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List of shipwrecks in 1886

The list of shipwrecks in 1886 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1886.

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February

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March

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April

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May

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June

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July

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August

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September

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October

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November

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December

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Ship State Description
Axel   Sweden The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean, according to a message in a bottle that washed up at Cádiz, Spain in December.[1]
Boyne   United Kingdom The sailing ship was wrecked without loss of life on False Point, India. She was on a voyage from Suva, Fiji, to Calcutta, India.
Catherine   United Kingdom The whaler, a brig, was wrecked at "Cumberland Gulf", Greenland. Her 24 crew survived.[2][3]
Eagle Flag unknown The yacht was driven ashore and wrecked at Kingsville, Ontario, Canada during the last week of March or on 1 April.[4]
Ferntower   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Saigon River with the loss of fifty lives.[5]
René   France The ship was wrecked at Overton Cliffs, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. There were five survivors.[6]
Seth Stockbridge   United States The fishing schooner was lost off Greenland early in the Summer with all fourteen hands.[7]
Thornton   Canada The sealing schooner was battered to pieces at Unalaska on Unalaska Island in the Fox Islands in the eastern Aleutian Islands, Department of Alaska sometime during or after 1886.[8]
Tsengora   Canada The full-rigged ship was lost at Spring Lake, New Jersey, United States.[9]
W. C. Warner Flag unknown The brig was lost at Mantoloking, New Jersey, United States.[9]
Western Shore   United States The sloop was lost in Bristol Bay in the Department of Alaska.[10]

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  1. ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 31951. London. 24 December 1886. col D, p. 5.
  2. ^ T. D. Rennie (9 November 1886). "An Appeal". The Times. No. 31912. London. col A, p. 7.
  3. ^ "The Crew of the Whaler Catherin". The Times. No. 31917. London. 15 November 1886. col F, p. 6.
  4. ^ MacLeod, Jennifer; Hamilton, David, eds. (Winter 1999). "Marine News of 1886-1887" (PDF). Echo Soundings. II (4). Amherstberg, Ontario: Marsh Collection Society. ISSN 1480-6444. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  5. ^ "In the Saigon river ...". The Cornishman. No. 433. 28 October 1886. p. 7.
  6. ^ "The French government ...". The Cornishman. No. 428. 23 September 1886. p. 4.
  7. ^ "The Seth Stockbridge". Out of Gloucester. R Sheedy. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  8. ^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (T)
  9. ^ a b "njscuba.net "Lavallette Wreck"". Archived from the original on 2020-02-23. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
  10. ^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (W)
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