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  The list of shipwrecks in 2025 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 2025.

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2002
Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr
May	Jun	Jul	Aug
Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
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January

Date	Ship	Class and Type	Flag or Country	Location	Incident	Notes
2 January	Glyvursnes	Ro-ro cargo ship	Faroe Islands	Hirtshals, Denmark	Caught fire	One crew member was killed and another was severely injured.
2 January	Unnamed	Migrant boat	Tunisia	Kerkennah Islands, Tunisia	Capsized	27 of the 52 people on board were lost.
3 January	Guardian	Fishing vessel	United States	Wellfleet, Massachusetts	Ran aground	United States Coast Guard dispatched a tug and refloated the vessel.
4 January	Panoria	Bulk carrier	Marshall Islands	South China Sea off Cape Elubani, Taiwan	Caught fire	Vessel was on a voyage from Nantong, China to Singapore. Four crew were injured, one seriously. A tug was requested to tow her to Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
4 January	Unnamed	Fishing vessel	South Korea	Gageodo, South Korea	Collided with rocks and ran aground	Three people were killed, 19 were rescued.
6 January	Kvalnes	Fishing vessel	Norway	Near Hellbergsøya	Ran aground	Later refloated.
6 January	Omaha Maru No.8	Fishing vessel	Japan	Off Kitaibaraki	Capsized	Two of twenty crew lost, three missing.
6 January	Sanwa Maru	Tanker	Japan	Off Cape Esan	Ran aground
8 January	Bram Force	Service vessel	Brazil	Off Rio de Janeiro	Caught fire	Crew evacuated, later towed to Superporto do Açu.
11 January	Dolphin 18	Cargo ship	Vietnam	Southwest of Vũng Tàu, Vietnam	Sank	All 18 crew rescued from lifeboats by Nicolai Maersk ( Hong Kong).
12 January	Kerstin	Motor barge	Netherlands	In the Main near Aschaffenburg, Germany	Steering failure, became stuck	Wedged at a lock entrance while avoiding an allision with the passenger ship Amadeus Silver II ( Germany). Later refloated with assistance from motor barges Käthe Krieger and Henneburg (both  Germany).
12 January	Silver Sincere	Tanker	Malaysia	Off Pedra Branca, Singapore	Sank	All eight crew rescued from lifeboats by Intan Daya 368 ( Indonesia).
13 January	Ameray 888	Catamaran	Thailand	Koh Racha Yai, Thailand	Sank	38 people rescued, including 33 Chinese tourists.
15 January	Unnamed	Vessel		Off Western Sahara	Capsized	Departed from Mauretania on 2 January, 50 people killed.
17 January	Miss Sandy	Fishing vessel	United States	Off Gloucester, Massachusetts	Sank	All 18 crew rescued by USCGC William Chadwick ( United States Coast Guard).
22 January	Unnamed	Narco-submarine		In route to Camariñas, Spain	Broke up and sank	Found abandoned by fishing vessel Maria Christina, broke in two while being towed.
23 January	LCT Cahaya Dana Reza	Tank landing craft	Indonesia	Kotabaru Regency, Indonesia	Sprang a leak, capsized, sank	All nine crew rescued by the tugboat Atlantik Star 11 ( Indonesia).
25 January	Wei Sen No. 8	Tanker	Belize	Matsu Islands	Ran aground	Seven crew rescued by the Taiwan Coast Guard, one died during the rescue.
28 January	Guang Rong	Cargo ship	Cyprus	Tuscany, Italy	Dragged anchor, crashed into pier, ran aground	All 13 crew were safe.

February

Date	Ship	Class and Type	Flag or Country	Location	Incident	Notes
1 February	A and B	Fishing vessels	South Korea	Gujwa-eup, Jeju City	Ran aground on rocks	Two crew, including one of the captains, died, and two other crew were reported missing.
3 February	Unknown	Fishing vessel	South Korea	Southwest of Jeju Island, near Taiwan	Capsized	All ten crew were rescued.
6 February	Fortune Pride	Fishing vessel	Canada	Southeast of Sambro, Nova Scotia	Sank	Three crewmembers rescued, one died of injuries later. Fourth crewmember found dead at sea.
8 February	An Yang 2	Bulk carrier	China	Nevelsky District, Russia	Stranded in shallow water	Stranding caused by snowstorm.
9 February	Koala	Tanker	Antigua and Barbuda	Ust-Luga, Russia.	Engine room explosion	Following explosions, settled to the bottom at the pier.
9 February	Unnamed	Fishing vessel	South Korea	Off Habaek Island south of Seoul, South Korea	Capsized	Of the 14 crew, four crew, including her captain, died, and five crew were reported missing.
9 February	Unnamed	High speed boat	Korea Coast Guard		Capsized in high waves	Incident occurred while searching for a fishing vessel in distress. All crew were rescued by other Coast Guard vessels.
12 February	Unnamed	Fishing vessel	South Korea	Seogwipo, Jeju Island, Korea	Capsized	Five of the ten crew were rescued.