List of shipwrecks in February 1881

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

List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1881
ShipStateDescription
Gwendoline  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground and sank at Port Edgar, Lothian. She was refloated on 18 January and towed in to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire by the steamship Glaucus ( United Kingdom).[1]
Harvest Queen  United Kingdom The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean.[2] She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Sunderland, County Durham.[3]
Kate  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Chappel Rock, off the coast of Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was refloated and taken in to Penarth, Glamorgan.[1][4]
Primus  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground off Cardiff. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure. She dragged her anchors the next day and was driven into the brigantine Nadir ( Austria-Hungary). She was taken in to Cardiff.[5]
Senior Netherlands The steamship ran aground at Maassluis, South Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Rotterdam, South Holland.[1]
Solon  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles at Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Odesa, Russia.[5][6][7]

2 February

List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1881
ShipStateDescription
Antonio Ottone  Italy The brig was wrecked on the Cross Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. All fifteen people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to New York, United States.[8][9]
Dragoon  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground off Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[5][10]
Julia  United Kingdom The brigantine ran aground on the Pladden Rocks, at the entrance to the Belfast Lough and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland to Belfast, County Antrim.[5][7]
Pacific Norway The brigantine was wrecked on Boa Vista, Cape Verde Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault, France to Santos, Brazil.[11]
Pepe Tono Spain The ship departed from Pensacola, Florida, United States for Barcelona. No further trace.[12]
Royal Visitor  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship ran aground at Greenock, Renfrewshire. She was on a voyage from Moulmein, Burma to Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[13]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship ran aground off Southend, Essex. She was refloated.[5]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore near the Cloch Lighthouse, Renfrewshire. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to Greenock.[13]

3 February

List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1881
ShipStateDescription
City of Richmond  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at "Port Rhylfydd", Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. City of Richmond was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[14][6][15] She broke up on 4 March.[16]
Mary Stuart Canada Canada The ship ran aground on the Shingles Sands, off the coast of Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. She was refloated and found to be severely leaky. Twenty Margate boatmen went aboard and she made for London, United Kingdom.[17]
May Queen  United Kingdom The dandy was driven ashore at Saltfleet Haven, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Grimsby, Lincolnshire.[6]
Nano B. Austria-Hungary The barque was wrecked at Lagos, Portugal with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Alexandria, Egypt.[14]
Sceptre  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Ketelplaat, in the Scheldt.[14]
Stamford  United Kingdom The steamship struck the west point of Ouessant, Finistère, France and foundered with the loss of thirteen of her crew. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.[18][6]
Westbourne  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Bremen, Germany.[9]

4 February

List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1881
ShipStateDescription
Astarte  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Ringfadd Point, County Down. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[17]
Bremen  Germany The full-rigged ship was wrecked at Levenwick, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom with the loss of thirteen of her twenty crew.[19] She was on a voyage from Bremen to Baltimore, Maryland, United States.[20]
City of Dublin  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Kronprinz Friedrich Wilhelm ( Germany) and sank in the Elbe downstream of Cuxhaven, Germany with the loss of six of her eighteen crew. Survivors were rescued by Kronprinz Friedrich Wilhelm.[6][21]
Helena United States The ship was driven ashore on the Mull of Galloway, Wigtownshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland to Donaghadee, County Antrim, United Kingdom.[21]
Nestor  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Ayr. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Ayr.[17]
Sarah Mandell  United Kingdom The ship departed from Pensacola, Florida, United States for Dordt, South Holland, Netherlands. No further trace.[12]
State of Florida  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore in Machray Bay, Islay, Inner Hebrides. She was on a voyage from New York to Greenock, Renfrewshire. She was refloated.[17]
Tay  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Santon Head, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south west of Port Soderick, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued.[17][21]
Tordenskjold Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore at Theddlethorpe, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Goole, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[17] She was towed off by two tugs and taken in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire.[22]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The tug was driven ashore at Ringfadd Point. She was refloated and taken in to Glasgow.[23]

