List of shipwrecks in 1957
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The list of shipwrecks in 1957 includes all ship
s sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1957.
Ship
Since the end of the age of sail a ship has been any large buoyant marine vessel. Ships are generally distinguished from boats based on size and cargo or passenger capacity. Ships are used on lakes, seas, and rivers for a variety of activities, such as the transport of people or goods, fishing,...
s sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1957.
5 January
- Vaila (
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland): The Fisheries Protection Vessel ran aground off the Isle of Lewis, Outer HebridesOuter HebridesThe Outer Hebrides also known as the Western Isles and the Long Island, is an island chain off the west coast of Scotland. The islands are geographically contiguous with Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, one of the 32 unitary council areas of Scotland...
and sank with the loss of five of her twenty crew.
13 January
- (
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland): The cargo shipCargo shipA cargo ship or freighter is any sort of ship or vessel that carries cargo, goods, and materials from one port to another. Thousands of cargo carriers ply the world's seas and oceans each year; they handle the bulk of international trade...
sank in the North SeaNorth SeaIn the southwest, beyond the Straits of Dover, the North Sea becomes the English Channel connecting to the Atlantic Ocean. In the east, it connects to the Baltic Sea via the Skagerrak and Kattegat, narrow straits that separate Denmark from Norway and Sweden respectively...
after her cargo shifted. All fourteen crew were rescued.
17 January
- ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland): The coaster ran aground in the Humber Estuary and sank. Refloated two days later, returned to service.
21 January
- (
Norway): The cargo ship ran aground at Buhlomrasa Light, broke in two. Total loss. - (
Sweden): The cargo ship was in collision with (
Early Modern France) and sank at Vlissingen, Netherlands. All crew were rescued.
25 January
- : The cutter was reported missing off the coast of Greenland. Discovered on 3 February sunk at Ravns Storoe.
27 January
- ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland): The cargo linerCargo linerA Cargo liner is a type of merchant ship which carried general cargo and often passengers. They became common just after the middle of the nineteenth century, and eventually gave way to container ships and other more specialized carriers in the latter half of the twentieth...
ran aground in the Crosby Channel, River MerseyRiver MerseyThe River Mersey is a river in North West England. It is around long, stretching from Stockport, Greater Manchester, and ending at Liverpool Bay, Merseyside. For centuries, it formed part of the ancient county divide between Lancashire and Cheshire....
whilst trying to avoid a collision with the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board dredger Leviathan. Refloated but then ran aground again. Refloated a second time and returned to port. - (
Netherlands): The cargo ship ran aground off MaryportMaryportMaryport is a town and civil parish within the Allerdale borough of Cumbria, England, in the historic county of Cumberland. It is located on the A596 road north of Workington, and is the southernmost town on the Solway Firth. Maryport railway station is on the Cumbrian Coast Line. The town is in...
, CumberlandCumberlandCumberland is a historic county of North West England, on the border with Scotland, from the 12th century until 1974. It formed an administrative county from 1889 to 1974 and now forms part of Cumbria....
, United Kingdom. She was later refloated.
4 February
- (
Turkey): The passenger shipPassenger shipA passenger ship is a ship whose primary function is to carry passengers. The category does not include cargo vessels which have accommodations for limited numbers of passengers, such as the ubiquitous twelve-passenger freighters once common on the seas in which the transport of passengers is...
collided with (
United States) in the Gulf of Smyrna and sank with the loss of one passenger and two crew.
5 February
- Robert LimbrickHMS Sir Galahad (T226)HMS Sir Galahad was a trawler built for the British Royal Navy in 1941. Post war it was sold into civilian service and was wrecked in 1957 after running aground off the Isle of Mull.-Construction and war service:...
( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland): The fishing vessel ran aground on Quinish Point, MullIsle of MullThe Isle of Mull or simply Mull is the second largest island of the Inner Hebrides, off the west coast of Scotland in the council area of Argyll and Bute....
with the loss of all 12 crew.
8 February
- (
West Germany): The cargo ship sank off Flamborough HeadFlamborough HeadFlamborough Head is a promontory of on the Yorkshire coast of England, between the Filey and Bridlington bays of the North Sea. It is a chalk headland, and the resistance it offers to coastal erosion may be contrasted with the low coast of Holderness to the south...
, YorkshireNorth Riding of YorkshireThe North Riding of Yorkshire was one of the three historic subdivisions of the English county of Yorkshire, alongside the East and West Ridings. From the Restoration it was used as a Lieutenancy area. The three ridings were treated as three counties for many purposes, such as having separate...
