The list of shipwrecks in 1890 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1890.
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Czarowitz | United Kingdom | The brigantine was hit by the White Star Line ocean liner Britannic ( United Kingdom ) and sank in the Crosby Channel as she was about to enter the River Mersey. She was bound for Runcorn loaded with china clay from Fowey. [1] |
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Norge | Norway | The passenger ship ran aground in the Kristianiafjord in thick fog. Sent to Gothenburg for repairs. [2] |
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Ben Hur | United States | The schooner was wrecked on Blanche Point, Nova Scotia. Crew saved. [3] |
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Sacrobosco | United Kingdom | The steamer burned to the waterline at Baltimore, Maryland. Several lives lost. Wreck bought by Red Star Line, salvaged, rebuilt and returned to service as Conemaugh ( Belgium). [4] |
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Gleaner | United States | The schooner was wrecked on Murder Island near Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Later pulled off and taken to Yarmouth, heavily damaged. Crew saved after spending two days in a hut on the island. [5] |
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Dispatch | United States | While towing a barge, the 10.27-ton steamer dragged her anchor during a storm and was wrecked on the east shore of Seymour Canal on the coast of Admiralty Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska, 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) northwest of the mouth of the canal. Her crew of three survived. [6] |
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Ambassador | United Kingdom | The barque was run into by the full-rigged ship Cambrian Duchess ( United Kingdom ) off The Mumbles, Glamorgan. She was declared a constructive total loss. [7] |
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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. [8] |
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Thorne | United Kingdom | The three-masted barque was driven into the rocks off Onchan Head, Isle of Man. [9] |
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Ashlowe | Canada | The barque ran aground off The Mumbles, Glamorgan, United Kingdom and was abandoned by her eleven crew. They were rescued by the Mumbles Lifeboat [7] |
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DeSoto | United States | The steamer burned to the waterline 1 mile below Owensboro, Kentucky. Two crewmen died. [10] |
Irex | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was wrecked on her maiden voyage at Scratchell's Bay, Isle of Wight, England. |
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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 hands. [11] |
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. [12] [13] [14] |
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 hands and one passenger. [15] |
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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 rescued by C. B. Bryan, Welcome, and May Flower (all United States), plus skiffs from shore. [16] |
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Wachusett | United States | The fishing schooner was wrecked in Fell's Cove near Burin, Newfoundland. Later pulled off and taken to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia heavily damaged. The crew saved after spending two days in a hut on the island. [17] |
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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). [18] |
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Agnes | United States | The fishing schooner was wrecked on Vanquero Island, Miquelon. Crew saved. [19] |
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Susie | United States | The steamer burned at Devils Elbow, Apalachicola, Florida. [20] |
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Avant-Garde | French Navy | The torpedo boat was wrecked. [21] |
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Quetta | United Kingdom | The steamer struck an uncharted rock in the Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia, and sank with the loss of 134 lives. |
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Colonist | New South Wales | The passenger-cargo schooner sank with the loss of one life off Bradleys Head, Sydney Harbour, Australia, after colliding with the steamer Adelaide ( United Kingdom ). Adelaide rescued two survivors and the skiff half-decker Young Oscar (flag unknown) rescued three others. |
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Agnes | New South Wales | The schooner foundered off the Brunswick River, New South Wales, Australia. |
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Benamain | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the east coast of Lundy Island, Devon. She was refloated the next day but consequently foundered in the Bristol Channel 7 nautical miles (13 km) off The Mumbles, Glamorgan. Her twelve crew were rescued by the pilot cutter Rival ( United Kingdom ). Benamain was on a voyage from Swansea to Le Treport, Seine-Inférieure, France. [7] |
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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. [24] [25] |
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Brankelow | United Kingdom | The Liverpool steamer, chartered by the Russian government, went ashore on Loe Bar, Cornwall during a gale while bound for Kronstadt from Cardiff. She was carrying 3,000 tons of coal which was salvaged along with her engines. [26] |
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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. [27] |
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Onieda | United States | During a voyage from San Francisco, California, to Thin Point ( 54°57′46″N162°34′02″W / 54.9628°N 162.5672°W ), District of Alaska, with 127 passengers, a crew of 28, and a cargo of 550 tons of merchandise and provisions aboard, the 1,130-gross register ton, 179-foot (54.6 m) wooden ship sank in the North Pacific Ocean after striking "Harnings Rock" – probably a rock that was named Onieda Rock ( 54°28′20″N162°55′40″W / 54.47222°N 162.92778°W ) in 1901 – 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) southwest of Sanak Island in the Aleutian Islands. Seventy-seven Chinese men aboard as passengers perished. [28] |