5 February

List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1881
ShipStateDescription
Abbotsford  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Dunkirk, Nord to Leith, Lothian. She was refloated and completed her voyage.[22]
Broomhill  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Sunderland, County Durham. Her eighteen crew were rescued by the Sunderland Lifeboat Florence Nightingale ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[24] Broomhill was on a voyage fromm Dundee, Forfarshire to Sunderland.[25] She was refloated and beached.[8]
Catalina van Calcar Netherlands The galiot was driven ashore and wrecked 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) north of Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Bayonne.[8][26][27]
Charles  United Kingdom The ship departed from Youghal, County Cork for Pont-Audemer, Eure, France. No further trace,.[28] reported missing.[29]
Electra  United Kingdom The ship departed from Hull, Yorkshire for Fareham, Hampshire. No further trace, reported missing.[28]
Glenisla  United Kingdom The steamship was damaged by fire at Charleston, South Carolina, United States.[30]
Jeune Pauline France The schooner was wrecked in the Glénan Islands, Finistère.[22]
Kismet United States The ship departed from Bahia, Brazil for New York. No further trace, reported overdue.[31]
Ocean King  United Kingdom The barque struck a rock and foundered off Port Nolloth, Cape Colony. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Port Nolloth.[24]

6 February

List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1881
ShipStateDescription
Bessie Rodgers  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned off St. Ives, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by a pilot boat. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Devoran, Cornwall.[27]
Dalkarles Sweden The barque ran aground in the River Lee.[26]
Eversfield  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay and was abandoned by all but her captain. She was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland to Liverpool. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and towed in to Liverpool.[22][26]
Lizzie Stuart  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Bilbao, Spain and was holed by her anchor. She put back to Bilbao.[32][33]
Loyal  United Kingdom The fishing smack ran aground on the Trinity Sand, off the mouth of the Humber. Her crew were rescued by the Spurn Point Lifeboat. She subsequently became a wreck.[30][34]
Maira Leonie France The ship ran aground and sank at St. Ubes, Portugal. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes to Dunkirk, Nord.[30]
Menai Packet  United Kingdom The smack sprang a leak and sank off Llanelly, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued.[35] She was on a voyage from Avonmouth, Somerset to Londonderry.[36]
T. J. Mitchell United States The schooner sank in a storm in Pensacola Bay.[37]
Wave  United Kingdom The ship departed from Swansea for Catania, Sicily, Italy. No further trace, reported missing.[38]
Zuma  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Longsand, in The Wash and was abandoned by her crew. She was later refloated and towed in to King's Lynn, Norfolk.[2]

