List of shipwrecks in 1981#24 September

The list of shipwrecks in 1981 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1981.

January

=1 January=

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|ship=Big Sea

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

|desc=The fishing vessel sank while tied to a buoy in Port Etches on the south-central coast of Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-b/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (B)]

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|ship=Mercy Bee

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

|desc=The fishing vessel capsized in heavy surf in Squaw Bay ({{coord|60|49|15|N|147|50|30|W|name=Squaw Bay}}) on the south-central coast of Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-m/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (M)]

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=6 January=

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|ship=Novo Amapá

|flag={{flag|Brazil}}

|desc=According to Federal government of Brazil official confirmed report, the Passenger ship sinks at the mouth of the Cajari River, Pará States, Brazil, 186 persons were rescued and survived, killing more than 130 people.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}}

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=7 January=

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|ship={{MV|José Martin||2}}

|flag={{flag|Soviet Union}}

|desc=The tanker ran aground off Dalarö, Sweden.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Soviet tanker runs aground |date=8 January 1941 |page=4 |issue=60820 |column=D }} }}

=17 January=

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|ship={{MV|Fourat Star|1940|2}}

|flag={{flag|Syria}}

|desc=The coaster was driven ashore at Limassol, Cyprus. She was scrapped in situ.{{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 |page=238 }}

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=26 January=

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|ship={{MV|Deifovos||2}}

|flag={{flag|Greece}}

|desc=The cargo ship sank off Vega,{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Searchers find five bodies from Greek ship |date=27 January 1981 |page=5 |issue=60836 |column=H }} with the loss of nine of her 37 crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Hope fades |date=28 January 1981 |page=7 |issue=60837 |column=H }} }}

=27 January=

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|ship=Tampomas II

|flag={{flag|Indonesia}}

|desc=The ferry caught fire and sank in a storm in the Java Sea {{convert|500|nmi|km}} north east of Java. She was carrying a 1,136 people,{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=500 feared lost from Java Sea ferry boat |date=28 January 1981 |page=1 |issue=60837 |column=C, D }} of whom 762 were reported to have been rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=762 saved in Java ferry disaster |date=29 January 1981 |page=8 |issue=60838 |column=C-F }} }}

=30 January=

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|ship={{MV|Ems||2}}

|flag={{flag|West Germany}}

|desc=The cargo ship sank after collision with {{MV|Undine||2}} ({{Flag|Belgium}}) off Happisburgh, England ({{coord|52|55|N|1|37|E}}).{{cite web |title=Ems |url=https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?70417 |website=wrecksite.eu |access-date=2 July 2022}} Six crew were rescued by Undine and taken to Vlissingen, Netherlands. Thirteen others weree rescued by helicopter and taken to Great Yarmouth. Four crew were killed.

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|ship={{MV|Frederika 1||2}}

|flag={{flagu|West Germany}}

|desc=The cargo ship sank after colliding with {{MV|Blackthorn||2}} ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}) in the River Thames at Greenwich. All five crew were rescued by the tug Redriff ({{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Five saved as ships collide in Thames |date=31 January 1981 |page=1 |issue=60840 |column=C }} (Continued on page 3, cols B-D.) }}

=Unknown date=

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|ship=Golden Princess

|flag={{flag|Greece}}

|desc=The passenger ship sank in a storm while laid up at Perama, Greece. }}

February

=6 February=

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|ship=Nellie M

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

|desc=The Troubles: The coaster was sunk at Lough Foyle after being boarded and bombed by an IRA team on a hijacked lifeboat. The ship was raised and refitted in 1982, sold to an Irish company and renamed Ellie ({{Flag|Republic of Ireland}}).[http://www.rhiw.com/y_mor/nellie_m/nellie_m.htm Nellie M history and profile] }}

=8 February=

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|ship={{MV|Burgundia|1964|2}}

|flag={{Flag|Panama}}

|desc=File:Aground near Castlerock - geograph.org.uk - 624046.jpgThe coaster was driven ashore at Castlerock, County Londonderry, United Kingdom. She later caught fire and was declared a constructive total loss and consequently scrapped. Burgundia was on a voyage from Coleraine, County Londonderry to Portugal.{{cite web |url=http://www.clydemaritime.co.uk/Burgundia |title=Burgundia |publisher=Caledonian Maritime Research Trust |access-date=12 March 2016}}

