List of shipwrecks in 1896
The list of shipwrecks in 1896 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1896.
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January
1 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Ealing | ![]() | The ship ran aground off Isaacs Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada, with the loss of eighteen of her 27 crew. She was on a voyage from Pelley Island, Newfoundland to New York, United States.[1] |
Salina | ![]() | The steamer caught fire in the St. Clair River three miles (4.8 km) below Marine City, Michigan and burned to the water's edge.[2] |
3 January
Ship | State | Description |
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O. R. Whitney | ![]() | The steamer was sunk in a collision with Emily A. Foote at Norfolk, Virginia.[3] |
4 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Chevy Chase | ![]() | The ship was in collision with Rathlin (![]() |
5 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Chesapeake | ![]() | The laid up steamer was destroyed by fire at dock in Bordentown, New Jersey.[5] |
Mary Blue | ![]() | The steamer struck a snag and sank near Liverpool, Florida. Later raised.[6] |
6 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Emperor of St. John | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged south of Cape George, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Quebec, to Guysborough, Nova Scotia.[7] |
8 January
Ship | State | Description |
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William H. Cowper | ![]() | The canal boat sank between Jersey City, New Jersey and New York City, possibly by ice.[8] |
10 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Josie | ![]() | The steamer was sunk in a collision with L. E. Patton (![]() |
12 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Congo | ![]() | The steamer was sunk in a collision with a barge in the Mississippi River while backing out of a dock at Caruthersville, Missouri, a total loss. Four crewmen killed.[9] |
Royal | ![]() | The passenger steamer laid up by the bank caught fire, burned to the waterline and sank one mile (1.6 km) above Evansville, Indiana.[10] |
13 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Fortuna | ![]() | The fishing schooner was run down and sunk off Cape Cod by Barnstable. Nine crewmen killed.[11][12] |
15 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Danube | ![]() | The steamer was blown ashore in a gale, probably in the New Orleans, Louisiana area, sprung a leak but saved from sinking by throwing cargo overboard.[6] |
16 January
Ship | State | Description |
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General Hancock | ![]() | The schooner was sunk in a collision with Chesapeake (![]() |
24 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Blanks Cornwell | ![]() | The steamer struck a snag and sank in the Tallahatchie River, a total loss.[13] |
26 January
Ship | State | Description |
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Ellen | ![]() | The vessel was wrecked in the harbour of Townsville, Australia.[14] |
February
1 February
Ship | State | Description |
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New Crescent | ![]() | The passenger steamer struck an obstruction and sank in the Cumberland River in six feet (1.8 m) of water, a total loss.[10] |
5 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Cricket | ![]() | The steamer broke loose from her moorings at Everett, Washington and went on the beach. Two hours later she burned, a total loss.[15] |
Mary Potter | ![]() | The schooner was beached six miles (9.7 km) east of the East Pass of St. Andrew's Bay, Florida.[16] |
6 February
Ship | State | Description |
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City of Norwich | ![]() | The barge, after being cut loose in a gale by her tow boat Thomas J. Scully (![]() |
Cornelia | ![]() | The laid up tugboat sunk overnight at dock in Perth Amboy, New Jersey during a storm.[17] |
Greenwich | ![]() | The steamer was sunk in a collision with Gypsum (![]() |
Wamsutta | ![]() | The barge, after being cut loose in a gale by her tow boat Thomas J. Scully (![]() |
7 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Arthur Lambert | ![]() | The steamer was destroyed by fire at Gretna, Louisiana while tied up alongside J. P. Jackson (![]() |
Jim Montgomery | ![]() | The steamer was swamped and sunk at dock at Louisville, Kentucky by the wake of a passing steamer. Later raised.[10] |
J. P. Jackson | ![]() | The steamer was destroyed by fire while lying at Gretna, Louisiana.[13] |
8 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Claudia | ![]() | The steamer caught fire off Beverly, New Jersey and was beached, she burned to the waterline.[5] |
9 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Resolute | ![]() | The schooner was wrecked on Little Lorraine Island near Louisbourg, Nova Scotia. One crewman killed.[12] |
10 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Walter R. Love | ![]() | The steamer filled and sank while lying at Chattanooga, Tennessee.[10] |
11 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Alfred Lister | ![]() | The lighter struck the bar at the Rockaway Bell Buoy and sprung a leak. She blew off the bar in high wind, filled and sank.[17] |
14 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Paulina Wilbur | ![]() | The steamer caught fire while loading oil at Gibson's Point on the Schuylkill River and was beached and sank.[5] |
15 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Rescue | ![]() | The tug sprung a leak off Red Hook Flats, Brooklyn, New York. She ran to German American Stores, Brooklyn where she sank in 17 feet (5.2 m) of water. Raised on 16 February.[17] |
18 February
Ship | State | Description |
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City of Lynn | ![]() | The tug caught fire off Glenwood, New York and was beached.[17] |
20 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Edwin J. Wood | ![]() | The laid up steamer was destroyed by fire at Darraghville, Louisiana.[13] |
21 February
Ship | State | Description |
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James | ![]() | The steamer sank at dock at the foot of Hanover Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[5] |
