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List of shipwrecks in 1984

The list of shipwrecks in 1984 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1984.

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January

1 January

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1984
ShipStateDescription
Keta  United StatesThe fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Olsen Island (60°52′15″N 147°33′30″W / 60.87083°N 147.55833°W / 60.87083; -147.55833 (Olsen Island)) on the south-central coast of Alaska.[1]
Kristen  United StatesThe fishing vessel was destroyed by fire and sank off a location identified as "Esther Island Light" on the coast of Alaska. The wreck report does not specify whether the incident occurred off the Esther Island Light in Prince William Sound on the south-central coast of Alaska or off the Esther Island Light (57°50′45″N 136°26′00″W / 57.84583°N 136.43333°W / 57.84583; -136.43333 (Esther Island Light)) at the south end of Lisianski Stait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[1]
Rare Earth  United StatesThe pleasure craft sank after colliding with an iceberg in Columbia Bay (60°56′30″N 147°05′30″W / 60.94167°N 147.09167°W / 60.94167; -147.09167 (Columbia Bay)) on the south-central coast of Alaska.[2]

3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1984
ShipStateDescription
Fairplay X  West GermanyThe tug ran aground in the Hayle estuary, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[3]

5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1984
ShipStateDescription
Mahajak Progress  ThailandThe cargo ship caught fire off Sattahip and was abandoned. Later declared a constructive total loss and was scrapped.[4]

16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1984
ShipStateDescription
Pergo  NetherlandsThe cargo ship was abandoned in the North Sea off Norway. She sailed crewless on auto-pilot for 200 nautical miles (370 km) and ran aground south of Dunbar, East Lothian. The ship was salvaged and taken to Leith.[5]

22 January

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1984
ShipStateDescription
Mary Lou  United StatesThe 86-foot (26.2 m) fishing trawler capsized and sank with the loss of two lives off Cape Decision on the coast of Southeast Alaska after a large wave struck her. There were three survivors.[6]

24 January

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1984
ShipStateDescription
Radiant Med  LiberiaThe cargo ship foundered off Guernsey, Channel Islands after a hatch cover was smashed in heavy seas. Seventeen of the 26 crew were lost. Nine survivors were rescued by the frigate Casabianca (  Marine Nationale) and taken to St Peter Port.[7]

February

1 February

List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1984
ShipStateDescription
Skaros  United KingdomIran–Iraq War: The bulk carrier was struck by an Iraqi Exocet missile in the Bandar Imam Khomenei Channel and set on fire. Declared a constructive total loss, later scrapped

7 February

List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1984
ShipStateDescription
Midnight Sun 1  PanamaThe cargo ship foundered off Ouessant, France in a storm. Eight of the nineteen crew were lost.[8]

14 February

List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1984
ShipStateDescription
Kyowa Maru No. 11  JapanThe fishing trawler sank with the loss of 14 lives in the Bering Sea approximately 120 nautical miles (220 km; 140 mi) north of Atka Island in the Aleutian Islands after colliding with the vessel Anyo Maru No. 15 (  Japan). There were eight survivors.[1]

15 February

List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1984
ShipStateDescription
Camilla Weston  United KingdomThe coaster collided with a German ship in fog 8 nautical miles (15 km) off Cromer, Norfolk and sank. The five crew were rescued.[9]

25 February

List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1984
ShipStateDescription
Mia Dawn  United StatesThe seiner ran aground and sank in bad weather at Tolstoi Point (55°22′N 161°30′W / 55.367°N 161.500°W / 55.367; -161.500 (Tolstoi Point)) on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula near Unga Island in the Shumagin Islands.[6]
Pescasa-15  NicaraguaContra War: The fishing vessel was sunk by mines at El Bluff, Nicaragua. Two of her crewmen were wounded.[10]
Pescasa-27  NicaraguaContra War: The fishing vessel was sunk by mines at El Bluff, Nicaragua. Seven of her crewmen were wounded and two were missing.[10]

March

1 March

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1984
ShipStateDescription
Charming JerseyIran–Iraq War: The cargo ship was struck by an Iraqi missile and set on fire. The fourteen crew abandoned ship,[11] which then ran aground at Bandar Khomenei.[12]

