The Amphion-classsubmarine collided with (Australia), sustaining slight damage.[4]
United States
The dredger was mined by the Viet Cong and sank in the Mekong River, 45 nautical miles (83 km) north of Saigon, Vietnam.[5]
V O
United States
The 126-foot (38.4 m) crabfishing vessel disappeared during a voyage from Seattle, Washington, to King Cove, Alaska, with the loss of her entire crew of five. The bodies of two crew members were found in a life raft 26 nautical miles (48 km; 30 mi) east-southeast of Marmot Island and 50 miles (80 km) northeast of Kodiak, Alaska.[6]
The bulk ore carrier exploded and sank 120 nautical miles (220 km) off Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain with the loss of one of her 48 crew.[12]
23 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1967
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The tanker was carrying fresh water en route to Gibraltar when she struck the Les Casquets reef in a storm, all crew were rescued, the ship broke her back.[13][14]
The schooner sank at Southampton, Hampshire. Later pumped out, refloated and returned to service.[16]
February[]
6 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1967
Ship
Country
Description
Astronaut
United States
The 77-gross register ton, 59.3-foot (18.1 m) fishing vessel was wrecked on the coast of Akutan Island in the Aleutian Islands. Her four crewmen reached shore and survived. Two skiffs – one each from the vessels Honey B and Menshikov (both United States) – were wrecked trying to reach them; all four crewmen aboard the skiffs survived and joined Astronaut's four crewmen on the beach. The fishing vessel American Star (United States) rescued four of them, and later the seagoing buoy tenderUSCGC Citrus (United States Coast Guard) rescued the other four.[17]
The Liberty ship ran aground off Split. Declared a constructive total loss, she was scrapped in situ.[3]
Liberia
The Liberty ship ran aground on , Chile. She was refloated and beached in Molyneux Bay. Declared a constructive total loss, she was refloated in May and sold.[19]
The ship ran aground on Pollard's Rock in the Seven Stones reef between the Cornish mainland and the Isles of Scilly, loaded with 120,000 tonnes of crude oil. The vessel released 32 million gallons of oil, much of which washed up on the Cornish coast.[28]
20 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1967
Ship
Country
Description
Labuan Bay
Panama
The cargo ship ran aground on Bancoran Island, Borneo and caught fire. Refloated 24 March and towed to Manila, Philippines. After a further fire on 11 July, the ship was scrapped in November 1967
The Liberty ship collided with (Italy) off and was beached. She was declared a constructive total loss.[21]
28 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1967
Ship
Country
Description
Liberia
The cargo ship ran aground in Halibut Bay, Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada and was wrecked.[33]
May[]
4 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1967
Ship
Country
Description
South Korea
The Liberty ship ran aground in the Inland Sea of Japan. She was refloated but declared a constructive total loss.[34]
6 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 May 1967
Ship
Country
Description
South Wind
United States
The tug capsized in Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of Alaska after she struck the mooring line of the barge she was towing. The buoy tenderUSCGC Sorrel (United States Coast Guard) rescued her entire crew of three.[27]
16 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1967
Ship
Country
Description
Nira
United States
The 9-gross register ton, 32.4-foot (9.9 m) fishing vessel sank after striking a submerged object in Southeast Alaska. The wreck report stated that the accident took place south of Ketchikan, Alaska, in Wrangell Narrows, but Wrangell Narrows lies north of Ketchikan, calling into question the exact location of Nira's sinking.[29]
Six-Day War: The cargo ship was scuttled in the Suez Canal at Km 7 as a block ship. The wreck was cleared in 1975 to enable the canal to be re-opened.[40][41]
8 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1967
Ship
Country
Description
Egypt
Six-Day War: The cargo ship was bombed and sunk in the Suez Canal by Israeli Air Force aircraft. Wreck cleared in 1975 to enable the canal to be re-opened.[7]
The fishing vessel was damaged during an attempt to capture by North Korea. Sank later while under tow. One crewman killed, two wounded.[10]
23 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1967
Ship
Country
Description
Meldon
United States
The 42-gross register ton, 53-foot (16.2 m) fishing vessel was wrecked on the coast of Long Island in Alaska. The wreck report does not specify which of a number of islands in Alaska named Long Island the incident occurred on.[18]
The chemical tanker was torpedoed by HMS Dreadnought (Royal Navy) and finished off by shelling from HMS Salisbury (Royal Navy) at the request of her owners.[47]
26 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 June 1967
Ship
Country
Description
Roscoe II
United States
The 13-gross register ton, 30.9-foot (9.4 m) fishing vessel was lost after striking an unidentified obstruction 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) off off the coast of Unga Island in the Gulf of Alaska.[36]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in June 1967
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
Six-Day War: The cargo ship was trapped in the Suez Canal. Declared a constructive total loss on 19 February 1969. Subsequently sold and returned to service.[48]
July[]
1 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1967
Ship
Country
Description
Liberia
The Liberty ship ran aground, broke in two and sank at Mormugao, India.[45]
Vietnam War: The T-333/Project 123K-class motor torpedo boat was damaged on the Day River, probably by air attack. She sank under tow the next day.[57]
