List of shipwrecks in 2016

The list of shipwrecks in 2016 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 2016.

January

7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 2016

Ship	Country	Description
Zuhairi	Malaysia	The ferry collided with an unlit barge and partially sank off Semporna. All 156 passengers and crew were rescued, with 22 of them requiring treatment in hospital. The barge is believed to have sunk.[1]

8 January

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 2016

Ship	Country	Description
China Star 107	China	The bulk carrier foundered in the East China Sea 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) north of East Fuzhou Island. Her five crew were missing as of 12 January.[2]

16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 2016

Ship	Country	Description
Sunway Maru	Japan	The coastal tanker collided with Daifuku Maru No. 8 ( Japan) and sank in Tokyo Bay. Her three crew were rescued.[3]

22 January

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 2016

Ship	Country	Description
VFM Alita	Panama	The cargo ship collided with another vessel off Colón, Panama and sank. Her crew survived.[4]

25 January

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 2016

Ship	Country	Description
Dong Thien Phu Silver	Vietnam	The cargo ship collided with Ocean Osprey ( Dominica) off the coast of Burma and sank. Her fourteen crew were rescued.[5]
Xin Yang	China	The cargo ship was driven ashore on Dangan Island, Hong Kong. Her six crew were rescued.[6]

26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 2016

Ship	Country	Description
Modern Express	Panama	The car carrier developed a severe list in the Bay of Biscay 148 nautical miles (274 km) off Cape Ortegal, Spain. Her 22 crew were evacuated by helicopter.[7] Modern Express was taken under tow by the tug Centaurus ( Spain) on 1 February.[8] She arrived at Bilbao, Spain on 3 February.[9]

February

2 February

List of shipwrecks: 2 February 2016

Ship	Country	Description
South Star	Mongolia	The cargo ship was severely damaged by fire in Tonkin Bay, Vietnam. Her eighteen crew were evacuated.[10]

3 February

List of shipwrecks: 3 February 2016

Ship	Country	Description
CSCL Indian Ocean	Hong Kong	The container ship ran aground in the Elbe.[11] She was refloated on 9 February and taken in to Hamburg.[12]

11 February

List of shipwrecks: xx February 2016

Ship	Country	Description
414	United States Navy	The patrol vessel ran aground at the mouth of the St. John River at Jacksonville, Florida. Her five crew were rescued.[13]

13 February

List of shipwrecks: xx February 2016

Ship	Country	Description
Nusantara Akbar	Indonesia	The tanker sprang a leak and foundered in the Strait of Malacca off Dumai with the loss of one of her 27 crew.[14]

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