# List of shipwrecks in 1947

The list of shipwrecks in 1947 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1947.
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## January
### 1 January

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Karla | Denmark | The cable laying ship struck a mine and sank in the Gulf of Finland, 15 nautical miles (28 km) of Ormus Island, Estonia. Sixteen of the 44 crew were killed. |

### 2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Caritas I | Belgium | The cargo ship broke in two and sank after being beached in the River Scheldt following a collision with Jan Steen ( Netherlands) on 1 January. |
| Empire Wharfe | United Kingdom | The cargo ship arrived at Lagos, Nigeria on fire and was beached in Badagry Creek. Refloated on 6 January, repaired and returned to service. |

### 3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Magnhild | Norway | The cargo ship collided with Imba No. 401 ( Soviet Union) whilst on a voyage from Kolding, Denmark to Gdynia, Poland. |

### 5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Varvassi | Greece | The cargo ship ran aground off the Needles Lighthouse, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. |

### 7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Pollnes | Norway | The cargo ship foundered off the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom whilst on a voyage from Bodø, Norway, to Dublin, Ireland. Thirteen crew killed. |

### 8 January

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Senjen | Norway | The cargo ship ran aground west of the Kvaløy Lighthouse whilst on a voyage from Bangsund to Trondheim, Norway. |

### 11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ewell | United Kingdom | The collier ran aground off Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk. |

### 12 January

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Clarinda | United States | The 76 GRT, 89.6-foot (27.3 m) motor cargo vessel was destroyed by fire at Sand Point, Territory of Alaska. |

### 13 January

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Good Shepherd | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Fair Isle and was a total loss. |

### 14 January

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Astafjorden | Norway | The cargo ship sank west of Kvænangen Municipality whilst on a voyage from Tromsø to Hammerfest, Norway. |
| Simbra | United Kingdom | The whaler foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all bar one of her sixteen crew. |

### 18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| British Earl | United Kingdom | The tanker struck a mine in the Great Belt and was beached on Langeland, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Abadan, Iran to Stockholm, Sweden. She was refloated on 25 January and taken in tow for Nyborg, Denmark. |

### 19 January

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Authority | United Kingdom | The coastal tanker ran aground in the River Mersey, United Kingdom. |
| Chihkiang | China | The passenger ship collided with a tug and sank at Shanghai with the loss of at least 100 lives. |
| Heimara | Greece | The ferry run aground and sank off Kavalliani in the South Euboean Gulf with the loss of about 300 lives. |
| Sweet Water | United States | The tanker ran aground in the River Mersey. Refloated after twelve hours. |
| Wanganella | Australia | Wanganella aground on Barrett Reef.The passenger ship ran aground on Barrett Reef at the entrance to Wellington Harbour, New Zealand. She was refloated 18 days later and repaired, and she returned to service in November 1948. |

### 20 January

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Empire Grassland | Australia | The hopper ship foundered in the Pacific Ocean 70 nautical miles (130 km) north north west of Carnarvon, Western Australia whilst under tow from Singapore to Australia by Empire Downland ( Australia). |

### 21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Bonaventure | Royal Navy | The submarine tender ran aground at Cape Melville, Australia. Refloated on 23 January. |

### 23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ampleforth | United Kingdom | The cargo ship was driven ashore in a storm at Tel Aviv, Palestine. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Haifa, Israel. Ampleforth was refloated on 3 March but declared a constructive total loss. She was repaired, sold and re-entered service in 1948 as Bangor Bay. |

### 25 January

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| British Earl | United Kingdom | The tanker ran aground at Sprogø, Denmark. She was being towed from Langeland to Nyborg. She was refloated and completed her voyage. |
| Storesand I | Norway | The cargo ship sank in the Drammensfjord whilst on a voyage from Gilhus to Oslo, Norway. |

### 26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sten Sture | Sweden | The cargo ship (ex Sverre Nergaard) sank off of Bornholm while on a voyage from Gdańsk, Poland to Helsingborg, Sweden with the loss of 5 officers and 13 crew. |

### 29 January

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Samwater | United Kingdom | The Liberty ship caught fire and sank in the Atlantic Ocean (42°41′N 10°13′W﻿ / ﻿42.683°N 10.217°W﻿ / 42.683; -10.217). |

### 30 January

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Star of Mex | Egypt | The cargo ship ran aground off Bahrein. The ship was attacked by Arab pirates on 15 February. All 28 crew rescued by British Destiny ( United Kingdom). |