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=13 February=

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|ship={{MS|Eastern Mariner I||2}}

|flag={{Flag|Panama}}

|desc=The cargo ship was damaged in a storm, and sank three days later east of Bermuda ({{coord|32|19.36|N|64|31.30|W}}).{{csr|register=MSI|id=5053832 |shipname=Eastern Mariner I |accessdate=24 February 2014}} }}

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|ship=Wood Duck

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The {{convert|32|ft|m|adj=on}} fishing vessel sank in Union Bay in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska in a violent storm. Her owner-operator died in the sinking.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-w/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (W)] }}

=19 February=

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|ship={{MV|Akra Aktion||2}}

|flag={{Flag|Greece}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground off Mangalia, Romania and sank.{{cite web|url=http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=590660 |title=Akra Aktion - IMO 5340912 |publisher=Shipspotting |access-date=26 March 2010}} }}

=24 February=

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|ship=Uyak

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The {{convert|60|ft|m|adj=on}} fishing vessel sank off Humpback Rock in Chiniak Bay on the coast of Kodiak Island near Kodiak, Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-u/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (U)] }}

=26 February=

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|ship= {{USS|Glennon|DD-840|6}}

|flag={{Naval|USA}}

|desc=The {{sclass|Gearing|destroyer|}} was sunk as a target off Puerto Rico. }}

=28 February=

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|ship=Dae Rim

|flag={{flag|South Korea}}

|desc=The {{convert|291|ft|m|1|adj=on}} cargo ship caught fire and washed ashore at Cape Wrangell on the coast of Attu Island in the Aleutian Islands with the loss of 24 lives. There were two survivors.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-d/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (D)]

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=Unknown date=

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|ship=Jupiter

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

|desc=The {{convert|82|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel was wrecked on Sozavarika Island ({{coord|54|51|20|N|162|31|35|W|name=Sozavarika Island}}) off the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula in Alaska. Her crew of five survived.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-j/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (J)]

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March

=4 March=

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|ship=Pacific Angel

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

|desc=The {{convert|94|ft|m|1|adj=on}} crab-fishing vessel was wrecked without loss of life on Chowiet Island ({{coord|56|02|N|156|42|W|name=Chowiet Island}}) in the Semidi Islands southwest of Kodiak Island.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-p/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (P)]

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=8 March=

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|ship={{MV|Mezada||2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship sank in rough seas about {{convert|100|nmi|km}} southeast of Bermuda. Eleven of 35 crew rescued. }}

=13 March=

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|ship=Daito Maru No. 55

|flag={{flag|Japan}}

|desc=The {{convert|105|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing trawler sank in the Bering Sea about {{convert|380|nmi}} northwest of Adak in the Aleutian Islands with the loss of her entire crew of 26.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-d/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (D)]

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=25 March=

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|ship={{MV|Rio Bravo|1960|2}}

|flag={{flag|Greece}}

|desc=The cargo ship caught fire and sank {{convert|600|nmi|km}} south west of the Azores. All 27 crew rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Greek ship sinks |date=26 March 1981 |page=6 |issue=60886 |column=H }} }}

April

=9 April=

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|ship={{ship||Nisho Maru}}

|flag={{flag|Japan}}

|desc=The ballistic missile submarine {{USS|George Washington|SSBN-598|6}} ({{naval|United States}}) surfaced underneath the cargo ship, sinking her with the loss of two of her crew. }}

May

=14 May=

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|ship={{HDMS|Olfert Fischer|F355|2}}

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The {{sclass|Niels Juel|corvette}} was damaged by an engine room fire off Bornholm on her sea trials. Subsequently repaired but commissioning delayed from 25 May to 16 October.{{Cite web |url=http://navalhistory.dk/English/Timeline/AccidentsAndLosses.htm |title=Sea Accidents and Losses |publisher=Danish Naval History |access-date=24 December 2019 }}

