List of shipwrecks in July 1886

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The list of shipwrecks in July 1886 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during July 1886.

List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1886
ShipStateDescription
Albert Edward  United Kingdom The steamship was holed and sank off Southend Pier, Essex. She was later refloated.[1]
John Bladworth  United Kingdom The steamship collided with th steamship Harton ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea 7 nautical miles (13 km) north of Salthouse, Norfolk. John Bladworth was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium.[1][2]

3 July

List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1886
ShipStateDescription
Royal Edward  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was damaged in a hurricane and her crew abandoned her in the Atlantic Ocean (40°S 27°E / 40°S 27°E / -40; 27) in a sinking condition. Her crew were rescued by the barque Bellona ( Norway). Royal Edward was on a voyage from Sharpness, Gloucestershire to Melbourne, Victoria.[3][4]

4 July

List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1886
ShipStateDescription
Richard Cory  United Kingdom The steamship caught fire at Lisbon, Portugal.[1] She was beached and scuttled to extinguish the fire.[5]

5 July

List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1886
ShipStateDescription
Lincoln  United Kingdom The steamship struck the Runnelstone, Cornwall in thick fog and sank off St Loy's Cove. Her fourteen crew abandoned ship about 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) off St Loy's Cove and reached Penzance.[6][7] Lincolnwas on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Plymouth, Devon.[5]

6 July

List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1886
ShipStateDescription
Ralph Ward Jackson  United Kingdom The ship struck a sunken rock and foundered in the Kattegat. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from West Hartlepool, County Durham to Korsør, Denmark.[8]

7 July

List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1886
ShipStateDescription
Cornelius  United Kingdom The Mersey Flat sank in the River Mersey at Liverpool, Lancashire.[9]

8 July

List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1886
ShipStateDescription
May, and
Olivia		 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey
 Russia		 The tug May and the schooner Olivia were run into by the barque Trowbridge ( United Kingdom at South Shields, County Durham and were both severely damaged.[9]
Milwaukee United States The steam barge sank in Lake Michigan with the loss of a crew member after colliding in fog with the steam barge C. Hickox ( United States).[10]
Walter Ulrich  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground in the Thames Estuary off Higham, Kent.[9]

9 July

List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1886
ShipStateDescription
Renown  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Leith, Lothian. She was on a voyage from Oran, Algeria to Leith.[8]
Prince Alfred  United Kingdom The steam trawler sank off Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire. She was refloated on 16 September and taken in to Stonehaven.[11]

14 July

List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1886
ShipStateDescription
Blanca  Spanish Navy The Petronila-class frigate was involved in a serious accident on the Danish coast. Her crew were rescued.[12]

16 July

List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1886
ShipStateDescription
Napoleon United States The fishing boat sank off Norman's Woe.[13]
Prince of Wales  United Kingdom The steam tug sank after colliding with the ship Peterborough ( United Kingdom) off Botany Bay, New South Wales, with loss of two crew. Peterborough was towed into port by the steam tug Kate ( United Kingdom).[14]

18 July

List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1886
ShipStateDescription
HMS Belleisle  Royal Navy The Belleisle-class ironclad ran aground at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. She was refloated.[15]

19 July

List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1886
ShipStateDescription
Joe Hooker United States The schooner was wrecked at Cape Macedome, Newfoundland Colony. Her crew were rescued.[13]

20 July

List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1886
ShipStateDescription
Eadon  United Kingdom The Mersey Flat collided with the steamship Alsatian ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Mersey.[16]
Pecheries Françaises No. 13 France The sloop was driven ashore on the Epi-à-Pin, Seine-Inférieure and capsized.[16]

21 July

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1886
ShipStateDescription
Bear  United Kingdom The barge was run into by the steamship Penguin and sank in the River Thames at Deptford, Kent. The lighterman on board was rescued.[16]

22 July

List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1886
ShipStateDescription
Elvina  United Kingdom The ketch foundered off Linney Head, Pembrokeshire with the loss of all on board. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Dunmore Head, County Kerry.[17]

30 July

List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1886
ShipStateDescription
Clarissa  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in Cardigan Bay. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Mersey ( United Kingdom).[18]
Mersey  United Kingdom The steamship ran ashore in Cardigan Bay and was abandoned.[18]
Unnamed United States The yacht capsized off Sandy Hook, New Jersey with the loss of seven of the sixteen people on board.[19]

31 July

Unknown date

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