List of shipwrecks in November 1888

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The list of shipwrecks in November 1888 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during November 1888.

List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1888
ShipStateDescription
Four Brothers  United Kingdom The Thames barge was run into by the steamship Medway ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at West Thurrock, Essex with the loss of a crew member.[1]
Janes  United Kingdom The ship departed from Llanelly, Glamorgan for Pont-Audemer, Eure, France. No further trace,[2] reported missing.[3]
Jousten Denmark The ship departed from Blyth, Northumberland, United Kingdom. No further trace, reported overdue.[4]
Visitor  United Kingdom The ship departed from Seaham, County Durham for Ipswich, Suffolk. No further trace, reported overdue.[4]

2 November

List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1888
ShipStateDescription
Deutsche Kaiser  Germany The steamship was driven ashore at Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Kronstadt, Russia. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[5]
Folsom  United Kingdom The fishing smack was abandoned off Port Stewart, Wigtownshire. Her crew were rescued by the Port Stewart Lifeboat.[5]
Helena  Germany The brig foundered in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was being towed from Hull, Yorkshire to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.[5]
Prinz Leopold  Germany The steamship was driven ashore at Saint Petersburg. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Kronstadt. She was reflaoted and resumed her voyage.[5]
Speed  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the Black Island, in the Stangford Lough.[5]
30 unnamed vessels  Russia The lighters were sunk by ice at Saint Petersburg.[5]

3 November

List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1888
ShipStateDescription
Nor, and
Saxmundham		 German Empire
 United Kingdom		 The steamship was run into by the barque Nor in the English Channel 30 nautical miles (56 km) east north east of St. Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight. Saxmundham, on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Ancona, Italy, sank. Twelve of her 30 crew were reported missing. Ten of her crew took to the jollyboat and were rescued by the schooner Waterbird ( United Kingdom). Eight reached shore in a lifeboat. Nor was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Shagbrook ( United Kingdom). Nor was subsequently taken in tow by HMS Monarch ( Royal Navy).[6] She subsequently ran aground on The Shingles, in the Solent and was wrecked.[7]
Seagul  United Kingdom The fishing smack was driven ashore at Sandlemere, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.[5]

4 November

List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1888
ShipStateDescription
Glenhead  United Kingdom The ship was scuttled at Brodick, Isle of Arran.[8]
Merion Lass  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ardmore, Barra, Outer Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Thurso, Caithness to Belfast, County Antrim. She was refloated and beached at Tobermory, Isle of Mull.[8]
Skylark  United Kingdom The tug was gutted by fire and sank at Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[7]

5 November

List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1888
ShipStateDescription
Abana  United Kingdom The steamship was holed by her anchor and sank at Colombo, Ceylon. She was refloated and placed under repair.[9]
Alsvid Norway The ship was sighted off Helsingør, Denmark whilst on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom. No further trace, reported missing.[2]
Goldsmith Maid United States The schooner collided with the steamship Glaucus ( United States) and sank in the narrows of Boston Harbor, Massachusetts. Two crewmen were lost.[10]
Sirius  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Thorpeness, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by the Aldeburgh Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium to London.[8]
Unnamed Flag unknown The barque ran aground on the Shingle Bank, in the Solent, and sank.[8]

6 November

List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1888
ShipStateDescription
Alladin  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Inner Dowsing Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from "Pernovike" to Plymouth, Devon. She was refloated and towed in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire.[11]
Alsvid  United Kingdom The ship was sighted off Helsingør, Denmark whilst on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Southampton, Hampshire. No further trace, reported overdue.[12]
Bon Accord  United Kingdom The ship struck the pier at Sunderland, County Durham and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued; thirteen of them by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Sunderland.[11]
Gudrun Norway The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off Spurn Point, Yorkshire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom to Dram.[11]
Hammonia  Germany The steamship ran aground in the Elbe at Schulau. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Hamburg.[11] She had been refloated by 8 November.[9]
Ifafa  United Kingdom The barque ran aground in the Elbe off Blankenese, Germany. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme, France.[11]
Margaret P. Gore  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and severely damaged on the north coast of Guernsey, Channel Islands. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from London to Jersey, Channel Islands.[7] She was refloated on 8 November 1888 with assistance from the tug Rescue ( United Kingdom) and taken in to Saint Sampson, Guernsey for repairs.[9]
Maria Stella France The brigantine was driven ashore in the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Porthcawl, Glamorgan to Fowey, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Old Grimsby, Isles of Scilly in a leaky condition.[11]
Mongola  India The ferry collided with the tug Clive ( India) and sank in the Hooghly River near Calcutta with the loss of about 60 lives.[13]
Paul  Germany The schooner was wrecked on Inchkeith, Fife, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bremerhaven to East Wemyss, Fife.[14]
Snow  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the steamship Abergrange ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Firth of Forth off Charlestown, Fife with the loss of two of her crew. Snowflake was on a voyage from Stettin, German to Seaham, County Durham.[15]
Stella United States The steamship capsized and sank in a squall in the Monongahela River near Coal Bluff, Indiana. One passenger was killed.[10]
St Joseph  United Kingdom The Penzance ketch was driven ashore and wrecked at Penarth Head, Glamorgan.[7][16]
Unnamed Flag unknown The steamship foundered in the English Channel off the coast of Cornwall with the loss of all hands. Witnessed by Galatea ( United Kingdom), which was unable to render assistance.[17]

