List of shipwrecks in 1890

The list of shipwrecks in 1890 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1890.

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January

1 January

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1890

Ship	State	Description
Claudian, and Persian Monarch	United Kingdom	The Thames barge Claudian was run into by the steamship Persian Monarch and sank i the River Thames at Woolwich, London. Persian Monarch was beached. [1]
Ocanmo	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground in the River Thames at Tripcock Point. [1]
Persia	Italy	The steamship was driven ashore near Aléria, Corsica, France. Her passengers were taken off, the crew refusing to leave. She was on a voyage from Livorno to La Maddelena. [2] [1] [3]
Poonah	United Kingdom	The steamship caught fire at Barry, Glamorgan. The fire was extinguished. [1]
William Davison	United Kingdom	The steamship collided with the steamship Anglesea (  United Kingdom ) at Dublin and was severely damaged. [2] [1]

2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1890

Ship	State	Description
Ahus	Sweden	The schooner was wrecked at "Kjaragaard". She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Malmö. [2] [4]
Benmore	United Kingdom	The steamship was wrecked on the Lagan Reef, off the coast of Borneo. All on board were rescued. [5] [2]
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. Her captain drowned, five survivors were rescued by Britannic. Czarowitz was bound for Runcorn loaded with china clay from Fowey, Cornwall. [6] [7]
Record	Norway	The schooner was wrecked at "Varlang Jadaren". Her crew were rescued. [2]
Shahjehan	India	The steamship ran aground in the Hooghly River. [2] [1] She was later refloated. [8]
Snilesworth	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground on the Owers Shoal, in the English Channel off Selsey Bill, Sussex. [4] She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Venice, Italy. She was refloated and taken in to Spithead, Hampshire. [3]
Venus	Netherlands	The steamship was driven ashore at Noordwijk, North Holland. She was on a voyage from Danzig, Germany to Amsterdam, North Holland. She was refloated. [1]

3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1890

Ship	State	Description
Ataka	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground on the Smethwick Sands, in Bridlington Bay. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Dundee, Forfarshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [9]
Bouvet	French Navy	The aviso ran ashore on Zanzibar. She was refloated with assistance from HMS Cossack and HMS Turquoise (both   Royal Navy) and towed in to Zanzibar in a leaky condition. [7]
Cloncurry	United Kingdom	The ship collided with Maple Branch and sank in Suez Bay. Her crew were rescued. [7] Cloncurry was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Rangoon, Burma. [3]
Excelsior	United Kingdom	The steamship sprang a leak off Brest, Finistère, France and was abandoned by her eighteen crew, who were rescued by two French fishing boats. Excelsior subsequently foundered. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Cardiff, Glamorgan. [10] [11] [8]
Friendship	United Kingdom	The steamship was run into by the steamship Tanfield (  United Kingdom ) and sank in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her six crew were rescued by Tanfield. [7] [12]
Inva	United Kingdom	The yacht ran aground off Cape Trafalgar, Spain. All ten people on board took to a boat, but six of them were drowned when the boat made land. Inva was on a voyage from Gosport, Hampshire to the Mediterranean Sea. She was subsequently towed in to Gibraltar in a leaky condition. [12] [13]
Nordcap	Dominion of Canada	The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her twelve crew were rescued by the steamship Alfreda (  United Kingdom ). Nordcap was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Penarth, Glamorgan. [14]
Norge	Norway	The passenger ship ran aground in the Kristianiafjord in thick fog. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen, Denmark to Christiania. She was refloated and sent to Gothenburg, Sweden for repairs. [15] [8]

4 January

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1890

Ship	State	Description
Celurca	United Kingdom	The barque ran aground on the Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and was abandoned by her crew. she was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to south shields, County Durham. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Rainbow (  United Kingdom )and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk. [8] [16]
Florence	United Kingdom	The ship departed from Falmouth, Cornwall for Montrose, Forfarshire. No further trace, reported missing. [17]
Glanrheidol	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground in the River Orwell. She was on a voyage from Huelva, Spain to Ipswich, Suffolk. She was refloated and taken in to Ipswich. [18]
London	United Kingdom	The Thames barge was run into by the steamship Tom John Taylor (  United Kingdom ) and sank in the River Thames at the mouth of Deptford Creek. [18]
Queen of the East	United States	The barque was damaged by ice and was beached at Brunshausen, Germany. She was on a voyage from New York to Hamburg, Germany. [3] She was refloated the next day and taken in to Hamburg. [19] [18]
Unnamed	United Kingdom	The schooner foundered off Waterford with the loss of all hands. [5]

5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1890

Ship	State	Description
Catalina	Argentina	The barque was driven ashore at Montevideo, Uruguay. [18]
Felix	Sweden	The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Harboøre, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Malmöe. [20]
Harefield	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground in the Thames Estuary off the Mouse Lightship ( Trinity House). [5]
St. Christopher	Flag unknown	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Åhus, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Danzig, Germany to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. [20]

6 January

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1890

Ship	State	Description
Bonnie Doon	United Kingdom	The pilot boat broke from her moorings, was driven ashore and wrecked at Barry, Glamorgan. [18]
Brunswick	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore at Lisbon Portugal. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Maranhão, Brazil. She was refloated and put back to Lisbon. [18]
Linwood	United Kingdom	The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Dunoon, Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from Moville, County Donegal to Ayr. [18]
Wild Flower	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground off Southwold, Suffolk. [18] She was refloated and take in to Sunderland, County Durham for repairs. [21]

7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1890

Ship	State	Description
Baron Hambro	United Kingdom	The steamship caught fire at Cardiff, Glamorgan with the loss of a life. [22]
Borinqueen	United Kingdom	The steamship caught fire at Liverpool, Lancashire. [23]
Coronilla	United Kingdom	The barque ran aground 7 nautical miles (13 km) west south west of the Newarp Lightship ( Trinity House). Her crew survived. Coronilla was on a voyage from Montevideo, Uruguay to Hamburg, Germany. [22] She was refloated and towed in to Hamburg by a steamship. [24]
Dona Zoyla	Germany	The ship ran aground in the Orinoco River 6 or 7 nautical miles (11 or 13 km) from Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Ciudad Bolívar. [20]
Eugenie	Russia	The schooner collided with the steamship Lubeca (  Germany ) and sank at Gothenburg, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. Eugenie was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom to Landskrona, Sweden. [22]
George	Netherlands	The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her thirteen crew were rescued by the barque Emile ( Norway). George was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida, United States to Delfzijl, Groningen. [25]

8 January

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1890

Ship	State	Description
Andelana, Ara, and Mediator	Flag unknown Norway Norway	Andelana was driven from her moorings at Cape Town, Cape Colony and collided with the brig Ara. Both vessels the collided with the barque Mediator. Ara was abandoned by her crew; she was subsequently towed in to Cape Town. Mediator was severely damaged. [10] [24]
Annie Cowley	Isle of Man	The schooner was wrecked on Inchkeith, Fifeshire. Her three crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Crail, Fifeshire. [10]
Camerata	United Kingdom	The steamship departed from New York, United States for Cork. No further trace, reported overdue. [26]
Douglas, Deronda, Earl of Dumfries, and Wild Flower	United Kingdom	The steamship Wild Flower caught fire at Sunderland, County Durham, setting fire to three other vessels. Douglas and Earl of Dumfries were destroyed and Deronda was severely damaged with the loss of a crew member. Wild Flower was severely damaged. The fire was extinguished with assistance from the fireboats Fire Barrow and Fire Queen. [21]
Evelyn	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground at Maassluis, South Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Benisaf, Algeria to Rotterdam, South Holland. She was refloated. [20]
J. C. Ordway	United States	The sternwheeler was destroyed by fire at San Francisco, California. [27]
Le Locquirec	France	The brig was wrecked off Villez Martin, Loire-Inférieure. [20] [20]
Miaoulee	Romania	The lighter sank at Tulcea. [20]
Otway	United Kingdom	The fishing vessel was wrecked on Inchkeith. [28] [10] [29]
Plover	United Kingdom	The steamship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Tancarville (  United Kingdom ). Plover was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to St. John's, Newfoundland. [30] [31]
Varuna	Dominion of Canada	The brig was driven ashore at Liverpool, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to a Cuban port. [32]

9 January

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1890

Ship	State	Description
Caldee	United Kingdom	The steam trawler was driven ashore at Stone Point, Renfrewshire with the loss of two of her crew. [24]
Godiva	United Kingdom	The ship dragged her anchor and ran aground a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. [24] She was refloated. [29]
Khalif	United Kingdom	The steamship sank at Glasgow, Renfrewshire when a shaft was dropped whilst being loaded and went through her bottom. [28]
Llandaff City	United Kingdom	The steamship collided with the steamship Vivant (  United Kingdom ) and sank in the River Avon at Pill, Gloucestershire. Llandaff City was on a voyage from Queenstown, County Cork to Bristol, Gloucestershire. [28] [10] She was refloated on 18 January and taken in to Bristol. [33]
Relief	United Kingdom	The tugboat sank at Rotherhithe, Kent. [34]
Rowena	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore 30 nautical miles (56 km) south of Cartagena, Colombia. She was on a voyage from Bluefields, Nicaragua to Boston, Massachusetts. [35]

10 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1890

Ship	State	Description
Aberdare, and Ardanbhan	United Kingdom	The steamship Aberdare collided with the steamship Ardanbhan (  United Kingdom ) and sank off the mouth of the River Usk. Her crew survived. Aberdare was on a voyage from a Spanish port to Newport, Monmouthshire. Ardanbhan was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Newport to Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe. She put back to Newport. [36]
Charrington	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground on the Swash, in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Bristol, Gloucestershire. She was refloated and taken in to the King Road. [37]
Italia	Portugal	The steamship ran aground off Ouessant, Finistère, France and sank. Her nineteen crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Lisbon. [37]
James Taylor	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore at "Haddocks". She was on a voyage from London to Londonderry. [37] [38]
Jane Law	United Kingdom	The barque foundered at sea. There were at least six survivors. [39] The were rescued by the steamship Australien ( France). [40] Jane Law was on a voyage from New York, United States to Hull, Yorhsire. [41]
Minnie	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Kimmeridge, Dorset. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from the Isles of Scilly to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. [38]
Primrose	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground at Villa Real, Argentina. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France. She was refloated the next day. [42]
Seal	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore at Ardrossan, Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Ardrossan. [29]
Sverre	Norway	The barque was driven ashore at Arisaig, Inverness-shire. [37] [38]
Whinlatter	United Kingdom	The barque was driven ashore at Newhaven, Sussex. She was on a voyage from London to San Diego, California, United States. [37] [38]

11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1890

Ship	State	Description
Aberdare	United Kingdom	The steamship (wrongly initially identified by some as "Labarrouere"), arriving with iron ore at Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales, collided with the steamshiip Ardanbhan (  United Kingdom ) and sank in the mouth of the Usk Lighthouse. No lives were lost and Aberdare was raised on 13 January. [43] [44]
Aghios Nicholaos	Greece	The brig was wrecked at "San Serghi". [27]
Francois	Netherlands East Indies	The ship capsized at Sourabaya and was a total loss. [45]
Joseph Banigan	Brazil	The schooner ran aground off the coast of Pará. She was on a voyage from a port in Pará to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. [46]
Louise	Netherlands	The schooner was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by the full-rigged ship Struan ( Norway). [47] [48]
Mary	United Kingdom	The schooner collided with a steamship off the Isle of Wight and was cut in two with the loss of all but one of her crew. [49] The survivor was rescued by the steamship City of Amsterdam (  United Kingdom ). Mary was on a voyage from Pentone, Italy to Brussels, West Flanders, Belgium. [50]
Mertola	United Kingdom	The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her nine crew were rescued by the barque Frenchny (  United Kingdom ). Mertola was on a voyage from Fernandina Beach, Florida, United States to a port in the English Channel. [51] [27] [52]
Olinda	Portugal	The steamship caught fire at Bremen, Germany. [38]

12 January

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1890

Ship	State	Description
Ardbanhan, and La Barrouère	United Kingdom >br> France	The steamships collided at the mouth of the River Usk. La Barronère sank. Her crew survived. Ardbanhan was beached. [37]
City of Worcester	United States	The steamship struck a sunken rock and sank off New London. All on board, more than 60 people, were rescued. [53]
Thames	United Kingdom	The steamship was damaged by fire at Govan, Renfrewshire. [54]

13 January

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1890

Ship	State	Description
Ann	United Kingdom	The schooner foundered in the Irish Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) south of the Isle of Man. Her three crew were rescued by the fishing trawler Stag (  United Kingdom ). [23]
Ben Hur	United States	The schooner was wrecked on Blanche Point, Nova Scotia. Crew saved. [55]
Heather Bell	United Kingdom	The yacht capsized in Conway Bay with the loss of the sole person aboard. [56]
Maid of Honour	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground off Ryde, Isle of Wight. She was refloated and taken in to Cowes, Isle of Wight in a leaky condition. [30]

