List of shipwrecks in 2006

List of shipwrecks in 2006

The list of shipwrecks in 2006 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 2006.__NOTOC__

January

January 5

* "Kleine Familie" (FRA): Trawler which sank off the coast of Alderney. ( [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/guernsey/4588108.stm BBC News report] )

January 19

* "Greenhill" (UK): Fishing boat from Northern Ireland which sank near Ardglass harbour, County Down. ( [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/4636474.stm BBC News report] )

February

February 1

The tanker Ece, registered in Malta, sank while being towed toward Le Havre, after having collided with the freighter General Grot-Rowecki about 50km (30 miles) north-west of Guernsey. The Ece sank near the site of the collision, in 70m (230ft) of water, 90km (56 miles) west of Cap de La Hague.( [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/guernsey/4668664.stm BBC News report] )

February 3

* "Al Salam Boccaccio 98" (EGY - El Salam Maritime Transport): Passenger ferry which sank in the Red Sea en route from Saudi Arabia to Egypt.

March

March 5

* "Runner 4": Cargo ship carrying aluminium sank in the Gulf of Finland when another ship collided into it while both were in a convoy escorted by a Russian icebreaker.

March 9

* "Teklivka": Cargo ship sunk in the Mediterranean near Port Said, Egypt in a storm.

March 21

* "Hyundai Fortune" (KOR - Hyundai): Container ship damaged by fire in the Gulf of Aden near Yemen. Later towed to port.

March 22

* "Queen of the North" (CAN): Large passenger ferry which sank off the north coast of British Columbia, Canada after running aground.

March 23

Passenger boat sank off Cameroon's Atlantic coast near the port of Kribi.( [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4838326.stm BBC News report] )

March 26

* "Orion" (MEX): Tanker sunk in the Gulf of Mexico near Yucatan

March 30

* "Al Dana": Passenger dhow which sank in the Persian Gulf near Bahrain.
* "Sea Master" (IND): Fishing vessel which sank in the Arabian Sea near Panaji, India.

August 11

* M/T Solar I(PHL): An oil tanker sinks off the coast off Guimaras province, causing the Guimaras oil spill, the worst in the history of the country.

December 30

*MV Senopati Nusantara, Indonesian ferry, over 500 deaths

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