## February
### 2 February

List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dora Oldendorff | Allied-occupied Germany | The cargo ship was scuttled in the Bay of Biscay with a cargo of obsolete chemical ammunition. (47°40′N 9°02′W﻿ / ﻿47.667°N 9.033°W﻿ / 47.667; -9.033). |

### 5 February

List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Winkleigh | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground off the mouth of the Humber. |

### 8 February

List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ary | Panama | The cargo ship was carrying coal from Port Talbot, Wales to Waterford, Ireland when the vessel foundered in the waters off County Waterford during the notoriously cold winter of 1946–1947. 15 of the 16 crew died (most of them Poles); many are buried at Ardmore Cathedral, Ireland. |

### 18 February

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Arrow | United States Army | The Army transport, formerly Colonial Navigation Company's Belfast (1909), wrecked off Ocean Park, Washington while under tow to Puget Sound. |

### 26 February

List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| P T & B Co. 1651 | United States | The 1,008 GRT barge was wrecked on Lewis Reef (55°22′30″N 131°44′15″W﻿ / ﻿55.37500°N 131.73750°W﻿ / 55.37500; -131.73750﻿ (Lewis Reef)) in Tongass Narrows in Southeast Alaska near Ketchikan, Territory of Alaska. |
| Royal Ulsterman | United Kingdom | The ferry ran aground at Clauchlands Point, Isle of Arran, Argyllshire. Refloated with the aid of the tug Vanguard ( United Kingdom). |
| Zephyros | Greece | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Cullercoats, Northumberland, United Kingdom. |
| Zeprom | Greece | The cargo ship ran aground at Whitley Bay, Northumberland, United Kingdom. All 35 crew rescued. |

## March
### 3 March

List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Luana | Italy | The vessel struck a mine and sank 20 nautical miles (37 km) south of Capo Promontore, Yugoslavia. |
| Novadoc | Canada | Carrying a cargo of gypsum and a crew of 24, the 2,250 GRT cargo ship sent a distress signal reporting herself taking on water in the Atlantic Ocean 22 nautical miles (41 km; 25 mi) east of Portland, Maine, during a gale. She probably sank in over 400 feet (120 m) of water. An extensive search failed to find any trace of her or her crew. |
| Oakey L. Alexander | United States | Carrying a cargo of coal, the 5,284 GRT cargo ship broke in half in the Atlantic Ocean during a gale. Her bow section disappeared. Her stern section sank in up to 20 feet (6.1 m) of water just off Cape Elizabeth, Maine. Her entire crew survived. |

### 4 March

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bolivar | Norway | The cargo ship ran aground on the Kish Bank, Irish Sea whilst on a voyage from Dublin, Ireland to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |

### 6 March

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Trondhjem | Norway | The cargo ship struck a mine in the Weser, West Germany and sank. She was on a voyage from Stavanger, Norway to Hamburg. |

### 8 March

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ira | Greece | The Liberty ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom and broke in two. All 34 crew rescued by the Walmer Lifeboat. |

### 9 March

List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sondra Lee | United States | The 296 GRT, 99.1-foot (30.2 m) motor cargo vessel was destroyed by fire in Wrangell Narrows in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. |

### 12 March

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fort Dearborn | United States | The T2 tanker broke in two in the Pacific Ocean 800 nautical miles (1,500 km) north west of Honolulu, Hawaii. Ten crew on the bow section were rescued by General W. H. Gordon ( United States). Twenty-two crew on the stern section were rescued by USS Eldorado ( United States Navy). The bow section was shelled and sunk, the stern section was towed to Hawaii. Fort Dearborn was on a voyage from San Francisco, California to Shanghai, China. |

### 13 March

List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Edmund Fanning | United States | The Liberty ship exploded at Genoa Italy and was beached. She was later refloated but declared a constructive total loss and scrapped. |
| Empire Jonquil | United Kingdom | The cargo ship caught fire in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) north east of the Outer Dowsing Lightship ( Trinity House ) and was abandoned by her crew. She was subsequently boarded by the crew of a fishing trawler and beached in the Humber, where the fire was extinguished. She was refloated and taken in to Hull Docks, where she sank. Empire Jonquil was declared a constructive total loss. She was later repaired and returned to service. |

### 19 March

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Famagusta | United Kingdom | The former landing craft tank was abandoned in position 44°27'N 9°07'"W, 70 nautical miles (130 km) north northwest of A Coruña, Spain, in the Bay of Biscay, after taking water in a gale, and subsequently sank. She was on a voyage from London to Cyprus with a cargo of lorries. Eleven survivors were rescued by steamship Empire Plover ( United Kingdom); the owner, his wife, and three others (one from Empire Plover) were drowned when a lifeboat capsized in heavy seas. |
| ROCS Fu Po | Republic of China Navy | The Flower-class corvette sank in a collision with the merchant ship Hai Ming ( Republic of China) in the Formosa Strait. |

