List of shipwrecks in 1979

The list of shipwrecks in 1979 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1979.

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1979
Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec
Unknown date


January

8 January

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1979
Ship Country Description
Betelgeuse  France
Betelgeuse
: The tanker exploded and sank in Bantry Bay, Ireland, with the loss of 50 lives.

13 January

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1979
Ship Country Description
Mineral Hoboken  Belgium Collided with Mipo ( Panama) at New Orleans, United States and was damaged.[1]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: unknown
Ship Country Description
Glacier Queen  United States The floating hotel sank at anchor in Cook Inlet, Alaska in 1978. Ship was raised and scuttled further out to sea in January 1979.

February

14 February

List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1979
Ship Country Description
François Vieljeux  France The container ship foundered in rough seas 45 nautical miles (83 km) south west of Cape Finisterre with the loss of 23 lives.[2]
Revi  Panama She foundered 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) off the Humber Lightship (53°39′N 0°23′E / 53.650°N 0.383°E / 53.650; 0.383).[3]

March

15 March

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1979
Ship Country Description
Kurdistan  Liberia The tanker struck ice in the Cabot Strait which fractured her hull. She subsequently broke in two during a gale. Her crew were rescued by CCGS Sir William Alexander (Canada Canadian Coast Guard). The bow section was sunk on 1 April by HMCS Margaree ( Royal Canadian Navy); the stern section was towed to a European port where a new bow was constructed. She was returned to service.[4]

30 March

List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1979
Ship Country Description
Angelina Lauro  Italy Caught fire at Charlotte Amalie, United States Virgin Islands and sank. Refloated 2 July.

April

28 April

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1979
Ship Country Description
Gino  Liberia The tanker collided with Team Castor ( Norway) and sank in the English Channel. All crew rescued by a Soviet merchant ship.[5]

May

16 May

List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1979
Ship Country Description
Zerstörer 1  German Navy The decommissioned Fletcher-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the Mediterranean Sea by a torpedo fired by the submarine U-29 ( German Navy.

17 May

List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1979
Ship Country Description
HMAS Air Sprite  Royal Australian Navy The decommissioned air-sea rescue vessel was sunk as a target by a RIM-24 Tartar missile fired by the guided-missile destroyer HMAS Brisbane (  Royal Australian Navy ).

June

21 June

List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1979
Ship Country Description
Petro Bouscat  Senegal Stranded in the Sanaga River (3°29′N 9°44′E / 3.483°N 9.733°E / 3.483; 9.733) and abandoned as a constructive total loss.[1]

30 June

List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1979
Ship Country Description
Bunga Kenanga  Malaysia The ship ran aground in the Kori Creek, India and was abandoned.[6][7]

July

3 July

List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1979
Ship Country Description
Kairali The bulk carrier disappeared in the Arabian Sea about 500 nautical miles (575 miles; 926 km) west of Margao, India, after sending a final radio message on this date.

19 July

List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1979
Ship Country Description
Atlantic Empress  Greece Collided with Aegean Captain ( Greece) off Trinidad and Tobago, causing a large oil spill.
USS Tiru  United States Navy The decommissioned Balao-class submarine was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean 200 nautical miles (230 miles; 370 km) off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, at 36°N 73°W / 36°N 73°W / 36; -73 ("USS Tiru (SS-416)") by the submarine USS Silversides ( United States Navy).

August

3 August

List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1979
Ship Country Description
Atlantic Empress  Greece Sank in deep water following damage sustained in collision on 19 July.

11–15 August

List of shipwrecks: 11–15 August 1979
Ship Country Description
The Fastnet race  United Kingdom A total of 25 yachts were sunk in Force 11 winds with the loss of 15 lives.

27 August

List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1979
Ship Country Description
Shadow V  United Kingdom The Troubles: the fishing boat was blown to pieces off Mullaghmore, County Sligo, Republic of Ireland, by a bomb planted by the Provisional IRA. Lord Mountbatten of Burma and three other people died in the blast.

