# List of shipwrecks in 2011

The list of shipwrecks in 2011 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 2011.
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## January
### 1 January

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Manik Mia 2 | Bangladesh | The cargo ship collided with Abdullah ( Bangladesh) at Chittagong and sank. Her twelve crew were rescued by Abdullah. |

### 3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Damariscotta | United States | The fishing vessel sank near Point Judith, Rhode Island. |

### 5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| USS Kittiwake | United States Navy | The decommissioned Chanticleer-class submarine rescue vessel was scuttled in the Cayman Islands off Seven Mile Beach, Grand Cayman, as an artificial reef. |
| Sea Shine 14 | Sierra Leone | The cargo ship caught fire in the Persian Gulf. Her fifteen crew were rescued by the Iranian Coast Guard. |

### 9 January

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Seiyoh | Japan | The tanker capsized and sank in the Inland Sea of Japan with the loss of two of her five crew. |

### 11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Soon Bee II | Malaysia | The cargo ship foundered in the South China Sea off Kuala Rajang, Sarawak with the loss of eight of her eighteen crew. |

### 28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Prantalay 14 | Thailand | Battle off Minicoy Island: The trawler, being used by pirates who had seized her as a mother ship, was shelled and sunk by INS Cankarso ( Indian Navy). 10 pirates were killed and 15 captured. |

### 30 January

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| INS Vindhyagiri | Indian Navy | The Nilgiri-class frigate collided with the cargo ship Nordlake ( Cyprus) in Jawaharlal Nehru Port, Mumbai, on 30 January. Vindhyagiri was towed into harbour where she sank on 31 January. Raised and decommissioned in 2012. |

## February
### 4 February

List of shipwrecks: 4 February 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Nordland 1 | Germany | The cargo ship was driven ashore on Borkum. |

### 7 February

List of shipwrecks: 7 February 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Grigoriy Petrovskiy | Ukraine | The cargo ship sank in a storm after striking a pier in the Port of Poti, Georgia. Her crew of eleven were rescued. |

### 8 February

List of shipwrecks: 8 February 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Terrigail | United States | The 58-foot (17.7 m) longline fishing vessel was wrecked in Alimuda Bay (53°26′N 167°21′W﻿ / ﻿53.433°N 167.350°W﻿ / 53.433; -167.350﻿ (Alimuda Bay)) on Unalaska Island in the Aleutian Islands. A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued all five crew members. |

### 10 February

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Midnight Sun | United States | The 68-foot (20.7 m) fishing vessel was wrecked at Cape Paramanof (58°18′20″N 153°03′30″W﻿ / ﻿58.30556°N 153.05833°W﻿ / 58.30556; -153.05833﻿ (Cape Paramanof)) on the west side of Afognak Island in the Kodiak Archipelago. A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued her entire crew of five. |

### 12 February

List of shipwrecks: 12 February 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lady Rana | Panama | The cargo ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Her crew survived. |

### 15 February

List of shipwrecks: 15 February 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Shirvan | Azerbaijan | The crane vessel was severely damaged by fire in Baku Bay with the loss of one life. |

### 17 February

List of shipwrecks: 17 February 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dream Voyage | Vietnam | The junk sank in Halong Bay with the loss of twelve lives. At least fifteen people were rescued. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Migrant ship | Unknown | The ship capsized off the Yemen coast with the loss of fifty-seven Somali refugees. |

## March
### 1 March

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Nieuwpoort 28 | Netherlands | The fishing trawler capsized off Dunkirk, France. Three lives were lost. She was recovered by parbuckling on 5 March. |

### 6 March

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Capt’N Andrew | United States | The 58-foot (17.7 m) fishing vessel ran aground at Bold Cape (55°01′30″N 162°15′00″W﻿ / ﻿55.02500°N 162.25000°W﻿ / 55.02500; -162.25000﻿ (Bold Cape)) on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula. The crew of the fishing vessel Just in Case ( United States) borrowed a skiff from the harbormaster at King Cove, Alaska, and used it to rescue all five people aboard Capt’N Andrew. |
| Zhe Ling Yu Yun 135 | China | The fishing vessel collided with the motor vessel Cosco Hong Kong ( United Kingdom) 30 nautical miles (56 km; 35 mi) off the coast of China. She sank with the loss of all 11 crew. |

