List of shipwrecks in 1948
The list of shipwrecks in 1948 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1948.
January
2 January
3 January
6 January
List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1948
Ship | Country | Description |
City of London |
United Kingdom |
The cargo ship ran aground 20 nautical miles (37 km) north west of Margate, Kent. Refloated the next day.[3] |
7 January
9 January
List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1948
Ship | Country | Description |
Podolsk |
Soviet Union |
The cargo ship ran aground on the Amhurst Rocks in the Yangtze Estuary 60 nautical miles (110 km) from Wusong, China. She sank two days later.[4] |
11 January
12 January
16 January
List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1948
Ship | Country | Description |
Svein Jarl |
Norway |
The cargo ship struck a mine and sank off Patras, Greece. Nine crew were killed.[5] |
19 January
List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1948
Ship | Country | Description |
Oriana |
United Kingdom |
The tug exploded and sank off the Knoll buoy in the Colne Estuary, Essex with the loss of all sixteen crew.[7] |
21 January
List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1948
Ship | Country | Description |
Argo |
Norway |
The cargo ship struck a mine and sank whilst on a voyage from Venice, Italy to Rijeka, Yugoslavia. Eleven crew were killed.[5] |
30 January
List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1948
Ship | Country | Description |
Toxteth |
United Kingdom |
The tug collided with Basis ( Norway) in the River Mersey. She capsized and sank with the loss of all four crew.[8] |
31 January
February
3 February
6 February
10 February
12 February
13 February
List of shipwrecks: 13 February 1948
Ship | Country | Description |
Ardennes |
Belgium |
Ran aground off Santander, Spain after anchor chain broke. Refloated 24 February and returned to service.[11] |
16 February
24 February
List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1948
Ship | Country | Description |
Baltic Queen |
United Kingdom |
The cargo ship collided with Hembury ( Brazil) in the River Mersey and sank. All 25 crew were rescued.[12] |
29 February
List of shipwrecks: 29 February 1948
Ship | Country | Description |
Cecil G. Sellers |
United States |
The Liberty ship caught fire south west of the Cocos Islands and was abandoned. She was declared a total loss and was consequently scrapped in 1950.[13] |
Unknown date
March
8 March
9 March
10 March
22 March
25 March
April
4 April
8 April
List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1948
Ship | Country | Description |
Strong |
Norway |
The cargo ship sank off Egersund, Norway, with the loss of all nine crew.[5] |
10 April
11 April
18 April
19 April
24 April
May
6 May
11 May
12 May
14 May
List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1948
Ship | Country | Description |
Rutland |
Norway |
The cargo ship ran aground west of Tjøme, Norway, whilst on a voyage from Bergen to Oslo.[5] |
16 May
List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1948
Ship | Country | Description |
Polglen |
United Kingdom |
The coaster hit a mine and sank off Borkum, Netherlands. All fourteen crew were rescued by Glory ( Netherlands).[19] |
25 May
June
11 June
List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1948
Ship | Country | Description |
Köbenhavn |
Denmark |
The passenger ship struck a mine and sank 15 nautical miles (28 km) off the east coast of Jutland with the loss of over 150 lives.[20] |
16 June
24 June
List of shipwrecks: 24 June 1948
Ship | Country | Description |
Fenris |
Norway |
The tanker suffered a fire in her engine room whilst on a voyage from Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela to Le Havre, France. Declared a constructive total loss.[5] |
Unknown date
July
2 July
5 July
8 July
17 July
List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1948
Ship | Country | Description |
Amstelstroom |
Netherlands |
The coaster ran aground on Lundy Island, Devon, United Kingdom. All eleven crew scrambled ashore.[22] |
18 July
List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1948
Ship | Country | Description |
Marie |
Belgium |
The cargo ship collided with Bharatkhand ( United Kingdom) 8 nautical miles (15 km) north east of Ushant and sank.[22] |
Marlene |
United Kingdom |
The cargo ship struck a submerged object at Falmouth, Cornwall and was holed. She was beached in Great Molunan Cove to prevent her sinking.[22] |
20 July
List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1948
Ship | Country | Description |
Cronenburgh |
Netherlands |
Ran aground between Stockholm and Mäntyluoto, Finland. Refloated but leaking, repaired and returned to service. |
21 July
25 July
27 July
List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1948
Ship | Country | Description |
Philip Heineken |
Germany |
The cargo ship was scuttled in the Skagerrak with a cargo of poison gas munitions.[23] |
31 July
