The fishing vessel was in a collision with Xuan Thanh 10 (Vietnam), which kept moving even after the collision, and capsized in the
South China Sea. The 15 crew on board escaped safely.[4]
The fishing vessel was in a collision with Hyderabad (Pakistan) in waters southeast of
Laem Chabang, where the vessel sank partially submerged with the bow above the water. Four people were rescued and four were reported missing.[5]
The incomplete
tanker broke from her moorings at
Corrientes and drifted down the
Paraná River for 31 nautical miles (58 km) until she ran aground on a sandbank.[9]
The
Moudge-classfrigate was driven ashore and damaged at
Bandar-Anzali. Two of her crew were reported missing.[12] The frigate broke in two on 20 January, and finally sank on 28 January.[13]
Carrying 36 passengers and a crew of 14, the shuttle boat caught fire and was run aground in shallow water and burned out off
Tampa,
Florida, while ferrying customers to the Ocean Breeze Casino, an offshore
casino boat in the
Gulf of Mexico. Fifteen people were taken to hospitals. One of them, a female passenger, died.[17]
The cargo ship ran aground in
Kalmar Strait on approaches to port in
Mönsterås,
Sweden while travelling at high speed of around six knots (11 km/h).[18]
The
tanker caught fire 14 nautical miles (26 km; 16 mi) off
Kandla. Her 26 crew were evacuated, but one of them subsequently died from burns sustained in the fire.[20][21]
The wooden catamaran ferry left
Nonouti on a two-day journey to
South Tarawa, but capsized and sunk en route (exact date still unknown). Seven people were rescued on 22 January, as search and rescue efforts continued.[22][23] The aerial search for the vessel and possible survivors was eventually called off on 1 February, with 81 people still missing and presumed lost.[24]
The fishing vessel collided with Jamila (Liberia) 29 nautical miles (54 km) southwest of
Paita, and sank. The ship was reportedly sailing unauthorized at time of collision. Three people were reported dead.[32]
The derelict Design 381 fishing/fish processing vessel was scuttled with explosives 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi) north north west of
Dutch Harbor, Alaska sometime in mid-January.[37]
The cargo ship was beached near
Feodosia, in the
Crimean peninsula. Her crew were rescued. She had previously suffered a hull breach in the
River Don,
Russia. The ship finally sank on 20 March, with the forecastle and superstructure above the water.[40]Berg was consequently declared a total loss.[41]
The general cargo ship was abandoned in the
Port of Beirut by its owner and crew years earlier, and sank in the breakwaters of the port between 16 and 18 February.[54][55]
The cargo ship was driven ashore at
Lisbon,
Portugal. Her ten crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to
Casablanca, Morocco. Betanzos was refloated on 16 March.[57]
The
container ship caught fire in the
Arabian Sea. Four of her 27 crew were reported missing, the rest were rescued by
ALS Ceres (Marshall Islands).[58] One of those rescued subsequently died from injuries sustained in the fire.[59]
The military troop carrier sank in
Java Sea near the
Thousand Islands after an engine failure and impact from a high swell. All 65 soldiers on board were rescued by AD-04-15 (Indonesia).[62]
The tugboat fouled the anchor chain of the anchored bulk carrier Atlantic Fairy (Panama) in the
Mississippi River near the 4600 block of Patterson drive,
Algiers, Louisiana causing her to capsize and sink. The vessel was raised in June. One crewman was rescued by the tug Earl Gonsoulin, two were killed.[63][64][65]
The cargo ship capsized in the English Channel after colliding with the fishing vessel Deborah (Belgium).[69] Her seven crew were rescued by helicopter.[70]
Princess HawaiiThe 61-foot (19 m)
longlinefishing vessel sank in the
Pacific Ocean approximately 400 nautical miles (740 km; 460 mi) north of the
island of Hawaii after two large waves struck her. Her crew of eight survived and was rescued by another fishing vessel 12 hours later.[74]
The
motor paddle vessel foundered in the
Irish Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) off the coast of
Anglesey whilst being towed from Gloucester to Coleraine (N Ireland). There was nobody on board. Its final moments were attended by the Holyhead Lifeboat.[88]
The
bulk carrier foundered 180 nautical miles (330 km) west of
Cape Town,
South Africa after suffering engine room flooding on 12 April and being towed for 11⁄2 months.[89]
The
tanker ran aground in the
St. Lawrence River at
Morrisburg,
Ontario, at 04:10 on 29 May, local time. The ship ran aground next to the village, out of the main shipping channel. The ship remained intact, with no water entering, nor oil exiting the vessel. The
Saint Lawrence Seaway remained open for traffic.[90] The ship was pulled free on 4 June having struck an old lock system that had been submerged during the creation of the Saint Lawrence Seaway. The cause of the grounding was due to the vessel's issues with its rudder.[91]
During a voyage from Simanindo Harbour on
Samosir Island to Tiga Ras Harbour in
Simalungun Regency on
Lake Toba in
North Sumatra on
Sumatra in
Indonesia with 188 passengers and crew aboard, the
motorferry capsized and sank, leaving at least 94 people missing. During the first hours after the accident, 18 people were rescued and one body was recovered; later three more bodies were recovered from the sunken ferry.[100][101]
The ferry began foundering in heavy weather causing the captain to run the ship aground on a reef to prevent sinking in deep water. She later sank off
Sulawesi with the loss of 31 lives, 130 rescued.[109][110]
