Great Marine Disasters From 1866 to 1911
Among the great marine disasters on record that have resulted in loss of lives and vessels are:
| 1866, | Jan. 11.—Steamship London, on her way to Melbourne, foundered in the Bay of Biscay; 220 lives lost. |
| 1866, | Oct. 3.—Steamship Evening Star, from New York to New Orleans, foundered; about 250 lives lost. |
| 1867, | Oct. 29.—Royal Mail steamships Rhone and Wye and about 50 other vessels driven ashore and wrecked at St. Thomas, West Indies, by a hurricane; about 100 lives lost. |
| 1870, | —Indian Line steamship City of Boston left New York with 117 passengers and was never heard from. |
| 1871, | July 30.—Staten Island ferryboat Westfield exploded in New York hurricane; about 1000 lives lost. |
| 1873, | Jan. 22.—British steamship North Fleet sunk in collision off Dungeness; 300 lives lost. |
| 1873, | Nov. 23.—White Star liner Atlantic wrecked off Nova Scotia; 547 lives lost. |
| 1873, | Nov. 23.—French liner Ville du Havre, from New York to Havre, lost in collision with ship Lochearn; sank in 16 minutes; 110 lives lost. |
| 1874, | Dec. 26.—Immigrant vessel Cospatrick took fire and sank off Auckland; 476 lives lost. |
| 1875, | May 7.—Hamburg Mail steamship Schiller wrecked in fog on Sicily Isles; 200 lives lost. |
| 1875, | Nov. 4.—American steamship Pacific in collision 30 miles southwest of Cape Flattery; 236 lives lost. |
| 1877, | Nov. 24.—U. S. sloop of war Huron wrecked off North Carolina coast; 110 lives lost. |
| 1878, | Jan. 31.—Steamship Metropolis wrecked off North Carolina; 104 lives lost. |
| 1878, | March 24.—British training ship Eurydice, a frigate, foundered near the Isle of Wight; 300 lives lost. |
| 1878, | Sept. 3.—British iron steamship Princess Alice sunk in collision in the Thames; 700 lives lost. |
| 1878, | Dec. 18.—French steamship Byzantin sunk in collision in the Dardanelles with the British steamship Rinaldo; 210 lives lost. |
| 1879, | Dec. 2.—Steamship Borusia sunk off coast of Spain; 174 lives lost. |
| 1880, | Jan. 31.—British training ship Atlanta left Bermuda with 290 men and was never heard from. |
| 1881, | Aug. 30.—Steamship Teuton wrecked off the Cape of Good Hope; 200 lives lost. |
| 1883, | July 3.—Steamship Daphne turned turtle in the Clyde; 124 lives lost. |
| 1884, | Jan. 18.—American steamship City of Columbus wrecked on Gay Head Light, Mass.; 99 lives lost. |
| 1884, | April 19.—Bark Ponema and steamship State of Florida sank in mid-ocean after collision; 145 lives lost. |
| 1884, | July 23.—Spanish steamship Gijon and British steamship Lux in collision off Finistere; 150 lives lost. |
| 1887, | Jan. 29.—Steamship Kapunda in collision with bark Ada Melore off coast of Brazil; 300 lives lost. |
| 1887, | Nov. 15.—British steamship Wah Young caught fire between Canton and Hongkong; 400 lives lost. |
| 1888, | Sept. 13.—Italian steamship Sud America and steamship La France in collision near the Canary Islands; 89 lives lost. |
| 1889, | March 16.—U. S. warship Trenton, Vandalia and Lipsic and German ships Adler and Eber wrecked on Samoan Islands; 147 lives lost. |
| 1890, | Jan. 2.—Steamship Persia wrecked off Corsica; 130 lives lost. |
| 1890, | Feb. 17.—British steamship Duburg wrecked in China Sea; 400 lives lost. |
