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The list of shipwrecks in 2008 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 2008.

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January

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3 January

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List of shipwrecks: 3 January 2008
Ship State Description
Vanessa  Bulgaria Carrying a cargo of scrap metal, the cargo ship sank in the Sea of Azov. Nine of her ten crew members were lost.[citation needed]

8 January

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List of shipwrecks: 8 January 2008
Ship State Description
Response  United States The retired 46-foot (14.0 m) buoy tender was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean 3.6 nautical miles (6.7 km; 4.1 mi) off Sea Girt, New Jersey, at 40°07.931′N 073°56.373′W / 40.132183°N 73.939550°W / 40.132183; -73.939550 (Response).[1]

14 January

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List of shipwrecks: 14 January 2008
Ship State Description
Ice Prince  Greece The cargo ship sank in the English Channel near Devon,[2] while carrying a cargo of more than 5,000 tonnes of timber to Alexandria, Egypt. All the crew members were rescued.[3] The timber came ashore on dozens of beaches along the southern coast of the United Kingdom in counties such as West Sussex, Dover, and Kent.[4]

15 January

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List of shipwrecks: 15 January 2008
Ship State Description
Unidentified cargo ship Unknown An unidentified cargo ship bound from Hong Kong for Panama with a cargo of gravel sank approximately 20 nautical miles (37 km) off the coast of Taiwan after being overwhelmed by a wave. Her entire crew of eight – all Chinese – died.[5]

29 January

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List of shipwrecks: 29 January 2008
Ship State Description
Gevo Victory  Lebanon The cargo ship, bound for Beirut, sank off the coast of Lebanon in heavy seas. The frigate Bayern ( German Navy), operating in the area as part of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon, rescued all on board.[6][7][8]
Miss Beth  United States The retired 80-foot (24.4 m) fishing trawler was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean off Cape May, New Jersey, at 38°53.237′N 074°40.545′W / 38.887283°N 74.675750°W / 38.887283; -74.675750 (Miss Beth).[9]

31 January

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List of shipwrecks: 31 January 2008
Ship State Description
Riverdance  Bahamas
Riverdance

The ferry, en route from Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland, to Heysham, England, developed a severe list in the Irish Sea. Ship was beached at Blackpool, England, and all of the crew and passengers were airlifted to safety.[10][11]

February

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1 February

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List of shipwrecks: 1 February 2008
Ship State Description
Spinningdale  Spain The trawler crashed into a group of rocks near St Kilda due to gale-force winds. All fourteen of the crew were airlifted to safety by the Stornoway Coastguard.[12]

6 February

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List of shipwrecks: 6 February 2008
Ship State Description
UND Adriyatik  Turkey
UND Adriyatic.

The U.N Ro-Ro İşletmeleri A.Ş-owned freighter caught fire in the northern Adriatic Sea. The ship was carrying 200 trucks and nine tonnes of oil derivatives, and all crewmembers and passengers were saved.[13]

9 February

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List of shipwrecks: 9 February 2008
Ship State Description
Velocity  United States
Rescuers working to save the trapped crew of the capsized Velocity.
The fishing vessel capsized 200 yards (180 m) off Mill Bay Beach (57°49′30″N 152°20′30″W / 57.82500°N 152.34167°W / 57.82500; -152.34167 (Mill Bay Beach)) near Kodiak, Alaska, then washed ashore with her two-man crew trapped inside her. One of them died, but United States Coast Guard personnel and civilians cut through her hull and rescued the other man.[14]

16 February

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List of shipwrecks: 16 February 2008
Ship State Description
Westward  United States
Westward
The 82-foot (25 m) fishing vessel ran aground and sank in Southeast Alaska near Point Ildefonso on the southwest coast of Prince of Wales Island west of Klawock, Alaska. Another fishing vessel rescued both crew members. Westward later was refloated and taken to Craig, Alaska.[15]

22 February

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List of shipwrecks: 22 February 2008
Ship State Description
Transition  United States The 35-foot (11 m) troller disappeared with the loss of both of crewmen during a voyage in Southeast Alaska from Juneau to Ketchikan. One of the vessel′s doors later was found washed up on Kupreanof Island in Frederick Sound in the Alexander Archipelago.[16]

29 February

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List of shipwrecks: 29 February 2008
Ship State Description
Shourav  Bangladesh According to ATN Bangla television and a Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority report, an overloaded Bangladeshi ferry MV Shourav carrying 100 passengers on board was rammed by a sand cargo, and then sank. This occurred on the Buriganga River, in the outskirts of Dhaka, killing 49.[17][18]

March

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6 March

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List of shipwrecks: 6 March 2008
Ship State Description
Maro  Antigua and Barbuda
Maro.

