List of shipwrecks in 2017
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1 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Zahro Express |  Indonesia |
The ferry caught fire off Jakarta with the loss of 23 lives. One hundred and ninety-four people were rescued, with seventeen reported missing.[1][2] |
2 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mengah Scorpion | Indonesia |
The coaster foundered in Sabang Bay off Pulang Island.[3] |
7 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Star King |  United States |
The fishing vessel capsized and sank after experiencing water ingress off the entrance of the Columbia River near Warrenton, Oregon.[4] |
8 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Arca 1 |  Panama |
The coastal tanker ran aground off Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her six crew were evacuated.[5] She was refloated on 16 January and taken in to Sydney.[6] |
10 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Stella Cherise |  Singapore |
The bulk carrier was run into by Spartacus ( United Kingdom) at Shanghai, China and was severely damaged.[7] |
11 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Chong Gen |  North Korea |
The cargo ship capsized and in the East China Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) south west of Fukue Island, Japan. Her crew were rescued by a Japan Coast Guard vessel.[8] |
| Esi Winner |  Moldova |
The arrested and crewless cargo ship was driven ashore at Bozburun, Turkey.[9] |
13 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sigma |  Liberia |
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Livorno, Italy. Her eighteen crew were rescued by helicopter.[10] |
| Unknown tugboat |  Thailand |
The tug was flooded by wakes of passing boats causing her to capsize and sink at Bangkok, Thailand on the Chao Phraya River. The vessel was scheduled to be raised. The owner and a passenger survived.[11] |
14 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fluvius Tamar |  Barbados |
The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Ramsgate, Kent, United Kingdom. All seven crew were rescued, four by Norstream ( Finland) and three by helicopter. She was on a voyage from Eemshaven, Groningen, Netherlands to Pasajes, Spain.[12] |
17 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Meridian Tres |  Philippines |
The ship foundered off Bohol. One of her 29 crew was reported missing. She was on a voyage from Cebu City to Tacloban City.[13] |
| Virginia 1 | Philippines |
The cargo ship caught fire and sank south west of Caballo Island, Philippines with the loss of one of her eleven crew. Five crew were reported missing. She was on a voyage from Roxas to Binondo.[13] |
20 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kraken |  Vanuatu |
The cargo ship was scuttled in 140 feet (43 m) of water in the Gulf of Mexico 67 nautical miles (124 km; 77 mi) off Galveston, Texas, to form an artificial reef.[14][15] |
26 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fisktrans |  Norway |
The live fish carrier suffered rudder failure and foundered in the Norwegian Sea off Steigen, Norway. Her six crew were rescued by a Sea King helicopter from No. 330 Squadron RNoAF.[16][17] |
| MCL Power III |  Malaysia |
The tug was driven ashore and beached at Kandis, Sarawak.[18] |
27 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bereket |  Turkey |
The ship sprang a leak and sank in the Sea of Marmara off Istanbul.[19] |
| Moana Nui |  Cook Islands |
The ro-ro cargo ship ran aground off Nassau and was abandoned.[20] |
28 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unnamed catamaran | Malaysia |
2017 Mengalum boat mishap: The catamaran sank in the South China Sea off Mengalum Island, on its way to the island from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. Three passengers died from drowning with five others missing.[21] |
31 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS Antietam |  United States Navy |
The Ticonderoga-class cruiser ran aground and was damaged in Tokyo Bay off Yokosuka, Japan. |
| Yeruslan |  Cambodia |
The arrested cargo ship was set afire by looters in Amur Bay, Russia, and was gutted.[22] |
February
3 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Abbay |  Ethiopia |
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Sharjah or Umm Al Quwain, United Arab Emirates. Her crew were rescued.[23] |
7 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Aram Manis | Singapore |
The bulk carrier ran aground on the Cargados Carajos Shoals. She was on a voyage from Richards Bay to Pipiya, India.[24] |
11 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Destination | United States |
Overloaded and made top-heavy by icing, the 92-foot (28.0 m) crab-fishing boat capsized and sank rapidly in the Bering Sea off Dalnoi Point on the coast of St. George Island in the Pribilof Islands. Her entire crew of six men perished, and their bodies were never found.[25] The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration research ship NOAAS Fairweather ( United States) discovered her wreck in about 250 feet (76 m) of water during operations on 8 and 9 July 2017.[26] |
| Sagan | Panama |
The tanker was driven ashore on Suwanosejima, Japan. Her eighteen crew were rescued by a Japan Coast Guard helicopter.[27] |
13 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| APL Austria | Liberia |