Thomas Newton | ![]() | The steamer was damaged in a collision with the barge Beaufort, being towed by J. Alvah Clark, at Norfolk, Virginia. She was beached to prevent sinking, but burned to the water's edge when lime in her cargo ignited.[3] |
22 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Jim Watson | ![]() | The laid up steamer was destroyed by fire at New Orleans, Louisiana.[13] |
24 February
Ship | State | Description |
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New York Central Lighterage Co. No. 6 | ![]() | The tug keeled over onto her port side due to ice buildup, filled and sank off Sixty-Eighth Street, New York City in the North River.[17] |
25 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Samuel H. Paul | ![]() | The steamer struck a log and sank opposite Martinsburg, Kentucky in three feet (0.91 m) of water in the Cumberland River. Raised and repaired.[10] |
27 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Mabel Taylor | ![]() | The vessel was wrecked on Santa Rosa Island, Florida.[16] |
28 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Point Loma | ![]() | The steam schooner sprang a leak in a heavy gale. The rising water put out her fires and she was wrecked near McKenzie Head, Washington, a total loss.[15][18] |
29 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Ailsa | ![]() | The steamer was rammed and sunk by the French liner La Bourgogne while anchored at the entrance to New York Harbor in fog. All on board were rescued.[19] |
March
2 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Rosstrevor | ![]() | The passenger-cargo ship grounded at Carlingford Lough. Refloated on 7 March, repaired and returned to service.[20] |
Sunshine | ![]() | The steamer sank at dock in a gale at the Government Wharf, Broadwater, Virginia.[5] |
4 March
Ship | State | Description |
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John L. Hasbrouck | ![]() | The passenger steamer was crowded by ice and struck a reef in the Hudson River off New Hamburg, New York and sank.[5] |
5 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Kate | ![]() | The tug sank at dock in East Boston, Massachusetts due to ice and high winds. Later raised.[5] |
6 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Volanta | ![]() | The steamer burned to the waterline overnight at Newport, Oregon.[15] |
Volo | ![]() | During a voyage from Goteburg, Sweden, to Lourenço Marques, Portuguese East Africa, with a cargo of Baltic pine timber, the barque was wrecked without loss of life on the coast of South Africa near the mouth of the Bushman River. |
7 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Lincoln | ![]() | The two-masted schooner departed Seattle, Washington, bound for Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of the District of Alaska with 37 people on board and was never heard from again. She probably sank in a severe storm that struck the Gulf of Alaska during the first week of April.[21] |
Silver Wave | ![]() | The steamer struck a snag and sank at Morten's Landing, Kentucky in three feet (0.91 m) of water. Raised, taken to Cincinnati, Ohio and repaired.[22] |
9 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Monohansett | ![]() | The steamer struck a rock and sank at Woods Hole, Massachusetts.[3] |
11 March
Ship | State | Description |
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R. B. Kendall | ![]() | The steamer sprung a leak and sank over night at dock in Charleston, West Virginia. Raised and repaired.[23] |
T. K. Green | ![]() | The steamer foundered in a gale on Catahoula Lake. Later raised.[13] |
13 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Morse & Showdy | ![]() | The canal boat was sunk in a collision with the tug Pottsville (![]() |
16 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Hawk | ![]() | The steamer struck a snag and sank at Knob Coal Works on the Monongahela River. Raised, repaired, and returned to service.[24] |
18 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Volusia | ![]() | The steamer sprung a leak and sank in the Atlantic Ocean (32°00′N 74°00′W / 32.000°N 74.000°W / 32.000; -74.000). The crew were rescued by the bark Linda Mordenrogen (![]() |
25 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Willie | ![]() | The tug was damaged in a collision with Express (![]() |
26 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Sam Brown | ![]() | The tow steamer caught fire, burned to the waterline, and sank a short distance below New Albany, Indiana in the Ohio River, a total loss.[10] |
27 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Ellen | ![]() | The steamer was destroyed by fire while lying at Hog Island, Florida.[13] |
28 March
Ship | State | Description |
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D. Roughan | ![]() | The tug sprang a leak and sank at dock over night in Chelsea, Massachusetts. Later raised.[5] |
30 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Isabel L. | ![]() | The steamer was destroyed in the Pascagoula River when her boiler exploded.[13] |
April
5 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Hustler | ![]() | The steamer was wrecked when she struck a pier of the Eleventh Street Bridge, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on the Alleghany River.[24] |
10 April
Ship | State | Description |
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City of Dallas | ![]() | On a trip from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Central America the steamer broke the crank pin in her engine causing a leak that caused her to sink. Three crew killed.[13] |
11 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Peter Dalton | ![]() | The tow steamer was destroyed by fire in Lake Michigan near Chicago, Illinois.[26] |
SMS S48 | ![]() | The S43-class torpedo boat sank with the loss of five lives after colliding during a storm with the torpedo boat SMS S46 (![]() |
12 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Dave Wood | ![]() | The steamer sank at Tremont Coal Works on the Monongahela River. Raised, repaired, and returned to service. One crewman killed, one injured.[24] |