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=19 May=

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|ship=Bering Scout

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

|desc=The {{convert|65|ft|m|1|adj=on}} tug sank with the loss of three lives in Etolin Strait on the west-central coast of Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-b/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (B)]

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=20 May=

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|ship={{MV|Alkmini||2}}

|flag={{flag|Greece}}

|desc=The cargo ship collided with the motor vessel {{MV|Duro Seis||2}} ({{Flag|Spain|civil}}) in the English Channel and sank. All 28 people on board were rescued by helicopter and taken to Cherbourg, France.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=28 saved in sea collision |date=21 May 1981 |page=2 |issue=60933 |column=E }} }}

=22 May=

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|ship=Unidentified

|flag={{flag|Libya|1977|2}}

|desc=Lebanese Civil War: The cargo ship exploded at Tyre, Lebanon. She had been chased into harbor by an Israeli Navy warship.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=55183&sid=96225cb839f5593aae0b4374362d5087 |title=Iraqi Naval Battles |publisher=Soviet-Empire |access-date=6 November 2018}}

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June

=1 June=

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|ship= {{SS|Reina del Mar|1951|2}}

|flag={{flag|Greece}}

|desc=The passenger ship was scuttled off Kynosoura, Greece. }}

=15 June=

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|ship= {{SS|Charity||2}}

|flag={{NLD}}

|desc=She collided with {{MV|Good Captain||2}} ({{GRE}}) and sank {{convert|15|nmi|km}} off Pantellaria Islands, Italy.{{Cite web|url=http://uitvervlogentijden.web-log.nl/tijden/2010/06/stad-gouda.html |title=Stad Gouda |publisher=Uit Vervlogen Tijden |language=nl |access-date=19 June 2010}} }}

=Unknown date=

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|ship=Unknown patrol ship

|flag={{navy|North Korea}}

|desc=The patrol ship was sunk by South Korean coastal batteries. Nine crewmen were killed, one captured and four rescued.{{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}} }}

July

=3 July=

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|ship= {{MS|Arctic Explorer||2}}

|flag={{Flag|Canada}}

|desc=The icebreaker sank off St. Anthony, Newfoundland, Canada. Thirteen of her 32 crew were killed. }}

=12 July=

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|ship={{USNS|Wheeling|T-AGM-8|6}}

|flag={{naval|United States}}

|desc=The inactivated {{sclass|Wheeling|missile range instrumentation ship}} was sunk as a target by Harpoon missiles. }}

=20 July=

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|ship=Shoshone

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The {{convert|76|ft|m|adj=on}} fishing vessel struck a rock and sank {{convert|2|nmi|km}} north of Egg Island in the Aleutian Islands. The fishing vessel Captain Banjo ({{flag|United States}}) rescued her entire crew of five.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-s/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (S)]

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=27 July=

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|ship={{ship||Sir Winston Churchill|schooner|2}}

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground {{convert|4|nmi|km}} off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Later refloated and returned to service. }}

August

=2 August=

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|ship={{MV|Primrose|1981|2}}

|flag={{flag|Bangladesh}}

|desc=The 16,000-ton freighter ran aground on North Sentinel Island. The crew were rescued a week later.

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=3 August=

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|ship={{MV|Melpo Lemos||2}}

|flag={{Flag|Greece}}

|desc=The tanker ran aground on the Lepe Bank, in the Solent off Southampton, United Kingdom. She was refloated the next day.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Refloating of tanker lifts threat to gas pipes |date=5 August 1981 |page=2 |issue=60998 |column=G }} }}

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|ship=Prince Ivanhoe

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

|desc=The former ferry struck a rock and sank at Horton, Swansea. All 450 on board rescued but one passenger suffered a heart attack and died.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=450 trippers rescued from holed steamer |date=4 August 1981 |page=1 |issue=60997 |column=H |first1=Amanda |last1=Haigh |first2=Nicholas |last2=Timmins}}

