List of shipwrecks in 2007
Appearance
The list of shipwrecks in 2007 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 2007.
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January
7 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Hunter | ![]() |
After suffering heavy icing, the 58-foot (17.7 m) fishing vessel capsized and sank in 10 minutes in the Shelikof Strait 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) east of Cape Igvak (57°26′N 156°01′W / 57.433°N 156.017°W) on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula in Alaska. Wearing survival suits, her crew of four abandoned ship in a life raft and was rescued by a United States Coast Guard Sikorsky HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter.[1] |
10 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Pere Charles | ![]() |
The 20 m (66 ft) fishing trawler sank in a storm southeast of Ireland with all five crew presumed dead. Two lifeboats were found empty the next day. |
Sunna | ![]() |
Ran aground west of Swona, suffering severe damage.[2][3] |
12 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Server | ![]() |
![]() The bulk carrier suffered an engine break-down, and was driven aground by a storm on the coast of the island of Fedje, Norway. The ship broke in two, with the bow section being salvaged and towed to Ågotnes, while the stern broke apart. The salvaged bow section was scrapped in Esbjerg, Denmark, starting in April 2008.[4][5] |
19 January
Ship | State | Description |
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MSC Napoli | ![]() |
The container ship was deliberately beached on Branscombe beach, Lyme Bay, after suffering a serious structural failure to her hull during a severe storm the previous day.[6] |
26 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Lady of Grace | ![]() |
The 75-foot (23 m) fishing boat sank in Nantucket Sound with the loss of all four crew. The weather at the time was of winds of 25 to 30 knots (46 to 56 km/h) and 8-to-10-foot (2.4 to 3.0 m) seas.[7] |
28 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Tenacious | ![]() |
The 40-foot (12 m) yacht presumed lost off San Francisco, California in good weather. Computer scientist Jim Gray was making a solo day trip. The Coast Guard suspended the search for the ship on 1 February.[8] |
30 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Nordkapp | ![]() |
The cruise ship ran aground near Deception Island, Antarctic Ocean. Passengers transferred to her sister ship Nordnorge (![]() ![]() |
February
1 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Lucky Lady | ![]() |
The 52-foot (16 m) fishing boat was lost off Cape Elizabeth, Maine with the two crew missing. Weather conditions were only 4-foot (1.2 m) waves and 10-knot (19 km/h; 12 mph) winds.[9] |
3 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Sea Express 1 | ![]() |
She collided with Alaska Rainbow (![]() |
10 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Illusion | ![]() |
The 42-foot (12.8 m) fishing vessel sank in Makushin Bay (53°44′N 167°00′W / 53.733°N 167.000°W) on the coast of Unalaska Island in the Aleutian Islands. A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued her crew of four from a life raft.[10] |
20 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Jade Alaska | ![]() |
The 122-foot (37.2 m) cod fish tender rolled over and sank at the south end of the Shelikof Strait near Kodiak Island in Alaska′s Kodiak Archipelago after her engine room flooded. A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued her crew of three from a life raft.[11] |
25 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Levina 1 | ![]() |
The passenger ferry sank in the Java Sea after burning for three days, with over fifty people killed.[12] |
28 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Kyoi | ![]() |
Sri Lankan Civil War: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam supply ship was sunk 730 nautical miles (1,350 km) south of Sri Lanka by the Sri Lanka Navy.[13] |
March
7 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Star Trek | ![]() |
The 35-foot (10.7 m) cod–fishing vessel was wrecked in Island Bay (57°33′20″N 155°50′00″W / 57.55556°N 155.83333°W) off of Jute Bay (57°32′32″N 155°51′00″W / 57.54222°N 155.85000°W) on the southern coast of the Alaska Peninsula. A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued her entire crew from the beach.[14] |
8 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Repubblica di Genova | ![]() |
The freighter capsized in the port of Antwerp, Belgium with no loss of life. She was recovered by parbuckling in September 2007.[15] |
