The list of shipwrecks in 1890 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1890.
January
2 January
3 January
List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1890
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Norge
|
Norway
|
The passenger ship ran aground in the Kristianiafjord in thick fog. Sent to Gothenburg for repairs.[2]
|
11 January
List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1890
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Aberdare
|
United Kingdom
|
The steamer (wrongly initially identified by some as "Labarrouere"), arriving with iron ore at Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales, collided with the steamer Ardanbhan ( United Kingdom) and sank in the mouth of the Usk Lighthouse. No lives were lost and Aberdare was raised on 13 January.[3][4]
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13 January
14 January
18 January
22 January
23 January
24 January
List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1890
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Amazon
|
United States
|
The barge, under the tow of Harold ( United States) lost her tow line in high wind and heavy seas causing her to fill and sink in Long Island Sound. Her captain drowned.[10]
|
25 January
26 January
27 January
List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1890
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Howard A Turner
|
Canada
|
A derelict barque was seen being towed by a steamer off Sennen Cove, Cornwall, with no signs of crew on board. At around 20:00 an unmanned New Brunswick barque came ashore on rocks at Penzer Point, near Lamorna Cove. The barque was carrying timber for Dublin and was believed to have been abandoned ten days before, and the crew landed at Liverpool.[12]
|
28 January
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown January 1890
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Alice M. Strople
|
United States
|
The schooner was believed to have sunk in a gale, described as a hurricane, on 9 January. Lost with all 14 crew.[14]
|
| Dreadnaught
|
United States
|
The fishing schooner left Saint Pierre Island on 16 January and vanished, probably lost in a gale and snowstorm that night. Lost with all seven crew and one passenger.[15][16][17]
|
| Isaac A. Chapman
|
United States
|
The schooner left Saint Pierre and Miquelon on 16 January and vanished. Probably sank in a snowstorm and gale that night. Lost with all seven crew and one passenger.[18]
|
| Loch Moidart
|
United Kingdom
|
The 2,000-ton iron ship was driven ashore at Collandsoog, while approaching the port of Hamburg. Only two crew survived.[19]
|
| Unnamed fishing vessels
|
China
|
Towards the end of January, three thousand fishermen were believed to have drowned during a hurricane off the Chinese coast.[20]
|
February
8 February
List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1890
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Spyridion Vagliane
|
Greece
|
The vessel struck The Manacles, off the Lizard, Cornwall and sank almost immediately. Eight of the crew landed on nearby Godrevy beach.[21]
|
10 February
List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1890
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Port Eads
|
United States
|
The steamer struck Bridge Pier No. 2 and sank in 70 feet (21 m) of water at Memphis, Tennessee. Seven crewmen died. Survivors were rescued by C. B. Bryan, Welcome, and May Flower (all United States), plus skiffs from shore.[22]
|
11 February
16 February
List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1890
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Nautique
|
France
|
The steamer, bound from Le Havre, France, for Baltimore, Maryland, foundered in mid-Atlantic Ocean shortly after the crew were rescued by the steamer Manitoban (flag unknown).[24]
|
19 February
List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1890
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Highgate
|
|
The steamer collided with Sovereign (flag unknown) and sank off Lundy. Thirteen of the crew were landed at Milford Haven and a boat with six crew was reported missing.[25]
|
21 February
22 February
23 February
List of shipwrecks: 23 February 1890
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| William Henry
|
United Kingdom
|
The crew abandoned ship and the vessel is believed to have foundered a few miles off the Wolf Rock.[28]
|
25 February
28 February
List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1890
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Quetta
|
United Kingdom
|
The steamer struck an uncharted rock in the Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia, and sank with the loss of 134 lives.
