List of shipwrecks in 1968#23 August

The list of shipwrecks in 1968 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1968.

January

=1 January=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Attu

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

|desc=The motor vessel was destroyed by fire on the beach at Skagway, Alaska.{{Cite web|url=https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-a/|title=Alaska Shipwrecks (A) – Alaska Shipwrecks|accessdate=18 November 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Denver

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

|desc=The motor vessel was destroyed by fire at Juneau, Alaska.{{Cite web|url=https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-d/|title=Alaska Shipwrecks (D) – Alaska Shipwrecks|accessdate=18 November 2023}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Seattle

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The 1,357-ton barge was destroyed by fire at Ugashik, Alaska.{{Cite web|url=https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-s/|title=Alaska Shipwrecks (S) – Alaska Shipwrecks|accessdate=18 November 2023}}

}}

=3 January=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Ioannis K|1944|2}}

|flag={{flag|Greece}}

|desc=The Liberty ship was wrecked on the coast of Vietnam ({{coord|10|19|23|N|107|05|11|E}}).}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{MV|Schiedyk|1948|2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The freighter sank off Bligh Island, Nootka Sound, Canada after hitting a submerged rock. She began leaking oil fuel in 2020.{{cite news |title=Wrecked cargo ship begins leaking oil 52 years after it sank in B.C.'s Nootka Sound |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/shipwreck-discovered-in-bc-zuciarte-shannel-bligh-island-nootka-sound-1.5838352 |access-date=14 December 2020 |work=CBC News |date=11 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201212190349/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/shipwreck-discovered-in-bc-zuciarte-shannel-bligh-island-nootka-sound-1.5838352 |archive-date=12 December 2020}} }}

=7 January=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{USS|Abercrombie|DE-343|6}}

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

|desc=The decommissioned {{sclass|John C. Butler|destroyer escort}} was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off San Diego, California, by the ships and aircraft of the {{USS|Bon Homme Richard|CV-31|6}} carrier battle group ({{navy|United States|1960}}). }}

=9 January=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{USCGC|Coos Bay|WHEC-376|6}}

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

|desc=File:USCGC Coos Bay (WHEC-376) being sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean on 9 January 1968.jpgThe decommissioned Casco-class cutter was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|120|nmi}} off the coast of Virginia by the guided-missile destroyer {{USS|Claude V. Ricketts|DDG-5|6}} ({{navy|United States|1960}}), one other U.S. Navy ship, and 35 aircraft. }}

=11 January=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{ship||St Romanus|trawler|2}}

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

|desc=The trawler issued a mayday on this date which was heard but not responded to. Lost with all twenty crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unidentified fishing vessel

|flag={{flag|South Korea}}

|desc=The fishing vessel was shelled and sunk by North Korean ships.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=50000&sid=aea284759ad0355309d6d2ea113779d2 |title=North Korean Naval Battles |publisher=Redfleet-Soviet empire |access-date=17 September 2017}}

}}

=13 January=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Saxona||2}}

|flag={{flag|Canada}}

|desc=The steamer sank in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|39|42|N|30|36|W}}) while being towed to Italy for scrapping.{{cite web |url=https://greatlakes.bgsu.edu/item/437068 |title=HAWGOOD, H.B. |publisher=BGSU University Library |access-date=3 September 2020}}

}}

=14 January=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{PS|Bristol Queen|1946|2}}

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

|desc=The paddle steamer was run into by the tanker {{SS|Geodor|1953|2}} ({{flag|Liberia}}) at Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was severely damaged and was consequently scrapped.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=255}}

}}

=15 January=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{SS|Cessnock||2}}

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

|desc=The dredger capsized and sank in the River Clyde during a storm. Three crew were killed.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=20 are killed in Scots hurricane |date=16 January 1968 |page=1 |issue=57170 |column=D-E }} }}

=16 January=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Balkan|1944|2}}

|flag={{flag|Bulgaria|1967}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Lattakia, Syria. She was on a voyage from Bourgas to Lattakia. She was refloated on 24 July but was consequently scrapped.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=93}}

}}

=18 January=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Little Joe

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

|desc=The motor vessel was destroyed by fire in Seal Bay on the coast of Alaska. The wreck report did not specify in which of many Seal Bays along the Alaskan coast the incident took place.{{Cite web|url=https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-l/|title=Alaska Shipwrecks (L) – Alaska Shipwrecks|accessdate=18 November 2023}}

}}

=22 January=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= Elpis

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

|desc=The coaster sank between Ameland and Schiermonnikoog, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Hamburg, West Germany.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=236}}

}}

=23 January=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{ship|INS|Dakar}}

|flag={{navy|Israel}}

|desc=The Leviathan-class submarine disappeared in the eastern Mediterranean Sea on her delivery voyage to Israel. Claims that {{ship|Egyptian frigate|Assyout||2}} ({{flagicon image|Naval Ensign of the United Arab Republic.svg}} United Arab Republic Navy) sank her with depth charges are disputed by Israel. }}