13 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Risky Business | ![]() |
18 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Seiyoo | ![]() |
Sri Lankan Civil War: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam supply ship was sunk 825 nautical miles (1,528 km) south of Sri Lanka by the Sri Lanka Navy.[17] |
April
6 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Sea Diamond | ![]() |
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10 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Long Bay | ![]() |
The retired 77-foot (23.5 m) fishing trawler was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean off Townsends Inlet, New Jersey, in 60 feet (18 m) of water at 39°06.476′N 074°36.471′W / 39.107933°N 74.607850°W.[18] |
12 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Bourbon Dolphin | ![]() |
The anchor handling tug supply vessel sank of the coast off the Shetland Islands and claiming eight lives. |
18 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Juliett 484 | ![]() |
The ex-Russian submarine, serving as a living museum docked in the harbor at Providence, Rhode Island, sank during a storm. |
24 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Caterina D | ![]() |
The retired 70-foot (21.3 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°01.650′N 073°59.747′W / 40.027500°N 73.995783°W.[19] |
25 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Halibut Endeavor | ![]() |
The 36-foot (11.0 m) passenger vessel capsized and sank 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) from Seldovia, Alaska. A 27-foot (8.2 m) United States Coast Guard Auxiliary vessel rescued her 11 passengers and crew of two.[1] |
26 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Sea Bear | ![]() |
May
14 May
Ship | State | Description |
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HMCS Huron | ![]() |
The decommissioned Iroquois-class destroyer was sunk as a missile and gunnery target in the Pacific Ocean off Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. |
17 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Unidentified supply ship | ![]() |
Sri Lankan Civil War: The armed supply ship was shelled and sunk by Maldives Coast Guard ship Huravee (![]() |
25 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Sulzer | ![]() |
The retired 100-foot (30.5 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°10.032′N 074°34.008′W / 39.167200°N 74.566800°W.[21] |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
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USS Sailfish | ![]() |
The decommissioned Sailfish-class submarine was sunk as a target at 47°05′47″N 127°23′08″W / 47.09639°N 127.38556°W off the coast of Washington by a Mark 48 ADCAP torpedo fired by the submarine USS Topeka (![]() |
June
8 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Pasha Bulker | ![]() |
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23 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Magnum | ![]() |
The 56-foot (17.1 m) salmon seiner sank near Cape Igvak (57°26′N 156°01′W / 57.433°N 156.017°W) on the coast of the Alaska Peninsula in Alaska. Her four crew members – all members of the same family – abandoned ship in a life raft and were rescued in the Shelikof Strait 17 nautical miles (31 km; 20 mi) west of Halibut Bay (57°23′29″N 154°43′01″W / 57.3914°N 154.7169°W) on Kodiak Island by the vessel Sea Storm (![]() |
25 June
Ship | State | Description |
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IX-523 | ![]() |
The decommissioned 174-foot (53 m) miscellaneous auxiliary, a former gasoline barge, was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Delaware at 38°40′N 074°43′W / 38.667°N 74.717°W.[23] |
28 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Margaret | ![]() |
The retired 97-foot (29.6 m) tug was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Delaware at 38°40.540′N 074°43.957′W / 38.675667°N 74.732617°W.[24] |
July
2 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Claudia C | ![]() |
The 18-gross ton, 32.8-foot (10.0 m) fishing vessel sank in Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of Alaska 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) off Ninilchik. Her crew of three was rescued by the fishing vessel Holly Ann (![]() |
14 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Cape Saint Elias (or Cape St. Elias) | ![]() |
The fishing vessel capsized and was lost in Eastern Channel off Sitka, Alaska. Her crew of five was rescued by two other vessels. She may have been salvaged and returned to service in 2009.[22] |