, United Kingdom. All 27 crew rescued.
20 February
- ( Sweden): The ore-bulk-ore carrier ran aground off Vlissingen, Netherlands and was wrecked. Refloated on 24 February and beached to enable salvage of cargo of iron ore.
22 February
- ( West Germany): The coaster was in collision with ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) and sank off the east coast of Denmark. All fifteen crew rescued.
26 February
- ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland): The cargo ship ran aground off Ockseu Island, China. All 31 crew abandoned ship, but then disappeared. They were later discovered safe on Haitan Island.
27 February
- ( Early Modern France): The ocean linerOcean linerAn ocean liner is a ship designed to transport people from one seaport to another along regular long-distance maritime routes according to a schedule. Liners may also carry cargo or mail, and may sometimes be used for other purposes .Cargo vessels running to a schedule are sometimes referred to as...
ran aground off MartiniqueMartiniqueMartinique is an island in the eastern Caribbean Sea, with a land area of . Like Guadeloupe, it is an overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department. To the northwest lies Dominica, to the south St Lucia, and to the southeast Barbados...
. Refloated after several hours. The ship suffered a broken rudder and damaged propellers. She was towed to Newport News, VirginiaNewport News, VirginiaNewport News is an independent city located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of Virginia. It is at the southeastern end of the Virginia Peninsula, on the north shore of the James River extending southeast from Skiffe's Creek along many miles of waterfront to the river's mouth at Newport News...
, United States for repairs.
7 March
- : The Type T2-SE-A3 tankerT2 tankerThe T2 tanker, or T2, was an oil tanker constructed and produced in large quantities in the United States during World War II. The largest "navy oilers" after the T3s at the time, nearly 500 of them were built between 1940 and the end of 1945....
was in collision with (
Liberia in the Delaware RiverDelaware RiverThe Delaware River is a major river on the Atlantic coast of the United States.A Dutch expedition led by Henry Hudson in 1609 first mapped the river. The river was christened the South River in the New Netherland colony that followed, in contrast to the North River, as the Hudson River was then...
at Pennsville, New Jersey. She was cut in two with the stern section being set on fire. Nine of her 44 crew were killed.
8 March
- ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland): The cargo ship ran aground off Vlissingen, Netherlands. Later refloated.
22 March
- ( Turkey): The cargo ship struck ice and sank at Hanko, Finland. All crew rescued.
4 April
- ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland): The coaster collided with the collierCollier (ship type)Collier is a historical term used to describe a bulk cargo ship designed to carry coal, especially for naval use by coal-fired warships. In the late 18th century a number of wooden-hulled sailing colliers gained fame after being adapted for use in voyages of exploration in the South Pacific, for...
and sank off MargateMargate-Demography:As of the 2001 UK census, Margate had a population of 40,386.The ethnicity of the town was 97.1% white, 1.0% mixed race, 0.5% black, 0.8% Asian, 0.6% Chinese or other ethnicity....
, KentKentKent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
with the loss of five of her fourteen crew.
16 April
- ( Netherlands): The tugTugboatA tugboat is a boat that maneuvers vessels by pushing or towing them. Tugs move vessels that either should not move themselves, such as ships in a crowded harbor or a narrow canal,or those that cannot move by themselves, such as barges, disabled ships, or oil platforms. Tugboats are powerful for...
sank following a boiler explosion at RotterdamRotterdamRotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...
. Three people were killed and fifteen injured by flying débris.
21 April
- ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland): The tug collided with ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) and sank in the River MerseyRiver MerseyThe River Mersey is a river in North West England. It is around long, stretching from Stockport, Greater Manchester, and ending at Liverpool Bay, Merseyside. For centuries, it formed part of the ancient county divide between Lancashire and Cheshire....
at LiverpoolLiverpoolLiverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
, LancashireLancashireLancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England. It takes its name from the city of Lancaster, and is sometimes known as the County of Lancaster. Although Lancaster is still considered to be the county town, Lancashire County Council is based in Preston...
. All six crew rescued.
25 April
- (
Canada): The tug capsized and sank at MontrealMontrealMontreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, QuebecQuebecQuebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
with the loss of four crew.
12 June
- (
Costa Rica): Capsized and sank with the loss of 13 lives after an on board explosion of her cargo, 10 nautical miles (18.5 km) north of HuascoHuascoHuasco may refer to:*Huasco Province*Huasco River*Huasco, Chile*Salar del Huasco...
, ChileChileChile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
.
