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List of shipwrecks in 1996#November

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The list of shipwrecks in 1996 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1996.

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January

=4 January=

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|ship=Peril Cape

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The {{convert|44|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel sank quickly off Sitkalidak Island in the Kodiak Archipelago after her hull failed. The fishing vessel Golden Nugget ({{flag|United States|1960}}) rescued her entire crew of three from a life raft.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-p/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (P)]

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=8 January=

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|ship= {{ship|RV|Calypso||2}}

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The research vessel was rammed by a barge at Singapore and sank. Refloated on 16 January, repaired and returned to service. }}

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=10 January=

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|ship=Cape Chacon

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The {{convert|33|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel ran aground and sank at Ratz Harbor ({{coord|55|53|15|N|132|35|45|W|name=Ratz Harbor}}) off the northeast coast of Prince of Wales Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. Her crew of two abandoned ship in a skiff and was rescued by the United States Coast Guard.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-c/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (C)]

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=14 January=

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|ship=Daydreamer

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The {{convert|39|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel was wrecked on a reef near Hog Island in Alaska′s Kodiak Archipelago outside of Afognak Bay ({{coord|58.0499|N|152.7603|W|name=Afognak Bay}}). All four people aboard survived.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-d/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (D)]

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=18 January=

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|ship= North Cape

|flag=

|desc=The tank barge ran aground on Moonstone Beach in South Kingstown, Rhode Island, while under tow by the tugboat Scandia, which also ran aground. }}

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|ship= Scandia

|flag=

|desc=File:Scandia.jpgThe tugboat ran aground on Moonstone Beach in South Kingstown, Rhode Island, after her engine room caught fire while she was towing the tank barge North Cape, which also ran aground. }}

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=20 January=

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|ship={{MV|Gurita||2}}

|flag={{flag|Indonesia}}

|desc=The ferry sank in the Strait of Malacca with the loss of about 260 lives.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ferry survivor tells of fight in water |author=Tim Jones |date=22 January 1996 |page=1 |issue=65482 |column=D-H }} }}

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=23 January=

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|ship=Sally J

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The {{convert|45|ft|m|1|adj=on}} salmon seiner burned and sank in Uganik Bay {{convert|1|nmi}} off the coast of Kodiak Island, Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-s/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (S)]

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=27 January=

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|ship= {{ship||Pacesetter|fishing vessel|2}}

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The {{convert|114|ft|m|1|adj=on}} crab-fishing vessel disappeared in the Bering Sea approximately {{convert|65|nmi}} north of St. George Island with the loss of her entire crew of seven.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-p/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (P)]

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February

=3 February=

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|ship=S S Viking

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The {{convert|55|ft|m|1|adj=on}} hatchery vessel struck a rock and sank at Montague Island at the entrance to Prince William Sound on the coast of Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-s/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (S)]

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=6 February =

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|ship=Capt. Gil

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The tugboat sprang a leak and sank in the Gulf of Mexico off Steinhatchee, Florida.{{cite book|title=Florida's Shipwrecks|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E9rCexEYazUC&q=capt+gil&pg=PA93 |last=Barnette |first=Michael |series=Images of America |year=2008 |publisher=Arcadia Publishing |location=Charleston, South Carolina |isbn=978-0-7385-5413-6 |pages=121}}

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=7 February =

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|ship=Ambition

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The {{convert|83|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing trawler sank in Unimak Pass in the Aleutian Islands. Her crew of five abandoned ship wearing survival suits and was rescued by the fishing vessel Lone Star ({{flag|United States|1960}}).[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-a/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (A)]

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= 15 February =

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|ship= {{MV|Sea Empress||2}}

|flag={{flag|Liberia}}

|desc=Sea Empress oil spill: The tanker ran aground on rocks at the entrance to the Cleddau Estuary near Milford Haven, Dyfed loaded with 130,000 tonnes of crude oil. Later repaired and returned to service. }}

