Steamships and Number of Lives Lost in Atlantic Trade 1840-92

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List of Steamships and Number of Lives Lost
in Atlantic Trade From 1840 to 1892.

The Atlantic Ferry by A. Maginnis, 1896, pp. 287-291 : additional information from Ted Finch

Year	Month	No.	Name of Vessel	Owners	Nationality	No. of Lives Lost	How Lost	Where
1841	Mar 11	1	President	British and American S.N. Co.	British	136	Never heard of	New York to Liverpool
1844	July 1	2	Columbia	Cunard Line	British	None	Wrecked in fog	Off Cape Sable
1850	Nov.	3	Helena Sloman	R. M. Sloman	German	9	Foundered	North Atlantic
1852	Dec 24	4	St. George			51	Burned
1853	Dec 5	5	Humboldt	New York and Havre S.N. Co.	American	1	Wrecked	Halifax
1854	July 17	6	Franklin	New York and Havre S.N. Co.	British	None	Wrecked	Long Island
1854	Sept 9	7	City of Philadelphia	Inman Line	British	None	Wrecked	Cape Race
1854	Sept 27	8	Arctic	Collins Line	American	322	Collision	At sea
1856	June 29	9	St. Denis		French	46
1856	Sept 23	10	Pacific	Collins Line	American	240	Never heard of	Liverpool to New York
1856	Nov 2	11	Lyonnais	Cie France-Americaine	French	120	Collision	Nantucket
1857	Feb 26	12	Tempest	Anchor	British	150	Never heard of	New York to Glasgow
1857	June 1	13	Canadian	Allan Line	British	None	Wrecked	River St. Lawrence
1858	June 13	14	New York	Glas. And New York S. Co.	British	None	Wrecked	Mull of Kyntyre
1858	Sept 13	15	Austria	Hamburg American	German	470	Burned	At sea
1859	June 28	16	Argo	Galway Line	British	None	Wrecked	Newfoundland
1859	Nov 21	17	Indian	Allan Line	British	27	Wrecked	Nova Scotia
1860	Feb 20	18	Hungarian	Allan Line	British	237	Wrecked	Cape Sable, NS
1860	Oct 7	19	Connaught	Galway Line	British	None	Burned	Massachusetts
1861	June 4	20	Canadian	Allan Line	British	35	Collision with iceberg	Straits of Belleisle
1861	Nov 5	21	North Briton	Allan Line	British	None	Wrecked	Paraquet Island
1863	April 27	22	Anglo-Saxon	Allan Line	British	237	Wrecked	Cape Race
1863	June 14	23	Norwegian	Allan Line	British	None	Wrecked	St. Paul Island
1863	Aug 4	24	Georgia	National Line	British	None	Wrecked	Sable Island
1864	Feb 22	25	Bohemian	Allan Line	British	20	Wrecked	Cape Elizabeth
1864	Mar 29	26	City of New York	Inman Line	British	None	Wrecked	Daunts Rock, Queenstown
1864	Nov 3	27	Jura	Chartered by Allan Line	British	None	Wrecked	Near Liverpool
1864	Dec 10	28	Iowa	London Line	British	None	Wrecked	Cherbourg
1865	July 31	29	Glasgow	Inman Line	British	None	Burned	Nantucket
1866	Dec 1	30	Scotland	National Line	British	None	Collision	At sea
1868	Jan	31	Chicago	Guion Line	British	None	Wrecked	Daunts Rock, Queenstown
1868	Nov 25	32	Hibernia	Anchor Line	British	66	Foundered	correction - Oct 1868 foundered in Atlantic; loss of 78 lives
1869	Apr 17	33	United Kingdom	Anchor Line	British	80	Never heard of	New York to Glasgow
1869	Aug 7	34	Germania	Hamburg American	German	None	Wrecked	Cape Race
1869	Aug 8	35	Cleopatra		British	None	Lost in fog	Newfoundland
1870	Jan 28	36	City of Boston	Inman Line	British	177	Never heard of	New York to Liverpool
1870	Oct 19	37	Cambria	Anchor Line	British	190	Wrecked	N.W. coast of Ireland
1872	Feb 7		Colorado					see Colorado below
1872	Apr 7	38	Dacian	Allan Line	British	None	Wrecked	Halifax
1872	Oct 8	39	Scanderia	Anglo-Egyptian Line	British	38	Never heard of
1872	Dec 3	40	Germany	Allan Line	British	30	Wrecked	Near Bordeaux
1873	Jan 27	41	Britannia	Anchor Line	British	None	Wrecked	Arran Island
1873	Apr 1	42	Atlantic	Oceanic S.N. Co.	British	585	Wrecked	Near Halifax
1873	May 17	43	Tripoli	Cunard	British	None	Wrecked	Tuskar Rock
1873	July 7	44	City of Washington	Inman Line	British	None	Wrecked	Nova Scotia
1873	Sept 27	45	Ismailia	Anchor Line	British	52	Never heard of	New York to Glasgow
1873	Oct 1	46	Missouri	Dominion Line	British	None	Wrecked	Bahamas
1873	Nov 22	47	Ville du Havre	Transatlantique Line	French	226	Collision	At sea
1873	Dec *	48	Colorado	Guion Line	British	6	Collision	River Mersey - * the date of loss is in error and should read 7th Feb. 1872 see
1874	Apr 3	49	Europe	Transatlantique Line	French	None	Foundered	At sea
1875	May 7	50	Schiller	Eagle Line	German	312	Wrecked	Scilly Islands
1875	June 2	51	Vicksburg	Dominion Line	British	17	Collision with iceberg	Off Newfoundland
1875	July 19	52	Abbotsford	Chartered by Amer. Line	British	None	Wrecked	Anglesea
1875	Dec 6	53	Deutschland	Norddeutscher Line	German	52	Wrecked	Goodwin Sands (this is an error, she was wrecked off Kentish Knock in the Thames Estuary with the loss of 157 lives )
