The list of shipwrecks in 1985 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1985.
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1 January
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List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1985
Ship | State | Description |
Danny Boy |
United States |
The fishing vessel burned and sank off "Smith Island" in the waters of Alaska. The wreck report does not specify which of several islands of the name it refers to.[1] |
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6 January
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14 January
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17 January
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List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1985
Ship | State | Description |
Byron I |
United Kingdom |
The cargo ship was wrecked at Kalilimenes, Crete, Greece. She was on a voyage from Gdynia, Poland to India.[4] |
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21 January
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5 February
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7 February
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8 February
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List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1985
Ship | State | Description |
Busko Zdroj |
Poland |
The cargo ship capsized and sank off Sylt, West Germany with the loss of all but one of her 25 crew.[9] |
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14 February
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List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1985
Ship | State | Description |
Alert |
United States |
The 129-gross ton, 70.5-foot (21.5 m) or 94-foot (28.7 m) fishing vessel was last seen in the Shelikof Strait suffering from heavy icing and bound for Bumble Bay (57°16′30″N 154°41′30″W) on the southwest coast of Alaska′s Kodiak Island after a sudden onset of increasing winds and wave heights and dropping temperatures. She subsequently disappeared with the loss of her entire crew of five, leaving only an oil slick behind.[2] |
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15 February
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20 February
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26 February
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3 March
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6 March
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21 March
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26 March
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29 March
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30 March
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7 April
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List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1985
Ship | State | Description |
Caroline |
United Kingdom |
The 700-ton coaster capsized and sank south of The Lizard in heavy seas. Seven men were rescued by a Royal Navy Wessex helicopter, and one by the Lizard lifeboat.[18][19] |
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11 April
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18 April
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23 April
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27 April
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28 April
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List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1985
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Lady Marjorie |
Canada |
The foundering fishing boat was shelled and sunk by the 3-inch (76 mm) guns of HMCS Nipigon ( Maritime Command) as a hazard to navigation after rescuing her crew.[24] |
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29 April
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9 May
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10 May
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13 May
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16 May
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20 May
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22 May
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27 May
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List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1985
Ship | State | Description |
Petrogen One and Camponavia |
Japan Spain |
The Japanese ship Petragen One docked at the Gibraltar-San Roque Refinery and was unloading 20,000 tons of naphtha, which exploded and also caused the Spanish tanker Camponavia to catch fire. 33 people died and 36 were injured. The fire started explosions in Camponavia, which broke in two and sank in a slick of burning oil. The Japanese ship also snapped in two, leaving only the burning bow and stern visible above the waterline.[29] |
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28 May
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2 June
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3 June
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4 June
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List of shipwrecks: 4 June 1985
Ship | State | Description |
HMS Advice |
Royal Navy |
The Confiance-class tug was sunk as a target.[33] |
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16 June
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List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1985
Ship | State | Description |
Bridgeness |
United Kingdom |
Ran aground on the Hats and Barrels Reef, off the Welsh coast and sank.[34] |
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23 June
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List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1985
Ship | State | Description |
Arctic Career |
Panama |
A bulk carrier that sank 440 nautical miles (810 km; 510 mi) northwest of Tristan da Cunha in heavy weather. The entire crew was killed in the sinking.[35] |
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27 June
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List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1985
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Al Rubiya |
Kuwait |
The refrigerated coaster sprang a leak and sank at Bombay, India. Subsequently refloated and scrapped.[36] |
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3 July
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10 July
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12 July
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13 July
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21 July
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23 July
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24 July
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List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1985
Ship | State | Description |
Tylene |
United States |
