List of shipwrecks in 2020

The list of shipwrecks in 2020 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 2020.

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2020
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January

7 January
List of shipwrecks: 7 January 2020
ShipCountryDescription
Papa's Girl  United States The Shrimp Boat capsized and sank in a storm in Pamlico Sound. 3 killed, one survivor.[1][2]

4 January
List of shipwrecks: 4 January 2020
ShipCountryDescription
Unidentified boat United States Coast Guard The 26-foot (7.9 m) Trailerable Aids to Navigation Boat capsized when a heavy wake struck her as she approached Pier 39 in Astoria, Oregon. The Columbia River Bar Pilot vessel Connor Foss ( United States) rescued her entire crew of four.[3]

10 January
List of shipwrecks: 10 January 2020
ShipCountryDescription
Dursun Ali Coskun  Turkey The fishing vessel was sunk in a collision with the tanker Glard-2 ( Russia) in the Black Sea north of Kilyos, Turkey. Three crew was rescued, three remain missing.[4]
Express 88  Indonesia The tanker dragged anchor in a storm and was beached on the north coast of Bawean Island in the Java Sea. Her 11 crew were rescued.[5]

11 January
List of shipwrecks: 11 January 2020
ShipCountryDescription
KM EL No. 2  Indonesia The cargo ship sank in rough seas due to cargo shift in the Java Sea off Belitung Island in shallow water with part of her superstructure above water. Her 14 crew were rescued.[6]

14 January
List of shipwrecks: 14 January 2020
ShipCountryDescription
Pappy's Pride  United States The fishing vessel capsized in a collision in fog with the tanker Bow Fortune ( Norway) in the Gulf of Mexico off Galveston, Texas. Two rescued by another vessel and the United States Coast Guard, but one of them died, two remain missing.[7][8]

17 January
List of shipwrecks: 17 January 2020
ShipCountryDescription
Rawan  Tanzania The tanker dragged its anchor in stormy weather and went aground near Famagusta, Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. Crew safe.[9]

21 January
List of shipwrecks: 21 January 2020
ShipCountryDescription
CE-13  Hong Kong The customs boat capsized in a collision with a smuggling vessel near Chek Lap Kok Island, north of Lantau Island, Hong Kong. Three crewmen were trapped in the cabin. They were rescued alive by divers, but died at the hospital. Two crewmen on deck survived.[10]
Everett Fisher  United States The dredger barge sprung a leak and was grounded to prevent sinking by her tug Dana Robyn ( United States) in the Matagorda Ship Channel near Port Lavaca, Texas. The crew were rescued by Dana Robyn.[11]

24 January
List of shipwrecks: 24 January 2020
ShipCountryDescription
Reem 5  Panama The tanker sprung a leak and was abandoned in the Arabian Sea 185 nautical miles (343 km; 213 mi) south west of Karachi, Pakistan, and later sank. All 13 crew were picked up by a cargo ship in the area.[12]

26 January
List of shipwrecks: 26 January 2020
ShipCountryDescription
RC Kreppel  United States While pushing two barges carrying sulfuric acid, the towing vessel sank after colliding with the towing vessel Cooperative Spirit ( United States) on the Mississippi River in the vicinity of Mile Marker 123 near Luling, Louisiana. One of the barges suffered damage and leaked toxic vapor into the air. One member of RC Kreppel′s crew was rescued from the water; the other three were missing.[13][14]

27 January
List of shipwrecks: 27 January 2020
ShipCountryDescription
Unidentified boats  United States Thirty-five small boats, houseboats, and pontoon boats were destroyed in a pre-dawn fire that swept across a dock at a marina on the Tennessee River in Scottsboro, Alabama. Some of the boats sank at their moorings, while others drifted into the river before sinking. Eight people were confirmed dead.[15]

February

3 February
List of shipwrecks: 3 February 2020
ShipCountryDescription
Graha Angkasa 1  Indonesia The cargo ship flooded and sank in challenging weather off North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Her 12 crew were rescued.[16]

