The sloop became waterlogged in a squall one mile (1.6 km) off Eastern Point in Gloucester, Massachusetts on 18 December 1894. Her two crew were rescued by Grace Freeman (United States). She drifted across Cape Cod Bay and went ashore at Race Point in Provincetown, Massachusetts on 1 January 1895[1]
After losing parts of her masts in the Bristol Channel near Lundy on 1 January during a voyage from Newport, Wales, to Santos, Brazil, with a cargo of coal, the barque broke her tow and drifted onto the Doom Bar in the Camel estuary, where she was wrecked. All of her crew were saved.[2][3]
5 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer sprung a leak and sank at dock in Little Rock, Arkansas, a total loss.[4]
6 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer was sunk by ice in the Ohio River at . Raised and repaired.[5]
United States
The steamer sank in the Little Kanawha River at Parkersburg, West Virginia. Raised and repaired. Back in service by May.[5]
6 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer was sunk by ice in the Ohio River at New Matamoras, Ohio. Raised, repaired, and returned to service as .[5]
10 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer ran ashore in , and filled. Refloated soon after.[6]
11 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer sank in a windstorm while lying at Caruthersville, Missouri, a total loss.[4]
Cupid
United Kingdom
The schooner sank in the Teifi Estuary. She was later refloated.[7]
12 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer sprung a leak and sank while lying at Decker's Station, Indiana in the White River. Her machinery was salvaged.[8]
United States
The railroad transfer steamer sank when her fore and aft parted while off loading railroad cars opposite Helena, Arkansas. Raised and repaired.[8]
United States
The steamer sank after striking the bank of the Ohio River near Wolf Creek 75 miles (121 km) below Louisville, a total loss. Four killed.[9]
14 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1895
Ship
Country
Description
Unknown coal boats
United States
The tow steamer (United States) was caught in fog near in the Ohio River 11 miles (18 km) below Louisville striking the bank hard resulting in the sinking of 17 coal boats and 2 fuel flats.[9]
17 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer broke in two at Fayetteville, North Carolina when flood water receded leaving her on the bank.[10]
The steamer sank in a gale in Lake Michigan 10 miles (16 km) off Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 35 fathoms (210 ft; 64 m) of water. The wreck was located in 1917. The vessel was lost with all 23 hands and 1 passenger.[15][16][17]
United States
The steamer was destroyed by fire while lying at the mouth of the , a total loss.[14]
Port Errol
United Kingdom
The full-rigged ship, on her maiden voyage, caught fire in the Clyde and was scuttled. Subsequently refloated, sold and repaired.[18]
23 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer struck a snag and sank in Bayou Plaquemine. Later raised.[14]
The fishing schooner was wrecked on a ledge south of the Norman's Woe bell buoy in a snowstorm and heavy seas. Four of the crew were killed.[20]
Unknown barges
United States
Five unknown barges, under the tow of the tugboat (United States), broke loose from Sea King and sank in a gale and snowstorm off Point Judith. Between the five barges twelve crew died and two were rescued by Sea King.[6]
28 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1895
Ship
Country
Description
France
During a voyage from Saint-Nazaire, France, to Savanilla and Colón, Colombia, with general cargo, the 4,584-gross register ton sidewheel paddle steamer was wrecked at Savanilla.[21]
29 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1895
Ship
Country
Description
Cyclone
United States
The steamer burned to the water's edge at .[22][23]
The steamship collided with the steamer (United Kingdom) and sank 47 miles (76 km) south-west from the (United Kingdom) off Lowestoft in 17 to 20 fathoms (102 to 120 ft; 31 to 37 m) of water, and the trunks of her masts can be seen above water, with the loss of 334 lives. 20 survivors, including 15 crew, were rescued by the fishing smack (United Kingdom).[24][25]
The laid up launch was destroyed by fire, probably at new London, Connecticut. Believed to be arson.[6]
H. S. Van Samford
United States
The barge, under the tow of the tugboat (United States), suddenly foundered six miles (9.7 km) west of Saybrook Breakwater Light and north of Cornfield Shoals in Long Island Sound in 10 fathoms (60 ft; 18 m) of water. Her cook drowned and her captain died after rescue by Aries. Four others survived.[6]
The tugboat sprung a leak in and was run onto a mud bank to prevent sinking. She was carried off the mud bank by an ice flow to the Westchester side where she rolled over and burned. Her crew made it ashore across the ice.[27]
The steamer was wrecked in a gale on Colorado Reef off the coast of Cuba.[34][35]
24 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The passenger steamer was sunk by ice at Vanceburg, Kentucky. Raised on 1 March, taken to Cincinnati and repaired.[9]
United States
The ferry struck a snag and sank in the Scioto River. Raised, rebuilt and returned to service as Portsmouth.[9]
26 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The ferry was sunk by ice at dock at Madison, Indiana, a total loss.[9]
28 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer was sunk by ice in the Ohio River at Babs Island. Raised and repaired.[5]
Pacific
United States
The steamer was sunk by ice in the Ohio River opposite Walkers Landing near Wellsville, Ohio. Raised and repaired.[5]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: unknown February 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The fishing schooner sank on the Georges Bank in the February gale. Lost with all 13 crew.[36][37]
United States
The fishing schooner sank on the Georges Bank in the February gale. Lost with all 16 hands.[38]
United States
The fishing schooner sank returning to Gloucester, Massachusetts from Fortune Bay in a gale in early February. Lost with all eight crew.[39][40][41]
March[]
1 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer burned and sank between and , a total loss.[42]
United States
The steamer struck a snag and sank near Cotton Point Landing, Louisiana in , or at Coon Point, Louisiana in the Red River, a total loss. Her bell and boiler were later salvaged.[43][42]
United States
The steamer burned and sank at New Iberia, Louisiana. Raised and repaired. One of her firemen was killed.[42]
3 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer burned and sank between and , a total loss. Her master's son died.[42]
6 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer filled through a siphon pipe and sank at dock at Port Angeles, Washington.[13]
8 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The passenger steamer struck a pier of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Bridge in Cincinnati, she broke in two and sank, a total loss. Seven killed.[9]
United States
The steamer struck a rock in the "Rock Channel" and sank in six feet (1.8 m) of water in the Wabash River in . Part of her cargo was salvaged. One crewman drowned. Raised and repaired. Back in service by late August.[8]
9 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer struck a snag and sank at in the Red River. Later raised. Back in service by May.[42]
United States
The steamer struck a snag and sank at Brown's Landing, Louisiana in the Red River, a total loss.[42]
The passenger-cargo steamer ran aground at Aden during her maiden voyage. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.
