List of shipwrecks in 1947

The list of shipwrecks in 1947 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1947.

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January

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1 January

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For the loss of the Liberty ship An-Mer-Mar on this date, see List of shipwrecks in 1946 § 27 December.
List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1947
Ship State Description
Karla  Denmark The cable laying ship struck a mine and sank in the Gulf of Finland, 15 nautical miles (28 km) of Ormus Island, Estonia. Sixteen of the 44 crew were killed.[1]

2 January

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List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1947
Ship State Description
Caritas I  Belgium The cargo ship broke in two and sank after being beached in the River Scheldt following a collision with Jan Steen ( Netherlands) on 1 January.
Empire Wharfe  United Kingdom The cargo ship arrived at Lagos, Nigeria on fire and was beached in Badagry Creek. Refloated on 6 January, repaired and returned to service.[2]

3 January

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List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1947
Ship State Description
Magnhild  Norway The cargo ship collided with Imba No. 401 ( Soviet Union) whilst on a voyage from Kolding, Denmark to Gdynia, Poland.[3]

5 January

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List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1947
Ship State Description
Varvassi  Greece The cargo ship ran aground off the Needles Lighthouse, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom.[4]

7 January

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List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1947
Ship State Description
Pollnes  Norway The cargo ship foundered off the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom whilst on a voyage from Bodø, Norway, to Dublin, Ireland. Thirteen crew killed.[3]

8 January

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List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1947
Ship State Description
Senjen  Norway The cargo ship ran aground west of the Kvaløy Lighthouse whilst on a voyage from Bangsund to Trondheim, Norway.[3]

11 January

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List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1947
Ship State Description
Ewell  United Kingdom The collier ran aground off Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk.[5]

12 January

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List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1947
Ship State Description
Clarinda  United States The 76 GRT, 89.6-foot (27.3 m) motor cargo vessel was destroyed by fire at Sand Point, Territory of Alaska.[6]

13 January

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List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1947
Ship State Description
Good Shepherd  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Fair Isle and was a total loss.[5]

14 January

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List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1947
Ship State Description
Astafjorden  Norway The cargo ship sank west of Kvænangen Municipality whilst on a voyage from Tromsø to Hammerfest, Norway.[3]
Simbra  United Kingdom The whaler foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all bar one of her sixteen crew.[7]

18 January

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List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1947
Ship State Description
British Earl  United Kingdom The tanker struck a mine in the Great Belt and was beached on Langeland, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Abadan, Iran to Stockholm, Sweden. She was refloated on 25 January and taken in tow for Nyborg, Denmark.[8]

19 January

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List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1947
Ship State Description
Authority  United Kingdom The coastal tanker ran aground in the River Mersey, United Kingdom.[9]
Chihkiang  China The passenger ship collided with a tug and sank at Shanghai with the loss of at least 100 lives.[10]
Heimara  Greece The ferry run aground and sank off Kavalliani in the South Euboean Gulf with the loss of about 300 lives.
Sweet Water  United States The tanker ran aground in the River Mersey. Refloated after twelve hours.[9]
Wanganella  Australia
Wanganella aground on Barrett Reef.
The passenger ship ran aground on Barrett Reef at the entrance to Wellington Harbour, New Zealand. She was refloated 18 days later and repaired, and she returned to service in November 1948.

20 January

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List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1947
Ship State Description
Empire Grassland  Australia The hopper ship foundered in the Pacific Ocean 70 nautical miles (130 km) north north west of Carnarvon, Western Australia whilst under tow from Singapore to Australia by Empire Downland ( Australia).[11]

21 January

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List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1947
Ship State Description
HMS Bonaventure  Royal Navy The submarine tender ran aground at Cape Melville, Australia.[12] Refloated on 23 January.[13]

23 January

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List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1947
Ship State Description
Ampleforth  United Kingdom The cargo ship was driven ashore in a storm at Tel Aviv, Palestine. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Haifa, Israel. Ampleforth was refloated on 3 March but declared a constructive total loss. She was repaired, sold and re-entered service in 1948 as Bangor Bay.[14]

25 January

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List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1947
Ship State Description
British Earl  United Kingdom The tanker ran aground at Sprogø, Denmark. She was being towed from Langeland to Nyborg. She was refloated and completed her voyage.[8]
Storesand I  Norway The cargo ship sank in the Drammensfjord whilst on a voyage from Gilhus to Oslo, Norway.[3]

26 January

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List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1947
Ship State Description
Sten Sture  Sweden The cargo ship (ex Sverre Nergaard) sank off of Bornholm while on a voyage from Gdansk, Poland to Helsingborg, Sweden with the loss of 5 officers and 13 crew.[15][16][17]

