The list of shipwrecks in July 1886 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during July 1886.
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12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
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References |
1 July
editShip | State | Description |
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Albert Edward | United Kingdom | The steamship was holed and sank off Southend Pier, Essex. She was later refloated.[1] |
John Bladworth | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with th steamship Harton ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea 7 nautical miles (13 km) north of Salthouse, Norfolk. John Bladworth was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium.[1][2] |
3 July
editShip | State | Description |
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Royal Edward | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was damaged in a hurricane and her crew abandoned her in the Atlantic Ocean (40°S 27°E / 40°S 27°E) in a sinking condition. Her crew were rescued by the barque Bellona ( Norway). Royal Edward was on a voyage from Sharpness, Gloucestershire to Melbourne, Victoria.[3][4] |
4 July
editShip | State | Description |
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Richard Cory | United Kingdom | The steamship caught fire at Lisbon, Portugal.[1] She was beached and scuttled to extinguish the fire.[5] |
5 July
editShip | State | Description |
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Lincoln | United Kingdom | The steamship struck the Runnelstone, Cornwall in thick fog and sank off St Loy's Cove. Her fourteen crew abandoned ship about 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) off St Loy's Cove and reached Penzance.[6][7] Lincolnwas on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Plymouth, Devon.[5] |
6 July
editShip | State | Description |
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Ralph Ward Jackson | United Kingdom | The ship struck a sunken rock and foundered in the Kattegat. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from West Hartlepool, County Durham to Korsør, Denmark.[8] |
7 July
editShip | State | Description |
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Cornelius | United Kingdom | The Mersey Flat sank in the River Mersey at Liverpool, Lancashire.[9] |
8 July
editShip | State | Description |
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May, and Olivia |
Guernsey Russia |
The tug May and the schooner Olivia were run into by the barque Trowbridge ( United Kingdom at South Shields, County Durham and were both severely damaged.[9] |
Milwaukee | United States | The steam barge sank in Lake Michigan with the loss of a crew member after colliding in fog with the steam barge C. Hickox ( United States).[10] |
Walter Ulrich | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground in the Thames Estuary off Higham, Kent.[9] |
9 July
editShip | State | Description |
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Renown | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Leith, Lothian. She was on a voyage from Oran, Algeria to Leith.[8] |
Prince Alfred | United Kingdom | The steam trawler sank off Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire. She was refloated on 16 September and taken in to Stonehaven.[11] |
14 July
editShip | State | Description |
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Blanca | Spanish Navy | The Petronila-class frigate was involved in a serious accident on the Danish coast. Her crew were rescued.[12] |
16 July
editShip | State | Description |
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Napoleon | United States | The fishing boat sank off Norman's Woe.[13] |
Prince of Wales | United Kingdom | The steam tug sank after colliding with the ship Peterborough ( United Kingdom) off Botany Bay, New South Wales, with loss of two crew. Peterborough was towed into port by the steam tug Kate ( United Kingdom).[14] |
18 July
editShip | State | Description |
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HMS Belleisle | Royal Navy | The Belleisle-class ironclad ran aground at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. She was refloated.[15] |
19 July
editShip | State | Description |
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Joe Hooker | United States | The schooner was wrecked at Cape Macedome, Newfoundland Colony. Her crew were rescued.[13] |
20 July
editShip | State | Description |
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Eadon | United Kingdom | The Mersey Flat collided with the steamship Alsatian ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Mersey.[16] |
Pecheries Françaises No. 13 | France | The sloop was driven ashore on the Epi-à-Pin, Seine-Inférieure and capsized.[16] |
21 July
editShip | State | Description |
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Bear | United Kingdom | The barge was run into by the steamship Penguin and sank in the River Thames at Deptford, Kent. The lighterman on board was rescued.[16] |
22 July
editShip | State | Description |
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Elvina | United Kingdom | The ketch foundered off Linney Head, Pembrokeshire with the loss of all on board. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Dunmore Head, County Kerry.[17] |
30 July
editShip | State | Description |
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Clarissa | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered in Cardigan Bay. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Mersey ( United Kingdom).[18] |
Mersey | United Kingdom | The steamship ran ashore in Cardigan Bay and was abandoned.[18] |
Unnamed | United States | The yacht capsized off Sandy Hook, New Jersey with the loss of seven of the sixteen people on board.[19] |
31 July
editShip | State | Description |
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Bloomer | United States | The schooner sank 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Kennebunk, Maine. Her crew were rescued.[13] |
