# List of shipwrecks in 2018

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

### 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. |
| Jin Ming 16 Hao | Taiwan | The cargo ship was driven ashore near Pambujan, Philippines. Her nine crew were rescued. |

### 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. |

### 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. 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. |

### 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 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 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. The frigate broke in two on 20 January, and finally sank on 28 January. |
| 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. |

### 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). |

### 13 January

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hong Fan 032 | China | The cargo ship capsized and sank. |

### 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. |

### 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). |
| Hui Feng | China | The cargo ship collided with Feng Hai 18 ( China) and sank off Baoshan. |

### 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. |

### 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. The aerial search for the vessel and possible survivors was eventually called off on 1 February, with 81 people still missing and presumed lost. |
| Sinan Naiboglu | Turkey | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Aliağa. |

### 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. She was on a voyage from İzmir, Turkey, to Rostov-on-Don, Russia. |
| Diana | Antigua & Barbuda | The cargo ship drifted aground in Haifa Bay off the Israeli coast after beginning to drift while anchored near shore. |

### 22 January

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Intanini | Indonesia | The cargo ship sank on this date. Two missing. |

### 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. |

### 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. |
| 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. |

### 27 January

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Caballo Eclipse | Mexico | The offshore supply ship capsized and sank off Carmelite Island. |
| Canci Ladjoni 3 | Indonesia | The cargo ship foundered in the Flores Sea between Jumpea and Kayuadi. Her twenty crew were rescued. |

### 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. |

### 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. |

### 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. |

## 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. |
| Mengkara | Indonesia | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of South Sulawesi. All 35 people on board were rescued. |

### 2 February

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. Berg was consequently declared a total loss. |

### 3 February

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). |
| Shun An Lun | China | The cargo ship was severely damaged by fire off Zhoushan, China. Her eleven crew were rescued. |
| Tallas | Cambodia | The crewless cargo ship was driven ashore at Zeytinburnu, Turkey. She was subsequently scrapped in situ during June. |

### 10 February

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. |

### 16 February

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 February

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Orca | Ecuador | The cargo ship capsized at Guayaquil, trapping one of its five crew. |

### 22 February

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. |

### 23 February

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. |

### 27 February

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). |

### 28 February

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. |

### Unknown date

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. |
| Rhosus | Unflagged | 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. |

## March
### 1 March

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. |

### 2 March

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Artemis | USA | The fishing boat broke free from its mooring at Provincetown, Massachusetts in a storm and was driven onto the West End breakwater and sank. In July 2018 the wreck was raised, taken into Provincetown harbour and broken up. |

### 6 March

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. |
| 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). One of those rescued subsequently died from injuries sustained in the fire. |
| Viet Thuan 68 | Vietnam | The cargo ship collided with Phuong Linh 16 ( Vietnam) and sank off Nam Dinh. Her nine crew were rescued. |

### 10 March

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. |

### 12 March

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). |
| 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. |

### 13 March

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). |

### 14 March

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. Harriet was refloated on 31 March. |

### 20 March

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). Her seven crew were rescued by helicopter. |

### 21 March

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. |

### 25 March

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. |
| Princess Hawaii | United States | Princess HawaiiThe 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. |

### 28 March

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. |

### 31 March

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. |
| Yuan Tai 789 | China | The cargo ship ran aground in the Taiwan Strait off Kinmen Island. Her crew were rescued. |

### Unknown date

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. |

## April
### 6 April

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. |

### 7 April

List of shipwrecks: 7 April 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Crystal Bay | Panama | The cargo ship was driven ashore in Luzon, Philippines. She was on a voyage from Port Klang, Malaysia, to Niigata, Japan. |

### 8 April

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Shahin | Panama | The ro-ro cargo ship sank at Port Sudan, Sudan. Her four crew were rescued. |

### 18 April

List of shipwrecks: 18 April 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Geos | Malaysia | The research vessel caught fire off Kuala Baram. One of her 38 crew was reported missing. |

### 24 April

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Shen Song 618 | China | The cargo ship sank in the Yangtze River with the loss of three of her six crew. |

## May
### 16 May

List of shipwrecks: 16 May 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hong Peng | China | The cargo ship sank in the Taiwan Strait. Five rescued, six missing. |

### 18 May

List of shipwrecks: 18 May 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bukit Raya | Indonesia | The passenger ship ran aground in the Lapma Strait in the South China Sea. |

### 22 May

List of shipwrecks: 22 May 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Long Hui Da 6999 | China | The cargo ship foundered in the Yellow Sea off Weihai. Seven of her eleven crew were reported missing. |

