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The list of shipwrecks in 1974 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1974 .
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January [ ]
1 January [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1974
Ship
Country
Description
Transocean III
United States
The drilling rig sank 100 nautical miles (190 km) east of the Orkney Islands , United Kingdom . All 56 crew rescued.[1]
7 January [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1974
Ship
Country
Description
Royal Danish Navy
The tug capsized and sank at Fredrikshavn whilst towing ( Royal Danish Navy ) with the loss of two of her crew.[2]
16 January [ ]
19 January [ ]
22 January [ ]
27 January [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1974
Ship
Country
Description
Captayannis
Greece
The cargo ship was wrecked in the Firth of Clyde , Scotland. Her 30 crew were rescued by Rover ( United Kingdom ). Captayannis was on a voyage from East Africa to Greenock , Renfrewshire , United Kingdom.[7]
29 January [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1974
Ship
Country
Description
West Germany
The coaster capsized and sank in the English Channel with the loss of all eight crew.[8]
Unknown date [ ]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date January 1974
Ship
Country
Description
Batavia Road
Australia
The tourist boat struck rocks and foundered 30 kilometres (16 nmi; 19 mi) north of Geraldton , Western Australia .
United Kingdom
The fishing boat foundered in the English Channel off Chesil Beach , Dorset in late January with the loss of five lives.[9] [10]
February [ ]
1 February [ ]
3 February [ ]
4 February [ ]
9 February [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1974
Ship
Country
Description
Gaul
United Kingdom
The factory ship sank in the Barents Sea off Norway . All 36 crew lost.
10 February [ ]
13 February [ ]
15 February [ ]
19 February [ ]
22 February [ ]
Unknown date [ ]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date February 1974
Ship
Country
Description
Snoqualmie
United States
The 98-foot (30 m) shrimp hauler, a former fireboat , caught fire at a fueling pier at Kodiak , Alaska , in late February. To prevent the fire from spreading, the United States Coast Guard towed her into the harbor, where she burned for 36 hours and became a total loss .[13]
Two unidentified fishing vessels
South Korea
Two fishing vessels along with the 30 crewmen aboard them were captured by North Korean ships. North Korean coastal artillery batteries later sank the two fishing vessels with gunfire.[19]
March [ ]
5 March [ ]
6 March [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1974
Ship
Country
Description
USS Kenneth M. Willett
United States Navy
The decommissioned John C. Butler -class destroyer escort was sunk as a target off the coast of Puerto Rico .
8 March [ ]
10 March [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1974
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The support ship ran aground on the Black Midden Rocks in the Tyne Estuary .[22]
23 March [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1974
Ship
Country
Description
Straitsman
Australia
The livestock carrier capsized and sank in the Yarra River , Melbourne , Australia , with the loss of two crew and many of her cargo of 2,000 sheep .[23]
27 March [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1974
Ship
Country
Description
Cyprus
The cargo ship sank off Roche Douvres , France . All sixteen crew rescued by the Guernsey lifeboat .[24]
April [ ]
16 October [ ]
8 April [ ]
15 April [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1974
Ship
Country
Description
Astra
Norway
The factory ship collided with ( Singapore ) off the coast of Portuguese Guinea . She sank on 17 April with the loss of a crew member.[26]
May [ ]
9 May [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1974
Ship
Country
Description
St Pierre
Canada
The coaster capsized and sank in the Lachine Canal at Montreal , Quebec , Canada .
12 May [ ]
16 May [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1974
Ship
Country
Description
Soviet Union
The tanker sank after colliding with a French ferry 21 nautical miles (39 km) north of Tunisia .[27]
19 May [ ]
24 May [ ]
26 May [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1974
Ship
Country
Description
Sygna
Norway
The cargo ship ran aground at Stockton Beach , New South Wales , Australia.
