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The '''list of shipwrecks in 1979''' includes [[ship]]s sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during [[1979]].
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==January==
===1 January===
{{shipwreck list begin |date= 1 January 1979 |sort=}}
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|ship=''Ocean Cape''
|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}
|desc=The {{convert|80|ft|m|1|adj=on}} [[Crab fishing|crab]]-[[fishing vessel]] sank in the [[Gulf of Alaska]] approximately {{convert|22|nmi}} from [[Cape Fairweather (Alaska)|Cape Fairweather]] ({{coord|58|48|30|N|137|56|45|W|name=Cape Fairweather}}) on the [[Southcentral Alaska|south-central]] coast of [[Alaska]]. The [[Tugboat|tug]] ''Stalwart'' ({{flag|United States|1960}}) rescued her four survivors from a [[life raft]] on 5 January.<ref name=alaskashipwrecksp>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-p/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (P)]</ref>
}}
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===6 January===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=6 January 1979 |sort=}}
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|ship=Two unidentified warships
|flag= {{flagdeco|Cambodia|1975}} [[Khmer Rouge]]
|desc=[[Battle of Ream]]: The warships were sunk by the [[corvette]]s {{ship|North Vietnamese corvette|HQ-05||2}} and {{ship|North Vietnamese corvette|HQ-07||2}} (both {{navy|Vietnam}}).<ref name="Sovietempire.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=55094&sid=3606c5c02400a85514831b7dc04aa509 |title=Vietnamese Naval Battles (Vietnam War & later conflicts) |publisher=Sovietempire.com |accessdate=14 December 2018}}</ref>
}}
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===7 January===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=6 January 1979 |sort=}}
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|ship=Unidentified warship 
|flag= {{flagdeco|Cambodia|1975}} [[Khmer Rouge]]
|desc=[[Battle of Ream]]: The warship was sunk by the [[patrol boat]]s {{ship|North Vietnamese patrol boat|T-208||2}} and {{ship|North Vietnamese patrol boat|T-215||2}} (both {{navy|Vietnam}}).<ref name="Sovietempire.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=55094&sid=3606c5c02400a85514831b7dc04aa509 |title=Vietnamese Naval Battles (Vietnam War & later conflicts) |publisher=Sovietempire.com |accessdate=14 December 2018}}</ref>
}}
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===8 January===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=8 January 1979 |sort=}}
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|ship=[[Whiddy Island disaster|''Betelgeuse'']]
|flag={{FRA}}
|desc= The [[tank ship|tanker]] exploded and sank in [[Bantry Bay]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]], with the loss of 50 lives. }}
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===10 January===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=10 January 1979 |sort=}}
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|ship=Two unidentified warships
|flag= {{flagdeco|Cambodia|1975}} [[Khmer Rouge]]
|desc= The warships were sunk by the [[corvette]] ''[[USS Absecon (AVP-23)|Pham Ngu Lao]]'' and the [[patrol boat]]s {{ship|North Vietnamese corvette|HQ-03||2}}, {{ship|North Vietnamese patrol boat|T-197||2}}, {{ship|North Vietnamese patrol boat|T-199||2}}, {{ship|North Vietnamese patrol boat|T-203||2}} and {{ship|North Vietnamese patrol boat|T-205||2}} (all {{navy|Vietnam}}) off [[Ream, Cambodia|Ream]], [[Cambodia]].<ref name="Sovietempire.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=55094&sid=3606c5c02400a85514831b7dc04aa509 |title=Vietnamese Naval Battles (Vietnam War & later conflicts) |publisher=Sovietempire.com |accessdate=14 December 2018}}</ref>
}}
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===19 January===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=19 January 1979 |sort=}}
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|ship=[[HMS Walmer Castle (K405)|''Glacier Queen'']]
|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}
|desc=The [[Accommodation ship|floating hotel]]'s wreck – refloated after sinking at [[anchor]] in [[List of shipwrecks in 1978#November|November 1978]] in [[Seldovia Bay]] ({{coord|59.4274|N|151.7249|W|name=Seldovia Bay}}) in [[Cook Inlet]] on the [[Southcentral Alaska|south-central]] coast of [[Alaska]] – was [[Scuttling|scuttled]] in {{convert|12000|ft|m}} of water in the [[Gulf of Alaska]] {{convert|100|nmi}} west of [[Cape Saint Elias]] on the southwestern tip of Alaska's [[Kayak Island]] after being towed out to sea by the [[Marine salvage|salvage]] [[Tugboat|tug]] ''Salvage Chief'' ({{flag|United States|1960}}).<ref name=alaskashipwrecksg>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-g/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (G)]</ref><ref>{{Cite Colledge2006}}, p. 359.]</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Macpherson |first1=Ken |last2=Barrie |first2=Ron |date=2002 |title=The Ships of Canada's Naval Forces 1910–2002  |edition=Third |publisher=Vanwell Publishing |location=St. Catharines, Ontario |isbn=1-55125-072-1}}, p. 165.]</ref><ref>{{Cite ship register|register=MSI|id=5131610|shipname=Leaside |accessdate=13 May 2016}}</ref>
}}
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==February==
===6 February===
{{shipwreck list begin |date= 6 February 1979 |sort=}}
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|ship=''Edna B''
|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}
|desc=The [[Crab fishing|crab]]-[[fishing vessel]] was destroyed by fire in the [[Gulf of Alaska]] {{convert|25|nmi}} south of [[Seward, Alaska|Seward]], [[Alaska]]. Her crew of four reached a cabin on the [[Southcentral Alaska|south-central]] coast of Alaska on the shore of [[Driftwood Bay (Alaska)|Driftwood Bay]] ({{coord|59|56|N|149|13|W|name=Driftwood Bay}}), where one of them died. The [[United States Coast Guard Cutter|cutter]] {{USCGC|Cape Jellison |WPB-95317|6}} ([[File:Ensign of the United States Coast Guard.svg|22px]] [[United States Coast Guard]]) rescued the three survivors on 11 February.<ref name=alaskashipwreckse>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-e/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (E)]</ref>
}}
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=== 14 February===
{{shipwreck list begin |date= 14 February 1979 |sort=}}
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|ship={{MV|François Vieljeux||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|France}}
|desc=The [[container ship]] foundered in rough seas {{convert|45|nmi|km}} south west of [[Cape Finisterre]] with the loss of 23 lives.<ref name=Deep>{{cite book | first = Moya| last = Crawford| year = 1999| title = Deep Water| pages = 238–241| publisher = Thomas Reed| location = Bradford on Avon|isbn= 0-901281-83-2}}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Home''
|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}
