List of shipwrecks in December 1889

The list of shipwrecks in December 1889 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during December 1889.

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December 1889
Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
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30	31	Unknown date
References

1 December

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1889

Ship	State	Description
Aldborough	United Kingdom	The steamship collided with the steamship Ascupart (  United Kingdom ) in the River Thames at Barking, Essex. Aldborough subsequently ran aground at Dagenham, Essex. She was on a voyage from London to the Natal Colony. [1]

2 December

List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1889

Ship	State	Description
Ferret	United Kingdom	The steam launch collided with the ferry Tynemouth (  United Kingdom ) at South Shields, County Durham and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Tynemouth. [2]

3 December

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1889

Ship	State	Description
Adolph Woermann	Germany	The steamship ran aground at Akassa, Oil Rivers Protectorate. She was refloated with assistance from the steamship King Tofa (Flag unknown) and towed in to Akassa. [3]
County of Merioneth	United Kingdom	The barque was driven ashore at "Bancochico", Argentina. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Buenos Aires, Argentina. [3] She was refloated and taken in to Buenos Aires. [4]
Falshaw	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore at Brăila, Romania. She was on a voyage from Brăila to Galați. [3] She was refloated. [4]

4 December

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1889

Ship	State	Description
Ancona, and Kungpai	Hong Kong	The steamships collided at Hong Kong. Both vessels were severely damaged and were beached. Ancona was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Yokohama, Japan. [3]
Euphemia	United Kingdom	The ship struck the Shark's Fin Rock and foundered. She was on a voyage from Porthcawl, Glamorgan to Penzance, Cornwall. [3]

5 December

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1889

Ship	State	Description
Echo	United Kingdom	The tug collided with the steamship Northenden (  United Kingdom ) and sank off Grimsby, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued by Northenden. [4]
HMS Watchful	Royal Navy	The Albacore-class gunboat was driven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk. [5]

7 December

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1889

Ship	State	Description
Nord	France	The ship ran into the quayside on being launched at Stobcross, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom and was damaged. [6]

9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1889

Ship	State	Description
Karoon	United Kingdom	The steamship, on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, to Bremerhaven, Germany, stranded on Razende Bol off the North Dutch coast, and the crew taken off as a precaution. She was refloated the following morning and completed her voyage in tow before repairs in England. [7] [8] [9]

10 December

List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1889

Ship	State	Description
Lizzie	United Kingdom	The fishing boat was driven ashore and wrecked at Portslade, Sussex, The sole crew member was rescued. [10]

11 December

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1889

Ship	State	Description
Ann and Ellen, Starand Zaripha	United Kingdom	The steamship Zaripha collided with the tank barge Star in the River Thames at London, driving her into the schooner Ann and Ellen, which was severely damaged. Zaripha then collided with the steamship Kent (  United Kingdom ). Star was beached, but consequently sank. [10]
Ingrid	United Kingdom	The derelict schooner was towed in to Lowestoft, Suffolk by a tug. [10]

12 December

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1889

Ship	State	Description
Clara Felicia	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. [11]
Mandalay	United Kingdom	The barque ran aground on the Goodwin Sands. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Bahia Blanca, Brazil. She was refloated. [11] [12]
Dragonfly	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore in the Nieuw Diep. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Taganrog, Russia to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. [13] [14]

15 December

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1889

Ship	State	Description
Leerdam, and Gaw Quan Sia	Netherlands   United Kingdom	The steamships collided in the North Sea. Both vessels sank, Gaw Quan Sia with the loss of two of her crew. Surviving crew of both vessels and all 400 passengers from Leerdam took to the boats. They were rescued the next day by the steamship Emma (  France). Leerdam was on a voyage from Amsterdam to Buenos Aires, Argentina. Gaw Quan Sia was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Hamburg. [15] [16]

