List of shipwrecks in 1996
The list of shipwrecks in 1996 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1996.
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References |
January
4 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Peril Cape | United States | The 44-foot (13.4 m) fishing vessel sank quickly off Sitkalidak Island in the Kodiak Archipelago after her hull failed. The fishing vessel Golden Nugget ( United States) rescued her entire crew of three from a life raft.[1] |
7 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Patraikos II | Cyprus | The cargo ship ran aground in the South China Sea (01°18′30″N 105°23′30″E). Refloated on 7 April, later repaired and returned to service.[2] |
8 January
10 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Cape Chacon | United States | The 33-foot (10.1 m) fishing vessel ran aground and sank at Ratz Harbor (55°53′15″N 132°35′45″W) off the northeast coast of Prince of Wales Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. Her crew of two abandoned ship in a skiff and was rescued by the United States Coast Guard.[3] |
14 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Daydreamer | United States | The 39-foot (11.9 m) fishing vessel was wrecked on a reef near Hog Island in Alaska′s Kodiak Archipelago outside of Afognak Bay (58.0499°N 152.7603°W). All four people aboard survived.[4] |
18 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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North Cape | The tank barge ran aground on Moonstone Beach in South Kingstown, Rhode Island, while under tow by the tugboat Scandia, which also ran aground. | |
Scandia |
20 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Gurita | Indonesia | The ferry sank in the Strait of Malacca with the loss of about 260 lives.[5] |
23 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Sally J | United States | The 45-foot (13.7 m) salmon seiner burned and sank in Uganik Bay 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) off the coast of Kodiak Island, Alaska.[6] |
27 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Pacesetter | United States | The 114-foot (34.7 m) crab-fishing vessel disappeared in the Bering Sea approximately 65 nautical miles (120 km; 75 mi) north of St. George Island with the loss of her entire crew of seven.[1] |
February
3 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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S S Viking | United States | The 55-foot (16.8 m) hatchery vessel struck a rock and sank at Montague Island at the entrance to Prince William Sound on the coast of Alaska.[6] |
6 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Capt. Gil | United States | The tugboat sprang a leak and sank in the Gulf of Mexico off Steinhatchee, Florida.[7] |
7 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ambition | United States | The 83-foot (25.3 m) fishing trawler sank in Unimak Pass in the Aleutian Islands. Her crew of five abandoned ship wearing survival suits and was rescued by the fishing vessel Lone Star ( United States).[8] |
15 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Sea Empress | Liberia | Sea Empress oil spill: The tanker ran aground on rocks at the entrance to the Cleddau Estuary near Milford Haven, Dyfed loaded with 130,000 tonnes of crude oil. Later repaired and returned to service. |
19 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Gretchen I | Philippines | The overloaded ferry capsized and sank off Cadiz with the loss of 71 lives. There were at least 141 survivors.[9] |
27 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Michael DePalma | United States | The retired 70-foot (21.3 m) barge was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean off Wildwood, New Jersey, at 38°56.970′N 074°41.337′W.[10] |
29 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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All American | United States |
March
29 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Evelyn Mary Louise | United States | The 32-foot (9.8 m) fishing vessel burned and sank without loss of life at Metlakatla, Alaska.[11] |
30 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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SLNS P-458 | Sri Lanka Navy | Sri Lankan Civil War: The P-453 (Dvora-class) patrol boat was sunk by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam with an explosive motorboat.[12] |
April
4 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Desiree C | United States | The 38-foot (11.6 m) fishing vessel capsized and was lost in 25-foot (7.6 m) seas in Chiniak Bay (57°42′N 152°20′W) off Kodiak Island in Alaska′s Kodiak Archipelago. The two men aboard lost their lives.[4] |
15 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Duchess | United States | The 142-gross ton, 79-foot (24.1 m) fishing vessel caught fire off Spruce Island near Spruce Cape (57°55′N 152°25′W) in Alaska′s Kodiak Archipelago. After a United States Coast Guard helicopter lifted off her crew of three, the tug Chenaille Rouge ( United States) took her under tow, but Duchess capsized and the towline parted. Duchess′s wreck washed ashore on Spruce Island on 17 April. She was deemed a total loss.[4] |
