The list of shipwrecks in September 1890 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during September 1890.
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| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lizzie Griffin | The schooner was lost in a severe gale on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. [1] Her crew survived. [2] | |
| Trevean | The steamship ran aground in the Danube. She was on a voyage from Brăila, Romania to Gloucester. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and resumed her voyage. [3] | |
| Vivid | The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Dungeness, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Teignmouth, Devon. [4] [5] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Corrbedo | The steamship was lost off the Spanish coast. [6] | |
| Escurial | The steamship was driven ashore at Cape Paga, Greece. She was on a voyage from Catacolo to Patras, Greece. [5] [7] | |
| Majestic | The steamship caught fire at New York, United States. [8] | |
| Portuense | The steamship foundered off Anegada, Virgin Islands. Ten of her 29 crew were loat. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Pará, Brazil. [9] [10] | |
| Sailor | The tug sank at South Shields, County Durham. [5] | |
| Unnamed | The barge was run into by the steamship Bendo ( |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alster | The brigantine collided with the steamship Auckland Castle ( | |
| Canton | The schooner was driven ashore near "Gjellerodde", Norway. She was refloated with the assistance of a steamship and taken in to Lemvig. [11] | |
| Gleaner | The schooner struck the wreck of the steamship Verité ( | |
| Neptune | The ship ran aground in the Nordzee Kanaal. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to Zaandam, North Holland, Netherlands. [8] | |
| Reichstag | The steamship was driven ashore at Dar es Salaam, German East Africa. [13] She was refloated on 10 September. [14] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Birch | The steamship was driven ashore at Sabina Point, Spain. She was on a voyage from South Sheilds, County Durham to Pompeii, Italy. [15] She was refloated on 6 September and resumed her voyage. [16] | |
| Coningsby | The steamship ran aground on the Carrebedo Sand, off the coast of Spain. She was refloated in mid-October. [15] [17] | |
| Tigre | The steamship was driven onto the Villez Martin Rocksm on the coast of Loire-Inférieure. She was on a voyage from Batoum, Russia to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. She was refloated on 10 September and taken in to Saint-Nazaire. [15] [18] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Activ | The jagt was driven ashore at Korsør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Karlshamn to Odense, Denmark. She was refloated with the assistance of a steamship and taken in to Korsør. [16] | |
| Aston | The steamship was driven ashore at Ballyquinton Point, County Down. She was refloated. [16] | |
| Grecian | The steamship was severely damaged by fire at Quebec, Canada. [14] | |
| Lynx | The steamship was run into by the steamship Oevelconne ( |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Countess of Ellesmere | The Mersey flat was run into by the steamship Hesperides ( | |
| Harrogate | The steamship ran aground in the River Foyle. [16] She was refloated on 8 September and taken in to Londonderry. [13] | |
| Honfleur | The steamship ran aground at Foreland, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure, France to Southampton, Hampshire. She was refloated and completed her voyage. | |
| Royal Crown | The steamship foundered 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) south of Ouessant, Finistère, France. All 31 people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Fiume, Austria-Hungary to Leith, Lothian. [20] | |
| Telemachus | The lighter ran aground in the Danube 7 nautical miles (13 km) from Giurgevo. [16] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Adèle et Georgée | The ship was wrecked at Saint Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon. Her crew survived. [14] | |
| Elvira Ardisson | The brigantine collided with the steamship Bellender ( |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon | The fishing trawler was destroyed by fire in the North Sea off Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by a steamship. [22] | |
| J. W. Holmes | The barque was driven ashore in the Bay of Fundy. She was on a voyage from Hantsport, Nova Scotia, Canada to Savannah, Georgia, United States. She was refloated and beached at Parrsboro, Nova Scotia for examination. [12] | |
| Meteor | The steamship collided with the barge George and Hetty ( |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Argero Christoforos, and Grassimos | The lighters ran aground in the Danube at "Karadassi" and collided with each other. [11] | |
| Beresford | The steamship ran aground in the Danube 30 nautical miles (56 km) from its mouth. [11] She was refloated on 11 September. [23] | |
| Ida | The brig was towed in to Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland in a capsized condtion. [2] | |
| Mary | The barque was run down and sunk in the Clyde by the steamship Minerva ( | |
| Mavis | The paddle steamer was driven ashore on the Long Nose Rock, Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Ramsgate to Margate. She was refloated and put back to Ramsgate. [22] | |