### 23 May

List of shipwrecks: 23 May 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Citra Mulia 9 | Indonesia | The cargo ship foundered in the Java Sea (5°34′S 110°59′E﻿ / ﻿5.567°S 110.983°E﻿ / -5.567; 110.983). Her nineteen crew were rescued. |

### 25 May

List of shipwrecks: 25 May 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Oliver Cromwell | United Kingdom | The motor paddle vessel foundered in the Irish Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) off the coast of Anglesey whilst being towed from Gloucester to Coleraine (N Ireland). There was nobody on board. Its final moments were attended by the Holyhead Lifeboat. |

### 28 May

List of shipwrecks: 28 May 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sheng Ming | Panama | The bulk carrier foundered 180 nautical miles (330 km) west of Cape Town, South Africa after suffering engine room flooding on 12 April and being towed for 11⁄2 months. |

### 29 May

List of shipwrecks: 29 May 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Chem Norma | Marshall Islands | The tanker ran aground in the St. Lawrence River at Morrisburg, Ontario, at 04:10 on 29 May, local time. The ship ran aground next to the village, out of the main shipping channel. The ship remained intact, with no water entering, nor oil exiting the vessel. The Saint Lawrence Seaway remained open for traffic. The ship was pulled free on 4 June having struck an old lock system that had been submerged during the creation of the Saint Lawrence Seaway. The cause of the grounding was due to the vessel's issues with its rudder. |

### 30 May

List of shipwrecks: 29 May 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Barlovento Primero | Spain | The dredger sank at Suances. Her three crew were rescued. |
| Paray | Indonesia | The ferry was severely damaged by fire at Jagoh. |

## June
### 13 June

List of shipwrecks: 13 June 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Pathara Marine 6 | Thailand | The coastal container ship capsized and sank off Ko Si Chang Island. |

### 14 June

List of shipwrecks: 14 June 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| 19 Winner | Fiji | The tanker was driven aground by a storm off Kaohsiung. Refloated on 2 July 2018. |
| Arista | Indonesia | The fishing boat capsized and sank off Barrang Lompo Island north of Makassar Sulawesi. 13 dead, 22 or 24 rescued, 8 missing. |
| Shine Luck | Panama | The tanker was driven aground by a storm off Kaohsiung. |

### 15 June

List of shipwrecks: 15 June 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Twin Capes | United States | The retired 320-foot (97.5 m) motor ferry, formerly part of the Cape May-Lewes Ferry fleet, was scuttled in the North Atlantic Ocean east of Bethany Beach, Delaware, in 120 feet (37 m) of water at 38°30.90′N 074°30.90′W﻿ / ﻿38.51500°N 74.51500°W﻿ / 38.51500; -74.51500﻿ (M/V Twin Capes) to form part of the Del-Jersey-Land Inshore Artificial Reef. |

### 18 June

List of shipwrecks: 18 June 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sinar Bangun | Indonesia | During a voyage from Simanindo Harbour on Samosir Island to Tiga Ras Harbour in Simalungun Regency on Lake Toba in North Sumatra on Sumatra in Indonesia with 188 passengers and crew aboard, the motor ferry capsized and sank, leaving at least 94 people missing. During the first hours after the accident, 18 people were rescued and one body was recovered; later three more bodies were recovered from the sunken ferry. |

### 23 June

List of shipwrecks: 23 June 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Everglades | United States | The tug was sunk as an artificial reef, 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi) off Ponce de Leon Inlet, Volusia County, Florida. |
| Lady Philomena | Tanzania | The cargo ship was sunk as an artificial reef, 9 nautical miles (17 km; 10 mi) off Ponce de Leon Inlet, Volusia County, Florida. |

### 24 June

List of shipwrecks: 24 June 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Thorco Lineage | Philippines | The cargo ship ran aground on Raroia (15°56′S 142°19′E﻿ / ﻿15.933°S 142.317°E﻿ / -15.933; 142.317). Refloated on 27 June 2018 by Bouganville ( French Navy). |

### 29 June

List of shipwrecks: 29 June 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMAS Tobruk | Royal Australian Navy | The decommissioned modified Round Table-class heavy landing ship was scuttled to create a recreational diving site in the Coral Sea off the Fraser Coast of Queensland, Australia, halfway between Bundaberg and Hervey Bay. |

## July
### 2 July

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| SSL Kolkata | India | The container ship sank in shallow water (21°26′N 88°47′E﻿ / ﻿21.433°N 88.783°E﻿ / 21.433; 88.783), only partially submerged, near Sundarbans near the India-Bangladesh border after catching fire and being abandoned three weeks earlier. |

