List of shipwrecks in 1957

The list of shipwrecks in 1957 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1957.

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1957
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January

6 January
List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Vaila  United Kingdom The fisheries protection vessel ran aground off the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides and sank with the loss of five of her twenty crew.[1]

13 January
List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Sound Fisher  United Kingdom The cargo ship sank in the North Sea after her cargo shifted. All fourteen crew were rescued.[2]

15 January
List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Janina  Norway The cargo ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean west of Lisbon, Portugal (41°33′N 9°33′W). The ship was abandoned, she sank on 18 January.[3]

17 January
List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Holdernith  United Kingdom The coaster ran aground in the Humber Estuary and sank. Refloated two days later, returned to service.

21 January
List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Orkla  Norway The cargo ship ran aground at Buhlomrasa Light and broke in two. Total loss.[4]
Scania  Sweden The cargo ship was in collision with Chili ( France) and sank at Vlissingen, Netherlands. All crew were rescued.[5]
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.[6]

24 January
List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Minocher Cowasjee  Pakistan The cargo ship reported in distress in position 25.3°S 68.00°E / -25.3; 68.00, east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean, coming from Tianjin[7] heading to Antwerp.[8] All 51 crew members, mostly Pakistanis and at least one German, were killed.[9]

25 January
List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1957
ShipCountryDescription
HDMS Ternen  Royal Danish Navy The cutter was reported missing off the coast of Greenland. Discovered on 3 February sunk at Ravns Storø with the loss of all eight crew.[10][11]

27 January
List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1957
ShipCountryDescription
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.[12]
Henrica  Netherlands The cargo ship ran aground off Maryport, Cumberland, United Kingdom. She was later refloated.[12]

February

3 February
List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Roxanna Dawn  United States The 24-gross register ton, 40.7-foot (12.4 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in Back Bay (58°04′40″N 152°45′50″W) off Afognak Island in the Kodiak Archipelago off the Territory of Alaska.[13]

4 February
List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Izmir  Turkey The passenger ship collided with Howell Lykes ( United States) in the Gulf of Smyrna and sank with the loss of one passenger and two crew.[14]

5 February
List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Robert Limbrick  United Kingdom The fishing vessel ran aground on Quinish Point, Mull with the loss of all 12 crew.[15]

8 February
List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Stralsund  West Germany The cargo ship sank off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. All 27 crew rescued.[16]

10 February
List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Chelsea  United States Carrying a cargo of fuel oil, the 170-foot (52 m), 556-gross register ton coastal tanker grounded on the Sandy Bay Breakwater off Rockport, Massachusetts, and sank in up to 60 feet (18 m) of water 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km; 0.6 mi) northeast of Thacher Island at 42°38′52″N 070°34′11″W. She broke in half after sinking.[17]

20 February
List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Vittangi  Sweden The ore carrier ran aground off Vlissingen, the Netherlands, and was wrecked. Refloated on 24 February and beached to enable salvage of her cargo of iron ore.[18][19]

22 February
List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1957
ShipCountryDescription
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.[20]
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.[21]

26 February
List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Hydralock  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground off Ockseu Island (Wuqiu), Republic of China (Taiwan). All 31 crew abandoned ship, but then disappeared.[22] They were later discovered safe on Haitan Island.[23]

27 February
List of shipwrecks: 27 February 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Île de France  France The ocean liner ran aground off Martinique. Refloated after several hours.[24] The ship suffered a broken rudder and damaged propellers. She was towed to Newport News, Virginia, United States for repairs.[25]

March

1 March
List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Cheerio  United States The 18-gross register ton, 37.2-foot (11.3 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in Gnat Cove (55°23′00″N 131°19′40″W) in Carroll Inlet (55.4728°N 131.3114°W / 55.4728; -131.3114 (Carroll Inlet)) in Southeast Alaska.[21]

6 March
List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Balto  United States The 14-gross register ton, 36.9-foot (11.2 m) fishing vessel sank in Valdez Arm (60°53′N 146°54′W) on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska.[26]

