List of shipwrecks in 1963

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The list of shipwrecks in 1963 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1963.

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January[]

8 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1963
Ship Country Description
Nueva Guinea  Spain The coaster exploded and sank off Santa Cruz de la Palma, Canary Islands. One crewmember reported missing and two injured.[1]

12 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1963
Ship Country Description
 Lebanon The Liberty ship ran aground in the Dardanelles and broke in two.[2]

13 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1963
Ship Country Description
Stranger  United States The 16-gross register ton, 38.3-foot (11.7 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by a storm at (57°20′N 152°55′W / 57.333°N 152.917°W / 57.333; -152.917 (Shearwater Bay)) on the southeast coast of Kodiak Island.[3]

20 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1963
Ship Country Description
 Lebanon The cargo ship was driven ashore at South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom. All 23 crew were rescued by breeches buoy.[4]
 Italy The Liberty ship was driven ashore at Veracruz, Mexico and was abandoned by her crew.[5] She was declared a constructive total loss.

23 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1963
Ship Country Description
 United States The T2 tanker ran aground off Tanegashima, Japan. She was on a voyage from Iran to . Consequently scrapped due to damage sustained.[6]

24 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1963
Ship Country Description
Graziella  Italy The cargo ship was driven ashore in a gale at Tangier, Morocco.[7]

31 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1963
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Winterton, Norfolk.[8]

February[]

4 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1963
Ship Country Description
Marine Sulphur Queen  United States The T2 tanker vanished off the southern coast of Florida after a routine radio report on this date. All 39 crew members were lost.

6 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1963
Ship Country Description
 Norway The cargo ship en route from Sardinia to Ghent with a cargo of zinc ore sank after the cargo shifted in a force 10 gale. Nine men were saved by the Guernsey Royal National Lifeboat Institution lifeboat, earning their gold medal and also one from the Norwegian Lifeboat Institution.[9][10]

7 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1963
Ship Country Description
Barracuda  United States With two men and a woman aboard, the 10-gross register ton, 36-foot (11.0 m) fishing vessel was wrecked at (57°55′30″N 152°29′50″W / 57.92500°N 152.49722°W / 57.92500; -152.49722 (Split Rock)) near Ouzinkie, Alaska. One of the men and the woman were washed overboard and drowned; the captain was the sole survivor.[11]

11 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1963
Ship Country Description
 West Germany The cargo ship collided with ( Canada) near the (Trinity House Ensign.svg Trinity House) and sank 9 nautical miles (17 km) off Folkestone, Kent.[12]

15 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1963
Ship Country Description
Maasdam  Netherlands The ocean liner struck the wreck of ( United Kingdom) at Bremen, West Germany and was holed. All 230 passengers and 276 crew rescued by ( West Germany).[13]

25 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1963
Ship Country Description
 Greece The cargo ship sank in the Aegean Sea with the loss of all but one of her 22 crew.[14] She was on a voyage from Salonica to Alexandria, Egypt.[15]
Miraflores  Panama The tanker collided with in the Westerschelde, Netherlands. Both tankers caught fire. One crew and five reported missing from Miraflores. The tanker ( Panama) ran aground when taking avoiding action.[16]
Unnamed ferry  Japan The ferry collided with a cargo ship ( Japan) off Kobe and sank. Of the 64 people on board, nineteen were rescued, seven killed and 38 were reported missing.[14]

28 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1963
Ship Country Description
 Greece The cargo ship ran aground on the Corncarhai Rock off Brest, France and sank. Sixteen crew took refuge on the rock and were rescued by helicopter. The captain was killed and two crew reported missing.[17]

March[]

13 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1963
Ship Country Description
 Greece The Liberty ship ran aground at Ōhara, Japan and broke in two.[18]

15 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1963
Ship Country Description
Mist  United States The 20-gross register ton, 41.8-foot (12.7 m) fishing vessel sank off Spruce Island in the Kodiak Archipelago near Kodiak, Alaska.[19]

18 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1963
Ship Country Description
 Lebanon The Liberty ship ran aground on the Portuguese coast. Subsequently refloated but sank in the Atlantic Ocean on 20 March north of .[20]

19 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1963
Ship Country Description
Arctic Bear  Canada Under tow by the tug ( United States) from Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for use as a museum ship and floating seafood restaurant, the steamer – a former United States Coast Guard cutter – parted her towline in a gale. The storm collapsed her foremast, which punctured her hull, and she foundered in the North Atlantic Ocean about 100 nautical miles (185 km) east of Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, and about 260 nautical miles (482 km) east of Boston, Massachusetts, at 42°40′N 065°11′W / 42.667°N 65.183°W / 42.667; -65.183 (SS Arctic Bear). Irving Birch rescued her two-man crew.[21][22][23]

20 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1963
Ship Country Description
 United States The barquentine sank 250 nautical miles (460 km) south of Nova Scotia, Canada after losing her tow. Both crew rescued.[24]
Alkimos  Greece The Liberty ship ran aground on the Australian coast 170 nautical miles (310 km) north of Fremantle. Refloated in January 1964.

