Carrying 51 people, the speedboat capsized off North Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia, approximately ten minutes after departing Tarakan for a one-hour voyage to Tanjung Selor. At least eight people drowned. Twenty-two survivors were rescued, leaving the rest on board missing.[citation needed]
2 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 January 2018
Ship
Country
Description
China
The cargo ship was in a collision with (China) in the Yangtze Estuary off Shanghai and sank. Three of her thirteen crew were rescued, ten were reported missing.[1][2]
Taiwan
The cargo ship was driven ashore near Pambujan, Philippines. Her nine crew were rescued.[3]
5 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 January 2018
Ship
Country
Description
BD 97619 TS
Vietnam
The fishing vessel was in a collision with Xuan Thanh 10 (Vietnam), which kept moving even after the collision, and capsized in the South China Sea. The 15 crew on board escaped safely.[4]
6 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 January 2018
Ship
Country
Description
Chok Chu Chai
Thailand
The fishing vessel was in a collision with Hyderabad (Pakistan) in waters southeast of Laem Chabang, where the vessel sank partially submerged with the bow above the water. Four rescued, four missing.[5]
Portugal
The ferry was driven ashore at Madalena, Pico Island. Her 61 passengers were evacuated, nine crew remained on board. She was on a voyage from Faial Island to Pico Island.[6]
Sanchi
Panama Hong Kong
The tankerSanchicollided with the cargo ship CF Crystal 160 nautical miles (300 km) off Shanghai, China, and caught fire. Her 32 crew were reported missing. All 21 crew of CF Crystal were rescued.[7][8]Sanchi sank on 14 January with all 32 Iranian crew presumed dead.
Uros Z
Argentina
The incomplete tanker broke from her moorings at Corrientes and drifted down the Paraná River for 31 nautical miles (58 km) until she ran aground on a sandbank.[9]
8 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 January 2018
Ship
Country
Description
China
The cargo ship was in collision with the fishing vesselMinxiayuo 1829 (China) and capsized and sank off Wenzhou. Her twelve crew were rescued.[10]
The Moudge-classfrigate was driven ashore and damaged at Bandar-Anzali. Two of her crew were reported missing.[12] The frigate broke in two on 20 January, and finally sank on 28 January.[13]
Taiwan
The coaster was driven ashore at . Her eight crew were rescued. She broke in two on 25 January and was a total loss.[14]
12 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 January 2018
Ship
Country
Description
Vietnam
The cargo ship capsized and sank in the South China Sea. Two of her thirteen crew were reported missing. Survivors were rescued by (Marshall Islands), (Bahamas) and (Malta).[15]
Carrying 36 passengers and a crew of 14, the shuttle boat caught fire and was run aground in shallow water and burned out off Tampa, Florida, while ferrying customers to the Ocean Breeze Casino, an offshore casino boat in the Gulf of Mexico. Fifteen people were taken to hospitals. One of them, a female passenger, died.[17]
16 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 January 2018
Ship
Country
Description
Halland
Cyprus
The cargo ship ran aground in Kalmar Strait on approaches to port in Mönsterås, Sweden while travelling at high speed of around six knots (11 km/h).[18]
China
The cargo ship collided with (China) and sank off Baoshan.[19]
17 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 January 2018
Ship
Country
Description
India
The tanker caught fire 14 nautical miles (26 km) off Kandla. Her 26 crew were evacuated, but one of them subsequently died from burns sustained in the fire.[20][21]
The wooden catamaran ferry left Nonouti on a two-day journey to South Tarawa, but capsized and sunk en route (exact date still unknown). Seven people were rescued on 22 January, as search and rescue efforts continued.[22][23] The aerial search for the vessel and possible survivors was eventually called off on 1 February, with 81 people still missing and presumed lost.[24]
The bulk carrier was driven ashore and broke in two at Karadeniz Ereğli, Turkey. Her twelve crew were rescued.[26] She was on a voyage from İzmir, Turkey, to Rostov-on-Don, Russia.[27]
Diana
Antigua & Barbuda
The cargo ship drifted aground in Haifa Bay off the Israeli coast after beginning to drift while anchored near shore.[28]
22 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 January 2018
Ship
Country
Description
Indonesia
The cargo ship sank on this date. Two missing.[29]
24 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 January 2018
Ship
Country
Description
Virginia Renee
United States
