List of shipwrecks in January 1889

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

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1889
ShipStateDescription
Janet Jane  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at Sheerness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Rochester, Kent.[1]
Loch Eck  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Donna Nook, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Queenstown, County Cork to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated.[1] She was refloated and taken in to Hull.[2]

2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1889
ShipStateDescription
Bilbao,
Handel, and
Ludgate Hill		 Flag unknown
 United Kingdom
 United Kingdom		 The steamships Bilbao and Ludgate Hill collided in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent. Both vessels were damaged. Bilbao subsequently backed into the steamship Handel, severely damaging her.[3]
Boa Lambranca Portugal The schooner was run into by the steamship Lissaboa ( Germany) at Lisbon. She consequently sank.[3]
Krystal Norway The steamship collided with Umzinto ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames. She was beached at Limehouse, Middlesex.[3]
Isle of Elba  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the River Ouse at Blacktoft, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Huelva, Spain to Goole, Yorkshire.[2]
Optic  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground.[2]

3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1889
ShipStateDescription
Bivouac  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on The Swash, in the Bristol Channel off the coast of Somerset.[2]

4 January

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1889
ShipStateDescription
SMS Schwalbe  Imperial German Navy The Schwalbe-class cruiser ran aground on a reef off Fungu Yasini Island, German East Africa. She was refloated on 6 January with assistance from SMS Leipzig ( Imperial German Navy) and the hired steamship Woodcock ( Royal Navy).[4]

5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1889
ShipStateDescription
John Swan United States The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Port Ellen, Argyllshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire, United Kingdom to Matanzas, Cuba.[5][6]
Kenley  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Pione ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea off Kessingland, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. Kenley was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to Erith, Kent.[5]
Montana  United Kingdom The steamship was run into by the steamship Main ( Germany) and sank in the Patapsco River. Montana was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to London.[7]
Olive, and
Severn		  United Kingdom
France		 The steamships collided in the Scheldt and were both severely damaged. Olive was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to the River Tyne. She completed her voyage on 14 January and was taken into Wallsend, Northumberland for repairs.[8]
Paris C. Brown United States The steamship struck a snag and sank in the Mississippi River at Hermitage, Louisiana with part of her superstructure above water. One passenger and six crew were killed.[9][10] She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Cincinnati, Ohio.[11]

6 January

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1889
ShipStateDescription
Assinield, and
Faedrelandet		 Flag unknown The steamships collided off Pera, Ottoman Empire. Both vessels were damaged.[6]
Neptune  United Kingdom The tug collided with London Bridge, London and was severely damaged.[12]
Stabil Norway The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ayr, United Kingdom to Trinidad.[13]

7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1889
ShipStateDescription
Argestes  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore opposite Lamlash, Isle of Arran. She was on a voyage from Ayr to Belfast, County Antrim.[14]
Cyfartha  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Maranhense (Flag unknown) in the River Mersey. She was beached and subsequently sank. Cyfartha was on a voyage from Huelva, Spain to Liverpool, Lancashire.[5]
Espoirer France The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at The Mumbles, Glamorgan, United Kingdom with the loss of one of her fifteen crew. Survivors were rescued by the schooner Esther ( United Kingdom).[15]
Hispania Netherlands The steamship ran aground at Maassluis, South Holland. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Rotterdam, South Holland.[6]
Louise H.  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Maassluis. She was on a voyage from Benisaf, Algeria to Rotterdam.[6]
Margaret Hain  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked neat Sant Feliu de Guíxols, Spain with the loss of six of her seven crew.[16][17]
Ouse  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamships Hansa ( Germany) and Derwent'' ( United Kingdom) at Hull, Yorkshire and was severely damaged.[5]
Palma  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Dundela ( United Kingdom) off Orfordness, Suffolk Palma was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Valencia, Spain. She put in to Harwich, Essex.[6]
Scrivener  United Kingdom The fishing smack was run into by the steamship Baron Clyde ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea and was severely damaged. Scrivener was towed in to Ramsgate, Kent.[18]
Wansfell  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Dunany Reefs, in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Dundalk, County Louth. She was refloated and completed her voyage in a leaky condition.[5]

8 January

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1889
ShipStateDescription
Emerald  United Kingdom The ketch foundered off Langstone, Hampshire. Her crew were rescued.[14]
Epervier France The barque ran aground on the Scarweather Sands, in the Bristol Channel and sank with the loss of one of her sixteen crew. Survivors took to a raft; they were rescued by the schooner Esther ( United Kingdom). Epervier was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[18]
Fortuna  Russia The brig ran aground on the Berling Carr, off the coast of Northumberland, United Kingdom, on a voyage from Memel, Germany to the River Tyne. Three crew made it ashore in the ship's boat, and five were rescued by rocket apparatus. The ship's dog survived. Her captain refused to abandon ship, but was rescued on 12 January by the Alnmouth lifeboat Allen Scott ( RNLI). The vessel broke up soon afterwards.[19][20][21]
Lily  United Kingdom The tug was run into by the steamship Swan ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames.[14]
Linda Norway The barque was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Africa.[18]
Stad Nieuport Flag unknown The steamship collided with the steamship Unity ( United Kingdom) at Goole, Yorkshire, United Kingdom and was beached. She was refloated the next day with the assistance of tugs.[22]

