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List of shipwrecks in 1979

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The list of shipwrecks in 1979 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1979.

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1979
Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec
Unknown date

January[]

8 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1979
Ship Country Description
Betelgeuse  France : The tanker exploded and sank in Bantry Bay, Ireland, with the loss of 50 lives.

13 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1979
Ship Country Description
Mineral Hoboken  Belgium Collided with Mipo ( Panama) at New Orleans, United States and was damaged.[1]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: unknown
Ship Country Description
Glacier Queen United States The floating hotel sank at anchor in Cook Inlet, Alaska in 1978. Ship was raised and scuttled further out to sea in January 1979.

February[]

14 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1979
Ship Country Description
François Vieljeux  France The container ship foundered in rough seas 45 nautical miles (83 km) south west of Cape Finisterre with the loss of 23 lives.[2]
Revi  Panama She foundered 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) off the Humber Lightship (53°39′N 0°23′E / 53.65°N 0.383°E / 53.65; 0.383).[3]

March[]

15 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1979
Ship Country Description
Kurdistan  Liberia The tanker struck ice in the Cabot Strait which fractured her hull. She subsequently broke in two during a gale. Her crew were rescued by CCGS Sir William Alexander (Canada Canadian Coast Guard). The bow section was sunk on 1 April by HMCS Margaree ( Royal Canadian Navy); the stern section was towed to a European port where a new bow was constructed. She was returned to service.[4]

30 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1979
Ship Country Description
Angelina Lauro  Italy Caught fire at Charlotte Amalie, United States Virgin Islands and sank. Refloated 2 July.

April[]

28 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1979
Ship Country Description
Gino  Liberia The tanker collided with Team Castor ( Norway) and sank in the English Channel. All crew rescued by a Soviet merchant ship.[5]

May[]

16 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1979
Ship Country Description
Zerstörer 1  German Navy The decommissioned Fletcher-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the Mediterranean Sea by a torpedo fired by the submarine U-29 ( German Navy.

17 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1979
Ship Country Description
HMAS Air Sprite  Royal Australian Navy The decommissioned air-sea rescue vessel was sunk as a target by a RIM-24 Tartar missile fired by the guided-missile destroyer HMAS Brisbane (  Royal Australian Navy ).

June[]

21 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1979
Ship Country Description
Petro Bouscat  Senegal Stranded in the Sanaga River (3°29′N 9°44′E / 3.483°N 9.733°E / 3.483; 9.733) and abandoned as a constructive total loss.[1]

30 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1979
Ship Country Description
Bunga Kenanga  Malaysia The ship ran aground in the Kori Creek, India and was abandoned.[6][7]

July[]

1 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1979
Ship Country Description
Seasprite  Greece The cargo ship ran aground in Kori Creek, in the Gulf of Kutch and was a total loss.[8]

3 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1979
Ship Country Description
Kairali  India The bulk carrier disappeared in the Arabian Sea about 500 nautical miles (575 miles; 926 km) west of Margao, India, after sending a final radio message on this date.

19 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1979
Ship Country Description
Atlantic Empress  Greece Collided with Aegean Captain ( Greece) off Trinidad and Tobago, causing a large oil spill.
USS Tiru  United States Navy The decommissioned Balao-class submarine was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean 200 nautical miles (230 miles; 370 km) off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, at 36°00′00″N 73°00′00″W / 36°N 73°W / 36; -73 ("USS Tiru (SS-416)") by the submarine USS Silversides ( United States Navy).

August[]

3 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1979
Ship Country Description
Atlantic Empress  Greece Sank in deep water following damage sustained in collision on 19 July.

11–15 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 11–15 August 1979
Ship Country Description
The Fastnet race  United Kingdom A total of 25 yachts were sunk in Force 11 winds with the loss of 15 lives.

27 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1979
Ship Country Description
Shadow V  United Kingdom The Troubles: the fishing boat was blown to pieces off Mullaghmore, County Sligo, Republic of Ireland, by a bomb planted by the Provisional IRA. Lord Mountbatten of Burma and three other people died in the blast.

September[]

19 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1927
Ship Country Description
Austri  Norway The roll-on/roll-off cargo ship capsized in stormy weather in the Sognefjord and drifted ashore at Byrknesøyna, Norway. Of the nine-man crew, five were lost, while four were rescued by local boats.[9][10][11]

24 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1979
Ship Country Description
Angelina Lauro  Italy Sank in the Pacific Ocean while under tow to shipbreakers in Taiwan

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date September 1979
Ship Country Description
USS Ozark  United States Navy
USS Ozark aground

USS Ozark aground

The decommissioned mine countermeasures support ship, serving as a target ship, was driven aground near Perdido Key, Florida, in Hurricane Frederic. She was salvaged and returned to service as a target ship.

October[]

12 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1979
Ship Country Description
USS Alfred A. Cunningham  United States Navy The decommissioned Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer was sunk as a target by five laser-guided bombs in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California.

November[]

4 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1979
Ship Country Description
Aeolian Sky  Greece Sank off St Aldhelm's Head after collision with Anna Knueppell ( West Germany) the previous day.