### 4 July

List of shipwrecks: 4 July 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lestari Maju | Indonesia | The ferry began foundering in heavy weather causing the captain to run the ship aground on a reef to prevent sinking in deep water. She later sank off Sulawesi with the loss of 31 lives, 130 rescued. |
| Shokei Maru No. 11 | Japan | The cargo ship was driven aground by a storm off Higashidori on the northeast coast of Honshu, Japan. A helicopter rescued her entire crew of five. |

### 5 July

List of shipwrecks: 5 July 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Phoenix | | The cruise ship/dive boat sank due to high wave action off Phuket Thailand. Thirty-three people on board died and 23 were reported missing, while 48 were rescued. |
| Serenita | | The yacht sank due to high wave action off Koh Mai Thon off Phuket, Thailand. All 42 people aboard were rescued. |

### 6 July

List of shipwrecks: 6 July 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ste. Claire | United States | The laid-up 870-gross register ton passenger steamer burned without loss of life while docked in the Detroit River in Michigan. As of 2019, the vessel is docked at Riverside Marina in Detroit. |

### 9 July

List of shipwrecks: 9 July 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Pazifik | Germany | The liquefied petroleum gas carrier ran aground in the Sunda Strait (08°29′S 119°20′E﻿ / ﻿8.483°S 119.333°E﻿ / -8.483; 119.333) between Pulau Sangeang and Paulau Bantu, Indonesia. She was refloated on 14 July. |

### 11 July

List of shipwrecks: 11 July 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dorneda | Spain | The fishing trawler capsized and sank in the South Atlantic Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) off Argentina at 45°08′S 60°11′W﻿ / ﻿45.133°S 60.183°W﻿ / -45.133; -60.183. Twenty-five members of her crew were rescued, one was killed, and one was left missing. |

### 12 July

List of shipwrecks: 12 July 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| USS Racine | United States Navy | The decommissioned Newport-class tank landing ship was expended as a target in the Pacific Ocean 55 nautical miles (102 km) north of Kauai, Hawaii. |

### 15 July

List of shipwrecks: 15 July 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ikan Kerapu | Panama | The bulk carrier ran aground in the Irbe Strait between the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Riga at 57°46′N 21°43′E﻿ / ﻿57.767°N 21.717°E﻿ / 57.767; 21.717. |

### 18 July

List of shipwrecks: 18 July 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Priscilla | Netherlands | The cargo ship ran aground on the Pentland Skerries off the north coast of Scotland. She was on a voyage from Klaipėda, Lithuania to Silloth, Cumbria, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 23 July. |

### 23 July

List of shipwrecks: 23 July 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Makassar Highway | Panama | Carrying a cargo of 1,352 cars on a voyage to Södertälje, Sweden, the 139-metre (456 ft) K Line car carrier ran aground in an archipelago in the Baltic Sea off the east coast of Sweden, north of Vastervik. |

### 25 July

List of shipwrecks: 25 July 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| KM Eka Sari II | Indonesia | The fishing vessel was driven ashore by a storm at Cilacap, Java, Indonesia. |

### 26 July

List of shipwrecks: 26 July 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| 101 Kumyang | South Korea | The longline fishing vessel sank after colliding with the vessel 803 Tong Young ( South Korea) in the North Pacific Ocean 270 nautical miles (500 km; 310 mi) southeast of Hokkaido, Japan. Thirty-five of her crew were rescued and three were left missing. |
| Lavr | Belize | The cargo ship ran aground in the Don River estuary in Russia. |
| Xin Yi Yi | Hong Kong | The 43.6-metre (143 ft) live fish transport struck a wreck known as "Kepal Simen" and sank in shallow water partially above water 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) off Penang's south coast. |

## August
### 2 August

List of shipwrecks: 2 August 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Liputan XII | Indonesia | The ferry was driven aground by strong wind near Gilimanuk, Bali, Indonesia. |

### 3 August

List of shipwrecks: 3 August 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| BBC Lagos | Antigua and Barbuda | The cargo ship ran aground in the Kattegat south of Helsinborg, Sweden. |

### 6 August

List of shipwrecks: 6 August 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Tallink Autoexpress 2 | Venezuela | The laid-up ferry sank due to a lack of maintenance at her dock at Guanta or Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela. |

### 8 August

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amur 2507 | Palau | The cargo ship ran aground in the Don River in Russia. |

### 10 August

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Chia Ming No.2 | Taiwan | The cargo ship was driven onto the mole at the entrance to the port of Budai, Taiwan, by a storm. |

