List of shipwrecks in 2017

Summary

The list of shipwrecks in 2017 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 2017.

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January edit

1 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 2017
Ship State Description
Zahro Express   Indonesia The ferry caught fire off Jakarta with the loss of 23 lives. One hundred and ninety-four people were rescued, with seventeen reported missing.[1][2]

2 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 2017
Ship State Description
Mengah Scorpion   Indonesia The coaster foundered in Sabang Bay off Pulang Island.[3]

7 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 2017
Ship State Description
Star King   United States The fishing vessel capsized and sank after experiencing water ingress off the entrance of the Columbia River near Warrenton, Oregon.[4]

8 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 2017
Ship State Description
Arca 1   Panama The coastal tanker ran aground off Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her six crew were evacuated.[5] She was refloated on 16 January and taken in to Sydney.[6]

10 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 2017
Ship State Description
Stella Cherise   Singapore The bulk carrier was run into by Spartacus (  United Kingdom) at Shanghai, China and was severely damaged.[7]

11 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 2017
Ship State Description
Chong Gen   North Korea The cargo ship capsized and in the East China Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) south west of Fukue Island, Japan. Her crew were rescued by a Japan Coast Guard vessel.[8]
Esi Winner   Moldova The arrested and crewless cargo ship was driven ashore at Bozburun, Turkey.[9]

13 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 2017
Ship State Description
Sigma   Liberia The cargo ship was driven ashore at Livorno, Italy. Her eighteen crew were rescued by helicopter.[10]
Unknown tugboat   Thailand The tug was flooded by wakes of passing boats causing her to capsize and sink at Bangkok, Thailand on the Chao Phraya River. The vessel was scheduled to be raised. The owner and a passenger survived.[11]

14 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 2017
Ship State Description
Fluvius Tamar   Barbados The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Ramsgate, Kent, United Kingdom. All seven crew were rescued, four by Norstream (  Finland) and three by helicopter. She was on a voyage from Eemshaven, Groningen, Netherlands to Pasajes, Spain.[12]

17 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 2017
Ship State Description
Meridian Tres   Philippines The ship foundered off Bohol. One of her 29 crew was reported missing. She was on a voyage from Cebu City to Tacloban City.[13]
Virginia 1   Philippines The cargo ship caught fire and sank south west of Caballo Island, Philippines with the loss of one of her eleven crew. Five crew were reported missing. She was on a voyage from Roxas to Binondo.[13]

20 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 2017
Ship State Description
Kraken   Vanuatu The cargo ship was scuttled in 140 feet (43 m) of water in the Gulf of Mexico 67 nautical miles (124 km; 77 mi) off Galveston, Texas, to form an artificial reef.[14][15]

26 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 2017
Ship State Description
Fisktrans   Norway The live fish carrier suffered rudder failure and foundered in the Norwegian Sea off Steigen, Norway. Her six crew were rescued by a Sea King helicopter from No. 330 Squadron RNoAF.[16][17]
MCL Power III   Malaysia The tug was driven ashore and beached at Kandis, Sarawak.[18]

27 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 2017
Ship State Description
Bereket   Turkey The ship sprang a leak and sank in the Sea of Marmara off Istanbul.[19]
Moana Nui   Cook Islands The ro-ro cargo ship ran aground off Nassau and was abandoned.[20]

28 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 2017
Ship State Description
Unnamed catamaran   Malaysia 2017 Mengalum boat mishap: The catamaran sank in the South China Sea off Mengalum Island, on its way to the island from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. Three passengers died from drowning with five others missing.[21]

31 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 31 January 2017
Ship State Description
USS Antietam   United States Navy The Ticonderoga-class cruiser ran aground and was damaged in Tokyo Bay off Yokosuka, Japan.
Yeruslan   Cambodia The arrested cargo ship was set afire by looters in Amur Bay, Russia, and was gutted.[22]

February edit

3 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 3 February 2017
Ship State Description
Abbay   Ethiopia The cargo ship was driven ashore at Sharjah or Umm Al Quwain, United Arab Emirates. Her crew were rescued.[23]

7 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 7 February 2017
Ship State Description
Aram Manis   Singapore The bulk carrier ran aground on the Cargados Carajos Shoals. She was on a voyage from Richards Bay to Pipiya, India.[24]

11 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 2017
Ship State Description
Destination   United States Overloaded and made top-heavy by icing, the 92-foot (28.0 m) crab-fishing boat capsized and sank rapidly in the Bering Sea off Dalnoi Point on the coast of St. George Island in the Pribilof Islands. Her entire crew of six men perished, and their bodies were never found.[25] The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration research ship NOAAS Fairweather (  United States) discovered her wreck in about 250 feet (76 m) of water during operations on 8 and 9 July 2017.[26]
Sagan   Panama The tanker was driven ashore on Suwanosejima, Japan. Her eighteen crew were rescued by a Japan Coast Guard helicopter.[27]

13 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 13 February 2017
Ship State Description
APL Austria   Liberia The container ship caught fire 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Cape St. Francis, South Africa. Four non-essential crew were evacuated, and the ship put into Ngqura to enable firefighting operations to be completed. Her remaining crew were evacuated on arrival at Ngqura.[28][29]
Predator   United States
 
Predator aground
The fishing vessel ran aground on the coast of Akutan Island in the Aleutian Islands near Akutan, Alaska. A United States Coast Guard Sikorsky MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter rescued her entire crew of three.[30]

16 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 16 February 2017
Ship State Description
Saint Elias   United States While under tow by the tug Salmson Mariner (  United States), the 322-foot (98.1 m) barge ran hard aground on the northeast end of Gravina Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska near Ketchikan, Alaska.She later was refloated.[30]
Salmson Mariner   United States While towing the barge Saint Elias (  United States), the 30-meter (98-foot) tug ran hard aground on the northeast end of Gravina Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska near Ketchikan, Alaska.She later was refloated.[30]

17 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 17 February 2017
Ship State Description
Chuki 1   China The tanker was damaged by fire at Nanjing.[31]

