List of shipwrecks in October 1889

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The list of shipwrecks in October 1889 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during October 1889.

List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1889
ShipStateDescription
Coquette  United Kingdom The cutter yacht sank in Gourock Bay.[1]
Orwell  United Kingdom The steamship collided with another vessel and sank in the River Thames near Gravesend, Kent. She was refloated on 6 October and beached at Northfleet, Kent.[2]
Unnamed Flag unknown The steamship sank off Llanlliana Head, Anglesey, United Kingdom.[1]

2 October

List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1889
ShipStateDescription
Carlisle  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Tromsø, Norway. She was on a voyage from Tromsø to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[3]
Geographique, and
Minnie Swift		 France
Canada Canada		 The steamship Geographique collided with Minnie Swift 40 nautical miles (74 km) off Saint Pierre Island. Minnie Swift sank with the loss of fifteen lives. Twenty-one people were rescued by the barque Petit Codiac (Canada Canada). Geographique later sank with the loss of more than five lives. About 35 survivors took to three boats; sixteen people in one of the boats were rescued by the schooner Sister Belle (Canada Canada.[4][5][6]
Zulette  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Minnie Swift (Canada Canada). Zulette was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Sunderland, County Durham.[6]
Unnamed Canada Canada The schooner capsized at Port Burwell, Ontario with the loss of eight of her eleven crew.[5]

3 October

List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1889
ShipStateDescription
Corona United States The steamboat was destroyed by a boiler explosion in the Mississippi River near Port Hudson, Louisiana with the loss of 35 lives. Forty-five people were rescued by the steamboat City of St. Louis ( United States).[7][8]
Denmark  United Kingdom The dumb barge was run into by the tug Moselle ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Southwark, London.[2]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The barge exploded, caught fire and sank in the River Tyne at Jarrow, Northumberland with the loss of one of the three people on board.[9]

4 October

List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1889
ShipStateDescription
John Crouch  United Kingdom The ship collided with a steamship and sank off Skelmorlie, Ayrshire. Her crew were rescued.[10]
Queen United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The ship departed from Lique, Côtes-du-Nord, France for Swansea, Glamorgan. No further trace, reported missing.[11]
R. H. G.  United Kingdom The ship departed from Llanelly, Glamorgan for Aberdeen. No further trace, reported missing.[12]
State of Georgia United States The steamship collided with another vessel off the Isle of Arran, Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to New York. She put back to Glasgow.[13]
27 unnamed vessels Flags unknown The ships were wrecked on Carmen Island, Mexico in a hurricane with much loss of life.[14]

5 October

List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1889
ShipStateDescription
Eagle  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Licata, Sicily, Italy.[2]
Earl Percy  United Kingdom The paddle tug struck a submerged object and sank in the North Sea off the mouth of the River Tyne. Her crew survived.[2][15]

6 October

List of shipwrecks: 6 October 1889
ShipStateDescription
HMS Enterprise  Royal Navy The Camelion-class sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Aberffraw, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was being towed from Plymouth, Devon to Liverpool, Lancashire by the tug Liverpool ( United Kingdom).[16][17][18]
Ferndale  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Linares (Flag unknown) in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent and was damaged.[15]
Golconda  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Ismaila, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from London to Colombo, Ceylon.[19]
Harold  United Kingdom The steamship was holed by her anchor and put in to Hartlepool, County Durham in a sinking condition. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to West Hartlepool, County Durham.[19][15]
Heros Norway The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on Hare Island, County Galway, United Kingdom.[19][20] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kingstown, County Dublin to Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom.[21]
Unnamed  Norway The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Rhoscolyn, Anglesey. Her eleven crew were rescued by the Holyhead and Rhoscolyn Lifeboats.[16][22]

