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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January

3 January

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

7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1962
Ship State Description
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
Ship State Description
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
Ship State Description
Suerte  Lebanon The Liberty ship ran aground near Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.[6]

11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1962
Ship State Description
B-37  Soviet Navy The submarine was destroyed at Ekaterininsky by an explosion. The submarine 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
Ship State Description
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
Ship State Description
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
Ship State Description
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
Ship State Description
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
Ship State Description
Fides  Italy The cargo ship ran aground in the Elbe at Cuxhaven, West Germany.[12]
Hjalmar Wessel  Norway The cargo ship caught fire in the North Sea 60 nautical miles (110 km; 69 mi) northwest of Den Helder, Netherlands. Fire extinguished and ship towed to IJmuiden.[12]

23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1962
Ship State Description
Gladonia  United Kingdom The coaster ran aground off the Hook of Holland, Netherlands.[13]

31 January

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

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1962
Ship State Description
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
Ship State Description
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
Ship State Description
Yanix  Greece The Liberty ship foundered 60 nautical miles (110 km) off Luzon Island, Philippines (19°04′N 120°37′E / 19.067°N 120.617°E / 19.067; 120.617). All 29 crew rescued.[18][19]

6 February

List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1962
Ship State Description
Monarch  United States The fishing boat capsized and sank without loss of life in the Pacific Ocean 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) off Clipperton Island. Later that day, her crew of 10 reached the island, where they remained for 23 days until the guided-missile destroyer USS Robison ( United States Navy) rescued them on 1 March.[20][21][22]

7 February

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

9 February

List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1962
Ship State Description
OS-18  Soviet Navy The decommissioned Gnevny-class destroyer was sunk as a target off the Tendra Spit.

11 February

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1962
Ship State Description
Barbro D  United States The 8-gross register ton, 30.3-foot (9.2 m) fishing vessel sank at Juneau, Alaska.[23]

28 February

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1962
Ship State Description
Captayannis  Panama The cargo ship ran aground in the North Sea off Goeree-Overflakkee, South Holland, Netherlands (51°40′N 3°25′E / 51.667°N 3.417°E / 51.667; 3.417). She was refloated but deemed uneconomic to repair and was scrapped in April 1962.[24]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1962
Ship State Description
Delce  United Kingdom The barge foundered in the Thames Estuary with the loss of both crew.[25]
Kingsgate  United Kingdom The coaster ran aground south of Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland.[26]

March

4 March

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1962
Ship State Description
Island Lass  United Kingdom The passenger ship foundered off North Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands.[27]

8 March

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1962
Ship State Description
Gem  Liberia The tanker broke in two in the Atlantic Ocean (33°33′N 75°18′W / 33.550°N 75.300°W / 33.550; -75.300). She was taken in tow for Jacksonville, Florida, United States. She was declared a constructive total loss and scrapped.[28]
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
Ship State Description
Eunice  United States The 34-gross register ton, 55.2-foot (16.8 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Homer, Alaska.[29]
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.[26]
Sand Dart  United Kingdom The coaster ran aground at St Alban's Head, Swanage Dorset.[30]

12 March

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1962
Ship State Description
Triton  United States The 19-gross register ton 42.2-foot (12.9 m) motor vessel was destroyed by fire at Craig, Alaska.[31]

14 March

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1962
Ship State Description
Athina  Greece The cargo ship caught fire at Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. The fire was extinguished two days later but she was declared a constructive total loss. Scrapped in August 1962.[32]

15 March

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1962
Ship State Description
Sophie H  United States The cargo ship ran aground near Augusta, Sicily, Italy. Refloated on 19 March.[33]

16 March

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1962
Ship State Description
Athos II  Greece The cargo ship ran aground off Hairsis Island, Turkey. She was on a voyage from Constanţa, Romania to Antwerp, Belgium. She was declared a constructive total loss and consequently scrapped.[34]
Venezuela  Italy The ocean liner ran aground off Cannes, France.

