List of shipwrecks in 2014
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January
1 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Peace |  Cambodia |
The cargo ship issued a distress signal in the Indian Ocean. Another was issued the next day when the vessel was 225 nautical miles (417 km) north west of Mauritius (17°40′S 54°28′E).[1] She was subsequently abandoned with the loss of a crew member. Nine survivors were rescued by Patris ( Greece).[2] |
3 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| KMP Munawar |  Indonesia |
The ro-ro ferry capsized and sank off Lombok Island with the loss of at least three lives.[3] |
11 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unnamed boat |  South Sudan |
A ferry in the White Nile River carrying women and children who were fleeing fighting in South Sudan capsized, resulting in 200–300 deaths.[4][5][6] |
13 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pushy |  United States |
The tugboat sank off Atlantic Beach, New York after being hit by a large swell.[7] |
| Weeks 236 | United States |
The 125-foot (38 m) deck barge drifted ashore at Silver Point County Park after her tow vessel Pushy ( United States) sank off Atlantic Beach, New York after they were hit by a large swell.[7] |
14 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BJL I | Indonesia |
The ferry capsized at Tanjung Priok.[8] |
| ECC Topaz |  United Kingdom |
The windfarm service vessel caught fire and sank in the North sea 11 nautical miles (20 km) east of Lowestoft, Suffolk at around 1pm. The crew of three was rescued by a Royal Air Force (RAF) rescue helicopter from RAF Wattisham, and were not seriously injured.[9][10] |
| Elf | United States |
The tug sank in the Mamquam Blind Channel at Squamish, British Columbia, Canada. She was later refloated and taken under tow, but foundered off Point Atkinson, British Columbia.[11] |
15 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sea Lion | United States |
The tug foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Atlantic Beach, New York. Her four crew were rescued.[12] |
19 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rich Forest |  Panama |
The cargo vessel was carrying logs towards China when it began sinking off of Guam. USCGC Assateague and USCGC Sequoia (both United States Coast Guard) were sent to assist the vessel. The 24 crew were rescued by CS Sunshine ( Panama) under the AMVER scheme.[13][14] |
| Sportivo |  Philippines |
The cargo ship collided with Jehan ( Philippines) in the Iloilo Strait. Her 29 crew abandoned ship and she consequently foundered.[15] |
20 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bitu Gulf | Panama |
The tanker foundered in the South China Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) off the coast of Vietnam. All sixteen crew were rescued by Ever Summit ( Panama).[16] |
21 January
26 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Aqua Marine |  India |
A tourist boat carrying 45 passengers and crew capsized off of Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands with the loss of at least 22.[18] |
30 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unnamed ship |  Yemen |
A cargo ship, carrying car tyres and car parts sank off the coast of Al Shehar, Hadramout province with the loss of all twelve Indian crew.[19] |
February
1 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Le Sillon |  France |
The trawler went aground at Park Head, near Porthcothan Bay, Cornwall.[20] after losing power and steering approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) off Trevose Head.[21] All six of the crew were safely rescued. Five crew members were recovered by a rescue helicopter from RNAS Culdrose, the skipper was picked up by the Padstow Lifeboat.[22][23][24] |
5 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Luno |  Spain |
The empty cargo ship's engines failed and she drifted onto the breakwater at Anglet, near Bayonne, France. She broke into two pieces, one either side of the breakwater. Her crew of twelve was winched off the wreck by helicopter.[25] |
8 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Elland |  Saint Kitts and Nevis |
The cargo ship suffered an engine failure and cargo shift off Durankulak, Bulgaria and sank. Her eleven crew were rescued by M Izmir ( Malta).[26] |
16 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Armageddon | France |
The yacht was boarded by masked persons sailing on a motorboat and hijacked off Îlots des Moines, north of Bonifacio, Corsica. The vessel's whereabouts were unknown as of 6 March 2014. The crew and passengers were abandoned on a lifeboat off Campomoro, Corsica.[27][28][29] |
20 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMCS Protecteur |  Royal Canadian Navy |
