List_of_shipwrecks_in_1885 Knowpia

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1885
Ship	State	Description
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

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