List of Storms

DATE	NOTES
1696	200 colliers lost, with most of their crews
1703 Nov 26-27	The Great Storm. 8000 drowned. 12 men-of-war lost with 1800 crew.
1737 Oct 11	India. Hundreds of vessels cast away. A fleet of Indiamen greatly damaged
1768 Oct 25	Havannah, hurricane
1775 Oct 29	North of England. Many vessels destroyed. Four Dublin Packets foundered.
1782 April 22	Surat, 7000 died.
1794 Oct 6	Throughout Great Britain. Several hundred ships destroyed or damaged.
1800 Nov 8	London and most of England.
1814 Dec 16-17	Great Britain and Ireland. Immense damage, many ships wrecked.
1816 Aug 31	English coast. Great number of vessels lost, and much damage to shipping in general
1819 Sep 20-22	St. Thomas, Leeward Islands. 104 vessels lost.
1821 Nov	Durham to Cornwall. Many vessels lost
1822 Dec 12	Ireland, especially Dublin
1828 Jan 12-13	Coast of England. Many vessels lost, 13 wrecked in Plymouth alone
1828 Feb 18	Gibraltar. More than 100 vessels destroyed
1831 July 16	Cape of Good Hope
1838 Oct 28	London. Described as "Hurricane"
1839 Jan 6-7	West coast of England, and Ireland. Coasts and harbours covered with wrecks.
1852 Dec	Many destructive storms
1853 Jan	Many destructive storms
1854 Nov 13-16	Black Sea. Much loss of life and of shipping sent to the Crimea.
1854 Dec 31	N. coast of Europe
1857 Nov 23	N.E. Scotland. 42 fishermen lost
1859 Oct 25-26	The Royal Charter lost and many other vessels
1859 Oct 31	Storm
1859 Nov 1	Storm
1860 Jan 1	English Channel. Much loss of life and property.
1860 Feb 26-28	Gales, much mischief
1860 June 2	Gale, much mischief
1861 Feb 20-21	Great storm
1861 May 28	British coasts. 143 wrecks
1861 Nov 13-14	N.E. England. 50 wrecks
1862 Oct 19-20	British coasts. Many wrecks
1863 Jan 19	Severe gales, much damage and loss of life
1864 Oct 5	Calcutta, great cyclone, 30ft tidal surge, immense damage to shipping and houses, 60,000 persons perished.
1864 Dec 13	Lisbon. Hurricane, worst for many years.
1865 Jan 14	Gale off Great Ormes Head, Lelia cutter wrecked, several lives lost
1866 Jan 6-11	Severe gales, with many wrecks, especially Torbay and Biscay
1867 Dec 2-4	Severe gales
1868 Jan 22	Severe gales
1868 Jan 31	Severe gales
1868 Feb 1	Severe gales
1869 Sept 11-12	Severe gales.
1872 Jan 24	Severe storm, much damage. Barometer very low
1872 June 24-26	Violent storms, southern counties
1872 July, August	Very stormy
1872 Dec 8	Violent gale, much destruction. Wind 57 m.p.h.
1873 July 22-23	Scotland and N. England
1873 Dec 16	Storm, Lancashire and Yorkshire
1874 July 11	N.E. London
1874 Sept 22	Typhoon, Macao and Hong Kong
1874 Oct 21	Violent gale, with destruction of life and property
1874 Nov 29	Violent gale, with destruction of life and property
1874 Dec 7,8,10,11	Violent gales, with destrution of life and property
1875 Jan 1,3	Severe snowstorms, Scotland
1875 March 12	Severe snowstorm, S. England. Destruction of life and property
1875 Sept 15-18	Galveston, Texas. Great loss of life
1876 Nov 11-13	Severe storms, great loss of shipping
1876 Dec 2,3,23,24	Severe gales, great loss of shipping
1877 Jan 2	Severe gale, great loss of shipping
1877 Oct 14,15	Great destruction on land and shipping throughout England
1877 Nov 24,25	Much damage on S.E. coast
1878 Apr 10-11	Storm and heavy rain, London
1878 Aug	Thunderstorms destroying life and property
1879 Aug 16, 17	Cheshire and Wales
1879 Dec 28	Violent gale, Scotland. Tay bridge destroyed
1880 Jul	Many thunderstorms, England
1880 Oct 27, 28	Severe storms, England
1881 Jan 17-21	Severe blizzard, great loss of life at sea
1881 Oct 8	Haifong (Haiphong), China. Typhoon, 300,000 persons perished.
1881 Oct 14-19	Violent hurricane, England. About 130 wrecks.
1881 Oct 19-20	Many wrecks on S. and W. coasts of England, with much loss of life.
1881 Nov 26, 27	Great destruction of life and property by gales
1881 Dec 17-21	Many wrecks and loss of life
1882 Jan 6	Severe gale, much destruction, England and Scotland
1882 April 29	Severe gale
