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List of shipwrecks in 2011

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The list of shipwrecks in 2011 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 2011.

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January

1 January

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Manik Mia 2 Bangladesh The cargo ship collided with Abdullah ( Bangladesh) at Chittagong and sank. Her twelve crew were rescued by Abdullah.[1]
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3 January

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Damariscotta United States The fishing vessel sank near Point Judith, Rhode Island.[2]
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5 January

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USS Kittiwake  United States Navy The decommissioned Chanticleer-class submarine rescue vessel was scuttled in the Cayman Islands off Seven Mile Beach, Grand Cayman, as an artificial reef.
Sea Shine 14 Sierra Leone The cargo ship caught fire in the Persian Gulf. Her fifteen crew were rescued by the Iranian Coast Guard.[3]
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9 January

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Seiyoh Japan The tanker capsized and sank in the Inland Sea of Japan with the loss of two of her five crew.[4]
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11 January

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Soon Bee II Malaysia The cargo ship foundered in the South China Sea off Kuala Rajang, Sarawak with the loss of eight of her eighteen crew.[5]
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28 January

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Prantalay 14 Thailand Battle of Minicoy Island: The trawler, being used by pirates who had seized her as a mother ship, was shelled and sunk by INS Cankarso ( Indian Navy). 10 pirates were killed and 15 captured.[6]
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30 January

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INS Vindhyagiri  Indian Navy The Nilgiri-class frigate collided with the cargo ship Nordlake ( Cyprus) in Jawaharlal Nehru Port, Mumbai, on 30 January. Vindhyagiri was towed into harbour where she sank on 31 January. Raised and decommissioned in 2012.[7]
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February

4 February

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Nordland 1 Germany The cargo ship was driven ashore on Borkum.[8]
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7 February

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Grigoriy Petrovskiy Ukraine The cargo ship sank in a storm after striking a pier in the Port of Poti, Georgia. Her crew of eleven were rescued.[9]
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8 February

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Terrigail United States The 58-foot (17.7 m) longline fishing vessel was wrecked in Alimuda Bay (53°26′N 167°21′W) on Unalaska Island in the Aleutian Islands. A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued all five crew members.[10]
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10 February

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Midnight Sun United States The 68-foot (20.7 m) fishing vessel was wrecked at Cape Paramanof (58°18′20″N 153°03′30″W) on the west side of Afognak Island in the Kodiak Archipelago. A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued her entire crew of five.[11]
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12 February

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Lady Rana Panama The cargo ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Her crew survived.[12]
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15 February

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Shirvan Azerbaijan The crane vessel was severely damaged by fire in Baku Bay with the loss of one life.[13]
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17 February

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Dream Voyage Vietnam The junk sank in Halong Bay with the loss of twelve lives. At least 15 people were rescued.[14]
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Migrant ship Unknown The ship capsized off the Yemen coast with the loss of fifty-seven Somali refugees.[15]
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March

1 March

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Nieuwpoort 28 Netherlands The fishing trawler capsized off Dunkirk, France. Three lives were lost. She was recovered by parbuckling on 5 March.[16]
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6 March

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Capt’N Andrew United States The 58-foot (17.7 m) fishing vessel ran aground at Bold Cape (55°01′30″N 162°15′00″W) on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula. The crew of the fishing vessel Just in Case ( United States) borrowed a skiff from the harbormaster at King Cove, Alaska, and used it to rescue all five people aboard Capt’N Andrew.[17]
Zhe Ling Yu Yun 135  China The fishing vessel collided with the motor vessel Cosco Hong Kong ( United Kingdom) 30 nautical miles (56 km; 35 mi) off the coast of China. She sank with the loss of all 11 crew.[18]
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9 March

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Rak Afrikana Saint Vincent and the Grenadines The cargo ship foundered off the coast of Somalia. Her 25 crew were rescued by Zeffiro ( Italian Navy).[19]
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11 March