=26 January=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{ship||Kingston Peridot}}

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

|desc=The trawler was last reported off Iceland on this date, lost with all twenty crew. }}

=27 January=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{ship|French submarine|Minerve|S647|2}}

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=The {{sclass|Daphné|submarine}} sank in the Mediterranean Sea about {{convert|25|nmi}} from Toulon, France, with the loss of her entire crew of 52. Wreck found 2019.{{cite web |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/missing-more-50-years-wreckage-160217502.html |title=Missing for more than 50 years, wreckage of submarine finally found |work=USA Today |last=Miller |first=Ryan W. |via=Yahoo! News |access-date=23 July 2019}}}}

February

=4 February=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{ship||Ross Cleveland}}

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

|desc=The trawler capsized and sank off Isafjordur, Iceland with the loss of eighteen of her nineteen crew. }}

=5 February=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Pacific Fir|1943|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship sprang a leak in the South China Sea {{convert|75|nmi}} east of Tai Tung, Taiwan. ({{coord|22|37|N|121|42|E}}) and was abandoned. Beached at Koto Soh but broke in two, a total loss.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=123}}

}}

=6 February=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{USS|Bache|DD-470|6}}

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

|desc=File:USS Bache (DD-470) aground.PNGThe {{sclass|Fletcher|destroyer}} was blown ashore by a gale outside the harbor at Rhodes in the Aegean Sea during a three-day port call there. Deemed a constructive total loss, she was decommissioned and scrapped in situ.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=not cited}}

}}

=10 February=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Charny||2}}

|flag={{Flag|Canada}}

|desc=Charny began taking on water in one hold during a storm while on a voyage from Canada to Haiti. The vessel sank but all 24 people on board were rescued.{{citation needed|date=February 2022}}}}

=13 February=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Spyridon||2}}

|flag={{flag|Greece|red}}

|desc=File:Greek merchant ship Spyridon afire and sinking in the Mediterrranean Sea on 13 February 1968.jpgA fire erupted aboard the cargo ship in the Mediterranean Sea. She sank in the late afternoon. The U.S. Navy ammunition ship {{USS|Suribachi|AE-21|6}} received an SOS call at 0916 hrs and arrived on scene at 1555 hrs. Three Greek merchant ships and a Soviet Kashin-class guided missile destroyer also responded to the call. The crew was rescued by the Greek ships.{{Citation needed|date=September 2022}}}}

=15 February=

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=The Liberty ship was driven ashore near Osaka, Japan.{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibShipsW-Z.html |title=Liberty Ships – W - Z |publisher=Mariners |access-date=7 November 2016}}

}}

=18 February=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mount Hope

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

|desc=After entering shallow water in Narragansett Bay off the coast of Rhode Island during a storm, the {{convert|118|ft|adj=on}}, 156-gross register ton tug struck an unidentified object and sank quickly in {{convert|20|ft}} of water just south of Hope Island at {{coord|41|35.53|N|071|22.79|W|name=Mount Hope}} without loss of life.{{Cite web| url=http://wreckhunter.net/DataPages/mounthope-dat.htm |title=Mount Hope | publisher=Hunting New England Shipwrecks |access-date=16 February 2021 }}

}}

=19 February=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{SS|Capitaine Frangos||2}}

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=The cargo ship sank after colliding with an unidentified ship at the entrance to the Dardanelles, Turkey. Fifteen of her twenty crew were killed.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=15 missing as ship sinks |date=29 February 1968 |page=5 |issue=57180 |column=G }} }}

=20 February=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{USS|Saufley|DD-465|6}}

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

|desc=The decommissioned {{sclass|Fletcher|destroyer}} was sunk as a target off Key West, Florida. }}

=22 February=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{SS|Parvati Jayanti|1943|2}}

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

|desc=The Liberty ship ran aground near Casablanca, Morocco. 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 |access-date=6 November 2016}}

}}

=25 February=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{SS|British Crusader||2}}

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

|desc=The tanker ran aground in the Panama Canal, blocking it.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Panama blockage |date=26 February 1968 |page=1 |issue=57185 |column=G }} }}

=26 February=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{MV|Shozan Maru||2}}

|flag={{Flag|Japan}}

|desc=The bulk carrier struck a rock in the Panama Canal and sank. Refloated the following day.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Panama clear |date=27 February 1968 |page=1 |issue=57186 |column=D }} }}

=27 February=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Archon Raphael|1944|2}}

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=The Liberty ship sank near Djibouti City.{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibshipsB.html |title=Liberty Ships – B |publisher=Mariners |access-date=5 November 2016}}

}}

=29 February=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Chirikof

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

|desc=The crab-fishing vessel sank off Alaska′s Kodiak Island. Her crew of three abandoned ship in a skiff without oars. The cargo ship Chena ({{flag|United States|1960}}) found them adrift on 1 March, but they were too weak from hypothermia to climb her Jacob's ladder. Subsequently the medium endurance cutter {{USCGC|Confidence|WMEC-619|6}} (22px United States Coast Guard) arrived on the scene and rescued them.{{Cite web|url=https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-c/|title=Alaska Shipwrecks (C) – Alaska Shipwrecks|accessdate=18 November 2023}}