14 January

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1890

Ship	State	Description
Equity	United Kingdom	The steamship was beached at Leule, Germany. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [57]
Hamilton	Isle of Man	The fishing boat was abandoned off Ramsey. Her crew were rescued by the Ramsey Lifeboat Two Sisters ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). [58]
Jupiter	United Kingdom	The barque capsized at North Shields, Northumberland. [14] She was righted the next day. [57]
Otter	Isle of Man	The fishing boat was abandoned off Ramsey. Her crew were rescued by the Ramsey Lifeboat Two Sisters ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Otter subsequently foundered. [58]
Sacrobosco	United Kingdom	The steamship burned to the waterline at Baltimore, Maryland. Several lives were lost. The wreck was bought by thrRed Star Line. It was salvaged, rebuilt and returned to service as Conemaugh. [59]
Sagitta	Guernsey	The ship, a barque or barquentine, collided with the steamship County of Salop (  United Kingdom ) and sank in the English Channel 10 nautical miles (19 km) south west of Beachy Head, Sussex. Her nine crew took to the boats; they were rescued by County of Salop. Sagitta was on a voyage from London to Guernsey. [60] [61]
Surprise	United Kingdom	The fishing trawler was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Ramsey. Her four crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. [61] [14]
W. M. J.	United Kingdom	The fishing trawler was abandoned off Ramsey. Her four crew were rescued by the Ramsey Lifeboat Two Sisters ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). [61]
Unnamed	United Kingdom	The fishing boat foundered off the coast of County Donegal with the loss of all nine hands. [62]

15 January

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1890

Ship	State	Description
Eiffel Tower	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground in the Nieuwe Waterweg. She was on a voyage from Odesa, Russia to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. [57] She was refloated with assistance. [63]
Reaper	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore at Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Inverness. [49]
St. Kevin	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore at Dundalk, County Louth. [57]
SS Thalia (1884)	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground at Reval, Russia. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Reval. [63] [35] [64]

16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1890

Ship	State	Description
Friends	United Kingdom	The fishing lugger capsized and sank off Howth Head, County Dublin. Her seven crew were rescued by the lugger St. Patrick (  United Kingdom ). [65]
Puritan	United Kingdom	The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Greenock, Renfrewshire. [49] She was refloated the next day. [42]

17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1890

Ship	State	Description
Arbutus	United Kingdom	The steamship struck the Goldstone Rock, off Lindisfarne, Northumberland and sank. All sixteen people on board survived. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Seaham, County Durham. [66]
Hampshire	United Kingdom	The steamship caught fire at Genoa, Italy. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Genoa. [33] [42]
Latona	United Kingdom	The barque foundered 13 nautical miles (24 km) south of the Tuskar Rock. Her crew took to the boats; they were rescued by the steam trawler Heron (  United Kingdom ). Latona was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Colony. [33] [67] [68] [69]
Maude	United Kingdom	The yacht was driven ashore at Palermo, Sicily, Italy. [42]

18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1890

Ship	State	Description
Bellarena	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore at Faro Point, Sicily, Italy. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Venice, Italy. [33] [42] She was refloated the next day. [70]
Cintra	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Wexford. She was refloated. [33] [42]
Crono	Austria-Hungary	The barque collided with a steamship and sank in the North Sea. All seven people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to Fiume. [68]
Divinia	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Eckkernförde, Germany. [71]
Enno	United Kingdom	The schooner ran aground on the Cork Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord, France to Ipswich, Suffolk. She was refloated and beached at Harwich, Essex. [71] [72]
Following	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Wexford. [71]
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. [73]
Glynn	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore at Wexford. [33] [42]
Lege	United Kingdom	The dredger was driven ashore at Ardrossan, Ayrshire. Both crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. [67]
J. C. Wade	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore at Wexford. [33] [42] She was refloated with assistance on 22 January. [32]
Jenny Lind	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore at Wexford. [33] [42]
Libertador	Colombia	The steamship sank in the Magdalena River downstream of Puerto Berrío. [33]
Norsa	United Kingdom )	The steamship was ran aground on the Akorale Reef, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off the coast of Ceylon and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on her maiden voyage, from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Madras, India. [42] [68] [66]
Petrel	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore at Wexford. [33] [42]
Phillis	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore at Lamlash, Isle of Arran. She was on a voyage from Irvine, Ayrshire to Kilkeel, County Down. [71]
Royal Dane	United Kingdom	The tug sank at Leith, Lothian. [33]
Venice	United Kingdom	The steamship caught fire at Barcelona, Spain. [33] [71] The fire was extinguished. [68]
William Porter	United Kingdom	The ketch was driven ashore at Kingsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord, France to London. [71]
Williams	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore at Wexford. [33] [42]
Unnamed	United Kingdom	The fishing boat sank in the English Channel off Folkestone, Kent. Her crew were rescued. [33]

19 January

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1890

Ship	State	Description
Agnes	United Kingdom	The smack was driven ashore and severely damaged at Cobh, County Cork. [74]
Enterprise	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore and damaged at Burtonport, County Donegal. [75] [68] She was refloated on 7 February and towed in to Rutland Island, County Donegal. [76]
Hirondelle	United Kingdom	The steam yacht was driven ashore at Toward Point, Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Buenos Aires, Argentina. [75] She was refloated in early February and taken in to Greenock. [77]
John Rapp	United States	The schooner sprang a leak and foundered. Her crew were rescued by the brig Ohio ( United States). John Rapp was on a voyage from Norfolk, Virginia to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [27]
Katie Robbins	United States	The steamboat collided with a barge and sank near Vicksburg, Mississippi with the loss of four lives. [78]
HMS Malabar, and Eurymanthe	Royal Navy France	The Euphrates-class troopship HMS Malabar collided with the steamship Eurymanthe off Cape Trafalgar, Spain. Both vessels were damaged. The put in to Cádiz, Spain. [33] [79]
Norde	United Kingdom	The ship collided with the steamship Tara (  United Kingdom ) at Greenock, Renfrewshire and was damaged. [32]
Ophelia	United Kingdom	The ship caught fire at Chittagong, India. [70] The fire was extinguished on 3 February. [35]
Penthesilea	United Kingdom	The full-rigged ship was driven ashore near Appledore, Devon. Her 31 crew were rescued by the Braunton Lifeboat Robert and Catherine ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Penthesilea was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Mauritius. [80] [79] She was refloated on 18 February. [81]
Appledore Lifeboat	Royal National Lifeboat Institution	The lifeboat was driven ashore at Appledore. Her crew were rescued. [80]

20 January

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1890

Ship	State	Description
Aramis	France	The brig foundered in the English Channel off Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Guadeloupe. [82]
Balmore	United Kingdom	The barque ran aground off Mocha Island, Chile and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Talcahuano, Chile. [27] [32] [83] She subsequently became a wreck. [84]
Cape Clear	United Kingdom	The steamship departed from Liverpool, Lancashire for Rosario, Argentina. Presumed subsequently foundered in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all hands. Wreckage from the ship was discovered 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south of Hartland Point, Devon on 4 February. [85] [17]
Carl Albert	Sweden	The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Thisted, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Helsingborg. [70]
Centennial	Victoria	The steamship sank in the Patterson River. [86]
Commodore	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground in the River Thames at Greenwich, London. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to London. [70]
Fanny	Norway	The barque ran aground near the "Grisebo Lighthouse". [82]
Glenrose	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Port MacDonnell, South Australia. [70] She subsequently became a wreck. [84]
Hesper	United Kingdom	The steamship departed from Barry, Glamorgan for Genoa, Italy. No further trace, reported missing. [87]
Poonah	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground at Tripoli, Libya. She was refloated. [75]
Strauss	Germany	The steamship ran aground at Bremerhaven. She was on a voyage from London to Bremen. She was refloated and completed her voyage. [68]

21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1890

Ship	State	Description
Aberfeldy	United Kingdom	The ship was run into by the steamship Daventry (  United Kingdom ) off Barry, Glamorgan and was beached. [32] [79]
Ballister	Spain	The schooner ran aground at the mouth of the Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to the Rio Grande do Sul. She was refloated and found to be leaky. [88]
Battle Isle	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore on Gigha, Argyllshire.
Heedful	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Badcoll". She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Stornoway, Isle of Lewis. [89]
Plantina	United States	The ship ran aground at Santander, Spain. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Santander. [32]

22 January

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1890

Ship	State	Description
Dispatch	United States	Whilst towing a barge, steamboat 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. [90]
Dora Ewing	United Kingdom	The steamship collided with the steamship Britannia (  United Kingdom ) at Hull, Yorkshire and was damaged. [82]
Genoa, and Pregel	Germany Denmark	The steamships collided at Hamburg and were both damaged. [82]
Giang Ann	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore in the Thousand Islands, Netherlands East Indies. [32] She was refloated on 25 January and taken in to Singapore. [91]
Gulf of Aden	United Kingdom	The steamship caught fire at Liverpool, Lancashire. The fire was extinguished. [32]
Henry Brand, and Lord Derby	United Kingdom	The steamships collided off Cardiff, Glamorgan and both vessels sank. Henry Brand was refloated on 24 January. Lord Derby was on a voyage from Bensisaf, Algeria to Cardiff. She was refloated on 23 January. [92] [93] [82]
Lake Huron	United Kingdom	The steamship struck the quayside at Liverpool and was damaged. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool. [32]
Nan	United Kingdom	The barge sank at Custom House, Newham, London. [32]
Olive	Germany	The barque ran aground in the Elbe at Schulau. She was on a voyage from Howland Island to Hamburg. [82] She was refloated on 23 January and taken in to Hamburg. [91]
Portland	United Kingdom	The lighter was driven ashore at Kimmeridge, Dorset. [82]
Salvatore	Italy	The brig was wrecked at "Torre de Sale". She was on a voyage from Marsala, Sicily to Livorno. [27]
San Antonio	United Kingdom	The barque ran aground at Wilmington, North Carolina, United States. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to Wilmington. [32]
Walter Scott	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground at Blyth, Northumberland. She was refloated. [32]
Unnamed	Gibraltar	The hulk was run into by the steamship Tarifa ( Spain) at Gibraltar and damaged. [32]

23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1890

Ship	State	Description
Ambassador	United Kingdom	The barque was run into by the full-rigged ship Cambrian Duchess (  United Kingdom ) off The Mumbles, Glamorgan. She was taken in to Cardiff, where she was declared a constructive total loss. [94] [95]
Isabel	United States	The sternwheeler sank in the Willamette River near San Francisco, California. [96]
John M'Leod	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Yokohama, Empire of Japan. She was on a voyage from Yokohama to Iloilo, Spanish East Indies. [97] [82]
Manhattan	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground nar Haulbowline, County Cork. She was on a voyage from London to New York, United States. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug. [82]
St. Michael	United Kingdom	The lugger was driven ashore and wrecked at Skerries, County Dublin. [98] [97]
Strathblane	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked 7 nautical miles (13 km) west of Cape Recife, Cape Colony. [27] [97]
Unnamed	Flag unknown	The steamship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean ( 33°44′N51°00′W / 33.733°N 51.000°W / 33.733; -51.000 ), witnessed by the steamship Brampton (  United Kingdom ). [35]

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. [99]
Amstelstroom	Netherlands	The steamship ran aground in the River Thames at Blackwall, London, United Kingdom. [100]
Carl and Louise	United Kingdom	The brigantine was wrecked on the Gullane Rocks, off the coast of Lothian. Her seven crew were resued. She was on a voyage from Aruba Curaçao and Dependencies to Leith, Lothian. [100] [101]
Carpanan	United Kingdom	The barque was driven ashore near Lingan, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Sydney, Nova Scotia to Saint John's, Newfoundland. [35]
Clutha	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground at Burry Port, Carmarthenshire. She was refloated. [91]
Eliezer	Norway	The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Glendochart (  United Kingdom ). [102] She was sighted on 27 January by the steamship Duchess of Cornwall (  United Kingdom ). [103]
Kandy	United Kingdom	The schooner was wrecked at Tarbert, Argyllshire. Her crew were rescued by a smack. She was on a voyage from Irvine, Ayrshire to Campbeltown, Argyllshire. [101]
Lusie Eiland	Belgium	The fishing smack collided with the barque Thorgny ( Sweden and sank. Her crew were rescued. [91]
Swift	United Kingdom	The brig was damaged by fire at Gravesend, Kent. [91]
True Briton	United Kingdom	The steamship collided with the steamship Hochfeld (  Germany ) at Bilbao, Spain and sank. [104] [95]
Val de Saire	France	The ship was driven ashore on the Île de Ré, Charente-Inférieure. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [52]
Unnamed	Argentina	The lighter sank at Buenos Aires. [91]

25 January

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1890

Ship	State	Description
Express	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground at Stromness, Orkney Islands. She was refoated. [101]
G. C. Kelly	United Kingdom	The schooner ran aground on the Soldier's Ledges, off Pease Island, Nova Scotia, Dominion of Canada. She floated off and consequently sank with the loss of three of the eight people on board. Survivors were rescued the next day by the schooner Louise (  United Kingdom ). [105] [106]
Irex	United Kingdom	The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Scratchel Bay, Isle of Wight with the loss of eight of the 32 people on board. Survivors were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [107] [108]
Islay	United Kingdom	The steamship collided with the steamship Strathspey  United Kingdom ) in the Clyde upstream of Dumbarton. Islay was beached at "Kelvinwater". [109]
Jehu	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore on Inchkeith, Fifeshire. Her crew were rescued the next day by a tug. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Saint-Servan, Ille-et-Vilaine, France. [95] [110]
Nile	United Kingdom	The ketch was driven ashore and wrecked at Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire. Her four crew survived. She was on a voyage from Invergordon, Ross-shire to Hartlepool, County Durham.
Rondo	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground in Oban Bay. She was on a voyage from Portland, Maine, United States to Greenock, Renfrewshire. She was refloated and towed in to Greenock in a severely leaky condition. [100]
Sarah Mills	United Kingdom	The lighter was wrecked off Montrose, Forfarshire with the loss of all four crew. She was being towed from Bo'ness, Lothian to Aberdeen by the tug Fairweather (  United Kingdom ). [104]
Thorne	United Kingdom	The barque was abandoned off Douglas, Isle of Man. All eighteen people on board reached shore in one of the ship's lifeboats. [111] She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Adelaide, South Australia. [104] Thorne was subsequently driven into the rocks off Onchan Head, Isle of Man and wrecked. [112] [47]
Unnamed	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven onto the Dulas Rocks, off the coast of Anglesey. She was refloated. [107]
Unnamed	United Kingdom	The Fifie was wrecked at Nairn. Her four crew survived. [108]

