The Project 302M/302K cruise ship ran aground in the Sulu Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) northeast of Cagayancillo Island off Palawan, Philippines. The ship was still aground as of 12 January.[6]
Carrying coal from Azov, Russia to Samsun, Turkey, the 1978-built, 113.87-metre (373.6 ft) general cargo ship sank in rough seas off the Turkish coast in the morning hours of 7 January 2019. Six crew members died while seven survivors were airlifted to hospital by a helicopter of the Turkish Coast Guard.[9]
The ferry ran aground on a reef in the Flores Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off Maropokot, possibly capsizing and sinking. All crew and passengers were evacuated safely.[11]
The tanker was driven aground by a storm in the Mediterranean Sea off Latakia, Syria. Still aground as of 11 April. The vessel was scheduled to be refloated in the next two weeks.[15]
Kerch Strait incident: An explosion and fire enveloped the two liquified gas carriers in the Black Sea. Of the 31 crew between the two ships, ten were killed. Fuel was being transferred between the two vessels at the time of the incident.[19]
The 12-metre (39 ft 4 in) service boat sank after becoming disabled and taking on water near Devils Island at the mouth of HalifaxHarbour. The captain and a passenger were rescued from a lifeboat but a crewmember perished in the sinking.[21]
The tanker struck rocks two nautical miles (3.7 km) off Tanjung Penyusop in the Singapore Strait and sank partially submerged in shallow water. Still in place as of 8 February, salvage efforts continue.[22][23]
The freighter was pushed ashore in bad weather 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off Kefken, Kandıra on the Turkish coast east of the Bosphorus in the Black Sea.[32]
An unidentified fishing vessel was sunk in a collision, possibly with Dong Fang Sheng (China) 80 nautical miles (150 km) east southeast of Ningbo in the South China Sea. Two crew rescued, five missing.[33]
The ro-ro cargo ship caught fire in the Bay of Biscay 140 nautical miles (260 km) south west of Penmarch, Finistère, France and was abandoned by all 27 people on board. They were rescued by HMS Argyll (Royal Navy). The ship later capsized and sank.[40][41]
The cargo ship ran aground near Topagac on Marmara Island in the Sea of Marmara and sank in shallow water with her stern and superstructure above water.[45]
The tugboat ran up on the anchor chain of Iolcos Unity (Malta) causing the tug to capsize and sink in the Mississippi River between mile markers 224.5 and 226.[46]
The cruise ship suffered an engine failure off the coast of Norway. Four hundred and seventy-nine of the 1,373 passengers and crew were evacuated by helicopter before the ship managed to restart some of her engines and put in to Molde.[53][54]
The 18-metre (59 ft) whale-watching vessel struck a submerged rock in the Strait of Juan de Fuca and was beached. 43 passengers and six crew were rescued by three boats. 4Ever Wild was later towed to Sidney, British Columbia for assessment.[64]
The cargo ship sank in a collision with Sumiho Maru (Japan) six nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) south of Inobusaki Cape, Honshu. Four of the five crewmembers were reported missing.[67]
Salvage operations for Hableány.The river cruise boat capsized and sank in the Danube River at Budapest, Hungary, after colliding with the 135-metre (443 ft) cruise shipViking Sigyn (Switzerland)[68] in a heavy rainstorm. Seven passengers were rescued, and twenty-one passengers and two crew members were left missing. Later found 27 to be dead and one is still missing.[69][70]
The fishing vessel sank after a Chinese fishing vessel collided with her while she was anchored off Reed Bank in the South China Sea. All 22 members of her crew survived, but the Chinese vessel left the scene without assisting them. A Vietnamese fishing vessel rescued them.[74]
Kokuka CourageousJune 2019 Gulf of Oman incident: The tanker was struck by an object suspected to be a torpedo and set afire in the Gulf of Oman. Her 21 crew were rescued.[75]
The passenger boat capsized off the shores of Alor, East Nusa Tenggara, after departing from Kalabahi. Three people were killed and four were missing.[76]
