List of shipwrecks in 1951

The list of shipwrecks in 1951 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1951.

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1951
Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec

January

3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1951
Ship Country Description
Palana  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on Pine Peak Island, Northumberland Islands, Australia. Refloated on 5 January.[1]

8 January

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1951
Ship Country Description
Monty  Norway The Channel Tanker capsized and sank near Torungen Lighthouse, Arendal, Norway.

16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1951
Ship Country Description
George Washington  United States The passenger ship caught fire at Baltimore, Maryland. She was consequently scrapped.

17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1951
Ship Country Description
Tapti  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground off the Isle of Mull, Inner Hebrides.[2] Later declared a total loss.[3]

22 January

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1951
Ship Country Description
Bie  Sweden The cargo ship caught fire in the North Sea and was abandoned 100 nautical miles (190 km) north of Terschelling, Netherlands. All bar one of the twenty crew were rescued by the ocean liner Washington ( United States).[4]

23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1951
Ship Country Description
Barnes  United Kingdom The tug sank in the River Thames near Blackfriars Bridge, London.[5]

28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1951
Ship Country Description
Castledore  United Kingdom The Liberty ship sank off the coast of Spain. All 38 crew rescued by a French trawler.[6]
Janko  Panama The tanker broke in two off Cape Finisterre, Spain. Stern half taken in tow by the tug Bustler ( United Kingdom).[7] Bow section also remained afloat and was taken under tow. Ship declared a constructive total loss and scrapped.[8]

29 January

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1951
Ship Country Description
USS Independence  United States Navy The decommissioned Independence-class light aircraft carrier was scuttled in the Pacific Ocean off California's Farallon Islands after use as a target in the 1946 Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests.

February

1 February

List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1951
Ship Country Description
Eleth  United Kingdom The coaster capsized and sank in the Irish Sea 12 nautical miles (22 km) east of Carlingford, County Louth, Ireland.[9]

2 February

List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1951
Ship Country Description
Eleth  United Kingdom The cargo ship sank in the Irish Sea with the loss of nine of her ten crew.[10]
USS Partridge  United States Navy The YMS-1-class minesweeper struck a mine and sank at Wonsan, Korea.

16 February

List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1951
Ship Country Description
Deeness  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground off Cherbourg, France.[11]

18 February

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1951
Ship Country Description
Nairana  United Kingdom The passenger/cargo ship was driven ashore in a storm off Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Wreck scrapped in situ.

20 February

List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1951
Ship Country Description
Florentine  Norway The Liberty ship capsized and sank in the Pacific Ocean (22°04′N 140°30′E / 22.067°N 140.500°E / 22.067; 140.500).[12]

March

16 March

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1951
Ship Country Description
Montallegro  Italy The T2 tanker exploded and broke in two at Naples. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.[13]

24 March

List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1951
Ship Country Description
Ramses II  Egypt The cargo ship ran aground in the River Severn at Sharpness, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.[14]

April

3 April

List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1951
Ship Country Description
Ketos  United Kingdom The refrigerated cargo ship sank following an explosion in her engine room whilst off the coast of Brazil (2°25′N 30°20′W / 2.417°N 30.333°W / 2.417; -30.333). All 41 crew rescued by Castelverde ( Italy).[9][15]

12 April

List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1951
Ship Country Description
Oljaren  Sweden The tanker ran aground on the Pentland Skerries, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom.[16]

13 April

List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1951
Ship Country Description
Arab Trader  Aden The Isles-class trawler ran aground at Mombasa, Kenya, a total loss.

16 April

List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1951
Ship Country Description
HMS Affray  Royal Navy The Amphion-class submarine foundered in the Hurds Deep, off Alderney, Channel Islands.

20 April

List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1951
Ship Country Description
Esso Greensboro  United States The T2 tanker collided with Esso Suez ( United States) in the Gulf of Mexico. She caught fire and was abandoned. Subsequently rebuilt and returned to service.[17]

27 April

List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1951
Ship Country Description
RFA Bedenham  Royal Fleet Auxiliary The armament carrier was destroyed in an explosion of ordnance at Gibraltar.

May

3 May

List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1951
Ship Country Description
Bore III  Finland The cargo ship struck a mine and sank off Cordouan, France.[18]

10 May

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1951
Ship Country Description
Marrawah  Australia The hulk was scuttled by the Royal Australian Air Force off Sydney, Australia.

14 May

List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1951
Ship Country Description
USS Valcour  United States Navy The Barnegat-class seaplane tender collided with the collier SS Thomas Tracy off Cape Henry, Virginia, and caught fire, with the loss of 36 of her crew killed and 16 injured. She was repaired and returned to service.

