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The list of shipwrecks in 1948 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1948.

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January

2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1948
Ship State Description
Silvia Onorato  Italy The cargo ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands and broke her back.[1]

3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1948
Ship State Description
Lynn Trader  United Kingdom The coaster ran aground in Bridlington Bay, Yorkshire.[2]

6 January

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1948
Ship State Description
City of London  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground 20 nautical miles (37 km) north west of Margate, Kent. Refloated the next day.[3]

7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1948
Ship State Description
Teasel  United Kingdom The coaster ran aground near Holyhead, Anglesey.[3]

9 January

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1948
Ship State Description
Podolsk  Soviet Union The cargo ship ran aground on the Amhurst Rocks in the Yangtze Estuary 60 nautical miles (110 km) from Wusong, China. She sank two days later.[4]

11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1948
Ship State Description
Veni  Norway The cargo ship ran aground on Balach Rocks, Islay, Inner Hebrides, United Kingdom whilst on a voyage from Leith, Midlothian to Sfax, Tunisia.[5]

16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1948
Ship State Description
Svein Jarl  Norway The cargo ship struck a mine and sank off Patras, Greece. Nine crew were killed.[5]

19 January

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1948
Ship State Description
Oriana  United Kingdom The tug exploded and sank off the Knoll buoy in the Colne Estuary, Essex with the loss of all sixteen crew.[6]

21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1948
Ship State Description
Argo  Norway The cargo ship struck a mine and sank whilst on a voyage from Venice, Italy to Rijeka, Yugoslavia. Eleven crew were killed.[5]

30 January

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1948
Ship State Description
Toxteth  United Kingdom The tug collided with Basis ( Norway) in the River Mersey. She capsized and sank with the loss of all four crew.[7]

February

3 February

List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1948
Ship State Description
USS Trippe  United States Navy The decommissioned Benham-class destroyer was sunk as a gunnery target in the Pacific Ocean off Kwajalein after use as a target in the 1946 Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests.
DD-934  United States Navy The captured Template:Sclass-, formerly Hanazuki ( Imperial Japanese Navy), was sunk as a target by United States Navy forces off Japan's Gotō Islands.

10 February

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1948
Ship State Description
USS Pennsylvania  United States Navy
USS Pennsylvania sinking.
The decommissioned Pennsylvania-class battleship was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off Kwajalein after use as a target in the 1946 Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests.

12 February

List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1948
Ship State Description
Soegio  Netherlands struck a mine and sank in Macassar Strait, Borneo.

13 February

List of shipwrecks: 13 February 1948
Ship State Description
Ardennes  Belgium Ran aground off Santander, Spain after anchor chain broke. Refloated 24 February and returned to service.[8]

16 February

List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1948
Ship State Description
USS Banner  United States Navy The Gilliam-class attack transport was scuttled in the Pacific Ocean off Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, after use as a target in the Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests of 1946.

24 February

List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1948
Ship State Description
Baltic Queen  United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with Hembury ( Brazil) in the River Mersey and sank. All 25 crew were rescued.[9]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1948
Ship State Description
Samnethy  United Kingdom The Liberty ship ran aground near the Owers Lightship off Selsey Bill, West Sussex. Refloated on 22 February.[10]

March

8 March

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1948
Ship State Description
USS Ralph Talbot  United States Navy The decommissioned Bagley-class destroyer was sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Kwajalein after use as a test target in the 1946 Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests.
USS Wilson  United States Navy The decommissioned Benham-class destroyer was sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Kwajalein after use as a test target in the 1946 Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests.

10 March

List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1948
Ship State Description
USS Bracken  United States Navy The decommissioned Gilliam-class attack transport was scuttled in the Pacific Ocean off Kwajalein after use as a test target in the 1946 Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests.

22 March

List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1948
Ship State Description
USS Mugford  United States Navy The decommissioned Bagley-class destroyer was sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Kwajalein after use as a test target in the 1946 Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests.
USS Rhind  United States Navy The decommissioned Benham-class destroyer was sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Kwajalein after use as a test target in the 1946 Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests.

25 March

List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1948
Ship State Description
Memphis  Greece The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Mediterranean at 33°50′N 27°34′E / 33.833°N 27.567°E / 33.833; 27.567.[11]

April

4 April

List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1948
Ship State Description
USS Mayrant  United States Navy The decommissioned Benham-class destroyer was sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, after use as a target in the Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests of 1946.