### 20 March

List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alexandra | Greece | The cargo ship struck a mine in the North Sea (53°31′N 4°57′E﻿ / ﻿53.517°N 4.950°E﻿ / 53.517; 4.950) and was severely damaged. She was towed in to Zeebrugge, West Flanders, Belgium. She was consequently scrapped. |

### 21 March

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMCS Onyx | Royal Canadian Navy | The Admiralty-type drifter foundered. |

### 22 March

List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Empire Contamar | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground in St Austell Bay. Seven crew rescued by the Fowey lifeboat. Refloated in June and declared a constructive total loss but rebuilt as a coaster and returned to service. |

### 24 March

List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Garnes | Norway | The cargo ship struck a mine north of Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. She was taken in tow but sank at 53°26′N 4°35′E﻿ / ﻿53.433°N 4.583°E﻿ / 53.433; 4.583. Garnes was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Emden, West Germany. |

### 28 March

List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sevilla | Norway | The cargo ship collided with Clio ( Norway) west of Bloksen and sank with the loss of ten crew. She was on a voyage from Bergen, Norway to Geneva, Switzerland. |

### 30 March

List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Titania | Norway | The cargo ship struck a mine off the Dutch coast (53°35′N 4°35′E﻿ / ﻿53.583°N 4.583°E﻿ / 53.583; 4.583) whilst on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Oslo, Norway. Declared a constructive total loss and scrapped at Stavanger, Norway. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown March 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hrvatska | Yugoslavia | The Victory ship struck a mine in the Adriatic Sea near Dubrovnik and was beached to prevent sinking. Raised, repaired, and returned to service in 1949. |
| Kunitsu Maru | Imperial Japanese Navy | The Kamitsu-class transport, irreparably damaged when sunk during World War II, was scuttled off Singapore sometime in March. |

## April
### 1 April

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Freelock | United Kingdom | The cargo ship sank on this date. |

### 3 April

List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Stancliffe | United Kingdom | The collier ran aground at Sharpness, Gloucestershire. She was declared a constructive total loss but was later repaired and returned to service. |

### 4 April

List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| USS Ernest G. Small | United States Navy | The Gearing-class destroyer ran aground off Block Island, Rhode Island. |

### 6 April

List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hilary A. Herbert | United States | The Liberty ship ran aground in the Scheldt. She was on a voyage from the Hampton Roads, Virginia to Antwerp. She was refloated on 13 April and towed in to Antwerp. Although declared a constructive total loss, she was subsequently sold, repaired and returned to service. |

### 12 April

List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Acacia | Sweden | The cargo ship struck a mine and sank off Falsterbo. |

### 13 April

List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Belpamela | Norway | The heavy-lift ship sank in a storm off Newfoundland. The ship's cargo included 16 locomotives for the French Railways. |

### 14 April

List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Queen Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ocean liner ran aground on the Brambles Bank in the Solent. Refloated the next day. |

### 15 April

List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Georgie | Panama | The cargo ship ran aground at St Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. |
| Empire Passmore | United Kingdom | The coaster struck a mine off the Horsborough Lighthouse, Singapore and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Kuching, Malaya to Singapore. She was towed in to Singapore by Anhui ( United Kingdom) Subsequently repaired and returned to service. |
| Nicolaos G Kulukundis | Greece | The cargo ship ran aground off Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom. |

### 16 April

List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Grandcamp | France | Texas City disaster: The Liberty ship caught fire at Texas City, Texas, United States. She was obliterated by the explosion of her cargo of explosives. Around 580 people were killed. |
| Great Isaac | United States | While towing the Liberty ship Thomas M. Cooley ( United States), the 1,117 GRT tug sank in 90 feet (27 m) of water off Barnegat Light, New Jersey, after colliding with the cargo ship Bandeirante ( Norway) in dense fog. Bandeirante rescued her entire crew of 27. |
| Wilson B. Keene | United States | Wilson B. Keene Texas City disaster: The Liberty ship was sunk by the explosion of Grandcamp ( France) at Texas City, Texas. |

### 18 April

List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sir Harvey Adamson | United Kingdom | The 219.7 ft (67.0 m), 1,030 GRT British India Steam Navigation Company coastal steamship disappeared in the Andaman Sea en route from Rangoon to Tavoy, Burma. All 64 crew and 205 passengers were lost. |

