List of shipwrecks in November 1890

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

7 November

List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1890
Ship State Description
Alice Latham  United Kingdom Great Storm of 7 November 1890: The schooner went ashore in Moelfra Bay. Later refloated.[1]
Blanche  United Kingdom Great Storm of 7 November 1890: The 76.1-foot (23.2 m) 74-ton schooner ran aground and was wrecked near East Hoyle Split, later reported as obstructing navigation in Hilbre Swash. Lost with all 4 hands.[2][3]
Bridgit Annie  United Kingdom Great Storm of 7 November 1890: The 1,100-ton schooner went missing after leaving Mostyn Roads on 6 November and was sighted off the Isle of Man, probably sank on 7 November. One of her boats was found in North Wales. Lost with all 4 hands.[4][5]
Elgin  United Kingdom Great Storm of 7 November 1890: The 126-foot (38 m) 261-ton barque ran aground and was wrecked on West Hoyle Bank, and broke up. One crewman killed.[6][7]
Elizabeth Latham  United Kingdom Great Storm of 7 November 1890: The schooner went ashore in Moelfra Bay. One crewman killed. Later refloated.[8]
Ellen Harrison  United Kingdom Great Storm of 7 November 1890: The schooner went ashore in Moelfra Bay. One crewman killed. Refloated 10 November. Repaired and returned to service.[9]
Ethel May  United Kingdom Great Storm of 7 November 1890: The schooner went ashore between Prestatyn and Rhyl.[1]
Ernest  United Kingdom Great Storm of 7 November 1890: The 73.2-foot (22.3 m) 62-ton schooner went missing after leaving the Dee River, Wales on 6 November, the last reported sighting of her was off the Great Orme. One of her boats was recovered near the West Hoyle Bank. Lost with all 3 crew.[10][11]
Florence Emily  United Kingdom Great Storm of 7 November 1890: The 73-ton schooner went missing after leaving Mostyn Roads on 6 November. Lost with all four crew.[12][13]
James Stonard  United Kingdom Great Storm of 7 November 1890: The 87.9-foot (26.8 m) 140-ton brigantine ran aground and was wrecked on West Hoyle Bank, and broke up. Her skipper and two crewman were killed.[14][15]
Jean Campbell  United Kingdom Great Storm of 7 November 1890: The 59.7-foot (18.2 m), 62-ton coastal schooner stranded at Norbreck, Lancashire in a Force 8 gale. Before going ashore an attempt was made to rescue the crew by fishing smack Osprey. Her boat took off the three-man crew but swamped alongside Osprey drowning Jean Campbell's crew and two of the three crew of Osprey that manned the boat. The wreck was sold for scrapping.[16][17]
Kishon  United Kingdom The barque parted her tow by the steam tug Australia (flag unknown) off Trevose Head, Cornwall, England, and was driven ashore near Bude breakwater. Her crew of eight was saved by the rocket lifesaving crew.[18][19]
Linnet  United Kingdom Great Storm of 7 November 1890: The schooner was lost on Lavan Sands.[1]
Lorn  United Kingdom Great Storm of 7 November 1890: The 150-ton schooner went ashore a little to the north of Jurby Point, Isle of Man a total wreck.[1][20]
Margaret  United Kingdom Great Storm of 7 November 1890: The schooner parted her cables in Moelfra Bay and drove before the wind into the Dee River, Wales on 6 November. She was brought to, under her kedge anchor, near to Llanerchymor Wharf, on the opposite side of the channel. About noon on 7 November when the storm was raging furiously, she sank. Her crew was rescued from her rigging by a boat.[21][22]
Margaret Elizabeth  United Kingdom Great Storm of 7 November 1890: The vessel went ashore near Rhyl.[23]
Ocean Queen  United Kingdom Great Storm of 7 November 1890: The schooner was lost in Colwyn Bay.[1]
Planet  United Kingdom Great Storm of 7 November 1890: The 134-ton barquentine ran aground and was wrecked in Llandudno Bay, and broke up.[24][25]
W. M. J.  United Kingdom Great Storm of 7 November 1890: The 79.1-foot (24.1 m) 97-ton schooner ran aground and was wrecked on Jordan's Bank, a total wreck. Her skipper, mate and two crewman were killed.[26][27]

10 November

List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1890
Ship State Description
HMS Serpent  Royal Navy The torpedo cruiser ran aground off Cape Vilan in northwest Spain in a violent storm, killing 173 of the 176 aboard.[28][29]

11 November

List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1890
Ship State Description
Unnamed ferry Austria-Hungary A ferry sank on the River Whag with sixty lives lost and ten missing.[30]

12 November

List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1890
Ship State Description
Messenger United States After the wooden steam barge caught fire in Rogers City, Michigan, she was towed out onto Lake Huron, where she sank in 194 feet (59 m) of water at (45°29′00″N 83°51′00″W / 45.483333°N 83.85°W / 45.483333; -83.85 (Messenger)).[31][32][33]

14 November

List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1890
Ship State Description
Marianne  United Kingdom The schooner foundered while carrying coal from Penarth, Glamorgan to Devoran, Cornwall. The vessel was found bottom up, 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Boscastle, Cornwall. Four of the five crew perished.[34]

16 November

List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1890
Ship State Description
Falcon  United Kingdom The steamship foundered while enroute to New York, United States. Her crew were saved by a passing vessel and landed at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.[35]

18 November

List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1890
Ship State Description
Cuxhaven  United Kingdom The steamship, from Hamburg, was damaged when driven into the steamship Equity ( United Kingdom) in the Goole Channel after her anchor lifted during a heavy swell; she was then beached to avoid sinking. Refloated the following day, she entered Goole for discharge and repairs.[36][37]

20 November

List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1890
Ship State Description
Hudiksvall  Sweden The Swedish barque was under tow when the line parted and she foundered on Carmel Point on the Isle of Anglesey. The crew was saved, but the vessel was lost.[38]

21 November

List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1890
Ship State Description
Nurjahan  United Kingdom The cargo ship was wrecked near Cape Comorin, India. She was on a voyage from Bombay to Calcutta.[39]

23 November

List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1890
Ship State Description
Uppingham  United Kingdom The cargo steamship lost power, drifted onto rocks 4 miles west of Hartland Point, Devon and became a wreck; eight of her 28 crew were lost. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Port Said with coal.[40][41]

24 November

List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1890
Ship State Description
Calypso  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Pinzon ( Spain) in the Dungeness roadstead and sank off Sandgate, Kent. Her crew took to the ships' boats.[42]

25 November

List of shipwrecks: 25 November 1890
Ship State Description
Spy United States The 17.96-gross register ton, 41-foot (12 m) sloop was crushed by ice and broken into pieces at Point Barrow on the Arctic Ocean coast of the District of Alaska. All on board survived.[43]

27 November

List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1890
Ship State Description
T P Beathers United States Seventeen lives were lost when the steamboat caught fire on the Mississippi River. Several people drowned whilst attempting to swim to the shore.[44]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in November 1890
Ship State Description
Christine Elizabeth Norway The schooner ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlads to the Netherlands East Indies. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Harwich ( United Kingdom) and the Harwich Lifeboat Duke of Northumberland ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution) and towed in to Harwich, Essex.[45]
Sensation  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated with assistance from the smack Alpha and the yawl Jane (both  United Kingdom).[45]

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