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The '''list of shipwrecks in February 1888''' includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during February 1888.
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==1 February==
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|ship=''Abercorn''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[barque]] foundered off [[Grays Harbor]], [[Washington Territory]] with the loss of 21 lives. There was at least one survivor.<ref name=Times090288a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Loss of the Abercorn |date=9 February 1888 |issue=32304 |page=6 |column=B }}</ref><ref name=Times100288>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters At Sea |date=10 February 1888 |issue=32305 |page=5 |column=D }}</ref>
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|ship=''Hermes''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] was abandoned in the [[English Channel]] off the coast of [[Cornwall]] with the loss of one of her four crew. Survivors were rescued by the [[steamship]] ''La Valette'' ({{flag|France}}) ''Hermes'' was on a voyage from [[Cork (city)|Cork]] to [[Exmouth]], [[Devon]].<ref name=Times060288/><ref name=Times030288a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters At Sea |date=3 February 1888 |issue=32299 |page=5 |column=E }}</ref><ref name=Times110588>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Humanity Rewarded |date=11 May 1888 |issue=32383 |page=4 |column=F }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Lilian''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[brig]] was abandoned in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] ({{coord|44|00|N|15|05|W}}). Her crew were rescued by the [[steamship]] {{SS|Saxonia|1878|2}} ({{flagcountry|German Empire}}). ''Lilian'' was on a voyage from [[Cardiff]], [[Glamorgan]] to [[Imberwa]], [[Empire of Brazil|Brazil]].<ref name=Times060288>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=6 February 1888 |issue=32301 |page=6 |column=E }}</ref>
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|ship=''Maria''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[Thames barge]] was wrecked on the East Sand, off the coast of [[Kent]]. All three people on board were rescued by the Margate Lifeboat.<ref name=Times020288>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=2 February 1888 |issue=32298 |page=11 |column=F }}</ref>
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|ship=''Planet''
|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] ran aground in the [[Scheldt]] at [[Hansweert]], [[Zeeland]], Netherlands. She was on a voyage from [[Antwerp]], Belgium to [[Lisbon]], Portugal.<ref name=Times020288/> She was refloated with assistance.<ref name=Times030288/>
}}
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|ship=''Wybren Romer''
|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the [[North Sea]] {{convert|20|nmi|km}} east of [[Spurn Point]], [[East Riding of Yorkshire|Yorkshire]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]]. Her crew were rescued by the [[tugboat|tug]] ''May'' ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). ''Wybren Romer'' was on a voyage from [[London]], United Kingdom to Beauvoir.<ref name=Times030288/>
}}
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==2 February==
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|ship=''Mystery''
|flag={{flag|United States|1877}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] was wrecked on [[Western Bail]] at [[Lockeport, Nova Scotia]], [[Canada]]. Her crew were rescued.<ref name="Gloucester">{{cite web |url=https://www.downtosea.com/1876-1900/1888.htm |title=1888 |website=Out of Gloucester |access-date=23 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624212054/https://www.downtosea.com/1876-1900/1888.htm|archive-date=24 June 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Oithona''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship departed from [[Passaroeang]], [[Netherlands East Indies]] for the [[English Channel]]. No further trace,<ref name=Times060988>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=6 September 1888 |issue=32484 |page=8 |column=C }}</ref> reported missing.<ref name=Times130988>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=13 September 1888 |issue=32490 |page=5 |column=F }}</ref>
}}
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==3 February==
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|ship={{HMS|Resistance|1861|6}}
|flag={{navy|UK}}
|desc=The [[armour plate]]d [[hulk (ship)|hulk]] sank in Portchester Creek following the test of a [[Whitehead torpedo]].<ref name=Times040288a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval and Military Intelligence |date=4 February 1888 |issue=32300 |page=12 |column=d }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Wandering Minstrel''
|flag=Flag unknown
|desc=The [[barque]] was wrecked on [[Midway Island]]. Her crew were rescued by ''Norma'' (Flag unknown).<ref name=Times220489>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=22 April 1889 |issue=32679 |page=8 |column=F }}</ref>
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==5 February==
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|ship=''Ann Millicent''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost off [[Timor]], [[Netherlands East Indies]]. She was on a voyage from the [[Gulf of Carpentaria]] to [[Adelaide]], [[South Australia]].<ref name=Times140288/>
