List of shipwrecks in 2006

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

[edit] January

[edit] January 5

• Kleine Familie ( France): Trawler which sank off the coast of Alderney. (BBC News report)

[edit] January 19

• Greenhill ( United Kingdom): Fishing boat from Northern Ireland which sank near Ardglass harbour, County Down. (BBC News report)

[edit] February

[edit] February 1

The tanker Ece, registered in Malta, sank while being towed toward Le Havre, after having collided with the freighter General Grot-Rowecki about 50km (30 miles) north-west of Guernsey. The Ece sank near the site of the collision, in 70m (230ft) of water, 90km (56 miles) west of Cap de La Hague. (BBC News report)

[edit] February 3

• Al Salam Boccaccio 98 ( Egypt - El Salam Maritime Transport): Passenger ferry which sank in the Red Sea en route from Saudi Arabia to Egypt.

[edit] March

[edit] March 5

• 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.

[edit] March 9

• Teklivka: Cargo ship sunk in the Mediterranean near Port Said, Egypt in a storm.

[edit] March 21

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

[edit] March 22

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

[edit] March 23

Passenger boat sank off Cameroon's Atlantic coast near the port of Kribi. (BBC News report)

[edit] March 26

• Orion ( Mexico): Tanker sunk in the Gulf of Mexico near Yucatan

[edit] March 30

• 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.

[edit] August 11

• M/T 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.

[edit] December 30

• MV Senopati Nusantara, Indonesian ferry, over 500 deaths

[edit] See also

Ship launches:	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Ship commissionings:	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Ship decommissionings:	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Shipwrecks:	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009