List of shipwrecks in March 1890

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The list of shipwrecks in March 1890 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during March 1890.

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1890
ShipStateDescription
Colonist New South Wales The schooner sank with the loss of one life off Bradleys Head, Sydney Harbour, after colliding with the steamship Adelaide ( United Kingdom). Adelaide rescued two survivors and the skiff half-decker Young Oscar (Flag unknown) rescued three others.
Flora, and
Phillis and Mary		 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey
 United Kingdom		 The barquentine Flora and Phillis and Mary were run into at Saint Sampson, Guernsey by the steamship Bessemer ( United Kingdom) and were both severely damaged.[1]
Matha  United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in a sinking condition 14 nautical miles (26 km) south east of the Longstone Lighthouse, Northumberland, according to a message in a bottle which subsequently washed up at Newton-by-the-Sea, Northumberland.[2]
Roxburgh  United Kingdom The steamship put in to Cardiff, Glamorgan on fire. She was on a voyage from Barry, Glamorgan to Singapore. The fire was extinguished and she was placed under repair.[3]
State of California United States The steamship ran aground near Portland, Oregon. Her passengers were taken off. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California to Portland.[4]
Ulrich  Germany The steamship ran aground at Vegesack. She was on a voyage from Brake to Bremen.[5]

2 March

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1890
ShipStateDescription
Spindrift  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the brig Kate (Guernsey) at Thames Haven, Essex and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from London to Ghent, West Flanders, Belgium. She put back to London.[6]
Topsey  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Halliday Flat, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex and sank. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Northfleet, Kent to Hull, Yorkshire.[7]
Ville de Paris France The stern section of the steamship foundered off Margate, Kent, United Kingdom with the loss of four of her sixteen crew. The ship had been damaged in an explosion at Calais in October 1888. The stern section was under tow of the tugboat Challenger ( United Kingdom) at the time. It was on a voyage from Calais to Tilbury, Essex, United Kingdom. survivors were rescued by Challenger and the Margate Lifeboat Friend to all Nations ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[8][9] The sunken portion of the ship was refloated in early July.[10]

3 March

List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1890
ShipStateDescription
Elizabeth Ann  United Kingdom The barge sank at Wapping, London.[5]
Ganger Rolf Norway The steamship collided with the barge Oban ( United Kingdom) at Deptford, London, United Kingdom and was damaged.[5]
Gelderland  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Nieuwe Waterweg. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. She was refloated with the assistance of a steamship and resumed her voyage.[7]
Neptune  United Kingdom The barge was run into by the steamship Rosalind ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Wapping.[11]
Nord France The full-rigged ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was being towed from Le Havre, Seine-Inférieure to South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom by the tug William Joliffe ( United Kingdom).[7]
Obdam Netherlands The steamship ran aground in the Nieuwe Wateweg. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam to New York, United States. She was refloated with the assistance of a steamship and resumed her voyage.[7]
San Domingo  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Maryport, Cumberland. She was refloated.[12]
Sultan  United Kingdom The barge was run into by the steamship Rosalind ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Limehouse, London.[11]

4 March

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1890
ShipStateDescription
Eliza Mary Flag unknown The schooner was wrecked on the coast of Mallicollo, New Hebrides with the loss of 51 of the 79 people on board.[13][14][15]
Jarl Denmark The steamship departed from Bornholm for Copenhagen. Wreckage from the ship was discovered 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off "Hammersen", Froien, on 6 March. Presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[16][17]

