List of shipwrecks in 1961#22 February

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|ship=Sadie

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The 10-gross register ton, {{convert|34.8|ft|m|adj=on}} fishing vessel sank at Tee Harbor (also known as "The Harbor"), Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-s/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (S)]

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=3 January 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Indian Navigator||2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship sank {{convert|60|nmi|km}} off the Isles of Scilly.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Burning Ship Sinks |date=3 January 1961 |page=8 |issue=54969 |column=F }} Thirteen crew of {{SS|Indian Success||2}} ({{Flag|India|civil}}) that were put on board to salvage the ship after it caught fire were lost. One of her 67 crew was also reported lost.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Indian Salvage Crew Regarded As Lost |date=4 January 1961 |page=4 |issue=54970 |column=B }} }}

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|ship={{SS|Arcadia|1954|2}}

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

|desc=The ocean liner ran aground off Honolulu, Hawaii, United States. Refloated after two hours.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=P. & O. Liner Pulled Off Reef |date=6 January 1961 |page=10 |issue=54972 |column=B }}

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|ship={{SS|Harry R. Jones||2}}

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground off Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland whilst under tow to Troon for scrapping.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=U.S. Ship Runs Aground at Ardrossan |date=6 January 1961 |page=10 |issue=54972 |column=B }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=9 January 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship=El Pensativo

|flag={{flag|Cuba}}

|desc=The motor sailer was intercepted and sunk at sea by an armed boat. Four Cuban intelligence agents were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=55102 |title=Cuban Naval Battles |accessdate=17 January 2018}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=10 January 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship={{ship||Egoz|ship|2}}

|flag={{flag|Israel|civil}}

|desc=The passenger ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea with the loss of 46 of the 49 people on board. She was on a voyage from Al Hoceima, Morocco to Gibraltar. }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=12 January 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship={{HDMS|Egenæs||6}}

|flag={{navy|Denmark}}

|desc=The patrol vessel ran aground off Odden. She was consequently scrapped.{{Cite web |url=http://navalhistory.dk/English/Timeline/AccidentsAndLosses.htm |title=Sea Accidents and Losses |publisher=Danish Naval History |accessdate=24 December 2019 }}

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|ship={{MV|Vega|1925|2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=While under tow from New York City to Jacksonville, Florida, the {{convert|75|ft|m|1|adj=on}} motor automobile ferry capsized and sank without loss of life in {{convert|55|ft|m|0}} of water in the North Atlantic Ocean off Avon-by-the-Sea, New Jersey, at {{coord|40|11.646|N|073|56.787|W|name=Vega}} after her tow line parted during a storm.{{Cite web |url=https://njscuba.net/reefs/chart_ny09_shinnecock.php |title=njscuba.net Shinnecock Artificial Reef |access-date=21 February 2020 |archive-date=15 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215030852/https://njscuba.net/reefs/chart_ny09_shinnecock.php |url-status=dead }}

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|ship={{HMS|Oberon|S09|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The {{sclass|Oberon|submarine}} ran aground at Rothesay Bay in the Firth of Clyde.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Submarine Goes Aground |date=13 January 1961 |page=12 |issue=54978 |column=C }} Refloated the next day with the assistance of three tugs and two boom defence vessels.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=H.M.S. Oberon Refloated |date=14 January 1961 |page=6 |issue=54979 |column=C-D }} }}

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|ship={{USCGC|Triumph|CG 52301|6}}

|flag={{coast guard|United States}}

|desc=The motor lifeboat sank in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Oregon during a rescue with the loss of five of her six crew members.{{cite news |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0rNUAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA1&article_id=3693,1932602 |title=Boats capsize, six men missing |agency=AP |date=January 13, 1961 |newspaper=The Leader-Post |access-date=19 February 2025}}}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=18 January 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship=Oco

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

|desc=The {{sclass2|TID|tug|1}} collided with {{MV|Henfield|1949|2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) in the River Ouse at Swinefleet, Yorkshire. Oco capsized and sank. She was towing barges from Hull to Selby. She was refloated on 1 February and beached, the refloated on 14 February and taken in to Goole. Subsequently repaired and returned to service as Selby Olympia.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|pp=342-43}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=20 January 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Caribbean Queen||2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship sank between Cuba and Florida, United States. All crew rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Telegrams in Brief |date=21 January 1961 |page=4 |issue=54985 |column=F }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=21 January 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Yewmount|1938|2}}

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

|desc=The coaster collided with Stamatios M. Embiricos ({{flag|Greece}}) and sank. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. Yewmount was refloated on 30 March 1961 and was scrapped in 1964.{{cite web |url=http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/abandoned-ships/YEWMOUNT_349.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315045837/http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/abandoned-ships/YEWMOUNT_349.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=15 March 2015 |title=YEWMOUNT |publisher=Clydesite |accessdate=1 July 2016}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=25 January 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Yarasli||2}}

|flag={{flag|Turkey}}

|desc=The cargo ship was sighted off Cephalonia, Greece whilst on a voyage from Istanbul to Bagnoli, Italy. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=452}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=26 January 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship=S-80

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=The Whiskey-class submarine sank in the Barents Sea with the loss of her entire crew of 68. Her wreck remained undiscovered until 23 June 1968. }}

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|ship={{MV|Vrmac||2}}

|flag={{flag|Yugoslavia}}

|desc=The cargo ship capsized and sank off Venice, Italy with the loss of five of her 22 crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Yugoslav Cargo Ship Capsizes |date=27 January 1961 |page=9 |issue=54990 |column=A }} }}

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|ship={{SS|Yarasli||2}}

|flag={{Flag|Turkey}}

|desc=The coaster foundered in the Ionian Sea. She was last heard from on 25 January. }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=3 February 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship=De Vilhena

|flag={{Flag|Malta|1943}}

|desc=The tug foundered {{convert|40|nmi|km}} north west of Calvi, Corsica, France.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=395}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 5 February 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship=Kupreanoff

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The 10-gross register ton motor vessel sank at Port Williams ({{coord|58|29|30|N|152|35|00|W|name=Port Williams}}) on the southern coast of Afognak Island in Alaska's Kodiak Archipelago.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-k/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (K)]

