List of shipwrecks in 1976

The list of shipwrecks in 1976 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1976.

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References

January

3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1976
Ship State Description
Capella  East Germany The coaster sank off Schiermonnikoog, the Netherlands.[1]
Carnoustie  United Kingdom Sank in same storm as Capella. Often mistakenly referred to as "Carnoesti" in American press.[2][3]

8 January

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1976
Ship State Description
Princess Sissy  Panama The cruise ship ran aground in the Adriatic between the islands of Hvar and Korčula.[4]
Vanquisher  United Kingdom The tug capsized and sank in the Thames Estuary at Tilbury whilst assisting Jervis Bay ( United Kingdom). All seven crew rescued.[5]

10 January

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1976
Ship State Description
ARA Comandante General Zapiola  Argentine Navy The Navajo-class fleet ocean tug ran aground on a reef off Antarctica and was declared a total loss.

19 January

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1976
Ship State Description
Esso Provence  France The tanker ran aground off Fawley, Hampshire, United Kingdom.[6]

26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1976
Ship State Description
Olympic Bravery  Greece The tanker ran aground off the coast of Brittany, France.[7]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1976
Ship State Description
Kirk Pride Cayman Islands The vessel struck a reef and sank off the Cayman Islands.

February

11 February

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1976
Ship State Description
Evgenia I  Greece The ship ran aground 23 nautical miles (43 km) north of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and was severely damaged. She was refloated but had to be beached. Declared a constructive total loss.[8]

15 February

List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1976
Ship State Description
USS Otterstetter  United States Navy The Edsall-class destroyer escort was sunk as target off Puerto Rico.

20 February

List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1976
Ship State Description
Marie Elizabeth  Panama The cargo ship caught fire at Barcelona, Spain and was abandoned by her crew. Declared a total loss.[9]

22 February

List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1976
Ship State Description
Unknown Khmer Rouge A navy vessel was sunk by six Thai navy vessels.[10]

26 February

List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1976
Ship State Description
Gustave Zédé  French Navy The decommissioned submarine tender was sunk as a target in 2,149 metres (7,051 ft) of water in the Mediterranean Sea south of Marseille, France, at 42°30′N 5°24′E / 42.500°N 5.400°E / 42.500; 5.400 ("Gustave Zédé") by an E14 torpedo fired by the submarine Doris ( French Navy).[11]

March

1 March

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1976
Ship State Description
Deep Sea Driller  Norway The drilling rig ran aground off Bergen. One leg broke off and six crew were killed. Although declared a constructive total loss,[12] the rig was later repaired and returned to service.

4 March

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1969
Ship State Description
USS Magnet  United States Navy The decommissioned degaussing vessel was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California at 31°16′N 117°40′W / 31.267°N 117.667°W / 31.267; -117.667 ("USS Magnet (ADG-9)").

23 March

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1969
Ship State Description
INS Godavari  Indian Navy The Hunt-class destroyer ran aground in the Maldives and was damaged beyond repair.

April

5 April

List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1976
Ship State Description
Kitty Bear  United States The 12-gross register ton, 34.2-foot (10.4 m) fishing vessel sank in Clarence Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[13]

6 April

List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1976
Ship State Description
Ferro 119  Cuba The fishing boat was sunk by a Cuban exile-operated boat, with one crewman killed and three wounded aboard her and Ferro 123 ( Cuba) combined.[14]
Ferro 123  Cuba The fishing boat was sunk by a Cuban exile-operated boat, with one crewman killed and three wounded aboard her and Ferro 119 ( Cuba) combined .[14]

8 April

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1976
Ship State Description
Kaptanvassos  Cyprus The cargo ship capsized and sank off Perama, Greece. Five of her crew were lost.[15]

14 April

List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1976
Ship State Description
SAS Vrystaat  South African Navy The decommissioned Type 15 frigate was sunk as a torpedo target by the submarine SAS Maria van Riebeeck ( South African Navy) eight nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) southwest of Cape Point. South Africa.[16][17]

16 April

List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1976
Ship State Description
Ocean Express  United States The drilling rig sank in the Gulf of Mexico. Thirteen of her 36 crew were killed when an escape capsule capsized and sank.[18]

