List of shipwrecks in August 1881

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The list of shipwrecks in August 1881 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1881.

List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1881
ShipStateDescription
Campana  United Kingdom The barque capsized at South Shields, County Durham.[1]
Carlotta  United Kingdom The steam yacht capsized at Row, Dunbartonshire and was severely damaged.[1]
Edith  United Kingdom The steam launch foundered in the Thames Estuary 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north east of Garrison Point, Isle of Sheppey, Kent. Her crew were rescued by a Coastguard boat.[1] She was refloated on 3 August and taken into Whitstable, Kent.[2]
Eugenie France The schooner sprang a leak and sank in the English Channel 7 nautical miles (13 km) off Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom. All four people on board survived.[3]
Gleaner  United Kingdom The smack ran aground and sank at Peel, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire to Newport, Monmouthshire.[1]
Lasker  Germany The barque collided with the steamship Helios ( United Kingdom) and sank off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. Lasker was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Iquique, Peru.[1]
Peter James  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at West Cowes, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to London.[1]

3 August

List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1881
ShipStateDescription
Augusta Sweden The schooner capsized at Utklippan.[2]
E. D. Bigelow United States The ship ran aground on Sarn Badrig 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Dyffryn, Cardiganshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Annapolis, Maryland to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[2]
Merannio  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Fenton and was beached at East Greenwich, Middlesex. She was refloated and docked.[2]

4 August

List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1881
ShipStateDescription
Calcutta United States The ship was wrecked on the coast of Caffraria, Cape Colony. She was on a voyage from "Zebu", Spanish East Indies to Boston, Massachusetts.[2]
Dunoon Castle  United Kingdom The paddle steamer was severely damaged by fire at Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[2]
Magdeburg  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Gävle, Sweden.[2]

5 August

List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1881
ShipStateDescription
Periere France The steamship caught fire at Golette, Tunisia and was scuttled. She was refloated on 9 August and taken to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône for repairs.[4]

6 August

List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1881
ShipStateDescription
Bina Campbell  United Kingdom The barque ran aground in the Clyde at Dumbarton Castle, Dunbartonshire. She was then run into by another vessel. Bina Campbell was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Montevideo, Uruguay. She was later refloated and put back to Glasgow for repairs.[5]

8 August

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1881
ShipStateDescription
Clara B. Warren United States The schooner was wrecked on Duncan's Reef, Catch Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her crew were rescued.[6]
Isaac Pereire France The steamship caught fire at Tunis, Tunisia and was scuttled. She was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.[7]
Lord Belgrave  United Kingdom The paddle steamer caught fire and sank in the River Dee at Chester, Cheshire. Arson was suspected as the cause.[8]
ARA Pilocmayo  Argentine Navy The flat-iron gunboat was holed by an anchor and sank at Buenos Aires.[9]

9 August

List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1881
ShipStateDescription
Hugo  Germany The ship was destroyed by fire in the Pacific Ocean and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to San Francisco, California, United States. Her ten crew took to a lifeboat. Nine survivors reached Chiloe, Chile on 18 August, taking nine days to cover 800 nautical miles (1,500 km).[10][11]

10 August

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1881
ShipStateDescription
Baltic  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Eagle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex.[4]
Thracian  United Kingdom The barque ran aground at Moulmein, Burma. She was on a voyage from Singapore, Straits Settlements to Moulmein. She was refloated on 14 August.[12]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The Mersey Flat sank on the East Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay.[4]

11 August

List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1881
ShipStateDescription
George Mills  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore on the coast of Uruguay. She was refloated and put into Maldonado, Uruguay in a leaky condition.[5]
Georges France The schooner ran into the barque Clodian ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off Sea Palling, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Her crew survived. Georges was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes.[13]

12 August

List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1881
ShipStateDescription
Emily  United Kingdom The brig collided with the steamship Elysia ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean (47°58′N 30°00′W / 47.967°N 30.000°W / 47.967; -30.000). Her nine crew were rescued by Elysia. Emily was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony to London.[14][15]
Fair Maid  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Hale Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Lyme Regis, Dorset. She was refloated and made for the Humber, but consequently sank. Her crew were rescued by the tug Garibaldi ( United Kingdom.[13]
Mabel  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Dunkirk, Nord, France.[13]

13 August

List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1881
ShipStateDescription
Harmonia Norway The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Haverdal, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Söderhamn, Sweden to Dunkirk, Nord, France.[5]
Romano  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Holme Sand, in the Humber. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to New York, United States. She was refloated the next day with the assistance of a number of tugs and put back to Hull.[16]
T. B. Ord  United Kingdom The barque collided with the schooner Isabel ( France) at Callao, Peru and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Callao.[16]

14 August

List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1881
ShipStateDescription
Borunga  United Kingdom The barque ran aground at Calais, France.[5] She was refloated and taken into Calais.[16]
Dunnikier  United Kingdom The barque struck a rock and foundered in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Chile. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Valparaíso, Chile.[16]

15 August

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1881
ShipStateDescription
Innisfallen  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore on Naissaar, Russia. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Reval, Russia. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug.[16]
Martha Netherlands The schooner capsized in the Ems.[16]
W. F. March United States The schooner dragged her anchor during a gale and was wrecked in Golovnin Bay in the Department of Alaska. All seventeen people on board survived.[17]

