The list of shipwrecks in 2009 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 2009.
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January
2 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Lian Senggigi | Indonesia | The ferry sank near Klungkung, Bali, all were rescued.[1] |
3 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Patriot | United States | The 62-foot (19 m) fishing trawler capsized and sank in the Atlantic Ocean in 100 feet (30 m) of water in the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary (42°24′N 70°27′W / 42.400°N 70.450°W). Both crew members died.[2] |
Unnamed ferry | Nepal | A ferry capsized on the Koshi River in Nepal with two people killed, eight reported missing, and forty rescued.[3][4] |
4 January
Ship | State | Description |
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American Way | United States | After her propulsion failed, the 38.6-foot (11.8 m) fishing vessel drifted onto rocks on the coast of Aghiyuk Island (56°10′N 156°47′W / 56.167°N 156.783°W) at the north end of the Semidi Islands southwest of Alaska's Kodiak Island. Her crew of two abandoned ship in a life raft and reached the island, from which a United States Coast Guard Sikorsky HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter rescued them. American Way broke up on the rocks and sank.[5] |
11 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Teratai Prima | Indonesia | The cargo ship capsized during a cyclone en route from Sulawesi to Kalimantan. The ship had over 300 people on board when it happened. There were 42 survivors including the captain, and at least 200 people were missing.[6][7][8][9][10] |
18 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Polar Mist | Chile | The former fishing vessel, carrying 9.5 tonnes of gold bullion, from Puerto de Punta Quilla, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, to Punta Arenas, Chile, sank 40 nautical miles (74 km) off Punta Loyola in tow of tug Beagle ( Chile) after the crew had abandoned her on 16 January in bad weather. The cargo was later recovered.[11][12] |
20 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Taube | Germany | The 8.25-metre (27 ft 1 in) sailing yacht capsized due to heavy swells at the mouth of Sebou River, Morocco (34°16′N 06°41′W / 34.267°N 6.683°W) later sinking with the loss of six of seven crew.[13] |
25 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Unnamed boat | Vietnam | A boat sank near Quảng Hải in the Gianh River with the loss of at least 42 lives. |
30 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Bay Tide | United States | The retired 110-foot (33.5 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.[14] |
Crazy Horse | United States | The retired 77-foot (23.5 m) fishing trawler 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.[15] |
February
5 February
Ship | State | Description |
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USS Port Royal | United States Navy | The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser ran aground off Oahu, Hawaii. The ship was refloated on 9 February and returned to service after repairs were carried out. |
10 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Kashimir | Malta | The tanker carrying condensate, and Sima Saman ( Singapore), a container ship, collided near Jebel Ali, Dubai; both ships caught fire. The fire on Kashimir was extinguished, but ship badly damaged.[16] |
11 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Addarwa | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off the Isle of Portland, Dorset.[17] |
15 February
Ship | State | Description |
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New Star | Sierra Leone | The ship was fired upon by a Russian Coast Guard vessel after leaving Nakhodka without permission. All sixteen crewmembers took to liferafts, but eight were later washed out to sea. New Star later sank.[18] |
19 February
Ship | State | Description |
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ML Happy | Bangladesh | The ferry sank near Barisal City, Bangladesh, At least 39 people died in the sinking.[19][20] |
22 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Monte Galineiro | Spain | The fishing vessel caught fire and sank 400 nautical miles (740 km) from Newfoundland.[21] |
25 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Icy Mist | United States | After her engine room began flooding during a gale, the 58-foot (17.7 m) fishing vessel was wrecked without loss of life on the northwestern coast of Akutan Island in the Aleutian Islands, 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km; 0.6 mi) from Hog Island and Unalaska Island. Her crew of four abandoned ship, reached the beach, and was rescued by a United States Coast Guard helicopter.[22] |
26 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Maxim Gorkiy | Bahamas | The retired cruise ship was beached at Alang, India, for scrapping. She was scrapped where she lay over the next seven months. |
March
10 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Orchid Pia | South Korea | The cargo ship carrying iron coils, sank after colliding with MV Cygnus Ace ( Panama), a car carrier, 120 kilometres (65 nmi) south of Tokyo. Sixteen crewmembers missing.[23] |