5 March

List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1890
ShipStateDescription
Antonio Flag unknown The steamship ran aground off Clauchlands Point, Isle of Arran, Buteshire, United Kingdom.[18] She was refloated.[19]
Avon  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Ardrossan, Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland to Ardrossan. She was refloated.[20]
Clementine  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Messina, Sicily, Italy.[20] She was refloated with assistance.[21]
Flora  Germany The barque departed from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom for Valparaíso, Chile. Although subsequently sighted in the Atlantic Ocean, she was eventually reported missing.[22][23]
Hildred  United Kingdom The brigantine was run into by the steamship Alvah ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames and was severely damaged.[19]
Maria  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Mauritius. She was a total loss.[20]
Nautilus  United Kingdom The steamship sank in the River Thames.[20] She was refloated the next day and towed to Millwall, London.[24]
Reaper  United Kingdom The lugger was driven ashore at Kearny Point, County Down. She was on a voyage from Drogheda, County Louth to Belfast, County Antrim.[20]
Ringhorne Norway The barque ran aground at Point Indio, Argentina. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[21][19]
Romanby  United Kingdom The steamship struck the quayside at Maryport, Cumberland and was holed. She was on a voyage from Carthagena, Spain to Maryport.[1]
Wilhelm German Empire The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Agger or Thisted, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Lübeck.[19][1]

6 March

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1890
ShipStateDescription
Malda  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Gravesend, Kent. She was on a voyage from Zanzibar to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[19]
Murton  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the River Ouse at Swinefleet, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to London.[1] She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[25]

7 March

List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1890
ShipStateDescription
County Antrim  United Kingdom The steamship struck the quayside at Maryport, Cumberland and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Maryport.[1]
De Ruyter Belgium The steamship was driven ashore at Scituate, Massachusetts, United States. Her 27 crew were rescued.[1] She was later refloated and beached at Boston, Massachusetts.[12]
Emanuel Sweden The schooner was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[1]
Irene Morris  United Kingdom The steamship put in to Lisbon, Portugal on fire.[1]
Peter  Germany The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 800 nautical miles (1,500 km) west of the Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida, United States to Huelva, Spain.[26]
Wibbiena Swerdina  United Kingdom The ketch was driven ashore and wrecked at Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Coldingham, Berwickshire to Sunderland, County Durham.[27]

8 March

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1890
ShipStateDescription
Breeze  United Kingdom The smack broke from her moorings, collided with the steamship Owain Tudor ( United Kingdom) and sank at Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued.[28]
Fantasy  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Rosehearty, Aberdeenshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Invergordon, Ross-shire.[27] She came ashore at Rosehearty and was wrecked.[16]
Heimborg  Germany The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal at Ismailia. She was refloated.[25][27][16]
Osprey  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the River Mersey off Egremont, Lancashire with the loss of all hands.[27][29][30]
Rapture  United Kingdom The fishing boat struck a sunken rock in Loch Eriboll or the Pentland Firth and sank with the loss of seven of her nine crew.[31][32]
Southgate  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Placentia, Newfoundland Colony.[33] She was later refloated and towed in to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Dominion of Canada.[34][35]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The wherry sank in the River Tyne.[29]

9 March

List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1890
ShipStateDescription
Abbey Town  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore near Calais, France. Her sixteen crew were rescued by the Calais Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida United States to Dunkerque, Nord, France. She caught fire the next day and was severely damaged.[27][33][36] She was refloated on 13 March and taken in to Calais.[12]
Kate  United Kingdom The ship collided with the Severn Railway Bridge and sank in the River Severn. She was on a voyage from Chepstow, Monmouthshire to Minsterworth, Gloucestershire.[37]
Mary Caroline  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Pladda, Ayrshire. Her crew survived.[38]
Verbena  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore near Eccles-on-Sea, Norfolk. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Pentewan, Cornwall to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire.[27] She subsequently became a wreck.[28]
Walter Bibby  United Kingdom The dredger was driven ashore at Dundalk, County Louth.[16]

