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List of shipwrecks in 1957

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The list of shipwrecks in 1957 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1957.

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1957
Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec
Unknown date

January[]

6 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1957
Ship Country Description
Vaila  United Kingdom The Fisheries Protection Vessel ran aground off the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides and sank with the loss of five of her twenty crew.[1]

13 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1957
Ship Country Description
Sound Fisher  United Kingdom The cargo ship sank in the North Sea after her cargo shifted. All fourteen crew were rescued.[2]

15 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1957
Ship Country Description
Janina  Norway The cargo ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean west of Lisbon, Portugal (41°33′N 9°33′W / 41.55°N 9.55°W / 41.55; -9.55). The ship was abandoned, she sank on 18 January.[3]

17 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1957
Ship Country Description
Holdernith  United Kingdom The coaster ran aground in the Humber Estuary and sank. Refloated two days later, returned to service.

21 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1957
Ship Country Description
Orkla  Norway The cargo ship ran aground at Buhlomrasa Light, broke in two. Total loss.[4]
Scania  Sweden The cargo ship was in collision with Chili ( France) and sank at Vlissingen, Netherlands. All crew were rescued.[5]

25 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1957
Ship Country Description
HDMS Ternen  Royal Danish Navy The cutter was reported missing off the coast of Greenland. Discovered on 3 February sunk at Ravns Storoe.[6]

27 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1957
Ship Country Description
Defender  United Kingdom The cargo liner ran aground in the Crosby Channel, River Mersey whilst trying to avoid a collision with the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board dredger Leviathan. Refloated but then ran aground again. Refloated a second time and returned to port.[7]
Henrica  Netherlands The cargo ship ran aground off Maryport, Cumberland, United Kingdom. She was later refloated.[7]

February[]

4 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1957
Ship Country Description
Izmir  Turkey The passenger ship collided with Howell Lykes (United States) in the Gulf of Smyrna and sank with the loss of one passenger and two crew.[8]

5 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1957
Ship Country Description
Robert Limbrick  United Kingdom
File:RobertLimbrickWreck.jpg

The wreck of Robert Limbick in 1957.

The fishing vessel ran aground on Quinish Point, Mull with the loss of all 12 crew.[9]

8 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1957
Ship Country Description
Stralsund  West Germany The cargo ship sank off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. All 27 crew rescued.[10]

20 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1957
Ship Country Description
Vittangi  Sweden The ore-bulk-ore carrier ran aground off Vlissingen, Netherlands and was wrecked. Refloated on 24 February and beached to enable salvage of cargo of iron ore.[11][12]

22 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1957
Ship Country Description
Christian Russ  West Germany The coaster was in collision with Baltavia ( United Kingdom) and sank off the east coast of Denmark. All fifteen crew rescued.[13]

26 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1957
Ship Country Description
Hydralock  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground off Ockseu Island, China. All 31 crew abandoned ship, but then disappeared.[14] They were later discovered safe on Haitan Island.[15]

27 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 27 February 1957
Ship Country Description
Île de France  France The ocean liner ran aground off Martinique. Refloated after several hours.[16] The ship suffered a broken rudder and damaged propellers. She was towed to Newport News, Virginia, United States for repairs.[17]

March[]

7 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1957
Ship Country Description
USNS Mission San Francisco  United States Navy The Type T2-SE-A3 tanker was in collision with Elna II ( Liberia) in the Delaware River at Pennsville, New Jersey. She was cut in two with the stern section being set on fire. Nine of her 44 crew were killed.[18]

8 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1957
Ship Country Description
Thorpe Grange  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground off Vlissingen, Netherlands. Later refloated.[19]

19 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1957
Ship Country Description
Heimdal  Sweden The cargo ship was wrecked on Stangskar Point, Landsort.[20]

22 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1957
Ship Country Description
Harriet  Turkey The cargo ship struck ice and sank at Hanko, Finland. All crew rescued.[21]

April[]

4 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1957
Ship Country Description
Lisbeth M  United Kingdom The coaster collided with the collier Sir John Snell and sank off Margate, Kent with the loss of five of her fourteen crew.[22]

16 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1957
Ship Country Description
Gunnard  Netherlands The tug sank following a boiler explosion at Rotterdam. Three people were killed and fifteen injured by flying débris.[23]

