# List of shipwrecks in January 1885

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

## 2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1885 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Arrival | United States | The schooner was run down and sunk off "Salvages". Her crew made it to shore in her dories. She was on a voyage from Grand Manan, New Brunswick, Canada to Gloucester, Massachusetts. |
| Louisa Price | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was wrecked at Barranquilla, United States of Colombia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barranquilla to Boston, Massachusetts, United States. |

## 3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1885 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mary Celeste | United States | The brigantine was deliberately wrecked on the Rochelois Bank, off Gonâve Island, Haiti. |

## 4 January

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1885 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Delphus | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire to Sunderland. She was refloated and beached, but capsized. |
| Jane Pardew | United Kingdom | The barque struck a rock 14 nautical miles (26 km) south of Cape Spartel, Morocco and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by the barque Catterina B. ( Austria-Hungary). |

## 5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1885 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | A ship was driven ashore at Llangwyfan, Anglesey. |
| Unnamed | Flag Unknown | A steamship ran aground at "False Rasgharet", in the Red Sea. |

## 6 January

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1885 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| David G. Worth | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Wilmington, North Carolina, United States, for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, reported overdue. |

## 7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1885 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Countess | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground near Montrose, Forfarshire. |

## 8 January

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1885 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| John | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Cranstall, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Peel, Isle of Man. |
| Musgrave | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked near Negombo, Ceylon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Brisbane, Queensland. |
| René | France | The barque struck the Helwick Bank, in the Bristol Channel and subsequently drove ashore at Overton, Glamorgan, United Kingdom with the loss of four of her nine crew. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Arcachon, Gironde. |
| Rover of the Seas | United Kingdom | The ship was damaged by fire at Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. |
| Vale of Calder | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Limerick. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Limerick. |
| Wigtownshire | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked in Struys Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London. |

## 9 January

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1885 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alleghany | United Kingdom | The steamship departed from Cardiff, Glamorgan for Point de Galle, Ceylon. Presumed subsequently foundered with the loss of all hands; two lifebuoys washed up at the Mumbles, Glamorgan in February. |

## 10 January

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1885 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with the steamship Grantham ( United Kingdom) and sank in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent. Her crew were rescued by Grantham, which lost her mate clearing the wreck of Margaret from the steamship's bow. |

## 11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1885 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alice | United Kingdom | The brigantine was wrecked "at the entrance of Soca" with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Bayonne, Loire-Inférieure. |
| Matador | United Kingdom | The steamship foundered 50 nautical miles (93 km) south south west of The Lizard, Cornwall with the loss of thirteen of her fifteen crew. Survivors were rescued by the schooner Elfrida ( United Kingdom). Matador was on a voyage from Santander, Spain to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |
| Triumph | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Lamaron Rock and was damaged. She was beached at Dartmouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to London. |

## 12 January

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1885 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Canoese | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on the Kentish Knock. |
| Carmarthenshire | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued by a Belgian fishing smack. She was on a voyage from Bangkok, Siam to Bremen, Germany. |
| San Giuseppe | Italy | The schooner was wrecked at Livorno with some loss of life. |

## 14 January

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1885 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Chamois | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground off Livorno, Italy. |
| Eleanor | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship Stanley at Holyhead, Anglesey. Eleanor was nearly cut in two and drifted ashore. There were no deaths. |
| Guyenne | France | The steamship ran aground on the Kimmeridge Ledge, in the English Channel off the coast of Dorset. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Dunkerque, Nord. She was refloated and assisted in to Weymouth, Dorset by tugs. |
| Harbinger | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Charleston, South Carolina, United States. She was on a voyage from Charleston to Grimsby, Lincolnshire. She was refloated and found to be severely leaky. |
| Margaret Jane | United Kingdom | The schooner struck the Runnel Stone and sank. Her crew took to the boats; they were rescued by the ketch Bonito ( Jersey). Margaret Jane was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Runcorn, Cheshire. |
| Simla | United Kingdom | The ship sank at the Nore. She was being towed from Gravesend, Kent to Liverpool, Lancashire by the tug Gamecock ( United Kingdom). |
| Slaney | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Wexford. All on board were rescued by the Wexford Lifeboat Civil Service ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution) and the tug Ruby ( United Kingdom). Slaney was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Wexford. |

