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
Ship Country Description
San Marco  Italy The steamer sank after a collision in the Strait of Messina.[1]

February

18 February

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1893
Ship Country Description
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
Ship Country Description
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]

22 February

List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1893
Ship Country Description
Shamrock  United Kingdom The iron schooner was stranded at Ballyquintin Point, County Down, Ireland and became a wreck.[4]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date February 1893
Ship Country Description
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
Ship Country Description
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
Ship Country Description
Glückauf  Germany
Glückauf
The oil tanker ran aground across from Sayville, New York, at Blue Point Beach on Fire Island along Long Island.[5] 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
Ship Country Description
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.[6][7]

June

22 June

List of shipwrecks: 22 June 1893
Ship Country Description
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
Ship Country Description
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
Ship Country Description
Favourite  United Kingdom The ketch foundered in the Bristol Channel 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Worms Head, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued.[8]

24 November

List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1893
Ship Country Description
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.[9][10]

December

8 December

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1893
Ship Country Description
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
Ship Country Description
Althea  Norway The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in Oxwich Bay. Her ten crew were rescued by the Port Eynon Lifeboat.[8]

16 December

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

20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1893
Ship Country Description
Iota  Italy The barque sank off the coast of Cornwall at Tintagel with the loss of one life.[11][12]

28 December

List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1893
Ship Country Description
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
Ship Country Description
Cintra  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Porthminster Beach, St Ives, Cornwall, five crew rescued.[13]
Rosedale  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Porthminster Beach, St Ives, Cornwall. Sixteen crew saved.[13]

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. ↑ "Wreck on the County Down Coast". The Belfast News-Letter (24227). 24 February 1893. p. 6.
  5. ↑ "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. Retrieved 20 July 2012.
  6. ↑ Noall, C. (1969?) Cornish Shipwrecks Illustrated. Truro: Tor Mark Press; p. 20
  7. ↑ 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.)
  8. 1 2 Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  9. ↑ The Cornishman. 18 January 1894. p. 8'
  10. ↑ "Loss of SS Serica". Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  11. ↑ Canner, A. C. (1982) The Parish of Tintagel: some historical notes. Camelford: A. C. Canner; pp. 87-88
  12. ↑ Dyer, Peter (2005) Tintagel: a portrait of a parish. [Cambridge]: Cambridge Books; pp. 431-34, 496-98
  13. 1 2 "1893 - 1920". St. Ives Trust. Retrieved 2008-03-16.

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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