List of shipwrecks in 1996

The list of shipwrecks in 1996 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1996.

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1996
Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr
May	Jun	Jul	Aug
Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Unknown date

January

7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1996

Ship	Country	Description
Patraikos II	Cyprus	The cargo ship ran aground in the South China Sea (01°18′30″N 105°23′30″E / 1.30833°N 105.39167°E). Refloated on 7 April, later repaired and returned to service.[1]

8 January

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1996

Ship	Country	Description
Calypso	France	The research vessel was rammed by a barge at Singapore and sank. Refloated on 16 January, repaired and returned to service.

18 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1996

Ship	Country	Description
North Cape		The tank barge ran aground on Moonstone Beach in South Kingstown, Rhode Island, while under tow by the tugboat Scandia, which also ran aground.
Scandia		Scandia (foreground) and North Cape (background) aground on 20 January 1996. The tugboat ran aground on Moonstone Beach in South Kingstown, Rhode Island, after her engine room caught fire while she was towing the tank barge North Cape, which also ran aground.

20 January

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1996

Ship	Country	Description
Gurita	Indonesia	The ferry sank in the Strait of Malacca with the loss of about 260 lives.[2]

27 January

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1996

Ship	Country	Description
Pacesetter	United States	The fishing vessel disappeared in the Bering Sea with the loss of all seven crew.

February

15 February

List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1996

Ship	Country	Description
Sea Empress	Liberia	Sea Empress oil spill: The tanker ran aground on rocks at the entrance to the Cleddau Estuary near Milford Haven, Dyfed loaded with 130,000 tonnes of crude oil. Later repaired and returned to service.

19 February

List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1996

Ship	Country	Description
Gretchen I	Philippines	The overloaded ferry capsized and sank off Cadiz with the loss of 71 lives. There were at least 141 survivors.[3]

May

14 May

List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1996

Ship	Country	Description
Solar Wind	flag unknown	The trimaran and its two-person crew were reported missing after encountering a tropical storm.

21 May

List of shipwrecks: 21 May 1996

Ship	Country	Description
Bukoba	Tanzania	The passenger vessel sank in Lake Victoria, drowning some 800 people.

June

23 June

List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1996

Ship	Country	Description
Nadine	flag unknown	The 167-foot (51 m) yacht sank en route from the Italian mainland to Sardinia during a mistral storm. All passengers and crew were rescued by the Italian coast guard. A fictionalized version of the sinking is depicted in the 2013 film The Wolf of Wall Street.[4]

September

2 September

List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1996

Ship	Country	Description
Uniceb	Panama	The livestock carrier suffered an engine fire in the Pacific Ocean north of the Seychelles. She was abandoned by her crew and subsequently sank.[5]

18 September

List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1996

Ship	Country	Description
Unidentified Sang-O-class submarine	Korean People's Navy	The Sang-O-class submarine ran aground on the east coast of South Korea near Jeongdongjin while trying to retrieve a three-person North Korean special operations reconnaissance team ( it had landed there three days earlier. Its crew abandoned it, and it was captured by South Korean () forces.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1996

Ship	Country	Description
HMFS Kiro	Republic of Fiji Military Forces#Fijian Navy	Fijian Navy:The Redwing-class minesweeper was wrecked on a reef off Suva. The wreck was disposed of by burning.

November

11 November

List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1996

Ship	Country	Description
Bever	Netherlands	The tug capsized and sank in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom with the loss of one of her two crew.[6]

14 November

List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1996

Ship	Country	Description
Princess Jihan	Egypt	The riverboat capsized and sank in the Nile at Qalh al-Jabal with the loss of over 20 lives.[7]
Cordigliera	Panama	After placing a distress call to Durban Radio at 10:30 pm requesting immediate assistance due to a leak in a hold, the freighter sank off South Africa off Port St Johns with the loss of all 23 lives.[8]

26 November

List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1996

Ship	Country	Description
Franz Hals	Russia	Franz Hals The factory ship was driven ashore at Biarritz, France. She was refloated on 21 December.[9]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1996

Ship	Country	Description
Lene Marie	Denmark	The ketch was abandoned in a storm in the North Atlantic.

December

9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1996

Ship	Country	Description
Alexandria	United States	The schooner sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.

25-26 December (overnight)

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1996

Ship	Country	Description
F174		The wooden ship sank 19 nautical miles, (22 miles; 35 km) from Portopalo di Capo Passero, Sicily, Italy, while transporting illegal immigrants to Italy after either breaking up in stormy weather or colliding with the cargo ship Iohan El Hallal  Malta), killing at least 283 people.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1996

Ship	Country	Description
Dystos	Greece	Sank with some loss of life.[10]

References

1. "Belgian Merchant A-G" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
2. Tim Jones (22 January 1996). "Ferry survivor tells of fight in water". The Times (65482). London. col D-H, p. 1.
3. "Ferry captain held after 54 drowned". The Times (65507). London. 20 February 1996. col D-E, p. 11.
4. Hoogs, Doug. "Mayday in the Med". Yachts International. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
5. "Ship full of sheep has sunk". The Times (65682). London. 11 September 1995. col H, p. 14.
6. Jonathan Prynn (12 November 1996). "Battle to save sailor trapped in hull". The Times (65733). London. col H, p. 3.
7. Christopher Walker (16 November 1995). "Nile cruise bodies retrieved". The Times (65737). London. col D-F, p. 19.
8. "Cordigliera sinks off Port St Johns". East Cape News Agencies. 16 November 1996.
9. "Franz Hals – Biarritz". Bourbon. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
10. "Company's History". Loucas G Matsas. Retrieved 26 September 2010.

Ship events in 1996
Ship launches:	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Ship commissionings:	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Ship decommissionings:	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Shipwrecks:	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001