List of shipwrecks in 1971

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The list of shipwrecks in 1971 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1971.

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January[]

7 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1971
Ship Country Description
Kolno  Poland The cargo ship ran aground off Falsterbo, Sweden, withdrawn from service as a result and converted to a floating boilerhouse.
 Norway The supply vessel foundered in the North Sea one nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) off the oil rig Ocean Viking. All thirteen crew rescued.[1]

8 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1971
Ship Country Description
Antilles  France The ocean liner ran aground off Mustique, St Vincent and the Grenadines and caught fire when her fuel tanks ruptured. All passengers and crew took to the lifeboats and were rescued by Queen Elizabeth 2 ( United Kingdom).

11 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1971
Ship Country Description
 Panama It was struck by the 12,000-tonne ( Peru) at 4:10 in thick fog. Paracas had ignored the shipping lanes so that it could take a quicker route down the channel. Texaco Caribbean exploded from the bunker oil fumes in its hold.[2] It split in two, the bow section sinking immediately, the stern section drifting for several hours before sinking too, resulting in 600 tonnes of bunker fuel being spilled.[3] The incident occurred in the English Channel 13 km (8.1 mi) off Folkestone with the loss of at least eight lives. The explosion was so great that property was damaged in Folkestone.[4][5] 20 survivors were rescued by ( Norway) and the fishing vessel Viking Warrior ( United Kingdom). The survivors were taken to Dover. Paracas was towed to Hamburg.[6]

12 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1971
Ship Country Description
 West Germany Despite the British coastal authorities placing three vertical green lights on site to warn other ships of the presence of the wreck, the 2,695-ton Brandenburg struck the wreck of ( Peru) at 07:30 and sank within minutes with the loss of 21 lives. Lifeboats did not have time to respond and only 11 survivors were picked out from the water by fishermen.[4][5][2][3]

14 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1971
Ship Country Description
Pasteur  Panama Sank at 00°56′N 107°53′E / 0.933°N 107.883°E / 0.933; 107.883 when on a voyage from Sibu, Sarawak to Singapore. Was well off the normal route at the time.

18 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1971
Ship Country Description
Arctic Sea  United States The crab-fishing vessel was reported aground on (60°52′20″N 147°26′07″W / 60.8722°N 147.4353°W / 60.8722; -147.4353 (Fairmount Island)) on the south-central coast of Alaska.[7]

27 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1971
Ship Country Description
Norland  United States The fishing vessel ran aground and broke up on (58°23′30″N 134°54′00″W / 58.39167°N 134.90000°W / 58.39167; -134.90000 (Barlow Island)) in Southeast Alaska approximately 18 nautical miles (33 km; 21 mi) northwest of Juneau, Alaska. Her entire crew of three survived and was rescued by the buoy tender USCGC Clover (Ensign of the United States Coast Guard.svg United States Coast Guard).[8]

28 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1971
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The dredger sprang a leak, capsized and sank off Puffin Island, Anglesey. Her four crew were rescued by the Holyhead Lifeboat.[9]

31 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1971
Ship Country Description
 Denmark The ferry ran aground off the Kullen Lighthouse, Sweden. All on board rescued by ( Denmark).[10]

February[]

3 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1971
Ship Country Description
Decora  United States The fishing vessel sank after striking (56°38′20″N 132°56′10″W / 56.63889°N 132.93611°W / 56.63889; -132.93611 (Colorado Reef)) in Wrangell Narrows in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. The cutter USCGC Cape Henlopen (Ensign of the United States Coast Guard.svg United States Coast Guard) rescued her entire crew of five.[11]

6 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1971
Ship Country Description
Byzantium  Cyprus The ship caught fire at Gibraltar, with its bridge deck and accommodation gutted. Repairs were deemed uneconomic and the ship was scrapped later in the year.