|
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date February 1890
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Duburg
|
Germany
|
The steamer was lost in a typhoon, possibly on 17 February, off the coast of China. 400 killed.[30][31]
|
| Unnamed vessel
|
|
A dhow, carrying powder and ammunition, exploded on a Ugandan lake killing 12 Arab chiefs and 200 fighting slaves.[32]
|
March
1 March
12 March
19 March
21 March
List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1890
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Ethel Gwendoline
|
United Kingdom
|
The Dundee steamer foundered off Battray-head, Aberdeenshire with the loss of seven of the ten crew.[34]
|
28 March
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown March 1890
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Lizzie D Small
|
United Kingdom
|
The schooner, with a cargo of timber, caught fire and was abandoned. The captain and six men were rescued by Choate 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Thatcher Island and landed them at Gloucester, Massachusetts on 9 March.[36]
|
| Virent
|
United Kingdom
|
The 1,086-ton steamer was abandoned when the shaft broke. The mate and fourteen men drowned while the captain and eight crew were landed at Ferrol.[37]
|
| William W. Rice
|
United States
|
The fishing schooner was lost on a halibut fishing trip to Iceland in March or April. All 16 crew were killed.[38][39]
|
April
4 April
List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1890
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Emblem
|
United Kingdom
|
The Fowey brigantine was wrecked on a reef near the Isle des Avis and were stranded for a week. The Royal Mail ship Moselle landed the crew at Plymouth, Devon.[40]
|
21 April
23 April
List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1890
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Corea
|
United States
|
After the 564.62-ton, 133.4-foot (40.7 m) bark – carrying 97 passengers, 19 crewmen, and a cargo of 500 tons of cannery supplies and merchandise – grounded in bad weather on a sandbar 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) south of Kalgin Island in Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of the District of Alaska, was refloated, and began flooding, she sailed 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi) in a sinking condition and was beached on the eastern shore of Cook Inlet. Everyone on board survived, but she was deemed a total loss.[42]
|
26 April
29 April
List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1890
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| H. B. Plant
|
United States
|
The steamer burned on Lake Beneford, Florida. Two crewmen and one passenger died.[44][45]
|
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown April 1890
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| William W. Rice
|
United States
|
The fishing schooner was lost on a halibut fishing trip to Iceland in March or April. All 16 crew were killed.[38][46]
|
May
5 May
14 May
15 May
List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1890
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Hattie S. Clark
|
United States
|
The schooner capsized is a squall off Frying Pan Shoals. One crewman saved that day, another the next day, rest were lost.[49]
|
19 May
21 May
List of shipwrecks: 21 May 1890
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Mountain Girl
|
United States
|
The steamer sank in the Gulf of Mexico while under tow to Central America. Two crewmen died.[51]
|
23 May
List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1890
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Lotus
|
United States
|
The yacht capsized, or swamped, and sank attempting to enter the mouth of the Merrimack River. Two crewmen drowned.[52]
|
25 May
List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1890
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Unknown launch
|
United States
|
The steam launch capsized in Ipswich Bay. Two crewmen drowned.[53]
|
29 May
List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1890
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Poachiny
|
China
|
The steamer was destroyed by fire in the Yangtazo river. Twenty-two people were reported missing.[54]
|
June
21 June
List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1890
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Thornhill
|
United Kingdom
|
The screw steamship foundered following a collision off Folkestone with the steamer Lotus. The crew were rescued.[55]
|
23 June
List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1890
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Scheddt
|
United Kingdom
|
The Cardiff registered, 706 ton steam ship, carrying coal from Newport to Bordeaux came ashore on the cliffs under the Coastguard Station at Pendeen, Cornwall. The captain and crew landed at Pendeen Cove.[56]
|
24 June
List of shipwrecks: 24 June 1890
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Ethel
|
United Kingdom
|
The barque sank following a collision off the Isle of Portland, with the loss of five lives.[57]
|
25 June
28 June
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: June 1890
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Six fishing vessels
|
United Kingdom
|
Gales in the Orkneys caused the loss of six fishing boats and forty lives. Others are missing.[60]
|
July
11 July
List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1890
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Tioga
|
United States
|
The steam barge blew up and sank partially submerged in 14 feet (4.3 m) of water in the Chicago River at the foot of Washington Street, Chicago, Illinois after a crewman with a lantern accidentally ignited fumes from her cargo of naptha and benzine. She was raised the next day, but suffered another explosion of her cargo and sank again. Raised later, repairs completed and returned to service in September. At least 25 killed, 3 or 4 crew and the rest were stevedores unloading cargo.[61][62]
|
13 July
23 July
26 July
28 July
31 July
August
7 August
8 August
List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1890
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Admiral Tromp
