List of shipwrecks in January 1886

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

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1886
ShipStateDescription
Aurora I Austria-Hungary The ship was destroyed by fire at Saint Helena. Her crew were rescued by HMS Watchful ( Royal Navy).[1]
Cochrane  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Coatham, Yorkshire. She was refloated and beached.[2] She was later refloated and taken in to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.[3]
Gratitude  United Kingdom The barquentine ran aground at Ramsgate, Kent and became waterlogged.[2]
Hugh Cann  United Kingdom The ship was run into by a steamship at Gravesend, Kent and was severely damaged.[2]
Maitlands  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Guadalquivir. She was on a voyage from Seville, Spain to Hull, Yorkshire.[2]

2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1886
ShipStateDescription
Kelso  United Kingdom The steamship sprang a leak and was run ashore at Trelleborg, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire.[2][4] She was refloated the next day and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark.[3]
W. D. Chipley United States The steamship struck a snag and sank in the Chattahoochee River at Stark Clay Landing with the loss of eleven lives. She was a total loss.[5]

3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1886
ShipStateDescription
Agnes  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked at "Half Jack". The wreck was plundered by the local inhabitants.[6]
Lady of the Lake  United Kingdom The schooner struck the Faggot Rock, on the coast of Northumberland and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Arbroath, Forfarshire.[3]
Mabel  United Kingdom The barque foundered off Nash Point, Glamorgan with the loss of all sixteen people on board. She was on a voyage from the West Indies to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[7][8]

4 January

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1886
ShipStateDescription
Frank N Thayer United States Two of the ship's crew mutinied and set the ship afire in the South Atlantic having killed five of her crew and severely injure her captain. The mutineers then jumped overboard. The survivors took to a boat, and landed on Saint Helena a week later.[9][10]
Rosalie  United Kingdom The barque was run down and sunk by a steamship off the coast of Friesland, Netherlands with the loss of nine of her ten crew. The survivor was rescued by a fishing smack. She was on a voyage from Bremerhaven, Germany to the Mumbles, Glamorgan.[8][11]

5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1886
ShipStateDescription
Adolphus  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the Delaware Breakwater, United States. She was on a voyage from London to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. She subsequently became a wreck.[12]
Delight  United Kingdom The ship departed from Sunderland, County Durham for Arbroath, Forfarshire. No further trace, reported overdue.[13]
John Pitcairn  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Whitstable, Kent.[14]
Victoria  United Kingdom The brigantine ran aground on the Whittker Sand and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from[Sunderland, to Southampton, Hampshire.[14]
Unnamed Flag unknown The ship foundered off Jersey, Channel Islands.[8]

6 January

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1886
ShipStateDescription
Maggie  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Sunderland, County Durham. She subsequently became a wreck.[15]
Meridian  United Kingdom The brig ran aground in the River Ouse 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) downstream of Goole, Yorkshire. She was refloated with the assistance of three tugs and taken in to Goole.[14]

7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1886
ShipStateDescription
Annie  United Kingdom The trow sprang a leak and sank in the River Usk. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[14]
Cygnus Sweden The barque was driven ashore at Workington, Cumberland, United Kingdom with the loss of one of her ten crew. She was on a voyage from Galveston, Texas, United States to Maryport, Cumberland.[11]
Ebenezer  United Kingdom The fishing boat was driven ashore at Anstruther, Fife. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated and taken in to Anstruther.[16]
Glyndur  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in the Hilbre Islands, Cheshire. Her crew were rescued.[16]
John  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked near "Stress". Her crew were rescued.[17]
Lancaster Castle  United Kingdom The ship collided with the steamship Durham City ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames and was beached near Barking, Essex.[16]
The Native  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on Ringwood Rocks, near Ardglass, County Down. Her crew survived.[17]
Paul Marie France The brig ran aground and sank at Penarth, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Redon, Ille-et-Vilaine.[16]
Pearl  United Kingdom The Mersey Flat was driven ashore at Pilling, Lancashire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Fleetwood, Lancashire.[17][16]
Richard Canada Canada The barque was driven ashore at Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was refloated and taken in to Cardiff in a leaky condition.[16]
Rosalind  United Kingdom The brigantine foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Flora ( United Kingdom). Rosalind was on a voyage from Santos, Brazil to Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain.[18]
Swallow  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Pilling. All on board drowned.[17]
Whitehaven Lifeboat Royal National Lifeboat Institution The lifeboat capsized while assisting the barque Cygnus ( Sweden) with the loss of a crew member.[17][11]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The fishing boat was wrecked at Crail, Fife. Her six crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.[16]