7 February

List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1881
ShipStateDescription
Assistance United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey The schooner ran aground on the Brambles, in the Solent. She was on a voyage from Guernsey to Eling, Hampshire.[8]
Bohemian  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked at Mizen Head, County Cork with the loss of 35 of the 57 people on board, and that of a rescuer. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[39][19][40]
Bransty  United Kingdom The brigantine was wrecked on the Long Rocks, in Dundrum Bay. Her six crew were rescued by the Dundrum Lifeboat Pyrella ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Bransty was on a voyage from Newry, County Down to Bristol, Gloucestershire[19]
Clodagh  United Kingdom The ship departed from Cardiff, Glamorgan for Ballynane, County Kerry. No further trace,[41] presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[42]
Durham Packet United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Seaham, County Durham. Her seven crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham.[19][30]
Earl of Durham  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Saltburn, Yorkshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[34]
Ella Beatrice  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on the north coast of Japan 50 nautical miles (93 km) from Hakodadi. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to Shanghai, China.[43][44]
Faithful  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Tynemouth Rocks, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by the South Shields Lifeboat Tom Perry ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[19]
Fern  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground and sank near Ballina, County Mayo. She was on a voyage from Ballina to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[30]
Friendship  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Hartlepool, County Durham. Her four crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Rye, Sussex to Warkworth, Northumberland.[19][45][46]
Hawk  United Kingdom The smack struck the Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was beached at Benacre, Suffolk, where she became a wreck. Her crew survived.[30]
J. B. Eminson  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground and sank at Sunderland, County Durham. Her crew were rescued by the tug Express ( United Kingdom). J. B. Eminson was on a voyage from London to Sunderland.[30][47]
Julia  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Woolseners, in the English Channel off Hayling Island, Hampshire and was abandoned. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Weymouth, Dorset.[30][40][48]
Kronprinz von Preussen  Germany The brigantine was drive ashore at New Grimsby, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom. She was refloated.[49][34]
Mermaid  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore near Leith, Lothian. She was on a voyage from "Stoneham" to Sunderland. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and taken in to Leith in a leaky condition.[30][46]
Miner  United Kingdom The flat capsized in the River Severn. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Portishead, Somerset to Gloucester.[34]
Mischief  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Hartlepool. Her four crew were rescued by the Hartlepool Lifeboat John Clay Barlow ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Mischief was on a voyage from Rye to Warkworth. She was refloated.[19][46]
Star  United Kingdom The schooner was driven at Horden Dand, County Durham. Her four crew survived Star was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to Sunderland. She subsequently became a wreck.[30][34][47]
Sutherland Canada Canada The barquentine was driven ashore and wrecked at Garrock Head, Isle of Bute, Argyllshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire, United Kingdom to Matanzas, Cuba.[30]
Thomas  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Hartlepool. Her three crew were rescued by the Hartlepool Lifeboat John Clay Barlow ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Thomas was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Stockton-on Tees, County Durham. She was refloated and taken in to Hartlepool in a leaky condition.[19][46][34]
Ulysses  United Kingdom The smack collided with Western Ocean ( United Kingdom) and was severely damaged. Ulysses put in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[50]
Yorkshire Lass  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Hartlepool. Her crew were rescued by the Hartlepool Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire to Stockton-on-Tees.[19][46]
Unnamed Netherlands The fishing smack was run down and sunk by the steamship Braunschweig ( Germany) with some loss of life. Survivors were rescued by Braunschweig.[8]
'Unnamed  United Kingdom The steam cutter, belonging to the Duke of Edinburgh's yacht Lively, sank at Sheerness, Kent. Her crew were rescued.[51]

8 February

List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1881
ShipStateDescription
Ascalon  United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged by fire at the Victoria Docks, London.[52][53]
Bernadette, and
Susanna Elizabeth		 France
Netherlands		 The lugger Bernadette collided with the barque Susanna Elizabeth. Both vessels were beached at the Rammekens Castle, Zeeland. Bernadette was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Bordeaux, Gironde. She was refloated and taken in to Vlissingen, Zeeland. Susanna Elizabeth was on a voyage from Antwerp to New York, United States.[30][2]
Breeze  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Calais, France and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Calais to Dover, Kent. She was refloated and put back to Calais.[51]
Brothers  United Kingdom The ketch struck the Patch Sand and was abandoned off Caldy Island, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued by the Tenby Lifeboat. Brothers was on a voyage from Plymouth to Ilfracombe, Devon. She was subsequently taken in to Tenby.[48][54]
Camera Spain The steamship ran aground in the Guadalquivir.[11]
Dagmar  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Arendal, Norway. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Copenhagen, Denmark.[55]
Enterprise  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Newry, County Antrim.[34]
Glenda  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Penarth, Glamorgan to Havana, Cuba. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Royal Saxon ( United Kingdom).[54]
Halvard Norway The full-rigged ship was discovered in distress in the North Sea by the smacks Chief and Star (both  United Kingdom). She was towed in to Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom in a waterlogged condition on 14 February.[56] Halvard was on a voyage from Fredrikstadt to London.[57]
Kate  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) east of Llandelhaearn, Caernarfonshire. Her crew were rescued.[54]
Matilda Hilyard  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Criccieth, Caernarfonshire. Her crew were rescued by the Criccieth Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[54] She came ashore at Llanbedrog, Caernarfonshire.[58] Matilda Hillyard was refloated on 27 February and taken into Liverpool, Lancashire.[59]
Pearl  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore at Penarth.[54]
Pilot  United Kingdom The smack sank at Swansea, Glamorgan.[54]
Progress, and
Sirius		  United Kingdom The steam cutter Progress was run into by the smack Sirius off the mouth of the Humber. Both vessels sank with the loss of a crew member from Progress. Survivors were rescued by a Trinity House steam yacht.[60]
Rowena  United Kingdom The brig foundered in the English Channel with the loss of all nine crew. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Cowes, Isle of Wight.[61]
Tern  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the River Moy. She was on a voyage from Ballina, County Mayo to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[27]
Thames  United Kingdom The steamship was damaged by fire at the Victoria Docks, London.[53]
Triana Spain The steamship ran aground in the Guadalquivir.[11]
Velasquez  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Guadalquivir.[11]
Victory  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Broomhill Point, County Waterford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Waterford.[30][34]
Zenia  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at King's Lynn, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn to Burghhead, Lothian.[54]
Unnamed France A three-masted schooner foundered in Bideford Bay, near Clovelly, Devon with the loss of all hands.[62][30][32]
Ten unnamed vessels  United Kingdom A schooner was driven ashore at Woolwich, Kent.[51] Nine barges sank in the River Thames between London and the Nore.[63]
Several unnamed vessels  United Kingdom The barges were destroyed by fire and sank at the Victoria Docks, London.[53]

