# List of shipwrecks in 1985

The list of shipwrecks in 1985 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1985.
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## January
### 1 January

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Danny Boy | United States | The fishing vessel burned and sank off "Smith Island" in the waters of Alaska. The wreck report does not specify which of several islands of the name it refers to. |

### 6 January

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ardea | United States | The 38-foot (11.6 m) vessel dragged her anchor and was wrecked in King Cove (58°04′N 157°29′W﻿ / ﻿58.067°N 157.483°W﻿ / 58.067; -157.483﻿ (King Cove)) on the coast of Afognak Island in Alaska′s Kodiak Archipelago. Her crew survived. |

### 14 January

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| K-Jo | United States | The 34-foot (10.4 m) fishing vessel sank off Marmot Island in Alaska′s Kodiak Archipelago with the loss of one life. Her two survivors were rescued on 16 January. |

### 17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Byron I | United Kingdom | The cargo ship was wrecked at Kalilimenes, Crete, Greece. She was on a voyage from Gdynia, Poland to India. |

### 21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Chil Bo San No. 6 | South Korea | The 285-foot (86.9 m) fishing trawler was abandoned in a sinking condition in the Bering Sea approximately 200 nautical miles (370 km; 230 mi) northwest of Adak Island in the Aleutian Islands. Another South Korean vessel rescued her crew of 29. Her crew may have returned to her later to salvage her. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in January 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Manolis L | Liberia | The cargo ship ran aground and sank in Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland, Canada. |

## February
### 5 February

List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Rosa | United States | The fishing vessel sank after being surrounded by ice in Marguerite Bay (55°43′N 131°38′W﻿ / ﻿55.717°N 131.633°W﻿ / 55.717; -131.633﻿ (Marguerite Bay)) in Southeast Alaska near Ketchikan, Alaska. |

### 7 February

List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| El Rancho | United States | The 82-foot (25.0 m) crab-fishing vessel capsized and sank in the Gulf of Alaska approximately 35 nautical miles (65 km; 40 mi) west of Cape Alitak on the south end of Alaska′s Kodiak Island. A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued her entire crew of five. |

### 8 February

List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Busko Zdroj | Poland | The cargo ship capsized and sank off Sylt, West Germany with the loss of all but one of her 25 crew. |

### 14 February

List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alert | United States | The 129-gross ton, 70.5-foot (21.5 m) or 94-foot (28.7 m) fishing vessel was last seen in the Shelikof Strait suffering from heavy icing and bound for Bumble Bay (57°16′30″N 154°41′30″W﻿ / ﻿57.27500°N 154.69167°W﻿ / 57.27500; -154.69167﻿ (Bumble Bay)) on the southwest coast of Alaska′s Kodiak Island after a sudden onset of increasing winds and wave heights and dropping temperatures. She subsequently disappeared with the loss of her entire crew of five, leaving only an oil slick behind. |

### 15 February

List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| A Regina | Panama | Passenger and cargo ferry ran aground off Isla de Mona |

### 20 February

List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| ARA Santa Fe | Argentine Navy | The wrecked Balao-class submarine captured during the Falklands War in 1982 was refloated on 11 February, taken to deep water to be scuttled by British forces, but sank in the South Atlantic Ocean 5 miles (8.0 km) north of South Georgia Island. |

### 26 February

List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Tagukak | United States | The 43-foot (13.1 m) vessel was destroyed by fire in the Gulf of Alaska off Spruce Cape (57°49′15″N 152°20′00″W﻿ / ﻿57.82083°N 152.33333°W﻿ / 57.82083; -152.33333﻿ (Spruce Cape)) on Kodiak Island. A Kodiak, Alaska, harbormaster shuttle ferry crew rescued her operator. |

## March
### 3 March

List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| John A. Downs | United States | The 113-foot (34.4 m) tug sank in 230 feet (70 m) of water in Long Island Sound 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) northwest of Great Gull Island at 41°14′09″N 072°07′51″W﻿ / ﻿41.23583°N 72.13083°W﻿ / 41.23583; -72.13083﻿ (John A. Downs) after colliding with a barge she was towing. Her entire crew of eight survived. |

### 6 March

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ludvig Svoboda | Soviet Union | The tanker exploded and sank at Ventspils, Latvian SSR killing one crewman and injuring five others. |

