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List of shipwrecks in 1976

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"Trail of death and damage moves to the Continent". The Times. No. 59593. London. 5 January 1976. col A-E, p. 2.

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"Europe cleaning up after severe storm". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 5 January 1976. Retrieved 28 September 2012.

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"Britons taken off stranded ship". The Times. No. 59597. London. 9 January 1976. col D, p. 1.

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"Seven saved as tug capsizes". The Times. No. 59597. London. 9 January 1976. col D, p. 4.

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"Supertanker runs aground". The Times. No. 59606. London. 20 January 1976. col E,F, p. 1.

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"Onassis tanker aground off Brittany". The Times. No. 59612. London. 27 January 1976. col F, p. 8.

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"Six die as oil rig is wrecked". The Times. No. 59642. London. 2 March 1976. col D-F, p. 1.

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"13 drown after oil rig sinks of Texas coast". The Times. No. 59681. London. 17 April 1976. col A, p. 1.

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"Ship abandoned". The Times. No. 59694. London. 3 May 1976. col F, p. 2.

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"Oil tanker explodes in Spanish harbour". The Times. No. 59706. London. 13 May 1976. col D, p. 1.

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"Naval ship sunk in Forth". The Times. No. 59779. London. 11 August 1976. col B, p. 1.

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"Man presumed drowned after tug sinks". The Times. No. 59784. London. 17 August 1976. col B, p. 3.

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"Heath yacht grounds". The Times. No. 59788. London. 21 August 1976. col A, p. 3.

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"The fiery sisters". The Times. No. 59791. London. 25 August 1976. col D, p. 4.

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"23 sailors lost as ship sinks in storm". The Times. No. 59836. London. 16 October 1976. col D-G, p. 4.

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"Seaman missing after collision". The Times. No. 59838. London. 19 October 1976. col B, p. 3.

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Ship	State	Description
Capella	East Germany	The coaster sank off Schiermonnikoog, the Netherlands.^[1]
Carnoustie	United Kingdom	Sank in same storm as Capella. Often mistakenly referred to as "Carnoesti" in American press.^[2]^[3]

Ship	State	Description
Princess Sissy	Panama	The cruise ship ran aground in the Adriatic between the islands of Hvar and Korčula.^[4]
Vanquisher	United Kingdom	The tug capsized and sank in the Thames Estuary at Tilbury whilst assisting Jervis Bay ( United Kingdom). All seven crew rescued.^[5]

Ship	State	Description
Ferro 119	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.^[14]
Ferro 123	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 .^[14]

Ship	State	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.^[21]
Urquiola	Spain	The tanker exploded and caught fire at the mouth of A Coruña harbour, killing two of her thirty-nine crew.^[22]

Ship	State	Description
Duck	United States	The houseboat struck a submerged log and sank in the Inside Passage in Southeast Alaska at a location described in the wreck report as "Saint Mary's Point" north of Ketchikan, Alaska, possibly a misidentification of Point Saint Mary's (58°44′00″N 135°01′15″W) north of Juneau, Alaska.^[26]
Miller’s Bay	United States	The 34-foot (10.4 m) salmon troller disappeared with the loss of all three people on board – a husband and wife and their 14-year-old daughter – while fishing off Noyes Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.^[19]

Ship	State	Description
Boehlen	East Germany	The tanker sank in the English Channel during a storm with the loss of twenty-three of her thirty-six crew.^[41]
Mar del Oro	United States	The 156-gross register ton, 79.9-foot (24.4 m) shrimp-fishing vessel sank in the Shelikof Strait between the Kodiak Archipelago and the mainland of Alaska. A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued her entire crew of six.^[19]

Ship	State	Description
Andros Antares	Liberia	The supertanker ran aground at Antifer, France in a storm.^[41]
Freeland	Cyprus	The cargo ship foundered off Brittany, France in a storm. All crew saved.^[41]
Ante Oltmans	West Germany	The cargo ship foundered off the coast of the Netherlands in a storm. All six crew were killed.^[41]
USS George K. MacKenzie	United States Navy	The Gearing-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off California.

Ship	State	Description
Achaios	Cyprus	The motor vessel ran aground on the Akrotiri Peninsula (34°37′N 32°55′E) on the coast of Cyprus and was wrecked.^[48]
Devon City	United Kingdom	The bulk carrier ran aground at Rügen Island, West Germany. She was refloated the next day and proceeded to Szczecin, Poland, for repairs.^[49]

Ship	State	Description
Argo Merchant	Liberia	Argo Merchant The oil tanker ran aground at Nantucket Island, Massachusetts. She broke up and sank on 21 December, a total loss.
Unimak	United States	The fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in the Bering Sea.^[51]

Ship	State	Description
Seastar	Lebanon	The vessel ran aground on the Sha'b Abu Nuhas reef, remained stranded and finally sank in 1984.^[52]
Santez-anna	United Kingdom	The fishing boat was lost west of Guernsey in the Channel Islands.

Ship	State	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.^[53]
Patra	Egypt	The passenger ship, the ex-Kronprins Frederik [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.^[54]^[55]

List_of_shipwrecks_in_1976

January

3 January

8 January

10 January

19 January

26 January

Unknown date

February

11 February

15 February

20 February

22 February

26 February

March

1 March

4 March

23 March

April

5 April

6 April

8 April

14 April

16 April

26 April

May

2 May

12 May

13 May

June

10 June

23 June

23 June

Unknown date

July

3 July

21 July

25 July

Unknown date

August

3 August

10 August

12 August

16 August

20 August

24 August

26 August

31 August

Unknown date

September

17 September

18 September

20 September

22 September

26 September

27 September

29 September

October

9 October

12 October

14 October

15 October

18 October

20 October

23 October

25 October

27 October

Unknown date

November

1 November

22 November

27 November

December

3 December

9 December

11 December

15 December

17 December

20 December

23 December