June [ ]
1 June [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1974
Ship
Country
Description
Albacore
United States
The motor vessel was destroyed by fire at Pelican , Alaska .[25]
20 June [ ]
23 June [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1974
Ship
Country
Description
Miss Alaska
United States
The 197-gross register ton motor vessel sank off Kodiak Island , Alaska .[16]
28 June [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1974
Ship
Country
Description
No. 863
Republic of Korea Navy
The patrol ship was sunk by three North Korean ships. 28 crewmen killed.[19]
July [ ]
1 July [ ]
13 July [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1974
Ship
Country
Description
Elizabeth
United States
The 12-gross register ton , 35.8-foot (10.9 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Tenakee Springs , Alaska .[29]
16 July [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1974
Ship
Country
Description
Millie M
United States
The 27-foot (8.2 m) vessel burned and sank near Kodiak , Alaska .[16]
United States
The tanker ran aground off Bombay , India. She was on a voyage from Beaumont, Texas to Bombay. Consequently scrapped.[30]
21 July [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1974
Ship
Country
Description
Cloy E
United States
The tug sank near Marshall , Alaska .[12]
TCG Kocatepe
Turkish Naval Forces
Turkish invasion of Cyprus : The Gearing -class destroyer was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Cyprus by Turkish Air Force aircraft that mistook her for a Greek warship. Fifty-four of her crew were lost.
23 July [ ]
24 July [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1974
Ship
Country
Description
Skagway Helen
United States
The gillnetter was destroyed in Lynn Canal near Haines , Alaska , by a fire that started in a cook stove .[13]
29 July [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1974
Ship
Country
Description
Emmonak
United States
The fish processing barge broke away from her moorings and sank in the Bering Sea approximately 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi) off the coast of Alaska near Savoonga on Saint Lawrence Island .[29]
August [ ]
1 August [ ]
2 August [ ]
8 August [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1974
Ship
Country
Description
Eagle
United States
The 37-foot (11.3 m) motor vessel burned and sank 18 nautical miles (33 km; 21 mi) southeast of Yakutat , Alaska .[29]
Cyprus
Ran aground in the Guadalquivir river. Sold for scrap in situ .[32]
9 August [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1974
Ship
Country
Description
Netherlands Antilles
The tanker ran aground in the Strait of Magellan .[33] Subsequently refloated, declared a total loss and scrapped.[34]
11 August [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1974
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The tanker ran aground off Durban , South Africa . All 33 crew rescued.[35]
12 August [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1974
Ship
Country
Description
Caribia
Greece
The ocean liner ran aground at Guam and was wrecked.
Crystal S
United States
The 199-gross register ton fishing vessel capsized and sank in the Bering Sea approximately 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km; 4.0 mi) northwest of Akutan Island in the Aleutian Islands .[12]
22 August [ ]
30 August [ ]
Unknown date [ ]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date August 1974
Ship
Country
Description
Keta
United States
The 7-gross register ton pump-jet vessel was destroyed by fire at Haines , Alaska .[28]
September [ ]
2 September [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1974
Ship
Country
Description
Nuage de Matin
United Kingdom
The yacht sank off Gorey Castle , Jersey , after she broke from her moorings.
3 September [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1974
Ship
Country
Description
Mark F
United States
The logging barge became disabled in high winds near Whittier , Alaska , and sank after her cargo of logs broke loose.[16]
5 September [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1974
Ship
Country
Description
Morning Cloud
United Kingdom
The yacht was sunk by a large wave while sailing from Cowes to Burnham-on-Crouch , England , with the loss of two of her seven crew members.
