List of shipwrecks in August 1884

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

List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1884
ShipStateDescription
Alfred Canada Canada The barque caught fire off Cape Horn, Chile and was abandoned. All on board were rescued by Dunnerdale ( United Kingdom). Alfred was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Valparaíso, Chile.[1]
Industri Norway The schooner ran aground on the Finngrundet, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Söderhamn, Sweden to Newhaven, Sussex, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Gävle, Sweden.[2]
Yedmandale  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Brindisi, Italy. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Brindisi.[2]
Unnamed United States The pilot boat was run down and sunk at New York by the steamship Roma ( Germany).[2]

2 August

List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1884
ShipStateDescription
Dione  United Kingdom The steamship was run into by the steamship Camden ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames downstream of Gravesend, Kent with the loss of 23 of the 40 people on board. Dione was on a voyage from London to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.[3][4][5][6]
USS Lancaster  United States Navy The sloop-of-war ran aground on the South West Shingle Bank, in the Solent.[7]
Margaretha Johanna  Germany The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Monance, Fife, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from East Wemyss, Fife to Bremerhaven.[7][8]

4 August

List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1884
ShipStateDescription
Water Nymph  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Clifden, County Dublin. Her crew survived.[9]

6 August

List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1884
ShipStateDescription
Shooting Star United States The schooner was wrecked on the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada. Her crew were rescued.[10]

7 August

List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1884
ShipStateDescription
Budapest, and
Lincoln		  United Kingdom The steamships collided at Liverpool, Lancashire and were both severely damaged. Budapest was on a voyage from Liverpool to Odesa, Russia. Lincoln was on a voyage from Sligo to Liverpool.[11]
Falodden  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground off Cape Bollard, Newfoundland Colony. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada to Fleetwood, Lancashire. She was refloated and taken in to Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony.[12]

8 August

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1884
ShipStateDescription
Captain Parry  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Kilcool, County Wicklow.[11] She was refloated and taken in to Dublin.[12]
Emberiza  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Urgents Shoals. She was refloated on 12 August and taken in to Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire.[13]
Krageroe Norway The barque was driven ashore at Kastrup, Denmark. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Stettin, Germany.[11] She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[12]
Susan Hendry  United Kingdom The ship collided with the steamship Vigila ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea off Aldeburgh, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by Vigila.[11]

9 August

List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1884
ShipStateDescription
E. L. Rowe United States The schooner was lost on Avery's Ledge. Her crew were rescued.[14]
Margaret Allen  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Fair Head, County Antrim. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Kenvara, County Galway to Ardrossan, Ayrshire.[12]
Martha Sephens United States The steamship struck a snag and sank in the Missouri River near Boonville Island, Missouri. Four crewmen were killed.[15]

10 August

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1884
ShipStateDescription
Red Rose  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore about five nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) south-east of the Ar Men Lighthouse, Finistère, France.[16]

11 August

List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1884
ShipStateDescription
Bowhead United States The whaler, a barque[rigged steamship, was holed by ice and sank in the Blossom Shoals (70°23′N 161°57′W / 70.383°N 161.950°W / 70.383; -161.950 (Blossom Shoals)) off Icy Cape, District of Alaska. Her crew were rescued by Balaena and Narwhal (Flags unknown).[17]
Dronning Louisa Denmark The brig ran aground off Fair Isle, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was later refloated and taken in to Lerwick, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom for repairs.[18]
Nervi  Italy The ship was run into by the steamship Kent and sank off Barry, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. Nervi was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida, United States to Newport, Monmouthshire.[13]
Werfa  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Guadiana. She was refloated and found to have been holed.[19]

12 August

List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1884
ShipStateDescription
Aghios Nicholas  Greece The schooner collided with the steamship Kovno ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Doro Channel. Five of the 25 people on board were reported missing.[20]
Concord  United Kingdom The ship collided with the steamship Cearense ( United Kingdom) and sank off the South Stack, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued by Cearense. Concord was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Totness, Devon.[21]
Ennismore  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Hen and Chickens Rock, off the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides. She was refloated and put back to Stornoway, Isle of Skye.[13]
M. E. Johnston  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Ballywalter, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Belfast, County Antrim. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[13]