9 January

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1889
ShipStateDescription
Benacre  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Garston, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Huelva, Spain to Garston.[13]
Brothock  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground and sank at Newton Point, County Durham. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Dundee, Forfarshire.[23]
Coronet  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on The Platters, in the Irish Sea. She was refloated with assistance.[22]
Crest  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at the Rammekens Castle, Zeeland, Netherlands.[23][24] She was on a voyage from London to Antwerp, Belgium.[22]
Italia  Italy The steamship collided with the steamshio Docesse Balduino ( Italy) at Genoa and was severely damaged.[23][24]
Juliet United States The schooner foundered off Thacher's Island, Massachusetts with the loss of two of her crew.[25]
Lady Katherine  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland. Her eighteen crew were rescued by the Newbiggin Lifeboat Robert and Susan ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution ).[23][26][22]
Leverington, and
Lualaba		  United Kingdom The steamship Leverington was run into by the steamship Lualaba and sank in the River Mersey. Leverington was on a voyage from Cartagena, Spain to Garston, Lancashire. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Liverpool, Lancashire. Lualaba was on a voyage from Africa to Liverpool. She was beached, but was refloated and taken in to Liverpool.[23][27]
Sir William Armstrong  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at North Shields, County Durham. She was on a voyage from London to North Shields. She was refloated the next day and taken in to South Shields, County Durham.[24]
Staadsrath von Brück  Germany The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Scotstoun, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom. Her ten crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rostock to Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.[24][15]
Westward Ho  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was driven ashore in the Nieuwe Diep. She was on a voyage from Iquique, Chile to Hamburg, Germany.[23][24]

10 January

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1889
ShipStateDescription
Helen Marion  United Kingdom The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Etha Rickmers ( Germany). Helen Marion was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Rosario, Argentina.[28]
Herongate  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the River Ouse at Goole, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Goole to London.[13]
John Caspar  Germany The barque collided with the steamship Deronda ( United Kingdom) and was severely damaged. John Caspar was on a voyage from Burntisland, Fife, United Kingdom to Memel. She put in to Copenhagen, Denmark.[13]

11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1889
ShipStateDescription
Loughbrough  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the River Ouse at Goole, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Huelva, Spain to Goole.[27]
Priam  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Sisargas Islands, Spain with the loss of nine of the 47 people on board. Survivors were rescued by Spanish fishing boats. Priam was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Hong Kong. She subsequently sank.[19][29]

13 January

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1889
ShipStateDescription
Kistna  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the full-rigged ship Helicon ( Germany) in the Hooghly River at Diamond Harbour, India and was severely damaged.[8]
Probo  Italy The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (47°30′N 8°30′W / 47.500°N 8.500°W / 47.500; -8.500). Her crew were rescued by the barque Diaz ( Norway). Probo was on a voyage from Sharpness, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[30]
Pyah Pehket Siam The ship collided with Choppyah ( Siam) and sank at the mouth of the Klang River with the loss of 42 of the 115 people on board.[30]

14 January

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1889
ShipStateDescription
Airlie  United Kingdom The schooner's coal cargo ignited and, still on fire, she was run aground off Ashburton, Western Australia on 15 January, burning to the water's edge. She was on a voyage from Muara, Borneo to Fremantle, Western Australia; no crew casualties.[31][32][33]
Elma  United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged by fire at Millwall, Essex.[8]

15 January

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1889
ShipStateDescription
Arnold Denmark The ship was driven ashore at Kirton Head, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom. Her five crew were rescued by the Peterhead Lifeboat. She was on a voyage fro Iceland to Spain.[34]

16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1889
ShipStateDescription
Ferona Denmark The schooner ran aground at Dysart, Fife, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Dysart to Faaborg.[31] She was refloated and taken in to Dysart.[35]
Lee  United Kingdom The steamship lost her propeller in the Irish Sea off Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Cork. Her passengers were taken off by the Holyhead Lifeboat, which towed her in to Holyhead, where she was driven on to a rock.[36]
Lee  United Kingdom The steamship lost her propeller, which damaged her hull causing a severe leak, in the Irish Sea off Holyhead, Anglesey. Her passengers were taken off by the Holyhead Lifeboat. Lee was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Cork. She was subsequently beached at Holyhead.[30] Following temporary repairs, she was towed to Liverpool by two tugs.[37]
Maglona  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Bridget ( United Kingdom) and sank off the Dowsing Sandbank, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Drover ( United Kingdom). Maglona was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to London.[31]
Unknown vessel Unknown An unidentified barque of American build was found abandoned in the Atlantic at 48.5N 8.19W on 16 January. The schooner Edward Arthur ( United Kingdom) of Carnarvon found the vessel in rough seas and was unable to read the name or see anyone on board.[38]