24 March

List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1962
Ship State Description
Unknown schooner  Indonesia The schooner was spotted, strafed and set afire near Fakfak by a Royal Netherlands Navy Lockheed P-2 Neptune aircraft.[35]

25 March

List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1962
Ship State Description
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 / 55.417°N 160.500°W / 55.417; -160.500 (Unga Strait)) off the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula.[36]

26 March

List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1962
Ship State Description
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
Ship State Description
British Mariner, and
Palmyra 		 United Kingdom
 West Germany 		The cargo ship Palmyra collided with the 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.[37][38][39]
Chignik 7  United States The 8-gross register ton, 31.3-foot (9.5 m) fishing vessel was wrecked near Ivanof Bay, Alaska.[40]

28 March

List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1962
Ship State Description
Ridunian  United Kingdom On voyage from Alderney to Guernsey with a cargo of gravel, was wrecked on rocks, off Guernsey.[41]

29 March

List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1962
Ship State Description
Kirsten Skou  Denmark The cargo ship collided with Karpfanger ( West Germany) and sank in the English Channel off Dover, Kent. All 35 crew saved.[42]

30 March

List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1962
Ship State Description
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.[43]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1962
Ship State Description
Wear Breeze  Australia The cargo ship ran aground at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, West Germany to Colombo, Ceylon. She was refloated with the assistance of the tug Svitzer ( Denmark) but was declared a constructive total loss and consequently scrapped in July.[44]

April

3 April

List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1962
Ship State Description
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
Ship State Description
Suerte  Lebanon The Liberty ship was scuttled off the coast of Canada.[6]
List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1962
Ship State Description
Portador  Spain The cargo ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean 250 nautical miles (460 km) off the coast of Ireland (51°15′N 15°34′W / 51.250°N 15.567°W / 51.250; -15.567) and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Comeau Bay. Presumed to have subsequently sank.[45]

15 April

List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1962
Ship State Description
Theopan  Liberia The Liberty ship caught fire at Beirut, Lebanon. She was declared a constructive total loss.[46]

18 April

List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1962
Ship State Description
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.[47]

19 April

List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1962
Ship State Description
Unknown speedboat  Indonesia The speed boat was shelled and sunk by HNLMS Evertsen ( Royal Netherlands Navy) off Fakfak.[48]

21 April

30 April

List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1962
Ship State Description
Bahia de Nepe  Cuba The ship was attacked and sunk by a Guatemalan Air Force aircraft after firing on the aircraft when ordered to identify herself. Guatemalan President Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes claimed the ship was running arms to Guatemala.[49]

May

5 May

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

7 May

List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1962
Ship State Description
Clan Chisholm  United Kingdom The cargo ship caught fire at sea whilst on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewship to Dar-es-Salaam, Tanganyika. She put in to Mombasa, Kenya the next day. The fire was extinguished on 10 May. Clan Chisholm was declared damaged beyond economic repair. She was subsequently towed to Hong Kong for scrapping.[50]

15 May

List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1962
Ship State Description
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.[29]
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.[51]

23 May

List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1962
Ship State Description
Forager  United Kingdom The tug capsized and sank in River Clyde whilst towing Hororata ( United Kingdom). Forager was refloated on 5 June and later repaired. In service until scrapped in 1984.[52]

24 May

List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1962
Ship State Description
Tollman  United Kingdom The tug capsized and sank at Hull, Yorkshire with the loss of three of her five crew.[53]

28 May

List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1962
Ship State Description
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.[51]

June

9 June

List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1962
Ship State Description
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
Ship State Description
Hai Chang  China The Liberty ship foundered off the Pescadores Islands (23°38′N 119°50′E / 23.633°N 119.833°E / 23.633; 119.833).[54]

15 June

List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1962
Ship State Description
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.[55]

30 June

List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1962
Ship State Description
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.[56]
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.[56]

July

6 July

List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1962
Ship State Description
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
Ship State Description
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.[57]

18 July

List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1962
Ship State Description
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 / 60.450°N 151.400°W / 60.450; -151.400 (Karluk Reef)) in Prince William Sound off the coast of Alaska.[31]

30 July

List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1962
Ship State Description
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.[58][59] 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
Ship State Description
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
Ship State Description
Leanne  United States The 12-gross register ton, 29.8-foot (9.1 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Sand Point, Alaska.[60]

3 August

List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1962
Ship State Description
Medina Princess  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran around off Djibouti. She was refloated.[61]

4 August

List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1962
Ship State Description
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 / 59.917°N 149.333°W / 59.917; -149.333 (Renard Island)) approximately 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) from Seward, Alaska.[51]
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 / 56.833°N 154.167°W / 56.833; -154.167 (Alitak Bay)) on the coast of Kodiak Island.[51]

8 August

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1962
Ship State Description
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 / 53.733°N 167.000°W / 53.733; -167.000 (Makushin Bay)) on the coast of Unalaska Island in the Aleutian Islands.[62]

