The list of shipwrecks in 1984 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1984.
January
16 January
List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1984
Ship | Country | Description |
Pergo |
Netherlands |
The cargo ship was abandoned in the North Sea off Norway. She sailed crewless on auto-pilot for 200 nautical miles (370 km) and ran aground south of Dunbar, East Lothian. The ship was salvaged and taken to Leith.[3] |
February
7 February
List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1984
Ship | Country | Description |
Midnight Sun 1 |
Panama |
The cargo ship foundered off Ouessant, France in a storm. Eight of the nineteen crew were lost.[5] |
15 February
List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1984
Ship | Country | Description |
Camilla Weston |
United Kingdom |
The coaster collided with a German ship in fog 8 nautical miles (15 km) off Cromer, Norfolk and sank. The five crew were rescued.[6] |
25 February
List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1984
Ship | Country | Description |
Unknown |
Nicaragua |
Contra War: Two unidentified fishing vessels were sunk by mines at El Bluff.[7] |
March
1 March
List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1984
Ship | Country | Description |
Charming |
Jersey |
Iran–Iraq War: The cargo ship was struck by an Iraqi missile and set on fire. The fourteen crew abandoned ship,[8] which then ran aground at Bandar Khomenei.[9] |
4 March
List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1984
Ship | Country | Description |
Becky Thatcher |
United States |
The historic sternwheel texas-deck paddle steamer, operating as a showboat theater, sank at her mooring in the Muskingum River at Marietta, Georgia, when low river water caused her hull to strike sharp submerged concrete rubble. She was refloated and repaired, and she returned to service in June 1985.[10][11] |
June
3 June
List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1984
Ship | Country | Description |
Marques |
United Kingdom |
The barque sank off Bermuda with the loss of nineteen crew. |
Buyuk Hun |
Turkey |
The ship was attacked by Iraqi fighters on 3 June 1984 while underway in ballast from Tutunciftlik, Turkey to Kharg Island, Iran. Two Exocet missiles hit the superstructure and the engine room, starting a fire, killing three crew members and injuring two. Later towed to Bushir, Iran, where the vessel was declared a total loss and sold to Taiwanese breakers in 1986. |
20 June
List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1984
Ship | Country | Description |
Charles H McKay |
Australia |
The hopper barge collided with Yeu Man ( Panama) at Melbourne and sank. All eight crew were rescued.[22] |
July
26 July
List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1984
Ship | Country | Description |
HMS Confiance |
Royal Navy |
The Confiance-class tug was sunk as a target in the North Sea.[23] |
August
5 August
List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1984
Ship | Country | Description |
Vicky Lynn |
United States |
The 31-foot (9.4 m) seiner sank near Cape Chiniak, Alaska, after a large wave washed over her open deck. The United States Coast Guard rescued all four members of her crew, who had escaped the sinking vessel in a skiff.[25] |
26 August
List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1984
Ship | Country | Description |
Mont Louis |
France |
The tanker sank 12 nautical miles (22 km) off Ostend, Belgium.[26] Amongst her cargo were barrels containing 225 tonnes (221 long tons) of uranium hexafluoride.[27] |
September
17 September
List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1984
Ship | Country | Description |
Sealuck |
Malta |
The cargo ship ran aground on a reef off Hamilton, Bermuda.[28] |
October
2 October
List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1984
Ship | Country | Description |
Stella Croce |
Panama |
The bulk carrier collided with another Panamanian vessel and sank at Taichung, Taiwan. Eight crew reported to be missing.[29] |
November
21 November
List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1984
Ship | Country | Description |
Topeka |
Panama |
The cargo ship ran aground off Coatzacoalcos, Mexico and was wrecked with the loss of two of her 27 crew. |
27 November
List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1984
Ship | Country | Description |
Lena Wessels |
West Germany |
The coaster ran aground off Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom. The five crew were rescued by helicopter.[33] |
December
7 December
List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1984
Ship | Country | Description |
Lady Chilel |
Gambia |
The ferry sank in the Gambia River at Ballingho. Four people were killed and twenty injured out of the 98 people on board.[34] |
29 December
List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1984
Ship | Country | Description |
Nes Puk |
West Germany |
The cargo ship ran aground in the River Suances, Spain. She was refloated on 7 January and returned to service.[35] |
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1984
Ship | Country | Description |
Permeke |
Belgium |
The cargo ship ran aground in the River Scheldt at Hansweert. She was refloated with assistance from 10 tugs and returned to service.[36] |
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(continued on back page, column A)
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- ↑ "Preliminary Investigation into the circumstances of the collision between the M.V. Yue Man and the M.V. Charles H McKay and the subsequent foundering of the M.V. Charles H McKay on 20 June 1984 at Melbourne" (PDF). Australian Transportation Safety Board. 1 December 1984. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
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- ↑ "Ship Aground". The Times (61939). London. 18 September 1984. col H, p. 6.
- ↑ "Carrier sinks". The Times (61952). London. 3 October 1984. col H, p. 5.
- ↑ "126 missing after ferry sinks in the Philippines". The Times (61973). London. 30 October 1984. col H, p. 5.
- ↑ "Children die as adults flee typhoon ship". The Times (61982). London. 9 November 1984. col E, p. 7.
- ↑ "Rough Passage". The Times (61994). London. 23 November 1984. col D-G, p. 3.
- ↑ "Rig airlift as storms hit north and west". The Times (61998). London. 28 November 1984. col D, p. 1.
- ↑ "Three Britons lost in Gambia disaster". The Times (62008). London. 10 December 1984. col D, p. 5.
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