10 March

List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1890
ShipStateDescription
Auskeles  Russia United Kingdom The barque was run into by the steamship Baron Fife at Lisbon, Portugal and sank.[33]
Burton  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Pagen Sand, in the Elbe.[37]
Douse,
Pylades, and
Samarino		  United Kingdom
Norway
 United Kingdom		 The barque Samarino collided with the quayside at South Shields, County Durham, damaging the schooner Pylades and severely damaging the schooner Douse.[33][30]
Gulf of Aden  United Kingdom The steamship was abandoned 100 nautical miles (190 km) off the Chiloé Archipelago, Chile. All 81 people on board took to four boats, one of which with 21 people on board reached the archipelago. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Valparaíso, Chile.[39][40] Ultimately, there were only nine survivors.[41]
Hildegard  United Kingdom The steamship caught fire at Buenos Aires, Argentina. the fire was extinguished.[42]
Kilmore  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Danube 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) downstream of Sulina, Romania.[33]
Portia  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Bermuda. She was refloated.[33][28]
Sofie Denmark The schooner ran aground in Kolding Fjord and was severely damaged. She was refloated with assistance from the steamship Pony (Flag unknown) and taken in to Kolding.[43]
Unnamed United States The lighter was lost at St. Augustine, Florida.[17]
Unnamed United States The lighter was ran aground at St. Augustine, Florida.[17]

11 March

List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1890
ShipStateDescription
Ascania  Germany The steamship was driven ashore at Callantsoog, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to a Chinese port.[38] She was refloated on 17 March.[44] She waws later refloated and towed in to Helsingør, Denmark.
Narcissus  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Belfast, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Bahía Blanca, . Brazil. She was refloated the next day and taken in to the Belfast Lough.[37]
Raithwaite Hall  United Kingdom The steamship sank at Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[38]

12 March

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1890
ShipStateDescription
Agnes New South Wales The schooner foundered off the mouth of the Brunswick River.
Eclipse  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the River Mersey off Egremont, Lancashire with the loss of all three crew. She was on a voyage from Penmaenmawr, Caernarfonshire to Liverpool, Lancashire.[45]
Golden Horn  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on Scharhörn, Germany. She was refloated.[43]
Hannibal Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore at Key West, Florida, United States.[37]
Home Bay  United Kingdom The fishing trawler collided with the steamship Grantully ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Bristol Channel off Trevose Head, Cornwall with the loss of all six crew.[45][31]
Soochow  China The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Chimney Point, Hainan Island. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Pakhoi.[46]
Tana Norway The steamship ran aground at "Vee". She was refloated.[43]

13 March

List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1890
ShipStateDescription
Cyclop  Germany The dredger collided with the steamship Stad Lübeck at Lübeck and sank.[43]
Elgiva  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Orinoco River 80 nautical miles (150 km) downstream of Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Ciudad Bolívar.[35]
Propitious  United Kingdom The steamship was severely damaged by fire at Liverpool, Lancashire.[42]
Sligo  United Kingdom The steamship arrived at Sligo on fire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Sligo.The fire was extinguished.[31]
Thorntondale  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Bahía Blanca, Brazil. She was refloated.[12]
Union Norway The barque was driven ashore on Horn Island, Mississippi, United States.[17]
Vesper  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Star of England ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames and was severely damaged. Vesper was beached on the Mucking Flat. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Greenhithe, Kent.[42]

14 March

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1890
ShipStateDescription
Barmston  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Holm Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. She was refloated the next day with the assistance of a number of tugs and resumed her voyage.[12]
Paula  Germany The steamship ran aground in the Elbe at Finkenwerder. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Altona. She was refloated and completed her voyage.[43]
West  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Pembrey, Carmarthenshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[12]
Winifred  United Kingdom The ship put in to Bahía Blanca, Brazil on fire. She was on a voyage from Wellington, New Zealand to London.[34][12]

15 March

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1890
ShipStateDescription
Banchory  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Julia Weiner ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames downstream of Purfleet, Essex and was beached. Banchory was on a voyage from South Shield, County Durham to London.[12] She was refloated on 18 March and completed her voyage.[43][47][48]
Befa  United Kingdom The Humber keel sank in the River Ouse between Barton Quarry and Chaldernss. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stockworth to Hull, Yorkshire.[12]
Franz  Germany The steamship ran aground on "Amack Island", Denmark.[12] She was refloated with assistance on 18 March and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark
Greenwich  United Kingdom The brigantine collided with the dock gates at South Shields, County Durham and was severely damaged.[12]
Hayle  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Bondicar Rocks, off the coast of Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Aberdeen. Her crew were rescued by the Hauxley Lifeboat. She was refloated with the assistance of some fishing boats and resumed her voyage.[12][49]
Stad Lübeck  Germany The steamship was driven ashore near Neufahrwassar.[12] She was refloated with assistance from the steamship August ( Germany) and taken in to Lübeck.[50]
Ystava Norway The barque ran aground in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, United States to Hamburg, Germany.[12]

