List of shipwrecks in 2009

The list of shipwrecks in 2009 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 2009.

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2009
Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr
May	Jun	Jul	Aug
Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

January

2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 2009

Ship	Country	Description
A ferry Lian Senggigi,	Indonesia	sank near Klungkung, Bali, all were rescued.[1]

3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 2009

Ship	Country	Description
An unnamed ferry	Nepal	capsized on the Koshi River in Nepal with 2 dead, 8 missing, and 40 rescued.[2][3]

11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 2009

Ship	Country	Description
Teratai Prima	Indonesia	Capsizing during a cyclone en route from Sulawesi to Kalimantan. The ship had over 300 people on board when it happened. There were 42 survivors including the captain, and at least 200 people were missing.[4][5][6][7][8][9]

25 January

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 2009

Ship	Country	Description
An unnamed boat	Vietnam	sank near Quảng Hải with the loss of at least 42 lives.

February

5 February

List of shipwrecks: 5 February 2009

Ship	Country	Description
USS Port Royal	United States Navy	USS Port Royal The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser ran aground off Oahu, Hawaii. Ship was refloated on 9 February and returned to service after repairs were carried out.

10 February

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 2009

Ship	Country	Description
Kashimir	Malta	a tanker carrying condensate, and Sima Saman ( Singapore), a container ship, collided near Jebel Ali, Dubai; both ships caught fire. Fire on Kashimir put out, but ship badly damaged.[10][11]

11 February

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 2009

Ship	Country	Description
Addarwa	United Kingdom	The ship foundered off the Isle of Portland, Dorset.[12]

15 February

List of shipwrecks: 15 February 2009

Ship	Country	Description
New Star	Sierra Leone	was fired upon by a Russian Coast Guard vessel after leaving Nakhodka without permission. All sixteen crewmembers took to liferafts, but eight were later washed out to sea. New Star later sank.[13]

19 February

List of shipwrecks: 19 February 2009

Ship	Country	Description
Happy	Bangladesh	sinks near Barisal City, Bangladesh, At least 39 people died in the sinking.[14][15]

22 February

List of shipwrecks: 22 February 2009

Ship	Country	Description
Monte Galineiro	Spain	caught fire and sank 400 nautical miles (740 km) from Newfoundland.[16]

March

10 March

List of shipwrecks: 10 March 2009

Ship	Country	Description
Orchid Pia	South Korea	carrying iron coils, sank after colliding with MV Cygnus Ace ( Panama), a car carrier, 120 kilometres (65 nmi) south of Tokyo. Sixteen crewmembers missing.[17]

20 March

List of shipwrecks: 20 March 2009

Ship	Country	Description
USS Hartford	United States Navy	USS Hartford. USS Hartford and USS New Orleans collision: The Los Angeles-class submarine collided with USS New Orleans ( United States Navy) in the Strait of Hormuz. She was under repair until February 2011.

24 March

List of shipwrecks: 24 March 2009

Ship	Country	Description
Lady Mary	United States	The fishing vessel sinks 65 miles (105 km; 56 nmi) off the coast of Cape May, New Jersey, with a loss of six lives.[18]

27 March

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 2009

Ship	Country	Description
An unnamed fishing vessel	Libya	carrying 250 migrants capsized and sank; 21 survivors were rescued. Two other boats with a similar number of migrants aboard were also reported as missing.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 2009

Ship	Country	Description
Lynx Effect	United Kingdom	The ship sank in The Solent off Gosport, Hampshire.[19]

April

16 April

List of shipwrecks: 16 April 2009

Ship	Country	Description
An unnamed boat	Indonesia	carrying illegal immigrants exploded and sank after being intercepted by HMAS Albany. Five people were killed.

25 April

List of shipwrecks: 25 April 2009

Ship	Country	Description
Replica junk Princess Taiping	Taiwan	sank after being hit by a cargo ship Champion Express.[20]

29 April

List of shipwrecks: 29 April 2009

Ship	Country	Description
USS Conolly	United States Navy	The Spruance-class destroyer was sunk as a target off the coast of Florida.[21]
Yacht The Essence	United States	was in a collision with a cargo ship and sank with the loss of one of her three crewmembers.[22]

May

6 May

List of shipwrecks: 6 May 2009

Ship	Country	Description
USNS Spica	United States Navy	The inactivated combat stores ship was sunk as a target.

