The list of shipwrecks in 1976 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1976.
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January [ ]
3 January [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1976
Ship
Country
Description
East Germany
The coaster sank off Schiermonnikoog , the Netherlands.[1]
United Kingdom
Sank in same storm as Capella . Often mistakenly referred to as "Carnoesti" in American press.[2] [3]
8 January [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1976
Ship
Country
Description
Panama
The cruise ship ran aground in the Adriatic between the islands of Hvar and Korčula .[4]
United Kingdom
The tug capsized and sank in the Thames Estuary at Tilbury whilst assisting Jervis Bay ( United Kingdom ). All seven crew rescued.[5]
10 January [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1976
Ship
Country
Description
ARA Comandante General Zapiola
Argentine Navy
The Navajo -class fleet ocean tug ran aground on a reef off Antarctica and was declared a total loss.
19 January [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1976
Ship
Country
Description
France
The tanker ran aground off Fawley , Hampshire , United Kingdom.[6]
26 January [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1976
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The tanker ran aground off the coast of Brittany , France.[7]
Unknown date [ ]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1976
Ship
Country
Description
Kirk Pride
Cayman Islands
The vessel struck a reef and sank off the Cayman Islands.
February [ ]
11 February [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1976
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The ship ran aground 23 nautical miles (43 km) north of Jeddah , Saudi Arabia and was severely damaged. She was refloated but had to be beached. Declared a constructive total loss .[8]
15 February [ ]
20 February [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1976
Ship
Country
Description
Marie Elizabeth
Panama
The vessel caught fire at Barcelona , Spain. Declared a constructive total loss.
22 February [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1976
Ship
Country
Description
Unknown
Khmer Rouge
A navy vessel was sunk by six Thai navy vessels.[9]
26 February [ ]
March [ ]
1 March [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1976
Ship
Country
Description
Deep Sea Driller
Norway
The drilling rig ran aground off Bergen . One leg broke off and six crew were killed. Although declared a constructive total loss,[10] the rig was later repaired and returned to service.
4 March [ ]
23 March [ ]
April [ ]
5 April [ ]
6 April [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1976
Ship
Country
Description
Cuba
The fishing boat was sunk by a Cuban exile -operated boat, with one crewman killed and three wounded aboard her and Ferro 123 ( Cuba ) combined.[12]
Cuba
The fishing boat was sunk by a Cuban exile -operated boat, with one crewman killed and three wounded aboard her and Ferro 119 ( Cuba ) combined .[12]
8 April [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1976
Ship
Country
Description
Cyprus
The cargo ship capsized and sank off Perama , Greece. Five of her crew were lost.[13]
14 April [ ]
16 April [ ]
26 April [ ]
May [ ]
2 May [ ]
12 May [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1976
Ship
Country
Description
Hotai
United States
The 81-gross register ton , 86-foot (26.2 m) motor vessel was wrecked on the coast of Montague Island on the south-central coast of Alaska .[19]
Spain
The tanker exploded and caught fire at the mouth of A Coruña harbour, killing two of her thirty-nine crew.[20]
13 May [ ]
June [ ]
10 June [ ]
23 June [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1976
Ship
Country
Description
Armorique
France
The ferry ran aground off Saint-Malo , Ille-et-Vilaine and was damaged. She was later repaired and returned to service.