### 12 August

List of shipwrecks: 12 August 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jerlyn Lily | Unknown | The cargo ship was driven ashore during a storm near Legazpi, Albay, on Luzon in the Philippines. |
| Umiavut | Canada | The cargo ship ran aground in the St. Lawrence River upstream from Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada. |

### 15 August

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| KMP Bandeng | Indonesia | The ferry foundered in heavy swells off Loloda, Halmahera, Indonesia. Forty-five people on board were rescued, but five crew members and one passenger were left missing. |

### 16 August

List of shipwrecks: 16 August 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mekhanik Kottsov | Russia | The cargo ship ran aground in the White Sea at the entrance to the harbor at Onega, Russia. |

### 17 August

List of shipwrecks: 17 August 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Andros Jet | Cyprus | The ferry ran aground in the harbor at Andros Island, Greece. |

### 18 August

List of shipwrecks: 18 August 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Darwin | Antigua and Barbuda | The cargo ship ran aground in the Little Belt south of Kolding, Denmark. |
| Volgoneft 165 | Russia | The tanker ran aground on the Volga River in the Astrakhan Oblast in Russia. |

### 23 August

List of shipwrecks: 23 August 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| An Li 669 | Panama | The cargo ship was driven ashore during a storm south of the entrance to the harbor at Kaohsiung, Taiwan. She later was refloated. |
| Chang Long 68 | Panama | The cargo ship was driven ashore during a storm north of the entrance to the harbor at Kaohsiung Taiwan. Ten members of her crew were rescued by helicopter. She later was refloated. |
| Dragonaria | Palau | The tanker was driven ashore on the South Mole at the entrance to the harbor at Kaohsiung, Taiwan. She later was refloated. |
| Flying Dragon | Unknown | The cargo ship was driven ashore during a storm north of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. All 19 crew members were rescued by helicopter. |
| Jin Hua | Sierra Leone | The container ship was driven ashore during a storm north of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. She later was refloated. |
| Shun Hong | Unknown | The cargo ship was driven ashore during a storm north of the entrance to the harbor at Kaohsiung, Taiwan. She later was refloated. |
| Tai Cang Hu 1 | Panama | The cargo ship was driven ashore during a storm south of the entrance to the harbor at Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Nineteen crew members were rescued by helicopter. She later was refloated. |
| Unlimited 2 | Panama | The container ship was driven ashore during a storm north of Kaohsiung, Taiwan. |

### 24 August

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Akademik Ioffe | Russia | The 117-metre (384 ft) passenger ship, operated by One Ocean Expeditions, ran aground in western Gulf of Boothia near Kugaaruk (29°43′N 91°21′W﻿ / ﻿29.717°N 91.350°W﻿ / 29.717; -91.350﻿ (Kugaaruk)), Nunavut, Canada, with 160 people aboard and began to take on water, but was in no danger of sinking. Two Canadian Coast Guard icebreakers Akademik Ioffe′s sister ship Akademik Sergey Vavilov ( Russia) assisted her. By 25 August she had been refloated. |
| Gleamstar | Marshall Islands | The bulk carrier ran aground in the Paraná River in South America. |
| Penobscot | United States | The tugboat, derelict since Hurricane Mathew struck in 2016, was sunk as an artificial reef in the Atlantic Ocean off Martin County, Florida. |

### 25 August

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Svartlöga | Denmark | The yacht sank in a storm in the North Sea off Ijmuiden, the Netherlands. Eleven people on board were rescued by the Royal Netherlands Sea Rescue Institution Ijmuiden lifeboat ( Netherlands). |

### 27 August

List of shipwrecks: 27 August 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sam Rutulangi PB 1600 | Indonesia | The cargo ship broke loose from her tug while under tow to a scrapyard in Bangladesh. She drifted aground in the Gulf of Mataban 7 nautical miles (13 km) off Thongwa Township, Myanmar, and partially sank. |

### 29 August

List of shipwrecks: 29 August 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| BRP Gregorio del Pilar | Philippine Navy | The Gregorio del Pilar-class frigate ran aground on Half Moon Reef in the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. She was refloated on 3 September. |

### 30 August

List of shipwrecks: 30 August 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Wan Hai 502 | China | The container ship ran aground on a reef in the Karimata Strait in the South China Sea at 01°13′S 135°50′E﻿ / ﻿1.217°S 135.833°E﻿ / -1.217; 135.833. She was still aground as of 7 September. |

## September
### 2 September

List of shipwrecks: 2 September 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Kanchana Noree | Thailand | The bulk carrier ran aground in the Rio de la Plata on the coast of South America. She was refloated on 3 September. |

