List of shipwrecks in December 1886

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

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1886
ShipStateDescription
Challenger  United Kingdom The ship departed from London for Jersey, Channel Islands. No further trace, reported overdue.[1]
Colonel Milliken United States The schooner was wrecked on the Morant Cays. She was on a voyage from Maracaibo, Venezuela to Boston, Massachusetts.[2]
Gustave France The schooner was abandoned off Scarborough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the Scarborough Lifeboat. Gustave was on a voyage from Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme to South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom. She subsequently drove ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Scarborough.[3]
Kentish Knock Lightship Trinity House The lightship was rammed by the barque Palawan ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea off the Kentish Knock . Her crew were rescued by Palawan.[4][5][3]

2 December

List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1886
ShipStateDescription
Arcana  United Kingdom The ship departed from Newport, Monmouthshire for Dunmore East, County Waterford. No further trace, reported missing.[6]
Ariadne Canada Canada The schooner was wrecked in a gale in Mexico Bay four miles (6.4 km) from Stony Point near Oswego, New York with the loss of three of her six crew. Survivors were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[7][8]
Marianninha Portugal The barque capsized in the Douro.[3]
Ocean Bride United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey The ship was run into by the steamship Beryl ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Greenwich, Kent with the loss of four of her nine crew.[9]
Republic United States The ship was wrecked 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) west of Dunkirk, Nord, France. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Dunkirk.[10]

3 December

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1886
ShipStateDescription
Augusta  United Kingdom The coaster ran aground on the Carbery Rock, in Dumanus Bay and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Bantry to Kilcrohane, County Cork.[11]
Tamaris France The ship departed from Bordeaux, Gironde for Noumea, New Caledonia. No further trace,[12] reported missing.[13]
Unebi  Imperial Japanese Navy The cruiser departed from Singapore, Straits Settlements for Yokohama.[14] She was assumed to have subsequently foundered in the South China Sea during a typhoon. No wreckage or survivors were found.[15][16]

4 December

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1886
ShipStateDescription
Argos  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the North Perch, off the coast of Ayrshire and sank. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Irvine, Ayrshire.[17]
D.H. Ingraham United States The schooner ran aground in a gale/snowstorm in Hereford Inlet, New Jersey. Her crew were rescued as the ship's cargo of lime caught fire, she was a total loss. She was on a voyage from Rockland, Maine to Richmond, Virginia.[18][19]
Ispahan  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Hangklip, Cape Colony. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London.[11][20]
Malabar  United Kingdom The ship departed from Cardiff, Glamorgan for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. No further trace, reported missing.[21]
Mary Capper  United Kingdom The schooner and collided with J. H. Henks (Flag unknown) and sank off Black Head, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by J. H. Henks. Mary Capper was on a voyage from Penryn, Cornwall to Belfast, County Antrim.[22][11]
Snowdrop  United Kingdom The steamship departed from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland for Kingstown, County Dublin. No further trace, reported overdue.[23]
Tom Morton  United Kingdom The steamship departed from Cardiff for Odesa, Russia. No further trace, reported overdue.[1]

5 December

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1886
ShipStateDescription
Cymro  United Kingdom The steamship was sighted whilst on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Genoa, Italy. Presumed subsequently lost in the Bay of Biscay with all 26 crew.[24][25]
Edith Dominion of Newfoundland Newfoundland Colony The schooner was wrecked on a reef off Miquelon with the loss of all thirteen people on board. She was on a voyage from Newfoundland to Miquelon.[26]

6 December

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1886
ShipStateDescription
Cicerone  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the brig Juanita ( United Kingdom) and foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Juanita.[27]
Constanze  Germany The ship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. Her nineteen crew were rescued by the Walton Lifeboat. Constanze was refloated and taken in to Harwich in a derelict condition by the steamship Harwich ( United Kingdom).[28][17]
Copenhagen Denmark United Kingdom The steamship suffered a breakage of her propeller shaft and was holed. She was abandoned off the Horn Reef, in the North Sea with the loss of five of her nineteen crew. Survivors were rescued by the smack Primrose ( United Kingdom). Copenhagen was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Antwerp, Belgium.[29]

