List of shipwrecks in December 1890

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

1 December

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1890
Ship State Description
Alice United States The schooner was wrecked in a gale at Lingan Head, Nova Scotia, Dominion of Canada.[1]
A. N. Hausen Denmark The steamship ran aground in the Daugava.[2]
Arthur  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Boston, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Boston.[3]
Collmar  Germany The brig collided with the barque St. Cuthbert ( United Kingdom) in the English Channel 25 nautical miles (46 km) off the Owers Sandbank and was severely damaged. Collmar was on a voyage from Hamburg to Puerto Rico. She put in to Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom.[3]
Costa Rica United States The steamship ran aground in the Fuca Strait.[3]
Daniel Marcy' United States The schooner foundered off Harborville, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Port Williams, Nova Scotia.[4]
Deodata Netherlands The barque was driven ashore near "Tolken". Her crew were rescued.[3]
Freigia Sweden The barque ran aground at Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[3]
Gudet Tefic Ottoman Empire The schooner collided with the steamship SS Minerva (1866) ( Austria-Hungary) in the Danube 10 nautical miles (19 km) from its mouth and was severely damaged.[3]
Jessie  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in Church Bay, Anglesey.[3]
John  Russia The schooner collided with the steamship Tolesilla ( United Kingdom) 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off the mouth of the River Tyne and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by Tolesilla,[5] which towed John in to the River Tyne.[6]
Mabel Norway The tug ran aground and sank at Brettesnes.[7]
Maud Sammons United States With no one on board, the steamboat burned at Michigan′s St. Helena Island in Lake Michigan just west of the Straits of Mackinac.[8]
Osmo Norway The barque was driven ashore at "Bodo".[3]
Paris  United Kingdom The steamship caught fire at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[3]
Rosella  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Boston, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Novorossiysk, Russia to Boston. She was refloated.[3] She was refloated on 3 December and taken in to Boston.[7]
Ruth Norway The brigantine was driven ashore near Præstø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[3]
Unnamed Flag unknown The steamship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean and was believed to have foundered.[9]

2 December

List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1890
Ship State Description
Edda  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Blacktail Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex.[5] She was refloated the next day.[7]
Gleaner  United Kingdom The ship sank in Loch Ranza. Her crew were rescued.[5]
Orion  Russia The steamship ran aground on the Middlesand, in the Humber and sank. She was on a voyage from Riga to the Humber.[5] She was refloated and taken in to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[7]
Rio Formoso  United Kingdom The steamship ran into the barque Ebbs ( Norway) in the Kingroad and was severely damaged. Rio Formoso was towed in to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[5]
Unnamed  Italy The ship was wrecked at Punta d'Arco, Corsica, France.[10]

3 December

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1890
Ship State Description
Gladiolus  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Reval, Russia to London. She was refloated and found to be leaky.[11]
Guildford  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore in the Delaware River, Pennsylvania, United States. She was refloated with the assistance of a number of tugs.[7]
John Pew United States The schooner was wrecked 15 miles (24 km) east of the East Pass, Santa Rosa Island, Florida.[12]
Nordstjernen Sweden The ship caught fire and sank at Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[7]
Skyro  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Bilbao, Spain. She was refloated and put back to Bilbao in a leaky condition.[7]
Vesta  Russia The schooner ran aground in the Weser at Luneplate, Germany. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Boston.[13][14]
Unnamed vessels Flags unknown A number of ships were driven ashore and wrecked at Alicante, Spain.[15]
Unnamed vessels Flags unknown A number of ships were driven ashore and wrecked at Almería, Spain.[15]
Several unnamed vessels Flags unknown The ships were driven ashore and wrecked at Dénia, Spain. Their crews were rescued by the Dénia Lifeboat.[15]
Unnamed France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dénia with the loss of all hands.[15]

4 December

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1890
Ship State Description
Ane Denmark The schooner ran aground. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Randers, Norway. She was refloated and put in to "Udbyhoi", Norway in a leaky condition.[16]
J. W. Durant Dominion of Canada The schooner was driven ashore near the mouth of the Sand River, Ontario. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Barbadoes.[17]
River Clyde  United Kingdom The steamship was holed by ice at Riga, Russia.[18]
Undine United States The steamship was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Santa Barbara Island to Santa Barbara, California.[17]

