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The list of shipwrecks in 1965 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1965.

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January

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1 January

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List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1965
Ship State Description
Catala  Canada
Catala, 1976
The passenger ship was wrecked in a storm at Ocean Shores, Washington, United States.

3 January

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List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1965
Ship State Description
Lady Ann  United States The 13-gross register ton, 39.6-foot (12.1 m) fishing vessel was crushed by ice and sank near Ketchikan, Alaska.[1]

6 January

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List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1965
Ship State Description
Diana  United States The 8-gross register ton, 28.3-foot (8.6 m) motor cargo vessel sank in the small boat harbor at Juneau, Alaska.[2]

7 January

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List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1965
Ship State Description
Dame de Coeur unknown The motor yacht, and former naval vessel ML 902, on a voyage from London to Zanzibar, was heavily damaged when she struck a buoy in the Thames Estuary; she was put ashore at Leigh-on-Sea.[3]
Sea Maid  Panama The cargo ship lost her propeller and suffered engine damage north east of Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles. She was towed in to Willemstad, where she was declared a constructive total loss. Consequently scrapped.[4]

13 January

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List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1965
Ship State Description
Grand  China (Taiwan) The Liberty ship broke in two and foundered in the Pacific Ocean (34°15′N 145°19′E / 34.250°N 145.317°E / 34.250; 145.317).[5]

15 January

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List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1965
Ship State Description
Boksetegorsk  Soviet Union The fishing trawler sank during a gale in the Bering Sea between Saint Matthew Island and the Pribilof Islands with the loss of her entire crew of 14.[6]

18 January

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List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1965
Ship State Description
Port Manech  France The coastal tanker, loaded with gasoline, collided with the American C2 cargo ship Lucile Bloomfield off Le Havre and immediately caught fire, the burning wreck drifted and came ashore near Octeville where it was later scuttled. Seven occupants of the small tanker lost their lives while the Lucile Bloomfield crew escaped unharmed.[7]

20 January

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List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1965
Ship State Description
Nahichevan  Soviet Union The 125-foot (38.1 m) side trawler was lost in the Bering Sea between the Pribilof Islands and Saint Matthew Island approximately 80 nautical miles (150 km; 92 mi) northwest of Saint Paul Island during a severe storm. Fourteen crew members apparently died aboard each of the three Soviet trawlers lost during the day; two trawlers sank, and the third was found capsized with one crew member – the sole survivor from the three trawlers – clinging to it.[8][9]
Sebezh  Soviet Union The 125-foot (38.1 m) side trawler was lost in the Bering Sea between the Pribilof Islands and Saint Matthew Island approximately 80 nautical miles (150 km; 92 mi) northwest of Saint Paul Island during a severe storm. Fourteen crew members apparently died aboard each of the three Soviet trawlers lost during the day; two trawlers sank, and the third was found capsized with one crew member – the sole survivor from the three trawlers – clinging to it.[10][9]
Sevsk  Soviet Union The 125-foot (38.1 m) side trawler was lost in the Bering Sea between the Pribilof Islands and Saint Matthew Island approximately 80 nautical miles (150 km; 92 mi) northwest of Saint Paul Island during a severe storm. Fourteen crew members apparently died aboard each of the three Soviet trawlers lost during the day; two trawlers sank, and the third was found capsized with one crew member – the sole survivor from the three trawlers – clinging to it.[10][9]

22 January

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List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1965
Ship State Description
Hindsia  United Kingdom The tanker ran aground in the Oslo Fjord, Norway.[11] Refloated 1 February.[12]
San Nicola  Greece The Liberty ship foundered in the Pacific Ocean (30°13′N 168°52′W / 30.217°N 168.867°W / 30.217; -168.867).[13]

24 January

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List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1965
Ship State Description
San Nicola  Liberia The cargo ship sank in the Pacific 750 nautical miles (1,390 km) north west of Honolulu, Hawaii. All 30 crew rescued by Maria and taken to Japan.[14]

25 January

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List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1965
Ship State Description
Queen Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ocean liner ran aground off Cherbourg, France but was refloated undamaged shortly afterwards.[15]

29 January

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List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1965
Ship State Description
Congo Moko  Belgium Collided with Kongsvang ( Norway) in the River Scheldt near Vlissingen. Repaired and returned to service.[16]
Fleurita  United Kingdom The dredger foundered in the Thames Estuary.[17]

31 January

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List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1965
Ship State Description
Rascisce  Yugoslavia The cargo ship sank in the Ionian Sea, all 30 crew rescued.[18]

February

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4 February

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List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1965
Ship State Description
Irini Stefanou  Liberia The Liberty ship struck a reef and was beached (28°18′N 114°34′W / 28.300°N 114.567°W / 28.300; -114.567). She was refloated but declared a constructive total loss and subsequently scrapped.[19]