7 December

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1886
ShipStateDescription
Grange Fell  United Kingdom The steamship departed from Fowey, Cornwall for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, reported overdue.[23]
Sisters  United Kingdom The brig sprang a leak and foundered in the Irish Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) south south east of the North Arklow Lightship ( Trinity House). Her crew reached the lightship in a boat. They were rescued on 10 December.[30]

8 December

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1886
ShipStateDescription
Agnes Minde Denmark The ship sank in the Skaggerak. Her crew were rescued by Samson ( United Kingdom).[31]
Alliance  United Kingdom The ketch was driven ashore at Chyandour, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by the Penzance Lifeboat.[32]
Ann and Maria  United Kingdom The ketch struck the pier at Lowestoft, Suffolk and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to Maidstone, Kent.[32]
Aradus  Germany The brig was driven ashore at Helsingør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Memel to the Natal Colony.[31] She was refloated with the assistance of a steamship and taken in the Helsingør in a leaky condition.[30]
Bornholmskeg Denmark The yacht was driven ashore and wrecked at Helsingør.[31]
Carmen Spain The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Falmouth, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued.[32]
C. H. Marshall United States The ship ran aground on the Brake Sand. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Challenger ( United Kingdom) and towed in to the River Thames.[32]
Desirée France The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Dungeness, Kent with the loss of all hands.[33]
Dunlin  United Kingdom The steam trawler was driven ashore and wrecked at Lossiemouth, Moray with some loss of life.[32]
Golden Light  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Chyandour. Her crew were rescued by the Penzance Lifeboat.[32]
Henrietta  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Kingston by Sea, Sussex. Her crew were rescued by the Coastguard and villagers. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[32]
Hilkea  Germany The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Helsingør. She was on a voyage from Vyborg, Grand Duchy of Finland to Bremen.[31]
James and Elizabeth  United Kingdom The fishing boat capsized off Hythe, Kent with the loss of five of her seven crew. She subsequently came ashore.[32][34]
Johannes  Germany The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Helsingør. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall, Sweden, to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom.[31]
J. S.  United Kingdom The barquentine was driven ashore at Port Talbot, Glamorgan. Her crew survived.[31]
Ocean Queen United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The brigantine was driven ashore on Jersey. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Saint-Brieuc, Côtes-du-Nord, France.[32]
Peter Sweden The brig was driven ashore and severely damaged at Helsingør. She was on a voyage from Sweden to Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom.[31]
Rachel Lotinga  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in The Downs. She was on a voyage from Swansea to Newhaven, Sussex. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent in a leaky condition.[31]
Rover  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Tenby, Pembrokeshire.[35]
Sarah Dixon  United Kingdom The schooner foundered 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off Bonmahon, County Waterford with the loss of all four crew.[29]
Saring  Russia The schooner was driven ashore at Helsingør. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gävle, Sweden to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom.[31]
Scharhorn  Germany The schooner was driven ashore at "Hamblehak". She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Rostock.[31]
Superb Sweden The schooner was driven ashore at Helsingør. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sweden to Sunderland, County Durham. She was a total loss.[31]
Wietska Netherlands The schooner was driven ashore at Southend-on-Sea, Essex, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the Southend Lifeboat.[32]
W. M. J.  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Colmonstown", County Clare.[35]
RX 3  United Kingdom The fishing boat capsized off Hythe, Kent with the loss of all but one of her crew. She subsequently came ashore at Dymchurch.[33]
Unnamed France The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Dymchurch, Kent, United Kingdom with the loss of all hands.[32]
Unnamed Flag unknown The schooner ran aground and sank on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. All hands were presumed lost.[32]
Unnamed Flag unknown The schooner foundered off Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. Unknown if crew were aboard, but they were presumed to have been lost if aboard.[32]
Unnamed Flag unknown The ship foundered in Dungarvan Bay.[32]
Unnamed Flag unknown The ship was wrecked on the Ridge Sand, in the English Channel.[29]