1877	Jan	54	Colombo	Wilson Line	British	44	Never heard of	Hull to New York
1877	Feb 6	55	Bavaria	Dominion Line	British	None	Burned	At sea
1877	Mar 17	56	Rusland	Red Star Line	Belgian	None	Wrecked	Long Island
1877	May	57	Dakota	Guion Line	British	None	Wrecked	North Wales
1878	June 1	58	Idaho	Guion Line	British	None	Wrecked	Coast of Wexford
1878	July 30	59	Lake Megantic	Beaver Line	British	None	Wrecked	Anticosta
1878	Sept 28	60	Hermann Ludwig	Steinmann & Ludwig	Belgian	50	Never heard of	New York to Antwerp
1878	Sept	61	Yoxford	Hunting & Son	British	None	Foundered	New York to Havre
1878	Nov 26	62	Pomerania	Hamburgh-American	German	50	Collision	Off Dover
1878	Dec 4	63	Bayard	R. J. Kay & Co.	British	None	Foundered	At sea
1878	Dec 17	64	Homer	Glover Bros.	British	43	Never heard of	Boston to Liverpool
1879	Jan 11	65	Zanzibar	W. H. Wise	British	48	Never heard of	New York to Glasgow
1879	Feb 18	66	Surbiton	Watts, Milburn	British	33	Never heard of	New York to Rotterdam
1879	Mar 19	67	Bernicia		British	45	Never heard of
1879	July 15	68	State of Virginia	State Line	British	9	Stranded	Sable Island
1879	Dec 2	69	Borussia	Dominion Line	British	165	Foundered	At sea
1880	Feb 10	70	Hindoo	Wilson Line	British	6	Foundered	At sea
1880	Mar 14	71	Montana	Guion Line	British	None	Wrecked	Anglesea
1880	Sept 10	72	Anglia	Anchor Line	British	None	Collision	At sea
1880	Dec 31	73	Brazilian	Chartered by Warren Line	British	None	Wrecked	Near Liverpool
1881	Jan 24	75	Titania	C. T. Bowring	British	27	Never heard of	New York to Tyne
1881	Feb 7	76	Bohemian	Leyland Line	British	33	Wrecked	Near Crookhaven
1881	Mar 3	77	Drumduff	W & J. Hamilton	British	1	Foundered	At sea
1881	Apr 16	78	Beleize		British	None	Foundered	At sea
1881	May 29	79	Macedonia	Anchor Line	British	None	Stranded	Mull of Kintyre
1881	Nov 13	80	City of London	Thistle Line	British	41	Never heard of	At sea
1881	Sec 1	81	Hurworth	D. P. Garbutt	British	None	Foundered	At sea
1881	Dec 3	82	Bath City	Bristol City Line	British	11	Foundered
1881	Dec 30	83	Moravian	Allan Line	British	None	Wrecked	Nova Scotia
1882	Jan 8	74	City of Limerick	Thistle Line	British	43	Never heard of	New York to London
1882	Oct	84	Herder	Hamburg-American Line	German	None	Wrecked	Newfoundland
1883	Jan 3	85	Straits of Dover	N. McLean	British	27	Never heard of	Liverpool to Norfolk, Va.
1883	Jan 7	86	City of Brussels	Inman Line	British	10	Collision	Mouth of the Mersey
1883	Jan 19	87	Cimbria	Hamburg-American Line	German	389	Collision	North Sea
1883	Feb 5	88	Notting Hill	Hill Line (Twin Screw Line)	British	None	Collison with iceberg
1883	Feb 15	89	Glamorgan	Warren Line	British	7	Foundered	At sea
1883	Feb 23	90	Gloucester City	Bristol City Line	British	None	Collison with iceberg	Bristol to New York
