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The list of shipwrecks in 1967 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1967 This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
SS Torrey Canyon was an LR2 Suezmax class oil tanker with a cargo capacity of 118,285 long tons (120,183 t) of crude oil.She ran aground off the western coast of Cornwall, United Kingdom, on 18 March 1967, causing an environmental disaster.
The supertanker SS Torrey Canyon ran aground on rocks off the south-west coast of the United Kingdom in 1967, spilling an estimated 25–36 million gallons (94–164 million litres) of crude oil. [1] Attempts to mitigate the damage included the bombing of the wreck by aircraft from the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force .
List of shipwrecks in 1967; 0–9. 1967 accident for Soviet submarine Leninsky Komsomol; Template:1967 shipwrecks; A. HMS Amphion (P439) SS Augustus B. Wolvin; B ...
On 3 November 1967, Habib Marikar suffered a major engine breakdown whilst caught up in Typhoon Emma, [2] at She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Chittagong , Bangladesh with a cargo of cement . The next day she drifted ashore on Lincoln Island , Paracel Islands ( 16°38′N 112°45′E / 16.633°N 112.750°E / 16.633; 112.750 ...
SS Daniel J. Morrell was a 603-foot (184 m) Great Lakes freighter that broke up in a strong storm on Lake Huron on 29 November 1966, taking with her 28 of her 29 crewmen. The freighter was used to carry bulk cargoes such as iron ore but was running with only ballast when the 60-year-old ship sank.
Sunk as target 11 July 1967: General characteristics; Class and type: Buckley-class destroyer escort: Displacement: 1,400 tons standard; 1,740 tons full load; Length: 306 ft (93 m) Beam: 37 ft (11 m) Draft: 9.5 ft (2.9 m) Propulsion: 2 boilers, General Electric Turbo-electric drive
While North American was in the North Atlantic Ocean under tow to Piney Point, she unexpectedly sank off Massachusetts on September 4, 1967, 25 nautical miles (29 mi; 46 km) northeast of Nantucket Light.