16 December

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1889

Ship	State	Description
Challenge	United Kingdom	The smack foundered in the North Sea north of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew survived. [17]
Delphine Mélanie	France	The barque was driven ashore at Tacumshane, County Wexford, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Glasgow, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom. [17] [18]
Progress	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground in the River Ouse at Whitton, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Calais, France to Goole, Yorkshire. [17] She was refloated on 18 December with the assistance of a tug and taken in to Goole. [19]
Ralph Creyke	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground in the River Ouse at Goole. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Goole. [17] She was refloated the next day with the assistance of a number of tugs and taken in to Goole. [18]
W. W. Lloyd	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground at Piel Island, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France to Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire. [17]

17 December

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1889

Ship	State	Description
America	Germany	The steamship ran aground in the Weser. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Bremen. [18] She was refloated and taken in to Bremerhaven. [19]
Ruby	United Kingdom	The steam fishing boat was driven ashore at Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. Ruby was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Berwick upon Tweed. She was refloated and towed in to Berwick upon Tweed. [18]
Tenby Castle	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked at the South Stack, Anglesey with the loss of eleven of the fourteen people on board. Survivors were rescued by the Holyhead Lifeboat. [15]

18 December

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1889

Ship	State	Description
Edith	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground at Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated. [19]
Maid of Anglesey	United Kingdom	The schooner ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. [11] Her crew were rescued by the steamship Strathblane (  United Kingdom ). [19]
Will o' the Wisp	United Kingdom	The lighter ran aground and sank at Dundee, Forfarshire. [19]

19 December

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1889

Ship	State	Description
Newnham	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore in the Nieuwe Diep. [20]

20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1889

Ship	State	Description
Cleddy	United Kingdom	The steamship collided with the steamship Isle of Cyprus and sank off St. Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight. Twelve of her 25 crew reached Bembridge, Isle of Wight in a boat; the rest were reported missing. The ship's cat was rescued from floating wreckage off Shanklin, Isle of Wight by fishermen. Cleddy was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Antwerp, Belgium. [21]
Earl of Durham	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Egmond aan Zee, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Amsterdam, North Holland. [22]
Fairway	United Kingdom	The steamship collided with the steamship Kirkstall (  United Kingdom ) in the River Ouse and was beached at Blacktoft, Yorkshire. Fairway was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to London. [22]
Lancashire	Norway	The full-rigged ship was run into by the barque Julia (  United Kingdom ) in The Downs and was severely damaged. Lancashire was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Buenos Aires, Argentina. [22] [23]
Prins Willem I	Netherlands	The steamship foundered in the English Channel. Twenty-eight of the 41 people on board were rescued; the rest were reported missing. Prins Willem I was on a voyage from Paramaribo, Surinam to Amsterdam. [21]
Wick Bay	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground in the Lynn Channel. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to King's Lynn, Norfolk. [22]

21 December

List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1889

Ship	State	Description
Sandringham	United Kingdom	The steamship collided with the barque Joseph Haydn (  Germany ) and was severely damaged. Sandringham put in to Boston, Lincolnshire. [23]
Stad Nieuport	Flag unknown	The ship ran aground in the Humber at Whitton, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to Nieuport. [23]
St. Andrew	United Kingdom	The steamship collided with the steamship Newent (  United Kingdom ) and sank off Yantlet, Kent. Her crew were rescued by Newent. St. Andrew was on a voyage from Valencia, Spain to London. [23]

22 December

List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1889

Ship	State	Description
Adonis	United States	The wooden brigantine was wrecked approximately 15 nautical miles (28 km) south of Crowdy Head, New South Wales when she sprang a leak whilst on a voyage from Wollongong to the Richmond River in New South Wales.
Dunrobin	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked near Laxey, Isle of Man. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Ardrossan, Ayrshire. [24]
Igor	United Kingdom	The schooner was wrecked on the Dulas Rock, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued by the Moelfre Lifeboat. [24]
Jedda C. Yedea	France	The brigantine put in to the Mumbles, Glamorgan, United Kingdom in a sinking condition. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Vannes, Morbihan. [23]
Mona	United Kingdom	The ketch was driven ashore near Youghal, County Cork. She was refloated and taken in to Youghal, where she sank. [24]

23 December

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1889

Ship	State	Description
Annie M. Jordan	United States	The schooner was wrecked on Gallantry Head, Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon. [25]

24 December

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1889

Ship	State	Description
Ehren	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Newhaven, Sussex. [26]

25 December

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1889

Ship	State	Description
Wide West	United States	The steamship was wrecked on Destruction Island, Washington, United States, after losing her propeller and auxiliary sailing rig in high winds and heavy seas. Her crew abandoned ship safely.

