List of shipwrecks in November 1885

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The list of shipwrecks in November 1885 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during November 1885.

List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1885
ShipStateDescription
Frank Moffatt United States The steamship's boiler exploded at Sombra, Ontario, Canada and she was wrecked, sinking in the Saint Clair River. Five crew died. Her engine was salvaged on 1 December and the wreck was blown up with dynamite. Wreckage removed by Canadian Government in 1888.[1][2]
Lady Elizabeth  United Kingdom The smack collided with the smack Premier ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea 90 nautical miles (170 km) east of Spurn Head, Yorkshire with the loss of two of her five crew. Survivors were rescued by Premier.[3]
Omeilew Sweden The brig was driven ashore and wrecked 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Withernsea, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.[4]
Unnamed United States A steam dredger, under tow of C. C. Wait ( United States) suffered a boiler explosion and sank in Long Island Sound with the loss of all six crew. She was being towed from New York to Providence, Rhode Island.[1][5]

2 November

List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1885
ShipStateDescription
Alert  United Kingdom The tug sank off Barry Island, Glamorgan without loss of life.[6]
Belle United States The schooner was wrecked off Mount Desert, Maine. Her crew were rescued.[7]

3 November

List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1885
ShipStateDescription
Blackhead  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Hollywood Bank, in the Belfast Lough. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Dublin.[6] She was refloated the next day with the assistance of two tugs and resumed her voyage.[8]
Lady of the Lake  United Kingdom The ship struck a sunken wreck off Penzance, Cornwall and developed a severe leak. She was beached at Falmouth, Cornwall.[6]

4 November

List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1885
ShipStateDescription
Fredericke Norway The brig ran aground at Castle Pill, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom whilst avoiding a collision with another vessel and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Neder Kalix, Sweden to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. She was refloated on 8 November.[9]
Helen Finlayson  United Kingdom The ship departed from Grimsby, Lincolnshire for Aspinwall, United States of Colombia. No further trace, reported overdue.[10]
Titania  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Anticosti Island, Quebec, Canada. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Montreal, Quebec.[3] She was refloated in August 1886.[11]
Venetienne  United Kingdom The steamship foundered off the Longships, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by Village Belle ( United Kingdom). Venetienne was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France.[12]

5 November

List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1885
ShipStateDescription
Eugenie Denmark The ship was damaged by an onboard explosion at Seaham, County Durham, United Kingdom. Two of her cre3w were severely wounded.[8]

6 November

List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1885
ShipStateDescription
Mountain Girl United States The steamship collided with the steamship James W. Gaff ( United States) and sank in the Ohio River 2+12 miles (4.0 km) upstream of Rising Sun, Indiana. Two passengers died.[1]
Mary and Catherine United States The pilot boat was run into and sunk by steamship Haverton ( United Kingdom) with the loss of one life.[13] Nine survivors were rescued by another pilot boat.[14]

7 November

List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1885
ShipStateDescription
Algoma Canada Canada
The wreck of Algoma
The steamship was wrecked in Lake Superior off Isle Royale, Michigan, United States with the loss of 46 lives. Her machinery was removed and the wreck was dispersed by explosives in July 1886.[15][16]
Pioneer  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on the Seaton Sea Rocks, near Blyth, Northumberland.[17]

8 November

List of shipwrecks: 8 November 1885
ShipStateDescription
Brooklyn  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on Anticosti Island, Quebec, Canada with no loss of life.[18]
Lady Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship collided with the smack Premier ( United Kingdom and sank with the loss of two of the five people on board. Survivors were rescued by Premier.[19]

9 November

List of shipwrecks: 9 November 1885
ShipStateDescription
Crusader  United Kingdom The fishing trawler collided with the steasmship Strathearn ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Liffey.[20]
Sixty-four  United Kingdom The Mersey Flat collided with the mud hopper Beta ( United Kingdom) and sank at Liverpool, Lancashire.[20]

10 November

List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1885
ShipStateDescription
Asteroid  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Gravel Bank, east of Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Southampton, Hampshire.[20] She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[9]
Pathfinder Canada Canada The ship struck rocks at Malin, County Donegal, United Kingdom and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Dundalk, County Louth, United Kingdom to Sydney, Nova Scotia.[9]

11 November

List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1885
ShipStateDescription
Indus  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Mulletivoe Shoal, 60 nautical miles (110 km) north of Trincomalee, Ceylon and was wrecked. All on board were rescued by HMS Ranger ( Royal Navy). Indus was on a voyage from Colombo, Ceylon to Suez, Khedivate of Egypt.[21][22][23]

12 November

List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1885
ShipStateDescription
Berteaux  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire at "Burose Island".[24]
Mary Sinclair  United Kingdom The schooner was run down by the steamship Stratheden ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Peel Channel. Mary Sinclair was on a voyage from Fowey, Cornwall to Lancaster, Lancashire .[25]
Pietro  Italy The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[26]

13 November

List of shipwrecks: 13 November 1885
ShipStateDescription
Brothers  United Kingdom The tug sank at Greenock, Renfrewshire.[27]
Corton Lightship Trinity House The lightship was run into by the schooner Alexander Nichol ( United Kingdom) ane was severely damaged. She was towed in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk for repairs.[27]

14 November

List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1885
ShipStateDescription
Enterprise  United Kingdom The ketch was driven ashore at Margate, Kent.[27]

15 November

List of shipwrecks: 15 November 1885
ShipStateDescription
Excelsior  United Kingdom The ship was sighted in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. No further trace, reported missing.[28]
Nereide  United Kingdom The brigantine collided with the barque Southerfield ( United States) and sank in the English Channel off the Royal Sovereign Lightship ( Trinity House) with the loss of her captain. Ten survivors were rescued by Southerfield. Nereide was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to "Colón, Chile".[29]
Tally Abbey  United Kingdom The steamship struck the pier at Bilbao, Spain and ran aground. She was refloated on 20 November.[30]

