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"Five Men Lost in Wreck". The Times. No. 53732. London. 7 January 1957. col D, p. 8.

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"14 Saved from Listing Ship". The Times. No. 53738. London. 14 January 1957. col A, p. 5.

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"Pilot Boat, Freighter in Collision". Moncton Transcript. 14 January 1957.

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"To Investigate Possibility?". The Moncton Daily Times. 4 July 1959. p. 1.

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Mitchell, WH; Sawyer, LA (1990). The Empire Ships (Second ed.). London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. p. 392. ISBN 1-85044-275-4.

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"Swedish Ship Sinks After Collision". The Times. No. 53745. London. 22 January 1957. col E, p. 6.

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"Telegrams in Brief". The Times. No. 53756. London. 4 February 1957. col G, p. 6.

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"Cargo Liner Aground Twice in Mersey". The Times. No. 53750. London. 28 January 1957. col D, p. 5.

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"Turkish Steamer Sunk". The Times. No. 53757. London. 5 September 1957. col F, p. 6.

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"German Ship Sinks in Gale". The Times. No. 53761. London. 9 February 1957. col D, p. 6.

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"Picture Gallery". The Times. No. 53771. London. 21 February 1957. col A-D, p. 16.

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"Iron Ore Ship Saved". The Times. No. 53774. London. 25 February 1957. col D, p. 6.

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"Ship Sinks After Collision". The Times. No. 53775. London. 23 February 1957. col A, p. 5.

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"British Ship Feared Lost Near China". The Times. No. 53776. London. 27 February 1957. col D, p. 7.

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"British Ship's Crew Safe in China". The Times. No. 53777. London. 28 February 1957. col A, p. 8.

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"Telegrams in Brief". The Times. No. 53777. London. 28 February 1957. col G, p. 7.

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"Damage to French Liner". The Times. No. 53779. London. 2 March 1957. col G, p. 6.

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"Picture Gallery". The Times. No. 53784. London. 8 March 1957. col C, p. 10.

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"Telegrams in Brief". The Times. No. 53785. London. 9 March 1957. col G, p. 5.

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"Telegrams in Brief". The Times. No. 53797. London. 23 March 1957. col G, p. 5.

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"Five Lost in Fog Collision". The Times. No. 53808. London. 5 April 1957. col D, p. 10.

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"Three Killed in Tug Explosion". The Times. No. 53818. London. 17 April 1957. col G, p. 8.

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"Mersey Tug Sunk in Collision". The Times. No. 53821. London. 22 April 1957. col B, p. 11.

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"Sunken Tug Blocks Montreal". The Times. No. 53825. London. 26 April 1957. col F, p. 10.

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"11 Killed at Sea". The Times. No. 53872. London. 20 June 1957. col A, p. 10.

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"Failure to Refloat Former Destroyer". The Times. No. 53930. London. 27 August 1957. col B, p. 4.

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"British Liner Aground". The Times. No. 53888. London. 9 July 1957. col F, p. 10.

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"Reina Del Pacifico Refloated". The Times. No. 53891. London. 12 July 1957. col F, p. 10.

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"Telegrams in Brief". The Times. No. 53903. London. 26 July 1957. col D, p. 9.

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"Telegrams in Brief". The Times. No. 53898. London. 20 July 1957. col G, p. 5.

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"British Ship Aground". The Times. No. 53901. London. 24 July 1957. col E, p. 6.

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"Fire-damaged Tanker Sinks". The Times. No. 53926. London. 22 August 1957. col D-E, p. 6.

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"River Collision Near Buenos Aires". The Times. No. 53932. London. 29 August 1957. col E, p. 2.

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"Telegrams in Brief". The Times. No. 53929. London. 26 August 2011. col G, p. 6.

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"Destroyer Aground in Harbour". The Times. No. 53938. London. 5 September 1957. col F, p. 2.

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"British Liner Aground". The Times. No. 53956. London. 26 September 1957. col D, p. 10.

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"British Ship Aground in Rhine". The Times. No. 53957. London. 27 September 1957. col F, p. 8.

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"Telegrams in Brief". The Times. No. 53963. London. 4 October 1957. col G, p. 9.

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"Telegrams in Brief". The Times. No. 53979. London. 23 October 1957. col G, p. 9.

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"Ship Sinks After Collision". The Times. No. 53980. London. 24 October 1957. col F, p. 10.