24 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1963
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship sank off Le Havre, France. All eight crew rescued by the Le Havre pilot boat.[25]

27 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1963
Ship Country Description
USS Bray  United States Navy The decommissioned Rudderow-class destroyer escort was sunk as a target.
 Royal Danish Navy The fast patrol boat collided with HNoMS Trygg ( Royal Norwegian Navy) and sank off Stavanger, Norway. Her crew were rescued. She was later salvaged and scrapped.[26]

28 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1963
Ship Country Description
 Panama The cargo ship ran aground at Mukho, South Korea and was declared a constructive total loss.[27]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date March 1963
Ship Country Description
Alkimos  Greece The cargo ship ran aground on a reef in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Western Australia. She later was refloated and repaired.[27]

April[]

1 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1963
Ship Country Description
 South Africa Ran aground at Danger Point, Cape Province and broke in two. A total loss.[28]

10 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1963
Ship Country Description
USS Thresher  United States Navy The Thresher-class submarine broke up and sank with the loss of all 129 crew during deep diving tests in the Atlantic Ocean 190 nautical miles (350 km) east of Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

12 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1963
Ship Country Description
K-33  Soviet Navy The Hotel II-class ballistic missile submarine collided with the cargo ship MS Finnclipper ( Finland) in the Kattegat. She was repaired and returned to service.

16 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1963
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The sealing ship sank off Newfoundland, Canada. All crew rescued by Arctic Endeavour ( United Kingdom).[29]

21 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1963
Ship Country Description
 France The Liberty ship ran aground at Abidjan, Ivory Coast. She was declared a constructive total loss and later scrapped.[30]

23 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1963
Ship Country Description
Petronap  Panama The former depot ship caught fire and wrecked on San Lorenzo Island, near Callao, Peru.[31]

24 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1963
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The coaster collided with City of Brooklyn ( United States) and sank at Bristol.[32] Later raised and scrapped.[33]

26 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1963
Ship Country Description
 United States The Liberty ship was driven ashore on the coast of Puerto Rico. She was refloated but declared a constructive total loss and scrapped.[34]

29 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1963
Ship Country Description
 Soviet Union The cargo ship ran aground off Copenhagen, Denmark on her maiden voyage and was holed.[35]
Thor  United States The 59-gross register ton, 59.9-foot (18.3 m) fishing vessel sank in Behm Canal in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[36]

30 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1963
Ship Country Description
 Lebanon The cargo ship caught fire off Eastbourne, Sussex, United Kingdom. The crew were taken off by the Eastbourne Lifeboat Beryl Tollemache (Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution) and the ship was beached at Norman's Bay.[37][38]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date March 1963
Ship Country Description
 Algerian National Navy The BYMS-class coastal minesweeper was wrecked off Algiers, Algeria.[39]

May[]

1 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1963
Ship Country Description
 China The cargo ship struck a rock,[40] and sank off Cheju Island, South Korea. All 55 crew rescued by the fishing boat Iki-maru ( Japan).[41]

5 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1963
Ship Country Description
Adel  Egypt The ferry capsized and sank in the Nile near Karara in Sudan with the loss of 173 lives.[42]

8 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1963
Ship Country Description
 Netherlands Carrying a cargo of teak lumber from Central America to New York City, the 194-foot (59.1 m), 1,000-deadweight ton motor cargo ship sank in the North Atlantic Ocean 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) east-northeast of Shark River Inlet, New Jersey, in 85 feet (26 m) of water at 40°13.827′N 073°50.625′W / 40.230450°N 73.843750°W / 40.230450; -73.843750 (Pinta) 48 minutes after colliding with the steam cargo ship ( United Kingdom). City of Perth rescued her entire crew of 12.[43][44][45]
Saint Louis  United States The 18-gross register ton, 41.6-foot (12.7 m) motor vessel was destroyed by fire at Juneau, Alaska.[3]

20 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 20 May 1963
Ship Country Description
 Lebanon The cargo ship collided with ( Spain), which sank west of Jersey, Channel Islands. Bruce M rescued the crew of the other ship and made for Plymouth, Devon but started to take on water. Assistance was given by HMS Wakeful ( Royal Navy).[46]

22 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1963
Ship Country Description
Mparmpa Petros  Greece Ran aground at Porto de Pedras, Brazil and was wrecked.

