List of shipwrecks in 1895

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The list of shipwrecks in 1895 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1895.

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May Jun Jul Aug
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January

1 January

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1895
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Sea Fox Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The sloop became waterlogged in a squall one mile (1.6 km) off Eastern Point in Gloucester, Massachusetts on 18 December 1894. Her two crew were rescued by Grace Freeman (Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States). She drifted across Cape Cod Bay and went ashore at Race Point in Provincetown, Massachusetts on 1 January 1895. [1]

2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1895
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Antoinette Canadian Red Ensign (1868-1921).svg  Canada After losing parts of her masts in the Bristol Channel near Lundy on 1 January during a voyage from Newport, Wales, to Santos, Brazil, with a cargo of coal, the barque broke her tow and drifted onto the Doom Bar in the Camel estuary, where she was wrecked. All of her crew were saved. [2] [3]

5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1895
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Eli Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer sprung a leak and sank at dock in Little Rock, Arkansas, a total loss. [4]

6 January

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1895
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Mattie K. Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer was sunk by ice in the Ohio River at Duffie, Ohio. Raised and repaired. [5]
Oneida Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer sank in the Little Kanawha River at Parkersburg, West Virginia. Raised and repaired. Back in service by May. [5]

6 January

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1895
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R. E. Phillips Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer was sunk by ice in the Ohio River at New Matamoras, Ohio. Raised, repaired, and returned to service as F. A. Goebel. [5]

10 January

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1895
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Aurelea Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer ran ashore in Mispellion Creek, careened and filled. Refloated soon after. [6]

11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1895
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Bell Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer sank in a windstorm while lying at Caruthersville, Missouri, a total loss. [4]
CupidCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The schooner sank in the Teifi Estuary. She was later refloated. [7]

12 January

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1895
ShipStateDescription
Diana Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer sprung a leak and sank while lying at Decker's Station, Indiana in the White River. Her machinery was salvaged. [8]
J. F. Joy Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The railroad transfer steamer sank when her fore and aft hog chains parted while off loading railroad cars opposite Helena, Arkansas. Raised and repaired. [8]
State of Missouri Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer sank after striking the bank of the Ohio River near Wolf Creek 75 miles (121 km) below Louisville, a total loss. Four killed. [9]

14 January

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1895
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Unknown coal boatsFlag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The tow steamer Boaz (Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States) was caught in fog near Hog Point in the Ohio River 11 miles (18 km) below Louisville striking the bank hard resulting in the sinking of 17 coal boats and 2 fuel flats. [9]

17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1895
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Cape-Fear Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer broke in two at Fayetteville, North Carolina when flood water receded leaving her on the bank. [10]

18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1895
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OliveCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship foundered in West Bay, Dorset. [11]
Ravenswood Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer burned at dock in Jacksonville, Florida, a total loss. The fire may have been arson. [12]
Ruth F. Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer burned at Rainier Beach, Seattle, Lake Washington. [13]

19 January

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1895
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Nat. F. Dortch Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer struck a snag and sank at Poland Landing, Louisiana in the Red River. Later raised, repaired and returned to service. [14]

21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1895
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Chicora Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer sank in a gale in Lake Michigan 10 miles (16 km) off Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 35 fathoms (210 ft; 64 m) of water. The wreck was located in 1917. The vessel was lost with all 23 hands and 1 passenger. [15] [16] [17]
Margaret Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer was destroyed by fire while lying at the mouth of the Houston River, a total loss. [14]
Port ErrolCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship, on her maiden voyage, caught fire in the Clyde and was scuttled. Subsequently refloated, sold and repaired. [18]

23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1895
ShipStateDescription
Henrietta Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer struck a snag and sank in Bayou Plaquemine. Later raised. [14]

24 January

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1895
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Hebe Flag of Norway.svg  Norway The barque was abandoned in the North Sea. [19]

26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1895
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Leader Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The fishing schooner was wrecked on a ledge south of the Norman's Woe bell buoy in a snowstorm and heavy seas. Four of the crew were killed. [20]
Unknown bargesFlag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States Five unknown barges, under the tow of the tugboat Sea King (Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States), broke loose from Sea King and sank in a gale and snowstorm off Point Judith. Between the five barges twelve crew died and two were rescued by Sea King. [6]

28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1895
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L'Amerique Flag of France.svg  France During a voyage from Saint-Nazaire, France, to Savanilla and Colón, Colombia, with general cargo, the 4,584-gross register ton sidewheel paddle steamer was wrecked at Savanilla. [21]

29 January

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1895
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CycloneFlag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer burned to the water's edge at La Camas, Washington. [22] [23]

30 January

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1895
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Elbe Flag of the German Empire.svg  Germany The steamship collided with the steamer Crathie (Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom ) and sank 47 miles (76 km) south-west from the Haaks Lightship (Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom ) off Lowestoft in 17 to 20 fathoms (102 to 120 ft; 31 to 37 m) of water, and the trunks of her masts can be seen above water, with the loss of 334 lives. 20 survivors, including 15 crew, were rescued by the fishing smack Wildflower (Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom ). [24] [25]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date January 1895
ShipStateDescription
Chicora Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The passenger-cargo steamer disappeared on Lake Michigan with the loss of all hands.

February

5 February

List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1895
ShipStateDescription
J. D. LawlorFlag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The pilot boat was sunk in a collision with fishing schooner Horace B. Parker (Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States) about ten miles (16 km) north of Minot's Ledge Light. Four of five crew killed. [26]
Laiyuan Flag of the Qing Dynasty (1889-1912).svg  Imperial Chinese Navy First Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Weihaiwei: The armored cruiser capsized and sank with the loss of about 170 lives after being torpedoed by the torpedo boat Kotaka (Naval ensign of the Empire of Japan.svg  Imperial Japanese Navy) at Weihaiwei, China.

6 February

List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1895
ShipStateDescription
Gypsey Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The laid up launch was destroyed by fire, probably at new London, Connecticut. Believed to be arson. [6]
H. S. Van SamfordFlag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The barge, under the tow of the tugboat Aries (Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States), suddenly foundered six miles (9.7 km) west of Saybrook Breakwater Light and north of Cornfield Shoals in Long Island Sound in 10 fathoms (60 ft; 18 m) of water. Her cook drowned and her captain died after rescue by Aries. Four others survived. [6]

7 February

List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1895
ShipStateDescription
George H. Warren Flag of the United States.svg  United States The pilot boat from New York went missing just before the great blizzard. She had six pilots on board, a boatkeeper, cook, and two seamen. [27]
Jingyuen Flag of the Qing Dynasty (1889-1912).svg  Imperial Chinese Navy First Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Weihaiwei: The armored cruiser exploded and sank at her anchorage at Weihaiwei, China, after taking several hits from coastal artillery batteries that Imperial Japanese Army forces had captured.
Mary McNeill Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The tugboat sprung a leak in West Farms Creek and was run onto a mud bank to prevent sinking. She was carried off the mud bank by an ice flow to the Westchester side where she rolled over and burned. Her crew made it ashore across the ice. [28]

8 February

List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1895
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Marblehead Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States February gale: The fishing schooner parted her anchor chain and went ashore at Fort Point, Boston, a total loss. The crew were saved. [29]

9 February

List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1895
ShipStateDescription
Clara F. Friend Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The schooner was wrecked on Eastern Head, near the entrance to the harbor of Liverpool, Nova Scotia in a storm. Lost with all 12 crew. [30] [31]
Sentinel Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer caught fire and burned to the waters edge while lying at Cairo, Illinois. [8]

10 February

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1895
ShipStateDescription
Dingyuan Flag of the Qing Dynasty (1889-1912).svg  Imperial Chinese Navy First Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Weihaiwei: The turret ship was scuttled off Liugong Island, China.
Vancouver Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The ferry broke her shaft in a heavy gale and collided with a snag, sinking in eight feet (2.4 m) of water. [22] [23]

14 February

List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1895
ShipStateDescription
L. H. Sargent Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer, laid up after being seized by the United States Marshal Service, sprung a leak and sank at Vicksburg, Mississippi. [14]
Northern PacificFlag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The laid up steamer was sunk by ice at Kleinston, Mississippi. Later raised. [14]

15 February

List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1895
ShipStateDescription
Lady of the LakeFlag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The paddlewheel passenger steamer was destroyed by fire at dock in Washington, D.C., a total loss. [32] [33]