5 December

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1890
Ship State Description
Abeille France The tug collided with Henrietta ( France) and sank in the Gironde.[13]
Atalanta Flag unknown The steamship was driven ashore at Savannah-la-Mar, Jamaica.[14]
Crane  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Sandhamn, Sweden.[14]
Fearless  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Gaspé, Quebec, Dominion of Canada.[13][14]
Fregate France The schooner was driven ashore at Dysart, Fife, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Gravelines, Nord to Dysart.[13]
Gulf Stream  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Josephine (Flag unknown) at Chester, Pennsylvania, United States and was beached. Gulf Stream was on a voyage from Richmond, Virginia to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[17]
Gustave Molien  Russia The barque was towed in to Riga in a waterlogged condition by two steamships.[18]
Hong Kong  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Azalea Rock, off the south east coast of Perim Island, Aden Colony and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Colombo, Ceylon to London.[13][19]
Leven  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Elbe.[13] She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Hamburg, Germany.[14] She was refloated on 8 December and taken in to Hamburg.[18]
Puerto Riqueno Spain The steamship ran aground in the Elbe at Finkenwerder. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Hamburg.[13][14]
Schweden  Germany The steamship ran aground at Sandhamn and was severely damaged. She was refloated.[14]
Van Raalte Flag unknown The steamship was driven ashore near Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States[17]
No. 15  United Kingdom The tug ran aground off Rye, Sussex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to London. She was refloated and sailed for Seaford, Sussex.[13][14]

6 December

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1890
Ship State Description
Adam Friberg Flag unknown The steamship ran aground on the Kragerø Sand, in the Flensburg Fjord.[18]
Brenda  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the River Avon. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was refloated and completed her voyage.[18]
Cupid  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (39°11′N 55°50′W / 39.183°N 55.833°W / 39.183; -55.833). Her crew were rescued by the steamship Moray ( United Kingdom). Cupid was on a voyage from a port in New Brunswick, Dominion of Canada to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[20][21]
Elsbeth Norway The steamship ran aground. She was refloated and taken in to Skjaerhalden.[16]
Hannah  United Kingdom The schooner foundered on the Corton Sand, off Lowestoft, Suffolk with the loss of all five crew.[22][23] She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to Ipswich, Suffolk.[24]
Ida Norway The barque ran aground at Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and put back to Barrow-in-Furness in a leaky condition.[19]
Janet M'Neil  United Kingdom The barque arrived at Valparaíso, Chile on fire.[25]
Robert Harrowing  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Elbe at Blankenese, Germany. She was on a voyage from Taganrog, Russia to Hamburg, Germany. She was refloated and taken in to Hamburg.[18]
Slaronia Flag unknown The steamship ran aground in the Elbe at Blankenese. She was refloated and taken in to Hamburg.[18]

7 December

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1890
Ship State Description
Bendo  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the River Avon.[19]
Cardiff Argentina The tug collided with the steamship Paraguay and sank at Buenos Aires.[18]
Doelwyk Netherlands The steamship ran aground. She was refloated and taken in to Korsør, Denmark leaking slightly.[19]
Empress  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated with the assistance of twotugs and the Kessingland Lifeboat and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk, where she struck the quayside and was severely damaged.[19][26][24]
Fortuna Sweden The steamship collided with the steamship Hjalmar ( Denmark) and sank off Trelleborg. Her crew were rescued by Hjalmar.[18] Fortuna was on a voyage frim the Idefjord to Königsberg, Germany.[4]
J. A. Hatry United States The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked 15 nautical miles (28 km) west of Coatzacoalcos, Mexico. Her crew were rescued.[19][27]
La Champagne France The steamship collided with the steamship Lisbonense ( United Kingdom) off Sandy Hook, New Jersey, United States and was damaged. La Champagne was on a voyage from New York to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. She put back to New York.[18]

8 December

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1890
Ship State Description
Ashlands  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Danube 14 nautical miles (26 km) from its mouth.[18] She was later refloated.[28]
Borghild Norway The barque was wrecked at Codroy, Newfoundland Colony with the loss of thirteen of her fifteen crew.[29]
Durango  Germany The ship ran aground in the Klotzenloch. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Vera Cruz, Mexico. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and found to be leaky.[30]
Helmsley  United Kingdom The steamship was run into by the steamship Ascupart ( United Kingdom) at Cardiff, Glamorgan and was beached.[18]
Kaffir  United Kingdom The steamship was beached at East London, Cape Colony. She was later refloated and taken in to East London.[31][32]
Tagus  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Nieuwe Waterweg at Maassluis, South Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Santon, Brazil to Rotterdam, South Holland.[18]
Tokio Maru  Japan The steamship ran aground and was wrecked at Sasebo.[18]
Venus  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Whiting Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Portmadoc, Caernarfonshire to Kiel, Germany. She was refloated and put in to Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition.[24]

9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1890
Ship State Description
Euripides  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground near Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Iquique, Chile to Rotterdam. She was refloated.[25][16]
Isabel Norway The barque was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama, United States to the River Tyne. She was refloated and taken in to the Hampton Roads, Virginia, United States.[16]
Lord Eslington  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground near Rotterdam. She was on a voyage from Bensiaf, Algeria to Rotterdam. She was refloated with assistance.[25][16]
Newfield  United Kingdom The lighthouse tender suffered an onboard explosion off Chebogue, Nova Scotia, Dominion of Canada and was damaged. A crew member was killed and several were injured.[16]
Provincia  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore 17 nautical miles (31 km) east of Odessa, Russia.[16] She was refloated with assistance and resumed her voyage.[33]
Ruthwell  United Kingdom The barque ran aground near Rotterdam. She was on a voyage from Iquique to Rotterdam. She was refloated with assistance.[25][16]
Waterlily'  United Kingdom The barquentine collided with another vessel and sank off The Lizard, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Plymouth, Devon.[4]

