List of shipwrecks in 1986
The list of shipwrecks in 1986 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1986.
January
11 January
- Castillo de Salas (
Spain): bulk carrier, sunk after running aground over rocks in Gijón, Spain - Southern Quest (
United Kingdom): The support ship was crushed by ice and sunk off Cape Evans, Ross Island Antarctic.[1][2]
23 January
- Stanley Bay ( United Kingdom): The cargo ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay off the north coast of Spain with the loss of three crew.[3]
28 January
- Ebn Magid (
Liberia): The cargo ship caught fire in the English Channel 21 nautical miles (39 km) off Portland Bill, Dorset and put into HMNB Portland. She was towed into Portland Harbour on 30 January and beached.[4]
February
11 February
16 February
- Mikhail Lermontov (
Soviet Union): The passenger liner, ran aground and sank near Picton, New Zealand.
March
23 March
- Karelia (
Finland): The cargo ship ran aground on Gotska Sandön, Sweden with the loss of six of her seventeen crew. Survivors were rescued by Swedish Air Force helicopters and a West German vessel.[6]
April
12 April
- Pelican II (
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Belgium): Severely damaged by engine room fire at Marseilles, France. Later repaired and returned to service.[7]
May
14 May
- Pride of Baltimore (
United States): The topsail schooner, capsized and sunk during a white squall 250 nautical miles (460 km) north of Puerto Rico.
25 May
- Shania (
Bangladesh): The river ferry capsized and sank in the River Meghna with the loss of at about 400 of around 600 people on board.[8][9]
28 May
- Chian Der 3 (
Republic of China): The fishing vessel was shelled and sunk in the South Atlantic over 150 nautical miles (280 km) off the Falkland Islands by Prefecto Derbes (
Argentine Coast Guard) with the loss of two of her 22 crew.
29 May
- Johanna (
West Germany): Collided with Ibn Otman (
Morocco) 35 nautical miles (65 km) off Casablanca and was extensively damaged. Later repaired and returned to service.[10]
June
12 June
- Mineral Hoboken ( Belgium): Ran aground in the Orinoco River 45 nautical miles (83 km) out of Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela. Refloated on 18 June and returned to service.[11]
July
7 July
- Olaf ( United Kingdom): The coaster sank off the coast of the Netherlands after her cargo shifted. All sixteen crew were rescued by a Koninklijk Marine helicopter.[12]
11 July
- Jesica (
Honduras): Sank off Lagos, Nigeria (6°23′N 3°25′E / 6.383°N 3.417°E).[10]
13 July
- Hua Li ( Republic of China): Typhoon Peggy: The cargo ship foundered in the South China Sea. Fifteen crew were rescued by RFA Bayleaf (
Royal Fleet Auxiliary).[13]
August
31 August
- Admiral Nakhimov ( Soviet Union): passenger liner, sunk in collision with bulk carrier Pyotr Vasev ( Soviet Union).
October
10 October
- Murmajo (
Canada): The cargo ship caught fire and sank in the Bay of Fundy.[14]
November
24 November
- Kowloon Bridge (
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Hong Kong): The bulk carrier ran aground off the coast of County Cork, Ireland. She later broke in two and was a total loss.[15][16]
December
19 December
24 December
- Sudurland (
Iceland): The cargo ship sank in the Norwegian Sea 300 nautical miles (560 km) north of the Faroe Islands with the loss of six of her crew of eleven. Survivors were rescued by a Lynx helicopter from HDMS Vædderen (
Royal Danish Navy).[17]
25 December
- Stainless Trader (
Cyprus): The cargo ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) south of Sardinia, Italy with the loss of two of her eighteen crew.[17] - Syneta ( United Kingdom): The tanker ran aground at Skrurdur Island, Iceland and was wrecked with the loss all 12 crew. [18][19]
References
- ↑ Gregory Neale. "Polar trek Britons reunited with rescued support crew" The Times (London). Tuesday, 14 January 1986. (62344), col C-E, p. 7.
- ↑ Gregory Neale. "Antarctic team tell of Pole 'fate'" The Times (London). Wednesday, 15 January 1986. (62345), col E, p. 1.
- ↑ "Two crew die as ship sinks" The Times (London). Friday, 24 January 1986. (62353), col H, p. 6.
- ↑ "Burning cargo ship beached on sandbank" The Times (London). Friday, 31 January 1986. (62358), col C-G, p. 3.
- ↑ "Bodies found" The Times (London). Thursday, 13 February 1986. (62379), col E, p. 8.
- ↑ "Sailors freeze to death on liferaft" The Times (London). Tuesday, 25 March 1986. (62413), col C-E, p. 5.
- ↑ "Belgian Merchant P-Z". Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
- ↑ Ahmed Fazi. "126 bodies recovered from ferry" The Times (London). Tuesday, 27 May 1986. (62467), col A, p. 7.
- ↑ Ahmad Fazi. "Father searches for son as bodies pile up" The Times (London). Wednesday, 28 May 1986. (62468), col C-G, p. 13.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "Belgian Merchant A-G". Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
- ↑ "Belgian Merchant H-O". Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
- ↑ "16 British seamen rescued by Dutch" The Times (London). Tuesday, 8 July 1986. (62503), col H, p. 6.
- ↑ "Typhoon rescue by UK ship" The Times (London). Monday, 14 July 1986. (62508), col B, p. 9.
- ↑ "Murmajo - 1986". Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
- ↑ "Ship still stranded" The Times (London). Thursday, 27 November 1986. (62626), col A, p. 2.
- ↑ Michael McCarthy. "Salvage operation called off" The Times (London). Saturday, 30 November 1986. (62628), col E-G, p. 2.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Robin Young. "Iceland storms claim 18" The Times (London). Saturday, 27 December 1986. (62650), col D, p. 2.
- ↑ "12 die in sinking off Iceland". www.nytimes.com. New York Times. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
- ↑ "Syneta". is.wikipedia.org. Wikipedia. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
See also
| Ship events in 1986 | |||||||||||
| Ship launches: | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 |
| Ship commissionings: | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 |
| Ship decommissionings: | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 |
| Shipwrecks: | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 |
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