The Protecteur-class replenishment oiler suffered a fire in her engine room 340 nautical miles (630 km) north west of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, United States. She was towed into Pearl Harbor by United States Navy vessels. HMCS Protecteur was consequently retired from service and scrapped. |
21 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Horana | Yemen |
The cargo ship foundered in the Gulf of Aden. All eight crew were rescued by HNLMS Evertsen ( Royal Netherlands Navy).[30] |
| Sunrise Orient |  Vietnam |
The cargo ship ran aground, capsized and sank on Cheung Chau Island, Hong Kong. Her seventeen crew were rescued.[31] |
22 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Constandis |  Cyprus |
The retired fishing trawler was scuttled in 79 feet (24 m) of water in the Mediterranean Sea off Limassol, Cyprus, for use as a recreational dive site.[32] |
| Lady Thetis | Cyprus |
The retired 99-foot (30 m) coastal passenger ship was scuttled in approximately 70 feet (21 m) of water in the Mediterranean Sea off Limassol, Cyprus, for use as a recreational dive site.[32] |
26 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hanze Goteborg |  Netherlands |
The cargo ship ran aground in the Elizabeth River near Portsmouth, Virginia. The ship was freed the next morning with no reported damage or crew injuries.[33] |
| Madanfo |  Ghana |
The fishing vessel sank off Tema while her crew unloaded a Panofi Company ship of her cargo of tuna and salt.[34] |
March
6 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ochakov |  Russian Navy |
The Kara-class cruiser was scuttled in the Donuzlav Bay, Crimea, Ukraine. The scuttling was part of the 2014 Russian military intervention in Ukraine and intended to block ships of the Ukrainian Navy. |
| Yakamoz 5 |  Turkey |
The coastal tanker caught fire in the Marmara Sea off Istanbul. Her six crew were rescued.[35] |
7 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| VM-416 | Russian Navy |
Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation: The Yelva-class diving support vessel was scuttled next to Ochakov.[36] |
9 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sea Breeze |  Barbados |
The cargo ship was abandoned in the English Channel 10 nautical miles (19 km) off The Lizard, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her six crew were rescued by the Falmouth and Lizard Lifeboats.[37] A magnetic patch was later placed on the hole in the vessel's hull and she was towed to St Austell Bay.[38] She was subsequently declared a constructive total loss.[39] |
10 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unnamed boat | Unknown | At least forty-two African migrants drowned off Bir Ali, Yemen during a crossing from Africa. Thirty were rescued by Yemeni Navy.[40] |
| Yusuf Cepnioglu | Turkey |
The container ship ran aground on the northernmost point of Mykonos, Greece. Twelve of her fourteen crew were rescued by the Greek Coast Guard; the other two by USS Bataan ( United States Navy).[41] |
15 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| John 1 | Panama |
The bulk carrier suffered a power failure and ran aground off Rose Blanche-Harbour le Cou, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. Her twenty-three crew were rescued by helicopter.[42] |
17 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Beagle III | Panama |
The cargo ship collided with Pegasus Prime ( South Korea) in Tokyo Bay and sank with the loss of eight of her twenty crew.[43] |
19 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HTMS Kledkaeo |  Royal Thai Navy |
The decommissioned 155-foot (47 m) supply ship was scuttled in 39 to 85 feet (12 to 26 m) of water in the Strait of Malacca off the island of Ko Phi Phi Le, Thailand, to form an artificial reef.[32] |
22 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pesante | Netherlands |
The dredger sank at Dordrecht, South Holland.[44] |
| Summer Wind |  Liberia |
The bulk carrier was struck by an oil barge in the Houston Ship Channel in Texas causing a significant oil spill and closing the channel.[45] |
| Unnamed boat |  Democratic Republic of the Congo |
A boat on Lake Albert, returning refugees to the Democratic Republic of the Congo from Uganda capsized with the loss of at least 251 people.[46] |
25 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Diamond | United Kingdom |
26 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sumise Maru No. 38 |  Japan |
The cement carrier collided with the motor vessel Kaisei Maru ( Japan) and sank off Hyōgo Port, Japan.[49] |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unnamed ship | Unknown | The migrant ship capsized off the coast of Beer Ali, Yemen, with the loss of 42 lives. At least 30 people were rescued by the Yemeni Navy and taken to a refugee camp near Mayfaa, Yemen.[50] |
April
1 April
