The list of shipwrecks in 1982 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1982.
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Kelsando II | ![]() | The pleasure craft sank at Port Wells ( 60°48′N148°14′W / 60.800°N 148.233°W ) on the south-central coast of Alaska. [1] |
Ms B Haven | ![]() | The fishing vessel sank in Prince of Wales Passage ( 60°05′N148°05′W / 60.083°N 148.083°W ) on the south-central coast of Alaska. [2] |
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Akebono Maru No. 28 | ![]() | The 549-ton fishing trawler capsized and sank in the Bering Sea 120 nautical miles (220 km; 140 mi) north of Adak in the Aleutian Islands with the loss of 32 lives. There was one survivor. Only eight bodies were recovered. [3] |
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Cape Fairwell | ![]() | The 72-foot (21.9 m) fishing vessel ran aground, capsized, and was lost north of Mitrofania Island ( 55°52′34″N158°48′56″W / 55.8761°N 158.8156°W ) near Chignik, Alaska. The vessel Aleutian Spirit (![]() |
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Calista Sea | ![]() | After beginning to take on water near Alaska's Shumagin Islands, the 108-foot (32.9 m) crab-fishing vessel sank while under tow to Kupreanof Harbor ( 55°47′23″N159°20′26″W / 55.7897°N 159.3406°W ) on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula by the vessel Polar Shell (![]() ![]() |
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Ekaterini P | ![]() | The 963 GRT freighter built was built in 1958 by James Lamont & Company, Greenock, yard no. 393 for Associated Humber Lines, Hull as Darlington. In 1978 she was purchased by Evia Shipping Co, Chalkis, Greece and renamed Ekaterini P. She developed a list after cargo shifted on 20 April 1980, when on passage from Rouen for Lattakia and taken to Brest where she was laid up and subsequently vandalised. She was scuttled by the French Navy off Point Penmarc'h in position 47°19′N05°26′W / 47.317°N 5.433°W on 26 January 1982. [5] |
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Kodiak Kid | ![]() | The 43-foot (13.1 m) tug sank off Woody Island in Alaska's Kodiak Archipelago. A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued her crew of two from a life raft. [1] |
Raymond A | ![]() | The 76-foot (23.2 m) crab-fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in the Bering Sea north of Umnak Island in the Aleutian Islands. The fishing vessel Ocean Cape (![]() |
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Sea Hawk | ![]() | The 102-foot (31 m) crab-fishing vessel sank in the North Pacific Ocean approximately 50 nautical miles (93 km; 58 mi) southeast of Dutch Harbor, Alaska. [7] |
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Bluesky | ![]() | The refrigerated coaster was scuttled off Jeddah. [8] |
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Victory | ![]() | The tanker broke in two in a storm when 800 nautical miles (1,500 km) southwest of Land's End, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Fifteen of her 32 crew were killed when their lifeboat broke up. The survivors were rescued by the frigates HNLMS Van Speijk and HNLMS Callenburgh (both ![]() |
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Ocean Ranger | ![]() | The oil platform capsized in the Grand Banks, Newfoundland due to malfunctions in ballast system caused by a rogue wave. All 84 crewmembers were killed. |
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Mekhanik Tarasov | ![]() | The cargo ship sank in the Atlantic Ocean. 32 lost their life. Only five crew members were rescued by the Faroese longliner fishing vessel "Sigurfari". [10] Mekhanik Tarasov was struck by the same weather conditions as Ocean Ranger which sank barely 24 hours earlier, approximately 65 miles (105 km) to the west. [11] |
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SAS President Kruger | ![]() | The President-class frigate collided with the replenishment ship SAS Tafelberg (![]() |
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Rainer II | ![]() | The cabin cruiser exploded, burned, and sank in Carroll Inlet ( 55°17′N131°30′W / 55.283°N 131.500°W ) in Southeast Alaska approximately 20 nautical miles (37 km; 23 mi) from Ketchikan, Alaska. [6] |
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St. Bedan | ![]() | The Troubles: The collier was boarded and bombed by an IRA team using a hijacked lifeboat in Lough Foyle. All crew members survived. The hull was raised and broken up several months later. |