The cargo ship ran aground at Gipuzkoa, Spain. She broke up four days later.

8 March

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List of shipwrecks: 8 March 2008
Ship State Description
Turmoil  United States During a voyage in Alaska from King Cove to Belkofski Bay, the fishing vessel was destroyed by fire in Volcano Bay (55°13′N 162°00′W / 55.217°N 162.000°W / 55.217; -162.000 (Volcano Bay))[16] on the southwest end of the Alaska Peninsula 28 miles (45 km) east of Cold Bay.[19] All three of her crewmen reached the beach, where another vessel rescued them.[16]

23 March

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List of shipwrecks: 23 March 2008
Ship State Description
Alaska Ranger  United States The 184-foot (56.1 m) catcher-processor flooded and sank with the loss of five lives in the Bering Sea approximately 120 nautical miles (220 km; 140 mi) west of Dutch Harbor, Alaska, after losing her rudder. There were 42 survivors; Alaska Ranger′s sister ship Alaska Warrior rescued 22 of them, and a United States Coast Guard helicopter and the high endurance cutter USCGC Douglas Munro ( United States Coast Guard) rescued the other 20.[20][21]
Naftogaz-67  Ukraine According to Hong Kong's RTHK, a Ukrainian tugboat, Naftogaz-67, sank and is lying upside-down in 37 metres (121 ft) of water with 18 crewmembers missing after colliding with a Chinese cargo ship Yao-Hai off Tuen Mun.[22][23][24][25]

25 March

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List of shipwrecks: 25 March 2008
Ship State Description
Miss Sonya  United States While returning to Gloucester, Massachusetts, from a fishing trip to Stellwagen Bank, the 43-foot (13 m) fishing dragger took on water, capsized, and sank in 160 feet (49 m) of water off Gloucester, 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) south of Eastern Point at 42°32.767′N 070°40.062′W / 42.546117°N 70.667700°W / 42.546117; -70.667700 (Miss Sonya). Her two-man crew was rescued.[26]
Unknown patrol boat  Sri Lanka Navy Sri Lankan Civil War: Battle of Kallarawa: The Dvora-class patrol boat was sunk in an attack by six Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam explosive motorboats and ten assault boats.[27]

28 March

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List of shipwrecks: 28 March 2008
Ship State Description
Coco Leoni  United Kingdom The motor cruiser ran aground at Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, England, opposite the windmill.

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date March 2008
Ship State Description
SLNS P-438  Sri Lanka Navy Sri Lankan Civil War: The patrol boat was sunk by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam with all hands on 22 or 24 March, at Kallarawa, Sri Lanka.[27]

April

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5 April

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List of shipwrecks: 5 April 2008
Ship State Description
Nikko Maru  Japan According to the Japan Coast Guard and Japanese major television networks, including Nippon Television Network and Tokyo Broadcasting System reporta, the fishing boat sank in stormy conditions in Mutsu Bay, off Aomori, northern Honshu, Japan, killing eight.[28]

7 April

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List of shipwrecks: 7 April 2008
Ship State Description
Lujiao Yu  China According to Coast Guard of South Korea and South Korean television networks (KBS and SBS) report, a Chinese fishingboat Lujiao Yu sank by overturning after she collided with South Korean freighter Panbless off Mara Island, six Chinese are missing.[29]

12 April

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List of shipwrecks: 12 April 2008
Ship State Description
Lurong Yu 2177  China According to a Coast Guard of Japan report, Chinese fishing boat Lurong Yu 2177 sank after colliding with Hong Kong freighter Shinyo Sawako between Kyūshū and Amami Island, in the East China Sea, Japan, killing 16.[30][31]

30 April

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List of shipwrecks: 30 April 2008
Ship State Description
Assalama  Panama
The wreck of Assalama in May 2009

The passenger ferry sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean and was beached at Tarfaya, Morocco. All 113 passengers were rescued, as were her crew.[32]

SLNS P-434  Sri Lanka Navy Sri Lankan Civil War:The Dvora-class patrol boat was sunk in an attack by Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam boats.[27]

May

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4 May

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List of shipwrecks: 4 May 2008
Ship State Description
Comandante Sales  Brazil The Brazilian river boat carrying 80 people, capsized at Solimoes River, on the outskirts of Manacapuru, Amazonas, Brazil, killing 49 people.[33]