### 3 September

List of shipwrecks: 3 September 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Star Liberty | Nauru | The cargo ship was driven ashore by a storm at Jose de Buenavista on Panay in the Philippines. |

### 4 September

List of shipwrecks: 4 September 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Arslanbey | Panama | The cargo ship ran aground in the Black Sea on Evia Island. She later was refloated. |
| Glad Mark | Panama | The bulk carrier ran aground in the Rio de la Plata on the coast of South America at 35°10′S 96°31′W﻿ / ﻿35.167°S 96.517°W﻿ / -35.167; -96.517. She still was aground as of 5 September. |
| Houn Maru No.2 | Japan | Typhoon Jebi: The typhoon drove the tanker ashore at Osaka, Japan. |

### 6 September

List of shipwrecks: 6 September 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Haida Legend | Canada | While fishing for halibut, the 45-foot (13.7 m) fishing vessel sank 20 nautical miles (37 km; 23 mi) off Langara Island, British Columbia, Canada. Her entire crew survived. |

### 7 September

List of shipwrecks: 7 September 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Wan Tong 158 | China | The cargo ship ran aground on a reef in the South China Sea 1 nautical mile (1.9 km; 1.2 mi) south of Chiyu Island off Shantou, China. |

### 8 September

List of shipwrecks: 8 September 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Squall | Russia | The tug foundered in a storm in the Kerch Strait. Her entire crew of seven survived. |

### 11 September

List of shipwrecks: 11 September 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Tientsin | Hong Kong | The bulk carrier ran aground in the Paraná River near Ramallo, Argentina. She was refloated on 12 September. |

### 12 September

List of shipwrecks: 12 September 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Kapitan Permyakov | Russia | The tanker ran aground in the Don River in Russia at the 3116-kilometer mark. |
| Planeo | Russia | The tanker ran aground in the Volga River in Russia at the 2829-kilometer mark. She refloated herself. |

### 13 September

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sormovskiy 123 | Moldova | The cargo ship ran aground in dense fog in the Don River estuary in Russia. |

### 14 September

List of shipwrecks: 14 September 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| KM Fungka Permata V | Indonesia | The ferry caught fire and sank in the Banda Sea south of Banggai Island, Indonesia, at 02°00′S 123°22′E﻿ / ﻿2.000°S 123.367°E﻿ / -2.000; 123.367﻿ (KM Fungka Permata V). One hundred fifteen passengers and 11 crew members survived, ten people were killed, and eight were left missing. |

### 15 September

List of shipwrecks: 15 September 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Princess Vanessa | Philippines | Typhoon Mangkhut: The typhoon driven the cargo ship off the shore of Manila Bay in Tanza, Cavite, Philippines. |

### 16 September

List of shipwrecks: 16 September 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Tumberry | Unknown | Typhoon Mangkhut: The typhoon drove the yacht ashore at Hong Kong, China. |

### 20 September

List of shipwrecks: 20 September 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Nyerere | Tanzania | During a voyage on Lake Victoria from Bugalora Island to Ukara Island, Tanzania, with over 400 passengers aboard, the overloaded motor ferry capsized and sank between Ukerewe Island and Ukara Island, 50 metres (55 yd) from the pier on Ukara Island, killing 224 people. |

### 21 September

List of shipwrecks: 21 September 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ashtabula | United States | The barge ran aground while being towed by the tug Defiance ( United States) in stormy conditions in the Mackinac Strait between Mackinac Island and Round Island, Michigan. |
| Defiance | United States | The tug ran aground in stormy conditions in the Mackinac Strait between Mackinac Island and Round Island, Michigan. She floated free on 22 September. |
| Sormovskiy 48 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | The cargo ship ran aground in the Sea of Azov in the Azov-Don Channel west of the Don River estuary. |

### 22 September

List of shipwrecks: 22 September 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Gazpromneft Zuid-West | Russia | The bunker tanker ran aground in the Black Sea near Novorossiysk, Russia. |
| Osfjord | Norway | The coaster ran aground off Linesoya, near Trondheim, Norway. All four members of her crew were airlifted to safety. |

### 25 September

List of shipwrecks: 25 September 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hao Xiang 19 | China | The cargo ship ran aground in a storm on a reef off Luxi Island east of Wenzhou, China, and capsized and sank. Her entire crew of 13 survived. |