10 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1971
Ship Country Description
 Italy The cargo ship ran aground 15 nautical miles (28 km) off the coast of Libya.[12]

22 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1971
Ship Country Description
Endeavour II  New Zealand The three-masted auxiliary barque was driven ashore in Parengarenga Harbour, a few miles south of North Cape. She was en route to New Zealand from Australia, and after being becalmed encountered a gale on rounding North Cape and failed to make Houhora Harbour. The crew of 13 men and one woman landed safely, there were no fatalities. She was the first square-rigged sailing vessel wrecked on the New Zealand coast for more than 50 years. Endeavour II had taken part in the 1970 bi-centenary re-enactment of James Cook's landing at Botany Bay, Sydney on 29 April 1970.[13]
Ocean Castle  United States The fishing vessel sank in the Gulf of Alaska near the Barren Islands (58°57′N 152°15′W / 58.950°N 152.250°W / 58.950; -152.250 (Barren Islands)) off the south-central coast of Alaska after colliding with the tanker Hawaiian Standard (flag unknown). Hawaiian Standard rescued her crew of four.[14]

26 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1971
Ship Country Description
Wafra  Liberia The tanker ran aground at Cape Agulhas, South Africa.[15]

27 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 27 February 1971
Ship Country Description
 Greece A light ship and five light buoys were added above the site of the wreck of ( Peru) by Trinity House. However, the ship Niki, sailing out of Dunkirk, ignored these and additional warnings of the nearby tanker Hebris. As observed by Hebris, Niki hit the submerged wreck(s) at approximately 8.16 pm and sank with the loss of all 21 crew and 1 passenger (the chief engineer's wife) before Hebris could perform a rescue of the men that had been observed in the water. Ten bodies were subsequently recovered.[16][2][4]
 Belgium The ship collided with ( Liberia) and sank in the River Scheldt. Later raised, repaired and returned to service.[17]

28 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1971
Ship Country Description
Maureen Greer  United States The crab-fishing vessel sank at the entrance to Uganik Bay (57°50′N 153°32′W / 57.833°N 153.533°W / 57.833; -153.533 (Uganik Bay)) on the coast of Kodiak Island in Alaska. Her crew of three survived.[18]

March[]

1 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1971
Ship Country Description
USS Reuben James  United States Navy The decommissioned Buckley-class destroyer escort was sunk as a target.

2 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1971
Ship Country Description
 Sweden The tanker ran aground off Berry Head, Devon, United Kingdom.[19]

3 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1971
Ship Country Description
 Panama The bulk carrier sprang a leak and foundered in the Indian Ocean (34°57′S 72°08′E / 34.950°S 72.133°E / -34.950; 72.133). Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Bunbury, Western Australia to Savannah, Georgia, United States.[20]

4 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1971
Ship Country Description
Angela  United States Carrying a cargo of powdered cement, the 420-foot (130 m), 8,512-gross register ton barge broke her towline during a storm and was wrecked on , a reef off Westport, Massachusetts. She sank in waters up to 35 feet (11 m) deep, becoming partially submerged.[21]
USS Gregory  United States Navy The decommissioned Fletcher-class destroyer was deliberately run aground on San Clemente Island off Southern California for use as a target.

12 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1971
Ship Country Description
Wafra  Liberia The tanker was towed out to sea and sunk by bombing from South African Air Force aircraft.[22]

28 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1971
Ship Country Description
 United States The tanker broke in two on the 27th and foundered on the 28th, 100 miles due east of Sandbridge off Virginia with the loss of 33 of her 44 crew.[23][24]

30 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1971
Ship Country Description
 Liberia The tanker ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, off the coast of Kent, United Kingdom.[25] She was refloated on 4 April.[6]

31 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1971
Ship Country Description
Christos  Liberia The cargo ship ran aground on , Kos, Greece. She was refloated on 1 April but developed leaks and sank later the same day.

April[]

1 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1971
Ship Country Description
Christos  Liberia Aground on , Kos, Greece, since 31 March, the cargo ship was refloated but developed leaks and sank at 36°32′N 26°57′E / 36.533°N 26.950°E / 36.533; 26.950.

12 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1971
Ship Country Description
Adak  United States The motor vessel sank near (57°09′N 134°17′W / 57.150°N 134.283°W / 57.150; -134.283 (Eliza Harbor)) on the coast of Admiralty Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[7]

15 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1956
Ship Country Description
Lynda K  United States The fishing vessel was lost in the Gulf of Alaska somewhere between Homer and Seward, Alaska.[26]

20 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1971
Ship Country Description
 Panama The T2 tanker collided with ( Sweden) off , Indonesia. Arrested and laid up at Singapore, she was scrapped in 1973.[27]

21 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1971
Ship Country Description
 Royal Navy The Troubles: The survey launch, attached to the survey ship HMS Hecate ( Royal Navy), was towed out to sea, bombed, and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Baltimore, Ireland, by a Provisional Irish Republican Army unit.[28]