### 21 March

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ocean Bounty | United States | The 90-foot (27.4 m) fishing vessel sank during a gale in the Gulf of Alaska approximately 110 nautical miles (200 km; 130 mi) south of Cape Saint Elias, Alaska. A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued her crew of three. |

### 26 March

List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Nordic Pride | United States | The fishing vessel sank in the Bering Sea just west of the Pribilof Islands. The fishing vessel Starlite ( United States) rescued her entire crew of five. |

### 29 March

List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Pauline Marie | United States | The retired fishing vessel was scuttled as an artificial reef in 85 feet (26 m) of water in the North Atlantic Ocean east of Ocean City, New Jersey, at 39°13.763′N 074°12.182′W﻿ / ﻿39.229383°N 74.203033°W﻿ / 39.229383; -74.203033﻿ (Pauline Marie). |

### 30 March

List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mercedes I | Venezuela | The cargo ship was scuttled with explosive charges off Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to form an artificial reef. |

## April
### 7 April

List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Caroline | United Kingdom | The 700-ton coaster capsized and sank south of The Lizard in heavy seas. Seven men were rescued by a Royal Navy Wessex helicopter, and one by the Lizard lifeboat. |

### 11 April

List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| TCG Yildirim | Turkish Navy | The patrol vessel was destroyed by an explosion and fire in the Aegean Sea off Mitylene. |

### 18 April

List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| GC-231 | Nicaraguan Navy | Contra War: The patrol boat was sunk by Honduran Air Force aircraft, with casualties. |

### 23 April

List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Canadian Progress | Canada | The lake freighter ran aground 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Ogdensburg, New York in the Saint Lawrence River. The ship required the assistance of tugboats to be freed. |

### 27 April

List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Moon Song | United States | The 50-foot (15.2 m) seiner sank off Cape Chiniak (57°37′N 152°10′W﻿ / ﻿57.617°N 152.167°W﻿ / 57.617; -152.167﻿ (Cape Chiniak)) near Kodiak, Alaska. All six people on board survived. |

### 28 April

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lady Marjorie | Canada | The foundering fishing boat was shelled and sunk by the 3-inch (76 mm) guns of HMCS Nipigon ( Maritime Command) as a hazard to navigation after rescuing her crew. |

### 29 April

List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bertha | United States | The fishing vessel capsized without warning and sank off Gore Point (59°12′00″N 150°57′30″W﻿ / ﻿59.20000°N 150.95833°W﻿ / 59.20000; -150.95833﻿ (Gore Point)) on the south-central coast of Alaska. The fishing vessel Wilson ( United States) rescued her crew of four. |

## May
### 9 May

List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Shirley Ann | United States | Loaded with discarded tires, the retired 80-foot (24.4 m) 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 80 feet (24 m) of water at 39°37.399′N 074°01.668′W﻿ / ﻿39.623317°N 74.027800°W﻿ / 39.623317; -74.027800﻿ (Shirley Ann). |

### 10 May

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Zeeliner | United States | The retired 63-foot (19.2 m) ferry was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean off Fire Island south of Long Island, New York, in 75 feet (23 m) of water. |

### 13 May

List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Arctic Mist | United States | The 91-foot (27.7 m) fishing vessel capsized and sank in the Gulf of Alaska 75 nautical miles (139 km; 86 mi) east of Kodiak, Alaska. All four people on board survived. |

### 16 May

List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anna O | United States | While towing the gillnet fishing vessel Head and Tails ( United States), the 11-gross register ton 31.6-foot (9.6 m) seiner ran aground on Softuk Bar (60°13′N 144°40′W﻿ / ﻿60.217°N 144.667°W﻿ / 60.217; -144.667﻿ (Softuk Bar)) in Controller Bay (60°04′37″N 144°13′04″W﻿ / ﻿60.0770°N 144.2178°W﻿ / 60.0770; -144.2178﻿ (Controller Bay)) on the south-central coast of Alaska and was lost. The only person aboard perished. |
| Head and Tails | United States | While under tow by the seiner Anna O ( United States) with no one aboard, the 26-foot (7.9 m) gillnet fishing vessel ran aground on Softuk Bar (60°13′N 144°40′W﻿ / ﻿60.217°N 144.667°W﻿ / 60.217; -144.667﻿ (Softuk Bar)) in Controller Bay (60°04′37″N 144°13′04″W﻿ / ﻿60.0770°N 144.2178°W﻿ / 60.0770; -144.2178﻿ (Controller Bay)) on the south-central coast of Alaska and was lost. She later was salvaged. |