10 December

List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1890
Ship State Description
Ada  United Kingdom The fishing trawler ran aground and was wrecked in Carmarthen Bay. Her four crew survived.[25]
Alberta Kuhoot  Germany The lighter was run into by the steamship Sirius (Flag unknown) and sank in the Scheldt off Port-la-Perle, Antwerp, Belgium.[30]
Duchess of Cornwall  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore in Dunraven Bay, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[25] She was refloated with the assistance of two tugs and sailed for Cardiff.[33]
Lady Chandos  United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak and was beached at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.[16]
Lady Gordon  United Kingdom The fishing boat ran aground 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) east of Lossiemouth, Lothian.[34]
Louise Jenny France The steamship was wrecked at Penmarc'h, Finistère.[25]
Maori King Queensland The steamship ran aground in the Brisbane River and was damaged. She was refloated.[16]
Princess  United Kingdom The steamship caught fire at Cardiff. The fire was extinguished.[16]
Veendam Netherlands The steamship ran aground in the Nieuwe Waterweg. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Rotterdam, South Holland.[16] She was refloated with assistance.[28]
Ville de Paris France The barque ran aground at Corinto and sprang a leak.[30]

11 December

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1890
Ship State Description
Antonio Sultan  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitehead, County Antrim. Her five crew were rescued.[28][33]
Ayr  United Kingdom The paddle tug was run into by the brigantine George F. ( United Kingdom) and sank off Ayr. Her crew were rescued by a fishing boat.[34][4]
Cariffel  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Maryport, Cumberland on being launched.[33] She was refloated on 14 December.[32]
Clara and Jessie  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore near Rosslare, County Wexford. Her crew were rescued.[28] She was on a voyage from Wexford to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[33]
Ellida Norway The barque struck the Hamilton Rock. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom to a Norwegian port. She was refloated and taken in to Lamlash, Isle of Arran, United Kingdom in a leaky condition. Her crew came ashore, leaving her captain aboard.[33][34] She sank on 14 December.[35]
Jehanne France The steamship collided with Ouse Hopper No. 2 ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Humber. Her crew were rescued.[28][33] Jehanne was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure.[4]
Mary Johnston  United Kingdom The brigantine struck the Owers, in the English Channel. She consequently foundered 7 nautical miles (13 km) off St. Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight. Her eight crew survived.[36] She was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands to London.[37][38][4]
Nepaul  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Shagstone Rocks, in the English Channel off the coast of Devon. Her nine passengers were taken off by a pilot cutter. The paddle tugs Sir Francis Drake and Sir Walter Raleigh (both  United Kingdom), the tugs Ætna and Perseverance (both  United Kingdom) Trevarno, Triumph and Vixen (all  United Kingdom) and the Plymouth Lifeboat went to her assistance. Her crew were taken off by Ætna. Nepaul was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Plymouth, Devon. She was a total loss.[28][39]
Plymouth Rock United States The schooner was wrecked at La Blanche Point, Cape Negro, Nova Scotia, Dominion of Canada.[1]
Pocahontas  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Savannah River, Georgia, United States.[33] She was refloated and sailed for Genoa, Italy.[37]
Royal Prince  United Kingdom The steam trawler ran aground at Goswick, Northumberland. She was refloated.[30]

