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List of shipwrecks in 1999

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The list of shipwrecks in 1999 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1999.

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1999
Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec

February[]

4 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1999
Ship Country Description
New Carissa Flag of Panama Panama
NewCarissaBrokenAndBurning

New Carissa

The cargo ship ran aground and broke apart in Coos Bay, Oregon. The stern section remained on the beach until scrapped in 2008.

10 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1999
Ship Country Description
Harta Rimba Flag of Indonesia Indonesia The ship foundered off Borneo with the loss of over 280 lives. Nineteen survivors were rescued.[1]

May[]

9 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 09 May 1999
Ship Country Description
BRP Sierra Madre Philippines Navy Ensign Philippines The Philippine Navy ship was deliberately ran aground on the Ayungin Shoal in a territorial dispute with China.

20 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 20 May 1999
Ship Country Description
Sun Vista Civil Ensign of the Bahamas Bahamas The cruise ship suffered an engine room fire while in the Strait of Malacca. All 1,090 passengers and crew were rescued before the ship sank on 21 May.

July[]

14 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1999
Ship Country Description
USS William C. Lawe Flag of the United States United States Navy The decommissioned Gearing-class destroyer was sunk as a target.

19 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1999
Ship Country Description
Imperial Eagle Civil Ensign of Malta Malta The former Gozo ferry was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea off Qawra as an artificial reef.[2]

August[]

24 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1999
Ship Country Description
Ever Decent Flag of Panama Panama The container ship collided with the cruise ship Norwegian Dream (Civil Ensign of the Bahamas Bahamas) in the English Channel 17 nautical miles (31 km) off Margate, Kent, United Kingdom and caught fire. She was beached and all 40 crew were rescued by helicopter.[3][4]

October[]

1 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1999
Ship Country Description
Rachel Harvey United Kingdom Jersey The fishing vessel struck rocks in stormy seas 200 yards (180 m) off Peninnis Head in the Isles of Scilly and was wrecked. All six crew members were rescued, but one was pronounced dead on arrival at a hospital.

20 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1999
Ship Country Description
KM Bimas Raya II Flag of Indonesia Indonesia The ship sank west of New Guinea with the loss of about 275 lives. Twenty six survivors were reported.[5]

November[]

2 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1999
Ship Country Description
Mighty Servant 2 Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands The semi-submersible heavy lift ship struck an uncharted rock and capsized off Singkep, Indonesia with the loss of five of her twenty crew. She was raised in 2000 and subsequently scrapped at Alang, India.

7 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1999
Ship Country Description
Dole America Flag of Liberia Liberia The refrigerated cargo ship collided with the Nab Tower in the Solent and ran aground.[6]

12 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1999
Ship Country Description
Xlendi Civil Ensign of Malta Malta The former Gozo ferry was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea off Xatt l-Aħmar, Gozo as an artificial reef.[7]

26 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1999
Ship Country Description
Sleipner Flag of Norway Norway The catamaran ferry struck a rock and sank off Haugesund, Rogaland with the loss of sixteen of the 85 people on board.

December[]

12 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1999
Ship Country Description
Erika Civil Ensign of Malta Malta The tanker broke in two and sank in the Bay of Biscay off Penmarc'h, Finistère, France.

23 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1999
Ship Country Description
Asia South Korea Flag of the Philippines Philippines The ferry sank off Cebu. Of the 600 people on board,[8] 44 were killed.

29 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1999
Ship Country Description
Volganev 248 Flag of Russia Russia The tanker ran aground in the Sea of Marmara off Istanbul, Turkey and broke in two. The bow section sank.[9]

References[]

  1. ↑ "Error: no |title= specified when using {{Cite web}}". 11 February 1999. 
  2. ↑ "MV Imperial Eagle & Kristu l-Bahhar". Archived from the original on 26 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141026235745/http://www.divesubway.com/imperialeagle.html. Retrieved 4 September 2014. 
  3. ↑ Lane, Anthony (2009). Shipwrecks of Kent. Stroud: The History Press. pp. 86. ISBN 978-0-7524-1720-2. 
  4. ↑ Michael Horsnell and Matthew Pryor (24 August 1999). "Error: no |title= specified when using {{Cite web}}". 
  5. ↑ "Error: no |title= specified when using {{Cite web}}". 21 October 1999. 
  6. ↑ Arthur Leathley (8 November 1999). "Error: no |title= specified when using {{Cite web}}". 
  7. ↑ "MV Xlendi - Gozo". http://www.divesubway.com/gozo_mv_xlendi.html. Retrieved 4 September 2014. 
  8. ↑ "Error: no |title= specified when using {{Cite web}}". 24 December 1999. 
  9. ↑ Andrew Finkel (30 December 1999). "Error: no |title= specified when using {{Cite web}}". 


Ship events in 1999
Ship launches: 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Ship commissionings: 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Ship decommissionings: 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Shipwrecks: 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
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