List of shipwrecks in 1986

The list of shipwrecks in 1986 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1986.

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1986
Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec
Unknown date

January

11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1986
Ship Country Description
Castillo de Salas  Spain bulk carrier, sunk after running aground over rocks in Gijón, Spain
Southern Quest  United Kingdom The support ship was crushed by ice and sunk off Cape Evans, Ross Island Antarctic.[1][2]

23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1986
Ship Country Description
Stanley Bay  United Kingdom The cargo ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay off the north coast of Spain with the loss of three crew.[3]

28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1986
Ship Country Description
Ebn Magid  Liberia The cargo ship caught fire in the English Channel 21 nautical miles (39 km) off Portland Bill, Dorset and put into HMNB Portland. She was towed into Portland Harbour on 30 January and beached.[4]

February

11 February

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1986
Ship Country Description
Unity  Greece The cargo ship sank off the Pelponnese with the loss of nine crew.[5]

16 February

List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1986
Ship Country Description
Mikhail Lermontov  Soviet Union The passenger liner, ran aground and sank near Picton, New Zealand.

March

6 March

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1986
Ship Country Description
Thunderbolt  United States The research ship was sunk as an artificial reef 4 nautical miles (4.6 miles; 7.4 km) south of Marathon and Key Colony Beach, Florida.

23 March

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1986
Ship Country Description
Karelia  Finland The cargo ship ran aground on Gotska Sandön, Sweden with the loss of six of her seventeen crew. Survivors were rescued by Swedish Air Force helicopters and a West German vessel.[6]

April

12 April

List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1986
Ship Country Description
Pelican II  Belgium Severely damaged by engine room fire at Marseilles, France. Later repaired and returned to service.[7]

13 April

List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1986
Ship Country Description
USS Grayback  United States Navy The decommissioned Grayback-class amphibious transport submarine was sunk as a target in the South China Sea near Subic Bay, the Philippines.

24 April

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1986
Ship Country Description
USS Higbee  United States Navy The decommissioned Gearing-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean about 130 nautical miles (240 km; 150 miles) west of San Diego, California, at 32°28′0.4″N 119°58′0.7″W / 32.466778°N 119.966861°W / 32.466778; -119.966861 ("USS Higbee (DD-806)).

26 April

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1986
Ship Country Description
Jhansi Ki Rani  India The bulk carrier ran aground on the Frederick Reef (21°01′S 154°22′E / 21.017°S 154.367°E / -21.017; 154.367). She was on a voyage from Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia to Higashi, Harima, Japan.[8]

May

14 May

List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1986
Ship Country Description
Pride of Baltimore  United States The topsail schooner, capsized and sunk during a white squall 250 nautical miles (460 km) north of Puerto Rico.

25 May

List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1986
Ship Country Description
Shania  Bangladesh The river ferry capsized and sank in the River Meghna with the loss of at about 400 of around 600 people on board.[9][10]

28 May

List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1986
Ship Country Description
Chian Der 3  Republic of China The fishing vessel was shelled and sunk in the South Atlantic over 150 nautical miles (280 km) off the Falkland Islands by Prefecto Derbes ( Argentine Coast Guard) with the loss of two of her 22 crew.

29 May

List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1986
Ship Country Description
Johanna  West Germany Collided with Ibn Otman ( Morocco) 35 nautical miles (65 km) off Casablanca and was extensively damaged. Later repaired and returned to service.[11]

June

12 June

List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1986
Ship Country Description
Mineral Hoboken  Belgium Ran aground in the Orinoco River 45 nautical miles (83 km) out of Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela. Refloated on 18 June and returned to service.[12]

July

2 July

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1986
Ship Country Description
HMS Accord  Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service The Confiance-class tug was sunk as a target.[13]

7 July

List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1986
Ship Country Description
Olaf  United Kingdom The coaster sank off the coast of the Netherlands after her cargo shifted. All sixteen crew were rescued by a Koninklijk Marine helicopter.[14]

11 July

List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1986
Ship Country Description
Jesica  Honduras Sank off Lagos, Nigeria (6°23′N 3°25′E / 6.383°N 3.417°E / 6.383; 3.417).[11]

13 July

List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1986
Ship Country Description
Hua Li  Republic of China Typhoon Peggy: The cargo ship foundered in the South China Sea. Fifteen crew were rescued by RFA Bayleaf ( Royal Fleet Auxiliary).[15]

August

14 August

List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1986
Ship Country Description
Gabriella Netherlands Netherlands Antilles The heavy lift ship capsized and sank at Port Kembla, New South Wales, Australia with the loss of a crew member. She was declared a constructive total loss. Towed out to sea and sunk on 10 December at 34°34′05″S 151°30′08″E / 34.56806°S 151.50222°E / -34.56806; 151.50222.[16]

18 August

List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1986
Ship Country Description
HMS Berwick  Royal Navy The Rothesay-class frigate was sunk as a target.

