# List of shipwrecks in 2010

The list of shipwrecks in 2010 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 2010.
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## January
### 5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ady Gil | New Zealand | The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society trimaran was damaged severely in a collision with the whaler Shōnan Maru 2 ( Japan). Her six crew were rescued by the vessel Bob Barker ( Netherlands). The vessel sinks on 7 January despite efforts to tow it to port. |

### 13 January

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ortegal Uno | Germany | The 29.36-metre (96 ft 4 in) fishing vessel developed a list in heavy weather on 12 January, capsized in the Atlantic Ocean and sank west of Ireland (52°20′N 14°23′W﻿ / ﻿52.333°N 14.383°W﻿ / 52.333; -14.383) the next day. Her crew was rescued by Ortegal Tres ( Germany). |

### 16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Atlantic Mist | United States | The 185-foot (56.4 m) fishing vessel – a former PCE-842-class patrol craft – was scuttled as an artificial reef in 100 feet (30 m) of water in the North Atlantic Ocean at 38°31.063′N 074°30.271′W﻿ / ﻿38.517717°N 74.504517°W﻿ / 38.517717; -74.504517﻿ (Atlantic Mist), approximately 26 nautical miles (48 km; 30 mi) southeast of Indian River Inlet, Delaware, and equidistant from Cape May, New Jersey, Indian River Inlet, and Ocean City, Maryland. |
| Frieda Marie | United States | The retired 77-foot (23.5 m), 78-foot (23.8 m), or 85-foot (25.9 m) (sources disagree) fishing trawler – a shrimper – was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Delaware at 38°40.540′N 074°43.957′W﻿ / ﻿38.675667°N 74.732617°W﻿ / 38.675667; -74.732617﻿ (William C. Snow). |

### 25 January

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Unnamed boat | Philippines | The boat sank in rough waters off the province of Bataan with only two crew rescued by a passing vessel. Eight fishermen were reported missing. |

### 30 January

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Unnamed boat | India | The boat capsized in the Godavari River, Andhra Pradesh, with 12 dead and 40 reported missing. Wikinews has related news: Ten confirmed dead, scores missing as overcrowded boat capsizes in India |

## February
### 17 February

List of shipwrecks: 17 February 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Concordia | Barbados | The barquentine capsized and sank 550 kilometres (300 nmi) off Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |

### 19 February

List of shipwrecks: 17 February 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Becky Thatcher | United States | The historic sternwheel texas-deck paddle steamer sank at her mooring in the Ohio River at Neville Island in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, after a heavy snowfall and became a total loss. |

### 21 February

List of shipwrecks: 21 February 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Angeln | Antigua and Barbuda | The container ship capsized and sank off Saint Lucia. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Platinum II | United States | The cargo ship ran aground near Gopnath, Pakistan, and broke her back. She was scrapped in situ. |

## March
### 10 March

List of shipwrecks: 10 March 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sandy Point | United States | The retired 85-foot (25.9 m) tug was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Delaware at 38°40.540′N 074°43.957′W﻿ / ﻿38.675667°N 74.732617°W﻿ / 38.675667; -74.732617﻿ (Sandy Point). |

### 11 March

List of shipwrecks: 11 March 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ben My Chree | United Kingdom | The fishing vessel started to sink 17 nautical miles (31 km) NE of the Isles of Scilly and four of the crew taken off by RNAS Culdrose helicopter and one by the St Mary's relief lifeboat Daniel L Gibson. The ship was taken in tow by fisheries protection vessel St Piran ( United Kingdom) and sank 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) off Gwennap Head, Cornwall. |

### 26 March

List of shipwrecks: 26 March 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| ROKS Cheonan | Republic of Korea Navy | The Pohang-class corvette sank off Baengnyeong Island after it was attacked. Wikinews has related news: South Korean navy ship sinks off North Korean coast |

### 31 March

List of shipwrecks: 31 March 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Titanic | Saint Kitts and Nevis | The motor yacht sprang a leak 108 nautical miles (200 km) south east of Saint Croix. Her crew were taken off by USCGC Chincoteague ( United States Navy), which took Titanic in tow. She was taken in to Fredrikstad, United States Virgin Islands. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alta | Ecuador | The yacht ran aground entering the harbour of Puerto Ayora, Galápagos Islands, and was declared a constructive total loss. |

