List of shipwrecks in 1985
The list of shipwrecks in 1985 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1985.
July
10 July
- Rainbow Warrior (
Netherlands): Opération Satanique - Sabotaged by DGSE agents and sunk in Auckland, New Zealand.
August
10 August
- K431 (
Soviet Navy): Suffered an explosion in her nuclear reactor during refuelling. Ten people killed.
September
13 September
- Salvage tug Smit Matsas 1 (
Greece) First Gulf War: The ship 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.[1]
December
19 December
- Eagle Tire Co (
United States): Sunk as an articifial reef off Lower Matecumbe Key, Florida.
Unknown date
- Narciso Monturiol (
Spanish Navy): Scuttled off Cartagena.
References
- ^ "Tugs Photos History". Loucas G Matsas. Retrieved 26 September 2010.