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List of shipwrecks in January 1885

The list of shipwrecks in January 1885 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during January 1885.

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2 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1885
Ship State Description
Arrival   United States The schooner was run down and sunk off "Salvages". Her crew made it to shore in her dories. She was on a voyage from Grand Manan, New Brunswick, Canada to Gloucester, Massachusetts.[1]
Louisa Price   United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was wrecked at Barranquilla, United States of Colombia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barranquilla to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.[2]

3 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1885
Ship State Description
Mary Celeste   United States The brigantine was deliberately wrecked on the Rochelois Bank, off Gonâve Island, Haiti.

4 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1885
Ship State Description
Delphus   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire to Sunderland. She was refloated and beached, but capsized.[3]
Jane Pardew   United Kingdom The barque struck a rock 14 nautical miles (26 km) south of Cape Spartel, Morocco and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by the barque Catterina B. (  Austria-Hungary).[4]

5 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1885
Ship State Description
Unnamed Flag unknown A ship was driven ashore at Llangwyfan, Anglesey.[3]
Unnamed Flag Unknown A steamship ran aground at "False Rasgharet", in the Red Sea.[3]

6 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1885
Ship State Description
David G. Worth   United Kingdom The ship departed from Wilmington, North Carolina, United States, for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, reported overdue.[5]

7 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1885
Ship State Description
Countess   United Kingdom The ship ran aground near Montrose, Forfarshire.[4]

8 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1885
Ship State Description
John   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Cranstall, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Peel, Isle of Man.[6]
Musgrave   United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked near Negombo, Ceylon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Brisbane, Queensland.[7]
René   France The barque struck the Helwick Bank, in the Bristol Channel and subsequently drove ashore at Overton, Glamorgan, United Kingdom with the loss of four of her nine crew. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Arcachon, Gironde.[8]
Rover of the Seas   United Kingdom The ship was damaged by fire at Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.[9]
Vale of Calder   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Limerick. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Limerick.[6]
Wigtownshire   United Kingdom The barque was wrecked in Struys Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London.[7]

9 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1885
Ship State Description
Alleghany   United Kingdom The steamship departed from Cardiff, Glamorgan for Point de Galle, Ceylon.[10] Presumed subsequently foundered with the loss of all hands; two lifebuoys washed up at the Mumbles, Glamorgan in February.[11]

10 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1885
Ship State Description
Margaret   United Kingdom The schooner collided with the steamship Grantham (  United Kingdom) and sank in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent. Her crew were rescued by Grantham, which lost her mate clearing the wreck of Margaret from the steamship's bow.[12]

11 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1885
Ship State Description
Alice   United Kingdom The brigantine was wrecked "at the entrance of Soca" with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Bayonne, Loire-Inférieure.[12]
Matador   United Kingdom The steamship foundered 50 nautical miles (93 km) south south west of The Lizard, Cornwall with the loss of thirteen of her fifteen crew. Survivors were rescued by the schooner Elfrida (  United Kingdom). Matador was on a voyage from Santander, Spain to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[13]
Triumph   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Lamaron Rock and was damaged. She was beached at Dartmouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to London.[14]

12 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1885
Ship State Description
Canoese   United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on the Kentish Knock.[15]
Carmarthenshire   United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued by a Belgian fishing smack. She was on a voyage from Bangkok, Siam to Bremen, Germany.[12][16]
San Giuseppe   Italy The schooner was wrecked at Livorno with some loss of life.[12]

14 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1885
Ship State Description
Chamois   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground off Livorno, Italy.[2]
Eleanor   United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Stanley at Holyhead, Anglesey. Eleanor was nearly cut in two and drifted ashore. There were no deaths.[17]
Guyenne   France The steamship ran aground on the Kimmeridge Ledge, in the English Channel off the coast of Dorset. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Dunkerque, Nord.[2] She was refloated and assisted in to Weymouth, Dorset by tugs.[18]
Harbinger   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Charleston, South Carolina, United States. She was on a voyage from Charleston to Grimsby, Lincolnshire. She was refloated and found to be severely leaky.[2][18]
Margaret Jane   United Kingdom The schooner struck the Runnel Stone and sank. Her crew took to the boats; they were rescued by the ketch Bonito (  Jersey). Margaret Jane was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Runcorn, Cheshire.[19]
Simla   United Kingdom The ship sank at the Nore. She was being towed from Gravesend, Kent to Liverpool, Lancashire by the tug Gamecock (  United Kingdom).[18]
Slaney   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Wexford. All on board were rescued by the Wexford Lifeboat Civil Service (  Royal National Lifeboat Institution) and the tug Ruby (  United Kingdom). Slaney was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Wexford.[18]

