List of shipwrecks in 1988
The list of shipwrecks in 1988 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1988.
January
29 January
- Rolandia (
Cyprus): The cargo ship sank in the Atlantic Ocean 820 nautical miles (1,520 km) south west of Land's End, Cornwall, United Kingdom with the loss of all twelve crew.[1]
February
8 February
- Simone Marguerite (
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Belgium): The trawler ran ashore on the Cressars Rock, Penzance, Cornwall in a SW gale after steering the wrong side of the pole. Refloated by the Penlee Lifeboat.[2]
12 February
- USS Yorktown (
United States Navy): Deliberately rammed by Bezzavetnyy (
Soviet Navy) in the Black Sea.
16 February
- Sol Phryne (
Greece): Sunk by a limpet mine at Limassol, Cyprus. Later raised and taken to Bijela, Yugoslavia.
29 February
- Vinca Gorthon (
Sweden): The cargo ship capsized in the North Sea 12 nautical miles (22 km) off the coast of the Netherlands. All seventeen crew were rescued.[3]
March
31 March
- Haven ( Cyprus): Iran-Iraq War: The supertanker was hit by an Iranian missile in the Strait of Hormuz and set on fire.[4] Subsequently repaired and returned to service.
April
14 April
- USS Samuel B. Roberts ( United States Navy): Struck a mine and severely damaged, breaking her keel. Salvaged and repaired at a cost of $89,500,000. The attack led to Operation Praying Mantis being carried out.
19 April
- Sahand (
Islamic Republic of Iran Navy): Operation Praying Mantis - set on fire by aircraft bombing and a missile from USS Joseph Strauss ( United States Navy) 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Larak Island. Ship abandoned and burnt for several hours before an explosion sank her in 660 feet (200 m) of water.
24 April
- USS Bonefish ( United States Navy): Onboard fire while submerged 160 nautical miles (300 km) off the coast of Florida. Surfaced and abandoned with the loss of three crew. Ship towed to Charleston, South Carolina where she was declared a constructive total loss and was subsequently scrapped in August 1989.
26 April
Reijin.
29 April
- USS Sam Houston ( United States Navy): Ran aground on Fox Island, Washington. Later refloated and returned to service.
May
14 May
- Seawise Giant (
Liberia): Iran-Iraq War: The tanker was struck by air-launched Iraqi Exocet missiles in the Strait of Hormuz and sank off Larak Island, Iran. Raised and repaired post-war.
27 May
- Anna Broere (
Netherlands): The coaster was in collision with Atlantic Compass ( Sweden) in the North Sea and sank with the loss of one of her twelve crew.[6]
June
4 June
- Federal Huron (
Panama): Ran aground 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Masinloc during Typhoon Susan. Refloated 13 June.[7]
July
2 July
- Dalriada (
United Kingdom), an Army Sail Training Association yacht, sank after a collision with nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror (
Royal Navy) 11 miles south of the Mull of Kintyre. The four crewmembers were rescued by HMS Battleaxe ( Royal Navy).[8]
4 July
- Singa Sea (
Philippines): Broke in two and sank in the Indian Ocean, position approximately 35°00′S 106°00′E / 35.000°S 106.000°E with the loss of 19 crew.
6 July
- Piper Alpha (
United Kingdom): Explosion and fire destroyed the rig, with the loss of 165 crew. Two crew of rescue vessel Sandhaven were also killed.
11 July
- City of Poros ( Greece): Attacked by Abu Nidal Organisation terrorists between Aegina and Faliro. Nine passengers killed, 98 injured.
23 July
- Fujimaru (
Japan): The fishing vessel was in collision with the submarine Nadashio (SS-577) (
Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force) and sank in Tokyo Bay with the loss of 29 of the 48 people on board.[9][10]
24 July
- USS Rankin ( United States Navy): Sunk as an artificial reef 6 nautical miles (11 km) off Stuart, Florida.
August
26 August
- BAP Pacocha (
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Peruvian Navy): Rammed by FV Kiowa Maru ( Japan) off Callao and sunk with the loss of five crew.
September
12 September
- Marie L ( Belgium): Sank at Howdendyke, England. Refloated on 28 September and beached, later broken up in situ.[11]
22 September
- Ocean Odyssey ( United States): Blowout and fire in the North Sea with the loss of a crew member. Subsequently withdrawn from service, converted to a seaborne satellite launch vessel in 1997.
