List of shipwrecks in 1994
The list of shipwrecks in 1994 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1994
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May | Jun | Jul | Aug |
Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
January
2 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Arctic Reefer | ![]() |
The cargo ship sank in the Pacific Ocean 310 nautical miles (570 km) south of Shikoku, Japan with the loss of seventeen of her 29 crew.[1] |
Marika 7 | ![]() |
The ore carrier sank in the Atlantic Ocean. There were 36 crew on board.[1] |
13 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Teano | ![]() |
The cargo ship was wrecked on the island of Senja, Norway. Wreck delivered for scrapping at Fosen Gjenvinning breaker's yard at Revsnes in Sør-Trøndelag in October 1995.[2] |
15 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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American Star | ![]() |
![]() American Star, July 2004 The cruise ship ran aground at Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain after her tow parted in a storm. She broke in two after two days and was declared a total loss in July 1994. The stern section sank in 1996, the bow section in April 2007. |
February
3 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Christinaki | ![]() |
The bulk carrier sank in the Atlantic Ocean 240 nautical miles (440 km) south west of Ireland with the loss of all 27 crew.[3] |
24 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Boa Force | ![]() |
The anchor handling tug supply vessel struck a wellhead and sank off Thevenard Island, Western Australia. All eleven crew were rescued. Boa Force was raised on 6 April and subsequently scuttled in deep water.[4] |
March
4 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Sally Albatross | ![]() |
The cruise ship ran aground at Porkkala. All 1,258 people on board were rescued by helicopters and Finnish Coast Guard vessels.[5] She was refloated on 16 April. Later repaired and returned to service. |
5 March
13 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Nassia | ![]() |
The tanker collided with Ship Broker (![]() |
23 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Pallas Athena | ![]() |
The cruise ship caught fire and sank at the Port of Piraeus. The wreck was scrapped in 1995.[8] |
April
29 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Mtongwe | ![]() |
The overloaded ferry capsized in Kilindini Harbour, Kenya, just 40 meters (44 yards) from port during a voyage between Mombasa and Likoni, killing 272 of the 400 people on board. |
Provincial Trader | ![]() |
The prawn trawler, a former tug, capsized and sank at Eden, New South Wales. All crew were rescued by Rubicon (![]() |
June
5 June
26 June
Ship | Country | Description |
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Apollo Sea | ![]() |
The Chinese-owned, Panamanian-registered bulk carrier sank near Cape Town, South Africa, with the loss of all 36 of her crew. |
BOS 400 | ![]() |
The wreck of BOS 400 on 5 February 2006. ![]() |
July
13 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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13 de Marzo | ![]() |
Carrying approximately 70 people attempting to leave Cuba illegally, the tugboat sank 7 nautical miles (8 miles; 13 km) northeast of Havana, Cuba, after being rammed repeatedly by patrol boats of the Cuban Coast Guard. Only 31 people aboard her survived. |
September
3 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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Iron Antonis | ![]() |
The ore carrier sank in the Atlantic Ocean 1,700 nautical miles (3,100 km) west of Cape Town, South Africa with the loss of all 24 crew.[11] |
19 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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Marcilio Dias | ![]() |
The Gearing-class destroyer was sunk as a target during a torpedo exercise. |
20 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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SLNS Sagarawardena | ![]() |
Sri Lankan Civil War: The Jayasagara-class patrol craft was sunk off Mannar, Sri Lanka, by two Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam suicide boats. |
23 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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Algolake | ![]() |
Algolake ran aground in the St. Lawrence River off Quebec.[12] |
28 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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Estonia | ![]() |
The ferry sank in the Baltic Sea (59°23′N 21°42′E / 59.383°N 21.700°E) due to the loss of her bow doors in a storm. There were 1001 people on this ferry, The death toll Is: 864. |
October
8 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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HSC Condor II | ![]() |
The catamaran ferry ran aground in the Derwent River at Hobart, Tasmania during trials. Damage was put at A$4,000,000 (then £2,700,000).[13] |
12 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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JRM TČ-219 Streljko | ![]() |
Croatian War of Independence: The torpedo boat, captured by the Croatian navy in 1991, was sunk as a target by the Croatian missile boat RTOP-11 Kralj Petar Krešimir IV with RBS-15B missiles.[14] |
November
11 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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Trade Daring | ![]() |
The ore-bulk-oil carrier broke in two during loading at Ponta da Madeira, Brazil. The wreck was later removed and scuttled offshore. |
12 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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SAS Pietermaritzburg | ![]() |
The wreck of SAS Pietermaritzburg in June 2011. |
30 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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Achille Lauro | ![]() |
The cruise ship caught fire in the Indian Ocean off Somalia. She was abandoned and subsequently sank on 2 December. |
December
2 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Cebu City | ![]() |
The ferry sank in Manila Bay with the loss of 140 lives after colliding with the cargo ship Kota Suria (![]() |
21 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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HMAS Derwent | ![]() |
The decommissioned River-class destroyer escort was scuttled in the Indian Ocean in the Rottnest ship graveyard 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) west of Rottnest Island, Western Australia, after use as a target. |
24 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Murmansk | ![]() |
![]() Murmansk. The Sverdlov-class light cruiser ran aground and was wrecked off Sørvær, Finnmark, Norway whilst under tow to be scrapped in India. |
References
- 1 2 "Search for crews as ships sink". The Times (64842). London. 3 January 1994. col E, p. 9.
- ↑ "Teano (7007643)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
- ↑ Bill Frost (4 February 1994). "Liferaft found as 27 feared dead". The Times (64780). London. col D-G, p. 1.
- ↑ "Navigation Act 1912. Navigation (Marine Casualty) Regulations investigation into the sinking of the off-shore supply vessel BOA FORCE on Saladin No.3 wellhead off Thevenard Island, Western Australia on 24 February 1994" (PDF). Australian Transportation Safety Board. 1 September 1994. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
- ↑ "Hundreds saved from holed liner". The Times (64894). London. 5 March 1994. col A-B, p. 13.
- ↑ "Belgian Merchant P-Z" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
- ↑ "Bosphorus blaze kills crewman". The Times (64901). London. 14 March 1994. col E, p. 10.
- ↑ Othfors, Daniel. "Flandre (II)/Carla C/Carla Costa/Pallas Athena". The Great Ocean Liners. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
- ↑ "Capsize of Provincial Trader while in tow" (PDF). Australian Transportation Safety Board. 20 June 1995. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
- ↑ "T2 TANKERS - J - K - L". Mariners. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
- ↑ "Crew of ship still missing". The Times (65052). London. 6 September 1994. col H, p. 16.
- ↑ "Marine Occurrence Report: Grounding of the Bulk Carrier "Algolake" in the Traverse du Nord, St Lawrence River, Quebec 23 September 1994" (PDF). Transportation Safety Board of Canada. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
- ↑ "Express ferry runs aground during trials". The Times (65082). London. 11 October 1994. col A-F, p. 13.
- ↑ "Raketne topovnjače klase "Kralj" HRM". Paluba.info. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
Ship events in 1994 | |||||||||||
Ship launches: | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
Ship commissionings: | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
Ship decommissionings: | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
Shipwrecks: | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 |
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