15 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1885
Ship State Description
Acuba   United Kingdom The steamship put in to Dover, Kent on fire. She was on a voyage from Galveston, Texas, United States to Bremen, Germany.[18] The fire was extinguished on 20 January.[9]
Admiral Moorsom   United Kingdom The passenger paddle steamer collided with Santa Clara (  United States) and sank in the Irish Sea off Arklow, County Wicklow with the loss of five of the 35 people on board. Survivors were rescued by Santa Clara and the steamship Falcon (  United Kingdom). Admiral Moorsom was on a voyage from Dublin to Holyhead, Anglesey.
Darien   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Riposto, Italy and broke in two.[9]
Mary Seymour   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground in the Thames Estuary off Shoeburyness, Essex.[18] She was on a voyage from London to Charleston, South Carolina, United States. She was refloated and towed in to Gravesend, Kent.[20]
Rose English   United Kingdom The steamship struck the pier and sank at Amble, Northumberland. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Amble.[18]
Trafik   Sweden The steamship caught fire whilst on a voyage from Dantsic, Germany to Palmas.[18]

16 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1885
Ship State Description
Cordella   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and became a total wreck in St Bride's Bay. Her crew were rescued.[21][20]
Olivia   United Kingdom The schooner was driven on to rocks and became a total wreck at Sunderland, County Durham.[22]
Tevere   Italy The steamship was wrecked at Porto Lungone. She was on a voyage from Genoa to Rome.[23]

17 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1885
Ship State Description
Lady Ann Duff   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sunderland, County Durham with the loss of two of her crew.[23]
Northern Chief   United Kingdom The ship departed from New York, United States for Antwerp, Belgium. No further trace, reported missing.[24]
Windermere   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at New Romney, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Rangoon, Burma.[9] She was refloated with assistance on 27 January and put back to London.[25]

18 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1885
Ship State Description
Bedfordshire   Sweden The schooner was driven ashore at Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Gothenburg.[23] She subsequently became a wreck.[26]
Carl W. Baxter   United States The schooner was dismasted in a strong gale between Brown's Bank and the Georges Bank. One crewman was drowned. The surviving crewmen were taken off by a steamship on 20 or 21 January.[1]
Dewa Gungadhur   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Shoalwater Bay. Her crew were rescued.[9] She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Portland, Oregon, United States.[27]
Rosslyn   United Kingdom The steamship struck a sunken wreck and was wrecked at "Taka", French Indo-China. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Saigon, French Indo-China.[13][28]

19 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1885
Ship State Description
Cowden Law   United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire in the Pacific Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Leopold Marie (  France). Cowden Law was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to San Francisco, California, United States.[29]

20 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1885
Ship State Description
Coila   United Kingdom The brigantine foundered in the English Channel 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Portland, Dorset. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Chilton (  United Kingdom). Coila was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Runcorn, Cheshire.[9]
Fernwood   United Kingdom The steamship departed from New York, United States for Avonmouth, Somerset. No further trace, reported missing.[30]
Harvest Maid   United Kingdom The schooner ran into Concord (  United Kingdom) 20 nautical miles (37 km) south east by south of St Anthony's Lighthouse, Cornwall and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Concord. Harvest Maid was on a voyage from Bremen, Germany to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[9]
Preston   United Kingdom The steamship departed from New York for Avonmouth. No further trace, reported missing.[30]
Standard   United Kingdom The steamship departed from Boston, Massachusetts, United States for West Hartlepool, County Durham. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[31]

21 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1885
Ship State Description
Hilda   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Larache, Morocco.[26]
Hoselaw   United Kingdom The steamship struck a sunken wreck and foundered off Ouessant, Finistère, France. Her crew survived.[29]
Lerrin   United Kingdom The schooner capsized and went ashore at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan, becoming a wreck.[32][33]

22 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1885
Ship State Description
Acuba   United Kingdom The steamship caught fire at Dover, Kent.[32]
Breadalbane   United Kingdom The schooner was stranded at Cairnbulg, Aberdeenshire. Her crew stayed on board and she was refloated the same day.[32][34]
Comtesse Duchatel   France The ship was driven ashore near Ramsey, Isle of Man.[32]
John Barrow   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at "86" (East Hoyle Bank) in the River Mersey approaches, without signalling distress.[32][35]

23 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1885
Ship State Description
County of Cardigan   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bombay, India. She was refloated on 28 January and taken in to Penarth, Glamorgan.[36]

