# List of shipwrecks in March 1889

The list of shipwrecks in March 1889 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during March 1889.

## 1 March

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| John Coggin | United Kingdom | The brig foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the tug Teazer ( United Kingdom). |
| Nelly | United Kingdom | The ship was lost at "La Riale". Her crew were rescued. |
| No. 102 | French Navy | The 35-metre (115 ft)-type torpedo boat suddenly capsized and foundered during manoeuvres off Toulon, Var. Six of her crew were killed. |

## 2 March

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Otter | United States | The schooner departed from San Francisco, California, bound for the Shumagin Islands in the eastern Aleutian Islands, District of Alaska and was never seen or heard from again. Her entire crew of 23 men were lost. |

## 3 March

List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| James A. Hamilton | United States | The whaling schooner departed from San Francisco, California bound for Unalaska, District of Alaska and was never seen or heard from again. Lost with all 21 people on board. |
| Jane Owen | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and sank at New Grimsby, Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Aberdovey, Merionethshire to Plymouth, Devon. |

## 4 March

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sumatra | United Kingdom | The steamship caught fire and sank in the Mediterranean Sea with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by the steamship Glenearn ( United Kingdom). Sumatra was on a voyage from Batoum, Russia to Hong Kong. |

## 5 March

List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Chase | United Kingdom | The schooner struck the South Rock. She was on a voyage from Rochester, Kent to Ardrossan, Ayrshire. She completed her voyage in a leaky condition. |
| Isaac A. Chapman | United States | The schooner went ashore on Plum Island, Newburyport, Massachusetts. Though severely damaged, she was refloated, repaired and returned to service. |

## 6 March

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Belladonna | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Zakynthos, Greece for Falmouth, Cornwall. No further trace, reported overdue. |
| Sappho | United Kingdom | The barque struck a sunken rock and was abandoned by her crew with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Barbados. |
| HMS Sultan | Royal Navy | The ironclad struck an uncharted rock between Gozo and Malta. She consequently sank on 14 March. She was refloated in August and taken in to Malta for temporary repairs. Subsequently repaired and modernised at Portsmouth, Hampshire between 1892 and 1896. |
| Thames | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship Dresden ( Germany) in the River Ouse and was beached. Thames was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to London. |

## 7 March

List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Duke of Buccleugh, and Vandalia | United Kingdom Canada | The steamship Duke of Buccleugh collided with the full-rigged ship Vandalia and sank in the English Channel 12 to 15 nautical miles (22 to 28 km) south of the Owers Lightship ( Trinity House) with the loss of all 48 people on board and a sailor on board Vandalia. Duke of Buccleugh was en route from Antwerp, Belgium to Calcutta, India. Vandalia was abandoned by her surviving crew, who reached land in the boats. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to London. Taken in tow by two tugs, she subsequently came ashore at Brighton, Sussex. She was refloated in mid-April with the intention of taking her in to Southampton, Hampshire. |
| Premier | United Kingdom | The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean during a hurricane with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Rosario, Argentina to Barbados. |

## 8 March

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dora Ewing | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore in the River Tay downstream of Tayport, Fife. She was on a voyage from Tayport to Seaham, County Durham. She was refloated on 10 March and resumed her voyage. |
| Vega | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked near Langton Matravers, Dorset. All 29 people on board were rescued. |

## 9 March

List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Beagle | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Enersholmen, Norway. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Brevig, Norway. |
| Spindrift, Violet, and Wave | United Kingdom | The tug Spindrift was towing the sloops Violet and Wave from Boston, Lincolnshire to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire when all three vessels foundered in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. The crews were rescued by the smack Research and the steamship Rocklands (both United Kingdom). |

## 11 March

List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Plover | United Kingdom | The barque collided with the steamship Benefactor ( United Kingdom) and sank in the English Channel 12 nautical miles (22 km) west of Dungeness, Kent with the loss of a crew member. Plover was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Palma de Mallorca, Mallorca, Spain. |