7 November

List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1888
ShipStateDescription
Albatross Norway The barque collided with the steamship City of Lincoln ( United Kingdom) and ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. Albatross was on a voyage from Sundsvall, Sweden to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. Her crew got aboard the Tongue Lightship ( Trinity House), from where they were rescued by the Deal Lifeboat. Albatross was refloated but then ran aground on the Sunk Sand. She was refloated with assistance from the smacks Aid, Emily, Express and Pearl (all  United Kingdom) and towed in to Harwich, Essex in a derelict condition in mid-November.[18][19][20]
Deutschland  Germany The brig ran aground on the Blyth Sands, in the Thames Estuary. She was on a voyage from Danzig to the River Thames. She was refloated and towed in to Gravesend, Kent, United Kingdom.[21]
Eclipse Russian Empire Grand Duchy of Finland The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 35 nautical miles (65 km) west of the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom and was set afire. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Santiago ( United Kingdom). Eclipse was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire, United Kingdom to Helsinki.[21]
Kong Kaare Norway The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the smack Our Boys ( United Kingdom). Kong Kaare was on a voyage from Lagos to Hamburg, Germany.[11]
Mosser Flag unknown The steamship ran aground at Poti, Russia.[21] She was refloated in late November.[22]
Ralph Creyke  United Kingdom The steamship was run into by the steamship Cuxhaven ( United Kingdom) at Goole, Yorkshire and was severely damaged. Ralph Creyke was on a voyage from Goole to Antwerp, Belgium. She put back to Goole.[21]
Rutland  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Blyth Sands, off the coast of Northumberland.[21] She was refloated on 15 November with assistance from the tug Undaunted and taken in to South Shields.[23]
Suevia  Germany The steamship ran aground in the Elbe at Flinkenwerder.[21] She was refloated.[9]
Union  Germany The barque ran aground in the Humber. She was on a voyage from Nyhamn, Sweden to Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire. She was refloated and taken in to Hull in a leaky condition.[21]

8 November

List of shipwrecks: 8 November 1888
ShipStateDescription
Charles Bal  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore in Dublin Bay. She was on a voyage from St. John, New Brunswick, Canada to Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire. She was a total loss.[21][9]
Explorer  United Kingdom The barque was run into by the steamship Erith ( United Kingdom) and sank off the Nore Lighthip ( Trinity House). Her eighteen crew were rescued by Erith. Explorer was on a voyage from London to Valparaíso, Chile.[24]
Francia  Germany The steamship ran aground in the Elbe at Schulau.[9]
James Kitchen  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Lance Cove, Newfoundland Colony.[9]
Livingstone  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Penzance, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by the Penzance Lifeboat Dora ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Livingstone was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[24]
Nantes and
Theodor Rüger		  United Kingdom
 Germany		 The steamship Nantes collided with the full-rigged ship Theodor Rüger 36 nautical miles (67 km) east south east of The Lizard, Cornwall. Both vessels sank. Nantes was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. Two of her 28 crew got aboard Theodor Rüger before that vessel sank with the loss of two of her own crew. Eighteen survivors took to a boat and were subsequently rescued by the steamship Antrim ( United Kingdom). A crew member of Nantes was rescued by the steamship Rotterdam ( Netherlands).[21][19][17] Eight crew from Theodore Rüger and 25 from Nantes were lost. Nantes wreck located in 2024 in 75 meters (246 feet) of water in the English Channel, 30 miles south-east of Plymouth.[25][26]
Patriot Norway The brig ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. Her seven crew got aboard the Tongue Lightship ( Trinity House), from where they were rescued by the lugger Enterprise ( United Kingdom). Patriot was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Porto, Portugal.[9] She was refloated on 4 December and towed in to Harwich, Essex in a capsized condition by the tug Iona and three smacks (all  United Kingdom).[27][28]
Prudentia Norway The barque was driven ashore at Sizewell, Suffolk, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the Aldeburgh Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Fredrikstadt to Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.[9]
Shealteal United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey The brigantine was driven ashore at Saint Peter Port. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Saint Peter Port. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Saint Peter Port in a leaky condition.[9]
Vaitarna  United Kingdom The steamship was sighted off Mangrol whilst on a voyage from Mandvi, Cutch State to Bombay, then disappeared. She was presumed to have foundered in the Arabian Sea in a cyclone which crossed her path during the night of 8–9 November, with the loss of all 43 crew and well over 700 passengers.[28][29][30]