21 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1895
Ship
Country
Description
Ambassadrice
France
En route from St Malo for Newfoundland for cod the sailing vessel had a crew of 7 and 90 male passengers. It ran onto rocks on the south coast of Guernsey (Channel Islands) in fog and foundered close to shore. All managed to climb to the top of the cliffs safely apart from one elderly man who slipped and fell to his death.[45]
23 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1895
Ship
Country
Description
Mary Ann
United Kingdom
The ship got into difficulties off Cardigan Island, Cardiganshire. Her two crew were rescued by Lizzie & Charles Leigh Clare (Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[7]
24 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer backed into a rock lighter and sank in the Ashley River at Charleston, South Carolina.[10]
25 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The ferry burned and sank at Middleport, Ohio, a total loss.[46]
26 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer foundered at Monroe, Louisiana. Later raised.[42]
27 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The launch was wrecked crossing the bar at Lake Worth, Florida.[10]
28 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The tug sprung a leak and sank off Red Hook, Brooklyn. most of crew rescued by , a deck hand drowned. Apparently raised, repaired and back in service by December 1895.[47][6]
United States
The steamer caught fire and burned in the White River near Hess Landing, Arkansas, a total loss.[8]
Saintonge
France
The vessel ran aground, approximately 200 yd (183 m) from the shore in calm weather on rocks in Boskenna Bay, 5 miles (8.0 km) to the west of Penzance, Cornwall. She was finally abandoned on 1 April with all the crew and some of the cargo saved.[48]
29 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The steamer was damaged in a collision with (United Kingdom) in the Straits of Messina off . She was beached to prevent sinking, but was wrecked, a total loss.[49]
30 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer was sunk in a collision with (United States) in the Chicago River.[50]
April[]
2 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer was struck by a heavy squall in Bellingham Bay and thrown on its beams ends and was wrecked. One passenger died of exposure.[13]
United States
The bugeye was struck by the tug Game Cock (United States) and sank in Baltimore Harbor.[32][33]
3 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The ferry burned and sank at Gallipolis, Ohio, a total loss. 35 passengers and crew made it to shore, one stewardess drowned.[46]
6 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer was blown in a storm into Brooks Bluff in the Cumberland River knocking a hole in her starboard side, causing her to sink in 30 feet (9.1 m) of water.[51]
7 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The schooner was sunk in a collision with the barge Lone Star in tow by Orion (both United States) four miles (6.4 km) off Gay Head in thick fog. The crew were rescued by Lone Star.[6][52]
8 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1895
Ship
Country
Description
Unknown barges
United States
Two barges, under tow by (United States), broke loose in a storm off Cape Charles. They eventually washed ashore. One was refloated, the other was a total loss.[32]
9 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1895
Ship
Country
Description
Lord Spencer
United Kingdom
The steamer foundered on a voyage from San Francisco, California, United States to Queenstown, Ireland.[53]
The tug was run down and sunk in the Bristol Channel by Severn (United Kingdom) with the loss of all four people on board. The wreck was later raised and beached.[58]
22 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1895
Ship
Country
Description
Unknown barges
United States
The tow steamer (United States) struck a pier of the Kenova Bridge in Cincinnati, resulting in four barges sinking.[9]
United States
The steamer struck a stump and sank in the Duck River three miles (4.8 km) above the mouth in eight feet (2.4 m) of water.[51]
24 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1895
Ship
Country
Description
C. G. White
United States
: The 73.51-net register ton, 81.5-foot (24.8 m) schooner was disabled at sea in a gale and snowstorm and blown before the wind until she was wrecked on a submerged reef in the (56°50′N154°10′W / 56.833°N 154.167°W / 56.833; -154.167 (Trinity Islands)) in the Territory of Alaska's Kodiak Archipelago southwest of Kodiak Island. Of her crew of at least 28, three died trying to reach shore and eight more died ashore prior to rescue. Confusingly, various press reports of 1895 in combination list up to 20 survivors, raising the possibility that her crew was as large as 31.[59]
27 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1895
Ship
Country
Description
A. Everett
United States
The steamer foundered in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron.[60]
United States
The steamer sprung a leak and sank on Lake Erie near Turtle Island. Her cook drowned.[61]
May[]
1 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer struck a rock in Green Bay near Horseshoe Island and was wrecked, a total loss.[62]
United States
The schooner was wrecked in a gale near the Black River. She was not considered worth saving and was towed into shoal water and abandoned.[63]
2 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The tug was struck by a scow, under tow by (United States), in the East River off Pier 47. She was forced under, bow first, rolling onto her port side, filling with water and sank.[47]
3 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer struck an obstruction and sank at in the Red River, a total loss.[42]
4 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer burned at Pier 6, Oswego, New York, a total loss.[61]
5 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The tow steamer was destroyed by fire at Ashtabula, Ohio, a total loss.[61]
7 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The tug was capsized in the harbor of Norfolk, Virginia by the suction of New York (United States).[32]
