List of shipwrecks in 1886

The list of shipwrecks in 1886 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1886.

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May	Jun	Jul	Aug
Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
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January

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February

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March

Further information: List of shipwrecks in March 1886

April

Further information: List of shipwrecks in April 1886

May

Further information: List of shipwrecks in May 1886

June

Further information: List of shipwrecks in June 1886

July

Further information: List of shipwrecks in July 1886

August

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September

Further information: List of shipwrecks in September 1886

October

Further information: List of shipwrecks in October 1886

November

Further information: List of shipwrecks in November 1886

December

Further information: List of shipwrecks in December 1886

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Axel	Sweden	The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean, according to a message in a bottle that washed up at Cádiz, Spain in December. [1]
Boyne	United Kingdom	The sailing ship was wrecked without loss of life on False Point, India. She was on a voyage from Suva, Fiji, to Calcutta, India.
Catherine	United Kingdom	The whaler, a brig, was wrecked at "Cumberland Gulf", Greenland. Her 24 crew survived. [2] [3]
Eagle	Flag unknown	The yacht was driven ashore and wrecked at Kingsville, Ontario, Canada during the last week of March or on 1 April. [4]
Ferntower	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in the Saigon River with the loss of fifty lives. [5]
René	France	The ship was wrecked at Overton Cliffs, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. There were five survivors. [6]
Seth Stockbridge	United States	The fishing schooner was lost off Greenland early in the Summer with all fourteen hands. [7]
Thornton	Canada	The sealing schooner was battered to pieces at Unalaska on Unalaska Island in the Fox Islands in the eastern Aleutian Islands, Department of Alaska sometime during or after 1886. [8]
Tsengora	Canada	The full-rigged ship was lost at Spring Lake, New Jersey, United States. [9]
W. C. Warner	Flag unknown	The brig was lost at Mantoloking, New Jersey, United States. [9]
Western Shore	United States	The sloop was lost in Bristol Bay in the Department of Alaska. [10]

References

1. "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 31951. London. 24 December 1886. col D, p. 5.
2. T. D. Rennie (9 November 1886). "An Appeal". The Times. No. 31912. London. col A, p. 7.
3. "The Crew of the Whaler Catherin". The Times. No. 31917. London. 15 November 1886. col F, p. 6.
4. MacLeod, Jennifer; Hamilton, David, eds. (Winter 1999). "Marine News of 1886-1887" (PDF). Echo Soundings. Amherstberg, Ontario: Marsh Collection Society. II (4). ISSN   1480-6444 . Retrieved 19 January 2021.
5. "In the Saigon river ...". The Cornishman. No. 433. 28 October 1886. p. 7.
6. "The French government ...". The Cornishman. No. 428. 23 September 1886. p. 4.
7. "The Seth Stockbridge". Out of Gloucester. R Sheedy. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
8. alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (T)
9. "njscuba.net "Lavallette Wreck"". Archived from the original on 2020-02-23. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
10. alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (W)