List of shipwrecks in 1984

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The list of shipwrecks in 1984 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1984.

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1 January

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1984
ShipStateDescription
Keta United States The fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Olsen Island (60°52′15″N 147°33′30″W / 60.87083°N 147.55833°W / 60.87083; -147.55833 (Olsen Island)) on the south-central coast of Alaska.[1]
Kristen United States The fishing vessel was destroyed by fire and sank off a location identified as "Esther Island Light" on the coast of Alaska. The wreck report does not specify whether the incident occurred off the Esther Island Light in Prince William Sound on the south-central coast of Alaska or off the Esther Island Light (57°50′45″N 136°26′00″W / 57.84583°N 136.43333°W / 57.84583; -136.43333 (Esther Island Light)) at the south end of Lisianski Stait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[1]
Rare Earth United States The pleasure craft sank after colliding with an iceberg in Columbia Bay (60°56′30″N 147°05′30″W / 60.94167°N 147.09167°W / 60.94167; -147.09167 (Columbia Bay)) on the south-central coast of Alaska.[2]

3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1984
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Fairplay X West Germany The tug ran aground in the Hayle estuary, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[3]

5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1984
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Mahajak Progress Thailand The cargo ship caught fire off Sattahip and was abandoned. Later declared a constructive total loss and was scrapped.[4]

16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1984
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Pergo Netherlands The cargo ship was abandoned in the North Sea off Norway. She sailed crewless on auto-pilot for 200 nautical miles (370 km) and ran aground south of Dunbar, East Lothian. The ship was salvaged and taken to Leith.[5]

22 January

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1984
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Mary Lou United States The 86-foot (26.2 m) fishing trawler capsized and sank with the loss of two lives off Cape Decision on the coast of Southeast Alaska after a large wave struck her. There were three survivors.[6]

24 January

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1984
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Radiant Med Liberia The cargo ship foundered off Guernsey, Channel Islands after a hatch cover was smashed in heavy seas. Seventeen of the 26 crew were lost. Nine survivors were rescued by the frigate Casabianca ( Marine Nationale) and taken to St Peter Port.[7]

February

1 February

List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1984
ShipStateDescription
Skaros United Kingdom Iran–Iraq War: The bulk carrier was struck by an Iraqi Exocet missile in the Bandar Imam Khomenei Channel and set on fire. Declared a constructive total loss, later scrapped

7 February

List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1984
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Midnight Sun 1 Panama The cargo ship foundered off Ouessant, France in a storm. Eight of the nineteen crew were lost.[8]

14 February

List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1984
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Kyowa Maru No. 11 Japan The fishing trawler sank with the loss of 14 lives in the Bering Sea approximately 120 nautical miles (220 km; 140 mi) north of Atka Island in the Aleutian Islands after colliding with the vessel Anyo Maru No. 15 ( Japan). There were eight survivors.[1]

15 February

List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1984
ShipStateDescription
Camilla Weston United Kingdom The coaster collided with a German ship in fog 8 nautical miles (15 km) off Cromer, Norfolk and sank. The five crew were rescued.[9]

25 February

List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1984
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Mia Dawn United States The seiner ran aground and sank in bad weather at Tolstoi Point (55°22′N 161°30′W / 55.367°N 161.500°W / 55.367; -161.500 (Tolstoi Point)) on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula near Unga Island in the Shumagin Islands.[6]
Pescasa-15 Nicaragua Contra War: The fishing vessel was sunk by mines at El Bluff, Nicaragua. Two of her crewmen were wounded.[10]
Pescasa-27 Nicaragua Contra War: The fishing vessel was sunk by mines at El Bluff, Nicaragua. Seven of her crewmen were wounded and two were missing.[10]

March

1 March

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1984
ShipStateDescription
Charming United Kingdom Jersey Iran–Iraq War: The cargo ship was struck by an Iraqi missile and set on fire. The fourteen crew abandoned ship,[11] which then ran aground at Bandar Khomenei.[12]

