Lloyds List 1963
MERCHANT SHIPS TOTALLY LOST, BROKEN UP, ETC. 1963
From Lloyd’s Register of Shipping Casualty Returns for the year ended 31st December, 1963.
This table does not include vessels condemned, broken up or taken out of service not consequent upon casualty.
Casualty Type Definition:
Lost – Ships total losses which for want of insufficient information, or for other reasons, cannot be classified
Missing – Ships posted as missing during the year
Wrecked – Ships lost through stranding, or striking rocks, sunken wrecks, etc.
Vessel Name | Build Year | Tons Gross | Flag | Description | Voyage or Service | Cargo | Casualty Type | Circumstances and Place | Date | Collision Other Vessel |
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Donan Maru | 1946 | 2849 | Japan | Motorship | Aparri to Nagoya | Lauan logs | Missing | Left Aparri 31st May and last reported 190 miles off Shionomisaki on 6th June | 1963 | |
Marine Sulphur Queen | 1944 | 7240 | United States of America | Steamship | Beaumont to Norfolk, Virginia | Molten Sulpher | Missing | Left Beaumont 2nd February and last reported 3rd February in lat. 26 40N., long. 88W. | 1963 | |
Vachic | 1961 | 118 | France | Motorship | Trawler | Missing | Left Concarneau for fsihing grounds 29th December and last reported 9th January in lat. 50 50N., long. 10 40W. | 1963 | ||
Donald | 1945 | 3950 | Greece | Motorship | Ploce to Djakarta | Steel bars | Missing | Left Ploce 12th August and Suez 17th August and last reported by wireless 3,387 miles from Djakarta on 27th August. | 1963 | |
Laguna | 1947 | 609 | Brazil | Motorship | Imbituba to Rio de Janeiro | Manioc flour | Missing | Left Imbituba 11th December for Sao Sebastiao and Rio de Janeiro and last reported by radio telephone wehn off Paranagua on 12th December. | 1963 | |
Castillo Montjuich | 1919 | 7072 | Spain | Steamship | Boston to Bilbao | Grain | Missing | Left Boston 5th December for Corunna and Bilbao and last reported by wireless in lat. 43 12N., long. 34 20W. on 14th December. | 1963 | |
Creusa | 1903 | 160 | Italy | Wooden Auxillary Motorship | Arbatax to Savona | Timber | Missing | Left Arbatax 30th January for Savona and last reported off Porto Vecchio on 1st February. | 1963 | |
Igasa Maru | 1944 | 889 | Japan | Motorship | Maratsu to Aburatsu, Kyushu | Coal | Wrecked | Stranded and sank on Shirase Shoal, Saganoeki, Kyushu. | July 26, 1962 | |
Ingerfem | 1953 | 1963 | Norway | Steamship | Hammerfall to Heroya | Dolomite | Wrecked | Stranded and sank near Langesund; subsequently refloated and broken up. | December 1, 1962 | |
Stina B. | 1937 | 249 | West Germany | Motorship | Szczecin to Kolding | Coal | Collision | Sunk by collision with Pstrowski off Travemunde in dense fog. | December 13, 1962 | Pstrowski |
Mark Slavin | 1945 | 9751 | Panama | Tanker Twin Screw Motorship | Recife to Fortaleza | Petrol | Wrecked | Towed into Recife after stranding and sold for breaking up. | January 1, 1963 | |
Barcelona | 1943 | 1829 | Panama | Steamship | Houston to Vancouver | Rice and canned fruit juice | Foundered | In lat. 8N., long 82 35W. | January 3, 1963 | |
Akershus | 1954 | 442 | Norway | Motorship | Stavanger to Oslo | General | Collision | Sunk by collision with Norsk Skald outside Horten. | January 3, 1963 | Norsk Skald |
Aow Siam | 300 | Thailand | Kuala Trengganu to Singapore | Wrecked | On Pulau Labas Island, South China Sea, in monsoon. | January 5, 1963 | ||||
Joao Diogo | 1905 | 1452 | Portugal | Steamship | Leixoes to Lisbon | Wrecked | N. of Peniche. | January 8, 1963 | ||
J. H. Fisher | 1931 | 461 | Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Steamship | Collision | Sunk by collision with Esso Glasgow off Spurn Head in heavy eather. | January 12, 1963 | Esso Glasgow | ||
Marnipo | 1943 | 7260 | Lebanon | Steamship | Constantza to Alexandria | Sugar | Wrecked | Near Gelibolu, Dardanelles. | January 12, 1963 | |
Derna | 1930 | 996 | Lebanon | Steamship | Wrecked | At Constantza. | January 13, 1963 | |||
Östanhav | 1948 | 834 | Sweden | Motorship | Kalmar to Gdynia | Wheat | Foundered | Capsized and sank 20 miles S. of Oland Island due to cargo shifting in heavy weather. | January 16, 1963 | |
Yusho Maru | 1943 | 842 | Japan | Motorship | Otaru to Tsuruga | Sulphide Ore | Foundered | In lat. 42. 25 N., long 139 26W. due to Cargo shifting in heavy weather. | January 18, 1963 | |
Vestanhav | 1949 | 499 | Sweden | Motorship | Malmo to Gdynia | Grain | Foundered | 3 miles outside Gdansk in heavy weather | January 18, 1963 | |
Inaha | 1923 | 255 | British Commonwealth (OCC) | Twin Screw Motorship | Foundered | 15 miles off New Britain. | January 19, 1963 | |||
Kerolay | 1948 | 205 | France | Motorship | Trawler | Wrecked | On rocks 1 mile outside Lomener | January 19, 1963 | ||
Orizia | 1943 | 7180 | Italy | Steamship | Genoa to Houston | General | Wrecked | Outside Veracruz, in heavy weather | January 20, 1963 | |
Adelfotis II | 1929 | 3725 | Lebanon | Steamship | Middlesbrough to Antwerp | Ballast | Wrecked | On Herd Sand, River Tyne. | January 20, 1963 | |
Aghios Nicolaos | 1921 | 988 | Greece | Motorship | Laurium to Constantza | Ballast | Wrecked | Near Akhtopol, Bulgarian Black Sea coast, in heavy weather. | January 21, 1963 | |
Levante | 1930 | 944 | Italy | Motorship | Tunis to Marseilles | General | Wrecked | N. of Arbatax, Sardinia, in heavy weather. | January 23, 1963 | |