22 August

List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1962
Ship State Description
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°17′42″N 147°49′04″W / 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°46′43″N 131°59′58″W / 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.[62]

25 August

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1962
Ship State Description
Clan Chisholm  United Kingdom The cargo ship, awaiting scrapping, heeled over at Hong Kong. She was subsequently righted and scrapped.[50]

26 August

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1962
Ship State Description
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 / 55.37917°N 160.15000°W / 55.37917; -160.15000 (Cape Devine)) on Korovin Island in Alaska's Shumagin Islands off the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula.[29]

28 August

List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1962
Ship State Description
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.[46]

30 August

List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1962
Ship State Description
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.[63]

September

1 September

List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1962
Ship State Description
Benarty  United Kingdom Typhoon Wanda: The heavy lift ship was driven ashore at North Point, Hong Kong. She was refloated on 14 September, repaired and returned to service.[64]
Crescent  Panama Typhoon Wanda: The Liberty ship was driven ashore at Hong Kong. Declared a constructive total loss, she was scrapped in situ.[18]
Fortune Lory  Hong Kong Typhoon Wanda The cargo ship ran aground in Tolo Harbour. She was refloated but found to be damaged beyond economic repair and was consequently scrapped.[65]

2 September

Typhoon Wanda - twenty ships aground or sunk at Hong Kong,[66] including -
List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1962
Ship State Description
Carronpark  United Kingdom The cargo ship was driven ashore.[67]
Kowloon Dock  United Kingdom The tug foundered with the loss of all 30 crew.[66]
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.[67]
Merchant Prince  United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with Grosvenor Navigator ( Hong Kong) off Hong Kong.[67]
Ocean Glory  Hong Kong The cargo ship broke from her moorings in a typhoon at Hong Kong. She collided with Grosvenor Navigator ( Hong Kong) and was damaged. Ocean Glory was declared a constructive total loss and sold for scrap.[68]
Saldura  United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with Leefoon ( Hong Kong)

4 September

6 September

List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1962
Ship State Description
Guide  United States The motor vessel sank at Angoon, Alaska.[71]

7 September

List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1962
Ship State Description
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 / 55.400°N 132.100°W / 55.400; -132.100 (Kasaan Bay)) in Southeast Alaska.[69]

13 September

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1962
Ship State Description
Unidentified fishing trawler  Japan The fishing trawler sank in a collision with a Soviet Navy submarine. Sixteen of her crew were detained.[72]

14 September

20 September

List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1962
Ship State Description
Georges  Liberia The Liberty ship was wrecked on the north coast of the Soviet Union (69°52′N 61°10′E / 69.867°N 61.167°E / 69.867; 61.167).[18]

21 September

List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1962
Ship State Description
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.[73]

28 September

List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1962
Ship State Description
Alaska Roustabout  United States The 119-gross register ton, 99.9-foot (30.4 m) tug sank in the Gulf of Alaska.[62]

30 September

List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1962
Ship State Description
Major  United Kingdom The Thames barge ran aground off Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex in a storm.[74]
Widder  West Germany The coaster ran aground at Canna, Scotland in a storm.[74]

October

1 October

List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1962
Ship State Description
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 / 60.183°N 144.200°W / 60.183; -144.200 (Chilkat)), Alaska.[36]

7 October

List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1962
Ship State Description
Beater  Canada Hurricane Daisy: The sealer, a converted minesweeper, was driven ashore and wrecked at New Harbour, Nova Scotia.[75]

12 October

List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1962
Ship State Description
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.[51]

13 October

List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1962
Ship State Description
Cima 8  Cuban Revolutionary Navy The auxiliary patrol boat was sunk in the Cardenas Bay by a Cuban Exile operated boat.[76]

21 October

List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1962
Ship State Description
M-1545F  Republic of China Navy Chinese Civil War: The sailboat was shelled and sunk by No. 504 and No. 587 (both China People's Liberation Army Navy).[77]
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.[78]

22 October

List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1962
Ship State Description
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.[79]

26 October

List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1962
Ship State Description
Costas Michalos  Greece The Liberty ship ran aground on the Banc les Quenocs, off Calais, France, and broke in two, a total loss.[80][81]

28 October

List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1962
Ship State Description
Lisieux  France The ferry caught fire on a voyage between Newhaven, Sussex, United Kingdom and Dieppe. Escorted into Dieppe at reduced speed.[80]

29 October

List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1962
Ship State Description
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.[82]