26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1890

Ship	State	Description
Ashlowe	Dominion of Canada	The barque ran aground off The Mumbles, Glamorgan and was abandoned by her eleven crew. They were rescued by the Mumbles Lifeboat Wolverhampton ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution ). [94] [113] Ashlowe was on a voyage from Cork, United Kingdom to an American port. [95]
Athlete	United Kingdom	The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the smack Fanny (  United Kingdom ). Athlete was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Woolwich, London. [27]
Cambrian Duchess	United Kingdom	The full-rigged ship collided with the quayside at Cardiff and was severely damaged. [95]
Emma	Germany	The steamship departed from Burntisland, Fife, United Kingdom for Tönning. No further trace, reported missing. [46]
Harmonie	Norway	The barque was driven ashore on Coll, Inner Hebrides, United Kingdom with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to a Norwegian port. [51] [27]
Loch Moidart	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Callantsoog, North Holland, Netherlands while approaching the port of Hamburg, Germany. Only two of her 32 crew survived. She was on a voyage from Iquique, Peru and Pisagua, Chile to Hamburg, Germany. [114] [113] [115] [116]
Nedjed	Flag unknown	The steamship ran aground in the Small Bitter Lake. [27] [84]
Pythomene	United Kingdom	The barque caught fire at Brooklyn, New York. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Brooklyn. [117] She was scuttled to extinguish the fire. [27] She was refloated on 30 January. [118]
Rohilla	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the American Bol, off the Dutch coast with loss of life. She was on a voyage from Pisagua, Chile to Hamburg. [46]
St. Clair	United Kingdom	The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea 80 nautical miles (150 km) off St. Abbs Head, Berwickshire. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Elbe (  Germany ). St. Clair was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. [119]

27 January

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1890

Ship	State	Description
Alma	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Stornoway, Isle of Lewis. [27]
Glenesk	United Kingdom	The barque ran aground in the Clyde. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was refloated. [27]
Howard A. Turner	Dominion of Canada	A derelict barque was seen being towed by the steamship Corrwg (  United Kingdom ) off Sennen Cove, Cornwall, United Kingdom with no signs of crew on board. At around 20:00 the barque came ashore on rocks at Penzer Point, near Lamorna Cove, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, Dominion of Canada to Dublin, United Kingdom and was believed to have been abandoned ten days before, and the crew landed at Liverpool, Lancashire. [27] [120] [51]
Prince Llewellyn, and Sigmar	United Kingdom Norway	The barque Sigmar collided with the steamship Prince Llewellyn off Martin García Island, Argentina and sank. Sigmar was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Buenos Aires. Prince Llewellyn was on a voyage from Paraná, Brazil to Buenos Aires. She was severely damaged and was beached. She was refloated and taken in to La Boca, Argentina for repairs. [27] [121]
Reliance	Victoria	The barge struck the Burtonairy Rocks and sank in the Darling River. [122]
Unnamed	United Kingdom	The wherry sank at South Shields, County Durham. [84]

28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1890

Ship	State	Description
Cambodge	France	The steamship was driven ashore in the River Thames. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to London, United Kingdom. [27] She was refloated on 2 February with the assistance of seven tugs and taken in to London the next day. [35]
DeSoto	United States	The steamship burned to the waterline 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) downstream of Owensboro, Kentucky. Two crewmen died. [123]
Harmonie	Norway	The barque collided with another vessel in the English Channel and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Fredrikstad to Cape Town, Cape Colony. She was towed in to Portland, Dorset, United Kingdom by the steamship Gervase (  United Kingdom ). [27]
Irene Morris	United Kingdom	The steamship collided with the steamship Busy Bee (  United Kingdom ) at Antwerp, Belgium and was beached. [27] Irene Morris was on a voyage from Sicily, Italy to Antwerp. [52]
Lisbon	Flag unknown	The steamship was driven ashore at Hampton, North Carolina, United States. [124]
Ohio	United States	The steamship sank at Louisville, Kentucky. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Memphis, Tennessee to Cincinnati, Ohio. [76]
Riverina	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore at Ram Head, Victoria. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Wendourie (  United Kingdom ). Riverina was on a voyage from London to Sydney, New South Wales. [27] [125] She was a total loss. [85]

29 January

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1890

Ship	State	Description
Earnholme	United Kingdom	The steamship struck the pier and ran aground at Buckie, Banffshire and was severely damaged. She was refloated and found to be severely leaky. [119] Following temporary repairs, she departed for Aberdeen on 2 February. [103]
Gellert	Germany	The steamship collided with an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean and was holed. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to New York, United States. She completed her voyage. [126]

30 January

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1890

Ship	State	Description
Hugo	Germany	The ship was driven ashore near Telok Betong, Netherlands East Indies. [102] She was a total loss. [127]

31 January

List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1890

Ship	State	Description
Acorn	Guernsey	The brig ran aground at Saint Sampson. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Saint Sampson. She was refloated and taken in to Saint Sampson in a leaky condition. [103]
Amethyst	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore at Dielette, Manche, France and was severely damaged. She was later refloated and sailed for the Clyde. [127] [35] [128]
Falcon	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground off Hospital Point, Victoria, Virgin Islands. [88]
Lucari	Argentina	The steamship ran aground on the Negrillos Reef. She was refloated and found to be severely leaky. Subsequently placed under repair. [122]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in January 1890

Ship	State	Description
Adjai	India	The ship was driven ashore in the Sundarbans. [84]
Adorna	Flag unknown	The ship ran aground at Maassluis, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated on 19 January. [68]
Alexandria	United Kingdom	The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on Crete, Greece. Her crew were rescued. [12]
Alice May	United Kingdom	The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the West Indies to Bo'ness, Lothian. [70]
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. [129]
Arno	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore at Redcar, Yorkshire. She was refloated on 4 January and taken in to Middlesbrough. [3] [130]
Brunswick	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore at Lisbon, Portugal. She was refloated. [5]
Ceylon	Norway	The steamship ran aground at Finkenwerder, Germany. She was on a voyage from Nicolaieff, Russia to Hamburg, Germany. [8] [16] She was refloated on 5 January. [18]
Clan Alpine	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground at Cape Frio, Brazil and was severely damaged. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [127]
Coventina	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore at Mauritius. She was refloated. [57]
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. [131] [132] [133]
Elektra	Trieste	The steamship was driven ashore at Suakim, Mahdist State. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Trieste. She was refloated. [100] [91]
Elser	Flag unknown	The ship foundered with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. [27]
Enno	United Kingdom	The schooner ran aground on the Cork Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord, France to Ipswich, Suffolk. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition. [33]
Gleniffer	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore at Savannah, Georgia, United States. She was refloated and taken in to Savannah. [100]
Guiana	Netherlands	The ship was driven ashore at Mossoró, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco to Mossoró. [27]
Hamarona	United Kingdom	The steamship was lost in the Niger River. [134]
Heather Bell	United Kingdom	The yacht sank off Conway, Caernarfonshire with the loss of a life. [110]
Hermelin	Sweden	The barque was lost whilst on a voyage from Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States to Port Natal, Cape Colony. [76] Her crew were rescued by the steamship Principia (  United Kingdom ). [135]
Howard	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked at Havana, Cuba. She was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama, United States to Liverpool. [91]
Iberia	Argentina	The steamship was wrecked in a cyclone at Concordia with the loss of her captain. [122]
Inex	Argentina	The tug sank in the River Plate. [136]
Iroquois	United States	The steamship ran aground at Charleston, South Carolina and sprang a leak. She was on a voyage from Charleston to New York. She was refloated and put back to Charleston. [8]
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. [137]
James Turpie	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground in the Patapsco River, Maryland, United States. She was later refloated. [100]
Jamie Carleton	United States	The schooner collided with the steamship Ardangorm (  United Kingdom ) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean. [30] [30]
Josephine	Norway	The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 31 January with the loss of six of her fourteen crew. Survivors were rescued by the steamship Thanemore (  United Kingdom ). Josephine was on a voyage from New York to Danzig, Germany. [77] [46]
Leander	United Kingdom	The schooner was wrecked at Barbadoes. [71]
Lee	United Kingdom	The steam lighter was driven ashore and wrecked at Saddell, Argyllshire. [33]
Macapa	United Kingdom	The steamship sank in the Purus River, Brazil before 17 January. She was a total loss. [46]
Maren	United Kingdom	The brigantine was driven ashore at Moville, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Bristol, Gloucestershire. [33] She was refloated with assistance on 22 January. [32]
Mathilde	France	The brigantine was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Polynesian (  United Kingdom ). Mathilde was on a voyage from Martinique to Saint Pierre. [51] She was discovered in a derelict condition on 1 February by the steamship Naranja (  United Kingdom ) and set afire. [122]
Maude Scammell	Flag unknown	The ship was wrecked at "South Penedo". her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Montevideo, Uruguay to Barbadoes. [19]
Millie G. Brown	United States	The schooner was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Norfolk, Virginia to Montevideo. [3]
Norseman	United Kingdom	The schooner was wrecked off Mogador, Morocco. Her crew were rescued. [102]
Nueva Providenza	Italy	The barque was wrecked in the Cayman Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from a port in Jamaica to Pensacola, Florida, United States. [8]
Parramatta	Norway	The ship was damaged by fire at New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. [27]
Pellegre	Italy	The barque sprang a leak 95 nautical miles (176 km) off Cape Clear Island, County Cork, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Genoa. She was beached at Ventry, County Kerry, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the Coast Guard. [5]
Prince Alfred	United Kingdom	The brig collided with the steamship Pennland ( Belgium) off Dungeness, Kent and sank. Her crew were rescued by Pennland. Prince Alfred was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands to London. [57]
Riviera	Norway	The barque was driven ashore in the Paraná River before 26 January. She was refloated and towed to Buenos Aires, Argentina. [121]
Rosetta	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground on Saltholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Reval, Russia. [29] She was refloated on 11 January and resumed her voyage. [30]
Sir Robert Peel	Norway	The brig was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was subsequently towed in to Barcelona, Spain by the steamship St. Pierre ( France). [8] [18]
Spaniel	United Kingdom	The steamship was lost off Borneo. All on board were rescued. [5]
Speranza	Italy	The brig was wrecked at "Faramaz" with the loss of all hands. [7]
Sunshine	United Kingdom	The steamship collided with Willfield (  United Kingdom ) and sank in the Gulf of Lyons. Sunshine was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Genoa, Italy. [7] [8]
Tanjore	United Kingdom	The barque was driven ashore at Little River, Maine, United States. [82] She was refloated with assistance and placed under repair. [100]
Tantallon	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore at Mauritius. She was refloated. [57]
Themis	Denmark	The barque was driven ashore at Lemvig. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Malmö, Sweden. [5]
Transition	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground on the Mocha Shoal. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Saigon, French Indo-China. She had been refloated by 7 January and resumed her voyage. [22]
Tunbridge	United Kingdom	The steamship foundered in the Bay of Biscay. She was on her maiden voyage. [138]
Veendam	Netherlands	The steamship was driven ashore at Mauritius. She was refloated. [57]
Villy	Flag unknown	The barque was driven ashore at Jury's Gap, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Le Havre, Seine-Inférieure, France to Hamburg. She was refloated with assistance on 8 January and resumed her voyage. [20]
Voluna	Norway	The ship was presumed to have foundered with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Christiania to Newcastle upon Tyne. Wreckaged from the ship washed up at Frederikshavn, Denmark on 24 January. [35]
Volunteer	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore at Conway, Caernarfonshire. She was refloated. [22]
About 1,200 unnamed fishing vessels	China   Japan	Between 24 and 26 January, more than 3,000 fishermen were believed to have drowned during a hurricane off the Chinese and Japanese coasts. [139] [140]

February

1 February

List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1890

Ship	State	Description
Heather Bell	United Kingdom	The schooner struck the pier at Cardiff, Glamorgan, driving her anchor through her bows. [103]
Orient, and Portia	United Kingdom	The fishing ketches collided in the North Sea. Both vessels foundered. [77] Their crews were rescued by the steamship Onward (  United Kingdom ). [141]

2 February

List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1890

Ship	State	Description
Caloric	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore at Bilbao, Spain. She was refloated and put back to Bilbao. [35]
Exe	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground in the Elbe at Brockdorf, Germany. She was refloated but the ran aground at Schulau. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Hamburg. [46]
Inchlonga	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore in the Hooghly River at the Muckaraputy Lumps. She was refloated and found to be severely damaged. [127] [85]

3 February

List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1890

Ship	State	Description
Alexandria	Bulgaria	The lighter was driven ashore by ice at Roustchouk. [103]
Cambrian Princess	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Wallaroo, South Australia. [127] [35] She was refloated and taken in to Wallaroo. [46]
Enterprise	United Kingdom	The steamship arrived at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure on fire. [127]
Godolphin	United Kingdom	The steamship caught fire at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Galveston, Texas, United States to Liverpool. [127]
Preston	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to Blyth, Northumberland. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk. [35]