9 November

List of shipwrecks: 9 November 1888
ShipStateDescription
Bertha Netherlands The barque was destroyed by fire south of the Sunda Strait. Her crew were rescued by Johanna ( Netherlands). Bertha was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies.[31]
Carl Gustaff Russian Empire Grand Duchy of Finland The barque was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. Her ten crew were rescued by a lifeboat.[18] She was on a voyage from Pori to Tarragona, Spain.[9][19]
Margaret Johnson  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore near Cahore, County Wexford with the loss of one of her three crew. Survivors were rescued by the Coastguard.[32]
Nancy  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore and wrecked on the Mull of Kintyre, Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from Oban, Argyllshire to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[9]
Père de Famille France The barque was driven ashore west of Dover, Kent, United Kingdom.[19]
Tritton  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore at Mundesley, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[9]
Unnamed Flag unknown The barque caught fire off the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom and was abandoned by her crew.[33]

10 November

List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1888
ShipStateDescription
Akaba  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Dundee, Forfarshire. Twenty-eight of her crew were taken off by the Gorleston Lifeboat on 10 November. Akaba was refloated on 12 November with assistance from the fishing trawlers Preceptor and Try Again (both  United Kingdom), The lifeboats Mark Lane ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution) and Refuge ( United Kingdom), the steamships Ouse and Richard Moxon (both  United Kingdom), and the tugs Cambria, Gleaner. Meteor, United Services and Yare (all  United Kingdom). She was towed in to Hull, Yorkshire.[18][21][34][35]
Black Watch  United Kingdom The steamship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea 200 nautical miles (370 km) west of Malta. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Ben Voirlich ( United Kingdom). Black Watch was on a voyage from Nicolaieff, Russia to Hamburg, Germany[36][37]
Magellan  Russia The barque was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Ouse ( United Kingdom). Magellan was on a voyage from Kaskinen, Sweden to Gibraltar.[38]
Refuge  United Kingdom The lifeboat collided with the steamship Akaba ( United Kingdom), aground off Great Yarmouth and lost her rudder. She was taken in tow by a tug but capsized at Great Yarmouth with the loss of four of her seven crew.[18][33]
Sarah Ann  United Kingdom The steamship departed from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire for Naples, Italy. No further trace, reported overdue.[39]
Sofia Maria Sweden The barque was wrecked at the mouth of the River Eden. Her seven crew survived. She was on a voyage from Gävle to Calais, France.[33]

11 November

List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1888
ShipStateDescription
Iberia France
"The Collision Between the 'Umbria' and 'Iberia,'" from Harper's Weekly, 24 November 1888. Iberia is at left, Umbria in the center, and Iberia's severed stern is at right.
The steamship collided with the ocean liner RMS Umbria ( United Kingdom) south of Long Island, New York, United States. Iberia was on a voyage from the Persian Gulf to New York City, United States. Her 30 crew abandoned ship on 11 November, and a salvage crew of three on board when she sank escaped safely in a longboat before she sank.[40][38]

12 November

List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1888
ShipStateDescription
Carlton United States The fishing schooner departed from Gloucester, Massachusetts. No further trace, probably lost on 24 November on the Georges Bank with the loss of all twelve crew.[41][42]
Waiting  China The steamship was wrecked on the North-west Outlyers, off Tamsui, Formosa, with the loss of five lives.[43]

