprise  United States The abandoned and derelict
Ceylon.[24]

27 February

List of shipwrecks: 27 February 1967
Ship State Description
Farringford  United Kingdom The passenger ferry ran aground at Lymington, Hampshire during a gale. Later refloated and returned to service.[25]

28 February

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1967
Ship State Description
Tukan  Soviet Union The factory ship foundered 15 nautical miles (28 km) north of Hanstholm, Denmark with the loss of 57 of her 79 crew.[26]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1967
Ship State Description
Anesis  Greece The cargo ship ran aground 45 nautical miles (83 km) east of Lagos, Nigeria. She was abandoned as a total loss.[27]
Roma Um  Argentina The vessel caught fire and was beached at Belém, Brazil.[28]

March

8 March

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1967
Ship State Description
Laura Scotti  Italy The ship capsized and aground off Caparica, Portugal.[29]

12 March

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1967
Ship State Description
Balmoral  Liberia The
Weser Estuary, West Germany. She broke in two on 5 April, a total loss.[30]
Dias  Liberia The cargo ship caught fire off the south coast of Portugal. Her crew were rescued. Dias exploded and sank 60 nautical miles (110 km) off Cape St. Vincent 36°39′N 8°03′W / 36.650°N 8.050°W / 36.650; -8.050). She was on a voyage from Bremen, West Germany to Civitavecchia, Italy.[31][32]

14 March

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1967
Ship State Description
Kolno  Poland Collided with Østbornholm ( Denmark) in the Odense River.

15 March

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1967
Ship State Description
C-43A  Vietnam People's Navy Vietnam War: The blockade runner was scuttled to prevent capture after being heavily damaged by U.S. ships.[33]

17 March

List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1967
Ship State Description
Scenic  United States The 14-

18 March

List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1967
Ship State Description
Torrey Canyon  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on Pollard's Rock in the
crude oil. The vessel released 32 million gallons of oil, much of which washed up on the Cornish coast.[35]

20 March

List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1967
Ship State Description
Labuan Bay  Panama The cargo ship ran aground on Bancoran Island, Borneo and caught fire. Refloated 24 March and towed to Manila, Philippines. After a further fire on 11 July, the ship was scrapped in November 1967.[36]

22 March

List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1967
Ship State Description
Lapwing  United Kingdom The
constructive total loss and was consequently scrapped.[37]

23 March

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1967
Ship State Description
Nan B  United States The 43-

24 March

List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1967
Ship State Description
Myalls  Canada The coaster caught fire and sank off Shelburne Harbour.[39]

27 March

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1967
Ship State Description
Panteleimon  Greece The
constructive total loss and scrapped.[40]

29 March

List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1967
Ship State Description
Aleutian Reefer  United States The 252-
gross register ton, 125.5-foot (38.3 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Homer, Alaska.[20]
H & S No. 5  United States The 198-

31 March

List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1967
Ship State Description
Christos  Liberia The
Hodeidah, Federation of South Arabia. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but sank in the Aegean Sea north of Cyprus (36°32′N 26°57′E / 36.533°N 26.950°E / 36.533; 26.950) the next day .[42]

April

11 April

List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1967
Ship State Description
USS Walter X. Young  United States Navy The decommissioned
high speed transport
was sunk as a target during missile-firing tests.

16 April

List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1967
Ship State Description
San Toy  United States The 10-

18 April

List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1967
Ship State Description
Christitsa  Greece The
constructive total loss.[24]

28 April

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1967
Ship State Description
Costa Rican Trader  Liberia The cargo ship ran aground in Halibut Bay, Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada and was wrecked.[43]

May

4 May

List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1967
Ship State Description
Donghae  South Korea The
constructive total loss.[44]

6 May

List of shipwrecks: 6 May 1967
Ship State Description
South Wind  United States The tug capsized in Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of Alaska after she struck the mooring line of the barge she was towing. The buoy tender USCGC Sorrel ( United States Coast Guard) rescued her entire crew of three.[34]

16 May

List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1967
Ship State Description
Nira  United States The 9-
gross register ton, 32.4-foot (9.9 m) fishing vessel sank after striking a submerged object in Southeast Alaska. The wreck report stated that the accident took place south of Ketchikan, Alaska, in Wrangell Narrows, but Wrangell Narrows lies north of Ketchikan, calling into question the exact location of Nira's sinking.[38]

