List of shipwrecks in 1894

The list of shipwrecks in 1894 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1894.

According to the American newspapers of 1894, the winter and spring storms of December 1893 to April 1894 proved to be one of the most disastrous for the United States, particularly the Cape Cod area, since 1860.

[1] The eastern seaboard of the continent had already faced a fierce hurricane season in 1893 when over 2,000 people died.

The passenger steamer was on a voyage from Auckland, New Zealand, to Australia when she hit a reef at the northern edge of Great Barrier Island, about 100 kilometres (54 nmi) from Auckland, and sank with the loss of about 140 lives.

It remains one of the deadliest maritime disasters in New Zealand's history.