Thelist of shipwrecks in 2014 includesships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during2014.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr |
| May | Jun | Jul | Aug |
| Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Peace |  Cambodia | The cargo ship issued a distress signal in theIndian Ocean. Another was issued the next day when the vessel was 225 nautical miles (417 km) north west ofMauritius (17°40′S54°28′E / 17.667°S 54.467°E /-17.667; 54.467).[1] She was subsequently abandoned with the loss of a crew member. Nine survivors were rescued byPatris ( Greece).[2] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| KMP Munawar |  Indonesia | Thero-roferry capsized and sank offLombok Island with the loss of at least three lives.[3] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unnamed boat |  South Sudan | A ferry in theWhite Nile River carrying women and children who were fleeing fighting in South Sudan capsized, resulting in 200–300 deaths.[4][5][6] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pushy |  United States | The tugboat sank offAtlantic Beach, New York after being hit by a large swell.[7] |
| Weeks 236 | United States | The 125-foot (38 m) deck barge drifted ashore atSilver Point County Park after her tow vesselPushy (United States) sank offAtlantic Beach, New York after they were hit by a large swell.[7] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BJL I | Indonesia | Theferry capsized atTanjung Priok.[8] |
| ECC Topaz |  United Kingdom | Thewindfarm service vessel caught fire and sank in the North sea 11 nautical miles (20 km) east ofLowestoft,Suffolk at around 1pm. The crew of three was rescued by aRoyal Air Force (RAF) rescue helicopter fromRAF Wattisham, and were not seriously injured.[9][10] |
| Elf | United States | Thetug sank in the Mamquam Blind Channel atSquamish, British Columbia, Canada. She was later refloated and taken under tow, but foundered offPoint Atkinson, British Columbia.[11] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sea Lion | United States | Thetug foundered in theAtlantic Ocean offAtlantic Beach, New York. Her four crew were rescued.[12] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rich Forest |  Panama | The cargo vessel was carrying logs towards China when it began sinking off ofGuam.USCGC Assateague andUSCGC Sequoia (bothUnited States Coast Guard) were sent to assist the vessel. The 24 crew were rescued byCS Sunshine (Panama) under theAMVER scheme.[13][14] |
| Sportivo |  Philippines | The cargo ship collided withJehan (Philippines) in theIloilo Strait. Her 29 crew abandoned ship and she consequently foundered.[15] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bitu Gulf | Panama | Thetanker foundered in theSouth China Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) off the coast of Vietnam. All sixteen crew were rescued byEver Summit (Panama).[16] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| KM Sabahat | Indonesia | Theferry foundered offJakarta with the loss of seven of the 165 people on board.[17] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Aqua Marine |  India | A tourist boat carrying 45 passengers and crew capsized off ofPort Blair,Andaman and Nicobar Islands with the loss of at least 22.[18] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unnamed ship |  Yemen | A cargo ship, carrying car tyres and car parts sank off the coast ofAl Shehar,Hadramout province with the loss of all twelve Indian crew.[19] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Le Sillon |  France | Thetrawler went aground at Park Head, nearPorthcothan Bay,Cornwall.[20] after losing power and steering approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) offTrevose Head.[21] All six of the crew were safely rescued. Five crew members were recovered by a rescue helicopter fromRNAS Culdrose, the skipper was picked up by thePadstow Lifeboat.[22][23][24] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Luno |  Spain | The empty cargo ship's engines failed and she drifted onto the breakwater atAnglet, nearBayonne,France. She broke into two pieces, one either side of the breakwater. Her crew of twelve was winched off the wreck by helicopter.[25] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Elland |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | The cargo ship suffered an engine failure and cargo shift offDurankulak, Bulgaria and sank. Her eleven crew were rescued byM Izmir ( Malta).