20 March
Ship | State | Description |
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USS Hartford | United States Navy | USS Hartford and USS New Orleans collision: The Los Angeles-class submarine collided with USS New Orleans ( United States Navy) in the Strait of Hormuz. She was under repair until February 2011. |
24 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Lady Mary | United States | The 71-foot (21.6 m) fishing trawler and scallop dredger sank in 210 feet (64 m) of water in the Atlantic Ocean 65 miles (105 km; 56 nmi) off Cape May, New Jersey, at 40°25.641′N 073°51.135′W / 40.427350°N 73.852250°W with a loss of six lives when her lazarette flooded during a storm. There was one survivor.[24][25] |
27 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Unnamed fishing vessel | Libya | A fishing vessel carrying 250 migrants capsized and sank; 21 survivors were rescued. Two other boats with a similar number of migrants aboard were also reported as missing. |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
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Lynx Effect | United Kingdom | The ship sank in The Solent off Gosport, Hampshire.[26] |
April
16 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Unnamed boat (SIEV 36) | Indonesia | The boat, carrying illegal immigrants and designated "Suspected Illegal Entry Vessel 36" by Australian authorities, exploded and sank off Ashmore Reef off Australia after the patrol vessel HMAS Albany ( Royal Australian Navy) intercepted her. Five people were killed. |
17 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Seafarer | United States | The 58-foot (18 m) purse seiner rolled on her side and sank in Clarence Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska near Narrow Point (55°47′30″N 132°28′30″W / 55.79167°N 132.47500°W), about 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) north of Thorne Bay, Alaska. Her crew of five abandoned ship in a skiff and was rescued by the United States Coast Guard.[27] |
25 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Princess Taiping | Taiwan | The replica junk sank after being hit by the cargo ship Champion Express.[28] |
29 April
Ship | State | Description |
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USS Conolly | United States Navy | The Spruance-class destroyer was sunk as a target off the coast of Florida.[29] |
The Essence | United States | The yacht was in a collision with a cargo ship and sank with the loss of one of her three crewmembers.[30] |
May
6 May
Ship | State | Description |
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USNS Spica | United States Navy | The inactivated combat stores ship was sunk as a target. |
8 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Goliath | United Kingdom | The crane barge was beached at Kingsdown after developing a leak and being refused permission to dock at Dover Harbour.[31] The barge was refloated on 9 May.[32] |
11 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Petrozavodsk | Russia | The cargo ship ran aground at Bear Island in the Barents Sea.[33] |
22 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Liberty | Russia | The cargo ship foundered south of Cyprus.[34] |
27 May
Ship | State | Description |
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USNS General Hoyt S. Vandenberg | United States Navy | The decommissioned General G. O. Squier-class transport was scuttled in the Florida Keys to form an artificial reef in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary .[35] |
June
6 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Miss Lourdies | Haiti | The cargo ship was scuttled off Florida, United States as an artificial reef.[36] |
14 June
Ship | State | Description |
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IJsselstroom | Netherlands | The tug capsized and sank off Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom.[37] |
30 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Demas Victory | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | The supply ship capsized and sank off Doha, Qatar with the loss of 30 lives. |
July
13 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Unnamed ferry | Kiribati | A ferry capsized and sank between Tarawa and Maiana, with the loss of 33 lives. |
26 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Unnamed boat | Haiti | A migrant boat capsized and sank near the Turks and Caicos Islands with the loss of about 70 lives. |
31 July
August
3 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Frieda Marie | United States | The 77-foot (23.5 m), 78-foot (23.8 m), or 85-foot (25.9 m) (sources disagree) fishing trawler – a shrimper – ran aground off Assateague Island near Chincoteague Inlet on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. All three people on board survived. She was refloated about two months later but was declared a total loss. She was scuttled as an artificial reef on 16 January 2010.[40][41][42] |
