List of shipwrecks in 1959#20 February

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|ship=Valder

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The motor vessel sank in the North Pacific Ocean off Craig, Alaska.[http://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-v/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (V) Retrieved 12 September 2018] }}

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|ship={{MV|Freya||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|government}}

|desc=The fisheries protection vessel foundered off Caithness with the loss of three of her twenty crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Protection Cruiser Heeled Over |date=11 May 1959 |page=14 |issue=54457 |column=E }}

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|ship={{SS|Pelayo||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship struck a jetty at Livorno, Italy and was holed. She subsequently sank, but all 32 crew and both passengers were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=34 Rescued As British Ship Founders |date=15 January 1959 |page=8 |issue=54359 |column=F }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=18 January 1959 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Valiant Effort|1943|2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The Liberty ship was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea. She subsequently came ashore near Ras el Djebel, Tunisia, and broke in two.

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|ship=Natone

|flag={{flag|Australia|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground and sank off Double Island Point, Queensland, Australia.

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|ship=Yandra

|flag={{flag|Australia|civil}}

|desc=The coastal steamer ran aground and was wrecked at the mouth of Spencer Gulf in South Australia.

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|ship={{MV|Laura T Gabriella||2}}

|flag={{flag|Italy|civil}}

|desc=The coaster sank in a storm off Antipaxos, Greece. All eight crew killed.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Telegrams in Brief |date=28 January 1959 |page=6 |issue=54370 |column=G }}

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|ship={{MV|Adele Andolo||2}}

|flag={{flag|Italy|civil}}

|desc=The coaster foundered {{convert|40|nmi|km}} south of Malta. Five of her eleven crew were killed, six were rescued by the Admiralty tug {{ship|ST|Mediator||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|government}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Six Men Rescued By British Tug |date=30 January 1959 |page=9 |issue=54372 |column=C }}

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|ship={{MS|Hans Hedtoft||2}}

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The cargo liner sank on her maiden voyage off Cape Farewell, Greenland with the loss of all 95 passengers and crew. }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=2 February 1959 |sort=}}

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|ship={{ship|Chinese patrol boat|No. 63||2}}

|flag={{navy|Republic of China}}

|desc=Chinese Civil War: The auxiliary gunboat was shelled and sunk by {{ship|Chinese patrol boat|No. 565||2}}, {{ship|Chinese patrol boat|No. 566||2}}, and {{ship|Chinese patrol boat|No. 567||2}} (all {{navy|China}}). 11 crewmen killed, 12 taken as prisoners of war.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=50411&sid=f4c8291f6cf550856c78751965e6e2b5 |title=Chinese Naval Battles (Civil War and later)|access-date=22 February 2019}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=5 February 1959 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Jens Bangrang||2}}

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The passenger ship ran aground north of Copenhagen. Three hundred passengers transferred ashore by tugs.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Telegrams in Brief |date=6 February 1959 |page=11 |issue=54378 |column=G }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=7 February 1959 |sort=}}

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|ship={{MV|Princesse Josephine Charlotte||2}}

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The ferry ran aground at Ostend, later refloated undamaged.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Belgian Car Ferry Goes Aground |date=9 February 1959 |page=6 |issue=54380 |column=F }}

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|ship={{Ship|ST|Pitho||2}}

|flag={{flag|Singapore|civil}}

|desc=The tug collided with {{SS|Takeshima Maru||2}} ({{Flag|Japan}}) in Singapore Harbour, capsized and sank with the loss of five of her nine crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Five Feared Dead in Tug Collision |date=9 February 1959 |page=6 |issue=54380 |column=G }} }}

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|ship={{ship|ST|Henry Foss||2}}

|flag={{flag|Canada|1957}}

|desc=The tug struck a rock off Vancouver Island and sank with the loss of all five crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Telegrams in Brief |date=14 February 1959 |page=5 |issue=54385 |column=G }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=17 February 1959 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Ocean Trade||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground off Yokosuka, Japan. All 42 crew rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Telegrams in Brief |date=26 February 1959 |page=9 |issue=54395 |column=G }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=19 February 1959 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Marios II||2}}

|flag={{Flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=The cargo ship sank at {{coord|38|35|N|24|21|E}} whilst under tow following a boiler explosion. She was on a voyage from Stratoni to Piraeus.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=451}}