The towboat sank at its berth in the Mississippi River near Blytheville, Arkansas. The ship was raised and refloated a few days later.[30]
The fishing vessel collided with Jamila (Liberia) 29 nautical miles (54 km) southwest of Paita, and sank. The ship was reportedly sailing unauthorized at time of collision. Three dead.[32]
27 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 January 2018
Ship
Country
Description
Mexico
The offshore supply ship capsized and sank off .[33]
Indonesia
The cargo ship foundered in the Flores Sea between and . Her twenty crew were rescued.[34]
30 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 January 2018
Ship
Country
Description
Mongolia
The cargo ship foundered in the Taiwan Strait. Two of her ten crew were rescued, eight were reported missing.[35]
31 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 31 January 2018
Ship
Country
Description
Sunnfjord
United States
The fishing vessel sank off Cape Alava in Washington after suffering water ingress and pump failures.[36]
The ship was driven ashore on the coast of South Sulawesi. All 35 people on board were rescued.[38]
2 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 February 2018
Ship
Country
Description
Moldova
The cargo ship was beached near Feodosia, in the Crimean peninsula. Her crew were rescued. She had previously suffered a hull breach in the River Don, Russia. The ship finally sank on 20 March, with the forecastle and superstructure above the water.[39]Berg was consequently declared a total loss.[40]
3 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 February 2018
Ship
Country
Description
Panama
The tanker was driven ashore at Taoyuan, Taiwan. She was refloated on 21 February by the salvage tugs and (both Saint Vincent and the Grenadines).[41]
China
The cargo ship was severely damaged by fire off Zhoushan, China. Her eleven crew were rescued.[42]
Cambodia
The crewless cargo ship was driven ashore at Zeytinburnu, Turkey.[43] She was subsequently scrapped in situ during June.[44]
10 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 February 2018
Ship
Country
Description
Togo
The bunker tanker drifted ashore and ran aground at Qawra, Malta. Its seven crew disembarked safely.[45]
The general cargo ship was abandoned in the Port of Beirut by its owner and crew years earlier, and sank in the breakwaters of the port between 16 and 18 February.[53][54]
March[]
1 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 March 2018
Ship
Country
Description
Japan
The tug was driven ashore along with its barge Matsusho (Japan) on Shikoku Island. Her seven crew were rescued by a Japan Coast Guard helicopter.[55]
6 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 March 2018
Ship
Country
Description
Spain
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Lisbon, Portugal. Her ten crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Casablanca, Morocco. Betanzos was refloated on 16 March.[56]
The container ship caught fire in the Arabian Sea. Four of her 27 crew were reported missing, the rest were rescued by (Marshall Islands).[57] One of those rescued subsequently died from injuries sustained in the fire.[58]
Vietnam
The cargo ship collided with (Vietnam) and sank off Nam Dinh. Her nine crew were rescued.[59]
10 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 March 2018
Ship
Country
Description
Denmark
The dredger capsized and sank at Bogense. Both crew were rescued. She was righted the next day and taken into Bogense.[60]
12 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 March 2018
Ship
Country
Description
AD-16-05
Indonesia
The military troops carrier sank in Java Sea near the Thousand Islands after an engine failure and impact from a high swell. All 65 soldiers on board were rescued by AD-04-15 (Indonesia).[61]
13 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 March 2018
Ship
Country
Description
Mexico
The supply vessel sprang a leak and foundered in the Gulf of Mexico 55 nautical miles (102 km) off Veracruz. Her eight crew were rescued by (Bulgaria).[62]
14 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 March 2018
Ship
Country
Description
Liberia
The bulk carrier ran aground in the White Sea off Archangelsk, Russia. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk to Terneuzen, South Holland, Netherlands.[63]Harriet was refloated on 31 March.[64]
20 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 March 2018
Ship
Country
Description
Malta
The cargo ship capsized in the English Channel after colliding with the fishing vessel Deborah (Belgium).[65] Her seven crew were rescued by helicopter.[66]
21 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 March 2018
Ship
Country
Description
Dominica
