The badly overloaded passenger steamer, packed with over 1,000 refugees fleeing advancing Chinese Communist forces during the Chinese Civil War, sank near the Zhoushan Archipelago after a collision with the cargo vessel Chienyuan during a voyage from Shanghai, China, to Keelung, Taiwan, killing over 1,500 passengers and crew.
The coaster was in collision with another vessel off Dungeness, Kent.[15] All seven crew rescued by Sir Leonard Pearce (United Kingdom) Charles M later sank.[16]
The cargo ship collided with Marpessa (Greece) in the English Channel and sank east of the Owers Lightship. All 29 crew rescued by Keynes (United Kingdom).[17]
Chinese Civil War: The Black Swan-classsloop ran aground on in the Yangtze River at Rose Island, 15 nautical miles (28km) east of Chianking after she was shelled and damaged by the People's Liberation Army with the loss of 22 crew killed and 31 wounded. HMSConsort (Royal Navy) came to her assistance and was also attacked with the loss of 10 crew killed and three injured. On 26 April, HMSLondon and HMSBlack Swan (both Royal Navy) refloated Amethyst. They also came under fire, with three crew killed and 14 wounded. Amethyst made a dash for freedom down the Yangtze on 30 July, reaching Hong Kong on 11 August.[12]
The cargo ship was driven ashore 1+1⁄2 nautical miles (2.8km) from Punta Mogotes, Argentina and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Bahia Blanca, Brazil to Itay. She was a total loss.[19]
The cargo liner ran aground near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on her maiden voyage. Declared a total loss after breaking in two during attempt to tow her into harbour.
The cross-Channelferry struck a mine 3 nautical miles (5.6km) off Dunquerque, France and sank with the loss of five of her 65 crew. All 60 surviving crew members and all 218 passengers on board were rescued by Cap Hatid (France) and various tugs from Dunquerque.[41]
The vessel collided with Ragnhild Brövig (Norway) off the mouth of the River Scheldt (51°24′45″N3°23′30″E) and sank. The wreck was raised in 1950, repaired and sold to Dutch buyers.[43]
Chinese Civil War: The cargo ship loaded with ammunition exploded and sank at Kaohsiung, Formosa with the loss of over 500 lives. Two other ships were sunk and many fires started in Kaohsiung.[53]
The cargo ship caught fire at Hong Kong due to barratry. She sank the next day and was declared a total loss. Raised on 22 March 1950 and subsequently scrapped..[60]
The ship caught fire and sank whilst moored in Toronto Harbour with the loss of at least 118 lives. The vessel was raised in November 1949 and subsequently scrapped.
The minesweeper sank in the Strait of Magellan while en route from Rio Gallegos to Ushuaia, all hands lost. Worst peacetime maritime disaster in Argentina as of 2018 (77 dead and missing).
The 6,300-ton Elder Dempster Line cargo ship struck the Flemish Ledges on the Seven Stones Reef en route from West Africa to Liverpool via Amsterdam and carrying a cargo of hardwood, palm kernels, palm oil, cocoa, rubber, cotton, coffee beans and copal The hardwood was still being salvaged in 1992.[70] Her crew of fifty-eight was rescued by launches Kittern and Goldern Spray of the Isles of Scilly.[71]
The British motor-schooner, built in 1915, on voyage from Plymouth to Jersey with a cargo of lime, was wrecked off L'Etacq, Jersey, Channel Islands. Hanna was lost.[85]
The 228-foot (69m), 1,349-gross register ton four-mastedlumberschooner 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 (3.0m) of water.[94]
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