French
DeutschList of shipwrecks in 1898
The list of shipwrecks in 1898 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1898.
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January
[edit]4 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
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| City of Little Rock |  United States | The steamer struck a snag and sank in the Red River of the South at Moultrie Landing. Declared a constructive total loss.[1] |
7 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fred Stone | United States | The laid up ferry sprung a leak and sank at Coryville, Ohio. Total loss.[2] |
8 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Favorite | United States | The steamer burned to the waterline at dock in Suffolk, Virginia.[3] |
9 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ed. C. Kirker | United States | The steamer was sunk by a windstorm at Point Pleasant, West Virginia.[2] |
| Venus | United States | The laid up steamer sprung a leak and sank at Marietta, Ohio.[4] |
12 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mataura |  United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock off Desolación Island, Chile. She was beached in Sealer's Cove and abandoned. The ship broke in two during March and was a total loss.[5] |
| Relief | United States | The steamer filled and sank at Pier 3, Port Richmond, Philadelphia. Raised the next day.[6] |
17 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Water Maiden | United States | The steamer was swamped and sunk at dock by the wake of a passing vessel at Vicksburg, Mississippi. Total loss.[1] |
19 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Active |  New South Wales | The ketch was wrecked without loss of life on the Oyster Bank at the entrance of Newcastle Harbour, New South Wales, Australia, near the previously wrecked schooner Colonist at approximately 32°55′S 151°47′E / 32.92°S 151.79°E. |
| Lord O'Neill | United Kingdom | The cargo ship was wrecked in the Blasket Islands, County Kerry. Her crew took to the lifeboats. They were later rescued by Kincora ( United Kingdom). Lord O'Neill was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Dublin.[7] |
20 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Little Albert | United States | The steamer swamped in a severe windstorm and sank at Louisville, Kentucky. Total loss.[2] |
22 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Plucky City | United States | The steamer sank in a windstorm in the Mississippi River above Greenfield, Missouri. Raised and returned to service.[3] |
23 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Corona | United States | The steamer struck an uncharted rock off the south east end of Lewis Island in the Arthur Passage, British Columbia and sank. Raised and towed to San Francisco, California for repairs.[8] |
| Eva Evert | United States | The laid up ferry was sunk by heavy swells during a severe storm at Vevay, Indiana. Raised and repaired.[2] |
| James A. Dumont | United States | The tug sank in a severe gale three miles (4.8 km) east north east of the Sandy Hook Lightship. The crew were rescued by the tug D. S. Arnott ( United States).[8] |
| Tillie | United States | The steamer sank 30 miles (48 km) south east of Shinnecock Light. Four deaths.[6] |
| Yonkers | United States | Manned by a crew of four and under tow by the tug Walter A. Luckenbach ( United States) on a voyage from Newport News, Virginia, to Providence, Rhode Island, with a cargo of coal, the 187-foot (57 m), 1,265-gross register ton schooner barge sank with the loss of all hands in 110 feet (34 m) of water in the North Atlantic Ocean south of Long Island off East Hampton, New York, after her towline parted in a storm.[9] |
| Zenobia | United States | The schooner struck a ledge near the Moose-a-beck, Maine Light and sank. Crew rowed to shore in her dories.[10] |
24 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| J. E. Wallace | United States | The tug sank in a hurricane despite seeking refuge behind the Sandy Hook Lightship. The crew got onboard the lightship.[11] |
25 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
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| Koonya | New South Wales | _Picture_of_the_Wreckage_on_the_shore.jpg) |
26 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| City of Duluth | United States | The passenger/cargo steamer struck the bar entering St. Joseph, Michigan in a gale and was driven ashore 350 feet (110 m) west of the North Pier, was wrecked, and broke up.[4][12] |
29 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tragabigzanda | United States | The schooner struck Cedar Island ledge near the Isles of Shoals in thick fog.[10] |
31 January
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| City of Glouchester | United States | The steamer struck "the Graves" in Boston Harbor and was beached to prevent sinking. Afterward the vessel was refloated and towed to Boston.[13] |
Unknown date
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alaska | United States | While operating as a ferry on a service between Wrangell, District of Alaska, and the Stikine River, the small steamer became a total loss after she struck a rock in Southeast Alaska.[14] |
