List of shipwrecks in 1896

The list of shipwrecks in 1896 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1896.

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1896
Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr
May	Jun	Jul	Aug
Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

January

1 January

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1896

Ship	Country	Description
Ealing	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground off Isaacs Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada, with the loss of eighteen of her 27 crew. She was on a voyage from Pelley Island, Newfoundland to New York, United States.[1]

6 January

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1896

Ship	Country	Description
Emperor of St. John	Canada	The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged south of Cape George, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Quebec to Guysboro, Nova Scotia.[2]

February

29 February

List of shipwrecks: 29 February 1896

Ship	Country	Description
Ailsa	United Kingdom	The steamer was rammed and sunk by the French liner La Bourgogne while anchored at the entrance to New York Harbor in fog. All on board were rescued.[3]

March

2 March

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1896

Ship	Country	Description
Rosstrevor	United Kingdom	The passenger-cargo ship grounded at Carlingford Lough. Refloated on 7 March, repaired and returned to service.[4]

6 March

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1896

Ship	Country	Description
Volo	Norway	During a voyage from Goteburg, Sweden, to Lourenço Marques, Portuguese East Africa, with a cargo of Baltic pine timber, the barque was wrecked without loss of life on the coast of South Africa near the mouth of the Bushman River.

April

10 April

List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1896

Ship	Country	Description
Cleves	Belgium	The steamer caught fire at Antwerp, Belgium, and was gutted. Later repaired and returned to service.[5]

May

22 May

List of shipwrecks: 22 May 1896

Ship	Country	Description
Belgravia	United Kingdom	The ocean liner ran aground in heavy fog on Saints Rest Beach shortly after departing Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, without loss of life. She was declared a total loss.

June

5 June

List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1896

Ship	Country	Description
Princesse Clementine	Belgium	The steamship collided with the sailing ship Axel Wästfelt ( Sweden) in the Bay of Biscay (45°50′N 9°30′E / 45.833°N 9.500°E. Both ships sank.[6]
Drummond Castle	United Kingdom	The steamer ran aground at Ushant, France, and sank with the loss of 242 crew and passengers.

July

13 July

List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1896

Ship	Country	Description
Immanuel	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked in the Teifi Estuary.[7]

30 July

List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1896

Ship	Country	Description
Rajah Brooke	Sarawak	While en route from Singapore to Kuching, the cargo ship ran aground and was wrecked on Victory Island in the South China Sea between Singapore and Borneo.[8]

August

27 August

List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1896

Ship	Country	Description
HHS Glasgow	Zanzibar	The tips of the masts and funnel of Glasgow at Zanzibar Town harbour in 1902 Anglo-Zanzibar War: The royal yacht was sunk by the  Royal Navy. All crew rescued.

September

22 September

List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1896

Ship	Country	Description
Christiana	United Kingdom	The smack was wrecked at Poppit, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued by Lizzie & Charles Leigh Clare ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[7]

24 September

List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1896

Ship	Country	Description
Hugo	Spain	The former White Star Line passenger liner ran aground on Terschelling Island in the Netherlands. She was declared a total loss. After refloating, she was auctioned for scrap on 9 December 1896 and towed to Amsterdam, where she was broken up

26 September

List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1896

Ship	Country	Description
Alexander Yeats	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground at Gurnard's Head. Crew of 19 rescued.[9]

27 September

List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1896

Ship	Country	Description
Adgar	Flag unknown	The ship was wrecked off Folkestone, Kent, United Kingdom. All crew saved by the Hythe Lifeboat.[10]
Baron Holberg	Flag unknown	The ship was wrecked off Folkestone, Kent, United Kingdom. All crew saved by the Hythe Lifeboat.[10]

October

30 October

List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1896

Ship	Country	Description
Samuel P. Ely	United States	The wreck of Samuel P. Ely on 14 June 2008. The schooner sank in Lake Superior without loss of life after dragging her anchors and running into a breakwater during a storm at Two Harbors, Minnesota.

December

5 December

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1896

Ship	Country	Description
Nathan F. Cobb	United States	Nathan F Cobb The three-masted schooner capsized in the Atlantic Ocean after departing Brunswick, Georgia, and drifted onto the outer sand bar off Ormond Beach, Florida, where she ran around. Two crewman and a civilian rescuer were killed during the incident.

8 December

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1896

Ship	Country	Description
British Peer	United Kingdom	The sailing ship struck a reef off Saldanha Bay, South Africa, and was wrecked with 471 Indian indentured labourers on board. Eighteen crew were killed; there were only four survivors.

References

1. "Ealing - 1896". Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
2. "Emperor of St John - 1896". Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
3. "An Atlantic Liner Sunk". The Standard (22361). London. 2 March 1896. p. 3.
4. Patton, Brian (2007). Irish Sea Shipping. Kettering: Silver Link Publications. pp. 178–184. ISBN 978-1-85794-271-2.
5. "Belgian Merchant A-G" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
6. "Belgian Merchant P-Z" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
7. "CARDIGAN & DISTRICT SHIPWRECKS AND LIFEBOAT SERVICE". Glen Johnson. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
8. Allen, Tony; Lettens, Jan (30 July 2013). "SS Rajah Brooke [+1896]". The Wreck Site. Retrieved 27 December 2013.
9. Leonard, Alan (2008). "Profiting from Shipwrecks". Picture Postcard Annual: 14–16.
10. Ogley, Bob; Currie, Ian; Davison, Mark (1991). The Kent Weather Book. Brasted Chart: Froglets Publications Ltd. p. 21. ISBN 1-872337-35-X.

See also

Ship events in 1896
Ship launches:	1891	1892	1893	1894	1895	1896	1897	1898	1899	1900	1901
Ship commissionings:	1891	1892	1893	1894	1895	1896	1897	1898	1899	1900	1901
Ship decommissionings:	1891	1892	1893	1894	1895	1896	1897	1898	1899	1900	1901
Shipwrecks:	1891	1892	1893	1894	1895	1896	1897	1898	1899	1900	1901