The list of shipwrecks in 1951 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1951.

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January

3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1951
Ship State Description
Palana  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on Pine Peak Island, Northumberland Islands, Australia. Refloated on 5 January.[1]

5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1951
Ship State Description
Arion  Greece The commercial vessel – a former PCE-842-class patrol craft – was wrecked off Port Lyautey, Morocco.[2]

7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1951
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]

8 January

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1951
Ship State Description
Monty  Norway The Channel Tanker capsized and sank near Torungen Lighthouse, Arendal, Norway.

16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1951
Ship State Description
George Washington  United States The passenger ship caught fire at Baltimore, Maryland. She was consequently scrapped.

17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1951
Ship State Description
Tapti  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground off the Isle of Mull, Inner Hebrides.[5] Declared a total loss,[6] she sank on 22 January. She was on a voyage from the River Irwell to the River Tyne.[7]

18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1951
Ship State Description
Eminent  United Kingdom The Modified-Stella type tug was severely damaged by fire at Bermuda. She was subsequently repaired and returned to service.[8]

20 January

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1951
Ship State Description
Bogdan  United States The 15-gross register ton, 39-foot (11.9 m) fishing vessel was lost after she blew away from her anchorage and drifted off toward Mountain Cape on Nagai Island in the Territory of Alaska's Shumagin Islands.[9]

22 January

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1951
Ship State Description
Bie  Sweden The cargo ship caught fire in the North Sea and was abandoned 100 nautical miles (190 km) north of Terschelling, Netherlands. All bar one of the twenty crew were rescued by the ocean liner Washington ( United States).[10]

23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1951
Ship State Description
Barnes  United Kingdom The tug sank in the River Thames near Blackfriars Bridge, London.[11]

28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1951
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]

29 January

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1951
Ship State Description
USS Independence  United States Navy The decommissioned Independence-class light aircraft carrier was scuttled in the Pacific Ocean off California's Farallon Islands after use as a target in the 1946 Operation Crossroads atomic bomb tests.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in January 1951
Ship State Description
VIC 20 Gambia Colony and Protectorate The VIC-type lighter was driven ashore in the Casamance River. She was on a voyage from Bathurst to "Bissao". She was refloated on 25 January and towed in to Zighinkor, but was deleted from the shipping registers that year.[15]

February

1 February

List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1951
Ship State Description
Eleth  United Kingdom The coaster capsized and sank in the Irish Sea 12 nautical miles (22 km) east of Carlingford, County Louth, Ireland. She was on a voyage from Birkenhead, Cheshire to Dundalk, County Louth.[16]

2 February

List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1951
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 / 38.167°N 128.633°E / 38.167; 128.633). 4 killed (2 Japanese civilian Mess Boys), 7 wounded, 4 missing.[18][19][20]

4 February

List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1951
Ship State Description
Junior  United States The 11-gross register ton, 35.1-foot (10.7 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in Carroll Inlet (55°17′N 131°30′W / 55.283°N 131.500°W / 55.283; -131.500 (Carroll Inlet)) in Southeast Alaska.[21]

14 February

List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1951
Ship State Description
NRP Garo  Portuguese Navy The gunboat sank in a collision with another Portuguese warship off Portugal.[22]

16 February

List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1951
Ship State Description
Deeness  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground off Cherbourg, France.[23]

18 February

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1951
Ship State Description
Nairana  United Kingdom The passenger/cargo ship was driven ashore in a storm off Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Wreck scrapped in situ.

20 February

List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1951
Ship State Description
Florentine  Norway The Liberty ship capsized and sank in the Pacific Ocean (22°04′N 140°30′E / 22.067°N 140.500°E / 22.067; 140.500).[24]

26 February

List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1951
Ship State Description
HDMS Raagen  Royal Danish Navy The torpedo boat collided with MTB 5518 ( Royal Navy) and sank in the North Sea. Subsequently salvaged, repaired and returned to service.[25]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in February 1951
Ship State Description
Frosty  United States The 6-gross register ton, 26.4-foot (8.0 m) fishing vessel was wrecked on the beach in Knudson Cove (55°28′30″N 131°48′00″W / 55.47500°N 131.80000°W / 55.47500; -131.80000 (Knudson Cove)) in Southeast Alaska.[26]

