List of shipwrecks in October 1886

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The list of shipwrecks in October 1886 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during October 1886.

List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1886
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Garibaldi United States The schooner was destroyed by fire off Murder Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her crew were rescued.[1]

3 October

List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1886
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Mary Lester  United Kingdom The ship departed from Glasgow, Renfrewshire for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. No further trace, reported missing.[2]

4 October

List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1886
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Greenock  United Kingdom The lighter was run into by the steamship Escurial (Flag unknown) and sank in the Clyde at Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[3]

5 October

List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1886
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La Mascotte United States The steamship was destroyed by fire in the Mississippi River at Crawford's Landing, 125 nautical miles (232 km) downstream of St. Louis, Missouri. Ten passengers and 22 crew died.[4]
Mandarin  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Holy Isle, in the Firth of Clyde. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. She was refloated with assistance and found to be leaky.[5]
Theodore  Russia The brig was driven ashore at Whitburn, County Durham, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the Sunderland Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Riga to Sunderland, County Durham.[6][5]

6 October

List of shipwrecks: 6 October 1886
ShipStateDescription
Guilherme Flag unknown The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Porto, Portugal to St. Simons, Georgia, United States.[7]
Juliet  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was wrecked on the Gingerbread Shoal. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.[8]
Julius  Germany The barque was abandoned in the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued by the smack Boy Roland ( United Kingdom). Julius was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Stettin.[9]
Robert Brown  United Kingdom The ship was run into by the steamship Tolka ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Belfast Lough off Carrickfergus, County Antrim. Her crew were rescued by Tolka.[10]
Sinclair  United Kingdom The cutter yacht was driven ashore at Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.[5]

7 October

List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1886
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Pegli  Italy The ship departed from Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom for Table Bay. No further trace, reported missing.[11]

8 October

List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1886
ShipStateDescription
Agnes  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked in Caswell Bay. Her crew survived.[12] She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France to Swansea, Glamorgan.[13] An attempt at salvage failed when she was driven further ashore the next day. She was abandoned as a total loss.[14] She broke up on 15 October.[15]
Felix Depeaux France The steamship collided with the steamship Holmside ( United Kingdom) and foundered in the North Sea off Whitby, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by Holmside.[9]
Tramurora Spain The barque was disabled in a hurricane and foundered off the Dry Tortugas with the loss of seven of her eleven crew. Survivors took to a raft; they were rescued by a schooner on 13 October. She was on a voyage from Barcelona to Havana, Cuba.[16]
Warwick  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship ran ashore on the coast of Heligoland with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Taltal, Chile to Hamburg, Germany.[17]

9 October

List of shipwrecks: 9 October 1886
ShipStateDescription
Ant  United Kingdom The ship departed from a port on the west coast of Ireland for a British port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[15]
Cambria  United Kingdom The abandoned schooner was taken in to Munlara, County Donegal. She had been on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Sligo.[9]
Garam  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Seaham, County Durham. She was refloated and towed in to West Hartlepool, County Durham.[9]
Francis  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked near Tiraun Point, County Mayo. Her crew were rescued.[7]
Treasaurora Spain The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Dry Tortugas with the loss of seven of her thirteen crew. Survivors were rescued from a raft on 14 October by the schooner Anna Hutcheson ( United States).[18]
LH 1088  United Kingdom The steam fishing boat was driven ashore and wrecked 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) south of Newburgh, Fife.[7]

10 October

List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1886
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San Juan Spain The steamship put in to Key West, Florida, United States on fire. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[9][19]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The yacht foundered off Crookhaven, County Cork with the loss of all hands.[14]

11 October

List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1886
ShipStateDescription
Henrys  United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her eight crew were rescued by Max Morris ( United States). Henrys was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Southampton, Hampshire.[20]
Onward  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned off the Gull Rock, Cornwall. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from an Irish port to Padstow, Cornwall.[7]