11 February

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List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1965
Ship State Description
Collinstar  South Africa The tug capsized and sank in Chamais Bay with the loss of all six crew.[20]

13 February

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List of shipwrecks: 13 February 1965
Ship State Description
Spyros Amrenakis  Greece The 2,065-ton collier wrecked on Nolleplaat sandbank, off Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Immingham, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom to Terneuzen, Zeeland.[21]

16 February

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List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1965
Ship State Description
C-143  Vietnam People's Navy Vietnam War: The blockade runner was scuttled with demolition charges that blew the ship in two in Vu Rung Bay, South Vietnam, while she was under attack by a Douglas A-1 Skyraider aircraft.[22]

17 February

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List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1965
Ship State Description
Normanner  Norway Became stranded and sank on a voyage from Kopervik and Kristiansund.[16]

19 February

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List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1965
Ship State Description
Sophocles  Netherlands The cargo ship's cargo of fertilizer caught fire. The ship later capsized and sank in the Atlantic, with three of her 44 crew reported missing. Ulysees ( Netherlands) rescued the other 41 crew.[23]

26 February

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List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1965
Ship State Description
Ever Prosperity  Liberia The Liberty ship ran aground at New Caledonia, a total loss.[24]

28 February

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List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1965
Ship State Description
Tristein  Norway Wrecked at Rolvsøy.[16]

March

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9 March

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List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1965
Ship State Description
Bermuda Trader  Hong Kong The heavy lift ship ran aground near Sakata, Japan (38°57′N 130°40′E / 38.950°N 130.667°E / 38.950; 130.667). She broke in two on 14 March and was declared a constructive total loss and was consequently scrapped.[25]
Nicolaos P  Greece The Liberty ship ran aground off Necochea, Argentina. Declared a constructive total loss, she was subsequently scrapped.[26]

10 March

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List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1965
Ship State Description
Traveler  United States The 9-gross register ton, 39.8-foot (12.1 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Klawock, Alaska.[27]

11 March

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List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1965
Ship State Description
Master Elias  Liberia Stranded on Burias Island, Philippines. Refloated 15 March and towed to Manila, where sold for scrapping.[16]

19 March

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List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1965
Ship State Description
Delwind  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on the Bombay Reef, 380 nautical miles (700 km) south of Hong Kong. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Thailand. She was refloated on 7 April with the assistance of a salvage tug, but grounded again. She was declared a constructive total loss.[28]
Roland L  Belgium Collided at Antwerp with Santos ( Sweden) and sank. Raised on 26 March, repaired and returned to service in July 1965.[29]

26 March

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List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1965
Ship State Description
Empire Demon  United Kingdom The tug collided with the tanker Norse Lion ( Norway) and was severely damaged. She was declared a constructive total loss and consequently scrapped.[30]

27 March

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List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1965
Ship State Description
Nora  Norway The tanker collided with Otto N. Miller ( Liberia) in the English Channel. Both ships caught fire and there was a large spill of oil.[31]

29 March

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List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1965
Ship State Description
Katharina Kolkmann  West Germany The cargo ship collided with Gannet ( United Kingdom): and sank in the English Channel 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off Folkestone, Kent with the loss of one of the fifteen crew.[32]

April

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4 April

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List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1965
Ship State Description
Nan An  Panama The cargo ship ran aground off Hong Kong (22°24′N 114°24′E / 22.400°N 114.400°E / 22.400; 114.400) and broke up. All 41 crew were rescued. The wreck was looted and set afire. She was on a voyage from Kaohsiung, Taiwan to Hong Kong.[33][34]

6 April

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List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1965
Ship State Description
Cagliari  Italy The cargo ship ran aground in the River Thames and Gravesend, Kent in fog.[35]

11 April

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List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1965
Ship State Description
Transatlantic  West Germany The cargo ship collided with Hermes ( Netherlands) and sank in the Saint Lawrence River, Canada. One of her fourteen crew was killed and two were reported missing.[36]

13 April

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List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1965
Ship State Description
Bremerhaven  West Germany The passenger ship capsized and sank at Bremerhaven.[37]

27 April

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List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1965
Ship State Description
Orient Merchant  Greece The cargo liner ran aground in Lake Erie near Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada. She was refloated on 8 May. Although declared a constructive total loss, she was sold and returned to service.[38]

28 April

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29 April

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List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1965
Ship State Description
Parks No. 5  United States The 7-gross register ton, 29.5-foot (9.0 m) motor vessel sank at Port Lions, Alaska.[40]

30 April

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List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1965
Ship State Description
King Abdelaziz  Saudi Arabia The passenger ship ran aground on the Algaham Reef, 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) west of Jeddah. All on board were rescued.[41] Refloated on 3 May.[16]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date June 1969
Ship State Description
Becky Thatcher  United States The riverboat, operating as an entertainment venue, sank on the Mississippi River at St. Louis, Missouri, during the spring flood. Her steel hull was refloated and put into service as a landing barge for a new stationary showboat, also named Becky Thatcher ( United States).[42][43]