10 February
List of shipwrecks: 10 February 2020
ShipCountryDescription
Unidentified sailboat  Sweden With two people aboard, the sailboat capsized on Fegen, a lake in southern Sweden, during a storm. One man on board washed ashore and subsequently died, and the other occupant was missing.[17]

11 February
List of shipwrecks: 11 February 2020
ShipCountryDescription
Unidentified boat Unknown The small wooden boat with perhaps as many as 130 Rohingya refugees fleeing the Rohingya conflict and genocide in Myanmar and attempting to reach refugee camps in Bangladesh sank in the predawn hours in the Bay of Bengal southeast of Bangladesh near St. Martin's Island. The bodies of 15 people – 11 women and four children – were recovered and 69 people were rescued.[18]

15 February
List of shipwrecks: 15 February 2020
ShipCountryDescription
Albacore Seis  Netherlands Antilles The tuna purse seiner flooded and sank south of Abidjan, Ivory Coast. All 29 crew were rescued by the motor vessel Montelape ( Netherlands Antilles).[19]

16 February
For the stranding of the Tanzanian cargo ship Alta during Storm Dennis, see the entry for 30 September 2018.

17 February
List of shipwrecks: 17 February 2020
ShipCountryDescription
Shenzhou 19  China The cargo ship sank north of Zhoushan, China. Three crew members were rescued but died of hypothermia. Three were missing.[20]

25 February
List of shipwrecks: 25 February 2020
ShipCountryDescription
Stellar Banner  Marshall Islands The ore carrier suffered bow damage while leaving the terminal at Sao Luis, Brazil, developed a heavy list, and was run aground off Maranhao, Brazil, to prevent her from sinking.[21] Declared a constructive total loss, she was scuttled 90 nautical miles (170 km) off the coast of Brazil on 12 June.[22]

27 February
List of shipwrecks: 27 February 2020
ShipCountryDescription
Clavigo  Antigua and Barbuda The cargo ship dragged her anchor in bad weather, became entangled with the cargo ship Dede ( Togo), and went aground in the Sea of Marmara at Tuzla, Istanbul, Turkey.[23]
Dede  Togo The cargo ship was seriously damaged when she became entangled with the cargo ship Clavico ( Antigua and Barbuda) when Clavigo dragged her anchor in bad weather, then went aground in the Sea of Marmara at Tuzla, Istanbul, Turkey, with a list and became partially submerged.[23]

29 February
List of shipwrecks: 29 February 2020
ShipCountryDescription
Anna Karoline III  Brazil With 60 passengers aboard, the river passenger ship sank in the Amazon River near Boca do Jari, Brazil. 46 rescued, 13 killed, 1 missing.[24][25]
Guo Xing 1  Japan The cargo ship sank in a collision with a fishing boat in the Pacific Ocean off Honshu, Japan. Thirteen of her 14 crew members were missing.[26]

March

5 March
List of shipwrecks: 5 March 2020
ShipCountryDescription
Duc Minh 555  Vietnam The cargo ship went ashore in rough weather with strong winds and high seas in the Gulf of Tonkin (18°12′N 106°16′E) and is partially sunk with waves battering her.[27]

9 March
List of shipwrecks: 9 March 2020
ShipCountryDescription
Unknown  Taiwan The pilot boat was sunk in a collision with Godspeed ( Hong Kong) at Taipei, Taiwan. One crewman died, the other, her captain, remains missing.[28]

12 March
List of shipwrecks: 12 March 2020
ShipCountryDescription
Duban  Togo The cargo ship sprung a leak and sank 13 nautical miles (24 km; 15 mi) off the coast of Oaxaca, Mexico in the Pacific Ocean. All 12 crew rescued.[29]
Mamamoyee Maa  Bangladesh The coastal lighter was damaged in a collision with an unknown Kolkata Port Trust ship at Kolkata, India. An attempt to beach her to prevent sinking failed when current swept her off the bank and she sank in the Hooghly River.[30]

