List of shipwrecks in 1882

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The list of shipwrecks in 1882 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1882.

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1882
Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec
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January

5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1882
Ship Country Description
Edwin & Sarah  United Kingdom The ketch was wrecked at Chesil Beach, Dorset.[1]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1882
Ship Country Description
City of Limerick  United Kingdom The steamer sailed from New York on 8 January 1882 for London and disappeared.[2]

March

17 March

List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1882
Ship Country Description
Oline  United Kingdom The ship foundered in Cardigan Bay with the loss of all five crew.[3]

25 March

List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1882
Ship Country Description
Iron Mountain  United States The sternwheel paddle steamer struck an obstruction and sank in the Mississippi River at Stumpy Point, near Island 102, after departing Vicksburg, Mississippi. A stewardess was trapped below decks and killed, but the rest of the crew escaped safely onto barges.

29 March

List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1882
Ship Country Description
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

1 April

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1882
Ship Country Description
Douro  United Kingdom The passenger ship collided with the steamer Yrurac Bat ( Spain) in the Bay of Biscay off the northwest coast of Spain and sank with the loss of six lives. Survivors were rescued by the steamer Hidalgo ( United Kingdom).[5][6]
Yrurac Bat  Spain The steamer collided with the passenger ship Douro ( United Kingdom) in the Bay of Biscay off the northwest coast of Spain and sank with the loss of 53 lives. Survivors were rescued by the steamer Hidalgo ( United Kingdom).[6]

June

22 June

List of shipwrecks: 22 June 1882
Ship Country Description
Escambia  United Kingdom The screw steamer capsized and sank off San Francisco, California, United States, with the loss of 20 lives.

July

5 July

List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1882
Ship Country Description
HNLMS Adder  Royal Netherlands Navy The Adder-class monitor sank with the loss of 65 lives.[7]

September

12 September

List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1882
Ship Country Description
HMS Phoenix  Royal Navy
HMS Phoenix
The Doterel-class sloop-of-war was wrecked on East Point Reef, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Her crew abandoned her on 14 September without loss of life.

14 September

List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1882
Ship Country Description
Asia  Canada The passenger steamer and package freighter sank near Lonely Island in Canada′s Georgian Bay with the loss of 123 lives. Only two passengers survived..

22 September

List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1882
Ship Country Description
Clan Campbell  United Kingdom The 2,434-grt Clan Line freighter ran aground and was wrecked at Baie du Cap, Mauritius.

November

1 November

List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1882
Ship Country Description
Ellen  United Kingdom The smack foundered off Cardigan. Her three crew were rescued by the lifeboat John Stuart ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[3]

10 November

List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1882
Ship Country Description
Wellington  United Kingdom The vessel was on a voyage from Dalhousie, Scotland, to Cardigan, Wales, when she had a mishap. Eleven crew were taken off by the lifeboat John Stuart ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Wellington sailed in to Cardigan the next day. .[3]

19 November

List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1882
Ship Country Description
Lamershagen  Germany The ship was driven ashore at Pwlldu Bay, 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

List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1882
Ship Country Description
James W Barber  Belgium The steamer was wrecked near Cape Finisterre, Spain.[8]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1882
Ship Country Description
W J Taylor  United Kingdom The Penzance steamer was in a collision in the Thames off Rotherhithe, London England.[9]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in 1882
Ship Country Description
Gitana  United Kingdom The steam yacht foundered in Loch Rannoch in Scotland.[10]
Mayumba  United Kingdom The cargo ship caught fire at "Arzue", Algeria and was scuttled. She was declared a total loss.[11]
Santa Catharina  Brazilian Navy While docked for repairs, the Pará-class river monitor sank at her moorings due to the poor condition of her hull.

References

  1. ↑ "Historical List of Shipwrecks at Chesil Beach & from Bridport to Lyme Regis". Burton Bradstock Online. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "Overdue and Missing Vessels". The Times (30468). London. 30 March 1882. p. 11.
  3. 1 2 3 "CARDIGAN & DISTRICT SHIPWRECKS AND LIFEBOAT SERVICE". Glen Johnson. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  4. 1 2 Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  5. ↑ "SHIPWRECKS". Library of Congress. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  6. 1 2 goldsovereigns.co.uk The Unfortunate Tragedy of The RMS Douro
  7. ↑ "Adder". wrecksite.eu. 2001. Retrieved 2014-04-21.
  8. ↑ "Belgian Merchant H-O" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
  9. ↑ Carter, C (1998). The Port of Penzance. A History. Lydney: Black Dwarf Publications.
  10. ↑ "GITANA". Clydesite. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  11. ↑ "Sicilian". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.

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
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