List of shipwrecks in 1884

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

January

City of Columbus ( United States): Ran aground off Aquinnah, Massachusetts with the loss of approximately one hundred lives.

Cviet ( Austria-Hungary): The 381 ton barque 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; three of the crew lost their lives.^[1]

G D T ( Canada): The brigantine was driven ashore in St Aubin's Bay, Jersey, Channel Islands and was wrecked.^[2]

Alexandra ( United Kingdom): The schooner foundered off Cardingan. Her four crew were rescued by Lizzie & Charles Leigh Clare ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution. She was on a voyage from to Porthmadog, Merionethshire Carmarthen.^[3]

Advance ( New South Wales): The schooner ran aground in Botany Bay and was wrecked.

Samuel ( Norway): The barque was driven ashore and wrecked east of Worms Head, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Santos, São Paulo, Brazil.^[4]^[4]

Goefredo ( Portugal): The former White Star Line steamship had undergone repairs at Liverpool, due to an earlier incident, but while leaving the port, bound for Havana, she ran onto Burbo Bank at the mouth of the River Mersey and was wrecked.

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.^[5]

Syria ( United Kingdom): The sailing ship ran aground on the Nasili Reef, off Fiji with the loss of fifty-nine lives.

John M. Osborn ( United States): The wooden propeller, steamer 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 Canada.^[6]

Ellen ( United Kingdom): The smack foundered off Cardigan. Three people were rescued by Lizzie & Charles Leigh Clare ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).^[3]
Unda ( Norway): The brigantine foundered of Cardigan. Her six crew were rescued by ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).^[3]

Unidentified brig wrecked on the Seven Stones Reef, between Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.^[7]

Wasp ( Royal Navy): Ran aground off Tory Island, Ireland and sank with the loss of fifty-two lives.
Welsh Prince ( United Kingdom): The steamship was disabled when a rope became entangled around her propeller at Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. Her passengers were taken off by William James Holt ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Welsh Prince was subsequently refloated and returned to service.^[4]

Christina Nilsson ( United States): Struck a reef off the coast of Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin during a blizzard.

Silentium ( Sweden): The steamship collided with Pennland ( Belgium) off the Goodwin Sands, in the English Channel and sank.^[2]

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

Ohio ( United States): The full rigged ship was destroyed by fire in Greenport Harbor, New York.

↑ Larn, R; Larn, B. (1991). Shipwrecks Around Mounts Bay. Penryn: Tor Mark Press.
↑ 2.0 2.1 "Belgian Merchant P-Z". Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "CARDIGAN & DISTRICT SHIPWRECKS AND LIFEBOAT SERVICE". Glen Johnson. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks". Swansea Docks. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
↑ "Belgian Merchant H-O". Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
↑ "Great Lakes Vessels Online Index". Bowling Green State University. Retrieved 13 April 2009.
↑ Larn, Richard (1992). The Shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly. Nairn: Thomas & Lochar. ISBN 0-946537-84-4.