List of shipwrecks in 1899
The list of shipwrecks in 1899 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1899.
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January[]
1 January[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
 United States
|
The steam barge was sunk by ice in Chesapeake Bay off Pools Island.[1] | |
| United States
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The freighter sank in a heavy gale off the mouth of the Columbia River. Survivors rescued by ( United Kingdom). One crewman killed.[2]
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5 January[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steamer hit a snag on Middle Creek Bar in the Big Sandy River and sank, later breaking up. Her machinery was later salvaged.[3] |
6 January[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steamer sprang a leak and sank in the Great Kanawha River at Deep Water, West Virginia, later raised and repaired.[4] |
9 January[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
 United States
|
The sloop was wrecked when she broke loose from her moorings in by heavy seas and high wind. After the storm she was stripped.[5] |
12 January[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom
|
The barque got in trouble off Porlock, Somerset, England. The Lynmouth Lifeboat Station answered her distress call by taking the lifeboat Louisa ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution), pulled by horses and people, overland for 15 miles (24 km) to go to her rescue, climbing 1,423 feet (434 m) during the journey.[6]
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| United States
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The sloop ran aground in dense fog near Wood End. Refloated on 22 January.[7] |
13 January[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
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The ferry was wrecked on rocks near Caspar, California. One crewman killed.[8] |
14 January[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Andelana | United Kingdom
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 A photograph of most of the crew of Andelana taken on her deck at Tacoma, Washington, on 14 January 1899. She sank later the same day with the loss of all the men in the photograph. |
| United States
|
The fishing schooner went ashore in fog near the Cape Sable Island Lighthouse. Her crew was rescued.[10] |
16 January[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
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The laid up steamer sank in the Sabine River at Logansport, Louisiana.[11] |
17 January[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
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The laid up steamer was sunk by ice at Kampsville, Illinois. Raised later.[12] |
19 January[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
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The steamer burned and sank at Memphis, Tennessee. Three passengers killed.[13] |
22 January[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| William D. | United States
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The launch was sunk in a collision with the ferry Oakland ( United States) in San Francisco Bay. Two passengers killed.[14]
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24 January[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The bugeye sank in a collision with ( United States) at the entrance to the harbor of Cambridge, Maryland.[15]
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| United States
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The steamer was wrecked at Brazos Santiago.[16] |
25 January[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steamer burned and sank at Newport, Arkansas.[17] |
26 January[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steamer sprang a leak and sank at Shawneetown, Illinois. Raised and repaired.[18] | |
| United States
|
The steamer sprang a leak and sank at Pond River.[19] |
29 January[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The schooner sprung a leak and was abandoned by her crew while going from Edgartown, Massachusetts to Boston and was wrecked when she went ashore one-half mile (0.80 km) from the Peaked Hill, Massachusetts Life-saving Station. She was stripped and abandoned. Total loss. [20] |
31 January[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The schooner fowled the anchored ( United States) and sprung a leak when the seas slapped her against the larger vessel's hull. She got clear and anchored, but her pumps could not keep up and she sank in the area of Monomoy Island. Crew transferred by boat to William M. Bird.[21]
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| United States
|
The schooner ran aground during a storm and foundered on Santa Rosa Island, Florida, 29 miles (47 km) east of the entrance to Pensacola Bay.[22] | |
| Rhynland |  Belgium
|
The ocean liner ran aground on Fenwick Island. Refloated on 4 February.[21] |
Unknown date[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The fishing schooner was lost in a gale on the , either on 26 January, after being damaged on 25 January, or on 15 February. Her crew was rescued by .[10] | |
| Voorwaarts |  Italy
|
The steamship was wrecked at Morwenstow, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[23] |
February[]
4 February[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
 United States
|
The steamer sank due to a leaking gasket at New York City. Raised the next day.[24] | |
| United Kingdom
|
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.[25] |
8 February[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The schooner stranded in a gale and snowstorm six miles (9.7 km) south of the life-saving station off New Inlet. Refloated on 28 February.[26] | |
| United States
|
The 225-foot (68.6 m), 1,556-gross register ton schooner lost her tow in a snowstorm and was stranded in heavy seas near Rockaway, Queens, New York, and sank in 23 feet (7 m) of water. The United States Life-Saving Service rescued her crew from her rigging. She was declared a total loss.[27][28] | |
| United States
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The steamer foundered on the bar off in a storm.[29] |
9 February[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steamer was sunk by ice at Evansville, Indiana.[30] | |
| United States
|
The steamer was sunk by ice at Hall's Wood Yard in the Ohio River. Raised and repaired.[31] |
10 February[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The schooner sank in a violent snowstorm off the life saving station where she had been anchored after damage in a series of storms since the 10th. Crew rescued by United States Life-Saving Service. Total loss.[32] | |
| United Kingdom
|
The barkentine stranded two miles (3.2 km) west of the Moriches, New York life saving station in a snowstorm. Crew rescued by United States Life-Saving Service. The vessel broke up in another snowstorm on 12 or 13 February, and declared a total loss.[33] | |
| United States
|
The schooner stranded two miles (3.2 km) north west of the life saving station after being carried out of the harbor at Rodanthe, North Carolina by ice flows. She was refloated by the United States Life-Saving Service on 21 February.[34] |
12 February[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The schooner was stranded by drift ice one and a half miles (2.4 km) south east of the Coskata, Massachusetts life saving station during a thick snowstorm. The crew was rescued by the United States Life-Saving Service. She broke up on 16 February, a total loss.[35] | |
| United States
|
The steamer burned at Vicksburg, Mississippi.[36] |
13 February[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Germanic | United Kingdom
|
The ocean liner sank at New York, United States. Subsequently refloated, repaired and returned to service |
| United States
|
The steamer was sunk by ice in Mobile Bay. Raised and repaired.[37] | |
| United States
|
The steamer was sunk by ice at Memphis, Tennessee. Raised and repaired.[38] | |
| United States
|
The schooner was stranded in a north east gale one and three-quarters miles (2.8 km) east of the Muskeget Island life saving station. The crew was rescued by the United States Life-Saving Service. Refloated on 4 March.[39] |
14 February[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
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The steamer was sunk by ice in the Ohio River near .[40] | |
| United States
|
The steamer sprung a leak and sank while in ice near Muskegon, Michigan.[41] | |
| United States
|
The schooner sunk in shallow water by ice eight miles (13 km) north north west of the Sabine Pass life saving station. Crew boarded a nearby schooner. She was pumped out and refloated by the United States Life-Saving Service on 16 February.[42] |
15 February[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Addie M. Anderson | United States
|
Carrying a cargo of coal, the 184-foot (56 m), 934-gross register ton four-masted schooner sank in 50 feet (15 m) of water off Rhode Island in the West Passage of Narragansett Bay 0.5 nautical miles (0.9 km; 0.6 mi) northeast of Whale Rock at 41°27.02′N 71°24.76′W / 41.45033°N 71.41267°W after striking a submerged wreck.[43] |
| United Kingdom
|
The schooner was stranded on a shoal off Tuckernuck Island off Nantucket, Massachusetts. She was refloated on 28 February.[42] | |
| United States
|
The fishing schooner was lost in a gale on the Banks. Her crew was rescued by Schooner .[10] |
18 February[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom
|
The steamship was wrecked at Clogher Head, County Louth. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Drogheda, County Louth.[44] | |
| United States
|
The steamer was sunk by ice in the Big Sandy River at , Kentucky.[45] |
21 February[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steamer sank between New Iberia and Morgan City, Louisiana when Hogchains failed. Three crewmen killed.[46] | |
| United States
|
The laid up steamer was sunk by ice at .[47] |
22 February[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The ferry sprang a leak and sank at New Harmony, Indiana.[48] |
23 February[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steamer burned on the Red River near Coushatta, Louisiana.[49] |
24 February[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The schooner stranded on Galveston Island 15 miles (24 km) south south west of the Galveston, Texas life saving station in thick weather. Her captain, his wife, and the crew were rescued by the United States Life-Saving Service. Broke up the next day, a total loss.[50] | |
| Unknown | United States
|
The naptha launch broke loose from her moorings and was wrecked on breaking up. Her engine was salvaged by the United States Life-Saving Service. A total loss.[50] |
25 February[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steamer burned at Wilmington, North Carolina.[51] | |
| United States
|
The steamer was damaged by ice in the Chesapeake Bay and beached on . Later refloated and repaired.[52] |