4 February

List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1890

Ship	State	Description
British Prince	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground off the Delaware Breakwater. She was on a voyage from London to an American port. [103] She was refloated. [46]
Devonshire	United Kingdom	The steamship collided with the steamship Blackboy (  United Kingdom ) in the River Thames and was damaged. Devonshire put in to Gravesend, Kent. [77]
Lord Alfred Paget	United Kingdom	The steamship collided with the steamship Abana (  United Kingdom ) in the River Thames and was damaged. She put back to London. [77]
Mazeppa	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from London to Barry, Glamorgan. [85] [128] She was refloated the next day and taken in to Cardiff, Glamorgan. [77]
Slieve Donard	United Kingdom	The sloop was wrecked at Drimanco Point, County Donegal. [103]

5 February

List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1890

Ship	State	Description
Eurydice	United Kingdom	The ship sprang a leak and sank in shallow water 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Pensacola, Florida, United States. She was on a voyage from Quebec, Dominion of Canada to Buenos Aires, Argentina. [46]
Liscard	United Kingdom	The steamship ran into the training ship Warspite (  United Kingdom ) in the River Thames at Charlton, London and was damaged. She was on a voyage from London to Bombay, India. She put in to Tilbury, Essex for repairs. [77]
Roseville	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground in the River Tweed. She was on a voyage from Coosaw Island, South Carolina, United States to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. [46] She was refloated on 8 February. [45]
Sommerfield	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground at Ismailia, Egypt. [46] She was later refloated. [45]

6 February

List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1890

Ship	State	Description
Addie	United States	The steamship foundered off Jefferson Point, Washington. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Virginia ( United States). [142]
Bengar	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore at "Dingle Point". [46] Also reported as ashore near Liverpool, Lancashire. [143] She was refloated the next day with the assistance of four tugs and taken in to Liverpool. [76]
Eddystone	United Kingdom	The tug was driven ashore 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of Blyth, Northumberland. [46]
Emme	British Cape Colony	The schooner was wrecked in Delgoa Bay. All on board survived. [46]
Voorwarts	Netherlands	The steamship ran aground at IJmuiden, North Holland. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Amsterdam, North Holland. [46]
Unnamed	France	The schooner ran aground in the Adour. [46]

7 February

List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1890

Ship	State	Description
Brettesnaes	Norway	The steamship was driven ashore at "Bronosund". [76]
Dungonnil	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground on the Black Rocks, south of Troon, Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Ardrossan, Ayrshire. [76]
Elmville	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground on the Wolf Trap Ledge, in Chesapeake Bay. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Bristol, Gloucestershire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [142]
Mocking Bird	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Milleur Point, Wigtownshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Londonderry. [76]
Niord	Norway	The steamship ran aground in Norwegian waters. She was refloated. [124]
Robilant	Italy	The steamship was wrecked in Saldanha Bay, Cape Colony. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to a Chinese port. [76]

8 February

List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1890

Ship	State	Description
Arctic	Norway	The barque ran aground at Savannah, Georgia, United States. She was on a voyage from Savannah to Stettin, Germany. [88]
Endeavour	United Kingdom	The ketch was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Talley Abbey (  United Kingdom ). Endeavour was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord, France to London. [144] [145] [124]
Gleaner	United Kingdom	The fishing boat was run down and sunk in the Firth of Forth by the steamship Zamora (  United Kingdom ) with the loss of two of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by Zamora. [146]
Spyridion Vagliano	Greece	The steamship struck The Manacles, off the Lizard, Cornwall, United Kingdom and sank almost immediately with the loss of her captain. Eight of her crew landed on nearby Godrevy beach in a boat. Thirteen crew in a second boat were reported missing. She was on a voyage from the Black Sea to Falmouth, Cornwall. [147] [148] [146]
Virginia	United States	The steamship sank off the coast of Washington. [142]
Six unnamed vessels	United States	The fishing vessels were wrecked in Chesapeake Bay with the loss of twenty lives. [149]

9 February

List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1890

Ship	State	Description
Furnessia	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground in the Clyde. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to New York, United States. She was refloated. [144]
Latona	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground in the Clyde She was refloated the next day. [45]
Louise	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore at "Brono", Norway. [124]
Magpie	Romania	The tug was holed by ice and sank at Galaţi. [124]
Marino a Vagliano	Greece	The steamship sprang a leak and was beached at Cape Sicié, Var, France. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault, France to Livorno, Italy. [145] [96]
Star of England	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground on The Shingles, in the English Channel off the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from a port in New Zealand to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [96]

10 February

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1890

Ship	State	Description
Bonnie Lass	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore at Cromarty. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Cromarty. She was refloated. [96]
California	Germany	The steamship was driven ashore at the mouth of the Patapsco River. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Hamburg. [144] She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [96]
Eads	United States	The steamship sank in the Mississippi River 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) downstream of Memphis, Tennessee with the loss of six lives. [88]
Foxhound	United Kingdom	The barque was damaged by fire at Swansea, Glamorgan. [150]
Harriet	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground at Llanelly, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Llanelly. She was refloated. [124]
Port Eads	United States	The steamship 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. [151]
Quito	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore on Anholt, Denmark. [144] She was later refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark. [152]
Sperber	Germany	The steamship ran aground in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Bremen. She was refloated and taken in to Bremerhaven. [96]
Unnamed	Gibraltar	The hulk was run into by the steamship Wansbeck (  United Kingdom ) and damaged at Gibraltar. [96]

11 February

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1890

Ship	State	Description
Argyle	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground in the River Thames at East Greenwich, London. [96]
Avena	Sweden	The steamship ran aground in the River Thames at Greenwich, London. [96]
Salanque	France	The schooner was driven ashore at Cap Leucate, Aude. Her crew were rescued. [150]
Thy	Denmark	The steamship was driven ashore at "Venoodle". [135]
Wachusett	United States	The fishing schooner was wrecked in Fell's Cove near Burin, Newfoundland. [153] Her crew were rescued after spending two days in a hut on the island. She was later refloated and taken into Yarmouth, Nova Scotia in a severely damaged condition.[ citation needed ]
Wansfell	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground in the River Thames at Greenhithe, Kent. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [96]

12 February

List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1890

Ship	State	Description
Agilis, and Emily	Jersey   United Kingdom	The brig Agilis and the steamship Emily collided at South Shields, County Durham and were both severely damaged. [152]
Ajax	Denmark	The steamship was driven ashore by ice at Peyse, Germany. She was on a voyage from Königsberg, Germany to Copenhage. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Pillau, Germany. [154]
Carron Park, and Pelican	United Kingdom	The steamships collided in the River Thames at Erith, Kent and were both severely damaged. Pelican was beached. [152]
Deeside	United Kingdom	The steamship collided with the steamship Ludgate Hill (  United Kingdom ) and sank off Prawle Point, Devon with the loss of seven of her thirteen crew. Survivors were rescued by Ludgate Hill. Deeside was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Briton Ferry, Glamorgan. [155]
Falke	Germany	The steamship ran aground in the Weser. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Bremen. [135]
Garfield	United States	The tug collided with the steamship Dunholme (  United Kingdom ) at New York and became waterlogged. [152]
Holyhead	United Kingdom	The barque ran aground on the Lonsdale Reef. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Melbourne, Victoria. [152]
Möwe	Germany	The steamship ran agroud in the Weser. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom to Bremen. [135]
Sent	Italy	The steamship was wrecked at Cette, Héraut, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Livorno. [152]

13 February

List of shipwrecks: 13 February 1890

Ship	State	Description
Bivouac	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground at Avonmouth, Somerset. She was refloated. [135]
HMS Conquest	Royal Navy	The Comus-class corvette ran ashore on Pemba Island. [156] She was refloated and taken in to Zanzibar. [157]
Constance	United Kingdom	The steamship collided with the steamship Redewater (  United Kingdom ) in the River Tyne and was beached. [158] She was refloated on 8 March. [159]
Ebenezer	United Kingdom	The barque was run into by the steamship Hermod ( Sweden) and sank in the River Mersey. Her crew were rescued by Hermod. Ebenezer was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Buenos Aires, Argentina. [160]
Iona	United Kingdom	The steamship caught fire at Bristol, Gloucestershire. [135]
Sophie Rickmers	Germany	The ship ran aground at in the Suez Canal at Gebel Mariam, Egypt. She was refloated and taken in to Suez, Egypt. [135]
36	Germany	The lighter ran aground at the mouth of the Geeste and was beached. [135]

14 February

List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1890

Ship	State	Description
Ailsa Craig	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore at Isola Point, Malta. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Bombay, India. [135] She was refloated the next day. [161]
Dido	Austria-Hungary	The steamship ran aground at Malamocco, Italy. She was refloated the next day. [162]
Endeavour	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. [135]
Lizzie	United Kingdom	The ketch was wrecked on the Middleton Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. Her eight crew were rescued by the Hartlepool Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Sunderland, County Durham. [163] [164]
Penguin	United Kingdom	The steamship caught fire in the North Sea and was abandoned off Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Harwich, Essex to Hamburg, Germany. [165] [166]
Smelt	United Kingdom	The smack was driven ashore at Spurn Point, Yorkshire. Her six crew were rescued by the Spurn Lifeboat. She subsequently became a wreck. [163]
Union	France	The brig collided with the steamship Thomas Anderson (  United Kingdom ) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of four of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Thomas Anderson. [167] [81] [162]

15 February

List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1890

Ship	State	Description
Adela	United Kingdom	The brig ran aground on Jenkin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated on 17 February and towed in to the River Thames. [122]
Diana	Denmark	The ship was driven ashore at "Grenan". Seventeen people were rescued. [88] She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to Kiel, Germany or vice versa. [88]
Emilie L. Boyd, and Rolf	United Kingdom Norway	The barque Emilie L. Boyd and the full-rigged ship Rolf collided off the Canary Islands. Emily L. Boyd sank. All sixteen people on board were rescued by Rolf. Emilie L. Boyd was on a voyage from New York, United States to Hong Kong. Rolfwas severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France tp New York. [125] [168]
Fleur de Marie	France	The ship foundered off Pointe Saint-Mathieu, Finistère. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Vannes, Morbihan. [169]
Galicia	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground in the Elbe at Finkenwerder, Germany. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Hamburg, Germany. [163] She was refloated on 17 February. [162]
Gladiator	United Kingdom	The fishing smack collided with the fishing smack Secret (  United Kingdom ) and sank in the North Sea with the loss of four of her five crew. The survivor was rescued by Secret. [170] [171]
Grenmar	Norway	The steamship ran aground in the Clyde at Dumbarton, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 17 February. [162]
Imogene	United Kingdom	The fishing trawler was driven ashore at Blakeney, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. [157]
Pansy	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground at Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Huelva, Spain. [157]
Simon Dumois	Norway	The steamship was driven into the breakwater at Granton, Lothian, United Kingdom. She was being towed from Leith, Lothian to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom by the tug Blucher (  United Kingdom ). She was refloated on 17 February and beached. [161] [122]

16 February

List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1890

Ship	State	Description
Alexander Pirie	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground on the Cutler Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Lowestoft to Ipswich, Suffolk. She was refloated with assistance and resumed her voyage the next day. [122]
Cambrian	United Kingdom	The steamship was run into by the steamship Ruby (  United Kingdom ) off Llanelly, Glamorgan and was holed. Cambrian was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire to Llanelly. [165] She was declared a total loss. [122]
Correspondent, Hermann, and Prima	German Empire	The lighters were run into by the steamship Russia (Flag unknown) at Cuxhaven and were damage. Correspondent was beached. [154]
Louise	United States	The steamship struck a submerged object in the St. Johns River. [142]
Nautique	France	The steamship, bound from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, for Baltimore, Maryland, United States, foundered in mid-Atlantic Ocean shortly after the crew were rescued by the steamship Manitoban (  United Kingdom ). [172]
Venus	United Kingdom	The steamship struck a sunken wreck at Buenos Aires, Argentina and sprang a leak. She was placed under repair. [173] [122]
Unnamed	Flag unknown	The barque drifted on to the Goodwin Sands, Kent. United Kingdom in a capsized condition. [122] A nameboard from Louise et Marie (Flag unknown) came ashore at Kingsgate, Kent on 18 February. [154]

17 February

List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1890

Ship	State	Description
Arethusa	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground at Spike Island, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Calcutta, India. She was refloated with assistance from two tugs and taken in to Queenstown, County Cork, where she collided with the steamship Persian Monarch (  United Kingdom ). [122] [162]
Borussia	Germany	The steamship ran aground in the Elbe at Finkenwerder. [162] She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to Hamburg. [88]
Haverton	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground in the Gulf of Suez. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Calcutta. She was refloated and taken in to Aden for examination. [162] [154]
Jersey City	United States	The steamship ran aground at New York. She was refloated with the assistance of two tugs. [162]
Moravia	Germany	The steamship ran aground in the Elbe at Finkenwerder. [162]
Regulus	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [154]
State of Georgia	United Kingdom	The steamship suffered a broken propeller shaft and came ashore on Sanda Island, Argyllshire. She was refloated with assistance from the steamships Gardenia and Inistrahull (both   United Kingdom ) and towed in to the Clyde. [81]