10 May

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List of shipwrecks: 10 May 2008
Ship State Description
SLNS A-520  Sri Lanka Navy Sri Lankan Civil War: The auxiliary ship was sunk by an underwater explosion, probably by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam using either limpet mines or a semi-submersible.[27]

13 May

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List of shipwrecks: 13 May 2008
Ship State Description
Nazimuddin  Bangladesh The Bangladeshi double decker ferry Nazimuddin carrying 150 passengers on board sank on the Ghorautura River, Ghoradigha, Kishoregani, 80 kilometres (43 nmi) from Dhaka, killing at least 41.[34]

29 May

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List of shipwrecks: 29 May 2008
Ship State Description
The Girl Patricia  United Kingdom The Newlyn fishing vessel sunk 28 nautical miles (52 km) northwest of Land's End. All four crew winched to safety by an RNAS Culdrose helicopter.[35]
Hillman III  United States The retired 100-foot (30.5 m) barge 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°02.970′N 073°59.370′W / 40.049500°N 73.989500°W / 40.049500; -73.989500 (Hillman III).[36]

June

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2 June

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List of shipwrecks: 2 June 2008
Ship State Description
Cittie Point  United States The retired 95-foot (29.0 m) tug was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Delaware at 38°40.540′N 074°43.957′W / 38.675667°N 74.732617°W / 38.675667; -74.732617 (Cittie Point).[37]
Fells Point  United States The retired 110-foot (33.5 m) tug was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Delaware at 38°40.540′N 074°43.957′W / 38.675667°N 74.732617°W / 38.675667; -74.732617 (Fells Point).[38]
William C. Snow  United States The retired 55-foot (16.8 m) barge-towing tug was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Delaware at 38°40.540′N 074°43.957′W / 38.675667°N 74.732617°W / 38.675667; -74.732617 (William C. Snow).[39]

5 June

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List of shipwrecks: 5 June 2008
Ship State Description
Andromeda  United States The 11-gross ton, 34.6-foot (10.5 m) salmon gillnetter sank in Bechevin Bay (55°00′N 163°23′W / 55.000°N 163.383°W / 55.000; -163.383 (Bechevin Bay)) at the southwest tip of the Alaska Peninsula near False Pass, Alaska, after a wave struck her. A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued her crew of two from the beach.[21]

10 June

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List of shipwrecks: 10 June 2008
Ship State Description
Cricket  United States The fishing vessel sank in southern Sitka Sound in Southeast Alaska approximately 17 nautical miles (31 km; 20 mi) from Sitka, Alaska. Her crew of two abandoned ship in survival suits and was rescued by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration research ship NOAAS Rainier ( United States).[40]

21 June

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List of shipwrecks: 21 June 2008
Ship State Description
Princess of the Stars  Philippines
Princess of the Stars.

The motor ferry capsized off Sibyan Island, Philippines, during Typhoon Fengshen. At least 671 people died. The Philippine Coast Guard rescued 76 survivors.[41]

23 June

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List of shipwrecks: 23 June 2008
Ship State Description
Suwa Maru No.58  Japan The fishing boat capsized off Choshi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, with 16 people reported dead.[citation needed]

24 June

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List of shipwrecks: 24 June 2008
Ship State Description
Guyona  United Kingdom Scallop dredger and stern trawler capsized leading to sinking. Sailed from Brixham to fishing grounds south of Little Sark in the Channel Islands. The crew was recovered by the Guernsey lifeboat.[42]

29 June

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List of shipwrecks: 29 June 2008
Ship State Description
USS Horne  United States Navy The decommissioned Belknap-class guided-missile cruiser was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean during RIMPAC 08.

July

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4 July

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List of shipwrecks: 4 July 2008
Ship State Description
Myo Pa Pa Tun  Myanmar According to New Light of Myanmar newspaper report, the Burmese passenger boat Myo Pa Pa Tun, carrying 82 passengers, capsized at Yway River, Myaungmya, Burma, at least 38 killed.[citation needed]

11 July

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List of shipwrecks: 11 July 2008
Ship State Description
USS David R. Ray  United States Navy The decommissioned Spruance-class destroyer was sunk in the Pacific Ocean as a gunnery and Harpoon missile target by eight United States Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force ships and three aircraft during RIMPAC 08.

14 July

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List of shipwrecks: 14 July 2008
Ship State Description
USS Cushing  United States Navy The decommissioned Spruance-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the Pacific Ocean during RIMPAC 08.

