List of shipwrecks in 1889
The list of shipwrecks in 1889 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1889.
February
7 February
List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1889
Ship | Country | Description |
Princesse Josephine |
Belgium |
Ran aground and wrecked at Benisaf, Algeria.[1] |
9 February
March
7 March
List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1889
Ship | Country | Description |
Duke of Buccleugh |
United Kingdom |
The Eastern Steamship Company 3,099 grt sail and steam cargo ship was wrecked following a collision with the 1,478 ton sailing ship Vandalia ( United Kingdom) in the English Channel. She was en route from Antwerp to Madras. All forty-seven crew of Duke of Buccleugh were lost.[3] |
8 March
16 March
List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1889
Ship | Country | Description |
Eber |
Kaiserliche Marine |
 Wrecked ships in Apia Harbor, Upolu, Samoa soon after the storm. The view looks northwestward, with the shattered bow of the German gunboat Eber on the beach in the foreground. The stern of Trenton is at right, with the sunken USS Vandalia alongside. The German gunboat Adler is on her side in the center distance. Trenton's starboard quarter gallery has been largely ripped away.
Wrecked in the Samoan Hurricane of 15–16 March. |
Trenton |
United States Navy |
Wrecked in the Samoan Hurricane of 15–16 March. |
Vandalia |
United States Navy |
Wrecked in the Samoan Hurricane of 15–16 March. |
Adler |
Kaiserliche Marine |
Wrecked in the Samoan Hurricane of 15–16 March. |
Olga |
Kaiserliche Marine |
Wrecked in the Samoan Hurricane of 15–16 March. |
30 March
List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1889
Ship | Country | Description |
SS Stella |
United Kingdom |
on her way from Southampton to Guernsey and Jersey ran full speed in thick fog on Les Casquets reef near Alderney Channel Islands and sank within minutes with the loss of over eighty lives.[5] |
April
6 April
October
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