List of shipwrecks in October 1884

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

List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1884
ShipStateDescription
County of Forfar  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on Île Amsterdam. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies.[1] She was refloated with the assistance of a steamship.[2]
English Girl  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Cork Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from a Scottish port to Whitstable, Kent.[1] She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[2]
Helen  United Kingdom The Mersey Flat sank at New Brighton, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Garston to Southport, Lancashire.[1]
Thomas Green  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Silloth Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbrightshire to Silloth, Cumberland.[1]

2 October

List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1884
ShipStateDescription
Vice Reine Canada Canada The ship was sighted whilst on a voyage from Calcutta, India to New York, United States. No further trace, reported overdue.[3]

4 October

List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1884
ShipStateDescription
Fleetwing  United Kingdom The fishing boat was driven ashore at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[4]
Napoli  Germany The steamship ran aground at IJmuiden. She was on a voyage from a Baltic port to Amsterdam.[4] She was refloated with assistance.[5]
Palm  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in Lake Timsah. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Java, Netherlands East Indies.[4] She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[5]
Simiote  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked 300 nautical miles (560 km) south of Figueira da Foz, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Smyrna, Ottoman Empire.[6]

5 October

List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1884
ShipStateDescription
Melanie  Russia The schooner foundered off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by a fishing smack. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Riga.[4]

6 October

List of shipwrecks: 6 October 1884
ShipStateDescription
Bickley  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on the Isle of Mull, Inner Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Copenhagen, Denmark.[5]
Black Diamond  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Ryhope, County Durham. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland, County Durham.[5]

7 October

List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1884
ShipStateDescription
Speedwell  United Kingdom The steam cutter ran aground on the Cross Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and sank. Her crew were rescued by the Caister Lifeboat.[7]

9 October

List of shipwrecks: 9 October 1884
ShipStateDescription
Ethel  United Kingdom The lighter was run into by the steamship Antic ( United Kingdom) at Goole, Yorkshire and was beached.[8]
Keelung  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on Dodd's Island. All on board were rescued.[9] She was on a voyage from Shantou to Shanghai, China.[10]

10 October

List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1884
ShipStateDescription
Annie  United Kingdom The brigantine ran aground on the South Bull, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Louth and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Ayr to Drogheda, County Louth.[11]
Black Hawk  United Kingdom The ship broke from her moorings at Bangor, County Down. She drove against the pier and sprang a leak.[11]
Bonnie Dunkeld  United Kingdom The ship departed from South Shields, County Durham for Teignmouth, Devon. No further trace, reported missing.[12]
Eliza  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Doom Bar. Her crew were taken off by the lifeboat Arab ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Eliza was on a vpoyage from Porthcawl, Glamorgan to Penzance, Cornwall.[13]
Ettrickdale  United Kingdom The ship departed from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands for Glasgow, Renfrewshire. No further trace, reported overdue.[14]
Gypsy  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Llandudno, Caernarfonshire.[11]
Just  United Kingdom The ship broke from her moorings at Bangor, County Down. She drove against the pier and sprang a leak.[11]
Port  United Kingdom The ship broke from her moorings at Bangor, County Down. She drove against the pier and sprang a leak.[11]
Samarang  United Kingdom The barque ran aground near Saltburn-by-the-Sea, County Durham. Her twenty crew were rescued by the Redcar and Saltburn Lifeboats.[15] She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[11]

11 October

List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1884
ShipStateDescription
Europa  United Kingdom The steamship was run into by Roseville ( United Kingdom) and sank off the Cloch Lighthouse with the loss of five of her nineteen crew. Survivors were rescued by Roseville. Europa was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Málaga, Spain.[16][17]
Light of Age  United Kingdom The smack departed from Hull, Yorkshire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all five crew.[18]
Morjord and Truby  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked whilst on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, to Plymouth, England. The crew took to the rigging and all but three were rescued by the Harwich Lifeboat.[19]
Unnamed United States A lighter was severely damaged by fire at Boston, Massachusetts.[20]

13 October

List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1884
ShipStateDescription
Eros Norway The schooner foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the smack Emma ( United Kingdom). Eros was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire, United Kingdom to Horten.[20]

14 October

List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1884
ShipStateDescription
Galathée France The ship arrived at Montevideo, Uruguay on fire. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Montevideo.[20]
Scutulo  Italy The ship ran aground off Cape Kara, Greece. She was refloated in 17 October.[21]

17 October

List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1884
ShipStateDescription
A. R. Noyes United States The barge sank in Lake Champlain off Shelburne Point, Vermont (44°27.2′N 073°14.7′W / 44.4533°N 73.2450°W / 44.4533; -73.2450 (A. R. Noyes)).[22]

18 October

List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1884
ShipStateDescription
Craigforth  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Rosehearty, Aberdeenshire. Her cargo of 3,200 sheep and 16 ponies were thrown overboard; 2,500 sheep and all the ponies swam ashore. Her crew and passengers were rescued. She was on a voyage from Iceland to Leith, Lothian.[23][24]
Messina  Germany The steamship ran aground at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. She was refloated and taken in to Marseille in a leaky condition.[24]

19 October

List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1884
ShipStateDescription
Douglass  United Kingdom The steam lighter was driven ashore in the Clyde at Kempock Point. She was refloated and towed in to Greenock, Renfrewshire in a severely leaky condition.[24]

