List of shipwrecks in 1985
The list of shipwrecks in 1985 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1985.
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January
1 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Danny Boy |  United States
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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] |
6 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ardea | United States
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The 38-foot (11.6 m) vessel dragged her anchor and was wrecked in King Cove (58°04′N 157°29′W / 58.067°N 157.483°W) on the coast of Afognak Island in Alaska′s Kodiak Archipelago. Her crew survived.[2] |
14 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| K-Jo | United States
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The 34-foot (10.4 m) fishing vessel sank off Marmot Island in Alaska′s Kodiak Archipelago with the loss of one life. Her two survivors were rescued on 16 January.[3] |
17 January
| 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] |
21 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Chil Bo San No. 6 |  South Korea
|
The 285-foot (86.9 m) fishing trawler was abandoned in a sinking condition in the Bering Sea approximately 200 nautical miles (370 km; 230 mi) northwest of Adak Island in the Aleutian Islands. Another South Korean vessel rescued her crew of 29. Her crew may have returned to her later to salvage her.[5] |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Manolis L |  Liberia
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The cargo ship ran aground and sank in Notre Dame Bay, Newfoundland, Canada.[6] |
February
5 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rosa |  United States
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The fishing vessel sank after being surrounded by ice in Marguerite Bay (55°43′N 131°38′W / 55.717°N 131.633°W) in Southeast Alaska near Ketchikan, Alaska.[7] |
7 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| El Rancho |  United States
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The 82-foot (25.0 m) crab-fishing vessel capsized and sank in the Gulf of Alaska approximately 35 nautical miles (65 km; 40 mi) west of Cape Alitak on the south end of Alaska′s Kodiak Island. A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued her entire crew of five.[8] |
8 February
| 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] |
10 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| ARA Santa Fe |  Argentine Navy
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The wrecked Balao-class submarine captured during the Falklands War in 1982 was scuttled by British forces in the South Atlantic Ocean off South Georgia Island. |
14 February
| 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 / 57.27500°N 154.69167°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] |
15 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| A Regina |  Panama
|
Passenger and cargo ferry ran aground off Isla de Mona |
26 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tagukak | United States
|
The 43-foot (13.1 m) vessel was destroyed by fire in the Gulf of Alaska off Spruce Cape (57°49′15″N 152°20′00″W / 57.82083°N 152.33333°W) on Kodiak Island. A Kodiak, Alaska, harbormaster shuttle ferry crew rescued her operator.[10] |
March
3 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| John A. Downs | United States
|
The 113-foot (34.4 m) tug sank in 230 feet (70 m) of water in Long Island Sound 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) northwest of Great Gull Island at 41°14′09″N 072°07′51″W / 41.23583°N 72.13083°W after colliding with a barge she was towing. Her entire crew of eight survived.[11][12] |
6 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ludvig Svoboda |  Soviet Union
|
The tanker exploded and sank at Ventspils, Latvia killing one crewman and injuring five more.[13] |
21 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ocean Bounty | United States
|
The 90-foot (27.4 m) fishing vessel sank during a gale in the Gulf of Alaska approximately 110 nautical miles (200 km; 130 mi) south of Cape Saint Elias, Alaska. A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued her crew of three.[14] |
26 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nordic Pride | United States
|
The fishing vessel sank in the Bering Sea just west of the Pribilof Islands. The fishing vessel Starlite ( United States) rescued her entire crew of five.[15]
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29 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pauline Marie | United States
|
The retired fishing vessel was scuttled as an artificial reef in 85 feet (26 m) of water in the North Atlantic Ocean east of Ocean City, New Jersey, at 39°13.763′N 074°12.182′W / 39.229383°N 74.203033°W.[16] |
30 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mercedes I |  Venezuela
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The cargo ship was scuttled with explosive charges off Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to form an artificial reef. |
April
7 April
| 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.[17][18] |
