List of shipwrecks in August 1882

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

List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1882
ShipStateDescription
Armenia  United Kingdom The steamship departed from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire for Kronstadt, Russia. No further trace,[1] presumed foundered with the loss of all twenty crew.[2]
Maire  United Kingdom The ship departed from "Morrisonhaven" for Lemvig, Denmark. No further trace, reported missing.[3]

2 August

List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1882
ShipStateDescription
Celtic Monarch  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal.[4]

4 August

List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1882
ShipStateDescription
Llangollen  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Baleal Island, Portugal. Eighteen of her 23 crew went ashore, five remained aboard. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Cádiz, Spain.[5][6] She subsequently broke in two.[7]

5 August

List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1882
ShipStateDescription
Alpha Norway The brig sprang a severe leak and was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Malaga (Flag unknown). Alpha was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Horten.[7]
Black Prince  United Kingdom The clipper barque was wrecked on a reef off Arends island, in the Sunda Strait, due to negligent navigation at night. She was on a voyage from Manila, Spanish East Indies to London.[8]
Guy Mannering  United Kingdom The steamship caught fire on a voyage from Tripoli, Ottomanian Tripolitania to Malta. She put back to Tripoli and was scuttled. Two of her crew were lost in the fire.[6]

7 August

List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1882
ShipStateDescription
Gold Dust United States The steamship's boiler exploded, setting her on fire. She burned to the waterline and sank near Hickman, Kentucky. Twenty people were killed.[9]
Naomi  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked north of the mouth of the Rio Grande. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Ensenada, Chile.[10]
Nero  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Holme Sand, in the Humber downstream of Paull, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to South Shields, County Durham and Riga, Russia. She was refloated the next day and put back to Hull.[11]

8 August

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1882
ShipStateDescription
Atlantic  Germany The schooner was severely damaged by fire at Pernambuco, Brazil.[11]
Wodan Flag unknown The ship ran aground in the Suez Cana.[12]

9 August

List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1882
ShipStateDescription
Empire United States The full-rigged ship was driven ashore on "Saribon Island", Netherlands East Indies. She was on a voyage from New York to Yokohama, Japan.[11]
Mosel  Germany The steamship ran aground on rocks off The Lizard, Cornwall, United Kingdom whilst on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom to New York. Her 500 to 650 passengers were taken off by the lifeboat Anna Maria ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution); they were landed at Penzance, Cornwall by the steamship Rosella ( United Kingdom).[13][14]
Reindeer  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness to New York.[11] She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[15]

10 August

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1882
ShipStateDescription
Minna  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore near Penrhos, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Cork to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated with assistance from Great Western ( United Kingdom) and completed her voyage.[15]
Vixen  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Half-tide Rock, in the Menai Strait. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Caernarfon.[15]

11 August

List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1882
ShipStateDescription
Blenheim  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on Eleuthera, Bahamas. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Nassau, Bahamas to Belize City, British Honduras.[16]
Colibri Norway The schooner collided with another vessel and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Køge, Denmark to Macduff, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom. She put in to Copenhagen, Denmark. She was consequently condemned.[17]
Unnamed France The lighter collided with the steamship Breton ( France) and sank at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[6]

13 August

List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1882
ShipStateDescription
Clematis France The ship departed from Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom for Bayonne, Loire-Inférieure. No further trace, reported overdue.[18]
Neptune  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Skullmartin Rock. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Bayonne, Loire-Inférieure, France. She was refloated and taken in to Ballywater, County Antrim.[6]

15 August

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1882
ShipStateDescription
Ridesdale  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at La Boca, Argentina. She was refloated.[19]

16 August

List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1882
ShipStateDescription
Betsy  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Mixen Sands, in the Bristol Channel off the coast of Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Madeira. She was refloated and anchored in the Mumbles Roads.[19]
Burmah  United Kingdom The steamship was damaged by fire at Bombay, India. She was on a voyage from Bombay to Kurrachee or vice versa.[20]

18 August

List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1882
ShipStateDescription
Viola  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Ras Ghareb, Egypt. She was refloated with assistance from Knight of the Bath ( United Kingdom).[21]

19 August

List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1882
ShipStateDescription
Snaefell  United Kingdom The Mersey Flat collided with another vessel and sank in the River Mersey.[22]

20 August

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1882
ShipStateDescription
Adventure  United Kingdom The fishing smack collided with the steamship Woodstock ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire with the loss of six of her ten crew.[16]
Muncaster  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Hittarp, Sweden. She was refloated.[22]

21 August

List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1882
ShipStateDescription
West Glen  United Kingdom The ship struck a rock at Valparaíso, Chile and sprang a leak. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Valparaíso.[21]

23 August

List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1882
ShipStateDescription
Fire Fly  United Kingdom The cutter yacht was driven ashore in Thorness Bay. Her crew were rescued.[21]
Happy Return  United Kingdom The ketch struck the Skerries, off Portrush, County Antrim and sank. She was on a voyage from Tynemouth, Northumberland to Ballyshannon, County Donegal.[21]
Joseph  United Kingdom The smack caught fire off Sanda Island. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to "Lock Kyles Port". She put in to Campbeltown, Argyllshire and the fire was extinguished.[23]
William Hobbs  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Dunball, Somerset.[21]

25 August

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1882
ShipStateDescription
Allan  United Kingdom The barque foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France.[23]
Cardiff  United Kingdom The steamship departed from Cardiff, Glamorgan for Genoa, Italy. No further trace, reported overdue.[24]
Helena Sweden The schooner was driven ashore at Gothenburg. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom to Oskarshamn.[23]

26 August

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1882
ShipStateDescription
Macbeth  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Sundarbans, India. She was on a voyage from Melbourne, Melbourne to Chittagong, India.[25]
Menna  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the schooner Thetis ( Denmark) and sank at Fredrikshavn, Denmark. Menna was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[25]

29 August

List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1882
ShipStateDescription
Charlotte of Derby Norway The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Fredericke (Flag unknown).[26]

30 August

List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1882
ShipStateDescription
Flora del Pompo Spain The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal.[10]
Johny Netherlands The ship ran aground on the Spijkerplaat. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Middelburg, Zeeland.[10]

31 August

Unknown date

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