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|ship={{Ship|OPV|Hermodur||6}}

|flag={{Flag|Iceland}}

|desc=The lighthouse tender foundered off Reykjanes with the loss of all twelve crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Iceland Boat Sunk With 12 Crew |date=20 February 1959 |page=10 |issue=54390 |column=G }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=20 February 1959 |sort=}}

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|ship=Llandaff

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The 12,501 grt freighter ran aground at Esbjerg. She was refloated 7 March 1959 and scrapped in September 1959. }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 22 February 1959 |sort=}}

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|ship=Irene C

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The 8-gross register ton, {{convert|30.2|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Wrangell, Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-i/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (I)]

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=25 February 1959 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Ocean Trade||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship sank off Yokosuka, Japan. }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=3 March 1959 |sort=}}

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|ship={{USS|Cassia County|LST-527|6}}

|flag={{navy|United States|1912}}

|desc=The decommissioned tank landing ship was sunk as a target.

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|ship={{SS|Stellatus|1930|2}}

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground {{convert|2+1/2|nmi|km}} south of Duncansby Head, Caithness, United Kingdom. All 40 crew were rescued. Stellatus was on a voyage from Turku, Finland to Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, United Kingdom. She broke in two on 10 March and was a total loss.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Swedish Ship Aground Off Caithness |date=4 March 1959 |page=7 |issue=54400 |column=F }}{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=362}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=14 March 1959 |sort=}}

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|ship=Bluefin

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=While her owner-operator was ashore, the {{convert|48|ft|m|1|adj=on}} seiner was destroyed by fire at Station Island ({{coord|56|29|35|N|132|46|00|W|name=Station Island}}) in Sumner Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-b/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (B)]

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=17 March 1959 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Lisa C||2}}

|flag={{flag|Italy|civil}}

|desc=The coastal tanker ran aground near Mazagan, Morocco. All crew rescued by American military helicopters from Sidi Slimane Air Base.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Helicopters Take 13 Off Stranded Ship |date=18 March 1959 |page=9 |issue=54412 |column=G }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 21 March 1959 |sort=}}

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|ship=Ruth

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The {{convert|32|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel was destroyed by fire off Blank Island ({{coord|55|16|20|N|131|38|30|W|name=Blank Island}}) in Nichols Passage in Southeast Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-r/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (R)]

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=23 March 1959 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Kholmogory||2}}

|flag={{flag|Soviet Union}}

|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{SS|Bischofstein||2}} ({{flag|West Germany}}) off Spiekeroog, Netherlands and sank. One of her 41 crew was killed, the 40 survivors were rescued by Bischofstein and landed at Bremerhaven, West Germany.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Russian Ship Sinks After Collision |date=24 March 1959 |page=11 |issue=54417 |column=G }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=26 March 1959 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Valchem|1942|2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The T2 tanker collided with the ocean liner Santa Rosa ({{flag|United States|1912}}) {{convert|20|nmi|km}} east of Atlantic City, New Jersey.{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/T2C.html |title=T2 TANKERS – C |publisher=Mariners |access-date=19 October 2016}} Four people were killed.{{cite web

|title=Merchant and Navy Ship events 1946 – 2000

|url=http://www.mareud.com/Timelines/1946-1999.htm

|publisher=Rolf Skiöld / MAREUD.com

|access-date=22 January 2012

|url-status=dead

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216000830/http://www.mareud.com/Timelines/1946-1999.htm

|archive-date=16 February 2012

}}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Line Queen Elizabeth in Collision |date=30 July 1959 |page=6 |issue=54526 |column=A }} Valchem was consequently scrapped.

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 28 March 1959 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Antonin Dvorak||2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The Liberty ship was driven ashore at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina whilst being towed from Wilmington, North Carolina to Baltimore, Maryland for scrapping. Refloated in April and completed the voyage.{{sfn|Sawyer|Mitchell|1985|p154=}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 30 March 1959 |sort=}}

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|ship=Point Reyes

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The 44-gross register ton, {{convert|57.2|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel was destroyed by fire {{convert|0.125|nmi}} southwest of Kane Island ({{coord|57|19|25|N|135|40|00|W|name=Kane Island}}) in Salisbury Sound in Southeast Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-p/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (P)]

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=12 April 1959 |sort=}}

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|ship=Charlotte Ann

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The 15-gross register ton, {{convert|40.2|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in Belkofski Bay ({{coord|55|05|N|162|09|W|name=Belkofski Bay}}) on the south-central coast of Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-c/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (C)]

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=13 April 1959 |sort=}}

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|ship= Alkaira

|flag=

|desc=The cargo ship was destroyed at Ostend, Belgium, by an explosive charge planted by La Main Rouge.