16 March

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1890
ShipStateDescription
Assaye  United Kingdom The ship was sighted at the equator whilst on a voyage from London to Wellington, New Zealand.[51] No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all 25 crew.[52][53]
Bayswater  United Kingdom The steamship departed from New York, United States for Lisbon, Portugal. No further trace, presumed foundered.[54][55]
Mary Ann Hood  United Kingdom The fishing boat collided with the steamship Ottawa ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea off Kilnsea, Yorkshire.[56][43]
Princess Sophia  Greece The steamship suffered an onboard explosion at Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. Two of her crew were severely injured[44]
Young Alfred  United Kingdom The smack collided with the steamship Dunbrody ( United Kingdom) and was severely damaged. Young Alfred put in to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.[44][43]
Young Ellis  United Kingdom The ketch was run into by a schooner off the Corton Lightship ( Trinity House) and was severely damaged. Her crew were rescued. Young Ellis was on a voyage from Maldon, Essex to Sunderland, County Durham. She was reported to have been taken in tow by a smack and to be in a severely leaky condition.[56][43]

17 March

List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1890
ShipStateDescription
Beaver  United Kingdom The smack ran aground at Ardrossan, Ayrshire. She was refloated.[56][47]
Bornholm Denmark The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Malmö, Sweden. Her crew survived.[56]
Eliza  Germany The brigantine was wrecked at Seacliff, Northumberland, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.[56][44]

18 March

List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1890
ShipStateDescription
Balders Norway The steamship was driven ashore at "Torjet".[57] She was refloated on 20 March and resumed her voyage.[17]
Bon Accord  United Kingdom The steamship sprang a leak and foundered off Cape Finisterre, Spain. Her 30 crew were rescued by the steamship Anglian ( United Kingdom). Bon Accord was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Malta.[58][2]
Georgia United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Gibraltar The hulk was driven ashore and wrecked at Gibraltar.[50]
Lydia Peschau  Germany The ship was driven ashore at Deepwater Point, North Carolina, United States.[59]
Minnie Flag unknown The ship ran aground near Egense, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Falkenburg to Aalborg, Denmar.[17]

19 March

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1890
ShipStateDescription
Ascania  Germany The steamship sank in the Nieuwe Diep.[48]
Coln German Empire The steamship was driven ashore in the River Thames at Rosherville, Kent, United Kingdom.[48] She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[50]
Comet New South Wales The coaster, a paddle steamer, was wrecked on the Richmond River spit.[60][61]
Dunedin  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship departed from Oamaru, New Zealand for London. No further trace, presumed founderedwith the loss of all 35 people on board.[23]
Eschol  United Kingdom The steamship was abandoned off the north Spanish coast. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to Leith, Lothian.[58][2][4] She was towed in to A Coruña the next day in a sinking condition by the steamship Triane ( Spain).[57] Eschol was driven ashore and wrecked on 22 March.[26]
Fido  Germany The ship was lost at St. Domingo, Haiti.[17]
Nithsdale  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the River Thames at Coalhouse Fort, Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Havana, Cuba. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[48]
Père Guignard France The steamship was lost near Alvarado, Mexico. She was on a voyage from Tlacopan, Mexico to Le Havre, Seine-Inférieure.[62]
Volante  United Kingdom The fishing smack was driven ashore near Thorpeness, Suffolk. Her six crew were rescued by rocket apparatus the next day. She was refloated on 21 March with the assistance of a tug.[58][63]