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|ship={{MV|Braga||2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The cargo ship foundered in the English Channel. All 27 crew and both passengers rescued by the tug Rennes and cargo ship Banora (both {{flag|France}}) and landed at Newhaven, Sussex or Dieppe, France respectively.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=29 Rescued in the Channel |date=8 February 1961 |page=12 |issue=55000 |column=F }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=17 February 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|BP Explorer||2}}

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

|desc=The coastal tanker capsized and sank in the River Severn at Awre, Gloucestershire with the loss of all five crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Capsized Tanker Still Aground |date=20 February 1961 |page=3 |issue=55010 |column=D }}

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|ship=C 632

|flag={{naval|UK|RMAS}}

|desc=The auxiliary vessel ran aground at Dungeness, Kent and was holed. A pump was put on board and the ship was escorted to Dover.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Firemen Help Keep Ship Above Water |date=18 February 1961 |page=8 |issue=55009 |column=B }}

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|ship={{MV|Eminence||2}}

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

|desc=The coaster collided with {{SS|American Farmer||2}} ({{flag|United States}}) off Thames Haven, Essex and was holed, with her steering gear destroyed.

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|ship=ex-USS Huron

|flag={{flag|Canada|1868}}

|desc=The former armored cruiser {{USS|South Dakota|ACR-9|6}} (later renamed USS Huron) ({{naval|United States}}), sank in {{convert|80|ft}} of water at Powell River Breakwater in the Powell River, British Columbia, Canada, due to flooding of her hull during a storm.{{cite web |url=https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~cacunithistories/military/USS_Charleston.html |title=USS Charleston C-22 |publisher=rootsweb.com |access-date=28 June 2025 }}

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

|flag={{flag|Liberia}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on the Rosslyn Rock whilst on a voyage from Bangkok, Thailand, to Japan. She was refloated the next day but was consequently declared a constructive total loss and scrapped.{{cite web |url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=886 |title=Baron Napier |publisher=The Yard |accessdate=26 February 2017}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=19 February 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship={{MV|Petromar Buenos Aires||2}}

|flag= {{Flag|Argentina}}

|desc=The tanker collided with {{MV|Pennsylvania||2}} ({{flag|Denmark}}) in the Paraná River {{convert|217|km|mi}} from river mouth. The ship and caught fire and was declared a constructive total loss.{{csr|register=MSI|id=1190246|shipname=Petromar Buenos Aires |accessdate=27 November 2019}}

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|ship={{MV|Lapwing||2}}

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

|desc=The coastal tanker capsized in the River Humber with the loss of three lives.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Motor Barge Overturns |date=20 February 1961 |page=10 |issue=55010 |column=F }}

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|ship={{SS|Runic|1949|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on Middleton Rock, {{convert|400|nmi|km}} north west of Sydney, Australia. Her crew were rescued by Arabic ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=1423 |title=Runic |publisher=The Yard |accessdate=6 March 2017}} Declared a constructive total loss in March 1961.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=News in Brief |date=24 March 1961 |page=19 |issue=55038 |column=C }} }}

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|ship={{ship|ST|Scaldis||2}}

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The tug capsized and sank at the mouth of the Scheldt. Two of the fourteen crew were reported missing.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Two Missing as Belgian Tug Capsizes |date=20 January 1961 |page=10 |issue=55010 |column=F }}

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|ship=Hilda Garston

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The {{convert|86|ft|adj=on}}, 159-gross register ton scallop-fishing dragger struck a reef and sank without loss of life in up to {{convert|45|ft}} of water in Buzzards Bay off Gooseberry Neck, Westport, Massachusetts, {{convert|1|nmi|km}} south of Old Cock Rock at {{coord|41|16.4|N|071|02.1|W|name=Hilda Garston}}.{{Cite web| url=http://wreckhunter.net/DataPages/hildagarston-dat.htm |title=Hilda Garston | publisher=Hunting New England Shipwrecks |accessdate=10 February 2021 }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=26 February 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship={{MV|Yoshiura Maru No. 5||2}}

|flag={{flag|Japan}}

|desc=The cargo ship sank southeast of Hong Kong. All 15 crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Telegrams in Brief |date=27 February 1961 |page=9 |issue=55016 |column=G }} }}

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|ship=Parks No. 11

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The 12-gross register ton, {{convert|31.2|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel was wrecked on Sitkalidak Island in the Kodiak Archipelago.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-p/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (P)]

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=1 March 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship=Western

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The 25-gross register ton, {{convert|41.5|ft|m|adj=on}} fishing vessel sank near Russian Harbor ({{coord|56|44|N|154|05|W|name=Russian Harbor}}) at the southern end of Kodiak Island, Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-w/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (W)] }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=11 March 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Newfoundland|1947|2}}

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

|desc=The ocean liner ran aground off Argentia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Refloated after six hours.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=British Liner on Reef for Six Hours |date=11 March 1961 |page=8 |issue=55027 |column=C }} }}

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|ship=Tundra

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The 13-gross register ton, {{convert|36.9|ft|m|adj=on}} fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Seward, Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-t/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (T)]

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=13 March 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Dominator|1944|2}}

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=File:6505-ShipWreck-PalosVerdesPeninsula-1965.jpg The Liberty ship ran aground off California, United States in dense fog and was wrecked, breaking in half. All 31 crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=31 Men Saved From Greek Ship |date=17 March 1961 |page=10 |issue=55032 |column=F }}{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?142731 |title=Dominator (+1961) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=18 September 2023}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=15 March 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Nicolaos Epiphaniades|1943|2}}

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

|desc=The Liberty ship caught fire, exploded and ran aground at Odesa, Soviet Union. She was refloated in October and detained by Soviet authorities seeking recompense for damage caused to port facilities. Reported to have been scrapped in September 1964.{{sfn|Sawyer|Mitchell|1985|pp=127-28}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=16 March 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship={{MV|Lizzonia||2}}

