List of shipwrecks in 1898

The list of shipwrecks in 1898 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1898.

February

February 15

• Maine ( United States Navy): Sank after on-board explosion, Havana, Cuba.

March

25 March

• Stad Nieuport ( Belgium): Departed Antwerp bound for King's Lynn, England. No further trace.^[1]

Unknown date

• Eliza Anderson ( United States): Driven ashore in a storm at Dutch Harbor, Alaska, a total loss.
• Brigantine Henry Harvey  United Kingdom stranded on Battery Rocks, Cornwall, United Kingdom, during a gale. Five persons aboard were rescued by lifeboat.^[2]
• Sailing ship Bay of Panama was wrecked under Nare Head, near St Keverne, Cornwall, United Kingdom, during a great blizzard.^[3] The ship carried jute from Calcutta; 18 of those on board died but 19 were saved.^[4]

May

5 May

• Hereward ( United Kingdom): Wrecked at Maroubra Beach, Sydney, Australia.

August

30 August

• Saint Marc ( France): Wrecked at Cape Vilano en route from Le Havre to Lisbon, Portugal.^[1]

September

• Lapérouse ( French Navy): Beached on Madagascar.

October

• Barque Blengfell ( United Kingdom): Caught fire off Margate and completely burnt out.^[5]

14 October

• Mohegan ( United Kingdom): Ran aground on The Manacles, off The Lizard, Cornwall. 106 lives lost.

25 October

• L.R. Doty ( United States): Lost during a storm on Lake Michigan north of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. 17 lives lost.

November

• SS Blue Jacket ( United Kingdom}): unaccountably wrecked on a clear night a few yards from the Longships lighthouse. The crew were saved by the Sennen lifeboat.^[6]

26 November

• SS Portland Excursion steamer sank with the loss of all 192 persons on board during East Coast storm. Wreck was identified in 2002.

December

9 December

• Castalia ( United Kingdom): the hospital ship was struck by Barrowmore ( United Kingdom) whilst moored on Long Reach in the River Thames.

Unknown date

• Barque Lofthus ( Norway): Sank off Manalapan, Florida, United States.

References

See also

Ship events in 1898
Ship launches:	1893	1894	1895	1896	1897	1898	1899	1900	1901	1902	1903
Ship commissionings:	1893	1894	1895	1896	1897	1898	1899	1900	1901	1902	1903
Ship decommissionings:	1893	1894	1895	1896	1897	1898	1899	1900	1901	1902	1903
Shipwrecks:	1893	1894	1895	1896	1897	1898	1899	1900	1901	1902	1903