6 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Princess Ashika | Tonga | The ferry sank 86 kilometres (46 nmi) north west of Nuku'alofa. Official figures released by Operation Ashika on 19 August 2009, confirmed that 54 men were rescued, and 74 persons were lost at sea. These include two bodies recovered and 72 missing (68 passengers and 4 crew), including five foreign nationals. Two of the missing passengers remain unidentified.[43][44] |
8 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Patty J | United States | The 59-foot (18.0 m) fishing vessel rolled over and sank after running aground on a reef just outside Square Cove (57°58′40″N 134°45′45″W / 57.97778°N 134.76250°W) near Juneau, Alaska. All five members of her crew abandoned ship in a skiff and another fishing vessel rescued them. The wreck later was dismantled and removed.[45] |
12 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Antigua | United Kingdom | The ship sank in The Wash.[46] |
15 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Vigilant | United States | The 58-foot (17.7 m) fishing tender was stranded and lost near the southwest entrance to Chugach Bay, Alaska. After efforts to refloat her failed, the fishing vessel North Star ( United States) transported her two-man crew to Homer, Alaska.[47] |
16 August
Ship | State | Description |
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ORP Bryza | Poland | The former Polish Navy ship was scuttled in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Poland.[48] |
20 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Formosa Product Brick | Taiwan | The tanker was involved in a collision with a Greek ship in the Malacca Strait and set afire. Nine crew were reported missing. The fire was extinguished.[49] |
25 August
Ship | State | Description |
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P31 | Maritime Squadron of the Armed Forces of Malta | The Kondor I-class patrol boat was scuttled near Comino as an artificial reef.[50] |
26 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Gulser Ana | Turkey | The bulk carrier ran aground at Cape Vohimena, Madagascar, and was wrecked.[51] |
September
5 September
Ship | State | Description |
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Ilinden | Macedonia | The tourist ferry Ilinden capsized and sank on Lake Ohrid to the border of Albania and Macedonia. The boat had 70 people on board when it happened. The ferry turned sharply and went down in 30 seconds and decreased visibility at a depth of 20 metres (66 ft) near the beach. 22 were reported dead, including the captain.[52] |
6 September
Ship | State | Description |
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Algoport | Canada | The cargo ship broke in half and sank in heavy seas while under tow to China for conversion. the tow encountered rough seas from Tropical Storm Dujuan. There were no injuries, loss of life or environmental issues reported from the foundering. |
SuperFerry 9 | Philippines | The ferry sank off the Zamboanga peninsula, of 866 people on board, at least 10 lives were lost. |
8 September
Ship | State | Description |
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Seli 1 | Panama | The Turkish bulk carrier, operated by TEB Maritime of Istanbul, was en route to Gibraltar when it was driven aground off Bloubergstrand near Table Bay in South Africa by strong westerly winds shortly after midnight on 8 September 2009, having reported engine failure and a snapped anchor chain. |
9 September
Ship | State | Description |
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Teh Teh | Sierra Leone | The ferry sank with at least 260 people on board and a majority of these were young people going back to school after school holidays. At least 40 people have been rescued by the police[53] and 120 bodies were recovered until 12 September, most of them were found on the shoreline.[54] About 100 people was listed missing. The accident took place 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) outside Sierra Leone's capital Freetown. The cause of the accident was that the ship's engines stopped during a severe storm and the boat capsized.[55][56] |
10 September
Ship | State | Description |
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Unknown ferry | Sierra Leone | A ferry suddenly sank off the coastal village of Longsheng southeast of the capital, Freetown in a Sierra Leone river. It was reported that 300 people were on board. At least 40 people were rescued and at least 16 deceased were recovered. Others were still reported missing, mostly schoolchildren on their way to school. The incident occurred on 10 September and was reported to have been very rapid. The boat sank in a few minutes in strong winds and heavy rain and there were no life jackets on board..[57][58] |
15 September
Ship | State | Description |
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Agios Dimitrios 1 | Panama | The container ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Gaolan Island, China.[59] |
30 September
Ship | State | Description |
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Jalakanyaka | India | The passenger boat sank in Lake Thekaddy with the loss of 45 lives. |
October
4 October
Ship | State | Description |
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HMAS Canberra | Royal Australian Navy | Th decommissioned Adelaide-class guided-missile frigate was sunk as a dive wreck in Bass Strait 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off Ocean Grove, Victoria, Australia. |