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

|desc=The Channel tanker collided with {{MV|Arctic Ocean|1948|2}} ({{flag|Sweden}}) and sank in the English Channel {{convert|3|nmi|km}} west north west of the Varne Lightvessel (22px Trinity House). Lizzonia was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Plymouth, Devon.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=226}}

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|ship={{MV|Martin Lutjens||2}}

|flag={{flag|West Germany}}

|desc=The coaster collided with {{SS|Schelde Lloyd||2}} ({{Flag|Netherlands}}) off the coast of the Netherlands and sank. All crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=News in Brief |date=17 March 1961 |page=13 |issue=55032 |column=G }} }}

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|ship={{SS|Arietta||2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground near Novorossiysk, Soviet Union. She was on a voyage from Novorossiysk to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 1 April and towed in to Novorossiysk, where she was declared a constructive total loss.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|pp=118-19}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=19 March 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Verao||2}}

|flag={{flag|Fiji|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship foundered off the coast of Queensland, Australia. All fifteen crew rescued by {{SS|Iron Flinders||2}} ({{Flag|Australia|civil}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Crew Rescued in Heavy Seas |date=20 March 1961 |page=11 |issue=55034 |column=G }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=21 March 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Mary P Cooper||2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship collided with the coaster Foamville and sank in the Manchester Ship Canal, blocking it completely. All eight crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Crash Blocks Manchester Ship Canal |date=22 March 1961 |page=12 |issue=55036 |column=C }} }}

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|ship=Chresten

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The CHANT struck a submerged object and sank near Stubbekøbing. She was on a voyage from Nyborg to Copenhagen. She was refloated on 16 May and taken in to Copenhagen, but was declared a constructive total loss and consequently scrapped.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=288}}

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|ship=Mary P. Cooper

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

|desc=The sand hopper collided with another vessel and sank in the Manchester Ship Canal.{{sfn|Gray|2003|p=102}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=3 April 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Clupea|1945|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The factory ship, a converted tank landing ship, caught fire at Port Étienne, Mauritania. The fire was extinguished.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=359}}

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|ship={{SS|Clupea|1945|2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The factory ship, a converted tank landing ship, caught fire at Port Étienne, Mauritania. She sank on 8 April (at {{Coord|20|53|N|17|03|W}}) with her superstructure above water. The fire was extinguished on 14 April. She was a total loss.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=359}}

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|ship={{MV|Dara||2}}

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

|desc=The passenger ship suffered an onboard explosion and fire off Dubai, with 238 of the 819 people on board killed. The ship was taken under tow, but sank on 10 April.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|pp=23-24}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=14 April 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Marine Merchant|1944|2}}

|flag={{Flag|Greece}}

|desc=The bulk carrier, a converted Liberty ship, broke in two and sank in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|40|nmi|km}} south east of Portland, Maine, United States.{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsJon.html |title=Liberty Ships – Jonas - Justo |publisher=Mariners |accessdate=6 November 2016}}

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|ship={{SS|Theia Maria|1944|2}}

|flag={{Flag|Greece}}

|desc=The Liberty ship ran aground near Punta Galera, Mexico ({{coord|15|53|N|97|46|W}}) and broke in two. She was scrapped in situ.{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibshipsA.html |title=Liberty Ships – A |publisher=Mariners |accessdate=4 November 2016}} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=16 April 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship={{USS|Baldwin|DD-624|6}}

|flag={{navy|United States|1960}}

|desc=File:Uss Baldwin (DD-624) Refloated.jpgWhile under tow, the decommissioned {{sclass|Gleaves|destroyer}} ran aground {{convert|2|nmi|spell=in}} southwest of Montauk Point, Long Island, New York, when her tow line parted. She was later refloated and scuttled.

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|ship=Comedian

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The 12-gross register ton, {{convert|38.5|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel sank off the coast of Mary Island in Alaska. The wreck report does not specify off which of several islands of the name the sinking took place.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-c/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (C)]

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|ship={{ship|Cuban escort ship|El Baire||2}}

|flag={{navy|Cuba}}

|desc=Bay of Pigs Invasion: The El Baire-class submarine chaser was bombed and sunk at the Isle of Pines by Cuban Exile-operated Martin B-26 Marauder aircraft.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=55102&sid=362e08990d2efb304424e99b04f44754 |title=Cuban Naval Battles |accessdate=17 January 2018}}

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

|flag={{flag|Liberia}}

|desc=Bay of Pigs Invasion: The CIA-chartered N3-S-A1 type coaster was bombed and damaged by a Cuban Air Force Hawker Sea Fury and Lockheed T-33 aircraft in the Bay of Cochinas. The ship was beached and later burned out.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=55102&sid=362e08990d2efb304424e99b04f44754 |title=Cuban Naval Battles |accessdate=17 January 2018}}{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?235831 |title=Houston Cargo Ship (+1943-1961) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=17 January 2018}}

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|ship=Olsen

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The retired wooden-hulled fishing trawler and clam dredger was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean off Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey, in {{convert|65|ft|m|0}} of water.[https://njscuba.net/reefs/chart_nj16_manasquan.php#MtSinai njscuba.net Mt. Sinai]

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|ship={{MV|Rio Escondido|1943|2}}

|flag={{flag|Liberia}}

|desc=Bay of Pigs Invasion: The CIA-chartered cargo ship, a converted landing craft tank, was rocketed and damaged by Cuban Air Force Hawker Sea Fury and Lockheed T-33 aircraft {{convert|2|mi|km}} south of Playa Girón. The ship blew up and sank.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=55102&sid=362e08990d2efb304424e99b04f44754 |title=Cuban Naval Battles |accessdate=17 January 2018}}{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?235832 |title=Rio Escondido Cargo Ship (+1945-1961) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=17 January 2018}}

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|ship={{SS|Seagarden|1945|2}}

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The Liberty ship ran aground off Tobago. She was refloated but declared a constructive total loss.{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsW-Z.html |title=Liberty Ships – W - Z |publisher=Mariners |accessdate=7 November 2016}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Cuban patrol ship|SV-3||2}}

|flag={{navy|Cuba}}

|desc=Bay of Pigs Invasion: The auxiliary patrol ship was sunk, or damaged and grounded, by ground fire.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=55102&sid=362e08990d2efb304424e99b04f44754 |title=Cuban Naval Battles |accessdate=19 October 2018}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=19 April 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship=Larsen Bay No. 3

