List of shipwrecks in 1893
The list of shipwrecks in 1893 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1893.
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January
[edit]6 January
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Black Diamond | ![]() | The steamship collided with Progress (![]() |
16 January
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San Marco | ![]() | The steamer sank after a collision in the Strait of Messina.[2] |
Unknown date
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Unnamed | ![]() | The steamship was driven ashore at Novorossiysk, Russia.[3] |
Unnamed | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Novorossiysk.[3] |
February
[edit]2 February
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E. W. Monifie | ![]() | The barge burned at the Railroad Wharf at Pensacola, Florida.[4] |
4 February
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Dicky | ![]() | ![]() |
13 February
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Ella F. Bartlett | ![]() | The schooner was wrecked on Munroe Island, off Portland, Maine. The crew made it to shore.[5] |
19 February
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J. A. Bishop | ![]() | The steam tugboat burned at the Timber Wharf, Carrabelle, Florida.[4] |
21 February
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Coanza | ![]() | The Elder Dempster 1,518 GRT passenger ship ran aground and was wrecked on Bayak Rock, Baujah Reef near Sinou, Senegal. She was en route to West Africa from Hamburg.[6][7] |
Labourdonnais | ![]() | The sloop-of-war was wrecked on Île Sainte-Marie off the coast of Madagascar.[8] |
22 February
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Shamrock | ![]() | The iron schooner was stranded at Ballyquintin Point, County Down, Ireland and became a wreck.[9] |
26 February
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Clans | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked during a heavy gale off Helen's Bay, Belfast Lough, Ireland, on a voyage from Glasgow to Widnes, Lancashire; the crew were saved by coastguard with difficulty.[10] |
Unknown date
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Naronic | ![]() | The White Star Line steamship was lost in the Atlantic Ocean after leaving Liverpool on 11 February 1893 bound for New York, possibly on 19 February, with the loss of all 74 people on board. The ship's fate remains a mystery. |
Ripple | ![]() | The fishing schooner wrecked in fog on Santa Rosa Island, Florida on either 13 or 15 February.[4] |
March
[edit]3 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Kanawha | ![]() | The steamer ran aground on Santa Rosa Island, Florida 12 miles (19 km) east of Pensacola Pass, possibly salvaged.[4] |
7 March
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John Hancock | ![]() | While moored at the wharf at Sand Point on the northwestern coast of Popof Island in the Shumagin Islands off the south coast of the Alaska Peninsula in the District of Alaska with a crew of eight and a cargo of 80 tons of salt and provisions aboard, the 167.62-ton, 143.7-foot (43.8 m) cod-fishing schooner broke loose from her moorings during a storm and was stranded. All on board survived, but she and her cargo both were a total loss.[11] |
21 March
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Helen Blum | ![]() | The 66.17-gross register ton, 75-foot (22.9 m) sealing schooner was seen for the last time at Ugamok Island (57°53′40″N 153°23′06″W / 57.8945°N 153.3850°W) in the Shumagin Islands off the south coast of the District of Alaska′s Alaska Peninsula. She subsequently disappeared with the loss of her entire crew of 26, presumably lost in a storm that struck the area. In May 1893, wreckage believed to be from Helen Blum was discovered in the Shumagin Islands on the coasts of Chernabura Island (54°47′15″N 159°33′37″W / 54.7875°N 159.5603°W) and Simeonof Island (54°53′52″N 159°16′00″W / 54.8978°N 159.2667°W).[12] |
23 March
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Allanshaw | ![]() | The iron sailing ship was wrecked on Tristan da Cunha with the loss of three crew. |
24 March
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Glückauf | ![]() | ![]() |
26 March
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Octavia A. Dow | ![]() | The schooner ran aground on Fort Barrancas Bar, Santa Rosa Island, Florida.[4] |
27 March
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William H. Jordan | ![]() | The schooner was wrecked at Grand Bruit, Newfoundland. Crew saved.[15] |
30 March
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Iceland | ![]() | The schooner was hove down and abandoned at sea on the way to Iceland. One crewman killed, one injured. Survivors were rescued by an unknown steamer.[16] |