9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1886
ShipStateDescription
Agenora  United Kingdom The fishing trawler foundered off Tenby, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued by the Tenby Lifeboat Henry Dodd ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[34]
Alliance  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the seaward side of the Albert Pier, Penzance, Cornwall, England.[36]
Avondale  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Holyhead, Anglesey.[34] She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Newport, Monmouthshire. She was refloated and taken in tow for Liverpool by two tugs.[30]
Captain McClintock  United Kingdom The steamship foundered off Amlwch, Anglesey, United Kingdom with the loss of all hands.[31][34]
Carron  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Stranraer, Wigtownshire.[35]
Constance Ellen  United Kingdom The ship collided with John Hall ( United Kingdom) and drove ashore at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.[35]
Convivial  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Milford Haven. She was on a voyage from Le Tréport, Seine-Inférieure, France to Runcorn, Cheshire.[35]
Dagmar Norway The barque was driven ashore at Holyhead.[34]
Earls Court  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Margam, Glamorgan with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Newport to Australia.[31]
Economist  United Kingdom The coal hulk was driven ashore at Milford Haven.[31] She was refloated.[35]
Eliza Fernley Royal National Lifeboat Institution After launching from Southport, Lancashire, the lifeboat capsized during a gale in the Irish Sea with the loss of fourteen of her sixteen crew while trying to reach the crew of the barque Mexico ( German Empire), which was wrecked off Southport.
Emma Alice  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Glin, County Limerick.[35]
Endeavour  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Pwllheli, Caernarfonshire.[31]
Eugenie  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Milford Haven. She was on a voyage from Newport to Dungarvan, County Antrim.[31]
Figaro  Germany The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in Freshwater Bay, Pembrokeshire with the loss of all hands.[31][35]
Fremad Norway The barque was driven ashore at Steart, Somerset, United Kingdom. Her eight or ten crew were rescued by the Burnham Lifeboat Cheltenham ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Fremad was on a voyage from Nova Scotia, Canada to Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.[31][34]
George D. Fullerton  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Milford Haven. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Cork.[35]
Gowerian  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Milford Haven.[31]
Hercules  United Kingdom The ship was driven against the pier and damaged at Sharpness, Gloucestershire.[31]
Henry Florence  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned off Scrabster, Caithness. Her crew were rescued by the Thurso Lifeboat.[34]
Hero  United Kingdom The ketch was driven ashore at Milford Haven.[31]
James Blink  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Pwllheli.[31]
John and Ann  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Pwllheli.[31]
Laura Janet Royal National Lifeboat Institution After launching from St Annes, Lancashire, the lifeboat capsized during a gale in the Irish Sea with the loss of all thirteen of her crew while trying to reach the crew of the barque Mexico ( German Empire), which was wrecked off Southport.
Louise H. Fuller Canada Canada The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean and set afire. Her crew were rescued by Fulda ( United Kingdom).[37]
Lyra  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned off Scrabster. Her crew were rescued by the Thurso Lifeboat.[34]
Margaret Garton  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned off Scrabster. Her crew were rescued by the Thurso Lifeboat.[34]
Margaret Hobley  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Milford Haven. She was on a voyage from Rodney to Cork.[35]
Mexico  Germany
Mexico
The barque was wrecked at Southport. All twelved of her crew were saved by the Lytham lifeboat Charles Biggs ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Mexico was on a voyage from Liverpool to Guayaquil, Ecuador. She was later repaired and returned to service.
Nathaniel  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Milford Haven. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport to Cork.[31]
Neiro  United Kingdom The dandy was driven ashore at Milford Haven. She was refloated.[35]
Oliver  United Kingdom The dandy was driven ashore and severely damaged at Milford Haven. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Waterford.[31]
Pegasus  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned off Holyhead. Her 21 crew were rescued by the Holyhead Lifeboat Thomas Fielden ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Pegasus was on a voyage from Liverpool to Doboy, Georgia, United States.[34]
Petrel  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Trevose Head, Cornwall with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Italy to Leith, Lothian.[31]
Psyche  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Neath, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued.[31]
Queen  United Kingdom The ketch was driven ashore and wrecked at Milford Haven.[31]
Rebecca  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Milford Haven.[31]
Roycroft  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore on M'Kinney's Bank, off the coast of County Donegal. She was refloated, but was driven ashore at Moville, County Donegal. She was again refloated.[31][30]
Sarah Ann  United Kingdom The ship capsized and sank at Runcorn.[35]
Scotian  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Pwllheli. Her crew were rescued.[32][34]
Secret  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Milford Haven. Her crew were rescued.[31] She was refloated.[35]
Stella Netherlands The steamship was driven ashore at IJmuiden, North Holland. Her crew were rescued. she was on a voyage from a Mediterranean port to Amsterdam, North Holland.[31]
T. Crowley  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Renard Point, County Kerry. Her crew were rescued.[31]
Thomas  United Kingdom The ship struck the wreck of Sarah Ann ( United Kingdom) and sank at Runcorn. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Widnes, Cheshire.[35]
Tourmaline  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Nubian ( United Kingdom).[38]
Wild Rose Norway The brigantine was driven ashore near Criccieth, Caernarfonshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Portmadoc, Caernarfonshire.[31]
Wish  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Milford Haven. She was refloated and found to be severely leaky.[35]
Two unnamed vessels Flags unknown The ships were driven ashore at Milford Haven.[31]
Unnamed Flag unknown The ship was wrecked at Pwllheli.[31]
Unnamed Flag unknown The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent.[34]
Two unnamed vessels Flags unknown The ships were driven ashore and wrecked at Dungeness.[34]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Abersoch, Caernarfonshire with the loss of both crew.[34]
Two unnamed vessels  United Kingdom The Mersey flats sank in the River Mersey downstream of Weston Point Docks, Cheshire with the loss of five lives.[35]