[26] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Armageddon | France | Theyacht was boarded by masked persons sailing on amotorboat and hijacked offÎlots des Moines [fr], north ofBonifacio,Corsica. The vessel's whereabouts were unknown as of 6 March 2014. The crew and passengers were abandoned on alifeboat off Campomoro, Corsica.[27][28][29] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMCS Protecteur |  Royal Canadian Navy | TheProtecteur-classreplenishment oiler suffered a fire in her engine room 340 nautical miles (630 km) north west ofPearl Harbor,Hawaii, United States. She was towed into Pearl Harbor byUnited States Navy vessels. HMCSProtecteur was consequently retired from service and scrapped. |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Horana | Yemen | The cargo ship foundered in theGulf of Aden. All eight crew were rescued byHNLMS Evertsen ( Royal Netherlands Navy).[30] |
| Sunrise Orient |  Vietnam | The cargo ship ran aground, capsized and sank onCheung Chau Island,Hong Kong. Her seventeen crew were rescued.[31] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Constandis |  Cyprus | The retiredfishing trawler wasscuttled in 79 feet (24 m) of water in theMediterranean Sea offLimassol,Cyprus, for use as a recreationaldive site.[32] |
| Lady Thetis | Cyprus | The retired 99-foot (30 m) coastalpassenger ship wasscuttled in approximately 70 feet (21 m) of water in theMediterranean Sea offLimassol,Cyprus, for use as a recreationaldive site.[32] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hanze Goteborg |  Netherlands | The cargo ship ran aground in theElizabeth River nearPortsmouth, Virginia. The ship was freed the next morning with no reported damage or crew injuries.[33] |
| Madanfo |  Ghana | The fishing vessel sank offTema while her crew unloaded a Panofi Company ship of her cargo of tuna and salt.[34] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ochakov |  Russian Navy | TheKara-classcruiser was scuttled in theDonuzlav Bay,Crimea, Ukraine. The scuttling was part of the2014 Russian military intervention in Ukraine and intended to block ships of theUkrainian Navy. |
| Yakamoz 5 |  Turkey | Thecoastaltanker caught fire in theMarmara Sea offIstanbul. Her six crew were rescued.[35] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| VM-416 | Russian Navy | Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation: TheYelva-class diving support vessel was scuttled next toOchakov.[36] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sea Breeze |  Barbados | The cargo ship was abandoned in theEnglish Channel 10 nautical miles (19 km) offThe Lizard,Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her six crew were rescued by theFalmouth andLizard Lifeboats.[37] A magnetic patch was later placed on the hole in the vessel's hull and she was towed toSt Austell Bay.[38] She was subsequently declared aconstructive total loss.[39] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unnamed boat | Unknown | At least forty-two African migrants drowned offBir Ali,Yemen during a crossing from Africa. Thirty were rescued byYemeni Navy.[40] |
| Yusuf Cepnioglu | Turkey | Thecontainer ship ran aground on the northernmost point ofMykonos, Greece. Twelve of her fourteen crew were rescued by theGreek Coast Guard; the other two byUSS Bataan (United States Navy).[41] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| John 1 | Panama | Thebulk carrier suffered a power failure and ran aground offRose Blanche-Harbour le Cou,Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Her twenty-three crew were rescued by helicopter.[42] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Beagle III | Panama | The cargo ship collided withPegasus Prime ( South Korea) inTokyo Bay and sank with the loss of eight of her twenty crew.[43] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HTMS Kledkaeo |  Royal Thai Navy | The decommissioned 155-foot (47 m) supply ship wasscuttled in 39 to 85 feet (12 to 26 m) of water in theStrait of Malacca off the island ofKo Phi Phi Le,Thailand, to form anartificial reef.[32] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pesante | Netherlands | Thedredger sank atDordrecht,South Holland.[44] |
| Summer Wind |  Liberia | The bulk carrier was struck by an oil barge in theHouston Ship Channel inTexas causing a significant oil spill and closing the channel.[45] |