8 May

List of shipwrecks: 8 May 2009

Ship	Country	Description
Crane barge Goliath	United Kingdom	beached at Kingsdown after developing a leak and being refused permission to dock at Dover Harbour.[23] The barge was refloated on 9 May.[24]

11 May

List of shipwrecks: 11 May 2009

Ship	Country	Description
Petrozavodsk	Russia	The cargo ship ran aground at Bear Island in the Barents Sea.[25]

22 May

List of shipwrecks: 22 May 2009

Ship	Country	Description
Liberty	Russia	The cargo ship foundered south of Cyprus.[26]

27 May

List of shipwrecks: 27 May 2009

Ship	Country	Description
USNS General Hoyt S. Vandenberg	United States Navy	The inactivated General G. O. Squier-class transport ship was scuttled off Florida to form an artificial reef.

June

6 June

List of shipwrecks: 6 June 2009

Ship	Country	Description
Miss Lourdies	Haiti	The cargo ship was scuttled off Florida, United States as an artificial reef.[27]

14 June

List of shipwrecks: 14 June 2009

Ship	Country	Description
IJsselstroom	Netherlands	The tug capsized and sank off Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom.[28]

30 June

List of shipwrecks: 30 June 2009

Ship	Country	Description
Demas Victory	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	capsized and sank off Doha, Qatar with the loss of 30 lives.

July

13 July

List of shipwrecks: 13 July 2009

Ship	Country	Description
An unnamed ferry	Kiribati	capsized and sank with the loss of 33 lives.

26 July

List of shipwrecks: 26 July 2009

Ship	Country	Description
An unnamed boat	Haiti	capsized and sank near the Turks and Caicos Islands with the loss of about 70 lives.

31 July

List of shipwrecks: 31 July 2009

Ship	Country	Description
Langeland	Norway	The cargo ship sank due to stormy weather off the west coast of Sweden, and the missing six-person crew are presumed to have drowned.[29][30]

August

6 August

List of shipwrecks: 6 August 2009

Ship	Country	Description
Princess Ashika	Tonga	sank 86 kilometres (46 nmi) north west of Nuku'alofa. Official figures released by Operation Ashika on 19 August 2009, confirmed that 54 men were rescued, and 74 persons were lost at sea. These include two bodies recovered and 72 missing (68 passengers and 4 crew), including five foreign nationals. Two of the missing passengers remain unidentified.[31][32]

12 August

List of shipwrecks: 12 August 2009

Ship	Country	Description
Antigua	United Kingdom	The ship sank in The Wash.[33]

16 August

List of shipwrecks: 16 August 2009

Ship	Country	Description
ORP Bryza	Poland	The former Polish Navy ship was scuttled in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Poland.[34]

20 August

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 2009

Ship	Country	Description
Tanker Formosa Product Brick	Taiwan	involved in a collision with a Greek ship in the Malacca Strait and set on fire. Nine crew reported missing. Fire put out.[35]

25 August

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 2009

Ship	Country	Description
P31	Armed Forces of Malta	The Kondor I-class patrol boat was scuttled near Comino as an artificial reef.[36]

26 August

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 2009

Ship	Country	Description
Gulser Ana	Turkey	The bulk carrier ran aground at Cape Vohimena, Madagascar, and was wrecked.[37]

September

5 September

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 2009

Ship	Country	Description
Sightseeing boat Ilinden	Macedonia	Ilinden tourist ferry capsized and sank on Lake Ohrid to the border of Albania-Macedonia. The boat had 70 people on board when it happened. The ferry turned sharply and went down in 30 seconds and decreased visibility at a depth of 20 meters near the beach. 22 dead including the captain.[38]

6 September

List of shipwrecks: 6 September 2009

Ship	Country	Description
Algoport	Canada	broke in half and sank in heavy seas while under tow to China for conversion. the tow encountered rough seas from Tropical Storm Dujuan. There were no injuries, loss of life or environmental issues reported from the foundering.
SuperFerry 9	Philippines	sank off the Zamboanga peninsula, of 866 people on board, at least 10 lives were lost.

8 September

List of shipwrecks: 8 September 2009

Ship	Country	Description
Seli 1	Panama	was a Turkish bulk carrier, operated by TEB Maritime of Istanbul, and en route to Gibraltar when it was driven aground off Bloubergstrand near Table Bay in South Africa by strong westerly winds shortly after midnight on 8 September 2009, having reported engine failure and a snapped anchor chain.