19 May

List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1967
Ship State Description
Despina K  Lebanon The Liberty ship ran aground off the coast of Mexico (24°52′N 112°16′W / 24.867°N 112.267°W / 24.867; -112.267) and broke in two, a total loss.[45]

24 May

List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1967
Ship State Description
Renmore  United States The
motor vessel was destroyed by fire at Seldovia, Alaska.[46]

25 May

List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1967
Ship State Description
Archon Raphael  Panama The Liberty ship ran aground near Djibouti City. Later refloated and towed to Djibouti City.[47]

June

2 June

List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1967
Ship State Description
Essberger Chemist  West Germany The chemical tanker exploded and caught fire 250 nautical miles (460 km) south of the Azores, Portugal. All 40 crew rescued by an American ship.[48]

5 June

List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1967
Ship State Description
HMSAS Bloemfontein  South African Navy The
decommissioned Algerine-class minesweeper was sunk as a target in False Bay off the coast of South Africa by the frigate President Kruger and the minesweeper SAS Johannesburg (both  South African Navy).[49]
Unknown Egyptian barge  Egypt
Alexandria, Egypt.[50]
Unknown Egyptian dredger  Egypt
Alexandria, Egypt.[50]

6 June

List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1967
Ship State Description
Vassil Levsky  Bulgaria Arab-Israeli War: The cargo ship anchored in the Great Bitter Lake. Not released until June 1975, she was consequently scrapped.[51]
Unknown Egyptian motor torpedo boat  Egyptian Navy Six-Day War: The Project 205 motor torpedo boat ran aground in a fight with Israeli Navy vessels. Later refloated.[52]
Two unknown Hazir-class submersibles  Israeli Navy
Port Said, Egypt.[50]

7 June

List of shipwrecks: 7 June 1967
Ship State Description
Mecca  Egypt
block ship. The wreck was cleared in 1975 to enable the canal to be re-opened.[52][53]

8 June

List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1967
Ship State Description
Magd  Egypt
tanker was bombed and sunk in the Suez Canal by Israeli Air Force aircraft. Wreck cleared in 1975 to enable the canal to be re-opened.[54]
USS Liberty  United States Navy
constructive total loss
and was consequently scrapped.

9 June

List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1967
Ship State Description
Free Merchant  Cyprus The
Ceylon and was abandoned by her crew. She broke in two, then sank the next day (9°14′N 68°11′E / 9.233°N 68.183°E / 9.233; 68.183). She was on a voyage from Beirut, Lebanon to Yokohama, Japan.[55]
Northern Venture  Panama The
constructive total loss.[56]

10 June

List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1967
Ship State Description
Irini  Greece The
constructive total loss.[40]
Winsome  Hong Kong The
Hainan Island, China and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Kaohsiung, Taiwan to Bangkok, Thailand. She sank the next day in the South China Sea (16°45′N 116°45′E / 16.750°N 116.750°E / 16.750; 116.750).[57]

11 June

List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1967
Ship State Description
Falcon  United States The 7-
Meyers Chuck in Ketchikan, Alaska.[58]

14 June

List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1967
Ship State Description
Ever Blessing  Liberia The
constructive total loss.[22]
Mparmpamarcos  Liberia The
constructive total loss and scrapped.[59]

15 June

List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1967
Ship State Description
Marcar  Liberia The
Cape Verde Islands. Later refloated and towed to Saint Vincent where she sank in 1968.[60]
Solar  United States The

16 June

List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1967
Ship State Description
Michiko  Liberia The
constructive total loss and scrapped.[61]

17 June

List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1967
Ship State Description
P G No. 7  United States The 8-
gross register ton, 28.6-foot (8.7 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at King Cove, Alaska.[18]
Pearl of Victory  Panama The cargo ship was wrecked on a reef in the Red Sea.

19 June

List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1967
Ship State Description
Farwest  United States The
motor vessel sank at the Copper River on the south-central coast of Alaska southeast of Cordova.[58]
Hanhungho  South Korea The fishing vessel was damaged during an attempt to capture by North Korea. Sank later while under tow. One crewman killed, two wounded.[14]

23 June

List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1967
Ship State Description
Meldon  United States The 42-
gross register ton, 53-foot (16.2 m) fishing vessel was wrecked on the coast of Long Island in Alaska. The wreck report does not specify which of a number of islands in Alaska named Long Island the incident occurred on.[21]
Thimar S  Liberia The Liberty ship ran aground at Sarawak (2°58′N 108°40′E / 2.967°N 108.667°E / 2.967; 108.667), a total loss.[62]

