List of major marine casualties since 2011

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This list of major marine casualties since 2011 contains accidents in the maritime navigation since 2011, in which there was loss of human life or high property damage.

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2011

date Surname Victim description
March 27, 2011 Refugee boat 61 dead In the boat accident off Tripoli in 2011 , after running out of fuel and food, a refugee boat drifted in distress between Tripoli and Lampedusa for weeks without being rescued. Of the 72 people on board, 61 died at sea. According to the survivors, the boat had been sighted several times by helicopters and ships, but no rescue attempts resulted. The Euro Europe presented in an official report a catalog of human and institutional failure and recommended in Resolution 1872 in 2012, the NATO , the national search and rescue organizations and the various parliaments in regard to this incident, and 1,500 deaths in the Mediterranean in 2011, its sea rescue better organize according to international obligations.
April 6, 2011 Refugee boat ≈ 250 missing persons About 39 miles off the coast of Lampedusa , a refugee boat ran into distress and capsized.
June 3, 2011 Refugee boats ≈ 200 deaths Several Libyan refugee boats ran into distress off the coast of Tunisia after a mass panic on board the boats due to overloading. Many people jumped overboard and drowned. The Tunisian Coast Guard subsequently saved 570 people, but an estimated 200 people, mostly African refugees, were killed.
July 3, 2011 Refugee boat 197 dead On the way from Sudan to Saudi Arabia , a refugee boat sank in the Red Sea after a fire broke out on board. 197 people lost their lives, only three survivors were later saved.
July 10, 2011 Bulgaria 129 dead The Russian passenger ship Bulgaria (1003 GT) sank on the Volga, near Sjukejewo , for reasons that are not exactly clear. The ship was probably overloaded, and the ship, built in 1955, is said to have been in poor condition in some cases. 129 people died in the sinking, 79 survivors were picked up by another passenger ship. The Russian government later decreed that ships of this type may no longer be used in the future.
September 10, 2011 Spice Islander I. 2967 dead The Tanzanian passenger ship Spice Islander I (836 GT) sank in the early morning hours of September 10, 2011 between the islands of Unguja and Pemba, which are part of the Zanzibar archipelago, as a result of overloading. There were more than 3200 passengers on board, although the ship was only designed for about 700 people. Only 203 bodies could be recovered. With probably around 3,000 fatalities, this accident was one of the most momentous catastrophes in shipping .
September 15, 2011 Nordlys 2 dead On board the Norwegian passenger ship Nordlys (11,204 GT, shipping company Hurtigruten AS ), a fire broke out in the engine room off Ålesund on the morning of September 15, 2011 . Passengers were brought off board with the lifeboats. The Nordlys was moored to put out the fire in the port of Ålesund, where parts of the city center had to be evacuated because of the heavy smoke. According to the Norwegian police, two crew members were killed in the accident.
October 5, 2011 Rena 0 The container ship Rena (37,209 GT) sailing under the flag of Liberia ran aground on the Astrolabe Reef on October 5, 2011 on the way from Napier to Tauranga . All 25 crew members were brought to safety in good time. The fuel tanks, which contained 1,500 to 2,000 tons of heavy fuel oil , were initially undamaged, but oil leaked from broken pipes, which the bunker ship Awanuia could partially pump out in the following weeks . However, 350 tons of oil spilled into the sea, polluting the Bay of Plenty beaches. On January 8, 2012, the Rena broke in two, the stern section sank soon after.
December 17, 2011 Refugee boat ≈ 200 deaths On the way to Christmas Island in Australia , an Indonesian refugee boat sank after a machine failure during a storm off East Java . It is estimated that around 200 people drowned, to which the small number of life jackets also contributed; according to deviating information, 33 to 87 survivors were rescued.
December 18, 2011 Kolskaya 53 dead In the Sea of ​​Okhotsk , about 170 nautical miles northeast of Sakhalin , the Russian oil platform Kolskaya sank in a strong storm. The platform, towed by another ship, suffered several water inrushes in the hurricane and sank in just 20 minutes. Of the 67 people on board, only 14 could be rescued from the ice-cold water by support vehicles. Russian investigators later came to the conclusion that safety regulations had been violated while the platform was moving in the storm.
December 24, 2011 Refugee boat 38 dead A refugee boat from Haiti leaked about 100 meters from Punta de Maisí in Cuba and sank. 87 people were rescued, but at least 38 people were killed.
December 25, 2011 Vinalines Queen 22 dead The Vietnamese bulk carrier Vinalines Queen (31,247 GT), on the way from Morowali ( Indonesia ) to Ningde ( People's Republic of China ), sank in a severe winter storm in the Philippine Sea , northeast of Luzon . The ship, loaded with 54,000 tons of nickel ore , capsized in waves up to ten meters high and sank within a very short time. The storm initially made any rescue effort difficult. A lone survivor was only rescued from the freighter London Courage on December 30th . A total of 22 of 23 crew members were killed.
December 31, 2011 Prem Divya 5 dead In the port of Fujairah , during a shipyard overhaul on the Indian tanker Prem Divya (89,990 GT), three explosions occurred for reasons that were not exactly clear. At least three workers were killed, and two other people are missing. Presumably, flying sparks caused the accident during welding work.

