List of shipwrecks in 1964

The list of shipwrecks in 1964 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1964.

3 January

 * MV Schelde (🇧🇪 Belgium): The cargo ship collided with MV Francois L D (🇫🇷 France) in the Nieuwe Waterweg, Netherlands and was beached. Later repaired and returned to service. Francois L D was towed to Schiedam for repairs.
 * MV Looiersgracht (🇳🇱 Netherlands): The coaster collided with MV Langkloof (🇿🇦 South Africa) in the Scheldt near Terneuzen. Three of her eleven crew reported missing.

10 January

 * HMS Tiptoe (P332) : The T-class submarine ran aground in the Clyde at Greenock. Refloated after seven hours.

12 January

 * Demeter (🇺🇸 United States). Sank.

13 January

 * ACS Bullfinch (🇬🇧 United Kingdom): The cable-laying ship grounded in the Firth of Clyde. Refloated the next day.

2 February

 * SS Security (🇬🇧 United Kingdom): The cargo ship collided with SS Carpathia ( West Germany) and sank in the Elbe Estuary. All fourteen crew rescued by Carpathia.

3 February

 * ST Kingsgarth (🇬🇧 United Kingdom): The tug collided with MV Port Launceston (🇬🇧 United Kingdom) and sank at Avonmouth Docks, Somerset. Three of her five crew reported missing.

10 February

 * HMAS Voyager (D04) : Sank after collision with aircraft carrier HMAS Melbourne (R21)  with the loss of 81 lives.
 * MV Dirk ( West Germany): The coaster collided with USNS Blue Jacket (T-AF-51) off Bremen and sank. Six crew reported missing.

11 February

 * MV Queensgate (🇬🇧 United Kingdom): The coaster ran agound off Tynemouth, Northumberland. Later refloated.

21 February

 * SS Ambassador (🇬🇧 United Kingdom): The cargo ship sank 660 nmi south east of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, having been adrift for three days following engine failure. She had been taken in tow by the tug ST Elbe (🇳🇱 Netherlands) but the tow line parted and she sank. Twenty of her 35 crew were rescued, eleven by USCGC Coos Bay (WAVP-376) and nine by SS Fruen (🇳🇴 Norway).

23 February

 * SS Brother George (🇱🇷 Liberia): The cargo ship ran aground off the south coast of the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. Refloated the next day with assistance from ST Schedle (🇳🇱 Netherlands).
 * ST Witte Zee (🇳🇱 Netherlands): The tug struck a rock and sank. She was assisting ST Abeille 10 (🇫🇷 France) and ST Gatcombe (🇬🇧 United Kingdom) to free the SS Brother George (🇱🇷 Liberia). All sixteen crew rescued by the Yarmouth lifeboat and Gatcombe.

1 March

 * SS Amphialos (🇱🇷 Liberia): The tanker broke in two and sank 230 to 270 nmi south east of Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada. HMCS Athabaskan (G07) rescued 34 of her 36 crew.

11 March

 * MV Jan Brons (🇳🇱 Netherlands): The coaster ran aground at Dunmore East, Ireland. Six crew rescued by breeches buoy.

14 March

 * SS Jalamanjari (🇮🇳 India): The cargo ship ran aground outside Hartlepool Harbour, Co Durham, United Kingdom.

15 March

 * MV Merak (🇳🇱 Netherlands): The coaster ran aground off Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, United Kingdom. All five crew were rescued.

18 March

 * MV Lenie (🇳🇱 Netherlands): The coaster ran aground on the Caernarvonshire coast. Refloated after three hours.

3 June

 * SS Poseidon 3 (🇧🇪 Belgium): The collier collided with SS Bencruachan (🇬🇧 United Kingdom) in the Scheldt at Hansweert, Netherlands, and sank. One life was lost.

29 June

 * BRP Rajah Soliman (D-66) (🇵🇭 Philippines): The destroyer escort was sunk while tied up at the dock by Typhoon Winnie/Dading. It was later raised and sold for scrap.

