List of shipwrecks in 1999

The list of shipwrecks in 1999 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1999.

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1999
Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr
May	Jun	Jul	Aug
Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
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January

6 January

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1999

Ship	State	Description
Beth Dee Bob	United States	The 84-foot (25.6 m) clam dredger sank in heavy seas in the North Atlantic Ocean 13 nautical miles (24 km; 15 mi) off Manasquan, New Jersey, in 120 feet (37 m) of water. Three of her four-member crew were lost at sea; the fourth was lifted from the water by a United States Coast Guard helicopter but died in the hospital.

8 January

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1999

Ship	State	Description
Cape Fear	United States	Overloaded with clams, the 112-foot (34.1 m) fishing trawler and clam dredger sank off New Bedford, Massachusetts, with the loss of two lives. The fishing vessel Misty Dawn (United States) rescued her three survivors. Cape Fear was refloated during the summer of 1999 and was scuttled as an artificial reef in 2000.

11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1999

Ship	State	Description
Nowitna	United States	The 125-foot (38.1 m) opilio crab-fishing vessel sank in the Bering Sea approximately 70 nautical miles (130 km; 81 mi) west of Cold Bay, Alaska. A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued her entire crew of six.

15 January

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1999

Ship	State	Description
Delilah	United States	The retired 86-foot (26.2 m) tug was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Delaware in 75 feet (22.9 m) of water at 38°40.540′N 074°43.957′W.

18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1999

Ship	State	Description
Adriatic	United States	The 74-foot (22.6 m) clam dredger sank in bad weather in 65 feet (20 m) of water in the North Atlantic Ocean about 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi) due east of Barnegat Light, New Jersey, with the loss of her entire crew of four.

21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1999

Ship	State	Description
Gregory Lind	United States	The 26-foot (7.9 m) sea cucumber and sea urchin dive boat was destroyed by fire while at a pier in Ketchikan, Alaska. All three people on board survived.

30 January

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1999

Ship	State	Description
Atlantos	United States	The 38-foot (11.6 m) cod-fishing vessel iced up, capsized, and sank in Blying Sound on the south-central coast of Alaska south of Pilot Rock (59°44′30″N 149°28′00″W). The fishing vessels Dolphin and Iceberg (United States) rescued her crew of three.
Kavkaz	United States	The 36-foot (11.0 m) longline cod-fishing vessel iced up and capsized 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) off Point Pogibshi (59°25′30″N 151°53′00″W) on the south-central coast of Alaska, trapping her crew of two brothers underneath her overturned hull until 31 January, when the crew of the cutter USCGC Roanoke Island ( United States Coast Guard) cut through the hull with a chainsaw and extracted them. One of the Kavkaz′s crewmen died of hypothermia, but the other survived.

February

3 February

List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1999

Ship	State	Description
Northern Aurora	United States	The 30-foot (9.1 m) longline cod-fishing vessel capsized due to icing 150 yards (140 meters) off Caines Head Beach (59°59′N 149°23′W) in the Caines Head State Recreation Area on the south-central coast of Alaska and washed ashore on the western coast of Fox Island (59.9272°N 149.3289°W / 59.9272; -149.3289 (Fox Island)) approximately 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) south of Seward with the loss of one life. There was one survivor.

4 February

List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1999

Ship	State	Description
New Carissa	Panama	New Carissa The cargo ship ran aground and broke apart in Coos Bay, Oregon. The stern section remained on the beach until scrapped in 2008.

10 February

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1999

Ship	State	Description
Harta Rimba	Indonesia	The ship foundered off Borneo with the loss of over 280 lives. Nineteen survivors were rescued.

18 February

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1999

Ship	State	Description
Sea Quail	United States	With her helmsman asleep at the wheel, the 74-foot (22.6 m) fishing vessel struck Ikognak Rock (57°56′N 152°50′W) in Whale Passage near Kodiak, Alaska, and sank. Her crew of four was rescued from a life raft by the fishing vessel Midnight Sun (United States).

22 February

List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1999

Ship	State	Description
Mary Helen	United States	The 50-foot (15.2 m) codfish trawler was destroyed 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) southwest of King Cove, Alaska, by a fire that began in a stateroom. Her crew of two survived.

March

12 March

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1999

Ship	State	Description
Alska	United States	The 63-foot (19.2 m) longline cod-fishing vessel capsized and sank without loss of life in Hallo Bay on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula in Alaska west of Kodiak Island. The fishing vessel T-Mike (United States) rescued one of her four crew members; a United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued the other three.
St. George	United States	The retired 97-foot (29.6 m) fishing trawler was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean south of Long Island 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km; 2.9 mi) off Moriches Inlet, New York.