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=19 February=

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|ship=Gretchen I

|flag={{flag|Philippines}}

|desc=The overloaded ferry capsized and sank off Cadiz with the loss of 71 lives. There were at least 141 survivors.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ferry captain held after 54 drowned |date=20 February 1996 |page=11 |issue=65507 |column=D-E }} }}

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=27 February=

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|ship=Michael DePalma

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The retired {{convert|70|ft|m|1|adj=on}} barge was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean off Wildwood, New Jersey, at {{coord|38|56.970|N|074|41.337|W|name=Michael DePalma}}.[https://njscuba.net/reefs/chart_nj12_wildwood.php#DePalma njscuba.net Michael DePalma]

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=29 February=

{{shipwreck list begin |date=29 February 1996 |sort=}}

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|ship=All American

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=File:All American ship wreck St George Island 1996.jpgThe 289-gross ton, {{convert|147.6|ft|m|1|adj=on}} crab-fishing vessel was wrecked on the north coast of St. George Island in the Bering Sea. A Eurocopter HH-65 Dolphin helicopter from the high endurance cutter {{USCGC|Sherman|WHEC-720|6}} (22px United States Coast Guard) rescued her entire crew of five. Plans called for her wreck to be refloated, towed out to sea, and scuttled.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-a/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (A)]

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March

=25 March=

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|ship={{MV|Bom Re|1964|2}}

|flag={{flag|Portugal}}

|desc=The dredger foundered south west of Madeira with the loss of both crew.{{cite web |url=https://www.sandsuckersuk.com/post/south-coast-south-east-the-sixties |title=South Coast & South East, the Sixties |publisher=Sandsuckers |first=Paul |last=Whittle |accessdate=30 July 2023 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=391&vessel=BOWBELLE |title=Bowbelle |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=30 July 2023 }}

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=29 March=

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|ship=Evelyn Mary Louise

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The {{convert|32|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel burned and sank without loss of life at Metlakatla, Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-e/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (E)]

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=30 March=

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|ship={{ship|SLNS|P-458}}

|flag={{navy|Sri Lanka|1994}}

|desc=Sri Lankan Civil War: The P-453 ({{sclass2|Dvora|fast patrol boat|0}}) patrol boat was sunk by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam with an explosive motorboat.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=55189 |title=Naval Battles of the Sri Lanka Civil War|accessdate=29 October 2018}}

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April

=4 April=

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|ship=Desiree C

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The {{convert|38|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel capsized and was lost in {{convert|25|ft|m|adj=on}} seas in Chiniak Bay ({{coord|57|42|N|152|20|W|name=Chiniak Bay}}) off Kodiak Island in Alaska′s Kodiak Archipelago. The two men aboard lost their lives.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-d/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (D)]

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=15 April=

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|ship=Duchess

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The 142-gross ton, {{convert|79|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel caught fire off Spruce Island near Spruce Cape ({{coord|57|55|N|152|25|W|name=Spruce Cape}}) in Alaska′s Kodiak Archipelago. After a United States Coast Guard helicopter lifted off her crew of three, the tug Chenaille Rouge ({{flag|United States|1960}}) took her under tow, but Duchess capsized and the towline parted. Duchess′s wreck washed ashore on Spruce Island on 17 April. She was deemed a total loss.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-d/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (D)]

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=19 April=

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|ship=Antares

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The retired {{convert|41|ft|m|1|adj=on}} steel-hulled sailboat was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean {{convert|3.1|nmi}} off Barnegat, New Jersey, at {{coord|39|45.067|N|074|01.892|W|name=Antares}}.[https://njscuba.net/reefs/chart_nj05_barnegat.php#Antares njscuba.net Antares]

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May

= 14 May =

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|ship= Solar Wind

|flag=flag unknown

|desc=The trimaran and its two-person crew were reported missing after encountering a tropical storm. }}

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= 21 May =

{{shipwreck list begin |date= 21 May 1996 |sort=}}

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|ship= {{MV|Bukoba||2}}

|flag={{flag|Tanzania}}

|desc=The passenger vessel sank in Lake Victoria, drowning some 800 people. }}

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=25 May=

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|ship=Ruby

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The {{convert|34|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in Tongass Narrows in Southeast Alaska without loss of life.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-r/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (R)]