Emma Lee | ![]() | The steamer was destroyed by fire at Campbell's Landing, 125 miles (201 km) above Memphis, Tennessee.[9] |
17 April
Ship | State | Description |
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William J. Booth | ![]() | The tug burned off One Hundred Fifty-Second Street, New York City in the North River, a total loss.[17] |
18 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Alex Perry | ![]() | The steamer was destroyed by fire at Evansville, Indiana when an unidentified large wharf boat caught fire and the fire spread.[10] |
Unknown wharf boat | ![]() | The large wharf boat caught fire and was destroyed at Evansville, Indiana. Four other vessels were destroyed when the fire spread.[10] |
Unknown wharf boats | ![]() | Two small wharf boats were destroyed by fire at Evansville, Indiana when a large wharf boat caught fire and the fire spread.[10] |
W. L. Norton | ![]() | The steamer was destroyed by fire at Evansville, Indiana when an unidentified large wharf boat caught fire and the fire spread.[10] |
20 April
Ship | State | Description |
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C. C. Martin | ![]() | The steamer struck a snag near Newark, West Virginia on the Little Kanawha River and sank.[24] |
22 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Mermaid | ![]() | The tow steamer was turning two lighters around, but caught on her tow line amidships, she capsized and sank in the St. Johns River nine miles (14 km) below Jacksonville, Florida. Later raised.[30] |
25 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Edward E. Webster | ![]() | The 98.8-gross register ton, 83.5-foot (25.5 m) sealing schooner departed Kodiak, District of Alaska, with a crew of 29 aboard and was never heard from again. She was last seen near the Trinity Islands (56°33′00″N 154°20′00″W / 56.5500°N 154.3333°W / 56.5500; -154.3333 (Trinity Islands)) by the sealing schooner Herman (![]() |
26 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Corona | ![]() | The tug caught fire at Ward's Shipyard, Astoria, New York. The city's fire department filled her with water until she sank.[17] |
28 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Wyanoke | ![]() | The passenger steamer was sunk in a collision with the anchored USS Columbia at Newport News, Virginia. She had 107 passengers and 42 crew onboard, of which two passengers and one crewman drowned, and one crewman died of injuries in the hospital.[3] |
29 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Louise | ![]() | The steamer was damaged in a collision with Rose Hite (![]() |
May
2 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Billy Kilby | ![]() | The steamer struck a snag and sank at Plaquemine, Louisiana. Later raised.[13] |
3 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Robert Robinson | ![]() | The tug caught fire off South Amboy, New Jersey. She was beached and burned to the water's edge.[32] |
5 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Fountain City | ![]() | The steamer caught fire at dock in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. Her mooring lines burned through and she drifted onto a mud bank near the Leathem and Smith dock, a total loss.[33][34] |
6 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Columbia | ![]() | The lighter caught fire at Pier 14, New York City in the North River. She was towed to mid-stream where she burned to the waterline and sank.[32] |
7 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Jennie Gilchrist | ![]() | The steamer filled and sank while lying at the bank two miles (3.2 km) above Danville in the Tennessee River when she lost a plug in her hull. Later raised.[10] |
10 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Harry Brown | ![]() | The steamer was sunk when her boiler exploded at Ursina Landing in the Mississippi River. Ten crew lost.[13] |
11 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Sentinel | ![]() | The steamer sprung a leak and sank at dock at New Orleans, Louisiana a total loss.[13] |
17 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Mary D. Ayer | ![]() | The lumber schooner was damaged in a collision with Onoko (![]() ![]() |
18 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Decatur H. Miller | ![]() | The steamer was sunk in a collision with Bowden (![]() |
20 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Choctaw | ![]() | The steamer was sunk in a collision with L. C. Waldo (![]() |
Delaware | ![]() | The laid up steamer was destroyed by fire at the Wilmington and Northern Railroad Dock, Wilmington, Delaware.[5] |
21 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Queen City | ![]() | The steamer struck a snag and sank at Crabapple Bluff on the Chattahoochee River, later raised.[13] |
22 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Andrew Jackson | ![]() | The coal barge (and former full-rigged ship), in tow from Norfolk, Virginia, was run into by steam tanker Vedra (![]() |
Belgravia | ![]() | The ocean liner ran aground in heavy fog on Saints Rest Beach shortly after departing Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, without loss of life. She was declared a total loss. |
24 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Mermaid | ![]() | The tow steamer burned while lying at Palatka, Florida, a total loss.[30] |
26 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Katherine | ![]() | The steamer was capsized by a tornado at Cairo, Illinois. Raised and repaired. 11 lives lost.[10] |
27 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Andrew Christy | ![]() | 1896 St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado: The steamer was sunk at St. Louis in a tornado.[40] |
Arkansas City | ![]() | 1896 St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado: The steamer was sunk/wrecked at St. Louis in a tornado.[40][41] |
Bald Eagle | ![]() | 1896 St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado: The steamer was sunk at St. Louis in a tornado.[40] |
City of Cairo | ![]() | 1896 St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado: The steamer was sunk/wrecked at St. Louis in a tornado.[40][41] |
City of Monroe | ![]() | 1896 St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado: The steamer was sunk/wrecked at St. Louis in a tornado.[40][41] |