18 March

List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1999

Ship	State	Description
Lin J	United States	The 96-foot (29.3 m) crab-fishing vessel iced up, capsized, and sank in the Bering Sea 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) south of Saint Paul Island with the loss of her entire five-man crew.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in March 1999

Ship	State	Description
Wall Brook	United Kingdom	The dredger was scuttled.

April

20 April

List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1999

Ship	State	Description
Algorail	Canada	The bulk carrier ran aground in the Fox River at Green Bay, Wisconsin. The ship was later freed, but the tugboats used to free the ship caused damage to docks at Green Bay.

May

8 May

List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1999

Ship	State	Description
Controller Bay	United States	After her captain fell asleep at her wheel with the self-steering gear on, the 78-foot (23.8 m) fishing vessel ran onto rocks near Cave Point (54°47′10″N 164°37′00″W) on Cape Mordvinof (54.9294444°N 164.4397222°W / 54.9294444; -164.4397222 (Cape Mordvinof)) on Unimak Island in the Aleutian Islands. She broke up in high winds and heavy surf. Wearing survival suits, her crew of four abandoned ship in a life raft and was rescued by the fishing vessel Shaman (United States).

9 May

List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1999

Ship	State	Description
BRP Sierra Madre	Philippine Navy	The Cotobato-class LST was deliberately run aground on the Ayungin Shoal in a territorial dispute with China.

13 May

List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1999

Ship	State	Description
Unga	United States	The 37.5-foot (11.4 m) longline halibut-fishing vessel was destroyed by fire at Sand Point, Alaska. The only person on board at the time survived.

17 May

List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1999

Ship	State	Description
Windward	United States	The 41-foot (12.5 m) longline halibut-fishing vessel struck a rock and sank in Nichols Bay 50 nautical miles (93 km; 58 mi) southwest of Ketchikan, Alaska. Wearing survival suits, both of her crew members abandoned ship in a life raft, from which a United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued them.

20 May

List of shipwrecks: 20 May 1999

Ship	State	Description
Sun Vista	Bahamas	The cruise ship suffered an engine room fire while in the Strait of Malacca. All 1,090 passengers and crew were rescued before the ship sank on 21 May.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date May 1999

Ship	State	Description
Caprice	United States	The 68-foot (20.7 m) fishing vessel ran aground in early May near False Pass, Alaska, after her helmsman fell asleep at her wheel. She was refloated and returned to service.

June

6 June

List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1999

Ship	State	Description
Caprice	United States	During a voyage from Seward to Kodiak, Alaska, the 68-foot (20.7 m) fishing vessel sank in the Gulf of Alaska approximately 11 nautical miles (20 km; 13 mi) southeast of Nuka Island on the south-central coast of Alaska after her engine room flooded. All four members of her crew put on survival suits and abandoned ship in a life raft, and the fishing vessel Kaia (United States) rescued them.

15 June

List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1999

Ship	State	Description
Unidentified motor torpedo boat	Korean People's Navy	First Battle of Yeonpyeong: The motor torpedo boat was sunk by South Korean ships.

16 June

List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1999

Ship	State	Description
Reward	United States	The 38-foot (11.6 m) salmon-fishing vessel capsized and sank in Sumner Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. The only person on board abandoned ship in a survival suit and was rescued by the fishing vessel Tammy Sue (United States).

17 June

List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1999

Ship	State	Description
Nordic Dancer	United States	The charter vessel sank in the Gulf of Alaska off Kodiak Island near the tip of Spruce Cape (57°49′15″N 152°20′00″W) northeast of Kodiak, Alaska.

25 June

List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1999

Ship	State	Description
Doris	French Navy	The decommissioned Daphné-class submarine accidentally sank with no one aboard in 939 metres (3,081 ft) of water in the Mediterranean Sea off France's Levant Island at 43.1028333°N 006.5726667°E / 43.1028333; 006.5726667 (Doris) while being submerged to a shallow depth for use as a target in a test firing of the MU90 Impact anti-submarine torpedo.

30 June

List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1999

Ship	State	Description
Su-Ce-K	United States	The 44-foot (13.4 m) salmon troller was destroyed by an electrical fire that began in her engine room and sank in 300 feet (91 meters) of water off Sitka, Alaska. Her crew of two survived and was rescued by the fishing vessel Destiny (United States).

July

7 July

List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1999

Ship	State	Description
David T	United States	While no one was aboard, the 32-foot (9.8 m) salmon-fishing vessel was destroyed in Refuge Cove (55°24′N 131°45′W) in Southeast Alaska by a fire that began in her galley stove.
Irene	United States	The 37-foot (11.3 m) charter fishing vessel sank near the entrance to Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of Alaska, 8 nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) south of Flat Island (56.3136111°N 133.3280556°W / 56.3136111; -133.3280556 (Flat Island)). United States Coast Guard helicopters rescued all eight people on board.