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in July 1948
Ship | Country | Description |
Bert Williams |
Italy |
The Liberty ship broke in two whilst under tow from Port Said, Egypt to an Italian port. Bow section salvaged and subsequently joined to stern section of Nathaniel Bacon ( United States.[16] |
August
11 August
19 August
List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1948
Ship | Country | Description |
Arleux |
Canada |
The fishing vessel Arleux foundered off White Head Bay, Nova Scotia.[25] |
22 August
List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1948
Ship | Country | Description |
Empire Success |
United Kingdom |
The cargo ship was scuttled in the Bay of Biscay with a cargo of obsolete chemical ammunition.[4] |
25 August
List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1948
Ship | Country | Description |
Moonlight |
United Kingdom |
The barge capsized and sank off Ardlamont Point, Argyllshire with the loss of four of the five people on board.[26] |
29 August
30 August
List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1948
Ship | Country | Description |
Prowess |
Norway |
The ex-Portuguese-class naval trawler ran aground in Frøyskjæret, west of Florø whilst on a voyage from Poland to Vadsø, Norway. Refloated in 1951 and scrapped in 1954.[5] |
30 August
September
11 September
16 September
List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1948
Ship | Country | Description |
Leicester |
United Kingdom |
The cargo ship was abandoned in the North Atlantic with the loss of six of her 45 crew. Located on 26 September by Foundation Lillian and towed to Bermuda By Foundation Josephine, arriving 3 October. Beached by a hurricane on 7 October, re-floated 19 October, and towed to Newport News, Virginia, arriving 31 October. Repaired and recommissioned 14 December.[29] |
19 September
24 September
27 September
List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1948
Ship | Country | Description |
Mui Lee |
Norway |
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Hoihow, China in a typhoon. Refloated in 1949 and sold.[5] |
28 September
List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1948
Ship | Country | Description |
Maria Joana |
Portugal |
The cargo ship was wrecked at the entrance to Fogo Harbour, Canada.[31] |
October
2 October
List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1948
Ship | Country | Description |
Borgøy |
Norway |
The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank off Lista, Norway, whilst on a voyage from Ålesund to Stockholm, Sweden.[5] |
5 October
6 October
List of shipwrecks: 6 October 1948
Ship | Country | Description |
Takoradian |
United Kingdom |
The cargo ship caught fire and sank at Copenhagen, Denmark.[32] |
16 October
22 October
25 October
List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1948
Ship | Country | Description |
Henny |
Norway |
The cargo ship ran aground west of Rongevær, Norway, whilst on a voyage from Brevik to Namsos. Refloated on 2 April 1949, repaired and returned to service.[5] |
26 October
31 October
List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1948
Ship | Country | Description |
Tendringen |
Norway |
The cargo ship ran aground and sank in the Namsenfjord, Norway, whilst on a voyage from Slemmestad to Namsos.[5] |
November
1 November
List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1948
Ship | Country | Description |
St Guenole |
France |
The tanker ran aground at Gribba Head, Cornwall, United Kingdom with the loss of eleven of her twelve crew.[35] |
5 November
10 November
11 November
List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1948
Ship | Country | Description |
Grom |
Norway |
The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank 8 nautical miles (15 km) south west of Kvistøy, Norway, whilst on a voyage from Rekefjord to Møre.[5] |
13 November
14 November
17 November
22 November
December
4 December
List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1948
Ship | Country | Description |
Kiangya |
China |
The wreck of Kiangya. The passenger steamship exploded and sank at the mouth of the Huangpu River in China with the loss of at least 2,750 lives. |
15 December
List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1948
Ship | Country | Description |
Eiholm |
Norway |
The cargo ship sank off Kragerø, Norway, whilst on a voyage from Brevik to Etne.[5] |
20 December
List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1948
Ship | Country | Description |
Bosphorus |
Norway |
The cargo ship ran aground on Haisborough Sand, Norfolk, United Kingdom.[38] Refloated on 29 December.[39] |
24 December
28 December
List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1948
Ship | Country | Description |
Farne |
Norway |
The ex-Isles-class naval trawler sank off Halland, Sweden with the loss of all fourteen crew. She was on a voyage from Stettin, Poland to Larvik, Norway.[5] |
30 December
Unknown date
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