List of shipwrecks in 2004

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The list of shipwrecks in 2004 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 2004.

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15 January

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 2004
ShipStateDescription
Bugaled Breizh France
Bugaled Breizh

The trawler capsized and sank 15 nautical miles (28 km) southwest of Lizard Point, Cornwall, United Kingdom. All five crew were killed. The wreck was later raised for investigation.[1]

19 January

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 2004
ShipStateDescription
Rocknes Antigua and Barbuda
Rocknes

The bulk carrier struck rocks and capsized at Bergen, Norway (60°22′N 05°1′E / 60.367°N 5.017°E / 60.367; 5.017) with the loss of eighteen of her thirty-one crew. Salvage of the wreck began on 17 March and ended on 29 March. The ship was towed to Poland for repairs and returned to service in June 2005.[2][3]

February

2 February

List of shipwrecks: 2 February 2004
ShipStateDescription
Unnamed ship Uganda A boat capsized on Lake Albert whihle travelling from Bugoigo to Panyamurro with the loss of at least forty people.[4]

5 February

List of shipwrecks: 5 February 2004
ShipStateDescription
Two unnamed ferries Bangladesh The ferries collided in heavy fog on the River Arial Khan, near the town of Barisal, Bangladesh.[5]

12 February

List of shipwrecks: 12 February 2004
ShipStateDescription
Strontsiy Russia Loaded with 3,928 tons of scrap metal, the ship broke her anchorage in the Bosphorus Strait and was thrown on the shore. The vessel suffered considerable structural damage, including breaking her back, and was declared a constructive total loss.[6]

13 February

List of shipwrecks: 13 February 2004
ShipStateDescription
Hera Cambodia Loaded with 11,741 tons of coal, she sank in the Black Sea around 8 miles (13 km) from the entrance of the Bosphorus. All of her nineteen crew was lost.[7]

16 February

List of shipwrecks: 16 February 2004
ShipStateDescription
USS Peterson  United States Navy The decommissioned Spruance-class destroyer was sunk as a target.

23 February

List of shipwrecks: 23 February 2004
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Asian Noble South Korea The bulk carrier foundered off Bering Sea. She was voyaging from Vostochnyy, Russia to Kashima, Japan.

March

2 March

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 2004
ShipStateDescription
Herakles and Bulk Finland The integrated tug barge ran aground and sank off the Grundkallen lighthouse, Sweden

26 March

27 March

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 2004
ShipStateDescription
HMS Scylla  Royal Navy
Wreckage of Scylla on 30 May 2015.
The decommissioned Leander-class frigate was sunk to form an artificial reef for diving in Whitsand Bay off Cornwall, England, at 50°19.655′N 4°15.162′W / 50.327583°N 4.252700°W / 50.327583; -4.252700.[11]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date March 2004
ShipStateDescription
Unidentified crane barge United States The crane barge sank in 60 feet (18 m) of water while under tow in the North Atlantic Ocean off New Jersey.[12]

April

6 April

List of shipwrecks: 6 April 2004
ShipStateDescription
USS Barbour County  United States Navy The decommissioned Newport-class tank landing ship was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean.[13]

13 April

List of shipwrecks: 13 April 2004
ShipStateDescription
USS John Young  United States Navy The decommissioned Spruance-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean by a Mark 48 torpedo fired by the submarine USS Pasadena ( United States Navy) during the RIMPAC 04 exercise.

24 April

Ship State Description
RHIB from USS Firebolt  United States Navy Iraq War: The rigid inflatable boat (RHIB) was rocked by the explosion of a suicide dhow it was trying to board, capsized and was lost near Khawr Al Amaya Oil Terminal in Iraq. Two US Navy seamen and one US Coast Guard member were killed in the action.[14]


May

10 May

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 2004
ShipStateDescription
LeConte United States The motor ferry, part of the Alaska Marine Highway System, ran aground without loss of life in Peril Strait near Cozian Reef, about 30 nautical miles (56 km) north of Sitka, Alaska.[15][16] Her 24 crew members remained aboard to repair and refloat her, but her 86 passengers abandoned ship in life rafts and were rescued, most of them by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration fishery research vessel NOAAS John N. Cobb.[16]

22 May

List of shipwrecks: 22 May 2004
ShipStateDescription
Hyundai No.105 South Korea The car carrier collided with Kamisan ( Panama) off Singapore and sank.[17][18]

23 May

List of shipwrecks: 23 May 2004
ShipStateDescription
Lighting Sun Bangladesh The ferry capsized during a tropical storm on the Meghna River near Chandpur, Bangladesh.[19]
Two unidentified ferries Bangladesh Two unidentified ferries sank 15.5 miles (24.9 km) north-west of Dhaka in Manikganj District, Bangladesh.[19]

June

18 June

List of shipwrecks: 18 June 2004
ShipStateDescription
Vickie United States The retired 76-foot (23.2 m) fishing trawler was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean south of Long Island 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km; 2.9 mi) off Moriches Inlet, New York.[20]

24 June

List of shipwrecks: 24 June 2004
ShipStateDescription
Kos  Hellenic Navy The decommissioned Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship was sunk as a target during the Hellenic Navy exercise Thiela III by Penguin missiles fired by the fast missile attack craft Ypoploiarchos Degiannis and Simeoforos Starakis and torpedoes from the Greek torpedo boats Lailaps and Typhon (all  Hellenic Navy).