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|ship= {{SS|Holdernith||2}}

|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=Ran aground off Burnham on Sea, Somerset. Refloated undamaged a week later.

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=15 April 1959 |sort=}}

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|ship= Spurn Lightship

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|government}}

|desc=The lightship was driven ashore in the River Hull at Woodmansea, Yorkshire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Picture Gallery |date=16 April 1959 |page=12 |issue=54436 |column=D }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=19 April 1959 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Harborough||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship struck the wreck of {{SS|Kholmogory||2}} ({{flag|Soviet Union}}) in the Weser Estuary and sank. All 42 crew rescued by the German pilot ship Weser ({{flag|West Germany}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=British Ship Sinks in Weser Estuary |date=20 April 1959 |page=8 |issue=54439 |column=G }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=26 April 1959 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Bygdov||2}}

|flag={{flag|Libya|1951}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at the entrance to Accra, Ghana. She was holed and sank.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Telegrams in Brief |date=27 April 1959 |page=9 |issue=54445 |column=G }}

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|ship={{SS|Prescott||2}}

|flag={{flag|Canada|1957}}

|desc=The cargo ship collided with a bridge over the Beauharnois Canal at Valleyfield, Quebec and then ran aground. Refloated after fifteen hours.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=15-hour Hold-up on Seaway |date=30 April 1959 |page=8 |issue=54448 |column=B-D }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=5 May 1959 |sort=}}

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|ship=Fortuna

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The 10-gross register ton, {{convert|36.1|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel sank approximately {{convert|2|nmi}} off the mouth of Burnett Inlet ({{coord|56|04|N|132|28|W|name=Burnett Inlet}}) in Southeast Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-f/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (F)]

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|ship={{SS|Nicolas Kairis|1943|2}}

|flag={{flag|Greece}}

|desc=The Liberty ship ran aground at Kuchinoshima, Japan ({{coord|30|30|N|129|52|E}}) and broke in two.{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsR.html |title=Liberty Ships – R |publisher=Mariners |access-date=6 November 2016}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=8 May 1959 |sort=}}

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|ship={{ship|ST|Gugsier||2}}

|flag={{flag|West Germany}}

|desc=The tug collided with the tanker {{SS|Kylix||2}} ({{Flag|Netherlands}}), which she was towing, and sank at Hamburg with the loss of one crewmember.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Telegrams in Brief |date=9 May 1959 |page=5 |issue=54456 |column=F }}

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|ship={{SS|Dandarra||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Arab Republic}}

|desc=The passenger boat sank in the River Nile near Barrage Gardens, {{convert|16|mi|km}} south of Cairo. At least eleven people were killed, with 175 rescued and an unknown number missing.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Nile Pleasure Steamer Sinks |date=9 May 1959 |page=6 |issue=54456 |column=D }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 9 May 1959 |sort=}}

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|ship=Lassie

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The 21-gross register ton, {{convert|42|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel sank in Stephens Passage near Midway Island ({{coord|57|50|15|N|133|48|45|W|name=Midway Island}}) in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-l/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (L)]

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 11 May 1959 |sort=}}

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|ship=P P

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The 8-gross register ton, {{convert|28|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel was destroyed by fire approximately {{convert|200|yd|m}} off Dog Point ({{coord|57|10|10|N|135|25|20|W|name=Dog Point}}) in Sitka Sound in Southeast Alaska.

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=13 May 1959 |sort=}}

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|ship= {{USS|Lyon County|LST-904|6}}

|flag={{navy|USA|1912}}

|desc=The decommissioned {{Sclass|LST-542|tank landing ship}} was sunk as a torpedo target by the submarine {{USS|Capitaine|SS-336|6}} ({{Navy|USA|1912}}) off the coast of Washington. }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=21 May 1959 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Channel Trader||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The coaster ran aground off Cap de la Hague, France.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=British Ship Aground Off France |date=22 May 1959 |page=10 |issue=54467 |column=E }}{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsP.html |title=Liberty Ships – P |publisher=Mariners |access-date=6 November 2016}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=31 May 1959 |sort=}}