21 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 21 February 2017
Ship State Description
Bellatrix   Togo The cargo ship ran aground on Lesvos, Greece and was holed.[32]

23 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 23 February 2017
Ship State Description
Isla Bartolome   Ecuador The cargo ship ran aground and partially sank off Isla Puna. She was on a voyage from Guayaquil to the Galapagos Islands.[33][34]

24 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 24 February 2017
Ship State Description
Honor   United States The car carrier was severely damaged by fire whilst on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom to Baltimore, Maryland.[35]

25 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 25 February 2017
Ship State Description
Sternö   Sweden The cargo ship ran aground and partially sank in the river Göta älv in Sweden.[36]

March edit

1 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 2017
Ship State Description
Ocean Eagle   United States
 
Ocean Eagle and her barge aground.
While towing a barge through Sumner Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska, the 102-foot (31 m) tug ran aground on Mariposa Reef (56°22′52″N 133°41′54″W / 56.3811°N 133.6983°W / 56.3811; -133.6983 (Mariposa Reef)) near Sitka, Alaska, and was holed. The barge ran aground as well. A United States Coast Guard Sikorsky MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter rescued her entire crew of five. She and the barge were refloated on 2 March.[37]

3 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 3 March 2017
Ship State Description
FFS Achilles   Norway The tug ran aground and sank off Farsund, Norway. Her three crew survived, and the wreck was raised thirteen days later.[38][39]
Persia II   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines The coaster sprang a leak and foundered 8 nautical miles (15 km) south of Grenada. Her nine crew were rescued.[40]
Ocean Way   Shetland The trawler's starboard net came fast on a obstruction on the seabed. In the attempt to recover the fishing gear, the port trawl door struck the hull causing the aft compartment to flood. Despite efforts from the crew to pump the water out using their own portable pumps, a pump from Gerda Sæle the Lerwick Lifeboat, the ship foundered. All five crew were rescued onto the lifeboat at the scene.[41]

4 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 2017
Ship State Description
Caledonian Sky   Bahamas The Noble Caledonia cruise ship grounded on a coral reef at Waigeo Island, Indonesia. With the help of a tug Caledonian Sky refloated, further damaging the reef.[42]
Hero   United States The research vessel sank at Bay Center, Washington.[43]

5 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 5 March 2017
Ship State Description
Anna   Togo The cargo ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) north east of Misrata, Libya. Her ten crew were rescued by Da Ji (  China). Anna was on a voyage from Istanbul, Turkey to Misrata.[44]

9 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 9 March 2017
Ship State Description
Kum San   North Korea The cargo ship was hit by a Chinese tanker whilst at anchor and foundered off Lianyuanhang, China. Her 27 crew were rescued.[45][46]

14 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 2017
Ship State Description
Jin Hang Hai 6   China The cargo ship collided with Chang Xun 17 (  China) and sank in the Yangtze River at Nantong. Two of her thirteen crew were killed, four were reported missing.[47]

13–16 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 2017
Ship State Description
Cai Jun 3   Panama The dredger last received position was on 13 March (UTC +8). It capsized and subsequently sank in Singapore's Territorial Waters, off Horsburgh Lighthouse Area.[48][49]

16 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 2017
Ship State Description
Tinaztepe S   Turkey The cargo ship sank at Misrata, Libya.[50] Four of her thirteen crew were killed, two were reported missing. There were seven survivors.[51][52]

19 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 2017
Ship State Description
Xing Long Zhou 569   China The tanker exploded and caught fire in the East China Sea 90 nautical miles (170 km) south of Shindao Island with the loss of three of her sixteen crew. She was later towed in to Shindao.[53]

21 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 2017
Ship State Description
Marc Jason III   Philippines The landing craft tank capsized and sank off Malabuyoc.[54]

24 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 24 March 2017
Ship State Description
Lyric Poet   Bahamas The bulk carrier ran aground 50 nautical miles (93 km) north of Pulau Belitung Island, Malaysia. She was refloated on 10 May.[55]
Soby   Cape Verde The ro-ro ferry capsized at Mindelo, São Vincente Island.[56]
Unknown None Two boats carrying refugees and migrants capsized in the Mediterranean Sea. At least 240 people were presumed dead.[57]

28 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 28 March 2017
Ship State Description
Hai Thanh 26   Vietnam The cargo ship collided with Petrolimex 14 (  Vietnam) and foundered 44 nautical miles (81 km) off Vung Tau. Nine of her eleven crew were killed.[58][59] Two crew were rescued by Petrolimex 14.[60]

31 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 31 March 2017
Ship State Description
Stellar Daisy   Marshall Islands The cargo ship broke in half and sank in the Atlantic Ocean 1,800 miles (2,900 km) west of Cape Town, South Africa. 2 crewmen rescued, 22 crewmembers missing.[61][62]

April edit

6 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 6 April 2017
Ship State Description
Xiang Zhou   Kiribati The cargo ship collided with a lighter, capsized and sank in the Yangtze off Nantong. Twelve crew were reported missing.[63][64]

7 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 7 April 2017
Ship State Description
KAI Shiuan No.3   Taiwan The catamaran passenger vessel ran aground in the Taiwan Strait and was damaged. All 346 passengers were evacuated by the Taiwan Coast Guard.[65]

8 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 2017
Ship State Description
Bhaita Jaya Samudra   Indonesia The cargo ship collided with Elizabeth (  Indonesia) and sank off Damar Island.[66]
Kure Harbour   Panama The vessel was driven aground by high winds on a shoal off Argentia, Newfoundland and Labrador. The vessel was freed the next day.[67]

9 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 9 April 2017
Ship State Description
Mutiara Persada III   Indonesia The ferry caught fire in the Sunda Strait. All 113 passengers and crew were evacuated.[68]

10 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 10 April 2017
Ship State Description
Ngwe Kyal Pwint   Burma The passenger vessel collided with a cargo ship and sank in the Pathein Taman Creek with the loss of 20 of the 60 passengers on board.[69]

12 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 12 April 2017
Ship State Description
Alex   Belgium The tanker ran aground between Borneo and Sumatra.[70]

