List of shipwrecks in July 1884

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

List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1884
ShipStateDescription
British India  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at the South Foreland, Kent. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Valparaíso, Chile. She was refloated and taken in to Dover, Kent.[1]
Cornishman  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Barber's Point, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Odesa, Russia. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug.[2]
Gamma  United Kingdom The schooner struck rocks at Ryhope, County Durham. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to the River Tyne. She was refloated and assisted in to Seaham, County Durham in a leaky condition.[2]
Ligera  Spanish Navy The Covadonga-class gunboat suffered a boiler explosion and foundered off Nuevitas, Cuba with the loss of three of her crew.[3]
Portugal Norway The steamship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent.[1]

2 July

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1884
ShipStateDescription
Palala  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at False Cape, India with the loss of all but three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Bassein, India to Bremen, Germany.[4]

3 July

List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1884
ShipStateDescription
Dunmurray  United Kingdom The steamship collided with Nordstjernen ( Norway) in the River Thames near Gravesend, Kent and was severely damaged.[5]
John Bladworth  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the River Ouse 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) downstream of Goole, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Goole to Antwerp, Belgium.[2]
Scottish Maid  United Kingdom The tug was driven ashore and wrecked at South Shields, County Durham. Her crew were rescued.[5]
Water Lily  United Kingdom The schooner struck rocks 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of Tarifa, Spain. She was beached and abandoned by her crew.[5]

4 July

List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1884
ShipStateDescription
Lord Alfred Paget  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore in Robin Hoods Bay.[5]

5 July

List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1884
ShipStateDescription
Mignonette  United Kingdom The yacht was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 1,600 nautical miles (3,000 km) north west of the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Colony. Her four crew took to a lifeboat, but one of them was killed to provide food for the other three on 25 July. The survivors were rescued by the barque Montezuma ( Germany) on 29 July. Mignonette was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to Sydney, New South Wales.

6 July

List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1884
ShipStateDescription
Camoens  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at "Brimsness". She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Iceland.[6]
Valdivia  United Kingdom The ship ran ashore and was wrecked at Point Carquin, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Huacho, Peru with the loss of three lives.[7]

7 July

List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1884
ShipStateDescription
H. C. Colman United States The steamship suffered a boiler explosion and sank with the loss of a crew member .[8]
Telefon Norway The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Lossiemouth, Moray, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from the Gulf of Bothnia to Lossiemouth.[9]

9 July

List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1884
ShipStateDescription
Ahnapee United States The schooner ran aground at North Point in Sheboygan, Wisconsin (43°47.110′N 087°42.635′W / 43.785167°N 87.710583°W / 43.785167; -87.710583 (Ahnapee)). All six of her crew were rescued by United States Life-Saving Service personnel. Ahnapee became a total loss. She was on a voyage from Torch Lake, Michigan to Chicago, Illinois, or Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[10][11]
Dart  United Kingdom The ketch foundered off Hartlepool, County Durham. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Stockholm, Sweden.[12]
Marie Ange  United Kingdom The ship was sighted whilst on a voyage from Newcastle, New South Wales to Port Chalmers, New Zealand. No further trace, reported missing.[13]

10 July

List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1884
ShipStateDescription
Eastern Maid  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Pentewan, Cornwall.[14]
Gravina  Spanish Navy The Velasco-class unprotected cruiser and was wrecked on Fuga Island in the Babuyan Islands north of Luzon in the Spanish East Indies during a typhoon on 10 July 1884 with the loss of nine lives.[15][16]
Windsor Castle  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was abandoned and set afire 35 nautical miles (65 km) off Algoa Bay. Her crew were rescued by the barque Ophir ( Norway). Windsor Castle was on a voyage from Cochin, India to London.

11 July

List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1884
ShipStateDescription
Aislaby  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground and sank off Cape Sagres, Portugal. Her crew were rescued by Trevose ( United Kingdom). Aislaby was on a voyage from Taganrog, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire.[17][18]
Fantaisie  United Kingdom The ship was sighted off "Cape Seal" whilst on a voyage from Cochin, India to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. No further trace, reported missing.[19]

14 July

List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1884
ShipStateDescription
Demerara  United Kingdom The barque sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her thirteen crew took to the boats; they reached Madeira on 17 July. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Pará, Brazil.[20][21]

15 July

List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1884
ShipStateDescription
Benedict  United Kingdom The steamship sank near "Dahlsbruck". She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to "Dahlsbruck". She was refloated in early October.[22]

