The list of shipwrecks in June 1889 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during June 1889.
| June 1889 | ||||||
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| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
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| 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
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| References | ||||||
1 June
edit| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kangaroo | The steamship was lost off, or in, the Brisbane River. Scrapped in situ.[1] | |
| Ohio | The whaler was wrecked on the Alaskan coast.[2] |
5 June
edit| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Charlotte | The steamship with the steamship Manauense (Flag unknown) in the River Mersey and was beached at New Brighton, Cheshire. Charlotte was on a voyage from Garston, Lancashire to Dublin.[3] |
6 June
edit| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Queen of Nations | The barque was abandoned off the mouth of the Kowie River. Her crew were rescued by the Kowie Lifeboat. Queen of Nations was on a voyage from Colombo, Ceylon to New York, United States. She was towed in to East London, Eastern Cape by the steamship Clan Alpine ( | |
| Zacharie | The brig collided with a steamship and sank off the Cape Finisterre, Spain. Two of her crew were reported missing. Survivors were rescued by the steamship Virginia ( |
7 June
edit| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hero | The schooner foundered off Hartland Point, Devon. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Penrhyn, Cornwall to Runcorn, Cheshire.[5] |
8 June
edit9 June
edit| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Queen of Nations | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at East London, Cape Colony.[4] |
11 June
edit| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Harold, and Toward |
The steam collier Harold collided with the steamship Toward and sank in the English Channel 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) west of the Royal Sovereign Lightship ( |
13 June
edit| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alsace-Lorraine | The tug was run into by Austin Friars ( | |
| David | The schooner collided with the steamship Trave ( | |
| Grimsel | The steamship ran aground on the Holm Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated with the assistance of tugs and resumed her voyage.[9] | |
| Lenore | The schooner ran aground off Greenock, Renfrewshire. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug.[9] | |
| O 25 | The fishing smack collided with the barque Marie ( |
14 June
edit15 June
edit| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ananda | The steamship was severely damaged by fire at South Shields, County Durham.[10] | |
| Monroe | The steamship ran aground in the River Ouse at Whitton, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Seville, Spain to Goole, Yorkshire.[10] |
18 June
edit| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Grampus | The steamship ran aground at Ardrossan, Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Ardrossan.[11] | |
| Rajore | The full-rigged ship ran aground in the River Tay. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Dundee, Forfarshire. She was refloated and towed in to Dundee.[11] | |
| St. Mark | The steamship ran aground on a reef off Cape Finisterre, Spain and foundered. Her 23 crew were rescued by Spanish fishing boats. She was on a voyage from Sardinia, Italy to Antwerp, Belgium.[12] | |
| Wild Rose | The brig was wrecked at Bragança, Brazil. Her crew were rescued.[11] |
20 June
edit| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mary Jane Gregory | The schooner collided with the steamship Persian Prince ( | |
| Palma | The ship caught fire at Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[13] |
22 June
edit24 June
edit| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cape Verde, and Iolanthe |
The ship Cape Verde collided with Iolanthe and sank in Hobson's Bay. Cape Verde' was on a voyage from London to Melbourne, Victoria.. Iolanthe was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Melbourne.[15][16] |
25 June
edit| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Jessie W. Knight | The schooner was sunk in a collision with the steamship Wm. R. McCabe ( |
28 June
edit| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Edward S. Webster | The schooner sank after striking a submerged rock at the entrance to Coal Harbor, District of Alaska (55°20′30″N 160°39′30″W / 55.34167°N 160.65833°W). Her twelve crew survived. She was later condemned, sold, and refloated.[18] |
29 June
edit| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Samuel and Emma | The fishing smack was run into and sunk by the steamship Mascotte (Flag unknown) 25 nautical miles (46 km) off the Leman and Ower Lightship ( |
30 June
edit| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Adria | The ship ran aground at "Snackmor". She was refloated with the assistance of a tug.[19] | |
| William Armstrong | The ferry sank in the St. Lawrence River between Morristown, New York and Brockville, Ontario, Canada. One passenger was killed.[17] |
