List of shipwrecks in March 1889
The list of shipwrecks in March 1889 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during March 1889.
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1 March
Ship | State | Description |
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John Coggin | ![]() | The brig foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the tug Teazer (![]() |
Nelly | ![]() | The ship was lost at "La Riale". Her crew were rescued.[1] |
No. 102 | ![]() | The 35-metre (115 ft)-type torpedo boat suddenly capsized and foundered during manoeuvres off Toulon, Var. Six of her crew were killed.[2] |
2 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Otter | ![]() | The schooner departed from San Francisco, California, bound for the Shumagin Islands in the eastern Aleutian Islands, District of Alaska and was never seen or heard from again. Her entire crew of 23 men were lost.[3] |
3 March
Ship | State | Description |
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James A. Hamilton | ![]() | The whaling schooner departed from San Francisco, California bound for Unalaska, District of Alaska and was never seen or heard from again. Lost with all 21 people on board.[4][5] |
Jane Owen | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore and sank at New Grimsby, Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Aberdovey, Merionethshire to Plymouth, Devon.[1] |
4 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Sumatra | ![]() | The steamship caught fire and sank in the Mediterranean Sea with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by the steamship Glenearn (![]() |
5 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Chase | ![]() | The schooner struck the South Rock. She was on a voyage from Rochester, Kent to Ardrossan, Ayrshire. She completed her voyage in a leaky condition.[7] |
Isaac A. Chapman | ![]() | The schooner went ashore on Plum Island, Newburyport, Massachusetts. Though severely damaged, she was refloated, repaired and returned to service.[8] |
6 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Belladonna | ![]() | The ship departed from Zakynthos, Greece for Falmouth, Cornwall. No further trace, reported overdue.[9] |
Sappho | ![]() | The barque struck a sunken rock and was abandoned by her crew with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Barbados.[10] |
HMS Sultan | ![]() | The ironclad struck an uncharted rock between Gozo and Malta. She consequently sank on 14 March. She was refloated in August and taken in to Malta for temporary repairs. Subsequently repaired and modernised at Portsmouth, Hampshire between 1892 and 1896. |
Thames | ![]() | The steamship collided with the steamship Dresden (![]() |
7 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Duke of Buccleugh, and Vandalia | ![]() ![]() | The steamship Duke of Buccleugh collided with the full-rigged ship Vandalia and sank in the English Channel 12 to 15 nautical miles (22 to 28 km) south of the Owers Lightship (![]() |
Premier | ![]() | The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean during a hurricane with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Rosario, Argentina to Barbados.[6] |
8 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Dora Ewing | ![]() | The steamship was driven ashore in the River Tay downstream of Tayport, Fife. She was on a voyage from Tayport to Seaham, County Durham.[14] She was refloated on 10 March and resumed her voyage.[10] |
Vega | ![]() | The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked near Langton Matravers, Dorset. All 29 people on board were rescued.[15] |
9 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Beagle | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore at Enersholmen, Norway. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Brevig, Norway.[14] |
Spindrift, Violet, and Wave | ![]() | The tug Spindrift was towing the sloops Violet and Wave from Boston, Lincolnshire to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire when all three vessels foundered in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. The crews were rescued by the smack Research and the steamship Rocklands (both ![]() |
11 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Plover | ![]() | The barque collided with the steamship Benefactor (![]() |
12 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Lucknow | ![]() | The ship was sighted in the Pacific Ocean whilst on a voyage from Newcastle, New South Wales to San Francisco, California. No further trace,[17] reported missing.[18] |
13 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Kangaroo | ![]() | The steamship sank while laying at Spottsville, Kentucky. Her captain/owner and his nephew were killed.[19] |
14 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Agnes Barton | ![]() | The bark was leaking badly and was being driven ashore in a gale when deliberately beached south of Cape Henry in an attempt to save lives. She later capsized. Her Captain and 5 crewmen died, 4 rescued.[20] |
15 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Pettengill | ![]() | The barque was wrecked in Chesapeake Bay with the loss of all fourteen crew.[21] |
16 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Ada Owen | Flag unknown | 1889 Apia cyclone: The ship was driven ashore at "Muara". Her crew survived.[22] |
SMS Adler | ![]() | ![]() |
Agur | ![]() | 1889 Apia Cyclone: The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Apia.[23] |
SMS Eber | ![]() | ![]() |
USS Nipsic | ![]() | ![]() |
Peter Goddefroy | Flag unknown | 1889 Apia Cyclone: The barque was driven ashore at Apia.[24] |
Red Cross | ![]() | 1889 Apia Cyclone: The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Raratonga, Cook Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle, New South Wales to San Francisco, California.[22] |