27 February[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The schooner stranded at Long Beach, New York one mile (1.6 km) west of the life saving station in a gale. Her crew was rescued by the United States Life-Saving Service. Total loss.[53] | |
| United States
|
The steamer struck a rock and was beached near .[54] |
Unknown date[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
 United States
|
The fishing schooner sailed from Gloucester, Massachusetts 21 January and was probably lost in a gale on the Georges Bank on 14 February. All 12 crew were killed.[55][56] | |
| United States
|
The fishing schooner was lost in a gale on the , either on 26 January, after being damaged on the 25th, or on 15 February. Her crew was rescued by .[10] | |
| United States
|
The towboat foundered between dusk on 10 February and dawn on 11 February at the foot of Bush Street, Brooklyn, New York. Later raised.[57] |
March[]
1 March[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom
|
The passenger ship was wrecked on Skerryvore. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, to Liverpool, Lancashire.[58] | |
| United States
|
The steamer burned at Quincy, Illinois.[59] |
4 March[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
 Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The fishing schooner/pearling lugger was lost off Cape Melville.[60] | |
| Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The fishing schooner/pearling lugger was lost off Cape Melville.[61] | |
| Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The fishing schooner/pearling lugger was lost off Cape Melville.[62] | |
| Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The fishing schooner/pearling lugger dragged anchor and went ashore. Apparently refloated.[63] | |
| Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The fishing schooner/pearling lugger was lost off Cape Melville.[64] | |
| Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The lightship was lost off the , Cape Grenville. Lost with all four hands, or all hands including her four officers.[65][66] | |
| United States
|
The schooner stranded on the Ocracoke Inlet bar in fog. Her crew was rescued by the United States Life-Saving Service. She broke up, a total loss.[53] | |
| Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The fishing schooner/pearling lugger was lost off Cape Melville.[67] | |
| Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The fishing schooner either survived the storm with out going ashore or was beached to prevent sinking after the storm passed Cape Melville.[68] | |
| Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The fishing schooner/pearling lugger was lost off Cape Melville.[69] | |
| Dudley | Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The Queensland Marine Department supply vessel disappeared during the storm in the Torres Strait area. Lost with all four hands.[70] |
| Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The fishing schooner/pearling lugger was lost off Cape Melville.[71] | |
| Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The fishing schooner/pearling lugger was lost off Cape Melville.[72] | |
| Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The fishing schooner/pearling lugger was lost off Cape Melville.[73] | |
| Estelle | Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The fishing schooner/pearling lugger was lost off Cape Melville.[74] |
| Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The fishing schooner/pearling lugger was lost off Cape Melville.[75] | |
| Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The fishing schooner/pearling lugger was lost off Cape Melville.[76] | |
| Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The fishing schooner/pearling lugger was lost off Cape Melville.[77] | |
| Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The fishing schooner/pearling lugger was lost off Cape Melville.[78] | |
| Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The fishing schooner/pearling lugger was lost off Cape Melville.[79] | |
| Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The fishing schooner/pearling lugger was lost off Cape Melville.[80] | |
| Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The fishing schooner/pearling lugger was lost off Cape Melville.[81] | |
| Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The fishing schooner/pearling lugger was lost off Cape Melville.[82] | |
| Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The fishing schooner/pearling lugger was lost off Cape Melville.[83] | |
| Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The fishing schooner/pearling lugger was lost off Cape Melville.[84] | |
| Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The fishing schooner/pearling lugger was lost off Cape Melville.[85] | |
| Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The fishing schooner/pearling lugger was lost off Cape Melville.[86] | |
| Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The fishing schooner/pearling lugger was lost off Cape Melville.[87] | |
| Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The fishing schooner/pearling lugger was lost off Cape Melville.[88] | |
| Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The fishing schooner/pearling lugger was lost off Cape Melville.[89] | |
| Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The fishing schooner/pearling lugger was lost off Cape Melville.[90] | |
| Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The fishing schooner/pearling lugger was lost off Cape Melville.[91] | |
| Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The fishing schooner/pearling lugger was lost off Cape Melville.[92] | |
| Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The fishing schooner/pearling lugger was lost off Cape Melville.[93] | |
| Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The fishing schooner/pearling lugger was lost off Cape Melville.[94] | |
| Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The schooner stranded during the storm, Princess Charlotte Bay area.[95] | |
| Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The fishing schooner/pearling lugger was lost off Cape Melville.[96] | |
| Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The fishing schooner/pearling lugger was lost off Cape Melville.[97] | |
| Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The fishing schooner/pearling lugger was lost off Cape Melville.[98] | |
| Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The fishing schooner/pearling lugger was lost off Cape Melville.[99] | |
| Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The fishing schooner/pearling lugger was lost off Cape York.[100][101] | |
| Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The fishing schooner/pearling lugger was lost off Cape Melville.[102] | |
| Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The fishing schooner/pearling lugger was lost off Cape Melville.[103] | |
| Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The fishing schooner/pearling lugger was lost off Cape Melville.[104] | |
| Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The fishing schooner/pearling lugger was lost off Cape Melville.[105] | |
| Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The fishing schooner/pearling lugger was lost off Cape Melville.[106] | |
| Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The fishing schooner/pearling lugger was lost off Cape Melville.[107] | |
| Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The fishing schooner/pearling lugger was lost off Cape Melville.[108] | |
| Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The fishing schooner/pearling lugger was lost off Cape Melville.[109] | |
| HMS Resistance |  Royal Navy
|
The decommissioned broadside ironclad foundered in Holyhead Bay off the coast of Wales while under tow to the breakers. She was refloated and scrapped. |
| Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The fishing schooner/pearling lugger was lost off Cape York Peninsula.[110][111] | |
| Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The fishing schooner/pearling lugger was lost off Cape Melville. Lost with all crewmen, either 11 or 20, one female crewmember survived.[112][113][114] | |
| Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The fishing schooner foundered off Cape Melville. 23 crewmen killed, one crewman survived.[115][116] | |
| Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The fishing schooner/pearling lugger was lost off Cape Melville.[117] | |
| Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The fishing schooner/pearling lugger was lost off Cape Melville.[118] | |
| Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The fishing schooner dragged anchor and was wrecked, but later refloated.[119] | |
| Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The fishing schooner/pearling lugger was lost off Cape York Peninsula.[120][121] | |
| Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The fishing schooner/pearling lugger was lost off Cape Melville.[122] | |
| Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The fishing schooner/pearling lugger was lost off Cape Melville.[123] | |
| Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The fishing schooner/pearling lugger was lost off Cape Melville.[124] | |
| Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The fishing schooner/pearling lugger dragged anchor and was wrecked, but later refloated.[125] | |
| Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The fishing schooner/pearling lugger was lost off Cape York Peninsula.[126][127] | |
| Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The fishing schooner/pearling lugger was lost off Cape Melville.[128] | |
| Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The fishing schooner/pearling lugger was washed ashore on Cape Melville near Boulder Rocks Reef and wrecked.[129][130] | |
| Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The fishing schooner/pearling lugger was washed ashore on Cape Melville. Refloated eight weeks later.[131][132] | |
| Australia
|
Cyclone Mahina: The fishing schooner/pearling lugger was lost off Cape Melville.[133] |
5 March[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steamer was damaged in a severe thunderstorm and sank in shallow water when blown into the Louisville and Nashville Railroad bridge at Clarksville, Tennessee. Raised and repaired.[134] | |
| United States
|
The steamer was wrecked on William's Shoal, in thick weather. Her crew was rescued by the United States Life-Saving Service. A total loss.[135] |
7 March[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The schooner went ashore in a Gale two miles (3.2 km) north north east of the Life Saving Station. Crew rescued by the United States Life-Saving Service. Total loss[136] | |
| United States
|
The sloop went ashore in a snowstorm abreast the Chincoteague Lighthouse. Refloated on 21 March.[135] | |
| G. P. Keagle | United States
|
The 42-gross register ton schooner was lost when she collided with an unidentified vessel at Hampton Roads, Virginia. All three people on board survived.[137] |
| United States
|
