List of shipwrecks in 1997

The list of shipwrecks in 1997 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1997.

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Vikartindur ( Germany): The container ship was beached on the south coast of Iceland. Declared a constructive total loss, she was scrapped in situ.

Cita ( Antigua and Barbuda): The cargo ship ran aground at Newfoundland Point, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly. She subsequently sank. All seven crew were rescued.

Kateri i Radës ( Albania): Tragedy of Otranto: The motorboat was in collision with Sibilia ( Marina Militare) in the Strait of Otranto. She capsized and sank with the loss of 83 lives

La Fidèle ( Marine Nationale): The La Prudente-class netlayer exploded and sank in the English Channel off Cherbourg, Seine-Maritime with the loss of five of her sixteen crew.^[1]

King Cruiser ( Thailand): The ferry ran aground on the Anemone Reef, Andaman Sea, 10 nautical miles (19 km) off the Phi Phi Islands. All on board, in excess of 560 people, were rescued.

Diamond Grace ( Panama): The supertanker ran aground in Tokyo Bay 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Yokohama.^[2]

Fierté Gondávienne ( Haiti): The sailing vessel sank in the Windward Passage with the loss of up to 400 lives.^[3]

Sand Kite ( United Kingdom): The cargo ship struck one of the piers of the Thames Flood Barrier and sank. Later raised, repaired and returned to service.^[4]

Constitution ( United States): The ocean liner sank in the Pacific Ocean 700 nautical miles (1,300 km) north of Hawaii whilst under tow to the shipbreakers.

Green Lily ( Bahamas): The cargo ship ran aground at Bressay, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom after her engine failed in a storm. All fifteen crew were rescued by the Lerwick lifeboat and a helicopter, although the winchman of the helicopter was killed after his winchline had to be cut.^[5]

The Living Christ ( Haiti): The sailing ship sank off the Île de Gonâve with the loss of about 40 lives. There were fifteen survivors reported.^[6]

Catalina, June 2011

Catalina ( United States): The passenger ferry foundered at Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico.^[7]

Anafi (nationality unknown): Carrying a cargo of coal, the ship caught fire in the Piraeus Roads, Greece and was abandoned.^[8]
Christiana ( Norway): The ketch foundered in the North Sea,^[9] and sank at a depth of 500 metres off Mandal, Norway. Later raised and repaired.^[10]

↑ Adam Sage. "Two die as blast sinks French ship" The Times (London). Thursday, 1 May 1997. (65878), col A, p. 19.
↑ Edwin Karmiol. "100 ships battle oil disaster in Japan" The Times (London). Thursday, 3 July 1997. (65932), col E-H, p. 8.
↑ David Adams. "Fears of 400 dead in Haiti ferry sinking" The Times (London). Tuesday, 9 September 1997. (65990), col A, p. 12.
↑ Lane, Anthony (2009). Shipwrecks of Kent. Stroud: The History Press. pp. p36. ISBN 978-0-7524-1720-2.
↑ Shirley English. "Helicopter winchman lost in storm" The Times (London). Thursday, 20 November 1997. (66052), col A-H, p. 3.
↑ "Haitian shipwreck kills 40" The Times (London). Monday, 15 December 1997. (66073), col G-H, p. 14.
↑ "SS Catalina (+1997)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
↑ "Company’s History". Loucas G Matsas. Retrieved 26 September 2010.
↑ Simper, Robert (1998). River Medway and the Swale. Lavenham: Creekside Publishing. p. 24. ISBN 978-0951992777.
↑ Knudsen, Reidar (2011), "RS 24 ”Risør” 100 år - Dystert mysterium", Båtmagasinet (in Norwegian) 5, retrieved 24 May 2014