4 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Fortune 1 |  Mongolia |
The cargo ship foundered in the South China Sea off Yeosu, South Korea. Three of her 16 crew were rescued.[52] |
6 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hansa Constitution |  Germany |
While passing Hong Kong during a voyage from Yokohama, Japan, to Shekou, Shenzhen, China, the 193-metre (633 ft), 35,000 DWT container ship suffered a main engine failure in heavy rain and strong monsoon winds in the East Lamma Channel and ran aground at Pok Fu Lam, coming to a halt off the coast of Hong Kong Island only a few feet from a seawall at the University of Hong Kong's Stanley Ho Sports Centre. No one on board or on shore suffered injuries and no hull breach occurred, and she soon was refloated and towed to the North Lamma Anchorage.[53][54][55] |
15 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ornak |  Bahamas |
The 228-metre (748 ft) bulk carrier ran aground off Lynnhaven, Virginia Beach, United States, due to high winds.[56] She was refloated on 18 April.[57] |
| Todd Michael | United States |
The tug was driven ashore and wrecked in Lake Pontchartrain off New Orleans, Louisiana. All of 2 crew were rescued by a United States Coast Guard helicopter.[58] |
16 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Asian Empire | South Korea |
The car carrier caught fire in the Pacific Ocean and was abandoned by her 24 crew, who were rescued by Asian Adonis ( Panama).[59] |
| Sewol | South Korea |
Sinking of MV Sewol: The ferry sank in the Yellow Sea whilst on a voyage from Incheon towards Jeju Island.[60][61] The sinking cost 304 out of 476 people their lives.[62] Sewol was raised on 23 March 2017.[63] |
17 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tromso | Bahamas |
The tanker ran aground in Diego Suarez Bay, Madagascar and was severely damaged.[64] |
22 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Chanko |  Norway |
The tugboat suffered a mechanical break-down, drifted onto shore at Edøya, near Sommarøy, Norway, and sank. Her crew of four were rescued by a lifeboat.[65] The wreck was raised in May 2014, and carried to Harstad on a lighter.[66] The scrapping of Chanko at Harstad began in June 2014.[67] |
24 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hailey Glasrud Reef |  United States |
The retired 220-foot (67 m) cargo ship — last operated as DM-ONE (flag unknown) and renamed Hailey Glasrud Reef specifically for her sinking — was scuttled in 186 feet (57 m) of water in the Atlantic Ocean off Stuart, Florida, to form an artificial reef.[32] |
25 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ag Marina |  Togo |
The ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) west of Crete, Greece. Four of her seven crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from a Montenegro port towards Odesa, Ukraine.[68] |
28 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nur Eye 1 | Indonesia |
The tanker was severely damaged by fire at Port Klang. All eleven crew were rescued.[69] |
May
5 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Zhong Xing 2 |  China |
The cargo ship collided with MOL Motivator ( Marshall Islands) off Po Toi Island, Hong Kong and sank with the loss of eleven of her twelve crew.[70] |
9 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Galapaface I |  Ecuador |
The freighter ran aground off the capital city Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, San Cristobal, in the Galápagos.[71] |
10 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nereus | United States |
The autonomous underwater vehicle imploded and was lost in the Kermadec Trench. |
15 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Miraj-4 |  Bangladesh |
The Dhaka to Shariatpur ferry sank during a storm on the Meghna River in Bangladesh.[72] |
16 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cheeki Rafiki | United Kingdom |
 |
18 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Baaden | unknown | The yacht capsized and sank upon launching at Fidalgo Marina, Anacortes, Washington. The vessel was salvaged but declared a constructive total loss.[74] |
24 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| The Brig Unicorn |  Saint Lucia |
The restaurant ship foundered and sank off St Vincent and the Grenadines. All ten crew members were rescued.[75] |
26 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DNA-90152 | Vietnam |
The fishing boat was sunk in a ramming incident by No. 11209 ( China) in the South China Sea. Crew rescued by other Vietnamese vessels.[76] |
29 May
Unknown date
June
1 June
5 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pentalina-B |  Cape Verde |