September

24 September

List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1979
Ship Country Description
Angelina Lauro  Italy Sank in the Pacific Ocean while under tow to shipbreakers in Taiwan

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date September 1979
Ship Country Description
USS Ozark  United States Navy
USS Ozark aground
The decommissioned mine countermeasures support ship, serving as a target ship, was driven aground near Perdido Key, Florida, in Hurricane Frederic. She was salvaged and returned to service as a target ship.

October

12 October

List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1979
Ship Country Description
USS Alfred A. Cunningham  United States Navy The decommissioned Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer was sunk as a target by five laser-guided bombs in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California.

November

4 November

List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1979
Ship Country Description
Aeolian Sky  Greece Sank off St Aldhelm's Head after collision with Anna Knueppell ( West Germany) the previous day.

6 November

List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1979
Ship Country Description
Pool Fisher  United Kingdom Sank off the Isle of Wight. Thirteen of the fifteen on board were killed.[8]

11 November

List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1979
Ship Country Description
Belvaux  Belgium Collided with Vishva Vibhuti ( India) in the Scheldt and beached to prevent her sinking. Later refloated, repaired and returned to service.[9]

15 November

List of shipwrecks: 15 November 1979
Ship Country Description
Independenţa  Romania Collided with Evriali ( Greece) and sank with the loss of 43 crew.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1979
Ship Country Description
Berge Vanga  Liberia Sank in the South Atlantic with the loss of all 40 crew.
Jayawang  Singapore Sank off Bangkok, Thailand.

December

6 December

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1979
Ship Country Description
Malmi The cargo ship capsized and sank in the Baltic Sea 40 nautical miles (46 miles; 74 km) northeast of Gotska Sandön after her cargo shifted in heavy weather.

14 December

List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1979
Ship Country Description
Captain Said  Panama Ran aground off Şile, Turkey. Refloated in August 1980, repaired and returned to service.[9]

16 December

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1979
Ship Country Description
Heye P  West Germany Driven ashore in a gale at Prawle Point, Devon, United Kingdom and wrecked.[10]

20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1979
Ship Country Description
Ulysses  Panama Ran aground off Naples, Italy, a total loss.

26 December

List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1979
Ship Country Description
Lindblad Explorer  Panama Ran aground off Wiencke Island, Antarctic. Later refloated and returned to service.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1979
Ship Country Description
Epimonos  Greece The tanker caught fire off Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France. She was declared a constructive total loss.[11]

26 December

List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1979
Ship Country Description
Lee Wang Zin  Panama Assumed ran up on Celestial Reef, Dixon Entrance-Hecte Strait, British Columbia, Canada. 30 lives lost.[12]

References

  1. 1 2 "Belgian Merchant H-O" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
  2. ↑ Crawford, Moya (1999). Deep Water. Bradford on Avon: Thomas Reed. pp. 238–241. ISBN 0-901281-83-2.
  3. ↑ "Belgian Merchant P-Z" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
  4. ↑ "Kurdistan - 1979". Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  5. ↑ "Crippled tanker clean, says her master". The Times (60471A). London. 30 April 1979. col D,E, p. 3.
  6. ↑ "BULIMBA". Clydesite. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  7. ↑ "British India Steam Navigation Company". The Ships List. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  8. ↑ "COASTER "POOL FISHER" (LOSS)". Hansard. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
  9. 1 2 "Belgian Merchant A-G" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
  10. ↑ "Gales Havoc on land and at sea". The Times (60503). London. 18 December 1979. col D,E, p. 2.
  11. ↑ "Loss of Greek registered oil tanker Kirki en route to Kwinana" (PDF). Australian Transportation Safety Board. 2 April 1992. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
  12. ↑ Whitney, John. "Southeastern Alaska Oceanograpic conditions and NOAA's Twenty-One Year Spill Response History" (PDF). National Ocean Services, Anchorage, Alaska.

See also

Ship events in 1979
Ship launches: 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
Ship commissionings: 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
Ship decommissionings: 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
Shipwrecks: 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
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