19 June
- (
Greece): Collided with ( United States) off Ouessant, BrittanyBrittanyBrittany is a cultural and administrative region in the north-west of France. Previously a kingdom and then a duchy, Brittany was united to the Kingdom of France in 1532 as a province. Brittany has also been referred to as Less, Lesser or Little Britain...
, FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. Both ships caught fire with the loss of eleven lives and 40 injured, twenty seriously.
28 June
- : The ran aground at LlangennithLlangennithLlangennith is a village in Gower, in the City and County of Swansea, south Wales. It sits at a crossroads in northwest Gower: Moor Lane leads westwards to a caravan park near Rhossili Bay; while Burrows Lane leads northwards to a caravan park overlooking Broughton Bay. The village has a...
, GlamorganGlamorganGlamorgan or Glamorganshire is one of the thirteen historic counties and a former administrative county of Wales. It was originally an early medieval kingdom of varying boundaries known as Glywysing until taken over by the Normans as a lordship. Glamorgan is latterly represented by the three...
whilst under tow to LlanellyLlanellyLlanelly is the name of both a village and its respective parish in Monmouthshire principal area, within the historic boundaries of Brecknockshire, south-east Wales.- Situation :...
for scrapping.
8 July
- ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland): The ocean liner ran aground 5.5 nautical miles (10.2 km) north of Ireland Island, BermudaIreland Island, BermudaIreland Island is the northwesternmost island in the chain which comprises Bermuda. It forms a long finger of land pointing northeastwards from the main island, the last link in a chain which also includes Boaz Island and Somerset Island. It lies within Sandys Parish, and forms the northwestern...
. Refloated on 11 July.
16 July
- ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland): Typhoon Wendy: The cargo ship was blown ashore on Stonecutters Island, Hong KongHong KongHong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
. Refloated on 25 July.
19 July
- (
Panama): The cargo ship sank off AdenAdenAden is a seaport city in Yemen, located by the eastern approach to the Red Sea , some 170 kilometres east of Bab-el-Mandeb. Its population is approximately 800,000. Aden's ancient, natural harbour lies in the crater of an extinct volcano which now forms a peninsula, joined to the mainland by a...
in a storm.
23 July
- ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland): The cargo ship ran aground at Las Palmas, Canary IslandsCanary IslandsThe Canary Islands , also known as the Canaries , is a Spanish archipelago located just off the northwest coast of mainland Africa, 100 km west of the border between Morocco and the Western Sahara. The Canaries are a Spanish autonomous community and an outermost region of the European Union...
, Spain.
29 July
- : Sunk as a target off the Isle of WightIsle of WightThe Isle of Wight is a county and the largest island of England, located in the English Channel, on average about 2–4 miles off the south coast of the county of Hampshire, separated from the mainland by a strait called the Solent...
.
21 August
- ( Liberia): The tanker exploded 35 nautical miles (64.8 km) east of GibraltarGibraltarGibraltar is a British overseas territory located on the southern end of the Iberian Peninsula at the entrance of the Mediterranean. A peninsula with an area of , it has a northern border with Andalusia, Spain. The Rock of Gibraltar is the major landmark of the region...
and sank. All crew rescued by the tug ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
26 August
- : Foundered while under tow, off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.
28 August
- (
Argentina): The ferry collided with ( United States in the Paraná RiverParaná RiverThe Paraná River is a river in south Central South America, running through Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina for some . It is second in length only to the Amazon River among South American rivers. The name Paraná is an abbreviation of the phrase "para rehe onáva", which comes from the Tupi language...
and sank. of the 231 passengers and crew on board, 94 were reported missing.
Unknown date
- ( Norway): Collided with a FrenchFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
ship in the Strait of DoverStrait of DoverThe Strait of Dover or Dover Strait is the strait at the narrowest part of the English Channel. The shortest distance across the strait is from the South Foreland, 6 kilometres northeast of Dover in the county of Kent, England, to Cap Gris Nez, a cape near to Calais in the French of...
. - ( Canada): The coaster ran aground in Bonavista BayBonavista BayBonavista Bay is a large bay located on the northeast coast of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It opens directly onto the Atlantic Ocean....
, Newfoundland. Refloated on 26 August having been aground for "nearly a week".
4 September
- : The was ran aground at Portland HarbourPortland HarbourPortland Harbour is located beside the Isle of Portland, off Dorset, on the south coast of England. It is one of the largest man-made harbours in the world. Grid reference: .-History:...