Junyo Maru | 1941 | 672 | Japan | Tanker Motorship | Wrecked | Stranded and sank at Susami Bay, Wakayama Pref., in heavy weather | January 24, 1963 | |||
Nicolaos Tsavliris | 1944 | 7278 | Greece | Steamship | Bougas to Piraeus | Ballast | Wrecked | At Kilyos in heavy seas. | January 25, 1963 | |
Rhuys | 1948 | 205 | France | Motorship | Trawler | Collision | Sunk by collision with Ville De Nantes S.W. of Cape Finisterre. | January 26, 1963 | Ville de Nantes | |
Nuestra Senora Del Carmen | 1895 | 3482 | Spain | Steamship | Coal | Wrecked | At Vallcarca in heavy weather. | January 27, 1963 | ||
Coruche | 1948 | 1154 | Portugal | Motorship | Drums of fuel oil & general | Fire | Burnt out at Bissao; subsequently towed to Lisbon and broken up. | January 29, 1963 | ||
Poppea | 1955 | 110 | Italy | Wooden Motorship | Ceuta to Anzio | Frozen fish | Wrecked | On rocks at Cabo Berberia, Formentera Island. | January 29, 1963 | |
Tan | 1921 | 2335 | Turkey | Steamship | Zonguldak to Istanbul | Coal | Wrecked | On rocks at Elmas Burnu, entrance to Bosporus, in heavy seas. | January 29, 1963 | |
Aiace Primo | 1918 | 1579 | Italy | Steamship | Monopoli to Constantza | Ballast | Wrecked | At Cape Shabla, near Varna. | January 30, 1963 | |
Necton | 1956 | 350 | Netherlands | Motorship | Norwich to Rotterdam | Barley | Foundered | In lat. 52 5N., long. 3 48E. | January 31, 1963 | |
Charlotte Donald | 1945 | 309 | France | Wooden Twin Screw Motorship | French Polynesian Islands | Copra and general | Wrecked | Struck reef and sank off Nuku-Hiva | January 31, 1963 | |
Caplina | 1953 | 793 | Peru | Tanker Motorship | Callao to San Juan | Oil | Wrecked | 10 miels S. of Callao after engine trouble. | January 31, 1963 | |
Trysfjord | 1928 | 167 | Norway | Motorship | Wrecked | Stranded and sank outside Kragero, Norway. | February 2, 1963 | |||
Anita | 1943 | 145 | Netherlands | Wooden Twin Screw Motorship | For Curacao | Fruit and general | Foundered | In lat. 11 5N., long 68 10W. | February 3, 1963 | |
Roumeli | 1941 | 7111 | Lebanon | Steamship | Wrecked | In Musel Bay. | February 3, 1963 | |||
Taiyo Maru No. 17 | 1946 | 303 | Japan | Motorship | Trawler | Wrecked | Stranded and sank off Goto Islands, Japan. | February 4, 1963 | ||
H. C. Whiteman | 1892 | 177 | United States of America | Motorship | Tug | Collision | Sunk by collision with Washington Carrier in River Mississippi of New Orelans. | February 4, 1963 | Washington Carrier | |
Achroite | 1934 | 314 | Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Steamship | Wrecked | 5 miles N.W. of Rosslare Lighthouse after breaking moorings in heavy weather. | February 5, 1963 | |||
Grietje | 1949 | 296 | Netherlands | Motorship | Garston to Douglas | Coal | Wrecked | On rocks S. of Douglas, I.O.M. (Isle of Man) | February 5, 1963 | |
Johan Collett | 1956 | 1995 | Norway | Motorship | San Antioco to Ghent | Zinc Ore | Foundered | In lat. 49 39N., long. 3W. due to cargo shifting in heavy weather. | February 6, 1963 | |
Anna Greta | 1907 | 292 | Sweden | Motorship | Visby to Oxelösund | Lost | Sprang leak in pack ice and sank in Baltic Sea | February 6, 1963 | ||
Prudence | 1900 | 289 | Commonwealth (Canada) | Steamship | Tug | Fire | Extensively damaged by fire at Erieau Docks, Ontario; subsequently sold and broken up. | February 9, 1963 | ||
Flachsee | 1940 | 1335 | West Germany | Twin Screw Motorship | Bremen to Cork | General | Collision | Sunk by collision with Canuk Trader N.E. of Varne Light-buoy. | February 11, 1963 | Canuk Trader |
Alca | 1938 | 5483 | Finland | Motorship | Antwerp to Jacksonville | Potash and sulphate | Collision | Sunk by collision with Avafoss in River Scheldt | February 12, 1963 | Avafoss |
Gudrun | 1946 | 1707 | Sweden | Steamship | Stockholm to Ellesmere Port | Woodpulp | Wrecked | At Sandhamn, outside Stockholm. | February 12, 1963 | |
Berry Bretagne | 1961 | 238 | France | Motorship | Trawler | Wrecked | Struck rocks and sank off Torr Head in heavy weather. | February 14, 1963 | ||
W. J. Townsend | 1944 | 289 | United States of America | Wooden Motorship | New York to Charleston, South Carolina | Ballast | Wrecked | On reef off Oregon Inlet Light, North Carolina | February 16, 1963 | |
Tensya Maru No. 2 | 1898 | 191 | Japan | Motorship | Foundered | At entrance to Tokyo Bay. | February 17, 1963 | |||
Tau | 1919 | 484 | Brazil | Steamship | Natal to Vitoria | Salt | Wrecked | Off Brazilian coast between Porto Seguro and Porto Velho | February 18, 1963 | |
Sierra Banderas | 1961 | 671 | Spain | Motorship | Requejada to Emden | Minerals | Wrecked | On bar at Requejada due to engine trouble. | February 19, 1963 | |
Albatros | 1913 | 118 | Norway | Wooden Motorship | Fishing | Wrecked | At Kaagen, Nord Troms, Norway, in heavy weather. | February 20, 1963 | ||
O.K. Service IV | 1937 | 143 | Commonwealth (Canada) | Wooden Auxillary Motorship | La Have, Nova Scotia to Gonaives Bay, Haiti | Dynamite | Wrecked | On reef off Mayaguana Island, Bahamas | February 23, 1963 | |
Egli | 1921 | 1964 | Greece | Motorship | Thessaloniki to Alexandria | Pyrites | Foundered | 3 miles N.E. Psathoura Island, Aegean Sea. | February 26, 1963 | |
Zipper | 1943 | 263 | British Commonwealth (OCC) | Wooden Twin Screw Motorship | British Guiana to Barbados | General | Foundered | 100 miles off Georgetown, British Guiana | February 27, 1963 | |
Electra | 1924 | 1338 | Greece | Steamship | Rouen to Molfetta | Scrap Iron | Wrecked | Off Finisterre. | February 28, 1963 | |
