List of shipwrecks in 1882
The list of shipwrecks in 1882 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1882.
January
5 January
- Edwin & Sarah (
United Kingdom): The ketch was wrecked at Chesil Beach, Dorset.[1]
Unknown date
- City of Limerick ( United Kingdom): The steamer sailed from New York on 8 January 1882 for London and disappeared.[2]
March
17 March
- Oline ( United Kingdom): The ship foundered in Cardigan Bay with the loss of all five crew.[3]
29 March
- Liban (
France): The steamship sank on the Tusker Sands, in the Bristol Channel with the loss of three of her eleven crew. Survivors were rescued by the Porthcawl Lifeboat.[4]
April
2 April
- RMS Douro (
United Kingdom): The passenger ship collided with Yrurac Bat (
Spain) off the north west coast of Spain and sank with the loss of six lives.[5]
June
22 June
- Escambia ( United Kingdom): Capsized and sank off San Francisco, United States
July
5 July
- HNLMS Adder (
Royal Netherlands Navy): Sunk with the loss of 65 lives.[6]
September
12 September
- HMS Phoenix, (
Royal Navy): Ran aground on East Point Reef, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
22 September
- Clan Campbell ( United Kingdom): The 2,434 grt Clan Line owned freighter ran aground and was wrecked at Baie du Cap, Mauritius.
November
1 November
- Ellen ( United Kingdom): The smack foundered off Cardigan. Her three crew were rescued by John Stuart (
Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[3]
10 November
- Wellington ( United Kingdom): Eleven crew were taken off by John Stuart ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). She sailed in to Cardigan the next day. Wellington was on a voyage from Dalhousie, Lothian to Cardigan.[3]
19 November
- Lamershagen (
Germany): The ship was driven ashore at Pwll Du, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. All 21 people on board survived. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Swansea, Glamorgan. Lamershagen broke in two the next day.[4]
24 November
- James W Barber (
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Belgium): Wrecked near Cape Finisterre, Spain.[7]
Unknown date
- W J Taylor ( United Kingdom): Penzance steamer run down off Rotherhithe.[8]
References
- ↑ "Historical List of Shipwrecks at Chesil Beach & from Bridport to Lyme Regis". Burton Bradstock Online. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
- ↑ "Overdue and Missing Vessels". The Times (30468) (London). 30 March 1882. p. 11.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "CARDIGAN & DISTRICT SHIPWRECKS AND LIFEBOAT SERVICE". Glen Johnson. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ↑ "SHIPWRECKS". Library of Congress. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ↑ "Adder". wrecksite.eu. 2001. Retrieved 2014-04-21.
- ↑ "Belgian Merchant H-O" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
- ↑ Carter, C (1998). The Port of Penzance. A History. Lydney: Black Dwarf Publications.
See also
| Ship events in 1882 | |||||||||||
| Ship launches: | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 |
| Ship commissionings: | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 |
| Ship decommissionings: | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 |
| Shipwrecks: | 1877 | 1878 | 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 | 1883 | 1884 | 1885 | 1886 | 1887 |