While operating as a ro-ro vehicle ferry in the Cape Verde islands, the ship ran aground in a storm near the settlement of Móia Móia on the island of Santiago (15°1′26″N 23°26′21″W); there were no casualties. A causeway was built out to the ship so that the vehicles could be removed. The wreck remains extant on the shore (as of 2019).[81] |
9 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Viet Long | Vietnam |
The cargo ship ran aground off Summer Island, Maldives (4°33′N 73°33′E). Her twenty crew were evacuated on 10 June. During salvage operations on 3 July she broke in two and sank.[82] |
18 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Galuh Pusaka | Indonesia |
The tanker was discovered derelict and abandoned in the South China Sea (3°49′15″N 106°33′20″E) by an Indonesian Navy ship. She was towed into Terempa Navy Base.[83] |
| Unnamed ship | Unknown | An unauthorised wooden vessel sank off Port Klang in the Strait of Malacca. Survivors, who did not have any travel documents, said they were returning to Aceh, Sumatra, Indonesia. Initially it was reported the passengers were trying to enter Malaysia. As of 17 June, there were approximately sixty survivors, five deaths and thirty-two missing.[84] On 18 June ten people are reported killed and twenty-five missing and the survivors have been arrested under immigration laws.[85] |
19 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unidentified boat | Unknown | A migrant boat believed to be heading for Sumatra, Indonesia, capsized in the Strait of Malacca off Sepang, Malaysia, near Kuala Lumpur. Eighteen people (14 men and four women) were rescued by nearby merchant ships.[85] |
22 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Laboe | Flag unknown | The retired 82-foot (25 m) fishing vessel was scuttled in 80 feet (24 m) of water in the Mediterranean Sea off Paphos, Cyprus, to form an artificial reef.[32] |
30 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Migrant ship | Unknown | A ship carrying over one hundred illegal migrants sank in the Strait of Sicily with twenty-seven rescued and seventy people missing.[86] |
July
2 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pancar Indah | Indonesia |
The ferry, a converted landing craft tank, sprang a leak and foundered off Gilimanuk, Bali. All thirty-five people on board survived.[87] |
3 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| AMT Explorer | Malta |
The cable barge capsized and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Sardinia, Italy. Her crew survived.[88] |
7 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ping Shin 101 |  Taiwan |
The fishing vessel sank, possibly after an internal explosion.[89] |
10 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS Ogden | United States Navy |
_being_sunk_during_RIMPAC_2014.JPG) The decommissioned Austin-class amphibious transport dock was sunk as a target during the naval exercise RIMPAC 2014 in the Pacific Ocean 55 miles northwest of Hawaii by a Harpoon missile fired by the frigate HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen ( |
14 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mu Do Bong |  North Korea |
The cargo ship ran aground off Tuxpan, Mexico.[91] |
| Priyanka | India |
The cargo ship was abandoned off Alibag. Her sixteen crew were rescued.[92] |
| USS Tuscaloosa | United States Navy |
The decommissioned Newport-class tank landing ship was sunk as a target during the naval exercise RIMPAC 2014 in the Pacific Ocean 57 nautical miles (106 km; 66 mi) northwest of Kauai, Hawaii.[93] |
15 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unnamed | Indonesia |
Nearly sixty people were rescued from a ship allegedly carrying illegal migrants from Malaysia to Indonesia. Two people were reported dead and eighteen missing from the ship which capsized off the southern state of Johor, Malaysia.[94] |
16 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Escapade | United States |
The casino ship ran aground off the coast of Georgia on her maiden voyage. All ninety-six passengers were taken off by the United States Coast Guard.[95] |
17 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Amakusa Island | Japan |
The bulk carrier ran aground and was damaged at Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada. She was later refloated but found to be holed.[96][97] |
| Gelis Rauh | Indonesia |
The passenger ferry was destroyed by fire off Lombok. All on board were rescued.[98] |
| Millennium Time | United Kingdom |
The riverboat collided with a tug on the River Thames near Waterloo Bridge, London. Hundreds of passengers were safely evacuated from the boat, which has a capacity of three hundred and forty. Seven people were injured.[99][100] |
19 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nefterudovoz-32M |  Russia |
The cargo ship ran aground and sank in the Volga River.[101] She was refloated on 21 July.[102] |
