The list of shipwrecks in 2000 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 2000.
March
28 March
List of shipwrecks: 28 March 2000
Ship | Country | Description |
Martina |
Liberia |
The cargo ship collided with another ship off the coast of Sweden and sank with the loss of five of her twenty crew.[1] |
April
30 April
List of shipwrecks: 30 April 2000
Ship | Country | Description |
World Discoverer |
Liberia |
The wreck of the World Discoverer, July 2007
The cruise ship hit an uncharted reef in the Sandfly Passage around the Solomon Islands and was grounded at Roderick Bay, Ngella island. She was declared a constructive total loss. |
June
23 June
List of shipwrecks: 23 June 2000
Ship | Country | Description |
Treasure |
Panama) |
The vessel was carrying a load of iron ore when it sank off South Africa. The resulting oil spill caused a threat to the nearby population of African penguins. |
29 June
List of shipwrecks: 29 June 2000
Ship | Country | Description |
Cahaya Bahari |
Indonesia |
The ferry sank off the Molucca Islands with the loss of almost all on board, estimated at up to 500 people. There were ten survivors[2][3] |
September
10 September
List of shipwrecks: 10 September 2000
Ship | Country | Description |
SY Bieszczady |
Poland |
An Opal-class yacht of the ZHP Naval Training Center in Gdynia, sunk in a collision with an LNG carrier MV Lady Elena near the north-western shore of Denmark, with a loss of seven crew and one survivor. |
26 September
List of shipwrecks: 26 September 2000
Ship | Country | Description |
Express Samina |
Greece |
The RORO passenger ferry hits rocks off the island of Paros and subsequently sank, sending 91 people (out of the 534 onboard) to their deaths. |
October
3 October
List of shipwrecks: 3 October 2000
Ship | Country | Description |
Natuna Sea |
Panama |
The tanker ran aground in the Singapore Strait and was damaged, spilling 7,000 tonnes of oil. She was refloated on 12 October.[4] |
21 October
List of shipwrecks: 21 October 2000
Ship | Country | Description |
Belofin-1 |
Liechtenstein |
The ocean liner sprang a leak and sank 50 nautical miles (93 km) off Cape Town, South Africa whilst under tow to shipbreakers. |
December
23 December
List of shipwrecks: 23 December 2000
Ship | Country | Description |
Janra |
Germany |
The MV Janra collided with an iron lighthouse about 20 miles off the Aland Islands, Finland.[6][7] Recovery was by parbucking.[8] |
25 December
List of shipwrecks: 25 December 2000
Ship | Country | Description |
John R |
Cyprus |
The cargo ship ran aground at Rebbenesøya, Norway. All 26 crew were rescued.[9][10] The grounded ship broke in two on 2 January 2001, with the bow section sinking and the stern remaining aground. The bow section was raised in April 2001 and was towed away for scrapping,[11] while the stern broke apart and sank.[12] |
References
- ↑ "Crew missing". The Times (66787). London. 30 March 2000. col H, p. 20.
- ↑ "500 feared dead as ship sinks". The Times (66867). London. 30 June 2000. col H, p. 6.
- ↑ Simon Ingram (3 July 2000). "480 feared lost in ferry fleeing island terror". The Times (66869). London. col A-C, p. 6.
- ↑ "NATUNA SEA, Indonesia/Singapore/Malaysia, 2000". The International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation Ltd. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
- ↑ Bawal Jr., Raymond A. (2008). Ships of the St. Clair River. St. Clair, Michigan: Inland Expressions. p. 90. ISBN 0-9818157-1-5.
- ↑ Lloyd's. "LOF photo gallery". Lloyd's. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
- ↑ Tony, Allen. "Janra Cargo Ship 2000". Wrecksite. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
- ↑ Alfons Hakans. "Salvage of Janra". Alfons Hakans. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
- ↑ Godal, Anne Marit, ed. (14 February 2009). "John R". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- ↑ "- Skipet kom i drift". NRK (in Norwegian). 28 December 2000. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- ↑ "Et sakte farvel for havaristen". Aftenbladet (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 5 April 2001. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- ↑ "Godtar at akterenden blir liggende". NRK (in Norwegian). 8 May 2001. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
- ↑ "Team Taioma". 66.70.225.22. Archived from the original on 30 May 2011. Retrieved 9 March 2009.
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