14 March
List of shipwrecks: 9 March 2020
ShipCountryDescription
Capt. Berto II  Honduras The ro-ro ferry sank 40 miles (64 km) off Coxen Hole, Honduras, Roatan Islands, in the Caribbean Sea. Six crew were rescued, six remain missing.[31]
Jing Wei 188  China The cargo ship sank in the southern Taiwan Straits south of Xiamen, China. Ten crew were rescued, three remain missing.[32]
Ajanta  India The ferry sank and capsized after it hit a rock whilst en route from Mumbai to Maharashtra India. All 88 passengers were rescued by civilian boats.[33]

17 March
List of shipwrecks: xx January 2020
ShipCountryDescription
Nourah of Riyad  Saudi Arabia The superyacht capsized at Athens, Greece.[34]

20 March
List of shipwrecks: 20 March 2020
ShipCountryDescription
KM Surya Express  Indonesia The cargo ship sank off north east coast of Papua New Guinea (00°40′S 133°20′E). 17 crew were rescued, 1 remains missing.[35]

25 March
List of shipwrecks: 25 March 2020
ShipCountryDescription
Lady Sandra  United Kingdom The British-flagged tanker split into two off the southeast coast of Malta after taking on water in bad weather. Three crew were rescued by the AFM search and rescue launch Melita I.[36][37][38]

28 March
List of shipwrecks: 28 March 2020
ShipCountryDescription
Aqua Sprinter II  Germany The barge split in two and sank at dock in Dillingen, Saarland.[39]

29 March
List of shipwrecks: 29 March 2020
ShipCountryDescription
Xinda 9  China The cargo ship sank in a collision with fishing vessel Zhepuyu 34197 ( China) in the East China Sea in Zhoushan waters south of Shanghai, China. All crew were rescued.[40]

30 March
List of shipwrecks: 30 March 2020
ShipCountryDescription
Naiguatá  Bolivarian Armada of Venezuela The Guaicamacuto-class patrol boat sank after ramming cruise ship RCGS Resolute ( Madeira) northwest of La Tortuga Island, Venezuela, in the Caribbean Sea. All crew were rescued.[41]

31 March
List of shipwrecks: 31 March 2020
ShipCountryDescription
Jianghaiyanghongwei  China The cargo ship sank 50 nautical miles (93 km; 58 mi) southeast of Pingtan with five crew members aboard. All five crew members were rescued by the search and rescue ship Dong Hai Jiu 116 ( China).[42]

April

2 April
List of shipwrecks: 2 April 2020
ShipCountryDescription
Unidentified fishing vessel  Vietnam The fishing vessel sank in the South China Sea near the Paracel Islands after colliding with an unidentified China Coast Guard patrol vessel. The patrol vessel rescued the fishing vessel′s entire crew of eight. Vietnam claimed the Chinese vessel rammed the fishing vessel, while the People's Republic of China claimed that the fishing vessel made unsafe maneuvers that caused it to collide with the Chinese vessel.[43]

3 April
List of shipwrecks: 3 April 2020
ShipCountryDescription
Taimareho  Solomon Islands Cyclone Harold: The ferry sank in the cyclone, possibly by a huge wave, between Honiara and Malaita. 28 people missing.[44][45][46]
Sri-nopparat 11  Thailand The fishing vessel was split in two and sunk in a collision with the tanker Sun Flora ( Panama) in the Gulf of Siam south of Sattahip. All eight crew rescued by other fishing vessels.[47]

