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

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1 June

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List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1889
Ship State Description
Kangaroo  South Australia The steamship was lost off, or in, the Brisbane River. Scrapped in situ.[1]
Ohio  United States The whaler was wrecked on the Alaskan coast.[2]

5 June

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List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1889
Ship State Description
Charlotte  United Kingdom The steamship with the steamship Manauense (Flag unknown) in the River Mersey and was beached at New Brighton, Cheshire. Charlotte was on a voyage from Garston, Lancashire to Dublin.[3]

6 June

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List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1889
Ship State Description
Queen of Nations  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned off the mouth of the Kowie River. Her crew were rescued by the Kowie Lifeboat. Queen of Nations was on a voyage from Colombo, Ceylon to New York, United States. She was towed in to East London, Eastern Cape by the steamship Clan Alpine ( United Kingdom).[4]
Zacharie  France The brig collided with a steamship and sank off the Cape Finisterre, Spain. Two of her crew were reported missing. Survivors were rescued by the steamship Virginia ( United Kingdom).[5]

7 June

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List of shipwrecks: 7 June 1889
Ship State Description
Hero  United Kingdom The schooner foundered off Hartland Point, Devon. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Penrhyn, Cornwall to Runcorn, Cheshire.[5]

8 June

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List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1889
Ship State Description
Moscor  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Leith, Lothian. She was on a voyage from Leith to Cronstadt, Russia. She was refloated.[6]

9 June

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List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1889
Ship State Description
Queen of Nations  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at East London, Cape Colony.[4]

11 June

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List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1889
Ship State Description
Harold, and
Toward 		 United Kingdom The steam collier Harold collided with the steamship Toward and sank in the English Channel 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) west of the Royal Sovereign Lightship ( Trinity House) with the loss of one of her seventeen crew. Survivors were rescued by Toward. Harold was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to the River Tyne. Toward was on a voyage from London to Plymouth, Devon. She was severely damaged and put in to Southampton, Hampshire.[7][8]

13 June

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List of shipwrecks: 13 June 1889
Ship State Description
Alsace-Lorraine  France The tug was run into by Austin Friars ( United Kingdom) and sank at Cette, Hérault.[9]
David  Russia The schooner collided with the steamship Trave ( Germany) and sank in the English Channel. Her eight crew were rescued by Trave. .[9]
Grimsel  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Holm Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated with the assistance of tugs and resumed her voyage.[9]
Lenore  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground off Greenock, Renfrewshire. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug.[9]
O 25  Belgium The fishing smack collided with the barque Marie ( Norway) and foundered in the North Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) off Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[10]

14 June

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List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1889
Ship State Description
Maria Casabona  Sweden The ship collided with a ferryboat at New York, United States and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from New York to Stockholm. She put back to New York for repairs.[9]

15 June

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List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1889
Ship State Description
Ananda  United Kingdom The steamship was severely damaged by fire at South Shields, County Durham.[10]
Monroe  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the River Ouse at Whitton, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Seville, Spain to Goole, Yorkshire.[10]

18 June

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List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1889
Ship State Description
Grampus  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Ardrossan, Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Ardrossan.[11]
Rajore  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship ran aground in the River Tay. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Dundee, Forfarshire. She was refloated and towed in to Dundee.[11]
St. Mark  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on a reef off Cape Finisterre, Spain and foundered. Her 23 crew were rescued by Spanish fishing boats. She was on a voyage from Sardinia, Italy to Antwerp, Belgium.[12]
Wild Rose  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked at Bragança, Brazil. Her crew were rescued.[11]

20 June

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List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1889
Ship State Description
Mary Jane Gregory  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the steamship Persian Prince ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Mersey. Her crew were rescued. Mary Jane Gregory was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Stranraer, Wigtownshire.[13]
Palma  Germany The ship caught fire at Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[13]

22 June

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List of shipwrecks: 22 June 1889
Ship State Description
Bleville  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Sadras, India. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Madras, India.[14]

24 June

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List of shipwrecks: 24 June 1889
Ship State Description
Cape Verde, and
Iolanthe 		 United Kingdom The ship Cape Verde collided with Iolanthe and sank in Hobson's Bay. Cape Verde' was on a voyage from London to Melbourne, Victoria.. Iolanthe was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Melbourne.[15][16]

25 June

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List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1889
Ship State Description
Jessie W. Knight  United States The schooner was sunk in a collision with the steamship Wm. R. McCabe ( United States) in Chesapeake Bay. Her captain, his wife, and one crewman killed.[17]

28 June

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List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1889
Ship State Description
Edward S. Webster  United States The schooner sank after striking a submerged rock at the entrance to Coal Harbor, District of Alaska (55°20′30″N 160°39′30″W / 55.34167°N 160.65833°W / 55.34167; -160.65833 (Coal Harbor)). Her twelve crew survived. She was later condemned, sold, and refloated.[18]