28 June

List of shipwrecks: 28 June 2004
ShipStateDescription
Ena 2 Germany The 62.48-metre (205 ft 0 in) sulfuric acid tanker was damaged in a collision with Pudong Senator ( Germany) off Hamburg, Germany (53°32′N 09°54′E / 53.533°N 9.900°E / 53.533; 9.900). She started taking on water and capsized at dock in Hamburg. She was uprighted on 3 July 2004.[21]

July

12 July

List of shipwrecks: 12 July 2004
ShipStateDescription
USS Peoria  United States Navy The decommissioned Newport-class tank landing ship was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii during RIMPAC 04.

14 July

15 July

List of shipwrecks: 15 July 2004
ShipStateDescription
USS Harry W. Hill  United States Navy The decommissioned Spruance-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean during RIMPAC 04.

22 July

24 July

List of shipwrecks: 24 July 2004
ShipStateDescription
Sharon W United States The 52-foot (16 m) longline fishing vessel capsized and sank in Marmot Bay off Peril Cape (58°07′30″N 152°16′20″W / 58.12500°N 152.27222°W / 58.12500; -152.27222 (Peril Cape)) on Kodiak Island. The fishing vessel Kathleen K rescued her four-person crew from a skiff.[22]

30 July

List of shipwrecks: 30 July 2004
ShipStateDescription
USS Nicholson  United States Navy The decommissioned Spruance-class destroyer was sunk as a target.

August

4 August

List of shipwrecks: 4 August 2004
ShipStateDescription
Provision United States
Provision aground.
After her helmsman fell asleep at her wheel, the 92-foot (28.0 m) fish tender ran aground on the northwest end of Long Island in the Kodiak Archipelago near Kodiak, Alaska. She rolled over and sank on the rocks on 6 August. Her owner had her towed off the rocks on 9 September and scuttled.[23]

5 August

List of shipwrecks: 5 August 2004
ShipStateDescription
Mitkof United States After her operator fell asleep at her wheel, the 75-foot (22.9 m) fish tender struck a rock and sank approximately 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) north of Petersburg, Alaska. The fishing vessel Angjenl ( United States) rescued her entire crew of four.[24]

8 August

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 2004
ShipStateDescription
Java United States The 39-foot (11.9 m) fishing vessel capsized and sank in the Shelikof Strait near Uyak Bay (57°48′N 154°04′W / 57.800°N 154.067°W / 57.800; -154.067 (Uyak Bay)) on the coast of Kodiak Island in Alaska′s Kodiak Archipelago. Her crew abandoned ship in a skiff and was rescued by the fishing vessel Lady Aleutian ( United States).[25]

20 August

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 2004
ShipStateDescription
Samoke United States
Samoke
The 45-foot (13.7 m) fish tender was destroyed off Legma Island (56°49′30″N 135°27′00″W / 56.82500°N 135.45000°W / 56.82500; -135.45000 (Legma Island)) in Southeast Alaska south of Sitka and west of Goddard by a fire that started in a stove. Her two-man crew reached shore safely and was rescued by the fishing vessel Allure ( United States).[22]

23 August

List of shipwrecks: 23 August 2004
ShipStateDescription
Fallen Friends United States The retired 40-foot (12.2 m) barge was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean off Wildwood, New Jersey, at 38°57.710′N 074°40.990′W / 38.961833°N 74.683167°W / 38.961833; -74.683167 (Fallen Friends).[26]
USS Fife  United States Navy The decommissioned Spruance-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off Washington by several ships of the United States Third Fleet including the guided-missile destroyer USS Preble and the guided-missile frigate USS Curts (both  United States Navy).

25 August

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 2004
ShipStateDescription
Golden Stream United States The 38-foot (11.6 m) fishing vessel was destroyed off Vallenar Point (55°25′35″N 131°51′00″W / 55.42639°N 131.85000°W / 55.42639; -131.85000 (Vallenar Point)) on the coast of Gravina Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska by a fire that began in her galley stove. Her crew of three survived.[27]

30 August

List of shipwrecks: 30 August 2004
ShipStateDescription
Hope Bangladesh The cargo ship ran aground during a typhoon near Uwajima, Japan, with a loss of four of her 16 crew. She was declared a total loss.[28] However, she was later repaired and returned to service.