11 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| TCG Yildirim |  Turkish Navy
|
The patrol vessel was destroyed by an explosion and fire in the Aegean Sea off Mitylene.[19] |
18 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| GC-231 |  Nicaraguan Navy
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Contra War: The patrol boat was sunk by Honduran Air Force aircraft, with casualties.[20] |
23 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Canadian Progress |  Canada
|
The lake freighter ran aground 5 miles (8.0 km) east of Ogdensburg, New York in the Saint Lawrence River. The ship required the assistance of tugboats to be freed.[21] |
27 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Moon Song | United States
|
The 50-foot (15.2 m) seiner sank off Cape Chiniak (57°37′N 152°10′W / 57.617°N 152.167°W) near Kodiak, Alaska. All six people on board survived.[22] |
29 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bertha | United States
|
The fishing vessel capsized without warning and sank off Gore Point (59°12′00″N 150°57′30″W / 59.20000°N 150.95833°W) on the south-central coast of Alaska. The fishing vessel Wilson ( United States) rescued her crew of four.[23]
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May
9 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Shirley Ann | United States
|
Loaded with discarded tires, the retired 80-foot (24.4 m) barge was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean 6.5 nautical miles (12.0 km; 7.5 mi) off Harvey Cedars, New Jersey, in 80 feet (24 m) of water at 39°37.399′N 074°01.668′W / 39.623317°N 74.027800°W.[24] |
10 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Zeeliner | United States
|
The retired 63-foot (19.2 m) ferry was scuttled as an artificial reef in the North Atlantic Ocean off Fire Island south of Long Island, New York, in 75 feet (23 m) of water.[25] |
13 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Arctic Mist | United States
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The 91-foot (27.7 m) fishing vessel capsized and sank in the Gulf of Alaska 75 nautical miles (139 km; 86 mi) east of Kodiak, Alaska. All four people on board survived.[2] |
16 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Anna O | United States
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While towing the gillnet fishing vessel Head and Tails ( United States), the 11-gross register ton 31.6-foot (9.6 m) seiner ran aground on Softuk Bar (60°13′N 144°40′W / 60.217°N 144.667°W) in Controller Bay (60°04′37″N 144°13′04″W / 60.0770°N 144.2178°W) on the south-central coast of Alaska and was lost. The only person aboard perished.[2][26]
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| Head and Tails | United States
|
While under tow by the seiner Anna O ( United States) with no one aboard, the 26-foot (7.9 m) gillnet fishing vessel ran aground on Softuk Bar (60°13′N 144°40′W / 60.217°N 144.667°W) in Controller Bay (60°04′37″N 144°13′04″W / 60.0770°N 144.2178°W) on the south-central coast of Alaska and was lost. She later was salvaged.[2][26]
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20 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kimberly | United States
|
The fishing vessel sank in the Bering Sea approximately 80 nautical miles (150 km; 92 mi) northwest of Dutch Harbor, Alaska, with the loss of one life. Four members of her crew survived.[3] |
22 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Polar Storm | United States
|
The 52-foot (15.8 m) fishing vessel burned and sank in the Gulf of Alaska 120 nautical miles (220 km; 140 mi) northeast of Kodiak, Alaska. The fishing vessel Trident ( United States) rescued her four-man crew.[19]
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28 May
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Maratha Transhipper |  India
|
The bulk carrier was driven ashore and wrecked at Mormugao.[27] |
June
2 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Indulgence | United Kingdom
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The yacht, a contender for the America's Cup, ran aground and sank off the Isle of Wight. All ten crew rescued by Local Hero (flag unknown)[28] |
3 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| American | United States
|
The retired 125-foot (38.1 m) schooner was scuttled as an artificial reef in 120 feet (37 m) of water in the North Atlantic Ocean east of Ocean City, New Jersey, at 39°13.855′N 074°12.332′W / 39.230917°N 74.205533°W. Her masts broke loose and floated to the surface, and were retrieved after she sank.[29] |
4 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Advice |  Royal Navy
|
The Confiance-class tug was sunk as a target.[30] |
15 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Aktahun |  Mexico
|
Severely damaged by fire following explosion of mooring vessel Pemex 383 at Coatzacoalcos. Later repaired and returned to service.[31] |
16 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bridgeness | United Kingdom
|
Ran aground on the Hats and Barrels Reef, off the Welsh coast and sank.[32] |
July
3 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| First Lady | United States
|