2012

date Surname Victim description
January 13, 2012 Costa Concordia 32 dead The Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia (114,147 GT) drove a negligent course close to land near the island of Giglio (in front of the Monte Argentario in Italy ) and hit a rock off the island at around 10:00 p.m., with the hull over almost 70 m Length was ripped open. The ship then capsized near the coast, the port side and the superstructure of the ship still protruding from the water. 32 people were killed in the accident. About 4200 people were on board at the time of the accident. Some passengers drowned or died of heart attacks after jumping into the water in a panic.
January 15, 2012 Doola 3 5 dead In the Yellow Sea , about 18 nautical miles west of Incheon , the South Korean petrol tanker Doola 3 (4,191 GT) exploded for reasons that have not yet been clarified . The ship subsequently broke apart and later sank near the coast. Five out of 16 crew members were killed. According to unconfirmed reports, several crew members are said to be missing. The accident could possibly have been caused by gasoline fumes from leaking tanks.
before January 28, 2012 Refugee boat ≈ 55 dead A boat with Somali refugees on the way to Malta or Italy sank off Misrata in Libya . 15 bodies were later recovered, but an additional 40 people are missing.
February 2, 2012 Rabaul Queen ≈ 115 dead The Rabaul Queen (259 GT), a passenger ferry built in 1983, sank on the voyage from Kimbe to Lae around 6:00 a.m. local time in the Solomon Sea , about nine nautical miles from Finschhafen ( Papua New Guinea ), in a storm, most likely as a result of an engine failure. 247 of the 362 suspected passengers could be rescued, the rest are considered missing, so that about 115 victims can be assumed. However, this number is not definitively certain, other sources also state that up to 550 people were on the ship.
June / July 2012 Refugee boat 54 dead According to the only survivor, 54 refugees died of thirst when their rubber dinghy was unable to maneuver off the Italian coast for weeks.
October 1, 2012 Lamma IV 37 dead In the evening hours, around 8:20 p.m., the Lamma IV excursion boat and the Sea Smooth high-speed ferry collided off the port of Hong Kong , north of Lamma Island . The excursion boat, with 121 passengers and three crew members on board, sank within about ten minutes. Despite a rescue operation that was immediately initiated , 37 people were killed.

2013

date Surname Victim description
May 8, 2013 Jolly Nero 9 dead The Italian container ship Jolly Nero (33,400 GT) crashed into a control tower in the port of Genoa during a maneuver . The 54 meter high tower and an adjoining administrative building then fell into the harbor basin. In the accident, a total of nine people were killed in the control tower in question, four others were injured.
June. 17.2013 MOL Comfort 0 The container ship MOL Comfort (86,692 GT) of the Japanese shipping company Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) broke apart on June 17, 2013 in the Arabian Sea as a result of a weak construction and a (presumed) overloading of the ship's bottom June, the forecastle on July 10th). It was the largest ever loss of container ship. No personal injuries occurred.
August 9, 2013 Falado of Rhodes 0 The brigantine Falado of Rhodes , which is mainly used by groups of the Bundischen youth , sank around ten nautical miles west of Iceland after heavy water ingress. The crew of twelve, including seven children and young people between the ages of 11 and 14, was rescued unharmed by Icelandic sea rescue workers.
August 16, 2013 St. Thomas of Aquinas 91 dead,
46 missing 		In front of the port of Cebu in the evening, around 9 p.m., the Filipino RoRo ferry St. Thomas of Aquinas (11,405 GT) collided with the Philippine cargo ship Sulpicio Express Siete entering the port . The ferry sank with 723 passengers and 118 crew members on board. At least 91 people died, another 46 are missing.
September 27, 2013 Refugee boat 21 dead A refugee boat sank off Indonesia on its way to Australia. At least 21 people drowned.
3rd October 2013 Refugee boat 366 dead Boat accident off Lampedusa in 2013 : a 20-meter-long cutter loaded with around 545 refugees from Somalia and Eritrea sank off the coast of the island of Lampedusa and came from the Libyan port city of Misrata . The boat accident fueled the debate on European refugee policy.
October 11, 2013 Refugee boat 268 dead On October 11, 2013, 268 refugees drowned between Malta and Lampedusa. 212 people were rescued by the Maltese and Italian navies. Calls for help from the refugees had previously been improperly handled by the Italian and Maltese MRCC, so that rescue workers etc. a. the Italian ITS Libra, only 50 km away, only arrived after the refugee boat capsized. Italian prosecutors charged two Italian officers with negligent homicide.
3rd November 2013 Ferry boat 7 dead In an accident involving a two-story ferry boat off the coast of the Thai seaside resort of Pattaya , seven people drowned, including four tourists. Around 100 people were injured in the accident, including ten seriously injured. About 200 people are said to have been on board the ferry. The allegedly overloaded ship came from the island of Ko Lan and capsized about 100 meters from the Bali Hai Pier in Pattaya . There were also problems with the engine.
December 2013 Jascon 4 11 dead Capsized during an operation off the coast of Nigeria, 11 crew members died. The ship's cook Harrison Odjegba Okene survived the accident for three days in an air bubble in the shipwreck and was rescued [1] , possibly the only documented case that someone has survived in an air bubble in a shipwreck.