March

10 March

List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1951
Ship State Description
Helen Lee  United States The 20-gross register ton, 48.8-foot (14.9 m) tug sank near Romanzof (61°49′N 166°06′W / 61.817°N 166.100°W / 61.817; -166.100 (Romanzof)), Territory of Alaska.[27]

14 March

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1951
Ship State Description
Ulster Duke  United Kingdom The ferry sank in the Bay of Biscay.[28]

16 March

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1951
Ship State Description
Montallegro  Italy The T2 tanker exploded and broke in two at Naples, Italy. She subsequently was repaired and returned to service.[29]

21 June

List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1928
Ship State Description
Puget  United States The 175-gross register ton, 126.5-foot (38.6 m) barge sank at Ward Cove, Territory of Alaska.[30]

24 March

List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1951
Ship State Description
Ramses II  Egypt The cargo ship ran aground in the River Severn at Sharpness, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.[31]

April

3 April

List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1951
Ship State Description
Ketos  United Kingdom The refrigerated cargo ship, a Design 1015 ship, sank following an explosion in her engine room whilst off the coast of Brazil (2°25′N 30°20′W / 2.417°N 30.333°W / 2.417; -30.333). All 41 crew rescued by Castelverde ( Italy).[32][33]

8 April

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1951
Ship State Description
Pearl  United States The 22-gross register ton, 49-foot (14.9 m) tug sank in Christie Passage on the coast of British Columbia in Canada.[30]

9 April

List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1951
Ship State Description
Pégase  French Navy The abandoned hulk of the Redoutable-class submarine was grounded on a shoal in the Mekong Delta at the mouth of the Bassac River in French Indochina to serve as a landmark.

12 April

List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1951
Ship State Description
Oljaren  Sweden The tanker ran aground on the Pentland Skerries, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom.[34]

13 April

List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1951
Ship State Description
Arab Trader  Aden The Isles-class trawler ran aground at Mombasa, Kenya, a total loss.

16 April

List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1951
Ship State Description
HMS Affray  Royal Navy The Amphion-class submarine foundered in the Hurds Deep, off Alderney, Channel Islands.

20 April

List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1951
Ship State Description
Esso Greensboro  United States The T2 tanker collided with Esso Suez ( United States) in the Gulf of Mexico. She caught fire and was abandoned. Subsequently rebuilt and returned to service.[35]

27 April

List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1951
Ship State Description
RFA Bedenham  Royal Navy The armament carrier was destroyed in an explosion of ordnance at Gibraltar. 9 killed. Raised in 1952, towed to the Tyne and scrapped at Dunston.[36]

May

3 May

List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1951
Ship State Description
Bore III  Finland The cargo ship struck a mine and sank off Cordouan, France.[37]

5 May

List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1951
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]

10 May

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1951
Ship State Description
Marrawah  Australia The hulk was scuttled by the Royal Australian Air Force off Sydney, Australia.

14 May

List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1951
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 / 55.133°N 162.450°W / 55.133; -162.450 (Leonard Harbor)) 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.

17 May

List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1951
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 / 55.350°N 133.650°W / 55.350; -133.650 (Veta Bay)) in Southeast Alaska.[40]

24 May

List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1951
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]

June

10 June

List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1951
Ship State Description
Maharashmi  India The coaster ran aground near the Bhaktal Fort Lighthouse, India and broke into three sections. She was on a voyage from Cochin to Bombay.[42]

14 June

List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1951
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 / 50.933°N 139.917°W / 50.933; -139.917 (FV Mafco 8), 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 / 50.933°N 139.917°W / 50.933; -139.917 (FV Mafco 8), well to the west of Queen Charlotte Sound, British Columbia, Canada.[40]

23 June

List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1951
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]

29 June

List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1951
Ship State Description
Pamarajah  United States The 10-gross register ton, 30-foot (9.1 m) motor passenger vessel was destroyed by fire in Yes Bay (55°55′N 131°48′W / 55.917°N 131.800°W / 55.917; -131.800 (Yes Bay)) in Southeast Alaska.[30]

July

1 July

List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1951
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.