City of Quincy | ![]() | 1896 St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado: The steamer was sunk at St. Louis in a tornado.[40] |
Dolphin No. 2 | ![]() | 1896 St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado: The steamer was sunk at St. Louis during a tornado when the steamer Pittsburgh (![]() |
Gazelle | ![]() | 1896 St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado: The steamer was sunk at St. Louis in a tornado.[43] |
Isabella | ![]() | 1896 St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado: The steamer was sunk at St. Louis in a tornado.[40] |
J. J. Odil | ![]() | 1896 St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado: The steamer was sunk at St. Louis in a tornado.[40] |
Jay Gould | ![]() | 1896 St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado: The steamer was sunk at St. Louis in a tornado.[40] |
Libbie Conger | ![]() | 1896 St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado: The steamer was moored at the foot of Biddle Street, St. Louis when a tornado broke her loose from her moorings. She drifted one mile (1.6 km) down river before sinking. Her captain, his wife and two children were lost.[40][42] |
28 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Transfer | ![]() | The sand dredge sprung a leak and sank in Lake Erie at Lorain, Ohio and was abandoned as a total loss.[2] |
Unknown schooner | The schooner was sunk in a collision with the steamer Nutmeg State (![]() |
30 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Ben Franklin | ![]() | The pleasure launch was sunk when she struck Car Float No. 4 (![]() |
Ironsides | ![]() | The steamer struck Lee Creek bar in the Ohio River and sank up to the main deck. Raised 18 hours later and repaired in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[23] |
31 May
Ship | State | Description |
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Wm. F. Munroe | ![]() | The steamer struck a pier of the Great Northern Railroad on the Skagit River and sank.[8] |
June
5 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Princesse Clementine | ![]() | The steamship collided with the sailing ship Axel Wästfelt (![]() |
11 June
Ship | State | Description |
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C. A. Warfield | ![]() | The canal boat was sunk when she struck the yacht Corsair (![]() |
12 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Henrietta | ![]() | The steamer sank from being overloaded at Big Eddy in the St. Francis River.[9] |
16 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Corrine No. 2 | ![]() | The tug burned to the waterline and sank in the Mississippi River near Cairo, Illinois, a total loss.[10] |
Drummond Castle | ![]() | The ocean liner ran aground at Ushant, France, and sank with the loss of 242 lives. |
Rosebud | ![]() | The steamer settled on a submerged piling when the river level dropped at Bismarck, North Dakota and sank, a total loss.[30] |
19 June
Ship | State | Description |
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J. W. Campbell | ![]() | The schooner was sunk in a squall off Long Island, New York. Lost with all nine hands.[45] |
21 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Buckeye Boy | ![]() | The steamer burned to the water's edge at South Point, Ohio, a total loss.[23] |
23 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Commerce | ![]() | The barge was destroyed by fire at dock at Taylor's Bridge, Delaware.[5] |
Lancaster | ![]() | The passenger steamer was destroyed by fire while lying at the bank in the Ohio River at Golconda, Illinois, a total loss.[10] |
26 June
Ship | State | Description |
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May Queen | ![]() | The steamer was destroyed by fire in the Merrimac River.[5] |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
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City of Oshkosh | ![]() | The steamer caught fire on 17 or 19 June in Lake Poygan, near Oshkosh, Wisconsin and drifted ashore, burning to the waterline, a total loss.[33][46] |
July
1 July
Ship | State | Description |
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John C. Munro | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on the east coast of Eastern Fields, British New Guinea, just east of the entrance to Torres Straits. The crew of the captain's boat was picked up by a steamer while the mate's boat managed to reach the coast of New Guinea.[47] |
Pearl Hedges | ![]() | The tug was sunk when Josie (![]() |
7 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Eagle | ![]() | The schooner sank in a storm off Pensacola, Florida in Pensacola Bay.[16] |
Florence | ![]() | The schooner sank in a storm in Pensacola Bay, Florida.[16] |
Leroy | ![]() | The schooner was beached on the west shore of Pensacola Bay, Florida, in a storm and broke up.[16] |
Nelley Keyser | ![]() | The steamer struck a railroad bridge in a gale and sank in Escambia Bay, later raised.[13] |
10 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Audacieux | ![]() | The torpedo boat sank after a collision.[48] |
Jessie Wilson | ![]() | The ferry filled and sank over night at dock in the Ohio River at Shawneetown, Illinois. Raised, repaired and returned to service.[10] |
Pentagoet | ![]() | The steamer struck a rock near Pasque Island in Vineyard Sound and was leaking badly enough that she was beached on the island to prevent sinking. Refloated and taken to New York City for repairs.[5] |
12 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Bella Mac | ![]() | The steamer struck an obstruction and sank in five feet (1.5 m) of water in the Mississippi River near Fishers Island. Raised and repaired.[30] |
Rustler | ![]() | The steamer struck a rock and broke in two in Box Canyon on the Kootenay River, a total loss.[15] |
13 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Immanuel | ![]() | The ship was wrecked in the Teifi Estuary.[49] |
14 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Colombia | ![]() | The steamer was wrecked in thick fog off the Pigeon Point Lighthouse, California, a total loss.[15][50] |
Colorado | ![]() | The steamship was damaged in a collision with a barge towed by Charles Runyon (![]() |
