List of shipwrecks in November 1887

The list of shipwrecks in November 1887 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during November 1887.

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November 1887

Mon| Tue| Wed| Thu| Fri| Sat| Sun
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7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13
14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20
21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27
28 | 29 | 30 | Unknown date
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## 1 November

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List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1887  Ship | State | Description

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Alabama |  United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Henry, Virginia, United States. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada to Washington, D.C.[1][2]
Alert, and
Egeria |  United Kingdom
United States | The barque Egeria was driven into the paddle steamer Alert at Woodside, Cheshire. Both vessels were damaged.[3]
Alice |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cardiff, Glamorgan.[3]
Ann Knox |  United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Douglas, Isle of Man. Her three crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim to Garston, Lancashire.[3][4]
Ayrsome |  United Kingdom | The steamship departed from Landskrona, Sweden for Antwerp, Belgium. No further trace, reported missing.[5]
Bilow |  United Kingdom | The steamship arrived at Dover, Kent on fire. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Genoa, Italy. The fire was extinguished.[3]
Bloomer |  United Kingdom | The schooner was scuttled at Whiting Bay, Isle of Arran.[6]
Bolivar |  Austria-Hungary | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bilbao, Spain.[6]
Bridget |  United Kingdom | The schooner was driven against the breakwater at Holyhead, Anglesey. Her five crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dungarvan, County Antrim to Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire. She subsequently floated off and capsized.[6][3]
Christiania |  Norway | The schooner was driven ashore at the mouth of the River Voryd. She was refloated and towed in to Caernarfon, United Kingdom.[3]
Cloffock |  United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Ramsey, Isle of Man. Her four crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland to the Strangford Lough.[6][3]
Concordia | Flag unknown  | The brig was driven ashore at Abersoch, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued.[3]
Crosbie |  United Kingdom | The schooner foundered in the Irish Sea off Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire. Her eight crew were rescued.[3]
Eastward |  United Kingdom | The schooner collided with the training ship Indefatigable ( United Kingdom). She was then collided with a shrimp boat and a schooner before she was driven into the landing stage, capsized and sank at Tranmere, Cheshire and sank with the loss of three of her five crew. She was on a voyage from the Weston Point Docks, Cheshire to Irvine, Ayrshire.[3][4][7]
E. B. Everman |  United States | The schooner was wrecked on the coast of Virginia with the loss of one of her five crew. Survivors were rescued by the steamship Wyanoke ( United States). E. B. Everman was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Richmond, Virginia.[2]
Faith |  United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Lamlash, Isle of Arran.[4]
Flower of May |  United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and sank off the Conishead Priory, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ulverston to Lytham St. Annes.[4]
Gazelle |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cardiff.[6]
Glad Tidings |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven into other vessels at Portmadoc, Caernarfonshire and was damaged.[7]
Happy Go Lucky |  United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore on the Isle of Whithorn, Wigtownshire.[8]
Harvester |  United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Cape Henry. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Baltimore, Maryland, United States.[4][2]
Helvetia |  Norway | The barque was wrecked in Rhossili Bay. A crew member was rescued by breeches buoy, the rest reaching safety in the ship's boat. She was on a voyage from Campbellton, New Brunswick, Canada to Swansea, Glamorgan.[9]
Humble |  United Kingdom | The fishing trawler was driven ashore at Plymouth, Devon. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Vixen ( United Kingdom).[3]
