List of shipwrecks in 1975
The list of shipwrecks in 1975 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1975.
January
5 January
20 January
List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1975
Ship | Country | Description |
Danesh |
Iran |
collided with MV Arya Tab and barge Gulf 107 and sank in Khor Musa Channel, Khorramshahr. |
29 January
List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1975
Ship | Country | Description |
Jakob Maersk |
Denmark |
While entering the port of Leixões, Portugal, with the assistance of tugboats, the tanker ran aground on a sandbar, caught fire, and suffered a series of explosions that broke her apart. Seven of her 17 crew members died, and she burned for 58 hours. |
25 January
List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1975
Ship | Country | Description |
Lovat |
United Kingdom |
The coaster sunk in a WNW gale gusting to hurricane force, 25 nautical miles (46 km) south of Penzance. All crew lost.[1] |
February
Unknown date
March
17 March
April
15 April
6 April
27 April
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date April 1975
Ship | Country | Description |
George P. Garrison |
United States |
Sunk as an artificial reef 30 nautical miles (56 km) east of Cape Henry.[4] |
May
11 May
June
13 June
21 June
List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1975
Ship | Country | Description |
Nicholas C |
Panama |
The bulk carrier sprang a leak and was abandoned 200 nautical miles (370 km) off Beira, Mozambique. Presumed subsequently foundered.[5] |
July
15 July
List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1975
Ship | Country | Description |
Point Law |
United Kingdom |
Point Law on the rocks in Alderney, Channel Islands in 1975.
The coastal tanker ran aground on the south west coast of Alderney, Channel Islands. Her crew were rescued by the St Peter Port Lifeboat, Alderney Fire Brigade, a cliff rescue team and a French helicopter.[6] |
19 July
August
20 August
October
4 October
List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1975
Ship | Country | Description |
Hongkong Delegate |
Liberia |
collided with Columbus ( Canada) off Monterey, California and extensively damaged. Sold for scrap.[7] |
November
10 November
List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1975
Ship | Country | Description |
Edmund Fitzgerald |
United States |
sank in Lake Superior near Whitefish Bay with the loss of all 29 aboard. The wreck was found in two pieces on the bottom the next year by an ROV. Cause of the wreck is still unknown but suspected hatch failure or possible grounding are the two most likely. |
December
18 December
28 December
30 December
Unknown date
References
- ↑ Corin, John; Farr, Grahame (1983). Penlee Lifeboat. Penzance: Penlee & Penzance Branch of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. p. 120. ISBN 0-9508611-0-3.
- ↑ Heaton, K E (8 July 2004). "Shipwrecks in British Columbia's Waters". Retrieved 21 April 2011.
- ↑ "T2 TANKERS - W - Y". Mariners. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
- ↑ "Belgian Merchant A-G" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
- ↑ "T2 TANKERS - B". Mariners. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- ↑ Howarth, Patrick (1981). Lifeboat In Danger's Hour. London, New York, Sydney, Toronto: Hamlyn. p. 100. ISBN 0 600 34959 4.
- 1 2 "Belgian Merchant P-Z" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
- ↑ "Survivors from ore carrier vow never to go to sea again". The Times (D). London. 22 January 1976. col D-F, p. 59608.
See also