April
[edit]4 April
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Horsa | ![]() | The sailing ship ran aground off St Martin's, Isles of Scilly; the ship was towed off but later foundered in deep water.[17][18] |
6 April
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Ernesta | ![]() | The schooner capsized in a squall 30 miles (48 km) off Barnegat Light, New Jersey. Six of her crewmen killed.[19] |
Lumberman | ![]() | The schooner, sometimes referred to a "lumbermen" or "United Lumbermen", capsized and sank in 70 feet (21 m) of water in a squall off Oak Creek, Wisconsin, 17 miles (27 km) south east of Milwaukee. The crew were rescued from her rigging by Minominee (![]() |
11 April
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Helen R. Low | ![]() | The schooner was burned in the harbor at Gloucester, Massachusetts.[23] |
Mystic | ![]() | The schooner was destroyed by fire between Boston and Gloucester, Massachusetts.[24] |
21 April
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Newell A. Eddy | ![]() | The schooner barge sank a storm after losing the towline to her tow Charles Eddy (![]() |
28 April
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Vityaz | ![]() | The corvette ran aground in the Korea Strait. She was abandoned by her crew the next day. Vityaz was on a voyage from Nagasaki, Japan to Port Lazaref, Joseon. Salvage was attempted in late May, but she broke up and sank in a storm that lasted from 31 May to 4 June.[3] |
30 April
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Seagull | ![]() | The wrecking tug burned to the waterline in Lake Erie off Spectacle Reef.[28] |
May
[edit]10 May
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Vitiaz | ![]() | The Vitiaz-class protected cruiser was wrecked on a reef in the Sea of Japan off Port Lazarev during a typhoon.[29] |
14 May
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A. Everett | ![]() | The steamer was holed by ice Lake Superior and beached two miles (3.2 km) from Two Harbors, Minnesota.[30] |
17 May
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Continental | ![]() | The dredge was swept out of the harbor at Conneaut, Ohio out into Lake Erie by fast moving water due to heavy overnight rains. She capsized in the lake killing her captain and three crewmen and the female cook. Two crew washed ashore in her wreckage and survived. The vessel was later raised and repaired.[31] |
Pelican | ![]() | The schooner filled and sank in Lake Erie off the harbor at Ashtabula, Ohio in a gale. Three crew wee killed and four rescued by the tug Sunol (![]() |
Walter Richardson | ![]() | The tug was swept out of the harbor at Conneaut, Ohio out into Lake Erie by fast moving water due to heavy overnight rains. A scow she was lashed to was cut loose but the line disabled her prop resulting in her going ashore.[34] |
21 May
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Almirante Barroso | ![]() | The corvette was wrecked in the Red Sea near Ras Zeith while on an around-the-world cadet cruise. The screw sloop-of-war HMS Dolphin (![]() |
23 May
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R. J. Gibbs | ![]() | The schooner foundered, or went ashore, a few miles below Barr Point in a storm. Equipment was salvaged. Everyone on board was rescued by Iron Chief (flag unknown).[36] |
26 May
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Sea Ranger | ![]() | While approaching the south-central coast of the District of Alaska to bury a deceased crewman, the 273.12-gross register ton, 106.8-foot (32.6 m) bark was wrecked on an uncharted reef – thereafter known as Sea Ranger Reef – north-northwest of Cape Saint Elias, 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) west of Kayak Island.[37] |
June
[edit]2 June
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Corsican | ![]() | The schooner was sunk in a collision with Corsica (![]() |
21 June
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S. C. Clark | ![]() | The steam barge burned on Lake Huron off Port Sanilac, Michigan, a total loss.[40] |
22 June
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HMS Victoria | ![]() | ![]() ![]() |
24 June
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Skater | ![]() | The steamer was destroyed by fire 30 miles (48 km) off Manistee, Michigan in Lake Michigan.[41] |
Unknown date
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Eliza Anderson | ![]() | The schooner sank in Long Island Sound near Faulkner Island off the coast of Connecticut. She later was refloated and was stripped at New Haven, Connecticut, and her wreck was abandoned there, but it later was refloated again and then scuttled in deep water in Long Island Sound.[42][43] |