## 12 March

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lucknow | United Kingdom | The ship was sighted in the Pacific Ocean whilst on a voyage from Newcastle, New South Wales to San Francisco, California. No further trace, reported missing. |

## 13 March

List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Kangaroo | United States | The steamship sank while laying at Spottsville, Kentucky. Her captain/owner and his nephew were killed. |

## 14 March

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Agnes Barton | United States | The bark was leaking badly and was being driven ashore in a gale when deliberately beached south of Cape Henry in an attempt to save lives. She later capsized. Her Captain and 5 crewmen died, 4 rescued. |

## 15 March

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Pettengill | United States | The barque was wrecked in Chesapeake Bay with the loss of all fourteen crew. |

## 16 March

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ada Owen | Flag unknown | 1889 Apia cyclone: The ship was driven ashore at "Muara". Her crew survived. |
| SMS Adler | Imperial German Navy | SMS Adler 1889 Apia cyclone: The gunboat was wrecked in the harbor at Apia, Samoa, with the loss of twenty lives. |
| Agur | Denmark | 1889 Apia Cyclone: The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Apia. |
| SMS Eber | Imperial German Navy | Wrecked ships in Apia Harbor, Upolu, Samoa soon after the storm. The view looks northwestward, with the shattered bow of the German gunboat Eber on the beach in the foreground. The stern of USS Trenton is at right, with the sunken USS Vandalia alongside. The German gunboat Adler is on her side in the center distance. USS Trenton's starboard quarter gallery has been largely ripped away. 1889 Apia cyclone: The gunboat was forced against the harbor reef at Apia by large waves and sank quickly with the loss of 73 lives. |
| USS Nipsic | United States Navy | The wreck of USS Nipsic is at left; the wreck of USS Trenton is at center, with the wreck of USS Vandalia alongside in the center. 1889 Apia cyclone: The gunboat was driven ashore in the harbor at Apia with severe damage and the loss of eight lives. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service. |
| Peter Goddefroy | Flag unknown | 1889 Apia Cyclone: The barque was driven ashore at Apia. |
| Red Cross | United States | 1889 Apia Cyclone: The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Raratonga, Cook Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle, New South Wales to San Francisco, California. |
| Suakin | United Kingdom | 1889 Apia Cyclone: The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Aitutaki, Cook Islands with the loss of all hands, She was on a voyage from Newcastle, New South Wales to San Francisco. |
| USS Trenton | United States Navy | The wreck of USS Trenton is at left, with the wreck of USS Vandalia alongside. The wreck of SMS Olga at right. 1889 Apia cyclone: The steamship was wrecked in the harbor at Apia with the loss of one life. |
| USS Vandalia | United States Navy | The wreck of USS Vandalia, seen from the wreck of USS Trenton. 1889 Apia cyclone: The sloop-of-war was wrecked in the harbor at Apia with the loss of 43 lives. |
| Seven unnamed vessels | Kingdom of Samoa | 1889 Apia Cyclone: The coasters were driven ashore at Apia with the loss of four lives. |

## 17 March

List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Croma | United Kingdom | The steamship caught fire at Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 19 March

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Kate & Anna | United States | The steam sealing schooner was blown ashore and wrecked on the southwestern shore of Morzovia Bay, later called Morzovhoi Bay (55°N 163°W﻿ / ﻿55°N 163°W﻿ / 55; -163﻿ (Morzovhoi Bay)), on the Alaska Peninsula on the coast of the District of Alaska after her anchor line parted in a gale. Her six crew survived. |

## 20 March

List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Isabella Diston | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Cork for Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. No further trace, reported overdue. |

## 21 March

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Helena | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on Jacob's Rocks, near Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her eight crew survived. |
| Lena | United Kingdom | The schooner was run into by the steamship Tanfield ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Greenwich, London. |

## 23 March

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hawkhurst | United Kingdom | The steamship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from London to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She arrived at Rio de Janeiro on 4 April still burning. |
| John Wells | United Kingdom | The steamship was damaged by fire at Goole, Yorkshire. |
| 375 | Russia | The lighter sank at Cronstadt. |