8 April

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1948
Ship State Description
Strong  Norway The cargo ship sank off Egersund with the loss of all nine crew.[5]

11 April

List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1948
Ship State Description
HMAS Barcoo  Royal Australian Navy The Template:Sclass2- ran aground at Glenelg North, South Australia. She was undamaged and was later refloated.
Lino  Italy The schooner was destroyed by an explosion at Bari whilst under arrest for carrying illegal arms bound for Syria.[12]

18 April

List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1948
Ship State Description
USS Mustin  United States Navy The decommissioned Sims-class destroyer was sunk by gunfire in the Pacific Ocean off Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, after use as a target in the Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests of 1946.

19 April

List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1948
Ship State Description
USS Dawson  United States Navy The decommissioned Gilliam-class attack transport was sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, by gunfire from the heavy cruiser USS Helena ( United States Navy) after use as a target in the Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests of 1946.
Duke of Sparta Bound for London from Liverpool she stranded on the Seven Stones Reef, between the Isles of Scilly and Cornwall. She refloated on same day; the only ship to get off the reef in modern times.[13]

24 April

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1948
Ship State Description
USS Stack  United States Navy The decommissioned Benham-class destroyer was sunk by gunfire in the Pacific Ocean off Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, after use as a target in the Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests of 1946.

May

6 May

List of shipwrecks: 6 May 1948
Ship State Description
USS Briscoe  United States Navy The decommissioned Gilliam-class attack transport was sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, by gunfire from the light cruiser USS Duluth ( United States Navy) after use as a target in the Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests of 1946.
USS Catron  United States Navy The decommissioned Gilliam-class attack transport was sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, by gunfire from the light cruiser USS Atlanta ( United States Navy) after use as a target in the Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests of 1946.

11 May

List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1948
Ship State Description
USS Barrow  United States Navy The decommissioned Gilliam-class attack transport was scuttled in the Pacific Ocean just south of Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, after use as a target in the Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests of 1946.

12 May

List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1948
Ship State Description
USS Butte  United States Navy The decommissioned Gilliam-class attack transport was scuttled in the Pacific Ocean off Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, after use as a target in the Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests of 1946.
USS LST-545  United States Navy The decommissioned LST-542-class tank landing ship was sunk as a target at Enewetak Atoll in the Operation Sandstone atomic bomb tests.

14 May

List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1948
Ship State Description
Rutland  Norway The cargo ship ran aground west of Tjøme whilst on a voyage from Bergen to Oslo.[5]

16 May

List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1948
Ship State Description
Polglen  United Kingdom The coaster hit a mine and sank off Borkum, Netherlands. All fourteen crew were rescued by Glory ( Netherlands).[14]

25 May

List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1948
Ship State Description
USS Salt Lake City  United States Navy
USS Salt Lake City sinking.
The decommissioned Pensacola-class heavy cruiser was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean 130 miles (210 km) off the coast of Southern California after use as a target in the 1946 Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests.

June

11 June

List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1948
Ship State Description
Köbenhavn  Denmark The passenger ship struck a mine and sank 15 nautical miles (28 km) off the east coast of Jutland with the loss of over 150 lives.[15]

16 June

List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1948
Ship State Description
Altalena  Israel
Altalena on fire at Tel Aviv
Altalena Affair: The Irgun-operated converted tank landing ship was shelled by the Israel Defense Forces, grounded, and set on fire near Tel Aviv. She was towed out to sea and scuttled in 1949.

24 June

List of shipwrecks: 24 June 1948
Ship State Description
Fenris  Norway The tanker suffered a fire in her engine room whilst on a voyage from Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela to Le Havre, France. Declared a constructive total loss.[5]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1948
Ship State Description
Batavia Road  Australia ran aground on Half Moon Reef, Western Australia.

July

2 July

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1948
Ship State Description
USS Conyngham  United States Navy The decommissioned Mahan-class destroyer was sunk as a target off California after use as target in the 1946 Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests.
HMAS Vendetta  Royal Australian Navy The V-class destroyer was scuttled in the Tasman Sea off Sydney, Australia.

5 July

List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1948
Ship State Description
Thalatta  Norway The cargo ship ran aground on the Siwadiwa Atoll in the Maldives. Refloated on 12 April 1949 and towed to Columbo, Ceylon where declared a total loss.[5]
Uranus  Norway The cargo ship ran aground in Stokksundet whilst on a voyage from Bergen to Tromsø.[5]
USS Wainwright  United States Navy The decommissioned Sims-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off Bikini Atoll after use as target in the 1946 Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests.