2014

date Surname Victim description
20th January 2014 Refugee boat 11 dead A refugee boat with 27 people on board sank off the island of Farmakonisi in tow of the Greek coast guard. Three women and eight children died. The boat driver was acquitted by the Greek Maritime Court in Rhodes that not he, but the Greek coast guard was responsible for the accident.
22th January 2014 Refugee boat over 34 dead A wooden sailing boat with 70 to 100 people on board sank off the Greek island of Kalymnos . 34 dead and 26 survivors were rescued by the coast guard.
22th January 2014 Refugee boat 8 dead A wooden boat with 49 people on board sank off the Greek island of Farmakonisi . Two women and six children drowned.
April 16, 2014 Sewol 290 dead The South Korean RoPax ferry Sewol (6,586 GT) overturned on the way from Incheon to Jeju within a short time near the island of Jindo , most likely as a result of overloading. According to official information, the ship was loaded with up to 3,600 tons of cargo, but only 987 tons would have been permitted. In addition, the ferry only had around 30% of the prescribed ballast water on board. At the time of the sinking, there were 476 passengers on board, including 325 students from Danwon High School . By the end of May 2014, 288 bodies had been recovered from the sunken ferry. Two divers were also killed during the rescue work, increasing the death toll to 290 (as of May 31, 2014). A total of 16 people are still missing. The ferry was salvaged on March 23, 2017.
before May 11, 2014 Refugee boat at least 36 dead About 4 km off the Libyan coast near Garabouli, a refugee boat with about 130 occupants capsized due to a leak. 52 survivors and 36 bodies were recovered.
May 16, 2014 (?) Cheeki Rafiki 4 dead The British sailing yacht Cheeki Rafiki , originally en route from Antigua to the United Kingdom, was found floating in the Atlantic Ocean by the United States Navy around 1,850 kilometers east of Massachusetts on May 23, 2014 . On May 16, 2014, the yacht's EPIRB buoy was activated automatically for an unexplained cause. At the time of finding the ship drifted in capsized state almost at the water surface. There was no trace of the four-man crew.
May 29, 2014 Shoko Maru 1 dead The Japanese tanker Shoko Maru (998 GT) exploded in front of the port of the southern Japanese city of Himeji , for reasons that were not exactly clear . The ship, which was unloaded at the time of the explosion, largely burned out and sank around ten hours after the accident. Seven survivors of the eight-man crew were rescued (one survivor suffered severe burns); the captain of the tanker was killed.
September 10, 2014 Refugee boat ≈ 500 deaths A ship belonging to a gang of smugglers rammed a refugee boat around 300 nautical miles southeast of Malta on the way from the Egyptian port city of Damiette to Malta (or Italy?). Around 500 Syrians, Palestinians, Egyptians and Sudanese were on board this boat ; at least 480 people were killed in the incident.
September 14, 2014 Refugee boat 164 dead On September 14, a refugee boat with 200 people on board sank off the Libyan coast. 36 people were rescued, 164 died according to the Libyan Navy.
December 28, 2014 Norman Atlantic 13 dead A fire broke out on the Italian ferry (186.5 m long, 26,904 GT) on the journey from Patras to Ancona at around 3 a.m. At that time, at least 499 people (443 passengers, 56 crew members and probably some stowaways) were on the ship. 427 people were rescued and at least eleven were killed. The heavily damaged ship was brought into the port of Brindisi, where the fires were finally extinguished on January 10, 2015 and the search for further victims continued. Two other seamen were killed in the course of the recovery operations, bringing the number of victims to 13. The death toll could have been higher, however, as up to 18 people are still missing.