Passport | Canada | The steamship struck a dock at the east entrance to the Cornwall Canal and sank.[20] |
Unknown date
editShip | State | Description |
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Anna | Netherlands | The galiot ran aground. She was on a voyage from Groningen to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and put back to Delfzijl, Groningen in a leaky condition.[8] |
Arethusa | Germany | The barque collided with another vessel and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Memel to London, United Kingdom. She put in to Helsingør, Denmark.[9] |
Athena | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Orkney Islands. She subsequently broke up.[21] |
Diligentia | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 9 July. Her crew were rescued by the barque India ( Norway). Diligentia was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Matane, Quebec, Canada.[22] |
Fortuna | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground at Dundrum, County Down. She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada to Dundrum.[16] |
Gate City | United States | The steamship was driven ashore in Tarpaulin Cove. She was later refloated.[21] |
Havre | France | The steamship put in to Aden, Aden Governorate on fire. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to the East Indies and China.[22] |
Indra | India | The steamship sank in the Hooghly River upstream of Calcutta.[23] |
James J. Dowsett, and Moi Wahine |
Flags unknown | The steamship James J. Dowsett collided with the schooner Moi Wahine and sank in the Pacific Ocean. Moi Wahine was severely damaged. She put in to Honolulu, Kingdom of Hawaii.[22] |
Kapiolani | Flag unknown | The steamship sank off the mouth of the Pearl River.[22] |
Leader | United Kingdom | The ship was lost on a voyage from Warrenpoint, County Antrim to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[5] |
Magellan | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Cape Virgin, Argentina. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Valparaíso, Chile. She was refloated and taken in to Sandy Point, Chile in a leaky condition.[22] |
Maiden | United Kingdom | The pilot cutter was run down and sunk by the steamship Carl Rathkens ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued.[24] |
Medway | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Swash, in the Bristol Channel off the coast of Somerset. .[21] |
Mercutio | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at "Stubben", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stettin, Germany to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[9] |
Minnie Carmichael | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked at Valparaíso. Her crew were rescued.[1] She was on a voyage from Pisagua, Chile to the Hampton Roads, Virginia, United States.[23] |
Nicosian | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore near Hanko, Grand Duchy of Finland.[16] |
Prinz Albrecht | Germany | The steamship was driven ashore 6 nautical miles (11 km) east of Tangier, Morocco.[25] |
Sandnaes | United Kingdom | The brigantine was wrecked on Beaver Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her crew was rescued.[25] |
Sophia Joakim | United Kingdom | The barque sank at Penang, Straits Settlements. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to Muscat, Oman.[5] |
RMS Tagus | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at "Barra Falsa", Brazil. She was later refloated.[1] |
Vega | Norway | The barque was driven ashore on Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands.[9] |
References
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- ^ "Probate, Divorce, And Admiralty Division". The Times. No. 31830. London. 5 August 1886. col F, p. 3.
- ^ "The Ship Royal Edward Abandoned at Sea". Sydney Morning Herald. No. 15, 098. 14 August 1886. p. 15. Retrieved 16 September 2022 – via Trove.
- ^ "The Loss of the Royal Edward". Liverpool Journal of Commerce. No. 7776. 28 September 1886. p. 5. Retrieved 16 September 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b c d "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 31804. London. 6 July 1886. col F, p. 10.
- ^ "Dive Sites. Mounts Bay to Lands End". UKDiving. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
- ^ "Foundering of a steamer off Penberth". The Cornishman. No. 416. 8 July 1886. p. 4.
- ^ a b c "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 31808. London. 10 July 1886. col D, p. 6.
- ^ a b c d e f "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 31807. London. 9 July 1886. col E, p. 7.
- ^ "Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1887". Government Printing Office. 1886. Retrieved 8 February 2020 – via Hathi Trust.
- ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 31867. London. 17 September 1886. col F, p. 5.
- ^ "Accident to a Spanish Frigate". The Times. No. 31812. London. 15 July 1886. col E, p. 5.
- ^ a b c "1886". Out of Gloucester. R Sheedy. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
- ^ "Sinking of the steam tug Prince of Wales". Sydney Morning Herald. No. 15074. National Library of Australia. 17 July 1886. p. 13. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
- ^ "Grounding of an Ironclad". The Times. No. 31816. London. 20 July 1886. col E, p. 10.
- ^ a b c d e "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 31818. London. 22 July 1886. col F, p. 11.
- ^ "Disaster At Sea". The Times. No. 31821. London. 26 July 1886. col E, p. 6.
- ^ a b "A Double Misfortune". The Cornishman. No. 420. 5 August 1886. p. 6.
- ^ "Disasters At Sea". The Times. No. 31827. London. 2 August 1886. col E, p. 8.
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- ^ a b c "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 31821. London. 26 July 1886. col C, p. 12.
- ^ a b c d e "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 31809. London. 12 July 1886. col F, p. 7.
- ^ a b "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 31805. London. 7 July 1886. col F, p. 12.
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