8 July

List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1948
Ship State Description
USS New York  United States Navy The decommissioned Template:Sclass- was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii following use as a target in the 1946 Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests.
Francois Tixier  France capsized and sank off Sheringham, England.[16]

17 July

List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1948
Ship State Description
Amstelstroom  Netherlands The coaster ran aground on Lundy Island, Devon, United Kingdom. All eleven crew scrambled ashore.[17]

18 July

List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1948
Ship State Description
Marie  Belgium The cargo ship collided with Bharatkhand ( United Kingdom) 8 nautical miles (15 km) north east of Ushant and sank.[17]
Marlene  United Kingdom The cargo ship struck a submerged object at Falmouth, Cornwall and was holed. She was beached in Great Molunan Cove to prevent her sinking.[17]

20 July

List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1948
Ship State Description
Cronenburgh  Netherlands Ran aground between Stockholm and Mäntyluoto, Finland. Refloated but leaking, repaired and returned to service.

21 July

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1948
Ship State Description
USS Gasconade  United States Navy
Gasconade sinking.
The Gilliam-class attack transport was sunk as a torpedo target in the Pacific Ocean off California after use as a target in the Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests of 1946.

25 July

List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1948
Ship State Description
USS LST-661  United States Navy The LST-542-class tank landing ship was sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Enewetak Atoll after use as a target in the Operation Sandstone atomic bomb tests.

27 July

List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1948
Ship State Description
Philip Heineken  Germany The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak with a cargo of poison gas munitions.[18]

31 July

List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1948
Ship State Description
USS Nevada  United States Navy The decommissioned Nevada-class battleship was sunk as a target approximately 60 miles (97 km) southwest of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, after use as a target in the 1946 Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests.
Penstone  United Kingdom The coaster was in collision with Villanger ( Norway) in Liverpool Bay and sank with the loss of four of the six people on board.[19]

August

11 August

List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1948
Ship State Description
USS Skipjack  United States Navy The decommissioned Salmon-class submarine was sunk as a target by aircraft rockets off California after use as a target in the 1946 Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests.

22 August

List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1948
Ship State Description
Empire Success  United Kingdom The cargo ship was scuttled in the Bay of Biscay with a cargo of obsolete chemical ammunition.[4]

25 August

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1948
Ship State Description
Moonlight  United Kingdom The barge capsized and sank off Ardlamont Point, Argyllshire with the loss of four of the five people on board.[20]

29 August

List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1948
Ship State Description
Hellenic Bulbul  United Kingdom The coaster ran aground on Domanik Island, Bay of Bengal, India and sank.

30 August

List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1948
Ship State Description
Prowess  Norway The ex-Template:Sclass2- ran aground in Frøyskjæret, west of Florø whilst on a voyage from Poland to Vadsø, Norway. Refloated in 1951 and scrapped in 1954.[5]

30 August

List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1948
Ship State Description
HMS Worcester  Royal Navy The training ship sank in the Thames Estuary at Grays, Essex.[21]

September

11 September

List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1948
Ship State Description
USS Mahackemo  United States Navy The tug sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina whilst under tow.[22]
USS Searaven  United States Navy The decommissioned Sargo-class submarine was sunk as a target after use as a target in the 1946 Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests.

16 September

List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1948
Ship State Description
Leicester  United Kingdom The cargo ship was abandoned in the North Atlantic with the loss of six of her 45 crew. Located on 26 September by Foundation Lillian and towed to Bermuda By Foundation Josephine, arriving 3 October. Beached by a hurricane on 7 October, re-floated 19 October, and towed to Newport News, Virginia, arriving 31 October. Repaired and recommissioned 14 December.[23]

19 September

List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1948
Ship State Description
Lochmonar  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Little Cayman, Cayman Islands.[24]

24 September

List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1948
Ship State Description
USS Tuna  United States Navy The decommissioned Tambor-class submarine was sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Mare Island, California, after use as a target in the 1946 Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests.