18 February

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1895
ShipStateDescription
Vanguard Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer sank in 35 feet (11 m) of water at Cairo, Illinois. Raised, repaired and returned to service. [8]

19 February

List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1895
ShipStateDescription
William G. Hewes Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer was wrecked in a gale on Colorado Reef off the coast of Cuba. [34] [35]

24 February

List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1895
ShipStateDescription
Silver Ware Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The passenger steamer was sunk by ice at Vanceburg, Kentucky. Raised on 1 March, taken to Cincinnati and repaired. [9]
Susie Brown Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The ferry struck a snag and sank in the Scioto River. Raised, rebuilt and returned to service as Portsmouth. [9]

26 February

List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1895
ShipStateDescription
J. C. Abbot Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The ferry was sunk by ice at dock at Madison, Indiana, a total loss. [9]

28 February

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1895
ShipStateDescription
Charley Hook Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer was sunk by ice in the Ohio River at Babs Island. Raised and repaired. [5]
PacificFlag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer was sunk by ice in the Ohio River opposite Walkers Landing near Wellsville, Ohio. Raised and repaired. [5]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date February 1895
ShipStateDescription
Mary S. Hontvet Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The fishing schooner sank on the Georges Bank in the February gale. Lost with all 13 crew. [36] [37]
Mildred V. Lee Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The fishing schooner sank on the Georges Bank in the February gale. Lost with all 16 hands. [38]
Samuel V. Colby Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The fishing schooner sank returning to Gloucester, Massachusetts from Fortune Bay in a gale in early February. Lost with all eight crew. [30] [39] [40]

March

1 March

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1895
ShipStateDescription
Marcus Collins Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer burned and sank between Trinity, Louisiana and Tensas Lake, a total loss. [41]
Nat. F. Dortch Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer struck a snag and sank near Cotton Point Landing, Louisiana in Ninock Lake, or at Coon Point, Louisiana in the Red River, a total loss. Her bell and boiler were later salvaged. [42] [41]
Nora Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer burned and sank at New Iberia, Louisiana. Raised and repaired. One of her firemen was killed. [41]

3 March

List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1895
ShipStateDescription
Laura Blanks Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer burned and sank between Trinity, Louisiana and Floyd, Louisiana, a total loss. Her master's son died. [41]

6 March

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1895
ShipStateDescription
Evangel Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer filled through a siphon pipe and sank at dock at Port Angeles, Washington. [13]

8 March

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1895
ShipStateDescription
Longfellow Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The passenger steamer struck a pier of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Bridge in Cincinnati, she broke in two and sank, a total loss. Seven killed. [9]
Rosedale Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer struck a rock in the "Rock Channel" and sank in six feet (1.8 m) of water in the Wabash River in Grand Chain. Part of her cargo was salvaged. One crewman drowned. Raised and repaired. Back in service by late August. [8]

9 March

List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1895
ShipStateDescription
Anna B. Adams Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer struck a snag and sank at Thorn Reach, Louisiana in the Red River. Later raised. Back in service by May. [41]
Gamma Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer struck a snag and sank at Brown's Landing, Louisiana in the Red River, a total loss. [41]
Reina Regente Flag of the First Spanish Republic.svg  Spanish Navy The Reina Regente-class protected cruiser foundered in the Bay of Cádiz with the loss of all 420 crew.

10 March

List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1895
ShipStateDescription
Myrtle Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer caught fire and burned in the White River 25 miles (40 km) above Newport, Arkansas near Arnold's Ferry, a total loss. [8]

12 March

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1895
ShipStateDescription
F. W. Vosburgh Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The tugboat struck Romer Shoal and sank in a heavy snowstorm. [28]

13 March

List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1895
ShipStateDescription
N. B. Starbuck Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The tugboat, while assisting Senica, got caught in her suction, listed, filled with water, and sank in the East River off Pier 17. A pilot was killed. [28]

17 March

List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1895
ShipStateDescription
Helen Vaughan Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer burned at White's Ferry, Louisiana near the mouth of Bayou D'Arbonne, a total loss. [41] [43]

19 March

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1895
ShipStateDescription
Nubia Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The passenger-cargo steamer ran aground at Aden during her maiden voyage. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.

21 March

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1895
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AmbassadriceFlag of France.svg  France En route from St Malo for Newfoundland for cod the sailing vessel had a crew of 7 and 90 male passengers. It ran onto rocks on the south coast of Guernsey (Channel Islands) in fog and foundered close to shore. All managed to climb to the top of the cliffs safely apart from one elderly man who slipped and fell to his death. [44]

23 March

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1895
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Mary AnnCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship got into difficulties off Cardigan Island, Cardiganshire. Her two crew were rescued by Lizzie & Charles Leigh Clare ( Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution). [7]

24 March

List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1895
ShipStateDescription
Saml. Winpenny Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer backed into a rock lighter and sank in the Ashley River at Charleston, South Carolina. [10]

25 March

List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1895
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Acorn Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The ferry burned and sank at Middleport, Ohio, a total loss. [45]

26 March

List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1895
ShipStateDescription
Lora Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer foundered at Monroe, Louisiana. Later raised. [41]

27 March

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1895
ShipStateDescription
Ethel Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The launch was wrecked crossing the bar at Lake Worth, Florida. [10]

28 March

List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1895
ShipStateDescription
EG 4 Drie Gezusters Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands The fishing Bomschuit  [ nl ] (pink) drifted up the Texelstroom  [ nl ] naviation channel during a storm. During a rescue operation all persons on board were rescued by Blazer  [ nl ] TX 119 Bertha. [46] [47] [48]
Mary H. Packer Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The tug sprung a leak and sank off Red Hook, Brooklyn. most of crew rescued by Magenta, a deck hand drowned. Apparently raised, repaired and back in service by December 1895. [49] [6]
Ralph E. Warner Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer caught fire and burned in the White River near Hess Landing, Arkansas, a total loss. [8]
SaintongeFlag of France.svg  France The vessel ran aground, approximately 200 yd (183 m) from the shore in calm weather on rocks in Boskenna Bay, 5 miles (8.0 km) to the west of Penzance, Cornwall. She was finally abandoned on 1 April with all the crew and some of the cargo saved. [50]

29 March

List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1895
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Alvah Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The steamer was damaged in a collision with Brinkburn (Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom ) in the Straits of Messina off Cannitello. She was beached to prevent sinking, but was wrecked, a total loss. [51]

30 March

List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1895
ShipStateDescription
Welcome Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer was sunk in a collision with Perfection (Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States) in the Chicago River. [52]

April

2 April

List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1895
ShipStateDescription
Buckeye Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer was struck by a heavy squall in Bellingham Bay and thrown on its beams ends and was wrecked. One passenger died of exposure. [13]
W. A. Waters Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The bugeye was struck by the tug Game Cock (Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States) and sank in Baltimore Harbor. [32] [33]

3 April

List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1895
ShipStateDescription
Iron Queen Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The ferry burned and sank at Gallipolis, Ohio, a total loss. 35 passengers and crew made it to shore, one stewardess drowned. [45]

6 April

List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1895
ShipStateDescription
I. T. Rhea Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer was blown in a storm into Brooks Bluff in the Cumberland River knocking a hole in her starboard side, causing her to sink in 30 feet (9.1 m) of water. [53]

7 April

List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1895
ShipStateDescription
Josiah R. Smith Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The schooner was sunk in a collision with the barge Lone Star in tow by Orion (both Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States) four miles (6.4 km) off Gay Head in thick fog. The crew were rescued by Lone Star. [6] [54]

8 April

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1895
ShipStateDescription
Unknown bargesFlag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States Two barges, under tow by Thomas A. Bain (Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States), broke loose in a storm off Cape Charles. They eventually washed ashore. One was refloated, the other was a total loss. [32]

9 April

List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1895
ShipStateDescription
Lord Spencer Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The steamer foundered on a voyage from San Francisco, California, United States to Queenstown, Ireland. [55]

10 April

List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1895
ShipStateDescription
Lizzie W. Hannum Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The schooner was wrecked on Great Ledge in Buzzards Bay. [56]

13 April

List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1895
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Nora Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden The steamer struck a sunken wreck crossing the Bar at Shanghai, China and was wrecked. [57]

