List of shipwrecks in 1884

The list of shipwrecks in 1884 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1884.

January

18 January

• City of Columbus ( United States) ran aground off Aquinnah, Massachusetts with the loss of approximately 100 lives.

26 January

• The 381 ton barque Cviet ( Austria-Hungary) of Ragusa was deliberately ran aground, 300 m east of Porthleven harbour, Cornwall, UK during a severe gale in an attempt to save the lives of the crew. 600 ton of logs were salvaged and three of the crew lost their lives.^[1]

27 January

• Brigantine G D T ( Canada) driven ashore in St Aubin's Bay, Jersey and wrecked.^[2]

February

11 February

• Schooner Advance ( New South Wales) ran aground in Botany Bay and was wrecked.

April

3 April

• Daniel Steinmann ( Belgium) ran aground on the Madrock Shoal, off Sambro Island, Nova Scotia, Canada with the loss of 121 of the 130 passengers and crew.^[3]

May

18 May

• Sailing ship Syria ( United Kingdom) ran agound on the Nasili Reef, off Fiji with the loss of 59 lives.

July

10 July

• The cruiser Gravina ( Armada España) sank in a typhoon in the Philippine Islands.

27 July

• Wooden propeller, steamer John M. Osborn ( United States) sank with the loss of three lives 6 miles (9.7 km) west-northwest of Whitefish Point in Lake Superior after she was rammed by the steamer Alberta. ^[4]

September

22 September

• Wasp ( Royal Navy) ran aground off Tory Island, Ireland and sank with the loss of 52 lives.

November

19 November

Silentium ( Sweden) collided off the Goodwin Sands, England with Pennland ( Belgium) and sank.^[2]

22 November

Schooner Chandler J. Wells ( United States) ran aground off Whiskey Island, Lake Michigan.

Unknown date

• full rigged ship Ohio ( United States) burned in Greenport Harbor, New York.

References

1. ^ Larn, R; Larn, B. (1991). Shipwrecks Around Mounts Bay. Penryn: Tor Mark Press. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Belgian Merchant P-Z". Belgische Koopvaardij. http://www.belgischekoopvaardij.net/belgian%20Merchant%20%20P-Z.pdf. Retrieved 1 December 2010. 
3. ^ "Belgian Merchant H-O". Belgische Koopvaardij. http://www.belgischekoopvaardij.net/belgian%20merchant%20H-O%2024.5.04.pdf. Retrieved 31 October 2010. 
4. ^ "Great Lakes Vessels Online Index". Bowling Green State University. http://ul.bgsu.edu/cgi-bin/xvsl2.cgi. Retrieved 13 April 2009. 

See also

Ship events in 1884
Ship launches:	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885	1886	1887	1888	1889
Ship commissionings:	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885	1886	1887	1888	1889
Ship decommissionings:	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885	1886	1887	1888	1889
Shipwrecks:	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885	1886	1887	1888	1889