| Waipara | United Kingdom | The cargo ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Okarito, New Zealand.[15] |
February
[edit]1 February
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Barracouta | United States | The schooner went ashore and was wrecked in a severe gale in Pigeon Cove, Massachusetts.[10] |
| Channel Queen | United Kingdom | Steaming from Plymouth to the Channel Islands, the vessel was wrecked in bad weather and fog on the Black Rock, 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) off Guernsey. Forty were saved but 14 passengers and 5 crew were drowned.[16][17] |
| Charley Stedman | United States | The schooner went ashore and was wrecked in a severe gale in Pigeon Cove, Massachusetts.[10] |
| Daniel Webster | United States | The sloop went ashore and was wrecked in a severe gale in Pigeon Cove, Massachusetts. Three crewmen died.[10] |
| Defiance | United States | The schooner went ashore and was wrecked in a severe gale at Sand Point, near Shelburne, Nova Scotia, a total loss. The crew was saved.[10] |
| Davey Crockett | United States | The fishing schooner went ashore and was wrecked in a severe gale in Pigeon Cove, Massachusetts, a total loss. The crew was ashore at the time.[10] |
| David A. Osier | United States | The schooner went ashore in a severe gale in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The crew were saved.[10] |
| Frank Scripture | United States | The steamer broke free from her dock in Pigeon Cove, Massachusetts during a severe gale and was wrecked on rocks, a total loss. One crewman killed.[18] |
| H. W. Hills | United States | The steamer sank at dock in East Boston, Massachusetts.[18] |
| Marcella | United States | The fishing schooner sank in a gale off Gloucester, Massachusetts. Lost with all six hands.[19] |
| Senorita | United States | The sloop – probably 23.8 feet (7.3 m) in length – departed Seattle, Washington, bound for Juneau, District of Alaska, with a crew of seven men and was never seen or heard from again.[20] |
| Volunteer | United States | The fishing schooner sank in a severe gale on Bank Quero. The crew were saved by Arthur D. Story ( United States).[10] |
2 February
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Montezuma | United States | The steamer while laying at the bank at Holloway's Landing, Kentucky, across the river from Mound City, Illinois sprung a leak and sank. Total loss.[21] |
| Wave | United States | The steamer sank at Hill's Wharf, Providence, Rhode Island from unknown causes.[18] |
5 February
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Clara Nevada | United States |  |
6 February
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Veendam |  Netherlands | The ocean liner hit a derelict ship in the North Atlantic and sank, with all on board saved. |
9 February
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Port Admiral | United States | The 38-gross register ton, 60-foot (18.3 m) schooner was wrecked during a gale and snowstorm in Lynn Canal at Skagway, District of Alaska.[23] |
10 February
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mystic | United States | The yacht struck a snag in the Edisto River two miles (3.2 km) below the Jacksonboro, South Carolina Bridge and sank in four feet (1.2 m) of water.[24] |
15 February
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS Maine | United States Navy |  |
16 February
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ericsson | United States | The steamer careened, filled, and sank during a northwest gale in shallow water in Wilmington Creek.[25] |
17 February
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Doc B. | United States | The steamer sank at dock over night in Norfolk, Virginia, possibly caught on dock on a rising tide, tipping, filling and sinking.[24] |
| St. M. V. T. Co. No. 34 | United States | The barge, under the tow of Henry Lowery ( United States), struck a snag and sank off Fletchers Landing, Arkansas in the Mississippi River. Total loss[21] |
19 February
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | United States | With a cargo of lumber, hay, grain, and four horses aboard, the 1,190.58-gross register ton, 176.6-foot (53.8 m) bark broke her moorings and went adrift during a gale and was wrecked at Skagway, District of Alaska. Her crew survived.[26] |
23 February
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Two Brothers | United States | The steamer sank overnight at Shire Oak on the Monongahela River. Raised afterwards.[21] |
28 February
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Camilla | United States | The steamer was sunk in a collision with Paoli ( United States) off Lewis Wharf, Boston, Massachusetts.[18] |
Unknown date
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Midas | United Kingdom | The barque departed Nagasaki, Japan, bound for the United States West Coast sometime around 14 February and was never heard from again. She probably sank with the loss of all hands in a violent storm other ships reported encountering along the same route at around the same time.[27] |
March
