List of shipwrecks in 2015

The list of shipwrecks in 2015 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 2015.

January

1 January

• Sea Merchant ( Tanzania): The cargo ship carrying 20,000 sacks of cement sank off Lobo, Batangas, Philippines, after encountering rough seas and strong winds. Of her crew, 1 was killed and 19 survived. ^[1]

2 January

• Better Trans ( Panama): The cargo ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Philippine Sea (19°25′N 127°40′E / 19.417°N 127.667°E / 19.417; 127.667) with the loss of one of her nineteen crew.^[2]
• Bulk Jupiter ( Bahamas): The bulk carrier capsized and sank off Vũng Tàu, Vietnam, with one survivor and the loss of at least two lives of her nineteen crew.^[3][4]
• Cemfjord ( Cyprus): The cargo ship capsized in the North Sea off the coast of Caithness, United Kingdom. The upturned vessel was discovered on 3 January by Hrossey ( United Kingdom).^[5]

3 January

• Hoegh Osaka ( Singapore): The car transporter developed a severe list and was beached on the Bramble Bank, in The Solent. All 25 people on board were rescued by helicopter and lifeboat.^[6][7]

4 January

• Run Guang 9 ( China): The tanker caught fire and exploded off Zhanjiang. Twelve of her fourteen crew were rescued. Two were missing as of 4 January.^[8]

5 January

• Magellan Spirit ( Denmark): The LNG tanker ran aground 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off Bonny Island, Nigeria. She was on a voyage from Bonny, Nigeria, to Gwangyang, South Korea.^[9] Her cargo was transferred to Excellence ( Belgium in an operation that began on 21 January.^[10]

8 January

• Gulf Rio ( Saint Kitts and Nevis): The cargo ship ran aground in the Black Sea near Samsun, Turkey and began taking on water. Her ten crew were rescued by a Turkish Coast Guard helicopter.^[11]
• Pura Vida Princess ( Costa Rica): The catamaran capsized and sank off midway to Isla Tortuga, with the loss of three of the 109 people on board.^[12]
• Vicente ( Cape Verde): The ro-ro ferry foundered off Fogo. Eleven of the 26 people on board were rescued and three bodies were recovered.^[13]

9 January

• LCT 378 ( Mongolia): The cargo ship foundered off Camiguin, Philippines. Her 26 crew were rescued by Tong Ying ( China).^[14]

13 January

• Sea Bird ( Togo) The cargo ship was driven ashore at Antalya, Turkey. Her fourteen crew were rescued by the Turkish Coast Guard.^[15]

14 January

• Retaj ( Togo): The cargo ship caught fire off Iskenderun, Turkey. Her 23 crew were rescued.^[16]

16 January

• JMS Delta ( China): The tug capsized and sank in the Yangtze at Taizhou City with the loss of 22 of the 25 people on board.^[17]

18 January

• Leif Roald ( Norway): The fishing vessel capsized and sank after striking a reef off Averøy, Norway. Her nine crew were rescued by a Norwegian Society for Sea Rescue vessel and another boat.^[18]

22 January

• Nalani ( United States): The towing vessel foundered in the Pacific Ocean 7 nautical miles (13 km) off Oahu, Hawaii. Her eleven crew were rescued by USCGC Kittiwake ( United States Coast Guard) and Tiger 7 ( National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration).^[19]

28 January

• Floreana ( Ecuador): The ship ran aground off the Galapagos Islands and partially sank.^[20] Ecuadorean authorities have decided that the ship will be scuttled once her cargo has been offloaded.^[21]

31 January

• Gunesli ( Turkey): The ro-ro ferry was driven ashore at Tatlisu.^[22]

February

2 February

• Ak Ceren ( Panama): The cargo ship was driven from her mooring and ran aground at Altınova, Turkey.^[23]
• Gulfem Kalkavan ( Turkey): The cargo ship was driven ashore and sank at Tuzla.^[24]
• Pasha ( Tanzania): The cargo ship was driven ashore and capsized at Balıkesir.^[25]

5 February

• Skorpios II ( Chile): The cruise ship ran aground 7.6 nautical miles (14 km) south west of Puerto Montt. All 120 passengers and crew were taken off by the Chilean Navy.^[26] Skorpios II was refloated the next day and take in to Puerton Montt.^[27]

9 February

• Tourist Ferry Boat Primo ( Italy): The ferry was driven ashore on Ischia. She was refloated a few days later.^[28]

11 February

• Goodfaith ( Cyprus): The bulk carrier was driven ashore on Andros, Greece. Her 22 crew were rescued by the Greek Coast Guard and local fire brigade. She was on a voyage from Eleusis, Greece to Odessa, Ukraine.^[29]

17 February

• Fort Azov ( Saint Kitts and Nevis): The cargo ship foundered in the Black Sea 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) off Ayancik, Turkey. Her twelve crew were rescued by Turkish Coast Guard helicopters.^[30]

18 February

• Lysblink Seaways: The cargo ship ran aground near Ardnamurchan Point, Scotland. Her crew remained on board and she was refloated on 20 February. She was on a voyage from Belfast, Northern Ireland to Skogn, Norway.^[31][32]

20 February

• Kerem S ( Saint Vincent and the Grenadines): The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Levitha, Greece. Her six crew were rescued by a Greek Coast Guard helicopter.^[33] She floated off on 26 February and foundered.^[34]