10 December

List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1886
ShipStateDescription
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Redcar, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[30]
Falke Norway The brig foundered off "San Francisco Island" with the loss of all hands, according to a message in a bottle picked up at sea by the gunboat Loanza ( Imperial Brazilian Navy). Falke was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Paraná, Brazil.[39]

11 December

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1886
ShipStateDescription
Balnacraig  United Kingdom The steamship collide with the steamship Karo ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) east north east of the North Foreland, Kent. Her crew were rescued. Balnacraig was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to London.[29]
John Liddell  United Kingdom The steamship departed from Blyth, Northumberland for Hamburg, Germany. No further trace, reported overdue.[40]
Lizzy  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at "Zuidkragert". She was refloated and taken in to Vlissingen, Friesland, Netherlands.[30]

12 December

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1886
ShipStateDescription
Carl Ritter  Germany The ship was driven ashore at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[30]
Darley  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by a Belgian ship. She was subsequently towed in to Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium.[30]

13 December

List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1886
ShipStateDescription
Hermon  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and sank in the Seine at Honfleur, Manche, France.[41]
J M White United States The steamship was destroyed by fire at Bayou Bars, Louisiana with the loss of between 28 and 50 lives.[42][43]
Richmond United States The steamship was destroyed by fire at Saint Maurice Plantation on the Mississippi River. Five passengers and five crew died.[44]

14 December

List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1886
ShipStateDescription
Samanco  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Corrig's Perch, County Wexford. Nine crew made shore in the ships boat, and the remaining nine crew were rescued by the Carnsore lifeboat.[41][45]

15 December

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1886
ShipStateDescription
Chios, and
Naranja		  Greece
 United Kingdom		 The steamship Chios collided with the steamship Naranja and sank off Cape St. Vincent, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. Chios was on a voyage from Taganrog, Russia to Altona, Germany. Naranja was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Alicante, Spain. She put in to Lisbon, Portugal.[46][47]