[edit]1 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Eliza Anderson | United States | Anchored at Unalaska on Unalaska Island in the Aleutian Islands since she had been abandoned there in September 1897 during a voyage from Seattle, Washington, to St. Michael, District of Alaska, by a group of miners who had been defrauded into believing she was seaworthy enough for the trip, the 197-ton schooner-rigged sidewheel paddle steamer was wrecked when she dragged her anchor during a gale and was stranded on the beach. Only one person, a watchman, was aboard.[28] |
3 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| William Ernst | United States | The steamer struck a rock and sank in Machine Ripple in the Great Kanawha River. Raised and taken to Middleport, Ohio for repairs.[21] |
4 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Whitelaw | United States | The 363.14-gross register ton, 145-foot (44.2 m) cargo liner was destroyed by fire while at anchor in the harbor at Skagway, District of Alaska. There was no loss of life.[29] |
8 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| City of Sitka | United States | During a voyage from Sitka to Wrangell, District of Alaska, with three people aboard, the small two-masted schooner was lost off Cape Ommaney (56°10′00″N 134°40′20″W / 56.16667°N 134.67222°W) in Southeast Alaska.[26] |
9 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| City of Savannah | United States | The steamer burned to the waterline and sank at Memphis, Tennessee. Total loss[21] |
11 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| G. B. Monteith | United States | The steamer swamped in a windstorm and sank while tied up to the bank at Troy, Indiana in the Ohio River. Total loss.[21] |
| S. D. Barlow | United States | The steamer burned to the waterline while laying at the bank at Bird's Point, Missouri. Total loss.[21] |
13 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Grand Republic | United States | The laid-up steamer burned at St. Louis, Missouri. Total loss.[24] |
15 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rosa Bland | United States | The steamer struck a snag and sank in the Red River of the South at Douglas Landing. Total loss.[1] |
19 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Col. T. G. Sparks | United States | When the water level fell while she was moored to a dock, the laid-up steamer was punctured by a snag sank in the Red River of the South at San Gabriel, Louisiana.[30] |
24 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| RMS China |  United Kingdom | .jpg) |
25 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Stad Nieuport |  Belgium | The steamer departed Antwerp, Belgium, bound for King's Lynn, Norfolk, United Kingdom. No further trace.[31] |
27 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Velnette | United States | The steamer sank at dock in Jacksonville, Florida. Promptly raised.[24] |
29 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Filibustier |  French Navy | The Filibustier-class torpedo boat sank after colliding with the protected cruiser Friant ( French Navy) during night maneuvers.[32] |
30 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sitka (or City of Sitka) | United States | The 17.44-ton, 41.5-foot (12.6 m) two-masted sealing and trading schooner was lost off Cape Ommaney (56°10′00″N 134°40′20″W / 56.16667°N 134.67222°W) in Southeast Alaska during a voyage from Sitka to Fort Wrangell, District of Alaska. Her entire crew of three perished. The schooner Northern Star ( United States) salvaged her masts.[20] |
31 March
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ella C. | United States | The steamer burned at anchor in Little Bay, Virginia. Total loss.[24] |
| Job T. Wilson | United States | The tow steamer burned at Bacon Wharf in the St. Marys River. Total loss.[24] |
Unknown date
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bay of Panama | Unknown | The sailing ship was wrecked under Nare Head, near St Keverne, Cornwall, United Kingdom, during a great blizzard.[33] The ship carried jute from Calcutta; Eighteen of those on board died while nineteen were saved.[34] |
| Eliza Anderson | United States | The abandoned sidewheel paddle steamer broke her moorings and was driven ashore during a storm at Dutch Harbor, District of Alaska, a total loss. |
| Henry Harvey | United Kingdom | The brigantine was stranded on Battery Rocks, Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom, during a gale. Five people aboard were rescued by lifeboat.[35] |
April
[edit]2 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Laira | United Kingdom | _-_The_S.S._Wakatipu_sinks_the_Laira_at_Dunedin_wharf,_2._April_1898.jpg) New Zealand) and sank at Dunedin, New Zealand. |
4 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alice | United States | The fishing schooner burned at Monrovia, Liberia.[10] |
6 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Henry Morrison | United States | The steamer burned at dock at Winthrop, Massachusetts.[18] |
7 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Stella | United States | The steamer blew the head of the mud drum out through the ship's side, causing her to capsize and sink in the Great Kanawha River.[21] |
8 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Douglass | United States | The tug was sunk in a collision with Emma C. Knowles ( United States) when the schooner's anchor holed her hull below the waterline in the Ashley River near the Bees Ferry Drawbridge.[24] |