31 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1963
Ship Country Description
 Greece The cargo ship ran aground 30 nautical miles (56 km) north of Perth, Western Australia following the loss of her tow.[47]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1963
Ship Country Description
USS Iona  United States Navy The tug was sunk in an accident. Later raised and scrapped by burning.
Leningrad  Soviet Union The decommissioned Leningrad-class destroyer sank off the Solovetsky Islands after being used as a target ship.

June[]

2 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1963
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Novorossiysk, Soviet Union. Later refloated with aid of Soviet ships.[48]

5 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1963
Ship Country Description
Cascade  United States The motor vessel sank off Duke Island in the Gravina Islands in the Alexander Archipelago in southeast Alaska.[49]
 Liberia The Liberty ship ran aground near Barcelona, Spain. She was later refloated and towed to Genoa, Italy where she was declared a constructive total loss.[30]

6 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1963
Ship Country Description
 United States The 197-gross register ton, 96.8-foot (29.5 m) fishing vessel sank at False Pass, Alaska.[50]

7 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 7 June 1963
Ship Country Description
Seekonk  Canada The tanker caught fire while pierside at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, and suffered a series of explosions. She was towed away and grounded on Governors Island in Hillsborough Bay. After the fire burned itself out, she was refloated and scrapped.

8 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1963
Ship Country Description
Sea Rose  United States The 128-gross register ton, 80.5-foot (24.5 m) fishing vessel was wrecked on a reef at (55°21′45″N 161°18′30″W / 55.36250°N 161.30833°W / 55.36250; -161.30833 (Seal Cape)) in the Shumagin Islands off the Alaska Peninsula.[3]

13 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 13 June 1963
Ship Country Description
 Panama The cargo ship collided with ( Turkey) in the Strait of Dover and sank with the loss of two crew. Sadikzade then collided with ( Greece), which in turn collided with ( United Kingdom). All three ships reached port safely.[51]

17 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1963
Ship Country Description
T. M.  United States The 6-gross register ton, 28.7-foot (8.7 m) fishing vessel sank in Orca Bay in Prince William Sound on the coast of Alaska.[36]

18 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1963
Ship Country Description
Agios Nektarios  Greece caught fire in the Ionian Sea, taken in tow but sank near Patras, Greece.

19 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1963
Ship Country Description
 Italy The cargo liner collided with ( Norway) and sank off Gibraltar. All nineteen crew and nine passengers saved.[52]

26 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 26 June 1963
Ship Country Description
 Canada The circus ship caught fire at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. All people and animals saved except for some zebras.[53] The wreck was scuttled in October 1963.[54]

27 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1963
Ship Country Description
Tahiti  United States The 36-gross register ton, 46.5-foot (14.2 m) fishing vessel sank in (58°02′N 153°00′W / 58.033°N 153.000°W / 58.033; -153.000 (Raspberry Strait)) between Raspberry Island and Afognak near Kodiak, Alaska.[36]

July[]

1 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1963
Ship Country Description
Elfin II  United States The motor vessel sank in (57°24′20″N 135°38′00″W / 57.40556°N 135.63333°W / 57.40556; -135.63333 (Sergius Narrows)) in Peril Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[55]
Pen 14  United States The motor vessel sank in Bristol Bay off the coast of Alaska.[56]

2 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1963
Ship Country Description
 Netherlands The coaster collided with ( Italy) off Ramsgate, Kent and sank. All five crew rescued by Fina Canada.[57]

4 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1963
Ship Country Description
Erin  United States The 10-gross register ton, 31-foot (9.4 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at , Alaska (60°39′50″N 145°43′00″W / 60.66389°N 145.71667°W / 60.66389; -145.71667 (Orca)).[55]
Hawk  United States The 25-gross register ton 45.1-foot (13.7 m) barge sank in Bristol Bay at Naknek, Alaska.[58]