### 9 March

List of shipwrecks: 9 March 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Rak Afrikana | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | The cargo ship foundered off the coast of Somalia. Her 25 crew were rescued by Zeffiro ( Italian Navy). |

### 11 March

An unknown number of vessels are washed ashore or sunk around the Pacific Rim following an earthquake and tsunami off the north east coast of Japan. Ship casualties include:-
List of shipwrecks: 11 March 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Akane Maru No. 1 | Japan | The 400-ton salmon and saury fishing vessel was driven 100 metres (330 ft) ashore by a tsunami at Kesennuma, Miyagi. The vessel was transported to the water on a cradle and refloated with a crane on 17 June 2011. |
| Anyo Maru No. 6 | Japan | The 235-ton fishing vessel was driven ashore by a tsunami at Kesennuma, Miyagi. |
| Asia Symphony | Panama | The 6,175-ton cargo ship was driven ashore by a tsunami at Kamaishi, Iwate. |
| Chikyu | Japan | The research vessel was damaged by a tsunami off Hachinohe, Aomori. |
| Chinasteel Integrity | Panama | The cargo ship ran aground off Kashima, Ibarki after being hit by a tsunami. |
| Chokai Maru | Japan | The 150-foot (46 m) fishing vessel was driven ashore by a tsunami at Higashimatsushima. |
| Choyo Maru No. 5 | Japan | Choyo Maru No. 5 (left)The fishing vessel was driven ashore at Kesennuma. |
| C. S. Victory | Malta | The port of Ishinomaki, Miyagi after the tsunami. C. S. Victory beached (centre). The 32,385-ton cargo ship was driven aground by a tsunami at Ishinomaki, Miyagi. |
| El Cholo | Peru | 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami: The fishing vessel disappeared after leaving Puerto Rico de Bayóvar, Peru and was presumed to have foundered in the Pacific Ocean with the loss of all ten crew. |
| Emu Arrow | Bahamas | The cargo ship was damaged at Kashima, Ibaraki when a tsunami caused her to collide with other vessels. |
| Genei Maru No. 88 | Japan | The fishing vessel was driven ashore by a tsunami at Hachinohe. |
| Glovis Mercury | South Korea | Glovis MercuryThe 6,901-ton cargo ship was driven ashore at Sendai. Refloated and returned to service. |
| Hamayuri | Japan | The sight seeing boat was driven ashore on the roof of an inn by a tsunami at Ōtsuchi, Iwate Prefecture. The wreck was removed and broken up two months later. |
| Kameyama | Japan | The 148-ton ferry was driven 500 metres (1,600 ft) ashore on Ōshima Island by a tsunami. |
| Kazu Maru No. 1 | Japan | The tug was driven ashore by a tsunami at Ōfunato, Iwate. |
| Khrizolitovyy | Russia | The 523-ton refrigerated fish carrier was pushed ashore and damaged by a tsunami at Ōfunato. Her thirteen crew were rescued by a fishing vessel. |
| Kiku Maru No. 38 | Japan | Kiku Maru No. 38The fishing vessel was driven ashore by a tsunami at Hachinohe. |
| Kinei Maru No. 31 | Japan | The 221-ton fishing vessel was wrecked by a tsunami at Kesennuma. Her eight crew survived. |
| Koshin Maru | Japan | The 5,192-ton cargo ship which was either driven ashore or sunk by a tsunami. |
| Kyotoku Maru No. 18 | Japan | The 60-metre (200 ft) fishing vessel was driven 500 metres (1,600 ft) (or 500 yards, 460 m) ashore by a tsunami at Kesennuma. The vessel was later scrapped, beginning September 2013. |
| Kyotoku Maru No. 81 | Japan | The 80-ton, 29.39-metre (96.4 ft) fishing vessel was driven ashore by a tsunami at Onahama. |
| Lion's Whelp | United States | 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami: The 90-foot (27 m) wooden schooner was destroyed at dock by the tsunami at Brookings, Oregon. |
| Myojin Maru No. 3 | Japan | The 48.8-metre (160 ft), 330-ton fishing vessel was driven ashore by a tsunami at Kesennuma. |
| Shiramizu | Japan | The bulk carrier was severely damaged by a tsunami at Shinchi, Fukushima. |
| Shirouma | Panama | The 77,739-ton cargo ship was driven ashore by a tsunami at Haramichi. |
| Sho Yo | Japan | The vessel was driven ashore by a tsunami at Higashimatsushima. |
| Sider Joy | Unflagged | The cargo ship was under construction and about to start sea trials. The vessel was driven ashore and damaged by a tsunami at Sendai. Refloated, completed and put in service. |
| Suwa Maru No.82 | Japan | The 582-ton 49.9-metre (164 ft) fishing vessel was driven ashore by a tsunami at Onahama. |
| Taiki Maru No. 71 | Japan | The fishing vessel was driven ashore at Kesennuma. Her eight crew survived. |
| Toripan | Unflagged | The cargo ship was under construction. The vessel was driven ashore and damaged by a tsunami at Ishinomaki. |
| Unknown and unknown | unknown | 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami: A tug and barge were pushed ashore off Kudat, Malaysia. The tug was able to pull off at high tide. |