The dredger capsized in the Malacca Strait. Twelve of her fourteen crew were reported missing.[67]
25 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 March 2018
Ship
Country
Description
South Korea
The high-speed catamaranferry ran aground at Sinan. All 163 people on board were rescued.[68][69]
28 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 March 2018
Ship
Country
Description
China
The cargo ship collided with (Panama) and sank in the Pearl River. Three of her twelve crew were reported missing.[70]
31 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 31 March 2018
Ship
Country
Description
Panama
The bulk carrier caught fire off Balikpapan, Indonesia. Its twenty crew were evacuated.[71]
China
The cargo ship ran aground in the Taiwan Strait off Kinmen Island. Her crew were rescued.[72]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: 21/22 March 2018
Ship
Country
Description
Transforza
Gibraltar
The cargo ship ran aground in the Gulf of Riga south of Kihnu Island while en route to Finland.[73]
April[]
6 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 April 2018
Ship
Country
Description
China
The cargo ship foundered off Ningbo with the loss of one of her thirteen crew.[74]
7 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 April 2018
Ship
Country
Description
Panama
The cargo ship was driven ashore in Luzon, Philippines. She was on a voyage from Port Klang, Malaysia, to Niigata, Japan.[75]
8 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 April 2018
Ship
Country
Description
Panama
The ro-ro cargo ship sank at Port Sudan, Sudan. Her four crew were rescued.[76]
18 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 April 2018
Ship
Country
Description
Malaysia
The research vessel caught fire off . One of her 38 crew was reported missing.[77]
24 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 April 2018
Ship
Country
Description
China
The cargo ship sank in the Yangtze River with the loss of three of her six crew.[78]
May[]
16 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 May 2018
Ship
Country
Description
China
The cargo ship sank in the Taiwan Strait. Five rescued, six missing.[79]
18 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 May 2018
Ship
Country
Description
Indonesia
The passenger ship ran aground in the in the South China Sea.[80]
22 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 May 2018
Ship
Country
Description
China
The cargo ship foundered in the Yellow Sea off Weihai. Seven of her eleven crew were reported missing.[81]
The motor paddle vessel foundered in the Irish Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) off the coast of Anglesey whilst being towed from Gloucester to Coleraine (N Ireland). There was nobody on board. Its final moments were attended by the Holyhead Lifeboat.[83]
28 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 May 2018
Ship
Country
Description
Panama
The bulk carrier foundered 180 nautical miles (330 km) west of Cape Town, South Africa after suffering engine room flooding on 12 April and being towed for 11⁄2 months.[84]
29 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 May 2018
Ship
Country
Description
Marshall Islands
The tanker ran aground in the St. Lawrence River at Morrisburg, Ontario, at 04:10 on 29 May, local time. The ship ran aground next to the village, out of the main shipping channel. The ship remained intact, with no water entering, nor oil exiting the vessel. The Saint Lawrence Seaway remained open for traffic.[85] The ship was pulled free on 4 June having struck an old lock system that had been submerged during the creation of the Saint Lawrence Seaway. The cause of the grounding was due to the vessel's issues with its rudder.[86]
During a voyage from Simanindo Harbour on Samosir Island to Tiga Ras Harbour in Simalungun Regency on Lake Toba in North Sumatra on Sumatra in Indonesia with 188 passengers and crew aboard, the motorferry capsized and sank, leaving at least 94 people missing. During the first hours after the accident, 18 people were rescued and one body was recovered; later three more bodies were recovered from the sunken ferry.[95][96]
The ferry began foundering in heavy weather causing the captain to run the ship aground on a reef to prevent sinking in deep water. She later sank off Sulawesi with the loss of 31 lives, 130 rescued.[104][105]
Shokei Maru No. 11
Japan
The cargo ship was driven aground by a storm off Higashidori on the northeast coast of Honshu, Japan. A helicopter rescued her entire crew of five.[106]
5 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 July 2018
Ship
Country
Description
Phoenix PD
The cruise ship/dive boat sank due to high wave action off PhuketThailand. Thirty-three people on board died and 23 were left missing, while 48 were rescued.[107][108]