Daniel McCaffrey | ![]() | The canal boat was sunk in a collision with the ferry Plainfield (![]() |
Lulu G. | ![]() | The yacht got caught in a wave trough while answering a distress call on Lake Winnebago and sank near shore.[33] |
17 July
Ship | State | Description |
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L. B. Johnson | ![]() | The tow steamer was sunk in a collision with Mary Mills (![]() |
Sadie L. | ![]() | The steamer struck a snag and sank in the Pascagoula River, a total loss.[13] |
19 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Anna Pepina | ![]() | The barque was wrecked on Santa Rosa Island, Florida (30°19′N 87°18′W / 30.317°N 87.300°W / 30.317; -87.300).[16] |
Comrade | ![]() | The steamer caught fire at dock at Erie, Pennsylvania and was destroyed.[2][52] |
20 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Blue Jay | ![]() | The fishing schooner was sunk near Point Judith, Rhode Island. The crew were rescued.[12] |
Ella Andrews | ![]() | The laid up steamer foundered at dock in New Orleans, Louisiana. Later raised.[13] |
22 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Paul Tulane | ![]() | The steamer struck a snag and sank in the Mississippi River at Cora Plantation, above Donaldsonville, Louisiana, a total loss.[13][53] |
23 July
Ship | State | Description |
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SMS Iltis | ![]() | The gunboat sank in the East China Sea off China′s Shandong Peninsula near Qingdao during a typhoon with the loss of 77 lives. There were 11 survivors.[54][55][56] |
24 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Hidalgo | ![]() | After being forced ashore by ice about eight nautical miles (15 km; 9.2 mi) west of Cape Thompson on the Chukchi Sea coast of the District of Alaska on 21 July, the 175-ton, 101-foot (30.8 m) brigantine broke up when the ice washed away. The revenue cutter USRC Bear (![]() |
Messenger | ![]() | The steamer burned to the waterline at St. Helens, Oregon, a total loss.[15] |
25 July
Ship | State | Description |
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A. J. Hoole | ![]() | The tug was towing the schooner J. S. Lamprey (![]() |
Irene D. | ![]() | The steamer struck a rock near Shoemaker's Chain, she ran to Government Island where she sank in four feet (1.2 m) of water. Raised and repaired.[30] |
28 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Birdie Bailey | ![]() | The steamer struck a snag and sank in the Yazoo River at Bartonia, Mississippi, a total loss.[13] |
29 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Gus Genin | ![]() | The tow steamer filled and sank overnight lying at the bank of the Ohio River above Evansville, Indiana, a total loss.[10][58] |
Pin Oak | ![]() | The steamer struck an obstruction, capsized and sank in the Mississippi River at Wys's Landing, or sunk in the Missouri River 26 miles (42 km) above Jefferson City, Missouri.[30][58] |
Tillie | ![]() | The steamer ran aground on the south east end of Fishers Island, New York in thick fog. Refloated on 1 August.[3] |
30 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Hero | ![]() | During a voyage from "Wood Island" (probably Woody Island in the Kodiak Archipelago) to "Seldoria C. I." (probably Seldovia), the 8.8-gross register ton, 31-foot (9.4 m) schooner was wrecked in fog on a rock in the Barren Islands off the south-central coast of the District of Alaska, becoming a total loss. Her crew of two survived.[57] |
Rajah Brooke | ![]() | While en route from Singapore to Kuching, the cargo ship ran aground and was wrecked on Victory Island in the South China Sea between Singapore and Borneo.[59] |
Vandalia | ![]() | The schooner was sunk in a collision with Massachusetts (![]() |
August
1 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Dido | ![]() | The yacht broke loose from her moorings, drifted down river striking an empty barge at the Pittsburgh City Docks on the Monongahela River causing her to capsize. Her cabin was wrecked and her boiler dropped out. Her hull and boiler were recovered, repaired, and returned to service.[24] |
5 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Hawthorn | ![]() | The yacht was sunk in a collision with Iowa (![]() |
8 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Ceres | ![]() | The steam elevator was sunk in a collision with RMS Etruria (![]() |
Emeline | ![]() | During a voyage in ballast from Charlevoix, Michigan, to Kenosha, Wisconsin, with a cargo of tamarack bark, the 111.4-foot (34 m), 127.9-gross register ton three-masted schooner capsized in Lake Michigan during a squall 20 to 25 nautical miles (37 to 46 km; 23 to 29 mi) southeast of Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin. Her crew of four abandoned ship safely and rowed to Baileys Harbor in a yawl. The tug Sydney Smith (![]() ![]() |
St. Paul | ![]() | The cargo liner steamer/barkentine was wrecked in thick fog off Point Punos Lighthouse, California, near Pebble Beach, California a total loss. The crew and much of her cargo of livestock were rescued by Gipsy.[15][63] |
9 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Butcher Boy | ![]() | The tow steamer stranded on the bar at the mouth of the Chagrin River and broke up.[2] |
11 August
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
George S. Townsend | ![]() | The tug was sunk in a collision with Float No. 31 being towed by Transfer No. 6 (![]() |
Lizzie Henderson | ![]() | The steamer caught fire at dock at the foot of Forty-sixth Street, New York City in the North River. She was towed to mid stream by a Fire Department New York fireboat that then filled her with water, sinking her off Pier 1. Wreck removed by 19 August.[60][64] |
14 August
Ship | State | Description |
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Ocianica | ![]() | The steamer was sunk in a collision with Wm. Chisholm (![]() |
Wm. Chisholm or William Chisholm | ![]() | The steamer was sunk in a collision with Ocianica (![]() |
18 August
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
C. H. Woods | ![]() | The steamer was lying by the bank for the night, but careened, filled with water and sank at Harmar on the Ohio River when the river level dropped and she got hung up on the bank. Raised, repaired, and returned to service.[24] |
