List of shipwrecks in 1962

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|ship={{SS|Kostantis Mpousses||2}}

|flag={{flag|Greece}}

|desc=The steamer foundered off Thassos in the Aegean Sea.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5605106|shipname=Kostantis Mpousses |access-date=8 February 2020}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=7 January 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Sabac||2}}

|flag={{flag|Yugoslavia}}

|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{SS|Dorrington Court||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) and sank off the Goodwin Sands, English Channel.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship Sinks After Collision off Dover |date=8 January 1962 |page=10 |issue=55283 |column=G }} Twenty-eight of her 33 crew were killed.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=28 Feared Dead After Ships' Collision |date=9 January 1962 |page=6 |issue=55284 |column=A-C }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=8 January 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship= {{SS|Pinjarra||2}}

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

|desc=The cargo liner ran aground at the mouth of the River Tees.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=P. & O. Liner Aground |date=9 January 1962 |page=10 |issue=55284 |column=E }} Refloated the next day.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Six Tugs Refloat Stranded Ship |date=10 January 1962 |page=6 |issue=55285 |column=F }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=9 January 1962 |sort=}}

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

|flag={{flag|Lebanon}}

|desc=The Liberty ship ran aground near Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsS.html |title=Liberty Ships – S |publisher=Mariners |access-date=6 November 2016}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=11 January 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship= {{ship|Soviet submarine|B-37||2}}

|flag={{Navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=The submarine was destroyed at Ekaterininsky by an explosion. The submarine {{ship|Soviet submarine|S-350||2}} ({{Navy|Soviet Union}}) was damaged by the explosion. A total of 132 people killed.

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|ship={{MV|Fordfield||2}}

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

|desc=The coaster capsized and sank {{convert|10|nmi|km}} south east of the Owers Lightvessel, off Selsey Bill, Sussex. All nine crew rescued by {{SS|Perla Dan||2}} ({{flag|Denmark}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Four Killed by Falling Trees in Gales |date=12 January 1962 |page=5 |issue=55287 |column=A-B }}

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|ship={{KRI|Matjan Tutul}}

|flag={{naval|Indonesia}}

|desc=Battle of Arafura Sea: The TNC 45/Adjak-class motor torpedo boat was sunk in the Arafura Sea by {{HNLMS|Evertsen|F803|6}} ({{navy|Netherlands}}) off western New Guinea. Three crewmen were killed with the survivors rescued by Evertsen.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=55166 |title=Indonesian Naval Battles |access-date=24 November 2018}}}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=16 January 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship={{MV|Finn Gemma||2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The coaster collided with {{MV|Nordic||2}} in Bremen Harbour and sank. All 12 crew rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship Sinks After Collision |date=17 January 1962 |page=10 |issue=55291 |column=C }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=17 January 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Neftegorsk||2}}

|flag={{flag|Soviet Union}}

|desc=The tanker ran aground off the mouth of the Gironde, France and was abandoned.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Picture Gallery |date=18 January 1962 |page=10 |issue=55292 |column=C-D }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=20 January 1962 |sort=}}

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

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

|desc=The Liberty ship ran aground at the mouth of the Elbe and broke in two. She was on a voyage from Corpus Christi, Texas, United States to Gdynia, Poland. She was a total loss.{{sfn|Sawyer|Mitchell|1985|p=75}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=21 January 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Hjalmar Wessel||2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The cargo ship caught fire in the North Sea {{convert|60|nmi}} northwest of Den Helder, Netherlands. Fire extinguished and ship towed to IJmuiden.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=North Sea Ship is Crippled by Fre |date=22 January 1962 |page=10 |issue=55295 |column=G }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=23 January 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Gladonia||2}}

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

|desc=The coaster ran aground off the Hook of Holland, Netherlands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=British Ship Aground |date=23 January 1962 |page=8 |issue=55297 |column=A }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=31 January 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship={{MV|BP Driver||2}}

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

|desc=The tanker ran aground at Porthcawl, Glamorgan.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Grounded Tanker Crew Scramble to Safety |date=1 February 1962 |page=6 |issue=55304 |column=A }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship= Gai Floreal

|flag={{Flag|France}}

|desc=The fishing vessel ran aground near Bennal Cove, St. Ives, Cornwall, England. Her entire crew survived. She was refloated and towed to France.{{cite web | title = 1946-62 | publisher = St. Ives Trust | url = http://www.stivestrust.co.uk/html/1946_-_1962.HTM | access-date = 15 March 2008 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080305055838/http://www.stivestrust.co.uk/html/1946_-_1962.HTM | archive-date = 5 March 2008 }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=1 February 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship={{MV|Berta Kienass||2}}

|flag={{flag|West Germany}}

|desc=The trawler struck a mine and sank off the Netherlands with the loss of all but one of her fourteen crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=10 die when ship hits mine |date=2 February 1962 |page=10 |issue=55305 |column=E }}

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|ship={{SS|Kozara||2}}

|flag={{flag|Greece}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground in the Black Sea. Refloated after nine days.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Telegrams in Brief |date=10 February 1962 |page=6 |issue=553112 |column=D }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=5 February 1962 |sort=}}

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

|flag={{flag|Greece}}

|desc=The Liberty ship foundered {{convert|60|nmi|km}} off Luzon Island, Philippines ({{coord|19|04|N|120|37|E}}). All 29 crew rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Telegrams in Brief |date=7 February 1962 |page=10 |issue=55309 |column=D }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=6 February 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship={{MV|Monarch||2}}

