List of shipwrecks in 1994
The list of shipwrecks in 1994 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1994.
American Star, July 2004
January
2 January
- Arctic Reefer (
Cyprus): The cargo ship sank in the Pacific Ocean 310 nautical miles (570 km) south of Shikoku, Japan with the loss of seventeen of her 29 crew.[1] - Marika 7 (
Liberia): The ore carrier sank in the Atlantic Ocean. There were 36 crew on board.[1]
13 January
- Teano (
Norway): The cargo ship was wrecked at Senja, Norway. Wreck delivered for scrapping at Fosen Gjenvinning breaker's yard at Revsnes in Sør-Trøndelag in October 1995.[2]
15 January
- American Star (
Greece): The cruise ship ran aground at Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain after her tow parted in a storm. She broke in two after two days and was declared a total loss in July 1994. The stern section sank in 1996, the bow section in April 2007.
February
3 February
- Christinaki (
Malta): The bulk carrier sank in the Atlantic Ocean 240 nautical miles (440 km) south west of Ireland with the loss of all 27 crew.[3]
24 February
- Boa Force ( Norway): The anchor handling tug supply vessel struck a wellhead and sank off Thevenard Island, Western Australia. All eleven crew were resched. Boa Force was raised on 6 April and subsequently scuttled in deep water.[4]
March
4 March
- Sally Albatros (
Finland): The cruise ship ran aground at Porkkala. All 1,258 people on board were rescued by helicopters and Finnish Coast Guard vessels.[5] She was refloated on 16 April. Later repaired and returned to service.
5 March
- Melisa (
Indonesia): The cargo ship capsized and sank at Surabaya. The wreck was scrapped in June 1994.[6]
13 March
- Nassia ( Cyprus): The tanker collided with Ship Broker ( Cyprus) in the Bosphorus Strait. Both ships caught fire, Nassia was beached with the loss of a crew member.[7]
23 March
- Pallas Athena ( Greece): The cruise ship caught fire and sank at the Port of Piraeus. The wreck was scrapped in 1995.[8]
April
29 April
- Provincial Trader (
Australia), The prawn trawler, a former tug, capsized and sank at Eden, New South Wales. All crew were rescued by Rubicon ( Australia).[9]
June
26 June
- Apollo Sea (
Panama): The Chinese-owned, Panamanian-registered bulk carrier sank near Cape Town, with the loss of all 36 of her crew.
September
3 September
- Iron Antonis ( Greece): The ore carrier sank in the Atlantic Ocean 1,700 nautical miles (3,100 km) west of Cape Town, South Africa with the loss of all 24 crew.[10]
28 September
- Estonia (
Estonia): The ferry sank in the Baltic Sea (59°23′N 21°42′E / 59.383°N 21.700°E) due to the loss of her bow doors in a storm. Of the 1002 people onboard according to the ferry's operator,[11] 137 survived, 95 dead were found and 770 are still missing.
October
8 October
- HSC Condor II ( Australia): The catamaran ferry ran aground in the Derwent River at Hobart, Tasmania during trials. Damage was put at A$4,000,000 (then £2,700,000).[12]
November
11 November
- Trade Daring ( Liberia): The ore-bulk-oil carrier broke in two during loading at Ponta da Madeira, Brazil. The wreck was later removed and scuttled offshore.
30 November
- Achille Lauro (
Italy): The cruise ship caught fire in the Indian Ocean off Somalia. She was abandoned and subsequently sank on 2 December.
December
24 December
- Murmansk (
Russian Navy). The Sverdlov-class cruiser ran aground and was wrecked off Sørvær, Finnmark, Norway whilst under tow to be scrapped in India.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Search for crews as ships sink" The Times (London). Monday, 3 January 1994. (64842), col E, p. 9.
- ↑ "Teano (7007643)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 20 April 2015. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ Bill Frost. "Liferaft found as 27 feared dead" The Times (London). Friday, 4 February 1994. (64780), col D-G, p. 1.
- ↑ "Navigation Act 1912. Navigation (Marine Casualty) Regulations investigation into the sinking of the off-shore supply vessel BOA FORCE on Saladin No.3 wellhead off Thevenard Island, Western Australia on 24 February 1994." (PDF). Australian Transportation Safety Board. 1 September 1994. Retrieved 21 May 1994. Check date values in:
|accessdate=(help) - ↑ "Hundreds saved from holed liner" The Times (London). Saturday, 5 March 1994. (64894), col A-B, p. 13.
- ↑ "Belgian Merchant P-Z" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
- ↑ "Bosphorus blaze kills crewman" The Times (London). Monday, 14 March 1994. (64901), col E, p. 10.
- ↑ Othfors, Daniel. "Flandre (II)/Carla C/Carla Costa/Pallas Athena". The Great Ocean Liners. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
- ↑ "Capsize of Provincial Trader while in tow" (PDF). Australian Transportation Safety Board. 20 June 1995. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
- ↑ "Crew of ship still missing" The Times (London). Tuesday, 6 September 1994. (65052), col H, p. 16.
- ↑ http://estoniaarkivet.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/1511_001.pdf
- ↑ "Express ferry runs aground during trials" The Times (London). Tuesday, 11 October 1994. (65082), col A-F, p. 13.
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