9 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| John K. Davidson | United States | The steamer struck a snag and sank in the Allegheny River. Raised afterwards.[21] |
| Metamora | United States | The steamer sank at dock in Palatka, Florida.[24] |
11 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mercury | United States | With a crew of 40 and 1,500 tons of general merchandise aboard, the 1,050.29-gross register ton, 193-foot (58.8 m) wooden ship was stranded in the harbor at Skagway, District of Alaska, after she dragged her anchor during a gale. She later was refloated and placed back in service as a barge.[27] |
12 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Memphis | United States | The steamer burned at dock and sank at Vicksburg, Mississippi. Total loss.[30] |
13 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| R. M. Blackburn | United States | The steamer struck a snag and sank in Pool No. 5 in the Monongahela River. Raised afterwards.[21] |
15 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Twilight | United States | The steamer struck a pier of the old Aqueduct Bridge and sank in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the Allegheny River. One crewman drowned. Raised afterwards.[21] |
17 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Crofton Hall | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia. Her crew were rescued by breeches buoy. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Perthshire to New York, United States.[36] |
| Mayflower | United States | The steamer struck a sandbar in the Mississippi River one mile (1.6 km) above Chester, Illinois and sank. Raised, repaired, and returned to service.[24] |
22 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Atlantis | United States | During a voyage to Skagway, District of Alaska, the steam schooner was lost near Yellow Rock Light (54°47′30″N 131°13′45″W / 54.79167°N 131.22917°W) in Southeast Alaska near Dixon Entrance, 6.5 nautical miles (12.0 km; 7.5 mi) south of Duke Island in the Alexander Archipelago. All on board survived, but she was deemed a total loss.[14] |
23 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Leah | United States | The steamer was forced by a strong current into the bridge at Abbeville, Louisiana in the Atchafalaya River resulting in her sinking. Total loss.[30] |
25 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Elsie | United States | During a voyage from Seattle, Washington, to Unalaska in the Aleutian Islands with 24 miners, a crew of five, and a cargo of 80,000 pounds (36,000 kg) of lumber and miners' supplies aboard, the 67.7-foot (20.6 m) schooner was wrecked without loss of life on the northeast coast of Chirikof Island in the Gulf of Alaska. She was deemed a total loss.[28] |
27 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Servia | United States | The bulk carrier burned in a gale between West Superior, Wisconsin and Prescott, Ontario when a man tripped with a lit candle. The crew were rescued by Alberta ( Canada), that also saved two vessels she was towing.[37][38] |
28 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cadet | United States | The steamer went ashore on Shirley Gut, Boston Harbor. Heavy seas lifted her stern and wind drove her ashore, total loss.[18] |
29 April
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| John Harlan | United States | The tug was struck by a gale off Cape Lookout and sought shelter in Lookout Bight where she went ashore. Later refloated.[24] |
May
[edit]1 May
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5 May
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hereward | United Kingdom | .jpg) |
7 May
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Merksworth | New South Wales | The screw steamer was wrecked off Stockton Beach, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. |
8 May
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Abernyte | United Kingdom | While carrying nitrate of soda from Caleta Buena to Falmouth, Cornwall, the barque was wrecked under Rill Head on the Lizard.[41] |
| Thomas G. Smith | United States | The tow steamer lost her pilot house, filled with water, and sank during a north east gale between Fenwicks Island and Chincoteague, Virginia. The crew were rescued by the schooner Alice M. Colbourne ( United States).[25] |
10 May
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| H. W. Hills | United States | The tug sank four miles (6.4 km) south south east of Marblehead, Massachusetts.[18] |
18 May
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | United States | The steamer went ashore in fog on Gull Island in Lake Superior.[24] |
| Vega | United States | The steamer went ashore in fog on Gull Island in Lake Superior.[24] |
20 May
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pete Gorman | United States | The steamer rolled, filled, and sank when she was struck by City of Buffalo ( United States) two miles (3.2 km) off Buffalo, New York in Lake Erie.[42] |
