List of shipwrecks in 1999

The list of shipwrecks in 1999 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1999.

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1999
Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr
May	Jun	Jul	Aug
Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

February

4 February

List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1999

Ship	Country	Description
New Carissa	Panama	New Carissa The cargo ship ran aground and broke apart in Coos Bay, Oregon. The stern section remained on the beach until scrapped in 2008.

10 February

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1999

Ship	Country	Description
Harta Rimba	Indonesia	The ship foundered off Borneo with the loss of over 280 lives. Nineteen survivors were rescued.[1]

May

20 May

List of shipwrecks: 20 May 1999

Ship	Country	Description
Sun Vista	Bahamas	The cruise ship suffered an engine room fire whilst in the Strait of Malacca. All 1,090 passengers and crew were rescued before the ship sank on 21 May.

July

14 July

List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1999

Ship	Country	Description
USS William C. Lawe	United States Navy	The decommissioned Gearing-class destroyer was sunk as a target.

19 July

List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1999

Ship	Country	Description
Imperial Eagle	Malta	The former Gozo ferry was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea off Qawra as an artificial reef.[2]

August

24 August

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1999

Ship	Country	Description
Ever Decent	Panama	The container ship collided with the cruise ship Norwegian Dream ( Bahamas) in the English Channel 17 nautical miles (31 km) off Margate, Kent, United Kingdom and caught fire. She was beached and all 40 crew were rescued by helicopter.[3][4]

October

1 October

List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1999

Ship	Country	Description
Rachel Harvey	Jersey	The fishing vessel struck rocks in stormy seas 200 yards (180 m) off Peninnis Head in the Isles of Scilly and was wrecked. All six crew members were rescued, but one was pronounced dead on arrival at a hospital.

20 October

List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1999

Ship	Country	Description
KM Bimas Raya II	Indonesia	The ship sank west of New Guinea with the loss of about 275 lives. Twenty six survivors were reported.[5]

November

2 November

List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1999

Ship	Country	Description
Mighty Servant 2	Netherlands	The semi-submersible heavy lift ship struck an uncharted rock and capsized off Singkep, Indonesia with the loss of five of her twenty crew. She was raised in 2000 and subsequently scrapped at Alang, India.

7 November

List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1999

Ship	Country	Description
Dole America	Liberia	The refrigerated cargo ship collided with the Nab Tower in the Solent and ran aground.[6]

12 November

List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1999

Ship	Country	Description
Xlendi	Malta	The former Gozo ferry was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea off Xatt l-Aħmar, Gozo as an artificial reef.[7]

26 November

List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1999

Ship	Country	Description
Sleipner	Norway	The catamaran ferry struck a rock and sank off Haugesund, Rogaland with the loss of sixteen of the 85 people on board.

December

12 December

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1999

Ship	Country	Description
Erika	Malta	The tanker broke in two and sank in the Bay of Biscay off Penmarc'h, Finistère, France.

23 December

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1999

Ship	Country	Description
Asia South Korea	Philippines	The ferry sank off Cebu. Of the 600 people on board,[8] 44 were killed.

29 December

List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1999

Ship	Country	Description
Volganev 248	Russia	The tanker ran aground in the Sea of Marmara off Istanbul, Turkey and broke in two. The bow section sank.[9]

References

1. "280 feared lost in Borneo sinking" The Times (London). Thursday, 11 February 1999. (66434), col G-H, p. 16.
2. "MV Imperial Eagle & Kristu l-Bahhar". Subway Dive Centre. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
3. Lane, Anthony (2009). Shipwrecks of Kent. Stroud: The History Press. p. 86. ISBN 978-0-7524-1720-2.
4. Michael Horsnell and Matthew Pryor. "Ship ablaze after colliding with cruise liner" The Times (London). Tuesday, 24 August 1999. (66601), col B-F, p. 1.
5. "Ship sinks with 300 on board" The Times (London). Thursday, 21 October 1999. (66651), col G-H, p. 18.
6. Arthur Leathley. "Ship stranded after crashing into lighthouse" The Times (London). Monday, 8 November 1999. (66666), col B-H, p. 6.
7. "MV Xlendi - Gozo". Subway Dive Centre. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
8. "Dozens lost after sinking" The Times (London). Friday, 24 December 1999. (66706), col H, p. 9.
9. Andrew Finkel. "Turkey ill-prepared as tanker oil comes ashore" The Times (London). Thursday, 30 December 1999. (66710), col D-H, p. 17.

Ship events in 1999
Ship launches:	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Ship commissionings:	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Ship decommissionings:	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Shipwrecks:	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004