May

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2 May

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List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1965
Ship State Description
Rea  United States The 9-gross register ton, 31.5-foot (9.6 m) fishing vessel collided with an unidentified object and was lost in Sukoi Bay north of Cape Douglas (58°52′N 153°16′W / 58.867°N 153.267°W / 58.867; -153.267 (Cape Douglas)) in Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of Alaska.[44]

5 May

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List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1965
Ship State Description
Mecca  United Arab Republic The passenger ship collided with Fremantle Star ( United Kingdom) in the Gulf of Suez and was damaged. Mecca was consequently withdrawn from service and laid up.[45]

7 May

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List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1965
Ship State Description
Kitak  Norway The sealer foundered in the Norwegian Sea. She was on a voyage from the West Ice to Ålesund.
Cedarville  United States During a voyage from Rogers City, Michigan, to Gary, Indiana, with a cargo of 14,411 long tons (14,642 t; 16,140 short tons) of limestone, the 588.3-foot (179.3 m), 8,575-gross register ton bulk carrier sank after colliding with the motor vessel Topdalsfjord ( Norway) in the Straits of Mackinac 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) east of the Mackinac Bridge, killing 10 of her 35 crew members.

8 May

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List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1965
Ship State Description
Northland  United States The motor vessel sank off Baranof Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[8]

9 May

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18 May

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List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1965
Ship State Description
Cedar  United States The 32-gross register ton, 43.5-foot (13.3 m) fishing vessel was lost off Kodiak, Alaska.[48]

23 May

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List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1965
Ship State Description
Heimvard  Norway The tanker exploded and caught fire at Mururan, Japan. Three of her crew were killed, 22 were injured, five others reported missing.[49]

26 May

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List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1965
Ship State Description
T-136  Vietnam People's Navy Vietnam War: The Type 55A gunboat was sunk by aircraft at Lach Troung, South Vietnam. Seven crewmen were killed.[39]

28 May

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List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1965
Ship State Description
La Salle Monrovia The ship struck the Grunes de L’Ouest rocks (49.29209N 02.39333W) between Guernsey and Jersey Channel Islands. 40 people were rescued by the Guernsey lifeboat.[50]

29 May

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List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1965
Ship State Description
San Carlos United Kingdom Dominica The tanker was driven ashore and wrecked at Rio Haina.[51]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1965
Ship State Description
Mount McKinley  United States The 39-gross register ton, 60-foot (18.3 m) barge sank off Seldovia, Alaska.[52]
Yousuf Baksh  Pakistan The steam cargo ship caught fire in the English Channel, becoming a total loss.[53]

June

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4 June

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List of shipwrecks: 4 June 1965
Ship State Description
Pendennis Castle  United Kingdom The ocean liner ran aground in Southampton Water. Refloated undamaged after 4½ hours.[54]

6 June

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List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1965
Ship State Description
Luisa  Italy The tanker exploded and caught fire at Bandar Mashar, Iran, killing 30 of her 41 crew, and two others onshore. The ship capsized and sank in shallow water.[55]
Normanby Hall  United Kingdom The collier ran aground off Tara, County Down. She was on a voyage from Birkenhead, Cheshire to Belfast, County Antrim. She was refloated and taken in tow for Belfast in a severely leaky condition but consequently foundered in the Belfast Lough on 8 June.[56]

17 June

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List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1965
Ship State Description
Bluebell  United States The 14-gross register ton, 35.4-foot (10.8 m) fishing vessel sank at Whale Pass, Alaska.[6]

27 June

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List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1965
Ship State Description
Polly  United States The 12-gross register ton, 33.5-foot (10.2 m) fishing vessel sank in Cook Inlet approximately 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) north of Anchor Point, Alaska.[40]

July

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1 July

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List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1965
Ship State Description
Thrasyvoulos  Greece The Liberty ship sank in the Arabian Sea off Abd al Kuri, South Yemen. Crew abandoned ship and landed on the island, from where their distress calls were answered by RAF Shackleton aircraft and HMS Zulu ( Royal Navy).[57]

13 July

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List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1965
Ship State Description
HMS Tiptoe  Royal Navy The T-class submarine collided with HMS Yarmouth ( Royal Navy) in the English Channel 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of Portland Bill, Dorset.