26 December

List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1889

Ship	State	Description
Clan McKenzie	United Kingdom	The steamship was sunk in a collision in snow with the steamship Oregon (  United States) in the Columbia River at Coffee Rock 47 miles (76 km) upstream of Astoria, Oregon. Two crew were killed. Survivors made it to shore in her boats. [27] [28]
Oregon	United States	The steamer was damaged in a collision with Clan McKenzie (  United Kingdom ) in the Columbia River at Coffee Rock 47 miles (76 km) above Astoria, Oregon in snow, losing her bow, and drifted ashore, later refloated. [28]

27 December

List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1889

Ship	State	Description
Lennie	United Kingdom	The barque ran ashore on Digby Neck, Nova Scotia, Canada and was wrecked.

29 December

List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1889

Ship	State	Description
Ovington	United Kingdom	The steamship collided with the steamship Queen Victoria (  United Kingdom ) and sank in the Firth of Clyde off Toward Point, Argyllshire with the loss of six of her fourteen crew. Survivors were rescued by Queen Victoria. Ovington was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Antwerp, Belgium. [29]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in December 1889

Ship	State	Description
Agenora	United Kingdom	The brig collided with the steamship Whitley (  United Kingdom ) in the North Sea off the coast of Essex and was severely damaged. Agenora was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Weymouth, Dorset. She put in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. [23]
Aidar	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground at Pera, Ottoman Empire. [20] She was refloated on 21 December. [24]
Alexandra	United Kingdom	The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Rettimo, Greece. Her crew were rescued. [18] [20]
Andrea Antonia	Flag unknown	The ship was driven ashore at Bahia Blanca, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Sharpness, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom to Bahia Blanca. [20]
Angostura	Germany	The barque was driven ashore on Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Callao, Peru. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to Vlieland, Friesland. [17]
Ariel	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground at Ochakoff, Russia. [20] She was later refloated and taken in to Odessa, Russia.
Barunga	South Australia	The steamship ran aground in the Pirie River. She was on a voyage from Port Pirie to New Zealand. [20]
B. Kemeny, and Germania	Austria-Hungary   Germany	The steamship B. Kemeny collided with the steamship Germania and was severely damaged. B. Kemeny was on a voyage from Fiume to Antwerp, Belgium. Germania sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Hamburg. [23]
Charles Napier	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore at "Fidari", Greece. [18]
City of Oxford	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal. She was refloated on 16 December. [17]
Clan Mackenzie	United Kingdom	The full-rigged ship was run into by the steamship Oregon (  United States) and sank in the Columbia River. [30]
Cobija	France	The barque was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Gaboon. [23]
Dora, and an unnamed vessel	United Kingdom   Ottoman Empire	The steamships collided at Constantinople and were both severely damaged. [20]
Durham	United Kingdom	The ship caught fire at Port Costa, California, United States. [18] She was severely damaged. [19]
Eask	Norway	The brig was driven ashore at "Kaageleie". She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Ystad, Sweden. She was refloated and put in to Helsingør, Denmark in a leaky condition. [22]
Eastbourne	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground in the Elbe at Lühe, Germany. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Hamburg. [19]
Elefterios	Greece	The brig collided with the steamship Brazil (  Italy ) and sank off Cape Noli, Italy. [17]
Elisa	France	The ship was driven ashore at Ambleteuse, Pas-de-Calais and became severely leaky. She was on a voyage from Treguier, Côtes-du-Nord to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais. [19]
Empusa	Flag unknown	The steamship struck a rock off Ouessant, Finistère, Franch. She put in to Torbay in a leaky condition. [13]
Energia	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground at Maassluis, South Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Feodosiya, Russia to Rotterdam, South Holland. [2]