Idea |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven into other vessels at Porthmadog and was damaged.[7]
Industry |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven into other vessels at Porthmadog and was damaged.[7]
Kittie Darling |  United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned off Ramsey. Her three crew were rescued by the Ramsey Lifeboat Two Sisters ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[3]
Laurette |  United Kingdom | The cutter yacht was driven ashore and wrecked at Fortuneswell, Dorset with the loss of all ten people on board.[3]
Lerry |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Angle Bay. She was on a voyage from Gloucester to Fishguard, Pembrokeshire.[4]
Lussignano |  Austria-Hungary | The barque caught fire off Gibraltar and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by the barque Gaspare ( Italy). Lussignano subsequently sank.[4]
Manantico |  United States | The schooner was wrecked on the cost of Virginia with the loss of two of her crew.[2]
Maren |  Denmark | The brigantine was driven ashore at Greenhill, Dorset. Her crew were rescued by the Weymouth Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from "Laguna, Mexico" to Hamburg, Germany.[6][3][4]
Margaret Johns |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at "Caerury". Her crew survived.[4]
Mary Ann |  United Kingdom | The fishing vessel was driven ashore near the Mumbles, Glamorgan.[4]
Mary Johns |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Fowey, Cornwall.[6]
Mary Wilson |  United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Oronsay, Inner Hebrides. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Limerick.[4]
Maude |  United Kingdom | The fishing trawler was driven ashore in Deadman's Bay, Devon. She was refloated with assistance from Bell ( United Kingdom).[3]
Mayo |  United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Kimmeridge Ledge, in the English Channel the coast of Dorset.[6] Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was a total loss.[4]
Memi |  United Kingdom | The yacht sank in the Cattewater.[3]
Natal |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Nixton Point, Cornwall.[3]
Nautilus |  Netherlands | The brig was driven ashore at Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom with the loss of a crew member.[3]
Ocean Bird |  United States | The schooner sank in the Pasquatolik River with the loss of all nineteen people on board. She was on a voyage from Nag's Head to Elizabeth, North Carolina.[2]
Phœnix |  United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore in Angle Bay.[4]
Phosphorus |  United Kingdom | The ketch sank at Plymouth, Devon.[3]
Prothesa |  United Kingdom | The brigantine was abandoned off Ramsey. Her seven crew were rescued by the Ramsey Lifeboat Two Sisters ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[3]
Robert Preston |  United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore on the Isle of Whithorn.[8]
Red Rover |  United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Abersoch. Her crew were rescued.[3]
Rudolph Ebel | Flag unknown  | The ship departed from Falmouth for Cádiz, Spain. No further trace, reported overdue.[10]
Samuel Dixon |  United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned in the Irish Sea off Wicklow. Her four crew were rescued by the Wicklow Lifeboat Robert T. Garden ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[3]
Sendre |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cardiff.[3]
Sparkling Wave |  United Kingdom | The fishing trawler was driven ashore in Deadman's Bay. She was refloated with assistance from Bell ( United Kingdom).[6]
Susan Vittery |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Nixton Point.[3]
Thursnella |  Denmark | The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Trefusis Point, Cornwall with the loss of her captain.[3][4]
Token |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cardiff.[6]
Tregonel |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Penarth, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued.[3]
Trevaunce |  United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and severely damaged at Cardiff.[3]
Water Lily |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cardiff.[3]
Wild Hunter |  United Kingdom | The schooner was driven into the landing stage and wrecked at Tranmere.[6]
Unnamed  | Flag unknown  | The steamship was driven ashore on Heligoland.[6]
Several unnamed vessels  |  United Kingdom | The Mersey Flats sank at Tranmere.[3]
Unnamed  |  United Kingdom | The powder hulk broke from her moorings in the River Mersey. She was beached at Eastham, Cheshire with assistance from the ferry Firefly ( United Kingdom).[3]