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|ship=''Thomas M. Reed''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire at [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]].<ref name=Times070288>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=7 February 1888 |issue=32302 |page=10 |column=D }}</ref>
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==7 February==
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|ship=''Virginie''
|flag=Flag unknown
|desc=The ship caught fire in the [[Atlantic Ocean]].<ref name=Times120288/>
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==8 February==
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==9 February==
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|ship= ''Pinnas''
|flag= {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc= The steamer sank, after hitting the sunken steamer ''Saltburn'' while entering [[Sunderland]] harbour. Vessels to the value of approximately £40,000 have sank here.<ref>{{cite news |title=As the steamer ... |work=The Cornishman |issue=502 |date=16 February 1888 |page=3}}</ref>
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|ship= ''Rhodora''
|flag= {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc= The [[steamship]] was severely damaged by an onboard explosion off "Corrent Island", in the [[Mediterranean Sea]] ({{coord|35|20|N|15|23|E}}). She was in a voyage from [[Cardiff]], [[Glamorgan]] to [[Port Said]], [[Khedivate of Egypt|Egypt]]. She was towed in to [[Messina]], [[Sicily]], [[Kingdom of Italy|Italy]] by the steamship ''Castor'' ({{Flag|Netherlands}}).<ref name=Times140288/><ref name=Times160488>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=16 April 1888 |issue=32361 |page=7 |column=F }}</ref>
}}
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|ship= ''Spearman''
|flag= {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc= The 1,345 ton [[North Shields]] steamer sank, while at anchor, after being rundown by an unnamed vessel.<ref>{{cite news |title=The 1345-ton ... |work=The Cornishman |issue=504 |date=1 March 1888 |page=6}}</ref>
}}
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==10 February==
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|ship=''Rising Star''
|flag={{flag|United States|1877}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] was wrecked at Rye Beach<!--NH or NY?-->. Her crew were rescued.<ref name="Gloucester" />
}}
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==12 February==
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|ship=''Adelina''
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=The [[brigantine]] was driven ashore and wrecked at [[Palamós]], Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Cardiff]], [[Glamorgan]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]] to [[Nice]], [[Alpes-Maritimes]].<ref name=Times140288/>
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==13 February==
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|ship=''Ole Bull''
|flag={{flag|Norway|1844}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] ran aground and sank at "Esketh". All on board were rescued.<ref name=Times200288>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=20 February 1888 |issue=32313 |page=10 |column=B }}</ref>
}}
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==14 February==
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|ship=''Winifred''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground on the Inner Binks, off the mouth of the [[River Humber|Humber]]. Her five crew were rescued by the Spurn Lifeboat. ''Winifred'' was on a voyage from [[London]] to [[Aberdeen]]. She was subsequently towed in to [[Grimsby]], [[Lincolnshire]].<ref name=Times160288/>
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==15 February==
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|ship=''Ashurst''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] foundered in the [[Bristol Channel]] between [[Hartland Point]] and [[Lundy Island]], [[Devon]]. Her crew were rescued by the [[barquentine]] ''Barry'' ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).<ref name=Times200288/>
}}
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==16 February==
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|ship=''J.M.K.''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] ran aground in the [[Pembroke River]].<ref name=Times200288/>
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|ship=''Ragna''
|flag={{flag|Norway|1844}}
|desc=The ship departed from [[Grimsby]], [[Lincolnshire]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]] for [[Montevideo]], Uruguay and [[Buenos Aires]], Argentina. No further trace,<ref name=Times160888>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=16 August 1888 |issue=32466 |page=5 |column=F }}</ref> reported missing.<ref name=Times230888>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=23 August 1888 |issue=32472 |page=8 |column=E-F }}</ref>
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==17 February==
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|ship={{ship||Eastminster|ship|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[full-rigged ship]] departed from [[Maryborough, Queensland]] for [[Newcastle, New South Wales]]. She presumably sank in a [[cyclone]] that struck the area soon afterward. Her wreckage was found on a [[coral reef]] in the [[Capricorn and Bunker Group]] in the [[Coral Sea]] approximately {{convert|100|nmi|lk=in}} east of [[Rockhampton]], [[Queensland]]. 
