List of shipwrecks in 2009
The list of shipwrecks in 2009 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 2009.
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References |
January
2 January
3 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Unnamed ferry | ![]() |
An unnamed ferry capsized on the Koshi River in Nepal with 2 dead, 8 missing, and 40 rescued.[2][3] |
4 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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American Way | ![]() |
After her propulsion failed, the 38.6-foot (11.8 m) fishing vessel drifted onto rocks on the coast of Aghiyuk Island (56°10′N 156°47′W) at the north end of the Semidi Islands southwest of Alaska′s Kodiak Island. Her crew of two abandoned ship in a life raft and reached the island, from which a United States Coast Guard Sikorsky HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter rescued them. American Way broke up on the rocks and sank.[4] |
11 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Teratai Prima | ![]() |
The cargo ship capsized during a cyclone en route from Sulawesi to Kalimantan. The ship had over 300 people on board when it happened. There were 42 survivors including the captain, and at least 200 people were missing.[5][6][7][8][9] |
25 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Unnamed boat | ![]() |
An unnamed boat sank near Quảng Hải with the loss of at least 42 lives. |
30 January
Ship | Country | Description |
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Bay Tide | ![]() |
The retired 110-foot (33.5 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.[10] |
Crazy Horse | ![]() |
The retired 77-foot (23.5 m) fishing trawler 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.[11] |
February
5 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Port Royal | ![]() |
![]() USS Port Royal The Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser ran aground off Oahu, Hawaii. The ship was refloated on 9 February and returned to service after repairs were carried out. |
10 February
11 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Addarwa | ![]() |
The ship foundered off the Isle of Portland, Dorset.[13] |
15 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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New Star | ![]() |
The ship was fired upon by a Russian Coast Guard vessel after leaving Nakhodka without permission. All sixteen crewmembers took to liferafts, but eight were later washed out to sea. New Star later sank.[14] |
19 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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ML Happy | ![]() |
The ferry sank near Barisal City, Bangladesh, At least 39 people died in the sinking.[15][16] |
22 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Monte Galineiro | ![]() |
The fishing vessel caught fire and sank 400 nautical miles (740 km) from Newfoundland.[17] |
25 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Icy Mist | ![]() |
After her engine room began flooding during a gale, the 58-foot (17.7 m) fishing vessel was wrecked without loss of life on the northwestern coast of Akutan Island in the Aleutian Islands, 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km; 0.6 mi) from Hog Island and Unalaska Island. Her crew of four abandoned ship, reached the beach, and was rescued by a United States Coast Guard helicopter.[18] |
26 February
Ship | Country | Description |
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Maxim Gorkiy | ![]() |
The retired cruise ship was beached at Alang, India, for scrapping. She was scrapped where she lay over the next seven months. |
March
10 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Orchid Pia | ![]() |
The cargo ship carrying iron coils, sank after colliding with MV Cygnus Ace (![]() |
20 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Hartford | ![]() |
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24 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Lady Mary | ![]() |
The 71-foot (21.6 m) fishing trawler and scallop dredger sank in 210 feet (64 m) of water in the Atlantic Ocean 65 miles (105 km; 56 nmi) off Cape May, New Jersey, at 40°25.641′N 073°51.135′W with a loss of six lives when her lazarette flooded during a storm. There was one survivor.[20][21] |
27 March
Ship | Country | Description |
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Unnamed fishing vessel | ![]() |
An unnamed fishing vessel carrying 250 migrants capsized and sank; 21 survivors were rescued. Two other boats with a similar number of migrants aboard were also reported as missing. |
Unknown date
Ship | Country | Description |
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Lynx Effect | ![]() |
The ship sank in The Solent off Gosport, Hampshire.[22] |
April
16 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Unnamed boat | ![]() |
The boat, carrying illegal immigrants and designated "Suspected Illegal Entry Vessel 36" (SIEV 36) by Australian authorities, exploded and sank off Ashmore Reef off Australia after the patrol vessel HMAS Albany (![]() |
17 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Seafarer | ![]() |
The 58-foot (18 m) purse seiner rolled on her side and sank in Clarence Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska near Narrow Point (55°47′30″N 132°28′30″W), about 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) north of Thorne Bay, Alaska. Her crew of five abandoned ship in a skiff and was rescued by the United States Coast Guard.[23] |
25 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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Princess Taiping | ![]() |