19 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Antares | United States | The retired 41-foot (12.5 m) steel-hulled sailboat was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean 3.1 nautical miles (5.7 km; 3.6 mi) off Barnegat, New Jersey, at 39°45.067′N 074°01.892′W.[13] |
May
14 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Solar Wind | flag unknown | The trimaran and its two-person crew were reported missing after encountering a tropical storm. |
21 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Bukoba | Tanzania | The passenger vessel sank in Lake Victoria, drowning some 800 people. |
25 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ruby | United States | The 34-foot (10.4 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in Tongass Narrows in Southeast Alaska without loss of life.[14] |
June
4 June
Ship | Country | Description |
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Marjo | United States | The 48-foot (14.6 m) vessel was destroyed by fire in Salisbury Sound in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[15] |
11 June
Ship | Country | Description |
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SLNS P-232 | Sri Lanka Navy | Sri Lankan Civil War: The patrol boat was sunk by Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam mines.[16] |
SLNS P-243 | Sri Lanka Navy | Sri Lankan Civil War: The patrol boat was sunk by Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam mines.[17] |
20 June
Ship | Country | Description |
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Starlite | United States | The 35-foot (10.7 m) salmon gillnetter was destroyed by a stack fire and sank in Prince William Sound near Hinchinbrook Entrance (60°20′N 146°50′W) on the south-central coast of Alaska. The only person aboard survived.[6] |
23 June
Ship | Country | Description |
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Nadine | flag unknown | The 167-foot (50.9 m) yacht sank en route from the Italian mainland to Sardinia during a mistral storm. All passengers and crew were rescued by the Italian coast guard. A fictionalized version of the sinking is depicted in the 2013 film The Wolf of Wall Street.[18] |
July
2 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Kamishak Queen | United States | The 76-foot (23.2 m) fishing vessel sank off Gore Point (59°12′00″N 150°57′30″W) on Nuka Island off the Kenai Peninsula on the south-central coast of Alaska. Her crew of two survived.[19] |
4 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Divemaster | United States | The 30-foot (9.1 m) fishing vessel struck a submerged object and sank 20 nautical miles (37 km; 23 mi) south of Wrangell, Alaska. The only person aboard survived.[4] |
16 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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MS Fortune | United States | The 38-foot (11.6 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in the Bering Sea at Cape Seniavin (56°24′N 160°09′W) on the north coast of the Alaska Peninsula.[15] |
18 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Lady Launi | United States | While under tow with no one aboard, the 48-foot (14.6 m) fishing vessel sank approximately 100 nautical miles (190 km; 120 mi) southwest of Kodiak, Alaska.[20] |
19 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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SLNS Ranavirh | Sri Lanka Navy | Sri Lankan Civil War: First Battle of Mullaitivu: The Type 062 patrol boat was sunk by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam with two explosive motorboats. Lost with all 36 hands.[21] |
22 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Caroline | United States | The 32-foot (9.8 m) salmon gillnetter burned and sank in Kvichak Bay on the Bristol Bay coast of Alaska. Her crew of three survived.[3] |
25 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Estella | United States | The 58-foot (17.7 m) fishing vessel ran aground and sank in Sukoi Inlet (57°14′N 135°36′W) in Southeast Alaska. All six people aboard survived.[11] |
August
2 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Martie | United States | The 43-foot (13.1 m) salmon seiner sank at Evans Island in Prince William Sound on the south-central coast of Alaska. Her entire crew of five survived.[15] |
3 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Colleen | United States | The retired 92-foot (28.0 m), 150-gross register ton Erie Canal tug was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) off Mantoloking, New Jersey, in 80 feet (24 m) of water at 40°02.794′N 073°59.350′W.[22] |
6 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Lou-Ann-Marie | United States | The 32-foot (9.8 m) fishing vessel burned and sank in the Bering Sea approximately 120 nautical miles (220 km; 140 mi) northwest of Dutch Harbor, Alaska. Her crew of three survived.[20] |
7 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Alice M | United States | The 29-foot (8.8 m) gillnet salmon-fishing vessel burned and sank in Nushagak Bay on the Bristol Bay coast of Alaska.[8] |
20 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS YOGN-8 | United States Navy | The decommissioned 165-foot (50.3 m) non-self-propelled gasoline barge was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean 6.5 nautical miles (12.0 km; 7.5 mi) off Harvey Cedars, New Jersey, in 80 feet (24 m) of water at 39°37.564′N 074°01.341′W. Her wreck is known as "John Dobilas."[23] |
