The cargo ship sank in the Pacific Ocean 310 nautical miles (570 km) south of Shikoku, Japan with the loss of seventeen of her 29 crew.[1]
Marika 7
Liberia
The ore carrier sank in the Atlantic Ocean. There were 36 crew on board.[1]
13 January
List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1994
Ship
State
Description
Teano
Norway
The cargo ship was wrecked on the island of Senja, Norway. Wreck delivered for scrapping at Fosen Gjenvinning breaker's yard at Revsnes in Sør-Trøndelag in October 1995.[2]
15 January
List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1994
Ship
State
Description
American Star
Greece
The cruise ship ran aground at Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain, after her tow parted in a storm. She broke in two after two days and was declared a total loss in July 1994. The stern section sank in 1996, the bow section in April 2007.
25 January
List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1994
Ship
State
Description
HNoMS Oslo
Norway
The Oslo-class frigate ran aground on 24 January off the Marstein Island lighthouse after suffering engine failure. A tow was attempted on 25 January, but as the situation of the ship deteriorated, the tow was let go and the frigate sank.[3]
The 72-foot (21.9 m) fishing trawler sank in the Gulf of Alaska approximately 17 nautical miles (31 km; 20 mi) southeast of Cape Chiniak (57°37′N152°10′W / 57.617°N 152.167°W / 57.617; -152.167 (Cape Chiniak)) on Alaska′s Kodiak Island. Her entire crew of four survived; a United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued three of them, and the fishing vesselCap’N Art (United States) picked up the fourth.[8]
Suffering from icing, the 36-foot (11.0 m) fishing vesselcapsized and was lost without loss of life when a wave hit her broadside off Point Retreat (58°24′45″N134°57′15″W / 58.41250°N 134.95417°W / 58.41250; -134.95417 (Point Retreat)) in Southeast Alaska, 14 nautical miles (26 km; 16 mi) west of Juneau, Alaska. Another fishing vessel rescued her crew of two.[9]
The 49-foot (14.9 m) crab-fishing vessel sank in bad weather in Lisianski Inlet (57°50′N136°27′W / 57.833°N 136.450°W / 57.833; -136.450 (Lisianski Inlet)) in Southeast Alaska 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) north of Sitka, Alaska. A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued her crew of five.[9]
The 65-foot (20 m) crab-fishing vesselcapsized and sank in 222 feet (68 m) of water in southern Glacier Bay just south of Strawberry Island (57°44′20″N135°10′45″W / 57.7389°N 135.1792°W / 57.7389; -135.1792 (Strawberry Island)) in Southeast Alaska after her crab pots shifted, causing her to flood by the stern. Another fishing vessel rescued all three people on board.[10]
The 117.4-foot (35.8 m) crab-fishing vessel ran aground near Reef Point (57°46′N152°27′W / 57.767°N 152.450°W / 57.767; -152.450 (Reef Point)) at the entrance to the harbor at St. Paul on Saint Paul Island in the Pribilof Islands and broke up. A launch from the high endurance cutter USCGC Hamilton ( United States Coast Guard) rescued her crew of seven.[11]
The 171-foot (52 m) crab-fishing vessel capsized in the Bering Sea approximately 120 nautical miles (220 km; 140 mi) northwest of Saint Paul Island. One crewman died, but the fishing vessel Gulf Wind (United States) rescued the other seven. Saint Matthew was last seen drifting partially submerged 110 nautical miles (200 km; 130 mi) west of Saint Paul Island.[12]
The cargo ship ran aground near at mouth of Guadalquivir River, Spain, following an anchor chain broke down in a storm and had broken in two. She was on voyage from Bangkok, Thailand to Seville, Spain. She was declared a constructive total loss and used as an artificial tourist wrecksite.
The tug was scuttled in deep water near Seward, Alaska, just south of Fourth of July Creek (60°05′45″N149°22′00″W / 60.09583°N 149.36667°W / 60.09583; -149.36667 (Fourth of July Creek)).[15]
The cruise ship ran aground at Porkkala. All 1,258 people on board were rescued by helicopters and Finnish Coast Guard vessels.[16] She was refloated on 16 April. Later repaired and returned to service.
The overloaded ferry capsized in Kilindini Harbour, Kenya, just 40 metres (44 yd) from port during a voyage between Mombasa and Likoni, killing 272 of the 400 people on board.