### 16 March

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Oliva | Malta | The cargo ship ran aground near Nightingale Island, Tristan da Cunha, spilling her fuel and cargo of soya beans. The ship broke up the following day. Her 22 crew were rescued by Edinburgh ( Tristan da Cunha) and Prince Albert II ( Bahamas). Oliva broke in two on 18 March. |

### 19 March

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Helga | Panama | The cargo ship foundered off Caye Caulker, Belize with the loss of three of her eleven crew. |

### 20 March

List of shipwrecks: 20 March 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Min Ningde Cargo 0202 | China | The cargo ship capsized and sank in the South China Sea off Ningde with the loss of four of her six crew. |

### 26 March

List of shipwrecks: 26 March 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Helga | Panama | The cargo ship sank off the coast of Belize with the loss of three of her crew. |

### 28 March

List of shipwrecks: 28 March 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Unknown patrol boat | Libya Coast Guard | The Vittoria PV-30LS-class patrol boat was damaged off Misrata by a United States Navy Lockheed P-3 Orion aircraft with Maverick missiles and beached. |
| Unknown patrol boats | Libyan Navy | Two fast patrol boats were attacked by Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft off Misrata. One was sunk and one abandoned. |

### 29 March

List of shipwrecks: 29 March 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alpspray | Germany | The tanker exploded, caught fire and sank in the Dortmund-Ems Canal at Lingen. Her five crew were rescued. |

## April
### 5 April

List of shipwrecks: 5 April 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Zapadnyy | Belize | The food tanker was forced off course by another ship and collided with a floating dock belonging to the Fr. Lürssen shipyard, causing heavy damage and sprung a leak causing her to be beached to prevent sinking in the River Weser at Bremen-Vegesack. Refloated, repaired, returned to service. |

### 6 April

List of shipwrecks: 6 April 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Binh Minh 28 | Vietnam | The cargo ship was in collision with Phuc Hai 05 ( Vietnam) and foundered off Da Nang with the loss of five of her crew. |
| Unnamed boat | Libya | The boat sank 59 kilometres (32 nmi) south of Lampedusa, Italy, killing asylum seekers from Libya. At least 20 were killed and 130 reported missing; 48 survivors were rescued by the Corpo delle Capitanerie di porto - Guardia costiera. |

### 7 April

List of shipwrecks: 7 April 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hyang Ro Bong | North Korea | The cargo ship collided with Banga Lanka ( Bangladesh) and sank at Chittagong, Bangladesh. Her 31 crew were rescued. |

### 9 April

List of shipwrecks: 9 April 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Richardson's Bay | United States | The tug capsized and sank in the Pacific Ocean off Ocean Beach, California with the loss of one of her two crew. |

### 13 April

List of shipwrecks: 13 April 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMAS Adelaide | Royal Australian Navy | HMAS Adelaide sinking.The decommissioned Adelaide-class guided-missile frigate was sunk with explosive charges in the Tasman Sea 0.9 nautical miles (1.0 mi; 1.7 km) off of Avoca Beach, New South Wales, Australia, to create a recreational dive site. |

### 25 April

List of shipwrecks: 25 April 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Unnamed ferry | Democratic Republic of the Congo | The ferry capsized and sank in Lake Kivu, near Minova. At least 38 people reported killed. |

## May
### 2 May

List of shipwrecks: 2 May 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ary Perreiras | Brazilian Navy | The decommissioned troopship foundered in the Ionian Sea whilst under tow to a Turkish scrapyard. |