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|ship=A R B 10

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The 39-gross register ton, {{convert|62.8|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel sank in Lituya Bay in Southeast Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-a/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (A)]

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|ship={{SS|Daibabe||2}}

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=The cargo ship sank east of Malta. All crew rescued by {{SS|Uarda||2}} ({{Flag|Sweden}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Telegrams in Brief |date=19 May 1959 |page=9 |issue=54464 |column=G }}

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|ship={{USS|LSSL-67}}

|flag={{navy|United States|1912}}

|desc=The LCS(L)-class landing craft was sunk as a target with bombs and rockets sometime in May.{{cite web |url=http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/large/albina.htm |title=Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland OR |publisher=shipbuildinghistory.com |access-date=15 June 2020}}{{cite web |url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/05/050067.htm |title=USS LSSL-67 ex USS LCS(L)(3)-67 (1945 – 1949) |publisher=navsource |access-date=15 June 2020}}

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|ship={{SS|Motomar||2}}

|flag={{flag|Argentina|alt}}

|desc=The coaster sank off Argentina with the loss of fifteen of her eighteen crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Telegrams in Brief |date=7 May 1959 |page=11 |issue=54454 |column=G }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=9 June 1959 |sort=}}

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|ship=Margaret Rose

|flag={{Flag|India|civil}}

|desc=The coaster capsized and sank off Dwarka, She was on a voyage from Bombay to Port Okha.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=246}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=15 June 1959 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Ocean Layer||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The cable ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|48|26|N|19|03|W}}) and was abandoned by her crew. She was taken in tow by {{ship|ST|Wotan||2}} ({{flag|West Germany}}), arriving at Falmouth, Cornwall on 21 June still on fire. Declared a constructive total loss and consequently scrapped.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=457}}

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|ship={{SS|Springdale||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship sank off the coast of Sweden. All seventeen crew survived unharmed.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=British Crew in Wreck Drama |date=19 June 1959 |page=12 |issue=54491 |column=G }} }}

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|ship={{SS|Monrovia|1943|2}}

|flag={{flag|Liberia}}

|desc=During a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium, to either Chicago, Illinois, or Duluth, Minnesota (according to different sources) with a cargo of steel, the cargo ship collided in heavy fog with the steamer {{SS|Royalton|1924|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) in Lake Huron and was abandoned by her crew. She sank in {{convert|140|ft|m}} of water {{convert|11|nmi}} off Thunder Bay Island, Michigan, United States the next day at {{coord|44.590278|-82.553333|name=Monrovia}}.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=89}}{{cite web|url=https://greatlakes.bgsu.edu/item/438130|title=Monrovia|work=Bowling Green State University|access-date=November 17, 2019}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 1 July 1959 |sort=}}

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|ship=Kamishak

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The 12-gross register ton, {{convert|36.2|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel sank at Cape Kumlik ({{coord|56|39|N|157|27|W|name=Cape Kumlik}}) on the south-central coast of Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-k/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (K)]

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|ship={{SS|Ombrina||2}}

|flag={{flag|Italy|civil}}

|desc=The tanker collided with a swing bridge and a yacht at Sète, France. She was holed and her cargo of avgas and petrol was set alight by a lighted gas cooker on board the yacht Bambula ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}), which caught fire and sank. The fire also spread to three other ships, {{SS|Jacques Schiaffino||2}} and {{SS|Tessala||2}} (both {{flag|France}}) and {{SS|Stilbe||2}} ({{flag|Morocco|civil}}). {{USS|Fort Mandan|LSD-21|6}} ({{navy|USA|1912}}) assisted firemen from Montpellier and Sète in fighting the fires. One of the four crew of Bambula and two of the crew of Ombrina were killed, with a further two crew from the latter ship seriously injured.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Three Dead in Harbour Oil Inferno |date=4 July 1959 |page=6 |issue=54504 |column=G }}

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|ship={{SS|Rio Altro||2}}

|flag={{flag|Colombia|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship caught fire, exploded and sank in the Caribbean with the loss of up to five crew. {{SS|Essen||2}} ({{flag|West Germany}}) rescued 38 survivors and landed them at Cristóbal, Panama Canal Zone.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Rescue of Blazing Ship Survivors |date=4 July 1959 |page=6 |issue=54504 |column=G }} }}

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|ship={{SS|Beaverbank||2}}

|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Fanning Island, Gilbert and Ellice Islands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=News in Brief |date=21 July 1959 |page=5 |issue=54518 |column=G }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=12 July 1959 |sort=}}