21 August
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Black Diamond | ![]() | The steamer struck an obstruction and sank at Johnson's Landing, Arkansas in the Black River. Raised and repaired.[10] |
23 August
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Aurelia | ![]() | The steamer caught on a wreck off Mispillion River, careened and filled.[5] |
City of Hickman | ![]() | The steamer struck an obstruction and sank at Island No. 40 in the Mississippi River, a total loss.[10] |
27 August
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
HHS Glasgow | ![]() | ![]() Anglo-Zanzibar War: The royal yacht was sunk by the Royal Navy. All crew rescued. |
30 August
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Florence Shank | ![]() | The steamer burned to the water line and sank at dock over night at Parkersburg, West Virginia in the Little Kanawha River, a total loss.[23] |
31 August
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
State of Michigan | ![]() | The steamer struck a rock off Pointe aux Barques Light and was beached to prevent sinking.[2] |
September
3 September
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Orion | ![]() | The ferry was sunk when wind blew her against the dock in Baltimore, Maryland.[66] |
Rosedale | ![]() | The steamer was sunk in a collision with the ferry Oregon (![]() |
6 September
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Thomas Carter | ![]() | The steamer capsized and sank in the Niagara River off Hickory Reef. A male and a female passenger died.[2] |
9 September
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Elfin | ![]() | The schooner was wrecked near Manchester. Crew saved.[12] |
10 September
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
James A. Borland | ![]() | During a voyage from Karluk, District of Alaska, to San Francisco, California, with four passengers, a crew of 13, and a cargo of 27,333 cases of canned salmon aboard, the 670-gross register ton, 145-foot (44.2 m) bark was wrecked in fog on Tugidak Island in the Kodiak Archipelago without loss of life.[68] |
12 September
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
James Dever | ![]() | The fishing schooner was sunk in a collision with steamship Reading (![]() |
14 September
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Silver Dart | ![]() | The fishing schooner was wrecked near highland Light, Cape Cod. The crew were saved.[12] |
15 September
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Fair Play | ![]() | The steamer struck a snag and sank up to the main deck opposite Bloch's Landing on the Ohio River. Raised, repaired, and returned to service.[24] |
Rufus Ingalls | ![]() | The laid up steamer sank at dock at Velasco, Texas near the mouth of the Brazos River.[69] |
17 September
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Occoquan | ![]() | The steamer was sunk when she struck a log in Occoquan Creek, Virginia.[30] |
18 September
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Ethel and Marion | ![]() | The steamer sank at dock over night at San Francisco when someone ran a hose from a fire hydrant to the ship and flooded her. Later raised.[15] |
New South | ![]() | The steamer was struck by a violent storm in the Mississippi River near Harrisonville, Illinois and went ashore.[30] |
20 September
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Evie | ![]() | The tug burned at the Abby Dock, Albany, New York, a total loss.[5] |
Lula Prince | ![]() | The steamer struck a snag and sank near Simsport, Louisiana in the Atchafalaya River. Later raised.[69] |
22 September
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Christiana | ![]() | The smack was wrecked at Poppit, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued by Lizzie & Charles Leigh Clare (![]() |
San Jose | ![]() | The 55-ton sealing schooner was wrecked without loss of life on a rocky beach in "Akun Cove" – probably the body of water now known as Akun Bay (54°15′N 165°30′W / 54.250°N 165.500°W / 54.250; -165.500 (Akun Bay)) – on Akun Island near Unimak Pass in the Aleutian Islands during a gale. The steamer Dora (flag unknown) rescued her crew on 23 September, and before leaving San Jose her captain burned her wreck to prevent it from becoming a hazard to navigation.[70] |
24 September
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Hugo | ![]() | The former White Star Line passenger liner ran aground on Terschelling Island in the Netherlands. She was declared a total loss. After refloating, she was auctioned for scrap on 9 December 1896 and towed to Amsterdam, where she was broken up |
J. W. Hunt | ![]() | The canal boat, being towed by John B. Dallas (![]() ![]() |
26 September
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Alexander James Yeats | ![]() | The ship ran aground at Gurnard's Head. Crew of 19 rescued.[71] |
Katie | ![]() | The steamer struck a snag and sank in the Savannah River.[30] |
27 September
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Adgar | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked off Folkestone, Kent, United Kingdom. All crew saved by the Hythe Lifeboat.[72] |
Baron Holberg | The ship was wrecked off Folkestone, Kent, United Kingdom. All crew saved by the Hythe Lifeboat.[72] |
28 September
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Minnie Mees | ![]() | The tug was destroyed by fire at dock at Superior, Wisconsin.[9] |
29 September
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Robert Turner | ![]() | 1896 Cedar Keys hurricane: The steamer was sunk in the Savannah River during a hurricane. Her master, two crewmen, and one passenger died.[30] |
30 September
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
E. P. Shaw | ![]() | The steamer burned at Dighton, Massachusetts, probably destroyed.[3] |
Redfield | ![]() | The tow steamer was damaged in a collision with tow boat Edwin Terry (![]() |
Sumatra | ![]() | The barge, under tow by B. W. Arnold (![]() ![]() |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Emeline | ![]() | The passenger steamer was sunk when she struck a rock in the Hudson River. Raised, repaired, and returned to service.[74] |
October
1 October
