List of shipwrecks in 1983
The list of shipwrecks in 1983 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1983.
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January
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February
12 February
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Marine Electric |  United States
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Sank off Virginia with the loss of 31 lives. |
23 February
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Pará |  Brazilian Navy
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The decommissioned Gearing-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil 80 nautical miles (148 km) south of Cabo Frio lighthouse by two torpedoes fired by the submarine Ceará ( Brazilian Navy).
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March
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
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| USS William M. Wood |  United States Navy
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The decommissioned Gearing-class destroyer was sunk as a target off Puerto Rico. |
April
11 April
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Bay Club |  Panama
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Suffered an engine room fire 1,000 nautical miles (1,900 km) off Land's End, Cornwall, United Kingdom. The crew abandoned ship and were rescued by Dart Atlantic ( United Kingdom.[1]
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| Schutting 1 | Panama
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Foundered 75 nautical miles (139 km) south west of Land's End. Six crew taken off by helicopter form RNAS Culdrose, Cornwall. The seven remaining crew later took to a lifeboat and were rescued by Axel Johnson. They were also taken to Culdrose by helicopter.[1] |
14 April
| Ship | State | Description |
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| USS Vesole | United States Navy
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The decommissioned Gearing-class destroyer was sunk as a target off Puerto Rico. |
19 April
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Ghiannis D |  Greece
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Ran aground at Sha`b Abu Nuhas reef. Remained stranded on reef and sank some six weeks later.[2] |
Unknown date
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| Misty Blue | United States
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The fishing trawler departed for a clamming trip on 11 April 1983 and was scheduled to return the following day, but never did. Her entire crew of four was lost. Her intact wreck was found on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean east of Cape Henlopen, Delaware.[3] |
June
3 June
| Ship | State | Description |
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| USS Bushnell | United States Navy
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The decommissioned Fulton-class submarine tender was sunk as a torpedo target by the submarine USS Atlanta ( United States Navy) in the Atlantic Ocean at 35°34′42″N 073°18′36″W / 35.57833°N 73.31000°W.
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5 June
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Alexander Suvorov |  Soviet Union
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Collided with a railway bridge at Ulyanovsk, killing 177 people. Ship later repaired and returned to service. |
23 June
| Ship | State | Description |
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| K-429 |  Soviet Navy
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Sank off Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky with the loss of 16 lives. Later salvaged and returned to service. |
29 June
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Spearfish | United Kingdom
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The supply vessel collided with the rig Penrod 83 in the English Channel and was holed. All six crew rescued by a helicopter from RNAS Lee-on-Solent. Spearfish later sunk by HMS Tartar ( Royal Navy) as she was deemed to be a hazard to shipping.[4]
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July
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Hurricane | United States
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A 19 feet (5.8 m) catamaran en route from Long Beach, California to Honolulu, Hawaii that is presumed to be a casualty of Tropical Storm Gil.[5] |
August
6 August
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Castillo de Bellver |  Spain
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The tanker broke in two and caught fire off Saldaana, South Africa. The stern section capsized and sank; the bow section was taken in tow by the tug John Ross ( South Africa), but was sunk by explosive charges.[6]
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10 August
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Neg Chieftain | Panama
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The tug capsized and sank off Ramsgate, Kent.[7] |
11 August
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Unknown Soviet submarine | Soviet Union
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US Army Intelligence and Security Command assets intercepted information that allowed the United States to piece together details concerning the sinking of a Soviet submarine in the North Pacific.[8] |
October
7 October
| Ship | State | Description |
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| ARA Almirante Domecq Garcia |  Argentine Navy
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The decommissioned Fletcher-class destroyer was sunk as a target by an MM-38 Exocet missile fired by the corvette ARA Drummond and a torpedo fired by the submarine ARA San Luis (both Argentine Navy).
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Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Nina Sagaidak | Soviet Union
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Trapped in ice in the Chukotsk Sea, crushed and sank. Crew rescued by helicopter and taken to Vladivostok. Kolya Myagotin ( Soviet Union) also reported to be sinking.[9]
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November
21 November
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Antigoni | Greece
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First Gulf War: Hit by an Iranian Exocet missile and sunk. All nineteen crew survived.[10] |
| Dai Lung |  Taiwan
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 The ship started taking on water in the No.1 cargo hold in rough seas of the Typhoon Orchid in the South China Sea. The crew was unable to find the source of the leak and sent an SOS. The U.S. Navy frigate USS Kirk (FF-1087) was nearby and rescued 23 of 25 crewmembers. Two crewmembers had died before. |
19 November
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Blue Magpie | Panama
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The cargo ship was wrecked at the entrance to Yaquina Bay while seeking shelter at Newport, Oregon, during a storm. |
23 November
| Ship | State | Description |
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| USS Curb | United States Navy
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The decommissioned Diver-class rescue and salvage ship was sunk as an artificial reef off Key West, Florida. |
December
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Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Libellule |  French Navy
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The Aloe-class net laying ship was sunk as a target near Brest, France. |
| Raffaello |  Iran
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Iran-Iraq War: The floating barracks, a former ocean liner, was partially sunk in shallow water in the Persian Gulf outside Bushehr, Iran, by a torpedo attack. |
References
- ^ a b Horsnell, Michael (12 April 1983). "Fifty rescued from storms". The Times. No. 61504. London. col E-G, p. 2. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
- ^ Andrea Ghiotti, ed. (1996). Diving Guide to the Red Sea Wrecks. Luxor: A A Gaddis & Sons. pp. 56–61.
{{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Anonymous, Shipwrecks of the Mid-Atlantic: Maryland, Delaware & Southern New Jersey (poster), Sealake Products USA, undated.
- ^ "Ship's crew saved after oil rig collision". The Times. No. 61572. London. 30 June 1983. col D-G, p. 1. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
- ^ "The 1983 Central Pacific Tropical Cyclone Season, July 31 - August 4, 1983 (TROPICAL STORM GIL)". National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
- ^ Kennedy, Ray (8 August 1983). "Tanker's bow taken in tow as oil moves away". The Times. No. 61605. London. col E, p. 1. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help) (Continued on back page, column F.)
- ^ "Neg Chiefain".
- ^ "NSA Signal Intelligence".
- ^ Owen, Richard (15 October 1983). "Race against time to save ice-bound ships". The Times. No. 61664. London. col D, p. 6. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
- ^ "Greek ship in Gulf hit by Exocet". The Times. No. 61697. London. 23 November 1983. col C, p. 1. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
See also
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