18 February

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1890

Ship	State	Description
Anna	Denmark	The schooner was driven ashore at Runton, Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from a Swedish port to Rochester, Kent and/or London, United Kingdom. [162] [174]
Caerloch	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore on Tenedos, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated. [162]
Coral Queen	United Kingdom	The steamship collided with the steamship Brinio ( Netherlands) and sank in the North Sea 7 nautical miles (13 km) off Hartlepool, County Durham. Seven of her eighteen crew were reported missing, feared drowned. The rest took to a boat; they were rescued by the tug Earl Dumfries (  United Kingdom ). [175] [81] Two of her crew were rescued by Brinio. [176]
Dithmarschen	Germany	The ship ran aground in the Eider. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Fredrikstad, Norway. [88]
Ethels	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was refloated and put in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire in a leaky condition. [177] [88]
Maroochila	Italy	The barque was driven ashore near Saint-Cyprien, Pyrénées-Orientales, France. She was on a voyage from Barcelona, Spain to Genoa. [142]
Pearl	United Kingdom	The barque was driven ashore at Tilburyness, Essex. [162]
Tom Roper	United Kingdom	The schooner ran aground on the Tongue Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated and towed to Coalhouse Point, Essex in a leaky condition and was beached there. [162]

19 February

List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1890

Ship	State	Description
Albany	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground in the Maas. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated. [176] [177]
Alice Depeaux	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom and was damaged. [121]
Cairngorm	United Kingdom	The steamship collided with the steamship Oruba (Flag unknown) in the River Mersey and was severely damaged. Cairngorm was on a voyage from Carthagena, Spain to Liverpool, Lancashire. [176] [154]
Castelhuno	Spain	The steamship caught fire at New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. The fire was extinguished. [134]
Elizabeth	United Kingdom	The schooner foundered 12 nautical miles (22 km) north west of Teelin Head, County Donegal. Her four crew took to a boat' they were rescued the next day by HMS Victoria (  Royal Navy). [178] [179]
Genevieve	France	The pilot boat was lost at the mouth of the Gironde with the loss of all on board. [169]
Highgate, and Sovereign	United Kingdom Dominion of Canada	The steamship Highgate collided with the full-rigged ship Sovereign and sank off Lundy Island, Devon. Thirteen of her nineteen crew were landed at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire and a boat with six crew was reported missing. Highgate was on a voyage from Mostyn, Denbighshire to Cardiff, Glamorgan. [180] [181] [182] The steamship Bay Fisher was reported to have rescued nine of her crew off the Bishop Rock the next day. [183] Sovereign also sank. She was on a voyage from Barry, Glamorgan to Halifax, Nova Scotia. [184]
J. D. Spreckels, and Marion	United States	The brig J. D. Spreckels and the barquentine Marion collided at San Francisco, California and were both damaged. [154]
Lancashire Lad, and Sigurd	United Kingdom	The schooner Lancashire Lad and the steamship Sigurd collided in the River Mersey. Both vessels were damaged. [154] Sigurd was taken in to Birkenhead, Cheshire in a leaky condition. [177]
Lark	United Kingdom	The ship sprang a leak and foundered off Bardsey Island, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued by the tug Great Britain (  United Kingdom ). Lark was on a voyage from Aberavon, Glamorgan to Port Madoc, Caernarfonshire. [183]
Maria	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Coolie Point, County Down. [169] She was on a voyage from Garston, Lancashre to Rosstrevor, County Down. [176]
Matadi	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground in the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was refloated and taken in to the River Mersey. [154]
Newman Hall	United Kingdom	The ship caught fire at New Orleans. The fire was extinguished. [134]
Paradox	United Kingdom	The steamship was run into by the steamship Hibernian (  United Kingdom ) in the River Thames at the mouth of the Surrey Canal and was damaged. [154]
No. 73	United Kingdom	The ketch was driven ashore and wrecked in Moody Bay, Isle of Wight. Her crew survived. [154]

20 February

List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1890

Ship	State	Description
Agricola, and Ringleader	United Kingdom	The brig Agricola and the brigantine Ringleader were run into by the steamship Patterdale (  United Kingdom ) at South Shields, County Durham and were both damaged, Ringleader severely. [88]
Amethyst	United Kingdom	The steamship arrived at Reval, Russia on fire. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Reval. [185]
Antelope	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground at Weymouth, Dorset. She was on a voyage from the Channel Islands to Weymouth. [88]
Cuerero	United Kingdom	The barque was driven ashore on the north coast of Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to Aruba, Netherland Antilles. She was a total loss. [186]
Ivy	United Kingdom	The steaship was run into by the steamship River Clyde downstream of the Nore and was severely damaged. Ivy was on a voyage from Gravesend, Kent to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She put back to Gravesend. [88]
Martaban	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal. [177] She was on a voyage from Rangoon, Burma to Liverpool, Lancashire. [88]
Three Brothers	United Kingdom	The galley punt sank at Dover, Kent. Her crew were rescued. [88]

21 February

List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1890

Ship	State	Description
Agnes	United States	The fishing schooner was wrecked on Vanquero Island, Miquelon. Her crew were rescued. [187]
Christianborg	Denmark	The steamship collided with another steamship in the River Thames downstream of Gravesend, Kent, United Kingdom and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Gravesend to Burntisland, Fife, United Kingdom. She put back to Gravesend. [183]
Derwent	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore on the Norwegian coast. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Langesund, Norway. She was refloated and taken in to Mandal, Norway. [183]
Don Juan	Germany	The barque ran aground in the Elbe at Finkenwerder. [183]
German	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground in the Elbe at Finkenwerder. [183] She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [178]
Gipsy Maid	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore at Blackhead Point, Cornwall. She was refloated. [188]
Glenfalloch	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore at Blackgang Chine, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from London to Rangoon, Burma. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [183]
Martha	Germany	The steamship ran aground in the Elbe at Finkenwerder. [183]
Neapel	Germany	The steamship ran aground in the Elbe at Finkenwerder. [183]
Northgate	United Kingdom	The steamship collided with the steamship Vancouver (  United Kingdom ) in Liverpool Bay and was severely damaged. Northgate was on a voyage from Liverpool to Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire. She completed her voyage. [183] [189]
Rose	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Carnsore Point. County Wexford. She was on a voyage from Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire to Wicklow. [183]
Sorrento	Germany	The steamship ran aground in the Elbe at Finkenwerder. [183]

22 February

List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1890

Ship	State	Description
Courrières	France	The steamship sank off Le Conquet, Finistère. She was on a voyage from Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais to L'Orient, Morbihan. [179]
Denderah	Germany	The steamship ran aground in the Elbe at Schulau [179] She was refloated but ran aground again at Finkenwerder. She was refloated on 24 February with assistance. [190]
Ehrenfels	Germany	The steamship ran aground in the Elbe at Finkenwerder. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Hamburg. [179] She was refloated the next day and taken in to Hamburg. [190]
Florence Nightingale	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore near Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France. [179] She subsequently broke in two. [191]
Hawk	United Kingdom	The barge was run into by the steamship Glenmore (  United Kingdom ) and sank in the River Thames. [191]
John Stevenson	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore at Gravelines, Nord. She was refloated. [179]
Lady Ailsa	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore at Le Croisic, Loire-Inférieure, France. [179]
Lucia	Western Australia	The ship ran aground on an anchor at Perth and was holed, becoming severely leaky. [179]
Marguerite	Italy	The steamship was driven ashore at Grado. She was on a voyage from Venice to Trieste. [178]
Rempha	Flag unknown	The steamship was driven ashore near Fort Saint Elmo, Malta. [178]
St. Georg	Germany	The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Mogador, Morocco. [178] [179]
Susie	United States	The steamship was destroyed by fire at Devils Elbow, Apalachicola, Florida. [192]
Whitehall	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground near Bristol, Gloucestershire. She was on a voyage from Burriana, Spain to Bristol. She was refloated. [179]

23 February

List of shipwrecks: 23 February 1890

Ship	State	Description
Alboraca	Spain	The steamship ran aground whilst departing from Bilbao for New York, United States. She proceede on her voyage, but consequently put in to Santander for repairs. [142]
Oriental	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground at Malta and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Shanghai, China to London. [179] She was refloated, and resumed her voyage on 27 February. [190]
Star	United Kingdom	The ketch ran aground and sank at Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Bridgwater, Somerset. [191]
William Henry	United Kingdom	The ship was abandoned a few miles off the Wolf Rock, Cornwall. Presumed subsequently foundered. [193]
Twelve unnamed vessels	United Kingdom	The barges were destroyed at Blackwall, London by an explosion which wrecked a chemicals factory. [194]

24 February

List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1890

Ship	State	Description
Commerce	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground on the Four Flat, off Piriac-sur-Mer, Loire-Inférieure, France. [191]
Claymore, and Coriolanus	United Kingdom	The steamship Claymore and the barque Coriolanus collided 400 nautical miles (740 km) west of the Fastnet Rock. Coriolanus sank and Claymore was abandoned. Their crews were rescued by the steamship Queensmore (  United Kingdom . Claymore was on a voyage from Norfolk, Virginia, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was subsequently discovered by the steamship Bostonian (  United Kingdom ), which put part of her crew aboard. The took her in to Cork, where she arrived on 5 March. Coriolanus was on a voyage from Iquique, Peru to a British port. [195] [196] [197]
Fulmar	United Kingdom	The steamship struck rocks at The Smalls, off the coast of Pembrokeshire and was holed. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to the Clyde. She put in to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. [191]
Hebe	United Kingdom	The barque capsized in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Colonist (  United Kingdom ). Hebe was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland to Oporto, Portugal and/or Barcelona, Spain. [198] [199] [200] [17]
Jane Gwynne	United Kingdom	The schooner collided with a Spanish steamship and sank in the River Mersey at Liverpool, Lancashire. Her four crew survived. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Port Dinorwic, Caernarfonshire. [201]
Scandia	Flag unknown	The steamship ran aground at the mouth of the Lühe. [190]

25 February

List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1890

Ship	State	Description
Avant-Garde	French Navy	The torpedo boat ran aground and was wrecked on the Costa de Mire, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. [202] [203]
Corona	United States	The steam yacht sank at Weymouth, Massachusetts. [204]
Elizabeth Peers	United Kingdom	The schooner was damaged by an onboard explosion at Dublin. [190]
Gotha	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground in the River Ouse at Goole, Yorkshire. She was refloated with assistance the next day and taken in to Goole. [205] [206]
John and George	United Kingdom	The barge was run into by the collier Nina (  United Kingdom ) and sank in the River Thames at Wapping, London. [190]
Unnamed	Flag unknown	The schooner ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. [190]

26 February

List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1890

Ship	State	Description
Algiers	United States	The steamship was driven ashore at New York. She was on a voyage from Galveston, Texas to New York. She was refloated. [207] [190]
Confidence	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground at Troon, Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Troon. [205] She was refloated. [142]
Esperanza	Sweden	The schooner struck the pier at South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom and was severely damaged. [190] [206]
Garonne	Norway	The steamship ran aground at "Laurkullen" She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [205]
Navarra	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground in the River Thames at Northfleet, Kent. [205] She was refloated. [207]
Newquay	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. She was on a voyage from Cartagena, Spain to Baltimore. She was refloated. [205]
Palawan	France	The ship ran aground in the River Plate. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Buenos Aires, Argentina. [121]
San Martin	France	The steamship ran aground near Équihen-Plage, Pas-de-Calais. [205] [190]
Varr	Norway	The ship was wrecked on the Carr Rock, in the Firth of Forth with the loss of all hands. [142]
No. 8	United Kingdom	The pilot boat collided with the steamship Rydal Water (  United Kingdom ) and sank in the River Mersey. Her crew were rescued by Rydal Water. [205] [207]

27 February

List of shipwrecks: 27 February 1890

Ship	State	Description
Beatrice	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore near Garston, Lancashire. [142] She was refloated on 30 March. [199]
Liberal	Norway	The ship was wrecked near North Berwick, Lothian, United Kingdom with the loss of all hands. [208]
Saphir	Norway	The schooner ran aground at "Skjoereg". She was refloated the next day and towed in to Porsgrunn in a leaky condition. [121]
Shark	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground at Irvine, Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from Irvine to Newry, County Down. [142]

28 February

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1890

Ship	State	Description
Allegro	United Kingdom	The schooner was run into by the schooner Lapwing (  United Kingdom ) off Dungeness, Kent and was severely damaged. Allegro was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Guernsey, Channel Islands. She completed her voyage in a leaky condition. [86]
Blythswood	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore on the coast of the Cape Colony and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Penarth, Glamorgan to Table Bay. She was refloated. [196]
Ehrenfels	Germany	The steamship was run into by the steamship Lapland (  United Kingdom ) at Hamburg and was damaged. [196]
Franziska	Germany	The ship ran aground at Fécamp, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom to Fécamp. She was refloated. [17]
Joseph Nicholson	United Kingdom	The schooner ran aground at Glasson Dock, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Glasson Dock to Port Madoc, Caernarfonshire. [196]
Paragon	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore at "West Sutor". She was on a voyage from Inverness to Invergordon, Ross-shire. She was refloated with assistance from the steamship Ranger (  United Kingdom ). [196]
Quetta	United Kingdom	The steamship struck an uncharted rock in the Torres Strait and sank with the loss of 134 lives. She was on a voyage from Brisbane, Queensland to London. [209]
Tonquin	Flag unknown	The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean ( 41°48′N43°24′W / 41.800°N 43.400°W / 41.800; -43.400 ). Her crew were rescued by the steamship California (  United Kingdom ). [210] [86]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in February 1890

