The list of shipwrecks in October 1890 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during October 1890.
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| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alice | The barque was driven out of a dry dock at Glasson Dock, Lancashire. She collided with Alice Latham and Lancashire Lad (both | |
| Antelope | The fishing smack collided with the barque Arne ( | |
| Challenger | The steam trawler suffered a boiler explosion and sank at North Shields, Northumberland. [2] Her four crew survived. [1] | |
| Clara | The schooner sank at Degerhamn. [1] | |
| Glenrath | The steamship struck the wreck of the steamship Aberlady Bay ( | |
| Melingue | The brigantine foundered in the English Channel 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) south of The Lizard, Cornwall. United Kingdom with the loss of two of her five crew. Survivors were rescued by the steamship Tyne ( | |
| Swan | The yacht foundered in the Irish Sea with the loss of all three crew. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven to Millom, Cumberland. [9] | |
| No. 544 | The fishing yawl was wrecked at Aberdeen. Her four crew were rescued by the Aberdeen Lifeboat. [10] [11] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Belle | The barquentine ran aground off Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Plymouth, Devon. [12] | |
| Einighen | The yacht foundered in the Baltic Sea off Borkum. [13] | |
| Phoenix | The schooner foundered in the North Sea off St. Abb,s Head, Berwickshire. Her crew were rescued. [14] | |
| Zweibrüder | The schooner foundered in the North Sea off Heligoland. [13] | |
| Three unnamed vessels | Flags unknown | The ships foundered in the North Sea. [13] |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The schooner foundered off Borkum, Germany with the loss of all hands. [13] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fannie C. | The brigantine caught fire and was beached at Chesil Beach, Dorset, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. Fannie C. was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Buenos Aires, Argentina. She became a total loss. [15] [16] [17] | |
| Iroquois | The steamship arrived at New York on fire. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to New York. [18] | |
| Larissa | The collier, a brig, ran aground on the Shipwash Sand. Her eight crew were rescued by the Harwich Lifeboat Albert Edward ( |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Elf | The steam launch was driven ashore and wrecked in Wemyss Bay. [21] | |
| Freital | The barque foundered in the North Sea. Her ten crew were rescued by the steamship Hesleyside ( |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Albertha Romeliagh | The schooner was driven ashore at "Mane", Denmark with the loss of all hands. [17] | |
| Gerhardina | The brigantine was driven ashore on Sylt in a capsized condition. [17] | |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The barque collided with the steamship Ouse ( |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alethea | The steamship ran aground in the River Thames at the Coalhouse Fort, Essex. She was refloated. [21] | |
| Dixon | The steamship was driven ashore in Chicago Bay. [26] | |
| Mary Jane | The schooner was wrecked at Cape Tormentine, New Brunswick, Dominion of Canada with the loss of all hands. [26] | |
| Neptun | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Spiekeroog, Germany. She was on a voyage from "Soroko" to Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. [21] |
| Neptun | The steamship caught fire at sea. She came ashore on Rügen, Germany. She was on a voyage from Gävle, Sweden to Lübeck, Germany. [24] | |
| Saint Marc | The steamship put in to Bastia, Corsica on fire. She was on a voyage from Naples, Italy to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. The fire was extinguished, but she was severely damaged. [21] [24] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alamo | The steamship caught fire at New York. She was on a voyage from Galveston, Texas to New York. [24] | |
| Amy | The schooner was driven ashore at Doel, Belgium. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Newport, Monmouthshire. [27] | |
| Ciudad de Condal | The steamship caught fire off Liberty Island, New York. [24] | |
| Pickwick | The steamship ran aground on the Sunk Spit, in the River Humber. [24] | |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The ship ran aground on the Tuskar Rock. Her crew survived. [24] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Carl | The brig ran aground at Langholz, Germany. [28] | |
| Olaf Trygvason | The ship ran aground on the Middelgrunden. She was being towed from Helsingborg to Sundsvall. [27] | |
| Rothesay Nellie | The steamship foundered off Rothesay, Isle of Bute. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Barmouth, Carnarvonshire. [27] | |
| Saint Kilda | The steamship ran aground 140 nautical miles (260 km) from Bathurst. She was a total loss. [28] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Carpio | The steamship ran aground at Shoeburyness, Essex, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken to the Nore. [29] | |