Rosita K. | 1930 | 1572 | Greece | Steamship | Constantza to Marseilles | Maize | Wrecked | On rocks near Kunduz Dere, Turkish European Black Sea coast, in heavy weather. | March 1, 1963 | |
Christian S. | 1944 | 2884 | Columbia | Steamship | Fire | Burnt out while under repair at Barranquilla and sold for beacking up. | March 4, 1963 | |||
Vepo | 1943 | 184 | Norway | Wooden Motorship | Collision | Sunk by collision with Agdenes outside Lensvik. | March 4, 1963 | Agdenes | ||
Seabank | 1935 | 365 | Irish Republic | Motorship | Dublin to Newport | Ballast | Wrecked | On Ardinary Beach, S. of Mizen Head, in heavy weather. | March 4, 1963 | |
Ignacio Mercader | 1951 | 211 | Spain | Motorship | Trawler | Foundered | Sprang leak and sank outside Tangier. | March 5, 1963 | ||
Maroui | 1944 | 294 | Commonwealth (Canada) | Wooden Twin Screw Motorship | Fire | Caught fire and sank while icebound at Caspe, Canada. | March 5, 1963 | |||
Maneah | 1936 | 2676 | France | Motorship | Las Palmas to Buenos Aires | Ballast | Wrecked | On rocks at Boavista Island, Cape Verde Islands | March 7, 1963 | |
Ariston | 1937 | 1077 | Norway | Steamship | Ventspils to Ghent | Potash | Fire | Caught fire while icebound off Stubbekobing, subsequently arrived Masnedsund and sold for breaking up. | March 9, 1963 | |
Fiducia | 1939 | 228 | Netherlands | Motorship | Amsterdam to Middelharnis | Ballast | Wrecked | On rocks outside Nieuwe Water-weg. | March 13, 1963 | |
Silver Valley | 1944 | 7161 | Liberia | Steamship | Rijeka to Leixoes | Fertiliser | Wrecked | Outside Oporto. | March 15, 1963 | |
Agios Nektarios | 1944 | 410 | Greece | Motorship | Piraeus to Trieste | Cotton | Fire | Caught fire and sank outside Patras. | March 18, 1963 | |
Protoklitos | 1943 | 7230 | Liberia | Steamship | Bremerhaven to China | Fertiliser | Wrecked | Stranded Berlenga Island; refloated but sank 5 miles off Cabo da Roca while under tow. | March 18, 1963 | |
Tagus | 1938 | 1109 | Portugal | Motorship | Lourenco Marques to Beira | Petroleum products | Fire | Caught fire after explosion and sank outside Inhambane. | March 19, 1963 | |
Sao Silverio | 1921 | 685 | Portugal | Motorship | Vianna to Villagarcia | Wrecked | On Salvora Island outside Vigo. | March 19, 1963 | ||
Höegh Aronde | 1945 | 3884 | Norway | Motorship | Sassandra to Valencia | Phosphate and logs | Foundered | 60 miles W. of Essaouira in heavy weather. | March 21, 1963 | |
Linavea | 1945 | 190 | Spain | Wooden Steamship | Trawler | Wrecked | Stranded and sank off Cabo Moras, N.W. Spain, in heavy weather. | March 23, 1963 | ||
Northgate | 1941 | 429 | Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Motorship | Caen to Flixborough | Iron ore | Foundered | Sprang leak and sank outside Havre. | March 24, 1963 | |
Ingeborg | 1924 | 291 | West Germany | Motorship | Hamburg to Lysekil | Herring meal | Wrecked | At Graadyb, Esbjerg Channel in dense fog. | March 25, 1963 | |
Akti | 1936 | 1775 | Greece | Motorship | Dijibouti to Rotterdam | Copra | Fire | Caught fire and sank at Bougie | March 27, 1963 | |
Polurrian | 1948 | 339 | British Commonwealth (OCC) | Motorship | Sohana to Rabaul | Copra and cocoa | Foundered | Capsized and sank 10 miles W. of Buka Passage. | March 28, 1963 | |
Valor | 1943 | 6872 | Panama | Steamship | Korea | Wrecked | On rocks near Mukho | March 28, 1963 | ||
National Glory | 1920 | 1350 | Panama | Steamship | Brunei to Hong Kong | General | Fire | Caught fire after explosion and sank in lat. 18 25N., long. 113 32E. | March 31, 1963 | |
Hai Ziang | 1962 | 3800 | China (Nationalists) | Motorship | Yokohama to Kaohsiung | Steel plates and general | Foundered | Sank in Lat 25 10N., Long. 122 10E due to chargo shifting in heavy weather | April 1, 1963 | |
Bulwark | 1920 | 1374 | South Africa | Steamship | Cape Town to Durban | General | Wrecked | At Danger Point, Cape Agulhas in dense fog. | April 1, 1963 | |
Susanna | 1918 | 849 | Greece | Motorship | Itea to Black Sea | Olives | Wrecked | Stranded in lat. 45 50 1N., long. 30 18E.; subsequently refloated, towed to Odessa and condemned. | April 2, 1963 | |
Air Plover | 1942 | 126 | British Commonwealth (OCC) | Wooden Twin Screw Motorship | Wrecked | On reef outside Jobos Bay, Puerto Rico | April 3, 1963 | |||
Estrella | 1926 | 3410 | Panama | Steamship | Ilichevsk to Taranto | Coal | Wrecked | 2 miles E. of Sile Lighthouse, Black Sea. | April 3, 1963 | |
Brittany | 1952 | 16644 | Greece | Twin Screw Steamship | Fire | Burnt out while undergoing repairs at Skaramanga, Greece | April 8, 1963 | |||
Kirkley | 1946 | 115 | Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Wooden Motorship | Trawler | Wrecked | E. of N.W. Scroby Buoy, Great Yarmouth | April 8, 1963 | ||
Tokai Maru No. 11 | 1945 | 932 | Japan | Motorship | Wrecked | At Ohama Saki, near Aomori, in heavy weather. | April 8, 1963 | |||
Sulan | 1902 | 127 | Iceland | Wood Motorship | Fishing | Foundered | Capsized and sank off S.W. Iceland | April 10, 1963 | ||
Tourliani | 1927 | 2758 | Lebanon | Steamship | Valona to Gdynia | Asphalt in drums | Wrecked | Suffered extensive damage when stranding near Landskrona. Completed voyage and declared a constructive total loss after survey; to be broken up. | April 12, 1963 | |
Arctic Sealer | 1944 | 749 | British Commonwealth (OCC) | Wood Motorship | Foundered | Sprang leak and sank off Canada Bay | April 15, 1963 | |||