13 November

List of shipwrecks: 13 November 1888
ShipStateDescription
Comandeur Sweden The brig was abandoned in the North Sea 240 nautical miles (440 km) north east of Spurn Point, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the smack Star of Hope ( United Kingdom). Comandeur was on a voyage from Gävle to Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom.[14]
Granite  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the North Gare Sands, at the mouth of the River Tees and was wrecked with the loss of all eight crew.[31]
Hyppolite  United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea 13 nautical miles (24 km) east north east of the Farne Islands, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Uddevalla, Sweden.[44]
Isabella  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at "Scatraw", Kincardineshire. Her crew were rescued.[31]
Joseph O. United States The fishing schooner departed from Gloucester, Massachusetts. No further trace, probably lost on 24 November on the Georges Bank in a gale with the loss of all twelve crew.[45]
Petty Norway The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Zeminder ( United Kingdom). Petty was on a voyage from West Bay to Conway, Caernarfonshire, United Kingdom.[46]
Princess Royal  United Kingdom The ship departed from Liverpool, Lancashire for Douglas, Isle of Man. No further trace,[47] reported missing.[48]
St. Albans Denmark The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (46°56′0″N 20°16′2″W / 46.93333°N 20.26722°W / 46.93333; -20.26722). Her eighteen crew were rescued by the barque Garston ( United Kingdom). St. Albans was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to London, United Kingdom.[49]

14 November

List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1888
ShipStateDescription
Anna Denmark The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea 80 nautical miles (150 km) off Lindesnes, Norway. Her crew were rescued by the smack Thomas Henry ( United Kingdom). Anna was on a voyage from Falkenburg, Germany to Bo'ness, Lothian, United Kingdom.[14]

15 November

List of shipwrecks: 15 November 1888
ShipStateDescription
USFC Grampus United States United States Fish Commission The fisheries research vessel, a schooner, ran aground during a gale on Bass Rip (41°17′00″N 69°53′58″W / 41.2834554°N 69.8994561°W / 41.2834554; -69.8994561 (Bass Rip)) a shoal in the North Atlantic Ocean 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) east of Nantucket Island, Massachusetts and her crew abandoned ship. Unmanned, she floated free and was adrift for several days before she was recovered. She returned to service.[50][51]
John Ward  United Kingdom The ship departed from South Shields, County Durham for Sheerness, Kent. No further trace,[2] reported missing.[3]
Speedwell  United Kingdom The smack was run into by the steam barge Lembroke ( United Kingdom) and sank at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.[23]

16 November

List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1888
ShipStateDescription
Abraham Scull  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Kinghorn, Fife with the loss of three of her crew.[52]
Argus Flag unknown The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at West Wemyss, Fife. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Færvik, Norway to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[20]
Herman  Germany The schooner was driven ashore in the Bay of Weyland, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Alloa, Clackmannanshire, United Kingdom to Aalborg, Denmark.[29]
Hypatia Norway The barquew as driven ashore 15 nautical miles (28 km) from Holyhead, Anglesey, United Kingdom. Her fifteen crew were rescued by the HM Coastguard using rocket apparatus and breeches buoy.[49]
Industry  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Carrickfergus, County Antrim.[20]
Moggie  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Höganäs, Sweden.[20] She was refloated in early December and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark for repairs.[53][54]
Natal  United Kingdom The barque departed from Calcutta, India for the Natal Colony. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all on board, about 60 lives.[55]
Peace  United Kingdom The Thames barge was run into by the steamship Vane Tempest ( United Kingdom) at Wapping, Middlesex and was severely damaged.[20]
Pei-Ho  Germany The barque, which was being towed from Liverpool, Lancashire to Cardiff, Glamorgan by the tug Weathercock ( United Kingdom) was cast adrift off Holyhead. The captain's wife was taken off by the Holyhead Lifeboat, but her crew remained aboard. She was subsequently towed in to Holyhead Bay.[52]
Serica  United Kingdom The smack foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all five hands.[52]
Velox Norway The barque was abandoned in Osmondwall Bay, Orkney Islands. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Express ( United Kingdom).[20]
Unnamed Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Church Bay, Anglesey. Her crew survived.[52]
Unnamed Flag unknown The schooner was observed in distress in Carnarvon Bay, presumed subsequently wrecked or foundered.[52]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The dredger was driven ashore at Greenore, County Louth. Her twenty crew survived.[52]