4 March

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1984
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Becky Thatcher United States The historic sternwheel texas-deck paddle steamer, operating as a showboat theater, sank at her mooring in the Muskingum River at Marietta, Georgia, when low river water caused her hull to strike sharp submerged concrete rubble. She was refloated and repaired, and she returned to service in June 1985.[13][14]

12 March

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1984
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Harjan Norway The whaler was wrecked off Finnmark.[15]

27 March

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1984
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Unknown Nicaragua Contra War: Two unidentified shrimp boats were sunk by mines at Corinto, Nicaragua.[16]

29 March

List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1984
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Arcely Perez Nicaragua Contra War: The fishing vessel was sunk by mines at Corinto, Nicaragua.[10]
Eldia Malta The cargo ship was driven ashore at Orleans, Massachusetts, United States in a hurricane. She was refloated two months later, and scrapped in 1985.
San Albino Nicaragua Contra War: The fishing vessel was sunk by mines at Corinto, Nicaragua.[10]
Sea Vamp United States The fishing vessel capsized and sank near Sitka, Alaska.[17]

30 March

List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1984
ShipStateDescription
Ane Katrine West Germany The trawler was sunk off Jutland, Denmark after her nets were snagged by the Chilean submarine Simpson ( Armada de Chile) which was then undergoing trials. The three crew were killed.[18]

April

11 April

List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1984
ShipStateDescription
No 5 dumb hopper barge  Australia A redundant hopper barge owned by the Government of South Australia was scuttled about 17.5 kilometres (10.9 mi) south east of Ardrossan in Gulf St Vincent in South Australia during April 1984 in order to create an artificial reef for recreational fishing use following the prohibition of access to the waters within 550 metres (1,800 ft) with the nearby wrecksite of Zanoni.[19][20]

20 April

List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1984
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Sonia Spain After the patrol vessel Aisling and an unidentified patrol vessel (both  Irish Naval Service) caught her fishing illegally in Irish waters during a gale on the evening of 19 April and she fled, resulting in a five-hour chase in which the Irish vessels fired 596 rounds at her as warning shots before discontinuing pursuit, the 330-gross register ton fishing vessel sank in the Irish Sea off England about 45 nautical miles (83 km; 52 mi) northwest of Land's End. The cargo ship Achat ( West Germany) rescued three members of her 16-person crew, and a Royal Air Force Sea King helicopter from RAF Brawdy picked up the other 13.[21]

26 April

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1984
ShipStateDescription
Tadoussac  Canada The lake freighter ran aground in the St. Clair River in heavy ice. The vessel was freed on 28 April.[22]

28 April

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1984
ShipStateDescription
Sharon D United States During a voyage from Dillingham to Kodiak, Alaska, the fishing vessel flooded and sank in the Gulf of Alaska about 50 nautical miles (93 km; 58 mi) south of Kodiak after a large wave broke over her stern. A United States Coast Guard helicopter hoisted all three members of her crew off the roof of her wheelhouse before she sank.[17]

May

15 May

List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1984
ShipStateDescription
Hermes United States The freighter, a former U.S. Navy buoy tender (254 GRT 1943), was sunk as an artificial reef one mile (1.6 km) off the south end of Bermuda.[23]

16 May

List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1984
ShipStateDescription
Unknown speedboats Nicaragua Contra War: Action off Lausika: Two Contra-operated "Piranha" speedboats were sunk by Nicaraguan Navy craft.[24]

27 May

List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1984
ShipStateDescription
Laleham United Kingdom The cargo ship was wrecked on the north coast of Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.[25]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: unknown May 1984
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Unknown speedboat Nicaragua Contra War: The Contra-operated speedboat was sunk by Nicaraguan Air Force aircraft.[26]

June

3 June

List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1984
ShipStateDescription
Buyuk Hun Turkey The ship was attacked by Iraqi fighter aircraft on 3 June 1984 while underway in ballast from Tutunciftlik, Turkey to Kharg Island, Iran. Two Exocet missiles hit the superstructure and the engine room, starting a fire, killing three crew members and injuring two. The vessel was later towed to Bushir, Iran, where the wreck was declared a total loss and sold to Taiwanese breakers in 1986.
Marques United Kingdom The barque sank off Bermuda with the loss of nineteen crew.

