List of shipwrecks in June 1882

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

1 June

List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1882
Ship State Description
Elleholm Sweden The schooner ran aground on the Sunk Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Söderhamn to Dover, Kent, United Kingdom. She was refloated and towed in to Harwich, Essex in a waterlogged condition.[1]
Forsete Sweden The barque was driven ashore at New Romney, Kent.[1]
Hurir Sweden The schooner was driven ashore at Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Oscarshamn to Sheerness, Kent.[1]

2 June

List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1882
Ship State Description
Achilles  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Yangtze at Hankou, China. She was on a voyage from Hankou to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[2]
Alpha Norway The brig ran aground in The Swale near the Kingsferry Bridge. She was on a voyage from Dram to Milton Regis, Kent, United Kingdom.[3]
Lizzie English  United Kingdom The steamship struck the pier at Kronstadt, Russia and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Kronstadt to Finnklippan. She put back to Cornstadt for repairs.[3]
Melanie Heloise France The schooner parted her chains in Whitesand Bay, Cornwall, United Kingdom and was holed when she fouled an English schooner and drifted past the Longships Lighthouse. She was abandoned 19 nautical miles (35 km) off Land's End, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Bull ( United Kingdom).[4]
Otto Sweden The brigantine was driven ashore at Poole, Dorset, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Gävle to Poole. She was refloated on 4 June and towed in to Poole.[3][5]
Primus  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked near the "Kyleakin Lighthouse".[3]

3 June

List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1882
Ship State Description
Albatross United States The schooner lost her sails in a storm and drifted into the breakers at St. Andrews, Florida.[6]
Xema  United Kingdom The yacht was wrecked on the Mouse Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued by the tug Alarm ( United Kingdom). Xema was on a voyage from Erith, Kent to Harwich, Essex.[5]

5 June

List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1882
Ship State Description
Alabama Sweden The barque collided with the steamship Gozo ( United Kingdom) and became waterlogged. Alabama was on a voyage from Härnösand to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was towed in to Gothenburg by Gozo.[7]
Birdston  United Kingdom The barque collided with the barque Largs ( United Kingdom) off Dungeness, Kent and was severely damaged. Birdston was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Valparaíso, Chile. She was towed in to the River Thames by the tug Cruiser ( United Kingdom).[5]
Elagh Castle  United Kingdom The steamship was damaged at Cruit Island, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Burton.[5]

6 June

List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1882
Ship State Description
Arch Druid  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Cape Scala, Italy. She was refloated.[8]
Blodwen  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on a reef off Romsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Akyab, Burma to Flensburg, Germany.[9]

7 June

List of shipwrecks: 7 June 1882
Ship State Description
Douglas  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Cockle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. She was refloated with the assistance of two tugs and resumed her voyage.[8]
Westminster  United Kingdom The Thames barge was run down and sunk in the River Thames by the steamship Virgo ( United Kingdom).[8]

9 June

List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1882
Ship State Description
Luigia C  Italy The barque was wrecked. Three crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Rangoon, Burma.[7]
William Edwards  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground near Dungarvan, County Waterford. She was on a voyage from Cork to Dungarvan. She was later refloated and taken in to Dungarvan.[10]

10 June

List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1882
Ship State Description
La Sirène Miquelon The fishing schooner was sunk by ice in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland with the loss of all seventeen crew.[11][12]
Pera  United Kingdom The steamship collided with an iceberg and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 30 nautical miles (56 km) south west of Cape Race, Newfoundland Colony. Her 40 passengers and crew took to three boats; 30 people in two boats were rescued by the steamship Lake Manitoba ( United Kingdom). Ten people in the third boat were rescued by the schooner Florella ( United Kingdom). Pera was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to London.[13][14][15][16]

11 June

List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1882
Ship State Description
Largo  United Kingdom The ship was sighted off Dover, Kent whilst on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to Valparaiso, Chile. No further trace.[17]
Mathilda  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea. She was discovered on 14 June by Evangelist ( United Kingdom), which towed her in to Hull, Yorkshire in a leaky condition on 19 June.[18]
Webster Sanborn United States The fishing schooner was wrecked near Petit Harbour, Newfoundland Colony. Her crew were rescued.[19]

12 June

List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1882
Ship State Description
Iron Eva  United Kingdom Eleven of the crew abandoned the vessel when it was sinking. Others, including the captain and mate were left on board when their lifeboat broke adrift. The steamship was carrying deal, iron and oats from Gothenburg, Sweden to London.[20]
John  United Kingdom The Thames barge sank in the Royal Victoria Dock, London.[10]

13 June

List of shipwrecks: 13 June 1882
Ship State Description
Evangelistra  Greece The ship collided with an Ottoman Navy man-of-war and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Marianople, Russia to an English port.[10]

15 June

List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1882
Ship State Description
Edeline  United Kingdom The barque collided with an iceberg and sank in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Mary F. Chisholm ( United States). Edeline was on a voyage from New York, United States to Kristiansand, Norway.[21]
Kepler  United Kingdom The schooner collided with a steam hopper and sank 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) from Londonderry. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[22]

16 June

List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1882
Ship State Description
Euphemia Campbell  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the River Spey, capsized and sank. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Garmouth, Moray.[18]
Leon XIII Flag unknown The ship ran aground in the Suez Canal.[23]
Lilydale  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground and was wrecked at "Gudstav", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Flensburg, Germany.[24]
Massasoit United States The fishing schooner struck an iceberg during a thick fog on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland and sank. Six of the crew went down with the ship. The captain and the rest of the crew rowed to Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony in her dories.[25][26][27][28][29]
Oak  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Holmsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to London. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a leaky condition.[24]

17 June

List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1882
Ship State Description
Hornby Castle  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Thanlwin. She was on a voyage from Melbourne, Victoria to Rangoon, Burma.[23]
J. Llewellyn  United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged by fire at London.[18]

19 June

List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1882
Ship State Description
Barrowdale  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground off the Rabbit Islands, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Odesa, Russia to North Shields, Northumberland.[18]
Escambia  United Kingdom The steamship capsized and sank 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off San Francisco, California, United States, with the loss of twenty lives. She was on a voyage from San Francisco to the Cape Verde Islands.