3 July

 * MV Bonifaz (🇪🇸 Spain): The tanker collided with MV Fabiola (🇫🇷 France) off the Spanish coast in fog. Bonfiaz caught fire and sank. Six of her 50 crew were rescued by MV Sloman Malaga ( West Germany). Bonifaz was also carrying six passengers. MV Setas (🇳🇱 Netherlands) picked up 22 crew and three passengers. Four of the crew subsequently died of their injuries.

8 July

 * SS Arromanches (🇬🇧 United Kingdom): The ferry ran aground off Seaford, East Sussex in a storm. Refloated after three hours.

16 July

 *  Trepassey (🇨🇦 Canada): The sailing ship foundered off Halifax, Nova Scotia (43.16667°N, -63.16667°W).

24 July

 * SS Star of Alexandria (🇪🇬 Egypt): The cargo ship exploded and sank at Bône, Algeria, killing at least twenty people and injuring at least 165 others.

6 August

 * MV Guernsey Coast (🇬🇧 United Kingdom): The coaster collided with SS Catcher (🇱🇷 Liberia) 30 nmi off Cherbourg, France and sank. One crewman reported missing.

25 August

 * ST Kenya (🇬🇧 United Kingdom): The tug collided with SS Maarshaven (🇳🇱 Netherlands) and sank at Tilbury, Essex, United Kingdom. Later raised and beached.

5 September

 * SS Dorar (🇱🇷 Liberia): The cargo ship foundered at Hong Kong during Typhoon Ruby with the loss of eleven crew.
 * MV Southern Paul (🇬🇧 United Kingdom): This former coastal minesweeper was acting as a port auxiliary craft in Leith Harbour, South Georgia when she capsized and sank due to the accumulation of snow and ice on deck
 * MV Southern Peter (🇬🇧 United Kingdom): This former coastal minesweeper was acting as a port auxiliary craft in Leith Harbour, South Georgia when she capsized and sank due to the accumulation of snow and ice on deck

6 September

 * SS Leecliffe Hall (🇨🇦 Canada): The bulk carrier collided with SS Apollonia (🇬🇷 Greece) and sank with the loss of three crew. Amongst her eight passengers was Maurice Bourget PC, Speaker of the Canadian Senate. All passengers were rescued.

14 September

 * SS Avalon (🇺🇸 United States): Foundered in a storm off Palos Verdes, California.

17 September

 * SS Penn Carrier (🇺🇸 United States): The cargo ship ran aground in the Suez Canal.

18 September

 * MV Trentbank (🇬🇧 United Kingdom): The cargo ship collided with SS Fogo (🇵🇹 Portugal) and was flooded.

20 September

 * MV Eastern Take (🇬🇧 United Kingdom): The cargo ship collided with a Japanese tanker off Nagoya, Japan. The Tanker sank with the loss of seven crew.
 * SS Kaptjan Nielsen (🇩🇰 Denmark): The dredger capsized and sank at Brisbane, Australia. Seven crew were killed and two reported as missing.

25 September

 * SS Oriental (🇬🇧 United Kingdom): The cargo ship was driven aground at Satsuma, Kagoshima, Japan during Typhoon Wilda. All crew were rescued.

29 September

 * MV Livanita (🇳🇴 Norway): The bulk carrier ran aground in the Clyde at Scotstoun, Glasgow, United Kingdom. Refloated on 6 October.
 * SS Sycamore Hill (🇬🇧 United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground in the Bosporus, Turkey. Refloated 2 October.

7 October

 * USS Barbero (SS-317) : The Balao-class submarine was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii by USS Greenfish (SS-351).

14 October

 * SS Dia (🇵🇦 Panama): Developed a leak and sank south of Savona, Italy (44.2°N, 8.63333°W).
 * MV Doris (🇳🇱 Netherlands): The cargo ship was driven ashore in a storm at Naples, Italy. She capsized and sank.