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June

=4 June=

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|ship=Marjo

|flag={{flag|United States|1912}}

|desc=The {{convert|48|ft|m|1|adj=on}} vessel was destroyed by fire in Salisbury Sound in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-m/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (M)]

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=11 June=

{{shipwreck list begin |date= 11 June 1996 |sort=}}

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|ship={{ship|SLNS|P-232}}

|flag={{navy|Sri Lanka|1994}}

|desc=Sri Lankan Civil War: The patrol boat was sunk by Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam mines.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=55189&sid=b73e596f2441517bcecc9280cf443ed7 |title=Naval Battles of the Sri Lanka Civil War |publisher=Soviet-Empire |accessdate=8 May 2020}}

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|ship={{ship|SLNS|P-243}}

|flag={{navy|Sri Lanka|1994}}

|desc=Sri Lankan Civil War: The patrol boat was sunk by Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam mines.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=55189&sid=b73e596f2441517bcecc9280cf443ed7 |title=Naval Battles of the Sri Lanka Civil War |publisher=Soviet-Empire |accessdate=8 May 2020}}

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=20 June=

{{shipwreck list begin |date= 20 June 1996 |sort=}}

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|ship=Starlite

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The {{convert|35|ft|m|1|adj=on}} salmon gillnetter was destroyed by a stack fire and sank in Prince William Sound near Hinchinbrook Entrance ({{coord|60|20|N|146|50|W|name=Hinchinbrook Entrance}}) on the south-central coast of Alaska. The only person aboard survived.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-s/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (S)]

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= 23 June =

{{shipwreck list begin |date= 23 June 1996 |sort=}}

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|ship= Nadine

|flag=flag unknown

|desc=The {{convert|167|ft|m|1|adj=on}} yacht sank en route from the Italian mainland to Sardinia during a mistral storm. All passengers and crew were rescued by the Italian coast guard. A fictionalized version of the sinking is depicted in the 2013 film The Wolf of Wall Street.{{cite web|first=Doug |last=Hoogs |title=Mayday in the Med |publisher=Yachts International |url=http://www.yachtsinternational.com/mayday-in-the-med/ |accessdate=30 July 2014}}}}

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July

=2 July=

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|ship=Kamishak Queen

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The {{convert|76|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel sank off Gore Point ({{coord|59|12|00|N|150|57|30|W|name=Gore Point}}) on Nuka Island off the Kenai Peninsula on the south-central coast of Alaska. Her crew of two survived.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-k/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (K)]

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=4 July=

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|ship=Divemaster

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The {{convert|30|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel struck a submerged object and sank {{convert|20|nmi}} south of Wrangell, Alaska. The only person aboard survived.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-d/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (D)]

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=16 July=

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|ship=MS Fortune

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The {{convert|38|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in the Bering Sea at Cape Seniavin ({{coord|56|24|N|160|09|W|name=Cape Seniavin}}) on the north coast of the Alaska Peninsula.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-m/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (M)]

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=18 July=

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|ship=Lady Launi

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=While under tow with no one aboard, the {{convert|48|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel sank approximately {{convert|100|nmi}} southwest of Kodiak, Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-l/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (L)]

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=19 July=

{{shipwreck list begin |date=19 July 1996 |sort=}}

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|ship={{ship|SLNS|Ranavirh}}

|flag={{navy|Sri Lanka|1994}}

|desc=Sri Lankan Civil War: First Battle of Mullaitivu: The Type 062 patrol boat was sunk by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam with two explosive motorboats. Lost with all 36 hands.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=55189 |title=Naval Battles of the Sri Lanka Civil War|accessdate=29 October 2018}}

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=22 July=

{{shipwreck list begin |date=22 July 1996 |sort=}}

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|ship=Caroline

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The {{convert|32|ft|m|1|adj=on}} salmon gillnetter burned and sank in Kvichak Bay on the Bristol Bay coast of Alaska. Her crew of three survived.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-c/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (C)]

