List of shipwrecks in July 1890
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1 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tacito | The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked near Oulu, Grand Duchy of Finland. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault, France to Oulu.[1] |
2 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| D. J. Foley | The steamship was destroyed by fire on Lake Ontario.[1] | |
| Galveston | The steamship ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River at Contrecoeur, Quebec, Dominion of Canada. She was refloated and taken in to Montreal, Quebec on 4 July.[2] | |
| James Martin | The barque was driven ashore at Valparaíso, Chile. She was on a voyage from Newcastle, New South Wales to Vaparaíso. She was a total loss.[3][1] | |
| Unnamed | The steamship ran aground at Oran, Algeria.[2] |
3 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Flying Childers | The paddle tug was run into by the steamship Baria ( | |
| Regius | The steamship collided with another ship and sank in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London[1] | |
| Sir Galahad | The steamship ran aground near Huelva, Spain.[3] She was refloated and taken in to Huelva.[4] |
4 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alexander Lawrence | The barque arrived at Mauritius on fire. The fire was extinguished.[4] She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France.[5] | |
| Ann Widnall | The schooner collided with the tug Hercules ( | |
| Cambridge | The steamship ran aground and was wrecked at Aveiro, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Gibraltar.[4][2][8] | |
| Santa Rosa | The barque ran aground at Santa Rosa, Argentina.[9] | |
| Nova Sympathia | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on the Valdés Peninsula, Argentina. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro to Paranaguá.[1] |
5 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Berar | The barque was driven ashore at Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium.[10] She was refloated on 31 July and taken in to Ostend.[11] | |
| Henry | The Mersey flat was wrecked on the North Bank, in Liverpool Bay.[10] | |
| NMS Joultache, and Vulcan |
The gunboat Joultache and the steamship Vulcan collided at Galaţi. Both vessels were damaged.[2] | |
| Newcombe | The barque was driven ashore at Ostend. Her crew were rescued.[12] | |
| Unnamed | The hulk was torpedoed off the Isle of Wight in a demonstration of a Brennan torpedo.[13] | |
| Unnamed | The lighter sank at Melbourne.[14] |
6 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Americus | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Sandy Island, Anguilla. She was on a voyage from New York to Antigua.[1] | |
| Lily | The steam launch sank a Spithead, Hampshire.[6] | |
| Vooruyt | The schooner was driven ashore on Ameland, Friesland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to Groningen. She was a total loss.[10].[1] |
7 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| George D. Fullerton | The schooner sprang a leak and foundered 10 nautical miles (19 km) west south west of the Smalls Lighthouse. Her crew took to a boat; they were rescued by the steamship Milford. George D. Fullerton was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Cork.[15][16][17] | |
| Pauline | The barque sprang a leak and was beached 40 nautical miles (74 km) west of Cape Fear, North Carolina, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Apalachicola, Florida, United States to Delfzijl, Groningen.[17] She subsequently became a wreck.[18][1] | |
| Saratoga | The school ship ran aground on the Duke Rock. She was refloated and taken in to Plymouth Sound.[17] |
8 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Eureka | The Thames barge was abandoned off Eastbourne, Sussex. All four people on board were rescued by the Eastbourne Lifeboat William and Mary (Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Eureka was on a voyage from London to Poole, Dorset. She came ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of Eastbourne. She was refloated the next day with the assistance of a tug and towed in to Newhaven, Sussex.[19][20] | |
| Fram | The steamship ran aground on the Middelgrunden. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom to Libau, Russia. She was refloated with assistance and resumed her voyage.[17] | |
| Hibernian | The steamship collided with an iceberg. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. She completed her voyage.[21] | |
| Mirella | The schooner collided with the paddle steamer Rouen (United Kingdom) at Newhaven and sank. All seven people on board were rescued. Mirella was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Newhaven. She was refloated on 10 July.[19] | |
| Penny | The sloop was driven ashore at Penarth Head, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued.[22] |
9 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Edith | The Thames barge struck the wreck of the Thames barge Ontario in the River Thames at Silvertown, London and was damaged. She was beached.[23] | |
| Ontario | The Thames barge capsized and sank in the River Thames at Silvertown. Her crew were rescued.[23] |
