List of shipwrecks in 1994

The list of shipwrecks in 1994 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1994.

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1994
Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr
May	Jun	Jul	Aug
Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

January

2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1994

Ship	Country	Description
Arctic Reefer	Cyprus	The cargo ship sank in the Pacific Ocean 310 nautical miles (570 km) south of Shikoku, Japan with the loss of seventeen of her 29 crew.[1]
Marika 7	Liberia	The ore carrier sank in the Atlantic Ocean. There were 36 crew on board.[1]

13 January

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1994

Ship	Country	Description
Teano	Norway	The cargo ship was wrecked at Senja, Norway. Wreck delivered for scrapping at Fosen Gjenvinning breaker's yard at Revsnes in Sør-Trøndelag in October 1995.[2]

15 January

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1994

Ship	Country	Description
American Star	Greece	American Star, July 2004 The cruise ship ran aground at Fuerteventura, Canary Islands, Spain after her tow parted in a storm. She broke in two after two days and was declared a total loss in July 1994. The stern section sank in 1996, the bow section in April 2007.

February

3 February

List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1994

Ship	Country	Description
Christinaki	Malta	The bulk carrier sank in the Atlantic Ocean 240 nautical miles (440 km) south west of Ireland with the loss of all 27 crew.[3]

24 February

List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1994

Ship	Country	Description
Boa Force	Norway	The anchor handling tug supply vessel struck a wellhead and sank off Thevenard Island, Western Australia. All eleven crew were rescued. Boa Force was raised on 6 April and subsequently scuttled in deep water.[4]

March

4 March

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1994

Ship	Country	Description
Sally Albatross	Finland	The cruise ship ran aground at Porkkala. All 1,258 people on board were rescued by helicopters and Finnish Coast Guard vessels.[5] She was refloated on 16 April. Later repaired and returned to service.

5 March

List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1994

Ship	Country	Description
Melisa	Indonesia	The cargo ship capsized and sank at Surabaya. The wreck was scrapped in June 1994.[6]

13 March

List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1994

Ship	Country	Description
Nassia	Cyprus	The tanker collided with Ship Broker ( Cyprus) in the Bosphorus Strait. Both ships caught fire, Nassia was beached with the loss of a crew member.[7]

23 March

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1994

Ship	Country	Description
Pallas Athena	Greece	The cruise ship caught fire and sank at the Port of Piraeus. The wreck was scrapped in 1995.[8]

April

29 April

List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1994

Ship	Country	Description
Mtongwe	Kenya	The overloaded ferry capsized in Kilindini Harbour, Kenya, just 40 meters (44 yards) from port during a voyage between Mombasa and Likoni, killing 272 of the 400 people on board.
Provincial Trader	Australia	The prawn trawler, a former tug, capsized and sank at Eden, New South Wales. All crew were rescued by Rubicon ( Australia).[9]

June

5 June

List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1994

Ship	Country	Description
Sanjeevani	India	The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Mormugao. Scrapped in situ in 1997.[10]

26 June

List of shipwrecks: 26 June 1994

Ship	Country	Description
Apollo Sea	Panama	The Chinese-owned, Panamanian-registered bulk carrier sank near Cape Town, South Africa, with the loss of all 36 of her crew.
BOS 400	France	The wreck of BOS 400 on 5 February 2006. The construction barge ran aground off Duiker Point near Sandy Bay, Cape Town, South Africa, while under tow by the tugboat Tigr ( Russia).

July

13 July

List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1994

Ship	Country	Description
13 de Marzo	Cuba	Carrying approximately 70 people attempting to leave Cuba illegally, the tugboat sank 7 nautical miles (8 miles; 13 km) northeat of Havana, Cuba, after being rammed repeatedly by patrol boats of the Cuban Coast Guard. Only 31 people aboard her survived.

September

3 September

List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1994

Ship	Country	Description
Iron Antonis	Greece	The ore carrier sank in the Atlantic Ocean 1,700 nautical miles (3,100 km) west of Cape Town, South Africa with the loss of all 24 crew.[11]

19 September

List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1994

Ship	Country	Description
Marcilio Dias	Brazilian Navy	The Gearing-class destroyer was sunk as a target during a torpedo exercise.

