List of shipwrecks in 1886

The list of shipwrecks in 1886 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1886.

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1886
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January

2 January
List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1886
ShipCountryDescription
W. D. Chipley  United States The steamer struck a snag and sank at Stark Clay Landing in the Chattahoochee River, a total loss. Ten passengers and one crewman died.[1]

9 January
List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1886
ShipCountryDescription
Alicia A. Washburn  United States The steamer caught fire and sank in the Gulf of Mexico 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi) off St. George Island, Florida.[2]

11 January
List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1886
ShipCountryDescription
Hylton Castle  United Kingdom During a voyage from New York City to Rouen, France, with a cargo of 57,880 bushels of corn, the 1,258-gross register ton iron-hulled steam cargo ship sank in 95 feet (29 m) of water in the North Atlantic Ocean about 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) south of the Fire Island Lighthouse on Fire Island south of Long Island, New York, during a storm. Her entire crew of 22 survived, abandoning ship in two lifeboats. One lifeboat with nine or 10 men aboard (sources disagree) reached shore, while the other, with 11 or 13 men aboard (sources disagree) drifted at sea for three days until picked up by the fishing smack Stephen Woolsey ( United States).[3]

30 January
List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1886
ShipCountryDescription
Fulmar  United Kingdom The cargo ship, transporting coal from Troon, Scotland, to Limerick, Ireland, sank in Farrihy Bay, just north of Kilkee, County Clare, Ireland. All 17 aboard died, and only one body was recovered.[4]

February

10 February
List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1886
ShipCountryDescription
Cambridge  United States The 1,337-gross register ton sidewheel paddle steamer, a passenger ship, sank without loss of life in up to 50 feet (15 m) of water at 43°50′41″N 069°18′56″W after striking the west side of the pinnacle of Old Man Ledge, a reef 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) south-southwest of Port Clyde, Maine.[5]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1886
ShipCountryDescription
Hope  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Port Eynon Point, Glamorgan, Wales, and was abandoned by her crew. She was later refloated, repaired, and returned to service.[6]

March

6 March
List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1886
ShipCountryDescription
Xanthippe  United Kingdom The brig ran aground at Oxwich Point, Glamorgan, Wales, and was wrecked. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Port Talbot, Glamorgan.[6]

11 March
List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1886
ShipCountryDescription
Ike Bonham  United States The steamer's boiler blew up 11 miles (18 km) below Vicksburg, Mississippi at Bedford's Bar, Louisiana, sinking in 3 feet (0.91 m) of water. Six crewman died, and everyone else on board was wounded except the captain's wife who took over and prevented the ship from burning. The wreck was sold and the new owner had her raised, towed to Paducah, Kentucky where she was rebuilt and returned to service for the 1886–1887 cotton season.[7][8][9]

13 March
List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1886
ShipCountryDescription
John Marker  United States The tow steamer's boiler exploded destroying the ship in the lower harbor of Boston, Massachusetts. Five died.[10]

14 March
List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1886
ShipCountryDescription
Charles H. Morse  United States The schooner disappeared in the Atlantic Ocean near New York City. She probably was the schooner the passenger liner Oregon ( United Kingdom) – en route from Liverpool, England, to New York – collided with at 04:30 just 15 nautical miles (28 km) from New York. The schooner that Oregon hit sank almost immediately with the loss of all hands.[11]
Oregon  United Kingdom
Oregon
The ocean liner, en route from Liverpool, England, to New York City, sank in the Atlantic Ocean after colliding at 04:30 just 15 nautical miles (28 km) from New York with a schooner. The schooner she hit – probably Charles H. Morse ( United States) – sank almost immediately with the loss of all hands.[11]

15 March
List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1886
ShipCountryDescription
Beda  United States The freighter sank 40 miles (64 km) off Cape Perpetua, Oregon . The crew abandoned ship in her two lifeboats. One with her master and five crewmen were never seen again, the other one reached shore on 17 March near the mouth of the Umpqua River with only two of the five crew aboard still alive.[12][13]

30 March
List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1886
ShipCountryDescription
Mary Lewis  United States The steamer was smashed against the Lagonda bridge on the Atchafalaya River by a sudden gale of wind and sank. Two crew died.[14]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown March 1886
ShipCountryDescription
Eagle The yacht went to pieces in the harbour at Kingsville, Ontario during the last week of March or 1 April.[15]