September

13 September

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 2004
ShipStateDescription
Delta I Panama The tanker collided with APL Pusan ( Singapore) in the Arabian Sea off the west coast of India and broke in two. She was declared a total loss and towed to Sachana, India, for scrapping.[29]
Mirabella V United Kingdom The super yacht ran aground at Villefranche-sur-Mer, Alpes-Maritimes, France.[30] She was later repaired and returned to service.

16 September

List of shipwrecks: 16 September 2004
ShipStateDescription
El Dorado United States Hurricane Ivan: The out-of-service cruise/party ship broke free from her dock and drifted six nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) before being driven ashore in West Bay on the coast of Florida. She eventually was refloated.[31]

October

2 October

List of shipwrecks: 2 October 2004
ShipStateDescription
Arcata  United States Navy The Natick-class tugboat was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean in 7,890 feet (2,400 m) of water 240 nautical miles (440 km) west of San Diego, California (33°10′12″N 120°57′06″W / 33.17000°N 120.95167°W / 33.17000; -120.95167 ("Arcata")).[32]

5 October

List of shipwrecks: 5 October 2004
ShipStateDescription
HMCS Chicoutimi  Canadian Forces Maritime Command The long-range hunter-killer submarine was involved in a partial flooding incident which resulted in a fire at sea, whilst she was en route from the United Kingdom to Canada. 2,000 litres (440 imp gal; 530 US gal) of seawater entered the submarine and caused an electrical panel to short out, which in turn started a major fire and caused all power to cut out, leaving the submarine adrift in heavy seas 100 nautical miles (190 km) northwest of County Mayo, Ireland. Nine crewmembers were affected by smoke inhalation and the ship was left drifting without power in heavy seas. By the evening of 7 October, the weather had abated, and Chicoutimi was towed to Faslane Naval Base in Scotland. One crew member died of his injuries.

16 October

List of shipwrecks: 16 October 2004
ShipStateDescription
BBC China  Antigua and Barbuda The 5,548 GT freighter ran aground near Port Grosvenor in South Africa.[33]

17 October

List of shipwrecks: 17 October 2004
ShipStateDescription
Susan Ann United States The 58-foot (18 m) seiner sank in Chatham Strait near Catherine Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. Her two crew members put on survival suits, abandoned ship in a skiff, and survived.[22]

31 October

List of shipwrecks: 31 October 2004
ShipStateDescription
Blue Fin United States The 42-foot (12.8 m) longline fishing vessel capsized near Ketchikan, Alaska, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Bold Island (55°15′N 131°25′W / 55.250°N 131.417°W / 55.250; -131.417 (Bold Island)) in Southeast Alaska. The vessel Hall Point ( United States) rescued her crew of two from her overturned hull. Blue Fin disappeared after the rescue of her crew and was presumed to have sunk in 600 feet (180 m) of water.[34]

November

5 November

List of shipwrecks: 5 November 2004
ShipStateDescription
Kelsey Dawn United States The 38-foot (11.6 m) troller ran aground and sank at the eastern entrance to Sergius Narrows (57°24′20″N 135°38′00″W / 57.40556°N 135.63333°W / 57.40556; -135.63333 (Sergius Narrows)) in Southeast Alaska. All four people on board abandoned ship in a skiff and reached shore safely.[35]

10 November

List of shipwrecks: 10 November 2004
ShipStateDescription
Captain Bill United States The retired 110-foot (33.5 m), 199-gross register ton tug was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) off Mantoloking, New Jersey, in 75 feet (23 m) of water at 40°03.104′N 073°59.283′W / 40.051733°N 73.988050°W / 40.051733; -73.988050 (Captain Bill).[36]

13 November

List of shipwrecks: 13 November 2004
ShipStateDescription
USS Hayler  United States Navy
USS Hayler sinking.
The decommissioned Spruance-class destroyer was sunk as a target.

14 November

List of shipwrecks: 14 November 2004
ShipStateDescription
Eastern Challenger South Korea The 105.88-metre (347 ft 5 in) cargo ship was damaged in a collision with Rithi Bhum ( Germany) in the Taiwan Straits (22°35′N 116°25′E / 22.583°N 116.417°E / 22.583; 116.417). Rithi Bhum rescued her crew after they left the ship. She eventually sank after drifting about 9 miles (14 km).[37]
Gosport United States The inactivated research ship was sunk as a target.

20 November

List of shipwrecks: 20 November 2004
ShipStateDescription
Julie K United States The 26-foot (7.9 m) cabin cruiser capsized and was lost approximately 200 yards (180 m) off Horse Island (58°15′15″N 134°43′30″W / 58.25417°N 134.72500°W / 58.25417; -134.72500 (Horse Island)) in Southeast Alaska west of Juneau, Alaska. The two men and two dogs on board perished.[25]

23 November

List of shipwrecks: 23 November 2004
ShipStateDescription
USS Schenectady  United States Navy The decommissioned Newport-class tank landing ship was sunk as a target ship.[38]

December

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