The list of shipwrecks in 1984 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1984.
January[]
3 January[]
- Fairplay X (
West Germany): the tug ran aground in the Hayle estuary, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[1]
5 January[]
- Mahajak Progress (
Thailand): The cargo ship caught fire off Sattahip and was abandoned. Later declared a constructive total loss and was scrapped.[2]
16 January[]
- Pergo (
Netherlands): The cargo ship was abandoned in the North Sea off Norway. She sailed crewless on auto-pilot for 200 nautical miles (370 km) and ran aground south of Dunbar, East Lothian. The ship was salvaged and taken to Leith.[3]
24 January[]
- Radiant Med (
Liberia): The cargo ship foundered off Guernsey, Channel Islands after a hatch cover was smashed in heavy seas. Seventeen of the 26 crew were lost. Nine survivors were rescued by the frigate Casabianca ( Marine Nationale) and taken to St Peter Port.[4]
February[]
1 February[]
- Skaros ( United Kingdom): Iran-Iraq war: The Bulk carrier was struck by an Iraqi Exocet missile in the Bandar Imam Khomenei Channel and set on fire. Declared a constructive total loss, later scrapped
7 February[]
- Midnight Sun 1 ( Panama): The cargo ship foundered off Ouessant, France in a storm. Eight of the nineteen crew were lost.[5]
15 February[]
- Camilla Weston ( United Kingdom): The coaster collided with a German ship in fog 8 nautical miles (15 km) off Cromer, Norfolk and sank. The five crew were rescued.[6]
March[]
1 March[]
- Charming ( Jersey): Iran-Iraq War: The cargo ship was struck by an Iraqi missile and set on fire. The fourteen crew abandoned ship,[7] which then ran aground at Bandar Khomenei.[8]
30 March[]
- Eldia ( Malta): The cargo ship was driven ashore at Orleans, Massachusetts, United States in a hurricane. She was refloated two months later, and scrapped in 1985.
- Ane Katrine ( West Germany): the trawler was sunk off Jutland, Denmark after her nets were snagged by Chilean submarine Simpson ( Armada de Chile) which was then undergoing trials. The three crew were killed.[9]
May[]
27 May[]
- Laleham ( United Kingdom): The cargo ship was wrecked on the north coast of Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.[10]
June[]
3 June[]
- Bark Marques ( United Kingdom): The barque sank off Bermuda with the loss of nineteen crew.
- Buyuk Hun ( Turkey): Attacked by Iraqi fighters on 3 June 1984 while underway in ballast from Tutunciftlik, Turkey to Kharg Island, Iran. Two Exocet missiles hit the superstructure and the engine room, starting a fire, killing three crew members and injuring two. Later towed to Bushir, Iran, where declared total loss and sold to Taiwanese breakers in 1986.
8 June[]
- Stena of Sitoo ( United Kingdom): The schooner struck a floating object in the North Sea whilst on a voyage from Amsterdam, Netherlands to Lowestoft, Suffolk and was holed below the waterline. HMS Ambuscade ( Royal Navy) went to her assistance. Pumps were flown out by helicopter and a lifeboat towed her in to Harwich, Essex.[11]
20 June[]
- Charles H McKay ( Australia): The hopper barge collided with Yeu Man ( Panama) at Melbourne and sank. All eight crew were rescued.[12]
July[]
17 July[]
- HMS Devonshire ( Royal Navy): The County-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the North Atlantic Ocean during exercises by HMS Splendid ( Royal Navy).
29 July[]
- Columbus C. ( Panama) The cruise ship rammed the harbour breakwater and sank at Cadiz, Spain.
30 July[]
- Alvenus ( United Kingdom): The tanker ran aground off New Orleans, Louisiana, cracking the hull and spilling some of her 14,700,000 US gallons (56,000,000 L) of crude oil.[13]
August[]
22 August[]
- Zingara ( Italy): The cargo ship ran aground in the Straits of Tiran, Red Sea.
