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The list of shipwrecks in 1979 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1979.(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 1979 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1979.(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 fishing vessel was destroyed by fire off Harvester Island in Uyak Bay on the coast of Kodiak Island. The fishing vessel Cougar rescued her entire crew of four. (en)
  • Collided with off Trinidad and Tobago, causing a large oil spill. (en)
  • thumb|right|USS Ozark agroundThe decommissioned mine countermeasures support ship, serving as a target ship, was driven aground near Perdido Key, Florida, in Hurricane Frederic. She was salvaged and returned to service as a target ship. (en)
  • During a storm, the factory trawler was wrecked without loss of life in Village Cove near Tolstoi Point on Saint Paul Island in the Pribilof Islands. A United States Navy explosive ordnance disposal detachment and United States Coast Guard personnel later demolished the wreck with explosives and thermite grenades as part of a post-wreck clean-up. (en)
  • The vessel sank at Unalaska in the Aleutian Islands with the loss of one life. (en)
  • The fish tender burned and sank in Prince William Sound on the south-central coast of Alaska south of Glacier Island . The vessels Glacier Queen and Lulubell rescued all five people aboard. (en)
  • The container ship foundered in rough seas south west of Cape Finisterre with the loss of 23 lives. (en)
  • The cargo ship ran aground in Kori Creek, in the Gulf of Kutch and was a total loss. (en)
  • The fishing vessel capsized and sank without loss of life in the Gulf of Alaska approximately north of the Barren Islands off the south-central coast of Alaska. (en)
  • The capsized at Copenhagen. Subsequently repaired and returned to service. (en)
  • The ship capsized and sank while overladen, after hauling in a large load of fish. The crew survived. (en)
  • Caught fire at La Unión, El Salvador and declared an irrecoverable total wreck. (en)
  • The sailboat was wrecked on the southern tip of Long Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska southwest of Ketchikan, Alaska. The family of four on board survived on shore in the wilderness for over a month, suffering severe frostbite and hypothermia, before being rescued. (en)
  • The fishing vessel was wrecked in Southeast Alaska in the vicinity of Inian Island near Elfin Cove, Alaska. Both members of her crew perished. (en)
  • The retired passenger liner sank in the Pacific Ocean while under tow to shipbreakers in Taiwan (en)
  • She foundered off the Humber Lightship . (en)
  • The partly sank at Copenhagen. (en)
  • The fishing vessel ran aground and sank. (en)
  • The fishing vessel sank in the Bering Sea. (en)
  • The motor vessel sank off Juneau, Alaska. (en)
  • The vessel sank off Bangkok, Thailand. (en)
  • The herring packing vessel heeled over and sank in a few minutes after her stern became submerged in heavy seas off North Cape near Whale Bay on the southwest coast of Baranof Island in the northern Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. The fishing vessel Lazaria rescued her entire crew of three. (en)
  • The bulk carrier disappeared in the Arabian Sea about west of Margao, India, after sending a final radio message on this date. (en)
  • The Troubles: The fishing boat was destroyed off Mullaghmore, County Sligo, Republic of Ireland, by a bomb planted by the Provisional IRA. Lord Mountbatten of Burma and three other people died in the blast. (en)
  • While returning from Togiak to Cold Bay, Alaska, the seiner sank off Cold Bay. (en)
  • The warships were sunk by the corvette Pham Ngu Lao and the patrol boats , , , and off Ream, Cambodia. (en)
  • The crab-fishing vessel ran aground on Douglas Reef north of Kodiak, Alaska, and was pounded to pieces by the surf. The crab-fishing vessel Polar Star rescued her entire crew of six. (en)
  • The barge ran aground in Chichagof Bay on the southeast coast of Prince of Wales Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. She later broke up during a storm. (en)
  • The roll-on/roll-off cargo ship capsized in stormy weather in the Sognefjord and drifted ashore at Byrknesøyna, Norway. Of the nine-man crew, five were lost, while four were rescued by local boats. (en)
  • The 38-gross register ton, crab-fishing vessel disappeared during a storm near Dutch Harbor, Alaska, with the loss of her entire crew of three. (en)
  • The decommissioned was sunk as a target by five laser-guided bombs in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California. (en)
  • The fish processing vessel – a retired Washington sternwheel steam paddle ferry – sank in shallow water in Shotgun Cove in Prince William Sound near Whittier, Alaska. Her wreck became a popular recreational dive site. (en)
  • The cargo ship capsized and sank in the Baltic Sea northeast of Gotska Sandön after her cargo shifted in heavy weather. (en)
  • The ship, ex Adriatica di Navigazione passenger/cargo ship , broke tow on the way to shipbreakers in Spain running aground at Temistokleas Bay, Piraeus, Greece. (en)
  • The coaster ran aground off Naples, Italy, a total loss. (en)
  • The tug sank in of water in the North Atlantic Ocean off Harvey Cedars, New Jersey. (en)
  • The floating hotel's wreck – refloated after sinking at anchor in November 1978 in Seldovia Bay in Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of Alaska – was scuttled in of water in the Gulf of Alaska west of Cape Saint Elias on the southwestern tip of Alaska's Kayak Island after being towed out to sea by the salvage tug Salvage Chief . (en)