| Mignon | The steam yacht ran aground at Cape Fear, North Carolina and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Savannah, Georgia. [12] | |
| Olaf | The steamship collided with Imperator Aleksandr II ( | |
| William Connal | The steamship ran aground in the River Avon. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France to Bristol, Gloucestershire. She was refloated and taken in to the Kingroad. [11] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Caedmon | The steamship caught fire at Berdianski, Russia. [18] [14] | |
| Cairngorm | The steamship ran aground on the Bungar Bank, in Sligo Bay. She was on a voyage from Ayr to Sligo. [11] | |
| Cathcart | The ship was driven ashore at Jervis Bay, New South Wales. [11] She was refloated with the assistance of two tugs. [2] | |
| Celt | The steamship ran aground in the Seine at La Bouille, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure. [18] [11] | |
| Firefly | The steamship was driven ashore on Vlieland, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. [11] | |
| Halcyon | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Yokohama, Japan. [11] | |
| Johanna | | The schooner was lost in the Baltic Sea with the loss of a crew member. [18] Survivors were rescued by the barque Hebe ( |
| Kinghorn | The steamship ran aground in the Nordzee Kanaal. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam to Leith, Lothian. [18] She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage. [14] | |
| Mary | The smack collided with the steamship Minerva ( | |
| Tai Cheong | Flag unknown | The steamship was driven ashore near Saigon, French Indo-China. [2] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Anna Margaretha | The schooner sprang a leak at Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom and was beached. [2] | |
| Ashdale | The collier sprang a leak and foundered in the Bristol Channel 17 nautical miles (31 km) west of Lundy Island, Devon. Her eleven crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Tralee, County Kerry. [24] [23] | |
| Carl Hindric | The ship collided with the steamship Hellopes ( | |
| Chirton | The steamship was driven ashore on Saltholmen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to London. [23] She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [23] | |
| Nettie | The brig was severely damaged by fire at Lyttleton, New Zealand. [23] | |
| Opobo | The steamship was driven ashore at "Bottomless Pit", on the west coast of Africa near Grand-Bassam, Ivory Coast. [23] [14] | |
| Red Jacket | The steamship ran aground in the Nieuwe Waterweg. She was refloated. [25] | |
| Statira | The steamship ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Sunderland. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug. [25] | |
| Syra | The steamship ran aground on Saltholmen. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall, Sweden to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated with assistance. [14] | |
| Umzinto | The barque sprang a leak and foundered off the Maldive Islands. Her crew survived. [23] [14] She was on a voyage from Kurrachee, India to Mauritius. [2] | |
| Unnamed | The Mersey flat was run into by the steamship Dungonnell ( |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Amy | The steamship ran aground on the Whitby Rock and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Calais, France. [2] | |
| Helmath | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Lolland ( | |
| Waterwitch | The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of at least ten of her crew, according to a message in a bottle that washed ashore at Marblehead, Massachusetts, United States on 26 November. [27] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Electra | The steamship ran aground at Honfleur, Manche, France. She was refloated and found to have a slight leak. [26] | |
| Genus | Flag unknown | The steamship was driven ashore at Palermo, Sicily, Italy. [26] She was refloated and put in to Palermo. [26] |
| Strathyre | The steamship came ashore on Nevis. She had previously been abandoned at sea. Her crew had been rescued. [26] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Barcelona | The steamship was driven ashore on Red Island, Newfoundland Colony. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Quebec, Canada. [28] She was refloated in late October and taken in to Quebec. [29] [30] | |
| Cachar | The steamship ran aground in the Nieuwe Waterweg. She was on a voyage from Iquique Peru to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated. [28] | |
| Drenthe | The steamship ran aground in the Nieuwe Waterweg. She was on a voyage from Java, Netherlands East Indies to Rotterdam. [26] | |
| Glen Grant | The ship was driven ashore at Longhope, Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Quebec, Canada to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. [28] She was later refloated and towed to the River Tyne. [31] | |
| Moldavas | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore at Seraglio Point, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated. [28] |
| Nora Wiggins | | The ship ran aground at Coleraine, County Londonderry, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Coleraine. [28] |
| Somerhill | The steamship was driven ashore on Barren Island, in Chesapeake Bay. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [26] | |