17 November

List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1888
ShipStateDescription
Ettine  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the smack Thistle ( United Kingdom). Ettine was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Danzig, Germany.[56]
Evening Star  United Kingdom The Mersey Flat was in collision with the steam hopper barge No. 1 ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Mersey. Evening Star was on a voyage from Birkenhead, Cheshire to Liverpool, Lancashire.[57]

18 November

List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1888
ShipStateDescription
Fortuna Norway The barque was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Avance ( Germany). Fortuna was on a voyage from Pori, Grand Duchy of Finland to London, United Kingdom. She came ashore and was wrecked at Lemvig, Denmark.[14]
Heidi Norway The barque was driven ashore on Little Cumbrae, Argyllshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Campbellton, New Brunswick, Canada to Glasgow, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and towed in to Glasgow in a waterlogged condition.[46]
Maud M. Fish United States The steamship capsized and sank in the Mississippi River at Gould's Store 22 miles (35 km) downstream of New Orleans. One crewman was killed.[10]

19 November

List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1888
ShipStateDescription
Rival Norway The brig was towed in to Lerwick, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom in a waterlogged condition. She was on a voyage from Arkhangelsk, Russia to Dublin, United Kingdom.[46]
Two unnamed vessels Flags unknown The ships were crushed by ice and sank in the Sea of Azov.[58]

20 November

List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1888
ShipStateDescription
Cross House  United Kingdom The derelict schooner was towed in to Hull, Yorkshire by the steam trawler Pioneer ( United Kingdom).[44]
Isabella Leith  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and sank in the North Sea off the Farne Islands, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by the barque Eliezer ( Norway). Isabella Leith was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Lowestoft, Suffolk.[22]
Newburgh  United Kingdom The steamship foundered in the North Sea with the loss of sixteen of her seventeen crew. The survivor was rescued by the barque Orient (Flag unknown). Newburgh was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Aarhus, Denmark.[59]
Palatine  United Kingdom The fishing lugger capsized in a squall off Eastbourne, Sussex with the loss of both crew.[60]
Progress  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides.[22]

21 November

List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1888
ShipStateDescription
Ango France The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Scheveningen, South Holland, Netherlands with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[61]
Atalanta  Russia The steamship ran aground in a storm at Ouddorp, South Holland with the loss of six lives.[62]
Warblington  United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) off the Galloper Sand. Her crew were rescued by the smack Glance ( United Kingdom). Warblington was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Newhaven, Sussex.[14]

22 November

List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1888
ShipStateDescription
Prudhoe Castle and
Vauxhall		  United Kingdom The steamships collided in the River Tyne. Prudhoe Castle was on a voyage from London to the River Tyne. She was severely damaged and towed upstream by two tugs. Vauxhall sank near South Shields, County Durham.[14]
Samana  United Kingdom The steamship departed from New York, United States for Aux Cayes, Haiti. No further trace,[3] reported missing.[47]

24 November

List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1888
ShipStateDescription
Anglesey  United Kingdom The steamship caught fire at sea. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Holyhead, Anglesey. The fire was extinguished.[59]
Duncow  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on a sandbank off Dunkirk, Nord, France. Her 23 crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Iquique, Chile to Dunkirk.[59] She floated off and drifted eastwards. She was boarded by fishermen and taken in to Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands.[63]
Inch Murren  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean (14°41′S 35°13′W / 14.683°S 35.217°W / -14.683; -35.217). Her crew took to the lifeboats. The were rescued on 26 November by an American barque She was on a voyage from Iquique, Peru to a British port.[64]
Invicta  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Hartlepool, County Durham. Her crew were rescued by the barque Adamant ( Germany).[65][66]
Quarta  Germany The steamship was sighted off Portland, Dorset, United Kingdom whilst on a voyage from Henichesk, Russia for Trondheim, Norway. No further trace, reported missing.[12]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The fishing boat foundered in the Moray Firth with the loss of all four crew.[59]

