List of shipwrecks in December 1888

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The list of shipwrecks in December 1888 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during December 1888.

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1888
ShipStateDescription
Concha Ballester Spain The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean east of Bermuda. Her sixteen crew were rescued by the barque Somand ( Norway). Concha Ballester was on a voyage from Brunswick, Georgia, United States to Málaga.[1]
Lady Stuart  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Safi, Morocco. Her crew were rescued.[2][3]
Plover  United Kingdom The steamship foundered in the English Channel south of Plymouth, Devon, according to a message in a bottle that washed ashore near Devonport Dockyard.[4]
Vasco da Gama Norway The barque was run into by the steamship Boulmer ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea and was severely damaged. She was towed into the River Tyne the next day and beached.[5]

2 December

List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1888
ShipStateDescription
Afton  United Kingdom The steamship sprang a leak and was beached at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Dublin to the Bristol Channel.[6]
Baines Hawkins  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Pound Point. She was on a voyage from Le Tréport, Seine-Inférieure, France to Bristol, Gloucestershire. She was run into by the steamship South Tyne ( United Kingdom) and was severely damaged.[6]
Lord Provost  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore south of Eyemouth, Berwickshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire to South Shields, County Durham.[6]

3 December

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1888
ShipStateDescription
Seaton  United Kingdom The steamship collided with Argo ( United Kingdom) and sank off Hull, Yorkshire with the loss of two of her crew.[7]
Unnamed Flag unknown The brig ran aground on the Elbow Bank, in the Solent.[6]

4 December

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1888
ShipStateDescription
Dolphin  United Kingdom The steam trawler was driven onto the Skerry Rocks and sank. Her crew were rescued.[8]
Vendome  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) west of Strumble Head, Pembrokeshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from the Isle of Man to Neath, Glamorgan.[9]

5 December

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1888
ShipStateDescription
Clan Macintosh  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal. She was on a voyage from Colombo, Ceylon to a British port.[8]
Gothia  Germany The ship ran aground Hveen, Sweden.[2] She was refloated with the assistance of another ship and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark.[10]

6 December

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1888
ShipStateDescription
Hartlepools  United Kingdom The steamship struck a rock and was wrecked at "Naarlevig", south of Egersund, Norway with the loss of seventeen of her 21 crew. She was on a voyage from the Danube to Bergen, Norway.[11][12][13]

7 December

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1888
ShipStateDescription
John Bryce  United Kingdom The ship was lost in a hurricane in the South Atlantic with the loss of a crew member.[14]
Pioneer  United Kingdom The brig was run into by the barque Crusader ( United States) and sank in the English Channel 6 nautical miles (11 km) off Dungeness, Kent. Her nine crew were rescued by Crusader. Pioneer was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to a Mediterranean port.[3]

8 December

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1888
ShipStateDescription
Hawk, and
Recepta		  United Kingdom The steamship Hawk and the collier Recepta collided in the River Thames at Barking, Essex. Both vessels were severely damaged. Hawk was on a voyage from London to Hamburg, Germany. She was beached at Plumstead Marshes, Kent and her passengers were taken off. Recepta was severely damaged at the bow. A stowaway on board was killed. She completed her voyage to London.[3]

9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1888
ShipStateDescription
F. J. Robson  United Kingdom The steamship put in to A Coruña, Spain on fire. She was on a voyage from Methil, Fife to Odesa, Russia.[15]
Yaquina Bay United States
Yaquina Bay
The passenger ship broke her tow and ran aground in Yaquina Bay at Newport, Oregon. All on board were rescued. She was declared a total loss.

10 December

List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1888
ShipStateDescription
Bellingham  United Kingdom The steamship was damaged by an onboard explosion off Grimsby, Lincolnshire. Two of her crew were injured. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Savona, Italy.[15]
Dewdrop  United Kingdom The fishing vessel was driven ashore and wrecked near the Grebe. Her crew were rescued.[16]
Martha  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Perch Bank. She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to Sunderland, County Durham.[17]
Violet Norway The schooner was driven ashore at Boulmer, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Teignmouth, Devon to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom. She subsequently became a wreck.[16]
Volante  United Kingdom The steam yacht foundered off Bardsey Island, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued.[17]

11 December

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1888
ShipStateDescription
Cledona  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Whiting Bay, Isle of Arran. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Limerick.[18]
Elba  United Kingdom The ship ran aground 3+1⁄2 nautical miles (6.5 km) south west of North Sunderland, Berwickshire. She was refloated on 14 December with the assistance of four tugs and taken in to Sunderland, County Durham in a leaky condition.[19]
Nicolina  Italy The barque, on a voyage from Greenock, Scotland, to Buenos Aires with coal, and seeking shelter off Kingstown, County Dublin in as gale, ran aground on Burford Bank in Dublin Bay. When her crew abandoned ship, the pilot and helmsman remained and she floated off but then went ashore on Clontarf Strand. She was refloated and towed in to Dublin Port.[18][20][21][22]
Strathspey  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Irvine, Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Irvine.[17]
Unnamed Flag unknown The schooner sank on the Hale Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire, United Kingdom.[17]

16 December

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1888
ShipStateDescription
Betty  Russia The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Folkestone, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Stettin, Germany to New York, United States.[23]
Lumberman's Laddie  United Kingdom The barque ran aground and was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew took to the boats; they were rescued by the steamship Ann Webster ( United Kingdom). Lumberman's Laddie was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[19]
Unnamed Flag unknown The steamship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was refloated.[23]
Unnamed Flag unknown The steamship was driven ashore at Dungeness.[23]
Unnamed Flag unknown The steamship was driven ashore at Lydd, Kent.[23]