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=4 August=

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|ship=Louis G

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

|desc=The seiner capsized and sank off Cape Bartolome ({{coord|55|14|N|133|37|W|name=Cape Bartolome}}) in Southeast Alaska. The fishing vessel Delight ({{flag|United States|1960}}) rescued her entire crew of five.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-l/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (L)]

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=7 August=

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|ship=Winterwind

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

|desc=After the {{convert|43|ft|m|adj=on}} fishing vessel began taking on water, she drifted onto the tow line of a passing barge and sank in Cook Inlet {{convert|10|nmi|km}} off Clam Gulch, Alaska, after the barge collided with her.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-w/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (W)] }}

=10 August=

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|ship=Karen E

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

|desc=The {{convert|35|ft|m|adj=on}} cabin cruiser sank with the loss of five lives in eastern Long Island Sound off Rocky Point, Long Island, New York, in waters probably over {{convert|100|ft}} deep after colliding with a barge.{{Cite web| url=https://wreckhunter.net/DataPages/karene-dat.htm |title=Karen E | publisher=Hunting New England Shipwrecks |accessdate=26 January 2021 }}

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=20 August=

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|ship=Cowboy

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

|desc=The fishing vessel was lost in bad weather in the Gulf of Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-c/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (C)]

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=21 August=

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|ship=Northern King

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

|desc=The {{convert|96|ft|m|1|adj=on}} trawler-processor developed a heavy list in a storm in the Bering Sea off Cape Lieskof ({{coord|55.7883|N|162.0542|W|name=Cape Lieskof}}), Alaska, then capsized and sank near Nelson Lagoon ({{coord|55|50|N|162|05|W|name=Nelson Lagoon}}). Her seven crew members abandoned ship {{convert|4|nmi|km}} off the Alaska Peninsula; two were lost, but the other five made it to shore in a life raft and were rescued.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-n/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (N)]

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|ship=Rocket

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The {{convert|34|ft|m|1|adj=on}} vessel capsized in Strawberry Pass ({{coord|60|24|N|146|03|W|name=Strawberry Pass}}) near Montague Island at the entrance to Prince William Sound on the south-central coast of Alaska with the loss of both people on board.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-r/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (R)]

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=26 August=

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|ship=Pushka

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

|desc=The vessel was wrecked at Sanak Point ({{coord|54|23|N|162|35|W|name=Sanak Point}}), probably off Sanak Island in the Aleutian Islands. The fishing vessel Casade ({{flag|United States|1960}}) rescued her entire crew of three.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-p/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (P)]

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September

=7 September=

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|ship=Misty

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

|desc=The {{convert|86|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing trawler burned and sank in Marmot Bay ({{coord|58|00|N|152|06|W|name=Marmot Bay}}) off Alaska′s Kodiak Archipelago. The fishing vessel Trailblazer ({{flag|United States|1960}}) rescued her entire crew of five.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-m/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (M)]

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=9 September=

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|ship=Lady Simpson

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

|desc=The crabber-trawler sank in the Bering Sea about {{convert|72|nmi}} north of Dutch Harbor, Alaska. A Japanese fishing trawler rescued her crew of six 28 hours later.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-l/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (L)]

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=13 September=

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|ship={{HMS|Rapid|H32|6}}

|flag={{navy|United Kingdom|1981}}

|desc=The decommissioned {{sclass2|Q and R|destroyer}} was sunk as a torpedo target in the Western Approaches by the submarine {{HMS|Onyx|S21|6}} ({{navy|United Kingdom|1981}}). }}

=14 September=

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|ship=City of Seattle

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

|desc=The {{convert|84|ft|m|1|adj=on}} crab-fishing vessel burned and sank in the Shelikof Strait {{convert|5|nmi}} south of Cape Uganik ({{coord|57|58|N|153|30|W|name=Cape Uganik}}) on the coast of Uganik Island in Alaska′s Kodiak Archipelago. The medium endurance cutter {{USCGC|Confidence|WMEC-619|6}} (22px United States Coast Guard) rescued her entire crew of six. She later was salvaged, repaired, and returned to service.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-c/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (C)]

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|ship=Spring

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The {{convert|42|ft|m|1|adj=on}} troller sank {{convert|2|nmi}} off Ratz Harbor ({{coord|55|53|15|N|132|35|45|W|name=Ratz Harbor}}) on the northeast coast of Prince of Wales Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-s/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (S)]

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=18 September=

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|ship={{HDMS|MHV 68}}

|flag={{navy|Denmark}}

|desc=The cutter ran aground off Læsø. She sank the next day.