The container ship caught fire 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Cape St. Francis, South Africa. Four non-essential crew were evacuated, and the ship put into Ngqura to enable firefighting operations to be completed. Her remaining crew were evacuated on arrival at Ngqura.[28][29] |
| Predator | United States |
 |
16 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Saint Elias | United States |
While under tow by the tug Salmson Mariner ( United States), the 322-foot (98.1 m) barge ran hard aground on the northeast end of Gravina Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska near Ketchikan, Alaska.She later was refloated.[30] |
| Salmson Mariner | United States |
While towing the barge Saint Elias ( United States), the 30-meter (98-foot) tug ran hard aground on the northeast end of Gravina Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska near Ketchikan, Alaska.She later was refloated.[30] |
17 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Chuki 1 |  China |
The tanker was damaged by fire at Nanjing.[31] |
21 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bellatrix |  Togo |
The cargo ship ran aground on Lesvos, Greece and was holed.[32] |
23 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Isla Bartolome |  Ecuador |
The cargo ship ran aground and partially sank off Isla Puna. She was on a voyage from Guayaquil to the Galapagos Islands.[33][34] |
24 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Honor | United States |
The car carrier was severely damaged by fire whilst on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom to Baltimore, Maryland.[35] |
25 February
March
1 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ocean Eagle | United States |
 |
3 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| FFS Achilles | Norway |
The tug ran aground and sank off Farsund, Norway. Her three crew survived, and the wreck was raised thirteen days later.[38][39] |
| Persia II |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
The coaster sprang a leak and foundered 8 nautical miles (15 km) south of Grenada. Her nine crew were rescued.[40] |
| Ocean Way |  Shetland |
The trawler's starboard net came fast on an obstruction on the seabed. In the attempt to recover the fishing gear, the port trawl door struck the hull causing the aft compartment to flood. Despite efforts from the crew to pump the water out using their own portable pumps, a pump from Gerda Sæle the Lerwick Lifeboat, the ship foundered. All five crew were rescued onto the lifeboat at the scene.[41] |
4 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Caledonian Sky |  Bahamas |
The Noble Caledonia cruise ship grounded on a coral reef at Waigeo Island, Indonesia. With the help of a tug Caledonian Sky refloated, further damaging the reef.[42] |
| Hero | United States |
The research vessel sank at Bay Center, Washington.[43] |
5 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Anna | Togo |
The cargo ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) north east of Misrata, Libya. Her ten crew were rescued by Da Ji ( China). Anna was on a voyage from Istanbul, Turkey to Misrata.[44] |
9 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kum San | North Korea |
The cargo ship was hit by a Chinese tanker whilst at anchor and foundered off Lianyuanhang, China. Her 27 crew were rescued.[45][46] |
14 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Jin Hang Hai 6 | China |
The cargo ship collided with Chang Xun 17 ( China) and sank in the Yangtze River at Nantong. Two of her thirteen crew were killed, four were reported missing.[47] |
13–16 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cai Jun 3 | Panama |
The dredger last received position was on 13 March (UTC +8). It capsized and subsequently sank in Singapore's Territorial Waters, off Horsburgh Lighthouse Area.[48][49] |
16 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tinaztepe S | Turkey |
The cargo ship sank at Misrata, Libya.[50] Four of her thirteen crew were killed, two were reported missing. There were seven survivors.[51][52] |
19 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Xing Long Zhou 569 | China |
The tanker exploded and caught fire in the East China Sea 90 nautical miles (170 km) south of Shindao Island with the loss of three of her sixteen crew. She was later towed in to Shindao.[53] |
21 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Marc Jason III | Philippines |
The landing craft tank capsized and sank off Malabuyoc.[54] |
24 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lyric Poet |  Bahamas |
The bulk carrier ran aground 50 nautical miles (93 km) north of Pulau Belitung Island, Malaysia. She was refloated on 10 May.[55] |
| Soby |  Cape Verde |
The ro-ro ferry capsized at Mindelo, São Vincente Island.[56] |
| Unknown | None | Two boats carrying refugees and migrants capsized in the Mediterranean Sea. At least 240 people were presumed dead.[57] |
28 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hai Thanh 26 |  Vietnam |
The cargo ship collided with Petrolimex 14 ( Vietnam) and foundered 44 nautical miles (81 km) off Vung Tau. Nine of her eleven crew were killed.[58][59] Two crew were rescued by Petrolimex 14.[60] |
31 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Stellar Daisy |  Marshall Islands |
The cargo ship broke in half and sank in the Atlantic Ocean 1,800 miles (2,900 km) west of Cape Town, South Africa. 2 crewmen rescued, 22 crewmembers missing.[61][62] |
April
6 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Xiang Zhou |  Kiribati |
