The scallop dredger capsized and sank in the Irish Sea with the loss of all seven crew. The wreck was later refloated and moored at Douglas, Isle of Man.
March
28 March
List of shipwrecks: 28 March 2000
Ship
Country
Description
Martina
Liberia
The cargo ship collided with another ship off the coast of Sweden and sank with the loss of five of her twenty crew.[1]
The cruise ship hit an uncharted reef in the Sandfly Passage around the Solomon Islands and was grounded at Roderick Bay, Ngella island. She was declared a constructive total loss.
June
6 June
List of shipwrecks: 6 June 2000
Ship
Country
Description
Stanegarth
United Kingdom
The tugboat was sunk in Stoney Cove in Leicestershire, England, to serve as a recreational dive site.
Hurricane Carlotta: The cargo ship sank with the loss of all 18 crew.
23 June
List of shipwrecks: 23 June 2000
Ship
Country
Description
Treasure
Panama)
The vessel was carrying a load of iron ore when it sank off South Africa. The resulting oil spill caused a threat to the nearby population of African penguins.
29 June
List of shipwrecks: 29 June 2000
Ship
Country
Description
Cahaya Bahari
Indonesia
The ferry sank off the Molucca Islands with the loss of almost all on board, estimated at up to 500 people. There were ten survivors[2][3]
An Opal-class yacht of the ZHP Naval Training Center in Gdynia, sunk in a collision with an LNG carrier MV Lady Elena near the north-western shore of Denmark, with a loss of seven crew and one survivor.
The Newport-classtank landing ship ran aground on the coast of Chile in Caleta Cifuncho Bay. She was salvaged but deemed to have been damaged beyond economical repair and was later sunk as a target ship.
26 September
List of shipwrecks: 26 September 2000
Ship
Country
Description
Express Samina
Greece
The RORO passenger ferry hits rocks off the island of Paros and subsequently sank, sending 91 people (out of the 534 onboard) to their deaths.
The cruise liner sank in the Atlantic Ocean 425 nautical miles (787 km) off the coast of Virginia. All 34 crew were rescued. Barratry was suspected in the loss of the vessel.
The decommissioned Leander-classfrigate was sunk off Tutukaka, New Zealand, to form an artificial reef.
23 December
List of shipwrecks: 23 December 2000
Ship
Country
Description
Janra
Germany
The MV Janra collided with an iron lighthouse about 20 miles off the Aland Islands, Finland.[4][5] Recovery was by parbucking.[6]
25 December
List of shipwrecks: 25 December 2000
Ship
Country
Description
John R
Cyprus
The cargo ship ran aground at Rebbenesøya, Norway. All 26 crew were rescued.[7][8] The grounded ship broke in two on 2 January 2001, with the bow section sinking and the stern remaining aground. The bow section was raised in April 2001 and was towed away for scrapping,[9] while the stern broke apart and sank.[10]
↑Godal, Anne Marit, ed (14 February 2009). "John R" (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. https://snl.no/John_R. Retrieved 1 May 2015.