Unknown date
edit| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Aeren, and Rinde |
The barque Aeren collided with the man-of-war Rinde at Cronstadt. Both vessels were severely damaged.[14] | |
| Amy Dora | Flag unknown | The steamship ran aground at Pensacola, Florida, United States. She was refloated on 11 June and resumed her voyage.[6] |
| Anna Christina | The ship was driven ashore at "Rosier", Quebec.[20] | |
| Antelope | The ketch was driven ashore at Blakeney, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Colchester, Essex.[3] | |
| Anton | The schooner struck a rock at Natal, Brazil and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Macau to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[10] | |
| Ascupart | Flag unknown | The steamship was driven ashore near Santa Fé.[9] |
| Bilbao | The steamship collided with Zadne (Flag unknown) and was beached at Tilbury, Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Goole, Yorkshire. She was refloated on 23 June and taken in to Tilbury.[16] | |
| Borghild | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked on Grindston Island, in the Magdalen Islands, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her crew were rescued.[16] |
| Brucklay Castle | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore on Sand Island, Alabama, United States.[11] |
| Cairuc | Flag unknown | The ship sank at "Cularasi", Ottoman Empire.[9] |
| Cashmere | The barque caught fire at Manila, Spanish East Indies.[16] | |
| Charles Morand | The steamship was driven ashore in the Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Manzanilla, Trinidad to New York. She was refloated and taken in to Long Key, Florida.[5] | |
| Charles Sheffield | Flag unknown | The steamship collided with the steamship North Star (flag unknown) and sank in Lake Superior. Her crew were rescued.[11] |
| Charles W. Oulton | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Mary's.[16] | |
| County of Carnarvon | The ship foundered at sea. She was on a voyage from Newcastle, New South Wales to Valparaíso, Chile.[21] | |
| Craigendoran | The steamship was driven ashore at Luleå, Sweden. She was later refloated.[16] | |
| Emile | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Magdalen Islands. Her crew were rescued.[14] | |
| Engineer | The steamship ran aground in the Thames Estuary. She was on a voyage from Gandia, Spain to London.[11] | |
| Helena | The steam launch foundered off Greencastle, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Carrickfergus to Belfast, County Antrim.[9] | |
| Hartland | The tug ran aground and was beached near Garth Ferry, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Fleetwood, Lancashire.[10] | |
| Hereward | The ship was wrecked at "Mante Hedmoso", near Bahia Blanca, Argentina. Her crew were rescued.[3] | |
| John Pitcairn | The brig was driven ashore in the River Thames at Northfleet, Kent.[13] | |
| Katy | The steamship was driven ashore on Heiligholmen, Sweden. She was later refloated and taken in to Oskarshamn, Sweden.[13] | |
| Laurenze | The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Vardø.[6] | |
| Michigan | The steamship ran aground at Point Anconi, Nova Scotia She was on a voyage from Montreal, Quebec, Canada to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[5] | |
| Morven | The steamship ran aground on the Westra Finngrundet, in the Gulf of Bothnia. She was later refloated with the assistance of a steamship and taken in to Stockholm, Sweden in a leaky condition.[20] | |
| Navarra | Flag unknown | The steamship ran aground at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Liverpool. She was refloated and taken in to Birkenhead, Cheshire, United Kingdom in a leaky condition.[3] |
| Nigel | The steamship caught fire at Falmouth, Cornwall. The fire was extinguished.[5] | |
| Pomona | The steamship was wrecked at Baracoa, Cuba. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Jamaica.[10] | |
| Salisbury | The steamship ran aground in the River Severn downstream of Sharpness, Gloucestershire. She was later refloated and taken in to Sharpness.[14] | |
| Solferino | The steamship was driven shore at Santa Marinella. She was later refloated.[10] | |
| Staffa | The barque caught fire at sea and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued.[9] | |
| Vindomora | The steamship ran aground at Stubben, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Copenhagen, Denmark.[14] | |
| Westernland | The steamship ran aground in the Scheldt at Lillo, Antwerp, Belgium. She was on a voyage from New York to Antwerp. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and completed her voyage.[19] | |
| Winifred | The ship ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk.[22] | |
| Ystava | The barque was run into by the steamship Adelaide Lavarello ( | |
| 295 | The lighter sank at Constanţa.[10] | |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The steamship was lost off Lockeport, Nova Scotia.[6] |
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- ^ a b "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 32618. London. 6 June 1889. col F, p. 11.
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