List of shipwrecks in August 1889

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

List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1889
ShipStateDescription
City of Agra  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at the mouth of the River Thames.[1]
Vinnie M. Getchell United States The schooner was run down and sunk. Her crew were rescued.[2]

2 August

List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1889
ShipStateDescription
HMS Garnet  Royal Navy The Emerald-class corvette collided with Bianca (Flag unknown) at Rangoon, Burma and was damaged.[1]

4 August

List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1889
ShipStateDescription
Bloomer United States The schooner capsized in a squall 55 miles (89 km) east southeast of Pensacola, Florida.[3]
Lillydale  United Kingdom The brigantine sprang a leak and was beached at Rosslare Harbour, County Wexford. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Cork. She was later refloated and taken in to Rosslare Harbour.[4][5]

7 August

List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1889
ShipStateDescription
Thomas Oliver  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned off "Gorodetsk", between "Sweet Nore" and "Orloff"", Russia.[6]
Rachel Loluiga  United Kingdom The lighter sprang a leak off Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Leith, Lothian. She consequently foundered off Burnmouth, Berwickshire. Her crew were rescued by the tug Flying Scotsman ( United Kingdom).[5]

8 August

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1889
ShipStateDescription
Cincora  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Scutari, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated.[5]
Monark  United Kingdom The ship departed from Pensacola, Florida, United States for the River Tyne. No further trace, reported overdue.[7]
Unnamed Cape Colony The whaleboat capsized off the mouth of the Coega River with the loss of all five people on board.[8]

9 August

List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1889
ShipStateDescription
Wildwood United States While departing Nushagak on Bristol Bay in the District of Alaska carrying the summer's catch from the cannery at Nushagak, the barque was wrecked in the Nushagak River 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) south of Harkanock. Her 21 crew survived.[9]

11 August

List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1889
ShipStateDescription
Emelia  Italy The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Milazzo to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[10]

12 August

List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1889
ShipStateDescription
Bellaporte  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and sank at Iquique, Chile with the loss of five of her twenty crew. Survivors were rescued by the full-rigged ship East Lothian ( United Kingdom). Bellaporte was on a voyage from Iquique to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[11]
Sunbeam, and an
unnamed vessel
 United Kingdom The tug Sunbeam and a barge were run into by the steamship Halcyon ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Rotherhithe, London. Their crews were rescued.[12]

13 August

List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1889
ShipStateDescription
Cleveland  United Kingdom The steamship sank off Gandia, Spain.[10] She was refloated in mid-September.[13]
Lady Sondes  United Kingdom The ship departed from Charlestown, Cornwall for Brussels, Flemish Brabant, Belgium. No further,[14] reported missing.[15]

14 August

List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1889
ShipStateDescription
Unnamed Flag unknown The ketch foundered in the English Channel off Portland, Dorset, United Kingdom.[10]

16 August

List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1889
ShipStateDescription
Principia  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore in the River Thames at Coal House Point, Essex. She was on a voyage from Odesa, Russia to London.[16] She was refloated the next day with the assistance of four tugs.[17]
Unnamed Flag unknown The steamship ran aground in the Small Bitter Lake. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[17]

17 August

List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1889
ShipStateDescription
A.E. Vickery United States The schooner sank after striking a shoal while entering the American Narrows in the St. Lawrence River near Alexandria Bay, New York.
Merquedes France The steamship sank off Ar Men, Finistère.[17]
St. Andrews Bay  United Kingdom The steamship was damaged by an onboard explosion at South Shields, County Durham.[18]

19 August

List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1889
ShipStateDescription
Hindoo  United Kingdom The steamship caught fire at Boston, Massachusetts, United States. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Boston.[19]