24 June

List of shipwrecks: 24 June 1967
Ship State Description
Essberger Chemist  West Germany The chemical tanker was torpedoed by HMS Dreadnought ( Royal Navy) and finished off by shelling from HMS Salisbury ( Royal Navy) at the request of her owners.[63]

26 June

List of shipwrecks: 26 June 1967
Ship State Description
Roscoe II  United States The 13-
gross register ton, 30.9-foot (9.4 m) fishing vessel was lost after striking an unidentified obstruction 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) off Unga Rock off the coast of Unga Island in the Gulf of Alaska.[46]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in June 1967
Ship State Description
Mecca  United Arab Republic Six-Day War: The passenger ship was scuttled in the Suez Canal. The wreck was scrapped in September 1974.[64]
Port Launceston  United Kingdom Six-Day War: The cargo ship was trapped in the Suez Canal. Declared a
constructive total loss on 19 February 1969. Subsequently sold and returned to service.[65]

July

1 July

List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1967
Ship State Description
Lefteric  Liberia The Liberty ship ran aground, broke in two and sank at Mormugao, India.[61]
Unknown Israeli assault boat  Israeli Navy War of Attrition: The armed Bertram-built cabin cruiser was sunk by ground fire in/near the Suez Canal.[66]

3 July

List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1967
Ship State Description
Kelly B  United States The 14-

5 July

List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1967
Ship State Description
Conchita  Liberia The Liberty ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Indian Ocean (6°20′S 50°27′E / 6.333°S 50.450°E / -6.333; 50.450).[40]

6 July

List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1967
Ship State Description
Unidentified motor torpedo boat United Arab Republic Navy Six-Day War: The No. 310-class motor torpedo boat ran aground during a battle with Israeli vessels. Eventually refloated and returned to service.[68]

11 July

List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1967
Ship State Description
USS Currier  United States Navy The decommissioned Buckley-class destroyer escort was sunk as a target with a Mark 14 Mod. 5 torpedo in the Pacific Ocean off California by the submarine USS Bugara ( United States Navy).[69][70]
Two unidentified motor torpedo boats United Arab Republic Navy
motor torpedo boats were sunk by gunfire off Rumani, Egypt on the coast of the Sinai Peninsula by the destroyer INS Eilat ( Israeli Navy).[68]

12 July

List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1967
Ship State Description
Demitrios  Liberia The Liberty ship sprang a leak and sank in the Indian Ocean (9°20′S 48°30′E / 9.333°S 48.500°E / -9.333; 48.500).[71]

13 July

List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1967
Ship State Description
President Garcia  Philippines The cargo ship ran aground in Saints Bay, Guernsey, Channel Islands.[72] Refloated on 20 July.[73][74]

14 July

List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1967
Ship State Description
C-198  Vietnam People's Navy Vietnam War: The blockade runner was captured by the United States Navy after running aground while trying to escape attack by the destroyer escort USS Wilhoite, the gunboat USS Gallup, and the Patrol Craft Fast USS PCF-79 (all  United States Navy) and the cutter USCGC Point Orient ( United States Coast Guard). Her commanding officer and her political commissar were killed. She was towed to Da Nang, South Vietnam, where Viet Cong saboteurs sank her in the harbor.[33]
T-343  Vietnam People's Navy
Day River, probably to air attack.[75]
T-346  Vietnam People's Navy
Day River, probably by air attack. She sank under tow the next day.[75]

17 July

List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1967
Ship State Description
Jamhuri  Zanzibar The coaster ran aground off Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. All 200 passengers taken off by other vessels.[76]
Kondor  Liberia The
constructive total loss and scrapped.[61]

18 July

List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1967
Ship State Description
New York News  Canada The sailing ship foundered off Pugwash, Nova Scotia.[77]

20 July

21 July

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1967
Ship State Description
Empire Lola  United Kingdom The tug was sunk as a target off Bermuda by HMS Leander ( Royal Navy).[79]

23 July

List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1967
Ship State Description
Dream Girl  United States The 14-
gross register ton, 35.3-foot (10.8 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at False Pass, Alaska.[78]

26 July

List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1967
Ship State Description
Sir Winston Churchill  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at the entrance to Holyhead Harbour, Anglesey, refloated later that day.[19]

31 July

List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1967
Ship State Description
Angelina  Liberia The
Madras, India. She was later towed to Singapore and scrapped.[40]