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The 61-gross register ton, {{convert|70.2|ft|m|1|adj=on}} scow was wrecked at Swikshak Beach near Kodiak, Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-l/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (L)]

}}

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|ship={{MV|Tuskar||2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The coaster struck a rock and sank {{convert|4|nmi|km}} south west of Chicken Rock, Isle of Man. All five crew saved by the cable layer Ariel ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Crew Saved When Coaster Sinks |date=20 April 1961 |page=5 |issue=55060 |column=E }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=25 April 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship={{RMS|Ivernia||2}}

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

|desc=The ocean liner ran aground off Southampton, Hampshire. Refloated after five hours.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Liner Aground for Over Five Hours |date=26 April 1961 |page=14 |issue=55065 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship=White Cap

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The 31-gross register ton, {{convert|44|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel was destroyed by fire near Fox Island in the Aleutian Islands.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-w/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (W)]

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date April 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship={{USS|Makassar Strait|CVE-91|6}}

|flag={{navy|USA|1960}}

|desc=File:Ex-USS Makassar Strait grounded.jpgThe {{sclass|Casablanca|escort carrier}} ran aground on San Nicolas Island, Channel Islands, California. The wreck broke up in January 1963.}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=3 May 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship={{ship||Albatross|1920 schooner|2}}

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The brigantine foundered in the Gulf of Mexico during a squall. Six of the nineteen people on board were killed.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=School Ship Lost in Storm |date=4 May 1961 |page=12 |issue=55072 |column=C }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=7 May 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship={{ship|Cuban patrol ship |R-43||2}}

|flag={{navy|Cuba}}

|desc=The auxiliary patrol ship went missing on this date, lost with all 17 hands.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=55102 |title=Cuban Naval Battles |accessdate=17 January 2018}}}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=25 May 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Pinebranch|1895|2}}

|flag={{flagicon|Canada|1921}} Canada

|desc=The tanker was sunk for use as a wharf at Malignant Cove, Nova Scotia.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=395}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=28 May 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Madura||2}}

|flag={{flag|Liberia}}

|desc=Typhoon Viola: The cargo ship ran aground at Hong Kong. Refloated on 10 August but declared a constructive total loss and consequently scrapped.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1995|p=55}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=31 May 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Marie Kerk||2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on the Varne Shoal in the English Channel. She was refloated with the aid of the tugs Diligent, Dominant (both {{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) and Jean Bart ({{Flag|France}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Dover Tugs Free Ship |date=1 June 1961 |page=14 |issue=55096 |column=A }} }}

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|ship={{MV|Vercharmian||2}}

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

|desc=The heavy lift ship ran aground in Mormugao Bay, India, She was refloated on 7 July but found to be leaky and was beached. Refloated on 5 October, she was towed to Karachi, Pakistan. Vercharmian was scrapped in 1962.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=192}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 1 June 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship=Josephine I

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The 14-gross register ton, {{convert|38|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Juneau, Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-j/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (J)]

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=6 June 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship={{USS|Baldwin|DD-624|6}}

|flag={{navy|United States|1960}}

|desc= The decommissioned {{sclass|Gleaves|destroyer}} was scuttled near Montauk Point, Long Island, New York. }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=8 June 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Tien Hsiang||2}}

|flag={{flag|Taiwan|civil}}

|desc=The passenger ship sank {{convert|20|nmi}} south west of Kaohsiung. Two survivors reported of her eleven crew and 33 passengers.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=40 Feared Dead in Formosa Ship |date=9 June 1961 |page=14 |issue=55103 |column=G }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 14 June 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship=Malina

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The 165-gross register ton, {{convert|82|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel was wrecked in Bristol Bay off the coast of Alaska near the Black Hills ({{coord|55|41|N|162|05|W|name=Black Hills}}) on the Alaska Peninsula.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-m/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (M)]

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=18 June 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship=Southern Author

|flag={{flag|South Africa|1928}}

|desc=The {{GRT|439}} steam whaler was wrecked after running aground on Dassen Island, {{convert|50|nmi|km}} north of Cape Town, South Africa.{{cite web|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?202612|title=Loss of SS Southern Author}} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=25 June 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship={{MV|Evertsen||2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The coaster collided with {{MV|Favoriet||2}} ({{flag|Netherlands}}) and sank {{convert|17|nmi|km}} south of Portland Bill, Dorset, United Kingdom. All twelve crew rescued by Favoriet and landed at Weymouth. Evertsen was only five weeks old at the time of her loss.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Dutch Ships Sinks Off Dorset |date=26 June 1961 |page=10 |issue=55117 |column=D }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=26 June 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship=CL-54

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=The target ship, a {{sclass|Storozhevoy|destroyer}} foundered in the Sea of Okhotsk off Cape Taran.{{sfn|Chernyshev|2012|p=not cited}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=28 June 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Melville W. Fuller||2}}

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The Liberty ship was torpedoed and sunk as a target ship in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|100|nmi|km}} west of Norfolk, Virginia by {{USS|Cutlass}} ({{naval|United States}}).{{sfn|Sawyer|Mitchell|1985|p=134}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= Unknown date June 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship=Johnny E

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The 24-gross register ton, {{convert|44.5|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at the Icy Straits Cannery in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-j/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (J)]

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=1 July 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship=A R 4

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The 8-gross register ton, {{convert|27.5|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel was lost in the vicinity of the Egegik River Buoy near Egegik, Alaska, after she became caught between a fish brailer and the motor vessel Alaska Reefer ({{flag|United States|1960}}).[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-a/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (A)]

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 2 July 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship={{Ship|Soviet destroyer|Stoyky|1938|2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=The {{sclass|Storozhevoy|destroyer}} sank in a storm off Cape Taran, Kaliningrad Oblast.{{sfn|Balakin|2007|p=189}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 4 July 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship=Lilly

