List of shipwrecks in 1970

The list of shipwrecks in 1970 includes ships that sank, foundered, grounded, or were otherwise lost during 1970.

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1970
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May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec
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January

5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1970
Ship Country Description
Badger State  United States Ship was abandoned and sank in the North Pacific after a cargo of bombs broke loose and started to explode. 14 survivors out of a crew of 40.[1]
Cottonwood Creek  United States The bulk carrier was wrecked off the coast of Honduras. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Saigon, Vietnam.[2]

6 January

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1970
Ship Country Description
Sofia Papas  Liberia The tanker split in two and sank in the Pacific Ocean with the loss of seven crew.[3]

10 January

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1970
Ship Country Description
Elda  Greece Grounded near Mehidia, Morocco after developing engine trouble and a leak. Declared a total loss.

18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1970
Ship Country Description
Fusina  Italy Sank off Sardinia with the loss of eighteen of her nineteen crew.[4]

27 January

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1970
Ship Country Description
Kolasin  Yugoslavia The Liberty ship ran aground in the Black Sea off Tuapse, Soviet Union, a total loss.[5]

29 January

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1970
Ship Country Description
USS Nathanael Greene  United States Navy The James Madison-class submarine ran aground off Charleston, South Carolina.[6]

February

3 February

List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1970
Ship Country Description
Rio Damuji  Cuba The cargo ship ran aground at Punta Maya, Varadero Peninsula (23°06′N 81°23′W / 23.100°N 81.383°W / 23.100; -81.383). Salvage was abandoned after gale damage.[7]

4 February

List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1970
Ship Country Description
Arrow  Liberia The tanker ran aground on Cerberus Rock in Chedabucto Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada[8] and broke in two, resulting in the spill of 3.5 million litres of her cargo of crude oil.[9]

7 February

List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1970
Ship Country Description
Antonias Demades  Liberia The tanker sank in the Pacific Ocean with the loss of twelve crew.[3]

9 February

List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1970
Ship Country Description
Lairdsfield  United Kingdom The coaster capsized and sank off the Tees Estuary with the loss of all ten crew.[10]

10 February

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1970
Ship Country Description
California Maru  Japan The bulk ore carrier sank in the Pacific Ocean. Of her 29 crew,[11] all but five were rescued.[3]
TCD Foudre  French Navy The decommissioned Casa Grande-class dock landing ship was sunk as a target.

17 February

List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1970
Ship Country Description
Amasya  Turkey The cargo ship sank in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of eight of her 33 crew.[12]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1970
Ship Country Description
Agami  France The trawler foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all nine crew. Officially declared lost on 17 February.[12]
LT-1969  United States Army the vessel sank in the Qui Nhon area, Vietnam. Salvaged by USS YMLC-5, USS BD 6062 and USS BD 6662 ( United States Navy) between 7 and 17 February.[13]

March

4 March

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1970
Ship Country Description
Eurydice  Marine Nationale The Daphné-class submarine suffered an explosion whilst submerged off St Tropez and sank with the loss of all 57 crew.

6 March

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1970
Ship Country Description
USS Young  United States Navy The decommissioned Fletcher-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean off the Mid-Atlantic coast of the United States.

12 March

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1970
Ship Country Description
Eternity  Panama The cargo ship sank 200 nautical miles (370 km) south of Hong Kong. Twenty-five crew survived.[14]

13 March

List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1970
Ship Country Description
Interwave  Netherlands The coaster ran aground off Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom.[15]

20 March

List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1970
Ship Country Description
USS Cony  United States Navy The decommissioned Fletcher-class destroyer was sunk as a target off Puerto Rico.

22 March

List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1970
Ship Country Description
HQ-1236 Republic of Vietnam Navy The Armoured Troop Carrier struck a mine and sank. Salvage operations by Republic of Vietnam Navy and United States Navy personnel completed on 25 April with the vessel towed to Dong Tam, Vietnam.[13]

27 March

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1970
Ship Country Description
USS Eaton  United States Navy The decommissioned Fletcher-class destroyer was sunk as a gunnery target in the Atlantic Ocean 90 nautical miles (167 km) off Norfolk, Virginia.

31 March

List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1970
Ship Country Description
Vassiliki  Cyprus The Liberty ship ran aground in the Bahamas (22°26′N 73°01′W / 22.433°N 73.017°W / 22.433; -73.017). She was declared a constructive total loss.[16]

April

1 April

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1970
Ship Country Description
Glen Strathallen  United Kingdom Scuttled at 58°18′55″N 4°7′31″W / 58.31528°N 4.12528°W / 58.31528; -4.12528 as a training facility for divers.
HQ 6527 Republic of Vietnam Navy The monitor struck a mine and sank. Salvage operations by the Republic of Vietnam Navy and United States Navy completed on 15 April.[13]

9 April

List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1970
Ship Country Description
London Valour  United Kingdom The cargo ship was wrecked at Genoa, Italy with the loss of 13 lives.[17]

9 April

List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1970
Ship Country Description
Galletta  Liberia The Liberty ship was driven ashore at "Chaina". She was later refloated and scrapped at Hong Kong.[16]

12 April

List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1970
Ship Country Description
Sierra Bravia  Spain The coaster sank after a collision with Ruhr Ore ( Liberia) in the English Channel. Four of her thirteen crew were killed.[18]
K-8  Soviet Navy The November-class submarine sank in the Bay of Biscay with the loss of 52 of her 125 crew.
Kalymnos  Greece The cargo ship ran aground off Rhodes, constructive total loss.