}}

March

=1 March=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{USS|Bayonne|PF-21|6}}

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

|desc=The decommissioned {{sclass|Tacoma|frigate|0}} patrol frigate was sunk as a target. }}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|North Vietnamese transport|C-165||2}}

|flag={{navy|Vietnam}}

|desc=Vietnam War: Tet Offensive: The blockade-running naval trawler was sunk off South Vietnam when her cargo exploded when the high endurance cutter {{USCGC|Winona|WHEC-65|6}} (22px United States Coast Guard) hit her with gunfire.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=55094 |title=Vietnamese Naval Battles (Vietnam War & later) |publisher=Sovietempire.com |access-date=5 January 2018}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|North Vietnamese transport|C-235||2}}

|flag={{navy|Vietnam}}

|desc=Vietnam War: Tet Offensive: The blockade-running naval trawler was sunk off South Vietnam when her cargo exploded when the patrol craft fast {{USS|PCF-14}} ({{navy|USA|1960}}) hit her with gunire, or was blown up by a scuttling charge. Her commanding officer and one other member of her crew later were killed by South Vietnamese troops in a firefight ashore.}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|North Vietnamese transport|C-43B||2}}

|flag={{navy|Vietnam}}

|desc=Vietnam War: Tet Offensive: The blockade-running naval trawler was beached after being shelled by U.S. ships, then scuttled with demolition charges. Three members of her crew were killed and her commanding officer and executive officer were wounded.}}

=3 March=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{MV|Ocean Eagle||2}}

|flag={{flag|Liberia}}

|desc=File:USS Preserver (ARS-8) with sunken tanker Ocean Eagle off Puerto Rico 1968.jpgThe tanker ran aground at San Juan, Puerto Rico. Later broke in two, a total loss.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Oil near holiday beaches |date=4 March 1968 |page=1 |issue=57191 |column=C }} }}

=6 March=

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Greece}}

|desc=The cargo ship struck a submerged object at Brăila, Romania and ran aground. Refloated but declared a constructive total loss and scrapped in May 1969.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|pp=198-99}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Nomadisch|1951|2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=File:Het kleine Nederlandse vrachtschip Nomadisch gestrand op het strand van Knokke, asset E1cZNQAZIMfG5cYVPc1FkZal.tif The coaster was driven ashore at Knokke, West Flanders, Belgium.

}}

=8 March=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Soviet submarine|K-129|1960|2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=The Golf II-class ballistic missile submarine sank in the Pacific Ocean {{convert|90|nmi}} southwest of Hawaii with the loss of all 98 crew members.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=CIA tells Russia of Soviet sea disaster |date=17 October 1992 |page=10 |issue=64466 |column=F-G }} }}

=9 March=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{SS|Universal Trader|1944|2}}

|flag={{flag|Liberia}}

|desc=The Liberty ship ran aground on the coast of Ceylon ({{coord|6|24|N|81|47|E}}), caught fire and was abandoned. She broke in two on 18 March, a total loss.{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibshipsE.html |title=Liberty Ships – E |publisher=Mariners |access-date=5 November 2016}}

}}

=10 March=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{MV|Hi Krooyer||2}}

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The coaster sank {{convert|10|nmi}} south of Sule Skerry, Orkney Islands following and on-board explosion. One of her five crew was killed.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=28 hours on a life raft |date=11 March 1968 |page=3 |issue=57197 |column=D-F }} }}

=14 March=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Four unidentified naval trawlers

|flag={{navy|Vietnam}}

|desc=Vietnam War: Tet Offensive: The blockade-running naval trawlers were sunk by U.S. aircraft off the coast of South Vietnam.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=55094 |title=Vietnamese Naval Battles (Vietnam War & later) |publisher=Sovietempire.com |access-date=7 January 2018}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unidentified naval trawler

|flag={{navy|Vietnam}}

|desc=Vietnam War: Tet Offensive: The blockade-running naval trawler sunk by gunfire off the coast of South Vietnam by the cutter {{USCGC|Point Ellis|WPB-82330|6}} (22px United States Coast Guard) and the radar picket escort vessel {{USS|Brister}} and patrol craft fast {{USS|PCF-78}} (both {{navy|USA|1960}}).}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Four unidentified naval trawlers

|flag={{navy|Vietnam}}

|desc=Vietnam War: Tet Offensive: The blockade-running naval trawlers were beached at Trieu Phong, South Vietnam, to facilitate unloading and then scuttled.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Three unidentified naval trawlers

|flag={{navy|Vietnam}}

|desc=Vietnam War: Tet Offensive: The blockade-running naval trawlers were beached at Gio Linh, South Vietnam, to facilitate unloading and then scuttled.

