List of shipwrecks in August 1890

The list of shipwrecks in August 1890 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1890.

1 August

List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1890
Ship State Description
Adion Sweden The ship ran aground in the River Parrett. She was on a voyage from Skönvik to Bridgwater, Somerset, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Bridgwater.[1]
Antonio  Romania The lighter ran aground in the Danube near Sistow and was damaged.[1]
Charger United States The schooner collided with the steamship City of Cleveland ( United States) and sank.[1]
Charlton  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Isle of Anglesea ( United Kingdom) off Cape Finisterre, Spain was severely damaged. She completed her voyage from Novorossiysk, Russia to Fleetwood, Lancashire.[2]
Euricos  Romania The lighter ran aground in the Danube near Sistow and was damaged.[1]
Howard  United Kingdom The ketch was driven ashore at Whitburn, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Sunderland in a leaky condition.[3][1]
Marie Antoinette  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the English Bank, in the River Plate. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Montevideo, Uruguay[3][1]
Queen  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Kingsdown, Kent. She was refloated with assistance.[4]
Trinidad  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Ischia, Italy.[4] She was refloated.[5]<

2 August

List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1890
Ship State Description
Harbinger  United Kingdom The steamship was severly damaged by fire at South Shield, County Durham.[3]

3 August

List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1890
Ship State Description
Huntleys  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore on the Pennington Spit, Hampshire. She was refloated and taken in to Lymington.[3][6]

4 August

List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1890
Ship State Description
Bosforo  Italy The steamship collided with the steamship Vittoria ( Italy) at Genoa and was beached. Bosforo was on a voyage from Genoa to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[7]
City of Rio de Janeiro  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Bombay ( United Kingdom) at Bombay, India and was severely damaged.[7]

5 August

List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1890
Ship State Description
Tönsberg Norway The steamship ran aground "on Stubben". She was on a voyage from Skellefteå, Sweden to Barcelona, Spain.[8]

6 August

List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1890
Ship State Description
Carlisle  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was wrecked in the Bass Strait. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Melbourne, Victoria to Newcastle, New South Wales.[9]
Takano Flag unknown The steamship was driven ashore on the Baltic coast of Russia.[10]

7 August

List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1890
Ship State Description
Marion United States The schooner was wrecked at Esprit Island.[11]

8 August

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1890
Ship State Description
Admiral Tromp Norway The barque was run down and sunk by steamship Ching Wo ( United Kingdom) in the Thames Estuary off The Nore. Her crew were rescued. Admiral Tromp was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Sundsvall. The wreck was dispersed by explosives April–July 1931.[9][10][12][13]
Eastern Chief  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on the Ortez Bank, in the River Plate. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rosario, Argentina to Falmouth, Cornwall.[2][14] She was later refloated and towed in to Montevideo.[9]
Ida  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on The Smalls. Her crew were rescued by Lady Nearn ( United Kingdom). Ida was on a voyage from Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium to Liverpool, Lancashire.[15][10]
Volga  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Prince of Wales Channel. Her crew were rescued.[2]

9 August

List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1890
Ship State Description
Bellarena  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Hiiumaa, Russia. She was later refloated and taken in to Reval, Russia in a severely damaged condition.[15][10]
Gustav Nermann, and
Mudir 		Sweden The steamships collided. Gustav Nermann sank. Mudir put in to Falsterbo in a severely damaged condition.[9][10]
Lennox  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on Saltholmen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Hartlepool, County Durham.[9][10]
Lilian Norway The brig ran aground on the Middelgrund.[10]

10 August

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1890
Ship State Description
Collivand  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground 22 nautical miles (41 km) from the mouth of the Danube.[15]
Peter  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Dover, Kent to Rye, Sussex.[9]
Zenobia  United Kingdom The steam yacht collided with the steamship St. Mawes Castle ( United Kingdom) at Falmouth, Cornwall and was severely damaged.[15]

11 August

List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1890
Ship State Description
Halcyon, and
Rhenbina 		 United Kingdom The steamships collided. Halcyon and with the loss of thirteen of the 24 people on board. She was on a voyage from Ergasteria, Ottoman Empire to Newport, Monmouthshire. Rhenbina was on a voyage from Newport to Lisbon, Portugal. She put in to Vigo, Spain in a severely damaged condition.[16][17]
Jernbarden Norway The steamship ran aground in the Seine. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France to Alicante, Spain. She was refloated.[17]