14 April

List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1895
ShipStateDescription
KodiakFlag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States Great Easter Gale of 1895: During a voyage in the Territory of Alaska from Kodiak to Ajaktalik with one passenger, eight crewmen, and a 40-ton cargo of lumber, furs, and general merchandise on board, the 102.89-ton, 93-foot (28.3 m) schooner was wrecked during a gale on a sandspit at the southeastern tip of Geese Island ( 56°44′N153°53′W / 56.733°N 153.883°W / 56.733; -153.883 (Geese Island) ) in the Kodiak Archipelago. All aboard survived. [58]
Walter A. EarleCanadian Red Ensign (1868-1921).svg  Canada Great Easter Gale of 1895: While sealing off Icy Bay in the Territory of Alaska, the 71-ton schooner lost her rudder and capsized during a gale in the Gulf of Alaska off Cape Saint Elias on the southwest end of Kayak Island with the loss of her entire crew of 32. Her overturned hull drifted into Afognak Bay ( 58°02′30″N152°45′00″W / 58.04167°N 152.75000°W / 58.04167; -152.75000 (Afognak Bay) ) on Kodiak Island several weeks later with the bodies of many of her crew inside it. [59]

20 April

List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1895
ShipStateDescription
WaspCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The tug was run down and sunk in the Bristol Channel by Severn (Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom ) with the loss of all four people on board. The wreck was later raised and beached. [60]

22 April

List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1895
ShipStateDescription
Unknown bargesFlag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The tow steamer I. N. Bunton (Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States) struck a pier of the Kenova Bridge in Cincinnati, resulting in four barges sinking. [9]
Wyandot Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer struck a stump and sank in the Duck River three miles (4.8 km) above the mouth in eight feet (2.4 m) of water. [53]

24 April

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1895
ShipStateDescription
C. G. WhiteFlag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States Great Easter Gale of 1895: The 73.51-net register ton, 81.5-foot (24.8 m) schooner was disabled at sea in a gale and snowstorm and blown before the wind until she was wrecked on a submerged reef in the Trinity Islands ( 56°50′N154°10′W / 56.833°N 154.167°W / 56.833; -154.167 (Trinity Islands) ) in the Territory of Alaska's Kodiak Archipelago southwest of Kodiak Island. Of her crew of at least 28, three died trying to reach shore and eight more died ashore prior to rescue. Confusingly, various press reports of 1895 in combination list up to 20 survivors, raising the possibility that her crew was as large as 31. [61]

27 April

List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1895
ShipStateDescription
A. Everett Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer foundered in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron. [62]
Sadie Shepherd Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer sprung a leak and sank on Lake Erie near Turtle Island. Her cook drowned. [63]

May

1 May

List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1895
ShipStateDescription
J. H. Johnson Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer struck a rock in Green Bay near Horseshoe Island and was wrecked, a total loss. [64]
Reindeer Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The schooner was wrecked in a gale near the Black River. She was not considered worth saving and was towed into shoal water and abandoned. [65]

2 May

List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1895
ShipStateDescription
S. R. Smith Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The tug was struck by a scow, under tow by Wm. E. Chapman (Flag of the United States.svg  United States), in the East River off Pier 47. She was forced under, bow first, rolling onto her port side, filling with water and sank. [49]

3 May

List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1895
ShipStateDescription
E. B. Wheelock Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer struck an obstruction and sank at Snaggy Point, Louisiana in the Red River, a total loss. [41]

4 May

List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1895
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Guide Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer burned at Pier 6, Oswego, New York, a total loss. [63]

5 May

List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1895
ShipStateDescription
L. D. Davis Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The tow steamer was destroyed by fire at Ashtabula, Ohio, a total loss. [63]

7 May

List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1895
ShipStateDescription
Maud Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The tug was capsized in the harbor of Norfolk, Virginia by the suction of New York (Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States). [32]

10 May

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1895
ShipStateDescription
Cayuga Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer sank in a collision with Joseph L. Hurd (Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States) in dense fog in Lake Michigan/Straits of Mackinac near the Waugoshance Light in 14–15 fathoms (84–90 ft; 26–27 m) of water ( 45°43′N85°11′W / 45.717°N 85.183°W / 45.717; -85.183 ). Joseph L. Hurd's cook drowned. [15] [66] [67]

11 May

List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1895
ShipStateDescription
O. J. WalkerFlag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States Carrying a cargo of bricks and tiles, the 86-foot (26 m) schooner-rigged canal boat sank during a storm without loss of life in 65 feet (20 m) of water in Lake Champlain, 0.75 nautical miles (1.4 km; 0.9 mi) west of the north end of the breakwater at Burlington, Vermont, at 44°28.72′N073°14.44′W / 44.47867°N 73.24067°W / 44.47867; -73.24067 (O. J. Walker) . [68]
Rob RoyFlag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The tow steamer filled with water and sank at dock at the foot of Vine Street, Cincinnati. [9]

12 May

List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1895
ShipStateDescription
City of Chartiers Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer burned to the waterline while lying at the bank near Ironton, Ohio. [9]

13 May

List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1895
ShipStateDescription
West Side Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The fishing schooner was wrecked on Duck Rock off Boothbay, Maine. The crew was saved. The wreck was later sold. [69]

14 May

List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1895
ShipStateDescription
Katie Voight Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer struck a sunken scow in the Pettys Island Cut and sank. Raised, repaired and back in service by mid June. [70]

21 May

List of shipwrecks: 21 May 1895
ShipStateDescription
Carrie E. Long Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The barque was lost to fire in the Atlantic Ocean when struck by lightning 10 miles (16 km) west of Gun Cay, the Bahamas. Her captain, first mate and two crewmen were killed in the lightning strike. The rest of the crew was rescued from Gun Cay by Havana (Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States). [71] [72]

27 May

List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1895
ShipStateDescription
Colima Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer sank in a violent gale 40 miles (64 km) south of Manzanillo, Colima. Eighty-five passengers and 68 crew died, 12 crew and 27 passengers survived, some made it to shore, others were rescued by San Juan (Flag of the United States.svg  United States). [73] [74] [75]

29 May

List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1895
ShipStateDescription
H. E. Runnells Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer caught fire on Lake Erie and was towed to Ashtabula, Ohio where she sank. Raised in July and taken to Port Huron, Michigan where she was repaired and returned to service. [63] [76] [77]
Jack Canadian Red Ensign (1868-1921).svg  Canada The steamer was damaged in a collision with Norman (Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States) in dense fog off Presque Isle, off the Menominee River, rapidly filled and became waterlogged. She would have sunk except for the buoyancy of her cargo of lumber. She sank next day at Presque Isle after the lumber lost its buoyancy. The crew were rescued by the steam barge Sicken. Raised, repaired, and returned to service. Renamed Bothnia at some point. [78]
Norman Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer was sunk in a collision with Jack (Canadian Red Ensign (1868-1921).svg  Canada) in dense fog off Presque Isle, off the Menominee River in 300 feet (91 m) of water. Two crewmen and wife of another crewman drowned. Survivors rescued by the steam barge Sicken. [62] [78]
S. P. Pond Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer caught fire and burned in the White River opposite Newport, Arkansas, a total loss. [8]

June

2 June

List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1895
ShipStateDescription
Osceola Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer burned in the Ocklawaha River near Eureka, Florida, a total loss. [12]

5 June

List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1895
ShipStateDescription
J. Everson Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The tug had passed a line to steam barge I. Watson Stephenson (Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States) in preparation for towing her through the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal. When I. Watson Stephenson crossed J. Everson's bow to pass lines to the other side she was struck, rolled over, filled and sank four miles (6.4 km) off shore in 15 fathoms (90 ft; 27 m) of water. One crewman below decks drowned. [64] [79]

6 June

List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1895
ShipStateDescription
Gitana Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer foundered in a severe storm in Lake Ontario between Oswego, New York and Alexander Bay. Lost with all three hands. [63]

8 June

List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1895
ShipStateDescription
T. D. Dale Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The passenger steamer struck an obstruction and sank near Lock No. 8 in the Great Kanawha River in eight feet (2.4 m) of water. Raised and repaired. [45]

11 June

List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1895
ShipStateDescription
Olinda Flag Portugal sea (1830).svg Portugal During a voyage from New York City to Fall River, Massachusetts, the 250-foot (76 m), 1,479-gross register ton cargo ship was wrecked in fog on Fisher's Island, New York, at the eastern end of Long Island Sound without loss of life. Her wreck sank in 20 feet (6 m) of water. [80] [81]

