List of shipwrecks in June 1885
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The list of shipwrecks in June 1885 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during June 1885.
June 1885 | ||||||
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8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |
15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 |
22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
29 | 30 | Unknown date | ||||
References |
1 June
Ship | State | Description |
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B. D. Hasking | ![]() |
The fishing schooner was wrecked about 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of the Nauset Lighthouse, Massachusetts. Her crew were rescued.[1] |
Newsboy | ![]() |
The fishing schooner struck a hidden ledge and sank off the Isle of Shoals, Maine/New Hampshire. Her crew escaped in their dories.[1] |
2 June
Ship | State | Description |
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SMS Augusta | ![]() |
The Augusta-class corvette sank in the Gulf of Aden with the loss of all 222 crew.[2] |
Carl | Flag unknown | The ship foundered in the North Sea (60°43′N 6°03′W / 60.717°N 6.050°W). Her nine crew were rescued by Henrietta Schlussen (Flag unknown).[3] |
Ellisland | ![]() |
The full-rigged ship caught fire at sea. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Dundee, Forfarshire. The fire was extinguished.[4] |
3 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Carlton Tower | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore at "Dankali" or "Dunkati". She was refloated on 5 June and taken in to Perim, Aden Settlement.[5][6] |
Emily | ![]() |
The schooner ran aground off Hartland Point and was beached at Northam, Devon. She was refloated the next day with the assistance of a tug and put in to Appledore, Devon.[3] |
Futut Barri | ![]() |
The ship foundered in a cyclone off Cape Guardafui, Majeerteen Sultanate. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Diomed (Flag unknown).[6] |
Naples, and Ruperra |
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The steamships collided at Aden, Aden Settlement in a cyclone and were both severely damaged.[6] |
Renard | ![]() |
The sloop-of-war foundered in a cyclone off Aden with the loss of all hands.[7][8][6] |
Seraglio | ![]() |
The steamship foundered at sea 400 nautical miles (740 km) off Bombay, India in a cyclone. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Bombay.[9][10][6] |
Speke Hall | ![]() |
The steamship sank during a cyclone in the Gulf of Aden with the loss of 34 of her 35 crew. The survivor was rescued by the steamship Peiho (![]() |
Unnamed | Flag unknown | The Arab vessel foundered off Perim. Four crew were rescued by the steamship Balcarres Brook (![]() |
4 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Abermaid | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore at Pori, Grand Duchy of Finland.[12] She was refloated on 9 June.[13] |
Condor | ![]() |
The barge was run into by the steamship Carron (![]() |
Heimdal | ![]() |
The steamship was damaged by the explosion of the boiler of her donkey engine at Antwerp, Belgium. A crew member was killed and several were severely wounded.[3] |
Vectis | ![]() |
The schooner ran aground at Teignmouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Teignmouth.[14] |
5 June
Ship | State | Description |
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John and Robert | ![]() |
The smack was driven ashore and wrecked 6 nautical miles (11 km) south of Campbeltown, Argyllshire.[14] |
Reindeer | ![]() |
The steamship was wrecked on Ouessant, Finistère, France. She was on a voyage from Narva, Russia to Hamburg, Germany.[5] |
7 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Clarissa B. Carver, and Glamorganshire |
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The full-rigged ship Clarissa B. Carver collided with the steamship Glamorganshire and sank at Hiogo, Japan. Glamorganshire was beached.[13][15] |
8 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Earl of Lonsdale | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked in Smith Sound, Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt, to Portishead, Somerset.[16][17] The master had thought his ship was to the west of, and 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of, the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly.[18] |
Kate | ![]() |
The schooner was wrecked in Galway Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Galway.[13] |
10 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Cahois | ![]() |
The steamship was wrecked on Evan's Rock, at the mouth of the Richmond River. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Brisbane, Queensland.[19] |
Charles Northcote | ![]() |
The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her eleven crew were rescued by the steamship Neckar (![]() |
Kreml | ![]() |
The Pervenets-class ironclad sank in Kunda Bay. She was refloated on 15 June and taken in to Cronstadt, where she was repaired and returned to service. |
11 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Montana | ![]() |
The barque was wrecked in the Nushagak River in the District of Alaska due to an error by her pilot. All 97 people on board survived.[21] |
12 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Brigötte | ![]() |
The barque was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Polynesian (![]() |
Josefina | ![]() |
The brig was wrecked at Barranquilla, Venezuela. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barranquilla to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[23] |
19 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Agile | ![]() |
The schooner ran aground on the Cross Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Hull, Yorkshire.[23] |
Italia | ![]() |
The steamship struck a rock and sank near "Lomas, Peru" with the loss of 65 of the 134 people on board. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to the River Plate.[24][25] |
20 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Dona Clara | ![]() |
The barque was wrecked at Pará.[26] |
Finola | ![]() |
The yacht was driven ashore in Carnarvon Bay. She was refloated and put in to Holyhead, Anglesey.[26] |
Ragnar | ![]() |
The barque was wrecked in the Sangir Strait. Her crew were rescued.[27] |
Unnamed | Flag unknown | The brigantine was driven ashore at Hartland Point, Devon, United Kingdom.[26] |
21 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Alberta | ![]() |