## 15 January

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1885 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Acuba | United Kingdom | The steamship put in to Dover, Kent on fire. She was on a voyage from Galveston, Texas, United States to Bremen, Germany. The fire was extinguished on 20 January. |
| Admiral Moorsom | United Kingdom | The passenger paddle steamer collided with Santa Clara ( United States) and sank in the Irish Sea off Arklow, County Wicklow with the loss of five of the 35 people on board. Survivors were rescued by Santa Clara and the steamship Falcon ( United Kingdom). Admiral Moorsom was on a voyage from Dublin to Holyhead, Anglesey. |
| Darien | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Riposto, Italy and broke in two. |
| Mary Seymour | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground in the Thames Estuary off Shoeburyness, Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Charleston, South Carolina, United States. She was refloated and towed in to Gravesend, Kent. |
| Rose English | United Kingdom | The steamship struck the pier and sank at Amble, Northumberland. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Amble. |
| Trafik | Sweden | The steamship caught fire whilst on a voyage from Dantsic, Germany to Palmas. |

## 16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1885 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cordella | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore and became a total wreck in St Bride's Bay. Her crew were rescued. |
| Olivia | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven on to rocks and became a total wreck at Sunderland, County Durham. |
| Tevere | Italy | The steamship was wrecked at Porto Lungone. She was on a voyage from Genoa to Rome. |

## 17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1885 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lady Ann Duff | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sunderland, County Durham with the loss of two of her crew. |
| Northern Chief | United Kingdom | The ship departed from New York, United States for Antwerp, Belgium. No further trace, reported missing. |
| Windermere | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at New Romney, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Rangoon, Burma. She was refloated with assistance on 27 January and put back to London. |

## 18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1885 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bedfordshire | Sweden | The schooner was driven ashore at Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Gothenburg. She subsequently became a wreck. |
| Carl W. Baxter | United States | The schooner was dismasted in a strong gale between Brown's Bank and the Georges Bank. One crewman was drowned. The surviving crewmen were taken off by a steamship on 20 or 21 January. |
| Dewa Gungadhur | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Shoalwater Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Portland, Oregon, United States. |
| Rosslyn | United Kingdom | The steamship struck a sunken wreck and was wrecked at "Taka", French Indo-China. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Saigon, French Indo-China. |

## 19 January

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1885 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cowden Law | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire in the Pacific Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Leopold Marie ( France). Cowden Law was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to San Francisco, California, United States. |

## 20 January

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1885 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Coila | United Kingdom | The brigantine foundered in the English Channel 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Portland, Dorset. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Chilton ( United Kingdom). Coila was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Runcorn, Cheshire. |
| Fernwood | United Kingdom | The steamship departed from New York, United States for Avonmouth, Somerset. No further trace, reported missing. |
| Harvest Maid | United Kingdom | The schooner ran into Concord ( United Kingdom) 20 nautical miles (37 km) south east by south of St Anthony's Lighthouse, Cornwall and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Concord. Harvest Maid was on a voyage from Bremen, Germany to Cardiff, Glamorgan. |
| Preston | United Kingdom | The steamship departed from New York for Avonmouth. No further trace, reported missing. |
| Standard | United Kingdom | The steamship departed from Boston, Massachusetts, United States for West Hartlepool, County Durham. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

## 21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1885 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hilda | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Larache, Morocco. |
| Hoselaw | United Kingdom | The steamship struck a sunken wreck and foundered off Ouessant, Finistère, France. Her crew survived. |
| Lerrin | United Kingdom | The schooner capsized and went ashore at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan, becoming a wreck. |

## 22 January

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1885 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Acuba | United Kingdom | The steamship caught fire at Dover, Kent. |
| Breadalbane | United Kingdom | The schooner was stranded at Cairnbulg, Aberdeenshire. Her crew stayed on board and she was refloated the same day. |
| Comtesse Duchatel | France | The ship was driven ashore near Ramsey, Isle of Man. |
| John Barrow | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at "86" (East Hoyle Bank) in the River Mersey approaches, without signalling distress. |

## 23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1885 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| County of Cardigan | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bombay, India. She was refloated on 28 January and taken in to Penarth, Glamorgan. |