8 January

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1886
ShipStateDescription
Cornishman  United Kingdom The steamship struck the Pedra d'Arca rock, south of Cabo da Roca, Portugal and foundered. Her crew took to the boats; they were rescued by the steamship Whitby Abbey ( United Kingdom) and the tug Conductor (Flag unknown). Cornishman was on a voyage from Sulina, Romania to Sligo.[19][20][21]
Harkaway  United Kingdom The schooner was lost at Minehead, Somerset. She was on a voyage from a port in South Wales with coal to Truro, Cornwall.[22] A boat from Harkaway came ashore at Porlock, Somerset with a dead body aboard.[11]
I. H. Higgins United States The schooner was lost in a storm.[23]
Levanter United States The fishing schooner struck a reef near Lockeport, Nova Scotia, Canada and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[23]
Rattler United States The schooner was lost in a storm, she dragged anchor and went ashore on a ledge at Eastport, Maine and sank. Her crew were rescued.[23]
René France The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at the Gower, Glamorgan, United Kingdom with the loss of four of her nine crew.[11][24]

9 January

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1886
ShipStateDescription
Alicia A. Washburn United States The steamship caught fire and sank in the Gulf of Mexico 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi) off St. George Island, Florida.[25]
Busy Bee  United Kingdom The smack was run into by the smack Sparkling Nellie ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea with the loss of all but one of her crew. The survivor was rescued by Sparkling Nellie.[26]
Chrissie Wright United States The schooner was wrecked off Beaufort (North or South Carolina) with the loss of all but one of her crew.[27]
Confidence, and an
unnamed vessel		 United States The tug Confidence and the lighter she was towing foundered in Massachusetts Bay with the loss of 40 lives.[28]
James Kenway  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at Carmel Head, Anglesey with the loss of two of her fourteen crew. Her captain was rescued from the rigging by the Holyhead Lifeboat, the rest of the crew reached shore in a boat. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Charleston, South Carolina, United States.[24] There was a Board of Trade Enquiry into the loss.[29]
Mary Farr United States The schooner was struck by lightning at Long Branch, New Jersey. She was destroyed by fire with the loss of all hands.[30]
Millie United States The schooner was wrecked near Boston, Massachusetts with the loss of six lives.[28]
Rosamund  United Kingdom The barquentine foundered off the Isles of Scilly. Her nine crew were rescued by the barque Flora ( United Kingdom).[31]
Three unnamed vessels Flags unknown The schooners were wrecked on the coasts of New Jersey and Long Island, New York, United States with the loss of all hands.[30]
60 unnamed vessels Flags unknown The ships were wrecked on the coast of New Jersey east of Sandy Hook with the loss of about twenty lives.[30]

10 January

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1886
ShipStateDescription
Hudson Bay  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship capsized 120 nautical miles (220 km) south of Plettenberg Bay or 16 nautical miles (30 km) south of Cape St. Francis), Cape Colony with the loss of fifteen of her 25 crew. Survivors took to a boat; they were rescued by Southern Cross ( United States).[32][33][34]

11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1886
ShipStateDescription
Hylton Castle  United Kingdom The steamship sank in the Atlantic Ocean about 15 nautical miles (28 km) south of the Fire Island Lighthouse, New York. Her 22 crew took to two lifeboats; one lifeboat reached shore, the other lifeboat capsized with the loss of seven lives. Survivors were rescued on 14 January by the fishing smack Stephen Woolsey ( United States). Hylton Castle was on a voyage from New York City to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France.[35][27]
Witherspoon United States The schooner was wrecked on Nantucket Island, Massachusetts with the loss of eight of her ten crew.[36]
Unnamed Flag unknown The steamship collided with another vessel and sank in The Downs.[37]

12 January

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1886
ShipStateDescription
Earl of Beaconsfield  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Cardiff, Glamorgan.[38] She was refloated and taken in to Sully, Glamorgan.[39]
Feronia  Germany The steamship sank off Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands with some loss of life. There were fourteen survivors; they were rescued by the steamship Berlin ( Germany).[40]

13 January

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1886
ShipStateDescription
Altona  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the River Ouse at Goole, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Goole to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France.[39]
Fischat Belgium The steamship ran aground in the Scheldt at "Everingen". She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Panama City, United States of Colombia. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[12]
General Gordon  United Kingdom The steam trawler was driven ashore on the Isle of May, Fife and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[39]
Lima  United Kingdom The ship was sighted in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Java, Netherlands East Indies to the English Channel. No further trace, reported overdue.[41]
Little John  United Kingdom The fishing trawler foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the tug Selina ( United Kingdom).[12]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The lighter was run into by the steamship Ralph Creyke ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Ouse at York.[39]

