List of shipwrecks in 2004

The list of shipwrecks in 2004 includes some of the ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 2004.

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2004
Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec


January

15 January

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 2004
Ship Country Description
Bugaled Breizh  France
Bugaled Breizh

The trawler capsized and sank 15 nautical miles (28 km) southwest of Lizard Point, Cornwall, United Kingdom. All five crew were killed. The wreck was later raised for investigation.

19 January

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 2004
Ship Country Description
Rocknes  Antigua and Barbuda
Rocknes

The bulk carrier capsized at Bergen, Hordaland, Norway with the loss of eighteen of her thirty-one crew.[1][2]

February

2 February

List of shipwrecks: 2 February 2004
Ship Country Description
Unnamed ship  Uganda Capsized on Lake Albert with the loss of at least forty people.[3]

5 February

List of shipwrecks: 5 February 2004
Ship Country Description
Two unnamed ferries  Bangladesh The ferries collided in heavy fog on the River Arial Khan, near the town of Barisal, Bangladesh.[4]

12 February

List of shipwrecks: 12 February 2004
Ship Country Description
Strontsiy  Russia Loaded with 3,928 tons of scrap metal, the ship broke her anchorage in the Bosphorus Strait and was thrown on the shore. The vessel suffered considerable structural damage, including breaking her back, and was declared a constructive total loss.[5]

13 February

List of shipwrecks: 13 February 2004
Ship Country Description
Hera  Cambodia Loaded with 11,741 tons of coal, she sank in the Black Sea around 8 miles (13 km) from the entrance of the Bosphorus. All of her nineteen crew was lost.[6]

March

2 March

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 2004
Ship Country Description
Herakles and Bulk  Finland
Herakles and Bulk

The integrated tug barge ran aground and sank off the Grundkallen lighthouse, Sweden

13 March

List of shipwrecks: 13 March 2004
Ship Country Description
CSK Tribute  Singapore The bulk carrier suffered a hull fracture off Mozambique. She was towed into Nacala by Nikolai Chiker ( Russia) for examination.[7]

27 March

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 2004
Ship Country Description
HMS Scylla  Royal Navy Deliberately sunk to form an artificial reef for diving in Whitsand Bay, Cornwall.[8]

May

22 May

List of shipwrecks: 22 May 2004
Ship Country Description
Hyundai No.105  South Korea The car carrier collided with Kamisan ( Panama) off Singapore and sank.[9][10]

23 May

List of shipwrecks: 23 May 2004
Ship Country Description
Lighting Sun  Bangladesh The ferry capsized during a tropical storm on the Meghna river near Chandpur. Two unnamed ferries sank 15.5 miles (24.9 km) north-west of Dhaka in Manikganj District.[11]

24 May

List of shipwrecks: 24 May 2004
Ship Country Description
USS Inchon  United States Navy The Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean east of Virginia as a target.

September

13 September

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 2004
Ship Country Description
Delta I  Panama The tanker collided with APL Pusan ( Singapore) in the Arabian Sea off the west coast of India and broke in two. She was declared a total loss and towed to Sachana, India, for scrapping.[12]
Mirabella V  United Kingdom The super yacht ran aground at Villefranche-sur-Mer, Alpes-Maritimes, France.[13] She was later repaired and returned to service.

October

5 October

List of shipwrecks: 5 October 2004
Ship Country Description
HMCS Chicoutimi  Canada The long-range hunter-killer submarine was involved in a partial flooding incident which resulted in a fire at sea, whilst she was en route from UK to Canada. 2,000 litres of seawater had entered the submarine and caused an electrical panel to short out, which in turn started a major fire and caused all power to cut out, leaving the submarine adrift in heavy seas 100 nautical miles (190 km) north-west of County Mayo, Ireland. Nine crewmembers were affected by smoke inhalation and the ship was left drifting without power in heavy seas. By the evening of 7 October, the weather had abated, and the Chicoutimi was towed to Faslane Naval Base in Scotland. One crew member died of his injuries.

16 October

List of shipwrecks: 16 October 2004
Ship Country Description
BBC China  Antigua and Barbuda The 5,548 grt freighter ran aground near Port Grosvenor in South Africa.[14]

December

8 December

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 2004
Ship Country Description
Selendang Ayu  Malaysia
Selendang Ayu.

The tanker ran aground on Unalaska Island, United States and broke in two.

16 December

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 2004
Ship Country Description
Julius  Germany The tug foundered in the Elbe with the loss of one crew member.[15]

References

  1. ↑ Charles Bremner. "Hopes fade for 15 lost in capsized ship" The Times (London). Wednesday, 21 January 2004. (67977), col D-H, p. 11.
  2. ↑ "Rocknes Monster". Cargolaw. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
  3. ↑ "Many die as Uganda boat capsizes". BBC. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
  4. ↑ "Bangladesh ferry crash kills many". BBC. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  5. ↑ STRONTSIY - IMO 8852801. ShipSpotting.com. Retrieved 2013-04-06.
  6. ↑ . orms-today.org. Retrieved October 2008.
  7. ↑ "Belgian Merchant H-O" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
  8. ↑ "Work starts on clearing Scylla wreck net". BBC. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  9. ↑ "Hyundai No. 105 (8517956)". Equasis. French Ministry for Transport. Retrieved 2011-04-10. (registration required (help)).
  10. ↑ Ship carrying 4,190 cars sinks off Singapore. World Environment News, 24 May 2004.
  11. ↑ "Ferry sinks in Bangladesh storm". BBC. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
  12. ↑ "TEBOSTAR" (in Finnish). Äänimeri. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  13. ↑ Michael Horsnell. "World-record super yacht is on the rocks" The Times (London). Saturday, 18 September 2004. (68184), col C-H, p. 13.
  14. ↑ "BBC China aground". Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  15. ↑ "Report on the investigation of the collision, capsize and foundering of the tug Chiefton with the loss of one crewmember at Greenwich Reach, River Thames on 12 August 2011" (PDF). Marine Accident Investigation Branch. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
Ship events in 2004
Ship launches: 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Ship commissionings: 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Ship decommissionings: 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Shipwrecks: 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
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