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

|desc=The fishing boat capsized and sank without loss of life in the Pacific Ocean {{convert|1|nmi}} off Clipperton Island. Later that day, her crew of 10 reached the island, where they remained for 23 days until the guided-missile destroyer {{USS|Robison|DDG-12|6}} ({{navy|United States|1960}}) rescued them on 1 March.{{cite report |url=https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/33685/Atoll_no94.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y |title=Atoll Research Bulletin No. 94 |publisher=National Academy of Sciences |location=Washington, D.C. |date=15 December 1962 |pages=8–10 }}[https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/r/robison.html Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships: Robison Accessed 2 December 2021][https://books.google.com/books?id=Ay2RVxhjSREC&dq=USS+Robison+Clipperton+Island&pg=RA6-PA36 Anonymous, "Rescue from the Island of Nothing," All Hands, July 1962, p. 36.]

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=7 February 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Chickasaw||2}}

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

|desc=The Type C2-F cargo ship ran aground on Santa Rosa Island, California.

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=9 February 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship=OS-18

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=The decommissioned {{sclass|Gnevny|destroyer}} was sunk as a target off the Tendra Spit.

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=11 February 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship=Barbro D

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

|desc=The 8-gross register ton, {{convert|30.3|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel sank at Juneau, Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-b/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (B)]

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=16 February 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship={{MV|Enesei|1954|2}}, and
{{SS|Giacomo|1943|2}}

|flag={{flag|Soviet Union}}
{{flag|Italy|civil}}

|desc=The Liberty ship Giacomo was driven from her moorings in the Elbe and collided with the cargo ship Enesei, which also broke from her moorings.

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|ship={{MV|Vladivostok|1961|2}}

|flag={{flag|Soviet Union}}

|desc=The whaling factory ship heeled over at Kiel, West Germany whilst being fitted out. Thirty-five people were injured.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Men Trapped As Ship Heels Over |date=16 February 1962 |page=7 |issue=55318 |column=C }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=28 February 1962 |sort=}}

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

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground in the North Sea off Goeree-Overflakkee, South Holland, Netherlands ({{coord|51|40|N|3|25|E}}). She was refloated but deemed uneconomic to repair and was scrapped in April 1962.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=45}}

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|ship={{MV|Delce||2}}

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

|desc=The barge foundered in the Thames Estuary with the loss of both crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Error Theory on Barge Sinking |date=18 July 1962 |page=9 |issue=55446 |column=C }} }}

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|ship={{SS|Kingsgate||2}}

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

|desc=The coaster ran aground south of Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland.

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=4 March 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship={{MV|Island Lass||2}}

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

|desc=The passenger ship foundered off North Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=News in Brief |date=5 March 1962 |page=7 |issue=55331 |column=D }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=8 March 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship={{MV|Gem|1938|2}}

|flag={{flag|Liberia}}

|desc=The tanker broke in two in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|33|33|N|75|18|W}}). She was taken in tow for Jacksonville, Florida, United States. She was declared a constructive total loss and scrapped.{{sfn|Jordan|1999|p=291}}

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|ship={{USS|Howorth|DD-592|6}}

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

|desc=The decommissioned {{sclass|Fletcher|destroyer}} was sunk as a torpedo target off San Clemente Island, California, by the submarines {{USS|Volador|SS-490|6}} and {{USS|Salmon|SS-573|6}} (both {{navy|United States|1960}}). }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=11 March 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship=Eunice

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

|desc=The 34-gross register ton, {{convert|55.2|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Homer, Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-e/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (E)]

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|ship={{MV|Norwich Trader||2}}

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

|desc=The coaster collided with {{SS|Akinity||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) and was beached on a sandbank off Kings Lynn, Norfolk. Later refloated and reached port.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Two Ships Aground and Two in Crash |date=12 March 1962 |page=12 |issue=55337 |column=D }}

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|ship={{MV|Sand Dart||2}}

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

|desc=The coaster ran aground at St Alban's Head, Swanage Dorset.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Picture Gallery |date=12 March 1962 |page=6 |issue=55337 |column=C }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 12 March 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship=Triton

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The 19-gross register ton {{convert|42.2|ft|m|adj=on}} motor vessel was destroyed by fire at Craig, Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-t/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (T)]

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=14 March 1962 |sort=}}

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

|flag={{flag|Greece}}

|desc=The cargo ship caught fire at Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. The fire was extinguished two days later but she was declared a constructive total loss. Scrapped in August 1962.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=199}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=15 March 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Sophie H||2}}

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground near Augusta, Sicily, Italy. Refloated on 19 March.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=News in Brief |date=20 March 1962 |page=10 |issue=55344 |column=E }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=16 March 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Athos II|1939|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground off Hairsis Island, Turkey. She was on a voyage from Constanţa, Romania to Antwerp, Belgium. She was declared a constructive total loss and consequently scrapped.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=91}}

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

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

|desc=The ocean liner ran aground off Cannes, France.

