List of shipwrecks in July 1889

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

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July 1889
Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30	31	Unknown date
References

1 July

List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1889

Ship	State	Description
Eliza	United Kingdom	The Thames barge was run into by the steamship Herald (  United Kingdom ) and sank at Wapping, London. Her crew were rescued. [1]
Morna	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground in the River Foyle 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) from Londonderry. [1] She was refloated. [2]
Tudor	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore between Dingle Point and Garston, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Sestri Levante, Italy to Liverpool, Lancashire. [1] She subsequently broke in two and was a total loss. [2]

2 July

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1889

Ship	State	Description
Chancellor	United Kingdom	The steamship was wrecked on Watling Island. [3] She was on a voyage from Santiago de Cuba, Cuba to Baltimore, Maryland, United States. [4]
Unnamed	Flag unknown	The wreck of a brig was discovered in the Mediterranean Sea by the steamship Decca (  United Kingdom ) and was scuttled. [5]

5 July

List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1889

Ship	State	Description
Aurora	United Kingdom	The ship was abandoned off the coast of New Brunswick, Canada. Her crew were rescued. [6]
Bolan	United Kingdom	The ship was sighted off the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Colony whilst on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all 32 crew. [7]
Ester	Sweden	The schooner was driven ashore at "Angskar". She was on a voyage from Lübeck, Germany to Degerhamn, Öland. [6]
Guido	Flag unknown	The steamship caught fire at Liverpool. The fire was extinguished. [6]
Kenilworth	Germany	The barque was wrecked entering the North East Channel to the Torres Strait from Bramble Bay, Queensland. [8] Her crew survived. [9] She was on a voyage from Newcastle, New South Wales to Java, Netherlands East Indies. [10]
Swan	United Kingdom	The steamship caught fire at Liverpool. The fire was extinguished. [6]

6 July

List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1889

Ship	State	Description
Teclin Head	United Kingdom	The steamship caught fire at Riga, Russia. [11]

7 July

List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1889

Ship	State	Description
Collaroy	New South Wales	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north of Eureka, California, United States. Her ten crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Eureka.
Victoria	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in the North Sea 7 nautical miles (13 km) west of St. Ann's Head, Pembrokeshire. Her crew survived. [12]

11 July

List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1889

Ship	State	Description
Anadyr	France	The steamship collided with the steamship Oxus (  France) and sank at Aden, Aden Governorate. Anadyr was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to a Chinese port. [13]
Turgot	United Kingdom	The steamship caught fire at Bordeaux, Gironde, France. The fire was extinguished. [14]

12 July

List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1889

Ship	State	Description
Altnacraig	United Kingdom	The steamship struck a rock off Palawan, Spanish East Indies and sank. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Yloilo, Spanish East Indies to an American port. [15] [16]

15 July

List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1889

Ship	State	Description
Foscolina	Flag unknown	The steamship was driven ashore at Barsebäck, Sweden. [17]

16 July

List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1889

Ship	State	Description
Lorenzo D. Baker	United States	The steamship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean in the vicinity of ( 38°15′N69°49′W / 38.250°N 69.817°W / 38.250; -69.817 ). Two of her firemen died. Survivors were rescued by the whaling schooner Franklin (  United States). [18] [19]

17 July

List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1889

Ship	State	Description
Garston	United Kingdom	The full-rigged ship was wrecked on Starbuck Island. Nine of her 29 crew were reported missing. [20] Survivors reached Humphrey Island in a boat on 27 July. They were subsequently rescued by HMS Espiegle (  Royal Navy). [21]
Victory	United Kingdom	The tug collided with the paddle steamer Queen Victoria ( Isle of Man) in the River Mersey and was damaged. [9]

19 July

List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1889

Ship	State	Description
Catherine	United Kingdom	The schooner exploded and sank at Thames Haven, Essex with the loss of one of her four crew. She was on a voyage from Thames Haven to Bristol, Gloucestershire. [22]
Fidia D.	Italy	The barque was driven ashore 25 nautical miles (46 km) from Durban, Natal Colony with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Moulmein, Burma to a British port. [9]
Mirror	United Kingdom	The steamship lost her propeller in the River Thames and was beached at Rotherhithe, London, being in a sinking condition. [9] She was refloated and taken in to Rotherhithe. [23]
Stranger	United Kingdom	The lugger collided with another vessel and was abandoned by her crew. She was subsequently towed in to Lowestoft, Suffolk by the fishing trawler Chanticleer (  United Kingdom ). [9]

20 July

List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1889

Ship	State	Description
Godild	United Kingdom	The dandy was wrecked at the Birling Gap, Sussex. [24]
Royal Prince	United Kingdom	The steamship caught fire at Barry, Glamorgan. [23]

21 July

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1889

Ship	State	Description
Carolsides	United Kingdom	The tug sank. [15]
Eduardo	Spain	The steamship was wrecked in dense fog on Old Man Island two miles (3.2 km) south of Cutler, Maine. All 40 crew were rescued. [25] [26]

23 July

List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1889

Ship	State	Description
Agnes	Germany	The brig ran aground in the River Nene at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Memel to Wisbech. [27]
Herman Babson	United States	The schooner was wrecked at Baine Harbour, Newfoundland Colony. Her crew were rescued. [28]

24 July

List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1889

Ship	State	Description
Aries	United Kingdom	The steam yacht was driven ashore at the "Plockton Lighthouse". [27]
Svannen	Norway	The barque sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Indian Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the full-rigged ship Libussa (  Germany ). Svannen was on a voyage from New York, United States to Port Natal, Natal Colony. [29]