An unknown number of vessels are washed ashore or sunk around the Pacific Rim following an earthquake and tsunami off the north east coast of Japan. Ship casualties include:-

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Akane Maru No. 1 Japan The 400-ton salmon and saury fishing vessel was driven 100 metres (330 ft) ashore by a tsunami at Kesennuma, 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 at Kesennuma, Miyagi.[21]
Asia Symphony Panama The 6,175-ton cargo ship was driven ashore by a tsunami at Kamaishi, Iwate.[22][23]
Chikyu Japan The research vessel was damaged by a tsunami off Hachinohe, Aomori.[24]
Chinasteel Integrity Panama The cargo ship ran aground off Kashima, Ibarki after being hit by a tsunami.[25]
Chokai Maru Japan The 150-foot (46 m) fishing vessel was driven ashore by a tsunami at Higashimatsushima.[26]
Choyo Maru No. 5 Japan
Choyo Maru No. 5 (left)
The fishing vessel was driven ashore at Kesennuma.
C. S. Victory Malta
The port of Ishinomaki, Miyagi after the tsunami. C. S. Victory beached (centre).

The 32,385-ton cargo ship was driven aground by a tsunami at Ishinomaki, Miyagi.[27]

El Cholo Peru 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami: The fishing vessel disappeared after leaving Puerto 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 at Kashima, 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
Glovis Mercury
The 6,901-ton cargo ship was driven ashore at Sendai. Refloated and returned to service.[31]
Hamayuri Japan The sight seeing boat was driven ashore on the roof of an inn by a tsunami at Ōtsuchi, 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 The tug was driven ashore by a tsunami at Ōfunato, Iwate.[34]
Khrizolitovyy Russia The 523-ton refrigerated 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
Kiku Maru No. 38
The fishing vessel was driven ashore by a tsunami at Hachinohe.
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 at Onahama.[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 at Brookings, 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 at Shinchi, Fukushima.[45]
Shirouma Panama The 77,739-ton cargo ship was driven ashore by a tsunami at Haramichi.[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 start sea 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 and barge were pushed ashore off Kudat, Malaysia. The tug was able to pull off at high tide.[51]
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16 March

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Oliva Malta The cargo ship ran aground near Nightingale Island, Tristan da Cunha, spilling her fuel and cargo of soya beans.[52] The ship broke up the following day.[53] Her 22 crew were rescued by Edinburgh ( Tristan da Cunha) and Prince Albert II ( Bahamas). Oliva broke in two on 18 March.[54]
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20 March

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Min Ningde Cargo 0202 China The cargo ship capsized and sank in the South China Sea off Ningde with the loss of four of her six crew.[55]
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26 March

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Helga Panama The cargo ship sank off the coast of Belize with the loss of three of her crew.[56]
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28 March

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Unknown patrol boat  Libya Coast Guard The Vittoria PV-30LS-class patrol boat was damaged off Misrata by a United States Navy Lockheed P-3 Orion aircraft with Maverick missiles and beached.[57]
Unknown patrol boats  Libyan Navy Two fast patrol boats were attacked by Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft off Misrata. One was sunk and one abandoned.[58]
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29 March

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Alpspray Germany The tanker exploded, caught fire and sank in the Dortmund-Ems Canal at Lingen. Her five crew were rescued.[59]
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April

5 April

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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 the River Weser at Bremen-Vegesack. Refloated, repaired, returned to service.[60]
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6 April

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Binh Minh 28 Vietnam The cargo ship was in collision with Phuc Hai 05 ( Vietnam) and foundered off Da Nang with the loss of five of her crew.[61]
Unnamed boat Libya The boat sank 59 kilometres (32 nmi) south of Lampedusa, Italy, killing asylum seekers from Libya. At least 20 were killed and 130 reported missing; 48 survivors were rescued by the Corpo delle Capitanerie di porto - Guardia costiera.
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7 April