July
[edit]2 July
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Ira H. Owen | ![]() | The steamer was holed by an obstruction off Cedar Point above Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan and was beached. Refloated, repaired and returned to service.[44] |
3 July
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Thos. Maythem | ![]() | The steamer was holed by an obstruction off Cedar Point above Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan and was beached. Refloated, repaired and returned to service.[45] |
9 July
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Harry Tilden | ![]() | The schooner was sunk accidentally off Sandy Hook, New Jersey, by a shot fired from the United States Army's Sandy Hook Proving Ground.[46] |
21 July
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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David Vance | ![]() | The schooner, under tow of Samoa (![]() ![]() |
Lizzie A. Law | ![]() | The schooner barge, under tow of Egyptian (![]() ![]() |
August
[edit]5 August
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William H. Wellington | ![]() | The schooner was dismasted and sunk off Coffie's Island, near Liverpool, Nova Scotia.[50] |
7 August
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Mary Pringle | ![]() | The steam barge burned at Port Huron, Michigan, a total loss.[51][52] |
13 August
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Helen F. Tredick | ![]() | The schooner was burned at East Pubnico, Nova Scotia. Crew safe.[53] |
21 August
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Mary Lizzie | ![]() | The fishing schooner sank in the North Atlantic Ocean off northeastern North America with the loss of five lives. Her sole survivor was rescued after 33 hours in the water by the steamer Eggleston Abbey (![]() |
23 August
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Faragut | ![]() | The schooner was wrecked at Shag Harbour, Nova Scotia in a gale.[55] |
Pioneer | ![]() | The fishing schooner sank in a gale on the Georges Bank. Lost with all 12 crewmen.[56] |
24 August
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Ella M. Johnson | ![]() | 1893 New York hurricane: The fishing schooner sank in the North Atlantic Ocean off Manasquan, New Jersey, with the loss of her entire crew of eight men.[54] |
Empire State | ![]() | 1893 New York hurricane: The fishing schooner sank in the North Atlantic Ocean off Manasquan, New Jersey, with the loss of her entire crew of ten men.[54] |
Panther | ![]() | 1893 New York hurricane: While towing barges, the 110-foot (33.5 m) iron-hulled steam tug sank with the loss of 17 lives in 56 feet (17 m) of water in the North Atlantic Ocean south of Long Island off Southampton, New York, during a storm.[42][43] |
Unknown date
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Horn Head | ![]() | The cargo ship went missing after passing Cape Henry on 20 August, or sunk by an iceberg, en route to Dublin, Ireland. 32 or 62 persons lost.[57][58][59] |
Pioneer | ![]() | The schooner left Gloucester, Massachusetts on 2 August for the Georges Bank and vanished. Believed to have sunk in a gale late in the month.[60] |
September
[edit]1 September
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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O. Wilcox | ![]() | The tug sprung a leak and sank 10 miles (16 km) above sable in 150 feet (46 m) of water. The crew made it to East Tawas, Michigan in her boat.[61] |
5 September
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Arctic | ![]() | The steam barge sprung a leak and sank off White Rock in Lake Huron.[62][63] |
7 September
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Gannet | ![]() | The 102-gross register ton steamer fishing trawler was wrecked in the Orkney Islands.[64] |
Rusalka | ![]() | The monitor foundered and sank in a storm in the Gulf of Finland with the loss of her entire crew of 177. Her wreck was discovered in July 2013 at 59°51′55″N 24°53′07″E / 59.86528°N 24.88528°E. |
13 September
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Byron Trerice | ![]() | The passenger steamer burned to the waterline at Leamington, Ontario, a total loss. Two crewmen burned to death, the ship's female cook drowned.[65][66] |
22 September
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Lewis Wallace | ![]() | The 54-foot (16.5 m) steam tug burned and sank in a small bay at the west end of Portage Lake in Michigan. |
23 September
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Albert Walter | ![]() | The 44-tons burden schooner drifted onto rocks several miles north-northeast of Kodiak, District of Alaska, and was abandoned by her crew of five.[67] |