1884	Apr 3	91	Daniel Steinman	White Cross Line	Belgian	116	Wrecked	Halifax
1884	Apr 18	92	State of Florida	State Line	British	108	Collision	At sea
1884	May 3	93	Romano	Wilson Line	British	None	Collision	At sea
1884	May 15	94	Illyrian	Leyland Line	British	None	Stranded	South coast of Ireland
1884	Dec 24	95	Coniston	W. J. Milburn	British	27	Never heard of	Liverpool to New York
1885	Jan 20	96	Fernwood	Watts, Milburn	British	25	Never heard of	New York to Bristol
1885	Jan 20	97	Preston	R. Ropner	British	29	Never heard of	New York to Avonmouth
1885	Jan 24	98	Clandon	Watts, Milburn	British	27	Never heard of	New York to Leith
1885	Jan 25	99	Benwell Tower		British	2	Foundered	At sea
1885	Feb 15	100	Humber	Stumore Weston	British	56	Never heard of
1885	June 14	101	Lake Manitoba	Beaver Line	British	None	Stranded	Miquelan Island
1885	Sept 2	102	Hanoverian	Allan Line	British	None	Wrecked	Newfoundland
1885	Nov 21	103	Iberian	Leyland Line	British	None	Stranded	Cork, Ireland
1886	Mar 1	104	Missouri	Warren Line	British	None	Standed	Welsh coast
1886	Mar 11	105	Oregon	Cunard Line	British	None	Collision	Fire Island
1886	June 30	106	Lake Champlain	Beaver Line	British	None	Stranded	County Antrim
1886	Sept 28	107	Suffolk	Hooper, Murrell, and Williams	British	None	Stranded	Near Lizard
1887	Jan 14	108	Celtic Monarch	Monarch Line	British	None	Foundered	Off coast of Ireland
1887	Aug 12	109	City of Montreal	Inman Line	British	None	Burned	At sea
1887	Nov 19	110	W.A. Scholten	Dutch Line	Dutch	130	Collision	English Channel
1887	Dec 23	111	Newcastle City	Furness Line	British	None	Foundered	At sea
1888	Aug 14	112	Geiser	Thingvalla Line	Danish	119	Collision	Off Sable Island
1889	Apr 6	113	Danmark	Thingvalla Line	Danish	None	Foundered	At sea
1889	May 22	114	Cynthia	Donaldson Line	British	8	Collision	River St. Lawrence
1889	Oct 27	115	Queensmore	Johnston Line	British	None	Burned	At sea
1889	Dec 31	116	Erin	National Line	British	72	Never heard of	New York to London
1890	July 19	117	Egypt	National Line	British	None	Burned	At sea
1890	Nov 26	118	Thanemore	Johnston Line	British	43	Never heard of	Burned and sank in heavy weather
1891	Feb 22	119	Iowa	Warren Line	British	None	Collison with iceberg
1891	Mar 17	120	Utopia	Anchor Line	British	563	Collision	Gibraltar Bay
1891	Dec	121	Abyssinia	Guion Line	British	None	Burned	At sea
1892	Jan 31	122	Eider (since refloated)	Norddeutcher	German	None	Stranded	Isle of Wight
	Total number of lives lost through steamship disasters						6,369
	Estimated loss through various causes						600
	Total number of lives lost						6,969 from 1840 to 1892
	Note:-Dates given for vessels never heard of are dates of sailing from ports.

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