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Craigantlet | ![]() | The container ship was wrecked at Killantringan Lighthouse in Portamaggie Bay, Wigtownshire, Scotland. |
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Mar Caspio | ![]() | The T2 tanker collided with barges in the Parana River and was consequently scrapped. [12] [13] |
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Vortigern | ![]() | The ferry ran aground at Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium. Later refloated, repaired and returned to service. |
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Golden Dolphin | ![]() | The tanker exploded and sank 750 nautical miles (1,390 km) east of Bermuda with the loss of nine crew. Fourteen survivors were rescued by Norrland (![]() |
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Ranga | ![]() | ![]() The container ship lost engine power during a storm. She went aground at Dunmore Head, on the Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry, Republic of Ireland. All crew members were rescued by breeches buoy and a Royal Air Force helicopter. The ship was a total loss, and the bow and other remains are visible today. |
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Cranford | ![]() | The retired 191-foot (58.2 m), 1,197-gross register ton ferry — which had served subsequently as a floating restaurant — was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean 3.6 nautical miles (6.7 km; 4.1 mi) off Sea Girt, New Jersey, in 70 feet (21 m) of water at 40°07.447′N073°56.227′W / 40.124117°N 73.937117°W . Her wreck is nicknamed "The Sandbox." [15] |
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Setareh | ![]() | Iran–Iraq War: The naval tugboat was sunk by AM-39 Exocet missiles fired from an Iraqi Super Frelon helicopter. [16] |
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USS Basilone | ![]() | The decommissioned Gearing-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean about 80 nautical miles (150 km) east of St. Augustine, Florida. |
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USS Robinson | ![]() | The decommissioned Fletcher-class destroyer was sunk as a target off Puerto Rico. |
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Sharelga | ![]() | The trawler was sunk when her nets were caught by the British submarine HMS Porpoise (![]() |
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ARA Santa Fe | ![]() | Falklands War: The Balao-class submarine sank alongside a pier at King Edward Point on South Georgia Island a day after suffering damage in combat with, and surrendering to, British forces. She later was refloated and scuttled in February 1985. |
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ARA General Belgrano | ![]() | Falklands War: The Brooklyn-class light cruiser was torpedoed and sunk off the Isla de los Estados, Argentina by the submarine HMS Conqueror (![]() |
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HMS Sheffield | ![]() | Falklands War: The Type 42 destroyer was struck by one Exocet missile fired by an Argentine Navy Super Étendard aircraft and sank off the Falkland Islands. Twenty crew killed. The ship was taken in tow by HMS Yarmouth (![]() |
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USNS Chauvenet | ![]() | The survey vessel ran aground on Dauisan Reef in the Sulu Sea. She was refloated two weeks later. |
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ARA Narwal | ![]() | Falklands War: The spy trawler was damaged by bombs and cannon fire from Fleet Air Arm Sea Harriers from HMS Hermes (![]() |
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ARA Isla de los Estados | ![]() | Falklands War: The bulk carrier was sunk off the Falkland Islands by shelling from HMS Alacrity (![]() |
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Humdinger | ![]() | The 36-foot (11.0 m) fishing vessel sank in the Gulf of Alaska approximately 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) east of Shuyak Island in Alaska's Kodiak Archipelago. The vessel Fairweather (![]() |
Sentinel | ![]() | The fishing vessel sank 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) south of Danger Island ( 59°55′30″N148°05′00″W / 59.92500°N 148.08333°W ) off the south-central coast of Alaska. A private air service rescued both of her crewmen. [7] |
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ARA Bahía Buen Suceso | ![]() | Falklands War: The fleet supply ship was strafed by British Aerospace Sea Harriers from HMS Hermes (![]() |