25 September
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Adam M. Hall | ![]() | The schooner struck a rock, caught fire and burned off Scatterie Island. Crew saved.[68] |
27 September
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Mystic | ![]() | The tugboat burned at Ransom's Landing, Lake Superior.[69] |
30 September
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Margaret A. Muir | ![]() | The schooner foundered in a gale in Lake Michigan off Ahnapee.[70] |
Sassacus | ![]() | The scow schooner was beached in a gale on Lake Michigan two miles (3.2 km) north east of entrance to Sturgeon Bay.[71][72] |
October
[edit]6 October
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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David Stewart | ![]() | The schooner broke up and sank in Pigeon Bay in 30 feet (9.1 m) of water in a gale, a total loss. The crew were rescued by the fishing tug Louise (![]() |
13 October
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Emily Schroeder | ![]() | The whaling and trading schooner dragged her anchor during a storm and was wrecked in Maryat Inlet (68°20′20″N 166°50′40″W / 68.33889°N 166.84444°W) in Point Hope Lagoon near Point Hope on the coast of the District of Alaska. She became a total loss and was still visible hard aground in the inlet in 1896.[75] |
Ida M. Torrent | ![]() | The steamer burned to the waterline at Cross Village, Michigan.[76][77] |
14 October
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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A. McVittie | ![]() | The Great Charleston Hurricane of 1893: The steamer went ashore on the west end of Beaver Island. Pulled off on 12 November.[78] |
Acme | ![]() | The Great Charleston Hurricane of 1893: The tug sank in Lake Huron in 225 feet (69 m) of water. The crew were rescued by the tug Reliance (![]() |
Annie Sherwood | ![]() | The Great Charleston Hurricane of 1893: The schooner was lost on Lake Superior.[81] |
C. B. Benson | ![]() | The Great Charleston Hurricane of 1893: The schooner sank in Gravelly Bay, Lake Erie, off Long Point, Ontario in 80 feet (24 m) of water. Her crew of six, plus the captain's wife were all lost.[82][83] |
C. F. Curtis | ![]() | The Great Charleston Hurricane of 1893: The steamer was driven ashore at Cheboygan, Michigan. Later salvaged.[84] |
Castalia | ![]() | The Great Charleston Hurricane of 1893: The steamer went ashore at Sault Ste. Marie. The vessel was pulled off on 17 October.[85][86] |
City of Cleveland | ![]() | The Great Charleston Hurricane of 1893: The steam barge went ashore on Point Epaiffette near Summons' Reef, in Lake Michigan. Pulled off on 23 October and taken to St. Ignace, Michigan for repairs.[87] |
Conestoga | ![]() | The Great Charleston Hurricane of 1893: The steamer went ashore at the head of Lake St. Clair, eight miles (13 km) eastward of the cut, was pulled off the bottom by the tug Champion on 18 October and towed to Detroit, Michigan.[88] |
Crawford | ![]() | The Great Charleston Hurricane of 1893: The schooner went ashore on Bois Blanc Island, in the Straits of Mackinac.[89] |
Dean Richmond | ![]() | The Great Charleston Hurricane of 1893: The passenger/cargo steamer broke up and sank in Lake Erie off Dunkirk, New York. 17 of 18 crew died plus 3 would-be rescuers.[90][91] |
E. P. Curtis | ![]() | The Great Charleston Hurricane of 1893: The steamer went ashore at Cheboygan, Michigan.[92] |
Enterprise | ![]() | The Great Charleston Hurricane of 1893: The yacht was driven ashore at Lion's Head, Ontario, in Lion's Bay.[93][94] |
Evra Fuller | ![]() | The Great Charleston Hurricane of 1893: The schooner was lost on Lake Michigan.[95] |
Falconer | ![]() | The Great Charleston Hurricane of 1893: The schooner was driven ashore on Lake Ontario.[96] |
Hekla | ![]() | The Great Charleston Hurricane of 1893: The steam barge went ashore at Wellington, Ontario. Pulled off on 20 October and taken to Kingston, Ontario.[97][98] |
Ironton | ![]() | The Great Charleston Hurricane of 1893: The schooner barge was driven ashore in either Waiskai Bay, or Bay Mills, on Lake Superior. Refloated and returned to service.[99][100] |
Isabel Reid | ![]() | The Great Charleston Hurricane of 1893: The schooner was driven ashore at Cheboygan, Michigan.[101] |
J. C. Martin | ![]() | The Great Charleston Hurricane of 1893: The barge went ashore at Racine, Wisconsin.[102] |
James D. Sawyer | ![]() | The Great Charleston Hurricane of 1893: The schooner barge went on the rocks five miles (8.0 km) from Charlevoix, Michigan, a total wreck.[103] |