  • The decommissioned was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, at by the submarine . (en)
  • Battle of Ream: The warships were sunk by the corvettes and . (en)
  • A storm destroyed the motor vessel off the south-central coast of Alaska near Cordova. (en)
  • Carrying a cargo of scrap iron, the bulk carrier sank very quickly in of water in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Cod, southeast of Chatham, Massachusetts, at after colliding in fog with the tanker Exxon Chester . Her entire crew of 38 abandoned ship in her lifeboats and was rescued by Exxon Chester. (en)
  • The shrimp-fishing vessel was blown onto rocks in Chugach Bay on south coast of Alaska's Kenai Peninsula and broke up in the surf. Her crew of two survived. (en)
  • The tanker caught fire off Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France. She was declared a constructive total loss. (en)
  • The cargo ship was sunk at Hodeidah by Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 aircraft of the South Yemen Air Force. (en)
  • The crab-fishing vessel ran aground in Izhut Bay on the coast of Afognak Island in Alaska's Kodiak Archipelago and was destroyed by the surf. Her crew survived. (en)
  • The lake freighter ran aground on a mud bank at the entrance to Lake St. Clair due to an electronic malfunction. The vessel was freed after nine hours without suffering significant damage. (en)
  • The ship sank in the South Atlantic with the loss of all 40 crew. (en)
  • A total of 25 yachts were sunk in Force 11 winds with the loss of 15 lives. (en)
  • Lebanese Civil War: The coaster was sunk by limpet mines while at anchor off Tyre, Lebanon. (en)
  • The decommissioned air-sea rescue vessel was sunk as a target by a RIM-24 Tartar missile fired by the guided-missile destroyer . (en)
  • The tanker exploded and sank in Bantry Bay, Ireland, with the loss of 50 lives. (en)
  • The crude oil tanker collided with the motor vessel and sank with the loss of 43 crew. (en)
  • The vessel sank near Kodiak, Alaska. The charter vessel Ten Bears rescued her crew. (en)
  • The fishing vessel sank in the Bering Sea southwest of Saint Paul Island with the loss of six lives after colliding with the fish processing vessel Tsuda Maru . The United States Coast Guard rescued 20 survivors from both vessels. (en)
  • The cruise ship ran aground off Wiencke Island, Antarctica. Later refloated and returned to service. (en)
  • The fishing vessel sank in Kalekta Bay on coast of Unalaska Island in the Aleutian Islands. She was salvaged in June 1980, repaired, and returned to service. (en)
  • The retired drydock barge was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean off Sea Girt, New Jersey, in of water at . Her wreck subsequently was pulverized by a large load of concrete dumped on top of it. (en)
  • The 198-gross register ton, or landing craft ran aground and sank near King Cove, Alaska, with the loss of two lives. The fishing vessel Seven Seas rescued her two survivors. (en)
  • Battle of Ream: The warship was sunk by the patrol boats and . (en)
  • The crab-fishing vessel burned and sank without loss of life in the Gulf of Alaska approximately south-southeast of Sitkinak Island in the Kodiak Archipelago. (en)
  • The fishing vessel capsized and sank in Hallo Bay on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula in Alaska, perhaps after colliding with another vessel. Two of her four crewmen were lost; the other two were rescued by the vessel Awtam (en)
  • The troller was blown onto rocks, capsized, and sank in a gale in Seven Fathom Bay in Southeast Alaska south of Sitka, Alaska. A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued the two men aboard. (en)
  • The Moody 36 yacht sank off Lulworth, Dorset while heading for Bordeaux, France with the loss of four lives. (en)
  • The Admiral Juan Alejandro Acosta class patrol frigate ran aground and was wrecked in the Dominican Republic. (en)
  • The motor vessel sank in Prince William Sound on the south-central coast of Alaska. (en)
  • The tanker collided with and sank in the English Channel. All crew rescued by a Soviet merchant ship. (en)
  • The ship sank off St Aldhelm's Head after collision with the previous day. (en)
  • The fishing vessel sank in the Bering Sea near Akutan Island in the Aleutian Islands. The fishing vessels Sea Wolf and Ocean Leader rescued her crew. (en)
  • The decommissioned was sunk as a target in the Mediterranean Sea by a torpedo fired by the submarine . (en)
  • The vessel sank off Alaska. The vessel Yankee Clipper rescued her crew. (en)
  • The crab fishing-fishing vessel sank in the Gulf of Alaska south of Yakutat, Alaska. The United States Coast Guard rescued everyone on board. (en)
  • The vessel was driven ashore in a gale at Prawle Point, Devon, United Kingdom and wrecked. (en)
  • The ship ran aground in the Kori Creek, India and was abandoned. (en)
  • The vessel was stranded in the Sanaga River and abandoned as a constructive total loss. (en)
  • The ship sank off the Isle of Wight. Thirteen of the fifteen on board were killed. (en)
  • The minelayer ran aground off Toftøya, Norway and was damaged. Subsequently repaired and returned to service. (en)
  • The barge dragged her anchor in the Kaliakh River, was swamped, and sank north of the river and west of Cape Yakataga, Alaska. Two men on board were swept overboard and died; a 15-year-old girl survived by clinging to wreckage in the water all night and swimming to shore in the morning. (en)
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