List of shipwrecks in 1896

The list of shipwrecks in 1896 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1896.

Anglo-Zanzibar War: The royal yacht was sunk by the Royal Navy.

All crew rescued.

The three-masted schooner capsized in the Atlantic Ocean after departing Brunswick, Georgia, and drifted onto the outer sand bar off Ormond Beach, Florida, where she ran aground.

Two crewmen and a civilian rescuer were killed during the incident.