List of shipwrecks in 1888

The list of shipwrecks in 1888 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1888.

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1888
Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr
May	Jun	Jul	Aug
Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Unknown date
References

January

Further information: List of shipwrecks in January 1888

February

Further information: List of shipwrecks in February 1888

March

Further information: List of shipwrecks in March 1888

April

Further information: List of shipwrecks in April 1888

May

Further information: List of shipwrecks in May 1888

June

Further information: List of shipwrecks in June 1888

July

Further information: List of shipwrecks in July 1888

August

Further information: List of shipwrecks in August 1888

September

Further information: List of shipwrecks in September 1888

October

Further information: List of shipwrecks in October 1888

November

Further information: List of shipwrecks in November 1888

December

Further information: List of shipwrecks in December 1888

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1888

Ship	State	Description
Andrew H. Edwards	Flag unknown	The barque was lost off Island Beach on the coast of New Jersey, United States.[1]
Anna Delius	Norway	The barque was abandoned in the North Atlantic. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Deutschland ( Germany) and were later transferred to Pieter de Coninck ( Belgium), which landed them at Boston, Massachusetts, United States.[2]
Ann Millicent	United Kingdom	The barque was wrecked on the Timore Rocks, in the Pacific Ocean. Her fifteen crew survived.[3]
Civitas Carrera	Flag unknown	The barque was lost at Manasquan, New Jersey. Her wreck was buried until a storm uncovered it and it was salvaged in 1937.[1]
Star of Greece	United Kingdom	The full-rigged ship was wrecked off Port Willunga, South Australia with the loss of seventeen lives.[4]
Theodore Ducos	France	The barque caught fire at Tahiti on June 18 or July 18 and was scuttled.[5]
Weathersfield	United Kingdom	The vessel was lost in the Cook Strait, New Zealand. The captain and two of the crew were landed at Plymouth in March 1889.[6]

References

1. "njscuba.net "Lavallette Wreck"". Archived from the original on 2020-02-23. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
2. "Belgian Merchant P-Z" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 December 2010.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
3. "Disasters At Sea". The Times. No. 32376. London. 3 May 1888. col F, p. 6.
4. "Star of Greece". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
5. "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 32472. London. 23 August 1888. col E-F, p. 8.
6. "Capt Sherris, whose ship, ...". The Cornishman. No. 557. 7 March 1889. p. 4.