List of shipwrecks in 1889

The list of shipwrecks in 1889 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1889.

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1889
Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr
May	Jun	Jul	Aug
Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

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

List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1889

Ship	Country	Description
Harvest Home	United Kingdom	The schooner ran aground at Cardigan. Her four crew were rescued by Lizzie & Charles Leigh Clare ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). She was on a voyage from Fowey, Cornwall to Runcorn, Cheshire. Harvest Home was refloated on 13 February and taken in to Pwllcam, Cardiganshire.[2]

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

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1889

Ship	Country	Description
Vega	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked near Langton Matravers, Dorset. All 29 people on board were rescued.[4]

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

List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1889

Ship	Country	Description
Danmark	Denmark	Foundered in the North Atlantic following the snapping of her propellor shaft. Abandoned and almost submerged, the wreck found on 8 April by the City of Chester ( United Kingdom) at 45°55′N 37°16′W / 45.917°N 37.267°W. A total of 721 passengers and crew saved by the Missouri ( United States).

October

List of shipwrecks: October 1889

Ship	Country	Description
Llandaff	United Kingdom	The Welsh collier was wrecked at Land's End, Cornwall (also wrecked on the Cornish coast in October 1899).[6]
Malta	United Kingdom	Wrecked at Botallack Head, St Just in Penwith, Cornwall, United Kingdom; vessel was a complete loss but no lives were lost.[7]
Geographique	France	Sank after a collision.[1]

References

1. "Belgian Merchant P-Z" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
2. "CARDIGAN & DISTRICT SHIPWRECKS AND LIFEBOAT SERVICE". Glen Johnson. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
3. "Loss of Duke of Buccleugh". Retrieved 3 September 2013.
4. "Historical List of Shipwrecks at Chesil Beach & from Bridport to Lyme Regis". Burton Bradstock Online. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
5. "SS Stella (1889)". www.wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 26 Aug 2015.
6. Noall, C. (1969?) Cornish Shipwrecks Illustrated. Truro: Tor Mark Press; p. 31
7. Noall, C. (1969?) Cornish Shipwrecks Illustrated. Truro: Tor Mark Press; p. 23

Ship events in 1889
Ship launches:	1884	1885	1886	1887	1888	1889	1890	1891	1892	1893	1894
Ship commissionings:	1884	1885	1886	1887	1888	1889	1890	1891	1892	1893	1894
Ship decommissionings:	1884	1885	1886	1887	1888	1889	1890	1891	1892	1893	1894
Shipwrecks:	1884	1885	1886	1887	1888	1889	1890	1891	1892	1893	1894

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