13 April

List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1970
Ship Country Description
La Jenelle  United States Anchored outside the harbor at Port Hueneme, California, with a skeleton crew of two and no passengers aboard, the cruise ship was driven aground and wrecked during a storm. Her wreck later was gutted by fire, cut down to water level, and filled with rocks to form part of a breakwater.

19 April

List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1970
Ship Country Description
Enterprise  Canada The fishing vessel foundered in the Cabot Strait during a storm.[19]

20 April

List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1970
Ship Country Description
Patrick Morris  Canada The ferry foundered in the Cabot Strait while responding to the mayday call from Enterprise (above).[20]

May

8 May

List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1970
Ship Country Description
Polycommander  Norway The tanker ran aground at Vigo, Spain.[21]

16 May

List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1970
Ship Country Description
El Qaher  Egyptian Navy War of Attrition: The Z-class destroyer was sunk by Israeli Air Force aircraft at Berenice, Egypt.

29 May

List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1970
Ship Country Description
Efdromos  Greece The Liberty ship ran aground on the coast of Angola and broke in two.[22]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date May 1970
Ship Country Description
USS Tweedy  United States Navy The decommissioned John C. Butler-class destroyer escort was sunk as a target off Florida.

June

7 June

List of shipwrecks: 7 June 1970
Ship Country Description
Batissa  Argentina The cargo ship collided with Italmotor ( Italy) in the Paraná River and caught fire. She was abandoned and later refloated and laid up. A proposed sale fell through and she was scrapped in 1977.[7]

9 June

List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1970
Ship Country Description
Thorland  Panama The cargo ship suffered a catostraphic explosion in the Indian Ocean 400 miles off Mombasa, Kenya in which 9 men were killed. She was towed to Mombasa but refused entry and later en route to South Africa the bow half broke away and sank off Mozambique. The stern was beached at Porto Amelia. Declared a constructive total loss she was later acquired by Greek interests and towed to Japan where she was joined to the bow half of the Wafra and renamed Achillet.

11 June

List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1970
Ship Country Description
USS Gyatt  United States Navy The decommissioned Gearing-class guided-missile destroyer was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean off Virginia.

15 June

List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1970
Ship Country Description
Robertina  Panama The cargo ship sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Palmas, Liberia. She was beached 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Cape Garraway but declared a constructive total loss.[7]

17 June

List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1970
Ship Country Description
USS Waller  United States Navy The decommissioned Fletcher-class destroyer was sunk as a target off Rhode Island.

18 June

List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1970
Ship Country Description
USS Moray  United States Navy The decommissioned Balao-class submarine was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off California.

19 June

List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1970
Ship Country Description
USS Tunny  United States Navy The decommissioned Gato-class amphibious transport submarine was sunk as a target.

26 June

List of shipwrecks: 26 June 1970
Ship Country Description
USS Conway  United States Navy The decommissioned Fletcher-class destroyer was sunk as a target.

July

1 July

List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1970
Ship Country Description
Ancona  Italy The tanker suffered a rudder failure at Istanbul, Turkey and crashed into a six-storey building killing three people.[23]

12 July

List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1970
Ship Country Description
Marie Guillon  France The yacht caught fire and exploded off Jersey, Channel Islands killing both crew, Félix Gaillard and Dominic Cirotteau.[24]

14 July

List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1970
Ship Country Description
Eastcliffe Hall  Canada The cargo ship sank in the Saint Lawrence River near Morrisburg, Ontario, Canada, after striking an underwater abutment near Crysler Shoal. Nine crew members and members of their families were killed.

20 July

List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1970
Ship Country Description
Fulvia  Norway The cruise liner sank in the Atlantic Ocean after catching fire the previous day 100 nautical miles (190 km) north of Tenerife, Spain. All 270 crew and 447 passengers were rescued by Ancerville ( France).[25]

21 July

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1970
Ship Country Description
Seatrain Washington  United States The Type T2 train ferry ran aground at Vung Tau, Vietnam. Salvage operations involved USS Bolster (ARS-38), USS Deliver and USS YLLC-5 ( United States Navy) and she was refloated on 29 July.[13]

August

1 August

List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1970
Ship Country Description
Christena  Saint Kitts and Nevis Overloaded ferry sank in channel between St-Kitts and Nevis. 91 survivors of 300.[26]

8 August

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1970
Ship Country Description
USS Segundo  United States Navy The decommissioned Balao-class submarine was sunk as a torpedo target by either the submarine USS Sailfish or the submarine USS Salmon (both  United States Navy) (sources differ).

