List of shipwrecks in 1886

The list of shipwrecks in 1886 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1886.

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1886
Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr
May	Jun	Jul	Aug
Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
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January

30 January

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Fulmar	United Kingdom	The cargo ship, transporting coal from Troon, Scotland, to Limerick, Ireland, sank in Farrihy Bay, just north of Kilkee, County Clare, Ireland. All 17 aboard died, and only one body was recovered.[1]

February

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Hope	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground at Port Eynon Point, Glamorgan, Wales, and was abandoned by her crew. She was later refloated, repaired, and returned to service.[2]

March

6 March

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Xanthippe	United Kingdom	The brig ran aground at Oxwich Point, Glamorgan, Wales, and was wrecked. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Port Talbot, Glamorgan.[2]

14 March

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Charles H. Morse	United States	The schooner disappeared in the Atlantic Ocean near New York City. She probably was the schooner the passenger liner Oregon ( United Kingdom) – en route from Liverpool, England, to New York – collided with at 04:30 just 15 nautical miles (28 km) from New York. The schooner Oregon hit sank almost immediately with the loss of all hands.[3]
Oregon	United Kingdom	The ocean liner, en route from Liverpool, England, to New York City, sank in the Atlantic Ocean after colliding at 04:30 just 15 nautical miles (28 km) from New York with a schooner. The schooner she hit – probably Charles H. Morse ( United States) – sank almost immediately with the loss of all hands.[3]

April

11 April

List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Taiaroa	United Kingdom	The schooner-rigged coastal steamer was wrecked on the coast of New Zealand′s South Island near the mouth of the Clarence River with the loss of 36 of the 50 people on board.

May

13 May

List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1886

Ship	Country	Description
President	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground off Cardigan, Wales. Her three crew were rescued by the lifeboat Lizzie & Charles Leigh Clare ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). President was later refloated and taken in to Cardigan.[4]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Ly-ee-Moon	New South Wales	The Australasian Steam Navigation Company steamship was wrecked off Green Cape, New South Wales, Australia, on a voyage from Melbourne to Sydney with the loss of 71 lives.[5]

June

5 June

List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Alpha	United States	The paddle tug was destroyed by fire.

July

16 July

List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Prince of Wales	Flag unknown	The steam tug sank after colliding with the ship Peterborough (flag unknown) off Botany Bay, New South Wales, Australia. Peterborough was towed into port by the steam tug Kate ( United Kingdom).

September

28 September

List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Suffolk	United Kingdom	The steamship was wrecked in fog on the eastern side of Lizard Point, Cornwall, England. The 45 people aboard were saved.[6]

October

8 October

List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Agnes	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked in Caswell Bay off Wales. Her crew survived.[2]

14 October

List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Malleny	United Kingdom	The ship was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, when she struck the Tusker Rock in the Bristol Channel and foundered with the loss of all 20 crew. The wreck came ashore at Westward Ho!, Devon, England.[2]

15 October

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Ben-y-Gloe	United Kingdom	The ship was on a voyage from Singapore to Penarth, Glamorgan, Wales, when she capsized off Nash Point, Glamorgan, Wales. Her crew survived.[2]
Ocean Beauty	United Kingdom	The barque was driven ashore at Aberavon, Glamorgan, Wales, with the loss of two of her 15 crew. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, to Valparaíso, Chile.[2]

16 October

List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Albert Wilhelm	Germany	The brig sank at Hayle Towans, Cornwall, England.[7]

17 October

List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Sarah Anderson	United Kingdom	The ship sank at Trebarwith Strand, near Tintagel, Cornwall, England, with the loss of all on board.[8]

24 October

List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Normanton	United Kingdom	The cargo ship was wrecked in heavy wind and rain off the coast of what is now Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. The European officers and crew abandoned ship and reached safety, leaving the 12 Chinese and Indian crewman and all 25 Japanese passengers behind to fend for themselves. All the Japanese passengers died.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Boswedden	United Kingdom	The iron barque was lost off Hartland Point, Devon, England. All that was found was a brass bound bucket on Lundy and a writing desk washed up near Ilfracombe.[9]

November

18 November

List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Lucerne	United States	The schooner sank in Chequamegon Bay, Lake Superior, off the north side of Long Island at La Pointe, Wisconsin, with the loss of all hands.

20 November

List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Thames	United Kingdom	The schooner was on a voyage from Port Talbot, Glamorgan, Wales, to Bilbao, Spain, when she struck the Scarweather Sands in the Bristol Channel and consequently foundered off The Mumbles, Glamorgan. Her crew survived.[2]

December

9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Alliance	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked on the seaward side of the Albert Pier, Penzance, Cornwall, England.[9]
Eliza Fernley	Royal National Lifeboat Institution	After launching from Southport, England, the lifeboat capsized during a gale in the Irish Sea with the loss of 14 of her 16 crew while trying to reach the crew of the barque Mexico ( Germany), which had wrecked off Southport.
Laura Janet	Royal National Lifeboat Institution	After launching from St Annes, England, the lifeboat capsized during a gale in the Irish Sea with the loss of all 13 of her crew while trying to reach the crew of the barque Mexico ( Germany), which had wrecked off Southport, England.
Mexico	Germany	Mexico The barque was wrecked at Southport, England, during a gale in the Irish Sea. All 12 of her crew were saved by the lifeboat Charles Biggs ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution) from Lytham. Mexico later was repaired and returned to service.

24 December

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Annie C. Maguire	United Kingdom	Sailing from Buenos Aires, Argentina, the three-masted barque struck the ledge at Portland Head Light, Cape Elizabeth, Maine. Today, letters painted on the rocks below the lighthouse commemorate the wreck and the Christmas Eve rescue of her crew.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Unebi	Imperial Japanese Navy	The cruiser disappeared without trace in the South China Sea with the loss of all hands.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1886

Ship	Country	Description
Allahabad	United Kingdom	The iron sailing ship was on a voyage from Glasgow, Scotland, to Dunedin, New Zealand, with a cargo primarily of coal when she disappeared without trace after last being spoken to by the crew of the ship South Australian (flag unknown) in the Atlantic Ocean at 29°S 28°W / 29°S 28°W on 4 September.
Boyne	United Kingdom	The sailing ship was wrecked without loss of life on False Point on the coast of India during a voyage from Suva, Fiji, to Calcutta, India.
Young America	United States	Bound from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for Fiume, the clipper ship disappeared without trace after passing the Delaware Breakwater outbound on 17 February.

References

1. "Fulmar Report". Irishshipwrecks.com. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
2. Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
3. Flayhart, William Henry (2003). Disasters at Sea. New York: W.W. Norton.
4. "CARDIGAN & DISTRICT SHIPWRECKS AND LIFEBOAT SERVICE". Glen Johnson. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
5. "Shipwreck and Great Loss of Life". News. The Times (31774). London. 1 June 1886. col F, p. 11.
6. Noall, C. (1969?) Cornish Shipwrecks Illustrated. Truro: Tor Mark Press; p. 15
7. Noall, C. (1969?) Cornish Shipwrecks Illustrated. Truro: Tor Mark Press; p. 30
8. "Wreck Report for 'Sarah Anderson', 1887". Plimsoll. Retrieved 22 February 2009.
9. Carter, C (1998). The Port of Penzance. A History. Lydney: Black Dwarf Publications.

Ship events in 1886
Ship launches:	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885	1886	1887	1888	1889	1890	1891
Ship commissionings:	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885	1886	1887	1888	1889	1890	1891
Ship decommissionings:	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885	1886	1887	1888	1889	1890	1891
Shipwrecks:	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885	1886	1887	1888	1889	1890	1891