# List of shipwrecks in 2016

The list of shipwrecks in 2016 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 2016.
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## January
### 4 January

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Barbie | Marshall Islands | The motor yacht was severely damaged by fire at Marmaris, Turkey. |
| The One | Portugal | The motor yacht was severely damaged by fire at Marmaris. |

### 7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Zuhairi | Malaysia | The ferry collided with an unlit barge and partially sank off Semporna. All 156 passengers and crew were rescued, with 22 of them requiring treatment in hospital. The barge is believed to have sunk. |

### 8 January

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| China Star 107 | China | The bulk carrier foundered in the East China Sea 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) north of East Fuzhou Island. Her five crew were missing as of 12 January. |

### 10 January

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| City | Panama | The cargo ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sakata, Yamagata, Japan. Her eighteen crew were rescued by a Japan Coast Guard helicopter. |

### 13 January

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ocean Wind | United States | The retired 82-foot (25 m) tug was scuttled in 82 feet (25 m) of water in the Gulf of Mexico off Escambia County, Florida, 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) southeast of Pensacola Pass at 30°10.99′N 87°12.025′W﻿ / ﻿30.18317°N 87.200417°W﻿ / 30.18317; -87.200417﻿ (Ocean Wind) to form an artificial reef. |

### 16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fu Long | Panama | The bulk carrier was abandoned in the Philippine Sea 100 nautical miles (190 km) east of Taiwan (23°23′N 122°58′E﻿ / ﻿23.383°N 122.967°E﻿ / 23.383; 122.967). |
| Sunway Maru | Japan | The coastal tanker collided with Daifuku Maru No. 8 ( Japan) and sank in Tokyo Bay. Her three crew were rescued. |

### 18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| USS Reuben James | United States Navy | The decommissioned Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii by a Standard Missile 6 (SM-6) fired by the guided-missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones ( United States Navy). |
| PeeJay V | New Zealand | The excursion passenger vessel PeeJay V, owned and operated by White Island Tours, caught fire and burned to the waterline off the Whakatāne Bar. One crew member was treated for smoke inhalation, there were no fatalities. The NZ Transport Accident Investigation Commission found that the carbon dioxide fixed fire-fighting system installed in the engine room could not be fully effective in extinguishing the fire because the space it was protecting could not be fully closed down. |

### 20 January

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hua Xin 858 | China | The cargo ship caught fire in the Bohai Sea off Yingkou and was abandoned. |
| Sabuk Nusantara 49 | Indonesia | The ferry caught fire in the Savu Sea off Kupang. Her 81 passengers were evacuated. She was on a voyage from Kupang to North Malaku. |

### 22 January

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| VFM Alita | Panama | The cargo ship collided with another vessel off Colón, Panama and sank. Her crew survived. |

### 25 January

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dong Thien Phu Silver | Vietnam | The cargo ship collided with Ocean Osprey ( Dominica) off the coast of Burma and sank. Her fourteen crew were rescued. |
| Xin Yang | China | The cargo ship was driven ashore on Dangan Island, Hong Kong. Her six crew were rescued. |

### 26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Modern Express | Panama | The car carrier developed a severe list in the Bay of Biscay 148 nautical miles (274 km) off Cape Ortegal, Spain. Her 22 crew were evacuated by helicopter. Modern Express proceeded to drift for several days, and was sighted off the coast of France, but was successfully taken under tow by the tug Centaurus ( Spain) on 1 February. She arrived at Bilbao, Spain on 3 February. Modern Express was declared a total loss. She departed under tow on 20 September for scrapping at Aliağa, Turkey. |

### 29 January

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| New Mykonos | Panama | The bulk carrier ran aground south of Faux Cap, Madagascar. She broke in two and sank between 9 and 16 May. |

### 31 January

List of shipwrecks: 31 January 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sabuk Nusantara 55 | Indonesia | The ro-ro ferry ran aground on a reef off Pulau Pamalikan. She was on a voyage from Kotabaru to Pulau Sembilan. |

## February
### 2 February

List of shipwrecks: 2 February 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| South Star | Mongolia | The cargo ship was severely damaged by fire in Tonkin Bay, Vietnam. Her eighteen crew were evacuated. |

### 3 February

List of shipwrecks: 3 February 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amur 2516 | Moldova | The cargo ship was holed by ice in the Azov Sea and was beached at Dolzhanskaya, Russia. She was on a voyage from Azov, Russia to Ambarli, Turkey. |
| CSCL Indian Ocean | Hong Kong | CSCL Indian Ocean. The container ship ran aground in the Elbe. She was refloated on 9 February and taken in to Hamburg. |

### 6 February

List of shipwrecks: 6 February 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Condor | Germany | The 16.1-metre (52 ft 10 in) fishing vessel capsized in the Baltic Sea 3.5 miles (5.6 km) east of Fehmarn Island and sank (54°25′N 11°24′W﻿ / ﻿54.417°N 11.400°W﻿ / 54.417; -11.400). Her two crew both died. The wreck was raised on 7 March 2016 and was scrapped. |

### 11 February

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| 414 | United States Navy | The 34-foot (10 m) Dauntless-class patrol vessel ran aground at the mouth of the St. John River at Jacksonville, Florida. Her five crew were rescued. |

### 12 February

List of shipwrecks: 14 or 15 February 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| KM Azula | Indonesia | The tanker foundered in the Arafura Sea off Papua, Indonesia. At least thirteen crew were missing as of 17 February. |

### 13 February

List of shipwrecks: 13 February 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Nusantara Akbar | Indonesia | The tanker sprang a leak and foundered in the Strait of Malacca off Dumai with the loss of one of her 27 crew. |

### 16 February

List of shipwrecks: xx February 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Emily Anne | United States | The tug foundered off Deer Island, Massachusetts. Her three crew were rescued. |

