Incidents
Accidents, failures, safety incidents and security vulnerabilities flagged in the feed.
Reported incidents
| Severity | What happened | Week | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | drone strike sank a cargo ship off the Romanian Black Sea | W45 ‘26 | +1 more |
| High | Cargo ship sinks after naval drone attack | W44 ‘26 | +19 more |
| High | US unmanned surface vessel destroyed | W44 ‘26 | +11 more |
| High | Israeli ZIM-operated container ship sunk after unmanned boat attack | W44 ‘26 | +3 more |
| High | Naval drones sink Greek container ship | W44 ‘26 | +9 more |
| High | French aircraft warned 40 minutes early, but Bulgaria failed to stop unmanned boats | W44 ‘26 | |
| High | two Army aviators downed near Oman, rescued by unmanned vessel | W43 ‘26 | |
| High | mines threatening shipping through the Strait of Hormuz | W43 ‘26 | |
| High | Alfa Watan sank off Bulgaria in separate incident | W41 ‘26 | |
| High | Ukrainian unmanned vessel sets tanker ablaze off Russia’s coast | W41 ‘26 | +14 more |
| High | collisions and loss of control in unmanned boats | W41 ‘26 | |
| High | Cargo ship hit by Russian drone near Odesa drifts crewless | W41 ‘26 | +1 more |
| High | Major fire at Russian oil terminal after Ukrainian attack using unmanned boats | W41 ‘26 | |
| High | Ukrainian Navy destroys Russian Shahed with turret-equipped naval drone | W41 ‘26 | +2 more |
| High | Grain carrier sailing from Izmail attacked, killing two crew members | W41 ‘26 | |
| High | Royad Mammadov sank off Romania after suspected Russian drone strike, killing two seafarers | W41 ‘26 | |
| High | US military USV makes fatal mistake | W40 ‘26 | |
| High | Ukrainian naval drone sinks Russian kamikaze drone | W39 ‘26 | +1 more |
| High | PIRANA Kamikaze Unmanned Surface Vehicle scores direct hit on Denizkurdu-I | W39 ‘26 | |
| High | containership abandoned and adrift after possible fire, crew evacuated | W39 ‘26 | |
| High | AI-assisted intelligence error led to near boarding of Chinese ship | W38 ‘26 | |
| High | IRGC Navy destroys US military unmanned vessel | W36 ‘26 | +4 more |
| High | Unmanned surface vessel attacks port | W32 ‘26 | |
| High | U.S. forces conducted airstrikes on Iran for the seventh consecutive night | W29 ‘26 | |
| High | US unmanned surface vessel depot destroyed | W29 ‘26 | |
| High | Autonomous catamaran wrecked by debris and composite rudder failure | W27 ‘26 | |
| Medium | Four Chinese Coast Guard vessels intruded into Kinmen waters | W45 ‘26 | |
| Medium | Collision between NOAA SeaTrac SP-48 USV and Prestige 450 Flybridge recreational vessel, causing minor injury and damage | W45 ‘26 | |
| Medium | delay in delivery of ferry Glen Rosa due to vibration problem requiring new propellers | W45 ‘26 | |
| Medium | Collision between NOAA research craft and recreational motor yacht, entanglement in propeller pod, minor injuries, constructive total loss of uncrewed vessel | W44 ‘26 | +6 more |
| Medium | Detention of Chinese-owned heavy-lift vessel linked to Russia’s Arctic LNG 2 project | W44 ‘26 | |
| Medium | Damage to two subsea telecommunications cables in the Gulf of Finland by cargo ship Fitburg | W44 ‘26 | |
| Medium | Uncrewed vessel lost contact with project team | W43 ‘26 | +1 more |
| Medium | Able caught fire off Bulgaria in separate incident | W41 ‘26 | |
| Medium | Royal Navy USV crashing into yacht | W26 ‘26 | |
| Unrated | interception of autonomous artillery deployment | W45 ‘26 | |
| Unrated | 17% year-on-year increase in reported maritime cyber incidents in 2025 | W45 ‘26 | |
| Unrated | 2017 collisions involving the USS Fitzgerald and USS John S. McCain | W44 ‘26 | |
| Unrated | Sargan USV used Sting Interceptor to shoot down Russian Geran drone | W43 ‘26 | |
| Unrated | Ukrainian forces smuggling grain intercepted by Russian forces; drones and unmanned boats deployed | W43 ‘26 | |
| Unrated | Halts new orders of Aevex drone boats over performance | W43 ‘26 | |
| Unrated | UK-made drone boat used in strike on Russian supply ship | W42 ‘26 | |
| Unrated | Iran seized advanced US military underwater unmanned boat | W39 ‘26 | |
| Unrated | U.S. destroys Iranian fishing boats attempting to capture U.S. unmanned surface vessel | W38 ‘26 | |
| Unrated | Chinese-made parts found in British unmanned reconnaissance vessel; signals sent via Chinese IP address | W33 ‘26 | |
| Unrated | Coca-Cola subsidiary production halted by hackers | W31 ‘26 | |
| Unrated | Chinese warship and unmanned vessel reported in PH EEZ | W31 ‘26 | |
| Unrated | Two defense firms sue U.S. Navy over exclusion from program | W29 ‘26 | |
| Unrated | Iran breaks Hormuz truce | W28 ‘26 | |
| Unrated | Helicopter pilots rescued by autonomous surface vessel | W25 ‘26 | |
| Unrated | Seasats Lightfish USV encounters Chinese corvette | W22 ‘26 | |
| Unrated | Ukrainian Navy destroys enemy uncrewed surface vessel | W17 ‘26 |
Reported
52
all weeks
Critical or high
26
Medium
9
Low or unrated
17