The list of shipwrecks in 1983 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1983.
January
1 January
List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1983 Ship | State | Description |
Fantasea | United States | The fishing vessel sank in Constantine Harbor on the coast of Amchitka Island in the Aleutian Islands.[1] |
Marty N | United States | The fishing vessel was abandoned after she caught fire in Prince William Sound west of Glacier Island (60°53′N 147°11′W / 60.883°N 147.183°W / 60.883; -147.183 (Glacier Island)) on the south-central coast of Alaska. Her crew survived.[2] |
15 January
List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1983 Ship | State | Description |
Kathy Joanne | United States | The fishing vessel lost power, broached in heavy surf, and was blown ashore at Badger Point (59°13′N 151°32′W / 59.217°N 151.533°W / 59.217; -151.533 (Badger Point)) on the southern tip of the Kenai Peninsula on the south-central coast of Alaska.[3] |
19 January
List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1983 Ship | State | Description |
Hamzi | Syria | The coaster was discovered ashore and abandoned at Gölovası, Turkey. She was refloated and subsequently disposed of by the port authority there.[4] |
25 January
30 January
List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1983 Ship | State | Description |
Ivanof II | United States | The fishing vessel was wrecked on Little Koniuji Island (55°00′N 159°23′W / 55.000°N 159.383°W / 55.000; -159.383 (Little Koniuji Island)) in the Shumagin Islands in Alaska.[6] |
February
5 February
12 February
14 February
16 February
23 February
24 February
List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1983 Ship | State | Description |
HMS Nurton | Royal Navy | The Ton-class minesweeper collided with HMS Brocklesby ( Royal Navy) and was holed. She was abandoned by her crew. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.[10] |
27 February
List of shipwrecks: 27 February 1983 Ship | State | Description |
Fly Boy (or Flyboy) | United States | The 56-foot (17.1 m) crab-fishing vessel capsized and sank off Lava Point (54°10′20″N 166°04′45″W / 54.17222°N 166.07917°W / 54.17222; -166.07917 (Lava Point)) on Akutan Island in the Aleutian Islands. Her captain died while trying to right her before she sank. Her other two crewmen survived.[1] |
March
10 March
11 March
12 March
List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1983 Ship | State | Description |
Sea Hawk | United States | The 66-foot (20.1 m) crab-fishing vessel sank in Inanudak Bay (53°18′N 168°25′W / 53.300°N 168.417°W / 53.300; -168.417 (Inanudak Bay)) on the coast of Umnak Island in the Aleutian Islands after her automatic steering system locked and forced her into a tight turn that caused her to capsize. The vessel's cook, who was the only woman aboard, died; the high endurance cutter USCGC Boutwell ( United States Coast Guard) rescued the vessel′s five male crew members.[12] |
13 March
15 March
31 March
List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1983 Ship | State | Description |
Indus 17 | Chile | The whaler was scuttled off San Vicente de Tagua Tagua (36°43′S 75°07′W / 36.717°S 75.117°W / -36.717; -75.117).[15] |
Unknown date
April
1 April
3 April
4 April
List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1983 Ship | State | Description |
Lou Ann (or Lou Anne) | United States | While towing the barge Sherry Lee ( United States) from Dutch Harbor, Alaska, to Seattle, Washington with a stop at Anchorage, Alaska, the tug sank in a storm in the Gulf of Alaska with the loss of her entire crew of five during the Anchorage-Seattle leg of the voyage approximately 145 nautical miles (269 km; 167 mi) southeast of Cordova, Alaska. Sherry Lee was found beached on 6 April.[17][18][19] |
6 April
List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1983 Ship | State | Description |
Sherry Lee | United States | The unmanned barge was found beached on the south-central coast of Alaska approximately 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) southeast of Cape Suckling (59°59′23″N 143°53′00″W / 59.9897°N 143.8833°W / 59.9897; -143.8833 (Cape Suckling)). She had been under tow by the tug Lou Ann ( United States) from Dutch Harbor, Alaska, to Seattle, Washington with a stop at Anchorage, Alaska, when Lou Ann sank with the loss of all hands in a storm in the Gulf of Alaska on 4 April during the Anchorage-Seattle leg of the voyage.[17][18][19] |
Transport | Norway | The cargo ship was scuttled off Harstad. |
10 April
List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1983 Ship | State | Description |
Kawan | Malaysia | The Design 381 cargo ship foundered.[20] |
11 April
List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1983 Ship | State | Description |
Bay Club | Panama | Suffered an engine room fire 1,000 nautical miles (1,900 km; 1,200 mi) off Land's End, Cornwall, United Kingdom. The crew abandoned ship and were rescued by Dart Atlantic ( United Kingdom).[21] |
Helen Jean | United States | During a voyage from Wrangel to Valdez, Alaska, the fishing vessel sank in the Gulf of Alaska. A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued the two men on board.[22] |
Schutting 1 | Panama | The vessel foundered 75 nautical miles (139 km; 86 mi) south west of Land's End. Six crew were taken off by helicopter from RNAS Culdrose, Cornwall. The seven remaining crew later took to a lifeboat and were rescued by Axel Johnson. They were also taken to Culdrose by helicopter.[21] |
12 April
List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1983 Ship | State | Description |