|desc=The {{convert|33|ft|m|1|adj=on}} [[sailboat]] was wrecked on the southern tip of [[Long Island (Alaska)|Long Island]] in the [[Alexander Archipelago]] in [[Southeast Alaska]] southwest of [[Ketchikan, Alaska|Ketchikan]], [[Alaska]]. The family of four on board survived on shore in the wilderness for over a month, suffering severe [[frostbite]] and [[hypothermia]], before being rescued.<ref name=alaskashipwrecksh>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-h/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (H)]</ref>
}}
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|ship={{MV|Revi||2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|Panama}}
|desc=She foundered {{convert|2.5|nmi|km}} ({{coord|53|39|N|0|23|E}}) off the ''[[Humber Lightship]]'' ({{flagcountry|United Kingdom|government}}).<ref>{{cite web |title=Revi |url=https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?68638 |website=wrecksite.eu |access-date=1 July 2022}}</ref> }}
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===19 February===
{{shipwreck list begin |date= 19 February 1979 |sort=}}
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|ship=''Renown''
|flag={{flag|United States}}
|desc=The {{convert|86|ft|m|1|adj=on}} [[Crab fishing|crab]]-[[fishing vessel]] burned and sank without loss of life in the [[Gulf of Alaska]] approximately {{convert|15|nmi}} south-southeast of [[Sitkinak Island]] in the [[Kodiak Archipelago]].<ref name=alaskashipwrecksr>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-r/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (R)]</ref>
}}
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===28 February===
{{shipwreck list begin |date= 28 February 1979 |sort=}}
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|ship=''Alaska Roughneck'' 
|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}
|desc=The 198-[[gross register ton]], {{convert|113.5|ft|m|1|adj=on}} or {{convert|130|ft|m|1|adj=on}} [[landing craft]] ran aground and sank near [[King Cove, Alaska|King Cove]], [[Alaska]], with the loss of two lives. The [[fishing vessel]] ''Seven Seas'' ({{flag|United States|1960}}) rescued her two survivors.<ref name=alaskashipwrecksa>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-a/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (A)]</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Sirius''
|flag={{flag|United States}}
|desc=The {{convert|72|ft|m|1|adj=on}} [[Crab fishing|crab]]-[[fishing vessel]] ran aground on [[Douglas Reef]] ({{coord|58|45|45|N|153|16|00|W|name=Douglas Reef}}) north of [[Kodiak, Alaska|Kodiak]], [[Alaska]], and was pounded to pieces by the surf. The crab-fishing vessel ''Polar Star'' ({{flag|United States}}) rescued her entire crew of six.<ref name=alaskashipwreckss>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-s/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (S)]</ref>
}}
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===Unknown date===
{{shipwreck list begin |date= Unknown date February 1979 |sort=}}
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|ship=Unnamed drydock&nbsp;barge 
|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}
|desc=The retired {{convert|100|ft|m|1|adj=on}} [[drydock]] [[barge]] was [[Scuttling|scuttled]] as an [[artificial reef]] in the [[North Atlantic Ocean]] {{convert|3.6|nmi}} off [[Sea Girt, New Jersey|Sea Girt]], [[New Jersey]], in {{convert|75|ft|m|0}} of water at {{coord|40|07.759|N|073|56.384|W|name=Drydock barge}}. Her wreck subsequently was pulverized by a large load of [[concrete]] dumped on top of it.<ref>[https://njscuba.net/reefs/site_nj02sg_early.php#drydock njscuba.net Drydock]</ref>
}}
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==March==
===7 March===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=7 March 1979 |sort=}}
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|ship={{HDMS|Fyen|1963|6}} 
|flag={{navy|Denmark}}
|desc=The [[minelayer]] ran aground off [[Toftøya]], Norway and was damaged. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.<ref name=DNH>{{Cite web |url=http://navalhistory.dk/English/Timeline/AccidentsAndLosses.htm |title=Sea Accidents and Losses |publisher=Danish Naval History |accessdate=24 December 2019 }}</ref>
}}
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===10 March===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=10 March 1979 |sort=}}
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|ship=Unknown cargo ship
|flag={{flag|Egypt}}
|desc= The cargo ship was sunk at [[Hodeidah]] by [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21]] aircraft of the [[South Yemen Air Force]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=55184 |title=South Yemen Naval Battles (reworked) |publisher=Soviet-Empire |accessdate=4 September 2022}}</ref>
}}
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===15 March===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=15 March 1979 |sort=}}
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|ship={{MV|Kurdistan|1973|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Liberia}}
|desc=The [[tank ship|tanker]] struck ice in the [[Cabot Strait]] which fractured her hull. She subsequently broke in two during a gale. Her crew were rescued by {{ship|CCGS|Sir William Alexander}} ({{flagicon|Canada|coast guard}} [[Canadian Coast Guard]]). The bow section was sunk on 1 April by {{HMCS|Margaree|DDH 230|6}} ({{navy|Canada|name=Maritime Command}}); the stern section was towed to a European port where a new bow was constructed. She was returned to service.<ref name=Kurdistan>{{cite web |url=https://novascotia.ca/museum/wrecks/wrecks/shipwrecks.asp?ID=2650 |title=Kurdistan - 1979 |publisher=Maritime Museum of the Atlantic |accessdate=19 January 2015}}</ref> }}
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===16 March===
{{shipwreck list begin |date= 16 March 1979 |sort=}}
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|ship=''Pacific Pride''
|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}
|desc=The {{convert|80|ft|m|1|adj=on}} [[fishing vessel]] was destroyed by fire off [[Harvester Island]] ({{coord|57|39|N|154|00|W|name=Harvester Island}}) in [[Uyak Bay]] on the coast of [[Kodiak Island]]. The fishing vessel ''Cougar'' ({{flag|United States|1960}}) rescued her entire crew of four.<ref name=alaskashipwrecksp>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-p/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (P)]</ref>
}}
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===29 March===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=29 March 1979 |sort=}}
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|ship= {{USCGC|Cuyahoga|WIX-157|6}} 
|flag={{navy|United States|coast guard|name=United States Coast Guard}}
|desc=The wreck of the [[United States Coast Guard Cutter|cutter]] – sunk in a collision on 20 October 1978 and later refloated – was [[Scuttling|scuttled]] in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] {{convert|15|nmi}} off the [[Virginia Capes]] to form an [[artificial reef]]. }}
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===30 March===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=30 March 1979 |sort=}}