Serenita
Unidentified yacht
The yacht sank due to high wave action off off Phuket, Thailand, all 42 rescued.[109]
6 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 July 2018
Ship
Country
Description
Ste. Claire
United States
The laid-up 870-gross register tonpassengersteamer burned without loss of life while docked in the Detroit River in Michigan.[110] As of 2019, the vessel is docked at Riverside Marina in Detroit.[111]
The decommissioned Newport-classtank landing ship was expended as a target in the Pacific Ocean 55 nautical miles (102 km) north of Kauai, Hawaii.[114]
Carrying a cargo of 1,352 cars on a voyage to Södertälje, Sweden, the 139-metre (456 ft) K Linecar carrier ran aground in an archipelago in the Baltic Sea off the east coast of Sweden, north of Vastervik.[118]
25 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 July 2018
Ship
Country
Description
KM Eka Sari II
Indonesia
The fishing vessel was driven ashore by a storm at Cilacap, Java, Indonesia.[119]
26 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 July 2018
Ship
Country
Description
101 Kumyang
South Korea
The longlinefishing vessel sank after colliding with the vessel 803 Tong Young (South Korea) in the North Pacific Ocean 270 nautical miles (500 km) southeast of Hokkaido, Japan. Thirty-five of her crew were rescued and three were left missing.[120]
Lavr
Belize
The cargo ship ran aground in the Don Riverestuary in Russia.[121]
August[]
2 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 August 2018
Ship
Country
Description
Liputan XII
Indonesia
The ferry was driven aground by strong wind near , Bali, Indonesia.[122]
3 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 August 2018
Ship
Country
Description
BBC Lagos
Antigua and Barbuda
The cargo ship ran aground in the Kattegat south of , Sweden.[123]
6 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 August 2018
Ship
Country
Description
Tallink Autoexpress 2
Venezuela
The laid-up ferry sank due to a lack of maintenance at her dock at Guanta or Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela.[124]
The ferry foundered in heavy swells off Loloda, Halmahera, Indonesia. Forty-five people on board were rescued, but five crew members and one passenger were left missing.[129]
The cargo ship was driven ashore during a storm south of the entrance to the harbor at Kaohsiung, Taiwan. She later was refloated.[134]
Chang Long 68
Panama
The cargo ship was driven ashore during a storm north of the entrance to the harbor at KaohsiungTaiwan. Ten members of her crew were rescued by helicopter. She later was refloated.[135][136]
Dragonaria
Palau
The tanker was driven ashore on the South Mole at the entrance to the harbor at Kaohsiung, Taiwan. She later was refloated.[137]
Flying Dragon
Unknown
The cargo ship was driven ashore during a storm north of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. All 19 crew members were rescued by helicopter.[138]
Jin Hua
Sierra Leone
The container ship was driven ashore during a storm north of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. She later was refloated.[139]
Shun Hong
Unknown
The cargo ship was driven ashore during a storm north of the entrance to the harbor at Kaohsiung, Taiwan. She later was refloated.[140]
Tai Cang Hu 1
Panama
The cargo ship was driven ashore during a storm south of the entrance to the harbor at Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Nineteen crew members were rescued by helicopter. She later was refloated.[141][142]
Unlimited 2
Panama
The container ship was driven ashore during a storm north of Kaohsiung, Taiwan.[143]
24 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 August 2018
Ship
Country
Description
Russia
The 117-metre (384 ft) passenger ship, operated by One Ocean Expeditions, ran aground in western Gulf of Boothia near Kugaaruk (29°43′N91°21′W / 29.717°N 91.350°W / 29.717; -91.350 (Kugaaruk)), Nunavut, Canada, with 160 people aboard and began to take on water, but was in no danger of sinking. Two Canadian Coast GuardicebreakersAkademik Ioffe′s sister ship (Russia) assisted her. By 25 August she had been refloated.[144][145]
Gleamstar
Marshall Islands
The bulk carrier ran aground in the Paraná River in South America.[146]
United States
The tugboat, derelict since Hurricane Mathew struck in 2016, was sunk as an artificial reef in the Atlantic Ocean off Martin County, Florida.[147]
The cargo ship broke loose from her tug while under tow to a scrapyard in Bangladesh. She drifted aground in the 7 nautical miles (13 km) off Thongwa Township, Myanmar, and partially sank.[149]
29 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 August 2018
Ship
Country
Description
BRP Gregorio del Pilar