12 December

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1890
Ship State Description
Agate  United Kingdom The steamship struck the Bishop Rock, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Wexford to Neath, Glamorgan. She put in to Holyhead, Anglesey in a sinking condition.[37][38]
Albert  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore in a strong wind, onto the beach at Porthtowan, Cornwall. Four or her five crew were lost.[40]
Aldborough  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Courland Bank, off Queenstown, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Taltal, Chile to Queenstown.[30]
Amazone  Germany The schooner caught fire in the North Sea.[30]
Chilian  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Savannah River, Georgia, United States.[37]
Derato Norway The brig ran aground at Dysart, Fife, United Kingdom. She heeled over and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to East Wemyss, Fife.[31]
Ellida Norway The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Port Ellen, Argyllshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom to Drammen.[37][38]
Fred E. Richards' United States The barquentine foundered off Rockport, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from Philadeplhia. Pennsylvania to Havana, Captaincy General of Cuba.[4]
Governor Willmot  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was driven ashore near New York, United States. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to New York.[37] She was refloated on 14 December.[32]
Hollinwood  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Courland Bank. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California, United States to Hull, Yorkshire.[37] She was refloated.[31]
Hydra  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent whilst avoiding a collision with another vessel. She was on a voyage from London to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France.[31]
Hope  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[24]
Idlewild  United Kingdom The steamship collided with, and sank, a canal boat in the River Thames and then ran aground at Blackwall, London.[31]
John Wells  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Suikerplaat and broke in two. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Goole, Yorkshire.[37]
Saint Asaph  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Nieuwe Diep. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Bremen, Germany.[37] She was later refloated.[41]
Plover  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamships Paradox and SS Scoresby (1872) (both  United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent and was beachyed. Plover was on a voyage from Palermo, Sicily, Italy to London.[37] She was refloated and taken in to Gravesend.[41]
Sandfield  United Kingdom The steamshipr ran aground in the River Thames at Greenhithe, Kent.[31]
Seamew  Royal Navy The gunboat collided with the Nore Lightship ( Trinity House). She put in to Sheerness, Kent.[38]
Spark  United Kingdom The steamship caught fire at in the Humber and was beached. The fire was extinguished with the assistance of a number of tugs. She was refloated and taken in to Hull, Yorkshire in a severely damaged condition.[32][41][17]
Stella M. Kenyon United States The ship ran aground and sank off Barren Island, New York.[31]
Therese Heymann  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground 17 nautical miles (31 km) east of Odessa, Russia. She was refloated and taken in to Odessa.[37]
Vesterbotten Norway The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Port Ellen. Her crew were rescued.[37] She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Christiania.[30]
Vivo  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Tiree, Inner Hebrides. She was a total loss.[41]

13 December

List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1890
Ship State Description
Albatross, and
Scoresby
 United Kingdom The steamship Albatross collided with the steamships Scoresby and Trevithick ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames. Albatross and Scoresby were severely damaged.[32]
Bywell, and
Vildosala
 United Kingdom The colliers, both steamships, collided in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent. Both vessels were severely damaged and beached, Bywell having also collided with the steamship Volmer ( Denmark). Bywell was refloated on 23 December.Vildosala was refloated and taken in to Tilbury, Essex.[32][41][31][42]
Carmarthenshire  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamships Hawthorn and Persia (both  United Kingdom) in the River Thames and was severely damaged. Carmarthenshire was on a voyage from a Japanese port to London.[43][31]
Jumna  United Kingdom The steamship suffered a fractured steam pipe at London. Three of her crew were killed, and three were severely wounded.[41]
Onward  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the south coast of the Isle of Bute, Buteshire. Her crew were rescued by a steamship.[35][44]
Petrel  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the south coast of the Isle of Bute. Her crew were rescued by a steamship.[35][44]
Persia  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the River Thames. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London. She was refloated with assistance from the tugs Undaunted and Woodcock (both  United Kingdom).[32]
Pladda  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) east of Crail, Fife. All 27 people on board were rescued by a fishing yawl.[41] She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Dundee, Forfarshire.[17]
HMS Seamew  Royal Navy The gunboat collided with the steamship Camel ( United Kingdom) off the Nore.[17]

14 December

List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1890
Ship State Description
Bedstonhill  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship ran aground at Queenstown, County Cork. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California, United States to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated with assistance.[32]
Clynder  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore 6 nautical miles (11 km) east of Kirkcudbright. She was on a voyage from the New Hebrides to Bowling, Dunbartonshire.[44][17]
Haldis Norway The ship was driven ashore at Kragershohnen. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France to Fredrikstad.[45]
James Hall  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Cromarty.[32]
Lottie  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Twillingate, Newfoundland Colony. She was refloated and found to be severely leaky.[32]
Pride of Beaumaris  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Tenby, Pemborkeshire. She was refloated and taken in to Tenby in a leaky condition.[31]
Rose  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at shire.[32][31]
Wolgast  Germany The brig collided with the steamship Wylam and was severely damaged. Wolgast was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk, United Kingdom to Danzig. She was towed in to Gothenburg, Sweden by Wylam.[32] Wolgast was consequently condemned.[4]
Unnamed France The schooner collided with the steamship Strathlyon ( United Kingdom) and sank off Breaksea Pointl Glamorgan, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.[44]

15 December

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1890
Ship State Description
Cambodge France The steamship collided with the steamship George Lockett ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames and was beached. Cambodge was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.[44] She ws refloated on 18 December and taken in to Greenhithe, Kent.[21]
Crescent  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground in the Black Oak River at Newport, County Mayo and was holed. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Newport. She was refloated and found to be severely leaky.[17]
Crystal  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the River Tay. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Dundee, Forfarshire. She was refloated and taken in to Dundee.[17]
Ferndale  United Kingdom The steamship was destroyed by fire off Lopez Island, Washington, United States. Her crew survived.[46]
Grace C. Young United States The schooner was dismasted in a gale on Banquereau and became waterlogged. As the crew prepared to abandon ship on 17 or 18 December they were rescued by Elbrug ( Germany).[1]
Hebe  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at St. Bees Head, Cumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Widnes, Cheshire to Workington, Cumberland.[44]
Scottish Maid  United Kingdom The fishing boat foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Kincardineshire with the loss of all four crew.[47]