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|ship={{SS|Geelong|1856|2}} 
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] was run ashore on Carlisle Island, [[Queensland]] after losing her cable in a hurricane. Two of her crew were lost, but the remainder and all 13 passengers were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Townsville]] to [[Brisbane]].<ref name=BC200288>{{cite news |title=Monday, February 20, 1888 |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3468198 |access-date=18 January 2022 |work=Brisbane Courier |volume=XLIV |issue=9391 |date=20 February 1888 |page=4 |via=Trove}}</ref><ref name=YP060488>{{cite news |title=Disaster to a Passenger Steamer |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/18880406/118/0003 |access-date=18 January 2022 |work=Yorkshire Post |issue=12,721 |date=6 April 1888 |location=Leeds |page=3 |via=British Newspaper Archive}}</ref>
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==18 February==
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|ship=''Adolphe Louise Protegée''
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=The [[fishing smack]] was run into by ''Marion Ross'' ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the [[English Channel]] {{convert|15|nmi|km}} off [[Beachy Head]], [[Sussex]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]]. Her crew were rescued by ''Marion Ross''.<ref name=Times220288/>
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|ship=''Leverington''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] was damaged by an onboard explosion. She was on a voyage from [[Cardiff]], [[Glamorgan]] to [[Shoreham-by-Sea]], [[Sussex]].<ref name=Times200288/>
}}
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|ship=''Nellie''
|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} [[Jersey]]
|desc=The [[ketch]] was run into by the [[tugboat|tug]] ''Wellington'' ({{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} [[Jersey]]) and sank at [[Guernsey]], [[Channel Islands]].<ref name=Times200288/>
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==19 February==
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|ship=''Hajeen''
|flag=Flag unknown
|desc=The [[steamship]] ran aground in the [[Suez Canal]].<ref name=Times220288a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Suez Canal |date=20 February 1888 |issue=32314 |page=10 |column=F }}</ref>
}}
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==20 February==
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|ship=''Daisy''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground in the [[River Usk]]. She was on a voyage from [[Newport, Monmouthshire]] to [[Pará]], [[Empire of Brazil|Brazil]].<ref name=Times220288/>
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|ship=''European''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] ran aground in the [[Suez Canal]].<ref name=Times220288a/>
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|ship=''Zebrina''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground on the Pye Sand, in the [[North Sea]] off the coast of [[Essex]]. She was on a voyage from [[Whitstable]], [[Kent]] to [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], [[Northumberland]].<ref name=Times220288/>
}}
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==21 February==
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|ship=''Annie Christian''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] was run into by the [[steamship]] ''Mersey'' ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the [[River Mersey]] Her crew were rescued.<ref name=Times220288/>
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==22 February==
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|ship= {{ship|French cruiser|Dayot||2}}
|flag={{navy|France}}
|desc=The [[unprotected cruiser]] foundered in a [[cyclone]] at [[Tamatave]], [[Madagascar]].<ref name=Conways>[https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?164059 wrecksite.eu SMS Undine (+1884)]</ref><ref>Chesneau, Roger, and Eugene M. Kolesnik, ''Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905'', New York: Mayflower Books, 1979, {{ISBN|0-8317-0302-4}}, p. 317.].</ref><ref name=Times050388>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Hurricane In Madagascar |date=5 March 1888 |issue=32325 |page=6 |column=D }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Irene''
|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] was wrecked in a cyclone at Tamatave.<ref name=Time060388>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=6 March 1888 |issue=32326 |page=10 |column=D }}</ref>
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|ship=Seven unnamed vessels
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[coastal trading vessel|coasters]] were wrecked in a cyclone at Tamatave.<ref name=Times050388/>
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|ship=Two unnamed vessels
|flag=Flags unknown
|desc=The ships were wrecked in a cyclone at Tamatave.<ref name=Times050388/>
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==23 February==
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|ship=''Kater R. Jones''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] was driven ashore at [[Cardiff]], [[Glamorgan]].<ref name=Times240288/>
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==24 February==
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|ship=''Ransom''
|flag={{flag|United States|1877}}