29 January

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List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1947
Ship State Description
Samwater  United Kingdom The Liberty ship caught fire and sank in the Atlantic Ocean (42°41′N 10°13′W / 42.683°N 10.217°W / 42.683; -10.217).[18]

30 January

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List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1947
Ship State Description
Star of Mex  Egypt The cargo ship ran aground off Bahrein. The ship was attacked by Arab pirates on 15 February. All 28 crew rescued by British Destiny ( United Kingdom).[19]

February

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2 February

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List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1947
Ship State Description
Dora Oldendorff  Allied-occupied Germany The cargo ship was scuttled in the Bay of Biscay with a cargo of obsolete chemical ammunition. (47°40′N 9°02′W / 47.667°N 9.033°W / 47.667; -9.033).[20][21]

5 February

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List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1947
Ship State Description
Winkleigh  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground off the mouth of the Humber.[22]

8 February

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List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1947
Ship State Description
Ary  Panama The cargo ship was carrying coal from Port Talbot, Wales to Waterford, Ireland when the vessel foundered in the waters off County Waterford during the notoriously cold winter of 1946–1947. 15 of the 16 crew died (most of them Poles); many are buried at Ardmore Cathedral, Ireland.[23][24][25][26]

18 February

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List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1947
Ship State Description
Arrow United States United States Army The Army transport, formerly Colonial Navigation Company's Belfast (1909), wrecked off Ocean Park, Washington while under tow to Puget Sound.[27][28]

26 February

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List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1947
Ship State Description
P T & B Co. 1651  United States The 1,008 GRT barge was wrecked on Lewis Reef (55°22′30″N 131°44′15″W / 55.37500°N 131.73750°W / 55.37500; -131.73750 (Lewis Reef)) in Tongass Narrows in Southeast Alaska near Ketchikan, Territory of Alaska.[29]
Royal Ulsterman  United Kingdom The ferry ran aground at Clauchlands Point, Isle of Arran, Argyllshire. Refloated with the aid of the tug Vanguard ( United Kingdom).[30]
Zephyros  Greece The cargo ship was driven ashore at Cullercoats, Northumberland, United Kingdom.[30]
Zeprom  Greece The cargo ship ran aground at Whitley Bay, Northumberland, United Kingdom. All 35 crew rescued.[30]

March

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3 March

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List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1947
Ship State Description
Luana  Italy The vessel struck a mine and sank 20 nautical miles (37 km) south of Capo Promontore, Yugoslavia.[31]
Novadoc  Canada Carrying a cargo of gypsum and a crew of 24, the 2,250 GRT cargo ship sent a distress signal reporting herself taking on water in the Atlantic Ocean 22 nautical miles (41 km; 25 mi) east of Portland, Maine, during a gale. She probably sank in over 400 feet (120 m) of water. An extensive search failed to find any trace of her or her crew.[32]
Oakey L. Alexander  United States Carrying a cargo of coal, the 5,284 GRT cargo ship broke in half in the Atlantic Ocean during a gale. Her bow section disappeared. Her stern section sank in up to 20 feet (6.1 m) of water just off Cape Elizabeth, Maine. Her entire crew survived.[33]

4 March

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List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1947
Ship State Description
Bolivar  Norway The cargo ship ran aground on the Kish Bank, Irish Sea whilst on a voyage from Dublin, Ireland to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[3]

6 March

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List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1947
Ship State Description
Trondhjem  Norway The cargo ship struck a mine in the Weser, West Germany and sank. She was on a voyage from Stavanger, Norway to Hamburg.[3]

8 March

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List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1947
Ship State Description
Ira  Greece The Liberty ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom and broke in two. All 34 crew rescued by the Walmer Lifeboat.[34]

9 March

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List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1947
Ship State Description
Sondra Lee  United States The 296 GRT, 99.1-foot (30.2 m) motor cargo vessel was destroyed by fire in Wrangell Narrows in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[35]

12 March

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List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1947
Ship State Description
Fort Dearborn  United States The T2 tanker broke in two in the Pacific Ocean 800 nautical miles (1,500 km) north west of Honolulu, Hawaii. Ten crew on the bow section were rescued by General W. H. Gordon ( United States). Twenty-two crew on the stern section were rescued by USS Eldorado ( United States Navy). The bow section was shelled and sunk, the stern section was towed to Hawaii. Fort Dearborn was on a voyage from San Francisco, California to Shanghai, China.[36]

13 March

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List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1947
Ship State Description
Edmund Fanning  United States The Liberty ship exploded at Genoa Italy and was beached. She was later refloated but declared a constructive total loss and scrapped.[37]
Empire Jonquil  United Kingdom The cargo ship caught fire in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) north east of the Outer Dowsing Lightship ( Trinity House ) and was abandoned by her crew. She was subsequently boarded by the crew of a fishing trawler and beached in the Humber, where the fire was extinguished. She was refloated and taken in to Hull Docks, where she sank. Empire Jonquil was declared a constructive total loss. She was later repaired and returned to service.[38]