The tow steamer filled with water and sank at dock at the foot of Vine Street, Cincinnati.[9]
12 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer burned to the waterline while lying at the bank near Ironton, Ohio.[9]
13 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The fishing schooner was wrecked on Duck Rock off Boothbay, Maine. The crew was saved. The wreck was later sold.[67]
14 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer struck a sunken scow in the Pettys Island Cut and sank. Raised, repaired and back in service by mid June.[68]
21 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 May 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The barque was lost to fire in the Atlantic Ocean when struck by lightning 10 miles (16 km) west of Gun Cay, the Bahamas. Her captain, first mate and two crewmen were killed in the lightning strike. The rest of the crew was rescued from Gun Cay by (United States).[69][70]
27 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer sank in a violent gale 40 miles (64 km) south of Manzanillo, Colima. Eighty-five passengers and 68 crew died, 12 crew and 27 passengers survived, some made it to shore, others were rescued by San Juan (United States).[71][72][73]
29 May[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 May 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer caught fire on Lake Erie and was towed to Ashtabula, Ohio where she sank. Raised in July and taken to Port Huron, Michigan where she was repaired and returned to service.[61][74][75]
Canada
The steamer was damaged in a collision with Norman (United States) in dense fog off Presque Isle, off the Menominee River, rapidly filled and became waterlogged. She would have sunk except for the buoyancy of her cargo of lumber. She sank next day at Presque Isle after the lumber lost its buoyancy. The crew were rescued by the steam barge . Raised, repaired, and returned to service. Renamed Bothnia at some point.[76]
The steamer was sunk in a collision with (Canada) in dense fog off Presque Isle, off the Menominee River in 300 feet (91 m) of water. Two crewmen and wife of another crewman drowned. Survivors rescued by the steam barge .[60][76]
United States
The steamer caught fire and burned in the White River opposite Newport, Arkansas, a total loss.[8]
June[]
2 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer burned in the Ocklawaha River near Eureka, Florida, a total loss.[12]
5 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The tug had passed a line to steam barge (United States) in preparation for towing her through the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal. When I. Watson Stephenson crossed J. Everson's bow to pass lines to the other side she was struck, rolled over, filled and sank four miles (6.4 km) off shore in 15 fathoms (90 ft; 27 m) of water. One crewman below decks drowned.[62][77]
6 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer foundered in a severe storm in Lake Ontario between Oswego, New York and Alexander Bay. Lost with all three hands.[61]
8 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The passenger steamer struck an obstruction and sank near Lock No. 8 in the Great Kanawha River in eight feet (2.4 m) of water. Raised and repaired.[46]
11 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1895
Ship
Country
Description
Portugal
During a voyage from New York City to Fall River, Massachusetts, the 250-foot (76 m), 1,479-gross register toncargo ship was wrecked in fog on Fisher's Island, New York, at the eastern end of Long Island Sound without loss of life. Her wreck sank in 20 feet (6 m) of water.[78][79]
12 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship was wrecked on the Samarang Bank. She was on a voyage from Labuan, Philippines to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[80]
17 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The Schooner sank at Newburyport, Massachusetts. Her Captain and 1 crewman died.[81]
18 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The tug sprang a leak at Cramp Shipbuilding, Philadelphia and sank.[6]
20 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1895
Ship
Country
Description
Potomac
United States
The steamer was destroyed by fire at the mouth of .[32]
The steamer burned near in Puget Sound, a total loss. Her crew escaped to a scow she was towing, except for her cook who drowned.[27]
United Kingdom
The Cross-Channel mail steamer was wrecked in fog on Cap de la Hague. She was on a voyage from St Malo, France to Southampton, England. Passengers and crew all rescued.[82][83]
United States
The laid up steamer was destroyed by fire at , a total loss.[42]
The steamer was wrecked near the while en route from Montreal to Bristol. She was carrying 900 sheep, 200 cattle and a general cargo. The crew was saved but the wreck was plundered and set alight.[87]
The steamer was sunk in a collision with (United States) in the , . Raised, taken to Duluth ad repaired.[96]
United States
The steamer struck an obstruction and sank 10 miles (16 km) above the Mouth of in the St. Francis River, a total loss. Tree crew and two passengers killed.[8]
17 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1895
Ship
Country
Description
W. H. Miller
United States
Carrying 12 crewmen, three passengers, and a cargo of 300 tons of coal and general merchandise, the 265.5-ton, 122.6-foot (37.4 m) brig dragged her anchors during a gale and was stranded without loss of life in the harbor at Port Clarence, Territory of Alaska, becoming a total loss.[57]
18 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1895
Ship
Country
Description
Hibernia
United Kingdom
The 83-gross register tonketch was in a collision and wrecked off Heligoland.[97]
The steam cargo ship ran aground on Shosei Island.[98]
20 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
During a voyage in ballast between Stockholm and Härnösand, Sweden, the Jackson & Beaumont-owned steamer was in a collision and sank in the Baltic Sea 8 nautical miles (15 km) south-southeast of Finngrundet.[99]
21 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1895
Ship
Country
Description
Italy
The passenger-cargo ship was involved in a collision in the Gulf of Spezia, off the Italian coast with 148 lives lost. She was en route from Naples to Genoa with a general cargo.[100]