| Sterling | United States | During a voyage from San Francisco, California, to the Bristol Bay coast of the District of Alaska with 150 Chinese cannery workers, 25 crewmen, and a cargo of cannery supplies on board, the 1,731.62-gross register ton, 208.4-foot (63.5 m) wooden ship was wrecked without loss of life on an uncharted shoal – thereafter known as Sterling Shoal (58°18′N 158°53′W / 58.300°N 158.883°W) – 10 nautical miles (19 km; 12 mi) southwest by south of Cape Constantine on the coast of the District of Alaska.[20] |
22 May
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Helen | United States | The 27.82-ton, 45.6-foot (13.9 m) schooner suffered minor damage when she ran aground at Unalaska on Unalaska Island in the Aleutian Islands.[43] |
| Unidentified junk |  Qing Dynasty | The junk was sunk in a collision with City of Rio Janeiro ( United States) at the entrance to the harbor of Yokohama, Japan.[44] |
26 May
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Janie Rae | United States | The steamer struck an obstruction in the Apalachicola River below Blountstown, Florida and sank. After an attempt at raising her failed, her machinery and cabin fixtures were salvaged.[30] |
| Nyanza | United Kingdom | The Newlyn fishing lugger was run ashore on Great Crebawethan, Isles of Scilly after hitting the Crims and springing a leak. The St Agnes lifeboat, James and Caroline took off four of the crew and the fifth was saved by an island boat.[45] |
27 May
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alton | United States | The 84-ton schooner was lost in a gale near the mouth of Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of the District of Alaska as she departed Cook Inlet bound for Tacoma, Washington, with a crew of five on board. Her wreck was found in June.[14] |
29 May
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| City of Worcester | United States | The steamer struck Cormorant Rock off the harbor of New London, Connecticut and was beached in Green Harbor in sinking condition.[25] |
30 May
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Agnes Arnold | United States | The 68-foot (21 m), 30-gross register ton steam screw tug was destroyed by fire while moored to a pier at the north end of Chambers Island in Door County, Wisconsin, at 45°11.918′N 087°21.545′W / 45.198633°N 87.359083°W.[37][46][47] |
Unknown date
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Adelaide | New South Wales | The schooner was lost with the loss of two lives after leaving Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, carrying a load of coal on a voyage to Gisborne, New Zealand. |
June
[edit]2 June
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| General | United States | The barge sank off the Aleutian Islands. Her towing vessel, Rival ( United States), rescued the 12 men aboard General. The press reported on 1 September that the schooner Uranus (flag unknown) had found a wrecked barge on Unimak Island in the Aleutians with the word General marked on the bow.[48] |
| George A. Upton | United States | The fishing schooner went ashore on Hay Ledge, near Carver's Harbor, Maine in a storm and went to pieces. The crew were saved.[10] |
| USS Merrimac | United States Navy |   Spanish Navy) in the entrance but without blocking it. |
3 June
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fu Ch'ing | Imperial Chinese Navy | The unprotected cruiser was wrecked in a storm at Port Arthur, China, with the loss of 180 lives. Four members of her crew survived.[49][50] |
| Record | United States | The tug was sunk in a collision with Robert L. Fulton ( United States) in a heavy rainstorm when strong current swung her in front of Robert L. Fulton at Duluth, Minnesota. Raised and repaired.[24] |
4 June
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Charles A. Silliman | United States | The steamer sank at dock in East Boston, Massachusetts when she got hung up on the dock on a rising tide and tipped enough to fill and sink. Raised later.[18] |
| J. D. Farrell | United States | The steamer was damaged on a rock in the Box Canyon of the Kootenai River and was partially sunk. Raised and beached for repairs.[22] |
6 June
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Minna | United States | The steamer capsized and sank in a Gale in the Mississippi River between New Orleans, Louisiana and Vicksburg, Mississippi. Total loss.[30] |
9 June
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ed. R. Vanburen | United States | The tug burned at the government dike at the Abbey Cut from an exploding lamp and was totally destroyed.[25] |
| Mary Nixon | United Kingdom | The cargo ship collided with the steamship Curler ( United Kingdom) and sank off the Shipwash Lightship (.svg){kind=small} Trinity House).. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to London.[51] |
15 June
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Evelyn | United States | The catboat sank in a collision with Manhattan ( United States) off Grand Street, New York in the East River.[52] |
| Unnamed fishing sloop | United States | The small unnamed fishing sloop sank in a storm attempting to enter Tenant's Harbor, Maine. The crew were saved.[10] |
17 June
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| No. 1 | United States | The barge sank off the District of Alaska.[53] |
18 June