26 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1971
Ship Country Description
Bangladesh Provisional Government of Bangladesh
Mukti Bahini 		Bangladesh Liberation War: The ship was sunk by Pakistan Air Force F-86 Sabre aircraft.[29]

27 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1971
Ship Country Description
Kiejak  United States The fishing vessel flooded, ran aground, and was lost in (59°08′N 138°25′W / 59.133°N 138.417°W / 59.133; -138.417 (Dry Bay)) on the south-central coast of Alaska. Her crew of four survived.[30]

30 April[]

List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1971
Ship Country Description
Pacific  United States Carrying a cargo of heavy construction equipment, the motor vessel sank in on the coast of Alaska. Reports of the sinking do not indicate in which of several Alaskan bodies of water named "Portage Bay" the sinking took place.[14]

May[]

2 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1971
Ship Country Description
Tongass  United States The fishing vessel ran aground and sank at the south end of Baranof Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. Another fishing vessel rescued all six members of her crew.[31]

15 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1971
Ship Country Description
 Norway The tanker was involved in a collision off the coast of Kent, United Kingdom and was holed.[32]

17 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1971
Ship Country Description
Ellinis  Greece The ocean liner ran aground off Calshot, Hampshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated undamaged after two hours.[32]

20 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 20 May 1971
Ship Country Description
Marjorie H  United States The 40-gross register ton, 50-foot (15.2 m) halibut-fishing vessel struck a snag and sank off the Kenai Peninsula on the south-central coast of Alaska, 80 nautical miles (150 km; 92 mi) west of Resurrection Bay. Her crew of five abandoned ship in a life raft and were rescued by another fishing vessel on 22 May.[18]

31 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1971
Ship Country Description
Gyro Jumbo  United States The fishing vessel sank during a storm with the loss of one life in the Copper River Delta on the south-central coast of Alaska.[33]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: unknown
Ship Country Description
Viking L&R  Cayman Islands The converted yacht foundered in Montego Bay, Jamaica.
 Republic of Korea Navy The PB 3-class patrol craft was wrecked.[34][35][36]

June[]

1 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1971
Ship Country Description
USS Bugara  United States Navy The Balao-class submarine sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Flattery, Washington while under tow.

2 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1971
Ship Country Description
Agulleit  United States The 23-ton, 54-foot (16.5 m) motor vessel was destroyed by ice at Emmonak, Alaska.[7]

28 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1971
Ship Country Description
Husky II  United States The pilot boat was destroyed by fire approximately 1,000 yards (910 m) off Bethel, Alaska.[37]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date June 1971
Ship Country Description
RPS Batanes  Philippine Navy The LSM-1-class medium landing ship ran aground. She was decommissioned in 1971 as a result and was scrapped in 1972.[38]

July[]

1 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1971
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The coastal tanker sank in the Rothesay Dock, Clydebank due to the actions of vandals.[39]
HMS Artemis  Royal Navy The Amphion-class submarine foundered at her moorings at Gosport, Hampshire. Subsequently raised and sold for scrap.

3 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1971
Ship Country Description
Harlequin  United States The motor vessel sank at Seward, Alaska.[37]

4 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1971
Ship Country Description
 Indonesia The cargo ship collided with ( Liberia) and sank off , Japan.[40]
 Japan The coaster collided with another ship and sank off Waikayama with the loss of eight of her nine crew.[40]
 Japan The coaster collided with another ship and sank off Japan.[40]

5 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1971
Ship Country Description
 Liberia The cargo ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Bay of Bengal. All crew rescued by ( United Kingdom).[40]

13 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1971
Ship Country Description
Iron Mule  United States The fishing vessel sank in bad weather in Cook Inlet near Kalgin Island on the south-central coast of Alaska. Two skiffs from a United States Air Force helicopter squadron from Elmendorf Air Force Base rescued all eight people and a spaniel who had been aboard Iron Mule.[41]

17 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1971
Ship Country Description
Selamat  Singapore The vessel ran aground at Kalampunian Island, Borneo. The ship was abandoned as a total loss.

