List of shipwrecks in 1998

The list of shipwrecks in 1998 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1998.

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1998
Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec


January

1 January

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1998
Ship Country Description
Santa Anna  Panama The tanker ran aground on Thatcher Rock, Torquay, Devon, United Kingdom.[1]

16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1998
Ship Country Description
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

List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1998
Ship Country Description
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 / 53.800; 6.350). She was declared a constructive total loss and subsequently scrapped.[2]

March

23 March

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1998
Ship Country Description
Demetrios II  Honduras
Demetrios II aground.

The cargo ship ran aground off Paphos, Greece in bad weather. All eight crew were rescued by helicopter.

May

16 May

List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1998
Ship Country Description
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

List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1998
Ship Country Description
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

List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1998
Ship Country Description
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

List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1998
Ship Country Description
Um El Faroud  Libya
Wreck of Um El Faroud

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

List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1998
Ship Country Description
Princess of the Orient  Philippines The ferry capsized and sank in a typhoon off Fortune Island, Batangas, killing around 150 people.

24 September

List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1998
Ship Country Description
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

List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1998
Ship Country Description
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

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1998
Ship Country Description
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

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1998
Ship Country Description
Arco Arun  United Kingdom The coaster capsized in the Thames Estuary at Northfleet Hope. She was later raised and refloated.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Michael Horsnell. "Tug frees oil tanker blown ashore in gales" The Times (London). Friday, 2 January 1998. (66088), col B-F, p. 1.
  2. ↑ "Belgian Merchant H-O" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
  3. 1 2 "Marsascala ~ Tugs". Subway Dive Centre. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  4. ↑ "Belgian Merchant A-G" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ "North Koreans found dead in salvaged submarine" The Times (London). Friday, 26 June 1997. (66238), col D-H, p. 20.
  7. ↑ "Wreck ~ Um El Faroud". Subway Dive Centre. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
  8. ↑ Helen Johnstone. "Helicopters winch crew off stricken vessel" The Times (London). Thursday, 22 October 1998. (66339), col D-H, p. 3.
  9. ↑ Lane, Anthony (2009). Shipwrecks of Kent. Stroud: The History Press. p. 36. 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
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