List of shipwrecks in 1984

The list of shipwrecks in 1984 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1984.

3 January

 * Fairplay X ( West Germany): the tug ran aground in the Hayle estuary, Cornwall, United Kingdom.

5 January

 * MV Mahajak Progress (🇹🇭 Thailand): The cargo ship caught fire off Sattahip and was abandoned. Later declared a constructive total loss and was scrapped.

16 January

 * MV Pergo (🇳🇱 Netherlands): The cargo ship was abandoned in the North Sea off Norway. She sailed crewless on auto-pilot for 200 nmi and ran aground south of Dunbar, East Lothian. The ship was salvaged and taken to Leith.

24 January

 * MV Radiant Med (🇱🇷 Liberia): The cargo ship foundered off Guernsey, Channel Islands after a hatch cover was smashed in heavy seas. Seventeen of the 26 crew were lost. Nine survivors were rescued by the frigate Casabianca and taken to St Peter Port.

1 February

 * MV Skaros (🇬🇧 United Kingdom): Iran-Iraq war: The Bulk carrier was struck by an Iraqi Exocet missile in the Bandar Imam Khomenei Channel and set on fire. Declared a constructive total loss, later scrapped

7 February

 * MV Midnight Sun 1 (🇵🇦 Panama): The cargo ship foundered off Ouessant, France in a storm. Eight of the nineteen crew were lost.

15 February

 * MV Camilla Weston (🇬🇧 United Kingdom): The coaster collided with a German ship in fog 8 nmi off Cromer, Norfolk and sank. The five crew were rescued.

1 March

 * MV Charming (🇬🇧 Jersey): Iran-Iraq War: The cargo ship was struck by an Iraqi missile and set on fire. The fourteen crew abandoned ship, which then ran aground at Bandar Khomenei.

30 March

 * Eldia (🇲🇹 Malta): The cargo ship was driven ashore at Orleans, Massachusetts, United States in a hurricane. She was refloated two months later, and scrapped in 1985.
 * Ane Katrine ( West Germany): the trawler was sunk off Jutland, Denmark after her nets were snagged by Chilean submarine CHILEAN SUBMARINE Simpson which was then undergoing trials. The three crew were killed.

27 May

 * SS Laleham (🇬🇧 United Kingdom): The cargo ship was wrecked on the north coast of Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.

3 June

 * Bark Marques (🇬🇧 United Kingdom): The barque sank off Bermuda with the loss of nineteen crew.
 * Buyuk Hun (🇹🇷 Turkey): Attacked by Iraqi fighters on 3 June 1984 while underway in ballast from Tutunciftlik, Turkey to Kharg Island, Iran. Two Exocet missiles hit the superstructure and the engine room, starting a fire, killing three crew members and injuring two. Later towed to Bushir, Iran, where declared total loss and sold to Taiwanese breakers in 1986.

8 June

 *  Stena of Sitoo (🇬🇧 United Kingdom): The schooner struck a floating object in the North Sea whilst on a voyage from Amsterdam, Netherlands to Lowestoft, Suffolk and was holed below the waterline. HMS Ambuscade (F172)  went to her assistance. Pumps were flown out by helicopter and a lifeboat towed her in to Harwich, Essex.

20 June

 * MV Charles H McKay (🇦🇺 Australia): The hopper barge collided with MV Yeu Man (🇵🇦 Panama) at Melbourne and sank. All eight crew were rescued.

17 July

 * HMS Devonshire (D02) : The County-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the North Atlantic Ocean during exercises by HMS Splendid (S106).

29 July

 * MS Columbus C. (🇵🇦 Panama) The cruise ship rammed the harbour breakwater and sank at Cadiz, Spain.

30 July

 * MV Alvenus (🇬🇧 United Kingdom): The tanker ran aground off New Orleans, Louisiana, cracking the hull and spilling some of her 14,700,000 USgal of crude oil.

22 August

 * Zingara (🇮🇹 Italy): The cargo ship ran aground in the Straits of Tiran, Red Sea.

26 August

 * MV Mont Louis (🇫🇷 France): The tanker sank 12 nmi off Ostend, Belgium. Amongst her cargo were barrels containing 225 t of uranium hexafluoride.

17 September

 * MV Sealuck (🇲🇹 Malta): The cargo ship ran aground on a reef off Hamilton, Bermuda.

2 October

 * MV Stella Croce (🇵🇦 Panama): The bulk carrier collided with another Panamanian vessel and sank at Taichung, Taiwan. Eight crew reported to be missing.

29 October

 * MV Venus (🇵🇭 Philippines): The ferry sank off Marinduque Island. Of the 242 people on board, 114 were rescued by two Philippine Navy ships and a fishing vessel.

5 November

 * An unnamed ferry (🇵🇭 Philippines): Typhoon Agnes: The ferry capsized and sank off Romblon with the loss of 440 lives.

21 November

 * MS Topeka (🇵🇦 Panama): The cargo ship ran aground off Coatzacoalcos, Mexico and was wrecked with the loss of two of her 27 crew.

22 November

 * MV Fylrix (🇬🇧 United Kingdom): The coaster capsized and sank off Plymouth, Devon. Three crew rescued by a helicopter from RFA Engadine and landed on HMS Brilliant (F90) . The remaining four crew were rescued by the Plymouth lifeboat.

27 November

 * MV Lena Wessels ( West Germany): The coaster ran aground off Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom. The five crew were rescued by helicopter.

29 November

 * USCGC Campbell (WPG-32) : The Treasury-class Cutter (boat) was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean (22.8°N, -160.1°W).

7 December

 * MV Lady Chilel (🇬🇲 Gambia): The ferry sank in the Gambia River at Ballingho. Four people were killed and twenty injured out of the 98 people on board.

23 December

 * Mercury (🇭🇳 Honduras): The coaster foundered off Tumpat, Malaysia.

29 December

 * MV Nes Puk ( West Germany) The cargo ship ran aground in the River Suances, Spain. She was refloated on 7 January and returned to service.

Unknown date

 * MV Permeke (🇧🇪 Belgium): The cargo ship ran aground in the River Scheldt at Hansweert. She was refloated with assistance from 10 tugs and returned to service.

Unknown date

 * Machitis : The Algerine-class minesweeper was sunk as a target off Crete.