| Spaarndam | The steamship ran aground in the Nieuwe Waterweg. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam to New York, United States. [28] | |
| Tropic | The steamship ran aground on the Ackbourun Reef, in the Black Sea. [26] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| SMS Taurus | The warship sank in the Black Sea with the loss of all seventy-three people on board. [32] [33] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sleipner | The barque collided with the barque Gers ( |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ertuğrul | The sailing frigate was wrecked on Oshima Island off Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, with the loss of 533 crew. | |
| Eugenia | The ship ran aground in the River Thames at Erith, Kent. [12] | |
| Howards | The steamship ran aground in the Meijen River, Russia. [12] | |
| Maria Brockelmann | The collier, a brig, collided with the steamship Colina ( | |
| 'Musashi Maru | The steamship was wrecked at Kōchi with the loss of all bar one of her crew. [36] [37] [38] | |
| Vine | The schooner ran aground in the River Thames at Barking, Essex. She was refloated and found to be severely leaky. [12] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Aghios Spirithionos | The ship was wrecked at Roysolamo, near Bourgas, Romania. She was on a voyage from Galaţi, Romania to Smyrna, Russia. [3] | |
| Express, and<br?Niobe | The steamships collided at Garston, Lancashire and were both severely damaged. [39] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Beecroft | The ship was driven ashore in "Ruaness Bay", Sanday, Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Gävle, Sweden to Melbourne Victoria. [40] [41] [42] She was refloated on 28 September and towed in to Kirkwall. [43] [44] | |
| Dawn | The yacht was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth, Devon. [45] | |
| Emanuel | The schooner caught fire at Copenhagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stettin, Germany to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. [46] | |
| Maria Repetto | The barque ran aground near Spike Island, County Cork, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Tabarka, Tunisia to Queenstown, County Cork. She was refloated with assistance and sailed for Cork. [40] [46] | |
| Muley Hassan | The steamship was wrecked on the Accitera Reef, off Cape Trafalgar. Her crew were rescued. [40] [46] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ella | The yacht was driven ashore and wrecked at Port Ellen, Argyllshire. [41] | |
| Fountains Abbey | The steamship was driven ashore at "Stubben", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hudiksvall or Sundsvall, Sweden to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. [40] [41] She was later refloated and taken in to Copenhagen. [47] | |
| Harrowgate | The steamship was severely damaged by fire at Cardiff, Glamorgan. [41] | |
| Mona | The steamship caught fire and sprang a severe leak in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Amble, Northumberland to Rochester, Kent. She put in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. The fire was extinguished. [40] [41] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Astria | Flag unknown | The steamship was driven ashore at Aqmescit, Russia. [48] |
| Blue Grit | The smack foundered in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Waterford with the loss of all hands. [49] | |
| Delphin | The brig was wrecked at Umeå Sweden. [47] | |
| Delta | The steamship collided with the steamship Lady Martin at Dublin and was beached. [47] | |
| Fekeline | The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Bactria ( | |
| Ida | The barque ran aground on the Middelgrunden, off Copenhagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Härnösand to Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [47] [48] | |
| Margaret Reed | The schooner caught fire at Dundee, Forfarshire. She was on a voyage from Lindisfarne, Northumberland to Dundee. The fire was extinguished. [47] | |
| Mercutio | The steamship ran aground near Copenhagen. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. [47] | |
| Robert Eggleton | The steamship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to London. [48] | |
| William Stephenson | The barque was abandoned at sea. Her thirteen crew were rescued by the barque Draupner ( |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| I. A. Johnson | The two-masted scow schooner sank in 93 feet (28 m) of water in Lake Michigan off Centerville, Wisconsin, 8 miles (13 km) north of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, at 43°53′32″N87°39′06″W / 43.892163°N 087.651535°W after colliding with the schooner Lincoln Dall ( |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Denton Holme | The full-rigged ship was wrecked off the coast of Western Australia. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Fremantle, Western Australia. [56] | |
| Drafna | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. All ten people aboard were rescued by the steamship Dronning Louisa ( |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Black Jetty | The ship was run into by the barque Benares ( | |
| Wieland | The steamship ran aground at New York, United States. She was refloated. [3] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Africa | The barque was wrecked at Macau. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Macau. [59] | |
