List of shipwrecks in 1898

The list of shipwrecks in 1898 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1898.

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1898
Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec


February

1 February

List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1898
Ship Country Description
Channel Queen  United Kingdom steaming from Plymouth to the Channel Islands was wrecked in bad weather and fog on the Black Rock, 1.5NM off Guernsey. Forty were saved but 14 passengers and 5 crew were drowned. [1] [2]

6 February

List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1898
Ship Country Description
Veendam  Netherlands Hit a derelict ship in the North Atlantic and sank, with all on board saved.

15 February

List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1898
Ship Country Description
USS Maine  United States Navy
USS Maine

Sank after an on-board explosion, Havana, Cuba.

March

25 March

List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1898
Ship Country Description
Stad Nieuport  Belgium Departed from Antwerp bound for King's Lynn, Norfolk, United Kingdom. No further trace.[3]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1898
Ship Country Description
Bay of Panama flag unknown The sailing ship was wrecked under Nare Head, near St Keverne, Cornwall, United Kingdom, during a great blizzard.[4] The ship carried jute from Calcutta; Eighteen of those on board died while nineteen were saved.[5]
Eliza Anderson  United States Driven ashore in a storm at Dutch Harbor, Alaska, a total loss.
Henry Harvey  United Kingdom The brigantine was stranded on Battery Rocks, Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom, during a gale. Five people aboard were rescued by lifeboat.[6]

April

17 April

List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1898
Ship Country Description
Crofton Hall  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her crew were rescued by breeches buoy. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Perthshire to New York, United States.[7]

May

1 May

List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1898
Ship Country Description
Reina Cristina  Spanish Navy
Reina Cristina

Spanish–American War, Battle of Manila Bay: The Alfonso XII-class cruiser was shelled and sunk in Manila Bay by USS Baltimore, USS Boston and USS Olympia (all  United States Navy) with the loss of approximately half of her complement. Survivors were rescued by Isla de Cuba and Isla de Luzon (both  Spanish Navy).

5 May

Hereward
List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1898
Ship Country Description
Hereward  United Kingdom Wrecked at Maroubra Beach, Sydney, Australia.

8 May

List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1898
Ship Country Description
Abernyte  United Kingdom While carrying nitrate of soda from Caleta Buena to Falmouth, Cornwall, the barque was wrecked under Rill Head on the Lizard.[8]

26 May

List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1898
Ship Country Description
Nyanza  United Kingdom The Newlyn fishing lugger was run ashore on Great Crebawethan, Isles of Scilly after hitting the Crims and springing a leak. The St Agnes lifeboat, James and Caroline took off four of the crew and the fifth was saved by an island boat.[9]

July

4 July

List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1898
Ship Country Description
La Bourgogne  France The passenger ship collided with Cromartyshire ( United Kingdom) 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada and sank with the loss of 549 of the 722 people on board.

5 July

List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1898
Ship Country Description
Reina Mercedes  Spanish Navy
Reina Mercedes

Spanish–American War: The Alfonso XII-class cruiser was scuttled at Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. Later salvaged by the Americans, repaired and entered service as USS Reina Mercedes.

8 July

List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1898
Ship Country Description
Delaware  United States 1,646 GRT Clyde line wooden steamer out of New York bound for Charleston with cargo and thirty-two passengers caught fire at about 9:20 p.m. off Barnegat, New Jersey. The ship headed to shore and was met by a lifeboat taking all passengers and crew off the ship which was lost.[10][11]

August

20 August

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1898
Ship Country Description
Toledo  United Kingdom The 2,843 ton Sunderland steamer hit Steeple Rock, in the Isles of Scilly and ripped open her hull. Her crew managed to lower the ship's boats and escape before she sank in twenty-five fathoms.[9]

30 August

List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1898
Ship Country Description
Saint Marc  France Wrecked at Cape Vilano en route from Le Havre to Lisbon, Portugal.[3]

September

List of shipwrecks: September 1898
Ship Country Description
Lapérouse  French Navy Beached on Madagascar.

October

List of shipwrecks: October 1898
Ship Country Description
Blengfell  United Kingdom Caught fire off Margate and completely burnt out.[12]

14 October

List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1898
Ship Country Description
Mohegan  United Kingdom Ran aground on The Manacles, off The Lizard, Cornwall with the loss of one hundred and six lives.[13]

25 October

List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1898
Ship Country Description
L.R. Doty  United States Lost during a storm on Lake Michigan north of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with the loss of seventeen lives lost.