## 2 November

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List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1887  Ship | State | Description

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Ann Francis |  United Kingdom | The ship was run into by the steamship Countess of Dublin ( United Kingdom) and sank at Millwall, Essex.[4]
England's Rose |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven onto the Saltcar Rocks, on the coast of Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Hartlepool, County Durham.[4]

## 3 November

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List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1887  Ship | State | Description

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Canos |  United Kingdom | The steamship ran ashore in the River Thames near Gravesend, Kent.[1]
England''s Rose |  United Kingdom | The collier, a brigantine, foundered off the coast of Kent.[11]
Graphic |  United Kingdom | The steam hoy was driven ashore in Pegwell Bay, Kent. She was on a voyage from Sandwich, Kent to the River Thames or vice versa.[11]
John Hannah |  United Kingdom | The brigantine ran aground on the Felixtowe Ledge, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to Ramsgate, Kent.[1]
Saffron |  United Kingdom | The collier, a brig, foundered off the Kent coast.[11]
Wheatsheaf |  United Kingdom | The Thames barge foundered off the Isle of Grain, Kent. Her crew were rescued by the tug London ( United Kingdom).[1]
Unnamed  | Flag unknown  | The brig was driven ashore at Deal, Kent.[1]
Unnamed  | Flag unknown  | The brig was driven ashore in Pegwell Bat.[11]

## 5 November

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List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1887  Ship | State | Description

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Livingstone |  United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Teignmouth, Devon.[12] She was refloated on 12 November.[13]

## 7 November

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List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1887  Ship | State | Description

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Earl of Beaconsfield |  United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore 6 nautical miles (11 km) north of Withernsea, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Hull, Yorkshire.[12] She subsequently broke up.[14]
J. Benham |  Norway | The ship departed from Pensacola, Florida, United States for Buenos Aires, Argentina. No further trace, reported missing.[15]

## 8 November

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List of shipwrecks: 8 November 1887  Ship | State | Description

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Ariel |  United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off the Coquet Islands, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Otto McCombie ( United Kingdom).[16]
Gamecock |  United Kingdom | The brig was run into by the steamship Mastiff ( United Kingdom) and sank at Dalmuir, Renfrewshire. Her crew were rescued by Mastiff. Gamecock was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Dundalk, County Louth.[16]
Lene |  United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea 240 nautical miles (440 km) north east of Spurn Point, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by the smack Integrity ( United Kingdom). Lene was on a voyage from Fowey, Cornwall to Stettin, Germany.[17]

## 9 November

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List of shipwrecks: 9 November 1887  Ship | State | Description

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Drysdale |  United Kingdom | The steamship sank at the stern at Greenock, Renfrewshire.[16] She was refloated on 12 November and placed under repair.[13]
Olga |  Austria-Hungary | The full-rigged ship was wrecked between "Island Corrente" and Portopalo di Capo Passero, Sicily, Italy. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Fiume.[17]
Sovereign |  United Kingdom | The barquentine was abandoned by all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada to a British port. She was subsequently taken in to Crookhaven, County Cork in a waterlogged condition.[18]

## 11 November

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List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1887  Ship | State | Description

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Java |  United Kingdom | The ship departed from Pensacola, Florida, United States for Hull, Yorkshire. No further trace, reported missing.[19]
Marie Constance |  United Kingdom | The ship departed from Ballyshannon, County Donegal for Cardiff, Glamorgan. No further trace, reported overdue.[10]

## 12 November

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List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1887  Ship | State | Description

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Hoy Head |  United Kingdom | The steamship foundered off the Godrevy Lighthouse, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France.[20]
Syren |  United Kingdom | The barque foundered at sea. Her crew were rescued by the barque Indien ( France). Syren was on a voyage from "Tuyu" to Falmouth, Cornwall.[21]

## 13 November

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List of shipwrecks: 13 November 1887  Ship | State | Description

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Bakuin |  United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship Derwentwater ( United Kingdom) and was severely damaged. She was taken in to Penarth, Glamorgan in a waterlogged condition.[18]
Betsey |  United Kingdom | The schooner sprang a leak and foundered 8 nautical miles (15 km) south south west of the Cardigan Bay Lightship ( Trinity House). Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to Hull, Yorkshire.[18]
Glenholme |  United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground off Whitefarland Point, Renfrewshire.[18]
Recepta |  United Kingdom | The steamship was severely damaged by fire at South Shields, County Durham.[18]
San Marco |  Italy | The steamship departed from Penarth, Glamorgan for Genoa. No further trace, reported overdue.[22]

