List of shipwrecks in 2000
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The list of shipwrecks in 2000 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 2000.
[edit] January
[edit] 11 January
- Solway Harvester (
United Kingdom): scallop dredger capsized and sunk with all seven hands lost in the Irish Sea after flooding in bad weather.
[edit] March
[edit] 29 March
- Sailing race vessel Team Philips ( United Kingdom), front section of hull broke off near the Isles of Scilly, later repaired[1]
[edit] April
[edit] 30 April
- MS World Discoverer (
United States): Hit an uncharted reef in the Sandfly Passage around the Solomon Islands and was grounded at Roderick Bay, Ngella island. No lives were lost.
[edit] June
[edit] 20 June
- MV Linkuva (
Lithuania): freighter lost with all 18 hands in Hurricane Carlotta after an engine failure.
[edit] 6 June
- Felipe Xicotencatl (
Mexican Navy): Minesweeper sinks for use as artificial reef off of the island of Cozumel, Mexico.
[edit] August
[edit] 12 August
- Kursk (
Russian Navy): cruise missile submarine lost with all hands in the Barents Sea.
[edit] September
[edit] 26 September
- Express Samina (
Greece): RORO passenger ferry hits rocks and subsequently sinks off the island of Paros, killing 91.
[edit] October
[edit] 21 October
- SS Monterey: Ship sank off coast of Cape Town, South Africa
[edit] 31 October
- Ievoli Sun (
Italy): Chemical tanker sinks off the Casquets after flooding in bad weather.
[edit] December
[edit] 17 December
- SeaBreeze: (
Panama): Former cruise liner sinks off the Virginian coast in suspicious circumstances.
[edit] Unknown date
- Taioma (
New Zealand): The tug was sunk in the Bay of Plenty for use as a dive wreck.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1083161.stm Team Philips yacht lost
- ^ "Team Taioma". 66.70.225.22. http://66.70.225.22/backissues/58taioma.html. Retrieved 9 March 2009.
[edit] See also
| Ship events in 2000 | |||||||||||
| Ship launches: | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| Ship commissionings: | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| Ship decommissionings: | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
| Shipwrecks: | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
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