| 1890, | March 1.—British steamship Quetia foundered in Lorres Straits; 124 lives lost. |
| 1890, | Sept. 19.—Turkish frigate Ertogrul foundered off Japan; 540 lives lost. |
| 1890, | Dec. 27.—British steamship Shanghai burned in China Sea; 101 lives lost. |
| 1891, | March 17.—Anchor liner Utopia in collision with British steamship Anson off Gibraltar and sunk; 574 lives lost. |
| 1891, | April 16.—British ship St. Catharis wrecked off Caroline Island; 90 lives lost. |
| 1892, | Jan. 13.—Steamship Namehow wrecked in China Sea; 414 lives lost. |
| 1892, | Oct. 28.—Anchor liner Romania wrecked off Corsica; 113 lives lost. |
| 1893, | Feb. 8.—Anchor line Trinalria wrecked off Spain; 115 lives lost. |
| 1893, | June 22.—British battleship Pretoria sunk in collision with the Camperdown off Syria; 357 lives lost. |
| 1894, | Nov. 1.—Steamship Wairaro wrecked off New Zealand; 134 lives lost. |
| 1894, | June 25.—Steamship Norge wrecked on Rockall Reef in North Atlantic; nearly 600 lives lost. |
| 1895, | Jan. 30.—German steamship Elbe, sunk in collision with British steamship Grathie in North Sea; 335 lives lost. |
| 1895, | March 11.—Spanish cruiser Reina Regenta foundered in Atlantic at entrance to Mediterranean; 400 lives lost. |
| 1898, | July 2.—Steamship Bourgogne rammed British steel sailing vessel Cromartshire and sank rapidly; 571 lives lost. |
| 1904, | June 15.—General Slocum, excursion steamboat with 1400 persons aboard; took fire going through Hell Gate, East River; more than 1000 lives lost. |
| 1905, | Sept. 12.—Japanese warship Mikasa sunk after explosion in Sasebo harbor; 599 lives lost. |
| 1907, | Feb. 12.—Steamship Larchmont in collision with Harry Hamilton in Long Island Sound; 183 lives lost. |
| 1907, | Feb. 21.—English mail steamship Berlin wrecked off the Hook of Holland; 142 lives lost. |
| 1907, | Feb. 24.—Austrian Lloyd steamship Imperatrix, from Trieste to Bombay, wrecked on Cape of Crete and sunk; 137 lives lost. |
| 1907, | Jan.—British steamship Pengwern foundered in the North Sea; crew and 24 men lost. |
| 1907, | Jan.—Prinz Waldemar, Hamburg-American line, aground at Kingston, Jamaica, after earthquake; 3 lives lost. |
| 1907, | Feb.—French warship Jean Bart, sunk off coast of Morocco. |
| 1907, | March.—Steamship Congo sunk at mouth of Ems river by German steamship Nerissa; 7 lives lost. |
| 1907, | March.—French warship Jena, blown up at Toulon; 120 lives lost. |
| 1907, | July.—Steamship Columbia, sunk off Shelton Cove, California, in collision with steamship San Pedro; 50 lives lost. |
| 1908, | Feb. 3.—Steamship St. Cuthbert, bound from Antwerp to New York, burned at sea on Nova Scotia; 15 lives lost. |
| 1908, | April 25.—British cruiser Gladiator rammed by American liner St. Paul off Isle of Wight; 30 lives lost. |
| 1908, | July.—Chinese warship Ying King foundered; 300 lives lost. |
| 1908, | Aug. 24.—Steamship Folgenenden wrecked; 70 persons lost. |
| 1908, | Nov. 6.—Steamship Taish sunk in storm off Etoro Island; 150 lives lost. |
| 1911, | Feb. 2.—Steamship Abenton wrecked; 70 lives lost. |
| 1911, | April 23.—Steamship Asia ran aground; 40 lives lost. |
| 1911, | Sept. 5.—Steamship Tuscapel wrecked; 81 lives lost. |
| 1911, | Oct. 2.—Steamship Hatfield in collision and sunk; 207 lives lost. |
| 1911, | April 2.—Steamship Koombuna wrecked; 150 lives lost. |