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The list of shipwrecks in 1950 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1950.(This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.)

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  • The list of shipwrecks in 1950 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1950.(This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.) (en)
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  • The 38-gross register ton, fishing vessel was destroyed by fire off the east coast of "Mary Island" – most likely Mary Island – in Southeast Alaska. (en)
  • Korean War: Two motorboats were shelled and sunk by . (en)
  • Chinese Civil War: A convoy of five small Nationalist Chinese sailboats were sunk by and in the Zhoushan Islands. 70 crewmen and troops killed. (en)
  • Korean War: Battle of Chumonchin Chan: The G-5-class motor torpedo boats were shelled by , and . Two were sunk and one was damaged and beached/wrecked. (en)
  • The barque was sunk as a target by Royal New Zealand Air Force aircraft. (en)
  • The Liberty ship was wrecked at Cape Moreton, Queensland, Australia. (en)
  • The T-class submarine was sunk in collision with oil tanker . A total of 64 crew killed. Submarine later salvaged and scrapped. (en)
  • The cargo ship ran aground on the Shipwash Sands, off Harwich, Essex. (en)
  • Battle of Namlea: The Higgins patrol boat was sunk by . (en)
  • The 11-gross register ton, fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Gambier Point on Admiralty Island in Southeast Alaska. (en)
  • Korean War: A convoy of seven trawlers was shelled and sunk by . (en)
  • The 50-ton wooden fishing vessel sank near Cape Muzon, Territory of Alaska. (en)
  • The cargo ship ran aground at Licata, Italy after her anchor chain broke in heavy weather. Later refloated and returned to service. (en)
  • The cargo ship ran aground north of Twofold Point, New South Wales, Australia and was declared a total loss. (en)
  • The 15-gross register ton, fishing vessel was wrecked on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska east of Cape Saint Elias. One man on board perished. (en)
  • The coaster ran aground at Scremerston, Northumberland, United Kingdom. All sixteen on board were rescued. (en)
  • The hospital ship collided in fog with off San Francisco, California and sank with the loss of 23 of her 505 crew. (en)
  • The hulk of the cargo liner was sunk as a target by the South African Air Force off Cape Town. (en)
  • The vessel, standing guard overnight under s bow at Prussia Cove, Cornwall, was holed in the engine room, towed off and eventually drifted ashore at Long Rock, a few miles to the west. (en)
  • The 85-gross register ton, tanker scow sank off Naknek, Territory of Alaska. (en)
  • The , 13-gross register ton fishing boat sank during a storm in Sturgeon Bay north of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, at . (en)
  • The coaster was wrecked on the Mull of Galloway, Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from Port Talbot, Glamorgan to Dublin, Ireland. (en)
  • Korean War: The unidentified minelayer was shelled and sunk off Haeju, South Korea by . (en)
  • The tanker ran aground in the Firth of Forth. Refloated the next day. (en)
  • The cargo ship struck a mine and sank in the Yangtze, China. (en)
  • The cruise ship caught fire in the St. Lawrence River, a total loss. (en)
  • The cargo ship caught fire east of Malta and was abandoned. Later repaired and returned to service. (en)
  • The coaster en route from Littlehampton to Saint Malo in ballast ran aground on the Paternoster Reef, off Jersey, Channel Islands and was abandoned and sank. (en)
  • The small freighter was declared overdue, apparently lost in bad weather while en route from Savannah to Puerto Cabello, Venezuela. (en)
  • The struck a mine in the Baie de la Fresnaie off St Malo and sank with the loss of 51 of her 92 crew. (en)
  • Battle of Namlea: The Higgins boats were sunk by (en)
  • The 8-gross register ton, fishing vessel was destroyed by fire during a voyage in Southeast Alaska from Sitka to Pelican. (en)
  • Chinese Civil War: The cargo ship was sunk by a mine off Woosung, China in the Yangtze River. (en)
  • The 35-gross register ton, scow was destroyed by fire in George Inlet on the southern coast of Revillagigedo Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. (en)
  • The 28-gross register ton, motor vessel, a former landing craft mechanized, was wrecked on the beach at Cape Lisburne on the Chukchi Sea coast of the Territory of Alaska. (en)
  • Korean War: A convoy of seven small sailing vessels were shelled and sunk by . (en)
  • During a voyage from Cordova, Territory of Alaska, to Seattle, Washington, the 12-gross register ton, purse seiner disappeared in the Gulf of Alaska with the loss of all three people aboard. (en)
  • The 9-gross register ton, fishing vessel was wrecked on Homer Spit on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska. (en)
