List of shipwrecks in 2004

The list of shipwrecks in 2004 includes some of the ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 2004.

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2004
Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr
May	Jun	Jul	Aug
Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

January

15 January

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 2004

Ship	Country	Description
Bugaled Breizh	France	Bugaled Breizh The trawler capsized and sank 15 nautical miles (28 km) southwest of Lizard Point, Cornwall, United Kingdom. All five crew were killed. The wreck was later raised for investigation.

19 January

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 2004

Ship	Country	Description
Rocknes	Antigua and Barbuda	Rocknes The bulk carrier capsized at Bergen, Hordaland, Norway with the loss of eighteen of her thirty-one crew.[1][2]

February

2 February

List of shipwrecks: 2 February 2004

Ship	Country	Description
Unnamed ship	Uganda	Capsized on Lake Albert with the loss of at least forty people.[3]

5 February

List of shipwrecks: 5 February 2004

Ship	Country	Description
Two unnamed ferries	Bangladesh	The ferries collided in heavy fog on the River Arial Khan, near the town of Barisal, Bangladesh.[4]

12 February

List of shipwrecks: 12 February 2004

Ship	Country	Description
Strontsiy	Russia	Loaded with 3,928 tons of scrap metal, the ship broke her anchorage in the Bosphorus Strait and was thrown on the shore. The vessel suffered considerable structural damage, including breaking her back, and was declared a constructive total loss.[5]

13 February

List of shipwrecks: 13 February 2004

Ship	Country	Description
Hera	Cambodia	Loaded with 11,741 tons of coal, she sank in the Black Sea around 8 miles (13 km) from the entrance of the Bosphorus. All of her nineteen crew was lost.[6]

16 February

List of shipwrecks: 16 February 2004

Ship	Country	Description
USS Peterson	United States Navy	The decommissioned Spruance-class destroyer was sunk as a target.

March

2 March

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 2004

Ship	Country	Description
Herakles and Bulk	Finland	Herakles and Bulk The integrated tug barge ran aground and sank off the Grundkallen lighthouse, Sweden

13 March

List of shipwrecks: 13 March 2004

Ship	Country	Description
CSK Tribute	Singapore	The bulk carrier suffered a hull fracture off Mozambique. She was towed into Nacala by Nikolai Chiker ( Russia) for examination.[7]

27 March

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 2004

Ship	Country	Description
HMS Scylla	Royal Navy	The decommissioned Leander-class frigate was sunk to form an artificial reef for diving in Whitsand Bay off Cornwall, England, at 50°19.655′N 4°15.162′W / 50.327583°N 4.252700°WCoordinates: 50°19.655′N 4°15.162′W / 50.327583°N 4.252700°W.[8]

April

13 April

List of shipwrecks: 13 April 2004

Ship	Country	Description
USS John Young	United States Navy	The decommissioned Spruance-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean by a Mark 48 torpedo fired by the submarine USS Pasadena (SSN-752) ( United States Navy) during the RIMPAC 04 exercise.

May

22 May

List of shipwrecks: 22 May 2004

Ship	Country	Description
Hyundai No.105	South Korea	The car carrier collided with Kamisan ( Panama) off Singapore and sank.[9][10]

23 May

List of shipwrecks: 23 May 2004

Ship	Country	Description
Lighting Sun	Bangladesh	The ferry capsized during a tropical storm on the Meghna river near Chandpur. Two unnamed ferries sank 15.5 miles (24.9 km) north-west of Dhaka in Manikganj District.[11]

June

24 June

List of shipwrecks: 24 June 2004

Ship	Country	Description
Kos	Hellenic Navy	The decommissioned Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship was sunk as a target during the Hellenic Navy exercise Thiela III by Penguin missiles fired by the fast missile attack craft Ypoploiarchos Degiannis and Simeoforos Starakis and torpedoes from the Greek torpedo boats Lailaps and Typhon (all  Hellenic Navy).

July

12 July

List of shipwrecks: 12 July 2004

Ship	Country	Description
USS Peoria	United States Navy	The decommissioned Newport-class tank landing ship was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii during RIMPAC 04.

14 July

List of shipwrecks: 14 July 2004

Ship	Country	Description
USS Kinkaid	United States Navy	The decommissioned Spruance-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean at 22°55′13.5″N 159°59′40.5″W / 22.920417°N 159.994583°W during RIMPAC 04.

15 July

List of shipwrecks: 15 July 2004

Ship	Country	Description
USS Harry W. Hill	United States Navy	The decommissioned Spruance-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean during RIMPAC 04.

22 July

List of shipwrecks: 22 July 2004

Ship	Country	Description
USS Decatur	United States Navy	The decommissioned Forrest Sherman-class guided-missile destroyer was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii at 22°57′00″N 159°55′06″W / 22.95000°N 159.91833°W by aircraft and submarines during RIMPAC 04.