The cargo ship collided with a lighter, capsized and sank in the Yangtze off Nantong. Twelve crew were reported missing.[63][64] |
7 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| KAI Shiuan No.3 |  Taiwan |
The catamaran passenger vessel ran aground in the Taiwan Strait and was damaged. All 346 passengers were evacuated by the Taiwan Coast Guard.[65] |
8 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bhaita Jaya Samudra | Indonesia |
The cargo ship collided with Elizabeth ( Indonesia) and sank off Damar Island.[66] |
| Kure Harbour | Panama |
The vessel was driven aground by high winds on a shoal off Argentia, Newfoundland and Labrador. The vessel was freed the next day.[67] |
9 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mutiara Persada III | Indonesia |
The ferry caught fire in the Sunda Strait. All 113 passengers and crew were evacuated.[68] |
10 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ngwe Kyal Pwint |  Burma |
The passenger vessel collided with a cargo ship and sank in the Pathein Taman Creek with the loss of 20 of the 60 passengers on board.[69] |
12 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alex |  Belgium |
The tanker ran aground between Borneo and Sumatra.[70] |
17 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Todd Brown | United States |
The tugboat collided with barges she was maneuvering in the Mississippi River causing her to swamp and sink at Mile Marker 940 near Columbus, Kentucky. Raised on 22 April.[71][72] |
18 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Aegir |  Chile |
The cargo ship was damaged in the Chacabuco Canal and was beached on Isla Humos.[73] |
| Sevilla Knutsen |  Spain |
The LNG tanker ran aground on a reef south of Guam and was severely damaged. She was refloated and made for the Philippines.[74] |
19 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Geroi Arsenala | Panama |
The cargo ship broke in two in stormy weather and sank in the Black Sea's Kerch Strait. As of 19 April, one member of the ship's 12-strong crew had been rescued and the bodies of two others retrieved from the sea.[75] |
| Powhatan | United States |
The laid up tug sank while moored in Starrigavan Bay near Sitka, Alaska. Salvage of the tug was completed on 12 June 2017. She was scrapped at Seattle, Washington later that year.[76] |
20 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 3062 | China Marine Police |
The ship collided with Yue Dian 57 ( China) and sank in the Lingding Channel off Guangzhou. Her eight crew were rescued.[77] |
| Powhatan | United States |
The 30-metre (98 ft) tug sank in 15 metres (49 ft) of water at her berth in Starrigavan Bay (57°08′10″N 135°22′52″W / 57.1362°N 135.3811°W) near Sitka, Alaska. She later slid into deeper water, settling in 60 metres (200 ft) of water.[78] |
21 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Panagia Parou |  Malta |
The ferry was driven against the quayside and damaged at Algeciras, Spain. The vessel was holed; she sank by the stern and later capsized onto her port side.[79][80] |
23 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nabil J |  Sierra Leone |
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Saida, Lebanon.[81] |
27 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hordafor V | Norway |
The chemical tanker was in a floating drydock which capsized at the Nauta shipyard, Gdynia, Poland.[82] |
| Liman |  Russian Navy |
The military intelligence vessel sank in the Black Sea off the Turkish coast, 25 miles (40 km) northwest of the Bosphorus Strait, after a collision in fog with the livestock carrier Youzarsif H ( Togo). The crew of 78 were evacuated.[83] |
May
1 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Siebengebirge |  Germany |
The ferry capsized and sank in the North Sea west of Texel, North Holland, Netherlands whilst under tow. Nobody was on board at the time.[84] |
6 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Southern Phoenix | Panama |
The cargo ship capsized and sank at Suva, Fiji,[85] caused by problem with wing ballasting and fuel bunkering. |
7 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fortuner | Philippines |
The cargo ship suffered a structural failure of her hull and foundered off Talisay City, Cebu, Philippines. Her 22 crew were rescued.[86] |
8 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Uruguay Reefer | Panama |
The refrigerated cargo ship was holed by ice in the South Atlantic and was abandoned off the Falkland Islands. Her 42 crew were rescued by Taganrogskiy Zaliv ( Panama).[87] |
| Unknown | None | A boat carrying refugees and migrant from Libya to Italy sank in the Mediterranean Sea. Approximately 80 people died; around 40 survivors were rescued by an Italian coast guard ship and taken to the port of Pozzallo, Italy.[88] |
10 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USCGC Tamaroa |  United States Coast Guard |
The decommissioned United States Coast Guard Cutter was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 33 nautical miles (61 km) off Cape May, New Jersey, at 38°31.144′N 074°30.747′W / 38.519067°N 74.512450°W to form an artificial reef.[89][90][91] |
14 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ebrahim 1 |  Palau |
The tanker exploded, caught fire and broke in two at Al Hamriyah, United Arab Emirates. One of her crew was killed and four were injured.[92] |
15 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ali Aga | Turkey |
The cargo ship capsized and sank at Celebi Bandırma, Turkey due to being loaded incorrectly. Twelve people were injured.[93] |