9 February

List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1881
ShipStateDescription
Celestial Empire  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Hythe, Kent. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London.[30] She was refloated with the assistance of four tugs, which included Anglia and Robert Bruce (both  United Kingdom) and resumed her voyage.[64][34][48]
Egbert Canada Canada The barque was wrecked at Saint-Quentin-en-Tourmont, Somme, France with the loss of all ten crew. She was on a voyage from Saint Domingo to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[23][52][65]
Enterprise  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore at Carlingford, County Louth.[54] She was refloated the next day and was towed in to Carlingford by a tug.[57]
Flora Norway The barque foundered in the North Sea 100 nautical miles (190 km) east of Inchcape, Fife, United Kingdom (57°10′N 0°30′E / 57.167°N 0.500°E / 57.167; 0.500). Her eight crew were rescued by the barque Titania ( Norway). .[2]
G. W. Woolff  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the River Lagan. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Belfast, County Antrim.[54]
Humber  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore near Bristol, Gloucestershire. She was refloated and taken in to Avonmouth, Somerset.[54]
Industry  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset.[54]
Lizzie  United Kingdom The ketch was abandoned in Perran Bay. Her four crew were rescued by the Newquay Lifeboat Pendock Neale ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Lizzie was on a voyage from Waterford to Falmouth, Cornwall.[23] She subsequently drove ashore and was wrecked.[2]
Louise Henry  United Kingdom The ship put in to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France in a sinking condition. she was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Catania, Italy[57]
Monsoon  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 80 nautical miles (150 km) west north west of the Isles of Scilly. Her thirteen crew were rescued by the schooner Ernest and the brig Miranda (both  United Kingdom). Monsoon was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Payta, Peru.[23][66][67]

10 February

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1881
ShipStateDescription
Arabia  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Goswick, Northumberland. Her crew survived.[68] She broke up on 3 March.[69]
Atlas France The brig was driven ashore on Guadeloupe by a tsunami.[70]
Berwickshire  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was driven against the quayside and severely damaged at Greenock, Renfrewshire.[3]
Charlotte  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides.[2] She was later refloated and taken in to Stornoway for repairs.[57]
Esther  United Kingdom The fishing boat capsized in the Firth of Forth with the loss of all four crew.[71]
Etincelle France The brig was driven ashore on Guadeloupe by a tsunami.[70]
Eudoxie Adolphine France The brig was driven ashore on Guadeloupe by a tsunami.[70]
Fairfax  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at the Crowlink Gap Coastguard Station, Sussex. Her sixteen crew were rescued by the Coastguard. Fairfax was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to the River Tyne. She was consequently condemned.[72]
Ridge Park South Australia The cargo ship sank after hitting the Beware Reef, Cape Conran, Victoria.[73]
Sophia Holton  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coast of Sussex. Her three crew were rescued by a Coastguard galley and the Rye Lifeboat.[74]
Two unnamed vessels  United Kingdom The lighters sank at Greenwich.[3]