20 August

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1889
ShipStateDescription
Kate  United Kingdom The yacht capsized at Voryd, Denbighshire with the loss of all three people on board. She was on a voyage from Birkenhead, Cheshire to Beaumaris, Anglesey.[20]
Sturgeon  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Irish Sea. Her six crew were rescued by the steamship Bickerstaffe ( United Kingdom). Sturgeon was on a voyage from Preston, Lancashire to Peel, Isle of Man.[20]
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.[21]
Windhover  United Kingdom The barque was lost off Bramble Cay, Queensland. All 22 people on board took to the boats. They landed on Thursday Island a week later. She was on a voyage from Newcastle, New South Wales to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies.[22][23]

21 August

List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1889
ShipStateDescription
Gardar Norway The steamship caught fire off Southend, Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Stavanger to London. The fire was extinguished with assistance from the tugs Bulldog and Vauxhall (both  United Kingdom) and she was towed in to Gravesend, Kent by Vauxhall.[24]
Georgina  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the English Bank, in the River Plate and was wrecked with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by the tugs Emperor and Plata (both Brazil Brazil). Georgina was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Rosario, Argentina.[19][25]
Marlborough  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Mocha Shoal, in the Red Sea. She was on a voyage from Manila, Spanish East Indies to New York, United States. She was refloated five days later and put in to Jeddah, Hejaz Vilayet.[26][27]

22 August

List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1889
ShipStateDescription
Forest Fairy United States The schooner departed from Boston, Massachusetts for Faial Island, Azores. No further trace, feared lost with all 37 people on board.[23]

23 August

List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1889
ShipStateDescription
Ayrshire  United Kingdom The steamship collided with another vessel in the Mediterranean Sea and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Taganrog, Russia to Malta.[28]

24 August

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1889
ShipStateDescription
Muncaster  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Gravelines, Nord, France. She was refloated the next day.[19]
Otago  United Kingdom The ship was lost on this date.[29]

25 August

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1889
ShipStateDescription
Lame Duck United States The steamship collided with Commonwealth ( United States) and sank in the Ohio River opposite Cincinnati, Ohio with the loss of four lives.[30]
Seaman's Glory  United Kingdom The ship capsized off Deal, Kent with the loss of four of the six people on board.[31]

26 August

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1889
ShipStateDescription
Armenia United States The full-rigged ship was destroyed by fire at Port Costa, California.[22]
Honauwar  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was damaged by fire at Port Costa.[22]
Jason, and
No. 6
 United Kingdom The dredger No. 6 was run into by the steamship Jason and sank in the Clyde at Dumbarton with the loss of six of the ten people on board. Survivors were rescued by Jason. Jason was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Stettin, Germany. She put back to Glasgow for repairs.[32][33][28][34]
Kenilworth  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was damaged by fire at Port Costa.[22]
Langdale  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was damaged by fire at Port Costa.[35]
Taymouth Castle  United Kingdom The steamship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) off Lisbon, Portugal. She was on a voyage from London to Cape Town, Cape Colony. The fire was extinguished and she completed her voyage.[36]

27 August

List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1889
ShipStateDescription
Odessa  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Homer ( United Kingdom) and sank 30 nautical miles (56 km) south of Cape Espichel, Portugal with the loss of three of her fifteen crew. Survivors were rescued by Homer. Odessa was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Brăila, Romania.[37][8]

28 August

List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1889
ShipStateDescription
Ancon United States
Wreck of Ancon, ca. 1895.
The sidewheel paddle steamer, a cargo liner, was stranded on a rock projecting from a reef in Naha Bay (55°36′12″N 131°38′00″W / 55.60333°N 131.63333°W / 55.60333; -131.63333 (Naha Bay)) as she was departing the wharf at Loring, District of Alaska. Her back broke as the tide receded, and she became a total loss. All on board, 119 passengers and 72 crewmen, survived.[38] They were rescued on 1 September by the steamship Elder ( United States).[39]

29 August

List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1889
ShipStateDescription
Arranmore  United Kingdom The steamship sank at Liverpool, Lancashire.[35]
Protector  United Kingdom The tug was run into by the paddle tug Duncan ( United Kingdom) and sank 2 cables (380m) off the Abertay Lightship ( Trinity House). Her crew were rescued by Duncan.[26]

31 August

Unknown date

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