10 April
List of shipwrecks: 10 April 2020
ShipCountryDescription
Rupanti (?)  Bangladesh The lighter struck a high-voltage power line tower and sank in the Hooghly River near the village of Namkhana, West Bengal, India. Crew was rescued.[48]
Unidentified fishing vessel  Vietnam The fishing vessel sank in the South China Sea off Qui Nhơn, Vietnam after colliding with Pacific Express ( Vietnam). Crew of 3 rescued by other fishing boats.[49]

26 April
List of shipwrecks: 26 April 2020
ShipCountryDescription
Tuan Tu 08  Vietnam The cargo ship filled and sank in the harbor at VĨNH TÂN, Vietnam.[50]

May

1 May
List of shipwrecks: 1 May 2020
ShipCountryDescription
BTh 89719  Vietnam The fishing vessel sank in the South China Sea 13 N.M. off La Gi, Vietnam after colliding with White Tomony ( The Philippines). Crew of 6 rescued by other fishing boats.[51]

2 May
List of shipwrecks: 2 May 2020
ShipCountryDescription
Unidentified fishing boat  United States The 22-foot (6.7 m) or 27-foot (8.2 m) — sources disagree — fishing boat capsized and threw her four occupants into the water in Reynolds Channel off Long Island, New York, near Point Lookout when several large waves struck her. Her captain died, and another man was missing. The other two men on board were rescued by a passing 68-foot (20.7 m) boat and survived.[52][53]

4 May
List of shipwrecks: 4 May 2020
ShipCountryDescription
Irma Dulce Unflagged The incomplete Tanker sprung a leak and sank over night in the Maua shipyard, Rio de Janeiro.[54]

10 May
List of shipwrecks: 10 May 2020
ShipCountryDescription
Konarak  Islamic Republic of Iran Navy The support vessel was struck by a missile fired from the frigate Jamaran ( Islamic Republic of Iran Navy) in the Gulf of Oman. Nineteen of her crew were killed.[55]
Samudra Sakti I  Indonesia The Bulk Carrier was damaged in a collision with Shahraz ( Iran) in the Singapore Strait south of St. John Island and beached. Refloated on the 12th and anchored at Batam.[56]
Shahraz  Iran The Container ship was damaged in a collision with Samudra Sakti I ( Indonesia) in the Singapore Strait south of St. John Island and was beached with hull damage. Hull appears to be cracked on both sides, possibly split in two.[57]

30 May
List of shipwrecks: 30 May 2020
ShipCountryDescription
Lian Hang 7  China The cargo ship sank in shallow water the East China Sea 10 N.M. east of Ningbo, China after a hull breach. Sank with Bridge above water. 13 Crew of 14 rescued by Rescue ship Dong Hai Jiu 117 ( China), 1 missing.[58]


June

4 June
List of shipwrecks: 4 June 2020
ShipCountryDescription
Behbahan  Iran The cargo ship sank after hitting an obstruction in the northern Persian Gulf South East of Umm Qasr, Iraq at a bridge construction site. 4 crew rescued, 5 missing.[59]

9 June
List of shipwrecks: 9 June 2020
ShipCountryDescription
TH 90282  Vietnam The fishing vessel was sunk in a collision with LPG Tanker Annie Gas 09 ( Vietnam) in the Gulf of Tonkin south south east of Haiphong, Vietnam. 3 crew rescued, 4 missing.[60]

15 June
List of shipwrecks: 9 June 2020
ShipCountryDescription
Seven vessels Unknown Seven fishing vessels burned at Yanpu port, Donggang, Taiwan.[61]

25 June
List of shipwrecks: 9 June 2020
ShipCountryDescription
Multi Sahabat 8  Indonesia The Tug sank in the Singapore Strait in heavy seas. 4 crew rescued, her Captain is missing, search called off.[62]

27 June
List of shipwrecks: 9 June 2020
ShipCountryDescription
Unknown  Philippines The fishing vessel sank in a collision with Vienna Wood N ( Hong Kong) in the Mindoro Strait 15 NM south west of Paluan, Mindoro, Philippines. All hands missing, possibly 12-15.[63]


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