12 June

List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1895
ShipStateDescription
Saint Pancras Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The cargo ship was wrecked on the Samarang Bank. She was on a voyage from Labuan, Philippines to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. [82]

17 June

List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1895
ShipStateDescription
Jumbo Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The schooner sank at Newburyport, Massachusetts. Her captain and one crewman died. [83]

18 June

List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1895
ShipStateDescription
James Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The tug sprang a leak at Cramp Shipbuilding, Philadelphia and sank. [6]

20 June

List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1895
ShipStateDescription
PotomacFlag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer was destroyed by fire at the mouth of St. Clements Bay. [32]

21 June

List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1895
ShipStateDescription
Anna M. Pence Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer burned near Point Lowell in Puget Sound, a total loss. Her crew escaped to a scow she was towing, except for her cook who drowned. [28]
Diana Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The cross-Channel mail steamer was wrecked in fog on Cap de la Hague. She was on a voyage from St Malo, France to Southampton, England. Passengers and crew all rescued. [84] [85]
St. Peter Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The laid up steamer was destroyed by fire at Handsboro, Mississippi, a total loss. [41]

July

2 July

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1895
ShipStateDescription
AliceFlag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer sank at dock at Falmouth, Maine. [86]
J. J. Odil Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer struck a dredge cut and sank in the Illinois River at Bloom's Landing, Illinois. Later raised. [10]
Lincoln Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer was destroyed by fire from an exploding lamp in the engine room at dock at Barren Island, Brooklyn. [49]

5 July

List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1895
ShipStateDescription
Lady Lee Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer struck an obstruction and sank at Island No. 40, a total loss. Three crew and two passengers killed. [8] [87]
PortlandFlag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer, while at anchor near Dundas Island, British Columbia, grounded on a rock and became a total loss. [28]

7 July

List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1895
ShipStateDescription
Annie MayFlag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steam launch was driven onto the beach and destroyed at Cape Karluk ( 57°35′10″N154°30′50″W / 57.58611°N 154.51389°W / 57.58611; -154.51389 (Cape Karluk) ) on the Shelikof Strait coast of the Territory of Alaska's Kodiak Island during a storm. She became a total loss. [88]
Mexico Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The steamer was wrecked near the Belle Isle Lighthouse while en route from Montreal to Bristol. She was carrying 900 sheep, 200 cattle and a general cargo. The crew was saved but the wreck was plundered and set alight. [89]
Raphael Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States While anchored off Karluk, Territory of Alaska, with 20 crewmen and a cargo of 7,117 cases of salmon on board, the 1,542-gross register ton, 220-foot (67.1 m) wooden ship was washed ashore during a storm and wrecked without loss of life in Tanglefoot Bay ( 57°34′30″N154°29′30″W / 57.57500°N 154.49167°W / 57.57500; -154.49167 (Tanglefoot Bay) ) on the coast of Southcentral Alaska. [90]

8 July

List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1895
ShipStateDescription
Innovator Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The dredge struck an obstruction and sank in 3 feet of water near Caseyville, Kentucky. Raised and repaired. [8]

9 July

List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1895
ShipStateDescription
Hilaria Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom One died when the ship caught fire and sank in Port Phillip, near Melbourne. She was carrying a general cargo and rosin. [91]
Volurous Canadian Red Ensign (1868-1921).svg Canada The schooner collided near Beaver Light, Nova Scotia. She was out of White Head, Nova Scotia. [92] [93]

10 July

List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1895
ShipStateDescription
Ben Harrison Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The lighter struck a rock and sank in the Merrimac River. Raised and repaired. [6]
UhlanCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The vessel was wrecked off Heligoland. [94]

11 July

List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1895
ShipStateDescription
BirkhallCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The vessel was sunk in a collision with Wantai (Flag of the Qing Dynasty (1889-1912).svg  Imperial Chinese Navy) on the seaward side of the Woosung bar. [95]

12 July

List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1895
ShipStateDescription
Prince OscarCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship collided with another vessel and sank with the loss of all hands off the coast of Brazil. [96]

15 July

List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1895
ShipStateDescription
Hebe Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden The barquentine was wrecked at Little Curacao Island. [97]

16 July

List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1895
ShipStateDescription
NyanzaFlag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer was sunk in a collision with Northern King (Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States) in the Hay Lake Channel, Sault Ste. Marie River. Raised, taken to Duluth ad repaired. [98]
Uncle Billy Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer struck an obstruction and sank 10 miles (16 km) above the Mouth of Black Fish Bayou in the St. Francis River, a total loss. Tree crew and two passengers killed. [8]

17 July

List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1895
ShipStateDescription
W. H. MillerFlag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States Carrying 12 crewmen, three passengers, and a cargo of 300 tons of coal and general merchandise, the 265.5-ton, 122.6-foot (37.4 m) brig dragged her anchors during a gale and was stranded without loss of life in the harbor at Port Clarence, Territory of Alaska, becoming a total loss. [59]

18 July

List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1895
ShipStateDescription
HiberniaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The 83-gross register ton ketch was in a collision and wrecked off Heligoland. [99]

19 July

List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1895
ShipStateDescription
Sankai MaruMerchant flag of Japan (1870).svg  Japan The steam cargo ship ran aground on Shosei Island. [100]

20 July

List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1895
ShipStateDescription
Westella Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom During a voyage in ballast between Stockholm and Härnösand, Sweden, the Jackson & Beaumont-owned steamer was in a collision and sank in the Baltic Sea 8 nautical miles (15 km) south-southeast of Finngrundet. [101]

21 July

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1895
ShipStateDescription
Maria P Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy The passenger-cargo ship was involved in a collision in the Gulf of Spezia, off the Italian coast with 148 lives lost. She was en route from Naples to Genoa with a general cargo. [102]

23 July

List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1895
ShipStateDescription
Gen. A. E. Burnside Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The tug burned and sank off Stamford, Connecticut, a total loss. [6]
Only Son Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The schooner was sunk in a collision with the yacht Neaira (Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States) off Astoria, Queens in the East River. Her crew was rescued by Neaira [49]

24 July

List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1895
ShipStateDescription
Granby Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The steamer was wrecked on the coast of Brazil while on a voyage in ballast from Imbituba, Brazil, to Buenos Aires, Argentina. [103]
Unique Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The steamer ran aground in the Bass Strait on the coast of Victoria, Australia. [104]
Ymuiden Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands The steamer was wrecked off Rotterdam, the Netherlands. [105]

25 July

List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1895
ShipStateDescription
Agnes Donald Flag of Queensland.svg  Queensland En route in ballast from Thursday Island, Queensland, Australia, to Fremantle, Western Australia, the steamer was lost in the Indian Ocean off Fremantle. [106]
Angelica Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom En route from Bordeaux, France, to Barry, Wales, with a cargo of pitwood, the steamer was wrecked off Milford, Wales. [107]
Mogador Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The steamer ran aground on the Hats and Barrell Rocks between Milford and St David's Head, Wales, while carrying coal from Glasgow, Scotland, to Bayonne, France. [108]

26 July

List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1895
ShipStateDescription
Condor Norge-Unionsflagg-1844.svg Norway The barque caught fire and was abandoned in the North Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) east-southeast of Lowestoft, during a voyage from Hull, England, to Pensacola, Florida. [109]

27 July

List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1895
ShipStateDescription
Agra Flag of Western Australia.svg  Western Australia The barque was on a voyage from Fremantle to Bunbury, Western Australia, with a cargo of stock and general goods when she was lost in Koombana Bay near Bunbury. [110]
Cleaveland Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The steamer was on a voyage from London to Cardiff in ballast when she was in collision in the English Channel off Folkestone with the tanker Duffield and sank. [111]
Seagull Flag of Western Australia.svg  Western Australia The steamer was lost off Garden Island, Western Australia, along with her three crew. [112]

28 July

List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1895
ShipStateDescription
Ida Flag of the German Empire.svg  Germany The cargo ship was carrying sugar, wheat, and general cargo from Danzig, Germany, to London when she ran aground on the Hasborough Sands. [113]
Masonic Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The steam cargo ship was wrecked at Saint Pierre and Miquelon. She was in ballast on a voyage from Swansea, Wales, to Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada. [114]

