List of shipwrecks in 1991

The list of shipwrecks in 1991 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1991.

January

1 January

• MV Fermont ( Canada) beached at Seal Island Nova Scotia. Constructive total loss.

16 January

• Continental Lotus ( India) sank 160 nautical miles (300 km) east of Malta en route from Mormugao to Genova after developing crack in engine room bulkhead with the loss of 38 out of 42 crew ^[1]

April

10 April

• Moby Prince disaster: Livorno, Italy. 140 people died on a ferry leaving harbour. It is the worst disaster in the Italian merchant marine since World War II. It is also considered one of the two worst environmental disasters in Italian history.

11 April

• MT Haven ( Cyprus): Sunk in the Mediterranean Sea near after an explosion and fire, loaded with 144,000 tonnes of crude oil, killing six people.

June

7 June

• MV Braut Team: Sank in the Indian Ocean. The cargo included a brand new Chinese steam locomotive bound for the United States.^[2]

August

3 August

• Oceanos ( South Africa): Sank off South African coast after a leakage in the engine room's sea chest.

September

10 September

• Soon Ly ( Honduras): Sank off Vietnam.^[3]

October

28 October

• Andrea Gail ( United States): Sunk in the Atlantic Ocean during the so-called "Perfect Storm".

November

7 November

• Ipanema ( Malta): Collided with British Esk ( United Kingdom) off Vlissingen, Netherlands and beached. Later refloated and arrived at Ghent, Belgium.^[4]

11 November

• Euro River ( Malta): Croatian War of Independence, manned by a Croatian crew and bounded for Dubrovnik, sunk by a Yugoslav navy patrol boat off Šolta island. All members of her complement were rescued safely.^[5]

14 November

• PČ-176 Mukos ( Yugoslavia): Croatian War of Independence, hit by a torpedo launched by Croatian naval commandos, crippled and abandoned by her crew.^[6] Towed by local fishing boats to Šolta island and later repaired and recovered by the Croatian Navy as HRM OB-02 Šolta.^[7] See Battle of the Dalmatian channels.
• Rabunion XVIII ( Lebanon): Collided with Madonna Lily ( Philippines) under the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge, Istanbul, Turkey and sank with the loss of three crew.^[3]

16 November

• Ml-143 Iž ( Yugoslavia): Croatian War of Independence, hit and sunk off Šćedro island by coastal batteries manned by Croatian navy personnel.^[8] See Battle of the Dalmatian channels.
• Ml-144 Olib ( Yugoslavia): Croatian War of Independence, hit and crippled by coastal batteries manned by Croatian navy personnel, stranded at Torac bay, Hvar island.^[9] See Battle of the Dalmatian channels.

December

15 December

• Salem Express: Capsized in the red Sea. Killing some 500 passengers and crew. But some says that it can be moved as many of 1600 dead.^[10][11]

References

See also

Ship events in 1991
Ship launches:	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996
Ship commissionings:	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996
Ship decommissionings:	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996
Shipwrecks:	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996