title: List of shipwrecks in 1963
text: # List of shipwrecks in 1963
  
  The list of shipwrecks in 1963 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1963.
  
  table of contents :
  
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  | References ||||
  
  ## January
  
  ### 8 January
  
  List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Nueva Guinea | Spain | The coaster exploded and sank off Santa Cruz de la Palma, Canary Islands. One crewmember reported missing and two injured. |
  
  ### 12 January
  
  List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Marnipo | Lebanon | The Liberty ship ran aground in the Dardanelles and broke in two. |
  
  ### 13 January
  
  List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Stranger | United States | The 16-gross register ton, 38.3-foot (11.7 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by a storm at Shearwater Bay (57°20′N 152°55′W﻿ / ﻿57.333°N 152.917°W﻿ / 57.333; -152.917﻿ (Shearwater Bay)) on the southeast coast of Kodiak Island. |
  
  ### 20 January
  
  List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Adelfotis II | Lebanon | The cargo ship was driven ashore at South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom. All 23 crew were rescued by breeches buoy. |
  | Orizia | Italy | The Liberty ship was driven ashore at Veracruz, Mexico and was abandoned by her crew. She was declared a constructive total loss. |
  
  ### 23 January
  
  List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Coalinga Hills | United States | The T2 tanker ran aground off Tanegashima, Japan. She was on a voyage from Iran to Kudumatsu. Consequently scrapped due to damage sustained. |
  
  ### 24 January
  
  List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Graziella | Italy | The cargo ship was driven ashore in a gale at Tangier, Morocco. |
  
  ### 31 January
  
  List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Crescence | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground at Winterton, Norfolk. |
  
  ## February
  
  ### 4 February
  
  List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Marine Sulphur Queen | United States | The T2 tanker vanished off the southern coast of Florida after a routine radio report on this date. All 39 crew members were lost. |
  
  ### 6 February
  
  List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Johan Collett | Norway | The cargo ship en route from Sardinia to Ghent with a cargo of zinc ore sank after the cargo shifted in a force 10 gale. Nine men were saved by the Guernsey Royal National Lifeboat Institution lifeboat, earning their gold medal and also one from the Norwegian Lifeboat Institution. |
  
  ### 7 February
  
  List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Barracuda | United States | With two men and a woman aboard, the 10-gross register ton, 36-foot (11.0 m) fishing vessel was wrecked at Split Rock (57°55′30″N 152°29′50″W﻿ / ﻿57.92500°N 152.49722°W﻿ / 57.92500; -152.49722﻿ (Split Rock)) near Ouzinkie, Alaska. One of the men and the woman were washed overboard and drowned; the captain was the sole survivor. |
  
  ### 11 February
  
  List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Flaksee | West Germany | The cargo ship collided with Canuck Trader ( Canada) near the Varne Lightvessel ( Trinity House) and sank 9 nautical miles (17 km) off Folkestone, Kent. |
  
  ### 15 February
  
  List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Maasdam | Netherlands | The ocean liner struck the wreck of Harborough ( United Kingdom) at Bremen, West Germany and was holed. All 230 passengers and 276 crew rescued by Gotthilf Hagen ( West Germany). |
  
  ### 25 February
  
  List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Egli | Greece | The cargo ship sank in the Aegean Sea with the loss of all but one of her 22 crew. She was on a voyage from Salonica to Alexandria, Egypt. |
  | Miraflores | Panama | The tanker collided with Abadesa in the Westerschelde, Netherlands. Both tankers caught fire. One crew and five reported missing from Miraflores. The tanker George Livanos ( Panama) ran aground when taking avoiding action. |
  | Unnamed ferry | Japan | The ferry collided with a cargo ship ( Japan) off Kobe and sank. Of the 64 people on board, nineteen were rescued, seven killed and 38 were reported missing. |
  
  ### 28 February
  
  List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Ilektra | Greece | The cargo ship ran aground on the Corncarhai Rock off Brest, France and sank. Sixteen crew took refuge on the rock and were rescued by helicopter. The captain was killed and two crew reported missing. |
  
  ## March
  
  ### 13 March
  
  List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Aghios Ioannis | Greece | The Liberty ship ran aground at Ōhara, Japan and broke in two. |
  
  ### 15 March
  
  List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Mist | United States | The 20-gross register ton, 41.8-foot (12.7 m) fishing vessel sank off Spruce Island in the Kodiak Archipelago near Kodiak, Alaska. |
  