6 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1979
Ship Country Description
Pool Fisher  United Kingdom Sank off the Isle of Wight. Thirteen of the fifteen on board were killed.[12]

11 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1979
Ship Country Description
Belvaux  Belgium Collided with Vishva Vibhuti ( India) in the Scheldt and beached to prevent her sinking. Later refloated, repaired and returned to service.[13]

15 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 15 November 1979
Ship Country Description
Independenţa  Romania Collided with Evriali ( Greece) and sank with the loss of 43 crew.

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1979
Ship Country Description
Berge Vanga  Liberia Sank in the South Atlantic with the loss of all 40 crew.
Jayawang  Singapore Sank off Bangkok, Thailand.

December[]

6 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1979
Ship Country Description
Malmi The cargo ship capsized and sank in the Baltic Sea 40 nautical miles (46 miles; 74 km) northeast of Gotska Sandön after her cargo shifted in heavy weather.

14 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1979
Ship Country Description
Captain Said  Panama Ran aground off Şile, Turkey. Refloated in August 1980, repaired and returned to service.[13]

16 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1979
Ship Country Description
Heye P  West Germany Driven ashore in a gale at Prawle Point, Devon, United Kingdom and wrecked.[14]

20 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1979
Ship Country Description
Ulysses  Panama Ran aground off Naples, Italy, a total loss.

26 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1979
Ship Country Description
Lindblad Explorer  Panama Ran aground off Wiencke Island, Antarctic. Later refloated and returned to service.

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1979
Ship Country Description
Epimonos  Greece The tanker caught fire off Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France. She was declared a constructive total loss.[15]

26 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1979
Ship Country Description
Lee Wang Zin  Panama Assumed ran up on Celestial Reef, Dixon Entrance-Hecte Strait, British Columbia, Canada. 30 lives lost.[16]

References[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Belgian Merchant H-O". Belgische Koopvaardij. http://www.belgischekoopvaardij.net/belgian%20merchant%20H-O%2024.5.04.pdf. Retrieved 31 October 2010. [dead link]
  2. ↑ Crawford, Moya (1999). Deep Water. Bradford on Avon: Thomas Reed. pp. 238–241. ISBN 0-901281-83-2. 
  3. ↑ "Belgian Merchant P-Z". Belgische Koopvaardij. http://www.belgischekoopvaardij.net/belgian%20Merchant%20%20P-Z.pdf. Retrieved 1 December 2010. [dead link]
  4. ↑ "Kurdistan - 1979". Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. http://novascotia.ca/museum/wrecks/wrecks/shipwrecks.asp?ID=2650. Retrieved 19 January 2015. 
  5. ↑ Walsh, Kathleen (30 April 1979). "Error: no |title= specified when using {{Cite web}}". 
  6. ↑ "BULIMBA". Clydesite. http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/abandoned-ships/BULIMBA_1609G.html. Retrieved 1 July 2016. 
  7. ↑ "British India Steam Navigation Company". The Ships List. http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/bisn.shtml. Retrieved 1 July 2016. 
  8. ↑ "Bulimba". The Yard. http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=1608. Retrieved 11 March 2017. 
  9. ↑ "Austri (7006998)". Miramar Ship Index. http://www.miramarshipindex.org.nz. Retrieved 6 May 2017.  (subscription required)
  10. ↑ Bæverfjord, Dag; Steimler, Olav (1982) (in Norwegian). Fotojournalistikk: bilder som forteller, engasjerer, irriterer, gleder, informerer og dokumenterer. Bergen: Nord 4. p. 92. ISBN 8273260038. http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2012091738016. 
  11. ↑ Hermund Kleppa (2012). "Det Stavangerske Dampskibsselskab (DSD) i Sogn og Fjordane" (in Norwegian). Sogn og Fjordane County Municipality. http://www.sffarkiv.no/sffbasar/opi.asp?p=result&db=dbatlas_leks&art_id=122862&spraak_id=1&ptype=single&lang=eng&paging=yes. Retrieved 6 May 2017. 
  12. ↑ "COASTER "POOL FISHER" (LOSS)". Hansard. http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1979/nov/06/coaster-pool-fisher-loss#S5CV0973P0_19791106_HOC_186. Retrieved 25 May 2011. 
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Belgian Merchant A-G". Belgische Koopvaardij. http://www.belgischekoopvaardij.net/belgian%20merchant%20A-G%2023.5.04.pdf. Retrieved 30 September 2010. 
  14. ↑ "Error: no |title= specified when using {{Cite web}}". 18 December 1979. 
  15. ↑ "Loss of Greek registered oil tanker Kirki en route to Kwinana". Australian Transportation Safety Board. 2 April 1992. http://www.atsb.gov.au/media/1562673/mair33_001.pdf. Retrieved 20 May 2012. 
  16. ↑ Whitney, John. "Southeastern Alaska Oceanograpic conditions and NOAA's Twenty-One Year Spill Response History". National Ocean Services, Anchorage, Alaska.. http://www.akrrt.org/canusdix_2011_exercise/C-plans/LL_Lee-Wang-Zin_NOAA-Report.pdf. 

See also[]

Ship events in 1979
Ship launches: 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
Ship commissionings: 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
Ship decommissionings: 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
Shipwrecks: 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
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