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"Swedish Tanker Aground". The Times. No. 51974. London. 13 April 1951. col C, p. 4.

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Ship	State	Description
Monty	Norway	The CHANT capsized and sank in the North Sea 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off the Torungen Lighthouse. She was on a voyage from "Hervoya" to Trondheim.^[3]
HTMS Prasae	Royal Thai Navy	HTMS Prasae Korean War: The Bangpakong-class frigate was wrecked on the east coast of Korea and scuttled after running aground after being shelled by North Korean shore batteries.^[4]

Ship	State	Description
Castledore	United Kingdom	The Liberty ship sank off the coast of Spain. All 38 crew rescued by a French trawler.^[12]
Janko	Panama	The tanker broke in two off Cape Finisterre, Spain. Stern half taken in tow by the tug Bustler ( United Kingdom).^[13] Bow section also remained afloat and was taken under tow. Ship declared a constructive total loss and scrapped.^[14]

Ship	State	Description
Eleth	United Kingdom	The cargo ship sank in the Irish Sea with the loss of nine of her ten crew.^[17]
USS Partridge	United States Navy	Korean War: The YMS-1-class minesweeper struck a mine and sank at Wonsan, Korea (38°10′N 128°38′E). 4 killed (2 Japanese civilian Mess Boys), 7 wounded, 4 missing.^[18]^[19]^[20]

Ship	State	Description
JML 306	Republic of Korea Navy	Korean War: The JML 301-class patrol ship was sunk by a mine off Chinnampo, North Korea. 6 killed, 18 wounded.^[18]
HDMS Y 341	Royal Danish Navy	The cutter collided with the steamship Beatrix ( Denmark) and sank at Copenhagen. Later salvaged, repaired and returned to service.^[25]

Ship	State	Description
C-S-F	United States	The 70-gross register ton, 63.4-foot (19.3 m) fishing vessel was wrecked a location identified as "Leonard Island" in the Bering Sea, probably a reference to Leonard Harbor (55°08′N 162°27′W) near Cold Bay, Territory of Alaska.^[38]
USS Valcour	United States Navy	The Barnegat-class seaplane tender collided with the collier Thomas Tracy off Cape Henry, Virginia, and caught fire, with the loss of 36 of her crew killed and 16 injured. She was repaired and returned to service.

Ship	State	Description
Adour	French Navy	First Indochina War: The Laita-class LST was sunk by an explosion at Nha Trang, Vietnam, French Indochina. 24 crewmen and 54 troops killed. The ship was raised, repaired and returned to service as an accommodations ship.^[39]
Mary R	United States	The 13-gross register ton, 33.4-foot (10.2 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in Veta Bay (55°21′N 133°39′W) in Southeast Alaska.^[40]

Ship	State	Description
Nicolaou Georgios	Greece	The Liberty ship caught fire in the Red Sea and was abandoned. Although declared a constructive total loss, she was subsequently repaired and returned to service.^[41]
Unknown schooners	Korean People's Army Naval Force	Korean War: Four minelaying schooners were sunk by USS Manchester and USS Brinkley Bass (both United States Navy). 11 killed, 1 wounded.^[18]

Ship	State	Description
Mafco 8	United States	The 7-gross register ton, 28.5-foot (8.7 m) fishing vessel sank in the southern Gulf of Alaska at 50°56′N 139°55′W, well to the west of Queen Charlotte Sound, British Columbia, Canada.^[40]
Mafco 9	United States	The 7-gross register ton, 28.5-foot (8.7 m) fishing vessel sank in the southern Gulf of Alaska at 50°56′N 139°55′W, well to the west of Queen Charlotte Sound, British Columbia, Canada.^[40]

Ship	State	Description
Lomen Commercial Company No. 3	United States	The 45-gross register ton, 50-foot (15.2 m) scow sank in the Bering Sea near Hooper Bay, Territory of Alaska.^[43]
Lomen Commercial Company No. 4	United States	The 43-gross register ton, 50-foot (15.2 m) scow sank in the Bering Sea near Hooper Bay, Territory of Alaska.^[43]
Lomen Commercial Company No. 5	United States	The 45-gross register ton, 50-foot (15.2 m) scow sank in the Bering Sea near Hooper Bay, Territory of Alaska.^[43]
Lomen Commercial Company No. 8	United States	The 37-gross register ton, 50-foot (15.2 m) scow sank in the Bering Sea near Hooper Bay, Territory of Alaska.^[43]
Lomen Commercial Company No. 15	United States	The 37-gross register ton, 50-foot (15.2 m) scow sank in the Bering Sea near Hooper Bay, Territory of Alaska.^[43]
Unidentified vessel	Republic of China Navy or Republic of China	Chinese Civil War: The 100 ton armed vessel – either a Republic of China Navy vessel or a civilian privateer – was sunk by No. 411, No. 413, No. 414, and No. 416 (all People's Liberation Army Navy) in Sanman Bay off the coast of China.^[44]

Ship	State	Description
HTMS Sri Ayudhya	Royal Thai Navy	Manhattan Rebellion: The rebel-controlled coastal defence ship was shelled and bombed by government forces until she sank off Bangkok, Thailand.
HTMS Travane Vari	Royal Thai Navy	Manhattan Rebellion: The rebel-controlled patrol craft was shelled and bombed by government forces until she sank off Bangkok, Thailand.

