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

2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1890

Ship	State	Description
Czarowitz	United Kingdom	The brigantine was hit by the White Star Line ocean liner Britannic (  United Kingdom ) and sank in the Crosby Channel as she was about to enter the River Mersey. She was bound for Runcorn loaded with china clay from Fowey. [1]

3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1890

Ship	State	Description
Norge	Norway	The passenger ship ran aground in the Kristianiafjord in thick fog. Sent to Gothenburg for repairs. [2]

11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1890

Ship	State	Description
Aberdare	United Kingdom	The steamer (wrongly initially identified by some as "Labarrouere"), arriving with iron ore at Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales, collided with the steamer Ardanbhan (  United Kingdom ) and sank in the mouth of the Usk Lighthouse. No lives were lost and Aberdare was raised on 13 January. [3] [4]

13 January

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1890

Ship	State	Description
Ben Hur	United States	The schooner was wrecked on Blanche Point, Nova Scotia. Crew saved. [5]

14 January

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1890

Ship	State	Description
Sacrobosco	United Kingdom	The steamer burned to the waterline at Baltimore, Maryland. Several lives lost. Wreck bought by Red Star Line, salvaged, rebuilt and returned to service as Conemaugh ( Belgium). [6]

18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1890

Ship	State	Description
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. [7]

22 January

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1890

Ship	State	Description
Dispatch	United States	While towing a barge, the 10.27-ton steamer dragged her anchor during a storm and was wrecked on the east shore of Seymour Canal on the coast of Admiralty Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska, 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) northwest of the mouth of the canal. Her crew of three survived. [8]

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 declared a constructive total loss. [9]

24 January

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1890

Ship	State	Description
Amazon	United States	The barge, under the tow of Harold ( United States) lost her tow line in high wind and heavy seas causing her to fill and sink in Long Island Sound. Her captain drowned. [10]

25 January

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1890

Ship	State	Description
Thorne	United Kingdom	The three-masted barque was driven into the rocks off Onchan Head, Isle of Man. [11]

26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1890

Ship	State	Description
Ashlowe	Canada	The barque ran aground off The Mumbles, Glamorgan, United Kingdom and was abandoned by her eleven crew. They were rescued by the Mumbles Lifeboat. [9]

27 January

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1890

Ship	State	Description
Howard A Turner	Canada	A derelict barque was seen being towed by a steamer off Sennen Cove, Cornwall, with no signs of crew on board. At around 20:00 an unmanned New Brunswick barque came ashore on rocks at Penzer Point, near Lamorna Cove. The barque was carrying timber for Dublin and was believed to have been abandoned ten days before, and the crew landed at Liverpool. [12]

28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1890

Ship	State	Description
DeSoto	United States	The steamer burned to the waterline one mile (1.6 km) below Owensboro, Kentucky. Two crewmen died. [13]
Irex	United Kingdom	The full-rigged ship was wrecked on her maiden voyage at Scratchell's Bay, Isle of Wight, England.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown January 1890

Ship	State	Description
Alice M. Strople	United States	The schooner was believed to have sunk in a gale, described as a hurricane, on 9 January. Lost with all 14 crew. [14]
Dreadnaught	United States	The fishing schooner left Saint Pierre Island on 16 January and vanished, probably lost in a gale and snowstorm that night. Lost with all seven crew and one passenger. [15] [16] [17]
Isaac A. Chapman	United States	The schooner left Saint Pierre and Miquelon on 16 January and vanished. Probably sank in a snowstorm and gale that night. Lost with all seven crew and one passenger. [18]
Loch Moidart	United Kingdom	The 2,000-ton iron ship was driven ashore at Collandsoog, while approaching the port of Hamburg. Only two crew survived. [19]
Unnamed fishing vessels	China	Towards the end of January, three thousand fishermen were believed to have drowned during a hurricane off the Chinese coast. [20]

February

8 February

List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1890

Ship	State	Description
Spyridion Vagliane	Greece	The vessel struck The Manacles, off the Lizard, Cornwall and sank almost immediately. Eight of the crew landed on nearby Godrevy beach. [21]

10 February

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1890

Ship	State	Description
Port Eads	United States	The steamer struck Bridge Pier No. 2 and sank in 70 feet (21 m) of water at Memphis, Tennessee. Seven crewmen died. Survivors were rescued by C. B. Bryan, Welcome, and May Flower (all United States), plus skiffs from shore. [22]