14 July

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List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1965
Ship State Description
Zoe  Greece The Liberty ship struck a submerged object off the coast of Brazil (33°03′S 72°27′W / 33.050°S 72.450°W / -33.050; -72.450) and sprang a leak. She was declared a constructive total loss.[13]

15 July

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List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1965
Ship State Description
Jag Sevak  India The cargo ship ran aground at Visakhaptnam and was severely damaged. She was declared a constructive total loss. She subsequently broke in two. The wreck was towed out to sea and scuttled.[58]

17 July

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List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1965
Ship State Description
Alaska Queen  United States The 40-gross register ton, 61.4-foot (18.7 m) tug was destroyed off Rocky Point in Bechevin Bay (52°03′N 175°06′W / 52.050°N 175.100°W / 52.050; -175.100 (Bechevin Bay)) on the coast of Atka Island in the Aleutian Islands by a fire that broke out in her engine room. Her crew of three abandoned ship in a skiff and survived.[59]

18 July

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List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1965
Ship State Description
Avra  Greece The Liberty ship was abandoned 140 nautical miles (260 km) north of Cochin, India. She sank the next day.[60]
USS Frank Knox  United States Navy
USS Frank Knox aground.
The Gearing-class destroyer ran aground in the South China Sea on Pratas Reef near Pratas Island. She was salvaged and repaired and eventually returned to service.
Pen 38  United States A storm destroyed the 8-gross register ton 28.6-foot (8.7 m) fishing vessel at Port Moller (59°59′30″N 160°34′30″W / 59.99167°N 160.57500°W / 59.99167; -160.57500 (Port Moller)), Alaska.[40]

20 July

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List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1965
Ship State Description
Napier Star  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground off Bahia Potrero, Uruguay. She was on a voyage from the Gallegos River to London. She was refloated on 18 August but was declared a constructive total loss. She was scrapped in February 1966.[61]

22 July

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List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1965
Ship State Description
Mariviki  Liberia The cargo ship sprang a leak and was beached near Mormugao, India (15°11′N 73°55′E / 15.183°N 73.917°E / 15.183; 73.917). She was on a voyage from Madras, India to Constanţa, Romania. She broke in two the next day and was a total loss.[62]

27 July

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List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1965
Ship State Description
Diana  United States The 7-gross register ton, 30.3-foot (9.2 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in Taku Inlet in Southeast Alaska.[2]

31 July

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List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1965
Ship State Description
Eagle  United States The 10-gross register ton, 32.3-foot (9.8 m) fishing vessel suffered an explosion, burned, and sank at Sitka, Alaska.[63]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1965
Ship State Description
Warrior  United States The 7-gross register ton, 34.2-foot (10.4 m) motor vessel was destroyed by a storm at St. Michael, Alaska.[64]

August

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1 August

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List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1965
Ship State Description
Samson II  United States The motor vessel was destroyed by fire 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km; 4.0 mi) north of Sitka, Alaska.[10]
Sea Maid  United States The 8-gross register ton, 28.7-foot (8.7 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at the Arctic Maid Fisheries warehouse at Naknek, Alaska.[10]

2 August

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List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1965
Ship State Description
Leucoton  Chilean Navy The lighthouse tender, a converted naval tugboat, was wrecked during a storm in the Bahia San Pedro, 60 nautical miles (110 km) south of Corral, Chile, when her anchor chain broke.[65]
Meiko Maru  Japan The tanker collided with Arizona ( United States) 100 nautical miles (190 km) south of Tokyo and sank with the loss of 18 crew.[66]

6 August

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List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1965
Ship State Description
ROCS Jian Men  Republic of China Navy Chinese Civil War: Battle of Dongshan: The Chien Men-class patrol ship was damaged by Red Chinese patrol ships and then was torpedoed and sunk south of Quemoy by No. 119 (China People's Liberation Army Navy).[67]
ROCS Zhang Jiang  Republic of China Navy Chinese Civil War: Battle of Dongshan: The Qing Jiong-class submarine chaser was shelled and sunk south of Quemoy by No. 611 (China People's Liberation Army Navy).[68]

15 August

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List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1965
Ship State Description
Barbara  United States The 12-gross register ton, 29.7-foot (9.1 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Naknek, Alaska.[6]
Cathy Joy  United States The 12-gross register ton, 29.7-foot (9.1 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Naknek, Alaska.[48]
Edith  United States The 9-gross register ton, 28.7-foot (8.7 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Naknek, Alaska.[63]
Janie  United States The 12-gross register ton, 29.7-foot (9.1 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Naknek, Alaska.[69]
Janequeo  Chilean Navy The tug sank during a storm in the Bay of Manquemapu, 60 nautical miles (110 km) south of Corral, Chile, with the loss of 51 men while trying to assist Leucotón, which had run aground.
Laurie  United States The 12-gross register ton, 29.7-foot (9.1 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Naknek, Alaska.[1]
Peggy  United States The 9-gross register ton, 28.6-foot (8.7 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Naknek, Alaska.[40]
Suzie  United States The 12-gross register ton, 29.7-foot (9.1 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Naknek, Alaska.[10]

20 August

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List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1965
Ship State Description
Iola  United States A storm destroyed the 13-gross register ton, 34.1-foot (10.4 m) fishing vessel at Carroll Inlet (55°17′N 131°30′W / 55.283°N 131.500°W / 55.283; -131.500 (Carroll Inlet)) in Southeast Alaska.[70]