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=19 September=

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|ship=Periphery

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

|desc=The {{convert|32|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel broke up and sank in heavy seas while under tow by the vessel Billy Don ({{flag|United States|1960}}) in the Shelikof Strait between the Kodiak Archipelago and mainland Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-p/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (P)]

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|ship={{MV|Sobral Santos II||2}}

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

|desc= The ferry sank in the harbour of Óbidos, Pará with the loss of an unknown number of people. Estimates range from 50 to 300.{{cite news|title=300 Die As Amazon Boat Sinks|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/09/20/world/300-die-as-amazon-boat-sinks.html|access-date=5 September 2016|work=The New Youk Times}} }}

=20 September=

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|ship={{MV|Tungufoss||2}}

|flag={{flag|Iceland}}

|desc=The coaster sank in a storm {{convert|4|nmi|km}} off Land's End, Cornwall, United Kingdom. All of the crew were rescued, either, by helicopter from RNAS Culdrose or the Sennen Cove lifeboat.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=11 dead as storms sweep Britain |date=21 September 1981 |page=1 |issue=61308 |column=G }} }}

=21 September=

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|ship={{ship|BRP|Datu Kalantiaw|PS-76|6}}

|flag={{navy|Philippines|1986}}

|desc=File:BRP Datu Kalantiaw (PS-76) capsized on Cayalan Island, Philippines, 22 September 1981 (6371751).jpg

Typhoon Clara: The Datu Kalantiaw-class frigate was driven ashore on Calayan Island in the Philippines with the loss of 79 of her 97 crew. }}

=24 September=

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|ship=Dimitris

|flag={{flag|Greece}}

|desc=The {{GRT|963}} freighter (formerly known as Harrogate of Associated Humber Lines) flooded, foundered and was lost.{{cite web|url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?99081|title=MV Dimitris [+1981]}} }}

=27 September=

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|ship=Sea Foam

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The fishing vessel was wrecked in Summers Bay ({{coord|53|54|45|N|166|27|30|W|name=Summers Bay}}) on the coast of Unalaska Island in the Aleutian Islands.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-s/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (S)]

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=30 September=

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|ship=The Faith

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The barge, a converted landing craft mechanized with three divers aboard, sprang a leak and sank in Shotgun Cove ({{coord|60|48|05|N|148|32|30|W|name=Shotgun Cove}}) near Whittier, Alaska. The fishing vessel Tommel ({{flag|United States}}), which had towned The Faith to the cove, rescued the three divers.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-t/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (T)] }}

=Unknown date=

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|ship={{MV|Chrisoula K||2}}

|flag={{flag|Greece}}

|desc= Ran aground on the Sha`b Abu Nuhas reef and later sank.{{cite book |title=Diving Guide to the Red Sea Wrecks |editor=Andrea Ghiotti |year=1996 |publisher=A A Gaddis & Sons |location=Luxor |pages=71–77 }} }}

October

=21 October=

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|ship= S-178

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union|1981}}

|desc=The {{sclass2|Whiskey|submarine}} was rammed and sunk by the refrigerator ship Refrizkerator-13 ({{Flag|Soviet Union}}) in Golden Horn Bay on the Sea of Japan coast of the Soviet Union. Thirty-one of her crew were killed. }}

=22 October=

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|ship=Elusive

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

|desc=After a fire broke out in her engine room, the {{convert|86|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel burned and sank near Cape Ikolik ({{coord|57|17|15|N|154|47|00|W|name=Cape Ikolik}}) on the coast of Alaska′s Kodiak Island. The fishing vessel Gerry D ({{flag|United States|1960}}) rescued her crew of five.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-e/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (E)]