August

2 August

List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1967
Ship State Description
Costoula  Liberia The
constructive total loss.[40]

10 August

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1967
Ship State Description
Fort William  Canada The package carrier collided head-on with the merchant vessel
bow.[80]
Paul J. Tietjen  United States The merchant vessel collided head-on with the package carrier Fort William ( Canada) on Lake Huron. Fort William suffered little damage, but Paul J. Tietjen was holed in her bow.[80]

11 August

List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1967
Ship State Description
British Lantern  United Kingdom The tanker ran aground in the
Schelde at Borssele, Zeeland, the Netherlands.[81] Later refloated by numerous tugs.[82]

13 August

List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1967
Ship State Description
Santa Fe  Chile The

14 August

List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1967
Ship State Description
USS Scurry  United States Navy The decommissioned Admirable-class minesweeper was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean off the Virginia Capes.

20 August

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1967
Ship State Description
Mary Lou  United States The

22 August

List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1967
Ship State Description
Silver King  Canada While
seiner was run down by the tug Ocean Rockswift (flag unknown) and sank off Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Six lives lost, one survivor.[84]

24 August

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1967
Ship State Description
Hubert R Smith  Canada The coaster caught fire and sank in the Bay of Fundy.[85]

26 August

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1967
Ship State Description
Hai Yong  Panama The ship was wrecked at Pangulasian Island, Palawan, Philippines. The wreck was then stripped of machinery and fittings and converted to a barge and renamed Asian Logger.[86]

27 August

List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1967
Ship State Description
Aristos  Greece The ship collided with Linde ( Norway) and sank 16 nautical miles (30 km) off Beachy Head, England. All eighteen crew were saved by Linde.[87] Aristos was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Piraeus.[88]

29 August

List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1967
Ship State Description
Cucciolo  Italy wrecked off
Pantellaria Island.[89]

September

4 September

List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1967
Ship State Description
Aena  United States The
North American  United States While under
Nantucket Light. Her wreck was located in the summer of 2006.[90]

5 September

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1967
Ship State Description
Amfitriti  Hellenic Navy The decommissioned Gato-class submarine was sunk as a target in the Mediterranean Sea by United States Sixth Fleet vessels.

6 September

List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1967
Ship State Description
R C Stoner  United States The tanker ran aground at Wake Island, one of the United States Minor Outlying Islands.[91]

10 September

List of shipwrecks: 10 September 1967
Ship State Description
BNS Vigilance Republic of Biafra Biafran Armed Forces The Ford-class seaward defence boat was sunk at Port Harcourt, Biafra, by the Nigerian Navy. Later salvaged and scrapped.[92]

13 September

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1967
Ship State Description
Denny Rose  United Kingdom The cargo ship was last reported at 25°15′N 134°23′E / 25.250°N 134.383°E / 25.250; 134.383. No further trace, presumed foundered. She was on a voyage from Cebu, Philippines to Chiba, Japan.[93]

15 September

List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1967
Ship State Description
Sam Su No. 7  South Korea The
North Pacific Ocean approximately 200 nautical miles (370 km; 230 mi) south of the Aleutian Islands and 200 nautical miles (370 km; 230 mi) southwest of Adak, Alaska.[34]
Sam Su No. 8  South Korea The
North Pacific Ocean approximately 200 nautical miles (370 km; 230 mi) south of the Aleutian Islands and 200 nautical miles (370 km; 230 mi) southwest of Adak, Alaska.[34]

16 September

List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1967
Ship State Description
Kowloon No.1  Hong Kong The
Hachinohe, Japan (40°32′N 141°33′E / 40.533°N 141.550°E / 40.533; 141.550). Refloated on 7 October but declared a constructive total loss. Scrapped in June 1968.[94]

18 September

List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1967
Ship State Description
Merchantman  United Kingdom The tug sank 85 nautical miles (157 km) east of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire after colliding with the drilling rig Ocean Prince.[95]
Regency  United Kingdom The salvage vessel exploded and sank off the
Wolf Rock, Isles of Scilly whilst undertaking salvage operations on the wreck of HMS Association ( Royal Navy): Her five crew were rescued by trawler Roimage ( France).[96]

19 September

List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1967
Ship State Description
ROKS Dangpo  Republic of Korea Navy The
Korean Peninsula by North Korean coastal artillery
. Thirty-nine of the 79-man crew were killed.