19 March

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List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1947
Ship State Description
Famagusta  United Kingdom The former landing craft tank was abandoned in position 44°27'N 9°07'"W, 70 nautical miles (130 km) north northwest of A Coruña, Spain, in the Bay of Biscay, after taking water in a gale, and subsequently sank. She was on a voyage from London to Cyprus with a cargo of lorries. Eleven survivors were rescued by steamship Empire Plover ( United Kingdom); the owner, his wife, and three others (one from Empire Plover) were drowned when a lifeboat capsized in heavy seas.[39][40]
ROCS Fu Po  Republic of China Navy The Flower-class corvette sank in a collision with the merchant ship Hai Ming ( Republic of China) in the Formosa Strait.[41][42]

20 March

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List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1947
Ship State Description
Alexandra  Greece The cargo ship struck a mine in the North Sea (53°31′N 4°57′E / 53.517°N 4.950°E / 53.517; 4.950) and was severely damaged. She was towed in to Zeebrugge, West Flanders, Belgium. She was consequently scrapped.[43]

21 March

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List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1947
Ship State Description
HMCS Onyx  Royal Canadian Navy The Admiralty-type drifter foundered.

22 March

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List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1947
Ship State Description
Empire Contamar  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground in St Austell Bay. Seven crew rescued by the Fowey lifeboat. Refloated in June and declared a constructive total loss but rebuilt as a coaster and returned to service.[44]

24 March

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List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1947
Ship State Description
Garnes  Norway The cargo ship struck a mine north of Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. She was taken in tow but sank at 53°26′N 4°35′E / 53.433°N 4.583°E / 53.433; 4.583. Garnes was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Emden, West Germany.[3][45]

28 March

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List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1947
Ship State Description
Sevilla  Norway The cargo ship collided with Clio ( Norway) west of Bloksen and sank with the loss of ten crew. She was on a voyage from Bergen, Norway to Geneva, Switzerland.[3]

30 March

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List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1947
Ship State Description
Titania  Norway The cargo ship struck a mine off the Dutch coast (53°35′N 4°35′E / 53.583°N 4.583°E / 53.583; 4.583) whilst on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Oslo, Norway. Declared a constructive total loss and scrapped at Stavanger, Norway.[3]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown March 1947
Ship State Description
Hrvatska  Yugoslavia The Victory ship struck a mine in the Adriatic Sea near Dubrovnik and was beached to prevent sinking. Raised, repaired, and returned to service in 1949.[46]
Kunitsu Maru  Imperial Japanese Navy The Kamitsu-class transport, irreparably damaged when sunk during World War II, was scuttled off Singapore sometime in March.[47]

April

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1 April

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List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1947
Ship State Description
Freelock  United Kingdom The cargo ship sank on this date.[48]

3 April

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List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1947
Ship State Description
Stancliffe  United Kingdom The collier ran aground at Sharpness, Gloucestershire. She was declared a constructive total loss but was later repaired and returned to service.[49]

4 April

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List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1947
Ship State Description
USS Ernest G. Small  United States Navy The Gearing-class destroyer ran aground off Block Island, Rhode Island.[50]

12 April

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List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1947
Ship State Description
Acacia  Sweden The cargo ship struck a mine and sank off Falsterbo.[51]

13 April

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List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1947
Ship State Description
Belpamela  Norway The heavy-lift ship sank in a storm off Newfoundland. The ship's cargo included 16 locomotives for the French Railways.[52]

14 April

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List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1947
Ship State Description
Queen Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ocean liner ran aground on the Brambles Bank in the Solent.[53] Refloated the next day.[54]

15 April

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List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1947
Ship State Description
Georgie  Panama The cargo ship ran aground at St Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom.[55]
Empire Passmore  United Kingdom The coaster struck a mine off the Horsborough Lighthouse, Singapore and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Kuching, Malaya to Singapore. She was towed in to Singapore by Anhui ( United Kingdom) Subsequently repaired and returned to service.[56]
Nicolaos G Kulukundis  Greece The cargo ship ran aground off Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom.[54]

16 April

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List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1947
Ship State Description
Grandcamp  France Texas City disaster: The Liberty ship caught fire at Texas City, Texas, United States. She was obliterated by the explosion of her cargo of explosives. Around 580 people were killed.
Great Isaac  United States While towing the Liberty ship Thomas M. Cooley ( United States), the 1,117 GRT tug sank in 90 feet (27 m) of water off Barnegat Light, New Jersey, after colliding with the cargo ship Bandeirante ( Norway) in dense fog. Bandeirante rescued her entire crew of 27.[57][58]
Wilson B. Keene  United States
Wilson B. Keene

Texas City disaster: The Liberty ship was sunk by the explosion of Grandcamp ( France) at Texas City, Texas.