| Unnamed boat |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | A boat onLake Albert, returning refugees to theDemocratic Republic of the Congo fromUganda capsized with the loss of at least 251 people.[46] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Diamond | United Kingdom |   |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sumise Maru No. 38 |  Japan | The cement carrier collided with themotor vesselKaisei Maru (Japan) and sank offHyōgo Port, Japan.[49] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unnamed ship | Unknown | The migrant ship capsized off the coast ofBeer Ali,Yemen, with the loss of 42 lives. At least 30 people were rescued by theYemeni Navy and taken to a refugee camp nearMayfaa, Yemen.[50] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| KM Journey | Indonesia | The cargo ship collided withKM Lambelu (Indonesia) and sank offSurabaya. Her 17 crew were rescued.[51] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Fortune 1 |  Mongolia | The cargo ship foundered in theSouth China Sea offYeosu, South Korea. Three of her 16 crew were rescued.[52] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hansa Constitution |  Germany | While passingHong Kong during a voyage fromYokohama,Japan, toShekou,Shenzhen,China, the 193-metre (633 ft), 35,000 DWTcontainer ship suffered a main engine failure in heavy rain and strongmonsoon winds in theEast Lamma Channel and ran aground atPok Fu Lam, coming to a halt off the coast ofHong Kong Island only a few feet from aseawall at theUniversity of Hong Kong'sStanley Ho Sports Centre. No one on board or on shore suffered injuries and nohull breach occurred, and she soon was refloated and towed to theNorth Lamma Anchorage.[53][54][55] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ornak |  Bahamas | The 228-metre (748 ft) bulk carrier ran aground offLynnhaven,Virginia Beach, United States, due to high winds.[56] She was refloated on 18 April.[57] |
| Todd Michael | United States | Thetug was driven ashore and wrecked inLake Pontchartrain offNew Orleans, Louisiana. All of 2 crew were rescued by aUnited States Coast Guard helicopter.[58] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Asian Empire | South Korea | The car carrier caught fire in thePacific Ocean and was abandoned by her 24 crew, who were rescued byAsian Adonis (Panama).[59] |
| Sewol | South Korea | Sinking of MV Sewol: The ferry sank in theYellow Sea whilst on a voyage fromIncheon towardsJeju Island.[60][61] The sinking cost 304 out of 476 people their lives.[62]Sewol was raised on 23 March 2017.[63] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tromso | Bahamas | Thetanker ran aground inDiego Suarez Bay, Madagascar and was severely damaged.[64] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Chanko |  Norway | Thetugboat suffered a mechanical break-down, drifted onto shore at Edøya, nearSommarøy, Norway, and sank. Her crew of four were rescued by alifeboat.[65] The wreck was raised in May 2014, and carried toHarstad on a lighter.[66] The scrapping ofChanko at Harstad began in June 2014.[67] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hailey Glasrud Reef |  United States | The retired 220-foot (67 m)cargo ship — last operated asDM-ONE (flag unknown) and renamedHailey Glasrud Reef specifically for her sinking — wasscuttled in 186 feet (57 m) of water in theAtlantic Ocean offStuart,Florida, to form anartificial reef.[32] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ag Marina |  Togo | The ship foundered in theMediterranean Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) west ofCrete, Greece. Four of her seven crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from a Montenegro port towardsOdesa, Ukraine.[68] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nur Eye 1 | Indonesia | Thetanker was severely damaged by fire atPort Klang. All eleven crew were rescued.[69] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Zhong Xing 2 |  China | The cargo ship collided withMOL Motivator ( Marshall Islands) offPo Toi Island,Hong Kong and sank with the loss of eleven of her twelve crew.[70] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Galapaface I |  Ecuador | The freighter ran aground off the capital cityPuerto Baquerizo Moreno,San Cristobal, in theGalápagos.[71] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nereus | United States | The autonomous underwater vehicle imploded and was lost in theKermadec Trench. |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Miraj-4 |  Bangladesh | TheDhaka toShariatpur ferrysank during a storm on theMeghna River inBangladesh.[72] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cheeki Rafiki | United Kingdom |  |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Baaden | unknown | The yacht capsized and sank upon launching at Fidalgo Marina,Anacortes, Washington. The vessel was salvaged but declared aconstructive total loss.