24 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1885
Ship State Description
Clandon   United Kingdom The steamship departed from New York, United States for Leith, Lothian. No further trace, reported missing.[30]
Mary Anning   United Kingdom The steamship was run into by the steamship Argus (  United Kingdom) and sank off Greenock, Renfrewshire. Her crew were rescued. Mary Anning was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Odessa, Russian Empire.[37]
Marys   United Kingdom The fishing boat was swamped in the North Sea about three miles (4.8 km) off Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire. Four of her six crew were drowned.[38]
St. John   United States The steamship was destroyed by fire at New York.[38][37]
Unanima   United Kingdom The ship collided with the steamship Oranmore (  United Kingdom) at Liverpool, Lancashire and was severely damaged. Unanima was on a voyage from New York to Liverpool.[26]

25 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1885
Ship State Description
Alfred   Norway The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of eight of her twelve crew. Survivors were rescued by Lillian M. Vigus (  United States). Alfred was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[39]
Ashfield   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Kentish Knock. She was on a voyage from Aarhus, Denmark to the River Tyne. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Harwich (  United Kingdom), smacks and a lifeboat.[40][26]
Elise   Belgium The steamship ran aground at Killard Point, Ballyhornan, County Down, United Kingdom and was wrecked.[41]
Sappemeer Flag unknown The schooner was wrecked off the Backpools,3 nautical miles (5.6 km) west of Macduff, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom. Her crew survived.[42][37] She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Lossiemouth, Moray.[26]
Standard   United Kingdom The steamship was sighted whilst on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to London. No further trace, reported missing.[30]

26 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1885
Ship State Description
Carbonic   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) north of Ballygalley, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Glenarm, County Antrim.[26]
Imperial Prince   United Kingdom The paddle tug was run into by the steamship Zingara (  United Kingdom) and severely damaged in the River Tyne.[25]
Noviafjeld   Norway The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Craster, Northumberland, United Kingdom.[26] She was later refloated and towed in to Amble, Northumberland in a waterlogged condition.[43]
Orion   United Kingdom The fishing smack was run down and sunk in the Swin, Thames Estuary, by the steamship James Southern (  United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued by the steamer and brought ashore by the smack Vestal (  United Kingdom) the following day.[36][44][40]

27 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1885
Ship State Description
Chepica   United Kingdom The barque grounded on a reef and was wrecked at the Nieuwe Diep, Holland, after her anchor cable parted. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Haiti to Hamburg, Germany.[25][45]
Favourite   United Kingdom The fishing smack collided with the steamship New Minster (  United Kingdom) and sank 1⁄2 nautical mile (930 m) off the Spurn Lightship (  Trinity House).[43]
Northerner   United Kingdom The schooner foundered 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south west of Dodman Point, Cornwall. Her crew survived.[36] She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Yarm, Yorkshire.[25]

28 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1885
Ship State Description
Castor   Royal Navy The training ship was run into at South Shields, County Durham by the steamship Mercator (  United Kingdom), which was trying to avoid a collision with the steamship Winthorpe (  United Kingdom).[36]
Erin   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Wexford. She was on a voyage from Wexford to Dublin.[36]
Giorgino   Italy The barque was driven ashore at Newcastle, County Wicklow, United Kingdom. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[36]
Guerrero   Italy The brigantine was driven ashore and severely damaged at Newcastle. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Cardiff.[36]
Maggie   United Kingdom The fishing smack collided with the schooner John Shelley (  United Kingdom) and sank off St. John's Point, County Antrim. Her crew were rescued by John Shelley.[25]

29 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1885
Ship State Description
Benwell Tower   United Kingdom The steamship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean, disabled and sinking, after the loss of two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by the steamship Gladiolus (  United Kingdom). Benwell Tower was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[27][46]
Princess Marie   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Maughold Head, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued.. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Port William, Wigtownshire.[25]
Rosebud   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore east of Gourock, Renfrewshire. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[25] She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[43]
Storm King   United Kingdom The tug was run into by the steamship Oregon (  United Kingdom) at New Brighton, Cheshire and was severely damaged. She was beached.[25]

30 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1885
Ship State Description
Anne   United Kingdom The smack ran aground on the Beulah Rock, in the Swillies. She was on a voyage from Menai Bridge, Anglesey to Caernarfon.[43]
Edwin   United Kingdom The Mersey Flat was run into by the steamship Anerley (  United Kingdom) and sank at Liverpool, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued.[43]
Irwin   United Kingdom The steamship was driven from her moorings at Bilbao, Spain. She collided with a French steamship, was driven ashore, and was severely damaged. She was refloated, temporary repairs were made, and she sailed to Newport, Monmouthshire.[47]
Mary Helen   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Dundrum Bay.[43]

