The list of shipwrecks in 1898 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1898.
January
12 January
List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1898
Ship | Country | Description |
Mataura |
United Kingdom |
The ship struck a rock off Desolación Island, Chile. She was beached in Sealer's Cove and abandoned. The ship broke in two during March and was a total loss.[1] |
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in January 1898
Ship | Country | Description |
Waipara |
United Kingdom |
The cargo ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Okarito, New Zealand.[3] |
March
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1898
Ship | Country | Description |
Bay of Panama |
flag unknown |
The sailing ship was wrecked under Nare Head, near St Keverne, Cornwall, United Kingdom, during a great blizzard.[9] The ship carried jute from Calcutta; Eighteen of those on board died while nineteen were saved.[10] |
Eliza Anderson |
United States |
The abandoned sidewheel paddle steamer broke her moorings and was driven ashore during a storm at Dutch Harbor, Territory of Alaska, a total loss. |
Henry Harvey |
United Kingdom |
The brigantine was stranded on Battery Rocks, Penzance, Cornwall, United Kingdom, during a gale. Five people aboard were rescued by lifeboat.[11] |
May
26 May
List of shipwrecks: 26 May 1898
Ship | Country | Description |
Nyanza |
United Kingdom |
The Newlyn fishing lugger was run ashore on Great Crebawethan, Isles of Scilly after hitting the Crims and springing a leak. The St Agnes lifeboat, James and Caroline took off four of the crew and the fifth was saved by an island boat.[14] |
July
3 July
List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1898
Ship | Country | Description |
Almirante Oquendo |
Spanish Navy |
Almirante Oquendo Spanish–American War, Battle of Santiago de Cuba: The Infanta Maria Teresa-class armored cruiser was beached and wrecked on the south coast of Cuba west of Santiago de Cuba after suffering heavy damage from gunfire from the ships of the North Atlantic Squadron ( United States Navy). |
Cristóbal Colón |
Spanish Navy |
Cristóbal Colón Spanish–American War, Battle of Santiago de Cuba: The Giuseppe Garibaldi-class armored cruiser was beached and wrecked at the mouth of the Tarquino River on the south coast of Cuba after suffering heavy damage from gunfire from the ships of the North Atlantic Squadron ( United States Navy). |
Furor |
Spanish Navy |
Spanish–American War, Battle of Santiago de Cuba: The Furor-class destroyer was beached, exploded, and sank with the loss of her commanding officer and over half her crew just west of Cabanas Bay, Cuba, during the Battle of Santiago de Cuba after suffering heavy damage from gunfire from the ships of the North Atlantic Squadron ( United States Navy). |
Infanta Maria Teresa |
Spanish Navy |
Infanta Maria Teresa Spanish–American War, Battle of Santiago de Cuba: The Infanta Maria Teresa-class armored cruiser was beached and wrecked just west of Punta Cabrera, Cuba, after suffering heavy damage from gunfire from the ships of the North Atlantic Squadron ( United States Navy). |
Plutón |
Spanish Navy |
Spanish–American War, Battle of Santiago de Cuba: The Audaz-class destroyer was beached and wrecked just west of Cabanas Bay, Cuba, after suffering heavy damage from gunfire from the ships of the North Atlantic Squadron ( United States Navy). |
Vizcaya |
Spanish Navy |
Vizcaya Spanish–American War, Battle of Santiago de Cuba: The Infanta Maria Teresa-class armored cruiser was beached and wrecked on the south coast of Cuba west of Santiago de Cuba after suffering heavy damage from gunfire from the ships of the North Atlantic Squadron ( United States Navy). |
8 July
List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1898
Ship | Country | Description |
Delaware |
United States |
1,646 GRT Clyde line wooden steamer out of New York bound for Charleston with cargo and thirty-two passengers caught fire at about 9:20 p.m. off Barnegat, New Jersey. The ship headed to shore and was met by a lifeboat taking all passengers and crew off the ship which was lost.[17][18] |
August
20 August
List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1898
Ship | Country | Description |
Toledo |
United Kingdom |
The 2,843-ton Sunderland steamer hit Steeple Rock, in the Isles of Scilly and ripped open her hull. Her crew managed to lower the ship's boats and escape before she sank in twenty-five fathoms.[14] |
30 August
List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1898
Ship | Country | Description |
Saint Marc |
France |
The steamer was wrecked at Cape Vilano en route from Le Havre to Lisbon, Portugal.[6] |
October
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date October 1898
Ship | Country | Description |
Blengfell |
United Kingdom |
The ship caught fire off Margate and was completely burnt out.[22] |
November
9 November
List of shipwrecks: 9 November 1898
Ship | Country | Description |
Blue Jacket |
United Kingdom |
The steamer was unaccountably wrecked on a clear night a few yards from the Longships lighthouse. The crew were saved by the Sennen lifeboat.[23] |
26–27 November
On these two days—the Saturday and Sunday after Thanksgiving—the infamous Portland Gale struck coastal New England. This was a blizzard of massive proportions that claimed the lives of over 400 people and more than 150 major vessels.[24]
December
11 December
List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1898
Ship | Country | Description |
Ida |
Spain |
The steamer was wrecked.[6] |
15 December
List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1898
Ship | Country | Description |
Brinkburn |
flag unknown |
The ship struck the Maiden Bower, Isles of Scilly in fog and sank, while bound for Le Havre from Galveston with cotton and cotton seed. Her crew of mainly lascars survived. An inspection of the wreck in 1966, found two other ships beneath her; one the Sussex which sank in 1885 and an unknown warship.[14] |
29 December
List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1898
Ship | Country | Description |
Glenavon |
United Kingdom |
The cargo ship was wrecked on the Linting Rock in the Sa Mun group off the coast of China with the loss of four lives. |
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