August
3 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Olshana | ![]() |
The trawler sank in Tangafjørður between the two Faroese islands of Streymoy and Eysturoy after hitting a skerry, Flesjarnar the evening before. There were no casualties.[26] |
3 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Amunafa | ![]() |
The ferry operating on the Freetown–Kasire route capsized off the coast of Bailor, Sierra Leone, 158 killed.[27] |
5 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Jork | ![]() |
The vessel sank after colliding with the unmanned North Sea gas platform Viking Echo (64 kilometres (35 nmi) off the Norfolk coast), the entire crew was rescued, the gas platform survived and continues to operate. The vessel had been destined for one of the Humber ports carrying a cargo of grain from Lübeck in Germany.[28] |
7 August
Ship | State | Description |
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USS Knox | ![]() |
The decommissioned Knox-class frigate was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off Guam. |
12 August
Ship | State | Description |
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New Flame | ![]() |
The bulk carrier collided with an oil tanker off Europa Point, the southernmost tip of Gibraltar, ending partially submerged. |
13 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Miss Doxsee | ![]() |
The retired 80-foot (24.4 m) fishing trawler was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean off Townsends Inlet, New Jersey, in 60 feet (18.3 m) of water at 39°06.605′N 074°36.177′W / 39.110083°N 74.602950°W.[29] |
14 August
Ship | State | Description |
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P29 | ![]() |
![]() The patrol boat was scuttled off Ċirkewwa, Malta, as an artificial reef. |
17 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Aldebaran | ![]() |
After a crew member fell asleep at her helm, the 54-gross ton, 54.5-foot (16.6 m) fishing vessel grounded on Bold Island (58°04′N 157°29′W / 58.067°N 157.483°W) in Southeast Alaska, then flooded and sank in 474 feet (144 m) of water 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) south of Ketchikan, Alaska. The fishing vessel Champion (![]() |
20 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Golden Girls | ![]() |
While her crew was attempting to haul a large number of fish aboard, the 20-gross ton, 42.5-foot (13.0 m) salmon seiner capsized and sank in Ugak Bay (57°25′N 152°35′W / 57.417°N 152.583°W) on the coast of Kodiak Island in Alaska′s Kodiak Archipelago. The fishing vessel Chiniak (![]() |
23 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Douala Tide | Sank off Port Alfred in South Africa. The South African maritime authorities rescued ten seafarers after the vessel capsized. The vessel had been sailing from Dubai to Douala, and was a 37-foot (11 m) anchor-handling tug.[32] One died |
30 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Shelly | ![]() |
The cargo vessel is accidentally rammed by the cruise liner Salamis Glory (![]() |
September
2 September
Ship | State | Description |
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Kayla Marie C | ![]() |
The fishing vessel sank near Old Harbor on the coast of Alaska′s Kodiak Island. The only person aboard survived.[35] |
10 September
11 September
Ship | State | Description |
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Kepala | ![]() |
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24 September
Ship | State | Description |
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Hero | ![]() |
The 6-gross ton, 30-foot (9.1 m) pump-jet fishing vessel was found capsized and stranded on sand flats in the vicinity of the Egg Islands near Cordova, Alaska. The body of her captain, who had been the only person aboard, later was found on Hinchinbrook Island off on the south-central coast of Alaska.[1] |
October
7 October
Ship | State | Description |
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Matsushima | ![]() |
Sri Lankan Civil War: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam supply ship was shelled and sunk in the Indian Ocean by SLNS Sayura, SLNS Sagara, SLNS Samudura and SLNS Jayasagara (all ![]() |
Seagull Express 2 | ![]() |
A ferry to Tioman Island, Malaysia in the South China Sea caught fire and sank; 99 passengers and crew were rescued while 7 drowned.[38] |
November
3 November
Ship | State | Description |
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HMNZS Canterbury | ![]() |