  ### 18 March
  
  List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Agios Nektarios | Greece | The Empire F type coaster caught fire in the Ionian Sea and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Patras to Trieste, Italy. She was taken in tow by Lastovo ( Yugoslavia) but sank off Patras. |
  | Protoklidos | Lebanon | The Liberty ship ran aground on the Portuguese coast. Subsequently refloated but sank in the Atlantic Ocean on 20 March north of Cabo Roca. |
  
  ### 19 March
  
  List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Arctic Bear | Canada | Under tow by the tug Irving Birch ( United States) from Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada, to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for use as a museum ship and floating seafood restaurant, the steamer – a former United States Coast Guard cutter – parted her towline in a gale. The storm collapsed her foremast, which punctured her hull, and she foundered in the North Atlantic Ocean about 100 nautical miles (185 km) east of Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, and about 260 nautical miles (482 km) east of Boston, Massachusetts, at 42°40′N 065°11′W﻿ / ﻿42.667°N 65.183°W﻿ / 42.667; -65.183﻿ (SS Arctic Bear). Irving Birch rescued her two-man crew. |
  
  ### 20 March
  
  List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Bear | United States | The barquentine sank 250 nautical miles (460 km) south of Nova Scotia, Canada after losing her tow. Both crew rescued. |
  | Alkimos | Greece | The Liberty ship ran aground on the Australian coast 170 nautical miles (310 km) north of Fremantle. Refloated in January 1964. |
  
  ### 24 March
  
  List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Northgate | United Kingdom | The cargo ship sank off Le Havre, France. All eight crew rescued by the Le Havre pilot boat. |
  
  ### 27 March
  
  List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | USS Bray | United States Navy | The decommissioned Rudderow-class destroyer escort was sunk as a target. |
  | HDMS Tranen | Royal Danish Navy | The fast patrol boat collided with HNoMS Trygg ( Royal Norwegian Navy) and sank off Stavanger, Norway. Her crew were rescued. She was later salvaged and scrapped. |
  
  ### 28 March
  
  List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Valor | Panama | The cargo ship ran aground at Mukho, South Korea and was declared a constructive total loss. |
  
  ### Unknown date
  
  List of shipwrecks: Unknown date March 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Alkimos | Greece | The cargo ship ran aground on a reef in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Western Australia. She later was refloated and repaired. |
  
  ## April
  
  ### 1 April
  
  List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Bulwark | South Africa | Ran aground at Danger Point, Cape Province and broke in two. A total loss. |
  
  ### 10 April
  
  List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | USS Thresher | United States Navy | The Thresher-class submarine broke up and sank with the loss of all 129 crew during deep diving tests in the Atlantic Ocean 190 nautical miles (350 km) east of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. |
  
  ### 12 April
  
  List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | K-33 | Soviet Navy | The Hotel II-class ballistic missile submarine collided with the cargo ship MS Finnclipper ( Finland) in the Kattegat. She was repaired and returned to service. |
  
  ### 16 April
  
  List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Arctic Sealer | United Kingdom | The sealing ship sank off Newfoundland, Canada. All crew rescued by Arctic Endeavour ( United Kingdom). |
  
  ### 21 April
  
  List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Bernières | France | The Liberty ship ran aground at Abidjan, Ivory Coast. She was declared a constructive total loss and later scrapped. |
  
  ### 23 April
  
  List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Petronap | Panama | The former depot ship caught fire and wrecked on San Lorenzo Island, near Callao, Peru. |
  
  ### 24 April
  
  List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Cato | United Kingdom | The coaster was cut in two and sank at Avonmouth, Somerset when a mooring rope from City of Brooklyn ( United States) broke. Later raised and scrapped. |
  
  ### 26 April
  
  List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Marine Progress | United States | The Liberty ship was driven ashore on the coast of Puerto Rico. She was refloated but declared a constructive total loss and scrapped. |
  
  ### 29 April
  
  List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Cosmonaut | Soviet Union | The cargo ship ran aground off Copenhagen, Denmark on her maiden voyage and was holed. |
  | Thor | United States | The 59-gross register ton, 59.9-foot (18.3 m) fishing vessel sank in Behm Canal in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. |
  
  ### 30 April
  
  List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Aghios Georgios II | Lebanon | The cargo ship caught fire off Eastbourne, Sussex, United Kingdom. The crew were taken off by the Eastbourne Lifeboat Beryl Tollemache ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution) and the ship was beached at Norman's Bay. |
  
