List of shipwrecks in 1894
The list of shipwrecks in 1894 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during the year 1894.
According to the American newspapers of 1894, the winter and spring storms of December 1893 to April 1894 proved to be one of the most disastrous for the United States of America, particularly the Cape Cod area since 1860.[1] The eastern seaboard of the continent had already faced a fierce hurricane season in 1893 when over 2,000 lives were lost.
January
Unknown date
February
2 February
12 February
24 February
March
13 March
22 March
April
12 April
List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1894
| Ship | Country | Description |
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| S A Rudolph |
 United States |
Three masted schooner loaded with ice blocks bound for Ocean City, Maryland from Boothbay, Maine. Captained by John P Burns of Camden, New Jersey. The ship was caught in a sudden gale on the night of Thursday, April 12 and floundered on the shoals of Cape Cod. The fractured hull of the ship washed up north of Nauset Beach.[7] All six crew members perished including Captain Burns and his brothers on board the vessel. |
| Jennie M Carter |
United States |
Three masted schooner carrying paving stones bound for New York Bay. The ship was first damaged on April 10, 1894, ship owner and captain Wesley T Ober decided that he could pilot the crippled ship and dock safely, denying aid. However, they were overtaken by the storm of April 12. The survivors attempted to abandon the schooner in a lifeboat but did not reach land. The ship, meanwhile, had been driven by the storm onto Salisbury Beach, Massachusetts.[8]
- By April 15th, the crew was declared deceased after thorough searching. It is thought that the crew may have survived had they kept to the interior of the ship with the cargo. Three bodies and an overcoat belonging to the first mate were recovered; the lifeboat was recovered near Plum Island. Folklore dictates that the ship’s cat was the only survivor.
- The story of the shipwrecks from April 12th and the previous weeks sparked national interest and thousands gathered to see the wreck of the Jennie M Carter.[9] The paving stones were removed and sold at auction; some were used in Salisbury. The ship remains were considered unsalvageable and left to disintegrate on the beach where it became a well-known site. Some of the wooden frame could still be seen in 2013.
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July
5 July
28 July
30 July
August
26 August
September
3 September
17 September
18 September
27 September
October
1 October
List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1894
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|
| Allegheny |
 United Kingdom |
Collided with tanker Caucase (.svg.png) Belgium) in the Delaware River and sank. Later raised, repaired and returned to service.[5] |
24 October
December
22 December
References
- ↑ "50 Human Lives Swallowed Up in Angry Seas Outside of Cape Cod, Storm-Beaten Coast a Graveyard Since Dec 5th". The Boston Journal. 14 April 1894.
- ↑ Lane, Anthony (2009). Shipwrecks of Kent. Stroud: The History Press. p. 59. ISBN 978-0-7524-1720-2.
- ↑ Ogley, Bob; Currie, Ian; Davison, Mark (1991). The Kent Weather Book. Brasted Chart: Froglets Publications Ltd. p. 19. ISBN 1-872337-35-X.
- ↑ "Belgian Merchant H-O" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
- 1 2 3 "Belgian Merchant A-G" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
- 1 2 Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ↑ "Fourteen Sailors Lost Overboard: Further News of the Wreck of the Rudolph and the Carter". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 14 April 1894.
- ↑ "A Deserted Vessel. The Entire Crew of the Jennie M. Carter Supposed to be Lost". Wheeling Register. 14 April 1894.
- ↑ “The Jennie M. Carter. Three Thousand People Visit the Wreck, Crew Yet be Heard From,” Boston Journal, 14 April 1894.
- ↑ R. Cross (1996). "The wreck of the S.S. Castor (1870-1984) and the recovery of part of the ship's cargo" (PDF). Archaeologica Cantiana (Kent Archaeological Society) 116: 183–202.
- ↑ "Nicosia - 1894". Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ↑ "Historical List of Shipwrecks at Chesil Beach & from Bridport to Lyme Regis". Burton Bradstock Online. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
- ↑ Soboleski, Hank (27 July 2014). "The wreck of the bark "George N. Wilcox"". The Garden Island (Lihue, Hawaii). Retrieved 17 November 2015.
- ↑ "(No. 5012) ("DORUNDA S. S.")" (PDF). Board of Trade / Plimsoll ship data. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
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