## 25 March

List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Danish Prince | United Kingdom | The steam fishing boat departed from the River Tyne for the North Sea. She subsequently foundered with the loss of all eight crew, possibly in a storm the next day. |
| Shiloh | United States | The fishing schooner was sunk in a collision with the schooner N. B. Stetson ( United States). All fourteen crew were killed. |

## 26 March

List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bona Fides | Norway | The barque was wrecked on a reef on the coast of New Guinea. All fifteen people on board reached Murray Island, Queensland. She was on a voyage from Newcastle, New South Wales to Tjilatjap, Netherlands East Indies. |
| Brandon | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore on Hog Island. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Limerick. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage. |
| Chancellor | United Kingdom | The steam fishing boat was driven ashore at Seahouses, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. |
| Dabulamanza | Flag unknown | The steamship caught fire at Port Natal, Natal Colony. |
| Mindanao, and Visayas | Spanish East Indies | The steamships collided at Manila. Mindanao sank with the loss of 30 lives. Visayas was severely damaged. |

## 27 March

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Norway | Flag unknown | The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by Winnipeg (Flag unknown). |
| Orion | United Kingdom | The barge ran aground on the Wallet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Harwich to Colchester. She was refloated with the assistance of two smack and assisted in to Brightlingsea, Essex. |
| Szapary | Austria-Hungary | The ship ran aground in the River Tees at Portrack, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. She was refloated. |

## 28 March

List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ruth Darling | United States | The schooner was run into and sunk by the steamship Wyanoke ( United States) in dense fog between Absecon, New Jersey and Cape May. Her captain and a crewman were killed. |

## 29 March

List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Comtesse de Flandre | Belgium | The paddle steamer was run into by the paddle steamer Princesse Henriette ( Belgium). Comtesse de Flandre was on a voyage from Ostend, West Flanders to Dover, Kent, United Kingdom. She was cut in two with the loss of fifteen lives. The bow section sank. The stern section capsized. It was towed by Princesse Henriette in to Ostend, where it sank. |
| Merry Lass | United Kingdom | The Brixham trawler was wrecked near Dartmouth, Devon |

## 30 March

List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Stella | United Kingdom | The steamship ran onto Les Casquets, off Alderney, Channel Islands and sank with the loss of more than 80 lives. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to Guernsey and Jersey, Channel Islands. |