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=24 March 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship=Unknown schooner

|flag={{flag|Indonesia}}

|desc=The schooner was spotted, strafed and set afire near Fakfak by a Royal Netherlands Navy Lockheed P-2 Neptune aircraft.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=55166 |title=Indonesian Naval Battles (updated -2021) |publisher=Soviet-Empire |accessdate=4 September 2022}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 25 March 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship=Marconia

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

|desc=The 115-gross register ton, {{convert|74.5|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel struck a reef and sank in Unga Strait ({{coord|55|25|N|160|30|W|name=Unga Strait}}) off the south coast of 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= 26 March 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship={{USCGC|Winnebago|WHEC-40|6}}

|flag=22px United States Coast Guard

|desc=The Owasco-class cutter ran aground on Tripod Reef at the entrance to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. She was refloated with the assistance of United States Navy tugs within a few days.

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=27 March 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship={{MV|British Mariner|1948|2}}, and
{{SS|Palmyra|1944|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship Palmyra collided with the tanker British Mariner {{convert|18|nmi|km}} west of Ouessant, Finistère, France and sank. British Mariner was consequently declared a constructive total loss and was scrapped in May 1962.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=458}}{{cite web|url=http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/viewship.asp?id=6416 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061152/http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/viewship.asp?id=6416 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=4 March 2016 |title=Launched 1948: MT BRITISH MARINER |publisher=Clydesite |access-date=2 January 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=1378 |title=British Mariner |publisher=The Yard |access-date=9 June 2020}}

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|ship=Chignik 7

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

|desc=The 8-gross register ton, {{convert|31.3|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel was wrecked near Ivanof Bay, Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-c/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (C)]

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=28 March 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship={{MV|Ridunian||2}}

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

|desc=On voyage from Alderney to Guernsey with a cargo of gravel, was wrecked on rocks, off Guernsey.{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?212975 |title=MV Ridunian (+1962)) |publisher=wrecksite.eu |access-date=26 August 2015}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=29 March 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship={{MV|Kirsten Skou||2}}

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{MV|Karpfanger||2}} ({{flag|West Germany}}) and sank in the English Channel off Dover, Kent. All 35 crew saved.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=35 Saved From Ship Sunk in Collision |date=30 March 1962 |page=9 |issue=55353 |column=E }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=30 March 1962 |sort=}}

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

|flag={{flag|Greece}}

|desc=The bulk carrier ran aground off To-shima, Tokyo and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Kobe, Japan to Los Angeles, California, United States. Consequently scrapped.{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/T2J.html |title=T2 TANKERS - J - K - L |publisher=Mariners |access-date=28 October 2016}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Wear Breeze|1944|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, West Germany to Colombo, Ceylon. She was refloated with the assistance of the tug {{ship|ST|Svitzer|1923|2}} ({{flag|Denmark}}) but was declared a constructive total loss and consequently scrapped in July.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=109}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=3 April 1962 |sort=}}

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

|flag={{flagcountry|British Hong Kong|red}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Wakayama, Japan. Later refloated and returned to service.

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=6 April 1962 |sort=}}

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

|flag={{flag|Lebanon}}

|desc=The Liberty ship was scuttled off the coast of Canada.

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=13 April 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship={{MV|Portador|1943|2}}

|flag={{flag|Spain|1945}}

|desc=The cargo ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|250|nmi|km}} off the coast of Ireland ({{coord|51|15|N|15|34|W}}) and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Comeau Bay. Presumed to have subsequently sank.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=60}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=15 April 1962 |sort=}}

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

|flag={{flag|Liberia}}

|desc=The Liberty ship caught fire at Beirut, Lebanon. She was declared a constructive total loss.

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=18 April 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship={{MV|Augustenburg||2}}

|flag={{flag|West Germany}}

|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{MV|Colorado||2}} ({{flag|Denmark}}) and sank {{convert|24|nmi|km}} south of the Nab Tower off the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship Sinks After Fog Collision |date=19 April 1962 |page=6 |issue=55370 |column=D }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=19 April 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship=Unknown speedboat

|flag={{flag|Indonesia}}

|desc=The speed boat was shelled and sunk by {{HNLMS|Evertsen|F803|6}} ({{navy|Netherlands}}) off Fakfak.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=55166 |title=Indonesian Naval Battles (updated -2021) |publisher=Soviet-Empire |accessdate=4 September 2022}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=21 April 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship=Cena

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

|desc=The 10-gross register ton motor vessel sank near Turnabout Island ({{coord|57|07|30|N|133|58|40|W|name=Turnabout Island}}) in Frederick Sound in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-c/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (C)]

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=30 April 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Bahia de Nepe||2}}

|flag={{flag|Cuba}}

|desc=The ship was attacked and sunk by a Guatemalan Air Force aircraft after firing on the aircraft when ordered to identify herself. Guatemalan President Miguel Ydígoras Fuentes claimed the ship was running arms to Guatemala.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Guatemala Sinks Cuban Ship |date=1 May 1962 |page=12 |issue=55328 |column=F }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=5 May 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship={{ship||Quest|ship|2}}

|flag={{Flag|Norway}}

|desc=The schooner-rigged steamship struck ice and sank north of Labrador, Canada.