18 April

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List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1947
Ship State Description
Sir Harvey Adamson  United Kingdom The 219.7 ft (67.0 m), 1,030 GRT British India Steam Navigation Company coastal steamship disappeared in the Andaman Sea en route from Rangoon to Tavoy, Burma. All 64 crew and 205 passengers were lost.[59][60]

23 April

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List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1947
Ship State Description
Samtampa  United Kingdom The Liberty ship was driven ashore at Sker Point, Glamorgan and broke in three. All 39 crew were lost, as well as all eight crew of the Mumbles lifeboat Edward, Prince of Wales ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).
HMS Warspite  Royal Navy The battleship ran aground at Prussia Cove after parting tow on final voyage from Portsmouth to the breakers yard on the Clyde.[61] Towed to Marazion in 1950 and dismantled.[62][63]

28 April

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List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1947
Ship State Description
Merganser  United Kingdom The ship collided with Norwalk Victory ( United States) and sank in the River Scheldt between Doel and Liefkenshoek.[64] Raised on 2 July and beached. Repaired between 1949 and 1951, sold and returned to service.[65]

29 April

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List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1947
Ship State Description
HMS Witherington  Royal Navy Under tow to the breaker's yard, the decommissioned Admiralty modified W-class destroyer parted her tow line in a gale and was wrecked on the northeast coast of England off the mouth of the River Tyne.

30 April

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List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1947
Ship State Description
Teniente Pratt Gill  Paraguay Paraguayan Civil War: The transport was attacked by two aircraft and forced to run aground at Río Pilcomayo.[66]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1947
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San Nicolao  Panama The cargo ship departed from the Tees on 2 April bound for Gibraltar. No further trace.[67]

May

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2 May

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List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1947
Ship State Description
Wicklow Head  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground near Port Mouton, Nova Scotia, Canada. All 30 crew were rescued by the fishing vessel Ray Richard ( Canada).[68] Wicklow Head was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. She was further damaged in storms between 8 and 12 June and was declared a constructive total loss.[69]

8 May

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List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1947
Ship State Description
Muirchú  Irish Naval Service The decommissioned patrol vessel sank in the Irish Sea off the Saltee Islands, County Wexford, Ireland, while under tow to a scrapyard.

11 May

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List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1947
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Stanhill  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Palmas, Liberia. She was on a voyage from Lagos, Nigeria to the Clyde. She was looted and set afire by the local inhabitants and was consequently declared a constructive total loss.[70]

13 May

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List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1947
Ship State Description
Balena  United Kingdom The whaler ran aground on the Shipwash Shoal, off the coast of Essex. Refloated but again ran aground.[71]
SATS General Botha  South African Navy The decommissioned accommodation ship was sunk as a target in False Bay off Simonstown, South Africa.[72]

14 May

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List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1947
Ship State Description
Balena  United Kingdom The whaler ran aground off Gorleston, Norfolk.[73]

17 May

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List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1947
Ship State Description
USS Oklahoma  United States Navy The decommissioned Nevada-class battleship sank under tow 540 nautical miles (1,000 km) off Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, while on her way to San Francisco, California, for scrapping.

22 May

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List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1947
Ship State Description
USS Mallard  United States Navy The decommissioned Lapwing-class minesweeper was sunk as a target by the submarine USS Piper ( United States Navy).

24 May

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List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1947
Ship State Description
Newhall Hills  United States The tanker collided with Monica ( Sweden) off the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom causing an explosion in No.2 tank and subsequent fire. Two hours later, an explosion blew off her bow forward of No.3 tank and that section sank. Newhall Hills was towed to Sheerness.[74]
Oceanic II  Belgium The trawler was in collision with John la Farge ( United States) and was cut in two. She sank with the loss of three of her five crew.[74]

25 May

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List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1947
Ship State Description
Trader Horn  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the Caribbean with the loss of two of her five crew.[75]

31 May

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List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1947
Ship State Description
Berlin  Germany The former cruiser was scuttled in the Skagerrak to dispose of chemical weapons.[76]

June

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4 June

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List of shipwrecks: 4 June 1947
Ship State Description
Emperor  Canada The cargo ship struck a rock and sank of Isle Royale, Lake Superior with the loss of twelve of her 33 crew. The survivors were rescued by USCGC Kimball ( United States Coast Guard).[77]

6 June

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List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1947
Ship State Description
HMS LCT 1068  Royal Navy The landing craft tank was lost on this date.

