List of shipwrecks in 1998
The list of shipwrecks in 1998 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1998.
January
1 January
16 January
- Flare (
Cyprus): The bulk carrier broke in two in severe weather and sank off Saint Pierre and Miquelon with the loss of 21 crew.
February
17 February
- Marie Bouanga (
Democratic Republic of the Congo): The cargo ship collided with Zircone (
Italy) near Borkum Riff, Germany (53°48′N 6°21′E / 53.800°N 6.350°E). She was declared a constructive total loss and subsequently scrapped.[2]
March
23 March
Demetrios II aground.
- Demetrios II (
Honduras): The cargo ship ran aground off Paphos, Greece in bad weather. All eight crew were rescued by helicopter.
May
16 May
- St. Michael (
Malta): The tug was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea off Marsaskala as an artificial reef.[3] - Tug No. 10 ( Malta): The tug was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea off Marsaskala as an artificial reef.[3]
June
9 June
- Hualien Express (
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines): The cargo ship ran aground at Kandla, India. She was refloated on 8 August; the salvage was completed on 18 August and she was then sold for scrapping.[4]
23 June
- A Yugo-class submarine (
Korean People's Navy) became entangled in the nets of a South Korean trawler and was subsequently taken in tow by South Korean Navy vessels. The submarine sank with the loss of all eight crew.[5][6]
September
2 September
Wreck of Um El Faroud
- Um El Faroud (
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Libya): The oil tanker was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea off Wied iż-Żurrieq, Malta, as an artificial reef. It had been laid up in Grand Harbour since 1995, when the ship exploded killing 9 Maltese dockyard workers.[7]
18 September
- Princess of the Orient (
Philippines): The ferry capsized and sank in a typhoon off Fortune Island, Batangas, killing around 150 people.
24 September
- Ocean Alley (
United Kingdom): The cargo ship was wrecked at Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Renamed Adolphus Busch, she was sunk on 5 December as an artificial reef off Looe Key, Florida, United States.
October
21 October
- Eendracht (
Netherlands): The schooner ran aground at Newhaven, East Sussex, United Kingdom. All 51 people on board were rescued by helicopter.[8] She was later refloated and returned to service.
December
15 December
- Monarch of the Seas (
Bahamas): The cruise ship struck a reef off St.Maartan.Water started coming in,resulting in grounding the ship.
Unknown date
- Arco Arun ( United Kingdom): The coaster capsized in the Thames Estuary at Northfleet Hope. She was later raised and refloated.[9]
References
- ↑ Michael Horsnell. "Tug frees oil tanker blown ashore in gales" The Times (London). Friday, 2 January 1998. (66088), col B-F, p. 1.
- ↑ "Belgian Merchant H-O". Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Marsascala ~ Tugs". Subway Dive Centre. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
- ↑ "Belgian Merchant A-G". Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
- ↑ Jennifer Veale. "North Korean crew feared dead as captured midget submarine sinks" The Times (London). Wednesday, 24 June 1998. (66236), col A-H, p. 15.
- ↑ "North Koreans found dead in salvaged submarine" The Times (London). Friday, 26 June 1997. (66238), col D-H, p. 20.
- ↑ "Wreck ~ Um El Faroud". Subway Dive Centre. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
- ↑ Helen Johnstone. "Helicopters winch crew off stricken vessel" The Times (London). Thursday, 22 October 1998. (66339), col D-H, p. 3.
- ↑ Lane, Anthony (2009). Shipwrecks of Kent. Stroud: The History Press. pp. p36. ISBN 978-0-7524-1720-2.
| Ship events in 1998 | |||||||||||
| Ship launches: | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
| Ship commissionings: | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
| Ship decommissionings: | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
| Shipwrecks: | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |