The list of shipwrecks in 2017  includes ships  sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 2017 . 
   
January  
1 January    List of shipwrecks: 1 January 2017    Ship  State  Description     Zahro Express Indonesia  The ferry  caught fire off Jakarta  with the loss of 23 lives. One hundred and ninety-four people were rescued, with seventeen reported missing.[ 1] [ 2]   
  
2 January    List of shipwrecks: 2 January 2017    Ship  State  Description     Mengah Scorpion  Indonesia  The coaster  foundered in Sabang Bay off Pulang Island.[ 3]   
  
7 January   
8 January    List of shipwrecks: 8 January 2017    Ship  State  Description     Arca 1  Panama  The coastal  tanker  ran aground off Sydney, Nova Scotia , Canada. Her six crew were evacuated.[ 5] [ 6]   
  
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13 January    List of shipwrecks: 13 January 2017    Ship  State  Description     Sigma  Liberia  The cargo ship was driven ashore at Livorno , Italy. Her eighteen crew were rescued by helicopter.[ 10]     Unknown tugboat   Thailand  The tug  was flooded by wakes of passing boats causing her to capsize and sink at Bangkok, Thailand  on the Chao Phraya River . The vessel was scheduled to be raised. The owner and a passenger survived.[ 11]   
  
14 January    List of shipwrecks: 14 January 2017    Ship  State  Description     Fluvius Tamar  Barbados  The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea  30 nautical miles (56 km) off Ramsgate , Kent , United Kingdom. All seven crew were rescued, four by Norstream  (Finland ) and three by helicopter. She was on a voyage from Eemshaven , Groningen , Netherlands to Pasajes , Spain.[ 12]   
  
17 January    List of shipwrecks: 17 January 2017    Ship  State  Description     Meridian Tres  Philippines  The ship foundered off Bohol . One of her 29 crew was reported missing. She was on a voyage from Cebu City  to Tacloban City .[ 13]     Virginia 1  Philippines  The cargo ship caught fire and sank south west of Caballo Island , Philippines with the loss of one of her eleven crew. Five crew were reported missing. She was on a voyage from Roxas  to Binondo .[ 13]   
  
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February  
3 February    List of shipwrecks: 3 February 2017    Ship  State  Description     Abbay  Ethiopia  The cargo ship was driven ashore at Sharjah  or Umm Al Quwain , United Arab Emirates. Her crew were rescued.[ 23]   
  
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16 February   
17 February    List of shipwrecks: 17 February 2017    Ship  State  Description     Chuki 1  China  The tanker  was damaged by fire at Nanjing .[ 31]   
  
21 February    List of shipwrecks: 21 February 2017    Ship  State  Description     Bellatrix  Togo  The cargo ship ran aground on Lesvos , Greece and was holed.[ 32]   
  
23 February    List of shipwrecks: 23 February 2017    Ship  State  Description     Isla Bartolome  Ecuador  The cargo ship ran aground and partially sank off Isla Puna. She was on a voyage from Guayaquil  to the Galapagos Islands .[ 33] [ 34]   
  
24 February   
25 February    List of shipwrecks: 25 February 2017    Ship  State  Description     Sternö  Sweden  The cargo ship ran aground and partially sank in the river Göta älv  in Sweden.[ 36]   
  
March  
1 March   
3 March    List of shipwrecks: 3 March 2017    Ship  State  Description     FFS Achilles  Norway  The tug  ran aground and sank off Farsund , Norway. Her three crew survived, and the wreck was raised thirteen days later.[ 38] [ 39]     Persia II  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  The coaster  sprang a leak and foundered 8 nautical miles (15 km) south of Grenada . Her nine crew were rescued.[ 40]     Ocean Way  Shetland  The trawler's starboard net came fast on an obstruction on the seabed. In the attempt to recover the fishing gear, the port trawl door struck the hull causing the aft compartment to flood. Despite efforts from the crew to pump the water out using their own portable pumps, a pump from Gerda Sæle  the Lerwick Lifeboat, the ship foundered. All five crew were rescued onto the lifeboat at the scene.[ 41]   
  
4 March   
5 March    List of shipwrecks: 5 March 2017    Ship  State  Description     Anna  Togo  The cargo ship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea  50 nautical miles (93 km) north east of Misrata , Libya. Her ten crew were rescued by Da Ji  (China ). Anna  was on a voyage from Istanbul , Turkey to Misrata.[ 44]   
  
9 March    List of shipwrecks: 9 March 2017    Ship  State  Description     Kum San  North Korea  The cargo ship was hit by a Chinese tanker whilst at anchor and foundered off Lianyuanhang, China. Her 27 crew were rescued.[ 45] [ 46]   
  
14 March    List of shipwrecks: 14 March 2017    Ship  State  Description     Jin Hang Hai 6  China  The cargo ship collided with Chang Xun 17  (China ) and sank in the Yangtze River  at Nantong . Two of her thirteen crew were killed, four were reported missing.[ 47]   
  
  List of shipwrecks: 16 March 2017    Ship  State  Description     Cai Jun 3  Panama  The dredger last received position was on 13 March (UTC +8). It capsized and subsequently sank in Singapore's Territorial Waters, off Horsburgh Lighthouse Area.[ 48] [ 49]   
  
16 March    List of shipwrecks: 16 March 2017    Ship  State  Description     Tinaztepe S  Turkey  The cargo ship sank at Misrata , Libya.[ 50] [ 51] [ 52]   
  
19 March    List of shipwrecks: 19 March 2017    Ship  State  Description     Xing Long Zhou 569  China  The tanker  exploded and caught fire in the East China Sea  90 nautical miles (170 km) south of Shindao Island with the loss of three of her sixteen crew. She was later towed in to Shindao.[ 53]   
  
21 March   
24 March    List of shipwrecks: 24 March 2017    Ship  State  Description     Lyric Poet  Bahamas  The bulk carrier  ran aground 50 nautical miles (93 km) north of Pulau Belitung Island, Malaysia. She was refloated on 10 May.[ 55]     Soby  Cape Verde  The ro-ro  ferry capsized at Mindelo , São Vincente Island .[ 56]     Unknown   None   Two boats carrying refugees and migrants capsized in the Mediterranean Sea. At least 240 people were presumed dead.[ 57]   
  
28 March    List of shipwrecks: 28 March 2017    Ship  State  Description     Hai Thanh 26  Vietnam  The cargo ship collided with Petrolimex 14  (Vietnam ) and foundered 44 nautical miles (81 km) off Vung Tau . Nine of her eleven crew were killed.[ 58] [ 59] Petrolimex 14 .[ 60]   
  
31 March   
April  
6 April    List of shipwrecks: 6 April 2017    Ship  State  Description     Xiang Zhou  Kiribati  The cargo ship collided with a lighter , capsized and sank in the Yangtze  off Nantong . Twelve crew were reported missing.[ 63] [ 64]   
  
7 April   
8 April   
9 April    List of shipwrecks: 9 April 2017    Ship  State  Description     Mutiara Persada III  Indonesia  The ferry  caught fire in the Sunda Strait . All 113 passengers and crew were evacuated.[ 68]   
  
10 April    List of shipwrecks: 10 April 2017    Ship  State  Description     Ngwe Kyal Pwint  Burma  The passenger vessel collided with a cargo ship and sank in the Pathein Taman Creek with the loss of 20 of the 60 passengers on board.[ 69]   
  
12 April   
17 April   
18 April    List of shipwrecks: 18 April 2017    Ship  State  Description     Aegir  Chile  The cargo ship was damaged in the Chacabuco Canal and was beached on Isla Humos.[ 73]     Sevilla Knutsen  Spain  The LNG  tanker  ran aground on a reef south of Guam  and was severely damaged. She was refloated and made for the Philippines.[ 74]   
  
19 April    List of shipwrecks: 19 April 2017    Ship  State  Description     Geroi Arsenala  Panama  The cargo ship broke in two in stormy weather and sank in the Black Sea 's Kerch Strait . As of 19 April, one member of the ship's 12-strong crew had been rescued and the bodies of two others retrieved from the sea.[ 75]     Powhatan  United States  The laid up tug sank while moored in Starrigavan Bay near Sitka, Alaska . Salvage of the tug was completed on 12 June 2017. She was scrapped at Seattle, Washington later that year.[ 76]   
  
20 April   
21 April    List of shipwrecks: 21 April 2017    Ship  State  Description     Panagia Parou  Malta  The ferry was driven against the quayside and damaged at Algeciras , Spain. The vessel was holed; she sank by the stern and later capsized onto her port side.[ 79] [ 80]   
  
23 April   
27 April   
May  
1 May    List of shipwrecks: 1 May 2017    Ship  State  Description     Siebengebirge  Germany  The ferry  capsized and sank in the North Sea  west of Texel , North Holland , Netherlands whilst under tow. Nobody was on board at the time.[ 84]   
  
6 May    List of shipwrecks: 6 May 2017    Ship  State  Description     Southern Phoenix  Panama  The cargo ship capsized and sank at Suva , Fiji ,[ 85]   
  
7 May    List of shipwrecks: 7 May 2017    Ship  State  Description     Fortuner  Philippines  The cargo ship suffered a structural failure of her hull and foundered off Talisay City , Cebu , Philippines. Her 22 crew were rescued.[ 86]   
  
8 May    List of shipwrecks: 8 May 2017    Ship  State  Description     Uruguay Reefer  Panama  The refrigerated cargo ship was holed by ice in the South Atlantic  and was abandoned off the Falkland Islands . Her 42 crew were rescued by Taganrogskiy Zaliv  (Panama ).[ 87]     Unknown   None   A boat carrying refugees and migrant from Libya to Italy sank in the Mediterranean Sea. Approximately 80 people died; around 40 survivors were rescued by an Italian coast guard ship and taken to the port of Pozzallo , Italy.[ 88]   
  
10 May   
14 May    List of shipwrecks: 14 May 2017    Ship  State  Description     Ebrahim 1  Palau  The tanker  exploded, caught fire and broke in two at Al Hamriyah , United Arab Emirates. One of her crew was killed and four were injured.[ 92]   
  
15 May    List of shipwrecks: 15 May 2017    Ship  State  Description     Ali Aga  Turkey  The cargo ship capsized and sank at Celebi Bandırma, Turkey due to being loaded incorrectly. Twelve people were injured.[ 93]   
  
19 May   
24 May    List of shipwrecks: 24 May 2017    Ship  State  Description     Unknown   None   A ship carrying around 200 migrants capsized in the Mediterranean Sea. At least 34 people died.[ 95]   
  
29 May    List of shipwrecks: 29 May 2017    Ship  State  Description     Xingyun 789  China  The cargo ship broke in two and sank in Bohai Bay . Her five crew were rescued.[ 96]   
  
30 May   
June  
3 June   
5 June    List of shipwrecks: 5 June 2017    Ship  State  Description     Ibis  Belize  The dredging  barge sank in shallow water off Mangaluru , India. Her 27 crew were evacuated by the Indian Coast Guard .[ 99]     Sheba  Bangladesh  The ship suffered a hull failure and foundered in the Pashur River near Bagherat. Her nine crew were rescued.[ 100]   
  
6 June    List of shipwrecks: 6 June 2017    Ship  State  Description     Argent Cosmos  Panama  Argent Cosmos  aground.Longview , Washington , to China  with a cargo of 1.63 million gallons (6,170,221 litres) of ethanol , 6.65 million U.S. gallons (25,172,988 litres) of monoethylene glycol , 458,074 gallons (1,733,999 litres) of high-sulfur  oil , and 99,064 gallons (374,998 litres) of low-sulfur oil, the 557-foot (169.8 m), 33,609 DWT  tanker  ran aground in the Columbia River  near Skamokawa , Washington.[ 101] [ 102]  
  
8 June   
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12 June   
14 June   
15 June    List of shipwrecks: 15 June 2017    Ship  State  Description     Med Star Greece  The ferry  caught fire in the Ionian Sea  off Rhodes  and was severely damaged. Twenty of the 32 people on board were reported to have been evacuated.[ 111]     Aquarius Putri Sea  Equatorial Guinea  The tanker  exploded and sank 4.6 nautical miles (8.5 km) north west of Tanjung Pengelih , Malaysia. Six crew were reported missing.[ 112] [ 113]   
  
16 June   
17 June     List of shipwrecks: 17 June 2017    Ship  State  Description     Repunte  Argentina  Sinking of fishing vessel in the middle of a strong winter storm off the coast of the province of Chubut . Ten fishermen died.   
  
18 June   
20 June    List of shipwrecks: 20 June 2017    Ship  State  Description     Theresa Arctic  Tuvalu  The tanker  ran aground off Kilifi , Kenya.[ 116] Mombasa , Kenya.[ 117]   
  
21 June   
24 June    List of shipwrecks: 24 June 2017    Ship  State  Description     Ocean Phoenix  Singapore  The bulk carrier was in collision with Green Phoenix  (Panama ) and ran aground off Chittagong , India.[ 119]     Tiss  Moldova  The cargo ship partially sank at Catania , Italy.[ 120]   
  
25 June    List of shipwrecks: 25 June 2017    Ship  State  Description     El Almirante  Colombia  The passenger ship sank in the Peñol-Guatapé Reservoir, Guatapé  with the loss of nine lives.[ 121]   
  
26 June   
27 June   
28 June    List of shipwrecks: 28 June 2017    Ship  State  Description     Freyja  Malta  The 77-metre (253 ft), 2,091 DWT  oil products  tanker , in ballast, ran aground at Svartskjæret off Florø , Norway. Tugs  pulled her free on 29 June.[ 125]   
  
29 June   
July  
2 July   
3 July    List of shipwrecks: 3 July 2017    Ship  State  Description     Xinbaotai 1  China  The cargo ship ran aground on Weizhou Island  and sank. Her crew survived.[ 129]   
  
9 July   
12 July   
14 July    List of shipwrecks: 14 July 2017    Ship  State  Description     Jia Yuan 9  China  The cargo ship was severely damaged by fire in the Pearl River . Her six crew were rescued.[ 136]   
  
15 July    List of shipwrecks: 15 July 2017    Ship  State  Description     KM Madani Nusantara  Indonesia  The ferry  ran aground between Kalimantan Island and Suwangi Island and was abandoned.[ 137]   
  
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23 July   
26 July    List of shipwrecks: 26 July 2017    Ship  State  Description     Melite  Marshall Islands  The cargo ship ran aground off Pulau Laut , Indonesia.[ 144] [ 145]   
  
29 July   
31 July   
Unknown date    List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in July 2017    Ship  State  Description     MB 248  Russia  The tug  sank in Nakhodka Bay  during a towing operation. She had been raised by mid-October.[ 149]   
  
August  
1 August    List of shipwrecks: 1 August 2017    Ship  State  Description     Xinenhui 008  China  The cargo ship capsized and sank at Shanghai . Her eight crew were reported missing.[ 150]   
  
2 August    List of shipwrecks: 2 August 2017    Ship  State  Description     CXX  Brazil  The tug  collided with Mercosul Santos  (Brazil ) and sank near Óbidos, Brazil  with the loss of eleven of the thirteen people on board.[ 151]   
  
5 August    List of shipwrecks: 5 August 2017    Ship  State  Description     Bahtera Sejati  Indonesia  The cargo ship sprang a leak and was beached at Tanjungwandi.[ 152]   
  
6 August   
11 August   
14 August    List of shipwrecks: 14 August 2017    Ship  State  Description     Cheshire  Isle of Man  The bulk carrier was evacuated 45 nautical miles (83 km) off Gran Canaria , Canary Islands  after her cargo of ammonium nitrate  became heated and gave off fumes. Authorities refused to allow the ship to enter port, fearing a repeat of the Texas City Disaster  in 1947. On 17 August, an explosion and fire occurred.[ 154] [ 155] Cheshire  was taken under tow on 21 August.[ 156] Motril , Spain on 13 September[ 157] [ 158]   
  
15 August   
18 August    List of shipwrecks: 118 August 2017    Ship  State  Description     Ikra  Turkey  The cargo ship sprang a leak off Iskenderun . Her ten crew were rescued by the Turkish Coast Guard . She was on a voyage from Iskenderun to Antalya . Ikra  was subsequently towed back to Iskenderun by the tug  Ekinciler Port  (Turkey ) and beached.[ 159] [ 160]   
  
19 August    List of shipwrecks: 19 August 2017    Ship  State  Description     Xing Dong Yuan  China  The cargo ship collided with another vessel and sank in the Taiwan Strait  off Pintang Island. Four of her fourteen crew were rescued, nine were killed and one was listed as missing.[ 161] [ 162]   
  
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26 August   
27 August    List of shipwrecks: 27 August 2017    Ship  State  Description     Leonardo  Mongolia  The cargo ship broke in two in the Black Sea  off Kilyos , Turkey. Her eleven crew were rescued. The bow section sank, the stern section was towed ashore.[ 182] [ 183]   
  
29 August   
30 August    List of shipwrecks: 30 August 2017    Ship  State  Description     Blue Star Patmos  Greece  The ferry  ran aground off Ios  and was damaged. All 205 passengers were evacuated from the ship.[ 185] Blue Star Patmos  was refloated on 6 September.[ 186]   
  
September  
1 September   
2 September    List of shipwrecks: 2 September 2017    Ship  State  Description     Reef Elaf  Tanzania  The cargo ship capsized and sank off Al-Labki, Oman. Her twenty crew were rescued.[ 188] [ 189]   
  
5 September   
6 September    List of shipwrecks: 6 September 2017    Ship  State  Description     Hai Duong 09  Panama  The cargo ship listed severely against the quayside at Visakhapatnam , India.[ 191]   
  
9 September    List of shipwrecks: 9 September 2017    Ship  State  Description     Randgrid  Bahamas  The tanker  caught fire off Mekjarvik. One hundred and thirty-eight people were evacuated.[ 192]   
  
10 September    List of shipwrecks: 10 September 2017    Ship  State  Description     Agia Zoni II  Greece  The tanker  sank west of Piraeus . Both crew on board were rescued.[ 193] [ 194] [ 195]   
  
11 September    List of shipwrecks: 11 September 2017    Ship  State  Description     Kamaru  Indonesia  The cargo ship was driven onto a reef off Kalosot Island, in the Bali Sea . Her twelve crew were rescued.[ 196]   
  
12 September    List of shipwrecks: 12 September 2017    Ship  State  Description     Helena Cora  Netherlands  The motor barge was beached at Vlissingen , Zeeland . Three of the four people on board were taken off by a pilot boat . She was on a voyage from Vlissingen to Antwerp , Belgium.[ 197]   
  
13 September   
17 September    List of shipwrecks: 17 September 2017    Ship  State  Description     Fungka Permata III  Indonesia  The passenger ship foundered in the Banda Sea  off Buton Selatan. All 27 people on board were rescued.[ 201]   
  
20 September   
23 September    List of shipwrecks: 23 September 2017    Ship  State  Description     Atlantic  Faroe Islands  The cargo ship ran aground off Oskarshamn , Sweden. She was on a voyage from Visby  to Oskarshamn. Atlantic  was refloated on 27 September.[ 204]   
  
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30 September   
October  
5 October    List of shipwrecks: 6 October 2017    Ship  State  Description     KM KTC 1  Indonesia  The cargo ship ran aground off Karang Jamuang Island and developed a severe list. Her twelve crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Tanjung Perak to Pekanbaru .[ 210]   
  
6 October    List of shipwrecks: 6 October 2017    Ship  State  Description     Goeast  Comoros  The tanker  was intercepted 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off the coast of Libya by a Libyan Coast Guard  cutter. Having failed to stop when requested, she was fired upon and caught fire. She put into Malta  on 16 October in a severely damaged condition.[ 211] [ 212]     Xin Fa Er Hao  Taiwan  The cargo ship foundered in the Taiwan Strait  with the loss of all six crew.[ 213]   
  
8 October   
10 October   
13 October    List of shipwrecks: 13 October 2017    Ship  State  Description     Emerald Star  Hong Kong  The bulk carrier  capsized and sank 150 nautical miles (280 km) east of the northern tip of the Philippines with the loss of eleven of her 26 crew.[ 219]     Lienhe 36  Taiwan  Typhoon Khanun : The cargo ship was driven ashore near Changhuaim. Her six crew survived. She caught fire on 15 October and was declared a total loss.[ 220]  
  
14 October   
15 October   
16 October    List of shipwrecks: 16 October 2017    Ship  State  Description     Quan Hai 88  China  The cargo ship ran aground in the Taiwan Strait  off Quangzhou and was abandoned by her sixteen crew.[ 224]   
  
18 October    List of shipwrecks: 18 October 2017    Ship  State  Description     Ming An  Honduras  The cargo ship foundered in the Taiwan Strait  36 nautical miles (67 km) west of Kaohsiung , Taiwan. Her fourteen crew were rescued.[ 225]     Seikongen  Chile  The fish farm ship capsized and sank off Chonchi . Her eleven crew were rescued. Raised for inspection/salvage 4 August 2018.[ 226] [ 227]   
  
23 October    List of shipwrecks: 23 October 2017    Ship  State  Description     Real  Togo  Typhoon Lan : The cargo ship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Fushiki, Honshu , Japan. Her nineteen crew survived.[ 228]  
  
28 October    List of shipwrecks: 28 October 2017    Ship  State  Description     GF Tacuari  Paraguay  The tug  struck a submerged object and sank in the River Plate at Colonia del Sacrimento. Her ten crew survived.[ 229]   
  
29 October   
30 October    List of shipwrecks: 30 October 2017    Ship  State  Description     Hongh Anh 69  China  The cargo ship capsized and sank in the Gulf of Tonkin . Her twelve crew were rescued.[ 234] [ 235]   
  
31 October    List of shipwrecks: 31 October 2017    Ship  State  Description     Lu Di 67  China  The cargo ship collided with Li Dian 2  (China ) and sank in the Waigaoqiao Channel. Seven of her crew were rescued, one was reported missing.[ 236]   
  
November  
1 November    List of shipwrecks: 1 November 2017    Ship  State  Description     Bilal Bal  Turkey  The coaster  foundered in the Black Sea . All eleven people on board were reported missing. She was on a voyage from Bursa  to Zonguldak .[ 237]   
  
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15 November   
18 November    List of shipwrecks: 18 November 2017    Ship  State  Description     Takamaru  Japan  The cargo ship ran aground off Tomakomi. Her four crew were rescued by a Japanese Coast Guard  helicopter.[ 248]   
  
21 November    List of shipwrecks: 21 November 2017    Ship  State  Description     Nefterudovoz 29M  Russia  The cargo ship was driven ashore at Bartın , Turkey. Her six crew were rescued by helicopter.[ 249]     SCI Ratna  India  The offshore supply tug  foundered in the Arabian Sea  90 nautical miles (170 km) west of Mumbai . Her sixteen crew were rescued.[ 250]     Su Lian Hai 0118  China  The engineering vessel was in collision with MSC Luciana  (Panama ) off Port Caofeidian and was severely damaged. She was consequently towed into shallow water.[ 251]   
  
27 November    List of shipwrecks: 27 November 2017    Ship  State  Description     Jin Zu Lun  China  The cargo ship collided with Shun Jin Long  (China ) and sank in the Pearl River . Two of her fourteen crew were rescued, twelve were reported missing.[ 252]   
  
28 November   
29 November   
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December  
1 December    List of shipwrecks: 1 December 2017    Ship  State  Description     Shun Xin 188  China  The cargo ship foundered off Wuzhou Island. Her ten crew were rescued.[ 256]   
  
2 December   
4 December   
7 December    List of shipwrecks: 7 December 2017    Ship  State  Description     Koza  Turkey  The cargo ship sank in the Atlantic Ocean  100 nautical miles (190 km) south of Freetown , Sierra Leone. Thirteen of her fifteen crew were rescued by ESL Europa  (Poland ), the other two by TD Tokyo  (Liberia ).[ 260]   
  
8 December   
10 December    List of shipwrecks: 10 December 2017    Ship  State  Description     Pride of Kent United Kingdom  In high winds, the ferry struck a bridge and ran aground on a sandbank at Calais , France. No injuries were reported.[ 265]   
  
17 December    List of shipwrecks: 17 December 2017    Ship  State  Description     Makedonia  Greece  The ferry  was driven ashore on Salamina .[ 266]   
  
19 December   
20 December    List of shipwrecks: 20 December 2017    Ship  State  Description     KM Anugerah Abadi I  Indonesia  The cargo ship ran aground off Labuan Bajo . Fifty passengers were evacuated.[ 268]   
  
21 December    List of shipwrecks: 21 December 2017    Ship  State  Description     Mercaft 3  Philippines  The ferry  capsized and sank between Quezon  and Polillo Island  with the loss of four lives. Two hundred and forty passengers were resported to have been rescued.[ 269]   
  
22 December    List of shipwrecks: 22 December 2017    Ship  State  Description     Little Şeyma  Panama  The coaster  was driven ashore on Traganissi, Greece. Her twelve crew were rescued.[ 270]   
  
Unknown date    List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in December 2017    Ship  State  Description     Elektra  Indonesia  The chemical tanker  was driven ashore at Pontang  in mid-December. She had apparently been abandoned by her owners.[ 271]   
  