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Clayton H. Webb | ![]() | The passenger steamer was destroyed by fire while lying by the bank of the Cumberland River two miles (3.2 km) above Nashville, Tennessee. She burned to the waterline and sank in ten feet (3.0 m) of water.[10] |
5 October
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Harry Cottrell | ![]() | The steamer sprung a leak and sank at the mouth of the Detroit River in 20 feet (6.1 m) of water.[2] |
6 October
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Columbia | ![]() | The steamer struck a snag and sank below Raymond City, West Virginia in the Great Kanawha River. Raised, taken to Charleston, West Virginia and repaired.[23] |
8 October
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Loretta | ![]() | The steam barge caught fire at dock in the Black River, Michigan, and burned to the water's edge.[2][52] |
9 October
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
David B. Hill | ![]() | The steamer was destroyed by fire while anchored in the Warwick River.[3] |
10 October
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Dauntless | ![]() | The steamer was destroyed by fire at Ladd's Island in the White River 15 miles (24 km) below Batesville, Arkansas, a total loss.[10] |
John F. Allen | ![]() | The steamer was destroyed by fire opposite L'Argent Landing, Mississippi at the mouth of the Big Sunflower River.[69] |
11 October
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Yazonia | ![]() | The steamer struck a snag and sank at Belzonia, Mississippi on the Yazoo River. Later raised.[69] |
14 October
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Smith Pettit | ![]() | The tow steamer caught fire in Prince's Bay, Staten Island and was run ashore where she burned to the water's edge.[60] |
16 October
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Grand Traverse | ![]() | On a trip from Green Bay, Wisconsin to Buffalo, New York the steamer was sunk in a collision with Livingstone (![]() |
Niagara | ![]() | The tow steamer was sunk in a collision with steamer Magenta (![]() |
17 October
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Australasia | ![]() | The steamer caught fire in Lake Michigan eight miles (13 km) east of Cana Island and her crew abandoned her. The tug John Leatham took her under tow four hours later near Jacksonport, Wisconsin and towed her to shore and scuttled her by ramming in 15 feet (4.6 m) of water south of Cave Point, but the water was shallow enough that she continued to burn until she was a total loss.[2][76] |
19 October
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Little Bill | ![]() | The steamer struck a stump and sank opposite Coal Bluff on the Monongahela River. Raised and repaired.[24] |
20 October
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Arago | ![]() | The steamer sank after being damaged in high seas on an incomplete breakwater inside the bar at Coos Bay, Oregon sinking in five fathoms (30 ft; 9.1 m) of water, a total loss. Nine crew and four passengers lost. Survivors were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[15][77] |
22 October
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
T. P. Leathers | ![]() | The steamer sprung a leak and sank 30 miles (48 km) above Natchez, Mississippi in the Mississippi River. Later raised.[69] |
23 October
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
William Horre | ![]() | The tow steamer was sunk at dock overnight in the Gowanus Canal at the foot of Smith Street, Brooklyn in 12 feet (3.7 m) of water when her boiler blew up. Her engineer, the only one on board, was killed. The wreck was removed by the Hudson River Lighterage Company between 11–17 January 1897.[60][78] |
25 October
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Toledo | ![]() | The steamer struck a snag and sank in the Yamhill River. She was raised, but while waiting to be taken to Portland, Oregon for repairs she broke loose from her moorings and was wrecked, a total loss.[15] |
26 October
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Rossia | ![]() | The cruiser ran aground off Cronstadt. She was refloated on 15 December and taken in to Cronstadt.[79] |
29 October
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Eugene A. Galvin | ![]() | The yacht struck an obstruction and sank opposite Star Landing, Mississippi, a total loss. Her crew of five abandoned ship in her boat.[10] |
30 October
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Courier | ![]() | The steamer collided with the Kentucky Pier of the Central Bridge in Cincinnati, Ohio, sinking in 10 feet (3.0 m) of water. Raised and repaired.[23] |
Samuel P. Ely | ![]() | ![]() |
31 October
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
May Queen | ![]() | The canal boat was sunk in a collision with the barge Enterprise (![]() ![]() |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
W. W. Story | ![]() | The fishing smack was lost in the equinoctial storms in the middle of October. Eleven crew lost.[12] |
November
2 November
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
China | ![]() | The steamer was sunk when she was struck at dock by Lycoming (![]() |
3 November
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Cape Charles | ![]() | The steamer burned and sank at dock at Spanish Fort, Louisiana on Lake Pontchartrain. Later raised.[69] |
7 November
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Commodore | ![]() | The steamship ran aground and sank at Sheringham, Norfolk. All seventeen people on board were rescued by the Sheringham Lifeboat. The wreck was dispersed by explosives in 1902.[80] |
Z. E. Beecham | ![]() | The sailing vessel was sunk in a collision with Northampton (![]() |
8 November
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
New Jennie | ![]() | The laid up steamer burned and sank at dock at New Orleans, Louisiana, a total loss.[81] |
9 November
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Ridgeway | ![]() | The canal boat was destroyed by fire in the Erie Canal at Brighton, New York.[2] |
12 November
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
L. B. Johnson | ![]() | The tow steamer was sunk in a collision with V. H. Ketcham (![]() |
16 November