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=7 May 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Clan Chisholm|1944|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship caught fire at sea whilst on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewship to Dar-es-Salaam, Tanganyika. She put in to Mombasa, Kenya the next day. The fire was extinguished on 10 May. Clan Chisholm was declared damaged beyond economic repair. She was subsequently towed to Hong Kong for scrapping.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=71}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 15 May 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship=Empress

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

|desc=The 71-gross register ton, {{convert|78.8|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel was destroyed by fire near Pleasant Island in the Icy Strait in Southeast Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-e/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (E)]

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|ship=Sea Venture

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The 150-gross register ton, {{convert|130.1|ft|m|adj=on}} fishing vessel sank in the Bering Sea approximately {{convert|20|nmi|km}} north of Seguam Island in the Aleutian Islands.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-s/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (S)]

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=23 May 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship=Forager

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

|desc=The tug capsized and sank in River Clyde whilst towing {{TSS|Hororata|1942|2}} ({{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}). Forager was refloated on 5 June and later repaired. In service until scrapped in 1984.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=318}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=24 May 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship={{ship|ST|Tollman||2}}

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

|desc=The tug capsized and sank at Hull, Yorkshire with the loss of three of her five crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=3 Missing as Hull Tug Overturns |date=24 May 1962 |page=14 |issue=55399 |column=E }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 28 May 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship=Star 2

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The 7-gross register ton, {{convert|28.4|ft|m|adj=on}} fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Larsen Bay, Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-s/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (S)]

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=9 June 1962 |sort=}}

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

|flag={{flag|Honduras|1949}}

|desc=The Liberty ship ran aground off Tallinn, Soviet Union. She was refloated but declared a constructive total loss.

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=14 June 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Hai Chang|1944|2}}

|flag={{flag|China}}

|desc=The Liberty ship foundered off the Pescadores Islands ({{coord|23|38|N|119|50|E}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibshipsC.html |title=Liberty Ships – C |publisher=Mariners |access-date=5 November 2016}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=15 June 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship={{MV|Nyon||2}}

|flag={{flag|Switzerland}}

|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{MV|Jalazad||2}} ({{flag|India|civil}}) and sank {{convert|5|nmi|km}} south of Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom. All 32 crew rescued by Jalazad.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Wrong Position Given for Sinking Ship |date=16 June 1962 |page=8 |issue=55419 |column=A }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=30 June 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship=Nautilus 2

|flag=Unknown

|desc=Vietnam War: Battle of Quang Khe: The junk was shelled, rammed, and sunk by {{ship|North Vietnamese gunboat|T-161||2}} ({{navy|Vietnam}}) off the navy base at Quang Khe, North Vietnam.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=55094&sid=3606c5c02400a85514831b7dc04aa509 |title=Vietnamese Naval Battles (Vietnam War & later) |publisher=Sovietempire.com |access-date=23 December 2017}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|North Vietnamese gunboat|T-185||2}}

|flag={{nowrap begin}}{{navy|Vietnam}}{{nowrap end}}

|desc=Vietnam War: Battle of Quang Khe: The Type 55A gunboat was sunk with limpet mines at the navy base at Quang Khe, North Vietnam, by South Vietnamese commandos. She was raised, repaired, returned to service.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=55094&sid=3606c5c02400a85514831b7dc04aa509 |title=Vietnamese Naval Battles (Vietnam War & later) |publisher=Sovietempire.com |access-date=23 December 2017}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=6 July 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship={{ship||Tuaikaepau}}

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

|desc=The vessel ran aground on the Minerva Reef. Crew lived in the wreck of a Japanese vessel, wrecked two years earlier, for seven weeks before making a raft and some of them sailed to Fiji. Five crew died before rescue came.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=7 July 1962 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{USS|Fullam|DD-474|6}}

|flag={{naval|United States}}

|desc=The decommissioned {{sclass|Fletcher|destroyer}} was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|180|nmi|km}} south of Cape Henry, Virginia.

}}

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|ship={{MV|Star of Mecca|1927|2}}

|flag={{flag|Saudi Arabia|1938}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground near Jeddah, a total loss.{{cite web |url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=743 |title=Pacheco |publisher=The Yard |access-date=25 February 2017}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=9 July 1962 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Roberto Parodi|1943|2}}

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

|desc=The Liberty ship ran aground on the Colorado Reefs, off the coast of Cuba. She was on a voyage from Tampa, Florida, United States to Tokyo, Japan. She was refloated on 17 July and put in to Havana, Cuba.{{sfn|Sawyer|Mitchell|1985|p=89}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=18 July 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship=Two Brothers

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The 24-gross register ton, {{convert|49.9|ft|m|adj=on}} fishing vessel sank west of Karluk Reef ({{coord|60|27|N|151|24|W|name=Karluk Reef}}) in Prince William Sound off the coast of Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-t/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (T)]

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=30 July 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship=Montrose

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

|desc=The 4,993-ton freighter struck a steel barge being pushed by a tug and sank under the bridge on the Detroit River the night of 30 July 1962.{{Cite web |url=http://blogs.windsorstar.com/2010/06/02/m-v-montrose/ |title=M.V. Montrose | Windsor Star |access-date=30 May 2013 |archive-date=10 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140610095548/http://blogs.windsorstar.com/2010/06/02/m-v-montrose/ |url-status=dead }}{{Cite web |url=http://blogs.windsorstar.com/2012/07/30/43692/ |title=1962 freighter shipwreck drew thousands to Detroit River | Windsor Star |access-date=30 May 2013 |archive-date=19 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130819110947/http://blogs.windsorstar.com/2012/07/30/43692/ |url-status=dead }} The collision ripped a hole in the side of the freighter causing water to flood into the front of the ship. All the crew got off safely and The Windsor Star reported about 20,000 spectators in Windsor and Detroit watched "the lumbering ship flop to her side in 30 feet of water". The {{convert|440|ft|m|adj=on}} vessel was said to be valued at $6 million to $8 million, exclusive of cargo, and was just 18 months old. She was coming from France to the Great Lakes with fine wine and 200 tons of aluminum. }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date July 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship={{USS|Ira Jeffery|DE-63|6}}

|flag={{naval|United States}}

|desc=The decommissioned {{sclass|Buckley|destroyer escort}} was sunk as a target. }}

