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List of shipwrecks in 1981

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The list of shipwrecks in 1981 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1981.

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Ship	State	Description
Big Sea	United States	The fishing vessel sank while tied to a buoy in Port Etches on the south-central coast of Alaska.^[1]
Mercy Bee	United States	The fishing vessel capsized in heavy surf in Squaw Bay (60°49′15″N 147°50′30″W) on the south-central coast of Alaska.^[2]

Ship	State	Description
Ems	West Germany	The cargo ship sank after collision with *Undine* ( Belgium) off Happisburgh, England (52°55′N 1°37′E).^[9] Six crew rescued by Undine and taken to Vlissingen, Netherlands. Thirteen others rescued by helicopter and taken to Great Yarmouth. Four crew were killed.^[10]
Frederika 1	West Germany	The cargo ship sank after colliding with Blackthorn ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Greenwich. All five crew were rescued by the tug Redriff ( United Kingdom).^[10]

Ship	State	Description
Eastern Mariner I	Panama	The cargo ship was damaged in a storm, and sank three days later east of Bermuda (32°19.36′N 64°31.30′W).^[13]
Wood Duck	United States	The 32-foot (9.8 m) fishing vessel sank in Union Bay in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska in a violent storm. Her owner-operator died in the sinking.^[14]

Ship	State	Description
Prince Ivanhoe	United Kingdom	The former ferry struck a rock and sank at Horton, Swansea. All 450 on board rescued but one passenger suffered a heart attack and died.^[27]
Melpo Lemos	Greece	The tanker ran aground on the Lepe Bank, in the Solent off Southampton, United Kingdom.^[27] She was refloated the next day.^[28]

Ship	State	Description
Northern King	United States	The 96-foot (29.3 m) trawler-processor developed a heavy list in a storm in the Bering Sea off Cape Lieskof (55.7883°N 162.0542°W / 55.7883; -162.0542 (Cape Lieskof)), Alaska, then capsized and sank near Nelson Lagoon (55°50′N 162°05′W). Her seven crew members abandoned ship 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) off the Alaska Peninsula; two were lost, but the other five made it to shore in a life raft and were rescued.^[32]
Rocket	United States	The 34-foot (10.4 m) vessel capsized in Strawberry Pass (60°24′N 146°03′W) near Montague Island at the entrance to Prince William Sound on the south-central coast of Alaska with the loss of both people on board.^[33]

Ship	State	Description
City of Seattle	United States	The 84-foot (25.6 m) crab-fishing vessel burned and sank in the Shelikof Strait 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) south of Cape Uganik (57°58′N 153°30′W) on the coast of Uganik Island in Alaska′s Kodiak Archipelago. The medium endurance cutter USCGC Confidence ( United States Coast Guard) rescued her entire crew of six. She later was salvaged, repaired, and returned to service.^[31]
Spring	United States	The 42-foot (12.8 m) troller sank 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) off Ratz Harbor (55°53′15″N 132°35′45″W) on the northeast coast of Prince of Wales Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.^[26]

Ship	State	Description
Periphery	United States	The 32-foot (9.8 m) fishing vessel broke up and sank in heavy seas while under tow by the vessel Billy Don ( United States) in the Shelikof Strait between the Kodiak Archipelago and mainland Alaska.^[19]
Sobral Santos II	Brazil	The ferry sank in the harbour of Óbidos, Pará with the loss of an unknown number of people. Estimates range from 50 to 300.^[34]

Ship	State	Description
Elma Tres	West Germany	The cargo ship foundered 215 nautical miles (398 km) west of Hamilton, Bermuda with the loss of all but one of her 24 crew.^[45]
Euro Princess	Yugoslavia	The cargo ship ran aground off Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. All 26 crew rescued by helicopter.^[45]^[46]
Nannie D	United States	The 32-foot (9.8 m) fishing vessel sank southwest of Seward, Alaska, with the loss of her entire crew of three.^[32]

Ship	State	Description
Garnet	Panama	The reefer collided with Molaventure ( Liberia) ten kilometres (6.2 mi) off Port Said, Egypt and was beached to prevent sinking. One crewman was killed. The ship was abandoned as a constructive total loss. Later refloated and towed to deep water and scuttled.^[47]
Molaventure	Liberia	The tanker collided with Garnet ( Panama) ten kilometres (6.2 mi) off Port Said, Egypt and was beached. Later she was able to resume her voyage.^[47]

Ship	State	Description
Bonita	Ecuador	The cargo ship capsized when two massive waves struck her in the English Channel 40 nautical miles (74 km; 46 mi) north of Guernsey while on a voyage from Hamburg, West Germany, to Panama with a cargo of fertiliser. One member of her crew was lost; the rest were saved by a Royal Navy helicopter and the St Peter’s Lifeboat Sir William Arnold ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).^[48]^[49]
Kaliakh	United States	The 86-foot (26.2 m) motor scow dragged her anchor, drifted onto the rocks, capsized, and was lost in Iliasik Passage (55°02′N 161°55′W) between Inner Iliasik Island and Outer Iliasik Island in the Shumagin Islands off the south-central coast of Alaska. Her crew survived and was rescued by the tug Jeffrey Foss ( United States).^[50]

Ship	State	Description
Mark	Panama	The coaster was lost in Mount's Bay, Cornwall while bound for Spezia, Spain with a cargo of china clay from Teignmouth. All six of her crew were lost and the wreck has never been found.^[52]
Solomon Browne	Royal National Lifeboat Institution	Penlee lifeboat disaster: The lifeboat was lost in a gale while attempting to rescue the crew of Union Star ( Republic of Ireland) off Tater Du, Cornwall, England. Her entire crew of eight was lost along with all survivors of Union Star she had taken aboard.^[53]
Union Star	Republic of Ireland	Penlee lifeboat disaster: The coastal cargo ship was lost on her maiden voyage due to engine failure in a gale. She was wrecked off Tater Du, Cornwall, England, ending up capsized on the rocks. All eight people on board – her master, her master's wife and two daughters, and her four crewmen – were lost, either on board Union Star or in the sinking of the rescue lifeboat Solomon Browne ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).^[54]

Ship	State	Description
Aurore	Australia	The fishing trawler, a former yacht, sank in the D'Entrecasteaux Channel after sriking an unidentified object. she was later refloated and restored to her original configuration as a yacht.
Holland XXIV	Netherlands	The dredger was beached at Cleveleys.^[58]
J. P. Webb	Australia	The hopper barge sank off Port Lillias.^[59]
USS Ozark	United States Navy	USS Ozark sinking Serving as a target ship, the decommissioned mine countermeasures support ship sank in the Gulf of Mexico 28 to 30 miles (45 to 48 km) due south of Destin, Florida, the day after being hit by a Maverick missile fired by a United States Air Force F-4 Phantom II aircraft from Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.

List_of_shipwrecks_in_1981

January

1 January

6 January

7 January

17 January

26 January

27 January

30 January

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February

6 February

8 February

13 February

19 February

24 February

26 February

28 February

Unknown date

March

4 March

8 March

13 March

25 March

April

9 April

May

14 May

19 May

20 May

22 May

June

1 June

15 June

Unknown date

July

3 July

12 July

20 July

27 July

August

3 August

4 August

7 August

10 August

20 August

21 August

26 August

September

7 September

9 September

13 September

14 September

18 September

19 September

20 September

21 September

24 September

27 September

30 September

Unknown date

October

21 October

22 October

27 October

28 October

30 October

31 October

November

12 November

15 November

26 November

27 November

30 November

December

8 December

13 December

14 December

19 December

20 December