List of shipwrecks in 1894

The list of shipwrecks in 1894 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during the year 1894.

According to the American newspapers of 1894, the winter and spring storms of December 1893 to April 1894 proved to be one of the most disastrous for the United States of America, particularly the Cape Cod area, since 1860.^[1] The eastern seaboard of the continent had already faced a fierce hurricane season in 1893 when over 2,000 lives were lost.

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1894
Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr
May	Jun	Jul	Aug
Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
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January

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1894

Ship	Country	Description
Firth of Cromarty	United Kingdom	Full rigged ship grounded in St Margaret's Bay with the loss of two lives.[2][3]

February

2 February

List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1894

Ship	Country	Description
Kearsarge	United States Navy	The Mohican-class sloop-of-war ran aground at Roncador Cay, Colombia, and was wrecked.

12 February

List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1894

Ship	Country	Description
Huntcliff	United Kingdom	The tramp steamer was beached at Blackpool, Lancashire. All crew safe. She was refloated on 23 February.
Maurice & Marguerite	Belgium	The schooner foundered on a voyage between Antwerp and Buenos Aires, Argentina.[4]

24 February

List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1894

Ship	Country	Description
Aarhus	Germany	The barque sank off Cape Moreton, Australia.

March

13 March

List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1894

Ship	Country	Description
De Ruyter	Belgium	Passed Lizard Point bound for Boston, United States. No further trace.[5]

22 March

List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1894

Ship	Country	Description
Glenravil Miner	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Overton, Glamorgan. Her three crew were rescued.[6]

April

12 April

List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1894

Ship	Country	Description
S A Rudolph	United States	Three masted schooner loaded with ice blocks bound for Ocean City, Maryland from Boothbay, Maine. Captained by John P Burns of Camden, New Jersey. The ship was caught in a sudden gale on the night of Thursday, April 12 and floundered on the shoals of Cape Cod. The fractured hull of the ship washed up north of Nauset Beach.[7] All six crew members perished including Captain Burns and his brothers on board the vessel.
Jennie M Carter	United States	Three masted schooner carrying paving stones bound for New York Bay. The ship was first damaged on April 10, 1894, ship owner and captain Wesley T Ober decided that he could pilot the crippled ship and dock safely, denying aid. However, they were overtaken by the storm of April 12. The survivors attempted to abandon the schooner in a lifeboat but did not reach land. The ship, meanwhile, had been driven by the storm onto Salisbury Beach, Massachusetts.[8] By April 15th, the crew was declared deceased after thorough searching. It is thought that the crew may have survived had they kept to the interior of the ship with the cargo. Three bodies and an overcoat belonging to the first mate were recovered; the lifeboat was recovered near Plum Island. Folklore dictates that the ship’s cat was the only survivor. The story of the shipwrecks from April 12th and the previous weeks sparked national interest and thousands gathered to see the wreck of the Jennie M Carter.[9] The paving stones were removed and sold at auction; some were used in Salisbury. The ship remains were considered unsalvageable and left to disintegrate on the beach where it became a well-known site. Some of the wooden frame could still be seen in 2013.

July

5 July

List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1894

Ship	Country	Description
Valkyrie II	United Kingdom	Collided with yacht Santanita ( United Kingdom) and sank.

25 July

List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1894

Ship	Country	Description
Kowshing	United Kingdom	First Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Pungdo: The steamer, carrying Chinese troops, was sunk by gunfire by the protected cruiser Naniwa ( Imperial Japanese Navy) in the Yellow Sea off Asan, Chungcheongnam-do, Korea, with the loss of around 800 lives.
Kwang-yi	Imperial Chinese Navy	First Sino-Japanese War: Battle of Pungdo: The gunboat ran aground on rocks in the Yellow Sea off Asan, Chungcheongnam-do, Korea, during combat with Imperial Japanese Navy cruisers and was destroyed when her ammunition magazine exploded.

28 July

List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1894

Ship	Country	Description
Castor	Netherlands	The passenger ship was in collision with the barque Ernst ( Germany) and sank in the English Channel 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south south west of Folkestone, Kent, United Kingdom. All 28 people on board were rescued.[10]

30 July

List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1894

Ship	Country	Description
Nicosia	Canada	The barque ran aground and was wrecked on the south coast of Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia. Her eighteen crew survived. She was on a voyage from Dublin, United Kingdom to Saint John, New Brunswick.[11]

August

26 August

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1894

Ship	Country	Description
Gertrude	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Chesil Beach, Dorset.[12]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date August 1894

Ship	Country	Description
Hibernia	flag unknown	The steamer sank with the loss of two crew members after colliding with the paddle steamer Prince of Wales ( Isle of Man). Prince of Wales rescued one survivor.

September

3 September

List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1894

Ship	Country	Description
Matchless	United Kingdom	The pleasure yacht capsized in Morecambe Bay off northwestern England with the loss of 25 lives.

9 September

List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1894

Ship	Country	Description
Colonist	United Kingdom	The coastal cargo steamer was wrecked on the Oyster Bank off Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.