### 23 April

List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Samtampa | United Kingdom | The Liberty ship was driven ashore at Sker Point, Glamorgan and broke in three. All 39 crew were lost, as well as all eight crew of the Mumbles lifeboat Edward, Prince of Wales ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). |
| HMS Warspite | Royal Navy | The battleship ran aground at Prussia Cove after parting tow on final voyage from Portsmouth to the breakers yard on the Clyde. Towed to Marazion in 1950 and dismantled. |

### 28 April

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Merganser | United Kingdom | The ship collided with Norwalk Victory ( United States) and sank in the River Scheldt between Doel and Liefkenshoek. Raised on 2 July and beached. Repaired between 1949 and 1951, sold and returned to service. |

### 29 April

List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Witherington | Royal Navy | Under tow to the breaker's yard, the decommissioned Admiralty modified W-class destroyer parted her tow line in a gale and was wrecked on the northeast coast of England off the mouth of the River Tyne. |

### 30 April

List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Teniente Pratt Gill | Paraguay | Paraguayan Civil War: The transport was attacked by two aircraft and forced to run aground at Río Pilcomayo. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| San Nicolao | Panama | The cargo ship departed from the Tees on 2 April bound for Gibraltar. No further trace. |

## May
### 2 May

List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Wicklow Head | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground near Port Mouton, Nova Scotia, Canada. All 30 crew were rescued by the fishing vessel Ray Richard ( Canada). Wicklow Head was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. She was further damaged in storms between 8 and 12 June and was declared a constructive total loss. |

### 8 May

List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Muirchú | Irish Naval Service | The decommissioned patrol vessel sank in the Irish Sea off the Saltee Islands, County Wexford, Ireland, while under tow to a scrapyard. |

### 11 May

List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Stanhill | United Kingdom | The cargo ship ran aground at Cape Palmas, Liberia. She was on a voyage from Lagos, Nigeria to the Clyde. She was looted and set afire by the local inhabitants and was consequently declared a constructive total loss. |

### 13 May

List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Balena | United Kingdom | The whaler ran aground on the Shipwash Shoal, off the coast of Essex. Refloated but again ran aground. |
| SATS General Botha | South African Navy | The decommissioned accommodation ship was sunk as a target in False Bay off Simonstown, South Africa. |

### 14 May

List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Balena | United Kingdom | The whaler ran aground off Gorleston, Norfolk. |

### 17 May

List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| USS Oklahoma | United States Navy | The decommissioned Nevada-class battleship sank under tow 540 nautical miles (1,000 km) off Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, while on her way to San Francisco, California, for scrapping. |

### 22 May

List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| USS Mallard | United States Navy | The decommissioned Lapwing-class minesweeper was sunk as a target by the submarine USS Piper ( United States Navy). |

### 24 May

List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Newhall Hills | United States | The tanker collided with Monica ( Sweden) off the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom causing an explosion in No.2 tank and subsequent fire. Two hours later, an explosion blew off her bow forward of No.3 tank and that section sank. Newhall Hills was towed to Sheerness. |
| Oceanic II | Belgium | The trawler was in collision with John la Farge ( United States) and was cut in two. She sank with the loss of three of her five crew. |

### 25 May

List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Trader Horn | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered in the Caribbean with the loss of two of her five crew. |

### 31 May

List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Berlin | Germany | The former cruiser was scuttled in the Skagerrak to dispose of chemical weapons. |

## June
### 4 June

List of shipwrecks: 4 June 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Emperor | Canada | The cargo ship struck a rock and sank of Isle Royale, Lake Superior with the loss of twelve of her 33 crew. The survivors were rescued by USCGC Kimball ( United States Coast Guard). |

### 6 June

List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS LCT 1068 | Royal Navy | The landing craft tank was lost on this date. |

### 14 June

List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Winifred | United States | The 13 GRT, 37-foot (11 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Uganik, Territory of Alaska. |

### 21 June

List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cape Karluk | United States | The 15 GRT, 32.6-foot (9.9 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire off Kumlik Island (56°38′N 157°24′W﻿ / ﻿56.633°N 157.400°W﻿ / 56.633; -157.400﻿ (Kumlik Island)) on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula in the Territory of Alaska. |

### 22 June

List of shipwrecks: 22 June 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fairplay Two | United Kingdom | The tug capsized and sank off Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands whilst towing Kuurtanes ( Netherlands). Fairplay Two was refloated on 13 August. Although declared a constructive total loss, she was repaired and returned to service. |