  ### Unknown date
  
  List of shipwrecks: Unknown date March 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Arosa Sun | Italy | The accommodation ship was damaged by fire near IJmuiden, North Holland, Netherlands. |
  | Djebel Aures | Algerian National Navy | The BYMS-class coastal minesweeper was wrecked off Algiers, Algeria. |
  
  ## May
  
  ### 1 May
  
  List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Yue Jin | China | The cargo ship struck a rock, and sank off Cheju Island, South Korea. All 55 crew rescued by the fishing boat Iki-maru ( Japan). |
  
  ### 5 May
  
  List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Adel | Egypt | The ferry capsized and sank in the Nile near Karara in Sudan with the loss of 173 lives. |
  
  ### 8 May
  
  List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Pinta | Netherlands | Carrying a cargo of teak lumber from Central America to New York City, the 194-foot (59.1 m), 1,000-deadweight ton motor cargo ship sank in the North Atlantic Ocean 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) east-northeast of Shark River Inlet, New Jersey, in 85 feet (26 m) of water at 40°13.827′N 073°50.625′W﻿ / ﻿40.230450°N 73.843750°W﻿ / 40.230450; -73.843750﻿ (Pinta) 48 minutes after colliding with the steam cargo ship City of Perth ( United Kingdom). City of Perth rescued her entire crew of 12. |
  | Saint Louis | United States | The 18-gross register ton, 41.6-foot (12.7 m) motor vessel was destroyed by fire at Juneau, Alaska. |
  
  ### 20 May
  
  List of shipwrecks: 20 May 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Bruce M | Lebanon | The cargo ship collided with Puerto de Castillon ( Spain), which sank west of Jersey, Channel Islands. Bruce M rescued the crew of the other ship and made for Plymouth, Devon but started to take on water. Assistance was given by HMS Wakeful ( Royal Navy). |
  
  ### 22 May
  
  List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Mparmpa Petros | Greece | The cargo ship ran aground at Porto de Pedras, Brazil and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Naples, Italy. |
  
  ### 31 May
  
  List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Alkimos | Greece | The cargo ship ran aground 30 nautical miles (56 km) north of Perth, Western Australia following the loss of her tow. |
  
  ### Unknown date
  
  List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | USS Iona | United States Navy | The tug was sunk in an accident. Later raised and scrapped by burning. |
  | Leningrad | Soviet Union | The decommissioned Leningrad-class destroyer sank off the Solovetsky Islands after being used as a target ship. |
  
  ## June
  
  ### 2 June
  
  List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Lord Gladstone | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground at Novorossiysk, Soviet Union. Later refloated with aid of Soviet ships. |
  
  ### 5 June
  
  List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Cascade | United States | The motor vessel sank off Duke Island in the Gravina Islands in the Alexander Archipelago in southeast Alaska. |
  | Seacrest | Liberia | The Liberty ship ran aground near Barcelona, Spain. She was later refloated and towed to Genoa, Italy where she was declared a constructive total loss. |
  
  ### 6 June
  
  List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Anna D | United States | The 197-gross register ton, 96.8-foot (29.5 m) fishing vessel sank at False Pass, Alaska. |
  
  ### 7 June
  
  List of shipwrecks: 7 June 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Seekonk | Canada | The tanker caught fire while pierside at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, and suffered a series of explosions. She was towed away and grounded on Governors Island in Hillsborough Bay. After the fire burned itself out, she was refloated and scrapped. |
  
  ### 8 June
  
  List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Sea Rose | United States | The 128-gross register ton, 80.5-foot (24.5 m) fishing vessel was wrecked on a reef at Seal Cape (55°21′45″N 161°18′30″W﻿ / ﻿55.36250°N 161.30833°W﻿ / 55.36250; -161.30833﻿ (Seal Cape)) in the Shumagin Islands off the Alaska Peninsula. |
  
  ### 13 June
  
  List of shipwrecks: 13 June 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Carmen | Panama | The cargo ship collided with Sadikzade ( Turkey) in the Strait of Dover and sank with the loss of two crew. Sadikzade then collided with Leandros ( Greece), which in turn collided with Clyde Sergeant ( United Kingdom). All three ships reached port safely. |
  