Suakin | ![]() | 1889 Apia Cyclone: The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Aitutaki, Cook Islands with the loss of all hands, She was on a voyage from Newcastle, New South Wales to San Francisco.[22] |
USS Trenton | ![]() | ![]() |
USS Vandalia | ![]() | ![]() |
Seven unnamed vessels | ![]() | 1889 Apia Cyclone: The coasters were driven ashore at Apia with the loss of four lives.[24] |
17 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Croma | ![]() | The steamship caught fire at Liverpool, Lancashire.[25] |
19 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Kate & Anna | ![]() | The steam sealing schooner was blown ashore and wrecked on the southwestern shore of Morzovia Bay, later called Morzovhoi Bay (55°N 163°W / 55°N 163°W / 55; -163 (Morzovhoi Bay)), on the Alaska Peninsula on the coast of the District of Alaska after her anchor line parted in a gale. Her six crew survived.[26] |
20 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Isabella Diston | ![]() | The ship departed from Cork for Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. No further trace, reported overdue.[27] |
21 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Helena | ![]() | The schooner was wrecked on Jacob's Rocks, near Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her eight crew survived.[28] |
Lena | ![]() | The schooner was run into by the steamship Tanfield (![]() |
23 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Hawkhurst | ![]() | The steamship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from London to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She arrived at Rio de Janeiro on 4 April still burning.[30][31] |
John Wells | ![]() | The steamship was damaged by fire at Goole, Yorkshire.[32] |
375 | ![]() | The lighter sank at Cronstadt.[32] |
25 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Danish Prince | ![]() | The steam fishing boat departed from the River Tyne for the North Sea. She subsequently foundered with the loss of all eight crew, possibly in a storm the next day.[28][33] |
Shiloh | ![]() | The fishing schooner was sunk in a collision with the schooner N. B. Stetson (![]() |
26 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Bona Fides | ![]() | The barque was wrecked on a reef on the coast of New Guinea. All fifteen people on board reached Murray Island, Queensland. She was on a voyage from Newcastle, New South Wales to Tjilatjap, Netherlands East Indies.[31] |
Brandon | ![]() | The steamship was driven ashore on Hog Island. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Limerick. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[37][38] |
Chancellor | ![]() | The steam fishing boat was driven ashore at Seahouses, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.[37] |
Dabulamanza | Flag unknown | The steamship caught fire at Port Natal, Natal Colony.[38] |
Mindanao, and Visayas | ![]() | The steamships collided at Manila. Mindanao sank with the loss of 30 lives. Visayas was severely damaged.[39] |
27 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Norway | Flag unknown | The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by Winnipeg (Flag unknown).[40] |
Orion | ![]() | The barge ran aground on the Wallet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Harwich to Colchester. She was refloated with the assistance of two smack and assisted in to Brightlingsea, Essex.[37] |
Szapary | ![]() | The ship ran aground in the River Tees at Portrack, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. She was refloated.[38] |
28 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Ruth Darling | ![]() | The schooner was run into and sunk by the steamship Wyanoke (![]() |
29 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Comtesse de Flandre | ![]() | The paddle steamer was run into by the paddle steamer Princesse Henriette (![]() |
30 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Bengollyun | ![]() | The ship departed from Garston, Lancashire for Pisagua, Chile. No further trace, reported overdue.[42] |
Stella | ![]() | The steamship ran onto Les Casquets, off Alderney, Channel Islands and sank with the loss of more than 80 lives. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to Guernsey and Jersey, Channel Islands.[43] |
31 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Gettysberg | ![]() | The barque was wrecked on the Morant Cays with the loss of seven of her sixteen crew. She was on a voyage from Montevideo, Uruguay to Pensacola, Florida, United States.[44][45][46] |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
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Achsah | ![]() | The brig was driven ashore on Cuttyhunk Island, Massachusetts, United States.[37] |
Amana | ![]() | The ship ran aground at Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[37] |
Artisan | ![]() | The barque ran aground. She was on a voyage from Saigon, French Indo-China to Iloilo, Spanish East Indies. She was refloated and put in to Manila, Spanish East Indies in a leaky condition.[1] |
Axelhuus | ![]() | The steamship was driven ashore in Seierø Bay. She was refloated with the assistance of a steamship and taken in to Kalundborg.[25] |
Cathay | ![]() | The steamship ran aground off Penarth Head, Glamorgan.[10] |
Champion | ![]() | The brig was wrecked at Pohnpei, Caroline Islands in a cyclone. Her crew were rescued by the barque Morning Star (![]() |
City of Lincoln | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore in the Dry Tortugas. She was on a voyage from Bremerhaven, Germany to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[38] |
Coanza | ![]() | The steamship ran aground in the Elbe at Schulau, Germany.[7] |
