List of shipwrecks in 1964

The list of shipwrecks in 1964 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1964.

January

3 January

• Schelde (Belgium): The cargo ship collided with Francois L D (France) in the Nieuwe Waterweg, Netherlands and was beached. Later repaired and returned to service. Francois L D was towed to Schiedam for repairs.
• Looiersgracht (Netherlands): The coaster collided with Langkloof (South Africa) in the Scheldt near Terneuzen. Three of her eleven crew reported missing.

10 January

• HMS Tiptoe (Royal Navy): The T-class submarine ran aground in the Clyde at Greenock. Refloated after seven hours.

12 January

• Demeter (United States). Sank.

13 January

• ACS Bullfinch (United Kingdom): The cable-laying ship grounded in the Firth of Clyde. Refloated the next day.

February

2 February

• Security (United Kingdom): The cargo ship collided with Carpathia (West Germany) and sank in the Elbe Estuary. All fourteen crew rescued by Carpathia.

3 February

• Kingsgarth (United Kingdom): The tug collided with Port Launceston (United Kingdom) and sank at Avonmouth Docks, Somerset. Three of her five crew reported missing.

10 February

• HMAS Voyager (Royal Australian Navy): Sank after collision with aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne (Royal Australian Navy) with the loss of 81 lives.
• Dirk (West Germany): The coaster collided with USNS Blue Jacket (United States Navy) off Bremen and sank. Six crew reported missing.

11 February

• Queensgate (United Kingdom): The coaster ran agound off Tynemouth, Northumberland. Later refloated.

21 February

• Ambassador (United Kingdom): The cargo ship sank 660 nautical miles (1,220 km) south east of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, having been adrift for three days following engine failure. She had been taken in tow by the tug Elbe (Netherlands) but the tow line parted and she sank. Twenty of her 35 crew were rescued, eleven by USCGC Coos Bay (United States Coast Guard) and nine by Fruen (Norway).

23 February

• Brother George (Liberia): The cargo ship ran aground off the south coast of the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. Refloated the next day with assistance from Schedle (Netherlands).
• Witte Zee (Netherlands): The tug struck a rock and sank. She was assisting Abeille 10 (France) and Gatcombe (United Kingdom) to free the Brother George (Liberia). All sixteen crew rescued by the Yarmouth lifeboat and Gatcombe.

March

1 March

• Amphialos (Liberia): The tanker broke in two and sank 230 to 270 nautical miles (430 to 500 km) south east of Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada. HMCS Athabaskan (Royal Canadian Navy) rescued 34 of her 36 crew.

11 March

• Jan Brons (Netherlands): The coaster ran aground at Dunmore East, Ireland. Six crew rescued by breeches buoy.

14 March

• Jalamanjari (India): The cargo ship ran aground outside Hartlepool Harbour, Co Durham, United Kingdom.

15 March

• Merak (Netherlands): The coaster ran aground off Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, United Kingdom. All five crew were rescued.

18 March

• Lenie (Netherlands): The coaster ran aground on the Caernarvonshire coast. Refloated after three hours.

June

3 June

• Poseidon 3 (Belgium): The collier collided with Bencruachan (United Kingdom) in the Scheldt at Hansweert, Netherlands, and sank. One life was lost.

29 June

• Rajah Soliman (Philippines): The destroyer escort was sunk while tied up at the dock by Typhoon Winnie/Dading. It was later raised and sold for scrap.

July

3 July

• Bonifaz (Spain): The tanker collided with Fabiola (France) off the Spanish coast in fog. Bonfiaz caught fire and sank. Six of her 50 crew were rescued by Sloman Malaga (West Germany). Bonifaz was also carrying six passengers. Setas (Netherlands) picked up 22 crew and three passengers. Four of the crew subsequently died of their injuries.

8 July

• Arromanches (United Kingdom): The ferry ran aground off Seaford, East Sussex in a storm. Refloated after three hours.

16 July

• Trepassey (Canada): The sailing ship foundered off Halifax, Nova Scotia (43°10′N 63°10′W).

24 July

• Star of Alexandria (Egypt): The cargo ship exploded and sank at Bône, Algeria, killing at least twenty people and injuring at least 165 others.

August

6 August

• Guernsey Coast (United Kingdom): The coaster collided with Catcher (Liberia) 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Cherbourg, France and sank. One crewman reported missing.

25 August

• Kenya (United Kingdom): The tug collided with Maarshaven (Netherlands) and sank at Tilbury, Essex, United Kingdom. Later raised and beached.

September

5 September

• Dorar (Liberia): The cargo ship foundered at Hong Kong during Typhoon Ruby with the loss of eleven crew.
• Southern Paul (United Kingdom): This former coastal minesweeper was acting as a port auxiliary craft in Leith Harbour, South Georgia when she capsized and sank due to the accumulation of snow and ice on deck [1]
• Southern Peter (United Kingdom): This former coastal minesweeper was acting as a port auxiliary craft in Leith Harbour, South Georgia when she capsized and sank due to the accumulation of snow and ice on deck [2]

6 September

• Leecliffe Hall (Canada): The bulk carrier collided with Apollonia (Greece) and sank with the loss of three crew. Amongst her eight passengers was Maurice Bourget PC, Speaker of the Canadian Senate. All passengers were rescued.