31 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1885
Ship State Description
Wellington   Canada On 29 January the barque drifted aground on mud 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) up the River Yealm, Devon, while under tow of the Government tug Scotia in a gale, having put back from a voyage from Le Havre, France to New York, United States after a disturbance from which the captain and two of the crew died.[48] She was refloated and taken to Plymouth Sound but on 31 January she broke from her buoy in a gale and grounded under The Hoe. She was towed off by Scotia, and found to be leaking.[49][50]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in January 1885
Ship State Description
Aberdeen   United States The ship was driven ashore at Barnegat, New Jersey. She was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama to Boston, Massachusetts.[6]
Anto   Russia The barque ran aground on the Couch Reef. She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida, United States to the River Tyne. She was refloated and taken in to Key West, Florida, in a severely leaky condition.[18]
Birthday, and
Hugh and Ann 		  United Kingdom The ketch Birthday collided with the schooner Hugh and Ann off the Tongue Lightship (  Trinity House). Both vessels sank; two of the five crew of Hugh and Ann drowned. Survivors were rescued by the steamship Carron (  United Kingdom). Birthday was on a voyage from Penryn, Cornwall to Putney, Surrey. Hugh and Ann was on a voyage from Gravesend, Kent to Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire.[51][52]
Bordein   Egypt Siege of Khartoum: The ship was holed when she struck a rock in the River Nile and was abandoned. Men, guns and stores were all landed.[53]
Canosa   United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on the Kentish Knock, Thames Estuary, England. Her twelve crew were rescued by the smack Nelson (  United Kingdom).[40]
Cavendish   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore 15 nautical miles (28 km) south of Chioggia, Italy between 15 and 19 January.[9]
Cher   French Navy The transport ship was wrecked off Noumea, New Caledonia before 28 January.[54]
Dauntless   United Kingdom The tug ran aground in the River Suir 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) downstream of Waterford.[20]
Dordogne   France The steamship was wrecked on the Creadonnière Rocks. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Bordeaux, Gironde.[6]
Frans   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Hooghly River. She was later refloated and put back to Calcutta, India.[43]
Fratelli Maggiolo   Italy The ship was driven ashore on Trinidad.[3]
Hainan   Norway The barque abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea. She was discovered by the steamship SS Clan Alpine (1878) (  United Kingdom), which towed her in to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[3]
Innisfail   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore on the Canadian coast. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was refloated and put in to Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.[43]
Kirtle   United Kingdom The steamship arrived at Baltimore, Maryland, United States with bunker coal on fire. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Baltimore.[32]
Margaret   United Kingdom The fishing trawler was driven ashore between Skelmorlie and Largs, Ayrshire.[18]
Medora   Italy The barque ran aground off Goletta, Tunisia. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Tunis, Tunisia.[26]
Midas   United Kingdom The barque ran aground at Key West. She was on a voyage from Pensacola to Montevideo, Uruguay. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to Key West.[6]
Nora   France The steamship caught fire at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord to Havre de Grâce.[4]
Omega   Germany The schooner was destroyed by fire at sea. Her crew were rescued.[26]
Orinoco   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Fort Carlisle, County Cork. All on board were rescued. Orinoco was on a voyage from Whitegate, County Cork to Newport, Monmouthshire. She subsequently became a wreck.[4][6]
Ossian   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Vinolière. She was on a voyage from the Charente to Bristol, Gloucestershire. She was refloated and put in to Le Conquet, Finistère, France.[20]
Pharos   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the As Sentiyab Reef, in the Red Sea.[47] She was on a voyage from Port Said, Egypt to Kurrachee, India. She was later refloated and taken in to Perim, Aden Settlement.[55]
R. L. Alston   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Killard Point, County Clare. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[26]
Roney   Austria-Hungary The brigantine was driven ashore in the Tuspan River.[6]
Sandemanden Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore at Savannah, Georgia, United States. She was refloated and found to be leaky.[4]
Solva   Sweden The steamship was driven ashore at Torekov.[43]
Tellhoweiya   Egypt Siege of Khartoum: The steamship sank between two rocks in the River Nile downstream of Jebel Royan. Guns, baggage, crew and soldiers were put on a large unmasted nuggar.[53]
William   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Rhyl, Denbrighshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Rhyl.[18]
Unnamed Flag unknown A schooner was driven ashore at Point St. Quentin, Somme, France.[3]
Unnamed   Russia A steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sfântu Gheorge, Romania. She was on a voyage from Varna, Bulgaria to Odessa.[20]

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