The 1,261-ton steamship ran aground in calm weather on the northeast ledges of the Seven Stones Reef, while bound for St Nazaire, France, with coal from Cardiff, Wales. The captain is supposed to have said "every man for himself" before going down along with ten crew and his ship. Eight survivors were picked up by the Sevenstones Lightship's longboat.[6][7]
The cargo ship was wrecked at "Straythe" with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from São Miguel Island, Azores, Portugal to Hull, Yorkshire.[11]
The schooner was rammed and sunk by (flag unknown) in in Lake Erie in 60 feet (18 m) of water. One crewman of Fayette Brown jumped aboard Northern Queen and the rest were rescued from her rigging by Robert Mills (flag unknown). The wreck was removed in 1893.[24][25][26]
The schooner, a fisheriesresearch ship, was on a voyage from Hyannis to Woods Hole, Massachusetts, with U.S. Fish Commissioner Marshall McDonald and his wife and daughter, Assistant U.S. Fish Commissioner J. W. Collins, and two female guests aboard when she ran aground on in Vineyard Sound during a southeasterly storm. McDonald, Collins, McDonald's family members, and the other two women made it safely to Falmouth, Massachusetts, in a dory, and Grampus later was refloated and returned to service.[30]
While on an Arcticwhaling voyage, the 463-gross register ton, 134-foot (41 m) steambark was wrecked during a gale and snowstorm off Point Barrow, Territory of Alaska, when she became stranded on a snow-covered sandspit that her captain mistook for slush ice floating on the sea. The steamersBelvedere and Navarch (flags unknown) rescued her entire crew of 45. During salvage operations, the wreck of William Lewis was destroyed by an accidental fire on 20 March 1892.[38]
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Delaware just south of the Indian River Inlet during a gale, killing her entire crew of six.[40]
The full-rigged ship caught fire due to spontaneous combustion in her cargo of coal and was beached and burned out in Cumberland Bay, Juan Fernandez Island, Juan Fernandez Islands, Chile. The captain, his wife, two daughters, and 30 crew were eventually rescued by the government steamer (Chile).[42][43]
The schooner was sunk in a collision with the schooner (United States) 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) off or Bar Point, in Lake Erie. The wreck was blown up in April 1893 as a hazard to navigation.[44][45]
After unloading her cargo of coal on St Michael's Mount, the Brixhamschooner was under tow by the tugMerlin (flag unknown) when Merlin suffered a drop in steam pressure and Torbay Lass drifted onto the Cressars off the promenade at Penzance, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The steamshipLady of the Isles (United Kingdom) pulled her clear, but she sank after a few hundred yards, within a few hundred metres of Penzance harbour.[49]
The sailing vessel collided with the passenger-cargo steamer Inishtrahull (United Kingdom) in the Irish Sea just off the Kish Bank off the east coast of Ireland. Her crew were rescued by Inishtrahull, after which Maggie drifted away in a sinking condition and probably sank somewhere near the Kish Lighthouse.[52]
The clipper's crew of 17 abandoned her at sea at (46°N40°W / 46°N 40°W / 46; -40 (Sea Serpent)) and were rescued by the barque (flag unknown). The derelict Sea Serpent was sighted on 18 October by the barque (flag unknown), having drifted 1,120 miles (1,800 km) unmanned in 93 days. Sea Serpent was sighted 19 times before disappearing.[54][55][failed verification]
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