, DorsetDorsetDorset , is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The county town is Dorchester which is situated in the south. The Hampshire towns of Bournemouth and Christchurch joined the county with the reorganisation of local government in 1974...
due to failure of he steering gear.
21 September
- PamirPamir (ship)Pamir was one of the famous Flying P-Liner sailing ships of the German shipping company F. Laeisz. She was the last commercial sailing ship to round Cape Horn, in 1949...
( West Germany): Capsized during Hurricane Carrie and sank with the loss of 82 lives, Atlantic OceanAtlantic OceanThe Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...
.
25 September
- ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland): The cargo liner ran aground off CascaisCascaisCascais is a coastal town in Cascais Municipality in Portugal, 30 kilometres west of Lisbon, with about 35,000 residents. It is a cosmopolitan suburb of the Portuguese capital and one of the richest municipalities in Portugal. The former fishing village gained fame as a resort for Portugal's royal...
, Portugal.
26 September
- ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland): The passenger ship ran aground in the Rhine at OberweselOberweselOberwesel is a town on the Middle Rhine in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Sankt Goar-Oberwesel, whose seat is in the town.-Location:...
, West Germany. - M256Soviet submarine M-256M-256 was a Project 615 short-range, diesel attack submarine of the Soviet Navy. She was commissioned into the Baltic Fleet.-Design:...
sank after a fire in the Tallinn Gulf, 28 crew killed, seven saved.
27 September
- (
South Africa) ran aground at the mouth of the Ncera river. Broke up on 29 September, declared a total loss.
Unknown date
- Nazarene ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) :The fishing vesselFishing vesselA fishing vessel is a boat or ship used to catch fish in the sea, or on a lake or river. Many different kinds of vessels are used in commercial, artisanal and recreational fishing....
ran aground on Pedn-e-Vurnow beach, Porthcurnow. All crew safe, vessel destroyed.
3 October
- ( Norway): The tanker ran aground at Hoedenskerke, ZeelandZeelandZeeland , also called Zealand in English, is the westernmost province of the Netherlands. The province, located in the south-west of the country, consists of a number of islands and a strip bordering Belgium. Its capital is Middelburg. With a population of about 380,000, its area is about...
, Netherlands. Later refloated with the aid of eleven tugs.
7 October
- (
Japan): The tanker collided with (
Republic of China) off KobeKobe, pronounced , is the fifth-largest city in Japan and is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture on the southern side of the main island of Honshū, approximately west of Osaka...
and sank.
8 October
- ran aground on Maro ReefMaro ReefMaro Reef is a largely submerged coral atoll located in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. It was discovered in 1820 by Captain Joseph Allen of the ship Maro, after whose ship the reef was named. With a total area of , it is the largest coral reef in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands...
, HawaiiHawaiiHawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
. All crew saved.
22 October
- ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland): The cargo ship collided in the Gulf of SuezGulf of SuezThe northern end of the Red Sea is bifurcated by the Sinai Peninsula, creating the Gulf of Suez in the west and the Gulf of Aqaba to the east. The Gulf of Suez is formed within a relatively young, but now inactive rift basin, the Gulf of Suez Rift, dating back about 28 million years...
with (
Belgium) and sank with the loss of 3 lives. Thirteen racehorses were drowned. Purfina Congo repaired and returned to service. - ( West Germany): The coaster collided in the ScheldtScheldtThe Scheldt is a 350 km long river in northern France, western Belgium and the southwestern part of the Netherlands...
with ( West Germany) and sank. All crew were rescued.
Unknown date
- ( Japan): The cargo ship ran aground on the Great Barrier ReefGreat Barrier ReefThe Great Barrier Reef is the world'slargest reef system composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 2,600 kilometres over an area of approximately...
, 300 nautical miles (555.6 km) east of RockhamptonRockhamptonRockhampton can refer to:* Rockhampton, Queensland is a city in Queensland, Australia* Rockhampton City, Queensland, a suburb of Rockhampton, Queensland* Electoral district of Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia...
, QueenslandQueenslandQueensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
, Australia. Abandoned on 15 October as a total loss. All 47 crew rescued by the tug (
Australia).
4 November
- (
Italy): The cargo ship was driven aground in a gale at Sandown Bay, Isle of WightIsle of WightThe Isle of Wight is a county and the largest island of England, located in the English Channel, on average about 2–4 miles off the south coast of the county of Hampshire, separated from the mainland by a strait called the Solent...
.
5 November
- ( Netherlands): Rammed by (
Soviet Union) and sunk off Vlissingen. All eleven crew rescued.