Philippine Navy
The Gregorio del Pilar-classfrigate ran aground on in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. She was refloated on 3 September.[150]
While fishing for halibut, the 45-foot (13.7 m) fishing vessel sank 20 nautical miles (37 km; 23 mi) off Langara Island, British Columbia, Canada. Her entire crew survived.[157]
7 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 September 2018
Ship
Country
Description
Wan Tong 158
China
The cargo ship ran aground on a reef in the South China Sea 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) south of off Shantou, China.[158]
8 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 September 2018
Ship
Country
Description
Squall
Russia
The tug foundered in a storm in the Kerch Strait. Her entire crew of seven survived.[159]
11 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 September 2018
Ship
Country
Description
Tientsin
Hong Kong
The bulk carrier ran aground in the Paraná River near Ramallo, Argentina. She was refloated on 12 September.[160]
12 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 September 2018
Ship
Country
Description
Kapitan Permyakov
Russia
The tanker ran aground in the Don River in Russia at the 3116-kilometer mark.[161]
Planeo
Russia
The tanker ran aground in the Volga River in Russia at the 2829-kilometer mark. She refloated herself.[162]
13 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 September 2018
Ship
Country
Description
Sormovskiy 123
Moldova
The cargo ship ran aground in dense fog in the Don Riverestuary in Russia.[163]
During a voyage on Lake Victoria from to Ukara Island, Tanzania, with over 400 passengers aboard, the overloaded motorferry capsized and sank between Ukerewe Island and Ukara Island, 50 metres (55 yd) from the pier on Ukara Island, killing 224 people.[167][168][169]
21 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 September 2018
Ship
Country
Description
Ashtabula
United States
The barge ran aground while being towed by the tugDefiance (United States) in stormy conditions in the Mackinac Strait between Mackinac Island and Round Island, Michigan.[170][171]
Defiance
United States
The tug ran aground in stormy conditions in the Mackinac Strait between Mackinac Island and Round Island, Michigan. She floated free on 22 September.[172][173]
Sormovskiy 48
Saint Kitts and Nevis
The cargo ship ran aground in the Sea of Azov in the Azov-Don Channel west of the Don Riverestuary.[174]
Alta stranded on the coast of Couty Cork, Ireland, February 2020.
The cargo ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 1,300 nautical miles (2,400 km) south east of Bermuda after drifting disabled for 20 days while en route from Greece to Haiti. Her ten crew were rescued by the United States Coast Guard, while the crippled ship was left adrift.[181] She was spotted adrift, still afloat, by HMS Protector on 30 August 2019.[182]Alta came ashore on the coast of County Cork, Republic of Ireland during Storm Dennis on 16 February 2020.[183]
The cargo ship sank after colliding with a fishing vessel off Ningbo, China. Eleven members of her crew were rescued by another fishing vessel.[187]
10 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 October 2018
Ship
Country
Description
El Dorado
United States
Hurricane Michael: The out of service cruise ship broke free from her dock in Cooked Creek, blew across West Bay and was driven ashore partially sunk and on her port side on the shore of St. Andrews Bay, Florida near the Florida State University Panama City campus. Work to right and refloat the ship started in mid January. She was sunk as an artificial reef 12 nautical miles (22 km) south of the entrance to St. Andrew's Bay on 3 May 2019.[188][189]
Hurricane Michael: The sailing vessel capsized and sank in St. Andrews Marina in Panama City, Florida during the hurricane.[190]
11 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 October 2018
Ship
Country
Description
Zhen Feng
Honduras
The cargo ship was beached off Taoyuan, Taiwan, to prevent her from sinking after she sprang a leak.[191]
13 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 October 2018
Ship
Country
Description
Fom
Panama
The cargo shipcapsized and sank in the Black Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) off Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine. The vessel Minerva Marina (Greece) rescued eight members of her crew.[192]
15 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 October 2018
Ship
Country
Description
ADM
United States
The shrimp-fishing vessel ran aground off Ormond Beach, Florida. She was pulled off the beach on 31 October and towed to Jacksonville, Florida, for repairs.[193]
Sila Sibiri
Russia
