List of shipwrecks in 2024

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The list of shipwrecks in 2024 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 2024.

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References

January

4 January

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 2024
Ship State Description
Bugoe  Portugal The cargo ship veered off course due to ice flows and strong winds resulting in her becoming stranded in shallow waters on the edge of Väinameri Bay, Estonia.[1]
Wilfred  United Kingdom Storm Henk: The Thames barge sank at Temple, London.[2]

15 January

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 2024
Ship State Description
Star Sebang  Philippines The cargo ship suffered cargo shift in heavy seas, rolled on her side and probably sank in the Sulu Sea off the west coast of Mindanao. The crew was rescued by the Philippine Coast Guard.[3]

26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 2024
Ship State Description
Marlin Luanda  Marshall Islands Israel–Hamas war, Red Sea crisis: The tanker was struck by a Houthi missile and caught fire in the Red Sea 60 nautical miles (110 km) south east of Aden, Yemen.[4]

30 January

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 2024
Ship State Description
Deep Stim III  United States The 239-foot (73 m) retired oil and gas research vessel was sunk as an artificial reef in 100 feet (30 m) of water 22 miles (35 km) south of Destin, Florida in the Gulf of Mexico (30°03′N 86°17′W / 30.050°N 86.283°W / 30.050; -86.283).[5]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: unknown date January 2024
Ship State Description
Ran  Sweden The 7-metre (23 ft) robotic research submersible went missing on 27–28 January under the Thwaites Glacier, Antarctica and was considered lost.[6]

February

1 February

List of shipwrecks: 1 February 2024
Ship State Description
Ivanovets  Russian Navy Russian invasion of Ukraine: The Tarantul-class corvette was sunk in Donuzlav, a bay located in the western part of Crimea, by Ukrainian sea drones.[7][8]

6 February

List of shipwrecks: 6 February 2024
Ship State Description
Alster  Germany The 80-metre (260 ft) inland cargo barge sank in the Elbe River at Hamburg, Germany.[9][10]

7 February

List of shipwrecks: 7 February 2024
Ship State Description
Gulfstream unknown An abandoned vessel capsized with around 35,000 barrels (5,600 m3) of oil and drifted aground off Cove Eco-Industrial Park, on the southern coast of Tobago, causing an oil spill.[11][12] The ship was en route from Panama to Guyana. On 28 February oil began to wash ashore on Bonaire, believed to have originated from the ship Gulfstream.[13][14]

13 February

List of shipwrecks: 13 February 2024
Ship State Description
Three Landing Craft Medium  Myanmar Myanmar civil war: The Arakan Army announced on 13 February the sinking of three junta ships between 7 and 8 February off the coast of Kyautaw, Rakhine State, with the estimated loss of up to 900 lives.[15][16]

14 February

List of shipwrecks: 14 February 2024
Ship State Description
Boz Azlina  Malaysia The offshore supply vessel sank 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi) northwest of Kuala Kemena off Bintulu, Sarawak, Malaysia. The crew was rescued by the patrol vessel Bot Kilat 44 and a water taxi.[17]
Tsezar Kunikov  Russian Navy Russian invasion of Ukraine: The Project 775 (NATO reporting name: Ropucha-I-class) large landing ship was sunk off the coast of Crimea by Ukrainian MAGURA V5 sea drones.[18]

15 February

List of shipwrecks: 15 February 2024
Ship State Description
Batuhan A  Turkey The 69-metre (226 ft) cargo ship sank in the Sea of Marmara in heavy seas. The crew of six were reported missing.[19]

22 February

List of shipwrecks: 22 February 2024
Ship State Description
Islander  Palau Israel–Hamas war, Red Sea crisis: The cargo ship, en route to Egypt, was set on fire after being hit by an anti-ship missile in the Gulf of Aden, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations. No casualties were reported.[20]

March

2 March

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 2024
Ship State Description
Rubymar  Belize
Rubymar
Israel–Hamas war, Red Sea crisis: During a voyage from the United Arab Emirates to Belarus with a cargo of 21,000 tonnes (21,000 long tons; 23,000 short tons) of fertilizer, the cargo ship sank in stormy weather in the Red Sea off Yemen after slowly taking on water since two missiles fired by Houthis struck her on 18 February, forcing her crew to abandon ship. One of the missiles had struck her stern near her engine room, and she finally sank by the stern due to that damage while under tow to Djibouti.[21][22][23]

3 March

List of shipwrecks: 3 March 2024
Ship State Description
Fukuei Maru No. 8  Japan The 56-metre (183 ft 9 in) tuna boat ran aground, apparently at least partially sunk, on Kozushima Island in the group of Izu Islands south of Tokyo. One crewman died, the rest of the crew were rescued by Japanese Coast Guard helicopters.[24][25]

