# List of shipwrecks in November 1889

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

## 1 November

List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Roe Cliff | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Troon, Ayrshire. Her six crew were rescued by the Troon Lifeboat Alexander Munroe ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Roe Cliff was on a voyage from Porsgrund, Norway to Troon. |
| Portrush Lifeboat | Royal National Lifeboat Institution | The lifeboat capsized whilst going to the aid of a vessel in distress with the loss of three of her crew. She came ashore near Portballintrae, County Antrim. |

## 4 November

List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alfred | United Kingdom | The smack was discovered abandoned in the English Channel 8 nautical miles (15 km) south west of St. Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight. She was towed in to Cowes, Isle of Wight. |
| Star of Hope | United Kingdom | The smack foundered off Dover, Kent. |

## 5 November

List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ramon de Larrinaga | Flag unknown | The steamship caught fire at Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. The fire was extinguished. |

## 6 November

List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lady Lincoln | United States | The schooner sank off Highland Lighthouse, Massachusetts. Her crew were rescued. |
| Tom | United Kingdom | The barge was run into by the steamship Ada ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Blackwall, London. |

## 7 November

List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Arracan | Germany | The barque was run down and sunk off Bornholm, Denmark by a steamship. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Helene ( Germany). Arracan was on a voyage from New York, United States to Dantsic. |

## 8 November

List of shipwrecks: 8 November 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Queensmore | United Kingdom | The cargo ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean while on the return leg of her maiden voyage. An attempt was made to beach her in Dunmanus Bay but she struck the Bullig Reef and sank. The crew took to the ship's boats. |

## 10 November

List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Congo | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Small Bitter Lake. She was refloated. |

## 11 November

List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Black Watch | United Kingdom | The steamship foundered at sea. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Ben Voirlich ( United Kingdom). |
| Greenwood | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Redcar, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. She was refloated and towed in to Middlesbrough. |
| Larch | United Kingdom | The steamship was run into by the steamship Pilot (Flag unknown) off Cape Villano, Spain. Larch was beached at Las Arenas. She was refloated and towed in to Bilbao, where she arrived on 12 November in a severely damaged condition. |
| Martha | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and sank at Widnes, Cheshire. |

## 12 November

List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Durham | United Kingdom | The ferry collided with the steamship Sicilia ( United Kingdom) at North Shields, Northumberland and was severely damaged. |
| Gassendi | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship Gothenburg City (Flag unknown) in the River Thames and was beached at Greenwich, London. |
| Sestos | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Usk, Monmouthshire. |

## 13 November

List of shipwrecks: 13 November 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| European | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship Adler ( Germany) at Hull, Yorkshire and was severely damaged. European was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands to Hull. |
| Midas | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Maceió, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Montevideo, Uruguay to Barbados. She was reflaoted with assistance on 16 November. |

## 14 November

List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Antonietta | Italy | The brig was driven ashore at Orosei, Sardinia. Her crew were rescued. |
| Newbattle | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the River Forth. |
| Wylam | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Honfleur, Manche, France. |

## 15 November

List of shipwrecks: 15 November 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Atlas | Norway | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (47°21′N 31°33′W﻿ / ﻿47.350°N 31.550°W﻿ / 47.350; -31.550). Her twelve crew were rescued by Marie (Flag unknown). |
| Delphin | Russia | The barque was wrecked on the Sanbacks Rock, in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ibiza, Spain to Uusikaupunki, Grand Duchy of Finland. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The Mersey Flat was run into by the steamship Zancla (Flag unknown) and sank at Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 16 November

List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Arrow | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Cardiff, Glamorgan. |
| Esk | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship Louisa H. ( United Kingdom) in the River Tyne. Esk was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Antwerp, Belgium, She put back to Newcastle upon Tyne. |
| Fearless | United States | The tug ran aground on the north spit of the Umpqua River and was wrecked with the loss of all eight people on board. |
| Hydra | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the River Ouse at Goole, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Goole to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, Frances. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and put back to Goole for repairs. |
| Lowestoft | United Kingdom | The barque was run into by the steamship Sindbad ( United Kingdom) in the River Tyne and was severely damaged. |
| Sam Weller | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore on Heligoland. She was on a voyage from Sulina, Romania to Hamburg, Germany. She was refloated with assistance. |

## 18 November

List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Constantine | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) south of Blyth, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from London to Blyth. |
| Fernbrook | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore near Lynton, Devon. She was refloated and put back to Cardiff, Glamorgan in a leaky condition. |
| Orkla | United Kingdom | The steamship caught fire at Liverpool, Lancashire. The fire was extinguished. |
| Ouse | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Cardiff. |
| Vectis | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Cardiff. |

## 20 November

List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Decima | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at "Guedsar". She was later refloated and taken in to Kiel, Germany, where she arrived on 22 November. |
| Edith Godden | United Kingdom | The steamship foundered at sea. Her crew were rescued. |
| Fearless | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked at the mouth of the Umpqua River with the loss of fifteen of her crew. |
| Manhattan | United States | The cargo liner was sunk in a collision with the schooner Agnes Manning ( United States) off Fenwick Island, Delaware, eight miles (13 km) off the Fenwick Shoal Lightship with the loss of eleven lives.<refARSIGSIS90/> |
| Marie | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered at the mouth of the Saint Lawrence River with the loss of all eight people on board. |
| Minna | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore on the Ness of Queys, in the Pentland Firth. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Copenhagen, Denmark. She broke up on 23 November. |
| Santiago | United States | The steamship was destroyed by ifre at sea. All 59 people on board were rescued by the full-rigged ship A. J. Fuller ( United States). |

## 21 November

List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Beechdale | United States | The ship was driven ashore on Fire Island, New York. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to New York City. She was refloated in early December and taken in to New York in a leaky condition. |
| Olga | Denmark | The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the River Ythan with the loss of one of her eight crew. She was on a voyage from Söderhamn, Sweden to Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom. |

## 22 November

List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bessie Whineray | United Kingdom | The brigantine collided with the steamship Washington ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent. Her crew were rescued by Washington. |
| China | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Yokohama, Japan. She was refloated on 24 November. |
| Corso | United Kingdom | The steamship caught fire at Liverpool, Lancashire. The fire was extinguished. |
| Fearless | United States | The tug was wrecked at the mouth of the Umpqua River with the loss of twelve lives. |
| Industria | United Kingdom | The steam trawler collided with the quayside and sank at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. |
| Sugar | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore on Inishgort, County Mayo. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Newport, County Mayo. She was refloated but had to be beached. |

## 23 November

List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Berbice | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the breakwater at Las Palmas, Canary Islands and was beached. |
| Lycia | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal. She was refloated the next day. |

## 24 November

List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Agnes | United Kingdom | The Thames barge was driven ashore at Southend, Essex. |
| George Jehu | United Kingdom | The Thames barge was driven ashore at Southend. |
| Helen | United Kingdom | The brigantine foundered off Roundstone, County Galway. Her crew were rescued. |
| Jane Fleming | United Kingdom | The Thames barge sank at Southend. |
| Silberhorn | Flag unknown | The ship was severely damaged by fire at Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. |

## 25 November

List of shipwrecks: 25 November 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Twilight | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore in Trawbreaga Bay. |

## 26 November

List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Madame Angot | Belgium | The fishing trawler collided with a British smack and sank in the English Channel. Her six crew were rescued by the smack Express ( United Kingdom). |
| Selinunte | Italy | The steamship was driven ashore near Brindisi. |
| Sylph | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned off Scrabster, Caithness. Her crew were rescued by the Scrabster Lifeboat Charley Lloyd ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). |
| William Jones | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned off Scrabster. Her crew were rescued by the Scrabster Lifeboat Charley Lloyd ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). |

## 27 November

List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Germania | Flag unknown | The barque was driven ashore at Long Branch, New Jersey, United States with the loss of at least six lives. |
| Replenish | United Kingdom | The fishing lugger was run into by a smack and was abandoned in the North Sea 35 nautical miles (65 km) off Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by the smack James and Martha ( United Kingdom). |