### 28 June

List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Heron | Greece | The cargo ship collided with Stal ( Denmark) in the English Channel off Folkestone, Kent, United Kingdom and sank with the loss of one of her 24 crew. The survivors were rescued by Suavity ( United Kingdom). |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ourang Medan | Netherlands | A ghost ship that allegedly exploded and sank after its crew died under suspicious circumstances. |

## July
### 1 July

List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Panigaglia | Italy | The ship exploded at Santo Stefano, Sardinia, killing 68 people. |

### 3 July

List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Kronholm | Norway | The former minesweeper was destroyed by fire at the Soon shipyard. |

### 4 July

List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| M. Xilas | Greece | The Design 1022 ship caught fire at Ko Sichang, Thailand. She was beached and abandoned, and sank on 13 July. |

### 11 July

List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| ARP Humaitá | Paraguayan Navy (Revolutionary) | Paraguayan Civil War: The Humaitá-class gunboat, under control of Revolutionaries, was bombed and damaged by government North American T-6 Texan aircraft and forced to run aground off Ituzaingó. Refloated 13 August. |

### 13 July

List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Rainbow III | United States | The 139 GRT, 100.3-foot (30.6 m) fishing vessel was wrecked in Marmot Bay (58°03′52″N 152°15′16″W﻿ / ﻿58.0644°N 152.2544°W﻿ / 58.0644; -152.2544﻿ (Marmot Bay)) on Afognak Island in the Kodiak Archipelago near Afognak, Territory of Alaska. |

### 17 July

List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Empire Lark | United Kingdom | The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean (47°55′N 8°25′W﻿ / ﻿47.917°N 8.417°W﻿ / 47.917; -8.417) with a cargo of obsolete chemical bombs and contaminated soil. |
| Ramdas | India | The coastal passenger ship sank 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Bombay with the loss of around 600 lives. |

### 18 July

List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Avis | United States | The 8 GRT, 31-foot (9.4 m) fishing vessel sank in Cross Sound in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. |

### 19 July

List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hong Kheng | United Kingdom | The passenger ship ran aground at Chilang Point, Hong Kong. All on board, more than 1,800 people, were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rangoon, Burma to Amoy, China. She was a total loss. |

### 21 July

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Nascopie | Canada | The steamer was wrecked near Cape Dorset near the southern tip of Canada's Baffin Island. |

### 22 July

List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lützow | Kriegsmarine | World War II: The captured Deutschland-class cruiser was sunk by the Soviet Union in the Baltic Sea off Świnoujście, Poland, during weapons testing. |

### 23 July

List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Empire Lifeguard | United Kingdom | The cargo ship was sunk at Haifa, Palestine by limpet mines which had been placed on her hull whilst at Famagusta, Cyprus. Refloated on 8 August, subsequently repaired and returned to service. |

### 28 July

List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ocean Liberty | Norway | The Liberty ship caught fire at Brest, France whilst unloading a cargo of ammonium nitrate. Later towed out of port and scuttled. |

### 31 July

List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| USS Chewink | United States Navy | The decommissioned Lapwing-class minesweeper was sunk as a target in Long Island Sound off New London, Connecticut. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in July 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| ROCS Heyong | Republic of China Navy | Chinese Civil War: The landing craft tank ran aground and was stranded in a river in Jiangsu Province. Captured and put in Red Chinese service. |
| Kapsul | Soviet Navy | The patrol vessel ran aground. She was refloated in July 1948 |
| Leighton | United Kingdom | The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean with a cargo of obsolete chemical ammunition. |

## August
### 1 August

List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Unknown cargo ship | Paraguay (Revolutionary) | Paraguayan Civil War: The twin-masted river cargo ship was bombed by government aircraft at Puerto Ybapobó, causing her cargo of ammo and explosives to explode. |

### 8 August

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ole II | United States | The 8 GRT, 31.9-foot (9.7 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in Union Bay in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. |

### 9 August

List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Leighton | United Kingdom | The cargo ship was scuttled with an obsolete cargo of ammunition, 100 nautical miles (190 km) northwest of Malin Head (56°22′N 9°27′W﻿ / ﻿56.367°N 9.450°W﻿ / 56.367; -9.450). |

### 11 August

List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Gravina Point | United States | The 59 GRT, 71.6-foot (21.8 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Cordova, Territory of Alaska. |

### 16 August

List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Graf Zeppelin | Kriegsmarine | World War II: The captured, incomplete Graf Zeppelin-class aircraft carrier was sunk by the Soviet Union in the Baltic Sea off Świnoujście, Poland, during weapons testing. |

