List of shipwrecks in 2000

The list of shipwrecks in 2000 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 2000.

January

11 January

• Solway Harvester ( United Kingdom): scallop dredger capsized and sunk with all seven hands lost in the Irish Sea after flooding in bad weather.

March

29 March

• Sailing race vessel Team Philips ( United Kingdom), front section of hull broke off near the Isles of Scilly, later repaired^[1]

April

30 April

• MS World Discoverer ( United States): Hit an uncharted reef in the Sandfly Passage around the Solomon Islands and was grounded at Roderick Bay, Ngella island. No lives were lost.

June

20 June

• MV Linkuva ( Lithuania): freighter lost with all 18 hands in Hurricane Carlotta after an engine failure.

6 June

• Felipe Xicotencatl ( Mexican Navy): Minesweeper sinks for use as artificial reef off of the island of Cozumel, Mexico.

August

12 August

• Kursk ( Russian Navy): cruise missile submarine lost with all hands in the Barents Sea.

September

26 September

• Express Samina ( Greece): RORO passenger ferry hits rocks and subsequently sinks off the island of Paros, killing 91.

October

31 October

• Ievoli Sun ( Italy): Chemical tanker sinks off the Casquets after flooding in bad weather.

December

17 December

• SeaBreeze: ( Panama): Former cruise liner sinks off the Virginian coast in suspicious circumstances.

Unknown date

• Taioma ( New Zealand): The tug was sunk in the Bay of Plenty for use as a dive wreck.^[2]

References

See also

Ship events in 2000
Ship launches:	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Ship commissionings:	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Ship decommissionings:	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Shipwrecks:	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005