List of shipwrecks in 1895

The list of shipwrecks in 1895 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1895.

January

1 January

• Antoinette ( Canada): The barque on voyage from Newport to Santos Brazil with coal, lost parts of her masts in the Bristol Channel near Lundy. The following day she broke her tow and drifted onto the Doom Bar in the Camel estuary. All the crew saved.^[1][2]

11 January

• Cupid ( United Kingdom): The schooner sank in the Teifi Estuary. She was later refloated.^[3]

18 January

• Olive ( United Kingdom): The ship foundered in West Bay, Dorset.^[4]

30 January

• Elbe ( Germany): The steam ship collided with Crathie ( United Kingdom) and sank with the loss of 334 lives.

February

10 February

• Dingyuan ( Imperial Chinese Navy): Scuttled off Liugong Island, China.

March

23 March

• Mary Ann ( United Kingdom): The ship got into difficulties off Cardigan Island, Cardiganshire. Her two crew were rescued by Lizzie & Charles Leigh Clare ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).^[3]

28 March

• Saintonge ( France): Ran aground, approximately 200 yd (183 m) from the shore in calm weather on rocks in Boskenna Bay, 5 miles (8.0 km) to the west of Penzance, Cornwall. She was finally abandoned on 1 April with all the crew and some of the cargo saved.^[5]

April

9 April

• Lord Spencer ( United Kingdom): Foundered on a voyage from San Francisco, United States to Queenstown, Ireland.^[6]

20 April

• Wasp ( United Kingdom):The tug was run down and sunk in the Bristol Channel by Severn ( United Kingdom) with the loss of all four people on board. The wreck was later raised and beached.^[7]

July

7 July

• Mexico ( United Kingdom): The steamer was wrecked near the Belle Isle Lighthouse while en route from Montreal to Bristol. She was carrying 900 sheep, 200 cattle and a general cargo. The crew was saved but the wreck was plundered and set alight.^[8]

9 July

• Hilaria ( United Kingdom): One died when the ship caught fire and sank in Port Phillip, near Melbourne. She was carrying a general cargo and rosin.^[9]
• Volurous ( Canada: The schooner collided near Beaver Light, Nova Scotia. She was out of White Head, Nova Scotia.^[10][11]

10 July

• Uhlan ( United Kingdom): Wrecked off Heligoland.^[12]

11 July

• Birkhall ( United Kingdom): Collided while in ballast on the seaward side of the Woosung bar.^[13]

18 July

• Hibernia ( United Kingdom): The 83 gross ton ketch was in a collision and wrecked off Heligoland.^[14]

19 July

• Sankai Maru ( Japan): The steam cargo ship ran aground on Shosei Island.^[15]

20 July

• Westella ( United Kingdom): Collided and sank 8 nautical miles (15 km) SSE of Finngrundet. The Jackson & Beaumont owned steamer was in ballast between Stockholm and Hernosand.^[16]

21 July

• Maria P ( Italy): The passenger carrying cargo ship was involved in a collision in the Gulf of Spezia, off the Italian coast with 148 lives lost. She was en route from Naples to Genoa with a general cargo.^[17]

24 July

• Granby ( United Kingdom): Wrecked on the Brazilian coast while in ballast from Imbituba to Buenos Aires^[18]

• Unique ( United Kingdom): Ran aground on the coast of Victoria in the Bass Strait.^[19]

• Ymuiden ( Netherlands): Wrecked off Rotterdam.^[20]

25 July

• Agnes Donald ( Queensland): Out of Thursday Island, and carrying ballast, she was lost off the coast of her destination of Fremantle.^[21]

• Angelica ( United Kingdom): En route from Bordeaux to Barry with pitwood, she was wrecked off Milford.^[22]

• Mogador ( United Kingdom): Ran aground on the Hats and Barrell Rocks, between Milford and St David's Head, while carrying coal from Glasgow to Bayonne.^[23]

26 July

• SV Condor ( Norway): The barque was lost 50 nautical miles (93 km) ESE of Lowestoft, out of Hull for Pensacola.^[24]