Petronap | 1943 | 2347 | Panama | Motorship | Fire | Burnt out at San Lorenzo Island while awaiting repair. | April 20, 1963 | |||
Columbus | 1927 | 184 | Netherlands | Motorship | Liege to Halmstad | Iron | Foundered | Off Hook of Holland. | April 21, 1963 | |
Bernieres | 1942 | 7278 | France | Steamship | Timber | Wrecked | Stranded alongside east jetty of Vridi Canal, Abidjan; subsequently refloated, towed to Rotterdam and broken up | April 21, 1963 | ||
Helga Smith | 1945 | 2089 | Greece | Motorship | Montreal to Kristiansand S. | Foundered | Sprang leak in engine room; taken in tow but sank off Cape Broyle, Newfoundland | April 23, 1963 | ||
Marie Stone | 1946 | 109 | Commonwealth (Canada) | Wooden Auxiliary Twin Screw Motorship | Fire | Caught fire and sank at Broad Cove, Placentia Bay | April 23, 1963 | |||
Cato | 1946 | 939 | Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Motorship | Collision | Sunk by Collision with City of Brooklyn in Avonmouth Docks; subsequently raised and broken up. | April 24, 1963 | City of Brooklyn | ||
Siderurgica Oito | 1948 | 5438 | Brazil | Steamship | Imbituba to Vitoria | General | Wrecked | On rocks outside Imbituba | April 25, 1963 | |
Santirso | 1920 | 847 | Spain | Steamship | La Laja to Bordeaux | Iron pyrites | Collision | Sunk by collision with Spolanda 20 miles off Cape St. Vincent. | April 26, 1963 | Spolanda |
Vivian | 1945 | 7608 | United States of America | Steamship | Chittagong to Yokohama | Ballast | Lost | Engine room wrecked when propeller and shaft were lost in Lat. 10 48N., long. 95 48E., towed to Singapore, condemned, and sold for breaking up. | April 28, 1963 | |
Lucy Elena | 1947 | 288 | Panama | Motorship | Fishing | Foundered | Off Mancora | April 29, 1963 | ||
Valö I | 1886 | 110 | Sweden | Wooden Auxillary Motorship | Lost | Struck iceberg and sank off S.E. Greenland | April 29, 1963 | |||
Aghios Georgios II | 1916 | 1653 | Lebanon | Steamship | Kenitra to Granton | Esparto grass | Fire | Caught fire and stranded in Pevensey Bay; subsequently refloated and broken up. | April 30, 1963 | |
Flora A. | 1936 | 1218 | Lebanon | Twin Screw Steamship | Arzew to Granton | Esparto grass | Fire | Caught fire in lat. 39 48W., long. 8 50W., towed to Vigo and condemned. | May 1, 1963 | |
Transcaribbean | 1945 | 760 | United States of America | Steamship | New York to Bermuda | General | Wrecked | On rocks outside San Juan, Puerto Rico | May 1, 1963 | |
Yuejin | 1959 | 11482 | China Republic | Steamship | Tsingtao to Moji | Maize and minerals | Wrecked | Struck rocks and sank off S. Korea | May 1, 1963 | |
Madrid | 1922 | 1057 | Panama | Steamship | Puerto Cortes to San Juan, Puerto Rico | Lumber | Foundered | Sprang leak and sank S. of Santo Domingo | May 2, 1963 | |
Randi Brövig | 1949 | 3130 | Norway | Motorship | Rotterdam to Santos | Ballast | Fire | Sunk by explosion in refrigerating machinery in lat. 17 28S., long. 37 49W. | May 7, 1963 | |
Pinta | 1959 | 500 | Netherlands | Motorship | Port Limon to New York | Lumber | Collision | Sunk by collision with City of Perth in lat. 40 13 8N., long. 73 50 1W. | May 7, 1963 | City of Perth |
Strandsund | 1963 | 200 | Norway | Motorship | Kragero to Slemmestad | Heavy sand | Foundered | Capsized and sank at Rakke, near Larvik | May 8, 1963 | |
Nordenham | 1956 | 662 | West Germany | Motorship | Riga to Rouen | Coal | Collision | Sunk by collision with Rhone at mouth of River Weser in dense fog. | May 10, 1963 | Rhone |
Rene Michel | 1950 | 120 | France | Wood Motorship | La Pallice to Tangier | Machine Tools | Foundered | In Lat. 41 54N., Long. 9 59W. | May 12, 1963 | |
Puerto De Castellon | 1961 | 678 | Spain | Motorship | Casablanca to Hamburg | General | Collision | Sunk by collision with Bruce M. in lat. 49 28N., long. 3 19W. in dense fog. | May 20, 1963 | Bruce M. |
Mparmpapetros | 1944 | 7070 | Lebanon | Steamship | Buenos Aires to Naples | Grain | Wrecked | On reefs at Porto de Pedras, 40 miles N. of Maceio | May 23, 1963 | |
Kattegat | 1932 | 242 | Netherlands | Motorship | Ymuiden to Helsingborg | Saltpetre | Collision | Sunk by collision with Wilke off Gedser Rev Lightship in dense fog. | May 26, 1963 | Wilke |
Alkimos | 1943 | 7037 | Greece | Steamship | Wrecked | On rocks 31 miles N. of Fremantle after breaking tow in heavy weather | May 31, 1963 | |||
Evanghelistria | 1949 | 121 | Greece | Wooden Auxillary Motorship | Wrecked | Struck reef and sank off Zante Island. | June 1, 1963 | |||
Beg-Meil | 1963 | 256 | France | Motorship | Fishing | Foundered | Off Conakry in heavy weather. | June 4, 1963 | ||
Thomas A. | 1937 | 1113 | Greece | Steamship | Galatz to Liverpool | Timber | Fire | Burnt out and beached near Scalambri | June 4, 1963 | |
Kaiko Maru No. 28 | 1960 | 540 | Japan | Motorship | Fishing | Collision | Sunk by collision with Fina Italia 30 miles from San Juan, Puerto Rico | June 4, 1963 | Fina Italia | |
Kaptanpantelis | 1938 | 5199 | Lebanon | Motorship | Calcutta to Rijeka | Ore | Wrecked | On Fialdu, Maldive Islands | June 4, 1963 | |
Elisabeth | 1920 | 179 | Sweden | Wooden Auxillary Motorship | Warnemunde to Ronne | Fire | Caught fire off Rostock; towed into port and condemned. | June 4, 1963 | ||
Seekonk | 1944 | 1136 | Commonwealth (Canada) | Oil Tanker Motorship | Fire | Burnt out at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island | June 7, 1963 | |||