  • The cargo ship ran aground at Leinish Point, Inner Hebrides. Sank the next day off Bo Vich Chuan Rock, Inner Hebrides. (en)
  • Chinese Civil War: The N3-S-A1-class coastal cargo ship was shelled and sunk by People's Liberation Army artillery off Chiencow. (en)
  • Chinese Civil War: Battle of Wanshan Archipelago: The auxiliary gunboat was shelled, blew up and sunk by . The vessel was lost with all ten hands. (en)
  • The cargo ship was driven ashore near Puri, India in a cyclone. She broke her back and was declared a total loss. (en)
  • The foundered off Formosa. (en)
  • Chinese Civil War: Battle of Wanshan Archipelago: The auxiliary gunboat was captured by . Two crewmen were killed and seven were taken as prisoners of war. Later the vessel was set adrift in sinking condition due to battle damage. (en)
  • The 160-gross register ton, fishing vessel was wrecked just west of Cape Suckling on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska. (en)
  • The collier was in collision with in the Thames Estuary at Greenhithe, London and sank. All twelve crew were rescued. (en)
  • The schooner foundered at Southport and was dismantled in situ. (en)
  • Korean War: A convoy of 12 small sailing vessels were shelled and sunk by and . (en)
  • The 26-gross register ton, fishing vessel sank east of Mitrofania Island on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula in the Territory of Alaska. (en)
  • The 7-gross register ton, fishing vessel was destroyed by fire while docked at Seldovia, Territory of Alaska. (en)
  • The survey vessel foundered off New South Wales with the loss of all seventeen crew. (en)
  • Korean War: Operation Wonsan: The Geumgagsan-class minesweeper struck a mine and sank off Wonsan, Korea. (en)
  • The cargo ship was wrecked at Tacloban, Philippines. She was on a voyage from Tacloban to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom. (en)
  • The cargo ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom, and was wrecked. She broke in two and was declared a total loss. All 32 crew were rescued by the Walmer Lifeboat. (en)
  • The vessel caught fire and was beached at Chilang Point, Hong Kong. Constructive total loss. (en)
  • The dredger was scuttled off Point Lonsdale, Victoria, Australia. (en)
  • The Thames barge collided with the motor barge Betty Hudson in the Thames Estuary and sank downstream of London Bridge. (en)
  • Chinese Civil War: The harbour defence motor launch was sunk. (en)
  • The 94-gross register ton, scow sank in heavy seas off Cape Edward on Herbert Graves Island in Southeast Alaska. (en)
  • The T-class submarine ran aground on Stevenson Rock, off Skerryvore, Inner Hebrides. (en)
  • Korean War: The unidentified troop transport was shelled and sunk in the Korean Straits off Pusan, South Korea by with the loss of up to 600 crew and troops. (en)
  • Korean War: The YMS-1-class coastal minesweeper was sunk. (en)
  • The coaster ran aground at St. Ives Head. All crew saved. Ship refloated the following day. (en)
  • The ferry ran aground at Calais, France. Refloated later that day. (en)
  • The 12-gross register ton, fishing vessel was wrecked on a small island near the outer entrance to the eastern channel of Sitka Sound in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska and sank. (en)
  • The coaster was in collision with the collier in the River Thames near Tower Bridge, London and sank. (en)
  • Korean War: The transport was sunk by a mine off Korea. 25 of 26 crew killed. (en)
  • Korean War: Three ships were shelled and sunk by . (en)
  • Chinese Civil War: Battle of Wanshan Archipelago: The landing craft infantry was sunk by Nationalist ships. (en)
  • The passenger-cargo ship hit a mine and sank in the Yangtze River near Wusong, People's Republic of China. (en)
  • The overloaded steamer sank in the Daugava River in Riga in the Soviet Union's Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic, killing 147 people. (en)
  • The tug struck Hogus Rocks, Cornwall. The tug was damaged in assisting to free Masterman and had to be taken in tow by tug . (en)
  • Korean War: The steamer was shelled and sunk in Mokpo Harbor by and . (en)
  • The 17-gross register ton, fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in the Gulf of Alaska south of Yakataga Beach on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska. (en)
  • Korean War: Battle of Gangneung: The supply schooner was shelled and sunk by and . (en)
  • The Vosper 73 ft fast patrol boat sank after a collision with sister fast patrol boat HMS FPB 532 off the Hook of Holland during a naval exercise. (en)
  • The cargo ship collided with in the Thames Estuary and was beached on the West Barrow Sands, where she was declared a total loss. (en)
  • An explosion on an ammunition lighter at Portsmouth, England set off secondary explosions sinking or destroying a total of six to nine lighters. (en)
  • Korean War: The submarine chaser sank the small boats with gunfire. (en)