22 August

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List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1965
Ship State Description
S B P Co. No. 12  United States The 38-gross register ton, 49-foot (14.9 m) barge was destroyed by fire at Kenai, Alaska.[10]

23 August

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List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1965
Ship State Description
Kathe Niederkirchner East Germany The cargo ship ran aground on Muckle Skerry, in the Pentland Firth, Scotland. All fifty on board survived.[71]

25 August

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List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1965
Ship State Description
Maria  United States The 8-gross register ton, 28.7-foot (8.7 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Naknek, Alaska.[52]
Sauveur  United States The 8-gross register ton, 28.4-foot (8.7 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Naknek, Alaska.[10]
Two Johns  United States The 8-gross register ton, 28.7-foot (8.7 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Naknek, Alaska.[27]
Vagabond  United States The 8-gross register ton 28.4-foot (8.7 m) wooden fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Naknek, Alaska.[72]

28 August

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List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1965
Ship State Description
Isla N  United States The 11-gross register ton 30.8-foot (9.4 m) fishing vessel sank in Monashka Bay (57°50′N 152°25′W / 57.833°N 152.417°W / 57.833; -152.417 (Monashka Bay)) on the south-central coast of Alaska.[70]

30 August

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List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1965
Ship State Description
Arsinoe  France Stranded on the Scarborough Reef (15°10′N 117°40′E / 15.167°N 117.667°E / 15.167; 117.667). Broke in two on 2 September and sank.[73]

31 August

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List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1965
Ship State Description
T-181  Vietnam People's Navy Vietnam War: The Type 55A gunboat was sunk by aircraft at Ben Thuy, South Vietnam.[39]

September

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2 September

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List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1965
Ship State Description
Maxine  United States The motor vessel was destroyed by fire on the Copper River Flats southeast of Cordova, Alaska.[52]

7 September

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List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1965
Ship State Description
Amaryllis  Panama The cargo ship ran aground at Riviera Beach, Florida, overnight on 7–8 September during Hurricane Betsy. Later refloated and scuttled in August 1968 to form an artificial reef.

9 September

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List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1965
Ship State Description
Aeakos  Greece The cargo ship ran aground in the South China Sea north west of Borneo (5°07′N 112°33′E / 5.117°N 112.550°E / 5.117; 112.550) and was abandoned. She was seized by pirates on 5 December and salvage efforts were abandoned.[74][75]
USS AFDM-2  United States Navy Hurricane Betsy: The auxiliary floating drydock broke loose from her moorings at Todd Shipyards and blew upstream three miles (4.8 km). The vessel then capsized and sank in the Mississippi River 300 feet (91 m) off the Mandeville and Press Street wharves. The drydock was raised on 25 August 1966.[76]
Bowqueen  United Kingdom The dredger capsized and sank off Clacton-on-Sea, Essex with the loss of four of her seven crew.[77]
Elizabeth Lykes  United States Hurricane Betsy: The incomplete Louise Lykes-class cargo ship was in the auxiliary floating drydock USS AFDM-2 ( United States Navy) when the drydock broke loose from her mooring at Todd Shipyards and was pushed upstream. Elizabeth Lykes eventually drifted out of the drydock and went ashore 3+1⁄2 miles (5.6 km) north of the shipyard, off the Dumaine Street Wharf.[78]
Genevieve Lykes  United States Hurricane Betsy: The incomplete Louise Lykes-class cargo ship was blown upriver from her moorings at Avondale Shipyards and sank in the Mississippi River at about Mile 115.4 above the Head of Passes, approximately two miles (3.2 km) south of New Orleans International Airport.[79][80]
USS Keller  United States Navy Hurricane Betsy: The incomplete Keller-class hydrographic survey ship was struck by a cargo ship and crane barge, broke loose from her moorings at New Orleans, and struck by other vessels as she blew upstream 900 yards (820 m). The vessel capsized and sank in shallow water, partially above water in the Mississippi River. Salvage began on 27 September and the ship was raised on 10 November 1965.[81][82]
Letitia Lykes  United States Hurricane Betsy: The incomplete Louise Lykes-class cargo ship was blown upriver from her moorings at Avondale Shipyards and sank in the Mississippi River at about Mile 115.4 above the Head of Passes, approximately two miles (3.2 km) south of New Orleans International Airport with Genevieve Lykes on top of her.[79][83]
Maverick  United States Hurricane Betsy: The state-of-the art jackup drilling rig owned by the Zapata Corp. was destroyed in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana.[84]
MTC-602  United States The barge sank in the Mississippi River during Hurricane Betsy. It was raised on 12 November 1965.[85]
Platform A and Platform B  United States Hurricane Betsy: The Gulf Oil Company's two oil drilling platforms were destroyed in the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana.[86]

