List of shipwrecks in 1893
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The list of shipwrecks in 1893 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1893.
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January
16 January
Ship | State | Description |
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San Marco | ![]() |
The steamer sank after a collision in the Strait of Messina.[1] |
February
18 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Dicky | ![]() |
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21 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Coanza | ![]() |
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] |
22 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Shamrock | ![]() |
The iron schooner was stranded at Ballyquintin Point, County Down, Ireland and became a wreck.[4] |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
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Naronic | ![]() |
The White Star Line steamship was lost in the Atlantic Ocean after leaving Liverpool on 11 February 1893 bound for New York, possibly on 19 February, with the loss of all 74 people on board. The ship's fate is a mystery to this day. |
March
23 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Allanshaw | ![]() |
The iron sailing ship was wrecked on Tristan da Cunha with the loss of three crew. |
24 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Glückauf | ![]() |
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April
4 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Horsa | ![]() |
The sailing ship ran aground off St Martin's, Isles of Scilly; the ship was towed off but later foundered in deep water.[6][7] |
May
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June
22 June
Ship | State | Description |
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HMS Victoria | ![]() |
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July
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August
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September
7 September
Ship | State | Description |
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Rusalka | ![]() |
The monitor foundered and sank in a storm in the Gulf of Finland with the loss of her entire crew of 177. Her wreck was discovered in July 2013 at 59°51′55″N 24°53′07″E / 59.86528°N 24.88528°E. |
October
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November
17 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Favourite | ![]() |
The ketch foundered in the Bristol Channel 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Worms Head, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued.[8] |
24 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Serica | ![]() |
The steamer nearly foundered and took shelter in St Mary's Roads on 19 November. As she left on 24 November she struck an uncharted rock (later named Serica Rock) and sank.[9][10] |
December
8 December
Ship | State | Description |
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Princesse Louise | ![]() |
The steamer became stranded in the River Scheldt at Saaftingen and broke in two.[1] |
13 December
Ship | State | Description |
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Althea | ![]() |
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in Oxwich Bay. Her ten crew were rescued by the Port Eynon Lifeboat.[8] |
16 December
Ship | State | Description |
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Sete de Setembro | ![]() |
The armored frigate burned and sank at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
20 December
Ship | State | Description |
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Iota | ![]() |
The barque sank off the coast of Cornwall at Tintagel with the loss of one life.[11][12] |
28 December
Ship | State | Description |
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Alert | ![]() |
The steamer sank off Cape Schanck, Australia, with the loss of 15 lives and one survivor. |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
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Cintra | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on Porthminster Beach, St Ives, Cornwall, five crew rescued.[13] |
Rosedale | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on Porthminster Beach, St Ives, Cornwall. Sixteen crew saved.[13] |
References
- ^ a b "Belgian Merchant P-Z" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
- ^ "Loss of SS Coanza". Retrieved 4 September 2013.
- ^ "Clyde built ships". Retrieved 4 September 2013.
- ^ "Wreck on the County Down Coast". The Belfast News-Letter. No. 24227. 24 February 1893. p. 6.
- ^ "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.)
- ^ a b Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). 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
- ^ a b "1893 - 1920". St. Ives Trust. Retrieved 2008-03-16.
See also
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