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The 18-gross register ton, {{convert|40.1|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Cordova, Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-l/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (L)]

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 8 July 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship=Dupont

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The 71-gross register ton, {{convert|51.8|ft|m|1|adj=on}} motor cargo vessel sank off the south-central coast of Alaska approximately {{convert|1|nmi|1}} south of Cape Suckling ({{coord|59|59|30|N|143|53|00|W|name=Cape Suckling}}). The tug Barbara Foss ({{flag|United States|1960}}) rescued her crew of three.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-d/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (D)]

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=9 July 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Save||2}}

|flag={{flag|Portugal}}

|desc=The cargo liner ran aground at Quelimane, Mozambique and caught fire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Many Reported Dead in Liner Fire |date=10 July 1961 |page=8 |issue=55129 |column=F }} Of the 549 passengers and crew, 259 were killed.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Death Roll in Liner Fire now 259 |date=12 July 1961 |page=8 |issue=55131 |column=E }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=15 July 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Dora|1924|2}}

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Bitto Bank ({{coord|10|30|N|107|42|E}}) and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Phnom Penh, Cambodia to Hong Kong. Subsequently damaged and declared a total loss.{{cite web |url=http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/abandoned-ships/BULAN_503.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316003920/http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/abandoned-ships/BULAN_503.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=16 March 2015 |title=BULAN |publisher=Clydesite |accessdate=1 July 2016}}

}}

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|ship=Welcome

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The 12-gross register ton, {{convert|42.3|ft|m|adj=on}} fishing vessel became stranded and was lost in Gambier Bay ({{coord|57|28|N|133|55|W|name=Gambier Bay}}) on Admiralty Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 18 July 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship=Kathi J

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The 8-gross register ton, {{convert|29.2|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Naknek, Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-k/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (K)]

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 19 July 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship=Pen 12

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The 8-gross register ton {{convert|28.6|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel sank on the coast of Alaska between King Salmon and Bear River.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-p/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (P)]

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=21 July 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Fort Hearne||2}}

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

|desc=The supply vessel was trapped in ice and sank in the Canadian Arctic.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Arctic Ship Sinks |date=22 July 1961 |page=8 |issue= 55140|column=F }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 4 August 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship=Mist

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The 17-gross register ton, {{convert|39.6|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel sank at Mount Edgecumbe Dock in Sitka, Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-m/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (M)]

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 18 August 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship=Exhibit

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The 21-gross register ton, {{convert|40.8|ft|m|1|adj=on}} motor cargo vessel was destroyed by fire at Hydaburg, Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-e/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (E)]

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=23 August 1961 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Merka

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The 8-gross register ton, {{convert|34|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in Controller Bay ({{coord|60|05|N|144|15|W|name=Controller Bay}}) on the south-central coast of Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-m/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (M)]

}}

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|ship={{MV|Peary||2}}

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

|desc=The coaster sank off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada. All eight crew rescued by Fergus ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=British Ship Sinks |date=24 August 1961 |page=8 |issue=55168 |column=G }} Ship was built in 1918 as Bautzen, a {{sclass|Navarin|minesweeper|1}} of the French Navy.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?235844 |title=Bautzen (1918~1922) Peary MV (+1961) |website=wrecksite.eu |accessdate=July 4, 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=24 August 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|World Jury||2}}

|flag={{flag|Greece}}

|desc=The tanker ran aground off Masirah Island, Oman and broke up. Twenty-eight of her crew were rescued by {{HMS|Llandaff|F61|6}} ({{naval|UK}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Rescue Operation by Frigate |date=25 August 1961 |page=7 |issue=55169 |column=E }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=4 September 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Vencedor||2}}

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

|desc=The passenger ship capsized and sank off Buenaventura with the loss of 50 lives.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=50 Die as Holiday Ship Sinks |date=5 September 1961 |page=10 |issue=55178 |column=E }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 9 September 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship=Denia M

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The 19-gross register ton, {{convert|38.9|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel sank off Bold Cape ({{coord|55|01|30|N|162|15|00|W|name=Bold Cape}}) near King Cove, Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-d/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (D)]

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 11 September 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship=Smile

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The 8-gross register ton, {{convert|31.5|ft|m|adj=on}} fishing vessel was destroyed by fire north of Wrangell Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-s/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (S)]

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 12 September 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship=Alf and Jim

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The 12-gross register ton, {{convert|34.6|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Port Wakefield, Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-a/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (A)]

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 13 September 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship=Pafco No. 9

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The 14-gross register ton, {{convert|33.1|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at King Cove, Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-p/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (P)]

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=16 September 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship={{MV|Heron||2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The coaster sank off Jersey, Channel Islands. Of her eleven crew, six were rescued by Cranborne ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) and two by Port du Bouc ({{flag|France}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Captain and Wife Saved on a Raft |date=18 September 1961 |page=6 |issue=55189 |column=A }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=17 September 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship={{Ship|French frigate|L'Opiniatre||2}}

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=The frigate ran aground at Dales Voe, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom. Refloated by {{SS|Haakon VII||2}} ({{flag|Norway}}) and towed to Lerwick.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Home News |date=18 September 1961 |page=6 |issue=55189 |column=A }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 21 September 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship=Irma Belle

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The 9-gross register ton, {{convert|27.9|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Meyers Chuck, Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-i/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (I)]

}}

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|ship=Juno

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The 30-gross register ton, {{convert|47.7|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel sank in Japanese Bay ({{coord|56|56|N|153|41|W|name=Japanese Bay}}) on the coast of Alaska's Kodiak Island.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-j/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (J)]

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 23 September 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship=Hyperien

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The 18-gross register ton, {{convert|43.2|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel sank in Bartlett Cove ({{coord|58|27|N|135|55|W|name=Bartlett Cove}}) in Glacier Bay in Southeast Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-h/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (H)]

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=24 September 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship=Virgie K