Erato	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore in the Patapco River. she was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Sligo. [22]
Estrella	France	The schooner was wrecked 20 nautical miles (37 km) west of Cape Finisterre, Spain. Her crew were rescued. [3]
Étrangère	France	The yacht collided with the steamship Cossack (  United Kingdom ) at Bordeaux, Gironde and was severely damaged. [13]
Frontera	Germany	The ship was lost at Sea. [23]
Glynaeron	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore near Holyhead, Anglesey. She was later refloated and assisted in to Holyhead by a tug. [17]
Gustava	Grand Duchy of Finland	The ship struck a rock and foundered off the Norwegian coast with the loss of two of her crew. [13] She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom to Christiania, Norway. [12]
Hector	Romania	The lighter collided with the steamship Heathmore (  United Kingdom ) and sank at Brăila. [6]
Holt Hill	New South Wales	The ship was wrecked at Saint Paul's. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to the Sand Heads. [10]
Isa	United Kingdom	The schooner was wrecked on the Dulas Rocks, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Charlestown, Cornwall to Runcorn, Cheshire. [24]
James Martin	United Kingdom	The barque ran aground at Banjoewangie, Netherlands East Indies. She was on a voyage from Samarang, Netherlands East Indies to Australia. [10]
Janet	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland. She was refloated on 20 December and towed in to the River Tyne in a waterlogged condition. [22]
John M. Clerk	United States	The barque was lost at sea. Her crew were rescued by an American barque. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to Shanghai, China. [20]
John Ormston	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground at Hamburg. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. [12]
Jozic	Austria-Hungary	The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at "Beauduc", Bouches-du-Rhône, France. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. [2]
Juan Ramos	Spain	The steamship put in to Roses in a waterlogged condition. She was on a voyage from Alicante to Marseille. [17]
Karoon	Flag unknown	The steamship was driven ashore in the Nieuwe Diep. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Bremen, Germany. [6] She was refloated. [13]
Marco Minghetti	Italy	The steamship was driven ashore on Chios, Greece. [2] She was later refloated and taken in tow by Psara (  Royal Hellenic Navy) but the tow was lost off Tinos, Greece. Eighty passengers and crew were rescued. Marco Minghetti was subsequently taken in to Naxos, Greece. [22]
Mizpah	Jersey	The ketch was driven ashore at Kingsdown, Kent. She was refloated with assistance. [19]
Monte Rosa	United Kingdom	The steamship caught fire at Savannah, Georgia, United States. The fire was extinguished. [3]
Mute	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground on the Pennington Spit, in the Solent. [2]
Nostra Genitori	Italy	The ship was abandoned at sea. She was subsequently towed in to Boston, Massachusetts, United States and beached. [6]
Richard Porter	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the Swedish coast. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Rostock, Germany. [12]
Romany	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground in the Elbe at Schulau. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Hamburg. [19]
S. J. Musson	United Kingdom	The brigantine was wrecked on Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. Her crew were rescued. [4]
St. Dunstan	United Kingdom	The steamship collided with a Royal Navy ship at Singapore, Straits Settlements and was beached. [23]
Thorbeke VII	Netherlands	The barque collided with the steamship P. Caland (  Netherlands) and sank in the Nordzeekanaal. Thorbeke VII was on a voyage from Java, Netherlands East Indies to Amsterdam. [23]
Tiogo	Flag unknown	The steamship ran aground in the Strait of Mackinac. [2]
Vesta	United Kingdom	The ship was destroyed by fire at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Valparaíso, Chile. [19]
Warrington	United Kingdom	The steamship collided with the steamship Harsley (  United Kingdom ) and was severely damaged. Warrington was taken in to Hamburg. [20]
Wave	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground in the Elbe at Finkenwerder. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Hamburg. [19]

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