### 15 May

List of shipwrecks: 15 May 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| V. B. Antárctico | Panama | The tug capsized and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Portugal. Her eleven crew were rescued by Arctic Voyager ( Bahamas) and Elizabeth (flag unknown). |

### 18 May

List of shipwrecks: 18 May 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sandy Point | United States | The fishing vessel sank after colliding with the container ship Eurus London in the Gulfport Ship Channel. She was recovered by parbuckling in July 2011. |

### 19–20 May

List of shipwrecks: 19–20 May 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ain Zaara | Libyan Navy | 2011 Libyan civil war: The Project 1234E corvette was sunk at Tripoli, Libya by British aircraft. |
| Al Ghardabia | Libyan Navy | 2011 Libyan civil war: The Project 1159 frigate, in reserve since 2001, was sunk at her dock in Tripoli, Libya by British aircraft. |
| Beir Algandula, Beir Alkuesat, Beir Alkur, Beir Gtifa, Beir Gzir, and Beir Ktitat | Libyan Navy | 2011 Libyan civil war: These six Beir Grassa-class missile boats were damaged at Tripoli, Libya by British aircraft and abandoned. |
| Jelyana | Libyan Navy | 2011 Libyan civil war: The Al Mergheb-class patrol boat was damaged by British aircraft, caught fire and capsized. Later raised, repaired and returned to service. |
| Sabratha | Libyan Navy | 2011 Libyan civil war: The Zuwarah-class patrol boat was sunk by British aircraft. |
| Talgrift | Libyan Navy | 2011 Libyan civil war: The Al Mergheb-class patrol boat was sunk by British aircraft at Dera'a. |

### 23 May

List of shipwrecks: 23 May 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Volgoneft 263 | Russia | The tanker was under repair in a floating dry dock when the dry dock sank. As holes had been cut in her hull, Volgoneft 263 also sank. |

### 27 May

List of shipwrecks: 27 May 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| JLL Victorita | Philippines | Typhoon Songda: The coaster was driven ashore at Basco, Batanes. Her eighteen crew were rescued. |

## June
### 3 June

List of shipwrecks: 3 June 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| En Avant 5 | Netherlands | The tug capsized in the Maas at Dordrecht, South Holland. Her four crew survived. |

### 4 June

List of shipwrecks: 4 June 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Wendameen | United States | The schooner ran aground at Portland, Maine. All 27 people on board were rescued. Wendameen was later refloated. |

### 5 June

List of shipwrecks: 5 June 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| OT Moon | Bangladesh | The tanker capsized and sank at Chittagong. |

### 11 June

List of shipwrecks: 11 June 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adonis | Australia | The tug capsized and sank at Gladstone, Queensland with the loss of one of her four crew. |

### 14 June

List of shipwrecks: 14 June 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Deneb | Antigua and Barbuda | The container ship capsized at Algeciras, Spain. |

### 22 June

List of shipwrecks: 22 June 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Vialis | Netherlands | The tanker broke in two in the Caland Canal. |

### 26 June

List of shipwrecks: 26 June 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aries | United States | The tug foundered in the Bering Sea east of Saint Paul Island, Alaska. Her four crew were rescued by a United States Coast Guard helicopter. |

## July
### 3 July

List of shipwrecks: 3 July 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Erik | Mexico | The 115-foot (35 m) fishing boat. carrying tourists, sank after encountering bad weather in the Gulf of California some 60 nautical miles (110 km; 69 mi) from San Felipe, Baja California, Mexico. As of 4 July 2011, one fatality was reported and between five and eight passengers were missing. As of 20 July 2011, seven people were missing and one was confirmed dead. |

### 5 July

List of shipwrecks: 5 July 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Musthika Kencana II | Indonesia | The ferry, which had caught fire the day before, foundered off Java. |

### 10 July

List of shipwrecks: 10 July 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bulgaria | Russia | The passenger ship sank in the Volga River with 208 people on board. One hundred and twenty-two were killed. |

### 23 July

List of shipwrecks: 23 July 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Union Neptune | Cook Islands | The cargo ship foundered off the Île d'Oléron, Charente-Maritime, France. Her six crew were rescued by Abeille Languedoc ( France). |

### 25 July

List of shipwrecks: 25 July 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ishan Alyanak | Turkey | The ferry collided with the pier at İzmir and sank. |