## 31 March

List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Gettysberg | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on the Morant Cays with the loss of seven of her sixteen crew. She was on a voyage from Montevideo, Uruguay to Pensacola, Florida, United States. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in March 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Achsah | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore on Cuttyhunk Island, Massachusetts, United States. |
| Amana | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Artisan | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground. She was on a voyage from Saigon, French Indo-China to Iloilo, Spanish East Indies. She was refloated and put in to Manila, Spanish East Indies in a leaky condition. |
| Axelhuus | Denmark | The steamship was driven ashore in Seierø Bay. She was refloated with the assistance of a steamship and taken in to Kalundborg. |
| Bengollyun | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Garston, Lancashire for Pisagua, Chile. No further trace, reported overdue. A boat with the ships name was washed ashore at Cemlyn Bay and another at Porthwen Bay. |
| Cathay | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground off Penarth Head, Glamorgan. |
| Champion | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked at Pohnpei, Caroline Islands in a cyclone. Her crew were rescued by the barque Morning Star ( United Kingdom). |
| City of Lincoln | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Dry Tortugas. She was on a voyage from Bremerhaven, Germany to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Coanza | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Elbe at Schulau, Germany. |
| Coningsby | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Small Bitter Lake |
| Crested Wave | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Cabaret, Haiti. Her crew were rescued. |
| Deveron | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Sonderosse, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from St. Davids, Pembrokeshire to Danzig, Germany. |
| Drie Gezusters | Netherlands | The schooner was driven ashore on Vlieland, Friesland. |
| Drie Gezuysters | Netherlands | The schooner sprang a severe leak and was beached at Egersund, Norway. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Arendal, Norway. |
| Ebenezer | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Sunk Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated with the assistance of two smack and assisted in to Harwich in a leaky condition. |
| Gavenwood | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned off Mazagan, Morocco and subsequently came ashore. She was refloated on 24 March. |
| Goatfell | United Kingdom | The ship capsized at Leith, Lothian. She was later righted. |
| Gryfe | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship ran aground at Banyuwangi, Netherlands East Indies. She was on a voyage from Pasaruang, Netherlands East Indies to Greenock, Renfrewshire. She was refloated with assistance. |
| Haavaad | Norway | The barque was wrecked in the Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana, United States. Her crew were rescued. |
| Herbert | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from London to Fishguard. She was refloated and found to be severely leaky. |
| Highlands | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Constanţa, Romania to Gibraltar. She was refloated on 3 March and resumed her voyage. |
| Ida | Germany | The steamship ran aground at Saltholmen, Denmark. |
| Inchlonga | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal. She was refloated on 11 March. |
| Janbaas | Germany | The barque was wrecked on the coast of New Guinea. |
| Klyde | Flag unknown | The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal. She was later refloated and towed in to Suez, Egypt. |
| Mabel | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked with the loss of four of her five crew. She was on a voyage from Port Madoc, Caernarfonshire to Morocco. |
| Marianne | Germany | The barque was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium to Copenhagen, Denmark. |
| Marryat | Argentina | The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bahia Blanca to New York, United States. |
| Medelped | Sweden | The barque was driven ashore at "Vuelta Antonio". She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Campana, Argentina. |
| Meta | Norway | The barque ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall Sweden to Appledore, Devon, United Kingdom. She was refloated and towed in the Harwich in a waterlogged condition by the tugs Harwich and Robert Owen (both United Kingdom). |
| Monte Rosa | Germany | The ship ran aground in the Suez Canal. She was refloated and towed in to Suez for repairs. |
| P. F. | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore at Rawcliffe, near Staithes, Yorkshire. She floated off and sank. Her crew were rescued. |
| Presto | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship Anna Woermann ( Germany) at Hamburg, Germany and was beached. Presto was on a voyage from Hamburg to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. |
| Ross | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Huelva, Spain. |
| Salus | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore with the loss of all hands. The wreck was refloated and towed in to Hamburgsund, Norway. |
| Stadsman | Sweden | The schooner was driven ashore on Skagen. She was on a voyage from Ghent to Falkenberg. |
| Standard | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Inverallochy, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Cromarty. |
| St. Cloud | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire and was abandoned at sea. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. A derelict vessel, thought to be St. Cloud, washed up in a capsized condition at Maceió, Brazil on 18 March. |
| Temple Bar | United States | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Coruripe, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Pensacola, Florida. |
| Thropton | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Bec d'Ambès. |
| Transit | United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Singapore, Straits Settlements to Hong Kong. |
| Transition | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at "Kais", Persia. |
| Triente | United Kingdom | The ship collided with the steamship Guyers ( France) and sank at Ouistreham, Calvados. |
| Varuna | Norway | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. |
| Vega | Germany | The steamship was driven ashore on Sprogø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Memel to an English port. She was refloated with the assistance of a steamship and resumed her voyage. |
| Volante de Dieu | Italy | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at "Cape Leucata" with the loss of all hands. |
| Westbury | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Blackhouse. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Newry, County Antrim. She was refloated and resumed her voyage in a leaky condition. |
| William B. Wood | United States | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Chincoteague, Virginia. |
| Zarate | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore on the Isla de Lobos, Uruguay. She was refloated and taken in to Montevideo, Uruguay. |
| Unnamed | Austria-Hungary | The ship was destroyed by fire at Port-de-Bouc, Bouches-du-Rhône, France with some loss of life. |
| Unnamed | Mexico | The steamship sank in Lake Chapala with the loss of at least twenty lives. |
| No. 110 | French Navy | The torpedo boat foundered off Pointe de Barfleur during a storm, with loss of fourteen crew. |