24 May

List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1951
Ship Country Description
Nicolaou Georgios  Greece The Liberty ship caught fire in the Red Sea and was abandoned. Although declared a constructive total loss, she was subsequently repaired and returned to service.[19]

June

10 June

List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1951
Ship Country Description
Maharashmi  India The coaster ran aground near the Bhaktal Fort Lighthouse, India and broke into three sections.

July

1 July

List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1951
Ship Country Description
HTMS Sri Ayudhya  Royal Thai Navy
Sri Ayudhya shortly before sinking
Manhattan Rebellion: The rebel-controlled coastal defence ship was shelled and bombed by government forces until she sank off Bangkok, Thailand.

4 July

List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1951
Ship Country Description
Peterstar  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the South China Sea.[20]

7 July

List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1951
Ship Country Description
Jargoon  United Kingdom The coaster collided in the English Channel with Tormes ( Spain) and sank 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of the Owers Lightship.[21]

19 July

List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1951
Ship Country Description
RFA Wave Laird  Royal Fleet Auxiliary The Wave-class oiler collided with the Royal Interocean Line's ocean liner Boissevain ( Netherlands) off Singapore.

21 July

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1951
Ship Country Description
Rubens  Belgium aground in Tokyo Bay, Japan with engine room on fire. Refloated the next day.[22]

23 July

List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1951
Ship Country Description
Rubens  Belgium Sank off Kats u Ura, Japan (35°12′20″N 140°24′20″E / 35.20556°N 140.40556°E / 35.20556; 140.40556).[23]

25 July

List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1951
Ship Country Description
Olympic  United States The Liberty ship ran aground north of Bombay, India. Although declared a constructive total loss, she was subsequently repaired.[24]

29 July

List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1951
Ship Country Description
Earl  United Kingdom The tug capsized and sank at Cardiff, Glamorgan whilst berthing the Festival of Britain ship Campania ( United Kingdom). All six crew rescued.[25]

August

11 August

List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1951
Ship Country Description
Santos  Brazil The ocean liner ran aground off Cabo Frio. All 263 passengers rescued by Cordoba ( Argentina) and Pocone ( Brazil).[26]

13 August

List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1951
Ship Country Description
Bess  Norway The cargo liner sank in the North Sea with the loss of seven of the 31 people on board.[27]

15 August

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1951
Ship Country Description
TSS Wahine  New Zealand At 05:40 a.m. the 4,436 grt Union Steamship Company passenger ferry Wahine (meaning 'wife') ran hard aground on the Masela Island Reef off Cape Palsu in the Arafura Sea, being held as far aft as the engine room. In response to a distress call, all aboard were rescued by the Standard Vacuum Oil's tanker Stanvac Karachi and returned to Darwin. From there the men were flown in relays to their destination but it was a sad end for a vessel that had given 38 years of magnificent service. Salvage attempts were unsuccessful and the vessel was abandoned as a total loss.[28]

20 August

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1951
Ship Country Description
Dromus  United Kingdom the oil tanker suffered two explosions and a fire in the small hours of the morning while loading at Pulau Bukom, Singapore. Three officers,[29] 19 crew and five shore-based staff were killed.[30] On 14 September she was drydocked for refitting[31] and in due course she returned to service.

22 August

List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1951
Ship Country Description
USS Wisconsin  United States Navy The Iowa-class battleship ran aground in the Hudson River at New York. Later refloated undamaged.[32]

September

1 September

List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1951
Ship Country Description
HMS Bagshot  Royal Navy The Hunt-class minesweeper struck a mine and sank off Corfu, Greece.
Pelican  United States The passenger ship capsized and sank off the Montauk Lighthouse, New York with the loss of 45 lives.

3 September

List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1951
Ship Country Description
Imperial Hamilton The oil tanker was set afire by an explosion of gasoline fumes while moored at Sarnia, Ontario, Canada.

10 September

List of shipwrecks: 10 September 1951
Ship Country Description
Scillonian  United Kingdom The ferry ran ashore on the Wingletang Ledge, St Agnes, Isles of Scilly in fog. She was later refloated and continued in service.[33]

14 September

List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1951
Ship Country Description
Allenwood  Australia
Allenwood

The cargo ship ran aground at Norah Head, New South Wales and was wrecked.

October

3 October

List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1951
Ship Country Description
Saltfleet  United Kingdom The coaster ran aground at Reedness, Yorkshire. She rolled over on 4 October, salvage was abandoned in 1952 and the ship was scrapped in 1954.