The schooner dragged anchor and went ashore in a gale three-quarters mile (1.2 km) west of the Life Saving Station. Refloated on 10 March by the United States Life-Saving Service.[136] | |
| United States
|
The schooner lost her tow off , drifting ashore in thick weather. Her crew abandoned her on 27 March. A total loss.[135] | |
| United States
|
The steamer foundered off Hog Island, Virginia. Reported lost with all ten hands.[138] | |
| United States
|
The sloop went ashore in a snowstorm 1+1⁄4 miles (2.0 km) south south east of the Assateague Life saving station. Crew taken off by the United States Life-Saving Service. Refloated on 8 March.[136] | |
| United States
|
The schooner went ashore in fog and thick weather two miles (3.2 km) north north east of the Lewes, Delaware Life Saving Station. Her crew transferred to a nearby hospital ship. Her wreck was sold.[135] | |
| United States
|
The schooner dragged anchor and went ashore in a gale three-quarters mile (1.2 km) west of the Life Saving Station. Refloated on 18 March by the United States Life-Saving Service.[136] |
12 March[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom
|
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.[139] |
16 March[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
In a gale the laid up steamer got hung up on her wharf, tipped and sank after flooding at New Bedford, Massachusetts. Later raised.[140] |
16 March[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The towboat foundered off Red Hook, Brooklyn when a schooner she was towing put on sail with out cutting the tow line causing the towboat to sink in 12 feet (3.7 m) of water. Raised on 19 March.[141] | |
| United States
|
The towboat foundered off 42nd Street, South Brooklyn, New York when swamped by following seas. Raised the next day.[142] |
21 March[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steamer burned at a wharf in the Chatahoochie River at Columbus, Georgia.[143] | |
| United States
|
The steamer burned at a wharf in the Chatahoochie River at Columbus, Georgia as a result of C. D. Owens burning.[144] | |
| United States
|
The steamer was sunk by a stopcock that was left open at Port Washington, Wisconsin. Raised and repaired.[145] |
26 March[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom
|
The steamer collided with the steamer ( United Kingdom) north of Cape St Vincent, Portugal and sank.[146]
|
28 March[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steamer was sunk by a log raft at Catlettsburg, Kentucky.[147] |
29 March[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steamer struck an obstruction and was sunk at Tyler, Missouri.[148] |
30 March[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The fishing schooner was wrecked on the coast of Newfoundland.[10] | |
| Stella | United Kingdom
|
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April[]
1 April[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Foam | United States
|
The 6-ton, 30.6-foot (9.3 m) schooner was beached on either (56°20′N 157°49′W / 56.333°N 157.817°W) or off the south coast of the Territory of Alaska's Alaska Peninsula after she sprang a leak during a gale. The only person aboard survived, but she became a total loss.[151] |
4 April[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steamer capsized and broke up trying to cross the Humboldt Bay Bar. 11 crewmen killed. 6 survivors rescued by ( United States), and 2 crewmen and 1 passenger made it to shore on their own.[152]
|
6 April[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steamer struck a snag in the Mississippi River and sank at near Sterling, Missouri. Raised 17 April.[153] |
7 April[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steamer sank from leaks after entering a hurricane on 4 April, location unspecified. Survivors were rescued by the brig Atalanta and landed at San Juan, Puerto Rico.[154] |
8 April[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The schooner parted her cable, stranded and sank one-half mile (0.80 km) east of the Life Saving Station. The crew rescued by the United States Life-Saving Service. $800 of her cargo of lumber was salvaged. A total loss.[155] |
9 April[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steamer struck the guide wall of a canal and sank in eight feet (2.4 m) of water at Louisville, Kentucky. 101 passengers and crew rescued by the United States Life-Saving Service. Raised and repaired.[156][155] |
10 April[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The tow steamer struck a ledge and sank in White Head Passage in Portland Harbor, Maine.[157] |
16 April[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steamer burned on the at Madisonville, Louisiana.[158] |
18 April[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The fishing schooner was lost on . 12 crewmen killed.[10] |
21 April[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steamer sank from leaks in the Atlantic Ocean (28°40′N 79°39′W / 28.667°N 79.650°W). 19 crewmen survived, 12 drowned, including her captain, when one lifeboat capsized off New Smyrna, Florida.[159] | |
| United States
|
The schooner stranded on St. Joseph Island 13 miles (21 km) north east of the Port Aransas, Texas Life Saving Station. Her master made it to shore, the mate, the only other crew member, drowned in the attempt. Started to break up during a salvage attempt two days later and was abandoned, a total loss.[160] | |
| Paris | United States
|
The steamer was wrecked between and Manacles Rock, Cornwall, England. Raised, repaired, returned to service as Philadelphia.[161][162] |
23 April[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steamer was sunk in a collision with ( United States) near Tacoma, Washington.[163]
|
24 April[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Loch Sloy | United Kingdom
|
The three-masted barque sank off Kangaroo Island, South Australia. |
25 April[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steamer sprung a leak and sank at Kuttawa, Kentucky.[164] |
27 April[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The vessel burned two miles (3.2 km) below Chamberlain, South Dakota.[165] |
29 April[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steamer struck an obstruction and sank at Gretna, Louisiana. Later raised.[166] |
Unknown date[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The fishing schooner foundered on the Grand Banks on 6 or 14 April. One crewman killed, survivors rescued by the schooner .[10] |
May[]
1 May[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The ferry burned at Burlington, Iowa.[167] |
2 May[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| City of Paris | United States
|
 The ocean 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 of work.[168] |
3 May[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The cat boat capsized and sank in shallow water one-quarter mile (0.40 km) south east of the Short Beach Life Saving Station. The United States Life-Saving Service rescued the two men that had been on board, and dragged the boat on shore and bailed it out.[169] | |
| United States
|
The schooner stranded close to the Race Point Life Saving Station and partially sank, she then caught fire and partially burned. Crew rescued by the United States Life-Saving Service. Wreck sold for $25.[169] |
4 May[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steamer was flooded by the wake of a passing vessel and sank at her dock in New Orleans, Louisiana.[170] |
5 May[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The fishing schooner was wrecked in the Magdalen Islands.[10] |
7 May[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The laid up tow steamer foundered at her dock at Wilmington, Delaware. Pumped out the next day.[171] |
11 May[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steamer stranded on Cana Island, Lake Michigan, seven miles (11 km) east north east of the Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin Life Saving Station. Refloated on 20 May.[172] |
13 May[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The schooner foundered in a fierce gale in Lake Superior eighteen miles (29 km) west north west of the Muskallonge Lake Life Saving Station. Her master survived, but his infant son and the other seven crewmen did not.[172] |
14 May[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ohau |  New Zealand
|
The 411 ton schooner, carrying timber and coal, supposed foundered in a heavy gale. Last seen off Cape Campbell. Some wreckage was found near Castlepoint. Lost with all 22 crew.[173] The collier belonged to Union Steamship.[174] A council-published heritage trail says locals still find coal on the shore near Cape Campbell, likely from the Ohau.[175] She and sister ship, Taupo, were built by William Denny and Brothers.[176] The Ohau arrived on 14 January 1885[177] and Taupo on 10 March 1885.[178] |
16 May[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The schooner was sunk in a collision with ( United States) in Lake Erie near .[179]
| |
| United States
|
The schooner was scuttled at dock in Greenbush, Michigan to prevent her from being beaten to pieces by a strong wind. Raised the next day.[180] | |
| United States
|
The sloop was driven onto Ditch Shoal by wind and seas. Refloated on 23 May.[180] |
18 May[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steamer struck a boulder and sank near Van Buren Reef.[181] |
21 May[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The sloop struck a sunken wreck four miles (6.4 km) north west of the Life Saving Station and was beached. Refloated and repaired.[182] |
22 May[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The lumber schooner struck the bar at Indian River Inlet and sprung a leak. She was worked off the bar by the United States Life-Saving Service and was sailed into the harbor where she filled and sank.[182] |
25 May[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The schooner stranded on Shovelfull Shoal, sprung a leak and filled. Crew rescued by the United States Life-Saving Service. The wreck later drifted off the shoal and broke up.[182] |
26 May[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The schooner stranded on middle ground of the pass at , sprung a leak and filled. Three crew and four passengers were rescued by a vessel. Attempts to salvage were called off two days later and she was abandoned after being stripped.[183] |
June[]
1 June[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The canal boat burned in the Thames River, Connecticut near Allyn's Point.[184] |
2 June[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steamer, beached for repairs, listed and sank on the Coquille River with only her deckhouse above water. Righted and refloated two days later.[185] |
4 June[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lindus |  New South Wales
|
The coastal cargo ship was wrecked during a storm on the wreck of the coastal cargo ship Colonist ( New South Wales) near Oyster Bank, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, at position 32°54′50″S 151°47′49″E / 32.914°S 151.797°ECoordinates: 32°54′50″S 151°47′49″E / 32.914°S 151.797°E.