| Eliza | The 296.51-gross register ton, 109-foot (33.2 m) barque was wrecked without loss of life on Saint Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea during a gale. The steamship Belvedere (United States) rescued her crew of 35 on 19 October. [30] | |
| Jason | The steamship ran aground in the Clyde at Dumbarton. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage. [28] | |
| Melbourne | The steamship ran aground in the Nieuwe Waterweg at Maassluis, South Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Rotterdam, South Holland. She was refloated. [14] [29] | |
| Sirena | The schooner was driven ashore at Hjelmen. [31] She was refloated with the assistance of the steamship Hertha ( |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Adolphe, and Wellington | The steamships collided in the English Channel and were both severely damaged. Adolphoe was towed in to Dover, Kent and Wellington was towed to London. [33] | |
| Argo | The steamship ran aground in the River Avon. Her passengers were taken off. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Bristol, Gloucestershire. She was refloated. [14] [29] | |
| Baron Hambro | The steamship ran aground at Bordeaux, Gironde, France. [29] | |
| City of Rome | The steamship ran aground at New York, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New York. She was refloated. [28] | |
| Dartmoor | The steamship collided with the steamship Cobden ( | |
| Frida | The steamship was driven ashore on Amrum, Germany. She was on a voyage from Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom to Hamburg, Germany. [29] | |
| Guyenne | The steamship ran aground at Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Rocquefort, Seine-Inférieure. [29] She was refloated. [28] | |
| Halling | The collier, a steamship, collided with another steamship and sank in the River Thames. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland, County Durham. [14] [29] She was refloated on 15 October. [32] | |
| Melmerby | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Merigomish, Nova Scotia Dominion of Canada with the loss of fifteen of her crew. She was on a voyage from Quebec, Canada to Liverpool, Lancashire, [36] or Greenock, Renfrewshire. [37] [35] | |
| Pioneer, and Queen of the Usk | The tugs collided in the Bristol Channel off Breaksea Point, Glamorgan. The paddle tug Pioneer sank. Her crew were rescued. The screw tug Queen of the Usk was beached at Abertawe, Glamorgan. [14] [29] | |
| Queen | The barque was driven ashore and severely damaged near Vadsø, Norway. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom. [29] | |
| Sunshine | The hobbling boat was run into by the brig Henri Evelina ( | |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The steamship was driven ashore on Coelleira, Spain and was abandoned by her crew. [29] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ayr | The schooner ran aground on the Catumb Reef, off the coast of Rhode Island, United States. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, Dominion of Canada to New York, United States. [31] | |
| Gefina | The barque ran aground on the Hittarp Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Skellefteå, Sweden to Calais, France. She was refloated and towed in to Helsingør, Denmark [35] | |
| Heimburg | The steamship ran aground in the Danube 19 nautical miles (35 km) from its mouth. [39] She was refloated on 15 October. [32] | |
| Henry Fisher, and Leona | The steamships collided in the River Ouse at Goole, Yorkshire. Both vessels were severely damaged. Henry Fisher was on a voyage from Goole to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Villaine, France. Leona was on a voyage from Goole to Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium. [35] | |
| Isaac | The schooner was discoverd off Cap Arkona, Germany by the steamship Rügen ( | |
| Johann | The schooner was driven ashore at Lysekil, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from a Norwegian port to Saint Petersburg. [28] | |
| John F. Warner | ||
| Landskrona | The steamship ran aground at Isle Conejero, near O Vicedo, Spain. All on board were rescued by the steamship Cabo Pinas ( | |
| Memel | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on the Robbenplatte. She was on a voyage from Memel to Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom. [28] | |
| Perim | The steamship collided with the steamship Alonzo ( | |
| St. Pierre | The tug collided with the steamship Lady Bertha ( | |
| Thyra | The steamship collided with the steamship Ursula ( | |
| Willy | The schooner was driven ashore at "Nonnewitz on Rügen", Germany. [31] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alonso | The steamship ran aground in the Nieuwe Waterweg new Maassluis, South Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Brăila, Romania to Rotterdam, South Holland. She was refloated with assistance. [39] | |
| A. S. Piper | While her crew was ashore, the steam tug caught fire during the evening while moored to a wharf at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. The tug Mosher ( | |