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|ship={{MV|St Ronan||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The coaster was in the English Channel when she was struck by the Liberty ship {{SS|Mount Athos|Permamente, 1943|2}} ({{flag|Greece}}) and sliced in two. Both halves sank. Three of her ten crew were lost, with the survivors being rescued by Mount Athos and landed at Dover, Kent.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Three Missing After Channel Collision |date=13 July 1959 |page=4 |issue=54511 |column=D }}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=17 July 1959 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=ICGV Hermadur

|flag={{navy|Iceland}}

|desc=The patrol vessel sank.Gardiner, Robert, ed., Conway′s All the World′s Fighting Ships 1947–1982 Part I: The Western Powers, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1983, {{ISBN|0870219189}}, p. 60.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=18 July 1959 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Tyee

|flag={{flag|United States|1959}}

|desc=The 16-gross register ton, {{convert|39|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Anan Creek ({{coord|56|10|50|N|131|53|05|W|name=Anan Creek}}) in Ernest Sound in Southeast Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-t/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (T)]

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=28 July 1959 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Westbrook|1942|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The tanker caught fire whilst laid up at Barry, Glamorgan. She was consequently scrapped.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=141}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=29 July 1959 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Upstart|P65|6}}

|flag={{navy|UK}}

|desc=The U-class submarine was sunk as a target off the Isle of Wight. }}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{Ship||Rivergate|schooner|2}}

|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The schooner capsized and sank off the Inner Dowsing Light Vessel (22px Trinity House ). She was on a voyage from London to Goole, Yorkshire.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|pp=449, 451}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date= 1 August 1959 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Queen Kathleen

|flag={{flag|Canada|1957}}

|desc=The fishing vessel was wrecked on rocks in the Aleutian Islands west of Unimak Pass. The vessel Western Pioneer ({{flag|United States|1959}}) rescued her entire crew of eight.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-q/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (Q)]

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date= 5 August 1959 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Porfico No. 1

|flag={{flag|United States|1959}}

|desc=The 9-gross register ton, {{convert|31.1|ft|m|1|adj=on}} motor vessel was destroyed by fire at Ninilchik, Alaska.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=11 August 1959 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|National Peace|1945|2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1959}}

|desc=The T2 tanker ran aground on Kiltan Island, in the Laccadive Islands, India and was abandoned.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Crew Abandon Stranded U.S. Tanker |date=12 August 1959 |page=6 |issue=54537 |column=G }} Refloated in 1962, subsequently scrapped.{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/T2N.html |title=T2 TANKERS – N – O – P |publisher=Mariners |access-date=31 October 2016}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date= 18 August 1959 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Elinor D

|flag={{flag|United States|1959}}

|desc=The 9-gross register ton, {{convert|29|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel was destroyed at Ketchikan, Alaska, by a fire that began when she suffered an explosion as her owner turned the ignition key to start her gasoline engine.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-e/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (E)]

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=21 August 1959 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Micho

|flag={{flag|United States|1959}}

|desc=The 21-gross register ton, {{convert|34.4|ft|m|1|adj=on}} cargo vessel was destroyed by fire in Smeaton Bay ({{coord|55|19|N|130|54|W|name=Smeaton Bay}}) in Southeast Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-m/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (M)]

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Pilar II||2}}

|flag={{flag|Philippines}}

|desc=The passenger ship foundered {{convert|300|nmi|km}} south of Palawan. There were eleven survivors from the 100 people on board.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship Sinks Off Philippines |date=22 August 1959 |page=6 |issue=54546 |column=F }}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=23 August 1959 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Naranco||2}}

|flag={{flag|Spain|civil}}

|desc=The coaster collided with {{SS|Goldstone||2}} ({{flag|Panama}}) in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent and sank with the loss of one of her 22 crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Spanish Ship Goes Down Off Kent |date=8 August 1959 |page=8 |issue=54547 |column=G }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|FV|Staxton Wyke||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The trawler was in collision with {{MV|Dalhanna||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) and sank {{convert|10|nmi|km}} off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire with the loss of five of her 21 crew. The sixteen survivors were rescued by Dalhanna.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Five Men Lost at Sea |date=24 August 1959 |page=8 |issue=54547 |column=G }}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=24 August 1959 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Gerontas|1943|2}}