|
| United States
|
The schooner stranded on Pilot Island in Lake Michigan two and a quarter miles (3.6 km) south east of the Plum Island Life Saving Station in fog and a gale. The crew and the captain's daughter rescued by the United States Life-Saving Service. Stripped and abandoned on 7 June. Total loss.[186] | |
| R.G. Stewart | United States
|
 |
5 June[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | United States
|
The sloop capsized and sank in Dorchester Bay in a sudden squall. Crew rescued by the United States Life-Saving Service.[186] |
10 June[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The schooner ran aground and was wrecked on the west side of the entrance to Perdido Bay.[22] | |
| United States
|
The laid up steamer burned at her dock at .[188] | |
| United States
|
The steamer sank in the North River near the New Jersey shore when struck from behind by Campania ( United States).[189]
|
12 June[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The fishing schooner was sunk in a collision with S. S. Spartan ( United States) off the Brandywine in thick fog. The crew were rescued by S. S. Spartan.[190]
|
13 June[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
 Germany
|
The 2,268-gross register ton steam cargo ship sank in 60 feet (18 m) of water in the North Atlantic Ocean off Sea Bright, New Jersey, at 40°21.418′N 073°56.153′W / 40.356967°N 73.935883°W with the loss of one life after colliding with the ocean liner ( United States) in thick fog. There were 18 survivors.[191][192]
|
15 June[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steamer went ashore on Deer Island in Boston Harbor.[10] | |
| United Kingdom
|
The lumber schooner sprung a leak in heavy seas in Lake Superior and was towed into Harbor at Marquette, Michigan where she sank at dock. Refloated on 17 June.[193] |
17 June[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Argus | United States
|
The tow steamer and the barge she was towing were wrecked on Montauk Point.[194] |
22 June[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The schooner stranded one-half mile (0.80 km) north east of the Gurnet Point, Massachusetts Life Saving Station in heavy seas. She broke up, a total loss.[195] | |
| United States
|
The steamer burned off Lime Island on the St. Marys River.[196] |
23 June[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steamer struck a snag in the Chipola River Cut Off and sank. One crewman killed.[197] |
25 June[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Joe Mathews | United States
|
Carrying 12 passengers, a crew of five, and a cargo of 17 tons of general merchandise, the 31-gross register ton, 45.8-foot (14.0 m) steamer was wrecked without loss of life at the mouth of the Snake River near Cape Nome on the coast of the Territory of Alaska.[198] |
| United States
|
The steamer burned 12 miles (19 km) north of Sheboygan, Wisconsin.[199] | |
| United States
|
The steamer burned at Brown's Landing on the Tallahatchie River. Wreck removed with explosives in 1900.[200][201] |
26 June[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Gate City | United States
|
The barge sank near Petersburg, Kentucky. Two crewmen from the steamer towing her were killed.[202] |
| United States
|
The steamer burned and sank 90 miles (140 km) north of the . Her crew was rescued by ( United States).[203]
|
28 June[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steamer was sunk at by a broken suction pipe on a pump.[204] | |
| Margaret Olwill | United States
|
The steamer capsized and sank in a gale in Lake Erie off Lorain, Ohio. Her master, five crewmen, a woman and a boy died.[205] |
30 June[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mayflower | United States
|
The steamer sank in the throughfare between the Roanoke River and the Cashie River. One infant drowned.[206] |
July[]
2 July[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Willard Ainsworth | United States
|
While on a voyage from Port Clarence to Kotzebue Sound in the Territory of Alaska with a crew of ten and a cargo of four tons of coal, the 42-gross register ton, 63.8-foot (19.4 m) schooner was driven ashore on Chamisso Island in a gale and wrecked without loss of life.[207] |
4 July[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Majestic | United States
|
The steamer stranded in thick fog eight miles (13 km) south of the Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin Life Saving Station. Refloated 9 July.[208] |
5 July[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Three Sisters | United Kingdom
|
The ketch sank in the Bristol Channel after colliding with the steamship Tweed with the loss of two of her three crew. She was on a voyage from Port Talbot, Glamorgan to Llangrannog, Cardiganshire.[209] |
7 July[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steam yacht sank in a collision off Pier 8, North River with wrecking tug ( United States). Passengers and crew rescued by Hustler.[210]
|
10 July[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom
|
The steamer was wrecked west of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Her boats were used to go to inner Sambro Island. One 10-year-old boy was lost.[211] |
11 July[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steamer burned at Vansciver's Warf in the Rancocas River.[212] |
12 July[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| City of York | United Kingdom
|
The three-masted barque sank off Rottnest Island, Western Australia. |
16 July[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The schooner stranded one mile (1.6 km) north of the Ship Bottom, New Jersey Life Saving Station and was wrecked. She was stripped of valuables.[213] |
16 July[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The schooner struck a rock in the Muscle Ridge Channel and sprung a leak. She went to Seal Harbor, Maine and sank at anchor. She was stripped and abandoned to a wrecking company.[214] |
18 July[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steamer was sunk by a snag above Charleston, West Virginia. Raised and re-hulled.[215] |
19 July[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The tow steamer sank 15 miles (24 km) off Highlands, New Jersey due to a defective sea cock.[216] |
21 July[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nunobiki Maru |  Japan
|
The steamer foundered off Formosa (now Taiwan) in a typhoon. |
22 July[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steamer struck an obstruction at Whitehall, Louisiana and sank.[217] |
25 July[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steamer struck a tow cable running between the tug ( United States) and steamer ( United States) and sank at Buffalo, New York.[218]
|
26 July[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Clarence | United Kingdom
|
The reformatory ship – formerly the screw ship-of-the-line HMS Royal William ( Royal Navy) – was destroyed by arson near New Ferry on the Wirral Peninsula in England.[219][220]
|
27 July[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The canal boat sank in a collision off Blackwells Island in the East River with ( United States).[221]
| |
| United States
|
The freighter capsized at dock at Spear Street Wharf, San Francisco, California.[222] |
29 July[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steamer burned at Grand Marais, Minnesota.[223] | |
| United States
|
The steamer sprung a leak and sank in Lake Huron off . One person died.[224] | |
| United States
|
The steamer burned between Cedar River, Michigan and Menominee, Michigan.[225] | |
| United States
|
The sloop was damaged in a collision with a tug. She was towed into Cleveland, Ohio where she sank at a slip.[226] |
30 July[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steamer struck a snag and sank near in the Columbia River.[227] | |
| United States
|
The steam yacht burned at Alexandria Bay, New York.[228] | |
| United States
|
The steamer sprung a leak and sank in Lake Huron 7 miles off . Her engineer was picked up off an improvised raft by a passing steamer, her Captain died. swimming to shore[229] |
31 July[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steamer was pushed ashore after damage to her wheel, sinking in nine feet (2.7 m) of water off the coast of the Territory of Alaska 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) west of St. Michael. Later raised.[230] | |
| Saint Michael #8 | United States
|
Anchored while under tow by the steamer Louise ( United States) from St. Michael to Fort Gibbon in the Territory of Alaska after Louise suffered machinery damage in rough seas, the 240-ton barge, with a three-man crew and a cargo of 225 tons of United States Government supplies aboard, dragged her anchor and was wrecked on the coast of the Territory of Alaska 6 nautical miles (11 km; 6.9 mi) west of St. Michael, breaking in two and becoming a total loss. Louise rescued her crew.[231]