16 December

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1886
ShipStateDescription
L.C.A.  United Kingdom The brigantine was abandoned off Cape Finisterre, Spain. Her crew were rescued by Onwy Belle ( United Kingdom). L.C.A. was on a voyage from Mazagan, Cuba to Plymouth, Devon.[48][38]
Venco  United Kingdom The steamship sprang a leak and was beached at Egremont, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Garston, Lancashire to Brixham, Devon.[37]

17 December

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1886
ShipStateDescription
Balgownie  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore in the River Thames at Barking, Essex. She was on a voyage from London to the River Tyne.[47]
King Arthur, and
Zuari		  United Kingdom The ships collided at Bombay, India. King Arthur was severely damaged. Zuari sank.[47] She was refloated in January 1887.[49]
L  United Kingdom The steamship foundered 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south of the Cumbrae Lighthouse, Ayrshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Girvan, Ayrshire to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[47]
Storm Queen  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore near Bridgwater, Somerset. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[37] She was refloated the next day with the assistance of a number of tugs.[47]

18 December

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1886
ShipStateDescription
Pall Mall  United Kingdom The Thames barge was run into by the steamship Capella ( Germany) and sank in the River Thames at Rainham, Essex.[50]
Plantagenet  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Llanelly, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland to Llanelly.[37]
Sheppy  United Kingdom The barge was driven ashore near Reculver, Kent. Her crew survived.[47]
Wave Green Canada Canada The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (40°10′N 21°50′W / 40.167°N 21.833°W / 40.167; -21.833) and set afire. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Devonshire ( United Kingdom).[51][52]

19 December

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1886
ShipStateDescription
Arabella  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Safi, Morocco.[51] Her crew were rescued.[2]
Eos  United Kingdom The barquentine was driven ashore and wrecked at Safi.[51] Her crew were rescued.[2]
Excelsior  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Safi.[51] Her crew were rescued.[2]
Helene  Germany The dandy was driven ashore and wrecked at Safi. Her crew survived.[51][52]
Jasper  United Kingdom The barquentine was driven ashore and wrecked at Safi.[51] Her crew were rescued.[2]
Johann  Germany The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Safi. Her crew survived.[51]
Nymph  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Adara ( France).[53]
Polly Mitchell  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Safi.[51] Her crew were rescued.[2]
Shoreham  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Whitburn, County Durham. Her crew were rescued by the Whitburn Lifeboat.[50]

20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1886
ShipStateDescription
Draga D Austria-Hungary The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of one of her twelve crew. Survivors were rescued by the barque Bolivia ( United Kingdom). Draga D. was on a voyage from New York, United States to Lisbon, Portugal.[2]
France France The steamship was severely damaged by fire at sea with the loss of three lives. She put in to Martinique.[20]

21 December

List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1886
ShipStateDescription
Cormorant  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground near St Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight and was wrecked. She was abandoned the next day. She was on a voyage form New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Bremerhaven, Germany.[54][55]
John G. Fletcher United States The steamship struck a snag and sank in the Red River at Shady Grove Landing, 15 miles (24 km) upstream of Shreveport, Louisiana with the loss of a crew member. She was a total loss.[44]
Mahommed-Es-Sadock France The steamship was wrecked at Port-Vendres, Pyrénées-Orientales. All on board were rescued.[56]

22 December

List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1886
ShipStateDescription
Hope Still  United Kingdom The barge was run into by the steamship Raven ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Blackwall, Middlesex.[55]
Jubilee  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Puffin Island, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued by a lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dundalk, County Louth. She was refloated and taken in to Beaumaris, Anglesey.[57]
Madeleine France The ship was driven ashore at Winchelsea, Sussex. Her nine crew were rescued by the Coastguard. She was on a voyage from Dunkirk, Nord to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine.[57]

23 December

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1886
ShipStateDescription
Anne  United Kingdom The barge was run into by the steamship Catanas ( United Kingdom) and sank at Limehouse, Middlesex.[58]
Tar  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned off the Galloper Sand. Her crew were rescued by the pilot boat No. 5 ( Netherlands). Tar was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands to London.[58]