10 September

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List of shipwrecks: 10 September 1965
Ship State Description
Everbloom  Liberia The cargo ship was driven ashore at Wakanoura, Japan in a typhoon. She was on a voyage from Kure to Wakayama, Japan. She was refloated but was declared a constructive total loss and consequently scrapped.[87]
Winner  Liberia The Liberty ship was driven ashore at Wakayama in a typhoon. She was declared a constructive total loss.[88]

14 September

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List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1965
Ship State Description
Fort William  Canada The package carrier exploded and sank at Montreal, Quebec after an unbalanced load caused the ship to capsize, letting aerosolized calcium chloride powder to become exposed to water. The ship was raised and returned to service in May 1966.[89]
Yewgarth  United Kingdom The tug was crushed against the quayside at Cardiff, Glamorgan by Aldersgate ( United Kingdom). Yewgarth was beached in a sinking condition and was declared a constructive total loss. She was refloated on 20 September and subsequently scrapped.[90]

20 September

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List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1965
Ship State Description
Eretto  Italy The Liberty ship ran aground in the Sakhalin Islands, Soviet Union and broke in two, a total loss.[91]

22 September

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List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1965
Ship State Description
Tactician  United Kingdom The cargo ship caught fire off Canvey Island, Essex whilst laden with explosives. Ship flooded during firefighting operations.[92]

26 September

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List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1965
Ship State Description
Albin Köbis  Volksmarine The decommissioned training ship was sunk as a target off "Rosenort".[93]
Nadezhda Krupskaya  Soviet Union The cruise ship ran aground off Stockholm, Sweden. All 94 passengers returned to Stockholm by a Swedish ship.[94]

28 September

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List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1965
Ship State Description
Sir Joseph Rawlinson  United Kingdom Sank after a collision with a hopper barge. Ten crew were rescued by the tug Danube VIII, but nine others died.[95] Raised in 1966.[53]

30 September

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List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1965
Ship State Description
Transcaribbean  United States The Victory ship was driven ashore at Bermuda in a storm.[96]

October

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5 October

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List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1965
Ship State Description
Fairweather  United States The 73-gross register ton, 70-foot (21.3 m) fishing vessel was wrecked at the head of "American Bay" – probably American Bay on Dall Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska, but possibly American Bay on the Alaska Peninsula – in Alaska.[97]

6 October

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List of shipwrecks: 6 October 1965
Ship State Description
Dina  Denmark The coaster ran aground off the Mull of Kintyre, Scotland. Refloated the next day.[98]

8 October

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List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1965
Ship State Description
Cities Service Baltimore  United States The tanker ran aground in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts.[99]
SAS Fleur  South African Navy The decommissioned boom defence vessel was sunk as a naval gunnery target in False Bay off Simon's Town, South Africa.[100]
Normanby Hall  United Kingdom The coaster sank in Belfast Lough. All crew rescued.[101]

10 October

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List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1965
Ship State Description
G P C 21  United States The 15-gross register ton, 34.2-foot (10.4 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by a storm at Ouzinkie, Alaska.[102]

11 October

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List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1965
Ship State Description
Nerée  France The coaster sank 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Cherbourg, the loss of six of her 25 crew.[103]

16 October

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List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1965
Ship State Description
Akti  Greece The cargo ship caught fire in the Nieuwe Waterweg. She was towed in to the Europoort, South Holland, Netherlands and was beached. Akti was on a voyage from Assab, Ethiopia to Copenhagen, Denmark. The fire was extinguished the next day but she later capsized. She was righted on 6 October 1966 but declared a constructive total loss and was consequently scrapped.[104]

17 October

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List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1965
Ship State Description
Ekaterini G  Greece The Liberty ship was driven ashore on Great Sitkin Island, Alaska, United States. She was abandoned as a constructive total loss.[105]

18 October

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List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1965
Ship State Description
Marlin  Liberia The cargo ship foundered in the North Atlantic Ocean 120 nautical miles (220 km) east of Cape Fear, North Carolina, United States (34°38′N 75°32′W / 34.633°N 75.533°W / 34.633; -75.533), after her cargo shifted. She was on a voyage from Tampa, Florida, United States to Port Williams, Nova Scotia, Canada.[106]

22 October

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List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1965
Ship State Description
Jessel  United States The 16-gross register ton, 36.7-foot (11.2 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Gould Island (55°17′N 132°36′W / 55.283°N 132.600°W / 55.283; -132.600 (Gould Island)) off Prince of Wales Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[69]
Tradeways II  Liberia The Liberty ship broke in two in the Atlantic Ocean (49°58′N 25°40′W / 49.967°N 25.667°W / 49.967; -25.667). The bow section sank that day, the stern section sank the next day.[13]