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Hyang Ro Bong North Korea The cargo ship collided with Banga Lanka ( Bangladesh) and sank at Chittagong, Bangladesh. Her 31 crew were rescued.[62]
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9 April

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Richardson's Bay United States The tug capsized and sank in the Pacific Ocean off Ocean Beach, California with the loss of one of her two crew.[63]
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13 April

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HMAS Adelaide  Royal Australian Navy
HMAS Adelaide sinking.
The decommissioned Adelaide-class guided-missile frigate was sunk with explosive charges in the Tasman Sea 0.9 nautical miles (1.0 mi; 1.7 km) off of Avoca Beach, New South Wales, Australia, to create a recreational dive site.
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25 April

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Unnamed ferry Democratic Republic of the Congo The ferry capsized and sank in Lake Kivu, near Minova. At least 38 people reported killed.[64]
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29 April

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RHIB motorboat Libya 2011 Libyan Civil War: On April 29, 2011, off the coast of Misrata, Libya, the French frigate Courbet (France French Navy) engaged four loyalist Rigid-Hulled Inflatable Boats (RHIBs) laying naval mines, resulting in the sinking of one RHIB.[65]
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May

2 May

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Ary Perreiras Brazilian Navy The decommissioned troopship foundered in the Ionian Sea whilst under tow to a Turkish scrapyard.[66]
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15 May

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V. B. Antárctico Panama The tug capsized and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Portugal. Her eleven crew were rescued by Arctic Voyager ( Bahamas) and Elizabeth (flag unknown).[67]
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18 May

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Sandy Point United States The fishing vessel sank after colliding with the container ship Eurus London in the Gulfport Ship Channel. She was recovered by parbuckling in July 2011.[68]
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19–20 May

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Ain Zaara  Libyan Navy 2011 Libyan civil war: The Project 1234E corvette was sunk at Tripoli, Libya by British aircraft.[69]
Al Ghardabia  Libyan Navy 2011 Libyan civil war: The Project 1159 frigate, in reserve since 2001, was sunk at her dock in Tripoli, Libya by British aircraft.[69]
Beir Algandula, Beir Alkuesat, Beir Alkur, Beir Gtifa, Beir Gzir, and Beir Ktitat  Libyan Navy 2011 Libyan civil war: These six Beir Grassa-class missile boats were damaged at Tripoli, Libya by British aircraft and abandoned.
Jelyana  Libyan Navy 2011 Libyan civil war: The Al Mergheb-class patrol boat was damaged by British aircraft, caught fire and capsized. Later raised, repaired and returned to service.[70]
Sabratha  Libyan Navy 2011 Libyan civil war: The Zuwarah-class patrol boat was sunk by British aircraft.[71]
Talgrift  Libyan Navy 2011 Libyan civil war: The Al Mergheb-class patrol boat was sunk by British aircraft at Dera'a.[72]
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23 May

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Volgoneft 263 Russia The tanker was under repair in a floating dry dock when the dry dock sank. As holes had been cut in her hull, Volgoneft 263 also sank.[73]
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27 May

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JLL Victorita Philippines Typhoon Songda: The coaster was driven ashore at Basco, Batanes. Her eighteen crew were rescued.[74]
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June

3 June

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En Avant 5 Netherlands The tug capsized in the Maas at Dordrecht, South Holland. Her four crew survived.[75]
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4 June

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Wendameen United States The schooner ran aground at Portland, Maine. All 27 people on board were rescued. Wendameen was later refloated.[76]
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5 June

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OT Moon Bangladesh The tanker capsized and sank at Chittagong.[77]
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11 June

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Adonis Australia The tug capsized and sank at Gladstone, Queensland with the loss of one of her four crew.[78]
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14 June

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Deneb Antigua and Barbuda The container ship capsized at Algeciras, Spain.[79]
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22 June

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Vialis Netherlands The tanker broke in two in the Caland Canal.[citation needed]
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26 June

