The list of shipwrecks in 1885 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1885.
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| Aggie |  United States
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The steamboat sank in the Missouri River at Kansas City, Kansas.[1] |
| Alaska | United States
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The schooner was lost in the Bering Sea.[2] |
| Gale | United States
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The whaler, a barque, was lost in the Bering Sea at Saint Lawrence Island.[3] |
| Labrador |  United Kingdom
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The barque sailed from Quebec for Newcastle-on-Tyne on 20 August 1885 with wood products and was last seen two days later off "Pic" (Pointe-au-Pic, Quebec?).[4] In December she was presumed foundered with the loss of all twenty crew.[5] |
| Peacedale | Flag unknown | The schooner was lost at Ocean Grove, New Jersey.[6] |
| Proven | Flag unknown | The ship was lost in the Arctic Sea. Her crew were rescued.[7] |
| Rainier | United States
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The barque was lost in the Arctic Sea.[8] |
| Rose of Sharon | United Kingdom
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The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean after 17 August. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Quebec, Canada to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[9] |
References
edit- ^ Martin, George W., ed., Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society 1905–1906, Volume 9, Topeka, Kansas: State Printing Office, 1906, p. 297.
- ^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (A)
- ^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (G)
- ^ "The Greenock Barque Labrador". Greenock Telegraph. No. 7489. 24 December 1885. p. 2. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
- ^ "The barque Labrador...". The Cornishman. No. 387. 17 December 1885. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "njscuba.net "Lavallette Wreck"". Archived from the original on 2020-02-23. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
- ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 31524. London. 13 August 1885. col D, p. 7.
- ^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (R)
- ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 31664. London. 23 January 1886. col F, p. 11.