## 14 November

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List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1887  Ship | State | Description

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Adrastea |  Austria-Hungary | The barque ran aground at "Galippa", Tunisia. She was on a voyage from Jaffa, Ottoman Syria to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Tunis, Tunisia in a waterlogged condition.[23]

## 15 November

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List of shipwrecks: 15 November 1887  Ship | State | Description

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Wah Young |  United Kingdom | The steamship was destroyed by fire at sea with the loss of 400 lives She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Canton, China.[24]

## 16 November

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List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1887  Ship | State | Description

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Fatfield |  United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Humber at Whitton, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Goole, Yorkshire.[20]
Idomene |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in Quora Bay, 2+1⁄2 nautical miles (4.6 km) from Mazeppa Bay, with the loss of thirteen of her 24 crew. She was on a voyage from Rangoon, Burma to the English Channel.[23][25][26]
Tom Roberts |  United Kingdom | The schooner foundered off Ballaugh, Isle of Man. All four crew were rescued.[27]
Vespasian |  United Kingdom | The ship departed from Saigon, French Indo-China for Manila, Spanish East Indies. No further trace, reported overdue.[28]
Wah Yeung |  United Kingdom | The steamship was destroyed by fire in the Canton River with the loss of about 400 lives.[29]

## 17 November

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List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1887  Ship | State | Description

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City of Newcastle |  United Kingdom | The steamship carrying a cargo of cotton from Charlestown for Havre caught fire off the Old Head of Kinsale, County Cork on 11 November. She put into Falmouth, Cornwall with her fore hold on fire and was immediately towed to St Just Pool where she was scuttled.[17][30]
Consul |  United Kingdom | The steamship struck a rock off Small Island, in the Sea of Marmara and sank. All eighteen people on board were rescued by Marquis Sciciuana (Flag unknown).[31]
Faithful |  United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship Capella ( Germany) in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent and was beached. Her passengers were taken off by the tug Cambria ( United Kingdom).[23] Faithful was refloated in early December and towed to Northfleet, Kent, where she was beached.[32]
Princess Louise |  United Kingdom | The steam yacht ran aground at Dundee, Forfarshire.[23]
Revivalist |  United Kingdom | The fishing trawler was run into by the steamship Connaught ( United Kingdom) and sank at Kingstown, County Dublin. Her crew survived.[33]

## 18 November

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List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1887  Ship | State | Description

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Alice Craig |  United States | The schooner foundered in Lake Superior off the coast of Bayfield County, Wisconsin. Her crew were rescued by a fishing yawl the next day. Alice Craig remained afloat and later came ashore nearby on the coast of Wisconsin in the vicinity of 46°52.645′N 091°10.990′W﻿ / ﻿46.877417°N 91.183167°W﻿ / 46.877417; -91.183167﻿ (Alice Craig), where she was stripped and abandoned. Her rudder washed ashore in Eagle Bay on the coast of Wisconsin in 1907.[34]
City of Newcastle |  United Kingdom | The steamship put in to Falmouth, Cornwall on fire and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from Charlestown, South Carolina, United States to Queenstown, County Cork and Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.[33]
Dauntless |  United Kingdom | The yawl yacht ran aground and was damaged at Dover, Kent.[33]
Neto |  Portugal | The brigantine foundered off Madeira. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from the Azores to Lisbon.[33]
Peter D. Smith |  United Kingdom | The fishing schooner departed from Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all twelve crew. She was probably lost on 4 December on the Georges Bank.[35][36][37]
Vortigern |  United Kingdom | The steamship foundered at seawith the loss of nineteen lives. She was on a voyage from Sourabaya, Netherlands East Indies to Hong Kong.[38][39]
Unnamed  |  Italy | The smack was run into by the royal yacht SMS Greif ( Austro-Hungarian Navy) and sank off Rovigno with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by SMS Greif.[40]

## 19 November

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List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1887  Ship | State | Description