25 July

List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1889

Ship	State	Description
Pamela	United Kingdom	The steam pinnace was wrecked in the River Bann. Her crew survived. [30]

29 July

List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1889

Ship	State	Description
Rosa	United Kingdom	The steam trawler struck a sunken pile and was beached at Montrose, Forfarshire. [31]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in July 1889

Ship	State	Description
Achilles	Norway	The barque ran aground at Kastrup, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hamina, Grand Duchy of Finland to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated with assistance. [17]
Adara	Flag unknown	The ship was driven ashore near Galaţi, Kingdom of Romania. She was later refloated and taken in to Sulina, Romania, where she arrived on 21 July. [15]
Afghan	United Kingdom	The steamship sank at Newcastle, New South Wales. She was on a voyage from Newcastle to Java, Netherlands East Indies. [5]
Alice	Norway	The brig ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Harwich (  United Kingdom ) and towed in to Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom. [32]
Alliance	United States	The steamship caught fire at sea and was severely damaged. [5]
Ansine	Denmark	The ship was driven ashore at Lemvig. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Thisted. She was a total loss. [2]
Ardnamult	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground near "Faynes", County Waterford. [27] She was refloated on 24 July and taken in to Limerick. [30]
Charles Northcote	Norway	The barque ran aground on the Middelgrund, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall, Sweden to Aberdeen, United Kingdom. She was refloated with assistance. [17]
Darial	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore near Portsmouth, Hampshire. She was on a voyage from London to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but consequently put in to Cardiff, Glamorgan. [12]
David W. Hunt	United Kingdom	The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 5 July. [17]
Dorothy Watson	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore at Whitburn, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cork to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated on 11 July and taken in to Sunderland, County Durham. [5] [14]
Dundonald	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked at the "Cocos Lighthouse". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Talcahuano, Mexico. [30]
Eduardo	Spain	The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Little Rive, Maine", United States. Her crew were rescued. [15]
Faerder	United Kingdom	The barque was wrecked on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her crew were rescued. [23]
Fleur de Lys	Belgium	The steam yacht was run into by the steam trawler Tertia (  Belgium) at Ostend, West Flanders and was severely damaged. [30]
Gerd Heye	United Kingdom	The barque was driven ashore on Moreton Island, Queensland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rockhampton, Queensland to the South Sea Islands. [9]
Hindoo	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Melbourne, Victoria. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Melbourne. She was refloated with assistance. [6]
Jessie Harkness	United States	The barque was severely damaged by fire at Manila, Spanish East Indies. [15]
Kama	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore near Kem, Russia. [15]
Kong Carl XV	Norway	The ship collided with at German vessel and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from a Baltic port to Dunkerque, Nord, France. She put in to Tønsberg in a waterlogged condition. [14]
Lemuria	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore at Matane, Quebec, Canada. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Quebec City, Canada. [5]
Lena	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore at Kertch, Russia. [5]
Lisboa	Sweden	The schooner ran aground off "Draco", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Kalmar. [23]
Mallsgate	United Kingdom	The barque was wrecked on the Middleton Reef. Some of her crew were rescued; the rest were reported missing. She was on a voyage from Newcastle to San Francisco, California, United States. [33]
Mars	Flag unknown	The steamship ran aground on a reef and was abandoned. [14]
Maria Stoneman	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground at Londonderry. She was on a voyage from St John's, Newfoundland Colony to Londonderry. [31]
Mary	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground in the Mediterranean Sea ( 37°20′N9°41′E / 37.333°N 9.683°E / 37.333; 9.683 ). [6]
Mary A. Greenwood	United States	The barque was driven ashore at Natal, Brazil. She was on a voyage from New York to Brisbane, Queensland. [5]
Neophyte	United Kingdom	The ship was severely damaged by fire off Point Lynas, Anglesey. [12]
Ottilie	Germany	The barque was driven ashore. She was refloated and put back to "Solombal", Russia in a leaky condition. [17]
Port Victor	New South Wales	The steamship was driven ashore at "Cape Direction". She was on a voyage from Newcastle to Java. [12] She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [5]
Rapel	Chile	Eleven lives were lost when the Valparaiso steamer sank, during a severe gale while bound for Montevideo. [34]
Rose Welt	United States	The full-rigged ship sank off Bramble Cay, Queensland. She was on a voyage from Newcastle to Singapore, Straits Settlements. [15]
Shamrock	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground near Bergen, Norway. She was refloated with assistance. [14]
Southern Cross	United Kingdom	The steam yacht was driven ashore in "Loch Slappin", Isle of Skye, Outer Hebrides. [31]
S. T.	United Kingdom	The barque was wrecked at Port Nolloth, Cape Colony. [6]
Susannah	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore and damaged near New Romney, Kent. [17]
Telemaque	France	The brig collided with the steamship Alphons Conseil (  France) at Bordeaux. Telemaque was beached, but capsized and sank. She was on a voyage from Martinique to Bordeaux. [31]
Thordisa	United Kingdom	The steamship caught fire at Philadelphia. [31]
Walter Ulric	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore at Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Portmadoc, Caernarfonshire to Copenhagen, Denmark. She was refloated with assistance. [14]
Waverley	United Kingdom	The ship was lost east of the Percy Islands, Queensland. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Brisbane to Bangkok, Siam. [11]
Wilhelm	Netherlands	The brig was driven ashore on Rottum, Groningen. She was on a voyage from Härnösand, Sweden to Delfzijl, Groningen. [2]
William Coulman	United States	The steamship sank at Phildadelphia. She was later refloated. [12]

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