List of shipwrecks in 2006

The list of shipwrecks in 2006 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 2006.

January

5 January

• Kleine Familie (France): The trawler sank off the coast of Alderney, Channel Islands following a collision with Sichem Pandora (Malta) Five crew killed.

19 January

• Greenhill (United Kingdom): Fishing boat from Northern Ireland which sank near Ardglass harbour, County Down with the los of two crew.

February

1 February

• The tanker Ece, (Marshall Islands), sank while being towed toward Le Havre, after having collided with the freighter General Grot-Rowecki (Malta) about 50 kilometres (31 mi) north-west of Guernsey. The Ece sank near the site of the collision, in 70 metres (230 ft) of water, 90 kilometres (56 mi) west of Cap de La Hague.

3 February

• Al Salam Boccaccio 98 (Egypt - El Salam Maritime Transport): Passenger ferry which sank in the Red Sea en route from Saudi Arabia to Egypt. At least 846 dead most of them missing and 426 rescued.

March

5 March

• Runner 4: Cargo ship carrying aluminium sank in the Gulf of Finland when another ship collided into it while both were in a convoy escorted by a Russian icebreaker.^{[citation needed]}

9 March

• Teklivka (Malta): Cargo ship sunk in the Mediterranean near Port Said, Egypt in a storm. Three crew were lost, but the other 12 were rescued by the Searose G.

21 March

• Hyundai Fortune (South Korea - Hyundai): Container ship damaged by fire in the Gulf of Aden near Yemen. Later towed to port.

22 March

• MV Queen of the North (Canada): Large passenger ferry which sank off the north coast of British Columbia, Canada after running aground. Two passengers drowned.

23 March

• An unnamed passenger boat sank off Cameroon's Atlantic coast near the port of Kribi, with the loss of at least 127 lives.
• Pong Su (Tuvalu): Sunk by bombing from Royal Australian Air Force aircraft off Australia.

26 March

• Orion (Mexico): Tanker sunk in the Gulf of Mexico near Yucatan^{[citation needed]}

30 March

• Al Dana: Passenger dhow which sank in the Persian Gulf near Bahrain.
• Sea Master (India): Fishing vessel which sank in the Arabian Sea near Panaji, India.^{[citation needed]}

August

11 August

• Solar I (Philippines): An oil tanker sinks off the coast off Guimaras province, causing the Guimaras oil spill, the worst in the history of the country.^{[citation needed]}

November

1 November

• Finnbirch (Sweden): The ro-ro ferry capsized and sank off the coast of Sweden with the loss of two crew.

December

30 December

• Senopati Nusantara (Indonesia) :The ferry sank off Mandalika Island with over 500 people killed.

External links

• Vessel Casualties & Pirates Database For Year 2006

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.