John B. Merrill | ![]() | The Great Charleston Hurricane of 1893: The schooner lost her towline, wrecked on Holdredge Shoal off Drummond Island in Lake Huron, and broke up the next day.[104][105] |
John T. Mott | ![]() | The Great Charleston Hurricane of 1893: The schooner was sunk between the piers at Fairport, Ohio.[106][107] |
Kershaw | ![]() | The Great Charleston Hurricane of 1893: The steamer was driven ashore in either Waiskai Bay, or Bay Mills, on Lake Superior. Later pulled off.[108][109][110] |
Knight Templar | ![]() | The Great Charleston Hurricane of 1893: The barge was driven ashore at Cheboygan, Michigan.[111] |
Minnehaha | ![]() | The Great Charleston Hurricane of 1893: The schooner was run aground in Lake Michigan after losing hatch covers in the storm and began filling. She was beached one-quarter mile (0.40 km) offshore between Burnham, Michigan and Arcadia, Michigan and broke up. Her captain survived, the other six crew, including the female cook, died.[112][113] |
Morton | ![]() | The Great Charleston Hurricane of 1893: The schooner went ashore at Sault Ste. Marie.[114] |
Mount Blanc | ![]() | The Great Charleston Hurricane of 1893: The schooner sank in the harbor at Cleveland, Ohio one hour after arriving with heavy damage from the storm and being towed in almost capsizing.[115] |
Nelson Holland | ![]() | The Great Charleston Hurricane of 1893: The schooner was driven ashore at Cheboygan, Michigan.[116] |
Riverside | ![]() | The Great Charleston Hurricane of 1893: The schooner sank in Lake Erie 30 miles (48 km) north east of Cleveland, Ohio. Lost with all seven hands, including her captain and his wife who was the cook. The wreck was located on 6 October 2007.[117][118] |
Sweepstakes | ![]() | The Great Charleston Hurricane of 1893: The barge was driven ashore at Cheboygan, Michigan.[119] |
T. S. Fassett | ![]() | The Great Charleston Hurricane of 1893: The sailing vessel went ashore in Lake Huron near Cheboygan, Michigan.[120] |
Volunteer | ![]() | The Great Charleston Hurricane of 1893: The schooner was driven ashore at Port Austen, Ontario.[121] |
Whittaker | ![]() | The Great Charleston Hurricane of 1893: The steamer went ashore at Long Point, Ontario. Pulled off on 17 October.[122] |
Wocoken | ![]() | The Great Charleston Hurricane of 1893: The steam barge sank in Lake Erie in eight fathoms (48 ft; 15 m) of water. Lost with 14 hands, including her captain. Three survivors lashed themselves in her rigging and were saved by the United States Life Saving Service 17 hours later. Her engine, boilers and machinery were salvaged in September 1894.[123][124] |
Yukon | ![]() | The Great Charleston Hurricane of 1893: The schooner was driven ashore in either Waiskai Bay, or Bay Mills, on Lake Superior.[125][126] |
16 October
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Levi Rawson | ![]() | The Great Charleston Hurricane of 1893: The barge sank at Kelly's Island.[127] |
21 October
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Charles S. Tappan | ![]() | The schooner was wrecked at Little Glace Bay, Nova Scotia. Crew saved.[128] |
Henry Friend | ![]() | The schooner was wrecked on Shovelful shoal. Crew saved.[129] |
24 October
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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George | ![]() | The schooner went aground in Lake Superior 30 yards (27 m) offshore from Mosquito Beach near Pictured Rocks in a snowstorm and broke up in 15 feet (4.6 m) of water. Her crew survived.[130][131][132] |
November
[edit]3 November
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Cabo Machichaco | ![]() | |
M. R. Warner | ![]() | The schooner barge, under tow of Superior, had her towline cut or parted in heavy weather. She drifted ashore on Sand Island and broke up. Some of her cargo of lumber was salvaged. No casualties.[134][135] |
6 November
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Yukon | ![]() | The steamer was wrecked at Juneau, District of Alaska, during a storm.[136] |
7 November
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Albany | ![]() | The cargo ship was sunk in a collision in fog off Point aux Barques 17 miles (27 km) north of Sand Beach in Lake Huron with Philadelphia (![]() |
John B. Frazer | ![]() | The steamer burned near Goose Island on Lake Nipissing. 7 survived, 18, including her captain, died. The wreck was located in 1972.[139][140] |
Philadelphia | ![]() | The freighter was damaged in a collision in fog with Albany (![]() |
11 November
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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C. B. Lockwood | ![]() | The steamer was sunk in a collision with Elizabeth A. Nicholson (flag unknown) at Lime-Kiln Crossing in the Detroit River off Amherstburg, Ontario. Raised, repaired and returned to service in 1894.[143][144] |