26 October

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List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1965
Ship State Description
Ekaterini G  Greece Under tow by the tug Tawakoni (flag unknown) after losing her propeller in the North Pacific Ocean 500 nautical miles (930 km; 580 mi) south of Adak, Alaska, the converted Liberty ship was wrecked on Great Sitkin Island in the Aleutian Islands with the loss of one crew member after her towline parted during a storm and she drifted ashore. United States Navy helicopters rescued the rest of her crew.[63]

27 October

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List of shipwrecks: 27 October 1965
Ship State Description
Panagathos  Liberia The Liberty ship was driven ashore on Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands. She was declared a constructive total loss in 1970.[107]

29 October

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List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1965
Ship State Description
Success  United States The 57-gross register ton, 62.1-foot (18.9 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Japanese Bay (56°56′N 153°41′W / 56.933°N 153.683°W / 56.933; -153.683 (Japanese Bay)) on the coast of Kodiak Island. The fishing vessel Brisk ( United States) rescued her entire crew of three.[10]

30 October

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List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1965
Ship State Description
Christiakis  Greece The coaster collided with Mairoula ( Greece) off Nara Burnu, Turkey and was beached. Christiakis was on a voyage from Galaţi, Romania to Alexandria, Egypt. She was refloated on 15 November. Declared a constructive total loss, she was subsequently beached at Ambeliki.[108]

November

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1 November

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List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1965
Ship State Description
Artemon  United Kingdom The cargo ship caught fire at Piraeus, Greece. She was on a voyage from Cebu, Philippines to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was beached in Ambeliki Bay on 6 November. The fire was extinguished on 8 November but she was declared a constructive total loss and consequently scrapped.[109]

2 November

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List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1965
Ship State Description
Panagathos  Greece The Liberty ship ran aground north of Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands and was wrecked. All 33 crew rescued.[110]

3 November

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List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1965
Ship State Description
Fosming  China (Taiwan) The Liberty ship ran aground on Castle Island, Bahamas. She was later refloated and towed to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States where she was declared at constructive total loss.[111]

7 November

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List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1965
Ship State Description
Craig Foss  United States The 179-gross register ton, 88-foot (26.8 m) tug sank in Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of Alaska. Her entire crew of 10 survived.[48]

8 November

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List of shipwrecks: 8 November 1965
Ship State Description
Bianca Venture  Liberia The cargo ship ran aground 40 nautical miles (74 km) north of Mukho, South Korea (38°09′N 128°36′E / 38.150°N 128.600°E / 38.150; 128.600). She broke in two three days later, a total loss.[112]

13 November

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List of shipwrecks: 13 November 1965
Ship State Description
ROCS Lin Huai  Republic of China Navy Chinese Civil War: Battle of Chongwu: The Zhen Nan-class minesweeper was damaged by shelling by People's Liberation Army Navy patrol ships and then was torpedoed by the motor torpedo boat No. 145 (China People's Liberation Army Navy). She was then beached on Magong Island to prevent her from sinking.[113]
Reina  United States The 94-gross register ton motor vessel sank at "Segum Island," probably Seguam Island in the Andreanof Islands group in the Aleutian Islands.[44]
Yarmouth Castle  Panama The passenger liner burned and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Miami, Florida, with the loss of 90 lives.

14 November

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List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1965
Ship State Description
ROCS Yung Chang  Republic of China Navy Chinese Civil War: The Zhen Nan-class minesweeper was sunk off the South China coast by a People's Liberation Army Navy escort vessel.[114]

16 November

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List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1965
Ship State Description
Lief H  United States The fishing vessel grounded on a shoal and sank with the loss of two lives near Channel Light 32A in Wrangell Narrows in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[1]
Protostatis  Greece The Liberty ship ran aground on Wolf Island in the Saint Lawrence River and was abandoned. She was declared a constructive total loss.[111]

18 November

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List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1965
Ship State Description
Beverwijk 30  Netherlands The dredger ran aground off Tynemouth, Northumberland, United Kingdom. Refloated on 6 February 1966.[115]

19 November

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List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1965
Ship State Description
Banora  Morocco The cargo ship foundered while under tow off Cape Villano, Spain.[116]

22 November

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23 November

[edit]
List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1965
Ship State Description
Elmira B  United States The 8-gross register ton, 28.4-foot (8.7 m) fishing vessel sank in Sumner Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[63]

24 November

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List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1965
Ship State Description
Ping An  Liberia The cargo ship was driven ashore at Ter Heijde, South Holland, Netherlands. All 49 crew were rescued.[117] The ship was declared a constructive total loss and scrapped in situ.[118]
Santa Kyriaki  Liberia
Santa Kyriaki
The 2,958-ton cargo ship beached south of IJmuiden, Netherlands. Refloated on 8 March 1966 but declared a constructive total loss. Scrapped in July 1966.[119]