20 March

List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1890
ShipStateDescription
Armonia  Italy The ship ran aground at Toulon, Var, France. She was on a voyage from Moulmein, Burma to an Italian port.[17]
Bonnie Lad  United Kingdom The fishing smack was driven ashore at Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued.[64]
Hawarden Castle  United Kingdom The barque departed from Newcastle, New South Wales for Valparaíso, Chile. No further trace, reported overdue.[65]
H. J. Pallisen Denmark The steamship was driven ashore at "Bjerget", near Thisted. She was on a voyage from Libau, Germany to London, United Kingdom.[4][17] She was later refloated with assistance and taken under tow, but foundered off Løkken.[66]
Llangorse  United Kingdom The steamship caught fire at Cardiff, Glamorgan. The fire was extinguished.[4]
Relis Norway The schooner struck the pier at Charlestown, Cornwall, United Kingdom and was severely damaged.[57]
Rydal Holme  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Redruth ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea Canal at Buitenhuizen, North Holland, Netherlands and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to IJmuiden, North Holland.[2]
Secret  United Kingdom The fishing smack was driven ashore and wrecked at "Saint-Jonin", Seine-Inférieure, France. Her crew were rescued.[57][67]
Theresa Norway The barque ran aground in the River Thames. She was on a voyage from Christiania to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[58]
Virent  United Kingdom The steamship was abandoned when the propeller shaft broke with the loss of nine of her 24 crew. Some of the survivors were landed at Ferrol, Spain. Virent came ashore at Priovino Grande, and was wrecked.[68][69][70]
Unnamed  Romania The lighter was run into by the steamship Helen Otto ( United Kingdom) and sank at Ismailia.[71][62]

21 March

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1890
ShipStateDescription
Alvin Kelly United States The brig ran aground on the Antonio Reef. She was refloated and taken in to New York.[62]
Black Boy  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at the mouth of the River Wear. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated and completed her voyage.[57]
Circassian Prince  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her 22 crew were rescued by the Palling and Winterton Lifeboats. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to New York, United States.[72][49] She was refloated on 25 March with the assistance of four tugs and towed in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[73]
Craigmore  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Danube.[71] She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[26]
Eos  Russia The steamship was driven ashore at Thorhamn, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Libau to Lübeck, Germany.[71][72]
Ethel Gwendoline  United Kingdom The collier foundered off Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire with the loss of seven of her ten crew. Survivors were rescued by the steam trawler Prince Consort ( United Kingdom).[74][69] Ethel Gwendoline was on a voyage from Sunderland to Inverness.[75][70]
Hiawatha  United Kingdom The lighter ran aground near the mouth of the Sereth.[57]
Lawrench N. Mackenzie United States The schooner was driven ashore on the coast of New Jersey.[62]
Marion  Romania The lighter ran aground near the mouth of the Sereth. She was refloated.[57]
Rita Spain The brigantine foundered off Ovar, Portugal.[57]
Thea  Germany The steamship was driven ashore on Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Arbroath, Forfarshire, United Kingdom.[71]
Vivo  United Kingdom The steamship collided with a barque and was severely damaged. She was taken in to London.[76]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The barge sank at Leamouth, London.[76]

22 March

List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1890
ShipStateDescription
Anna  Germany The barque was wrecked at Little Inagua, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued.[26]
Armonia  Italy The ship ran aground at Toulon, Var, France. She was on a voyage from Moulmain, Burma to La Seyne-sur-Mer, Var.[26]
Black Prince  United Kingdom The brig collided with the steamship Larch ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea off Whitby, Yorkshire. Her ten crew reached Whitby in a longboat. Black Prince was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[72][77]
Corral Chile The steamship was wrecked at "Tome". All on board were rescued.[72]
Hernosand Portugal The barque was wrecked off the Morant Cays, Jamaica. Her nine crew survived. They were rescued on 26 March by the steamship Cuba. (Flag unknown). Hernosand was on a voyage from Port Natal, Cape Colony to Progreso.[78][35][79][80]
Henry Luke  United Kingdom The schooner was lost in Ramsay Sound. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Solva to Fishguard, Pembrokeshire.[26][62]
Kestrel  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Elbe at "Osterhorder Stack". She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Harwich, Essex.[72] She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and resumed her voyage.[17]
Navarino Victoria The steamship ran aground on the Satellite Reef. off Port Douglas, Queensland. She was refloated.[61]
Sokol  Russia The tug was driven ashore near Kertch. She broke in two; the stern section sank.[72][81]
Tyne  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Trouville-sur-Mer, Calvados, France.[26] She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[72]

