Thelist of shipwrecks in 2011 includesships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during2011.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr |
| May | Jun | Jul | Aug |
| Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Manik Mia 2 |  Bangladesh | The cargo ship collided withAbdullah (Bangladesh) atChittagong and sank. Her twelve crew were rescued byAbdullah.[1] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Damariscotta |  United States | Thefishing vessel sank nearPoint Judith, Rhode Island.[2] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS Kittiwake |  United States Navy | The decommissionedChanticleer-classsubmarine rescue vessel wasscuttled in theCayman Islands offSeven Mile Beach,Grand Cayman, as anartificial reef. |
| Sea Shine 14 |  Sierra Leone | The cargo ship caught fire in thePersian Gulf. Her fifteen crew were rescued by theIranian Coast Guard.[3] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Seiyoh |  Japan | Thetanker capsized and sank in theInland Sea of Japan with the loss of two of her five crew.[4] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Soon Bee II |  Malaysia | The cargo ship foundered in theSouth China Sea offKuala Rajang,Sarawak with the loss of eight of her eighteen crew.[5] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Prantalay 14 |  Thailand | Battle of Minicoy Island: The trawler, being used bypirates who had seized her as amother ship, was shelled and sunk byINS Cankarso ( Indian Navy). 10 pirates were killed and 15 captured.[6] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| INS Vindhyagiri | Indian Navy | TheNilgiri-classfrigate collided with the cargo shipNordlake ( Cyprus) inJawaharlal Nehru Port,Mumbai, on 30 January.Vindhyagiri was towed into harbour where she sank on 31 January. Raised and decommissioned in 2012.[7] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nordland 1 |  Germany | The cargo ship was driven ashore onBorkum.[8] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Grigoriy Petrovskiy |  Ukraine | The cargo ship sank in a storm after striking a pier in thePort of Poti,Georgia. Her crew of eleven were rescued.[9] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Terrigail | United States | The 58-foot (17.7 m)longlinefishing vessel was wrecked inAlimuda Bay (53°26′N167°21′W / 53.433°N 167.350°W /53.433; -167.350 (Alimuda Bay)) onUnalaska Island in theAleutian Islands. AUnited States Coast Guard helicopter rescued all five crew members.[10] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Midnight Sun |  United States | The 68-foot (20.7 m)fishing vessel was wrecked atCape Paramanof (58°18′20″N153°03′30″W / 58.30556°N 153.05833°W /58.30556; -153.05833 (Cape Paramanof)) on the west side ofAfognak Island in theKodiak Archipelago. AUnited States Coast Guard helicopter rescued her entire crew of five.[11] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lady Rana |  Panama | The cargo ship was driven ashore and severely damaged atSharjah, United Arab Emirates. Her crew survived.[12] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Shirvan |  Azerbaijan | The crane vessel was severely damaged by fire inBaku Bay with the loss of one life.[13] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dream Voyage |  Vietnam | Thejunk sank inHalong Bay with the loss of twelve lives. At least fifteen people were rescued.[14] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Migrant ship | Unknown | The ship capsized off theYemen coast with the loss of fifty-sevenSomali refugees.[15] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nieuwpoort 28 |  Netherlands | Thefishing trawler capsized offDunkirk, France. Three lives were lost. She was recovered byparbuckling on 5 March.[16] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Capt’N Andrew | United States | The 58-foot (17.7 m)fishing vessel ran aground atBold Cape (55°01′30″N162°15′00″W / 55.02500°N 162.25000°W /55.02500; -162.25000 (Bold Cape)) on the south coast of theAlaska Peninsula. The crew of the fishing vesselJust in Case (United States) borrowed askiff from theharbormaster atKing Cove, Alaska, and used it to rescue all five people aboardCapt’N Andrew.[17] |
| Zhe Ling Yu Yun 135 |  China | Thefishing vessel collided with themotor vesselCosco Hong Kong ( United Kingdom) 30 nautical miles (56 km; 35 mi) off the coast ofChina. She sank with the loss of all 11 crew.[18] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rak Afrikana |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | The cargo ship foundered off the coast of Somalia. Her 25 crew were rescued byZeffiro ( Italian Navy).[19] |
An unknown number of vessels are washed ashore or sunk around thePacific Rim following anearthquake andtsunami off the north east coast of Japan. Ship casualties include:-
