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List of shipwrecks in 1993
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The list of shipwrecks in 1993 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1993.
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.
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January
5 January
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Braer | ![]() |
The tanker ran aground off the Shetland Islands and sank. All 34 crew were rescued by helicopter. |
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14 January
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Jan Heweliusz | ![]() |
The ferry sank in the Baltic Sea off Cape Arcona, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany with the loss of 55 of the 64 people on board. |
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16 January
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Massacre Bay | ![]() |
The 86-foot (26.2 m) crab-fishing vessel ran aground and sank with the loss of three lives in Alitak Bay (56°50′N 154°10′W) on the southwest coast of Kodiak Island, Alaska, during a storm. There was one survivor.[1] |
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21 January
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Maersk Navigator | ![]() |
The tanker collided with Sanko Honour (![]() ![]() |
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February
7 February
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Alaskan Pride | ![]() |
The 461-gross ton, 111.5-foot (34.0 m) or 120-foot (36.6 m) crab-fishing vessel sank in the Bering Sea 90 nautical miles (170 km; 100 mi) northwest of Cape Sarichef (54°35′50″N 164°55′30″W) on Unimak Island in the Aleutian Islands. The fishing vessel Brittany (![]() |
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18 February
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Neptune | ![]() |
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.[4][5] |
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25 February
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Kačjak | ![]() |
Croatian War of Independence: The ferry was hit and sunk by Serbian artillery at Maslenica. Towed to Punat, Krk island. Scrapped in 1994.[6] |
Supetar | ![]() |
Croatian War of Independence: The ferry was hit and sunk by Serbian artillery at Maslenica. Scrapped at Sibenik in 1997.[7] |
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28 February
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Freja Svea | ![]() |
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 (![]() |
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March
8 March
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Lady of Good Voyage | ![]() |
The 86-foot (26.2 m) cod-fishing trawler disappeared with the loss of her entire crew of four in the Bering Sea northwest of Unimak Island in the Aleutian Islands.[9] |
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13 March
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Fantastico | ![]() |
1993 Storm of the Century: The freighter foundered in the Gulf of Mexico 70 miles (110 km) southwest of Fort Myers, Florida, United States. Seven of her crew died when a Coast Guard helicopter was forced back to base due to low fuel levels after rescuing three crew members.[10][11] |
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14 March
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Gold Bond Conveyor | ![]() |
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.[12] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993_Storm_of_the_Century |
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April
9 April
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YCF-17 (or "The Salt Barge") | ![]() |
Loaded with discarded tires, the retired 150-foot (45.7 m) barge – a former car float – was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean off Cape May, New Jersey, at 38°50.959′N 074°42.385′W.[13] |
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12 April
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Phoenix | ![]() |
After the fishing vessel became disabled when her rigging became entangled in her propeller, she drifted onto rocks and was wrecked off Umnak Island in the Aleutian Islands between Twin Lava Point and Derby Point.[14] |
Vishva Mohini | ![]() |
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[15][16] |
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16 April
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USS Rushmore | ![]() |
The decommissioned dock landing ship was sunk as a target. |
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May
13 May
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Response | ![]() |
The 130-foot (39.6 m) longline cod-fishing vessel burned and sank in the Gulf of Alaska off Cape Chiniak (57°37′N 152°10′W) on Kodiak Island near Kodiak, Alaska. Her entire crew of 14 survived.[17] |
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June
3 June
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British Trent | ![]() |
The tanker collided with Western Winner (![]() |
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5 June
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USS Salmon | ![]() |
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. |
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10 June
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Fenwick | ![]() |
The 57-foot (17.4 m) longline halibut-fishing vessel sank approximately 40 nautical miles (74 km; 46 mi) south of Homer, Alaska. All seven people on board survived.[19] |
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11 June
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HMS Charybdis | ![]() |
The Leander-class frigate was sunk as a target. |
Saratoga | ![]() |
The 51-foot (15.5 m) longline halibut-fishing vessel sank near Yakutat, Alaska, after her load shifted, causing her to flood. Her crew of five survived.[20] |
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12 June
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Gladys M | ![]() |
The 33-foot (10.1 m) longline halibut-fishing vessel capsized and sank in Cook Inlet northeast of Augustine Island on the south-central coast of Alaska. Her crew of four survived.[21] |
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24 June
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Flyin’ Lion | ![]() |
The 30-foot (9.1 m) seiner capsized and sank in the Egegik River in Alaska due to an improperly connected towline. Her crew of three survived.[19] |
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July
1 July
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Demetra M | ![]() |
The 34-foot (10.4 m) longline halibut-fishing vessel rolled over and sank while at anchor in Emerald Cove (60°57′15″N 147°02′00″W) in Columbia Bay (60.9816°N 147.0807°W / 60.9816; -147.0807 (Columbia Bay)) on the south-central coast of Alaska.[22] |
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2 July
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Unnamed barge | ![]() |
A barge carrying the Bocaue River Festival pagoda in the Bocaue River sank killing more than 200 people on board. (See Bocaue Pagoda tragedy) |
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19 July
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Onondaga | ![]() |
The retired 205-foot (62.5 m) barge was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean off Cape May, New Jersey, in 65 feet (20 m) of water at 38°53.770′N 074°39.975′W.[23] |
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22 July
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Frances Lee | ![]() |