## April
### 3 April

List of shipwrecks: 3 April 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Shen Neng 1 | People's Republic of China | The cargo ship ran aground off Great Keppel Island, Australia. She was refloated on 12 April. The Federal Court of Australia is seeking damages of $120 million from Shenzhen Energy Transport for damage to the reef. Wikinews has related news: Chinese ship leaking oil near Great Barrier Reef |

### 20 April

List of shipwrecks: 20 April 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Northern Belle | United States | The fishing vessel sank at 59°10′N 146°47′W﻿ / ﻿59.167°N 146.783°W﻿ / 59.167; -146.783﻿ (FV Northern Belle), approximately 50 miles (80 km) south of Montague Island in the Gulf of Alaska. The captain died of hypothermia and his pet Cocker Spaniel went down with the ship, but the other three crewmen survived until a United States Coast Guard helicopter rescue crew arrived. |

### 22 April

List of shipwrecks: 22 April 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Deepwater Horizon | Marshall Islands | The oil rig sank two days after an explosion and fire. Wikinews has related news: Oil rig in Gulf of Mexico sinks after explosion; eleven missing |

## May
### 2 May

List of shipwrecks: 2 May 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bright Century | Japan | The cargo ship collided with Sea Success ( Liberia) 23 nautical miles (43 km; 26 mi) east of the Shangdong Peninsula (37°38′N 123°04′E﻿ / ﻿37.633°N 123.067°E﻿ / 37.633; 123.067) and sank. All 23 crew members were rescued. |

### 6 May

List of shipwrecks: 6 May 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Unnamed longboat | Democratic Republic of the Congo | The longboat capsized on a river in Maniema killing at least 20 people, with 60 more missing. Wikinews has related news: Boat in DR Congo capsizes, 80 feared dead |

### 7 May

List of shipwrecks: 7 May 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| McGinty | United States | The retired 65-foot (19.8 m) fishing trawler was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) off Mantoloking, New Jersey, in 80 feet (24 m) of water at 40°03.486′N 073°59.344′W﻿ / ﻿40.058100°N 73.989067°W﻿ / 40.058100; -73.989067﻿ (McGinty). |

### 8 May

List of shipwrecks: 8 May 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Andrew J. Barberi | United States | The passenger ferry collided with the terminal at Staten Island, New York. More than 60 people were injured. Wikinews has related news: New York's Staten Island Ferry crashes, 60 injured |

### 20 May

List of shipwrecks: 20 May 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cape Spencer | United States | The 47-foot (14.3 m) fishing vessel sank in Prince William Sound 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) south of Montague Island on the south-central coast of Alaska after her engine room flooded. Wearing survival suits, her crew of four abandoned ship in a life raft and was rescued by a United States Coast Guard Sikorsky MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter. |

## June
### 9 June

List of shipwrecks: 9 June 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lord Rank | United Kingdom | The ketch sank after hitting rocks off Ballycastle the previous day. |

### 12 June

List of shipwrecks: 12 June 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Howard Bahnsen | United States | The retired 90-foot (27.4 m) barge was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean off Townsends Inlet, New Jersey, at 39°06.543′N 074°36.249′W﻿ / ﻿39.109050°N 74.604150°W﻿ / 39.109050; -74.604150﻿ (Howard Bahnsen). |

### 23 June

List of shipwrecks: 15 June 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fu Ping Yuan | China | The cargo ship was run into by CS Crane ( Panama) off Incheon, South Korea and sank. She was refloated on 6 November. |

## July
### 2 July

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Yeoman Bontrup | Bahamas | The cargo ship suffered an onboard fire that spread to her engine room at Glensanda Quarry, Loch Linnhe, Scotland. The crew abandoned and the fire spread to her accommodation, severely damaging the ship. |

### 6 July

List of shipwrecks: 6 July 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cerro Alegre | Chile | The cargo ship was driven ashore in a storm at Valparaíso. |

### 7 July

List of shipwrecks: 7 July 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Unnamed DUKW | United States | The DUKW became disabled in the Delaware River in Philadelphia after an onboard fire. The tourist boat was then struck by a barge and sank immediately in 50 feet (15 m) of water. Thirty-five passengers and two crew members were recovered alive and two members of a Hungarian tour group died. |