16 December

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1890
Ship State Description
Pansilippo  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the schooner Ellen ( United Kingdom) off the Tuskar Rock and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by Ellen. Pansilippo was subsequenty towed in to Wexford by the tug Wexford ( United Kingdom).[48]

17 December

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1890
Ship State Description
Atalanta United States The barque broke in two in the Pacific Ocean. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Port Gamble, Washington to San Francisco, California.[49][4]
Convatino Hydra  Greece The brig was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Batoum, Russia to Alexandria, Egypt.[50]
Lance  United Kingdom The cutter collided with the steamship Ethel ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Bristol Channel off the coast of Glamorgan.[2]
Topsy Flag unknown The was wrecked on Cayman Brac, Cayman Islands.[51]
Vasso  Greece The brig was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Batoum to Alexandria.[50]
Ybarra No.4 Spain The steamship ran aground at Bilbao.[9]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The schooner was run down and sunk in the Firth of Clyde off Great Cumbrae, Argyllshire by the tug Mariner ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued by another schooner.[21]

18 December

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1890
Ship State Description
Birling  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Pennington Spit, in the English Channel off the coast of Hampshire. She was on a voyage from Newport, Isle of Wight to Liverpool, Lancashire.[20] She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage[52]
Budapest Austria-Hungary The steamship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Ouessant, Finistère, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kiel, Germany to Messina, Sicily, Italy.[20]
Coquette  United Kingdom The fishing trawler collided with the steamship Fairway ( United Kingdom) and sank 12 nautical miles (22 km) north west of the Eddystone Lighthouse, Cornwall with the loss of four of her five crew[20][53][21]
Lake Washington United States The ship was destroyed by fire at New Orleans, Louisiana.[54]
Pilgrim  United Kingdom The schooner foundered off St. Ives, Cornwall with the loss of all four crew.[55]
Pyrrha  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated, but subsequently ran aground on the Maplin Sand and broke in two. Her crew survived She as on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[20]
Rose  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Seafield Point, County Clare. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Seafield, County Clare to Bowling, Dunbartonshire.[20][21]
Science  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Dardanelles. She was refloated.[20]
Twin Sisters  United Kingdom The derelict schooner was towed into Liverpool, Lancahsire.[21]
Wave  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Elbe at Falkenthal, Germany. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Hamburg, Germany.[20][21] She was refloated and taken in to Hamburg.[2]

19 December

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1890
Ship State Description
Albert  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Porthtowan, Cornwall with the loss of all hands.[56]
Bilbao  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Bilbao, Spain. She was refloated and taken under tow, but the tow broke and she drove ashore at Las Arenas. Her crew were rescued by the Las Arenas Lifeboat.[52][57] She broke in two on 22 December.[9]
Busy Bee  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Templepatrick, County Down. Her five crew survived. She was on a voyage from Bridport, Dorset to Ayr. She was refloated on 21 December and taken in to Donaghadee, County Down.[52][58]
Bute  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at the Mull of Kintyre, Argyllshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Stornoway, Isle of Lewis.[57][57]
Catherine  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Baggy Point, Devon. Her five crew were rescued b the steamship Alice ( United Kingdom).[56][59] Catherine was on a voyage from Newquay, Cornwall to Sydney, New South Wales.[60]
Celestina  Italy The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in Ballycroneen Bay. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentine to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom.[57][45]
Dinorah, and
Mount Stewart
Norway
 United Kingdom
The steamship Mount Stewart collided with the barque Dinorah in the English Channel off the Royal Sovereign Lightship ( Trinity House). Both vessels sank. The steamship's crew were rescued. The barque's crew were rescued by another steamship.[60][55][9] Mount Stewart was under tow from Sunderland, County Durham to Santander, Spain.[4]
Endeavour  United Kingdom The ketch was wrecked off Ilfracombe, Devon. Her crew were rescued by a pilot boat. She was on a voytage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Bude, Cornwall.[52][61][57]
Faith  United Kingdom The dandy was wrecked on the Godrevy Rocks, Cornwall with the loss of all hands.[62]
Garron Tower  United Kingdom The steamship collided with a barque and sank in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex. Her fourteen crew were rescued by the steamship Bessemer ( United Kingdom) and the barque.[63][62]
Hanna  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Tara, County Down. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Christiania, Norway.[57]
Islay  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of Cushendun, County Antrim. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Islay.[52][2]
John Stockham' United States The schooner foundered off Faulkner's Island, Connecticut. She was on a voyage from Hoboken, New Jersey to Newport, Rhode Island.[4]
Lazaren Flag unknown The steamship was driven ashore near Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Odessa, Russia.[50]
Liver  United Kingdom The ketch was driven ashore and wrecked in Dunraven Bay, Glamorgan.[45]
Maggie Ann  United Kingdom The steamship foundered off St David's Head, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Porthgain, Pembrokeshire to Southampton, Hampshire.[52]
Manitoban  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Delaware River. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Glasgow.[57] She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[60]
Oregon  United Kingdom The barque, carrying sodium nitrate from Iquique, Chile to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland became a total wreck after striking the Book rocks, Bigbury Bay, Devon during a south-westerly gale. Her crew were rescued.[64][52]
Secret  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Porthminster, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by the Porthminster Lifeboat.[52][56]
Unnamed Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore at the entrance to Strangford Lough.[52]