Ship	State	Description
Agra	Norway	The barque ran aground off St. John's Point. She was refloated and take in to Savannah-la-Mar, Georgia, United States, where she arrived on 25 February. [186]
Ambaca	Portugal	The steamship was driven ashore at New Romney, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Lisbon. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [178] [179]
Autocrat	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore at Smyrna, Russia. She was refloated on 3 February and resumed her voyage. [127]
Belle Higgins	United States	The schooner was run into by the steamship La Champagne ( France) at New York and cut in two. Her crew survived. [198]
Bergenhuus	Denmark	The steamship was driven ashore at Korsør. She was on a voyage from Hamburg,Germany to Nakskov. She was refloated on 11 February. [135]
Black Sea	United Kingdom	The steamship was wrecked at Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques. [35]
Catalina	Argentina	The barque was driven ashore near Montevideo, Uruguay. She was a total loss. [211]
Clapeyron	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore at Buceo, Uruguay. She was refloated. [211]
Duburg	Germany	The steamship was lost in a typhoon off the coast of China, possibly on 17 February. Four hundred people were killed. [212] [213]
Excelsior	Flag unknown	The steamship ran aground at the mouth of the Patapsco River, Maryland, United States. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [127]
George and Mary	United Kingdom	The schooner collided with the steamship Abergrange (  United Kingdom ) and was damaged. George and Mary was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Swansea, Glamorgan. She put in to Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands. [85]
Georghios	Romania	The lighter was driven ashore by ice at "Hazirdjil" and damaged. She was refloated. [214]
Hope	Flag unknown	The steamship was driven ashore 27 nautical miles (50 km) from Victoria, British Columbia, Dominion of Canada. She had been refloated by 26 February and take in to San Francisco, California, United States. [186]
Isle of Iona	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground in Creach Bay, Ouessant, Finistère, France before 6 February. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Bilbao, Spain. she was refloated and taken in to Newport, Monmouthshire. [46]
Joequinna	United Kingdom	The barque was wrecked on the Rocas Atoll, Brazil. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Wilmington, North Carolina, United States to Santos, Brazil. [198]
John	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore on Inchkeith, Fife. She subsequently became a wreck. [161]
Kingsdale	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground in the Patapsco River. She was on a voyage from a Spanish port to Baltimore. [127] She was refloated. [103]
Line	Norway	The schooner ran aground in the Christianiafjord before 28 February. She was on a voyage from Christiania to Concarneau, Finistère, France. She was refloated the next day and towed in to Moss. [121]
Louisa	Flag unknown	The steamship ran aground at "Kvalo Brand". [46] She was later refloated and taken in to Drontheim, Norway. [154]
Lucas	Romania	The lighter was damaged by ice at "Hazirdjil". [46]
Malfrideer	Denmark	The schooner was lost on the coast of Iceland. Her crew were rescued. [122]
Marie Joseph	United Kingdom	The brigantine sprang a leak 100 nautical miles (190 km) off Bilbao, Spain and was abandoned on or before 8 February. Her six crew were rescued by the steamship St. Joseph ( France). [173]
Merannio	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground at Europa Point, Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Bôna, Algeria to Gibraltar. She was refloated and taken in to Gibraltar in a leaky condition. [127] She was found to be severely damaged. [85] Merannio was subsequently repaired at Cádiz. [190]
Meteor	United Kingdom	The barque was abandoned at sea with the loss of two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by the steamship Merango (  United Kingdom ). Meteor was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Saint John's, Newfoudland. [207] [210]
Moscow	United Kingdom	The steamship was wrecked at Dénia, Spain before 2 February. [35]
Neptune	Denmark	The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Corrientes, Argentina to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was subsequently discovered by Rose C. (Flag unknown), which put some of her crew aboard. [199]
Newnham	United Kingdom	The steamship was wrecked on the Dutch coast. [46]
North Perle	Flag unknown	The steamship was driven ashore at Porto Alegre, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [77]
Oakdene	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore at Bilbao, Spain. [85] She was refloated and towed in to Bilbao. [77]
Onni	Russia	The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Town, Cape Colony. [45]
Pasqualeno	United States	The ship ran aground at Palermo, Sicily, Italy and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Bangor, Maine to Palermo. [35]
Povas	Norway	The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Nine of her crew were rescued by the barque Truro (Flag unknown). [134]
Prescott Hazeltine	United States	The schooner was destroyed by fire at sea. She was on a voyage from Portland, Maine to Martinique. [76]
Reaper	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Padstow, Cornwall. She was refloated on 14 February and beached. [135]
Rivas	Spain	The steamship ran aground at "Galea" before 6 February. She was refloated. [46]
Rosedale	Norway	The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Lake Ontario ( Dominion of Canada). Rosedale was on a voyage from the Milk River, Jamaica to the Clyde. [76]
Sakkarah	Germany	The steamship was wrecked at Remedio Point, El Salvador. Her crew were rescued. [96]
Sierra Colonna	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground on the Agnada Reef, in the Bay of Bengal before 5 February. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Madras, India. She was refloated and taken in to Rangoon, Burma in a severely leaky condition. [46]
Sikh	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore in the Torres Straits. She was on a voyage from a Chinese port to Sydney, New South Wales. She was refloated and completed her voyage, arriving on 26 February. [190]
South Glen	United Kingdom	The barque was wrecked at Valparaíso, Chile. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Valparaíso. [191]
Stad Nieuwport	Belgium	The steamship was driven ashore at Saltfleet, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Gravelines, Nord, France to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and completed her voyage. [127]
Theodore	Romania	The lighter was damaged by ice at "Hazirdjil". [46]
Turdon	United States	The schooner capsized and foundered in the Pacific Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the schooner George Noble (  United Kingdom ). [157] [163]
Victoria	Norway	The ship capsized in the North Sea before 5 February. She was towed in to Jossingfjord in a capsized condition on that date. [46]
William Henry	United Kingdom	The schooner collided with the yawl Proceed (  United Kingdom ) and was abandoned off the coast of Cornwall. Her crew survived. [191]
Wiltshire	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground on the Nore. She was refloated. [177] [88]
Ydun	Denmark	The steam coaster collided with the steamship Perwie ( Denmark) and was damaged. [128]
Unnamed	Imperial British East Africa Company	A dhow, carrying gunpowder and ammunition, exploded on a Ugandan lake killing twelve Arab chiefs and 200 fighting slaves. [215]
Unnamed	Flag unknown	The ship foundered in the English Channel 6 nautical miles (11 km) north of Calais, France on or before 7 February. [216]

March

1 March

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1890

Ship	State	Description
Colonist	New South Wales	The schooner sank with the loss of one life off Bradleys Head, Sydney Harbour, after colliding with the steamship Adelaide (  United Kingdom ). Adelaide rescued two survivors and the skiff half-decker Young Oscar (Flag unknown) rescued three others.
Flora, and Phillis and Mary	Guernsey   United Kingdom	The barquentine Flora and Phillis and Mary were run into at Saint Sampson, Guernsey by the steamship Bessemer and were both severely damaged. [204]
Matha	United Kingdom	The brig was abandoned in a sinking condition 14 nautical miles (26 km) south east of the Longstone Lighthouse, Northumberland, according to a message in a bottle which subsequently washed up at Newton-by-the-Sea, Northumberland. [217]
Roxburgh	United Kingdom	The steamship put in to Cardiff, Glamorgan on fire. She was on a voyage from Barry, Glamorgan to Singapore. The fire was extinguished and she was placed under repair. [196]
State of California	United States	The steamship ran aground near Portland, Oregon. Her passengers were taken off. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California to Portland. [218]
Ulrich	Germany	The steamship ran aground at Vegesack. She was on a voyage from Brake to Bremen. [121]

2 March

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1890

Ship	State	Description
Spindrift	United Kingdom	The steamship collided with the brig Kate ( Guernsey) at Thames Haven, Essex and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from London to Ghent, West Flanders, Belgium. She put back to London. [211]
Topsey	United Kingdom	The schooner ran aground on the Halliday Flat, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex and sank. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Northfleet, Kent to Hull, Yorkshire. [219]
Ville de Paris	France	The stern section of the steamship foundered off Margate, Kent, United Kingdom with the loss of four of her sixteen crew. The ship had been damaged in an explosion at Calais in October 1888. The stern section was under tow of the tugboat Challenger (  United Kingdom ) at the time. It was on a voyage from Calais to Tilbury, Essex, United Kingdom. survivors were rescued by Challenger and the Margate Lifeboat Friend to all Nations ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). [220] [221]

3 March

List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1890

Ship	State	Description
Elizabeth Ann	United Kingdom	The barge sank at Wapping, London. [121]
Ganger Rolf	Norway	The steamship collided with the barge Oban (  United Kingdom ) at Deptford, London, United Kingdom and was damaged. [121]
Gelderland	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground in the Nieuwe Waterweg. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. She was refloated with the assistance of a steamship and resumed her voyage. [219]
Neptune	United Kingdom	The barge was run into by the steamship Rosalind (  United Kingdom ) and sank in the River Thames at Wapping, London. [134]
Nord	France	The full-rigged ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was being towed from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom by the tug William Joliffe (  United Kingdom ). [219]
Obdam	Netherlands	The steamship ran aground in the Nieuwe Wateweg. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam to New York, United States. She was refloated with the assistance of a steamship and resumed her voyage. [219]
San Domingo	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground at Maryport, Cumberland. She was refloated. [222]
Sultan	United Kingdom	The barge was run into by the steamship Rosalind (  United Kingdom ) and sank in the River Thames at Limehouse, London. [134]

4 March

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1890

Ship	State	Description
SS Jarl (1885)	Denmark	The steamship departed from Bornholm for Copenhage. Wreckage from the ship was discovered 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off "Hammersen" on 6 March. Presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [86]

5 March

List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1890

Ship	State	Description
Antonio	Flag unknown	The steamship ran aground off Clauchlands Point, Isle of Arran, Buteshire, United Kingdom. [17] She was refloated. [223]
Avon	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore at Ardrossan, Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland to Ardrossan. She was refloated. [200]
Clementine	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore at Messina, Sicily, Italy. [200] She was refloated with assistance. [224]
Hildred	United Kingdom	The brigantine was run into by the steamship Alvah (  United Kingdom in the River Thames and was severely damaged. [223]
Maria	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore at Mauritius. She was a total loss. [200]
Nautilus	United Kingdom	The steamship sank in the River Thames. [200] She was refloated the next day and towed to Millwall, London. [225]
Reaper	United Kingdom	The lugger was driven ashore at Kearny Point, County Down. She was on a voyage from Drogheda, County Louth to Belfast, County Antrim. [200]
Ringhorne	Norway	The barque ran aground at Point Indio, Argentina. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom to Buenos Aires, Argentina. [224] [223]
Romanby	United Kingdom	The steamship struck the quayside at Maryport, Cumberland and was holed. She was on a voyage from Carthagena, Spain to Maryport. [204]
Wilhelm	German Empire	The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Agger or Thisted, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Lübeck. [223] [204]

6 March

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1890

Ship	State	Description
Malda	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground at Gravesend, Kent. She was on a voyage from Zanzibar to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [223]
Murton	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground in the River Ouse at Swinefleet, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to London. [204] She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage. [159]

7 March

List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1890

Ship	State	Description
County Antrim	United Kingdom	The steamship struck the quayside at Maryport, Cumberland and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Maryport. [204]
De Ruyter	Belgium	The steamship was driven ashore at Scituate, Massachusetts, United States. Her 27 crew were rescued. [204] She was later refloated and beached at Boston, Massachusetts. [222]
Emanuel	Sweden	The schooner was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. [204]
Irene Morris	United Kingdom	The steamship put in to Lisbon, Portugal on fire. [204]
Wibbiena Swerdina	United Kingdom	The ketch was driven ashore and wrecked at Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Coldingham, Berwickshire to Sunderland, County Durham. [210]

8 March

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1890

Ship	State	Description
Breeze	United Kingdom	The smack broke from her moorings, collided with the steamship Owain Tudor (  United Kingdom ) and sank at Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued. [226]
Fantasy	United Kingdom	The schooner was abandoned 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Rosehearty, Aberdeenshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Invergordon, Ross-shire. [210] She came ashore at Rosehearty and was wrecked. [86]
Heimborg	Germany	The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal at Ismailia. She was refloated. [159] [210] [86]
Osprey	United Kingdom	The schooner foundered in the River Mersey off Egremont, Lancashire with the loss of all hands. [210] [227] [228]
Rapture	United Kingdom	The fishing boat struck a sunken rock in Loch Eribol or the Pentland Firth and sank with the loss of seven of her nine crew. [229] [230]
Southgate	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore at Placentia, Newfoundland. [231] She was later refloated. [232]
Unnamed	United Kingdom	The wherry sank in the River Tyne. [227]

9 March

List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1890

Ship	State	Description
Abbey Town	United Kingdom	The barque was driven ashore near Calais, France. Her sixteen crew were rescued by the Calais Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Pensacola, United States to Dunkerque, Nord, France. She caught fire the next day and was severely damaged. [210] [231] [233] She was refloated on 13 March and taken in to Calais. [222]
Kate	United Kingdom	The ship collided with the Severn Railway Bridge and sank in the River Severn. She was on a voyage from Chepston, Monmouthshire to Minsterworth, Gloucestershire. [234]
Mary Caroline	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on Pladda, Ayrshire. Her crew survived. [235]
Verbena	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore near Eccles-on-Sea, Norfolk. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Pentewan, Cornwall to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire. [210] She subsequently became a wreck. [226]
Walter Bibby	United Kingdom	The dredger was driven ashore at Dundalk, County Louth. [86]