8 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1963
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship collided with ( United States) and sank off Gibraltar. Thirty-four of the 37 crew were rescued by Santa Emilia, with three reported as missing.[59]
Unidentified vessel  Portugal Guinea-Bissau War of Independence: The vessel was sunk by PAIGC action at the confluence of the and the .[60]

9 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1963
Ship Country Description
Dorothy H  United States The 8-gross register ton, 27-foot (8.2 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Chignik Lagoon, Alaska.[61]
Hazel  United States The motor vessel sank in (58°06′35″N 135°19′00″W / 58.10972°N 135.31667°W / 58.10972; -135.31667 (Spasski Bay)) east of Hoonah Alaska.[58]

11 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1963
Ship Country Description
 Argentina The ferry struck the wreck of Marionga J Cairns (flag unknown), caught fire and sank in the River Plate between Buenos Aires and Montevideo, Uruguay.[62][63] At least 53 of the 420 people on board were killed.[64]
Sandra  United States The 10-gross register ton, 30-foot (9.1 m) fishing vessel was wrecked off Kalgin Island in Cook Inlet ion the coast of Alaska.[3]

14 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1963
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Melbourne, Australia in a storm.[65] Later refloated and returned to service.
Margie Ann  United States The 12-gross register ton, 33.1-foot (10.1 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at (57°51′N 134°59′W / 57.850°N 134.983°W / 57.850; -134.983 (Fresh Water Bay)) near Tenakee, Alaska.[19]

15 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1963
Ship Country Description
Bassurelle  France The trawler was wrecked in the English Channel off Langton Matravers, Dorset, United Kingdom. Her five crew were rescued.[66]
 Royal Navy The Brave-class patrol boat ran aground 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. Later refloated and taken to Chatham Dockyard for examination.[67]

17 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1963
Ship Country Description
Sunbeam  United States The 58-gross register ton, 62.6-foot (19.1 m) fishing vessel was wrecked near (57°01′N 134°37′W / 57.017°N 134.617°W / 57.017; -134.617 (Point Gardner)) in Southeast Alaska.[3]
 Yugoslavia
Trebisnjica in July 2010

The Liberty ship ran aground on Hogsty Reef, in the Bahamas (21°36′N 73°50′W / 21.600°N 73.833°W / 21.600; -73.833).[68]

21 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1963
Ship Country Description
 Bermuda The bulk carrier collided with ( United Kingdom) and sank in the St Lawrence River 55 nautical miles (102 km) from Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Thirty-three crew were killed.[69][70]

24 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1963
Ship Country Description
 China The cargo ship ran aground at Macao after losing her tow in a typhoon whilst being towed to Hong Kong for scrapping.[71][72]

25 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1963
Ship Country Description
 Faroe Islands The coaster struck an iceberg and sank off Greenland. All 35 crew saved by Poseidon ( West Germany).[73]

August[]

1 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1963
Ship Country Description
Meteor  United States The 83-gross register ton, 75.5-foot (23.0 m) cargo vessel was wrecked at Coal Harbor in (55°22′N 160°38′W / 55.367°N 160.633°W / 55.367; -160.633 (Zachary Bay)) on the coast of Unga Island in the Shumagin Islands off the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula.[19]

4 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1963
Ship Country Description
 Yugoslavia The Liberty ship sank in the Hudson Strait (63°39′N 77°20′W / 63.650°N 77.333°W / 63.650; -77.333).[74]

7 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1963
Ship Country Description
Venus  United States The 8-gross register ton 29.8-foot (9.1 m) wooden fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in (56°00′N 158°50′W / 56.000°N 158.833°W / 56.000; -158.833 (Ivan Bay)) near Chignik, Alaska.[75]

14 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1963
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Kanholmsfjärden, Sweden. Refloated on 26 August but declared a constructive total loss and consequently scrapped.[27]
USS Queenfish  United States Navy The decommissioned Balao-class submarine was sunk as a target by the submarine USS Swordfish ( United States Navy).

September[]

2 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1963
Ship Country Description
Eli-Yuk  United States The 35-gross register ton motor vessel sank in the Arctic Ocean off (70°38′15″N 160°01′45″W / 70.63750°N 160.02917°W / 70.63750; -160.02917 (Point Wainwright)) on the coast of Alaska.[55]

4 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1963
Ship Country Description
 Soviet Union The cargo ship ran aground in fog in the Bosphorus, ramming a house and killing three people.[76]

6 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1963
Ship Country Description
USS Balao  United States Navy The decommissioned Balao-class submarine was sunk as a target off the coast of northern Florida.