20 September

List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1967
Ship State Description
Unidentified fishing vessel  South Korea The fishing vessel was shelled and sunk by North Korean coastal artillery batteries.[14]

21 September

List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1967
Ship State Description
Attiki  West Germany The
constructive total loss, she was repaired and returned to service.[97]

October

5 October

List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1967
Ship State Description
Artemida  Cyprus The
Malacca Strait (2°30′N 102°29′E / 2.500°N 102.483°E / 2.500; 102.483). Later refloated and towed to Shanghai, China.[45]

9 October

List of shipwrecks: 9 October 1967
Ship State Description
Med Star  Lebanon The cargo ship foundered in the
Pantellaria, Italy.[98]
Panoceanic Faith  United States During a voyage from
North Pacific Ocean approximately 870 nautical miles (1,610 km; 1,000 mi) southwest of Kodiak, Alaska,[18][99] with the loss of 36 of her 41 crew members.[100]

10 October

List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1967
Ship State Description
USS Harveson  United States Navy The decommissioned Edsall-class destroyer escort was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off California.

12 October

List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1967
Ship State Description
Sankaty Head  United States The 55-foot (17 m), 37-
hull.[101]
Statue of Liberty  Liberia The tanker ran aground off the north coast of Kent, United Kingdom.[102]

16 October

List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1967
Ship State Description
Vitanic  United States The 131-
gross register ton, 79.1-foot (24.1 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Chernofski, Alaska.[7]

17 October

List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1967
Ship State Description
Nagusena  Panama The cargo ship sank in the North Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Esbjerg, Denmark.[13]

18 October

List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1967
Ship State Description
Margariti  Lebanon The
Friesland, Netherlands.[103]

20 October

List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1967
Ship State Description
Periolos  Greece The
Ceylon, a total loss.[45]

21 October

List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1967
Ship State Description
INS Eilat  Israeli Navy The
Z-class destroyer was struck by two Styx missiles launched from a Komar-class missile boat ( United Arab Republic Navy) and sank with 47 crewmen killed and 100 wounded.[104]

24 October

List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1967
Ship State Description
Abbott  Canada The sailing ship caught fire and sank in the
George's Bank area of the Gulf of Maine.[105]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1967
Ship State Description
Roma Um  Argentina Refloated, having been aground at Belém, Brazil since February, but capsized and sank.[28]

November

3 November

List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1967
Ship State Description
Habib Marikar  Hong Kong The cargo ship was wrecked when her engine failed during
Typhoon Emma. All but one of her 44 crew were rescued by USS Navarro ( United States Navy) before the ship was driven ashore at Lincoln Island, Paracel Islands.[106]
Kostis A. Georgilis  Greece The Liberty ship caught fire and ran aground in the Coco Islands. Burnt out, she was a total loss.[40]

5 November

List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1967
Ship State Description
El Hasani  Morocco The cargo ship caught fire on her maiden voyage off Southampton, United Kingdom. All but two crew taken off by a Swedish tanker.[107]
Rethi Moller  West Germany The
Caernarvonshire.[108]

6 November

List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1967
Ship State Description
Loyal Fortunes  Liberia The
constructive total loss, she was scrapped in situ.[22]
Stella  United States The 9-

11 November

List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1967
Ship State Description
Ledra  Cyprus The
constructive total loss.[109]

14 November

List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1967
Ship State Description
USS Guavina  United States Navy The decommissioned Balao-class submarine was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Henry, Virginia, by a Mark 16 torpedo fired by the submarine USS Cubera ( United States Navy).

16 November

List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1967
Ship State Description
California Sun  Liberia The
constructive total loss.[24]

21 November

List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1967
Ship State Description
USS Clarke County  United States Navy The
tank landing ship was holed when she struck a sunken landing craft while attempting to beach at Doc Pho, Vietnam. The ship lost power and went aground parallel to the beach. Clarke County was pulled off on 1 December.[110]

22 November

List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1967
Ship State Description
Enosis  Lebanon The
constructive total loss and scrapped.[62]

23 November

List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1967
Ship State Description
Dorothy  United States The
G P C 20  United States The 31-foot (9.4 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by a storm at Ouzinkie, Alaska.[111]

30 November

List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1967
Ship State Description
Artemida  Cyprus The
Woosung, China.[45]
Nankwang  Hong Kong The cargo ship ran aground and sank at Woosung. She was on a voyage from Whampoa to Shanghai, China.[112]