2015

date Surname Victim description
January 1, 2015 Bulk Jupiter 18 dead The flying the flag of the Bahamas ongoing Bulk Bulk Jupiter (31,256 GT), with 46,400 tons of aluminum ore en route from Kuantan to Qingdao , sank south of Vung Tau (Vietnam south coast) in stormy weather, most likely because the charge had slipped. Of the total of 19 crew members, only one survivor could be recovered, and rescue workers also found the bodies of two other crew members.
2nd January 2015 Cemfjord 8 dead The cargo ship Cemfjord (1850 GT), which runs under the Cypriot flag and is managed by Hamburg's Baltrader Schifffahrtsgesellschaft, capsized in stormy weather in the evening hours of January 2, 2015, about 15 nautical miles southeast of the Scottish port city of Wick . The overturned and drifting wreck was initially discovered by a ferry on January 3, but finally sank on January 4. There was no trace of the eight-man crew.
February 9, 2015? Refugee boat 29 dead In extreme weather conditions, a refugee boat with more than 100 people came into distress off Lampedusa. Twenty-nine people died of hypothermia. The Italian rescue workers risked their own lives in waves over nine meters high.
February 11, 2015? four refugee boats ≈ 300 deaths Four refugee boats, each with up to 100 people on board, are believed to have run into distress en route from Libya to Italy.
March 3, 2015 Refugee boat 10 dead A refugee boat got into distress on the way from the Libyan Zuwara to Lampedusa before Zarzis . Ten people were killed and 86 were rescued by the Tunisian Navy.
2nd April 2015 Dalniy Vostok 69 dead The Russian fishing ship Dalniy Vostok (4407 GT) sank in the Sea of ​​Okhotsk , about 180 nautical miles south of the port city of Magadan . It is very likely that the ship overturned while hauling in a net as a result of overloading; an emergency call was not made. At the time of the accident, 132 people were on board, 56 of whom were killed. Another 13 people are also missing, which is why a total of 69 victims must be assumed.
April 12, 2015 Refugee boat ≈ 400 deaths A refugee boat with about 550 people on board sank off the Libyan coast; 144 people were rescued by the Italian coast guard. Possibly the ship capsized when the passengers moved to one side at the same time as they noticed the approaching coast guard.
18./19. April 2015 Refugee boat about 675 dead In the sea between the Libyan coast and the Italian island of Lampedusa capsized on the night of 18/19. April a refugee boat with many hundreds of people on board. The rescue workers feared that almost everyone was killed; 28 survivors were rescued by a merchant ship. The number of dead is estimated at around 675.
April 20, 2015 Refugee boat 3 dead A refugee boat ran into a reef off the beach of Zephyros off Rhodes. Three people died.
August 15, 2015? Refugee boat 49 dead 49 people suffocated on a fishing boat. 312 people were saved. The captain and crew were arrested in Catania.
August 18, 2015 Refugee boat 6 dead A 9-meter motorboat capsized on the way from Turkey to the Greek island of Kos. Six Syrian migrants drowned.
August 27, 2015 Refugee boat up to 200 dead The remains of a sunken refugee boat were found about a kilometer from the Libyan Zuwara. Of the 400 or so migrants on board, up to 200 are believed to have drowned.
2nd September 2015 Refugee boat 12 dead A refugee boat sank near Bodrum , Turkey . Twelve people died. The fate of the drowned three-year-old Alan Kurdi and his family caused a worldwide sensation.
13th September 2015 Refugee boat 34 dead A refugee boat capsized off the Greek island of Farmakonisi. 34 people, including four babies and eleven children, drowned.
20th September 2015 Collision ferry / refugee boat 13 dead A refugee boat with 46 people collided with a ferry on the way from Canakkale in Turkey to the Greek island of Lesbos .
October 1, 2015 (?) El Faro 33 dead The US-flagged ConRo freighter El Faro (31,515 GT), on the way from Jacksonville to Puerto Rico , was caught in the hurricane "Joaquin" in the sea area of ​​the Bahamas , northwest of the Turks and Caicos Islands . October 2015 in an unknown position. The entire crew of 33 men (28 Americans and five Poles) went down with the ship. A lifebuoy and the body of a crew member floating in the water were then found. The sunken El Faro was located on October 31, 2015 by the crew of the US Navy's Apache tug with a sonar device.
October 28, 2015 Refugee boat 54 dead During the crossing from Turkey to Greece, a refugee boat broke in two off the island of Lesbos. 54 people died.
October 29, 2015 Refugee boat 39 missing people During the crossing from Alhucemas in Morocco to Spain, a refugee boat got into distress and was sighted by Frontex. Thirteen men and two women were rescued, while 39 other people are missing.
October 30, 2015 Refugee boat 19 dead Nineteen people drowned in a boat accident off the Greek island of Kalymnos . 139 people were saved.
October 30, 2015 Refugee boat 3 dead In a boat accident off the Greek island of Rhodes, three people drowned. Six people could be saved.
November 1, 2015 Refugee boat 11 dead During the crossing from Turkey to Greece, a refugee boat sank off the island of Samos. Eleven refugees, including six children, died.