Coningsby | ![]() | The steamship ran aground in the Small Bitter Lake[25] |
Crested Wave | ![]() | The ship was wrecked at Cabaret, Haiti. Her crew were rescued.[1] |
Deveron | ![]() | The schooner ran aground on the Sonderosse, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from St. Davids, Pembrokeshire to Dantsic, Germany.[38] |
Drie Gezusters | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore on Vlieland, Friesland.[47] |
Drie Gezuysters | ![]() | The schooner sprang a severe leak and was beached at Egersund, Norway. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Arendal, Norway.[10] |
Ebenezer | ![]() | The schooner ran aground on the Sunk Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated with the assistance of two smack and assisted in to Harwich in a leaky condition.[32] |
Gavenwood | ![]() | The schooner was abandoned off Mazagan, Morocco and subsequently came ashore. She was refloated on 24 March.[48] |
Goatfell | ![]() | The ship capsized at Leith, Lothian. She was later righted.[25] |
Gryfe | ![]() | The full-rigged ship ran aground at Banjowangie, Netherlands East Indies. She was on a voyage from Passaroeang, Netherlands East Indies to Greenock, Renfrewshire. She was refloated with assistance.[48] |
Haavaad | ![]() | The barque was wrecked in the Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana, United States. Her crew were rescued.[1] |
Herbert | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore at Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from London to Fishguard. She was refloated and found to be severely leaky.[47] |
Highlands | ![]() | The steamship ran aground at Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Constanţa, Romania to Gibraltar.[47] She was refloated on 3 March and resumed her voyage.[1] |
Ida | ![]() | The steamship ran aground at Saltholmen, Denmark.[37] |
Inchlonga | ![]() | The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal. She was refloated on 11 March.[10] |
Janbaas | ![]() | The barque was wrecked on the coast of New Guinea.[23] |
Klyde | Flag unknown | The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal.[32] She was later refloated and towed in to Suez, Egypt.[38] |
Mabel | ![]() | The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked with the loss of four of her five crew. She was on a voyage from Port Madoc, Caernarfonshire to Morocco.[49] |
Marianne | ![]() | The barque was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium to Copenhagen, Denmark.[10] |
Marryat | ![]() | The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bahia Blanca to New York, United States.[14] |
Medelped | ![]() | The barque was driven ashore at "Vuelta Antonio". She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Campana, Argentina.[32] |
Meta | ![]() | The barque ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall Sweden to Appledore, Devon, United Kingdom. She was refloated and towed in the Harwich in a waterlogged condition by the tugs Harwich and Robert Owen (both ![]() |
Monte Rosa | ![]() | The ship ran aground in the Suez Canal. She was refloated and towed in to Suez for repairs.[38] |
P. F. | ![]() | The brigantine was driven ashore at Rawcliffe, near Staithes, Yorkshire. She floated off and sank. Her crew were rescued.[7] |
Presto | ![]() | The steamship collided with the steamship Anna Woermann (![]() |
Ross | ![]() | The steamship was driven ashore at Huelva, Spain.[47] |
Salus | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore with the loss of all hands. The wreck was refloated and towed in to Hamburgsund, Norway.[14] |
Stadsman | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore on Skagen. She was on a voyage from Ghent to Falkenberg.[32] |
Standard | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore at Inverallochy, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Cromarty.[1] |
St. Cloud | ![]() | The ship caught fire and was abandoned at sea. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies.[25] A derelict vessel, thought to be St. Cloud, washed up in a capsized condition at Maceió, Brazil on 18 March.[48] |
Temple Bar | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Coruripe, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Pensacola, Florida.[25] |
Thropton | ![]() | The ship ran aground in the Bec d'Ambès.[38] |
Transit | ![]() | The ship struck a rock and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Singapore, Straits Settlements to Hong Kong.[14] |
Transition | ![]() | The ship ran aground at "Kais", Persia.[38] |
Triente | ![]() | The ship collided with the steamship Guyers (![]() |
Varuna | ![]() | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic.[48] |
Vega | ![]() | The steamship was driven ashore on Sprogø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Memel to an English port. She was refloated with the assistance of a steamship and resumed her voyage.[7] |
Volante de Dieu | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at "Cape Leucata" with the loss of all hands.[10] |
Westbury | ![]() | The steamship ran aground at Blackhouse. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Newry, County Antrim. She was refloated and resumed her voyage in a leaky condition.[47] |
William B. Wood | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Chincoteague, Virginia.[1] |
Zarate | ![]() | The steamship was driven ashore on the Isla de Lobos, Uruguay.[32] She was refloated and taken in to Montevideo, Uruguay.[37] |
Unnamed | ![]() | The ship was destroyed by fire at Port-de-Bouc, Bouches-du-Rhône, France with some loss of life.[7] |
Unnamed | ![]() | The steamship sank in Lake Chapala with the loss of at least twenty lives.[50] |
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