  ### 17 June
  
  List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | T. M. | United States | The 6-gross register ton, 28.7-foot (8.7 m) fishing vessel sank in Orca Bay in Prince William Sound on the coast of Alaska. |
  
  ### 18 June
  
  List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Agios Nektarios | Greece | caught fire in the Ionian Sea, taken in tow but sank near Patras, Greece. |
  
  ### 19 June
  
  List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Gianni Zeta | Italy | The cargo liner collided with Fosna ( Norway) and sank off Gibraltar. All nineteen crew and nine passengers saved. |
  
  ### 26 June
  
  List of shipwrecks: 26 June 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Fleurus | Canada | The circus ship caught fire at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. All people and animals saved except for some zebras. The wreck was scuttled in October 1963. |
  
  ### 27 June
  
  List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Tahiti | United States | The 36-gross register ton, 46.5-foot (14.2 m) fishing vessel sank in Raspberry Strait (58°02′N 153°00′W﻿ / ﻿58.033°N 153.000°W﻿ / 58.033; -153.000﻿ (Raspberry Strait)) between Raspberry Island and Afognak near Kodiak, Alaska. |
  
  ## July
  
  ### 1 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Elfin II | United States | The motor vessel sank in Sergis Narrows (57°24′20″N 135°38′00″W﻿ / ﻿57.40556°N 135.63333°W﻿ / 57.40556; -135.63333﻿ (Sergius Narrows)) in Peril Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. |
  | Pen 14 | United States | The motor vessel sank in Bristol Bay off the coast of Alaska. |
  
  ### 2 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Netty | Netherlands | The coaster collided with Fina Canada ( Italy) off Ramsgate, Kent and sank. All five crew rescued by Fina Canada. |
  
  ### 4 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Erin | United States | The 10-gross register ton, 31-foot (9.4 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Orca, Alaska (60°39′50″N 145°43′00″W﻿ / ﻿60.66389°N 145.71667°W﻿ / 60.66389; -145.71667﻿ (Orca)). |
  | Hawk | United States | The 25-gross register ton 45.1-foot (13.7 m) barge sank in Bristol Bay at Naknek, Alaska. |
  
  ### 8 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Patrician | United Kingdom | The cargo ship collided with Santa Emilia ( United States) and sank off Gibraltar. Thirty-four of the 37 crew were rescued by Santa Emilia, with three reported as missing. |
  | Unidentified vessel | Portugal | Guinea-Bissau War of Independence: The vessel was sunk by PAIGC action at the confluence of the Cumbija River and the Cobade River. |
  
  ### 9 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Dorothy H | United States | The 8-gross register ton, 27-foot (8.2 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Chignik Lagoon, Alaska. |
  | Hazel | United States | The motor vessel sank in Spasski Bay (58°06′35″N 135°19′00″W﻿ / ﻿58.10972°N 135.31667°W﻿ / 58.10972; -135.31667﻿ (Spasski Bay)) east of Hoonah Alaska. |
  
  ### 11 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Ciudad de Asuncion | Argentina | The ferry struck the wreck of Marionga J Cairns (flag unknown), caught fire and sank in the River Plate between Buenos Aires and Montevideo, Uruguay. At least 53 of the 420 people on board were killed. |
  | Sandra | United States | The 10-gross register ton, 30-foot (9.1 m) fishing vessel was wrecked off Kalgin Island in Cook Inlet ion the coast of Alaska. |
  
  ### 14 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Hobart Star | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground at Melbourne, Australia in a storm. Later refloated and returned to service. |
  | Margie Ann | United States | The 12-gross register ton, 33.1-foot (10.1 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Fresh Water Bay (57°51′N 134°59′W﻿ / ﻿57.850°N 134.983°W﻿ / 57.850; -134.983﻿ (Fresh Water Bay)) near Tenakee, Alaska. |
  
  ### 15 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Bassurelle | France | The trawler was wrecked in the English Channel off Langton Matravers, Dorset, United Kingdom. Her five crew were rescued. |
  | HMS Brave Swordsman | Royal Navy | The Brave-class patrol boat ran aground 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. Later refloated and taken to Chatham Dockyard for examination. |
  
  ### 17 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Sunbeam | United States | The 58-gross register ton, 62.6-foot (19.1 m) fishing vessel was wrecked near Point Gardner (57°01′N 134°37′W﻿ / ﻿57.017°N 134.617°W﻿ / 57.017; -134.617﻿ (Point Gardner)) in Southeast Alaska. |
  | Trebisnjica | Yugoslavia | Trebisnjica in July 2010 The Liberty ship ran aground on Hogsty Reef, in the Bahamas (21°36′N 73°50′W﻿ / ﻿21.600°N 73.833°W﻿ / 21.600; -73.833). |
  