}}

=20 March=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{MV|Elisabethville||2}}

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=Caught fire at Antwerp, declared a constructive total loss. Scrapped in January 1969.{{csr|register=MSI|id=5510153|shipname=Elisabethville|access-date=27 November 2019}}

}}

=23 March=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Akutan

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

|desc=The motor vessel was wrecked at Kodiak, Alaska.

}}

=29 March=

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Liberia}}

|desc=The Liberty ship ran aground at Cabo San Lázaro, Mexico ({{coord|24|47|N|112|19|W}}) and was abandoned.{{sfn|Sawyer|Mitchell|1985|pp=178-79}}

}}

April

=7 April=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{ship|MV|Capitàn Leonidas||2}}

|flag={{Flag|Chile|civil}}

|desc=File:2019-03-14 CAPITÁIN LEONIDAS - IMO 5542705.jpgThe ship was deliberately grounded in Messier Channel, Chile, on 7 April 1968 while on a voyage from Santos to Valparaiso with sugar. The captain wanted to sink the ship for an insurance fraud. However, the ship was only grounded. It was originally the Norwegian-flagged MV Molda, built in Bremen, Germany in 1937.}}

=9 April=

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground off Tripoli, Libya. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Lattakia. She was refloated but declared a constructive total loss and consequently scrapped.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|pp=315-16}}

}}

=10 April=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{ship|TEV|Wahine||2}}

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

|desc=File:NZ Wahine Salvage.jpgThe New Zealand inter-island ro-ro ferry of the Union Company, foundered on Barrett Reef at the entrance to Wellington Harbour and capsized near Steeple Rock. Of the 610 passengers and 123 crew on board, 53 were killed. }}

=12 April=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=M P E 110

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

|desc=The motor vessel sank off Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of Alaska.{{Cite web|url=https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-m/|title=Alaska Shipwrecks (M) – Alaska Shipwrecks|accessdate=18 November 2023}}

}}

=21 April=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Cuban fishing vessel|Lambda 72||2}}

|flag={{Flag|Cuba}}

|desc=The fishing vessel was sunk by a Cuban-exile-operated speedboat.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=55102&sid=362e08990d2efb304424e99b04f44754 |title=Cuban Naval Battles |access-date=19 October 2018}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Cuban fishing vessel|Lambda 100||2}}

|flag={{Flag|Cuba}}

|desc=The fishing vessel was sunk by a Cuban-exile-operated speedboat.

}}

=22 April=

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Lebanon}}

|desc=The Liberty ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She sank on 24 April at {{coord|33|15|N|45|50|W}}.{{cite web |url=http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/LibshipsH.html |title=Liberty Ships – H |publisher=Mariners |access-date=5 November 2016}}

}}

=30 April=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{MV|Brandaris||2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The coaster sank in the Bay of Biscay {{convert|80|nmi|km}} west of the mouth of the Gironde. All crew rescued by a Spanish trawler.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Dutch crew saved by fishermen |date=1 May 1968 |page=6 |issue=57240 |column=G }} }}

=Unknown date=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{USS|Motive|AM-102|6}}

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

|desc=The decommissioned {{sclass|Auk|minesweeper}} was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean by elements of the United States Pacific Fleet. }}

May

=6 May=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{MV|Cutral Co||2}}

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

|desc=The tanker burned and sank at Ensenada, Argentina, after burning oil from the tanker Islas Orcadas ({{flag|Argentina|alt}}) spread to her and set her on fire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Three tankers in port explosion |date=7 May 1968 |page=5 |issue=57245 |column=C }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{MV|Fray Luis Beltran||2}}

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

|desc=The tanker burned and sank at Ensenada, Argentina, after burning oil from the tanker Islas Orcadas ({{flag|Argentina|alt}}) spread to her and set her on fire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{MV|Islas Orcadas||2}}

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

|desc=The tanker suffered an explosion, caught fire, and sank at Ensenada, Argentina.

}}

=8 May=

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=The ore carrier ran aground off Boca Ralon, Florida, United States. She was refloated on 23 May, subsequently laid up and scrapped.{{cite web |url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=700 |title=Inverrosa |publisher=The Yard |access-date=25 February 2017}}

}}

File:1968-05-XX - Inverrosa Shipwreck - Boca Raton 1.jpg

File:1968-05-XX - Inverrosa Shipwreck - Boca Raton 2.jpg

=10 May=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Gero Miklaos|1946|2}}

|flag={{Flag|Greece}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground in a cyclone at Akyab, Burma and broke up, a total loss.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=200}}

}}

=17 May=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Alert

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

|desc=The motor vessel was wrecked at Point Couverden ({{coord|58|11|25|N|135|03|10|W|name=Point Couverden}}) in Southeast Alaska.