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=25 July=

{{shipwreck list begin |date= 25 July 1996 |sort=}}

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|ship=Estella

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The {{convert|58|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel ran aground and sank in Sukoi Inlet ({{coord|57|14|N|135|36|W|name=Sukoi Inlet}}) in Southeast Alaska. All six people aboard survived.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-e/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (E)]

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August

=2 August=

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|ship=Martie

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The {{convert|43|ft|m|1|adj=on}} salmon seiner sank at Evans Island in Prince William Sound on the south-central coast of Alaska. Her entire crew of five survived.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-m/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (M)]

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=3 August=

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|ship=Colleen

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The retired {{convert|92|ft|m|1|adj=on}}, 150-gross register ton Erie Canal tug was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean {{convert|2|nmi}} off Mantoloking, New Jersey, in {{convert|80|ft|m|0}} of water at {{coord|40|02.794|N|073|59.350|W|name=Colleen}}.[https://njscuba.net/reefs/chart_nj04_axel_carlson.php#Colleen njscuba.net Colleen]

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=6 August=

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|ship=Lou-Ann-Marie

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The {{convert|32|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel burned and sank in the Bering Sea approximately {{convert|120|nmi}} northwest of Dutch Harbor, Alaska. Her crew of three survived.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-l/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (L)]

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=7 August=

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|ship=Alice M

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The {{convert|29|ft|m|1|adj=on}} gillnet salmon-fishing vessel burned and sank in Nushagak Bay on the Bristol Bay coast of Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-a/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (A)]

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=20 August=

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|ship={{USS|YOGN-8}}

|flag={{navy|United States|1960}}

|desc=The decommissioned {{convert|165|ft|m|1|adj=on}} non-self-propelled gasoline barge was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean {{convert|6.5|nmi}} off Harvey Cedars, New Jersey, in {{convert|80|ft|m|0}} of water at {{coord|39|37.564|N|074|01.341|W|name=YOGN-8}}. Her wreck is known as "John Dobilas."{{Cite web|url=https://njscuba.net/reefs/chart_nj06_gsn.php#JohnDoblias |title=njscuba.net YOGN-8 "John Dobilas" |access-date=2020-02-13 |archive-date=2020-02-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213021637/https://njscuba.net/reefs/chart_nj06_gsn.php#JohnDoblias |url-status=dead}}

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=25 August=

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|ship=Ocean Beauty

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The {{convert|30|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel was wrecked at Port Moller ({{coord|59|59|30|N|160|34|30|W|name=Port Moller}}), Alaska. Her crew of two survived.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-o/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (O)]

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September

=2 September=

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|ship=North Wind

|flag=Unknown flag

|desc=The {{convert|86|ft|m|1|adj=on}} motor scow ran aground and sank in Fancy Cove on the coast of British Columbia in Canada.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-n/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (N)]

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|ship=Thomas W

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The {{convert|35|ft|m|1|adj=on}} vessel sank in Gibson Cove ({{coord|57|46|45|N|152|26|40|W|name=Gibson Cove}}) in Alaska. No one was aboard her at the time.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-t/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (T)]}}

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|ship={{MV|Uniceb||2}}

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=The livestock carrier suffered an engine fire in the Pacific Ocean north of the Seychelles. She was abandoned by her crew and subsequently sank.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship full of sheep has sunk |date=11 September 1995 |page=14 |issue=65682 |column=H }} }}

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=5 September=

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|ship=Ivanof II

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The {{convert|36|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel was destroyed {{convert|2|nmi}} north of Seldovia, Alaska, by a fire that started in her cook stove. Her crew of two survived.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-i/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (I)]

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=12 September=

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|ship=Sea Lion

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The {{convert|32|ft|m|adj=on}} fishing vessel was wrecked at Fox Island ({{coord|60|10|N|144|37|W|name=Fox Island}}) near Katalla, Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-s/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (S)]

