List of shipwrecks in July 1884
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The list of shipwrecks in July 1884 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during July 1884.
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21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 |
28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | Unknown date | ||
References |
1 July
Ship | State | Description |
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British India | ![]() |
The barque was driven ashore at the South Foreland, Kent. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Valparaíso, Chile. She was refloated and taken in to Dover, Kent.[1] |
Cornishman | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore at Barber's Point, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Odessa, Russia. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug.[2] |
Gamma | ![]() |
The schooner struck rocks at Ryhope, County Durham. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to the River Tyne. She was refloated and assisted in to Seaham, County Durham in a leaky condition.[2] |
Ligera | ![]() |
The Covadonga-class gunboat suffered a boiler explosion and foundered off Nuevitas, Cuba with the loss of three of her crew.[3] |
Portugal | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent.[1] |
2 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Palala | ![]() |
The barque was wrecked at False Cape, India with the loss of all but three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Bassein, India to Bremen, Germany.[4] |
3 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Dunmurray | ![]() |
The steamship collided with Nordstjernen (![]() |
John Bladworth | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground in the River Ouse 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) downstream of Goole, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Goole to Antwerp, Belgium.[2] |
Scottish Maid | ![]() |
The tug was driven ashore and wrecked at South Shields, County Durham. Her crew were rescued.[5] |
Water Lily | ![]() |
The schooner struck rocks 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of Tarifa, Spain. She was beached and abandoned by her crew.[5] |
4 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Lord Alfred Paget | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore in Robin Hoods Bay.[5] |
5 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Mignonette | ![]() |
The yacht was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 1,600 nautical miles (3,000 km) north west of the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Colony. Her four crew took to a lifeboat, but one of them was killed to provide food for the other three on 25 July. The survivors were rescued by the barque Montezuma (![]() |
6 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Camoens | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground at "Brimsness". She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Iceland.[6] |
Valdivia | ![]() |
The ship ran ashore and was wrecked at Point Carquin, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Huacho, Peru with the loss of three lives.[7] |
7 July
Ship | State | Description |
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H. C. Colman | ![]() |
The steamship suffered a boiler explosion and sank with the loss of a crew member .[8] |
Telefon | ![]() |
The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Lossiemouth, Moray, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from the Gulf of Bothnia to Lossiemouth.[9] |
9 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Ahnapee | ![]() |
The schooner ran aground at North Point in Sheboygan, Wisconsin (43°47.110′N 087°42.635′W / 43.785167°N 87.710583°W). All six of her crew were rescued by United States Life-Saving Service personnel. Ahnapee became a total loss. She was on a voyage from Torch Lake, Michigan to Chicago, Illinois, or Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[10][11] |
Dart | ![]() |
The ketch foundered off Hartlepool, County Durham. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Stockholm, Sweden.[12] |
Marie Ange | ![]() |
The ship was sighted whilst on a voyage from Newcastle, New South Wales to Port Chalmers, New Zealand. No further trace, reported missing.[13] |
10 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Eastern Maid | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Pentewan, Cornwall.[14] |
Gravina | ![]() |
The Velasco-class unprotected cruiser sank in a typhoon north of Luzon, Spanish East Indies. |
Windsor Castle | ![]() |
The full-rigged ship was abandoned and set afire 35 nautical miles (65 km) off Algoa Bay. Her crew were rescued by the barque Ophir (![]() |
11 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Aislaby | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground and sank off Cape Sagres, Portugal. Her crew were rescued by Trevose (![]() |
Fantaisie | ![]() |
The ship was sighted off "Cape Seal" whilst on a voyage from Cochin, India to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. No further trace, reported missing.[17] |
14 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Demerara | ![]() |
The barque sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her thirteen crew took to the boats; they reached Madeira on 17 July. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Pará, Brazil.[18][19] |
15 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Benedict | ![]() |
The steamship sank near "Dahlsbruck". She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to "Dahlsbruck". She was refloated in early October.[20] |
17 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Caleb Eaton | ![]() |
The whaling schooner was crushed in ice off the coast of the District of Alaska.[21] |
Cock Robin | ![]() |
The yawl struck the pier at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex and sank. Her crew survived.[22] |
Jane Pringle | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme, France. She was on a voyage from Dysart, Fife to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme.[22] |
Vicksburg | ![]() |
The barque was wrecked on the Pentland Skerries with the loss of nine of her 21 crew.[23] |
W. M. Wood | ![]() |
The tug capsized at Twelve-Mile Point below New Orleans, Louisiana, while trying to refloat the barque Bristol (Flag unknown). Three of her officers were killed.[24] |
19 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Dordrecht II | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked off Cape Agulhas, Cape Colony. She was on a voyage from Java, Netherlands East Indies to Amsterdam, North Holland.[23] She was towed in to Cape Town on 31 July by Tiger (Flag unknown).[25] |
Leverrier | ![]() |
The steamship sprang a leak and foundered off Cape Spartel, Morocco. Her crew were rescued by the steamship International (![]() |
22 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Criterion | ![]() |
The schooner was wrecked on Skokholm Island, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued.[26] |
Gijon, and Laxham |
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The steamships collided off Cape Finisterre and both sank. About 80 people died from the 180 people on board Gijon, including her captain who shot himself. Gijon was on a voyage from A Coruña to Cuba. The steamship Santo Domingo (![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Heathpool | ![]() |
The steamship was wrecked at Portsall, Finistère, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure, France.[34] |
Huelva | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Villano, Spain. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Lisbon, Portugal.[26] |
Madras | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked south of "Merqui", Burma.[26] |
Shaftesbury | ![]() |