|desc=The [[whaler]], a [[barque]], was wrecked on [[Molokai]], [[Kingdom of Hawaii]] in a [[hurricane]] with the loss of all hands, about 40 lives.<ref name=Times020488>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters At Sea |date=2 April 1888 |issue=32349 |page=4 |column=C }}</ref>
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|ship=''Rhosina''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] ran aground at [[Odessa]], [[Russian Empire|Russia]].<ref name=Times280288/>
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==25 February==
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|ship=''Hesperus''
|flag={{flag|Sweden|1844}}
|desc=The [[brigantine]] was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by the [[steamship]] ''Minerva'' ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). ''Hesperus'' was on a voyage from "Aquilas" to [[Leith]], [[Lothian]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]].<ref name=Times010388/>
}}
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|ship=''Inchbroom''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] ran aground and sank on the North Bull, in the [[Irish Sea]] off the coast of [[County Dublin]].<ref name=Times280288>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=28 February 1888 |issue=32320 |page=12 |column=A }}</ref>
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|ship={{SV|Nellie Bowers||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1877}}
|desc=The schooner was lost near [[Richmond's Island]], Maine, with the loss of at least 2 crewmen.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CotIAQAAIAAJ&dq=capsized+yacht&pg=PA20 |title=Annual Report of the Operations of the United States Life-Saving Service for year ending June 30, 1889 |date=4 February 1891 |publisher=U.S. Government printing office via Googlebooks |accessdate=12 January 2024}}</ref>
}}
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==27 February==
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|ship={{SS|Julia||2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1877}}
|desc=The [[ferry]] suffered a [[boiler explosion]] at [[South Vallejo, California]] and was destroyed by fire. The fire also destroyed {{convert|600|ft}} of the wharf, large vats of [[petroleum]], the telegraph office, and freight depot. 30 to 40 people were killed and 14 were wounded.<ref name="Supervising1888">{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nnc1.cu09189980&view=1up&seq=178 |title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1888 |publisher=Columbia University |access-date=9 February 2020|via=Hathi Trust}}</ref><ref name=Julia>{{cite web |url=http://www.gendisasters.com/california/6207/south-vallejo-ca-ferryboat-julia-explosion-feb-1888 |title=South Vallejo, California Ferry Boat JULIA Explosion, February, 1888 |publisher=gendisasters.com |access-date=8 February 2020}}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Ottowa''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] was driven ashore at "Elalgrat"<!--Llobregat?-->, Spain. She was refloated the next day.<ref name=Times050388a>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=5 March 1888 |issue=32325 |page=6 |column=D }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Aagot''
|flag={{flag|Norway|1844}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore {{convert|2|nmi|km}} north north east of [[Zuydcoote]], [[Nord (departements)|Nord]], France. Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from [[Mandal]] to [[Cardiff]], [[Glamorgan]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]].<ref name=Times180288/>
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|ship=''A. E. Killan''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship arrive at [[Iquique]], Chile on fire and was beached. She was severely damaged.<ref name=Times170288/><ref name=Times180288>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=18 February 1888 |issue=32312 |page=6 |column=E }}</ref>
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|ship=''Arch Druid''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] ran aground in the [[Danube]] at "Doanaslau", [[Kingdom of Romania|Romania]]. She was on a voyage from [[Constanţa]], Romania to an English port.<ref name=Times120288/> She was later refloated.<ref name=Times170288>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=17 February 1888 |issue=32311 |page=4 |column=F }}</ref>
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|ship=''Ardgay''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Cape Bontagan, [[Qing dynasty|China]].<ref name=Times240288/> Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[British Hong Kong|Hong Kong]] to [[Bangkok]], [[Siam]].<ref name=Times300488>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters At Sea |date=30 April 1888 |issue=32373 |page=6 |column=C }}</ref>
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|ship=''Bacilia''
|flag=Flag unknown
|desc=The [[steamship]] ran aground at [[Maassluis]], [[South Holland]], Netherlands. She was on a voyage from [[Benisaf]], [[French Algeria|Algeria]] to [[Rotterdam]], South Holland.<ref name=Times240288/>
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|ship={{SS|Booldana|1880|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] collided with the steamship ''Afrika'' ({{flagcountry|German Empire}}) in the [[Hooghly River]] and ran aground.<ref name=Times040288>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=4 February 1888 |issue=32300 |page=9 |column=F }}</ref>
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|ship=''Caterina G.''
