List of shipwrecks in July 1888

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The list of shipwrecks in July 1888 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during July 1888.

List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1888
ShipStateDescription
Earl of Dumfries  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was wrecked off "Punta Cala", Spain.[1]
Resolution  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore near Tangier, Morocco. She was refloated, but then collided with a steamship and a barque. Resolution was taken in to Gibraltar in a severely damaged condition.[1]

2 July

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1888
ShipStateDescription
Freia Norway The schooner was wrecked on Hilbre Island, Cheshire, United Kingdom with the loss of four of her five crew. She was on a voyage from Kristiansand to Connah's Quay, Flintshire, United Kingdom.[2]
Renfrewshire  United Kingdom The barque was sighted in the South Atlantic whilst on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Brisbane, Queensland. No further trace,[3] reported missing.[4]
Unnamed Norway The barque foundered off the Eilean Glas Lighthouse, Scalpay, Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom. Her crew survived.[5]

4 July

List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1888
ShipStateDescription
Luize  Germany The barque collided with the steamship Newcomen ( United Kingdom) and sank off the Cabo da Roca, Portugal. Her crew were rescued by Newcomen.[6]

5 July

List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1888
ShipStateDescription
Ydun Denmark The schooner was severely damaged at Wallsend, County Durham, United Kingdom when a railway wagon went through the coal drops and landed on her deck.[5]

10 July

List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1888
ShipStateDescription
Ann and Betsey  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore at Newport, Pembrokeshire.[7]

11 July

List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1888
ShipStateDescription
Lord Warren  United Kingdom The steamship caught fire at sea. She completed her voyage to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.[8]
Mary  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. Her crew were rescued by the Havre Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Charlestown, Cornwall to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure.[9]
Wasp  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the barque Hypatia ( Norway) and sank at Liverpool, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued.[10]

12 July

List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1888
ShipStateDescription
Mary  United Kingdom The steam yacht was driven ashore at Dooneermatter Point, County Cork. All seven people on board were rescued. She was refloated and towed in to Ballycotton in a waterlogged condition.[11]
Nellie D. Vaughn United States The schooner struck a rock off Watch Hill, Rhode Island, she was beached at Narragansett Beach to prevent sinking in rough seas. She was wrecked and striped.[12][13]

13 July

List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1888
ShipStateDescription
Lady of the Lake United States The schooner was wrecked on Dawson Shoals, Virginia and striped as a total loss.[14][15]
Star of Greece  United Kingdom The clipper came aground close to shore at Port Willunga in South Australia. 18 lives were lost and the ship was lost.

14 July

List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1888
ShipStateDescription
Cecilie France The barque was wrecked on Howland Island. Her crew were rescued by Martaban (Flag unknown).[16]

16 July

List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1888
ShipStateDescription
Henrietta L. United States The schooner was wrecked on St. George Island, Florida.[17]

17 July

List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1888
ShipStateDescription
Annchen German Empire The bark was beached near Cape Hatteras to prevent sinking after springing a leak on the 16th. She became a total loss.[18][19]
Indra  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal at Ismailia, Egypt.[20]

20 July

List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1888
ShipStateDescription
Nettlesworth  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on the Stag Rocks, off The Lizard, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Kronstadt, Russia.[8][21]

21 July

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1888
ShipStateDescription
Clement  United Kingdom The steamship caught fire at sea. She was on a voyage from Ceará, Brazil to Liverpool, Lancashire. She put in to Saint Vincent on 4 August and the fire was extinguished the next day. Clement then resumed her voyage.[22]

22 July

List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1888
ShipStateDescription
Silhet  United Kingdom The ship was sighted in the South Atlantic whilst on a voyage from New York to Rangoon, Burma. No further trace, reported missing.[23]

24 July

List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1888
ShipStateDescription
Leeds  United Kingdom The schooner was run into by the schooner Mary Watkinson ( United Kingdom) off Dunwich, Suffolk and was severely damaged. Leeds was assisted in to Lowestoft, Suffolh by the tug Despatch ( United Kingdom).[24]

25 July

List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1888
ShipStateDescription
Alexandra  United Kingdom The fishing boat foundered in the English Channel off Lancing, Sussex.[25]
Alliance  United Kingdom The hospital ship sank in the River Tyne, Nobody was aboard at the time.[24]
Beaver Canada Canada
The wreck of Beaver.
The paddle steamer was wrecked when her inebriated crew ran her onto rocks in Burrard Inlet at Prospect Point in Stanley Park in Vancouver, British Columbia. The partially stripped wreck sank in July 1892 when struck by the wake of the passing steamer Yosemite (flag unknown).
Copeland  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on Stroma, Caithness. All 41 people on board survived. She was on a voyage from Iceland to Leith, Lothian.[26]

28 July

List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1888
ShipStateDescription
Jumbo  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Bahama Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was refloated and resumed her voyage in a severely leaky condition.[25]

29 July

Unknown date

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