2 July

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1951
Ship State Description
P G No. 53  United States The 8-gross register ton, 28.7-foot (8.7 m) fishing vessel sank near Port Moller (55°59′30″N 160°34′30″W / 55.99167°N 160.57500°W / 55.99167; -160.57500 (Port Moller)), Territory of Alaska.[30]

4 July

List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1951
Ship State Description
Peterstar  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground in the South China Sea.[45]

7 July

List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1951
Ship State Description
Jargoon  United Kingdom The coaster collided in the English Channel with Tormes ( Spain) and sank 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of the Owers Lightship.[46]

12 July

List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1951
Ship State Description
Agate  United States The 9-gross register ton, 29.2-foot (8.9 m) fishing vessel sank in Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska.[47]

13 July

List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1951
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]

19 July

List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1951
Ship State Description
RFA Wave Laird  Royal Navy The Wave-class oiler collided with the Royal Interocean Line's ocean liner Boissevain ( Netherlands) off Singapore.

23 July

List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1951
Ship State Description
Rubens  Belgium The cargo ship sank off Katsu Ura, Japan (35°12′20″N 140°24′20″E / 35.20556°N 140.40556°E / 35.20556; 140.40556). Her 41 crew were rescued.[49][50]

25 July

List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1951
Ship State Description
Olympic  United States The Liberty ship ran aground north of Bombay, India. Although declared a constructive total loss, she was subsequently repaired.[51]

29 July

List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1951
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]

August

3 August

List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1951
Ship State Description
Neptune  United States The 54-gross register ton, 57.4-foot (17.5 m) motor cargo vessel sank at Niblack Point (55°33′N 132°07′W / 55.550°N 132.117°W / 55.550; -132.117 (Niblack Point)) in Clarence Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[53]

7 August

List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1951
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]

9 August

List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1951
Ship State Description
Debs  United States The 18-gross register ton, 39-foot (11.9 m) fishing vessel suffered an explosion and was destroyed by the ensuing fire in Valdez Arm (60°53′N 146°54′W / 60.883°N 146.900°W / 60.883; -146.900 (Valdez Arm)) 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) from Valdez, Territory of Alaska. All three people aboard survived.[54]

11 August

List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1951
Ship State Description
Santos  Brazil The ocean liner ran aground off Cabo Frio. All 263 passengers rescued by Cordoba ( Argentina) and Pocone ( Brazil).[55]

13 August

List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1951
Ship State Description
Bess  Norway The cargo liner sank in the North Sea with the loss of seven of the 31 people on board.[56]

15 August

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1951
Ship State Description
TSS Wahine  New Zealand At 05:40 a.m. the 4,436 GRT Union Steamship Company passenger ferry Wahine (meaning 'wife') ran hard aground on the Masela Island Reef off Cape Palsu in the Arafura Sea, being held as far aft as the engine room. In response to a distress call, all aboard were rescued by the Standard Vacuum Oil's tanker Stanvac Karachi and returned to Darwin. From there the men were flown in relays to their destination. Salvage attempts were unsuccessful and the vessel was abandoned as a total loss.[57]

16 August

List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1951
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]

20 August

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1951
Ship State Description
Dromus  United Kingdom The oil tanker suffered two explosions and a fire in the small hours of the morning while loading at Pulau Bukom, Singapore. Three officers,[59] 19 crew and five shore-based staff were killed.[60] On 14 September she was drydocked for refitting[61] and in due course she returned to service.

21 August

List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1951
Ship State Description
Empire Defiance  United Kingdom) The cargo ship sprang a leak and was beached at Zeebrugge, Belgium. She was being towed from Ouistreham, Calvados, France to Antwerp, Belgium for scrapping. She was later refloated and completed her voyage.[62]

22 August

List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1951
Ship State Description
USS Wisconsin  United States Navy The Iowa-class battleship ran aground in the Hudson River at New York. Later refloated undamaged.[63]

September

1 September

List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1951
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.

3 September

List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1951
Ship State Description
Imperial Hamilton  Canada The oil tanker was set afire by an explosion of gasoline fumes while moored at Sarnia, Ontario, Canada.