Ship	State	Description
B B 1	United States	The 7-ton fishing vessel was lost overboard from the vessel Sea Lark ( United States) and sank in the North Pacific Ocean about 400 nautical miles (740 km; 460 mi) southwest of Ketchikan, Territory of Alaska.^[9]
G F 1	United States	The 7-ton fishing vessel was lost overboard from the vessel Sea Lark ( United States) and sank in the North Pacific Ocean about 400 nautical miles (740 km; 460 mi) southwest of Ketchikan, Territory of Alaska.^[48]
G F 6	United States	The 7-ton fishing vessel was lost overboard from the vessel Sea Lark ( United States) and sank in the North Pacific Ocean about 400 nautical miles (740 km; 460 mi) southwest of Ketchikan, Territory of Alaska.^[48]

Ship	State	Description
Earl	United Kingdom	The tug capsized and sank at Cardiff, Glamorgan whilst berthing the Festival of Britain ship Campania ( United Kingdom). All six crew rescued.^[52]
Hilsen	Canada	The halibut-fishing vessel burned and sank off Forrester Island in Southeast Alaska. Her crew of four abandoned ship in a dory and was rescued by the fishing vessel Denny Joe United States.^[27]

Ship	State	Description
Flattery	United States	The 12-gross register ton, 35.9-foot (10.9 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Cordova, Territory of Alaska.^[26]
Lomen Commercial Company No. 9	United States	The 46-gross register ton, 47-foot (14.3 m) scow broke her moorings, drifted onto rocks, and was wrecked on the coast of the Territory of Alaska near Tin City and Cape Prince of Wales.^[43]

Ship	State	Description
Martha	United States	The 40-gross register ton, 60.3-foot (18.4 m) motor vessel was destroyed by fire at Nelson Lagoon, Territory of Alaska.^[40]
Smith	United States	The 94-gross register ton, 105.1-foot (32.0 m) motor vessel sank in the Gulf of Alaska off the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) east of Middleton Island.^[58]

Ship	State	Description
HMS Bagshot	Royal Navy	The Hunt-class minesweeper struck a mine and sank off Corfu, Greece.
Pelican	United States	The passenger ship capsized and sank off the Montauk Lighthouse, New York with the loss of 45 lives.

Ship	State	Description
Ruth	United States	The 13-gross register ton, 32.1-foot (9.8 m) fishing vessel sank after colliding with the motor vessel Salome ( United States) between Hoggatt Bay (56.7791°N 134.7199°W / 56.7791; -134.7199 (Hoggatt Bay)) and Red Bluff Bay (56.8631°N 134.7738°W / 56.8631; -134.7738 (Red Bluff Bay)) in Southeast Alaska.^[64]
Salome	United States	The 14-gross register ton, 36.3-foot (11.1 m) fishing vessel sank at Tyee in Southeast Alaska.^[58]

Ship	State	Description
Elsie III	United States	The 9-gross register ton, 32.6-foot (9.9 m) fishing vessel sank in "Rocky Bay" in Southeast Alaska. The wreck report does not specify in which of several bodies of water with that name the sinking took place.^[70]
USS U-2513	United States Navy	The Type XXI submarine was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean off Key West, Florida (24°53′N 83°15′W).

Ship	State	Description
Kyono Maru	Japan	The troopship was driven aground off Nagasaki in a typhoon.^[72]
Miss Lace	United States	The 14-gross register ton, 35.7-foot (10.9 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire off Steamer Point (56°13′00″N 132°42′40″W) in Clarence Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.^[40]

Ship	State	Description
Beachcomber	United States	The 43-gross register ton, 58.9-foot (18.0 m) motor vessel sank on the coast of Southeast Alaska during a voyage from Yakutat to Juneau, Territory of Alaska.^[9]
Paul M	United Kingdom	The coaster collided with the trawler Rose of England ( United Kingdom) and sank off the mouth of the River Humber.^[73]

Ship	State	Description
Maipu	Argentina	The ocean liner collided with USS General M. L. Hersey ( United States Navy) and sank in the Weser Estuary. All 260 passengers and crew were rescued.^[76]
Mina Cantiquin	Spain	The coaster struck a rock 50 nautical miles (93 km) off Black Head, Devon damaging her steering gear. She was driven ashore at Lowland Point. All seventeen crew rescued by the Coverack lifeboat.^[77]

Ship	State	Description
George Walton	United States	The Liberty ship caught fire and was abandoned 350 nautical miles (650 km) west of Cape Flattery, Washington. Although taken in tow, she sank on 18 November 40 nautical miles (74 km) north west of Cape Flattery.^[79]
São Paulo	Brazilian Navy	The decommissioned battleship sank in the Atlantic Ocean off the Azores on her way to a scrapyard with the loss of her entire caretaker crew of eight men.

Ship	State	Description
Edison Mariner	United States	The Liberty ship collided with Kittiwake ( United Kingdom) in the Scheldt and ran aground.^[91]
Noreg	Sweden	The cargo ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom.^[92] Refloated the next day.^[93]
Porlock Hill	United Kingdom	The Liberty ship ran aground at Famagusta, Cyprus.^[94] with the loss of five of her 31 crew. The ship broke in two and was declared a total loss.^[95]^[96]

Ship	State	Description
Gemma	Netherlands	The tanker ran aground at Guéthary, France, with the loss of all seven crew.^[101]
Østhav	Norway	The tanker broke in two in the Bay of Biscay. Both halves were driven ashore.^[102]

Ship	State	Description
A. H. Pitz	United States	The tug was abandoned on the Lake Superior coast of Wisconsin at the Amnicon River east of Superior, Wisconsin. She became a wreck.^[103]
British Mariner	United Kingdom	The tanker was scuttled off the coast of Sierra Leone.^[104]

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