29 June

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List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1889
Ship State Description
Samuel and Emma  United Kingdom The fishing smack was run into and sunk by the steamship Mascotte (Flag unknown) 25 nautical miles (46 km) off the Leman and Ower Lightship ( Trinity House). Her crew were rescued by Mascotte.[19]

30 June

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List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1889
Ship State Description
Adria  Sweden The ship ran aground at "Snackmor". She was refloated with the assistance of a tug.[19]
William Armstrong  United States The ferry sank in the St. Lawrence River between Morristown, New York and Brockville, Ontario, Canada. One passenger was killed.[17]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in June 1889
Ship State Description
Aeren, and
Rinde 		 Norway
 Imperial Russian Navy 		The barque Aeren collided with the man-of-war Rinde at Cronstadt. Both vessels were severely damaged.[14]
Amy Dora Flag unknown The steamship ran aground at Pensacola, Florida, United States. She was refloated on 11 June and resumed her voyage.[6]
Anna Christina Canada The ship was driven ashore at "Rosier", Quebec.[20]
Antelope  United Kingdom The ketch was driven ashore at Blakeney, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Colchester, Essex.[3]
Anton  Germany The schooner struck a rock at Natal, Brazil and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Macau to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[10]
Ascupart Flag unknown The steamship was driven ashore near Santa Fé.[9]
Bilbao  United Kingdom The steamship collided with Zadne (Flag unknown) and was beached at Tilbury, Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Goole, Yorkshire. She was refloated on 23 June and taken in to Tilbury.[16]
Borghild Flag unknown The ship was wrecked on Grindston Island, in the Magdalen Islands, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her crew were rescued.[16]
Brucklay Castle Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore on Sand Island, Alabama, United States.[11]
Cairuc Flag unknown The ship sank at "Cularasi", Ottoman Empire.[9]
Cashmere  United Kingdom The barque caught fire at Manila, Spanish East Indies.[16]
Charles Morand  United States The steamship was driven ashore in the Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Manzanilla, Trinidad to New York. She was refloated and taken in to Long Key, Florida.[5]
Charles Sheffield Flag unknown The steamship collided with the steamship North Star (flag unknown) and sank in Lake Superior. Her crew were rescued.[11]
Charles W. Oulton  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Mary's.[16]
County of Carnarvon  United Kingdom The ship foundered at sea. She was on a voyage from Newcastle, New South Wales to Valparaíso, Chile.[21]
Craigendoran  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Luleå, Sweden. She was later refloated.[16]
Emile  France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Magdalen Islands. Her crew were rescued.[14]
Engineer  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Thames Estuary. She was on a voyage from Gandia, Spain to London.[11]
Helena  United Kingdom The steam launch foundered off Greencastle, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Carrickfergus to Belfast, County Antrim.[9]
Hartland  United Kingdom The tug ran aground and was beached near Garth Ferry, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Fleetwood, Lancashire.[10]
Hereward  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at "Mante Hedmoso", near Bahia Blanca, Argentina. Her crew were rescued.[3]
John Pitcairn  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore in the River Thames at Northfleet, Kent.[13]
Katy  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Heiligholmen, Sweden. She was later refloated and taken in to Oskarshamn, Sweden.[13]
Laurenze  Norway The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Vardø.[6]
Michigan  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Point Anconi, Nova Scotia She was on a voyage from Montreal, Quebec, Canada to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[5]
Morven  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Westra Finngrundet, in the Gulf of Bothnia. She was later refloated with the assistance of a steamship and taken in to Stockholm, Sweden in a leaky condition.[20]
Navarra Flag unknown The steamship ran aground at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Liverpool. She was refloated and taken in to Birkenhead, Cheshire, United Kingdom in a leaky condition.[3]
Nigel  United Kingdom The steamship caught fire at Falmouth, Cornwall. The fire was extinguished.[5]
Pomona  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked at Baracoa, Cuba. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Jamaica.[10]
Salisbury  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the River Severn downstream of Sharpness, Gloucestershire. She was later refloated and taken in to Sharpness.[14]
Solferino  Italy The steamship was driven shore at Santa Marinella. She was later refloated.[10]
Staffa  United Kingdom The barque caught fire at sea and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued.[9]
Vindomora  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Stubben, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Copenhagen, Denmark.[14]
Westernland  United States The steamship ran aground in the Scheldt at Lillo, Antwerp, Belgium. She was on a voyage from New York to Antwerp. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and completed her voyage.[19]
Winifred  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk.[22]
Ystava  Norway The barque was run into by the steamship Adelaide Lavarello ( Italy) and sank off Martín García Island, Uruguay.[11]
295  Romania The lighter sank at Constanţa.[10]
Unnamed Flag unknown The steamship was lost off Lockeport, Nova Scotia.[6]

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  2. ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 32808. London. 19 September 1889. col E, p. 4.
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