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|ship={{MS|Angelina Lauro||2}} 
|flag={{Flag|Italy|civil}}
|desc=The vessel caught fire at [[Charlotte Amalie, United States Virgin Islands]] and sank. Refloated on 2 July. }}
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==April==
===7 April===
{{shipwreck list begin |date= 7 April 1979 |sort=}}
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|ship=''City of Seattle'' 
|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}
|desc=The {{convert|84|ft|m|1|adj=on}} [[crab fishing]]-[[fishing vessel]] sank in the [[Gulf of Alaska]] {{convert|80|nmi}} south of [[Yakutat, Alaska|Yakutat]], [[Alaska]]. The [[United States Coast Guard]] rescued everyone on board.<ref name=alaskashipwrecksc>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-c/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (C)]</ref>
}}
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===18 April===
{{shipwreck list begin |date= 18 April 1979 |sort=}}
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|ship=''Joann''
|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}
|desc=The {{convert|86|ft|m|1|adj=on}} vessel sank off [[Alaska]]. The vessel ''Yankee Clipper'' ({{flag|United States|1960}}) rescued her crew.<ref name=alaskashipwrecksj>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-j/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (J)]</ref>
}}
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===27 April===
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|ship={{MV|Tarek||2}}   
|flag={{flag|Cyprus}}
|desc=[[Lebanese Civil War]]: The coaster was sunk by [[limpet mine]]s while at anchor off [[Tyre, Lebanon]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=55191 |title=Syrian Naval Battles (Lebanese Civil War) |publisher=Soviet-Empire |accessdate=5 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?99493 |title=TAREK CARGO SHIP 1958-1979 |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=5 November 2018}}</ref>}}
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===28 April===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=28 April 1979 |sort=}}
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|ship={{MV|Gino||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Liberia}}
|desc=The tanker collided with  {{MV|Team Castor||2}} ({{flag|Norway}}) and sank in the English Channel. All crew rescued by a Soviet merchant ship.<ref name=Times300479>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Crippled tanker clean, says her master |date=30 April 1979 |page=3 |issue=60471A |column=D,E |first=Kathleen |last=Walsh }}</ref> }}
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==May==
===13 May===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=13 May 1979 |sort=}}
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|ship=[[US FWS John R. Manning|''R. B. Hendrickson'']]
|flag={{Flag|United States|1959}}
|desc=The [[fishing vessel]] ran aground and sank.<ref>[https://www.afsc.noaa.gov/History/vessels/boats/manning.htm noaa.gov "AFSC Historical Corner: ''John R. Manning'', 20 Years of Exploratory Fishing" Retrieved August 24, 2018]</ref> }}
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===16 May===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=16 May 1979 |sort=}}
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|ship=[[USS Anthony (DD-515)|''Zerstörer 1'']]
|flag={{navy|Germany|1979}}
|desc=The decommissioned {{sclass|Fletcher|destroyer}} was sunk as a target in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] by a [[torpedo]] fired by the [[submarine]] {{GS|U-29|S178|2}} ({{navy|Germany|1979}}).
 }}
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===17 May===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=17 May 1979 |sort=}}
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|ship={{HMAS|Air Sprite}} 
|flag={{navy|Australia|1979}}
|desc=The decommissioned [[air-sea rescue]] vessel was sunk as a target by a [[RIM-24 Tartar]] missile fired by the [[guided-missile destroyer]] {{HMAS|Brisbane|D41|6}} ({{navy|Australia|1979}}). }}
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===20 May===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=20 May 1979 |sort=}}
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|ship=''Charlotte B'' 
|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}
|desc=The {{convert|80|ft|m|1|adj=on}} [[Crab fishing|crab]]-[[fishing vessel]] sank in {{convert|27|ft|m}} of water while docked in the small boat harbor at [[Kodiak, Alaska|Kodiak]], [[Alaska]], pulling some of the dock under with her. She was refloated and [[Scuttling|scuttled]] at sea on 13 June.<ref name=alaskashipwrecksc>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-c/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (C)]</ref>
}}
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===26 May===
{{shipwreck list begin |date= 26 May 1979 |sort=}}
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|ship=''Pillar Cape''
|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}
|desc=While returning from [[Togiak, Alaska|Togiak]] to [[Cold Bay, Alaska|Cold Bay]], [[Alaska]], the {{convert|32|ft|m|1|adj=on}} [[seiner]] sank off Cold Bay.<ref name=alaskashipwrecksp>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-p/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (P)]</ref>
}}
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==June==
===12 June===
{{shipwreck list begin |date= 12 June 1979 |sort=}}
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|ship=''Restless C''
|flag={{flag|United States}}
|desc=The {{convert|52|ft|m|1|adj=on}} [[fishing vessel]] capsized and sank in [[Hallo Bay]] on the south coast of the [[Alaska Peninsula]] in [[Alaska]], perhaps after colliding with another vessel. Two of her four crewmen were lost; the other two were rescued by the vessel ''Awtam'' ({{flag|United States}})<ref name=alaskashipwrecksr>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-r/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (R)]</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Spirit''
|flag={{flag|United States}}
|desc=The {{convert|50|ft|m|1|adj=on}} [[fishing vessel]] capsized and sank without loss of life in the [[Gulf of Alaska]] approximately {{convert|6|nmi}} north of the [[Barren Islands (Alaska)|Barren Islands]] ({{coord|58|57|N|152|15|W|name=Barren Islands}}) off the south-central coast of [[Alaska]].<ref name=alaskashipwreckss>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-s/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (S)]</ref>
}}
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===13 June===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=13 June 1979 |sort=}}
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|ship=''Charlotte B'' 
|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}
|desc=After sinking on 20 May at her dock in the small boat harbor at [[Kodiak, Alaska|Kodiak]], [[Alaska]], the {{convert|80|ft|m|1|adj=on}} [[Crab fishing|crab]]-[[fishing vessel]] was refloated, towed out to sea, and [[Scuttling|scuttled]] in the [[Gulf of Alaska]].<ref name=alaskashipwrecksc>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-c/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (C)]</ref>
