List of shipwrecks in August 1887
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The list of shipwrecks in August 1887 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1887.
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2 August
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Rhuddlan Castle | ![]() |
The ship was sighted in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Fleetwood, Lancashire to Valparaíso, Chile. No further trace, reported missing.[1] |
7 August
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Treherbert | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground and sank at Cape Finisterre, Spain. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Madeira to Bilbao, Spain.[2] |
Unnamed | Flag unknown | The barque was run into by the steamship Denmark (![]() |
8 August
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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City of Ashland | ![]() |
The paddle steamer caught fire and sank in Chequamegon Bay, Lake Superior 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) south of the Chequamegon Point Lighthouse with the loss of one life.[4][5] |
9 August
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Mermaid | ![]() |
The schooner collided with the barque Minerva (![]() ![]() |
10 August
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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City of Montreal | ![]() |
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Wellesley | ![]() |
The training ship was run into by the steamship Aviemore (![]() |
12 August
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Careline Corson | ![]() |
The schooner was wrecked at Lanesville, Massachusetts.[9] |
13 August
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Andrea Vagliano, and Norbiton |
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The steamship Norbiton collided with the steamship Andrea Vagliano and sank in the English Channel off Start Point, Devon with the loss of seven of the twenty people on board. Survivors were rescued by Andrea Vagliano. Norbiton was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. Andrea Vagliano was severely damaged. She was towed in to Plymouth, Devon waterlogged at the bow by the tug Vixen (![]() |
17 August
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Kheidoe Queen | ![]() |
The Cardiff barquentine stranded at Gorsons. All of the crew were saved.[10] |
Marchsea | ![]() |
The steam yacht was driven ashore at Brighton, Sussex. She was refloated with assistance from the steamship Brighton (![]() |
18 August
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Bay of Naples | ![]() |
The ship capsized at Liverpool, Lancashire.[11] |
Terzo | ![]() |
The ship ran aground at Belfast, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Belfast.[11] |
19 August
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Acklington | ![]() |
The steamship struck the Runnel Stone and sank. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Portland, Dorset.[12] |
Joseph | ![]() |
The Thames barge collided with a dredger and sank in the River Thames at Barking, Essex. Her crew were rescued.[12] |
20 August
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Lydia J. Crowell | ![]() |
The fishing schooner was believed to have foundered in a hurricane in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland on this date with the loss of all fifteen crew.[13] |
21 August
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Arato | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground on Perkin's Reef, in the Red Sea. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Hull, Yorkshire. Whilst aground, she was plundered by the local inhabitants. She was later refloated and taken in to Perim, Aden Governorate.[14] |
22 August
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Belle | ![]() |
The ship departed from Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada for Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony. No further trace,[15] reported missing.[16] |
23 August
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Eureka | ![]() |
The steamship struck the pier at Workington, Cumberland and broke in two. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Workington.[17] She was refloated in early September.[18] |
Oasis | ![]() |
The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Carl Konow (![]() |
Sarah Ann | ![]() |
The barge was run into by the steamship Clifton Grove (![]() |
Snipe | ![]() |
The steamship collided with Racine (![]() |
24 August
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Alabama | ![]() |
The barque was destroyed by fire in the South Atlantic. Her crew were rescued by the barque Orvar Odd (![]() |
Enigheden | ![]() |
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked in Freshwick Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dram to Garlieston, Wigtownshire, United Kingdom.[21] |
25 August
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Bermuda | Flag unknown | The steamship became flooded in a hurricane. She was on a voyage from the West Indies to New York, United States.[22] |
Prince de Conde | ![]() |
The barque foundered in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Prussian (![]() |
26 August
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Electa | ![]() |
The ship departed from Queenstown, County Cork for Martinique. No further trace, reported overdue.[24] |
Lilian | Flag unknown | The steamship was wrecked in a hurricane. Her seventeen crew were rescued by the steam yacht Mohican (![]() |
Monarch | ![]() |
The yacht sank off Ilfracombe, Devon with the loss of eleven of the 25 or 26 people on board.[25][26] One of the survivors was rescued by the yacht Lorna Doone (![]() |
27 August
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King George | ![]() |
The fishing trawler struck the Black Rocks and sank in West Bay, Dorset.[28] |
29 August
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Sierra Lucinda | ![]() |
The ship ran aground at Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Penarth, Glamorgan.[22] |
30 August
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Clyde | ![]() |
The ship, which had caught fire on 28 August, was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (45°52′N 40°00′W / 45.867°N 40.000°W). Her crew were rescued by Marian King (Flag unknown). Clyde was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Quebec City, Canada.[29] |
