List of shipwrecks in 1993

The list of shipwrecks in 1993 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1993.

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1993
Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec


January

5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1993
Ship Country Description
Braer  Liberia The tanker ran aground off the Shetland Islands and sank. All 34 crew were rescued by helicopter.

14 January

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1993
Ship Country Description
Jan Heweliusz  Poland The ferry sank in the Baltic Sea off Cape Arcona, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany with the loss of 55 of the 64 people on board.

21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1993
Ship Country Description
Maersk Navigator  Singapore The tanker collided with Sanko Honour ( Singapore) in the Strait of Malacca 60 nautical miles (110 km) off Sumatra, Indonesia. She caught fire and was abandoned by her 24 crew. who were rescued by DSR Atlantic ( Germany). Sanko Honour also caught fire, but that fire was quickly extinguished.[1]

February

12 February

List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1993
Ship Country Description
Jimmy  Malta The tanker ran aground at Bandar Abbas, Iran. Refloated 20 February and returned to service.[2]

18 February

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1993
Ship Country Description
Neptune  Haiti The ferry sank in the Canal du Sun on a voyage from Port au Prince to Jérémie. There were 285 survivors of the 1,500 on board.[3][4]

28 February

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1993
Ship Country Description
Freja Svea  Bahamas The tanker ran aground at Redcar, Cleveland, United Kingdom. All 21 crew were rescued by a Royal Air Force Sea King helicopter and The Scout ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[5]

March

14 March

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1993
Ship Country Description
Gold Bond Conveyor  Liberia 1993 Storm of the Century: The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 km) off Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada with the loss of all 33 crew.[6]

April

12 April

List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1993
Ship Country Description
Vishva Mohini  India The cargo ship sank in the Bay of Biscay off the northern coast of Spain with the loss of 31 of the 47 people on board[7][8]

June

3 June

List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1993
Ship Country Description
British Trent  Bermuda The tanker collided with Western Winner ( Panama) and caught fire with the loss of nine of her 34 crew. The fire was extinguished but British Trent was declared a constructive total loss and consequently scrapped.[9]

October

20 October

List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1993
Ship Country Description
OMI Charger  United States The tanker suffered an onboard fire at Galveston, Texas following a welding operation. She exploded and sank. Three crew were killed and the ship was consequently declared a constructive total loss.

November

18 November

List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1993
Ship Country Description
Borodinskoje Polye  Russia The factory ship ran aground north of Lerwick, Shetland Islands. All 73 crew were rescued.[10]

December

9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1993
Ship Country Description
Grape One  Malta The chemical tanker sank in the English Channel off Start Point, Devon, United Kingdom. All fifteen crew were rescued by a Royal Navy helicopter.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Blazing supertanker threatens to pollute the Malaysian coast" The Times (London). Friday, 22 January 1993. (64548), col A-C, p. 9.
  2. ↑ "Belgian Merchant A-G" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
  3. ↑ "Hundreds dead in Haiti ferry disaster" The Times (London). Friday, 19 February 1993. (64572), col E-H, p. 10.
  4. ↑ David Adams. "Haiti ferry toll may top 1,000" The Times (London). Saturday, 20 Februar 1993. (65473), col A, p. 6.
  5. ↑ Michael Horsnell. "Too harsh for huskies as winter returns with a roar" The Times (London). Monday, 1 March 1993. (64580), col C-G, p. 1.
  6. ↑ James Bone. "British crew lost as storm sinks freighter" The Times (London). Tuesday, 16 March 1993. (64593), col E-F, p. 11.
  7. ↑ "Ship sinks" The Times (London). Tuesday, 13 April 1993. (64617), col A, p. 11.
  8. ↑ "Crew drowned" The Times (London). Wednesday, 14 April 1993. (64618), col A, p. 13.
  9. ↑ "Report of the investigation into the collision between BRITISH TRENT and WESTERN WINNER with the loss of nine lives' 3 June 1991." (PDF). Marine Accident Investigation Branch. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
  10. ↑ "Ship runs aground" The Times (London). Friday, 19 November 1993. (64805), col A-B, p. 2.
  11. ↑ Michael Horsnell. "Fourteen die as hurricane-force winds hit Britain" The Times (London). Friday, 9 December 1993. (64823), col G-H, p. 3.
Ship events in 1993
Ship launches: 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
Ship commissionings: 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
Ship decommissionings: 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
Shipwrecks: 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998
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