}}
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===18 June===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=18 June 1979 |sort=}}
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|ship=''Regal Sword'' 
|flag={{flag|Liberia}}
|desc=Carrying a cargo of scrap iron, the [[bulk carrier]] sank very quickly in {{convert|275|ft}} of water in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] off [[Cape Cod]], {{convert|25|nmi}} southeast of [[Chatham, Massachusetts|Chatham]], [[Massachusetts]], at {{coord|41|28|N|069|22|W|name=''Regal Sword''}} after colliding in [[fog]] with the [[Tanker (ship)|tanker]] ''Exxon Chester'' ({{flag|United States|1960}}). Her entire crew of 38 abandoned ship in her [[Lifeboat (shipboard)|lifeboats]] and was rescued by ''Exxon Chester''.<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://wreckhunter.net/DataPages/regalsword-dat.htm |title=Regal Sword | publisher=Hunting New England Shipwrecks |accessdate=22 February 2021 }}</ref>
}}
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===21 June===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=21 June 1979 |sort=}}
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|ship={{MV|Petro Bouscat||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Senegal}}
|desc=The vessel was stranded in the [[Sanaga River]] ({{coord|3|29|N|9|44|E}}) and abandoned as a constructive total loss.<ref>{{cite web |title=Petro Buscat |url=https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?101677 |website=wrecksite.eu |access-date=1 July 2022}}</ref>
}}
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===26 June===
{{shipwreck list begin |date= 26 June 1979 |sort=}}
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|ship=''Lady Fame''
|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}
|desc=A storm destroyed the [[motor vessel]] off the [[Southcentral Alaska|south-central]] coast of [[Alaska]] near [[Cordova, Alaska|Cordova]].<ref name=alaskashipwrecksl>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-l/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (L)]</ref>
}}
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===30 June===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=21 June 1979 |sort=}}
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|ship={{MV|Bunga Kenanga|1958|2}}
|flag={{flag|Malaysia}}
|desc=The ship ran aground in the [[Kori Creek]], India and was abandoned.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/abandoned-ships/BULIMBA_1609G.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315054934/http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/abandoned-ships/BULIMBA_1609G.html |url-status=usurped |archive-date=15 March 2015 |title=BULIMBA |publisher=Clydesite |accessdate=1 July 2016}}</ref><ref name=BISN>{{cite web |url=http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/bisn.shtml |title=British India Steam Navigation Company |publisher=The Ships List |accessdate=1 July 2016}}</ref>
}}
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==July==
===1 July===
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|ship={{MV|Seasprite|1958|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Greece}}
|desc=The cargo ship ran aground in [[Kori Creek]], in the [[Gulf of Kutch]] and was a total loss.<ref name=HW1608>{{cite web |url=http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=1608 |title=Bulimba |publisher=The Yard |accessdate=11 March 2017}}</ref>
}}
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===3 July===
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|ship={{MV|Kairali||2}} 
|flag={{flag|India|civil}}
|desc=The [[bulk carrier]] disappeared in the [[Arabian Sea]] about {{convert|500|nmi|km|lk=in}} west of [[Margao]], [[India]], after sending a final radio message on this date. }}
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===4 July===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=4 July 1979 |sort=}}
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|ship=''Brown Bear'' 
|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}
|desc=The {{convert|86|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fish [[Ship's tender|tender]] burned and sank in [[Prince William Sound]] on the [[Southcentral Alaska|south-central]] coast of [[Alaska]] {{convert|3|nmi}} south of [[Glacier Island (Alaska)|Glacier Island]] ({{coord|60|53|N|147|11|W|name=Glacier Island}}). The vessels ''Glacier Queen'' and ''Lulubell'' (both {{flag|United States|1960}}) rescued all five people aboard.<ref name=alaskashipwrecksb>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-b/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (B)]</ref>
}}
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===5 July===
{{shipwreck list begin |date= 5 July 1979 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Hokuto Maru No. 5''
|flag={{flag|Japan}}
|desc=The [[fishing vessel]] sank in the [[Bering Sea]] southwest of [[Saint Paul Island (Alaska)|Saint Paul Island]] with the loss of six lives after colliding with the [[Factory ship|fish processing vessel]] ''Tsuda Maru'' ({{flag|Japan}}). The [[United States Coast Guard]] rescued 20 survivors from both vessels.<ref name=alaskashipwrecksh>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-h/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (H)]</ref>
}}
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===19 July===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=19 July 1979 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{SS|Atlantic Empress||2}} 
|flag={{Flag|Greece}}
|desc=Collided with {{MV|Aegean Captain||2}} ({{Flag|Greece}}) off [[Trinidad and Tobago]], causing a large oil spill. 
}}
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|ship={{USS|Tiru|SS-416|6}} 
|flag={{naval|United States}}
|desc=The decommissioned {{sclass|Balao|submarine}} was sunk as a target in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] {{convert|200|nmi|km|lk=in}} off [[Cape Hatteras]], [[North Carolina]], at {{coord|36|N|73|W|name="USS ''Tiru'' (SS-416)"}} by the submarine {{USS|Silversides|SSN-679|6}} ({{naval|United States}}). }}
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===24 July===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=24 July 1979 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Bev Ann'' 
|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}
|desc=The [[motor vessel]] sank in [[Prince William Sound]] on the [[Southcentral Alaska|south-central]] coast of [[Alaska]].<ref name=alaskashipwrecksb>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-b/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (B)]</ref>
}}
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==August==
===3 August===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=3 August 1979 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Atlantic Empress||2}} 
|flag={{Flag|Greece}}
|desc=Sank in deep water following damage sustained in collision on 19 July. 