## 28 November

List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Arbutus | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Roker, County Durham. She was refloated on 4 December with the assistance of five tugs. |
| Cremon | Germany | The steamship ran aground in the River Thames at Northfleet, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was refloated and towed in to Gravesend, Kent by the tug Contest ( United Kingdom). |
| Volunteer | United Kingdom | The fishing boat foundered in Rye Bay with the loss of four lives. |
| Nominoé | France | The brig ran aground near Blankenberge, West Flanders, Belgium during a violent storm. All five crew were rescued by Belgian lifeguards, but five lifeguards died during the rescue attempts. |
| Scottish Prince | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the quayside at Woolwich, London and was beached. She was refloated and towed upstream. |
| Ville de Marseille | France | The vessel blew up, in the national dock at Marseille, when 3000 barrels of gunpowder exploded. |

## 29 November

List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Idaho | United States | Idaho The steamship ran aground on the Rosedale Reef, in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. She was on a voyage from Port Townsend, Washington to Portland, Oregon. She floated off in December and was taken in to Port Townsend, where she sank. |
| Three Brothers | United States | The schooner sank off Norman's Woe, Massachusetts. Two crewmen died, her captain was saved by the schooner Apollo ( United States) |

## 30 November

List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dart | Jersey | The schooner foundered in the Irish Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) south west of the South Stack Lighthouse, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to "Briduc", France. |
| Iowa, Ligurian, and Munin | United Kingdom United Kingdom Sweden | The steamship Ligurian was run into by the steamship Iowa near Liverpool, Lancashire and was beached at New Brighton, Cheshire. Ligurian was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Liverpool. Iowa then ran into the steamship Munin, severely damaging that vessel and was herself beached at Waterloo, Lancashire. Iowa was on a voyage from Liverpool to Boston, Massachusetts, United States. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Liverpool. Munin was on a voyage from Liverpool to Gothenburg. She put back to Liverpool. |
| Osprey | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship Petrel in the River Thames at Charlton, London and was beached. She was refloated and taken in to a drydock. |
| Riley | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Mutton Island, County Clare. She was on a voyage from North Shields, Northumberland to Galway. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in November 1889 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adventure | France | The schooner collided with the steamship Teutonia ( Germany) and sank. Her crew were rescued by Teutonia. |
| Alfred | Bermuda | The brigantine was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. |
| Amoy | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was wrecked at "Point William", Falkland Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Paranaguá, Brazil to Valparaíso, Chile. |
| Anglo-Dane | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at "Svalerumpn". She was on a voyage from Libava, Courland Governorate to Antwerp, Belgium. |
| Anna Smith | United States | The steamship was driven ashore at Cheboygan, Michigan. She was a total loss. |
| Belle of the Bay | United States | The brigantine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 8 November. |
| Betty | Sweden | The schooner was driven ashore on Anholt, Denmark. |
| Bilbao | Flag unknown | The steamship ran aground on the Whitgift Ness Sand, in the Thames Estuary. She was refloated on 27 November and taken in to London. |
| Bjärke | Sweden | The brig was driven ashore on Anholt. |
| Brenda | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near the mouth of the Courentyne River. She was later refloated and taken in to Demerara, British Guiana. |
| Christine Elizabeth | Norway | The schooner ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to the East Indies. She was refloated with assistance from the lifeboat Duke of Northumberland ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution) and the tug Harwich ( United Kingdom) and towed in to Harwich, Essex. |
| Comte de Hainault | Belgium | The ship sank in the Basses de Lescouil, off the coast of Finistère, France. Her crew were recued. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Antwerp. |
| Constance Ellen | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Nore. She was refloated on 3 November and resumed her voyage. |
| D. C. Whitney | United States | The schooner was driven ashore at Mackinac Island, Michigan. |
| Duburg | Germany | The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked between Saigon, French Indo-China and Hong Kong before 18 November in a typhoon. All hands were lost. |
| Durham | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at "Rasabubaka", Egypt. She was refloated and taken in to Suez, Egypt. |
| Enterprise | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at "Assinee". She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Grand-Bassam, Ivory Coast. |
| Eriminta | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Glenluce, Wigtownshire. |
| Excelsior | United States | The steamship collided with the steamship Maritana ( United Kingdom) and was severely damaged. |
| Fairway | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Humber at Brough, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to London. |
| Falka | Norway | The barque ran aground on the "Lemanover". She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden to Avonmouth, Somerset, United Kingdom. She was refloated and put in to Kristiansand in a leaky condition. |
