List of shipwrecks in 2016

The list of shipwrecks in 2016 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 2016.

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2016
Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec


January

7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 2016
Ship Country Description
Zuhairi  Malaysia The ferry collided with an unlit barge and partially sank off Semporna. All 156 passengers and crew were rescued, with 22 of them requiring treatment in hospital. The barge is believed to have sunk.[1]

8 January

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 2016
Ship Country Description
China Star 107  China The bulk carrier foundered in the East China Sea 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) north of East Fuzhou Island. Her five crew were missing as of 12 January.[2]

16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 2016
Ship Country Description
Sunway Maru  Japan The coastal tanker collided with Daifuku Maru No. 8 ( Japan) and sank in Tokyo Bay. Her three crew were rescued.[3]

18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 2016
Ship Country Description
USS Reuben James  United States Navy The decommissioned guided-missile frigate was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii by a Standard Missile 6 (SM-6) fired by the guided-missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones ( United States Navy).[4]

22 January

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 2016
Ship Country Description
VFM Alita  Panama The cargo ship collided with another vessel off Colón, Panama and sank. Her crew survived.[5]

25 January

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 2016
Ship Country Description
Dong Thien Phu Silver  Vietnam The cargo ship collided with Ocean Osprey ( Dominica) off the coast of Burma and sank. Her fourteen crew were rescued.[6]
Xin Yang  China The cargo ship was driven ashore on Dangan Island, Hong Kong. Her six crew were rescued.[7]

26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 2016
Ship Country Description
Modern Express  Panama The car carrier developed a severe list in the Bay of Biscay 148 nautical miles (274 km) off Cape Ortegal, Spain. Her 22 crew were evacuated by helicopter.[8] Modern Express proceeded to drift for several days, and was sighted off the coast of France, but was successfully taken under tow by the tug Centaurus ( Spain) on 1 February.[9] She arrived at Bilbao, Spain on 3 February.[10]

February

2 February

List of shipwrecks: 2 February 2016
Ship Country Description
South Star  Mongolia The cargo ship was severely damaged by fire in Tonkin Bay, Vietnam. Her eighteen crew were evacuated.[11]

3 February

List of shipwrecks: 3 February 2016
Ship Country Description
CSCL Indian Ocean  Hong Kong
CSCL Indian Ocean.

The container ship ran aground in the Elbe.[12] She was refloated on 9 February and taken in to Hamburg.[13]

11 February

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 2016
Ship Country Description
414  United States Navy The 34-foot Dauntless-class patrol vessel ran aground at the mouth of the St. John River at Jacksonville, Florida. Her five crew were rescued.[14]

13 February

List of shipwrecks: 13 February 2016
Ship Country Description
Nusantara Akbar  Indonesia The tanker sprang a leak and foundered in the Strait of Malacca off Dumai with the loss of one of her 27 crew.[15]

14 or 15 February

List of shipwrecks: 14 or 15 February 2016
Ship Country Description
KM Azula  Indonesia The tanker foundered in the Arafura Sea off Papua, Indonesia. At least thirteen crew were missing as of 17 February.[16]

24 February

List of shipwrecks: 24 February 2016
Ship Country Description
Aurora Australis  Australia The icebreaker drifted ashore at West Arm in Horseshoe Harbour, Antarctic during a blizzard. Thirty-seven passengers have been transferred to Mawson Station, while the remaining thirty-one crew attempted to refloat the ship.[17] Aurora Australis was refloated on 27 February.

25 February

List of shipwrecks: 25 February 2016
Ship Country Description
New Katerina  Panama The bulk carrier ran aground and sank at the bow in the Suez Canal.[18] She was refloated on 9 March.[19]
Yun Hai  Taiwan The ro-ro ship ran aground in the Strait of Taiwan off Penghu Island. All eleven crew were rescued by helicopter.[20]

27 February

List of shipwrecks: 27 February 2016
Ship Country Description
Ocean Dream  Togo The passenger ship capsized off Laem Chebang, Thailand. Nobody was on board at the time.