### 20 May

List of shipwrecks: 20 May 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Kimberly | United States | The fishing vessel sank in the Bering Sea approximately 80 nautical miles (150 km; 92 mi) northwest of Dutch Harbor, Alaska, with the loss of one life. Four members of her crew survived. |

### 22 May

List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Polar Storm | United States | The 52-foot (15.8 m) fishing vessel burned and sank in the Gulf of Alaska 120 nautical miles (220 km; 140 mi) northeast of Kodiak, Alaska. The fishing vessel Trident ( United States) rescued her four-man crew. |

### 27 May

List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Petrogen One and Camponavia | Japan Spain | The Japanese ship Petragen One docked at the Gibraltar-San Roque Refinery and was unloading 20,000 tons of naphtha, which exploded and also caused the Spanish tanker Camponavia to catch fire. 33 people died and 36 were injured. The fire started explosions in Camponavia, which broke in two and sank in a slick of burning oil. The Japanese ship also snapped in two, leaving only the burning bow and stern visible above the waterline. |

### 28 May

List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Maratha Transhipper | India | The bulk carrier was driven ashore and wrecked at Mormugao. |

## June
### 2 June

List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Indulgence | United Kingdom | The yacht, a contender for the America's Cup, ran aground and sank off the Isle of Wight. All ten crew rescued by Local Hero (flag unknown) |

### 3 June

List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| American | United States | The retired 125-foot (38.1 m) schooner was scuttled as an artificial reef in 120 feet (37 m) of water in the North Atlantic Ocean east of Ocean City, New Jersey, at 39°13.855′N 074°12.332′W﻿ / ﻿39.230917°N 74.205533°W﻿ / 39.230917; -74.205533﻿ (American). Her masts broke loose and floated to the surface, and were retrieved after she sank. |

### 4 June

List of shipwrecks: 4 June 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Advice | Royal Navy | The Confiance-class tug was sunk as a target. |

### 16 June

List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bridgeness | United Kingdom | Ran aground on the Hats and Barrels Reef, off the Welsh coast and sank. |

### 23 June

List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Arctic Career | Panama | A bulk carrier that sank 440 nautical miles (810 km; 510 mi) northwest of Tristan da Cunha in heavy weather. The entire crew was killed in the sinking. |

### 27 June

List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Al Rubiya | Kuwait | The refrigerated coaster sprang a leak and sank at Bombay, India. Subsequently refloated and scrapped. |

## July
### 3 July

List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| First Lady | United States | The retired 95-foot (29.0 m) fishing trawler and clam dredger 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°13.703′N 074°12.486′W﻿ / ﻿39.228383°N 74.208100°W﻿ / 39.228383; -74.208100﻿ (First Lady). |

### 10 July

List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Rainbow Warrior | Netherlands | Opération Satanique - Sabotaged by DGSE agents and sunk in Auckland, New Zealand. |

### 12 July

List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alliance | United States | While tied alongside the fishing vessel Dawn L ( United States) and refueling Dawn L, the 63-foot (19.2 m) fish tender exploded and sank off Axel Lind Island (60°47′30″N 147°43′30″W﻿ / ﻿60.79167°N 147.72500°W﻿ / 60.79167; -147.72500﻿ (Axel Lind Island)) in Prince William Sound on the south-central coast of Alaska. Dawn L also exploded and sank. Alliance was later salvaged. The seven people aboard both vessels all survived. |
| Dawn L | United States | While tied alongside the fish tender Alliance ( United States) and refueling from Alliance, the 45-foot (13.7 m) fishing vessel exploded and sank off Axel Lind Island (60°47′30″N 147°43′30″W﻿ / ﻿60.79167°N 147.72500°W﻿ / 60.79167; -147.72500﻿ (Axel Lind Island)) in Prince William Sound on the south-central coast of Alaska. Alliance also exploded and sank. The seven people aboard both vessels all survived. |

### 13 July

List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sea ZZZs | United States | The gillnet fishing vessel was destroyed by an explosion and fire in the small-boat harbor at Valdez, Alaska. |