### 18 August

List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Rovena | Norway | Wrecked off Langanes, Iceland. |

### 20 August

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mayo | United States | The 23 GRT, 42.9-foot (13.1 m) fishing vessel sank 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) off Ninilchik Light (60°03′N 151°40′W﻿ / ﻿60.050°N 151.667°W﻿ / 60.050; -151.667﻿ (Ninilchik Light)) near Ninilchik, Territory of Alaska. |

### 21 August

List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Empire John | United Kingdom | The Larch-class tug struck a mine off Kiel, Allied-occupied Germany. She was towing a corvette from Harwich, Essex to Copenhagen, Denmark. She put in to Kiel. Subsequently repaired and returned to service. |
| VAS 234 | Regia Marina | The VAS 231-class submarine chaser burned at Vinice. |

### 25 August

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| USS S-24 | United States Navy | The decommissioned S-class submarine was sunk for use as a sonar target in the Pacific Ocean off Portland, Oregon. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Unidentified MAS boat | Regia Marina | The captured MAS boat was sunk by explosives off Marsaxlokk, Malta. Five other MAS boats were scuttled in open seas. |

## September
### 3 September

List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Tidings | United States | The 17 GRT, 40.5-foot (12.3 m) fishing vessel ran aground and sank off Soapstone Point (58°06′10″N 136°29′50″W﻿ / ﻿58.10278°N 136.49722°W﻿ / 58.10278; -136.49722﻿ (Tidings)) in Cross Sound in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. |

### 6 September

List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Matagalpa | United States Army | The fire-damaged fast transport, a former Clemson-class destroyer, was scuttled off Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. |

### 8 September

List of shipwrecks: 8 September 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Norfisk | Norway | The cargo ship was abandoned whilst on a voyage from Aalborg, Denmark to Tórshavn, the Faroe Islands. |
| RFA Thorpebay | Royal Navy | The cargo ship was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean (47°47′03″N 8°21′00″W﻿ / ﻿47.78417°N 8.35000°W﻿ / 47.78417; -8.35000) with a cargo of obsolete chemical ammunition. |

### 9 September

List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Goma | Norway | The cargo ship sank north of the Tylön Lightship whilst on a voyage from Aalborg, Denmark to Gdańsk, Poland. |

### 13 September

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMAS Warrnambool | Royal Australian Navy | HMAS Warrnambool sinking.The Bathurst-class corvette sank near Cockburn Reef along the Great Barrier Reef off the northern coast of Queensland, Australia, after striking a mine. Four of her crew were killed and 29 were injured. |

### 15 September

List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Rolfsøy | Norway | The cargo ship ran aground off Egersund whilst on a voyage from Fredrikstad to Harstad, Norway. |

### 16 September

List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sunset | Norway | The cargo ship sank off the coast of Norway whilst on a voyage from Raufarhafn to Åkrehamn. |

### 29 September

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| USS Douglas H. Fox | United States Navy | The Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer struck a mine and was damagedin the Adriatic Sea 18 nautical miles (33 km) off Trieste, Italy. Three of her crew were killed. |

## October
### 2 October

List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Reine II | Norway | The cargo ship sank off Halmstad, Sweden, with the loss of all five crew. She was on a voyage for Halmstad to Oslo, Norway, and may have struck a mine. |

### 4 October

List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Troll | Norway | The cargo ship collided in the Øresund with the DFDS ship Jolantha ( Denmark) and sank. Raised on 22 January 1948 and repaired at Copenhagen, Denmark. Returned to service as Bandak. |

### 6 October

List of shipwrecks: 6 October 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Advance | United States | The 17 GRT, 40-foot (12.2 m) motor vessel was destroyed by fire on a beach on Gravina Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska between Rosa Reef (55°24′46″N 131°48′10″W﻿ / ﻿55.4128°N 131.8028°W﻿ / 55.4128; -131.8028﻿ (Rosa Reef)) and Channel Island (55°26′48″N 131°52′45″W﻿ / ﻿55.44667°N 131.87917°W﻿ / 55.44667; -131.87917﻿ (Channel Island)). |
| USS Crittenden | United States Navy | The decommissioned Gilliam-class attack transport was sunk in an explosives test in the Pacific Ocean off the Farallon Islands. |

### 7 October

List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Betty Hindley | United Kingdom | The coaster struck a mine off Scarborough, Yorkshire and broke her back. She was beached sinking by the bows. One crewmember was killed. Betty Hindley was on a voyage from London to the River Tyne. She was a total loss. |
| Bro | Norway | The cargo ship ran aground off the coast of Iceland whilst on a voyage from Sandur, Faroe Islands to Reykjavík, Iceland. |

