List of shipwrecks in October 1885
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The list of shipwrecks in October 1885 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during October 1885.
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1 October
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Sofala | ![]() |
The barque sprang a leak and foundered off Galley Head, County Cork. Her fourteen crew were rescued by the brigantine Lantana (![]() |
3 October
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Martin | ![]() |
The paddle steamer collided with the steamship Mary Hough (![]() ![]() |
Milo | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground on the Middle Barrow Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to London. She was refloated with assistance from the tugs Tasmania and Wanderer (both ![]() |
4 October
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Alexandra | ![]() |
The hospital ship, a sternwheeler, sprang a leak and sank in the Nile 20 nautical miles (37 km) south of "Edfon", Egypt. All on board, more than 40 people, survived.[4] |
Deutschland, and India |
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The steamship Deutschland and the barque India collided off Bornholm, Denmark and were both severely damaged. Deutschland was on a voyage from Lübeck to Riga. She put in to Stettin. India was on a voyage from Jakobstad, Grand Duchy of Finland to Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. She put in to Christiania in a waterlogged condition.[5] |
Fanny | ![]() |
The ship foundered off Blackpool, Lancashire with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Strangford, County Antrim.[6] |
5 October
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Earl of Chatham | ![]() |
The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Carmel Point, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Calcutta, India.[7] |
6 October
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Active | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Blanc-Sablon, Quebec.[8] |
Amethyst | ![]() |
The whaler, a barque was last sighted in the Bering Sea north of Saint Lawrence Island, District of Alaska. Her wreck was discovered on Castle Rock in the Shumagin Islands, District of Alaska, in September 1887; but the bodies of the 43 men who had been aboard – her crew of 38 and five survivors of the whaling barque Rainbow (![]() |
Rimac | ![]() |
The barque collided with North (![]() |
Sophie | ![]() |
The smack was run into by the steamship Petrel and was severely damaged. Sophie was assisted in to Dover, Kent by a tug.[5] |
8 October
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Earnest | ![]() |
The barge was run into by the steamship Alvarada (![]() |
Ida | ![]() |
The ship collided with the steamship Sunlight (![]() |
9 October
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Cherry | ![]() |
The schooner collided with a steamship and ran aground at Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Newport, Monmouthshire.[13] |
10 October
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Atlas, and Catherine Williams |
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The schooners collided off St. Ann's Head, Pembrokeshire. Atlas sank. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Wexford. Catherine Williams was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Lydney, Gloucestershire to Cork. The crews of both vessels were rescued by Petrel (![]() |
11 October
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Adam Averill | Flag unknown | The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship broke up at Indian Tickle, Labrador, Newfoundland Colony.[14] |
Addie | Flag unknown | The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship was a total loss at White Point Cove, Newfoundland Colony.[14] |
Alice H. | Flag unknown | The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship went ashore at Mark's Harbour, Labrador. Later refloated.[14] |
Annie | Flag unknown | The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship hull was stove in and she sank at American Tickle, Labrador.[14] |
Annie McRae | Flag unknown | The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship was lost at Black Tickle, Labrador.[14] |
Atlanta | Flag unknown | The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship was lost at Mark's Harbour.[14] |
Augusta | Flag unknown | The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship went ashore at Black Island, Newfoundland Colony.[14] |
Barbara | Flag unknown | The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship dragged anchor and was driven ashore at "Fishing Ships", Labrador.[14] |
British Pride | Flag unknown | The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship broke up at Batteau, Labrador.[14] |
Cabot | Flag unknown | The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship was driven ashore at Dumpling, Labrador.[14] |
Caleb Corkum | Flag unknown | The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship was driven ashore at Batteau.[14] |
Dash | Flag unknown | The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship dragged anchor and was driven ashore in the Dead Islands, Labrador. She was a total loss.[14] |