2016

date Surname Victim description
January 3, 2016 Refugee boat 9 dead A boat carrying twenty-two migrants overturned in stormy seas while trying to reach the island of Lesbos from Turkey. Nine bodies washed up in Ayvalik, Turkey .
January 21, 2016 Refugee boat 8 dead The refugee boat manned by 48 people crashed off the Greek island of Farmakonisi . Seven children and one woman could only be recovered dead.
January 21, 2016 Refugee boat at least 34 dead A wooden refugee boat with up to 70 people crashed off the Greek island of Kalolimnos . 34 bodies, including eleven children, were recovered.
January 27, 2016 Refugee boat 7 dead A refugee boat sank off the Greek island of Kos . Seven people were killed.
January 28, 2016 Refugee boat at least 24 dead A boat carrying Kurdish refugees sank off the Greek island of Samos . 24 people were killed and eleven more are missing.
January 30, 2016 Refugee boat at least 33 dead A boat with refugees from Afghanistan, Myanmar and Syria sank off the Turkish Ayvalik . 33 people were killed, 75 were saved.
February 2, 2016 Refugee boat 9 dead A boat with refugees sank in front of the Turkish Doğanbey. Nine people, including two babies, drowned.
February 8, 2016 Refugee boat 27 dead A boat carrying refugees sank off the coast of the Turkish province of Balikesir en route to Lesbos. 27 people, including eleven children, drowned.
March 6, 2016 Refugee boat 25 dead A boat with refugees sank in front of Didim in Turkey . Twenty-five people drowned and fifteen were rescued by the Turkish Coast Guard.
April 9, 2016 Refugee boat at least 5 dead A refugee boat sank off the Greek island of Samos . Four women and a child were killed, five more people are missing.
April 9, 2016 Abu Nawal trawler ≈ 500 deaths The trawler Abu Nawal capsized while taking over refugees from a wooden boat off Egypt. About 500 adults and children drowned. No criminal action was taken in 2016.
May 25, 2016 Refugee boat 5 dead,
≈ 100 missing 		A refugee boat capsized. Five dead were rescued, about 100 people are missing, 560 were rescued.
May 26, 2016 Refugee boat 15 dead
550 missing 		A refugee boat with 670 people on board sank. Fifteen dead were rescued, about 550 people are missing, 104 were rescued.
May 27, 2016 Refugee boat at least 45 dead A refugee boat sank. At least 45 people were killed.
June 1st or 2nd, 2016 Refugee boat 117 dead 117 dead were recovered off the coast of Libya near the city of Suwara . It is believed that they came from a refugee boat that was discovered empty at sea.
3rd June 2016 Refugee boat ≈ 320 dead The accident occurred 75 nautical miles south of Crete. When a refugee boat from Egypt went down, around 340 people were saved.
18./19. June 2016 boat 14 dead 14 Moscow children drowned in a boat accident on Lake Sjamosero in the Republic of Karelia in northwestern Russia .
20th June 2016 Sinar Bangun V 4 dead,
192 missing 		On June 20, 2016 the ferry Sinar Bangun V capsized in stormy weather and high waves on Lake Toba in Sumatra. The ferry with a capacity of 43 people was completely overloaded. 4 dead and 18 survivors were rescued. 192 people are missing.
August 21, 2016 Traditional ship Amicitia 3 dead When the front mast of a flat-bottomed ship broke in the harbor in the Dutch town of Harlingen , three German tourists were killed.
September 21, 2016 Refugee ship ≈ 300 deaths A refugee ship with 600 people on board capsized off the Egyptian coast. 202 bodies were recovered and at least 169 people were saved. The total number of victims is estimated at around 300.
3rd October 2016 Refugee boats 22 dead On October 3rd, 22 people were killed from various refugee boats off the Libyan coast. 6055 were saved.
4th October 2016 Refugee boats 28 dead On October 4th, 28 people were killed in various refugee boats off the Libyan coast. 4655 were saved.
October 26, 2016 Refugee boat at least 90 dead A rubber dinghy sank off the western Libyan Tajoura 42 km off the coast with 126 refugees on board.
October 26, 2016 Refugee boat 29 dead The Bourbon Argos recovered 29 dead from a refugee boat from Libya , who had probably died from toxic exhaust fumes. Survivors had to be taken to hospitals because of chemical burns.
November 2, 2016 Refugee boat ≈ 100 dead On November 2, 2016, a refugee boat capsized just off the Libyan coast. 29 people survived and about 100 drowned.
3rd November 2016 Refugee boat ≈ 140 dead On November 3, 2016, a refugee boat capsized just off the Libyan coast. Two people survived and about 140 drowned.

2017

date Surname Victim description
before February 21, 2017 Refugee boat 87 dead In Libya, 87 bodies and a capsized rubber dinghy capable of carrying 120 people were washed ashore on the beach in az-Zawiya .
March 25, 2017 two refugee boats over 200 dead In the boat accident off Libya on March 25, 2017, the Spanish NGO Proactiva Open Arms discovered two inflatable boats and 5 corpses. Proactiva Open Arms and the UNHCR estimate that there could have been up to 120 people in each boat.
March 31, 2017 Stellar Daisy 22 dead The South Korean VLOC - Bulk Stellar Daisy for transporting ore broke in calm weather at midnight in the South Atlantic fully loaded apart and sank within minutes. The ship was on its way from Brazil to China. Only two of the 24 sailors could be rescued. Measured by 148,431 GT , the accident is one of the largest of its kind in the shipping industry  .
April 23, 2017 Refugee boat at least 16 dead A boat with twenty to twenty-five people from Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Kamerung capsized while crossing from Turkey off the Greek island of Lesbos. At least 16 people, including two children, were killed.
17th June 2017 ACX Crystal / USS Fitzgerald 7 dead Collision of a container ship with a US Navy ship. The 220-meter-long container ship ACX Crystal, sailing under the Philippine flag, collided with the American destroyer USS Fitzgerald at around 1:30 am local time off the Japanese peninsula of Izu, south of Tokyo Bay . Seven sailors were killed on the American ship because they could not save themselves from the flooding in their accommodations, which surprised them while they were sleeping. The freighter's crew was uninjured. The freighter was able to continue its voyage to Yokohama in the west of Toyo Bay on its own. The Fitzgerald drove slowly and accompanied by other ships to the US fleet base Yokosuka on the southwest side of Tokyo Bay.
22nd September 2017 Refugee boat 21 dead,
9 missing 		A fishing boat believed to have more than 70 refugees on board sank in the Black Sea 200 km east of Istanbul. 21 dead were rescued, nine people are missing, over forty people were saved
October 8, 2017 Refugee boat 34 dead A Tunisian naval boat collided with a refugee boat 54 km from the Tunisian island of Kerkennah.
3rd November 2017 Refugee boat 3 dead Three people drowned in a boat accident off the Greek island of Kalymnos. Fifteen people were saved.
3rd November 2017 Refugee boat 26 dead
64 missing 		26 dead Nigerian girls and young women were rescued from a Spanish rescue ship and brought to Salerno. The International Organization for Migration assumes, based on the circumstances, that traffickers attempted to bring the young women into sexual exploitation across the Mediterranean.
November 6, 2017 Refugee boat at least 20 dead When attempting to rescue 130 to 150 refugees by the NGO Sea-Watch and the Libyan Coast Guard, at least 20 people drowned.
on or after November 15, 2017 San Juan (S-42) 44 dead The submarine San Juan (S-42) disappeared on or after November 15, 2017 under previously unexplained circumstances off the Argentine coast in the South Atlantic on the way from Ushuaia back to her home port Mar del Plata. In November 2018, a diving robot located parts of the San Juan at a depth of 800 meters off the Valdés peninsula off Patagonia
November 25, 2017 Refugee boat at least 31 dead The Libyan Coast Guard recovered 31 dead and sixty surviving migrants from a boat off the Libyan coast near Garabulli, east of Tripoli.
20th December 2017 ferry at least 4 dead In rough seas, a ferry with 250 people on board capsized near the Philippine city of Real .

