List of shipwrecks in 1958

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The list of shipwrecks in 1958 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1958.

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January[]

4 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1958
Ship Country Description
Gertie Ellen  United States The 17-gross register ton, 37.4-foot (11.4 m) fishing vessel sank at Ketchikan, Territory of Alaska.[1]

6 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1958
Ship Country Description
 Netherlands The coaster foundered 10 nautical miles (19 km) north of Texel with the loss of all nine crew.[2]

9 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1958
Ship Country Description
Ballyherbert  Ireland The coaster ran aground near Ardrossan, Ayrshire.[3]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in Holy Loch. Later refloated and towed to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[3]
HMS Taciturn  Royal Navy The T-class submarine ran aground in the Firth of Clyde.[4] Later refloated with the aid of the boom defence vessel ( Royal Navy).[5]

13 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1958
Ship Country Description
 Royal Navy The Bar-class boom defence vessel ran aground in Loch Buie, Argyllshire. The ship was holed, and the crew were taken off by HMS Kingfisher.[5]

21 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1958
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The coaster ran aground on the South Arklow Bank, Co Wicklow, Ireland. All eleven crew rescued by the Arklow lifeboat. Refloated and taken under tow but sank the next day.[6]

27 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1958
Ship Country Description
 Japan The ferry sank in the Kii Strait with the loss of all 170 on board.[7]

29 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1958
Ship Country Description
Hadsel  Norway The coaster ran aground on the Lofoten Islands and sank. All 46 passengers and crew were rescued.[8]
ROCS Yong Ning  Republic of China Navy The Zhen Nan-class minesweeper was wrecked during a typhoon.[9]

31 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1958
Ship Country Description
Skee-Dunk  United States The 44-gross register ton, 47-foot (14 m) motor cargo vessel was wrecked at Driftwood Bay (53°59′N 166°51′W / 53.983°N 166.850°W / 53.983; -166.850 (Driftwood Bay)) near Dutch Harbor, Territory of Alaska, on Unalaska Island in the Aleutian Islands.[10]

February[]

19 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1958
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship caught fire, exploded and sank in the Persian Gulf.[11] Fifty eight of her 66 crew were killed.[12]

25 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1958
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The coaster sank in the Mersey Channel, 13 nautical miles (24 km) north west of Liverpool, Lancashire.[13]

26 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1958
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The tug ran aground in the Thames Estuary. Two barges she was towing were discovered at Allhallows, Kent and , Kent. All six crew were killed.[14]

March[]

1 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1958
Ship Country Description
Üsküdar  Turkey The ferry sank in lodos with the loss of 272 people aboard including seven crew. 39 people survived.[15]

2 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1958
Ship Country Description
 West Germany The coaster was in collision with the collier ( United Kingdom) off Cromer, Norfolk and sank with the loss of one of her six crew.[16]
Odin  United States The 19-gross register ton, 39.5-foot (12.0 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Petersburg, Territory of Alaska.[17]

9 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1958
Ship Country Description
 Belgium The cargo ship struck a submerged object naar the Westhinder Lightship and holed. Put into Antwerp for repairs.[18]

10 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1958
Ship Country Description
 West Germany The coaster ran aground near the Lorelei Rock, in the Rhine and sank.[19]

14 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1958
Ship Country Description
 Panama The cargo ship sank at the entrance to Alexandria Harbour, Egypt. All 35 crew were rescued.[20]

19 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1958
Ship Country Description
USS Ford County  United States Navy The decommissioned LST-542-class tank landing ship was sunk as a target.
USS Kent County  United States Navy The decommissioned LST-542-class tank landing ship was sunk as a target.

27 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1958
Ship Country Description
 Italy The tanker ran aground at Port Said, Egypt, blocking the Suez Canal.[21]

28 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1958
Ship Country Description
USS Lyman County  United States Navy The decommissioned LST-542-class tank landing ship was sunk as a torpedo target by the submarine USS Menhaden ( United States Navy) off the coast of Baja California.

31 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1958
Ship Country Description
Skaubryn  Norway Caught fire in the Indian Ocean. One passenger died.