### 18 February

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| KM Linasbelawan | Indonesia | The cargo ship caught fire in the Java Sea off the Maselembo Islands. Her nineteen crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jakarta to Makassar. |
| Lady Mary Joy 1 | Mongolia | The cargo liner ran aground at Pampat Point, Bongao Island, Philippines. All 308 passengers were evacuated. She was on a voyage from Zamboanga to Bongao. |

### 20 February

List of shipwrecks: 20 February 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ha Tien 1 | Vietnam | The cargo ship was abandoned off Da Nang (16°39′N 107°56′E﻿ / ﻿16.650°N 107.933°E﻿ / 16.650; 107.933). Her twenty crew were rescued. |
| Sinu-iwasa | Fiji | Cyclone Winston: The ferry capsized. |
| Sinu-i-wasa Tolu | Fiji | Cyclone Winston: The ferry capsized. |
| Spirit of Altruism | Fiji | Cyclone Winston: The ferry was driven aground off Natovi. |
| Spirit of Love | Fiji | Cyclone Winston: The ferry was driven aground off Natovi. |
| Westerland | Fiji | Cyclone Winston: The ferry was driven ashore in Balaga Bay. |

### 21 February

List of shipwrecks: 21 February 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aurora Australis | Australia | The icebreaker drifted ashore at West Arm in Horseshoe Harbour, Antarctic during a blizzard. Thirty-seven passengers have been transferred to Mawson Station, while the remaining thirty-one crew attempted to refloat the ship. Aurora Australis was refloated on 27 February. |

### 25 February

List of shipwrecks: 25 February 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| New Katerina | Panama | The bulk carrier ran aground and sank at the bow in the Suez Canal. She was refloated on 9 March. |
| Yun Hai | Taiwan | The ro-ro ship ran aground in the Strait of Taiwan off Penghu Island. All eleven crew were rescued by helicopter. |

### 27 February

List of shipwrecks: 27 February 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ocean Dream | Togo | The abandoned cruise ship capsized off Laem Chebang, Thailand. Nobody was on board at the time. Later the above water section was demolished. |

### 28 February

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| KMP Swarna Bahtera | Indonesia | The ferry developed a severe list at Nusatara Parepare and was reported to be in danger of sinking. |

### 29 February

List of shipwrecks: 29 February 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| LC Mahalia | Vanuatu | The landing craft capsized in the Pacific Ocean north of Erromango (18°33′S 168°44′E﻿ / ﻿18.550°S 168.733°E﻿ / -18.550; 168.733). Her thirteen crew were rescued by Forum Pacific ( Singapore). |
| New Mykonos | Panama | The bulk carrier ran aground south of Faux Cap, Madagascar (25°39′S 45°29′E﻿ / ﻿25.650°S 45.483°E﻿ / -25.650; 45.483). She was on a voyage from Richards Bay, South Africa to Vizag, India. She was declared a total loss. |

## March
### 1 March

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bao Jiang 88 | China | The bulk carrier capsized and sank in the Yangtze near Shanghai. Her twelve crew were rescued by the Chinese Coast Guard. |

### 3 March

List of shipwrecks: xx March 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Tatsu Maru No. 61 | Japan | The cargo ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Kashiwajima. Her five crew were rescued. |

### 4 March

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Rafelia 2 | Indonesia | The ferry capsized and sank in the Bali Strait off Banyuwani. Four of the 75 people on board were reported missing. |

### 6 March

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Kapan Wainami | Indonesia | The ferry was driven ashore in Wondama Bay. All 39 people on board survived. She was on a voyage from Nabire to Wondama Bay. |

### 7 March

List of shipwrecks: 7 March 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ayu Lestari | Indonesia | The tug was in collision with the tanker Mare Tirrenum ( Italy) in the Strait of Malacca 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south of Pulau Rupat and sank. Two of her four crew were reported missing. |
| Bo Feng You Gong 10 | China | The tanker caught fire in Dalian Bay. Her crew were evacuated. |

### 10 March

List of shipwrecks: 10 March 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sagitaire | France | The trawler sank at Town Quay, Dartmouth, Devon, United Kingdom. |
| St Christophe | France | The trawler sank at Town Quay, Dartmouth, Devon. |

### 11 March

List of shipwrecks: 11 March 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| TS Taipei | Taiwan | The container ship ran aground off Shimen, Taiwan. Her 21 crew were rescued. On 25 March, it was reported that the hull had suffered a major rupture and had broken in two. The stern section was removed in late July and the bow section in early August. |

### 12 March

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Magtymguly | Turkmenistan | The cargo ship struck a submerged object in the Volga River and was beached. She was on a voyage from Olya, Russia to Nowshahr, Iran. |
| Specialist | United States | The 84-foot (26 m) tug ran into an anchored barge on the Hudson River at the Tappan Zee Bridge, Tarrytown, New York and sank in 40 feet (12 m) of water. The wreck was raised on 24 March. All three crew on board were killed. |

### 14 March

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lu Yan Yuan Yu 010 | China | The fishing vessel was sunk by the Argentinian coastguard for illegal fishing in Argentine waters. The thirty-two crew were rescued. |
| Viking | Nigeria | The fishing vessel, having been seized the previous month by the Indonesian Navy for illegal fishing, was scuttled. |

### 15 March

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Shen Zhou 33 | China | The cargo ship capsized and sank in the Taiwan Strait off Chongwu. Her six crew were rescued. |

### 17 March

List of shipwrecks: 17 March 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Bronington | Royal Navy | The Ton-class minesweeper sank at Birkenhead, Merseyside |

### 21 March

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Selvamatha | India | The cargo ship foundered in the Laccadive Sea off the coast of Kerala. Her crew survived. |
| Sparna | Panama | The bulk carrier ran aground in the Columbia River and was severely damaged. |

### 23 March

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| KM Bunga Melati XV | Panama | The cargo ship struck a reef and sank at Tagulandang, Indonesia. Her eighteen crew were rescued. |

### 31 March

List of shipwrecks: 31 March 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Paraguay Line | Paraguay | The cargo ship ran aground in the Paraná River. She was still aground on 8 April. |

### Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in March 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Unidentified submarine | Korean People's Navy | An unidentified submarine was reported to have sunk off the coast of North Korea in early March. |

## April
### 1 April

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Wanluijianghou | China | The cargo ship collided with Hua Lun 2788 ( China) and sank in the Huangpu River. A crew member was reported missing. |
| Xiang Wang Cai 17 | China | The dredger collided with Makassar Highway ( Panama) off Zhangzhou and was damaged. Her nine crew were rescued. |

### 6 April

List of shipwrecks: 6 April 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Wan Mu Chan 15 | China | The cargo ship ran aground in the East China Sea (26°25′N 120°11′E﻿ / ﻿26.417°N 120.183°E﻿ / 26.417; 120.183) and was holed. Her fourteen crew were rescued. She was later refloated. |

### 9 April

List of shipwrecks: 9 April 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Unnamed migrant ship | | The trawler carrying more than three hundred migrants and towing a fishing boat with two hundred migrants capsized off the coast of Egypt. The fishing boat left the area leaving around one hundred people still alive. More than five hundred drowned. |

### 13 April

List of shipwrecks: xx April 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sinu-I-Wasa | Fiji | Cyclone Winston: The ferry was driven ashore at Levuka or Toki. |
| Sinu-I-Wasa-Tolu | Fiji | Cyclone Winston: The ferry was driven ashore at Levuka or Toki. |
| Spirit of Altruism | Fiji | Cyclone Winston: The ferry was driven ashore at Natovi. |
| Spirit of Love | Fiji | Cyclone Winston: The ferry was driven ashore at Natovi. |
| Westerland | Fiji | Cyclone Winston: The ferry was driven ashore at Suvasuva. |

### 17 April

List of shipwrecks: 17 April 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ocean Tango | South Korea | The car carrier was driven ashore at Busan. |

### 19 April

List of shipwrecks: 19 April 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ricky J Leboeuf | United States | The tug capsized in the San Jacinto River. One of her five crew was reported missing. |

### 20 April

List of shipwrecks: 20 April 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Nova Cura | Netherlands | The cargo ship ran aground north of Lesbos, Greece. She was on a voyage from Istanbul to Aliağa, Turkey. Her seven crew and an insurer's representative were evacuated on 26 April, leaving five salvage assessors on board. |
| Zhe Hai 168 | China | The cargo ship ran aground in the South China Sea north of Palawan Island, Philippines (9°31′N 118°20′E﻿ / ﻿9.517°N 118.333°E﻿ / 9.517; 118.333). She was still aground on 25 April. |

### 23 April

List of shipwrecks: 23 April 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Nova Cura | Netherlands | The ship ran aground in the Müsellim Passage off Çanakkale, Turkey. Her crew were evacuated by helicopter on 27 April. Nova Cura was refloated on 6 May. |
| Palflot-2 | Russia | The tanker caught fire in the Caspian Sea with the loss of one of her eleven crew. Survivors were rescued by helicopter. |
| Shao Dong Ji 958 | China | The cargo ship caught fire near Suzhou. Her crew were evacuated. |

### 26 April

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Panagia Tinou | Greece | The passenger ferry sank at Piraeus, where she had been laid up since 2015. Nobody was on board at the time. |

### 28 April

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Last Stand | United States | The 42-foot (12.8 m) scallop-fishing boat capsized and sank in the Atlantic Ocean just east of Cape May, New Jersey, 60 seconds after colliding with the southward-bound 78-foot (23.8 m) tug Dean Reinauer ( United States), which was pushing a 500-foot (152.4 m) barge. Wearing survival suits, Last Stand′s crew of three abandoned ship in a life raft and was rescued by a United States Coast Guard patrol boat 10 minutes after Last Stand sank. |
| HMBS Trident | Barbados Coast Guard | The decommissioned patrol vessel was scuttled in 70 to 80 feet (21 to 24 m) of water in Carlisle Bay off the coast of Barbados for use as a recreational diving site. |

### 29 April

List of shipwrecks: 29 April 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Krasnoyarsk | Russian Navy | The Oscar-class submarine caught fire at Vilyuchinsk and was scuttled. |

## May
### 4 May

List of shipwrecks: 4 May 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Tamaya 1 | Nigeria | The tanker came ashore burnt out and crewless near Robertsport, Liberia. |

### 5 May

List of shipwrecks: 5 May 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| KM Sabuk Nusantara 46 | Indonesia | The ferry ran aground off Pulau Gosong Island. Her 115 passengers were evacuated. |

### 7 May

List of shipwrecks: 7 May 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Safmarine Meru | Hong Kong | The container ship collided with Northern Jasper ( Germany) 120 nautical miles (220 km; 140 mi) east of Ningbo, China, and caught fire. Her 22 crew were evacuated onto Northern Jasper. Safmarine Meru was later towed in to Ningbo. |

### 9 May

List of shipwrecks: 9 May 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Zhenpeng | China | The tanker collided with Yanzhan 58 ( China) in the Pearl River and was beached. Her 15 crew were evacuated. |

### 21 May

List of shipwrecks: 21 May 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| AST Legend | Indonesia | Cyclone Roanu: The tug was driven ashore at Patenga. |
| Banglar Shikha | Bangladesh | Cyclone Roanu: The cargo ship was driven ashore at Chittagong, India. |
| Span Asia 17 | Maldives | Cyclone Roanu: The cargo ship was driven ashore at Sitakunda, India. |

### 27 May

List of shipwrecks: 27 May 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Roger Blough | United States | The lake freighter ran aground in Whitefish Bay, Lake Superior. She was refloated on 4 June. |

### 30 May

List of shipwrecks: 20 May 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Pati Unus | Indonesian Navy | The Parchim-class corvette struck a sunken wreck in the Malacca Strait and sank in shallow water. |
| Shengyuan 58 | China | The cargo ship was severely damaged by fire in the Yangtze River near Chongqing. Her eight crew were rescued. |