2018

date Surname Victim description
January 6, 2018 Refugee boat ≈ 64 dead

A rubber dinghy manned by migrants set off for Italy from the Libyan coast. The boat capsized in an unknown position at sea. The Italian Coast Guard and Navy were able to save 86 people. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) stated after questioning the passers-by that 150 people were on board the inflatable boat.

January 6, 2018 Collision of an oil tanker with a freighter 32 dead After the collision of the oil tanker Sanchi with a bulk carrier off the coast of eastern China, tens of thousands of tons of oil were burned or spilled into the sea. Of the 32 sailors, only three bodies were found, the remaining 29 men were also pronounced dead.
January 18, 2018 Butiraoi ferry 95 dead On February 18, 2018, the overloaded and unseaworthy ferry Butiraoi sank off the Kiribati island of Nonouti . On January 28, a New Zealand search aircraft sighted a lifeboat and seven people were rescued.
February 3, 2018 (?) Refugee boat 20 dead On February 3, 2018, 20 bodies were recovered from the Spanish enclave of Melilla .
February 13, 2018 Refugee boat 3 dead,
4 missing 		A refugee boat with eight occupants capsized on the Turkish-Greek border river Mariza . According to Turkish information, three dead including two children were rescued. Four people are missing.
March 16, 2018 Refugee boat at least 16 dead A wooden boat with around 19 migrants on board capsized on the way between Turkey and the Greek island of Agathonisi . There were at least four children among the victims. Three people were able to reach the island. The behavior of the rescue workers was criticized.
2nd June 2018 Refugee boat ≈ 112 dead A converted fishing boat with 180 people on board sank in the Mediterranean off the Tunisian Kerkenna Islands . 68 people were rescued and the number of victims is estimated at 112.
3rd June 2018 Refugee boat 9 dead A boat with fourteen to fifteen people on board capsized in the Mediterranean Sea southwest of Demre . Nine migrants including six children drowned.
June 6, 2018 Refugee boat at least 46 dead In the Gulf of Aden , a refugee boat with at least 100 people on board capsized off the coast of Yemen. 37 men and nine women died and 16 people went missing. The boat was en route from Boosaaso ( Somalia ) to Yemen .
June 12, 2018 Refugee boat at least 12 dead Forty surviving refugees were rescued from a refugee boat by the USNS Trenton on June 12, 2018, 20 miles from Libya . Twelve bodies were counted.
19th June 2018 Refugee boat ≈ 95 dead On June 19, 2018, a wooden boat carrying around 100 people capsized off the Libyan coast. Five people were rescued by the Libyan coast guard and taken to a hospital in Tripoli. Some bodies were recovered or washed up on the bank.
19th June 2018 Refugee boat ≈ 70 dead On September 19, 2018, a rubber dinghy with around 130 people sank off the Libyan coast. Sixty people were rescued by local fishermen and brought to Dela 35 km west of Tripoli.
20th June 2018 Refugee boat ≈ 50 dead On September 20, 2018, the Libyan coast guard rescued refugees from Garabulli 64 km east of Tripoli and brought them to Tajoura. The survivors reported that over 50 inmates were killed.
June 29, 2018 Refugee boat at least 100 dead A refugee boat with around 123 people on board sank off the Libyan coast near Tajoura .
5th July 2018 Tourist boat 41 dead,
15 missing 		A tourist boat with 105 people on board capsized in high waves in the Indian Ocean off the Thai island of Phuket . Mostly Chinese tourists drowned.
18th July 2018 Refugee boat 30 dead A refugee boat with about 150 people on board sank 25 km off the coast of Cyprus near Yialousa . 30 dead were recovered.
29th July 2018 Refugee boat 6 dead A refugee boat with 16 people on board capsized 20 km from Ayvalik in Turkey . Six dead, including three babies, were recovered, nine people were rescued and one person is missing.
August 9, 2018 Refugee boat 9 dead A refugee boat with 13 people on board sank near the Turkish town of Kusadasi . Seven women and two children drowned and the Turkish coast guard was able to save four survivors.
1st September 2018 Refugee boat over 100 dead On September 1, 2018, a refugee boat with 165 adults and 20 children lost air and sank off Libya. The Libyan coast guard was able to rescue 276 people from this and a second boat. They were taken to a Libyan detention center.
20th September 2018 MV Nyerere 227 dead On September 20, 2018, the overloaded ferry MV Nyerere sank on Lake Victoria shortly before docking. 227 dead were recovered.
22nd September 2018 Refugee boat 1 child On September 22, 2018, a refugee boat with 39 people capsized off the Libyan province of Akkar . One child died and 38 people were saved.
25th September 2018 Refugee boat 1 dead On September 25, 2018, the Navy of Morocco shot at a refugee boat off the coast of M'diq-Fnideq. One student was killed and a second wounded person had to have his arm amputated.
1st October 2018 Refugee boat at least 34 dead On October 1, 2018, a refugee boat with 60 people capsized off the Moroccan coast. The refugees informed the Spanish coast guard and the latter informed the authorities in Morocco. The refugees had to wait 36 ​​hours for rescue workers to arrive.
October 10, 2018 Refugee boat 8 dead,
25 missing 		A refugee boat sank off the Turkish coast in the province of Izmir. Eight people were recovered dead, 25 are missing.
1st October 2018 Refugee boat ≈ 60 dead On October 1, 2018, a wooden refugee boat with presumably more than 60 people capsized in the Atlantic off the coast of Guinea-Bissau. There were no survivors.
October 22, 2018 Refugee boat at least 2 dead A refugee boat sank a few meters off the Turkish coast near Bodrum. 17 people were rescued and another 17 people were able to swim to the beach. At least two children died.
5th November 2018 Refugee boat 17 dead,
17 missing 		In the Alborán Sea near Gibraltar, 100 people from two refugee boats were rescued and 17 bodies were recovered. Another 17 people are missing.
November 12, 2018 Refugee boat 5 dead,
5 missing 		A refugee boat with 15 people sank off the Turkish Dikili in the province of Izmir. Five dead were recovered and five people are missing.
20th December 2018 Refugee boats min. 25 dead / missing In the Alborán Sea near Gibraltar, six refugee boats were rescued from distress by the Spanish coast guard on December 20. At least 25 people are dead or missing.