27 July

• Agra ( Western Australia: Lost in Koombana Bay close to her destination of Bunbury while out of Fremantle. The barque was carrying a cargo of stock and general goods.^[25]
• Cleaveland ( United Kingdom): Was in a collision off Folkestone with the tanker Duffield, while in ballast, and en route to Cardiff from London.^[26]
• Seagull ( Western Australia): Lost off Garden Island, Western Australia, along with her three crew.^[27]

28 July

• Ida ( Germany): The cargo ship was carrying sugar, wheat and a general cargo from Danzig to London and ran aground on Hasborough Sands.^[28]
• Masonic ( United Kingdom): The steam cargo ship was wrecked at Saint Pierre and Miquelon. She was in ballast and out of Swansea for Miramichi.^[29]

29 July

• Haakon Adelsteen ( Norway) :Ran aground near Santa Catherina, Brazil. Haakon Adelsteen was out of La Plata for Rio de Janeiro.^[30]

31 July

• Congo ( United Kingdom): Out of Antwerp in ballast she ran aground at Triborka in the White Sea.^[31]

August

7 August

• Argonaut ( United Kingdom): While en route for Halifax with timber and salted fish, Harberton foundered approximately 30 miles (48 km) north-east of Port Morant, Jamaica.^[32]
• Emma May ( Canada): Ran aground off White Point, Nova Scotia, while heading from Chester, Nova Scotia, to Port Matoon, Nova Scotia, Canada.^[33]

8 August

• Albatros ( France): Sank during a storm in the Rance estuary at Point Cancaval, Brittany.^[34]
• Catterthun ( New South Wales): Sank 2–3 miles north of Seal Rocks, New South Wales after hitting a reef, while on a journey from Sydney to Hong Kong with fifty-eight crew and twenty-two passengers. Fifty-five died.^[35][36]
• Saint Paul ( United States): Wrecked near Point Pinos Lighthouse, California.^[37]

10 August

• Mayhill ( United Kingdom): While en route to Geraldton from Middlesbrough, England with railway iron, the barque was wrecked off Point Moore, Western Australia.^[38]
• Miranda ( Belgium): Carrying Australian wool for Hamburg, she was wrecked on the Jument rock, near Ushant, France. Lugger Charlotte picked up the survivors and there was no loss of life.^[39]

11 August

• Pan ( Denmark): While en route to Ghent, Belgium from St Petersburg, Russia with barley, flax and pulpwood, Pan sank after a collision four miles south of Ystad, Sweden.^[40]

12 August

• Soochow ( United Kingdom): The passenger and cargo ship ran aground off Chefoo while out of Chinkiang for Chefoo.^[41]

14 August

• Dracona ( United Kingdom): While en route, and carrying pig iron and coal, from Middlesbrough, England, Dracona ran aground at Fame Point in the Saint Lawrence River, near her destination, Montreal.^[42]

21 August

• Etta Stewart ( Canada): Eight people died when the sailing ship was lost off Three Fathom Harbour, Halifax in a storm.^[43]

• Seaford ( United Kingdom): The Newhaven and Dieppe ferry sank 20 miles (32 km) from Newhaven after a collision with the SS Lyon. There was no loss of life.^[44]

22 August

• Sentinel ( Canada): The barque was lost at sea while en route to Buenos Aires from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada.^[45]

24 August

• Clémentine ( France): Sank after hitting rocks near Mont Saint-Michel. She was carrying limestone from Regnéville, Normandy to Dahouët, Brittany.^[46]

25 August

• Alice: Ran aground off Seal Island, while en route for Liverpool from Port Medway, Nova Scotia.^[47]

• Four Sisters ( France): Ran aground while en route from St Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon to Sydney, Nova Scotia.^[48]

• Fredrikka ( Norway): Lost during a storm off Aspy Bay while en route to Baie Verte, New Brunswick, Canada, from Le Havre, Upper Normandy, France.^[49]

• Morning Light: The schooner was wrecked off Mulgrave Cove while heading to Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia from Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada.^[50]

28 August

• Morning Light ( United Kingdom): The recently converted tanker caught fire and was a total wreck after being stranded in Coos Bay, near Bandon. She was heading for Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico from Comox.^[51]