25 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ocean Beauty | United States | The 30-foot (9.1 m) fishing vessel was wrecked at Port Moller (59°59′30″N 160°34′30″W), Alaska. Her crew of two survived.[24] |
September
2 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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North Wind | Unknown flag | The 86-foot (26.2 m) motor scow ran aground and sank in Fancy Cove on the coast of British Columbia in Canada.[25] |
Thomas W | United States | The 35-foot (10.7 m) vessel sank in Gibson Cove (57°46′45″N 152°26′40″W) in Alaska. No one was aboard her at the time.[26] |
Uniceb | Panama | The livestock carrier suffered an engine fire in the Pacific Ocean north of the Seychelles. She was abandoned by her crew and subsequently sank.[27] |
5 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ivanof II | United States | The 36-foot (11.0 m) fishing vessel was destroyed 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) north of Seldovia, Alaska, by a fire that started in her cook stove. Her crew of two survived.[28] |
12 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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Sea Lion | United States | The 32-foot (9.8 m) fishing vessel was wrecked at Fox Island (60°10′N 144°37′W) near Katalla, Alaska.[6] |
15 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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Sauniere | Canada | The self-unloading bulk carrier ran aground on the Bay State Shoal in the St. Lawrence River near Brockville, Ontario. The bottom shell plating on the starboard side was damaged and the #1 starboard ballast tank being was holed in three places. After being freed, Sauniere sailed to Hamilton, Ontario to unload its cargo and then to Port Weller Dry Docks at St. Catharines, Ontario for repairs.[29] |
18 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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Unidentified Sang-O-class submarine | Korean People's Army Naval Force | The Sang-O-class submarine ran aground on the east coast of South Korea near Jeongdongjin while trying to retrieve a three-person North Korean special operations reconnaissance team it had landed there three days earlier. Its crew abandoned it, and it was captured by South Korean forces. |
24 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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Grom | United States | The 39-foot (11.9 m) gillnet salmon-fishing vessel was wrecked in Shelter Bay (60°26′N 146°39′W) in Prince William Sound on the south-central coast of Alaska.[30] |
27 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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Gypsy | United States | The 33-foot (10.1 m) vessel sank in Marmot Bay (58°00′N 152°06′W) in Alaska′s Kodiak Archipelago.[30] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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HMFS Kiro | Republic of Fiji Navy | The Redwing-class minesweeper was wrecked on a reef off Suva. The wreck was disposed of by burning. |
October
2 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Margaret N | United States | The 30-foot (9.1 m) fishing vessel sank at Hydaburg, Alaska. Her crew of two survived.[15] |
4 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Tracy | United States | The vessel was wrecked on rocks in Gibson Cove (57°46′45″N 152°26′40″W) on the coast of Kodiak Island near Kodiak, Alaska. Her owner burned the wreck after stripping it.[26] |
5 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Alaska Dawn | United States | The 90-foot (27.4 m) fishing vessel was wrecked on the north coast of Andronica Island in Alaska′s Shumagin Islands off the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula after her captain fell asleep at her helm. Her crew of four abandoned ship and were taken by a skiff from the vessel Vardal ( United States) to the vessel Exodus ( United States). Alaska Dawn later was scuttled.[8] |
17 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Matt Turecamo | United States | The retired 86-foot (26.2 m) tug was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean 3.6 nautical miles (6.7 km; 4.1 mi) off Sea Girt, New Jersey, in 80 feet (24 m) of water at 40°07.514′N 073°56.465′W. Her main deck is at a depth of 65 feet (20 m).[31] |
24 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Rebecca B | United States | The 77-foot (23.5 m) longline fishing vessel was wrecked on a shoal 50 feet (15 meters) off the coast at Cape Sasmik (51°36′30″N 177°55′00″W) on Tanaga Island in the western Andreanof Islands in the southwestern Aleutian Islands. A United States Navy salvage tug rescued her entire crew of seven.[14] |
28 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Lucky Logger | United States | The 26-foot (7.9 m) bowpicker sank at the entrance to Day Harbor on the south-central coast of Alaska. A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued the only person aboard.[20] |
Unknown October
Ship | Country | Description |
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SLNS P-457 | Sri Lanka Navy | Sri Lankan Civil War: The Dvora-class patrol boat was sunk by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam sometime in October.[32] |
