List of shipwrecks in September 1887

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

List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1887
ShipStateDescription
Alpas United States The steamship ran aground at Port-au-Prince, Haiti. She was on a voyage from New York to Port-au-Prince. She was refloated the next day.[1]
Anna Dixon  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea off Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Runcorn, Cheshire.[2]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Hook Sands, in the Bristol Channel.[3]

2 September

List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1887
ShipStateDescription
Avenir Norway The brig ran aground on the Maplin Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom.[4] She was refloated and taken in to Gravesend, Kent, United Kingdom in a leaky condition.[5]
Falls of Bruar  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship foundered in the North Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk with the loss of 24 of her 29 crew. Survivors were rescued by the smack Cygnet. Falls of Bruar was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Calcutta, India.[6]
Felice Queirolo  Italy The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (55°35′N 6°37′W / 55.583°N 6.617°W / 55.583; -6.617). Her eleven crew were rescued by Kate Crosby ( United States). Felice Queirolo was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Genoa.[3]
Gylding Denmark The brig foundered in the North Sea 130 nautical miles (240 km) off Great Yarmouth. Her crew were rescued by the smack Vixen ( United Kingdom). Gylding was on a voyage from Copenhagen to São Miguel Island, Azores.[3]
Henry Holman  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the River Mersey at Ince, Cheshire and capsized. She subsequently broke up. She was on a voyage from the River Mersey to Plymouth, Devon.[7]
John Adamson, and
Salisbury
 United Kingdom The steamships collided at Antwerp, Belgium and were both severely damaged. John Adamson was on a voyage from Antwerp to South Shields, County Durham. Salisbury was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Antwerp. She was beached.[4] She was refloated the next day with the assistance of six tugs and taken in to Antwerp for repairs.[5]
John Mann Canada Canada The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Nellie S. (Flag unknown). John Mann was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherland to New York, United States.[3]
Marianna  Italy The ship collided with the steamship Bourgogne ( France) and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Oneglia. Her crew were rescued by Borgogne.[8]
Rothbury  United Kingdom The steamship was abandoned in the Bay of Biscay. Her seventeen crew were rescued by Ageroën (Flag unknown). Rothbury was on a voyage from Oran, Algeria to Dunkirk, Nord, France.[6] Rothbury was subsequently anchored 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off the Île de Sein, Finistère, France,[9] and was later towed in to Brest, Finistère.[10]
No 10  United Kingdom The pilot cutter was driven ashore and wrecked at "Nawnan", Cornwall. Her crew were rescued.[4]

3 September

List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1887
ShipStateDescription
Carl Rosenius Norway The brig ran aground on Taylor's Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Haugesud to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and towed in to Liverpool by a tug.[5]
Lillian Baxter United States The fishing schooner became waterlogged in a gale and was abandoned on the Georges Bank. Survivors were rescued by RMS Umbria ( United Kingdom).[11][12]
Livinia  United Kingdom The barque was run into by a tug and severely damaged at Greenock, Renfrewshire.[5]
Thomas L. Tarr United States The fishing schooner was believed to have sunk in a gale on the Georges Bank. Lost with all fourteen hands.[13][14][12]

4 September

List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1887
ShipStateDescription
No. 5  United Kingdom The pilot cutter was run into by the steamship Thomas Parker ( United Kingdom) and sank in the English Channel 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Dungeness, Kent. Her crew were rescued.[3]

5 September

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1887
ShipStateDescription
Lilian Baxter Flag unknown The fishing smack was abandoned off the coast of the Newfoundland Colony. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Umbria (Flag unknown).[10]
Orquell Canada Canada The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (48°26′N 17°31′W / 48.433°N 17.517°W / 48.433; -17.517). Her crew were rescued by the steamship Endymion ( United Kingdom). Orquell was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, United Kingdom to New York, United States.[10]
Queen Bee  United Kingdom The cutter yacht sank off Kingstown, County Dublin with the loss of a crew member. She was being towed from Howth to Kingstown by the schooner Waterwitch ( United Kingdom).[7]

6 September

List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1887
ShipStateDescription
Monarch Canada The full-rigged ship was wrecked on Mindoro, Spanish East Indies. Her crew were rescued.[15]