29 July

List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1895
ShipStateDescription
Haakon Adelsteen Norge-Unionsflagg-1844.svg Norway The steamer ran aground near Santa Catherina, Brazil, during a voyage from La Plata, Argentina, to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [115]

31 July

List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1895
ShipStateDescription
Benton Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The passenger steamer struck a snag and sank in the Missouri River at Arrow Rock, Missouri. Raised and repaired. [10]
Congo Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom During a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium, in ballast, the steamer ran aground at Triborka in the White Sea. [116]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in July 1895
ShipStateDescription
Lord Downshire Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship foundered off the coast of Brazil with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Caleta Buena, Chile to Hamburg, Germany. [96]

August

1 August

List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1895
ShipStateDescription
Refuge Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer caught fire off Liberty Island. After efforts to put it out failed she was beached on Oyster Island where she burned to the waterline. Her crew escaped in her boat. [49]

2 August

List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1895
ShipStateDescription
Marion Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer burned to the waterline and sank at dock at Boothbay Harbor, Maine, a total loss. [86]

4 August

List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1895
ShipStateDescription
F. A. Kerker Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The tug caught fire at dock at Rikers Island, she burned to the waterline. [49]

5 August

List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1895
ShipStateDescription
Big SandyFlag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The wharf boat caught fire and burned to the waterline/destroyed while at dock at the foot of Broadway, Cincinnati, spreading to other wharf boats and two steamers. [117]
Big Sandy Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer burned to the waterline/destroyed while at dock at the foot of Broadway, Cincinnati when the wharf boat Big Sandy caught fire. [9] [117]
Carrollton Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer burned to the waterline/destroyed while at dock at the foot of Broadway, Cincinnati when the wharf boat Big Sandy caught fire. [9] [117]
Hiawatha Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer was sunk at Columbia, Texas in the Brazos River when dropping river level dropped her on an obstruction piercing her hull. [41]

7 August

List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1895
ShipStateDescription
HarbertonCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom While en route for Halifax with timber and salted fish, the ship foundered approximately 30 miles (48 km) north-east of Port Morant, Jamaica. [118]
Emma May Canadian Red Ensign (1868-1921).svg Canada The steamer ran aground off White Point, Nova Scotia, while heading from Chester, Nova Scotia, to Port Matoon, Nova Scotia, Canada. [119]

8 August

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1895
ShipStateDescription
AlbatrosFlag of France.svg  France The steamer sank during a storm in the Rance estuary at Point Cancaval, Brittany, France. [120]
Catterthun Flag of New South Wales.svg  New South Wales The passenger-cargo steamer sank two to three miles (3.2 to 4.8 km) north of Seal Rocks, New South Wales, Australia, after hitting a reef while on a journey from Sydney to Hong Kong with 58 crew members and 22 passengers aboard. Fifty-five died. [121] [122]
Saint Paul US flag 44 stars.svg United States The steamer was wrecked near Point Pinos Lighthouse, California. [123]

9 August

List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1895
ShipStateDescription
BritannicFlag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer was sunk in a collision with Russia (Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States) in the Detroit River. One of her firemen drowned. [5]

10 August

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1895
ShipStateDescription
Mayhill Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom While en route to Geraldton, Western Australia, from Middlesbrough, England with a cargo of railway iron, the barque was wrecked off Point Moore, Western Australia. [124]
Miranda Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Carrying wool from Australia to Hamburg, Germany, the steamer was wrecked on the Jument rock, near Ushant, France. The lugger Charlotte (flag unknown) picked up the survivors and there was no loss of life. [125]

11 August

List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1895
ShipStateDescription
Pan Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark While en route to Ghent, Belgium, from St Petersburg, Russia, with a cargo of barley, flax, and pulpwood, the steamer sank in the Baltic Sea after a collision four miles south of Ystad, Sweden. [126]

12 August

List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1895
ShipStateDescription
Soochow Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The passenger and cargo ship ran aground off Chefoo, China, during a voyage from Chinkiang to Chefoo. [127]

14 August

List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1895
ShipStateDescription
Dracona Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom While en route, and carrying pig iron and coal, from Middlesbrough, England, the steamer ran aground at Fame Point in the Saint Lawrence River, near her destination, Montreal. [128]
S. Shaw Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer burned to the waterline at Pier 77, Philadelphia. [70]

16 August

List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1895
ShipStateDescription
Wm. Jones Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The schooner was sunk in a collision with City of Macon (Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States) at Greenwich Pier, Philadelphia. [70]

19 August

List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1895
ShipStateDescription
City of Sheffield Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer struck an obstruction and sank in shallow water in the Mississippi River near Greenfield, Missouri. Raised and taken to Paducah, Kentucky for repairs. [8]
Lud Keifer Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer broke loose from the Monongahela Wharf, Pittsburgh, in a storm. She capsized and was reduced to a wreck. Later broken up. A stewardess died. [5]
Tillie Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer was capsized and wrecked at the Tyde Coal Company Wharf, Pittsburgh, in a storm. [5]

20 August

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1895
ShipStateDescription
John D. Scully Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The laid up steamer was destroyed by fire at Carrollton, Louisiana. [41]
Maryland Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer was dragged down and sunk when an unidentified mud scow she was towing suddenly sank in the Cooper River opposite Charleston, South Carolina. One crewman killed. [10]
Rung Brothers Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The 57-foot (17 m) steam yacht was caught in the trough of heavy seas on Lake Erie off Buffalo, New York causing her to careen, fill and sink rapidly. Six passengers killed. [62] [129]

21 August

List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1895
ShipStateDescription
Etta Stewart Canadian Red Ensign (1868-1921).svg  Canada Eight people died when the sailing ship was lost off Three Fathom Harbour, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, in a storm. [130]
Seaford Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The Newhaven and Dieppe ferry sank 20 miles (32 km) from Newhaven after a collision with the steamship Lyon. There was no loss of life. [131]

22 August

List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1895
ShipStateDescription
Sentinel Canadian Red Ensign (1868-1921).svg  Canada The barque was lost at sea while en route to Buenos Aires from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada. [132]

24 August

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1895
ShipStateDescription
Clémentine Flag of France.svg  France The steamer sank after hitting rocks near Mont Saint-Michel. She was carrying limestone from Regnéville, Normandy to Dahouët, Brittany. [133]

25 August

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1895
ShipStateDescription
AliceCanadian Red Ensign (1868-1921).svg  Canada The steamer ran aground off Seal Island, while en route for Liverpool from Port Medway, Nova Scotia. [134]
Four Sisters Flag of France.svg  France The steamer ran aground while en route from St Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon to Sydney, Nova Scotia. [135]
Fredrikka Norge-Unionsflagg-1844.svg Norway The steamer was lost during a storm off Aspy Bay while en route to Baie Verte, New Brunswick, Canada, from Le Havre, Upper Normandy, France. [136]
Morning Light Canadian Red Ensign (1868-1921).svg  Canada The steam schooner was wrecked off Mulgrave Cove while heading to Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia from Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada. [137]
Rosedale Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer struck an obstruction and sank in 15 feet (4.6 m) of water in the Ohio River near Shawneetown, Illinois. Total loss. [8]

26 August

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1895
ShipStateDescription
Mildred Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The sloop yacht was sunk in a collision with John Endicott (Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States) in Boston Harbor. [6]
Morrisania Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer was destroyed by fire in drydock in Hoboken, New Jersey. [49]

27 August

List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1895
ShipStateDescription
Henrietta Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The sailing ship was wrecked in the Kee Chanel on a trip from Yokohama, Japan to Kobe, Japan. [138]
J. M. Clark Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer burned to the waterline and sank while tied up at Eight Mile Island near Cheshire, Ohio in the Ohio River. [45]

28 August

List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1895
ShipStateDescription
Morning Light Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The recently converted tanker caught fire and became a total loss after being stranded in Coos Bay, near Bandon. She was heading for Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico from Comox. [139]
Duchess of Kent Flag of Western Australia.svg  Western Australia The steamer was wrecked off Cervantes Island, Western Australia, while en route to Fremantle from Geraldton, Western Australia. [140]
Norman Flag of New South Wales.svg  New South Wales The schooner was wrecked off Bellambi Reef, New South Wales, while carrying coal from Wollongong to Sydney. [141]
SMS S41 War Ensign of Germany 1903-1918.svg  Imperial German Navy The torpedo boat sank in a storm. [142]
Sea WoFlag of Western Australia.svg  Western Australia The small fishing boat was lost off the northwest coast of Western Australia. [143]