19 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mutiara Sentosa 1 | Indonesia |
The ro-pax ferry caught fire off East Java. Five people were killed, 192 people were rescued by the National Search and Rescue Agency.[94] |
24 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | None | A ship carrying around 200 migrants capsized in the Mediterranean Sea. At least 34 people died.[95] |
29 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Xingyun 789 | China |
The cargo ship broke in two and sank in Bohai Bay. Her five crew were rescued.[96] |
30 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Crosby Commander | United States |
The tug capsized and sank in the Gulf of Mexico 30 nautical miles (56 km) off the coast of Louisiana. A crew member was reported missing. The survivors were rescued by Andi Nicol ( United States).[97] |
| Fisherman's Dream | United States |
The retired 87-foot (26.5 m) fishing trawler was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean off Townsends Inlet, New Jersey, in 60 feet (18.3 m) of water at 39°06.500′N 074°36.300′W / 39.108333°N 74.605000°W.[98] |
June
3 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| KD Rahmat |  Royal Malaysian Navy |
The frigate sank at Lumit. |
5 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ibis |  Belize |
The dredging barge sank in shallow water off Mangaluru, India. Her 27 crew were evacuated by the Indian Coast Guard.[99] |
| Sheba |  Bangladesh |
The ship suffered a hull failure and foundered in the Pashur River near Bagherat. Her nine crew were rescued.[100] |
6 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Argent Cosmos | Panama |
 |
8 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| St. Gregory | Bahamas |
The bulk carrier ran aground at Kokkala, East Mani, Greece. She was on a voyage from Istanbul, Turkey to Sfax, Tunisia.[103] St. Gregory was refloated on 21 June.[104] |
10 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Chemroad Journey |  Cayman Islands |
The chemical tanker ran aground in the South China Sea 28 nautical miles (52 km) south of Phu Quy Island, Vietnam and was holed. Her 26 crew were rescued.[105] She was refloated on 4 July.[106] |
12 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS Texas | United States Navy |
The New York-class battleship sprang a leak and developed a list at Houston, Texas. |
14 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Amelia 1 | Indonesia |
The LPG tanker was damaged by fire at Makassar.[107] |
| KM Avatar | Indonesia |
The cargo ship sank in the Malacca Strait. Two of her fifteen crew were reported missing. Survivors were rescued by Undine ( Sweden).[108] The missing crew were found in their liferaft on 15 June, but one of them was deceased.[109] |
| Kutai Reya Dua | Indonesia |
The bulk carrier was driven ashore on Pulau Buru, Indonesia.[110] |
15 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Med Star |  Greece |
The ferry caught fire in the Ionian Sea off Rhodes and was severely damaged. Twenty of the 32 people on board were reported to have been evacuated.[111] Declared uneconomic to repair. she was scrapped. |
| Aquarius or Putri Sea |
 Equatorial Guinea |
The tanker exploded and sank 4.6 nautical miles (8.5 km) north west of Tanjung Pengelih, Malaysia. Six crew were reported missing.[112][113] |
16 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Damia Desgagnés |  Canada |
The tanker lost power and ran aground 3 nmi (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) east of Iroquois, Ontario in the Saint Lawrence Seaway. No damage to the ship and no loss of life or injury.[114] |
17 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS Fitzgerald | United States Navy |
_in_June_2017.JPG) Philippines) 56 nautical miles (104 km) south west of Yokosuka, Japan. Seven crew were killed. |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Repunte |  Argentina |
Sinking of fishing vessel in the middle of a strong winter storm off the coast of the province of Chubut. Ten fishermen died. |
18 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | United States |
The schooner ran aground at the mouth of the Mystic River. Her seventeen passengers were taken off by a United States Coast Guard rescued boat.[115] |
20 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Theresa Arctic |  Tuvalu |
The tanker ran aground off Kilifi, Kenya.[116] She was refloated on 12 July and taken into Mombasa, Kenya.[117] |
21 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Flevoborg |  Netherlands |
The cargo ship ran aground off Sainte-Croix, Quebec in the Saint Lawrence Seaway after the vessel's engines stopped. No one was hurt and the vessel was towed to Quebec City.[118] |
24 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ocean Phoenix | Singapore |
The bulk carrier was in collision with Green Phoenix ( Panama) and ran aground off Chittagong, India.[119] |
| Tiss | Moldova |
The cargo ship partially sank at Catania, Italy.[120] |
25 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| El Almirante |  Colombia |
The passenger ship sank in the Peñol-Guatapé Reservoir, Guatapé with the loss of nine lives.[121] |
26 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rama 2 | Panama |
The tanker capsized and sank in the Gulf of Aden (13°50′N 55°53′E / 13.833°N 55.883°E) with the loss of one of her fourteen crew. Survivors were rescued by Sea Power ( Marshall Islands), Soyo ( Bahamas) and Tortola ( Singapore). She was on a voyage from Mogadishu, Somalia to Al Hamriyah, United Arab Emirates.[122][123] |
