List of shipwrecks in December 1890

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

1 December

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1890
Ship State Description
Alice United States The schooner was wrecked in a gale at Lingan Head, Nova Scotia.[1]
Maud Sammons United States With no one on board, the steamboat burned at Michigan′s St. Helena Island in Lake Michigan just west of the Straits of Mackinac.[2]
Thanemore  United Kingdom The passenger-cargo ship sailed from Baltimore, Maryland and passed Cape Henry on 26 November for Liverpool, with general cargo and cattle, and was posted missing.[3] The official inquiry concluded that Thanemore was the ship seen burning on 1 December by the steamship Lero (Flag unknown), 1,500 nautical miles (2,800 km; 1,700 mi) from the American coast.[4][5]

3 December

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1890
Ship State Description
John Pew United States The schooner was wrecked 15 miles (24 km) east of the East Pass, Santa Rosa Island.[6]

6 December

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1890
Ship State Description
Hannah  United Kingdom The schooner foundered on the Corton Sand, off Lowestoft, Suffolk with the loss of all hands.[7]

11 December

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1890
Ship State Description
Plymouth Rock United States The schooner was wrecked at La Blanche Point, Cape Negro, Nova Scotia.[8]

12 December

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1890
Ship State Description
Albert  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore in a strong wind, onto the beach at Porthtowan, Cornwall. Four or her five crew were lost.[9]

15 December

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1890
Ship State Description
Grace C. Young United States The schooner was dismasted in a gale on Banquereau and became waterlogged. As the crew prepared to abandon ship on 17 or 18 December they were rescued by Elbrug ( Germany).[10]

19 December

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1890
Ship State Description
Garron Tower  United Kingdom The steamship collided with a barque and sank in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex. Her fourteen crew were rescued by the steamship Bessemer ( United Kingdom).[11]
Oregan  United Kingdom The ship, carrying sodium nitrate from Iquique to Newcastle, became a total wreck after striking the Book rocks, Bigbury Bay, Devon during a south-westerly gale.[12]

23 December

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1890
Ship State Description
Eastern Light United States The ship was wrecked on Caucus Shoal (30°18′54″N 87°19′27″W / 30.31500°N 87.32417°W / 30.31500; -87.32417 (Eastern Light)).[6]
Ferdinand Vandertaelen Belgium The steamship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea at (37°N 06°E / 37°N 6°E / 37; 6 (Ferdinand Vandertaelen)), with all the crew rescued.[13]

25 December

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1890
Ship State Description
Shanghai  United Kingdom The cargo liner burned near the Mud Fort, Wuhu, China. Between 200 and 300 people were killed.[14][15]

26 December

List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1890
Ship State Description
A. H. Hurlburt United States The coastal schooner was wrecked on Black Point, about 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Narragansett Pier, Rhode Island. Her captain and two crewmen died, the rest of the crew were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[16]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date December 1890
Ship State Description
Admiral United States The schooner was wrecked on Bryon Island, Magdalen Islands on 11 or 16 December. The crew was picked up from the island by a steamship three weeks later.[17]
Coptic  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on Main Island at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, while departing for a voyage to Plymouth, England. Her forward compartments flooded, but were repaired by local engineers, and she returned to service.[18]
William D. Daisley United States The schooner sailed from Gloucester, Massachusetts for the Fortune Bay, Newfoundland Colony and vanished. She was probably lost in a gale in December.[19]


References

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  2. ^ Department of Commerce and Labor Bureau of Navigation Thirty-Ninth Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States for the Year Ending June 30, 1907, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1907, p. 379.
  3. ^ Returns of Vessels Totally Lost, Condemned, &c: 1st January to 31st March 1891 (PDF). London: Lloyd's Register of British & Foreign Shipping. 7 July 1891. p. 6. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  4. ^ "The Thanemore - A Supposed Cotton Fire". Liverpool Journal of Commerce. No. 9213. 6 May 1891. p. 6. Retrieved 29 August 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Loss of the Steamer Thanemore - The Inspector's Report". Liverpool Journal of Commerce. No. 9229. 25 May 1891. p. 5. Retrieved 29 August 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ a b Singer, Stephen D. (1998) [1992]. Shipwrecks of Florida: A Comprehensive Listing (Second ed.). Sarasota, Florida: Pineapple Press. p. 32. ISBN 1-56164-163-4.
  7. ^ "Foss of A Fowey Schooner and All Hands". The Cornishman. No. 649. 11 December 2025. p. 5.
  8. ^ "1890". downtothesea.com. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  9. ^ "A Sad Scene on Porthtowan Beach". The Cornishman. No. 651. 25 December 1890. p. 3.
  10. ^ "1890". downtothesea.com. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  11. ^ Renno, David (2008). Beachy Head Shipwrecks of the 19th Century. Sevenoaks: Amherst Publishing. pp. 412–13.
  12. ^ "Devon". The Cornishman. No. 651. 25 December 2025. p. 5.
  13. ^ "Belgian Merchant A-G" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
  14. ^ "American Marine Engineer September, 1912". National Marine Engineers Beneficial Association of the United States. Retrieved 30 November 2020 – via Haithi Trust.
  15. ^ "Shanghai (+1890)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
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  17. ^ "1890". downtothesea.com. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  18. ^ "SS Coptic," de Kerbrech, Richard (2009). Ships of the White Star Line. Surrey, UK: Ian Allan Publishing. pp. 34–36. ISBN 978-0-7110-3366-5
  19. ^ "The William D. Daisley". downtothesea.com. Retrieved 22 June 2021.

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