23 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The tug burned and sank off Stamford, Connecticut, a total loss.[6]
United States
The schooner was sunk in a collision with Yacht (United States) off Astoria, Queens in the East River. Her crew was rescued by [47]
24 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The steamer was wrecked on the coast of Brazil while on a voyage in ballast from Imbituba, Brazil, to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[101]
United Kingdom
The steamer ran aground in the Bass Strait on the coast of Victoria, Australia.[102]
Netherlands
The steamer was wrecked off Rotterdam, the Netherlands.[103]
25 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1895
Ship
Country
Description
Queensland
En route in ballast from Thursday Island, Queensland, Australia, to Fremantle, Western Australia, the steamer was lost in the Indian Ocean off Fremantle.[104]
United Kingdom
En route from Bordeaux, France, to Barry, Wales, with a cargo of pitwood, the steamer was wrecked off Milford, Wales.[105]
United Kingdom
The steamer ran aground on the Hats and Barrell Rocks between Milford and St David's Head, Wales, while carrying coal from Glasgow, Scotland, to Bayonne, France.[106]
26 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1895
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The barque caught fire and was abandoned in the North Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) east-southeast of Lowestoft, during a voyage from Hull, England, to Pensacola, Florida.[107]
27 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1895
Ship
Country
Description
Western Australia
The barque was on a voyage from Fremantle to Bunbury, Western Australia, with a cargo of stock and general goods when she was lost in Koombana Bay near Bunbury.[108]
United Kingdom
The steamer was on a voyage from London to Cardiff in ballast when she was in collision in the English Channel off Folkestone with the tankerDuffield and sank.[109]
Western Australia
The steamer was lost off Garden Island, Western Australia, along with her three crew.[110]
28 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1895
Ship
Country
Description
Germany
The cargo ship was carrying sugar, wheat, and general cargo from Danzig, Germany, to London when she ran aground on the Hasborough Sands.[111]
United Kingdom
The steam cargo ship was wrecked at Saint Pierre and Miquelon. She was in ballast on a voyage from Swansea, Wales, to Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada.[112]
29 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1895
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The steamer ran aground near Santa Catherina, Brazil, during a voyage from La Plata, Argentina, to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[113]
31 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The passenger steamer struck a snag and sank in the Missouri River at Arrow Rock, Missouri. Raised and repaired.[10]
United Kingdom
During a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium, in ballast, the steamer ran aground at Triborka in the White Sea.[114]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in July 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The full-rigged ship foundered off the coast of Brazil with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Caleta Buena, Chile to Hamburg, Germany.[94]
August[]
1 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer caught fire off Liberty Island. After efforts to put it out failed she was beached on Oyster Island where she burned to the waterline. Her crew escaped in her boat.[47]
The tug caught fire at dock at Rikers Island, she burned to the waterline.[47]
5 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1895
Ship
Country
Description
Big Sandy
United States
The wharf boat caught fire and burned to the waterline/destroyed while at dock at the foot of Broadway, Cincinnati, spreading to other wharf boats and two steamers.[115]
United States
The steamer burned to the waterline/destroyed while at dock at the foot of Broadway, Cincinnati when the wharf boat Big Sandy caught fire.[9][115]
United States
The steamer burned to the waterline/destroyed while at dock at the foot of Broadway, Cincinnati when the wharf boat Big Sandy caught fire.[9][115]
United States
The steamer was sunk at Columbia, Texas in the Brazos River when dropping river level dropped her on an obstruction piercing her hull.[42]
7 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1895
Ship
Country
Description
Harberton
United Kingdom
While en route for Halifax with timber and salted fish, the ship foundered approximately 30 miles (48 km) north-east of Port Morant, Jamaica.[116]
Canada
The steamer ran aground off White Point, Nova Scotia, while heading from Chester, Nova Scotia, to Port Matoon, Nova Scotia, Canada.[117]
8 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1895
Ship
Country
Description
Albatros
France
The steamer sank during a storm in the Rance estuary at Point Cancaval, Brittany, France.[118]
The passenger-cargo steamer sank two to three miles (3.2 to 4.8 km) north of Seal Rocks, New South Wales, Australia, after hitting a reef while on a journey from Sydney to Hong Kong with 58 crew members and 22 passengers aboard. Fifty-five died.[119][120]
The steamer was sunk in a collision with Russia (United States) in the Detroit River. One of her firemen drowned.[5]
10 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
While en route to Geraldton, Western Australia, from Middlesbrough, England with a cargo of railway iron, the barque was wrecked off Point Moore, Western Australia.[122]
Belgium
Carrying wool from Australia to Hamburg, Germany, the steamer was wrecked on the Jument rock, near Ushant, France. The luggerCharlotte (flag unknown) picked up the survivors and there was no loss of life.[123]
11 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1895
Ship
Country
Description
Denmark
While en route to Ghent, Belgium, from St Petersburg, Russia, with a cargo of barley, flax, and pulpwood, the steamer sank in the Baltic Sea after a collision four miles south of Ystad, Sweden.[124]