31 August

List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1986
Ship Country Description
Admiral Nakhimov  Soviet Union The passenger liner was sunk in a collision with bulk carrier Pyotr Vasev ( Soviet Union).

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in August 1986
Ship Country Description
HMS Confident  Royal Navy The Confiance-class tug was sunk as a target.[17]

October

10 October

List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1986
Ship Country Description
Murmajo  Canada The cargo ship caught fire and sank in the Bay of Fundy.[18]

November

22 November

List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1986
Ship Country Description
Kowloon Bridge  Hong Kong The bulk carrier ran aground on a reef off the coast of County Cork, Ireland. She broke in three and sank the following spring and was a total loss.[19][20]

December

10 December

For the sinking of Gabriella on this date, see the entry for 14 August 1986.

19 December

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1986
Ship Country Description
Brave Themis  Cyprus The cargo ship sank off Crete.[11]

24 December

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1986
Ship Country Description
Sudurland  Iceland The cargo ship sank in the Norwegian Sea 300 nautical miles (560 km) north of the Faroe Islands with the loss of six of her crew of eleven. Survivors were rescued by a Lynx helicopter from HDMS Vædderen ( Royal Danish Navy).[21]

25 December

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1986
Ship Country Description
Stainless Trader  Cyprus The cargo ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) south of Sardinia, Italy with the loss of two of her eighteen crew.[21]
Syneta  United Kingdom The tanker ran aground at Skrurdur Island, Iceland and was wrecked with the loss all 12 crew.[22][23]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1986
Ship Country Description
Crusader II  Australia The self-propelled coral barge was sunk at Flinders Reef off Cape Moreton, Queensland, Australia, to serve as a recreational dive site.[21]

References

  1. ↑ Gregory Neale (14 January 1986). "Polar trek Britons reunited with rescued support crew". The Times (62344). London. col C-E, p. 7.
  2. ↑ Gregory Neale (15 January 1986). "Antarctic team tell of Pole 'fate'". The Times (62345). London. col E, p. 1.
  3. ↑ "Two crew die as ship sinks". The Times (62353). London. 24 January 1986. col H, p. 6.
  4. ↑ "Burning cargo ship beached on sandbank". The Times (62358). London. 31 January 1986. col C-G, p. 3.
  5. ↑ "Bodies found". The Times (62379). London. 13 February 1986. col E, p. 8.
  6. ↑ "Sailors freeze to death on liferaft". The Times (62413). London. 25 March 1986. col C-E, p. 5.
  7. ↑ "Belgian Merchant P-Z" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
  8. ↑ "(untitled)" (PDF). Australian Transport Safety Board. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  9. ↑ Ahmed Fazi (27 May 1986). "126 bodies recovered from ferry". The Times (62467). London. col A, p. 7.
  10. ↑ Ahmad Fazi (28 May 1986). "Father searches for son as bodies pile up". The Times (62468). London. col C-G, p. 13.
  11. 1 2 3 "Belgian Merchant A-G" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
  12. ↑ "Belgian Merchant H-O" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
  13. ↑ "HMS Accord". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
  14. ↑ "16 British seamen rescued by Dutch". The Times (62503). London. 8 July 1986. col H, p. 6.
  15. ↑ "Typhoon rescue by UK ship". The Times (62508). London. 14 July 1986. col B, p. 9.
  16. ↑ "(untitled)" (PDF). Australian Transport Safety Board. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
  17. ↑ "HMS Confident". The Yard. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  18. ↑ "Murmajo - 1986". Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
  19. ↑ "Ship still stranded". The Times (62626). London. 27 November 1986. col A, p. 2.
  20. ↑ Michael McCarthy (30 November 1986). "Salvage operation called off". The Times (62628). London. col E-G, p. 2.
  21. 1 2 3 Robin Young (27 December 1986). "Iceland storms claim 18". The Times (62650). London. col D, p. 2.
  22. ↑ "12 die in sinking off Iceland". www.nytimes.com. New York Times. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  23. ↑ "Sjóslys - Syneta". Retrieved 28 January 2017.

See also

Ship events in 1986
Ship launches: 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991
Ship commissionings: 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991
Ship decommissionings: 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991
Shipwrecks: 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991
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