}}
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===5 August===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=5 August 1979 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Blue Pacific'' 
|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}
|desc=The {{convert|98|ft|m|1|adj=on}} [[Crab fishing|crab]]-[[fishing vessel]] ran aground in [[Izhut Bay]] ({{coord|58|11|N|152|15|W|name=Izhut Bay}}) on the coast of [[Afognak Island]] in [[Alaska]]'s [[Kodiak Archipelago]] and was destroyed by the surf. Her crew survived.<ref name=alaskashipwrecksb>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-b/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (B)]</ref>
}}
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===13–14 August===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=11–15 August 1979 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Charioteer'' 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=[[1979 Fastnet race]]: The [[sailing yacht]] sank in a storm during the race from [[Cowes]], [[England]], to [[Fastnet Rock]] south of [[Ireland]] to [[Plymouth]], England. 
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Gringo'' 
|flag=
|desc=1979 Fastnet race: The sailing yacht was abandoned and presumably sank in a storm during the race from Cowes, England, to Fastnet Rock south of Ireland to Plymouth, England.  
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Magic'' 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=1979 Fastnet race: The sailing yacht sank in a storm during the race from Cowes, England, to Fastnet Rock south of Ireland to Plymouth, England. 
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Polar Bear'' 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=1979 Fastnet race: The sailing yacht sank in a storm during the race from Cowes, England, to Fastnet Rock south of Ireland to Plymouth, England.
}}
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===26 August===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=26 August 1979 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship||Quebecois|ship|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Canada}}
|desc=The [[lake freighter]] ran aground on a mud bank at the entrance to [[Lake St. Clair]] due to an electronic malfunction. The vessel was freed after nine hours without suffering significant damage.<ref>{{cite book |last=Bawal Jr. |first=Raymond A. |year=2009 |title=Twilight of the Great Lakes Steamers |publisher=Inland Expressions |location=Clinton, Michigan |isbn=978-0-9818-157-2-5 |page=99}}</ref>
}}
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===27 August===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=27 August 1979 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship||Shadow V|fishing boat|2}} 
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=[[The Troubles]]: The fishing boat was destroyed off [[Mullaghmore Peninsula|Mullaghmore]], [[County Sligo]], [[Republic of Ireland]], by a bomb planted by the [[Provisional IRA]]. [[Lord Mountbatten of Burma]] and three other people died in the blast.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=55186&sid=362e08990d2efb304424e99b04f44754 |title=Provisional IRA (PIRA) and ETA-Naval sabotage |accessdate=19 October 2018}}</ref>
}}
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===31 August===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=31 August 1979 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Almirante Juan Alejandro Acosta''  
|flag= {{navy|Dominican Republic}} 
|desc= The ''Admiral Juan Alejandro Acosta''-class patrol frigate ran aground and was wrecked in the Dominican Republic.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?285228 |title=Juan Alejandro Acosta (+1979) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=22 April 2022}}</ref>
}}
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==September==
===6 September===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=6 September 1979 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Scotia Bay'' 
|flag={{flag|Canada}}
|desc= The ship capsized and sank while overladen, after hauling in a large load of fish. The crew survived.<ref>{{cite news |title=Search intensifies for missing fishing vessel |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/578714422/ |work=Whitehorse Daily Star |date=February 12, 1987 |page=10 |language=en-CA}}</ref>}}
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===14 September===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=14 September 1979 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Yakutat'' 
|flag={{flag|United States}}
|desc=The [[barge]] dragged her [[anchor]] in the [[Kaliakh River]], was swamped, and sank north of the river and west of [[Cape Yakataga, Alaska|Cape Yakataga]], [[Alaska]]. Two men on board were swept overboard and died; a 15-year-old girl survived by clinging to wreckage in the water all night and swimming to shore in the morning.<ref name=alaskashipwrecksy>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-y/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (Y)]</ref> }}
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===19 September===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=19 September 1927 |sort=}}
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|ship={{MS|Austri|1969|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Norway}}
|desc=The [[roll-on/roll-off]] cargo ship capsized in stormy weather in the [[Sognefjord]] and drifted ashore at [[Byrknesøyna]], Norway. Of the nine-man crew, five were lost, while four were rescued by local boats.<ref>{{Cite ship register|register=MSI|id=7006998 |shipname=Austri |accessdate=6 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Fotojournalistikk: bilder som forteller, engasjerer, irriterer, gleder, informerer og dokumenterer |last1=Bæverfjord |first1=Dag |last2=Steimler |first2=Olav |year=1982 |publisher=Nord 4 |location=Bergen |isbn=8273260038 |page=92 |url=http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2012091738016 |language=Norwegian }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sffarkiv.no/sffbasar/opi.asp?p=result&db=dbatlas_leks&art_id=122862&spraak_id=1&ptype=single&lang=eng&paging=yes |title=Det Stavangerske Dampskibsselskab (DSD) i Sogn og Fjordane  |author=Hermund Kleppa |year=2012 |work=[[Sogn og Fjordane County Municipality]] |accessdate=6 May 2017 |language=Norwegian}}</ref>}}
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===21 September===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=21 September 1979 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HDMS|Spækhuggeren|S327|6}} 
|flag={{navy|Denmark}}
|desc=The {{sclass|Delfinen|submarine}} capsized at [[Copenhagen]]. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.<ref name=DNH/>
}}
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===23 September===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=23 September 1979 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item 
|ship={{MV|Transilvania|1938|2}}
|flag={{flag|Romania|1965}}
|desc=The [[passenger ship]] capsized at [[Galaţi]]. She was declared a [[constructive total loss]].<ref name=Merchant350>{{cite book |first=Roger |last=Jordan |year= 1999 |title=The World's Merchant Ships 1939 |place=London |publisher=Chatham House |isbn=1-86176-023-X |page=350 }}</ref>
