The list of shipwrecks in 1890 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1890.

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1890

Ship	State	Description
Assaye	United Kingdom	The barque disappeared during a voyage from London to Wellington, New Zealand, after being spoken to near the equator on 16 March. She was due in Wellington in May.
Cyphrenia	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore at the mouth of the York River, Virginia, United States. She was later refloated with the assistance of Merritt ( United States) and resumed her voyage to Liverpool, Lancashire. [1] [2]
Dinapore	United Kingdom	The barque was wrecked at Cape Corrientes, Argentina with the loss of six of her 20 crew. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Bahía Blanca, Brazil. [3]
Dunedin	United Kingdom	The full-rigged ship disappeared with the loss of all 35 people on board after departing Oamaru, New Zealand, on 19 March.
Dunluce	United Kingdom	The cargo ship was wrecked on the Wijkesgrund. [4]
Erik Berendsen	United Kingdom	The ship went ashore on the island of Sylt, Germany, with the loss of all but one of her crew. A lifeboat capsized whilst trying to save her crew. [5]
Ferm	Mexico	The brig was lost at Laguna de Términos. She was on a voyage from Laguna de Términos to the English Channel. [1] [6]
George	Netherlands	The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean and the crew landed at Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom by Emily ( Norway) on 14 February. [7]
George H. Chance	United States	The steam fishing boat was lost off the coast of Oregon with the loss of all fifteen crew. [8] [9]
Hugo	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in the Sunda Strait with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Singapore to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. [10]
Irene	France	The barque was lost at sea, and the crew landed at Lima , Peru on 7 December by Maravilla (Flag unknown). [11]
Lawrence McKenzie		The schooner was lost opposite Forked River, New Jersey. [12]
Louise Ernest	France	While en route for Nantes, France, from Falmouth, Cornwall, England, the ketch was unable to round the Lizard and turned back. She hit Castle Point, St Mawes, Cornwall, and the crew of five men and a boy were taken off by the lifeboat Jane Whittington ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution) of the Falmouth Lifeboat Station. [13]
Marlborough	United Kingdom	The refrigerated full-rigged ship disappeared after being sighted off the coast of New Zealand on 13 January while on a voyage from Lyttelton, New Zealand, to London. Possibly subsequently wrecked on the coast of Chile with the loss of all on board.
Picton Castle	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground in the Paraná River downstream of Rosario, Argentina between 17 March and 15 April. [14] She was refloated. [15]
Prima Donna	United Kingdom	The fishing smack struck a rock in Rosscarbery Bay and sank. Her crew survived. [16]
Talookdar	United Kingdom	The full-rigged ship collided with Libussa (flag unknown) off the Cape of Good Hope and foundered. [17]
Webster	United States	The vessel was lost at Atka Island in the Andreanof Islands – part of the Aleutian Islands – in the District of Alaska. [18]
William W. Rice	United States	The fishing schooner was lost on a halibut fishing trip to Iceland in March or April. All sixteen crew were killed. [19] [20]
Unnamed lifeboat	Germany	A lifeboat was lost while attempting to rescue the crew of Erik Berendsen (  United Kingdom ) which went ashore on the island of Sylt, Germany. Eleven lifeboat crew died. [5]

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