12 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The passenger and cargo ship ran aground off Chefoo, China, during a voyage from Chinkiang to Chefoo.[125]
14 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
While en route, and carrying pig iron and coal, from Middlesbrough, England, the steamer ran aground at Fame Point in the Saint Lawrence River, near her destination, Montreal.[126]
United States
The steamer burned to the waterline at Pier 77, Philadelphia.[68]
16 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The schooner was sunk in a collision with (United States) at Greenwich Pier, Philadelphia.[68]
19 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer struck an obstruction and sank in shallow water in the Mississippi River near Greenfield, Missouri. Raised and taken to Paducah, Kentucky for repairs.[8]
United States
The steamer broke loose from the Monongahela Wharf, Pittsburgh, in a storm. She capsized and was reduced to a wreck. Later broken up. A stewardess died.[5]
United States
The steamer was capsized and wrecked at the Wharf, Pittsburgh, in a storm.[5]
20 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The laid up steamer was destroyed by fire at Carrollton, Louisiana.[42]
United States
The steamer was dragged down and sunk when an unidentified mud scow she was towing suddenly sank in the Cooper River opposite Charleston, South Carolina. One crewman killed.[10]
United States
The 57-foot (17 m) steam yacht was caught in the trough of heavy seas on Lake Erie off Buffalo, New York causing her to careen, fill and sink rapidly. Six passengers killed.[60][127]
21 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1895
Ship
Country
Description
Canada
Eight people died when the sailing ship was lost off Three Fathom Harbour, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, in a storm.[128]
United Kingdom
The Newhaven and Dieppeferry sank 20 miles (32 km) from Newhaven after a collision with the steamship Lyon. There was no loss of life.[129]
22 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1895
Ship
Country
Description
Canada
The barque was lost at sea while en route to Buenos Aires from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada.[130]
24 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1895
Ship
Country
Description
France
The steamer sank after hitting rocks near Mont Saint-Michel. She was carrying limestone from Regnéville, Normandy to , Brittany.[131]
25 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1895
Ship
Country
Description
Alice
Canada
The steamer ran aground off Seal Island, while en route for Liverpool from Port Medway, Nova Scotia.[132]
France
The steamer ran aground while en route from St Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon to Sydney, Nova Scotia.[133]
Norway
The steamer was lost during a storm off Aspy Bay while en route to Baie Verte, New Brunswick, Canada, from Le Havre, Upper Normandy, France.[134]
Canada
The steam schooner was wrecked off Mulgrave Cove while heading to Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia from Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada.[135]
United States
The steamer struck an obstruction and sank in 15 feet (4.6 m) of water in the Ohio River near Shawneetown, Illinois. Total loss.[8]
26 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The sloop was sunk in a collision with (United States) in Boston Harbor.[6]
United States
The steamer was destroyed by fire in drydock in Hoboken, New Jersey.[47]
27 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The sailing ship was wrecked in the on a trip from Yokohama, Japan to Kobe, Japan.[136]
United States
The steamer burned to the waterline and sank while tied up at near Cheshire, Ohio in the Ohio River.[46]
28 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The recently converted tanker caught fire and became a total loss after being stranded in Coos Bay, near Bandon. She was heading for Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico from Comox.[137]
Western Australia
The steamer was wrecked off Cervantes Island, Western Australia, while en route to Fremantle from Geraldton, Western Australia.[138]
New South Wales
The schooner was wrecked off Bellambi Reef, New South Wales, while carrying coal from Wollongong to Sydney.[139]
The small fishing boat was lost off the northwest coast of Western Australia.[141]
30 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on , South Ronaldsay, Orkney. She was carrying coal from Glasgow to Christiana.[142]
31 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer caught fire, burned and sank in Lake Poygan four miles (6.4 km) north of Winneconne, Wisconsin. Crew abandoned ship in her lifeboats.[62]
Queensland
The barque was on a voyage from Thursday Island, Queensland, when she was wrecked off Dove Island in the Torres Strait.[143]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The schooner sailed from Gloucester, Massachusetts on 20 August and vanished, possibly lost in a gale in September. Lost with all 11 hands.[144]
September[]
1 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer was sunk at when an attempt to beach her for repairs resulted in the bank giving way causing her to careen and sink, a total loss.[145]
United States
The tug was sunk in a collision with the tug Medina (United States) in the harbor of Duluth, Minnesota. Later raised. One of her firemen was killed.[4]
2 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1895
Ship
Country
Description
Geneva Myrtis
Canada
The schooner caught fire and sank off Woods Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada, while on a voyage from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia.[146]
5 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer was destroyed by fire in the Saginaw River.[60]
7 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer struck a timber in a cradle at a shipyard punching a hole in her hull, sinking in seven feet (2.1 m) of water in Dubuque, Iowa. Raised and repaired.[10]
Europa
Germany
Out of Leith, Scotland her cargo of coal caught fire and Europa was abandoned. Her crew was picked up by barque Forfarshire and landed at Talcahuano, Chile.[147]
Parkfield
United Kingdom