7 September

List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1887
ShipStateDescription
Hoffnung  Germany The ship departed from the Clyde for Trinidad. No further trace, reported missing.[16]
Juno  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the North Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Bangor, Caernarfonshire. She was refloated and taken in to Hoylake, Cheshire in a severely leaky condition.[17]

8 September

List of shipwrecks: 8 September 1887
ShipStateDescription
Caerloch  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from "Remi" to Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.[9] She was refloated and completed her voyage.[17]
Constance  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the steamship Mona's Isle (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) and sank at Liverpool, Lancashire. Her crew survived. Constance was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[9]
Maria  United Kingdom The fishing schooner was lost on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland with the loss of fourteen of her crew.[18]

9 September

List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1887
ShipStateDescription
Ellida  Germany The ship caught fire at Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom and was severely damaged.[17] She was scuttled.[2]
Fairway  United Kingdom The barque sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Napoli ( Italy). Fairway was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorga to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[19]
Hartfell  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Topic ( United Kingdom) at Barrow-in-Furnes, Lancashire and was severely damaged.[10]

10 September

List of shipwrecks: 10 September 1887
ShipStateDescription
Gwalia  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Cardiff, Glamorgan.[2] She was refloated on 14 September and resumed her voyage.[20]
HMS Wasp  Royal Navy The Bramble-class gunboat departed from Singapore, Straits Settlements for Shanghai, China. No further trace, lost with all hands.

11 September

List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1887
ShipStateDescription
Aghios Dionisio  Greece The brig was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea off Pantellaria, Italy. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Dunedin ( United Kingdom). Aghios Dionisio was on a voyage from Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France to Taganrog, Russia.[2]
Ossena  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the Irish Sea. Her six crew were rescued by another schooner. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Belfast, County Antrim.[21]
Terezina Stinga Flag unknown The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in Luce Bay. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[2]

12 September

List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1887
ShipStateDescription
Gazellen Norway The ship was sighted off Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom whilst on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom to Berbice, British Guiana. No further trace, reported missing.[22]
Norah Creina  United Kingdom The paddle steamer ran aground in the River Boyne. She was on a voyage from Drogheda, County Louth to Liverpool, Lancashire.[2]

13 September

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1887
ShipStateDescription
Mary Ann Flag unknown The ship was wrecked on the coast of Labrador, Newfoundland Colony.[23]
Naomi  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coast of Labrador.[23]

14 September

List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1887
ShipStateDescription
Edith and Annie  United Kingdom The fishing lugger was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by the fishing smack Laurel Wreath ( United Kingdom).[24]
Rene Isabelle France The schooner was holed by the anchor of the steamship St. André ( France) and sank in the Bec d'Ambès.[24]
Stanley  United Kingdom The tug sank in the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland.[20]

15 September

List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1887
ShipStateDescription
Prioress  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore 50 nautical miles (93 km) north of "Cape St. Roque". She was refloated and put back to Macao in a leaky condition. She was consequently condemned.[25]

16 September

List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1887
ShipStateDescription
English Girl  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at Morice Town, Devon.[26]
Julie H.  United Kingdom The ship was sighted off Holyhead, Anglesey whilst on a voyage from Birkenhead, Cheshire to Aspinwall, Colombia. No further trace, reported missing.[16]

17 September

List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1887
ShipStateDescription
Perth  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground off Point Cloates, Western Australia.[27]

18 September

List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1887
ShipStateDescription
Alfred  United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak and foundered in the English Channel 6 nautical miles (11 km) off Brighton, Sussex. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Portmadoc, Caernarfonshire to London.[28]
Friend of the Isles  United Kingdom The ship struck floating timber and foundered in the English Channel 18 nautical miles (33 km) south south east of the Roches-Douvres Lighthouse, Côtes-du-Nord, France. Her crew were rescued by the cutter Risk (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey). Friend of the Isles was on a voyage from Penarth, Glamorgan to Saint-Brieuc, Côtes-du-Nord.[29]
Vincenzo Perotta  Italy The barque sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Peconic ( United Kingdom). Vincenzo Perotta was on a voyage from Portland, Maine, United States to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[30]
Wave  United Kingdom The brigantine foundered in the English Channel 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) west of Dungeness, Kent. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Caen, Calvados, France.[28]