13 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1963
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The coaster ran aground on the Cornish coast between Land's End and St Ives and was holed.[77][78]

19 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1963
Ship Country Description
Hagemeister  United States The 69-gross register ton 65.2-foot (19.9 m) motor cargo vessel sank approximately 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) southeast of Cape Yakataga, Alaska.[58]

21 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1963
Ship Country Description
USS Grouse  United States Navy The minesweeper was wrecked without loss of life on off Rockport, Massachusetts. The United States Navy burned her wreck. Its remains settled in up to 20 feet (6.1 m) of water at 42°40′24″N 070°34′29″W / 42.67333°N 70.57472°W / 42.67333; -70.57472 (USS Grouse).[79]
Memories  United States The 13-gross register ton, 35.2-foot (10.7 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Cordova, Alaska.[19]

22 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1963
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The ocean liner ran aground off Sicily, Italy but was refloated after three hours.[80]

23 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 23 September 1963
Ship Country Description
USS Grouse  United States Navy The minesweeper was destroyed by explosives after running aground off Rockport, Massachusetts, two days earlier.

24 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1963
Ship Country Description
 West Germany The coaster collided with ( Argentina) off Warnemünde and sank with the loss of one crewmember, two others reported missing.[81]

25 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1963
Ship Country Description
Apex No. 1  United States The 19-gross register ton, 42.4-foot (12.9 m) fishing vessel wrecked off the (56°33′N 154°20′W / 56.550°N 154.333°W / 56.550; -154.333 (Trinity Islands)) in Alaska's Kodiak Archipelago.[50]

27 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1963
Ship Country Description
Bremerton  United States The motor vessel was destroyed by fire in (55°24′N 132°06′W / 55.400°N 132.100°W / 55.400; -132.100 (Kasaan Bay)) in Southeast Alaska.[11]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1963
Ship Country Description
Spray  United States The 7-gross register ton, 33.1-foot (10.1 m) fishing vessel was lost at False Pass, Alaska.[3]

October[]

1 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1963
Ship Country Description
Esso Brussels  Belgium The tanker collided with another ship in the Mediterranean Sea.[82]

2 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1963
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The coaster capsized and sank off West Pentire, Cornwall. All five crew survived.[83]

8 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1963
Ship Country Description
Manticos  Greece Beached at 11°14′N 16°32′W / 11.233°N 16.533°W / 11.233; -16.533 after developing a leak.

11 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1963
Ship Country Description
Larch  United States The 28-gross register ton, 47.3-foot (14.4 m) fishing vessel sank in the Gulf of Alaska off (60°10′N 144°36′W / 60.167°N 144.600°W / 60.167; -144.600 (Martin Island)) on the south-central coast of Alaska.[84]

13 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1963
Ship Country Description
Jinny C  United States The 72-gross register ton, 68.2-foot (20.8 m) fishing vessel was wrecked in Crescent Bay (52°02′15″N 175°14′00″W / 52.03750°N 175.23333°W / 52.03750; -175.23333 (Crescent Bay)) on the north coast of Atka Island in the Aleutian Islands.[85]

14 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1963
Ship Country Description
 Canada The barge broke in two and sank off the mouth of the Quillayute River.[86]

22 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1963
Ship Country Description
 Canada The barge broke in two off Cape Flattery. The bow section sank, the stern section capsized and was scuttled.[87]
Manticos  Greece Sank after pumping operation failed and leak increased.

23 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 23 October 1963
Ship Country Description
 Spain Capsized and sank near Boscawen Point, United Kingdom,[88] with the loss of eleven of the fifteen crew.[89]

24 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1963
Ship Country Description
 Panama The Liberty ship collided with British Statesman ( United Kingdom) off Lisbon, Portugal. She was declared a constructive total loss.[68]

November[]

1 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1963
Ship Country Description
Unidentified barge  United States Carrying a crane, the 90-foot (27.4 m) barge sank while under tow off the coast of Massachusetts in Nantucket Sound southeast of at 41°26′03″N 070°13′28″W / 41.43417°N 70.22444°W / 41.43417; -70.22444 (Unidentified barge).[90]

2 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1963
Ship Country Description
Irene  United States The 8-gross register ton, 26.3-foot (8.0 m) fishing vessel sank in Tongass Narrows in Southeast Alaska near Ketchikan, Alaska.[91]

13 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 13 November 1963
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground off Singapore and was holed.[92]