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Pathfinder | ![]() | The fishing schooner went ashore at Green Island near Portland, Maine. Crew saved.[12] |
17 November
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Memphis | ![]() | The cargo ship was wrecked in Dunlough Bay, County Cork with the loss of nine of her crew. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Quebec, Canada to Avonmouth, Somerset.[82] |
19 November
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Charles S. Many | ![]() | The tug was destroyed by fire between Albany, New York and Troy, New York, a total loss.[5] |
21 November
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
B. W. Arnold | ![]() | The steam barge caught fire on Lake Superior 20 miles (32 km) off the Portage Lake Canal, off Ontonagon, Michigan. The crew was forced to go to the barge James Mowatt that she was towing and cut the tow line. She eventually drifted ashore near the mouth of Salmon Trout River and burned to the waterline.[33][83] |
City of Osceola | ![]() | The passenger steamer struck an obstruction and sank at Craigheads Point, Arkansas 70 miles (110 km) above Memphis, Tennessee. Raised and repaired.[10] |
22 November
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Red Wing | ![]() | The schooner sank after hitting an obstruction 60 miles (97 km) southeast of Pensacola Bay, Florida.[16][84] |
San Benito | ![]() | The collier went ashore north of Point Arena and broke in two, a total loss. Six lost. Survivors rescued by the United States Life Saving Service and boats from Point Arena and Weott, two swam to shore.[15][84] |
25 November
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Ollie Neville | ![]() | The steamer sprung a leak and sank over night at East Liverpool, Ohio on the Ohio River. Raised, repaired, and returned to service.[24] |
27 November
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Dalles City | ![]() | The steamer struck a rock and sank at the Mouth of the Windy River. She was raised and taken to Portland, Oregon for repairs.[15] |
28 November
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Levi Davis | ![]() | The steamer was sunk crossing the Cape Fear bar.[30] |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Emma J. Gott | ![]() | The schooner was heavily damaged and beached when part of her cargo consisting of gasoline exploded at Salem, Massachusetts, fortunately the 300 cases of dynamite on board did not detonate. Her cook suffered burns.[85] |
December
3 December
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Helen Smith | ![]() | The steamer struck a snag and sank in the Elizabeth River off Money Point.[3] |
5 December
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Nathan F. Cobb | ![]() | ![]() The three-masted schooner capsized in the Atlantic Ocean after departing Brunswick, Georgia, and drifted onto the outer sand bar off Ormond Beach, Florida, where she ran aground. Two crewmen and a civilian rescuer were killed during the incident.[86] |
Willie M. Stevens | ![]() | The fishing schooner went ashore at Blanche Point near Port La Tour, Nova Scotia. Crew saved.[12] |
8 December
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
British Peer | ![]() | The sailing ship struck a reef off Saldanha Bay, South Africa, and was wrecked with 471 Indian indentured labourers on board. Eighteen crew were killed; there were only four survivors. |
11 December
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Delhi | ![]() | The barge, under tow of Aries (![]() |
Marietta | ![]() | The steamer struck a submerged log in Rancocas Creek and was beached to prevent sinking.[5] |
13 December
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Champion | ![]() | The freighter was destroyed by fire at Preston's Landing, Kentucky on the Big Sandy River.[23] |
20 December
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Fredonia | ![]() | The fishing schooner was heavily damaged by a huge sea breaking over her on 18 December drowning one crewman and fatally injuring another. She was abandoned and the survivors taken off on 20 December by the ocean liner Colorado.[12] |
22 December
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Ella | ![]() | The steamer struck a submerged obstruction in a thick snowstorm in Newcastle, Pennsylvania and sank.[5] |
Lela | ![]() | The steamer filled and sank over night lying at Henderson Island in six feet (1.8 m) of water. Later raised.[10] |
23 December
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Gen. George G. Meade | ![]() | The tug was sunk in a collision with the tug Herculus (![]() |
26 December
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Hustler | ![]() | The tow steamer was destroyed by fire at Clark's Dock, Jacksonville, Florida.[30] |
28 December
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
New Brunswick | ![]() | The ferry caught fire at dock in Jersey City, New Jersey. Attempts to put out the fire failed and she was towed out into the North River, sinking off Liberty Island.[5] |
31 December
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Warwick | ![]() | During a voyage from Glasgow, Scotland, to St. John, New Brunswick, Canada, carrying general cargo, the 316-foot (96 m), 2,527-gross register ton barquentine-rigged steamer was wrecked in a storm at night on Yellow Murr Ledge, a reef that is part of the Murr Ledges, in the Bay of Fundy off Grand Manan, 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) south-southeast of Southwest Head Light at 44°29.0′N 066°51.0′W / 44.4833°N 66.8500°W / 44.4833; -66.8500 (Warwick). Her entire crew of 52 abandoned ship in two lifeboats and was rescued by the fishing schooner George S. Bontwell (![]() |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Douro | ![]() | The cargo ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off Ouessant, Finistère, France.[89] |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
---|---|---|
Champion | ![]() | The tug was wrecked in the River Clyde sometime in 1896.[90] |
Shelter Island | ![]() | The paddle wheel passenger steamer struck rocks off Key Largo and sank 19 miles (31 km) off Key West, off Loggerhead Key on either 20 January or 20 February.[13][91] |
HMS Vixen | ![]() | ![]() |
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