List of shipwrecks in 1899
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The list of shipwrecks in 1899 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1899.
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January
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Voorwaarts |  Italy
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The steamship was wrecked at Morwenstow, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[1] |
12 January
| Ship | State | Description |
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| The Lynmouth lifeboat Louisa |  Royal National Lifeboat Institution
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answered a call from the barque Forest Hall ( United Kingdom) in trouble off Porlock by taking the lifeboat overland. This entailed a journey of 15 miles (24 km) and a climb of 1,423 feet (434 m) pulled by horses and people.[2]
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February
4 February
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Mary Hannah | United Kingdom
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A Penzance schooner on passage from Cardiff to Plymouth with a cargo of coal. Disabled after the main boom was damaged in a huge sea and gale off the Lizard, she headed for Newlyn but was unable to enter the harbour and ran ashore at Tolcarne. All four crew were rescued by breeches-buoy.[3] |
March
12 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Castilian | United Kingdom
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The cargo liner ran aground on the Gannet Dry Ledge and was wrecked. All on board were rescued. She was on the return leg of her maiden voyage, from Portland, Maine, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[4] |
26 March
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Science | United Kingdom
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collided with Daybreak ( United Kingdom) north of Cape St Vincent, Portugal and sank.[5]
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30 March
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Stella | United Kingdom
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The ship sank off the Casquets, Channel Islands with the loss of 78 lives. [6] [7] |
April
24 April
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Loch Sloy | United Kingdom
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sank off Kangaroo Island, South Australia. |
May
| Ship | State | Description |
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| City of Paris |  United States
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The liner was grounded at Lowland Point near Coverack, Cornwall, United Kingdom. The Falmouth and Porthoustock lifeboats helped transfer her passengers to tugs; the ship was successfully salved after seven weeks work.[8] |
July
5 July
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Three Sisters | United Kingdom
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The ketch was run into and sunk in the Bristol Channel by the steamship Tweed with the loss of two of her three crew. She was on a voyage from Port Talbot, Glamorgan to Llangrannog, Cardiganshire.[9] |
12 July
| Ship | State | Description |
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| City of York | United Kingdom
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sank off Rottnest Island, Western Australia. |
August
1 August
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Benjamin C. Cromwell | United States
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beached at Dog Island, Florida. |
| James A. Garfield | United States
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beached at Dog Island, Florida. |
September
16 September
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Duraes |  Norway
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Foundered off Elba, Italy.[10] |
October
14 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Typo |  The wooden three-masted schooner was run down in Lake Huron by the steamer W.P. Ketcham. The ship sank immediately and the four crew on board drowned.[11] |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Llandaff | United Kingdom
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the Welsh collier was wrecked at Bude, Cornwall (also wrecked on the Cornish coast in 1889)[12] |
November
10 November
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Belgique |  unknown
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Formerly called Mount Hebron, she foundered 6nm NW of the Casquets[13] [14] |
11 November
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Duisberg | Norway
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The barque ran aground at Oxwich Point, Glamorgan, United Kingdom and was wrecked. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Parrsboro, Nova Scotia, Canada to The Mumbles, Glamorgan.[9] |
December
Unknown date
References
- ^ Noall, C (c. 1969). Cornish Shipwrecks Illustrated. Truro: Tor Mark Press. p. 30.
- ^ Fisher, E.J. (1999). "The Strange and Heroic Journey of the Louisa". Lerwill Life. Retrieved 2010-11-05.
- ^ Larn, R; Larn, B (1991). Shipwrecks around Mounts Bay. Penryn: Tor Mark Press.[page needed]
- ^ "Castilian - 1899". Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ^ "Belgian Merchant H-O" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
- ^ cite web| url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/docBrowser.aspx?689?5?1 |name=South Western Steamer wrecked |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu |accessdate= 26 Aug 2015
- ^ cite web |url=http://www.jakesimpkin.org/ArticlesResearch/tabid/84/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/4/SS-Stella-Disaster.aspx |name=S.S. Stella Disaster |publisher=akesimpkin.org |accessdate= 27 Aug 2015
- ^ Noall, C (c. 1969). Cornish Shipwrecks Illustrated. Truro: Tor Mark Press. pp. 2, 6.
- ^ a b Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ^ "Mail & Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 35937. London. 18 September 1899. col D, p. 4. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
- ^ "Typo". Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary. NOAA.
- ^ Noall, C (c. 1969). Cornish Shipwrecks Illustrated. Truro: Tor Mark Press. p. 31.
- ^ cite web |url=http://www.flotilla-australia.com/iss.htm |title=MOUNT HEBRON
- ^ cite |title=Dictionnaire des naufrages dans la Manche |published=2008 |author=YvesDufiel
- ^ "Belgian Merchant P-Z" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 December 2010.