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Fleetmon. 26 September 2017. Retrieved 22 December  2017 .^ "87 Passengers Injured in Philippines, As Ferry Hits Rocks" . Maritime Herald. Retrieved 27 September  2017 .^ "Antique ship on fire, San Diego" . Fleetmon. 30 September 2017. Retrieved 22 December  2017 .^ "Iranian freighter damaged by storm, sinking at Bandar Anzali, Caspian sea" . Fleetmon. 30 September 2017. Retrieved 22 December  2017 .^ "Emergency Towing Vessel Pulled Damaged Patrol Boat to Cairns" . Maritime Herald. Retrieved 6 October  2017 .^ Hancock, Paul (5 October 2017). "KM KTC 1" . Shipwrecklog. Retrieved 6 October  2017 . ^ "Crimean Tanker Fired off The Coast of Libya (VIDEO)" . Maritime Herald. Retrieved 11 October  2017 .^ "Tanker Fired Upon by Libyan Coast Guard Reaches Malta" . World Maritime News. 16 October 2017. Retrieved 16 October  2017 .^ "Taiwanese cargo ship with all hands lost in Taiwan Strait" . Fleetmon. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 22 December  2017 .^ Hancock, Paul (9 October 2017). "Fu Shun 67" . 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BBC News . 30 October 2017. Retrieved 30 October  2017 .^ "Glory Amsterdam Refloated after Grounding in North Sea" . World Maritime News. 2 November 2017. Retrieved 2 November  2017 .^ "Cargo ship sank, crew rescued" . Sea News. Retrieved 1 November  2017 .^ "Vietnamese cargo ship sank, 12 crew rescued" . Fleetmon. 30 October 2017. Retrieved 22 December  2017 .^ Hancock, Paul (31 October 2017). "Lu Di 67" . Shipwrecklog. Retrieved 1 November  2017 . ^ "Turkish coaster Bilal Bal sank in Black Sea, 11 missing" . Sea News. Retrieved 1 November  2017 .^ a b c d e f   "8 ships sank, biggest maritime disaster in Vietnam history" . Fleetmon. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 22 December  2017 .^ a b c d e f g   "Storm Kills 12 and 17 People Are Still Missing" . Maritime Herald. Retrieved 6 November  2017 .^ a b   "Typhoon Damrey Damaged 8 Cargo Ships, 2 Ships Sank, 2 Crew Died, 17 Missing" . Maritime Herald. Retrieved 6 November  2017 .^ "General cargo ship NAM Khanh 26 sank, crew rescued" . Fleetmon. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 22 December  2017 .^ "Vietnam devastation - typhoon not the only culprit" . Fleetmon. 8 November 2017. Retrieved 22 December  2017 .^ "Hopper dredger sank in Malacca Strait, 18 crew safe" . Fleetmon. 7 November 2017. Retrieved 22 December  2017 .^ "Ferry high and dry at Georgetown, Pinag" . Fleetmon. 6 November 2017. Retrieved 22 December  2017 .^ "Ferry fire, 500 people evacuated, Mallorca, Spain" . Fleetmon. 12 November 2017. Retrieved 22 December  2017 .^ Hancock, Paul (11 November 2017). "Yu Tong 1" . Retrieved 15 November  2017 . ^ "Sunken wreck of Argentine submarine that exploded and disappeared with 44 crew in the Atlantic is discovered 2600ft down by US search" . MSN.com. Retrieved 17 November  2018 .^ Hancock, Paul (18 November 2011). "Takamaru" . Shipwrecklog. Retrieved 20 November  2017 . ^ "Russian cargo ship beached by storm, abandoned" . Fleetmon. 21 November 2017. Retrieved 22 December  2017 .^ "SCI's offshore ship sank in Arabian sea" . Fleetmon. 22 November 2017. Retrieved 22 December  2017 .^ "MSC Boxship, Chinese Engineering Ship Collide off China" . World Maritime News. 23 November 2017. Retrieved 23 November  2017 .^ "Cargo ship sank after collision, 12 crew missing, China" . Fleetmon. 27 November 2017. Retrieved 22 December  2017 .^ "New York City Ferry aground, breached, passengers evacuated" . Fleetmon. 28 November 2017. Retrieved 22 December  2017 .^ "Grounded bulkcarrier causes environmental damage" . Sea News. Retrieved 13 December  2017 .^ Voytenko, Mikhail. "Mystery of bulk carrier stranded in Solomon Islands waters" . Fleetmon. Retrieved 13 December  2017 . ^ "Chinese freighter sank off Macau, 10 crew rescued" . Fleetmon. 2 December 2017. Retrieved 22 December  2017 .^ Hancock, Paul (5 December 2017). "Qi Cheng Xian Feng" . Shipwrecklog. Retrieved 6 December  2017 . ^ Voytenko, Mikhail (5 December 2017). 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Retrieved 10 December  2017 . ^ "Lay-up ship sparked pollution fears, Greece: Update ship beached" . Fleetmon. 17 December 2017. Retrieved 18 December  2017 .^ Hancock, Paul (19 December 2017). "Arc Pascual de Andagoya" . Shipwrecklog. Retrieved 21 December  2017 . ^ "Cargo ship aground, passengers evacuated, Indonesia" . Fleetmon. 21 December 2017. Retrieved 22 December  2017 .^ "Four Dead, 240 Rescued from Sunken Ferry off Philippines" . World Maritime News. 21 December 2017. Retrieved 21 December  2017 .^ "Huge rescue operation from Turkish coaster M/V Little Şeyma" . Sea News. 23 December 2017. Retrieved 2 January  2018 .^ "Abandoned tanker on the beach" . Fleetmon. 8 January 2018. Retrieved 10 January  2018 .^ "Kodiak Queen, British Virgin Islands" . Owen Buggy/bvitourism.com via MSN. Retrieved 27 February  2025 .^ "MFV Kodiak Queen (ex YO-44) (+2017)" . Wrecksite. Retrieved 27 February  2025 .   
 
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