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Aries United States The tug foundered in the Bering Sea east of Saint Paul Island, Alaska. Her four crew were rescued by a United States Coast Guard helicopter.[80]
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July

3 July

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Erik Mexico The 115-foot (35 m) fishing boat. carrying tourists, sank after encountering bad weather in the Gulf of California some 60 nautical miles (110 km; 69 mi) from San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico. As of 4 July 2011, one fatality was reported and between five and eight passengers were missing.[81] As of 20 July 2011, seven people were missing and one was confirmed dead.[82]
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5 July

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Musthika Kencana II Indonesia The ferry, which had caught fire the day before, foundered off Java.[83]
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10 July

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Bulgaria Russia The passenger ship sank in the Volga River with 208 people on board. One hundred and twenty-two were killed.[84]
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23 July

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Union Neptune Cook Islands The cargo ship foundered off the Île d'Oléron, Charente-Maritime, France. Her six crew were rescued by Abeille Languedoc ( France).[85]
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25 July

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Ishan Alyanak Turkey The ferry collided with the pier at İzmir and sank.[86]
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29 July

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Phoenix Equatorial Guinea The tanker ran aground near Durban, 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.[87][88]
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30 July

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Wendameen United States The schooner ran aground off Green Diamond Island, Maine. All 49 passengers were transferred to other vessels.[89]
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31 July

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Asia Malaysia Philippines The ferry capsized and sank off Calabasa Island. All 168 people on board were rescued.[90]
Pavit Panama The tanker was driven ashore crewless at Juhu, India. Crew rescued by HMS St Albans ( Royal Navy) on or before 1 July (One report states January).[91][92][93]
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August

3 August

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Karin Schepers Antigua and Barbuda The cargo ship ran aground off the Trevean Cliff, Morvah Cornwall, United Kingdom. She refloated herself and continued her voyage from Cork, Ireland to Rotterdam.[94][95][96]
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4 August

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Rak Carrier Panama The 225-metre (738 ft) vessel, carrying 60,000 tons of coal bound for Gurajat, India, sank off the Mumbai coast. The crew of 30 was rescued by the Indian Coast Guard and Indian Navy, but the authorities are concerned about possible environmental damage.[97][98]
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8 August

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Angel 1 Panama The cargo ship ran aground on a reef off Poudres-d'Or, Mauritius.[99] 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.[100]
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9 August

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Bulk Carrier I Philippines The bulk carrier was in collision with HS Puccini ( Liberia) in the Celebes Sea and foundered. Her 21 crew were rescued, but two crew from HS Puccini were killed.[101]
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10 August

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USS Arthur W. Radford  United States Navy The Spruance-class destroyer was scuttled as an artificial reef in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Delaware in 130 feet (40 m) of water at 38°30.850′N 074°30.656′W.[102]
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12 August

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Chiefton United Kingdom The Girl-class tugboat was overrun by the crane barge Skyline Barge 19 ( Netherlands), which she was towing. She capsized and sank in the River Thames at Convoys Wharf, Deptford with the loss of one of her three crew. Chiefton was refloated on 18 August. She was subsequently declared a constructive total loss and scrapped at Chatham, Kent.[103][104]
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17 August

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Mungo Bahamas The coaster ran aground at Littlehampton Harbour, West Sussex, United Kingdom, following failure of her steering gear.[105] Refloated the next day.[106]
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19 August

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Unknown Libyan tugboat Libya 2011 Libyan civil war: Second Battle of Zawiya: The tugboat was sunk off Zawiya, Libya by British aircraft.[69]
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27 August

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Unidentified transport Libya 2011 Libyan civil war: The rebel transport blew up in the harbor at Zuwara, Libya, at the time the harbor was being shelled by Libyan government field artillery.[69]
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30 August

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Bear United States The 52-foot (15.8 m) halibut-fishing vessel ran aground and was lost in Aniakchak Bay (56°42′N 157°22′W) on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula in Alaska. Wearing survival suits, her crew of three abandoned ship in a life raft and was rescued by a United States Coast Guard Sikorsky MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter.[107]
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September