August[]

5 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1971
Ship Country Description
 Israel The cargo ship suffered an explosion and fire in Greek waters and was beached, a total loss. Palestinians claimed responsibility for the explosion. Later taken to Kartal, Turkey and scrapped. 1 crewman killed.[42][43]
 Liberia Caught fire off Bari, Italy and abandoned. Beached at Split, Yugoslavia on 8 August. Scrapped in November 1971.[44]

7 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1971
Ship Country Description
Stag  United States The crab-fishing vessel sank in bad weather off (59°37′N 151°27′W / 59.617°N 151.450°W / 59.617; -151.450 (Land's End)) on the Homer Spit in Homer, Alaska. A pleasure craft rescued her entire crew of three.[45]

10 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1971
Ship Country Description
Sugi  Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force The decommissioned escort ship — formerly the Tacoma-class patrol frigate USS Coronado ( United States Navy) — was sunk as a target by a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force escort ship in the Pacific Ocean south of Nojimazaki, Japan.

16 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1971
Ship Country Description
 Pakistan Bangladesh Liberation War: The cargo ship was sunk by Mukti Bahini frogmen with limpet mines at Chittagong.[29]
 Pakistan Bangladesh Liberation War: The cargo ship was sunk by Mukti Bahini frogmen with limpet mines at Chittagong.[29]
 Pakistan Bangladesh Liberation War: The barge was sunk by Mukti Bahini frogmen with Limpet Mines at Chittagong.[29]

17 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1971
Ship Country Description
 Hong Kong Typhoon Rose: The cargo ship was driven ashore at , Hong Kong. Refloated but scrapped the following month.[46]
USS Regulus  United States Navy
USS Regulus.

Typhoon Rose: The Denebola-class stores ship was driven ashore at Kau-i-chau, Hong Kong. Subsequently declared a constructive total loss.

19 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1971
Ship Country Description
 Liberia Typhoon Rose: The cargo ship was driven aground at Hong Kong. Declared a constructive total loss and sold for scrap.[44]
HAM 308[47]  Netherlands The dredger collided with ( Norway) and sank in Jade Bight off Wilhelmshaven, West Germany with the loss of five crew and two other persons.[48][49]

30 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1971
Ship Country Description
Bertha Denz  West Germany The trawler was in collision with ( United Kingdom) and sank 25 nautical miles (46 km) west of Heligoland. Two crew rescued by Achatina.[50]

September[]

3 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1971
Ship Country Description
Viking King  United States The 87-foot (27 m) crab fishing vessel sank with the loss of two lives when she was swamped off Akun Island near Unalaska, Alaska. Her two survivors reached shore by clinging to an overturned life raft.[51]

4 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1971
Ship Country Description
Ricardo Manuel  Panama The coaster was cut in two by ( Morocco) and sunk at entrance to Casablanca harbour.

5 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1971
Ship Country Description
Eleni  Greece The cargo ship collided with ( Norway). Declared uneconomic to repair, scrapped in April 1972 at Santander, Spain.

18 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1971
Ship Country Description
Chubby  United States The fishing vessel was found adrift near Eldred Rock in Lynn Canal in Southeast Alaska. The only person who had been aboard disappeared without trace.[52]

21 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1971
Ship Country Description
 Hong Kong The ship caught fire and sank in the South China Sea.[53][54]

22 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1971
Ship Country Description
 Pakistan Bangladesh Liberation War: The cargo ship was sunk by Mukti Bahini frogmen with limpet mines at .[55]

24 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1971
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The Bank Line cargo ship was damaged by East Bengal guerrillas at , East Pakistan.[56]

25 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1971
Ship Country Description
Clara J  United States The motor vessel was destroyed by fire in (60°03′30″N 148°00′30″W / 60.05833°N 148.00833°W / 60.05833; -148.00833 (Hoodoo Bay)) in Prince William Sound on the south-central coast of Alaska.[52]

29 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1971
Ship Country Description
 Cyprus Stranded four nautical miles (7.4 km) off Skije[where?].[57]

October[]

14 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1971
Ship Country Description
London Valour  United Kingdom The bulk carrier had run aground and broken her back at Genoa in April 1970, but Smit Tak International had refloated the after portion on 12 October 1971 and was towing it to be scuttled on the Balearic Abyssal Plain. About 90 miles (78 nmi; 140 km) out from Genoa the hulk sank in the early hours of 14 October.[58]

15 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1971
Ship Country Description
Ben Jon  United States The 25-ton motor vessel sank in Kamishak Bay on the south-central coast of Alaska.[59]

16 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1971
Ship Country Description
Softuk  United States The motor vessel was found abandoned in Orca Inlet in Prince William Sound on the south-central coast of Alaska. One person aboard her was lost.[45]

22 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1971
Ship Country Description
Loch Seaforth  United Kingdom The mailboat ran aground off Skye. All 26 passengers rescued, ship later refloated.[60]

30 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1971
Ship Country Description
Nam Sanh  South Vietnam The coaster was stranded at Chu Lai, South Vietnam, during a typhoon.

