List of shipwrecks in 1884

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

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1884
Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec


January

18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1884
Ship Country Description
City of Columbus  United States Ran aground off Aquinnah, Massachusetts with the loss of approximately one hundred lives.

26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1884
Ship Country Description
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]

27 January

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1884
Ship Country Description
G D T Canada Canada The brigantine was driven ashore in St Aubin's Bay, Jersey, Channel Islands and was wrecked.[2]

February

10 February

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1884
Ship Country Description
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]

11 February

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1884
Ship Country Description
Advance  New South Wales The schooner ran aground in Botany Bay and was wrecked.

12 February

List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1884
Ship Country Description
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]

26 February

List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1884
Ship Country Description
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.

April

3 April

List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1884
Ship Country Description
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]

May

18 May

List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1884
Ship Country Description
Syria  United Kingdom The sailing ship ran aground on the Nasili Reef, off Fiji with the loss of fifty-nine lives.

July

10 July

List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1884
Ship Country Description
Gravina  Armada España Sank in a typhoon in the Spanish East Indies.

27 July

List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1884
Ship Country Description
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 Canada.[6]

September

7 September

List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1884
Ship Country Description
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]

13 September

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1884
Ship Country Description
Unidentified brig wrecked on the Seven Stones Reef, between Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.[7]

22 September

List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1884
Ship Country Description
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]

October

24 October

List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1884
Ship Country Description
Christina Nilsson  United States Struck a reef off the coast of Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin during a blizzard.

November

19 November

List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1884
Ship Country Description
Silentium  Sweden The steamship collided with Pennland ( Belgium) off the Goodwin Sands, in the English Channel and sank.[2]

22 November

List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1884
Ship Country Description
Chandler J. Wells  United States The schooner ran aground off Whiskey Island, Lake Michigan.

December

20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1884
Ship Country Description
Echo  United Kingdom Overwhelmed off the Corbiere, Jersey, Channel Islands. All drowned.[8]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1884
Ship Country Description
Ohio  United States The full rigged ship was destroyed by fire in Greenport Harbor, New York.

References

  1. ↑ Larn, R; Larn, B. (1991). Shipwrecks Around Mounts Bay. Penryn: Tor Mark Press.
  2. 1 2 "Belgian Merchant P-Z" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 "CARDIGAN & DISTRICT SHIPWRECKS AND LIFEBOAT SERVICE". Glen Johnson. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  5. ↑ "Belgian Merchant H-O" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
  6. ↑ "Great Lakes Vessels Online Index". Bowling Green State University. Retrieved 13 April 2009.
  7. ↑ Larn, Richard (1992). The Shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly. Nairn: Thomas & Lochar. ISBN 0-946537-84-4.
  8. ↑ cite web|url=http://blogs.rmg.co.uk/memorials/m4585/ |name=MEMORIAL: M4585 |publisher=blogs.rmg.co.uk |accessdate= 25 Aug 2015
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
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