The steam-propelled cargo ship ran aground on the island of Gran Canaria at Isleta.[148]
En route for Antwerp, Belgium from Gävle, Sweden, the steamer sank three miles (4.8 km) south-east of Vlissingen, Netherlands after a collision with Manila. Six people drowned.[150]
11 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1895
Ship
Country
Description
Glenclune
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked near Porto Alegre, Brazil while out of Hamburg for Los Angeles. She was carrying cement for the Southern Pacific Railroad Company.[151]
United States
The auxiliary steam schooner/freighter became waterlogged 80 miles (130 km) south east of Cape Flattery on 26 August. She reached on 8 September and anchored, but was driven ashore in a strong gale on 11 September, a total loss.[22]
United States
The steamer was sunk in a collision with steamer Lightning (United States) off the American Dredging Company dock, Camden, New Jersey. One of her firemen was scalded.[84]
12 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer struck a snag just below the mouth of the Wisconsin River sinking in six feet (1.8 m) of water. Raised and repaired.[152]
13 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1895
Ship
Country
Description
Narragansett
United States
The tug was sunk in a collision with the tug Mercury (United States) off Pier 3 in the East River.[47]
14 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1895
Ship
Country
Description
Vandora
United Kingdom
The steamship was carrying coal from Maryport, England and ran aground near her destination of Ballyshannon, Ireland.[153]
16 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1895
Ship
Country
Description
City of Calcutta
United Kingdom
While en route from Huanillos for London with guano, the barque was abandoned off Staten Island, Argentina. She was driven ashore and wrecked the next day.[154][155]
17 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer burned in Wassaw Sound, Georgia, a total loss.[10]
The screwsloop-of-war sank with the loss of 31 lives off Morro Castle at the entrance to Havana Bay off Cuba after colliding with the cargo shipMortera (Spain).[156][157][158]
United States
The steamer while at dock at the foot of Niagara Street, Cincinnati, blew onto a sunken wreck and sank, a total loss.[9]
19 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The schooner was sunk in a collision with schooner (United States) in Delaware Bay.[159]
20 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer struck an obstruction crossing Craigs Bar and sank in four feet (1.2 m) of water. Raised, taken to Cincinnati and repaired.[9]
United States
The steamer burned to the waterline at Centerton, New Jersey.[84]
United States
The steamer sprung a leak and sank at dock. She was raised and taken to Madison, Indiana, where she was re-hulled.[9]
24 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer was destroyed by fire at Colona's railway, Norfolk, Virginia.[32]
26 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The tug ran aground on dumped material in the Imbuck Dumping Grounds, she rolled and filled through her coal hatches.[6]
Montana
United States
The steamer struck a snag and sank at the entrance to the in Lake Superior in a gale. Raised and repaired.[96]
Reliance
United States
The steamer sprung a leak over night and sank in 16 feet (4.9 m) of water at Higginsport, Ohio, a total loss.[9]
27 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1895
Ship
Country
Description
Crystal
United States
During a voyage from Kodiak on Kodiak Island to Seattle, Washington, with seven passengers, four crewmen, and a 10-ton cargo of cod aboard, the 32.52-ton, 48.6-foot (14.8 m) schooner was wrecked during a gale on the east shore of Yakutat Bay (55°27′20″N131°29′15″W / 55.45556°N 131.48750°W / 55.45556; -131.48750 (Coon Cove)) on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska about 16 miles (26 km) north of Yakutat without loss of life. Her wreck was sold.[59]
United States
The steamer was destroyed by fire at dock over night at Petersburg, Virginia.[32]
Mauranger
Norway
The vessel foundered off Cape San Antonio, Cuba, while on a voyage in ballast from Maracaibo, Venezuela, to Laguna de Términos, Mexico.[160]
28 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer was wrecked in thick fog on , California, a total loss. Crew and passengers abandoned ship in her lifeboats.[22][23]
Robert L. Fryer
United States
The steamer was sunk in a collision with (United States) in 23 feet (7.0 m) of water in Hay Lake, . Later raised.[161][162]
29 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1895
Ship
Country
Description
Charles J. Kershaw
United States
The steam barge was wrecked on Chocolay Reef near the mouth of the Chocolay River, in a gale when she lost power after a steam pipe valve burst, breaking in two. Her crew of 13 made in to shore. In 1900 a wrecker salvaged her boiler and other machinery.[161][163][164]
The steamer sank at dock in Baltimore due to an open seacock. Later raised.[32]
United States
The schooner barge went ashore near the Mouth of the Chocolay River, in a gale after her tow Charles J. Kershaw (United States) lost power. Her crew walked to shore. Refloated on 13 May 1896 and taken to Cleveland for repairs and returned to service.[165][164][166][167]
United States
The steamer sank at dock at on the Ohio River due to swells caused by high winds.[9]
United States
The steamer went ashore in a storm and was wrecked three miles (4.8 km) west of Cape Henry Lighthouse.[32]
United States
The schooner barge went ashore near the Mouth of the Chocolay River, in a gale after her tow Charles J. Kershaw (United States) lost power. Her crew walked to shore. Refloated on 13 May 1896 and taken to Cleveland for repairs and returned to service.[163][164][168][166]
United States
The barge went to pieces on rocks near Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan in a gale.[163]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown September 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The schooner sailed from Gloucester, Massachusetts on 20 August and vanished, possibly lost in a gale in September. Lost with all 11 hands.[169]
United States