1 September

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Ai Qi Shun Cambodia The cargo ship ran aground off Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia and was abandoned by her crew.[108]
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6 September

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Hyundai Seolbong South Korea The ferry caught fire in the South China Sea. All 128 people on board were rescued by the South Korean Coast Guard and South Korean Navy.[109]
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10 September

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RiverZZ Netherlands The passenger ship was destroyed by fire at Rotterdam, South Holland.[110]
Spice Islander I Tanzania Zanzibar ferry sinking: The ferry sank between Zanzibar and Pemba 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.[111][112]
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15 September

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Nordlys Norway The cruise 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.
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20 September

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Canadian Miner Canada The lake freighter ran aground on Scatarie Island, Nova Scotia after losing the tow from Hellas ( Greece) in a storm whilst being towed to Turkey for scrapping.[113][114]
Kita Maru No. 12 Japan The tug capsized and sank at Wajima whilst assisting Miura (Japan Japanese Coast Guard). Both crew were killed.[115]
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26 September

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KM Marina Nusantara Indonesia The ferry collided with a tug and barge in the Barito River, Borneo and then caught fire. Four of the 443 people on board were killed.[116]
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28 September

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KM Kirana IX Indonesia A lorry on board the ferry caught fire whilst she was docked at Surabaya, causing a stampede amongst the passengers. Eight people were killed.[117]
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29 September

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Fang Zhou 6 China Typhoon Nesat: The cargo ship was abandoned off Zhuhai. Her twelve crew were rescued by helicopter.[118]
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October

3 October

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Jui Hsing China Typhoon Nalgae: The cargo ship was driven ashore off Keelung, Taiwan and broke in two with the loss of ten of her 21 crew.[119]
Porsøy Saint Vincent and the Grenadines The cargo ship struck an islet in the strait Raftsundet in Norway.[120] Porsøy was found to be damaged beyond repair and scrapping of the vessel began in Grenå, Denmark on 13 October 2011.[121]
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5 October

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Rena Liberia
MV Rena

The container ship ran aground on the Astrolabe Reef in the Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand (37°32′25″S 176°25′45″E). The ship broke in two in a storm on 8 January 2012, with the stern section reported to have sunk on 10 January 2012

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6 October

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Jager United States The 42-foot (12.8 m) crab-fishing vessel sank in the Chatham Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska west of Angoon, Alaska. A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued the only person aboard from a life raft.[122]
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7 October

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Finnøyglimt Norway The cargo ship foundered off Haugesund with the loss of one of her three crew.[123]
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13 October

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Grigoriy Bugrov Russia The tanker struck a submerged object and foundered in the Caspian Sea off Chechen Island. Her fourteen crew were rescued.[124]
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14 October

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Justin United States The LCM-8 landing craft foundered off Alki Point, Seattle, Washington. She was raised the next day.[125][126]
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18 October

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Bilgili Biraderler Turkey The cargo ship was driven ashore at Istanbul.[127]
Enko Turkey The cargo ship was driven ashore at Istanbul.[127]
Ismet Atasoy Turkey The cargo ship was driven ashore at Istanbul.[127]
Kumdas 2 Turkey The cargo ship was driven ashore at Istanbul.[127]
Pearl Malta The cargo ship was driven ashore at Istanbul.[127]
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20 October

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Reina 1 Malta The cargo ship was in collision with Ankara ( Turkey) in the Adriatic Sea off the coast of Albania with the loss of eight of her ten crew.[128]
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28 October

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Oriental Sunrise Panama The cargo ship was in collision with Hamburg Bridge ( Panama) off Qingdao, China and sank with the loss of eleven of her nineteen crew.[129]
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31 October

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Golub Croatia The fishing vessel was in collision with Joerg N. ( Malta) off Pula, Croatia and sank. None of the eight crew members was injured and all were rescued with their own work/rescue boats.[citation needed]
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November