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B J | ![]() | The fishing vessel capsized in bad weather near Hinchinbrook Island, 25 nautical miles (46 km) southwest of Cordova, Alaska. The only person aboard was rescued. [21] |
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HMS Ardent | ![]() | Falklands War: The Type 21 frigate sank as a result of damage sustained in bombing by Douglas A-4 Skyhawk aircraft of the Argentine Navy the previous day. The fighters were part of the air group based aboard the aircraft carrier ARA Veinticinco de Mayo (![]() |
Camelot | ![]() | The 34-foot (10.4 m) fishing vessel capsized and drifted aground in bad weather with the loss of one life near Hinchinbrook Island on the south-central coast of Alaska 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi) southwest of Cordova, Alaska. [4] |
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HMS Antelope | ![]() | ![]() Falklands War: The Type 21 frigate was bombed and sunk in Grantham Sound, Falkland Islands, by an Argentine Air Force Douglas A-4 Skyhawk aircraft. One crewmember and a British Army technician who was trying to defuse an unexploded bomb were killed when the bomb exploded. |
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Atlantic Conveyor | ![]() | Falklands War: The container ship was struck by two Exocet missiles fired by Argentine Navy Super Étendard aircraft. The ship was set on fire, and abandoned. Twelve of her crew were killed. |
HMS Coventry | ![]() | Falklands War: The Type 42 destroyer was bombed and sunk north of the Falkland Sound, Falkland Islands by Douglas A-4 Skyhawk aircraft of the Argentine Air Force. Nineteen crew were killed. |
Westpro | ![]() | The 189-foot (58 m) fish-processing vessel caught fire while moored at a pier in Seward, Alaska. After toxic fumes from the fire drifted into Seward and forced the evacuation of 1,000 people, Westpro was towed out into the Gulf of Alaska, where she sank. [22] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Atlantic Conveyor | ![]() | Falklands War: The container ship sank at 50°40′S54°28′W / 50.667°S 54.467°W as a result of damage sustained in the attack on 25 May. |
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Diane Lynn | ![]() | The 29-foot (8.8 m) vessel sank off Hanin Rocks ( 57°50′05″N152°18′45″W / 57.83472°N 152.31250°W ) near Kodiak, Alaska. All four people aboard survived. [23] |
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Algosea | ![]() | The self-unloading bulk carrier collided with a pier at Port Weller, Ontario, Canada. The ship's bow was significantly damaged, necessitating its replacement. The vessel returned to service in August, renamed Sauniere. [24] |
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RFA Sir Galahad | ![]() | Falklands War: The Round Table-class landing ship logistics was wrecked and set on fire by bombs dropped by Douglas A-4 Skyhawk aircraft of the Argentine Air Force at Port Pleasant, Falkland Islands, and set on fire. Forty-eight sailors and soldiers were killed. |
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Lloyd | ![]() | The 60-foot (18.3 m) halibut-fishing vessel sank approximately 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi) south of Seward, Alaska. The fishing vessel Gjoa and Marathon (both ![]() |
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Mercury | ![]() | The ore carrier caught fire off Crete, Greece. She was on a voyage from Varna, Romania to Manila, Philippines. Mercury was declared a constructive total loss and scrapped. [26] |
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Transit | ![]() | 1982 Lebanon War: The coaster was damaged the Mediterranean Sea 8 nautical miles (15 km) off Tripoli, Lebanon. The cause was a torpedo attack by an unnamed Israeli submarine. [27] She was carrying 56 refugees to Larnaca, Cyprus, 25 of whom were killed. The ship was beached but later sank. [28] |
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Sao Tome | Unidentified | The 40-foot (12.2 m) steel-hulled sailing yacht was blown ashore at Hatteras Inlet on the Outer Banks on the coast of North Carolina during a subtropical storm. The United States Coast Guard refloated her on 20 June by towing her off the beach. [29] |
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RFA Sir Galahad | ![]() | Falklands War: The wreck of the Round Table-class landing ship logistics was towed out to sea and sunk in the South Atlantic Ocean by the submarine HMS Onyx (![]() |