}}

=21 May=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{USS|Scorpion|SSN-589|6}}

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

|desc=File:USS Scorpion (SSN-589);U136658.jpg {{ship|Bathyscaphe|Trieste II||2}}.]]The {{sclass|Skipjack|submarine}} sank in the Atlantic Ocean about {{convert|400|nmi}} southwest of the Azores on or after this date with the loss of her entire crew of 99. }}

June

=3 June=

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Greece}}

|desc=The Liberty ship ran aground south of Dakar, Senegal {{coord|11|18|N|16|48|W}}, 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}} }}

=14 June=

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Greece}}

|desc=The tanker broke in two off the coast of Natal in a storm. Both sections sank.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Oil menace to Natal coast |date=20 June 1968 |page=6 |issue=57282 |column=G }} }}

=17 June=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Pan 60

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

|desc=The gillnet fishing vessel was destroyed near the False Pass entrance to the Bering Sea by a fire in her galley that went out of control. The only person aboard barely survived by jumping overboard just before a {{convert|300|USgal|adj=on}} gasoline tank exploded and swimming {{convert|1|nmi}} to shore in heavy clothing and rubber boots.{{Cite web|url=https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-p/|title=Alaska Shipwrecks (P) – Alaska Shipwrecks|accessdate=18 November 2023}}

}}

=29 June=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=John D

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

|desc=The motor vessel was destroyed by fire near the small-boat harbor in Homer, Alaska.{{Cite web|url=https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-j/|title=Alaska Shipwrecks (J) – Alaska Shipwrecks|accessdate=18 November 2023}}

}}

=30 June=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Brazilian submarine|Riachuelo|S-15|2}}

|flag={{navy|Brazil|1968}}

|desc=The decommissioned {{sclass|Gato|submarine}} was sunk as a target on or about this date. }}

July

=1 July=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|James B. Richardson||2}}

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The Liberty ship was scuttled off the coast of New Jersey (approximately {{coord|39|30|N|71|00|W}}) with a cargo of obsolete ammunition.{{sfn|Sawyer|Mitchell|1985|pp=111-12}}

}}

=5 July=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Southern Exposure

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The motor vessel was destroyed by fire in the Gulf of Alaska {{convert|190|nmi}} miles east of Cape Chiniak ({{coord|57|37|N|152|10|W|name=Cape Chiniak}}) on Kodiak Island.

}}

=9 July=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Brazilian submarine |Humaitá|S14|2}}

|flag={{navy|Brazil|1968}}

|desc=The decommissioned {{sclass|Gato|submarine}} was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean off Long Island, New York, United States by United States Navy vessels. }}

=19 July=

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Philippines|1936}}

|desc=The cargo ship caught fire in the South China Sea off South Korea and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from the Philippines to Inchon, South Korea. Magsaysay was later reboarded. Shetowed into Pusan but was declared a constructive total loss and consequently scrapped.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=25}}

}}

=23 July=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{USCGC|Mackinac|WHEC-371|6}}

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

|desc=The decommissioned {{sclass|Casco|cutter|1}} was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean at {{coord|36|22|00|N|073|09|00|W}} by the heavy cruiser {{USS|Newport News|CA-148|6}}, the guided-missile light cruiser {{USS|Springfield|CLG-7|6}}, the guided-missile frigate {{USS|King|DLG-10|6}}, and the destroyer {{USS|New|DD-818|6}} (all {{navy|United States|1960}}). }}

August

=3 August=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=B B 6

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

|desc=The 7-ton gasoline-powered screw fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at the Alitak Cannery at Akhiok (also known as Alitak), Alaska.[http://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-b/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (B) Retrieved 11 September 2018]

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lula II

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

|desc=The motor vessel was destroyed by fire at the Alitak Cannery at Akhiok, Alaska.

}}

=5 August=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Walworth

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

|desc=The motor vessel was destroyed by fire off Sumner Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.{{Cite web|url=https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-w/|title=Alaska Shipwrecks (W) – Alaska Shipwrecks|accessdate=18 November 2023}} }}

=9 August=

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The bulk carrier was holed by {{USS|Von Steuben|SSBN-632|6}} ({{navy|United States|1960}}) in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|36|34|N|6|16|W}}). She was beached in Cádiz Bay and abandoned.

}}

=13 August=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lila Ki

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

|desc=The motor vessel was destroyed by fire at Twin Points ({{coord|57|54|45|N|133|59|30|W|name=Twin Points}}) in Stephens Passage in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.

}}

=14 August=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{USS|Devilfish|SS-292|6}}

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

|desc=File:USS Devilfish sunk as target 1968.jpgThe decommissioned {{sclass|Balao|submarine}} was sunk as a target by a Mark 16 MOD 8 torpedo fired by the submarine {{USS|Wahoo|SS-565|6}} ({{navy|United States|1960}}) in the Pacific Ocean off San Francisco, California, at {{coord|37|05|N|124|08|W|name="USS Devilfish (SS-292)"}}. }}

=16 August=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= Brownie

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

|desc=The motor vessel was destroyed by fire in Tonki Bay ({{coord|58|20|N|152|04|W|name=Tonki Bay}}) on the coast of Afognak Island in Alaska′s Kodiak Archipelago.{{Cite web|url=https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-b/|title=Alaska Shipwrecks (B) – Alaska Shipwrecks|accessdate=18 November 2023}}

}}

=17 August=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{USS|Traw|DE-350|6}}

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

|desc=The decommissioned {{sclass|John C. Butler|destroyer escort}} was sunk as a gunnery target off Baja California, Mexico, by the destroyer {{USS|Bausell|DD-845|6}} ({{navy|United States|1960}}). }}

=20 August=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Whistler

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=A tsunami destroyed the motor vessel off of Kokinhenik Bar on the Copper River Delta in Alaska.

