List of shipwrecks in December 1884

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

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1 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1884
Ship State Description
Annie, and
Don 		 United Kingdom The steamships collided at Hull, Yorkshire and were both severely damaged. They both put in to Hull. Annie was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord, France to Goole, Yorkshire. Don was on a voyage from Hull to London.[1]
Berengaria  United Kingdom The barque struck on the Galloper Sand in the North Sea, floated off, then sank in deep water nearer to the coast of Essex. 18 crew survived in two boats, but master, pilot and 10 crew were lost. She was on a voyage from Melbourne, Victoria and Falmouth, Cornwall to Sunderland, County Durham.[2][3][4][5]
Ethiopia  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the North Rock, off the coast of County Down and was abandoned by her crew. She was refloated.[1]
Niobe, and
Stokesby 		 United Kingdom The steamships collided in the Seine and were both severely damaged. Niobe became waterlogged. Stokesby put in to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France.[2]
Ocean Belle  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Saltfleet, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Queenstown, County Cork to Goole.[1]
Ommelande  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore at Dover, Kent. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Southampton, Hampshire. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and taken in to Dover.[6]
Silverdale  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Elbe.[1]
Unnamed Flag unknown The schooner ran aground on the Stony Binks, off the mouth of the Humber.[1]

2 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1884
Ship State Description
Mary Joseph Flag unknown The schooner foundered with the loss of all on board. She was on a voyage from Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada to the Newfoundland Colony.[2]

4 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1884
Ship State Description
Alliance  United Kingdom The steamship foundered off Boscastle, Cornwall with the loss of all sixteen crew. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France.[7][8][9]

5 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1884
Ship State Description
Josephine  United States The schooner was lost on Little Boar's Head, New Hampshire. Her crew were rescued.[10]

6 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1884
Ship State Description
Bengore Head  United Kingdom The steamship was damaged by fire at Hull, Yorkshire. The fire was extinguished the next day.[11]

7 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1884
Ship State Description
Cito  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore on Skagen. She was on a voyage from Kennetpans, Clackmannanshire, United Kingdom to Assens.[8]
Pochard  United Kingdom The steamship foundered 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) off Holyhead, Anglesey with the loss of all on board. She was on a voyage from Cork to Liverpool, Lancashire.[12][8][9]

8 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1884
Ship State Description
Chalclope  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked in Bideford Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from A Coruña, Spain to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[11]

9 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1884
Ship State Description
Oak  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.[13]
Spearman, and
Yourri 		 United Kingdom
 Russia 		The steamships collided in the Danube. Spearman was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Sulina to Galaţi, Romania. Yourri sank with the loss of three lives. She was on a voyage from "Sistori" to Odessa.[14]

10 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1884
Ship State Description
Carita Canada Canada The brigantine was run into by County of Cardigan ( United Kingdom) 30 nautical miles (56 km) off the Galloper Lightship ( Trinity House). Two of her crew were rescued by the smack Dart ( United Kingdom). Carita was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Cartagena, Spain. She was subsequently taken in tow by two smacks.[15]
Princess of Wales  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Fredrikstadt, Denmark to Newry, County Antrim.[15]

11 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1884
Ship State Description
Escombrera  United Kingdom The ship departed from Benisaf, Algeria for Maryport, Cumberland. No further trace, reported overdue.[16]

12 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1884
Ship State Description
Iberian  United Kingdom The steamship was damaged by fire at Liverpool, Lancashire.[15]

13 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1884
Ship State Description
Energy  United Kingdom The fishing smack was run down and sunk while anchored off the Maplin Sands, off the coast of Essex, by the steamship John Johnasson ( United Kingdom).[5][17]

15 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1884
Ship State Description
Hildegarde  United States The schooner was lost on Little River Island, Maine. Her crew were rescued.[18]
Sarah Scott  United Kingdom The barque departed from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire for Buenos Aires, Argentina. She subsequently foundered in the Boston Deeps with the loss of all sixteen crew. Wreckage from the ship washed up on the Norfolk coast.[19]

16 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1884
Ship State Description
Mabel  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore in Portland Bay.[20]

17 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1884
Ship State Description
Colomba Ninet Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore at Deal, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[21]
Uva  United Kingdom The steamship departed from Liverpool, Lancashire for Barcelona, Spain. No further trace, reported overdue.[22]