26 August[]
- Mont Louis ( France): The tanker sank 12 nautical miles (22 km) off Ostend, Belgium.[14] Amongst her cargo were barrels containing 225 tonnes (221 long tons) of uranium hexafluoride.[15]
September[]
17 September[]
- Sealuck ( Malta): The cargo ship ran aground on a reef off Hamilton, Bermuda.[16]
October[]
2 October[]
- Stella Croce ( Panama): The bulk carrier collided with another Panamanian vessel and sank at Taichung, Taiwan. Eight crew reported to be missing.[17]
29 October[]
- Venus ( Philippines): The ferry sank off Marinduque Island. Of the 242 people on board, 114 were rescued by two Philippine Navy ships and a fishing vessel.[18]
November[]
USCGC Campbell
5 November[]
- An unnamed ferry ( Philippines): Typhoon Agnes: The ferry capsized and sank off Romblon with the loss of 440 lives.[19]
21 November[]
- Topeka ( Panama): The cargo ship ran aground off Coatzacoalcos, Mexico and was wrecked with the loss of two of her 27 crew.
22 November[]
- Fylrix ( United Kingdom): The coaster capsized and sank off Plymouth, Devon. Three crew rescued by a helicopter from RFA Engadine ( Royal Fleet Auxiliary) and landed on HMS Brilliant ( Royal Navy). The remaining four crew were rescued by the Plymouth lifeboat.[20]
27 November[]
- Lena Wessels ( West Germany): The coaster ran aground off Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom. The five crew were rescued by helicopter.[21]
29 November[]
- USCGC Campbell ( United States Coast Guard): The Treasury-class Cutter (boat) was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean (22°48′N 160°06′W / 22.8°N 160.1°W).
December[]
7 December[]
- Lady Chilel ( Gambia): The ferry sank in the Gambia River at Ballingho. Four people were killed and twenty injured out of the 98 people on board.[22]
23 December[]
29 December[]
- Nes Puk ( West Germany) The cargo ship ran aground in the River Suances, Spain. She was refloated on 7 January and returned to service.[23]
Unknown date[]
- Permeke ( Belgium): The cargo ship ran aground in the River Scheldt at Hansweert. She was refloated with assistance from 10 tugs and returned to service.[24]
Unknown date[]
- Machitis ( Hellenic Navy): The Algerine-class minesweeper was sunk as a target off Crete.
References[]
- ↑ "Error: no
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|title=specified when using {{Cite web}}". 31 March 1984. - ↑ "SS Laleham - 1984". Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mma/wrecks/wrecks/shipwrecks.asp?ID=2719. Retrieved 22 May 2011.
- ↑ "Error: no
|title=specified when using {{Cite web}}". 9 June 1984. - ↑ "Preliminary Investigation into the circumstances of the collision between the M.V. Yue Man and the M.V. Charles H McKay and the subsequent foundering of the M.V. Charles H McKay on 20 June 1984 at Melbourne.". Australian Transportation Safety Board. 1 December 1984. http://www.atsb.gov.au/media/25042/mair7_001.pdf. Retrieved 20 May 2012.
- ↑ "Error: no
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|title=specified when using {{Cite web}}". 28 November 1984. - ↑ Dowden, Richard; MacDonald, Susan (10 December 1984). "Error: no
|title=specified when using {{Cite web}}". - ↑ "Belgian Merchant H-O". Belgische Koopvaardij. http://www.belgischekoopvaardij.net/belgian%20merchant%20H-O%2024.5.04.pdf. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
- ↑ "Belgian Merchant P-Z". Belgische Koopvaardij. http://www.belgischekoopvaardij.net/belgian%20Merchant%20%20P-Z.pdf. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
See also[]
| Ship events in 1984 | |||||||||||
| Ship launches: | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 |
| Ship commissionings: | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 |
| Ship decommissionings: | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 |
| Shipwrecks: | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 |
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