}}

=21 August=

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{Flag|Panama|civil}}

|desc=The Liberty ship foundered in a typhoon ({{coord|22|24|N|114|55|E}}). }}

=22 August=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{ship||Amaryllis|ship|2}}

|flag={{Flag|Panama|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship, refloated after running aground in September 1965, is scuttled {{convert|0.75|mi}} off Riviera Beach, Florida, to form an artificial reef. }}

=23 August=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{SS|Southern Foster||2}}

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

|desc=The {{GRT|438}} steam-powered whaler foundered and was lost off South Georgia Island in the South Atlantic Ocean.{{cite web|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?116311|title=SS Southern Foster [+1968]|website=wrecksite.eu|access-date=18 November 2023}} }}

=27 August=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Plover

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

|desc=The motor vessel was wrecked off Point Stanhope Island ({{coord|56|00|50|N|132|36|10|W|name=Point Stanhope Island}}) off the west coast of Etolin Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.

}}

=31 August=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|East German motor torpedo boat|Willi Bansch||2}}

|flag={{navy|East Germany}}

|desc=The 183/1 (Project 183)-class motor torpedo boat was sunk in a collision in heavy fog with {{ship|Swedish ferry|Drottingen||2}} ({{flag|Sweden}}). Seven crewmen killed.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=55172&sid=362e08990d2efb304424e99b04f44754 |title=East German (DDR) and Poland Cold War Naval Incidents |access-date=19 October 2018}} }}

=Unknown date=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{USS|Condor|AMS-5|6}}

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

|desc=The decommissioned {{YMSsub|135}} was sunk as a target. }}

September

=1 September=

{{Shipwreck list item

|ship=Cabo Santa Maria

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

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground at Praia de Atalanta, Cape Verde and was wrecked.{{cite web |url=http://www.asemana.publ.cv/spip.php?article35234 |title=Boa Vista marks 40th anniversary of famous shipwreck - Primeiro diário caboverdiano em linha - A SEMANA |website=www.asemana.publ.cv |access-date=5 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151126034448/http://www.asemana.publ.cv/spip.php?article35234 |archive-date=26 November 2015 |url-status=dead}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Peter Pan

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

|desc=The motor vessel was lost off Kodiak Island, Alaska.

}}

=5 September=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Atlantic

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

|desc=The motor vessel was destroyed by fire at Cape Spencer in Southeast Alaska.

}}

=8 September=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{MV|Isabella Baldwin||2}}

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

|desc=The survey ship struck a wreck in Da Nang harbour, South Vietnam, and sank. All 12 crew members were rescued by a United States Navy vessel.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Wreck sank British ship |date=9 September 1968 |page=3 |issue=57351 |column=C }} }}

=9 September=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Ruthy Ann|1944|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship collided with {{MV|Cuu Long|1943|2}} ({{flag|South Vietnam}}) in a typhoon at Haiphong, North Vietnam and then ran aground. She was refloated on 30 September and found to be severely damaged. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|pp=60-61}}

}}

=10 September=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Helen J

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

|desc=The motor vessel sank on the south-central coast of Alaska near Icy Bay, northwest of Yakutat.{{Cite web|url=https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-h/|title=Alaska Shipwrecks (H) – Alaska Shipwrecks|accessdate=18 November 2023}}

}}

=16 September=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Babs

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

|desc=The motor vessel sank in Cook Inlet near Anchorage, Alaska.

}}

=23 September=

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=The cargo ship foundered.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?107459 |title=Hongkong Star (+1968) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=15 June 2020}}{{cite web |url=http://shipbuildinghistory.com/shipyards/large/albina.htm |title=Albina Engine & Machine Works, Portland OR |publisher=shipbuildinghistory.com |access-date=15 June 2020}}

}}

=27 September=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Marsha Ann

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

|desc=The motor vessel was lost off Adak Island in the Aleutian Islands.

}}

=29 September=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Polyxeni|1944|2}}

|flag={{flag|Somalia}}

|desc=The cargo ship struck a submerged object and sprang a leak. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall, Norway to Calcutta, India. She was beached the next day at Port Dauphiné, Madagascar, where she became a total loss.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=60}}

}}

October

=1 October=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Carmen B

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

|desc=The motor vessel was destroyed by fire at False Pass, Alaska.