13 July

List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1999

Ship	State	Description
Equalizer	United States	The 32-foot (9.8 m) fishing vessel was destroyed in Bristol Bay off the coast of Alaska by an engine explosion and ensuing fire. The fishing vessel Butterfly (United States) rescued her entire crew of three.
Wanderer	United States	The 75-foot (22.9 m) salmon fishing vessel ran aground and sank in 480 feet (150 m) of water in Lynn Canal in Southeast Alaska after her captain fell asleep at the helm. All three people on board were rescued by the fishing vessel Riptide (United States).

14 July

List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1999

Ship	State	Description
USS William C. Lawe	United States Navy	The decommissioned Gearing-class destroyer was sunk as a target.

19 July

List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1999

Ship	State	Description
Belle-Tech	United States	The 38-foot (11.6 m) salmon-fishing vessel was wrecked on the Gilanta Rocks (54°51′00″N 130°56′30″W) in Dixon Entrance in Southeast Alaska. Her crew of two abandoned ship in a small boat and was rescued by the cutter USCGC Liberty ( United States Coast Guard).
Imperial Eagle	Malta	The former Gozo ferry was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea off Qawra, Malta, as an artificial reef.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown July 1999

Ship	State	Description
Sea Tiger	Republic of China	After her seizure (when named Yun Fong Seong No. 303) in Honolulu Harbor on 17 February 1992 for human trafficking of 93 Chinese illegal immigrants, the 168-foot (51.2 m) refrigerated cargo ship or commercial fishing vessel (according to different sources) was scuttled in Māmala Bay off Honolulu, Hawaii, west of Waikiki in 110 to 120 feet (34 to 37 m) of water to serve as an artificial reef.

August

14 August

List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1999

Ship	State	Description
Crest	United States	The 48-foot (14.6 m) salmon seiner capsized and sank in 360 feet (110 m) of water off Chasina Point (55°16′50″N 132°01′30″W) in Clarence Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. Her crew of five abandoned ship in a skiff and survived.

24 August

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1999

Ship	State	Description
Ever Decent	Panama	The container ship collided with the cruise ship Norwegian Dream (Bahamas) in the English Channel 17 nautical miles (31 km) off Margate, Kent, United Kingdom and caught fire. She was beached and all 40 crew were rescued by helicopter.

25 August

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1999

Ship	State	Description
Hang On	United States	The 34-foot (10.4 m) fishing vessel burned and sank in Bristol Bay off the coast of Alaska. An Alaska Department of Fish and Game vessel rescued the only person on board.

September

2 September

List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1999

Ship	State	Description
Tadoussac	Canada	The lake freighter collided with a bridge in the Welland Canal. Neither the ship nor the bridge received significant damage.

4 September

List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1999

Ship	State	Description
Chubby	United States	The 29-foot (8.8 m) fishing vessel burned and sank 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) south of Haines, Alaska.

13 September

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1999

Ship	State	Description
USCGC Red Oak	United States Coast Guard	The decommissioned coastal buoy tender 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°53.125′N 074°40.816′W.

19 September

List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1999

Ship	State	Description
Alexandria C	United States	After a fire broke out in her engine room while she was moored alongside other vessels at Old Harbor, Alaska, the 39-gross ton, 56-foot (17.1 m) salmon-fishing vessel′s was towed away from the other vessels and beached. Attempts to bring the fire under control failed, and she burned to the waterline, becoming a total loss.

23 September

List of shipwrecks: 23 September 1999

Ship	State	Description
Northern Traveler	United States	While no one was on board, the 29-foot (8.8 m) longline halibut-fishing vessel sank at Round Island (58°36′N 159°58′W) in Bristol Bay off the coast of Alaska.

October

1 October

List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1999

Ship	State	Description
Rachel Harvey	Jersey	The fishing vessel struck rocks in stormy seas 200 yards (180 m) off Peninnis Head in the Isles of Scilly and was wrecked. All six crew members were rescued, but one was pronounced dead on arrival at a hospital.

18 October

List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1999

Ship	State	Description
HMAS Bayonet	Royal Australian Navy	The decommissioned Attack-class patrol boat was scuttled in Bass Strait off Cape Schank, Victoria, Australia.

20 October

List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1999

Ship	State	Description
KM Bimas Raya II	Indonesia	The ship sank west of New Guinea with the loss of about 275 lives. Twenty-six survivors were reported.