• Duchess of Kent ( Western Australia): Wrecked off Cervantes Island, Western Australia while en route to Fremantle from Geraldton.^[52]

• Norman ( New South Wales): The schooner was wrecked off Bellambi Reef while carrying coal from Wollongong to Sydney.^[53]
• Sea Wo ( Western Australia): The small fishing boat was lost off the north-west coast of Western Australia.^[54]

30 August

• Ansgarius ( United Kingdom): The steamship ran aground on Lowther Rock, South Ronaldsay, Orkney. She was carrying coal from Glasgow to Christiana.^[55]

31 August

• Look Out ( Queensland): the barque was out of Thursday Island and was wrecked off Dove Island in the Torres Strait.^[56]

September

2 September

• Geneva Myrtis ( Canada): The schooner caught alight off Woods Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada while out of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.^[57]

7 September

• Europa ( Germany): Out of Leith, Scotland her cargo of coal caught fire and Europa was abandoned. Her crew was picked up by bark Forfarshire and landed at Talcahuano, Chile.^[58]

• Parkfield ( United Kingdom): The steam-propelled cargo ship ran aground on the island of Gran Canaria at Isleta.^[59]

9 September

• Le Glorieux ( United Kingdom): The trawler sank 6 miles (9.7 km) south-east of St Abb's Head, Berwickshire, England, after a collision.^[60]

10 September

• Xania ( Spain): En route for Antwerp, Belgium from Gavle, Sweden, the steamer sank 3 miles (4.8 km) south-east of Vlissingen, Netherland after a collision with Manila. Six people drowned.^[61]

11 September

• Glenclune ( United Kingdom): The barque was wrecked near Porto Alegre, Brazil while out of Hamburg for Los Angeles. She was carrying cement for the Southern Pacific Railroad Company.^[62]

14 September

• Vandora ( United Kingdom): The steamship was carrying coal from Maryport, England and ran aground near her destination of Ballyshannon, Ireland.^[63]

17 September

• Calcutta ( United Kingdom): While en route from Huanillos for London with guano, the barque was abandoned on 16 September off Staten Island, Argentina and ran aground the next day.^[64]

27 September

• Mauranger ( Norway): Foundered off Cape San Antonio, Cuba while in ballast from Maracaibo to Laguna de Termininos^[65]

October

1 October

• Maria and Smiling Morn (both  United Kingdom):The pilot cutters were in collision in the Bristol Channel off Worms Head, Glamorgan. Both vessels sank. Their crews survived.^[7]

2 October

• Llanisley ( United Kingdom):The schooner foundered in the Bristol Channel off Lundy Island, Devon. Her four crew abandoned ship but were subsequently lost attempting to reach Ilfracombe, Devon.^[7]
• Ocean ( United Kingdom): The smack was wrecked near Cardigan.^[3]

4 October

• Zoe ( United Kingdom):The brigantine struck the Mixon Shoal, in the Bristol Channel and foundered with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Swansea, Glamorgan.^[7]

17 October

• Harberton ( United Kingdom): While en route from her home port of London to Barry in ballast she hit the Kettle's Bottom Reef between Land's End, Cornwall and the Longships. On a rising tide she drifted off and a steam tug towed her into Whitesand Bay.^[66]

21 October

• Kate Thomas ( United Kingdom): The steamship was wrecked off Point Cires W of Ceuta, while on a voyage from Cardiff to Brindisi with a cargo of coal.^[67]

Unknown date

• Cato ( Norway): Ran aground on Macabou Cae, Martinique in the Caribbean while carrying coal.^[68]
• Cristobal Colon ( Armada Española): The cruiser foundered off Cuba.

December

24 December

• Palme ( Russia): Wrecked in Dublin Bay, Ireland. Lifeboat Civil Service Number Seven ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution) went to assist, but capsized with the loss of all fifteen crew. Tearaght ( United Kingdom) rescued the crew of Palme and her ship's cat on 26 December.
• Pilgrim ( United Kingdom): The schooner was missing off Land's End, Cornwall.^[69]

References

Ship events in 1895
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Shipwrecks:	1890	1891	1892	1893	1894	1895	1896	1897	1898	1899	1900