}}

=5 October=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Evie

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

|desc=The motor vessel sank off Point Stanhope ({{coord|56|00|50|N|132|36|10|W|name=Point Stanhope}}) in Southeast Alaska.{{Cite web|url=https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-e/|title=Alaska Shipwrecks (E) – Alaska Shipwrecks|accessdate=18 November 2023}}

}}

=10 October=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{MV|Dumaguete||2}}

|flag={{flag|Philippines|1936}}

|desc=The ferry sank near Zamboanga, Mindanao. Only eleven survivors of between 300 and 500 people on board.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Many lost in ferry |date=13 October 1968 |page=1 |issue=57380 |column=D }} }}

=15 October=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|E Evangelia||2}}

|flag={{flag|Greece}}

|desc=File:Evangelia.JPGThe cargo ship ran aground in the Black Sea off Constanţa, Romania ({{coord|43|58|N|28|39|E}}). Declared a constructive total loss.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=74}}

}}

=16 October=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|DSV|Alvin||2}}

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=File:Alvin after sinking.JPGThe deep submergence vehicle sank in the Atlantic Ocean at approximately {{coord|39|53|30|N|069|15|30|W|name="DSV Alvin"}}, about {{convert|88|nmi|km|lk=in}} south of Nantucket Island, when steel cables lowering her over the side of the research ship Lulu snapped and she fell into the water with her hatch open. All three crew members escaped. Alvin was refloated in September 1969, overhauled, and returned to service.{{Cite web|url=http://www.supsalv.org/SalvReports/SALVOPS%2069.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424091713/http://www.supsalv.org/SalvReports/SALVOPS%2069.pdf|url-status=dead|title=SALVOPS 69, Washington, D.C.:Department of the Navy Naval Ship Systems Command, 1969, p. 3.|archivedate=24 April 2016}} }}

=19 October=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{USS|Archerfish|SS-311|6}}

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

|desc=The {{sclass|Balao|submarine}} was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off San Diego, California by the submarine {{USS|Snook|SSN-592|6}} ({{navy|USA|1960}}). }}

=21 October=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Paso Tiempo

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

|desc=The motor vessel sank in Thorne Arm ({{coord|57|56|N|152|50|W|name=Whale Pass}}) on the west coast of Prince of Wales Island in Southeast Alaska.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{ship|MT|Sitakund||2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The tanker exploded and sank {{convert|17|nmi|km}} south of Eastbourne, Sussex with the loss of three crew. Thirty-nine crew saved by the Eastbourne Lifeboat Beryl Tollemache (file:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution) and the frigate {{HMS|Mohawk|F125|6}} ({{navy|UK}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=30 rescued in Channel tanker blast |date=21 October 1968 |page=1 |issue=57387 |column=G }}{{cite web |url=https://www.eastbournernli.org/history-1822-1993/ |title=The History of the Eastbourne Lifeboat Station |publisher=Royal National Lifeboat Institution |access-date=17 June 2020}}

}}

=31 October=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{ship|MT|Etnefjell||2}}

|flag={{flag|Norway}}

|desc=The second Norwegian tanker in ten days to have an explosion and fire evacuated 29 members of its crew into two lifeboats, {{convert|350|nmi}} southeast of Cape Farewell, Greenland The master, chief mate and first engineer remained behind, and were four days later by {{USCGC|Absecon|WAVP-374|6}} ({{navy|United States|coast guard|name=United States Coast Guard}}). One man was found dead on the ship; the lifeboats were never located after a 10-day search."29 Lost, 3 Safe In Fire at Sea", Philadelphia Inquirer, November 23, 1968, p1[http://www.falmouthpacket.co.uk/news/fpfalmouth/11612146.Look_back_in_time__30_lives_lost_in_engine_room_explosion/ "Look back in time: 30 lives lost in engine room explosion"], FalmouthPacket.co.UK }}

November

=3 November=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{SS|Sacrum Cor||2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship sank at Vado during a storm.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Fears of 200 deaths as floods sweep north Italy |date=4 November 1968 |page=1 |issue=57399 |column=D-G }} }}

=7 November=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Newglade|1944|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship caught fire at Kynosoura, Greece. She was beached in Ambelaki Bay. She was refloated on 19 November and found to be severely damaged. Consequently scrapped.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=61}}

}}

=11 November=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|ST|Empire Ace||2}}

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

|desc=The Near-Warrior type tug ran aground off Campbeltown, Argyllshire. She was refloated in June 1969 but was declared a constructive total loss and consequently scrapped.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=310}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Steepholm

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

|desc=She was wrecked off South Wales. Four crewmen of the sand dredger were saved by the Atlantic College lifeboat and the Porthcawl lifeboat in partnership with the Mumbles lifeboat.

