This list of shipwrecks in 1986 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1986.

January

6 January

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1986

Ship	State	Description
Camelot	United States	The 40-foot (12.2 m) double-ended troller departed Sitka, Alaska, with two people and a golden retriever aboard to fish in the local area and was never heard from again. No trace of her or her occupants was ever found.[1]

11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1986

Ship	State	Description
Castillo de Salas	Spain	The bulk carrier was sunk after running aground over rocks in Gijón, Spain
Southern Quest	United Kingdom	The support ship was crushed by ice and sunk off Cape Evans, Ross Island Antarctic.[2][3]

13 January

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1986

Ship	State	Description
No. 138	South Yemen Navy	South Yemen Civil War: The Project 770 landing ship was bombed by a South Yemeni Air Force Su-7 aircraft and was beached and burned out in the Harbor of Aden.[4]

14 January

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1986

Ship	State	Description
Kosmos	Honduras	South Yemen Civil War: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk by artillery in the Harbor of Aden.[5][6]

23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1986

Ship	State	Description
Stanley Bay	United Kingdom	The cargo ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay off the north coast of Spain with the loss of three crew.[7]

25 January

28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1986

Ship	State	Description
Ebn Magid	Liberia	The cargo ship caught fire in the English Channel 21 nautical miles (39 km) off Portland Bill, Dorset and put into HMNB Portland. She was towed into Portland Harbour on 30 January and beached.[8]

31 January

List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1986

Ship	State	Description
Spartan	United States	The retired 85-foot (25.9 m) tug was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean 3.6 nautical miles (6.7 km; 4.1 mi) off Sea Girt, New Jersey, in 70 feet (21 m) of water at 40°06.158′N 073°57.198′W / 40.102633°N 73.953300°W / 40.102633; -73.953300 (Spartan).[9]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: unknown January 1986

Ship	State	Description
Four patrol boats	South Yemen Navy	South Yemen Civil War: The "Tracker" type patrol boats were lost at Aden, unknown if by shelling or aircraft between 13–17 January.[4]

February

11 February

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1986

Ship	State	Description
Unity	Greece	The cargo ship sank off the Peloponnese with the loss of nine crew.[10]

12 February

List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1986

Ship	State	Description
Kodiak Prince	United States	The 26-foot (7.9 m) vessel capsized and sank off the southern tip of Kodiak Island in Alaska′s Kodiak Archipelago.[11]

14 February

List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1986

Ship	State	Description
Rockland County	United States	The retired 105-foot (32 m) tug was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean 3.6 nautical miles (6.7 km; 4.1 mi) off Sea Girt, New Jersey, in 80 feet (24 m) of water at 40°07.942′N 073°55.879′W / 40.132367°N 73.931317°W / 40.132367; -73.931317 (Rockland County).[12]

16 February

List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1986

Ship	State	Description
Mikhail Lermontov	Soviet Union	The passenger liner ran aground and sank near Picton, New Zealand.

17 February

List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1986

Ship	State	Description
Chil Bo San No. 1	South Korea	The cargo ship departed Hokkaido, Japan, bound for Alaska and was never heard from again. She and her crew of 18 disappeared without trace.[1]

25 February

List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1986

Ship	State	Description
Sogn	United States	The 70-foot (21.3 m) fishing vessel caught fire and sank off Sitkalidak Island in the Kodiak Archipelago off the southeast coast of Kodiak Island off south-central Alaska. Her entire crew of three was rescued.[13]

March

4 March

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1986

Ship	State	Description
Tyke II	United States	The fishing vessel was wrecked near Rockwell Lighthouse (57°02′15″N 135°20′13″W / 57.03750°N 135.33694°W / 57.03750; -135.33694 (Rockwell Lighthouse)) in Sitka Sound in Southeast Alaska.[14]

6 March

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1986

Ship	State	Description
Thunderbolt	United States	The research ship was sunk as an artificial reef 4 nautical miles (4.6 mi; 7.4 km) south of Marathon and Key Colony Beach, Florida.

22 March

List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1986

Ship	State	Description
USS Secota	United States Navy	The harbour tug was sunk in a collision with the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Georgia ( United States Navy) near Midway Island. Ten crewman were rescued, two died.

23 March

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1986

Ship	State	Description
Karelia	Finland	The cargo ship ran aground on Gotska Sandön, Sweden with the loss of six of her seventeen crew. Survivors were rescued by Swedish Air Force helicopters and a West German vessel.[15]

24 March

List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1986

Ship	State	Description
Ain Zaquit	Libyan Navy	Action in the Gulf of Sidra: The Nanuchka-class corvette was sunk US Navy Grumman A-6 Intruder aircraft with bombs and Harpoon missiles.[16]
Waheed	Libyan Navy	Action in the Gulf of Sidra: The Beir Grassa-class missile boat sunk by the US 6th Fleet.