The fishing vessel was sunk in a collision with Pacific 01 (China) in the Gulf of Tonkin 90 nautical miles (170 km; 100 mi) south east of Haiphong. Nine crewmen rescued by Pacific 01, ten missing.[79]
The fishing vessel with 37 crew sank in the Makassar Strait during a trip from Pekalongan to Makassar. Three survivors and four bodies have been recovered as of 4 August.[86]
Typhoon Wipha: The bulk carrier was sunk eight nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) south of Macau. The crew were rescued five hours later just as a life raft began sinking.[89]
A squall caused the capsizing of three passenger boats in the Iloilo Strait. A total of at least 30 people died from the three incidents which occurred separately within the same day.[91]
The fishing vessel ran aground on the Ve Skerries, Shetland. All fifteen crew were rescued by the Coastguard search & rescue helicopter dispatched from Sumburgh.[92]
The ferry ran aground at the port entrance to Denia, Spain in the Balearic Sea after reportedly hitting the breakwater. She was later battered by waves and sank further. 400 people on board were rescued.[96]
The dredge sprung a leak off Bozcaada Island in the Aegean Sea. The dredge was beached to prevent sinking, unclear if on the shore of Bozcaada or the Turkish mainland.[100]
The dive boat burned and sank in 64 feet (19.5 m) of water 20 yards (18 m) off Platts Harbor on the north side of California's Santa Cruz Island. The vessel The Grape Escape (United States)[101] rescued five (of six) crew members. Thirty-four people (all 33 passengers and one crew member) died.[102][103]
Golden RayThe ro-ro car ferry rolled on to its port side and ran aground in shallow water off Brunswick, Georgia in St. Simon's Island sound. Scrapping in place began in November 2020. Salvage of 320,000 gallons of fuel completed in December 2019. Final section removed October 2021.[105][106][107][108]
The fishing trawler caught fire, capsized and sank at dock Breivika port in Tromsø, Norway leading to around 100 evacuations as the burning vessel began listing. On-board were hazardous materials including a tank of ammonia and 200,000 litres (44,000 imp gal; 53,000 US gal) of diesel oil.[110][111]
The tugboat sank while working in Howe Sound near Gibsons, British Columbia. A local vessel rescued the crew. The wreck leaked roughly 10 litres (2.2 imp gal; 2.6 US gal) of fuel.[118]
The container ship developed a list to starboard and capsized and sank with hull partially above water in the Long Tau River. On 11 December an incident happened during salvage of the cargo. Two divers were killed, two injured and three missing.[122][123]
The tuna fishing vessel struck a submerged obstruction causing a hull breach in the engine room 170 nautical miles (310 km; 200 mi) off Liberia in the Atlantic Ocean She sank on 29 October. All 22 crew rescued.[125]
The cargo ship capsized at Midia, Romania. Her 22 crew were rescued. 33 of 14,600 sheep on board rescued. She was on a voyage from Midia to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.[141][142]
The cargo ship sank in the Gulf of Tonkin, four nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) off Quy Nhơn, Vietnam, in stormy seas. All 11 crew were rescued by search-and-rescue craft, but the captain died of a heart attack.[145]
The decommissioned Kilo-classsubmarine sank in the Sea of Japan while under tow to a dismantling yard with her stern on the bottom and bow above water. Expected to be refloated.[153]
The cargo ship sank in shallow water with part of the ship above water off Nanji Island, China. All 11 crew rescued by passing cargo ship from life rafts.[155]
During a voyage carrying crab pots from Kodiak, Alaska, to fishing grounds in the Bering Sea with a crew of seven men on board, the 130-foot (39.6 m) fishing vessel sank quickly in the Gulf of Alaska near Sutwik Island off the Alaska Peninsula, 180 nautical miles (330 km; 210 mi) southwest of Kodiak. Four hours after the sinking, a United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued two survivors from a life raft on 1 January 2020, but the other five members of her crew disappeared and were presumed dead.[167]