4 March

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1984
ShipStateDescription
Becky Thatcher  United StatesThe historic sternwheel texas-deck paddle steamer, operating as a showboat theater, sank at her mooring in the Muskingum River at Marietta, Georgia, when low river water caused her hull to strike sharp submerged concrete rubble. She was refloated and repaired, and she returned to service in June 1985.[13][14]

12 March

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1984
ShipStateDescription
Harjan  NorwayThe whaler was wrecked off Finnmark.[15]

27 March

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1984
ShipStateDescription
Unknown  NicaraguaContra War: Two unidentified shrimp boats were sunk by mines at Corinto, Nicaragua.[16]

29 March

List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1984
ShipStateDescription
Arcely Perez  NicaraguaContra War: The fishing vessel was sunk by mines at Corinto, Nicaragua.[10]
Eldia  MaltaThe cargo ship was driven ashore at Orleans, Massachusetts, United States in a hurricane. She was refloated two months later, and scrapped in 1985.
San Albino  NicaraguaContra War: The fishing vessel was sunk by mines at Corinto, Nicaragua.[10]
Sea Vamp  United StatesThe fishing vessel capsized and sank near Sitka, Alaska.[17]

30 March

List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1984
ShipStateDescription
Ane Katrine  West GermanyThe trawler was sunk off Jutland, Denmark after her nets were snagged by the Chilean submarine Simpson (  Armada de Chile) which was then undergoing trials. The three crew were killed.[18]

April

11 April

List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1984
ShipStateDescription
No 5 dumb hopper barge  AustraliaA redundant hopper barge owned by the Government of South Australia was scuttled about 17.5 kilometres (10.9 mi) south east of Ardrossan in Gulf St Vincent in South Australia during April 1984 in order to create an artificial reef for recreational fishing use following the prohibition of access to the waters within 550 metres (1,800 ft) with the nearby wrecksite of Zanoni.[19][20]

20 April

List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1984
ShipStateDescription
Sonia  SpainAfter the patrol vessel Aisling and an unidentified patrol vessel (both  Irish Naval Service) caught her fishing illegally in Irish waters during a gale on the evening of 19 April and she fled, resulting in a five-hour chase in which the Irish vessels fired 596 rounds at her as warning shots before discontinuing pursuit, the 330-gross register ton fishing vessel sank in the Irish Sea off England about 45 nautical miles (83 km; 52 mi) northwest of Land's End. The cargo ship Achat (  West Germany) rescued three members of her 16-person crew, and a Royal Air Force Sea King helicopter from RAF Brawdy picked up the other 13.[21]

26 April

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1984
ShipStateDescription
Tadoussac  CanadaThe lake freighter ran aground in the St. Clair River in heavy ice. The vessel was freed on 28 April.[22]

28 April

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1984
ShipStateDescription
Sharon D  United StatesDuring a voyage from Dillingham to Kodiak, Alaska, the fishing vessel flooded and sank in the Gulf of Alaska about 50 nautical miles (93 km; 58 mi) south of Kodiak after a large wave broke over her stern. A United States Coast Guard helicopter hoisted all three members of her crew off the roof of her wheelhouse before she sank.[17]

May

15 May

List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1984
ShipStateDescription
Hermes  United StatesThe freighter, a former U.S. Navy buoy tender (254 GRT 1943), was sunk as an artificial reef one mile (1.6 km) off the south end of Bermuda.[23]

16 May

List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1984
ShipStateDescription
Unknown speedboats  NicaraguaContra War: Action off Lausika: Two Contra-operated "Piranha" speedboats were sunk by Nicaraguan Navy craft.[24]

27 May

List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1984
ShipStateDescription
Laleham  United KingdomThe cargo ship was wrecked on the north coast of Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.[25]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: unknown May 1984
ShipStateDescription
Unknown speedboat  NicaraguaContra War: The Contra-operated speedboat was sunk by Nicaraguan Air Force aircraft.[26]

June

3 June

List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1984
ShipStateDescription
Buyuk Hun  TurkeyThe ship was attacked by Iraqi fighter aircraft on 3 June 1984 while underway in ballast from Tutunciftlik, Turkey to Kharg Island, Iran. Two Exocet missiles hit the superstructure and the engine room, starting a fire, killing three crew members and injuring two. The vessel was later towed to Bushir, Iran, where the wreck was declared a total loss and sold to Taiwanese breakers in 1986.
Marques  United KingdomThe barque sank off Bermuda with the loss of nineteen crew.

