List of shipwrecks in 2006
The list of shipwrecks in 2006 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 2006.
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References |
January[edit]
16 January[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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Horizon | ![]() | The 30-gross ton, 42-foot (12.8 m) longline fishing vessel sank in the Gulf of Alaska 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) southeast of Sitkalidak Island in Alaska′s Kodiak Archipelago. The fishing vessels Competition and Last One (both ![]() |
28 January[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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Snug Harbor | ![]() | The retired 65-foot (19.8 m) fishing trawler 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°03.452′N 073°59.985′W / 40.057533°N 73.999750°W.[2] |
31 January[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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Hermes II | ![]() | The 44.1-foot (13.4 m) fishing trawler sank in Table Bay (56°00′10″N 134°08′00″W / 56.00278°N 134.13333°W) in Southeast Alaska 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) northeast of Cape Decision after a large wave struck her and damaged her hull. A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued the only person aboard.[1] |
February[edit]
1 February[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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Ece | ![]() | The tanker sank while under tow toward Le Havre, France, after colliding with the cargo ship General Grot-Rowecki (![]() |
2 February[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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Fjordbuen | ![]() | The cargo ship sank at the quay at Stamnes, Norway.[4] The wreck has since become a popular diving site.[5] |
3 February[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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al-Salam Boccaccio 98 | ![]() | The passenger ferry caught fire and sank in the Red Sea killing at least 846 people. A total of 426 people were rescued. |
9 February[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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USS O'Brien | ![]() | The decommissioned Spruance-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off Kauai, Hawaii, by the guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie and two P-3 Orion aircraft (all ![]() ![]() |
18 February[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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Impressive | ![]() | The 28-foot (8.5 m) dive boat sank at Bees Rocks (54°51′N 131°34′W / 54.850°N 131.567°W) in Clarence Strait near Hassler Reef (54°51′27″N 131°35′20″W / 54.8575°N 131.5888889°W) and Duke Island in the Gravina Islands of the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska after a wave broke over her stern and flooded her lazarette. The vessel Formula I (![]() |
23 February[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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Northern Dawn | ![]() | The 50-foot (15.2 m) crab-fishing vessel disappeared with the loss of both men on board in the Bering Sea near Cape Kovrizhka (53°50′40″N 167°09′00″W / 53.84444°N 167.15000°W) on the northwest coast of Unalaska Island in the Aleutian Islands.[7] |
March[edit]
5 March[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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Runner 4 | ![]() | Carrying aluminium, the cargo ship sank in the Gulf of Finland when the cargo ship Svyatitel Apostol Andrey (![]() ![]() |
9 March[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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Teklivka | ![]() | Cargo ship sunk in the Mediterranean near Port Said, Egypt in a storm. Three crew were lost, but the other 12 were rescued by Searose G.[9][10] |
12 March[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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Slayer | ![]() | During a voyage from Kake to Sitka, Alaska, the 32-foot (9.8 m) troller sank after sending a distress signal 4.5 nautical miles (8.3 km; 5.2 mi) south of Point Gardner (57°01′N 134°37′W / 57.017°N 134.617°W) in Southeast Alaska. Both men aboard her were lost.[11] |
21 March[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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Hyundai Fortune | ![]() | The Hyundai Group container ship was damaged by fire in the Gulf of Aden near Yemen. She later was towed to port. She was repaired and returned to service. |
22 March[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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Queen of the North | ![]() | Large passenger ferry which sank off the north coast of British Columbia, Canada after running aground. Two passengers drowned.[12] |
23 March[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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Pong Su | ![]() | Confiscated by the Government of Australia after being seized for smuggling heroin in 2003, the formerly North Korea-owned cargo ship was sunk as a target by two GBU-10 Paveway II laser-guided bombs dropped by Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) General Dynamics F-111C aircraft during a joint RAAF-Royal Australian Navy exercise off Australia. |
Unidentified passenger boat | flag unknown | The passenger boat sank in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Cameroon near the port of Kribi with the loss of at least 127 lives.[13] |
26 March[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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Orion | ![]() | The tanker sank in the Gulf of Mexico near Yucatán.[citation needed] |
30 March[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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Al-Dana | ![]() | Passenger dhow which sank in the Persian Gulf near Bahrain. |