The retired 95-foot (29.0 m) fishing trawler and clam dredger was scuttled as an artificial reef in 100 feet (30 m) of water in the North Atlantic Ocean east of Ocean City, New Jersey, at 39°13.703′N 074°12.486′W / 39.228383°N 74.208100°W.[33] |
10 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rainbow Warrior |  Netherlands
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Opération Satanique - Sabotaged by DGSE agents and sunk in Auckland, New Zealand. |
12 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alliance | United States
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While tied alongside the fishing vessel Dawn L ( United States) and refueling Dawn L, the 63-foot (19.2 m) fish tender exploded and sank off Axel Lind Island (60°47′30″N 147°43′30″W / 60.79167°N 147.72500°W) in Prince William Sound on the south-central coast of Alaska. Dawn L also exploded and sank. Alliance was later salvaged. The seven people aboard both vessels all survived.[2]
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| Dawn L | United States
|
While tied alongside the fish tender Alliance ( United States) and refueling from Alliance, the 45-foot (13.7 m) fishing vessel exploded and sank off Axel Lind Island (60°47′30″N 147°43′30″W / 60.79167°N 147.72500°W) in Prince William Sound on the south-central coast of Alaska. Alliance also exploded and sank. The seven people aboard both vessels all survived.[1]
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13 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sea ZZZs | United States
|
The gillnet fishing vessel was destroyed by an explosion and fire in the small-boat harbor at Valdez, Alaska.[34] |
21 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Amaretto | United States
|
After being stolen, the 71-foot (22 m) sardine-fishing vessel was scuttled by the thieves in 120 feet (37 m) of water in Penobscot Bay 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) east of Owls Head, Maine, at 44°05′35.29″N 068°59′53.13″W / 44.0931361°N 68.9980917°W.[35] |
| Frodo Durban |  Brazil
|
The tanker ran aground at the entrance to Hong Kong Harbour.[36] |
23 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dit Out | United States
|
The boat was lost in the harbor at Homer, Alaska, when her engine exploded just off the fuel dock.[1] |
| Roule |  Honduras
|
Lebanese Civil War: The cargo ship was shelled and sunk at Sidon, Lebanon by Israeli artillery.[37][38] |
24 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tylene | United States
|
The fish tender sank in Trading Bay (60°55′N 151°35′W / 60.917°N 151.583°W) on the coast of Alaska after a wooden plank came loose, causing her to flood, and her pump failed.[10] |
26 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mari Jana | United States
|
The fishing vessel sank in Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of Alaska 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) off the mouth of the Kenai River after a large wave broke over her stern.[22] |
29 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kapodistrias |  Greece
|
The bulk carrier ran aground at Port Elizabeth and sank.[39] |
August
3 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Europa |  West Germany
|
The cruise ship ran aground off Greenland. Refloated on 6 August, returned to service.[40] |
| HMS Narwhal |  Royal Navy
|
The decommissioned Porpoise-class submarine was scuttled in the English Channel to serve as a target. |
7 August
| 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.[34] |
10 August
| 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. |
18 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Maritime Gardenia | Liberia
|
The cargo ship ran aground on the Albert Patches, in the Torres Strait (10°20′05″S 102°21′01″E / 10.33472°S 102.35028°E). She was on a voyage from Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia to Penang, Malaysia. Subsequently refloated and towed to Singapore for repairs.[41] |
| Naess Leopard |  Belgium
|
Hit by two missiles 25 nautical miles (46 km) north east of Qatar and damaged by the detonation of one of them. Later repaired and returned to service.[42] |
19 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Western Sea | United States
|
The 58-foot (17.7 m) seiner was lost in Marmot Bay, 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi)) northeast of Kodiak, Alaska. Her entire crew of six perished. Parts of Western Sea including her pilot house, as well as a life preserver, later were found east of Long Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[43] |
21 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Anna Marie | United States
|
The 42-foot (12.8 m) fishing vessel was destroyed by fire near Chignik, Alaska. All on board survived.[2] |
| Lady Noreen | United States
|
The fish tender was destroyed by an electrical fire near Cape Chacon (54°41′30″N 132°00′50″W / 54.69167°N 132.01389°W) in Southeast Alaska southwest of Ketchikan, Alaska.[44] |
25 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 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.[45] |
September
6 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pacific Lady | United States
|