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The 13-gross register ton, {{convert|39.4|ft|m|adj=on}} fishing vessel foundered in Sitka Sound in Southeast Alaska.[http://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-v/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (V)] }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=26 September 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship={{USNS|Potomac|T-AO-150|6}}

|flag={{navy|United States|1960}}

|desc=The {{sclass|Maumee|oiler|0}} oiler caught fire and was wracked by a series of explosions while moored at a pier at Morehead City, North Carolina, killing two men. Her bow section was declared a constructive total loss, but her {{convert|200|ft|m|adj=on|0}} stern section was cut away and combined with a new bow section to create the oiler SS Shenandoah, later renamed {{USNS|Potomac|T-AO-181|6}}. }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=1 October 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Hess Mariner||2}}

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The tanker suffered an explosion and fire {{convert|110|nmi|km}} east of Jacksonville, Florida. She was on a voyage from Houston, Texas to Perth Amboy, New Jersey. Hess Mariner sank the next day.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=U.S. Ship Sinks After Explosion |date=3 October 1961 |page=8 |issue=55202 |column=D }}{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/T2M.html |title=T2 TANKERS - M |publisher=Mariners |accessdate=30 October 2016}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=2 October 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship=Pioneer II

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The 17-gross register ton {{convert|36.9|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel sank off Driest Point ({{coord|55|10|40|N|131|36|15|W|name=Driest Point}}) on Annette Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-p/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (P)]

}}

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|ship=Richard K

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The 10-gross register ton, {{convert|34|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Cold Bay, Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-r/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (R)]

}}

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|ship={{SS|Sheikh|1940|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship was driven ashore on Kito Daito Jiwa, Japan in a typhoon. She was on a voyage from Osaka, Japan to the Philippines. She broke in two and was a total loss.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=118}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Simferapol||2}}

|flag={{flag|Soviet Union}}

|desc=The depot ship ran aground between Walvis Bay and Swakopmund, South-West Africa and was wrecked.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Russian Depot Ship Goes Aground |date=3 October 1961 |page=8 |issue=55202 |column=F }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 3 October 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship=Chignik Pride

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The 7-gross register ton, {{convert|27.8|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Chignik Lagoon, Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-c/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (C)]

}}

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|ship=KFC-7

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The 7-gross register ton, {{convert|31.5|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Chignik Lagoon, Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-k/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (K)]

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 4 October 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship={{MV|San John|1940|2}}

|flag={{flag|Lebanon}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground in Hudson Bay {{convert|20|nmi|km}} north west of Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Churchill. Refloated the next day, she was declared a constructive total loss but was repaired and returned to service.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=57}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 8 October 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship=Partner

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The 16-gross register ton, {{convert|37.5|ft|m|1|adj=on}} troller sank off Lemesurier Island in Icy Strait in Southeast Alaska. All five people aboard – a husband and wife and their three children – perished.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-p/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (P)]

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=10 October 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship={{USS|Guardfish|SS-217|6}}

|flag={{naval|United States}}

|desc=The decommissioned {{sclass|Gato|submarine}} was sunk as a torpedo target in Long Island Sound off New London, Connecticut, by the submarines {{USS|Apogon|SS-308|6}} and {{USS|Blenny|SS-324|6}} (both {{naval|United States}}).

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 13 October 1861 |sort=}}

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|ship=Husky

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The 50-gross register ton, {{convert|55.2|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel was wrecked on Amak Island in the Aleutian Islands.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-h/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (H)]

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=15 October 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship={{MV|Vibex||2}}

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

|desc=The tanker ran aground in the St. Lawrence River in Canada.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=British Tanker Aground |date=15 October 1961 |page=9 |issue=55213 |column=D }} She later was refloated and returned to service.{{cite web |url=http://www.helderline.nl/tanker/440/vibex/ |title=Vibex |publisher=Helderline |accessdate=27 August 2011}} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=16 October 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship=B B P 14

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The 8-gross register ton, {{convert|30|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Dillingham, Alaska.[http://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-b/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (B) Retrieved 11 September 2018] }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 17 October 1961 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Peggy L

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The 11-gross register ton, {{convert|32|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel sank near Homer, Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-p/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (P)]

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date= 18 October 1961 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship||Arctic Viking}}

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

|desc=The 501-gross register ton, {{convert|167|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel sank off Flamborough Head, East Riding of Yorkshire, England, with the loss of five of her crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=19 October 1961 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Barmouth|Z77|6}}

|flag={{naval|UK}}

|desc=The {{sclass2|Bar|boom defence vessel}} was in danger of running aground between Bempton and Speeton, Yorkshire after her tow line parted. All nine crew rescued by a helicopter from RAF Leconfield.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Helicopter Hauls Nine to Safety |date=20 October 1961 |page=5 |issue=55217 |column=F }} }}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=22 October 1961 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Bianca C.||2}}

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

|desc=The passenger ship suffered an explosion and fire off Grenada. Although taken in tow by {{HMS|Londonderry|F108|6}} ({{naval|UK}}), she sank on 24 October. One crew member was killed and eight were injured. Over 700 people were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Bascobel

|flag={{Flag|United States}}

|desc=The tug sank at Mariners Harbor, New York. She was declared a constructive total loss, and scrapped in December 1963.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flagcountry|Republic of Ireland}}

|desc=The collier ran aground on the Black Rock, off Rosslare Harbour, County Wexford. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom to Haulbowline, County Cork. She broke in two the next day and sank.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=214}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=23 October 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship={{MV|Halronell||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Republic of Ireland}}

|desc=The cargo ship struck Black Rock, off Rosslare County Wexford coast and broke in two. Three of her six crew were killed, the other three were rescued by a helicopter from RAF Brawdy, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Three Saved by Helicopter |date=24 October 1961 |page=10 |issue=55220 |column=C }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 27 October 1961 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ruby S

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The 8-gross register ton, {{convert|31.8|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel sank near Duke Island in the Alexander Archipelago 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=30 October 1961 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Hwei Sung|1943|2}}

|flag={{flag|Taiwan|civil}}

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

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date= Unknown date 1961 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Guy Junior

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The 50-gross register ton, {{convert|58.6|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel sank off Montague Island on the south-central coast of Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-g/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (G)]