11 February

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1881
ShipStateDescription
August  Germany The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Basses-Pyrénées, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Saint-Jean-de-Luz.[75]
Criterion  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Saint-Jean-de-Luz. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sheerness, Kent to Saint-Jean-de-Luz.[75]
George and Mary  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Goodwick, Pembrokeshire. Her five crew were rescued by the Goodwick Lifeboat Helen of Foxley ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). George and Mary was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Newport, Monmouthshire.[2][76][77]
John Ormston  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship John M'Intyre and sank in the River Thames near Gravesend, Kent. John Ormston was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[3][77]
Jubilee  United Kingdom The ship was run into by the steamship Salerno ( United Kingdom) and was beached at Clee Ness, Lincolnshire. She was refloated and towed in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire.[77]
Lady Maxwell  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Maryport, Cumberland and was run into by Alma ( United Kingdom).[2]
Marcellus France The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Saint-Jean-de-Luz. Her crew were rescued.[75]
Norma  United Kingdom The steamship, a collier, ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was refloated the next day with the assistance of tugs and beached at Gorleston, Suffolk. Her twenty crew were rescued. Norman was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Alexandria, Egypt.[77] She subsequently broke in two and was declared a total loss.[32][78]

12 February

List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1881
ShipStateDescription
Antonia M, and
Kilkerra		  Italy
 United Kingdom		 The ships collided at Queenstown, County Cork and were both severely damaged.[11]
John Green  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the South Bull and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Drogheda, County Louth to Ayr.[32]
Triumph Norway The barque collided with the barque Lewis Smith (Canada Canada) off Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom and was severely damaged. Triumph was on a voyage from Granton, Lothian to Demerara, British Guiana. She put in to Leith for repairs.[75][78]
Zebu Flag unknown The ship was holed by a pile and sank at Manila, Spanish East Indies.[11]

13 February

List of shipwrecks: 13 February 1881
ShipStateDescription
Flying Spur  United Kingdom The clipper was wrecked on Martin Vas, North Rock, in the South Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the Cape Colony. All on board were rescued by the barque Château Lafitte ( France). Flying Spur was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Negapatam and Madras, India.[79][80]
Hazard United States The ship ran aground on the Nantucket Shoal, off the coast of Massachusetts and was abandoned. Some of her crew were reported missing. She was on a voyage from Sierra Leone to Boston, Massachusetts.[59]
Polly Pinkham  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at between Annestown and Stradbally, County Waterford with the loss of five of her seven crew.[81][32] She was on a voyage from the Rio Grande to Liverpool.[71][82]
Sylphide France The brigantine foundered and became a total wreck on the beach at Perranuthnoe, Cornwall. United Kingdom. Her crew were saved by the Prussia Cove rocket appartatus. She was on a voyage from Audierne, Finistère, to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[83]
T. F. Whiton United States The barque foundered at Praa Sands, Cornwall. Her crew were saved by the Prussia Cove rocket apparatus and the ship became a total loss after it caught fire. She was on a voyage from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada to London, United Kingdom.[83][84]

14 February

List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1881
ShipStateDescription
Ann  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven onto the Herd Sand, off the coast of County Durham. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to Sunderland, County Durham.[56]
Cedar Croft  United Kingdom The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Queenstown, County Cork. She was refloated.[59]
Eliza Emma  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore near Hartlepool, County Durham. Her six crew were rescued by the Hartlepool Lifeboat John Clay ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[56] She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex.[57]
Gustaf Adolph France The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure. She was refloated.[59]
Matilda Hilyard  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Llanbedrog Point, Caernarfonshire. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[11]
Reaper United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey The brigantine was driven onto the Herd Sand. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham.[56]
Rebecca  United Kingdom The Thames barge was run into by the steamship Meredith ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Rotherhithe, Surrey with the loss of one of her two crew.[85]
Scotland  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Ballymacar, County Wexford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Havana, Cuba.[58][57]
Sylphide France The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Perran, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her six crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[56]

