List of shipwrecks in July 1883

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The list of shipwrecks in July 1883 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during July 1883.

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3 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1883
Ship State Description
Daphne  United Kingdom The steamship sank on being launched at Govan, Renfrewshire with the loss of 124 lives. She was raised, repaired, renamed, and entered service.

4 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1883
Ship State Description
George Roper  United Kingdom Four-masted barque, hit the reef off of Point Lonsdale, Australia while being tugged into port on her maiden voyage in a heavy fog. Subsequently salvaged before breaking up on 26 August. No loss of life.


6 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1883
Ship State Description
Little Britain  United Kingdom The tug was run into by the steamship Africa ( United Kingdom) and sank in Regents Canal.[1]

7 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1883
Ship State Description
John Tinnoth  United Kingdom The Thames barge was severely damaged by fire at Wapping, Middlesex.[2]

10 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1883
Ship State Description
Kinghorn  United Kingdom The steamship was damaged by fire at Leith, Lothian.[3]

12 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1883
Ship State Description
Erminia J.  Austria-Hungary The full-rigged ship ran aground on the Fakeer Rocks, off the coast of Burma. She was refloated but was consequently beached.[4]
Rowena  United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak and sank in the North Sea off the Newark Lightship ( Trinity House). Her crew were rescued by the fishing smack Caroline ( United Kingdom). Rowena was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Penzance, Cornwall.[5][6]

13 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1883
Ship State Description
USFC Fish Hawk United States United States Fish Commission The floating fish hatchery and fisheries science research vessel was blown ashore at Ocean Beach, Virginia, when she dragged her anchor during a storm. She was refloated on 18 July with assistance from the tugs Monroe (United States United States Army), USS Pinta ( United States Navy), and Snowdrop ( United States), the revenue cutter USRC Ewing ( United States Revenue-Marine), and the lighthouse tender USLHT Holly ( United States Lighthouse Board).[7]
West Gleam  United Kingdom The brigantine collided with a floating object and sank in Carnarvon Bay. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Culdaff, County Donegal to Strood, Kent.[8]
West Ridge  United Kingdom The ship was sighted whilst on a voyage from Birkenhead, Cheshire to Bombay, India. No further trace, reported missing.[9]

14 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1883
Ship State Description
Inchclutha  United Kingdom The steamship departed from Calcutta, India for Falmouth, Cornwall. No further trace, reported overdue.[10]
Prospero Doge  Italy The barque was abandoned in the South Atlantic. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Tartar ( United Kingdom).[11]

15 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1883
Ship State Description
Isabella  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on Basque Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada.[12]
Unnamed   Switzerland The ship foundered in Lake Lugano with the loss of nine lives.[13]

16 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1883
Ship State Description
Shebeen Ottoman Empire Egypt The steamship ran aground at "Ras-el-Khartom" and was severely damaged.[14]

17 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1883
Ship State Description
Achille  Italy The barque collided with the steamship Glenogle ( United Kingdom) and foundered in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom with the loss of three of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Glenogle. Achille was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Antwerp, Belgium.[15][16]
John Howland  United States The whaler, a barque was stove in by ice and abandoned in the Chukchi Sea south of Point Hope, Department of Alaska. Her derelict wreck caught fire on 20 July and sank the next day.[17]

18 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1883
Ship State Description
Freeman Clarke  United States The full-rigged ship caught fire and was abandoned off the mouth of the Kabeljaauw River, Cape Colony with the loss of two at least two of her crew. There were at least eleven survivors. She came ashore at Humandsdorp. Freeman Clarke was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to New York.[18]
Louise  United Kingdom The steamship was run into by the steamship Lord John Russell ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Plaistow, Middlesex.[12]

19 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1883
Ship State Description
Colonel Adams  India The ship was destroyed by fire at Brooklyn, New York, United States.[19]
Delay  India The ship was destroyed by fire at Brooklyn.[19]
Lawrence  India The ship was destroyed by fire at Brooklyn.[19]
Perseverance  India The barque was destroyed by fire at Brooklyn.[19]
Playmate  United Kingdom The cutter yacht capsized and was severely damaged at Falmouth, Cornwall.[12]
Skjold  Norway The barque ran aground on the Leman and Owers Sandbank, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Stettin, Germany to Charlestown, Cornwall. She was refloated and put in to Dover, Kent, United Kingdom in a leaky condition.[20]
St. Louis  France The brig collided with the steamship Dago ( United Kingdom) and was severely damaged. St. Louis was on a voyage from Rauma, Grand Duchy of Finland to Saint-Brieuc, Côtes-du-Nord. She put in to Rønne, Denmark.[12]

20 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1883
Ship State Description
Albion  United Kingdom The smack sprang a leak and sank off the Copeland Islands, County Antrim. both crew were rescued by the tug Lord Elgin ( United Kingdom).[15]
Unnamed Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore at Tornby, Sweden in a capsized condition.[20]

