List of shipwrecks in 1881
The list of shipwrecks in 1881 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1881.
January
5 January
- Indian Chief (
United Kingdom): The full-rigged ship was wrecked on the Long Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent with the loss of seventeen of her 28 crew. Survivors were rescued by Bradford (
Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Indian Chief was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, County Durham to Yokohama, Japan.[1][2]
18 January
- Charlotte Dunbar ( United Kingdom): The wooden hulled brigantine was found ashore and abandoned on Burnt Island, St Agnes, Isles of Scilly. She was sailing from Newport, Wales to Audierne with coal and nothing was heard of her crew of six.[3]
21 January
- Alexandrea (
France): The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[4] - Amiral ( France): The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Glamorgan.[4]
- British Lady ( United Kingdom): The 89 ton schooner from Penzance, Cornwall lost her mast in a gale and sank near the Runnel Stone. Her crew was picked up by the Isles of Scilly ferry the Queen of the Bay.[5]
- Buckinghamshire ( United Kingdom): The full-rigged ship was driven ashore on the coast of Glamorgan.[4]
- Cecile ( France): The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Glamorgan.[4]
- Etta ( United Kingdom): The full-rigged ship was driven ashore on the coast of Glamorgan.[4]
- Mirella ( United Kingdom): The full-rigged ship was driven ashore on the coast of Glamorgan.[4]
27 January
- Cresswell (
New South Wales): The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Paviland, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.[4] - Piako (
New Zealand): Struck a small, submerged rock near Morgen's Harbour, Whangarei. Repaired and insured for £250.[6] - Eleanor ( United Kingdom): Ran aground at Leestone Point, Kilkeel, Ireland. Ship a complete wreck.[7]
- Telegraph ( United Kingdom): Ran aground at Cooley Point, Ireland. Salvaged but beyond economical repair and scrapped.[7]
March
12 March
- Benin ( United Kingdom): The Elder Dempster 1,530 grt cargo ship sank following a collision with the Duke of Buccleugh off Start Point, Devon. Ninety-four elephant tusks were removed from this wreck in 1954.[8]
29 March
- Geraldine ( United Kingdom): The schooner sank in Port Eynon Bay. Her crew survived.[4]
April
3 April
- United States (
United States): The passenger/cargo steamer with a valuable cargo was wrecked near the outer shoal of Cape Romain, South Carolina.[9]
12 April
- Marmora (
Denmark): The barque was wrecked on the Scarweather Sands, in the Bristol Channel. Her eight crew were rescued by Chafyn Grove ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[4]
17 April
- Katie ( United Kingdom): 99 ton Padstow, Cornwall schooner, struck the Runnel Stone and sank. She was carrying starch from Norwich to Dublin and there was no loss of life.[5] carrying starch from Norwich to Dublin,
26 April
- HMS Doterel, (
Royal Navy): Sank at anchor off Punta Arenas after an explosion with the loss of 143 lives. There were twelve survivors.
29 April
Tararua
- Tararua ( United Kingdom): The passenger steamer struck the reef off Waipapa Point in the Catlins, New Zealand on 29 April, and sank the next day. This is the worst civilian shipping disaster in New Zealand's history with 131 deaths; only twenty of the 151 passengers and crew survived.
May
10 May
- Gananoque ( United Kingdom): The barque collided with an iceberg, 4 miles (6.4 km) off Bird Rocks, Magdalen Islands, quickly sinking.[10][11] The crew landed on Bird Rocks, and were picked two days later.[10]
24 May
- Victoria (
Canada): The overloaded passenger steamer capsized and sank in the Thames River, near London, Ontario. Approximately 182 people drowned, out of a total of 600 on board.[12]
July
4 July
- Britannic ( United Kingdom): The White Star Line ocean liner ran aground in fog at Kilmore, County Wexford, Ireland, and remained stuck for two days. All the passengers were safely landed at Waterford. She sprang a leak in her engine room after being re-floated and was beached at Wexford Bay. She had to be patched up and pumped before returning to Liverpool.
October
4 October
- Koning der Nederlanden (
Netherlands): Her shaft broke on 4 October and she sank the next day 400 miles (640 km) off Chagos Archipelago. Three life boats with ninety passengers and crew were never found.[13]
18 October
31 October
- Flying Fish ( United Kingdom): The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lyme Regis, Dorset.[15]
November
24 November
- Barbara ( United Kingdom): The barque dragged her anchor and drifted onto rocks at Freshwater West, Pembrokeshire. All sixteen crew saved, bar the captain who drowned.[16]
27 November
- Henry Edye (
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Belgium): Passed the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom on 22 November with no further trace. Believed to have foundered in the Atlantic Ocean on or about 27 November.[17]
December
1 December
- Archiduc Rodolphe ( Belgium): Sank in the river Scheldt after a collision with the Stephenson ( United Kingdom). She was raised in 1898 and scrapped.[18]
18 December
- Tripolia (
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Sweden): Ran aground in a storm at Ouddorp, Netherlands with five deaths.[19]
Unknown date
- Pilot ( United Kingdom): The paddle steamer was wrecked off the mouth of the Ogmore River.[4]
- Rodell Bay: Left San Francisco on 3 December for Queenstown, Ireland and not heard of again.[20]
References
- ↑ Howarth, Patrick (1981). Lifeboat In Danger's Hour. London, New York, Sydney, Toronto: Hamlyn. pp. 39–43. ISBN 0 600 34959 4.
- ↑ Board of Trade (1881). "Wreck Report for 'Indian Chief', 1881". Portcities. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- ↑ Larn, Richard (1992). The Shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly. Nairn: Thomas & Lochar. ISBN 0-946537-84-4.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks". Swansea Docks. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Noall, Cyril (1968). Cornish Lights and Ship-Wrecks. Truro: D Bradford Barton.
- ↑ "WRECK OF A STEAMER." Auckland Star , Issue 3259, 3 January 1881, Page 2. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=AS18810103.2.3.7&cl=CL2.1881.01.03&e=-------10--21----0Franz+Ferdinand+1914-- Retrieved 19 May 2012.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Patton, Brian (2007). Irish Sea Shipping. Kettering: Silver Link Publications. pp. 178–84. ISBN 978-1-85794-271-2.
- ↑ "Loss of SS Benin". Retrieved 3 September 2013.
- ↑ Savannah Morning News, Savannah, Georgia, April 8, 1881, p. 3, c. 5
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Ship Collisions". Institute for Ocean Technology, Canada. Retrieved 27 December 2012.
- ↑ "Loss of barque Gananoque". Glasgow Herald. 19 May 1881. p. 7. Retrieved 2012-12-27.
- ↑ Looker, Janet (2000). "A Victorian Capsizal". Disaster Canada. Lynx Images. pp. 8–12. ISBN 1-894073-13-4.
- ↑ "SS Koning der Nederlanden". wrecksite.eu. 2001. Retrieved 2014-04-21.
- ↑ "Belgian Merchant P-Z". Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
- ↑ "Historical List of Shipwrecks at Chesil Beach & from Bridport to Lyme Regis". Burton Bradstock Online. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
- ↑ Hughes, John (August 2009). "Time and tide". Pembrokeshire Life (Newcastle Emlyn: Swan House Publishing): 21.
- ↑ "Belgian Merchant H-O". Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
- ↑ "Belgian Merchant A-G". Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
- ↑ "Reddingsstation Ouddorp". KNRM. Retrieved 22 March 2012.
- ↑ Pollard, Chris (2007). The Book of St Mawes. Wellington, Somerset: Halsgrove. ISBN 978 1 84114 631 7.
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