21 October

List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1884
ShipStateDescription
Maria Stella France The schooner suffered an onboard explosion at Porthcawl, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. Two of her crew were severely injured.[25]
Rose Netherlands The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Nexø, Bornholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Skutskär, Sweden to Groningen.[25]

23 October

List of shipwrecks: 23 October 1884
ShipStateDescription
Allende  United Kingdom The steamship struck rocks off Penmarc'h, Finistère, France and was holed. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She put in to Brest, Finistère waterlogged at the bow.[26]
Christine  Germany The ship departed from Hartlepool, County Durham, united Kingdom for Wilhelmshaven. No further trace, reported missing.[27]
Lightning  United Kingdom The steamship departed from the River Tyne for Trondheim, Norway. No further trace, reported missing.[28]

24 October

List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1884
ShipStateDescription
Christina Nilsson United States The schooner struck a reef and sank in Lake Michigan off Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin, during a blizzard.
Thames  United Kingdom The steamship departed from Invergordon, Ross-shire for Trondheim, Norway. No further trace, reported missing.[28]

25 October

List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1884
ShipStateDescription
Depositor Canada Canada The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Peel, Isle of Man. All on board were rescued by the Peel Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, United Kingdom to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.[29][30]
Effective  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground off Punta Mala, Spain.[31]
Splendid  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Ayr. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim to Ayr.[31]
Success  United Kingdom The steam wherry was driven ashore and wrecked at Boulmer, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by the Boulmer Lifeboat.[31]
York  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked in Åland, Grand Duchy of Finland. Her crew were rescued.[30]

26 October

List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1884
ShipStateDescription
Amaranth  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the steamship St Jacques ( France and sank off Dungeness, Kent with the loss of four of her six crew. Survivors were rescued by the smack Favourite ( United Kingdom).[32][30]
Danubian  United Kingdom The steamship struck rocks at "Nakaria Island" and foundered. Her 22 crew were rescued by Mount's Bay ( United Kingdom). Danubian was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Leith, Lothian.[33]
Hillsborough Canada Canada The ketch was driven ashore and wrecked on Sully Island, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Lydney, Gloucestershire to Barnstaple, Devon, United Kingdom.[29]
Lady Josyan  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Hero ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Hero.[29]
Lizzie Jane  United Kingdom The smack was wrecked on Papa Westray, Orkney Islands.[30]
Marianne Norway The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Anstruther, Fife, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Kronstadt, Russia to Alloa, Clackmannanshire, United Kingdom.[29] She was refloated on 2 November and taken in to Anstruther, Fife. She was condemned and scuttled as a breakwater.[34]
Pearl  United Kingdom The ketch became a wreck after going ashore near Padstow, Cornwall during a gale.[32] Her three crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[29]
Perle Denmark The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Dunbar, Lothian. She was on a voyage from Rochester, Kent to Alloa, Clackmannanshire, United Kingdom.[29]
Tarleton Lass  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore on Walney Island, Lancashire.[30]

27 October

List of shipwrecks: 27 October 1884
ShipStateDescription
Blue Bell  United Kingdom The yacht was driven ashore at Largs, Ayrshire. All on board were rescued.[35]
Chang Chow  China The ship was driven ashore at "Sandy Cape". Seven people were reported missing. She was on a voyageb from China to Newcastle, New South Wales.[36]
Mary Saunders  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and severely damaged at Gourock, Renfrewshire. Her crew were rescued but her captain refused to abandon ship.[35]
Peri  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Abergele, Denbighshire.[29]
Petrel  United Kingdom The ship departed from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire for Ipswich, Suffolk. No further trace, reported overdue.[14]
Theonore Norway The barque was driven ashore at Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated.[35]
Two unnamed vessels  United Kingdom Two lighters were driven ashore at Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire in heavy gales.[35]

28 October

List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1884
ShipStateDescription
Avebury  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Rosemodress, near Lamorna, Cornwall. Her crew survived.[37] She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[35] She broke in two on 5 November.[38]
Blackwall  United Kingdom The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada to Fleetwood, Lancashire. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Fylde ( United Kingdom), which towed her in to Fleetwood in a waterlogged condition.[21]
Maartje Netherlands The lugger capsized in the North Sea with the loss of thirteen of her fifteen crew. Survivors were rescued the next day by the smack General Wolseley ( United Kingdom).[39]
Sisters  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned off Girvan, Ayrshire. Her crew were rescued by the Girvan Lifeboat but her captain refused to abandon ship. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Galveston, Texas, United States.[21]
SMS Undine  Imperial German Navy The training ship, a brig, was wrecked on the Agger Tange, Denmark during a storm with the loss of one life.[40][41][35]
William Hope  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued.[35]
Fraserburgh Lifeboat Royal National Lifeboat Institution The lifeboat capsized at Fraserburgh whilst going to the assistance of a fishing vessel. Her crew were rescued.[35]
Unnamed Flag unknown A schooner foundered 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) east of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, United Kingdom with the loss of all hands.[35]

29 October

List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1884
ShipStateDescription
John Heinrich  Germany The schooner foundered in the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued by the smack Harold ( United Kingdom). John Heinrich was on a voyage from Tayport, Fife, United Kingdom to Königsberg.[42]
Rocca Schiaffino  Italy The barque struck a rock off Tarifa, Spain and was holed. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Genoa. She was towed in to Gibraltar in a waterlogged condition by the tug Hercules (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Gibraltar).[21]

31 October

Unknown date

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