17 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 17 April 2017
Ship State Description
Todd Brown   United States The tugboat collided with barges she was maneuvering in the Mississippi River causing her to swamp and sink at Mile Marker 940 near Columbus, Kentucky. Raised on 22 April.[71][72]

18 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 18 April 2017
Ship State Description
Aegir   Chile The cargo ship was damaged in the Chacabuco Canal and was beached on Isla Humos.[73]
Sevilla Knutsen   Spain The LNG tanker ran aground on a reef south of Guam and was severely damaged. She was refloated and made for the Philippines.[74]

19 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 19 April 2017
Ship State Description
Geroi Arsenala   Panama The cargo ship broke in two in stormy weather and sank in the Black Sea's Kerch Strait. As of 19 April, one member of the ship's 12-strong crew had been rescued and the bodies of two others retrieved from the sea.[75]
Powhatan   United States The laid up tug sank while moored in Starrigavan Bay near Sitka, Alaska. Salvage of the tug was completed on 12 June 2017. She was scrapped at Seattle, Washington later that year.[76]

20 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 20 April 2017
Ship State Description
3062   China Marine Police The ship collided with Yue Dian 57 (  China) and sank in the Lingding Channel off Guangzhou. Her eight crew were rescued.[77]
Powhatan   United States The 30-metre (98 ft) tug sank in 15 metres (49 ft) of water at her berth in Starrigavan Bay (57°08′10″N 135°22′52″W / 57.1362°N 135.3811°W / 57.1362; -135.3811 (Starrigavan Bay)) near Sitka, Alaska. She later slid into deeper water, settling in 60 metres (200 ft) of water.[78]

21 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 21 April 2017
Ship State Description
Panagia Parou   Malta The ferry was driven against the quayside and damaged at Algeciras, Spain. The vessel was holed; she sank by the stern and later capsized onto her port side.[79][80]

23 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 23 April 2017
Ship State Description
Nabil J   Sierra Leone The cargo ship was driven ashore at Saida, Lebanon.[81]

27 April edit

List of shipwrecks: 27 April 2017
Ship State Description
Hordafor V   Norway The chemical tanker was in a floating drydock which capsized at the Nauta shipyard, Gdynia, Poland.[82]
Liman   Russian Navy The military intelligence vessel sank in the Black Sea off the Turkish coast, 25 miles (40 km) northwest of the Bosphorus Strait, after a collision in fog with the livestock carrier Youzarsif H (  Togo). The crew of 78 were evacuated.[83]

May edit

1 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 1 May 2017
Ship State Description
Siebengebirge   Germany The ferry capsized and sank in the North Sea west of Texel, North Holland, Netherlands whilst under tow. Nobody was on board at the time.[84]

6 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 6 May 2017
Ship State Description
Southern Phoenix   Panama The cargo ship capsized and sank at Suva, Fiji,[85] caused by problem with wing ballasting and fuel bunkering.

7 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 7 May 2017
Ship State Description
Fortuner   Philippines The cargo ship suffered a structural failure of her hull and foundered off Talisay City, Cebu, Philippines. Her 22 crew were rescued.[86]

8 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 8 May 2017
Ship State Description
Uruguay Reefer   Panama The refrigerated cargo ship was holed by ice in the South Atlantic and was abandoned off the Falkland Islands. Her 42 crew were rescued by Taganrogskiy Zaliv (  Panama).[87]
Unknown None A boat carrying refugees and migrant from Libya to Italy sank in the Mediterranean Sea. Approximately 80 people died; around 40 survivors were rescued by an Italian coast guard ship and taken to the port of Pozzallo, Italy.[88]

10 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 2017
Ship State Description
USCGC Tamaroa   United States Coast Guard The decommissioned United States Coast Guard Cutter was scuttled in the Atlantic Ocean 33 nautical miles (61 km) off Cape May, New Jersey, at 38°31.144′N 074°30.747′W / 38.519067°N 74.512450°W / 38.519067; -74.512450 (USCGC Tamaroa) to form an artificial reef.[89][90][91]

14 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 14 May 2017
Ship State Description
Ebrahim 1   Palau The tanker exploded, caught fire and broke in two at Al Hamriyah, United Arab Emirates. One of her crew was killed and four were injured.[92]

15 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 15 May 2017
Ship State Description
Ali Aga   Turkey The cargo ship capsized and sank at Celebi Bandırma, Turkey due to being loaded incorrectly. Twelve people were injured.[93]

19 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 19 May 2017
Ship State Description
Mutiara Sentosa 1   Indonesia The ro-pax ferry caught fire off East Java. Five people were killed, 192 people were rescued by the National Search and Rescue Agency.[94]

24 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 24 May 2017
Ship State Description
Unknown None A ship carrying around 200 migrants capsized in the Mediterranean Sea. At least 34 people died.[95]

29 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 29 May 2017
Ship State Description
Xingyun 789   China The cargo ship broke in two and sank in Bohai Bay. Her five crew were rescued.[96]

30 May edit

List of shipwrecks: 30 May 2017
Ship State Description
Crosby Commander   United States The tug capsized and sank in the Gulf of Mexico 30 nautical miles (56 km) off the coast of Louisiana. A crew member was reported missing. The survivors were rescued by Andi Nicol (  United States).[97]
Fisherman's Dream   United States The retired 87-foot (26.5 m) fishing trawler was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean off Townsends Inlet, New Jersey, in 60 feet (18.3 m) of water at 39°06.500′N 074°36.300′W / 39.108333°N 74.605000°W / 39.108333; -74.605000 (Fisherman's Dream).[98]

June edit

3 June edit

List of shipwrecks: xx May 2017
Ship State Description
KD Rahmat   Royal Malaysian Navy The frigate sank at Lumit.