April

6 April
List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1886
ShipCountryDescription
Mountain Boy  United States The sternwheel steamer capsized in a wind storm at dock in Owensborough, Kentucky, a total loss. Three crew died.[16]
Oconto  United States The steamer was wrecked in a gale/snowstorm on Charity Island, Michigan on 5 December 1885. The vessel's cook died of fright, while the rest of her crew and passengers were ferried to the island in her boat. She floated off on 6 April 1886 and drifted 20 miles (32 km) before sinking in Saginaw Bay near North Island in 14 feet (4.3 m) of water. The wreck was raised in early May and taken to Port Huron, Michigan for repairs.[17][18]

7 April
List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1886
ShipCountryDescription
Star of Hope  United States The steam barge was wrecked when the tow line to the tug Burlington ( United States) parted in heavy weather and was driven ashore at Point Pelee, Ontario. Refloated and taken to Detroit, Michigan, but described as a loss. The crew were rescued by Canadian fishermen. Her cargo of lumber was later salvaged.[19][20]
William Vanatta  United States The schooner barge, aka Vannatta, Vennette, or Vennetta, was wrecked when the tow line to the tug Burlington ( United States) parted in heavy weather and was driven ashore at Point Pelee, Ontario, a total loss. The crew were rescued by Canadian fishermen. Her cargo of lumber was later salvaged.[21][22]

11 April
List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1886
ShipCountryDescription
Taiaroa  United Kingdom The schooner-rigged coastal steamer was wrecked on the coast of New Zealand's South Island near the mouth of the Clarence River with the loss of 36 of the 50 people on board.

15 April
List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1886
ShipCountryDescription
Africa  United States The steamer burned at Owen Sound, Ontario.[23]

Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown April 1886
ShipCountryDescription
Sewell  United States The newly-built tug, awaiting her machinery to be installed by Kerr Brothers at Walkerville, sank in a storm in mid April. Raised two days later.[24]

May

13 May
List of shipwrecks: 13 May 1886
ShipCountryDescription
President  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Cardigan, Wales. Her three crew were rescued by the lifeboat Lizzie & Charles Leigh Clare ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). President was later refloated and taken in to Cardigan.[25]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1886
ShipCountryDescription
Ly-ee-Moon  New South Wales The Australasian Steam Navigation Company steamship was wrecked off Green Cape, New South Wales, Australia, on a voyage from Melbourne to Sydney with the loss of 71 lives.[26]

June

3 June
List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1886
ShipCountryDescription
Lookout  United States The 66.71-ton, 80.1-foot (24.4 m) schooner was wrecked on Sanak Island in the Aleutian Islands in a thick fog. Her crew of 15 survived.[27]
Thomas P. Sheldon  United States The schooner was sunk in a collision with Russia (flag unknown) in Lake George in the St. Marys River. Crew rescued by New Orleans (flag unknown). Apparently raised, repaired and returned to service.[28]

5 June
List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1886
ShipCountryDescription
Alpha  United States The paddle tug was destroyed by fire.

17 June
List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1886
ShipCountryDescription
David Vance  United States The schooner, under tow of the steam barge Bessemer ( United States), was damaged when she hit a pile of rocks at Lime-Kiln Crossing. She was taken to Amherstburg, Ontario where she sank. The vessel was later raised, repaired and returned to service.[29]

21 June
List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1886
ShipCountryDescription
John Carver  United States The 319-ton whaling bark was crushed in ice and abandoned in the Bering Sea north of Saint Lawrence Island and 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi) south of King Island. Her crew abandoned ship in her boats and was rescued 33 hours later by the bark Atlantic ( United States). The derelict wreck of John Carver eventually drifted to Cape Thompson on the Chukchi Sea coast of the Territory of Alaska.[30]

23 June
List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1886
ShipCountryDescription
Mary Atwater  United States The schooner was sunk in a collision with City of Kingston (flag unknown) in the Hudson River off Fort Montgomery, New York. Two crew died.[31]

30 June
List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1886
ShipCountryDescription
Birgitte  Norway The bark drifted ashore in Apalachicola Bay opposite Dog Island during a hurricane.[32]
C. Ervlin  United States The tugboat sank at the East Pass to Apalachicola Bay near Cat Point during a hurricane. Two crewmen killed. Two barges she was towing were driven ashore.[32]
California  United States The schooner was lost in Dog Island Cove, Apalachicola Bay during a hurricane. Four crewmen killed.[32]

July

3 July
List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1886
ShipCountryDescription
Royal Edward  United Kingdom The clipper ship became damaged in a gale and her crew abandoned her in a sinking state. Bellona (Norway  Norway) rescued the crew.[33]

