List of shipwrecks in 1893

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The list of shipwrecks in 1893 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1893.

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1893
Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec
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January

16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1893
ShipCountryDescription
San Marco  Italy The steamer sank after a collision in the Strait of Messina.[1]

February

18 February

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1893
ShipCountryDescription
Dicky  Queensland
Dicky
The cargo ship was driven ashore at Caloundra Head. The wreck still lies on the beach as of May 2009.

21 February

List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1893
ShipCountryDescription
Coanza  United Kingdom The Elder Dempster 1,518 grt passenger ship ran aground and was wrecked on Bayak Rock, Baujah Reef near Sinou, Senegal. She was en route to West Africa from Hamburg.[2][3]
Labourdonnais  French Navy The sloop-of-war was wrecked on Île Sainte-Marie off the coast of Madagascar.[4]

22 February

List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1893
ShipCountryDescription
Shamrock  United Kingdom The iron schooner was stranded at Ballyquintin Point, County Down, Ireland and became a wreck.[5]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date February 1893
ShipCountryDescription
Naronic  United Kingdom The White Star Line steamship was lost in the Atlantic Ocean after leaving Liverpool on 11 February 1893 bound for New York, possibly on 19 February, with the loss of all 74 people on board. The ship's fate is a mystery to this day.

March

23 March

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1893
ShipCountryDescription
Allanshaw  United Kingdom The iron sailing ship was wrecked on Tristan da Cunha with the loss of three crew.

24 March

List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1893
ShipCountryDescription
Glückauf  Germany
Glückauf
The oil tanker ran aground across from Sayville, New York, at Blue Point Beach on Fire Island along Long Island.[6] A contemporary New York Times article said that she ran aground "just before dawn" on March 24, 1893.

April

4 April

List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1893
ShipCountryDescription
Horsa  United Kingdom The sailing ship ran aground off St Martin's, Isles of Scilly; the ship was towed off but later foundered in deep water.[7][8]

May

10 May

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1893
ShipCountryDescription
Vitiaz  Imperial Russian Navy The Vitiaz-class protected cruiser was wrecked on a reef in the Sea of Japan off Port Lazarev during a typhoon.[9][10]

21 May

List of shipwrecks: 21 May 1893
ShipCountryDescription
Almirante Barroso  Brazilian Navy The corvette was wrecked in the Red Sea near Ras Zeith while on an around-the-world cadet cruise. The screw sloop-of-war HMS Dolphin ( Royal Navy) rescued her crew.[11]

June

22 June

List of shipwrecks: 22 June 1893
ShipCountryDescription
HMS Victoria  Royal Navy
HMS Victoria sinking at right. The battleship HMS Nile is at left.
The Victoria-class battleship collided with the battleship HMS Camperdown ( Royal Navy) in the Mediterranean Sea near Tripoli, Lebanon, and sank with 358 crew killed, 357 rescued.

September

7 September

List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1893
ShipCountryDescription
Rusalka  Imperial Russian Navy The monitor foundered and sank in a storm in the Gulf of Finland with the loss of her entire crew of 177. Her wreck was discovered in July 2013 at 59°51′55″N 24°53′07″E / 59.86528°N 24.88528°E / 59.86528; 24.88528.

November

17 November

List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1893
ShipCountryDescription
Favourite  United Kingdom The ketch foundered in the Bristol Channel 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Worms Head, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued.[12]

22 November

List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1893
ShipCountryDescription
Javary  Brazilian Navy Revolta da Armada: The monitor was sunk by coastal artillery in the harbor at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

24 November

List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1893
ShipCountryDescription
SS Serica  United Kingdom The steamer nearly foundered and took shelter in St Mary's Roads on 19 November. As she left on 24 November she struck an uncharted rock (later named Serica Rock) and sank.[13][14]

December

8 December

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1893
ShipCountryDescription
Princesse Louise  Belgium The steamer became stranded in the River Scheldt at Saaftingen and broke in two.[1]

13 December

List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1893
ShipCountryDescription
Althea  Norway The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in Oxwich Bay. Her ten crew were rescued by the Port Eynon Lifeboat.[12]

16 December

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1893
ShipCountryDescription
Sete de Setembro  Imperial Brazilian Navy The armored frigate burned and sank at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1893
ShipCountryDescription
Iota  Italy The barque sank off the coast of Cornwall at Tintagel with the loss of one life.[15][16]

28 December

List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1893
ShipCountryDescription
Alert  Victoria The steamer sank off Cape Schanck, Australia, with the loss of 15 lives and one survivor.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1893
ShipCountryDescription
Cintra  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Porthminster Beach, St Ives, Cornwall, five crew rescued.[17]
Horn Head  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of 30 lives.[18]
Rosedale  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Porthminster Beach, St Ives, Cornwall. Sixteen crew saved.[17]

References

  1. 1 2 "Belgian Merchant P-Z" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
  2. ↑ "Loss of SS Coanza". Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  3. ↑ "Clyde built ships". Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  4. ↑ Chesneau, Roger, and Eugene M. Kolesnik, Conway′s All the World′s Fighting Ships, 1860-1905, New York: Mayflower Books, 1979, ISBN 0-8317-0302-4, p. 321.].
  5. ↑ "Wreck on the County Down Coast". The Belfast News-Letter (24227). 24 February 1893. p. 6.
  6. ↑ "A Big Steamship's Fate; Now Only a Prey For Seaside Relic Hunters. The Gluckauf At Fire Island; For Over Two Years a Plaything for the Surf and a Curiosity for Summer Strollers Along the Beach". The New York Times. 10 November 1895. Archived from the original on 25 June 2012. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
  7. ↑ Noall, C. (1969?) Cornish Shipwrecks Illustrated. Truro: Tor Mark Press; p. 20
  8. ↑ Horsa cargo full-rigger from New Zealand grounded in a cove on St Martins, and capsized some hours later whilst being towed off. Thankfully, no one was killed. (Source for the date.)
  9. ↑ navypedia.org VITYAZ' screw corvettes (1886)
  10. ↑ Anonymous, "From the Orient," San Francisco Call, Volume 74, Number 7, 7 June 1893, p. 7.
  11. ↑ naval.com.br Cruzador Almirante Barroso (Portuguese)
  12. 1 2 Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  13. ↑ The Cornishman. 18 January 1894. p. 8'
  14. ↑ "Loss of SS Serica". Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  15. ↑ Canner, A. C. (1982) The Parish of Tintagel: some historical notes. Camelford: A. C. Canner; pp. 87-88
  16. ↑ Dyer, Peter (2005) Tintagel: a portrait of a parish. [Cambridge]: Cambridge Books; pp. 431-34, 496-98
  17. 1 2 "1893 - 1920". St. Ives Trust. Retrieved 2008-03-16.
  18. ↑ "Horn Head". The Yard. Retrieved 19 February 2017.

See also

Ship events in 1893
Ship launches: 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898
Ship commissionings: 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898
Ship decommissionings: 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898
Shipwrecks: 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898
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