March

1 March

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 2016
Ship Country Description
Bao Jiang 88  China The bulk carrier capsized and sank in the Yangtze near Shanghai. Her twelve crew were rescued by the Chinese Coast Guard.[21]

2 March

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 2016
Ship Country Description
Mahalia  Vanuatu The landing craft capsized and sank off Erromango Island. Her thirteen crew were rescued by Forum Pacific ( Singapore).[22]

4 March

List of shipwrecks: xx March 2016
Ship Country Description
Rafelia 2  Indonesia The ferry capsized and sank in the Bali Strait off Banyuwani. Four of the 75 people on board were reported missing.[23]

7 March

List of shipwrecks: 7 March 2016
Ship Country Description
Ayu Lestari  Indonesia The tug was in collision with the tanker Mare Tirrenum ( Italy) in the Strait of Malacca 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south of Pulau Rupat and sank. Two of her four crew were reported missing.[24]

10 March

List of shipwrecks: 10 March 2016
Ship Country Description
Sagitaire  France The trawler sank at Town Quay, Dartmouth, Devon, United Kingdom.[25]
St Christophe  France The trawler sank at Town Quay, Dartmouth, Devon.[25]

11 March

List of shipwrecks: 11 March 2016
Ship Country Description
TS Taipei  Taiwan The container ship ran aground off Shimen, Taiwan. Her 21 crew were rescued.[26] On 25 March, it was reported that the hull had suffered a major rupture and that the ship was in danger of capsizing and sinking.[27]

12 March

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 2016
Ship Country Description
Specialist  United States The tug ran into a barge on the Hudson River, north of New York City and sank. Three crew dead.[28] [29]

14 March

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 2016
Ship Country Description
Lu Yan Yuan Yu 010  China The fishing vessel was sunk by the Argentinian coastguard for illegal fishing in Argentine waters. The thirty-two crew were rescued.[30]
Viking  Nigeria The fishing vessel, having been seized the previous month by the Indonesian Navy for illegal fishing, was scuttled.[31]

15 March

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 2016
Ship Country Description
Shen Zhou 33  China The cargo ship capsized and sank in the Taiwan Strait off Chongwu. Her six crew were rescued.[32]

17 March

List of shipwrecks: 17 March 2016
Ship Country Description
HMS Bronington  Royal Navy The Ton-class minesweeper sank at Birkenhead, Merseyside

21 March

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 2016
Ship Country Description
Sparna  Panama The bulk carrier ran aground in the Columbia River and was severely damaged.[33]

23 March

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 2016
Ship Country Description
KM Bunga Melati XV  Panama The cargo ship struck a reef and sank at Tagulandang, Indonesia. Her eighteen crew were rescued.[34]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in March 2016
Ship Country Description
Unidentified submarine  Korean People's Navy An unidentified submarine was reported to have sunk off the coast of North Korea in early March.[35]

April

23 April

List of shipwrecks: 23 April 2016
Ship Country Description
Palflot-2  Russia The tanker caught fire in the Caspian Sea with the loss of one of her eleven crew. Survivors were rescued by helicopter.[36]

26 April

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 2016
Ship Country Description
Panagia Tinou  Greece The passenger ferry sank at Piraeus, where she had been laid up since 2015. Nobody was on board at the time.[37]

May

4 May

List of shipwrecks: 4 May 2016
Ship Country Description
Tamaya 1  Panama The tanker came ashore crewless near Robertsport, Liberia.[38]


