List of shipwrecks in 1975
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The list of shipwrecks in 1975 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1975.
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[edit] January
[edit] 5 January
- Lake Illawarra (
Australia) sunk in the Derwent River in Tasmania, Australia after a collision with the Tasman Bridge.
[edit] 20 January
- Danesh (
Iran) collided with MV Arya Tab and barge Gulf 107 and sank in Khor Musa Channel, Khorramshahr.
[edit] 25 January
- Coaster Lovat sunk in a WNW gale gusting to hurricane force, 25 miles south of Penzance. All crew lost.[1]
[edit] February
[edit] Unknown date
- Rogue (
Canada): Sank off Triple Island, British Columbia.[2]
[edit] March
[edit] 17 March
- Red Eagle (
Thailand): Sank in Telok Ayer Basin, Singapore.
[edit] April
- George P. Garrison (
United States): Sunk as an artificial reef 30 nautical miles (56 km) east of Cape Henry.[3]
[edit] June
[edit] 19 June
- Herma (
Trinidad and Tobago) foundered at Port of Spain, Trinidad.
[edit] October
[edit] 4 October
- Hongkong Delegate (
Liberia) collided with Columbus ( Canada) off Monterey, California and extensively damaged. Sold for scrap.[4]
[edit] November
[edit] 10 November
- Edmund Fitzgerald ( United States): sank in Lake Superior near Whitefish Bay
[edit] December
[edit] 18 December
- Imbros (
Cyprus): foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (31°40′N 77°47′W / 31.667°N 77.783°W) with the loss of all 22 crew.[4]
[edit] 28 December
- Kim Hua Li (
Panama): Sank in the South China Sea.
[edit] 30 December
- Berge Istra (
Norway): The supertanker exploded and sank south west of Mindanao Island, the Philippines. Two of the 32 crew survived and were rescued after 22 days adrift in a lifeboat.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ Corin, John; Farr, Grahame (1983). Penlee Lifeboat. Penzance: Penlee & Penzance Branch of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. pp. 120. ISBN 0 9508611 0 3.
- ^ Heaton, K E (8 July 2004). "Shipwrecks in British Columbia's Waters". http://www.harlowmarine.com/app/newsletter/view_article/19,2.html. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
- ^ "Belgian Merchant A-G". Belgische Koopvaardij. http://www.belgischekoopvaardij.net/belgian%20merchant%20A-G%2023.5.04.pdf. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
- ^ a b "Belgian Merchant P-Z". Belgische Koopvaardij. http://www.belgischekoopvaardij.net/belgian%20Merchant%20%20P-Z.pdf. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
- ^ "Survivors from ore carrier vow never to go to sea again" The Times (London). Thursday, 22 January 1976. Issue D, col D-F, p. 59608.
[edit] See also
| Ship events in 1975 | |||||||||||
| Ship launches: | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 |
| Ship commissionings: | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 |
| Ship decommissionings: | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 |
| Shipwrecks: | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 |
