Casualty – Floating Dock GO 53 sunk during July 2024
One of 3 floating docks operated by the Italian Navy or Marina Militare Italiana (MMI) – GO 53 sank in her place sitting on the seabed without injuries at Arsenale Militare, Augusta, Sicily during July 2024. The Marina Militare Arsenale of Augusta is located in the north-eastern area of the Augusta harbour and is divided […]
Casualty – US Sanctioned Russian ro/ro ship URSA MAJOR sinks in the Mediterranean Sea – 23.12.2024
On Monday 23rd December, 2024 before midday a distress call by ro/ro ship URSA MAJOR was being transmitted stating that the ship is in trouble after an engine room explosion and with restricted manoeuvrability and we are going to try to repair it with the vessel listing badly. URSA MAJOR was in the same area […]
Casualty – High Speed Craft PRINC ZADRA sinks – 16.11.2024
The 1989 built High Speed Craft (HSC) HRV flag and owned PRINC ZADRA that was carrying around 70 souls sank in the Adriatic Sea after she ran aground in a shallow area just off Croatia’s Premuda Island at around 1820 hrs local time last Friday, November 15. All passengers had already safely disembarked without […]
Casualty – Japanese Navy Minesweeper JS UKUSHIMA MSC 686 Sinks after fire – 11.11.2024
Early today Monday 11th November the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) Sugashima Class Coastal Minesweeper JS UKUSHIMA MSC 686 capsized and sank off Japan’s western coast about 2.5 kilometres off Oshima Island in Fukuoka Prefecture after a fire broke in her engine room on Sunday 10th, November. Homeported at Sasebo, Japan she was commissioned on […]
Casualties – Super Sailing Yacht BAYESIAN sinks after storm with fatalities – 19.08.2024
The 58 metre super sailing yacht BAYESIAN homeported in London (GBR Flag) sank off Porticello, Sicily, Italy, following a violent waterspout that struck around 0430 hrs local time on Monday 19th August. The 2008 built sailing yacht was carrying 22 souls of which 15 were rescued by the 1958 built sailing ship SIR ROBERT BADEN […]
Casualties – 2 Pleasure Craft ablaze at Malta during Week 33 – August 2024
An onboard fire is one of the most feared events in the annals of the sea. Two marine craft were involved within territorial waters (wtw) of Malta, 2 days apart from each other. First one occurred on Wednesday 14th August around 2020 hrs when a 9ft rubber dinghy caught fire with 2 persons onboard that […]
Casualties – 2008 built yacht ATINA sank after fire blaze in Italy – 10.08.2024
The 2008 built yacht ATINA sank after a fire broke out aboard in the evening of Saturday 10th August while she was anchored in the Gulf of Olbia in Sardinia, Italy. Dramatic footage released by the Olbia Coast Guard showed the flames spread from the aft portion of the vessel until ATINA was entirely engulfed […]
Casualties – 4 Fishermen rescued after their fishing boat MFA 1564 SANT ANNA capsized and sunk – 30.06.2024
On Sunday 30th June, 2024 around 0300 hrs the Maltese fishing support vessel SAN PIETRO called Marsaxlokk VTS stating that she was proceeding around 20 nautical miles to assist another fishing boat in distress. Malta’s Rescue Coordination Centre (RCC) was informed and immediately deployed a MELITA SAR rescue Launch & Helicopter from the Armed Forces […]
Russia-Ukraine War – 2 more naval ships gone during May 2024
Ukraine continues to report a string of successes against the Russian Navy. According to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense, a minesweeper was destroyed during the night of May 18-19 as part of its attacks on occupied Crimea. The Russian Black Sea fleet Project 266M or Natya Class ocean minesweeper is the RFS KOVROVETS that was […]
Naval News – Royal Thai Navy Corvette CO criticised for actions to the loss of naval unit in bad weather – April 2024
Officials of the Royal Thai Navy said the commanding officer of a naval ship that sank in bad weather in late 2022 had taken “imprudent” actions that resulted in the ship’s loss along with at least 24 of its crew. An investigation revealed that Captain Phichitchai Thueannadee, commanding officer of the corvette HTMS SUKHOTHAI FS 442 […]