| Cleopatra | The barque was wrecked near Richmond Bay, Prince Edward Island, Dominion of Canada. She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick, Dominion of Canada to Penarth], Glamorgan. [45] | |
| Drie Gebruders | The ship collided with the steamship Stad Amsterdam ( | |
| Esther and Ann | The schooner collided with the schooner Yucatan ( | |
| Fanny | The smack foundered off the Isle of Arran with the loss of two of her three crew. The survivor was rescued by the smack Rapid ( | |
| Grimsby, and Severn | The steamships collided at Hull, Yorkshire. Both vessels were severely damaged. [39] | |
| Kingscote | The steamship collided with the steamship River Ettrick ( | |
| Loveid | The barque collided with the steamship Heraclides in the River Mersey and was severely damaged. Loveid was on a voyage from a port in Nova Scotia, Dominion of Canada to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. [46] | |
| Marie | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in Aspey Bay, Nova Scotia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire to Charlotte Town, Prince Edward Island. [49] [39] | |
| Puika | The schooner ran aground on the Stapelbotten, in the Baltic Sea. [32] | |
| Quickstep | The steamship was driven ashore at the mouth of the Seine. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. [39] She was refloated with assistance. [31] | |
| Soerabaja | The steamship ran aground in the Nieuwe Waterweg at Maassluis. She was on a voyage from a port in Java, Netherlands East Indies to Rotterdam. [39] She was refloated the next day. [32] | |
| Thora | The barque was wrecked by an onboard explosion at Cardiff. [39] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Amur | The steamship ran aground at Falsterbo, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Libau, Russia to London. [31] She was refloated and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark in a leaky condition. [50] | |
| Blenheim | The steamship was driven ashore at San Rafael, Uruguay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Buenos Aires, Argentina. [32] She was refloated and taken in to Buenos Aires in a severely damaged condition. [26] | |
| Galatz | The lighter ran aground in the Danube upstream of Sistov. [32] | |
| Hafis Osman | The caïque ran aground in the Danube near Sistov. [32] | |
| Thomas | The Mersey flat was driven ashore in the Hilbre Islands, Cheshire. Her crew were rescued. [31] | |
| W. H. Corsar | The ship was driven ashore between Egremont and New Brighton, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Saint Joghn, New Brunswick, Dominon of Canada to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated with assistance. [51] [52] She was refloated with the assistance of two tugs. [32] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Auckland | The steamship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. [53] She was on a voyage from Caen, Calvados, France to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. [32] | |
| Bradley, and Hero | The steamships collided in the River Tees. Bradley was driven ashore, but floated the next day. Hero was severely damaged. [26] | |
| Carl | The ship was driven ashore at Karlskrona. She was on a voyage from Piteå to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. [32] | |
| Corsair | The ship was driven ashore in the River Mersey. [54] | |
| Druide | The brigantine ran aground and capsized in the Bristol Channel off Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the tug Lady Salisbury ( | |
| Fleetwing, or Lapwing | The yacht was wrecked in Ballycastle Bay. [26] | |
| Kathleen | The steamship ran aground in the Dardanelles. [32] She was refloated the next day. [26] | |
| Orestes | The steamship ran aground in the River Thames at Coalhouse Fort, Essex. She was on a voyage from Singapore to London. She was refloated and taken in to Gravesend, Kent. [32] | |
| Unnamed | The fishing smack collided with the barque Commerce ( | |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The schooner was driven ashore at Peel, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued by the Peel Lifeboat. [26] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Algerie | The steamship put in to Bastia, Corsica on fire. She was on a voyage from Naples, Italy to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. [26] The fire was extinguished. [45] | |
| Astoria | The ship was driven ashore near Le Touquet, Pas-de-Calais, France. [26] She was refloated the next day. [50] | |
| Brooklands | The steamship was driven ashore at Dagerort, Russia. [26] | |
| Cardiganshire | The steamship ran aground at Yokohama, Japan. [26] | |
| Ephratah | The brig collided with the schooner Our Nellie ( | |
| James A. Garfield | The tug collided with another tug at New York and sank with the loss of six lives. [55] [56] | |
| Lizzie C. Troop | The ship was wrecked in the Loochoo Islands, Japan with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Nagasaki, Japan to the Puget Sound. [26] | |
| Louisa Smith | The schooner foundered off the coast of New England. Her crew were rescued by a fishing schooner. [56] | |