### 26 September

List of shipwrecks: 26 September 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sabuk Nusantara 35 | Indonesia | The ferry ran aground three nautical miles (5.6 km) south of Singkil (02°14′N 97°47′E﻿ / ﻿2.233°N 97.783°E﻿ / 2.233; 97.783﻿ (Singkil)) in Aceh Province on Sumatra in Indonesia. |

### 28 September

List of shipwrecks: 28 September 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Merathus Kendari 1 | Indonesia | 2018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami: A tsunami drove the container ship ashore at Donggala, Palu, Sulawesi, Indonesia. She was refloated by 29 September. |
| Sabuk Nusantara 39 | Indonesia | 2018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami: A tsunami drove the ferry ashore at Donggala. |

### 30 September

List of shipwrecks: 30 September 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alta | Tanzania | Alta stranded on the coast of County Cork, Ireland, February 2020. The cargo ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 1,300 nautical miles (2,400 km) south east of Bermuda after drifting disabled for 20 days while en route from Greece to Haiti. Her ten crew were rescued by the United States Coast Guard, while the crippled ship was left adrift. She was spotted adrift, still afloat, by HMS Protector on 30 August 2019. Alta came ashore on the coast of County Cork, Ireland during Storm Dennis on 16 February 2020. |

## October
### 1 October

List of shipwrecks: 1 October 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Marina | Belize | Typhoon Trami: The cargo ship dragged her anchor and was driven ashore on the breakwater at Kawasaki, Japan. |

### 3 October

List of shipwrecks: 3 October 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ying Hai | Sierra Leone | The container ship sank south of the Penghu Archipelago in the Taiwan Strait at 22°45′N 119°10′E﻿ / ﻿22.750°N 119.167°E﻿ / 22.750; 119.167﻿ (Ying Hai)). |

### 5 October

List of shipwrecks: 5 October 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Griftbor | Antigua and Barbuda | The cargo ship ran aground near Hargshamn, Sweden. |

### 6 October

List of shipwrecks: 6 October 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Chang Sheng 3 | China | The cargo ship sank after colliding with a fishing vessel off Ningbo, China. Eleven members of her crew were rescued by another fishing vessel. |

### 10 October

List of shipwrecks: 10 October 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| El Dorado | United States | Hurricane Michael: The out of service cruise ship broke free from her dock in Cooked Creek, blew across West Bay and was driven ashore partially sunk and on her port side on the shore of St. Andrews Bay, Florida near the Florida State University Panama City campus. Work to right and refloat the ship started in mid January. She was sunk as an artificial reef 12 nautical miles (22 km) south of the entrance to St. Andrew's Bay on 3 May 2019. |
| Governor Stone | United States | Hurricane Michael: The sailing vessel capsized and sank in St. Andrews Marina in Panama City, Florida during the hurricane. Later raised and stored ashore. Rebuilding to start in May/June of 2022 at Stone Loft Boat Inc., St Andrews, Fla., ending date projected for 2023. |

### 11 October

List of shipwrecks: 11 October 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Zhen Feng | Honduras | The cargo ship was beached off Taoyuan, Taiwan, to prevent her from sinking after she sprang a leak. |

### 13 October

List of shipwrecks: 13 October 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fom | Panama | The cargo ship capsized and sank in the Black Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) off Sevastopol, Crimea, Ukraine. The vessel Minerva Marina ( Greece) rescued eight members of her crew. |

### 15 October

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| ADM | United States | The shrimp-fishing vessel ran aground off Ormond Beach, Florida. She was pulled off the beach on 31 October and towed to Jacksonville, Florida, for repairs. |
| Sila Sibiri | Russia | The sailing yacht was driven ashore by a storm at Palma, Mallorca, in the Balearic Islands. |

### 17 October

List of shipwrecks: 17 October 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Nevskiy 31 | Russia | The hopper barge ran aground on the southern tip of Seskar Island in the eastern Gulf of Finland. |

### 18 October

List of shipwrecks: 18 October 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bonito | Honduras | The coastal boat capsized and sank in the Caribbean Sea 60 nautical miles (110 km) north of the Caratasca Bar. Seventy-six of the people on board survived, two were killed, and several were left missing. |

### 22 October

List of shipwrecks: 22 October 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Filyoz | Liberia | The tanker ran aground in the Uruguay River in South America at the 177-kilometer mark, downstream from Concepción del Uruguay, Uruguay. |

### 25 October

List of shipwrecks: 25 October 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Unidentified tug | Unknown | The tug sank in the Gulf of Khambhat while assisting the vessel Voyage Sympathy ( Kiribati) on her sea trials. Six members of her crew survived and one was left missing. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date October 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Suegno | Italy | The yacht sank in a storm while at a marina on the Ligurian coast of Italy. |