2019

date Surname Victim description
1./2. January 2019 MSC Zoe 0 On the night of January 2, 2019, the MSC Zoe  - on the way from Sines to Bremerhaven  - got 342 containers into the North Sea off Ameland and East Friesland . Among other things, these are containers with furniture, toys and the dangerous substance dibenzoyl peroxide . The cause of the accident was a violent storm .
End of January 2019 two refugee boats at least 38 dead Two overloaded refugee boats overturned shortly after casting off from Djibouti in the Strait of Bab al-Mandab while trying to reach the Arabian Peninsula. At least 38 people were killed.
10/11 March 2019 Grande America 0 On the way from Hamburg to Casablanca, a fire broke out on board the ConRo freighter in the Bay of Biscay that could no longer be brought under control. The ship sank on the afternoon of March 12.
May 10, 2019 Refugee boat at least 65 dead According to the UNHCR, at least 65 people were killed when a refugee boat sank 45 nautical miles from the Tunisian coastal city of Sfax . Sixteen people were saved by fishermen.
2nd June 2019 Refugee boat 2 dead,
≈ 25 missing 		According to the UNHCR, when a refugee boat sank off the Libyan Garaboli east of Tripoli, a woman and a child were killed and around 25 inmates are missing. 73 people were rescued by the Libyan coast guard and were taken to internment camps in Libya. The boat had capsized and the engine stolen.
June 11, 2019 Refugee boat at least 7 dead According to the Greek coast guard, at least seven people were killed when a refugee boat sank off the Greek island of Lesbos . 57 people were saved.
17th June 2019 Refugee boat at least 12 dead According to the Turkish coast guard, at least 12 people were killed when a refugee boat sank off the Turkish coast. 31 people could be saved.
3rd July 2019 Refugee boat 82 missing persons When a refugee boat from Libya sank off the Tunisian town of Zarzis , 4 people were rescued and 82 are missing, according to UNHCR information.
July 25, 2019 Refugee boat ≈ 150 missing persons When a refugee boat with about 300 people went down in front of the Libyan Al-Chums , 145 were rescued by fishermen and the Libyan coast guard, according to IOM. About 150 are missing and likely were killed.
from August 1, 2019 Refugee boat 14 dead On August 1, a refugee boat carrying 15 people left the Libyan Az-Zawiya . The boat drifted disoriented on the Mediterranean for 11 days and 14 people died without assistance. After eleven days, Frontex discovered the boat and the Maltese Navy was able to rescue an occupant.
27th August 2019 Refugee boat 5 dead,
≈ 40 missing 		On August 27, a refugee boat with over 100 people capsized in front of the Libyan Al-Chums and, according to the Libyan coast guard, 5 bodies were recovered and 40 people are missing.
August 28, 2019 Refugee boat 6 dead On August 28th, around 100 people were rescued from a sinking refugee boat from the rescue ship Mare Jonio of the aid organization Mediterranea Saving Humans . According to survivors, 6 people, including babies, had previously drowned.
2nd September 2019 Excursion boat Conception 8 dead,
26 missing 		On September 2, a fire broke out on the excursion boat Conception off the Californian island of Santa Cruz . Eight bodies were recovered and 26 people were missing as of September 3.
17th September 2019 Refugee boat 2 dead,
14 missing 		On September 17, a refugee boat sank off the Tunisian coastal town of Sfax . Two bodies were recovered, 14 people are missing and nine people were saved.
October 7, 2019 Refugee boat 25 dead On October 7, a refugee boat with over 50 people on board capsized off the Libyan Misrata. Thirteen bodies were recovered and 22 people were saved. Children and pregnant women are among the missing. After a day-long search, the Italian coast guard discovered twelve more bodies.
October 12, 2019 Jia De freighter 5 dead,
3 missing 		On October 12, 2019, the Panama-registered freighter Jia De sank in the port of Kawasaki when Typhoon Hagibis hit the island of Honshū . The typhoon was the worst in Japan in 60 years, according to the Coast Guard, and the situation was made worse by a simultaneous magnitude 5.7 earthquake. Five bodies were found and three crew members are missing.
November 6, 2019 Refugee boat 9 dead On November 6th, a refugee boat crashed into a rock in heavy seas off Lanzarote. Four people were saved and nine bodies recovered.
23rd November 2019 Refugee boat at least 18 dead On November 23, a refugee boat from Libya with around 170 people capsized in rough seas off Lampedusa. 147 people were rescued by the Italian coast guard, 18 bodies were recovered. The Italian public prosecutor in Agrigento took over the criminal investigation.
4th December 2019 Refugee boat at least 62 dead On December 4th, a refugee boat from Gambia with around 195 people capsized off the coast of Mauritania . 85 people could swim to the coast.
16th December 2019 Refugee boat 7 dead On December 16, a refugee boat sank while attempting to cross from Morocco to Spain after a fire broke out. Seven people drowned, 70 were rescued and brought to Nador in Morocco.