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Messenger | United States | The yacht sank at dock at Owensboro, Kentucky. Total loss.[21] |
| Sygnet | United States | The schooner was sunk in a collision with the ferry Sappho ( United States) between Bar Harbor, Maine and Mount Desert, Maine.[18] |
19 June
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Game Cock | United States | The schooner was sunk in a collision with Adirondack ( United States) off Turkey Point, New York. Two crewmen killed.[25] |
20 June
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| No. 5 | United States | The barge sank off Cross Sound in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[53] |
| No. 7 | United States | The barge sank off Cross Sound in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[53] |
21 June
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Argo No. 2 | United States | After breaking loose from the vessel Argo No. 1 ( United States) off Dixon Entrance in Southeast Alaska, the scow foundered and broke up.[14] |
| Jacob Brandow | United States | The steamer burned a dock in Southport, North Carolina.[24] |
22 June
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Terror | Spanish Navy | Spanish–American War: Second Battle of San Juan: The destroyer was severely damaged in combat with the auxiliary cruiser USS St. Paul ( United States Navy) off San Juan, Puerto Rico, and was beached in a sinking condition on the coast of Puerto Rico.[54] After repairs were completed on 14 September, she returned to service. |
25 June
[edit]28 June
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Antonio Lopez | Spanish Navy |  United States Navy) while trying to run the American blockade of Puerto Rico and damaged by 5-inch (127 mm) and 6-pounder gunfire from Yosemite, the transport ran aground on a reef off Dorado, Puerto Rico, near San Juan and caught fire.[56] She burned and was abandoned. On 15 July, the protected cruiser USS New Orleans ( United States Navy) fired 20 incendiary shells into her wreck, sinking her. |
| Jessie | United States | While towing an unidentified barge and the barge Minerva (both United States), the 65-ton steam cargo vessel was swamped in turbulent waters and lost at the mouth of the Kuskokwim River on the coast of the District of Alaska with the loss of 18 lives. There was one survivor.[57] |
| Minerva | United States | While under tow along with an unidentified barge by the steam cargo vessel Jessie ( United States), the barge was swamped in turbulent waters and lost at the mouth of the Kuskokwim River on the coast of the District of Alaska.[27] |
| Unidentified barge | United States | While under tow along with the barge Minerva ( United States) by the steam cargo vessel Jessie ( United States), the barge was swamped in turbulent waters and lost at the mouth of the Kuskokwim River on the coast of the District of Alaska.[27] |
| Western Star | United States | While on a voyage from Seattle, Washington, to Saint Michael, District of Alaska, with 16 crewmen and no cargo aboard, the 718.68-gross register ton, 176.1-foot (53.7 m) river steamer was wrecked on a reef in Katmai Bay (57°58′N 154°57′W / 57.967°N 154.950°W) after losing her ground tackle during a gale. The tug Resolute ( United States) came to her assistance, but she was on the reef before Resolute could intervene. All on board Western Star survived.[29] |
29 June
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Arayat | Spanish Navy | Spanish–American War: The Arayat-class gunboat was scuttled in the Pasig River, Luzon, Philippines to prevent capture. Raised, repaired and put in United States Navy service in October 899. |
30 June
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Centinela | Spanish Navy | Spanish–American War: First Battle of Manzanillo: Damaged by gunfire while in action with the gunboats USS Hist and USS Hornet (both United States Navy), the gunboat was beached on the coast of Cuba in or near Niguero Bay. She was repaired and returned to service. |
Unknown date
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| International | Unknown | While under tow by the vessel Connemaugh (flag unknown) from Vancouver, British Columbia, to the District of Alaska, the river steamer broke loose from her towline and sank sometime prior to reaching the Bering Sea.[58] |
| Unidentified barge | Unknown | While under tow by the vessel Connemaugh (flag unknown) from Vancouver, British Columbia, to the District of Alaska, the barge broke loose from her towline and sank sometime prior to reaching the Bering Sea.[58] |
July
[edit]2 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Argo No. 2 | United States | The river steamer broke up in a heavy southeast gale, probably between Washington and the District of Alaska.[22] |
| International | United States | The steamer, without boilers or engines, sank in a gale off Unimak Pass, District of Alaska. The crew were rescued by the tug Conemaugh ( United States) that had been towing her.[22] |
| J. Eppinger | United States | The schooner was sunk in a collision with Columbia ( United States) 45 miles (72 km) north west of Point Reyes in thick fog. Total loss.[22] |
| J. E. Pratt | United States | The pleasure steamer burned off Van Wies Point, totally destroyed.[25] |