14 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1963
Ship Country Description
 United States The tanker collided with ( Norway) at Buzzard's Bay, Massachusetts. She sank on 15 November after the tow ships were separated.[93]

17 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1963
Ship Country Description
 United States The 80-foot (24 m), 140-gross register ton tug struck in Lake Champlain off Burlington, Vermont, and sank in deep water without loss of life.[94]

19 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1963
Ship Country Description
Bertie II  United States The 12-gross register ton, 36.3-foot (11.1 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Tenakee Springs, Alaska.[11]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1963
Ship Country Description
Dentist  United States The 274-gross register ton, 80-foot (24.4 m) barge was destroyed by fire at (57°12′N 135°24′W / 57.200°N 135.400°W / 57.200; -135.400 (Nakwasina)), Alaska, 20 nautical miles (37 km; 23 mi) north of Sitka.[61]
 Netherlands The cargo ship caught fire in the Bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued by the Mumbles Lifeboat.[95]

December[]

8 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1963
Ship Country Description
Fort Albany  Canada Collided with ship in Saint Lawrence River and sank near Sorel, Quebec, Canada[96]

14 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1963
Ship Country Description
 Spain The vessel was last reported in the North Atlantic Ocean 400 nautical miles (740 km) northwest of the Azores (43°12′N 34°20′W / 43.200°N 34.333°W / 43.200; -34.333).[82]

18 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1963
Ship Country Description
Wesco No. 1  United States The 17-gross register ton, 35-foot (11 m) fishing vessel foundered in Prince William Sound off Perry Island, Alaska.[97]

20 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1963
Ship Country Description
 Canada The coaster foundered off Saint John's, Newfoundland with the loss of six of her seven crew.[98]

21 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1963
Ship Country Description
 France The coaster foundered off , Newfoundland with the loss of at least seven crew.[99]

22 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1963
Ship Country Description
Lakonia  Greece The 20,314-ton passenger liner caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean while sailing to the island of Madeira and was disabled; 128 fatalities.

23 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1963
Ship Country Description
 Cuban Revolutionary Navy The Project 123K-class motor torpedo boat was sunk in harbor by a Limpet mine. 3 crewmen killed, 18 wounded.[100]

24 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1963
Ship Country Description
 Greece The Liberty ship ran aground near Cape Bon, Tunisia (36°43′N 10°58′E / 36.717°N 10.967°E / 36.717; 10.967). She was later refloated but declared a constructive total loss and scrapped.[101]

25 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1963
Ship Country Description
 India The ocean liner ran aground 14 nautical miles (26 km) south of Singapore. HMS Barbain ( Royal Navy) attempted to go to her aid but was ordered out of Indonesian territorial waters by Indonesian Navy gunboats. Her clearance to enter Indonesian waters not being accepted, she withdrew to international waters.[102]

29 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1963
Ship Country Description
Lakonia  Greece After being disabled by a fire on 22 December, the abandoned 20,314-ton passenger liner sank in the Atlantic Ocean 230 nautical miles (430 km) southwest of Lisbon, Portugal, and 250 nautical miles (460 km) west of Gibraltar while under tow.

30 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 30 december 1963
Ship Country Description
Totsy  United States The 17-gross register ton, 42-foot (13 m) fishing vessel was wrecked at Waterfall in Southeast Alaska.[36]

31 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1963
Ship Country Description
Challenger  United States The 13-gross register ton, 34.9-foot (10.6 m) fishing vessel sank off Seldovia, Alaska.[49]
Esso Brussels  Belgium The oil tanker collided with another ship and was towed to Antwerp, Belgium, for repairs.[82]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1963
Ship Country Description
Dunay  Soviet Navy The full-rigged ship was destroyed by fire.
USAT Liberty  United States The United States Army Transport, aground at Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia, since being torpedoed during World War II by the submarine I-166 ( Imperial Japanese Navy) on 11 February 1942, slipped off the beach due to seismic tremors associated with the volcanic eruption of Mount Agung and sank.
Rande A  United States The cattle transport was wrecked on Chirikof Island in the Gulf of Alaska.[103]
Unidentified barge  United States The barge became hung up on the wreck of the cattle transport Rande A ( United States) on Chirikof Island in the Gulf of Alaska shortly after Rande A came ashore. The barge also was wrecked.[103]

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See also[]

Ship events in 1963
Ship launches: 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968
Ship commissionings: 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968
Ship decommissionings: 1958 1959 1960 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968
Shipwrecks: 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968
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