5 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 5 June 2017
Ship State Description
Ibis   Belize The dredging barge sank in shallow water off Mangaluru, India. Her 27 crew were evacuated by the Indian Coast Guard.[99]
Sheba   Bangladesh The ship suffered a hull failure and foundered in the Pashur River near Bagherat. Her nine crew were rescued.[100]

6 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 6 June 2017
Ship State Description
Argent Cosmos   Panama
 
Argent Cosmos aground.
During a voyage from Longview, Washington, to China with a cargo of 1.63 million gallons (6,170,221 litres) of ethanol, 6.65 million U.S. gallons (25,172,988 litres) of monoethylene glycol, 458,074 gallons (1,733,999 litres) of high-sulfur oil, and 99,064 gallons (374,998 litres) of low-sulfur oil, the 557-foot (169.8 m), 33,609 DWT tanker ran aground in the Columbia River near Skamokawa, Washington.[101][102]

8 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 8 June 2017
Ship State Description
St. Gregory   Bahamas The bulk carrier ran aground at Kokkala, East Mani, Greece. She was on a voyage from Istanbul, Turkey to Sfax, Tunisia.[103] St. Gregory was refloated on 21 June.[104]

10 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 10 June 2017
Ship State Description
Chemroad Journey   Cayman Islands The chemical tanker ran aground in the South China Sea 28 nautical miles (52 km) south of Phu Quy Island, Vietnam and was holed. Her 26 crew were rescued.[105] She was refloated on 4 July.[106]

12 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 12 June 2017
Ship State Description
USS Texas   United States Navy The New York-class battleship sprang a leak and developed a list at Houston, Texas.

14 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 14 June 2017
Ship State Description
Amelia 1   Indonesia The LPG tanker was damaged by fire at Makassar.[107]
KM Avatar   Indonesia The cargo ship sank in the Malacca Strait. Two of her fifteen crew were reported missing. Survivors were rescued by Undine (  Sweden).[108] The missing crew were found in their liferaft on 15 June, but one of them was deceased.[109]
Kutai Reya Dua   Indonesia The bulk carrier was driven ashore on Pulau Buru, Indonesia.[110]

15 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 15 June 2017
Ship State Description
Med Star   Greece The ferry caught fire in the Ionian Sea off Rhodes and was severely damaged. Twenty of the 32 people on board were reported to have been evacuated.[111] Declared uneconomic to repair. she was scrapped.
Aquarius
or Putri Sea
  Equatorial Guinea The tanker exploded and sank 4.6 nautical miles (8.5 km) north west of Tanjung Pengelih, Malaysia. Six crew were reported missing.[112][113]

16 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 16 June 2017
Ship State Description
Damia Desgagnés   Canada The tanker lost power and ran aground 3 nmi (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) east of Iroquois, Ontario in the Saint Lawrence Seaway. No damage to the ship and no loss of life or injury.[114]

17 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 17 June 2017
Ship State Description
USS Fitzgerald   United States Navy
 
USS Fitzgerald after the collision
USS Fitzgerald and MV ACX Crystal collision: The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer was in collision with ACX Crystal (  Philippines) 56 nautical miles (104 km) south west of Yokosuka, Japan. Seven crew were killed.
List of shipwrecks: 17 June 2017
Ship State Description
Repunte   Argentina Sinking of fishing vessel in the middle of a strong winter storm off the coast of the province of Chubut. Ten fishermen died.

18 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 18 June 2017
Ship State Description
Alabama   United States The schooner ran aground at the mouth of the Mystic River. Her seventeen passengers were taken off by a United States Coast Guard rescued boat.[115]

20 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 20 June 2017
Ship State Description
Theresa Arctic   Tuvalu The tanker ran aground off Kilifi, Kenya.[116] She was refloated on 12 July and taken into Mombasa, Kenya.[117]

21 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 21 June 2017
Ship State Description
Flevoborg   Netherlands The cargo ship ran aground off Sainte-Croix, Quebec in the Saint Lawrence Seaway after the vessel's engines stopped. No one was hurt and the vessel was towed to Quebec City.[118]

24 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 24 June 2017
Ship State Description
Ocean Phoenix   Singapore The bulk carrier was in collision with Green Phoenix (  Panama) and ran aground off Chittagong, India.[119]
Tiss   Moldova The cargo ship partially sank at Catania, Italy.[120]

25 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 25 June 2017
Ship State Description
El Almirante   Colombia The passenger ship sank in the Peñol-Guatapé Reservoir, Guatapé with the loss of nine lives.[121]

26 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 26 June 2017
Ship State Description
Rama 2   Panama The tanker capsized and sank in the Gulf of Aden (13°50′N 55°53′E / 13.833°N 55.883°E / 13.833; 55.883) with the loss of one of her fourteen crew. Survivors were rescued by Sea Power (  Marshall Islands), Soyo (  Bahamas) and Tortola (  Singapore). She was on a voyage from Mogadishu, Somalia to Al Hamriyah, United Arab Emirates.[122][123]

27 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 27 June 2017
Ship State Description
Mt. Sinai   United States The retired 87-foot (26.5 m) fishing trawler was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean off Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey, in 75 feet (23 m) of water at 40°04.980′N 073°59.410′W / 40.083000°N 73.990167°W / 40.083000; -73.990167 (Mt. Sinai).[124]

28 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 28 June 2017
Ship State Description
Freyja   Malta The 77-metre (253 ft), 2,091 DWT oil products tanker, in ballast, ran aground at Svartskjæret off Florø, Norway. Tugs pulled her free on 29 June.[125]

29 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 29 June 2017
Ship State Description
Mallika Naree   Thailand While arriving at Norfolk, Virginia, at the end of a voyage from France with a cargo of cement and steel, the 179-metre (587 ft) 30,195-dwt bulk carrier ran aground in the Elizabeth River. Tugs pulled her free a few hours later.[126]
Miss Johanna Betsey   Jamaica The coaster was presumed to have foundered off the coast of Nicaragua with the loss of all thirteen crew.[127]

July edit

2 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 2017
Ship State Description
Deceptive C   United States
 
Deceptive C aground.
The fishing vessel ran hard aground in the Stikine Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska near Wrangell, Alaska.[128]

3 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 3 July 2017
Ship State Description
Xinbaotai 1   China The cargo ship ran aground on Weizhou Island and sank. Her crew survived.[129]

