The cargo ship caught fire in the Persian Gulf. Her fifteen crew were rescued by the .[3]
9 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 January 2011
Ship
Country
Description
Japan
The tanker capsized and sank in the Inland Sea of Japan with the loss of two of her five crew.[4]
11 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 January 2011
Ship
Country
Description
Malaysia
The cargo ship foundered in the South China Sea off Kuala Rajang, Sarawak with the loss of eight of her eighteen crew.[5]
28 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 January 2011
Ship
Country
Description
Thailand
Battle off Minicoy Island: The trawler, being used by Pirates who had seized her as a Mother ship, was shelled and sunk by (Indian Navy). 10 Pirates killed and 15 captured.[6]
30 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 January 2011
Ship
Country
Description
INS Vindhyagiri
Indian Navy
The Nilgiri-classfrigate collided with the cargo ship (Cyprus) in Jawaharlal Nehru Port, Mumbai, on 30 January. Vindhyagiri was towed into harbour where she sank on 31 January. Raised and decommissioned in 2012.[7]
The fishing vessel collided with the motor vessel (United Kingdom) 30 nautical miles (56 km; 35 mi) off the coast of China. She sank with the loss of all 11 crew.[18]
9 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 March 2011
Ship
Country
Description
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
The cargo ship foundered off the coast of Somalia. Her 25 crew were rescued by Zeffiro (Italian Navy).[19]
An unknown number of vessels are washed ashore or sunk around the Pacific Rim following an earthquake and tsunami off the north east coast of Japan. Ship casualties include:-
List of shipwrecks: 11 March 2011
Ship
Country
Description
Anyo Maru No. 6
Japan
A cargo ship which was driven ashore by a tsunami at Kesennuma, Miyagi.[20]
The cargo ship ran aground near Nightingale Island, Tristan da Cunha, spilling her fuel and cargo of soya beans.[46] The ship broke up the following day.[47] Her 22 crew were rescued by Edinburgh (Tristan da Cunha) and Prince Albert II (Bahamas). Oliva broke in two on 18 March.[48]
19 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 March 2011
Ship
Country
Description
Panama
The cargo ship foundered off Caye Caulker, Belize with the loss of three of her eleven crew.
20 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 March 2011
Ship
Country
Description
Min Ningde Cargo 0202
China
The cargo ship capsized and sank in the South China Sea off Ningde with the loss of four of her six crew.[49]
26 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 March 2011
Ship
Country
Description
Panama
The cargo ship sank off the coast of Belize with the loss of three of her crew.[50]
28 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 March 2011
Ship
Country
Description
Unknown patrol boat
The Vittoria PV-30LS-class patrol boat was damaged off Misrata by a US Navy Lockheed P-3 Orion aircraft with Maverick missiles and beached.[51]
The boat sank 59 kilometres (32 nmi) south of Lampedusa, Italy, killing asylum seekers from Libya. At least 20 were killed and 130 reported missing; 48 survivors were rescued by the Corpo delle Capitanerie di porto - Guardia costiera.
7 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 April 2011
Ship
Country
Description
North Korea
The cargo ship collided with (Bangladesh) and sank at Chittagong, Bangladesh. Her 31 crew were rescued.[55]
9 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 April 2011
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The tug capsized and sank in the Pacific Ocean off Ocean Beach, California with the loss of one of her two crew.[56]
The decommissioned Adelaide-classguided-missile frigate was sunk with explosive charges in the Tasman Sea 0.9 nautical mile (1.1 miles; 1.7 km) off of Avoca Beach, New South Wales, Australia, to create a recreational dive site.
25 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 April 2011
Ship
Country
Description
Unnamed ferry
Democratic Republic of the Congo
The ferry capsized and sank in Lake Kivu, near Minova. At least 38 people reported killed.[57]
The decommissioned troopship foundered in the Ionian Sea whilst under tow to a Turkish scrapyard.[58]
15 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 May 2011
Ship
Country
Description
Panama
The tug capsized and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Portugal. Her eleven crew were rescued by (Bahamas) and Elizabeth (flag unknown).[59]
18 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 May 2011
Ship
Country
Description
FV
United States
The fishing vessel sank after colliding with the container ship Eurus London in the Gulfport Ship Channel. She was recovered by parbuckling in July 2011.[60]
2011 Libyan civil war:The Al Mergheb-class patrol boat was damaged by British aircraft, caught fire and capsized. Later raised, repaired and returned to service.[63][64]
The 115-foot (35 m) fishing boat. carrying tourists, sank after encountering bad weather in the Gulf of California some 60 nautical miles (110 km; 69 mi) from San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico. As of 4 July 2011, one fatality was reported and between five and eight passengers were missing.[78] As of 20 July 2011, seven people were missing and one was confirmed dead.[79]
5 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 July 2011
Ship
Country
Description
Musthika Kencana II
Indonesia
The ferry, which had caught fire the day before, foundered off Java.