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=15 September=

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|ship={{ship||Sauniere|ship|2}}

|flag={{flag|Canada|civil}}

|desc=The self-unloading bulk carrier ran aground on the Bay State Shoal in the St. Lawrence River near Brockville, Ontario. The bottom shell plating on the starboard side was damaged and the #1 starboard ballast tank being was holed in three places. After being freed, Sauniere sailed to Hamilton, Ontario to unload its cargo and then to Port Weller Dry Docks at St. Catharines, Ontario for repairs.{{cite web |url=http://www.boatnerd.com/pictures/fleet/sauniere.htm |title=Sauniere |last=Wharton |first=George |website= Boatnerd |accessdate=4 February 2018}}

}}

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=16 September=

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|ship= GB22, GB23, GB24

|flag={{navy|Eritrea|1991}}

|desc=The GB11-class patrol boats were lost on this date.

}}

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=18 September=

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|ship=Unidentified Sang-O-class submarine

|flag={{navy|North Korea}}

|desc=The {{sclass|Sang-O|submarine}} ran aground on the east coast of South Korea near Jeongdongjin while trying to retrieve a three-person North Korean special operations reconnaissance team it had landed there three days earlier. Its crew abandoned it, and it was captured by South Korean forces. }}

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=24 September=

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|ship=Grom

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The {{convert|39|ft|m|1|adj=on}} gillnet salmon-fishing vessel was wrecked in Shelter Bay ({{coord|60|26|N|146|39|W|name=Shelter Bay}}) in Prince William Sound on the south-central coast of Alaska.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-g/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (G)]

}}

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=27 September=

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|ship=Gypsy

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The {{convert|33|ft|m|1|adj=on}} vessel sank in Marmot Bay ({{coord|58|00|N|152|06|W|name=Marmot Bay}}) in Alaska′s Kodiak Archipelago.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-g/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (G)]

}}

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=Unknown date=

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|ship={{MV|Captain Keith Tibbetts||2}}

|flag={{flag|Cayman Islands}}

|desc=The decommissioned {{sclass2|Koni|frigate}} was scuttled as an artificial reef off Grand Cayman Island sometime in September.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?176270 |title=Captain Kieth Tibbetts (+1996) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=19 August 2023 }}

}}

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|ship=HMFS Kiro

|flag={{navy|Fiji}}

|desc= The decommissioned {{sclass|Redwing|minesweeper}} was being towed to sea to be scuttled but broke loose when the tow pad ripped loose from her rotten deck and she was wrecked on a reef off Suva. The wreck was disposed of by burning. {{cite web |url=http://www.navsource.net/archives/11/05206.htm |title=Warbler (MSC 206) ex-AMS-206 |website=NavSource |access-date=19 August 2023 }}

}}

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October

=2 October=

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|ship=Margaret N

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The {{convert|30|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel sank at Hydaburg, Alaska. Her crew of two survived.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-m/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (M)]

}}

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=4 October=

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|ship=Tracy

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The vessel was wrecked on rocks in Gibson Cove ({{coord|57|46|45|N|152|26|40|W|name=Gibson Cove}}) on the coast of Kodiak Island near Kodiak, Alaska. Her owner burned the wreck after stripping it.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-t/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (T)]

}}

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=5 October=

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|ship=Alaska Dawn

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The {{convert|90|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel was wrecked on the north coast of Andronica Island in Alaska′s Shumagin Islands off the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula after her captain fell asleep at her helm. Her crew of four abandoned ship and were taken by a skiff from the vessel Vardal ({{flag|United States|1960}}) to the vessel Exodus ({{flag|United States|1960}}). Alaska Dawn later was scuttled.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-a/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (A)]

}}

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=17 October=

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|ship=Matt Turecamo

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The retired {{convert|86|ft|m|1|adj=on}} tug was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean {{convert|3.6|nmi}} off Sea Girt, New Jersey, in {{convert|80|ft|m|0}} of water at {{coord|40|07.514|N|073|56.465|W|name=Matt Turecamo}}. Her main deck is at a depth of {{convert|65|ft|m|0}}.[https://njscuba.net/reefs/site_nj02sg_matt_turecamo.php njscuba.net Matt Turecamo]