  ### 21 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Aronda | United Kingdom | The cargo liner broke free from her tow in a storm. She was being towed from Hong Kong to Kaohsiung, Taiway. She came ashore near Macao. Subsequently refloated and repaired. |
  | Tritonica | Bermuda | The bulk carrier collided with Roonagh Head ( United Kingdom) and sank in the St Lawrence River 55 nautical miles (102 km) from Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Thirty-three crew were killed. |
  
  ### 24 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Aronda | China | The cargo ship ran aground at Macao after losing her tow in a typhoon whilst being towed to Hong Kong for scrapping. |
  
  ### 25 July
  
  List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Blikur | Faroe Islands | The coaster struck an iceberg and sank off Greenland. All 35 crew saved by Poseidon ( West Germany). |
  
  ## August
  
  ### 1 August
  
  List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Meteor | United States | The 83-gross register ton, 75.5-foot (23.0 m) cargo vessel was wrecked at Coal Harbor in Zachary Bay (55°22′N 160°38′W﻿ / ﻿55.367°N 160.633°W﻿ / 55.367; -160.633﻿ (Zachary Bay)) on the coast of Unga Island in the Shumagin Islands off the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula. |
  
  ### 4 August
  
  List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Kastela | Yugoslavia | The Liberty ship sank in the Hudson Strait (63°39′N 77°20′W﻿ / ﻿63.650°N 77.333°W﻿ / 63.650; -77.333). |
  
  ### 7 August
  
  List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Venus | United States | The 8-gross register ton 29.8-foot (9.1 m) wooden fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in Ivan Bay (56°00′N 158°50′W﻿ / ﻿56.000°N 158.833°W﻿ / 56.000; -158.833﻿ (Ivan Bay)) near Chignik, Alaska. |
  
  ### 14 August
  
  List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Empire Grace | United Kingdom | The refrigerated cargo liner ran aground at Kanholmsfjärden, Sweden. Refloated on 26 August but declared a constructive total loss and consequently scrapped. |
  | USS Queenfish | United States Navy | The decommissioned Balao-class submarine was sunk as a target by the submarine USS Swordfish ( United States Navy). |
  
  ## September
  
  ### 2 September
  
  List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Eli-Yuk | United States | The 35-gross register ton motor vessel sank in the Arctic Ocean off Point Wainwright (70°38′15″N 160°01′45″W﻿ / ﻿70.63750°N 160.02917°W﻿ / 70.63750; -160.02917﻿ (Point Wainwright)) on the coast of Alaska. |
  
  ### 4 September
  
  List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Archangelsk | Soviet Union | The cargo ship ran aground in fog in the Bosphorus, ramming a house and killing three people. |
  
  ### 6 September
  
  List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | USS Balao | United States Navy | The decommissioned Balao-class submarine was sunk as a target off the coast of northern Florida. |
  
  ### 13 September
  
  List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Alacrity | United Kingdom | The coaster ran aground on the Cornish coast between Land's End and St Ives and was holed. |
  
  ### 19 September
  
  List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Hagemeister | United States | The 69-gross register ton 65.2-foot (19.9 m) motor cargo vessel sank approximately 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) southeast of Cape Yakataga, Alaska. |
  
  ### 21 September
  
  List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | USS Grouse | United States Navy | The minesweeper was wrecked without loss of life on Little Salvages Shoal off Rockport, Massachusetts. The United States Navy burned her wreck. Its remains settled in up to 20 feet (6.1 m) of water at 42°40′24″N 070°34′29″W﻿ / ﻿42.67333°N 70.57472°W﻿ / 42.67333; -70.57472﻿ (USS Grouse). |
  | Memories | United States | The 13-gross register ton, 35.2-foot (10.7 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Cordova, Alaska. |
  
  ### 22 September
  
  List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Andes | United Kingdom | The ocean liner ran aground off Sicily, Italy but was refloated after three hours. |
  
  ### 23 September
  
  List of shipwrecks: 23 September 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | USS Grouse | United States Navy | The minesweeper was destroyed by explosives after running aground off Rockport, Massachusetts, two days earlier. |
  
