# List of shipwrecks in March 1888

The list of shipwrecks in March 1888 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during March 1888.

## 1 March

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Keewadin | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Dalesford ( United Kingdom). Keewadin was on a voyage from Rosario, Argentina to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 3 March

List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Guildford | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal near El Kantara, Egypt. She was refloated on 5 March and resumed her voyage. |
| Isabella Stewart | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the River Thurso. She floated off and was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Thurso, Caithness to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |
| Pursuit | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Littlestone-on-Sea, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Whitehaven, Cumberland. |
| Pursuit | United Kingdom | The fishing boat ran aground and was wrecked at Dunbar, Lothian with the loss of two of her six crew. |
| Skjold | Norway | The brig sank in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the fishing smack Agnes and Louise ( United Kingdom). Skjold was on a voyage from Methil, Fife, United Kingdom to Christiania. |

## 5 March

List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Shamrock | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Craigmore Patch, off the coast of Stirlingshire. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France. |

## 6 March

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sarah | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to the Natal Colony. |

## 7 March

List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Agra | United Kingdom | The barge was run into by the steamship Onward at Tower Bridge, London and sank. |

## 8 March

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lanoma | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked near Fleet, Dorset with the loss of twelve of her eighteen crew. She was on a voyage from Tasmania to London. |
| Unnamed | Norway | The schooner was run into by the steam fishing smack Talifons ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea 120 nautical miles (220 km) off Spurn Head, Yorkshire, United Kingdom with the loss of two of her four crew. |

## 9 March

List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| City of Corinth | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was run into by Tasmania ( United Kingdom) and sank off Dungeness, Kent. Two of her 29 crew were rescued, the rest were reported missing, feared drowned. City of Corinth was on a voyage from Iquique, Chile to Hamburg, Germany. |
| Sirenia | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship ran aground in thick fog on the Atherstone Ledge, off the Isle of Wight, on a voyage from San Francisco, California, United States to Dunkerque, Nord, France with bagged wheat, and became a wreck. The Brighstone (Brixton) lifeboat Worcester Cadet ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution), in three trips, rescued all 32 people on board, though two, along with the lifeboat's two coxswains, died after it briefly capsized on the second trip. The coxswain of the Brooke lifeboat was also drowned attempting a rescue. Some cargo was subsequently salvaged, and the wreck was sold "as lies" by auction in July 1888. |

## 10 March

List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Brussels | Flag unknown | The ship was damaged by fire at San Francisco, California, United States. |
| Lady Dufferin | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Polpeor, Cornwall. Her seventeen crew were rescued by the Lizard Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Montevideo, Uruguay. |
| Phil Sheridan | United States | The schooner was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Peconic ( United Kingdom). |

## 11 March

List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amalia | Norway | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Chanonry Point, Ross-shire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Bo'ness, Lothian, United Kingdom to Christiania. |
| Bernardo | Italy | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on Annet, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom with the loss of all but her captain. She was on a voyage from Alicante, Spain to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. |
| Briminga | United Kingdom | Great Blizzard of 1888: The barque sank near Delaware Bay with the loss of all fourteen people on board. |
| Burns and Bessie | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at the Point of Ayre, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued. |
| Ellen May | United Kingdom | A fish box full of fresh fish, with the mark DH 178, belonging to the Brixham, Devon fishing vessel was found and taken to St Ives, Cornwall. It is thought the vessel foundered during a storm. |
| Expert or Ellen May | United Kingdom | The Brixham cutter was engulfed by a large wave under Gurnard's Head, Cornwall and along with the crew of four not seen again. |
| Harvester | United Kingdom | Great Blizzard of 1888: The barque was driven ashore at Norfolk, Virginia, United States. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Baltimore, Maryland, United States. |
| Mary Sinclair | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Rothesay, Isle of Bute. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ardrishaig, Argyllshire to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |
| Pamet | United States | The schooner sank at Salem, Massachusetts. |
| Perseverance | United Kingdom | The Mersey Flat sprang a leak and foundered. Her crew were rescued by Tolfaen ( United Kingdom). Perseverance was on a voyage from Penmaen, Caernarfonshire to Widnes, Cheshire. |
| Persian | United Kingdom | The ship was driven onto the Velt Bank, off Falmouth, Cornwall. |
| Vivid | United Kingdom | The ketch was driven ashore at Scarborough, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by the Scarborough Lifeboat. Vivid was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Woodbridge, Suffolk. |
| William Phillips | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Santos for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Cape Town, Cape Colony. No further trace, reported missing. |
| 60 unnamed vessels | Flags unknown | Great Blizzard of 1888: Many tugs and other vessels were wrecked on the Delaware Breakwater with the loss of 20 to 25 lives. |
| 200 unnamed vessels | Flags unknown | Great Blizzard of 1888: The ships, including 14 oyster schooners were driven ashore and wrecked in Chesapeake Bay with the loss of at least 40 lives. |
| 28 unnamed vessels | Flags unknown | Great Blizzard of 1888: The ships were wrecked in Delaware Bay with the loss of 22 lives. |
| Five unnamed vessels | Flags unknown | Great Blizzard of 1888: The ships were wrecked at Norfolk, Virginia, Their crews survived. |
| Unnamed | United States | Great Blizzard of 1888: The ship was discovered off Crisfield, Maryland with all five crew frozen to death. |
| Five unnamed vessels | Flags unknown | Great Blizzard of 1888: Two steamships and three schooners were wrecked in Long Island Sound. |

