List of shipwrecks in 1998

The list of shipwrecks in 1998 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1998.

The cargo ship ran aground off Paphos, Greece in bad weather.

All eight crew were rescued by helicopter.

The oil tanker was scuttled in the Mediterranean Sea off Wied iż-Żurrieq, Malta, as an artificial reef.

She had been laid up in Grand Harbour, Malta, since 1995, when she had suffered an explosion that killed nine Maltese dockyard workers.

Demetrios II aground
The wreck of Um El Faroud on 21 June 2014