17 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1967
Ship
Country
Description
Zanzibar
The coaster ran aground off Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. All 200 passengers taken off by other vessels.[58]
Liberia
The Liberty ship ran aground off Onahama, Japan. She was later refloated but declared a constructive total loss and scrapped.[45]
The package carrier collided head-on with the merchant vessel (United States) on Lake Huron. Fort William suffered little damage, but Paul J. Tietjen was holed in her bow.[61]
United States
The merchant vessel collided head-on with the package carrier Fort William (Canada) on Lake Huron. Fort William suffered little damage, but Paul J. Tietjen was holed in her bow.[61]
11 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1967
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The tanker ran aground in the Schelde at Borssele, Zeeland, the Netherlands.[62] Later refloated by numerous tugs.[63]
While fishing, the herringseiner was run down by the tug Ocean Rockswift (flag unknown) and sank off Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Six lives lost, one survivor.[65]
While under tow to a shipyard for conversion into a training ship, the retired 2,317-gross register toncargo ship sank in 250 feet (76 m) of water in the Atlantic Ocean east of Nantucket, Massachusetts, 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi) northeast of Nantucket Light. Her wreck was located in the summer of 2006.[68]
The fishing vessel disappeared in bad weather with the loss of her entire crew of 15 in the North Pacific Ocean approximately 200 nautical miles (370 km; 230 mi) south of the Aleutian Islands and 200 nautical miles (370 km; 230 mi) southwest of Adak, Alaska.[27]
Sam Su No. 8
South Korea
The fishing vessel disappeared in bad weather with the loss of her entire crew of 15 in the North Pacific Ocean approximately 200 nautical miles (370 km; 230 mi) south of the Aleutian Islands and 200 nautical miles (370 km; 230 mi) southwest of Adak, Alaska.[27]
The salvage vessel exploded and sank off the Wolf Rock, Isles of Scilly whilst undertaking salvage operations on the wreck of HMS Association (Royal Navy): Her five crew were rescued by trawler Roimage (France).[71]
United Kingdom
The tug sank 85 nautical miles (157 km) east of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire after colliding with the drilling rig Ocean Prince.[72]
The PCE-842-classpatrol craft was sunk in the Sea of Japan north of the maritime demarcation line off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula by North Koreancoastal artillery. Thirty-nine of the 79-man crew were killed.
The cargo ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) south of Pantellaria, Italy.[73]
United States
During a voyage from San Francisco, California, to India with a cargo of fertilizer, the 8,157-gross register ton, 441.2-foot (134.5 m) Type C2-S-AJ1steamcargo ship sank in a storm in the North Pacific Ocean approximately 870 nautical miles (1,610 km; 1,000 mi) southwest of Kodiak, Alaska,[15][74] with the loss of 36 of her 41 crew members.[75]
The Z-classdestroyer was struck by two Styx missiles launched from a Komar-classmissile boat (United Arab Republic Navy) and sank with 47 crewmen killed and 100 wounded.[78]
The cargo ship was wrecked when her engine failed during Typhoon Emma. All but one of her 44 crew were rescued by USS Navarro (United States Navy) before the ship was driven ashore at Lincoln Island, Paracel Islands.
The fishing trawler was in collision with (Royal Danish Navy) when the latter surfaced north west of Skagen and sank. Her four crew took to a liferaft, but were subsequently discovered dead.[84]
Ran aground in the Congo River, Boma. Refloated 9 January 1968.[2]
Valdez
United States
While under tow by the tugSea Witch (United States) during a storm, the 5,051-ton trainbarge was wrecked on the coast of Alaska two miles from the entrance to Yakutat Bay. She and 42 railroad cars aboard her became total losses.[6]
15 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1967
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Mavro, Greece. She was abandoned and subsequently sank.[85]
19 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1967
Ship
Country
Description
Portuguese Navy
Guinea-Bissau War of Independence: The LDM-101-class landing ship was sunk by members of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and Cape Verde using machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades. Two crewmen killed. raised, repaired and returned to service before June 1968.[86]
The coaster ran aground at Hook of Holland, South Holland, the Netherlands. All eight crew saved.[87]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1967
Ship
Country
Description
Improver
United States
The 9-gross register ton, 31.3-foot (9.5 m) fishing vessel sank at Bold Island in Southeast Alaska. The wreck report does not specify which of several islands of the name it is referring to.[88]
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Soviet Union
West Germany
Greece
United Kingdom
Royal Navy
Australia), sustaining slight damage.[4]
United States
United States
Lebanon
Canada
Republic of Korea Navy
Netherlands
United States
United States Coast Guard) rescued the other four.[17]
Yugoslavia
Liberia
Argentina
Italy
Poland
Denmark) in the Odense River.
Vietnam People's Navy
Panama
United States Navy
South African Navy
Egyptian Navy
Egypt
Israeli Navy)
United States
United Arab Republic Navy
Philippines
Zanzibar
Chile
Norway) and sank 16 nautical miles (30 km) off Beachy Head, England. All eighteen crew were saved by Linde.[67]
Biafran Armed Forces
Hong Kong
Royal Navy): Her five crew were rescued by trawler Roimage (
France).[71]
Cyprus
Morocco
Sweden
Royal Danish Navy) when the latter surfaced north west of Skagen and sank. Her four crew took to a liferaft, but were subsequently discovered dead.[84]
Zaire
Portuguese Navy