List of shipwrecks in 2001
The list of shipwrecks in 2001 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 2001.
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Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
References |
January
1 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Pati | Georgia | The cargo ship ran aground, broke in two and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Antalya, Turkey. The ship was carrying many illegal immigrants, about fifty of whom were killed, as were four of her ten crew. There were a total of thirty-two survivors.[1] |
16 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Jessica | Ecuador | The tanker ran aground near Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, San Cristobal, in the Galápagos, spilling fuel and decimating the marine iguana population.[2][3] |
19 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Miss Maria | United States | After she sprang a leak, the 49-foot (14.9 m) longline cod-fishing vessel′s crew beached her in Makushin Bay (53°44′N 167°00′W) on Unalaska Island in the Aleutian Islands, where she sank in shallow water. Her crew of four abandoned ship in a life raft and was rescued from the beach by a United States Coast Guard helicopter.[4] |
20 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Lady L | United States | The 80-foot (24.4 m) crab-fishing vessel sank 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) south of Gore Point (59°12′00″N 150°57′30″W) on the Kenai Peninsula on the south-central coast of Alaska. A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued her crew of four.[5] |
30 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Barbel | United States Navy | The decommissioned Barbel-class submarine was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California. |
Veter | United States | The 37-foot (11.3 m) longline and cod fishing vessel was beached and sank 200 yards (180 m) off Evans Point in Prince William Sound, Alaska, after striking a submerged object. The fishing vessel Hellion ( United States) rescued her crew of three from the beach.[6] |
31 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS John Paul Jones | United States Navy | The decommissioned Forrest Sherman-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California. |
February
8 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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CFD | United States | The retired 100-foot (30.5 m) steel-hulled barge was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean south of Long Island 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km; 2.9 mi) off Moriches Inlet, New York.[7] |
9 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ehime Maru | Japan | Ehime Maru and USS Greeneville collision: The training ship was sunk in the Pacific Ocean 17 nautical miles (31 km) off Hawaii, United States, by the submarine USS Greeneville ( United States Navy), which surfaced underneath her, killing nine of her thirty-five crew. Survivors were rescued by United States Coast Guard RIBs. |
10 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Going Concern | United Kingdom | The yacht was driven ashore at Eastbourne, East Sussex. She was refloated the next day with assistance from the Eastbourne Lifeboat and towed in to Eastbourne.[8] |
14 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Lynde McCormick | United States Navy | The decommissioned Charles F. Adams-class guided-missile destroyer was sunk as a target. |
18 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Western Star | United States | The 177-gross ton, 65-foot (19.8 m) codfish trawler was destroyed in the North Pacific Ocean 19 nautical miles (35 km; 22 mi) southeast of Caton Island in the Fox Islands – part of the Aleutian Islands – by a fire that started in her engine room. All four people on board survived.[9] |
March
5 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Amber Dawn | United States | The 91-foot (27.7 m) stern trawler sank in a storm with the loss of two lives in the Bering Sea approximately 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) north of Atka Island in the Aleutian Islands. The 267-foot (81.4 m) fish processor Katie Ann ( United States) rescued her three survivors.[10] |
6 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Lady B | United States | The 17-gross ton, 34-foot (10.4 m) troller sank alongside the dock at Petersburg, Alaska. Her wreck later was refloated and scuttled in deep water.[5] |
21 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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SLNS P-493 | Sri Lanka Navy | Sri Lankan Civil War: The Patrol Boat was sunk by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.[11] |
SLNS P-496 | Sri Lanka Navy | Sri Lankan Civil War: The Patrol Boat was sunk by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.[12] |
April
