v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1979
Shipwrecks	8 Jan: Betelgeuse 19 Jan: Glacier Queen 29 Mar: USCGC Cuyahoga 30 Mar: Angelina Lauro 13 May: R. B. Hendrickson 16 May: Zerstörer 1 17 May: HMAS Air Sprite 3 Aug: Atlantic Empress 3 Jul: Kairali 19 Jul: USS Tiru 24 Sep: Angelina Lauro 12 Oct: USS Alfred A. Cunningham 4 Nov: Aeolian Sky 6 Nov: Pool Fisher 15 Nov: Independența November (unknown date): Berge Vanga, Jayawang 1 Dec: Nickel Ferry 6 Dec: Malmi 14 Dec: Caroline of Leigh 20 Dec: Ulysses
Other incidents	21 Feb: Saint Germain 15 Mar: Kurdistan 19 Jul: Atlantic Empress 8 Aug: Wildrake September (unknown date): USS Ozark 26 Dec: Lindblad Explorer Unknown date: Gloria Michelle
1978 1980

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