27 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mt. Sinai | United States |
The retired 87-foot (26.5 m) fishing trawler was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean off Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey, in 75 feet (23 m) of water at 40°04.980′N 073°59.410′W / 40.083000°N 73.990167°W.[124] |
28 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Freyja |  Malta |
The 77-metre (253 ft), 2,091 DWT oil products tanker, in ballast, ran aground at Svartskjæret off Florø, Norway. Tugs pulled her free on 29 June.[125] |
29 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mallika Naree | Thailand |
While arriving at Norfolk, Virginia, at the end of a voyage from France with a cargo of cement and steel, the 179-metre (587 ft) 30,195-dwt bulk carrier ran aground in the Elizabeth River. Tugs pulled her free a few hours later.[126] |
| Miss Johanna Betsey |  Jamaica |
The coaster was presumed to have foundered off the coast of Nicaragua with the loss of all thirteen crew.[127] |
July
2 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Deceptive C | United States |
 |
3 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Xinbaotai 1 | China |
The cargo ship ran aground on Weizhou Island and sank. Her crew survived.[129] |
9 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Eric Haney | United States |
 |
12 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kea Trader | Malta |
The container ship ran aground on the Durand Reef, 54 nautical miles (100 km) off Maré, New Caledonia.[131][132] Her crew were evacuated in the week before 24 August.[133] She was declared a constructive total loss.[134] The ship broke in two over the weekend of 11–12 November.[135] |
14 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Jia Yuan 9 | China |
The cargo ship was severely damaged by fire in the Pearl River. Her six crew were rescued.[136] |
15 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| KM Madani Nusantara | Indonesia |
The ferry ran aground between Kalimantan Island and Suwangi Island and was abandoned.[137] |
17 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Thai Ha 26 | Vietnam |
Tropical Storm Talas: The cargo ship was driven ashore at Cua Lo.[138] |
| Truong Than | Vietnam |
Tropical Storm Talas: The cargo ship was driven ashore at Cua Lo.[138] |
| VTB 26 | Vietnam |
Tropical Storm Talas: The cargo ship capsized and sank in the Gulf of Tonkin off Cua Lo with the loss of three of her thirteen crew. Three others were reported missing, seven were rescued.[139] |
20 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ITT Panther |  India |
The cargo ship foundered 200 nautical miles (370 km) off Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Her eleven crew were rescued by ICGS Rajkamal (Indian Coast Guard).[140] She subsequently capsized and sank.[141] |
21 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fugang 1 | China |
The cargo ship foundered in the Bohai Sea (38°18′N 118°02′E / 38.300°N 118.033°E). Her crew were rescued by the tugs Bin Hai 261 and Hai Yang Shin You 615 (both China).[142] |
23 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nan Hui 68 | China |
Typhoon Roke: The cargo ship capsized and foundered off Huidong. Her twelve crew were rescued by Chinese Coast Guard helicopter.[143] |
26 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Melite | Marshall Islands |
The cargo ship ran aground off Pulau Laut, Indonesia.[144] She was consequently sold for scrapping.[145] |
29 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Anda | Togo |
The cargo ship capsized and sank in the Black Sea off Sevastopol, Russia. Her nine crew were rescued. Anda was on a voyage from Kerch, Russia to Tripoli, Libya.[146] |
31 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Chonglunj 3010 | China |
The container ship collided with New Sailing 2 ( China) in the Yangtze River and sank. Two of her fifteen crew were reported missing.[147] |
| Xin Hang 868 | China |
The cargo ship foundered in the Taiwan Strait off Meizhou Island. Her seven crew were rescued by Dong Hai Jiu 111 ( China) Xin Hang 868 was on a voyage from Hainan to Ningbo.[148] |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| MB 248 |  Russia |
The tug sank in Nakhodka Bay during a towing operation. She had been raised by mid-October.[149] |
August
1 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Xinenhui 008 | China |
The cargo ship capsized and sank at Shanghai. Her eight crew were reported missing.[150] |
2 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| CXX |  Brazil |
The tug collided with Mercosul Santos ( Brazil) and sank near Óbidos, Brazil with the loss of eleven of the thirteen people on board.[151] |
5 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bahtera Sejati | Indonesia |
The cargo ship sprang a leak and was beached at Tanjungwandi.[152] |
6 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Duc Cuong 06 | Vietnam |
The cargo ship foundered in the Gulf of Tonkin (19°16′N 105°51′E / 19.267°N 105.850°E). Her ten crew were rescued by fishing vessels. She was on a voyage from Nghi Son to Ho Chi Minh City.[153] |
11 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| UC3 Nautilus |  Denmark |
The midget submarine was scuttled in Køge Bay by the captain, Peter Madsen. This was related to the murder of Kim Wall. |
14 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cheshire |  Isle of Man |