14 January

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1886
ShipStateDescription
Germanic  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Egremont, Lancashire. She was refloated and taken in to Birkenhead, Cheshire.[18]

15 January

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1886
ShipStateDescription
Boston  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore in the River Thames at the Coalhouse Fort, Essex. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[18]
Flying Breeze  United Kingdom The tug was holed by the propeller of the steamship Thanemore ( United Kingdom) and sank at Liverpool, Lancashire.[18]
Fremad Denmark The schooner was run into by the steamship Ituna ( United Kingdom) at Amble, Northumberland, United Kingdom and was severely damaged.[42]

17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1886
ShipStateDescription
Georg Wilhelm  Russia The galiot was abandoned in the Baltic Sea off Rügen, Germany. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Riga.[43]

18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1886
ShipStateDescription
Roath  United Kingdom The steamship was run into by the steamship Pemptos ( United Kingdom) and sank at Penarth, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued by Pemptos. Roath was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Waterford.[44][45]
Syren  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Cross Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She floated off and foundered. Her crew were rescued by the Caister Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from London to Goole, Yorkshire.[44]

19 January

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1886
ShipStateDescription
Victory  United Kingdom The fishing boat foundered off the coast of Ayrshire with the loss of both crew.[42]

20 January

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1886
ShipStateDescription
Gudrim Flag unknown The brigantine ran aground off Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was refloated and found to be leaky. She was towed to Gravesend, Kent, United Kingdom by the tug Sultan ( Belgium).[42]

21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1886
ShipStateDescription
Andriana Stathatos  Greece The steamship caught fire at Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[46]
Riflemen United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey The schooner foundered in the North Sea 22 nautical miles (41 km) off Spurn Point, Yorkshire with the loss of six of her nine crew. Survivors were rescued by Coriande (Flag unknown).[47]

22 January

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1886
ShipStateDescription
Battestina  Italy The ship departed from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom for Buenos Aires, Argentina. No further trace, reported missing.[48]
Dracona  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Portland, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Hull, Yorkshire.[46]
Marie  Germany The barque ran aground on the Stony Binks, off the mouth of the Humber. Her crew were rescued by the Spurn Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Wilmington, Delaware, United States to Hull. She was refloated the next day with assistance from the tugs Liverpool and May (both  United Kingdom) and was beached at Grimsby, Lincolnshire in a waterlogged condition.[49]
Mary Ann  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Paraná River. She was on a voyage from "Mal Alrigo" to a British port. She was refloated on 11 February and taken in to "Esquina".[43]

23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1886
ShipStateDescription
Kawe Norway The barque was abandoned off Madeira. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Tunis, Tunisia to Arendal.[49] Kawe was subsequently towed in to Tenerife, Canary Islands by the steamship Ville de Ceara ( France).[50]

24 January

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1886
ShipStateDescription
Catherine Norway The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Cette, Hérault, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Oran, Algeria to Cette.[51]
Sarah  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned 30 nautical miles (56 km) off the Bishop's Rock Lighthouse, Cornwall.[51]

25 January

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1886
ShipStateDescription
Hercules Norway The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (45°00′N 22°07′W / 45.000°N 22.117°W / 45.000; -22.117). Her nineteen crew were rescued by the barque Lord of the Isles ( United Kingdom). Hercules was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida, United States to London, United Kingdom.[50][52]

26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1886
ShipStateDescription
Edward Eccles  United Kingdom The steamship sank at Gravesend, Kent. She was later refloated and towed in to Northfleet, Kent.[53]
Regobuen Norway The barque was driven ashore at Dymchurch, Kent. She was on a voyage from Grimstad to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was refloated the next day and towed in to Dover, Kent.[51]
Unkel Braesig  Germany The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by a British ship, either Elizabeth Ostle or Julia H..[54]

27 January

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1886
ShipStateDescription
Empress of India  United Kingdom The brigantine foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Erling ( Norway). Empress of India was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to the Natal Colony.[55]
Storm Queen  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore in the Straits of Babel Mandeb. She was on a voyage from Kurrachee, India to Liverpool, Lancashire.[50]

28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1886
ShipStateDescription
Congella  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Whitburn, County Durham. She was later refloated with the assistance of four tugs and taken in to Sunderland, County Durham.[52]

30 January

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1886
ShipStateDescription
Fulmar  United Kingdom The ship sank in Farrihy Bay, north of Kilkee, County Clare with the loss of all seventeen crew. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Limerick.[56]
Maria Catharine  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent and sank. Both crew members were rescued by the tug Gamecock ( United Kingdom). Maria Catherine was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to London.[50][52]
Thames  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Barcelona, Spain. She was refloated and towed in to Gravesend, Kent by two tugs.[54]

31 January

Unknown date

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