15 February

List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1881
ShipStateDescription
Tantallon  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[86]

16 February

List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1881
ShipStateDescription
Jennie M. Hammond Canada Canada The ship was driven ashore at Halifax, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Nevis to Halifax.[70]

17 February

List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1881
ShipStateDescription
Kingston  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground and was wrecked on the Shab Aly Reef, in the Red Sea.[79][87] All bar seven of her crew were taken off. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Aden, Aden Colony.[88] The remaining seven crew members were subsequently rescued and she was abandoned as a total loss.[89]
Rose  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Scotston", near Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Aberdeen.[90]

18 February

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1881
ShipStateDescription
Caledonia  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked off Oyster Rock, just outside the harbour at Saint Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire, to Guernsey, Sark, and Jersey.[91][92][88][93]
Cobden, and
Lamperts		  United Kingdom The steamships collided in the River Tees and were both severely damaged.[80]
E. & M. J. Charmley  United Kingdom The schooner was driven into George's Landing Stage, Liverpool, Lancashire and was severely damaged. She was towed off by the ferry Eastham Fairy and the tugs Rover and Tiger (all  United Kingdom).[80]
Foyle Packet  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Stackpole Head, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to Newry, County Antrim.[80][35]
Glaucus  United Kingdom The steamship ran ashore at the Shakespeare Cliff, Dover, Kent. She was on a voyage from Shanghai, China to London.[79]
Glaucus, and
Gwendoline		  United Kingdom The steamships both ran aground at Grangemouth, Stirlingshire. Glaucus was towing Gwendoline from Port Edgar, Lothian to Grangemouth.[80]
Glenorgum  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated on 26 February.[59]
International  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground off Veracruz, Mexico. She was later refloated and taken in to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States for repairs.[94]
Margaret Grace  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Long Rock, off Ballywalter, County Down. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Sandhead, Wigtownshire.[80]
Robert and Mary  United Kingdom The ketch struck a sunken wreck off Cley-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She put in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a leaky condition.[80][35]
Rosalie  Germany The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Port Alfred, Cape Colony. Her crew were rescued.[95]
Thomas Adam  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Almería, Spain. She was refloated and taken in to The Downs.[80][35]

19 February

List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1881
ShipStateDescription
Isabella  United Kingdom The smack was driven from her anchors in the Kingroad. She drove against the quayside and sank.[96]
Jesse Rhnas United States The brig was stranded on the East Pensacola Bar on Santa Rosa Island, Florida at the entrance to Pensacola Bay.[37]
Justine Belgium The fishing sloop was run down and sunk by the steamship Phœnix ( United Kingdom) off the West Hinder Sandbank, in the North Sea. Two of her crew were rescued, others were reported missing.[97]
Lady Anne  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from West Hartlepool, County Durham to Whitby.[98]

20 February

List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1881
ShipStateDescription
Clytie  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked off the coast of Essex.[99] Her sixteen crew took to two boats, which were towed in to Harwich by the smack Concord ( United Kingdom). Clytie was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Tarragona, Spain.[88]
James Dale  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean (33°56′N 48°16′W / 33.933°N 48.267°W / 33.933; -48.267). Her crew were rescued by the barque Mabor ( Norway). James Dale was on a voyage from Doboy, Georgia, United States to Queenstown, County Cork or Falmouth, Cornwall.[100][101]

21 February

List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1881
ShipStateDescription
Batavia I Netherlands The steamship was driven ashore at Oude-Tonge, Zeeland. She was refloated and towed in to Antwerp, Belgium in a severely leaky condition.[95]
Doris  United Kingdom The schooner was run down and sunk in the Belfast Lough by the steamship Thomas Dugdale ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued.[97] Doris was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Fleetwood, Lancashire.[102] She was refloated in early March and beached on the Holywood Bank.[70]
Exhibition  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Kincardineshire.[103]
Flamingo  United Kingdom The ship collided with a jetty at Charlton, Kent and ran aground. She was severely damaged.[104]
Tasso  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the steamship Telegraphic ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned in the North Channel with the loss of her captain. Survivors were rescued by Telegraphic. Tasso was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[97] She was towed in to Larne, County Antrim on 25 February.[89]