## 24 January

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1885 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Clandon | United Kingdom | The steamship departed from New York, United States for Leith, Lothian. No further trace, reported missing. |
| Mary Anning | United Kingdom | The steamship was run into by the steamship Argus ( United Kingdom) and sank off Greenock, Renfrewshire. Her crew were rescued. Mary Anning was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Odessa, Russian Empire. |
| Marys | United Kingdom | The fishing boat was swamped in the North Sea about three miles (4.8 km) off Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire. Four of her six crew were drowned. |
| St. John | United States | The steamship was destroyed by fire at New York. |
| Unanima | United Kingdom | The ship collided with the steamship Oranmore ( United Kingdom) at Liverpool, Lancashire and was severely damaged. Unanima was on a voyage from New York to Liverpool. |

## 25 January

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1885 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alfred | Norway | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of eight of her twelve crew. Survivors were rescued by Lillian M. Vigus ( United States). Alfred was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |
| Ashfield | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Kentish Knock. She was on a voyage from Aarhus, Denmark to the River Tyne. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Harwich ( United Kingdom), smacks and a lifeboat. |
| Elise | Belgium | The steamship ran aground at Killard Point, Ballyhornan, County Down, United Kingdom and was wrecked. |
| Sappemeer | Flag unknown | The schooner was wrecked off the Backpools,3 nautical miles (5.6 km) west of Macduff, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Lossiemouth, Moray. |
| Standard | United Kingdom | The steamship was sighted whilst on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to London. No further trace, reported missing. |

## 26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1885 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Carbonic | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) north of Ballygalley, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Glenarm, County Antrim. |
| Imperial Prince | United Kingdom | The paddle tug was run into by the steamship Zingara ( United Kingdom) and severely damaged in the River Tyne. |
| Noviafjeld | Norway | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Craster, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was later refloated and towed in to Amble, Northumberland in a waterlogged condition. |
| Orion | United Kingdom | The fishing smack was run down and sunk in the Swin, Thames Estuary, by the steamship James Southern ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued by the steamer and brought ashore by the smack Vestal ( United Kingdom) the following day. |

## 27 January

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1885 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Chepica | United Kingdom | The barque grounded on a reef and was wrecked at the Nieuwe Diep, Holland, after her anchor cable parted. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Haiti to Hamburg, Germany. |
| Favourite | United Kingdom | The fishing smack collided with the steamship New Minster ( United Kingdom) and sank 1⁄2 nautical mile (930 m) off the Spurn Lightship ( Trinity House). |
| Northerner | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south west of Dodman Point, Cornwall. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Yarm, Yorkshire. |

## 28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1885 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Castor | Royal Navy | The training ship was run into at South Shields, County Durham by the steamship Mercator ( United Kingdom), which was trying to avoid a collision with the steamship Winthorpe ( United Kingdom). |
| Erin | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Wexford. She was on a voyage from Wexford to Dublin. |
| Giorgino | Italy | The barque was driven ashore at Newcastle, County Wicklow, United Kingdom. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. |
| Guerrero | Italy | The brigantine was driven ashore and severely damaged at Newcastle. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Cardiff. |
| Maggie | United Kingdom | The fishing smack collided with the schooner John Shelley ( United Kingdom) and sank off St. John's Point, County Antrim. Her crew were rescued by John Shelley. |

## 29 January

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1885 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Benwell Tower | United Kingdom | The steamship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean, disabled and sinking, after the loss of two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by the steamship Gladiolus ( United Kingdom). Benwell Tower was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Princess Marie | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Maughold Head, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued.. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Port William, Wigtownshire. |
| Rosebud | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore east of Gourock, Renfrewshire. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Storm King | United Kingdom | The tug was run into by the steamship Oregon ( United Kingdom) at New Brighton, Cheshire and was severely damaged. She was beached. |

## 30 January

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1885 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anne | United Kingdom | The smack ran aground on the Beulah Rock, in the Swillies. She was on a voyage from Menai Bridge, Anglesey to Caernarfon. |
| Edwin | United Kingdom | The Mersey Flat was run into by the steamship Anerley ( United Kingdom) and sank at Liverpool, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued. |
| Irwin | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven from her moorings at Bilbao, Spain. She collided with a French steamship, was driven ashore, and was severely damaged. She was refloated, temporary repairs were made, and she sailed to Newport, Monmouthshire. |
| Mary Helen | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Dundrum Bay. |