9 September [ ]
13 September [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1974
Ship
Country
Description
Verona
United States
The motor vessel was wrecked on the east coast of Kodiak Island , Alaska .[36]
18 September [ ]
19 September [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1974
Ship
Country
Description
Aries
United States
During a voyage from Tacoma , Washington , to the Juneau , Alaska , area, the 86-foot (26.2 m) crab -fishing vessel sank west of , British Columbia , Canada . Her crew of five abandoned ship in a life raft and was rescued by a Canadian fishing vessel.[25]
Focomar
Cyprus
The coaster an aground on Andros Island , Greece , then sank in deep water
23 September [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 23 September 1974
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster was wrecked at .[38]
26 September [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1974
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The tanker ran aground on Kiltan Island , India. She was on a voyage from Ras Tanura , Saudi Arabia to Subic Bay , Philippines. Declared a total loss.[39]
29 September [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1974
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The coaster collided with ( West Germany ) and sank 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Ostend , Belgium .[40]
30 September [ ]
October [ ]
4 October [ ]
13 October [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1974
Ship
Country
Description
Barge 221
United States
The 1,255-gross register ton barge sank in the Gulf of Alaska .[41]
14 October [ ]
15 October [ ]
17 October [ ]
28 October [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1974
Ship
Country
Description
Lebanon
The cargo ship sank off the coast of the Netherlands . All 28 crew rescued.[45]
29 October [ ]
November [ ]
1 November [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1974
Ship
Country
Description
Unknown
Argentina
Dirty War : The 36-foot (11 m) cabin cruiser was blown up by a limpet mine placed by "Montoneros", assassinating Federal Police General Alberto Viller and his wife, off the Asarsa Shipyard at on the Río de la Plata .[46]
4 November [ ]
19 November [ ]
21 November [ ]
23 November [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1974
Ship
Country
Description
Quicksilver
United States
The 15-gross register ton motor vessel was destroyed by fire in Ernest Sound in Southeast Alaska .[49]
24 November [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1974
Ship
Country
Description
Geranium
Liberia
During a voyage from Port Angeles , Washington , to Osaka , Japan , with a cargo of logs and scrap metal and a Taiwanese crew of 28, the 11,477-gross register ton cargo ship disappeared with the loss of all hands in a storm in the North Pacific Ocean approximately 80 nautical miles (150 km; 92 mi) south of Kiska in the Aleutian Islands . Seaarchers found only an empty lifeboat and a large number of floating logs.[50]
28 November [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1974
Ship
Country
Description
Japan
The tanker was bombed and torpedoed by Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force ships and Japan Air Self-Defence Force aircraft and sunk 300 nautical miles (560 km) off Cape Inubo .
December [ ]
24 December [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1974
Ship
Country
Description
Booya
Australia
The schooner sank in Darwin Harbour , Australia during Cyclone Tracy with the loss of five crew.
25 December [ ]
31 December [ ]
Unknown date [ ]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1974
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The US Army Corps of Engineers dredge was sunk in a collision at the entrance to the . The wreck was removed two months later.[53]
Berkshire No. 7
United States
The barge sank in Bridgeport Harbor at Bridgeport , Connecticut , in the spring of 1974 while lashed to the barges Elmer S. Dailey and Priscilla Dailey when one of them began to take on water, sank, and dragged the other two down with her.
Elmer S. Dailey
United States
The barge sank in Bridgeport Harbor at Bridgeport , Connecticut , in the spring of 1974 while lashed to the barges Berkshire No. 7 and Priscilla Dailey when one of them began to take on water, sank, and dragged the other two down with her.
Republic of Vietnam Navy
Vietnam War : The was probably sunk by North Vietnamese 126th Special Naval Commandos.[54] [55]
Priscilla Dailey
United States
The barge sank in Bridgeport Harbor at Bridgeport , Connecticut , in the spring of 1974 while lashed to the barges Berkshire No. 7 and Elmer S. Dailey when one of them began to take on water, sank, and dragged the other two down with her.
Ridgetown
Canada
The bulk carrier was scuttled as a breakwater at Port Credit, Ontario sometime in the summer of 1974.[56]
Southern Explorer
United States
The 87-foot (27 m) vessel sank without loss of life near Sand Point , Alaska .[13]
Republic of Vietnam Navy
Vietnam War : The was probably sunk by North Vietnamese 126th Special Naval Commandos.[54] [57]
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