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The list of shipwrecks in 1968 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1968 .
January
1 January
3 January
7 January
9 January
11 January
13 January
14 January
15 January
16 January
List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1968
Ship
State
Description
Balkan
Bulgaria
The Bourgas to Lattakia. She was refloated on 24 July but was consequently scrapped.
[10]
18 January
List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1968
Ship
State
Description
Little Joe
United States
The motor vessel was destroyed by fire in Seal Bay on the coast of
Alaska . The wreck report did not specify in which of many Seal Bays along the Alaskan coast the incident took place.
[11]
22 January
List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1968
Ship
State
Description
Elpis
Greece
The
23 January
26 January
27 January
February
4 February
List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1968
Ship
State
Description
Ross Cleveland
United Kingdom
The trawler capsized and sank off with the loss of eighteen of her nineteen crew.
5 February
6 February
10 February
List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1968
Ship
State
Description
Charny
Canada
Charny began taking on water in one hold during a storm while on a voyage from Canada to Haiti. The vessel sank but all 24 people on board were rescued.[citation needed ]
13 February
List of shipwrecks: 13 February 1968
Ship
State
Description
Spyridon
Greece
Spyridon sinking A fire erupted aboard the cargo ship in the Mediterranean Sea. She sank in the late afternoon. The U.S. Navy ammunition ship USS Suribachi received an SOS call at 0916 hrs and arrived on scene at 1555 hrs. Three Greek merchant ships and a Soviet Kashin-class guided missile destroyer also responded to the call. The crew was rescued by the Greek ships.[citation needed ]
15 February
18 February
List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1968
Ship
State
Description
Mount Hope
United States
After entering shallow water in
19 February
List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1968
Ship
State
Description
Capitaine Frangos
Panama
The cargo ship sank after colliding with an unidentified ship at the entrance to the Dardanelles , Turkey . Fifteen of her twenty crew were killed.[18]
20 February
22 February
List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1968
Ship
State
Description
Parvati Jayanti
India
The constructive total loss and scrapped.
[4]
25 February
26 February
List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1968
Ship
State
Description
Shozan Maru
Japan
The bulk carrier struck a rock in the Panama Canal and sank. Refloated the following day.[20]
27 February
29 February
List of shipwrecks: 29 February 1968
Ship
State
Description
Chirikof
United States
The
March
1 March
3 March
6 March
List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1968
Ship
State
Description
Antonios Michalos
Greece
The cargo ship struck a submerged object at constructive total loss and scrapped in May 1969.
[25]
8 March
9 March
10 March
List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1968
Ship
State
Description
Hi Krooyer
Denmark
The coaster sank 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) south of Orkney Islands following and on-board explosion. One of her five crew was killed.
[28]
14 March
20 March
List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1968
Ship
State
Description
Elisabethville
Belgium
Caught fire at Antwerp , declared a constructive total loss. Scrapped in January 1969.[30]
23 March
List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1968
Ship
State
Description
Akutan
United States
The
29 March
April
7 April
List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1968
Ship
State
Description
Capitàn Leonidas
Chile
Valparaiso with sugar. The captain wanted to sink the ship for an
insurance fraud . However, the ship was only grounded. It was originally the Norwegian-flagged MV Molda , built in Bremen, Germany in 1937.
9 April
List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1968
Ship
State
Description
Belgion
Greece
The constructive total loss and consequently scrapped.
[31]
10 April
List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1968
Ship
State
Description
Wahine
New Zealand
. Of the 610 passengers and 123 crew on board, 53 were killed.
12 April
List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1968
Ship
State
Description
M P E 110
United States
The
21 April
22 April
30 April
List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1968
Ship
State
Description
Brandaris
Netherlands
The coaster sank in the Bay of Biscay 80 nautical miles (150 km) west of the mouth of the Gironde . All crew rescued by a Spanish trawler.[35]
Unknown date
May
6 May
8 May
List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1968
Ship
State
Description
Inverrosa
United Kingdom
The ore carrier ran aground off Boca Ralon, Florida , United States. She was refloated on 23 May, subsequently laid up and scrapped.[37]
Inverrosa shipwreck, Boca Raton, Florida (May 1968)
Inverrosa shipwreck, Boca Raton, Florida (May 1968)
10 May
List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1968
Ship
State
Description
Gero Miklaos
Greece
The cargo ship ran aground in a Akyab, Burma and broke up, a total loss.
[38]
17 May
List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1968
Ship
State
Description
Alert
United States
The
21 May
June
3 June
14 June
List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1968
Ship
State
Description
World Glory
Greece
The tanker broke in two off the coast of Natal in a storm. Both sections sank.