5 March

List of shipwrecks: 5 March 2024
Ship State Description
Sergey Kotov  Russian Navy Russian invasion of Ukraine: The Project 22160 patrol ship was sunk off the coast of Kerch by Ukrainian MAGURA V5 sea drones.[26]

6 March

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 2024
Ship State Description
True Confidence  Barbados Red Sea crisis: The bulk carrier was hit by a Houthi ballistic missile in the Red Sea, killing two crewmen and wounding six others. The remaining crew abandoned the vessel.[27]

10 March

List of shipwrecks: 10 March 2024
Ship State Description
Hung Phat 89  Vietnam The cargo ship sank 380 nautical miles (700 km; 440 mi) east of Vũng Tàu,Vietnam. The crew was rescued by Vietnamese Coast Guard.[28]

11 March

List of shipwrecks: 11 March 2024
Ship State Description
Mekhanik Pogodin  Russia Russian invasion of Ukraine: The tanker, washed ashore on Kinburn Spit since 2023, and being used as an observation station and drone control by Russian Forces, was destroyed by a Ukrainian air strike.[29]

18 March

List of shipwrecks: 18 March 2024
Ship State Description
Lady Zehra  Panama The cargo ship ran aground at Alexandria, Egypt. Still aground as of 25 March..[30]

19 March

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 2024
Ship State Description
Kapitan Lobanov  Russia The fishing trawler exploded, caught fire and sank off Pionersky after being hit by a Russian missile during an exercise in the Baltic Sea. Four of her seven crew were rescued, one was killed and two were reported missing.[31][32]

20 March

List of shipwrecks: 20 March 2024
Ship State Description
Keoyoung Sun  South Korea The tanker capsized in rough seas off Mutsure Island, Japan. Eight of the eleven crew died, two were reported missing, and one survivor was rescued by Japanese Coast Guard helicopters.[33][34]

24 March

List of shipwrecks: 24 March 2024
Ship State Description
Azov and Yamal  Russian Navy Russian invasion of Ukraine: The Project 775 (NATO reporting name: Ropucha-I-class) large landing ships were damaged and claimed to be sunk by Ukrainian Storm Shadow missiles.[35]

26 March

List of shipwrecks: 26 March 2024
Ship State Description
Dali  Singapore
Dali
Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse: The container ship collided with a pier of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, causing the complete collapse of the bridge. The weight of bridge debris pressed Dali's bow onto the bottom of the Patapsco River.[36][37]

28 March

List of shipwrecks: 28 March 2024
Ship State Description
American Mariner  United States The bulk carrier ran aground in Munuscong Lake, Michigan, United States, blocking ship traffic going to the Soo Locks. The vessel was refloated the next day.

April

3 April

List of shipwrecks: 3 April 2024
Ship State Description
Yuenan Aoyu 36062  China The 55-metre (180 ft) fishing vessel was sunk in a collision with SITC Danang ( Panama) 22 nautical miles (41 km; 25 mi) southwest of Yinggehai town in Ledong, Hainan province, China. The crew of eight were reported missing.[38]

7 April

List of shipwrecks: 7 April 2024
Ship State Description
Serpukhov [ru]  Russian Navy Russian invasion of Ukraine: The Buyan-class corvette was severely damaged by fire at Kaliningrad. Ukraine claimed responsibility for the attack.[39]
Zico  Mozambique The fishing vessel used as a ferry sank off the north coast of Mozambique. More than 90 of the 130 people on board were reported killed.[40][41]

10 April

List of shipwrecks: 10 April 2024
Ship State Description
Two unidentified vessels Flags unknown Two migrant boats from Tunisia sank in the Mediterranean Sea near Lampedusa. Nine people died, 22 survivors were rescued by Italian Coast Guard, and 15 were reported missing from one boat, all 45 people were reported missing from the other boat.[42]

12 April

List of shipwrecks: 12 April 2024
Ship State Description
26 unnamed barges  United States Twenty-six barges broke loose in the Ohio River near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania going down stream sinking an unknown number of small boats at Peggy's Harbor marina. One barge sank near Dashields Locks and Dam.[43][44]

19 April

List of shipwrecks: 19 April 2024
Ship State Description
Unknown ferry  Central African Republic The ferry capsized and sank in the Mpoko River near the capital, Bangui. At least 58 people were killed.[45]

21 April

List of shipwrecks: 21 April 2024
Ship State Description
Kommuna  Russian Navy Russian invasion of Ukraine: The submarine rescue ship was attacked by the Ukrainian Navy at Sevastopol and set on fire.[46]

23 April

List of shipwrecks: 23 April 2024
Ship State Description
Xin Rong Hai 1  China The cargo ship was sunk in a collision with the Jiujiang Bridge on G240 National Highway, Guangdong Province, China. Seven of the crew were rescued, four were reported missing.[47]

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