13 August

List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1884
ShipStateDescription
Berwick  United Kingdom The steamship sprang a leak and foundered off Huntcliffe, Yorkshire. Her sixteen crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[22]

14 August

List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1884
ShipStateDescription
Berwick  United Kingdom The steamship foundered off Huntcliffe, Yorkshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[23]
Eigil  United Kingdom The brig collided with the schooner Harriet ( United Kingdom) in the River Ouse and was beached at Whitton, Lincolnshire. Eigil was on a voyage from Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire to Goole, Yorkshire.[19]
Monarch  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Calcutta, India.[21]
Woodside  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at the Cap de Creus, Spain. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault, France to an English port.[21]

15 August

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1884
ShipStateDescription
Abeona  United Kingdom The sloop ran aground on the Shingles, off the Isle of Wight. She was refloated and taken in to Lymington, Hampshire.[19]
Elborus  Imperial Russian Navy The warship ran aground at Odesa.[20]
Spartan  United Kingdom The steamship suffered a breakdown of her machinery and was holed by her propeller shaft off Porto Santo Island, Madeira. She was on a voyage from Cape Town, Cape Colony to Plymouth, Devon and Southampton, Hampshire. She was towed in to Funchal, Madeira in a severely leaky condition on 17 August.[24]

19 August

List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1884
ShipStateDescription
Sunbeam  United Kingdom The smack foundered 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) east of Ballycotton, County Cork with the loss of her captain from her two crew.[25]

20 August

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1884
ShipStateDescription
Admiral United States The tug suffered a boiler explosion and sank at Chicago, Illinois with the loss of three of her crew.[15]
Calder  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground off Maryport, Cumberland and sank. She was on a voyage from the River Duddon to Maryport.[26]
Prinses Wilhelmina  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Zaandam, North Holland. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to Amsterdam, North Holland.[25]
Rotomahana  United Kingdom The ship caught fire and was beached on the Elephant Keys, off East Falkland, Falkland Islands. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to San Francisco, California, United States.

21 August

List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1884
ShipStateDescription
Loch Tay  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Mangro Cay Reef, off the coast of British Honduras and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Belize City, British Honduras.[1][27]
Margaret and Ann  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Conister Rock, in Douglas Bay.[26]
Nio  United Kingdom The brig was run into by the steamship European ( United Kingdom) and sank at Greenwich, Kent.[26]

22 August

List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1884
ShipStateDescription
Louise Marie France The schooner collieded with the steamship Bentinck ( United Kingdom) 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) west of Cape Spartel, Morocco. At least some of her crew were rescued. Louise Marie was towed in to Tangier, Morocco in a sinking condition by the steamship Servando ( Spain) the next day.[28]