17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1889
ShipStateDescription
Advance United States The schooner was wrecked on rocks at the southwest corner of the Pensacola Navy Yard, Pensacola, Florida.[39]
Romulus  United Kingdom The steamship was run into by the steamship Felgrano ( France) and sank in the English Channel off the South Foreland, Kent with the loss of a crew member. Romulus was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Livorno, Kingdom of Italy.[31]
Sarah Lightfoot  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at the Weston Point Docks, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Charlestown, Cornwall to Runcorn, Cheshire.[28]
Urbano United States The barque was lost off Pensacola.[39] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Pensacola.[28]

18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1889
ShipStateDescription
Mary  United Kingdom The schooner collided with a steamship off Margate, Kent and was damaged.[40]

19 January

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1889
ShipStateDescription
Anglia, and
Waverley		  United Kingdom The steamships collided in the East River and were both severely damaged. Anglia was on a voyage from a Mediterranean port to New York, United States. Waverley was on a voyage from New York to Calcutta, India.[28][41]
Araminta  United Kingdom The barque parted anchors and was driven ashore at Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony in a moderate gale. Her 13 crew and 2 passengers were rescued by lifeboat. The loss was found to be due to defective anchor cables[42][43][44]
Benabourd  United Kingdom The steamship suffered an engine room fire. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to the River Tyne. She put back to Aberdeen.[45]
Denbighshire  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was run into by the steamship Duke of Buckingham ( United Kingdom) and sank 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Dungeness, Kent with the loss of two of her seventeen crew. Survivors were rescued by Duke of Buckingham and the tug Racer ( United Kingdom). Denbighshire was being towed from Dunkirk, Nord, France to Cardiff, Glamorgan by Racer.[46]

20 January

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1889
ShipStateDescription
Allie Chester United States The schooner was wrecked on the Diamond Shoals, in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina with the loss of seven of her ten crew. Survivors were rescued two days later by the schooner James Kelsey ( United States). Allie Chester was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Barren Island, Maryland.[47]

21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1889
ShipStateDescription
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was refloated and taken in to The Downs.[41]
H. F. Morse United States The tugboat was wrecked on Harding Ledge in Massachusetts Bay with the loss of a crew member.[9]
Memling  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked at Cape Blanco. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Meuthe ( France).[29]
Two unnamed vessels United States Two barges were wrecked when their tug H. F. Morse was wrecked on Harding Ledge in Massachusetts Bay. Five crewmen were killed between the two crews.[9]

22 January

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1889
ShipStateDescription
Lofna  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Vannina ( France) at Bordeaux, Gironde, France and was severely damaged. Lofna was on a voyage from Bordeaux to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[48]

23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1889
ShipStateDescription
Dundee  United Kingdom The barge collided with the hulk Trinity ( United Kingdom) and capsized in the River Thames at Blackwall, Middlesex. The lighterman on board was rescued by Trinity.[49]
Pennon  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Aisla Craig. She was on a voyage from the River Duddon to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[50]

24 January

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1889
ShipStateDescription
Bartie Pierce United States The schooner was wrecked on Cape Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her crew were rescued.[51]
Benbrack  United Kingdom The steamship was stranded on Texel, North Holland, Netherlands.[52] She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia to Bremen, Germany with cotton.[49][53] Cargo recovered by March 1889 and ship scrapped in situ in 1890.[54][55]
Ceres  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore at Whitby, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to the River Tyne. She was refloated and taken in to Whitby.[49]
City of Cork  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the River Thames.[49]
Kestrel  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the River Thames at Blackwall, Middlesex.[49]

25 January

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1889
ShipStateDescription
Jacobus Netherlands The ship departed from Rochester, Kent for Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom. No further trace, reported missing.[56]

26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1889
ShipStateDescription
Confidence, and
Content		  United Kingdom The Thames barges were run into by the steamship Devonshire ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Northfleet, Kent. The captains of both vessels drowned, a crew member from each vessel survived.[57]

27 January

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1889
ShipStateDescription
No. 5 Belgium The pilot boat, a schooner, was run into by the steamship Ardanach ( United Kingdom) and sank in the English Channel 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off the Royal Sovereign Lightship ( Trinity House). All fourteen people on board were rescued by Ardanach.[58][59]

28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1889
ShipStateDescription
Hedwig  Germany The barque ran aground at the Turneffe Atoll, British Guiana. She was refloated but found to be severely leaky.[60]
Little Beauty  United Kingdom The ship departed from Figueira da Foz, Portugal for Mevagissey, Cornwall. No further trace, reported overdue.[61]

29 January

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1889
ShipStateDescription
Pinmore  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship ran aground on the Curlane Bank, off Queenstown, County Cork.[62]
Sir Walter Raleigh  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Audreselles, Pas-de-Calais, France with the loss of six of her 28 crew. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to London.[62][63]

30 January

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1889
ShipStateDescription
Broomhall, and
Horizon		  United Kingdom
France)		 The barque Broomhall and the full-rigged ship Horizon collided at Pisagua, Chile. Both vessels were severely damaged.[64]
Budapest  United Kingdom The steamship departed from Newport, Monmouthshire for Las Palmas, Canary Islands. No further trace,[65] reported missing.[66]
Sarah Jane  United Kingdom The tug sank at Wapping, Middlesex.[67]
Thalassos Norway The ship departed from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. No further trace, reported missing.[68][69]

31 January

Unknown date

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