21 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1957
Ship Country Description
Collingwood  United Kingdom The tug collided with Bittern ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Mersey at Liverpool, Lancashire. All six crew rescued.[24]

25 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1957
Ship Country Description
John Pratt  Canada The tug capsized and sank at Montreal, Quebec with the loss of four crew.[25]

June[]

5 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1957
Ship Country Description
Pluto  New South Wales The dredger was wrecked off Newcastle, New South Wales.[26]

12 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1957
Ship Country Description
Maria  Costa Rica Capsized and sank with the loss of 13 lives after an onboard explosion of her cargo, 10 nautical miles (19 km) north of Huasco, Chile.[27]

14 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1957
Ship Country Description
HMS Sidon  Royal Navy The decommissioned S-class submarine was sunk for use as a ASDIC target.

19 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1957
Ship Country Description
Ioannis  Greece Collided with Stony Point (United States) 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Ouessant, Finistère, France. Both ships caught fire with the loss of eleven lives and 40 injured, twenty seriously.[28][29][30]
Stony Point United States The T2 tanker collided with Ioannis ( Greece) 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Ouessant and caught fire. Declared a constructive total loss, she was consequently scrapped.[28][29][30]

28 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1957
Ship Country Description
HMS Cleveland  Royal Navy The Hunt-class destroyer ran aground at Llangennith, Glamorgan whilst under tow to Llanelly for scrapping.[31]

July[]

8 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1957
Ship Country Description
Reina del Pacifico  United Kingdom The ocean liner ran aground 5.5 nautical miles (10.2 km) north of Ireland Island, Bermuda.[32] Refloated on 11 July.[33]

15 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1957
Ship Country Description
Clarisse  Panama The cargo ship sank in heavy seas in the Indian Ocean at 08°04′N 051°10′E / 8.067°N 51.167°E / 8.067; 51.167 ("SS Clarisse").

16 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1957
Ship Country Description
Tweed Breeze  United Kingdom Typhoon Wendy: The cargo ship was blown ashore on Stonecutters Island, Hong Kong. Refloated on 25 July.[34]

19 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1957
Ship Country Description
Charisse  Panama The cargo ship sank off Aden in a storm.[35]

23 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1957
Ship Country Description
Amicus  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain.[36]

August[]

21 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1957
Ship Country Description
World Splendour  Liberia The tanker exploded 35 nautical miles (65 km) east of Gibraltar and sank. All crew rescued by the tug Confident ( United Kingdom).[37]

26 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1957
Ship Country Description
USS Tarpon  United States Navy The decommissioned Porpoise-class submarine foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, while under tow to the scrapyard.

28 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1957
Ship Country Description
Cuidad de Buenos Aires  Argentina The ferry collided with Mormacsurf (United States in the Paraná River and sank. of the 231 passengers and crew on board,[38] 94 were reported missing.[39]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1957
Ship Country Description
Hassel  Norway Collided with a French ship in the Strait of Dover.[40]
Northern Ranger  Canada The coaster ran aground in Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland. Refloated on 26 August having been aground for "nearly a week".[41]

September[]

4 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1957
Ship Country Description
HMS Decoy  Royal Navy The Daring-class destroyer was run aground at Portland Harbour, Dorset, due to failure of her steering gear.[42]

21 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1957
Ship Country Description
Pamir  West Germany The barque capsized during Hurricane Carrie and sank with the loss of 82 lives, Atlantic Ocean.
S-81  Soviet Navy The Type VIIC submarine was severely damaged in the Barents Sea off Novaja Semla during an atomic bomb test. Consequently stricken on 16 October and subsequently scrapped.[43]

25 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1957
Ship Country Description
Hildebrand  United Kingdom The cargo liner ran aground off Cascais, Portugal.[44]

26 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1957
Ship Country Description
Lady Adriana  United Kingdom The passenger ship ran aground in the Rhine at Oberwesel, West Germany.[45]
M256  Soviet Navy The Quebec-class submarine sank in Tallinn Bay[citation needed], after a fire, with 28 crew members killed and seven saved.

27 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1957
Ship Country Description
Frontier  South Africa ran aground at the mouth of the Ncera river. Broke up on 29 September, declared a total loss.

