The list of shipwrecks in 2004 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 2004.
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January
15 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bugaled Breizh |  France |  The trawler capsized and sank 15 nautical miles (28 km) southwest of Lizard Point, Cornwall, United Kingdom. All five crew were killed. The wreck was later raised for investigation.[1] |
19 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rocknes |  Antigua and Barbuda |  The bulk carrier struck rocks and capsized at Bergen, Norway (60°22′N 05°1′E / 60.367°N 5.017°E) with the loss of eighteen of her thirty-one crew. Salvage of the wreck began on 17 March and ended on 29 March. The ship was towed to Poland for repairs and returned to service in June 2005.[2][3] |
February
2 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unnamed ship |  Uganda | A boat capsized on Lake Albert whihle travelling from Bugoigo to Panyamurro with the loss of at least forty people.[4] |
5 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Two unnamed ferries |  Bangladesh | The ferries collided in heavy fog on the River Arial Khan, near the town of Barisal, Bangladesh.[5] |
12 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Strontsiy |  Russia | Loaded with 3,928 tons of scrap metal, the ship broke her anchorage in the Bosphorus Strait and was thrown on the shore. The vessel suffered considerable structural damage, including breaking her back, and was declared a constructive total loss.[6] |
13 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hera |  Cambodia | Loaded with 11,741 tons of coal, she sank in the Black Sea around 8 miles (13 km) from the entrance of the Bosphorus. All of her nineteen crew was lost.[7] |
16 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS Peterson |  United States Navy | The decommissioned Spruance-class destroyer was sunk as a target. |
23 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Asian Noble |  South Korea | The bulk carrier foundered off Bering Sea. She was voyaging from Vostochnyy, Russia to Kashima, Japan. |
March
2 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Herakles and Bulk |  Finland | The integrated tug barge ran aground and sank off the Grundkallen lighthouse, Sweden |
26 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Georgia Moran | United States | The retired 100-foot (30.5 m) tug was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean off Cape May, New Jersey, in 70 feet (21 m) of water at 38°51.465′N 074°42.016′W / 38.857750°N 74.700267°W.[8] |
| Kings Point | United States | The retired 100-foot (30.5 m) tug was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean off Cape May, New Jersey, in 70 feet (21 m) of water at 38°51.475′N 074°42.029′W / 38.857917°N 74.700483°W.[9] |
| Lady Dee | United States | The retired 85-foot (25.9 m) fishing trawler was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean off Wildwood, New Jersey, at 38°57.414′N 074°41.500′W / 38.956900°N 74.691667°W.[10] |
27 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Scylla |  Royal Navy |  |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unidentified crane barge | United States | The crane barge sank in 60 feet (18 m) of water while under tow in the North Atlantic Ocean off New Jersey.[12] |
April
6 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS Barbour County | United States Navy | The decommissioned Newport-class tank landing ship was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean.[13] |
13 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS John Young | United States Navy | The decommissioned Spruance-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean by a Mark 48 torpedo fired by the submarine USS Pasadena ( United States Navy) during the RIMPAC 04 exercise. |
May
10 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| LeConte |  United States | The motor ferry, part of the Alaska Marine Highway System, ran aground without loss of life in Peril Strait near Cozian Reef, about 30 nautical miles (56 km) north of Sitka, Alaska.[14][15] Her 24 crew members remained aboard to repair and refloat her, but her 86 passengers abandoned ship in life rafts and were rescued, most of them by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration fishery research vessel NOAAS John N. Cobb.[15] |
22 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hyundai No.105 | South Korea | The car carrier collided with Kamisan ( Panama) off Singapore and sank.[16][17] |
23 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lighting Sun | Bangladesh | The ferry capsized during a tropical storm on the Meghna River near Chandpur, Bangladesh.[18] |
| Two unidentified ferries | Bangladesh | Two unidentified ferries sank 15.5 miles (24.9 km) north-west of Dhaka in Manikganj District, Bangladesh.[18] |
June
18 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Vickie | United States | The retired 76-foot (23.2 m) fishing trawler was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean south of Long Island 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km; 2.9 mi) off Moriches Inlet, New York.[19] |
24 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kos |  Hellenic Navy | The decommissioned Terrebonne Parish-class tank landing ship was sunk as a target during the Hellenic Navy exercise Thiela III by Penguin missiles fired by the fast missile attack craft Ypoploiarchos Degiannis and Simeoforos Starakis and torpedoes from the Greek torpedo boats Lailaps and Typhon (all Hellenic Navy). |