[74] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The Brig Unicorn |  Saint Lucia | The restaurant ship foundered and sank offSt Vincent and the Grenadines. All ten crew members were rescued.[75] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DNA-90152 | Vietnam | The fishing boat was sunk in a ramming incident byNo. 11209 (China) in theSouth China Sea. Crew rescued by other Vietnamese vessels.[76] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Shoko Maru | Japan | Thetanker suffered an onboard explosion and fire offHimeji. Seven of her eight crew were rescued, with her captain reported as missing.[77]Shoko Maru later sank.[78] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Saloos | Panama | The ship capsized and sank atCabinda, Angola. The wreck was scrappedin situ. Salvage was completed in February 2016.[79] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Migrant ship | Flag unknown | The ship sank near Bab El Mandeb, off the coast of theYemen with the loss of sixty Somalian and Ethiopian refugees, and two crew.[80] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pentalina-B |  Cape Verde | While operating as a ro-ro vehicle ferry in the Cape Verde islands, the ship ran aground in a storm near the settlement of Móia Móia on the island of Santiago (15°1′26″N23°26′21″W / 15.02389°N 23.43917°W /15.02389; -23.43917); there were no casualties. A causeway was built out to the ship so that the vehicles could be removed. The wreck remains extant on the shore (as of 2019).[81] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Viet Long | Vietnam | The cargo ship ran aground off Summer Island,Maldives (4°33′N73°33′E / 4.550°N 73.550°E /4.550; 73.550). Her twenty crew were evacuated on 10 June. During salvage operations on 3 July she broke in two and sank.[82] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Galuh Pusaka | Indonesia | Thetanker was discovered derelict and abandoned in theSouth China Sea (3°49′15″N106°33′20″E / 3.82083°N 106.55556°E /3.82083; 106.55556) by anIndonesian Navy ship. She was towed intoTerempa Navy Base.[83] |
| Unnamed ship | Unknown | An unauthorised wooden vessel sank offPort Klang in theStrait of Malacca. Survivors, who did not have any travel documents, said they were returning toAceh,Sumatra,Indonesia. Initially it was reported the passengers were trying to enterMalaysia. As of 17 June, there were approximately sixty survivors, five deaths and thirty-two missing.[84] On 18 June ten people are reported killed and twenty-five missing and the survivors have been arrested under immigration laws.[85] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unidentified boat | Unknown | A migrant boat believed to be heading forSumatra,Indonesia,capsized in theStrait of Malacca offSepang,Malaysia, nearKuala Lumpur. Eighteen people (14 men and four women) were rescued by nearbymerchant ships.[85] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Laboe | Flag unknown | The retired 82-foot (25 m)fishing vessel wasscuttled in 80 feet (24 m) of water in theMediterranean Sea offPaphos,Cyprus, to form anartificial reef.[32] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Migrant ship | Unknown | A ship carrying over one hundred illegal migrants sank in theStrait of Sicily with twenty-seven rescued and seventy people missing.[86] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pancar Indah | Indonesia | Theferry, a convertedlanding craft tank, sprang a leak and foundered offGilimanuk,Bali. All thirty-five people on board survived.[87] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| AMT Explorer | Malta | The cable barge capsized and sank in theMediterranean Sea offSardinia, Italy. Her crew survived.[88] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Galuh Pulsaka | Indonesia | Thetanker was discovered abandoned in theSouth China Sea and was towed toTarempa Naval Base.[89] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ping Shin 101 |  Taiwan | The fishing vessel sank, possibly after an internal explosion.[90] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS Ogden | United States Navy | _being_sunk_during_RIMPAC_2014.JPG) The decommissionedAustin-classamphibious transport dock was sunk as a target during the naval exerciseRIMPAC 2014 in thePacific Ocean 55 miles northwest ofHawaii by aHarpoon missile fired by thefrigateHNoMS Fridtjof Nansen ( |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mu Do Bong |  North Korea | The cargo ship ran aground offTuxpan, Mexico.[92] |
