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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1983
Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr
May	Jun	Jul	Aug
Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Unknown date

February

12 February

List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1983

Ship	Country	Description
Marine Electric	United States	Sank off Virginia with the loss of 31 lives.

23 February

List of shipwrecks: 23 February 1983

Ship	Country	Description
Pará	Brazilian Navy	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).

24 February

List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1983

Ship	Country	Description
HMS Nurton	Royal Navy	The Ton-class minesweeper collided with HMS Brocklesby (Royal Navy) and was holed. She was abandoned by her crew. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.

March

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1983

Ship	Country	Description
USS William M. Wood	United States Navy	The decommissioned Gearing-class destroyer was sunk as a target off Puerto Rico.

April

11 April

List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1983

Ship	Country	Description
Bay Club	Panama	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.
Schutting 1	Panama	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.

14 April

List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1983

Ship	Country	Description
USS Vesole	United States Navy	The decommissioned Gearing-class destroyer was sunk as a target off Puerto Rico.

19 April

List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1983

Ship	Country	Description
Ghiannis D	Greece	Ran aground at Sha`b Abu Nuhas reef. Remained stranded on reef and sank some six weeks later.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: unknown date April 1983

Ship	Country	Description
Misty Blue	United States	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.

June

3 June

List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1983

Ship	Country	Description
USS Bushnell	United States Navy	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.

5 June

List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1983

Ship	Country	Description
Alexander Suvorov	Soviet Union	Collided with a railway bridge at Ulyanovsk, killing 177 people. Ship later repaired and returned to service.

23 June

List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1983

Ship	Country	Description
K-429	Soviet Navy	Sank off Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky with the loss of 16 lives. Later salvaged and returned to service.

29 June

List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1983

Ship	Country	Description
Spearfish	United Kingdom	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.

July

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1983

Ship	Country	Description
Hurricane	United States	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.

August

6 August

List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1983

Ship	Country	Description
Castillo de Bellver	Spain	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.

10 August

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1983

Ship	Country	Description
Neg Chieftain	Panama	The tug capsized and sank off Ramsgate, Kent.

11 August

List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1983

Ship	Country	Description
Unknown Soviet submarine	Soviet Union	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.

October

7 October

List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1983

Ship	Country	Description
ARA Almirante Domecq Garcia	Argentine Navy	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).

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1983

Ship	Country	Description
Nina Sagaidak	Soviet Union	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.

November

19 November

List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1983

Ship	Country	Description
Blue Magpie	Panama	The cargo ship was wrecked at the entrance to Yaquina Bay while seeking shelter at Newport, Oregon, during a storm.

21 November

List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1983

Ship	Country	Description
Antigoni	Greece	First Gulf War: Hit by an Iranian Exocet missile and sunk. All nineteen crew survived.
Dai Lung	Taiwan	Taiwanese Dai Lung sinking in the South China Sea. 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.

26 November

List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1983

Ship	Country	Description
PNCO Baslian	Philippines	The tanker exploded, caught fire and sank off Luzon.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1983

Ship	Country	Description
Libellule	French Navy	The Aloe-class net laying ship was sunk as a target near Brest, France.
Raffaello	Iran	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.