### 11 October

List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Gulfstream | Canada | The ferry was wrecked off Powell River, British Columbia. |

### 15 October

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Gillstone | Norway | The Isles-class trawler was driven ashore at Kvalbeinsrumen, Jæren, Norway whilst on a voyage from Bergen to Risør for conversion to a merchant ship. Later refloated and returned to Bergen. |

### 16 October

List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Auk | United States | The 28 GRT, 60.2-foot (18.3 m) tug was wrecked at the mouth of the Ugashik River on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska. |

### 18 October

List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alannah | United States | The 41 GRT, 51.1-foot (15.6 m) fishing vessel was wrecked off Cape Fox Island (54°45′50″N 130°51′00″W﻿ / ﻿54.76389°N 130.85000°W﻿ / 54.76389; -130.85000﻿ (Cape Fox Island)) in Dixon Entrance in Southeast Alaska. |

### 19 October

List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Corona | Norway | The cargo ship, which had been refloated two days earlier having sunk on 24 February 1943, sank in the Mediterranean Sea whilst under tow 20 nautical miles (37 km) north of Derna, Libya. |

### 21 October

List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Oda | Norway | The cargo ship capsized and sank at Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua whilst being loaded with a cargo of timber bound for Maracaibo, Venezuela. |
| U-190 | Royal Canadian Navy | The Type IXC/40 submarine was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean by Avro Anson, Fairey Firefly, Fairey Swordfish and Supermarine Seafire aircraft of the Royal Canadian Air Force and by HMCS Haida, HMCS New Liskeard and HMCS Nootka (all Royal Canadian Navy). |

### 30 October

List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Matrona | United Kingdom | The passenger ship capsized at Birkenhead, Cheshire. Righted in June 1949, she was declared a constructive total loss and scrapped. |

### 31 October

List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dolly | Norway | The cargo ship sank off Mariager whilst on a voyage from Mariager to Isefjord, Denmark. |
| Matrona | United Kingdom | The passenger ship capsized at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was declared a constructive total loss and was scrapped in 1948. |

## November
### 1 November

List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Tilla | Norway | The cargo ship sank off Fosnes Municipality whilst on a voyage from Randers to Fredrikstad, Norway. |

### 2 November

List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Castillo Montjuich | Spain | The vessel broke moorings, collided with another ship and was driven ashore at Gijón, France. The ship was refloated in March 1948, repaired and returned to service. |

### 3 November

List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mona | Norway | The sailing barge sank off Lille Marnet whilst on a voyage from Horsens to Slemmestad, Norway. |

### 6 November

List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aurora | United States | The 19 GRT, 43.1-foot (13.1 m) motor vessel sank in Lisianski Inlet (58°07′30″N 136°27′30″W﻿ / ﻿58.12500°N 136.45833°W﻿ / 58.12500; -136.45833﻿ (Lisianski Inlet)) in Southeast Alaska. |

### 11 November

List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aqueity | United Kingdom | The coastal tanker struck a mine and sank off Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Bremen, Allied-occupied Germany to Bromborough, Cheshire. |

### 20 November

List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Roald Amundsen | Norway | The Liberty ship ran aground at Skudeneshavn whilst on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Narvik, Norway. Broke into three on 15 January 1948, with two sections sinking. The remaining section was scrapped in situ during the summer of 1948. |
| U-234 | United States Navy | U-234 The Type X submarine was sunk as a torpedo target in the Atlantic Ocean off the United States East Coast by the submarine USS Greenfish ( United States Navy). |
| U-889 | United States Navy | The Type IXC/40 submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean off the east coast of the United States by USS Flying Fish ( United States Navy). |

### 21 November

List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Havøy I | Norway | The cargo ship sank off Lillesand after striking flotsam whilst on a voyage from Oslo to Bergen, Norway. |
| U-858 | United States Navy | The Type IXC/40 submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean off the United States East Coast by the submarine USS Sirago ( United States Navy). |

### 22 November

List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| North Pass | United States | The 32 GRT, 46.6-foot (14.2 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in Southeast Alaska 1.1 nautical miles (2.0 km; 1.3 mi) north-northeast of Rocky Island Light and 0.5 nautical miles (0.93 km; 0.58 mi) from Point Couverden (58°11′25″N 135°03′10″W﻿ / ﻿58.19028°N 135.05278°W﻿ / 58.19028; -135.05278﻿ (Point Couverden)) on the southeastern tip of Couverden Island. |