The 34-foot (10.4 m) salmon troller sank in Stevenson Entrance (58°47′N152°24′W / 58.783°N 152.400°W / 58.783; -152.400 (Stevenson Entrance)) on the south-central coast of Alaska. Her crew of two survived and was rescued by the United States Coast Guard.[23]
The 26-foot (7.9 m) longlinefishing vessel was wrecked at Trinity Point (60°48′25″N148°33′20″W / 60.80694°N 148.55556°W / 60.80694; -148.55556 (Trinity Point)) on the south-central coast of Alaska northeast of Whittier. Her crew of three survived.[5]
The 32-foot (9.8 m) gillnetfishing vessel burned and sank at Port Moller (55°59′30″N160°34′30″W / 55.99167°N 160.57500°W / 55.99167; -160.57500 (Port Moller)), Alaska. Another fishing vessel rescued her crew of four.[27]
The 62-foot (19 m) fishing trawler sank in 90 feet (27 m) of water without loss of life 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) south of Sheep Point, Newport, Rhode Island, at 41°25.87′N071°17.99′W / 41.43117°N 71.29983°W / 41.43117; -71.29983 (Explorer) after striking a floating object that pierced her hull.[29]
Carrying approximately 70 people attempting to leave Cuba illegally, the tugboat sank 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) northeast of Havana, Cuba, after reportedly being rammed repeatedly by patrol boats of the Cuban Coast Guard. Only 31 people aboard her survived.
The five-member crew of the 50-foot (15.2 m) salmonseiner abandoned her after she caught fire in Izhut Bay (58°11′N152°15′W / 58.183°N 152.250°W / 58.183; -152.250 (Izhut Bay)) on the coast of Afognak Island in Alaska′s Kodiak Archipelago. The fishing vesselCape Lookout (United States) rescued the crew from a skiff and took Dylan’s Dream under tow, but Dylan’s Dream burned to the waterline and became a total loss.[27]
The 46-foot (14 m) salmonseiner ran aground and sank at Entrance Island (55°06′35″N133°14′30″W / 55.10972°N 133.24167°W / 55.10972; -133.24167 (Entrance Island)) near Sea Otter Harbor (55°06′45″N133°12′55″W / 55.11250°N 133.21528°W / 55.11250; -133.21528 (Sea Otter Harbor)) in Southeast Alaska. Another fishing vessel rescued her entire crew of five.[12]
While no one was on board, the 40-foot (12.2 m) fishing vessel burned to the waterline in Kitoi Bay (58°11′30″N152°21′00″W / 58.19167°N 152.35000°W / 58.19167; -152.35000 (Kitoi Bay)) on the coast of Kodiak Island near Kodiak, Alaska, after a fire began in her stove.[23]
The 54-foot (16.5 m) fishing vessel was wrecked at Granite Cove (58°11′30″N136°23′30″W / 58.19167°N 136.39167°W / 58.19167; -136.39167 (Cape Edward)) on George Island in Cross Sound in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. Her crew of two survived.[28]
The 27-foot (8.2 m) salmongillnetter sank in bad weather in Nichols Passage (55°05′N131°42′W / 55.083°N 131.700°W / 55.083; -131.700 (Nichols Passage)) in Southeast Alaska. Another fishing vessel rescued her crew of two.[9]
The 46-foot (14.0 m) crab-fishing vessel sank in the Gulf of Alaska south of the Trinity Islands (56°33′N154°20′W / 56.550°N 154.333°W / 56.550; -154.333 (Trinity Islands)). A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued her two crew members from a life raft.[38]
The ferry sank in the Baltic Sea (59°23′N21°42′E / 59.383°N 21.700°E / 59.383; 21.700) due to the loss of her bow doors in a storm. There were 989 people on the ferry of which 864 were lost.
The retired 97-foot (29.6 m) tug was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean 6.5 nautical miles (12.0 km; 7.5 mi) off Harvey Cedars, New Jersey, in 80 feet (24 m) of water at 39°37.697′N074°01.113′W / 39.628283°N 74.018550°W / 39.628283; -74.018550 (Wagners Point).[41]
The 105-foot (32.0 m) crab-fishing vessel disappeared with the loss of her entire crew of five – four men and a woman – in the Gulf of Alaska. A life raft from Fierce Competitor was sighted 450 nautical miles (830 km; 520 mi) southeast of Kodiak, Alaska, and about 50 nautical miles (93 km; 58 mi) from where Fierce Competitor′s EPIRB had transmitted a distress signal, but there was no sign of life aboard the raft.[46]
The 85-foot (25.9 m) crab-fishingschooner struck an iceberg and sank 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) off Bay Point (57°06′30″N133°19′00″W / 57.10833°N 133.31667°W / 57.10833; -133.31667 (Bay Point)) in Farragut Bay (57°06′37″N133°14′28″W / 57.1103°N 133.2412°W / 57.1103; -133.2412 (Farragut Bay)) in Southeast Alaska 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi) north of Petersburg, Alaska. All four people on board survived.[9]
The decommissioned Sverdlov-class light cruiser ran aground and was wrecked off Sørvær, Finnmark, Norway, while under tow to be scrapped in India. Her wreck later was scrapped in situ.
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