List of shipwrecks in 1886

The list of shipwrecks in 1886 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1886.

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1886
Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr
May	Jun	Jul	Aug
Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
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References

January

2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1886

Ship	Country	Description
W. D. Chipley	United States	The steamer struck a snag and sank at Stark Clay Landing in the Chattahoochee River, a total loss . Ten passengers and 1 crewman died.[1]

9 January

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Alicia A. Washburn	United States	The steamer caught fire and sank in the Gulf of Mexico 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi) off St. George Island, Florida.[2]

11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Hylton Castle	United Kingdom	During a voyage from New York City to Rouen, France, with a cargo of 57,880 bushels of corn, the 1,258-gross ton iron-hulled steam cargo ship sank in 95 feet (29 m) of water in the North Atlantic Ocean about 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) south of the Fire Island Lighthouse on Fire Island south of Long Island, New York, during a storm. Her entire crew of 22 survived, abandoning ship in two lifeboats. One lifeboat with nine or 10 men aboard (sources disagree) reached shore, while the other, with 11 or 13 men aboard (sources disagree) drifted at sea for three days until picked up by the fishing smack Stephen Woolsey ( United States).[3]

30 January

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Fulmar	United Kingdom	The cargo ship, transporting coal from Troon, Scotland, to Limerick, Ireland, sank in Farrihy Bay, just north of Kilkee, County Clare, Ireland. All 17 aboard died, and only one body was recovered.[4]

February

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Hope	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground at Port Eynon Point, Glamorgan, Wales, and was abandoned by her crew. She was later refloated, repaired, and returned to service.[5]

March

6 March

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Xanthippe	United Kingdom	The brig ran aground at Oxwich Point, Glamorgan, Wales, and was wrecked. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Port Talbot, Glamorgan.[5]

11 March

List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Ike Bonham	United States	The steamer's boiler blew up 11 miles below Vicksburg, Mississippi at Bedford's Bar, Louisiana, sinking in 3 feet of water . Six crewman died, and everyone else on board was wounded except the Captain's Wife who took over and prevented the ship from burning. The wreck was sold, new owner had her raised, towed to Paducah, Kentucky where she was rebuilt and returned to service for the 1886-1887 cotton season.[6][7][8]

13 March

List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1886

Ship	Country	Description
John Marker	United States	The Tow steamer's boiler exploded destroying the ship in the lower Harbor of Boston. Five died.[9]

14 March

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Charles H. Morse	United States	The schooner disappeared in the Atlantic Ocean near New York City. She probably was the schooner the passenger liner Oregon ( United Kingdom) – en route from Liverpool, England, to New York – collided with at 04:30 just 15 nautical miles (28 km) from New York. The schooner that Oregon hit sank almost immediately with the loss of all hands.[10]
Oregon	United Kingdom	Oregon. The ocean liner, en route from Liverpool, England, to New York City, sank in the Atlantic Ocean after colliding at 04:30 just 15 nautical miles (28 km) from New York with a schooner. The schooner she hit – probably Charles H. Morse ( United States) – sank almost immediately with the loss of all hands.[10]

15 March

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Beda	United States	The freighter sank 40 miles off Cape Perpetua, Oregon . The crew abandoned ship in her 2 lifeboats. One with her Master and 5 crewmen were never seen again, the other one reached shore on the 17th near the Mouth of the Umpqua River with only 2 of 5 aboard still alive.[11][12]

30 March

List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Mary Lewis	United States	The steamer was smashed against the Lagonda bridge on the Atchafalaya River by a sudden Gale of wind and sank. Two crew died.[13]

April

6 April

List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Mountain Boy	United States	The stern wheel steamer capsized in a wind storm at dock in Owensborough, Kentucky, a total loss. Three crew died.[14]

11 April

List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Taiaroa	United Kingdom	The schooner-rigged coastal steamer was wrecked on the coast of New Zealand′s South Island near the mouth of the Clarence River with the loss of 36 of the 50 people on board.

May

13 May

List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1886

Ship	Country	Description
President	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground off Cardigan, Wales. Her three crew were rescued by the lifeboat Lizzie & Charles Leigh Clare ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). President was later refloated and taken in to Cardigan.[15]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Ly-ee-Moon	New South Wales	The Australasian Steam Navigation Company steamship was wrecked off Green Cape, New South Wales, Australia, on a voyage from Melbourne to Sydney with the loss of 71 lives.[16]

June

3 June

List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Lookout	United States	The 66.71-ton, 80.1-foot (24.4 m) schooner was wrecked on Sanak Island in the Aleutian Islands in a thick fog. Her crew of 15 survived.[17]

5 June

List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Alpha	United States	The paddle tug was destroyed by fire.