2 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Arctic Rose | United States | The 92-foot (28.0 m) catcher processor sank with the loss of her entire crew of 15 in the Bering Sea near Zhemchug Canyon, approximately 200 nautical miles (370 km; 230 mi) northwest of Saint Paul Island. Her captain′s body was recovered at the time of the sinking, and over eight years later the bones of another crewman were accidentally recovered by the longline fishing vessel Blue Gadus ( United States) on 12 September 2009 in 426 feet (130 m) of water 40 nautical miles (74 km; 46 mi) southeast of the location of the sinking. The bodies of the other 13 crew members were never found.[10] |
May
5 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Iliamna | United States | The 29-foot (8.8 m) cod-fishing vessel sank in Chiniak Bay (57°42′N 152°20′W) on the coast of Kodiak Island about 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) south of Kodiak, Alaska. The fishing vessel Tina Marie ( United States) rescued the only person aboard.[13] |
11 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Kristen | United States | The 49-foot (14.9 m) longline fishing vessel sank approximately 23 nautical miles (43 km; 26 mi) south of Cold Bay, Alaska, after striking an unidentified object. The fishing vessel Mr. Bill ( United States) rescued her crew of four.[14] |
15 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Walyana | United States | The 28-foot (8.5 m) gillnetter capsized and sank in the Gulf of Alaska off the Copper River Delta after a rogue wave struck her. All three of her crew members made it to shore, where a United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued them.[9] |
25 May
31 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Reeves | United States Navy |
June
19 June
Ship | Country | Description |
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Margie Ann | United States | The retired 90-foot (27.4 m)tug was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Delaware at 38°40.540′N 074°43.957′W.[16] |
25 June
Ship | Country | Description |
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Raindancer | United States | The 34-foot (10.4 m) gillnet fishing vessel burned and sank in Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of Alaska. A nearby vessel rescued both people on board.[17] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Miller | Turkish Naval Forces | The decommissioned Knox-class frigate was sunk as a target after being sold to the Turkish Navy and cannibalized for spare parts. |
July
6 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Exciter | United States | The 40-foot (12.2 m) gillnet fishing vessel was wrecked on the north coast of the Alaska Peninsula approximately 35 nautical miles (65 km; 40 mi) northeast of Port Moller (55°59′30″N 160°34′30″W), Alaska. The fishing vessel Finner ( United States) and a United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued her crew of two.[18] |
Houri | United States | The 34-foot (10.4 m) gillnet fishing vessel burned and sank in Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of Alaska. The fishing vessel Proud Mary ( United States) rescued the only person on board.[19] |
10 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS La Moure County | United States Navy |
12 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Sea | flag unknown | The cruise ship sank near at Coast of South Africa during heavy winterstorm. she was on way to Alang, India for scrapping. |
16 July
22 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Dry Heat | United States | The 32-foot (9.8 m) pleasure craft burned and sank in 1,200 feet (370 m) of water off Streets Island (55°28′40″N 132°08′15″W) in Southeast Alaska, 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) west of Ketchikan, Alaska. The vessels Sheltered Seas and Show Girl (both United States) rescued all nine people – four adults and five children – aboard.[21] |
26 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Excursion | United States | The 70-foot (21.3 m) fish tender burned and sank in Bristol Bay near Port Moller (55°59′30″N 160°34′30″W), Alaska, 80 nautical miles (150 km; 92 mi) northeast of Cold Bay, Alaska. Her crew of four abandoned ship in a life raft and was rescued by a United States Coast Guard helicopter.[18] |
Sun 11 | Bahamas | The cruise liner sank off Cape St. Francis, South Africa while under tow to India for scrapping. |
Vanguard | United States | The 65-foot (19.8 m) fishing vessel – a seiner – sank in 200 feet (61 m) of water less than two minutes after striking an iceberg 0.5 nautical miles (0.93 km) from Glacier Island (60°53′N 147°11′W) outside Columbia Bay, 35 nautical miles (65 km) southwest of Valdez, Alaska. Wearing survival suits, her three-man crew escaped in a life raft that deployed and were rescued by nearby vessels.[6] |
27 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ben B | United States | The 86-foot (26.2 m) fish tender burned and sank in Snow Passage (56.277500°N 132.949722°W) near Shrubby Island (56°13′N 132°58′W) in Southeast Alaska 30 nautical miles (56 km; 35 mi) southwest of Wrangell, Alaska. Her crew of two abandoned ship in a life raft and was rescued by the fishing vessel Middleton ( United States).[22] |
