The list of shipwrecks in 2024 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 2024 .
January
4 January
15 January
List of shipwrecks: 15 January 2024
Ship
State
Description
Star Sebang
Philippines
The cargo ship suffered cargo shift in heavy seas, rolled on her side and probably sank in the Sulu Sea off the west coast of Mindanao . The crew was rescued by the Philippine Coast Guard .[ 3]
26 January
30 January
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: unknown date January 2024
Ship
State
Description
Ran
Sweden
The 7-metre (23 ft) robotic research submersible went missing on 27–28 January under the Thwaites Glacier , Antarctica and was considered lost.[ 6]
February
1 February
6 February
List of shipwrecks: 6 February 2024
Ship
State
Description
Alster
Germany
The 80-metre (260 ft) inland cargo barge sank in the Elbe River at Hamburg , Germany.[ 9] [ 10]
7 February
List of shipwrecks: 7 February 2024
Ship
State
Description
Gulfstream
unknown
An abandoned vessel capsized with around 35,000 barrels (5,600 m3 ) of oil and drifted aground off Cove Eco-Industrial Park, on the southern coast of Tobago , causing an oil spill .[ 11] [ 12] The ship was en route from Panama to Guyana. On 28 February oil began to wash ashore on Bonaire , believed to have originated from the ship Gulfstream .[ 13] [ 14]
13 February
14 February
15 February
List of shipwrecks: 15 February 2024
Ship
State
Description
Batuhan A
Turkey
The 69-metre (226 ft) cargo ship sank in the Sea of Marmara in heavy seas. The crew of six were reported missing.[ 19]
22 February
March
2 March
3 March
5 March
6 March
10 March
List of shipwrecks: 10 March 2024
Ship
State
Description
Hung Phat 89
Vietnam
The cargo ship sank 380 nautical miles (700 km; 440 mi) east of Vũng Tàu ,Vietnam . The crew was rescued by Vietnamese Coast Guard.[ 29]
11 March
List of shipwrecks: 11 March 2024
Ship
State
Description
Mekhanik Pogodin
Russia
Russian invasion of Ukraine : The tanker, washed ashore on Kinburn Spit since 2023, and being used as an observation station and drone control by Russian Forces, was destroyed by a Ukrainian air strike.[ 30]
19 March
List of shipwrecks: 19 March 2024
Ship
State
Description
Kapitan Lobanov
Russia
The fishing trawler exploded, caught fire and sank off Pionersky after being hit by a Russian missile during an exercise in the Baltic Sea . Four of her seven crew were rescued, one was killed and two were reported missing.[ 31] [ 32]
20 March
24 March
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^ "Two Cargo Ships Get Stranded by Inclement Winter Weather Conditions near Estonia" . Fleetmon. Retrieved 4 January 2024 .
^ Davis, Barney (5 January 2024). " 'All is lost': Captain of party boat sunk in Thames speaks of devastation" . The Independent via MSN News. Retrieved 8 January 2024 .
^ "Philippine Coast Guard Rescues Crew from Ship After Cargo Shifts in Storm" . maritime-executive.com. Retrieved 17 January 2024 .
^ "Oil tanker on fire after Houthi missile attack, firm says" . BBC News Online. Retrieved 27 January 2024 .
^ "239-foot DEEP STIM III vessel deployed as second largest artificial reef in Destin-Fort Walton Beach" . getthecoast.com. Retrieved 2 February 2024 .
^ "Underwater Droid AUV "Ran" Has Gone Missing Under An Antarctic Glacier" . astrobiology.com. Retrieved 7 February 2024 .
^ "Ukraine 'hits Russian missile boat Ivanovets in Black Sea' " . BBC News Online. Retrieved 1 February 2024 .
^ "Ukrainian Kamikaze Drone Attack Downs £55 Million Russian Warship in Black Sea" . The Stock Dork via MSN.com. Retrieved 2 February 2024 .
^ "Inland Cargo Ship Sinks in Hamburg Port" . Fleetmon. Retrieved 6 February 2024 .
^ "Alster" . marinetraffic.com. Retrieved 7 February 2024 .