Emma | Flag unknown | The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship was lost at Roger's Harbour, Newfoundland Colony.[14] |
Esperance | ![]() |
The steamship sank in the Ledsund, off the Åland Islands, Grand Duchy of Finland. Her crew were rescued.[13] |
Excel | ![]() |
The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The schooner dragged anchor and went ashore at Black Island, went to pieces and sank. Her captain and approximately 21 men, women, and children died. Several men and a woman survived.[15] |
Flora | Flag unknown | The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship was driven ashore at Dumpling.[14] |
Gleaner | Flag unknown | The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship was a total loss at Mark's Harbour with the loss of two of her crew.[14] |
Guiding Star | Flag unknown | The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship went ashore at Long Tickle, Labrador. She was later refloated.[14] |
Harriet | Flag unknown | The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship was lost at Tickle Harbour, Newfoundland Colony.[14] |
H. M. Curtis | Flag unknown | The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship was driven ashore at Indian Harbour, Newfoundland Colony. She was later refloated.[14] |
I Am away | Flag unknown | The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship went ashore at Black Island.[14] |
Isabella | Flag unknown | The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship was lost at Mark's Harbour.[14] |
John Hill | Flag unknown | The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship was lost at White Point Cove.[14] |
Kenmore | Flag unknown | The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship was lost at "Holton", Labrador.[14] |
Lark | Flag unknown | The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship was lost at Brig Harbour, Labrador.[14] |
Leopard | Flag unknown | The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship was driven ashore at Dumpling.[14] |
Margaret Ann | Flag unknown | The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship was driven ashore at Indian Isles, Labrador.[14] |
Mary | Flag unknown | The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship broke up at Batteau.[14] |
Mary Ann | Flag unknown | The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship was lost at Adnavik, Labrador.[14] |
Mary Bell | Flag unknown | The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship broke up at Indian Tickle.[14] |
Mary Calpin | Flag unknown | The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship broke up at Batteau.[14] |
Mary Joseph | Flag unknown | The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship was lost at Sandwich Bay, Labrador, a total wreck.[14] |
Notre Dame de Bonsecour | Flag unknown | The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship dragged anchor and was driven ashore at Styless, Labrador, a total wreck.[14] |
North Star | Flag unknown | The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship was driven ashore at South East Cove, Labrador.[14] |
Panther | ![]() |
The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The steamship dragged anchor and was driven ashore. She was refloated after the storm passed and rescued 400 survivors along the coast.[16] |
Peerless | Flag unknown | The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship was a total loss at Holton.[14] |
Phoebe Jane | Flag unknown | The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship broke up at Batteau.[14] |
Portee | Flag unknown | The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship dragged anchor and was driven ashore in the Seal Island, Nova Scotia.[14] |
Racer | Flag unknown | The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship was lost at Indian Harbour.[14] |
Rio Grande | Flag unknown | The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship was driven ashore at Black Tickle.[14] |
Rising Dawn | Flag unknown | The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship dragged anchor and was driven ashore in the Square Islands, Labrador. She was a total loss.[14] |
Rival | Flag unknown | The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship was lost at Ragged Islands, Newfoundland Colony.[14] |
Rolling Wave | Flag unknown | The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship was lost at Long Tickle.[14] |
Rovers Bride | Flag unknown | The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship was lost at Dark Tickle, Labrador.[14] |
Sarah C. | Flag unknown | The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship had her hull stove in and flooded at Domino, Labrador.[14] |
Scilia | Flag unknown | The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship was lost at Tuchiallik, Labrador.[14] |
Scout | Flag unknown | The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship was driven ashore at South East Cove.[14] |
Sherbrooke | Flag unknown | The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship was driven ashore at Domino.[14] |