The bulk carrier was evacuated 45 nautical miles (83 km) off Gran Canaria, Canary Islands after her cargo of ammonium nitrate became heated and gave off fumes. Authorities refused to allow the ship to enter port, fearing a repeat of the Texas City Disaster in 1947. On 17 August, an explosion and fire occurred.[154][155] Cheshire was taken under tow on 21 August.[156] She arrived at Motril, Spain on 13 September[157] and scrapped.[158] |
15 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| RFA Fort Austin |  Royal Navy |
The Fort Rosalie-class replenishment ship caught fire at Birkenhead. Her 60 crew were evacuated. |
18 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ikra | Turkey |
The cargo ship sprang a leak off Iskenderun. Her ten crew were rescued by the Turkish Coast Guard. She was on a voyage from Iskenderun to Antalya. Ikra was subsequently towed back to Iskenderun by the tug Ekinciler Port ( Turkey) and beached.[159][160] |
19 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Xing Dong Yuan | China |
The cargo ship collided with another vessel and sank in the Taiwan Strait off Pintang Island. Four of her fourteen crew were rescued, nine were killed and one was listed as missing.[161][162] |
20 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Al-Misbar |  Iraq |
The service vessel collided with Royal Arsenal ( Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) and sank off Um Qasr with the loss of 20 of her 31 crew.[163][164] |
| Arama 1 | Turkey |
The research ship ran aground near Arsuz and was damaged. Accident may have been the day before.[165] |
21 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS John S. McCain | United States Navy |
.jpg) Liberia) off the coast of Singapore, east of the Strait of Malacca. Ten sailors were killed, five were injured. |
| Yangtze Harmony | Marshall Islands |
The bulk carrier was abandoned in the South China Sea (10°25′N 110°30′E / 10.417°N 110.500°E).[166] |
22 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Comandante Ribeiro | Brazil |
The passenger ship sank in the Xingu River near Porto de Moz with the loss of at least ten lives.[167] |
| Maersk Pembroke | Netherlands |
The container ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean 125 nautical miles (232 km) south west of Ireland.[168] She was consequently withdrawn from service and earmarked for scrapping.[169] |
23 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Gem No. 8 | Taiwan |
Typhoon Hato: The tanker was driven ashore in the Pearl River.[170] |
| Rainbow Island 88 | China |
Typhoon Hato: The tanker broke in two at Hong Kong.[171] |
| SE Panthea | Singapore |
Typhoon Hato: The cargo ship was driven ashore at Hong Kong.[172] |
| Viet Hai 06 | Vietnam |
The cargo ship foundered 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Ninh Chu. Her nine crew survived.[173] |
| Yuhai 1 | China |
Typhoon Hato: The cargo ship was abandoned in Discovery Bay, Hong Kong.[174] |
| Zhang Hong No.1 | Taiwan |
Typhoon Hato: The bulk carrier was driven ashore on an isle 27 nautical miles (50 km) southwest of Kowloon, China.[175] |
25 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Gulf Justice | United States |
Hurricane Harvey: The offshore supply vessel ran aground at Port Mansfield, Texas. Her twelve crew were rescued by United States Coast Guard helicopters before she was blown ashore.[176][177] |
26 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Belle Chasse | United States |
Hurricane Harvey: The tug sank in the Lydia Ann Channel near Port Aransas, Texas. Her eleven crew were rescued.[178] |
| Bintang 28 | Indonesia |
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Sanana.[179] |
| Paragon DPDS 1 | United States |
Hurricane Harvey: The 449-foot (137 m) drillship broke loose from her moorings. While adrift she sank one tug and damaged two others. She was driven aground in the ship channel at Port Aransas.[180][181] |
| Sabine Pass | United States |
Hurricane Harvey: The tug was abandoned at Port Aransas and was driven ashore. Her seven crew were rescued by United States Coast Guard helicopters.[178][180] |
| Sandy Point | United States |
Hurricane Harvey: The tug was abandoned at Port Aransas. Her four crew were rescued by the United States Coast Guard.[180] |
| Signet Enterprise | United States |
Hurricane Harvey: The 105-foot (32 m) tug was sunk at Port Aransas when Paragon DPDS 1 broke loose from her moorings. Her four crew were rescued by a United States Coast Guard helicopter.[182][181] |
27 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Leonardo |  Mongolia |
The cargo ship broke in two in the Black Sea off Kilyos, Turkey. Her eleven crew were rescued. The bow section sank, the stern section was towed ashore.[183][184] |
29 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| La Nina | United States |
The 75-foot (23 m) replica of Christopher Columbus's ship sank at dock in Corpus Christi, Texas from damage from Hurricane Harvey. Refloated on 4 December.[185] |
| Star of Sawara | Panama |
The cargo ship ran aground off Falster, Denmark (54°28′N 12°11′E / 54.467°N 12.183°E).[186] |
30 August
September
1 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Islas Malvinas |  Argentine Navy |
The patrol ship ran aground at Ushuaia.[189] |
2 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Reef Elaf |  Tanzania |
The cargo ship capsized and sank off Al-Labki, Oman. Her twenty crew were rescued.[190][191] |
5 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Savage Ingenuity | United States |
The tug sank in the Intracoastal Waterway. Her crew were rescued.[192] |
