List of shipwrecks in 2002

The list of shipwrecks in 2002 includes some of the ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 2002.

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2002
Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr
May	Jun	Jul	Aug
Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

January

2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 2002

Ship	Country	Description
Willy	Cyprus	The tanker ran aground at Kingsand, Cornwall.[1]

February

1 February

List of shipwrecks: 1 February 2002

Ship	Country	Description
Le Perrain	France	The fishing vessel was abandoned 250 miles (400 km) north of the Outer Hebrides and eighteen men were airlifted by a RAF Lossiemouth, 202 squadron, Sea King helicopter. One man, the skipper, was swept overboard and is missing.[2]

2 February

List of shipwrecks: 2 February 2002

Ship	Country	Description
Kodima		The cargo ship ran aground in Whitsand Bay, Cornwall.[3] Refloated on 16 February and towed to Falmouth.

March

12 March

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 2002

Ship	Country	Description
Camadan	Turkey	The cargo ship sunk in bad weather in the Mediterranean Sea off Malta (35°31′N 14°32′E / 35.51°N 14.53°E). All the crew were rescued.[4]

15 March

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 2002

Ship	Country	Description
Gilbert Sea	Honduras	Cargo ship seized for carrying cocaine and sunk as an artificial reef 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from the Lake Worth Inlet, Florida.[5]

19 March

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 2002

Ship	Country	Description
Belmonte	Brazilian Navy	The decommissioned landing ship was sunk as a target.

April

4 April

List of shipwrecks: 4 April 2002

Ship	Country	Description
Jawgal	Libya	The cargo ship sank in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Algeria. 15 crew of the other 24 lost their lives.[6]

May

17 May

List of shipwrecks: 17 May 2002

Ship	Country	Description
USS Spiegel Grove	United States Navy	The decommissioned Thomaston-class dock landing ship was sunk as an artificial reef off Key Largo, Florida, at 25°04′00.2″N 80°18′00.7″W / 25.066722°N 80.300194°W.

June

3 June

List of shipwrecks: 3 June 2002

Ship	Country	Description
Clipper Cheyenne	Bahamas	The semi-submersible dock ship sank at Foynes, County Limerick, Ireland. She was later salvaged and towed to a French port.[7]

4 June

List of shipwrecks: 4 June 2002

Ship	Country	Description
USS Hepburn	United States Navy	The decommissioned Knox-class frigate was sunk as a target.

12 June

List of shipwrecks: 4 June 2002

Ship	Country	Description
USS Wainwright	United States Navy	The decommissioned Belknap-class guided-missile cruiser was sunk by explosive charges off Puerto Rico after being used as a missile, torpedo, and aircraft target on 11 and 12 June.

13 June

List of shipwrecks: 13 June 2002

Ship	Country	Description
Carrie of Camaret	United Kingdom	The schooner ran aground off Tory Island, County Donegal, Ireland. All eleven people on board were rescued but the vessel was a total loss.[8]

July

5 July

List of shipwrecks: 5 July 2002

Ship	Country	Description
USS Rathburne	United States Navy	The decommissioned Knox-class frigate was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean during the RIMPAC 02 exercise.

7 July

List of shipwrecks: 7 July 2002

Ship	Country	Description
HMS Nottingham	Royal Navy	The Type 42 destroyer ran aground on Wolf Rock, Lord Howe Island, Australia and was severely damaged. Subsequently repaired and returned to service in July 2004.

8 July

List of shipwrecks: 8 July 2002

Ship	Country	Description
USS White Plains	United States Navy	The decommissioned Mars-class combat stores ship was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean at 22°55′00.9″N 160°10′00.3″W / 22.916917°N 160.166750°W, during the RIMPAC 02 exercise.

10 July

List of shipwrecks: 10 July 2002

Ship	Country	Description
USS Harold E. Holt	United States Navy	The decommissioned Knox-class frigate was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean during the RIMPAC 02 exercise.

August

30 August

List of shipwrecks: 30 August 2002

Ship	Country	Description
Bismihita'la	Liberia	The cargo ship developed a severe list 500 nautical miles (930 km) off Cape Town, South Africa due to No. 2 hold flooding. Crew rescued by Mineral York ( Liberia). Ship taken in tow by tug Suhaili. She was scuttled on 17 September at 25°12′S 9°23′E / 25.200°S 9.383°E[9]

September

26 September

List of shipwrecks: 26 September 2002

Ship	Country	Description
Le Joola	Senegal	The passenger ferry capsized and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Gambia with the loss of at least 1,863 of the over 2,000 people on board.