}}

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=24 October=

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|ship=Rebecca B

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The {{convert|77|ft|m|1|adj=on}} longline fishing vessel was wrecked on a shoal {{convert|50|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} off the coast at Cape Sasmik ({{coord|51|36|30|N|177|55|00|W|name=Cape Sasmik}}) on Tanaga Island in the western Andreanof Islands in the southwestern Aleutian Islands. A United States Navy salvage tug rescued her entire crew of seven.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-r/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (R)]

}}

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=28 October=

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|ship=Lucky Logger

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The {{convert|26|ft|m|1|adj=on}} bowpicker sank at the entrance to Day Harbor on the south-central coast of Alaska. A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued the only person aboard.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-l/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (L)]

}}

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=Unknown date=

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|ship={{ship|SLNS|P-457}}

|flag={{navy|Sri Lanka|1994}}

|desc=Sri Lankan Civil War: The {{sclass2|Dvora|fast patrol boat|0}} patrol boat was sunk by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam sometime in October.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=55189&sid=b73e596f2441517bcecc9280cf443ed7 |title=Naval Battles of the Sri Lanka Civil War |publisher=Soviet-Empire |accessdate=8 May 2020}}

}}

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November

=4 November=

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|ship=Bristol Storm

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The {{convert|117|ft|m|1|adj=on}} crab-fishing vessel sank in heavy weather in {{convert|228|ft|m}} of water in the Bering Sea northwest of Port Moller ({{coord|56|50|N|162|34|W|name=Port Moller}}), Alaska, after uncontrollable flooding began in her pump room. The fishing vessel New Venture ({{flag|United States|1960}}) rescued her crew of six.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-b/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (B)]

}}

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=11 November=

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|ship={{MV|Bever||2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The tug capsized and sank in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom with the loss of one of her two crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Battle to save sailor trapped in hull |author=Jonathan Prynn |date=12 November 1996 |page=3 |issue=65733 |column=H }} }}

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=14 November=

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|ship=Cordigliera

|flag={{flag|Panama}}

|desc=After placing a distress call to Durban Radio at 10:30 pm requesting immediate assistance due to a leak in a hold, the freighter sank off South Africa off Port St Johns with the loss of all 23 lives.{{Cite news |agency=East Cape News Agencies |title=Cordigliera sinks off Port St Johns|date=16 November 1996}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Princess Jihan

|flag={{flag|Egypt}}

|desc=The riverboat capsized and sank in the Nile at Qalh al-Jabal with the loss of over 20 lives.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Nile cruise bodies retrieved |author=Christopher Walker |date=16 November 1995 |page=19 |issue=65737 |column=D-F }}

}}

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=15 November=

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|ship=Aunt Bergit

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The {{convert|38|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel was destroyed by fire off Hinchinbrook Island off the south-central coast of Alaska. Her crew of three survived.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-a/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (A)]

}}

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=26 November=

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{MV|Franz Hals||2}}

|flag={{Flag|Russia}}

|desc=File:NaufrageFranzHals.jpg

The factory ship was driven ashore at Biarritz, France. She was refloated on 21 December.{{cite web |url=http://www.bourbon-online.com/en/marine-services/assistance-salvage-and-pollution-remediation/operations/franz-hals-biarritz |title=Franz Hals – Biarritz |publisher=Bourbon |accessdate=13 July 2011 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130118103036/http://www.bourbon-online.com/en/marine-services/assistance-salvage-and-pollution-remediation/operations/franz-hals-biarritz |archive-date=18 January 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Tamra Dawn

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The {{convert|29|ft|m|adj=on}} sea cucumber and sea urchin dive boat sank off Dall Head ({{coord|55|08|N|131|45|W|name=Dall Head}}) southwest of Ketchikan in Southeast Alaska during a diving expedition for sea cucumbers. Her entire crew of three perished.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-t/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (T)]}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