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

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|ship=Leanne

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

|desc=The 12-gross register ton, {{convert|29.8|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Sand Point, Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-l/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (L)]

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=3 August 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Medina Princess|1944|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship ran around off Djibouti. She was refloated.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|pp=105-06}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 4 August 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship=Sara B

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The 9-gross register ton, {{convert|34.3|ft|m|adj=on}} fishing vessel was destroyed by fire on the west side of Renard Island ({{coord|59|55|N|149|20|W|name=Renard Island}}) approximately {{convert|15|nmi}} from Seward, Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-s/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (S)]

}}

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|ship=Summit

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The 9-gross register ton, {{convert|28.3|ft|m|adj=on}} fishing vessel sank in Alitak Bay ({{coord|56|50|N|154|10|W|name=Alitak Bay}}) on the coast of Kodiak Island.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-s/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (S)]

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=8 August 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship=Aleutian II

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

|desc=The 12-gross register ton, {{convert|29.6|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel sank near Makushin Bay ({{coord|53|44|N|167|00|W|name=Makushin Bay}}) on the coast of Unalaska Island in the Aleutian Islands.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-a/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (A)]

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=22 August 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship=Amy D

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

|desc=The 23-gross register ton, {{convert|41|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel sank in "Mallard Bay" on the coast of Alaska. The wreck report does not specify whether the sinking occurred in Mallard Bay ({{coord|60.2949|N|147.8178|W|name=Mallard Bay}}) on the coast of Knight Island in Prince William Sound on the south-central coast of Alaska or in Mallard Bay ({{coord|54.7786111|N|131.9994444|W|name=Mallard Bay}}) on the coast of Prince of Wales Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-a/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (A)]

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date= 25 August 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Clan Chisholm|1944|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship, awaiting scrapping, heeled over at Hong Kong. She was subsequently righted and scrapped.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=71}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date= 26 August 1962 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Eudora

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

|desc=The 143-gross register ton, {{convert|100.6|ft|m|1|adj=on}} pleasure craft was wrecked at Cape Devine ({{coord|55|22|45|N|160|09|00|W|name=Cape Devine}}) on Korovin Island in Alaska's Shumagin Islands off the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-e/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (E)]

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=28 August 1962 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Jenny III|1944|2}}

|flag={{flag|Liberia}}

|desc=The Liberty ship ran aground on the Serrana Bank, in the Gulf of Mexico. She was later refloated and towed to New Orleans, Louisiana, where she was declared a constructive total loss.{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsW.html |title=Liberty Ships – W |publisher=Mariners |access-date=7 November 2016}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date= 30 August 1962 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Planet

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

|desc=The 43-gross register ton, {{convert|49.8|ft|m|1|adj=on}} motor cargo vessel was lost after colliding with the motor vessel Mutual ({{flag|United States|1960}}) in Clarence Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-p/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (P)]

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=2 September 1962 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{TSS|Benarty|1945|2}}

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

|desc=Typhoon Wanda: The heavy lift ship was driven ashore at North Point, Hong Kong. She was refloated on 14 September, repaired and returned to service.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=193}}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=Typhoon Wanda: The Liberty ship was driven ashore at Hong Kong. Declared a constructive total loss, she was scrapped in situ.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Fortune Lory|1944|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|British Hong Kong|red}}

|desc=Typhoon Wanda The cargo ship ran aground in Tolo Harbour. She was refloated but found to be damaged beyond economic repair and was consequently scrapped.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=27}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

:Typhoon Wanda - twenty ships aground or sunk at Hong Kong,{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Hongkong Typhoon Killed 120 |date=5 September 1962 |page=8 |issue=55488 |column=F }} including -

{{shipwreck list begin |date=2 September 1962 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Carronpark||2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship was driven ashore.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Typhoon Havoc in Hong Kong |date=3 September 1962 |page=10 |issue=55486 |column=E }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{Ship|ST|Kowloon Dock||2}}

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

|desc=The tug foundered with the loss of all 30 crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Mayon||2}}

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=The cargo ship was severely damaged when {{SS|Ruthy Ann||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) broke free from her mooring and was driven onto the smaller ship.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Merchant Prince||2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{SS|Grosvenor Navigator|1944|2}} ({{flagcountry|British Hong Kong|red}}) off Hong Kong.