April[]

6 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1958
Ship Country Description
 Panama The cargo ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea 160 nautical miles (300 km) north west of Alexandria, Egypt (33°15′N 27°55′E / 33.250°N 27.917°E / 33.250; 27.917).[22]
Skaubryn  Norway The passenger ship sank in the Indian Ocean.

20 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1958
Ship Country Description
 Italy The cargo ship collided with ( Norway) and sank 30 nautical miles (56 km) east of Ramsgate, Kent with the loss of one of her nineteen crew.[23]

28 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1958
Ship Country Description
KRI Hang Tuah  Indonesian Navy The Radjawali-class corvette was bombed and sunk by a CIA Douglas B-26 Invader aircraft off Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. 18 crewmen were killed, 28 wounded.[24][25][26]
San Flaviano  United Kingdom The tanker was bombed and sunk by a CIA Douglas B-26 Invader aircraft off Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, Indonesia.[24][27]

28 or 30 April[]

These three ships were bombed in an air raid or raids on Ambon Bay in Indonesia. Ambon was bombed several times, and sources differ as to the date(s) on which the ships were attacked.[28] One source suggests that they were hit on 1 or 2 May.[29]
List of shipwrecks: 28 or 30 April 1958
Ship Country Description
Aquila  Italy The cargo ship was bombed by a CIA Douglas B-26 Invader aircraft.[28] in Ambon Bay, Indonesia.[29] She sank on 27 May 1958.[30]
Armonia  Greece The cargo ship was bombed and damaged or sunk by a CIA Douglas B-26 Invader aircraft.[28] in Ambon Bay, Indonesia. Subsequently salvaged and registered in Panama as Keanyew.
Flying Lark  Panama The cargo ship was bombed and sunk by a CIA Douglas B-26 Invader aircraft.[28] in Ambon Bay, Indonesia. Nine crewmen were killed, seven missing.[29][31][26]

29 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1958
Ship Country Description
 Indonesian Navy The auxiliary patrol ship was bombed and sunk at Kendari, Indonesia by a CIA Douglas B-26 Invader aircraft. Five crewmen killed, 23 wounded.[27][26]

May[]

2 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1958
Ship Country Description
 Greece The cargo ship foundered in the Red Sea. All eighteen crew rescued by ( West Germany).[32]

8 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1958
Ship Country Description
Liberty  United States A storm destroyed the 66-gross register ton, 72.4-foot (22.1 m) fishing vessel at (57°17′15″N 154°47′00″W / 57.28750°N 154.78333°W / 57.28750; -154.78333 (Cape Ikolik)) on the coast of Kodiak Island in the Territory of Alaska.[33]

12 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1958
Ship Country Description
Cliffville  United Kingdom Sprang a leak and capsized at Meadowside Granary Wharf, Glasgow. Declared a total constructive loss.

13 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1958
Ship Country Description
Unidentified sailing vessel  Indonesia The sailing vessel was strafed by a U.S. Central Intelligence Agency B-26 Invader bomber and a PBY Catalina flying boat and was beached.[34]

14 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1958
Ship Country Description
USS President Hayes  United States Navy The Type C3 ship ran aground in the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea.[35]

17 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1958
Ship Country Description
Playfair  United States The 7-gross register ton, 32-foot (9.8 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in (55°32′25″N 132°23′50″W / 55.54028°N 132.39722°W / 55.54028; -132.39722 (Cold Bay)) off Kasaan, Territory of Alaska.[36]

22 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1958
Ship Country Description
USS Gibson County  United States Navy The LST-542-class tank landing ship was sunk as a target by the submarine USS Rasher ( United States Navy).

29 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1958
Ship Country Description
USS Stickleback  United States Navy The Balao-class submarine collided with the destroyer escort USS Silverstein ( United States Navy) in the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii and sank. All 82 crew members were rescued.[37]

31 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1958
Ship Country Description
Mako  United States The 9-gross register ton, 30-foot (9.1 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska off the mouth of the Kasilof River on the Kenai Peninsula.[38]

June[]

3 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1958
Ship Country Description
 Australia
Gayunda

The barge, a former gunboat, was beached at Woody Point, Queensland, Australia, to serve as a breakwater.

