List of shipwrecks in 1897

The list of shipwrecks in 1897 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1897.

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1897
Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr
May	Jun	Jul	Aug
Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

January

2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1897

Ship	Country	Description
Commodore	United States	Wrecked off the coast of Florida.

14 January

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1897

Ship	Country	Description
RIMS Warren Hastings	Royal Navy	A sketch depicting the wreck of the RIMS Warren Hastings, published by the Dundee Courier on 24 March 1897. The troopship was wrecked off the coast of Réunion with the loss of two lives.

February

2 February

List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1897

Ship	Country	Description
Imbros	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground on the Helwick Bank, in the Bristol Channel. She was subsequently refloated and beached at The Mumbles, Glamorgan.[1]

12 February

List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1897

Ship	Country	Description
Rapid	United Kingdom	The ketch ran aground and was wrecked at Cardigan.[2]

April

7 April

List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1897

Ship	Country	Description
James and Agnes	United Kingdom	The schooner struck the Scarweather Sands, in the Bristol Channel and was consequently beached in Black Rock Bay. Her five crew were rescued.[1]

16 April

List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1897

Ship	Country	Description
Ibex	United Kingdom	The GWR-owned ship struck the Noirmontaise rocks off Jersey, Channel Islands and was beached in Portlet Bay, Jersey. She was refloated and re-entered service.

29 April

List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1897

Ship	Country	Description
Ketch Ada	New South Wales	Wrecked at Newcastle, New South Wales.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1897

Ship	Country	Description
Barga	Belgium	Declared to be missing, having departed Huelva, Spain for Antwerp on 30 March.[3]

May

1 May

List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1897

Ship	Country	Description
Ketch Ability	New South Wales	Driven ashore at Cape Hawke Bay during a storm, along with four other ships.

3 May

List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1897

Ship	Country	Description
Bruxelles	Belgium	Ran aground on St. Pierre Island, Seychelles, a total loss.[3]

June

12 June

List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1897

Ship	Country	Description
Gangut	Imperial Russian Navy	Struck an uncharted rock and sank in the Gulf of Finland.

16 June

List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1897

Ship	Country	Description
Foudroyant	United Kingdom	The training ship was driven ashore at Blackpool, Lancashire and wrecked.

July

5 July

List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1897

Ship	Country	Description
Heathmore	United Kingdom	The Liverpool steamer ran into the Seven Stones Reef at full speed while en route from Santander to Glasgow with 2,400 tons of iron-ore. She floated clear at 8 am and anchored two miles away with the crew pumping water all day. By evening they took to the boats and were picked up by the Lady of the Isles as Heathmore sank in 40 fathoms (73 m).[4]

20 July

List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1897

Ship	Country	Description
Concha	Belgium	Collided with Saint Fillans ( United Kingdom) off the Owers Lightship, English Channel and sank.[3]

September

29 September

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1897

Ship	Country	Description
HMS Lynx	Royal Navy	On Dodman Point in fog. She managed to refloat herself and limped to Devonport.[5]
HMS Thrasher	Royal Navy	On Dodman Point in fog, she was escorted to Falmouth, Cornwall and eventually made it to Devonport for repairs.[5]

October

16 October

List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1897

Ship	Country	Description
Pelican	United Kingdom	Last sighting.[3]

November

23 November

List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1897

Ship	Country	Description
Flirt	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Burton Bradstock, Dorset with the loss of three of her six crew.[6]

December

2 December

List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1897

Ship	Country	Description
Friend to all Nations	United Kingdom	Margate surfboat capsized with the loss of nine of the thirteen crew.[7] She was going to the assistance of Persian Empire ( United Kingdom).[8]
Persian Empire	United Kingdom	The ship collided with a steamship and was beached on the Margate Sands, Kent. Her crew were rescued by Quiver ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution.[8]
Prince Albert de Belgique	Belgium	collided at Antwerp with the sailing ship Larnaca ( United Kingdom) and sank. She was raised on 6 July 1900.[9]

30 December

List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1897

Ship	Country	Description
Clarissa Radcliffe	United Kingdom	The 2,544 grt steamer was on a voyage from Odessa to Rotterdam with a cargo of grain. The vessel met a gale off Cape St Vincent, the cargo shifted and the vessel sank with the loss of sixteen lives

References

1. Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
2. "CARDIGAN & DISTRICT SHIPWRECKS AND LIFEBOAT SERVICE". Glen Johnson. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
3. "Belgian Merchant A-G" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
4. Larn, Richard (1992). The Shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly. Nairn: Thomas & Lochar. ISBN 0-946537-84-4.
5. "Bad day for trio of destroyers". Falmouth Packet. 29 March 2006. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
6. "Extract from The Burton and Shipton Gorge Parish Magazine Vol XXVlll December 1898". Burton Bradstock Online. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
7. Bob Ogley, Ian Currie and Mark Davison (1991). The Kent Weather Book. Brasted Chart: Froglets Publications Ltd. p. 22. ISBN 1-872337-35-X.
8. Bignell, Alan (2001). Kent Shipwrecks (Second ed.). Newbury: Countryside Books. pp. 57–62. ISBN 1 85306 719 9.
9. "Belgian Merchant P-Z" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 December 2010.

Ship events in 1897
Ship launches:	1892	1893	1894	1895	1896	1897	1898	1899	1900	1901	1902
Ship commissionings:	1892	1893	1894	1895	1896	1897	1898	1899	1900	1901	1902
Ship decommissionings:	1892	1893	1894	1895	1896	1897	1898	1899	1900	1901	1902
Shipwrecks:	1892	1893	1894	1895	1896	1897	1898	1899	1900	1901	1902

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