}}

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

|flag={{flagcountry|British Hong Kong|red}}

|desc=The cargo ship broke from her moorings in a typhoon at Hong Kong. She collided with {{SS|Grosvenor Navigator|1944|2}} ({{flagcountry|British Hong Kong|red}}) and was damaged. Ocean Glory was declared a constructive total loss and sold for scrap.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=105}}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Saldura||2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{SS|Leefoon||2}} ({{flag|Hong Kong|red}})

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 4 September 1962 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=D & M II

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

|desc=The 84-gross register ton, {{convert|110.2|ft|m|1|adj=on}} barge sank off Ocean Cape ({{coord|59|32|30|N|139|51|30|W|name=Ocean Cape}}) on the south-central coast of Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-d/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (D)]

}}

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|ship=Rudakof

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

|desc=A storm destroyed the 171-gross register ton, {{convert|82.2|ft|m|1|adj=on}} motor vessel at the mouth of the Kaliakh River ({{coord|60|05|40|N|142|48|30|W|name=Kaliakh River}}) on the south-central coast of Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-r/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (R)]

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 6 September 1962 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Guide

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

|desc=The motor vessel sank at Angoon, Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-g/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (G)]

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 7 September 1962 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Dixie

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

|desc=The 8-gross register ton, {{convert|30.8|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel sank in Kasaan Bay ({{coord|55|24|N|132|06|W|name=Kasaan Bay}}) in Southeast Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-d/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (D)]

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date= 9 September 1962 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=The Liberty ship ran aground on the Kuradimuna Rocks, in the Gulf of Bothnia. She was on a voyage from Leningrad, Soviet Union to a Cuban port. She was refloated the next day and towed in to Tallinn, Estonia, where she was declared a constructive total loss.{{sfn|Sawyer|Mitchell|1985|p=136}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date= 13 September 1962 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unidentified fishing trawler

|flag={{flag|Japan}}

|desc=The fishing trawler sank in a collision with a Soviet Navy submarine. Sixteen of her crew were detained.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=55158&sid=5da966417e0db7f0d95fd1240ac42b8d |title=Soviet Naval Battles (Cold War)|access-date=11 March 2019}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 14 September 1962 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sisu

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The 11-gross register ton, {{convert|32.4|ft|m|adj=on}} fishing vessel sank in Swanson Harbor ({{coord|58|11|30|N|135|05|00|W|name=Swanson Harbor}}) 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=20 September 1962 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Liberia}}

|desc=The Liberty ship was wrecked on the north coast of the Soviet Union ({{coord|69|52|N|61|10|E}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsT.html |title=Liberty Ships – T - U - V |publisher=Mariners |access-date=7 November 2016}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 21 September 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship=Ketovia

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

|desc=The 53-gross register ton, {{convert|57.6|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in Cook Inlet 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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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 28 September 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship=Alaska Roustabout

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

|desc=The 119-gross register ton, {{convert|99.9|ft|m|1|adj=on}} tug sank in the Gulf of Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-a/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (A)]

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=30 September 1962 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{Ship||Major|Thames barge|2}}

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

|desc=The Thames barge ran aground off Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex in a storm.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Britain Clears Up After The Gales |date=1 October 1962 |page=6 |issue=55510 |column=D }}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Widder||2}}

|flag={{flag|West Germany}}

|desc=The coaster ran aground at Canna, Scotland in a storm. }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 1 October 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship=Mattie J

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

|desc=The 14-gross register ton, {{convert|32.6|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel sank at Chilkat ({{coord|60|11|N|144|12|W|name=Chilkat}}), Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-m/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (M)]

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=7 October 1962 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Beater

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

|desc=Hurricane Daisy: The sealer, a converted minesweeper, was driven ashore and wrecked at New Harbour, Nova Scotia.{{cite web |url=https://novascotia.ca/museum/wrecks/wrecks/shipwrecks.asp?ID=566 |title=Beater - 1962 |publisher=Maritime Museum of the Atlantic |access-date=19 January 2015}} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 12 October 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship=S R 22

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The 650-gross register ton, {{convert|110.3|ft|m|adj=on}} barge sank in the Gulf of Alaska near Chirikof Island.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-s/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (S)]

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=13 October 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship={{ship|Cuban patrol boat|Cima 8||2}}

|flag={{navy|Cuba}}

|desc=The auxiliary patrol boat was sunk in the Cardenas Bay by a Cuban Exile operated boat.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=55102 |title=Cuban Naval Battles |access-date=19 January 2018}}}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=21 October 1962 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Chinese sailboat|M-1545F||2}}

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

|desc=Chinese Civil War: The sailboat was shelled and sunk by {{ship|Chinese patrol boat|No. 504||2}} and {{ship|Chinese patrol boat|No. 587||2}} (both {{flagicon|China|military}} People's Liberation Army Navy).{{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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|ship={{MV|Sanct Svithun||2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The passenger ship ran aground off the Vikna Islands, refloated then sank with the loss of 33 of the 79 passengers and crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=33 Feared Dead in Shipwreck |date=23 October 1962 |page=7 |issue=55529 |column=C }}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date= 22 October 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship=Johnny O

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

|desc=The 7-gross register ton, {{convert|27.6|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel was wrecked at Thomas Basin in Ketchikan, Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-j/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (J)]

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=26 October 1962 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Costas Michalos||2}}

|flag={{flag|Greece}}

|desc=The Liberty ship ran aground on the Banc les Quenocs, off Calais, France, and broke in two, a total loss.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Fire on Channel Steamer |date=29 October 1962 |page=9 |issue=55534 |column=E }}{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibshipsH.html |title=Liberty Ships – H |publisher=Mariners |access-date=5 November 2016}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=28 October 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Lisieux||2}}

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ferry caught fire on a voyage between Newhaven, Sussex, United Kingdom and Dieppe. Escorted into Dieppe at reduced speed.

