List of shipwrecks in June 1888

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

List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1888
ShipStateDescription
Jersey  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of the Phanar Lighthouse, Ottoman Empire.[1]
Maggie  United Kingdom The Thames barge was run into by the brigantine Dagmar ( Denmark) and sank in the English Channel 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Folkestone, Kent. Her crew survived. Maggie was on a voyage from London to Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex.[2]

2 June

List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1888
ShipStateDescription
Ninea Flag unknown The schooner foundered in the North Sea. Her five crew were rescued on 4 June by Thomas and Mary ( United Kingdom). Ninea was on a voyage from Mömsteräs, Sweden to Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom.[3]

4 June

List of shipwrecks: 4 June 1888
ShipStateDescription
Cromartyshire  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Hooghly Point, India. She was on a voyage from Colombo, Ceylon to Calcutta, India. She was refloated with assistance.[4]
Élan  French Navy The despatch boat foundered off Dunkirk, Nord. Her crew survived.[5]
H. W. Crawford United States The ship was beached during a storm three miles (4.8 km) west of the West Pass of St. Andrew's Bar.[6]
Unnamed Flag unknown The ship foundered 13 nautical miles (24 km) south of Cape Agulhas, Cape Colony with the loss of all on board. Witnessed by Drummond Castle ( United Kingdom).[7] She may have been Trevelyan ( United Kingdom), on a voyage from the Clyde to Otago, New Zealand.[8]

5 June

List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1888
ShipStateDescription
Lovie  United Kingdom The fishing dandy foundered between the Eddystone Rocks and Rame Head, Cornwall with the loss of three of the four people on board. The survivor was rescued by the fishing dandy Mary Jane ( United Kingdom).[9]

6 June

List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1888
ShipStateDescription
Ashdale  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Clyde at Garvel, Ayrshire.[4] She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[10]
Sir Bevis  United Kingdom The steamship collided with another vessel off the Royal Sovereign Lightship ( Trinity House) and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to the River Tyne. She completed her voyage.[11]

7 June

List of shipwrecks: 7 June 1888
ShipStateDescription
Gleam United States The yacht was sunk in a collision with the steamship Joppa ( United States) in Chesapeake Bay near Seven Foot Knoll Light (39°09′26″N 76°24′12″W / 39.1572°N 76.4034°W / 39.1572; -76.4034), in the mouth of the Patapsco River with the loss of one life.[12]
Janet Douglas  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Nigg Sands, off the coast of Cromartyshire.[10]
Onward  United Kingdom The schooner struck a rock off Cape Clear Island, County Cork and was wrecked. Her four crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Dingle, County Kerry.[10]
Raffaele Ligure  Italy The ship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by the smack Increase ( United Kingdom).[10]

8 June

List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1888
ShipStateDescription
Prussia  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Clyde near Dumbarton.[11]

9 June

List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1888
ShipStateDescription
Libra  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Falcon ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Wapping, Middlesex and was severely damaged.[11]
Perseverance  United Kingdom The fishing trawler was driven ashore in Dublin Bay.[11]

10 June

List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1888
ShipStateDescription
Unnamed Flag unknown The steamship was driven ashore on Amack, Denmark.[11]

12 June

List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1888
ShipStateDescription
Cumeria  United Kingdom The ship was sighted in the South Atlantic whilst on a voyage from the River Tyne to Valparaíso, Chile. No further trace, reported missing.[13]

14 June

List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1888
ShipStateDescription
Niobe  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Bangka Strait 30 nautical miles (56 km) south of Muntok, Netherlands East Indies. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Singapore, Straits Settlements.[14]
Pony United States The steamship capsized and sank during a turn on the Muskegon Lake. Her engineer drowned.[12]

15 June

List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1888
ShipStateDescription
Drumlanrig  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Humber. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to San Francisco, California, United States.[15] She was refloated and put back to Hull.[16]

16 June

List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1888
ShipStateDescription
Princess of Wales  United Kingdom The paddle steamer was run into by the steamship Balmoral Castle ( United Kingdom) and sank off Skelmorlie, Ayrshire with the loss of three lives.[17]

18 June

List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1888
ShipStateDescription
Guglielmo Austria-Hungary The barque caught fire at Cape Town, Cape Colony. She was scuttled.[18]

19 June

List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1888
ShipStateDescription
Zadok  United Kingdom The ship was sighted in the Indian Ocean whilst on a voyage from the Spencer Gulf to Falmouth, Cornwall. No further trace, reported overdue.[19]

20 June

List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1888
ShipStateDescription
Pioneer  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Beachy Head, Sussex. Her eight crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex.[20]
Prima Donna  United Kingdom The fishing lugger was run into by the steamship Blonde ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned. Her crew subsequently reboarded her and she was taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a severely leaky condition.[14]

23 June

List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1888
ShipStateDescription
Ægean, and
Northampton
 United Kingdom
 Germany
The steamship Ægean and the full-rigged ship Northampton collided off the Longships, Cornwall and both vessels sank. Northampton lost two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by the schooner Grace Darling ( United Kingdom). Ægean was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[21][22]
Olivette United States The pleasure launch struck a dike in Newark Bay and capsized with the loss of six lives.[12]

24 June

List of shipwrecks: 24 June 1888
ShipStateDescription
Werra  Germany The steamship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom.[23]

27 June

List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1888
ShipStateDescription
Dunvegan Castle  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Corsewall Point, Wigtownshire. She was refloated and taken in to Loch Ryan in a leaky condition.[24]
Minerva  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground off Sanda Island. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Danzig, Germany. She was later refloated and put back to Glasgow for repairs.[24]
Unnamed United States The pleasure launch was sunk in a collision with the steamship James W. Baldwin ( United States) one mile (1.6 km) above Newburg, New York with the loss of two of the eight people on board.[12]

29 June

List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1888
ShipStateDescription
Sensation  United Kingdom The tug was run into by the tug Victoria ( United Kingdom) 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Sunderland, County Durham. Sensation was beached at Sunderland.[25]

30 June

Unknown date

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