|
Norway
|
The barque was run down and sunk by British steamer Ching Wo in the Thames Estuary off The Nore. The wreck was dispersed by explosives April–July 1931.[71][72]
|
17 August
18 August
September
1 September
6 September
18 September
23 September
25 September
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown September 1890
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Taurus
|
Austria-Hungary
|
The warship sank in the Black Sea with the loss of all seventy-three on board.[80]
|
October
1 October
2 October
3 October
List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1890
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Larissa
|
United Kingdom
|
The coal carrying barque was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sands, the crew abandoned and were rescued by a lifeboat.[84]
|
11 October
12 October
List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1890
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Dartmoor
|
United Kingdom
|
The steamer Dartmoor, of the Ipswich Steamship Company was transporting a cargo of burnt ore, bagged flour & malt from Ipswich to Newcastle, when she collided in calm conditions with another steamer, the Cobden from Middlesbrough. Whilst the Cobden suffered damage, the Dartmoor foundered and was lost 6 miles ESE of Flamborough Head, in calm conditions. She had nine crew and one passenger. [86]
|
13 October
14 October
17 October
List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1890
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| 105S
|
Regia Marina
|
The torpedo boat foundered in the Piombino Channel off the coast of Italy during a storm.[90]
|
19 October
28 October
30 October
List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1890
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
Cornelius Hargreaves Vizcaya
|
United States Spain
|
The Philadelphia schooner collided with the Spanish steamer 6 miles (9.7 km) off Barnegat Lighthouse, on the New Jersey coast; both vessels sank within five minutes. Ninety lives were lost.[93]
|
31 October
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown September 1890
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Drofa
|
Norway
|
The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic and the crew landed at Cardiff.[95]
|
November
7 November
List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1890
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Alice Latham
|
United Kingdom
|
Great Storm of 7 November 1890: The schooner went ashore in Moelfra Bay. Later refloated.[96]
|
| Blanche
|
United Kingdom
|
Great Storm of 7 November 1890: The 76.1-foot (23.2 m) 74-ton schooner ran aground and was wrecked near East Hoyle Split, later reported as obstructing navigation in Hilbre Swash. Lost with all 4 hands.[97][98]
|
| Bridgit Annie
|
United Kingdom
|
Great Storm of 7 November 1890: The 1,100-ton schooner went missing after leaving Mostyn Roads on 6 November and was sighted off the Isle of Man, probably sank on 7 November. One of her boats was found in North Wales. Lost with all 4 hands.[99][100]
|
| Elgin
|
United Kingdom
|
Great Storm of 7 November 1890: The 126-foot (38 m) 261-ton barque ran aground and was wrecked on West Hoyle Bank, and broke up. One crewman killed.[101][102]
|
| Elizabeth Latham
|
United Kingdom
|
Great Storm of 7 November 1890: The schooner went ashore in Moelfra Bay. One crewman killed. Later refloated.[103]
|
| Ellen Harrison
|
United Kingdom
|
Great Storm of 7 November 1890: The schooner went ashore in Moelfra Bay. One crewman killed. Refloated 10 November. Repaired and returned to service.[96]
|
| Ethel May
|
United Kingdom
|
Great Storm of 7 November 1890: The schooner went ashore between Prestatyn and Rhyl.[96]
|
| Ernest
|
United Kingdom
|
Great Storm of 7 November 1890: The 73.2-foot (22.3 m) 62-ton schooner went missing after leaving the Dee River, Wales on 6 November, the last reported sighting of her was off the Great Orme. One of her boats was recovered near the West Hoyle Bank. Lost with all 3 crew.[104][105]
|
| Florence Emily
|
United Kingdom
|
Great Storm of 7 November 1890: The 73-ton schooner went missing after leaving Mostyn Roads on 6 November. Lost with all four crew.[106][107]
|
| James Stonard
|
United Kingdom
|
Great Storm of 7 November 1890: The 87.9-foot (26.8 m) 140-ton brigantine ran aground and was wrecked on West Hoyle Bank, and broke up. Her skipper and two crewman were killed.[108][109]
|
| Jean Campbell
|
United Kingdom
|
Great Storm of 7 November 1890: The 59.7-foot (18.2 m), 62-ton coastal schooner stranded at Norbreck, Lancashire in a Force 8 gale. Before going ashore an attempt was made to rescue the crew by fishing smack Osprey. Her boat took off the three-man crew but swamped alongside Osprey drowning Jean Campbell's crew and two of the three crew of Osprey that manned the boat. The wreck was sold for scrapping.[110][111]
|
| Kishon
|
United Kingdom
|
The barque parted her tow by the steam tug Australia (flag unknown) off Trevose Head, Cornwall, England, and was driven ashore near Bude breakwater. Her crew of eight was saved by the rocket lifesaving crew.[112][113]
|
| Linnet
|
United Kingdom
|
Great Storm of 7 November 1890: The schooner was lost on Lavan Sands.[96]
|
| Lorn
|
United Kingdom
|
Great Storm of 7 November 1890: The 150-ton schooner went ashore a little to the north of Jurby Point, Isle of Man a total wreck.[96][114]
|
| Margaret
|
United Kingdom
|
Great Storm of 7 November 1890: The schooner parted her cables in Moelfra Bay and drove before the wind into the Dee River, Wales on 6 November. She was brought to, under her kedge anchor, near to Llanerchymor Wharf, on the opposite side of the channel. About noon on 7 November when the storm was raging furiously, she sank. Her crew was rescued from her rigging by a boat.[115][116]
|
| Margaret Elizabeth
|
United Kingdom
|
Great Storm of 7 November 1890: The vessel went ashore near Rhyl.[117]
|
| Ocean Queen
|
United Kingdom
|
Great Storm of 7 November 1890: The schooner was lost in Colwyn Bay.[96]
|
| Planet
|
United Kingdom
|
Great Storm of 7 November 1890: The 134-ton barquentine ran aground and was wrecked in Llandudno Bay, and broke up.[118][119]
|
| W. M. J.