3 November

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Pella Jordan The ro-ro ferry caught fire and sank in the Red Sea off Aqaba with the loss of one of the 1,229 passengers on board.[130][131]
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5 November

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Shiv Sagar India The cargo ship capsized and sank in the Gulf of Aden off Dhofar, Oman with the loss of nine of her fifteen crew.[132]
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9 November

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Legacy Bahamas The ferry was driven on to the Cherokee Reef, off the Abaco Islands. All eighteen people on board were rescued by the Bahamas Air Sea Rescue Association, the Royal Bahamas Defence Force and the United States Navy.[133]
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17 November

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Oriental Angel South Korea The combined trawler and factory ship caught fire in the Bering Sea off Beringovkiy, Russia with the loss of one of her 89 crew. Survivors were rescued by fishing vessels.[134]
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21 November

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Bright Ruby South Korea The cargo ship foundered in the South China Sea 300 nautical miles (560 km) south of Hong Kong with the loss of six of her 21 crew.[135]
Helle Saj Denmark The dredger collided with Tonne ( Denmark) at Thorsminde and sank. The wreck was removed in April 2012.[136]
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27 November

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Swanland Cook Islands The cargo ship foundered in the Irish Sea. Two of her eight crew were rescued and one was found dead, with five reported missing as of 28 November 2011.[137]
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December

5 December

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SuperFerry 1 Philippines The ferry ran aground off Taytaytan Island.[138]
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7 December

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Edro III Sierra Leone
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The cargo ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Peyia, Cyprus. Her crew were rescued.[139]
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8 December

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Dayspring United Kingdom The decommissioned fishing vessel was driven ashore in a storm near the village of Corpach, Fort William, Scotland.[140][141]
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9 December

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Florece Dominican Republic The cargo ship collided in the Bay of Biscay with Afrodite ( Bahamas) and sank. All seven crew were rescued.[142]
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10 December

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Ryu-Jun Cambodia The cargo ship foundered in the South China Sea of Taitung, Taiwan with the loss of one of her eight crew.[143]
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11 December

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Changda 216 Belize The cargo ship foundered off Luzon, Philippines when her cargo shifted. Two of her fifteen crew were lost.[144]
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16 December

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Magul Portugal The pilot boat, a former Tree-class trawler, was driven ashore and wrecked near Belz, Morbihan, France (47°38′N 3°12′W).[145]
TK Bremen Malta
TK Bremen

The cargo ship was driven ashore at Erdeven, Morbihan, France.[146] She was later scrapped in situ.[147]

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17 December

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Ever Transport III Philippines Tropical Storm Washi: The cargo liner ran aground and sank off Dumaguete. All 32 passengers and crew were rescued.[148]
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18 December

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Huong Dien 09 Vietnam The collier capsizsed and sank off Co To Island with the loss of all nine of her crew.[149][150]
Kolskaya Russia The oil platform capsized and sank in the Sea of Okhotsk with the loss of 53 of her 67 crew.
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20 December

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Heather Anne United Kingdom The fishing vessel sank in Gerrans Bay, Cornwall with the loss of one of the two crew.[151]
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25 December

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Kijang III Indonesia The tug sank at Bukit Panglong, Bintan Island with the loss of two of her five crew.[152]
Vinalines Queen Vietnam The bulk carrier carrying nickel ore sank near Luzon, Philippines with the loss of 22 of her 23 crew.
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27 December

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Dogu Haslaman Turkey The cargo ship sank in the Aegean Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) off Çeşme with the loss of two of her thirteen crew. Survivors were rescued by Pirireis ( Turkey).[153]
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31 December

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The Pirate's Ransom United States The passenger ship ran aground off Clearwater, Florida. All passengers were taken off.[154]
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Unknown date

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Bien Nam Vietnam The cargo ship was reported missing on 12 May whilst on a voyage from Tuticorin, India to Padang, Indonesia.[155]
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