List of shipwrecks in 1897

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The list of shipwrecks in 1897 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1897.

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1897
Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec


January

2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1897
Ship Country Description
Commodore  United States The steamboat was wrecked off the coast of Florida with the loss of one life.

14 January

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1897
Ship Country Description
RIMS Warren Hastings  Royal Navy
A sketch depicting the wreck of the RIMS Warren Hastings, published by the Dundee Courier on 24 March 1897.

The troopship was wrecked off the coast of Réunion with the loss of two lives.

February

2 February

List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1897
Ship Country Description
Imbros  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Helwick Bank, in the Bristol Channel. She was subsequently refloated and beached at The Mumbles, Glamorgan.[1]

12 February

List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1897
Ship Country Description
Rapid  United Kingdom The ketch ran aground and was wrecked at Cardigan.[2]

April

7 April

List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1897
Ship Country Description
James and Agnes  United Kingdom The schooner struck the Scarweather Sands, in the Bristol Channel and was consequently beached in Black Rock Bay. Her five crew were rescued.[1]

16 April

List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1897
Ship Country Description
Ibex  United Kingdom The GWR-owned ship struck the Noirmontaise rocks off Jersey, Channel Islands and was beached in Portlet Bay, Jersey. She was refloated and re-entered service.

29 April

List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1897
Ship Country Description
Ada  New South Wales The ketch was wrecked at Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1897
Ship Country Description
Barga  Belgium The steamer was declared missing, having departed Huelva, Spain, for Antwerp, Belgium, on 30 March.[3]

May

1 May

List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1897
Ship Country Description
Ability  New South Wales The ketch was driven ashore along with four other ships at Cape Hawke Bay, Australia, during a storm.

3 May

List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1897
Ship Country Description
Bruxelles  Belgium The steamer ran aground on St. Pierre Island, Seychelles, a total loss.[3]

June

12 June

List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1897
Ship Country Description
Gangut  Imperial Russian Navy The coast defense ship struck an uncharted rock and sank in the Gulf of Finland.

16 June

List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1897
Ship Country Description
HMS Foudroyant  United Kingdom
HMS Foudroyant
The training ship was driven ashore at Blackpool, Lancashire, England, and wrecked.

July

5 July

List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1897
Ship Country Description
Heathmore  United Kingdom The Liverpool steamer ran into the Seven Stones Reef at full speed while en route from Santander to Glasgow with 2,400 tons of iron-ore. She floated clear at 8 am and anchored two miles away with the crew pumping water all day. By evening they took to the boats and were picked up by the Lady of the Isles as Heathmore sank in 40 fathoms (73 m).[4]

20 July

List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1897
Ship Country Description
Concha  Belgium The steamer collided with Saint Fillans ( United Kingdom) off the Owers Lightship, English Channel and sank.[3]

26 July

List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1897
Ship Country Description
Advance  New South Wales While anchored off New South Wales, Australia, in Botany Bay at the entrance to Cooks River, the schooner was driven ashore on Lady Robinsons Beach during a fierce squall after her port anchor chain parted and she dragged her starboard anchor chain. She was refloated, repaired, and returbed to service.

August

9 August

List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1897
Ship Country Description
Oakland  New South Wales The passenger cargo ship ran aground on the bar at Ballina, New South Wales, Australia. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.

September

29 September

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1897
Ship Country Description
HMS Lynx  Royal Navy The Ferret-class destroyer ran aground on Dodman Point, Cornwall, England, in fog. She managed to refloat herself and limped to Devonport.[5]
HMS Thrasher  Royal Navy The Quail-class destroyer ran aground on Dodman Point, Cornwall, England, in fog. She was escorted to Falmouth, Cornwall, and eventually made it to Devonport for repairs.[5]

October

16 October

List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1897
Ship Country Description
Pelican  United Kingdom The steamer was last sighted on this date. She then disappeared.[3]

November

23 November

List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1897
Ship Country Description
Flirt  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Burton Bradstock, Dorset with the loss of three of her six crew.[6]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date November 1897
Ship Country Description
Innisfallen  United Kingdom The ship sank in a storm in the English Channel near the Goodwin Sands with the loss of eight lives.

December

2 December

List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1897
Ship Country Description
Friend to all Nations  United Kingdom The Margate surfboat capsized with the loss of nine of her 13 crew.[7] She was going to the assistance of Persian Empire ( United Kingdom).[8]
Persian Empire  United Kingdom The ship collided with a steamship and was beached on the Margate Sands, Kent. Her crew were rescued by the lifeboat Quiver ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution.[8]
Prince Albert de Belgique  Belgium The steamer collided at Antwerp, Belgium, with the sailing ship Larnaca ( United Kingdom) and sank. She was raised on 6 July 1900.[9]

30 December

List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1897
Ship Country Description
Clarissa Radcliffe  United Kingdom The 2,544 grt steamer was on a voyage from Odessa to Rotterdam with a cargo of grain. The vessel met a gale off Cape St Vincent, the cargo shifted and the vessel sank with the loss of sixteen lives

References

  1. 1 2 Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "CARDIGAN & DISTRICT SHIPWRECKS AND LIFEBOAT SERVICE". Glen Johnson. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Belgian Merchant A-G" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
  4. ↑ Larn, Richard (1992). The Shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly. Nairn: Thomas & Lochar. ISBN 0-946537-84-4.
  5. 1 2 "Bad day for trio of destroyers". Falmouth Packet. 29 March 2006. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
  6. ↑ "Extract from The Burton and Shipton Gorge Parish Magazine Vol XXVlll December 1898". Burton Bradstock Online. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  7. ↑ Bob Ogley, Ian Currie and Mark Davison (1991). The Kent Weather Book. Brasted Chart: Froglets Publications Ltd. p. 22. ISBN 1-872337-35-X.
  8. 1 2 Bignell, Alan (2001). Kent Shipwrecks (Second ed.). Newbury: Countryside Books. pp. 57–62. ISBN 1 85306 719 9.
  9. ↑ "Belgian Merchant P-Z" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
Ship events in 1897
Ship launches: 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902
Ship commissionings: 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902
Ship decommissionings: 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902
Shipwrecks: 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902
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