17 December

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1888
ShipStateDescription
Asia  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Africa ( United Kingdom in the River Thames and was beached near Gravesend, Kent .[19]
Atalanta  Russia The barque ran aground in the North Sea with the loss of several lives.[23]
Neptune Norway The barque was abandoned in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. Her crew were rescued by a British fishing smack. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden to Antwerp, Belgium.[23]
W. H. Green Norway The schooner collided with the steamship Dowlais ( United Kingdom) and sank. Her crew were rescued by Dowlais. W. H. Green was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Santa Catharina.[23]

18 December

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1888
ShipStateDescription
Wild Rose  United Kingdom The steamship ran ashore 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south of Bridlington, Yorkshire.[19] She was refloated and assisted in to Bridlington.[24]

19 December

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1888
ShipStateDescription
China  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the River Thames at Northfleet, Kent. She was refloated.[16]
Gamma  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Middle Sand, in the Humber and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Odesa, Russia.[24]
Unnamed Flag unknown The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Detachment Gribe, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[16]

20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1888
ShipStateDescription
Hay and Catherine  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Arbroath, Forfarshire. Her crew were rescued by the Arbroath Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Arbroath.[16]

21 December

List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1888
ShipStateDescription
Amalfi  Germany The steamship ran aground in the Elbe at Schulau. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Hamburg.[25]
B. S. Mimbelli Malta The barque was driven ashore at Gibraltar.[1]
Hankow  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal. She was on a voyage from London to Sydney, New South Wales.. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[1][26]

22 December

List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1888
ShipStateDescription
Mendocino United States The auxiliary schooner bottomed out crossing the Bar at Humboldt Bay and went ashore on the south side. On the 25/26 she refloated at high tide crossing the channel and grounding on the north side becoming a total loss. Her engineer, his wife, and infant daughter drowned when a lifeboat overturned, or just the daughter.[27][28]
Racer  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Skerries, County Dublin.[29]
Storm Queen  United Kingdom The steamship foundered in the Bay of Biscay (45°20′N 9°20′W / 45.333°N 9.333°W / 45.333; -9.333) with the loss of six of her 28 crew. Survivors were rescued by the barque Gulnare ( Norway). Storm Queen was on a voyage from Sebastopol, Russia to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[30]

23 December

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1888
ShipStateDescription
Benan  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was wrecked at Point Cloates, Western Australia. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Hong Kong.[31][32]
Harmony Netherlands The fishing smack collided with the barque J. C. Julius ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued by J. C. Julius.[33]
Kate Adams United States The steamship was destroyed by fire in the Mississippi River opposite Commerce, Mississippi with the loss of 33 lives.[27]
Saltburn  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Coatham, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from the Barns Ness Lighthouse to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.[34]

24 December

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1888
ShipStateDescription
Gulf of Guyaquil  United Kingdom The steamship departed from the River Mersey on her maiden voyage. She was bound for São Vicente, Cape Verde Islands. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all 41 people on board.[35]
John H. Hannah United States The steamship was destroyed by fire in the Mississippi River off Plaquemine, Louisiana with the loss of 21 lives.[27]
Mary Anning  United Kingdom The steamship was holed by the anchor of the steamship Galatz ( United Kingdom) and sank at Cardiff Docks while loading coal.[34][36]
Mary Davies  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Seaford, Sussex. Her three crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Portland, Dorset to London.[37]

25 December

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1888
ShipStateDescription
Alaska, and
Thomas Joliffe		  United Kingdom The steamship Alaska and the tug Thomas Joliffe became jammed together in a channel at Penarth, Glamorgan and were both severely damaged[26] Alaska subsequently heeled against Thomas Joliffe, sinking her. Alaska was taken in to Penarth and Thomas Joliffe was refloated.[33]
Gulf of Guayaquil  United Kingdom The steamship foundered between the South Bishop Lighthouse, Pembrokeshire and the Tuskar Rock.[38] She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to a port on the west coast of South America.[39]

26 December

List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1888
ShipStateDescription
Suakim  United Kingdom The ship departed from Newcastle, New South Wales for San Francisco, California, United States. No further trace, reported missing.[40][41]

27 December

List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1888
ShipStateDescription
Ada  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Abbotsbury, Dorset with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Exeter, Devon to Harwich, Essex.[42]
Stephen D. Horton Canada The full-rigged ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean 400 nautical miles (740 km) off Pernambuco, Brazil and was abandoned with the loss of two of her crew. Survivors took to the boats; they were rescued on 30 December by the barque Twilight ( United Kingdom). Stephen D. Horton was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to New York, United States.[43][44]

29 December

List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1888
ShipStateDescription
Glance  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Mazagan, Morocco. Her crew were rescued.[45]

30 December

List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1888
ShipStateDescription
Bristol United States The steamship was destroyed by fire at Newport Dock, New York.[46]
Maude  United Kingdom The ship was sighted off Dungeness, Kent whilst on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Buenos Aires, Argentina. No further trace, reported overdue.[47]
Macgregor  United Kingdom The steamship was lost in Ascension Bay, Mexico. Her crew were rescued.[48]
Reliance  United Kingdom The tug foundered off Prawle Point, Devon.[49]

31 December

Unknown date

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