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Alfred Watts |  United States | The full-rigged ship capsized 600 to 700 nautical miles (1,100 to 1,300 km) off the Bahamas with the loss of 26 of the 28 people on board. Survivors were rescued on 20 December by the barque Lizzie Perry ( Canada). Alfred Watts was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Japan.[41]
Douro |  United Kingdom | The steamship foundered off the Berlengas, Portugal with the loss of eight of her sixteen crew. Survivors were rescued by Brackley ( United Kingdom). Douro was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Barcelona, Spain.[42]
Hellenese |  Germany | The 1200 ton steamer went ashore at Dungeness, Kent in the fog. She was carrying frozen meat and wool from Monte Video for London. There were no injuries among the passengers and crew.[43]
W. A. Scholten |  Netherlands | The steamship was run into by the steamship Rosa Mary ( United Kingdom) and sank in the English Channel 12 nautical miles (22 km) off the South Sands Head Lightship ( Trinity House) and 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Dover, Kent, United Kingdom with the loss of 132 of the 210 people on board. Some of the survivors were rescued by the steamship Ebro ( United Kingdom), others by a Coastguard boat, a shore boat or landed in two of the ship's lifeboats. W. A. Scholten was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to New York, United States.[44]
Sorrento |  | The steamer, carrying 61 passengers and a general cargo from New York to Hamburg went ashore at Dungeness, Kent.[43]

## 20 November

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List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1887  Ship | State | Description

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Anna |  Norway | The brig foundered off the Cabo da Roca, Portugal. Her crew were rescued by the barque Amalia ( Sweden). Anna was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Kristiansund.[45]
Baroda |  United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship collided with Buccleuch and sank in the River Mersey. Baroda was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Liverpool, Lancashire.[46]
Telephone |  United States | The steamship caught fire near Astoria, Oregon, and was beached. One person died. She later was refloated and rebuilt.[47]

## 21 November

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List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1887  Ship | State | Description

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Polynoris |  United Kingdom | The steamship struck the wreck of W. A. Scholten ( Netherlands) and sank in the English Channel 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Folkestone, Kent. Her crew were rescued.[48]
Triton |  Sweden | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at "Makkehead", Denmark.[45]

## 22 November

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List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1887  Ship | State | Description

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Charles P. Chouteau |  United States | The steamship was destroyed by fire in the Mississippi River at Sunflower Landing 135 miles (217 km) downstream of Memphis, Tennessee. One of her firemen died.[47]
Palais Gallien | Flag unknown  | The ship was driven ashore at Ronehamn, Gotland, Sweden.[45]
Palmyra |  United Kingdom | The steamship was run into by the steamship Odessa ( United Kingdom) at Gravesend, Kent and was beached. Palmyra was on a voyage from London to Genoa, Italy.[45]
Sir Robert Peel |  United Kingdom | The ship capsized. She was righted the next day.[45]
William Parsons II |  United Kingdom | The fishing schooner departed from Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States. No further trace, lost with all twelve crew. She may have foundered on 4 December on the Georges Bank.[49][50][37]
E. F. Sawyer |  United States | The full-rigged ship was run into by a steamship and sank in the English Channel off Sandgate, Kent, United Kingdom with the loss of fourteen of her 22 crew. Survivors were rescued by the steamship.[48][51]

## 23 November

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List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1887  Ship | State | Description

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Leander |  Germany | The steamship collided with the wreck of E. F. Sawyer ( United States) off Sandgate, Kent, United Kingdom. She was towed in to Dover, Kent in a sinking condition. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Bremen.[51][52]
Margaret and Ann |  United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex.[53]

## 24 November

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List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1887  Ship | State | Description

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Jane Roberts |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Cullercoats, Northumberland.[53]
Serpho |  United Kingdom | The steamship foundered off the coast of Portugal. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Gwalior ( United Kingdom).[54]

## 27 November

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List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1887  Ship | State | Description