14 June

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List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1947
Ship State Description
Winifred  United States The 13 GRT, 37-foot (11 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Uganik, Territory of Alaska.[78]

21 June

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List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1947
Ship State Description
Cape Karluk  United States The 15 GRT, 32.6-foot (9.9 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire off Kumlik Island (56°38′N 157°24′W / 56.633°N 157.400°W / 56.633; -157.400 (Kumlik Island)) on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula in the Territory of Alaska.[6]

22 June

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List of shipwrecks: 22 June 1947
Ship State Description
Fairplay Two  United Kingdom The tug capsized and sank off Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands whilst towing Kuurtanes ( Netherlands). Fairplay Two was refloated on 13 August. Although declared a constructive total loss, she was repaired and returned to service.[79]

28 June

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List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1947
Ship State Description
Heron  Greece The cargo ship collided with Stal ( Denmark) in the English Channel off Folkestone, Kent, United Kingdom and sank with the loss of one of her 24 crew. The survivors were rescued by Suavity ( United Kingdom).[80]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1947
Ship State Description
Ourang Medan  Netherlands A ghost ship that allegedly exploded and sank after its crew died under suspicious circumstances.

July

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1 July

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List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1947
Ship State Description
Panigaglia  Italy The ship exploded at Santo Stefano, Sardinia, killing 68 people.[50]

3 July

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List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1947
Ship State Description
Kronholm  Norway The former minesweeper was destroyed by fire at the Soon shipyard.[3]

4 July

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List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1947
Ship State Description
M. Xilas  Greece The Design 1022 ship caught fire at Ko Sichang, Thailand. She was beached and abandoned, and sank on 13 July.[81]

11 July

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List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1947
Ship State Description
ARP Humaitá  Paraguayan Navy (Revolutionary) Paraguayan Civil War: The Humaitá-class gunboat, under control of Revolutionaries, was bombed and damaged by government North American T-6 Texan aircraft and forced to run aground off Ituzaingó. Refloated 13 August.[82]

13 July

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List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1947
Ship State Description
Rainbow III  United States The 139 GRT, 100.3-foot (30.6 m) fishing vessel was wrecked in Marmot Bay (58°03′52″N 152°15′16″W / 58.0644°N 152.2544°W / 58.0644; -152.2544 (Marmot Bay)) on Afognak Island in the Kodiak Archipelago near Afognak, Territory of Alaska.[83]

17 July

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List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1947
Ship State Description
Empire Lark  United Kingdom The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean (47°55′N 8°25′W / 47.917°N 8.417°W / 47.917; -8.417) with a cargo of obsolete chemical bombs and contaminated soil.[84]
Ramdas  India The coastal passenger ship sank 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Bombay with the loss of around 600 lives.[85]

18 July

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List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1947
Ship State Description
Avis  United States The 8 GRT, 31-foot (9.4 m) fishing vessel sank in Cross Sound in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[86]

19 July

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List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1947
Ship State Description
Hong Kheng  United Kingdom The passenger ship ran aground at Chilang Point, Hong Kong. All on board, more than 1,800 people, were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rangoon, Burma to Amoy, China. She was a total loss.[87]

21 July

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List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1947
Ship State Description
Nascopie  Canada The steamer was wrecked near Cape Dorset near the southern tip of Canada's Baffin Island.

22 July

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List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1947
Ship State Description
Lützow  Kriegsmarine World War II: The captured Deutschland-class cruiser was sunk by the Soviet Union in the Baltic Sea off Świnoujście, Poland, during weapons testing.[88]

23 July

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List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1947
Ship State Description
Empire Lifeguard  United Kingdom The cargo ship was sunk at Haifa, Palestine by limpet mines which had been placed on her hull whilst at Famagusta, Cyprus.[89] Refloated on 8 August, subsequently repaired and returned to service.[2]

28 July

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List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1947
Ship State Description
Ocean Liberty  Norway The Liberty ship caught fire at Brest, France whilst unloading a cargo of ammonium nitrate. Later towed out of port and scuttled.[3]

31 July

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List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1947
Ship State Description
USS Chewink  United States Navy The decommissioned Lapwing-class minesweeper was sunk as a target in Long Island Sound off New London, Connecticut.

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in July 1947
Ship State Description
ROCS Heyong  Republic of China Navy Chinese Civil War: The landing craft tank ran aground and was stranded in a river in Jiangsu Province. Captured and put in Red Chinese service.[90]
Kapsul  Soviet Navy The patrol vessel ran aground. She was refloated in July 1948.[91]
Leighton  United Kingdom The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean with a cargo of obsolete chemical ammunition.[92]

August

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1 August

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List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1947
Ship State Description
Unknown cargo ship  Paraguay (Revolutionary) Paraguayan Civil War: The twin-masted river cargo ship was bombed by government aircraft at Puerto Ybapobó, causing her cargo of ammo and explosives to explode.[93]

8 August

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List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1947
Ship State Description
Ole II  United States The 8 GRT, 31.9-foot (9.7 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in Union Bay in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[94]

