List of shipwrecks in March 1882
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The list of shipwrecks in March 1882 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during March 1882.
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1 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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J. W. Stairs | ![]() |
The barque was wrecked at Sandy Hook, New Jersey, United States with the loss of a crew member.[1] |
2 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Aura | ![]() |
The barque was driven ashore at Villa Nueva with the loss of four of her crew.[2] |
Name unknown | ![]() |
The schooner foundered in the North Sea (52°00′N 2°50′E / 52.000°N 2.833°E) with the loss of at least one life.[3] |
3 March
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Concordia | ![]() |
The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the fishing smack Lisle (![]() |
Mount Lebanon | ![]() |
The ship struck a rock whilst on a voyage from Calcutta, India to JeddanHejaz Vilayet. She put in to Galle, Ceylon.[4] |
4 March
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Queen of Ceylon | ![]() |
The ship collided with Kaffir Chief (![]() |
5 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Edith | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the North Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) east of the Corton Lightship (![]() |
6 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Bonnie Maria | ![]() |
The schooner collided with HMRC Rose (![]() |
7 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Alert | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated with assistance from the Pakefield Lifeboat.[6] |
Canmore | ![]() |
The barque ran aground on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated with assistance from the Caister Lifeboats Covent Garden and Godsend (both ![]() ![]() |
Doris | ![]() |
The brigantine foundered in the North Sea 8 nautical miles (15 km) off Hartlepool, County Durham. Her crew were rescued by the yawl Rose of England (![]() |
Pride of Fleetwood | ![]() |
The brigantine was driven ashore at Rame Head, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Dartmouth, Devon to a Cornish port. She was abandoned as a total loss.[8] |
8 March
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Mary Stevens | ![]() |
The ship was abandoned off Bideford, Devon. All four people on board were rescued by the Appledore Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Barnstaple, Devon to Newport, Monmouthshire.[9] |
Sandrino | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore at "Tarbaka", Tunisia.[2] |
Unnamed | ![]() |
The sloop was driven ashore at "Tarbaka".[2] |
9 March
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Franz Bottcher | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore at "Manyl". She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom.[2] |
Valencia | ![]() |
The steamship ran ashore in the River Avon under the Clifton Suspension Bridge whilst avoiding a collision with a barge. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Valencia, Spain.[2] |
12 March
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Agnes | ![]() |
The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (46°30′N 22°00′W / 46.500°N 22.000°W). Her crew were rescued by the full-rigged ship Buckland (![]() |
13 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Devonshire | ![]() |
The brigantine collided with the brig Istria (![]() |
Marie Theresa | ![]() |
The fishing smack collided with the steamship Long Ditton (![]() |
15 March
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Ben Adler | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Yloilo, Spanish East Indies. She was refloated and put in to Singapore, Straits Settlements in a leaky condition. She was placed under repair.[12] |
Esbjerg | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on St Téodoro Island, 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) west of Canea, Greece.[12] |
Thor | ![]() |
The full-rigged ship ran aground at Greenock, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Greenock.[13] |
17 March
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Northerner | ![]() |
The schooner was lost on the Georges Bank with the loss of all 12 crew.[14] |
Oline | ![]() |
The ship foundered in Cardigan Bay with the loss of all five crew.[15] |
Victor | ![]() |
The schooner was lost on the Georges Bank with the loss of all twelve crew.[16] |
18 March
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Volga | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground at Bilbao, Spain. She subsequently broke in two and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[10] |
21 March
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Gilbrow | ![]() |
The schooner collided with the schooners Lindal Moor and Whitriggs (both ![]() |
Lessie B. | ![]() |
The steamship was destroyed by fire near Jefferson, Texas. The cabin boy died.[18] |
22 March
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Hawthorn | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Split Rock, near Musquash, New Brunswick, Canada. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[10] |
R. W. Boyd | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground on the Black Middens, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham.[10] Her fourteen crew were rescued by the Tynemouth Lifeboat.[19] |
Two unnamed vessels | Flags unknown | Two ships were driven ashore at South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom. One was expected to be a total wreck. There were no deaths.[20] |
23 March
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Cairnsmuir | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal. She was on a voyage from London to Singapore, Straits Settlements.[10] |
Mamelon | ![]() |
The barque foundered off Mevagissey, Cornwall. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from North Shields, Northumberland to Piombino, Italy.[10] |
Woodland | ![]() |
The brigantine was run into by the steamship Prinses Marie (![]() |
24 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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F. W. B. | ![]() |
The brigantine sank in three minutes after being hit by the steamship Gertrude (![]() |
Khokand | ![]() |
The barque was driven ashore at Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to San Francisco, California, United States.[17] She was refloated on 1 April.[24] |
Victor | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore on Inchcolm, Fife. She was on a voyage from "Boncas" to Stettin, Germany.[17] |
Trois Frères | ![]() |
The sloop departed from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure for Caen, Calvados. Subsequently foundered with the loss of all hands, a boat came ashore at Trouville-sur-Mer, Calvados.[25] |
25 March
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Essay | ![]() |
The ship deparrtted from Guernsey, Channel Islands for London. No further trace, reported missing.[26] |
Iron Mountain | ![]() |
The sternwheel paddle steamer struck an obstruction and sank in the Mississippi River at Stumpy Point, near Island 102, after departing from Vicksburg, Mississippi. A stewardess was trapped below decks and killed, but the rest of the crew escaped safely onto barges. |
26 March
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Albert | ![]() |
The sloop was run down and sunk in the English Channel by the barque Saleta (![]() |