1882 Aug 22, 23	Violent gales with damage
1882 Oct 24	Violent gale with damage
1883 Jan 26-28	Violent gales
1883 Feb 10	Violent gale
1883 March 6	Violent gale
1883 Sept 1-2	Violent gale in British Channel, many wrecks
1883 Sept 26	Destructive gale on Scottish and Irish coasts
1883 Dec 12	Great loss of life and damage
1884 Jan 23-24,26,27	Violent S.W. gales, destruction of life and property, many disasters
1884 Oct 7	Sicily
1885 Oct 12-15	Heavy storms, Labrador coast. 80 craft wrecked, 300 lives lost
1885 Dec 2	Colon, Panama. 15 vessels wrecked, 50 lives lost
1886 Aug 16	Hurricane at St. Vincent. Great loss of life and property
1886 Oct 12	Violent gale, Texas, 250 persons drowned
1886 Oct 15-16	Very destructive gale on sea and land.
1886 Dec 8, 9	Destructive gale and storm especially S and W England. many wrecks and loss of life.
1886 Dec 26-27	Destructive snowstorm, specially E and S England. Many wrecks.
1887 Aug 16	Destructive hurricane, Bordeaux and S France
1887 Aug 17	Many thunderstorms throughout the country
1887 Oct 30	W gale, destruction of life and property in France, the Channel and S England
1887 Oct 31-Nov1	Destruction at Holyhead, Liverpool and the Bristol Channel
1887 Nov 3	Gale, S.E. coast
1888 Jan 26	Blizzard, New York
1888 Mar 9-11	Violent gale; several wrecks and loss of life.
1888 Mar 11-13	USA east coast. Many wrecks, 400 lives lost.
1888 Mar 28	Great storm and tidal wave, Wellington New Zealand
1888 Sep 4	Destructive cyclone in the West Indies.
1888 Nov 15-16	Destructive gale, Scotland, N. England and Ireland; many shipwrecks; Forth bridge damaged.
1888 Nov 25	USA East coast. 50 vessels wrecked and 45 lives lost.
1889 Feb 2,3,8	Destructive gales over Britain; wrecks and loss of life.
1889 Mar 15,16	Violent hurricane in the Pacific (Samoan Isles)
1889 May 10	USA East coast, destructive storm.
1889 Aug 21	Great storm over the United Kingdom; wrecks with loss of life.
1889 Sep 11-12	Severe gales Long Island, New Jersey etc. wrecks with loss of life.
1889 Sep 13	Delaware Bay, 29 vessels wrecked, 31 lives lost.
1889 Oct 5-7	Great storms over the United Kingdom; wrecks with loss of life.
1889 Oct 7	Great storm in Sardinia.
1889 Oct 26-27	Destructive storm on the coast of Carolina.
1890 Jan 17-27	Destructive gale with loss of life in the Atlantic and on British coast, especially S. and W., high tides and floods.
1890 Nov 6-7	714 lives saved by lifeboats during the great gale
1890 Dec 3	Gale in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, 40 vessels wrecked.
1890 Dec 8	Much destruction of shipping and buildings, Newfoundland.
1890 Dec 24	Violent storm in the N. Atlantic, 60 vessels lost.
1890 Jan	68 British wrecks and 67 lives lost.
1890 Nov 7	Violent gale over Great Britain and Ireland, great destruction of life and property, especially at sea; 114 lives saved by lifeboats.
1890 Nov 23	Violent N.W. gale in the channel, several wrecks on the S. coast.
1891 Feb 12-13	Destructive cyclone over the Fiji and Navigation Isles, great loss of life and shipping.
1891 Mar 9-13	Great blizzard througout England, especially S. and W. Many wrecks and loss of life in the channel; hurricanes near Dover and Plymouth; wrecks of fishing boats at Hastings and other places. 14 ships and 60 lives lost.
1891 Aug 24-26	Destructive storms in Great Britiain, especially the N.W. coast.
1891 Sep 9	Destructive storm off Nova Scotia, 20 vessels wrecked, with loss of life.
1891 Oct 13-15	Much destruction of houses and shipping, moderate loss of life.
1891 Oct 22-24	Severe storm on S. and W. coasts of England, and in Spain and S. France.
1891 Nov 2	Destructive cyclone in the bay of Bengal, with loss of life.
1891 Nov 10-11	England, especially S. and W. coasts, many wrecks, with loss of life, off Sandgate, Dover, Folkestone, St. Leonards, Brighton etc.
1891 Dec 7-11	Violent gales in the channel, causing wrecks and loss of life.

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