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Akane Maru No. 1 | Japan | The 400-tonsalmon andsaury fishing vessel was driven 100 metres (330 ft) ashore by atsunami atKesennuma, Miyagi. The vessel was transported to the water on a cradle and refloated with a crane on 17 June 2011.[20] |
| Anyo Maru No. 6 | Japan | The 235-ton fishing vessel was driven ashore by a tsunami atKesennuma, Miyagi.[21] |
| Asia Symphony | Panama | The 6,175-ton cargo ship was driven ashore by a tsunami atKamaishi, Iwate.[22][23] |
| Chikyu | Japan | Theresearch vessel was damaged by a tsunami offHachinohe, Aomori.[24] |
| Chinasteel Integrity | Panama | The cargo ship ran aground offKashima, Ibarki after being hit by a tsunami.[25] |
| Chokai Maru | Japan | The 150-foot (46 m) fishing vessel was driven ashore by a tsunami atHigashimatsushima.[26] |
| Choyo Maru No. 5 | Japan |  |
| C. S. Victory |  Malta |  The 32,385-ton cargo ship was driven aground by a tsunami atIshinomaki, Miyagi.[27] |
| El Cholo |  Peru | 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami: The fishing vessel disappeared after leavingPuerto Rico de Bayóvar,Peru and was presumed to have foundered in the Pacific Ocean with the loss of all ten crew.[28] |
| Emu Arrow |  Bahamas | The cargo ship was damaged atKashima, Ibaraki when a tsunami caused her to collide with other vessels.[29] |
| Genei Maru No. 88 | Japan | The fishing vessel was driven ashore by a tsunami at Hachinohe.[30] |
| Glovis Mercury |  South Korea |  |
| Hamayuri | Japan | The sight seeing boat was driven ashore on the roof of an inn by a tsunami atŌtsuchi,Iwate Prefecture. The wreck was removed and broken up two months later.[32] |
| Kameyama | Japan | The 148-ton ferry was driven 500 metres (1,600 ft) ashore on Ōshima Island by a tsunami.[33] |
| Kazu Maru No. 1 | Japan | Thetug was driven ashore by a tsunami atŌfunato, Iwate.[34] |
| Khrizolitovyy |  Russia | The 523-tonrefrigerated fish carrier was pushed ashore and damaged by a tsunami at Ōfunato. Her thirteen crew were rescued by a fishing vessel.[35] |
| Kiku Maru No. 38 | Japan |  |
| Kinei Maru No. 31 | Japan | The 221-ton fishing vessel was wrecked by a tsunami at Kesennuma. Her eight crew survived.[36] |
| Koshin Maru | Japan | The 5,192-ton cargo ship which was either driven ashore or sunk by a tsunami.[37] |
| Kyotoku Maru No. 18 | Japan | The 60-metre (200 ft) fishing vessel was driven 500 metres (1,600 ft) (or 500 yards, 460 m) ashore by a tsunami at Kesennuma. The vessel was later scrapped, beginning September 2013.[38][39][40] |
| Kyotoku Maru No. 81 | Japan | The 80-ton, 29.39-metre (96.4 ft) fishing vessel was driven ashore by a tsunami atOnahama.[41] |
| Lion's Whelp | United States | 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami: The 90-foot (27 m) wooden schooner was destroyed at dock by the tsunami atBrookings, Oregon.[42] |
| Myojin Maru No. 3 | Japan | The 48.8-metre (160 ft), 330-ton fishing vessel was driven ashore by a tsunami at Kesennuma.[43][44] |
| Shiramizu | Japan | The bulk carrier was severely damaged by a tsunami atShinchi, Fukushima.[45] |
| Shirouma | Panama | The 77,739-ton cargo ship was driven ashore by a tsunami atHaramichi.[46] |
| Sho Yo | Japan | The vessel was driven ashore by a tsunami at Higashimatsushima.[47] |
| Sider Joy | Unflagged | The cargo ship was under construction and about to startsea trials. The vessel was driven ashore and damaged by a tsunami at Sendai. Refloated, completed and put in service.[48] |
| Suwa Maru No.82 | Japan | The 582-ton 49.9-metre (164 ft) fishing vessel was driven ashore by a tsunami at Onahama.[49] |
| Taiki Maru No. 71 | Japan | The fishing vessel was driven ashore at Kesennuma. Her eight crew survived.[50] |
| Toripan | Unflagged | The cargo ship was under construction. The vessel was driven ashore and damaged by a tsunami at Ishinomaki.[48] |
| Unknown and unknown | unknown | 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami: A tug andbarge were pushed ashore offKudat,Malaysia. The tug was able to pull off at high tide.[51] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Oliva | Malta | The cargo ship ran aground nearNightingale Island,Tristan da Cunha,spilling her fuel and cargo ofsoya beans.[52] The ship broke up the following day.[53] Her 22 crew were rescued byEdinburgh ( Tristan da Cunha) andPrince Albert II (Bahamas).Oliva broke in two on 18 March.[54] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Min Ningde Cargo 0202 | China | The cargo ship capsized and sank in theSouth China Sea offNingde with the loss of four of her six crew.[55] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Helga | Panama | The cargo ship sank off the coast ofBelize with the loss of three of her crew.[56] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown patrol boat |  Libya Coast Guard | TheVittoria PV-30LS-class patrol boat was damaged offMisrata by a United States NavyLockheed P-3 Orion aircraft withMaverick missiles and beached.[57] |