The sailingyacht was driven ashore by a storm at Palma, Mallorca, in the Balearic Islands.[194]
17 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 October 2018
Ship
Country
Description
Nevskiy 31
Russia
The hopper barge ran aground on the southern tip of in the eastern Gulf of Finland.[195]
18 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 October 2018
Ship
Country
Description
Bonito
Honduras
The coastal boat capsized and sank in the Caribbean Sea 60 nautical miles (110 km) north of the . Seventy-six of the people on board survived, two were killed, and several were left missing.[196]
The tug sank in the Gulf of Khambhat while assisting the vessel Voyage Sympathy (Kiribati) on her sea trials. Six members of her crew survived and one was left missing.[198]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date October 2018
Ship
Country
Description
Suegno
Italy
The yacht sank in a storm while at a marina on the Ligurian coast of Italy.[199]
November[]
3 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 November 2018
Ship
Country
Description
Miętus 2
Poland
The fishing vessel sank after colliding with the vessel Begonia S (Cook Islands) off Bornholm Island in the Baltic Sea. Three crew members and 16 fishermen who had been aboard her were rescued by Danish search-and-rescue personnel.[200]
The Fridtjof Nansen-classfrigate was grounded intentionally to prevent her from sinking after she collided with the tanker (Malta) in the near Bergen, Norway, and was left with a severe list and her propulsion systems underwater. Sola TS was able to return to port. Eight people were injured in the collision. Helge Ingstad slid deeper in the water on 11 November, leaving only her upper superstructure above water.[201][202]
9 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 November 2018
Ship
Country
Description
Anatoliy Krasheninnikov
Russia
The cargo ship sank in in the Sea of Okhotsk north of the . Ten members of her crew were rescued and three were left missing.[203]
While undergoing a refit at a shipyard in Sambro, Nova Scotia, Canada, the Hero-classpatrol vessel was released from its cradle and sank after sliding down the slip, becoming partially submerged.[208]
Hongtai 16
China
The cargo shipcapsized and sank in the South China Sea off Guangdong Province, China. All 11 crew members were rescued by helicopter.[209]
Two unidentified coasters
Turkey
While awaiting scrapping, the two coasters drifted aground after dragging their anchors near , Turkey, on the coast of the Sea of Marmara.[210]
20 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 November 2018
Ship
Country
Description
Durban Queen
Saint Kitts and Nevis
The asphalttankercapsized and sank in the Persian Gulf east of Qatar. Twelve members of her crew were rescued by a French Navyfrigate.[211]
22 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 November 2018
Ship
Country
Description
Multi Prima 1
Indonesia
The cargo ship sank in the Flores Sea near Bali, Indonesia. Seven members of her crew were rescued by the vessel Cahaya Abadi 201 (Indonesia); seven other crew members were left missing.[212]
Orel 3
Ukraine
The cargo ship was beached in the Dnieper River near Zaporozhe, Ukraine, to prevent her from sinking after a hull breach.[213]
The motor vessel, operating as an unlicensed party boat and overcrowded with nearly 100 people on board, capsized and sank in Lake Victoria just off a beach resort near Mukono Town, Uganda, during a pleasure cruise. At least 32 people drowned and at least 40 were unaccounted for; it was unclear which of the latter may have died and which had made it to shore and left the scene. There were 26 known survivors.[215][216]
26 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 November 2018
Ship
Country
Description
Hua Yuan 9999
China
The container ship collided with the vessel Puhui 1 (China) in the Yangtze River in China near TaicangBuoy 7 near the fairway and sank.[217]
December[]
5 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 December 2018
Ship
Country
Description
DHL Starlight
United Kingdom
During the 2018 Golden Globe Race, the 35.33-foot (10.77 m) Rustler 36 Masthead yacht was flipped end-over-end, dismasted, and swamped during a storm in the Southern Ocean approximately 2,000 nautical miles (3,700 km) west of Cape Horn. Her only occupant, Susie Goodall, declared her a total loss. The 40,000 GT, 119-metre (390 ft) motor cargo vesselTian Fu (Hong Kong) rescued Goodall from the wreck on 7 December.[218][219][220]
7 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 December 2018
Ship
Country
Description
Viking
Tunisia
The tug was driven ashore by heavy weather near , Crete. Eight members of her crew were rescued.[221]
8 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 December 2018