The schooner was run into by the steamship Newcastle City (![]() |
Radnorshire | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground on the Sorelle Rocks, 60 nautical miles (110 km) off Malta and was wrecked. Her crew took to the boats; they were rescued by the steamship Carn Brea (![]() |
Willingale | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Guardafui, Majerteen Sultanate with the loss of twelve of her sixteen crew. She was on a voyage from Madras, India to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.[29][30] |
23 June
Ship | State | Description |
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County of Cardigan | ![]() |
The full-rigged ship ran aground at Cardiff, Glamorgan avoiding a collision with the barque Nueva Buenaventura (![]() |
Pilgrim | ![]() |
The brigantine was run into by the steamship Norfolk (![]() |
24 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Bertie | ![]() |
The Mersey Flat collided with Minnie Burrell (![]() |
City of Tokio | ![]() |
The steamship was wrecked near the Sagama Lighthouse, 22 nautical miles (41 km) from Yokohama, Japan. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California to Yokohama. She broke up in a typhoon a week later.[34][35][33] |
Guide | ![]() |
The tug suffered a boiler explosion in the River Tyne.[33] |
25 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Alert, and Conqueror |
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The barquentine Conqueror collided with Alert and both vessels sank in the Firth of Clyde 8 nautical miles (15 km) north north west of Sanda Island with the loss of a crew member. Conqueror was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Dublin. Alert was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Ayr. Survivors from both vessels were rescued by the steamship Seal (![]() |
27 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Colina | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore at the south point of Rathlin Island, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[37] She was refloated on 8 July.[38] |
30 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Alphonso | ![]() |
The barque collided with a barge and sank in the River Tweed. She was on a voyage from Kotka, Grand Duchy of Finland to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, United Kingdom.[39] |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
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Aghios Georgios | ![]() |
The brig ran aground on the Donganastan Shoal, in the Sea of Marmara. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[40] |
Bee | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore in Kimmeridge Bay.[14] |
Border Maid | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Rhoscolyn, Anglesey.[14] |
Cambrian Princess | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore in the Spencer Gulf. She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire to Port Augusta, South Australia.[3] |
Ceres | ![]() |
The galiot sank in the Great Belt with the loss of all hands.[23] |
Deux Frères | ![]() |
The ship was lost off Appledore, Devon, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by a skiff.[23] |
Emily Raymond | ![]() |
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Frithjof (![]() |
Empirico | ![]() |
The barque was wrecked at "Sinon", Africa. Her crew were rescued.[33] |
Eu | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked at Kinlochbervie, Sutherland, United Kingdom.[40] |
Frithjof | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Cape Ballard, Newfoundland Colony and was a total loss.[39] |
Guyandotte | Flag unknown | The ship sank at New York, United States.[23] |
Haabi | ![]() |
The schooner was wrecked off Treasury Island, Solomon Islands.[41] |
H. J. Libby | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Romer Shoal and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Manila, Spanish East Indies to New York. She was refloated.[42] |
Hotspur | ![]() |
The brig was driven ashore at "Seituak". She was refloated and taken in to Boston, Massachusetts, United States in a leaky condition.[42] |
Lake Manitoba | ![]() |
The steamship was wrecked on the coast of the Newfoundland Colony. All 60 people on board were rescued.[20] |
Mars | ![]() |
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in West Bay with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Melbourne, Victoria to Port Pirie, South Australia.[24] |
Norway | Flag unknown | The steamship was driven ashore. She was later refloated and taken in to Raahe, Grand Duchy of Finland.[23] |
Oberon | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Saigon, French Indo-China.[39] |
Rossini | ![]() |
The barque was driven ashore on Prinsen Island, Netherlands East Indies. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Hong Kong.[40] |
Rudolf | ![]() |
The barque was driven ashore at "Klentchamn", Gotland, Sweden.[39] |
Sarah Pringle | ![]() |
The schooner collided with Hermanite (![]() |
Shotton | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground at Refsnæs, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Flensburg, Germany.[26] |
Slieve More | ![]() |
The full-rigged ship was destroyed by fire in the Indian Ocean.[43] |
Stella | ![]() |
The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Natal, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Macau to Portalegre, Brazil.[44] |
Sultana, and Ville d'Anvers |
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The schooner Sultana collided with the steamship Ville d'Anvers and sank off Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. Ville d'Anvers was severely damaged.[40] |
Undine | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore at "Sorkholm".[40] |
Valhalla | ![]() |
The barque was driven ashore on Saltholmen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Kotka, Grand Duchy of Finland to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom.[39] She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[44] |
Western Belle | ![]() |
The ship was abandoned in the Pacific Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Brodrick Castle (![]() |
William Hall | ![]() |
The ship was beached at the Mumbles, Glamorgan.[13] |
Unnamed | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground on Saltholm, Denmark.[23] |
Unnamed | ![]() |
The lighter sprang a leak and was beached between Bremen and Vegesack.[39] |
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