| Priyanka | India | The cargo ship was abandoned offAlibag. Her sixteen crew were rescued.[93] |
| USS Tuscaloosa | United States Navy | The decommissionedNewport-classtank landing ship was sunk as a target during the naval exerciseRIMPAC 2014 in thePacific Ocean 57nautical miles (106 km; 66 mi) northwest ofKauai,Hawaii.[94] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unnamed | Indonesia | Nearly sixty people were rescued from a ship allegedly carrying illegal migrants fromMalaysia toIndonesia. Two people were reported dead and eighteen missing from the ship which capsized off the southern state ofJohor, Malaysia.[95] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Escapade | United States | Thecasino ship ran aground off the coast ofGeorgia on her maiden voyage. All ninety-six passengers were taken off by theUnited States Coast Guard.[96] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Amakusa Island | Japan | Thebulk carrier ran aground and was damaged atPrince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada. She was later refloated but found to be holed.[97][98] |
| Gelis Rauh | Indonesia | The passenger ferry was destroyed by fire offLombok. All on board were rescued.[99] |
| Millennium Time | United Kingdom | The riverboat collided with atug on theRiver Thames nearWaterloo Bridge,London. Hundreds of passengers were safely evacuated from the boat, which has a capacity of three hundred and forty. Seven people were injured.[100][101] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nefterudovoz-32M |  Russia | The cargo ship ran aground and sank in theVolga River.[102] She was refloated on 21 July.[103] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ana |  Tuvalu | Typhoon Matmo: The cargo ship was driven ashore, capsized and sank atFuzhou, China. Her seventeen crew were rescued by helicopter.[104] |
| Sheng Chang |  Belize | Typhoon Matmo: Thetanker ran aground 60 nautical miles (110 km) offKaohsiung,Taiwan. Her four crew were rescued.[105][106] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Asaed | Yemen | The cargo ship suffered an engine failure and started taking on water in theGulf of Oman. Her nine crew were taken off byUSNS Richard E. Byrd ( United States Navy).[107] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Diver Master |  Denmark | Thetug was sunk byKruzenshtern ( Russian Navy) atEsbjerg when a line between the two vessels failed to release. Her three crew were rescued.[108] |
| Pinak-6 | Bangladesh | The ferry, carrying approximately two hundred passengers, capsized on thePadma River inMunshiganj District, 30 km (16 nmi) fromDhaka.[109] |
| Tahoe Queen | United States | Thepassenger ship ran aground offTahoe Keys, California. Two hundred and ninety-six passengers were taken off the vessel in an operation coordinated by theUnited States Coast Guard.[110] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lilly Johanne | Norway | The live fish carrier capsized atTuzla, Turkey. The brand new vessel was due to be delivered to her owners in mid-August.[111] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Andeswara | Indonesia | The cargo ship foundered offSumatra with the loss of 13 of her 37 crew.[112][113] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMAS Bundaberg |  Royal Australian Navy | TheArmidale-classpatrol boat was severely damaged by fire atHemmant, Queensland. She was consequently decommissioned in December. |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sea Soul 1 |  Tanzania | The cargo ship was scuttled atDakar, Senegal after being intercepted by theSenegalese Navy whilst gun running.[114] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ponton 1 | Germany | The 28.28-metre (92 ft 9 in) tow barge sprung a leak, capsized in theBaltic Sea and sank north of Barber Ort (54°29′N12°27′E / 54.483°N 12.450°E /54.483; 12.450). Her crew was rescued. Refloated, repaired and returned to service.[115] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Java Bonitos | Indonesia | The tanker suffered an engine room fire which spread to her cargo of condensate, which exploded. Four of her seventeen crew were lost.[116] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unnamed passenger vessel | Indonesia | The passenger ship was hit by a 3 m (9.8 ft) wave, ran into a reef and sank nearSangeang Api, a volcanic island offSumbawa. The ship was on a three-day voyage and was travelling between the islands ofLombok andKomodo.[117] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Amadeo 1 |  Chile | Thero-ro ferry struck a rock and capsized in theKirke Canal. All 55 people on board were rescued.