| Unknown patrol boats | Libyan Navy | Two fast patrol boats were attacked byFairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft offMisrata. One was sunk and one abandoned.[58] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alpspray | Germany | Thetanker exploded, caught fire and sank in theDortmund-Ems Canal atLingen. Her five crew were rescued.[59] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Zapadnyy |  Belize | The food tanker was forced off course by another ship and collided with a floating dock belonging to the Fr.Lürssen shipyard, causing heavy damage and sprung a leak causing her to be beached to prevent sinking in theRiver Weser atBremen-Vegesack. Refloated, repaired, returned to service.[60] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Binh Minh 28 | Vietnam | The cargo ship was in collision withPhuc Hai 05 (Vietnam) and foundered offDa Nang with the loss of five of her crew.[61] |
| Unnamed boat |  Libya | The boat sank 59 kilometres (32 nmi) south ofLampedusa,Italy, killing asylum seekers from Libya. At least 20 were killed and 130 reported missing; 48 survivors were rescued by theCorpo delle Capitanerie di porto - Guardia costiera. |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hyang Ro Bong |  North Korea | The cargo ship collided withBanga Lanka (Bangladesh) and sank atChittagong, Bangladesh. Her 31 crew were rescued.[62] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Richardson's Bay | United States | Thetug capsized and sank in thePacific Ocean offOcean Beach, California with the loss of one of her two crew.[63] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMAS Adelaide |  Royal Australian Navy |  |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unnamed ferry |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | The ferry capsized and sank inLake Kivu, nearMinova. At least 38 people reported killed.[64] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ary Perreiras |  Brazilian Navy | The decommissionedtroopship foundered in theIonian Sea whilst under tow to a Turkish scrapyard.[65] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| V. B. Antárctico | Panama | Thetug capsized and sank in theAtlantic Ocean off the coast of Portugal. Her eleven crew were rescued byArctic Voyager (Bahamas) andElizabeth (flag unknown).[66] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sandy Point | United States | Thefishing vessel sank after colliding with the container shipEurus London in theGulfport Ship Channel. She was recovered byparbuckling in July 2011.[67] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ain Zaara | Libyan Navy | 2011 Libyan civil war: The Project 1234E corvette was sunk atTripoli, Libya by British aircraft.[68] |
| Al Ghardabia | Libyan Navy | 2011 Libyan civil war: The Project 1159 frigate, in reserve since 2001, was sunk at her dock inTripoli, Libya by British aircraft.[68] |
| Beir Algandula,Beir Alkuesat,Beir Alkur,Beir Gtifa,Beir Gzir, andBeir Ktitat | Libyan Navy | 2011 Libyan civil war: These sixBeir Grassa-classmissile boats were damaged atTripoli, Libya by British aircraft and abandoned. |
| Jelyana | Libyan Navy | 2011 Libyan civil war: TheAl Mergheb-class patrol boat was damaged by British aircraft, caught fire and capsized. Later raised, repaired and returned to service.[69] |
| Sabratha | Libyan Navy | 2011 Libyan civil war: TheZuwarah-class patrol boat was sunk by British aircraft.[70] |
| Talgrift | Libyan Navy | 2011 Libyan civil war: TheAl Mergheb-class patrol boat was sunk by British aircraft atDera'a.[71] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Volgoneft 263 | Russia | Thetanker was under repair in a floatingdry dock when the dry dock sank. As holes had been cut in her hull,Volgoneft 263 also sank.[72] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| JLL Victorita |  Philippines | Typhoon Songda: Thecoaster was driven ashore atBasco, Batanes. Her eighteen crew were rescued.[73] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| En Avant 5 | Netherlands | Thetug capsized in theMaas atDordrecht,South Holland. Her four crew survived.[74] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Wendameen | United States | Theschooner ran aground atPortland, Maine. All 27 people on board were rescued.Wendameen was later refloated.[75] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OT Moon | Bangladesh | The tanker capsized and sank atChittagong.[76] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Adonis |  Australia | Thetug capsized and sank atGladstone, Queensland with the loss of one of her four crew.[77] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Deneb |  Antigua and Barbuda | Thecontainer ship capsized atAlgeciras, Spain.[78] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Vialis | Netherlands | Thetanker broke in two in theCaland Canal.