November[]

4 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1971
Ship Country Description
 Pakistan Bangladesh Liberation War: The tanker was sunk by Mukti Bahini frogmen with limpet mines near Chittagong.[61][62]

5 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1971
Ship Country Description
Lynda  United States The fishing vessel was wrecked near (54°56′45″N 164°26′00″W / 54.94583°N 164.43333°W / 54.94583; -164.43333 (Cape Mordvinof)) on the northwest coast of Unimak Island in the Aleutian Islands.[26]

8 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 8 November 1971
Ship Country Description
Saratoga  United States The fishing vessel was wrecked on rocks near the mouth of (56°20′N 152°04′W / 56.333°N 152.067°W / 56.333; -152.067 (Little Tonki Bay)) on Afognak Island in the Kodiak Archipelago in the Gulf of Alaska. All seven men on board reached a rock, where a United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued them.[45]

9 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 9 November 1971
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The OBO carrier exploded and caught fire 150 nautical miles (280 km) East London, South Africa. All on board were rescued by ( Liberia). The captain and five officers later reboarded the ship, which was towed by the tugs Arctic and Statesman to Port Elizabeth.[63] The ship was repaired and returned to service.[64]
Maori  France The cargo ship sank 250 nautical miles (460 km) off the coast of Spain. There was only one survivor of her 39 crew.[63]

14 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1971
Ship Country Description
USS Samuel B. Roberts  United States Navy
USS Samuel B. Roberts being sunk.
The decommissioned Gearing-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean 195 nautical miles (361 km) north of Puerto Rico at 21°42.8′N 65°55.1′W / 21.7133°N 65.9183°W / 21.7133; -65.9183 ("USS Samuel B. Roberts (DD-823)).

17 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1971
Ship Country Description
 Spain The tanker sank off the Cape Verde Islands following an onboard explosion with the loss of four of her 35 crew.[65]
Louise II  United States The seiner ran aground on rocks and broke up in bad weather on (55°58′48″N 133°15′30″W / 55.98000°N 133.25833°W / 55.98000; -133.25833 (Clam Island)) in Southeast Alaska between Craig and Klawock, Alaska. Her crew of three survived.[26]

22 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1971
Ship Country Description
Astron  United States After suffering an explosion, the 107-gross register ton, 74.8-foot (22.8 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in the Bering Sea six nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) north of Akutan Island in the Aleutian Islands. Her crew of four abandoned ship in a seven-foot (2.1 m) rubber life raft and was rescued on 25 November by the fishing trawler Chidori Maru No 51 ( Japan) near (54°14′00″N 165°56′00″W / 54.2333333°N 165.9333333°W / 54.2333333; -165.9333333 (North Head)) on the coast of Akutan Island.[7]
 Greece Bangladesh Liberation War: The cargo ship was sunk by Mukti Bahini frogmen with limpet mines in the Pussur River.[55]

23 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1971
Ship Country Description
 Greece Bangladesh Liberation War: The cargo ship was sunk by Mukti Bahini frogmen with limpet mines in the Pussur River.[55]

25 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 25 November 1971
Ship Country Description
Barataria  United States The 68-foot (20.7 m) tug sank in 136 feet (41 m) of water during a storm in Long Island Sound north-northeast of Southold, Long Island, New York. Two of her four crew members lost their lives. Her sinking was attributed to improper modifications that had been made to her.[66]

30 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1971
Ship Country Description
 Liberia The tanker ran aground off Niigata, Japan and broke in two.[67]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date November 1971
Ship Country Description
USS Roberts  United States Navy The decommissioned Cannon-class destroyer escort was sunk as a target.