26 November

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List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1965
Ship State Description
Oduna  United States The 7,252-gross register ton, 422-foot (128.6 m) Liberty ship was wrecked in heavy seas on rocks at Cape Pankof on the east coast of Unimak Island in the Aleutian Islands. Her crew survived and was evacuated by helicopter and breeches buoy to the medium endurance cutter USCGC Storis ( United States Coast Guard) and the tug Adeline Foss ( United States),[60][120] with assistance by the United States Fish and Wildlife Service Bureau of Commercial Fisheries cargo liner US FWS Pribilof ( United States).[121]

27 November

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List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1965
Ship State Description
Achilles  Greece The Liberty ship ran aground at Muroran, Hokkaido, Japan. She was declared a constructive total loss.[88]

28 November

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List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1965
Ship State Description
Blue Fin  Spain The cargo ship sank in the Bay of Biscay whilst under tow following the loss of her rudder. The accident was caused by her cargo shifting.[122]

Unknown date

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1965
Ship State Description
Mabel M  United States The 10-gross register ton, 31.9-foot (9.7 m) fishing vessel sank at Grave Island (58°06′35″N 135°27′15″W / 58.10972°N 135.45417°W / 58.10972; -135.45417 (Grave Island)) off Hoonah, Alaska.[52]
Romanoff  United States The 114-gross register ton, 83.9-foot (25.6 m) barge was destroyed by a storm near St. Michael, Alaska.[44]

December

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1 December

[edit]
List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1965
Ship State Description
Bear Bait  United States The 10-gross register ton, 33-foot (10.1 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by a storm at Uyak (57°38′20″N 154°00′00″W / 57.63889°N 154.00000°W / 57.63889; -154.00000 (Uyak)) on the coast of Kodiak Island in Alaska.[6]

4 December

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List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1965
Ship State Description
Pawtucket  United States While towing a 200-foot (61.0 m) barge from Seward to Cold Bay, Alaska, the 141-gross register ton, 97.6-foot (29.7 m) motor tug burned near "Otter Island" – probably a reference to Outer Island (59°21′N 150°25′W / 59.350°N 150.417°W / 59.350; -150.417 (Outer Island)) – in Nuka Bay on the south-central coast of Alaska after an engine room fire spread out of control. Her crew of four abandoned ship in a skiff and rowed to the barge, from which the buoy tender USCGC Sorrel ( United States Coast Guard) rescued them.[40]

13 December

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List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1965
Ship State Description
Vesper  Panama The Liberty ship caught fire and was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea (37°00′N 1°38′W / 37.000°N 1.633°W / 37.000; -1.633). She was towed to Cartagena, Spain where she was declared a constructive total loss.[91]

18 December

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List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1965
Ship State Description
Ronnie M  United States During a voyage from Juneau to Kodiak, Alaska, the 196-gross register ton, 89.6-foot (27.3 m) fishing vessel was last heard from on this date while in the Gulf of Alaska off Cape Saint Elias on the southwest end of Kayak Island on the south-central coast of Alaska. She then disappeared with the loss of her entire five-man crew.[44]

22 December

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List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1965
Ship State Description
Papadiamandis  Liberia The bulk carrier was wrecked off the Faja Grande Lighthouse, Flores Island, Azores, Portugal. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Hamburg, West Germany.[123]

24 December

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List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1965
Ship State Description
Gertrud C Ertel  West Germany The cargo ship ran aground at Falsterbo, Sweden and broke in two. Declared a constructive total loss. Refloated in July 1968, cargo discharged and subsequently scrapped the following month.[124]

27 December

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List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1965
Ship State Description
Noemi  Lebanon The cargo ship ran aground off Ras Abu ar Rasas, Oman and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Matanzas, Cuba to Basra, Iraq. She was declared a constructive total loss.[125]

30 December

[edit]
List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1965
Ship State Description
Singo  Norway The coastal tanker collided with Fina Two ( Belgium) and sank in the Scheldt with the loss of four crew.[126]

Unknown date

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1965
Ship State Description
Banjul  United Kingdom The VIC-type lighter was reported to have been scuttled.[127]
Cindy W  United States The 45-foot (13.7 m) fishing vessel was wrecked on Left Cape (57°15′30″N 152°57′00″W / 57.25833°N 152.95000°W / 57.25833; -152.95000 (Left Cape)) at the entrance to Kiliuda Bay (57°18′57″N 152°59′14″W / 57.3158°N 152.9872°W / 57.3158; -152.9872 (Kiliuda Bay)) on the coast of Alaska's Kodiak Island after her helmsman fell asleep at her wheel. Her bottom eventually was damaged beyond repair. Her wreck was visible on Left Cape for decades afterward.[48]
Khersones  Soviet Union The 708 GRT coastal tanker was sunk as a target in the Black Sea.
Star No. 74  United States The 39-gross register ton, 61.4-foot (18.7 m) barge was destroyed by a storm at Old Sitka in Southeast Alaska.[10]

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