6 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1958
Ship Country Description
 United States The Liberty ship ran aground on the Silver Bank, off the coast of the Dominican Republic. She was later refloated but declared a constructive total loss.[39]

8 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1958
Ship Country Description
Lady Stella  United Kingdom The coaster was in collision with and sank 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Dover, Kent, England. All twelve on board rescued by the tug Dominance ( United Kingdom).[40]

16 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1958
Ship Country Description
A P A-S-5  United States The 96-gross register ton, 72-foot (21.9 m) scow sank in Bristol Bay off the coast of the Territory of Alaska.[41]

17 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1958
Ship Country Description
Arctic  United States The 8-gross register ton, 30.8-foot (9.4 m) fishing vessel sank approximately 18 nautical miles (33 km; 21 mi) west of (55°53′N 160°28′W / 55.883°N 160.467°W / 55.883; -160.467 (Red Bluff)), Territory of Alaska.[41]

20 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1958
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The tug was run down and sunk in the Bristol Channel. She was salvaged on 1 August and was consequently scrapped.[42]

25 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1958
Ship Country Description
Empress Bay  United States 1958 East River collision: The tanker collided with the cargo ship Nebraska ( Sweden) in the East River in New York City, causing a gasoline spill and subsequent fire and killing three people, one indirectly. She became partially submerged, then sank on 26 June. She was refloated on 9 September.
Nebraska  Sweden 1958 East River collision: The cargo ship collided with the tanker Empress Bay ( United States) in the East River in New York City, causing a gasoline spill and subsequent fire and killing three people, one indirectly. She remained afloat and reached a pier under her own power.

26 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 26 June 1958
Ship Country Description
Mercury  United States The 73-gross register ton, 72-foot (21.9 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Seldovia, Territory of Alaska.[38]
Omega  Peru The barque sprang a leak and sank off Peru.

July[]

1 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1958
Ship Country Description
Seldovia  United States The 10-gross register ton, 32.7-foot (10.0 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire near (59°10′N 151°50′W / 59.167°N 151.833°W / 59.167; -151.833 (Elizabeth Island)) at the mouth of Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska.[10]

6 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1958
Ship Country Description
 West Germany The coastal tanker collided with ( West Germany) in the English Channel north of Guernsey. Josef Joham was cut in two and sank, all eleven crew were rescued by Ludwigshafen.[43]

9 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1958
Ship Country Description
Badger  United States 1958 Lituya Bay earthquake and megatsunami: A megatsunami struck the 19-gross register ton, 40.2-foot (12.3 m) fishing vessel while she was at anchor in Lituya Bay in Southeast Alaska, carrying her over La Chaussee Spit at the entrance to the bay into the open ocean and wrecking her. The husband and wife who made up her crew abandoned ship in a skiff as she sank and were rescued.[44][45]
Libby 20  United States The 16-gross register ton, 35.6-foot (10.9 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in (57°16′30″N 154°41′30″W / 57.27500°N 154.69167°W / 57.27500; -154.69167 (Bumble Bay)) on the coast of Kodiak Island in the Territory of Alaska.[33]
Sunmore  United States 1958 Lituya Bay earthquake and megatsunami: The 24-gross register ton, 39.4-foot (12.0 m) fishing vessel disappeared when a megatsunami she was trying to outrun engulfed her in Lituya Bay in Southeastern Alaska. The bodies of the husband and wife who made up her crew were never found.[10][45]

14 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1958
Ship Country Description
Uncle Sam  United States The 25-gross register ton, 43.6-foot (13.3 m) fishing vessel sank in Cook Inlet at the north end of Kalgin Island in the Territory of Alaska.[46]

24 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1958
Ship Country Description
Jo  United States The 11-gross register ton, 31.3-foot (9.5 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in (60°32′N 146°08′W / 60.533°N 146.133°W / 60.533; -146.133 (Canoe Pass)) in Prince William Sound on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska.[47]

August[]

5 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1958
Ship Country Description
 Spain The cargo ship sank in the Arosa Estuary off Pontevedra. Thirteen of the 44 people on board were killed.[48]

7 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1958
Ship Country Description
S.E. Graham  United States The tanker collided with the steamship Gulfoil at the mouth of the Narragansett Bay and was declared a total loss after she burned.