Inger Skou | 1954 | 4430 | Denmark | Motorship | Rosario to Callao | Cattle | Wrecked | Struck rock and sank in Messier Channel, S. Chile. in dense fog. | June 10, 1963 | |
Carmen | 1930 | 4240 | Panama | Steamship | Takoradi to Burntisland | Bauxite | Collision | Sunk by collision with Sadikzade 8 miles E. of South Foreland | June 13, 1963 | Sadikzade |
Agios Ioannis | 1943 | 7238 | Greece | Steamship | San Francisco to Japan | Scrap iron | Wrecked | Outside Ohara, Chiba Prefecture, in fog. | June 13, 1963 | |
Gianni Zeta | 1957 | 1594 | Italian | Motorship | Casablanca to Sete | Phosphate | Collision | Sunk by collision with Fosna in lat. 36 8N., long. 4 43W. in desnse fog. | June 19, 1963 | Fosna |
Tensho Maru | 1960 | 160 | Japan | Tanker Motorship | Wrecked | Off Joga Shima, Japan, in dense fog. | June 20, 1963 | |||
Southern Sea | 1962 | 240 | Philippines | Motorship | For Manila | Galvanised sheets and generators | Collision | Sunk by collision with Stapper off Tagubanhan Island N. of Negros. | June 24, 1963 | Stapper |
München | 1961 | 941 | West Germany | Motorship | Trawler | Foundered | Off western Greenland in heavy weather. | June 25, 1963 | ||
Fleurus | 1926 | 1103 | Panama | Motorship | Fire | Caught fire and sank at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia | June 26, 1963 | |||
Fukusho Maru | 1949 | 342 | Japan | Motorship | Collision | Sunk by collision with Kenryu Maru in Ise Bay, Japan | June 26, 1963 | Kenryu Maru | ||
Algarrobo | 1915 | 3289 | Chile | Steamship | Coal | Wrecked | On rocks alongside Baron Mole, Valparaiso, in heavy weather. | June 26, 1963 | ||
Taihei Maru | 1960 | 425 | Japan | Motorship | Collision | Sunk by collision with Unzen Maru at Kinkazan, Japan, in fog. | June 27, 1963 | Unzen Maru | ||
Naguilan | 1955 | 4710 | Chile | Motorship | Wrecked | In Valparaiso Bay. | June 27, 1963 | |||
Othelius Nilsen | 1960 | 247 | Norway | Motorship | Fishing | Foundered | Capsized and sank off Kinarodden, Nordkynhalvoya, due to cargo shifting in heavy weather. | July 1, 1963 | ||
Paloma | 1920 | 1743 | Panama | Twin Screw Motorship | Split to Port Sudan | Cement | Fire | Caught fire in lat. 21 28N., long. 37 26E.; towed to Port Sudan and sold for break up. | July 1, 1963 | |
Havre-Aubert | 1946 | 197 | Commonwealth (Canada) | Wooden Motorship | General | Fire | Burnt out at Gaspe. | July 2, 1963 | ||
Netty | 1939 | 250 | Netherlands | Motorship | Amsterdam to St. Helier | Grain | Collision | Sunk by collision with Fina Canada off Sandettie. | July 2, 1963 | Fina Canada |
Caribbean Trader | 1943 | 2861 | Liberia | Steamship | Coatzacoalcos to Tampa | Ballast | Wrecked | On reef 68 miles N. of Progreso, Mexico. | July 6, 1963 | |
Patrician | 1947 | 3604 | Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Steamship | Constantza to Glasgow | General | Collision | Sunk by collision with Santa Emilia off Tarifa, Straits of Gibraltar in dense fog. | July 8, 1963 | Santa Emilia |
Kofuku Maru No. 3 | 1959 | 225 | Japan | Motorship | Foundered | Near Genkai Island, Fukuoka Prefecture, in heavy weather. | July 9, 1963 | |||
Ciudad Del Salto | 1928 | 1922 | Uruguay | Twin Screw Motorship | Antonina to Montevideo | Yerba mate | Wrecked | Stranded and sank off Cabo Polonio. | July 10, 1963 | |
Ciudad De Asuncion | 1930 | 2330 | Argentina | Triple Screw Motorship | Montevideo to Buenos Aires | Passengers | Fire | Caught fire and sank in River Plate | July 11, 1963 | |
Wesleyville | 1946 | 149 | Commonwealth (Canada) | Wooden Twin Screw Motorship | Fire | Caught fire and sank at Catalina, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland. | July 15, 1963 | |||
Trebisnjica | 1943 | 7145 | Yugoslavia | Steamship | Naples to Havana | Ballast | Wrecked | On Hogsty Reef, N. of Cabo Maysi. | July 17, 1963 | |
Tritonica | 1956 | 12863 | British Commonwealth (OCC) | Motorship | Havre St. Pierre to Sorel | Titanium ore | Collision | Sunk by collision with Roonagh Head in River St. Lawrence in dense fog. | July 20, 1963 | Roonagh Head |
Pax | 1958 | 499 | West Germany | Motorship | Mo-i-Rana to West Germany | Iron | Foundered | Off Ytterholmen Lighthouse, S.W. of Sandnessjoen. | July 21, 1963 | |
Kyokuyo Maru No. 5 | 1942 | 419 | Japan | Motorship | Foundered | At Kashiwajima, Kochi Prefecture in heavy weather. | July 21, 1963 | |||
Vinodol | 1956 | 177 | Yugoslavia | Wooden Motorship | Rasa to Torviscosa | Coal | Collision | Sunk by collision with Banshu Maru No. 2 4 miles W. of Brioni Island | July 23, 1963 | Banshu Maru No. 2 |
Maasym-N. | 1952 | 496 | Netherlands | Motorship | Teignmouth to Spezia | China clay | Wrecked | Stranded and sank off Cabo Burela, northern Spain, in fog. | July 23, 1963 | |
Blikur | 1956 | 500 | Faroe Islands | Motorship | Facringehavn to Eggers O | Oil and fishing equipment | Lost | Sunk by ice off W. Greenland. | July 24, 1963 | |
Mazurek | 1955 | 183 | Poland | Motorship | Fishing | Foundered | Capsized and sank 11 miles N. of Hanstholm. | July 26, 1963 | ||
No. 15 Kyung In | 412 | South Korea | Motorship | Moji to Inchon | Ammonium nitrate and Nitric acid | Fire | Exploded and sank in Korea Strait. | July 27, 1963 | ||
Ilona | 1961 | 250 | West Germany | Motorship | Amsterdam to Westerhafen | Coke | Collision | Sunk by collision with Kalmarsund XI off Terschellinger Bank Lightship | July 27, 1963 | Kalmarsund XI |