[118] She was declared a total loss. The vessel was scuttled offAlmargo Island on 21 September 2015.[119] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unnamed | Unknown | The migrant ship, carrying at least 170 people capsized off the Libyan coast.[120] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unnamed | Unknown | The migrant ship capsized east ofTripoli, Libya.[121] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Anugerah 89 | Indonesia | The fish research ship sank 39 nautical miles (72 km) south ofDenpasr (9°16′S115°23′E / 9.267°S 115.383°E /-9.267; 115.383. Three of her fourteen crew were rescued bySafmarine Nomazwe ( Hong Kong).[122] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tao Yan | China | Thecontainer ship was run into byGang Tai Tai Zhou (China) and sank 10 nautical miles (19 km) east ofTianjin. Her 22 crew were rescued.[123] |
| Unnamed | Unknown | A fishing boat foundered south ofLampedusa,Italy with the loss of at least six migrants. TheItalian Coast Guard are reported to have rescued nearly 4,000 people over the weekend.[120] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tao Yan | China | The container ship collided withGang Tai Tai Zhou (China) and sank in theBohai Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) offTianjin. All twenty-two crew were rescued.[124] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Poline | Cambodia | The cargo ship capsized and sank in theEast China Sea. Eight of her ten crew survived,[125] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ince Inebolu | Turkey | Thebulk carrier ran aground atAstipalaia Island, Greece. She was on a voyage from Yemen toNovorossiysk, Russia.[126] She was refloated on 11 September.[127] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Captain Tsarev | Panama | The container ship was severely damaged by fire atBrest,Finistère, France.[128] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Migrant ship |  Egypt | A ship carrying roughly five hundred migrants from Palestine, Sudan and Egypt was rammed off the coast ofMalta by another vessel used by the Egyptian traffickers smuggling them to Italy. Ten survivors were plucked from the waters in the ensuing days. According to independent accounts of two of the survivors, the ramming occurred after a dispute occurred between the migrants and traffickers. The migrants had refused to transfer to a smaller ship in tow at the behest of the traffickers, due to its dangerously small size, and the traffickers reacted to the refusal by deliberately sinking the ship. The boat had departed from Egypt's port ofDamietta on 6 September. Survivors estimated that the drowning victims consisted of at least four hundred men and women, and as many as one hundred children—some who held ontolife preservers for days before finally being taken under by a storm.[129][130] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Maharlika II | Philippines | Typhoon Kalmaegi: Theferry foundered north west ofPanaon Island with the loss of three lives. Although only eighty-four passengers and crew were listed on the ships' manifest, it was believed to be carrying a total of 166 people.[131][132] Survivors were rescued byEpic St Martin ( Singapore),Lara Venture (Hong Kong) andMaharlika IV (Philippines).[133] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Super Shuttle Roro 7 | Philippines | Typhoon Kalmaegi: Theferry capsized and sank atManila. Her fifteen crew survived.[134] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS Fresno | United States Navy | TheNewport-classtank landing ship was sunk as atarget ship by aircraft and other warships during thenaval exerciseValiant Shield 2014 215 nautical miles (398 km; 247 mi) northeast ofGuam.[135] |
| Migrant ship | The migrant ship sank off the coast ofTajoura, east ofTripoli, Libya. Thirty-six out of a total of 250 on board were rescued. A further three boats sank off the Libyan coast from August to September.[136] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hao Jun | China | Typhoon Kalmaegi: The cargo ship foundered 11 nautical miles (20 km) south ofMacao. Her fourteen crew were rescued by helicopter.[137] |