|
Unknown date[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The fishing schooner went ashore on the north east Bar of Sable Island, Nova Scotia in thick fog on the 7th or 17th, a total loss. Her crew rowed to the Nova Scotia coast in her Dories.[10] | |
| Oakland | New South Wales
|
The passenger-cargo ship ran aground at the Richmond River on the coast of New South Wales, Australia. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service. |
August[]
1 August[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
1899 Carrabelle hurricane: The fishing schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Carrabelle Harbor, Florida, during the hurricane.[22] | |
| Benjamin C. Cromwell | United States
|
1899 Carrabelle hurricane: The schooner was beached and wrecked at Dog Island, Florida, during the hurricane. |
| Cortesa | Unknown | 1899 Carrabelle hurricane: The vessel was wrecked during the hurricane.[232] |
| Hindos | Unknown | 1899 Carrabelle hurricane: The vessel was wrecked during the hurricane.[233] |
| Jafnhar | Unknown | 1899 Carrabelle hurricane: The vessel was wrecked during the hurricane.[233] |
| James A. Garfield | United States
|
 James A. Garfield (center) beached after the hurricane. |
| Latava | Unknown | 1899 Carrabelle hurricane: The vessel was wrecked during the hurricane.[233] |
| Mary E. Morse | Unknown | 1899 Carrabelle hurricane: The vessel was wrecked during the hurricane.[233] |
| Unknown | mostly United States
|
1899 Carrabelle hurricane: Approximately 57 other vessels was beached and wrecked during the hurricane.[234] |
| Unknown | United States
|
1899 Carrabelle hurricane: The sloop capsized and was blown ashore near the Cape St. George Lighthouse during the hurricane. A couple was found dead on board.[233] |
| Vale |  Norway
|
1899 Carrabelle hurricane: The lumber bark was beached and wrecked at Apalachicola Bay, Florida, during the hurricane.[235] |
| Vivette | Unknown | 1899 Carrabelle hurricane: The vessel was wrecked during the hurricane.[233] |
| Warren Adams | United States
|
1899 Carrabelle hurricane: The schooner was beached and wrecked at St. George Island, Florida, during the hurricane.[234] |
2 August[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The tow steamer burned at a wharf in Pennsville, New Jersey.[236] |
4 August[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Advance | United States
|
The steamer caught fire and sank at Middleport, Ohio after being struck by lightning.[237] |
5 August[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The fishing schooner was sunk in a collision off Seal Island.[10] |
6 August[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The schooner stranded trying to enter harbor at on Lake Huron during strong wind and rough seas. She was scuttled to prevent breaking up from pounding on the bottom. Attempts to salvage began the next day and were unsuccessful, with the vessel being stripped and abandoned on 18 August, a total loss.[5] | |
| United States
|
The steamer collided with the car ferry Lansdowne ( Canada) and sank in the Detroit River.[238]
|
7 August[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Iowa | United States
|
The steamer struck an obstruction and sank between Henderson, Kentucky and Paducah, Kentucky.[239] |
11 August[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The sloop yacht stranded trying to enter Oregon Inlet, North Carolina and broke up. The crew were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[5] | |
| United States
|
The laid up steamer sank at Almond Street Wharf. Later raised.[240] |
12 August[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steamer collided with ( Canada) near Belle Isle in the Detroit River and was beached on the isle. Later refloated and drydocked.[241]
|
13 August[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The tow steamer sprung a leak in the Mississippi River and sank at the foot of Biddle street, St. Louis, Missouri.[242] | |
| United States
|
The schooner sprang a leak 12 miles (19 km) west north west of the Cleveland, Ohio Life Saving Station. She was put under tow, but sank 8 miles (13 km) off Cleveland in Lake Erie.[5] |
15 August[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steamer struck an obstruction in a cut north of Brunswick, Georgia and sank. Raised later.[243] | |
| United States
|
The lighter got hung up on the dock, heeled over and sank at Bath, Maine.[244] |
16 August[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The schooner dragged anchor in a terrific storm going into the breakers off and went to pieces. The United States Life Saving Service saved all nine of her crew, and the captain's wife.[5] | |
| United States
|
The schooner stranded in a furious storm two miles (3.2 km) south of the Life Saving Station and was a total loss. The United States Life Saving Service saved three of her crew, five died.[5] |
17 August[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Fred Walton | United States
|
The hulk, being used as a lay boat by steamers, parted her moorings in a hurricane and stranded on Hog Shoal 2 miles (3.2 km) east north east of the Portsmouth, North Carolina Life Saving Station and was a total loss. Two of her crew washed overboard and died. The United States Life Saving Service saved the other four of her crew when the wreck was discovered on 19 August.[5] |
| United States
|
The schooner parted her anchor chain in a hurricane and stranded three miles (4.8 km) east of the Portsmouth, North Carolina Life Saving Station where it broke in two and filled with water and was a total loss. The United States Life Saving Service saved the shipkeeper and his wife when the wreck was discovered on 18 August.[5] | |
| United States
|
The barkentine broke up at sea in a terrific storm before going into the breakers three miles (4.8 km) south of the Life Saving Station. The captain's wife and Son, The mate, and a boy washed overboard at sea and died. The United States Life Saving Service saved the rest.[5] | |
| United States
|
The schooner stranded in a furious storm three-quarters mile (1.2 km) south of the Life Saving Station and was a total loss. The United States Life Saving Service saved the whole crew. The wreck was sold on 30 August and abandoned by the captain.[5] |
18 August[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The lightship sprung a leak in a severe storm three miles (4.8 km) offshore of the Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station, Rodanthe, North Carolina, on Hatteras Island in the Outer Banks. Her captain allowed the vessel to go ashore to save his crew. Her captain stayed around until the portion of the cargo of oil that floated ashore was sold on 30 August. The crew was rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[5] | |
 United States Lighthouse Service
|
The lightship parted her moorings in a severe storm and stranded one mile (1.6 km) south south west of the Life Saving Station. The crew was rescued by the United States Life Saving Service. Refloated on 21 September and taken to Baltimore for repairs.[5] | |
| United States
|
The steamer got crowded onto a bar and sank opposite Buffalo, Iowa.[245] | |
| United States
|
The schooner stranded on one mile (1.6 km) east of the Quonochontaug, Rhode Island Life Saving Station and was a total loss. Her two crew made it to shore safely.[5] |
19 August[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steam launch was being towed by ( United States) when heavy seas broke out her windows and she began to swamp in Norton Sound three miles (4.8 km) off . She was pulled close to shore sinking in six feet (1.8 m) of water.[246]
| |
| United States
|
The steamer ran aground on , Lake Superior in dense fog. Raised and repaired.[247] |
20 August[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The schooner capsized in a sudden storm in Lake Huron 14 miles (23 km) north north east of the Life-Saving Station and sank. Five crewmen killed, five were rescued by .[5] |
21 August[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Magic | United States
|
The boat dragged anchor and hit a ledge on Santa Rosa Island, California and was abandoned as a total loss.[248] |
22 August[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The schooner stranded in thick fog one-quarter mile (0.40 km) west of the Life-Saving Station and broke up, a total loss. Her crew was rescued by the United States Life-Saving Service.[5] | |
| United States
|
The passenger steamer struck a snag in the Missouri River and sank in eight feet (2.4 m) of water at Mokane, Missouri.[249] | |
| United States
|
The lumber schooner sprung a leak and was beached four and a half miles (7.2 km) north north east of the North Beach, Maryland Life-Saving Station. The tide floated her off the beach and she capsized, a total loss. She was stripped and part of her cargo of lumber salvaged.[5] | |