18 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1884
Ship State Description
Cloud  United Kingdom The trawl boat was run into by the trawl boat Susanna and sank off Skerries, County Dublin. Her crew survived.[21]
Jersey City  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the River Avon. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Bristol, Gloucestershire. She was refloated but then collided with the steamship Rambler ( United Kingdom) as she was being taken in to Bristol.[21]
Ventnor  United Kingdom The steam fishing vessel was driven ashore at Redcar, Yorkshire.[21]

19 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1884
Ship State Description
Uva  United Kingdom The steamship was sighted off Point Lynas, Anglesey whilst on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Barcelona, Spain. No further trace, presumed foundered off the English coast the following day with the loss of all hands.[23]

20 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1884
Ship State Description
Echo  United Kingdom The dandy-cutter was wrecked on the Gaoler Rocks, off La Corbière, Jersey, Channel Islands with the loss of all fifteen people on board. She was on a voyage from Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France to Guernsey, Channel Islands.[24][25][26]
Ipswich, and
Stanton 		 United Kingdom The steamship Stanton was run into by the steamship Ipswich and sank at Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands with the loss of two of her crew. Ipswich was severely damaged. She put back to Antwerp, Belgium.[27]
Unnamed  French Navy The torpedo boat struck a sunken rock and sank at Toulon, Var. Her crew were rescued.[28]

21 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1884
Ship State Description
St. Peter  United States The schooner ran aground in a snowstorm off Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The vessel slid off and sank in four fathoms (24 ft; 7.3 m) of water four hours later. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Lizzie A. Robbey ( United States).[29]
Surrey  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked on Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from a Baltic port to Antwerp, Belgium.[27]

22 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1884
Ship State Description
Asa  Italy The barque collided with the steamship Creaden ( United Kingdom) at Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom and was severely damaged. She put back to Cardiff in a severely leaky condition and was placed under repair.[30]
Christopher Columbus,
Creaden, and
Garston 		 Italy
 United Kingdom
 United Kingdom 		The steamship Creaden collided with the full-rigged ship Garston at Cardiff and both ran ashore. Garson was then run into by the barque Christopher Columbus before she was refloated. Christopher Columbus was on a voyage from Cardiff to Genoa. She was severely damaged and put back to Cardiff for repairs.[30][31]
County of Aberdeen  United Kingdom The ship departed from Cardiff for Bombay, India. No further trace, reported missing.[32]
Edward Haskell  United States The schooner ran aground at Cape Canso, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her crew landed on an uninhabited island, from which they were rescued the next day.[33]
Hope United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey The schooner foundered in the North Sea with the loss of one of her crew.[34]
Oliveto  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Long Island, New York, United States. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to New York City, United States.[34]
Redesdale  United Kingdom The steamship was stranded on the Pearl Rock, near Gibraltar and sank. Her crew were rescued.[24] She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Sharpness, Gloucestershire[34]

23 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1884
Ship State Description
Athenian  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Stony Binks, at the mouth of the Humber. She was on a voyage from Brevig, Norway to Grimsby, Lincolnshire.[31]
Eeta Flag unknown The ship departed from Mauritius for Adelaide, South Australia. No further trace, reported missing.[35]
Mary Ann  United Kingdom The Mersey Flat collided with the schooner Maggie A. ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Mersey upstream of New Ferry, Cheshire.[31]
Reno  Austria-Hungary The barque ran aground on the Owers Sandbank, in the English Channel off the coast of Sussex. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was refloated and put in to Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom in a leaky condition.[30]
Selembria  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal at Ismalia, Egypt. She was on a voyage from Singapore, Straits Settlements to London.[31]

25 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1884
Ship State Description
Ann  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Tarlair Rocks, on the coast of Aberdeenshire with the loss of all three crew.[36]
Chelydra, and
Holmestrand 		 United Kingdom
 Norway 		The steamship Chelydra was run into by the barque Holmestrand off the Eddystone Rocks, Cornwall and both vessels sank. Chelydra's crew took to the boats and landed at Plymouth, Devon. Holmstrand's crew were rescued by the steamship Llanthewy ( United Kingdom).[37][38][39]
Cheseboro  United States The full-rigged ship was driven ashore in the Columbia River. She was refloated.[40]
Lointy  United Kingdom The ship collided with Cornwall ( United Kingdom) and sank and New York, United States. Her crew survived. Lointy was on a voyage from New York to Bombay, India.[38][41][42]
Raisby  Hong Kong The steamship was driven ashore at Azalia Point, Perim Island, Aden Settlement. Her passengers were taken off. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to New York, United States.[41]
Sea  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the steamship Gallia ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Mersey at New Brighton, Cheshire. Her crew were rescued.[41]

26 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1884
Ship State Description
Adrian Smith  United Kingdom The steamship ran ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Kirkcaldy, Fife. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kirkcaldy to London or vice versa.[41]
Anna  Germany The brig sprang a leak and sank in the Bay of Biscay. Her crew were rescued by Northumbria ( United Kingdom).[43]
SMS Marie  Imperial German Navy The Carola-class corvette ran aground on a reef off Neu Mecklenburg, German New Guinea and was severely damaged. She was refloated on 29 December and put into Nusa, German New Guinea for repairs.