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=The Liberty ship ran aground at Gdynia, Poland. She was later refloated but was declared a constructive total loss and scrapped.{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsS.html |title=Liberty Ships – S |publisher=Mariners |access-date=6 November 2016}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=26 August 1959 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMCS|Newington||2}}

|flag={{flag|Canada|1957}}

|desc=The tugboat sank while laid up at Burrard Inlet, British Columbia.{{sfn|Macpherson|Barrie|2002|p=23}}{{csr|register=MSI|id=1110697|shipname=Newington|access-date=3 March 2018}}The Miramar Ship Index has the ship sinking on 22 August.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Wonder Girl

|flag={{flag|United States|1959}}

|desc=The 16-gross register ton, {{convert|35|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel sank near False Pass, Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-w/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (W)] }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=30 August 1959 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Glen Usk||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The passenger ship ran aground in the River Avon. Refloated the next day.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=News in Brief |date=1 September 1959 |page=5 |issue=54554 |column=G }} }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=31 August 1959 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Comet

|flag={{flag|United States|1959}}

|desc=The 41-gross register ton, {{convert|56|ft|m|1|adj=on}} motor cargo vessel was wrecked near Kodiak, Alaska.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date August 1959 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Hilda

|flag={{flag|United States|1959}}

|desc=The 10-ton, {{convert|36.5|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel near Saint John Harbor ({{coord|56|27|00|N|132|57|30|W|name=Saint John Harbor}}) on Zarembo Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-h/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (H)]

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=4 September 1959 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Spica||2}}

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=The cargo ship sank off Le Havre, France. Refloated on 6 September.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Telegrams in Brief |date=7 September 1959 |page=8 |issue=54559 |column=G }}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=7 September 1959 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{Ship|ST|Empire Oberon||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|government}}

|desc=The tug sank at Akra, India. The wreck was dispersed by explosives in October.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=317}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date= 8 September 1959 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Putco-2

|flag={{flag|United States|1959}}

|desc=The 90-gross register ton, {{convert|70.1|ft|m|1|adj=on}} barge was wrecked near Dutch Harbor, Alaska.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date= 10 September 1959 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sukie

|flag={{flag|United States|1959}}

|desc=The 20-gross register ton, {{convert|40|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in the Duncan Canal in Southeast Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-s/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (S)]

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=14 September 1959 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{Ship||Jezebel|schooner|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The schooner sank off Penmon Point, Beaumaris. All six people on board rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Six Rescued After Schooner Sinks |date=15 September 1959 |page=4 |issue=54566 |column=G }}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=27 September 1959 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Changsha||2}}

|flag={{flag|Australia|civil}}

|desc=Typhoon Vera: The passenger ship was driven aground at Yokkaichi, Japan.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Over 800 Killed by Typhoon |date=28 September 1959 |page=10 |issue=54577 |column=C }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Tjitjalengka||2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=Typhoon Vera: The passenger ship was driven aground near Nagoya, Japan.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Japan Death Toll Now 1,799 |date=30 September 1959 |page=10 |issue=54579 |column=D }} }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{Shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date in September 1959 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Soviet submarine|M-252||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=The submarine ran aground in the Tatar Strait with the loss of several lives. She was later refloated.{{sfn|Chernyshev|2012|p=not cited}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=4 October 1959 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{Ship|NRP|Comandante Celestino Silva}}

|flag={{navy|Portugal}}

|desc=The air-sea rescue vessel foundered between Madeira and Lisbon. Crew rescued by the corvette {{ship|NRP|Santa Maria}} ({{navy|Portugal}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Telegrams in Brief |date=5 October 1959 |page=8 |issue=54583 |column=G }} }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=18 October 1959 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Deniz||2}}

|flag={{flag|Turkey}}

|desc=The ship was boarded by crew from {{HMS|Burnaston}} ({{navy|UK}}) off Cyprus and ammunition was discovered on board. Three crew were arrested, but the vessel was scuttled.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Arms Vessel Scuttled By Crew |date=19 October 1959 |page=10 |issue=54595 |column=D }} }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date= 22 October 1959 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ruth Ann

|flag={{flag|United States|1959}}

|desc=The 135-gross register ton, {{convert|107.3|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel sank at Woronkofski Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date= 23 October 1959 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Lipari|1942|2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1959}}

