The cargo ship was abandoned in the North Sea off Norway. She sailed crewless on auto-pilot for 200 nautical miles (370 km) and ran aground south of Dunbar, East Lothian. The ship was salvaged and taken to Leith.[5]
The 86-foot (26.2 m) fishing trawler capsized and sank with the loss of two lives off Cape Decision on the coast of Southeast Alaska after a large wave struck her. There were three survivors.[6]
Iran–Iraq War: The bulk carrier was struck by an Iraqi Exocet missile in the Bandar Imam Khomenei Channel and set on fire. Declared a constructive total loss, later scrapped
7 February
List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1984
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Country
Description
Midnight Sun 1
Panama
The cargo ship foundered off Ouessant, France in a storm. Eight of the nineteen crew were lost.[8]
The fishing trawler sank with the loss of 14 lives in the Bering Sea approximately 120 nautical miles (220 km; 140 mi) north of Atka Island in the Aleutian Islands after colliding with the vessel Anyo Maru No. 15 (Japan). There were eight survivors.[1]
Iran–Iraq War: The cargo ship was struck by an Iraqi missile and set on fire. The fourteen crew abandoned ship,[11] which then ran aground at Bandar Khomenei.[12]
The historic sternwheel texas-deck paddle steamer, operating as a showboat theater, sank at her mooring in the Muskingum River at Marietta, Georgia, when low river water caused her hull to strike sharp submerged concrete rubble. She was refloated and repaired, and she returned to service in June 1985.[13][14]
The trawler was sunk off Jutland, Denmark after her nets were snagged by the Chilean submarine Simpson (Armada de Chile) which was then undergoing trials. The three crew were killed.[18]
A redundant hopper barge owned by the Government of South Australia was scuttled about 17.5 kilometres (10.9 mi) south east of Ardrossan in Gulf St Vincent in South Australia during April 1984 in order to create an artificial reef for recreational fishing use following the prohibition of access to the waters within 550 metres (1,800 ft) with the nearby wrecksite of Zanoni.[19][20]
After the patrol vessel Aisling and an unidentified patrol vessel (both Irish Naval Service) caught her fishing illegally in Irish waters during a gale on the evening of 19 April and she fled, resulting in a five-hour chase in which the Irish vessels fired 596 rounds at her as warning shots before discontinuing pursuit, the 330-gross register ton fishing vessel sank in the Irish Sea off England about 45 nautical miles (83 km; 52 mi) northwest of Land's End. The cargo shipAchat (West Germany) rescued three members of her 16-person crew, and a Royal Air ForceSea King helicopter from RAF Brawdy picked up the other 13.[21]
The ship was attacked by Iraqi fighter aircraft on 3 June 1984 while underway in ballast from Tutunciftlik, Turkey to Kharg Island, Iran. Two Exocet missiles hit the superstructure and the engine room, starting a fire, killing three crew members and injuring two. Later towed to Bushir, Iran, where the vessel was declared a total loss and sold to Taiwanese breakers in 1986.
The tanker sank 12 nautical miles (22 km) off Ostend, Belgium.[36] Amongst her cargo were barrels containing 225 tonnes (221 long tons) of uranium hexafluoride.[37]
The 145-to-150-foot (44.2 to 45.7 m) barge sank in 60 to 70 feet (18 to 21 m) of water in Long Island Sound 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) south of Sheffield Island near Norwalk, Connecticut. She apparently pulled the tugCeltic (United States), which was towing her, down with her, and her wreck remains connected to the wreck of Celtic by a towing hawser.[42]
The 85-foot (25.9 m) tug sank in 60 to 70 feet (18 to 21 m) of water in Long Island Sound 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km; 1.7 mi) south of Sheffield Island near Norwalk, Connecticut, with the loss of her entire crew of five, whose bodies were recovered by police divers. She apparently was pulled under by the barge she was towing, Cape Race (United States), when Cape Race sank. Celtic's wreck remains connected to the wreck of Cape Race by a towing hawser.[42]
The fishing vessel was blown onto rocks and wrecked near Seguam Pass in the Aleutian Islands, 130 nautical miles (240 km; 150 mi) southwest of Dutch Harbor, Alaska. Other fishing vessels rescued her crew of five.[26]
7 December
List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1984
Ship
Country
Description
Lady Chilel
Gambia
The ferry sank in the Gambia River at Ballingho. Four people were killed and twenty injured out of the 98 people on board.[48]
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