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=The [[brig]] ran aground at "Pasoglobo", Argentina and sank. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to [[Rosario]], Argentina.<ref name=Times090288/>
}}
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|ship=''Charlotte of Derby''
|flag={{flag|Norway|1844}}
|desc=The [[barque]] ran aground on the [[Haisborough Sands]], in the [[North Sea]] off the coast of [[Norfolk]], United Kingdom. She was refloated and beached at [[Great Yarmouth]], Norfolk.<ref name=Times180288/>
}}
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|ship=''Commonwealth''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] ran aground south of [[Amack]], Denmark.<ref name=Times160288/> She was refloated and taken in to [[Copenhagen]], Denmark.<ref name=Times170288/>
}}
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|ship= ''Corinthian''
|flag= {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc= The steamship's boiler exploded, killing seven of the crew and sinking while on a voyage from Vera Cruz to New York. The surviving crew, took to the boats and landed at [[Galveston]], [[Texas]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Disastrous Boiler Explosion At Sea |work=The Cornishman |issue=504 |date=1 March 1888 |page=6}}</ref>
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|ship=''Dorothea'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] ran aground on the Maplin Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of [[Essex]], United Kingdom. She was refloated and towed in to [[London]], United Kingdom.<ref name=Benham/>
}}
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|ship=''Elizabeth and Charlotte''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[smack (ship)|smack]] was driven ashore and wrecked at [[Garton]], [[East Riding of Yorkshire|Yorkshire]]. Her crew were rescued.<ref name=Times240288/>
}}
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|ship=''Esterel''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[steam yacht]] was run into by the [[steamship]] {{SS|Aurora|1869|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) off [[Santa Maura]], [[Kingdom of Greece|Greece]] and was severely damaged.<ref name=Times100288/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Excellent|1880|2}},<br>''Memling'', and<br>''St. Asaph''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] ''Excellent'' collided with the steamships ''St. Asaph'' and ''Memling'' at [[Gibraltar]] and sank. ''Excellent'' was on a voyage from [[Messina]], [[Sicily]], [[Kingdom of Italy|Italy]] to [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], United States. ''St. Asaph'' was severely damaged. She was taken in to Gibraltar in a waterlogged condition. ''Memling'' was severely damaged and was beached. She was on a voyage from [[Agrigenti]] Sicily to London.<ref name=Times010388>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=1 March 1888 |issue=32322 |page=11 |column=E }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Fairmount''
|flag={{flag|United States|1877}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at [[Bay Head, New Jersey]]. She was on a voyage from [[Antwerp]], Belgium to [[New York City|New York]]. She was refloated with assistance and completed her voyage.<ref name=Times240288/>
}}
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|ship=''Favourite''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] was wrecked at [[Pará]], [[Empire of Brazil|Brazil]].<ref name=Times040288/>
}}
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|ship=''Grey Eagle''
|flag={{flag|United States|1877}}
|desc=The [[barque]] was driven ashore and wrecked at [[Cape Henry]], [[Virginia]]. She was on a voyage from [[Rio de Janeiro]], Brazil to [[Baltimore, Maryland]].<ref name=Times140288>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=14 February 1888 |issue=32308 |page=10 |column=E }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Haddington''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[barque]] was destroyed by fire in the [[Indian Ocean]]. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Chittagong]], [[British Raj|India]] to New York.<ref name=Times140288/>
}}
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|ship=''Harriet Upham''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Montevideo]], Uruguay to [[Aracaju]], Brazil.<ref name=Times010388/>
}}
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|ship=''Imbs''
|flag={{flag|Norway|1844}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] ran aground on the Caloot Bank, in the North Sea off the cost of [[Zeeland]], Netherlands. She was on a voyage from [[Havre de Grâce]], [[Seine-Inférieure]], France to Antwerp.<ref name=Times160288/>
}}
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|ship=''Ipselen'' 
|flag={{flag|Norway|1844}}
|desc=The [[brig]] was wrecked on the Whittaker Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her nine crew were rescued by the Clacton Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from [[oslo|Christiania]] to [[Lowestoft]], [[Suffolk]], United Kingdom.<ref name=Benham>{{cite book |title=The Salvagers |first=Hervey |last=Benham |author-link=Hervey Benham |page=197 |publisher=Essex County Newspapers Ltd |location=Colchester |year=1980 |isbn=00-950944-2-3}}</ref><ref name=Times180288/>
}}