}}
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===24 September===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=24 September 1979 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MS|Angelina Lauro||2}} 
|flag={{Flag|Italy|civil}}
|desc=The retired [[passenger liner]] sank in the [[Pacific Ocean]] while under tow to shipbreakers in [[Taiwan]] }}
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===29 September===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=29 September 1979 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{HDMS|Springeren|S329|6}} 
|flag={{navy|Denmark}}
|desc=The {{sclass|Delfinen|submarine}} partly sank at [[Copenhagen]].<ref name=DNH/>
}}
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===Unknown date===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date September 1979 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{USS|Ozark|MCS-2|6}} 
|flag={{naval|United States}}
|desc=[[File:USS Ozark (MSC-2) target ship aground near Perdido Key 1979.jpg|thumb|right|USS ''Ozark'' aground]]The decommissioned [[mine countermeasures support ship]], serving as a [[target ship]], was driven aground near [[Perdido Key]], [[Florida]], in [[Hurricane Frederic]]. She was salvaged and returned to service as a target ship. }}
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==October==
===6 October===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=6 October 1979 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Harder''
|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}
|desc=The {{convert|48|ft|m|1|adj=on}} vessel sank near [[Kodiak, Alaska|Kodiak]], [[Alaska]]. The charter vessel ''Ten Bears'' ({{flag|United States|1960}}) rescued her crew.<ref name=alaskashipwrecksh>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-h/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (H)]</ref>
}}
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===8 October===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=9 October 1979 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Angel Marie'' 
|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}
|desc=The [[Shrimp fishery|shrimp]]-[[fishing vessel]] was blown onto rocks in [[Chugach Bay]] ({{coord|59|11|N|151|34|W|name=Chugach Bay}}) on south coast of [[Alaska]]'s [[Kenai Peninsula]] and broke up in the surf. Her crew of two survived.<ref name=alaskashipwrecksa>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-a/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (A)]</ref>
}}
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===12 October===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=12 October 1979 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{USS|Alfred A. Cunningham|DD-752|6}} 
|flag={{naval|United States}}
|desc=The decommissioned {{sclass|Allen M. Sumner|destroyer}} was sunk as a target by five [[laser-guided bomb]]s in the [[Pacific Ocean]] off the coast of [[Southern California]]. }}
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===13 October===
{{shipwreck list begin |date= 13 October 1979 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Lady Sarah''
|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}
|desc=The {{convert|86|ft|m|1|adj=on}} [[fishing vessel]] sank in the [[Bering Sea]] near [[Akutan Island]] in the [[Aleutian Islands]]. The fishing vessels ''Sea Wolf'' and ''Ocean Leader'' (both {{flag|United States|1960}}) rescued her crew.<ref name=alaskashipwrecksl>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-l/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (L)]</ref>
}}
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==November==
===4 November===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=4 November 1979 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Aeolian Sky||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Greece}}
|desc=The ship sank off [[St Aldhelm's Head]] after collision with {{MV|Anna Knueppell||2}} ({{Flag|West Germany}}) the previous day. }}
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===6 November===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=6 November 1979 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Pool Fisher||2}} 
|flag={{Flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The ship sank off the [[Isle of Wight]]. Thirteen of the fifteen on board were killed.<ref name=Hansard>{{cite web |url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1979/nov/06/coaster-pool-fisher-loss#S5CV0973P0_19791106_HOC_186 |title=COASTER "POOL FISHER" (LOSS) |work=[[Hansard|Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)]] |date=6 November 1979 |access-date=25 May 2011}}</ref> }}
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===8 November===
{{shipwreck list begin |date= 8 November 1979 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship='' Ryoto Maru No. 2''
|flag={{flag|Japan}}
|desc=During a storm, the [[factory trawler]] was wrecked without loss of life in [[Village Cove]] ({{coord|57.12531|N|170.28517|W|name=Village Cove}}) near [[Tolstoi Point]] ({{coord|57|07|40|N|170|16|40|W|name=Tolstoi Point}}) on [[Saint Paul Island (Alaska)|Saint Paul Island]] in the [[Pribilof Islands]]. A [[United States Navy]] [[Explosive ordnance disposal (United States Navy)|explosive ordnance disposal]] detachment and [[United States Coast Guard]] personnel later demolished the wreck with explosives and [[thermite grenade]]s as part of a post-wreck clean-up.<ref name=alaskashipwrecksr>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-r/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (R)]</ref>
}}
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===10 November===
{{shipwreck list begin |date= 10 November 1979 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=The Showboat ''Mayflower''
|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}
|desc=The former sidewheel [[paddle steamer]] — formerly the {{convert|184|ft|adj=on}}, 728-[[gross register ton]] [[passenger ship]] and excursion [[Steamship|steamer]] {{SS|Mayflower|1891|2}}, aground since the 1940s on [[Nantasket Beach]] at [[Hull, Massachusetts|Hull]], [[Massachusetts]], to serve as the [[nightclub]] "The Showboat ''Mayflower''" — was destroyed by fire.<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://wreckhunter.net/DataPages/mayflower-dat.htm |title=Mayflower | publisher=Hunting New England Shipwrecks |accessdate=13 February 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url=https://hull.wickedlocal.com/news/20170913/william-pepe-nantasket-beach-steamboats |title=WILLIAM PEPE: Nantasket Beach steamboats
 | publisher=Wickled Local Hull |date=September 13, 2017 |accessdate=13 February 2021 }}</ref>
}}
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===14 November===
{{shipwreck list begin |date= 14 November 1979 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''El Lobo del Mar''
|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}
|desc=The [[motor vessel]] sank off [[Juneau, Alaska|Juneau]], [[Alaska]].<ref name=alaskashipwreckse>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-e/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (E)]</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Pelican''
|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}