References

  1. ↑ "156 Saved after Ferry Collides with Barge off Malaysia". World Maritime News. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  2. ↑ "Bulk Carrier Sinks in East China Sea". World Maritime News. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  3. ↑ Hancock, Paul (16 January 2016). "Collision in Tokyo Bay". Shipwrecklog. Retrieved 18 January 2016.
  4. ↑ LaGrone, Sam, "Navy Sinks Former Frigate USS Reuben James in Test of New Supersonic Anti-Surface Missile," USNI News, March 8, 2016 7:30 a.m.
  5. ↑ "Cargo Ship Sinks after Collision in Panama Canal". World Maritime News. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  6. ↑ "Vietnamese Cargo ship sank after collision". Sea News. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  7. ↑ Hancock, Paul. "Xin Yang". Shipwrecklog. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  8. ↑ "VIDEO: 22 Evacuated as Car Carrier Lists in Bay of Biscay". World Maritime News. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  9. ↑ "Gallery: SMIT Salvage Team Boards Modern Express, Attaches Tow Line". World Maritime News. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  10. ↑ Hancock, Paul (3 February 2016). "Modern Express Saved". Shipwrecklog. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  11. ↑ "18 Seamen Evacuated as Cargo Vessel Burns in Tonkin Bay". World Maritime News. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  12. ↑ "Boxship Giant Grounds on the Elbe Rive". World Maritime News. 3 February 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  13. ↑ "CSCL Indian Ocean Finally Freed, Bound for Hamburg". World Maritime News. 9 February 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  14. ↑ Hancock, Paul (13 February 2016). "Patrol Boat Aground". Shipwrecklog. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  15. ↑ "One Dies, 26 Evacuated as Tanker Sinks in Malacca Strait". World Maritime News. Retrieved 15 February 2016.
  16. ↑ "At Least 13 Missing after Tanker Sinks in Arafura Sea". World Maritime News. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
  17. ↑ "Aurora Australis: Antarctica icebreaker passengers rescued". BBC News. Retrieved 26 February 2016.
  18. ↑ Hancock, Paul (27 February 2016). "New Katerina". Shipwrecklog. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  19. ↑ "New Katerina Refloated, Suez Canal Back to Normal". Wprld Maritime News. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  20. ↑ Hancock, Paul (25 February 2016). "Yun Hai". Shipwrecklog. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  21. ↑ Hancock, Paul (2 March 2016). "Bao Jiang 88". Shipwrecklog. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  22. ↑ Hancock, Paul (3 March 2016). "Mahalia". Shipwrecklog. Retrieved 4 March 2016.
  23. ↑ "Passengers jump into sea as ferry sinks in Indonesian strait". Hawaii New Now. 4 March 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2015.
  24. ↑ "Two Missing after Tug and Tanker Clash in Strait of Malacca". World Maritime News. 9 March 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
  25. 1 2 "Fishermen rescued from sinking trawlers at Dartmouth". BBC News. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  26. ↑ "Boxship Hard Aground off Taiwan". World Maritime News. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  27. ↑ "TS Taipei in Danger of Sinking as It Breaks in Two". World Maritime News. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  28. ↑ Eltman, Frank. "1 Dead, 2 Missing After Tugboat Crash On Hudson River". Associated Press. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  29. ↑ http://www.lohud.com/story/news/local/2016/03/24/sunken-tugboat-specialist-raised/82198722/
  30. ↑ "Argentina sinks Chinese fishing boat Lu Yn Yauan Yu 010". BBC News. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  31. ↑ Bever, Lindsey (15 March 2016). "Indonesia’s harsh response to illegal fishing: Blowing up ships". The Washington Post. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  32. ↑ Hancock, Paul (15 March 2016). "Shen Zhou 33". Shipwrecklog. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
  33. ↑ "VIDEO: MV Sparna Severely Damaged. No Signs of Pollution". World Maritime News. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  34. ↑ "Cargo Ship Hits Reef, Sinks in Indonesia". World Maritime News. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  35. ↑ LaGrone, Sam (11 March 2016). "U.S. Official: North Korean Submarine is Missing, Presumed Sunk". United States Naval Institute. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  36. ↑ "VIDEO: Fire aboard Tanker Claims One Life". World Maritime News. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  37. ↑ Hancock, Paul (26 April 2016). "Panagia Tinou". Shipwrecklog. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  38. ↑ "Crewless Ship Washes Ashore in Liberia". World Maritime News. Retrieved 5 May 2016.
Ship events in 2016
Ship launches: 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Ship commissionings: 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Ship decommissionings: 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Shipwrecks: 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
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