^ "Mystery shipwreck washes up at beach and causes 'disaster' oil spill" . Metro via MSN. Retrieved 11 February 2024 .
^ "Video: Overturned Mystery Vessel Near Tobago Causes Oil Spill" . Fleetmon. Retrieved 7 February 2024 .
^ "Olie aangespoeld op de kust van Bonaire, zorgen om milieuschade" [Oil washed up on the coast of Bonaire, concerns about environmental damage]. Nos (in Dutch). 27 February 2024. Retrieved 28 February 2024 .
^ Williams, Logan (14 February 2024). "Identifying the Mystery Vessel at the Site of Trinidad & Tobago's National Emergency Oil Spill" . bellingcat.com . Retrieved 28 February 2024 .
^ "Arakan Army Sinks Three Junta Naval Ships in Myanmar" . Atlas News. Retrieved 13 February 2024 .
^ [1]
^ "Indonesian Nationals Rescued from Sinking Ship in Malaysia" . Fleetmon. Retrieved 16 February 2024 .
^ "Russian landing ship Caesar Kunikov sunk off Crimea, says Ukraine" . BBC News Online. Retrieved 14 February 2024 .
^ "Turkey dispatches rescue boats after cargo ship with 6 crew sinks in Marmara Sea" . Associated Press via MSN. Retrieved 15 February 2024 .
^ Gambrell, Jon (22 February 2024). "Houthi rebel attack sets cargo ship ablaze, forces Israel to intercept another attack near Eilat" . AP News . Retrieved 28 February 2024 .
^ Eardley, Nick; Cheetham, Joshua; Palumbo, Daniele (21 February 2024). "Red Sea: New images show British ship Rubymar has not sunk" . BBC News Online. Retrieved 22 February 2024 .
^ "British cargo ship sinks after Houthi attack in Red Sea" . Telegraph Group via Yahoo News. Retrieved 2 March 2024 .
^ Hassan, Jennifer (3 March 2024). "Fears of environmental disaster rise as ship sinks after Houthi attack" . The Washington Post. Retrieved 4 March 2024 .
^ "Man dies after fishing boat runs aground in waters south of Tokyo" . NHK World-Japan. Retrieved 4 March 2024 .
^ "The First Engineer Died in a Tragic Accident as a Fishing Vessel Ran Aground" . Fleetmon. Retrieved 5 March 2024 .
^ Executive, Maritime (6 March 2024). "Teams Fight Fire for Fourth Day on MSC Containership in St. Lawrence River" . The Maritime Executive. Retrieved 6 March 2024 .
^ "Sergey Kotov (2024)" . Wrecksite. Retrieved 6 March 2024 .
^ [2]
^ "11 Crew Members Saved by Vietnam Coast Guard as Cargo Ship Sinks" . Fleetmon. Retrieved 12 March 2024 .
^ "Ukrainian Navy reports destruction of Mekhanik Pogodin control point" . RBC Ukraine via MSN. Retrieved 12 March 2024 .
^ Cole, Brendan (19 March 2024). "Russian Vessel Hit by Explosion, Catches Fire in 'NATO Lake' " . Newsweek. Retrieved 22 March 2024 .
^ "Big Blunder by Russia: Sinks Its Own Vessel During Baltic Naval Exercises" . Dagens News via MSN. Retrieved 22 March 2024 .
^ Several missing as South-Korean flagged tanker capsizes off Japan
^ "Eight dead as South Korean chemical tanker carrying a thousand tonnes of acid capsizes off Japanese island amid frantic mission to find missing crew" . Daily Mail via MSN. Retrieved 20 March 2024 .
^ "Russia Suffers Major Setback with Loss of Key Landing Ships in Black Sea" . Essanews.com via MSN. Retrieved 24 February 2024 .
^ Skene, Lea. Associated Press title=Cargo ship hits Baltimore’s Key Bridge, bringing it down. At least 7 people believed to be in water https://apnews.com/article/baltimore-bridge-collapse-53169b379820032f832de4016c655d1b title=Cargo ship hits Baltimore’s Key Bridge, bringing it down. At least 7 people believed to be in water . Retrieved 26 March 2024 . ; ;
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