The tanker ran aground on Thatcher Rock, Torquay, Devon, United Kingdom.[1]
16 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1998
Ship
Country
Description
Flare
Cyprus
The bulk carrier broke in two in severe weather and sank off Saint Pierre and Miquelon with the loss of 21 crew.
February[]
17 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1998
Ship
Country
Description
Marie Bouanga
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The cargo ship collided with Zircone (Italy) near Borkum Riff, Germany (53°48′N6°21′E / 53.8°N 6.35°E / 53.8; 6.35). She was declared a constructive total loss and subsequently scrapped.[2]
March[]
23 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1998
Ship
Country
Description
Demetrios II
Honduras
Demetrios II aground.
The cargo ship ran aground off Paphos, Greece in bad weather. All eight crew were rescued by helicopter.
The tug was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea off Marsaskala as an artificial reef.[3]
Tug No. 10
Malta
The tug was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea off Marsaskala as an artificial reef.[3]
June[]
9 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1998
Ship
Country
Description
Hualien Express
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
The cargo ship ran aground at Kandla, India. She was refloated on 8 August; the salvage was completed on 18 August and she was then sold for scrapping.[4]
became entangled in the nets of a South Korean trawler and was subsequently taken in tow by South Korean Navy vessels. The submarine sank with the loss of all eight crew.[5][6]
The oil tanker was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea off Wied iż-Żurrieq, Malta, as an artificial reef. It had been laid up in Grand Harbour since 1995, when the ship exploded killing 9 Maltese dockyard workers.[7]
18 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1998
Ship
Country
Description
Princess of the Orient
Philippines
The ferry capsized and sank in a typhoon off Fortune Island, Batangas, killing around 150 people.
The cargo ship was wrecked at Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Renamed Adolphus Busch, she was sunk on 5 December as an artificial reef off Looe Key, Florida, United States.
Only One Express
Honduras
The cargo ship was wrecked while in port at Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Repairs were attempted, but abandoned the next month.[8]
October[]
21 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1998
Ship
Country
Description
Eendracht
Netherlands
The schooner ran aground at Newhaven, East Sussex, United Kingdom. All 51 people on board were rescued by helicopter.[9] She was later refloated and returned to service.
27 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 October 1998
Ship
Country
Description
Fantome
The schooner sank in the Gulf of Mexico off Honduras with the loss of all 31 people on board during Hurricane Mitch after sending a final radio report on this date.
Battle of Yeosu: The infiltration vessel became entangled in a fishing net off Yeosu, South Korea, while attempting to land North Koream commandos in South Korea, was intercepted by Republic of Korea Navy () vessels, and sank with the loss of all nine of her passengers and crew while being pursued by South Korean ships and aircraft.
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date December 1998
Ship
Country
Description
Arco Arun
United Kingdom
The coaster capsized in the Thames Estuary at Northfleet Hope. She was later raised and refloated.[10]
Panama
Cyprus
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Italy) near Borkum Riff, Germany (53°48′N 6°21′E / 53.8°N 6.35°E). She was declared a constructive total loss and subsequently scrapped.[2]
Honduras
United States Navy
Malta
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Korean People's Navy
Argentine Navy
Libya
Philippines
United Kingdom
Netherlands
Chilean Navy
Bahamas
) vessels, and sank with the loss of all nine of her passengers and crew while being pursued by South Korean ships and aircraft.
Royal Navy