### 29 July

List of shipwrecks: 29 July 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Phoenix | Equatorial Guinea | The tanker ran aground near Durban, South Africa. Her fifteen crew were rescued. She was refloated on 2 September and scuttled on 6 September 43 nautical miles (80 km) off Durban. |

### 30 July

List of shipwrecks: 30 July 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Wendameen | United States | The schooner ran aground off Green Diamond Island, Maine. All 49 passengers were transferred to other vessels. |

### 31 July

List of shipwrecks: 31 July 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Asia Malaysia | Philippines | The ferry capsized and sank off Calabasa Island. All 168 people on board were rescued. |
| Pavit | Panama | The tanker was driven ashore crewless at Juhu, India. Crew rescued by HMS St Albans ( Royal Navy) on or before 1 July ( One report states January). |

## August
### 3 August

List of shipwrecks: 3 August 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Karin Schepers | Antigua and Barbuda | The cargo ship ran aground off the Trevean Cliff, Morvah Cornwall, United Kingdom. She refloated herself and continued her voyage from Cork, Ireland to Rotterdam. |

### 4 August

List of shipwrecks: 4 August 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Rak Carrier | Panama | The 225-metre (738 ft) vessel, carrying 60,000 tons of coal bound for Gurajat, India, sank off the Mumbai coast. The crew of 30 was rescued by the Indian Coast Guard and Indian Navy, but the authorities are concerned about possible environmental damage. |

### 8 August

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Angel 1 | Panama | The cargo ship ran aground on a reef off Poudres-d'Or, Mauritius. After more than three months on the reef, she was refloated and taken under tow but found to be severely holed. The ship sank on 26 November. |

### 9 August

List of shipwrecks: 9 August 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bulk Carrier I | Philippines | The bulk carrier was in collision with HS Puccini ( Liberia) in the Celebes Sea and foundered. Her 21 crew were rescued, but two crew from HS Puccini were killed. |

### 10 August

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| USS Arthur W. Radford | United States Navy | The Spruance-class destroyer was scuttled as an artificial reef in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Delaware in 130 feet (40 m) of water at 38°30.850′N 074°30.656′W﻿ / ﻿38.514167°N 74.510933°W﻿ / 38.514167; -74.510933﻿ (USS Arthur W. Radford). |

### 12 August

List of shipwrecks: 12 August 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Chiefton | United Kingdom | The Girl-class tugboat was overrun by the crane barge Skyline Barge 19 ( Netherlands), which she was towing. She capsized and sank in the River Thames at Convoys Wharf, Deptford with the loss of one of her three crew. Chiefton was refloated on 18 August. She was subsequently declared a constructive total loss and scrapped at Chatham, Kent. |

### 17 August

List of shipwrecks: 17 August 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mungo | Bahamas | The coaster ran aground at Littlehampton Harbour, West Sussex, United Kingdom, following failure of her steering gear. Refloated the next day. |

### 19 August

List of shipwrecks: 19 August 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Unknown Libyan tugboat | Libya | 2011 Libyan civil war: Second Battle of Zawiya: The tugboat was sunk off Zawiya, Libya by British aircraft. |

### 27 August

List of shipwrecks: 27 August 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Unidentified transport | Libya | 2011 Libyan civil war: The rebel transport blew up in the harbor at Zuwara, Libya, at the time the harbor was being shelled by Libyan government field artillery. |

### 30 August

List of shipwrecks: 30 August 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bear | United States | The 52-foot (15.8 m) halibut-fishing vessel ran aground and was lost in Aniakchak Bay (56°42′N 157°22′W﻿ / ﻿56.700°N 157.367°W﻿ / 56.700; -157.367﻿ (Aniakchak Bay)) on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula in Alaska. Wearing survival suits, her crew of three abandoned ship in a life raft and was rescued by a United States Coast Guard Sikorsky MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter. |

## September
### 1 September

List of shipwrecks: 1 September 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ai Qi Shun | Cambodia | The cargo ship ran aground off Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia and was abandoned by her crew. |

### 6 September

List of shipwrecks: 6 September 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hyundai Seolbong | South Korea | The ferry caught fire in the South China Sea. All 128 people on board were rescued by the South Korean Coast Guard and South Korean Navy. |