20 September

List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1994

Ship	Country	Description
SLNS Sagarawardena	Sri Lanka Navy	Sri Lankan Civil War: The Jayasagara-class patrol craft was sunk off Mannar, Sri Lanka, by two Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam suicide boats.

28 September

List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1994

Ship	Country	Description
Estonia	Estonia	The ferry sank in the Baltic Sea (59°23′N 21°42′E / 59.383°N 21.700°E) due to the loss of her bow doors in a storm. There where 1006 people on this ferry, The death toll Is: 869.

October

8 October

List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1994

Ship	Country	Description
HSC Condor II	Australia	The catamaran ferry ran aground in the Derwent River at Hobart, Tasmania during trials. Damage was put at A$4,000,000 (then £2,700,000).[12]

12 October

List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1994

Ship	Country	Description
JRM TČ-219 Streljko	Yugoslavia	Croatian War of Independence: The torpedo boat, captured by the Croatian navy in 1991, was sunk as a target by the Croatian missile boat RTOP-11 Kralj Petar Krešimir IV with RBS-15B missiles.[13]

November

11 November

List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1994

Ship	Country	Description
Trade Daring	Liberia	The ore-bulk-oil carrier broke in two during loading at Ponta da Madeira, Brazil. The wreck was later removed and scuttled offshore.

12 November

List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1994

Ship	Country	Description
SAS Pietermaritzburg	South African Navy	The wreck of SAS Pietermaritzburg in June 2011. The officers′ training ship was scuttled to create an artificial reef at Miller's Point near Simon’s Town, South Africa.

30 November

List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1994

Ship	Country	Description
Achille Lauro	Italy	The cruise ship caught fire in the Indian Ocean off Somalia. She was abandoned and subsequently sank on 2 December.

December

2 December

List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1994

Ship	Country	Description
Cebu City	Philippines	The ferry sank in Manila Bay with the loss of 140 lives after colliding with the cargo ship Kota Suria ( Singapore).

21 December

List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1994

Ship	Country	Description
HMAS Derwent	Royal Australian Navy	The decommissioned River-class destroyer escort was scuttled in the Indian Ocean in the Rottnest ship graveyard 12 nautical miles (22 km; 14 mi) west of Rottnest Island, Western Australia, after use as a target.

24 December

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1994

Ship	Country	Description
Murmansk	Russian Navy	Murmansk. The Sverdlov-class light cruiser ran aground and was wrecked off Sørvær, Finnmark, Norway whilst under tow to be scrapped in India.

References

1. "Search for crews as ships sink". The Times (64842). London. 3 January 1994. col E, p. 9.
2. "Teano (7007643)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 20 April 2015. (subscription required (help)).
3. Bill Frost (4 February 1994). "Liferaft found as 27 feared dead". The Times (64780). London. col D-G, p. 1.
4. "Navigation Act 1912. Navigation (Marine Casualty) Regulations investigation into the sinking of the off-shore supply vessel BOA FORCE on Saladin No.3 wellhead off Thevenard Island, Western Australia on 24 February 1994." (PDF). Australian Transportation Safety Board. 1 September 1994. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
5. "Hundreds saved from holed liner". The Times (64894). London. 5 March 1994. col A-B, p. 13.
6. "Belgian Merchant P-Z" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
7. "Bosphorus blaze kills crewman". The Times (64901). London. 14 March 1994. col E, p. 10.
8. Othfors, Daniel. "Flandre (II)/Carla C/Carla Costa/Pallas Athena". The Great Ocean Liners. Retrieved 15 January 2012.
9. "Capsize of Provincial Trader while in tow" (PDF). Australian Transportation Safety Board. 20 June 1995. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
10. "T2 TANKERS - J - K - L". Mariners. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
11. "Crew of ship still missing". The Times (65052). London. 6 September 1994. col H, p. 16.
12. "Express ferry runs aground during trials". The Times (65082). London. 11 October 1994. col A-F, p. 13.
13. "Raketne topovnjače klase "Kralj" HRM". Paluba.info. Retrieved 2 April 2016.

Ship events in 1994
Ship launches:	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Ship commissionings:	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Ship decommissionings:	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
Shipwrecks:	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999