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Michael and Christopher |  United Kingdom | The schooner sprang a leak and was abandoned off the Turnberry Lighthouse, Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from Arklow, County Wicklow to Ayr. She subsequently foundered off the Isle of Arran.[5]
Unnamed  |  Austria-Hungary | The fishing boat was run into by the steamship Vera ( United Kingdom) and sank off Fiume. Her crew were rescued by Vera.[38]

## 28 November

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List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1887  Ship | State | Description

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Lady Mostyn |  United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Llanelly, Glamorgan and was run into by the steamship Creaden ( United Kingdom). Lady Mostyn was refloated and put back to Llanelly.[55]
Thetford |  United Kingdom | The steamship was run into by the steamship Hawarden Castle ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Blackwall, Middlesex. Her crew were rescued by the tug Renown ( United Kingdom).[55] Thetford was refloated on 14 December.[56]

## 29 November

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List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1887  Ship | State | Description

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Catherine |  United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Swadman Rocks. She was on a voyage from London to Kirkcaldy, Fife. She was refloated and completed her voyage in a leaky condition.[5]
Monday |  United Kingdom | The Thames barge was run into by the steamship Arno ( United Kingdom) in the Thames Estuary. Monday was beached at Hope Point.[5]

## 30 November

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List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1887  Ship | State | Description

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Laleham |  United Kingdom | The steamship was damaged by fire at Cardiff, Glamorgan.[5]
Tafna |  United Kingdom | The steamship was run into by the steamship Express at South Shields, County Durham and was severely damaged.[32]

## Unknown date

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in November 1887  Ship | State | Description