7 October

List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1889
ShipStateDescription
Alert  United Kingdom The ketch was driven ashore and wrecked at Pwllwaylod, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Gloucester.[19][20]
Alice T.  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Port Erin, Isle of Man.[23]
Blanet  United Kingdom The fishing boat was driven ashore at Hoylake, Cheshire.[18]
Ella and Ann, or
Perseverance		  United Kingdom One of the two fishing trawlers was abandoned off Llandudno, Caernarfonshire. Her crew was rescued by the Llandudno Lifeboat Sunlight No. 1. ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[21]
Express  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Aberffraw, Anglesey.[19][20] Her crew were rescued by the tug Liverpool ( United Kingdom).[6]
Greyhound  United Kingdom The fishing boat was driven ashore at Hoylake.[18]
Hayle  United Kingdom The fishing boat was driven ashore at Hoylake.[18]
Irene  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ballybunion, County Kerry. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Clarecastle, County Clare.[19]
Isabella  United Kingdom The fishing boat was driven ashore at Hoylake.[18]
Jessie M'Clew  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Tarbert, Argyllshire.[19] She was refloated on 22 November and taken in to Limerick.[24]
Killie Lass  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and severely damaged at Portmadoc, Caernarfonshire.[17]
Lizzie Jane  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and severely damaged at Portmadoc.[17]
Lottie  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the paddle trawler Alpha ( United Kingdom) 15 nautical miles (28 km) off the Spurn Lightship ( Trinity House) and was severely damaged. Lottie was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was taken in to Scarborough, Yorkshire.[19][23]
Lymington  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Middle Holm Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her six crew were rescued by the Lowestoft Lifeboat Two Sisters ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Lyington was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Eu, Seine-Inférieure, France.[19][20][22][21]
Lymphea Norway The brig sank at Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[6]
Margaret  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore in the Menai Strait. She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to Belfast, County Antrim.[6]
Mauritania  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the barque Emilie Dingle ( Italy) with the loss of a crew member. Mauritania was on a voyage from Cardiff to Barcelona, Spain. She put back to Cardiff.[18]
Mayflower  United Kingdom The fishing boat was driven ashore at Hoylake.[18]
Mount Pleasant  Norway The full-rigged ship was driven onto the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Liverpool. All 23 crew were rescued by the Peel Lifeboat John Monk ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution) and by the Liverpool Lifeboat.[19][25][18][26] She was refloated on 11 October and taken in to Liverpool.[27]
Notre Dame d'Espérance France The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the brig Albert Reimann ( Germany). Notre Dame d'Espérance was on a voyage from Sundsvall, Norway to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine.[19][20]
Picton  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and severely damaged at Portmadoc.[17]
Pleione  United Kingdom The schooner yacht was driven ashore and wrecked at Bangor, County Down.[19][20] Her crew were rescued by the Coast Guard and local fishermen.[21]
Princess Louise  United Kingdom The barque was driven onto the Plockington Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Liverpool.[20]
Queen  United Kingdom The fishing boat was driven ashore at Hoylake.[18]
Red Rover  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and severely damaged at Portmadoc.[17]
Rocket  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Warrenpoint, County Down.[18]
Sarah Beck  United Kingdom The fishing boat was driven ashore at Hoylake.[18]
Star of the West United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey The schooner was driven ashore at Whitburn, County Durham. She was refloated.[21]
St. George Norway The barque was wrecked near Peel, Isle of Man. All 23 people on board were rescued by the Peel Lifeboat John Mann ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). St. George was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom to Montevideo, Uruguay.[19][6][23]
Sylvia  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and severely damaged at Portmadoc.[17]
Zuleika  United Kingdom The barque was lost in Dingle Bay with the loss of all hands.[19]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The fishing trawler was abandoned off Llandudno, Caernarfonshire. Her crew were rescued by the Llandudno Lifeboat.[20]
Three unnamed vessels  United Kingdom The boats, and yachts were sunk or driven ashore at Hoylake.[21]
Three unnamed vessels  United Kingdom The lighters were driven ashore at Warrenpoint.[18]
Two unnamed vessels  United Kingdom The lighters were driven ashore between Omeath and Carlingford, County Louth.[18]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The lighter was reported missing off the coast of County Louth.[18]

8 October

List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1889
ShipStateDescription
Belt  United Kingdom The schooner was driven into the breakwater at Holyhead, Anglesey and capsized. Her crew survived.[6]
Hartlow Canada Canada The full-rigged ship was abandoned off Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the Aberystwyth Lifeboat.[18][28]
Hispania Netherlands The steamship ran aground on The Shingles, off the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom.[28]
HMS Icarus  Royal Navy The Mariner-class gunvessel ran aground in Plumper Sound. She was on a voyage from New Westminster to Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada.[29] She had been refloated by 10 October and taken in to Esquimalt.[30]
Leonora  Germany The brig sprang a leak and was abandoned with the loss of three of her seven crew. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Leer.[31]
Primus  United Kingdom The schooner foundered off the mouth of the River Dee with the loss of all handa.[32]
Reliance  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off St. Dogmaels, Cardiganshire with the loss of one of her four crew. The three remaining crew were rescued by the Newport Lifeboat Clevedon ().[6][33][34]

9 October

List of shipwrecks: 9 October 1889
ShipStateDescription
Ellesmere  United Kingdom The schooner sank at Conway, Caernarfonshire.[31]