### 10 July

List of shipwrecks: 10 July 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| USS New Orleans | United States Navy | The decommissioned Iwo Jima-class amphibious assault ship was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean, sinking after being hit by five 2,000 lb (907 kg) GBU-10 precision bombs in the Pacific during the RIMPAC 2010 exercise. |

### 14 July

List of shipwrecks: 14 July 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| USS Monticello | United States Navy | The decommissioned Thomaston-class dock landing ship was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean 70 nautical miles (130 km) off Kauai, Hawaii, on 14 July 2010 by aircraft of Patrol Squadron 4 (VP-4) and Patrol Squadron 40 (VP-40) (both United States Navy) during the RIMPAC 2010 exercise. |

### 15 July

List of shipwrecks: 15 July 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| John Henry | United States | The 34-foot (10.4 m) gillnetter sank in central Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of Alaska. A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued her crew of two. |
| Wealthy Globe | Vanuatu | The crane ship was driven ashore at Vũng Tàu, Vietnam. She was later refloated and taken into Ho Chi Minh City. |

### 29 July

List of shipwrecks: 29 July 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Unnamed boat | Democratic Republic of the Congo | The boat capsized in the Kasai River with at least eighty people killed. Wikinews has related news: Up to 140 feared dead as boat sinks in DR Congo |

### 31 July

List of shipwrecks: 31 July 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Unnamed boat | Uganda | The boat capsized on Lake Albert during a storm, with the loss of at least thirty-three lives. |

## August
### 7 August

List of shipwrecks: 7 August 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| MSC Chitra, Khalijia III | Panama Saint Kitts and Nevis | The container ship was involved in a collision with the bulk carrier Khalija III off Mumbai, India. Both ships were left listing heavily. MSC Chitra was beached near the Prong Reef Lighthouse with a 75° list. Her crew were rescued by the tug Vamsee III ( India). She was later salvaged. Khalija III was subsequently declared a constructive total loss and was scrapped at Mumbai in 2014. |

### 9 August

List of shipwrecks: 9 August 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Unnamed ferry | Indonesia | The ferry sank off Flores. At least eleven were killed and 32 were reported missing. |

## September
### 3 September

List of shipwrecks: 3 September 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Nanny | Canada | The tanker ran aground at Gjoa Haven, Nunavut, Canada. |

### 5 September

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Unidentified barge | United States | The retired 43-foot (13.1 m) barge was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean 3.1 nautical miles (5.7 km; 3.6 mi) off Barnegat, New Jersey, at 39°45.050′N 074°01.400′W﻿ / ﻿39.750833°N 74.023333°W﻿ / 39.750833; -74.023333﻿ (Unidentified barge). |

### 20 September

List of shipwrecks: 20 September 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| USS Acadia | United States Navy | USS Acadia sinking The decommissioned Yellowstone-class destroyer tender sank in the Pacific Ocean off Guam after being under bombardment since 19 September as a target for ships and aircraft during a naval exercise. |

### 23 September

List of shipwrecks: 23 September 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ocean Blue | Bolivia | The cargo ship foundered in the Caribbean Sea south of the Dominican Republic (17°07′03″N 69°50′00″W﻿ / ﻿17.11750°N 69.83333°W﻿ / 17.11750; -69.83333). Her seven crew were rescued by Adrian ( Liberia). |

### 29 September

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Huiying 168 | China | The cargo ship capsized and sank off Pingtan City with the loss of twelve of her fifteen crew. |

## October
### 5 October

List of shipwrecks: 5 October 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sail Queen | Russia | The cargo ship ran aground and was holed. She was consequently beached on the Turkish coast. |

### 7 October

List of shipwrecks: 7 October 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mystic | Canada | The cargo ship struck a submerged object and consequently foundered off Damas Cay, Bahamas. Her ten crew survived. |

### 8 October

List of shipwrecks: 8 October 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| YM Uranus | Malta | The chemical tanker collided with the bulk carrier Hanjin Rizhao ( Panama) off Brittany, France, and was reported to be sinking. All 13 crew were rescued. |

### 9 October

List of shipwrecks: 9 October 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lisco Gloria | Lithuania | The ferry caught fire in the Fehmarn Belt. She was declared a constructive total loss and subsequently scrapped. |