}}

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|ship=Silver Star

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The 37-gross register ton, {{convert|43.9|ft|m|adj=on}} fishing vessel sank near Sukoi Bay on the south-central coast of Alaska sometime on or after 8 October with the loss of her entire crew of three. Her wreckage was found on a beach near Cape Douglas ({{coord|58|52|N|153|16|W|name=Sukoi Bay}}) on 14 October.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-s/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (S)]

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=VIC 48

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

|desc=Approval was given for the VIC-type lighter to be sunk as a target. She was based at Singapore at the time.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=270}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=1 November 1961 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Brant

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The {{convert|44|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel disappeared off the north coast of Alaska's Kodiak Island with the loss of her entire crew of three.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-b/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (B)]

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 2 November 1961 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Diskos|1944|2}}

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

|desc=The Liberty ship ran aground off Panama City, Florida, United States. She was on a voyage from Panama City to Kobe, Japan. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but suffered further damage en route in severe weather and was consequently scrapped in May 1962.{{sfn|Sawyer|Mitchell|1985|p=177}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=5 November 1961 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Clan Keith|1942|2}}

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

|desc=The Ocean ship struck rocks and sank off Cape Bon, Tunisia.{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/Ocean2.html |title=Ocean V-W |publisher=Mariners List |accessdate=5 December 2024 }}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=6 November 1961 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Carmella J

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The 35-gross register ton, {{convert|44.3|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel was destroyed by a storm off Ugak Bay ({{coord|57|25|N|152|35|W|name=Ugak Bay}}) on the coast of Alaska's Kodiak Island.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-c/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (C)]

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Clan Keith|1942|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship hit rocks (initially thought to have exploded but later disproved) and sank off the coast of Tunisia with the loss of 62 of her 68 crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=62 Feared Dead After Ship Explosion |date=7 November 1961 |page=12 |issue=55232 |column=A }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=7 November 1961 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= Union Reliance

|flag={{Flag|Taiwan|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{MV|Berea||2}} ({{Flag|Norway}}) in the Houston Ship Channel, Texas, United States, killing twelve people on board Berea. Union Reliance subsequently caught fire and grounded and was abandoned by her owners. She was scrapped in March 1962.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=425}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=10 November 1961 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Freshfield||2}}

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

|desc=In a fog, the coaster was struck by the Guinness ship {{SS|Lady Gwendolen||2}} ({{flag|Ireland}}){{cite web|last=Bourke|first=Edward|title=The Guinness Fleets|url=http://www.mariner.ie/history/articles/stories/the-guinness-fleets|work=The Guinness fleets of Boats ships and yachts|publisher=Maritime Institute of Ireland|accessdate=31 August 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120804073449/http://www.mariner.ie/history/articles/stories/the-guinness-fleets|archivedate=4 August 2012}} and sank in the Crosby Channel, River Mersey. All nine crew rescued after taking to the liferafts.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Coaster Sinks After Collision in Fog |date=11 November 1961 |page=5 |issue=55236 |column=A }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=10 November 1961 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship||Bluebelle|ship|2}}

|flag={{flag|United States|1961}}

|desc=The ketch was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean by her captain after he murdered five of the other six people on board. }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 16 November 1961 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sparky

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The 7-gross register ton, {{convert|28.7|ft|m|adj=on}} fishing vessel was wrecked on the Copper River Flats in south-central Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-s/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (S)]

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 21 November 1961 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= Ruth L

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The 55-gross register ton, {{convert|60.4|ft|m|1|adj=on}} motor vessel sank with the loss of three lives near Cape Douglas ({{coord|58|51|N|153|15|W|name=Cape Douglas}}) on the south-central coast of Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-r/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (R)]

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date= 23 November 1961 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=The Liberty ship ran aground on the Pancake Shoal, in Lake Superior. She was on a voyage from Toledo, Spain to a Japanese port. She was refloated on 26 November.{{sfn|Sawyer|Mitchell|1985|p=189}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 24 November 1961 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Peggy Foss

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The 32-gross register ton, {{convert|51.9|ft|m|1|adj=on}} tug was destroyed by ice at Anchor Point, Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-p/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (P)]

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=4 December 1961 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Stientje Mensinga||2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The coaster struck a rock off Eagle Island, County Mayo, Ireland and sank. Four crew took to a lifeboat. An attempt to rescue them was made by {{MV|Maria Schulte||2}} ({{flag|West Germany}}), which resulted in the loss of five crew from that ship too. Six crew were rescued by an Irish Navy helicopter.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=9 Lost in Wreck and Rescue |date=6 December 1961 |page=6 |issue=55257 |column=G }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=6 December 1961 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Antonakis|194|2}}

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Spartel, Morocco ({{coord|35|43|N|5|57|W}}) and broke in two. Declared a total loss. She was on a voyage from Santiago de Cuba, Cuba to Shanghai, China.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=52}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Montsoreau|1945|2}}

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The T2 tanker collided with {{SS|Isidora||2}} ({{flag|France}}) off Cape Spartel, Morocco and was beached. She was on a voyage from La Skhirra, Tunisia to Port-de-Bouc, Bouches-du-Rhône. Montsoreau was refloated on 19 December and consequently sold for scrapping.{{cite web |url=http://www.aukevisser.nl/t2tanker/id356.htm |title=Chisholm Trail |publisher=Auke Visser |accessdate=20 October 2016}}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Ondo|1956|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground on a sandbank near the Elbe No.2 Lightship ({{flag|West Germany}}). She was abandoned as a total loss. She was on a voyage from Sapele, Nigeria to Riga, Soviet Union.{{cite web |url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=1554 |title=Ondo |publisher=The Yard |accessdate=10 March 2017}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=8 December 1961 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Thorsheimer||2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The tanker ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, off the coast of Kent, United Kingdom.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Tanker Stranded on Goodwins |date=9 December 1961 |page=5 |issue=55260 |column=E }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=9 December 1961 |sort=}}