26 April

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1976
Ship State Description
Master Carl  United States The 131-gross register ton, 72.7-foot (22.2 m) crab-fishing vessel capsized and sank in a storm in the Gulf of Alaska off the south-central coast of Alaska near Kayak Island, approximately 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) southeast of Cape Suckling (59°59′30″N 143°53′00″W / 59.99167°N 143.88333°W / 59.99167; -143.88333 (Cape Suckling)). Her entire crew of four abandoned ship in a life raft, but two of them died when the raft capsized in the surf as they approached the shore. The other two crew members survived.[19]

May

2 May

List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1976
Ship State Description
Nordhuk  West Germany The cargo ship ran aground off Eilean Trodday, Inner Hebrides, United Kingdom and was wrecked. All twelve crew were rescued by the Stornoway Lifeboat.[20]

12 May

List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1976
Ship State Description
Hotai  United States The 81-gross register ton, 86-foot (26.2 m) motor vessel was wrecked on the coast of Montague Island on the south-central coast of Alaska.[21]
Urquiola  Spain The tanker exploded and caught fire at the mouth of A Coruña harbour, killing two of her thirty-nine crew.[22]

13 May

List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1976
Ship State Description
Christmas Seal  Canada The motor vessel ran aground at Eastern Shore, Nova Scotia, Canada, and sank.

June

10 June

List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1976
Ship State Description
Gamtoos  South Africa The cargo ship was sunk as a target in Table Bay off the coast of South Africa by South African Air Force aircraft.[23]

23 June

List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1976
Ship State Description
Armorique  France The ferry ran aground off Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine and was damaged. She was later repaired and returned to service.

23 June

List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1976
Ship State Description
NEPCO 140  United States The barge ran aground in the American Narrows causing a large oil spill.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in June 1976
Ship State Description
Lappe  United Kingdom The lighter sank in Cline Bay, off Freetown, Sierra Leone.[24]

July

3 July

List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1976
Ship State Description
Polaris 1  Panama The tanker was driven ashore on San Andrés Island, Columbia. Consequently scrapped in 1977.[25]

21 July

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1976
Ship State Description
USS Chopper  United States Navy Tethered for use as a target by the submarine USS Spadefish ( United States Navy), the decommissioned Balao-class submarine sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, before Spadefish could fire at her.

25 July

List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1976
Ship State Description
Duck  United States The houseboat struck a submerged log and sank in the Inside Passage in Southeast Alaska at a location described in the wreck report as "Saint Mary's Point" north of Ketchikan, Alaska, possibly a misidentification of Point Saint Mary's (58°44′00″N 135°01′15″W / 58.73333°N 135.02083°W / 58.73333; -135.02083 (Point Saint Mary's)) north of Juneau, Alaska.[26]
Miller’s Bay  United States The 34-foot (10.4 m) salmon troller disappeared with the loss of all three people on board – a husband and wife and their 14-year-old daughter – while fishing off Noyes Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[19]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in July 1976
Ship State Description
Gulf Coast  Cyprus The coaster caught fire in the English Channel and was beached.[27]

August

3 August

List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1976
Ship State Description
Ann Page  United States The fishing vessel sank south of Wingham Island (60°01′N 144°23′W / 60.017°N 144.383°W / 60.017; -144.383 (Wingham Island)) near Cordova, Alaska, after she struck a rock.[28]

10 August

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1976
Ship State Description
HMS Reward  Royal Navy The offshore patrol vessel collided with Plainsman ( Singapore) in the Firth of Forth during foggy weather and sank. All 42 people on board rescued by Plainsman.[29]

12 August

List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1976
Ship State Description
Major  United States The 50-gross register ton, 54.8-foot (16.7 m) fishing vessel sank off Kodiak Island, Alaska.[19]

16 August

List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1976
Ship State Description
Barkis  United Kingdom The tug capsized and sank off Lowestoft, Suffolk with the loss of one of her four crew.[30]

20 August

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1976
Ship State Description
Morning Cloud  United Kingdom The yacht ran aground outside Ramsgate Harbour, Kent.[31]