26 March

List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1986

Ship	State	Description
Sand Pebble	United States	During a voyage in Southeast Alaska from Chichagof Island to Sitka, the cabin cruiser was wrecked on Low Island (57°00′40″N 135°36′35″W / 57.01111°N 135.60972°W / 57.01111; -135.60972 (Low Island)) in Sitka Sound. Three of the five people aboard died.[13]

April

13 April

List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1986

Ship	State	Description
Francis S. Bushey	United States	The retired 247-foot (75.3 m) tanker was scuttled as an artificial reef in 100 feet (30 m) of water in the North Atlantic Ocean east of Ocean City, New Jersey, at 39°14.203′N 074°12.148′W / 39.236717°N 74.202467°W / 39.236717; -74.202467 (Francis S. Bushey).[17]
USS Grayback	United States Navy	The decommissioned Grayback-class amphibious transport submarine was sunk as a target in the South China Sea near Subic Bay, the Philippines.

24 April

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1986

Ship	State	Description
USS Higbee	United States Navy	The decommissioned Gearing-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean about 130 nautical miles (240 km) west of San Diego, California, at 32°28′0.4″N 119°58′0.7″W / 32.466778°N 119.966861°W / 32.466778; -119.966861 ("USS Higbee (DD-806)).
Unidentified infiltration ship	Korean People's Navy	The infiltration ship was sunk by Republic of Korea Navy vessels. Two crewmen were killed and four wounded.[18]

26 April

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1986

Ship	State	Description
Jhansi Ki Rani	India	The bulk carrier ran aground on the Frederick Reef (21°01′S 154°22′E / 21.017°S 154.367°E / -21.017; 154.367). She was on a voyage from Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia to Higashi, Harima, Japan.[19]

May

14 May

List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1986

Ship	State	Description
Pride of Baltimore	United States	The topsail schooner, capsized and sunk during a white squall 250 nautical miles (460 km) north of Puerto Rico.

16 May

List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1986

Ship	State	Description
Bluebird II (or Blue Bird II)	United States	After she was stolen by two runaway teenage boys, the cabin cruiser sank near Harbor Island (59°40′N 149°39′W / 59.667°N 149.650°W / 59.667; -149.650 (Harbor Island)) on the south-central coast of Alaska, 32 nautical miles (59 km; 37 mi) southwest of Seward. Both boys perished.[20]

23 May

List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1986

Ship	State	Description
Wide Load	United States	After the bowpicker's tow line to the fishing vessel Mary Dee ( United States) broke at ebb tide, she washed up on a sand bar, struck rocks, and capsized near the Copper River Delta in Alaska. Both of her crew members survived, and a United States Coast Guard helicopter picked them up.[21]

25 May

List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1986

Ship	State	Description
Shania	Bangladesh	The river ferry capsized and sank in the River Meghna with the loss of approximately 400 of the approximately 600 people on board.[22][23]

28 May

List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1986

Ship	State	Description
Chian Der 3	Republic of China	The fishing vessel was shelled and sunk in the South Atlantic over 150 nautical miles (280 km) off the Falkland Islands by Prefecto Derbes ( Argentine Coast Guard) with the loss of two of her 22 crew.

30 May

List of shipwrecks: 30 May 1986

Ship	State	Description
Lora Lee	United States	The 32-foot (9.8 m) fishing vessel capsized and sank in the Gulf of Alaska approximately 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) south of Sequel Point (57°33′40″N 152°12′30″W / 57.56111°N 152.20833°W / 57.56111; -152.20833 (Sequel Point)) on the coast of Kodiak Island, Alaska. A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued her crew of three.[24]
Sea Raider	United States	A huge wave struck the fishing vessel in the Gulf of Alaska near Matushka Island (59°37′N 149°37′W / 59.617°N 149.617°W / 59.617; -149.617 (Matushka Island)) south of Seward, Alaska, causing her to flood and capsize. The fishing vessel Grand Mariner ( United States) rescued two of her crewmen, and a United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued three others.[13]
Shenandoah	United States	The fishing vessel sank near Seward, Alaska. The three people aboard put survival suits on, and the United States Coast Guard rescued them.[13]

31 May

List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1986

Ship	State	Description
Defiance	United States	The fishing vessel sank approximately 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) southwest of Cape Spencer in Southeast Alaska. The fishing vessel Adak ( United States) rescued her entire crew of four.[25]