### 10 September

List of shipwrecks: 10 September 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| RiverZZ | Netherlands | The passenger ship was destroyed by fire at Rotterdam, South Holland. |
| Spice Islander I | Tanzania | Zanzibar ferry sinking: The ferry sank between Zanzibar and Pemba Island with over 3,500 people on board, of whom about 260 were rescued. 240 people were confirmed to have been killed, 2,900 in total were reported missing or dead. |

### 15 September

List of shipwrecks: 15 September 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Nordlys | Norway | The cruise ship suffered a fire in her engine room which killed two of her 55 crew. All 207 passengers and some of the surviving crew were rescued, with the remainder engaged in firefighting operations. |

### 20 September

List of shipwrecks: 20 September 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Canadian Miner | Canada | The lake freighter ran aground on Scatarie Island, Nova Scotia after losing the tow from Hellas ( Greece) in a storm whilst being towed to Turkey for scrapping. |
| Kita Maru No. 12 | Japan | The tug capsized and sank at Wajima whilst assisting Miura ( Japanese Coast Guard). Both crew were killed. |

### 26 September

List of shipwrecks: 26 September 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| KM Marina Nusantara | Indonesia | The ferry collided with a tug and barge in the Barito River, Borneo and then caught fire. Four of the 443 people on board were killed. |

### 28 September

List of shipwrecks: 28 September 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| KM Kirana IX | Indonesia | A lorry on board the ferry caught fire whilst she was docked at Surabaya, causing a stampede amongst the passengers. Eight people were killed. |

### 29 September

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fang Zhou 6 | China | Typhoon Nesat: The cargo ship was abandoned off Zhuhai. Her twelve crew were rescued by helicopter. |

## October
### 3 October

List of shipwrecks: 3 October 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jui Hsing | China | Typhoon Nalgae: The cargo ship was driven ashore off Keelung, Taiwan and broke in two with the loss of ten of her 21 crew. |
| Porsøy | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | The cargo ship struck an islet in the strait Raftsundet in Norway. Porsøy was found to be damaged beyond repair and scrapping of the vessel began in Grenå, Denmark on 13 October 2011. |

### 5 October

List of shipwrecks: 5 October 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Rena | Liberia | MV Rena The container ship ran aground on the Astrolabe Reef in the Bay of Plenty, North Island, New Zealand (37°32′25″S 176°25′45″E﻿ / ﻿37.54028°S 176.42917°E﻿ / -37.54028; 176.42917). The ship broke in two in a storm on 8 January 2012, with the stern section reported to have sunk on 10 January 2012 |

### 6 October

List of shipwrecks: 6 October 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jager | United States | The 42-foot (12.8 m) crab-fishing vessel sank in the Chatham Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska west of Angoon, Alaska. A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued the only person aboard from a life raft. |

### 7 October

List of shipwrecks: 7 October 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Finnøyglimt | Norway | The cargo ship foundered off Haugesund with the loss of one of her three crew. |

### 13 October

List of shipwrecks: 13 October 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Grigoriy Bugrov | Russia | The tanker struck a submerged object and foundered in the Caspian Sea off Chechen Island. Her fourteen crew were rescued. |

### 14 October

List of shipwrecks: 14 October 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Justin | United States | The LCM-8 landing craft foundered off Alki Point, Seattle, Washington. She was raised the next day. |

### 18 October

List of shipwrecks: 18 October 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bilgili Biraderler | Turkey | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Istanbul. |
| Enko | Turkey | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Istanbul. |
| Ismet Atasoy | Turkey | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Istanbul. |
| Kumdas 2 | Turkey | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Istanbul. |
| Pearl | Malta | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Istanbul. |

### 20 October

List of shipwrecks: 20 October 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Reina 1 | Malta | The cargo ship was in collision with Ankara ( Turkey) in the Adriatic Sea off the coast of Albania with the loss of eight of her ten crew. |

### 28 October

List of shipwrecks: 28 October 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Oriental Sunrise | Panama | The cargo ship was in collision with Hamburg Bridge ( Panama) off Qingdao, China and sank with the loss of eleven of her nineteen crew. |

### 31 October

List of shipwrecks: 31 October 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Golub | Croatia | The fishing vessel was in collision with Joerg N. ( Malta) off Pula, Croatia and sank. None of the eight crew members was injured and all were rescued with their own work/rescue boats. |

