List of shipwrecks in 1886
The list of shipwrecks in 1886 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1886.
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| Ship | State | Description |
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| Axel | Sweden | The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean, according to a message in a bottle that washed up at Cádiz, Spain in December.[1] |
| Boyne | United Kingdom | The sailing ship was wrecked without loss of life on False Point, India. She was on a voyage from Suva, Fiji, to Calcutta, India. |
| Catherine | United Kingdom | The whaler, a brig, was wrecked at "Cumberland Gulf", Greenland. Her 24 crew survived.[2][3] |
| Eagle | Flag unknown | The yacht was driven ashore and wrecked at Kingsville, Ontario, Canada during the last week of March or on 1 April.[4] |
| Ferntower | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Saigon River with the loss of fifty lives.[5] |
| René | France | The ship was wrecked at Overton Cliffs, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. There were five survivors.[6] |
| Seth Stockbridge | United States | The fishing schooner was lost off Greenland early in the Summer with all fourteen hands.[7] |
| Thornton | Canada | The sealing schooner was battered to pieces at Unalaska on Unalaska Island in the Fox Islands in the eastern Aleutian Islands, Department of Alaska sometime during or after 1886.[8] |
| Tsengora | Canada | The full-rigged ship was lost at Spring Lake, New Jersey, United States.[9] |
| W. C. Warner | Flag unknown | The brig was lost at Mantoloking, New Jersey, United States.[9] |
| Western Shore | United States | The sloop was lost in Bristol Bay in the Department of Alaska.[10] |
References
- ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 31951. London. 24 December 1886. col. D, p. 5.
- ^ T. D. Rennie (9 November 1886). "An Appeal". The Times. No. 31912. London. col. A, p. 7.
- ^ "The Crew of the Whaler Catherin". The Times. No. 31917. London. 15 November 1886. col. F, p. 6.
- ^ MacLeod, Jennifer; Hamilton, David, eds. (Winter 1999). "Marine News of 1886-1887" (PDF). Echo Soundings. II (4). Amherstberg, Ontario: Marsh Collection Society. ISSN 1480-6444. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
- ^ "In the Saigon river ...". The Cornishman. No. 433. 28 October 1886. p. 7.
- ^ "The French government ...". The Cornishman. No. 428. 23 September 1886. p. 4.
- ^ "The Seth Stockbridge". Out of Gloucester. R Sheedy. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
- ^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (T)
- ^ a b "njscuba.net "Lavallette Wreck"". Archived from the original on 2020-02-23. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
- ^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (W)