December

1 December

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1967
Ship State Description
Irving Beech, and Lubrolake  Canada The Maple type tug Irving Beech ran aground off New Waterford, Nova Scotia with tanker Lubrolake and a barge. All three vessels were lost.[113]

3 December

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1967
Ship State Description
Diamantis Gafos  Liberia The Liberty ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (0°45′S 41°53′W / 0.750°S 41.883°W / -0.750; -41.883), presumed subsequently foundered.[114]
Saint Anthony  United States The 75-foot (22.9 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by a storm in Puale Bay (57°41′N 155°29′W / 57.683°N 155.483°W / 57.683; -155.483 (Puale Bay)) on the coast of Alaska with the loss of her entire crew of three.[34]

6 December

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1967
Ship State Description
Harriet  United States The
crab-fishing vessel sank 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) off Seldovia Point (59°29′10″N 151°38′30″W / 59.48611°N 151.64167°W / 59.48611; -151.64167 (Seldovia Point)) on the south-central coast of Alaska after striking a submerged log. The fishing vessel Amatuli ( United States) rescued her crew of two. Harriet later broke in two, and her stern section washed ashore at Barabara Point.[41]
Pitsa  Panama The
Socotra Island, Yemen .[115]

7 December

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1967
Ship State Description
Mälarö  Sweden The fishing trawler was in collision with HDMS Delfinen ( Royal Danish Navy) when the latter surfaced north west of Skagen and sank. Her four crew took to a liferaft, but were subsequently discovered dead.[116]

8 December

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1967
Ship State Description
Emmanuel M  Greece The freighter (5400 GRT) ran aground off Scharhörn on and was looted by the islanders from Neuwerk. She was salvaged in July 1970 and towed to Cuxhaven.[117][118][119]

12 December

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1967
Ship State Description
Geowilka  Greece The
constructive total loss.[61]
Grifone  Italy The cargo ship was driven ashore on Mavro, Greece 36°00′N 26°23′E / 36.000°N 26.383°E / 36.000; 26.383) and was abandoned. She sank on 15 December.[93]

13 December

List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1967
Ship State Description
Valdez  United States While under tow by the tug Sea Witch ( United States) during a storm, the 5,051-ton train barge was wrecked on the coast of Alaska two miles from the entrance to Yakutat Bay. She and 42 railroad cars aboard her became total losses.[7]

15 December

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1967
Ship State Description
Mountpark  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Mavro, Greece. She was abandoned and subsequently sank.[120]

16 December

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1967
Ship State Description
Kien An  Hong Kong The cargo ship broke from her moorings and ran aground at Kakizaki, Japan. She was on a voyage from Thailand to Naoetsu, Japan. She broke in two and was a total loss.[121]

19 December

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1967
Ship State Description
NRP LDM-302  Portuguese Navy Guinea-Bissau War of Independence: The LDM-101-class landing ship was sunk by members of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde using machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades. Two crewmen killed. raised, repaired and returned to service before June 1968.[122]

20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1967
Ship State Description
USS Fessenden  United States Navy The decommissioned Edsall-class destroyer escort was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

21 December

List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1967
Ship State Description
Unidentified fishing vessel  South Korea The fishing vessel was shelled and sunk by North Korean coastal artillery batteries. Six of her crewmen were killed.[14]

23 December

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1967
Ship State Description
Odysion  Greece The Liberty ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (25°49′S 11°13′E / 25.817°S 11.217°E / -25.817; 11.217), subsequently foundered.[114]

29 December

List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1967
Ship State Description
Nikos V  Greece The coaster ran aground 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) from the Driana Lighthouse, Libya. She was on a voyage from Varna, Bulgaria to Benghazi, Libya. She broke up and was a total loss.[123]

30 December

List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1967
Ship State Description
Sound  United States The

31 December

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1967
Ship State Description
Advance  West Germany The coaster ran aground at Hook of Holland, South Holland, the Netherlands. All eight crew saved.[124]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1967
Ship State Description
Improver  United States The 9-
gross register ton, 31.3-foot (9.5 m) fishing vessel sank at Bold Island in Southeast Alaska. The wreck report does not specify which of several islands of the name it is referring to.[125]
USS Oracle  United States Navy The decommissioned Auk-class minesweeper was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean by United States Pacific Fleet forces in the winter of 1967.
Turisten  Norway The lake steamer was scuttled in the lake Femsjøen, Norway. The wreck was raised in 1997 and restored, work being completed in 2009.[126]

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