11 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tioga | The steam barge exploded and sank partially submerged in 14 feet (4.3 m) of water in the Chicago River at the foot of Washington Street, Chicago, Illinois after a crewman with a lantern accidentally ignited fumes from her cargo of naptha and benzine. She was raised the next day, but suffered another explosion of her cargo and sank again. Raised later, repairs completed and returned to service in September. At least 25 killed; three or four crew , the rest were stevedores unloading the cargo.[24][25] |
12 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Broomhaugh | The ship was driven ashore at Bandar Lingah, Iran.[26] She was refloated on 14 July.[27] | |
| County of Salop | The steamship was driven ashore at "Rashdib", Egypt. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Madras, India.[26] She was refloated on 19 July.[28] | |
| Henri IV | The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked near Le Croisic, Loire-Inférieure. She was on a voyage from Havre le Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure and Halifax, Nova Scotia, Dominion of Canada.[1] |
13 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Louisa | The sloop sprang a leak and was beached at Oskarshamn.[29] | |
| Minerva | The steamship was wrecked at "Messida", near "La Galle", Algeria with the loss of nine of her 22 crew.[26][30][31] She was on a voyage from Messida to Swansea, Glamorgan.[1] | |
| Sea Wing | The steamship capsized in a storm in the Mississippi River, Lake Pepin. Ninety-eight people died including the captain's wife and son. She was refloated, rebuilt and returned to service.[32][33][34] | |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The steamship was driven ashore at the Ashraffi Lighthouse, Egypt.[26] |
14 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bernadotte | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Onega, Russia.[29] She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Onega.[1] | |
| Royal Shepherd | The steamship collided with the steamship Hesketh ( |
15 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ino | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[36][1] | |
| Royal Norman | The paddle trawler struck the anchor of HMS Clyde ( |
16 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Zodiac | The barque was abandoned off Camden Head, New South Wales. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Konoowarra ( |
17 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Anlandhu | The steamship ran aground in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Agincourt ( | |
| Elderslie | The steamship caught fire 40 nautical miles (74 km) off Albany, Western Australia. She was on a voyage from Fremantle to Albany.[39] | |
| Gil | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked 5 leagues (15 nautical miles (28 km)) north of Maceió, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro to Pernambuco, Brazil.[40][1] | |
| Lois | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in Roebuck Bay, Western Australia.[1] | |
| Matthew Owen | The schooner sprang a leak and sank in the Irish Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north west of Skerries, County Dublin. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Roscarberry, County Cork.[40][38] | |
| Panay | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Simara Island, Spanish East Indies. She was on a voyage from Manila to Yloilo.[1] | |
| Unnamed | The steam barge sank at Limerick. Her four crew survived.[41] |
18 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| City of Detroit, and Kasota |
The steamships collided in the Detroit River. Kasota sank; City of Detroit put in to Chicago, Illinois in a severely damaged condition.[42] | |
| Egypt | The steamship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean 1,100 nautical miles (2,000 km) off Land's End, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[1] | |
| Industry | The fishing lugger was driven ashore at Dymchurch, Kent. Her four crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.[28] | |
| Jenny | The brig ran aground at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Sandarne, Sweden to Shoreham-by-Sea.[21] |
19 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fitzclarence | The steamship was severely damaged by fire at Ratcliffe, London.[43][21] | |
| Grace Butler | The brig capsized, was driven ashore and wrecked on the south west point of Puerto Rico. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Dominion of Canada to Puerto Rico.[11][1] | |
| Gulf of St. Vincent | The steamship struck a sunken rock or wreck off the West Mouse, off the coast of Anglesey. Her passengers were taken off by the Holyhead Lifeboat Thomas Fielder ( | |
| Hilding | The steamship collided with another ship and sank at Ottendorf, Germany. She was on a voyage from Halmstad to Hamburg, Germany.[1] | |
| Ianthe | The barque was wrecked 15 nautical miles (28 km) north of Port Nolloth, Cape Colony with the loss of two or three of her crew.[28][46][47][36] She was on a voyage from Port Nolloth to Swansea, Glamorgan.[46][1] | |
| Jubilee | The smack caught fire at Stornoway, Isle of Lewis and was scuttled.[43] | |
| Kirkstall | The steamship ran aground in the River Blaivet, Morbihan, France and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from the River Tees to Hennebon Morbihan.[35][18] | |