7 March
List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1957
ShipCountryDescription
USNS Mission San Francisco  United States Navy The Type T2-SE-A3 tanker was in collision with Elna II ( Liberia) in the Delaware River at Pennsville, New Jersey. She was cut in two with the stern section being set on fire. Nine of her 44 crew were killed.[27]

8 March
List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Thorpe Grange  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground off Vlissingen, the Netherlands. She later was refloated.[28]

9 March
List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Katherine T  United States The 13-gross register ton, 34.7-foot (10.6 m) fishing vessel sank at Anchor Pass (55°59′N 131°24′W) near Bell Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[29]

19 March
List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Heimdal  Sweden The cargo ship was wrecked on Stangskar Point, Landsort.[30]

22 March
List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Harriet  Turkey The cargo ship struck ice and sank at Hanko, Finland. All crew rescued.[31]

April

4 April
List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Lisbeth M  United Kingdom The coaster collided with the collier Sir John Snell and sank off Margate, Kent with the loss of five of her fourteen crew.[32]

12 April
List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Kitagawa Maru No 5.  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.[33]

14 April
List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Lindesnaes  Sweden The tanker, carrying 1,732 cubic metres (458,000 US gal) of kerosene on its way from Nynäshamn to Norrköping, sank off Oxelösund in a snowstorm.[34]

16 April
List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Gunnard  Netherlands The tug sank following a boiler explosion at Rotterdam. Three people were killed and fifteen injured by flying débris.[35]

21 April
List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Collingwood  United Kingdom The tug collided with Bittern ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Mersey at Liverpool, Lancashire. All six crew rescued.[36]

25 April
List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1957
ShipCountryDescription
John Pratt  Canada The tug capsized and sank at Montreal, Quebec with the loss of four crew.[37]

June

5 June
List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Pluto  Australia The dredger was wrecked off Newcastle, New South Wales.[38]

12 June
List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Maria  Costa Rica Capsized and sank with the loss of 13 lives after an onboard explosion of her cargo, 10 nautical miles (19 km) north of Huasco, Chile.[39]

14 June
List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1957
ShipCountryDescription
HMS Sidon  Royal Navy The decommissioned S-class submarine was sunk for use as an ASDIC target.

19 June
List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1957
ShipCountryDescription
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.[40][41][42]
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.[40][41][42]

20 June
List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1957
ShipCountryDescription
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.[43]
Yakima III  United States The 41-gross register ton, 60-foot (18 m) scow sank at Hoonah, Territory of Alaska.[44]

28 June
List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1957
ShipCountryDescription
HMS Cleveland  Royal Navy The Hunt-class destroyer ran aground at Llangennith, Glamorgan whilst under tow to Llanelly for scrapping.[45]

July

8 July
List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Reina del Pacifico  United Kingdom The ocean liner ran aground 5.5 nautical miles (10.2 km) north of Ireland Island, Bermuda.[46] Refloated on 11 July.[47]

10 July
List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Nefco 17  United States The 128-gross register ton, 75.9-foot (23.1 m) barge was destroyed by fire at Ketchikan, Alaska.[48]

15 July
List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Clarisse  Panama The cargo ship sank in heavy seas in the Indian Ocean at 08°04′N 051°10′E.

16 July
List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1957
ShipCountryDescription
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.[49]
Tweed Breeze  United Kingdom Typhoon Wendy: The cargo ship was blown ashore on Stonecutters Island, Hong Kong. Refloated on 25 July.[50]

19 July
List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Charisse  Panama The cargo ship sank off Aden in a storm.[51]

23 July
List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Amicus  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground at Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain.[52]

August

1 August
List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1957
ShipCountryDescription
HNLMS Jan van Brakel  Royal Netherlands Navy The frigate/survey vessel was stricken from the Navy List and expended as a target at Biak, Netherlands New Guinea.[53]

3 August
List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Sea Otter  United States The 17-gross register ton, 40.2-foot (12.3 m) fishing vessel sank in Montague Strait (60°00′N 147°45′W) in Prince William Sound on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska.[54]