The steamship was wrecked on the Uxen Rocks, on the coast of Finisterre, Spain. Her crew were rescued.[34] She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Cádiz, Spain.[35] |
24 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Annie | ![]() |
The steam launch collided with the tug Flying Kestrel (![]() |
Florence Nightingale | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Frosat Rocks, on the Norwegian coast. She was on a voyage from Drontheim, Norway to Archangelsk, Russia.[37] |
J. M. Bowell | ![]() |
The passenger ship capsized in a storm in the Monongahela River near Brownsville, Pennsylvania with the loss of one life.[8] |
Navarino | ![]() |
The steamship put in to Portland, Dorset on fire. She was on a voyage from London, to Calcutta, India. The fire was extinguished with assistance from HMS Minotaur (![]() |
Richard Owen | ![]() |
The brig collided with the brigantine Belle Star (![]() |
Sarah | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground and was holed by her anchor at La Boca, Argentina.[36] |
Unnamed | Flag unknown | The schooner ran aground on the East Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug but consequently foundered. Her crew were rescued by the tug.[39] |
25 July
Ship | State | Description |
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City of Chicago | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground at Queenstown, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New York, United States. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[37] |
St. Hilda | ![]() |
The steam yacht ran aground on the Shingles, in the Solent. She was refloated and taken in to Cowes, Isle of Wight.[40] |
27 July
Ship | State | Description |
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John M. Osborn | ![]() |
The steamship was run into by the steamship Alberta (![]() |
Nordcap | ![]() |
The steamship was run into by the steamship India (![]() |
29 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Farningham | ![]() |
The barque collided with the full-rigged ship Vanguard (![]() |
Unnamed | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore near Cape Spartel, Morocco.[43] |
30 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Amsterdam | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada with the loss of four lives from her 212 passengers, plus her crew. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to a Canadian port.[44][45] |
31 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Bellcairn | ![]() |
The steamship collided with the steamship Britannia (![]() |
Gilsland | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground at Port Errol, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. She was refloated and put back to the River Tyne.[25] |
Laura | ![]() |
The ketch ran aground on the Blackrock Ledge, off the Isle of Wight and sank. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to Totland Bay.[25] She was later refloated and beached at Norton, Isle of Wight.[48] |
Mary Ann | ![]() |
The schooner was run into by the steamship Thomas Drydale (![]() |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
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Albion | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore at Newry, County Antrim.[36] |
Ardanbahn | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore at Egersund, Norway. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Cronstadt, Russia.[5] She was later refloated and taken in to Egersund.[9] |
Aros Bay | ![]() |
The barque was lost whilst on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to San Francisco, California. Her crew were rescued.[3] |
Bernard Hall | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore in the Mississippi River.[14] |
Bore | ![]() |
The brig was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Oskarshamn to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Gothenburg in a leaky condition.[22] |
Carl Emil | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore on Inchgarvie, Lothian, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth to Narva, Russia.[37] |
Colonsay | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore in the Tusket Islands, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada to Penarth, Glamorgan. She was refloated and taken in to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia in a leaky condition.[2] |
Dora | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore at Souter Point, Northumberland. She was refloated and taken in to Sunderland, County Durham.[5] |
Enterprise | ![]() |
The tug ran aground in the River Mersey.[5] |
Etta | ![]() |
The brigantine capsized and sank whilst attempting to refloat the steamship SS Calvert1863 (2) (![]() |
Etta Watt | ![]() |
The schooner capsized and sank whilst attempting to refloat the steamship Calvert (![]() |
Firth of Tay | ![]() |
The ship ran aground at King's Lynn, Norfolk. She was refloated on 30 July and taken in to King's Lynn.[25] |
Fylgja | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked at Percé, Quebec, Canada. She was on a voyage from Pictou, Nova Scotia to Montreal, Quebec.[14] |
Georgian | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore at Buffalo, New York.[2] |
Gulf of St. Vincent | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore on Long Island, New York. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to New York City. She had been refloated by 20 July.[23] |
Hope Gower | ![]() |
The schooner sank at Savanilla, United States of Colombia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barranquilla, United States of Colombia to Boston, Massachusetts.[40] |
Jeanie | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore at Östergarn, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt to London.[3] She was refloated on 31 July and towed in to Slite, Sweden.[25] |
James Kenaway | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Port Ellen, Islay, Inner Hebrides. She was refloated on 22 July.[26] |
Kong Magnus | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Kindesnaes". She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Christiania.[5] |
Léonie | Flag unknown | The schooner ran aground on the Barber Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was refloated.[42] |
Lincoln City | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Nova Scotia before 7 July. She was refloated and taken in to Halifax, Nova Scotia.[6] |
Martin Scott | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Port Augusta, South Australia. She was later refloated.[14] |
Mediator | ![]() |
The steamship was run into by Thuringia (![]() |
Nubienne | ![]() |
The yacht ran aground in the Hell Gate. She was refloated and taken in to New York City in a leaky condition.[14] |
Nuovo San Francisco | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Cape Matapan. She was on a voyage from Galaţi, Romania to Bougie, Algeria. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but put in to Malta on 24 July in a leaky condition.[37] |
River Avon | ![]() |
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on Boa Vista, Cape Verde Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Talcahuano, Mexico.[5] |
River Ettrick | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Glace Bay, Nova Scotia to Montreal. She was refloated and towed in to Quebec City, Canada, where she arrived on 24 July.[36] |
Sarnia | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore on Rathlin Island, County Antrim. Her passengers were taken off by a tug. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Liverpool, Lancashire.[6] |
Valdivia | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Huacho, Peru.[12] |
William Turner | ![]() |
The barque ran aground on the Brill Shoal. She was on a voyage from Manila, Spanish East Indies to Sourabaya, Netherlands East Indies. She was refloated and taken in to Sourabaya in a leaky condition.[40] |
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