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"Telegrams in Brief". The Times. No. 53982. London. 26 October 1957. col G, p. 5.

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"47 Rescued from Japanese Ship". The Times. No. 53973. London. 16 October 1957. col A, p. 7.

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"Gales Strike New Town in Hertfordshire". The Times. No. 53990. London. 5 November 1957. col A-E, p. 18.

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"Three Missing After Vessel Sinks". The Times. No. 53992. London. 7 November 1957. col F, p. 15.

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"Railway Ferry Runs Aground". The Times. No. 53996. London. 12 November 1957. col F, p. 7.

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"News in Brief". The Times. No. 54013. London. 2 December 1957. col D, p. 8.

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"Helicopters Fly to Aid Dutch Ship". The Times. No. 54020. London. 10 December 1957. col C, p. 7.

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"Telegrams in Brief". The Times. No. 54027. London. 18 December 1957. col D, p. 6.

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Ship	State	Description
Orkla	Norway	The cargo ship ran aground at Buhlomrasa Light and broke in two. Total loss.^[7]
Scania	Sweden	The cargo ship was in collision with Chili ( France) and sank at Vlissingen, Netherlands. All crew were rescued.^[8]
Valvadere	United States	The 10-gross register ton 40.2-foot (12.3 m) gasoline-powered wooden fishing vessel foundered at Kodiak, Territory of Alaska.^[9]

Ship	State	Description
Defender	United Kingdom	The cargo liner ran aground in the Crosby Channel, River Mersey whilst trying to avoid a collision with the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board dredger Leviathan. Refloated but then ran aground again. Refloated a second time and returned to port.^[15]
Henrica	Netherlands	The cargo ship ran aground off Maryport, Cumberland, United Kingdom. She was later refloated.^[15]

Ship	State	Description
Christian Russ	West Germany	The coaster was in collision with Baltavia ( United Kingdom) and sank off the east coast of Denmark. All fifteen crew rescued.^[23]
Clydesdale	United States	The 38-gross register ton, 55.6-foot (16.9 m) fishing vessel was lost in a storm at Slocum Arm (57°34′N 136°03′W) on the west coast of Chichagof Island the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.^[24]

Ship	State	Description
General Aupick	France	The fishing trawler sprang a leak and sank in the Dogger Bank.^[36]
Kitagawa Maru No 5.^[ja]	Japan	According to Japanese Coast Guard official announced, a wooden passenger boat, from Ikuchi Island to Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Seto Islands Sea, this boat 239 persons were on board, which were more than three times capacity, however, not stormy weather at this accident, 126 persons were rescued, 113 persons were lost to lives.^[37]

Ship	State	Description
Ioannis	Greece	Collided with Stony Point ( United States) 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Ouessant, Finistère, France. Both ships caught fire with the loss of eleven lives and 40 injured, twenty seriously.^[45]^[46]^[47]
Stony Point	United States	The T2 tanker collided with Ioannis ( Greece) 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Ouessant and caught fire. Declared a constructive total loss, she was consequently scrapped.^[45]^[46]^[47]

Ship	State	Description
D S S Co. No. 1	United States	The 84-gross register ton, 110.2-foot (33.6 m) barge sank off Ocean Cape (59°32′30″N 139°51′30″W) on the south-central coast of Alaska.^[48]
Yakima III	United States	The 41-gross register ton, 60-foot (18 m) scow sank at Hoonah, Territory of Alaska.^[49]

Ship	State	Description
Aleutian	United States	The 57-gross register ton, 62.6-foot (19.1 m) fishing vessel was wrecked on Chiniak Rock – presumably a feature of or reference to Chiniak Island (57°37′35″N 52°09′00″W) near Cape Chiniak (57°37′N 152°10′W) – off the coast of Kodiak Island near Kodiak, Territory of Alaska, during a storm.^[54]
Tweed Breeze	United Kingdom	Typhoon Wendy: The cargo ship was blown ashore on Stonecutters Island, Hong Kong. Refloated on 25 July.^[55]

Ship	State	Description
George H	United States	The 11-gross register ton, 34.2-foot (10.4 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in Wide Bay (57°22′N 156°11′W) on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula in the Territory of Alaska.^[60]
Redoubt	United States	The 13-gross register ton, 39.8-foot (12.1 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Chatham (57°30′50″N 134°55′30″W), Territory of Alaska.^[16]