8 June

List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1984
ShipStateDescription
Stena of Sitoo  United KingdomThe schooner struck a floating object in the North Sea whilst on a voyage from Amsterdam, Netherlands to Lowestoft, Suffolk and was holed below the waterline. HMS Ambuscade (  Royal Navy) went to her assistance. Pumps were flown out by helicopter and a lifeboat towed her in to Harwich, Essex.[27]

9 June

List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1984
ShipStateDescription
Silver Clipper  United StatesThe fishing vessel sank 28 nautical miles (52 km; 32 mi) northwest of Dutch Harbor, Alaska.[17]

20 June

List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1984
ShipStateDescription
HMS Jupiter  Royal NavyThe Leander-class frigate collided with London Bridge and was severely damaged.

20 June

List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1984
ShipStateDescription
Charles H McKay  AustraliaThe hopper barge collided with Yeu Man (  Panama) at Melbourne and sank. All eight crew were rescued.[28]

July

17 July

List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1984
ShipStateDescription
HMS Devonshire  Royal NavyThe County-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the North Atlantic Ocean during exercises by the submarine HMS Splendid (  Royal Navy).

23 July

List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1984
ShipStateDescription
Irene Dawn  United StatesThe 42-foot (12.8 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in Raspberry Strait (58°02′N 153°00′W / 58.033°N 153.000°W / 58.033; -153.000 (Raspberry Strait)) between Afognak Island and Raspberry Island in Alaska's Kodiak Archipelago. The fishing vessel Joanice T (  United States) rescued everyone on board.[29]
Wild Canary  United StatesThe 28-foot (8.5 m) cabin cruiser sank in Chatham Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska north of Port Alexander, Alaska, with the loss of one life.[30]

26 July

List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1984
ShipStateDescription
HMS Confiance  Royal NavyThe Confiance-class tug was sunk as a target in the North Sea.[31]

29 July

List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1984
ShipStateDescription
Arendsee  East GermanySouth African Border War: The cargo ship was sunk in Luanda harbor by South African frogmen using limpet mines. Later raised but scuttled in open waters.[32]
Columbus C.  PanamaThe cruise ship rammed the harbour breakwater and sank at Cadiz, Spain.

30 July

List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1984
ShipStateDescription
Alvenus  United KingdomThe tanker ran aground off New Orleans, Louisiana, cracking the hull and spilling some of her 14,700,000 US gallons (56,000,000 L) of crude oil.[33]

August

3 August

List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1984
ShipStateDescription
Euphoria  United StatesThe crab-fishing vessel capsized approximately 100 nautical miles (190 km; 120 mi) southeast of Yakutat, Alaska. Her crew of three survived.[34]
Rosemary  United StatesThe 88-foot (26.8 m) fishing vessel burned and sank in Bristol Bay off Alaska.[2]

5 August

List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1984
ShipStateDescription
Vicky Lynn  United StatesThe 31-foot (9.4 m) seiner sank in the Gulf of Alaska near Cape Chiniak (57°37′N 152°10′W / 57.617°N 152.167°W / 57.617; -152.167 (Cape Chiniak)), on Kodiak Island after a large wave washed over her open deck. The United States Coast Guard rescued all four members of her crew, who had escaped the sinking vessel in a skiff.[35]

14 August

List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1984
ShipStateDescription
Golden Provider  United StatesThe 78-foot (23.8 m) fishing vessel sank in Bristol Bay 65 nautical miles (120 km; 75 mi) northwest of Port Heiden, Alaska. The fishing vessel Smaragd (  United States) rescued her crew of four from a life raft.[36]