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=29 October 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Matelots Pillien et Peyrat||2}}

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The cargo ship was driven ashore in a storm at Port-de-Bouc, Bouches-du-Rhône and sank at the entrance to the Canal de Marseille au Rhône. Refloated on 3 November but declared a constructive total loss and scrapped.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=108}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=2 November 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship={{MV|Musketier||2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The coaster ran aground at Crail, Fife, United Kingdom. Broke in two and sank on 6 November.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=News in Brief |date=7 November 1962 |page=6 |issue=55542 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Rana||2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The coaster sprang a leak and sank {{convert|25|nmi|km}} off the west coast of Denmark.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Dutch Ship Sinks in North Sea |date=3 November 1962 |page=6 |issue=55539 |column=G }}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Santa Irene|1942|2}}

|flag={{flag|Costa Rica}}

|desc=The Ocean ship ran aground on the Los Cabezos Shoal, west of Tarifa, Spain and was wrecked.{{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=10 November 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|East Star||2}}

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

|desc=The coaster developed a severe list {{convert|130|nmi|km}} of Bermuda and was abandoned. Crew rescued after nine days by {{SS|San Gaspar||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}). East Star was taken in tow by {{SS|Mount Borga||2}} ({{Flag|Norway}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=British Ship Rescues 13 Sailors |date=20 November 1962 |page=11 |issue=55553 |column=C }}

}}

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

|flag={{flag|Liberia}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Gladden Spit, British Honduras. Caught fire on 17 November, refloated on 27 November. Declared a constructive total loss but sold, repaired and returned to service.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=463}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=11 November 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship=Jean Gougy

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The fishing vessel ran aground at Land's End, Cornwall, United Kingdom and capsized. Eight of the twenty crew were rescued by helicopter or breeches buoy. Sergeant Eric Smith of 22 Squadron, Royal Air Force was awarded a George Medal for his actions in the rescue.{{cite magazine |title=Sergeant Eric Smith GM |magazine=Aeroplane |issue=May 2011 |page=33 |publisher=Kelsey Publishing |location=Cudham |issn=0143-7240}} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=14 November 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship=A M

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

|desc=The 7-gross register ton, {{convert|27.7|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in Cook Inlet at the mouth of the Kasilof River on the south-central coast of Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-a/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (A)]

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=16 November 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship={{USS|Aspro|SS-309|6}}

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

|desc=The decommissioned {{sclass|Balao|submarine}} was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off San Diego, California, by the submarine {{USS|Pomodon|SS-486|6}} ({{navy|United States|1960}}). }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=17 November 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship= RNLB George Elmy

|flag=file:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg RNLI

|desc=The lifeboat foundered in the 'Seaham Lifeboat Disaster' with the loss of eight men and one boy (all five crew members and four of the five people they were trying to rescue).{{cite web| url=http://www.seaham.org.uk/georgeelmy/| title=The George Elmy Restoration Project| access-date=12 September 2014}} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=18 November 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Ashanti Palm|1947|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship was driven into a breakwater at Naples, Italy, and sank. She was on a voyage from Genoa, Italy to Port Harcourt, Nigeria{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=British Ship Sinks in Naples Port |date=19 November 1962 |page=10 |issue=55552 |column=G }}{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=105}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Captain George|1943|2}}

|flag={{flag|Greece}}

|desc=The Liberty ship exploded and sank {{convert|300|nmi|km}} north of Bermuda ({{coord|36|49|N|61|24|W}}) with the loss of all 18 crew.

}}

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|ship={{ship|RFA|Green Ranger|A152|6}}

|flag= Royal Fleet Auxiliary

|desc=The fleet support tanker ran aground south of Hartland Point, Devon, England, and was wrecked. All seven crew rescued by breeches buoy.

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=23 November 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship={{MV|Berea||2}}

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

|desc=The motor vessel ran aground at Ponta Barra da Falsa, Mozambique, a total loss.{{csr|register=MSI|id=1196009|shipname=Berea |access-date=8 February 2020}}

}}

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

|flag={{flagcountry|British Hong Kong|red}}

|desc=The coaster ran aground off Swatow, China. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Fuzhou, China. She capsized and sank on 26 November.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=243}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=25 November 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship=Alstertor

|flag=

|desc=The ship (2,460 GRT) ran aground on Scharhörn and could later be pulled off the reef.{{cite web|access-date=2023-01-06|language=de|title=Großer Vogel|url=https://www.spiegel.de/politik/grosser-vogel-a-9b9091bd-0002-0001-0000-000045125111|website=DER SPIEGEL}}

}}

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|ship={{ship|Chinese ship|No. 8 Xijin||2}}

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

|desc=Chinese Civil War: The infiltration ship was shelled and sunk by {{ship|Chinese patrol boat|No. 547||2}}, {{ship|Chinese patrol boat|No. 567||2}} and {{ship|Chinese patrol boat|No. 577||2}} (all {{flagicon|China|military}} People's Liberation Army Navy). 26 crewmen were 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=4 March 2019}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=28 November 1962 |sort=}}

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

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The Liberty ship ran aground on a reef in the Red Sea ({{coord|14|40|N|42|49|E}}). Beached and abandoned, she was declared a constructive total loss.{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibshipsC.html |title=Liberty Ships – D |publisher=Mariners |access-date=5 November 2016}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=29 November 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship={{MV|Ragna Ringdal||2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The cargo liner ran aground off Vatoa Island, Fiji. All passengers and crew rescued after three days.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Flight From Ship on Fiji Reef |date=3 December 1962 |page=10 |issue=55564 |column=F }} }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship=Hanlasan

|flag={{navy|South Korea}}

|desc=The Baekdusan-class submarine chaser was sunk in a typhoon in the Pacific Ocean at Guam. She later was raised and was scrapped in 1964.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. 347.