9 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 9 July 2017
Ship State Description
Eric Haney   United States
 
Eric Haney.
The 48-metre (157 ft) towboat sank in the Mississippi River near Cairo, Illinois. Her crew of nine survived.[130]

12 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 12 July 2017
Ship State Description
Kea Trader   Malta The container ship ran aground on the Durand Reef, 54 nautical miles (100 km) off Maré, New Caledonia.[131][132] Her crew were evacuated in the week before 24 August.[133] She was declared a constructive total loss.[134] The ship broke in two over the weekend of 11–12 November.[135]

14 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 14 July 2017
Ship State Description
Jia Yuan 9   China The cargo ship was severely damaged by fire in the Pearl River. Her six crew were rescued.[136]

15 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 15 July 2017
Ship State Description
KM Madani Nusantara   Indonesia The ferry ran aground between Kalimantan Island and Suwangi Island and was abandoned.[137]

17 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 17 July 2017
Ship State Description
Thai Ha 26   Vietnam Tropical Storm Talas: The cargo ship was driven ashore at Cua Lo.[138]
Truong Than   Vietnam Tropical Storm Talas: The cargo ship was driven ashore at Cua Lo.[138]
VTB 26   Vietnam Tropical Storm Talas: The cargo ship capsized and sank in the Gulf of Tonkin off Cua Lo with the loss of three of her thirteen crew. Three others were reported missing, seven were rescued.[139]

20 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 20 July 2017
Ship State Description
ITT Panther   India The cargo ship foundered 200 nautical miles (370 km) off Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Her eleven crew were rescued by ICGS Rajkamal ( Indian Coast Guard).[140] She subsequently capsized and sank.[141]

21 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 2017
Ship State Description
Fugang 1   China The cargo ship foundered in the Bohai Sea (38°18′N 118°02′E / 38.300°N 118.033°E / 38.300; 118.033). Her crew were rescued by the tugs Bin Hai 261 and Hai Yang Shin You 615 (both   China).[142]

23 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 23 July 2017
Ship State Description
Nan Hui 68   China Typhoon Roke: The cargo ship capsized and foundered off Huidong. Her twelve crew were rescued by Chinese Coast Guard helicopter.[143]

26 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 26 July 2017
Ship State Description
Melite   Marshall Islands The cargo ship ran aground off Pulau Laut, Indonesia.[144] She was consequently sold for scrapping.[145]

29 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 29 July 2017
Ship State Description
Anda   Togo The cargo ship capsized and sank in the Black Sea off Sevastopol, Russia. Her nine crew were rescued. Anda was on a voyage from Kerch, Russia to Tripoli, Libya.[146]

31 July edit

List of shipwrecks: 31 July 2017
Ship State Description
Chonglunj 3010   China The container ship collided with New Sailing 2 (  China) in the Yangtze River and sank. Two of her fifteen crew were reported missing.[147]
Xin Hang 868   China The cargo ship foundered in the Taiwan Strait off Meizhou Island. Her seven crew were rescued by Dong Hai Jiu 111 (  China) Xin Hang 868 was on a voyage from Hainan to Ningbo.[148]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in July 2017
Ship State Description
MB 248   Russia The tug sank in Nakhodka Bay during a towing operation. She had been raised by mid-October.[149]

August edit

1 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 1 August 2017
Ship State Description
Xinenhui 008   China The cargo ship capsized and sank at Shanghai. Her eight crew were reported missing.[150]

2 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 2 August 2017
Ship State Description
CXX   Brazil The tug collided with Mercosul Santos (  Brazil) and sank near Óbidos, Brazil with the loss of eleven of the thirteen people on board.[151]

5 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 5 August 2017
Ship State Description
Bahtera Sejati   Indonesia The cargo ship sprang a leak and was beached at Tanjungwandi.[152]

6 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 6 August 2017
Ship State Description
Duc Cuong 06   Vietnam The cargo ship foundered in the Gulf of Tonkin (19°16′N 105°51′E / 19.267°N 105.850°E / 19.267; 105.850). Her ten crew were rescued by fishing vessels. She was on a voyage from Nghi Son to Ho Chi Minh City.[153]

11 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 11 August 2017
Ship State Description
UC3 Nautilus   Denmark The midget submarine was scuttled in Køge Bay by the captain, Peter Madsen. This was related to the murder of Kim Wall.

14 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 14 August 2017
Ship State Description
Cheshire   Isle of Man The bulk carrier was evacuated 45 nautical miles (83 km) off Gran Canaria, Canary Islands after her cargo of ammonium nitrate became heated and gave off fumes. Authorities refused to allow the ship to enter port, fearing a repeat of the Texas City Disaster in 1947. On 17 August, an explosion and fire occurred.[154][155] Cheshire was taken under tow on 21 August.[156] She arrived at Motril, Spain on 13 September[157] and scrapped.[158]

15 August edit

List of shipwrecks: xx August 2017
Ship State Description
RFA Fort Austin   Royal Navy The Fort Rosalie-class replenishment ship caught fire at Birkenhead. Her 60 crew were evacuated.

18 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 118 August 2017
Ship State Description
Ikra   Turkey The cargo ship sprang a leak off Iskenderun. Her ten crew were rescued by the Turkish Coast Guard. She was on a voyage from Iskenderun to Antalya. Ikra was subsequently towed back to Iskenderun by the tug Ekinciler Port (  Turkey) and beached.[159][160]

19 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 19 August 2017
Ship State Description
Xing Dong Yuan   China The cargo ship collided with another vessel and sank in the Taiwan Strait off Pintang Island. Four of her fourteen crew were rescued, nine were killed and one was listed as missing.[161][162]

20 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 2017
Ship State Description
Al-Misbar   Iraq The service vessel collided with Royal Arsenal (  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) and sank off Um Qasr with the loss of 20 of her 31 crew.[163][164]
Arama 1   Turkey The research ship ran aground near Arsuz and was damaged. Accident may have been the day before.[165]

21 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 21 August 2017
Ship State Description
USS John S. McCain   United States Navy
 
