List of shipwrecks in 1891
The list of shipwrecks in 1891 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1891.
January
2 January
- Thames (
United Kingdom): Penzance steamer on voyage to London grounded on the Chesil Bank in thick fog.[1]
8 January
- Kaffraria ( United Kingdom): wrecked in the River Elbe, Germany.
February
5 February
- Chiswick ( United Kingdom): The 1,261 ton steamship ran aground, in calm weather, on the North-east ledges of the Seven Stones Reef, while bound for St Nazaire with coal from Cardiff. The captain is supposed to have said "every man for himself" before going down, along with ten crew, and his ship. Eight survivors were picked up by the Sevenstones Lightship's longboat.[2][3]
19 February
- Trignac (
France): The steamer sprang a leak, blew up and sank within five minutes, between the Isles of Scilly and the Seven Stones Reef. She was carrying coal from Newport to St Nazaire.[3]
March
1 March
- H.L.C. ( France):The brigantine ran aground on the Mixon Shoal, in the Bristol Channel and was wrecked. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Port Talbot, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Pornic, Loire-Atlantique.[4]
17 March
Utopia
- Utopia ( United Kingdom): The passenger ship collided with HMS Anson (
Royal Navy in the Bay of Gibraltar and sank with the loss of 552 of the 880 people aboard.
April
23 April
- Blanco Encalada (
Chilean Navy): An Almirante Cochrane-class central battery ship launched in 1874, and sunk in 1891 by a torpedo gunboat in the port of Caldera as part of the 1891 Chilean Civil War.
May
3 May
- Clan Lamont ( United Kingdom): She ran aground and sank off Vindiloas Point, Batticaloa, Sri Lanka.[5]
July
18 July
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October
13 October
- Ora et Labora (
Norway): The brig was driven ashore and wrecked near Chesil Cove, Dorset, United Kingdom.[7]
November
22 November
- Samuel Mather (
United States): A wooden freighter which was launched in 1887 and sank in 1891, when she was rammed by the steel freighter Brazil in heavy fog in Whitefish Bay, Lake Superior.
December
5 December
- Merannio ( United Kingdom): En route for Newport from Bilbao with 1,300 of iron ore hit the Seven Stones Reef, but managed to reach St Ives, Cornwall where a 10 ft (3 m) hole was found in her bow.[3]
8 December
- Torbay Lass ( United Kingdom) : The Brixham schooner sank within a few hundred metres of Penzance harbour, Cornwall, UK. On tow after unloading her cargo of coal on St Michael's Mount the tug Merlin suffered a drop in steam pressure and Torbay Lass drifted onto the Cressars off Penzance promenade. Pulled clear by the steamship Lady of the Isles she sank after a few hundred yards.[8]
10 December
- Drumblair ( United Kingdom):The ship was driven ashore on Sully Island, Glamorgan. Her crew either took to the ships' boats or were rescued by Joseph Denman II (
Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Drumblair was on a voyage from Barry, Glamorgan to Mauritius. She was later salvaged, repaired and returned to service.[4]
23 December
- Felicete ( France):The brig ran aground at Port Eynon Point, Glamorgan, United Kingdom and was wrecked. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Atlantique to Swansea, Glamorgan.[4]
Unknown date
- Sarsfield ( United Kingdom):The brigantine ran aground at Rhosilli, Glamorgan and was wrecked. All seven people on board survived.[4]
References
- ↑ Carter, C (1998). The Port of Penzance: a history. Lydney: Black Dwarf Publications.
- ↑ Liddiard, John. "Seven Stones". Retrieved 19 February 2012.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Larn, Richard (1992). The Shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly. Nairn: Thomas & Lochar. ISBN 0-946537-84-4.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks". Swansea Docks. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ↑ "SS Clan Lamont (+1891)".
- ↑ "Belgian Merchant P-Z". Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
- ↑ "Historical List of Shipwrecks at Chesil Beach & from Bridport to Lyme Regis". Burton Bradstock Online. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
- ↑ Larn, R. and Larn, B. (1991) Shipwrecks around Mounts Bay. Penryn: Tor Mark Press.
| Ship events in 1891 | |||||||||||
| Ship launches: | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 |
| Ship commissionings: | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 |
| Ship decommissionings: | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 |
| Shipwrecks: | 1886 | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 |
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