| Mayflower | United States
|
The steamer was damaged in a collision in dense fog with Yarmouth ( United States) in Boston Harbor and was beached on Deer Island.[250]
|
24 August[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The fishing schooner was wrecked at , a total loss.[10] | |
| United States
|
The schooner dragged anchor in a heavy storm and went ashore three miles (4.8 km) south east of the Portsmouth, North Carolina Life-Saving Station. Her crew was rescued by the United States Life-Saving Service. Efforts to refloat the vessel were unsuccessful, a total loss. She was stripped and abandoned on 7 September.[5] |
25 August[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steamer struck an obstruction in Bayou Lafourche and sank. Later raised[251] |
26 August[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Saint James | United States
|
The river steamer capsized and was lost in the Yukon River in the Territory of Alaska.[231] |
29 August[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The coastal schooner was wrecked on the Sandy Bay breakwater, a total loss.[10] |
30 August[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Edward Rich | United States
|
Carrying a cargo of granite paving blocks, the 79-foot (24 m), 74-gross register ton schooner sank without loss of life in up to 70 feet (21 m) of water at 42°40′39″N 070°35′25″W / 42.67750°N 70.59028°W after striking the Sandy Bay Breakwater off Rockport, Maine, in fog.[252] |
| Music | United States
|
The 93-foot (28.3 m) steam tug caught fire while tied up at a pier in Onekama, Michigan. She was cast adrift, drifted westward into Portage Lake, and sank near the middle of the lake. |
Unknown date[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Caleb Curtis | United States
|
The schooner was lost at Nome, Territory of Alaska.[253] |
September[]
2 September[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steamer, transporting 708 soldiers and recruits as well as nurses and postal clerks under charter, ran aground on . She was backed off but found to be leaking badly and was beached on and was abandoned as a total loss. No lives were lost.[254][255] |
3 September[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The sloop ran into tidal rips off Race Point, Massachusetts and her tender capsized and banged into her hull holing it, the leak caused her to be beached and abandoned. The two men onboard and their wives were rescued by the United States Life-Saving Service.[5] |
4 September[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The tow steamer was wrecked in heavy seas in Lake Erie on Cedar Point.[256] |
5 September[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steamer was sunk by the barge she was towing after a steering failure at Sailor's Encampment on the St. Marys River. Raised and repaired.[257] |
7 September[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steamer, being towed by ( United States), was sunk in Duluth, Minnesota harbor near the Northern Pacific Railroad bridge in a collision with the barge ( United States) in the tow of ( United States).[258]
|
8 September[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The lumber schooner sprang a leak and sank in shoal water four miles (6.4 km) west south west of the Smith Island, Virginia Life Saving Station. She was refloated and beached for repairs. She was refloated again on 17 September and taken to Norfolk, Virginia.[5] | |
| United States
|
The steamer struck an obstruction and was sunk between Memphis, Tennessee and Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Raised and repaired.[259] |
10 September[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steamer burned at Punta Gorda, Florida.[260] |
11 September[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The sloop parted her anchor cable, went ashore and was wrecked one and a half miles (2.4 km) east of the Quogue Life-Saving Station. crew rescued by the United States Life-Saving Service.[5] |
12 September[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The tow steamer sank in a collision off Pennsylvania Docks, Jersey City with .[261] |
16 September[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Norway
|
The steamer foundered off Elba, Italy.[262] |
17 September[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steamer foundered in Norton Sound between the Mouth of the Yukon River and St. Michael, Alaska.[263] | |
| United States
|
The steamer burned at Anacortes, Washington.[264] |
19 September[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The schooner went ashore and was wrecked one mile (1.6 km) from the Atlantic City, New Jersey Life-Saving Station. Crew rescued by the United States Life-Saving Service.[5] |
21 September[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The schooner capsized and sank in a storm in Lake Huron thirteen miles (21 km) west of the Life-Saving Station. Total loss.[5] |
22 September[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom
|
The passenger ship was wrecked in the Strait of Belle Isle with the loss of thirteen lives.[265] |
24 September[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland | United States
|
The steamer sprang a leak in heavy weather on Lake Michigan. She was towed into the Chicago River where she filled up and sank. Refloated the next day.[266][5] |
| United States
|
The steamer foundered in heavy weather between and South Chicago, Illinois.[267] |
25 September[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom
|
The schooner struck Grindstone Ledge in Fisherman's Island channel causing a severe leak. She put into Seal Harbor, Maine where she was beached. She was beached for two weeks until the tide was low enough for repairs and refloated on the next high tide.[5] |
26 September[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom
|
The schooner sprung a severe leak in a gale on Lake Ontario. She anchored off Bear Creek eighteen miles (29 km) east of the Charlotte, New York Life-Saving Station, and sank the next morning, a total loss. Her crew of five was rescued by the United States Life-Saving Service.[5] |
27 September[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steamer sank in a collision at with steamer ( United States).[268]
|
28 September[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Laurada | United States
|
Carrying 18 passengers, a crew of 46, and 1,200 tons of assorted cargo including cattle and sheep on deck, the 1,256-gross register ton, 230.1-foot (70.1 m) steamer was run aground without loss of life in (56°34′N 169°41′W / 56.567°N 169.683°W) on St. George Island in the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea to prevent her from sinking after she sprang a leak. She became a total loss. The revenue cutter USRC Thomas Corwin ( United States Revenue Cutter Service) rescued her passengers and crew, but her entire cargo was lost.[269]
|
29 September[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Barge 2 (or Barge No. 2) | United States
|
With a cargo of 200 tons of general merchandise on board, the 300-ton barge sank in a gale in the middle of (63°27′N 162°00′W / 63.450°N 162.000°W) on the west-central coast of the Territory of Alaska and was deemed a total loss.[270] |
| United States
|
The sloop sprung a leak and sank on Cana Island Reef in Lake Michigan seven miles (11 km) from the Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin Life-Saving Station. Hauled up on the beach 7 October and repaired, refloated the next day.[5] | |
| United States
|
The steamer struck a snag and sank. Raised 15 October and towed to Carondelet, Missouri for repairs.[271] | |
| United States
|
The prospecting steamer foundered at Nome, Alaska.[272] |
30 September[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom
|
The steam cable layer came aground near Birling Gap Coastguard Station, Sussex, England, in bad weather.[273] | |
| Music | United States
|
The steamer burned at Onekama, Michigan.[274] |
October[]
1 October[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Beaver | United States
|
The steamer foundered in a storm at St. Michael, Alaska.[275] |
| United States
|
The steamer was struck from behind by ( United States) and sank at Buffalo, New York.[276]
|
3 October[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom
|
The cargo ship was wrecked near , Newfoundland.[277] | |
| United States
|
The steamer struck an obstruction and sank in the Ohio River at Ross's Landing. Raised and repaired.[278] | |
| United States
|
The steamer struck a snag in the Yazoo River at and sank. later raised.[279] |
5 October[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steamer struck an obstruction and was sunk between Memphis, Tennessee and St. Louis, Missouri. Raised and repaired.[280] | |