On 23 or 27 September the steamer was sunk in a collision with (United States) in Mud Lake, or Hay Lake, . Raised in July 1896, taken to Marine City, Michigan and repaired.[161][170]
October[]
1 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1895
Ship
Country
Description
Maria
United Kingdom
The pilot cutter collided with the pilot cutter Smiling Morn (United Kingdom) in the Bristol Channel off Worms Head, Glamorgan, Wales, and sank. Her crew survived.[58]
Smiling Morn
United Kingdom
The pilot cutter collided with the pilot cutter Maria (United Kingdom) in the Bristol Channel off Worms Head, Glamorgan, Wales, and sank. Her crew survived.[58]
2 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1895
Ship
Country
Description
Llanisley
United Kingdom
The schooner foundered in the Bristol Channel off Lundy Island, Devon. Her four crew abandoned ship but were subsequently lost attempting to reach Ilfracombe, Devon.[58]
The steamer was towed under and sunk while providing provisions to (United States), probably in the harbor of Duluth, Minnesota.[4]
Zoe
United Kingdom
The brigantine struck the Mixon Shoal, in the Bristol Channel and foundered with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Swansea, Glamorgan.[58]
5 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The full-rigged ship caught fire in the Pacific Ocean and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Valparaíso, Chile. The wreck was subsequently towed in to Coquimbo Chile.[171]
7 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The laid up steamer was destroyed by fire at New Orleans, Louisiana.[145]
United States
The steamer struck a boom just above the Wynona bridge knocking a hole in her hull causing her to fill and sink in six feet (1.8 m) of water. Raised and repaired.[4]
13 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1895
Ship
Country
Description
Resolute
United States
The steamer struck a snag and sank at . Later raised.[145]
The steamer struck a snag and sank between and Morgan City, Louisiana. Later raised.[172]
17 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The tug burned to the waterline at dock in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan and was scuttled to prevent further damage. Raised in May 1896, rebuilt and returned to service.[161][173]
United Kingdom
While en route from her home port of London to Barry in ballast she hit the Kettle's Bottom Reef between Land's End, Cornwall and the Longships. On a rising tide she drifted off and a steam tug towed her into Whitesand Bay.[174]
United States
The steamer caught fire, burned and sank at the dock, Green Bay, Wisconsin. Her 2nd Engineer jump overboard and drowned.[60]
18 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1895
Ship
Country
Description
Canada
The schooner was wrecked off the mouth of the , Nova Scotia.[175]
19 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1895
Ship
Country
Description
Ajax
United Kingdom
The ship collided with Diamond (United Kingdom) and sank 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Souter Point, Northumberland with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Diamond.[176]
United States
The steamer struck a snag and sank in the , Louisiana. Later raised.[145]
20 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer struck Ballard's Reef in the Detroit River and sank. Raised and taken to Buffalo, New York.[5]
21 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1895
Ship
Country
Description
Kate Thomas
United Kingdom
The steamship was wrecked off Point Cires west of Ceuta, while on a voyage from Cardiff to Brindisi with a cargo of coal.[177]
The steamer struck a snag and sank at , Mississippi in the Tallahatchie River. Later raised.[145]
31 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer got a line hung up in her prop and drifted onto Iroquois Island on Lake Superior and was scuttled to prevent further damage.[161]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The cargo ship went missing after leaving Punta Arenas, Chile on the 16th.[180]
Norway
The steamer ran aground on Macabou Cae, Martinique in the Caribbean while carrying coal.[181]
November[]
2 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1895
Ship
Country
Description
Missoula
United States
The steamer broke her outboard shaft to her engine in a gale and heavy seas. She sprung a leak and sank in Lake Superior. Her crew made it to shore in her boats.[62]
3 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer struck an obstruction and sank off Island No. 66 in the Mississippi River.[8]
4 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The laid up steamer sank while waiting to go on a marine railway to re-caulk dried up seam caulking at . Raised and repaired.[4]
8 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 November 1895
Ship
Country
Description
Dora
United States
The steamer struck a snag and sank in the Black River. Later raised.[182]
United States
The steamer was sunk in a collision with (United States) in Hampton Roads near the Bushs Bluff Lightship. Two crew killed.[32]
9 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 November 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The tow steamer caught fire and was destroyed while in ordinary at when fire spread from (United States), a total loss.[9]
Puritan
United States
The steamer ran aground on Great Gull Island in dense fog. Refloated on 12 November.[6]
Scotia
United States
The tow steamer caught fire and was destroyed while in ordinary at when fire spread from (United States), a total loss.[9]
United States
The tow steamer caught fire and was destroyed while in ordinary at , a total loss. The fire spread to two other ships.[9]
15 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 November 1895
Ship
Country
Description
Sunshine
United States
The steamer struck a rock and sank at Cooper's Bar on the Ohio River in three feet (0.91 m) of water. Apparently raised.[9]
16 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer was sunk in a collision with (United States) in the in the Neebish Rapids. Raised and taken to dry dock.[62]
The steamer burned at dock at Tullytown, Pennsylvania.[84]