November
4 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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Bristol Storm | United States | The 117-foot (35.7 m) crab-fishing vessel sank in heavy weather in 228 feet (69 m) of water in the Bering Sea northwest of Port Moller (56°50′N 162°34′W), Alaska, after uncontrollable flooding began in her pump room. The fishing vessel New Venture ( United States) rescued her crew of six.[33] |
11 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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Bever | Netherlands | The tug capsized and sank in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom with the loss of one of her two crew.[34] |
14 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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Cordigliera | Panama | After placing a distress call to Durban Radio at 10:30 pm requesting immediate assistance due to a leak in a hold, the freighter sank off South Africa off Port St Johns with the loss of all 23 lives.[35] |
Princess Jihan | Egypt | The riverboat capsized and sank in the Nile at Qalh al-Jabal with the loss of over 20 lives.[36] |
15 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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Aunt Bergit | United States | The 38-foot (11.6 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire off Hinchinbrook Island off the south-central coast of Alaska. Her crew of three survived.[8] |
26 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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Franz Hals | Russia | The factory ship was driven ashore at Biarritz, France. She was refloated on 21 December.[37] |
Tamra Dawn | United States | The 29-foot (8.8 m) sea cucumber and sea urchin dive boat sank off Dall Head (55°08′N 131°45′W) southwest of Ketchikan in Southeast Alaska during a diving expedition for sea cucumbers. Her entire crew of three perished.[26] |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Lene Marie | Denmark | The ketch was abandoned in a storm in the North Atlantic. |
December
2 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Billy B | United States | The 30-foot (9.1 m) fishing vessel was swamped in the surf and sank off Warren Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska near Klawock, Alaska. Her crew of two survived.[33] |
3 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Deann | United States | The 25-foot (7.6 m) fishing vessel sank off Fish Egg Island (55°29′20″N 133°10′15″W) in Southeast Alaska. All three people aboard survived.[4] |
5 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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El Dan | United States | The 61.3-foot (18.7 m) crab-fishing vessel capsized and sank in Portage Bay (57°34′05″N 156°02′15″W) on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula just west of Kanatak, Alaska, during a storm. Wearing survival suits, her crew of five abandoned ship in a life raft and was rescued.[11] |
9 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Alexandria | United States | The schooner sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. |
12 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Oceanic | United States | The 48-foot (14.6 m) shrimp-fishing vessel sank with the loss of one life in the Gulf of Alaska 23 nautical miles (43 km; 26 mi) southwest of Craig, Alaska. There were two survivors.[24] |
14 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Makani Kanalio | United States | The 39-foot (11.9 m) fishing vessel burned and sank at Unalaska, Alaska. The only person aboard survived.[15] |
25 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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F174 | The wooden ship sank overnight 19 nautical miles (35 km; 22 mi) from Portopalo di Capo Passero, Sicily, Italy, while transporting illegal immigrants to Italy after either breaking up in stormy weather or colliding with the cargo ship Iohan El Hallal ( Malta), killing at least 283 people. |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Dystos | Greece | Sank with some loss of life.[38] |
Mr. J | United States | The crab processor – a former PCE-842-class patrol craft and auxiliary minelayer – was towed out into the Pacific Ocean and scuttled sometime in the 1990s.[39] |
SLNS P-225 | Sri Lanka Navy | Sri Lankan Civil War: The patrol boat was sunk by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam sometime in 1996.[40] |
Unidentified barge | United States | The retired 80-foot (24.4 m) steel-hulled barge was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean south of Long Island 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km; 2.9 mi) off Moriches Inlet, New York.[41] |
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Ship events in 1996 | |||||||||||
Ship launches: | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 |
Ship commissionings: | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 |
Ship decommissionings: | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 |
Shipwrecks: | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 |
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