18 October

 * MV Tulipan (🇪🇸 Spain): The cargo ship ran aground on the Monach Islands, Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom. Thirteen of her fourteen crew were rescued by a Royal Air Force helicopter.

25 October

 * SS Capetan Vanghelis (🇱🇷 Liberia): The cargo ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. Refloated after six hours by a tug and the Ramsgate lifeboat.

28 October

 * MV Magdeburg ( West Germany): Sank after a collision with MV Yamashiro Maru (🇯🇵 Japan), off Broadness Point, Northfleet, Kent. Later raised and sold, but sank whilst under tow in Bay of Biscay whilst being delivered to her new Greek owners.

29 October

 * SS Tjokroaminoto (🇮🇩 Indonesia): The cargo ship sank in Amsterdam Harbour, Netherlands after her cargo of copra caught fire.

20 November

 * SS Pompadour (🇵🇦 Panama): The cargo ship ran aground in the South China Sea, some 70 nmi west of Palawan, Philippines. ST Salvonia (🇬🇧 United Kingdom) sent to her rescue, but also ran aground whilst towing Pompadour. Both crews rescued by HMS Zest (R02).

29 November

 * SS Agios Nikolaos Y (🇬🇷 Greece): The cargo ship exploded and sank off Peniche, Portugal. Crew rescued by the tanker SS Fogo (🇵🇹 Portugal).

1 December

 * SS Fury (🇵🇦 Panama): The cargo ship was driven ashore at Wedge Island, Nova Scotia, Canada in a storm. She was declared a constructive total loss.

2 December

 * MV Acadia Seahawk (🇨🇦 Canada): The trawler sank at 43.5°N, -61.16667°W.

7 December

 * MV Scantic (🇩🇰 Denmark): Foundered in Saint George's Channel, United Kingdom.

12 December

 * Deutschland ( West Germany): The coaster collided with SS Vera (🇳🇴 Norway) in the Lower Elbe and sank with the loss of four crew.
 * MV Yewcroft (🇬🇧 United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground at IJmuiden, Netherlands.
 * MV Fury (🇨🇦 Canada): The cargo ship lost her steering gear and was driven ashore at Canso, Nova Scotia.

13 December

 * MV Tjoba (🇳🇱 Netherlands): The coaster capsized and sank in the Rhine at Sankt Goar, West Germany. The ship was raised after eight day when it was discovered that the ship's cat had survived in an air pocket. He was taken to a vet in Koblenz for treatment.

21 December

 * SS San Patrick (🇱🇷 Liberia): The cargo ship, converted T2 tanker, ran aground on Udak Island, Alaska, United States with the loss of over 30 crew.

22 December

 * MV North Wind (🇩🇰 Denmark): The coaster was driven ashore at Preston, Devon, United Kingdom. Crew rescued by breeches buoy.

23 December

 * HMCYS Vijaya : The Algerine-class minesweeper ran aground during a cyclone in the Gulf of Mannar.

27 December

 * SS Smith Voyager (🇺🇸 United States): The cargo sank under tow in the South Atlantic. She had been disabled on 21 December following a shift in her cargo of grain. She foundered due to the rupturing of a seam. Four crew drowned, the remaining crew were rescued by a United States Coast Guard cutter.

28 December

 * SS Southbank (🇬🇧 United Kingdom): The cargo ship ran aground off Washington Island, Kiribati and broke in Two. The crew abandoned ship but one was drowned and two injured. USCGC Winnebago (WHEC-40) sent to her aid. Winnebago rescued 103 passengers and crew the next day.

Unknown date

 * Thorium (🇬🇧 United Kingdom): The ICI coaster ran aground on Knot Spit, Lancashire in 1964 and was refloated six days later.
 * Charles A. Dunning (🇨🇦 Canada): Sank.