June

1 June

List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1986

Ship	State	Description
Downeaster	United States	The fishing vessel sank in Lynn Canal in Southeast Alaska between Eldred Rock and Sullivan Island. The fishing vessel Genevieve ( United States) rescued her crew of two from a life raft.[25]

6 June

List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1986

Ship	State	Description
Habana	Cuba	South African Border War: The cargo ship was sunk in Namibe harbor (today Moçâmedes), Angola by South African frogmen using limpet mines. Later raised but scuttled due to extensive damage.[26][27]

9 June

List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1986

Ship	State	Description
Irene Patras	Greece	Western Sahara War: The cargo ship ran aground near Cape Barbas, she was later attacked while aground by Polisario fighters. Declared a total loss.[28]

10 June

List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1986

Ship	State	Description
USS Bailer	United States Navy	The decommissioned 247-foot (75.3 m) self-propelled fuel oil barge was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean 6.5 nautical miles (12.0 km; 7.5 mi) off Harvey Cedars, New Jersey, in 85 feet (26 m) of water at 39°37.727′N 074°01.079′W / 39.628783°N 74.017983°W / 39.628783; -74.017983 (USS Bailer (YO-54)).[29]

July

2 July

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1986

Ship	State	Description
HMS Accord	Royal Navy	The Confiance-class tug was sunk as a target.[30]

7 July

List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1986

Ship	State	Description
Olaf	United Kingdom	The coaster sank off the coast of the Netherlands after her cargo shifted. All sixteen crew were rescued by a Royal Netherlands Navy helicopter.[31]

11 July

List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1986

Ship	State	Description
Jesica	Honduras	Sank off Lagos, Nigeria (6°23′N 3°25′E / 6.383°N 3.417°E / 6.383; 3.417)[32]

13 July

List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1986

Ship	State	Description
Hua Li	Republic of China	Typhoon Peggy: The cargo ship foundered in the South China Sea. Fifteen crew were rescued by RFA Bayleaf ( Royal Navy).[33]

19 July

List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1986

Ship	State	Description
Alice Kay	United States	The 36-foot (11 m) vessel burned and sank without loss of life off Cape Unalishagvak (57°32′45″N 155°43′40″W / 57.54583°N 155.72778°W / 57.54583; -155.72778 (Cape Unalishagvak)) on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula in Alaska.[34]

25 July

List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1986

Ship	State	Description
Swenson I	United States	The retired 130-foot (39.6 m) barge was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean 3.6 nautical miles (6.7 km; 4.1 mi) off Sea Girt, New Jersey, at 40°07.305′N 073°56.885′W / 40.121750°N 73.948083°W / 40.121750; -73.948083 (Swenson I).[35]

August

10 August

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1986

Ship	State	Description
Seagull II	United States	The converted landing craft disappeared in the Chukchi Sea during a voyage from Kotzebue to Deering, Alaska.[13]

12 August

List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1986

Ship	State	Description
Night Owl	United States	The gillnet fishing vessel sank in Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of Alaska. A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued her crew of three.[36]

14 August

List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1986

Ship	State	Description
Gabriella	Netherlands Antilles	The heavy lift ship capsized and sank at Port Kembla, New South Wales, Australia, with the loss of a crew member. Refloated but declared a constructive total loss, she was towed out into the Tasman Sea and sunk on 10 December at 34°34′05″S 151°30′08″E / 34.56806°S 151.50222°E / -34.56806; 151.50222.[37]

18 August

List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1986

Ship	State	Description
HMS Berwick	Royal Navy	The Rothesay-class frigate was sunk as a target.

22 August

List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1986

Ship	State	Description
Kathy Lynn	United States	The 58-foot (17.7 m) fishing vessel was abandoned in Whale Pass (57°56′N 152°50′W / 57.933°N 152.833°W / 57.933; -152.833 (Whale Pass)) between Kodiak Island and Whale Island in Alaska′s Kodiak Archipelago after she began to flood. The fishing vessel Fred J ( United States) rescued her crew of three.[11]

31 August

List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1986

Ship	State	Description
Admiral Nakhimov	Soviet Union	During a voyage from Novorossiysk to Sochi, the passenger liner sank in 150 feet (46 m) of water in the Black Sea 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) off the coast of the Soviet Union and 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) southeast of Novorossiysk seven minutes after colliding with the bulk carrier Pyotr Vasev ( Soviet Union). Of the 1,234 people on board, 423 — 359 passengers and 64 members of her crew — perished.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in August 1986

Ship	State	Description
HMS Confident	Royal Navy	The Confiance-class tug was sunk as a target.[38]