[citation needed] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Aries | United States | Thetug foundered in theBering Sea east ofSaint Paul Island,Alaska. Her four crew were rescued by aUnited States Coast Guard helicopter.[79] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Erik |  Mexico | The 115-foot (35 m) fishing boat. carrying tourists, sank after encountering bad weather in theGulf of California some 60 nautical miles (110 km; 69 mi) fromSan Felipe, Baja California,Mexico. As of 4 July 2011, one fatality was reported and between five and eight passengers were missing.[80] As of 20 July 2011, seven people were missing and one was confirmed dead.[81] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Musthika Kencana II |  Indonesia | The ferry, which had caught fire the day before, foundered offJava. |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | Russia | The passenger ship sank in theVolga River with 208 people on board. One hundred and twenty-two were killed.[82] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Union Neptune |  Cook Islands | The cargo ship foundered off theÎle d'Oléron,Charente-Maritime, France. Her six crew were rescued byAbeille Languedoc ( France).[83] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ishan Alyanak |  Turkey | Theferry collided with the pier atİzmir and sank.[84] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Phoenix |  Equatorial Guinea | The tanker ran aground nearDurban, South Africa. Her fifteen crew were rescued. She was refloated on 2 September and scuttled on 6 September 43 nautical miles (80 km) off Durban.[85][86] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Wendameen | United States | Theschooner ran aground offGreen Diamond Island,Maine. All 49 passengers were transferred to other vessels.[87] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Asia Malaysia | Philippines | Theferry capsized and sank offCalabasa Island. All 168 people on board were rescued.[88] |
| Pavit | Panama | Thetanker was driven ashore crewless atJuhu, India. Crew rescued by HMS St Albans ( Royal Navy) on or before 1 July ( One report states January).[89][90][91] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Karin Schepers | Antigua and Barbuda | The cargo ship ran aground off the Trevean Cliff,MorvahCornwall, United Kingdom. She refloated herself and continued her voyage fromCork, Ireland toRotterdam.[92][93][94] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rak Carrier | Panama | The 225-metre (738 ft) vessel, carrying 60,000 tons of coal bound forGurajat,India, sank off theMumbai coast. The crew of 30 was rescued by theIndian Coast Guard andIndian Navy, but the authorities are concerned about possible environmental damage.[95][96] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Angel 1 | Panama | The cargo ship ran aground on a reef offPoudres-d'Or, Mauritius.[97] After more than three months on the reef, she was refloated and taken under tow but found to be severely holed. The ship sank on 26 November.[98] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bulk Carrier I | Philippines | The bulk carrier was in collision withHS Puccini ( Liberia) in theCelebes Sea and foundered. Her 21 crew were rescued, but two crew fromHS Puccini were killed.[99] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS Arthur W. Radford | United States Navy | TheSpruance-classdestroyer wasscuttled as anartificial reef in theAtlantic Ocean off the coast ofDelaware in 130 feet (40 m) of water at38°30.850′N074°30.656′W / 38.514167°N 74.510933°W /38.514167; -74.510933 (USSArthur W. Radford).[100] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Chiefton | United Kingdom | TheGirl-classtugboat was overrun by the crane bargeSkyline Barge 19 (Netherlands), which she was towing. She capsized and sank in theRiver Thames at Convoys Wharf,Deptford with the loss of one of her three crew.Chiefton was refloated on 18 August. She was subsequently declared aconstructive total loss and scrapped atChatham, Kent.[101][102] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mungo | Bahamas | The coaster ran aground atLittlehampton Harbour,West Sussex, United Kingdom, following failure of her steering gear.[103] Refloated the next day.[104] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown Libyan tugboat |  Libya | 2011 Libyan civil war:Second Battle of Zawiya: The tugboat was sunk offZawiya, Libya by British aircraft.[68] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unidentified transport | Libya | 2011 Libyan civil war: The rebeltransport blew up in the harbor atZuwara,Libya, at the time the harbor was being shelled by Libyan governmentfield artillery.