21 June

List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1882
Ship State Description
Augustus  Germany The steamship struck a rock near "Ujusut", Russia and sprang a leak.[30]
Valhalla Norway The barque ran aground at Hittarp, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Granton, Lothian, United Kingdom to Copenhagen, Denmark. She was refloated with the assistance of a steamship and resumed her voyage.[30]

23 June

List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1882
Ship State Description
Amanuel Norway The ship ran aground at Sandhammaren, Sweden.[31]
Bonafide Norway The ship ran aground at Sandhammaren.[31]
Martha Norway The ship ran aground at Sandhammaren.[31]
Vic  United Kingdom The No. 3 pilot cutter, based at Falmouth, Cornwall, was run down in the English Channel, by the steamship Rosina (Flag unknown) about 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off St Anthony Head, Cornwall. Her six crew survived.[32][33]
No. 3  United Kingdom The pilot cutter was run down and sunk by the steamship Rossini (Flag unknown) at Falmouth, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued.[31]

28 June

List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1882
Ship State Description
Lizzie Norway The barque was driven ashore. She was refloated on 30 June and taken in to Sundsvall, Sweden for repairs.[34]

29 June

List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1882
Ship State Description
Alice  United Kingdom The steam tug left South Shields, County Durham for Warkworth, Northumberland with one hundred passengers. Alice hit rocks near Bondicar Point in fog and most of the passengers were taken off in fishing boats. The ship's boat submerged when launched with seventeen onboard, only three survived.[35]
Bergliot Norway The barque collided with the steamship Tirante ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned off Mizen Head, County Cork, United Kingdom. Six of her eleven crew were rescued by Tirante, the rest by the pilot cutter Wyceret ( United Kingdom). Bergliot was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. She was subsequently towed in to Crookhaven, County Cork by the thg Mount Etna ( United Kingdom).[36][37]

30 June

List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1882
Ship State Description
Halcyon  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[37]
Lady of the Lake  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on an unknown shoal near Maranhão, Brazil. Her crew reached Maranhão in the boats. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Maranhão with machinery and railway plant. The subsequent Board of Trade Inquiry determined that the loss was due to navigational error.[37][38][39]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in June 1882
Ship State Description
Albion  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Long Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew survived.[40]
Asdrubal  United Kingdom The steamship collided with an iceberg and sank off the coast of the Newfoundland Colony. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[41]
Cabon Flag unknown The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her crew were rescued.[41]
Canadian  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Halifax, Nova Scotia. She was later refloated.[12]
Charger United States The ship caught fire whilst on a voyage from New York to San Francisco, California. She put back to New York.[7]
Dirigo United States The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at "Video", China. Her crew were rescued. The wreck was pillaged by the local inhabitants.[18]
Ebenezer Parry  United Kingdom The schooner foundered at "Teilleborg". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Neufahrwasser, Germany to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[37]
Gloria Deo  Italy The barque was wrecked at the "Ratet River", Cape Colony. Her crew were rescued.[37]
Helene  Germany The schooner was driven ashore at Ålsgårde, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[5]
Hermine Sweden The schooner was driven ashore at "Sonderose", Denmark.[5]
Icelandais France The schooner was wrecked on the coast of Iceland. Her crew were rescued.[42]
James L. Harway United States The ship collided with the steamship Frisia ( Germany) and sank.[43]
Jessie Goodwin United States The ship was driven ashore at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was on a voyage from Cárdenas, Cuba to Philadelphia.[9]
Julia Baker United States The ship ran aground in the Schuylkill River and sank. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia to Baracoa, Cuba.[24]
Lizzie Cameron Canada The barque collided with an iceberg and sank the coast of the Newfoundland Colony. She was on a voyage from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island to Bordeaux.[41]
Llewellyn New South Wales The collier, a steamship, was lost off the coast of New South Wales. Her crew were rescued.[10]
Min-y-don  United Kingdom The clipper ship foundered off the coast of Australia with the loss of her 30 crew.[44]
Nancy  United Kingdom The brig foundered off The Smalls, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued by a steamship. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Waterford.[18]
Providence  United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea off the Cockle Lightship ( Trinity House). Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.[9]
Rasonia  Russia The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. she was on a voyage from Bo'ness, Lothian, United Kingdom to Narva.[41]
Ruth Darling United States The ship ran aground at Cape Henelopen, Delaware. She was on a voyage from Saint Lucia to Philadelphia. She was refloated and taken in to the Delaware Breakwater in a severely leaky condition.[22]
San Agostino  Italy The barque foundered 21 nautical miles (39 km) south east by south of Diamond Island, Burma. She was on a voyage from Rangoon, Burma to the English Channel.[5]
Sunrise  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on the Duco Rock, south of Cape Finisterre, Spain before 23 June.[31]
Sweet Home  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at "Christovas", Brazil.[18]
Virago  United Kingdom The steamship sank off Alderney, Channel Islands with the loss of all 26 crew. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Odesa, Russia.[45]
No. 27  United Kingdom The pilot boat was driven ashore and wrecked at Aberthan, Glamorgan.[8]

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