April[edit]
27 April[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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HDMS SKA 11 | ![]() | The survey ship ran aground in the Arsuk Fjord, Greenland. Her crew were rescued by HDMS SKA 12 (![]() |
May[edit]
6 May[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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Calico Dog | ![]() | The 10-gross ton, 32-foot (9.8 m) cod-fishing vessel capsized with the loss of one life off Priest Rock (54°00′32″N 166°22′30″W / 54.00889°N 166.37500°W) near the entrance to Unalaska Bay on the coast of Unalaska Island in the Aleutian Islands after a series of large waves struck her. Her sole survivor clung to her overturned hull for 12 hours before the Alaska State Trooper vessel Stimpson (![]() |
12 May[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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Five unidentified boats | ![]() | Sri Lankan Civil War: Battle of Point Pedro: Sri Lanka Navy warships sank the boats – either explosive motorboats, assault boats, or a mix thereof – off Point Pedro, Sri Lanka. Between four and 30 people were killed.[16] |
SLNS P-418 | ![]() | Sri Lankan Civil War: Battle of Point Pedro: The patrol boat was sunk by a Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam explosive motorboat off Point Pedro, Sri Lanka. 18 crewmen were killed.[16] |
17 May[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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USS Oriskany | ![]() | The decommissioned Essex-class aircraft carrier was sunk in the Gulf of Mexico off Florida to create an artificial reef. |
29 May[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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Nearchos | ![]() | The decommissioned Charles F. Adams-class guided missile destroyer was sunk as a target. |
June[edit]
7 June[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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USS Comte de Grasse | ![]() | The decommissioned Spruance-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean about 275 nautical miles (509 km; 316 mi) off the coast of North Carolina. |
USS Stump | ![]() | The decommissioned Spruance-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of North Carolina. |
12 June[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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HDMS SKA 12 | ![]() | The survey ship ran aground off Maniitsoq, Greenland.. Subsequently refloated, repaired and returned to service[14] |
26 June[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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Safmarine Agulhas | ![]() | The container ship ran aground near at sandbank in East London. Her crew members were rescued. The ship broke in two in August 2006 and later scrapped in October 2006. |
July[edit]
7 July[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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Stella | ![]() | After her operator fell asleep at the helm, the 58-foot (18 m) seiner was wrecked on Gull Island (58°30′10″N 134°52′00″W / 58.50278°N 134.86667°W) in Southeast Alaska near Juneau, Alaska. The Alaska Marine Highway motor ferry Taku (![]() |
13 July[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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USS Belleau Wood | ![]() | ![]() |
15 July[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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USNS Mars | ![]() | The inactivated Mars-class combat stores ship was sunk as a torpedo target in the Pacific Ocean 54 nautical miles (100 km; 62 mi) off the coast of Hawaii as part of the RIMPAC 06 exercise. |
18 July[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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Heavy Metal | ![]() | The retired 30-foot (9.1 m) tow boat was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean off Townsends Inlet, New Jersey, at 39°06.306′N 074°36.471′W / 39.105100°N 74.607850°W.[17] |
22 July[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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USS Thorn | ![]() | The decommissioned Spruance-class destroyer was sunk as a target. |
26 July[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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AC Wescoat 2 | ![]() | The retired 60-foot (18.3 m) barge was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean 4.5 nautical miles (8.3 km; 5.2 mi) off Ocean City, New Jersey, at 39°09.891′N 074°34.310′W / 39.164850°N 74.571833°W.[18] |
Unknown date[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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ROCS Liao Yang | ![]() | The decommissioned Gearing-class guided missile destroyer was sunk as a target in the South China Sea. |
August[edit]
1 August[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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Natalia | ![]() | The 45-foot (13.7 m) salmon seiner was destroyed in Bristol Bay off the coast of Alaska 16 nautical miles (30 km; 18 mi) north of the Ugashik River by a stack fire that went out of control. Her crew of three escaped in a life raft and was rescued by the fishing vessel Belina (![]() |
3 August[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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Echo | ![]() | The 64-foot (19.5 m) fishing vessel sank in the Shelikof Strait outside Uyak Bay (57°48′N 154°04′W / 57.800°N 154.067°W) on the coast of Alaska′s Kodiak Island after water coming over her bow flooded her through an open hatch cover. Her crew of three abandoned ship in a skiff and survived.[19] |
11 August[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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Solar I | ![]() | Guimaras oil spill: The oil tanker sank off the coast off Guimaras province.[20] |
