List of shipwrecks in 1893
The list of shipwrecks in 1893 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1893.
January
16 January
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February
18 February
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Dickey
- Dickey (
Queensland): The cargo ship was driven ashore at Caloundra Head. The wreck still lies on the beach as of May 2009.
19 February
- Naronic (
United Kingdom): The White Star Line steamship was lost after leaving Liverpool on 11 February 1893 bound for New York, with the loss of all 74 people on board. The ship's fate is a mystery that remains unsolved to this day.
21 February
- Coanza ( United Kingdom) : The Elder Dempster 1,518 grt passenger ship ran aground and was wrecked on Bayak Rock, Baujah Reef near Sinou, Senegal. She was en route to West Africa from Hamburg.[2][3]
March
23 March
- Allanshaw ( United Kingdom) wrecked on Tristan da Cunha with the loss of three crew.
24 March
- Glückauf (
Germany): She ran aground across from Sayville, New York at Blue Point Beach on Fire Island along Long Island.[4] A contemporary New York Times article said that it ran aground "just before dawn" on March 24, 1893.
April
4 April
- Horsa ( United Kingdom): The sailing ship ran aground off St Martin's, Isles of Scilly; the ship was towed off but later foundered in deep water.[5][6]
June
22 June
- HMS Victoria (
Royal Navy) collided with HMS Camperdown ( Royal Navy) near Tripoli, Lebanon and sank with 358 crew killed, 357 rescued.
September
7 September
- Rusalka (
Imperial Russian Navy): The monitor foundered and sank in the Gulf of Finland. Wreck discovered in July 2013 at 59°51′55″N 24°53′07″E / 59.86528°N 24.88528°E.
November
17 November
- Favourite ( United Kingdom):The ketch foundered in the Bristol Channel 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Worms Head, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued.[7]
24 November
- Serica ( United Kingdom) nearly foundered and took shelter in St Mary's Roads on the 19th. As she left she struck an uncharted rock (later named Serica Rock) and sank.[8][9]
December
8 December
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13 December
- Althea (
Norway):The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in Oxwich Bay. Her ten crew were rescued by the Port Eynon Lifeboat.[7]
20 December
28 December
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Date unknown
- Cintra ( United Kingdom) wrecked on Porthminster Beach, St Ives, Cornwall, five crew rescued.[12]
- Rosedale ( United Kingdom) wrecked on Porthminster Beach, St Ives, Cornwall. Sixteen crew saved.[12]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Belgian Merchant P-Z". Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
- ↑ "Loss of SS Coanza". Retrieved 4 September 2013.
- ↑ "Clyde built ships". Retrieved 4 September 2013.
- ↑ "A Big Steamship's Fate; Now Only a Prey For Seaside Relic Hunters. The Gluckauf At Fire Island; For Over Two Years a Plaything for the Surf and a Curiosity for Summer Strollers Along the Beach.". The New York Times. 10 November 1895. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
- ↑ Noall, C. (1969?) Cornish Shipwrecks Illustrated. Truro: Tor Mark Press; p. 20
- ↑ Horsa cargo full-rigger from New Zealand grounded in a cove on St Martins, and capsized some hours later whilst being towed off. Thankfully, no one was killed. (Source for the date.)
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks". Swansea Docks. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ↑ The Cornishman. 18 January 1894. p. 8'
- ↑ "Loss of SS Serica". Retrieved 4 September 2013.
- ↑ Canner, A. C. (1982) The Parish of Tintagel: some historical notes. Camelford: A. C. Canner; pp. 87-88
- ↑ Dyer, Peter (2005) Tintagel: a portrait of a parish. [Cambridge]: Cambridge Books; pp. 431-34, 496-98
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "1893 - 1920". St. Ives Trust. Retrieved 2008-03-16.
See also
| Ship events in 1893 | |||||||||||
| Ship launches: | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 |
| Ship commissionings: | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 |
| Ship decommissionings: | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 |
| Shipwrecks: | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 |
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