Ship
Country
Description
Rui Xing Lun
China
The cargo ship ran aground in the Bohai Sea northwest of Weifang, China. She broke in two with her aft section sinking. Nine members of her crew were rescued and one was left missing; one of the rescued crew members died later.[222]
Yu Hong 998
China
The cargo shipcapsized in the Yangtze River near Wanzhou, China. Five members of her crew were left missing.[223]
9 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 December 2018
Ship
Country
Description
Makmur
Indonesia
The coaster was sunk in a collision, possibly with the vessel Breeze (Kuwait), in the Singapore Strait. Eleven members of her crew were rescued; four were injured.[224]
17 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 December 2018
Ship
Country
Description
Green Ocean
Bahamas
The refrigerated cargo ship suffered a steering failure while leaving , Spain, and ran aground. She was towed off later that day.[225]
18 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 December 2018
Ship
Country
Description
Kuzma Minin
Russia
The bulk carrier drifted ashore during the morning at Swanpool Beach, Cornwall, England, after dragging her anchor in heavy weather. She was pulled off the beach in the early evening.[226]
19 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 December 2018
Ship
Country
Description
Natalia
Comoros
The cargo ship ran aground in rough seas in the Black Sea off Turkey during a voyage from Russia to Istanbul, Turkey. Sixteen members of her crew members were rescued by Turkish coastal emergency teams.[227]
22 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 December 2018
Ship
Country
Description
Sibel D
Panama
The cargo ship ran aground while leaving the port of Nafplion, Greece.[228]
24 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 December 2018
Ship
Country
Description
Yusheng 366
China
The cargo ship collided with the vessel CMA CGM Norma (France) and sank in the Pearl Riverestuary 20 nautical miles (37 km; 23 mi) southeast of Hong Kong, China.[229]
25 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 December 2018
Ship
Country
Description
Amanda
Palau
The deck cargo ship suffered a steering failure in the Singapore Strait three nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) east of , Malaysia, collided with another ship, capsized, and sank. Six members of her crew were rescued and three were left missing.[230]
Surov
Russia
The cargo ship ran aground in heavy weather at on the Taman Peninsula on the Black Sea coast of Russia.[231]
26 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 December 2018
Ship
Country
Description
Dahaihong
China
The coaster sank in heavy weather in the East China Sea south of Shanghai off Zhoushan, China. All four crew members were rescued by the vessel Donghaijiu 117 (China).[232]
Fan Yang 68
China
The coaster sank in heavy weather in the East China Sea south of Shanghai off Zhoushan, China. All seven members crew rescued by the vessel Donghaijiu 117 (China).[233]
Guo Shun 8669
China
The coaster sank in heavy weather in the East China Sea south of Shanghai off Zhoushan, China. All five members of her crew were rescued by the vessel Donghaijiu 117 (China).[234]
JBB Yu Hang 67
China
The hopperdredge was abandoned after she capsized in the Bohai Sea off Liaoning, China. All 12 members of her crew were rescued by helicopter.[235]
28 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 December 2018
Ship
Country
Description
Yi Cheng 1
China
The coaster dragged her anchor and was driven ashore by a storm on Nanri Island in the Taiwan Strait. All 13 crew members made it to the island and were evacuated by helicopter.[236]
31 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 31 December 2018
Ship
Country
Description
Maria Rosario
Venezuela
The laid-up ferry sank, partially submerged, due to a lack of maintenance at her dock at Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela.[237]
Sincerity Ace
Panama
During a voyage from Japan to Honolulu, Hawaii, with a cargo of approximately 3,500 Nissanautomobiles and a crew of 21 on board, the 650-foot (198.1 m) car carrier was abandoned in the North Pacific Ocean approximately 1,800 nautical miles (3,300 km) northwest of Hawaii after she caught fire and lost power in 15-to-18-foot (4.6 to 5.5 m) seas. Sixteen of her crew were rescued by other merchant ships; five who went overboard after experiencing trouble launching a life raft in 17-foot (5.2 m) seas were presumed lost, with one of them missing and the other four found unresponsive in the water and unable to grab onto lifesaving gear deployed by the responding merchant ships, which had no other means of bringing them aboard.[238][239][240]