List of shipwrecks in 1897
The list of shipwrecks in 1897 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1897.
January
2 January
- Commodore (
United States): Wrecked off the coast of Florida.
14 January
RIMS Warren Hastings.
- RIMS Warren Hastings (
Royal Navy): The troopship was wrecked off the coast of Réunion with the loss of two lives.
February
2 February
- Imbros (
United Kingdom):The steamship ran aground on the Helwick Bank, in the Bristol Channel. She was susbequently refloated and beached at The Mumbles, Glamorgan.[1]
12 February
- Rapid ( United Kingdom): The ketch ran aground and was wrecked at Cardigan.[2]
April
7 April
- James and Agnes ( United Kingdom):The schooner struck the Scarweather Sands, in the Bristol Channel and was consequently beached in Black Rock Bay. Her five crew were rescued.[1]
16 April
- Ibex ( United Kingdom): The GWR-owned ship struck the Noirmontaise rocks off Jersey, Channel Islands and was beached in Portlet Bay, Jersey. She was refloated and re-entered service.
29 April
- Ketch Ada (
New South Wales): Wrecked at Newcastle, New South Wales.
Unknown date
May
1 May
- Ketch Ability ( New South Wales): Driven ashore at Cape Hawke Bay during a storm, along with four other ships.
3 May
- Bruxelles (
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Belgium): Ran aground on St. Pierre Island, Seychelles, a total loss.[3]
June
12 June
- Gangut (
Imperial Russian Navy): Struck an uncharted rock and sank in the Gulf of Finland.
16 June
- Foudroyant ( United Kingdom): The training ship was driven ashore at Blackpool, Lancashire and wrecked.
July
5 July
- Heathmore ( United Kingdom): The Liverpool steamer ran into the Seven Stones Reef at full speed while en route from Santander to Glasgow with 2,400 tons of iron-ore. She floated clear at 8 am and anchored two miles away with the crew pumping water all day. By evening they took to the boats and were picked up by the Lady of the Isles as Heathmore sank in 40 ftm (73 m).[4]
20 July
- Concha ( Belgium): Collided with Saint Fillans ( United Kingdom) off the Owers Lightship, English Channel and sank.[3]
September
29 September
- HMS Lynx ( Royal Navy): On Dodman Point in fog. She managed to refloat herself and limped to Devonport.[5]
- HMS Thrasher ( Royal Navy): On Dodman Point in fog, she was escorted to Falmouth, Cornwall and eventually made it to Devonport for repairs.[5]
October
16 October
- Pelican ( United Kingdom): Last sighting.[3]
November
23 November
- Flirt ( United Kingdom): The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Burton Bradstock, Dorset with the loss of three of her six crew.[6]
December
2 December
- Friend to all Nations ( United Kingdom): Margate surfboat capsized with the loss of nine of the thirteen crew.[7]
- Prince Albert de Belgique ( Belgium) collided at Antwerp with the sailing ship Larnaca ( United Kingdom) and sank. She was raised on 6 July 1900.[8]
30 December
- Clarissa Radcliffe ( United Kingdom): The 2,544 grt steamer was on a voyage from Odessa to Rotterdam with a cargo of grain. The vessel met a gale off Cape St Vincent, the cargo shifted and the vessel sank with the loss of sixteen lives
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks". Swansea Docks. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ↑ "CARDIGAN & DISTRICT SHIPWRECKS AND LIFEBOAT SERVICE". Glen Johnson. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Belgian Merchant A-G". Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
- ↑ Larn, Richard (1992). The Shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly. Nairn: Thomas & Lochar. ISBN 0-946537-84-4.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Bad day for trio of destroyers". Falmouth Packet. 29 March 2006. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
- ↑ "Extract from The Burton and Shipton Gorge Parish Magazine Vol XXVlll December 1898". Burton Bradstock Online. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
- ↑ Bob Ogley, Ian Currie and Mark Davison (1991). The Kent Weather Book. Brasted Chart: Froglets Publications Ltd. pp. p22. ISBN 1-872337-35-X.
- ↑ "Belgian Merchant P-Z". Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
| Ship events in 1897 | |||||||||||
| Ship launches: | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 |
| Ship commissionings: | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 |
| Ship decommissionings: | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 |
| Shipwrecks: | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 |
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