The bulk carrier suffered an engine break-down, and was driven aground by a storm on the coast of the island of Fedje, Norway. The ship broke in two, with the bow section being salvaged and towed to Ågotnes, while the stern broke apart. The salvaged bow section was scrapped in Esbjerg, Denmark, starting in April 2008.[4][5]
The container ship was deliberately beached on Branscombe beach, Lyme Bay, after suffering a serious structural failure to her hull during a severe storm the previous day.[6]
The 75-foot (23 m) fishing boat sank in Nantucket Sound with the loss of all four crew. The weather at the time was of winds of 25 to 30 knots (46 to 56 km/h) and 8-to-10-foot (2.4 to 3.0 m) seas.[7]
The 40-foot (12 m) yacht presumed lost off San Francisco, California in good weather. Computer scientist Jim Gray was making a solo day trip. The Coast Guard suspended the search for the ship on 1 February.[8]
The 52-foot (16 m) fishing boat was lost off Cape Elizabeth, Maine with the two crew missing. Weather conditions were only 4-foot (1.2 m) waves and 10-knot (19 km/h; 12 mph) winds.[9]
The 35-foot (10.7 m) cod–fishing vessel was wrecked in Island Bay (57°33′20″N 155°50′00″W / 57.55556°N 155.83333°W / 57.55556; -155.83333 (Island Bay)) off of Jute Bay (57°32′32″N 155°51′00″W / 57.54222°N 155.85000°W / 57.54222; -155.85000 (Jute Bay)) on the southern coast of the Alaska Peninsula. A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued her entire crew from the beach.[14]
Pasha Bulker. The bulk carrier was driven ashore at Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. She was refloated on 2 July. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.
The 56-foot (17.1 m) salmonseiner sank near Cape Igvak (57°26′N 156°01′W / 57.433°N 156.017°W / 57.433; -156.017 (Cape Igvak)) on the coast of the Alaska Peninsula in Alaska. Her four crew members – all members of the same family – abandoned ship in a life raft and were rescued in the Shelikof Strait 17 nautical miles (31 km; 20 mi) west of Halibut Bay (57°23′29″N 154°43′01″W / 57.3914°N 154.7169°W / 57.3914; -154.7169 (Halibut Bay)) on Kodiak Island by the vessel Sea Storm (United States) on 26 June.[22]
The retired 97-foot (29.6 m) tug was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Delaware at 38°40.540′N 074°43.957′W / 38.675667°N 74.732617°W / 38.675667; -74.732617 (Margaret).[24]
The trawler sank in Tangafjørður between the two Faroese islands of Streymoy and Eysturoy after hitting a skerry, Flesjarnar the evening before. There were no casualties.[26]
The vessel sank after colliding with the unmanned North Seagas platform Viking Echo (64 kilometres (35 nmi) off the Norfolk coast), the entire crew was rescued, the gas platform survived and continues to operate. The vessel had been destined for one of the Humber ports carrying a cargo of grain from Lübeck in Germany.[28]
After a crew member fell asleep at her helm, the 54-gross ton, 54.5-foot (16.6 m) fishing vessel grounded on Bold Island (58°04′N 157°29′W / 58.067°N 157.483°W / 58.067; -157.483 (Bold Island)) in Southeast Alaska, then flooded and sank in 474 feet (144 m) of water 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) south of Ketchikan, Alaska. The fishing vessel Champion (United States) rescued her all five members of her crew.[30]
While her crew was attempting to haul a large number of fish aboard, the 20-gross ton, 42.5-foot (13.0 m) salmonseinercapsized and sank in Ugak Bay (57°25′N 152°35′W / 57.417°N 152.583°W / 57.417; -152.583 (Ugak Bay)) on the coast of Kodiak Island in Alaska′s Kodiak Archipelago. The fishing vesselChiniak (United States) rescued her crew of four from a skiff. The owner of Golden Girls later cut up and removed her wreck.[31]
Kepala burning.The 50-foot (15.2 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire and drifted ashore near Black Point (60°53′N 146°43′W / 60.883°N 146.717°W / 60.883; -146.717 (Black Point)) in Tatitlek Narrows in Prince William Sound on the south-central coast of Alaska. Her crew of three abandoned ship in a life raft and was rescued by the 51-foot (15.5 m) fishing vessel Tri-K (United States).[35]
The Leander-classfrigate was scuttled as a dive wreck in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand. 35°11′38″S 174°17′40″E / 35.1938°S 174.2944°E / -35.1938; 174.2944 (HMNZS Canterbury (F421))[39]