2020

date Surname Victim description
January 11, 2020 Refugee boat at least 12 dead A boat with around 50 refugees sank off the Greek island of Paxi , presumably en route to Italy. Cargo ships and the coast guard came to the rescue. At least 12 people drowned.
January 11, 2020 Refugee boat 11 dead A boat carrying refugees sank in front of the Turkish resort of Cesme . Eleven people including 8 children drowned.
February 11, 2020 Refugee boat at least 16 dead In the Bay of Bengal , an overloaded boat with around 125 Rohingya refugees capsized off the island of St. Martin. Sixteen people drowned.
17th February 2020 Refugee boat 14 dead An overloaded boat with 24 refugees capsized off the Moroccan Atlantic coast. Fourteen people were saved by the Moroccan Navy.
February 18, 2020 Resplendent 1 dead The trawler Resplendent of Hangana Seafood fell after flooding in a short time before the central coast of Namibia . 26 seamen were rescued, the captain remains missing. The wreck lies at a depth of 318 meters. ( see also list of shipwrecks on the coast of Namibia )
March 2nd 2020 Refugee boat 1 dead On March 2, a refugee boat with 48 migrants from Turkey capsized off the Greek island of Lesbos. A toddler drowned.
May 18, 2020 Refugee boat 1 dead,
6 missing 		The Tunisian coast guard rescued 11 migrants from a sinking boat off Sfax. Six people are missing and one dead was recovered.
June 6, 2020 Refugee boat at least 53 dead A refugee boat from Libya with at least 53 people on board sank in front of the Tunisian Sfax.
June 25, 2020 Refugee boat at least 6 dead A refugee boat sank off the Libyan coast near Khoms. According to the UN, at least six people died.
June 27, 2020 Refugee boat at least 60 dead On June 27, 2020, a fishing boat with 80 migrants on board capsized on Lake Van in Turkey. At least 60 people drowned.
July 25, 2020 Wakashio 0 The empty Capesize - bulk carriers with 101,932  gross tonnage , which was en route from Singapore to Brazil, ran for unclear reasons off the east coast of the island Mauritius near the beach of Mahébourg on a coral reef. As a result, the ship broke and more than 1000 tons of fuel leaked.
1st week of August Refugee boat at least 27 dead A refugee boat drifted between Morocco and the Canary Islands for a week. A survivor from Guinea was rescued from Nouadhibou .
August 3, 2020 Refugee boat 7 dead Forty migrants who had tried to reach the Canary Islands from Morocco were rescued on August 3rd off the coast of Morocco near Tarfaya . Seven people were found dead.
5th August 2020 Refugee boat at least 10 dead,
at least 13 missing 		A refugee boat with 10 dead on board was recovered near Ad-Dakhla off the coast of Morocco. There were 10 survivors and at least 13 people are missing.
15th August 2020 Refugee boat at least 45 missing persons On August 15, a refugee boat sent an emergency call to an alarm phone off the Libyan coast near Zuwara . Local fishermen were able to rescue 37 people alive. At least 45 people are missing and likely drowned.
15th August 2020 Refugee boat ~ 10 dead
~ 30 missing 		On August 15, a refugee boat from Mauritania tried to reach the Canary Islands. The Spanish coast guard found the boat floating around 150 km off the Canary Islands on August 19th.

See also

Footnotes

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