20 August

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1970
Ship Country Description
David E. Hughes  United States The Liberty ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean (38°52′N 72°24′W / 38.867°N 72.400°W / 38.867; -72.400) with a cargo of obsolete chemical ammunition.[27]

21 August

List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1970
Ship Country Description
Galétée  Marine Nationale The Daphné-class submarine collided underwater with her classmate Maria van Riebeek ( South African Navy) off Toulon, killing six crew and injuring four others. She was beached at Cap Cepet.[28]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1970
Ship Country Description
Cambria  United States The tanker ran aground at Bandar Abbas, Iran and suffered extensive bottom damage.[29]
Manhattan  United States The tanker ran aground off Ras Tanura, Saudi Arabia.[29]

September

9 September

List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1970
Ship Country Description
Irving Whale  Canada The barge, owned by J.D. Irving Ltd., sank in the center of the Gulf of the St. Lawrence. It was refloated in 1996 and is now in service under the name ATL 2701.
Moonlight  United Kingdom The coaster foundered 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north of Chicken Rock, Isle of Man after her cargo shifted. Two of her crew were killed.[30]

16 September

List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1970
Ship Country Description
Fotini Tsavliris  Cyprus The cargo ship ran aground in the North Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands (53°25′N 5°00′E / 53.417°N 5.000°E / 53.417; 5.000). Refloated on 18 September. Subsequently towed to Greece and laid up. Scrapped in 1972.[7]

18 September

List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1970
Ship Country Description
USS Soley  United States Navy The decommissioned Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean north of Puerto Rico at 19°30′N 065°38′W / 19.500°N 65.633°W / 19.500; -65.633 ("USS Soley (DD-707)").

23 September

List of shipwrecks: 23 September 1970
Ship Country Description
Andre  Belgium sank in the Waal after collision with Libia ( Netherlands). Raised on 7 October, repaired and returned to service.[31]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1970
Ship Country Description
Aquarius  United States The tanker was abandoned off Muscat, Oman following a collision with a Russian merchant ship.[29]

October

1 October

List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1970
Ship Country Description
USS Atlanta  United States Navy The decommissioned Cleveland-class light cruiser was sunk during an explosives test in the Pacific Ocean off San Clemente Island.

20 October

List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1970
Ship Country Description
Västanvind  Sweden The coaster was in collision with a whale and sank of the Canary Islands, Spain. All four crew rescued.[32]

23 October

List of shipwrecks: 23 October 1970
Ship Country Description
Pacific Glory  Liberia The tanker collided with Allegro ( Liberia) off the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom and was set on fire. She was beached on a sandbank off the Isle of Wight.[33]

29 October

List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1970
Ship Country Description
Souris Trader  Canada The coaster sank in the Gulf of St Lawrence following a fire.[34]

November

6 November

List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1970
Ship Country Description
Marlena  Liberia The tanker ran aground off Syracuse, Sicily, Italy and caught fire. All 36 crew rescued and the fire was extinguished. The ship was refloated a week later.[35]

17 November

List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1970
Ship Country Description
USS Ericsson  United States Navy The decommissioned Gleaves-class destroyer was sunk as a target.

19 November

List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1970
Ship Country Description
Marites  Philippines The heavy lift ship was driven aground in Manila Bay during Typhoon Patsy. She later was refloated and scrapped.
USS John W. Weeks  United States Navy The decommissioned Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Virginia at 37°10′54″N 073°45′36″W / 37.18167°N 73.76000°W / 37.18167; -73.76000 ("USS John W. Weeks (DD-701)").

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1970
Ship Country Description
Erkowit  Sudan The cargo ship was run aground at Corunna, Spain,[36] following a collision with Dortmund ( West Germany).[37]

December

3 December

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1970
Ship Country Description
USS Bluegill  United States Navy The decommissioned Gato-class submarine was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean about 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) off Lahaina, Hawaii to serve as an underwater rescue training vessel. She was raised in November 1984 and sunk again in deep water.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1970
Ship Country Description
YTL-17  United States The tug was sunk as an artificial reef in the Atlantic Ocean off Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, at approximately 34°02′N 077°52′W / 34.033°N 77.867°W / 34.033; -77.867.

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  3. 1 2 3 "Japanese inquiry into shipwrecks mystery". The Times (17791). London. 11 February 1970. col A-B, p. 7.
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  37. ↑ "Tugboat captain accused of harbour pollution". The Times (58030). London. 23 November 1970. col E, p. 25.

See also

Ship events in 1970
Ship launches: 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975
Ship commissionings: 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975
Ship decommissionings: 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975
Shipwrecks: 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975
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