22 February

• M. L. Mosta ( Bangladesh): The passenger ferry was in collision with a cargo ship in the Padma River. She capsized and sank with the loss of 48 lives.^[35]

March

4 March

• Eastern Amber ( Hong Kong): The cargo ship collided with another vessel in the Yellow Sea off Gunsan, South Korea and was severely damaged. Her eighteen crew were taken off by helicopter.^[36] The ship was beached; it was later taken under tow by the tug Koyo Maru ( Japan) but capsized and sank in the Korea Strait 22 nautical miles (40 km) off Jeju Island, South Korea on 12 March.^[37]

6 March

• Krka ( Croatia): The cargo ship was driven ashore at Split.^[38]
• Orebić ( Croatia): The cargo ship was driven ashore at Split.^[38]
• Vranjic ( Croatia): The cargo ship was driven ashore at Slatine.^[38]

11 March

• CSE Clipper Express ( Panama): The bulk carrier was driven aground on the coast of Honshū, Japan.^[39]
• Tong Yang Hai ( Cambodia): The cargo ship foundered in the Sea of Japan 150 nautical miles (280 km) off the coast of Honshū. Her fourteen crew were rescued by the Japanese Coast Guard.^[39]

13 March

• Aung Tagun 3 ( Burma): A ferry sank off the coast of Myanmar, killing about 50 people. The accident was attributed to poor weather conditions.^[40] According to reports, there were more than 200 passengers on board the Aung Takon ferry, which was sailing from Kyaukphyu to Sittwe in Myanmar's Rakhine State when it sank.^[41]

14 March

• Sea Bear ( United States): The tug sank off Fire Island, New York with the loss of one of her four crew.^[42]

16 March

• Sun Wing ( Panama): The tanker caught fire in the Sea of Japan off Busan, South Korea and was abandoned by her eighteen crew.^[43]

23 March

• Binh Duong 668 ( Vietnam): The cargo ship ran aground off the Hom Gom Peninsula whilst avoiding a collision with a fishing vessel. Her nine crew were rescued.^[44]

24 March

• Kumala Endah ( Indonesia): The cargo ship struck a submerged object and sank in the Strait of Malacca 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Belawan. Two of her fourteen crew were killed and five were rescued. As of 27 March, nine are missing, presumed dead.^[45]

30 March

• Zhenhe 168 ( Taiwan): The cargo ship foundered in the South China Sea off Xiquan Island with the loss of her thirteen crew.^[46][47]

31 March

• Asterix ( Norway): The tug capsized in Southampton Water. Both crew were rescued.^[48]

April

1 April

• Dalniy Vostok ( Russia): The fishing vessel foundered in the Sea of Okhotsk off the Kamchatka Peninsula with the loss of 57 of the 132 people on board. Twelve people were reported to be missing.

3 April

• MPB Wilayza ( Philippines): The ship foundered off the coast of Sulu Province. Fifty passengers were being carried illegally on board the overloaded vessel. Five were confirmed to have died and fourteen were rescued. The remainder were listed as missing.^[49]

5 April

• Yang En 1 ( China): The bulk carrier collided with Maria G.O. ( Marshall Islands) and sank in the East China Sea off Weihai, Shandong Province.^[50]

6 April

• Thunder (no legal flag): The fishing vessel sank in the Atlantic Ocean 115 nautical miles (213 km) west of São Tomé. Her 40 crew were rescued by Bob Barker ( Netherlands) and Sam Simon ( Australia). Thunder was suspected to have been fishing illegally for toothfish.^[51][52]

9 April

• Ao Nang Princess 5 ( Thailand): The passenger ferry suffered an on board explosion, caught fire and sank off Ao Nang. One of the 116 passengers was reported to be missing after they abandoned ship, with a second reported to have died.^[53][54]

11 April

• Oleg Naydenov ( Russia): The fishing trawler caught fire at Las Palmas, Canary Islands, Spain. The burning ship was towed 20 nautical miles (37 km) offshore after her 72 crew were evacuated.^[55] She sank on 14 April.^[56]

15 April

• Hai Jian 77 ( China): The bulk carrier capsized off Xiao Qu Shan Island. Four of her nine crew were rescued, five were reported missing.^[57]

19 April

• Gökçeada 1 ( Turkey): The passenger ferry ran aground at Gökçeada. All 188 passengers were taken off by lifeboat.^[58]
• Unnamed migrant ship ( Libya): The 20 metres (66 ft) vessel capsized to the south of the Italian island of Lampedusa, with hundreds feared dead.^[59]

21 April

• Unnamed barge( Egypt): The barge was carrying 500 tons of phosphate. The ship capsized after colliding with the foundations of the city's Dandara Bridge, in Upper Egypt's Qena. No casualties were reported. The ship was probably a property of the Egyptian Armed Forces.^[60]

28 April

• Sorrento ( Italy): The ro-pax ferry caught fire 15 nautical miles (27 km) off Mallorca, Spain. All 156 passengers and crew were evacuated.

29 April

• JS Danube ( Singapore): The bulk carrier ran aground 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off Mombasa, Kenya. Her 25 crew were rescued.^[61]

References

Ship events in 2015
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