The steamer was hit on the port side by the steamer Ethel (United Kingdom) and foundered stern-first off St Just, Cornwall. The crew were landed at St Ives, Cornwall by the steamer North Devon. One life was lost.[4]
The brigantine foundered eight miles south-west of Mousehole, Cornwall while taking coal from Swansea, Wales to Brest, France. The crew survived and landed at Mousehole.[6]
The brigantine, carrying pitchwood from Hennebont, France to Newport, Wales, collided with the Barry streamer Blairmount (United Kingdom) in fog, off Trevose Head. All on board were landed at Falmouth on the same day.[7]
The 1,261-ton steamship ran aground in calm weather on the northeast ledges of the Seven Stones Reef, while bound for St Nazaire, France, with coal from Cardiff, Wales. The captain is supposed to have said "every man for himself" before going down along with ten crew and his ship. Eight survivors were picked up by the Sevenstones Lightship's longboat.[9][10]
Great Blizzard of 1891: The schooner was wrecked in Mutton Cove, Godrevy, Cornwall on voyage from Swansea to Jersey. The crew were able to reach the shore.[13][14]
Great Blizzard of 1891: The cargo ship was wrecked in a heavy gale on Straythe Rocks, near Portloe, in Veryan Bay, Cornwall, with the loss of one of her crew of 15. She was on a voyage from São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal to Hull, Yorkshire.[13][17][18]
Great Blizzard of 1891: The steamer was wrecked on Blackstone Ledge, Start Point, Devon, on a voyage from London to Colombo with railway sleepers. 22 of her crew of 25 were lost.[14]
Great Blizzard of 1891: The crew took to the boats when the schooner was wrecked off Start Point, Devon; twenty-eight drowned. Four men landed alive but one later died.[16]
Great Blizzard of 1891: The Penzance schooner foundered off the Land's End, Cornwall during a blizzard. She was carrying 308 tons of coal and there were five men onboard.[20][21]
Great Blizzard of 1891: The brig was wrecked off Berry Head, Devon, on voyage from Le Havre for Guadeloupe. All crew were saved by rocket apparatus.[15]
Great Blizzard of 1891: The barquentine was abandoned after wheel carried away and hatches stove in 16 nautical miles (30 km) west of the Scilly Isles, on a voyage from Newport, Wales to Laguna. Her crew were taken off by steamer Hibernia (United Kingdom).[14]
The barque, carrying a cargo of timber to Hartlepool went ashore at Norfolk, Virginia. Seven of the crew were saved by the rocket line, while six crew, the captain's wife and child drowned.[26]
The schooner was rammed and sunk by Northern Queen (flag unknown) in Pelee Passage in Lake Erie in 60 feet (18 m) of water. One crewman of Fayette Brown jumped aboard Northern Queen and the rest were rescued from her rigging by Robert Mills (flag unknown). The wreck was removed in 1893.[37][38][39]
The schooner, a fisheriesresearch ship, was on a voyage from Hyannis to Woods Hole, Massachusetts, with U.S. Fish Commissioner Marshall McDonald and his wife and daughter, Assistant U.S. Fish Commissioner J. W. Collins, and two female guests aboard when she ran aground on L'Hommidieu Shoal in Vineyard Sound during a southeasterly storm. McDonald, Collins, McDonald's family members, and the other two women made it safely to Falmouth, Massachusetts, in a dory, and Grampus later was refloated and returned to service.[41]
While on an Arcticwhaling voyage, the 463-gross register ton, 134-foot (41 m) steambark was wrecked during a gale and snowstorm off Point Barrow, District of Alaska, when she became stranded on a snow-covered sandspit that her captain mistook for slush ice floating on the sea. The steamersBelvedere and Navarch (flags unknown) rescued her entire crew of 45. During salvage operations, the wreck of William Lewis was destroyed by an accidental fire on 20 March 1892.[45]
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Delaware just south of the Indian River Inlet during a gale, killing her entire crew of six.[49]
The full-rigged ship caught fire due to spontaneous combustion in her cargo of coal and was beached and burned out in Cumberland Bay, Juan Fernandez Island, Juan Fernandez Islands, Chile. The captain, his wife, two daughters, and 30 crew were eventually rescued by the government steamer Huemial (Chile).[51][52]
The schooner was sunk in a collision with the schooner Hunter Savidge (United States) 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) off Point Morvia Light or Bar Point, in Lake Erie. The wreck was blown up in April 1893 as a hazard to navigation.[53][54]
The steam barge sprung a leak and sank between Point Peninsula and Poverty Passage in 65 feet of water. Raised in 1893, rebuilt and returned to service in 1894.[56][57]
The passenger-cargo ship ran aground on the southern breakwater at Ballina, New South Wales, Australia. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.
the 500 ton vessel disappeared while on a voyage from France to Liverpool. The remains of the wreck was observed on the Udder Rock, Lansallos, Cornwall some months later. All eleven on board are presumed to have perished.[63]
A steamer carrying wood from Sävenäs, near Skellefteä, to Sutton Bridge ran aground off Umeå due to navigational error. The ship was taken under tow but sank. The crew was rescued.[64]
The clipper's crew of 17 abandoned her at sea at (46°N40°W / 46°N 40°W / 46; -40 (Sea Serpent)) and were rescued by the barqueGulnare (flag unknown). The derelict Sea Serpent was sighted on 18 October by the barque Ardgowan (flag unknown), having drifted 1,120 miles (1,800 km) unmanned in 93 days. Sea Serpent was sighted 19 times before disappearing.[65][66]
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