The list of shipwrecks in 1886 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1886.
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] |
July
3 July
List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1886
Ship | Country | Description |
Royal Edward |
United Kingdom |
The clipper ship became damaged in a gale and her crew abandoned her in a sinking state. Bellona (Norway Norway) rescued the crew.[6] |
October
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] |
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. |
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.[12] |
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 |
![](../I/m/Barque_Mexico_1886.jpg) 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. |
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 / -29; -28 on 4 September. |
Belliqueuse |
French Navy |
The broadside ironclad was sunk as target during 1886 sometime after being stricken from the naval register on 3 May. |
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
- ↑ "Fulmar Report". Irishshipwrecks.com. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- 1 2 Flayhart, William Henry (2003). Disasters at Sea. New York: W.W. Norton.
- ↑ "CARDIGAN & DISTRICT SHIPWRECKS AND LIFEBOAT SERVICE". Glen Johnson. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ↑
"Shipwreck and Great Loss of Life". News. The Times (31774). London. 1 June 1886. col F, p. 11.
- ↑ Grey River Argus Volume XXXIII, Issue 5701, 28 September 1886.
- ↑ "Star of Albion". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ↑ Noall, C. (1969?) Cornish Shipwrecks Illustrated. Truro: Tor Mark Press; p. 15
- ↑ "Juliet". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ↑ Noall, C. (1969?) Cornish Shipwrecks Illustrated. Truro: Tor Mark Press; p. 30
- ↑ "Wreck Report for 'Sarah Anderson', 1887". Plimsoll. Retrieved 22 February 2009.
- 1 2 Carter, C (1998). The Port of Penzance. A History. Lydney: Black Dwarf Publications.
- ↑ 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. 358.].