December[]

3 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1971
Ship Country Description
Seven Seas  United States The fishing vessel disappeared near Kodiak Island off the south-central coast Alaska during a voyage to (57°22′N 156°11′W / 57.367°N 156.183°W / 57.367; -156.183 (Wide Bay)) with the loss of all four people on board.[45]

4 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1971
Ship Country Description
 Pakistan Navy Indo-Pakistan War of 1971: The Rajshahi-class patrol craft was sunk by Indian Hawker Sea Hawk aircraft in the Bay of Bengal off Chittagong.[68][69]
PNS Ghazi  Pakistan Navy Indo-Pakistan War of 1971: The Ghazi-class submarine was sunk in the Bay of Bengal off Visakhapatnam, India, by Indian surface ships, or loss by accidental explosion while laying mines, with the loss of her entire crew of 92.[70][71]
PNS Khaibar  Pakistan Navy Indo-Pakistan War of 1971 - Operation Trident: The Badr-class destroyer was sunk in the Arabian Sea south of Karachi, Pakistan, by two SS-N-2 Styx missiles fired by the missile boat INS Nirghat ( Indian Navy). 289 crewmen killed.[70][72]
PNS Muhafiz  Pakistan Navy Indo-Pakistan War of 1971 - Operation Trident: The Mahmood-class minesweeper was sunk in the Arabian Sea south of Karachi, Pakistan, by two SS-N-2 Styx missiles fired by the missile boat INS Veer ( Indian Navy).[70][73]
Venus Challenger  Liberia Indo-Pakistan War of 1971 - Operation Trident: The cargo ship was sunk in the Arabian Sea 26 nautical miles (48 km; 30 mi) south of Karachi, Pakistan, by an SS-N-2 Styx missile fired by the missile boat INS Nipat ( Indian Navy).[70]

5 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1971
Ship Country Description
 Pakistan Navy Indo-Pakistan War of 1971: The patrol craft was sunk by Breguet Alize aircraft from INS Vikrant ( Indian Navy) in the Bay of Bengal.[68]
 Pakistan Navy Indo-Pakistan War of 1971: The patrol craft was sunk by Breguet Alize aircraft from INS Vikrant ( Indian Navy) in the Bay of Bengal.[68]

6 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1971
Ship Country Description
Lightning  Ethiopia Indo-Pakistan War of 1971: The cargo ship was sunk by Indian Air Force aircraft at .[74][75]
 Spain Indo-Pakistan War of 1971: The cargo ship was sunk by Indian Air Force aircraft at .[76][77][78]
 Greece Indo-Pakistan War of 1971: The cargo ship was sunk by Hawker Sea Hawk aircraft from INS Vikrant ( Indian Navy).[74][79]

8 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1971
Ship Country Description
Unidentified patrol craft  Pakistan Navy Indo-Pakistan War of 1971: Four patrol craft were sunk by gunfire in the Bay of Bengal by INS Brahmaputra ( Indian Navy).[80]

9 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1971
Ship Country Description
 Pakistan Navy Indo-Pakistan War of 1971: The patrol craft was sunk by Hawker Sea Hawk aircraft from INS Vikrant ( Indian Navy).[74]
 Panama Indo-Pakistan War of 1971 - Operation Python: The cargo ship was sunk by one SS-N-2 Styx missile fired by the missile boat INS Vinash ( Indian Navy) at Karachi, Pakistan.[81]
 United Kingdom Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 - Operation Python: The cargo ship was sunk by one SS-N-2 Styx missile fired by the missile boat INS Vinash ( Indian Navy) at Karachi, Pakistan. Seven crew were killed.[81]
INS Khukri  Indian Navy Indo-Pakistan War of 1971: The Khukri-class frigate was torpedoed and sunk in the Arabian Sea 35 nautical miles (65 km) southwest of Diu by PNS Hangor ( Pakistan Navy) with the loss of 194 of her crew.
 Pakistan Indo-Pakistan War of 1971: The cargo ship was sunk by Indian Navy Hawker Sea Hawk aircraft in Chalna, East Pakistan.[82]
 Pakistan Indo-Pakistan War of 1971: The cargo ship was sunk by Indian Navy Hawker Sea Hawk aircraft in Chalna, East Pakistan.[83]
Two unidentified landing craft tank  Pakistan Navy Indo-Pakistan War of 1971: The two landing craft tanks were sunk by Hawker Sea Hawk aircraft from INS Vikrant ( Indian Navy).[74][29]
 Greece Indo-Pakistan War of 1971 - Operation Python: The tanker was shelled and set on fire at Karachi, Pakistan.[81]

