The list of shipwrecks in 1976 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1976.
January
3 January
List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1976 Ship | State | Description |
Capella | East Germany | The coaster sank off Schiermonnikoog, the Netherlands.[1] |
Carnoustie | United Kingdom | Sank in same storm as Capella. Often mistakenly referred to as "Carnoesti" in American press.[2][3] |
8 January
List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1976 Ship | State | Description |
Princess Sissy | Panama | The cruise ship ran aground in the Adriatic between the islands of Hvar and Korčula.[4] |
Vanquisher | United Kingdom | The tug capsized and sank in the Thames Estuary at Tilbury whilst assisting Jervis Bay ( United Kingdom). All seven crew rescued.[5] |
10 January
List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1976 Ship | State | Description |
ARA Comandante General Zapiola | Argentine Navy | The Navajo-class fleet ocean tug ran aground on a reef off Antarctica and was declared a total loss. |
19 January
List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1976 Ship | State | Description |
Esso Provence | France | The tanker ran aground off Fawley, Hampshire, United Kingdom.[6] |
26 January
List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1976 Ship | State | Description |
Olympic Bravery | Greece | The tanker ran aground off the coast of Brittany, France.[7] |
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1976 Ship | State | Description |
Kirk Pride | Cayman Islands | The vessel struck a reef and sank off the Cayman Islands. |
February
11 February
List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1976 Ship | State | Description |
Evgenia I | Greece | The ship ran aground 23 nautical miles (43 km) north of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and was severely damaged. She was refloated but had to be beached. Declared a constructive total loss.[8] |
15 February
20 February
List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1976 Ship | State | Description |
Marie Elizabeth | Panama | The cargo ship caught fire at Barcelona, Spain and was abandoned by her crew. Declared a total loss.[9] |
22 February
List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1976 Ship | State | Description |
Unknown | Khmer Rouge | A navy vessel was sunk by six Thai navy vessels.[10] |
26 February
March
1 March
List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1976 Ship | State | Description |
Deep Sea Driller | Norway | The drilling rig ran aground off Bergen. One leg broke off and six crew were killed. Although declared a constructive total loss,[12] the rig was later repaired and returned to service. |
4 March
List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1969 Ship | State | Description |
USS Magnet | United States Navy | The decommissioned degaussing vessel was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Baja California at 31°16′N 117°40′W / 31.267°N 117.667°W / 31.267; -117.667 ("USS Magnet (ADG-9)"). |
23 March
April
5 April
6 April
List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1976 Ship | State | Description |
Ferro 119 | Cuba | The fishing boat was sunk by a Cuban exile-operated boat, with one crewman killed and three wounded aboard her and Ferro 123 ( Cuba) combined.[14] |
Ferro 123 | Cuba | The fishing boat was sunk by a Cuban exile-operated boat, with one crewman killed and three wounded aboard her and Ferro 119 ( Cuba) combined .[14] |
8 April
List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1976 Ship | State | Description |
Kaptanvassos | Cyprus | The cargo ship capsized and sank off Perama, Greece. Five of her crew were lost.[15] |
14 April
16 April
List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1976 Ship | State | Description |
Ocean Express | United States | The drilling rig sank in the Gulf of Mexico. Thirteen of her 36 crew were killed when an escape capsule capsized and sank.[18] |
26 April
List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1976 Ship | State | Description |
Master Carl | United States | The 131-gross register ton, 72.7-foot (22.2 m) crab-fishing vessel capsized and sank in a storm in the Gulf of Alaska off the south-central coast of Alaska near Kayak Island, approximately 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) southeast of Cape Suckling (59°59′30″N 143°53′00″W / 59.99167°N 143.88333°W / 59.99167; -143.88333 (Cape Suckling)). Her entire crew of four abandoned ship in a life raft, but two of them died when the raft capsized in the surf as they approached the shore. The other two crew members survived.[19] |
May
2 May
12 May
13 May
June
10 June
23 June
List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1976 Ship | State | Description |
Armorique | France | The ferry ran aground off Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine and was damaged. She was later repaired and returned to service. |
23 June
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in June 1976 Ship | State | Description |
Lappe | United Kingdom | The lighter sank in Cline Bay, off Freetown, Sierra Leone.[24] |
July
3 July
List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1976 Ship | State | Description |
Polaris 1 | Panama | The tanker was driven ashore on San Andrés Island, Columbia. Consequently scrapped in 1977.[25] |
21 July
25 July
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in July 1976 Ship | State | Description |
Gulf Coast | Cyprus | The coaster caught fire in the English Channel and was beached.[27] |
August
3 August
List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1976 Ship | State | Description |
Ann Page | United States | The fishing vessel sank south of Wingham Island (60°01′N 144°23′W / 60.017°N 144.383°W / 60.017; -144.383 (Wingham Island)) near Cordova, Alaska, after she struck a rock.[28] |
10 August
List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1976 Ship | State | Description |
HMS Reward | Royal Navy | The offshore patrol vessel collided with Plainsman ( Singapore) in the Firth of Forth during foggy weather and sank. All 42 people on board rescued by Plainsman.[29] |
12 August
16 August
List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1976 Ship | State | Description |
Barkis | United Kingdom | The tug capsized and sank off Lowestoft, Suffolk with the loss of one of her four crew.[30] |
20 August
List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1976 Ship | State | Description |