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|ship=''John Banfield''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[barque]] was driven ashore near [[Mazzara]], Sicily. She was on a voyage from [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], [[Northumberland]] to [[Trapani]], Sicily.<ref name=Times280288/>
}}
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|ship=''Kate''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was run into by a steamship and sank in the [[River Thames]] at [[Woolwich]], [[Kent]]. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from [[Portland, Dorset]] to [[Pimlico]], [[Middlesex]].<ref name=Times090288/>
}}
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|ship=''Lady Catherine''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] was driven ashore in the [[Thames Estuary]] {{convert|1|nmi|km}} downstream of the [[Chapman Head Lighthouse]]. She was refloated on 26 February and sailed upstream.<ref name=Times280288/>
}}
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|ship=''Laila''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[barque]] was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Little Gisce Bay to [[Saint John, New Brunswick]], [[Canada]].<ref name=Times140288/>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Lesbian|1874|2}}
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] ran aground at "Bulgar", [[Ottoman Empire]]. She was on a voyage from [[Constantinople]], Ottoman Empire to [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]].<ref name=Times160288/>
}}
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|ship=''Loch Ken''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground on the South Sand Head, off the coast of Kent. Five people were rescued by the [[lugger]] ''Champion'' ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). ''Loch Ken'' was on a voyage from [[Middlesbrough]], [[East Riding of Yorkshire|Yorkshire]] to the [[Natal Colony]]. She was refloated.<ref name=Times040288/>
}}
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|ship=''Maine et Loire''
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] was wrecked in the [[Banana Islands]], Sierra Leone. Her crew were rescued.<ref name=Times120288/>
}}
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|ship=''Marcia C. Day''
|flag={{flag|United States|1877}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore at [[Arromanches]], [[Calvados (department)|Calvados]], France. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce to New York.<ref name=Times200288/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Mary Ann''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at [[Port Elizabeth]], [[Cape Colony]].<ref name=Times140288/>
}}
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|ship=''Mascotte''
|flag={{flag|United States|1877}}
|desc=The [[barque]] was driven ashore at Philadelphia.<ref name=Times120288/>
}}
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|ship=''Merton''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] was driven ashore and wrecked at [[Saltfleethaven]], [[Lincolnshire]]. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from [[Sunderland, County Durham]] to [[Lymington]], [[Hampshire]].<ref name=Times160288>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=16 February 1888 |issue=32310 |page=12 |column=A }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Myrtle'', and<br />''Progress''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[smack (ship)|smacks]] collided in the North Sea. Both vessels sank. Their crews were rescued.<ref name=Times070288/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Nairnshire''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[barque]] ran aground on the Scar Bank, in [[Loch Ryan]].<ref name=Times030288>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=3 February 1888 |issue=32299 |page=12 |column=C }}</ref> She was refloated and taken in to [[Cairnryan]], [[Wigtownshire]].<ref name=Times040288/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Nilo''
|flag={{flag|Austria-Hungary|civil}}
|desc=The [[brig]] was driven ashore at Balerma, Spain. She was on a voyage from [[Marseille]], [[Bouches-du-Rhône]], France to [[Buenos Aires]], Argentina. She was a total loss.<ref name=Times220288/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Occident''
|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}
|desc=The [[barque]] was driven ashore and wrecked at [[Maracaibo]], Venezuela.<ref name=Times090288/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Otterhound''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[yacht]] was run into by the [[steamship]] {{SS|Aurora|1869|2}} ({{flag|Austria-Hungary|civil}}) off [[Corfu]] Greece and was severely damaged.<ref name=Times090288/>
}}
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|ship=''Perseverance''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[brigantine]] was driven ashore and severely damaged at [[Seaham]], [[County Durham]]. She was on a voyage from [[Chichester]], [[Sussex]] to Seaham.<ref name=Times160288/>
}}
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|ship=''Ponca''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] ran aground off [[Cape Henlopen]], [[Delaware]], United States.<ref name=Times140288/>
}}
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|ship=''Progress''