=Unknown date=

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship= {{ship||Lene Marie}}

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The ketch was abandoned in a storm in the North Atlantic. }}

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December

=2 December=

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|ship=Billy B

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The {{convert|30|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel was swamped in the surf and sank off Warren Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska near Klawock, Alaska. Her crew of two survived.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-b/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (B)]

}}

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=3 December=

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|ship=Deann

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The {{convert|25|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel sank off Fish Egg Island ({{coord|55|29|20|N|133|10|15|W|name=Fish Egg Island}}) in Southeast Alaska. All three people aboard survived.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-d/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (D)]

}}

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=5 December=

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|ship=El Dan

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The {{convert|61.3|ft|m|1|adj=on}} crab-fishing vessel capsized and sank in Portage Bay ({{coord|57|34|05|N|156|02|15|W|name=Portage Bay}}) on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula just west of Kanatak, Alaska, during a storm. Wearing survival suits, her crew of five abandoned ship in a life raft and was rescued.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-e/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (E)]

}}

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=9 December=

{{shipwreck list begin |date=9 December 1996 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship||Alexandria|schooner|2}}

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc=The schooner sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. }}

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=12 December=

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Oceanic

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The {{convert|48|ft|m|1|adj=on}} shrimp-fishing vessel sank with the loss of one life in the Gulf of Alaska {{convert|23|nmi}} southwest of Craig, Alaska. There were two survivors.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-o/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (O)]

}}

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=14 December=

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Makani Kanalio

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The {{convert|39|ft|m|1|adj=on}} fishing vessel burned and sank at Unalaska, Alaska. The only person aboard survived.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-m/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (M)]

}}

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=25 December =

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|ship=F174

|flag=

|desc=The wooden ship sank overnight {{convert|19|nmi}} from Portopalo di Capo Passero, Sicily, Italy, while transporting illegal immigrants to Italy after either breaking up in stormy weather or colliding with the cargo ship Iohan El Hallal ({{flag|Malta}}), killing at least 283 people.}}

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=30 December =

{{shipwreck list begin |date=30 December 1996 |sort=}}

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|ship=270 unidentified boats

|flag={{flag|United States}}

|desc= A snowy Pacific Northwest windstorm caused the roof collapse of 17 of the 19 structures at the Edmonds, Washington, marina, sinking 270 boats out of the 400 moored at the marina.{{cite news |last1=Targovnik |first1=Diane |title=About 270 boats sink at Edmonds |url=https://products.kitsapsun.com/archive/1996/12-30/355309_about_270_boats_sink_at_edmonds.html |work=Kitsap Sun |agency=AP |date=30 December 1996}}}}

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Unknown date

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|ship={{MV|Dystos||2}}

|flag={{Flag|Greece}}

|desc=Sank with some loss of life.{{cite web|url=http://www.matsas.gr/serframe.htm |title=Company's History |publisher=Loucas G Matsas |accessdate=26 September 2010}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mr. J

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The crab processor – a former PCE-842-class patrol craft and auxiliary minelayer – was towed out into the Pacific Ocean and scuttled sometime in the 1990s.[http://www.navsource.net/archives/11/0104.htm NavSource Online: Patrol Craft Escort Photo Archive Buttress (ACM 4) ex-PCE-878]

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|SLNS|P-225}}

|flag={{navy|Sri Lanka|1994}}

|desc=Sri Lankan Civil War: The patrol boat was sunk by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam sometime in 1996.{{cite web |url=http://www.soviet-empire.com/ussr/viewtopic.php?f=149&t=55189&sid=b73e596f2441517bcecc9280cf443ed7 |title=Naval Battles of the Sri Lanka Civil War |publisher=Soviet-Empire |accessdate=8 May 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unidentified barge

|flag={{flag|United States|1960}}

|desc=The retired {{convert|80|ft|m|1|adj=on}} steel-hulled barge was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean south of Long Island {{convert|2.5|nmi}} off Moriches Inlet, New York.[https://njscuba.net/reefs/chart_ny07_moriches.php njscuba.net Moriches Artificial Reef]

}}

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