24 September
- Martha ( Belgium): Ran aground at 7°52′N 118°26′E / 7.867°N 118.433°E. Later refloated and returned to service.[11]
26 September
- Ardlough (
West Germany): The coaster foundered in the Irish Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Llandudno, Clwyd.[12][13]
October
21 October
- Jupiter ( Greece): The cruise ship collided with Adige (
Italy) in the Mediterranean Sea off Piraeus and sank with the loss of two of the 591 passengers on board.[14]
24 October
- Doña Marilyn ( Philippines): Typhoon Ruby: The ferry sank in the Philippine Sea 300 nautical miles (560 km) south of Manila during a typhoon with the loss of 254 lives.
November
30 November
- Komoros (
Singapore): Hurricane Joan–Miriam: The cargo ship sank in the Bay of Bengal.[15]
Unknown date
- Boiky Soviet Navy: The destroyer, under tow from Murmansk to Spain for scrapping, broke her tow line and ran aground on Skogsøya in Øksnes, Norway. Work on scrapping the wreck only began in 2001,[16] and the breaking of the wreck was then further delayed by the find of live munitions on board.[17]
December
27 December
- Hasail (
Bangladesh): The ferry collided with a tanker in foggy weather and sank in the Dhaleswari River at its confluence with the Sitalakhya River with the loss of over 200 of the 350 people on board.[18]
31 December
- Bateau Mouche IV (
Argentina): The cruise ship capsized and sank in the South Atlantic off Rio de Janeiro with the loss of at least 51 of the 149 people on board.[19]
References
- ↑ Michael Horsnell. "12 seamen feared drowned" The Times (London). Saturday, 30 January 1988. (62991), col B-D, p. 1.
- ↑ Carter, C (1998). The Port of Penzance. A History. Lydney: Black Dwarf Publications.
- ↑ Kerry Gill and David Sapsteed. "83 rescued as rig snaps tow" The Times (London). Tuesday, 1 March 1988. (63016), p. 2.
- ↑ "Tanker ablaze after missile attack" The Times (London). Friday, 1 April 1988. (63044), col E-G, p. 10.
- ↑ "MV Reijin [+1988]". Wrecksite. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
- ↑ David Sapsted. "Safety inquiry to study two ferry fires" The Times (London). Saturday, 28 may 1988. (63093), col C-F, p. 2.
- ↑ "Belgian Merchant A-G" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
- ↑ Commons debate, 21 July 1988
- ↑ "Submarine brings tragedy to boat trip" The Times (London). Monday, 25 July 1988. (63142), col D-G, p. 7.
- ↑ "Japanese salvage submarine's victim" The Times (London). Thursday, 28 July 1988. (63145), col E-H, p. 6.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Belgian Merchant H-O" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
- ↑ John Scammell. "Pollution alert after ship sinks" The Times (London). Thursday, 29 September 1988. (63199), col B-D, p. 1.
- ↑ Ronald Faux. "Shipwreck chemicals on Blackpool Beach" The Times (London). Friday, 30 September 1988. (63200), col A-F, p. 22.
- ↑ Mario Modriano. "391 children in ship collision" The Times (London). Saturday, 22 October 1988. (63219), col A-H, p. 1.
- ↑ Ahmed Fazi. "3,000 toll is feared in Bengal tidal wave" The Times (London). Thursday, 1 December 1988. (63253), col H, p. 11.
- ↑ "13 år gammelt russisk skipsvrak skal fjernes". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). 5 March 2001. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
- ↑ Berg, Per Helge (27 May 2001). "Fant granat i 13 år gammelt vrak". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
- ↑ Ahmed Fazi. "Ferry survivors join search for bodies" The Times (London). Thursday, 29 December 1988. (63271), col B-D, p. 9.
- ↑ Mac Margolis. "Rio ship operators charged as toll from sinking rises" The Times (London). Tuesday, 3 January 1989. (63281), col C-E, p. 5.
| Ship events in 1988 | |||||||||||
| Ship launches: | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 |
| Ship commissionings: | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 |
| Ship decommissionings: | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 |
| Shipwrecks: | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 |