23 August

List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1884
ShipStateDescription
Chenhang  Imperial Chinese Navy Sino-French War, Battle of Fuzhou: The armed transport was sunk by gunfire on the Min River at Fuzhou, China, by the cruisers D'Estaing, Duguay-Trouin, and Villars (all  French Navy).
Feiyun  Imperial Chinese Navy Sino-French War, Battle of Fuzhou: The sloop-of-war was sunk by gunfire on the Min River at Fuzhou by the cruisers D'Estaing, Duguay-Trouin, and Villars (all  French Navy).[29]
Fusheng  Imperial Chinese Navy Sino-French War, Battle of Fuzhou: The flatiron gunboat was sunk by gunfire on the Min River at Fuzhou by the cruisers D'Estaing, Duguay-Trouin, and Villars (all  French Navy).[29]
Fuxing  Imperial Chinese Navy Sino-French War, Battle of Fuzhou: The gunboat sank in the Min River at Fuzhou after being attacked successfully by a French Navy pinnace with a spar torpedo.
Ji'an  Imperial Chinese Navy Sino-French War, Battle of Fuzhou: The sloop-of-war was sunk by gunfire on the Min River at Fuzhou by the cruisers D'Estaing, Duguay-Trouin, and Villars (all  French Navy).[29]
Jiansheng  Imperial Chinese Navy Sino-French War, Battle of Fuzhou: The flatiron gunboat was sunk by gunfire on the Min River at Fuzhou by the cruisers D'Estaing, Duguay-Trouin, and Villars (all  French Navy).[29]
Laura Gertrude  Germany The schooner ran aground off North Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Drammen, Norway to an American port. She was refloated and anchored in a bay on North Ronaldsay pending repairs.[30]
Yangwu  Imperial Chinese Navy
The wreck of Yangwu, photographed in 1884
Sino-French War, Battle of Fuzhou: The sloop-of-war exploded and sank in the Min River at Fuzhou after being attacked successfully by a French Navy torpedo boat with a spar torpedo.
Yongbao  Imperial Chinese Navy
The wreck of Yongbao (at left), photographed in 1884
Sino-French War, Battle of Fuzhou: The armed transport was sunk by gunfire on the Min River at Fuzhou by the cruisers D'Estaing, Duguay-Trouin, and Villars (all  French Navy).
Zhenwei  Imperial Chinese Navy Sino-French War, Battle of Fuzhou: The gunboat exploded and sank in the Min River at Fuzhou because of a single shell hit from the ironclad corvette Triomphante ( French Navy).[29]
No. 46  French Navy Sino-French War, Battle of Fuzhou: The torpedo boat was hit by hand grenades thrown from a Chinese vessel in the Min River, bursting her boiler. She was scuttled by Volta ( French Navy) to prevent her being captured by the Chinese.[31]
Unnamed  Imperial Chinese Navy Sino-French War, Battle of Fuzhou: The transport ship ran aground in the Min River and broke her back.[32]

24 August

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1884
ShipStateDescription
Benges  United Kingdom The steamship struck a submerged rock north east of Trinidad and was wrecked. Her nineteen crew survived. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Honduras to Puerto Cabello, Venezuela.[33]
Margaret Kendall  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Proudfeet Rocks, on the coast of Caithness and sank.[30]
USS Tallapoosa  United States Navy The gunboat, a sidewheel paddle steamer, collided with the schooner J. S. Lowell ( United States) and sank in Vineyard Sound approximately 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) from Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts with the loss of three of her crew. She was raised, repaired, and was returned to service in January 1886.[34][35]
Unnamed  Imperial Chinese Navy Sino-French War, Battle of Fuzhou: The torpedo launch was sunk by gunfire on the Min River at Fuzhou by the cruiser Duguay-Trouin ( French Navy).[citation needed]
Unnamed  Imperial Chinese Navy Sino-French War, Battle of Fuzhou: The torpedo launch was abandoned in the Min River at Fuzhou after she came under fire by the cruiser Duguay-Trouin ( French Navy). Her crew swam to shore.[citation needed]

25 August

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1884
ShipStateDescription
Minister von Schleinitz  Germany The ship departed from Arkhangelsk, Russia for Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. No further trace, reported overdue.[36]

26 August

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1884
ShipStateDescription
Charles Jackson France Mauritius The ship was wrecked at Durban, Natal Colony. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Port Natal, Natal Colony.[37]
Oberon  United Kingdom The barque caught fire in the Pacific Ocean. She was abandoned the next day; her crew were rescued by Lord Clyde ( United Kingdom). Oberon was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to San Francisco, California, United States.[38][39]

28 August

List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1884
ShipStateDescription
Belmont United States The ferryboat was struck by a tornado and sank in the Ohio River between Evansville and Henderson, Indiana with the loss of 30 lives.[40]
Marco Polo  Germany The barque was wrecked on Fair Isle, United Kingdom with the loss of three of her 22 crew. She was on a voyage from Bremen to New York, United States.[1]

29 August

List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1884
ShipStateDescription
Belmont United States The steamship capsized in a storm in the Ohio River 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) upstream of Henderson, Kentucky with the loss of 20-25 lives.[15][41]
Resolven  United Kingdom The abandoned ship was discovered by HMS Mallard ( Royal Navy) between Baccalieu Island and Catalina, Newfoundland Colony. She was towed in to port. All eleven people that had been on board were presumed lost.

30 August

Unknown date

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