August
4 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Windy Bay | United States | The 166-foot (50.6 m) fish tender struck Olsen Rock off the coast of Alaska while her operator was off the bridge and sank in 1,000 feet (300 m) of water in Prince William Sound near Olsen Island. Nearby vessels rescued all five members of her crew.[9] |
6 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Rhonda Renee | United States | The 34-foot (10.4 m) bowpicker struck a rock off Knowles Head (60°41′00″N 146°37′30″W) in Prince William Sound on the south-central coast of Alaska and began to leak. Her hull was patched, but she sank on the way to Homer, Alaska, after the patch failed.[17] |
11 August
16 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Helen Marie | United States | The 42-foot (12.8 m) seiner was destroyed by an engine room fire in Lazy Bay (56°56′40″N 154°10′00″W) at Akhiok on the southern end of Kodiak Island in Alaska′s Kodiak Archipelago. Her crew of three abandoned ship in a skiff. Her melted hull was towed to the beach near Akhiok.[19] |
19 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Sea Gull | United States | The 30-foot (9.1 m) fishing vessel was swamped and capsized while hauling her nets at Point Marsden (58°03′30″N 134°48′25″W) near Hawk Inlet on Admiralty Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. The fishing vessel Steadfast ( United States) rescued her entire crew of six.[23] |
24 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Revenge II | United States | After a large wave broke over her stern, the 86-foot (26.2 m) fish tender capsized and sank in the Gulf of Alaska 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km; 2.9 mi) west of Cape Ommaney (56°10′00″N 134°40′20″W) in Southeast Alaska and approximately 70 nautical miles (130 km; 81 mi) south of Sitka, Alaska. Her two-man crew abandoned ship in survival suits and rescued by the fishing vessel Monarch ( United States).[17] |
25 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Heritage | United States | The 49-foot (14.9 m) seiner was wrecked in Hawk Inlet (58°07′40″N 134°45′15″W) in Southeast Alaska after her captain went into diabetic shock while at her wheel. He died, but the other four members of her crew and a dog abandoned ship in a skiff and were rescued by the cruise ship Spirit of Endeavour ( United States).[19] |
27 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Evelyn S | United States | The 70-foot (21.3 m) fish tender sank in the Gulf of Alaska 52 nautical miles (96 km; 60 mi) south of Yakutat, Alaska. The United States Coast Guard and the fishing vessel Gandil ( United States) rescued her crew of three.[18] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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ARM Riva Palacio | Mexican Navy | The decommissioned Admirable-class minesweeper was sunk in the Gulf of Mexico off Veracruz, Mexico, as an artificial reef. |
September
1 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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Joycelyn | United States | The 50-foot (15.2 m) salmon seiner capsized near Warren Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska, 75 nautical miles (139 km; 86 mi) northwest of Ketchikan, Alaska. The cutter USCGC Anacapa ( United States Coast Guard) rescued her crew of four.[24] |
5 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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Mercury | United States | While towing a crane barge, the 60-foot (18.3 m) tug was flooded by high seas and abandoned in Bristol Bay off the coast of Alaska 26 nautical miles (48 km; 30 mi) southwest of the Ugashik River. Her crew cut the crane barge loose before abandoning ship. A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued her crew of two.[4] |
12 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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Themistoklis | Hellenic Navy | The decommissioned Gearing-class destroyer was sunk as a target. |
20 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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"Heritage Hull" | United States Coast Guard | The 120-foot (36.6 m) prototype cutter hull – rejected by the United States Coast Guard and still lacking engines and fuel tanks – was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean about 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi) off Cape May, New Jersey, at the north end of Cape May Reef in 65 feet (20 m) of water at 38°51.810′N 074°40.590′W. It took her 3 hours 15 minutes to sink.[25][26] |
October
9 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ash | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | The cargo ship collided with Dutch Aquamarine ( Netherlands) in the English Channel and sank with the loss of one of her six crew.[27] |
Miaoulis | Hellenic Navy | The decommissioned Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer was sunk as a target. |