4 September

List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1951
Ship State Description
Roamer  United States The 57-gross register ton, 60.8-foot (18.5 m) motor cargo vessel was wrecked at Scraggy Point (57°20′20″N 135°43′40″W / 57.33889°N 135.72778°W / 57.33889; -135.72778 (Scraggy Point)) in Salisbury Sound in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[64]

9 September

List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1951
Ship State Description
Star 2  United States The 9-gross register ton, 33.5-foot (10.2 m) fishing vessel sank in the Spoon River at Yakutat Bay on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska.[58]

10 September

List of shipwrecks: 10 September 1951
Ship State Description
Scillonian  United Kingdom The ferry ran ashore on the Wingletang Ledge, St Agnes, Isles of Scilly in fog. She was later refloated and continued in service.[65]

13 September

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1951
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°46′45″N 134°43′12″W / 56.7791°N 134.7199°W / 56.7791; -134.7199 (Hoggatt Bay)) and Red Bluff Bay (56°51′47″N 134°46′26″W / 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]

14 September

List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1951
Ship State Description
Allenwood  Australia
Allenwood

The cargo ship ran aground at Norah Head, New South Wales and was wrecked.

21 September

List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1951
Ship State Description
Yonderbound  United States The 11-gross register ton, 39-foot (11.9 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in Hobo Bay, Prince William Sound, Territory of Alaska.[66]

27 September

List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1951
Ship State Description
Suaco  United States The 42-gross register ton, 56.5-foot (17.2 m) motor vessel was wrecked on Grass Island Bar (60°15′N 145°17′W / 60.250°N 145.283°W / 60.250; -145.283 (Grass Island Bar)) in the Copper River Flats near Cordova, Territory of Alaska.[58]

28 September

List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1951
Ship State Description
Washington  United States The 18-gross register ton, 44.6-foot (13.6 m) fishing vessel foundered off Douglas Island in Southeast Alaska.[67]

October

1 October

List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1951
Ship State Description
Hazel M  United States After breaking loose from her moorings at Metlakatla, Territory of Alaska, the 28-foot (8.5 m) troller sank at Driest Point (55°10′40″N 131°36′15″W / 55.17778°N 131.60417°W / 55.17778; -131.60417 (Driest Point)) in Southeast Alaska.[27]

3 October

List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1951
Ship State Description
Saltfleet  United Kingdom The Tudor Queen-class coaster ran aground at Reedness, Yorkshire. She rolled over on 4 October, salvage was abandoned in 1952 and the ship was scrapped in 1954.[68]

6 October

List of shipwrecks: 6 October 1951
Ship State Description
Adrias  Greece The passenger ship was wrecked whilst on a voyage from Piraeus to Crete. All on board, over 500 people, survived.[69]

7 October

List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1951
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 / 24.883°N 83.250°W / 24.883; -83.250).

12 October

List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1951
Ship State Description
Ranna  Costa Rica The cargo ship collided with Tharros ( Greece) and sank off Gothenburg, Sweden with the loss of six of her eight crew.[71]

14 October

List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1951
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 / 56.21667°N 132.71111°W / 56.21667; -132.71111 (Steamer Point)) in Clarence Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[40]

15 October

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1951
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]

18 October

List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1951
Ship State Description
Laurel Ann  United States The 9-gross register ton, 30.6-foot (9.3 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at a location identified as "Ice House" in the Territory of Alaska, probably a reference to Icehouse Point (57°46′50″N 152°21′30″W / 57.78056°N 152.35833°W / 57.78056; -152.35833 (Icehouse Point)) on Woody Island in the Kodiak Archipelago near Kodiak.[43]

19 October

List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1951
Ship State Description
Betty  United States The 16-gross register ton, 43.5-foot (13.3 m) fishing vessel was lost when she struck a reef one nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) off the east coast of "Bronson Island" – probably a reference to Brownson Island in the Alexander Archipelago – in Southeast Alaska.[9]

21 October

List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1951
Ship State Description
Pandora  United Kingdom The coaster foundered off Whitby with the loss of all six crew.[74] Collided with Gripfast ( United Kingdom) during rescue operation.

25 October

List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1951
Ship State Description
Bluebird  United Kingdom The hydroplane sank in Coniston Water, Cumberland.[75]

29 October

List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1951
Ship State Description
Morania #130  United States The freight barge caught fire on the Buffalo River in New York after the tug Dauntless #12 pushed it into the path of the steamer Penobscot and Penobscot collided with Morania #130. The fire killed eleven people and burned for several days.