| Fanny Scott | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground at San Pedro, Argentina. |
| Flying Venus | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked on Penrhyn Island. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California, United States to Melbourne, Victoria. |
| Grace Darling | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Falsterbo, Sweden. |
| Helen | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Bellows Rock and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Milltown Malbay, County Clare to Bowling, Dunbartonshire. |
| Hattie E. Tapley | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Hong Kong. She was on a voyage from Sandakan, Malaya to Hong Kong. |
| Isle of Jura | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore on the Russian coast. She was refloated and towed in to Riga, Russia in a leaky condition. |
| Heinrich | Germany | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on the Swedish coast. She was on a voyage from Landskrona, Sweden to Fredrikstadt, Denmark. |
| Iron Queen | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Mackinac Island. |
| Jacobus Johannes | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore on Anholt. |
| James Watt | United Kingdom | The steamship put in to Port Said, Egypt on fire. |
| John Adamson | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore between "Psathivia Island" and "Mina Island" and was wrecked. |
| Loch Garry | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at "Dracko", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Riga to London. She was refloated with the assistance of a steamship and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark. |
| Lucille | United Kingdom | The brig collided with the steamship Thurston ( United Kingdom) in the Atlantic Ocean (48°34′N 6°36′W﻿ / ﻿48.567°N 6.600°W﻿ / 48.567; -6.600) and capsized. Her crew were rescued by Thurston. |
| Manhattan | United States | The steamship collided with a schooner and sank with the loss of 21 of the 35 people on board. She was on a voyage from New York to Richmond, Virginia. |
| Marie | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore. She was refloated on 15 November and resumed her voyage. |
| Merannic | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at "Tornbk". She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Copenhagen. She was refloated on 18 November. |
| Moss Brow | United Kingdom | The steamship was damaged by fire at Galveston, Texas, United States. |
| M. W. Sage | United States | The schooner was driven ashore at Cheboygan. |
| Nerissa | Germany | The steamship was driven ashore on Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from London to Hamburg. |
| Nobreza | Flag unknown | The derelict ship was towed in to Bermuda. |
| Nova Scotian | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Baltimore, Maryland, United States. She was later refloated. |
| Nyl Ghau | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on the Pratas Shoal. |
| Ordovic | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Cape Henry, Virginia, United States. She was on a voyage from a port in Chile to the Hampton Roads, Virginia. She was refloated. |
| Polly | South Australia | The steamship was wrecked in the Johnstone River. |
| Redwing | United States | The schooner was driven ashore at Cheboygan. |
| Resolute | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore. She was refloated on 18 November and taken in to the Mumbles, Glamorgan. |
| Restless | United States | The tug was wrecked off the Oregon coast with the loss of ten lives. |
| Rheola | Russia | The steamship ran aground off Stubben, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Yevpatoria to Saint Petersburg. She was refloated with the assistance of a steamship and resumed her voyage. |
| Rhineland | Germany | The steamship was driven ashore on Bornholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Riga to Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark for repairs. |
| Rio Uruguay, and Teseo | Argentina United Kingdom | The steamships collided at Buenos Aires. Both vessels were severely damaged. |
| Robina | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore in Sarisiglar Bay. She was on a voyage from Venice, Italy to Galaţi, Romania. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Rose of Torridge | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground in the Omøsund. She was on a voyage from Portmadoc, Caernarfonshire to Karrebæksminde, Denmark. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to Karrebæksminde. |
| Sensation | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated with assistance from the smack Alpha and the yawl Jane (both United Kingdom). |
| Shakespear | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. She was refloated with assistance. |
| Strathesk | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at the entrance to the Carlingford Lough. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Newry, County Antrim. |
| Thorvecke II | Netherlands | The barque was driven ashore at Angier, Netherlands East Indies. She was a total loss. |
| Wieland | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore in the Wash Channel. She was refloated. |
| William Davie | United Kingdom | The barque was destroyed by fire at sea. Her crew were rescued by Glencolyn ( United Kingdom). William Davie was on a voyage from Fleetwood, Lancashire to Valparaíso. |
| Willie and Ida | United States | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cuttyhunk, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from Port-au-Prince, Haiti to Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Yoxford | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Maasvlakte, South Holland. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated in early December with assistance. |
| Several unnamed vessels | Flags unknown | The ships were driven ashore and wrecked between Saigon and Hong Kong before 18 November in a typhoon. |