## 31 January

List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1885 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Wellington | Canada | On 29 January the barque drifted aground on mud 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) up the River Yealm, Devon, while under tow of the Government tug Scotia in a gale, having put back from a voyage from Le Havre, France to New York, United States after a disturbance from which the captain and two of the crew died. She was refloated and taken to Plymouth Sound but on 31 January she broke from her buoy in a gale and grounded under The Hoe. She was towed off by Scotia, and found to be leaking. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in January 1885 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aberdeen | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Barnegat, New Jersey. She was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama to Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Anto | Russia | The barque ran aground on the Couch Reef. She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida, United States to the River Tyne. She was refloated and taken in to Key West, Florida, in a severely leaky condition. |
| Birthday, and Hugh and Ann | United Kingdom | The ketch Birthday collided with the schooner Hugh and Ann off the Tongue Lightship ( Trinity House). Both vessels sank; two of the five crew of Hugh and Ann drowned. Survivors were rescued by the steamship Carron ( United Kingdom). Birthday was on a voyage from Penryn, Cornwall to Putney, Surrey. Hugh and Ann was on a voyage from Gravesend, Kent to Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire. |
| Bordein | Egypt | Siege of Khartoum: The ship was holed when she struck a rock in the River Nile and was abandoned. Men, guns and stores were all landed. |
| Canosa | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on the Kentish Knock, Thames Estuary, England. Her twelve crew were rescued by the smack Nelson ( United Kingdom). |
| Cavendish | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore 15 nautical miles (28 km) south of Chioggia, Italy between 15 and 19 January. |
| Cher | French Navy | The transport ship was wrecked off Noumea, New Caledonia before 28 January. |
| Dauntless | United Kingdom | The tug ran aground in the River Suir 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) downstream of Waterford. |
| Dordogne | France | The steamship was wrecked on the Creadonnière Rocks. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Bordeaux, Gironde. |
| Frans | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Hooghly River. She was later refloated and put back to Calcutta, India. |
| Fratelli Maggiolo | Italy | The ship was driven ashore on Trinidad. |
| Hainan | Norway | The barque abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea. She was discovered by the steamship SS Clan Alpine (1878) ( United Kingdom), which towed her in to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. |
| Innisfail | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore on the Canadian coast. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was refloated and put in to Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. |
| Kirtle | United Kingdom | The steamship arrived at Baltimore, Maryland, United States with bunker coal on fire. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Baltimore. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The fishing trawler was driven ashore between Skelmorlie and Largs, Ayrshire. |
| Medora | Italy | The barque ran aground off Goletta, Tunisia. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Tunis, Tunisia. |
| Midas | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground at Key West. She was on a voyage from Pensacola to Montevideo, Uruguay. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to Key West. |
| Nora | France | The steamship caught fire at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord to Havre de Grâce. |
| Omega | Germany | The schooner was destroyed by fire at sea. Her crew were rescued. |
| Orinoco | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Fort Carlisle, County Cork. All on board were rescued. Orinoco was on a voyage from Whitegate, County Cork to Newport, Monmouthshire. She subsequently became a wreck. |
| Ossian | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Vinolière. She was on a voyage from the Charente to Bristol, Gloucestershire. She was refloated and put in to Le Conquet, Finistère, France. |
| Pharos | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the As Sentiyab Reef, in the Red Sea. She was on a voyage from Port Said, Egypt to Kurrachee, India. She was later refloated and taken in to Perim, Aden Settlement. |
| R. L. Alston | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Killard Point, County Clare. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |
| Roney | Austria-Hungary | The brigantine was driven ashore in the Tuspan River. |
| Sandemanden | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore at Savannah, Georgia, United States. She was refloated and found to be leaky. |
| Solva | Sweden | The steamship was driven ashore at Torekov. |
| Tellhoweiya | Egypt | Siege of Khartoum: The steamship sank between two rocks in the River Nile downstream of Jebel Royan. Guns, baggage, crew and soldiers were put on a large unmasted nuggar. |
| William | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Rhyl, Denbrighshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Rhyl. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | A schooner was driven ashore at Point St. Quentin, Somme, France. |
| Unnamed | Russia | A steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sfântu Gheorge, Romania. She was on a voyage from Varna, Bulgaria to Odessa. |