The list of shipwrecks in 1984 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1984.
January
1 January
3 January
5 January
16 January
List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1984
Ship |
State |
Description
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Pergo
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Netherlands
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The cargo ship was abandoned in the North Sea off Norway. She sailed crewless on auto-pilot for 200 nautical miles (370 km) and ran aground south of Dunbar, East Lothian. The ship was salvaged and taken to Leith.[5]
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22 January
24 January
February
1 February
7 February
List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1984
Ship |
State |
Description
|
Midnight Sun 1
|
Panama
|
The cargo ship foundered off Ouessant, France in a storm. Eight of the nineteen crew were lost.[8]
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14 February
List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1984
Ship |
State |
Description
|
Kyowa Maru No. 11
|
Japan
|
The fishing trawler sank with the loss of 14 lives in the Bering Sea approximately 120 nautical miles (220 km; 140 mi) north of Atka Island in the Aleutian Islands after colliding with the vessel Anyo Maru No. 15 ( Japan). There were eight survivors.[1]
|
15 February
List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1984
Ship |
State |
Description
|
Camilla Weston
|
United Kingdom
|
The coaster collided with a German ship in fog 8 nautical miles (15 km) off Cromer, Norfolk and sank. The five crew were rescued.[9]
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25 February
March
1 March
List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1984
Ship |
State |
Description
|
Charming
|
Jersey
|
Iran–Iraq War: The cargo ship was struck by an Iraqi missile and set on fire. The fourteen crew abandoned ship,[11] which then ran aground at Bandar Khomenei.[12]
|
4 March
List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1984
Ship |
State |
Description
|
Becky Thatcher
|
United States
|
The historic sternwheel texas-deck paddle steamer, operating as a showboat theater, sank at her mooring in the Muskingum River at Marietta, Georgia, when low river water caused her hull to strike sharp submerged concrete rubble. She was refloated and repaired, and she returned to service in June 1985.[13][14]
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12 March
27 March
29 March
30 March
April
11 April
20 April
26 April
28 April
May
15 May
List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1984
Ship |
State |
Description
|
Hermes
|
United States
|
The freighter, a former U.S. Navy buoy tender (254 GRT 1943), was sunk as an artificial reef one mile (1.6 km) off the south end of Bermuda.[23]
|
16 May
List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1984
Ship |
State |
Description
|
Unknown speedboats
|
Nicaragua
|
Contra War: Action off Lausika: Two Contra-operated "Piranha" speedboats were sunk by Nicaraguan Navy craft.[24]
|
27 May
Unknown date
June
3 June
List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1984
Ship |
State |
Description
|
Buyuk Hun
|
Turkey
|
The ship was attacked by Iraqi fighter aircraft 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. The vessel was later towed to Bushir, Iran, where the wreck was declared a total loss and sold to Taiwanese breakers in 1986.
|
Marques
|
United Kingdom
|
The barque sank off Bermuda with the loss of nineteen crew.
|
8 June
9 June
20 June
20 June
List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1984
Ship |
State |
Description
|
Charles H McKay
|
Australia
|
The hopper barge collided with Yeu Man ( Panama) at Melbourne and sank. All eight crew were rescued.[28]
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July
17 July
23 July
26 July
List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1984
Ship |
State |
Description
|
HMS Confiance
|
Royal Navy
|
The Confiance-class tug was sunk as a target in the North Sea.[31]
|
29 July
30 July
August
3 August
4 August
5 August
14 August
20 August
21 August
24 August
26 August
List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1984
Ship |
State |
Description
|
Mont Louis
|
France
|
The tanker sank 12 nautical miles (22 km) off Ostend, Belgium.[41] Amongst her cargo were barrels containing 225 tonnes (221 long tons) of uranium hexafluoride.[42]
|
September
2 September
List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1984
Ship |
State |
Description
|
Samantha G
|
United States
|
The 74-foot (22.6 m) vessel burned and sank off Alaska.[17]
|
3 September
12 September
17 September
List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1984
Ship |
State |
Description
|
Sealuck
|
Malta
|
The cargo ship ran aground on a reef off Hamilton, Bermuda.[45]
|
28 September
30 September
October
2 October
List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1984
Ship |
State |
Description
|
Stella Croce
|
Panama
|
The bulk carrier collided with another Panamanian vessel and sank at Taichung, Taiwan. Eight crew reported to be missing.[46]
|
20 October
29 October
November
2 November
5 November
13 November
17 November
20 November
21 November
List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1984
Ship |
State |
Description
|
Topeka
|
Panama
|
The cargo ship ran aground off Coatzacoalcos, Mexico and was wrecked with the loss of two of her 27 crew.
|
22 November
23 November
27 November
List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1984
Ship |
State |
Description
|
Lena Wessels
|
West Germany
|
The coaster ran aground off Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom. The five crew were rescued by helicopter.[54]
|
29 November
30 November
December
5 December
7 December
List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1984
Ship |
State |
Description
|
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.[55]
|
23 December
29 December
List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1984
Ship |
State |
Description
|
Nes Puk
|
West Germany
|
The cargo ship ran aground in the River Suances, Spain. She was refloated on 7 January and returned to service.[57]
|
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1984
Ship |
State |
Description
|
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.[58]
|
Unknown date
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