s'échouer

Il avait dérivé et s'était échoué sur le rebord du barrage.
She drifted someway and came to rest on a shelf at the bottom of the storm water system.
Dans cette affaire, un pétrolier en mauvais état de navigabilité s'était échoué et avait pollué le littoral de Porto Rico.
The case concerned an oil tanker which ran aground because of its unseaworthy condition, causing pollution damage to the coast of Puerto Rico.
Certes, il est connu que dans 1901, il était basé à Hong Kong et il a renfloué le navire à vapeur de Munich qui s'était échoué sur Yap, îles Caroline.
Certainly it is known that in 1901 he was based in Hong Kong and he refloated the steamship München which had run aground on Yap, Caroline Islands.
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