### 31 May

List of shipwrecks: 31 May 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amadeus Amethist | Netherlands | The cargo ship became trapped under a bridge over the Albert Canal at Antwerp, Belgium and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Genk. |
| ARA Espora Saturn | Argentine Navy Marshall Islands | The Espora-class corvette ARA Espora collided with the tanker Saturn off Puerto Belgrano. Both vessels were damaged. |
| Noorderlicht | Netherlands | The schooner ran aground on Vlieland, Friesland. Her 28 passengers were taken off by a KNRM rescue boat. |

## June
### 1 June

List of shipwrecks: 1 June 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sheng Yuan 508 | China | The cargo ship caught fire in the Yangtze at Chongqing and was severely damaged. Her eight crew were rescued. |

### 9 June

List of shipwrecks: 9 June 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| LCT Putri Sritanjung 1 | Indonesia | The landing craft foundered in the Bali Strait off Java. Her crew survived. |

### 11 June

List of shipwrecks: 11 June 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Chang Hang Feng Hai | China | The bulk carrier ran aground off Cagdianao, Philippines. |

### 13 June

List of shipwrecks: 13 June 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Belle Rose | Philippines | The bulk carrier ran aground on the Monad Shoal, 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Malapascua Island, Philippines. She was refloated on 20 June. |

### 16 June

List of shipwrecks: 16 June 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Masaccio | Italy | The high-speed passenger ferry struck a pier at Stromboli and partially sank. Her 117 passengers and six crew safely evacuated the vessel. |
| Ohio | United States | The retired 70-foot (21.3 m) barge was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean 4.5 nautical miles (8.3 km; 5.2 mi) off Ocean City, New Jersey, at 39°9.993′N 074°34.095′W﻿ / ﻿39.166550°N 74.568250°W﻿ / 39.166550; -74.568250﻿ (Ohio). |
| Tobacco Pointe | United States | The retired 89-foot (27.1 m) tug was scuttled as an artificial reef in 75 feet (23 m) of water in the North Atlantic Ocean east of Ocean City, New Jersey, at 39°14.038′N 074°12.568′W﻿ / ﻿39.233967°N 74.209467°W﻿ / 39.233967; -74.209467﻿ (Tobacco Pointe). |

### 17 June

List of shipwrecks: 17 June 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Benita | Liberia | The bulk carrier ran aground at Le Bouchon, Mauritius following a fight amongst crew members. She was refloated on 25 July and taken under tow for Alang, India for scrapping. Benita foundered under tow and sank on 30 July 2016 whilst 93.5 nautical miles (173.2 km) off the coast of Mauritius. As of February 2017, the ship's insurer, the London P&I Club expected gross claims mostly in liability to the salvor, to be only around US$15m. |

### 18 June

List of shipwrecks: 18 June 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Nusantara Dolphin 1 | Indonesia | The cargo ship foundered in the Java Sea off Tanjung Putting with the loss of two of her fifteen crew. Twelve were rescued, one was reported missing. She was on a voyage from Gresik to Kumai. |
| Ursa Major | Italy | The tug caught fire off Gioia Tauro. Her thirteen crew were rescued by the Italian Coast Guard. |

### 27 June

List of shipwrecks: 27 June 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Macuti | Mozambique | The dredger was in collision with MSC Chiara ( Panama) and was beached at Beira. |

### 28 June

List of shipwrecks: 28 June 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Juan Yun 1 | China | The cargo ship capsized and sank in the Yangtze River at Yueyang. Nine of her eleven crew were rescued, two were reported missing. |

## July
### 5 July

List of shipwrecks: 5 July 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hansita V | India | The dredger was driven ashore near Kollam. |

### 9 July

List of shipwrecks: 9 July 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Johanna | Norway | The sailing ship sprang a leak and was beached at Nesoddtangen, Norway, where she sank. All 156 passengers and crew were rescued. |

### 10 July

List of shipwrecks: 10 July 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Royal Iris of the Mersey | United Kingdom | The passenger ferry ran aground and partially sank at the entrance to the Manchester Ship Canal. All 75 passengers and crew were rescued by Deo Gloria ( Netherlands). |

### 13 July

List of shipwrecks: 13 July 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Zhong Heng 9 | China | The cargo ship collided with Chang Rong Men ( China) and sank in the Yangtze River. Her fifteen crew were rescued. |

### 14 July

List of shipwrecks: 14 July 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| USS Thach | United States Navy | The decommissioned Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean 55 nautical miles (102 km) north of Kauai, Hawaii, during the naval exercise RIMPAC 2016. |

### 15 July

List of shipwrecks: 15 July 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Nica I | Malaysia | The container ship ran aground in the South China Sea (2°11′S 107°03′E﻿ / ﻿2.183°S 107.050°E﻿ / -2.183; 107.050). She was on a voyage from Esperance, Western Australia to Port Klang. She was refloated on 3 September and resumed her voyage. |
| Yamato Maru No.8 | Japan | The cargo ship collided with Hoshu Maru ( Japan) off Ueshima Island. She capsized and sank with the loss of two of her crew. |

### 18 July

List of shipwrecks: 18 July 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Captain Ufuk | Philippines | The unmanned cargo ship sank in Manila Bay. |

### 19 July

List of shipwrecks: 19 July 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| USS Crommelin | United States Navy | The decommissioned Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean north-northwest of Kauai, Hawaii, at approximately 23°00′N 159°55′W﻿ / ﻿23.000°N 159.917°W﻿ / 23.000; -159.917 during the naval exercise RIMPAC 2016. |
| RFNS Kiro | Fijian Navy | The Pacific-class patrol boat ran aground on the Cakauyawa Reef, 6 nautical miles (11 km) off Makuluva Island and was severely damaged. |