11 October
Ship | State | Description |
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Rascal | United States | The 36-foot (11 m) fishing vessel was wrecked on Saint Lazaria Island (56°59′15″N 135°42′00″W / 56.98750°N 135.70000°W) in Southeast Alaska west of Sitka, Alaska. A United States Coast Guard rescued the only person on board.[60] |
Shockwave | Australia | The racing yacht sank off Port Kembla, Australia with loss of two lives. |
24 October
Ship | State | Description |
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Marko Polo | Croatia | A ferry owned by the Croatian company Jadrolinija, ran aground on the small island of Sit. No one was injured.[61] |
30 October
Ship | State | Description |
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Carley Renee | United States | The 69-gross ton, 59.2-foot (18.0 m) cod-fishing vessel capsized in the Aleutian Islands approximately 22 nautical miles (41 km; 25 mi) east of Unalaska Island. Wearing survival suits, all four members of her crew abandoned ship in a life raft and were rescued by the fishing vessel Guardian ( United States). The overturned Carley Renee grounded on Egg Island. During salvage efforts, she sank in 720 feet (220 m) of water near Sedanka Pass.[62] |
November
2 November
Ship | State | Description |
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The November 2009 Indian Ocean migrant boat disaster occurred in the early hours of 2 November 2009, when a boat carrying about forty Sri Lankan asylum seekers sank in the Indian Ocean at a distance of some 350 nautical miles (650 km) north-west of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.[63][64] |
13 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Ariake | Japan | A ferry travelling from Tokyo, ran aground in high winds off Kumano, Mie Prefecture, Japan. All 21 crew and 7 passengers were rescued.[65] |
17 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Naywintun | Myanmar | A ferry travelling between Pathein and Thetkelthaung sank after colliding with a barge. At least 50 people reported killed.[66] Wikinews has related news: |
21 November
Ship | State | Description |
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S. Gabriel | Germany | The 100.6-metre (330 ft 1 in) cargo ship ran aground 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) east of Ponta Delgada, the Azores (37°43′N 25°32′W / 37.717°N 25.533°W). Refloated on 7 December 2009 and taken to Ponta Delgada where she was declared a constructive total loss.[67] |
22 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Dumai Express 10 | Indonesia | A ferry operating between Bantam Island and Dumai capsized and sank with 291 people on board, comprising 251 adult passengers, 25 children and 15 crew members,[68] killing at least 30 people.[69] The waves were up to 6 metres (20 ft) high and washed over the deck so water ran down and sunk the vessel. Wikinews has related news: |
28 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Coco-4 | Bangladesh | The ferry capsized at Lalmohan, Bhola Island, killing at least 75 people.[70][71][72] Wikinews has related news: |
December
4 December
Ship | State | Description |
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Unnamed ferry | Bangladesh | An unnamed ferry collided with a launch in fog. At least 47 reported killed, with 8 people unaccounted for when the search was called off. |
5 December
Ship | State | Description |
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Two ferries | Egypt | Two unidentified ferries collided on the River Nile in Egypt. One was cut in two and sank, the other capsized.[73] Wikinews has related news: |
10 December
Ship | State | Description |
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New Jersey | United States | The motor ferry, part of the Cape May-Lewes Ferry fleet, ran aground on a sandbar in the Delaware Bay off the coast of New Jersey near the mouth of the Cape May Canal during an unusually low tide. She suffered no structural damage and a rising tide refloated her.[74] |
16 December
Ship | State | Description |
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Karim Junior | Togo | The cargo ship came ashore in a storm at Tenes, Algeria and broke in two with the loss of eight of her nine crew.[75] |
17 December
Ship | State | Description |
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Danny F II | Panama | The cargo ship capsized and sank 11 nautical miles (20 km) off Tripoli, Lebanon.[76] |
20 December
Ship | State | Description |
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Etoile des Ondes | United Kingdom | The fishing vessel sank after a collision with Alam Pintar ( Singapore) resulting in the death of one crew member. Nearby ships did not respond to distress signals issued by the crew of Etoile des Ondes.[77] |
23 December
Ship | State | Description |
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Catalyn V | Philippines | The ferry collided with a fishing boat in Manila Bay. Both vessels sank with the loss of 27 lives. |
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