19 September

List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1887
ShipStateDescription
Alice  United Kingdom The steamship departed from Riga, Russia for London. No further trace,[31] reported missing.[32]
Oxford  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on Luzon Island, Spanish East Indies in a typhoon with the loss of one of the 28 people on board. She was on a voyage from Manila to "ho-Ho", Spanish East Indies.[33]

20 September

List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1887
ShipStateDescription
Anna Netherlands The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) north east of Texel, North Holland. Her crew were rescued by the ketch Excellent ( United Kingdom). Anna was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to "Dalziel". She subsequently came ashore on the Engelsmanplaat, Friesland and was wrecked.[34][35][36]
Carrie W. Clarke United States The schooner was partly abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Nineteen of the 55 people on board were rescued by the barque Bravo ( Norway); the rest refused to abandon ship.[37]
Jennie  United Kingdom The smack was discovered abandoned off the English and Welsh Grounds Lightship ( Trinity House) by the steam barge Enterprise ( United Kingdom), which towed her in to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[38]
Isle of Georgia  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to the Danube. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[38]
Lightwing United States The schooner was wrecked at Scituate, Massachusetts. Her crew were rescued.[39]
Mona  United Kingdom The pilot cutter was driven ashore and wrecked at Kilnsea, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.[38]
No. 7  United Kingdom The pilot cutter was driven ashore and wrecked at Kilnsea. Her crew were rescued by the Spurn Lifeboat.[38]

21 September

List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1887
ShipStateDescription
Glanwern  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at "Cabezos", Spain. She was on a voyage from Alicante, Spain to Pomaron, Portugal. She was condemned and sold, but was later refloated.[40]
Romeo  United Kingdom The steamship ran ashore in the Seine near "Lavaquerie", Seine-Inférieure, France. She subsequently capsized with the loss of thirteen lives. Survivors were rescued by a tug.[18][41]

23 September

List of shipwrecks: 23 September 1887
ShipStateDescription
Emmy Haase  United Kingdom The steamship was sighted off Helsingør, Denmark whilst on a voyage from the River Tyne for Kronstadt, Russia. No further trace, reported missing.[31]
Matthew Cay  United Kingdom The steamship struck a sunken rock and foundered 2+12 nautical miles (4.6 km) off Cape Finisterre, Spain with the loss of ten of her nineteen crew. Survivors were rescued by Spanish fishermen. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Genoa, Italy.[42][41][43]

24 September

List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1887
ShipStateDescription
Cecilie Denmark The steamship collided with the full-rigged ship New City ( United Kingdom) and sank.[42]
Patrie France The dandy was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom with the loss of seventeen of her twenty crew. Survivors were rescued by the paddle steamer India ( United Kingdom).[42]
Telephone France The fishing vessel was wrecked on the Longsand with the loss of fifteen of her twenty crew.[42]

25 September

List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1887
ShipStateDescription
Violet Flag unknown The ship was wrecked on the coast of Labrador, Newfoundland Colony.[23]

26 September

List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1887
ShipStateDescription
Gartmore  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore on the Mull of Galloway, Wigtownshire. She was on a voyage from Westport, County Mayo to Maryport, Cumberland. She was refloated and taken in to Greenock, Renfrewshire in a severely leaky condition.[44]

27 September

List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1887
ShipStateDescription
Queen  United Kingdom The steamship caught fire at Liverpool, Lancashire.[44]

28 September

List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1887
ShipStateDescription
Edmond  United Kingdom The dredger/hopper barge sprang a leak and was abandoned off Ouessant, Finistère, France (46°39′N 6°34′W / 46.650°N 6.567°W / 46.650; -6.567). Her six crew were rescued by the tug Power ( United Kingdom). Edmond was being towed by Power from Dover, Kent to Porto, Portugal.[30][45]

29 September

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1887
ShipStateDescription
Earl of Jersey  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship ran aground in the Chittagong River, India, and was declared a total loss.[46]
Jane and Louise  United Kingdom The Thames barge collided with the steamship Wapping ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at North Woolwich, Middlesex.[47]
Sweet Home Flag unknown The ship was wrecked on the coast of Labrador, Newfoundland Colony.[23]

30 September

Unknown date

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