10 March

List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1890

Ship	State	Description
Auskeles	Russia   United Kingdom	The barque was run into by the steamship Baron Fife at Lisbon, Portugal and sank. [231]
Burton	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground on the Pagen Sand, in the Elbe. [234]
Douse, Pylades, and Samarino	United Kingdom Norway   United Kingdom	The barque Samarino collided with the quayside at South Shields, County Durham, damaging the schooner Pylades and severely damaging the schooner Douse. [231] [228]
Hildegard	United Kingdom	The steamship caught fire at Buenos Aires, Argentina. the fire was extinguished. [236]
Kilmore	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground in the Danube 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) downstream of Sulina, Romania. [231]
Portia	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore on Bermuda. She was refloated. [231] [226]
Sofie	Denmark	The schooner ran aground in Kolding Fjord and was severely damaged. She was refloated with assistance from the steamship Pony (Flag unknown) and taken in to Kolding. [186]

11 March

List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1890

Ship	State	Description
Ascania	Germany	The steamship was driven ashore at Callantsoog, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to a Chinese port. [235] She was refloated on 17 March. [237]
Narcissus	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground at Belfast, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Bahía Blanca, Brazil. She was refloated the next day and taken in to the Belfast Lough. [234]
Raithwaite Hall	United Kingdom	The steamship sank at Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. [235]

12 March

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1890

Ship	State	Description
Agnes	New South Wales	The schooner foundered off the mouth of the Brunswick River.
Eclipse	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in the River Mersey off Egremont, Lancashire with the loss of all three crew. She was on a voyage from Penmaenmawr, Caernarfonshire to Liverpool, Lancashire. [238]
Golden Horn	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground on Scharhörn, Germany. She was refloated. [186]
Hannibal	Flag unknown	The ship was driven ashore at Key West, Florida, United States. [234]
Home Bay	United Kingdom	The fishing trawler collided with the steamship Grantully (  United Kingdom ) and sank in the Bristol Channel off Trevose Head, Cornwall with the loss of all six crew. [238] [229]
Tana	Norway	The steamship ran aground at "Vee". She was refloated. [186]

13 March

List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1890

Ship	State	Description
Cyclop	Germany	The dredger collided with the steamship Stad Lübeck at Lübeck and sank. [186]
Propitious	United Kingdom	The steamship was severely damaged by fire at Liverpool, Lancashire. [236]
Sligo	United Kingdom	The steamship arrived at Sligo on fire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Sligo.The fire was extinguished. [229]
Thorntondale	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground at Bahía Blanca, Brazil. She was refloated. [222]
Vesper	United Kingdom	The steamship collided with the steamship Star of England (  United Kingdom ) in the River Thames and was severely damaged. Vesper was beached on the Mucking Flat. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Greenhithe, Kent. [236]

14 March

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1890

Ship	State	Description
Barmston	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground on the Holm Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. She was refloated the next day with the assistance of a number of tugs and resumed her voyage. [222]
Paula	Germany	The steamship ran aground in the Elbe at Finkenwerder. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Altona. She was refloated and completed her voyage. [186]
West	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground at Pembrey, Carmarthenshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [222]
Winifred	United Kingdom	The ship put in to Bahía Blanca, Brazil on fire. She was on a voyage from Wellington, New Zealand to London. [232] [222]

15 March

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1890

Ship	State	Description
Banchory	United Kingdom	The steamship collided with the steamship Julia Weiner (  United Kingdom ) in the River Thames downstream of Purfleet, Essex and was beached. Banchory was on a voyage from South Shield, County Durham to London. [222] She was refloated on 18 March and completed her voyage. [186] [239] [87]
Befa	United Kingdom	The Humber keel sank in the River Ouse between Barton Quarry and Chaldernss. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stockworth to Hull, Yorkshire. [222]
Franz	Germany	The steamship ran aground on "Amack Island", Denmark. [222] She was refloated with assistance on 18 March and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark
Greenwich	United Kingdom	The brigantine collided with the dock gates at South Shields, County Durham and was severely damaged. [222]
Hayle	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground on the Bondicar Rocks, off the coast of Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Aberdeen. She was refloated with the assistance of some fishing boats and resumed her voyage. [222]
Stad Lübeck	Germany	The steamship was driven ashore near Neufahrwassar. [222] She was refloated with assistance from the steamship August (  Germany ) and taken in to Lübeck. [240]
Ystava	Norway	The barque ran aground in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, United States to Hamburg, Germany. [222]

16 March

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1890

Ship	State	Description
Mary Ann Hood	United Kingdom	The fishing boat collided with the steamship Ottawa (  United Kingdom and sank in the North Sea off Kilnsea, Yorkshire. [241] [186]
Princess Sophia	Greece	The steamship suffered an onboard explosion at Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. Two of her crew were severely injured [237]
Young Alfred	United Kingdom	The smack collided with the steamship Dunbrody (  United Kingdom ) and was severely damaged. Young Alfred put in to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. [237] [186]
Young Ellis	United Kingdom	The ketch was run into by a schooner off the Corton Lightship ( Trinity House) and was severely damaged. Her crew were rescued. Young Ellis was on a voyage from Maldon, Essex to Sunderland, County Durham. She was reported to have been taken in tow by a smack and to be in a severely leaky condition. [241] [186]

17 March

List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1890

Ship	State	Description
Beaver	United Kingdom	The smack ran aground at Ardrossan, Ayrshire. She was refloated. [241] [239]
Bornholm	Denmark	The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Malmö, Sweden. Her crew survived. [241]
Eliza	Germany	The brigantine was wrecked at Seacliff, Northumberland, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. [241] [237]

18 March

List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1890

Ship	State	Description
Bon Accord	United Kingdom	The steamship sprang a leak and foundered off Cape Finisterre, Spain. Her 30 crew were rescued by the steamship Anglian (  United Kingdom ). Bon Accord was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Malta. [242] [217]
Georgia	Gibraltar	The hulk was driven ashore and wrecked at Gibraltar. [240]

19 March

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1890

Ship	State	Description
Ascania	Germany	The steamship sank in the Nieuwe Diep. [87]
Coln	German Empire	The steamship was driven ashore in the River Thames at Rosherville, Kent, United Kingdom. [87] She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [240]
Comet	New South Wales	The coaster was wrecked on the Richmond River spit. [243]
Erchol, or Eschol, or Esticol	United Kingdom	The steamship was lost off the north Spanish coast. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to Leith, Lothian. [242] [217] [218]
Nithsdale	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground in the River Thames at Coalhouse Fort, Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Havana, Cuba. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [87]

20 March

List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1890

Ship	State	Description
Bonnie Lad	United Kingdom	The fishing smack was driven ashore at Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. [244]
H. J. Pallisen	Denmark	The steamship was driven ashore at "Bjerget". She was on a voyage from Libau, Germany to London, United Kingdom. [218]
Llangorse	United Kingdom	The steamship caught fire at Cardiff, Glamorgan. The fire was extinguished. [218]
Rydal Holme	United Kingdom	The steamship collided with the steamship Redruth in the North Sea Canal at Buitenhuizen, North Holland, Netherlands and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to IJmuiden, North Holland. [217]
Theresa	Norway	The barque ran aground in the River Thames. She was on a voyage from Christiania to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [242]
Volant	United Kingdom	The smack was driven ashore near Thorpness, Suffolk. [242]

21 March

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1890

Ship	State	Description
Craigmore	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground in the Danube. [245]
Ethel Gwendoline	United Kingdom	The steamship foundered off Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire with the loss of seven of her ten crew. [246]
Georg	Russia	The steamship was driven ashore at Thorhamn, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Libau to Lübeck, Germany. [245]
Thea	Germany	The steamship was driven ashore on Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Arbroath, Forfarshire, United Kingdom. [245]
Vivo	United Kingdom	The steamship collided with a barque and was severely damaged. She was taken in to London. [247]
Unnamed	United Kingdom	The barge sank at Leamouth, London. [247]

28 March

List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1890

Ship	State	Description
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. [94]
Dieppois	France	The crew landed at Sennen Cove, in their own boat, when the steamship hit rocks near Land's End, Cornwall, United Kingdom. [248]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown in March 1890

Ship	State	Description
Ailsa	United Kingdom	The barque ran aground at Kingston, Jamaica. She was later refloated and taken in to Kingston in a severely leaky condition. [231]
Alvin Kelly	United Kingdom	The brig ran aground on the Antonio Reef. She was refloated and completed her voyage to New York, United States. [245]
Baron Clyde	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground on the Zafarana Reef, in the Red Sea. [232] She was later refloated and taken in to Suez, Egypt. [247]
Castellano	Spain	The steamship caught fire at New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. [219]
Corinna	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore at Bellambi, New South Wales. She was refloated and towed in to Sydney, New South Wales in a leaky condition. She was placed under repair. [217]
Florence Richards	United Kingdom	The steamship foundered at sea with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. [231]
Geraldine	Flag unknown	The schooner ran aground on the Wittsand, in the North Sea off Scharhörn, Germany. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to Bremen, Germany. She was refloated on 14 March with assistance. [232] [222]
Giovanni	Italy	The barque was lost off Rio de Janeiro, Brazil before 8 March. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to the English Channel. [210]
Hannibal	Flag unknown	The ship was driven ashore at Key West, Florida, United States. She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida to Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated with assistance. [204] She was subsequently driven ashore again, [222] but was later refloated. [218]
Hidalgo	United Kingdom	The steamship caught fire at Reval, Russia. The fire was extinguished. [86]
James Mason	Norway	The brig was wrecked on the Jardanillos, in the Gulf of Florida. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London, United Kingdom. [196]
Johanna	Germany	The kuff was driven ashore and wrecked on Düne. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Charlestown, Cornwall, United Kingdom to Tönning. [210]
Kathleen	Flag unknown	The steamship ran aground in the Elbe at Finkenwerder, Germany. She was refloated on 5 March and taken in to Hamburg, Germany. [204]
Lizzie	Newfoundland	The sealer, a schooner, was lost off the coast of Newfoundland. [232]
Lizzie D. Small	United States	The schooner, with a cargo of timber, caught fire and was abandoned. Her captain and six crew were rescued by the fishing schooner Grace Choate (Flag unknown) 15 nautical miles (28 km) southeast of Thatcher Island, Massachusetts, United States and landed them at Gloucester, Massachusetts on 9 March. [249] [250]
Risa	Spain	The brigantine was abandoed off the Portuguese coast. She was subsequently taken in tow, but foundered off Oporto. [247]
Ross	Norway	The barque was wrecked at Laguna de Términos. She was on a voyage from Port Natal, Cape Colony to Laguna de Términos. [223] [240]
Sultana	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground near Syra, Greece. She was later refloated. [241]
Unicorn	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground in the River Plate. She was refloated and towed in to Boca, Argentina. [210] [86]
Virent	United Kingdom	The steamship was abandoned when the propeller shaft broke. The mate and fourteen men drowned while the captain and eight crew were landed at El Ferrol, Spain. [251]
Winnifred	United Kingdom	The barque sank. She was refloated on 18 March and towed in to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. [240]
Unnamed	Romania	The lighter was run into by the steamship Helen Otto (  United Kingdom ) and sank at Ismailia. [245]

April

4 April

List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1890

Ship	State	Description
Emblem	United Kingdom	The brigantine was wrecked on a reef near the Isle des Avis, Venezuela and were stranded for a week. The Royal Mail ship Moselle landed the crew at Plymouth, Devon. [252]

21 April

List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1890

Ship	State	Description
Brankelow	United Kingdom	The steamship, 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. [253]

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. [254]

24 April

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1890

Ship	State	Description
Polynesia	Germany	The ship ran onto rocks at the Birling Gap, Sussex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Iquique, Peru to Hamburg. Her crew were rescued by the Newhaven Lifeboat Michael Henry ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Polynesia was refloated on 4 May with assistance from the tug Lady Vita (  United Kingdom ) and beached at Cuckmere Haven, Sussex. She broke up in a gale on 20 May. [60]

26 April

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1890

Ship	State	Description
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 / 54.9628; -162.5672 (Thin Point) ), 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 / 54.47222; -162.92778 (Onieda Rock) ) 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. [255]

29 April

List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1890

Ship	State	Description
H. B. Plant	United States	The steamship burned on Lake Beneford, Florida. Two crewmen and one passenger died. [256] [257]

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. [258] [259]

May

5 May

List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1890

Ship	State	Description
Osipee	United States	The schooner struck on the South-East Breaker at Isaac's Harbour, Nova Scotia. Crew saved. [260]

14 May

List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1890

Ship	State	Description
Norseman	United States	The schooner was wrecked at All Right Island, Magdalen Islands. Crew saved. [261]

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. [262]

19 May

List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1890

Ship	State	Description
Belle A. Nauss	United States	The schooner was wrecked near Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Crew saved. [263]

21 May

List of shipwrecks: 21 May 1890

Ship	State	Description
Mountain Girl	United States	The steamship sank in the Gulf of Mexico while under tow to Central America. Two crewmen died. [264]

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. [265]

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. [266]

29 May

List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1890

Ship	State	Description
Poachiny	China	The steamship was destroyed by fire in the Yangtazo river. Twenty-two people were reported missing. [267]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in May 1890

Ship	State	Description
Osprey	United Kingdom	The smack sank in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. [268]

June

21 June

List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1890

Ship	State	Description
Thornhill	United Kingdom	The steamship foundered following a collision with the steamship Lotus (Flag unknown) off Folkestone, Kent. Her crew were rescued. [269]