7 August
List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Chignik 6  United States The 8-gross register ton, 31.2-foot (9.5 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Chignik Lagoon, Territory of Alaska.[21]

11 August
List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1957
ShipCountryDescription
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.[55]
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.[13]

16 August
List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Glacier  United States The 17-gross register ton, 38.9-foot (11.9 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Ketchikan, Territory of Alaska.[55]

21 August
List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1957
ShipCountryDescription
World Splendour  Liberia The tanker exploded 35 nautical miles (65 km) east of Gibraltar and sank. All crew rescued by the tug Confident ( United Kingdom).[56]

26 August
List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1957
ShipCountryDescription
USS Tarpon  United States Navy The decommissioned Porpoise-class submarine foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, while under tow to the scrapyard.

28 August
List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Cuidad de Buenos Aires  Argentina The ferry collided with Mormacsurf ( United States in the Paraná River and sank. Of the 231 passengers and crew on board,[57] 94 were reported missing.[58]

Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Hassel  Norway Collided with a French ship in the Strait of Dover.[59]
Northern Ranger  Canada The coaster ran aground in Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland. Refloated on 26 August having been aground for "nearly a week".[60]

September

1 September
List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Flint  United States The 35-gross register ton, 51.9-foot (15.8 m) fishing vessel was wrecked in the Territory of Alaska on the coast of Kodiak Island outside Womens Bay (57°43′N 152°31′W) Channel.[61]

4 September
List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1957
ShipCountryDescription
HMS Decoy  Royal Navy The Daring-class destroyer ran aground at Portland Harbour, Dorset, England, due to failure of her steering gear.[62]
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.[11]

15 September
List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Aida  Egypt The transport ran aground on Big Brothers Island in the Red Sea and sank. A tug rescued 77 passengers and crew and others also made it to shore.[63]

17 September
List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Akwe  United States The 15-gross register ton, 36.2-foot (11.0 m) fishing vessel was lost after she collided with an iceberg in Stephens Passage in Southeast Alaska 60 nautical miles (110 km; 69 mi) south of Juneau, Territory of Alaska, 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) south of Midway Island (57.9972222°N 135.6097222°W / 57.9972222; -135.6097222 (Midway)), and 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) west of Coke Point.[49]

21 September
List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1957
ShipCountryDescription
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.[64]

24 September
List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1957
ShipCountryDescription
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.[65]
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.[66]

25 September
List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Hildebrand  United Kingdom The cargo liner ran aground off Cascais, Portugal.[67]

26 September
List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Lady Adriana  United Kingdom The passenger ship ran aground in the Rhine at Oberwesel, West Germany.[68]
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.

27 September
List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Frontier  South Africa
Frontier
During a voyage from Durban to Port Elizabeth, the cargo ship ran aground on the coast of South Africa at the mouth of the Ncera River, 23 nautical miles (43 km; 26 mi) east of East London. She broke up on 29 September and was declared a total loss.

Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Nazarene  United Kingdom The fishing vessel ran aground on Pedn-e-Vurnow beach, Porthcurnow. All crew safe, vessel destroyed.[69]

October

3 October
List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Hogh Swörd  Norway The tanker ran aground at Hoedenskerke, Zeeland, Netherlands. Later refloated with the aid of eleven tugs.[70]

7 October
List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Nanki Maru No.8  Japan The tanker collided with Hai Ming ( Taiwan) off Kobe and sank.[71]

8 October
List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1957
ShipCountryDescription
USNS Mission San Miguel  United States Navy The tanker ran aground on Maro Reef, Hawaii. All crew saved.