20 August

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1984
ShipStateDescription
ChapeaSue  United StatesThe 69-foot (21.0 m) fish tender sank in the Gulf of Alaska near Hinchinbrook Entrance (60°20′N 146°50′W / 60.333°N 146.833°W / 60.333; -146.833 (Hinchinbrook Entrance)) on the south-central coast of Alaska.[37]
Lavelta Lynn  United StatesThe fishing vessel sank 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) off Black Bay (59°31′N 150°13′W / 59.517°N 150.217°W / 59.517; -150.217 (Black Bay)) in Southeast Alaska southwest of Seward, Alaska.[38]

21 August

List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1984
ShipStateDescription
Lady C  United StatesThe crab-fishing vessel sank in Kennedy Entrance (59°00′30″N 152°00′00″W / 59.00833°N 152.00000°W / 59.00833; -152.00000 (Kennedy Entrance)) at the entrance to Cook Inlet near Perl Island on the south-central coast of Alaska.[38]
Zingara  ItalyThe cargo ship ran aground in the Straits of Tiran, Red Sea.

24 August

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1984
ShipStateDescription
Evelyn  United StatesThe fishing vessel sank near Chugach Island (59°07′N 151°40′W / 59.117°N 151.667°W / 59.117; -151.667 (Chugach Island)) on the south-central coast of Alaska.[34]

26 August

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1984
ShipStateDescription
Mont Louis  FranceThe tanker sank 12 nautical miles (22 km) off Ostend, Belgium.[39] Amongst her cargo were barrels containing 225 tonnes (221 long tons) of uranium hexafluoride.[40]

September

2 September

List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1984
ShipStateDescription
Samantha G  United StatesThe 74-foot (22.6 m) vessel burned and sank off Alaska.[17]

3 September

12 September

List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1984
ShipStateDescription
Hilma Hooker  ColombiaThe cargo ship sank at her moorings at Kralendijk, Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles.

17 September

List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1984
ShipStateDescription
Sealuck  MaltaThe cargo ship ran aground on a reef off Hamilton, Bermuda.[42]

28 September

List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1984
ShipStateDescription
Swanny  United StatesThe seiner was wrecked on the northeast tip of Montague Island at the entrance to Prince William Sound on the south-central coast of Alaska.[17]

30 September

List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1984
ShipStateDescription
Curlew  United StatesWhile towing the vessel Kelly Ann (  United States), the 48-foot (14.6 m) fishing vessel ran aground and sank near Herendeen Island (55°04′N 159°25′W / 55.067°N 159.417°W / 55.067; -159.417 (Herendeen Island)) in Alaska's Shumagin Islands with the loss of three lives. Kelly Ann rescued her sole survivor.[37]

October

2 October

List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1984
ShipStateDescription
Stella Croce  PanamaThe bulk carrier collided with another Panamanian vessel and sank at Taichung, Taiwan. Eight crew reported to be missing.[43]

20 October

List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1984
ShipStateDescription
Sonia  SpainThe fishing trawler sank off the Cornish coast of Great Britain following a pursuit by Irish Naval Service patrol vessel LÉ Aisling; there were no casualties.[44]

29 October

List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1984
ShipStateDescription
Venus  PhilippinesThe ferry sank off Marinduque Island. Of the 242 people on board, 114 were rescued by two Philippine Navy ships and a fishing vessel.[45]

November

2 November

List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1984
ShipStateDescription
Mar del Labrador  SpainThe fishing trawler sank in the Gulf of Alaska 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi) southwest of Kodiak, Alaska. Her entire crew of 30 survived and was rescued by the fishing vessel Dona Genoveva (  United States).[6]

5 November

List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1984
ShipStateDescription
Unidentified ferry  PhilippinesTyphoon Agnes: The ferry capsized and sank off Romblon in the Philippines with the loss of 440 lives.[46]

13 November

List of shipwrecks: 13 November 1984
ShipStateDescription
Bottom Line  United StatesThe 98-foot (29.9 m) fishing trawler sank near the south end of Alaska's Kodiak Island approximately 50 nautical miles (93 km; 58 mi) south of Cape Chiniak (57°37′N 152°10′W / 57.617°N 152.167°W / 57.617; -152.167 (Cape Chiniak)). Her crew of five, wearing survival suits, was pulled from the water by three Polish fishing vessels.[47]