9 September

List of shipwrecks: 9 September 2009

Ship	Country	Description
Ferry Teh Teh	Sierra Leone	The boat sank with at least 260 people on board and a majority of these were young people going back to school after school holidays. At least 40 people have been rescued by the police[39] and 120 bodies were recovered until 12 September, most of them were found on the shoreline.[40] About 100 people was listed missing. The accident took place 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) outside Sierra Leone's capital Freetown. The cause of the accident was that the ship's engines stopped during a severe storm and the boat capsized.[41][42]

10 September

List of shipwrecks: 10 September 2009

Ship	Country	Description
A river ferry,	Sierra Leone	ferry suddenly sank off the coastal village of Longsheng southeast of the capital, Freetown in Sierra Leone river. The Deputy Transport Minister Hanciles Osmond said on Thursday that there were about 300 people on board. According to port director in Tombo, it had at least 40 people rescued and at least 16 dead bodies were taken up on Thursday. Others were still missing, most schoolchildren on their way to school. Accident sequence is on Wednesday reported to have been very rapid. The boat sank in a few minutes in strong winds and heavy rain and there were no life jackets on board. Relatives gathered at the accident site, most parents that their child drowning.[43] [44]

30 September

List of shipwrecks: 30 September 2009

Ship	Country	Description
Passenger boat Jalakanyaka	India	sank in Lake Thekaddy with the loss of 45 lives.

October

4 October

List of shipwrecks: 4 October 2009

Ship	Country	Description
HMAS Canberra	Royal Australian Navy	Th decommissioned Adelaide-class guided-missile frigate was sunk as a dive wreck in Bass Strait 2 nautical miles (2.3 mi8les; 3.7 km) off Ocean Grove, Victoria, Australia.

11 October

List of shipwrecks: 11 October 2009

Ship	Country	Description
Racing yacht Shockwave	Australia	sinks off Port Kembla, Australia with loss of two lives.

24 October

List of shipwrecks: 24 October 2009

Ship	Country	Description
Marko Polo	Croatia	a ferry owned by the Croatian company Jadrolinija, runs aground on the small island of Sit. No one was injured.[45]

November

2 November

List of shipwrecks: 2 November 2009

Ship	Country	Description
		The November 2009 Indian Ocean migrant boat disaster occurred in the early hours of Monday, 2 November 2009, when a boat carrying about forty Sri Lankan asylum seekers sank in the Indian Ocean at a distance of some 350 nautical miles (650 km) north-west of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.[46][47]

13 November

List of shipwrecks: 13 November 2009

Ship	Country	Description
Ariake	Japan	Ariake, February 2010 a ferry travelling from Tokyo, ran aground in high winds off Kumano, Mie Prefecture, Japan. All 21 crew and 7 passengers were rescued.[48]

17 November

List of shipwrecks: 17 November 2009

Ship	Country	Description
Naywintun	Myanmar	a ferry travelling between Pathein and Thetkelthaung sank after colliding with a barge. At least 50 people reported killed.[49]

22 November

List of shipwrecks: 22 November 2009

Ship	Country	Description
Dumai Express 10	Indonesia	a ferry operating between Bantam Island and Dumai capsized and sank with 291 people on board, comprising 251 adult passengers, 25 children and 15 crew members,[50] killing at least 30 people.[51] The waves were up to 6 metres (20 ft) high and washed over the deck so water ran down and sunk the vessel.

28 November

List of shipwrecks: 28 November 2009

Ship	Country	Description
Coco-4	Bangladesh	capsized at Lalmohan, Bhola Island, killing at least 75 people.[52] [53] [54]

December

4 December

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 2009

Ship	Country	Description
An unnamed ferry	Bangladesh	collided with a launch in fog. At least 47 reported killed, with 8 people unaccounted for when the search was called off.

5 December

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 2009

Ship	Country	Description
Two ferries	Egypt	collide on the River Nile. One is cut in two and sinks, the other capsizes.[55]

16 December

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 2009

Ship	Country	Description
Karim Junior	Togo	The cargo ship came ashore in a storm at Tenes, Algeria and broke in two with the loss of eight of her nine crew.[56]

17 December

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 2009

Ship	Country	Description
Danny F II	Panama	capsized and sank 11 nautical miles (20 km) off Tripoli, Lebanon.[57]

20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 2009

Ship	Country	Description
Etoile des Ondes.	United Kingdom	sank after a collision with Alam Pintar ( Singapore) resulting in the death of one crew member. Nearby ships did not respond to distress signals issued by the crew of Etoile des Ondes.[58]

23 December

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 2009

Ship	Country	Description
Catalyn V	Philippines	collided with a fishing boat in Manila Bay. Both vessels sank with the loss of 27 lives.

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