### 12 October

List of shipwrecks: 12 October 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mindoro | Greece | The ship collided with Jork Ranger ( Cyprus) 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Scheveningen, Netherlands. Mindoro was reported to have been holed and some of its cargo of kerosene lost. |

### 16 October

List of shipwrecks: 16 October 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Egholm II | Denmark | The ferry foundered off Aarhus whilst under tow. |

### 19 October

List of shipwrecks: 19 October 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dili Star | Panama | Typhoon Megi: The cargo ship foundered in the Taiwan Strait off Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Her twelve crew were rescued by a Republic of China Air Force helicopter. |
| Xin Yi | Panama | Typhoon Megi: The cement carrier foundered off Hsinchu, Taiwan with the loss of four of her 22 crew. |

### 20 October

List of shipwrecks: 20 October 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sheng Jai 16 | Cambodia | Typhoon Megi: The cargo ship foundered in the Taiwan Strait with the loss of five of her thirteen crew. |

### 22 October

List of shipwrecks: 22 October 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Astute | Royal Navy | The Astute-class submarine ran aground off the Isle of Skye. |
| Karya Terang | Indonesia | The ferry foundered off the coast of East Nusa Tenggara with the loss of about 30 lives. There were 44 survivors. |
| Stadt Fürth | Germany | The cargo ship collided with a small ferryboat ( Netherlands) in a canal between Breukelen and Nieuwer ter Aa, Utrecht. The ferryboat capsizes and its captain is reported missing. His body is later recovered. |
| Super Shuttle 22 | Philippines | The ro-ro ferry suffered an engine failure and ran aground off Barangay. All 141 passengers were taken off. She was later refloated. |

### 24 October

List of shipwrecks: 24 October 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Havfrakt | Faroe Islands | The coaster ran aground at Gisundet, Norway. |

### 27 October

List of shipwrecks: 27 October 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Athena | Faroe Islands | Athena five days after the fire on 9 May 2011 in the Faroe Islands. The factory ship caught fire 230 nautical miles (430 km) south west of the Isles of Scilly. |
| Jian Fu Star | Panama | The cargo ship capsized and sank in the South China Sea off Oluanpi, Taiwan with the loss of thirteen of her 25 crew. |
| USNS Saturn | United States Navy | USNS Saturn.The inactivated combat stores ship was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of North Carolina by ships and aircraft of the USS George H. W. Bush carrier strike group. |

### 28 October

List of shipwrecks: 28 October 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fryderyk Chopin | Poland | The sailing ship lost two masts in gales in the Atlantic Ocean, 86 nautical miles (159 km) south west of the Isles of Scilly. |

## November
### 8 November

List of shipwrecks: 8 November 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Good News | United States | The vessel was wrecked in Alaska's Kodiak Archipelago between Afognak Island and Marmot Island. |

### 9 November

List of shipwrecks: 9 November 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jianmao 9 | Panama | The bulk carrier foundered in the South China Sea near Lý Sơn island, Vietnam, when the holds took water in heavy weather on a voyage from Malaysia to China. Her 27 crew were rescued by containerships NYK Aquarius and Kota Nelayan. |
| Nasco Diamond | Panama | The cargo ship capsized and sank south of Iriomote-Jiwa, Japan with the loss of 21 of her 25 crew. |

### 11 November

List of shipwrecks: 11 November 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fairplay 22 | Antigua and Barbuda | The tug collided with Stena Britannica ( United Kingdom) and capsized in the Nieuwe Waterweg with the loss of two of her crew. |

### 30 November

List of shipwrecks: 30 November 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Karam 1 | Sierra Leone | The cargo ship collided with Alessandro DP ( Bahamas) and foundered in the Black Sea off Cape Emine, Bulgaria with the loss of five of her ten crew. |

## December
### 4 December

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hong Wei | Panama | The cargo ship sank off the southeast coast of China. Ten members of the 24-person Chinese crew are missing. She was carrying 40,000 tons of nickel ore. |

### 5 December

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anya | Panama | The tug was driven ashore near Kilyos, Turkey. Her six crew were rescued. |