Morning Cloud | United Kingdom | The yacht ran aground outside Ramsgate Harbour, Kent.[31] |
24 August
26 August
List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1976 Ship | State | Description |
Deep Sea | United States | During a voyage in Alaska′s Kodiak Archipelago from Mush Bay (57°42′00″N 153°28′24″W / 57.7°N 153.47333333°W / 57.7; -153.47333333 (Mush Bay)) to Kodiak, the 72-foot (21.9 m) fishing tender sank in Whale Pass between Kodiak Island and Whale Island during a gale with the loss of all eight people – three men, three women, a 5-year-od boy, and a 20-month-old girl – aboard.[26] |
31 August
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown August Ship | State | Description |
Tina | Greece | Lebanese Civil War: The vessel was sunk by limpet mines in Lebanon by the Christian faction sometime in August.[33] |
September
17 September
List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1976 Ship | State | Description |
Salinda | Panama | The Design 381 coastal freighter capsized and sank off Uwi Island.[34][35] |
18 September
List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1976 Ship | State | Description |
Alexandra K. | Greece | The cargo ship caught fire in the Aegean Sea (35°10′N 30°20′E / 35.167°N 30.333°E / 35.167; 30.333) and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Eleusis to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Presumed to have subsequently sank.[36] |
20 September
List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1976 Ship | State | Description |
HMS Fittleton | Royal Navy | The minesweeper capsized within a minute of colliding with the frigate HMS Mermaid ( Royal Navy) in the North Sea 60 nautical miles (110 km; 69 mi) north of the island of Texel, the Netherlands. She sank several hours later in 160 feet (49 m) of water. Twelve members of her crew lost their lives; accompanying ships rescued 32 survivors. She was brought to the surface the next day and scrapped in 1977. |
22 September
26 September
List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1976 Ship | State | Description |
Gertrude S | United States | The 70-foot (21.3 m) vessel sank in 342 feet (104 m) of water in Kupreanof Strait (57°58′N 153°00′W / 57.967°N 153.000°W / 57.967; -153.000 (Kupreanof Strait)) between Raspberry Island and Kodiak Island in Alaska′s Kodiak Archipelago. The fishing vessel Sierra Seas ( United States) rescued her crew.[38] |
27 September
29 September
List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1976 Ship | State | Description |
Rarau | Poland | The 2,186-ton factory trawler with a Romanian crew of eighty-four drove into the northern part of the Seven Stones Reef known as the North-east Rocks. All the crew were rescued and the trawler slipped into deep water.[39] |
October
9 October
12 October
14 October
15 October
List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1976 Ship | State | Description |
Andros Antares | Liberia | The supertanker ran aground at Antifer, France in a storm.[41] |
Freeland | Cyprus | The cargo ship foundered off Brittany, France in a storm. All crew saved.[41] |
Ante Oltmans | West Germany | The cargo ship foundered off the coast of the Netherlands in a storm. All six crew were killed.[41] |
USS George K. MacKenzie | United States Navy | The Gearing-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off California. |
18 October
List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1976 Ship | State | Description |
Otterturm | West Germany | The tug collided with a barge and sank off Burghead, United Kingdom with the loss of one of her ten crew.[42] |
20 October
List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1976 Ship | State | Description |
George Prince | United States | The ferry sank in the Mississippi River after a collision with Frosta ( Norway). Seventy-eight people were killed. |
23 October
List of shipwrecks: 23 October Ship | State | Description |
Eko | Cyprus | Lebanese Civil War: The cargo ship was sunk by mines off Lebanon.[43][44] |
25 October
27 October
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date October 1976 Ship | State | Description |
Coral Master | United States | The 78-foot (23.8 m) vessel sank off Alaska.[46] |
November
1 November
List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1976 Ship | State | Description |
Vina | United States | The capsized fishing vessel was found on shore at Cedar Pass (56°46′N 135°11′W / 56.767°N 135.183°W / 56.767; -135.183 (Cedar Pass)) in Southeast Alaska with both of her crewmen missing.[47] |
22 November
27 November
December
3 December
9 December
List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1976 Ship | State | Description |
Doomba | Australia | The lighter was scuttled off Dee Why (33°42′58″S 151°20′50″E / 33.716083°S 151.347217°E / -33.716083; 151.347217), New South Wales, Australia. |
11 December
15 December
17 December
20 December
List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1976 Ship | State | Description |
Mecca | Iceland | The ferry sank in the Red Sea after catching fire the previous day and drifting onto a reef. |
23 December
24 December
List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1976 Ship | State | Description |
British Steel | United Kingdom | The yacht ran aground off Fuerteventura, Spain. All eight crew rescued, and the yacht was later refloated and returned to service.[53] |
Patra | Egypt | The passenger ship, the ex-Kronprins Frederik [de], was travelling with pilgrims between Jeddah and Suez when a fire broke out that exacerbated by poor and obsolete firefighting equipment. The ship sank due to the inability to extinguish the fire. 102 out of the 403 passengers and crew were lost.[54][55] |
27 December
List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1976 Ship | State | Description |
Unidentified midget submarine | Pakistan Navy | The SX-404-class midget submarine was lost in an accident with the loss of all hands.[56][57] |
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: unknown date 1976 Ship | State | Description |
Grand Zenith | Panama | The oil tanker vanished in the North Atlantic with the loss of all hands; the United States Coast Guard estimated she sank on 30 or 31 December.[58] |
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: unknown date 1976 Ship | State | Description |
KRI Hardadali | Indonesian Navy | The missile boat sank after striking an underwater obstacle in early 1976.[59] |
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