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=27 October=

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|ship=Diane O

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

|desc=After her engine broke down, the {{convert|26|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel drifted into the surf and broke up on the south coast of Nunivak Island in the Bering Sea.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-d/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (D)]

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=28 October=

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|ship={{ship|Soviet submarine|S-363||2}}

|flag={{navy|Soviet Union}}

|desc=The {{sclass2|Whiskey|submarine}} ran aground off Karlskrona, Sweden and was damaged. After a diplomatic incident and military standoff, the submarine was refloated on 5 November and towed into international waters for handover to the Soviet Navy. }}

=30 October=

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|ship=Gem

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

|desc=The {{convert|47|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel struck a rock and sank in Cape Spencer in Southeast Alaska. Three of her four crewmen survived.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-g/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (G)]

}}

=31 October=

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|ship=Telamon

|flag={{flag|Greece}}

|desc=File:Temple Hall, Lanzarote, August 2013.JPG

The cargo ship was beached at Arrecife, Lanzarote, Canary Islands after developing a leak. The wreck later broke in two, the forward part sank, and the after part remained above water.{{cite web |url= http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?145684 |title=Temple Hall MV (1954~1969) Telamon MV (fore part) |work=Wrecksite |access-date=8 July 2011}} Scrapping began in September 2022.{{cite news |url= https://www.lancelotdigital.com/lanzarote/el-telamon-empieza-a-desaparecer |title=El Telamón empieza a desaparecer |publisher=Lancelot Digital |lang=es |date=20 September 2022 |access-date=28 September 2022}}}}

November

=12 November=

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|ship=Aleutian Monarch

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

|desc=After she caught fire and burned for five days, the {{convert|460|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fish processing vessel was towed out to sea and scuttled near Beaver Inlet ({{coord|53|50|N|166|15|W|name=Beaver Inlet}}) on the coast of Unalaska Island in the Aleutian Islands.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-a/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (A)]

}}

=15 November=

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|ship={{USS|Charles R. Ware|DD-865|6}}

|flag={{naval|United States}}

|desc=The decommissioned {{sclass|Gearing|destroyer}} was sunk as a target in the Caribbean. }}

=26 November=

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|ship={{MV|Globe Asimi||2}}

|flag={{Flag|Gibraltar|civil}}

|desc=The tanker ran aground at Klaipėda, Lithuanian SSR and broke in two.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Oil threat to beaches in Sweden |date=27 November 1981 |page=8 |issue=61093 |column=H }} }}

=27 November=

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|ship={{MV|Elma Tres||2}}

|flag={{flag|West Germany}}

|desc=The cargo ship foundered {{convert|215|nmi|km}} west of Hamilton, Bermuda with the loss of all but one of her 24 crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship's crew lost in heavy seas |date=28 November 1981 |page=5 |issue=61904 |column=D }}

}}

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|ship={{MV|Euro Princess||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship ran aground off Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. All 26 crew rescued by helicopter.{{cite web |url=http://www.parl.gc.ca/HousePublications/Publication.aspx?DocId=1872907&Language=E&Mode=2&Parl=37&Ses=1 |title=Parliament of Canada, 37th Parliament, 1st Session, Thursday, March 1, 2001 |publisher=Hansard |access-date=20 May 2011}}

}}

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|ship=Nannie D

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

|desc=The {{convert|32|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel sank southwest of Seward, Alaska, with the loss of her entire crew of three.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-n/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (N)]

}}

=30 November=

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|ship=Saint Patrick

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The 458-gross register ton {{convert|138.2|ft|m|adj=on}} scallop-fishing trawler was abandoned in the Gulf of Alaska {{convert|5|nmi}} east of Marmot Island near Kodiak, Alaska, after a large wave laid her over. Only two men of her crew of 11 men and one woman survived. Days later, Saint Patrick was found floating derelict in the outer part of Marmot Bay and was towed to Womens Bay, Alaska, where she sank.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-s/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (S)]