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H. B. Plant | United States | The steamer burned on Lake Beneford, Florida. Two crewmen and one passenger died. [29] [30] |
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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. [24] [31] |
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Osipee | United States | The schooner struck on the South-East Breaker at Isaac's Harbour, Nova Scotia. Crew saved. [32] |
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Norseman | United States | The schooner was wrecked at All Right Island, Magdalen Islands. Crew saved. [33] |
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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. [34] |
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Belle A. Nauss | United States | The schooner was wrecked near Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Crew saved. [35] |
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Mountain Girl | United States | The steamer sank in the Gulf of Mexico while under tow to Central America. Two crewmen died. [36] |
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Lotus | United States | The yacht capsized, or swamped, and sank attempting to enter the mouth of the Merrimack River. Two crewmen drowned. [37] |
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Unknown launch | United States | The steam launch capsized in Ipswich Bay. Two crewmen drowned. [38] |
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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. [39] [40] |
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Sea Wing | United States | The steamer capsized in a storm in the Mississippi River, Lake Pepin. 98 died including the captain's wife and son. Raised, rebuilt and returned to service. [41] [42] [43] |
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Mary Ellen | Canada | The 77-ton schooner was wrecked on a reef at Sand Point, District of Alaska. She later was sold, refloated, and sold again. [44] |
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Charles Morand | United States | The 761-gross register ton iron-hulled screw steamer sank without loss of life in 160 feet (49 m) of water in the North Atlantic Ocean east of Cape May, New Jersey, after colliding with the schooner Zacheus Sherman ( United States). [45] |
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Thomas Pope | United States | The 226.86-ton, 100.6-foot (30.7 m) whaling bark was wrecked in the Chukchi Sea on the coast of the District of Alaska near Point Hope during a gale. Her 12 crew members all survived and were rescued by the steamer William Lewis and the brig F. A. Barstow (both United States). [46] |
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Oliver Ann | United States | The schooner was wrecked at Burin, Newfoundland. [47] |
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Marion | United States | The schooner was wrecked at Esprit Island. [48] |
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Spencer F. Baird | United States | During a voyage in the Fox Islands in the eastern Aleutian Islands from Pauloff Harbor on Sanak Island to Tigalda Island with a crew of two and a cargo of 2+1⁄2 tons of provisions and mining equipment, the 7.91-gross register ton, 31.8-foot (9.7 m) schooner was wrecked 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km; 2.9 mi) east of Sankin Island ( 54°58′30″N163°16′20″W / 54.97500°N 163.27222°W ) during a gale. Both crewmen survived. [51] |
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Two Fannies | United States | The barkentine foundered in a gale off Cleveland, Ohio. The crew were rescued by City of Detroit ( United States). The wreck was removed in 1893. [52] [53] |
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Lizzie Griffin | United States | The schooner was lost in a severe gale on the Grand Banks. [54] |
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Honfleur | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Foreland, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure, France to Southampton, Hampshire. She was refloated and completed her voyage. |
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Ertuğrul | Ottoman Navy | The sailing frigate was wrecked on Oshima Island off Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, with the loss of 533 crew. |
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I. A. Johnson | United States | The two-masted scow schooner sank in 93 feet (28 m) of water in Lake Michigan off Centerville, Wisconsin, 8 miles (13 km) north of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, at 43°53′32″N87°39′06″W / 43.892163°N 087.651535°W after colliding with the schooner Lincoln Dall( United States) off the mouth of the Black River just south of Sheboygan. Lincoln Dall rescued her five-man crew. The wreck was included in the Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary in 2021. [55] [56] |
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Denton Holme | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was wrecked off the coast of Western Australia. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Fremantle, Western Australia. [57] |
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Melmerby | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at New Glasgow, Canada with the loss of fifteen of her crew. She was on a voyage from Quebec, Canada to Liverpool, Lancashire. [58] |
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Eliza | United States | The 296.51-gross register ton, 109-foot (33.2 m) bark was wrecked without loss of life on Saint Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea during a gale. The steamer Belvedere ( United States) rescued her crew of 35 on 19 October. [59] |
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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. [60] |
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John F. Warner | United States | The wooden schooner was driven ashore on the coast of Lake Huron near Alpena, Michigan, where she broke in half and sank in 9 feet (2.7 m) of water at 45°03′03″N83°26′08″W / 45.050833°N 83.435467°W . [61] [62] |