During a voyage from Yakutat to Sitka, Alaska, while operating as a fish tender with a cargo of 80,000 pounds (36,288 kg) of salmon on board, the 70-foot (21.3 m) fishing vessel capsized and sank off Cape Spencer, Alaska. One crewman died after helping his shipmates onto a life raft; the other four men and the only woman on board survived and were rescued by a United States Coast Guard helicopter.[19] |
13 September
| 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.[46] |
21 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Junquito |  Spain
|
Western Sahara War: The trawler was captured by Polisario fighters and scuttled off Cape Corbiero, Western Sahara.[47] |
25 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 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.[48][49]
|
29 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 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.[50] |
October
16 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| General VII | United Kingdom
|
The tug sank after colliding with Rora Head ( United Kingdom) in the Thames Estuary. Four of her seven crew were killed.[51][52]
|
20 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unidentified infiltration ship |  Korean People's Navy
|
The infiltration ship was sunk by South Korean coastal artillery.[53] |
26 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Carolyn Jean | United States
|
The 98-foot (29.9 m) fishing trawler dragged her anchor and sank in shallow water in Portage Bay (57°34′05″N 156°02′15″W / 57.56806°N 156.03750°W) on the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula in Alaska. A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued her crew of four.[5] |
28 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sundowner | United States
|
The 68-foot (21 m) fishing vessel sank in bad weather in the Gulf of Alaska near the Semidi Islands south of Kodiak Island. Her captain was lost, but the United States Coast Guard rescued the other three members of her crew from a life raft.[34] |
30 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Golden Hinde | United Kingdom
|
The replica of the 16th-century galleon ran aground at the mouth of the Avon. Refloated the following day.[54] |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unidentified patrol ship | Korean People's Navy
|
The patrol ship was sunk by South Korean coastal artillery.[55] |
November
11 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Anne | Netherlands
|
The coaster was driven ashore at Seaton Carew, Northumberland in a storm. Still beached four days later.[56] |
17 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rascal | United States
|
The retired 41-foot (12.5 m) fishing vessel and dive boat was scuttled as an artificial reef in 40 feet (12 m) of water in Long Island Sound off Matinecock Point (40°54′07″N 73°37′56″W / 40.9020°N 073.6323°W) on the north coast of Long Island, New York.[57] |
18 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Morania Abaco | United States
|
The retired 264-foot (80.5 m) tanker was scuttled as an artificial reef in 110 feet (34 m) of water in the North Atlantic Ocean east of Ocean City, New Jersey, at 39°14.133′N 074°12.154′W / 39.235550°N 74.202567°W.[58] |
26 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Aleutian Harvester | United States
|
The 94-foot (28.7 m) fishing trawler disappeared in the North Pacific Ocean during a storm with the loss of her entire crew of three. Searchers believed that she sank approximately 30 nautical miles (56 km; 35 mi) south of Unalaska in the Aleutian Islands.[2] |
December
6 December
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pacific Voyager | United States
|
The crab-fishing vessel struck a rock off Cape Pankof on Unimak Island in the Aleutian Islands and then went aground and broke up on the beach. A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued her entire crew of four.[19] |
16 December
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Princess Arline | United States
|
The fishing vessel sank in the Gulf of Alaska approximately 40 nautical miles (74 km; 46 mi) south of Seward, Alaska, during a gale. A United States Coast Guard helicopter rescued her crew from a life raft.[19] |
18 December
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Asuncion |  Philippines
|
The ferry sank off Mindoro Island.[59] About 100 of her 182 passengers and 15 crew were rescued.[60] |
19 December
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Eagle Tire Co | United States
|
The cargo ship was sunk as an artificial reef approximately 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) northeast of the Alligator Reef Light and 6 nautical miles (11 km) off the coast of Lower Matecumbe Key, Florida. |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Malis | Unknown | The out of service coastal freighter was scuttled as an artificial reef near Little Pigeon Island in the Credner Islands near Rabaul, New Guinea.[61] |
| Narciso Monturiol |  Spanish Navy
|
The decommissioned submarine was scuttled off Cartagena, Spain. |
| HMS Porpoise | Royal Navy
|
The Porpoise-class submarine was sunk as a target. |
| Samir |  Lebanon
|
The ship was lost during 1985.[62] |
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