List of shipwrecks in 1999

The list of shipwrecks in 1999 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1999.

Operator Ship Flag Class Cause Location Notes
4 February New Carissa  Panama Cargo ship Ran aground and broke apart Coos Bay, Oregon Bow section remained on beach until scrapped in 2008.
21 May Panaship Erika  Malta Tanker Structural failure Bay of Biscay All crew evacuated
24 August Norwegian Dream  Bahamas Cruise ship Collision with container ship Ever Decent.[1] Off Margate, Kent
2 November Dockwise Shipping BV Mighty Servant 2  Netherlands Semi-submersible heavy lift ship Struck an uncharted rock and capsized Off Singkep, Indonesia Raised in 2000, scrapped at Alang, India
26 November Flaggruten Sleipner  Norway Catamaran Struck rock and sank with the loss of 16 lives Off Haugesund
8 December Sun Cruises Sun Vista  Bahamas Cruise ship Engine room fire, abandoned, sunk Strait of Malacca All passengers and crew evacuated[2]

References

  1. ^ Lane, Anthony (2009). Shipwrecks of Kent. Stroud: The History Press. pp. p86. ISBN 978 0 7524 1720 2. 
  2. ^ (Swedish) Fakta om Fartyg T/S Galileo Galilei (1963), retrieved 3. 12. 2007

See also

Ship events in 1999
Ship launches: 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Ship commissionings: 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Ship decommissionings: 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Shipwrecks: 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004