30 July

List of shipwrecks: 30 July 2004

Ship	Country	Description
USS Nicholson	United States Navy	The decommissioned Spruance-class destroyer was sunk as a target.

August

23 August

List of shipwrecks: 23 August 2004

Ship	Country	Description
USS Fife	United States Navy	The decommissioned Spruance-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off Washington by several ships of the United States Third Fleet including the guided-missile destroyer USS Preble and the guided-missile frigate USS Curts (FFG-38) (both  United States Navy).

September

13 September

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 2004

Ship	Country	Description
Delta I	Panama	The tanker collided with APL Pusan ( Singapore) in the Arabian Sea off the west coast of India and broke in two. She was declared a total loss and towed to Sachana, India, for scrapping.[12]
Mirabella V	United Kingdom	The super yacht ran aground at Villefranche-sur-Mer, Alpes-Maritimes, France.[13] She was later repaired and returned to service.

October

2 October

List of shipwrecks: 2 October 2004

Ship	Country	Description
Arcata	United States Navy	The Natick-class tug was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off the United States West Coast at 33°10′12″N 120°57′06″W / 33.17000°N 120.95167°W

5 October

List of shipwrecks: 5 October 2004

Ship	Country	Description
HMCS Chicoutimi	Canada	The long-range hunter-killer submarine was involved in a partial flooding incident which resulted in a fire at sea, whilst she was en route from UK to Canada. 2,000 litres of seawater had entered the submarine and caused an electrical panel to short out, which in turn started a major fire and caused all power to cut out, leaving the submarine adrift in heavy seas 100 nautical miles (190 km) north-west of County Mayo, Ireland. Nine crewmembers were affected by smoke inhalation and the ship was left drifting without power in heavy seas. By the evening of 7 October, the weather had abated, and the Chicoutimi was towed to Faslane Naval Base in Scotland. One crew member died of his injuries.

16 October

List of shipwrecks: 16 October 2004

Ship	Country	Description
BBC China	Antigua and Barbuda	The 5,548 grt freighter ran aground near Port Grosvenor in South Africa.[14]

November

13 November

List of shipwrecks: 13 November 2004

Ship	Country	Description
USS Hayler	United States Navy	USS Hayler sinking. The decommissioned Spruance-class destroyer was sunk as a target.

14 November

List of shipwrecks: 14 November 2004

Ship	Country	Description
R/V Gosport	United States	The inactivated research ship was sunk as a target.

December

5 December

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 2004

Ship	Country	Description
USS Inchon	United States Navy	The decommissioned Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean 207 nautical miles (383 km) east of Virginia Beach, Virginia, at 36°42′30″N 071°40′00″W / 36.70833°N 71.66667°W.

8 December

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 2004

Ship	Country	Description
Selendang Ayu	Malaysia	Selendang Ayu. The tanker ran aground on Unalaska Island, United States and broke in two.

16 December

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 2004

Ship	Country	Description
Julius	Germany	The tug foundered in the Elbe with the loss of one crew member.[15]

References

1. Charles Bremner. "Hopes fade for 15 lost in capsized ship" The Times (London). Wednesday, 21 January 2004. (67977), col D-H, p. 11.
2. "Rocknes Monster". Cargolaw. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
3. "Many die as Uganda boat capsizes". BBC. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
4. "Bangladesh ferry crash kills many". BBC. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
5. STRONTSIY - IMO 8852801. ShipSpotting.com. Retrieved 2013-04-06.
6. . orms-today.org. Retrieved October 2008.
7. "Belgian Merchant H-O" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
8. "Work starts on clearing Scylla wreck net". BBC. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
9. "Hyundai No. 105 (8517956)". Equasis. French Ministry for Transport. Retrieved 2011-04-10. (registration required (help)).
10. Ship carrying 4,190 cars sinks off Singapore. World Environment News, 24 May 2004.
11. "Ferry sinks in Bangladesh storm". BBC. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
12. "TEBOSTAR" (in Finnish). Äänimeri. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
13. Michael Horsnell. "World-record super yacht is on the rocks" The Times (London). Saturday, 18 September 2004. (68184), col C-H, p. 13.
14. "BBC China aground". Retrieved 23 September 2013.
15. "Report on the investigation of the collision, capsize and foundering of the tug Chiefton with the loss of one crewmember at Greenwich Reach, River Thames on 12 August 2011" (PDF). Marine Accident Investigation Branch. Retrieved 23 May 2012.

Ship events in 2004
Ship launches:	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Ship commissionings:	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Ship decommissionings:	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Shipwrecks:	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009