The ship ran aground 23 nautical miles (43 km) north of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and was severely damaged. She was refloated but had to be beached. Declared a constructive total loss.[8]
The drilling rig ran aground off Bergen. One leg broke off and six crew were killed. Although declared a constructive total loss,[9] the rig was later repaired and returned to service.
The offshore patrol vessel collided with Plainsman (Singapore) in the Firth of Forth during foggy weather and sank. All 42 people on board rescued by Plainsman.[18]
The 2,186-ton factory trawler with a Romanian crew of eighty-four drove into the northern part of the Seven Stones Reef known as the North-east Rocks. All the crew were rescued and the trawler slipped into deep water.[22]
The oil tanker vanished in the North Atlantic with the loss of all hands; the Coast Guard estimated she sank on December 30 or 31.[29]
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