|flag={{flag|Norway|1844}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] was driven ashore between [[Le Crotoy]] and [[Saint-Valery-sur-Somme]], [[Somme (department)|Somme]], France. She was on a voyage from [[Farsund]] to [[Abbeville]], Somme. She was refloated and towed in to port in a waterlogged condition.<ref name=Times280288/>
}}
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|ship=''Queen''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] caught fire at sea whilst on a voyage from [[Galveston, Texas]] to [[Bremerhaven]], [[German Empire|Germany]]. The fire was extinguished and she completed her voyage on 10 February.<ref name=Times120288>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=12 February 1888 |issue=32307 |page=10 |column=E }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Richard Fisher''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] was driven ashore at [[Gravesend, Kent]].<ref name=Times200288/>
}}
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|ship=''Salisbury''
|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}
|desc=The [[barque]] was abandoned off [[Cape Flattery]], [[Washington Territory]]. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Port Townsend]], Washington Territory to Montevideo.<ref name=Times200288/>
}}
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|ship=''Skjold''
|flag={{flag|Denmark}}
|desc=The [[barque]] collided with the [[brigantine]] ''Abis'' ({{flagcountry|German Empire}}) at Maracaibo and was severely damaged.<ref name=Times090288/>
}}
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|ship=''Strathmore''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] ran aground in the Narrow Straits, in the [[Red Sea]].<ref name=Times200288/>
}}
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|ship=''Swatow''
|flag={{flagcountry|Qing dynasty|1862}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] struck rocks at [[Swatow]] and foundered.<ref name=Times240288>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=24 February 1888 |issue=32317 |page=10 |column=F }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Tiger''
|flag=Flag unknown
|desc=The [[steamship]] ran aground on the Schuitezand, in the [[Zuyder Zee]]. She was on a voyage from [[Amsterdam]], [[North Holland]], Netherlands to [[Bremen]], Germany.<ref name=Times240288/>
}}
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|ship=''Two Sisters''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[ketch]] was driven ashore in the River Thames at [[Tilbury]], Essex.<ref name=Times180288/>
}}
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|ship=''Venus''
|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}
|desc=The [[brigantine]] was driven ashore at Maracaibo. She was refloated.<ref name=Times090288/>
}}
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|ship=''Weasel''
|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} [[Jersey]]
|desc=The [[schooner]] was wrecked on [[Paxos]], Greece. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Corfuto [[Rouen]], Seine-Inférieure.<ref name=Times060288/>
}}
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|ship=''Winchester''
|flag={{flag|United States|1877}}
|desc=The ship was damaged by fire at [[Bermuda]], [[Arson]] was suspected.<ref name=Times220288>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=22 February 1888 |issue=32315 |page=11 |column=B }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''W. M. Mackay''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] was run into by the [[steamship]] ''City of Truro'' ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in [[Long Island Sound]].<ref name=Times090288>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=9 February 1888 |issue=32304 |page=10 |column=E }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Ypapanti''
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] was destroyed by fire off Marseille. Her crew were rescued.<ref name=Times170288/>
}}
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|ship=''Zephyr''
|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
|desc=The ship ran aground on the Media Suna Rocks. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from [[Trinidad]] to [[Falmouth, Cornwall]]. She was a total loss.<ref name=Times030388>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=3 March 1888 |issue=32324 |page=6 |column=C }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Unnamed
|flag=Flag unknown
|desc=The ship ran aground on rocks off the coast of [[Calvados (department)|Calvados]], France.<ref name=Times180288/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Unnamed
|flag={{flag|Denmark}}
|desc=The [[brig]] ran aground at the [[Point of Ayr]], [[Cheshire]], United Kingdom.<ref name=Times220288/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=Unnamed
|flag=Flag unknown
|desc=The [[steamship]] ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex.<ref name=Times280288/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship= Unnamed
|flag= Flag unknown
|desc= The vessel, carrying 2,000 tons of coal, was completely destroyed at [[Bramley-Moore Dock]], Liverpool.<ref>{{cite news |title=Fires |work=The Cornishman |issue=501 |date=9 February 1888 |page=3}}</ref>
}}
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==References==
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[[Category:Maritime incidents in February 1888]]