### 24 November

List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| USAT Clarksdale Victory | United States Army | The Victory ship was wrecked at Hippa Reef Island, British Columbia, Canada with the loss of 49 of her 53 crew. |
| Sunbird | United Kingdom | The tug capsized and sank in the River Thames at Limehouse Reach, London with the loss of two of her six crew. |
| Vaagar | Norway | The cargo ship ran aground off Gothenburg, Sweden whilst on a voyage from Menstad, Norway to Hälsingborg, Sweden. |

### 28 November

List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| U-530 | United States Navy | The Type IXC/40 submarine was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean north east of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. |

### 30 November

List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Stenberg | Norway | The cargo ship ran aground at Tromøya with the loss of three crew. She was on a voyage from Skjebergkilen to Kristiansand, Norway. |
| Oval | Norway | The converted Portuguese-class naval trawler sank off Trelleborg whilst on a voyage from Stettin, Poland to Bergen, Norway. |

## December
### 1 December

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Castillo Coca | Spain | The cargo ship ran aground at the mouth of the Ferrol and was wrecked with the loss of 46 of her 50 crew. |
| Sonny Boy | Belgium | The trawler was in collision with the cargo ship Vinkt and sank 6 nautical miles (11 km) west of Dungeness, England. |

### 9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| USS Ponaganset | United States Navy | The Suamico-class fleet replenishment oiler broke in two at Boston, Massachusetts. Not repaired, scrapped in 1949. |

### 12 December

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jerry S | United States | The 41-foot (12.5 m) troller departed Sitka, Territory of Alaska, bound for Red Bluff Bay (56°51′47″N 134°46′26″W﻿ / ﻿56.8631°N 134.7738°W﻿ / 56.8631; -134.7738﻿ (Red Bluff Bay)) in Southeast Alaska.and disappeared with the loss of all three men on board. Wreckage from Jerry S was discovered near Peschani Point (57°32′12″N 135°19′23″W﻿ / ﻿57.5367°N 135.3231°W﻿ / 57.5367; -135.3231﻿ (Peschani Point)) in Southeast Alaska on 16 March 1948. |

### 18 December

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| BO-302 | Soviet Navy | The BO-201-class submarine chaser was wrecked on this date. |
| Francis P. Duke | Newfoundland | The schooner Francis P. Duke was lost at sea and the wreckage drifted ashore on the north side of Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland. The schooner had been driven ashore by the southeast gale. All crew perished in the incident. |

### 20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Kallipoi | Greece | The Liberty ship struck a mine, broke in three and sank off Rijeka, Yugoslavia. |

### 24 December

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Skoghaug | Norway | The cargo ship sank off the Dutch coast with the loss of all 26 crew after hitting a mine. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, Netherland to Oslo, Norway. |

### 26 December

List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Kina | Denmark | The cargo liner ran aground on Samandag Island, Philippines and was wrecked. |
| Samuel Bakke | Norway | The cargo ship ran aground whilst going to the aid of Kina ( Denmark). She was refloated and rescued five crew from Kina. |

### 31 December

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Spencer | United States | The 61 GRT, 64.5-foot (19.7 m) motor cargo vessel sank at Kanatak (57°34′05″N 156°02′15″W﻿ / ﻿57.56806°N 156.03750°W﻿ / 57.56806; -156.03750﻿ (Kanatak)), Territory of Alaska. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1947 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alek | Norway | The cargo ship sank off Farsund, Norway. |
| Alice L. Pendleton | United States | The 228-foot (69 m), 1,349 GRT four-masted lumber schooner was abandoned at the Palmer Shipyard on the west side of the Mystic River in Noank, Connecticut, sometime during the 1940s, gradually rotted away, and settled on the river bottom in 10 feet (3.0 m) of water. |
| Ark | United States | The motor vessel blew ashore and broke up in Amalga Harbor (58°29′30″N 134°47′20″W﻿ / ﻿58.49167°N 134.78889°W﻿ / 58.49167; -134.78889﻿ (Amalga Harbor)) in Southeast Alaska sometime during or after 1947. |
| B D Co. No. 7 | United States | The 67-ton, 60-foot (18.3 m) wooden scow was wrecked on the shore at Cape Suckling (59°59′30″N 145°53′00″W﻿ / ﻿59.99167°N 145.88333°W﻿ / 59.99167; -145.88333﻿ (Cape Suckling)), Territory of Alaska, in the autumn of 1947. |
| USS Lanikai | United States Navy | The decommissioned schooner sank in Subic Bay in a storm in February 1946 or during a typhoon sometime in 1947. |