List of shipwrecks in 1889

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
Unknown date
References

January

5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1889

Ship	Country	Description
Paris C. Brown	United States	The steamer struck a snag and sank in the Mississippi River at Hermitage, Louisiana with part of her superstructure above water. One passenger and six crew killed.[1][2]

17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1889

Ship	Country	Description
Advance	United States	The schooner was wrecked on rocks at the southwest corner of the Pensacola Navy Yard, Pensacola.[3]
Urbano	United States	The bark was lost off Pensacola, Florida.[3]

21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1889

Ship	Country	Description
H. F. Morse	United States	The Tug was wrecked on Harding Ledge in Massachusetts Bay. One crewman killed.[4]
Unknown and unknown	United States	The 2 Barges were wrecked when their Tug H. F. Morse was wrecked on Harding Ledge in Massachusetts Bay. Five crewmen killed between the two crews.[5]

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.[6]

9 February

List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1889

Ship	Country	Description
Annie	United States	The 41.73-ton, 57-foot (17.4 m) schooner departed San Francisco, California bound for Unalaska on Unalaska Island in the eastern Aleutian Islands and was never seen or heard from again. Her entire crew of 11 was lost.[7]
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.[8]

17 February

List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1889

Ship	Country	Description
HMS Cumberland	Royal Navy	The training ship – a former ship-of-the-line – burned on the River Clyde in Scotland.[9]

March

1 March

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1889

Ship	Country	Description
No. 102	French Navy	The 35-metre type torpedo boat suddenly capsized and foundered during manoeuvres off Toulon, France. Six of her crew were killed.[10]

2 March

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1889

Ship	Country	Description
Otter	United States	The 73.75-ton, 81-foot (24.7 m) schooner departed San Francisco, California, bound for the Shumagin Islands in the eastern Aleutian Islands and was never seen or heard from again. Her entire crew of 23 men was lost.[11]

3 March

List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1889

Ship	Country	Description
James A. Hamilton	United States	The 77.8-ton, 81.5-foot (24.8 m) whaling schooner departed San Francisco, California bound for Unalaska on Unalaska Island in the eastern Aleutian Islands and was never seen or heard from again. Her entire crew of 18 men and all three men aboard her as passengers were lost.[7][12]

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.[13]

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.[14]

13 March

List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1889

Ship	Country	Description
Kangaroo	United States	The Steamer sank while laying at Spottsville, Kentucky. The Captain/Owner and his nephew killed.[15]

16 March

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1889

Ship	Country	Description
SMS Adler	Imperial German Navy	SMS Adler 1889 Apia cyclone: The gunboat was wrecked in the harbor at Apia, Samoa, with the loss of 20 lives.
SMS Eber	Imperial German Navy	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	Imperial German Navy	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.

19 March

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1889

Ship	Country	Description
Kate & Anna	United States	The 30.7-gross register ton, 45-foot (13.7 m) steam sealing schooner was blown ashore and wrecked on the southwestern shore of Morzovia Bay, later called Morzovhoi Bay (55°N 163°W), on the Alaska Peninsula on the coast of the Territory of Alaska after her anchor line parted in a gale. Her crew of six survived.[16]

28 March

List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1889

Ship	Country	Description
Ruth Darling	United States	The Schooner was run into and sunk by Wyanoke ( United States) in dense fog between Absecon, New Jersey and Cape May. Her Captain and one crewman killed.[17]

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.[18]

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.

18 April

List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1889

Ship	Country	Description
Everett	United States	The Steamer was sunk in a wind storm in the Mississippi River near Burlington, Iowa. Five killed.[19]

22 April

List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1889

Ship	Country	Description
Lizzie Williams	United States	During a voyage from San Francisco, California, to Kodiak Island, Territory of Alaska, carrying 82 passengers – 75 of them Chinese cannery workers – and a crew of 14, as well as an 1,100-ton cannery fit and supplies as cargo, the 790-ton, 159.4-foot (48.6 m) bark was wrecked without loss of life on a shoal off Tugidak Island in the Kodiak Archipelago. The steamers Al-Ki and Elsie (both  United States) assisted in rescuing her passengers and crew.[20]

