List of shipwrecks in 1885

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The list of shipwrecks in 1885 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1885.

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ShipStateDescription
AggieFlag of the United States (1877-1890).svg  United States The steamboat sank in the Missouri River at Kansas City, Kansas. [1]
AlaskaFlag of the United States (1877-1890).svg  United States The schooner was lost in the Bering Sea. [2]
GaleFlag of the United States (1877-1890).svg  United States The whaler, a barque, was lost in the Bering Sea at Saint Lawrence Island. [3]
LabradorCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The barque sailed from Quebec for Newcastle-on-Tyne on 20 August 1885 with wood products and was last seen two days later off "Pic" (Pointe-au-Pic, Quebec?). [4] In December she was presumed foundered with the loss of all twenty crew. [5]
PeacedaleFlag unknownThe schooner was lost at Ocean Grove, New Jersey. [6]
ProvenFlag unknownThe ship was lost in the Arctic Sea. Her crew were rescued. [7]
RainierFlag of the United States (1877-1890).svg  United States The barque was lost in the Arctic Sea. [8]
Rose of SharonCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean after 17 August. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Quebec, Canada to Buenos Aires, Argentina. [9]

References

  1. ↑ Martin, George W., ed., Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society 1905–1906, Volume 9, Topeka, Kansas: State Printing Office, 1906, p. 297.
  2. ↑ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (A)
  3. ↑ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (G)
  4. ↑ "The Greenock Barque Labrador". Greenock Telegraph. No. 7489. 24 December 1885. p. 2. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  5. ↑ "The barque Labrador...". The Cornishman. No. 387. 17 December 1885. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "njscuba.net "Lavallette Wreck"". Archived from the original on 2020-02-23. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
  7. ↑ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 31524. London. 13 August 1885. col D, p. 7.
  8. ↑ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (R)
  9. ↑ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 31664. London. 23 January 1886. col F, p. 11.
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