6 July
List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1886
ShipCountryDescription
Oconto  United States The steamer struck a boulder and sank, slipping into deeper water during a salvage attempt.[34]

8 July
List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1886
ShipCountryDescription
Milwaukee  United States The steam barge sank in Lake Michigan after colliding in fog with the steam barge C. Hickox ( United States). One crewman died.[35]

16 July
List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1886
ShipCountryDescription
Prince of Wales  United Kingdom The steam tug sank after colliding with the ship Peterborough ( United Kingdom) off Botany Bay, New South Wales, Australia, with loss of two crew. Peterborough was towed into port by the steam tug Kate ( United Kingdom).[36]

31 July
List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1886
ShipCountryDescription
Passport  Canada The steamer struck a dock at the east entrance to the Cornwall Canal and sank in 20 feet (6.1 m) of water.[37]

August

Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date August 1886
ShipCountryDescription
Clara Light  United States The 179-ton whaling schooner and tender was abandoned in ice in the Chukchi Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km; 17 mi) north of Point Franklin on the coast of the Territory of Alaska in late August.[38]

September

6 September
List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1886
ShipCountryDescription
Victory  United Kingdom The three-masted schooner was stranded on La Tortuga Island, Venezuela and became a total loss.[39][40]

28 September
List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1886
ShipCountryDescription
Star of Albion  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship ran aground and was wrecked in the Hooghly River, India.[41]
Suffolk  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked in fog on the eastern side of Lizard Point, Cornwall, England. The 45 people aboard were saved.[42]

October

5 October
List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1886
ShipCountryDescription
La Mascotte  United States The passenger steamer was destroyed by fire in the Mississippi River at Crawford's Landing, 125 miles (201 km) below St. Louis due to a flue collapsing. Ten passengers and 22 crew died.[43]

6 October
List of shipwrecks: 6 October 1886
ShipCountryDescription
Juliet  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was wrecked on the Gingerbread Shoal. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.[44]

8 October
List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1886
ShipCountryDescription
Agnes  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked in Caswell Bay off Wales. Her crew survived.[6]

13 October
List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1886
ShipCountryDescription
Selah Chamberlin  United States The steamer was sunk in a collision with John Pridgen, Jr. ( United States) in fog on Lake Michigan off Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Five crewmen died.[45][46]

14 October
List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1886
ShipCountryDescription
Belle Mitchell  United States The schooner sank in a gale in Lake Erie between Conneaut, Ohio and the base of Long Point Peninsula. Lost with all 9 hands.[47][48]
George M. Case  United States The schooner sank in a gale 3 miles off Port Colborne in 7 fathoms of water. Her Captain, female Cook, and 1 crewman died. Survivors rescued by Tug W. A. Moore.[49][50]
Malleny  United Kingdom The ship was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, when she struck the Tusker Rock in the Bristol Channel and foundered with the loss of all 20 crew. The wreck came ashore at Westward Ho!, Devon, England.[6]
O. M. Bond  United States The schooner went ashore in a storm on Rond Eau Point and was wrecked. Ship and cargo a total loss. 2 crew killed.[51]

15 October
List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1886
ShipCountryDescription
Ben-y-Gloe  United Kingdom The ship was on a voyage from Singapore to Penarth, Glamorgan, Wales, when she capsized off Nash Point, Glamorgan, Wales. Her crew survived.[6][52]
Ocean Beauty  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Aberavon, Glamorgan, Wales, with the loss of two of her 15 crew. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, to Valparaíso, Chile.[6]

16 October
List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1886
ShipCountryDescription
Albert Wilhelm  Germany The brig sank at Hayle Towans, Cornwall, England.[53]

17 October
List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1886
ShipCountryDescription
Sarah Anderson  United Kingdom The ship sank at Trebarwith Strand, near Tintagel, Cornwall, England, with the loss of all on board.[54]

24 October
List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1886
ShipCountryDescription
Normanton  United Kingdom The cargo ship was wrecked in heavy wind and rain off the coast of what is now Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. The European officers and crew abandoned ship and reached safety, leaving the 12 Chinese and Indian crewman and all 25 Japanese passengers behind to fend for themselves. All the Japanese passengers died.
Samuel J. Tilden  United States The schooner was rammed and sunk ay anchor by Arabia ( United States) two miles (3.2 km) below Port Huron, Michigan in the St. Clair River in 30 feet (9.1 m) of water. The wreck was raised on 28 October. The vessel was repaired and returned to service in late 1887.[55][56]
William Rudolph  United States The steam barge caught fire off Grosse Point, Michigan. She was scuttled by the steam barge Cleveland ( United States) to prevent destruction.[57]

Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown October 1886
ShipCountryDescription
A. Neff  Canada The steamer was wrecked on rocks in a gale 30 miles (48 km) from Port Arthur, Ontario off Porphyria Point, Edward Island in Lake Superior late in the month. The crew was picked up from the island by a tug.[58]
Boswedden  United Kingdom The iron barque was lost off Hartland Point, Devon, England. All that was found was a brass bound bucket on Lundy and a writing desk washed up near Ilfracombe.[59]

November

2 November
List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1886
ShipCountryDescription
Myles  Canada The steamer was sunk on a reef, today known as Myles Shoal, in the harbor of Kingston, Ontario. Refloated 20 April, 1887, repaired and returned to service.[60][61]

5 November
List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1886
ShipCountryDescription
City of Cheboygan  United States The schooner was sunk or wrecked at DeTour Village, Michigan in 30 feet (9.1 m) of water. Refloated in June 1887, repaired and returned to service.[62][63]
Detroit  United States The schooner was wrecked on Summer Island in Green Bay near the Door Peninsula, or on Skillagalee Reef near Beaver island.[64][65]
M. Stalker  United States The schooner was rammed and sunk while anchored three miles (4.8 km) off Mackinac City (45°47′N 84°41′W) in a storm by Severn or Muskoka, sinking in 15 fathoms (90 ft; 27 m) of water. The wreck was located in 1967.[66][67][68]

12 November
List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1886
ShipCountryDescription
Northerner  United States The steam barge ran aground on a reef off Kelly's Island in Lake Erie. She caught fire and burned to the waterline. Rebuilt in 1887 and returned to service.[69][70]

13 November
List of shipwrecks: 13 November 1886
ShipCountryDescription
Snowbird  United States The schooner was wrecked in the Great Lakes.[71]

14 November
List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1886
ShipCountryDescription
Flying Scud  United States The 25.96-gross register ton, 50.2-foot (15.3 m) schooner departed Douglas Station near Cape Douglas (57°34′10″N 154°27′30″W) on the north coast of Kodiak Island in the Territory of Alaska bound for Kodiak on the eastern end of the island with 26 people on board and was never heard from again. Wreckage and broken baidarkas were found weeks later, but the loss of Flying Scud did not finally became fully apparent until the spring of 1887.[72]

17 November
List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1886
ShipCountryDescription
B. B. Buckout  United States The barge went aground in a blizzard at McDougall.[73][74]
B. M. Baker  United States The barge went aground in a blizzard at East Tawas, Michigan.[75][76]
Belle Cross  United States The steamer went aground in a blizzard opposite China Beach.[77]
City of New York  United States The steamer went aground in a blizzard near Cheboygan, Michigan at North Point in Hammond's Bay.[78][79]
Cuyahoga  United States The schooner and two scows went aground in a blizzard in North Bay.[80]
David Wallace  United States The schooner barge, being towed by Robert Wallace (flag unknown), went aground in a blizzard at Chocolay four miles (6.4 km) east of Marquette, Michigan, sinking the next day. Raised, repaired and returned to service.[81]
Emerald  United States The barge foundered in a blizzard near Kewaunee, Wisconsin. Her captain, three crewmen and female cook were lost.[82]
F. M. Dickinson  United States The barge foundered in a blizzard near Kewaunee, Wisconsin. Two crewmen and the female cook were lost.[83]
Florida  United States The schooner slipped her anchor and was dashed to pieces against a dock at Marquette, Michigan in a blizzard. Her mate was crushed between her hull and the hull of the rescue tug Gilett ( United States).[84][85]
Golden  United States The schooner went aground in a blizzard below China Beach.[86]
Golden Harvest  United States The barge went aground in a blizzard at East Tawas, Michigan.[87]
Harvey Bissell  United States The schooner barge went aground in a blizzard near Alpena, Michigan. Refloated and returned to service.[88]
Helen  United States The schooner foundered in a blizzard on Lake Michigan about 3 miles north of the Muskegon channel. Lost with all hands, 4 crewmen, her Captain and his Wife.[89][90]
L. J. Conway  United States The schooner was wrecked in a blizzard on Lake Michigan and was wrecked near Frankfort, Michigan. Lost with all hands.[91][92][93]
Mary  Canada The schooner went aground in a blizzard near Blenheim, Ontario.[94][95]
Nashua  United States The steamer went aground in a blizzard near Grass Island in Green Bay.[96]
Nelson Mills  United States The schooner went aground in a blizzard in the St. Clair River.[97]
P. S. March  United States The schooner went aground in a blizzard on St. Ignace, Michigan.[98]
Pathfinder  United States The schooner went aground in a blizzard near Rawley Point, Two Rivers, Wisconsin. Broke up over the next several days.[99][100]
Robert Wallace  United States The steamer went aground in a blizzard at Chocolay four miles (6.4 km) east of Marquette, Michigan, sinking the next day. Raised, repaired and returned to service.[101]
South Haven  United States The schooner went aground in a blizzard near Sherman's Point, Ontario, Canada (44°10′N 77°06′W).[102]
Star of the North  United States The barge foundered in a blizzard near East Tawas, Michigan in 14 feet (4.3 m) of water.[103]
Thomas P. Sheldon  United States The schooner went aground in a blizzard at Oscoda, Michigan, later sinking off Fish Point in 14 feet (4.3 m) of water after being cut loose by her tug. Apparently raised, repaired and returned to service.[104]
Tonawanda  United States The barge went aground in a blizzard at McDougall.[105]
Unknown schooner The schooner went aground in a blizzard at St. Ignace, Michigan.[106]
William Jones  United States The schooner went ashore in a blizzard on Little Sable Point, south of Pentwater, Michigan.[107][108]