11 February

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1890

Ship	State	Description
Wachusett	United States	The fishing schooner was wrecked in Fell's Cove near Burin, Newfoundland. [23] The vessel was later pulled off and taken to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia heavily damaged. The crew were saved after spending two days in a hut on the island.[ citation needed ]

16 February

List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1890

Ship	State	Description
Nautique	France	The steamer, bound from Le Havre, France, for Baltimore, Maryland, foundered in mid-Atlantic Ocean shortly after the crew were rescued by the steamer Manitoban (flag unknown). [24]

19 February

List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1890

Ship	State	Description
Highgate		The steamer collided with Sovereign (flag unknown) and sank off Lundy. Thirteen of the crew were landed at Milford Haven and a boat with six crew was reported missing. [25]

21 February

List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1890

Ship	State	Description
Agnes	United States	The fishing schooner was wrecked on Vanquero Island, Miquelon. Crew saved. [26]

22 February

List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1890

Ship	State	Description
Susie	United States	The steamer burned at Devils Elbow, Apalachicola, Florida. [27]

23 February

List of shipwrecks: 23 February 1890

Ship	State	Description
William Henry	United Kingdom	The crew abandoned ship and the vessel is believed to have foundered a few miles off the Wolf Rock. [28]

25 February

List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1890

Ship	State	Description
Avant-Garde	French Navy	The torpedo boat was wrecked. [29]

28 February

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1890

Ship	State	Description
Quetta	United Kingdom	The steamer struck an uncharted rock in the Torres Strait, Queensland, Australia, and sank with the loss of 134 lives.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date February 1890

Ship	State	Description
Duburg	Germany	The steamer was lost in a typhoon, possibly on 17 February, off the coast of China. 400 killed. [30] [31]
Unnamed vessel		The dhow, carrying powder and ammunition, exploded on a Ugandan lake killing 12 Arab chiefs and 200 fighting slaves. [32]

March

1 March

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1890

Ship	State	Description
Colonist	New South Wales	The passenger-cargo schooner sank with the loss of one life off Bradleys Head, Sydney Harbour, Australia, after colliding with the steamer Adelaide (  United Kingdom ). Adelaide rescued two survivors and the skiff half-decker Young Oscar (flag unknown) rescued three others.

12 March

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1890

Ship	State	Description
Agnes	New South Wales	The schooner foundered off the Brunswick River, New South Wales, Australia.

19 March

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1890

Ship	State	Description
Comet	New South Wales	The coastal cargo steamer was wrecked on the Richmond River spit, New South Wales, Australia. [33]

21 March

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1890

Ship	State	Description
Ethel Gwendoline	United Kingdom	The Dundee steamer foundered off Battray-head, Aberdeenshire with the loss of seven of the ten crew. [34]

28 March

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. [9]
'Dieppois	France	The crew landed at Sennen Cove, in their own boat, when the steamer hit rocks near the Land's End. [35]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown March 1890

Ship	State	Description
Lizzie D Small	United Kingdom	The schooner, with a cargo of timber, caught fire and was abandoned. The captain and six men were rescued by Choate 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Thatcher Island and landed them at Gloucester, Massachusetts on 9 March. [36]
Virent	United Kingdom	The 1,086-ton steamer was abandoned when the shaft broke. The mate and fourteen men drowned while the captain and eight crew were landed at Ferrol. [37]
William W. Rice	United States	The fishing schooner was lost on a halibut fishing trip to Iceland in March or April. All 16 crew were killed. [38] [39]

April

4 April

List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1890

Ship	State	Description
Emblem	United Kingdom	The Fowey brigantine was wrecked on a reef near the Isle des Avis and were stranded for a week. The Royal Mail ship Moselle landed the crew at Plymouth, Devon. [40]

21 April

List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1890

Ship	State	Description
Brankelow	United Kingdom	The Liverpool steamer, chartered by the Russian government, went ashore on Loe Bar, Cornwall during a gale while bound for Kronstadt from Cardiff. She was carrying 3,000 tons of coal which was salvaged along with her engines. [41]

23 April

List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1890

Ship	State	Description
Corea	United States	After the 564.62-ton, 133.4-foot (40.7 m) bark – carrying 97 passengers, 19 crewmen, and a cargo of 500 tons of cannery supplies and merchandise – grounded in bad weather on a sandbar 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) south of Kalgin Island in Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of the District of Alaska, was refloated, and began flooding, she sailed 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi) in a sinking condition and was beached on the eastern shore of Cook Inlet. Everyone on board survived, but she was deemed a total loss. [42]