|desc=The [[barge]] ran aground in [[Chichagof Bay]] ({{coord|55|01|30|N|131|58|50|W|name=Chichagof Bay}}) on the southeast coast of [[Prince of Wales Island (Alaska)|Prince of Wales Island]] in the [[Alexander Archipelago]] in [[Southeast Alaska]]. She later broke up during a storm.<ref name=alaskashipwrecksp>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-p/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (P)]</ref>
}}
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===15 November===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=15 November 1979 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship|MT|Independenţa||2}} 
|flag={{Flag|Romania|1965}}
|desc=The [[Crude oil|crude]] [[oil tanker]] collided with the [[motor vessel]] {{MV|Evriali||2}} ({{Flag|Greece}}) and sank with the loss of 43 crew. }}
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===23 November===
{{shipwreck list begin |date= 23 November 1979 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Hellion''
|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}
|desc=The 38-[[gross register ton]], {{convert|59|ft|m|1|adj=on}} [[Crab fishing|crab]]-[[fishing vessel]] disappeared during a storm near [[Dutch Harbor, Alaska|Dutch Harbor]], [[Alaska]], with the loss of her entire crew of three.<ref name=alaskashipwrecksh>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-h/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (H)]</ref>
}}
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===24 November===
{{shipwreck list begin |date= 24 November 1979 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Ocean Pride''
|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}
|desc=The [[fishing vessel]] sank in the [[Bering Sea]].<ref name=alaskashipwreckso>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-o/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (O)]</ref>
}}
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===30 November===
{{shipwreck list begin |date= 30 November 1979 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Daylight''
|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}
|desc=The {{convert|37|ft|m|1|adj=on}} [[Trolling (fishing)|troller]] was blown onto rocks, [[capsize]]d, and sank in a [[gale]] in [[Seven Fathom Bay]] ({{coord|56|47|30|N|135|18|45|W|name=Seven Fathom Bay}}) in [[Southeast Alaska]] {{convert|18|nmi}} south of [[Sitka, Alaska|Sitka]], [[Alaska]]. A [[United States Coast Guard]] helicopter rescued the two men aboard.<ref name=alaskashipwrecksd>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-d/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (D)]</ref>
}}
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===Unknown date===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date 1979 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MS|Berge Vanga||2}} 
|flag={{Flag|Liberia}}
|desc=The ship sank in the [[South Atlantic]] with the loss of all 40 crew.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{MV|Jayawang||2}} 
|flag={{Flag|Singapore|civil}}
|desc=The vessel sank off [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]].<ref name=Empire448>{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |page=448 }}</ref>
}}
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==December==
===1 December===
{{shipwreck list begin |date= 1 December 1979 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''[[USS Pima County (LST-1081)|Nickel Ferry]]''
|flag={{flag|Panama}}
|desc=Caught fire at [[La Unión, El Salvador]] and declared an irrecoverable total wreck.<ref>{{cite book |title=Marine News |date=1980 |publisher=World Ship Society |page=70 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sl1UAAAAMAAJ |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Warship International |date=1980 |publisher=International Naval Research Organization |page=124 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qA5HAQAAIAAJ |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Casualty Return for Quarter Ended 31st December 1979 |date=September 1980 |publisher=Lloyd's Register |location=London |page=60 |url=https://archive.org/details/HECCR1890/1979/page/n53/mode/2up?q=nickel}}</ref>
}}
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===5 December===
{{shipwreck list begin |date= 5 December 1979 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Salinta''
|flag={{flag|Canada}}
|desc=The badly damaged {{convert|33|ft|m|1|adj=on}} [[gillnet]] [[fishing vessel]] was found washed ashore at [[Tree Point]] ({{coord|54|48|15|N|130|55|45|W|name=Tree Point}}) in [[Southeast Alaska]]. She had departed [[Prince Rupert, British Columbia|Prince Rupert]], [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]], on 2 December for a day trip to [[Portland Inlet]] on the coast of British Columbia, but had not returned. All three adults (a man and two women) and seven children (three boys and four girls) on board were lost.<ref name=alaskashipwreckss>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-s/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (S)]</ref>
}}
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===6 December===
{{shipwreck list begin |date=6 December 1979 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=[[SS Sugar Transporter (1957)|''Malmi'']] 
|flag=
|desc=The [[cargo ship]] capsized and sank in the [[Baltic Sea]] {{convert|40|nmi}} northeast of [[Gotska Sandön]] after her cargo shifted in heavy weather. }}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Norrona''
|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}
|desc=The [[herring]] packing vessel heeled over and sank in a few minutes after her stern became submerged in heavy seas {{convert|3|nmi}} off [[North Cape (Alaska)|North Cape]] ({{coord|56|35|45|N|135|08|15|W|name=North Cape}}) near [[Whale Bay (Alaska)|Whale Bay]] ({{coord|56.6192|N|135.0000|W|name=Whale Bay}}) on the southwest coast of [[Baranof Island]] in the northern [[Alexander Archipelago]] in [[Southeast Alaska]]. The fishing vessel ''Lazaria'' ({{flag|United States|1960}}) rescued her entire crew of three.<ref name=alaskashipwrecksn>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-n/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (N)]</ref>
}}

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===14 December===
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship={{ship||Caroline of Leigh}}
|flag={{flag|United Kingdom|civil}}
|desc=The [[Moody Yachts|Moody]] 36 yacht sank {{convert|3|mi|spell=in}} off [[Lulworth]], [[Dorset]] while heading for [[Bordeaux]], France with the loss of four lives.<ref>{{cite web|author=Martin white |url=http://www.westlulworth.org.uk/past_events.html |title=Past Events |publisher=West Lulworth |accessdate=2017-11-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Diver|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NvQaAQAAIAAJ|year=1981|publisher=Eaton Publications}}</ref> }}
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===16 December===
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|ship={{MV|Heye P||2}} 
|flag={{flag|West Germany}}
|desc=The vessel was driven ashore in a gale at [[Prawle Point]], [[Devon]], [[United Kingdom]] and wrecked.<ref name=Times181279>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Gales Havoc on land and at sea |date=18 December 1979 |page=2 |issue=60503 |column=D,E }}</ref> }}