British Queen | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore at "Pine Aun", near Port Isaac, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by a lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Wexford to Port Talbot, Glamorgan.[27] |
Clara | ![]() |
The ketch foundered off the Nash Sands, in the Bristol Channel off the coast of Glamorgan with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Fremington, Devon.[21][27] |
Durham | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground on the Pan Sand, off the north Kent coast. She was on a voyage from Brisbane, Queensland to London.[28] |
Famenoth | ![]() |
The barque sank on the Pan Sand. Her twenty passengers were taken off by the tug Venetia (![]() ![]() |
Hannah Morris | ![]() |
The barque was driven ashore at Margate, Kent with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by the tug George Peabody (![]() |
Heber | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore and sank at Ryde, Isle of Wight. Her crew survived. She was later refloated and taken in to Cowes.[27][24] |
John and Alice | ![]() |
The ketch ran aground off Ryde. Her crew survived.[27] She was later refloated and put in to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[3] |
Louisa | ![]() |
The brigantine was wrecked on the Longnose Rocks, Margate. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands to London.[27] |
Pelton | ![]() |
The steamship foundered off Ilfracombe, Devon with the loss of all but one of her crew. The survivor was rescued by the brigantine Uzziah (![]() |
Spy | ![]() |
The Thames barge capsized off the Nore Lightship (![]() |
Havre Lifeboat, and an unnamed vessel |
![]() Flag unknown |
The lifeboat capsized whilst going to the aid of a sloop at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure with the loss of all hands. The sloop was also lost with all hands - nineteen lives in total.[31] |
Unnamed | Flag unknown | The steamship foundered off the Bull Rock Lighthouse, County Cork.[29] |
27 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Albert | ![]() |
The sloop was discovered abandoned in the English Channel. She was towed in to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.[27] |
Jacobine | ![]() |
The brig collided with Melanesia (![]() |
Undaunted | ![]() |
The ship was sighted off Cooly Point whilst on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Dublin. No further trace,[33] reported missing.[34] |
29 March
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Liban | ![]() |
The steamship sank on the Tusker Sands, in the Bristol Channel with the loss of three of her eleven crew. Survivors were rescued by the Porthcawl Lifeboat.[35] |
30 March
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Circassian | ![]() |
The brig ran aground at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex.[36] She was refloated with assistance the next day and taken in to Shoreham-by-Sea.[3] |
Golden City | ![]() |
The steamer was destroyed by fire while making a landing at Memphis, Tennessee. Three crew and 22 passengers were lost.[18] |
31 March
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Venus | ![]() |
The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Watermouth, Devon. Her crew were rescued by the Ilfracombe Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Watermouth to Swansea, Glamorgan.[3] |
Unknown date
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Adelaide | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore in the Strangford Lough. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Malahide, County Dublin.[21] |
Apollo | ![]() |
The steamship was run into by the steamship Précursor (![]() |
Aros Castle | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore in the Sound of Iona.[11] |
Colonel Adams | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Bordeaux, Gironde, France. She was later refloated.[36] |
Cydonia | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground at Tisvilde, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Reval, Russia to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated and towed in to Copenhagen, Denmark.[4] |
Eclipse | ![]() |
The schooner was abandoned off Margate, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was towed in to Ramsgate, Kent by the tug George Peabody (![]() |
Else Marie | ![]() |
The schooner foundered at sea.[4] |
Finsbury | ![]() |
The steamship collided with the steamship Clan Maclean off Gibraltar and was severely damaged. She was beached. Finsbury was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily, Italy to New York, United States.[8] |
Feodore | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Spear, Newfoundland Colony. She was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony to a Spanish port.[12] |
Feronia | ![]() |
The barque was abandoned in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Brevig to a Cornish port. She was towed in to Arendal.[3] |
Ines | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Palmas. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Palmas.[5] |
James W. Barber | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore at Bonassola, Italy. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Genoa Italy.[11] |
John Barfield | ![]() |
The barque ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated with the assistance of two smacks.[37] |
J. W. T. | ![]() |
The schooner ran aground on the Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and the Kessingland Lifeboat St. Michael, Paddington (![]() |
Lee | ![]() |
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued.[24] |
Legrid | ![]() |
The ship ran aground in Sandy Bay. She was refloated.[8] |
Lois | ![]() |
The barque was wrecked on the Shipwash Sand.[37] |
Lucia | ![]() |
The barque was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark.[8] She was later refloated and taken in to Fredrikshavn, Denmark in a leaky condition. She was placed under repair.[2] |
Lucy | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued by the tug Harwich and the smack Volunteer (both ![]() |
Novo Luz do Dia | ![]() |
The schooner foundered off Porto Santo Island, Madeira with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to Oporto.[3] |
Nuphar | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal.[3] |
Pet | ![]() |
The schooner collided with a sperm whale and sank with the loss of her captain 50 nautical miles (93 km) south west of Cape Leeuwin with the loss of her captain. Six survivors were rescued by Agincourt (Flag unknown). Pet was on a voyage from Bunbury to Melbourne, Victoria.[38] |
Pioneer | ![]() |
The ship was severely damaged by fire at Wick, Caithness on or about 24 March.[36] |
Richard Warbrick | ![]() |
The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Karlowitz (![]() |
Robert Jones | ![]() |
The barque sprang a leak and sank in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Holly Bough (![]() |
Scotia | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Fairlie, Ayrhire. She was later refloated.[36] |
Sigred | Flag unknown | The ship sank off the Bahamas.[17] |
Syrene | ![]() |
The derelict ship was driven ashore at Scool Ross, Isle of Mull, Inner Hebrides. .[11] |
Times | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore in Loch Carnan.[12] |
William and Thomas | ![]() |
The smack struck the wreck of Concordia (![]() |
Winschoten II | ![]() |
The brigantine struck a sunken wreck and developed a severe leak. She was on a voyage from Aracaju, Peru to a Channel port. She put in to Bahia for repairs.[2] |
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