8 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1958
Ship Country Description
Max  United States The 8-gross register ton, 30.5-foot (9.3 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire approximately 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) from (60°03′N 148°04′W / 60.050°N 148.067°W / 60.050; -148.067 (Port San Juan)) on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska.[38]
 Liberia The cargo ship ran aground in the Caribbean Sea 135 nautical miles (250 km) off Kingston, Jamaica. Salvage efforts were abandoned in September and she was declared a total loss.[22]

11 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1958
Ship Country Description
Pen 18  United States The 7-gross register ton 28.4-foot (8.7 m) fishing vessel sank in False Pass, Territory of Alaska.[36]
Pen 29  United States The 8-gross register ton 28.6-foot (8.7 m) fishing vessel sank in False Pass, Territory of Alaska.[36]

14 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1958
Ship Country Description
Black Witch II  Australia The schooner, a converted tugboat, was wrecked at Apollo Bay, Victoria, Australia, during a storm.
Norse Lady  Panama The cargo ship ran aground on an island in Indonesia. Seized by Permesta Rebels on the 16th and refloated.[26]

15 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1958
Ship Country Description
USS Hillsborough County  United States Navy The decommissioned LST-542-class tank landing ship was sunk as a target in the Gulf of California.
Thrasher  United States The 11-gross register ton, 38.1-foot (11.6 m) motor tug sank off Mary Island (an ambiguous reference, but most likely the at 55°06′00″N 131°10′08″W / 55.10000°N 131.16889°W / 55.10000; -131.16889 (Mary Island)) in the Territory of Alaska.[49]

21 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1958
Ship Country Description
 Netherlands The coaster ran aground on Burial Island, Co Down, Northern Ireland.[50]

22 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1958
Ship Country Description
Norse Lady  Panama The cargo ship had run aground off , Indonesia on 14 August.[51] Permesta rebels captured her on 16 August, refloated her and beached her at .[51] The Indonesian Navy sighted her there on 18 August and shelled her on 22 August, setting her on fire.[51] Norse Lady was burnt out and remained a beached wreck until March 1966, when she was towed to Kaohsiung, Taiwan and scrapped.[51][52]

24 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1958
Ship Country Description
China People's Liberation Army Navy Chinese Civil War: : The motor torpedo boat was shelled and sunk off Kinmen Island (Quemoy) by Nationalist ships. Four crewmen were killed, three were taken as prisoners of war.[53]
 Republic of China Navy Chinese Civil War: : The transport was torpedoed and sunk off Kinmen Island (Quemoy) by , , , , (all China People's Liberation Army Navy). 200 troops killed.[53]

26 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1958
Ship Country Description
HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën  Royal Netherlands Navy The De Zeven Provinciën-class cruiser collided with the harbour wall at Den Helder and ran aground.[54] Refloated the next day.[55]

September[]

2 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1958
Ship Country Description
China People's Liberation Army Navy Chinese Civil War: : The motor torpedo boat was sunk by gunfire off Kinmen Island (Quemoy) by the patrol vessel ( Republic of China Navy).[56]
China People's Liberation Army Navy Chinese Civil War: : The motor torpedo boat was sunk by gunfire off Kinmen Island (Quemoy) by the patrol vessel ( Republic of China Navy).[56]

5 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1958
Ship Country Description
Ester  United States The 9-gross register ton, 34-foot (10.4 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in (57°00′30″N 135°14′00″W / 57.00833°N 135.23333°W / 57.00833; -135.23333 (Camp Coogan Bay)) in Southeast Alaska near Sitka, Territory of Alaska.[57]

8 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 8 September 1958
Ship Country Description
 Portugal The schooner caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) south east of Cape Race, Newfoundland, Canada. The 40 crew were rescued by a Spanish trawler. The wreck was later sunk by USCGC Spencer ( United States Navy) as it was a hazard to shipping.[58]
 Republic of China Navy Chinese Civil War: The Mei Chin-class LSM blew up and sank when shelled by Red Chinese artillery. 91 crewmen and troops killed.[56]