[68] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bear | United States | The 52-foot (15.8 m)halibut-fishing vessel ran aground and was lost inAniakchak Bay (56°42′N157°22′W / 56.700°N 157.367°W /56.700; -157.367 (Aniakchak Bay)) on the south coast of theAlaska Peninsula inAlaska. Wearingsurvival suits, her crew of three abandoned ship in alife raft and was rescued by aUnited States Coast GuardSikorsky MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter.[105] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ai Qi Shun |  Cambodia | The cargo ship ran aground offPetropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia and was abandoned by her crew.[106] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hyundai Seolbong | South Korea | Theferry caught fire in theSouth China Sea. All 128 people on board were rescued by theSouth Korean Coast Guard andSouth Korean Navy.[107] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| RiverZZ | Netherlands | Thepassenger ship was destroyed by fire atRotterdam,South Holland.[108] |
| Spice Islander I |  Tanzania | Zanzibar ferry sinking: The ferry sank betweenZanzibar andPemba Island with over 3,500 people on board, of whom about 260 were rescued. 240 people were confirmed to have been killed, 2,900 in total were reported missing or dead.[109][110] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nordlys |  Norway | Thecruise ship suffered a fire in her engine room which killed two of her 55 crew. All 207 passengers and some of the surviving crew were rescued, with the remainder engaged in firefighting operations. |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Canadian Miner |  Canada | Thelake freighter ran aground onScatarie Island,Nova Scotia after losing the tow fromHellas ( Greece) in a storm whilst being towed to Turkey for scrapping.[111][112] |
| Kita Maru No. 12 | Japan | Thetug capsized and sank atWajima whilst assistingMiura (Japanese Coast Guard). Both crew were killed.[113] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| KM Marina Nusantara | Indonesia | Theferry collided with atug andbarge in theBarito River,Borneo and then caught fire. Four of the 443 people on board were killed.[114] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| KM Kirana IX | Indonesia | Alorry on board theferry caught fire whilst she was docked atSurabaya, causing a stampede amongst the passengers. Eight people were killed.[115] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fang Zhou 6 | China | Typhoon Nesat: The cargo ship was abandoned offZhuhai. Her twelve crew were rescued byhelicopter.[116] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Jui Hsing | China | Typhoon Nalgae: The cargo ship was driven ashore offKeelung, Taiwan and broke in two with the loss of ten of her 21 crew.[117] |
| Porsøy | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | The cargo ship struck an islet in the straitRaftsundet in Norway.[118]Porsøy was found to be damaged beyond repair and scrapping of the vessel began inGrenå, Denmark on 13 October 2011.[119] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rena | Liberia |  Thecontainer ship ran aground on theAstrolabe Reef in theBay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand (37°32′25″S176°25′45″E / 37.54028°S 176.42917°E /-37.54028; 176.42917). The ship broke in two in a storm on 8 January 2012, with the stern section reported to have sunk on 10 January 2012 |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Jager | United States | The 42-foot (12.8 m)crab-fishing vessel sank in theChatham Strait in theAlexander Archipelago inSoutheast Alaska west ofAngoon,Alaska. AUnited States Coast Guard helicopter rescued the only person aboard from alife raft.[120] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Finnøyglimt | Norway | The cargo ship foundered offHaugesund with the loss of one of her three crew.[121] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Grigoriy Bugrov | Russia | Thetanker struck a submerged object and foundered in theCaspian Sea offChechen Island. Her fourteen crew were rescued.[122] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Justin | United States | TheLCM-8landing craft foundered offAlki Point,Seattle, Washington. She was raised the next day.[123][124] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bilgili Biraderler | Turkey | The cargo ship was driven ashore atIstanbul.[125] |
| Enko | Turkey | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Istanbul.[125] |
| Ismet Atasoy | Turkey | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Istanbul.[125] |
| Kumdas 2 | Turkey | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Istanbul.[125] |