May

12 May

List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1889

Ship	Country	Description
Alaskan	United States	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. 10 of 11 made it to shore after spending 3 days in a lifeboat and then swimming to shore, one survivor drowned in the attempt.[21][22]

22 May

List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1889

Ship	Country	Description
Ohio	United States	The 363.8-ton 110.9-foot (33.8 m) whaling bark became unmanageable after her hull was stove in by ice and was blown ashore and wrecked on Nunivak Island in the Bering Sea. Her crew survived and was rescued from the island by the bark Ocean ( United States).[11]

24 May

List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1889

Ship	Country	Description
Steelfield	United Kingdom	The full-rigged ship was sighted on this date whilst on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Callao, Peru. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[23]

June

1 June

List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1889

Ship	Country	Description
Kangaroo	Australia	The Steamer was lost off, or in, the Brisbane River. Scrapped in place.[24]

25 June

List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1889

Ship	Country	Description
Jessie W. Knight	United States	The Schooner was sunk in a collision by Wm. R. McCabe ( United States) in Chesapeake Bay. Her Captain, his Wife, and one crewman killed.[25]

28 June

List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1889

Ship	Country	Description
Edward S. Webster	United States	The 83-foot (25.3 m) schooner sank after striking a submerged rock at the entrance to Coal Harbor (55°20′30″N 160°39′30″W) on Unga Island in the Shumagin Islands off the south coast of the Territory of Alaska′s Alaska Peninsula. Her crew of 12 survived. She later was condemned, sold, and refloated.[26]

30 June

List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1889

Ship	Country	Description
William Armstrong	United States	The Ferry sank in the St. Lawrence River between Morristown, New York and Brockville, Ontario. One passenger killed.[27]

July

16 July

List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1889

Ship	Country	Description
Lorenzo D. Baker	United States	The steamer was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean in the vicinity of (38°15′N 69°49′W). Survivors rescued by Whaling Schooner Franklin ( United States). Two of her Firemen died.[28][29]

21 July

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1889

Ship	Country	Description
Eduardo	Kingdom of Spain	The steamer was wrecked in dense fog on Old Man Island 2 miles south of Cutler, Maine. All 40 crew rescued.[30][31]

August

4 August

List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1889

Ship	Country	Description
Bloomer	United States	The schooner capsized in a squall 55 miles (89 km) east southeast of Pensacola, Florida.[3]

9 August

List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1889

Ship	Country	Description
Wildwood	United States	While departing Nushagak on Bristol Bay in the Territory of Alaska carrying the summer's catch from the cannery at Nushagak, the 1,056.09-ton, 198.8-foot (60.6 m) bark was wrecked in the Nushagak River 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) south of Harkanock. Her entire crew of 21 survived.[32]

17 August

List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1889

Ship	Country	Description
A.E. Vickery	United States	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.

20 August

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1889

Ship	Country	Description
Torpedo boat No. 10	Royal Danish Navy	The torpedo boat capsized in the Øresund and subsequently sank whilst under tow for Copenhagen. She was salvaged, repaired and returned to service.[33]

25 August

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1889

Ship	Country	Description
Lame Duck	United States	The steamer was sunk in a collision with "Commonwealth" ( United States) in the Ohio river opposite Cincinnati, Ohio. One crewman and three passengers died.[34]

28 August

List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1889

Ship	Country	Description
Ancon	United States	The 1,208.05-ton sidewheel paddle steamer was stranded on a rock projecting from a reef in Naha Bay (55°36′12″N 131°38′00″W) in Southeast Alaska as she was departing the wharf at Loring, Territory of Alaska. Her back broke as the tide receded, and she became a total loss. All on board – 119 passengers and 72 crewmen – survived.[7]

September

4 September

List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1889

Ship	Country	Description
Lucretia	United States	The 350-ton whaling bark was wrecked on an uncharted reef in the Chukchi Sea off the coast of Siberia 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) west of Herald Island. The steam bark Abram Barker ( United States) rescued her crew.[20]

5 September

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1889

Ship	Country	Description
Earnmoor	United Kingdom	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.