17 November

List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1984
ShipStateDescription
Cape Race  United StatesThe 145-to-150-foot (44.2 to 45.7 m) barge sank in 60 to 70 feet (18 to 21 m) of water in Long Island Sound 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) south of Sheffield Island near Norwalk, Connecticut. She apparently pulled the tug Celtic (  United States), which was towing her, down with her, and her wreck remains connected to the wreck of Celtic by a towing hawser.[48]
Celtic  United StatesThe 85-foot (25.9 m) tug sank in 60 to 70 feet (18 to 21 m) of water in Long Island Sound 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) south of Sheffield Island near Norwalk, Connecticut, with the loss of her entire crew of five, whose bodies were recovered by police divers. She apparently was pulled under by the barge she was towing, Cape Race (  United States), when Cape Race sank. Celtic's wreck remains connected to the wreck of Cape Race by a towing hawser.[48]

20 November

List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1984
ShipStateDescription
Dotty G  United StatesWhile at anchor during a gale, the seiner capsized and sank in Zaikof Bay (60°19′N 146°58′W / 60.317°N 146.967°W / 60.317; -146.967 (Zaikof Bay)) on the coast of Montague Island off Southcentral Alaska. An 11-year-old boy perished.[49]

21 November

List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1984
ShipStateDescription
Topeka  PanamaThe cargo ship ran aground off Coatzacoalcos, Mexico and was wrecked with the loss of two of her 27 crew.

22 November

List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1984
ShipStateDescription
Fylrix  United KingdomThe coaster capsized and sank off Plymouth, Devon. Three crew rescued by a helicopter from RFA Engadine (  Royal Navy) and landed on HMS Brilliant (  Royal Navy). The remaining four crew were rescued by the Plymouth lifeboat.[50]

23 November

List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1984
ShipStateDescription
Mercedes I  VenezuelaThe cargo ship was driven ashore at Palm Beach, Florida, during the late November 1984 nor'easter. She was later salvaged and sunk as an artificial reef in March 1985.

27 November

List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1984
ShipStateDescription
Lena Wessels  West GermanyThe coaster ran aground off Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom. The five crew were rescued by helicopter.[51]

29 November

List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1984
ShipStateDescription
USCGC Campbell United States Coast Guard
USCGC Campbell

The Treasury-class cutter was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean (22°48′N 160°06′W / 22.800°N 160.100°W / 22.800; -160.100).

30 November

List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1984
ShipStateDescription
Cimbria  United StatesThe 50-foot (15.2 m) crab-fishing vessel sank off Cape Trinity (56°44′51″N 154°08′47″W / 56.74750°N 154.14639°W / 56.74750; -154.14639 (Cape Trinity)) near Egg Island (56°53′35″N 154°13′00″W / 56.89306°N 154.21667°W / 56.89306; -154.21667 (Egg Island)) on the south coast of Alaska's Kodiak Island. A skiff from Akhiok, Alaska, rescued her crew of three.[37]

December

5 December

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1984
ShipStateDescription
Intrepid  United StatesThe fishing vessel was blown onto rocks and wrecked near Seguam Pass in the Aleutian Islands, 130 nautical miles (240 km; 150 mi) southwest of Dutch Harbor, Alaska. Other fishing vessels rescued her crew of five.[29]

7 December

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1984
ShipStateDescription
Lady Chilel  GambiaThe ferry sank in the Gambia River at Ballingho. Four people were killed and twenty injured out of the 98 people on board.[52]

23 December

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1984
ShipStateDescription
Mercury  HondurasThe coaster foundered off Tumpat, Malaysia (5°50′N 102°36′E / 5.833°N 102.600°E / 5.833; 102.600). She was on a voyage from Songkhla to Singapore.[53]

29 December

List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1984
ShipStateDescription
Nes Puk  West GermanyThe cargo ship ran aground in the River Suances, Spain. She was refloated on 7 January and returned to service.[54]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1984
ShipStateDescription
Permeke  BelgiumThe cargo ship ran aground in the River Scheldt at Hansweert. She was refloated with assistance from 10 tugs and returned to service.[55]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1984
ShipStateDescription
Guayra  ArgentinaThe floating hotel was destroyed by fire at Puerto Piramide.[56]
Machitis  Hellenic NavyThe Algerine-class minesweeper was sunk as a target off Crete.

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