| Elsa | The steamship struck a rock and foundered off Godrevy Point, Cornwall with the loss of one of her fifteen crew. [60] Survivors were rescued by the steamshp General Elliott (Flag unknown). [61] Elsa was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Bayonne, Pyrenées-Atlantiques, France. [43] | |
| Hermann | The steamship was driven ashore at Seafield, Lothian, United Kingdom. She was refloated and take in to Leith, Lothian. [3] | |
| Jeaunine | The steamship ran aground at Makassar, Netherlands East Indies. [3] She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [44] | |
| Marlborough | The steamship ran aground in the River Severn at Sharpness, Gloucestershire. [62] | |
| Saint Kilda | The steamship ran aground on the East Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dublin. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [3] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Columbian | The steamship was driven ashore at Towyn Chapel, Anglesey, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was refloated with assistance and resumed her voyage. [43] [3] | |
| Doris | The schooner was driven ashore west of Dover, Kent. She was on a voyage from Skutskär, Sweden to Gloucester. [44] | |
| Drehna | The full-rigged ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to The Downs. [63] | |
| Gordon Castle | The steamship ran aground in the North Wall, in Liverpool Bay. She was refloated and put back to Liverpool, Lancashire. [3] | |
| Grimm, or Gymm | The steamship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Montreal. She was refloated with the assistance of the tug Aid ( | |
| Matilda | The barque was driven ashore at Folkestone, Kent. She was on a voyage from Härnösand to Lisbon, Portugal. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and resumed her voyage. [43] [3] Also reported as the barquentine Maria ashore at Lydden Spout. [44] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hugh Roberts | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Hoxa Head. South Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands. Her crew were rescued. [64] [65] | |
| Northward | The The steamship ran aground at Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. She was refloated and taken in to Fraserburgh, where she was beached for examination. [64] | |
| Saphir | The brigantine was driven ashore in Weyland Bay, Orkney Islands. [64] She was refloated in late October and towed in to Kirkwall, Orkney Islands. [66] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ajax | The steamship was wrecked at "Cape Mendacuna". Her crew were rescued. [40] | |
| Arbutus | The steamship ran aground in the Danube before 20 September. She was on a voyage from Brăila, Romania to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [41] | |
| Caibarien | The barque was wrecked at "Allate", Mexico. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California to Santa Rosalía, Mexico. [12] | |
| Carlisle | The ship struck a rock in the Bass Strait and consequently sank. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Melbourne, Victoria to Newcastle, New South Wales. [67] | |
| Conservative | The fishing trawler was run into by the steamship Abraham Sutton ( | |
| Drapner | The barque collided with a steamship and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Newcastle, United States to Whitehaven, Cumberland, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. She put in to Holyhead, Anglesey, United Kingdom in a severely leaky condition. [43] | |
| Duchess | The steamship ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She was refloated and taken in to Sydney, Nova Scotia, Dominion of Canada. [3] | |
| Elizabeth Morton | The schooner was abandoned off Lindesnes by five of the seven people on board. They were rescued by the full-rigged ship Georg ( | |
| Ellen Smeed | The schooner was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated and put in to Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands. [57] | |
| Frank | The barque capsized at sea. She was towed in to "Kungeshamn". [40] | |
| George W. Elder | The steamship collided with an iceberg in Glacier Bay and was holed. She was beached for temporary repairs. [2] | |
| Madeira | The barque was driven ashore at Bahía Blanca, Brazil. [41] | |
| Magellan | Flag unknown | The barque was wrecked in the Atlantic Ocean before 4 September. [69] |
| Moss Rose | The schooner was driven ashore at Novo Sancti Petri, Spain before 26 September. She was refloated on 27 September and found to be leaky. [3] | |
| Oscar | The steamship was driven ashore at Tancarville, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug on 15 September. [26] | |
| Rambler | | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was towed in to Burin, Newfoundland Colony on 10 September. [11] |
| Ranney | The steamship collided with Huron ( | |
| Selene | The steamship collided with the steamship Warora ( | |
| Stella | The barque was wrecked in the Atlantic Ocean before 19 September. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Stockholm City ( | |
| Tremble | The schooner collided with the steamship Welmore ( | |
| Unto | The ship was driven ashore at Paspébiac, Quebec. [5] | |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The ship was destroyed by fire in the Bay of Biscay before 27 September. [3] |