| Moonlight | United States | With 42 passengers aboard, the 71-ton schooner was wrecked without loss of life on a small island 20 nautical miles (37 km; 23 mi) from the mouth of the Kobuk River in the District of Alaska.[27] |
| Rosario | United States | Ice driven by a gale crushed the 148-gross register ton, 99-foot (30.2 m) whaling schooner in the Chukchi Sea on the coast of the District of Alaska 0.75 nautical miles (1.39 km; 0.86 mi) south of Point Barrow. Her crew of 26 survived.[59] |
3 July
[edit]
4 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alfred J. Beach | United States | While under tow from Vancouver, British Columbia, to St. Michael, District of Alaska, by the steam schooner Noyo ( United States), the river steamer sank in the North Pacific Ocean 250 nautical miles (460 km; 290 mi) off Dixon Entrance.[14] |
| Bessie | United States | The steamer burned at dock in Montgomery, Georgia, total loss.[24] |
| Kate Spencer | United States | The steamer was wrecked on the Sapelo Island Bar, breaking in two, a total loss.[24] |
| La Bourgogne |  France | The passenger ship collided with Cromartyshire ( United Kingdom) 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) in thick fog off Sable Island, Nova Scotia and sank with the loss of 549 of the 722 people on board.[60] |
| Surf City | United States | The steamer capsized and sank during a heavy squall between Salem Willows and Beverly, Massachusetts. Eight passengers were killed.[18] |
| William Hinds | United States | The laid up tow steamer burned at Calais, Maine, total loss.[18] |
5 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alfonso XII | Spanish Navy | Spanish–American War: Bound from Cádiz, Spain, to Havana, Cuba, with a 6,000-ton cargo of provisions, guns, and ammunition, the 5,063-displacement ton armed transport was destroyed on the coast of Cuba by the gunboat USS Castine and patrol yacht USS Hawk (both United States Navy).[61] |
| Reina Mercedes | Spanish Navy |  |
8 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Delaware | United States | During a voyage from New York City to Charleston, South Carolina, with cargo and 32 passengers aboard, the 1,646 GRT Clyde Line wooden steamer caught fire at about 9:20 p.m. off Barnegat, New Jersey. The ship was abandoned and survivors headed to shore aboard four lifeboats and a raft. A lifeboat of the United States Life-Saving Service met two of the lifeboats and the raft and took them to shore after daylight. Another lifeboat load was rescued by the fishing smack S. B. Miller (flag unknown), and the fourth lifeboat load was rescued by the tug Storm King ( United States). Delaware burned to the waterline and sank on 9 July.[62][63][52][64] |
| Raymond | United States | The steamer struck a snag and sank in the Salt River in Kentucky. She was raised and repaired.[21] |
| Salvation | United States | The steamer burned and sank on the Crooked River in Florida. She was declared a total loss.[30] |
9 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ida Jane | United States | The schooner lost her steering as she was about to enter the harbor at White River, Michigan on Lake Michigan and went ashore. Refloated by the United States Life Saving Service, but sprung a leak and had to be beached on a sand bar to prevent sinking.[64] |
10 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| J. K. Graves | United States | The steamer was swamped and sunk by high waves caused by high winds while laying at the bank at Cairo, Illinois. Raised and repaired.[21] |
12 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Regulator | United States |  |
| Santo Domingo |  Spain | Spanish–American War: Pursued by the gunboat USS Eagle ( United States Navy) while trying to run the United States Navy blockade of Cuba, the 5,000-displacement ton armed steamer took a number of 6-pounder shell hits from Eagle and ran aground on the southwest coast of Cuba on the point of a spit 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) east1/2 south of Punta Piedras. After the 66 men on board Santo Domingo fled aboard an unidentified sidewheel river paddle steamer, a boat crew from Eagle boarded Santo Domingo, shot livestock that they found aboard her, and set her on fire. She burned for at least a week, and the fire thoroughly destroyed her.[65] |
13 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Josefita | Spain | Spanish–American War: The armed tug USRC Hudson (.png){kind=small} United States Revenue Cutter Service) captured the fishing sloop off Cárdenas, Cuba, and destroyed her.[61] |
| Regulator | United States | The steamer was driven by wind and currents on rocks at the lower entrance to the Cascade Locks and was sunk.[22] |
15 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lela | United States | The ferry sprung a leak and sank while laying at the bank at Columbus, Kentucky. Total loss.[21] |
16 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Northampton | United States | The steamer burned at dock in Norfolk, Virginia. Total loss. One crewman killed.[24] |
17 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mable Lane | United States | While under tow by the vessel South Portland ( United States) from Dutch Harbor to St. Michael, District of Alaska, the river steamer sank in the Bering Sea after her towline parted in a gale.[27] |