Sisters | Flag unknown | The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship was lost at South East Cove.[14] |
Sisters | Flag unknown | The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship was lost at Cuthroat, Labrador.[14] |
Snowdrop | ![]() |
The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship was lost at Mark's Harbour.[14] |
Stars and Stripes | ![]() |
The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship was driven ashore at Ice Tickles, a total loss.[14] |
Surprise | Flag unknown | The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship was driven ashore at Ice Tickles.[14] |
Syringa | Flag unknown | The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship was lost at Mark's Harbour.[14] |
Thomas Ridley | Flag unknown | The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship was lost at Ice Tickles.[14] |
Trial | Flag unknown | The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship went ashore at Black Tickle. Possibly refloated.[14] |
Trixie H. | Flag unknown | The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship was driven ashore at Indian Harbour, a total loss.[14] |
Vanguard | Flag unknown | The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship was driven ashore at Island Pond, Griffins Harbour, Labrador.[14] |
Verbena | Flag unknown | The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship was lost with all 21 hands at Indian Tickle.[14] |
Verdant | Flag unknown | The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship wrecked at Domino with the loss of all but one of her crew.[14] |
Village Belle | ![]() |
The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The schooner was lost at Domino with all four hands.[14][17] |
Voyager | Flag unknown | The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship was driven ashore at Indian Tickle.[14] |
Winfield Scott | ![]() |
The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship dragged anchor and was wrecked at Gull Island, Labrador.[14] |
Young Prince | Flag unknown | The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship was driven ashore at Indian Isles.[14] |
Unnamed | ![]() |
The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The schooner went ashore at Black Island. Lost with all hands.[14][18] |
12 October
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Hope | ![]() |
The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship dragged anchor and was wrecked in the White Bear Islands, Labrador, Newfoundland Colony and went to pieces. 1Fourteen people were killed, mostly women and children.[18][17] |
Perim | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to a Chinese port.[19] |
Release | ![]() |
The Great Labrador Gale of 1885: The ship dragged anchor and was wrecked in the White Bear Islands. Twenty-five people were killed, all but six were women and children.[18][17] |
13 October
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Eastern Maid | ![]() |
The ship departed from "Morrisonhaven" for Plymouth, Devon. No further trace,[20] reported missing.[21] |
Elida | ![]() |
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked in Embleton Bay. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom to Dram.[8] |
Scottish Maid | ![]() |
The tug sank at Greenock, Renfrewshire.[8] She was refloated on 17 October.[22] |
14 October
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Albula | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked in a typhoon in the Ryukyu Islands (Loochoo Islands) with the loss of ten of her crew. Survivors were rescued on 25 October by Marquis of Lorne (![]() |
Wallace | ![]() |
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15 October
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Melida | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Allinge, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Lübeck.[28] |
16 October
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Alida | ![]() |
The fishing vessel was driven ashore at Blakeney, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Her crew survived.[6] |
Claud Hamilton | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground at "Willemsrek". She was refloated and taken in to Antwerp, Belgium.[28] |
Myth | ![]() |
The fishing smack was driven ashore at Bacton, Norfolk with the loss of a crew member.[28] |
Orient | ![]() |
The fishing smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Withernsea, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.[28] |
Phœnix | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Hart railway station, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Fredrikshald to West Hartlepool, County Durham.[6] |
17 October
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Branch | ![]() |
The smack ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk and sank. Her crew were rescued.[6] |
Clarinda | ![]() |
The steamship collided with Tern (![]() |
Violet | ![]() |
The ship ran aground in the River Liffey. Her passengers were taken off.[6] |
18 October
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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B. C. Boyesen | ![]() |
The barque was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by Bay of Bengal (![]() |