## 12 March

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Charles W. White | United States | The barge, under tow by the steamship Gertrude ( United States), sank in Huntington Bay on the north coast of Long Island, New York with the loss of a crew member. |
| Ellen and Sarah | United Kingdom | The crewless ketch was driven ashore in Bracklesham Bay. |
| Souvenir | Norway | The barque ran aground in Plymouth Sound. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Dunkerque, Nord, France. She was refloated with assistance from the tugs Belle and Raleigh (both United Kingdom) and taken in to Sutton Pool in a leaky condition. |
| William H. Starbuck | United States | The pilot boat sank after colliding with the steamship Japanese ( United Kingdom) off Barnegat, New Jersey, with the loss of six of her crew. |
| Eleven unnamed vessels | United States | Great Blizzard of 1888: Nine pilot boats were driven ashore and two sank at New York. Their crews were rescued. |

## 13 March

List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Enchantress | United States | Great Blizzard of 1888: The pilot boat Enchantress went down with all hands, at least ten lives. |
| W. L. White | United States | The schooner foundered at sea. Her crew took to a boat; they were rescued on 17 March by Record ( United Kingdom). The derelict W. L. White was driven ashore on Heisker, Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom in January 1889. |

## 14 March

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Galgorm Castle | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Balgown Point, Wigtownshire with the loss of six of her eight crew. Survivors were rescued by rocket apparatus. |

## 15 March

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Premier | United Kingdom | The fishing smack was driven ashore and wrecked 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) north of Withernsea, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. |

## 16 March

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Kate and Jane | United Kingdom | The ketch foundered in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber. All five people on board were rescued by the steamship Avochie ( United Kingdom). Kate and Jane was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to London. |
| Marne | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in The Wash. |
| Wanderer | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Rosalia ( Italy). Wanderer was on a voyage from Laguna to Falmouth, Cornwall. |

## 20 March

List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Grenada | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked at Le Conquet, Finistère, France. Her crew were rescued. |

## 22 March

List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bio Bio | United Kingdom | The ship departed from South Shields for Valparaíso, Chile. No further trace, reported missing. |

## 23 March

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Emla | Sweden | The brig ran aground off Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom and sprang a leak. |

## 24 March

List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Christine | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Mauritius for Queenstown, County Cork. No further trace, reported overdue. |
| Levant | United Kingdom | The steamship departed from Penarth Glamorgan for Oporto, Portugal. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all fifteen crew. A Board of Trade report on her loss did not speculate on its cause, but she may have been overloaded. |

## 26 March

List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| John Bowes, and Orwell | United Kingdom | John Bowes and the steamship Orwell were run into by the steamship Upton ( United Kingdom) at Deptford, Kent. Both vessels were severely damaged. Orwell ran aground. |
| Premier | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked off Safi, Morocco. |
| Robinson | Guernsey | The brig collided with the barque Pennine or the brigantine Rookwood (both United Kingdom) and sank off the North Foreland, Kent. |
| Sandvik | Sweden | The barque was wrecked at East London, Cape Colony. Her fourteen crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. |
| Valentine | France | The ship capsized 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Jersey, Channel Islands in a squall. She was on a voyage from Saint-Servan, Ille-et-Vilaine to Jersey. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The brig collided with another vessel and sank 2+1⁄2 nautical miles (4.6 km) off Margate, Kent. |
| Two unnamed vessels | Germany | The ships were wrecked at or off Safi. |

