7 February

• ( Belgium), ran aground at Benisaf, Algeria
  Algeria
  Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...
  
   and was wrecked.

March

15–16 March

• Eber
  SMS Eber (1887)
  The SMS Eber, a 735-ton iron-hulled gunboat, was built at Kiel, Germany for gunboat diplomacy in the Pacific. It was a barque-rigged auxiliary steamer. After commissioning in September 1887 she was sent to the Pacific to serve in the German Colonial Empire. She disarmed the inhabitants of Nauru in...
  
  , was wrecked in the Samoan Hurricane of 15–16 March
  1889 Apia cyclone
  The 1889 Apia cyclone was a Pacific tropical cyclone, which swept across Apia, Samoa on March 15, 1889 during the Samoan crisis. The effect on shipping in the harbour was devastating, largely because of what has been described as 'an error of judgement that will forever remain a paradox in human...
  
  
• Trenton
  USS Trenton (1876)
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  , , was wrecked in the Samoan Hurricane of 15–16 March
• Vandalia
  USS Vandalia (1876)
  The second USS Vandalia was a screw sloop in the United States Navy. She was laid down at the Massachusetts Boston Navy Yard in 1872 and was commissioned there on 10 January 1876.-European Squadron, 1876–1878:...
  
  , , was wrecked in the Samoan Hurricane of 15–16 March
• Adler
  SMS Adler
  The SMS Adler was a gunboat of the German Imperial Navy.She was launched 3 November 1883 in the Imperial shipyard in Kiel. On September 5, 1888, she shelled Manono Island and Apolima, which were strongholds of Malietoa’s forces. She was wrecked 16 March 1889 in a storm at Apia,Samoa during the...
  
  , was wrecked in the Samoan Hurricane of 15–16 March
• Olga , was wrecked in the Samoan Hurricane of 15–16 March

6 April

• ( Denmark) foundered in the North Atlantic following the snapping of her propellor shaft. Abandoned and almost submerged wreck found on 8 April by ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) at 45°55′N 37°16′W. A total of 721 passengers and crew saved by .

October

• Welsh collier ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) at Land's End, Cornwall (also wrecked on the Cornish coast in October 1899)
• ( United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) at Botallack
  Botallack
  The Botallack Mine is a former mine in Botallack in west Cornwall, United Kingdom.The village is in a former tin mining area situated between the town of St Just in Penwith and the village of Pendeen....
  
  Head, St Just in Penwith, Cornwall, United Kingdom; vessel was a complete loss but no lives were lost
• ( Early Modern France) sank after a collision.