List of shipwrecks in 1993
Appearance
The list of shipwrecks in 1993 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1993.
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January
5 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Braer | Liberia | The tanker ran aground off the Shetland Islands and sank. All 34 crew were rescued by helicopter. |
14 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Jan Heweliusz | Poland | The ferry sank in the Baltic Sea off Cape Arcona, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany with the loss of 55 of the 64 people on board. |
16 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Massacre Bay | United States | The 86-foot (26.2 m) crab-fishing vessel ran aground and sank with the loss of three lives in Alitak Bay (56°50′N 154°10′W / 56.833°N 154.167°W) on the southwest coast of Kodiak Island, Alaska, during a storm. There was one survivor.[1] |
21 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Maersk Navigator | Singapore | The tanker collided with Sanko Honour ( Singapore) in the Strait of Malacca 60 nautical miles (110 km) off Sumatra, Indonesia. She caught fire and was abandoned by her 24 crew. who were rescued by DSR Atlantic ( Germany). Sanko Honour also caught fire, but that fire was quickly extinguished.[2] |
February
7 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Alaskan Pride | United States | The 461-gross ton, 111.5-foot (34.0 m) or 120-foot (36.6 m) crab-fishing vessel sank in the Bering Sea 90 nautical miles (170 km; 100 mi) northwest of Cape Sarichef (54°35′50″N 164°55′30″W / 54.59722°N 164.92500°W) on Unimak Island in the Aleutian Islands. The fishing vessel Brittany ( United States) rescued her crew of seven.[3] |
18 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Neptune | Haiti | The ferry sank in the Canal du Sun on a voyage from Port au Prince to Jérémie. There were 285 survivors of the 1,500 on board.[4][5] |
28 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Freja Svea | Bahamas | The tanker ran aground at Redcar, Cleveland, United Kingdom. All 21 crew were rescued by a Royal Air Force Sea King helicopter and The Scout ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[6] |
March
8 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Lady of Good Voyage | United States | The 86-foot (26.2 m) cod-fishing trawler disappeared with the loss of her entire crew of four in the Bering Sea northwest of Unimak Island in the Aleutian Islands.[7] |
14 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Gold Bond Conveyor | Liberia | 1993 Storm of the Century: The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 km) off Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada with the loss of all 33 crew.[8] |
April
9 April
Ship | State | Description |
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YCF-17 (or "The Salt Barge") | United States Navy | Loaded with discarded tires, the retired 150-foot (45.7 m) barge – a former car float – was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean off Cape May, New Jersey, at 38°50.959′N 074°42.385′W / 38.849317°N 74.706417°W.[9] |
12 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Phoenix | United States | After the fishing vessel became disabled when her rigging became entangled in her propeller, she drifted onto rocks and was wrecked off Umnak Island in the Aleutian Islands between Twin Lava Point and Derby Point.[10] |
Vishva Mohini | India | The cargo ship sank in the Bay of Biscay off the northern coast of Spain with the loss of 31 of the 47 people on board[11][12] |
May
13 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Response | United States | The 130-foot (39.6 m) longline cod-fishing vessel burned and sank in the Gulf of Alaska off Cape Chiniak (57°37′N 152°10′W / 57.617°N 152.167°W) on Kodiak Island near Kodiak, Alaska. Her entire crew of 14 survived.[13] |
June
3 June
Ship | State | Description |
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British Trent | Bermuda | The tanker collided with Western Winner ( Panama) and caught fire with the loss of nine of her 34 crew. The fire was extinguished but British Trent was declared a constructive total loss and consequently scrapped.[14] |
5 June
Ship | State | Description |
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USS Salmon | United States Navy | The decommissioned Template:Sclass- was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Long Island, New York, near Hudson Canyon for use as a bottom sonar target. |