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===18 December===
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{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Columbia'' 
|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}
|desc=The {{convert|105|ft|m|1|adj=on}} vessel sank at [[Unalaska, Alaska|Unalaska]] in the [[Aleutian Islands]] with the loss of one life.<ref name=alaskashipwrecksc>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-c/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (C)]</ref>
}}
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===19 December===
{{shipwreck list begin |date= 19 December 1979 |sort=}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Arctic Wind'' 
|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}
|desc=The {{convert|117|ft|m|1|adj=on}} [[fishing vessel]] sank in [[Kalekta Bay]] ({{coord|53.9780|N|166.3292|W|name=Kalekta Bay}}) on coast of [[Unalaska Island]] in the [[Aleutian Islands]]. She was [[Marine salvage|salvaged]] in June 1980, repaired, and returned to service.<ref name=alaskashipwrecksa>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-a/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (A)]</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Rough Draft''
|flag={{flag|United States}}
|desc=The [[fishing vessel]] was wrecked in [[Southeast Alaska]] in the vicinity of [[Inian Island]] ({{coord|58|15|N|136|19|W|name=Inian Island}}) near [[Elfin Cove, Alaska|Elfin Cove]], [[Alaska]]. Both members of her crew perished.<ref name=alaskashipwrecksr>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-r/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (R)]</ref>
}}
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===20 December===
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|ship={{MV|Ulysses|1941|2}} 
|flag={{flag|Panama}}
|desc=The [[Coastal trading vessel|coaster]] was driven ashore near [[Naples]], Italy. She was a [[total loss]].<ref name=Empire231>{{cite book |last2=Sawyer |first2=LA |last1=Mitchell |first1=WH |year= 1990 |title=The Empire Ships |place=London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong |publisher=Lloyd's of London Press Ltd |isbn=1-85044-275-4 |edition=Second |page=231 }}</ref>
}}
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===24 December===
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|ship=''E. M. Ford''
|flag={{flag|USA}}
|desc=The {{convert|428|ft|m|1|adj=on}} cement carrier broke free from her mooring lines and sank after striking a dock in [[Milwaukee]], she was raised and returned to service.
}}
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===25 December===
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|ship=''Lee Wang Zin''
|flag={{flag|Panama}}
|desc=After departing [[Prince Rupert, British Columbia|Prince Rupert]], [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]], with a cargo of 30,000 tons of Bleached Kraft Pulp and a [[Taiwan]]ese crew of 30 aboard, the {{convert|741|ft|m|1|adj=on}} [[bulk carrier]] [[capsize]]d with the loss of all hands in a storm in [[Dixon Entrance]] on the Canada-[[United States]] border between British Columbia and [[Alaska]], possibly after running aground on [[Celestial Reef]]. Her overturned hull drifted {{convert|25|nmi}} and ran aground in [[Kendrick Bay]] ({{coord|54.8741667|N|132.01|W|name=Kendrick Bay}}) on [[Prince of Wales Island (Alaska)|Prince of Wales Island]] in the [[Alexander Archipelago]] in [[Southeast Alaska]] on 27 December. The [[United States Coast Guard]] later attempted to [[Towing|tow]] her out to sea and [[Scuttling|scuttle]] her in deep water, but the towline broke {{convert|9|mi}} south of [[Forrester Island (Alaska)|Forrester Island]] and she sank in {{convert|1000|ft|m}} of water.<ref name=alaskashipwrecksl>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-l/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (L)]</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1979/12/28/archives/all-30-crewmen-are-feared-dead-in-ship-that-capsized-off-alaska.html Anonymous, "All 30 Crewmen Are Feared Dead In Ship That Capsized Off Alaska," Associated Press, December 27, 1979. Retrieved 31 January 2019]</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://repository.library.noaa.gov/view/noaa/2677|title=Southeastern Alaska Oceanographic conditions and NOAA's Twenty-One Year Spill Response History |first=John |last=Whitney |publisher=National Ocean Services, Anchorage, Alaska. }}</ref>
}}
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===26 December===
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|ship={{MS|Lindblad Explorer||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Panama}}
|desc=The [[cruise ship]] ran aground off [[Wiencke Island]], [[Antarctica]]. Later refloated and returned to service. }}
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===30 December===
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|ship=''Leschi''
|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}
|desc=The [[Factory ship|fish processing vessel]] – a retired [[Washington (state)|Washington]] sternwheel [[Paddle steamer|steam paddle]] [[ferry]] – sank in shallow water in [[Shotgun Cove]] ({{coord|60|48|05|N|148|32|30|W|name=Shotgun Cove}}) in [[Prince William Sound]] near [[Whittier, Alaska|Whittier]], [[Alaska]]. Her wreck became a popular [[recreational dive site]].<ref name=alaskashipwrecksl>[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-l/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (L)]</ref>
}}
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===31 December===
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|ship=''Kowther''
|flag={{flag|Cyprus|}}
|desc=The ship, ex [[Adriatica di Navigazione]] (Adriatica Line) passenger/cargo ship {{MV|Enotria|1951|6}} (1951-1975), broke tow on the way to shipbreakers in Spain running aground at Temistokleas Bay, [[Piraeus]], Greece.<ref>{{cite web |last= |first= |author-link= |last2= |first2= |title=''Enotria'' MV (1951~1975) ''Kowther'' MV (+1979) |publisher=The Wrecksite |url=https://wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?284148 |accessdate=11 October 2020}}</ref>
}}
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==Unknown date==
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|ship={{MV|Epimonos||2}} 
|flag={{flag|Greece}}
|desc=The tanker caught fire off [[Rouen]], [[Seine-Maritime]], France. She was declared a [[constructive total loss]].<ref name=Kirki>{{cite web |url=http://www.atsb.gov.au/media/1562673/mair33_001.pdf |title=Loss of Greek registered oil tanker Kirki en route to Kwinana |publisher=Australian Transportation Safety Board |date=2 April 1992 |accessdate=20 May 2012}}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''William R. Farrell'' 
|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}
|desc=The [[Tugboat|tug]] sank in {{convert|55|ft|m|0}} of water in the [[North Atlantic Ocean]] off [[Harvey Cedars, New Jersey|Harvey Cedars]], [[New Jersey]].<ref>[https://njscuba.net/sites/chart_nj-3_barnegat.php#Farrel njscuba.net ''William R. Farrell'']</ref>
}}
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==References==
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