| United States
|
The steamer sank at Pier 20, East River, New York when she caught fire and the ship was flooded by efforts to put out the fire.[281] | |
| United States
|
The steamer sank at her slip on Forth Street, Hoboken, New Jersey when a collision with a passing barge pulled stay bolts out of her hull causing her to capsize to port and sink.[282] | |
| United States
|
The steamer stranded on a Reef in Lake Huron three miles (4.8 km) north east of the Grindstone City, Michigan Life-Saving Station. Crew rescued by the United States Life-Saving Service. Efforts to refloat were unsuccessful and she was abandoned on 11 October, a total loss.[5] | |
| United States
|
The steamer was wrecked in Winchester Bay, Oregon near the mouth of the Umpqua River. Her boiler and machinery was salvaged.[283] |
8 October[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steamer hit the cofferdam of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad bridge and sank at Parkersburg, West Virginia. Raised and repaired.[284] | |
| United States
|
The tow steamer, towing ( United States), was capsized and sunk when Neilson suddenly gained speed and hit the tug. One crewman killed.[285]
|
9 October[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steamer burned at Charlotte, New York.[286] | |
| United Kingdom
|
The schooner stranded in thick fog and high surf on a bar two miles (3.2 km) north of the Cahoon Hollow Beach Life-Saving Station, and later was pushed by waves over the bar, a total loss. Her crew of seven made it to shore in her boat with assistance by the United States Life-Saving Service.[5] |
12 October[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steamer was wrecked on Little Cedar Shoal.[287] |
13 October[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The schooner stranded in thick fog two miles (3.2 km) west of the Gilgo, New York Life-Saving Station, She was stripped of useful items and abandoned, a total loss. Her crew walked to shore.[5] |
14 October[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Nutmeg State | United States
|
The steamer caught fire two miles (3.2 km) east of , she was beached off Sands Point, New York. Two crewmen and possibly five passengers drowned when a lifeboat capsized.[288] |
| United States
|
The tow steamer wrecked in thick fog on the rocks at and then burned.[289] | |
| Typo |  The wreck of Typo still stands upright at the bottom of Lake Huron. The wooden three-masted schooner was run down in Lake Huron six miles (9.7 km) east southeast of the Presque Isle Light by the steamer W. P. Ketcham. Typo sank immediately and the four crew on board drowned.[290][291] |
17 October[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Saint Michael #1 | United States
|
In use as a lighter with a crew of four, the 228-ton barge, with a deck load of 175 tons of general cargo, broke loose from her moorings and was wrecked at the mouth of the Snake River at Nome, Territory of Alaska, becoming a total loss. No lives were lost.[231] |
18 October[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steamer was sunk in a collision off Bay Street, Jersey City, with ( United States).[292]
|
20 October[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The schooner was run down and sunk by ( United Kingdom) in Boston Harbor in the Shipping Cannel one mile (1.6 km) north east of the Life-Saving Station. She was raised and repaired. One person killed, three missing. Survivors rescued by a boat from Ardandhu and the schooner ( United States).[5]
|
22 October[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steamer burned at a dock at the foot of Thirty-Second Street, South Brooklyn.[293] |
25 October[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The fishing schooner was wrecked on , .[10] |
28 October[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mermaid | United States
|
The 273-ton whaling bark was lost in a storm at Dutch Harbor, Territory of Alaska. One of her crewmen perished. She was condemned, but later was rebuilt and returned to service.[294] |
29 October[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hibernia | United States
|
The laid up steamer burned at .[295] |
30 October[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steamer was wrecked at Rockport.[10] | |
| United States
|
The steamer broke up and sank in a hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean off the southern seaboard. Her master was rescued by ( United States) and landed at Charleston, South Carolina, the other 12 crewmen were lost.[296]
| |
| United States
|
The schooner stranded one mile (1.6 km) south east of the Indian River Inlet Life-Saving Station while trying to enter the harbor. She was thrown over the bar and onto the beach by heavy seas 200 yards (180 m) south of the inlet. She was stripped and abandoned, a total loss.[5] | |
| United States
|
The schooner stranded one mile (1.6 km) east south east of the Life-Saving Station during a gale, a total loss. Crew rescued by the United States Life-Saving Service.[5] | |
| United States
|
The tow steamer was damaged in a collision in the East River with Ferry ( United States). She sank at Washington Street Dock soon after.[297]
|
31 October[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Chicago | United States
|
The ferry steamer was sunk in a collision off Pier 13 in the North River with ( United States). Survivors rescued by various vessels. One life lost. Later raised.[298]
|
| United States
|
The schooner parted her anchor cable and stranded two miles (3.2 km) north of the Rehoboth Beach, Delaware Life-Saving Station in thick and stormy weather, a total loss. crew made it to shore on a line.[5] | |
| United States
|
The lumber schooner sprung a leak and became waterlogged three miles (4.8 km) east south east of the Life-Saving Station. She was beached in Portsmouth, New Hampshire for repairs.[5] |
Unknown date[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Llandaff | United Kingdom
|
The Welsh collier was wrecked at Bude, Cornwall, England.[299] |
November[]
1 November[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The schooner parted her moorings and went ashore at in Lake Michigan in a gale. She was refloated on 13 November.[5] |
2 November[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| USS Charleston | United States Navy
|
The cruiser was wrecked on an uncharted reef off Camiguin Island in the Philippines. Her wreck was deemed beyond salvage and was abandoned.[300] |
| United States
|
The steamer burned at and was scuttled. Raised on 11 November.[301] |
4 November[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom
|
The brig stranded near the Sandy Point Island Life-Saving Station. She was refloated on 11 November. Her crew were rescued by the United States Life-Saving Service.[5] |
5 November[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steamer sank after striking a dock in a gale at Ashtabula.[302] |
6 November[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| R. Eacrett | United States
|
During a voyage from Nome, Territory of Alaska, to San Francisco, California, the 32.11-gross register ton, 49.5-foot (15.1 m) two-masted schooner was wrecked on the eastern end of St. Lawrence Island in the Bering Sea, 20 nautical miles (37 km; 23 mi) east of (or "Nukuliak"). Her six-man crew made it to shore, but five of them died before the whaling bark Alaska ( United States) arrived on 1 June 1900 and picked up the last remaining survivor. He also survived the wreck of Alaska off Nome on 6 June 1900.[303][304]
|
8 November[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steamer sank in Swans Island Channel. Raised and repaired.[305] |
10 November[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Belgique | Belgium
|
Formerly called Mount Hebron, the ship foundered six nautical miles (11 km) northwest of the Casquets.[306][307] |
| United States
|
The steamer burned at .[308] |
11 November[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Duisberg | Norway
|
The barque ran aground at , Glamorgan, United Kingdom and was wrecked. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Parrsboro, Nova Scotia to The Mumbles, Glamorgan.[209] |
20 November[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steamer struck an obstruction and sank in the Mississippi River off . Later raised.[309] |
21 November[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom
|
The schooner was in a collision with ( United States) near Tuckernuck Shoal and was abandoned as a loss. Her crew were rescued by David S. Siner.[5]
|
25 November[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steamer lost a hull plank off Westchester in the Long Island Sound and sank.[310] | |
| United States
|
The steamer sank in Hampton Roads when it came in contact with a hawser of tow tug ( United States). One life lost.[311]