23 March

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1890
ShipStateDescription
Jane Cory  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Exmouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Exmouth.[17]
Warkworth  United Kingdom The steamship caught fire at South Shields.[17]
Wingates  United Kingdom The steamship departed from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States for Copenhagen, Denmark. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all 30 hands.[82]

24 March

List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1890
ShipStateDescription
Arethusa  United Kingdom The steamship was damaged by fire at Hull, Yorkshire.[83]
Blue Bonnet  United Kingdom The tug sank at South Shields, County Durham.[84]
Cumberland  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at "Annegasson", County Louth.[84]
Gemma  Germany The steamship was run into by the steamship Swift ( United Kingdom) at Wapping, London, United Kingdom and was damaged.[81]
Glenbervie  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Gibraltar.[81] She was refloated.[85]
Glenhead  United Kingdom The steam lighter foundered off Campbeltown, Argyllshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Campbeltown.[85]
Helmstedt  United Kingdom The steamship struck a sunken rock and sank off "Mandali Island", Ottoman Empire, Her crew were rescued by the steamship Taormina ( Italy). Helmstedt was a total loss.[81][17][83]
Jane  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Kingsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Jersey, Channel Islands. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent.[84]
Lawada  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Fisherman's Point, in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to Bombay, India.[81] She was later refloated.[86]
Prince Llewellyn  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Beaumaris, Anglesey.[17]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The lighter sank at South Shields.[84]

25 March

List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1890
ShipStateDescription
Breeze  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Blenheim ( United Kingdom) in the River Tees and was beached. Breeze was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to the Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.[83]
Crocodile  United Kingdom The barquentine was driven ashore at Kingsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Guernsey, Channel Islands. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent in a severely leaky condition.[83][84]
Fiji  United Kingdom The barque ran aground at Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Cardiff. She was refloated with the assistance of three tugs.[84]
Glenmore  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the River Tees downstream of Eston, Yorkshire.[84]
Hortensia Denmark The brigantine was driven ashore at Frederikshavn. She was on a voyage from a Swedish port to Bo'ness, Lothian, United Kingdom. She was refloated.[84]
Long Ditton  United Kingdom The collier was run into by the steamship Fenella ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Greenwich, London.[83]
Marie Anna France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Molasses Bay, Caicos Islands. She was on a voyage from "Port Liberté" to Le Havre, Seine-Inférieure. She was later refloated, and take in to the Turks Islands, where he arrived on 18 April.[87][61]
Mist Western Australia The ship was wrecked in King Sound, Western Australia.[88]
Ruby New South Wales The schooner was wrecked in King Sound.[88]

26 March

List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1890
ShipStateDescription
Emilie United States The barque was wrecked at Cape Egmont, New Zealand with the loss of eight of her twelve crew. Survivors were rescued by a tug. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California to Dunedin, New Zealand.[89][90]
Hollander Netherlands The steamship collided with Royal Sovereign ( United Kingdom) off "South Sandhead" and was abandoned by her nineteen crew, being in a sinking condition. The were rescued by the steamship Tudor Price ( United Kingdom) when 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. Hollander was towed in to Dunkerque, Nord, France.[91][92]
Maria Cristina  Italy The barque was run into by the steamship Oporto ( United Kingdom) at Lisbon, Portugal and was severely damaged. She was beached.[91]

27 March

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1890
ShipStateDescription
Briton  United Kingdom The paddle steamer was run into by William Branfoot ( United Kingdom) at Sunderland, County Durham and was damaged.[93]
Reintjedeine  Germany The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Elie, Fife, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Brake to Methil, Fife.[91]