11 October

List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1889
ShipStateDescription
Cairngorm  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Tybee Knoll, off the coast of Georgia, United States.[35]
Venice  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Tybee Knoll.[35]
Volga France The steamship ran aground at the entrance to Lake Timsah. She was refloated.[35]

12 October

List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1889
ShipStateDescription
America Spain The barque was driven ashore at Cape Santa Pola.[35]
Coptic  United Kingdom The mail steamer struck a rock on Mai Island [pt] off Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, after sailing from there for Plymouth, Devon. She floated off, but forward compartments were flooded and she returned to port for repairs, resuming her voyage from Rio de Janeiro on 30 October.[36][37][38][39]
Grimsel  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Inchkeith, Fife.[35] Her passengers were taken off.[32]
State of Nebraska  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Norwegian ( United Kingdom) and was driven ashore in the Clyde. She was refloated and taken in to Greenock, Renfrewshire for repairs.[32]

13 October

List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1889
ShipStateDescription
Crest  United Kingdom The steamship put in to Castro Urdiales, Spain and sank. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Antwerp, Belgium.[35] She was refloated on 24 November but sank again.[24]
Telegraf Norway The brig struck a sunken wreck and sprang a leak. She was towed in to Dover, Kent, United Kingdom.[35]

15 October

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1889
ShipStateDescription
Craiglie  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the River Tees. She was on a voyage from the River Tees to Algoa Bay.[40] She was refloated on 20 October.[41]
Malta  United Kingdom The ocean liner was wrecked north of Wheal Castle, St Just in Penwith, Cornwall with the loss of one of the 62 people on board. Survivord were rescued by the Pendeen Lifeboat. Malta was on a cruise from Liverpool, Lancashire to the Mediterranean Sea.[42][43]
Thesis  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground and sank at Inninmore Point, Argyllshire. Her eleven crew survived. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.[43]

16 October

List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1889
ShipStateDescription
Acaster  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Swansea, Glamorgan.[44]
Thesis  United Kingdom The cargo ship struck a reef at the south end of the Sound of Mull between the Isle of Mull and Inninmore Point and sank four hours later. Her eleven crew abandoned ship safely.

18 October

List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1889
ShipStateDescription
Apollo  United Kingdom The ketch was driven ashore and wrecked at Lossiemouth, Lothian. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.[41]
Bracklesby  United Kingdom The ship was run into by the steamship Durham and sank in the River Thames at North Woolwich, London.[41]
Hercules  Germany The steamship collided with the steamship Deronda ( United Kingdom) and sank off the Berlengas, Portugal. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Bellerophon ( United Kingdom).[45][46]
Harkaway  United Kingdom The tug was run into by the steamship Neptune ( Germany) and was beached.[45]
Liberta  United Kingdom The schooner struck the pier at Lossiemouth and was damaged.[41]

19 October

List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1889
ShipStateDescription
Aurore France The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Woolacombe, Devon. United Kingdom with the loss of one of her seven crew.[47][41]
Imbro  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Clyde. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure, France.[45] She was refloated the next day.[41]
Kate  United Kingdom The barquentine was abandoned in the North Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her six crew were rescued by the steamship Wynyard Park ( United Kingdom). Kate was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[48] The derelict vessel was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridlington, Yorkshire.[45]
Marcobrunner  Germany The steamship ran aground on the Shabaly Reef, in the Red Sea, and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by HMS Plover ( Royal Navy). Marcobrunner was on a voyage from Bremen to Calcutta, India.[46] The wreck was plundered by the local inhabitants and set afire in late October.[49]

20 October

List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1889
ShipStateDescription
Starling  United Kingdom The ketch collided with the steamship Stelling ( United Kingdom) and sank off Orfordness, Suffolk with the loss of two of her four crew. Starling was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Gravesend, Kent.[46][41]
West  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore in Poole Bay.[41]

21 October

List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1889
ShipStateDescription
Carl D. Lathrop United States The schooner sprang a leak and capsized 10 miles (16 km) south southwest of the Cape St. George Lighthouse, Florida.[50]
Titan  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal. She was refloated.[51]

22 October

List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1889
ShipStateDescription
Hirondelle  United Kingdom The yacht was driven ashore at Killala, County Mayo. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Killala in a leaky condition.[52]
J. H. Hustede  Germany The barque departed from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada for London, United Kingdom. No further trace, reported missing.[53]