The fish tender sank in Trading Bay (60°55′N 151°35′W) on the coast of Alaska after a wooden plank came loose, causing her to flood, and her pump failed.[11] |
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26 July
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29 July
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List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1985
Ship | State | Description |
Kapodistrias |
Greece |
The bulk carrier ran aground at Port Elizabeth and sank.[43] |
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3 August
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7 August
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List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1985
Ship | State | Description |
Sea Dancer |
United States |
The 90-foot (27.4 m) barge tender sank with the loss of one life after taking on water in heavy weather 60 nautical miles (110 km; 69 mi) north of False Pass, Alaska.[38] |
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10 August
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List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1985
Ship | State | Description |
K-431 |
Soviet Navy |
The Project 675 (Echo II-class) submarine suffered an explosion in her nuclear reactor during refuelling. Ten people killed. |
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18 August
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19 August
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21 August
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25 August
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List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1985
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Ariadne |
Panama |
Ran aground off Mogadishu, Somalia and broke in two, a total loss. Bow section capsized and sank on 1 October, causing parts of Mogadishu to be evacuated.[49] |
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6 September
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13 September
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List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1985
Ship | State | Description |
Smit Matsas 1 |
Greece |
Iran–Iraq War: The salvage tug was hit by an Exocet missile fired by an Iraqi aircraft whilst at a point 50 nautical miles (93 km) north of Ras Tunara, Saudi Arabia. The ship was destroyed by the subsequent fire, all 19 crew were rescued.[50] |
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21 September
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25 September
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List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1985
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Meltem |
Turkish Navy |
The Denizkusu-class missile boat was rammed, cut in two and sunk by Khasan ( Soviet Navy) in the Bosporus Strait/Black Sea. Five crewmen were killed. The vessel was later salvaged and stricken.[52] |
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29 September
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List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1985
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Taurime |
Republic of Ireland |
The yacht struck rocks off Valencia Head and sank. All crew rescued, including Charles Haughey, the Leader of the Opposition in the Irish Parliament.[53] |
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16 October
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20 October
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26 October
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28 October
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30 October
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List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1985
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Golden Hinde |
United Kingdom |
The replica of the 16th-century galleon ran aground at the mouth of the Avon. Refloated the following day.[57] |
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11 November
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17 November
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18 November
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26 November
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6 December
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16 December
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18 December
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List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1985
Ship | State | Description |
Asuncion |
Philippines |
The ferry sank off Mindoro Island.[62] About 100 of her 182 passengers and 15 crew were rescued.[63] |
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19 December
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"Roybank". The Yard. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
"Crew lost as freighter capsizes". The Times. No. 62059. London. 11 February 1985. col E, p. 7.
"John A. Downs". Hunting New England Shipwrecks. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
"Blast kills seaman on Soviet ship". The Times. No. 62081. London. 8 March 1985. col H, p. 5.
"Part 1: Details of total losses during 1985: Foundered". Casualty Returns 1985 (PDF). London: Lloyd's Register of Shipping. 1986. p. 22. Retrieved 9 August 2020.
"Admiral's Cup yachting contender hits rock and sinks". The Times. No. 62154. London. 3 June 1985. col G, p. 17.
"Oil slick threatens gannets". The Times. No. 62167. London. 18 June 1985. col F, p. 2.
Mitchell, WH; Sawyer, LA (1990). The Empire Ships (Second ed.). London, New York, Hamburg, Hong Kong: Lloyd's of London Press Ltd. p. 228. ISBN 1-85044-275-4.
"Amaretto". Hunting New England Shipwrecks. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
"Oil spill action". The Times. No. 62196. London. 22 July 1985. col H, p. 4.
"Ship aground". The Times. No. 62204. London. 31 July 1985. col H, p. 6.
"Liner go-ahead". The Times. No. 62209. London. 6 August 1985. col F, p. 4.
Harrison, Charles (2 October 1985). "Thousands flee poison threat at Somali port". The Times. No. 62258. London. col H, p. 7.
"Hughey is saved as yacht sinks". The Times. No. 62256. London. 30 September 1985. col A, p. 6.
"Tug crew feared dead in collision". The Times. No. 62271. London. 17 October 1985. col B, p. 2.
"Man rescued from tug dies". The Times. No. 62272. London. 18 October 1985. col H, p. 2.
"Hinde Replica freed from mud". The Times. No. 62283. London. 31 October 1985. col C-E, p. 32.
"untitled". The Times. No. 62996. London. 15 November 1985. col C-F, p. 2.
"200 feared lost on ferry". The Times. No. 62325. London. 19 December 1985. col C, D, p. 7.
"100 survive Philippines sea disaster". The Times. No. 62326. London. 20 December 1985. col A, p. 6.
Gröner, Erich (1993). Die deutschen Kriegsschiffe 1815-1945 (in German). Vol. 8/I: Flußfahrzeuge, Ujäger, Vorpostenboote, Hilfsminensucher, Küstenschutzverbände (Teil 1). Koblenz: Bernard & Graefe. p. 211. ISBN 3-7637-4807-5.