30 August

List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1895
ShipStateDescription
Ansgarius Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on Lowther Rock, South Ronaldsay, Orkney. She was carrying coal from Glasgow to Christiana. [144]

31 August

List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1895
ShipStateDescription
K. M. Hutchinson Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer caught fire, burned and sank in Lake Poygan four miles (6.4 km) north of Winneconne, Wisconsin. Crew abandoned ship in her lifeboats. [64]
Look Out Flag of Queensland.svg  Queensland The barque was on a voyage from Thursday Island, Queensland, when she was wrecked off Dove Island in the Torres Strait. [145]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1895
ShipStateDescription
J. H. Carey Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The schooner sailed from Gloucester, Massachusetts on 20 August and vanished, possibly lost in a gale in September. Lost with all 11 hands. [146]

September

1 September

List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1895
ShipStateDescription
Marco Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer was sunk at Trinity, Louisiana when an attempt to beach her for repairs resulted in the bank giving way causing her to careen and sink, a total loss. [147]
Pathfinder Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The tug was sunk in a collision with the tug Medina (Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States) in the harbor of Duluth, Minnesota. Later raised. One of her firemen was killed. [4]

2 September

List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1895
ShipStateDescription
Geneva Myrtis Canadian Red Ensign (1868-1921).svg Canada The schooner caught fire and sank off Woods Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada, while on a voyage from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia. [148]

5 September

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1895
ShipStateDescription
Christina A. Forbes Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer was destroyed by fire in the Saginaw River. [62]

7 September

List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1895
ShipStateDescription
Eagle Point Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer struck a timber in a cradle at a shipyard punching a hole in her hull, sinking in seven feet (2.1 m) of water in Dubuque, Iowa. Raised and repaired. [10]
EuropaFlag of the German Empire.svg  Germany Out of Leith, Scotland her cargo of coal caught fire and Europa was abandoned. Her crew was picked up by barque Forfarshire and landed at Talcahuano, Chile. [149]
ParkfieldCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The steam-propelled cargo ship ran aground on the island of Gran Canaria at Isleta. [150]

9 September

List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1895
ShipStateDescription
Le GlorieuxCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The trawler sank six miles (9.7 km) south-east of St Abb's Head, Berwickshire, England, after a collision. [151]

10 September

List of shipwrecks: 10 September 1895
ShipStateDescription
XaniaBandMercante1785.svg  Spain En route for Antwerp, Belgium from Gävle, Sweden, the steamer sank three miles (4.8 km) south-east of Vlissingen, Netherlands after a collision with Manila. Six people drowned. [152]

11 September

List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1895
ShipStateDescription
GlencluneCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked near Porto Alegre, Brazil while out of Hamburg for Los Angeles. She was carrying cement for the Southern Pacific Railroad Company. [153]
Maid of Oregon Flag of the United States.svg  United States The auxiliary steam schooner/freighter became waterlogged 80 miles (130 km) south east of Cape Flattery on 26 August. She reached Chetgo, Oregon on 8 September and anchored, but was driven ashore in a strong gale on 11 September, a total loss. [22]
Wm. McAvoy Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer was sunk in a collision with steamer Lightning (Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States) off the American Dredging Company dock, Camden, New Jersey. One of her firemen was scalded. [86]

12 September

List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1895
ShipStateDescription
Reindeer Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer struck a snag just below the mouth of the Wisconsin River sinking in six feet (1.8 m) of water. Raised and repaired. [154]

13 September

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1895
ShipStateDescription
NarragansettFlag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The tug was sunk in a collision with the tug Mercury (Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States) off Pier 3 in the East River. [49]

14 September

List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1895
ShipStateDescription
VandoraCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The steamship was carrying coal from Maryport, England and ran aground near her destination of Ballyshannon, Ireland. [155]

16 September

List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1895
ShipStateDescription
City of CalcuttaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom While en route from Huanillos for London with guano, the barque was abandoned off Staten Island, Argentina. She was driven ashore and wrecked the next day. [156] [157]

17 September

List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1895
ShipStateDescription
Mascot Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer burned in Wassaw Sound, Georgia, a total loss. [10]

18 September

List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1895
ShipStateDescription
A. Saltzman Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer sprang a leak and sank lying overnight at Judsonia, Arkansas in the Little Red River. Raised and repaired. [8]
Sánchez Barcáiztegui Flag of Spain (1785-1873, 1875-1931).svg  Spanish Navy The screw sloop-of-war sank with the loss of 31 lives off Morro Castle at the entrance to Havana Bay off Cuba after colliding with the cargo ship Mortera (BandMercante1785.svg  Spain). [158] [159] [160]
St. Lawrence Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer while at dock at the foot of Niagara Street, Cincinnati, blew onto a sunken wreck and sank, a total loss. [9]

19 September

List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1895
ShipStateDescription
Lottie K. Friend Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The schooner was sunk in a collision with schooner Sarah J. Lawson (Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States) in Delaware Bay. [161]

20 September

List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1895
ShipStateDescription
City of Vivay Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer struck an obstruction crossing Craigs Bar and sank in four feet (1.2 m) of water. Raised, taken to Cincinnati and repaired. [9]
James Baird Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer burned to the waterline at Centerton, New Jersey. [86]
Tom Ross Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer sprung a leak and sank at dock. She was raised and taken to Madison, Indiana, where she was re-hulled. [9]

24 September

List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1895
ShipStateDescription
Wm. Alexander Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer was destroyed by fire at Colona's railway, Norfolk, Virginia. [32]

26 September

List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1895
ShipStateDescription
Glen Iris Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The tug ran aground on dumped material in the Imbuck Dumping Grounds, she rolled and filled through her coal hatches. [6]
Montana Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer struck a snag and sank at the entrance to the Portage Lake Ship Canal in Lake Superior in a gale. Raised and repaired. [98]
Reliance Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer sprung a leak over night and sank in 16 feet (4.9 m) of water at Higginsport, Ohio, a total loss. [9]

27 September

List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1895
ShipStateDescription
CrystalFlag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States During a voyage from Kodiak on Kodiak Island to Seattle, Washington, with seven passengers, four crewmen, and a 10-ton cargo of cod aboard, the 32.52-ton, 48.6-foot (14.8 m) schooner was wrecked during a gale on the east shore of Yakutat Bay ( 55°27′20″N131°29′15″W / 55.45556°N 131.48750°W / 55.45556; -131.48750 (Coon Cove) ) on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska about 16 miles (26 km) north of Yakutat without loss of life. Her wreck was sold. [61]
Louise Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer was destroyed by fire at dock over night at Petersburg, Virginia. [32]
MaurangerNorge-Unionsflagg-1844.svg  Norway The vessel foundered off Cape San Antonio, Cuba, while on a voyage in ballast from Maracaibo, Venezuela, to Laguna de Términos, Mexico. [162]

28 September

List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1895
ShipStateDescription
Humboldt Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer was wrecked in thick fog on Point Gorda, California, a total loss. Crew and passengers abandoned ship in her lifeboats. [22] [23]
Robert L. Fryer Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer was sunk in a collision with Corsica (Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States) in 23 feet (7.0 m) of water in Hay Lake, Sault Ste. Marie River. Later raised. [163] [164]

