List of shipwrecks in 1885

The list of shipwrecks in 1885 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1885.

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References

## January[edit]

Further information: List of shipwrecks in January 1885

## February[edit]

Further information: List of shipwrecks in February 1885

## March[edit]

Further information: List of shipwrecks in March 1885

## April[edit]

Further information: List of shipwrecks in April 1885

## May[edit]

Further information: List of shipwrecks in May 1885

## June[edit]

Further information: List of shipwrecks in June 1885

## July[edit]

Further information: List of shipwrecks in July 1885

## August[edit]

Further information: List of shipwrecks in August 1885

## September[edit]

Further information: List of shipwrecks in September 1885

## October[edit]

Further information: List of shipwrecks in October 1885

## November[edit]

Further information: List of shipwrecks in November 1885

## December[edit]

Further information: List of shipwrecks in December 1885

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1885  Ship | State | Description

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Aggie |  United States | The steamboat sank in the Missouri River at Kansas City, Kansas.[1]
Alaska |  United States | The schooner was lost in the Bering Sea.[2]
Gale |  United States | The whaler, a barque, was lost in the Bering Sea at Saint Lawrence Island, Territory of Alaska.[3]
Labrador |  United Kingdom | The barque sailed from Quebec for Newcastle-on-Tyne on 20 August 1885 with wood products and was last seen two days later off "Pic" (Pointe-au-Pic, Quebec?).[4] In December she was presumed foundered with the loss of all twenty crew.[5]
Peacedale | Flag unknown  | The schooner was lost at Ocean Grove, New Jersey.[6]
Proven | Flag unknown  | The ship was lost in the Arctic Sea. Her crew were rescued.[7]
Rainier |  United States | The barque was lost in the Arctic Sea.[8]
Rose of Sharon |  United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean after 17 August. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Quebec, Canada to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[9]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Martin, George W., ed., Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society 1905–1906, Volume 9, Topeka, Kansas: State Printing Office, 1906, p. 297.
2. ^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (A)
3. ^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (G)
4. ^ "The Greenock Barque Labrador". Greenock Telegraph. No. 7489\. 24 December 1885. p. 2. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
5. ^ "The barque Labrador...". The Cornishman. No. 387\. 17 December 1885. p. 5 - via British Newspaper Archive.
6. ^ "njscuba.net "Lavallette Wreck"". Archived from the original on 2020-02-23. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
7. ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 31524\. London. 13 August 1885. col D, p. 7.
8. ^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (R)
9. ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 31664\. London. 23 January 1886. col F, p. 11.

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Shipwrecks 1880–89, by month

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