20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1890
Ship State Description
Calliope  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Lemvik, Norway. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[60][2]
Eurydice'  United Kingdom The ship foundered off the George's Bank.[4]
Linn o' Dee  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore near Cuxhaven, Germany. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Hamburg, Germany.[60]
Newry  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground near Newry, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Argyllshire to Newry.[60]
Vivax Norway The barque arrived at Montevideo, Uruguay on fire.[60][2]

21 December

List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1890
Ship State Description
Bargany  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was run into by the steamship Cremon ( Germany) in The Downs and was severely damaged. Bargany was on a voyage from Iquique, Chile to Hamburg.[9]
Conquest Jersey The ship ran aground on the Whitburn Steel, off the coast of County Durham. She was refloated and taken in to Sunderland, County Durham.[9]
Drumeltan  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the River Liffey. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California to Dublin. She was refloated.[9]
Glen Gelder  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Alert ( Norway) in the Bristol Channel off Sully, Glamorgan and was beached.[60] Her seven crew were rescued by the tug Speedwell ( United Kingdom).[62][2] Glen Gelder was on a voyage from Barry, Glamorgan to a Brazilian port.[65] She was refloated on 29 December and towed in to Ely, Glamorgan.[54]
J. M. Smith  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Middle Sand, in the Humber. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Hull, Yorkshire.[60]
Le Tarn France The steamship caught fire at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord to Havre de Grâce. The fire was extinguished.[9]
Loanda  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Bermuda.[60]
Moorhen  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Scheldt.[60] She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Odessa, Russia.[66]
Orator  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on the Briggs Reef, off the coast of County Down. Her 26 crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to the Isles of Scilly.[67][58]
Prince of Wales  United Kingdom The paddle steamer ran aground on the Holewood Bank, in the Belfast Lough. More than 100 passengers were take off by the ship's boats and the tug Essex ( United Kingdom).[55] Prince of Wales was on a voyage from Fleetwood, Lancashire to Belfast, County Antrim. She was refloated and taken in to Belfast.[68]
Victoria Spain The brig collided with the steamship Minerva (Flag unknown) at Buenos Aires, Argentina and was severely damaged. Victoria was on a voyage from Cádiz to Buenos Aires.[9]

22 December

List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1890
Ship State Description
Annie Ada  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on the Pladdy Rock, off the coast of County Down. She was on a voyage from Ayr to Dublin.[9][4]
SMS Friedrich Carl  Imperial German Navy The ironclad ran aground at Mitylene, Lesbos, Greece.[69]
Leonie France The brig foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Toulon, Var with the loss of five of her seven crew.[70][71]
Olga Norway The ship was driven ashore on the coast of County Galway, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from the Saint Lawrence River to Galway.[9]
Tweed  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Sunderland, County Durham. She was on a voyage from London to the River Tyne.[72]
White Jacket  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at "Faraman", Bouches-du-Rhône, France. She was refloated.[9]

23 December

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1890
Ship State Description
Eastern Light United States The ship was wrecked on Caucus Shoal (30°18′54″N 87°19′27″W / 30.31500°N 87.32417°W / 30.31500; -87.32417 (Eastern Light)).[12]
Ferdinand Vandertaelen Belgium The steamship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea at (37°N 06°E / 37°N 6°E / 37; 6 (Ferdinand Vandertaelen)). Her crew were rescued by Caroline Robert de Massey ( United Kingdom). Ferdinand Vandertaelen was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Antwerp.[73][51]
Solid  United Kingdom The ship collided with a steamship off the Rock Light and was severely damaged. She put in to Liverpool, Lancashire in a leaky condition.[74]
Talookdar, and
Libusea
 United Kingdom
 Germany
The full-rigged ship Talookdar collided with Libusea and sank in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of 23 of her crew. Talookdar was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London. Libusea was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Valparaíso, Chile. She put in to Pernambuco, Brazil.[75][4]