Damage sustained by USS John S. McCain
The Arleigh Burke-class destroyer collided with Alnic MC (  Liberia) off the coast of Singapore, east of the Strait of Malacca. Ten sailors were killed, five were injured.
Yangtze Harmony   Marshall Islands The bulk carrier was abandoned in the South China Sea (10°25′N 110°30′E / 10.417°N 110.500°E / 10.417; 110.500).[166]

22 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 22 August 2017
Ship State Description
Comandante Ribeiro   Brazil The passenger ship sank in the Xingu River near Porto de Moz with the loss of at least ten lives.[167]
Maersk Pembroke   Netherlands The container ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean 125 nautical miles (232 km) south west of Ireland.[168] She was consequently withdrawn from service and earmarked for scrapping.[169]

23 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 23 August 2017
Ship State Description
Gem No. 8   Taiwan Typhoon Hato: The tanker was driven ashore in the Pearl River.[170]
Rainbow Island 88   China Typhoon Hato: The tanker broke in two at Hong Kong.[171]
SE Panthea   Singapore Typhoon Hato: The cargo ship was driven ashore at Hong Kong.[172]
Viet Hai 06   Vietnam The cargo ship foundered 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Ninh Chu. Her nine crew survived.[173]
Yuhai 1   China Typhoon Hato: The cargo ship was abandoned in Discovery Bay, Hong Kong.[174]
Zhang Hong No.1   Taiwan Typhoon Hato: The bulk carrier was driven ashore on an isle 27 nautical miles (50 km) southwest of Kowloon, China.[175]

25 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 2017
Ship State Description
Gulf Justice   United States Hurricane Harvey: The offshore supply vessel ran aground at Port Mansfield, Texas. Her twelve crew were rescued by United States Coast Guard helicopters before she was blown ashore.[176][177]

26 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 2017
Ship State Description
Belle Chasse   United States Hurricane Harvey: The tug sank in the Lydia Ann Channel near Port Aransas, Texas. Her eleven crew were rescued.[178]
Bintang 28   Indonesia The cargo ship was driven ashore at Sanana.[179]
Paragon DPDS I   United States Hurricane Harvey: The drillship was driven ashore at Port Aransas.[180]
Sabine Pass   United States Hurricane Harvey: The tug was abandoned at Port Aransas and was driven ashore. Her seven crew were rescued by United States Coast Guard helicopters.[178][180]
Sandy Point   United States Hurricane Harvey: The tug was abandoned at Port Aransas. Her four crew were rescued by the United States Coast Guard.[180]
Signet Enterprise   United States Hurricane Harvey: The tug sank at Port Aransas. Her four crew were rescued by a United States Coast Guard helicopter.[181]

27 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 27 August 2017
Ship State Description
Leonardo   Mongolia The cargo ship broke in two in the Black Sea off Kilyos, Turkey. Her eleven crew were rescued. The bow section sank, the stern section was towed ashore.[182][183]

29 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 29 August 2017
Ship State Description
Star of Sawara   Panama The cargo ship ran aground off Falster, Denmark (54°28′N 12°11′E / 54.467°N 12.183°E / 54.467; 12.183).[184]

30 August edit

List of shipwrecks: 30 August 2017
Ship State Description
Blue Star Patmos   Greece The ferry ran aground off Ios and was damaged. All 205 passengers were evacuated from the ship.[185] Blue Star Patmos was refloated on 6 September.[186]

September edit

1 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 1 September 2017
Ship State Description
Islas Malvinas   Argentine Navy The patrol ship ran aground at Ushuaia.[187]

2 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 2 September 2017
Ship State Description
Reef Elaf   Tanzania The cargo ship capsized and sank off Al-Labki, Oman. Her twenty crew were rescued.[188][189]

5 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 2017
Ship State Description
Savage Ingenuity   United States The tug sank in the Intracoastal Waterway. Her crew were rescued.[190]

6 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 6 September 2017
Ship State Description
Hai Duong 09   Panama The cargo ship listed severely against the quayside at Visakhapatnam, India.[191]

9 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 9 September 2017
Ship State Description
Randgrid   Bahamas The tanker caught fire off Mekjarvik. One hundred and thirty-eight people were evacuated.[192]

10 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 10 September 2017
Ship State Description
Agia Zoni II   Greece The tanker sank west of Piraeus. Both crew on board were rescued.[193][194] She was raised between 24 and 29 November 2017.[195]

11 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 11 September 2017
Ship State Description
Kamaru   Indonesia The cargo ship was driven onto a reef off Kalosot Island, in the Bali Sea. Her twelve crew were rescued.[196]

12 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 12 September 2017
Ship State Description
Helena Cora   Netherlands The motor barge was beached at Vlissingen, Zeeland. Three of the four people on board were taken off by a pilot boat. She was on a voyage from Vlissingen to Antwerp, Belgium.[197]

13 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 2017
Ship State Description
JJB De Rong 19   Dominica The dredger collided with Kartika Segara (  Indonesia) and capsized off the Sisters' Islands, Singapore. Five of her twelve crew were killed.[198][199][200]

17 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 17 September 2017
Ship State Description
Fungka Permata III   Indonesia The passenger ship foundered in the Banda Sea off Buton Selatan. All 27 people on board were rescued.[201]

20 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 20 September 2017
Ship State Description
Ferrel   United States Hurricane Maria: The former research ship capsized with the loss of one of the four people on board. Survivors were rescued by a Royal Navy helicopter. She was subsequently driven ashore on Vieques Island, Puerto Rico.[202][203]

23 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 23 September 2017
Ship State Description
Atlantic   Faroe Islands The cargo ship ran aground off Oskarshamn, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Visby to Oskarshamn. Atlantic was refloated on 27 September.[204]

25 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 25 September 2017
Ship State Description
Elefantas   Greece The dredger sank at Athens.[205]

26 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 26 September 2017
Ship State Description
Maria Matilde   Philippines The ro-ro ferry ran ashore on Tablas Island, injuring 87 of the 2,151 passengers on board. She was on a voyage from Odiongan to Romblon Island.[206]