6 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hai Duong 09 | Panama |
The cargo ship listed severely against the quayside at Visakhapatnam, India.[193] |
9 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Randgrid | Bahamas |
The tanker caught fire off Mekjarvik. One hundred and thirty-eight people were evacuated.[194] |
10 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Agia Zoni II | Greece |
The tanker sank west of Piraeus. Both crew on board were rescued.[195][196] She was raised between 24 and 29 November 2017.[197] |
11 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kamaru | Indonesia |
The cargo ship was driven onto a reef off Kalosot Island, in the Bali Sea. Her twelve crew were rescued.[198] |
12 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Helena Cora | Netherlands |
The motor barge was beached at Vlissingen, Zeeland. Three of the four people on board were taken off by a pilot boat. She was on a voyage from Vlissingen to Antwerp, Belgium.[199] |
13 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| JJB De Rong 19 |  Dominica |
The dredger collided with Kartika Segara ( Indonesia) and capsized off the Sisters' Islands, Singapore. Five of her twelve crew were killed.[200][201][202] |
17 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fungka Permata III | Indonesia |
The passenger ship foundered in the Banda Sea off Buton Selatan. All 27 people on board were rescued.[203] |
20 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ferrel | United States |
Hurricane Maria: The former research ship capsized with the loss of one of the four people on board. Survivors were rescued by a Royal Navy helicopter. She was subsequently driven ashore on Vieques Island, Puerto Rico.[204][205] |
23 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Atlantic |  Faroe Islands |
The cargo ship ran aground off Oskarshamn, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Visby to Oskarshamn. Atlantic was refloated on 27 September.[206] |
25 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Elefantas | Greece |
The dredger sank at Athens.[207] |
26 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Maria Matilde | Philippines |
The ro-ro ferry ran ashore on Tablas Island, injuring 87 of the 2,151 passengers on board. She was on a voyage from Odiongan to Romblon Island.[208] |
29 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Norton Bridge | United States |
The ship was severely damaged by fire at San Diego, California.[209] |
| Orkideh 1 |  Iran |
The cargo ship was driven against the quayside and holed at Bandar Anzali.[210] |
30 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Roebuck Bay |  Australian Border Force |
The Bay-class patrol boat ran aground on Henrys Reef and was severely damaged. She was later refloated and towed into Cairns, Queensland.[211] |
October
5 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| KM KTC 1 | Indonesia |
The cargo ship ran aground off Karang Jamuang Island and developed a severe list. Her twelve crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Tanjung Perak to Pekanbaru.[212] |
6 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Goeast |  Comoros |
The tanker was intercepted 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off the coast of Libya by a Libyan Coast Guard cutter. Having failed to stop when requested, she was fired upon and caught fire. She put into Malta on 16 October in a severely damaged condition.[213][214] |
| Xin Fa Er Hao | Taiwan |
The cargo ship foundered in the Taiwan Strait with the loss of all six crew.[215] |
8 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fu Shun 67 | China |
The cargo ship capsized and sank in the Minjiang River at Fuzhou. Her ten crew were rescued.[216] |
| Islay Trader |  Antigua and Barbuda |
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Margate, Kent, United Kingdom.[217] |
10 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nieuw Amsterdam | Netherlands |
The Signature-class cruise ship was driven ashore at Santa Cruz Huatulco, Mexico. Her passengers were evacuated. She was later refloated.[218] |
| Ruyter | Netherlands |
The cargo ship ran aground on Rathlin Island, County Donegal, Ireland.[219] She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[220] |
13 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Emerald Star |  Hong Kong |
The bulk carrier capsized and sank 150 nautical miles (280 km) east of the northern tip of the Philippines with the loss of eleven of her 26 crew.[221] |
| Lienhe 36 | Taiwan |
Typhoon Khanun: The cargo ship was driven ashore near Changhuaim. Her six crew survived. She caught fire on 15 October and was declared a total loss.[222] |
14 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Harvest Sky | Panama |
The bulk carrier ran aground off Taoyuan City, Taiwan.[223] She was refloated on 20 July with assistance from the salvage tug Koyo Maru ( Japan).[224] |
15 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Oliver Hazard Perry | United States |
The full-rigged ship ran aground at Newport Harbor, Rhode Island.[225] |
16 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Quan Hai 88 | China |
The cargo ship ran aground in the Taiwan Strait off Quangzhou and was abandoned by her sixteen crew.[226] |
18 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ming An |  Honduras |
The cargo ship foundered in the Taiwan Strait 36 nautical miles (67 km) west of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Her fourteen crew were rescued.[227] |