12 October

List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1886
ShipStateDescription
Hammonia  Germany The barque sprang a leak and sank at Yantai, China.[21]
Lord Jeffrey  United Kingdom The steamship departed from the River Tyne for Port Said, Egypt. No further trace, reported overdue.[22]
North Devon  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Workington, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Cartagena, Spain to Workington.[19]
Wenonah  United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her eight crew were rescued by an Italian barque. She was on a voyage from Tuacacas, Venezuela to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[23][24]

13 October

List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1886
ShipStateDescription
Auckland Castle  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Yenikale Strait. She was refloated the next day.[21]
Scotia  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in the Hoorn Islands.[25]
Selah Chamberlain United States
Selah Chamberlain, 13 June 2022.
During a voyage from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Escanaba, Michigan, with the schooner barge Fayette Brown ( United States) in tow, the three-masted steam barge collided with the steamship John Pridgeon Jr. ( United States) in Lake Michigan about 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) off the coast of Wisconsin. Selah Chamberlain cut her towline to Fayette Brown and headed toward shore, but sank 15 minutes after the collision off Sheboygan, Wisconsin, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) northeast of Sheboygan Point in 90 feet (27 m) of water with the loss of five of her crew. Her wrecks in the Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary at 43°46.196′N 087°39.401′W / 43.769933°N 87.656683°W / 43.769933; -87.656683 (Selah Chamberlain).[4][26][27][28]

14 October

List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1886
ShipStateDescription
Belle Mitchell United States The schooner sank in a gale in Lake Erie between Conneaut, Ohio and the base of Long Point Peninsula. Lost with all nine hands.[29][30]
Ben-y-Gloe  United Kingdom The ship capsized off Nash Point, Glamorgan and drove ashore with the loss of one of her 30-plus crew. Survivor were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Singapore, Straits Settlements to Penarth, Glamorgan.[12][31][15][32]
Castleton  United Kingdom The steamship departed from Penarth, Glamorgan for Saint Lucia. No further trace,[33] reported missing.[34]
George M. Case United States The schooner sank in a gale 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada with the loss of three of her crew. Survivors were rescued by the tug W. A. Moore (Flag unknown).[29][35] George M. Case was on a voyage from Chicago, Illinois to Buffalo, New York.[36]
Indus  United Kingdom The steamship foundered off Trevose Head, Cornwall. Her 29 crew were rescued by the Port Issac Lifeboat Richard and Sarah ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution) and a gig.[37][38][32] Indus was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Tenerife, Canary Islands.[39]
Malleny  United Kingdom The ship struck the Tusker Rock and foundered in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all twenty crew. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The wreck came ashore at Westward Ho!, Devon.[12]
O. M. Bond United States The schooner was driven ashore on Rond Eau Point, Ontario, Canada in Lake Erie in a severe gale and was wrecked, a total loss, with the loss of two of her crew.[40][41]
W.R. Hanna United States The scow schooner was driven ashore and destroyed by a gale in Lake Erie, Ontario, Canada. No loss of life was reported.[42]

15 October

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1886
ShipStateDescription
Gina  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Penarth, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Dunkirk, Nord to Penarth.[15]
Henry  United Kingdom The pilot boat foundered off Lundy Island, Devon in heavy gales. Her four crew were rescued.[43][44]
Ida  United Kingdom The schooner broke from her moorings at Arklow, County Wicklow. She collided with several fishing boats, sinking some of them, and was wrecked.[15]
J. W. A.  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned off Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued by the Fishguard Lifeboat Sir Edward Perrot ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[15]
Lady But  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Sheephaven Bay. She was on a voyage from Aberdovey, Merionethshire to Sligo.[45]
Matilda  United Kingdom The barge was driven ashore near Bognor, Sussex. The whereabouts of her crew was unknown.[46]
Ocean Beauty  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Aberavon, Glamorgan with the loss of two of her fifteen crew. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, to Valparaíso, Chile.[12] She subsequently became a wreck.[15]
Rochfort  United Kingdom The smack was driven out to sea from Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire and sank in Carnarvon Bay. Her crew were rescued.[15]
Roseola  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in St. Brides Bay. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[15]
Teviotdale  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on Cefn Sidan sands, near Pembrey, Carmarthenshire with the loss of seventeen of her crew of 29 or 30. Ten survivors were rescued by the Ferryside Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Bombay, India. Some of the ship's cargo of coal was pillaged.[47][48][15]
Valeria  United Kingdom The steamship was abandoned off the north Devon coast. Her nine crew were rescued by the Clovelly Lifeboat Graham Hughes ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Valeria was on a voyage from Cardiff to Portland, Dorset.[15]
Unnamed Flag unknown The barque foundered off the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom.[15]
Unnamed Norway The barque was driven ashore in Port Queen Bay, Cornwall with the loss of eleven lives.[15]