24 August

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1976
Ship State Description
Malaysia Raya  Malaysia The cruise ship caught fire at Kuala Lumpur, a total loss.[32]

26 August

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1976
Ship State Description
Deep Sea  United States During a voyage in Alaska′s Kodiak Archipelago from Mush Bay (57°42′00″N 153°28′24″W / 57.7°N 153.47333333°W / 57.7; -153.47333333 (Mush Bay)) to Kodiak, the 72-foot (21.9 m) fishing tender sank in Whale Pass between Kodiak Island and Whale Island during a gale with the loss of all eight people – three men, three women, a 5-year-old boy, and a 20-month-old girl – aboard.[26]

31 August

List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1976
Ship State Description
TCG Dumlupınar  Turkish Navy The Balao-class submarine was beached in the Dardanelles to avoid sinking after colliding with the cargo ship Szik Vovilov ( Soviet Union). She later was salvaged, repaired, and returned to service.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown August
Ship State Description
Tina  Greece Lebanese Civil War: The vessel was sunk by limpet mines in Lebanon by the Christian faction sometime in August.[33]

September

17 September

List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1976
Ship State Description
Salinda  Panama The Design 381 coastal freighter capsized and sank off Uwi Island.[34][35]

18 September

List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1976
Ship State Description
Alexandra K.  Greece The cargo ship caught fire in the Aegean Sea (35°10′N 30°20′E / 35.167°N 30.333°E / 35.167; 30.333) and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Eleusis to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Presumed to have subsequently sunk.[36]

20 September

List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1976
Ship State Description
HMS Fittleton  Royal Navy The minesweeper capsized within a minute of colliding with the frigate HMS Mermaid ( Royal Navy) in the North Sea 60 nautical miles (110 km; 69 mi) north of the island of Texel, the Netherlands. She sank several hours later in 160 feet (49 m) of water. Twelve members of her crew lost their lives; accompanying ships rescued 32 survivors. She was brought to the surface the next day and scrapped in 1977.

22 September

List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1976
Ship State Description
Tiger Lil  United States The 38-foot (11.6 m) sailboat and all three people aboard her disappeared in the Gulf of Alaska during a voyage from Seward, Alaska, to Seattle, Washington. Later, wreckage of Tiger Lil later was found on Montague Island at the entrance to Prince William Sound and the body of one of her occupants washed ashore on Kayak Island.[37]

26 September

List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1976
Ship State Description
Gertrude S  United States The 70-foot (21.3 m) vessel sank in 342 feet (104 m) of water in Kupreanof Strait (57°58′N 153°00′W / 57.967°N 153.000°W / 57.967; -153.000 (Kupreanof Strait)) between Raspberry Island and Kodiak Island in Alaska′s Kodiak Archipelago. The fishing vessel Sierra Seas ( United States) rescued her crew.[38]

27 September

29 September

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1976
Ship State Description
Rarau  Poland The 2,186-ton factory trawler with a Romanian crew of eighty-four drove into the northern part of the Seven Stones Reef known as the North-east Rocks. All the crew were rescued and the trawler slipped into deep water.[39]

October

9 October

List of shipwrecks: 9 October 1976
Ship State Description
Sea Witch  United States The fishing vessel was wrecked on Saint Paul Island in the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea.[40]

12 October

List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1976
Ship State Description
Sylvia M. Ossa  Panama The bulk carrier was last reported in the Atlantic Ocean (68°00′N 34°15′W / 68.000°N 34.250°W / 68.000; -34.250) whilst on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[25]

14 October

List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1976
Ship State Description
Boehlen  East Germany The tanker sank in the English Channel during a storm with the loss of twenty-three of her thirty-six crew.[41]
Mar del Oro  United States The 156-gross register ton, 79.9-foot (24.4 m) shrimp-fishing vessel sank in the Shelikof Strait between the Kodiak Archipelago and the mainland of Alaska. A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued her entire crew of six.[19]

15 October

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1976
Ship State Description
Andros Antares  Liberia The supertanker ran aground at Antifer, France in a storm.[41]
Ante Oltmans  West Germany The cargo ship foundered off the coast of the Netherlands in a storm. All six crew were killed.[41]
Freeland  Cyprus The cargo ship foundered off Brittany, France in a storm. All crew saved.[41]
USS George K. MacKenzie  United States Navy The Gearing-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off California.