24 December

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1890
Ship State Description
Forest Princess  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Bocas, off the coast of Trinidad. Her crew were rescued.[74] She was on a voyage from London to Trinidad.[4]
Gorji  United Kingdom The steamship caught fire at Perim, Aden Colony.[74]

25 December

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1890
Ship State Description
John and Edward Netherlands The smack was wrecked on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. Her crew reached the Cork Lightship ( Trinity House) in their boat.[76]
Shanghai  United Kingdom The cargo liner burned near the Mud Fort, Wuhu, China. Between 200 and 300 people were killed.[77][78] She was on a voyage from Shanghai to Hankow, China.[4]

26 December

List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1890
Ship State Description
A. H. Hurlburt United States The coastal schooner was wrecked on Black Point, about 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Narragansett Pier, Rhode Island. Her captain and two crewmen died, the rest of the crew were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[1]
Alexandra Norway The brig ran aground at Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Kirkwall to the River Tyne. She was refloated with assistance.[79]
Bill Stowe United States The schooner was wrecked at Providence, Rhode island. Her crew were rescued by breeches buoy.[80]
Golconda  United Kingdom The steamship caught fire at Diamond Harbour, India.[51]
Unity  United Kingdom The Thames barge ran aground on the Plattes, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to Poole, Dorset. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Merrimac and the yawl Reware (both  United Kingdom and escorted in to Harwich, Essex.[76]

27 December

List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1890
Ship State Description
Elizabeth Alice  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Runcorn, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Fowey, Cornwall to Runcorn. She was refloated with the assistance of a number of tugs.[50]
Melbourne France The steamship ran aground in the Nieuwe Waterweg at Maassluis, South Holland. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Rotterdam, South Holland.[50]
Ryelands  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Runcorn. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, United States to Runcorn. She was refloated with the assistance of a number of tugs.[50]
Saint Asaph  United Kingdom The steamship caught fire at Bremen, Germany. The fire was extinbuished.[50]

28 December

List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1890
Ship State Description
Dudley Farlin' United States The schooner foundered off Bodie Island, North Carolina. She was on a voyage from New York to Charleston, South Carolina.[4]
Speranza Norway The barque was driven ashore at Pará, Brazil. She was refloated and taken in to Pará.[54]

29 December

List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1890
Ship State Description
Antelope  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Wexford. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Wexford. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Wexfored ( United Kingdom) and taken in to Wexford.[50]
Langoe  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground off Damietta, Egypt.[46] She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Colombo, Ceylon.[50]
Lusitania Portugal The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sagres.[54]
Merapi Netherlands The steamship ran aground in the Nieuwe Waterweg. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Java, Netherlands East Indies.[50]
Ogmore  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Arbroath, Forfarshire. She was on a voyage from Arbroath to Blyth, Northumberland. She was refloated.[46]
Pollux  United Kingdom The steamship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.[4]
Ragna Norway The barque was driven ashore on Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued.[46][50]
Souverain France The ship ran aground at in the Gironde at Pauillac, Gironde.[50]
Thessaly  United Kingdom The steamship caught fire in the North Sea and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Hamburg.[54][4]
Victis  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at Margate, Kent and was damaged.[50]
W. I. Radcliffe  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Nieuwe Waterweg. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Rotterdam.[50]