### 21 July

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amaretto | United States | After being stolen, the 71-foot (22 m) sardine-fishing vessel was scuttled by the thieves in 120 feet (37 m) of water in Penobscot Bay 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) east of Owls Head, Maine, at 44°05′35.29″N 068°59′53.13″W﻿ / ﻿44.0931361°N 68.9980917°W﻿ / 44.0931361; -68.9980917﻿ (Amaraetto). |
| Frodo Durban | Brazil | The tanker ran aground at the entrance to Hong Kong Harbour. |

### 23 July

List of shipwrecks: 23 July :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dit Out | United States | The boat was lost in the harbor at Homer, Alaska, when her engine exploded just off the fuel dock. |
| Roule | Honduras | Lebanese Civil War: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk at Sidon, Lebanon by Israeli artillery. |

### 24 July

List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Tylene | United States | The fish tender sank in Trading Bay (60°55′N 151°35′W﻿ / ﻿60.917°N 151.583°W﻿ / 60.917; -151.583﻿ (Trading Bay)) on the coast of Alaska after a wooden plank came loose, causing her to flood, and her pump failed. |

### 26 July

List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mari Jana | United States | The fishing vessel sank in Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of Alaska 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) off the mouth of the Kenai River after a large wave broke over her stern. |

### 29 July

List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Kapodistrias | Greece | The bulk carrier ran aground at Port Elizabeth and sank. |

## August
### 3 August

List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Europa | West Germany | The cruise ship ran aground off Greenland. Refloated on 6 August, returned to service. |
| HMS Narwhal | Royal Navy | The decommissioned Porpoise-class submarine was scuttled in the English Channel to serve as a target. |

### 7 August

List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sea Dancer | United States | The 90-foot (27.4 m) barge tender sank with the loss of one life after taking on water in heavy weather 60 nautical miles (110 km; 69 mi) north of False Pass, Alaska. |

### 10 August

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| K-431 | Soviet Navy | The Project 675 (Echo II-class) submarine suffered an explosion in her nuclear reactor during refuelling. Ten people killed. |

### 18 August

List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Maritime Gardenia | Liberia | The cargo ship ran aground on the Albert Patches, in the Torres Strait (10°20′05″S 102°21′01″E﻿ / ﻿10.33472°S 102.35028°E﻿ / -10.33472; 102.35028). She was on a voyage from Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia to Penang, Malaysia. Subsequently refloated and towed to Singapore for repairs. |
| Naess Leopard | Belgium | Hit by two missiles 25 nautical miles (46 km) north east of Qatar and damaged by the detonation of one of them. Later repaired and returned to service. |

### 19 August

List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Western Sea | United States | The 58-foot (17.7 m) seiner was lost in Marmot Bay, 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi)) northeast of Kodiak, Alaska. Her entire crew of six perished. Parts of Western Sea including her pilot house, as well as a life preserver, later were found east of Long Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. |

### 21 August

List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anna Marie | United States | The 42-foot (12.8 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire near Chignik, Alaska. All on board survived. |
| Lady Noreen | United States | The fish tender was destroyed by an electrical fire near Cape Chacon (54°41′30″N 132°00′50″W﻿ / ﻿54.69167°N 132.01389°W﻿ / 54.69167; -132.01389﻿ (Cape Chacon)) in Southeast Alaska southwest of Ketchikan, Alaska. |

### 25 August

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ariadne | Panama | Ran aground off Mogadishu, Somalia and broke in two, a total loss. Bow section capsized and sank on 1 October, causing parts of Mogadishu to be evacuated. |

## September
### 6 September

List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Pacific Lady | United States | During a voyage from Yakutat to Sitka, Alaska, while operating as a fish tender with a cargo of 80,000 pounds (36,288 kg) of salmon on board, the 70-foot (21.3 m) fishing vessel capsized and sank off Cape Spencer, Alaska. One crewman died after helping his shipmates onto a life raft; the other four men and the only woman on board survived and were rescued by a United States Coast Guard helicopter. |

### 13 September

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Smit Matsas 1 | Greece | Iran–Iraq War: The salvage tug was hit by an Exocet missile fired by an Iraqi aircraft whilst at a point 50 nautical miles (93 km) north of Ras Tunara, Saudi Arabia. The ship was destroyed by the subsequent fire, all 19 crew were rescued. |