9 August

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List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1947
Ship State Description
Leighton  United Kingdom The cargo ship was scuttled with an obsolete cargo of ammunition, 100 nautical miles (190 km) northwest of Malin Head (56°22′N 9°27′W / 56.367°N 9.450°W / 56.367; -9.450).[95][96]

11 August

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List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1947
Ship State Description
Gravina Point  United States The 59 GRT, 71.6-foot (21.8 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Cordova, Territory of Alaska.[97]

16 August

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List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1947
Ship State Description
Graf Zeppelin  Kriegsmarine World War II: The captured, incomplete Graf Zeppelin-class aircraft carrier was sunk by the Soviet Union in the Baltic Sea off Świnoujście, Poland, during weapons testing.[88]

18 August

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List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1947
Ship State Description
Rovena  Norway Wrecked off Langanes, Iceland.

20 August

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List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1947
Ship State Description
Mayo  United States The 23 GRT, 42.9-foot (13.1 m) fishing vessel sank 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) off Ninilchik Light (60°03′N 151°40′W / 60.050°N 151.667°W / 60.050; -151.667 (Ninilchik Light)) near Ninilchik, Territory of Alaska.[98]

21 August

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List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1947
Ship State Description
Empire John  United Kingdom The Larch-class tug struck a mine off Kiel, Allied-occupied Germany. She was towing a corvette from Harwich, Essex to Copenhagen, Denmark. She put in to Kiel. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.[99]
VAS 234  Regia Marina The VAS 231-class submarine chaser burned at Vinice.[100]

25 August

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List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1947
Ship State Description
USS S-24  United States Navy The decommissioned S-class submarine was sunk for use as a sonar target in the Pacific Ocean off Portland, Oregon.

Unknown date

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1947
Ship State Description
Unidentified MAS boat  Regia Marina The captured MAS boat was sunk by explosives off Marsaxlokk, Malta. Five other MAS boats were scuttled in open seas.[101]

September

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3 September

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List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1947
Ship State Description
Tidings  United States The 17 GRT, 40.5-foot (12.3 m) fishing vessel ran aground and sank off Soapstone Point (58°06′10″N 136°29′50″W / 58.10278°N 136.49722°W / 58.10278; -136.49722 (Tidings)) in Cross Sound in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[102]

6 September

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List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1947
Ship State Description
Matagalpa United States United States Army The fire-damaged fast transport, a former Clemson-class destroyer, was scuttled off Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

8 September

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List of shipwrecks: 8 September 1947
Ship State Description
Norfisk  Norway The cargo ship was abandoned whilst on a voyage from Aalborg, Denmark to Tórshavn, the Faroe Islands.[3]
RFA Thorpebay  Royal Navy The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean (47°47′03″N 8°21′00″W / 47.78417°N 8.35000°W / 47.78417; -8.35000) with a cargo of obsolete chemical ammunition.[103]

9 September

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List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1947
Ship State Description
Goma  Norway The cargo ship sank north of the Tylön Lightship whilst on a voyage from Aalborg, Denmark to Gdańsk, Poland.[3]

13 September

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List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1947
Ship State Description
HMAS Warrnambool  Royal Australian Navy
HMAS Warrnambool sinking.
The Bathurst-class corvette sank near Cockburn Reef along the Great Barrier Reef off the northern coast of Queensland, Australia, after striking a mine. Four of her crew were killed and 29 were injured.

15 September

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List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1947
Ship State Description
Rolfsøy  Norway The cargo ship ran aground off Egersund whilst on a voyage from Fredrikstad to Harstad, Norway.[3]

16 September

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List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1947
Ship State Description
Sunset  Norway The cargo ship sank off the coast of Norway whilst on a voyage from Raufarhafn to Åkrehamn.[3]

29 September

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List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1947
Ship State Description
USS Douglas H. Fox  United States Navy The Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer struck a mine and was damagedin the Adriatic Sea 18 nautical miles (33 km) off Trieste, Italy. Three of her crew were killed.[50]

October

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2 October

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List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1947
Ship State Description
Reine II  Norway The cargo ship sank off Halmstad, Sweden, with the loss of all five crew. She was on a voyage for Halmstad to Oslo, Norway, and may have struck a mine.[3]

4 October

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List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1947
Ship State Description
Troll  Norway The cargo ship collided in the Øresund with the DFDS ship Jolantha ( Denmark) and sank. Raised on 22 January 1948 and repaired at Copenhagen, Denmark. Returned to service as Bandak.[3]

6 October

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7 October

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List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1947
Ship State Description
Betty Hindley  United Kingdom The coaster struck a mine off Scarborough, Yorkshire and broke her back. She was beached sinking by the bows. One crewmember was killed. Betty Hindley was on a voyage from London to the River Tyne. She was a total loss.[104][105]
Bro  Norway The cargo ship ran aground off the coast of Iceland whilst on a voyage from Sandur, Faroe Islands to Reykjavík, Iceland.[3]