}}

December

=8 December=

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|ship= {{MV|Garnet||2}}

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=The reefer collided with {{MV|Molaventure||2}} ({{flag|Liberia}}) {{convert|10|km|spell=in}} off Port Said, Egypt and was beached to prevent sinking. One crewman was killed. The ship was abandoned as a constructive total loss. Later refloated and towed to deep water and scuttled.{{cite web|url=https://www.niagarathisweek.com/opinion-story/5794382-cargo-ship-beached-after-collision/ |title=Cargo ship beached after collision |publisher=Niagarathisweek.com|access-date=17 November 2018}}

}}

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|ship= {{MV|Molaventure||2}}

|flag={{flag|Liberia}}

|desc=The tanker collided with {{MV|Garnet||2}} ({{flag|Panama}}) {{convert|10|km|spell=in}} off Port Said, Egypt and was beached. Later she was able to resume her voyage.{{cite web|url=https://www.niagarathisweek.com/opinion-story/5794382-cargo-ship-beached-after-collision/ |title=Cargo ship beached after collision |publisher=Niagarathisweek.com|access-date=17 November 2018}} }}

=13 December=

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|ship= {{MV|Bonita||2}}

|flag={{flag|Ecuador|civil}}

|desc=The cargo ship capsized when two massive waves struck her in the English Channel {{convert|40|nmi}} north of Guernsey while on a voyage from Hamburg, West Germany, to Panama with a cargo of fertiliser. One member of her crew was lost; the rest were saved by a Royal Navy helicopter and the St Peter’s Lifeboat Sir William Arnold (25px Royal National Lifeboat Institution).{{cite news|last=Meyjes|first=Toby|title=Successful rescue could easily have become another Penlee disaster|newspaper=The Cornishman|page=16}}{{cite web|title=The Bonita rescue|url=http://www.rnli.org.uk/rnli_near_you/news/news_detail?articleid=738073|publisher=RNLI|access-date=19 December 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203111609/http://www.rnli.org.uk/rnli_near_you/news/news_detail?articleid=738073|archive-date=3 February 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

}}

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|ship=Kaliakh

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

|desc=The {{convert|86|ft|m|1|adj=on}} motor scow dragged her anchor, drifted onto the rocks, capsized, and was lost in Iliasik Passage ({{coord|55|02|N|161|55|W|name=Iliasik Passage}}) between Inner Iliasik Island and Outer Iliasik Island in the Shumagin Islands off the south-central coast of Alaska. Her crew survived and was rescued by the tug Jeffrey Foss ({{flag|United States|1960}}).[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-k/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (K)]

}}

=14 December=

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|ship= {{MV|Grain Ville||2}}

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

|desc=The cargo ship foundered off County Wexford, Ireland. Five of her nine crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Four missing as ship sinks in a storm |date=15 December 1981 |page=1 |issue=61108 |column=D-G }} }}

=19 December=

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|ship= {{MV|Mark||2}}

|flag={{Flag|Panama}}

|desc=The coaster was lost in Mount's Bay, Cornwall while bound for Spezia, Spain with a cargo of china clay from Teignmouth. All six of her crew were lost and the wreck has never been found.{{cite news|last1=Williams|first1=John|title=Lifebelt recalls forgotten tragedy|work=The Cornishman|publisher=Cornwall & Devon Media|date=18 December 2014|page=10}} }}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= Solomon Browne

|flag=25px Royal National Lifeboat Institution

|desc=Penlee lifeboat disaster: The lifeboat was lost in a gale while attempting to rescue the crew of {{MV|Union Star||2}} ({{Flag|Republic of Ireland}}) off Tater Du, Cornwall, England. Her entire crew of eight was lost along with all survivors of Union Star she had taken aboard.{{cite book|last=Corin|first=John|title=Penlee Lifeboat|year=1983|publisher=Penlee & Penzance Branch of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution|location=Penzance|isbn=0-9508611-0-3|pages=[https://archive.org/details/penleelifeboat00cori/page/120 120]|author2=Farr, Grahame|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/penleelifeboat00cori/page/120}} }}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Union Star||2}}