### 20 July

List of shipwrecks: 20 July 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Ambush | Royal Navy | The Astute-class submarine collided with Andreas whilst submerged in the Strait of Gibraltar and was damaged. |
| Sorrento Jet | Italy | The ferry was severely damaged by fire at Marina di Veste. Arson was suspected. |
| Unilink II | Philippines | The cargo ship ran aground and sank in shallow water at Lapu-Lapu. Her crew survived. |

### 22 July

List of shipwrecks: 22 July 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Thomas Dann | United States | The tug caught fire off Marineland, Florida. Her six crew were rescued by a fishing vessel. |

### 30 July
## August
### 1 August

List of shipwrecks: 1 August 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| LS-01 | Brazil | The catamaran ferry was severely damaged by fire at Vicente de Carvalho. |
| Menina da Praia | Brazil | The high-speed catamaran passenger ferry was severely damaged by fire at Guaruja. |

### 2 August

List of shipwrecks: 2 August 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dabo 5 | Indonesia | The tug was abandoned off Bintam Island. Her seven crew were rescued. |

### 3 August

List of shipwrecks: 3 August 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| American Eagle | United States | The schooner ran aground in Somes Sound, Maine. All 25 passengers were removed by the United States Coast Guard. |
| Dabo 5 | Indonesia | The tug sprang a leak and was abandoned off the Riau Archipelago. Her seven crew were rescued by fishing vessels. |

### 6 August

List of shipwrecks: 6 August 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Reaper | United Kingdom | The historic fishing vessel partially sank at Johnshaven, Aberdeenshire. She was later refloated. |

### 7 August

List of shipwrecks: xx August 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Keihin Maru 8 | Japan | The tanker collided with Eastern Phoenix ( Panama) and partially sank 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off Kehin. Her crew were rescued. |

### 8 August

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Than Dat 01 | Vietnam | The cargo ship collided with Guo Shun 21 ( China) in the South China Sea and sank. Nine of her eleven crew were rescued. |

### 9 August

List of shipwrecks: 9 August 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Angela Arcella | Italy | The fish farming vessel collided with Maria ( Antigua and Barbuda) near Laboratory Wharf in the Grand Harbour, Malta, and it capsized. Two crewmen jumped into the sea and were rescued. |
| Med Star | Lebanon | The ro-ro ferry was severely damaged by fire at Tripoli, Lebanon. |
| New York Harbor Charlie | United States | The retired 65-foot (19.8 m) New York Police Department crew boat 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°03.788′N 073°59.380′W﻿ / ﻿40.063133°N 73.989667°W﻿ / 40.063133; -73.989667﻿ (New York Harbor Charlie). |

### 14 August

List of shipwrecks: 14 August 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Tokay Akar | Turkey | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Samsun. |

### 15 August

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lady Gertrude | United States | The 72-foot (21.9 m) fishing trawler and scallop dredger suffered a broken propeller shaft, which caused her to flood, capsize, and sink three hours later in 135 feet (41 m) of water in the North Atlantic Ocean east of New Jersey. She reported her position within an hour of sinking as 40°04′01″N 73°16′45″W﻿ / ﻿40.06703°N 073.2793°W﻿ / 40.06703; -073.2793﻿ (Lady Gertrude). Her entire crew of three survived. |
| Sirena | Portugal | The container ship was driven ashore at Sint Eustatius. She was on a voyage from Galisbay, Sint Maarten, to Martinique. |

### 17 August

List of shipwrecks: 17 August 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Caribbean Fantasy | Panama | The ferry caught fire off San Juan. All 511 passengers and crew were disembarked before the ferry ran aground. She was refloated on 19 August and towed in to San Juan. |
| SG-25 | Turkish Coast Guard | The ship collided with Tolunay ( Cook Islands) and sank in the Bosphorus. One of her seven crew was reported missing. |

### 18 August

List of shipwrecks: 18 August 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| USS Louisiana | United States Navy | The Ohio-class submarine collided with USNS Eagleview ( United States Naval Service) in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Both vessels were damaged. |

### 20 August

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alfa | Togo | The cargo ship developed a severe list off Yeosu, South Korea after her cargo shifted. All fifteen crew were evacuated by the South Korean Coast Guard. Alfa subsequently came ashore between Jeju and Tsushima Island. |

### 29 August

List of shipwrecks: 29 August 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Espiritu Paraguayo | Chile | The tug struck a submerged object and sank in the Paraná River at Bella Vista, Buenos Aires, Argentina. |

## September
### 3 September

List of shipwrecks: 3 September 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Donbas | Ukrainian Navy | The command ship was damaged by fire at Odesa. |
| Saffet Bey | Turkey | The ro-ro ship ran aground at Lakonias, Greece. She was refloated on 7 September. |

### 4 September

List of shipwrecks: 4 September 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Kurt C | Turkey | The sailing ship capsized and sank 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off Antalya. Nine people were reported missing, 73 were rescued. |
| Liao He Yi Hao | China | The heavy lift ship suffered hogging and sank in shallow water north of Shanghai. |

### 9 September

List of shipwrecks: 9 September 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Al Zaman | Iran | The cargo dhow capsized and sank in the Arabian Sea 96 nautical miles (178 km) off Ras Al Hadd. Her fifteen crew were rescued in a joint operation between the Oman Coast Guard and Royal Navy. |
| M Star 1 | South Korea | The cargo ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Andaman Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) south west of the "Great Western Torres Islands", Burma. Her fourteen crew were rescued by the tug Lewek (flag unknown). |

### 13 September

List of shipwrecks: xx September 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Noorderlicht | Netherlands | The schooner ran aground at Trygghamna, Norway. She was refloated with assistance from Polarsyssel ( Norway). |

### 14 September

List of shipwrecks: 14 September 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Chengzing 012 | China | Typhoon Meranti: The floating crane was abandoned in the Taiwan Strait. Her eight crew were rescued. Vessel presumed foundered. |
| Rigel A | Panama | The cargo ship sank in the Gulf of Aden off Mukalla, Yemen. Her eight crew were rescued by the Yemeni Coastguard. |
| Shun Tien No. 606 | South Korea | Typhoon Meranti: The fishing trawler capsized and sank at Kaohsiung with the loss of one of her 22 crew. |
| YM Wind | Unflagged | Typhoon Meranti: The unfinished container ship was driven ashore at Kaohsiung, Taiwan, damaging two cranes and demolishing two others. |
| Yung Hsing Fa No. 168 | South Korea | Typhoon Meranti: The fishing trawler capsized and sank at Kaohsiung. |