6 November
- (
Finland): The coaster sank 35 nautical miles (64.8 km) west of AveiroAveiroAveiro is a city in Aveiro Municipality in Portugal, with a total area of 199.9 km², a total population of 73,559 inhabitants, and 59,860 electors . It is the second most populous city in the Centro Region of Portugal, after Coimbra...
, Portugal with the loss of three of her eleven crew.
11 November
- ( West Germany): The train ferryTrain ferryA train ferry is a ship designed to carry railway vehicles. Typically, one level of the ship is fitted with railway tracks, and the vessel has a door at the front and/or rear to give access to the wharves. In the United States, train ferries are sometimes referred to as "car ferries", as...
ran aground at Grossenbrode, West Germany. Refloated later that day.
Unknown date
- ( Netherlands): Ran aground at Dungeness, KentKentKent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...
.
1 December
- ( Panama): The cargo ship foundered in the Black SeaBlack SeaThe Black Sea is bounded by Europe, Anatolia and the Caucasus and is ultimately connected to the Atlantic Ocean via the Mediterranean and the Aegean seas and various straits. The Bosphorus strait connects it to the Sea of Marmara, and the strait of the Dardanelles connects that sea to the Aegean...
with the loss of six of her fourteen crew.
8 December
- Patria ( Netherlands): The coaster was driven ashore in a gale at Sheephaven Bay, Northern IrelandNorthern IrelandNorthern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
.
9 December
- ( Netherlands): The coaster was driven ashore in a gale at Mulroy Bay, Northern Ireland. All seven crew rescued by a helicopter from RNAS Eglington.
17 December
- ( Panama): The tanker ran aground north of BorneoBorneoBorneo is the third largest island in the world and is located north of Java Island, Indonesia, at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia....
, the Philippines. went to her aid.
20 December
- ( Norway): The cargo ship ran aground in the KarmsundKarmsundKarmsund is a strait dividing Karmøy and Haugesund municipalities in western Norway. The Karmsund Bridge linking Karmøy to the mainland was completed in 1955....
, near HaugesundHaugesundis a town and municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway.-Location:Haugesund was separated from Torvastad as a town and municipality of its own in 1855. The rural municipality of Skåre was merged with Haugesund on January 1, 1958. Haugesund is a small municipality, only 73 km²...
. All crew rescued.
22 December
- ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland): The troopshipTroopshipA troopship is a ship used to carry soldiers, either in peacetime or wartime...
ran aground at Hoek van HollandHoek van HollandThe Hook of Holland , also known in English as the Hook, is a town in South Holland in the Netherlands. It is situated on the North Sea coast, on the north bank of the Nieuwe Waterweg ship canal. The town is administered by the municipality of Rotterdam as a district of that city...
, Netherlands. Later refloated and returned to service. - ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland): The cargo ship foundered in the North SeaNorth SeaIn the southwest, beyond the Straits of Dover, the North Sea becomes the English Channel connecting to the Atlantic Ocean. In the east, it connects to the Baltic Sea via the Skagerrak and Kattegat, narrow straits that separate Denmark from Norway and Sweden respectively...
180 nautical miles (333.4 km) east of AberdeenAberdeenAberdeen is Scotland's third most populous city, one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas and the United Kingdom's 25th most populous city, with an official population estimate of ....
with the loss of all 28 crew.
24 December
- ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland): The coaster ran aground at PeterheadPeterheadPeterhead is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It is Aberdeenshire's biggest settlement , with a population of 17,947 at the 2001 Census and estimated to have fallen to 17,330 by 2006....
, AberdeenshireAberdeenshireAberdeenshire is one of the 32 unitary council areas in Scotland and a lieutenancy area.The present day Aberdeenshire council area does not include the City of Aberdeen, now a separate council area, from which its name derives. Together, the modern council area and the city formed historic...
.
27 December
- ( Argentina): The cargo ship ran aground at TampicoTampicoTampico is a city and port in the state of Tamaulipas, in the country of Mexico. It is located in the southeastern part of the state, directly north across the border from Veracruz. Tampico is the third largest city in Tamaulipas, and counts with a population of 309,003. The Metropolitan area of...
, Mexico.
Unknown date
- ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland): The coaster ran aground at MargateMargate-Demography:As of the 2001 UK census, Margate had a population of 40,386.The ethnicity of the town was 97.1% white, 1.0% mixed race, 0.5% black, 0.8% Asian, 0.6% Chinese or other ethnicity....
, Kent.