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


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)).

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.[8][9]

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.[10]

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.[11]

July

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.[12]

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).[10]

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).[13]

August

31 August

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

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.[14]

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.[15][16]

December

19 December

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1986
Ship Country Description
Brave Themis  Cyprus The cargo ship sank off Crete.[10]

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).[17]

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.[17]
Syneta  United Kingdom The tanker ran aground at Skrurdur Island, Iceland and was wrecked with the loss all 12 crew.[18][19]

References

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

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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