## November
### 3 November

List of shipwrecks: 3 November 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Miętus 2 | Poland | The fishing vessel sank after colliding with the vessel Begonia S ( Cook Islands) off Bornholm Island in the Baltic Sea. Three crew members and 16 fishermen who had been aboard her were rescued by Danish search-and-rescue personnel. |

### 8 November

List of shipwrecks: 8 November 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HNoMS Helge Ingstad | Royal Norwegian Navy | The Fridtjof Nansen-class frigate was grounded intentionally to prevent her from sinking after she collided with the tanker Sola TS ( Malta) in the Hjeltefjord near Bergen, Norway, and was left with a severe list and her propulsion systems underwater. Sola TS was able to return to port. Eight people were injured in the collision. Helge Ingstad slid deeper in the water on 11 November, leaving only her upper superstructure above water. Later raised and scrapped. |

### 9 November

List of shipwrecks: 9 November 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anatoliy Krasheninnikov | Russia | The cargo ship sank in Kambalnyy Bay in the Sea of Okhotsk north of the First Kurile Strait. Ten members of her crew were rescued and three were left missing. |

### 10 November

List of shipwrecks: 10 November 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| SAS De Mist | South African Navy | The decommissioned tug sank while tied up at a pier at Simon's Town, South Africa. |

### 15 November

List of shipwrecks: 15 November 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Koravi | Albania | The cargo ship ran aground near Dakato Lighthouse on Lefkoda Island, Greece. Eight members of her crew were rescued. She was refloated later that day and towed off. |

### 16 November

List of shipwrecks: 16 November 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Veera Prem | India | Cyclone Gaja: The hopper dredge was driven aground on the Nagapattinam coast of Tamil Nadu, India, in the Bay of Bengal. |

### 17 November

List of shipwrecks: 17 November 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| CCGS Corporal McLaren M.M.V. | Canadian Coast Guard | While undergoing a refit at a shipyard in Sambro, Nova Scotia, Canada, the Hero-class patrol vessel was released from its cradle and sank after sliding down the slip, becoming partially submerged. |
| Hongtai 16 | China | The cargo ship capsized and sank in the South China Sea off Guangdong Province, China. All 11 crew members were rescued by helicopter. |
| Two unidentified coasters | Turkey | While awaiting scrapping, the two coasters drifted aground after dragging their anchors near Yalova, Turkey, on the coast of the Sea of Marmara. |

### 20 November

List of shipwrecks: 20 November 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Durban Queen | Saint Kitts and Nevis | The asphalt tanker capsized and sank in the Persian Gulf east of Qatar. Twelve members of her crew were rescued by a French Navy frigate. |

### 22 November

List of shipwrecks: 22 November 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Multi Prima 1 | Indonesia | The cargo ship sank in the Flores Sea near Bali, Indonesia. Seven members of her crew were rescued by the vessel Cahaya Abadi 201 ( Indonesia); seven other crew members were left missing. |
| Orel 3 | Ukraine | The cargo ship was beached in the Dnieper River near Zaporozhe, Ukraine, to prevent her from sinking after a hull breach. |
| VD 3751 | Russia | The barge sank in the Sea of Azov at the entrance to the Kerch Strait. |

### 24 November

List of shipwrecks: 24 November 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Templa | Uganda | The motor vessel, operating as an unlicensed party boat and overcrowded with nearly 100 people on board, capsized and sank in Lake Victoria just off a beach resort near Mukono Town, Uganda, during a pleasure cruise. At least 32 people drowned and at least 40 were unaccounted for; it was unclear which of the latter may have died and which had made it to shore and left the scene. There were 26 known survivors. |

### 26 November

List of shipwrecks: 26 November 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hua Yuan 9999 | China | The container ship collided with the vessel Puhui 1 ( China) in the Yangtze River in China near Taicang Buoy 7 near the Shanghai Channel fairway and sank. |

## December
### 22 December

List of shipwrecks: 22 December 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dredge 200 | United States | The 90 foot dredging barge capsized and sank in 100 feet of water in Massachusetts Bay after breaking loose from her tow "Big Jake" ( United States). |
| R. E. Pierson | United States | The work boat was lost in Massachusetts Bay after breaking loose from her tow "Big Jake" ( United States). |

### 5 December

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| DHL Starlight | United Kingdom | During the 2018 Golden Globe Race, the 35.33-foot (10.77 m) Rustler 36 Masthead yacht was flipped end-over-end, dismasted, and swamped during a storm in the Southern Ocean approximately 2,000 nautical miles (3,700 km) west of Cape Horn. Her only occupant, Susie Goodall, declared her a total loss. The 40,000 GT, 119-metre (390 ft) motor cargo vessel Tian Fu ( Hong Kong) rescued Goodall from the wreck on 7 December. |