### 8 December

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| DK 31 | Belgium | The oil skimmer was in collision with Crystal Topaz ( Luxembourg) and sank in the Scheldt at Doel, East Flanders with the loss of all three of her crew. |
| Izzy B | United States | The 34-foot (10.4 m) vessel burned to the waterline at Port Santa Cruz (55°17′N 133°27′W﻿ / ﻿55.283°N 133.450°W﻿ / 55.283; -133.450﻿ (Port Santa Cruz)) in Southeast Alaska. The vessel BJ ( United States) rescued her crew of two. |
| RawFaith | United States | RawFaith. The schooner-rigged galleon sank in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Nantucket. Two crew members were airlifted from the vessel the day before. |

### 10 December

List of shipwrecks: 10 December 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| North Spirit | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | The cargo ship foundered 52 nautical miles (96 km) off Cape Ortegal, Spain. All crew rescued. |

### 11 December

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Showboat Branson Belle | United States | The passenger ship ranaground while cruising on Table Rock Lake in Missouri, stranding 567 passengers and 76 crew members overnight. |

### 12 December

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adriatica | Moldova | The cargo ship sank in stormy weather in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Israel. The ship's eleven Ukrainian crew members are rescued by a nearby ship. Voice of Russia reported that the vessel sank on "Saturday" (i.e., 11 December). |

### 13 December

List of shipwrecks: 13 December 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann Marie | United States | The tug sank in ice in the Saginaw River. |
| No. 1 Insung or Number One in Sung | South Korea | The fishing vessel sank in the Southern Ocean some 1,000 nautical miles (1,900 km; 1,200 mi) north of McMurdo Station and 1,080 nautical miles (2,000 km; 1,240 mi) south of New Zealand. Twenty members of the multi-national 42-person crew are rescued and 22 were feared dead. |

### 14 December

List of shipwrecks: 14 December 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jolly Amaranto | Italy | The ro-ro cargo ship capsized at Alexandria, Egypt. Her 21 crew survived. She was scrapped in situ in 2011-2012. |

### 15 December

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Refrigerator 604 | Russia | The refrigerated cargo ship ran aground and capsized in the Kuril Islands. Her fourteen crew were rescued. |
| Unnamed boat | Unknown | A boat carrying around ninety Iranian, Iraqi and Kurdish asylum seekers sank off the coast of Christmas Island, killing at least fifty people aboard. |

### 16 December

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Phu Tan | Vietnam | The cargo ship capsized and sank 110 nautical miles (200 km; 130 mi) west of Sanya, China. Twenty-seven fishermen were reported missing. |

### 17 December

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Rand | Togo | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Kumluca, Turkey. Her nine crew were rescued by the Turkish Coast Guard. |
| Sea Bright | Bolivia | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Antalya, Turkey in a storm and was wrecked. |

### 18 December

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sandy M | United States | The fishing vessel took on water and was abandoned near Whitney Island, Alaska. Her crew of 5 were rescued by a United States Coast Guard helicopter crew. |

### 24 December

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eren Turgut | Turkey | The cargo ship caught fire in the English Channel 18 miles (29 km; 16 nmi) off Dover. Three crew were airlifted to hospital in Margate, where one of them later died. The fire was extinguished but left the ship without propulsion and on emergency lighting only. |
| Hung Cuong 168 | Vietnam | The cargo ship foundered off Fuzhou, China with the loss of four of her seventeen crew. |

### 27 December

List of shipwrecks: 27 December 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hangro Ferry 2 | South Korea | The ferry foundered in the Yellow Sea off Manjae Island. All on board were rescued. |
| Serbest K | Turkey | The cargo ship ran aground at Turgutreis. Her twelve crew were rescued. |

### 28 December

List of shipwrecks: 28 December 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sea Wolf | United States | The fishing vessel sank 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) off Cape May, New Jersey, with the loss of one of her two crew. Wikinews has related news: Boat sinks off New Jersey coast, killing one |
| Van Don 02 | Vietnam | The cargo ship foundered in the South China Sea off the coast of Vietnam with the loss of eleven of her 23 crew. |

### 31 December

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 2010 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jeljelet Ae | Marshall Islands | The cargo ship sank 90 miles (140 km) northwest of Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands, while carrying a cargo of construction materials. Her twenty-person crew were rescued after a multi-national effort. |
| Kang Bong | North Korea | The cargo ship sank 120 nautical miles (220 km; 140 mi) east of Lianyungang in strong gales. Two crew were killed and 15 were reported missing. |