21 June

List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1886

Ship	Country	Description
John Carver	United States	The 319-ton whaling bark was crushed in ice and abandoned in the Bering Sea north of Saint Lawrence Island and 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi) south of King Island. Her crew abandoned ship in her boats and was rescued 33 hours later by the bark Atlantic ( United States). The derelict wreck of John Carver eventually drifted to Cape Thompson on the Chukchi Sea coast of the Territory of Alaska.[18]

23 June

List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Mary Atwater	United States	The schooner was sunk in a collision with City of Kingston in the Hudson River off Fort Montgomery, New York. Two crew died.[19]

30 June

List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Birgitte	Norway	The bark drifted ashore in Apalachicola Bay opposite Dog Island during a hurricane.[20]
C. Ervlin	United States	The tugboat sank at the East Pass to Apalachicola Bay near Cat Point during a hurricane. Two crewmen killed. Two barges she was towing were driven ashore.[20]
California	United States	The schooner was lost in Dog Island Cove, Apalachicola Bay during a hurricane. Four crewmen killed.[20]

July

3 July

List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Royal Edward	United Kingdom	The clipper ship became damaged in a gale and her crew abandoned her in a sinking state. Bellona (Norway  Norway) rescued the crew.[21]

8 July

List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Milwaukee	United States	The steam barge sank in Lake Michigan after colliding in thick weather with the steam barge C. Hickox ( United States). One crewman died.[22]

16 July

List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Prince of Wales	United Kingdom	The steam tug sank after colliding with the ship Peterborough ( United Kingdom) off Botany Bay, New South Wales, Australia, with lost of two crew. Peterborough was towed into port by the steam tug Kate ( United Kingdom).

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August

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date August 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Clara Light	United States	The 179-ton whaling schooner and tender was abandoned in ice in the Chukchi Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) north of Point Franklin on the coast of the Territory of Alaska in late August.[24]

September

6 September

List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Victory	United Kingdom	The three-masted schooner was stranded on La Tortuga Island, Venezuela and became a total loss.[25][26]

28 September

List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Star of Albion	United Kingdom	The full-rigged ship ran aground and was wrecked in the Hooghly River, India.[27]
Suffolk	United Kingdom	The steamship was wrecked in fog on the eastern side of Lizard Point, Cornwall, England. The 45 people aboard were saved.[28]

October

5 October

List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1886

Ship	Country	Description
La Mascotte	United States	The passenger steamer was destroyed by fire in the Mississippi River at Crawford's Landing, 125 miles below St. Louis due to a flue collapsing. Ten passengers and 22 crew died.[29]

6 October

List of shipwrecks: 6 October 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Juliet	United Kingdom	The full-rigged ship was wrecked on the Gingerbread Shoal. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.[30]

8 October

List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Agnes	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked in Caswell Bay off Wales. Her crew survived.[5]

13 October

List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1886

Ship	Country	Description
C. Chamberlin	United States	The steamer was sunk in a collision with John Pridgen, Jr. ( United States) in fog on Lake Michigan off Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Five crewmen died.[31]

14 October

List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Malleny	United Kingdom	The ship was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, when she struck the Tusker Rock in the Bristol Channel and foundered with the loss of all 20 crew. The wreck came ashore at Westward Ho!, Devon, England.[5]

15 October

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Ben-y-Gloe	United Kingdom	The ship was on a voyage from Singapore to Penarth, Glamorgan, Wales, when she capsized off Nash Point, Glamorgan, Wales. Her crew survived.[5][32]
Ocean Beauty	United Kingdom	The barque was driven ashore at Aberavon, Glamorgan, Wales, with the loss of two of her 15 crew. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, to Valparaíso, Chile.[5]

16 October

List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Albert Wilhelm	Germany	The brig sank at Hayle Towans, Cornwall, England.[33]

17 October

List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Sarah Anderson	United Kingdom	The ship sank at Trebarwith Strand, near Tintagel, Cornwall, England, with the loss of all on board.[34]

24 October

List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Normanton	United Kingdom	The cargo ship was wrecked in heavy wind and rain off the coast of what is now Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. The European officers and crew abandoned ship and reached safety, leaving the 12 Chinese and Indian crewman and all 25 Japanese passengers behind to fend for themselves. All the Japanese passengers died.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Boswedden	United Kingdom	The iron barque was lost off Hartland Point, Devon, England. All that was found was a brass bound bucket on Lundy and a writing desk washed up near Ilfracombe.[35]

November

14 November

List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Flying Scud	United States	The 25.96-gross register ton, 50.2-foot (15.3 m) schooner departed Douglas Station near Cape Douglas (57°34′10″N 154°27′30″W) on the north coast of Kodiak Island in the Territory of Alaska bound for Kodiak on the eastern end of the island with 26 people on board and was never heard from again. Wreckage and broken baidarkas were found weeks later, but the loss of Flying Scud did not finally became fully apparent until the spring of 1887.[36]

18 November

List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Lucerne	United States	The schooner sank in Chequamegon Bay, Lake Superior, off the north side of Long Island at La Pointe, Wisconsin, with the loss of all hands.