29 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 2017
Ship State Description
Norton Bridge   United States The ship was severely damaged by fire at San Diego, California.[207]
Orkideh 1   Iran The cargo ship was driven against the quayside and holed at Bandar Anzali.[208]

30 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 30 September 2017
Ship State Description
Roebuck Bay   Australian Border Force The Bay-class patrol boat ran aground on Henrys Reef and was severely damaged. She was later refloated and towed into Cairns, Queensland.[209]

October edit

5 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 6 October 2017
Ship State Description
KM KTC 1   Indonesia The cargo ship ran aground off Karang Jamuang Island and developed a severe list. Her twelve crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Tanjung Perak to Pekanbaru.[210]

6 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 6 October 2017
Ship State Description
Goeast   Comoros The tanker was intercepted 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off the coast of Libya by a Libyan Coast Guard cutter. Having failed to stop when requested, she was fired upon and caught fire. She put into Malta on 16 October in a severely damaged condition.[211][212]
Xin Fa Er Hao   Taiwan The cargo ship foundered in the Taiwan Strait with the loss of all six crew.[213]

8 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 8 October 2017
Ship State Description
Fu Shun 67   China The cargo ship capsized and sank in the Minjiang River at Fuzhou. Her ten crew were rescued.[214]
Islay Trader   Antigua and Barbuda The cargo ship was driven ashore at Margate, Kent, United Kingdom.[215]

10 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 10 October 2017
Ship State Description
Nieuw Amsterdam   Netherlands The Signature-class cruise ship was driven ashore at Santa Cruz Huatulco, Mexico. Her passengers were evacuated. She was later refloated.[216]
Ruyter   Netherlands The cargo ship ran aground on Rathlin Island, County Donegal, Ireland.[217] She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[218]

13 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 13 October 2017
Ship State Description
Emerald Star   Hong Kong The bulk carrier capsized and sank 150 nautical miles (280 km) east of the northern tip of the Philippines with the loss of eleven of her 26 crew.[219]
Lienhe 36   Taiwan Typhoon Khanun: The cargo ship was driven ashore near Changhuaim. Her six crew survived. She caught fire on 15 October and was declared a total loss.[220]

14 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 14 October 2017
Ship State Description
Harvest Sky   Panama The bulk carrier ran aground off Taoyuan City, Taiwan.[221] She was refloated on 20 July with assistance from the salvage tug Koyo Maru (  Japan).[222]

15 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 2017
Ship State Description
Oliver Hazard Perry   United States The full-rigged ship ran aground at Newport Harbor, Rhode Island.[223]

16 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 16 October 2017
Ship State Description
Quan Hai 88   China The cargo ship ran aground in the Taiwan Strait off Quangzhou and was abandoned by her sixteen crew.[224]

18 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 18 October 2017
Ship State Description
Ming An   Honduras The cargo ship foundered in the Taiwan Strait 36 nautical miles (67 km) west of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Her fourteen crew were rescued.[225]
Seikongen   Chile The fish farm ship capsized and sank off Chonchi. Her eleven crew were rescued. Raised for inspection/salvage 4 August 2018.[226][227]

23 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 23 October 2017
Ship State Description
Real   Togo Typhoon Lan: The cargo ship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Fushiki, Honshu, Japan. Her nineteen crew survived.[228]

28 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 28 October 2017
Ship State Description
GF Tacuari   Paraguay The tug struck a submerged object and sank in the River Plate at Colonia del Sacrimento. Her ten crew survived.[229]

29 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 29 October 2017
Ship State Description
Dharma Kencana II   Indonesia The ferry caught fire in the Java Sea (05°04′S 109°54′E / 5.067°S 109.900°E / -5.067; 109.900). All on board were rescued by Kirana I Kumai (  Indonesia). Dharma Kencana II was extensively damaged.[230][231]
Glory Amsterdam   Panama The cargo ship ran aground in the Wadden Sea off Langeoog, Lower Saxony, Germany.[232] She was refloated on 2 November and towed into Wilhelmshaven, Lower Saxony.[233]

30 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 30 October 2017
Ship State Description
Hongh Anh 69   China The cargo ship capsized and sank in the Gulf of Tonkin. Her twelve crew were rescued.[234][235]

31 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 31 October 2017
Ship State Description
Lu Di 67   China The cargo ship collided with Li Dian 2 (  China) and sank in the Waigaoqiao Channel. Seven of her crew were rescued, one was reported missing.[236]

November edit

1 November edit

List of shipwrecks: 1 November 2017
Ship State Description
Bilal Bal   Turkey The coaster foundered in the Black Sea. All eleven people on board were reported missing. She was on a voyage from Bursa to Zonguldak.[237]

4 November edit

List of shipwrecks: 4 November 2017
Ship State Description
Bien Bac 16   Vietnam Typhoon Damrey: The cargo ship sank with the loss of two of her ten crew. Six were rescued, two were reported missing.[238]
An Phu 68   Vietnam Typhoon Damrey: The cargo ship sank. Her eight crew were rescued.[238]
Fei Yue 9   Vietnam Typhoon Damrey: The cargo ship was driven ashore on the coast of Binh Dinh.[239][240] Her fifteen crew were rescued.[238]
Ha Trung 98   Vietnam Typhoon Damrey: The bulk carrier sank off Binh Dinh. Her nine crew were rescued.[239][240]
Hoa Mai 68   Vietnam Typhoon Damrey: The cargo ship sank off Binh Dinh.[239] Her eleven crew were rescued.[238]
Jupiter   Panama Typhoon Damrey: The passenger ship sank off Binh Dinh with the loss of one of her seven crew. Six were reported missing.[239]
Nam Khanh 26   Vietnam Typhoon Damrey: The cargo ship sank off Binh Dinh.[239] Her eleven crew were rescued.[241]
Son Long 08   Vietnam Typhoon Damrey: The cargo ship sank off Binh Dinh with the loss of one of her twelve crew. Ten were rescued, one was reported missing.[239][238]
Thanh Hai 18   Vietnam Typhoon Damrey: The cargo ship was beached. Her crew survived.[238]
Viet Thuan 168   Vietnam Typhoon Damrey: The cargo ship sank.[242]
VR-SB   Vietnam Typhoon Damrey: The cargo ship sank off Binh Dinh.[239]