### 15 September

List of shipwrecks: 15 September 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Gang Tai Tai Zhou | China | Typhoon Meranti: The container ship was driven ashore at Kinmen Island, Taiwan. |
| Heng Yu 9 | China | Typhoon Meranti: The tanker was driven ashore in Quangzhou Bay. She was refloated the next day. |

### 18 September

List of shipwrecks: 18 September 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Unknown | Thailand | The overloaded boat sank in Ayutthaya Province, Thailand in the Chao Phraya River. 26, including a child, drowned. |

### 19 September

List of shipwrecks: 19 September 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Murat Hacibekiroglu II | Turkey | The cargo ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Mediterranean Sea north west of Cyprus. Her ten crew were rescued by Electra A ( Turkey). |
| Wan Hai 307 | Singapore | The container ship was damaged by fire at Hong Kong. She was on a voyage from Kaohsiung, Taiwan to Hong Kong. |

### 20 September

List of shipwrecks: 20 September 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Domingue | Madagascar | The tug capsized and sank whilst assisting CMA CGM Simba ( United Kingdom) at Tulear with the loss of two of her five crew. |

### 21 September

List of shipwrecks: 21 September 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Austin | United States | The retired 68-foot (20.7 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°02.900′N 073°59.000′W﻿ / ﻿40.048333°N 73.983333°W﻿ / 40.048333; -73.983333﻿ (Austin). |
| Unidentified boat | Egypt | 2016 Egypt migrant shipwreck: Carrying about 600 migrants, the boat capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Egypt, killing an estimated 300 people. There were about 160 survivors, and 204 bodies were recovered. |

### 22 September

List of shipwrecks: 22 September 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Danica Joy | Philippines | The passenger ferry capsized at Zamboanga due to errors in ballasting the vessel whilst it was being unloaded. |

### 23 September

List of shipwrecks: 23 September 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mustafa Kan | Panama | The cargo ship capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off Syracuse, Sicily, Italy. Her sixteen crew were rescued by the Italian Coast Guard. A Greek tug was tasked by the insurance company to bring the capsized ship to Cyrus. She was on a voyage from Dakar, Senegal to Šibenik, Croatia. |

### 24 September

List of shipwrecks: 24 September 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Burgos | Mexico | The tanker caught fire in the Gulf of Mexico off Veracruz. Her 31 crew were evacuated. |

### 25 September

List of shipwrecks: 25 September 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hebrides | United Kingdom | The ferry ran aground at Lochmaddy, North Uist, Outer Hebrides. |

### 26 September

List of shipwrecks: 26 September 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Kathleen | United States | The decommissioned tugboat was sunk as an artificial reef off St. Lucie County, Florida in 140 feet (43 m) of water. |

### 30 September

List of shipwrecks: 30 September 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Nagoya | Indonesia | The cargo ship sank in shallow water in the Java Sea off Sumenep (7°10′S 114°17′E﻿ / ﻿7.167°S 114.283°E﻿ / -7.167; 114.283). Her fourteen crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Banyuwangi to Lamongan. |
| Yowa Maru | Japan | The coaster, a tanker, struck a submerged object, sprang a leak and sank off Kudamatsu. Her four crew were rescued. |

## October
### 1 October

List of shipwrecks: 1 October 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Swift | United Arab Emirates | Yemeni Civil War: The hybrid catamaran was attacked off the coast of Yemen by Houthis rebels. She was severely damaged. |

### 5 October

List of shipwrecks: 5 October 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Kn. Donskoy | Russia | The passenger ship sprang a leak and sank at Zvenigovo. |

### 10 October

List of shipwrecks: 10 October 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Carmen Ernestina | Venezuela | The ferry sprang a leak and partially sank at Puerto la Cruz. |

### 12 October

List of shipwrecks: 12 October 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Asptr-1 | Russia | The floating crane sprang a leak, capsized and sank in the Black Sea 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) off Livadiya, Ukraine with the loss of three of her eight crew. |

### 14 October

List of shipwrecks: 14 October 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dharma Kencarna VIII | Indonesia | The ro-ro ferry struck a reef and capsized in the Flores Sea off East Nusa Tenggara Island. All 121 passengers on board were rescued, as were the crew. |
| Nathan E Steward | Canada | The tug ran aground and partially sank off Bella Bella, British Columbia. It was recovered on November 14 of that year. The damage from running aground caused a large fuel spill. |

### 15 October

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| unnamed ferry | Myanmar | The ferry capsized on the Chindwin river killing 73 people. One hundred and fifty-nine passengers were rescued. Over 300 passengers were estimated to be on board, while the official capacity was 120. |

### 18 October

List of shipwrecks: 18 October 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Su Jia Hang 1 | China | The cargo ship was beached on Nanao Island. |

### 19 October

List of shipwrecks: 19 October 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Baroasaa | Maldives | The refrigerated cargo ship caught fire off the Maldive Islands with the loss of one of her eighteen crew. |
| Feng Sheng You 8 | China | The tanker caught fire at Dongfang City with the loss of two of her seventeen crew. |

### 20 October

List of shipwrecks: 20 October 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Feng Sheng You 8 | China | The tanker exploded and caught fire at Dongfang, Hainan with the loss of one of her seventeen crew. One crew member was reported missing. |
| Hong Xing 88 | China | Typhoon Haima: The cargo ship foundered off Wenzhou. Her seven crew were rescued by the Chinese Coast Guard. |
| Silver Sky | Panama | The car carrier was damaged by fire at Antwerp, Belgium. |