25 November

List of shipwrecks: 25 November 1888
ShipStateDescription
Allentown United States The collier broke up and sank in a gale off Cape Ann, Massachusetts with the loss of all eighteen crew.[10][67][68]
Bertha F. Walker United States The schooner sank in a gale off Nantasket Beach, Massachusetts. Crew rescued by U.S. Life Saving Service.[69][70]
Cremona, and
Toussaint l'Ouverture		  Germany
Haiti Haitian Navy		 The steamship Cremona was rammed by the gunboat Toussaint l'Ouverture in an attempt to prevent her entering Port-au-Prince. Cremona was on a voyage from Hamburg to Port-au-Prince. She arrived in a sinking condition. Toussaint l'Ouverture was presumed to have foundered.[71]
Edward Norton United States The fishing schooner was wrecked at Chatham, Massachusetts with the loss of three of her sixteen crew.[72][73]
Estrella de Chile  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Robin Rigg Sands, in the Solway Firth, and was wrecked with the loss of one of her fifteen crew. Survivors were rescued by the Maryport Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to the River Plate.[63]
Gertrude Abbott United States The schooner ran on rocks in a gale off Nantasket Beach, Massachusetts. Crew rescued by U.S. Life Saving Service.[74]
H. C. Higginson United States The schooner was stranded and sank off Nantasket Beach, Massachusetts in a gale after her anchor chains parted with the loss of her Captain and 2 crewmen. Surviving crew rescued by U.S. Life Saving Service. Later raised and taken into port.[75]
Mary Davies  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned off Osmington, Dorset. Her crew were rescued by the Weymouth Lifeboat and a tug. She was subsequently towed in to Weymouth, Dorset by the tug Queen ( United Kingdom).[63]
Rival Norway The schooner was driven ashore on Bressay, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom.[63]
Snaefell  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore on Bressay.[63]

26 November

List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1888
ShipStateDescription
Domingo  United Kingdom The steamship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Napier ( United Kingdom). Domingo was on a voyage from Santiago, Chile to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.[36][76]
Ethel M. Davis Flag unknown The schooner capsized in the Atlantic Ocean (35°04′N 70°52′W / 35.067°N 70.867°W / 35.067; -70.867). Her four crew were rescued on 30 November.[77]
Helena  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Europa Point, Gibraltar.[63] Her crew were rescued. Helena was on a voyage from Marianople, Russia to Portishead, Somerset. She subsequently broke her back and was condemned as a total loss.[65][78]
Luneburg  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground off Poel, Germany. She was on a voyage from West Hartlepool, County Durham to Wismar, Germany.[65]
Oliver Dyer United States The schooner was wrecked on rocks at the entrance to the harbor of Portsmouth, New Hampshire during a gale/snowstorm, with the loss of one crewman.[79]

27 November

List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1888
ShipStateDescription
Douglas  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off Heligoland with the loss of two of the 27 people on board. Survivors were rescued by the steam trawler Petrel ( United Kingdom). Douglas was on a voyage from the Gulf of California to Hamburg, Germany.[65]
George Peabody  United Kingdom The yawl was run into by the smack Uncle Tom ( United Kingdom) and sank 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) off Scarborough, Yorkshire.[56]
Hermann  Germany The full-rigged ship was lost off Malden Island. Her crew were rescued by HMS Hyacinth ( Royal Navy).[80]
Regina  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on Hammond's Knowl, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, and sank. Her 25 crew took to two boats; thirteen in one boat were rescued by a lugger John Macey ( United Kingdom), the others were reported missing.[56][81]
Sheila United States The barque was abandoned at sea. Her eighteen crew were rescued by RMS Para ( United Kingdom). Sheila was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Norfolk, Virginia.[82][83]
T. A. Lambert United States The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Gleadowe ( United Kingdom).[84]
Two Sisters  United Kingdom The fishing smack was run down and sunk in the River Thames at Woolwich, Kent by a steamship with the loss of two of her five crew. Survivors were rescued by the steamship.[56]
Undine  United Kingdom The fishing smack ran aground and sank at Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.[65]
Virgo Sweden The barque foundered off Malden Island with the loss of five of her crew. Survivors were rescued by HMS Hyacinth ( Royal Navy).[80]
Unnamed Flag unknown The full-rigged ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 100 nautical miles (190 km) east of Cape Delaware, United States with the loss of all hands. Witnessed by the steamship Panama ( France), which was unable to render assistance.[43]

28 November

List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1888
ShipStateDescription
Istrian  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Boston, Massachusetts, United States. She was refloated the next day.[85]
Shadwan  United Kingdom The steamship foundered in the North Sea off Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by the tug Sir George Elliot ( United Kingdom).[56][86] She was on a voyage from Fiume, Austria-Hungary to Leith, Lothian.[85]
Staithes Lifeboat Royal National Lifeboat Institution The lifeboat capsized with the loss of one of her thirteen crew. She was subsequently towed in to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire by a steamship.[86]
William and Sarah  United Kingdom The barquentine foundered off the Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire to Ayr.[81]

30 November

Unknown date

References

Related Articles

Wikiwand AI