22 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The ferry sprang a leak and sank while lying at Perkins Landing in the Arkansas River, a total loss.[185]
25 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 November 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer struck a snag and sank in the Mississippi River at , a total loss.[186]
United States
The steam barge was wrecked in a gale in Lake Michigan on , declared a total loss. One crewman drowned. Though considered a total loss she was salvaged in May 1896. Rebuilt and returned to service as .[62][187]
United States
The steamer was sunk in a violent storm just above Carrollton, Kentucky. Raised and repaired.[9]
United States
The schooner went ashore in a gale in Lake Michigan on , when her tow ship (United States) was wrecked. Her cargo of coal was removed the next summer.[188]
United States
The steam barge lost her rudder in a gale on Lake Superior off Grand Island and was driven onto a rock reef at Pictured Rocks. She sank up to her decks and her crew abandoned ship. 140,000 feet of lumber was salvaged shortly after the grounding. She broke up in a storm on 30 November. Her boiler, engine and other machinery were salvaged the next summer.[62][189]
The steam barge was stranded/wrecked north of Fox Point, Wisconsin in a snowstorm and gale, a total loss. The crew was rescued by (United States) and the US Life Saving Service. She broke up in a storm in 1897.[60][190][191]
The tug sank at Covills Folly in the Hudson River when she caught the corner of a dredge, she rolled and filled. Raised and repaired.[6]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1895
Ship
Country
Description
Winifred
United States
The 15-gross register tonschooner was wrecked on the coast of Southeast Alaska while sailing toward Cape Fairweather from Lituya Bay. Her captain made it to shore but died in the mountains while trying to hike to Sitka, Territory of Alaska.[57]
December[]
1 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1895
Ship
Country
Description
Advance
United States
The tow steamer grounded on Sand Creek Bar near Ravenswood, West Virginia and sank in the Ohio River with about three feet (0.91 m) of water on her deck. Raised, taken to Pittsburgh and repaired. A barge she was towing sank and was lost.[5]
3 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer struck an obstruction and sank in 12 feet (3.7 m) of water in the Kentucky River 20 miles (32 km) from Carrollton, Kentucky.[9]
4 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1895
Ship
Country
Description
Hebe
United States
The steam canal boat was sunk in a collision with a barge, one of five under tow by the tugs and Mischief, (both United States), in the East River. The crew were rescued by Mischief.[6]
7 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The wrecking tug foundered in a gale and heavy snow in Lake Superior 20 miles (32 km) off , lost with all seven hands. Other tugs in the area reported heavy icing of the vessels.[62][193]
11 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1895
Ship
Country
Description
Seventy-Six
United States
The 38.11-gross register ton, 60-foot (18 m) schooner departed Woody Island in the Kodiak Archipelago bound for Kayak Island and Prince William Sound on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska on a trading voyage carrying one passenger and a crew of six and disappeared with the loss of all seven men on board, presumably foundering in a gale that struck the Gulf of Alaska soon after her departure. The steamerDora (United States) later discovered wreckage from Seventy-Six washed ashore near Kodiak.[194]
The tow steamer was crushed by ice and sank on Lake Erie near Toledo, Ohio in 24 feet (7.3 m) of water.[61]
21 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1895
Ship
Country
Description
Norway
The barque was sunk in a collision off Beachy Head.[196]
24 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1895
Ship
Country
Description
Civil Service Number Seven
Royal National Lifeboat Institution
The lifeboat capsized with the loss of all 15 crew while going to assistance of the steam barquePalme (Russia), which had wrecked in Dublin Bay, Ireland.
United States
The tug caught fire overnight at dock in Jersey City, New Jersey and was scuttled to put out the fire by two other tugs.[6]
Palme
Russia
The steam barque was wrecked in Dublin Bay, Ireland. The steamer (United Kingdom) rescued the crew of Palme and her ship's cat on 26 December.
The steamer sank over night at Hatfield Landing on the Monongahela River. Raised, repaired, and returned to service.[198]
Puritan
United States
The laid up steamer burned and sank at dock in Manistee, Michigan, a total loss. Possibly raised, or engine and boiler salvaged, in 1898.[96][199]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date December 1895
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The fishing schooner left Gloucester, Massachusetts on 23 November for the Georges Bank and was never seen again. Most likely lost in a gale on 11/12 December. Lost with all 11 crew.[200]
United States
The fishing schooner left Gloucester, Massachusetts on 19 November for the Georges Bank and was never seen again. Most likely lost in a gale on 11/12 December. Lost with all 14 crew.[201][202][203]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1895
Ship
Country
Description
Jacob A. Howland
United States
The 355-ton whalingbark was lost at Strong Island (now Kosrae) in the South Pacific Ocean.[204]
United States
The retired excursion ship — a paddle steamer — sank in 30 feet (9.1 m) of water off the west shore of Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire, in Glendale Cove between Pig Island and the Glendale shore, sometime in 1895 while under tow to be scuttled.[205][206]
Sea Lion
Canada
The 51-ton sealingschooner was lost with all hands in the North Pacific Ocean.[194]
Canada
Either the barquentine's cargo caught fire on 22 September in the Atlantic Ocean (32°47′N38°26′W / 32.783°N 38.433°W / 32.783; -38.433). Her crew abandoned ship in her boats on 23 September. By 24 September she had burned to the waters edge. Her crew was rescued on 28 September by Kiandra (Germany), or she was lost in a storm in August.[207]
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