The replica junk sank after being hit by the cargo ship Champion Express.[24] |
29 April
Ship | Country | Description |
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USS Conolly | ![]() |
The Spruance-class destroyer was sunk as a target off the coast of Florida.[25] |
The Essence | ![]() |
The yacht was in a collision with a cargo ship and sank with the loss of one of her three crewmembers.[26] |
May
6 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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USNS Spica | ![]() |
The inactivated combat stores ship was sunk as a target. |
8 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Goliath | ![]() |
The crane barge was beached at Kingsdown after developing a leak and being refused permission to dock at Dover Harbour.[27] The barge was refloated on 9 May.[28] |
11 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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Petrozavodsk | ![]() |
The cargo ship ran aground at Bear Island in the Barents Sea.[29] |
22 May
27 May
Ship | Country | Description |
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USNS General Hoyt S. Vandenberg | ![]() |
The inactivated General G. O. Squier-class transport was scuttled off Florida to form an artificial reef. |
June
6 June
14 June
Ship | Country | Description |
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IJsselstroom | ![]() |
The tug capsized and sank off Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom.[32] |
30 June
Ship | Country | Description |
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Demas Victory | ![]() |
The supply ship capsized and sank off Doha, Qatar with the loss of 30 lives. |
July
13 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Unnamed ferry | ![]() |
The unnamed ferry capsized and sank with the loss of 33 lives. |
26 July
Ship | Country | Description |
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Unnamed boat | ![]() |
An unnamed boat capsized and sank near the Turks and Caicos Islands with the loss of about 70 lives. |
August
3 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Frieda Marie | ![]() |
The 77-foot (23.5 m), 78-foot (23.8 m), or 85-foot (25.9 m) (sources disagree) fishing trawler – a shrimper – ran aground off Assateague Island near Chincoteague Inlet on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. All three people on board survived. She was refloated about two months later but was declared a total loss. She was scuttled as an artificial reef on 16 January 2010.[35][36][37] |
6 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Princess Ashika | ![]() |
The ferry sank 86 kilometres (46 nmi) north west of Nuku'alofa. Official figures released by Operation Ashika on 19 August 2009, confirmed that 54 men were rescued, and 74 persons were lost at sea. These include two bodies recovered and 72 missing (68 passengers and 4 crew), including five foreign nationals. Two of the missing passengers remain unidentified.[38][39] |
8 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Patty J | ![]() |
The wreck of Patty J. |
12 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Antigua | ![]() |
The ship sank in The Wash.[41] |
15 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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Vigilant | ![]() |
The 58-foot (17.7 m) fishing tender was stranded and lost near the southwest entrance to Chugach Bay, Alaska. After efforts to refloat her failed, the fishing vessel North Star (![]() |
16 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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ORP Bryza | ![]() |
The former Polish Navy ship was scuttled in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Poland.[43] |
20 August
25 August
Ship | Country | Description |
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P31 | ![]() |
The Kondor I-class patrol boat was scuttled near Comino as an artificial reef.[45] |
September
5 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ilinden | ![]() |
The tourist ferry Ilinden capsized and sank on Lake Ohrid to the border of Albania and Macedonia. The boat had 70 people on board when it happened. The ferry turned sharply and went down in 30 seconds and decreased visibility at a depth of 20 metres (66 ft) near the beach. 22 were reported dead, including the captain.[47] |
6 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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Algoport | ![]() |
The cargo ship broke in half and sank in heavy seas while under tow to China for conversion. the tow encountered rough seas from Tropical Storm Dujuan. There were no injuries, loss of life or environmental issues reported from the foundering. |
SuperFerry 9 | ![]() |
The ferry sank off the Zamboanga peninsula, of 866 people on board, at least 10 lives were lost. |
8 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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Seli 1 | ![]() |
The Turkish bulk carrier, operated by TEB Maritime of Istanbul, was en route to Gibraltar when it was driven aground off Bloubergstrand near Table Bay in South Africa by strong westerly winds shortly after midnight on 8 September 2009, having reported engine failure and a snapped anchor chain. |
9 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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Teh Teh | ![]() |
