The fishing vessel started to sink 17 nautical miles (31 km) NE of the Isles of Scilly and four of the crew taken off by RNAS Culdrose helicopter and one by the St Mary's relief lifeboat Daniel L Gibson. The ship was taken in tow by fisheries protection vessel (United Kingdom) and sank 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) off Gwennap Head, Cornwall.[13]
The motor yacht sprang a leak 108 nautical miles (200 km) south east of Saint Croix. Her crew were taken off by USCGC Chincoteague (United States Navy), which took Titanic in tow. She was taken in to Fredrikstad, United States Virgin Islands.
The cargo ship was run into by (Panama) off Incheon, South Korea and sank. She was refloated on 6 November.[27]
July[]
2 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 July 2010
Ship
Country
Description
Bahamas
The cargo ship suffered an onboard fire that spread to her engine room at Glensanda Quarry, Loch Linnhe, Scotland. The crew abandoned and the fire spread to her accommodation, severely damaging the ship.[28]
6 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 July 2010
Ship
Country
Description
Chile
The cargo ship was driven ashore in a storm at Valparaíso.[29]
The DUKW became disabled in the Delaware River in Philadelphia after an onboard fire. The tourist boat was then struck by a barge and sank immediately in 50 feet (15 m) of water.[30] Thirty-five passengers and two crew members were recovered alive and two members of a Hungarian tour group died.[31][32]
The 34-foot (10.4 m) gillnetter sank in central Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of Alaska. A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued her crew of two.[35]
Vanuatu
The crane ship was driven ashore at Vũng Tàu, Vietnam. She was later refloated and taken into Ho Chi Minh City.[36]
29 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 July 2010
Ship
Country
Description
Unnamed boat
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The boat capsized in the Kasai River with at least eighty people killed.
The boat capsized on Lake Albert during a storm, with the loss of at least thirty-three lives.[37]
August[]
7 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 August 2010
Ship
Country
Description
,
Panama Saint Kitts and Nevis
The container ship was involved in a collision with the bulk carrier Khalija III off Mumbai, India. Both ships were left listing heavily. MSC Chitra was beached near the with a 75° list. Her crew were rescued by the tugVamsee III (India). She was later salvaged. Khalija III was subsequently declared a constructive total loss and was scrapped at Mumbai in 2014.[38][39]
9 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 August 2010
Ship
Country
Description
Unnamed ferry
Indonesia
The ferry sank off Flores. At least eleven were killed and 32 were reported missing.[40]
The decommissioned Yellowstone-classdestroyer tender sank in the Pacific Ocean off Guam after being under bombardment since 19 September as a target for ships and aircraft during a naval exercise.
The ferry caught fire in the Fehmarn Belt. She was declared a constructive total loss and subsequently scrapped.
12 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 October 2010
Ship
Country
Description
Greece
The ship collided with (Cyprus) 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Scheveningen, Netherlands. Mindoro was reported to have been holed and some of its cargo of kerosene lost.[49]
16 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 October 2010
Ship
Country
Description
Egholm II
Denmark
The ferry foundered off Aarhus whilst under tow.[50]
The Astute-classsubmarine ran aground off the Isle of Skye.
Indonesia
The ferry foundered off the coast of East Nusa Tenggara with the loss of about 30 lives. There were 44 survivors.[53]
Germany
The cargo ship collided with a small ferryboat (Netherlands) in a canal between Breukelen and Nieuwer ter Aa, Utrecht. The ferryboat capsizes and its captain is reported missing. His body is later recovered.[54][55]
Philippines
The ro-roferry suffered an engine failure and ran aground off Barangay. All 141 passengers were taken off. She was later refloated.[56]
The cargo ship collided with (Bahamas) and foundered in the Black Sea off Cape Emine, Bulgaria with the loss of five of her ten crew.[65]
December[]
4 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 December 2010
Ship
Country
Description
Panama
The cargo ship sank off the southeast coast of China. Ten members of the 24-person Chinese crew are missing. She was carrying 40,000 tons of nickel ore.[66]
5 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 December 2010
Ship
Country
Description
Panama
The tug was driven ashore near Kilyos, Turkey. Her six crew were rescued.[67]
8 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 December 2010
Ship
Country
Description
DK 31
Belgium
The oil skimmer was in collision with (Luxembourg) and sank in the Scheldt at Doel, East Flanders with the loss of all three of her crew.[68]
The cargo ship sank in stormy weather in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Israel. The ship's eleven Ukrainian crew members are rescued by a nearby ship.[73]Voice of Russia reported that the vessel sank on "Saturday" (i.e., 11 December).[74]
The fishing vessel sank in the Southern Ocean some 1,000 nautical miles (1,900 km; 1,200 mi) north of McMurdo Station and 1,080 nautical miles (2,000 km; 1,240 mi) south of New Zealand. Twenty members of the multi-national 42-person crew are rescued and 22 were feared dead.[76][77]
14 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 December 2010
Ship
Country
Description
Italy
The ro-rocargo ship capsized at Alexandria, Egypt. Her 21 crew survived. She was scrapped in situ in 2011-2012.[78]
The cargo ship capsized and sank 110 nautical miles (200 km; 130 mi) west of Sanya, China. Twenty-seven fishermen were reported missing.[83][84]
17 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 December 2010
Ship
Country
Description
Togo
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Kumluca, Turkey. Her nine crew were rescued by the Turkish Coast Guard.[85]
Bolivia
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Antalya, Turkey in a storm and was wrecked.[86]
18 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 December 2010
Ship
Country
Description
Sandy M
United States
The fishing vessel took on water and was abandoned near . Her crew of 5 were rescued by a United States Coast Guard helicopter crew.[87]
24 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 December 2010
Ship
Country
Description
Turkey
The cargo ship caught fire in the English Channel 18 miles (29 km; 16 nmi) off Dover. Three crew were airlifted to hospital in Margate,[88] where one of them later died.[89] The fire was extinguished but left the ship without propulsion and on emergency lighting only.[88]
Vietnam
The cargo ship foundered off Fuzhou, China with the loss of four of her seventeen crew.[90]
27 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 December 2010
Ship
Country
Description
South Korea
The ferry foundered in the Yellow Sea off . All on board were rescued.[91]
Turkey
The cargo ship ran aground at Turgutreis. Her twelve crew were rescued.[92]
28 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 December 2010
Ship
Country
Description
Sea Wolf
United States
The fishing vessel sank 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) off Cape May, New Jersey, with the loss of one of her two crew.[93]
The cargo ship foundered in the South China Sea off the coast of Vietnam with the loss of eleven of her 23 crew.[94]
31 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 31 December 2010
Ship
Country
Description
Marshall Islands
The cargo ship sank 90 miles (140 km) northwest of Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands, while carrying a cargo of construction materials. Her twenty-person crew were rescued after a multi-national effort.[95]
North Korea
The cargo ship sank 120 nautical miles (220 km; 140 mi) east of Lianyungang in strong gales. Two crew were killed and 15 were reported missing.[96]