The 107-foot (32.6 m) crab-fishing vessel was stranded at Knoll Point (56°54′N 153°35′W) off Kodiak Island in Alaska′s Kodiak Archipelago. The fishing vessel Macanaw (![]() ![]() ![]() |
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27 July
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Fast Lady | ![]() |
The 46-foot (14.0 m) salmon seiner was destroyed by fire without loss of life at Chignik, Alaska.[19] |
West Wind | ![]() |
The 152-foot (46.3 m) tender flooded and sank in Orca Bay off the coast of Alaska. All four people on board survived.[24] |
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August
1 August
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USS Inaugural | ![]() |
The museum ship, a decommissioned Admirable-class minesweeper, broke loose from her mooring in the Mississippi River at St. Louis, Missouri at the Gateway Arch during flooding. The ship suffered a breach in her hull, took on water, and rolled on her port side. She sank on the Missouri side of the river, one-half mile (0.80 km) south of the Poplar Street Bridge.[25] |
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3 August
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Sunrise | ![]() |
The 40-foot (12.2 m) salmon seiner burned to the waterline and sank off Hook Point (60°20′N 146°15′W) on the south-central coast of Alaska. The only person on board survived.[20] |
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5 August
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Ronde Joyce II | ![]() |
The retired 62-foot (18.9 m) tug was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean 3.6 nautical miles (6.7 km; 4.1 mi) off Sea Girt, New Jersey, in 65 feet (20 m) of water at 40°06.486′N 073°57.224′W.[26] |
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7 August
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Barconi | ![]() |
The 44-foot (13.4 m) salmon seiner burned to the waterline and sank off Flat Island (59°19′45″N 151°59′45″W) near Seldovia, Alaska. Her crew of three survived.[27] |
Preston Brooks | ![]() |
The 90-foot (27.4 m) fish tender sank in the Barren Islands (58°57′N 152°15′W) off the south-central coast of Alaska. Her captain died of hypothermia because of a tear in his survival suit, but her other two crew members survived.[14] |
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8 August
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Nana Nicole | ![]() |
The 30-foot (9.1 m) fishing vessel sank after striking a log at Cold Bay, Alaska.[28] |
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9 August
16 August
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Cecilia J. Brown | ![]() |
The retired 81-foot (24.7 m) tug was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean off Cape May, New Jersey, in 60 feet (18 m) of water at 38°52.950′N 074°40.200′W.[30] |
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30 August
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Lily Marlene | ![]() |
The 37-foot (11.3 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in Chignik Bay (56°18′N 158°24′W) on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula.[9] |
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Unidentified Sri Lankan patrol boat | ![]() |
Sri Lankan Civil War: The Super Dvora-class patrol boat was sunk by Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam forces on 18 or 29 August.[31] |
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September
7 September
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Lisa Denise | ![]() |
The 31-foot (9.4 m) fishing vessel burned and sank at Naked Island (60°40′N 147°25′W) in Prince William Sound on the south-central coast of Alaska. Her crew of three survived.[9] |
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9 September
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USCGC Cape Strait | ![]() |
Lashed to the buoy tender Johnny Buoy, the decommissioned 95-foot (29 m) Cape-class cutter was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean off Cape May, New Jersey, in 65 feet (20 m) of water at 38°51.060′N 074°42.125′W.[32] |
Johnny Buoy | ![]() |
Lashed to the cutter USCGC Cape Strait, the decommissioned 46-foot (14 m) buoy tender was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean off Cape May, New Jersey, in 65 feet (20 m) of water at 38°51.060′N 074°42.125′W.[32] |
Minotaur | ![]() |
The 32-foot (9.8 m) longline fishing vessel sank near the entrance to Prince William Sound on the south-central coast of Alaska. The fishing vessel Dr. Jack (![]() |
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11 September
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Merrie Colleen | ![]() |
The 58-foot (17.7 m) salmon seiner burned to the waterline and sank near Nichols Island (55°10′N 132°59′W) in Southeast Alaska. Her four-person crew abandoned ship in a 10-foot (3.0 m) skiff and was rescued by the 22-foot (6.7 m) research vessel Cape Henry (![]() |
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17 September
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Nettie H | ![]() |
The 58-foot (17.7 m) crab-fishing vessel disappeared in the Bering Sea somewhere between False Pass, Alaska, and Saint Paul Island with the loss of her entire crew of one woman and four men. The woman′s body was found on 11 May 1994 in the Bering Sea inside a life raft she had been tied to.[28] |
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18 September
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Arctic Dream | ![]() |
The 50-foot (15.2 m) vessel was wrecked in Onion Bay (58°04′N 153°15′W) on the coast of Raspberry Island in Alaska′s Kodiak Archipelago.[3] |
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23 September
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Krolik | ![]() |
The 28-foot (8.5 m) fishing vessel sank in Humpy Cove in Resurrection Bay on the south-central coast of Alaska. The only person aboard survived.[33] |
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October
10 October
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Seohae | ![]() |
The ferry sank in the Yellow Sea near Wido, Buan County, North Jeolla Province, South Korea, killing 292 of her 362 passengers and crew. |
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20 October
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OMI Charger | ![]() |
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. |
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November
18 November
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Borodinskoje Polye | ![]() |
The factory ship ran aground north of Lerwick, Shetland Islands. All 73 crew were rescued.[34] |
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December
9 December
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Grape One | ![]() |
The chemical tanker sank in the English Channel off Start Point, Devon, United Kingdom. All fifteen crew were rescued by a Royal Navy helicopter.[35] |
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Mr. J | ![]() |
The crab processor – a former PCE-842-class patrol craft and auxiliary minelayer – was towed out into the Pacific Ocean and scuttled sometime in the 1990s.[36] |
Tern | ![]() |
The cargo ship developed a list 11 nautical miles (20 km) off Eastbourne, East Sussex. Four crew were taken off by helicopter. She came ashore at Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex.[37] |
Volgo-Balt 38 | ![]() |
On 2 December, the cargo ship was reported to have run aground in the Black Sea off the coast of Bulgaria north of Varna and subsequently to have broken in two. Her after half sank.[38][39] |
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