28 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ena 2 |  Germany | The 62.48-metre (205 ft 0 in) sulfuric acid tanker was damaged in a collision with Pudong Senator ( Germany) off Hamburg, Germany (53°32′N 09°54′E / 53.533°N 9.900°E). She started taking on water and capsized at dock in Hamburg. She was uprighted on 3 July 2004.[20] |
July
12 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS Peoria | United States Navy | The decommissioned Newport-class tank landing ship was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii during RIMPAC 04. |
14 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS Kinkaid | United States Navy | The decommissioned Spruance-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean at 22°55′13.5″N 159°59′40.5″W / 22.920417°N 159.994583°W during RIMPAC 04. |
15 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS Harry W. Hill | United States Navy | The decommissioned Spruance-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean during RIMPAC 04. |
22 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS Decatur | United States Navy | The decommissioned Forrest Sherman-class guided-missile destroyer was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off Hawaii at 22°57′00″N 159°55′06″W / 22.95000°N 159.91833°W by aircraft and submarines during RIMPAC 04. |
24 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sharon W |  United States | The 52-foot (16 m) longline fishing vessel capsized and sank in Marmot Bay off Peril Cape (58°07′30″N 152°16′20″W / 58.12500°N 152.27222°W) on Kodiak Island. The fishing vessel Kathleen K rescued her four-person crew from a skiff.[21] |
30 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS Nicholson | United States Navy | The decommissioned Spruance-class destroyer was sunk as a target. |
August
4 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Provision | United States |  |
5 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mitkof | United States | After her operator fell asleep at her wheel, the 75-foot (22.9 m) fish tender struck a rock and sank approximately 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) north of Petersburg, Alaska. The fishing vessel Angjenl ( United States) rescued her entire crew of four.[23] |
8 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Java | United States | The 39-foot (11.9 m) fishing vessel capsized and sank in the Shelikof Strait near Uyak Bay (57°48′N 154°04′W / 57.800°N 154.067°W) on the coast of Kodiak Island in Alaska′s Kodiak Archipelago. Her crew abandoned ship in a skiff and was rescued by the fishing vessel Lady Aleutian ( United States).[24] |
20 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Samoke | United States |  United States).[21] |
23 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fallen Friends | United States | The retired 40-foot (12.2 m) barge was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean off Wildwood, New Jersey, at 38°57.710′N 074°40.990′W / 38.961833°N 74.683167°W.[25] |
| USS Fife | United States Navy | The decommissioned Spruance-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off Washington by several ships of the United States Third Fleet including the guided-missile destroyer USS Preble and the guided-missile frigate USS Curts (both United States Navy). |
25 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Golden Stream | United States | The 38-foot (11.6 m) fishing vessel was destroyed off Vallenar Point (55°25′35″N 131°51′00″W / 55.42639°N 131.85000°W) on the coast of Gravina Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska by a fire that began in her galley stove. Her crew of three survived.[26] |
30 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hope | Bangladesh | The cargo ship ran aground during a typhoon near Uwajima, Japan, with a loss of four of her 16 crew. She was declared a total loss.[27] However, she was later repaired and returned to service. |
September
13 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Delta I | Panama | The tanker collided with APL Pusan ( Singapore) in the Arabian Sea off the west coast of India and broke in two. She was declared a total loss and towed to Sachana, India, for scrapping.[28] |
| Mirabella V |  United Kingdom | The super yacht ran aground at Villefranche-sur-Mer, Alpes-Maritimes, France.[29] She was later repaired and returned to service. |
16 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| El Dorado | United States | Hurricane Ivan: The out-of-service cruise/party ship broke free from her dock and drifted six nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) before being driven ashore in West Bay on the coast of Florida. She eventually was refloated.[30] |
October
2 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Arcata | United States Navy | The Natick-class tug was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean off the United States West Coast at 33°10′12″N 120°57′06″W / 33.17000°N 120.95167°W |