16 October

List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1886
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Albert Wilhelm  Germany The brig hit the Stones reef, near the Godrevy Lighthouse, Cornwall, United Kingdom and was driven on to the sands at Lelant, Cornwall. Five of her nine crew were saved by the Hayle Lifeboat Isis ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution) and four by breeches buoy or rocket apparatus.[49][50][15]
Alliance Norway The barque was wrecked on the Doom Bar with the loss of four of her eleven crew. Survivors were rescued by the Padstow Lifeboat.[15]
Ariel Norway The barque collided with the brigantine Progress ( Norway) and sank in the English Channel. Her eight crew were rescued by Progress. Ariel was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Le Tréport, Seine-Inférieure, France.[15]
Bellaport  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Ballinskelligs, County Kerry with the loss of all hands.[15] She was subsequently refloated and towed in to Kenmare, County Kerry by the steamship Fastnet ( United Kingdom).[32]
Ellida  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dover, Kent.[15]
Frederick Start Norway The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Pentire Head, Cornwall with the loss of eleven of her twelve crew.[15]
Frederick William  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore in Swansea Bay. Her crew were rescued by a steamship.[15]
Inversnaid  United Kingdom The barque was last seen in a disabled condition in the Bristol Channel off Lundy Island, Devon whilst on a voyage from Penarth, Glamorgan to Singapore, Straits Settlements. Presumed foundered with the loss of all seventeen crew, wreckage from the ship was sighted by the tug Flying Fox ( United Kingdom).[51][52][11]
Leon Raimundo  United Kingdom The collier was driven ashore near Margate, Kent. She was refloated and towed in to Dover.[15]
Nancy McSweeney  United Kingdom The brig capsized off Newport, Monmouthshire.[15]
Nash  United Kingdom The ship was lost in Swansea Bay.[15]
Unnamed Flag unknown The barque foundered off Trebarwith, Cornwall with the loss of all hands, between twelve and twenty lives.[15]
Three unnamed vessels Flags unknown The ships were lost in Swansea Bay.[15]

17 October

List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1886
ShipStateDescription
Independent  United Kingdom The steamship foundered in the Swash, off the coast of Somerset. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Bridgwater, Somerset.[32]
Mary Seymour  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked at Spithead, Hampshire.[53]
Rutland  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Bristol Channel off Lundy Island, Devon. Her thirteen crew were rescued by the steamship Carn Brea ( United Kingdom). Rutland was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Greenock, Renfrewshire. She was subsequently towed in to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.[32]
Sarah Anderson  United Kingdom The barque sank at Trebarwith Strand, Cornwall with the loss of all on board.[54] She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Fleetwood, Lancashire.

18 October

List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1886
ShipStateDescription
Atros  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at the Pointe de la Coubre, Gironde, France. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Bordeaux, Gironde.[32]
Unnamed Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore at the Pointe de la Coubre.[21]
Unnamed Norway The barque was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Lydian Monarch ( United Kingdom).[45]

19 October

List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1886
ShipStateDescription
Wexford  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Lundy Island, Devon.[45]