[40]
17 June
List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1968
Ship
State
Description
Pan 60
United States
The gillnet fishing vessel was destroyed near the False Pass entrance to the Bering Sea by a fire in her galley that went out of control. The only person aboard barely survived by jumping overboard just before a 300-US-gallon (1,100 L; 250 imp gal) gasoline tank exploded and swimming 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) to shore in heavy clothing and rubber boots.[41]
29 June
List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1968
Ship
State
Description
John D
United States
The motor vessel was destroyed by fire near the small-boat harbor in
Homer ,
Alaska .
[42]
30 June
July
5 July
List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1968
Ship
State
Description
Southern Exposure
United States
The
9 July
19 July
List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1968
Ship
State
Description
Magsaysay
Philippines
The cargo ship caught fire in the constructive total loss and consequently scrapped.
[43]
23 July
August
3 August
5 August
List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1968
Ship
State
Description
Walworth
United States
The
9 August
13 August
List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1968
Ship
State
Description
Lila Ki
United States
The
14 August
16 August
List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1968
Ship
State
Description
Brownie
United States
The
17 August
20 August
List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1968
Ship
State
Description
Whistler
United States
A
21 August
22 August
23 August
27 August
List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1968
Ship
State
Description
Plover
United States
The
31 August
List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1968
Ship
State
Description
Willi Bansch
Volksmarine
The 183/1 (Project 183)-class motor torpedo boat was sunk in a collision in heavy fog with Drottingen ( Sweden ). Seven crewmen killed.[48]
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date August 1968
Ship
State
Description
USS Condor
United States Navy
The decommissioned YMS-135 subclass
was sunk as a target.
September
1 September
List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1968
Ship
State
Description
Cabo Santa Maria
Spain
The cargo ship ran aground at Praia de Atalanta, Cape Verde and was wrecked.[49]
Peter Pan
United States
The
5 September
List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1968
Ship
State
Description
Atlantic
United States
The
8 September
9 September
10 September
List of shipwrecks: 10 September 1968
Ship
State
Description
Helen J
United States
The
16 September
List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1968
Ship
State
Description
Babs
United States
The
23 September
27 September
List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1968
Ship
State
Description
Marsha Ann
United States
The
29 September
List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1968
Ship
State
Description
Polyxeni
Somalia
The Port Dauphiné, Madagascar, where she became a total loss.
[55]
October
1 October
List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1968
Ship
State
Description
Carmen B
United States
The
5 October
List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1968
Ship
State
Description
Evie
United States
The
10 October
15 October
List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1968
Ship
State
Description
E Evangelia
Greece
constructive total loss.
[58]
16 October
List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1968
Ship
State
Description
Alvin
United States
research ship
Lulu snapped and she fell into the water with her hatch open. All three crew members escaped.
Alvin was refloated in September 1969, overhauled, and returned to service.
[59]
19 October
21 October
31 October
List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1968
Ship
State
Description
Etnefjell
Norway
The second Norwegian tanker in ten days to have an explosion and fire evacuated 29 members of its crew into two lifeboats, 350 nautical miles (650 km; 400 mi) southeast of Cape Farewell, Greenland The master, chief mate and first engineer remained behind, and were four days later by USCGC Absecon ( United States Coast Guard ). One man was found dead on the ship; the lifeboats were never located after a 10-day search.[62] [63]
November
3 November
List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1968
Ship
State
Description
Sacrum Cor
Italy
The cargo ship sank at Vado during a storm.[64]
7 November
List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1968
Ship
State
Description
Newglade
United Kingdom
The Kynosoura, Greece. She was beached in Ambelaki Bay. She was refloated on 19 November and found to be severely damaged. Consequently scrapped.
[65]
11 November
15 November
List of shipwrecks: 15 November 1968
Ship
State
Description
YC-21
United Kingdom
The barge sank off
24 November
List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1968
Ship
State
Description
Celtic
United States
The 57-
Dumbo
Panama
The Tudor-Queen -class constructive total loss.
[69]
28 November
List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1968
Ship
State
Description
Review
United States
A storm destroyed the
December
7 December
8 December
12 December
List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1968
Ship
State
Description
North Sea
United States
The
19 December
List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1968
Ship
State
Description
Gold Sky
Panama
The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank in the Mediterranean Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km; 23 mi) off Gibraltar . The crew were rescued by Otto Leonhardt ( West Germany ). Her insurers alleged that she had been scuttled. A court hearing decided that, on the balance of probabilities, she had been.[73]
21 December
List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1968
Ship
State
Description
Sea Ermine
United States
The
22 December
24 December
List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1968
Ship
State
Description
Azuero
Panama
The Gironde and broke in two, a total loss.
[76]
Unknown date
Unknown date
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