List of shipwrecks in July 1881

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

List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1881
ShipStateDescription
Aurora Dominion of Newfoundland Newfoundland Colony The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on the Isle du Bois, in the Strait of Belle Isle.[1]
Guide Dominion of Newfoundland Newfoundland Colony The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on the Isle du Bois.[1]
Jessie  United Kingdom The pilot smack collided with Saga (Flag unknown) and sank off Start Point, Devon. Her crew were rescued.[2]
Lady Maxwell  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south of St. Bees Head, Cumberland.[2]
Several unnamed vessels United States The schooners were wrecked by a tornado in Tangier Sound, Chesapeake Bay with the loss of nine lives.[3]
Unnamed Dominion of Newfoundland Newfoundland Colony The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on the Isle du Bois.[1]

2 July

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1881
ShipStateDescription
Daniel Webster United States The whaler was crushed by ice and sank in the Arctic Ocean 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) south of Point Barrow, Territory of Alaska.[4]
Lofna  United Kingdom The steamship struck rocks at Burntisland, Fife. She was on a voyage from Burntisland to Kronstadt, Russia. She put in to Leith, Lothian in a leaky condition.[5]

3 July

List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1881
ShipStateDescription
Glen  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the screw-steamer Alliance (Flag unknown) off St Ives, Cornwall and foundered. Her crew were rescued by Alliance.[6]

4 July

List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1881
ShipStateDescription
Britannic  United Kingdom The ocean liner ran aground in fog at Kilmore, County Wexford. Her passengers were evacuated via the ship's lifeboats. She was refloated on 8 July but sprang a leak in her engine room the next day and was beached in Wexford Bay. She was refloated on 14 July and towed to Liverpool.
Glen  United Kingdom The ship collided with Alliance ( United Kingdom) and sank off St Ives, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by Alliance.[7]

5 July

List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1881
ShipStateDescription
Abraham  Germany The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Aracatu, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to the Rio Grande.[8]

6 July

List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1881
ShipStateDescription
James and Harriet  United Kingdom The Thames barge capsized off Shoeburyness, Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was subsequently beached between Southend Pier and Shoeburyness with the assistance of two smacks.[8]

7 July

List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1881
ShipStateDescription
Asterope  United Kingdom The brig struck a rock and was wrecked on the coast of Brazil near the mouth of the Pará River. Her eight crew took to a boat; they were rescued two days later by the steamship Lisbonense ( United Kingdom). Asterope was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Pará, Brazil.[9][10]
Eblane Denmark The schooner foundered in the North Sea with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Gothenburg, Sweden.[11]
Emilie Norway The brig was drovem ashore in the Nieuwe Diep. She was on a voyage from the Nieuwe Diep to Sundsvall.[8] She was refloated the next day but consequently foundered.[12]

11 July

List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1881
ShipStateDescription
Lady Franklin United States The schooner sank off Stanwood's Point in the Annisquam River. Her crew were rescued.[13]

12 July

List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1881
ShipStateDescription
Rio Apa  United Kingdom The steamship was severely damaged by fire at Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Bayonne.[14]

14 July

List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1881
ShipStateDescription
Lamar  United Kingdom The steamship departed from Coronel for Valparaíso, Chile. No further trace, reported overdue.[15]

15 July

List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1881
ShipStateDescription
Aberdonian  United Kingdom The ship foundered in a typhoon in the East China Sea with the loss of at least ten of her 24 crew. She was on a voyage from Yantai to Fuzhou, China.[16]
Hebe  United Kingdom The schooner collided with another schooner in the Bristol Channel off Nash Point, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Waterford. She consequently foundered the next day. Her crew were rescued by a schooner.[17]
Lamar Chile The steamship was sighted off the mouth of the Maule River whilst on a voyage from Coronel to Valparaíso. No further trace, reported missing.[18]
Unnamed  China The junk foundered in the East China Sea with the loss of all but one of those on board.[16]

16 July

List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1881
ShipStateDescription
Pilliponis  Russia The steamship caught fire in the Black Sea and was beached at "Cape Tatali".[14]
Sophie  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Narva, Russia. Her crew were rescued.[14]
Stralsund  Germany) The barque collided with the steamship Avlona ( United Kingdom) in the Saint Lawrence River and sank. Stralsund was on a voyage from Montreal, Quebec, Canada to London, United Kingdom.[19]

17 July

List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1881
ShipStateDescription
Annie S. Hall  United Kingdom The ship foundered in a typhoon in the East China Sea. Her crew survived.[16]
Camerata  United Kingdom The steamship struck rocks and ran aground at Cette, Hérault, France.[20]
Jafet II Austria-Hungary The barque was driven ashore 2+1⁄4 nautical miles (4.2 km) south of the South Stack, Anglesey, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[14] She was later refloated and towed in to Holyhead, Anglesey.[21]

18 July

List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1881
ShipStateDescription
Klarina Harmina Netherlands The brigantine ran aground near Aracaju, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Aracaju to New York, United States. She was refloated and put back to Aracaju in a leaky condition .[14]

20 July

List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1881
ShipStateDescription
Laleham  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Dunkirk, Nord, France.[20]
Loch Rannoch  United Kingdom The steamship arrived at Bombay, India on fire. She was scuttled the next day. She was refloated on 12 August.[22]
Loch Ryan  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south east of Thurso, Caithness. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Castlehill, Scotland to Alloa, Clackmannanshire.[20]
Servitor  United Kingdom The ketch sank off the mouth of the River Cuckmere with the loss of one of her four crew. Survivors were rescued by the Coastguard. She was on a voyage from Newhaven to Lewes, Sussex.[23]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The yacht capsized in the Gare Loch with the loss of four lives.[20]

21 July

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1881
ShipStateDescription
Albertine  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Greenock, Renfrewshire. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Greenock.[20]
Britomart  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Cerro Azul, Peru. She was declared a total loss.[24]
Henriette  Germany The ship departed from Hamburg for Guaymas, Mexico. No further trace, reported missing.[25]

25 July

List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1881
ShipStateDescription
Brighton  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at East London, Cape Colony with some loss of life.[19]
Clymping  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at East London with some loss of life.[19]
Henri IV France The steamship ran aground at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. She was on a voyage from Brazil to Havre de Grâce.[24] She was later refloated and found to be severely leaky[26]

26 July

List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1881
ShipStateDescription
Sarah Douglas  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Savannah, Georgia, United States.[27]
Ulysses United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey The schooner struck rocks and sank at Saint Sampsons.[19]
Three unnamed vessels Flags unknown Thirty people died when three sailing vessels sank during a "terrific gale" at East London, Cape Colony.[28]

27 July

List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1881
ShipStateDescription
Admiral  United Kingdom The sloop sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea off Souter Point, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Hebburn-on-Tyne, Northumberland.[26]
Mirzapore  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal. She was on a voyage from London to Shanghai, China.[26]
Strickland  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Pernambuco, Brazil and developed a severe leak.[26]

28 July

List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1881
ShipStateDescription
Calcutta United States The full-rigged ship was wrecked south west of the mouth of the Xora River, Cape Colony with the loss of thirteen of her sixteen crew.[29]
Nordstjernan flag Norway The steamship was wrecked at Knivskjærodden, near Nordkapp, and sank. All on board were rescued.[30][31]

30 July

List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1881
ShipStateDescription
Guy Cunningham United States The fishing schooner departed from Gloucester, Massachusetts. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all fourteen crew.[32][33][34]

31 July

Unknown date

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