Ship	State	Description
Hassel	Norway	Collided with a French ship in the Strait of Dover.^[65]
Northern Ranger	Canada	The coaster ran aground in Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland. Refloated on 26 August having been aground for "nearly a week".^[66]

Ship	State	Description
HMS Decoy	Royal Navy	The Daring-class destroyer ran aground at Portland Harbour, Dorset, England, due to failure of her steering gear.^[68]
HDMS Flyvefisken, and HDMS Høgen	Royal Danish Navy	The torpoedo boat HDMS Høgen collided with the Flyvefisken-class torpedo boat HDMS Flyvefisken and sank in the Great Belt. HDMS Flyvefisken was severely damaged.^[14]

Ship	State	Description
Pamir	West Germany	Hurricane Carrie: The barque capsized and sank in the Atlantic Ocean 600 nautical miles (1,100 km; 690 mi) west-southwest of the Azores at 35°57′N 40°20′W with the loss of 80 lives. There were six survivors.
S-81	Soviet Navy	The Type VIIC submarine was severely damaged in the Barents Sea off Novaja Semla during an atomic bomb test. Consequently stricken on 16 October and subsequently scrapped.^[70]

Ship	State	Description
Belleville	Norway	The 4,946-gross register ton cargo ship ran aground in fog just west of Seal Rock at the entrance to the harbor at Newport, Rhode Island, and sank in up to 30 feet (9.1 m) of water at 41°26′38″N 071°20′51″W.^[71]
Margaret J	United States	The 28-gross register ton, 49-foot (14.9 m) fishing vessel was wrecked at Sunny Cove (55°15′N 132°15′W) in Chomley Sound (55°17′N 132°04′W) in Southeast Alaska.^[72]

Ship	State	Description
Lady Adriana	United Kingdom	The passenger ship ran aground in the Rhine at Oberwesel, West Germany.^[74]
M-256	Soviet Navy	The Quebec-class submarine sank in the Gulf of Finland after a fire, with 28 crew members killed and seven saved.

Ship	State	Description
Captain George	Panama	The Liberty ship ran aground in the Cape Verde Islands. She was declared a constructive total loss and scrapped.^[80]
Sea Prince	United Kingdom	The TID-class tug was run into by Cato ( United Kingdom), which she was towing. Sea Prince capsized and sank off Avonmouth, Somerset.^[81]

Ship	State	Description
Plan V	West Germany	The coaster collided in the Scheldt with Winnetou ( West Germany) and sank. All crew were rescued.^[84]
Shillong	United Kingdom	The cargo ship collided in the Gulf of Suez with Purfina Congo ( Belgium) and sank with the loss of three lives.^[85] Thirteen racehorses were drowned.^[86]^[87]

Ship	State	Description
Cordova Salvor	United States	The 180-gross register ton, 99.9-foot (30.4 m) motor cargo vessel was wrecked at Cape Sarichef (54°35′50″N 164°55′30″W) on the western coast of Unimak Island in the Aleutian Islands.^[24]
Iano	Italy	The cargo ship was driven aground in a gale at Sandown Bay, Isle of Wight.^[89]

Ship	State	Description
Empire Wansbeck	United Kingdom	The troopship ran aground at Hook of Holland, Netherlands. Later refloated and returned to service.^[97]
Narva	United Kingdom	The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea 150 nautical miles (280 km) west of Lindesnes, Norway (57°28′N 3°00′E) with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Sweden to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire.^[98]

Ship	State	Description
Continuity	United Kingdom	The coaster ran aground at Margate, Kent, England.^[65]
USS YSD-40	United States Navy	Carrying salvage equipment, the 132-foot (40 m) floating salvage derrick sank in up to 30 feet (9.1 m) of water off Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, between Nomans Land and Old Man Rock at 41°16′24″N 070°49′08″W.^[101]

Ship	State	Description
HNLMS Jan van Brakel	Royal Netherlands Navy	The decommissioned frigate was sunk as a target bear Biak sometime after 1 August.^[102]
USS LSM-15	United States Navy	The LSM-1-class Landing Ship Medium (Transport) was raised sometime after 10 July and re-sunk in deep water off Okinawa. She had sunk in Typhoon Louise at the entrance to Buckner Bay, Okinawa, in 1945.^[103]
St. Christopher	Costa Rica	The wreck of St. Christopher as it appeared on 20 December 2012. Laid up at Ushuaia, Argentina, since 1954 due to engine trouble and rudder damage, the tugboat was beached and abandoned there.

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