11 October

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List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1947
Ship State Description
Gulfstream  Canada The ferry was wrecked off Powell River, British Columbia.[106]

15 October

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List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1947
Ship State Description
HMS Gillstone  Norway The Isles-class trawler was driven ashore at Kvalbeinsrumen, Jæren, Norway whilst on a voyage from Bergen to Risør for conversion to a merchant ship. Later refloated and returned to Bergen.[3]

16 October

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List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1947
Ship State Description
Auk  United States The 28 GRT, 60.2-foot (18.3 m) tug was wrecked at the mouth of the Ugashik River on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska.[86]

18 October

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List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1947
Ship State Description
Alannah  United States The 41 GRT, 51.1-foot (15.6 m) fishing vessel was wrecked off Cape Fox Island (54°45′50″N 130°51′00″W / 54.76389°N 130.85000°W / 54.76389; -130.85000 (Cape Fox Island)) in Dixon Entrance in Southeast Alaska.[86]

19 October

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List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1947
Ship State Description
Corona  Norway The cargo ship, which had been refloated two days earlier having sunk on 24 February 1943, sank in the Mediterranean Sea whilst under tow 20 nautical miles (37 km) north of Derna, Libya.[107]

21 October

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List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1947
Ship State Description
Oda  Norway The cargo ship capsized and sank at Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua whilst being loaded with a cargo of timber bound for Maracaibo, Venezuela.[3]
U-190  Royal Canadian Navy The Type IXC/40 submarine was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean by Avro Anson, Fairey Firefly, Fairey Swordfish and Supermarine Seafire aircraft of the Royal Canadian Air Force and by HMCS Haida, HMCS New Liskeard and HMCS Nootka (all  Royal Canadian Navy).

30 October

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List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1947
Ship State Description
Matrona  United Kingdom The passenger ship capsized at Birkenhead, Cheshire. Righted in June 1949, she was declared a constructive total loss and scrapped.[108]

31 October

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List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1947
Ship State Description
Dolly  Norway The cargo ship sank off Mariager whilst on a voyage from Mariager to Isefjord, Denmark.[3]
Matrona  United Kingdom The passenger ship capsized at Liverpool, Lancashire.[109] She was declared a constructive total loss and was scrapped in 1948.[103]

November

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1 November

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List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1947
Ship State Description
Tilla  Norway The cargo ship sank off Fosnes Municipality whilst on a voyage from Randers to Fredrikstad, Norway.[3]

2 November

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List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1947
Ship State Description
Castillo Montjuich  Spain The vessel broke moorings, collided with another ship and was driven ashore at Gijón, France. The ship was refloated in March 1948, repaired and returned to service.[110]

3 November

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List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1947
Ship State Description
Mona  Norway The sailing barge sank off Lille Marnet whilst on a voyage from Horsens to Slemmestad, Norway.[3]

6 November

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List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1947
Ship State Description
Aurora  United States The 19 GRT, 43.1-foot (13.1 m) motor vessel sank in Lisianski Inlet (58°07′30″N 136°27′30″W / 58.12500°N 136.45833°W / 58.12500; -136.45833 (Lisianski Inlet)) in Southeast Alaska.[86]

11 November

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List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1947
Ship State Description
Aqueity  United Kingdom The coastal tanker struck a mine and sank off Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Bremen, Allied-occupied Germany to Bromborough, Cheshire.[111]

20 November

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List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1947
Ship State Description
Roald Amundsen  Norway The Liberty ship ran aground at Skudeneshavn whilst on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Narvik, Norway. Broke into three on 15 January 1948, with two sections sinking. The remaining section was scrapped in situ during the summer of 1948.[3][112]
U-234  United States Navy
U-234

The Type X submarine was sunk as a torpedo target in the Atlantic Ocean off the United States East Coast by the submarine USS Greenfish ( United States Navy).[113]

U-889  United States Navy The Type IXC/40 submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean off the east coast of the United States by USS Flying Fish ( United States Navy).[114]

21 November

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List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1947
Ship State Description
Havøy I  Norway The cargo ship sank off Lillesand after striking flotsam whilst on a voyage from Oslo to Bergen, Norway.[3]
U-858  United States Navy The Type IXC/40 submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean off the United States East Coast by the submarine USS Sirago ( United States Navy).[115]

22 November

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List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1947
Ship State Description
North Pass  United States The 32 GRT, 46.6-foot (14.2 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in Southeast Alaska 1.1 nautical miles (2.0 km; 1.3 mi) north-northeast of Rocky Island Light and 0.5 nautical miles (0.93 km; 0.58 mi) from Point Couverden (58°11′25″N 135°03′10″W / 58.19028°N 135.05278°W / 58.19028; -135.05278 (Point Couverden)) on the southeastern tip of Couverden Island.[116]