8 June

List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1984
ShipStateDescription
Stena of Sitoo United Kingdom The schooner struck a floating object in the North Sea whilst on a voyage from Amsterdam, Netherlands to Lowestoft, Suffolk and was holed below the waterline. HMS Ambuscade ( Royal Navy) went to her assistance. Pumps were flown out by helicopter and a lifeboat towed her in to Harwich, Essex.[27]

9 June

List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1984
ShipStateDescription
Silver Clipper United States The fishing vessel sank 28 nautical miles (52 km; 32 mi) northwest of Dutch Harbor, Alaska.[17]

20 June

List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1984
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HMS Jupiter  Royal Navy The Leander-class frigate collided with London Bridge and was severely damaged.

20 June

List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1984
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Charles H McKay Australia The hopper barge collided with Yeu Man ( Panama) at Melbourne and sank. All eight crew were rescued.[28]

July

17 July

List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1984
ShipStateDescription
HMS Devonshire  Royal Navy The County-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the North Atlantic Ocean during exercises by the submarine HMS Splendid ( Royal Navy).

23 July

List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1984
ShipStateDescription
Irene Dawn United States The 42-foot (12.8 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in Raspberry Strait (58°02′N 153°00′W / 58.033°N 153.000°W / 58.033; -153.000 (Raspberry Strait)) between Afognak Island and Raspberry Island in Alaska's Kodiak Archipelago. The fishing vessel Joanice T ( United States) rescued everyone on board.[29]
Wild Canary United States The 28-foot (8.5 m) cabin cruiser sank in Chatham Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska north of Port Alexander, Alaska, with the loss of one life.[30]

26 July

List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1984
ShipStateDescription
HMS Confiance  Royal Navy The Confiance-class tug was sunk as a target in the North Sea.[31]

29 July

List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1984
ShipStateDescription
Arendsee East Germany South African Border War: The cargo ship was sunk in Luanda harbor by South African frogmen using limpet mines. Later raised but scuttled in open waters.[32]
Columbus C. Panama The cruise ship rammed the harbour breakwater and sank at Cádiz, Spain.

30 July

List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1984
ShipStateDescription
Alvenus United Kingdom The tanker ran aground off New Orleans, Louisiana, cracking the hull and spilling some of her 14,700,000 US gallons (56,000,000 L) of crude oil.[33]

August

3 August

List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1984
ShipStateDescription
Euphoria United States The crab-fishing vessel capsized approximately 100 nautical miles (190 km; 120 mi) southeast of Yakutat, Alaska. Her crew of three survived.[34]
Rosemary United States The 88-foot (26.8 m) fishing vessel burned and sank in Bristol Bay off Alaska.[2]

4 August

List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1984
ShipStateDescription
Wellwood Cyprus
MV Wellwood
The 122-metre (400.3 ft) motor cargo ship ran aground in 6 metres (20 ft) of water on Molasses Reef in the Key Largo National Marine Sanctuary in the Florida Keys about 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) south of Key Largo, Florida. She was refloated 12 days later.[35][36]

5 August

List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1984
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Vicky Lynn United States The 31-foot (9.4 m) seiner sank in the Gulf of Alaska near Cape Chiniak (57°37′N 152°10′W / 57.617°N 152.167°W / 57.617; -152.167 (Cape Chiniak)), on Kodiak Island after a large wave washed over her open deck. The United States Coast Guard rescued all four members of her crew, who had escaped the sinking vessel in a skiff.[37]

14 August

List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1984
ShipStateDescription
Golden Provider United States The 78-foot (23.8 m) fishing vessel sank in Bristol Bay 65 nautical miles (120 km; 75 mi) northwest of Port Heiden, Alaska. The fishing vessel Smaragd ( United States) rescued her crew of four from a life raft.[38]

