List of shipwrecks in 2000

List of shipwrecks in 2000

The list of shipwrecks in 2000 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 2000.__NOTOC__

January

January 11

* "Solway Harvester" (SCO): scallop dredger capsized and sunk with all seven hands lost in the Irish Sea after flooding in bad weather.

June

June 20

* M/V "Linkuva" (LTU): freighter lost with all 18 hands in Hurricane Carlotta after an engine failure.

August

August 12

* "Kursk" (navy|RUS): cruise missile submarine lost with all hands in the Barents Sea.

September

September 26

* "Express Samina" (GRE): RORO passenger ferry hits rocks and subsequently sinks off the island of Paros, killing 80.

October

October 31

*"Ievoli Sun" (ITA): Chemical tanker sinks off the Casquets after flooding in bad weather.

December

December 17

*SS "SeaBreeze": (PAN): Former cruise liner sinks off the Virginian coast in suspicious circumstances.

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