The steamer burned to the waterline at Baltimore, Maryland. Several lives lost. Wreck bought by Red Star Line, salvaged, rebuilt and returned to service as (Belgium).[4]
The schooner was wrecked on Murder Island near Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. Later pulled off and taken to Yarmouth, heavily damaged. Crew saved after spending two days in a hut on the island.[5]
The barge, under the tow of (United States) lost her tow line in high wind and heavy seas causing her to fill and sink in Long Island Sound. Her captain drowned.[8]
26 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1890
Ship
Country
Description
Ashlowe
Canada
The barque ran aground off The Mumbles, Glamorgan, United Kingdom and was abandoned by her eleven crew. They were rescued by the Mumbles Lifeboat[7]
The fishing schooner left Saint Pierre Island on 16 January and vanished, probably lost in a gale and snowstorm that night. Lost with all seven crew and one passenger.[11][12][13]
The steamer struck Bridge Pier No. 2 and sank in 70 feet (21 m) of water at Memphis, Tennessee. seven crewmen died. Survivors rescued by , , and (all United States), plus skiffs from shore.[15]
The fishing schooner was wrecked in near Burin, Newfoundland. Later pulled off and taken to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia heavily damaged. The crew saved after spending two days in a hut on the island.[16]
16 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1890
Ship
Country
Description
France
The steamer, bound from Le Havre, France, for Baltimore, Maryland, foundered in mid-Atlantic Ocean shortly after the crew were rescued by the steamer (flag unknown).[17]
The passenger-cargo schooner sank with the loss of one life off Bradleys Head, Sydney Harbour, Australia, after colliding with the steamer (United Kingdom). Adelaide rescued two survivors and the skiff half-decker Young Oscar (flag unknown) rescued three others.
The steamship ran aground on the east coast of Lundy Island, Devon. She was refloated the next day but consequently foundered in the Bristol Channel 7 nautical miles (13 km) off The Mumbles, Glamorgan. Her twelve crew were rescued by the pilot cutterRival (United Kingdom). Benamain was on a voyage from Swansea to Le Treport, Seine-Inférieure, France.[7]
The Liverpool steamer, chartered by the Russian government, went ashore on Loe Bar, Cornwall during a gale while bound for Kronstadt from Cardiff. She was carrying 3,000 tons of coal which was salvaged along with her engines.[25]
After the 564.62-ton, 133.4-foot (40.7 m) bark – carrying 97 passengers, 19 crewmen, and a cargo of 500 tons of cannery supplies and merchandise – grounded in bad weather on a sandbar 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) south of Kalgin Island in Cook Inlet on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska, was refloated, and began flooding, she sailed 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi) in a sinking condition and was beached on the eastern shore of Cook Inlet. Everyone on board survived, but she was deemed a total loss.[26]
The steam barge blew up and sank partially submerged in 14 feet (4.3 m) of water in the Chicago River at the foot of Washington Street, Chicago, Illinois after a crewman with a lantern accidentally ignited fumes from her cargo of naptha and benzine. She was raised the next day, but suffered another explosion of her cargo and sank again. Raised later, repairs completed and returned to service in September. At least 25 killed, 3 or 4 crew and the rest were stevedores unloading cargo.[39][40]
The steamer capsized in a storm in the Mississippi River, Lake Pepin. 98 died including the captain's wife and son. Raised, rebuilt and returned to service.[41][42][43]
The 761-gross register toniron-hulledscrew steamer sank without loss of life in 160 feet (49 m) of water in the North Atlantic Ocean east of Cape May, New Jersey, after colliding with the schoonerZacheus Sherman (United States).[45]
The barque was run down and sunk by British steamer Ching Wo in the Thames Estuary off The Nore. The wreck was dispersed by explosives April–July 1931.[49][50]
The barkentine foundered in a gale off Cleveland, Ohio. The crew were rescued by City of Detroit (United States). The wreck was removed in 1893.[52][53]
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at New Glasgow, Canada with the loss of fifteen of her crew. She was on a voyage from Quebec, Canada to Liverpool, Lancashire.[56]
The 296.51-gross register ton, 109-foot (33.2 m) bark was wrecked without loss of life on Saint Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea during a gale. The steamerBelvedere (United States) rescued her crew of 35 on 19 October.[57]
The barque parted her tow by the steam tugAustralia (flag unknown) off Trevose Head, Cornwall, England, and was driven ashore near Bude breakwater. Her crew of eight was saved by the rocket lifesaving crew.[63][64]
The schooner was dismasted in a gale on Banquereau and became waterlogged. As the crew prepared to abandon ship on the 17th or 18th they were rescued by (German Empire).[71]
The coastal schooner was wrecked on Black Point, about three miles south of Narragansett Pier, Rhode Island. Her Captain and 2 crewmen died, rest were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[75]
The steamer ran aground on Main Island at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, while departing for a voyage to Plymouth, England. Her forward compartments flooded, but were repaired by local engineers, and she returned to service.[77]
The barque disappeared during a voyage from London to Wellington, New Zealand, after being spoken to near the equator on 16 March. She was due in Wellington in May.
The refrigeratedfull-rigged ship disappeared after being sighted off the coast of New Zealand on 13 January while on a voyage from Lyttelton, New Zealand, to London. Possibly subsequently wrecked on the coast of Chile with the loss of all on board.
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United States
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Royal National Lifeboat Institution) of the Falmouth Lifeboat Station.[81]