20 October
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Hope | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on Puffin Island, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued by the Beaumaris Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Pentewan, Cornwall.[30] |
Mary | ![]() |
The schooner was lost in a storm off Petit-de-Grat Island, Nova Scotia.[31] |
21 October
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Belle | ![]() |
The sloop was sunk off Bakers Island, Massachusetts.[32] |
Highland Mary | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Rosslare, County Wexford. Her crew were rescued by the Coastgard.[33] |
Napier | ![]() |
The ship departed from Pensacola, Florida, United States for Antwerp, Belgium. No further trace,[34] reported missing.[35] |
22 October
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Bencruachan | ![]() |
The ship collided with the steamer Bilbao (Flag unknown) and sank 6 nautical miles (11 km) off the Wolf Rock Lighthouse. Her crew were saved by the steamer Methyr (flag unknown).[36] |
23 October
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Derwent | ![]() |
The steamship departed from West Hartlepool, County Durham for Chatham, Kent. No further trace, reported missing.[37] |
25 October
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Dmitry | ![]() |
The schooner-rigged cargo vessel was wrecked on Collier's Hope, Whitby, after being stranded there on 24 October while trying to escape a gale during a journey from Antwerp to Newcastle-upon-Tyne.[38] |
27 October
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Harton | ![]() |
The steamship was run into by Nagpore (![]() |
Sophie | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Labrador, Newfoundland Colony. She was on a voyage from Labrador to Naples, Italy.[40][41] |
28 October
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Eureka | ![]() |
The fishing smack was run down and sunk off the Dogger Bank by the barque City of Carlisle (![]() |
Polton | ![]() |
The ship ran aground at Hyères, Var. She was on a voyage from Genoa, Italy to the River Plate. She was refloated the next day.[42] |
29 October
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Arctic | ![]() |
The ship was sighted in The Downs whilst on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Buenos Aires, Argentinat. No further trace, reported overdue.[43] |
Sidon | ![]() |
The steamship struck a rock off "Malpicia" and was a probable total loss. All but four of her passengers and crew survived.[44] |
30 October
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Badura | ![]() |
The ship was sighted whilst on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Panama City, United States of Colombia. No further trace, reported overdue.[35] |
31 October
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Anita Vidal Sala | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground on the Azamool Reef, off the coast of Morocco. She was refloated and taken in to Mazagan.[45] |
Charlotte Anne | ![]() |
The schooner was abandoned off Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued by the Fishguard Lifeboat.[42] |
Delphin | ![]() |
The schooner ran aground on the Shipwash Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Turku to Tarragona, Spain. She was refloated and assisted in to Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom in a waterlogged condition by two tugs.[42] |
Dewi Lass | ![]() |
The schooner was abandoned off Fishguard. Her crew were rescued by the Fishguard Lifeboat.[42] |
Elizabeth Ann | ![]() |
The smack was abandoned off Fishguard. Her crew were rescued by the Fishguard Lifeboat.[42] |
Frederik Carels | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by a tug and the Ramsgate Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Groningen to Gloucester, United Kingdom.[42] |
Iron Duke | ![]() |
The smack was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[42] |
Lewes Lass | ![]() |
The brig foundered in the English Channel off Pevensey, Sussex. Her crew survived, She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[42] |
Sir Richard | ![]() |
The schooner was abandoned off Fishguard. Her crew were rescued by the Fishguard Lifeboat.[42] |
Unknown date
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Anna Ottilie, and Marie Annette |
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The schooners collided in the Baltic Sea. Anna Ottilie was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Flensburg, Germany. She put in to Reval in a severely damaged and waterlogged condition. Marie Annette sank with the loss of two of her crew.[7] |
Beppino Accame | ![]() |
The barque was driven ashore on Barbuda. She was on a voyage from Table Bay to Pensacola, Florida, United States. She was a total loss.[11] |
Berenice | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore at "Heenrevet", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Amsterdam, North Holland.[8] |
Bernhard Augusta | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore at "Heenrevet". She was on a voyage from Riga to Antwerp, Belgium.[8] |
Carolina | ![]() |