21 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1883
Ship State Description
Marie Joseph  France The ship foundered in the English Channel. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Pollux ( Germany).[15]

22 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1883
Ship State Description
Arab  United Kingdom The brigantine sprang a leak and sank in the Irish Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) off the coast of County Louth. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Dublin.[21][22]
City of Lima  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at Port Natal, Natal Colony. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Port Natal.[15]
Marco Polo  Norway The clipper ship was wrecked near Cavendish, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

23 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1883
Ship State Description
Proteus  United States Lady Franklin Bay Expedition: The steamship was crushed by ice and sank at the entrance to Smith Sound. Her crew survived.[23]

24 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1883
Ship State Description
Lina Campbell  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the South Atlantic (34°30′S 27°00′E / 34.500°S 27.000°E / -34.500; 27.000). Her crew were rescued by the steamship Tartar ( United Kingdom).[11]
Varna  Netherlands Dijmphna Expedition: The steamship sank in the Arctic Sea.[24]

25 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1883
Ship State Description
Commodore  United Kingdom The Mersey Flat was run into by the steamship Texas ( United Kingdom) and sank at Liverpool, Lancashire.[25]
Olga  United Kingdom The cutter yacht was run into by the steam yacht Virginia ( United Kingdom) and sank at Kingstown, County Dublin.[25]

27 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1883
Ship State Description
Breeze  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) south of Oporto, Portugal. She was refloated but found to be severely leaky and ran aground at Cabodella. Again refloated, she ran aground at Oporto.[16]
Ceres  Norway The brig sank on Smith's Knoll, in the North Sea off the north Norfolk coast. Eight people were rescued by the schooner Wega (Russian Empire Grand Duchy of Finland). Ceres was on a voyage from Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France to Riga, Russia.[26]

30 July[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1883
Ship State Description
Marquis of Lorne  United Kingdom The steamship struck a sunken object and was beached near Morthoe, Devon. She was on a voyage from Bideford, Devon to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[26]
Peri  United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak and was beached at Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme, France to Runcorn, Cheshire.[26]
Titus Flag unknown The steamship was driven ashore at Western Point. She was on a voyage from Newcastle, New South Wales to Melbourne, Victoria.[26]

Unknown date[edit]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in July 1883
Ship State Description
Arabella  United Kingdom The barque collided with the steamship Golconda ( United Kingdom and was severely damaged. Arabella was on a voyage from Tuticorin, India to the English Channel. She put in to Colombo, Ceylon.[26]
Assyria Canada Canada The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Brunswick, Georgia, United States to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom. She was subsequently discovered by another vessel, which put a prize crew aboard.[12]
Balmoral  United Kingdom The steam trawler ran aground and was damaged north of Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. She was later refloated and taken in to Berwick upon Tweed.[3]
Deutschland  Germany The barque was driven ashore at Rockhampton, Queensland.[21] She subsequently became a wreck.[16]
Favorit  Norway The schooner ran aground in the Middelgrunden. She was later refloated with assistance.[21]
Jean Baptiste  France The barque foundered at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint-Tropez, Var to Antwerp, Belgium.[12]
Joanne Haiti Haiti The ship ran aground on the Molasses Reef. She was on a voyage from Cap-Haïtien to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated and taken in to the Turks Islands in a severely leaky condition.[4]
Kate Canada Canada The brigantine was wrecked in the Turks Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cow Bay, Nova Scotia to Cuba.[4]
Khedive  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was refloated and was assisted in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[15]
Nettlesworth  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore in the Magdalen Islands, Nova Scotia.[25]
Recepta Flag unknown The steamship ran aground on the Robbenplatte, in the North Sea. She was later refloated and taken in to Hamburg, Germany.[26]
Rona  United Kingdom The barque foundered off Cape Recife, Cape Colony. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Tuticorin, India to Liverpool.[27][28]
Susanna  United Kingdom The derelict schooner was towed in to Lamlash, Isle of Arran in a capsized condition.[27]
Umberto Galatola  Italy The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 7 July. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Alicante, Spain to New York, United States.[2]
Vandyck Canada Canada The ship was driven ashore in the Fox River. She was on a voyage from Sydney, Nova Scotia to Quebec City.[21]
Victor  United States The ship was driven ashore in the Carimata Strait. She was on a voyage from Singapore, Straits Settlements to New York. She was refloated and put back to Singapore in a leaky condition.[3]
West Ridge  United Kingdom The barque foundered in the Indian Ocean with the loss of all 28 crew, probably due to an onboard explosion. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bombay, India.
Windermere  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Great Belt. She was on a voyage from an English port to Flensburg, Germany. She had been refloated by 19 July and had resumed her voyage.[12]

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