|desc=The Liberty ship ran aground off Grays Harbor, Washington. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Seattle, Washington. She was refloated on 30 October and towed in to Portland, Oregon in a severely damaged condition. Consequently scrapped.{{sfn|Sawyer|Mitchell|1985|p=63}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=27 October 1958 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Hindlea|194|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The coaster was driven ashore in Moelfre Bay and was abandoned by her crew. She was looted by the local inhabitants and was declared a total loss.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=239}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date= 28 October 1958 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Rayland

|flag={{flag|United States|1959}}

|desc=The 34-ton motor vessel was destroyed by fire in Valdez Arm ({{coord|60|53|N|146|54|W|name=Valdez Arm}}) on the south-central coast of Alaska.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date 1959 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Hindlea||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The coaster was driven ashore and wrecked. Her crew were rescued by the HolyHead Lifeboat.{{sfn|Howarth|1981|pp=134-35}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=13 November 1959 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Lough Fisher||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The coaster ran aground at the southern tip of Öland, Sweden.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ships in Distress after 104 M.P.H. Gale |date=14 November 1959 |page=6 |issue=54618 |column=F-G }}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=23 November 1959 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HDMS|Hjælperen||6}}

|flag={{navy|Denmark}}

|desc=The torpedo boat tender collided with the cargo ship Ceres ({{flag|Finland}}) at Copenhagen and was severely damaged.{{Cite web |url=http://navalhistory.dk/English/Timeline/AccidentsAndLosses.htm |title=Sea Accidents and Losses |publisher=Danish Naval History |access-date=24 December 2019 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=23 November 1959 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|President Reiz||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The tanker ran aground at Oslo, Norway and was holed.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Tanar||2}}

|flag={{flag|Turkey}}

|desc=The cargo ship was in collision with {{SS|Kharkov||2}} ({{Flag|Soviet Union}}) and sank in the North Sea. All crew rescued by Kharkov.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Telegrams in Brief |date=11 December 1959 |page=11 |issue=54641 |column=G }} Kharkov was arrested on arrival at Bremen, West Germany.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Wansbeck||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The coaster caught fire at Ghent, Belgium. One crewmember was killed.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=British Ship on Fire in Ghent |date=24 November 1959 |page=12 |issue=54627 |column=A }} }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=24 November 1959 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Holmglen||2}}

|flag={{Flag|New Zealand|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship sank off Timaru with the loss of 15 lives.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=27 October 1959 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Hindlea||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The coaster was driven ashore in Moelfre Bay, Anglesey and broke in two, a total loss.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=239}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=30 November 1959 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Braemar Castle|1956|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The ocean liner was driven ashore at Gibraltar in a gale. Refloated the next day.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Braemar Castle Refloated |date=2 December 1959 |page=9 |issue=54633 |column=E }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Liner That Grounded Resumes Voyage |date=4 December 1959 |page=11 |issue=54635 |column=C }} }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date= Unknown date 1959 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Parks No. 3

|flag={{flag|United States|1959}}

|desc=A storm destroyed the 7-gross register ton, {{convert|29.5|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel off Tonki Cape ({{coord|58|21|N|151|59|W|name=Tonki Cape}}) on Afognak Island in the Kodiak Archipelago.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=1 December 1959 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Tillikum

|flag={{flag|United States|1959}}

|desc=The 26-gross register ton, {{convert|47|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel sank near Dundas Island, British Columbia, Canada. }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=6 December 1959 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= George Robb

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The fishing vessel ran aground at Duncansby Head, Scotland, with the loss of all 12 crew.{{cite web|title=MFV George Robb (A406)|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?170762|year=2012|work=WreckSite|access-date=2014-07-23}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=7 December 1959 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{MV|Servus||2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The motor vessel ran aground below Dunbeath Castle, Scotland. All crew rescued by lifeboat.{{cite web|title=MV Servus|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?60697|year=2008|work=WreckSite|access-date=2014-07-23}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=8 December 1959 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{RNLB|Mona|ON 775}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The lifeboat capsized out of Broughty Ferry, Scotland, with the loss of all eight crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=9 December 1959 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{SS|Elfrida||2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank off Stavanger. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Soviet Union to a Danish port.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=451}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=13 December 1959 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Argus

|flag={{flag|United States|1959}}

|desc=The 30-gross register ton, {{convert|41.6|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel was wrecked on Tilson Island ({{coord|57|03|N|135|20|W|name=Tilson Island}}) in Southeast Alaska approximately {{convert|4|nmi|spell=in}} west of Sitka, Alaska.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{SS|Eastern Lucky||2}}