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked in Lofsta Bay. She was on a voyage from Skutskär to West Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom.[22] |
Dotrel | ![]() |
The fishing smack collided with the fishing smack Industrie (Flag unknown) and sank in the Lune Deeps. Her crew were rescued.[5] |
Calcutta | ![]() |
The steamship sank in the Hooghly River. She was a total loss.[13] |
Euplea | ![]() |
The full-rigged ship caught fire at Beirut, Ottoman Syria.[11] |
Europa | ![]() |
The barque was taken in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom in a waterlogged condition with the assistance of fishing boats and a tug.[22] |
Flamingo | ![]() |
The brig was driven ashore on Amager, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stettin, Germany to Tayport, Fife, United Kingdom.[13] |
Glenfruin | ![]() |
The steamship collided with Camorta (Flag unknown) and was beached at Hong Kong. She was on a voyage from Shanghai, China to London. She was refloated on 8 November and taken in to dock.[22][45] |
Imerina | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground and sank at Dyer's Island, Cape Colony. Her crew were rescued.[22] |
Island | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore at "Jelsen Moss". She was on a voyage from Christiania to New York, United States.[28] |
Jason | ![]() |
The ship put in to Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony on fire. She was on a voyage from London to Calcutta, India.[13] |
Johann | ![]() |
The galiot sank off Langeland, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Halmstad, Sweden to Hamburg.[22] |
John and Mary | ![]() |
The smack sprang a leak and was beached in Ballycotton Bay. She was on a voyage from Youghal, County Cork to Cork.[11] |
Katie | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore at Barry Island, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued. She subsequentlyb floated off.[12] |
Lilian Baxter | ![]() |
The fishing schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Two crew were rescued by William Duthie (![]() |
Madge Wildfire | ![]() |
The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Scatarie Island, Nova Scotia.[33] |
Marseille | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground at Saigon, French Indo-China and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Nouméa, New Caledonia to Saigon. She was refloated and taken in to Saigon.[12] |
Mary Lester | ![]() |
The brigantine was driven ashore at Rhyl, Denbighshire.[12] |
May Flower | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and sank at Cemaes, Anglesey.[11] |
Moronna | ![]() |
The brigantine was driven ashore on Saltholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Kotka, Grand Duchy of Finland to La Rochelle, Charente-Inférieure, France.[42] |
Neerlands Vlag | ![]() |
The barque was driven ashore near Hudiksvall, Sweden.[42] |
Nordstjernen | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Inner Binks, off the mouth of the Humber. Her eight crew were rescued by the Spurn Lifeboat.[28] She was taken in to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom in a wrecked condition on 22 October.[33] |
Pearl | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. She was refloated and put in to Dover, Kent in a leaky condition.[12] |
Potaro | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore at Woolacombe, Devon. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[22] |
Roehampton | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and damaged at "Shadb-el-Kafir", Hejaz Vilayet.[22] |
Rosalie | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in the Bay of Fundy.[13] |
Silurian | ![]() |
The ship was severely damaged by fire in the River Plate.[28] |
Strathtay | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked on Lambay Island. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Dublin.[22] |
Sultana | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground in the Savannah River.[6] |
Tagal | ![]() |
The barque was driven ashore at Falhead, Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Kotka to London.[6] She had become a wreck by 26 October.[46] |
Talisman | ![]() |
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida, United States to Glagsow.[5] |
Taunton | ![]() |
The ketch was driven ashore at Kenfig, Glamorgan. She was refloated in late January 1886 and towed in to Portcawl, Glamorgan.[47] |
T. J. Robson | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Odessa, Russia.[8] |
Troutbeck | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground at Blyth, Northumberland.[22] |
Trust | ![]() |
The ship was lost. She was on a voyage from the Bonavista Peninsula, Newfoundland Colony to Antwerp.[6] |
Ulrika | ![]() |
The barque was driven ashore on Öland. She was on a voyage from Skutskär to a Spanish port.[6] |
251 | ![]() |
The lighter sprang a leak and sank at Cronstadt.[33] |
Many unnamed vessels | Flags unknown | An estimated eighty fishing craft were wrecked or were driven ashore during a storm on the coast of Labrador, Newfoundland Colony and 300 lives were lost on the night of 11–12 October.[48] |
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