27 September

List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1948
Ship State Description
Mui Lee  Norway The cargo ship was driven ashore at Hoihow, China in a typhoon. Refloated in 1949 and sold.[5]

28 September

List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1948
Ship State Description
Maria Joana  Portugal The cargo ship was wrecked at the entrance to Fogo Harbour, Canada.[25]

October

2 October

List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1948
Ship State Description
Borgøy  Norway The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank off Lista whilst on a voyage from Ålesund to Stockholm, Sweden.[5]

5 October

List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1948
Ship State Description
USS Skate  United States Navy The decommissioned Template:Sclass- was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off California after serving as a target for the 1946 Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests.

6 October

List of shipwrecks: 6 October 1948
Ship State Description
Takoradian  United Kingdom The cargo ship caught fire and sank at Copenhagen, Denmark.[26]

16 October

List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1948
Ship State Description
USS Hughes  United States Navy The decommissioned Sims-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, after being used as a target in the 1946 Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests.

22 October

List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1948
Ship State Description
El Amir Farouq  Egyptian Navy The sloop-of-war was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off the Gaza Strip by an  Israeli Navy MT explosive motorboat.[27]

25 October

List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1948
Ship State Description
Henny  Norway The cargo ship ran aground west of Rongevær whilst on a voyage from Brevik to Namsos. Refloated on 2 April 1949, repaired and returned to service.[5]

26 October

List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1948
Ship State Description
Empire Flamingo  United Kingdom The bow section of the cargo ship sank in the English Channel 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) south of the Longships Lighthouse whilst under tow.[28] Raised in 1949 and sunk off Gwennap Head, Cornwall.[4]
Wenche  Norway The cargo ship sank 100 nautical miles (190 km) south west of Kopervik whilst on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Kopervik.[5]

31 October

List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1948
Ship State Description
Tendringen  Norway The cargo ship ran aground and sank in the Namsenfjord whilst on a voyage from Slemmestad to Namsos.[5]

November

1 November

List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1948
Ship State Description
St Guenole  France The tanker ran aground at Gribba Head, Cornwall, United Kingdom with the loss of eleven of her twelve crew.[29]

10 November

List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1948
Ship State Description
USS Pensacola  United States Navy
USS Pensacola sinking.
The decommissioned Pensacola-class heavy cruiser was sunk as a target off Washington after use as a target in the 1946 Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests.

11 November

List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1948
Ship State Description
Grom  Norway The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank 8 nautical miles (15 km) south west of Kvistøy whilst on a voyage from Rekefjord to Møre.[5]

13 November

List of shipwrecks: 13 November 1948
Ship State Description
Rene  Belgium The cargo ship ran aground on the Rocks of Mansonria off Fedala, Morocco. Declared a constructive total loss.[25]

14 November

List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1948
Ship State Description
Hopestar  United Kingdom The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Newfoundland, Canada with the loss of all 40 crew.

17 November

List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1948
Ship State Description
EK-3  Soviet Navy The Template:Sclass- ran aground off Petropavlosk, Soviet Union. She was declared a total loss.
USS U-1105  United States Navy The Type VIIC/41 submarine was deliberately sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off the Point No Point Lighthouse, Maryland. She was raised in the summer of 1949.

22 November

List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1948
Ship State Description
SS Southern Flyer  United Kingdom The 438 grt whaler ran aground on rocks at Lazarete Beach, Cape Verde after calling in for bunkers while on delivery voyage to South Georgia.[30]

December

4 December

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1948
Ship State Description
Kiangya  China The ship exploded and sank in the mouth of the Huangpu River with the loss of at least 2,750 lives.

15 December

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1948
Ship State Description
Eiholm  Norway The cargo ship sank off Kragerø whilst on a voyage from Brevik to Etne.[5]

20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1948
Ship State Description
Bosphorus  Norway The cargo ship ran aground on Haisborough Sand, Norfolk, United Kingdom.[31] Refloated on 29 December.[32]

24 December

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1948
Ship State Description
Alcyone Fortune  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at the Mull of Kintyre, Argyllshire.[32] Refloated on 30 December.[33]

28 December

List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1948
Ship State Description
Farne  Norway The ex-Template:Sclass2- sank off Halland, Sweden with the loss of all fourteen crew. She was on a voyage from Stettin, Poland to Larvik, Norway.[5]

30 December

List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1948
Ship State Description
Rojo  Norway The cargo ship sank in the North Sea whilst on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Denmark.[5]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1948
Ship State Description
Borodino  Soviet Navy scuttled near Osmussaar Island, Estonia.

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See also

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