16 August

List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1881
ShipStateDescription
Frigorifique France The steamship was damaged by fire at Bordeaux, Gironde. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux to Antwerp, Belgium.[18]

17 August

List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1881
ShipStateDescription
Unnamed Flag unknown The cutter yacht foundered in the English Channel 1+12 nautical miles (2.8 km) off Camber, Sussex, United Kingdom.[18]

18 August

List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1881
ShipStateDescription
Forster  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued.[18]
Tordenskjold Norway The ship was driven ashore. She was refloated and taken into Grimstad in a leaky condition.[18]
Unnamed  Russia The full-rigged ship was driven ashore in the Nieuwe Diep. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands to Porvoo, Grand Duchy of Finland.[18]

19 August

List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1881
ShipStateDescription
Gil Portugal The schooner collided with the barque Burnswark ( United Kingdom) in the Kingroad, off the coast of Somerset, United Kingdom. She was beached on the Rifle Grounds.[19]
Mary Kate  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at Liverpool, Lancashire. Her crew survived.[19]

20 August

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1881
ShipStateDescription
A. B. Ward United States The tug suffered a boiler explosion and sank in the Chicago River at the Clark Street Bridge, Chicago, Illinois with the loss of two of her crew. Subsequently refloated, towed to Miller's Dry Dock and rebuilt.[20][21]
Courier France The schooner foundered at sea. Her crew took to a boat; they were rescued on 25 August by Golden Sea ( United Kingdom). Courier was on a voyage from Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon to Martinique.[22][23]
Prima Norway The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Zoutelande, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to a Baltic port.[19]

21 August

List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1881
ShipStateDescription
Eira  United Kingdom
Eira
The steam yacht of Benjamin Leigh Smith was severely damaged by floating ice and sank near Cape Flora, Franz Joseph Land. The owner and his crew were rescued almost a year later.[24] The wreck was located in 2018.[25]
Livingstone  United Kingdom The ship collided with HSwMS Norrköping ( Swedish Navy) 8 nautical miles (15 km) off the south point of Öland, Sweden and was damaged. HSwMS Norrköping towed her to "Uttagan", where she took on a pilot with the intention of going into Kalmar. She ran aground off Grimskär, but was refloated the next day and taken into Kalmar.[26]

23 August

List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1881
ShipStateDescription
Gordonia  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Domsten, Sweden. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Kronstadt, Russia. She was refloated and taken into Copenhagen, Denmark.[27]

24 August

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1881
ShipStateDescription
T. E. Aschehong  United Kingdom The barque foundered at sea. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Baltimore, Maryland, United States.[28]

25 August

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1881
ShipStateDescription
Edgar  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore north of Cape Hellas, Greece. She was on a voyage from Kronstadt to Nicholaieff, Russia. She was refloated on 27 August.[29]
Endeavour  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Balbriggan, County Dublin. Her five crew were rescued by a Coastguard boat.[30]
Maggie Lorimer  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and sank at Glenarm, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Glenarm to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[26]
Miranda  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was destroyed by fire in the "Goronlaia River", Netherlands East Indies. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ternate, Netherlands East Indies to Singapore, Straits Settlements.[31]
Providence  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore at Derk Point, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Donegal. She was refloated with the assistance of the Coastguard.[26]
Stratheden  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on Middle Cross Sand off Norfolk, England due to negligent navigation. She was on a voyage from Leith, Scotland to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with coal. The crew were rescued by Caister lifeboat.[32][33]

26 August

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1881
ShipStateDescription
Adria  United Kingdom The brigantine was wrecked at Bahia, Brazil.[26]
Albert  Germany The schooner was wrecked at Bahia.[26]
Unnamed Flag unknown The brigantine foundered 8 nautical miles (15 km) off the Tuskar Rock with the loss of all hands.[29]

27 August

List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1881
ShipStateDescription
Alphonse Marie France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Seaton Delaval, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Dunkirk, Nord to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[26]
Condor  Germany The ship foundered at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Charlestown, Cornwall, United Kingdom to Aalborg, Denmark.[34]
Emanuelle Malta The ship collided with the transport ship Oise ( French Navy) off Cape Bon, Algeria. At least one of her crew got aboard Oise. Emanuelle was lost sight of 30 minutes later. She was on a voyage from Tripoli, Ottoman Tripolitania to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[29]
Weif  United Kingdom The fishing smack sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the fishing smack Orphan Girl ( United Kingdom).[29]

29 August

List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1881
ShipStateDescription
Lion  United Kingdom The ketch capsized 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) east of Looe, Cornwall and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Penzance, Cornwall.[29]
Sanda  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Clyde near Dalmuir, Dunbartonshire.[29]

30 August

List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1881
ShipStateDescription
City of Richmond United States The paddle steamer struck a reef south of Mark Island, Maine and sank without loss of life. She later was refloated, rebuilt and returned to service as City of Key West.[35]
Teuton  United Kingdom The steamship struck a rock and sank between Quoin Point and Cape Agulhas, Cape Colony with the loss of 236 lives. There were 36 survivors. Teuton was on a voyage from Cape Town, Cape Colony to the Natal Colony.[36][37][38][39][40]
William Leckie  United Kingdom The ship collided with Viola ( United Kingdom) off the Old Head of Kinsale, County Cork and was severely damaged. She was towed into Queenstown, County Cork and beached.[41]

31 August

Unknown date

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