| Pearl | Malta | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Istanbul.[125] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Reina 1 | Malta | The cargo ship was in collision withAnkara (Turkey) in theAdriatic Sea off the coast of Albania with the loss of eight of her ten crew.[126] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Oriental Sunrise | Panama | The cargo ship was in collision withHamburg Bridge (Panama) offQingdao, China and sank with the loss of eleven of her nineteen crew.[127] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Golub |  Croatia | The fishing vessel was in collision withJoerg N. (Malta) offPula, Croatia and sank. None of the eight crew members was injured and all were rescued with their own work/rescue boats.[citation needed] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pella |  Jordan | Thero-roferry caught fire and sank in theRed Sea offAqaba with the loss of one of the 1,229 passengers on board.[128][129] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Shiv Sagar |  India | The cargo ship capsized and sank in theGulf of Aden offDhofar, Oman with the loss of nine of her fifteen crew.[130] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Legacy | Bahamas | Theferry was driven on to the Cherokee Reef, off theAbaco Islands. All eighteen people on board were rescued by theBahamas Air Sea Rescue Association, theRoyal Bahamas Defence Force and theUnited States Navy.[131] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Oriental Angel | South Korea | The combinedtrawler andfactory ship caught fire in theBering Sea offBeringovkiy, Russia with the loss of one of her 89 crew. Survivors were rescued by fishing vessels.[132] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bright Ruby | South Korea | The cargo ship foundered in theSouth China Sea 300 nautical miles (560 km) south ofHong Kong with the loss of six of her 21 crew.[133] |
| Helle Saj |  Denmark | The dredger collided withTonne (Denmark) atThorsminde and sank. The wreck was removed in April 2012.[134] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Swanland | Cook Islands | The cargo ship foundered in theIrish Sea. Two of her eight crew were rescued and one was found dead, with five reported missing as of 28 November 2011.[135] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| SuperFerry 1 | Philippines | The ferry ran aground offTaytaytan Island.[136] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Edro III | Sierra Leone |  |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dayspring | United Kingdom | The decommissioned fishing vessel was driven ashore in a storm near the village of Corpach, Fort William,Scotland.[138][139] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Florece |  Dominican Republic | The cargo ship collided in theBay of Biscay withAfrodite (Bahamas) and sank. All seven crew were rescued.[140] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ryu-Jun | Cambodia | The cargo ship foundered in theSouth China Sea ofTaitung, Taiwan with the loss of one of her eight crew.[141] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Changda 216 | Belize | The cargo ship foundered offLuzon, Philippines when her cargo shifted. Two of her fifteen crew were lost.[142] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Magul |  Portugal | Thepilot boat, a formerTree-class trawler, was driven ashore and wrecked nearBelz, Morbihan, France (47°38′N3°12′W / 47.633°N 3.200°W /47.633; -3.200).[143] |
| TK Bremen | Malta |  The cargo ship was driven ashore atErdeven,Morbihan, France.[144] She was later scrappedin situ.[145] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ever Transport III | Philippines | Tropical Storm Washi: Thecargo liner ran aground and sank offDumaguete. All 32 passengers and crew were rescued.[146] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Huong Dien 09 | Vietnam | Thecollier capsizsed and sank offCo To Island with the loss of all nine of her crew.[147][148] |
| Kolskaya | Russia | Theoil platform capsized and sank in theSea of Okhotsk with the loss of 53 of her 67 crew. |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Heather Anne | United Kingdom | The fishing vessel sank inGerrans Bay,Cornwall with the loss of one of the two crew.[149] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kijang III | Indonesia | Thetug sank at Bukit Panglong,Bintan Island with the loss of two of her five crew.[150] |
| Vinalines Queen | Vietnam | Thebulk carrier carrying nickel ore sank nearLuzon, Philippines with the loss of 22 of her 23 crew. |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dogu Haslaman | Turkey | The cargo ship sank in theAegean Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) offÇeşme with the loss of two of her thirteen crew. Survivors were rescued byPirireis (Turkey).[151] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The Pirate's Ransom | United States | Thepassenger ship ran aground offClearwater, Florida. All passengers were taken off.[152] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bien Nam | Vietnam | The cargo ship was reported missing on 12 May whilst on a voyage fromTuticorin, India toPadang, Indonesia.[153] |
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