November

2 November

List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1962
Ship State Description
Musketier  Netherlands The coaster ran aground at Crail, Fife, United Kingdom. Broke in two and sank on 6 November.[83]
Rana  Netherlands The coaster sprang a leak and sank 25 nautical miles (46 km) off the west coast of Denmark.[84]

10 November

List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1962
Ship State Description
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).[85]
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.[86]

11 November

List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1962
Ship State Description
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.[87]

14 November

List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1962
Ship State Description
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.[62]

16 November

List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1962
Ship State Description
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
Ship State Description
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).[88]

18 November

List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1962
Ship State Description
Ashanti Palm  United Kingdom The cargo ship was driven into a breakwater at Naples, Italy, and sank. She was on a voyage from Genoa, Italy to Port Harcourt, Nigeria[89][68]
Captain George  Greece The Liberty ship exploded and sank 300 nautical miles (560 km) north of Bermuda (36°49′N 61°24′W / 36.817°N 61.400°W / 36.817; -61.400) with the loss of all 18 crew.[46][85]
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.

23 November

List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1962
Ship State Description
Berea  South Africa The motor vessel ran aground at Ponta Barra da Falsa, Mozambique, a total loss.[90]
Tainamshan  Hong Kong The coaster ran aground off Swatow, China. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Fuzhou, China. She capsized and sank on 26 November.[91]

25 November

List of shipwrecks: 25 November 1962
Ship State Description
Alstertor The ship (2,460 GRT) ran aground on Scharhörn and could later be pulled off the reef.[92]
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 China People's Liberation Army Navy). 26 crewmen were taken as prisoners of war.[93]

28 November

List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1962
Ship State Description
Ike  United States The Liberty ship ran aground on a reef in the Red Sea (14°40′N 42°49′E / 14.667°N 42.817°E / 14.667; 42.817). Beached and abandoned, she was declared a constructive total loss.[94]

29 November

List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1962
Ship State Description
Ragna Ringdal  Norway The cargo liner ran aground off Vatoa Island, Fiji. All passengers and crew rescued after three days.[95]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown 1962
Ship State Description
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.[96]
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.[97]

December

2 December

List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1962
Ship State Description
Tuscany  Liberia The Liberty ship ran aground on the Ladd Reef (8°40′N 111°40′E / 8.667°N 111.667°E / 8.667; 111.667), a total loss.[98]

5 December

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1962
Ship State Description
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).[99][100]
No. 1 Xiangshan  Republic of China Navy Chinese Civil War: The infiltration ship was shelled and sunk by No. 508 and No. 518 (all China People's Liberation Army Navy). 23 crewmen killed, 6 crewmen taken as prisoners of war.[93]

8 December

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1962
Ship State Description
Cornish City  United Kingdom The cargo ship caught fire at Aden, Aden Protectorate. She was on a voyage from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States to Calcutta, India. Temporary repairs were made and she was towed to Bombay, India. Consequently scrapped.[101]

16 December

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1962
Ship State Description
Aristoteles  Greece The cargo ship, which had sprung a leak the day before and had been abandoned by her crew, sank 320 nautical miles (600 km) north east of Funchal, Madeira (36°48′N 14°40′W / 36.800°N 14.667°W / 36.800; -14.667). She was on a voyage from Detroit, Illinois, United States to Calcutta, India.[102]
Loide Honduras  Brazil The cargo ship ran aground in the West Scheldt, Belgium.[103]
Nautilus  West Germany The cargo ship sank off the Netherlands with the loss of all but one of her 24 crew.[103]
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.[103]

18 December

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1962
Ship State Description
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
Ship State Description
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.[104]

23 December

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1962
Ship State Description
Gernik  Netherlands The cargo ship ran aground off Karpathos, Greece. Her crew were rescued. She was declared a constructive total loss.

30 December

List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1962
Ship State Description
Gwendoline Steers (or Gwendolyn Steers)  United States During a voyage from New York City to Northport, Long Island, New York, the 90-foot (27.4 m) or 96-foot (29.3 m) (sources disagree), 164-gross register ton tug sank in 40 to 55 feet (12 to 17 m) (sources disagree) of water in Long Island Sound at 40°57.282′N 073°25.758′W / 40.954700°N 73.429300°W / 40.954700; -73.429300 (Gwendoline Steers) — a location described both as off Oyster Bay, Long Island, and as off the entrance to the harbor at Huntington, New York — during a blizzard with the loss of all nine crew.[105][106][107]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1962
Ship State Description
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.[70]

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