### 21 October

List of shipwrecks: 21 October 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Su Jia Hang 1 | China | Typhoon Haima: The cargo ship was driven ashore near Shantou City. |

### 22 October

List of shipwrecks: 22 October 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Long Hao 1 | China | The cargo ship collided with Xin Zhou 18 ( China) off Zhenjiang and capsized. Three of her crew were rescued by a fishing vessel. |

### 23 October

List of shipwrecks: 23 October 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fom | Panama | The cargo ship suffered an engine failure in the Black Sea and was abandoned by her crew. She was later towed to a port in Turkey. |

### 25 October

List of shipwrecks: 25 October 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jin Long Da 98 | China | The tanker sprang a leak and foundered in the East China Sea. Her thirteen crew were rescued. |

### 29 October

List of shipwrecks: 29 October 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| USS Montgomery | United States Navy | The Independence-class littoral combat ship struck a lock wall and was holed in the Panama Canal. |

## November
### 1 November

List of shipwrecks: 1 November 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| KM Dewaruci Perkasa | Indonesia | The cargo ship collided with Dolphin Nusantara 2 and KM Trijaya (both Indonesia) and foundered off Gresik with the loss of four of her thirteen crew. |

### 2 November

List of shipwrecks: 2 November 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lisa Kim | United States | The retired 115-foot (35.1 m) fishing trawler was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean off Wildwood, New Jersey, at 38°57.900′N 074°41.050′W﻿ / ﻿38.965000°N 74.684167°W﻿ / 38.965000; -74.684167﻿ (Lisa Kim). |
| Verano | Russia | The factory ship was severely damaged by fire at Cape Town, South Africa. Her five crew survived. |

### 3 November

List of shipwrecks: 3 November 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sumbar Bahagia Jaya | Indonesia | The landing craft partially sank in the Makassar Strait 47 nautical miles (87 km) off Cape Tanjung with the loss of two of her eleven crew. |
| Migrant vessel | Libya | Around 240 people were killed during the November 2016 Libya migrant shipwrecks |

### 4 November

List of shipwrecks: 3 November 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Migrant vessel | Indonesia | At least 54 people were killed when a boat carrying migrant workers sunk. |

### 7 November

List of shipwrecks: 7 November 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Masrour | Iran | The tanker sprang a leak and foundered in the Persian Gulf. Her twelve crew were rescued. |

### 9 November

List of shipwrecks: 9 November 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mina I | Turkey | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Maltepe, Turkey. |

### 10 November

List of shipwrecks: 10 November 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Chang Rong 8 | China | The container ship ran aground and was damaged in the Taiwan Strait off Dongjia Island (25°17′N 119°45′E﻿ / ﻿25.283°N 119.750°E﻿ / 25.283; 119.750). Seven of her sixteen crew were evacuated. |

### 14 November

List of shipwrecks: 14 November 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Casanova | Colombia | The cargo ship was severely damaged by fire at Barranquilla. |

### 15 November

List of shipwrecks: 15 November 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Casanova | Sao Tome and Principe | The cargo ship was severely damaged by fire at Barranquilla, Colombia. |
| Dumai Line 3 | Indonesia | The ferry was beached on Pulau Pedang Island. All passengers were evacuated. She was on a voyage from Pulau Sambu to Dumai. |
| Navemar XII | Brazil | The cargo ship ran aground on a reef and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Olinda. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Recife to Fernando de Noronha. |

### 16 November

List of shipwrecks: 16 November 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| KM Tradisi 8 | Indonesia | The cargo ship capsized and sank at Gresik with the loss of one of her fourteen crew. |

### 17 November

List of shipwrecks: 17 November 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Migrant vessel | Libya | At least one hundred people are believed to have drowned off the coast of Libya when their boat sank after they were abandoned off Libya without a motor. Twenty-seven survivors have been transported to Italy. |

### 20 November

List of shipwrecks: 20 November 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Saga Sky | Hong Kong | Storm Angus: The 199-metre (653 ft) Hong Kong-registered general cargo vessel struck a barge full of rocks after losing engine power in high seas off Dover in the English Channel. Eleven of her crew were evacuated by UK Coast Guard helicopters, whilst 12 remained on board. A French tug was also sent to assist. |

### 22 November

List of shipwrecks: xx November 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lauri | Finland | The tug sank at Pargas. |

### 25 November

List of shipwrecks: 25 November 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Araks | Russia | The refrigerated tanker ran aground in the Caspian Sea off Cape Sandy, Kazakhstan. She was still aground in January 2017. |

### 27 November

List of shipwrecks: xx November 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Thuan Phat 8 | Vietnam | The cargo ship foundered in the Gulf of Tonkin 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Quang Binh. Her eleven crew were rescued. |

### 28 November

List of shipwrecks: 28 November 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Kanzam Express | Philippines | The catamaran passenger ferry sprang a leak and foundered off Itbayat Island with the loss of two of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by Ingrid C ( Marshall Islands). |

### 29 November

List of shipwrecks: 29 November 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hung Thai 17 | Vietnam | The cargo ship capsized and sank in the South China Sea 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) off Vinh Son (17°57′N 106°30′E﻿ / ﻿17.950°N 106.500°E﻿ / 17.950; 106.500). Her ten crew were rescued. |

## December
### 2 December

List of shipwrecks: 2 December 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Antaios | Liberia | The ship suffered an engine room fire in the Atlantic Ocean (34°10′S 0°59′E﻿ / ﻿34.167°S 0.983°E﻿ / -34.167; 0.983) and was abandoned. Her nineteen crew were rescued by NSU Empire ( Panama). Antaios was subsequently taken in tow by the tug Smit Amandla ( South Africa) and taken to Cape Town, South Africa. |
| Hilmi K | Turkey | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Kartal. Her crew were rescued. |
| Volgo-Don 203 | Russia | The cargo ship was driven ashore and sank at Kartal. Her crew were rescued. |