12 August

List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1890
Ship State Description
Flying Dart  United Kingdom The tug collided with the steamship North Wall ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Irish Sea off the Baily Lighthouse, County Dublin.[18] Her six crew were rescued by North Wall.[19]
Gunhild Sweden The brig was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Åhus to Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[17]
Tagus  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Spittal Point' Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Bo'ness, Lothian to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland.[17] She was refloated the next day.[18]

13 August

List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1890
Ship State Description
Anna Norway The barque was driven ashore at Portaferry, County Down, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom to Quebec, Dominion of Canada.[18]
North Star  United Kingdom The fishing trawler collided with HMS Ruby ( Royal Navy) east of the Bell Rock and was severely damaged. She put in to Leith, Lothian.[20]
Token  United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak and foundered in the Irish Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) south south east of the Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued by Clara Felicia (Flag unknown). Token was on a voyage from the Weston Point Docks, Cheshire to Ardrossan, Ayrshire.[21]

14 August

List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1890
Ship State Description
Sarah Jane  United Kingdom The fishing boat collided with the steamship Rennie ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea off Whitby, Yorkshire with the loss of two of her six crew. One of the survivors got aboard Rennie, the rest were rescued by a coble.[22][23][24]

15 August

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1890
Ship State Description
Annie  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Hastings, Sussex. Her crew were rescued.[25]
General Cathcart  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Portpatrick, Wigtownshire. Her four crew were rescued by the Portpatrick Lifeboa Civil Service No.3 ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[26]
Vaagen Norway The schooner ran aground at Nairn, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Nairn. She was refloated and taken in to Nairn in a leaky condition.[27]
Witch  United Kingdom The steam lighter sprang a leak and foundered off Skipness, Argyllshire. Her three crew survived. She was on a voyage from Ballachulish to Sandbank, Argyllshire.[28]

16 August

List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1890
Ship State Description
Alku  Russia The barque ran aground in the River Usk. She was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony to Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Newport in a severely leaky condition.[29]

17 August

List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1890
Ship State Description
Spencer F. Baird United States During a voyage in the Fox Islands in the eastern Aleutian Islands from Pauloff Harbor on Sanak Island to Tigalda Island with a crew of two and a cargo of 2+1⁄2 tons of provisions and mining equipment, the 7.91-gross register ton, 31.8-foot (9.7 m) schooner was wrecked 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km; 2.9 mi) east of Sankin Island (54°58′30″N 163°16′20″W / 54.97500°N 163.27222°W / 54.97500; -163.27222 (Sankin Island)) during a gale. Both crewmen survived.[30]

18 August

List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1890
Ship State Description
Dictator Norway The barque was wrecked at "Pontenegra". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ensenada, Mexico to Ship Island, Mississippi, United States.[29]
Maria B.  Italy The barque was driven ashore at Carrasco, Uruguay.[29]
Two Fannies United States The barkentine foundered in a gale off Cleveland, Ohio. The crew were rescued by City of Detroit ( United States). The wreck was removed in 1893.[31][32]
No.52'  Royal Navy The torpedo boat was driven ashore at Plymouth, Devon. She was refloated with assistance and found to be severely damaged.[33]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in August 1890
Ship State Description
Advance United States The dredger was run into by the steamship Norge ( Norway) and sank in Lower New York Bay.[7]
Alice Norway The brig ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was refloated and towed in to Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom by the tug Harwich ( United Kingdom).[34]
Anunda Norway The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on Martín García Island, Argentina. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom to Rosario, Argentina[18]
Francis Thorpe  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at Tehuantepec, Mexico.[17] Her crew were rescued.[20]
Gerda Norway The barque was wrecked on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Dominion of Canada. Her crew were rescued.[17] She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to Quebec, Dominion of Canada.[35]
Harold Sweden The steamship was driven ashore. She was refloated and put in to Stockholm on 8 August for repairs.[10]
Mondego  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Varennes, Quebec, Dominion of Canada.[17] She was refloated.[18]
Saint Gothard  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore.[10]
Thesna Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Holmsund, Sweden to Whitby, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and found to be leaky.[2]

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