List of shipwrecks in June 1887

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The list of shipwrecks in June 1887 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during June 1887.

List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1887
ShipStateDescription
Senegal  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked at Tabou, Ivory Coast. Her crew were rescued. The wreck was pillaged by the local inhabitants.[1] She was on a voyage from Calabar, Nigeria to Liverpool, Lancashire.[2]

4 June

List of shipwrecks: 4 June 1887
ShipStateDescription
Celeste Marie France The schooner collided with the steamship Solis ( Spain) and sank in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom with the loss of three of her four crew.[1]
Lamport  United Kingdom The steamship departed from Bombay, India for Palermo, Sicily, Italy. No further trace,[3] reported missing.[4]
Tern  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the barque Hamburg ( Germany) and sank off The Smalls, Wales with the loss of five of her twenty crew. Survivors were rescued by the steamship Topic ( United Kingdom). Tern was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[1]

5 June

List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1887
ShipStateDescription
Ann  United Kingdom The ketch was driven ashore at the Birling Gap, Sussex.[5]
Florence Nightingale  United Kingdom The ship collided with the steamship Clan Sinclair ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned in the Irish Sea west of the Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued by Clan Sinclair. Florence Nightingale was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Londonderry.[5] She was subsequently towed in to Greenock, Renfrewshire by the steamship Bonita ( Spain).[6]
Iscult  United Kingdom The yacht was driven ashore at the Birling Gap.[5]

7 June

List of shipwrecks: 7 June 1887
ShipStateDescription
Amoor  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the English Bank, in the River Plate. Her crew were rescued.[7]
Elsa  Germany The barque collided with the steamship Marchese de Mudela ( Spain) in the English Channel off then Royal Sovereign Lightship ( Trinity House) and was abandoned. Her eleven crew were rescued by Marchese de Mudela. Elsa was subsequently taken in tow by the tugs Crusader and Pioneer (both  United Kingdom) but consequently sank 8 nautical miles (15 km) south of the Hooks Sandbank.[8]
Monarch  United Kingdom The steam trawler was driven ashore on the Roker Rocks, on the coast of Northumberland.[6]

8 June

List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1887
ShipStateDescription
Bavington  United Kingdom The steamship foundered off Ouessant, Finistère, France. All 24 people on board were rescued by the steamship Nettlesworth ( United Kingdom). Bavington was on a voyage from Cartagena, Spain to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.[9][10]
Castleford  United Kingdom The ship struck the Crebawethans, Isles of Scilly, in dense fog, and led to some of her cargo of 450 cattle being landed on Annet and staying there for up to ten days.[11] Some of the cattle were shipped to Falmouth, Cornwall, England, and dead steers later washed up as far away as Penzance and Lelant, Cornwall.[12] Castleford was on a voyage from Montreal, Quebec, Canada to London.[8]
Redan  United Kingdom The Thames barge collided with the dredger No. 1 ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at East Greenwich, Middlesex.[6]

9 June

List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1887
ShipStateDescription
Caledonia  United Kingdom The schooner was holed by her anchor and was beached at the Mumbles, Glamorgan.[13]

11 June

List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1887
ShipStateDescription
Alexander William  United Kingdom The ship was run down by the steamship Caxton ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Mersey at Egremont, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Belfast, County Antrim.[14]
Goodhit United States The steam barge caught fire and was beached on Grosse Island below Ballard's where she burned to the water's edge.[15]

12 June

List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1887
ShipStateDescription
Mourino  United Kingdom The steamship caught fire at sea whilst on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Odesa, Russia. She put in to Malta and the fire was extinguished.[16]

13 June

List of shipwrecks: 13 June 1887
ShipStateDescription
Gulliver  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on The Smalls, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued.[17]

14 June

List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1887
ShipStateDescription
Clio, and
Elmfield
 United Kingdom The steamship Clio collided with the steamship Elmfield ( United Kingdom) off the Bull Rock. Both vessels were severely damaged. Clio put back to Bristol, Gloucestershire. Elmfield put in to Penarth, Glamorgan.[17]

15 June

List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1887
ShipStateDescription
Champlain United States The steamship caught fire at the mouth of Grand Traverse Bay near Fisherman Island, off Charlevoix, Michigan and was run aground where she burned to the water's edge.. Approximately 30 crew and passengers were killed The wreck was salvaged, completely rebuilt and returned to service as City of Charlevoix.[15][18]

16 June

List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1887
ShipStateDescription
Madrid  United Kingdom The steamship departed from Norfolk, Virginia, United States for Dublin. No further trace, reported missing.[19]

20 June

List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1887
ShipStateDescription
Hydaspes  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore in the Gulf of Suez at "Ras Mahomed". Her passengers were taken off by the steamship Aida (Ottoman Empire Egypt).[20]
Kate  United Kingdom The ketch foundered off Southsea, Hampshire. Her crew survived.[16]
P. H. Walley United States The steam barge capsized and sank in a storm in Lake Erie with the loss of eleven of the fifteen people on board.[15]
Philip Walter United States The steamship was struck by a cyclone between Cleveland and Marblehead, Ohio and sank due to cargo shift. Lost with all eight hands, a mix of men and women.[21]

21 June

|- |Onward | United Kingdom |The Thames barge was run into by the steamship Algoma ( United Kingdom+) and sank at Charlton, Kent with the loss of a crew member.[16]

List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1887
ShipStateDescription

22 June

List of shipwrecks: 22 June 1887
ShipStateDescription
Erycina  United Kingdom The ship was damaged by fire at Swansea, Glamorgan.[16]
Otto and Emma  Germany The schooner was driven ashore at the Coal House Fort, Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Hamburg.[16]
Pelican  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at the Coal House Fort. She was refloated.[22]

23 June

List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1887
ShipStateDescription
Dunskeig  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was wrecked at Tierra del Fuego, Chile with the loss of fourteen of her 31 crew. She was on a voyage from London to San Francisco, California, United States.[23][24]

26 June

List of shipwrecks: 26 June 1887
ShipStateDescription
Magellanes Argentina The transport ship struck a rock and foundered at Puerto Deseado. All 200 people on board survived.[25]

27 June

List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1887
ShipStateDescription
Star of Scotia  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was wrecked on Bull Point, Falkland Islands with the loss of seven lives. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California, United States to Queenstown, County Cork and London.[26]

28 June

Unknown date

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