Unknown missile boat | Iraqi Navy | Iran–Iraq War: The Project 205 missile boat was sunk by a missile (possibly a Harpoon missile) from an Iranian warship.[23] |
14 April
16 April
List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1983 Ship | State | Description |
Aloha | United States | The longline fishing vessel struck a rock and sank with the loss of three lives near Crawfish Inlet (56°45′N 135°12′W / 56.750°N 135.200°W / 56.750; -135.200 (Crawfish Inlet)) in the Necker Islands (56°49′27″N 135°27′19″W / 56.8242°N 135.4553°W / 56.8242; -135.4553 (Necker Islands)) in Southeast Alaska south of Sitka, Alaska. There were three survivors.[8] |
19 April
List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1983 Ship | State | Description |
Ghiannis D | Greece | Ran aground at Sha`b Abu Nuhas reef. Remained stranded on reef and sank some six weeks later.[24] |
20 April
23 April
28 April
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: unknown date April 1983 Ship | State | Description |
Misty Blue | United States | The fishing trawler departed for a clamming trip on 11 April 1983 and was scheduled to return the following day, but never did. Her entire crew of four was lost. Her intact wreck was found on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean east of Cape Henlopen, Delaware.[27] |
May
2 May
6 May
16 May
30 May
June
3 June
5 June
List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1983 Ship | State | Description |
Alexander Suvorov | Soviet Union | Collided with a railway bridge at Ulyanovsk, killing 177 people. Ship later repaired and returned to service. |
23 June
29 June
List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1983 Ship | State | Description |
Spearfish | United Kingdom | The supply vessel collided with the rig Penrod 83 in the English Channel and was holed. All six crew rescued by a helicopter from RNAS Lee-on-Solent. Spearfish later sunk by HMS Tartar ( Royal Navy) as she was deemed to be a hazard to shipping.[29] |
Unknown date
July
Unknown date
August
2 August
6 August
List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1983 Ship | State | Description |
Castillo de Bellver | Spain | The tanker broke in two and caught fire off Saldaana, South Africa. The stern section capsized and sank; the bow section was taken in tow by the tug John Ross ( South Africa), but was sunk by explosive charges.[33] |
10 August
List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1983 Ship | State | Description |
Neg Chieftain | Panama | The tug capsized and sank off Ramsgate, Kent.[34] |
11 August
12 August
List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1983 Ship | State | Description |
Princess Tamara | United States | The 125-foot (38.1 m) fishing vessel burned and sank in the Gulf of Alaska off the south-central coast of Alaska 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) west of the Barren Islands (58°57′N 152°15′W / 58.950°N 152.250°W / 58.950; -152.250 (Barren Islands)). The fishing vessel Caprice ( United States) rescued her crew of four.[36] |
13 August
List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1983 Ship | State | Description |
Providence | United States | While most of her crew was asleep, the 50-foot (15.2 m) seiner sank with the loss of three lives while at anchor in Thorne Arm (55°20′30″N 131°38′45″W / 55.34167°N 131.64583°W / 55.34167; -131.64583 (Thorne Arm)) in Southeast Alaska 18 nautical miles (33 km; 21 mi) south of Ketchikan, Akaska. There were four survivors.[36] |
24 August
List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1983 Ship | State | Description |
Bernice | United States | The fishing vessel sank of the coast of Southeast Alaska 20 nautical miles (37 km; 23 mi) southeast of Icy Bay and Cape Yakataga (60°03′40″N 142°25′56″W / 60.0611°N 142.4322°W / 60.0611; -142.4322 (Cape Yakataga)).[37] |
25 August
28 August
September
1 September
4 September
5 September
10 September
23 September
25 September
October
3 October
List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1983 Ship | State | Description |
Kawan | Malaysia | The Design 381 coastal freighter foundered.[38][39] |
3 October
7 October
10 October
List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1983 Ship | State | Description |
Arne | United States | The 56-foot (17.1 m) longline fishing vessel ran aground on the coast of Alaska′s Kodiak Island just north of Narrow Cape (57°25′30″N 152°20′00″W / 57.42500°N 152.33333°W / 57.42500; -152.33333 (Narrow Cape)) and was destroyed by the surf. All on board survived.[8] |
26 October
27 October
Unknown date
November
6 November
19 November
21 November
23 November
26 November
List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1983 Ship | State | Description |
PNCO Baslian | Philippines | The tanker exploded, caught fire and sank off Luzon.[47] |
December
3 December
3 December
List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1983 Ship | State | Description |
Condor | United States | The 70-foot (21.3 m) tug burned and sank in 70 feet (21 m) of water in Long Island Sound north of Oyster Bay on the coast of Long Island, New York, and south of Long Neck Point in Darien, Connecticut. Her crew survived.[48][49] |
15 December
18 December
List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1983 Ship | State | Description |
Irish Rover | United States | The 68-foot (20.7 m) crab-fishing vessel was destroyed by an explosion and fire in the Gulf of Alaska 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) north-northeast of Yakutat, Alaska. Her crew of three survived and transferred to a 26-foot (7.9 m) vessel Irish Rover had been towing.[6] |
30 December
Unknown date
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