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Activ |  Germany | The brig ran aground on the Lillegrund, in the Baltic Sea, and sank. Her crew were rescued.[14]
Adela |  United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore near Saint-Brieuc, Côtes-du-Nord, France. She was on a voyage from Burntisland, Fife to Saint-Brieuc.[33]
Agnes Louise |  United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the River Tees. She was on a voyage from Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.[4]
Albany |  United States | The ship was driven ashore. She was later refloated and taken in to Cheboygan, Michigan.[55]
Albatross |  Netherlands | The barque collided with the steamship Allerwash ( United Kingdom) and was severely damaged.[18]
Alberta |  United Kingdom | The schooner collided with the dynamite magazine Alpha ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames and was beached.[51]
Alerte |  Germany | The schooner was wrecked on the Dungeness Spit, in the Strait of Magellan on or before 9 November.[56]
Andrea |  Austria-Hungary | The barque foundered at sea. Her crew were rescued by the barque Lennatin ( Russia). Andrea was on a voyage from Genoa, Italy to New York, United States.[17]
Angeline |  Norway | The brig was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the barque Mathilde ( Sweden). Angeline was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom to Christiania.[14]
Arizona |  United States | The steamship was destroyed by fire at Marquette, Michigan.[33]
Baring Brothers |  United States | The ship ran aground at San Francisco, California. She was refloated and found to be severely leaky.[14]
Bassano |  United Kingdom | The steamship caught fire at Gothenburg, Sweden. She was on a voyage from New York to Gothenburg.[5]
Belle of Devon |  United Kingdom | The schooner was lost whilst on a voyage from Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada to Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony.[2]
Bellerophen |  United Kingdom | The fishing smack was run into by a steamship and sank off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.[51]
Bellona |  United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked off Imbros, Ottoman Empire. Her crew were rescued.[53]
Ben Nevis |  United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Sfântu-Gheorge, Romania.[55]
Betty Sauber, and
Cumberland |  Germany
United Kingdom | The steamship Cumberland was run into by the steamship Betty Sauber at Hamburg. Both vessels were severely damaged. Betty Sauber was on a voyage from Hamburg to Sunderland, County Durham. Cumberland was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Hamburg. She ran aground.[57]
Boreas |  United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Easington, Yorkshire. Her five crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.[57]
Brabo |  Belgium | The steamship ran aground off Cape Corrientes, Cuba.[38] She was refloated two days later and taken in to Mobile, Alabama, United States.[55]
Britannia |  United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. She was refloated and taken in to Sandhaven, Aberdeenshire in a leaky condition.[17]
Bucephalus |  United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore in the Torres Strait. She was refloated.[20]
Capri |  United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked on the Kentish Knock. Her crew were rescued by the Walton Lifeboat.[58]
Choteau |  United States | The steamship was destroyed by fire near Greenville, Mississippi. She was on a voyage from Memphis, Tennessee to New Orleans.[53]
Christina |  Norway | The barque ran aground on a sunken wreck at Pensacola, Florida, United States. She was on a voyage from Pensacola to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[13]
Coban |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at "Traverse", Canada. She was on a voyage from Montrea. Quebec to Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada.[55]
Cobden |  United Kingdom | The steamship ran ashore at Thameshaven, Essex.[20]
Condoren |  Denmark | The schooner was driven ashore at Snekkersten. She was on a voyage from Ystadt, Sweden to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[33]
County of Pembroke |  United Kingdom | The barque ran aground on the Juister Riff, off Juist, Germany and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by the Juist Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London.[57][17] She was later refloated with the assistance of a steamship and was taken in to the Ems.[13]
Dahlia |  United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Brazil to Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony.[18]
Diomeda, and
William Symington |  United Kingdom | The steamships collided at Constantinople, Ottoman Empire and were both severely damaged.[33]
Director |  United Kingdom | The ship struck rocks off Balabac Island, Spanish East Indies and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Singapore, Straits Settlements to Shanghai, China.[32]
Dragoman |  United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal. She was refloated on 28 November.[59]
Duchess of Argyle |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.[12][57]
Eliza Ecles |  United Kingdom | The smack foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[11]
Eros |  Norway | The barque ran aground at Falsterbo, Sweden.[33]
Garibaldi |  Norway | The brig was run into by another vessel. She was on a voyage from Pori, Grand Duchy of Finland to Grimsby. She put in to Helsingør, Denmark in a waterlogged condition.[16]
General Havelock |  United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the River Thames at Ratcliff, Middlesex. She was the run into by the tug Midge ( United Kingdom). General Havelock was refloated and resumed her voyage.[23]
Genesta |  United Kingdom | The sailing barge collided with the brig Ebenezer ( United Kingdom) 7 nautical miles (13 km) south of Flamborough Head and was severely damaged. Genesta was on a voyage from Sunderland to Faversham, Kent. She was towed in to Scarborough, Yorkshire.[12]
Guyandotte |  United States | The ship collided with a schooner and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Norfolk, Virginia to New York.[31]
Harbinger |  United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship Rowan ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames and was beached.[23]
Harrowgate |  United Kingdom | The steamship caught fire at New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.[14]