30 December

List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1890
Ship State Description
Baron Elibank  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Weser at Bremerhaven, Germany.[54]
Helena, and
an unnamed vessel
 United Kingdom A smack was run into by the steamship Helena ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Bute Channel. Helena was beached at Penarth, Glamorgan.[54]
Maria Andrina Austria-Hungary The ship foundered in the Adriatic Sea off Pirano with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to an Austro-Hungarian port.[81][54][82]
Marie Eugenie France The ship was driven ashore at St. Martin's, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom.[54]
Napoli  Germany The steamship ran aground in the Elbe at Blankenese. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Hamburg.[54]
Niobe Austria-Hungary The steamship was driven ashore at Heraklion, Crete, Greece. All on board were rescued.[54]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in December 1890
Ship State Description
Active Dominon of Canada The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Salmon Cove, Labrador.[83]
Adja J. Bonner United States The barquentine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 12 December. Her nine crew were rescued by the steamship Unionist ( United Kingdom). Adja J. Bonner was set afire. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Baltimore, Maryland.[32][31][79]
Admiral United States The schooner was wrecked on Bryon Island, Magdalen Islands, Nova Scotia, Dominion of Canada on 11 or 16 December. Her crew was picked up from the island by a steamship three weeks later.[1]
Aghios Vlassios  Greece The steamship caught fire in the Dardanelles before 10 December and ran aground at Tenedos, Ottoman Empire.[16][41] The fire was extinguished.[28] She was severely damaged.[33] Aghios Vlassios was refloated on 14 December and resumed her voyage.[41][17]
Angelina  Italy The brig was lost in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from St. John's, Newfoundland Colony to Demerara, British Guiana.[25]
Anna Sweden The brig was abandoned in the North Sea (57°30′N 7°18′E / 57.500°N 7.300°E / 57.500; 7.300). Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Oskarshamn to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[7]
Caboodle United States The schooner was driven ashore and sank at Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon. She was later refloated and taken in to Saint-Pierre.[82]
Calliope  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore. She was refloated and taken in to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[18]
Carolina France The brigantine was wrecked at Saint-Pierre.[28]
Carricks Norway The barque was abandoned at sea with the loss of eleven of her crew. A survivor was rescued by the barque Emma Payzant ( United Kingdom). Carricks was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida, United States to the River Tyne.[51]
Casterton  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Cardiff.[19]
Claribel  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Port Prim Reef. She was refloated and towed in to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Dominion of Canada in a severely leaky condition.[19]
Cleddu Belle  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore at Point Aconi, Nova Scotia, Dominion of Canada. She was refloated and taken in to North Sydney, Nova Scotia in a leaky condition.[74]
Consuelo  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at "Kingsco", Newfoundland Colony. Her crew were rescued.[25]
Coptic  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on Main Island at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, while departing for a voyage to Plymouth, Devon. Her forward compartments flooded, but were repaired by local engineers, and she returned to service.[84]
Corsair Flag unknown The schooner was wrecked at Saint-Pierre.[82]
Emeline  United Kingdom The schooner sank in Old Man's Bay.[82]
E. T. G.  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore on Tybee Island, Georgia, United States. She was refloated and taken in to Savannah, Georgia in a leaky condition.[52]
Freden Norway The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Sandefjord.[14]
Hannah Flag unknown The schooner was driven ashore at Saint-Pierre.[83]
Hope Flag unknown The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Spaniard's Bay, Newfoundland Colony.[83]
Irene France The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Maravilla ( United Kingdom). Irene was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to Valparaíso, Chile.[18]
Lady Clive  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Cardiff.[19]
Leonce P.' France The brig foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off La Seyne-sur-Mer, Var in late December. She was on a voyage from Porto-Vecchio, Corsica to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.[4]
Lindesnaes Norway The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Holne Eden (Flag unknown). Lindesnaes was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Havre de Grâce, Seine-inférieure, France.[85]
Marie Flag unknown The schooner was driven ashore at Saint-Pierre.[83]
Northenden  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore. She was refloated on 23 December and taken in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire.[42]
On Time  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked in the Cayman Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Colón, Columbia to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Dominion of Canada.[7]
Peeress  United Kingdom The brigantine was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by the barque Caswell ( United Kingdom). Peeress was on a voyage from Santa Fe to Falmouth, Cornwall.[28]
Planter Flag unknown The schooner was driven ashore at Saint-Pierre.[83]
Port Adelaide  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Jong Island, Singapore. She was refloated.[41]
Pride of Anglesey  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore. She was refloated and put back to Tenby, Pembrokeshire.[41]
Rheinfels  Germany The steamship ran aground at Port Said, Egypt. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Kurrachee, India. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to Port Said.[51]
Rushlight Flag Unknown The schooner was wrecked at Saint-Pierre.[82]
Sailors' Home Flag unknown The ship sank off Cape Miquelon]], Miquelon with the loss of all hands.[82]
Struan Norway The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Pacific Ocean before 24 December. She was on a voyage from Port Discovery, Washington to Melbourne, Victoria.[46]
Talabot Norway The steamship ran aground at Hamburg. She was refloated and put back to Hamburg.[7]
Two Sisters Flag unknown The brig was wrecked at Saint-Pierre.[82]
Ville de Valence France The steamship collided with the steamship Ormesby ( United Kingdom) and was severely damaged. She put in to Suez, Egypt.[14]
Vivo  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked on Tiree, Inner Hebrides.[32]
Water Lily  United Kingdom The schooner collided with another vessel and foundered. Her crew were rescued by St. Jean ( France).[85]
William D. Daisley United States The schooner sailed from Gloucester, Massachusetts for Fortune Bay, Newfoundland Colony and vanished. She was probably lost in a gale in December.[86]
Unnamed France The brig was driven ashore in Barn's Bay, Newfoundland Colony.[83]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore in Barn's Bay.[83]
Unnamed Flag unknown The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Toad's Cove, Labrador.[83]
Unnamed Newfoundland Colony The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Placentia.[83]
Unnamed Newfoundland Colony The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Heart's Content.[83]
6 unnamed vessels Flags unknown The schooners were driven ashore at "Carboneau".[83]
Many unnamed vessels Flags unknown The brigs and schooners were driven ashore at Bay Roberts, Port Degrave, Fox Cove and St. Mary's, Newcoundland Colony.[83]

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