10 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1971
Ship Country Description
 Pakistan Indo-Pakistan War of 1971: The cargo ship was sunk by Indian aircraft at East Pakistan.[79]
Nordpol/North Pole Unknown Indo-Pakistan War of 1971: The cargo ship was sunk by Indian aircraft at East Pakistan.[79]
Padma Bangladesh Provisional Government of Bangladesh
Mukti Bahini 		Indo-Pakistan War of 1971: The Ford-class ASW ship was sunk at Kulna on the by Indian Air Force Folland Gnat aircraft. 14 survivors of Padma and Palash were rescued by INS Panvel ( Indian Navy).[29][79]
Palash Bangladesh Provisional Government of Bangladesh
Mukti Bahini 		Indo-Pakistan War of 1971: The Ford-class ASW ship was sunk at Kulna on the by Indian Air Force Folland Gnat aircraft. 14 survivors of Padma and Palash were rescued by INS Panvel ( Indian Navy).[29][79]

12 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1971
Ship Country Description
 Pakistan Indo-Pakistan War of 1971: The cargo ship was sunk at Chittagong by Indian Navy Hawker Sea Hawk aircraft.[55]
 Pakistan Indo-Pakistan War of 1971: The cargo ship was sunk at Chittagong by Indian Navy Hawker Sea Hawk aircraft.[84][85]
 Brazil Indo-Pakistan War of 1971: The tanker was sunk at Chittagong by Indian Navy Hawker Sea Hawk aircraft. Raised and scrapped April 1972.[86][87]

13 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1971
Ship Country Description
 Pakistan Indo-Pakistan War of 1971: The cargo ship was bombed, capsized and sank at Chittagong by Indian Navy Hawker Sea Hawk aircraft.[88][85][89]

14 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1971
Ship Country Description
Katata Maru  Japan The 310-foot (94.5 m) fish processing vessel – which had caught fire 200 nautical miles (370 km; 230 mi) west of Adak Island in the Aleutian Islands, been abandoned by her crew (which the United States Coast Guard rescued), and then been towed to Adak, where she was pumped full of water to extinguish the fire – was towed out of the harbor at Adak by a United States Navy tug to a point 20 nautical miles (37 km; 23 mi) away in the Bering Sea, where she capsized and sank in deep water.[30]

16 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1971
Ship Country Description
Saint Mark  United States The 139-gross register ton, 79.6-foot (24.3 m) crab-fishing vessel disappeared in the Gulf of Alaska during a voyage from Kodiak to Seward, Alaska, with the loss of all four people on board. She was last seen off on Shuyak Island in the Kodiak Archipelago, apparently trying to escape rough seas.[45]

19 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1971
Ship Country Description
 Panama The coaster foundered 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Land's End, United Kingdom. All crew rescued by the trawler Petronella ( Netherlands).[90]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown December 1971
Ship Country Description
 Pakistan Navy Indo-Pakistan War of 1971: The Rajshahi-class patrol craft was damaged on 4 or 11 December by Breguet Alize aircraft from INS Vikrant ( Indian Navy) in the Bay of Bengal and beached. Refloated after the War, repaired and put in Bangladeshi Navy service.[68][69]
 Pakistan Navy Indo-Pakistan War of 1971: The Rajshahi-class patrol craft was sunk on 4 or 6 December by aircraft from INS Vikrant ( Indian Navy) in the Bay of Bengal.[68][69]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1971
Ship Country Description
Altair  Italian Navy The frigate was sunk as a target.[91]
Katmai  United States The crab-fishing vessel sank in deep water off the Alaska Peninsula. Her crew of four survived.[30]
Hela  United States The 32-gross register ton 52.1-foot (15.9 m) motor vessel sank in the Lower Yukon River in central Alaska.[37]
Menlo  United States The 23-gross register ton, 47.4-foot (14.4 m) fishing vessel sank with the loss of three lives after striking an unidentified submerged object in the waters of Alaska. Some reports claim that the incident occurred on 24 April near off the south end of the Kenai Peninsula at 58°25′N 150°15′W / 58.417°N 150.250°W / 58.417; -150.250 (FV Menlo), others that it happened on 24 April near Seldovia, and still others that it took place sometime in June in Southeast Alaska 45 nautical miles (83 km; 52 mi) southeast of Juneau.[18]
Nissei Maru  Japan The 90-ton fishing vessel capsized and sank in the Bering Sea north of Unalaska Island in the Aleutian Islands with the loss of ten lives. Other fishing vessels rescued her eight survivors.[8]

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Ship events in 1971
Ship launches: 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976
Ship commissionings: 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976
Ship decommissionings: 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976
Shipwrecks: 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976
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