5 November edit

List of shipwrecks: 5 November 2017
Ship State Description
JJB Yu Hang 258   Dominica The dredger foundered in the Malacca Strait off Parit Jawa, Malaysia. Her eighteen crew were rescued.[243]
Pulau Pinang   Malaysia The ro-ro ferry was driven ashore at George Town, Penang.[244]

11 November edit

List of shipwrecks: 11 November 2017
Ship State Description
Tariq Ibn Ziyad   Algeria The ferry caught fire whilst on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Algeria. She put into Mallorca, Spain, where all 500 passengers were evacuated.[245]
Yu Tong 1   China The cargo ship foundered off Huilai, Her fourteen crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Maoming to Jieyang.[246]

15 November edit

List of shipwrecks: 15 November 2017
Ship State Description
ARA San Juan   Argentine Navy Last communication from the TR-1700-class submarine in the San Jorge Gulf, after which she apparently suffered an explosion and sank with the loss of her entire crew of 44. The multipurpose offshore vessel Seabed Constructor (  Norway) discovered her wreck on 16 November 2018 on the bottom of the South Atlantic Ocean at a depth of about 2,600 feet (790 m) approximately 280 nautical miles (520 km) off the coast of Argentina.[247]

18 November edit

List of shipwrecks: 18 November 2017
Ship State Description
Takamaru   Japan The cargo ship ran aground off Tomakomi. Her four crew were rescued by a Japanese Coast Guard helicopter.[248]

21 November edit

List of shipwrecks: 21 November 2017
Ship State Description
Nefterudovoz 29M   Russia The cargo ship was driven ashore at Bartın, Turkey. Her six crew were rescued by helicopter.[249]
SCI Ratna   India The offshore supply tug foundered in the Arabian Sea 90 nautical miles (170 km) west of Mumbai. Her sixteen crew were rescued.[250]
Su Lian Hai 0118   China The engineering vessel was in collision with MSC Luciana (  Panama) off Port Caofeidian and was severely damaged. She was consequently towed into shallow water.[251]

27 November edit

List of shipwrecks: 27 November 2017
Ship State Description
Jin Zu Lun   China The cargo ship collided with Shun Jin Long (  China) and sank in the Pearl River. Two of her fourteen crew were rescued, twelve were reported missing.[252]

28 November edit

List of shipwrecks: 28 November 2017
Ship State Description
Zelinsky   United States The ferry ran aground and was damaged at Lower Manhattan, New York City. Her passengers were evacuated.[253]

29 November edit

List of shipwrecks: 29 November 2017
Ship State Description
Serenity 1   Panama The bulk carrier ran aground off Makira, Solomon Islands.[254][255]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in November 2017
Ship State Description
ARA Comodoro Somellera   Argentine Navy The Sotoyomo-class tugboat was sunk as a target on or before 10 November.

December edit

1 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 2017
Ship State Description
Shun Xin 188   China The cargo ship foundered off Wuzhou Island. Her ten crew were rescued.[256]

2 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 2 December 2017
Ship State Description
KRI Sibarau   Indonesian Navy The Attack-class patrol boat foundered in the Malacca Strait. Her nineteen crew were rescued.

4 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 2017
Ship State Description
Qi Cheng Xian Feng   China The coastal tanker ran aground and sank in the Yangtze Estuary. Her nine crew were rescued.[257] Her nine crew were rescued by Dong Hai Jiu 102 (  China).[258]
Sheng Hai   Togo The cargo ship sank in the Yellow Sea (37°07′N 123°53′E / 37.117°N 123.883°E / 37.117; 123.883). Three crew were reported missing, seven were rescued by South Korean Coast Guard helicopters.[259]

7 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 2017
Ship State Description
Koza   Turkey The cargo ship sank in the Atlantic Ocean 100 nautical miles (190 km) south of Freetown, Sierra Leone. Thirteen of her fifteen crew were rescued by ESL Europa (  Poland), the other two by TD Tokyo (  Liberia).[260]

8 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 2017
Ship State Description
Fuchun 688   Panama The cargo ship was driven ashore at Changhua, Taiwan. Her eight crew survived.[261]
Keneukai   Indonesia The cargo ship was holed by her anchor and sank at Trisakti. Her fourteen crew were rescued.[262]
Ricky Robinson   United States The motor tugboat sank in the Mississippi River near Memphis, Tennessee, leaving two people missing and presumed dead.[263]
Yicel   Panama The coaster sprang a leak and was beached near Limon, Costa Rica.[264]

10 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 10 December 2017
Ship State Description
Pride of Kent   United Kingdom In high winds, the ferry struck a bridge and ran aground on a sandbank at Calais, France. No injuries were reported.[265]

17 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 2017
Ship State Description
Makedonia   Greece The ferry was driven ashore on Salamina.[266]

19 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 2017
Ship State Description
ARC Pascual de Andagoya   Colombian National Navy The tug foundered in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Colombia. Her six crew were rescued by the fishing vessel Conpe Malaga 3 (  Colombia).[267]

20 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 2017
Ship State Description
KM Anugerah Abadi I   Indonesia The cargo ship ran aground off Labuan Bajo. Fifty passengers were evacuated.[268]

21 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 21 December 2017
Ship State Description
Mercaft 3   Philippines The ferry capsized and sank between Quezon and Polillo Island with the loss of four lives. Two hundred and forty passengers were resported to have been rescued.[269]

22 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 22 December 2017
Ship State Description
Little Şeyma   Panama The coaster was driven ashore on Traganissi, Greece. Her twelve crew were rescued.[270]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in December 2017
Ship State Description
Elektra   Indonesia The chemical tanker was driven ashore at Pontang in mid-December. She had apparently been abandoned by her owners.[271]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in 2017
Ship State Description
Janzur   Libyan Navy The Ikrimah-class patrol boat was sunk by an explosion sometime in 2017.


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