10 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 10 September 1958
Ship Country Description
 Costa Rica The coastal tanker caught fire off Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom. All crew rescued by frigate HMS Chichester ( Royal Navy). They were transferred to the tug Empire Rosa ( United Kingdom) and landed at Milford Haven. The tug Sheila ( United Kingdom) took Concha in tow but she sank 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) south of Skokholm.[59]

13 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1958
Ship Country Description
Melika  Liberia The tanker collided with T2 tanker ( France). Both ships set on fire, a total of 21 crew killed. Fernand-Gilabert was consequently scrapped.[60]

17 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1958
Ship Country Description
Celtic  United States The 8-gross register ton, 29.7-foot (9.1 m) fishing vessel was lost near (56°59′54″N 133°05′27″W / 56.9983333°N 133.0908333°W / 56.9983333; -133.0908333 (Cape Strait)) in Frederick Sound in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska after she struck a log.[61]

18 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1958
Ship Country Description
Ashtabula  Canada The car ferry sank after colliding with the cargo ship off Ashtabula, Ohio. The captain was killed.

19 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1958
Ship Country Description
Petropavlovsk  Soviet Navy The Kirov-class cruiser was severely damaged in a typhoon in the Sea of Okhotsk with the loss of a crew member.[62]

24 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1958
Ship Country Description
Maxine M  United States The 31-gross register ton, 44.6-foot (13.6 m) fishing vessel sank near Gravina Island in the Alexander Archipelago off (55°08′N 131°45′W / 55.133°N 131.750°W / 55.133; -131.750 (Dall Head)) in Southeast Alaska with the loss of five lives. Her sole survivor was rescued from floating debris in Clarence Strait by the fishing vessel Homer ( United States).[38]

26 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1958
Ship Country Description
USS Hampden County  United States Navy The decommissioned LST-542-class tank landing ship was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California.
 New Zealand The ocean liner ran aground on the Goodwin Sands 6 nautical miles (11 km) off Deal, Kent, United Kingdom. Later refloated undamaged.[63]

October[]

5 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1958
Ship Country Description
 Finland The tanker caught fire, exploded and sank at , with the loss of ten crew.[64]

6 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 6 October 1958
Ship Country Description
 Norway The passenger ship ran aground in the Paracel Islands, China.[65]

21 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1958
Ship Country Description
USS Chittenden County  United States Navy The decommissioned LST-542-class tank landing ship was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean south of Oahu, Hawaii.

22 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1958
Ship Country Description
Barge No. 18  United States While under tow by the tug Wando ( United States), the tank barge was wrecked without loss of life on Shemya Island in the Aleutian Islands.[44]
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground off , 35 nautical miles (65 km) south of Singapore.[66] Refloated on 29 October.[67]

23 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 23 October 1958
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship sank in the River Tyne following a collision. Raised in March 1959 and scrapped.[68]

31 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1958
Ship Country Description
 Netherlands The lightship sank in the Scheldt estuary after she was hit by ( Norway). All five crew rescued.[69]

Unknown October[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown October 1958
Ship Country Description
 United States Navy The LCS(L)-class landing craft was shelled and sunk as a target sometime in 1958, probably October.[70][71]

November[]

2 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1958
Ship Country Description
 Belgium The ferry ran aground at Dover, Kent, United Kingdom. Refloated two hours later.[72]

3 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1958
Ship Country Description
Lake Burnaby  Canada The 6,140 GRT freighter was stranded on Bancorran Reef, Philippines and declared a total loss

13 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 13 November 1958
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship (5,155 GRT, 1925) caught fire and came ashore 25 nautical miles (46 km) south of Port St. Johns, Eastern Cape, South Africa.[73]

16 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1958
Ship Country Description
Nyon   Switzerland
Nyon's stern section under tow in 1959.
The cargo ship ran aground at St Abb's Head, Berwickshire, Scotland. Stern section salvaged and new bow section fitted in 1959, returned to service.

