The list of shipwrecks in 2018 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 2018.

January

1 January

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 2018

Ship	State	Description
Anugrah Express	Indonesia	Carrying 51 people, the speedboat capsized off North Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia, approximately ten minutes after departing Tarakan for a one-hour voyage to Tanjung Selor. At least eight people drowned. Twenty-two survivors were rescued, leaving the rest on board missing.[citation needed]

2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 2018

Ship	State	Description
Changping	China	The cargo ship was in a collision with Xinwang 138 ( China) in the Yangtze Estuary off Shanghai and sank. Three of her thirteen crew were rescued, ten were reported missing.[1][2]
Jin Ming 16 Hao	Taiwan	The cargo ship was driven ashore near Pambujan, Philippines. Her nine crew were rescued.[3]

5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 2018

Ship	State	Description
BD 97619 TS	Vietnam	The fishing vessel was in a collision with Xuan Thanh 10 ( Vietnam), which kept moving even after the collision, and capsized in the South China Sea. The 15 crew on board escaped safely.[4]

6 January

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 2018

Ship	State	Description
Chok Chu Chai	Thailand	The fishing vessel was in a collision with Hyderabad ( Pakistan) in waters southeast of Laem Chabang, where the vessel sank partially submerged with the bow above the water. Four people were rescued and four were reported missing.[5]
Mestre Simao	Portugal	The ferry was driven ashore at Madalena, Pico Island. Her 61 passengers were evacuated, nine crew remained on board. She was on a voyage from Faial Island to Pico Island.[6]
Sanchi CF Crystal	Panama  Hong Kong	The tanker Sanchi collided with the cargo ship CF Crystal 160 nautical miles (300 km) off Shanghai, China, and caught fire. Her 32 crew were reported missing. All 21 crew of CF Crystal were rescued.[7][8] Sanchi sank on 14 January with all 32 Iranian crew presumed dead.
Uros Z	Argentina	The incomplete tanker broke from her moorings at Corrientes and drifted down the Paraná River for 31 nautical miles (58 km) until she ran aground on a sandbank.[9]

8 January

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 2018

Ship	State	Description
Jiarong 36	China	The cargo ship was in collision with the fishing vessel Minxiayuo 1829 ( China) and capsized and sank off Wenzhou. Her twelve crew were rescued.[10]

10 January

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 2018

Ship	State	Description
Urata	Vanuatu	The landing craft sprang a leak and was abandoned (17°00′S 167°37′E / 17.000°S 167.617°E / -17.000; 167.617). All 75 people on board were rescued by Young Blood ( Australia).[11]

11 January

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 2018

Ship	State	Description
IRIS Damavand	Islamic Republic of Iran Navy	The Moudge-class frigate was driven ashore and damaged at Bandar-Anzali. Two of her crew were reported missing.[12] The frigate broke in two on 20 January, and finally sank on 28 January.[13]
Jiaming Lun	Taiwan	The coaster was driven ashore at Dongjili. Her eight crew were rescued. She broke in two on 25 January and was a total loss.[14]

12 January

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 2018

Ship	State	Description
Do Minh Toan	Vietnam	The cargo ship capsized and sank in the South China Sea. Two of her thirteen crew were reported missing. Survivors were rescued by Asiatic Dawn ( Marshall Islands), MG Neptune ( Bahamas) and Nordilly ( Malta).[15]

13 January

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 2018

Ship	State	Description
Hong Fan 032	China	The cargo ship capsized and sank.[16]

14 January

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 2018

Ship	State	Description
Island Lady	United States	Carrying 36 passengers and a crew of 14, the shuttle boat caught fire and was run aground in shallow water and burned out off Tampa, Florida, while ferrying customers to the Ocean Breeze Casino, an offshore casino boat in the Gulf of Mexico. Fifteen people were taken to hospitals. One of them, a female passenger, died.[17]

16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 2018

Ship	State	Description
Halland	Cyprus	The cargo ship ran aground in Kalmar Strait on approaches to port in Mönsterås, Sweden while travelling at high speed of around six knots (11 km/h).[18]
Hui Feng	China	The cargo ship collided with Feng Hai 18 ( China) and sank off Baoshan.[19]

17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 2018

Ship	State	Description
Genessa	India	The tanker caught fire 14 nautical miles (26 km; 16 mi) off Kandla. Her 26 crew were evacuated, but one of them subsequently died from burns sustained in the fire.[20][21]

18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 2018

Ship	State	Description
Butiraoi	Kiribati	The wooden catamaran ferry left Nonouti on a two-day journey to South Tarawa, but capsized and sunk en route (exact date still unknown). Seven people were rescued on 22 January, as search and rescue efforts continued.[22][23] The aerial search for the vessel and possible survivors was eventually called off on 1 February, with 81 people still missing and presumed lost.[24]
Sinan Naiboglu	Turkey	The cargo ship was driven ashore at Aliağa.[25]