}}

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|ship=N P Corp. No. 41

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

|desc=The 38-gross register ton {{convert|60.2|ft|m|1|adj=on}} barge sank in the Gulf of Alaska off Cape Saint Elias, Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-n/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (N)]

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=2 December 1962 |sort=}}

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

|flag={{flag|Liberia}}

|desc=The Liberty ship ran aground on the Ladd Reef ({{coord|8|40|N|111|40|E}}), a total loss.{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibshipsA.html |title=Liberty Ships – A |publisher=Mariners |access-date=4 November 2016}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=5 December 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Link One||2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{SS|Pulkovo||2}} ({{flag|Soviet Union}}) and sank in the Baltic Sea south east of the Gedser Lightship, off the east coast of Denmark. All crew took to the lifeboats and were rescued by {{SS|Lechistan||2}} ({{flag|Poland|civil}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?5278 |title=SS Link One (+1962) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=20 August 2011}}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=British Ship Sinks off Denmark |date=6 December 1962 |page=12 |issue=55567 |column=D }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Chinese ship|No. 1 Xiangshan||2}}

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

|desc=Chinese Civil War: The infiltration ship was shelled and sunk by {{ship|Chinese patrol boat|No. 508||2}} and {{ship|Chinese patrol boat|No. 518||2}} (all {{flagicon|China|military}} People's Liberation Army Navy). 23 crewmen killed, 6 crewmen taken as prisoners of war.

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=8 December 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship={{MV|Cornish City|1943|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship caught fire at Aden, Aden Protectorate. She was on a voyage from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States to Calcutta, India. Temporary repairs were made and she was towed to Bombay, India. Consequently scrapped.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=54}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=16 December 1962 |sort=}}

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship, which had sprung a leak the day before and had been abandoned by her crew, sank {{convert|600|km|nmi|order=flip}} north east of Funchal, Madeira ({{coord|36|48|N|14|40|W}}). She was on a voyage from Detroit, Illinois, United States to Calcutta, India.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=62}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Loide Honduras||2}}

|flag={{Flag|Brazil|1960}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground in the West Scheldt, Belgium.

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|ship=Nautilus

|flag={{flag|West Germany}}

|desc=The cargo ship sank off the Netherlands with the loss of all but one of her 24 crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=23 Feared Dead in German Ship |date=17 December 1962 |page=7 |issue=55576 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Uilenspiegel||2}}

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The pirate radio ship was driven ashore in a storm. She had got into difficulties off Zeebrugge and an attempt was made to tow her to Vlissingen, Netherlands but she broke her tow. }}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=18 December 1962 |sort=}}

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

|flag={{flag|Liberia}}

|desc=The Liberty ship ran aground at Grand Cayman Island and broke in two, a total loss.{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsJ-Ji.html |title=Liberty Ships – J to Ji |publisher=Mariners |access-date=6 November 2016}}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=20 December 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship={{SS|Aghios Nicolaus||2}}

|flag={{flag|Greece}}

|desc=The coaster ran aground off Tripoli, Lebanon. All nine crew rescued by a Royal Air Force helicopter. Aghios Nicolaus was later refloated.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=R.A.F. Rescue 9 From Sinking Ship |date=21 December 1962 |page=6 |issue=55580 |column=G }}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=23 December 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship={{MV|Gernik||2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground off Karpathos, Greece. Her crew were rescued. She was declared a constructive total loss.

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=30 December 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship={{MV|Gwendoline Steers||2}} (or Gwendolyn Steers)

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

|desc=During a voyage from New York City to Northport, Long Island, New York, the {{convert|90|ft|m|1|adj=on}} or {{convert|96|ft|m|1|adj=on}} (sources disagree), 164-gross register ton tug sank in {{convert|40|to|55|ft|m|0}} (sources disagree) of water in Long Island Sound at {{coord|40|57.282|N|073|25.758|W|name=Gwendoline Steers}} — a location described both as off Oyster Bay, Long Island, and as off the entrance to the harbor at Huntington, New York — during a blizzard with the loss of all nine crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Tug Sinks in New York Gale |date=1 January 1963 |page=8 |issue=55587 |column=E }}[https://njscuba.net/sites/site_li_sound.php#Steers njscuba.net Gwendoline Steers]{{Cite web| url=http://wreckhunter.net/DataPages/gwendolynsteers-dat.htm |title=Gwendolyn Steers | publisher=Hunting New England Shipwrecks |access-date=9 February 2021 }}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date 1962 |sort=}}

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|ship={{USS|Amesbury|APD-46|6}}

|flag={{naval|United States}}

|desc=The decommissioned {{Sclass|Charles Lawrence|high-speed transport}} sank {{convert|5|nmi|lk=in}} west of Key West, Florida, while under tow to a scrapyard sometime after her 24 October 1962 sale for scrapping.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Regina

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The 7-gross register ton, {{convert|30.9|ft|m|1|adj=on}} motor passenger vessel was destroyed by fire at Chignik, Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-r/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (R)]

}}

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{{Reflist|20em}}

• {{cite book |first=Roger |last=Jordan |year= 1999 |title=The World's Merchant Ships 1939 |place=London |publisher=Chatham House |isbn=1-86176-023-X }}
• {{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 |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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1962

Ships