The 60.39-gross register ton, 32.3-foot (9.8 m) fishing vessel was lost in the vicinity of
Nantucket Lightship (United States) in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Massachusetts. Paolina was last heard from by radio at about 7:00 P.M. on 12 February 1952. At that time it was established vessel had on board about 30,000 pounds of mixed fish and was about 32 miles (51 km) south-southwest of Nantucket Lightship and was planning to head for
New Bedford, Massachusetts at midnight to arrive on 13 February to make the 14 February fish market. The
U.S. Coast Guard was first notified at 9:15 A.M. on 15 February that Paolina was overdue. An extensive U.S.Coast Guard surface and air search took place until abandoned on the morning of 18 February, due to a bad northeast storm, the improbability of Paolina being afloat, and the need for the services of Coast Guard resources in connection with the then-ongoing operations off
Chatham, Massachusetts involving the tankers Fort Mercer and Pendleton.[14]
The tug was towing
Esso Appalachee (United Kingdom) with Flying Petrel (United Kingdom) when Esso Appalachee fouled her tow and then collided with Flying Buzzard, sinking her. She was salvaged in May and repaired, returning to service in October.
Was engaged in salvage work over the wreck of
Clarrie (flag unknown) off Bordeaux harbour,
GuernseyChannel Islands. Timed explosive charges were placed on the wreck but she could not move clear in time and was severely damaged by the explosion. She launched her lifeboat and the four crew pulled clear before the vessel foundered.[25][26]
The decommissioned
Admiral Nakhimov-classlight cruiser was grounded on a
spit for use as a target. By 1980, nothing remained of the ship above the water's surface.
The Hansa A Type cargo ship ran aground on the Chinchorro Bank, off the coast of
British Honduras and sank. She was on a voyage from
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to
Belize City, British Honduras.
Exercise Bluebird: A
Royal Netherlands Air ForceRepublic F-84 Thunderjet aircraft collided with the motor launch's mast and crashed onto the boat, killing its pilot and fifteen crew of 2582, which sank. The accident occurred in the
Marsdiep, Netherlands.[34]
Piloted on
Loch Ness in
Scotland by
John Cobb in an attempt to set a new world
water speed record, the
jet-powered speedboat struck a
wake at an estimated speed of 210 miles per hour (340 km/h) and disintegrated, killing Cobb, whose body was thrown 50 yards (46 m).[66] The boat′s wreckage was discovered on 5 July 2002 on the bottom of Loch Ness at a depth of 200 metres (656 ft).[67]
The tug was involved in a collision with another vessel and sank in the
River Mersey with the loss of three crew. Raised on 17 November and beached near
Liverpool,
Lancashire.[80]
The
gunboat ran aground on
Scroby Sands,
Norfolk, United Kingdom.[82] She was refloated on 17 December. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.[47]
The cargo ship ran aground off
Atherfield,
Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. Refloated on 23 January 1953, but declared a constructive total loss and subsequently scrapped.[94][95]
^Marine Board of Investigation into disappearance of fishing vessel PAOLINA with all persons on board, off Atlantic Coast, 13 February 1952, P. A. Overden, Chief, Merchant Vessel Inspection Division, U.S. Coast Guard, Washington, D.C.
^Mitchell, WH; Sawyer, LA (1990). The Empire Ships (Second ed.). London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. p. 193.
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^"News in Brief". The Times. No. 52408. London. 4 September 1952. col D, p. 2.
^"Shipping Lost in September". The Times. No. 52441. London. 13 October 1952. col C, p. 10.
^"Vessel Breaks Back on Mud Bank". The Times. No. 52432. London. 2 October 1952. col D, p. 6.
^"Dutch Ship Sinks in Channel". The Times. No. 52433. London. 3 October 1952. col C, p. 4.
^Gardiner, Robert, ed., Conway′s All the World′s Fighting Ships 1947–1982 Part I: The Western Powers, Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1983,
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^"Crew of Dutch Ship Rescued". The Times. No. 52438. London. 9 October 1952. col C, p. 5.
^Mitchell, WH; Sawyer, LA (1990). The Empire Ships (Second ed.). London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. pp. 24–25.
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