## 27 March

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Caerau | United Kingdom | The steamship departed from Bilbao, Spain for Newport, Monmouthshire. Presumed subsequently foundered, possibly in the Bay of Biscay on 28 or 29 March. |

## 28 March

List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Canonbury | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked on the Nantucket Shoals, off Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States with the loss of one of the 24 people on board. She was on a voyage from Matanzas, Cuba to Boston, Massachusetts, United States. |
| Saale | Germany | The ship ran aground in the Swash Channel. She was on a voyage from New York to Bremen. |
| Whitby Abbey | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Stag Bank, at the mouth of the River Tees. She was on a voyage from "Porman" to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and taken in to Middlesbrough for repairs. |

## 29 March

List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anna | Norway | The barque was destroyed by fire at Viana do Castelo, Portugal. |
| Canonbury | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Matanzas, Cuba to Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Elizabeth Hendry | United Kingdom | The smack sank at Greenock, Renfrewshire. She was on a voyage from Oran, Algeria to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |
| Emile, and Jacobine | France Germany | The brig Emile and the barque Jacobine collided at Le Verdon-sur-Mer, Gironde. Both vessels were severely damaged. |
| Sikh | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground and sank off Point de Galle, Ceylon. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from London to a Chinese port. |
| William Tapscott | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and was wrecked at Bude, Cornwall. Her nineteen crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Cardiff, Glamorgan. |

## 30 March

List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Banrigh | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship Crescent ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Millwall, Essex and was beached. |