23 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ana |  Tuvalu |
Typhoon Matmo: The cargo ship was driven ashore, capsized and sank at Fuzhou, China. Her seventeen crew were rescued by helicopter.[103] |
| Sheng Chang |  Belize |
Typhoon Matmo: The tanker ran aground 60 nautical miles (110 km) off Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Her four crew were rescued.[104][105] |
28 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Asaed | Yemen |
The cargo ship suffered an engine failure and started taking on water in the Gulf of Oman. Her nine crew were taken off by USNS Richard E. Byrd ( United States Navy).[106] |
August
4 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Diver Master |  Denmark |
The tug was sunk by Kruzenshtern ( Russian Navy) at Esbjerg when a line between the two vessels failed to release. Her three crew were rescued.[107] |
| Pinak-6 | Bangladesh |
The ferry, carrying approximately two hundred passengers, capsized on the Padma River in Munshiganj District, 30 km (16 nmi) from Dhaka.[108] |
| Tahoe Queen | United States |
The passenger ship ran aground off Tahoe Keys, California. Two hundred and ninety-six passengers were taken off the vessel in an operation coordinated by the United States Coast Guard.[109] |
7 August
8 August
11 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMAS Bundaberg |  Royal Australian Navy |
The Armidale-class patrol boat was severely damaged by fire at Hemmant, Queensland. She was consequently decommissioned in December. |
12 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sea Soul 1 |  Tanzania |
The cargo ship was scuttled at Dakar, Senegal after being intercepted by the Senegalese Navy whilst gun running.[113] |
13 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ponton 1 | Germany |
The 28.28-metre (92 ft 9 in) tow barge sprung a leak, capsized in the Baltic Sea and sank north of Barber Ort (54°29′N 12°27′E). Her crew was rescued. Refloated, repaired and returned to service.[114] |
15 August
16 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unnamed passenger vessel | Indonesia |
The passenger ship was hit by a 3 m (9.8 ft) wave, ran into a reef and sank near Sangeang Api, a volcanic island off Sumbawa. The ship was on a three-day voyage and was travelling between the islands of Lombok and Komodo.[116] |
18 August
22 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unnamed | Unknown | The migrant ship, carrying at least 170 people capsized off the Libyan coast.[119] |
23 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unnamed | Unknown | The migrant ship capsized east of Tripoli, Libya.[120] |
24 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Anugerah 89 | Indonesia |
The fish research ship sank 39 nautical miles (72 km) south of Denpasr (9°16′S 115°23′E. Three of her fourteen crew were rescued by Safmarine Nomazwe ( Hong Kong).[121] |
25 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tao Yan | China |
The container ship was run into by Gang Tai Tai Zhou ( China) and sank 10 nautical miles (19 km) east of Tianjin. Her 22 crew were rescued.[122] |
| Unnamed | Unknown | A fishing boat foundered south of Lampedusa, Italy with the loss of at least six migrants. The Italian Coast Guard are reported to have rescued nearly 4,000 people over the weekend.[119] |
September
1 September
4 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Poline | Cambodia |
The cargo ship capsized and sank in the East China Sea. Eight of her ten crew survived,[124] |
5 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ince Inebolu | Turkey |
The bulk carrier ran aground at Astipalaia Island, Greece. She was on a voyage from Yemen to Novorossiysk, Russia.[125] She was refloated on 11 September.[126] |
6 September
10 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Migrant ship |  Egypt |
A ship carrying roughly five hundred migrants from Palestine, Sudan and Egypt was rammed off the coast of Malta by another vessel used by the Egyptian traffickers smuggling them to Italy. Ten survivors were plucked from the waters in the ensuing days. According to independent accounts of two of the survivors, the ramming occurred after a dispute occurred between the migrants and traffickers. The migrants had refused to transfer to a smaller ship in tow at the behest of the traffickers, due to its dangerously small size, and the traffickers reacted to the refusal by deliberately sinking the ship. The boat had departed from Egypt's port of Damietta on 6 September. Survivors estimated that the drowning victims consisted of at least four hundred men and women, and as many as one hundred children—some who held onto life preservers for days before finally being taken under by a storm.[128][129] |
13 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Maharlika II | Philippines |