  • The tug capsized and sank south of the mouth of the River Wear whilst towing unfinished ocean liner . Four of her six crew were killed. (en)
  • The schooner ran aground in the River Severn off Chepstow, Monmouthshire and was wrecked. (en)
  • The coaster struck a mine and sank off Langeoog, Netherlands with the loss of eight of her sixteen crew. The survivors were rescued by the tug . (en)
  • The cargo ship struck a mine and sank off the Åland, Finland with the loss of eleven of her seventeen crew. (en)
  • The collier capsized and sank in the Baltic Sea off Sandhammaren, Sweden with the loss of 20 crew. (en)
  • Korean War: The motorboat was sunk by gunfire by the minesweeper . (en)
  • Chinese Civil War: The gunboat was sunk by a Nationalist Chinese auxiliary gunboat at Dachen Island. 12 crewmen killed, 5 survivors. (en)
  • The 33-gross register ton, motor cargo vessel was destroyed by fire in the anchorage at Katalla, Territory of Alaska. (en)
  • The retired 7,176-gross register ton cargo ship — a Liberty ship — was run aground deliberately in Cape Cod Bay off Eastham, Massachusetts, at . Her wreck broke up and settled in of water. (en)
  • Korean War: Fifteen small vessels were sunk by gunfire – and another 30 captured – by the minesweeper . (en)
  • The Arish-class minesweeper blew up and sank from a fuel tank explosion off Mersa Matruh. (en)
  • The ocean liner was driven ashore on the Argyllshire coast in a storm. She was being towed from Lisbon, Portugal to the Clyde for scrapping and had a skeleton crew of eight on board. They were rescued by breeches buoy. (en)
  • Korean War: Four small vessels were shelled and sunk by an unknown South Korean warship. (en)
  • Korean War: The struck a mine and sank off Chuksan, Korea with 21 crewmen missing, including her commanding officer. 12 survivors rescued by . (en)
  • Korean War: Three supply schooners were shelled and sunk by . (en)
  • The 10-gross register ton wooden pleasure craft sank in Cook Inlet in the Territory of Alaska. (en)
  • Korean War: Operation Wonsan: The struck a mine and sank off Sin-Do Island off Wonsan, Korea with one crewman killed and six missing. Survivors rescued by , , , and . (en)
  • The cargo ship collided with the steamer in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent, England. All 37 crew were rescued. Felspar was beached south of Deal, Kent. (en)
  • The passenger ship ran aground on South Georgia. All 250 on board were rescued. (en)
  • Chinese Civil War: Battle of Pishan Island: The gunboat was shelled by Red Chinese ships, then rammed and sunk by at Pishan Island. (en)
  • The Liberty ship was driven ashore on Camiguin Island, Philippines and broke in two, a total loss. (en)
  • Korean War: One sailboat was shelled and sunk by . (en)
  • Last communication from the ship off the Balearic Islands, no further trace. (en)
  • Korean War: Battle of Gangneung: The Daejeon-class minesweeper was shelled and sunk by . (en)
  • The Channel tanker ran aground at Port Nolloth, South Africa. A total loss. (en)
  • The 7-gross register ton fishing vessel was destroyed by fire between Point Francis and Helms Bay on the Cleveland Peninsula in Southeast Alaska. (en)
  • Korean War: Operation Wonsan: The struck a mine and sank off Sin-Do Island off Wonsan, Korea with 6 missing and 43 wounded. Survivors rescued by , , , and . (en)
  • The ocean liner ran aground in the Solent. Later refloated. (en)
  • Korean War: The minesweeper was sunk in Wonsan Bay by a mine. One killed, 15 wounded. (en)
  • The 8-gross register ton, fishing vessel disappeared during a voyage from Seattle, Washington, to the Territory of Alaska with the loss of the two men on board. (en)
  • The cargo ship was wrecked off Aghennasaki, Miyakojima. (en)
  • The cargo ship ran aground on the Ortach Reef, Alderney, Channel Islands. Floated free and sank the next day. All 50 crew were rescued. (en)
  • Two Fairmile B motor launches sank ca. 1949–1950. (en)
  • The cargo ship ran aground in the Scheldt and broke up. All crew rescued. (en)
  • The cargo ship was wrecked off Kapp Borthen, Svalbard. (en)
  • The cargo ship sank off Texel, Netherlands with the loss of eleven of her 27 crew. The two stowaways on board were rescued. (en)
  • Korean War: Three small ships were shelled and sunk by . (en)
  • Korean War: The BYMS-class coastal minesweeper was sunk. (en)
  • Korean War: Battle of Chumonchin Chan: The two OD-200 Type patrol boats were shelled and sunk by , and . (en)
  • Korean War: The Geumgagsan-class minesweeper was mined and sunk. 26 crewmen killed. (en)
  • The 775-gross register ton, scow was wrecked in the Gulf of Alaska east of Marmot Island in the Territory of Alaska's Kodiak Archipelago. (en)
  • The tanker sank off Sugar Loaf Island, south of Swatow, China in bad weather. There were reports of a possible explosion from a mine. (en)
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  • South Moluccas rebels (en)
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