29 September

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1895
ShipStateDescription
Charles J. Kershaw Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steam barge was wrecked on Chocolay Reef near the mouth of the Chocolay River, East Marquette, Michigan in a gale when she lost power after a steam pipe valve burst, breaking in two. Her crew of 13 made in to shore. In 1900 a wrecker salvaged her boiler and other machinery. [163] [165] [166]
Cristóbal Colón Flag of Spain (1785-1873, 1875-1931).svg  Spanish Navy The Velasco-class unprotected cruiser foundered off Cuba near Pinar del Río without loss of life. Her wreck was broken up by a hurricane on 1 October.
George S. Rieman Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer sank at dock in Baltimore due to an open seacock. Later raised. [32]
Henry A. Kent Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The schooner barge went ashore near the Mouth of the Chocolay River, East Marquette, Michigan in a gale after her tow Charles J. Kershaw (Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States) lost power. Her crew walked to shore. Refloated on 13 May 1896 and taken to Cleveland for repairs and returned to service. [167] [166] [168] [169]
Lena Archer Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer sank at dock at Hawsville, Kentucky on the Ohio River due to swells caused by high winds. [9]
Margaret Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer went ashore in a storm and was wrecked three miles (4.8 km) west of Cape Henry Lighthouse. [32]
Moonlight Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The schooner barge went ashore near the Mouth of the Chocolay River, East Marquette, Michigan in a gale after her tow Charles J. Kershaw (Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States) lost power. Her crew walked to shore. Refloated on 13 May 1896 and taken to Cleveland for repairs and returned to service. [165] [166] [170] [168]
R. J. Henry Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The barge went to pieces on rocks near Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan in a gale. [165]
Wallachia Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The cargo vessel sank after a collision with a Norwegian steamship in the Firth of Clyde. Her wreckage was discovered more than 80 years later. [171]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown September 1895
ShipStateDescription
J. H. Carey Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The schooner sailed from Gloucester, Massachusetts on 20 August and vanished, possibly lost in a gale in September. Lost with all 11 hands. [146]
Mark Hopkins Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States On 23 or 27 September the steamer was sunk in a collision with Vanderbilt (Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States) in Mud Lake, or Hay Lake, Sault Ste. Marie River. Raised in July 1896, taken to Marine City, Michigan and repaired. [163] [172]

October

1 October

List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1895
ShipStateDescription
MariaCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The pilot cutter collided with the pilot cutter Smiling Morn (Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom ) in the Bristol Channel off Worms Head, Glamorgan, Wales, and sank. Her crew survived. [60]
Smiling MornCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The pilot cutter collided with the pilot cutter Maria (Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom ) in the Bristol Channel off Worms Head, Glamorgan, Wales, and sank. Her crew survived. [60]

2 October

List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1895
ShipStateDescription
LlanisleyCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the Bristol Channel off Lundy Island, Devon. Her four crew abandoned ship but were subsequently lost attempting to reach Ilfracombe, Devon. [60]
OceanCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The smack was wrecked near Cardigan. [7]

4 October

List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1895
ShipStateDescription
Lyric Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer was towed under and sunk while providing provisions to J. V. Moran (Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States), probably in the harbor of Duluth, Minnesota. [4]
ZoeCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The brigantine struck the Mixon Shoal, in the Bristol Channel and foundered with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Swansea, Glamorgan. [60]

5 October

List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1895
ShipStateDescription
Garfield Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship caught fire in the Pacific Ocean and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Valparaíso, Chile. The wreck was subsequently towed in to Coquimbo Chile. [173]

7 October

List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1895
ShipStateDescription
Africa Canadian Red Ensign (1868-1921).svg  Canada The steam barge sank in 275 feet (84 m) of water in Lake Huron near the Bruce Peninsula. Lost with all hands. The wreck was located in June 2023. [174] [175]
Gen'l H. F. Devol Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The laid up steamer was destroyed by fire at New Orleans, Louisiana. [147]
May Libbie Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer struck a boom just above the Wynona bridge knocking a hole in her hull causing her to fill and sink in six feet (1.8 m) of water. Raised and repaired. [4]
SevernCanadian Red Ensign (1868-1921).svg  Canada The barge broke up off the Bruce Peninsula after being cut loose by Africa (Canadian Red Ensign (1868-1921).svg  Canada) on Lake Huron. [176] [177]

13 October

List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1895
ShipStateDescription
Resolute Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer struck a snag and sank at Prophets Island, Louisiana. Later raised. [147]

15 October

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1895
ShipStateDescription
Isle of Wight Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer burned to the water's edge at Smithfield, Virginia. [32]
Jennie Louise Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer struck a snag and sank between Vermilion Bayou and Morgan City, Louisiana. Later raised. [178]

17 October

List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1895
ShipStateDescription
Gladiator Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The tug burned to the waterline at dock in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan and was scuttled to prevent further damage. Raised in May 1896, rebuilt and returned to service. [163] [179]
Harberton Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom While en route from her home port of London to Barry in ballast she hit the Kettle's Bottom Reef between Land's End, Cornwall and the Longships. On a rising tide she drifted off and a steam tug towed her into Whitesand Bay. [180]
Otego Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer caught fire, burned and sank at the Northwest Fuel Company dock, Green Bay, Wisconsin. Her 2nd Engineer jump overboard and drowned. [62]

18 October

List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1895
ShipStateDescription
Ethel Canadian Red Ensign (1868-1921).svg  Canada The schooner was wrecked off the mouth of the Portapique River, Nova Scotia. [181]

19 October

List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1895
ShipStateDescription
AjaxCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The ship collided with Diamond (Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom ) and sank 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Souter Point, Northumberland with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Diamond. [182]
Alvin Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer struck a snag and sank in the Lower Grand River, Louisiana. Later raised. [147]

20 October

List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1895
ShipStateDescription
John Craig Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer struck Ballard's Reef in the Detroit River and sank. Raised and taken to Buffalo, New York. [5]

21 October

List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1895
ShipStateDescription
Kate Thomas Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked off Point Cires west of Ceuta, while on a voyage from Cardiff to Brindisi with a cargo of coal. [183]

22 October

List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1895
ShipStateDescription
City of St. Augustine Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer was destroyed by fire 18 miles (29 km) off Hatteras, North Carolina. The crew was rescued by City of Macon (Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States). [184] [185]

24 October

List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1895
ShipStateDescription
John F. Allen Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer struck a snag and sank at Mill Bayou, Mississippi in the Tallahatchie River. Later raised. [147]
Thasos Flag of the German Empire.svg  Germany The vessel was built in 1878 as Theben for the Kosmos Line and sailed to South America for years. In 1895 the ship was sold to the Levant Line, which operated a scheduled service with the countries around the Black Sea. On her maiden voyage, with a valuable cargo of cane goods, the ship foundered near Terschelling, the Netherlands, due to a navigation error. [186]

31 October

List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1895
ShipStateDescription
George E. Brockway Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer got a line hung up in her prop and drifted onto Iroquois Island on Lake Superior and was scuttled to prevent further damage. [163]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date October 1895
ShipStateDescription
Copernicus Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The cargo ship went missing after leaving Punta Arenas, Chile on 16 October. [187]
Cato Norge-Unionsflagg-1844.svg  Norway The steamer ran aground on Macabou Cae, Martinique in the Caribbean while carrying coal. [188]

November

2 November

List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1895
ShipStateDescription
Missoula Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer broke her outboard shaft to her engine in a gale and heavy seas. She sprung a leak and sank in Lake Superior. Her crew made it to shore in her boats. [64]

3 November

List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1895
ShipStateDescription
Joe Peters Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer struck an obstruction and sank off Island No. 66 in the Mississippi River. [8]

4 November

List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1895
ShipStateDescription
City of McGregor Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The laid up steamer sank while waiting to go on a marine railway to re-caulk dried up seam caulking at Eagle Point, Iowa. Raised and repaired. [4]

8 November

List of shipwrecks: 8 November 1895
ShipStateDescription
DoraFlag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer struck a snag and sank in the Black River. Later raised. [189]
Katie Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer was sunk in a collision with Newport News (Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States) in Hampton Roads near the Bushs Bluff Lightship. Two crew killed. [32]

9 November

List of shipwrecks: 9 November 1895
ShipStateDescription
B. S. Rhea Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The tow steamer caught fire and was destroyed while in ordinary at Sedamsville, Ohio when fire spread from Sidney Dillon (Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States), a total loss. [9]
Puritan Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer ran aground on Great Gull Island in dense fog. Refloated on 12 November. [6]
ScotiaFlag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The tow steamer caught fire and was destroyed while in ordinary at Sedamsville, Ohio when fire spread from B. S. Rhea (Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States), a total loss. [9]
Sidney Dillon Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The tow steamer caught fire and was destroyed while in ordinary at Sedamsville, Ohio, a total loss. The fire spread to two other ships. [9]

15 November

List of shipwrecks: 15 November 1895
ShipStateDescription
SunshineFlag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer struck a rock and sank at Cooper's Bar on the Ohio River in three feet (0.91 m) of water. Apparently raised. [9]

16 November

List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1895
ShipStateDescription
Gazelle Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer was sunk in a collision with Northern King (Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States) in the Sault Ste. Marie River in the Neebish Rapids. Raised and taken to dry dock. [64]