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Donny Boy | ![]() | The fish tender was wrecked off Castle Cape ( 56°10′N158°20′W / 56.167°N 158.333°W ) near Chignik, Alaska. [23] |
Pafco 20 | ![]() | The 32-foot (9.8 m) fishing vessel sank near Whale Pass ( 57°56′N152°50′W / 57.933°N 152.833°W ) in the Kodiak Archipelago between Kodiak Island and Whale Island. The vessel New Morning (![]() |
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Sea Wife | ![]() | The fishing vessel sank in the Gulf of Alaska approximately 50 nautical miles (93 km; 58 mi) southwest of Homer, Alaska. The fishing vessel Lobo del Mar (![]() |
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Miserable Skunk | ![]() | The 19-foot (5.8 m) cabin cruiser capsized with the loss of two lives in Kachemak Bay in Cook Inlet, 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) west of Homer, Alaska. [2] |
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HDMS Herluf Trolle | ![]() | The Peder Skram-class frigate was severely damaged by an engine room fire. Subsequently repaired and returned to service. [31] |
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USS Agerholm | ![]() | ![]() |
USS Porterfield | ![]() | The decommissioned Fletcher-class destroyer was sunk as a target. |
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Pacific Trawler | ![]() | The 130-foot (39.6 m) fishing vessel burned and sank near Latouche Island in Prince William Sound on the south-central coast of Alaska. [30] |
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Cornell No. 10 | ![]() | The 130-foot (39.6 m) barge ran aground and sank in Kuskokwim Bay on the southwest coast of Alaska approximately 22 nautical miles (41 km; 25 mi) west of Carter Spit ( 59°19′N162°00′W / 59.317°N 162.000°W ). [4] |
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Pacific Rose | ![]() | The fishing vessel capsized and sank in the Bering Sea approximately 65 nautical miles (120 km; 75 mi) northwest of Saint Paul Island. [30] |
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Hasrat Mulia | ![]() | The ferry sank in the Strait of Macassar. Only 135 survivors were reported of the 400 people on board. [32] |
Litison Bride | ![]() | Iran–Iraq War: The cargo ship was sunk in the Persian Gulf by a rocket fired by an Iranian Navy warship. All 26 crew survived. [33] |
Sambow Banner | ![]() | Iran–Iraq War: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk in the Persian Gulf by an Iranian Navy ship. [33] |
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Tina Rae | ![]() | The 30-foot (9.1 m) vessel sank in the Gulf of Alaska off Spruce Cape ( 57°49′15″N152°20′00″W / 57.82083°N 152.33333°W ) near Kodiak, Alaska. [34] |
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Jeffron | ![]() | The fish processing vessel was destroyed by fire in Captains Bay ( 53°52′N166°34′W / 53.867°N 166.567°W ) in Unalaska Bay on the coast of Unalaska Island in the Aleutian Islands. [35] |
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Investor | ![]() | After her eight passengers and crew were shot to death while she was at anchor off Egg Island ( 55°28′30″N131°09′00″W / 55.47500°N 131.15000°W ) near Craig, Alaska, the 58-foot (17.7 m) seiner was destroyed by a fire. A lone, unidentified man was seen leaving the vessel in a skiff as she burned, and authorities suspected him of having committed the murders and of having set her on fire. [36] [37] |
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Milanian | ![]() | Iran–Iraq War: The Bayandor-class frigate was sunk by AM-39 Exocet missiles from an Iraqi Super Frelon helicopter. [16] |
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Alaskan Warrior | ![]() | The 52-foot (15.8 m) fishing vessel sank off Dangerous Cape ( 57°17′N152°42′W / 57.283°N 152.700°W ) near Kodiak, Alaska. The vessels Miss Brenda and Abby Jo (both ![]() |
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Barbie Island | ![]() | When the 42-foot (12.8 m) gillnet fishing vessel attempted to depart Sudden Stream ( 59°47′00″N139°58′30″W / 59.78333°N 139.97500°W ) on the coast of Yakutat Bay on the south-central coast of Alaska, 25 miles (40 km) from Yakutat and 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) southwest of Blizhni Point, large waves struck her, first breaking the windows in her wheelhouse, then washing the wheelhouse overboard and sinking her, killing two members of her crew. Her two survivors clung to a floating hatch cover for two days before reaching shore near Point Manby, where they were rescued. [38] |