|
United Kingdom
|
Great Storm of 7 November 1890: The 79.1-foot (24.1 m) 97-ton schooner ran aground and was wrecked on Jordan's Bank, a total wreck. Her skipper, mate and two crewman were killed.[120][121]
|
10 November
11 November
List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1890
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Unnamed ferry
|
Austria-Hungary
|
A ferry sank on the River Whag, Hungary with sixty lives lost and ten missing.[124]
|
12 November
14 November
List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1890
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Marianne
|
United Kingdom
|
The Devoran schooner foundered while carrying coal from Penarth, Wales to Devoran, Cornwall. The vessel was found bottom up, 4 miles (6.4 km) from Boscastle, Cornwall. Four of the five crew perished.[128]
|
16 November
List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1890
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Falcon
|
United Kingdom
|
The steamer foundered while enroute to New York. The crew were saved by a passing vessel and landed at Philadelphia.[129]
|
18 November
List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1890
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Cuxhaven
|
United Kingdom
|
The steamer, from Hamburg, was damaged when driven into the cargo steamer Equity ( United Kingdom) in the Goole Channel after her anchor lifted during a heavy swell; she was then beached to avoid sinking. Refloated the following day, she entered Goole for discharge and repairs.[130][131]
|
20 November
List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1890
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Hudiksvall
|
Sweden
|
The Swedish barque was under tow when the line parted and she foundered on Carmel Point on the Isle of Anglesey. The crew was saved, but the vessel was lost.[132]
|
21 November
23 November
24 November
List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1890
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Calypso
|
United Kingdom
|
The Bristol steamship collided with the Spanish steamer Pinzon in the Dungeness roadstead, Kent and sank off Sandgate. The crew took to the ships' boats.[136]
|
25 November
27 November
List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1890
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| T P Beathers
|
United States
|
Seventeen lives were lost when the steamer caught fire on the Mississippi. Several drowned while attempting to swim to the shore.[137]
|
December
1 December
3 December
6 December
11 December
15 December
List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1890
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Grace C. Young
|
United States
|
The schooner was dismasted in a gale on Banquereau and became waterlogged. As the crew prepared to abandon ship on 17 or 18 December they were rescued by Elbrug ( Germany).[145]
|
19 December
23 December
25 December
List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1890
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Shanghai
|
United Kingdom
|
The passenger/cargo steamer burned near the Mud Fort, Wuhu, China. 200 to 300 people were killed.[148][149]
|
26 December
Unknown date
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1890
| Ship |
State |
Description
|
| Assaye
|
United Kingdom
|
The barque disappeared during a voyage from London to Wellington, New Zealand, after being spoken to near the equator on 16 March. She was due in Wellington in May.
|
| Dunedin
|
United Kingdom
|
The full-rigged ship disappeared with the loss of all 35 people on board after departing Oamaru, New Zealand, on 19 March.
|
| Dunluce
|
United Kingdom
|
The cargo ship was wrecked on the Wijkesgrund.[154]
|
| Erik Berendsen
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship went ashore on the island of Sylt, Germany, with the loss of all the crew bar one. A German lifeboat capsized while trying to save the crew.[155]
|
| George
|
Netherlands
|
The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic and the crew landed at Queenstown, Ireland, by Emily ( Norway) on 14 February.[156]
|
| Hugo
|
United Kingdom
|
The 1,500-ton vessel foundered in the Sunda Strait with the loss of all crew. She was heading to Marseille from Singapore.[157]
|
| Irene
|
France
|
The Bordeaux barque was lost at sea, and the crew landed at Lima on 7 December by the Maravilla.[158]
|
| Lawrence McKenzie
|
|
The schooner was lost opposite Forked River, New Jersey.[159]
|
| Louise Ernest
|
France
|
While en route for Nantes, France, from Falmouth, Cornwall, England, the ketch was unable to round the Lizard and turned back. She hit Castle Point, St Mawes, Cornwall, and the crew of five men and a boy were taken off by the lifeboat Jane Whittington ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution) of the Falmouth Lifeboat Station.[160]
|
| Marlborough
|
United Kingdom
|
The refrigerated full-rigged ship disappeared after being sighted off the coast of New Zealand on 13 January while on a voyage from Lyttelton, New Zealand, to London. Possibly subsequently wrecked on the coast of Chile with the loss of all on board.
|
| Talookdar
|
United Kingdom
|
The full-rigged ship collided with Libussa (flag unknown) off the Cape of Good Hope and foundered.[161]
|
| Webster
|
United States
|
The vessel was lost at Atka Island in the Andreanof Islands – part of the Aleutian Islands – in the District of Alaska.[162]
|
| Unnamed lifeboat
|
Germany
|
A lifeboat was lost while attempting to rescue the crew of Erik Berendsen ( United Kingdom) which went ashore on the island of Sylt, Germany. Eleven lifeboat crew died.[155]
|
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