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A. S. Piper | United States | While her crew was ashore, the 54-foot (16 m), 21.11-gross register ton steam screw tug caught fire during the evening while moored to a wharf at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. The tug Mosher( United States) pulled her away from the wharf, but the fire burned out of control and destroyed A. S. Piper, which drifted ashore and became a total loss. Her wreck sank near the channel at the head of Sturgeon Bay and was documented as lying at 44°50.079′N087°22.915′W / 44.834650°N 87.381917°W in April 1904. [63] |
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105S | Regia Marina | The torpedo boat foundered in the Piombino Channel off the coast of Italy during a storm. [64] |
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Alberta | United Kingdom | The 3,168-gross register ton cargo steamship, laden with coal on a voyage from Japan to Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, ran aground on Sutherland Reef south of Fingal Head Light, New South Wales, Australia. Her crew of 36 reached Tweed Heads in the ship's lifeboats. [65] |
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Benton | The 77-ton schooner survived hitting the Pollard Rock in the Seven Stones Reef, made it to Falmouth, Cornwall, England, full of water and with her cargo of china clay intact. [66] |
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Fannie C | United Kingdom | The schooner caught fire in the English Channel and was beached at Chesil Cove, Dorset. [67] |
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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. [68] [69] |
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HMS Serpent | Royal Navy | The torpedo cruiser ran aground off Cape Vilan in northwest Spain in a violent storm, killing 173 of the 176 aboard. [70] [71] |
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Messenger | United States | After the wooden steam barge caught fire in Rogers City, Michigan, she was towed out onto Lake Huron, where she sank in 194 feet (59 m) of water at 45°29′00″N83°51′00″W / 45.483333°N 83.85°W . [72] [73] [74] |
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Cuxhaven | flag unknown | The steamer was severely damage in a collision with the cargo steamer Equity ( United Kingdom ) in the Goole Channel and was beached to avoid sinking. |
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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. [75] |
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Nurjahan | United Kingdom | The cargo ship was wrecked near Cape Comorin, India. She was on a voyage from Bombay to Calcutta. [76] |
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Uppingham | United Kingdom | The cargo steamship lost power, drifted onto rocks 4 miles west of Hartland Point, Devon and became a wreck; eight of her 28 crew were lost. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Port Said with coal. [77] [78] |
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Spy | United States | The 17.96-gross register ton, 41-foot (12 m) sloop was crushed by ice and broken into pieces at Point Barrow on the Arctic Ocean coast of the District of Alaska. All on board survived. [51] |
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Alice | United States | The schooner was wrecked in a gale at Lingan Head, Nova Scotia. [79] |
Maud Sammons | United States | With no one on board, the 18-gross register ton screw steamer burned at Michigan′s St. Helena Island in Lake Michigan just west of the Straits of Mackinac. [80] |
Thanemore | United Kingdom | The passenger-cargo ship sailed from Baltimore, Maryland and passed Cape Henry on 26 November for Liverpool, with general cargo and cattle, and was posted missing. [81] The official inquiry concluded that Thanemore was the ship seen burning on 1 December by the steamer Lero, 1,500 nautical miles (2,800 km; 1,700 mi) from the American coast. [82] [83] |
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John Pew | United States | The schooner was wrecked 15 miles (24 km) east of the East Pass, Santa Rosa Island. [20] |
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Plymouth Rock | United States | The schooner was wrecked at La Blanche Point, Cape Negro, Nova Scotia. [84] |
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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 the 17th or 18th they were rescued by Elbrug ( German Empire). [85] |
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Eastern Light | United States | The ship was wrecked on Caucus Shoal ( 30°18′54″N87°19′27″W / 30.31500°N 87.32417°W ). [20] |
Ferdinand Vandertaelen | Belgium | The steamer foundered in the Mediterranean Sea at ( 37°N06°E / 37°N 6°E ), with all the crew rescued. [86] |
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Shanghai | United Kingdom | The passenger/cargo steamer burned near the Mud Fort, Wuhu, China. 200-300 killed. [87] [88] |
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A. H. Hurlburt | United States | The coastal schooner was wrecked on Black Point, about three miles south of Narragansett Pier, Rhode Island. Her Captain and 2 crewmen died, rest were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service. [89] |
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Admiral | United States | The schooner was wrecked on Bryon Island, Magdalen Islands on the 11th or 16th. Crew was picked up from the Island by a steamer 3 weeks later. [90] |
Coptic | United Kingdom | The steamer ran aground on Main Island at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, while departing for a voyage to Plymouth, England. Her forward compartments flooded, but were repaired by local engineers, and she returned to service. [91] |
William D. Daisley | United States | The schooner sailed from Gloucester, Massachusetts for the Fortune Bay, Newfoundland and vanished. She was probably lost in a gale in December. [92] |
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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. [93] |
Lawrence McKenzie | The schooner was lost opposite Forked River, New Jersey. [94] | |
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. [95] |
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. [96] |
Webster | United States | The vessel was lost at Atka Island in the Andreanof Islands – part of the Aleutian Islands – in the District of Alaska. [97] |