19 January

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 2018

Ship	State	Description
Berra G	Comoros	The bulk carrier was driven ashore and broke in two at Karadeniz Ereğli, Turkey. Her twelve crew were rescued.[26] She was on a voyage from İzmir, Turkey, to Rostov-on-Don, Russia.[27]
Diana	Antigua & Barbuda	The cargo ship drifted aground in Haifa Bay off the Israeli coast after beginning to drift while anchored near shore.[28]

22 January

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 2018

Ship	State	Description
Intanini	Indonesia	The cargo ship sank on this date. Two missing.[29]

24 January

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 2018

Ship	State	Description
Virginia Renee	United States	The towboat sank at its berth in the Mississippi River near Blytheville, Arkansas. The ship was raised and refloated a few days later.[30]

26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 2018

Ship	State	Description
Frakt Fjord	Cyprus	The cargo ship ran aground in Kolding Fjord while approaching port of Kolding, Denmark.[31]
Senor de la Misericordia	Peru	The fishing vessel collided with Jamila ( Liberia) 29 nautical miles (54 km) southwest of Paita, and sank. The ship was reportedly sailing unauthorized at time of collision. Three people were reported dead.[32]

27 January

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 2018

Ship	State	Description
Caballo Eclipse	Mexico	The offshore supply ship capsized and sank off Carmelite Island.[33]
Canci Ladjoni 3	Indonesia	The cargo ship foundered in the Flores Sea between Jumpea and Kayuadi. Her twenty crew were rescued.[34]

30 January

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 2018

Ship	State	Description
Jian Hong No.1	Mongolia	The cargo ship foundered in the Taiwan Strait. Two of her ten crew were rescued, eight were reported missing.[35]

31 January

List of shipwrecks: 31 January 2018

Ship	State	Description
Sunnfjord	United States	The fishing vessel sank off Cape Alava in Washington after suffering water ingress and pump failures.[36]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: unknown date January 2018

Ship	State	Description
Akutan	United States	The derelict Design 381 fishing/fish processing vessel was scuttled with explosives 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi) north north west of Dutch Harbor, Alaska sometime in mid-January.[37]

February

1 February

List of shipwrecks: 1 February 2018

Ship	State	Description
Galleon Adventurer	United States	The offshore supply tug capsized in the Atlantic Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km) south of Saint George's, Grenada (11°28′N 61°35′W / 11.467°N 61.583°W / 11.467; -61.583). Five crew were rescued, her captain was reported missing.[38]
Mengkara	Indonesia	The ship was driven ashore on the coast of South Sulawesi. All 35 people on board were rescued.[39]

2 Februaryedit

List of shipwrecks: 2 February 2018

Ship	State	Description
Berg	Moldova	The cargo ship was beached near Feodosia, in the Crimean peninsula. Her crew were rescued. She had previously suffered a hull breach in the River Don, Russia. The ship finally sank on 20 March, with the forecastle and superstructure above the water.[40] Berg was consequently declared a total loss.[41]

3 Februaryedit

List of shipwrecks: 3 February 2018

Ship	State	Description
Hang Yu 11	Panama	The tanker was driven ashore at Taoyuan, Taiwan. She was refloated on 21 February by the salvage tugs Salvage Ace and Salvage Champion (both  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines).[42]
Shun An Lun	China	The cargo ship was severely damaged by fire off Zhoushan, China. Her eleven crew were rescued.[43]
Tallas	Cambodia	The crewless cargo ship was driven ashore at Zeytinburnu, Turkey.[44] She was subsequently scrapped in situ during June.[45]

10 Februaryedit

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 2018

Ship	State	Description
Hephaestus	Togo	The bunker tanker drifted ashore and ran aground at Qawra, Malta. Its seven crew disembarked safely.[46]

16 Februaryedit

List of shipwrecks: xx February 2018

Ship	State	Description
Marshal Shaposhnikov	Russian Navy	The Udaloy-class destroyer was damaged by fire at Vladivostok, Russia. All 106 crew were evacuated.

18 Februaryedit

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 2018

Ship	State	Description
Orca	Ecuador	The cargo ship capsized at Guayaquil, trapping one of its five crew.[47]

22 Februaryedit

List of shipwrecks: 22 February 2018

Ship	State	Description
Xingying F069	China	The coaster collided with Hai Kou Jiu Hao ( China) and sank off Hainan. Three of her five crew were rescued, two were reported missing.[48]

23 Februaryedit

List of shipwrecks: 23 February 2018

Ship	State	Description
Binh Nguyen 86	Vietnam	The cargo ship foundered in the Gulf of Tonkin. Her eight crew were rescued.[49]

27 Februaryedit

List of shipwrecks: 27 February 2018

Ship	State	Description
Flourishever	Panama	The bulk carrier ran aground in the South China Sea (23°20′N 117°22′E / 23.333°N 117.367°E / 23.333; 117.367).[50][51]

