List of shipwrecks in 1886

The list of shipwrecks in 1886 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1886.

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1886
Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr
May	Jun	Jul	Aug
Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

January

30 January

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1886

Ship	Country	Description
The Fulmar	United Kingdom	Sank just north of Kilkee, Co. Clare in an area known as Farrihy Bay. The ship was transporting coal from Troon in Scotland to Limerick city, but never reached its intended destination. Of the seventeen crew only one body was ever recovered.[1]

February

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Hope	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground at Port Eynon Point, Glamorgan and was abandoned by her crew. She was later refloate, repaired and returned to service.[2]

March

6 March

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Oregon	United Kingdom	She was a record breaking passenger liner that won the Blue Riband for the Guion Line as the fastest liner on the Atlantic in 1884. She was en route from Liverpool when at 04:30, just 15 nautical miles (28 km) from New York, she collided with a schooner, most likely the Charles H Morse ( United States), which disappeared in those waters about the same time. The schooner sank almost immediately with the loss of all hands.[3]
Xanthippe	United Kingdom	The brig ran aground at Oxwich Point, Glamorgan and was wrecked. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Port Talbot, Glamorgan.[2]

May

13 May

List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1886

Ship	Country	Description
President	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground off Cardigan. Her three crew were rescued by Lizzie & Charles Leigh Clare ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). President was later refloated and taken in to Cardigan.[4]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Ly-ee-Moon	New South Wales	The steamship of the Australasian Steam Navigation Company was wrecked off Green Cape on a voyage from Melbourne to Sydney with a loss of seventy-one lives.[5]

June

5 June

List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Alpha	United States	The paddle tug was destroyed by fire.

September

28 September

List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Suffolk	United Kingdom	The steamship was wrecked in fog on the eastern side of Lizard Point, Cornwall. The forty-five people aboard were saved.[6]

October

8 October

List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Agnes	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked in Caswell Bay. Her crew survived.[2]

14 October

List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Malleny	United Kingdom	The ship struck the Tusker Rock, in the Bristol Channel and foundered with the loss of all twenty crew. The wreck came ashore at Westward Ho!, Devon. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[2]

15 October

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Ben-y-Gloe	United Kingdom	The ship capsized off Nash Point, Glamorgan. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Singapore to Penarth, Glamorgan.[2]
Ocean Beauty	United Kingdom	The barque was driven ashore at Aberavon, Glamorgan with the loss of two of her fifteen crew. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Valparaíso, Chile.[2]

16 October

List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Albert Wilhelm	Germany	The brig sank at Hayle Towans, Cornwall.[7]

17 October

List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Sarah Anderson	United Kingdom	sank at Trebarwith Strand, near Tintagel (all on board died).[8]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Boswedden	United Kingdom	The iron barque was lost off Hartland Point, Devon. All that was found was a brass bound bucket on Lundy and a writing desk washed up near Ilfracombe.[9]

November

18 November

List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Lucerne	US United States	Sank off the north side of Long Island at La Pointe, Wisconsin with the loss of all hands.

20 November

List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Thames	United Kingdom	The schooner struck the Scarweather Sands, in the Bristol Channel and consequently foundered off The Mumbles, Glamorgan. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Port Talbot, Glamorgan to Bilbao, Spain.[2]

December

9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Mexico	Germany	She was wrecked at Southport, all twelve crew saved, but twenty-seven lifeboatmen drowned attempting the rescue when the Southport lifeboat Eliza Fernley ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution) and the St Annes lifeboat Laura Janet ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution) capsized. Mexico was later repaired and returned to service.
Alliance	United Kingdom	Wrecked on the seaward side of the Albert Pier, Penzance, Cornwall, UK.[9]

24 December

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Annie C. Maguire	United Kingdom	She was a three-masted barque sailing from Buenos Aires. She struck the ledge at Portland Head Light, Cape Elizabeth, Maine. Today, letters painted on the rocks below the lighthouse commemorate the wreck and the Christmas Eve rescue.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Unebi	Imperial Japanese Navy	The cruiser disappeared without trace in the South China Sea with the loss of all hands.

References

1. "Fulmar Report". Irishshipwrecks.com. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
2. Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
3. Flayhart, William Henry (2003). Disasters at Sea. New York: W.W. Norton.
4. "CARDIGAN & DISTRICT SHIPWRECKS AND LIFEBOAT SERVICE". Glen Johnson. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
5. "Shipwreck and Great Loss of Life" (News). The Times (London). Tuesday, 1 June 1886. (31774), col F, p. 11.
6. Noall, C. (1969?) Cornish Shipwrecks Illustrated. Truro: Tor Mark Press; p. 15
7. Noall, C. (1969?) Cornish Shipwrecks Illustrated. Truro: Tor Mark Press; p. 30
8. "Wreck Report for 'Sarah Anderson', 1887". Plimsoll. Retrieved 22 February 2009.
9. Carter, C (1998). The Port of Penzance. A History. Lydney: Black Dwarf Publications.

Ship events in 1886
Ship launches:	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885	1886	1887	1888	1889	1890	1891
Ship commissionings:	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885	1886	1887	1888	1889	1890	1891
Ship decommissionings:	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885	1886	1887	1888	1889	1890	1891
Shipwrecks:	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885	1886	1887	1888	1889	1890	1891

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