16 November

List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1885
ShipStateDescription
Italy  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Bunker Group, Queensland. Her crew were rescued.[31]

18 November

List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1885
ShipStateDescription
Malta  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Sandy Hook, New Jersey, United States with the loss of one of the 24 people on board.[32][33]
Moringen Norway The brig was abandoned in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Trondheim. She was subsequently taken in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom by a smack and a tug.[34]

19 November

List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1885
ShipStateDescription
Bessie  United Kingdom The fishing smack collided with the snow Daring ( United Kingdom) and sank off Seaford, Sussex. Her crew were rescued.[29][30]
Guadaloupe United States The ship was wrecked at Barnegat, New Jersey. Her crew were not rescued for 42 days.[35]
Jesmond Norway The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean in a waterlogged condition. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Moruca ( United Kingdom). Jesmond was on a voyage from Richibucto, New Brunswick, Canada to Glasgow, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom.[26]
Nina  United Kingdom The Mersey Flat collided with the tug Pathfinder ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Mersey at Liverpool, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued.[30]

20 November

List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1885
ShipStateDescription
Lydia Canada Canada The ship broke from her moorings at Charlton, Kent and was severely damaged. Caused by the wake from the steamship Britannia ( United Kingdom).[30]

21 November

List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1885
ShipStateDescription
Atlantic United States The steamship burned and sank in the Ohio River near Neville, Ohio. Her fireman died.[1]
Castor  United Kingdom The tank barge was run into by the steamship Kronus ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Greenwich, Kent.[34]
Iberian  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground and was wrecked on the coast of County Cork. She had broken up by 28 November.[36][37]

22 November

List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1885
ShipStateDescription
Mary United States The sloop dragged her anchors during a gale and was wrecked at Point Retreat (58°24′45″N 134°57′15″W / 58.41250°N 134.95417°W / 58.41250; -134.95417 (Point Retreat)), District of Alaska. Her three crew survived.[38]

23 November

List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1885
ShipStateDescription
Cornelius Grinnell United States The barge, under tow by the tug America ( United States), was cut loose in a storm 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) below Highland Light off Cape Cod, Massachusetts. She and her three crew were assumed to be lost.[1]
Triumph  United Kingdom The ketch collided with the steamship Renown ( United Kingdom and sank off Higham, Kent.[26]

24 November

List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1885
ShipStateDescription
Azalea  United Kingdom The barge was run into by the steamship Kelloe ( United Kingdom) and sank at Deptford, Kent.[39]
Earl of Dufferin  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked off Anticosti Island, Quebec, Canada while salvaging the cargo of Brooklyn ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued.[40][41]
Ennismore  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Peterhead.[39]
Ida Marshall  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Navigation ( United Kingdom) and sank in the English Channel 14 nautical miles (26 km) west of Dungeness, Kent. Her seventeen crew were rescued by Navigation. Ida Marshall was on a voyage from London to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[42][43]
Unnamed  United Kingdom A fishing boat was run down and sunk by the paddle steamer Argyll ( United Kingdom) at Millport, Cumbrae. Her crew were rescued by Argyll.[44]

25 November

List of shipwrecks: 25 November 1885
ShipStateDescription
Aurora  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at West Hartlepool, County Durham. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea. Her 21 crew and two stowaways took to three boats, two of which capsized with the loss of three lives.[45]
eLouisa Denmark The barque ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall, Sweden to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. She floated off and was taken in tow by the steamship Chicago ( United States), but the tow rope broke and she was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Chicago.[44] Louisa was subsequently discovered by fishermen and beached at Sea Palling, Norfolk, where she became a wreck.[46]
Mellona  United Kingdom The brigantine collided with the steamship Stockton ( United Kingdom) and sank.[47]

26 November

List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1885
ShipStateDescription
Emma Graham United States The steamship sank at Ripley Landing on the Ohio River downstream of Parkersburg, West Virginia. Her fireman died.[1]
Familiens Haab Denmark The steamship was driven ashore in Montrose Bay. Her crew were rescued by the Montrose Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Fredrikshald to Leven, Fife, United Kingdom.[44]
Inverdrurie  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off the Tongue Lightship ( Trinity House). She was refloated and put back to Gravesend, Kent.[44]
Penpol  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Trefadoc Point, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued.[46]

27 November

List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1885
ShipStateDescription
Allan  United Kingdom The smack broke from her moorings at Whitstable, Kent and drifted out to sea.[37]
Cuba  United Kingdom The barque ran aground in the River Ouse at Whitgift, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to Barbados.[46] She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[37]
Greenwood  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the River Ouse at Whitgift. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Goole.[46] She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[37]
Ralph Creyke  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the River Ouse at Swinefleet, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Goole to Antwerp, Belgium.[46] She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[37]
St. Elmo  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship collided with the steamship Generaal Pel ( Netherlands) and sank in the Timor Strait. All on board were rescued. St. Elmo was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Manila, Spanish East Indies.[48]

28 November

List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1885
ShipStateDescription
Annie Vernon  United Kingdom The steamship foundered off St. Ives, Cornwall. Her twelve crew survived.[49]

29 November

List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1885
ShipStateDescription
Acorn  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore near Holywood, County Down.[50]
Newburn  United Kingdom The steamship was run into by the steamship Glendale ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Rotherhithe, Surrey.[51]
Sapphire Sweden The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea 140 nautical miles (260 km) off Domesnes, Norway. Her crew were rescued by the smack Antonia ( United Kingdom). Sapphire was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to "Sunderberg".[52]

30 November

Unknown date

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