23 June [ ]
Unknown date [ ]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in June 1976
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The lighter sank in Cline Bay, off Freetown , Sierra Leone.[22]
July [ ]
3 July [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1976
Ship
Country
Description
Panama
The tanker was driven ashore on San Andrés Island , Columbia. Consequently scrapped in 1977.[23]
21 July [ ]
25 July [ ]
Unknown date [ ]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in July 1976
Ship
Country
Description
Cyprus
The coaster caught fire in the English Channel and was beached.[25]
August [ ]
3 August [ ]
10 August [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1976
Ship
Country
Description
Royal Navy
The offshore patrol vessel collided with ( Singapore ) in the Firth of Forth during foggy weather and sank. All 42 people on board rescued by Plainsman .[27]
12 August [ ]
16 August [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1976
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The tug capsized and sank off Lowestoft , Suffolk with the loss of one of her four crew.[28]
20 August [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1976
Ship
Country
Description
Morning Cloud
United Kingdom
The yacht ran aground outside Ramsgate Harbour, Kent .[29]
24 August [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1976
Ship
Country
Description
Malaysia
The cruise ship caught fire at Kuala Lumpur , a total loss.[30]
26 August [ ]
Unknown date [ ]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown August
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
Lebanese Civil War : The vessel was sunk by Limpet mines in Lebanon by the Christian faction sometime in August.[31]
September [ ]
17 September [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1976
Ship
Country
Description
Panama
The Design 381 Coastal Freighter capsized and sank off .[32] [33]
20 September [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1976
Ship
Country
Description
HMS Fittleton
Royal Navy
The minesweeper capsized within a minute of colliding with the frigate HMS Mermaid ( Royal Navy ) in the North Sea 60 nautical miles (110 km; 69 mi) north of the island of Texel , the Netherlands . She sank several hours later in 160 feet (49 m) of water. Twelve members of her crew lost their lives; accompanying ships rescued 32 survivors. She was brought to the surface the next day and scrapped in 1977.
22 September [ ]
26 September [ ]
27 September [ ]
29 September [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1976
Ship
Country
Description
Rarau
Poland
The 2,186-ton factory trawler with a Romanian crew of eighty-four drove into the northern part of the Seven Stones Reef known as the North-east Rocks. All the crew were rescued and the trawler slipped into deep water.[36]
October [ ]
1 October [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1976
Ship
Country
Description
Panama
Ran aground at Al Hudaydah , Yemen and refloated 15 October.[37]
9 October [ ]
12 October [ ]
14 October [ ]
15 October [ ]
18 October [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1976
Ship
Country
Description
West Germany
The tug collided with a barge and sank off Burghead , United Kingdom with the loss of one of her ten crew.[40]
20 October [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1976
Ship
Country
Description
George Prince
United States
The ferry sank in the Mississippi River after a collision with Frosta ( Norway ). Seventy-eight people were killed.
23 October [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 23 October
Ship
Country
Description
Cyprus
Lebanese Civil War : The cargo ship was sunk by mines off Lebanon.[41] [42]
25 October [ ]
27 October [ ]
Unknown date [ ]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date October 1976
Ship
Country
Description
Coral Master
United States
The 78-foot (23.8 m) vessel sank off Alaska .[44]
November [ ]
1 November [ ]
22 November [ ]
December [ ]
3 December [ ]
9 December [ ]
11 December [ ]
15 December [ ]
17 December [ ]
20 December [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1976
Ship
Country
Description
Mecca
Iceland
The ferry sank in the Red Sea after catching fire the previous day and drifting onto a reef.
23 December [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1976
Ship
Country
Description
Seastar
Lebanon
Ran aground on the Sha`b Abu Nuhas reef, remained stranded and finally sank in 1984.[49]
Santez-anna
United Kingdom
The fishing boat was lost west of Guernsey in the Channel Islands .
24 December [ ]
List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1976
Ship
Country
Description
British Steel
United Kingdom
The yacht ran aground off Fuerteventura , Spain. All eight crew rescued, and the yacht was later refloated and returned to service.[50]
Patra
Egypt
The passenger ship, the ex- [de ] , was travelling with pilgrims between Jeddah and Suez when a fire broke out that exacerbated by poor and obsolete firefighting equipment. The ship sank due to the inability to extinguish the fire. 102 out of the 403 passengers and crew were lost.[51] [52]
27 December [ ]
Unknown date [ ]
Unknown date [ ]
List of shipwrecks: unknown date 1976
Ship
Country
Description
Indonesian Navy
The missile boat sank after striking an underwater obstacle in early 1976.[56]
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