24 December

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1886
ShipStateDescription
Annie C. Maguire  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked and sank at the Portland Head Lighthouse, Maine.[59]
Aurora  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at Portland, Dorset. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and found to be leaky.[60]
HMS Monarch  Royal Navy The ironclad was run into by HMS Minotaur ( Royal Navy) in the Tagus and was severely damaged.[61]
Onward  United Kingdom The ship departed from Muckross, County Cork for London. No further trace, reported overdue.[62]
Ville de Victoria France
Ville de Victoria
The steamship was run into by HMS Sultan ( Royal Navy and was holed by the ironclad's spur ram. She sank in the Tagus off Lisbon, Portugal with the loss of 30 of the 60 people on board. Ville de Victoria was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Santos, Brazil.[63][64]

25 December

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1886
ShipStateDescription
Ashdell  United Kingdom The steamship caught fire at sea. She was on a voyage from Brunswick, Georgia, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. The fire was extinguished and she completed her voyage.[65]

26 December

List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1886
ShipStateDescription
Commerce  United Kingdom The ketch was run down and sunk in the English Channe off the South Foreland, Kent by the barque F. H. von Lindern ( Netherlands). Her four crew were rescued by F. H. von Lindern.[66]
Edmund Marie France The schooner foundered in the English Channel west of Rye, Sussex, United Kingdom with the loss of three of her four crew. She was on a voyage from Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais to Rochefort, Charente-Inférieure.[66]
Frigga  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Dungeness, Kent. Two of her six crew were rescued, four were reported missing. She was on a voyage from Porsgrund to Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom.[53]
Joutsen Russian Empire Grand Duchy of Finland The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Dover, Kent with the loss of three of her thirteen crew. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to an American port.[67]
RMS Medway  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) east of Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. All on board were taken off by tugs.[66]
Pauline France The dandy was driven ashore and wrecked near New Romney, Kent. Two of her five crew were reported missing. She was on a voyage from Dunkirk, Nord to Brest, Finistère.[67]
Tally Ho  United Kingdom The brig sprang a leak in the English Channel and was beached at Eastbourne, Sussex.with the loss of four of her eight crew. Survivors were rescued by the Coastguard and by lifeboatmen. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Littlehampton, Sussex.[68]
Valhalla Norway The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Dungeness. Her crew were rescued.[66]
Unnamed France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dymchurch, Kent. Two of her crew were reported missing.[66]
Unnamed Norway The barque foundered in the English Channel off New Romney, Kent with the loss of all hands.[66]
Unnamed Flag unknown The shipfoundered in the English Channel off New Romney with the loss of all hands.[66]
Unnamed flag unknown The schooner was driven ashore and sank at the Anvil Point Lighthouse, Dorset.[66]
Two unnamed vessels  United Kingdom The ships were driven ashoree at Studland, Dorset.[66]

27 December

List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1886
ShipStateDescription
Albion  United Kingdom The steam flat suffered an engine failure and ran aground off Bangor, Caernarfonshire. Her crew were rescued by the Bangor Lifeboat.[60]
Day Star  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Aldeburgh, Suffolk. Her five crew were rescued; four by the Southwold Lifeboat and one by the Dunwich Lifeboat Code Exchange ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[67][51]
Magnet  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Aldeburgh with the loss of all but one of her seven crew. The survivor was rescued by rocket apparatus.[67][66]
Tricksey Wee, or
Trixie Wee		  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Aldeburgh.[28] Her seven crew were rescued.[67]
Valhalla Norway The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.[60]

28 December

List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1886
ShipStateDescription
Aeriel  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bacton, Norfolk. Her crew survived.[38]
Richard and Emily  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south south west of Nash Point, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Highbridge, Somerset to Swansea, Glamorgan.[38]

29 December

List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1886
ShipStateDescription
Leila  United Kingdom The schooner was run down and sunk off Trevose Head, Cornwall by the steamship Alacrity ( United Kingdom) with the loss of three of her four crew. The survivor was rescued by Alacrity Leila was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Newquay, Cornwall.[38][20]

30 December

Unknown date

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