16 July

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30 July

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List of shipwrecks: 30 July 2008
Ship State Description
Gladiator  United States The 42-gross ton, 49.9-foot (15.2 m) salmon seiner capsized and sank in 1,380 feet (420 m) of water in Clarence Strait near Kendrick Bay (54°51′15″N 131°58′00″W / 54.85417°N 131.96667°W / 54.85417; -131.96667 (Kendrick Bay)) on the southeast end of Prince of Wales Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. Other vessels rescued her entire crew of five.[43]

August

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8 August

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List of shipwrecks: 8 January 2008
Ship State Description
Smoke II  United States The retired 52-foot (15.8 m) Fire Department of New York fireboat was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean 3.6 nautical miles (6.7 km; 4.1 mi) off Sea Girt, New Jersey, at 40°07.829′N 073°56.379′W / 40.130483°N 73.939650°W / 40.130483; -73.939650 (Smoke II).[44]

12 August

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List of shipwrecks: 12 August 2008
Ship State Description
X-S  United States The 32-foot (9.8 m) fishing vessel was stranded near Akun Island in the Fox Islands in the eastern Aleutian Islands. All three crew members survived; the fishing vessel Kema Sue ( United States) rescued one of them and a United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued the other two.[45]

September

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2 September

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List of shipwrecks: 2 September 2008
Ship State Description
Courier unknown Hurricane Gustav: The ship broke loose from her moorings during the hurricane and went aground in the Industrial Canal near Interstate 10, New Orleans.[46]

11 September

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List of shipwrecks: 11 September 2008
Ship State Description
Asgard II  Ireland The brigantine sank in the Bay of Biscay 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Belle-Île-en-Mer.

15 September

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List of shipwrecks: 15 September 2008
Ship State Description
Hayat N  Turkey The ferry sank near Bandirma in northwest Turkey, leaving at least one person dead and five others missing.[47]

27 September

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List of shipwrecks: 27 September 2008
Ship State Description
KM Usaha Baru  Indonesia The Indonesian wooden boat, carrying 77 passengers and crew, capsized after an engine fire off Nakhoda, Maluku, Indonesia, killing nine people.[48]

October

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6 October

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List of shipwrecks: 6 October 2008
Ship State Description
USS O'Bannon  United States Navy The decommissioned Spruance-class destroyer was sunk as a target in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Virginia by the ships and aircraft of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower carrier strike group ( United States Navy).

10 October

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List of shipwrecks: 10 October 2008
Ship State Description
Fedra  Liberia
Fedra.

The bulk carrier ran aground on Europa Point, Gibraltar and broke in two.

22 October

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List of shipwrecks: 22 October 2008
Ship State Description
Katmai  United States The 93-foot (28.3 m) cod-fishing vessel lost steering and sank in the Bering Sea approximately 100 nautical miles (190 km; 120 mi) west of Adak in the Aleutian Islands after her lazarette flooded during a severe storm. Only four of her 11 crew members were rescued.[49][50]

23 October

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List of shipwrecks: 23 October 2008
Ship State Description
Ledenik  Croatia The fish factory ship foundered off Sestrunj, Croatia.[51]

November

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1 November

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List of shipwrecks: 1 November 2008
Ship State Description
SLNS Z-142  Sri Lanka Navy Sri Lankan Civil War: The Arrow-class assault boat was sunk by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam.[27]

2 November

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List of shipwrecks: 2 November 2008
Ship State Description
Abigail H  United Kingdom The grab hopper dredger foundered in Heysham Harbour after developing a leak.[52]

18 November

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List of shipwrecks: 18 November 2008
Ship State Description
Ekawat Nava 5  Marshall Islands The fishing trawler was sunk by the frigate INS Tabar ( India) after being identified as a pirate "mother ship". Allegedly, Ekawat Nava 5's crew fired upon Tabar when challenged to stop to be searched.

December

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4 December

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List of shipwrecks: 4 December 2008
Ship State Description
Ushuaia  Comoros The cruise ship hit a rock in Wilhelmina Bay in Antarctica. Her passengers and crew were evacuated by the Chilean Navy.[53][54]

19 December

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List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1998
Ship State Description
Flying Phantom  United Kingdom The tug capsized in the Clyde whilst assisting Red Jasmine ( Panama) with the loss of three of her four crew. She was declared a constructive total loss.[55]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 2008
Ship State Description
Lady Davinia  Malta The tour boat (formerly a minesweeper) sunk at its moorings at Sliema Creek.[56]
SLNS A-520  Sri Lanka Navy Sri Lankan Civil War: The auxiliary ship was sunk by an underwater explosion. It was not clear whether the explosion was due to the detonation of a mine or an attack by a semisubmersible vessel.[27]

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