18 July
[edit]20 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Wendouree | New South Wales | The steam passenger ship was wrecked on the Oyster Bank at the mouth of the Hunter River at Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. |
21 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Baracoa | Spanish Navy | Spanish–American War, Battle of Nipe Bay: The gunboat was scuttled by her crew upriver from Nipe Bay, Cuba, to prevent her capture by a United States Navy squadron. Later raised, repaired and placed in Cuban Navy service.[67] |
| Jorge Juan | Spanish Navy |  United States Navy). |
23 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mono | United Kingdom | While under tow along with the sternwheel paddle steamer Stikine Chief ( United Kingdom) from Wrangell to Saint Michael in the District of Alaska by the vessel Fastnet (flag unknown), the steamer broke loose from her towline in the Clarence Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska, drifted onto rocks at the southeast end of Bushy Island (56°16′N 132°59′W / 56.267°N 132.983°W), and was wrecked. On 1 August, Fastnet would also lose Stikine Chief in the Gulf of Alaska due to a broken towline.[27] |
24 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Edward Smith No. 2 | United States | The steamer was sunk when she sheared off course and was struck by the barge Aurania ( United States) in Lake St. Clair.[37] |
| James Eva | United States | The river steamer was abandoned in a gale and burned, probably between Washington and the of District Alaska.[22] |
26 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Frank Preston | United States | The tow steamer sprung a leak and sank over night at dock at Stewart's Landing, Kentucky. Raised, taken to Ludlow, Kentucky and was broken up.[21] |
27 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HDMS Absalon |  Royal Danish Navy | The schooner was torpedoed by HDMS Søbjørnen ( Royal Danish Navy) and was beached. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.[68] |
| No. 6 | United States | The barge sank near Dutch Harbor, District of Alaska.[53] |
28 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Baby | United States | The launch was sunk in a collision with J. S. Worden ( United States) in Newark Bay at the Lehigh Valley Railroad Bridge. Two crewmen were killed, one was rescued by J. S. Worden.[52] |
| No. 8 | United States | The barge sank near Dutch Harbor, District of Alaska.[53] |
| Phoenix | United States | The tug struck rocks near Hog's Back while going through Hell Gate and sank in eight feet (2.4 m) of water.[52] |
29 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HM Torpedo Boat 28 |  Royal Navy | The TB 26-class torpedo boat was stranded at Kalk Bay on the coast of South Africa near Cape Town. She was salvaged but did not return to service, and was sunk as a target in December.[69] |
30 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Bella Mac | United States | The passenger steamer sank in Sawyers Bend, St. Louis Harbor. Total loss.[24] |
| Sea Bird | United States | The schooner went ashore on Nauset Beach. Refloated by the United States Life Saving Service, but sprung a leak and sank the next day. Refloated again on 6 August and sailed to Provincetown, Massachusetts.[64] |
31 July
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lapérouse | French Navy | The cruiser was wrecked without loss of life at Anosy, Madagascar, during a storm. |
August
[edit]1 August
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Stikine Chief | United Kingdom | While under tow from Wrangell to Saint Michael in the District of Alaska by the vessel Fastnet (flag unknown), the sternwheel paddle steamer broke loose from her towline in rough weather in the Gulf of Alaska between Cross Point and Kodiak and broke up off Yakutat. The steamer Dora (flag unknown) discovered her wreck floating 75 nautical miles (139 km; 86 mi) off Kodiak on 5 August and rescued a dog from it, but found no sign of her crew. Fastnet had also lost the steamer Mono ( United Kingdom), in tow along with Stikine Chief, due to a broken towline on 23 July.[20][70] |
2 August
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lalulula | Spain | Spanish–American War: Pursued by the gunboat USS Bancroft ( United States Navy) during a voyage from Batabanó to Bailén, Cuba, with a cargo of green corn, the 20-displacement ton sailing vessel was scuttled and abandoned.[71] |
3 August
[edit]| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| City of Astoria | United States | While towing a barge, the 56.47-gross register ton, 72-foot (21.9 m) towing steamer struck a submerged rock 250 feet (76 m) off Taiya Sahnka near Sullivan Island in Lynn Canal in Southeast Alaska, then rolled off the rock and sank when heavy weather struck. Later raised and taken to Skagway, Alaska for repairs.[26][22] |
| Olivette | United States | The steamer sank at anchor in Fernandina, Florida. Later raised.[24] |
| William J. Keyser | United States | The tugboat foundered 15–20 nautical miles (28–37 km; 17–23 mi) off Point St. Joseph, Florida. Four of the 13 crew were lost.[72] |