5 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMCS Chicoutimi |  Canadian Forces Maritime Command | The long-range hunter-killer submarine was involved in a partial flooding incident which resulted in a fire at sea, whilst she was en route from UK to Canada. 2,000 litres (440 imp gal; 530 US gal) of seawater entered the submarine and caused an electrical panel to short out, which in turn started a major fire and caused all power to cut out, leaving the submarine adrift in heavy seas 100 nautical miles (190 km) north-west of County Mayo, Ireland. Nine crewmembers were affected by smoke inhalation and the ship was left drifting without power in heavy seas. By the evening of 7 October, the weather had abated, and Chicoutimi was towed to Faslane Naval Base in Scotland. One crew member died of his injuries. |
16 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BBC China | Antigua and Barbuda | The 5,548 GT freighter ran aground near Port Grosvenor in South Africa.[31] |
17 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Susan Ann | United States | The 58-foot (18 m) seiner sank in Chatham Strait near Catherine Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. Her two crew members put on survival suits, abandoned ship in a skiff, and survived.[21] |
31 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Blue Fin | United States | The 42-foot (12.8 m) longline fishing vessel capsized near Ketchikan, Alaska, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) south of Bold Island (55°15′N 131°25′W / 55.250°N 131.417°W) in Southeast Alaska. The vessel Hall Point ( United States) rescued her crew of two from her overturned hull. Blue Fin disappeared after the rescue of her crew and was presumed to have sunk in 600 feet (180 m) of water.[32] |
November
5 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kelsey Dawn | United States | The 38-foot (11.6 m) troller ran aground and sank at the eastern entrance to Sergius Narrows (57°24′20″N 135°38′00″W / 57.40556°N 135.63333°W) in Southeast Alaska. All four people on board abandoned ship in a skiff and reached shore safely.[33] |
10 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Captain Bill | United States | The retired 110-foot (33.5 m), 199-gross register ton tug 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 75 feet (23 m) of water at 40°03.104′N 073°59.283′W / 40.051733°N 73.988050°W.[34] |
13 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS Hayler | United States Navy | _detonate_aboard_the_U.S._Navy%27s_decommissioned_destroyer_Hayler_(DD_997),_during_a_Sink_Exercise.jpg) |
14 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Eastern Challenger | South Korea | The 105.88-metre (347 ft 5 in) cargo ship was damaged in a collision with Rithi Bhum ( Germany) in the Taiwan Straits (22°35′N 116°25′E / 22.583°N 116.417°E). Rithi Bhum rescued her crew after they left the ship. She eventually sank after drifting about 9 miles (14 km).[35] |
| Gosport | United States | The inactivated research ship was sunk as a target. |
20 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Julie K | United States | The 26-foot (7.9 m) cabin cruiser capsized and was lost approximately 200 yards (180 m) off Horse Island (58°15′15″N 134°43′30″W / 58.25417°N 134.72500°W) in Southeast Alaska west of Juneau, Alaska. The two men and two dogs on board perished.[24] |
23 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS Schenectady | United States Navy | The decommissioned Newport-class tank landing ship was sunk as a target ship.[36] |
December
5 December
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS Inchon | United States Navy | The decommissioned Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean 207 nautical miles (383 km) east of Virginia Beach, Virginia, at 36°42′30″N 071°40′00″W / 36.70833°N 71.66667°W. |
8 December
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Selendang Ayu |  Malaysia |  Two days after losing power while in Unimak Pass during a voyage from Seattle, Washington, to Xiamen, China with a cargo of 60,200 tonnes (66,400 short tons) of soybeans and 1,000 tonnes (1,100 short tons) of fuel oil and a crew of 26, the 738-foot (225 m) bulk carrier ran aground near Skan Bay (53°38′00″N 167°02′30″W / 53.63333°N 167.04167°W) on Unalaska Island in the Aleutian Islands after a tow cable passed to her by the tug Sidney Foss (flag unknown) parted. She broke in two, resulting in Alaska's worst oil spill since that of the Exxon Valdez in 1989. Two United States Coast Guard Sikorsky HH-60J Jayhawk helicopters lifted all 26 crew members from Selendang Ayu's wreck, saving 20 of the crew, but one of the helicopters, carrying seven Selendang Ayu crew members and its own crew of three, crashed after spray from a rogue wave breaking over the wreck engulfed it. A Eurocopter HH-65 Dolphin from the medium endurance cutter USCGC Alex Haley ( |
16 December
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Julius | Germany | The 15.9-metre (52 ft 2 in) harbor tug capsized when fouled by a towline, and foundered in the Elbe (53°53′N 09°10′E / 53.883°N 9.167°E) with the loss of her master. The ship was raised on 19–20 December.[38] |
17 December
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lofotfjord II |  Norway | The passenger vessel ran aground on a skerry near Sørvågen, Norway. Of the 36 passengers and crew on board, 31 were saved by the fishing boat Kim Roger ( Norway), while the last five were retrieved from the skerry by a Sea King helicopter from No. 330 Squadron RNoAF.[39][40] |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Commandant Bory |  French Navy | The decommissioned Commandant Rivière-class frigate was sunk as a target. |
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