30 October

List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1951
Ship State Description
Transpet  Panama The tanker exploded and sank in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, Canada.

November

3 November

List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1951
Ship State Description
Jay M  United States The 9-gross register ton, 29.1-foot (8.9 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in Affleck Canal in Southeast Alaska.[21]

4 November

List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1951
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]

5 November

List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1951
Ship State Description
Nuria R  Argentina The cargo ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay. All 34 crew rescued by the Bibby Line ocean liner Staffordshire ( United Kingdom).[78]

6 November

List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1951
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.

15 November

List of shipwrecks: 15 November 1951
Ship State Description
Jewel  United States The 11-gross register ton, 33.7-foot (10.3 m) fishing vessel sank in Chatham Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[21]

17 November

List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1951
Ship State Description
Esther D  United States The 16-gross register ton, 45.5-foot (13.9 m) fishing vessel sank on the northwest coast of Kumlik Island (56°38′N 157°24′W / 56.633°N 157.400°W / 56.633; -157.400 (Kumlik Island)) off the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula in the Territory of Alaska.[70]

29 November

List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1951
Ship State Description
Lady Kathleen  Norway The concrete ship was driven ashore in Riga Bay. She was on a voyage from Helsinki, Finland to Riga, Soviet Union. She broke in two on 1 December and was a total loss.[80]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1951
Ship State Description
HNLMS Vlieland  Royal Netherlands Navy The minesweeper sank off New Guinea near Hollandia, Netherlands East Indies.[81][82][83]

December

1 December

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1951
Ship State Description
Exford  United States World War II: The cargo ship was driven ashore at Vierville-sur-Mer, Calvados, France. She was broken up in situ.[84]

6 December

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1951
Ship State Description
Sandeid  Norway The passenger ship sank off Rennesøy with the loss of ten of her seventeen crew.[85]

12 December

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1951
Ship State Description
Jean Marie  Belgium The coaster foundered south of Stockholm, Sweden (58°40′N 20°30′E / 58.667°N 20.500°E / 58.667; 20.500) after her cargo shifted. She was on a voyage from Kotka, Finland to Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium.[86]

13 December

List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1951
Ship State Description
Northern Reel  United States The 8-gross register ton, 30.4-foot (9.3 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Wosnesenski Island (55°11′N 161°22′W / 55.183°N 161.367°W / 55.183; -161.367 (Wosnesenski Island)) in the Pavlof Islands off the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula.[53]

14 December

List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1951
Ship State Description
Gucum Erman  Turkey The cargo ship struck the wreck of Empire Kumari ( United Kingdom) and sank in Haifa Bay, Israel.[87]

17 December

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1951
Ship State Description
James Richardson  United States The cargo ship ran aground at Nacqueville, France, and was severely damaged.[88]

20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1951
Ship State Description
Erria  Denmark The cargo liner caught fire in the Columbia River at East Astoria, Oregon, United States with the loss of eleven of the 114 people on board. The severely damaged ship was later repaired and converted to a cargo ship.[89][90]

21 December

List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1951
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]

25 December

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1951
Ship State Description
Lilica  United States The Liberty ship was driven ashore near Civitavecchia, Italy. She was later refloated but declared a constructive total loss. Subsequently repaired and returned to service as Elisa Campanella for Italian owners.[97]

26 December

List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1951
Ship State Description
ROKS Jirisan  Republic of Korea Navy Korean War: The Baekdusan-class submarine chaser was sunk by a mine off Wonsan, Korea, lost with all 80 hands.[18]

28 December

List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1951
Ship State Description
Gemma  Netherlands The CHANT capsized off San Sebastián, Spain and came ashore. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to London, United Kingdom. She was scrapped in situ.[98]

29 December

List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1951
Ship State Description
Zulu  United Kingdom The VIC-type lighter departed from Carnlough, County Down for Paisley, Renfrewshire. Subsequently foundered with the loss of all hands. Wreckage from the ship washed up at Stranraer, Wigtownshire on 4 January 1952.[99]

30 December

List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1951
Ship State Description
Angelina Hong Kong The coaster ran aground at Chilikai, off Haipong, French Indo-China.[100]

31 December

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1951
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]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1951
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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