Kastela | 1943 | 7261 | Yugoslavia | Steamship | Churchill to United Kingdom | Grain | Lost | Sunk by ice in Hudson Strait. | August 3, 1963 | |
Kilstraum | 1890 | 172 | Norway | Motorship | Foundered | Sprang leak and sank off Iceland | August 5, 1963 | |||
Maria Isabel Alonso | 1949 | 278 | Spain | Motorship | Trawler | Wrecked | Stranded and sank near Scatari Island. | August 7, 1963 | ||
Wairangi | 1942 | 12829 | Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Twin Screw Motorship | Rio Grande to Stockholm | Coffee and oranges | Wrecked | Stranded at Klovholmen, Stockholm Archipelago; subsequently refloated and sold for breaking up. | August 14, 1963 | |
Shintatsu Maru | 1959 | 441 | Japan | Motorship | Wrecked | At Kinkazan in fog. | August 15, 1963 | |||
Viriato | 1944 | 594 | Portugal | Wooden Auxillary Motorship | Fishing | Fire | Caught fire and sank 2 miles off Graciosa Island. | August 23, 1963 | ||
Styrfjell | 1943 | 176 | Norway | Wooden Motorship | Artificial manure | Foundered | Sprang leak and sank near Stad. | August 28, 1963 | ||
Skyros | 1947 | 3923 | Greece | Twin Screw Motorship | Buenos Aires to Piraeus | Frozen meat | Fire | Caught fire off Brazilian coast, beached in lat. 12 10S., long. 37 44W. and burnt out. | August 28, 1963 | |
Laxö | 1948 | 149 | Finland | Wooden Motorship | Wrecked | Stranded and sank outside Pörtö, Gulf of Finland. | September 4, 1963 | |||
Aguila De Oro | 1877 | 221 | Spain | Composite Steamship | Teneriffe to Huelva | Asphalt in drums | Wrecked | On Huelva Bar. | September 6, 1963 | |
Victoria | 1934 | 405 | Greece | Tanker Twin Screw Motorship | Piraeus to Amfilochia | Kerosene | Foundered | Off Derveni, Gulf of Corinth. | September 7, 1963 | |
Flushing | 1937 | 129 | United States of America | Motorship | Tug | Foundered | Capsized and sank near Hell Gate, NewYork, while towing barge down river. | September 7, 1963 | ||
Tinganes | 1920 | 326 | Faroe Islands | Wooden Auxillary Motorship | Fishing | Wrecked | Struck submerged rock and sank off Cape Farewell, Greenland. | September 8, 1963 | ||
Alacrity | 1940 | 554 | Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Motorship | Swanse to Brussels | Anthracite | Wrecked | At Portheras Cove, Pendeen, in dense fog. | September 13, 1963 | |
Paul Gufflet | 1947 | 101 | Congo Republic | Motorship | Trawler | Wrecked | 135 miles N.W. of Pointe Noire. | September 13, 1963 | ||
Newfoundland Cruiser | 1925 | 567 | Commonwealth (Canada) | Motorship | Montreal to Cape Dorset, Baffin Island | Diesel oil and gasoline in barrels | Wrecked | On rocks at Cape Dorset, Baffin Island, in heavy weather. | September 15, 1963 | |
Aberdeen City | 1957 | 264 | Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Motorship | Trawler | Wrecked | At Start Point, Orkney Isles. | September 16, 1963 | ||
Jezreel | 1930 | 4750 | Panama | Twin Screw Motorship | Misumi to Pusan | Coal, steel and general | Wrecked | In lat. 32 34N., long. 130 6E. | September 16, 1963 | |
Beltana | 1937 | 3125 | Commonwealth (Australia) | Steamship | Fremantle to Melbourne | Steel and general | Wrecked | Stranded on Corsair Rock; refloated and sold for breaking up. | September 16, 1963 | |
Vanguard | 1962 | 499 | Netherlands | Motorship | Antwerp to Hull | General | Collision | Sunk by collision with Mary K. 8 miles off Great Yarmouth in fog. | September 17, 1963 | Mary K. |
Gefion | 1962 | 143 | Finland | Wooden Auxillary Motorship | For Ornskoldsvik | Foundered | Sprang leak and sank in Gulf of Bothnia | September 18, 1963 | ||
Dzierzynski | 1939 | 12636 | Poland | Twin Screw Motorship | Shanghai to Gdynia | General | Wrecked | Suffered severe damage through striking pier between Kruisschans and Baudouin; condemned and sold for breaking up. | September 19, 1963 | |
Holmbank | 1948 | 515 | British Commonwealth (OCC) | Motorship | Timaru to Wellington | General | Wrecked | Stranded and sank near Peraki, Banks Peninsula | September 20, 1963 | |
Roland | 1916 | 249 | West Germany | Motorship | Ronne to Kiel | Stones | Collision | Sunk by collision with Rio Quequen in lat. 54 25 48N., long. 11 47 42E. | September 24, 1963 | Rio Quequen |
Yokohama Maru | 1944 | 981 | Japan | Twin Screw Motorship | Foundered | Sprang leak 26 miles from Keelung; taken in tow but sank in lat. 25 13N., long. 122 13E. | September 27, 1963 | |||
Bahia De Nuestra Senora | 1958 | 327 | Spain | Motorship | Trawler | Collision | Sunk by collision with Rythme in lat. 44N., long. 51 30W. | September 30, 1963 | Rythme | |
Norma | 1934 | 397 | Brazil | Motorship | Macau to Santos | Salt | Wrecked | 12 miles N. of Pirambu, near Aracaju. | September 30, 1963 | |
Humbergate | 1960 | 200 | Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Motorship | Porthoustock to Bristol | Stone | Foundered | 7 miles W. of Trevose Head due to cargo shifting. | October 2, 1963 | |
Ronda | 1948 | 4608 | Norway | Motorship | Coal and general | Collision | Sunk by collision with Lucile Bloomfield in Havre in rain and fog. | October 2, 1963 | Lucile Bloomfield | |
Aramar | 1903 | 1344 | Brazil | Twin Screw Motorship | Coffee | Wrecked | On reef 8 miles N. of Tamandare. | October 3, 1963 | ||
Giuseppe Emilio | 1909 | 1851 | Italy | Steamship | Zhdanov to Venice | Coal | Collision | Sunk by collision with Braila in Sea of Marmara in fog. | October 4, 1963 | Braila |
Alfonso Calvino | 1948 | 169 | Spain | Wooden Steamship | Trawler | Wrecked | Condemned after stranding near Marin. | October 5, 1963 | ||
