# List of shipwrecks in 1986

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

### 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. |

### 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. |

### 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. |

### 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. |

### 25 January

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1986 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sea Warrior | flag unknown | The cargo ship was scuttled off Tunisia to become an artificial reef. |

### 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. |

### 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). |

### 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. |

## 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. |

### 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. |

### 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). |

### 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. |

### 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. |

## 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. |

### 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. |

### 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. |
| 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. |

## 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). |
| 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. |

### 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. |

## 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. |

### 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. |

### 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. |

### 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |

### 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. |

## 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. |

### 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. |

### 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. |

### 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)). |

## 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. |

### 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. |

### 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) |

### 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). |

### 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. |

### 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). |

## 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. |

### 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. |

### 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. |

### 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. |

### 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. |

## 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. |
| 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. |

### 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. |

## 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. |

### 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. |

### 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). |

### 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. |

### 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. |

## 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. |

### 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. |

### 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. |

## 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. |
| 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. |

### 19 December

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1986 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Brave Themis | Cyprus | The cargo ship sank off Crete. |
| 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 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). |

### 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. |
| Syneta | United Kingdom | The tanker ran aground at Skrurdur Island, Iceland and was wrecked with the loss all 12 crew. |

## 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. |