19 November

List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1895
ShipStateDescription
Harvest Queen Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer struck a submerged pile and sank in heavy fog at Nassa's Point in the Columbia River. Raised and taken to Portland, Oregon for repairs. [13]

20 November

List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1895
ShipStateDescription
Robert B. Carson Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer burned at New Albany, Indiana on the Ohio River, a total loss. [9]

21 November

List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1895
ShipStateDescription
Bandorille Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer's rudder was disabled crossing the Umpqua River bar and she was washed ashore ( 43°40′N124°12′W / 43.667°N 124.200°W / 43.667; -124.200 ), a total loss. Her master washed overboard and drowned. [13] [190] [191]
Ethel Cranmer Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer burned at dock at Tullytown, Pennsylvania. [86]

22 November

List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1895
ShipStateDescription
R. D. M. Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The ferry sprang a leak and sank while lying at Perkins Landing in the Arkansas River, a total loss. [192]

25 November

List of shipwrecks: 25 November 1895
ShipStateDescription
Jennie Campbell Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer struck a snag and sank in the Mississippi River at Newtown Bend, Louisiana, a total loss. [193]
Jim Sheriffs Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steam barge was wrecked in a gale in Lake Michigan on Big Summer Island, declared a total loss. One crewman drowned. Though considered a total loss she was salvaged in May 1896. Rebuilt and returned to service as Jack Dempsey. [64] [194]
Little Sandy Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer was sunk in a violent storm just above Carrollton, Kentucky. Raised and repaired. [9]
Mattie C. Bell Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The schooner went ashore in a gale in Lake Michigan on Big Summer Island, when her tow ship Jim Sheriffs (Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States) was wrecked. Her cargo of coal was removed the next summer. [195]
Michael Groh Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steam barge lost her rudder in a gale on Lake Superior off Grand Island and was driven onto a rock reef at Pictured Rocks. She sank up to her decks and her crew abandoned ship. 140,000 feet of lumber was salvaged shortly after the grounding. She broke up in a storm on 30 November. Her boiler, engine and other machinery were salvaged the next summer. [64] [196]

26 November

List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1895
ShipStateDescription
J.M. Allmendinger Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steam barge was stranded/wrecked north of Fox Point, Wisconsin in a snowstorm and gale, a total loss. The crew was rescued by Welcome (Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States) and the US Life Saving Service. She broke up in a storm in 1897. [62] [197] [198]

27 November

List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1895
ShipStateDescription
No. 269 Naval Ensign of Russia.svg  Imperial Russian Navy The torpedo boat sank after colliding with the torpedo gunboat Kazarski (Naval Ensign of Russia.svg  Imperial Russian Navy).
Sadie Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The tug sank at Covills Folly in the Hudson River when she caught the corner of a dredge, she rolled and filled. Raised and repaired. [6]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1895
ShipStateDescription
WinifredFlag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The 15-gross register ton schooner was wrecked on the coast of Southeast Alaska while sailing toward Cape Fairweather from Lituya Bay. Her captain made it to shore but died in the mountains while trying to hike to Sitka, Territory of Alaska. [59]

December

1 December

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1895
ShipStateDescription
Advance Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The tow steamer grounded on Sand Creek Bar near Ravenswood, West Virginia and sank in the Ohio River with about three feet (0.91 m) of water on her deck. Raised, taken to Pittsburgh and repaired. A barge she was towing sank and was lost. [5]

3 December

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1895
ShipStateDescription
Little Sandy Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer struck an obstruction and sank in 12 feet (3.7 m) of water in the Kentucky River 20 miles (32 km) from Carrollton, Kentucky. [9]

4 December

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1895
ShipStateDescription
HebeFlag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steam canal boat was sunk in a collision with a barge, one of five under tow by the tugs Rambler and Mischief, (both Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States), in the East River. The crew were rescued by Mischief. [6]

7 December

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1895
ShipStateDescription
Pearl B. Campbell Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The wrecking tug foundered in a gale and heavy snow in Lake Superior 20 miles (32 km) off Huron Island, lost with all seven hands. Other tugs in the area reported heavy icing of the vessels. [64] [199]

11 December

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1895
ShipStateDescription
Seventy-SixFlag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The 38.11-gross register ton, 60-foot (18 m) schooner departed Woody Island in the Kodiak Archipelago bound for Kayak Island and Prince William Sound on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska on a trading voyage carrying one passenger and a crew of six and disappeared with the loss of all seven men on board, presumably foundering in a gale that struck the Gulf of Alaska soon after her departure. The steamer Dora (Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States) later discovered wreckage from Seventy-Six washed ashore near Kodiak. [200]

14 December

List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1895
ShipStateDescription
Elwood Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The 97.27-gross register ton, 84-foot (25.6 m) schooner was wrecked on a reef off Gardner Point ( 57°01′N134°37′W / 57.017°N 134.617°W / 57.017; -134.617 (Gardner Point) ) in Southeast Alaska with the loss of one life. The rest of her crew reached shore and eventually was rescued by the revenue cutter USRC Wolcott ( Ensign of the United States Revenue-Marine (1868).png United States Revenue Cutter Service). [201]

16 December

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1895
ShipStateDescription
Roy Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The tow steamer was crushed by ice and sank on Lake Erie near Toledo, Ohio in 24 feet (7.3 m) of water. [63]

21 December

List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1895
ShipStateDescription
Condor Norge-Unionsflagg-1844.svg Norway The barque was sunk in a collision off Beachy Head. [202]

24 December

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1895
ShipStateDescription
Civil Service Number Seven Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution The lifeboat capsized with the loss of all 15 crew while going to assistance of the steam barque Palme (Flag of Russia.svg  Russia ), which had wrecked in Dublin Bay, Ireland.
El Mora Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The tug caught fire overnight at dock in Jersey City, New Jersey and was scuttled to put out the fire by two other tugs. [6]
Palme Flag of Russia.svg  Russia The steam barque was wrecked in Dublin Bay, Ireland. The steamer Tearaght (Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom ) rescued the crew of Palme and her ship's cat on 26 December.
PilgrimCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The schooner was missing off Land's End, Cornwall. [203]

31 December

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1895
ShipStateDescription
James G. Blaine Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The steamer sank over night at Hatfield Landing on the Monongahela River. Raised, repaired, and returned to service. [204]
Puritan Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The laid up steamer burned and sank at dock in Manistee, Michigan, a total loss. Possibly raised, or engine and boiler salvaged, in 1898. [98] [205]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date December 1895
ShipStateDescription
Falcon Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The fishing schooner left Gloucester, Massachusetts on 23 November for the Georges Bank and was never seen again. Most likely lost in a gale on 11/12 December. Lost with all 11 crew. [206]
John W. Bray Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The fishing schooner left Gloucester, Massachusetts on 19 November for the Georges Bank and was never seen again. Most likely lost in a gale on 11/12 December. Lost with all 14 crew. [207] [208] [209]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1895
ShipStateDescription
Jacob A. HowlandFlag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The 355-ton whaling bark was lost at Strong Island (now Kosrae) (at 5-15 North latitude and 163 East longitude) in the North Pacific Ocean. [210]
Lady of the Lake Flag of the United States (1891-1896).svg  United States The retired excursion ship — a paddle steamer — sank in 30 feet (9.1 m) of water off the west shore of Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire, in Glendale Cove between Pig Island and the Glendale shore, sometime in 1895 while under tow to be scuttled. [211] [212]
NoddleburnCivil Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom The barque sailed from Newcastle, New South Wales on 25 June 1895 for Tocopilla, Chile with a cargo of coal. She was never seen again. [213]
Sea LionCanadian Red Ensign (1868-1921).svg  Canada The 51-ton sealing schooner was lost with all hands in the North Pacific Ocean. [200]
Sentinel Canadian Red Ensign (1868-1921).svg  Canada Either the barquentine's cargo caught fire on 22 September in the Atlantic Ocean ( 32°47′N38°26′W / 32.783°N 38.433°W / 32.783; -38.433 ). Her crew abandoned ship in her boats on 23 September. By 24 September she had burned to the waters edge. Her crew was rescued on 28 September by Kiandra (Flag of the German Empire.svg  Germany ), or she was lost in a storm in August. [214]

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