List of shipwrecks in 1892
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The list of shipwrecks in 1892 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1892.
January
6 January
- USS Albert Gallatin (
United States): She was a U.S. Revenue Cutter that grounded on Boo Hoo Ledge off Manchester, Maine, USA. The wreck is located at Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
8 January
February
21 February
- Tunisie (
France):The ship was driven ashore on Lundy Island, Devon, United Kindgon. Her 21 crew were rescued.[2]
March
8 March
- County of Salop (
United Kingdom) : The steamer was wrecked at Wanson Mouth near Bude, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[3]
May
3 May
- Christiana ( United Kingdom): The smack ran aground and was wrecked at Cardigan. Her two crew were rescued by Lizzie & Charles Leigh Clare (
Royal National Lifeboat Institution). She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to Llangrannog, Glamorgan.[4]
5 May
- Frascati (
Germany): Ran aground at Cape Town, South Africa. Later refloated and returned to service.[1]
June
22 June
- City of Chicago ( United Kingdom): The passenger ship ran aground off the Old Head of Kinsale, County Cork. All on board, including 1,100 passengers, were rescued. She broke up and sank a few days later.[5]
- Fred B. Taylor (
Canada: The wooden sailing ship was cut in two by Trave ( Germany) in the Atlantic Ocean 100 nautical miles (190 km) south east of Sandy Hook, New Jersey, United States with the loss of two of her 21 crew. The survivors were rescued by Trave. The stern section came ashore at Wells, Maine, United States on 7 August. The bow section was last sighted off the coast of North Carolina, United States in late August.[6]
September
8 September
- Charles W. Wetmore ( United States): Ran aground at Coos Bay, Oregon and abandoned.
17 September
- Vienna ( United States): She was accidentally rammed by Nipigon ( Canada) and sank in Whitefish Bay, Lake Superior.
October
1 October
- Camiola ( United Kingdom): Despite warning signals from the Sevenstones Lightship, the Newcastle steamer struck the Seven Stones Reef at full speed and quickly sank; all of her crew managed to get into the ship's two boats. She was carrying 3,400 tons of coal from Cardiff to Naples,[7] or Barry Docks to Malta.[8]
November
8 November
- Watergeus ( United Kingdom): Sank after a collision in Shanghai harbour.[1]
17 November
- Abbey Town (
Sweden): The 3 masted sailing ship, previously called Ida struck Perelle Bay on the west coast of Guernsey Channel Islands on voyage from Raine Island to Granville, Manche with a cargo of Guano.[9][10][11]
30 November
- Chishima (
Imperial Japanese Navy): Sank after a collision in Seto Inland Sea with P&O merchant vessel Ravenna ( United Kingdom) with the loss of ninety lives.
December
9 December
- Duke ( United Kingdom): The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Cemaes Head Cardiganshire. Her crew were rescued by Lizzie & Charles Leigh Clare ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Cardigan.[4]
18 December
- Bokhara ( United Kingdom): The ship struck a reef in the Taiwan Strait and foundered with the loss of 125 of the 150 people on board. She was on a voyage from Shanghai, China to Hong Kong.
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- Ella Moore ( Canada): The barque ran aground near Canso, Nova Scotia. She was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.[12]
References
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- ↑ Noall, C. (1969?) Cornish Shipwrecks Illustrated. Truro: Tor Mark Press; p. 31
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- ↑ cite web| url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?2694 |title=Ida (ex-Abbey Town) [+1892] |publisher=www.wrecksite.eu
- ↑ cite |title=Dictionnaire des naufrages dans la Manche |published=2008 |author=YvesDufiel
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| Ship launches: | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 |
| Ship commissionings: | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 |
| Ship decommissionings: | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 |
| Shipwrecks: | 1887 | 1888 | 1889 | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 |
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