List of shipwrecks in 1962
The list of shipwrecks in 1962 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1962.
January
3 January
List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1962
Ship | Country | Description |
Kostantis Mpousses |
Greece |
foundered off Thassos.[1] |
7 January
8 January
9 January
11 January
16 January
List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1962
Ship | Country | Description |
Finn Gemma |
Norway |
The coaster collided with Nordic in Bremen Harbour and sank. All 12 crew rescued.[8] |
17 January
List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1962
Ship | Country | Description |
Neftegorsk |
Soviet Union |
The tanker ran aground off the mouth of the Gironde, France and was abandoned.[9] |
20 January
List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1962
Ship | Country | Description |
Fides |
Italy |
The Liberty ship ran aground at the mouth of the Elbe and broke in two. A total loss.[10] |
21 January
23 January
31 January
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1962
Ship | Country | Description |
FV Gai Floreal |
France |
ran aground near Bennal Cove, St. Ives. All crew saved, ship towed back to France.[14] |
February
1 February
List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1962
Ship | Country | 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.[15] |
Kozara |
Greece |
The cargo ship ran aground in the Black Sea. Refloated after nine days.[16] |
5 February
7 February
28 February
Unknown date
March
4 March
8 March
11 March
14 March
15 March
List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1962
Ship | Country | Description |
Sophie H |
United States |
The cargo ship ran aground near Augusta, Sicily, Italy. Refloated on 19 March.[24] |
16 March
27 March
28 March
29 March
30 March
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1962
Ship | Country | Description |
Wear Breeze |
Australia |
The cargo ship ran aground at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Refloated but declared a constructive total loss and consequently scrapped in July. |
April
3 April
List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1962
Ship | Country | 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 | Country | Description |
Suerte |
Lebanon |
The Liberty ship was scuttled off the coast of Canada.[6] |
15 April
18 April
List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1962
Ship | Country | 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.[30] |
30 April
List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1962
Ship | Country | Description |
Bahia de Nepe |
Cuba |
The ship was attacked and sunk by a Guatemalan Air Force after firing upon the aircraft when ordered to identify herself. Guatemalan President Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes claimed the ship was running arms to Guatemala.[31] |
May
5 May
List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1962
Ship | Country | Description |
Quest |
Norway |
Struck ice and sank north of Labrador, Canada. |
23 May
List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1962
Ship | Country | Description |
Forager |
United Kingdom |
The tug capsized and sank in River Clyde. Refloated on 5 June and later repaired. In service until scrapped in 1984. |
24 May
List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1962
Ship | Country | Description |
Tollman |
United Kingdom |
The tug capsized and sank at Hull, Yorkshire with the loss of three of her five crew.[32] |
June
9June
14 June
15 June
List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1962
Ship | Country | Description |
Nyon |
Switzerland |
The cargo ship collided with Jalazad ( India) and sank 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south of Beachy Head, East Sussex, United Kingdom. All 32 crew rescued by Jalazad.[34] |
July
6 July
List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1962
Ship | Country | Description |
Tuaikaepau |
New Zealand |
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
30 July
List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1962
Ship | Country | 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 July 30, 1962.. 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 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. |
31 July
List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1962
Ship | Country | Description |
Monthouet |
Belgium |
collided with Arabella ( Liberia) 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) north of Cap Gris Nez, France. Set on fire and severely damaged with the loss of four crew. Towed to Antwerp for repairs.[1] |
Unknown date
August
28 August
September
1 September
2 September
- Typhoon Wanda - twenty ships aground or sunk at Hong Kong,[35] including -
20 September
30 September
October
7 October
21 October
List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1962
Ship | Country | Description |
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.[39] |
26 October
List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1962
Ship | Country | Description |
Costas Michalos |
Greece |
The Liberty ship ran aground on the Banc les Quenocs, off Calais, France and broke in two, a total loss..[40][41] |
28 October
List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1962
Ship | Country | Description |
Lisieux |
France |
The ferry caught fire on a voyage between Newhaven, East Sussex, United Kingdom and Dieppe. Escorted into Dieppe at reduced speed.[40] |
29 October
November
2 November
List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1962
Ship | Country | Description |
Rana |
Netherlands |
The coaster sprang a leak and sank 25 nautical miles (46 km) off the west coast of Denmark.[42] |
Musketier |
Netherlands |
The coaster ran aground at Crail, Fife, United Kingdom. Broke in two and sank on 6 November.[43] |
10 November
List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1962
Ship | Country | 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).[44] |
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.[19] |
11 November
16 November
17 November
List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1962
Ship | Country | 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).[46] |
18 November
23 November
List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1962
Ship | Country | Description |
Berea |
South Africa |
ran aground at Ponta Barra da Falsa, Mozambique, a total loss.[48] |
28 November
29 November
List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1962
Ship | Country | Description |
Ragna Ringdal |
Norway |
The cargo liner ran aground off Vatoa Island, Fiji. All passengers and crew rescued after three days.[50] |
December
2 December
5 December
List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1962
Ship | Country | 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).[52][53] |
16 December
List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1962
Ship | Country | Description |
Aristoteles |
Greece |
The 7,221 GRT freighter sank 600 kilometres (320 nmi) NE of Funchal, en route from Detroit to Calcutta. |
Nautilus |
West Germany |
The cargo ship sank off the Netherlands with the loss of all but one of her 24 crew.[54] |
Loide Honduras |
Brazil |
The cargo ship ran aground in the West Scheldt, Belgium.[54] |
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.[54] |
18 December
20 December
List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1962
Ship | Country | 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.[55] |
31 December
Unknown date
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