## November
### 3 November

List of shipwrecks: 3 November 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Pella | Jordan | The ro-ro ferry caught fire and sank in the Red Sea off Aqaba with the loss of one of the 1,229 passengers on board. |

### 5 November

List of shipwrecks: 5 November 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Shiv Sagar | India | The cargo ship capsized and sank in the Gulf of Aden off Dhofar, Oman with the loss of nine of her fifteen crew. |

### 9 November

List of shipwrecks: 9 November 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Legacy | Bahamas | The ferry was driven on to the Cherokee Reef, off the Abaco Islands. All eighteen people on board were rescued by the Bahamas Air Sea Rescue Association, the Royal Bahamas Defence Force and the United States Navy. |

### 17 November

List of shipwrecks: 17 November 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Oriental Angel | South Korea | The combined trawler and factory ship caught fire in the Bering Sea off Beringovkiy, Russia with the loss of one of her 89 crew. Survivors were rescued by fishing vessels. |

### 21 November

List of shipwrecks: 21 November 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bright Ruby | South Korea | The cargo ship foundered in the South China Sea 300 nautical miles (560 km) south of Hong Kong with the loss of six of her 21 crew. |
| Helle Saj | Denmark | The dredger collided with Tonne ( Denmark) at Thorsminde and sank. The wreck was removed in April 2012. |

### 27 November

List of shipwrecks: 27 November 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Swanland | Cook Islands | The cargo ship foundered in the Irish Sea. Two of her eight crew were rescued and one was found dead, with five reported missing as of 28 November 2011. |

## December
### 5 December

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| SuperFerry 1 | Philippines | The ferry ran aground off Taytaytan Island. |

### 7 December

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Edro III | Sierra Leone | Edro III The cargo ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Peyia, Cyprus. Her crew were rescued. |

### 8 December

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dayspring | United Kingdom | The decommissioned fishing vessel was driven ashore in a storm near the village of Corpach, Fort William, Scotland. |

### 9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Florece | Dominican Republic | The cargo ship collided in the Bay of Biscay with Afrodite ( Bahamas) and sank. All seven crew were rescued. |

### 10 December

List of shipwrecks: 10 December 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ryu-Jun | Cambodia | The cargo ship foundered in the South China Sea of Taitung, Taiwan with the loss of one of her eight crew. |

### 11 December

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Changda 216 | Belize | The cargo ship foundered off Luzon, Philippines when her cargo shifted. Two of her fifteen crew were lost. |

### 16 December

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Magul | Portugal | The pilot boat, a former Tree-class trawler, was driven ashore and wrecked near Belz, Morbihan, France (47°38′N 3°12′W﻿ / ﻿47.633°N 3.200°W﻿ / 47.633; -3.200). |
| TK Bremen | Malta | TK Bremen The cargo ship was driven ashore at Erdeven, Morbihan, France. She was later scrapped in situ. |

### 17 December

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ever Transport III | Philippines | Tropical Storm Washi: The cargo liner ran aground and sank off Dumaguete. All 32 passengers and crew were rescued. |

### 18 December

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Huong Dien 09 | Vietnam | The collier capsizsed and sank off Co To Island with the loss of all nine of her crew. |
| Kolskaya | Russia | The oil platform capsized and sank in the Sea of Okhotsk with the loss of 53 of her 67 crew. |

### 20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Heather Anne | United Kingdom | The fishing vessel sank in Gerrans Bay, Cornwall with the loss of one of the two crew. |

### 25 December

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Kijang III | Indonesia | The tug sank at Bukit Panglong, Bintan Island with the loss of two of her five crew. |
| Vinalines Queen | Vietnam | The bulk carrier carrying nickel ore sank near Luzon, Philippines with the loss of 22 of her 23 crew. |

### 27 December

List of shipwrecks: 27 December 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dogu Haslaman | Turkey | The cargo ship sank in the Aegean Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) off Çeşme with the loss of two of her thirteen crew. Survivors were rescued by Pirireis ( Turkey). |

### 31 December

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| The Pirate's Ransom | United States | The passenger ship ran aground off Clearwater, Florida. All passengers were taken off. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 2011 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bien Nam | Vietnam | The cargo ship was reported missing on 12 May whilst on a voyage from Tuticorin, India to Padang, Indonesia. |