The tanker ran aground near Durban, South Africa. Her fifteen crew were rescued. She was refloated on 2 September and scuttled on 6 September 43 nautical miles (80 km) off Durban.[83][84]
30 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 July 2011
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The schooner ran aground off , Maine. All 49 passengers were transferred to other vessels.[85]
31 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 31 July 2011
Ship
Country
Description
Philippines
The ferry capsized and sank off . All 168 people on board were rescued.[86]
Panama
The tanker was driven ashore crewless at Juhu, India.[87]
August[]
3 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 August 2011
Ship
Country
Description
Antigua and Barbuda
The cargo ship ran aground off the Trevean Cliff, MorvahCornwall, United Kingdom. She refloated herself and continued her voyage from Cork, Ireland to Rotterdam.[88][89][90]
4 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 August 2011
Ship
Country
Description
Panama
The 225-metre (738 ft) vessel, carrying 60,000 tons of coal bound for , India, sank off the Mumbai coast. The crew of 30 was rescued by the Indian Coast Guard and Indian Navy, but the authorities are concerned about possible environmental damage.[91][92]
8 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 August 2011
Ship
Country
Description
Panama
The cargo ship ran aground on a reef off , Mauritius.[93] After more than three months on the reef, she was refloated and taken under tow but found to be severely holed. The ship sank on 26 November.[94]
9 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 August 2011
Ship
Country
Description
Philippines
The bulk carrier was in collision with (Liberia) in the Celebes Sea and foundered. Her 21 crew were rescued, but two crew from HS Puccini were killed.[95]
The tugboat was overrun by the crane barge Skyline Barge 19 (Netherlands), which she was towing. She capsized and sank in the River Thames at Convoys Wharf, Deptford with the loss of one of her three crew. Chiefton was refloated on 18 August. She was subsequently declared a constructive total loss and scrapped at Chatham, Kent.[97][98]
2011 Libyan civil war: The rebel transport blew up in the harbor at Zuwara, Libya, at the time the harbor was being shelled by Libyan government field artillery.[102]
Zanzibar ferry sinking: The ferry sank between Zanzibar and Pemba Island with over 3,500 people on board, of whom about 260 were rescued. 240 people are confirmed to have been killed, 2,900 in total were missing or dead.[107][108]
15 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 September 2011
Ship
Country
Description
Nordlys
Norway
The cruise ship suffered a fire in her engine room which killed two of her 55 crew. All 207 passengers and some of the surviving crew were rescued, with the remainder engaged in firefighting operations.
20 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 September 2011
Ship
Country
Description
Canadian Miner
Canada
The bulk carrier ran aground on Scatarie Island, Nova Scotia after losing the tow from (Greece) in a storm whilst being towed to Turkey for scrapping.[109][110]
Kita Maru No. 12
Japan
The tug capsized and sank at Wajima whilst assisting (Japanese Coast Guard). Both crew were killed.[111]
26 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 September 2011
Ship
Country
Description
Indonesia
The ferry collided with a tug and barge in the Barito River, Borneo and then caught fire. Four of the 443 people on board were killed.[112]
28 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 September 2011
Ship
Country
Description
Indonesia
A lorry on board the ferry caught fire whilst she was docked at Surabaya, causing a stampede amongst the passengers. Eight people were killed.[113]
Typhoon Nalgae: The cargo ship was driven ashore off Keelung, Taiwan and broke in two with the loss of ten of her 21 crew.[115]
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
The cargo ship struck an islet in the strait Raftsundet in Norway.[116]Porsøy was found to be damaged beyond repair and scrapping of the vessel began in Grenå, Denmark on 13 October 2011.[117]
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Istanbul.[123]
Turkey
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Istanbul.[123]
Turkey
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Istanbul.[123]
Turkey
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Istanbul.[123]
Malta
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Istanbul.[123]
20 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 October 2011
Ship
Country
Description
Malta
The cargo ship was in collision with (Turkey) in the Adriatic Sea off the coast of Albania with the loss of eight of her ten crew.[124]
28 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 October 2011
Ship
Country
Description
Panama
The cargo ship was in collision with (Panama) off Qingdao, China and sank with the loss of eleven of her nineteen crew.[125]
31 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 31 October 2011
Ship
Country
Description
Golub
Croatia
The fishing vessel was in collision with (Malta) off Pula, Croatia and sank. None of the eight crew members was injured and all were rescued with their own work/rescue boats.[citation needed]
November[]
3 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 November 2011
Ship
Country
Description
Jordan
The ro-roferry caught fire and sank in the Red Sea off Aqaba with the loss of one of the 1,229 passengers on board.[126][127]
5 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 November 2011
Ship
Country
Description
India
The cargo ship capsized and sank in the Gulf of Aden off Dhofar, Oman with the loss of nine of her fifteen crew.[128]
9 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 November 2011
Ship
Country
Description
Bahamas
The ferry was driven on to the Cherokee Reef, off the Abaco Islands. All eighteen people on board were rescued by the , the Royal Bahamas Defence Force and the United States Navy.[129]
17 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 November 2011
Ship
Country
Description
South Korea
The combined trawler and factory ship caught fire in the Bering Sea off , Russia with the loss of one of her 89 crew. Survivors were rescued by fishing vessels.[130]
21 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 November 2011
Ship
Country
Description
South Korea
The cargo ship foundered in the South China Sea 300 nautical miles (560 km) south of Hong Kong with the loss of six of her 21 crew.[131]
Denmark
The dredger collided with (Denmark) at and sank. The wreck was removed in April 2012.[132]
The bulk carrier carrying nickel ore sank near Luzon, Philippines with the loss of 22 of her 23 crew.
27 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 December 2011
Ship
Country
Description
Turkey
The cargo ship sank in the Aegean Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) off Çeşme with the loss of two of her thirteen crew. Survivors were rescued by (Turkey).[147]