| Seikongen | Chile |
The fish farm ship capsized and sank off Chonchi. Her eleven crew were rescued. Raised for inspection/salvage 4 August 2018.[228][229] |
23 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Real | Togo |
Typhoon Lan: The cargo ship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Fushiki, Honshu, Japan. Her nineteen crew survived.[230] |
28 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| GF Tacuari |  Paraguay |
The tug struck a submerged object and sank in the River Plate at Colonia del Sacrimento. Her ten crew survived.[231] |
29 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dharma Kencana II | Indonesia |
The ferry caught fire in the Java Sea (05°04′S 109°54′E / 5.067°S 109.900°E). All on board were rescued by Kirana I Kumai ( Indonesia). Dharma Kencana II was extensively damaged.[232][233] |
| Glory Amsterdam | Panama |
The cargo ship ran aground in the Wadden Sea off Langeoog, Lower Saxony, Germany.[234] She was refloated on 2 November and towed into Wilhelmshaven, Lower Saxony.[235] |
30 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hongh Anh 69 | China |
The cargo ship capsized and sank in the Gulf of Tonkin. Her twelve crew were rescued.[236][237] |
31 October
November
1 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bilal Bal | Turkey |
The coaster foundered in the Black Sea. All eleven people on board were reported missing. She was on a voyage from Bursa to Zonguldak.[239] |
4 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bien Bac 16 | Vietnam |
Typhoon Damrey: The cargo ship sank with the loss of two of her ten crew. Six were rescued, two were reported missing.[240] |
| An Phu 68 | Vietnam |
Typhoon Damrey: The cargo ship sank. Her eight crew were rescued.[240] |
| Fei Yue 9 | Vietnam |
Typhoon Damrey: The cargo ship was driven ashore on the coast of Binh Dinh.[241][242] Her fifteen crew were rescued.[240] |
| Ha Trung 98 | Vietnam |
Typhoon Damrey: The bulk carrier sank off Binh Dinh. Her nine crew were rescued.[241][242] |
| Hoa Mai 68 | Vietnam |
Typhoon Damrey: The cargo ship sank off Binh Dinh.[241] Her eleven crew were rescued.[240] |
| Jupiter | Panama |
Typhoon Damrey: The passenger ship sank off Binh Dinh with the loss of one of her seven crew. Six were reported missing.[241] |
| Nam Khanh 26 | Vietnam |
Typhoon Damrey: The cargo ship sank off Binh Dinh.[241] Her eleven crew were rescued.[243] |
| Son Long 08 | Vietnam |
Typhoon Damrey: The cargo ship sank off Binh Dinh with the loss of one of her twelve crew. Ten were rescued, one was reported missing.[241][240] |
| Thanh Hai 18 | Vietnam |
Typhoon Damrey: The cargo ship was beached. Her crew survived.[240] |
| Viet Thuan 168 | Vietnam |
Typhoon Damrey: The cargo ship sank.[244] |
| VR-SB | Vietnam |
Typhoon Damrey: The cargo ship sank off Binh Dinh.[241] |
5 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| JJB Yu Hang 258 | Dominica |
The dredger foundered in the Malacca Strait off Parit Jawa, Malaysia. Her eighteen crew were rescued.[245] |
| Pulau Pinang | Malaysia |
The ro-ro ferry was driven ashore at George Town, Penang.[246] |
11 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tariq Ibn Ziyad |  Algeria |
The ferry caught fire whilst on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Algeria. She put into Mallorca, Spain, where all 500 passengers were evacuated.[247] |
| Yu Tong 1 | China |
The cargo ship foundered off Huilai, Her fourteen crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Maoming to Jieyang.[248] |
15 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ARA San Juan | Argentine Navy |
Last communication from the TR-1700-class submarine in the San Jorge Gulf, after which she apparently suffered an explosion and sank with the loss of her entire crew of 44. The multipurpose offshore vessel Seabed Constructor ( Norway) discovered her wreck on 16 November 2018 on the bottom of the South Atlantic Ocean at a depth of about 2,600 feet (790 m) approximately 280 nautical miles (520 km) off the coast of Argentina.[249] |
18 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Takamaru | Japan |
The cargo ship ran aground off Tomakomi. Her four crew were rescued by a Japanese Coast Guard helicopter.[250] |
21 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nefterudovoz 29M | Russia |
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Bartın, Turkey. Her six crew were rescued by helicopter.[251] |
| SCI Ratna | India |
The offshore supply tug foundered in the Arabian Sea 90 nautical miles (170 km) west of Mumbai. Her sixteen crew were rescued.[252] |
| Su Lian Hai 0118 | China |
The engineering vessel was in collision with MSC Luciana ( Panama) off Port Caofeidian and was severely damaged. She was consequently towed into shallow water.[253] |
27 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Jin Zu Lun | China |
The cargo ship collided with Shun Jin Long ( China) and sank in the Pearl River. Two of her fourteen crew were rescued, twelve were reported missing.[254] |
28 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Zelinsky | United States |
The ferry ran aground and was damaged at Lower Manhattan, New York City. Her passengers were evacuated.[255] |
29 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Serenity 1 | Panama |
The bulk carrier ran aground off Makira, Solomon Islands.[256][257] |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ARA Comodoro Somellera | Argentine Navy |
The Sotoyomo-class tugboat was sunk as a target on or before 10 November. |