28 Februaryedit

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 2018

Ship	State	Description
Michael Putra	Indonesia	The cargo ship caught fire in the Java Sea. All eighteen people on board abandoned ship and were rescued by fishing boats.[52]

Unknown dateedit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in February 2018

Ship	State	Description
Glovis Spring	Marshall Islands	The car carrier ran aground in waters near the Paracel Islands while en route to Hong Kong.[53]
Rhosus	Unflagged[a]	The general cargo ship was abandoned in the Port of Beirut by its owner and crew years earlier, and sank in the breakwaters of the port between 16 and 18 February.[54][55]

Marchedit

1 Marchedit

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 2018

Ship	State	Description
Matsusho Maru	Japan	The tug was driven ashore along with its barge Matsusho ( Japan) on Shikoku Island. Her seven crew were rescued by a Japan Coast Guard helicopter.[56]

6 Marchedit

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 2018

Ship	State	Description
Betanzos	Spain	The cargo ship was driven ashore at Lisbon, Portugal. Her ten crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Casablanca, Morocco. Betanzos was refloated on 16 March.[57]
Maersk Honam	Singapore	The container ship caught fire in the Arabian Sea. Four of her 27 crew were reported missing, the rest were rescued by ALS Ceres ( Marshall Islands).[58] One of those rescued subsequently died from injuries sustained in the fire.[59]
Viet Thuan 68	Vietnam	The cargo ship collided with Phuong Linh 16 ( Vietnam) and sank off Nam Dinh. Her nine crew were rescued.[60]

10 Marchedit

List of shipwrecks: 10 March 2018

Ship	State	Description
Sirius Høj	Denmark	The dredger capsized and sank at Bogense. Both crew were rescued. She was righted the next day and taken into Bogense.[61]

12 Marchedit

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 2018

Ship	State	Description
AD-16-05	Indonesia	The military troop carrier sank in Java Sea near the Thousand Islands after an engine failure and impact from a high swell. All 65 soldiers on board were rescued by AD-04-15 ( Indonesia).[62]
Natalie Jean	United States	The tugboat fouled the anchor chain of the anchored bulk carrier Atlantic Fairy ( Panama) in the Mississippi River near the 4600 block of Patterson drive, Algiers, Louisiana causing her to capsize and sink. The vessel was raised in June. One crewman was rescued by the tug Earl Gonsoulin, two were killed.[63][64][65]

13 Marchedit

List of shipwrecks: 13 March 2018

Ship	State	Description
Leigh River	Mexico	The supply vessel sprang a leak and foundered in the Gulf of Mexico 55 nautical miles (102 km) off Veracruz. Her eight crew were rescued by Sredna Gora ( Bulgaria).[66]

14 Marchedit

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 2018

Ship	State	Description
Harriet	Liberia	The bulk carrier ran aground in the White Sea off Archangelsk, Russia. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk to Terneuzen, South Holland, Netherlands.[67] Harriet was refloated on 31 March.[68]

20 Marchedit

List of shipwrecks: 20 March 2018

Ship	State	Description
Britannica Hav	Malta	The cargo ship capsized in the English Channel after colliding with the fishing vessel Deborah ( Belgium).[69] Her seven crew were rescued by helicopter.[70]

21 Marchedit

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 2018

Ship	State	Description
JBB Rong Chang 8	Dominica	The dredger capsized in the Malacca Strait. Twelve of her fourteen crew were reported missing.[71]

25 Marchedit

List of shipwrecks: 25 March 2018

Ship	State	Description
Pink Dolphin	South Korea	The high-speed catamaran ferry ran aground at Sinan. All 163 people on board were rescued.[72][73]
Princess Hawaii	United States	The 61-foot (19 m) longline fishing vessel sank in the Pacific Ocean approximately 400 nautical miles (740 km; 460 mi) north of the island of Hawaii after two large waves struck her. Her crew of eight survived and was rescued by another fishing vessel 12 hours later.[74]

28 Marchedit

List of shipwrecks: 28 March 2018

Ship	State	Description
Cheng Chang 332	China	The cargo ship collided with Morning Cherry ( Panama) and sank in the Pearl River. Three of her twelve crew were reported missing.[75]

31 Marchedit

List of shipwrecks: 31 March 2018

Ship	State	Description
Ever Judger	Panama	The bulk carrier caught fire off Balikpapan, Indonesia. Its twenty crew were evacuated.[76]
Yuan Tai 789	China	The cargo ship ran aground in the Taiwan Strait off Kinmen Island. Her crew were rescued.[77]

Unknown dateedit

List of shipwrecks: 21/22 March 2018

Ship	State	Description
Transforza	Gibraltar	The cargo ship ran aground in the Gulf of Riga south of Kihnu Island while en route to Finland.[78]

Apriledit

6 Apriledit

List of shipwrecks: 6 April 2018

Ship	State	Description
Da Pu Jiang	China	The cargo ship foundered off Ningbo with the loss of one of her thirteen crew.[79]

7 Apriledit