20 August

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1984
ShipStateDescription
ChapeaSue United States The 69-foot (21.0 m) fish tender sank in the Gulf of Alaska near Hinchinbrook Entrance (60°20′N 146°50′W / 60.333°N 146.833°W / 60.333; -146.833 (Hinchinbrook Entrance)) on the south-central coast of Alaska.[39]
Lavelta Lynn United States The fishing vessel sank 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) off Black Bay (59°31′N 150°13′W / 59.517°N 150.217°W / 59.517; -150.217 (Black Bay)) in Southeast Alaska southwest of Seward, Alaska.[40]

21 August

List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1984
ShipStateDescription
Lady C United States The crab-fishing vessel sank in Kennedy Entrance (59°00′30″N 152°00′00″W / 59.00833°N 152.00000°W / 59.00833; -152.00000 (Kennedy Entrance)) at the entrance to Cook Inlet near Perl Island on the south-central coast of Alaska.[40]
Zingara Italy The cargo ship ran aground in the Straits of Tiran, Red Sea.

24 August

25 August

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1984
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Mont Louis France The ro-ro cargo ship, on a voyage from Dunkirk, France to the Riga, Soviet Union, collided in dense fog 11 nautical miles (20 km) off Ostend, Belgium, with the ropax ferry Olau Britannia ( West Germany), from Vlissingen, Netherlands, for Sheerness, United Kingdom. There were no crew or passenger casualties. Mont Louis' cargo included 30 special sealed barrels containing 225 tonnes (221 long tons) of uranium hexafluoride.[41][42][43] The 30 containers were subsequently recovered undamaged.[44]

September

2 September

List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1984
ShipStateDescription
Samantha G United States The 74-foot (22.6 m) vessel burned and sank off Alaska.[17]

3 September

12 September

List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1984
ShipStateDescription
Hilma Hooker Colombia The 236-foot (72 m), 1,026-ton cargo ship sank at anchor off Kralendijk, Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles.[46]

17 September

List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1984
ShipStateDescription
Sealuck Malta The cargo ship ran aground on a reef off Hamilton, Bermuda.[47]

28 September

List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1984
ShipStateDescription
Swanny United States The seiner was wrecked on the northeast tip of Montague Island at the entrance to Prince William Sound on the south-central coast of Alaska.[17]

30 September

List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1984
ShipStateDescription
Curlew United States While towing the vessel Kelly Ann ( United States), the 48-foot (14.6 m) fishing vessel ran aground and sank near Herendeen Island (55°04′N 159°25′W / 55.067°N 159.417°W / 55.067; -159.417 (Herendeen Island)) in Alaska's Shumagin Islands with the loss of three lives. Kelly Ann rescued her sole survivor.[39]

October

2 October

List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1984
ShipStateDescription
Stella Croce Panama The bulk carrier collided with another Panamanian vessel and sank at Taichung, Taiwan. Eight crew reported to be missing.[48]

20 October

List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1984
ShipStateDescription
Sonia Spain The fishing trawler sank off the Cornish coast of Great Britain following a pursuit by Irish Naval Service patrol vessel LÉ Aisling; there were no casualties.[49]

29 October

List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1984
ShipStateDescription
Venus Philippines The ferry sank off Marinduque Island. Of the 242 people on board, 114 were rescued by two Philippine Navy ships and a fishing vessel.[50]

November

2 November

List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1984
ShipStateDescription
Mar del Labrador Spain The fishing trawler sank in the Gulf of Alaska 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi) southwest of Kodiak, Alaska. Her entire crew of 30 survived and was rescued by the fishing vessel Dona Genoveva ( United States).[6]

5 November

List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1984
ShipStateDescription
Unidentified ferry Philippines Typhoon Agnes: The ferry capsized and sank off Romblon in the Philippines with the loss of 440 lives.[51]