The ferry sank with at least 260 people on board and a majority of these were young people going back to school after school holidays. At least 40 people have been rescued by the police[48] and 120 bodies were recovered until 12 September, most of them were found on the shoreline.[49] About 100 people was listed missing. The accident took place 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) outside Sierra Leone's capital Freetown. The cause of the accident was that the ship's engines stopped during a severe storm and the boat capsized.[50][51] |
10 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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River ferry | ![]() |
A ferry suddenly sank off the coastal village of Longsheng southeast of the capital, Freetown in a Sierra Leone river. It was reported that 300 people were on board. At least 40 people were rescued and at least 16 deceased were recovered on Thursday. Others were still missing, most schoolchildren on their way to school. The accident occurred on Wednesday and was reported to have been very rapid. The boat sank in a few minutes in strong winds and heavy rain and there were no life jackets on board. Relatives gathered at the accident site, mostly parents of children who drowned.[52] |
15 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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Agios Dimitrios 1 | ![]() |
The bulk carrier was driven ashore and wrecked on Gaolan Island, China.[54] |
30 September
Ship | Country | Description |
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Jalakanyaka | ![]() |
The passenger boat sank in Lake Thekaddy with the loss of 45 lives. |
October
4 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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HMAS Canberra | ![]() |
Th decommissioned Adelaide-class guided-missile frigate was sunk as a dive wreck in Bass Strait 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off Ocean Grove, Victoria, Australia. |
11 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Rascal | ![]() |
The 36-foot (11 m) fishing vessel was wrecked on Saint Lazaria Island (56°59′15″N 135°42′00″W) in Southeast Alaska west of Sitka, Alaska. A United States Coast Guard rescued the only person on board.[55] |
Shockwave | ![]() |
The racing yacht sank off Port Kembla, Australia with loss of two lives. |
24 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Marko Polo | ![]() |
A ferry owned by the Croatian company Jadrolinija, ran aground on the small island of Sit. No one was injured.[56] |
30 October
Ship | Country | Description |
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Carley Renee | ![]() |
The 69-gross ton, 59.2-foot (18.0 m) cod-fishing vessel capsized in the Aleutian Islands approximately 22 nautical miles (41 km; 25 mi) east of Unalaska Island. Wearing survival suits, all four members of her crew abandoned ship in a life raft and were rescued by the fishing vessel Guardian (![]() |
November
2 November
Ship | Country | Description |
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The November 2009 Indian Ocean migrant boat disaster occurred in the early hours of 2 November 2009, when a boat carrying about forty Sri Lankan asylum seekers sank in the Indian Ocean at a distance of some 350 nautical miles (650 km) north-west of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.[58][59] |
13 November
17 November
22 November
Ship | Country | Description | ||
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Dumai Express 10 | ![]() |
A ferry operating between Bantam Island and Dumai capsized and sank with 291 people on board, comprising 251 adult passengers, 25 children and 15 crew members,[62] killing at least 30 people.[63] The waves were up to 6 metres (20 ft) high and washed over the deck so water ran down and sunk the vessel.
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28 November
Ship | Country | Description | ||
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Coco-4 | ![]() |
The ferry capsized at Lalmohan, Bhola Island, killing at least 75 people.[64]
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December
4 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Unnamed ferry | ![]() |
An unnamed ferry collided with a launch in fog. At least 47 reported killed, with 8 people unaccounted for when the search was called off. |
5 December
10 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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New Jersey | ![]() |
The motor ferry, part of the Cape May-Lewes Ferry fleet, ran aground on a sandbar in the Delaware Bay off the coast of New Jersey near the mouth of the Cape May Canal during an unusually low tide. She suffered no structural damage and a rising tide refloated her.[68] |
16 December
17 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Danny F II | ![]() |
The cargo ship capsized and sank 11 nautical miles (20 km) off Tripoli, Lebanon.[70] |
20 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Etoile des Ondes | ![]() |
The fishing vessel sank after a collision with Alam Pintar (![]() |
23 December
Ship | Country | Description |
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Catalyn V | ![]() |
The ferry collided with a fishing boat in Manila Bay. Both vessels sank with the loss of 27 lives. |
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External links
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Ship events in 2009 | |||||||||||
Ship launches: | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
Ship commissionings: | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
Ship decommissionings: | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
Shipwrecks: | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
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