v t e Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1981
Shipwrecks	27 Jan: Tampomas II January (unknown date): Golden Princess 6 Feb: Nellie M 26 Feb: USS Glennon 1 Jun: Reina del Mar 3 Jul: Arctic Explorer 12 Jul: USNS Wheeling 3 Aug: Prince Ivanhoe 13 Sep: HMS Rapid 20 Sep: Sobral Santos II 21 Sep: BRP Datu Kalantiaw 21 Oct: S-178 31 Oct: Telamon 15 Nov: USS Charles R. Ware 19 Dec: Solomon Browne, Union Star 23 Dec: Dimitrios Unknown date Aurore, USS Ozark
Other incidents	21 Jan: Stena Seaspread 9 Apr: USS George Washington 27 Jul: Sir Winston Churchill 28 Oct: S-363 December (unknown date): USTS Bay State IV Unknown date: NOAAS Ferrel, K-324
1980 1982

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