10 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Fenwick | United States | The 57-foot (17.4 m) longline halibut-fishing vessel sank approximately 40 nautical miles (74 km; 46 mi) south of Homer, Alaska. All seven people on board survived.[15] |
11 June
Ship | State | Description |
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HMS Charybdis | Royal Navy | The Template:Sclass- was sunk as a target. |
Saratoga | United States | The 51-foot (15.5 m) longline halibut-fishing vessel sank near Yakutat, Alaska, after her load shifted, causing her to flood. Her crew of five survived.[16] |
12 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Gladys M | United States | The 33-foot (10.1 m) longline halibut-fishing vessel capsized and sank in Cook Inlet northeast of Augustine Island on the south-central coast of Alaska. Her crew of four survived.[17] |
24 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Flyin’ Lion | United States | The 30-foot (9.1 m) seiner capsized and sank in the Egegik River in Alaska due to an improperly connected towline. Her crew of three survived.[15] |
July
1 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Demetra M | United States | The 34-foot (10.4 m) longline halibut-fishing vessel rolled over and sank while at anchor in Emerald Cove (60°57′15″N 147°02′00″W / 60.95417°N 147.03333°W) in Columbia Bay (60°58′54″N 147°04′51″W / 60.9816°N 147.0807°W) on the south-central coast of Alaska.[18] |
19 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Onondaga | United States | The retired 205-foot (62.5 m) barge was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean off Cape May, New Jersey, in 65 feet (20 m) of water at 38°53.770′N 074°39.975′W / 38.896167°N 74.666250°W.[19] |
22 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Frances Lee | United States | The 107-foot (32.6 m) crab-fishing vessel was stranded at Knoll Point (56°54′N 153°35′W / 56.900°N 153.583°W) off Kodiak Island in Alaska′s Kodiak Archipelago. The fishing vessel Macanaw ( United States) rescued her crew of six. She was refloated and taken under tow by the tug Ardie and fishing vessel Barb M (both United States), but capsized on 25 July between Knoll Point and Twoheaded Island (56°54′01″N 153°35′03″W / 56.9003°N 153.5841°W). The cutter USCGC Mustang ( United States Coast Guard) then towed her out into 300 feet (91 m) of water and sank her with 112 rounds from her Mark 38 25-mm gun.[15] |
27 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Fast Lady | United States | The 46-foot (14.0 m) salmon seiner was destroyed by fire without loss of life at Chignik, Alaska.[15] |
West Wind | United States | The 152-foot (46.3 m) tender flooded and sank in Orca Bay off the coast of Alaska. All four people on board survived.[20] |
August
3 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Sunrise | United States | The 40-foot (12.2 m) salmon seiner burned to the waterline and sank off Hook Point (60°20′N 146°15′W / 60.333°N 146.250°W) on the south-central coast of Alaska. The only person on board survived.[16] |
5 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Ronde Joyce II | United States | The retired 62-foot (18.9 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 65 feet (20 m) of water at 40°06.486′N 073°57.224′W / 40.108100°N 73.953733°W.[21] |
7 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Barconi | United States | The 44-foot (13.4 m) salmon seiner burned to the waterline and sank off Flat Island (59°19′45″N 151°59′45″W / 59.32917°N 151.99583°W) near Seldovia, Alaska. Her crew of three survived.[22] |
Preston Brooks | United States | The 90-foot (27.4 m) fish tender sank in the Barren Islands (58°57′N 152°15′W / 58.950°N 152.250°W) off the south-central coast of Alaska. Her captain died of hypothermia because of a tear in his survival suit, but her other two crew members survived.[10] |
8 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Nana Nicole | United States | The 30-foot (9.1 m) fishing vessel sank after striking a log at Cold Bay, Alaska.[23] |
9 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Carol Mae | United States | The 34-foot (10.4 m) salmon seiner was destroyed by fire at Haines, Alaska, without loss of life.[24] |
16 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Cecilia J. Brown | United States | The retired 81-foot (24.7 m) tug was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean off Cape May, New Jersey, in 60 feet (18 m) of water at 38°52.950′N 074°40.200′W / 38.882500°N 74.670000°W.[25] |
30 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Lily Marlene | United States | The 37-foot (11.3 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in Chignik Bay (56°18′N 158°24′W / 56.300°N 158.400°W) on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula.[7] |