20 October

List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1886
ShipStateDescription
Benalder  United Kingdom The steamship caught fire at London. The fire was extinguished.[45]
Brilliant  United Kingdom The barque collided with another barque off Dungeness, Kent. A crew member was rescued in a dying condition by the pilot cutter No. 1 ( United Kingdom. Brilliant was taken in tow for Dover by the tug Ben Nevis ( United Kingdom) but consequently sank 1+12 nautical miles (2.8 km) south west of Folkestone, Kent.[45]
Louis  United Kingdom The dumb barge was run into by Juana Nancy ( United Kingdom) and sankat Charlton, Kent.[45]
Maude, and
Teutonia (SS Teutonia (1881), British or SS Teutonia (1878), German? -->
 United Kingdom
Flag unknown
The steamship Teutonia collided with the Thames barge Maude in the River Thames at Northfleet, Kent. Both vessels were beached on the Essex shore.[45]
Neptunus Norway The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the smack John Wintringham ( United Kingdom). Neptunus was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire, United Kingdom to Christiania.[36]

21 October

List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1886
ShipStateDescription
Express  United Kingdom The steam trawler was wrecked on the Longscar Rocks, on the coast of County Durham. Her seven crew were rescued by the Seaton Carew Lifeboat.[55][52]
Ilex Norway The barque ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was refloated with assistance and taken in tow for the River Thames by the tug Zealandia ( United Kingdom).[55]

22 October

List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1886
ShipStateDescription
Cambrian Princess  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the River Thames at Thamesmead, Kent.[55]
Clare  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore in the River Thames at Barking, Essex.[55]
Falls of Dee  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the River Thames at Thamesmead.[55]
Little Briton  United Kingdom The tug was driven ashore in the River Thames at Barking.[55]
Stormcock  United Kingdom The tug was driven ashore in the River Thames at Thamesmead. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool, Lancashire.[55]

24 October

List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1886
ShipStateDescription
Irene  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the steamship Dawdon ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames with the loss of her captain. Irene was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Gravesend, Kent.[56]
Kate United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey The brig ran aground off Southend, Essex. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and found to be leaky.[36]
Medelin Ottoman Empire The steamship ran aground at Cape Drepano, Greece and was abandoned by all on board, more than 800 people.[57]
Normanton  United Kingdom The cargo ship was wrecked in heavy wind and rain off the coast of what is now Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. The European officers and crew abandoned ship and reached safety, leaving the twelve Chinese and Indian crewman and all 25 Japanese passengers behind to fend for themselves. All the Japanese passengers died.
Samuel J. Tilden United States The schooner was rammed and sunk at anchor in the St. Clair River 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) downstream of Port Huron, Michigan by Arabia ( United States). The wreck was raised on 28 October. Samuel J. Tilden was repaired, and returned to service in late 1887.[29][58]
Tonquin  French Navy The transport ship was driven ashore on Port-Cros, Hyères. She was refloated the next day.[59]
William Rudolph United States The steam barge caught fire off Grosse Point, Michigan. She was scuttled by the steam barge Cleveland ( United States) to prevent destruction.[29]

25 October

List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1886
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Queen  United Kingdom The steamship was severely damaged by fire at Liverpool, Lancashire.[56]

27 October

List of shipwrecks: 27 October 1886
ShipStateDescription
Sumatra Netherlands The steamship was driven ashore at Chesil Beach, Dorset, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Java, Netherlands East Indies to Amsterdam, North Holland. She was refloated the next day with assistance from the tugs Commodore and Queen (both  United Kingdom and was assisted in to Portland, Dorset.[20]

28 October

List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1886
ShipStateDescription
Minerva  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Borderer ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent with the loss of seven of the 26 people on board. Survivors were rescued by Borderer, the tug Red Rose ( United Kingdom) and a Coastguard boat. Minerva was on a voyage from the River Thames to Sunderland, County Durham.[60][61] She was refloated in mid-November and beached near the Shornemead Fort.[23][62]

29 October

List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1886
ShipStateDescription
Ongo  United Kingdom The brig ran aground at South Shields, County Durham and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Baltic Port, Russia. She was refloated and put back to South Shields with the assistance of two tugs.[20]

30 October

List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1886
ShipStateDescription
Saphir Norway The brig collided with the steamship Sumatra ( Netherlands) and was abandoned in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by Sumatra. Saphir was on a voyage from Kragerø to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was discovered the next day by the fishing smack Conster ( United Kingdom and was then taken in tow by the tug Cambria and was beached at Seaford, Sussex. She was declared a total loss.[63]

31 October

Unknown date

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