  ### 24 September
  
  List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Roland | West Germany | The coaster collided with Rio Quequen ( Argentina) off Warnemünde and sank with the loss of one crewmember, two others reported missing. |
  
  ### 25 September
  
  List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Apex No. 1 | United States | The 19-gross register ton, 42.4-foot (12.9 m) fishing vessel wrecked off the Trinity Islands (56°33′N 154°20′W﻿ / ﻿56.550°N 154.333°W﻿ / 56.550; -154.333﻿ (Trinity Islands)) in Alaska's Kodiak Archipelago. |
  
  ### 27 September
  
  List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Bremerton | United States | The motor vessel was destroyed by fire in Kasaan Bay (55°24′N 132°06′W﻿ / ﻿55.400°N 132.100°W﻿ / 55.400; -132.100﻿ (Kasaan Bay)) in Southeast Alaska. |
  
  ### Unknown date
  
  List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Spray | United States | The 7-gross register ton, 33.1-foot (10.1 m) fishing vessel was lost at False Pass, Alaska. |
  
  ## October
  
  ### 2 October
  
  List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Humbergate | United Kingdom | The coaster capsized and sank off West Pentire, Cornwall. All five crew survived. |
  
  ### 8 October
  
  List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Manticos | Greece | The Empire Malta-class cargo ship sprang a leak 210 nautical miles (390 km) south of Dakar, Senegal and was beached. She sank at the stern on 22 October and was declared a total loss. |
  
  ### 11 October
  
  List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Larch | United States | The 28-gross register ton, 47.3-foot (14.4 m) fishing vessel sank in the Gulf of Alaska off Martin Island (60°10′N 144°36′W﻿ / ﻿60.167°N 144.600°W﻿ / 60.167; -144.600﻿ (Martin Island)) on the south-central coast of Alaska. |
  
  ### 13 October
  
  List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Jinny C | United States | The 72-gross register ton, 68.2-foot (20.8 m) fishing vessel was wrecked in Crescent Bay (52°02′15″N 175°14′00″W﻿ / ﻿52.03750°N 175.23333°W﻿ / 52.03750; -175.23333﻿ (Crescent Bay)) on the north coast of Atka Island in the Aleutian Islands. |
  
  ### 14 October
  
  List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Island Cypress | Canada | The barge broke in two and sank off the mouth of the Quillayute River. |
  
  ### 21 October
  
  List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Bharatveer | India | The cargo ship was driven ashore 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north of Madras in a typhoon. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to Cuddalore. She caught fire on 23 October and was declared a constructive total loss. |
  
  ### 22 October
  
  List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Island Maple | Canada | The barge broke in two off Cape Flattery. The bow section sank, the stern section capsized and was scuttled. |
  | Manticos | Greece | Sank after pumping operation failed and leak increased. |
  
  ### 23 October
  
  List of shipwrecks: 23 October 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Juan Ferrer | Spain | Capsized and sank near Boscawen Point, United Kingdom, with the loss of eleven of the fifteen crew. |
  
  ### 24 October
  
  List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Theokotos | Panama | The Liberty ship collided with British Statesman ( United Kingdom) off Lisbon, Portugal. She was declared a constructive total loss. |
  
  ### 27 October
  
  List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Actuality | United Kingdom | The coaster collided with Betty Anne-S ( Netherlands) and sank in the English Channel 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Hastings, Sussex. Actuality was on a voyage from Amble, Northumberland to Yelland, Devon. |
  
  ## November
  
  ### 1 November
  
  List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Unidentified barge | United States | Carrying a crane, the 90-foot (27.4 m) barge sank while under tow off the coast of Massachusetts in Nantucket Sound southeast of Cross Rip at 41°26′03″N 070°13′28″W﻿ / ﻿41.43417°N 70.22444°W﻿ / 41.43417; -70.22444﻿ (Unidentified barge). |
  
  ### 2 November
  
  List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Irene | United States | The 8-gross register ton, 26.3-foot (8.0 m) fishing vessel sank in Tongass Narrows in Southeast Alaska near Ketchikan, Alaska. |
  
  ### 13 November
  
  List of shipwrecks: 13 November 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Woodburn | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground off Singapore and was holed. |
  
  ### 14 November
  
  List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Dynafuel | United States | The tanker collided with Fernview ( Norway) at Buzzard's Bay, Massachusetts. She sank on 15 November after the tow ships were separated. |
  