Nina | ![]() |
The smack ran aground on the Pole Sands, in the River Exe. She was on a voyage from Topsham to Berry Head, Devon.[22] |
Rapid | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Port Talbot, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Port Talbot.[30] She was refloated on 4 September, but then ran aground again.[20] She was refloated on 5 September and taken in to Port Talbot.[31] |
Sylphide | ![]() |
The ketch was driven ashore at Holland-on-Sea, Essex.[32] She was refloated with assistance and taken in to Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition.[30] |
31 August
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Chevy Chase | ![]() |
The ship departed from South Shields, County Durham for Valparaíso, Chile. No further trace, reported missing.[33] |
Star | ![]() |
The bawley was run down and sunk in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent by the steamship Cyprus (![]() |
Unknown date
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Alice Ray | ![]() |
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 25 July. She was on a voyage from New York to Quebec City, Canada.[21] |
Argosy | Flag unknown | The steamship ran aground at New York. She was refloated.[22][30] |
Ashurst | ![]() |
The steamship struck rocks at Ballachulish, Inverness-shire. She put in to Oban, Argyllshire, where she ran aground.[17] |
Atlas | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore at "Alexandroff", Sakhalin, Russia.[35] |
Batavier | ![]() |
The barque was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Shanghai to Tientsin, China.[17] |
Ben Nevis | Flag unknown | The hulk ran aground at Obock, French Somaliland and broke up.[17] |
Benton | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore at Flekkefjord, Norway.[22] |
British India | ![]() |
The barque was driven ashore at "Dwarsinweg", Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Rangoon, Burma to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[22] She was refloated with the assistance of a number of tugs.[30] |
Catalina | ![]() |
The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cienfuegos, Cuba to Vigo.[35] |
Christine | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Halmstad, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire.[6] |
Cotherstone | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Dunnet Head, Caithness. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Sunderland, County Durham.[22] |
Daphne | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground in the Danube 39 nautical miles (72 km) from its mouth.[21] |
East Lomond | ![]() |
The barque caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean. She was abandoned 40 nautical miles (74 km) north of Las Palmas, Canary Islands. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Tainui (![]() |
Elise | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore at Cape Virgenes, Argentina.[6] |
Emma May | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked on the Fish Clay Banks. She was on a voyage from Guantanamo, Cuba to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.[22] |
Falcon | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore on Gotland, Sweden. She was later refloated and taken in to Oskarshamn, Sweden.[30] |
Glanwern | ![]() |
The steamship struck a rock at Cabezos, Spain. She put in to Gibraltar waterlogged at the bow.[12] |
Guldax | ![]() |
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at "Jankalilla", Queensland. She was a total loss.[18] |
Highflyer | ![]() |
The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Richmond Hill (![]() |
Idun | ![]() |
The full-rigged ship caught fire at Montevideo, Uruguay.[22] |
Ljubirod | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore at Brisbane, Queensland.[11] |
Louisa | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground on the Stone Reef, in the Baltic Sea.[21] |
Mary E. Douglas | ![]() |
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from New York to Jérémie, Haiti.[21] |
Maurice | ![]() |
The schooner ran aground and was wrecked on the Newcombe Sands in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Redon, Ille-et-Vilaine.[22] |
RMS Medway | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground at Jacmel, Haiti. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[22] |
Minerva | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Spartivento, Sardinia, Italy.[21] |
Nordcap | ![]() |
The brigantine was driven ashore at Pentewan, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Pentewan.[36] |
Phœnix | ![]() |
The brigantine ran aground in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Kemi, Grand Duchy of Finland to Grangemouth. She was refloated and put in to Copenhagen, where she arrived on 25 August in a leaky condition.[35] |
Port Gordon | ![]() |
The barque collided with the transport ship Caravane (![]() |
Saga | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore at Huelva, Spain. She was later refloated.[36] |
Senior | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground off Vlieland, Friesland. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Harlingen, Friesland.[17] |
Tientsin | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked, possibly at Swatow.[21] |
Vanadis | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore at "Enetri", Öland. She was on a voyage from an Englisn port to Stockholm.[21] |
Viking | ![]() |
The brig was driven ashore at "Alacranes". She was on a voyage from "Tiacolapan" to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom. She was a total loss.[22] |
Voltaic | ![]() |
The ship ran aground in the River Foyle.[21] |
Zoe | ![]() |
The steamship was wrecked on the coast of Brazil with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Buenos Aires.[34] |
Unnamed | Flag unknown | The steamship ran aground at Trelleborg, Sweden.[6] |
Eight unnamed vessels | ![]() |
The sand barges sank at Barry, Glamorgan.[11] |
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- ^ a b c d e "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 32148. London. 11 August 1887. col C, p. 11.
- ^ "City of Montreal". PortCities Southampton. London: Board of Trade. 1887. Archived from the original on 2 December 2008. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
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