18 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1958
Ship Country Description
Carl D. Bradley  United States The lake freighter broke in two and sank in Lake Michigan.
Haida Maid  United States The 33-foot (10.1 m) motor vessel disappeared in a snow squall in Lynn Canal near Haines, Territory of Alaska. Wreckage from Haida Maid – containing the body of the only person aboard – came ashore in near Dyea, Territory of Alaska, on 29 November.[74][75]

22 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1958
Ship Country Description
A S P No. 7  United States The 28-gross register ton, 47.6-foot (14.5 m) scow sank in Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska approximately 20 nautical miles (37 km; 23 mi) north of Seldovia.[41]

23 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1958
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The Type T2-SE-A2 tanker ran aground in the Suez Canal, 12 nautical miles (22 km) south of Port Said, Egypt. Later refloated.[76]
 Denmark The tanker ran aground in the Suez Canal 12 nautical miles (22 km) south of Port Said. Later refloated.[76]

December[]

1 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1958
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground off Vlissingen, Netherlands.[77]

3 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1958
Ship Country Description
 Liberia The Liberty ship collided with ( Greece) in the English Channel and was abandoned. Twenty-three crew rescued by two Dutch ships. The tug Jean Bart ( France) took Prodromos in tow and she was beached at Rye Harbour, Sussex, United Kingdom. King Minos was assisted into Dover Harbour, Kent by the tug Dominant and salvage ship Swin (both  United Kingdom).[78][79]

5 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1958
Ship Country Description
 West Germany The coaster collided with a Dutch vessel in the Waal and sank. All five crew were rescued.[80]

10 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1958
Ship Country Description
Tarleton H. Bean  United States After a gale struck and trapped the 35-foot (11 m) herring fishing vessel in ice around a small projection of land in Taku Inlet in Southeast Alaska, her three-man crew of employees conducting herring research abandoned her and boarded the buoy tender (Ensign of the United States Coast Guard.svg United States Coast Guard) unharmed. By the time a power barge arrived to recover Tarleton H. Bean, she had disappeared, and she was never seen again.[49]

14 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1958
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with a Port of London Authority dredger in the Thames Estuary and ran aground.[81]

15 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1958
Ship Country Description
Argonaftis Greece Royal Hellenic Navy The V-class submarine broke her tow and came ashore on the northern coast of Spain. She was refloated at scrapped.
Lena  United States The 22-gross register ton, 44.5-foot (13.6 m) scow sank off Yakutat, Territory of Alaska.[33]

17 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1958
Ship Country Description
HMS Volatile  Royal Navy The V-class submarine broke her tow and came ashore at , Yorkshire whilst being towed to the Tyne for scrapping.[82] Refloated on 23 December.[83]

18 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1958
Ship Country Description
 Greece The cargo ship ran aground in the Aegean Sea between Kos and Turkey. Refloated on 23 December, repairs were uneconomic and she was scrapped in August 1959.[22]

20 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1958
Ship Country Description
K S M No. 1  United States The 63-gross register ton, 60-foot (18.3 m) scow sank in (54°51′15″N 131°58′00″W / 54.85417°N 131.96667°W / 54.85417; -131.96667 (Kendrick Bay)) (or Kindricks Bay) in Southeast Alaska.[84]

23 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1958
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The coaster collided with ( Norway) in the Thames Estuary and was beached on the Rainham Marshes, Essex.[83]

28 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1958
Ship Country Description
 Liberia
Stern of the wrecked tanker African Queen.

The tanker ran aground on Gull Shoal and broke in two. The crew was rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard. Oil from the tanker heavily polluted the coastline at Ocean City, Maryland.[85]

30 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1958
Ship Country Description
Murre  United States The 7-gross register ton, 29.6-foot (9.0 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Cordova, Territory of Alaska.[38]

31 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1958
Ship Country Description
Seabird  Norway The cargo steamer, a former Flower-class corvette, was smuggling for Permesta rebels in Minahasa, North Sulawesi when the Indonesian Air Force intercepted and sank her in Bolaang Bay.[86][26]

Unknown December[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown December 1958
Ship Country Description
 United States Navy The LCS(L)-class landing craft was shelled and sunk as a target.[70][87]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1958
Ship Country Description
Los Mayas  Panama The cargo ship ran aground at Muskegon, Michigan, United States, and was holed. Later repaired and returned to service.
Unknown The vessel, a former United States Navy coastal minesweeper, sank at Tahiti.[88]

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See also[]

Ship events in 1958
Ship launches: 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963
Ship commissionings: 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963
Ship decommissionings: 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1962 1963
Shipwrecks: 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963
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