7 October

List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1951
Ship Country Description
USS U-2513  United States Navy The Type XXI submarine was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean off Key West, Florida (24°53′N 83°15′W / 24.883°N 83.250°W / 24.883; -83.250).

12 October

List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1951
Ship Country Description
Ranna  Costa Rica The cargo ship collided with Tharros ( Greece) and sank off Gothenburg, Sweden with the loss of six of her eight crew.[34]

14 October

List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1951
Ship Country Description
Kyono Maru  Japan The troopship was driven aground off Nagasaki in a typhoon.[35]

15 October

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1951
Ship Country Description
Paul M  United Kingdom The coaster collided with the trawler Rose of England ( United Kingdom) and sank off the mouth of the River Humber.[36]

21 October

List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1951
Ship Country Description
Pandora  United Kingdom The coaster foundered off Whitby with the loss of all six crew.[37] Collided with SS Gripfast ( United Kingdom) during rescue operation.

25 October

List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1951
Ship Country Description
Bluebird  United Kingdom The hydroplane sank in Coniston Water, Cumberland.[38]

29 October

List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1951
Ship Country Description
Morania #130 The freight barge caught fire on the Buffalo River in New York after the tug Dauntless #12 pushed it into the path of the steamer Penobscot and Penobscot collided with Morania #130. The fire killed eleven people and burned for several days.

30 October

List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1951
Ship Country Description
Transpet  Panama The tanker exploded and sank in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Canada.

November

4 November

List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1951
Ship Country Description
Mina Cantiquin  Spain The coaster struck a rock 50 nautical miles (93 km) off Black Head, Devon damaging her steering gear. She was driven ashore at Lowland Point. All seventeen crew rescued by the Coverack lifeboat.[39]
Maipu  Argentina The ocean liner collided with USS General M. L. Hersey ( United States Navy) and sank in the Weser Estuary. All 260 passengers and crew were rescued.[40]

5 November

List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1951
Ship Country Description
Nuria R  Argentina The cargo ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay. All 34 crew rescued by the Bibby Line ocean liner Staffordshire ( United Kingdom).[41]

6 November

List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1951
Ship Country Description
George Walton  United States The Liberty ship caught fire and was abandoned 350 nautical miles (650 km) west of Cape Flattery, Washington. Although taken in tow, she sank on 18 November 40 nautical miles (74 km) north west of Cape Flattery.[42]
São Paulo  Brazilian Navy The decommissioned battleship sank in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores on her way to a scrapyard with the loss of her entire caretaker crew of eight men.

December

6 December

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1951
Ship Country Description
Sandeid  Norway The passenger ship sank off Rennesøy with the loss of ten of her seventeen crew.[43]

12 December

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1951
Ship Country Description
Jean Marie  Belgium The coaster foundered south of Stockholm, Sweden after cargo shifted.

14 December

List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1951
Ship Country Description
Gucum Erman  Turkey The cargo ship struck the wreck of Empire Kumari ( United Kingdom) and sank in Haifa Bay, Israel.

17 December

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1951
Ship Country Description
James Richardson  United States The cargo ship ran aground at Nacqueville, France and was severely damaged.[44]

20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1951
Ship Country Description
Erria  Denmark The cargo liner caught fire in the Columbia River at East Astoria, Oregon, United States with the loss of eleven of the 114 people on board. The severely damaged ship was later repaired and converted to a cargo ship.[45][46]

21 December

List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1951
Ship Country Description
Edison Mariner  United States The Liberty ship collided with Kittiwake ( United Kingdom) in the Scheldt and ran aground.[47]
Noreg  Sweden The cargo ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom.[48] Refloated the next day.[49]
Porlock Hill  United Kingdom The Liberty ship ran aground at Famagusta, Cyprus.[50] with the loss of five of her 31 crew. The ship broke in two and was declared a total loss.[51][52]

25 December

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1951
Ship Country Description
Lilica  United States The Liberty ship was driven ashore near Civitavecchia, Italy. She was later refloated but declared a constructive total loss. Subsequently repaired and returned to service as Elisa Campanella for Italian owners.[53]

30 December

List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1951
Ship Country Description
Angelina  Hong Kong The coaster ran aground at Chilikai, off Haipong, French Indo-China.[54]

31 December

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1951
Ship Country Description
Østhav  Norway The tanker broke in two in the Bay of Biscay. Both halves were driven ashore.[55]
Gemma  Netherlands The tanker ran aground at Guéthary, France, with the loss of all seven crew.[56]

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Ship events in 1951
Ship launches: 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956
Ship commissionings: 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956
Ship decommissionings: 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956
Shipwrecks: 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956
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