13 November

List of shipwrecks: 13 November 1984
ShipStateDescription
Bottom Line United States The 98-foot (29.9 m) fishing trawler sank near the south end of Alaska's Kodiak Island approximately 50 nautical miles (93 km; 58 mi) south of Cape Chiniak (57°37′N 152°10′W / 57.617°N 152.167°W / 57.617; -152.167 (Cape Chiniak)). Her crew of five, wearing survival suits, was pulled from the water by three Polish fishing vessels.[52]

17 November

List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1984
ShipStateDescription
Cape Race United States The 145-to-150-foot (44.2 to 45.7 m) barge sank in 60 to 70 feet (18 to 21 m) of water in Long Island Sound 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) south of Sheffield Island near Norwalk, Connecticut. She apparently pulled the tug Celtic ( United States), which was towing her, down with her, and her wreck remains connected to the wreck of Celtic by a towing hawser.[53]
Celtic United States The 85-foot (25.9 m) tug sank in 60 to 70 feet (18 to 21 m) of water in Long Island Sound 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) south of Sheffield Island near Norwalk, Connecticut, with the loss of her entire crew of five, whose bodies were recovered by police divers. She apparently was pulled under by the barge she was towing, Cape Race ( United States), when Cape Race sank. Celtic's wreck remains connected to the wreck of Cape Race by a towing hawser.[53]

20 November

List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1984
ShipStateDescription
Dotty G United States While at anchor during a gale, the seiner capsized and sank in Zaikof Bay (60°19′N 146°58′W / 60.317°N 146.967°W / 60.317; -146.967 (Zaikof Bay)) on the coast of Montague Island off Southcentral Alaska. An 11-year-old boy perished.[54]

21 November

List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1984
ShipStateDescription
Topeka Panama The cargo ship ran aground off Coatzacoalcos, Mexico and was wrecked with the loss of two of her 27 crew.

22 November

List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1984
ShipStateDescription
Fylrix United Kingdom The coaster capsized and sank off Plymouth, Devon. Three crew rescued by a helicopter from RFA Engadine ( Royal Navy) and landed on HMS Brilliant ( Royal Navy). The remaining four crew were rescued by the Plymouth lifeboat.[55]

23 November

List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1984
ShipStateDescription
Mercedes I Venezuela The cargo ship was driven ashore at Palm Beach, Florida, during the late November 1984 nor'easter. She was later salvaged and sunk as an artificial reef in March 1985.

27 November

List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1984
ShipStateDescription
Lena Wessels West Germany The coaster ran aground off Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom. The five crew were rescued by helicopter.[56]

29 November

List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1984
ShipStateDescription
USCGC Campbell United States Coast Guard
USCGC Campbell

The Treasury-class cutter was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean northwest of Kauai, Hawaii, at 22°48′N 160°06′W / 22.800°N 160.100°W / 22.800; -160.100.

30 November

December

5 December

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1984
ShipStateDescription
Intrepid United States The fishing vessel was blown onto rocks and wrecked near Seguam Pass in the Aleutian Islands, 130 nautical miles (240 km; 150 mi) southwest of Dutch Harbor, Alaska. Other fishing vessels rescued her crew of five.[29]

7 December

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1984
ShipStateDescription
Lady Chilel Gambia The ferry sank in the Gambia River at Ballingho. Four people were killed and twenty injured out of the 98 people on board.[57]

23 December

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1984
ShipStateDescription
Mercury Honduras The coaster foundered off Tumpat, Malaysia (5°50′N 102°36′E / 5.833°N 102.600°E / 5.833; 102.600). She was on a voyage from Songkhla to Singapore.[58]

29 December

List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1984
ShipStateDescription
Nes Puk West Germany The cargo ship ran aground in the River Suances, Spain. She was refloated on 7 January and returned to service.[59]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1984
ShipStateDescription
Permeke Belgium The cargo ship ran aground in the River Scheldt at Hansweert. She was refloated with assistance from 10 tugs and returned to service.[60]

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