29 December[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1884
Ship State Description
Crystal Palace, and
Emma Grace 		 United Kingdom The ships ran aground on the Perils Bank and then collided with each other. Crystal Palace was on a voyage from Charlestown, Cornwall to Runcorn, Cheshire. Emma Grace was on a voyage from Fowey, Cornwall to Runcorn.[43]

Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in December 1884
Ship State Description
Atalanta  United Kingdom The yacht ran aground on the Pennington Spit, in the Solent.[13]
Charlie Hickman Canada The vessel went ashore at Moriches, New York, United States and became a total wreck with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Liverpool,Lancashire, United Kingdom to New York City, United States.[44][30]
City of Augusta  UKGBI The steamship was damaged by fire at Savannah, Georgia.[13]
Columba  France The ship was driven ashore near Sandwich, Kent, United Kingdom.[21]
Demetrius  United Kingdom The steamship was run into by the steamship Albula ( United Kingdom) and sank at Maassluis, South Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. Demetrius was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to London.[8]
Dieke Rickmers  Germany The barque ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom.[5]
Ebendase  United Kingdom The steamship sank in Havre roads, after being run down by the steamship Linda ( Italy). Her crew were rescued by a fishing boat.[45]
E. W. Stetson  United States The ship was driven ashore at Sandhy Point. She was on a voyage from Bremen, Germany to New York City.[31]
Fairport  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Saint Sampson's, Guernsey, Channel Islands.[43]
Fidelity  United Kingdom The schooner collided with Frederick Vlaminde (Flag unknown) at Leven, Fife and ran aground.[13]
Fluellin  United Kingdom The barque was destroyed by fire at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Bahia, Brazil.[41]
Freia  Norway The clipper was driven ashore and wrecked in the Koster Islands, Sweden with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from North Shields, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Vrengen.
George  United Kingdom The trow was run into by Kilbrannan ( United Kingdom) and sank at Cardiff, Glamorgan.[21]
Isabella  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Covehithe, Suffolk. Her six crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from London to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.[30]
J. J. B.  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at "Santonio", Brazil. She was on a voyage from Bahia to Antwerp, Belgium.[43]
Kate  United Kingdom The Mersey Flat was run down and sunk in the River Mersey by the steamship Dollie ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued.[30]
L. C. W.  United Kingdom The fishing boat was run down and sunk in the English Channel off the coast of Devon on or after 23 December.[43]
Louise  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore at Courselles, Calvados, France.[30]
Nina Seconda  Italy The ship was driven ashore in the Schuylkill River. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Newry, County Antrim, United Kingdom.[11]
Nuovo Fama  Austria-Hungary The barque was wrecked. She was on a voyage from the River Plate to the English Channel.[11]
Ohio  United States The full-rigged ship was destroyed by fire in the harbour at Greenport, New York.
Père Jacques  France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Martinique to Saint-Pierre]].[31]
Queen of Mistley  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at Poole, Dorset.[30]
Rohl Flag unknown The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Gullane, Lothian, United Kingdom.[15]
Rusoer  Norway The barque ran aground on the Leman Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Saint Croix. She was refloated and put in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom in a leaky condition.[43]
Sapphire  United Kingdom The steamship sank in the Nieuwe Diep. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Bremen.[20]
Sarah Carney  United Kingdom The brigantine was wrecked in the Caicos Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada to Kingston, Jamaica.[41]
Spanker  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on a reef off the coast of Cuba. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Queenstown, County Cork. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[46]
Victoria  France The steamship was wrecked at Mundaca, Spain. Her crew were rescued.[30]
Ville de Marseille  France The ship was driven ashore at Pointe-à-Pitre, Haiti.[47]
Winton  United Kingdom The steamship was damaged by fire at Savannah[13]
Yorktown  United States The ship ran aground at New York City. She was on a voyage from New York City to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. She was refloated and put back to New York City in a leaky condition.[11]
Zephyr  France The ship struck a sunken rock and sank at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Marseille.[15]
Unnamed junks  Japan An estimated 112 junks were destroyed in a typhoon.[48]

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