List of shipwrecks in 1885

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The list of shipwrecks in 1885 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1885.

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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
Aggie  United States The steamboat sank in the Missouri River at Kansas City, Kansas.[1]
Alaska  United States The schooner was lost in the Bering Sea.[2]
Gale  United States The whaler, a barque, was lost in the Bering Sea at Saint Lawrence Island, Territory of Alaska.[3]
Labrador  United Kingdom 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 The barque was lost in the Arctic Sea.[8]
Rose of Sharon  United Kingdom 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

  1. ^ Martin, George W., ed., Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society 1905–1906, Volume 9, Topeka, Kansas: State Printing Office, 1906, p. 297.
  2. ^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (A)
  3. ^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (G)
  4. ^ "The Greenock Barque Labrador". Greenock Telegraph. No. 7489. 24 December 1885. p. 2. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  5. ^ "The barque Labrador...". The Cornishman. No. 387. 17 December 1885. p. 5 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "njscuba.net "Lavallette Wreck"". Archived from the original on 2020-02-23. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
  7. ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 31524. London. 13 August 1885. col D, p. 7.
  8. ^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (R)
  9. ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 31664. London. 23 January 1886. col F, p. 11.
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