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=The steamer sprang a leak and sank off Formosa. All 43 crew rescued by the steamer {{SS|Tyne Breeze||2}} ({{flag|Hong Kong|red}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=14 December 1959 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{HMS|Cleveland|L46|6}}

|flag={{navy|United Kingdom}}

|desc=The wreck of the {{sclass2|Hunt|destroyer}}, stranded at Llangennith, Glamorgan, Wales, since 28 June 1957, was blown up after being stripped.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date= 16 December 1959 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lew-Al

|flag={{flag|United States|1959}}

|desc=The 17-gross register ton, {{convert|36.3|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel was wrecked in the lower part of Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of Alaska.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=20 December 1959 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{SS|Jamin I||2}}

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The steamer ran aground {{convert|2|nmi|km}} west of the Harmaja Lighthouse, Helsinki. Refloated 5 January 1960, subsequently scrapped.{{csr|register=MSI|id=3007243|shipname=Jamin I |accessdate=2 July 2022}} }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=25 December 1959 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Rosa Vlassi|1946|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=The collier capsized and sank between Laurium and Makronisi. She was on a voyage from Stratoni to Piraeus.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=211}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=30 December 1959 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{SS|Valley Forge|1943|2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1959}}

|desc=The Liberty ship ran aground off Mapor Island, Singapore, and broke in two, a total loss.{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibshipsH.html |title=Liberty Ships – H |publisher=Mariners |access-date=5 November 2016}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date 1959 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Cape Corso|1942|2}}

|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}

|desc=The Ocean ship collided with another vessel and ran aground. She was consequently scrapped.{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/Ocean1.html |title=Ocean A-T |publisher=Mariners List |accessdate=5 December 2024 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{USS|Esmeraldo County|LST-761|6}}

|flag={{navy|USA|1959}}

|desc=The decommissioned {{Sclass|LST-542|tank landing ship}} was sunk as a target.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= ROKS Kang Wha

|flag={{navy|Republic of Korea}}

|desc=The {{sclass|YMS-1|minesweeper|0}} coastal minesweeper was sunk.Gray, Randal, ed., Conway′s All the World′s Fighting Ships 1947–1982, Part II: The Warsaw Pact and Non-Aligned Nations, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1983, {{ISBN|0-87021-919-7}}, p. 348.[http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/large/tacoma.htm shipbuildinghistory.com], Tacoma Boatbuilding Company, Tacoma WA

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Kimball

|flag={{flag|United States|1959}}

|desc=The 20-gross register ton, {{convert|37.7|ft|m|1|adj=on}} motor cargo vessel was destroyed by fire in Knudsen Cove ({{coord|55|28|30|N|131|48|00|W|name=Knudsen Cove}}) in Southeast Alaska.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Kwinana||2}}

|flag={{flag|Australia|civil}}

|desc=File:Kwinana wreck ewd c1960.JPGThe hulk of the passenger-cargo ship, aground {{convert|3|mi|km}} north of Rockingham, Western Australia, since 29 May 1922 and partly destroyed by explosive charges on 2 May 1941, was cut down to water level.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Paramount

|flag={{flag|United States|1959}}

|desc=The 42-gross register ton, {{convert|58.6|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel sank in Frederick Sound in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Roosevelt II

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The {{convert|108|ft|adj=on}}, 126-gross register ton ferry was scuttled in Lake Champlain sometime in 1959.{{Cite web| url=http://wreckhunter.net/DataPages/rooseveltII-dat.htm |title=Roosevelt II | publisher=Hunting New England Shipwrecks |access-date=24 February 2021 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

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• {{Cite book |title=Погибли без боя. Катастрофы русских кораблей XVIII–XX вв. |trans-title=They died without a fight. Catastrophes of Russian ships of the XVIII-XX centuries |language=Russian |first=Alexander Alekseevich |last=Chernyshev |publisher=Veche |year=2012 |url=http://www.maxima-library.org/mob/b/389880?format=read |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211114101147/http://www.maxima-library.org/mob/b/389880?format=read |archive-date=2021-11-14}}
• {{cite book |title=Lifeboat in Danger's Hour| first=Patrick |last=Howarth |publisher=Hamlyn |location=London, New York, Sydney, Toronto |pages= 134–35 |year=1981 |isbn=0-600-34959-4}}
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