List of shipwrecks in 1889

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

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1889
Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec

February

7 February

List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1889
Ship Country Description
Princesse Josephine  Belgium The steamer ran aground and was wrecked at Benisaf, Algeria.[1]

9 February

List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1889
Ship Country Description
Harvest Home  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at Cardigan. Her four crew were rescued by Lizzie & Charles Leigh Clare ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). She was on a voyage from Fowey, Cornwall to Runcorn, Cheshire. Harvest Home was refloated on 13 February and taken in to Pwllcam, Cardiganshire.[2]

March

7 March

List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1889
Ship Country Description
Duke of Buccleugh  United Kingdom The Eastern Steamship Company 3,099 grt sail and steam cargo ship was wrecked following a collision with the 1,478 ton sailing ship Vandalia ( United Kingdom) in the English Channel. She was en route from Antwerp to Madras. All forty-seven crew of Duke of Buccleugh were lost.[3]

8 March

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1889
Ship Country Description
Vega  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked near Langton Matravers, Dorset. All 29 people on board were rescued.[4]

16 March

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1889
Ship Country Description
SMS Adler  Kaiserliche Marine
SMS Adler
1889 Apia cyclone: The gunboat was wrecked in the harbor at Apia, Samoa, with the loss of 20 lives.
SMS Eber  Kaiserliche Marine
Wrecked ships in Apia Harbor, Upolu, Samoa soon after the storm. The view looks northwestward, with the shattered bow of the German gunboat Eber on the beach in the foreground. The stern of USS Trenton is at right, with the sunken USS Vandalia alongside. The German gunboat Adler is on her side in the center distance. USS Trenton's starboard quarter gallery has been largely ripped away.
1889 Apia cyclone: The gunboat was forced against the harbor reef at Apia, Samoa, by large waves and sank quickly with the loss of 73 lives.
USS Nipsic  United States Navy
The wreck of USS Nipsic is at left; the wreck of USS Trenton is at center, with the wreck of USS Vandalia alongside in the center.
1889 Apia cyclone: The gunboat was driven ashore in the harbor at Apia, Samoa, with heavy damage and the loss of eight lives. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.
SMS Olga  Kaiserliche Marine
The wreck of SMS Olga at right; the wreck of USS Trenton is at left, with the wreck of USS Vandalia alongside.
1889 Apia cyclone: The corvette was wrecked in the harbor at Apia, Samoa. She was salvaged and returned to service as a training ship.
USS Trenton  United States Navy
The wreck of USS Trenton is at left, with the wreck of USS Vandalia alongside. The wreck of SMS Olga at right.
1889 Apia cyclone: The screw steamer was wrecked in the harbor at Apia, Samoa, with the loss of one life.
USS Vandalia  United States Navy
The wreck of USS Vandalia, seen from the wreck of USS Trenton.
1889 Apia cyclone: The sloop-of-war was wrecked in the harbor at Apia, Samoa, with the loss of 43 lives.

30 March

List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1889
Ship Country Description
Stella  United Kingdom On her way from Southampton, England, to Guernsey and Jersey in the Channel Islands in thick fog, the steamer ran at full speed onto Les Casquets reef near Alderney in the Channel Islands and sank within minutes with the loss of over 80 lives.[5]

April

6 April

List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1889
Ship Country Description
Danmark  Denmark The passenger steamer foundered in the North Atlantic after her propellor shaft snapped. A total of 721 passengers and crew saved by the cargo steamer Missouri ( United States). Abandoned and almost submerged, the wreck of Danmark was found on 8 April by the passenger steamer City of Chester ( United Kingdom) at 45°55′N 37°16′W / 45.917°N 37.267°W / 45.917; -37.267.

May

12 May

List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1889
Ship Country Description
Alaskan  USA
Painting of Alaskan sinking.
The sidewheel paddle steamer sank in a storm in the Pacific Ocean off Cape Blanco, Oregon, killing at least 21 people.

August

17 August

List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1889
Ship Country Description
A. E. Vickery  USA The wooden three-masted schooner sank after striking a shoal while entering the American Narrows in the St. Lawrence River near Alexandria Bay, New York.

September

5 September

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1889
Ship Country Description
Earnmoor  UKGBI The tramp steamer sank in a hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean northeast of the Greater Antilles with the loss of 17 lives. The seven survivors floated in an open lifeboat for 21 days before the schooner Mosquito ( United States) rescued them off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina.

16 September

List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1889
Ship Country Description
HMS Lily  Royal Navy The gunvessel was wrecked off Point Amour Lighthouse, Labrador, in thick fog with the loss of seven lives.

October

16 October

List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1889
Ship Country Description
Thesis  UKGBI The cargo steamer struck a reef at the south end of the Sound of Mull between the Isle of Mull and Scotland off Inninmore Point and sank four hours later. Her crew of 11 abandoned ship safely.


30 October

List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1889
Ship Country Description
Cheseborough  USA
The wreck of Cheseborough
The full-rigged ship was wrecked in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Shariki, Aomori Prefecture, Japan, during a typhoon.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date October 1889
Ship Country Description
Llandaff  United Kingdom The Welsh collier was wrecked at Land's End, Cornwall. She was repaired and returned to service.[6]
Malta  United Kingdom The steamer was wrecked at Botallack Head, St Just in Penwith, Cornwall, United Kingdom; vessel was a complete loss but no lives were lost.[7]
Geographique  France The steamer sank after a collision.[1]

December

22 December

List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1889
Ship Country Description
Adonis  USA The wooden brigantine was wrecked approximately 15 miles (24 km) south of Crowdy Head, New South Wales, Australia, when she sprang a leak while carrying a cargo of coal between Wollongong and the Richmond River in New South Wales.

25 December

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1889
Ship Country Description
Wide West  USA The screw steamer was wrecked on Destruction Island off Washington, United States, after losing her propeller and auxiliary sailing rig in high winds and heavy seas. Her crew abandoned ship safely.

References

  1. 1 2 "Belgian Merchant P-Z" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
  2. ↑ "CARDIGAN & DISTRICT SHIPWRECKS AND LIFEBOAT SERVICE". Glen Johnson. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "Loss of Duke of Buccleugh". Retrieved 3 September 2013.
  4. ↑ "Historical List of Shipwrecks at Chesil Beach & from Bridport to Lyme Regis". Burton Bradstock Online. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  5. ↑ "SS Stella (1889)". www.wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 26 Aug 2015.
  6. ↑ Noall, C. (1969?) Cornish Shipwrecks Illustrated. Truro: Tor Mark Press; p. 31
  7. ↑ Noall, C. (1969?) Cornish Shipwrecks Illustrated. Truro: Tor Mark Press; p. 23
Ship events in 1889
Ship launches: 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894
Ship commissionings: 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894
Ship decommissionings: 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894
Shipwrecks: 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894
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