26 April

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. [43]

29 April

List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1890

Ship	State	Description
H. B. Plant	United States	The steamer burned on Lake Beneford, Florida. Two crewmen and one passenger died. [44] [45]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown April 1890

Ship	State	Description
William W. Rice	United States	The fishing schooner was lost on a halibut fishing trip to Iceland in March or April. All 16 crew were killed. [38] [46]

May

5 May

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. [47]

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. [48]

15 May

List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1890

Ship	State	Description
Hattie S. Clark	United States	The schooner capsized is a squall off Frying Pan Shoals. One crewman saved that day, another the next day, rest were lost. [49]

19 May

List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1890

Ship	State	Description
Belle A. Nauss	United States	The schooner was wrecked near Wellfleet, Massachusetts. Crew saved. [50]

21 May

List of shipwrecks: 21 May 1890

Ship	State	Description
Mountain Girl	United States	The steamer sank in the Gulf of Mexico while under tow to Central America. Two crewmen died. [51]

23 May

List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1890

Ship	State	Description
Lotus	United States	The yacht capsized, or swamped, and sank attempting to enter the mouth of the Merrimack River. Two crewmen drowned. [52]

25 May

List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1890

Ship	State	Description
Unknown launch	United States	The steam launch capsized in Ipswich Bay. Two crewmen drowned. [53]

29 May

List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1890

Ship	State	Description
Poachiny	China	The steamer was destroyed by fire in the Yangtazo river. Twenty-two people were reported missing. [54]

June

21 June

List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1890

Ship	State	Description
Thornhill	United Kingdom	The screw steamship foundered following a collision off Folkestone with the steamer Lotus. The crew were rescued. [55]

23 June

List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1890

Ship	State	Description
Scheddt	United Kingdom	The Cardiff registered, 706 ton steam ship, carrying coal from Newport to Bordeaux came ashore on the cliffs under the Coastguard Station at Pendeen, Cornwall. The captain and crew landed at Pendeen Cove. [56]

24 June

List of shipwrecks: 24 June 1890

Ship	State	Description
Ethel	United Kingdom	The barque sank following a collision off the Isle of Portland, with the loss of five lives. [57]

25 June

List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1890

Ship	State	Description
Prinz Frederick	Netherlands	The mail steamer sank after it was hit midships by the steamer Marpessa (  United Kingdom ) in the English Channel. Seven soldiers died; the remaining crew, soldiers and passengers were landed at Falmouth, Cornwall. [58]

28 June

List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1890

Ship	State	Description
Beta	United Kingdom	The Penzance schooner collided with the Chatworth (  United Kingdom ), in the Bristol Channel, and foundered off Lavernock Point. [59]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: June 1890

Ship	State	Description
Six fishing vessels	United Kingdom	Gales in the Orkneys caused the loss of six fishing boats and forty lives. Others are missing. [60]

July

11 July

List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1890

Ship	State	Description
Tioga	United States	The steam barge blew up and sank partially submerged in 14 feet (4.3 m) of water in the Chicago River at the foot of Washington Street, Chicago, Illinois after a crewman with a lantern accidentally ignited fumes from her cargo of naptha and benzine. She was raised the next day, but suffered another explosion of her cargo and sank again. Raised later, repairs completed and returned to service in September. At least 25 killed, 3 or 4 crew and the rest were stevedores unloading cargo. [61] [62]

13 July

List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1890

Ship	State	Description
Sea Wing	United States	The steamer capsized in a storm in the Mississippi River, Lake Pepin. 98 died including the captain's wife and son. Raised, rebuilt and returned to service. [63] [64] [65]

23 July

List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1890

Ship	State	Description
Mary Ellen	Canada	The 77-ton schooner was wrecked on a reef at Sand Point, District of Alaska. She later was sold, refloated, and sold again. [66]

26 July

List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1890

Ship	State	Description
Charles Morand	United States	The 761-gross register ton iron-hulled screw steamer sank without loss of life in 160 feet (49 m) of water in the North Atlantic Ocean east of Cape May, New Jersey, after colliding with the schooner Zacheus Sherman ( United States). [67]

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 12 crew members all survived and were rescued by the steamer William Lewis and the brig F. A. Barstow (both United States). [68]

31 July

List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1890

Ship	State	Description
Oliver Ann	United States	The schooner was wrecked at Burin, Newfoundland. [69]

