List of shipwrecks in 1896

The list of shipwrecks in 1896 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1896.

March

Rosstrevor ( United Kingdom) grounded at Carlingford Lough. Refloated on 7 March, repaired and returned to service.^[1]

Cleves ( Belgium) caught fire at Antwerp and gutted. Later repaired and returned to service.^[2]

Steamship Princesse Clementine ( Belgium) and sailing ship Axel Wästfelt ( Sweden) collided in the Bay of Biscay (. Both ships sank.^[3]

HHS Glasgow ( Zanzibar) sunk by Royal Navy during Anglo-Zanzibar War. All crew rescued.

Alexander Yeats ( United Kingdom) ran aground at Gurnard's Head. Crew of 19 rescued.^[4]

The Adgar and Baron Holberg wrecked off Folkestone. All crew from both vessels saved by the Hythe lifeboat.^[5]

The Nathan F Cobb ( United States) grounded on the outer sand bar off the coast of Ormond Beach, FL. The schooner capsized after leaving port from Brunswick, Georgia and drifted to Ormond Beach in Northeast Florida. Two crewman and a civilian rescuer were killed during the incident.

British Peer ( United Kingdom) struck a reef off Saldanha Bay, South Africa. Eighteen crew killed.

^ Patton, Brian (2007). Irish Sea Shipping. Kettering: Silver Link Publications. pp. p178–84. ISBN 978 1 85794 271 2.
^ "Belgian Merchant A-G". Belgische Koopvaardij. http://www.belgischekoopvaardij.net/belgian%20merchant%20A-G%2023.5.04.pdf. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
^ "Belgian Merchant P-Z". Belgische Koopvaardij. http://www.belgischekoopvaardij.net/belgian%20Merchant%20%20P-Z.pdf. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
^ Leonard, Alan (2008). "Profiting from Shipwrecks". Picture Postcard Annual: pp14–16
^ Bob Ogley, Ian Currie and Mark Davison (1991). The Kent Weather Book. Brasted Chart: Froglets Publications Ltd. pp. p21. ISBN 1 8 72337 35 X.