The Leander-class frigate was scuttled as a dive wreck in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand. 35°11′38″S 174°17′40″E / 35.1938°S 174.2944°E[39] |
8 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Hazel Louise | ![]() |
While anchored in Nakwasina Passage (57°14′58″N 135°27′08″W / 57.2494°N 135.4522°W) near the northern end of Halleck Island (57°13′18″N 135°26′51″W / 57.2217°N 135.4475°W) in Southeast Alaska north of Sitka, Alaska, the 32-gross ton, 55-foot (16.8 m) fishing vessel suffered one or more explosions, burned to the waterline, and sank. The only person aboard survived.[1] |
12 November
11 ships sank or ran aground in the Black Sea due to the weather conditions:[40][41]
Ship | State | Description |
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Hash Izmail | ![]() |
The cargo ship carrying steel products sank.[42] |
Kovel | ![]() |
The cargo ship, carrying 2,100 tonnes (2,100 long tons; 2,300 short tons) of sulphur sank during the storm in the middle of the shipping channel of the Kerch Strait (45°09′N 36°33′E / 45.150°N 36.550°E). The vessel lies at a depth of 9.3 metres (30 ft 6 in).[43] |
Nakhitchevan | ![]() |
The cargo ship, carrying 2,365 tonnes (2,328 long tons; 2,607 short tons) of sulphur, broke up in the 18-foot (5.5 m) waves and sank at 45°11′N 36°30′E / 45.183°N 36.500°E at a depth of 9.5 metres (31 ft).[43][44] |
Volgoneft-139 | ![]() |
During the storm the tanker, carrying 4,800 tonnes (4,700 long tons; 5,300 short tons) of crude oil was struck by 18-foot (5.5 m) waves and broke into two parts with more than 1,300 tonnes (1,300 long tons; 1,400 short tons) of oil escaping into the Kerch Strait. All 13 crew were rescued.[41][44] |
Volnogorsk | ![]() |
The cargo ship, carrying 2,436 tonnes (2,398 long tons; 2,685 short tons) of sulphur sank during the storm and lies at a depth of 10.6 metres (35 ft). The wreck is located at 45°11′N 36°31′E / 45.183°N 36.517°E.[43] |
17 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Pacific Lady | ![]() |
During a voyage from Sand Point to Kodiak, Alaska, the 42-foot (12.8 m) fishing vessel sank in heavy seas in the Shelikof Strait about 70 nautical miles (130 km; 81 mi) southwest of Kodiak. The only person aboard abandoned ship in a life raft and was rescued by the fishing vessel Heritage (![]() |
23 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Explorer | ![]() |
The cruise ship struck an iceberg and sank close to the South Shetland Islands in the Southern Ocean. One hundred passengers and 54 crew abandoned ship in life rafts. Two other people remained aboard and attempted to stabilize the ship, but gave up and abandoned ship as well. The cruise ship Antarctic Dream (![]() |
26 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Lady Blackie | ![]() |
While towing the fish tender barge Fort Yukon (![]() |
27 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Fort Yukon | ![]() |
Cast adrift the previous day when her towline parted when her towing vessel, the fishing vessel Lady Blackie (![]() |
December
7 December
Ship | State | Description |
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Hebei Spirit | ![]() |
The crude oil tanker collided with a runaway barge while anchored 10 kilometres (5.4 nmi) off Incheon. 10,000 tons of crude oil spilled to the sea, causing the worst oil spill in the history of South Korea.[49] |
10 December
Ship | State | Description |
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Gregory Poole | ![]() |
The 184-foot (56.1 m) fishing vessel – formerly the Admirable-class minesweeper USS Cruise (![]() |
19 December
Ship | State | Description |
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Flying Phantom | ![]() |
The tug capsized and sank off Clydebank with the loss of three lives. The tug's Danish owner, Svitzer Marine, was subsequently prosecuted and admitted a series of health and safety breaches.[53] MAIB report |
25 December
Ship | State | Description |
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Eastern Bright | ![]() |
The bulk carrier, carrying nitric acid, sank near the Korean coast. Only one seaman was rescued, a Burmese, with fourteen (12 Koreans and 2 Burmese) were reported missing.[54] |
SLNS P-413 | ![]() |
Sri Lankan Civil War: Battle of Delft: The assault boat was sunk by two Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam suicide boats.[55] |
Unknown boats | ![]() |
Sri Lankan Civil War: Battle of Delft: The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam lost two, possibly six, assault or suicide boats lost.[55] |
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