17 September

List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1894

Ship	Country	Description
Chaoyang	Imperial Chinese Navy	First Sino-Japanese War: Battle of the Yalu River: The cruiser was beached and abandoned after suffering heavy damage in combat with the protected cruisers Akitsushima, Naniwa, Takachiho, and Yoshino (all  Imperial Japanese Navy) in the Yellow Sea off the mouth of the Yalu River. The Japanese destroyed her wreck with explosive charges the next day.
Chih Yuen	Imperial Chinese Navy	First Sino-Japanese War: Battle of the Yalu River: The protected cruiser exploded and sank in the Yellow Sea off the mouth of the Yalu River with the loss of 245 lives during combat with Imperial Japanese Navy warships. Seven of her crew survived.
King Yuen	Imperial Chinese Navy	First Sino-Japanese War: Battle of the Yalu River: The armored cruiser exploded, capsized, and sank in the Yellow Sea off the mouth of the Yalu River with the loss of 263 lives during combat with Imperial Japanese Navy warships. Seven of her crew survived.
Kuang Chia	Imperial Chinese Navy	First Sino-Japanese War: Battle of the Yalu River: The dispatch vessel was badly damaged during combat with Imperial Japanese Navy warships in the Yellow Sea off the mouth of the Yalu River and was beached near Port Arthur, becoming a total loss.
Yangwei	Imperial Chinese Navy	First Sino-Japanese War: Battle of the Yalu River: The cruiser suffered heavy damage in combat with the protected cruisers Akitsushima, Naniwa, Takachiho, and Yoshino (all  Imperial Japanese Navy) in the Yellow Sea off the mouth of the Yalu River, then sank after colliding with the armored cruiser King Yuen ( Imperial Chinese Navy).

18 September

List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1894

Ship	Country	Description
George N Wilcox	Germany	The barque was wrecked near Ilio Point, Molokai, Hawaii after being caught by strong currents. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, United Kingdom to Honolulu with coal, liquor and general cargo.[13]

27 September

List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1894

Ship	Country	Description
Dorunda	United Kingdom	The steamer struck rocks off the Burlings Lighthouse, Portugal and was beached.[14]

October

1 October

List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1894

Ship	Country	Description
Allegheny	United Kingdom	The steamer collided with the tanker Caucase ( Belgium) in the Delaware River and sank. She later was raised, repaired, and returned to service.[5]

24 October

List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1894

Ship	Country	Description
Vennerne	Norway	The barque was driven ashore at Worms Head, Glamorgan, United Kingdom and was wrecked. All ten people on booard survived.[6]
Wairarapa	New Zealand	Wairarapa The passenger steamer was on a voyage from Auckland, New Zealand, to Australia when she hit a reef at the northern edge of Great Barrier Island, about 100 kilometres (54 nmi) from Auckland, and sank with the loss of about 140 lives. It remains one of the deadliest maritime disasters in New Zealand's history.

November

23 November

List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1894

Ship	Country	Description
Ozama	United States	The cargo steamer ran aground on the outer shoal off Cape Romain, South Carolina, then floated off and sank.

December

22 December

List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1894

Ship	Country	Description
Abana	Norway	Abana The barque was wrecked at Blackpool. Her entire crew of 17 and a dog were saved.
Petrel	United Kingdom	The fishing boat was driven ashore at Blackpool.
Stanley	Norway	The schooner was wrecked at Borbjerg.[5]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date December 1894

Ship	Country	Description
Inishtrahull	United Kingdom	The passenger-cargo ship foundered during a storm in the Atlantic Ocean off the west coast of Ireland sometime between 28 and 30 December.

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1894

Ship	Country	Description
Dunottar Castle	United Kingdom	The passenger steamer grounded for two tides near the Eddystone Lighthouse south of Rame Head, England. She refloated, repaired, and returned to service.

References

1. "50 Human Lives Swallowed Up in Angry Seas Outside of Cape Cod, Storm-Beaten Coast a Graveyard Since Dec 5th". The Boston Journal. 14 April 1894.
2. Lane, Anthony (2009). Shipwrecks of Kent. Stroud: The History Press. p. 59. ISBN 978-0-7524-1720-2.
3. Ogley, Bob; Currie, Ian; Davison, Mark (1991). The Kent Weather Book. Brasted Chart: Froglets Publications Ltd. p. 19. ISBN 1-872337-35-X.
4. "Belgian Merchant H-O" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
5. "Belgian Merchant A-G" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
6. Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
7. "Fourteen Sailors Lost Overboard: Further News of the Wreck of the Rudolph and the Carter". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 14 April 1894.
8. "A Deserted Vessel. The Entire Crew of the Jennie M. Carter Supposed to be Lost". Wheeling Register. 14 April 1894.
9. “The Jennie M. Carter. Three Thousand People Visit the Wreck, Crew Yet be Heard From,” Boston Journal, 14 April 1894.
10. R. Cross (1996). "The wreck of the S.S. Castor (1870-1984) and the recovery of part of the ship's cargo" (PDF). Archaeologica Cantiana. Kent Archaeological Society. 116: 183–202.
11. "Nicosia - 1894". Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
12. "Historical List of Shipwrecks at Chesil Beach & from Bridport to Lyme Regis". Burton Bradstock Online. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
13. Soboleski, Hank (27 July 2014). "The wreck of the bark "George N. Wilcox"". The Garden Island. Lihue, Hawaii. Retrieved 17 November 2015.
14. "(No. 5012) ("DORUNDA S. S.")" (PDF). Board of Trade / Plimsoll ship data. Retrieved 7 October 2010.

See also

Ship events in 1894
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Shipwrecks:	1889	1890	1891	1892	1893	1894	1895	1896	1897	1898	1899