List of shipwrecks in 1993

The list of shipwrecks in 1993 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1993.

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1993
Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr
May	Jun	Jul	Aug
Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

January

5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1993

Ship	Country	Description
Braer	Liberia	The tanker ran aground off the Shetland Islands and sank. All 34 crew were rescued by helicopter.

14 January

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1993

Ship	Country	Description
Jan Heweliusz	Poland	The ferry sank in the Baltic Sea off Cape Arcona, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany with the loss of 55 of the 64 people on board.

21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1993

Ship	Country	Description
Maersk Navigator	Singapore	The tanker collided with Sanko Honour (Singapore) in the Strait of Malacca 60 nautical miles (110 km) off Sumatra, Indonesia. She caught fire and was abandoned by her 24 crew. who were rescued by DSR Atlantic (Germany). Sanko Honour also caught fire, but that fire was quickly extinguished.

February

12 February

List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1993

Ship	Country	Description
Jimmy	Malta	The tanker ran aground at Bandar Abbas, Iran. Refloated 20 February and returned to service.

18 February

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1993

Ship	Country	Description
Neptune	Haiti	The ferry sank in the Canal du Sun on a voyage from Port au Prince to Jérémie. There were 285 survivors of the 1,500 on board.

28 February

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1993

Ship	Country	Description
Freja Svea	Bahamas	The tanker ran aground at Redcar, Cleveland, United Kingdom. All 21 crew were rescued by a Royal Air Force Sea King helicopter and The Scout ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).

March

14 March

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1993

Ship	Country	Description
Gold Bond Conveyor	Liberia	1993 Storm of the Century: The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 km) off Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada with the loss of all 33 crew.

April

12 April

List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1993

Ship	Country	Description
Vishva Mohini	India	The cargo ship sank in the Bay of Biscay off the northern coast of Spain with the loss of 31 of the 47 people on board

June

3 June

List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1993

Ship	Country	Description
British Trent	Bermuda	The tanker collided with Western Winner (Panama) and caught fire with the loss of nine of her 34 crew. The fire was extinguished but British Trent was declared a constructive total loss and consequently scrapped.

5 June

List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1993

Ship	Country	Description
USS Salmon	United States Navy	The decommissioned Sailfish-class submarine was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Long Island, New York, near Hudson Canyon for use as a bottom sonar target.

11 June

List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1993

Ship	Country	Description
HMS Charybdis	Royal Navy	The Leander-class frigate was sunk as a target.

September

9 September

List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1993

Ship	Country	Description
Cape Strait	United States Coast Guard	The Cape-class cutter was sunk as an artificial reef off Cape May, New Jersey.

October

10 October

List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1993

Ship	Country	Description
Seohae	South Korea	The ferry sank in the Yellow Sea near Wido, Buan County, North Jeolla Province, South Korea, killing 292 of her 362 passengers and crew.

20 October

List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1993

Ship	Country	Description
OMI Charger	United States	The tanker suffered an onboard fire at Galveston, Texas following a welding operation. She exploded and sank. Three crew were killed and the ship was consequently declared a constructive total loss.

November

18 November

List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1993

Ship	Country	Description
Borodinskoje Polye	Russia	The factory ship ran aground north of Lerwick, Shetland Islands. All 73 crew were rescued.

December

9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1993

Ship	Country	Description
Grape One	Malta	The chemical tanker sank in the English Channel off Start Point, Devon, United Kingdom. All fifteen crew were rescued by a Royal Navy helicopter.