Maine | 1947 | 4513 | France | Motorship | Libreville to Dakar | Timber | Wrecked | 3 miles W. of Tabou, Ivory Coast. | October 8, 1963 | |
Hoko Maru No. 32 | 1958 | 240 | Japan | Motorship | Fishing | Foundered | In lat. 31 27N., long. 132 2E. in heavy weather. | October 9, 1963 | ||
Sörvaer | 1946 | 141 | Norway | Wooden Motorship | Fishing | Fire | Burnt out at Tromso. | October 9, 1963 | ||
Vauquelin | 1944 | 219 | Commonwealth (Canada) | Wooden Motorship | Quebec to Forestville | Ballast | Fire | Caught fire and sank near Cape Dogs, River St. Lawrence. | October 10, 1963 | |
Taishin Maru No. 1 | 1948 | 153 | Japan | Motorship | Wrecked | On Suito Island, Okinawa | October 11, 1963 | |||
Rio Amadorio | 1944 | 137 | Spain | Wooden Auxillary Motorship | Fishing | Foundered | Sprang leak and sank off coast of Spanish Sahara. | October 13, 1963 | ||
Marianne Wehr | 1957 | 499 | West Germany | Motorship | Flixborough to Lubeck | Stones | Foundered | Off Elbe lightship in heavy weather. | October 14, 1963 | |
Manticos | 1945 | 3549 | Lebanon | Steamship | Libreville to East Mediterranean | Logs | Wrecked | Stranded and sank in lat. 11, 10N., long. 16 29W. | October 14, 1963 | |
Bahama Islander | 1944 | 110 | British Commonwealth (OCC) | Wooden Twin Screw Motorship | Nassau to Cat Island, Bahamas | Survey equipment | Wrecked | On reef off Eleuthera. | October 14, 1963 | |
Koshi Maru | 1962 | 830 | Japan | Motorship | Marcus Island to Japan | Scrap | Foundered | Capsized and sank in approxiamtely lat. 28N., long. 151 10E. in typhoon. | October 17, 1963 | |
Northern Spray | 1936 | 620 | Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Steamship | Trawler | Wrecked | On N.W. coast of Iceland in heavy weather. | October 23, 1963 | ||
Alcedo | 1918 | 276 | Spain | Steamship | Trawler | Wrecked | Near Santander. | October 23, 1963 | ||
Juan Ferrer | 1960 | 682 | Spain | Motorship | Bilbao to Liverpool | General | Wrecked | On rocks near Mount's Bay, Land's End. | October 23, 1963 | |
Aghios Marcos | 1943 | 272 | Greece | Tanker Motorship | Wrecked | On rocks St. Andrew's Bay, outside Beirut. | October 24, 1963 | |||
Hai Fu | 1945 | 7650 | China Nationalist | Steamship | Houston to Kaohsiung | General | Wrecked | Stranded on reef off S. coast of Oahu Island; refloated and subsequently condemned. | October 26, 1963 | |
Agnes | 1901 | 192 | Sweden | Wooden Auxillary Motorship | Deals, battens and boards | Lost | Reported lost. | October 26, 1963 | ||
Actuality | 1945 | 945 | Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Motorship | Amble to Yelland | Coal | Collision | Sunk by collision with Betty Anne-8 12 miles from Dungeness lighthouse in fog. | October 27, 1963 | Betty Anne 8 |
Iciar | 1922 | 4684 | Spain | Steamship | Immingham to Bilbao | Coal | Wrecked | Outside Bilbao in fog. | October 28, 1963 | |
Belisco | 1944 | 2201 | Brazil | Twin Screw Motorship | Santos to Rio Grande | Ballast | Wrecked | 16 miles S. of Cidreira Lighthouse, Rio Grande. | October 29, 1963 | |
San Juan De Nepomuceno | 1939 | 400 | Spain | Motorship | Fuerteventura to Teneriffe | General | Foundered | Sprang leak and sank 15 miles from Punta Abona, Teneriffe. | October 31, 1963 | |
Vlieland | 1952 | 282 | Netherlands | Motorship | London to Paris | Whisky and general | Collision | Sunk by collision with Kalmarsund XI off Havre. | October 31, 1963 | Kalmarsund XI |
Pauline C. Winters | 1923 | 140 | Commonwealth (Canada) | Wooden Auxillary Twin Screw Motorship | Newfoundland to Riverport, Novia Scotia | Codfish | Foundered | Sprang leak and sank 2 miles W. of Boat harbour, Strait of Belle Isle. | November 1, 1963 | |
Itapema | 1948 | 291 | Brazil | Motorship | Fire | Caught fire and sank at Mucuripe. | November 2, 1963 | |||
Fuku Maru No. 7 | 1962 | 239 | Japan | Motorship | Fishing | Wrecked | On Middleton Reef, 300 miles from coast of Australia | November 2, 1963 | ||
Lord Stanhope | 1935 | 448 | Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Steamship | Trawler | Wrecked | At Ingolfshofdhi, S. coast of Iceland. | November 7, 1963 | ||
Kimolos | 1931 | 481 | Greece | Motorship | Sunderland to Leningrad | Ballast | Foundered | Off Dago Island. | November 8, 1963 | |
Lys Immatricule | 1958 | 113 | France | Wooden Motorship | Fishing | Wrecked | Stranded and sank N. of Ile de Groix. | November 11, 1963 | ||
Star 30 | 1940 | 142 | British Commonwealth (OCC) | Motorship | Foundered | Sprang leak and sank 40 miles off Miami. | November 14, 1963 | |||
Dynafuel | 1946 | 3100 | United States of America | Tanker Motorship | Newington, New Hampshire to Newark, New Jersey | Ballast | Collision | Sunk by collision with Fernview in Buzzards Bay, Cape Cod. | November 14, 1963 | Fernview |
Inagua Foam | 1945 | 3141 | Liberia | Twin Screw Motorship | Puerto Deseado to Houston | Wrecked | Stranded and sank near Manaus, River Amazon. | November 14, 1963 | ||
Thor | 1914 | 149 | Sweden | Wooden Auxillary Motorship | Foundered | Near Lavon. | November 17, 1963 | |||
Eiyo Maru | 1948 | 895 | Japan | Motorship | Wakamatsu | Collision | Sunk by collision with unknown ship at Moji; subsequently raised and broken up. | November 17, 1963 | ||
WM. H. McAllister | 1943 | 140 | United States of America | Motorship | Tug | Wrecked | Struck Schuyler Reef and sank in Lake Champlain near Port Douglass. | November 17, 1963 | ||