14 September

• Avalon (United States): Foundered in a storm off Palos Verdes, California.

17 September

• Penn Carrier (United States): The cargo ship ran aground in the Suez Canal.

18 September

• Trentbank (United Kingdom): The cargo ship collided with Fogo (Portugal) and was flooded.

20 September

• Eastern Take (United Kingdom): The cargo ship collided with a Japanese tanker off Nagoya, Japan. The Tanker sank with the loss of seven crew.
• Kaptjan Nielsen (Denmark): The dredger capsized and sank at Brisbane, Australia. Seven crew were killed and two reported as missing.

25 September

• Oriental (United Kingdom): The cargo ship was driven aground at Satsuma, Kagoshima, Japan during Typhoon Wilda. All crew were rescued.

29 September

• Livanita (Norway): The bulk carrier ran aground in the Clyde at Scotstoun, Glasgow, United Kingdom. Refloated on 6 October.
• Sycamore Hill (United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground in the Bosporus, Turkey. Refloated 2 October.

October

7 October

• USS Barbero (United States Navy): The Balao-class submarine was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii by USS Greenfish (United States Navy).

14 October

• Dia (Panama): Developed a leak and sank south of Savona, Italy (44°12′N 08°38′E).
• Doris (Netherlands): The cargo ship was driven ashore in a storm at Naples, Italy. She capsized and sank.

18 October

• Tulipan (Spain): The cargo ship ran aground on the Monach Islands, Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom. Thirteen of her fourteen crew were rescued by a Royal Air Force helicopter.

25 October

• Capetan Vanghelis (Liberia): The cargo ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. Refloated after six hours by a tug and the Ramsgate lifeboat.

28 October

• Magdeburg (West Germany): Sank after a collision with Yamashiro Maru (Japan), off Broadness Point, Northfleet, Kent. Later raised and sold, but sank whilst under tow in Bay of Biscay whilst being delivered to her new Greek owners.^{[citation needed]}

29 October

• Tjokroaminoto (Indonesia): The cargo ship sank in Amsterdam Harbour, Netherlands after her cargo of copra caught fire.

November

20 November

• Pompadour (Panama): The cargo ship ran aground in the South China Sea, some 70 nautical miles (130 km) west of Palawan, Philippines. Salvonia (United Kingdom) sent to her rescue, but also ran aground whilst towing Pompadour. Both crews rescued by HMS Zest (Royal Navy).

29 November

• Agios Nikolaos Y (Greece): The cargo ship exploded and sank off Peniche, Portugal. Crew rescued by the tanker Fogo (Portugal).

December

1 December

• Fury (Panama): The cargo ship was driven ashore at Wedge Island, Nova Scotia, Canada in a storm. She was declared a constructive total loss.

2 December

• Acadia Seahawk (Canada): The trawler sank at 43°30′N 61°10′W.

7 December

• Scantic (Denmark): Foundered in Saint George's Channel, United Kingdom.

12 December

• Deutschland (West Germany): The coaster collided with Vera (Norway) in the Lower Elbe and sank with the loss of four crew.
• Yewcroft (United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground at IJmuiden, Netherlands.
• Fury (Canada): The cargo ship lost her steering gear and was driven ashore at Canso, Nova Scotia.

13 December

• Tjoba (Netherlands): The coaster capsized and sank in the Rhine at Sankt Goar, West Germany. The ship was raised after eight day when it was discovered that the ship's cat had survived in an air pocket. He was taken to a vet in Koblenz for treatment.

21 December

• San Patrick (Liberia): The cargo ship, converted T2 tanker, ran aground on Udak Island, Alaska, United States with the loss of over 30 crew.

22 December

• North Wind (Denmark): The coaster was driven ashore at Preston, Devon, United Kingdom. Crew rescued by breeches buoy.

23 December

• HMCyS Vijaya (Royal Ceylon Navy): The Algerine-class minesweeper ran aground during a cyclone in the Gulf of Mannar.

27 December

• Smith Voyager (United States): The cargo sank under tow in the South Atlantic. She had been disabled on 21 December following a shift in her cargo of grain. She foundered due to the rupturing of a seam. Four crew drowned, the remaining crew were rescued by a United States Coast Guard cutter.

28 December

• Southbank (United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground off Washington Island, Kiribati and broke in Two. The crew abandoned ship but one was drowned and two injured. USCGC Winnebago (United States Coast Guard) sent to her aid. Winnebago rescued 103 passengers and crew the next day.

Unknown date

• Thorium (United Kingdom): The ICI coaster ran aground on Knot Spit, Lancashire in 1964 and was refloated six days later.
• Charles A. Dunning (Canada): Sank.