Typhoon Kalmaegi: The ferry foundered north west of Panaon Island with the loss of three lives. Although only eighty-four passengers and crew were listed on the ships' manifest, it was believed to be carrying a total of 166 people.[130][131] Survivors were rescued by Epic St Martin ( Singapore), Lara Venture ( Hong Kong) and Maharlika IV ( Philippines).[132] |
14 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Super Shuttle 7 | Philippines |
Typhoon Kalmaegi: The ferry capsized and sank at Manila. Her fifteen crew survived.[133] |
15 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS Fresno | United States Navy |
The Newport-class tank landing ship was sunk as a target ship by aircraft and other warships during the naval exercise Valiant Shield 2014 215 nautical miles (398 km; 247 mi) northeast of Guam.[134] |
| Migrant ship | The migrant ship sank off the coast of Tajoura, east of Tripoli, Libya. Thirty-six out of a total of 250 on board were rescued. A further three boats sank off the Libyan coast from August to September.[135] |
16 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hao Jun | China |
Typhoon Kalmaegi: The cargo ship foundered 11 nautical miles (20 km) south of Macao. Her fourteen crew were rescued by helicopter.[136] |
| Santa Rosa | Singapore |
The container ship ran aground off Abu Musa Island, Iran. She was on a voyage from Karachi, Pakistan to Jebel Ali, Dubai.[137] |
21 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Europalink |  Italy |
The ro-ro ferry struck rocks off Peristeres, north east of Corfu, Greece. All 70 crew and 692 passengers were evacuated. She was later refloated and taken in to Kerkyra, Greece for repairs. Europalink was on a voyage from Patras, Greece to Ancona.[138][139] |
30 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lurongyu 859 | China |
The coaster foundered in the Pacific Ocean off the Oki Islands, Japan with the loss of nine of her fourteen crew.[140] |
| Nivôse |  French Navy |
The Floréal-class frigate was severely damaged by a fire which broke out in her engine room. She was subsequently towed into Port des Galets. La Réunion. |
October
5 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Prins 4 | Netherlands |
The dredger capsized at Flamanville, Manche France after her anchor snagged.[141] |
8 October
10 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ocean Researcher V | Taiwan |
The 2,700-ton research vessel sank in the Taiwan Strait just off of Penghu. Two casualties resulted from the incident.[143][144][145] |
12 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Run Wu 9 | China |
The cargo ship foundered in the East China Sea off Dachen Island. Her fifteen crew were rescued.[146] |
15 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alisa K | United States |
The 38-foot (11.6 m) fishing vessel dragged her anchor and was wrecked on rocks in Lyman Anchorage (55°33′N 132°17′W) in Clarence Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. The United States Coast Guard rescued the only person aboard.[147] |
17 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| X Press 27 |  United Arab Emirates |
The tug collided with Royal Jade ( Panama) and sank off Fujairah. Her crew were rescued.[148] |
19 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lenaneft-2013 | Russia |
The tanker ran aground in the Lena River and was holed. She was on a voyage from Yakutsk to Peleduia.[149] |
| Tiksi | Russia |
The tanker ran aground in the Lena River and was holed. She was on a voyage from Yakutsk to Vitim.[150] |
28 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Al Riffa San Felipe |
Malta Marshall Islands |
The two container ships collided at Port Klang, Malaysia. Both vessels caught fire. The fire on San Felipe was extinguished; the fire on Al Riffa was severe and the ship was towed out of port.[151] |
November
4 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kerch | Russian Navy |
The Kara-class cruiser was severely damaged by fire at Sevastopol. She was consequently withdrawn from service. |
6 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| INS A72 |  Indian Navy |
The Astravahini-class torpedo recovery vessel sprang a leak and sank off Visakhapatnam. One of her 28 crew died, four were reported missing.[152] |
9 November
11 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hai Run 607 | China |
The cargo ship collided with Hansa Siegburg ( Liberia) off Qingyu Island and sank. Her six crew were rescued.[154] |
| Vital 355 | Philippines |
The coaster capsized and sank 20 nautical miles (37 km) north west of Naso Point with the loss of two of her thirteen crew.[155] |
12 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nossan |  Faroe Islands |
The cargo ship ran aground and sank in the Göta älv at Trollhättan, Sweden. All on board survived.[156] |