Deutgan | 1940 | 211 | France | Motorship | Copra and general | Wrecked | South Malekula in heavy weather. | November 18, 1963 | ||
Thessaloniki | 1929 | 2231 | Greece | Tanker Motorship | Thessaloniki to Piraeus | Ballast | Wrecked | Stranded and sank 10 miles N.W. of Port Kumi, Euboea Island. | November 22, 1963 | |
Trezic | 1963 | 148 | France | Wooden Motorship | Lobster fishing | Wrecked | On rocks outside Porto Grande. | November 24, 1963 | ||
Snurp III | 1943 | 126 | Norway | Wooden Motorship | Fishing | Collision | Sunk by collision with unknown ship in Vigrafjorden, N. of Aalesund. | November 25, 1963 | ||
Saphir | 1963 | 151 | France | Motorship | Trawler | Foundered | Capsized in heavy weather; taken in tow but sank N.W. of Brest. | November 26, 1963 | ||
Martin Bakke | 1936 | 5484 | Norway | Motorship | Valparaiso to Copenhagen | Nitrate and general | Wrecked | Stranded in River Scheldt in dense fog; subsequently refloated and sold for breaking up. | November 30, 1963 | |
Bharatveer | 1943 | 7274 | Commonwealth (India) | Steamship | Calcutta to Cuddalore | Coal and crude oil | Wrecked | Suffered heavy damage when driven ashore in cyclone; subsequently gutted by fire and sold for breaking up. | December 6, 1963 | |
C. Trader | 1944 | 2392 | United States of America | Motorship | Willapa to Astoria | Timber | Wrecked | Stranded and sank at entrance to Columbia River | December 6, 1963 | |
Ingeborg | 1931 | 300 | West Germany | Motorship | Par to Rauma | China clay | Collision | Sunk by collision with Manchuria in River Elbe. | December 7, 1963 | Manchuria |
Hans Boye | 1918 | 282 | Denmark | Motorship | Torshavn to Ventspils | Herring in barrels | Foundered | Sprang leak and sank N. of Ventspils in heav weather. | December 8, 1963 | |
Kamei Maru | 1961 | 998 | Japan | Motorship | Sulphide ore | Foundered | Capsized and sank in Tsugaru Strait due to cargo shifting in heavy weather. | December 8, 1963 | ||
Fort Albany | 1942 | 617 | Commonwealth (Canada) | Twin Screw Motorship | Montreal to Seven Islands | Calcium | Collision | Sunk by collision with Procyon in River St. Lawrence, 54 miles from Montreal | December 8, 1963 | Procyon |
Sainte Adresse | 1942 | 943 | Commonwealth (Canada) | Motorship | Montreal to Seven Islands | General | Wrecked | Near Escoumins. | December 9, 1963 | |
Elizabeth Cooper | 1937 | 227 | Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Motorship | Hopper Barge | Sand | Collision | Sunk by collision with Mancunium in Manchester Ship Canal; subsequently refloated and sold for breaking up. | December 10, 1963 | Mancunium |
Kohyo Maru No. 12 | 1946 | 146 | Japan | Motorship | Fishing | Wrecked | Stranded and sank in lat. 33 51N., long. 139 37E. | December 11, 1963 | ||
Madinina | 1945 | 318 | British Commonwealth (OCC) | Twin Screw Motorship | Trinidad to Martinique | Cement | Foundered | 12 miles N.W. of St. Vincent, West Indies | December 13, 1963 | |
Jonetta | 1957 | 499 | Norway | Motorship | Stavanger to Tromso | Concrete building materials | Foundered | N. of Halten lighthouse in heavy weather. | December 13, 1963 | |
Regina | 1857 | 246 | Finland | Iron Motorship | Vasklot to Stockholm | Timber | Wrecked | At Ronnskar, Vaasa Archipelago. | December 17, 1963 | |
Consul Horn | 1957 | 452 | West Germany | Motorship | Haifa to Freetown | Ballast | Wrecked | Near Cape Juby | December 18, 1963 | |
Mary Pauline | 1920 | 175 | Commonwealth (Canada) | Wooden Twin Screw Motorship | Sydney, Nova Scotia to Grand Bank | Coal | Wrecked | On sand bar at Miquelon St. Pierre. | December 19, 1963 | |
Corfu Island | 1943 | 7075 | Lebanon | Steamship | Wismar to Canada | Ballast | Wrecked | Near Grindstone light, Magdalen Islands. | December 20, 1963 | |
Douala | 1957 | 2333 | France | Motorship | Montreal to Bordeaux | Foundered | Off Newfoundland in heavy weather. | December 21, 1963 | ||
Quibian | 1930 | 731 | Panama | Twin Screw Steamship | Foundered | In Colon bay, C.Z. | December 21, 1963 | |||
Lakonia | 1930 | 20314 | Greece | Twin Screw Motorship | Cruise | Passengers | Fire | Caught fire in lat. 35N., long. 15 15W.; taken in tow but sank 250 miles W. of Gibraltar. | December 22, 1963 | |
Itza | 1946 | 393 | Mexico | Motorship | Salt | Foundered | Broke in two and sank at Roca Partida, near Alvarado in heavy weather. | December 23, 1963 | ||
Emerance | 1963 | 157 | France | Motorship | Trawler | Wrecked | Stranded and sank at Slyne Head. | December 23, 1963 | ||
Amazon | 1944 | 7281 | Greece | Steamship | Venice to Buenos Aires | Wrecked | Stranded near Cap Bon; subsequently reflaoted and sold for breaking up. | December 24, 1963 | ||
Eisho Maru | 1956 | 495 | Japan | Motorship | Collision | Sunk by collision with Tensya Maru No. 10 off Choshi. | December 25, 1963 | Tensya Maru No. 10 | ||
Stancrown | 1956 | 8002 | Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Motorship | Halifax to Klaipeda | Wheat | Wrecked | Stranded off Klaipeda; subsequently refloated and condemned. | December 25, 1963 | |
Eddycreek | 1953 | 2224 | Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Steamship | Naples to Genoa | Wrecked | Stranded E. of Capraia Island in gale; subsequently refloated and sold for breaking up. | December 25, 1963 | ||
Capitaine Louis Malbert | 1951 | 4261 | France | Steamship | Hartlepool to Aarhus | Coal | Collision | Sunk by collision with Rosborg in Kattegat in dense fog. | December 30, 1963 | Rosborg |