23 June

List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1890

Ship	State	Description
Scheddt	United Kingdom	The steamship, carrying coal from Newport, Monmouthshire to Bordeaux, Gironde, France, came ashore on the cliffs under the Coastguard Station at Pendeen, Cornwall. The captain and crew landed at Pendeen Cove. [270]

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, Dorset with the loss of five lives. [271]

25 June

List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1890

Ship	State	Description
Prinz Frederick	Netherlands	The steamship sank after it was hit midships by the steamshipMarpessa (  United Kingdom ) in the English Channel. Seven soldiers died; the remaining crew, soldiers and passengers were landed at Falmouth, Cornwall. [272]

28 June

List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1890

Ship	State	Description
Beta	United Kingdom	The schooner collided with the Chatworth (  United Kingdom ), in the Bristol Channel, and foundered off Lavernock Point, Cornwall. [273]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: unknown date in June 1890

Ship	State	Description
Winifred	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. [268]
Six fishing vessels	United Kingdom	Gales in the Orkneys caused the loss of six fishing boats and forty lives. Others are missing. [274]

July

8 July

List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1890

Ship	State	Description
Eureka	United Kingdom	The Thames barge was abandoned off Eastbourne, Sussex. All three people on board were rescued by the Eastbourne Lifeboat William and Mary ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Eureka was on a voyage from London to Poole, Dorset. She came ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of Eastbourne. She was refloated the next day with the assistance of a tug and towed in to Newhaven, Sussex. [60]
Mirella	United Kingdom	The schooner collided with the paddle steamer Rouen (  United Kingdom at Newhaven and sank. All seven people on board were rescued. Mirella was on a voyage from Le Havre, Seine-Inférieure, France to Newhaven. She was refloated on 10 July. [60]

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. [275] [276]

13 July

List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1890

Ship	State	Description
Sea Wing	United States	The steamship capsized in a storm in the Mississippi River, Lake Pepin. ninety-eight people died including the captain's wife and son. Raised, rebuilt and returned to service. [277] [278] [279]

23 July

List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1890

Ship	State	Description
Mary Ellen	Dominion of Canada	The 77-ton schooner was wrecked on a reef at Sand Point, District of Alaska. She later was sold, refloated, and sold again. [280]

26 July

List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1890

Ship	State	Description
Charles Morand	United States	The steamship 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). [281]

28 July

List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1890

Ship	State	Description
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 twelve crew members all survived and were rescued by the steamship William Lewis and the brig F. A. Barstow (both United States). [282]

31 July

List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1890

Ship	State	Description
Oliver Ann	United States	The schooner was wrecked at Burin, Newfoundland. [283]

August

7 August

List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1890

Ship	State	Description
Marion	United States	The schooner was wrecked at Esprit Island. [284]

8 August

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1890

Ship	State	Description
Admiral Tromp	Norway	The barque was run down and sunk by steamship Ching Wo (  United Kingdom ) in the Thames Estuary off The Nore. The wreck was dispersed by explosives April–July 1931. [285] [286]

17 August

List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1890

Ship	State	Description
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 / 54.97500; -163.27222 (Sankin Island) ) during a gale. Both crewmen survived. [287]

18 August

List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1890

Ship	State	Description
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. [288] [289]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in August 1890

Ship	State	Description
Alice	Norway	The brig ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was refloated and towed in to Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom by the tug Harwich (  United Kingdom ). [268]

September

1 September

List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1890

Ship	State	Description
Lizzie Griffin	United States	The schooner was lost in a severe gale on the Grand Banks. [290]

6 September

List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1890

Ship	State	Description
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.

18 September

List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1890

Ship	State	Description
Ertuğrul	Ottoman Navy	The sailing frigate was wrecked on Oshima Island off Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, with the loss of 533 crew.

23 September

List of shipwrecks: 23 September 1890

Ship	State	Description
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 / 43.892163; -087.651535 (I. A. Johnson) 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. [291] [292]

25 September

List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1890

Ship	State	Description
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. [293]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown September 1890

Ship	State	Description
SMS Taurus	Austro-Hungarian Navy	The warship sank in the Black Sea with the loss of all seventy-three people on board. [294]

October

1 October

List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1890

Ship	State	Description
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. [295]

2 October

List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1890

Ship	State	Description
Unnamed	Austria-Hungary	A brigantine caught fire, ran agound on the Chesil Beach, Dorset, United Kingdom and became a total wreck. Her crew were rescued. [296]
Unnamed	France	The schooner foundered off The Lizard, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her captain and a boy were landed at Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom by the steamship Tyne (  United Kingdom . [297]

3 October

List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1890

Ship	State	Description
Larissa	United Kingdom	The collier, a brig, ran aground on the Shipwash Sand. Her eight crew were rescued by the Harwich Lifeboat. [268] [298]

11 October

List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1890

Ship	State	Description
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 steamship Belvedere ( United States) rescued her crew of 35 on 19 October. [299]

12 October

List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1890

Ship	State	Description
Dartmoor	United Kingdom	The steamship 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 steamship, 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. [300]

13 October

List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1890

Ship	State	Description
John F. Warner	United States	John F. Warner 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 / 45.050833; -83.435467 (John F. Warner) . [301] [302]
Thyra	Germany	The steamship collided with the steamship Ursula (  United Kingdom ) and sank in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom. Thyra was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Hamburg. [60]

14 October

List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1890

Ship	State	Description
A. S. Piper	United States	While her crew was ashore, the steam 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 / 44.834650; -87.381917 (A. S. Piper) in April 1904. [303]

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. [304]

19 October

List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1890

Ship	State	Description
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. [305]

28 October

List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1890

Ship	State	Description
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. [306]

30 October

List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1890

Ship	State	Description
Cornelius Hargreaves, and Vizcaya	United States Spain	The schooner Cornelius Hargreaves collided with the steamship Vizcaya 6 nautical miles (11 km) off Barnegat Lighthouse, on the New Jersey coast; both vessels sank within five minutes. Ninety lives were lost. [307]

31 October

List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1890

Ship	State	Description
Fannie C	United Kingdom	The schooner caught fire in the English Channel and was beached at Chesil Cove, Dorset. [308]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in October 1890

Ship	State	Description
Achilles	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Harwich (  United Kingdom ) and the Harwich Lifeboat Duke of Northumberland ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution) and towed in to Harwich, Essex. [268]
Drofa	Norway	The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were landed at Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. [309]
Dunelm	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground on the Shipwash Sand. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Harwich (  United Kingdom ). [268]

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. [310]
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. [311] [312]
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. [313] [314]
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. [315] [316]
Elizabeth Latham	United Kingdom	Great Storm of 7 November 1890: The schooner went ashore in Moelfra Bay. One crewman killed. Later refloated. [317]
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. [318]
Ethel May	United Kingdom	Great Storm of 7 November 1890: The schooner went ashore between Prestatyn and Rhyl. [310]
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. [319] [320]
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. [321] [322]
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. [323] [324]
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. [325] [326]
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. [327] [328]
Linnet	United Kingdom	Great Storm of 7 November 1890: The schooner was lost on Lavan Sands. [310]
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. [310] [329]
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. [330] [331]
Margaret Elizabeth	United Kingdom	Great Storm of 7 November 1890: The vessel went ashore near Rhyl. [332]
Ocean Queen	United Kingdom	Great Storm of 7 November 1890: The schooner was lost in Colwyn Bay. [310]
Planet	United Kingdom	Great Storm of 7 November 1890: The 134-ton barquentine ran aground and was wrecked in Llandudno Bay, and broke up. [333] [334]
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. [335] [336]

10 November

List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1890

Ship	State	Description
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. [337] [338]

11 November

List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1890

Ship	State	Description
Unnamed ferry	Austria-Hungary	A ferry sank on the River Whag with sixty lives lost and ten missing. [339]

12 November

List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1890

Ship	State	Description
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 / 45.483333; -83.85 (Messenger) ). [340] [341] [342]

14 November

List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1890

Ship	State	Description
Marianne	United Kingdom	The schooner foundered while carrying coal from Penarth, Glamorgan to Devoran, Cornwall. The vessel was found bottom up, 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Boscastle, Cornwall. Four of the five crew perished. [343]

16 November

List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1890

Ship	State	Description
Falcon	United Kingdom	The steamship foundered while enroute to New York, United States. Her crew were saved by a passing vessel and landed at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. [344]

18 November

List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1890

Ship	State	Description
Cuxhaven	United Kingdom	The steamship, from Hamburg, was damaged when driven into the steamship 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. [345] [346]

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. [347]

21 November

List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1890

Ship	State	Description
Nurjahan	United Kingdom	The cargo ship was wrecked near Cape Comorin, India. She was on a voyage from Bombay to Calcutta. [348]

23 November

List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1890

Ship	State	Description
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. [349] [350]

24 November

List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1890

Ship	State	Description
Calypso	United Kingdom	The steamship collided with the steamship Pinzon ( Spain) in the Dungeness roadstead and sank off Sandgate, Kent. Her crew took to the ships' boats. [351]

25 November

List of shipwrecks: 25 November 1890

Ship	State	Description
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. [287]

27 November

List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1890

Ship	State	Description
T P Beathers	United States	Seventeen lives were lost when the steamboat caught fire on the Mississippi River. Several people drowned whilst attempting to swim to the shore. [352]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in November 1890

Ship	State	Description
Christine Elizabeth	Norway	The schooner ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlads to the Netherlands East Indies. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Harwich (  United Kingdom ) and the Harwich Lifeboat Duke of Northumberland ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution) and towed in to Harwich, Essex. [268] [268]
Sensation	United Kingdom	The schooner ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated with assistance from the smack Alpha and the yawl Jane (both   United Kingdom ). [268]

December

1 December

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1890

Ship	State	Description
Alice	United States	The schooner was wrecked in a gale at Lingan Head, Nova Scotia. [353]
Maud Sammons	United States	With no one on board, the steamboat burned at Michigan′s St. Helena Island in Lake Michigan just west of the Straits of Mackinac. [354]
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. [355] The official inquiry concluded that Thanemore was the ship seen burning on 1 December by the steamship Lero, 1,500 nautical miles (2,800 km; 1,700 mi) from the American coast. [356] [357]

3 December

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1890

Ship	State	Description
John Pew	United States	The schooner was wrecked 15 miles (24 km) east of the East Pass, Santa Rosa Island. [192]

6 December

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1890

Ship	State	Description
Hannah	United Kingdom	The schooner foundered on the Corton Sand, off Lowestoft, Suffolk with the loss of all hands. [358]

11 December

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1890

Ship	State	Description
Plymouth Rock	United States	The schooner was wrecked at La Blanche Point, Cape Negro, Nova Scotia. [359]

12 December

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1890

Ship	State	Description
Albert	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore in a strong wind, onto the beach at Porthtowan, Cornwall. Four or her five crew were lost. [360]

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 ). [361]

19 December

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1890

Ship	State	Description
Garron Tower	United Kingdom	The steamship collided with a barque and sank in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex. Her fourteen crew were rescued by the steamship Bessemer. [60]
Oregan	United Kingdom	The ship, carrying sodium nitrate from Iquique to Newcastle, became a total wreck after striking the Book rocks, Bigbury Bay, Devon during a south-westerly gale. [362]

23 December

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1890

Ship	State	Description
Eastern Light	United States	The ship was wrecked on Caucus Shoal ( 30°18′54″N87°19′27″W / 30.31500°N 87.32417°W / 30.31500; -87.32417 (Eastern Light) ). [192]
Ferdinand Vandertaelen	Belgium	The steamship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea at ( 37°N06°E / 37°N 6°E / 37; 6 (Ferdinand Vandertaelen) ), with all the crew rescued. [363]

25 December

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1890

Ship	State	Description
Shanghai	United Kingdom	The cargo liner burned near the Mud Fort, Wuhu, China. Between 200 and 300 people were killed. [364] [365]

26 December

List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1890

Ship	State	Description
A. H. Hurlburt	United States	The coastal schooner was wrecked on Black Point, about 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Narragansett Pier, Rhode Island. Her captain and two crewmen died, the rest of the crew were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service. [366]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date December 1890

Ship	State	Description
Admiral	United States	The schooner was wrecked on Bryon Island, Magdalen Islands on 11 or 16 December. The crew was picked up from the island by a steamship three weeks later. [367]
Coptic	United Kingdom	The steamship 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. [368]
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. [369]

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.
Cyphrenia	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore at the mouth of the York River, Virginia, United States. She was later refloated with the assistance of Merritt ( United States) and resumed her voyage to Liverpool, Lancashire. [200] [17]
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. [370]
Erik Berendsen	United Kingdom	The ship went ashore on the island of Sylt, Germany, with the loss of all but one of her crew. A lifeboat capsized whilst trying to save her crew. [371]
Ferm	= Mexico	The brig was lost at Laguna de Términos. She was on a voyage from Laguna de Términos to the English Channel. [200] [240]
George	Netherlands	The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean and the crew landed at Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom by Emily ( Norway) on 14 February. [372]
Hugo	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in the Sunda Strait with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Singapore to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. [373]
Irene	France	The barque was lost at sea, and the crew landed at Lima , Peru on 7 December by Maravilla (Flag unknown). [374]
Lawrence McKenzie		The schooner was lost opposite Forked River, New Jersey. [375]
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. [376]
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. [377]
Webster	United States	The vessel was lost at Atka Island in the Andreanof Islands – part of the Aleutian Islands – in the District of Alaska. [378]
William W. Rice	United States	The fishing schooner was lost on a halibut fishing trip to Iceland in March or April. All sixteen crew were killed. [258] [379]
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. [371]

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