### 3 December

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Antaios | Liberia | The bulk carrier caught fire and sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean 860 nautical miles (1,590 km) west of Cape Town, South Africa and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by NSU Inspire ( Panama). Antaios was on a voyage from San Lorenzo, Argentina to Durban, South Africa. She was later taken in tow by the tug Smit Amandla ( South Africa). |
| Muros | Spain | The cargo ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Teesport, United Kingdom to Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, France. Muros was refloated on 9 December and towed to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands for repairs. |

### 4 December

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Volgo-Don 203 | Russia | The cargo ship ran aground and sank in shallow water at Kartal, Turkey. Her fourteen crew were rescued. |

### 5 December

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| INS Betwa | Indian Navy | The Brahmaputra-class frigate capsized in a graving dock at Mumbai, killing two of her crew. |
| Cargo ship | Unknown | The ship foundered in the Arabian Sea whilst on a voyage from Mukallah to Socotra Island, Yemen with some loss of life. Thirty-five people were rescued. |

### 7 December

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Exito | United States | The supply vessel foundered 14 nautical miles (26 km) north east of Dutch Harbor, Alaska. Two of her five crew were reported missing. |

### 9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Asko | Malta | The cargo ship ran aground and was damaged in Lake Malaren. |

### 12 December

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Chong Gen | North Korea | The cargo ship capsized and sank in the East China Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) south west off Fukue Island, Japan. Her 26 crew were rescued. |

### 14 December

List of shipwrecks: 14 December 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Darin Darsab | India | The cargo ship ran aground, capsized and sank near Char Nurul Islam. Her crew were rescued. |
| Glorious Sreenagar | India | The cargo ship was run into by Titu ( India) and capsized in the Hatiya Channel. Ten of her fourteen crew were rescued by the Indian Navy, two reached shore and two were reported missing. |
| Labs-1 | India | The cargo ship was run into by another vessel and sank off Chittagong. Her thirteen crew were rescued. |
| Manju | India | The cargo ship sank off Patenga. Her fourteen crew were rescued. |
| Reia Faye | Philippines | The tanker caught fire and exploded in Manila Bay. Her crew abandoned ship and were rescued. Eighteen of them were injured. |

### 15 December

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hong Yuan 02 | China | The container ship ran aground off Small Huanglong Island, off Zhoushan and partially sank in shallow water. Thirteen of her 21 crew were evacuated the next day. She was on a voyage from Humen to Jingtang. |
| Oscar V | Congo | The cargo ship Oscar V sank under bad weather inside of Alexandria port anchorage area. Her crew were rescued. |

### 23 December

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jouya 8 | Iran | Yemeni Civil War: The cargo ship was sunk in the Red Sea off Hodeidah, Yemen by a rocket attack by Houthi rebels with the loss of all but one of her eight crew. |
| Maersk Searcher | Denmark | The offshore supply vessel capsized and sank in the Celtic Sea whilst under tow to Turkey to be scrapped. |
| Maersk Shipper | Denmark | The offshore supply vessel capsized and sank in the Celtic Sea whilst under tow to Turkey to be scrapped. |
| Sinaburg | Indonesia | The ferry ran aground in the Banda Sea off Tual. All passengers and crew were rescued. |
| Unknown fishing vessel | Vietnam | The fishing vessel was fired upon by a Papua New Guinea Defence Force patrol boat while being apprehended for illegal fishing. High explosive rounds penetrated gas cylinders that caused a fire and explosion, sinking the boat in Milne Bay near Budibudi Island in the Samarai-Murua District, Papua New Guinea. Her Captain was killed, rest of crew resxcued. |

### 24 December

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cabrera | Antigua and Barbuda | The cargo ship ran aground and sank on the north coast of Andros, Greece. Her nine crew were rescued by a Hellenic Navy helicopter. The wreck was removed in October 2017. Aft scrapped in Aliaga since 26 December 2017 |

### 26 December

List of shipwrecks: 26 December 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alcatras | Turkey | The offshore supply vessel ran aground off Kos, Greece. Some of her crew abandoned ship, others remained aboard. Vessel was serving as a test bed for the Korkut air defense system. |
| Baleno 5 | Philippines | Typhoon Nina: The ro-ro ferry was driven ashore at Puerto Galera. |
| Baleno 7 | Philippines | Typhoon Nina: The ro-ro ferry was driven ashore at Puerto Galera. |
| Baleno 8 | Philippines | Typhoon Nina: The ro-ro ferry was driven ashore at Puerto Galera. |
| Obama | Philippines | Typhoon Nina: The tanker was driven ashore at Gasan Marinduque. |
| OceanJet 10 | Philippines | Typhoon Nina: The passenger ferry was driven ashore at Puerto Galera. |
| OceanJet 11 | Philippines | Typhoon Nina: The passenger ferry was driven ashore at Puerto Galera. |
| Shuttle Roro 5 | Philippines | Typhoon Nina: The ro-ro ferry was driven ashore at Matini, Batangas. All 25 passengers and crew were rescued. |
| Starlite Atlantic | Philippines | Typhoon Nina: The ro-ro ferry was driven ashore, capsized and sank off Barangay Corona with the loss of nine of the 23 people on board. |
| Starlite Ferry | Philippines | Typhoon Nina: ro-ro ferry was driven ashore at Puerto Galero. |
| Starlite Polaris | Philippines | Typhoon Nina: ro-ro ferry was driven ashore at Puerto Galero. |

### 28 December

List of shipwrecks: 28 December 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| La Bella | Philippines | The tug sank whilst assisting Gold Eagle ( Panama) at Zamboanga. Both crew survived. |

### 31 December

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Euro Uno | Philippines | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Misamis Oriental. |
| Güneyin | Turkey | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Kartal Kumcular Iskelesi. She was refloated. |
| Yakupaga | Turkey | The cargo ship was driven ashore at Kartal Kumcular Iskelesi. She was refloated. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in 2016 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| ARA Ingeniero Julio Krause | Argentine Navy | The tanker was sunk as a target in the Argentine Sea. |