22 February

List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1881
ShipStateDescription
Alma France The ship was wrecked at "Lamala", Spain. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouche-du-Rhône to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine.[59]
Electra  United Kingdom The schooner was run into in the River Tay by the steamship London ( United Kingdom) and was severely damaged. Electra was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Amble, Northumberland. She put back to Dundee for repairs.[96]
Georgina  United Kingdom The schooner ran ashore on the rocks off Porthoustock, Cornwall. Her crew attracted attention by lighting a tar-barrel; they were rescued by the Porthoustock Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from London to Cork.[105] Georgina was on a voyage from London to Cork. She was subsequently destroyed by fire.[106]
Harton, and
Violet		  United Kingdom The steamships collided in the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland and were both severely damaged.[96][55]
Isabel Flag unknown The brigantine was wrecked at Peter's River, Newfoundland Colony. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony.[107][59]
Oscar  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Abertay Sands, in the River Tay, and sank. Her crew were rescued by the Dundee Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Saint Feliu de Guíxols, Spain to Dundee.[96][108]
Susie May  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the River Mersey and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[96]

23 February

List of shipwrecks: 23 February 1881
ShipStateDescription
Bavelaw  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her nineteen crew were rescued by the steamship Austuriano (Flag unknown). Bavelaw was on a voyage from New York, United States to London.[61]
Indus  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Garston, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Pomaron, Portugal to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Liverpool.[109]
Oakworth  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground off the coast of China. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Shanghai, China.[96]
P. C. Petersen Norway The barque was towed in to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France by the tug Scotia (Flag unknown), being severely leaky.[110]
Sallie Flag unknown The steamship ran aground on the Banjaard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands[55] She was refloated.[111]
Unnamed Flag unknown The schooner was driven ashore and caught fire at Porthoustock, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the Porthoustock Lifeboat.[96]

24 February

List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1881
ShipStateDescription
Eliser Bru Norway The brigantine was run into in the Atlantic Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) west south west of The Lizard, Cornwall, United Kingdom by Carlise Castle ( United Kingdom). Her eight crew were rescued by Carlisle Castle, they were landed on the Isles of Scilly the following day. Eliser Bru was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Stavanger.[112][110] She was subsequently towed in to the Isles of Scilly by the steamship Thames.[59]
India  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Bells ( United Kingdom). India was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire to Port Pirie, South Australia.[113]
Mary and Ann  United Kingdom The ship departed from Leven, Fife for Ipswich, Suffolk. No further trace, reported overdue.[38]
Perseverance  United Kingdom The fishing trawler was run down and sunk in the Irish Sea by the steamship Captain Cook ( United Kingdom).[110]

25 February

List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1881
ShipStateDescription
Acacia  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Castletown River.[59] She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Dundalk, County Louth. She was refloated and taken in to Dundalk.[101]
Clutha  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore in the River Tees.[110]
Liverpool United States The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Valkyrien ( Norway). Liverpool was on a voyage from New York to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[114]
Malleable  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore in the River Tees.[110][89]

26 February

List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1881
ShipStateDescription
German Emperor  United Kingdom The steamship was damaged by ice in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Hamburg, Germany.[101]
Gertrude Netherlands The steamship collided with the steamship Carbon ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea off Souter Point, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by Carbon. Gertrude was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Aberdeen, United Kingdom.[110]
Royal Dane  United Kingdom The steamship was damaged by ice in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Spain to Hamburg.[101]
Southmoor  United Kingdom The steamship was damaged by ice in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Hamburg.[101]
Tasso  United Kingdom The steamship was damaged by ice in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Hamburg.[101]

27 February

List of shipwrecks: 27 February 1881
ShipStateDescription
Moderator  United Kingdom The sloop was run down and sunk in the River Usk by the steamship Harley ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued.[115][101]

28 February

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