The bulk carrier suffered an engine break-down, and was driven aground by a storm on the coast of the island of Fedje, Norway. The ship broke in two, with the bow section being salvaged and towed to Ågotnes, while the stern broke apart. The salvaged bow section was scrapped in Esbjerg, Denmark, starting in April 2008.[4][5]
The container ship was deliberately beached on Branscombe beach, Lyme Bay, after suffering a serious structural failure to her hull during a severe storm the previous day.[6]
The 75-foot (23m) fishing boat sank in Nantucket Sound with the loss of all four crew. The weather at the time was of winds of 25 to 30 knots (46 to 56km/h) and 8-to-10-foot (2.4 to 3.0m) seas.[7]
The 40-foot (12m) yacht presumed lost off San Francisco, California in good weather. Computer scientist Jim Gray was making a solo day trip. The Coast Guard suspended the search for the ship on 1 February.[8]
The 52-foot (16m) fishing boat was lost off Cape Elizabeth, Maine with the two crew missing. Weather conditions were only 4-foot (1.2m) waves and 10-knot (19km/h; 12mph) winds.[9]
Pasha Bulker. The bulk carrier was driven ashore at Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. She was refloated on 2 July. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.
The vessel sank after colliding with the unmanned North Seagas platform Viking Echo (64 kilometres (35nmi) off the Norfolk coast), the entire crew was rescued, the gas platform survived and continues to operate. The vessel had been destined for one of the Humber ports carrying a cargo of grain from Lübeck in Germany.[28]
During the storm the tanker, carrying 4,800 tonnes (4,700 long tons; 5,300 short tons) of crude oil was struck by 18-foot (5.5m) waves and broke into two parts with more than 1,300 tonnes (1,300 long tons; 1,400 short tons) of oil escaping into the Kerch Strait. All 13 crew were rescued.[41][44]
During a voyage from Sand Point to Kodiak, Alaska, the 42-foot (12.8m) fishing vessel sank in heavy seas in the Shelikof Strait about 70 nautical miles (130km; 81mi) southwest of Kodiak. The only person aboard abandoned ship in a life raft and was rescued by the fishing vessel Heritage (United States).[45]
The cruise ship struck an iceberg and sank close to the South Shetland Islands in the Southern Ocean. One hundred passengers and 54 crew abandoned ship in life rafts. Two other people remained aboard and attempted to stabilize the ship, but gave up and abandoned ship as well. The cruise ship Antarctic Dream (Chile) assisted in rescuing the passengers and crew.[46]
The crude oil tanker collided with a runaway barge while anchored 10 kilometres (5.4nmi) off Incheon. 10,000 tons of crude oil spilled to the sea, causing the worst oil spill in the history of South Korea.[49]
The tug capsized and sank off Clydebank with the loss of three lives. The tug's Danish owner, Svitzer Marine, was subsequently prosecuted and admitted a series of health and safety breaches.[54]MAIB report
The bulk carrier, carrying nitric acid, sank near the Korean coast. Only one seaman was rescued, a Burmese, with fourteen (12 Koreans and 2 Burmese) were reported missing.[55]
↑ "Delaware Reef Guide 2009–2010"(PDF). Delaware Dept. of Natural Resources & Environmental Control (DNREC). Archived from the original(PDF) on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
"Delaware Reef Guide 2009–2010"(PDF). Delaware Dept. of Natural Resources & Environmental Control (DNREC). Archived from the original(PDF) on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
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