List of shipwrecks in 1899
The list of shipwrecks in 1899 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1899.
January
12 January
- The Lynmouth lifeboat Louisa ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution) answered a call from the Forest Hall in trouble off Porlock by taking the lifeboat overland. This would entail a journey of 15 miles (24 km) and a climb of 1,423 feet (434 m) pulled by horses and people.[2]
February
4 February
Mary Hannah ( United Kingdom) a Penzance schooner on passage from Cardiff to Plymouth with a cargo of coal. Disabled after the main boom was damaged in a huge sea and gale off the Lizard, she headed for Newlyn but was unable to enter the harbour and ran ashore at Tolcarne. All four crew were rescued by breeches-buoy.[3]
March
26 March
30 March
April
24 April
May
- Liner Paris () was grounded at Lowland Point near Coverack, Cornwall, United Kingdom. The Falmouth and Porthoustock lifeboats helped transfer her passengers to tugs; the ship was successfully salved after seven weeks work.[5]
July
12 July
August
1 August
September
16 September
October
- Welsh collier Llandaff ( United Kingdom) at Bude, Cornwall (also wrecked on the Cornish coast in 1889)[7]
December
References
- ^ Noall, C. (1969?) Cornish Shipwrecks Illustrated. Truro: Tor Mark Press; p. 30
- ^ Fisher, E.J. (1999). "The Strange and Heroic Journey of the Louisa". Lerwill Life. http://www.lerwill-life.org.uk/history/lynboat.htm. Retrieved 2010-11-05.
- ^ Larn, R. and Larn, B. (1991) Shipwrecks around Mounts Bay. Penryn: Tor Mark Press.
- ^ "Belgian Merchant H-O". Belgische Koopvaardij. http://www.belgischekoopvaardij.net/belgian%20merchant%20H-O%2024.5.04.pdf. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
- ^ Noall, C. (1969?) Cornish Shipwrecks Illustrated. Truro: Tor Mark Press; p. 2, 6
- ^ "Mail & Shipping Intelligence" The Times (London). Monday, 18 September 1899. Issue 35937, col D, p. 4.
- ^ Noall, C. (1969?) Cornish Shipwrecks Illustrated. Truro: Tor Mark Press; p. 31
- ^ "Belgian Merchant P-Z". Belgische Koopvaardij. http://www.belgischekoopvaardij.net/belgian%20Merchant%20%20P-Z.pdf. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
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