List of shipwrecks in 1885
The list of shipwrecks in 1885 includes some of the ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1885.
January
8 January
- René (
France): The barque struck the Helwick Bank, in the Bristol Channel and subsequently drove ashore at Overton, Glamorgan, United Kingdom with the loss of four of her nine crew. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Arcachon, Gironde.[1]
15 January
- Admiral Moorsom (
United Kingdom): Collided with the Santa Clara and sank off the Arklow coast.
25 January
- Elise (
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Belgium): Ran aground at Killard Point, Ballyhornan, Ireland and wrecked.[2]
February
1 February
- Petrellen (
Norway): The Porsgrunn barquentine, in ballast, beached near Chyandour, Mount's Bay, Cornwall. The previous day the new Penzance lifeboat Dora on her first "shout" took the crew off and she was left riding her anchor at Long Rock.[3][4][5]
March
5 March
- Tonquin ( France): The Tonquin, formerly the Inman liner City of Paris of 1865 and chartered to the French Government as a troop transport, sank off Malaga, Spain after colliding with another French steamer. The master and 23 of the crew were drowned.[6][7]
13 March
- Kate ( Isle of Man): The fishing lugger Kate, registered in Peel, and owned by John Tear and others, left Peel on the evening of 12 March heading to Kinsale to fish there, but sometime during the night was run down by the steamer Caledonian ( United Kingdom some miles west of the Calf of Man. The crew of the Kate were Scotchmen, the majority of them being from Skye and unable to speak English. It appears that the Caledonian was bound for Silloth in Cumbria. The force of the collision was so great that the lugger sank in a few minutes, carrying down with her four of the crew. The remainder were picked up by the Caledonian and landed at Silloth. [8]
April
17 April
- Ransome ( United Kingdom): The 85 ton steamer hit the Low Lee rocks off Mousehole, Cornwall. With pumps working on full she sank just a few metres short of Penzance harbour, her captain's home town. Within six days bad weather had destroyed the wreck.[4]
23 April
- Charles George ( United Kingdom): The 193 ton brigantine was hit by the 2,983 ton P&O liner Cathay ( United Kingdom) at 2:50 am Thursday morning off Beachy Head, ]East Sussex. She sank within four minutes with the loss of her captain William Thomas Odell and his son William Penn Odell all of Newport, Isle of Wight. In addition, Henry Woodford of Newport, Ernest Adams of Newport and a passenger, John Kearley also of Newport were drowned. Three men were rescued; Fred Churchill of Sandown swam to Cathay and was picked up, James Wallace of Cowes and Henry Jennings of Landport were rescued by boats from Cathay. The Charles George was owned by the Captain's brother, Charles Odell.[9]
May
8 May
- Helvetia ( Belgium): Sank near Scatarie Island, Canada.[2]
June
8 June
- Earl of Lonsdale ( United Kingdom): The Newcastle ship was carrying cotton seed from Alexandria to Portishead and was wrecked in Smith Sound, off the Troy Town maze, St Agnes in thick fog.[10][11] The master had thought his ship was to the west of, and ten miles south of the Bishop Rock.[12]
July
22 July
- Unidentified: The yawl Zephyr launched to the aid of a stranded schooner on the Lower Barber Sand by the crew of the Caister Lifeboat resulting in the loss of eight out of the fifteen crew.
23 July
- Corisco ( United Kingdom): The Elder Dempster 1,856 grt cargo/passenger ship was wrecked at the River Cess entrance, Liberia.[13]
September
29 September
- Elizabeth Graham ( United Kingdom): The London barque grounded on the Seven Stones Reef, between Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly and later refloated.[12]
Unknown date
- Sweepstakes (
Canada): Sank at Big Tub Harbour, Tobermory, Ontario following damage sustained at Cove Island in August 1885.[14]
November
7 November
The wreck of Algoma
- Algoma ( Canada): Wrecked off Isle Royale, United States with the loss of forty-six lives.[15]
December
17 December
- Sussex: ( United Kingdom)The cargo ship struck Seal Rock in the Isles of Scilly, near the Maiden Bower after being caught in heavy fog, while travelling at normal cruising speed. The crew escaped and she broke up during the night of 4–5 January in heavy seas.[12]
30 December
- a local cutter capsized off Yellow Ledges in the Isles of Scilly with the loss of one life, while on its way to the steamer Sussex ( United Kingdom), which struck Seal Rock on 17 December.
Unknown date
- J.W.J. ( United Kingdom): The pilot vessel was run down and sunk in the Bristol Channel by Sea Fisher ( United Kingdom). Her four crew were rescued by Sea Fisher.[1]
- Red Jacket (
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Portugal): Driven ashore at the Madeira Islands in a gale.[16]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Belgian Merchant A-G" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
- ↑ Leonard, Alan (2008). "Profiting from Shipwrecks". Picture Postcard Annual: pp14–16.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Larn, R. and Larn, B. (1991) Shipwrecks around Mounts Bay. Penryn: Tor Mark Press.
- ↑ Corin, J and Farr, G (1983) Penlee Lifeboat. Penzance: The Penlee and Penzance Branch of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.
- ↑ Gibbs, C. R. Vernon (1957). Passenger Liners of the Western Ocean: A Record of Atlantic Steam and Motor Passenger Vessels from 1838 to the Present Day. John De Graff.
- ↑ "Fatal Collision at Sea". Manchester Times (1443) (Manchester). 7 March 1885. p. 5.
- ↑ Isle of Man Examiner, Saturday March 21 1885, page 5
- ↑ http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/viewship.asp?id=10437
- ↑ Noall, Cyril (1968). Cornish Lights and Ship-Wrecks. Truro: D Bradford Barton.
- ↑ Ratcliffe, J (1989). The Archaeology of Scilly. Truro: Cornwall Archaeological Unit.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Larn, Richard (1992). The Shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly. Nairn: Thomas & Lochar. ISBN 0-946537-84-4.
- ↑ "Loss of SS Corisco". Retrieved 4 September 2013.
- ↑ Reilly, Jill (28 March 2014). "World's most beautiful shipwreck: Haunting hull of Sweepstakes lies just TWENTY FEET below clear blue water of Ontario lake where it sank in 1885". Daily Mail. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
- ↑ "Algoma Shipwreck". Superior Shipwrecks. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
- ↑ Bruzelius, Lars (2001-02-23). "Sailing Ships: Red Jacket (1853)". Red Jacket. The Maritime History Virtual Archives. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
| Ship events in 1885 | |||||||||||
| Ship launches: | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 |
| Ship commissionings: | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 |
| Ship decommissionings: | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 |
| Shipwrecks: | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 |