| Margaret Ellen | The schooner collided with the schooner Trial ( | |
| Tamarind | The steamship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Skutskär, Sweden to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated and put in to Oskarshamn, Sweden in a leaky condition. [26] | |
| Victor | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Shemogue, New Brunswick, Dominion of Canada. [26] | |
| 105S | The torpedo boat foundered in the Piombino Channel off the coast of Italy during a storm. [57] | |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The fishing lugger collided with the schooner Sinman ( |
| Two unnamed vessels | The schooners were driven ashore near Chatham, Massachusetts. Their crews were rescued by lifeboats. [58] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Godiva | The steamship caught fire at Calcutta, India. [50] | |
| Jacmel | The corvette collided with another vessel and sank off Cap-Haïtien. [56] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alberta | The 3,168-gross register ton cargo steamship, laden with coal on a voyage from Japan to Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, ran aground on Sutherland Reef south of Fingal Head Light, New South Wales, Australia. Her crew of 36 reached Tweed Heads in the ship's lifeboats. [59] | |
| Ardlethan | The steamship collided with El Dorado at South Shields, County Durham and was severely damaged. Ardlethan was on a voyage from South Shields to Naples, Italy. [50] | |
| Augustino C. | The barque collided with the steamship Vulcan ( | |
| Dunrobin | The ship was driven ashore at Brouwershaven, Zeeland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. [45] | |
| F. H. von Lindern | The ship was driven ashore at Zandvoort, North Holland. [50] | |
| SMS Friedrich Carl | The ironclad ran aground on the Bramble Bank, in the Solent. She was refloated. [50] | |
| Helen Otto | The steamship was driven ashore on Tenedos, Ottoman Empire. [45] She was refloated. [50] | |
| Ida | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Calais, France. [45] | |
| Lero | The steamship ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. She was refloated. [45] | |
| Michael Jelsen | The steamship ran aground at the mouth of the Pasig River, Spanish East Indies. [50] | |
| Ninian Stuart | The steamship ran aground in the Danube 39 nautical miles (72 km) from its mouth. [45] | |
| Preston | The steamship ran aground in the Scheldt near Antwerp, Belgium. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Cardiff, Glamorgan. [45] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Benton | The 77-ton schooner survived hitting the Pollard Rock in the Seven Stones Reef, made it to Falmouth, Cornwall, England, full of water and with her cargo of china clay intact. [60] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cornelius Hargreaves, and Vizcaya | The schooner Cornelius Hargreaves collided with the steamship Vizcaya 6 nautical miles (11 km) off Barnegat Lighthouse, on the New Jersey coast; both vessels sank within five minutes. Ninety lives were lost. [61] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fannie C | The schooner caught fire in the English Channel and was beached at Chesil Cove, Dorset. [62] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Achilles | The steamship ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Harwich ( | |
| Algeria | | The barque was wecked at Cape Dolphin, Nova Scotia. Her crew were rescued. [49] [31] She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Sydney, Nova Scotia. [39] |
| Baldur | The schooner collided with another vessel and foundered. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord, France to Gothenburg, Sweden. [24] | |
| Dinah | The smack was driven ashore at Rhosneigr, Anglesey. Her eight crew were rescued by the Rhosneigr Lifeboat. She was later refloated. [63] | |
| Dovre | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 5 October. Her crew were rescued. Dovre was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Dominion of Canada. [28] She was later towed in to Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony by the steamship Kite ( | |
| Dunelm | The steamship ran aground on the Shipwash Sand. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Harwich ( | |
| Hazard | Flag unknown | The schooner was wrecked on the Borkum Reef before 6 October. [27] |
| Hebe | Flag unknown | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea before 7 October. [27] |
| Lansdown | The vessel left Hakodate, Japan on 12 October, with sulphur for New York. Supposed lost, during a typhoon, in the China Sea along with the crew of thirty. [64] | |
| Marie Heyn | The barque was driven ashore. She was refloated and put in to Kristiansand, Norway in a leaky condition. [24] | |
| Milnerby | The barque was wrecked at Merigomish, Nova Scotia with the loss of ten of her crew. [65] | |
| Oxenholme | The steamship was driven ashore on Grosse Isle, Quebec, Dominion of Canada. She was later refloated with assistance and towed in to Quebec City. [14] | |
| Stella | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Icean before 13 October. [35] |