### 7 December

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Viking | Tunisia | The tug was driven ashore by heavy weather near Malata, Crete. Eight members of her crew were rescued. |

### 8 December

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Rui Xing Lun | China | The cargo ship ran aground in the Bohai Sea northwest of Weifang, China. She broke in two with her aft section sinking. Nine members of her crew were rescued and one was left missing; one of the rescued crew members died later. |
| Yu Hong 998 | China | The cargo ship capsized in the Yangtze River near Wanzhou, China. Five members of her crew were left missing. |

### 9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Makmur | Indonesia | The coaster was sunk in a collision, possibly with the vessel Breeze ( Kuwait), in the Singapore Strait. Eleven members of her crew were rescued; four were injured. |

### 17 December

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Green Ocean | Bahamas | The refrigerated cargo ship suffered a steering failure while leaving Vilagarcia, Spain, and ran aground. She was towed off later that day. |

### 18 December

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Kuzma Minin | Russia | The bulk carrier drifted ashore during the morning at Swanpool Beach, Cornwall, England, after dragging her anchor in heavy weather. She was pulled off the beach in the early evening. |

### 19 December

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Natalia | Comoros | The cargo ship ran aground in rough seas in the Black Sea off Turkey during a voyage from Russia to Istanbul, Turkey. Sixteen members of her crew were rescued by Turkish coastal emergency teams. |

### 22 December

List of shipwrecks: 22 December 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sibel D | Panama | The cargo ship ran aground while leaving the port of Nafplion, Greece. |

### 24 December

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Yusheng 366 | China | The cargo ship collided with the vessel CMA CGM Norma ( France) and sank in the Pearl River estuary 20 nautical miles (37 km; 23 mi) southeast of Hong Kong, China. |

### 25 December

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amanda | Palau | The deck cargo ship suffered a steering failure in the Singapore Strait three nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) east of Tajung Sepang, Malaysia, collided with another ship, capsized, and sank. Six members of her crew were rescued and three were left missing. |
| Surov | Russia | The cargo ship ran aground in heavy weather at Mys Zheleznyy Rog on the Taman Peninsula on the Black Sea coast of Russia. |

### 26 December

List of shipwrecks: 26 December 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dahaihong | China | The coaster sank in heavy weather in the East China Sea south of Shanghai off Zhoushan, China. All four crew members were rescued by the vessel Donghaijiu 117 ( China). |
| Fan Yang 68 | China | The coaster sank in heavy weather in the East China Sea south of Shanghai off Zhoushan, China. All seven members crew rescued by the vessel Donghaijiu 117 ( China). |
| Guo Shun 8669 | China | The coaster sank in heavy weather in the East China Sea south of Shanghai off Zhoushan, China. All five members of her crew were rescued by the vessel Donghaijiu 117 ( China). |
| JBB Yu Hang 67 | China | The hopper dredge was abandoned after she capsized in the Bohai Sea off Liaoning, China. All 12 members of her crew were rescued by helicopter. |

### 28 December

List of shipwrecks: 28 December 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Yi Cheng 1 | China | The coaster dragged her anchor and was driven ashore by a storm on Nanri Island in the Taiwan Strait. All 13 crew members made it to the island and were evacuated by helicopter. |

### 31 December

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Maria Rosario | Venezuela | The laid-up ferry sank, partially submerged, due to a lack of maintenance at her dock at Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela. |
| Sincerity Ace | Panama | During a voyage from Japan to Honolulu, Hawaii, with a cargo of approximately 3,500 Nissan automobiles and a crew of 21 on board, the 650-foot (198.1 m) car carrier was abandoned in the North Pacific Ocean approximately 1,800 nautical miles (3,300 km) northwest of Hawaii after she caught fire and lost power in 15-to-18-foot (4.6 to 5.5 m) seas. Sixteen of her crew were rescued by other merchant ships; five who went overboard after experiencing trouble launching a life raft in 17-foot (5.2 m) seas were presumed lost, with one of them missing and the other four found unresponsive in the water and unable to grab onto lifesaving gear deployed by the responding merchant ships, which had no other means of bringing them aboard. |

### 28 December

List of shipwrecks: Unknown December 2018 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Namse Bangdzod | Indonesia | The tanker was reported missing 28 December with a crew of 11. The vessel's last known location was in the Java Sea. |