| Santa Rosa | Singapore | Thecontainer ship ran aground offAbu Musa Island, Iran. She was on a voyage fromKarachi, Pakistan toJebel Ali, Dubai.[138] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Europalink |  Italy | Thero-roferry struck rocks off Peristeres, north east ofCorfu, Greece. All 70 crew and 692 passengers were evacuated. She was later refloated and taken in toKerkyra, Greece for repairs.Europalink was on a voyage fromPatras, Greece toAncona.[139][140] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lurongyu 859 | China | Thecoaster foundered in thePacific Ocean off theOki Islands, Japan with the loss of nine of her fourteen crew.[141] |
| Nivôse |  French Navy | TheFloréal-classfrigate was severely damaged by a fire which broke out in her engine room. She was subsequently towed intoPort des Galets.La Réunion. |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Prins 4 | Netherlands | Thedredger capsized atFlamanville, Manche France after her anchor snagged.[142] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fortuna S |  Moldova | The cargo ship ran aground and sank in theSulina Seaway. All twelve people on board were rescued.[143] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ocean Researcher V | Taiwan | The 2,700-ton research vessel sank in theTaiwan Strait just off ofPenghu. Two casualties resulted from the incident.[144][145][146] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Run Wu 9 | China | The cargo ship foundered in theEast China Sea offDachen Island. Her fifteen crew were rescued.[147] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alisa K | United States | The 38-foot (11.6 m)fishing vessel dragged heranchor and was wrecked on rocks inLyman Anchorage (55°33′N132°17′W / 55.550°N 132.283°W /55.550; -132.283 (Lyman Anchorage)) inClarence Strait in theAlexander Archipelago inSoutheast Alaska. TheUnited States Coast Guard rescued the only person aboard.[148] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| X Press 27 |  United Arab Emirates | Thetug collided withRoyal Jade (Panama) and sank offFujairah. Her crew were rescued.[149] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lenaneft-2013 | Russia | Thetanker ran aground in theLena River and was holed. She was on a voyage fromYakutsk toPeleduia.[150] |
| Tiksi | Russia | The tanker ran aground in the Lena River and was holed. She was on a voyage from Yakutsk toVitim.[151] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Al Riffa San Felipe | MaltaMarshall Islands | The twocontainer ships collided atPort Klang, Malaysia. Both vessels caught fire. The fire onSan Felipe was extinguished; the fire onAl Riffa was severe and the ship was towed out of port.[152] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kerch | Russian Navy | TheKara-classcruiser was severely damaged by fire atSevastopol. She was consequently withdrawn from service. |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| INS A72 |  Indian Navy | TheAstravahini-class torpedo recovery vessel sprang a leak and sank offVisakhapatnam. One of her 28 crew died, four were reported missing.[153] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Phuc Xuan 68 | Vietnam | The cargo ship collided withNam Vy 69 (Vietnam) offNha Trang and sank. Three of her eleven crew were rescued.[154] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hai Run 607 | China | The cargo ship collided withHansa Siegburg (Liberia) offQingyu Island and sank. Her six crew were rescued.[155] |
| Vital 355 | Philippines | Thecoaster capsized and sank 20 nautical miles (37 km) north west ofNaso Point with the loss of two of her thirteen crew.[156] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nossan |  Faroe Islands | The cargo ship ran aground and sank in theGöta älv atTrollhättan, Sweden. All on board survived.[157] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hokuei 18 | Japan | The cargo ship collided withYong Sheng VII (Panama) offOkinawa Island. She capsized and sank. Her five crew were rescued.[158] |
| San Cristobal | Ecuador | The ship capsized and sank in thePacific Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km) off theSanta Elena Peninsula. Her thirteen crew were rescued by a fishing vessel.[159] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Perantu |  Royal Malaysian Navy | The hydrographicsurvey ship capsized and sank atBoustead Naval Shipyard,Kuala Lumpur.[160] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Al Hassani |  Kiribati | Thecoaster foundered in theGulf of Aden. Her eight crew were rescued in an operation involving aLuftwaffeLockheed P-3 Orion,TCG Gemlik ( Turkish Navy) andTakanami ( Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force).[161] |
