List of shipwrecks in 2003
The list of shipwrecks in 2003 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 2003.
January
1 January
- Vicky (
Turkey): The cargo ship ran aground on the wreck of Tricolor (
Norway) in the English Channel off Dunquerque, Nord, France. Later refloated.[1]
February
17 February
- Tor I (
Tonga): The cargo ship sank in the Mediterranean Sea between Malta and Sicily, Italy with the loss of all eight crew.[2]
March
RMS Mulheim, September 2003.
22 March
- RMS Mulheim (
Antigua and Barbuda): Ran aground at Sennen Cove, United Kingdom and declared a constructive total loss on 24 March.
April
16 April
- 361 (
People's Liberation Army Navy): The Ming-class submarine was lost due to an engine run-on accident in the Bo Hai Sea. All seventy crew suffocated.
Unknown date
- al-Mansur (
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Iraqi Navy): Saddam Hussein's presidential yacht was bombed and wrecked at Basra by Grumman F-14 Tomcat aircraft of the United States Navy during the Iraq War.[3]
May
13 May
- HMS Tireless (
Royal Navy): The Trafalgar-class submarine collided underwater with an iceberg in the Arctic Ocean and was damaged.
31 May
- Fu Shan Hai (
China): The bulk carrier collided with Gdynia (
Cyprus) off Bornholm, Denmark and sank.[4]
July
8 July
- Nasrin-1 (
Bangladesh): The ferry sank in the Meghna River near Chandpur, causing the deaths of 400 people.[5]
28 July
- Tasman Spirit (
Greece): The tanker ran aground in the Arabian Sea off Karachi, Pakistan. She broke up and sank on 14 August.[6]
August
4 August
United Malika
- United Malika (
Morocco): The reefer ship ran aground near Ras Nouadhibou in Mauritania. Its crew were rescued by the Mauritanian Navy.
30 August
- K-159 (
Soviet Navy): The November-class submarine sank in the Barents Sea while under tow to a scrapyard. Nine of her ten crew were killed.
September
11 September
- Moby Magic (
Italy): The ferry ran aground in the Mediterranean Sea off Porto Cervo, Sardinia. All 160 people on board were rescued.[7]
October
15 October
- Andrew J. Barberi (
United States): The ferry collided at full speed with a pier at Staten Island, New York. Eleven people were killed and seventy-one were injured. The ship was later repaired and returned to service.
25 October
- USS Hartford ( United States Navy): The Los Angeles-class submarine ran aground at La Maddalena, Sardinia, Italy. She was subsequently repaired and returned to service
November
25 November
- Dieu Merci (
Democratic Republic of the Congo): The ferry capsized and sank in Lake Mai-Ndombe, killing 163 people on board. Over 200 people were rescued.[8]
December
24 December
- Elizabeth (flag unknown): The cargo ship sank in the Aegean Sea off Santorini, Greece. Eight crew were rescued.[9]
References
- ↑ Charles Bremner and Ben Webster. "Fuel leaks from second ship that hit wreckage" The Times (London). Friday, 3 January 2003. (67650), col A-D, p. 12.
- ↑ "Crew missing" The Times (London). Tuesday, 18 February 2003. (67689), col H, p. 16.
- ↑ Ian Cobain, additional material by Tim Butcher (Daily Telegraph) and Tom Newton Dunn (Daily Mirror). "Saddam's ship of state, dead in the water" The Times (London). Friday, 11 April 2003. (67734), col A-H, p. 5.
- ↑ "Oil leak threat" The Times (London). Tuesday, 3 June 2003. (67779), col H, p. 13.
- ↑ "Ferry disaster claims hundreds". BBC. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
- ↑ "Oil tanker spill" The Times (London). Friday, 15 August 2003. (67842), col H, p. 17.
- ↑ "Ferry abandoned" The Times (London). Friday, 12 September 2003. (67866), col H, p. 22.
- ↑ "163 die as ferry capsizes" The Times (London). Friday, 28 November 2003. (67932), col H, p. 27.
- ↑ "Crew arrested" The Times (London). Saturday, 27 December 2003. (67956), col H, p. 25.
| Ship events in 2003 | |||||||||||
| Ship launches: | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
| Ship commissionings: | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
| Ship decommissionings: | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
| Shipwrecks: | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |