The list of shipwrecks in July 1881 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during July 1881.
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References |
1 July
editShip | State | Description |
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Aurora | Newfoundland Colony | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on the Isle du Bois, in the Strait of Belle Isle.[1] |
Guide | Newfoundland Colony | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on the Isle du Bois.[1] |
Jessie | United Kingdom | The pilot smack collided with Saga (Flag unknown) and sank off Start Point, Devon. Her crew were rescued.[2] |
Lady Maxwell | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south of St. Bees Head, Cumberland.[2] |
Several unnamed vessels | United States | The schooners were wrecked by a tornado in Tangier Sound, Chesapeake Bay with the loss of nine lives.[3] |
Unnamed | Newfoundland Colony | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on the Isle du Bois.[1] |
2 July
editShip | State | Description |
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Daniel Webster | United States | The whaler was crushed by ice and sank in the Arctic Ocean 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) south of Point Barrow, Territory of Alaska.[4] |
Lofna | United Kingdom | The steamship struck rocks at Burntisland, Fife. She was on a voyage from Burntisland to Cronstadt, Russia. She put in to Leith, Lothian in a leaky condition.[5] |
3 July
editShip | State | Description |
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Glen | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with the screw-steamer Alliance (Flag unknown) off St Ives, Cornwall and foundered. Her crew were rescued by Alliance.[6] |
4 July
editShip | State | Description |
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Britannic | United Kingdom | The ocean liner ran aground in fog at Kilmore, County Wexford. Her passengers were evacuated via the ship's lifeboats. She was refloated on 8 July but sprang a leak in her engine room the next day and was beached in Wexford Bay. She was refloated on 14 July and towed to Liverpool. |
Glen | United Kingdom | The ship collided with Alliance ( United Kingdom) and sank off St Ives, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by Alliance.[7] |
5 July
editShip | State | Description |
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Abraham | Germany | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Aracatu, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to the Rio Grande.[8] |
6 July
editShip | State | Description |
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James and Harriet | United Kingdom | The Thames barge capsized off Shoeburyness, Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was subsequently beached between Southend Pier and Shoeburyness with the assistance of two smacks.[8] |
7 July
editShip | State | Description |
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Asterope | United Kingdom | The brig struck a rock and was wrecked on the coast of Brazil near the mouth of the Pará River. Her eight crew took to a boat; they were rescued two days later by the steamship Lisbonense ( United Kingdom). Asterope was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Pará, Brazil.[9][10] |
Eblane | Denmark | The schooner foundered in the North Sea with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Gothenburg, Sweden.[11] |
Emilie | Norway | The brig was drovem ashore in the Nieuwe Diep. She was on a voyage from the Nieuwe Diep to Sundsvall.[8] She was refloated the next day but consequently foundered.[12] |
11 July
editShip | State | Description |
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Lady Franklin | United States | The schooner sank off Stanwood's Point in the Annisquam River. Her crew were rescued.[13] |
12 July
editShip | State | Description |
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Rio Apa | United Kingdom | The steamship was severely damaged by fire at Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Bayonne.[14] |
14 July
editShip | State | Description |
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Lamar | United Kingdom | The steamship departed from Coronel for Valparaíso, Chile. No further trace, reported overdue.[15] |
15 July
editShip | State | Description |
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Aberdonian | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in a typhoon in the East China Sea with the loss of at least ten of her 24 crew. She was on a voyage from Yantai to Fuzhou, China.[16] |
Hebe | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with another schooner in the Bristol Channel off Nash Point, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Waterford. She consequently foundered the next day. Her crew were rescued by a schooner.[17] |
Lamar | Chile | The steamship was sighted off the mouth of the Maule River whilst on a voyage from Coronel to Valparaíso. No further trace, reported missing.[18] |
Unnamed | China | The junk foundered in the East China Sea with the loss of all but one of those on board.[16] |
16 July
editShip | State | Description |
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Pilliponis | Russia | The steamship caught fire in the Black Sea and was beached at "Cape Tatali".[14] |
Sophie | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Narva, Russia. Her crew were rescued.[14] |
Stralsund | Germany) | The barque collided with the steamship Avlona ( United Kingdom) in the Saint Lawrence River and sank. Stralsund was on a voyage from Montreal, Quebec, Canada to London, United Kingdom.[19] |
17 July
editShip | State | Description |
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Annie S. Hall | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in a typhoon in the East China Sea. Her crew survived.[16] |
Camerata | United Kingdom | The steamship struck rocks and ran aground at Cette, Hérault, France.[20] |
Jafet II | Austria-Hungary | The barque was driven ashore 2+1⁄4 nautical miles (4.2 km) south of the South Stack, Anglesey, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[14] She was later refloated and towed in to Holyhead, Anglesey.[21] |
18 July
editShip | State | Description |
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Klarina Harmina | Netherlands | The brigantine ran aground near Aracaju, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Aracaju to New York, United States. She was refloated and put back to Aracaju in a leaky condition .[14] |
20 July
editShip | State | Description |
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Laleham | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Dunkerque, Nord, France.[20] |
Loch Rannoch | United Kingdom | The steamship arrived at Bombay, India on fire. She was scuttled the next day. She was refloated on 12 August.[22] |
Loch Ryan | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south east of Thurso, Caithness. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Castlehill, Scotland to Alloa, Clackmannanshire.[20] |
Servitor | United Kingdom | The ketch sank off the mouth of the River Cuckmere with the loss of one of her four crew. Survivors were rescued by the Coastguard. She was on a voyage from Newhaven to Lewes, Sussex.[23] |
Unnamed | United Kingdom | The yacht capsized in the Gare Loch with the loss of four lives.[20] |
21 July
editShip | State | Description |
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Albertine | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Greenock, Renfrewshire. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Greenock.[20] |
Britomart | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Cerro Azul, Peru. She was declared a total loss.[24] |
Henriette | Germany | The ship departed from Hamburg for Guaymas, Mexico. No further trace, reported missing.[25] |
25 July
editShip | State | Description |
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Brighton | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at East London, Cape Colony with some loss of life.[19] |
Clymping | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at East London with some loss of life.[19] |
Henri IV | France | The steamship ran aground at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. She was on a voyage from Brazil to Havre de Grâce.[24] She was later refloated and found to be severely leaky[26] |
26 July
editShip | State | Description |
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Sarah Douglas | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Savannah, Georgia, United States.[27] |
Ulysses | Guernsey | The schooner struck rocks and sank at Saint Sampsons.[19] |
Three unnamed vessels | Flags unknown | Thirty people died when three sailing vessels sank during a "terrific gale" at East London, Cape Colony.[28] |
27 July
editShip | State | Description |
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Admiral | United Kingdom | The sloop sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea off Souter Point, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Hebburn-on-Tyne, Northumberland.[26] |
Mirzapore | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal. She was on a voyage from London to Shanghai, China.[26] |
Strickland | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Pernambuco, Brazil and developed a severe leak.[26] |
28 July
edit30 July
editShip | State | Description |
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Guy Cunningham | United States | The fishing schooner departed from Gloucester, Massachusetts. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all fourteen crew.[31][32][33] |
31 July
editShip | State | Description |
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Dunoon Castle | United Kingdom | The paddle steamer ran aground in the Clyde at Greenock, Renfrewshire with the loss of her captain. Subsequently refloated and taken in to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[34][27] |
Morning Groves | United Kingdom | The fishing boat was run down and sunk off Queenborough, Kent.[34] |
Unknown date
editShip | State | Description |
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Annie D. Merritt | United States | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Maryland.[11] |
Arche d'Alliance | France | The lugger sank in the North Sea off North Sunderland, Berwickshire, United Kingdom. Her crew survived.[14] |
Argo | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Porth Neigwl, Caernarfonshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Falmouth, Cornwall.[21] |
Atlantic | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at the entrance to the Gulf of Smyrna. She was refloated on 24 July and resumed her voyage.[19] |
Barend | Netherlands | The brigantine was driven ashore 6 nautical miles (11 km) south of Figueira da Foz, Portugal with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Candia, Ottoman Crete to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. She subsequently broke up.[26] |
Bessie Rowe | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. She was refloated and taken in to Cuxhaven, Germany in a leaky condition.[21] |
Clarence | United Kingdom | The steamship struck a sunken pile and sank at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland to Liverpool.[8] |
Dantzic | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore on "Goat Island", Outer Hebrides and severely damaged. She was refloated on 12 July.[11] |
Edith Brooks | United Kingdom | The brig foundered near Sulymah, Sierra Leone on or before 28 July. Her crew were rescued.[26] |
Epjuht | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked at "Amherst". Her crew were rescued.[24] |
Eureka | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked in the White Sea at Sweet Nose, Russia before 11 July. Her crew were rescued by the steamship T. E. Forster ( United Kingdom).[20] |
Germania | Germany | The schooner was driven ashore at Tangier, Morocco. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Genoa, Italy.[14] |
Glenrosa | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark.[11] She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Riga, Russia. She was later refloated with assistance and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark for repairs.[17] |
Grislehamn | Sweden | The barque was driven ashore on Saltholmen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from a Finnish port to and English port.[24] |
Harald, and Selma |
Denmark Grand Duchy of Finland |
The steamships collided off "Trindelin". Selma sank. Her crew survived. Harald was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to New York, United States. She put back to Copenhagen.[20] |
Holmbrook | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Rosemullion Head, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Caen, Calvados, France to Newport, Monmouthshire.[14] Holmbrook was refloated on 18 July and beached at Falmouth.[21] |
Ida | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Bahia to Aracaju, Brazil. She was refloated and put in to Chrislovas in a leaky condition.[5] |
Isabel | Spain | The ship was driven ashore at La Frontera, Tenerife, Canary Islands.[8] |
Isabella | Russia | The tug collided with the steamship Madeleine and sank at Cronstadt.[21] |
Italia | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Avonmouth, Somerset to Barrow-in-Furness.[8] |
John Cobbold | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Kingsdown, Kent. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to Oporto, Portugal.[12] |
Leversons | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Filsand, in the Baltic Sea and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt to Riga.[24] |
Mary Jane | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Vlissingen, Zeeland. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Ipswich, Suffolk.[11] |
Minnie | Isle of Man | The fishing lugger struck the Navestone Rock, in the North Sea off the coast of Northumberland, and sank. Her crew survived.[20] |
Morgan Richards | United Kingdom | The steamship ran into the paddle steamer Isabel la Catolica ( Spanish Navy) at Cartagena, Spain and was damaged, breaking her crankshaft.[11] |
Nathalia | Sweden | The schooner collided with the full-rigged ship Norma ( Norway) and sank. Her crew survived. Nathalia was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Aarhus, Denmark.[14] |
Nordstjern | Germany | The schooner at "Sondre Rosse". She was on a voyage from Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland to Vegesack. She was refloated and put in to Copenhagen.[21] |
Pleiades | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the Hinder Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[24] |
Queen of the Fleet | United Kingdom | The fishing trawler was driven ashore at Thisted, Denmark.[5] |
Republic | United States | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore near Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Melbourne, Victoria to Calais.[24] |
Resource | Norway | The brig ran aground on the North Bull, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Dublin, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Drogheda, County Louth, United Kingdom. She was refloated with assistance on 17 July and taken in to Drogheda.[21] |
S. and E. A. Charnley | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of the South Stack, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Birkenhead, Cheshire to London.[14] |
Scots Grey | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Bute Channel.[17] |
Solid | German Empire | The schooner ran aground near "Ijusut", Russia. She was later refloated with assistance and taken in to Nicholaieff, Russia, where she had arrived by 22 July.[24] |
Spurn | United Kingdom | The steam trawler struck rocks and was beached at Sandend, Aberdeenshire.[5] |
St. Pierre | France | The barque was wrecked in the Torres Strait.[5] |
Sylph | United Kingdom | The brigantine sprang a leak and was beached at Cowes, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough to Lydney, Gloucestershire. Following repairs, she was refloated and resumed her voyage.[11] |
Trocadero | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Fahludd, Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Söderhamn, Sweden.[24] |
Veranda | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship ran aground at "Sondre Ross". She was on a voyage from Lerwick, Shetland Islands to Stettin, Germany. She was refloated.[21] |
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