Hawarden |  United Kingdom | The steamship arrived at Queenstown, County Cork on fire. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Reval, Russia.[1]
Hbar |  Sweden | The ship was lost at Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain.[1]
Hutton Hall |  United Kingdom | The ship caught fire at Calcutta, India.[57] The fire was extinguished.[16]
Ianthe |  United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Smyrna, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to Mersina, Ottoman Empire.[53]
Impi |  Russia | The brig was driven ashore at Hittarp, Sweden.[16]
Italia | Flag unknown  | The ship struck rocks at Oporto, Portugal. She was refloated, towed in to Oporto in a waterlogged condition and was beached.[45]
Killarney |  United Kingdom | The ship collided with Cruisader and sank off Yloilo, Spanish East Indies. Her crew survived.[23]
Kimberley |  United Kingdom | The steamship caught fire at New Orleans. The fire was extinguished.[45]
Lavinia |  Germany | The steamship struck a sunken rock at Corral, Chile and became leaky.[4]
Llavarello Siroceri |  Italy | The ship was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea. Her crew survived.[20]
Lombard |  United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the quayside at Hull, Yorkshire and sank at the bow. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Hull.[45]
Lorely |  Germany | The barque was driven ashore at "Loosen". She was on a voyage from Hull to Dantsic.[20]
Maria |  Sweden | The brig was driven ashore at Gothenburg. She was on a voyage from Uddevalla to Hartlepool, County Durham.[53]
Mary Lohden | Flag unknown  | The ship ran aground at Juniskär, Sweden.[31]
Monmouthshire |  United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Montrose, Forfarshire. She was on a voyage from Montrose to Sydney, New South Wales.[14] She was refloated and put back to Montrose.[20]
Muxal |  United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Cheney Rock Spit, in the Thames Estuary.[14]
Nedsjed |  United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the River Tees and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough to Bombay, India. She was refloated on 18 November and put back to Middlesbrough.[33][31]
Newnham |  United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Atherfield, Isle of Wight. She was refloated on 21 November.[45]
Onkshaia |  Denmark | The brig ran aground on Kalbaden, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Kotka, Grand Duchy of Finland to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom.[53]
Osseo |  United States | The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from New York to Trinidad.[57]
Pansewitz |  Germany | The barque was driven ashore on "Amack", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to Gloucester, United Kingdom. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark.[33]
Paolina B |  Italy | The barque was driven ashore at "Cedevia", Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom to an American port.[57]
Pembury |  United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Ängelholm, Sweden to Cork. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to Cuxhaven, Germany.[4]
Plover |  United Kingdom | The steamship struck a rock at "Trillingate" and sank. She was a total loss.[13]
Polynia |  United Kingdom | The steam whaler was driven ashore in Prince Regent's Inlet. She was refloated three days later.[18]
Prince Eugene |  Guernsey | The ship foundered off Alderney, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from Guernsey to London.[31]
Queen of the Isles |  United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground in the River Liffey. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Irvine, Ayrshire.[14]
Rebecca |  Germany | The brig was wrecked at Savanilla, Colombia. Her crew were rescued.[17]
Rebecca Mary |  United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground in the River Mersey. She was refloated.[55]
Rivas | Flag unknown  | The ship was driven ashore at Maassluis, South Holland. She was refloated.[45]
Southella | Flag unknown  | The steamship was driven ashore at "Storjungfron", Sweden.[53]
Stockholm |  Germany | The steamship ran aground at Stockholm, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Stockholm.[14]
Stork |  United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore near Cuxhaven. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London.[57]
Sunshine |  United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Montejo Reef, off Sanlúcar de Barrameda. She was later refloated and towed in to Bonanza, Spain.[12]
Svalen | Flag unknown  | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Mogador, Morocco. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Mogador.[20]
Sylphiden |  Denmark | The schooner collided with the steamship Eastwood ( United Kingdom) and sank off Sandhammaren, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. Sylphiden was on a voyage from Fraserburgh to Liepāva, Russia.[20]
To Brodre | Flag unknown  | The ship ran aground. She was later refloated and taken in to Garston, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[55]
Tønsberg |  Norway | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Clara B. Parodi (Flag unknown).[18]
Trio |  United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground and was holed by her anchor at Beuville, Calvados, France. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Beuville.[57]
Universe |  United Kingdom | The paddle steamer ran aground at Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire. She was refloated and taken in to Barrow-in-Furnesss in a leaky condition.[20]
Victoria |  United Kingdom | The ketch caught fire and was abandoned in the Thames Estuary. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to London.[23]
Vionis |  United Kingdom | The steamship was lost with all seven crew. She was on a voyage from Lunenberg, Nova Scotia to Puerto Rico.[2]
Vlaanderen |  Belgium | The steamship was wrecked on the French coast. She was on a voyage from Banana, Congo Free State to Antwerp.[48]
Wilhelmine Agatha |  United Kingdom | The barquentine was driven ashore north of "Drumore". She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Belfast, County Antrim.[4]
Winchester |  United States | The ship arrived at Bermuda on fire. She was on a voyage from New Orleans to Sevastopol, Russia. The fire was extinguished.[57]

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