21 October

List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1999

Ship	State	Description
God’s Will	United States	During a voyage from False Pass to King Cove, Alaska, the 85-foot (25.9 m) fishing trawler sank 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) southwest of Cold Bay, Alaska. A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued the only person aboard from a life raft in Cold Bay.
Marva Anne	United States	The 58-foot (17.7 m) longline halibut-fishing vessel sank in Stephens Passage in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km; 2.9 mi) west of Security Bay (56°53′N 134°21′W). Her crew of two put on survival suits and abandoned ship in a life raft, from which the fishing vessel Celtic Air (United States) rescued them.

30 October

List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1999

Ship	State	Description
Polar Star	United States	With no one on board, the derelict 50-foot (15.2 m) longline fishing vessel sank in Thompson Harbor at Sitka, Alaska.
T-Mike	United States	The 65-foot (19.8 m) fishing vessel was destroyed in Blying Sound on the coast of Alaska 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) northeast of McArthur Pass by a fire attributed to a leaking fuel line. Both crew members escaped in a life raft, and a United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued them.

31 October

List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1999

Ship	State	Description
Orcas	United States	With no one aboard, the derelict 65-foot (19.8 m) fishing vessel sank in Thompson Harbor at Sitka, Alaska.

November

2 November

List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1999

Ship	State	Description
Mighty Servant 2	Netherlands	The semi-submersible heavy lift ship struck an uncharted rock and capsized off Singkep, Indonesia with the loss of five of her twenty crew. She was raised in 2000 and subsequently scrapped at Alang, India.

3 November

List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1999

Ship	State	Description
Mistress	United States	The 42-foot (12.8 m) crab-fishing vessel capsized and sank in bad weather in the vicinity of Cape Fanshaw (57°11′N 133°33′W) near Petersburg, Alaska. All three people on board – a man and his son and daughter – perished.

5 November

List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1999

Ship	State	Description
Bird	United States	Authorities deemed the 52-foot (15.8 m) sailboat to have been lost on this date along with the only person on board in Glacier Bay in Southeast Alaska.

7 November

List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1999

Ship	State	Description
Dole America	Liberia	The refrigerated cargo ship collided with the Nab Tower in the Solent and ran aground.

12 November

List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1999

Ship	State	Description
Xlendi	Malta	The former Gozo ferry was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea off Xatt l-Aħmar, Gozo as an artificial reef.

18 November

List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1999

Ship	State	Description
#335	United States	The retired 80-foot (24.4 m) steel-hulled barge was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean south of Long Island 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km; 2.9 mi) off Moriches Inlet, New York.

24 November

List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1999

Ship	State	Description
Dashun	China	According to a Chinese Transport Ministry official document, the ferry departed from Yantai Port for Dalian Port, but capsized off Jianggezhuang Township, Muping District, Yantai, Shandong Province, China, with 302 passengers and crew on board. 22 people were rescued and the remaining 280 people were drowned.

26 November

List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1999

Ship	State	Description
Sleipner	Norway	The catamaran ferry struck a rock and sank off Haugesund, Rogaland with the loss of sixteen of the 85 people on board.

December

3 December

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1999

Ship	State	Description
Waldorf	United States	The retired 110-foot (33.5 m) crane barge was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean 4 nautical miles (7.4 km; 4.6 mi) off Holgate, New Jersey, at 39°28.780′N 074°11.084′W.

9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1999

Ship	State	Description
Anyo Maru #1	Japan	The 190-foot (57.9 m) fishing trawler sank with the loss of 12 lives in the Bering Sea 120 nautical miles (220 km; 140 mi) south of Cape Navarin (62.2778°N 179.0961°E / 62.2778; 179.0961 (Cape Navarin)) on the coast of Siberia and 180 nautical miles (330 km; 210 mi) west of Saint Matthew Island. There were 24 survivors.

12 December

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1999

Ship	State	Description
Erika	Malta	The tanker broke in two and sank in the Bay of Biscay off Penmarc'h, Finistère, France.

23 December

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1999

Ship	State	Description
Asia South Korea	Philippines	The ferry sank off Cebu. Of the 600 people on board, 44 were killed.

29 December

List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1999

Ship	State	Description
Volganev 248	Russia	The tanker ran aground in the Sea of Marmara off Istanbul, Turkey and broke in two. The bow section sank.

31 December

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1999

Ship	State	Description
Tombstone	United States	The 35-foot (10.7 m) pleasure craft ran aground on the northwest side of Shelter Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska and sank. A United States Coast Guard rescue boat rescued both people on board.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1999

Ship	State	Description
Lauren Rose	United States	The 33-foot (10.1 m) gillnet fishing vessel was destroyed by fire on the Copper River Flats on the south-central coast of Alaska on either 28 April or 28 May. The only person aboard survived.
Mr. J	United States	The crab processor – a former PCE-842-class patrol craft and auxiliary minelayer – was towed out into the Pacific Ocean and scuttled sometime in the 1990s.