28 March

List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1890
ShipStateDescription
Benamain  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the east coast of Lundy Island, Devon. She was refloated the next day but consequently foundered in the Bristol Channel 7 nautical miles (13 km) off The Mumbles, Glamorgan. Her twelve crew were rescued by the pilot cutter Rival ( United Kingdom). Benamain was on a voyage from Swansea to Le Tréport, Seine-Inférieure, France.[94]
Brema  Germany The barque ran aground at Vegesack. She was on a voyage from Manzanilla, Spain to Bremen.[59]
Bull, and
Reindeer		  United Kingdom The ship Bull and the steamship Reindeer collided in the River Tees and were both severely damaged. Bull was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire. Reindeer was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Middlesbrough.[66]
Clydesdale  United Kingdom The ship struck the North Bishops, off the coast of Cornwall and consequently foundered 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north of the South Bishops. All 24 people on board survived.[66]
Creadin  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Bristol, Gloucestershire. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Llanelly, Glamorgan.[93]
Dieppois France The steamship hit rocks and sank near Land's End, Cornwall. Her eighteen crew landed at Sennen Cove, in their own boat.[95][96]
Euxine  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Achbourum Reef, in the Baltic Sea off the Russian coast. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug.[93][59]
Heinrich Botel  Germany The barque ran aground at Scharhörn. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug.[59]
Jacob  Germany The tug sank at the mouth of the Eider Canal.[59]
Marima  United Kingdom The steamship sprang a leak and sank at La Boca, Argentina.[66]
Mercy  United Kingdom The barge collided with the steamship Solway Queen ( United Kingdom) and sank at Bristol. Mercy was on a voyage from Avonmouth, Somerset to Bristol.[97][93] She was refloated on 1 April.[98]
Pasteur Norway The barque was driven ashore in Carnarvon Bay. Her ten crew were rescued by the Rhosneigr Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from a Mexican port to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[99][49]
No. 40  French Navy The torpedo boat was run down and sunk by a steamship in the Charente.[93]
Unnamed Norway The barque was driven ashore between Dover and Folkestone, Kent, United Kingdom.[99]

29 March

List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1890
ShipStateDescription
Alert  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at "Harburg". She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to Ghent, West Flanders, Belgium. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[93]
Clan Maclean  United Kingdom The steamship struck rocks off "Mantamada", Ceylon. She was beached at Watering Point, near Galle.[66][66] She was refloated in early April and taken in to Galle, where temporary repairs were made. She sailed for Bombay, India on 17 April.[100][101]
Ellen Sweden The schooner was driven ashore at Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Helsingborg to Visby, Denmark. She was refloated.[97][93]
Elsie  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at Dunbar, Lothian.[93]
Reentjedina  Germany The ship departed from Hamburg for Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, United Kingdom. No further trace, reported missing.[22]
Sea Prince  United Kingdom The tug was driven ashore near Bideford, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated.[93]

30 March

List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1890
ShipStateDescription
Belmont  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore near Burntisland, Fife. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Copenhagen, Denmark.[102][103]
Breton France The steamship was driven ashore at Cap de la Hague, Manche. All on board were rescued.[66]
Bordeaux  United Kingdom The steamship struck the Danger Rock, between Dover and Folkestone, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Gandia, Spain. She was taken in to Dover and beached there.[39] She was refloated on 31 March.[103]
City of Amsterdam  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the River Avon. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Swansea, Glamorgan. She was refloated and put back to Bristol.[59]
Littuania  Germany The steamship was driven ashore near Gilleleje, Denmark and was severely damaged. She was refloated with assistance on 9 April and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark.[66][59][35]
Ocean Chief  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at the mouth of the Eider. She was on a voyage from Aruba, Netherlands Antilles to "Frederickstadt".[66] She was refloated and found to be in a leaky condition.[102]
River Clyde  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the River Tees. She was refloated.[102]
Tom Pyman  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark with the loss of seven of her seventeen crew. She was on a voyage from West Hartlepool, County Durham to Flensburg, Germany. She was a total loss.[66][59]

31 March

Unknown date

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