}}

=15 November=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=YC-21

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

|desc=The barge sank off Hoy, Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands, while salvaging the wreck of {{ship|German torpedo boat|F-2||2}} ({{navy|Nazi Germany}}).{{cite web |url=https://www.northlinkferries.co.uk/orkney-blog/wrecks-of-scapa-flow/ |title=wrecks of Scapa Flow |publisher=North Link Ferries |access-date=30 March 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?60792 |title=YC-21 (+1968) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=30 March 2021}}

}}

=24 November=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Celtic

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

|desc=The 57-gross register ton, {{convert|65.5|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel was wrecked in Ouzinkie Narrows ({{coord|57.9103|N|152.5086|W|name=Ouzinkie Narrows}}) on the southeast end of Spruce Island ({{coord|57|55|30|N|152|29|50|W|name=Spruce Island}}) in Alaska's Kodiak Archipelago.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Dumbo||2}}

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=The Tudor-Queen-class coaster was driven ashore at Las Palmas, Spain. She was declared a constructive total loss.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=220}}

}}

=28 November=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Review

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=A storm destroyed the motor vessel at Ketchikan, Alaska.{{Cite web|url=https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-r/|title=Alaska Shipwrecks (R) – Alaska Shipwrecks|accessdate=18 November 2023}}

}}

December

=7 December=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{USCGC|White Alder|WLM-541|6}}

|flag=22px United States Coast Guard

|desc=The buoy tender was sunk in a collision with the motor vessel {{MV|Helena||2}} ({{flag|Taiwan|civil}}) in the Mississippi River near White Castle, Louisiana. Only three of her 20 crewmen survived.{{Cite web |url=http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/White_Alder_1947.asp |title=U.S. Coast Guard Cutter History |access-date=2014-09-10 |archive-date=2014-08-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140827072854/http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/White_Alder_1947.asp |url-status=dead }} }}

=8 December=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{USS|Jesse Rutherford|DE-347|6}}

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

|desc=The decommissioned {{sclass|John C. Butler|destroyer escort}} was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off California.

}}

=12 December=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=North Sea

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

|desc=The crab-fishing vessel was wrecked in the Aleutian Islands on the northwest coast of Unimak Island near Cape Sarichef with the loss of three lives Her sole survivors was rescued by United States Coast Guard personnel.{{Cite web|url=https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-n/|title=Alaska Shipwrecks (N) – Alaska Shipwrecks|accessdate=18 November 2023}}

}}

=19 December=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Gold Sky|1942|2}}

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|20|nmi}} off Gibraltar. The crew were rescued by {{MV|Otto Leonhardt|1967|2}} ({{flag|West Germany}}). Her insurers alleged that she had been scuttled. A court hearing decided that, on the balance of probabilities, she had been.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|pp=200, 202}}

}}

=21 December=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sea Ermine

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The crab-fishing vessel was wrecked on Marmot Island in the Kodiak Archipelago near Kodiak, Alaska. The United States Coast Guard rescued all five people on board.

}}

=22 December=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{Ship||Federal Queen|schooner|2}}

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

|desc=The schooner capsized and sank off Canouan Island, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Forty-one of the 79 people on board were killed.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=41 missing in wreck |date=23 December 1968 |page=1 |issue=57441 |column=E }} }}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Helisoma||2}}

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

|desc=The tanker struck a Vietcong mine in a South Vietnamese port and was damaged.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=vietcong hole a British ship |date=23 December 1968 |page=1 |issue=57441 |column=E }}

}}

=23 December=

{{shipwreck list item

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

|flag={{flag|Cyprus}}

|desc=The Liberty ship ran aground on Marmara Island, Turkey. She was declared a constructive total loss.

}}

=24 December=

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Azuero||2}}

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=The Liberty ship ran aground in the Gironde 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}}

}}

=Unknown date=

{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date in December 1968 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Bulby

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

|desc=The fishing trawler was scuttled off the coast of South Africa.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=253}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Marinda

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

|desc=The fishing trawler was scuttled off the coast of South Africa.{{sfn|Mitchell|Sawyer|1990|p=221}}

}}

Unknown date

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Beaver

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

|desc=The 14-gross register ton, {{convert|42|ft|m|1|adj=on}} motor cargo vessel was destroyed by a storm at Lake Minchumina in central Alaska during or before 1968.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=ARA Comodoro Augusto Lasserre

|flag={{navy|Argentina}}

|desc=The survey ship ran aground near Lion Island in the Palmer Archipelago off the Antarctic Peninsula. She was later refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{USCGC|Dexter|WHEC-385|6}}

|flag={{navy|United States|coast guard|name=United States Coast Guard}}

|desc=The decommissioned {{sclass|Casco|cutter|1}} was sunk as a target by the United States Navy.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Manchester Miller|1958|2}}

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

|desc=The cargo liner caught fire and sank at New York, United States. Subsequently refloated, repaired and returned to service.{{cite web |url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=1582 |title=Manchester Miller |publisher=The Yard |access-date=11 March 2017}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= Matrouh

|flag= {{flagicon image|Naval Ensign of the United Arab Republic.svg}} United Arab Republic Navy

|desc=The corvette sank in 1968 or 1969.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. 303.

}}

References

=Sources=

{{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=Second |isbn=1-85044-049-2 }}

1968

Ships