23 October

List of shipwrecks: 23 October 1889
ShipStateDescription
Abergeldie, and
Aldborough		  United Kingdom The ship Abergeldie collided with the barge Aldborough in the River Thames at Barking, Essex and ran aground. She was on a voyage from London to Sundsvall, Sweden. she was refloated and resumed her voyage. Aldborough sank as a result of the collision.[54]
Cintra  United Kingdom The steamship caught fire off Bardsey Island, Pembrokeshire. The fire was extinguished She was on a voyage from Porto, Portugal to the River Mersey.[52]
Hispania  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore. She was refloated and put in to Trieste.[52]
Perseverance United States The schooner was wrecked on the "Londoner".[55]

24 October

List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1889
ShipStateDescription
Charlotte  United Kingdom The barge was run into by the steamship Stahleck ( Germany) and sank in the River Thames at Blackwall, London.[52]

25 October

List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1889
ShipStateDescription
Gladys, and
Lead On		  United Kingdom The pilot boats collided off the Bull Point Lighthouse, Devon. Both vessels sank. Their crews were rescued by the barque Camoulso ( Norway).[56][57]
Lagan Maid  United Kingdom The steam launch was destroyed by fire at Belfast, County Antrim.[58]
Mabel  United Kingdom The ship collided with Briton and sank at Widnes, Cheshire.[59]
Mary Ann Jane  United Kingdom The ship collided with the steamship Llewellyn ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Belfast Lough with the loss of a crew member. She was refloated in mid-November and taken in to Belfast, County Antrim.[60][61]

26 October

List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1889
ShipStateDescription
Dartmouth, and
Othello		  United Kingdom The barges were run into by the steam cutter Albatross ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Northfleet, Kent.[62]
Derwent  United Kingdom The steamship was run into by the steamship Castle Rising ( United Kingdom) off King's Lynn, Norfolk and damaged.[61]
Ethel  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Minerva (Flag unknown) in the Thames Esturary. Ethel was on a voyage from Tilbury, Essex to Dunkerque, Nord, France. She put back to Tilbury.[61]
Kullen, and
Martinus		 Sweden The steamship Kullen and the schooner Martinus collided at sea. Both vessels put in to Gothenburg. Kullen was on a voyage from Bergen, Norway to Stettin, Germany. Martinus was on a voyage from "Wasoe" to London, United Kingdom.[61]
Magore, and
Toledo		 Sweden
 United Kingdom		 The steamships collided at Cronstadt, Russia.[61]
Unnamed Netherlands The fishing smack was run down and sunk at Ijmuiden, North Holland by the steamship Granton ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued.[61]

27 October

List of shipwrecks: 27 October 1889
ShipStateDescription
Chicago  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Scheldt. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Boston, Lincolnshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[61]
James  United Kingdom The barge was run into by the steamship Winsloe ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Woolwich, London with the loss of a crew member.[56]
Louis France The steamship ran aground at the mouth of the Rhône. She was on a voyage from "Lanouvelle" to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. She was refloated and towed in to Port-de-Bouc, Bouches-du-Rhône.[61]
Maastroom Netherlands The steamship ran aground in the River Thames at Coalhouse Point, Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to London, United Kingdom.[56]
Mary Ann  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Bray, County Wicklow.[62] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dublin.[56]
Winsloe  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the River Thames near Northfleet, Kent. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam to London.[62] She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[56]

28 October

List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1889
ShipStateDescription
Mary L. Varney United States The schooner was wrecked on the "Salvages".[55]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The launch sank at Gravesend, Kent.[56]

29 October

List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1889
ShipStateDescription
Clio  United Kingdom The steamship caught fire at Gloucester. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Gloucester.[63]
Glenrath  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Kongedlyset, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to London.[63] She was refloated the next day and taken in to Copenhage, Denmark. She subsequently resumed her voyage.[64]

30 October

List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1889
ShipStateDescription
Alcedo Spain The steamship ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne. Northumberland, United Kingdom to Bilbao. She was refloated with assistance from the Aldeburgh Lifeboat and the tug Harwich ( United Kingdom) and towed in to Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom.[65]
Cheseborough United States
The wreck of Cheseborough
The full-rigged ship was wrecked in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Shariki, Aomori Prefecture, Japan, during a typhoon with the loss of nineteen of her 23 crew.
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The barge was run into by the steamship Madeline ( United Kingdom) and sank off the Mucking Lightship ( Trinity House) with the loss of a crew member.[66][67]
Japanese  United Kingdom The steamship struck the quayside at Cardiff, Glamorgan and was severely damaged.[64]
Lady Blessington Norway The barque was severely damaged by fire at Cardiff.[66][64]
Oldham  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the pier at Grimsby, Lincolnshire and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Grimsby.[64]
Star of Tay  United Kingdom The paddle trawler was driven ashore and wrecked at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. Her crew survived.[66][64]
Ticino  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Teignmouth, Devon.[66]

31 October

Unknown date

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