18 November
List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1886
ShipCountryDescription
Hanna Butler  Canada The schooner was wrecked in Weller's Bay off Stony Point after rescuing the crew rescued by Ida Walker ( Canada). All on board rescued a day later by the Wellington Lifeboat.[109][110]
Ida Walker  Canada The schooner dragged anchor in a blizzard and was wrecked on a reef in Weller's Bay. Broke in two the next day. Crew rescued by Hanna Butler.[111][112]
John G. Kolfage  Canada The schooner went aground in a blizzard near Goderich, Ontario.[113]
Lucerne  United States The schooner sank in a gale/snowstorm in Chequamegon Bay, Lake Superior, in 17 feet (5.2 m) of water off the north side of Long Island at La Pointe, Wisconsin, with the loss of all hands.[114]
Marinette  United States The schooner, under tow by Manistique ( United States), lost her tow in a blizzard on Lake Michigan and was wrecked four miles (6.4 km) south of Frankfort, Michigan (44°32′N 86°13′W). There was one survivor, the rest of her crew died, including her female cook and the cook's 13-year-old daughter.[115][116]
Queen of the Lakes  Canada The schooner was wrecked on Stony Point in Weller's Bay. Reportedly went to pieces, but was pulled off in 1887 and taken to Kingston, Ontario, repaired and returned to service.[117][118]

19 November
List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1886
ShipCountryDescription
Menekaunee  United States The schooner, under tow by Manistique ( United States), lost her tow in a blizzard on Lake Michigan on 18 November and was wrecked four miles (6.4 km) south of Frankfort, Michigan the next day. The vessel was lost with all hands.[119][120]

20 November
List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1886
ShipCountryDescription
Thames  United Kingdom The schooner was on a voyage from Port Talbot, Glamorgan, Wales, to Bilbao, Spain, when she struck the Scarweather Sands in the Bristol Channel and consequently foundered off The Mumbles, Glamorgan. Her crew survived.[6]

27 November
List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1886
ShipCountryDescription
56S  Regia Marina The 56S-class torpedo boat sank in the Bay of Biscay after colliding with the torpedo boat 57S ( Regia Marina).[121][122]
Oregon  United States The steamer was damaged in a collision with steamer Alaska ( United States) and was beached on Bois Blanc Island to prevent sinking. Refloated on 29 November and taken to Detroit for repairs.[123]
Richmond  United States The steamer was destroyed by fire at the mouth of the Black River. Two crew died.[124]

29 November
List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1886
ShipCountryDescription
Alfred P. Wright  United States The tug went aground on a beach three miles (4.8 km) north of Manistee, Michigan and was abandoned. The Crew was saved.[125]

30 November
List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1886
ShipCountryDescription
Arundel  United States The schooner, under tow of Maggie Marshall ( Canada), went aground on a beach three miles (4.8 km) south of Manistee, Michigan. The crew was saved.[126]
Maggie Marshall  Canada The steamer went aground on a beach three miles (4.8 km) south of Manistee, Michigan. Refloated and returned to service. The crew was saved.[127]

Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown November 1886
ShipCountryDescription
Ellen Spry  United States The schooner sprung a leak and sank in 500 feet (150 m) of water in early November in the Great Lakes.[128][129][130]
Ironton  United States The steam barge sank was sunk at L'Anse, Michigan in Lake Superior in early November.[131]
Lubrene  United States The schooner was lost in the blizzard of 17–19 November near Ashland. Eight lives were lost.[132]

December

2 December
List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1886
ShipCountryDescription
Ariadne  Canada The schooner was wrecked in a gale in Mexico Bay four miles (6.4 km) from Stony Point near Oswego, New York. Her captain drowned and two crewmen froze to death. Three survivors were rescued near death by the United States Life Saving Service.[133][134]

4 December
List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1886
ShipCountryDescription
D.H. Ingraham  United States The vessel ran aground at Hereford Inlet on its way from Rockland, Maine to Richmond, Virginia. All crew were saved before the ship caught fire.[135][136]

9 December
List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1886
ShipCountryDescription
Alliance  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the seaward side of the Albert Pier, Penzance, Cornwall, England.[59]
Eliza Fernley Royal National Lifeboat Institution After launching from Southport, England, the lifeboat capsized during a gale in the Irish Sea with the loss of 14 of her 16 crew while trying to reach the crew of the barque Mexico ( German Empire), which had wrecked off Southport.
Laura Janet Royal National Lifeboat Institution After launching from St Annes, England, the lifeboat capsized during a gale in the Irish Sea with the loss of all 13 of her crew while trying to reach the crew of the barque Mexico ( German Empire), which had wrecked off Southport, England.
Mexico  Germany
Mexico
The barque was wrecked at Southport, England, during a gale in the Irish Sea. All 12 of her crew were saved by the lifeboat Charles Biggs ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution) from Lytham. Mexico later was repaired and returned to service.

13 December
List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1886
ShipCountryDescription
Richmond  United States The steamer was destroyed by fire at Saint Maurice Plantation on the Mississippi River. Five passengers and five crew died.[137]

21 December
List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1886
ShipCountryDescription
John G. Fletcher  United States The steamer struck a snag and sank in the Red River at Shady Grove Landing, 15 miles (24 km) above Shreveport, Louisiana, a total loss. One crew died.[138]

24 December
List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1886
ShipCountryDescription
Annie C. Maguire  United Kingdom Sailing from Buenos Aires, Argentina, with a cargo of miscellaneous freight, the 188-foot (57 m), 1,363-ton three-masted barque ran onto rocks on the ledge at Portland Head Light, Cape Elizabeth, Maine, during a storm and sank in up to 30 feet (9.1 m) of water.[139] Today, letters painted on the rocks below the lighthouse commemorate the wreck and the Christmas Eve rescue of her crew.

Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1886
ShipCountryDescription
Unebi  Imperial Japanese Navy The cruiser disappeared without trace in the South China Sea with the loss of all hands.

Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1886
ShipCountryDescription
Allahabad  UKGBI The iron sailing ship was on a voyage from Glasgow, Scotland, to Dunedin, New Zealand, with a cargo primarily of coal when she disappeared without trace after last being spoken to by the crew of the ship South Australian (flag unknown) in the Atlantic Ocean at (29°S 28°W) on 4 September.
Belliqueuse  French Navy The broadside ironclad was sunk as target during 1886 sometime after being stricken from the naval register on 3 May.
Boyne  United Kingdom The sailing ship was wrecked without loss of life on False Point on the coast of India during a voyage from Suva, Fiji, to Calcutta, India.
Thornton  Canada The 29-ton sealing schooner was battered to pieces at Unalaska on Unalaska Island in the Fox Islands in the eastern Aleutian Islands sometime during or after 1886.[140]
Tsengora The full-rigged ship was lost at Spring Lake, New Jersey.[141]
W. C. Warner The brig was lost at Mantoloking, New Jersey.[141]
Western Shore  United States The sloop was lost in Bristol Bay in the Territory of Alaska.[142]
Young America  United States Bound from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for Fiume, the clipper ship disappeared without trace after passing the Delaware Breakwater outbound on 17 February.

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Ship events in 1886
Ship launches: 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891
Ship commissionings: 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891
Ship decommissionings: 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891
Shipwrecks: 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891
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