20 November

List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Thames	United Kingdom	The schooner was on a voyage from Port Talbot, Glamorgan, Wales, to Bilbao, Spain, when she struck the Scarweather Sands in the Bristol Channel and consequently foundered off The Mumbles, Glamorgan. Her crew survived.[5]

27 November

List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1886

Ship	Country	Description
56S	Regia Marina	The torpedo boat sank in the Bay of Biscay after colliding with the torpedo boat 57S ( Regia Marina).[37]
Richmond	United States	The steamer was destroyed by fire at the Mouth of the Black River. two crew died.[38]

December

4 December

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1886

Ship	Country	Description
D.H. Ingraham	United States	Ran aground at Hereford Inlet on its way from Rockland, Maine to Richmond, Virginia. All crew were saved before the ship caught fire.[39][40]

9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Alliance	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the seaward side of the Albert Pier, Penzance, Cornwall, England.[35]
Eliza Fernley	Royal National Lifeboat Institution	After launching from Southport, England, the lifeboat capsized during a gale in the Irish Sea with the loss of 14 of her 16 crew while trying to reach the crew of the barque Mexico ( Germany), which had wrecked off Southport.
Laura Janet	Royal National Lifeboat Institution	After launching from St Annes, England, the lifeboat capsized during a gale in the Irish Sea with the loss of all 13 of her crew while trying to reach the crew of the barque Mexico ( Germany), which had wrecked off Southport, England.
Mexico	Germany	Mexico The barque was wrecked at Southport, England, during a gale in the Irish Sea. All 12 of her crew were saved by the lifeboat Charles Biggs ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution) from Lytham. Mexico later was repaired and returned to service.

13 December

List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Richmond	United States	The steamer was destroyed by fire at Saint Maurice Plantation on the Mississippi River. Five passengers and five crew died.[41]

21 December

List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1886

Ship	Country	Description
John G. Fletcher	United States	The steamer struck a snag and sank in the Red River at Shady Grove Landing, 15 miles above Shreveport, Louisiana, a total loss. One crew died.[42]

24 December

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Annie C. Maguire	United Kingdom	Sailing from Buenos Aires, Argentina, the three-masted barque struck the ledge at Portland Head Light, Cape Elizabeth, Maine. Today, letters painted on the rocks below the lighthouse commemorate the wreck and the Christmas Eve rescue of her crew.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Unebi	Imperial Japanese Navy	The cruiser disappeared without trace in the South China Sea with the loss of all hands.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Allahabad	United Kingdom	The iron sailing ship was on a voyage from Glasgow, Scotland, to Dunedin, New Zealand, with a cargo primarily of coal when she disappeared without trace after last being spoken to by the crew of the ship South Australian (flag unknown) in the Atlantic Ocean at 29°S 28°W on 4 September.
Belliqueuse	French Navy	The broadside ironclad was sunk as target during 1886 sometime after being stricken from the naval register on 3 May.
Boyne	United Kingdom	The sailing ship was wrecked without loss of life on False Point on the coast of India during a voyage from Suva, Fiji, to Calcutta, India.
Thornton	Canada	The 29-ton sealing schooner was battered to pieces at Unalaska on Unalaska Island in the Fox Islands in the eastern Aleutian Islands sometime during or after 1886.[43]
Tsengora	Unknown	The full-rigged ship was lost at Spring Lake, New Jersey.[44]
W. C. Warner	Unknown	The brig was lost at Mantoloking, New Jersey.[44]
Western Shore	United States	The sloop was lost in Bristol Bay in the Territory of Alaska.[45]
Young America	United States	Bound from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for Fiume, the clipper ship disappeared without trace after passing the Delaware Breakwater outbound on 17 February.

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Ship events in 1886
Ship launches:	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885	1886	1887	1888	1889	1890	1891
Ship commissionings:	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885	1886	1887	1888	1889	1890	1891
Ship decommissionings:	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885	1886	1887	1888	1889	1890	1891
Shipwrecks:	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885	1886	1887	1888	1889	1890	1891

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