18 October

List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1976
Ship State Description
Otterturm  West Germany The tug collided with a barge and sank off Burghead, United Kingdom with the loss of one of her ten crew.[42]

20 October

List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1976
Ship State Description
George Prince  United States The ferry sank in the Mississippi River after a collision with Frosta ( Norway). Seventy-eight people were killed.

23 October

List of shipwrecks: 23 October
Ship State Description
Eko  Cyprus Lebanese Civil War: The cargo ship was sunk by mines off Lebanon.[43][44]

25 October

List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1976
Ship State Description
USS Tigrone  United States Navy The Tench-class submarine was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.

27 October

List of shipwrecks: 27 October 1976
Ship State Description
Roadrunner  United States The halibut-fishing vessel was swamped and wrecked on Kayak Island in the Gulf of Alaska off the south-central coast of Alaska.[45]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date October 1976
Ship State Description
Coral Master  United States The 78-foot (23.8 m) vessel sank off Alaska.[46]

November

1 November

List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1976
Ship State Description
Vina  United States The capsized fishing vessel was found on shore at Cedar Pass (56°46′N 135°11′W / 56.767°N 135.183°W / 56.767; -135.183 (Cedar Pass)) in Southeast Alaska with both of her crewmen missing.[47]

22 November

27 November

List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1976
Ship State Description
Mona  Greece The fishing trawler was wrecked off "Cheka".

December

3 December

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1976
Ship State Description
Achaios  Cyprus The motor vessel ran aground on the Akrotiri Peninsula (34°37′N 32°55′E / 34.617°N 32.917°E / 34.617; 32.917) on the coast of Cyprus and was wrecked.[48]
Devon City  United Kingdom The bulk carrier ran aground at Rügen Island, West Germany. She was refloated the next day and proceeded to Szczecin, Poland, for repairs.[49]

9 December

11 December

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1976
Ship State Description
Fog  United States The 28-foot (8.5 m) vessel sank off the south-central coast of Alaska.[50]

15 December

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1976
Ship State Description
Argo Merchant  Liberia
Argo Merchant

The oil tanker ran aground at Nantucket Island, Massachusetts. She broke up and sank on 21 December, a total loss.

Unimak  United States The fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in the Bering Sea.[51]

17 December

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1976
Ship State Description
Sansinena  Liberia
Sansinena
The oil tanker, taking on ballast, exploded at Port of Los Angeles, California, United States destroying buildings ashore.

20 December

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1976
Ship State Description
Mecca  Iceland The ferry sank in the Red Sea after catching fire the previous day and drifting onto a reef.

23 December

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1976
Ship State Description
Santez-anna  United Kingdom The fishing boat was lost west of Guernsey in the Channel Islands.
Seastar  Lebanon The vessel ran aground on the Sha'b Abu Nuhas reef, remained stranded and finally sank in 1984.[52]

24 December

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1976
Ship State Description
British Steel  United Kingdom The yacht ran aground off Fuerteventura, Spain. All eight crew rescued, and the yacht was later refloated and returned to service.[53]
Patra  Egypt The passenger ship, the ex-Kronprins Frederik [de], was travelling with pilgrims between Jeddah and Suez when a fire broke out that exacerbated by poor and obsolete firefighting equipment. The ship sank due to the inability to extinguish the fire. 102 out of the 403 passengers and crew were lost.[54][55]

27 December

List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1976
Ship State Description
Unidentified midget submarine  Pakistan Navy The SX-404-class midget submarine was lost in an accident with the loss of all hands.[56][57]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: unknown date 1976
Ship State Description
Grand Zenith  Panama The oil tanker vanished in the North Atlantic with the loss of all hands; the United States Coast Guard estimated she sank on 30 or 31 December.[58]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: unknown date 1976
Ship State Description
KRI Hardadali  Indonesian Navy The missile boat sank after striking an underwater obstacle in early 1976.[59]

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