While anchored in Nakwasina Passage (57°14′58″N 135°27′08″W / 57.2494°N 135.4522°W / 57.2494; -135.4522 (Nakwasina Passage)) near the northern end of Halleck Island (57°13′18″N 135°26′51″W / 57.2217°N 135.4475°W / 57.2217; -135.4475 (Halleck Island)) in Southeast Alaska north of Sitka, Alaska, the 32-gross ton, 55-foot (16.8 m) fishing vessel suffered one or more explosions, burned to the waterline, and sank. The only person aboard survived.[1]
12 November
11 ships sank or ran aground in the Black Sea due to the weather conditions:[40][41]
The cargo ship, carrying 2,100 tonnes (2,100 long tons; 2,300 short tons) of sulphur sank during the storm in the middle of the shipping channel of the Kerch Strait (45°09′N 36°33′E / 45.150°N 36.550°E / 45.150; 36.550). The vessel lies at a depth of 9.3 metres (30 ft 6 in).[43]
The cargo ship, carrying 2,365 tonnes (2,328 long tons; 2,607 short tons) of sulphur, broke up in the 18-foot (5.5 m) waves and sank at 45°11′N 36°30′E / 45.183°N 36.500°E / 45.183; 36.500 at a depth of 9.5 metres (31 ft).[43][44]
During the storm the tanker, carrying 4,800 tonnes (4,700 long tons; 5,300 short tons) of crude oil was struck by 18-foot (5.5 m) waves and broke into two parts with more than 1,300 tonnes (1,300 long tons; 1,400 short tons) of oil escaping into the Kerch Strait. All 13 crew were rescued.[41][44]
The cargo ship, carrying 2,436 tonnes (2,398 long tons; 2,685 short tons) of sulphur sank during the storm and lies at a depth of 10.6 metres (35 ft). The wreck is located at 45°11′N 36°31′E / 45.183°N 36.517°E / 45.183; 36.517.[43]
17 November
List of shipwrecks: 17 November 2007
Ship
State
Description
Pacific Lady
United States
During a voyage from Sand Point to Kodiak, Alaska, the 42-foot (12.8 m) fishing vessel sank in heavy seas in the Shelikof Strait about 70 nautical miles (130 km; 81 mi) southwest of Kodiak. The only person aboard abandoned ship in a life raft and was rescued by the fishing vessel Heritage (United States).[45]
The cruise ship struck an iceberg and sank close to the South Shetland Islands in the Southern Ocean. One hundred passengers and 54 crew abandoned ship in life rafts. Two other people remained aboard and attempted to stabilize the ship, but gave up and abandoned ship as well. The cruise ship Antarctic Dream (Chile) assisted in rescuing the passengers and crew.[46]
While towing the fish tenderbargeFort Yukon (United States), the 90-foot (27.4 m) fishing vessel ran aground on shoals and sank in Wide Bay (57°22′N 156°11′W / 57.367°N 156.183°W / 57.367; -156.183 (Wide Bay)) on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula off the Shelikof Strait after she lost power. Her crew of four and a dog abandoned ship in a life raft and were rescued by a United States Coast Guard helicopter. Fort Yukon drifted away after the towline parted.[47][48]
Cast adrift the previous day when her towline parted when her towing vessel, the fishing vesselLady Blackie (United States), sank in Wide Bay (57°22′N 156°11′W / 57.367°N 156.183°W / 57.367; -156.183 (Wide Bay)) on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula off the Shelikof Strait, the 1,403-ton, 197-foot (60.0 m) fish tenderbarge drifted ashore and was wrecked on the coast of Titcliff Island (57°19′45″N 156°20′10″W / 57.32917°N 156.33611°W / 57.32917; -156.33611 (Titcliff Island)) outside Wide Bay.[47][48]
The crude oil tanker collided with a runaway barge while anchored 10 kilometres (5.4 nmi) off Incheon. 10,000 tons of crude oil spilled to the sea, causing the worst oil spill in the history of South Korea.[49]
The tug capsized and sank off Clydebank with the loss of three lives. The tug's Danish owner, Svitzer Marine, was subsequently prosecuted and admitted a series of health and safety breaches.[53] MAIB report
The bulk carrier, carrying nitric acid, sank near the Korean coast. Only one seaman was rescued, a Burmese, with fourteen (12 Koreans and 2 Burmese) were reported missing.[54]
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Ireland
Norway
Cyprus
United Kingdom
United States
Royal Navy) took non-essential crew aboard.
Greece) in the River Mersey and was severely damaged. She was later repaired and returned to service.
Indonesia
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
Italy
Sri Lanka Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
Canadian Forces Maritime Command
Maldives) in the Indian Ocean.[20]
Panama
Russia
Sierra Leone
Antigua and Barbuda
Maritime Squadron of the Armed Forces of Malta
Israel
Sri Lanka Navy).[36][37]
Malaysia
Royal New Zealand Navy
Georgia
Liberia
Chile) assisted in rescuing the passengers and crew.[46]
Hong Kong
South Korea