October

6 October

List of shipwrecks: 6 October 2002

Ship	Country	Description
USS Okinawa	United States Navy	The decommissioned Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California at 031°27′N 119°42′W / 31.450°N 119.700°W, absorbing several hits by bombs, Maverick missiles, and Harpoon missiles before being finished off by a Mark 48 torpedo fired by the submarine USS Portsmouth ( United States Navy).

9 October

List of shipwrecks: 9 October 2002

Ship	Country	Description
USS Towers	United States Navy	USS Towers sinking. The decommissioned Charles F. Adams-class guided-missile destroyer was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California by the guided-missile frigate USS Sides ( United States Navy).

23 October

List of shipwrecks: 23 October 2002

Ship	Country	Description
Mercury II	Azerbaijan	The cargo ship sank in the Caspian Sea with the loss of 42 of the 51 people on board.[10][11]

November

5 November

List of shipwrecks: 5 November 2002

Ship	Country	Description
HMAS Hobart	Royal Australian Navy	The wreck of HMAS Hobart in 2010. The Perth-class guided-missile destroyer was sunk as an artificial reef and dive wreck in Yankalilla Bay, South Australia, at 35°28′51.6″S 138°09′26.0″E / 35.481000°S 138.157222°E, 4.8 nautical miles (5.5 miles; 8.9 km) west-northwest of Marina St. Vincent.

6 November

List of shipwrecks: 6 November 2002

Ship	Country	Description
HMS Trafalgar	Royal Navy	The Trafalgar-class submarine ran aground underwater at Fladda-chuain, Scotland. She surfaced and proceeded to Faslane. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.

19 November

List of shipwrecks: 19 November 2002

Ship	Country	Description
Prestige	Greece	The oil tanker broke in two and sank off Galicia, Spain, creating a massive oil spill, polluting thousands of kilometers of coastline.
HNoMS Orkla	Royal Norwegian Navy	The Alta-class minesweeper suffered an engine room explosion, caught fire and capsized the next the day in Harøyfjorden north-west of Flemsøya in Møre og Romsdal, Norway. Eleven of the thirty-three crew suffered light smoke inhalation injuries.[12]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 2002

Ship	Country	Description
Nge Zin Thein	Myanmar	The ferry sank on a Burmese river with the loss of an unknown number of passengers.[13]

December

4 December

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 2002

Ship	Country	Description
USS Caron	United States Navy	USS Caron sinking. The decommissioned Spruance-class destroyer was sunk off Puerto Rico during explosives testing.

11 December

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 2002

Ship	Country	Description
Princess Pia	Panama	The cargo ship ran aground at Klaipėda, Lithuania and was holed. She was refloated 16 December and subsequently scrapped in October 2003.[9]

14 December

List of shipwrecks: 14 December 2002

Ship	Country	Description
Tricolor	Norway	The vehicle carrier collided with Kariba ( Bahamas) in the English Channel and sank off Dunquerque, Nord, France. The wreck was removed in 2004.

16 December

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 2002

Ship	Country	Description
Nicola	Netherlands	The cargo ship ran aground on the wreck of Tricolor ( Norway). She was later refloated.[14]

References

1. Simon de Bruxelles. "Village threatened as tanker hits rocks" The Times (London). Thursday, 3 January 2002. (67328), col A-H, p. 9.
2. "Crew rescued from stricken boat". BBC. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
3. "Salvage team will reinspect ship". BBC. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
4. "Cargo Ship Camadan". Subway Dive Centre. Retrieved 4 September 2014.
5. "Gilbert Sea". Dive Spots. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
6. "Bodies retrieved" The Times (London). Monday, 8 April 2002. (67419), col E, p. 16.
7. "Report Of The Investigation Into The Sinking Of The M.V. "Clipper Cheyenne"". Marine Casualty Investigation Board. 15 December 2003. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
8. "Report into the Grounding of "Carrie of Camaret" (Alias "Cabin Fever I") at Tory Island, Co. Donegal on 13th June 2003". Marine Casualty Investigation Board. 15 March 2005. Retrieved 15 October 2013.
9. "Belgian Merchant H-O" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
10. "42 missing as tanker goes down" The Times (London). Wednesday, 24 October 2002. (67589), col H, p. 18.
11. "40 Missing in Caspian Sea Shipwreck". The Moscow Times. 24 October 2002. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
12. ""Orkla" har kantret". Bergensavisen (in Norwegian). 26 January 2003. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
13. Su Wai, Khin (4 November 2015). "Eight bodies recovered, scores still missing". Myanmar Times. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
14. Sam Lister. "Third ship in big Channel pile-up may not be the last" The Times (London). Tuesday, 17 December 2002. (67636), col A-H, p. 9.

Ship events in 2002
Ship launches:	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Ship commissionings:	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Ship decommissionings:	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007
Shipwrecks:	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007