|
26 November[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The fishing schooner run down and sunk by schooner 50 miles east of the Highland Light. Two crewmen drownd.[10][312] |
27 November[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Adventure | United States
|
The 12-ton, 37.4-foot (11.4 m) schooner dragged her anchors, drifted ashore, and became a total loss at (58°09′30″N 134°10′30″W / 58.15833°N 134.17500°W) off Admiralty Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska. All four people on board – three men and a woman – survived.[313] |
29 November[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States Lighthouse Service
|
The lightship parted her moorings and drifted out to sea. She was towed back but broke her tow cable crossing the bar and went ashore near . The crew of eight was rescued by the United States Life Saving Service, troops of Battery M, 3rd Artillery, and citizens of Fort Stevens. After many failed salvage attempts she was moved overland by a house moving company and refloated in on 2 June 1901, repaired and returned to service.[5][314] |
30 November[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The schooner was sunk in a collision with ( United States) off in the Delaware River. Her captain was rescued by Ericcson, but three crewmen lost.[315]
| |
| United States
|
The schooner suffered loss of part of her sails crossing the Coquille River Bar and went ashore one mile (1.6 km) from the Coquille River Life Saving Station. She broke up after being stripped.[5] |
December[]
1 December[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The ferry burned at .[316] | |
| United States
|
The steamer was wrecked when she suffered machinery failure while crossing the Humboldt Bay Bar, Ship and cargo were a total loss. One passenger and one crewman killed, 8 survivors made it so shore on their own, and 14 were helped off by the United States Life-Saving Service.[317][5] |
2 December[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Montevideo | Italy
|
The ocean liner ran aground and was wrecked in the River Plate |
| United States
|
The steamer sank in Swans Island Channel. Raised and repaired.[318] |
3 December[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ismore | United Kingdom
|
The 7,744 GRT cargo ship on her passage from Birkenhead to Cape Town with a cargo of horses, military stores and ammunition as well as 455 men of the British Armed forces went aground on submerged rocks near Cape Columbine, and broke apart the next day. There were no casualties. |
7 December[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The tow steamer sank at her dock on Main Street, Brooklyn, New York. Later raised.[319] |
8 December[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steamer struck an obstruction and sank in the Cane River off . Later raised.[320] |
12 December[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Colusa | United States
|
During a voyage from Kahului, Maui, Hawaii, to Sitka Sound in Southeast Alaska, the bark was wrecked without loss of life on rocks in Sitka Sound during a storm. Her captain, his wife, and her crew of 13 abandoned ship and reached Sitka, Territory of Alaska, on 16 December.[253] |
13 December[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pacific | United States
|
The steamer was sunk in a collision with ( United States) near in the Ohio River.[321]
|
14 December[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The schooner stranded and sank on Hog Island Shoals four miles (6.4 km) from shore in a fresh wind and heavy seas, total loss Her crew of seven were rescued by United States Life-Saving Service.[5] |
18 December[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steamer burned at New Madrid, Missouri.[322] |
23 December[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steamer swamped trying to cross the Bar at the entrance to the Merrimack River in heavy seas. Her wreckage washed ashore the next day. Her boiler and part of the engine was salvaged. Her crew of 3 all died.[5] |
24 December[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom
|
The steamer stranded 2 or 6 miles (3.2 or 9.7 km) south west of the Ocracoke, North Carolina Life Saving Station in thick weather, became a total loss. Her cargo was salvaged. 21 of her crew died, when her boat capsized. Three of the crew dumped in the water and six who had stayed on the ship were rescued by the United States Life-Saving Service.[5][323] |
26 December[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steamer caught fire at Astoria, Oregon and was scuttled.[324] | |
| United Kingdom
|
The schooner stranded three miles (4.8 km) north north west of the Life Saving Station on Brig Ledge. She slid off the Ledge and sank in 6 fathoms (36 ft; 11 m) of water. Her wreck was sold to a salvage company that raised her. Her crew were rescued by the United States Life-Saving Service. [5] |
27 December[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Frank Thomson | United States
|
The launch was destroyed by fire at Brighton, Massachusetts.[325] |
29 December[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The tow steamer foundered on the bar at the entrance to the Merrimack River in a gale. Lost with all three hands.[326] | |
| United States
|
The steamer was destroyed by fire in the Red River. Five crewmen killed.[327] |
30 December[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The steamer burned in the Mississippi River near .[328] | |
| United States
|
The schooner dismasted in a gale in Long Island Sound then dragged anchor into shallows 12 miles (19 km) west of the Rocky Point, New York Life Saving Station. Her wreckage washed ashore the next day, a total loss. Her crew was rescued by the United States Life-Saving Service.[5] |
31 December[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| United States
|
The lime schooner struck the Dog Bar breakwater, Gloucester, Massachusetts, and went to pieces.[10][329] |
Unknown date[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alaska Union | United States
|
The 214-gross register ton sternwheel paddle steamer dragged her anchors during a gale in Norton Sound off the northeast coast of St. Michael Island off the west coast of the Territory of Alaska and was stranded. Her crew survived, but she became a total loss.[313] |
| Arcade | United States
|
The steamer was wrecked at St. Michael, Territory of Alaska, during a storm. She became a total loss[313] |
| Mockingbird | United States
|
The vessel was lost in the harbor at Dyea, Territory of Alaska.[294] |
| United States
|
The steamer was blown ashore and wrecked near Nome, Territory of Alaska, near the mouth of the Snake River, or in Norton Sound near the mouth of the Yukon River on 10 August 1900, or 28 July 1900 or sometime in December 1899/January 1900.[330][331][332] |
Unknown date[]
| Ship | Country | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Aji | Unknown | The schooner was lost on Island Beach on the coast of New Jersey.[333] |
| Frank A. Palmer | United States
|
The four-masted schooner grounded near Tathem's life-saving station in New Jersey. She was refloated on 23 July and returned to service. |
| James H. Hamilton | United States
|
The sternwheel paddle steamer was wrecked on a sand bar on the Yukon River in the Territory of Alaska, breaking her keel and becoming a total loss.[198] |
| Karluk | United States
|
The launch was wrecked on the south-central coast of the Territory of Alaska near (57°35′10″N 154°30′50″W / 57.58611°N 154.51389°W).[334] |
| United Kingdom
|
The cargo ship foundered with the loss of all 36 crew whilst on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Belfast, County Antrim.[335] | |
| N A T & T Co. No. 3 | United States
|
The 120-ton barge sank in the waters of the Territory of Alaska. Contemporary sources disagree on the location of the sinking, reporting it as taking place both at Tugidak Island in the Kodiak Archipelago in the Gulf of Alaska and at St. Michael on the Bering Sea coast.[336] |
| Politkofsky | United States
|
Carrying a cargo of coal, the 174.89-ton fuel barge went aground at Nome, Territory of Alaska, and was broken up by the surf.[337] |
| United States
|
The fishing schooner was wrecked on the . The wreck was discovered on 1 March.[10] | |
| Zaragoza |  Spanish Navy
|
The decommissioned torpedo training ship, a former armored frigate, was scuttled.[338] |
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| Ship events in 1899 | |||||||||||
| Ship launches: | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 |
| Ship commissionings: | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 |
| Ship decommissionings: | 1898 | 1899 | 1902 | 1904 | |||||||
| Shipwrecks: | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 |
Categories:
- Lists of shipwrecks by year
- Maritime incidents in 1899