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Armorique | ![]() | The ferry ran aground off Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine. She was later refloated, repaired and returned to service. |
Lady Ann | ![]() | The offshore supply vessel collided with Regional Endeavour (![]() ![]() |
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Kaiyo Maru No. 12 | ![]() | The fish processing ship burned and sank 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) north of Dutch Harbor, Alaska. Her crew of 27 survived. [1] |
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Elhawi Star | ![]() | The cargo ship sank in calm seas off Rijeka Yugoslavia. All 30 crew survived. [40] |
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Island Cement | ![]() | ![]() |
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ARA Bahía Buen Suceso | ![]() | Falklands War: The abandoned fleet replenishment ship was towed out to deep water in the South Atlantic Ocean off the Falkland Islands and sunk by British Aerospace Sea Harriers of 809 Naval Air Squadron, Fleet Air Arm and a torpedo fired by submarine HMS Onyx (![]() |
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SS Poet | ![]() | The ship passed Cape Henlopen, Delaware, bound for Port Said, Egypt, with a cargo of corn and 34 crew. She was never heard from again. [41] |
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USS Savage | ![]() | The decommissioned Edsall-class destroyer escort was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off California. |
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Quebecois | ![]() | The lake freighter ran aground in the St. Lawrence River off Van Rensselaer Point. The ship remained aground until freed the next day without major damage. [42] |
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Nesam | ![]() | The cargo ship capsized and sank in bad weather 85 nautical miles (157 km) off the Isles of Scilly with the loss of five of her eleven crew. [43] [44] The survivors were rescued by a RAF Sea King helicopter of 202 Squadron. |
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Raffaello | ![]() | Iran–Iraq War: The barracks ship, a former ocean liner, was hit by AM-39 Exocet missiles from an Iraqi Super Frelon helicopter or missile boats. The ship burned and was later scuttled. [16] [45] |
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Miss Brenda | ![]() | The 38-foot (11.6 m) fishing vessel sank in Duck Bay ( 58°06′N152°28′W / 58.100°N 152.467°W ) on the coast of Afognak Island in Alaska's Kodiak Archipelago. The fishing vessel Ruff & Reddy (![]() |
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Eastern Sea | ![]() | The 82-foot (25.0 m) fishing vessel sank in the Gulf of Alaska approximately 13 nautical miles (24 km; 15 mi) off Cape Chiniak ( 57°37′N152°10′W / 57.617°N 152.167°W ) on Kodiak Island in Alaska's Kodiak Archipelago. The fishing vessel Mar Del Norte (![]() |
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European Gateway | ![]() | The ferry collided with Speedlink Vanguard (![]() ![]() |
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Sea King I | ![]() | The 82-foot (25 m) tug sank in Aurora Basin ( 58°18′15″N134°24′30″W / 58.30417°N 134.40833°W ) at Juneau, Alaska. [7] |
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Johanna | ![]() | ![]() |
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Neg Chieftain | ![]() | The tug capsized and sank off Ramsgate, Kent. She was subsequently raised. [50] |
Unirea | ![]() | The oil tanker suffered an explosion, broke up, and sank in the Black Sea 40 nautical miles (46 mi; 74 km) south-southeast of Cape Kaliakra, Bulgaria, with the loss of one life. |
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Eastern Sea | ![]() | The 82-foot (25.0 m) fishing vessel ran aground near Togiak, Alaska, sometime during 1982 prior to mid-December and at the end of herring season in that area. She was refloated and returned to service. [46] |
Jaram | ![]() | The TID-class tug sank in the Bamu River. [51] |
Mahi | ![]() | The research ship was sunk in the Pacific Ocean off Waianae, Hawaii, to serve as a recreational dive site. |
Temehani | ![]() | The cargo liner sank in the Pacific Ocean near Bora Bora in the Society Islands in French Polynesia. [52] [53] |