  ### 17 November
  
  List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | William H. McAllister | United States | The 80-foot (24 m), 140-gross register ton tug struck Schuyler Reef in Lake Champlain off Burlington, Vermont, and sank in deep water without loss of life. |
  
  ### 19 November
  
  List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Bertie II | United States | The 12-gross register ton, 36.3-foot (11.1 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Tenakee Springs, Alaska. |
  
  ### Unknown date
  
  List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Dentist | United States | The 274-gross register ton, 80-foot (24.4 m) barge was destroyed by fire at Nakwasina (57°12′N 135°24′W﻿ / ﻿57.200°N 135.400°W﻿ / 57.200; -135.400﻿ (Nakwasina)), Alaska, 20 nautical miles (37 km; 23 mi) north of Sitka. |
  | Kilo | Netherlands | The cargo ship caught fire in the Bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued by the Mumbles Lifeboat. |
  
  ## December
  
  ### 8 December
  
  List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Fort Albany | Canada | Collided with ship in Saint Lawrence River and sank near Sorel, Quebec, Canada |
  
  ### 14 December
  
  List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Castillo Montjuich | Spain | The vessel was last reported in the North Atlantic Ocean 400 nautical miles (740 km) northwest of the Azores (43°12′N 34°20′W﻿ / ﻿43.200°N 34.333°W﻿ / 43.200; -34.333). |
  
  ### 18 December
  
  List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Wesco No. 1 | United States | The 17-gross register ton, 35-foot (11 m) fishing vessel foundered in Prince William Sound off Perry Island, Alaska. |
  
  ### 20 December
  
  List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Mary Pauline | Canada | The coaster foundered off Saint John's, Newfoundland with the loss of six of her seven crew. |
  
  ### 21 December
  
  List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Douala | France | The coaster foundered off Point-aux-Basques, Newfoundland with the loss of at least seven crew. |
  
  ### 22 December
  
  List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Lakonia | Greece | The 20,314-ton passenger liner caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean while sailing to the island of Madeira and was disabled; 128 fatalities. |
  
  ### 23 December
  
  List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | LT-85 | Cuban Revolutionary Navy | The Project 123K-class motor torpedo boat was sunk in Siguanea harbor by a Limpet mine. 3 crewmen killed, 18 wounded. |
  
  ### 24 December
  
  List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Amazon | Greece | The Liberty ship ran aground near Cape Bon, Tunisia (36°43′N 10°58′E﻿ / ﻿36.717°N 10.967°E﻿ / 36.717; 10.967). She was later refloated but declared a constructive total loss and scrapped. |
  
  ### 25 December
  
  List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Mohammedi | India | The ocean liner ran aground 14 nautical miles (26 km) south of Singapore. HMS Barbain ( Royal Navy) attempted to go to her aid but was ordered out of Indonesian territorial waters by Indonesian Navy gunboats. Her clearance to enter Indonesian waters not being accepted, she withdrew to international waters. |
  
  ### 29 December
  
  List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Lakonia | Greece | After being disabled by a fire on 22 December, the abandoned 20,314-ton passenger liner sank in the Atlantic Ocean 230 nautical miles (430 km) southwest of Lisbon, Portugal, and 250 nautical miles (460 km) west of Gibraltar while under tow. |
  
  ### 30 December
  
  List of shipwrecks: 30 december 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Totsy | United States | The 17-gross register ton, 42-foot (13 m) fishing vessel was wrecked at Waterfall in Southeast Alaska. |
  
  ### 31 December
  
  List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Challenger | United States | The 13-gross register ton, 34.9-foot (10.6 m) fishing vessel sank off Seldovia, Alaska. |
  
  ## Unknown date
  
  List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1963 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
  | - | - | - |
  | Dunay | Soviet Navy | The full-rigged ship was destroyed by fire. |
  | USAT Liberty | United States | The United States Army Transport, aground at Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia, since being torpedoed during World War II by the submarine I-166 ( Imperial Japanese Navy) on 11 February 1942, slipped off the beach due to seismic tremors associated with the volcanic eruption of Mount Agung and sank. |
  | Rande A | United States | The cattle transport was wrecked on Chirikof Island in the Gulf of Alaska. |
  | Unidentified barge | United States | The barge became hung up on the wreck of the cattle transport Rande A ( United States) on Chirikof Island in the Gulf of Alaska shortly after Rande A came ashore. The barge also was wrecked. |
  