List of shipwrecks in June 1884

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

List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1884
ShipStateDescription
Hadassar  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground in Totland Bay. She was on a voyage from Dartmouth, Devon to Southampton, Hampshire[1]
Prinz Friedrich Karl  Germany The steamship collided with the steamship Bahrenfeld ( Germany) at Antwerp, Belgium and was beached. Prinz Friedrich Karl was on a voyage from Ergasteria, Ottoman Empire to Antwerp.[1]

2 June

List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1884
ShipStateDescription
Newark  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore on "Princes Island". She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies.[2]
Wave United States The steamship capsized in the Cape Fear River when she careened going around a bend and her deck cargo shifted. Two passengers and her cook died.[3]

3 June

List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1884
ShipStateDescription
Nordsoen Denmark The steamship suffered an onboard explosion and sank at sea. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Clan Macdonald ( United Kingdom). Nordsoen was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[4]

5 June

List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1884
ShipStateDescription
Verona  United Kingdom The steamship caught fire at Hong Kong. The fire was extinguished.[5]

6 June

List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1884
ShipStateDescription
Amy  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore neat Katthammarsvik, Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Porvoo, Grand Duchy of Finland to a Dutch port.[5]

7 June

List of shipwrecks: 7 June 1884
ShipStateDescription
Fanny Fern United States The fishing schooner was sunk in a collision with Allentown ( United States) in Massachusetts Bay. Four crew were killed.[3][6]

9 June

List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1884
ShipStateDescription
Ahnapee United States The two-masted scow schooner ran aground on the coast of Lake Michigan on Sheboygan, Wisconsin's North Point in a fog. Her crew of six survived. Salvage attempts failed and she was abandoned. Her wreck lies in 0 to 7 feet (0.0 to 2.1 m) of water at 43°47.110′N 087°42.635′W / 43.785167°N 87.710583°W / 43.785167; -87.710583 (Ahnapee) in the Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary.[7][8]
Canopus  Germany The ship was sighted in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from the River Tyne to Anjer, Netherlands East Indies. No further trace, reported missing.[9]

10 June

List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1884
ShipStateDescription
Lionne France The fishing vessel was wrecked at Brandal, Iceland. Her crew were rescued by Romanche ( French Navy).[10]
Vigor Norway The brig was driven ashore at Durban, Natal Colony.[11]

13 June

List of shipwrecks: 13 June 1884
ShipStateDescription
Larne  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Saltee Islands, County Wexford and foundered. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire to "Dunmore".[12]

14 June

List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1884
ShipStateDescription
Venetia  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Foscolino ( United Kingdom) and sank 20 nautical miles (37 km) north of Ouessant, Finistère, France with the loss of two of her twenty crew. Venetia was on a voyage from London to Genoa, Italy.[13][14]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The smack foundered in Fishguard Bay with the loss of all hands.[15]

16 June

List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1884
ShipStateDescription
Knight of the Cross  United Kingdom The tug struck the Long Craig Rock, in the Firth of Forth and was beached at North Queensferry, Fife.[16] Following temporary repairs, she was refloated and taken in to Granton, Lothian.[17]

17 June

List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1884
ShipStateDescription
Assyrian  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Hooghly Point, India. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Calcutta, India. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[16]

18 June

List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1884
ShipStateDescription
Ann  United Kingdom The fishing boat was run into by the steamship Matthew Cay ( United Kingdom) with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Matthew Cay.[18]

19 June

List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1884
ShipStateDescription
City of Exeter  United Kingdom The steamship caught fire at Cardiff, Glamorgan.[17]

20 June

List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1884
ShipStateDescription
Girdler Lightship Trinity House The lightship was run into by the steamship Indus ( United Kingdom) and sank. Her crew were rescued by Indus.[19]

21 June

List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1884
ShipStateDescription
Flying Spray  United Kingdom The tug sank at Greenock, Renfrewshire. She was refloated on 26 June and placed under repair.[20]
Ingraban  Germany The ship ran aground at "Leeman", Russia. She was refloated on 24 June but had to be beached.[21]

22 June

List of shipwrecks: 22 June 1884
ShipStateDescription
Voalant  United Kingdom The ship foundered off the west coast of the Orkney Islands. Wreckage and a lifebuoy washed ashore.[22]

24 June

List of shipwrecks: 24 June 1884
ShipStateDescription
Olga  United Kingdom The yacht was run into by the Mersey Ferry Violet ( United Kingdom) and sank at Eastham, Cheshire.[23]

25 June

List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1884
ShipStateDescription
Helen Burns  United Kingdom The barque ran aground in the River Tawe.[24] She was refloated with assistance.[20]
Rochester  United Kingdom The paddle steamer struck the Stag Rock, in Spring Bay, Patagonia, Argentina and sank. Her crew survived.

26 June

List of shipwrecks: 26 June 1884
ShipStateDescription
Glen Osmond  United Kingdom The ship collided with the steamship Concordia ( United Kingdom) and was severely damaged. Glen Osmond was on a voyage from London to Adelaide, Queensland.[20]
Solway Queen  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Skokham Island, Pembrokeshire. She was refloated and beached at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.[20]

27 June

List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1884
ShipStateDescription
Cæsarea  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Strathesk ( United Kingdom) and sank 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Cap La Hougue, Manche, France with the loss of one of the 35 people on board. Survivors were rescued by Strathesk. Cæsarea was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France.[25][26]

29 June

List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1884
ShipStateDescription
Daswinton Flag unknown The ship was destroyed by fire at Valparaíso, Chile.[27]

30 June

Unknown date

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