16 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hokuei 18 | Japan |
The cargo ship collided with Yong Sheng VII ( Panama) off Okinawa Island. She capsized and sank. Her five crew were rescued.[157] |
| San Cristobal | Ecuador |
The ship capsized and sank in the Pacific Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km) off the Santa Elena Peninsula. Her thirteen crew were rescued by a fishing vessel.[158] |
18 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Perantu |  Royal Malaysian Navy |
The hydrographic survey ship capsized and sank at Boustead Naval Shipyard, Kuala Lumpur.[159] |
19 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Al Hassani |  Kiribati |
The coaster foundered in the Gulf of Aden. Her eight crew were rescued in an operation involving a Luftwaffe Lockheed P-3 Orion, TCG Gemlik ( Turkish Navy) and Takanami ( Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force).[160] |
| Johanna Josephine | Netherlands |
The dredger struck a submerged object and sank at Wilhelmshaven, Germany. Her crew were rescued. She was later refloated and taken in to Wilhelmshaven.[161] |
21 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Calypso | Flag unknown | The coaster foundered 45 nautical miles (83 km) north of Cap-Haïtien.[162] Her seven crew were rescued by USCGC Charles Sexton ( United States Navy).[163] |
24 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Zander | unknown | The 26.93-metre (88 ft 4 in) inland grabber dredge sprung a leak and sank 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) north of Norderny in the North Sea (53°47′N 07°12′E). Her two-man crew was lost.[164] |
26 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Super Shuttle Ferry 11 | Philippines |
The ferry capsized and sank at Balbagon. Her crew were rescued.[165] |
30 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Åfjord | Norway |
The ferry ran aground at Finneset. Her eleven passengers were taken off.[166] |
| Team Vestas Wind | Denmark |
2014–15 Volvo Ocean Race: The Volvo Ocean 65 yacht ran aground on the Cargados Carajos Shoals, St Brandon Island, off Mauritius and was wrecked. Her nine crew were rescued. She was salvaged, repaired, returned to service.[167][168][169] |
December
1 December
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Oryong 501 | South Korea |
The fish factory ship capsized and sank in the Bering Sea with the loss of 55 of her 62 crew. Survivors were rescued by the fishing trawler Carolina-77 ( Russia).[170] |
2 December
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Amaranthus |  Palau |
The cargo ship (actually Isik 2) ( Turkey) was driven ashore crewless on Zakynthos, Greece. Her crew were believed to have been involved in smuggling cigarettes and to have abandoned the vessel, having given her a false identity.[171] |
3 December
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Elga-1 | Russia |
The cargo ship sprang a leak and sank in the Black Sea. Her crew were rescued by Sea Spider ( Marshall Islands).[172] She was salvaged on 8 December and towed into Varna, Bulgaria.[173] |
6 December
8 December
11 December
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Zhong Zing 7 | China |
The cargo ship collided with Xin Wang Shun ( China) and sank in the Taiwan Strait with the loss of three of her thirteen crew. Four were rescued and six were reported missing.[176] |
12 December
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mutambala | Democratic Republic of the Congo |
The ferry capsized and sank in Lake Tanganyika with the loss of 129 lives.[177][178] |
14 December
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sri Kandi 515 | Tuvalu |
The tanker was driven ashore at Narathiwat, Thailand.[179][180] |
18 December
22 December
26 December
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Chaulk Determination |  Canada |
The tug sprang a leak and sank in the Saint Lawrence River at Trois-Rivières, Quebec.[183] |
| G.B. Corrado | Bahamas |
The bulk carrier ran aground in the Atlantic Ocean off Port O'Connor, Texas, United States (28°23′N 96°18′W.[184] |
| Ming Guang | Cambodia |
The cargo ship sank 10 nautical miles (19 km) north west of Ajigasawa, Aomori, Japan with the loss of three of her ten crew.[185][186] |
| Pachacamac |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
The tug struck a sunken rock and sank off Mollendo, Peru. One of her three crew was reported missing.[187] |
28 December
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Gökbel | Turkey |
The general cargo vessel sank after a collision with Lady Aziza ( Belize) off the Port of Ravenna.[188][189] Of the 11 Turkish crew, two drowned and four were reported missing.[190] |
| Norman Atlantic | Italy |
 The ferry caught fire in the Adriatic Sea off Corfu, Greece and was burnt out. Eight of the 478 people on board were killed. |