| Marie | The barque was wrecked on the Molasses Reef, in the Caicos Islands. She was on a voyage from Monte Christi, Dominican Republic to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[48][1] | |
| Muncaster | The steamship ran aground at Garston, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Huelva, Spain to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was later refloated with assistance and completed her voyage.[35][27] | |
| Ogmore | The steamship ran aground at Widnes, Cheshire. She was refloated.[49] | |
| Rockhurst | The ship was driven ashore at Goeree, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Pascagoula, Mississippi to Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands.[28] She was refloated in late July.[50] | |
| Silding | The steamship collided with the steamship Persian Prince ( | |
| S. W. Kelly | The steamship was driven ashore at Rosendaël, Nord, France. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Dunkerque, Nord.[29] She was later refloated with the assistance of a number of tugs and taken in to Dunkerque.[27] |
20 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ohurg, or Shwig |
The steamship ran aground and sank off Jeddah, Hejaz Vilayet. All on board survived.[51][52] | |
| Ribble | The steamship collided with the steamship Pedro ( | |
| Tam o'Shanter | The full-rigged ship ran aground in the River Liffey. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California, United States to Dublin.[18] | |
| Thorn Holme | The steamship was driven ashore in the Saint Lawrence River at Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Dominion of Canada. She was on a voyage from Pictou, Nova Scotia to Montreal, Quebec.[28] She was refloated on 29 July,[11] and take in to Quebec City in a leaky condition.[11] | |
| Truth | The barque collided with the steamship Altmore ( | |
| Washington | The steamship became waterlogged at Saint-Nazaire due to a valve being left open.[27] |
21 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| George W. Elder | The steamship was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Point Wilson, Washington. She was later refloated and taken in to Victoria, British Columbia, Dominion of Canada.[11] | |
| Hirondelle | The schooner was wrecked in the Faroe Islands. Her nine crew survived.[54][55] | |
| Naiaden | The barque ran aground on the Maplin Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex.[35][27] |
22 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mary Jameson | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Opobo, Oil Rivers Protectorate. Her crew were rescued.[51] She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to the west coast of Africa,[52] or from the Opobo River to Rotterdam.[1] | |
| Milo | The steamship ran aground at West Hartlepool, County Durham. She was on a voyage from West Hartlepool to Wismar, Germany.[51][52] | |
| M. H. Clift | The steamship was destroyed by fire in the Tennessee River.[11] | |
| Musgrave | The steamship was driven ashore at Gammon Head, Devon. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[52] | |
| Verge | The brigantine ran aground on the Scroby Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[52] | |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The steamship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom.[49] |
23 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Changsha | The steamship was driven ashore on Rattray Island, Queensland.[18] | |
| Emma | The ketch struck the Cairnbulg Reef, in the North Sea off the coast of Aberdeenshire. She consequently foundered off Rattray Head. Her two crew took to a boat; they were rescued by Margaret and Elizabeth ( | |
| Egypt | The steamship caught fire at sea. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Manhattan ( | |
| Idaho | The steamship ran aground 3.5 nautical miles (6.5 km) off South Point, Anticosti Island, Quebec, Dominion of Canada and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Quebec to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[58][59][60] | |
| Lewisman | The fishing boat was driven ashore near Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.[18] | |
| Mary Ellen | The schooner was wrecked on a reef at Sand Point, District of Alaska. She later was sold, refloated, and sold again.[61] | |
| Maud Hawthorn | The paddle steamer Arran collided with the schooner Matilda ( | |
| Sarah | The fishing smack was run down and sunk by the fishing trawler Primrose ( | |
| Victoria | The schooner was run into by the steamship Fiado ( |
24 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Buenos Aires | The steamship was wrecked on "Rosa Island". She was on a voyage from Hamburg to a port in Brazil.[1] | |
| Unnamed | The coble sank off Scarborough, Yorkshire with the loss of both crew.[64] |
25 July
26 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Charles Morand | The steamship sank without loss of life in 160 feet (49 m) of water in the North Atlantic Ocean east of Cape May, New Jersey, after colliding with the schooner Zacheus Sherman ( | |
| Fu Yew | The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Shantung Promontory. She was on a voyage from Shanghai to Newchwang.[1] |
27 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Charles Morand | The steamship collided with a schooner and sank off the Delaware Breakwater, United States. Her crew were rescued[66] | |