The
cargo ship was driven aground by a storm off
Higashidori on the northeast coast of
Honshu,
Japan. A helicopter rescued her entire crew of five.[111]
The 43.6-metre (143 ft) live fish transport struck a wreck known as "Kepal Simen" and sank in shallow water partially above water 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) off
Penang's south coast.[127]
The
ferry foundered in heavy swells off
Loloda,
Halmahera,
Indonesia. Forty-five people on board were rescued, but five crew members and one passenger were left missing.[135]
The
cargo ship was driven ashore during a storm north of the entrance to the harbor at
KaohsiungTaiwan. Ten members of her crew were rescued by helicopter. She later was refloated.[141][142]
The
cargo ship was driven ashore during a storm south of the entrance to the harbor at
Kaohsiung,
Taiwan. Nineteen crew members were rescued by helicopter. She later was refloated.[147][148]
Alta stranded on the coast of County Cork, Ireland, February 2020. The cargo ship was abandoned in the
Atlantic Ocean 1,300 nautical miles (2,400 km) south east of
Bermuda after drifting disabled for 20 days while en route from Greece to Haiti. Her ten crew were rescued by the
United States Coast Guard, while the crippled ship was left adrift.[187] She was spotted adrift, still afloat, by
HMS Protector on 30 August 2019.[188]Alta came ashore on the coast of
County Cork,
Republic of Ireland during
Storm Dennis on 16 February 2020.[189]
Hurricane Michael: The out of service cruise ship broke free from her dock in Cooked Creek, blew across West Bay and was driven ashore partially sunk and on her port side on the shore of
St. Andrews Bay, Florida near the
Florida State University Panama City campus. Work to right and refloat the ship started in mid January. She was sunk as an
artificial reef 12 nautical miles (22 km) south of the entrance to St. Andrew's Bay on 3 May 2019.[194][195]
Hurricane Michael: The sailing vessel capsized and sank in St. Andrews Marina in
Panama City, Florida during the hurricane. Later raised and stored ashore. Rebuilding to start in May/June of 2022 at Stone Loft Boat Inc., St Andrews, Fla., ending date projected for 2023.[196][197]
The coastal boat capsized and sank in the
Caribbean Sea 60 nautical miles (110 km) north of the
Caratasca Bar. Seventy-six of the people on board survived, two were killed, and several were left missing.[203]
The
tug sank in the
Gulf of Khambhat while assisting the vessel Voyage Sympathy (Kiribati) on her
sea trials. Six members of her crew survived and one was left missing.[205]
The
Fridtjof Nansen-classfrigate was grounded intentionally to prevent her from sinking after she collided with the
tankerSola TS (Malta) in the
Hjeltefjord near
Bergen,
Norway, and was left with a severe list and her propulsion systems underwater. Sola TS was able to return to port. Eight people were injured in the collision. Helge Ingstad slid deeper in the water on 11 November, leaving only her upper
superstructure above water. Later raised and scrapped.[208][209][210]
The
cargo ship sank in the
Flores Sea near
Bali,
Indonesia. Seven members of her crew were rescued by the vessel Cahaya Abadi 201 (Indonesia); seven other crew members were left missing.[220]
The
motor vessel, operating as an unlicensed party boat and overcrowded with nearly 100 people on board, capsized and sank in
Lake Victoria just off a beach resort near
Mukono Town,
Uganda, during a pleasure cruise. At least 32 people drowned and at least 40 were unaccounted for; it was unclear which of the latter may have died and which had made it to shore and left the scene. There were 26 known survivors.[223][224]
The 90 foot dredging barge capsized and sank in 100 feet of water in
Massachusetts Bay after breaking loose from her tow "Big Jake" (United States).[226]
The
cargo ship ran aground in the
Bohai Sea northwest of
Weifang,
China. She broke in two with her aft section sinking. Nine members of her crew were rescued and one was left missing; one of the rescued crew members died later.[232]
The
coaster was sunk in a collision, possibly with the vessel Breeze (Kuwait), in the
Singapore Strait. Eleven members of her crew were rescued; four were injured.[234]
The
cargo ship ran aground in rough seas in the
Black Sea off
Turkey during a voyage from
Russia to
Istanbul, Turkey. Sixteen members of her crew were rescued by Turkish coastal emergency teams.[237]
The deck
cargo ship suffered a steering failure in the
Singapore Strait three nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) east of
Tajung Sepang,
Malaysia, collided with another ship,
capsized, and sank. Six members of her crew were rescued and three were left missing.[240]
The
coaster dragged her
anchor and was driven ashore by a storm on
Nanri Island in the
Taiwan Strait. All 13 crew members made it to the island and were evacuated by helicopter.[246]
During a voyage from
Japan to
Honolulu,
Hawaii, with a cargo of approximately 3,500
Nissanautomobiles and a crew of 21 on board, the 650-foot (198.1 m)
car carrier was abandoned in the
North Pacific Ocean approximately 1,800 nautical miles (3,300 km) northwest of Hawaii after she caught fire and lost power in 15-to-18-foot (4.6 to 5.5 m) seas. Sixteen of her crew were rescued by other
merchant ships; five who went overboard after experiencing trouble launching a
life raft in 17-foot (5.2 m) seas were presumed lost, with one of them missing and the other four found unresponsive in the water and unable to grab onto lifesaving gear deployed by the responding merchant ships, which had no other means of bringing them aboard.[248][249][250]