| Johanna Josephine | Netherlands | The dredger struck a submerged object and sank atWilhelmshaven, Germany. Her crew were rescued. She was later refloated and taken in to Wilhelmshaven.[162] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Calypso | Flag unknown | Thecoaster foundered 45 nautical miles (83 km) north ofCap-Haïtien.[163] Her seven crew were rescued byUSCGC Charles Sexton ( United States Navy).[164] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Zander | unknown | The 26.93-metre (88 ft 4 in) inland grabber dredge sprung a leak and sank 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) north ofNorderny in theNorth Sea (53°47′N07°12′E / 53.783°N 7.200°E /53.783; 7.200). Her two-man crew was lost.[165] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Super Shuttle Ferry 11 | Philippines | Theferry capsized and sank atBalbagon. Her crew were rescued.[166] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Åfjord | Norway | Theferry ran aground atFinneset. Her eleven passengers were taken off.[167] |
| Team Vestas Wind | Denmark | 2014–15 Volvo Ocean Race: TheVolvo Ocean 65yacht ran aground on the Cargados Carajos Shoals,St Brandon Island, offMauritius and was wrecked. Her nine crew were rescued. She was salvaged, repaired, returned to service.[168][169][170] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Oryong 501 | South Korea | The fishfactory ship capsized and sank in theBering Sea with the loss of 55 of her 62 crew. Survivors were rescued by thefishing trawlerCarolina-77 (Russia).[171] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Amaranthus |  Palau | The cargo ship (actuallyIsik 2) (Turkey) was driven ashore crewless onZakynthos, Greece. Her crew were believed to have been involved in smuggling cigarettes and to have abandoned the vessel, having given her a false identity.[172] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Elga-1 | Russia | The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank in theBlack Sea. Her crew were rescued bySea Spider (Marshall Islands).[173] She was salvaged on 8 December and towed intoVarna, Bulgaria.[174] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unnamed ship | Unknown | The ship sank, in theRed Sea while carrying African migrants fromEthiopia to theYemen with the loss of at least seventy lives.[175] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Gold | Panama | The cargo ship developed a list offTuzla, Turkey. Her seven crew were taken off.[176] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Zhong Zing 7 | China | The cargo ship collided withXin Wang Shun (China) and sank in theTaiwan Strait with the loss of three of her thirteen crew. Four were rescued and six were reported missing.[177] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mutambala | Democratic Republic of the Congo | The ferry capsized and sank inLake Tanganyika with the loss of 129 lives.[178][179] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sri Kandi 515 | Tuvalu | Thetanker was driven ashore atNarathiwat, Thailand.[180][181] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Malaysia Express 1 |  Malaysia | Theferry sprang a leak whilst on a voyage fromMalacca to Dumar, Indonesia. Her 171 passengers were rescued by fishing vessels.[182] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| M Star 1 | Panama | The cargo ship ran aground atSakata, Japan. Her eighteen crew were rescued by helicopter.[183] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Chaulk Determination |  Canada | Thetug sprang a leak and sank in theSaint Lawrence River atTrois-Rivières,Quebec.[184] |
| G.B. Corrado | Bahamas | The bulk carrier ran aground in theAtlantic Ocean offPort O'Connor, Texas, United States (28°23′N96°18′W / 28.383°N 96.300°W /28.383; -96.300.[185] |
| Ming Guang | Cambodia | The cargo ship sank 10 nautical miles (19 km) north west ofAjigasawa, Aomori, Japan with the loss of three of her ten crew.[186][187] |
| Pachacamac |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Thetug struck a sunken rock and sank offMollendo, Peru. One of her three crew was reported missing.[188] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Gökbel | Turkey | The general cargo vessel sank after a collision withLady Aziza (Belize) off thePort of Ravenna.[189][190] Of the 11 Turkish crew, two drowned and four were reported missing.[191] |
| Norman Atlantic | Italy |  Theferry caught fire in theAdriatic Sea offCorfu, Greece and was burnt out. Eight of the 478 people on board were killed. |
The accident happened Saturday on the White Nile River near Malakal in the northeast of the country, said Col. Philip Aguer of the Sudan People's Liberation Army.
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