Thomas H. Smith | ![]() | The freighter/steam barge/tug was sunk in a collision with Arthur Orr (flag unknown) in dense fog off Racine, Wisconsin. As she sank the cold water caused her boilers to explode. Her crew was rescued by Arthur Orr.[145][146][147] |
17 November
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Favourite | ![]() | The ketch foundered in the Bristol Channel 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Worms Head, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued.[148] |
Lowell | ![]() | The steam barge burned at St. Clair, Michigan.[149] |
18 November
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Bessie | ![]() | The collier was wrecked on Carbis Bay beach, Cornwall.[150] |
Cintra | ![]() | The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Carbis Bay, in St Ives Bay, with the loss of seven of her twelve crew. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Dartmouth, Devon.[151] One of her anchors was recovered in 1959 and can be seen on Smeaton's Pier, St Ives.[150] |
Hampshire | ![]() | The vessel sank in St Ives Bay with the loss of all hands.[150] |
Rosedale | ![]() | The vessel was washed ashore at Porthminster beach, St Ives, Cornwall.[150] |
Vulture | ![]() | The collier was stranded on Carbis Bay beach. The boilers were taken for scrap during World War II.[150] |
22 November
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Javary | ![]() | Revolta da Armada: The monitor was sunk by coastal artillery in the harbor at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
24 November
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Serica | ![]() | The steamer nearly foundered and took shelter in St Mary's Roads on 19 November. As she left on 24 November she struck an uncharted rock (later named Serica Rock) and sank.[152][153] |
December
[edit]3 December
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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F. W. Wheeler | ![]() | The cargo ship was wrecked in a blizzard three miles (4.8 km) from Michigan City, Indiana, a total loss.[154][155] |
W. R. Crowell | ![]() | The tug foundered in Lake Michigan six miles (9.7 km) off the Indiana shore in 50 feet (15 m) of water while going to the assistance of F. W. Wheeler.[156] |
5 December
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Waldo A. Avery | ![]() | The freighter caught fire in the Straits of Mackinac and was run aground off McGulpin Point Light west of Mackinaw City. She burned to the waterline and sank. Refloated and taken to Bay City, Michigan in 1894. She was rebuilt in 1895 and returned to service as Phenix. No casualties.[157][158] |
8 December
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Princesse Louise | ![]() | The steamer became stranded in the River Scheldt at Saaftingen and broke in two.[159] |
12 December
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Eliza R. | ![]() | The schooner was wrecked in the Hound Cross Islands, near Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. Crew saved.[160] |
Senator Lodge | ![]() | The schooner was wrecked at Port Nova. Crew saved.[161] |
13 December
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Althea | ![]() | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in Oxwich Bay. Her ten crew were rescued by the Port Eynon Lifeboat.[148] |
16 December
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Sete de Setembro | ![]() | The armored frigate burned and sank at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
20 December
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Danforth | ![]() | The schooner went ashore four miles (6.4 km) north of Chicago, Illinois, in gale, later breaking up.[162] |
Iota | ![]() | The barque sank off the coast of Cornwall at Tintagel with the loss of one life.[163][164] |
Star of the East | ![]() | The schooner was abandoned on Cashes Bank after losing her rudder and springing a leak. Her crew were taken off by the schooner Volunteer (![]() |
28 December
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Alert | ![]() | The steamer sank off Cape Schanck, Australia, with the loss of 15 lives and one survivor. |
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Hattie L. Newman | ![]() | The fishing schooner was wrecked at Lower English, Nova Scotia in Fortune Bay sometime in December. Crew saved.[166] |
Vizcaya | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Yorkshire.[167] |
Woolton | ![]() | The full-rigged ship sailed from Newcastle, New South Wales for Valparaiso, Chile on 14 June 1893 with a cargo of coal and tallow, but never arrived.[168][169] |
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