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|ship={{MV|Sofia T||2}}

|flag={{Flag|Greece}}

|desc=The cargo ship sank off Marmara Island, Turkey ({{coord|40|35|N|27|34|E}}) with the loss of three crew.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5608361|shipname=Sofia T |accessdate=27 November 2019}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Wiema||2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The coaster sank {{convert|2|nmi|km}} north of the South Bishop Lighthouse, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom. Her cargo had shifted in a storm and she attempted to make for Pembroke. Assistance was offered by the Admiralty tug {{ship|RFA|Empire Netta||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|government}}) but refused. She sank following engine failure, all five crew were rescued by the Trinity House vessel Argus ({{flag|United Kingdom|government}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ordeal in Coaster Sinking |date=11 December 1961 |page=6 |issue=55261 |column=C }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=10 December 1961 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=The cargo ship foundered {{convert|700|nmi|km}} north east of Singapore. Only five of her 29 crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=20 Missing from Ship Sunk in Typhoon |date=11 December 1961 |page=9 |issue=55261 |column=G }}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Ondo||2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground in the Elbe and was abandoned after attempts to salvage her were abandoned.{{cite web |url=http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/descriptions/ShipsO.html |title=SHIP DESCRIPTIONS – O |publisher=The SHips List |accessdate=27 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217042006/http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/descriptions/ShipsO.html |archivedate=17 February 2012}}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=40 Men Taken off British Ship |date=11 December 1961 |page=10 |issue=55261 |column=G }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=12 December 1961 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Streatham Hill||2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground in the Schelde at Westkapelle, Belgium. Later refloated and returned to service.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Grounded British Ship Towed Clear |date=13 December 1961 |page=11 |issue=55263 |column=E }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=13 December 1961 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Allegrity

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

|desc=The Empire Cadet-class coastal tanker ran aground at St Anthony Head, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, France to the Stanlow Oil Refiner, Cheshire. She was refloated but ran aground at Veryan. Allegrity capsized on 22 December and was declared a total loss.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=28}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Lebanon}}

|desc=The Liberty ship, ex-{{SS|Henry Watterson||2}}, ran aground at Pasa Buenavista, Cuba. She was refloated on 29 May 1962, and towed to Havana. Declared a constructive total loss and scrapped.{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibshipsH.html |title=Liberty Ships – H |publisher=Mariners |accessdate=5 November 2016}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=18 December 1961 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|NRP|Afonso de Albuquerque}}

|flag={{naval|Portugal}}

|desc=Annexation of Portuguese India: The Afonso de Albuquerque-class aviso's crew ran her aground after she suffered serious damage in combat with the frigates {{INS|Betwa|1959|6}} and {{INS|Beas|1958|6}} and a minesweeper (all {{naval|India|1950}}) in the harbor at Goa, India. 5 killed and 13 wounded. Captured by Indian forces the next day, she was refloated in 1962 and scrapped.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=55104 |title=Indian Naval Battles |access-date=29 January 2018 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Bascobel||2}}

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The tug sank at Mariners Harbor, New York, United States. She was refloated but declared a constructive total loss and consequently scrapped.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=425}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|NRP|Sirius}}

|flag={{naval|Portugal}}

|desc=Annexation of Portuguese India: The Antares-class patrol ship was scuttled at Goa, India to prevent capture.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|NRP|Vega}}

|flag={{naval|Portugal}}

|desc=Annexation of Portuguese India: The Antares-class patrol ship was strafed and sunk off Diu, India by Indian Air Force De Havilland Vampire aircraft. Her captain and one crewman were killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=55104|title=Indian Naval Battles |access-date=29 January 2018 }}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=22 December 1961 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Allegrity

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

|desc=The coaster capsized and sank on Veryan beach, Cornwall. Her fourteen crew were saved by the Falmouth lifeboat.{{Sfn|Noall|1969|p=12}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=25 December 1961 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Maria|1944|2}}

|flag={{flag|Greece}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Maizuru, Japan. She was declared a constructive total loss.

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=29 December 1961 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Malgomaj||2}}

|flag={{flag|Sweden}}

|desc=The bulk carrier collided with the tanker {{SS|Esso Berlin||2}} ({{flag|West Germany}}) in the Westerschelde and caught fire. {{MV|Rondefjell||2}} ({{flag|Norway}}) ran aground trying to avoid the two ships.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship Blazes After Collision |date=30 December 1961 |page=6 |issue=55276 |column=G }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 30 December 1961 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Klyuchevsky

|flag={{flag|Soviet Union}}

|desc=The fishing trawler disappeared in the Bering Sea {{convert|90|nmi}} west of Saint Paul Island.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-k/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (K)]

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date 1961 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{USS|Charleston|C-22|2}}

|flag={{flag|Canada|1868}}

|desc= The former cruiser was removed from the Powell River Breakwater to prevent sinking and run aground in Kelsey Bay, Vancouver Island, Canada, sometime in 1961.{{cite web |url=https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~cacunithistories/military/USS_Charleston.html |title=USS Charleston C-22 |publisher=rootsweb.com |access-date=28 June 2025 }}

}}

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|ship=Jubilee

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The {{convert|30|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel sank in Prince William Sound on the south-central coast of Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-j/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (J)]

}}

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• {{Cite book|title=Легендарные "семёрки" Эсминцы "сталинской" серии|last=Balakin|first=Sergey|publisher=Yauza/Eksmo|year=2007|isbn=978-5-699-23784-5|location=Moscow|language=Russian|trans-title=Legendary Sevens: Stalin's Destroyer Series }}
• {{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 }}
• {{cite book |title=A Hundred Years of THE MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL |first=Ted |last=Gray |publisher=Memories |location=Manchester |year=2003 |isbn=1-85926-030-6}}
• {{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=L A |last1=Mitchell |first1=W H | year = 1995| title = The Empire Ships| publisher = Lloyd's of London Press Ltd| location = London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong|isbn=1-85044-275-4 }}
• {{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second }}
• {{cite book |first=C |last=Noall |title=Cornish Shipwrecks Illustrated |publisher=Tor Mark Press |location=Truro |year=1969 }}
• {{cite book |title=The Liberty Ships |first1=L. A. |last1=Sawyer |first2=W. H. |last2=Mitchell |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. |location=London |year=1985 |edition=2nd |isbn=1-85044-049-2 }}

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1961

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