26 October

List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1898
Ship Country Description
Calabar  United Kingdom The Elder Dempster 1,756 grt cargo ship ran aground and was wrecked at Yellow Well Reef, off Grand Bassa, Liberia, on a voyage from the west coast of Africa to Liverpool.[14]

November

9 November

List of shipwrecks: 9 November 1898
Ship Country Description
SS Blue Jacket  United Kingdom Was unaccountably wrecked on a clear night a few yards from the Longships lighthouse. The crew were saved by the Sennen lifeboat.[15]

26–27 November

On these two days—the Saturday and Sunday after Thanksgiving—the infamous Portland Gale struck coastal New England. This was a blizzard of massive proportions that claimed the lives of over 400 people and more than 150 major vessels.[16]

List of shipwrecks: 26–27 November 1898
Ship Country Description
Portland  United States The paddle steamer sank with the loss of all hands (believed to be between 192 and 245 persons); near Gloucester, Massachusetts. The wreck was identified in 2002.

December

9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1898
Ship Country Description
Castalia  United Kingdom The hospital ship was struck by Barrowmore ( United Kingdom) while moored on Long Reach in the River Thames.

15 December

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1898
Ship Country Description
Brinkburn flag unknown Struck the Maiden Bower, Isles of Scilly in fog and sank, while bound for Le Havre from Galveston with cotton and cotton seed. Her crew of mainly lascars survived. An inspection of the wreck in 1966, found two other ships beneath her; one the Sussex which sank in 1885 and an unknown warship.[9]

23 December

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1898
Ship Country Description
Joys  United States Caught fire while at anchor in the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1898
Ship Country Description
Lofthus  Norway The barque sank off Manalapan, Florida, United States.
Saxon  United Kingdom The tug became disabled in the Bristol Channel and ran aground on Frenchman's Bank. Her crew were rescued by the Mumbles Lifeboat.[17]

References

  1. ↑ cite web| url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/docBrowser.aspx?673?5?1 |name=SS Channel Queen |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |accessdate= 25 Aug 2015
  2. ↑ cite web |url=http://www.rnli.org.gg/lifeboat-timeline/lifeboat-timeline-1803-1899/ |title=1898
  3. 1 2 "Belgian Merchant P-Z" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
  4. ↑ Noall, C. (1969) Cornish Shipwrecks Illustrated. Truro: Tor Mark Press; p. 15
  5. ↑ http://www.st-keverne.com/history/Diggens/d7.html Canon Diggens Archive
  6. ↑ Noall, C. (1969) Cornish Shipwrecks Illustrated. Truro: Tor Mark Press; p. 17
  7. ↑ "Crofton Hall - 1898". Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  8. ↑ Allen, Tony. "Abernyte (+1898)". wrecksite. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  9. 1 2 3 Larn, Richard (1992). The Shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly. Nairn: Thomas & Lochar. ISBN 0-946537-84-4.
  10. ↑ Marine Engineering (1898). "Burning of Clyde Liner Dealaware". Marine Engineering (New York: Marine Publishing Company) 2 (August): 25—26. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  11. ↑ Colton, T. (April 13, 2012). "Hillman Ship & Engine, Philadelphia PA". ShipbuildingHistory. Retrieved 2 May 2015.
  12. ↑ Lane, Anthony (2009). Shipwrecks of Kent. Stroud: The History Press. p. 19. ISBN 978-0-7524-1720-2.
  13. ↑ Noall, C. (1969) Cornish Shipwrecks Illustrated. Truro: Tor Mark Press; p. 13
  14. ↑ "Loss of SS Calabar". Retrieved 3 September 2013.
  15. ↑ Noall, C. (1969) Cornish Shipwrecks Illustrated. Truro: Tor Mark Press; p. 21
  16. ↑ Heit, Judi (19 October 2010). "Lost or Damaged Vessels". portlandgale.blogspot.com. The Portland Gale. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  17. ↑ Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
Ship events in 1898
Ship launches: 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903
Ship commissionings: 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903
Ship decommissionings: 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903
Shipwrecks: 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903
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