Unknown
Ship | State | Description |
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Unidentified Sri Lankan patrol boat | Sri Lanka Navy | Sri Lankan Civil War: The Super Dvora-class patrol boat was sunk by Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam forces on 18 or 29 August.[26] |
September
7 September
Ship | State | Description |
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Lisa Denise | United States | The 31-foot (9.4 m) fishing vessel burned and sank at Naked Island (60°40′N 147°25′W / 60.667°N 147.417°W) in Prince William Sound on the south-central coast of Alaska. Her crew of three survived.[7] |
9 September
Ship | State | Description |
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USCGC Cape Strait | United States Coast Guard | Lashed to the buoy tender "Johnny Buoy," the decommissioned 95-foot (29 m) Template:Sclass2- cutter was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean off Cape May, New Jersey, in 65 feet (20 m) of water at 38°51.060′N 074°42.125′W / 38.851000°N 74.702083°W.[27] |
"Johnny Buoy" | United States Coast Guard | Lashed to the cutter USCGC Cape Strait, the decommissioned 46-foot (14 m) buoy tender was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean off Cape May, New Jersey, in 65 feet (20 m) of water at 38°51.060′N 074°42.125′W / 38.851000°N 74.702083°W.[27] |
Minotaur | United States | The 32-foot (9.8 m) longline fishing vessel sank near the entrance to Prince William Sound on the south-central coast of Alaska. The fishing vessel Dr. Jack ( United States) rescued her two-person crew.[1] |
11 September
Ship | State | Description |
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Merrie Colleen | United States | The 58-foot (17.7 m) salmon seiner burned to the waterline and sank near Nichols Island (55°10′N 132°59′W / 55.167°N 132.983°W) in Southeast Alaska. Her four-person crew abandoned ship in a 10-foot (3.0 m) skiff and was rescued by the 22-foot (6.7 m) research vessel Cape Henry ( United States).[1] |
17 September
Ship | State | Description |
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Nettie H | United States | The 58-foot (17.7 m) crab-fishing vessel disappeared in the Bering Sea somewhere between False Pass, Alaska, and Saint Paul Island with the loss of her entire crew of one woman and four men. The woman′s body was found on 11 May 1994 in the Bering Sea inside a life raft she had been tied to.[23] |
18 September
Ship | State | Description |
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Arctic Dream | United States | The 50-foot (15.2 m) vessel was wrecked in Onion Bay (58°04′N 153°15′W / 58.067°N 153.250°W) on the coast of Raspberry Island in Alaska′s Kodiak Archipelago.[3] |
23 September
Ship | State | Description |
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Krolik | United States | The 28-foot (8.5 m) fishing vessel sank in Humpy Cove in Resurrection Bay on the south-central coast of Alaska. The only person aboard survived.[28] |
October
10 October
Ship | State | Description |
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Seohae | South Korea | The ferry sank in the Yellow Sea near Wido, Buan County, North Jeolla Province, South Korea, killing 292 of her 362 passengers and crew. |
20 October
Ship | State | Description |
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OMI Charger | United States | The tanker suffered an onboard fire at Galveston, Texas following a welding operation. She exploded and sank. Three crew were killed and the ship was consequently declared a constructive total loss. |
November
18 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Borodinskoje Polye | Russia | The factory ship ran aground north of Lerwick, Shetland Islands. All 73 crew were rescued.[29] |
December
9 December
Ship | State | Description |
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Grape One | Malta | The chemical tanker sank in the English Channel off Start Point, Devon, United Kingdom. All fifteen crew were rescued by a Royal Navy helicopter.[30] |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
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Mr. J | United States | The crab processor – a former PCE-842-class patrol craft and auxiliary minelayer – was towed out into the Pacific Ocean and scuttled sometime in the 1990s.[31] |
Tern | United Kingdom | The cargo ship developed a list 11 nautical miles (20 km) off Eastbourne, East Sussex. Four crew were taken off by helicopter. She came ashore at Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex.[32] |
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