August

7 August

List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1890

Ship	State	Description
Marion	United States	The schooner was wrecked at Esprit Island. [70]

8 August

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1890

Ship	State	Description
Admiral Tromp	Norway	The barque was run down and sunk by British steamer Ching Wo in the Thames Estuary off The Nore. The wreck was dispersed by explosives April–July 1931. [71] [72]

17 August

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. [73]

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. [74] [75]

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. [76]

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. [77] [78]

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. [79]

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. [80]

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 steamer Belvedere ( United States) rescued her crew of 35 on 19 October. [81]

12 October

List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1890

Ship	State	Description
Dartmoor	United Kingdom	The steamer Dartmoor, of the Ipswich Steamship Company was transporting a cargo of burnt ore, bagged flour & malt from Ipswich to Newcastle, when she collided in calm conditions with another steamer, the Cobden from Middlesbrough. Whilst the Cobden suffered damage, the Dartmoor foundered and was lost 6 miles ESE of Flamborough Head, in calm conditions. She had nine crew and one passenger. [82]

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) . [83] [84]

14 October

List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1890

Ship	State	Description
A. S. Piper	United States	While her crew was ashore, the 54-foot (16 m), 21.11-gross register ton steam screw tug caught fire during the evening while moored to a wharf at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. The tug Mosher( United States) pulled her away from the wharf, but the fire burned out of control and destroyed A. S. Piper, which drifted ashore and became a total loss. Her wreck sank near the channel at the head of Sturgeon Bay and was documented as lying at 44°50.079′N087°22.915′W / 44.834650°N 87.381917°W / 44.834650; -87.381917 (A. S. Piper) in April 1904. [85]

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. [86]

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. [87]

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. [88]

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. [89]

November

6-7 November

List of shipwrecks: 6-7 November 1890

Ship	State	Description
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. [90] [91]

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. [92] [93]

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) . [94] [95] [96]

18 November

List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1890

Ship	State	Description
Cuxhaven	United Kingdom	The steamer, from Hamburg, was damaged when driven into the cargo steamer Equity (  United Kingdom ) in the Goole Channel after her anchor lifted during a heavy swell; she was then beached to avoid sinking. Refloated the following day, she entered Goole for discharge and repairs. [97] [98]

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. [99]

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. [100]

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. [101] [102]

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. [73]

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. [103]
Maud Sammons	United States	With no one on board, the 18-gross register ton screw steamer burned at Michigan′s St. Helena Island in Lake Michigan just west of the Straits of Mackinac. [104]
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. [105] The official inquiry concluded that Thanemore was the ship seen burning on 1 December by the steamer Lero, 1,500 nautical miles (2,800 km; 1,700 mi) from the American coast. [106] [107]

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. [27]

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. [108]

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 ). [109]

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) ). [27]
Ferdinand Vandertaelen	Belgium	The steamer foundered in the Mediterranean Sea at ( 37°N06°E / 37°N 6°E / 37; 6 (Ferdinand Vandertaelen) ), with all the crew rescued. [110]

25 December

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1890

Ship	State	Description
Shanghai	United Kingdom	The passenger/cargo steamer burned near the Mud Fort, Wuhu, China. 200 to 300 people were killed. [111] [112]

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. [113]

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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 steamer three weeks later. [114]
Coptic	United Kingdom	The steamer ran aground on Main Island at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, while departing for a voyage to Plymouth, England. Her forward compartments flooded, but were repaired by local engineers, and she returned to service. [115]
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. [116]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1890

Ship	State	Description
Assaye	United Kingdom	The barque disappeared during a voyage from London to Wellington, New Zealand, after being spoken to near the equator on 16 March. She was due in Wellington in May.
Dunedin	United Kingdom	The full-rigged ship disappeared with the loss of all 35 people on board after departing Oamaru, New Zealand, on 19 March.
Dunluce	United Kingdom	The cargo ship was wrecked on the Wijkesgrund. [117]
George	Netherlands	The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic and the crew landed at Queenstown, Ireland, by Emily (  Norway ) on 14 February. [118]
Hugo	United Kingdom	The 1,500-ton vessel foundered in the Sunda Strait with the loss of all crew. She was heading to Marseille from Singapore. [119]
Lawrence McKenzie		The schooner was lost opposite Forked River, New Jersey. [120]
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. [121]
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. [122]
Webster	United States	The vessel was lost at Atka Island in the Andreanof Islands – part of the Aleutian Islands – in the District of Alaska. [123]

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