24 November

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List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1947
Ship State Description
USAT Clarksdale Victory  United States Army The Victory ship was wrecked at Hippa Reef Island, British Columbia, Canada with the loss of 49 of her 53 crew.[117][118]
Sunbird  United Kingdom The tug capsized and sank in the River Thames at Limehouse Reach, London with the loss of two of her six crew.[119]
Vaagar  Norway The cargo ship ran aground off Gothenburg, Sweden whilst on a voyage from Menstad, Norway to Hälsingborg, Sweden.[3]

28 November

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List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1947
Ship State Description
U-530  United States Navy The Type IXC/40 submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean north east of Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

30 November

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List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1947
Ship State Description
Stenberg  Norway The cargo ship ran aground at Tromøya with the loss of three crew. She was on a voyage from Skjebergkilen to Kristiansand, Norway.[3]
Oval  Norway The converted Portuguese-class naval trawler sank off Trelleborg whilst on a voyage from Stettin, Poland to Bergen, Norway.[3]

December

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1 December

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List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1947
Ship State Description
Castillo Coca  Spain The cargo ship ran aground at the mouth of the Ferrol and was wrecked with the loss of 46 of her 50 crew.[120]
Sonny Boy  Belgium The trawler was in collision with the cargo ship Vinkt and sank 6 nautical miles (11 km) west of Dungeness, England.[121]

9 December

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List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1947
Ship State Description
USS Ponaganset  United States Navy The Suamico-class fleet replenishment oiler broke in two at Boston, Massachusetts. Not repaired, scrapped in 1949.[122]

12 December

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List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1947
Ship State Description
Jerry S  United States The 41-foot (12.5 m) troller departed Sitka, Territory of Alaska, bound for 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.and disappeared with the loss of all three men on board. Wreckage from Jerry S was discovered near Peschani Point (57°32′12″N 135°19′23″W / 57.5367°N 135.3231°W / 57.5367; -135.3231 (Peschani Point)) in Southeast Alaska on 16 March 1948.[123]

18 December

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List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1947
Ship State Description
BO-302  Soviet Navy The BO-201-class submarine chaser was wrecked on this date.
Francis P. Duke  Newfoundland The schooner Francis P. Duke was lost at sea and the wreckage drifted ashore on the north side of Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland. The schooner had been driven ashore by the southeast gale. All crew perished in the incident.[124]

20 December

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List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1947
Ship State Description
Kallipoi  Greece The Liberty ship struck a mine, broke in three and sank off Rijeka, Yugoslavia.[112]

24 December

[edit]
List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1947
Ship State Description
Skoghaug  Norway The cargo ship sank off the Dutch coast with the loss of all 26 crew after hitting a mine. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, Netherland to Oslo, Norway.[3]

26 December

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List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1947
Ship State Description
Kina  Denmark The cargo liner ran aground on Samandag Island, Philippines and was wrecked.[125]
Samuel Bakke  Norway The cargo ship ran aground whilst going to the aid of Kina ( Denmark). She was refloated and rescued five crew from Kina.[125]

31 December

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List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1947
Ship State Description
Spencer  United States The 61 GRT, 64.5-foot (19.7 m) motor cargo vessel sank at Kanatak (57°34′05″N 156°02′15″W / 57.56806°N 156.03750°W / 57.56806; -156.03750 (Kanatak)), Territory of Alaska.[35]

Unknown date

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1947
Ship State Description
Alek  Norway The cargo ship sank off Farsund, Norway.[3]
Alice L. Pendleton  United States The 228-foot (69 m), 1,349 GRT four-masted lumber schooner was abandoned at the Palmer Shipyard on the west side of the Mystic River in Noank, Connecticut, sometime during the 1940s, gradually rotted away, and settled on the river bottom in 10 feet (3.0 m) of water.[126]
Ark  United States The motor vessel blew ashore and broke up in Amalga Harbor (58°29′30″N 134°47′20″W / 58.49167°N 134.78889°W / 58.49167; -134.78889 (Amalga Harbor)) in Southeast Alaska sometime during or after 1947.[86]
B D Co. No. 7  United States The 67-ton, 60-foot (18.3 m) wooden scow was wrecked on the shore at Cape Suckling (59°59′30″N 145°53′00″W / 59.99167°N 145.88333°W / 59.99167; -145.88333 (Cape Suckling)), Territory of Alaska, in the autumn of 1947.[127]
USS Lanikai  United States Navy The decommissioned schooner sank in Subic Bay in a storm in February 1946 or during a typhoon sometime in 1947.[128][129]

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