12 August[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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Cominoland | ![]() | The former Gozo ferry was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea off Xatt l-Aħmar, Gozo as an artificial reef.[21] |
Karwela | ![]() | The former Captain Morgan ferry boat was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea off Xatt l-Aħmar, Gozo as an artificial reef.[21] |
28 August[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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Prince William | ![]() | The 44-foot (13.4 m) seiner was wrecked on Applegate Rock (60°21′20″N 147°23′30″W / 60.35556°N 147.39167°W) in Montague Strait on the south-central coast of Alaska. Her crew of five was rescued from a skiff by the fishing vessel Orion (![]() |
September[edit]
6 September[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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China B | ![]() | The 46.2-foot (14.1 m) longline halibut-fishing vessel capsized and sank in the Bering Sea approximately 30 nautical miles (56 km; 35 mi) north of Saint Paul Island in less than five minutes after a series of large waves broke over her stern. The fishing vessel Golden Chalice (![]() |
17 September[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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Unnamed supply ship | ![]() | Sri Lankan Civil War: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam supply ship was sunk off Kalmunai by the Sri Lanka Navy.[23] |
October[edit]
3 October[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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Cleanwater 12 | ![]() | The retired 178-foot (54.3 m) tanker barge 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°03.689′N 073°59.165′W / 40.061483°N 73.986083°W. Her wreck is known as "MRMTC 9."[24] |
Unidentified barge | ![]() | The retired 90-foot (27.4 m) barge 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°03.387′N 073°59.386′W / 40.056450°N 73.989767°W. Her wreck is known as "MRMTC 8."[25] |
9 October[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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Five unidentified boats | ![]() | Sri Lankan Civil War: Attack on Galle Harbour: Sri Lanka Navy warships sank three of the explosive motorboats outside of Galle, Sri Lanka. Two more detonated on or near the submarine chaser SLNS Parakramabahu (![]() |
SLNS Parakramabahu | ![]() | Sri Lankan Civil War: Attack on Galle Harbour: The submarine chaser was heavily damaged, or possibly sunk, by Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam explosive motorboats at Galle, Sri Lanka. The vessel was declared a total loss.[16] |
10 October[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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Siritara Ocean Queen | flag unknown | The cruise ship capsized at Bangkok, Thailand due to river flooding. Nobody was on board the ship. |
19 October[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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Ocean Challenger | ![]() | The 50-foot (15.2 m) fishing vessel capsized in bad weather in the North Pacific Ocean approximately 60 nautical miles (110 km; 69 mi) south of Sand Point, Alaska. Three of her four crewmen were lost.[26] |
24 October[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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Rokia Delmas | ![]() | The ro-ro ship ran aground off La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France. She was declared a total loss and scrapped in situ.[27] |
November[edit]
1 November[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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Finnbirch | ![]() | The ro-ro ferry capsized and sank off the coast of Sweden with the loss of two crew. |
2 November[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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USS Valley Forge | ![]() | The decommissioned Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean near Kauai, Hawaii. |
4 November[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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Hail Mary II | ![]() | The retired 65-foot (19.8 m), 79-gross register ton fishing trawler was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) off Mantoloking, New Jersey, at 40°02.641′N 073°59.218′W / 40.044017°N 73.986967°W.[28] |
8 November[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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Hoheweg | ![]() | The 26.6-metre (87 ft 3 in) fishing vessel sank of Weser River, Germany (53°55′N 08°02′E / 53.917°N 8.033°E) with the loss of all four crew. The wreck was raised and scrapped.[29] |
28 November[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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Unidentified barge | ![]() | The retired 40-foot (12.2 m) barge 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°45.078′N 074°01.146′W / 39.751300°N 74.019100°W.[30] |
Unidentified barge | ![]() | The retired 40-foot (12.2 m) barge 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°45.079′N 074°01.445′W / 39.751317°N 74.024083°W.[30] |
December[edit]
8 December[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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USS Spruance | ![]() | The decommissioned Spruance-class destroyer was sunk as a target by aircraft-launched Harpoon missiles. |
30 December[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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Senopati Nusantara | ![]() | The ferry sank off Mandalika Island with over 500 people killed. |
Unknown date[edit]
Ship | State | Description |
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Ipiros | ![]() | The decommissioned Knox-class frigate was sunk as a target. |
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