10 October
List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1957
ShipCountryDescription
S-84  Soviet Navy The Type VIIc/41 submarine was sunk in the Barents Sea off Novaja Zemlja during the test of an atomic bomb.[72]

16 October
List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Captain George  Panama The Liberty ship ran aground in the Cape Verde Islands. She was declared a constructive total loss and scrapped.[73]

17 October
List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1937
ShipCountryDescription
Ciscar  Spanish Navy The Churruca-class destroyer was wrecked in fog on rocks at El Ferrol, Spain.[74][75]

19 October
List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Swinomish  United States The 18-gross register ton, 40.9-foot (12.5 m) fishing vessel sank in Pavlof Bay on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula in the Territory of Alaska.[54]

21 October
List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Phoenix X  United States The 70-gross register ton, 79.6-foot (24.3 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire off Sukkwan Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[76]

22 October
List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Shillong  United Kingdom The cargo ship collided in the Gulf of Suez with Purfina Congo ( Belgium) and sank with the loss of three lives.[77] Thirteen racehorses were drowned.[78] Purfina Congo repaired and returned to service.[79]
Plan V  West Germany The coaster collided in the Scheldt with Winnetou ( West Germany) and sank. All crew were rescued.[80]

Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Eifuku Maru  Japan The cargo ship ran aground on the Great Barrier Reef, 300 nautical miles (560 km) east of Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia. Abandoned on 15 October as a total loss. All 47 crew rescued by the tug Fearless ( Australia).[81]

November

4 November
List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1957
ShipCountryDescription
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.[21]
Iano  Italy The cargo ship was driven aground in a gale at Sandown Bay, Isle of Wight.[82]

5 November
List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Corale  Netherlands Rammed by Nikolai Bauman ( Soviet Union) and sunk off Vlissingen. All eleven crew rescued.

6 November
List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Korso  Finland The coaster sank 35 nautical miles (65 km) west of Aveiro, Portugal with the loss of three of her eleven crew.[83]

11 November
List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Deutschland  West Germany The train ferry ran aground at Grossenbrode, West Germany. Refloated later that day.[84]

26 November
List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Lena F  United States The 6-gross register ton, 29.1-foot (8.9 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Wrangell, Territory of Alaska.[85]

Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Mercurius H  Netherlands Ran aground at Dungeness, Kent.[59]

December

1 December
List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Nikitas K  Panama The cargo ship foundered in the Black Sea with the loss of six of her fourteen crew.[86]

2 December
List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Pioneer No. 4  United States The 30-gross register ton, 54-foot (16.5 m) cargo scow was wrecked in Windy Bay (59°13′30″N 151°27′30″W) in Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska.[76]

3 December
List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Dot  United States The 15-gross register ton, 37.9-foot (11.6 m) fishing vessel destroyed by fire at Craig, Territory of Alaska.[43]

8 December
List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Patria  Netherlands The coaster was driven ashore in a gale at Sheephaven Bay, Northern Ireland.[87]

9 December
List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Saba  Netherlands The coaster was driven ashore in a gale at Mulroy Bay, Northern Ireland. All seven crew rescued by a helicopter from RNAS Eglington.[87]

17 December
List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1957
ShipCountryDescription
San Eduardo  Panama The tanker ran aground north of Borneo, the Philippines. HMS Cossack ( Royal Navy) went to her aid.[88]

20 December
List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Topeka  Norway The cargo ship ran aground in the Karmsund, near Haugesund. All crew rescued.[89]

22 December
List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Empire Wansbeck  United Kingdom The troopship ran aground at Hoek van Holland, Netherlands. Later refloated and returned to service.[90]
Narva  United Kingdom The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea 180 nautical miles (330 km) east of Aberdeen with the loss of all 28 crew.

24 December
List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Columbine  United Kingdom The coaster ran aground at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.[91]

25 December
List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Fish Mule  United States The 34-gross register ton, 46.2-foot (14.1 m) tug sank at the entrance to Resurrection Bay on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska.[61]

27 December
List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1957
ShipCountryDescription
El Fletero  Argentina The cargo ship ran aground at Tampico, Mexico.[92]

Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1957
ShipCountryDescription
Continuity  United Kingdom The coaster ran aground at Margate, Kent.[59]

Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1957
ShipCountryDescription
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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See also
Ship events in 1957
Ship launches: 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962
Ship commissionings: 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962
Ship decommissionings: 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962
Shipwrecks: 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962
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