List of shipwrecks in 1993

The list of shipwrecks in 1993 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1993.

January

Braer ( Liberia): The tanker ran aground off the Shetland Islands and sank. All 34 crew were rescued by helicopter.

Jan Heweliusz ( Poland): The ferry sank in the Baltic Sea off Cape Arcona, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany with the loss of 55 of the 64 people on board.

Maersk Navigator ( Singapore): The tanker collided with Sanko Honour ( Singapore) in the Strait of Malacca 60 nautical miles (110 km) off Sumatra, Indonesia. She caught fire and was abandoned by her 24 crew. who were rescued by DSR Atlantic ( Germany). Sanko Honour also caught fire, but that fire was quickly extinguished.^[1]

Jimmy ( Malta): The tanker ran aground at Bandar Abbas, Iran. Refloated 20 February and returned to service.^[2]

Neptune ( Haiti): The ferry sank in the Canal du Sun on a voyage from Port au Prince to Jérémie. There were 285 survivors of the 1,500 on board.^[3]^[4]

Freja Svea ( Bahamas): The tanker ran aground at Redcar, Cleveland, United Kingdom. All 21 crew were rescued by a Royal Air Force Sea King helicopter and The Scout ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).^[5]

Gold Bond Conveyor ( Liberia): 1993 Storm of the Century: The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 km) off Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada with the loss of all 33 crew.^[6]

Vishva Mohini ( India): The cargo ship sank in the Bay of Biscay off the northern coast of Spain with the loss of 31 of the 47 people on board^[7]^[8]

British Trent ( Bermuda): The tanker collided with Western Winner ( Panama) and caught fire with the loss of nine of her 34 crew. The fire was extinguished but British Trent was declared a constructive total loss and consequently scrapped.^[9]

OMI Charger ( United States): The tanker suffered an onboard fire at Galveston, Texas following a welding operation. She exploded and sank. Three crew were killed and the ship was consequently declared a constructive total loss.

Borodinskoje Polye ( Russia): The factory ship ran aground north of Lerwick, Shetland Islands. All 73 crew were rescued.^[10]

Grape One ( Malta): The chemical tanker sank in the English Channel off Start Point, Devon, United Kingdom. All fifteen crew were rescued by a Royal Navy helicopter.^[11]

↑ "Blazing supertanker threatens to pollute the Malaysian coast" The Times (London). Friday, 22 January 1993. (64548), col A-C, p. 9.
↑ "Belgian Merchant A-G". Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
↑ "Hundreds dead in Haiti ferry disaster" The Times (London). Friday, 19 February 1993. (64572), col E-H, p. 10.
↑ David Adams. "Haiti ferry toll may top 1,000" The Times (London). Saturday, 20 Februar 1993. (65473), col A, p. 6.
↑ Michael Horsnell. "Too harsh for huskies as winter returns with a roar" The Times (London). Monday, 1 March 1993. (64580), col C-G, p. 1.
↑ James Bone. "British crew lost as storm sinks freighter" The Times (London). Tuesday, 16 March 1993. (64593), col E-F, p. 11.
↑ "Ship sinks" The Times (London). Tuesday, 13 April 1993. (64617), col A, p. 11.
↑ "Crew drowned" The Times (London). Wednesday, 14 April 1993. (64618), col A, p. 13.
↑ "Report of the investigation into the collision between BRITISH TRENT and WESTERN WINNER with the loss of nine lives' 3 June 1991.". Marine Accident Investigation Branch. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
↑ "Ship runs aground" The Times (London). Friday, 19 November 1993. (64805), col A-B, p. 2.
↑ Michael Horsnell. "Fourteen die as hurricane-force winds hit Britain" The Times (London). Friday, 9 December 1993. (64823), col G-H, p. 3.