### 21 September

List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Junquito | Spain | Western Sahara War: The trawler was captured by Polisario fighters and scuttled off Cape Corbiero, Western Sahara. |

### 25 September

List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Meltem | Turkish Navy | The Denizkusu-class missile boat was rammed, cut in two and sunk by Khasan ( Soviet Navy) in the Bosporus Strait/Black Sea. Five crewmen were killed. The vessel was later salvaged and stricken. |

### 29 September

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Taurime | Republic of Ireland | The yacht struck rocks off Valencia Head and sank. All crew rescued, including Charles Haughey, the Leader of the Opposition in the Irish Parliament. |

## October
### 16 October

List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| General VII | United Kingdom | The tug sank after colliding with Rora Head ( United Kingdom) in the Thames Estuary. Four of her seven crew were killed. |

### 20 October

List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Unidentified infiltration ship | Korean People's Navy | The infiltration ship was sunk by South Korean coastal artillery. |

### 26 October

List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Carolyn Jean | United States | The 98-foot (29.9 m) fishing trawler dragged her anchor and sank in shallow water in Portage Bay (57°34′05″N 156°02′15″W﻿ / ﻿57.56806°N 156.03750°W﻿ / 57.56806; -156.03750﻿ (Portage Bay)) on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula in Alaska. A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued her crew of four. |

### 28 October

List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sundowner | United States | The 68-foot (21 m) fishing vessel sank in bad weather in the Gulf of Alaska near the Semidi Islands south of Kodiak Island. Her captain was lost, but the United States Coast Guard rescued the other three members of her crew from a life raft. |

### 30 October

List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Golden Hinde | United Kingdom | The replica of the 16th-century galleon ran aground at the mouth of the Avon. Refloated the following day. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Unidentified patrol ship | Korean People's Navy | The patrol ship was sunk by South Korean coastal artillery. |

## November
### 11 November

List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anne | Netherlands | The coaster was driven ashore at Seaton Carew, Northumberland in a storm. Still beached four days later. |

### 17 November

List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Rascal | United States | The retired 41-foot (12.5 m) fishing vessel and dive boat was scuttled as an artificial reef in 40 feet (12 m) of water in Long Island Sound off Matinecock Point (40°54′07″N 73°37′56″W﻿ / ﻿40.9020°N 073.6323°W﻿ / 40.9020; -073.6323﻿ (Matinecock Point)) on the north coast of Long Island, New York. |

### 18 November

List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Morania Abaco | United States | The retired 264-foot (80.5 m) tanker was scuttled as an artificial reef in 110 feet (34 m) of water in the North Atlantic Ocean east of Ocean City, New Jersey, at 39°14.133′N 074°12.154′W﻿ / ﻿39.235550°N 74.202567°W﻿ / 39.235550; -74.202567﻿ (Morania Abaco). |

### 26 November

List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aleutian Harvester | United States | The 94-foot (28.7 m) fishing trawler disappeared in the North Pacific Ocean during a storm with the loss of her entire crew of three. Searchers believed that she sank approximately 30 nautical miles (56 km; 35 mi) south of Unalaska in the Aleutian Islands. |

## December
### 6 December

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Pacific Voyager | United States | The crab-fishing vessel struck a rock off Cape Pankof on Unimak Island in the Aleutian Islands and then went aground and broke up on the beach. A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued her entire crew of four. |

### 16 December

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Princess Arline | United States | The fishing vessel sank in the Gulf of Alaska approximately 40 nautical miles (74 km; 46 mi) south of Seward, Alaska, during a gale. A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued her crew from a life raft. |

### 18 December

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Asuncion | Philippines | The ferry sank off Mindoro Island. About 100 of her 182 passengers and 15 crew were rescued. |

### 19 December

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eagle Tire Co | United States | The cargo ship was sunk as an artificial reef approximately 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) northeast of the Alligator Reef Light and 6 nautical miles (11 km) off the coast of Lower Matecumbe Key, Florida. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1985 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Malis | Unknown | The out of service coastal freighter was scuttled as an artificial reef near Little Pigeon Island in the Credner Islands near Rabaul, New Guinea. |
| Narciso Monturiol | Spanish Navy | The decommissioned submarine was scuttled off Cartagena, Spain. |
| HMS Porpoise | Royal Navy | The Porpoise-class submarine was sunk as a target. |
| Samir | Lebanon | The ship was lost during 1985. |