15 September

List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1889

Ship	Country	Description
Island Belle	United States	The 19-ton, 43.5-foot (13.3 m) schooner was wrecked on the southern shore of Delarof Harbor (55°10′30″N 160°30′00″W) on the coast of Unga Island in the Shumagin Islands in the Territory of Alaska. Her crew of four survived.[35]

16 September

List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1889

Ship	Country	Description
Leo	United States	The Naptha Launch burned between Loraine, Ohio and Cleveland, Ohio. Lost with all hands.[36]
HMS Lily	Royal Navy	The Arab-class gunvessel was wrecked off Point Amour Lighthouse, Labrador, in thick fog with the loss of seven lives.
Torpedo boat No. 9	Royal Danish Navy	The torpedo boat ran aground in the Øresund. She was refloated on 18 September, subsequently returned to service.[33]

24 September

List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1889

Ship	Country	Description
C. M. Gifford	United States	The tow steamer, towing Chas. E. Wyman ( United States), was capsized by the towline in Lake Huron between Cheboygan, Michigan and Cross Village, Michigan. One crewman died.[37]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date September 1889

Ship	Country	Description
Alpha	United States	After losing ropes, a canoe, and her portside bulwarks and stanchions overboard in a gale 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) east of Cape Fairweather (58.8056°N 137.9442°W / 58.8056; -137.9442 (Cape Fairweather)) in Southeast Alaska, the 26.28-ton schooner was beached at Yakutat, Territory of Alaska, sometime soon after the revenue cutter USRC Rush ( United States Revenue-Marine) arrived at Yakutat on 5 September to pick up her nine passengers and crew of five.[7]

October

2 October

List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1889

Ship	Country	Description
Geographique	France	The steamer sank after a collision.[38]

3 October

List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1889

Ship	Country	Description
"Corona"	United States	The steamer was destroyed by a boiler explosion in the Mississippi River near Prophet's Island. 35 died.[39]

16 October

List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1889

Ship	Country	Description
Thesis	United Kingdom	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.

21 October

List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1889

Ship	Country	Description
Carl D. Lathrop	United States	The schooner sprung a leak and capsized 10 miles (16 km) south southwest of the Cape St. George Lighthouse, Florida.[40]

30 October

List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1889

Ship	Country	Description
Cheseborough	United States	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.[41]
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.[42]

November

16 November

List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1889

Ship	Country	Description
Fearless	United States	The Tug ran aground on the north spit of the Umpqua River and went to pieces. Lost with everyone on board, one passenger and seven crew.[43]

20 November

List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1889

Ship	Country	Description
"Manhattan"	United States	The cargo-liner was sunk in a collision with Schooner Agnes Manning ( United States) off Fenwick Island, Delaware, 8 miles off Fenwick Shoal Lightship. Three passengers and 8 crew died.[44][45]

28 November

List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1889

Ship	Country	Description
Nominoé	France	The Brig ran aground near Blankenberge, Belgium during a violent storm. All 5 crew were rescued by Belgian lifeguards, but 5 lifeguards died during the rescue attempts.[46]

December

22 December

List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1889

Ship	Country	Description
Adonis	United States	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	United States	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.

26 December

List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1889

Ship	Country	Description
Clan McKenzie	United Kingdom	The steamer was sunk in a collision in snow with Oregon ( United States) in the Columbia River at Coffee Rock 47 miles above Astoria, Oregon in 22 feet of water. Two crew killed, one injured. Survivors made it to shore in her boats.[47][48]
Oregon	United States	The steamer was damaged in a collision with Clan McKenzie ( United Kingdom) in the Columbia River at Coffee Rock 47 miles above Astoria, Oregon in snow, losing her bow, and drifted ashore, later pulled off. One crewman injured.[49]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in 1889

Ship	Country	Description
Herald of the Morning	Canada	The hulk of the square-rigged sailing ship, severely damaged by fire in Hobsons Bay, New South Wales, Australia, on 15 November 1859 and never repaired, was scuttled ca. 1889.
Queensmore	United Kingdom	The cargo ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on the return leg of her maiden voyage. An attempt was made to beach her in Dunmanus Bay but she struck the Bullig Reef and sank.[50]

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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