September

10 September

List of shipwrecks: 10 September 1986

Ship	State	Description
Mary Anne	United States	The 34-foot (10.4 m) fishing vessel was lost on the coast of Kodiak Island between Karluk and Red River Lagoon.[39]
Rhea C	United States	The purse seiner struck a rock and sank in the Gulf of Alaska approximately 35 nautical miles (65 km; 40 mi) southeast of Homer, Alaska. Her crew of five abandoned ship in a life raft, reached shore, and spent five days on a beach before being rescued by a United States Coast Guard helicopter.[40]

11 September

List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1986

Ship	State	Description
Normar II	United States	The fishing vessel was swamped and capsized with the loss of four lives in the Bering Sea approximately 120 nautical miles (220 km; 140 mi) northwest of Saint Paul Island.[36]

October

10 October

List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1986

Ship	State	Description
Murmajo	Canada	The cargo ship caught fire and sank in the Bay of Fundy.[41]

15 October

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1986

Ship	State	Description
Gold N Sun	United States	The 127-foot (38.7 m) fishing vessel sank near Unimak Pass approximately 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) northwest of Cape Sarichef on the coast of Unimak Island in the Aleutian Islands. Her crew of six survived.[42]

16 October

List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1986

Ship	State	Description
Laita	United States	After her engine and pilothouse were removed and clam dredges added to her, the retired 120-foot (36.6 m) fishing trawler was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean off Cape May, New Jersey, in 65 feet (20 m) of water at 38°51.860′N 074°42.965′W / 38.864333°N 74.716083°W / 38.864333; -74.716083 (Laita).[43]

22 October

List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1986

Ship	State	Description
Cape Uyak	United States	While moored at Kodiak, Alaska, the 34-foot (10.4 m) fishing vessel was gutted by a fire that began in her galley. One man on board died of carbon monoxide poisoning.[1]

30 October

List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1986

Ship	State	Description
Danube	United States	The 15-gross register ton, 39-foot (11.9 m) or 43-foot (13.1 m) troller sank 0.25 nautical miles (0.5 km; 0.3 mi) southeast of Marmion Island (58°11′55″N 134°15′20″W / 58.19861°N 134.25556°W / 58.19861; -134.25556 (Marmion Island)) in Southeast Alaska southeast of Juneau, Alaska. The bodies of the three men on board were never found.[25][42]

November

9 November

List of shipwrecks: 9 November 1986

Ship	State	Description
Hvalur 6	Iceland	The whaler was sabotaged and sunk by anti-whaling protestors at Reykjavík. She was refloated on 18 November but was not repaired.[44]

22 November

List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1986

Ship	State	Description
Kowloon Bridge	Hong Kong	The bulk carrier ran aground on a reef off the coast of County Cork, Ireland. She broke in three and sank the following spring and was a total loss.[45][46]

29 November

List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1986

Ship	State	Description
Ocean Prince	United States	The retired 200-foot (61 m) floating drydock was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean off Fire Island south of Long Island, New York.[47]

December

6 December

List of shipwrecks: 6 December

Ship	State	Description
Svalan	Cyprus	Lebanese Civil War: The hydrofoil boat was sunk by a bomb at Messina, Italy. Who hired the boat and who bombed it is unclear.[48][49]
Tarnan	Cyprus	Lebanese Civil War: The hydrofoil boat was sunk by a bomb at Messina, Italy. Who hired the boat and who bombed it is unclear.[50][49]

10 December

19 December

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1986

Ship	State	Description
Brave Themis	Cyprus	The cargo ship sank off Crete.[51]
Laura	United States	The fishing trawler sank in 50-foot (15.2 m) seas in the Shelikof Strait near Wide Bay (57°22′N 156°11′W / 57.367°N 156.183°W / 57.367; -156.183 (Wide Bay)) on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula. A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued two crew members.[24]

24 December

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1986

Ship	State	Description
Sudurland	Iceland	The cargo ship sank in the Norwegian Sea 300 nautical miles (560 km) north of the Faroe Islands with the loss of six of her crew of eleven. Survivors were rescued by a Lynx helicopter from HDMS Vædderen ( Royal Danish Navy).[52]

25 December

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1986

Ship	State	Description
Stainless Trader	Cyprus	The cargo ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) south of Sardinia, Italy with the loss of two of her eighteen crew.[52]
Syneta	United Kingdom	The tanker ran aground at Skrurdur Island, Iceland and was wrecked with the loss all 12 crew.[53][54]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1986

Ship	State	Description
Crusader II	Australia	The self-propelled coral barge was sunk at Flinders Reef off Cape Moreton, Queensland, Australia, to serve as a recreational dive site.[52]