| Seatoller | The barque was lost off Staten Island, New York United States with the loss of eight of her thirteen crew. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Valparaíso, Chile.[67] |
28 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Snow Queen | The schooner was wrecked off Anticosti Island, Quebec. Her crew survived.[68] | |
| Thomas Pope | The 226.86-ton, 100.6-foot (30.7 m) whaling bark was wrecked in the Chukchi Sea on the coast of the District of Alaska near Point Hope during a gale. Her twelve crew members all survived and were rescued by the steamship William Lewis and the brig F. A. Barstow (both |
29 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Franconia | The steamship was destroyed by fire at Fernandina Beach, Florida. She was on a voyage from New York to Fernandina Beach.[1] |
30 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Annie | The lighter foundered in the Bristol Channel. Both crew were rescued by the tug O.O.K.P. ( | |
| Jane Radcliffe | The steamship caught fire at Penarth, Glamorgan. The fire was extinguished.[11] |
31 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Agnes | The fishing boat was run into by another vessel. Her crew were rescued. She was towed in to Lamlash, Isle of Arran.[50] | |
| Esca | The steam launch sank in Lune Bay. Her crew were rescued by the fishing smack Lily ( | |
| Grimsby | The steamship ran aground on the "Marne Sands". She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[53] | |
| Isabella Stewart | The schooner ran aground at Ballynass, County Londonderry. She was on a voyage from Ballynass to Runcorn, Cheshire.[50] She was refloated.[53] | |
| Oliver Ann | The schooner was wrecked at Burin, Newfoundland Colony.[71] | |
| St. Margaret' | The full-rigged ship was sighted off Cape Horn, Chile. She was on a voyage from La Plata, Argentina to Valparaíso, Chile. No further trace, reported missing.[72] | |
| White Wings | The yacht foundered off the coast of Aberdeenshire with the loss of all three people on board.[73] |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Auguste | The barque was driven ashore at Port Augusta, South Australia. She was refloated on 25 July.[14] | |
| Christoph Columb | The barque was run down and sunk in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland by the steamship Obdam ( | |
| Cito | The schooner was abandoned at sea. She was taken in to Lillesand, Norway on 9 July.[23] | |
| Esperance | The cutter was discovered in the English Channel in a derelict condition. She was towed in to Jersey, Channel Islands by the steamship Commerce | |
| Fiducia | The steamship ran aground at Vensholmen, Denmark on or before 17 July. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[29] | |
| Iddesleigh | The ship was driven ashore in the Rio Grande. She was refloated and found to be severely leaky.[18] | |
| Ipenanza | The barque collided with an iceberg and sank in the Atlantic Ocean. Four of her crew took to a boat; they were rescued twelve days later by the barque Foynland ( | |
| Isaac May | The steamship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Saranac ( | |
| J. Alhana | The schooner was crushed by ice and sank in the Strait of Belle Isle. Her crew survived.[77] | |
| John S. Emery | Flag unknown | The ship caught fire at Newcastle, New South Wales.[53] |
| Julia | The schooner was wrecked on the Sarwi Shoal in mid-July. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Ostrobothnia.[1] | |
| Lalla Rookh | The barque was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Valparaíso Chile. She was refloated and towed in to Dover, Kent.[53] | |
| Lowlands | The steamship ran aground at Cape Pine, Newfoundland Colony. She was on a voyage from Coosaw Island, South Carolina, United States to Hamburg, Germany. She was refloated and put in to Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony in a leaky condition.[15] She was placed under repair.[17] | |
| Novice | The ship was driven ashore on the African coast. She was looted and wrecked by the local inhabitants.[78] | |
| Pioneer | The steamship was wrecked in a hurricane at Bull River, British Columbia.[18] | |
| Regina | The steamship collided with the steamship Main ( | |
| Sainte Nathalie | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Iceland. She was on a voyage from Iceland to Gravelines, Nord.[1] | |
| Savona | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Point Rogers before 26 July. She was on a voyage from Valparaíso to Port Townsend, Washington, United States.[1] | |
| Signe | The steamship was wrecked on the Fish Cayes, in the Abaco Islands. She was on a voyage from Port Morant, Jamaica to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.[36][1] | |
| Sirene | The barque caught fire at Brunswick, Georgia, United States. The fire was extinguished. She was on a voyage from Brunswick to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[11] | |
| Speranza | The barque struck an iceberg and sank in the Atlantic Ocean. Her fourteen crew took to two boats; Ten were rescued ten days later by the barque Askow (Flag unknown). The other four were rescued by Foynland( | |
| William Rice | The fishing vessel was lost in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all sixteen crew.[80] |