## 31 March

List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Trevelyan | United Kingdom | The ship was sighted in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Dunedin, New Zealand. Reported overdue; a lifebuoy from the ship wshed up at Knysna, Cape Colony in early October. She may have been the vessel that foundered off Cape Agulhas, Cape Colony on the night of 3 June. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in March 1888 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albion | Norway | The barque was wrecked at Ross, Northumberland, United Kingdom with the loss of seven of her ten crew. She was on a voyage from Brevig to Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom. |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off the coast of Northumberland on or before 18 March. The body of a crew member was landed at Amble, Northumberland by the keepers of the Coquet Lighthouse. |
| Anna | Norway | The ship was lost off the coast of Northumberland. Wreckage came ashore at Amble. |
| Antje | Germany | The schooner ran aground at Punta Nada, Spain. |
| Aristomene | Flag unknown | The ship caught fire at Newcastle, New South Wales. The fire was extinguished. |
| Azoff | Russia | The ship collided with Svict ( Russia) at Galaţi, Romania and was severely damaged. She put in to Galaţi. |
| Benayo | Flag unknown | The steamship was driven ashore east of Tarifa, Spain and was abandoned by her crew. |
| Benlarig | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground or was driven ashore in Japanese waters. She was refloated and taken in to Nagasaki in a severely damaged condition. |
| Bessie Morris | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore east of Gibraltar on or before 2 March. |
| British Princess | United Kingdom | The barque was lost off Viana do Castelo, Portugal, on March, 29, with the loss of 22 of her 23 crew. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
| Canada | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Figueira da Foz, Portugal. |
| Cortesia | Italy | The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Agrigento, Sicily to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. |
| Creole | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground and sprang a leak at Livorno, Italy. |
| Dacapo | Norway | The brig was driven ashore at Egersund. She was on a voyage from Bo'ness, Lothian, United Kingdom to Stavanger. She was refloated and found to be leaky. |
| De Ruyter | United States | The ship ran aground at New York. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, to New York. |
| Eagle | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Sondre Rosse, Denmark. |
| Edith Godden | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Saint Ann's Bay, Jamaica. She was refloated. |
| Elim | Norway | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) west of North Berwick, Lothian. Her crew were rescued. |
| Enrique | Germany | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Salamanca, Columbia. |
| Fie | Norway | The barque foundered in the North Sea with the loss of two of her crew. Two survivors were rescued by the smack Valentine ( United Kingdom). Fie was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands to Fredrikstadt. |
| Fleur de la Mer | France | The steamer sank off the Cayenne coast, French Guiana with the loss of sixty passengers. |
| Forward | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore at Saint Ann's Bay. She was refloated. |
| Gallilee | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Scarweather Sands, in the Bristol Channel. |
| Guina | Netherlands | The barque was driven ashore at "Pitt", Sussex, United Kingdom. She was refloated with assistance from the tug India ( United Kingdom), which towed her in to Newhaven, Sussex. |
| Hollandia | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Almería, Spain. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Genoa, Italy. Hollandia was refloated and taken in to Málaga, Spain in a leaky condition. She was placed under repair. |
| Jenny | Norway | The barque ran aground on the Caloot Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands and sank. Her crew survived. |
| John Bamfield | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground on a sandbank 16 nautical miles (30 km) off Mazzarà Sant'Andrea, Sicily, Italy and broke in two. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to "Campanna". |
| John William | United Kingdom | The Humber Keel foundered in Stony Creek. Her crew were rescued. |
| Lionel George | United Kingdom | The steamship caught fire and was beached at Crosby, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Clyde ( United Kingdom). Lionel George was a total loss. |
| Lorenzo Padre | Italy | The barque was destroyed by fire at sea. Her crew were rescued by the barque Fratelli Lozi ( Italy). |
| Marshal | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked off the Longstone Rock, Northumberland. Her crew took to the boats; they were rescued by the Boulmer Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Thurso, Caithness to South Shields, County Durham. |
| Matheran | United Kingdom | The vessel foundered in the English Channel with the loss of all five hands. Last seen off the Isle of Wight on the 4th March. |
| Melchior Vidulich | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Beaufort, South Carolina, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Savannah, Georgia, United States. |
| Nicholas Smirk | United Kingdom | The lighter ran aground on the Plough Rock, off the coast of Northumberland. and was wrecked. She was being towed from Middlesbrough, Yorkshireto Aberdeen. |
| Norman | Germany | The steamship was driven ashore at Falkenberg, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Stockholm, Sweden. |
| Olive Branch | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Maassluis, South Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Rotterdam, South Holland. |
| Osiris | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at New Brighton, Cheshire. She was later refloated. |
| Pleione | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Waikanach, New Zealand. She was on a voyage from London to Wellington, New Zealand. She was refloated in July. |
| Plutarch | Norway | The barque was holed by ice and sank in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Hamburg, Germany. |
| President Sverdrup | Germany | The ship was wrecked at Cape San Antonio, Cuba. Her crew survived. |
| Railway | United Kingdom | The ketch was driven ashore at Barry Island, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. |
| Resolven | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore. She was later refloated and put in to Odessa. |
| Rolf | Denmark | The barque was driven ashore at the mouth of the Uggerby Å. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Aarhus. |
| Rubena | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Palmas, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Zárate, Argentina to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Ruth | Norway | The brig was abandoned in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Christiania to London. She came ashore at Middelkerke, West Flanders, Belgium. |
| Scotia Queen | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Cape St. Antonio, Cuba. She was on a voyage from Saint Lucia to Goole. She was refloated and taken in to Havana, Cuba in a leaky condition. |
| Shark | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Gunnaway Rock, off the coast of County Down. |
| Sikh | United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock at "Gindareh", Ceylon and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Yokohama, Japan. |
| St. Bede | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Pakefield, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dordrecht, South Holland to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Sunrise | United Kingdom | The schooner struck the Navestone Rock. She was beached at North Sunderland, Northumberland. |
| Times | Guernsey | The schooner was driven ashore at Mundesley, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Weymouth, Dorset. |
| Vega | Norway | The steamship was driven ashore at "Easter", Zeeland. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bergen to Antwerp, Belgium. She was a total loss. |
| Wilkesbarre | United States | The ship was driven ashore near Newhaven, Connecticut. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Port Johnston, New Jersey. She was refloated and towed in to New York in a severely leaky condition,. |
| Willing | Jersey | The brigantine ran aground on the South Rock, off the coast of County Down. She was on a voyage from Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. She was refloated and taken in to Donaghadee, County Down in a waterlogged condition. |
| Zephyr | Flag unknown | Great Blizzard of 1888: The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at the Delaware Breakwater. She was on a voyage from Maceió, Brazil to New York. She was later refloated with the assistance of a steamship. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The ship was lost off the north coast of Spain on or before 10 March. Wreckage came ashore at Cobos, near El Ferrol. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Caminha, Portugal with some loss of life. |