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1957
Ship Country Description
Nazarene  United Kingdom The fishing vessel ran aground on Pedn-e-Vurnow beach, Porthcurnow. All crew safe, vessel destroyed.[46]

October[]

3 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1957
Ship Country Description
Hogh Swörd  Norway The tanker ran aground at Hoedenskerke, Zeeland, Netherlands. Later refloated with the aid of eleven tugs.[47]

7 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1957
Ship Country Description
Nanki Maru No.8  Japan The tanker collided with Hai Ming ( Taiwan) off Kobe and sank.[48]

8 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1957
Ship Country Description
USNS Mission San Miguel  United States Navy The tanker ran aground on Maro Reef, Hawaii. All crew saved.

10 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1957
Ship Country Description
S-84  Soviet Navy The Type VIIc/41 submarine was sunk in the Barents Sea off Novaja Zemlja during the test of an atomic bomb.[49]

16 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1957
Ship Country Description
Captain George  Panama The Liberty ship ran aground in the Cape Verde Islands. She was declared a constructive total loss and scrapped.[50]

22 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1957
Ship Country Description
Shillong  United Kingdom The cargo ship collided in the Gulf of Suez with Purfina Congo ( Belgium) and sank with the loss of 3 lives.[51] Thirteen racehorses were drowned.[52] Purfina Congo repaired and returned to service.[53]
Plan V  West Germany The coaster collided in the Scheldt with Winnetou ( West Germany) and sank. All crew were rescued.[54]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1957
Ship Country Description
Eifuku Maru  Japan The cargo ship ran aground on the Great Barrier Reef, 300 nautical miles (560 km) east of Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia. Abandoned on 15 October as a total loss. All 47 crew rescued by the tug Fearless ( Australia).[55]

November[]

4 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1957
Ship Country Description
Iano  Italy The cargo ship was driven aground in a gale at Sandown Bay, Isle of Wight.[56]

5 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1957
Ship Country Description
Corale  Netherlands Rammed by Nikolai Bauman ( Soviet Union) and sunk off Vlissingen. All eleven crew rescued.

6 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1957
Ship Country Description
Korso  Finland The coaster sank 35 nautical miles (65 km) west of Aveiro, Portugal with the loss of three of her eleven crew.[57]

11 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1957
Ship Country Description
Deutschland  West Germany The train ferry ran aground at Grossenbrode, West Germany. Refloated later that day.[58]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1957
Ship Country Description
Mercurius H  Netherlands Ran aground at Dungeness, Kent.[40]

December[]

1 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1957
Ship Country Description
Nikitas K  Panama The cargo ship foundered in the Black Sea with the loss of six of her fourteen crew.[59]

8 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1957
Ship Country Description
Patria  Netherlands The coaster was driven ashore in a gale at Sheephaven Bay, Northern Ireland.[60]

9 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1957
Ship Country Description
Saba  Netherlands The coaster was driven ashore in a gale at Mulroy Bay, Northern Ireland. All seven crew rescued by a helicopter from RNAS Eglington.[60]

17 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1957
Ship Country Description
San Eduardo  Panama The tanker ran aground north of Borneo, the Philippines. HMS Cossack ( Royal Navy) went to her aid.[61]

20 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1957
Ship Country Description
Topeka  Norway The cargo ship ran aground in the Karmsund, near Haugesund. All crew rescued.[62]

22 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1957
Ship Country Description
Empire Wansbeck  United Kingdom The troopship ran aground at Hoek van Holland, Netherlands. Later refloated and returned to service.[63]
Narva  United Kingdom The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea 180 nautical miles (330 km) east of Aberdeen with the loss of all 28 crew.

24 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1957
Ship Country Description
Columbine  United Kingdom The coaster ran aground at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.[64]

27 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1957
Ship Country Description
El Fletero  Argentina The cargo ship ran aground at Tampico, Mexico.[65]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1957
Ship Country Description
Continuity  United Kingdom The coaster ran aground at Margate, Kent.[40]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1957
Ship Country Description
St. Christopher  Costa Rica
The wreck of St. Christopher as it appeared on 20 December 2012.

The wreck of St. Christopher as it appeared on 20 December 2012.

Laid up at Ushuaia, Argentina, since 1954 due to engine trouble and rudder damage, the tugboat was beached and abandoned there.

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See also[]

Ship events in 1957
Ship launches: 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962
Ship commissionings: 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962
Ship decommissionings: 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962
Shipwrecks: 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962
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