17 July

List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1884
ShipStateDescription
Caleb Eaton United States The whaling schooner was crushed in ice off the coast of the District of Alaska.[23]
Cock Robin  United Kingdom The yawl struck the pier at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex and sank. Her crew survived.[24]
Jane Pringle  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme, France. She was on a voyage from Dysart, Fife to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme.[24]
Vicksburg  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on the Pentland Skerries with the loss of nine of her 21 crew.[25]
W. M. Wood United States The tug capsized at Twelve-Mile Point below New Orleans, Louisiana, while trying to refloat the barque Bristol (Flag unknown). Three of her officers were killed.[26]

19 July

List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1884
ShipStateDescription
Dordrecht II Netherlands The ship was wrecked off Cape Agulhas, Cape Colony. She was on a voyage from Java, Netherlands East Indies to Amsterdam, North Holland.[25] She was towed in to Cape Town on 31 July by Tiger (Flag unknown).[27]
Leverrier  United Kingdom The steamship sprang a leak and foundered off Cape Spartel, Morocco. Her crew were rescued by the steamship International ( United Kingdom). Leverrier was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bombay, India.[25]

22 July

List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1884
ShipStateDescription
Criterion  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on Skokholm Island, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued.[28]
Gijon, and
Laxham
Spain
 United Kingdom
The steamships collided off Cape Finisterre and both sank. About 80 people died from the 180 people on board Gijon, including her captain who shot himself. Gijon was on a voyage from A Coruña to Cuba. The steamship Santo Domingo ( Spain) rescued 45 passengers from Gijon and eleven crew from Laxham. Fifteen passengers from Gijon were rescued by Zoe ( United Kingdom); which also rescued two crew from Laxham. Nine crew from Gijon and four crew from Laxham were rescued by the steamsgip Ville de Valence ( France). A further seven passengers and eight crew were rescued by Vespertina Wilson (Flag unknown). Sixteen passengers from Gijon were rescued by the schooner Nelson Hewitson ( United Kingdom). A boat with fifteen survivors of Gijon landed at Muros. Laxham was on a voyage from Taganrog, Russia to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[29][30][31][32][33][34][35]
Heathpool  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked at Portsall, Finistère, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure, France.[36]
Huelva  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Villano, Spain. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Lisbon, Portugal.[28]
Madras  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked south of "Merqui", Burma.[28]
Shaftesbury  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on the Uxen Rocks, on the coast of Finisterre, Spain. Her crew were rescued.[36] She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Cádiz, Spain.[37]

24 July

List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1884
ShipStateDescription
Annie  United Kingdom The steam launch collided with the tug Flying Kestrel ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Mersey. Her crew were rescued by Flying Kestrel.[38]
Florence Nightingale  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Frosat Rocks, on the Norwegian coast. She was on a voyage from Trondheim, Norway to Arkhangelsk, Russia.[39]
J. M. Bowell United States The passenger ship capsized in a storm in the Monongahela River near Brownsville, Pennsylvania with the loss of one life.[8]
Navarino  United Kingdom The steamship put in to Portland, Dorset on fire. She was on a voyage from London, to Calcutta, India. The fire was extinguished with assistance from HMS Minotaur ( Royal Navy).[39]
Richard Owen  United Kingdom The brig collided with the brigantine Belle Star ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean (45°15′N 42°40′W / 45.250°N 42.667°W / 45.250; -42.667) with the loss of four of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Belle Star. Richard Owen was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Harbour Grace, Newfoundland Colony.[40]
Sarah  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground and was holed by her anchor at La Boca, Argentina.[38]
Unnamed Flag unknown The schooner ran aground on the East Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug but consequently foundered. Her crew were rescued by the tug.[41]

25 July

List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1884
ShipStateDescription
City of Chicago  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Queenstown, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New York, United States. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[39]
St. Hilda  United Kingdom The steam yacht ran aground on the Shingles, in the Solent. She was refloated and taken in to Cowes, Isle of Wight.[42]

27 July

List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1884
ShipStateDescription
John M. Osborn United States The steamship was run into by the steamship Alberta (Canada Canada) and sank in Lake Superior six nautical miles (11 km) west north west of Whitefish Point, Michigan with the loss of three lives.[43]
Nordcap Norway The steamship was run into by the steamship India ( United Kingdom) and sank off the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by India. Nordcap was on a voyage from Bergen to Barcelona, Spain.[3]

29 July

List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1884
ShipStateDescription
Farningham  United Kingdom The barque collided with the full-rigged ship Vanguard ( United Kingdom) and sank at Brisbane, Queensland.[44]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore near Cape Spartel, Morocco.[45]

30 July

List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1884
ShipStateDescription
Amsterdam Netherlands The steamship was driven ashore on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada with the loss of four lives from her 212 passengers, plus her crew. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to a Canadian port.[46][47]

31 July

Unknown date

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