Two Friends | United States | The retired 70-foot (21.3 m) fishing trawler was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean south of Long Island 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km; 2.9 mi) off Moriches Inlet, New York.[7] |
Wave Dancer | Belize | The dive support vessel sank at Independence in a hurricane with the loss of twenty of the twenty-eight people on board.[28] |
11 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Pacific | United States | The 40-foot (12.2 m) longline cod-fishing vessel was wrecked near Priest Rock in Iliuliuk Bay (53°54′N 166°30′W) on the coast of Unalaska Island in the Aleutian Islands after her helmsman fell asleep at the wheel. Her crew of three survived.[29] |
13 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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ROCS Yuen Yang | Republic of China Navy | The decommissioned Allen M. Sumner-class guided-missile destroyer was sunk as a target. |
16 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Guam | United States Navy | The decommissioned Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship was sunk as a target by aircraft from the aircraft carrier USS John F. Kennedy ( United States Navy) in the Atlantic Ocean off Virginia at 031°14′22″N 071°16′35″W. |
19 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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"SIEV X" | Indonesia | The Suspected Illegal Entry Vessel sank en route between Bandar Lampung and Australia. Three hundred and fifty-three people were drowned. |
20 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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HMCS Cape Breton | Canadian Forces Maritime Command | The decommissioned Cape-class maintenance ship was sunk as an artificial reef near Snake Island, east of Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada. |
23 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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J. W. Westcott II | United States | The mail boat capsized and sank in the Detroit River while servicing MT Sidsel Knutsen. Two people (the captain and one of the crew members) lost their lives while the other two were saved. The boat was later refloated and returned to service. |
28 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ocean Sunrise | United States | The 42-foot (12.8 m) shrimp-fishing vessel sank in high seas in Cholmondeley Sound (55°17′N 132°04′W) in Southeast Alaska, 19 nautical miles (35 km; 22 mi) west of Ketchikan, Alaska. A man on board died; the only other person aboard – his wife – survived.[30] |
30 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Brooklyn | United States | The retired 86-foot (26.2 m) tug was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) off Mantoloking, New Jersey, at 40°03.390′N 073°59.550′W.[31] |
E-13 | United States | The retired 178-foot (54.3 m) barge was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) off Mantoloking, New Jersey, at 40°03.840′N 073°59.580′W.[32] |
31 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Lewis F. Boyer | United States | The retired 95-foot (29 m) tug was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean 3.6 nautical miles (6.7 km; 4.1 mi) off Sea Girt, New Jersey, in 75 feet (23 m) of water at 40°08.179′N 073°55.824′W.[33] |
November
24 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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HMAS Perth | Royal Australian Navy | The decommissioned Perth-class guided-missile destroyer was scuttled in the Indian Ocean off Albany, Western Australia, to serve as a recreational dive site. |
26 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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Heng Shan | China | The bulk carrier ran aground in the Black Sea at Karadeniz Eregli, Turkey. She was refloated several months later. |
December
11 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Nesika | United States | The fishing vessel was reported lost off Alaska with the loss of four lives.[34] |
22 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Christopher | Cyprus | The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Graciosa Island, Azores with the loss of all twenty-seven crew.[35] |
Zhangyu No. 3705 | Korean People's Army Naval Force | Battle of Amami-Ōshima: The spy ship/naval trawler was shelled and sunk in the East China Sea by Kirishima, Amani and Inasa (all Japan Coast Guard). 15 crewmen killed. The vessel was later raised.[36] |
Unknown
Ship | Country | Description |
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SLNS P-411 | Sri Lanka Navy | Sri Lankan Civil War: The Patrol Boat was sunk by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam sometime in 2001.[37] |
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Ship events in 2001 | |||||||||||
Ship launches: | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
Ship commissionings: | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
Ship decommissionings: | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
Shipwrecks: | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 |
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