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

|desc=Penlee lifeboat disaster: The coastal cargo ship was lost on her maiden voyage due to engine failure in a gale. She was wrecked off Tater Du, Cornwall, England, ending up capsized on the rocks. All eight people on board – her master, her master's wife and two daughters, and her four crewmen – were lost, either on board Union Star or in the sinking of the rescue lifeboat Solomon Browne (25px Royal National Lifeboat Institution).{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?77062 |title=Union Star Cargo Ship 1981-1981 |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=17 November 2018}} }}

=20 December=

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|ship= Arion

|flag={{flag|Greece|civil}}

|desc=The ferry, arriving at Haifa from Greece, suffered onboard explosion and fire from a terrorist bomb and was beached. Later towed to Piraeus for lay-up, and to Spain for demolition in 1984.{{cite web |title=Nili |url=http://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?ref=6705 |website=Scottish Built Ships |publisher=Caledonian Maritime Research Trust |access-date=28 December 2019}}}}

=23 December=

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|ship= Dimitrios

|flag={{flag|Greece|civil}}

|desc=File:Nauagio Dimitrios.jpgThe laid-up cargo ship was swept from her offshore anchorage by a storm and wrecked on the beach at Valtaki, near Gythio, Greece. }}

=28 December=

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|ship=Unidentified patrol vessel

|flag={{flagdeco|Cambodia|1979}} People's Republic of Kampuchea

|desc= The navy patrol vessel was sunk by three Royal Thai Navy vessels off Koh Kang Province, Cambodia. Of her crew of six Vietnamese and seven Cambodians, eight were killed and five became prisoners-of-war.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=55168 |title=Kampuchean (Cambodian) Naval Battles |publisher=Sovietempire.com |access-date=14 December 2018}}

}}

=29 December=

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|ship=Sue

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The {{convert|32|ft|m|adj=on}} fishing vessel sank in Izhut Bay ({{coord|58|11|N|152|15|W|name=Barren Islands}}) on the coast of Afognak Island in the Kodiak Archipelago after striking a log. The fishing vessel Amber Dawn ({{flag|United States}}) rescued her crew of two.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-s/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (S)]

}}

=30 December=

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|ship= {{MV|Marina di Equa||2}}

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

|desc=The bulk carrier sank in the Bay of Biscay with the loss of all thirty crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Thirty missing as freighter sinks |date=30 December 1981 |page=1 |issue=61119 |column=D-F }} }}

Unknown date

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|ship= Aurore

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

|desc= The fishing trawler, a former yacht, sank in the D'Entrecasteaux Channel after sriking an unidentified object. she was later refloated and restored to her original configuration as a yacht.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Garoar BA 64||2}}

|flag={{flag|Iceland}}

|desc=The decommissioned fishing vessel was run aground and abandoned on the Patreksfjordur fjord coastline, {{convert|10.6|mi}} from Patreksfjordur village sometime in 1981.{{cite web |url=https://guidetoiceland.is/travel-iceland/drive/gardar-ba-64-shipwreck |title=Gardar BA 64 Shipwreck Travel Guide |publisher=guidetoiceland.is |accessdate=27 February 2025}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= Holland XXIV

|flag={{NLD}}

|desc= The dredger was beached at Cleveleys.{{cite web

| title = ICI Coasters

| publisher = Fylde Postcard History

| url = http://www.rossallbeach.co.uk/pcleveleysbeachp.htm

| access-date = 6 February 2008 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070818140551/http://www.rossallbeach.co.uk/pcleveleysbeachp.htm|archive-date = 2007-08-18}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|J. P. Webb|1954|2}}

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

|desc=The hopper barge sank off Port Lillias.{{cite web |url=http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/abandoned-ships/J_P_WEBB_408.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315053919/http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/abandoned-ships/J_P_WEBB_408.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=15 March 2015 |title=J. P. Webb |publisher=Clydesite |access-date=1 July 2016}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{USS|Ozark|MCS-2|6}}

|flag={{naval|United States}}

|desc=File:USS Ozark Listing.jpgServing as a target ship, the decommissioned mine countermeasures support ship sank in the Gulf of Mexico {{convert|28|to|30|mi|km}} due south of Destin, Florida, the day after being hit by a Maverick missile fired by a United States Air Force F-4 Phantom II aircraft from Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.

}}