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List of shipwrecks in June 1884

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

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1 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1884
Ship State Description
Hadassar   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground in Totland Bay. She was on a voyage from Dartmouth, Devon to Southampton, Hampshire[1]
Prinz Friedrich Karl   Germany The steamship collided with the steamship Bahrenfeld (  Germany) at Antwerp, Belgium and was beached. Prinz Friedrich Karl was on a voyage from Ergasteria, Ottoman Empire to Antwerp.[1]

2 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1884
Ship State Description
Newark   United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore on "Princes Island". She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies.[2]
Wave   United States The steamship capsized in the Cape Fear River when she careened going around a bend and her deck cargo shifted. Two passengers and her cook died.[3]

3 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1884
Ship State Description
Nordsoen   Denmark The steamship suffered an onboard explosion and sank at sea. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Clan Macdonald (  United Kingdom). Nordsoen was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[4]

5 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1884
Ship State Description
Verona   United Kingdom The steamship caught fire at Hong Kong. The fire was extinguished.[5]

6 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1884
Ship State Description
Amy   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore neat Katthammarsvik, Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Porvoo, Grand Duchy of Finland to a Dutch port.[5]

7 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 7 June 1884
Ship State Description
Fanny Fern   United States The fishing schooner was sunk in a collision with Allentown (  United States) in Massachusetts Bay. Four crew were killed.[3][6]

9 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1884
Ship State Description
Canopus   Germany The ship was sighted in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from the River Tyne to Anjer, Netherlands East Indies. No further trace, reported missing.[7]

10 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1884
Ship State Description
Lionne   France The fishing vessel was wrecked at Brandal, Iceland. Her crew were rescued by Romanche (  French Navy).[8]
Vigor   Norway The brig was driven ashore at Durban, Natal Colony.[9]

13 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 13 June 1884
Ship State Description
Larne   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Saltee Islands, County Wexford and foundered. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire to "Dunmore".[10]

14 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1884
Ship State Description
Venetia   United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Foscolino (  United Kingdom) and sank 20 nautical miles (37 km) north of Ouessant, Finistère, France with the loss of two of her twenty crew. Venetia was on a voyage from London to Genoa, Italy.[11][12]
Unnamed   United Kingdom The smack foundered in Fishguard Bay with the loss of all hands.[13]

16 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1884
Ship State Description
Knight of the Cross   United Kingdom The tug struck the Long Craig Rock, in the Firth of Forth and was beached at North Queensferry, Fife.[14] Following temporary repairs, she was refloated and taken in to Granton, Lothian.[15]

17 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1884
Ship State Description
Assyrian   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Hooghly Point, India. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Calcutta, India. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[14]

18 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1884
Ship State Description
Ann   United Kingdom The fishing boat was run into by the steamship Matthew Cay (  United Kingdom) with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Matthew Cay.[16]

19 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1884
Ship State Description
City of Exeter   United Kingdom The steamship caught fire at Cardiff, Glamorgan.[15]

20 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1884
Ship State Description
Girdler Lightship   Trinity House The lightship was run into by the steamship Indus (  United Kingdom) and sank. Her crew were rescued by Indus.[17]

21 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1884
Ship State Description
Flying Spray   United Kingdom The tug sank at Greenock, Renfrewshire. She was refloated on 26 June and placed under repair.[18]
Ingraban   Germany The ship ran aground at "Leeman", Russia. She was refloated on 24 June but had to be beached.[19]

22 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 22 June 1884
Ship State Description
Voalant   United Kingdom The ship foundered off the west coast of the Orkney Islands. Wreckage and a lifebuoy washed ashore.[20]

24 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 24 June 1884
Ship State Description
Olga   United Kingdom The yacht was run into by the Mersey Ferry Violet (  United Kingdom) and sank at Eastham, Cheshire.[21]

25 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1884
Ship State Description
Helen Burns   United Kingdom The barque ran aground in the River Tawe.[22] She was refloated with assistance.[18]
Rochester   United Kingdom The paddle steamer struck the Stag Rock, in Spring Bay, Patagonia, Argentina and sank. Her crew survived.

26 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 26 June 1884
Ship State Description
Glen Osmond   United Kingdom The ship collided with the steamship Concordia (  United Kingdom) and was severely damaged. Glen Osmond was on a voyage from London to Adelaide, Queensland.[18]
Solway Queen   United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Skokham Island, Pembrokeshire. She was refloated and beached at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.[18]

27 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1884
Ship State Description
Cæsarea   United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Strathesk (  United Kingdom) and sank 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Cap La Hougue, Manche, France with the loss of one of the 35 people on board. Survivors were rescued by Strathesk. Cæsarea was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France.[23][24]

29 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1884
Ship State Description
Daswinton Flag unknown The ship was destroyed by fire at Valparaíso, Chile.[25]

30 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1884
Ship State Description
River Avon   United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on a reef off Boa Vista Island, Cape Verde Islands. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Talcahuano, Chile.[26]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in June 1884
Ship State Description
Alava   Spain The steamship was driven ashore at Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.[22]
Angeleta   Spain The ship caught fire at sea. Her nineteen crew were rescued by the barque Pipalarno (  Italy).[27]
Bermuda   Canada The steamship was driven ashore at Amagansett, New York. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to New York City.[28]
Buitron   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Norrskar Rock. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Vaasa, Grand Duchy of Finland.[29]
C. H. T. Brothers   United Kingdom The fishing boat was abandoned in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Fraserburg, Aberdeenshire.[9]
Claudius and Seyn Flag unknown The steamship was driven ashore at Bilbao, Spain. She was later refloated.[19]
Dawn   United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on the Hogsty Reef, Bahamas. Her sixteen crew survived. She was on a voyage from Baracoa, Cuba to New York City.[4][5]
Deak   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Kingston, Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Kingston. She was refloated and taken in to Kingston.[15]
Elna   Denmark The brig was lost on the coast of Greenland. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to Ivigtût, Greenland.[10]
James Shaw   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Hudiksvall, Sweden. She was refloated and taken in to Stockholm in a leaky condition.[9]
Klep   Russia The ship was driven ashore at "Sondrerose". She was on a voyage from South Shields to Saint Petersburg. She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark.[22]
Lauras   Italy The barque was wrecked at Valparaíso, Chile. Her crew were rescued.[5]
Lovaine   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in Lough Foyle. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Londonderry. She was refloated on 24 June and completed her voyage.[18]
Marcello   Italy The barque put in to Cape Town, Cape Colony on fire. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Java, Netherlands East Indies.[14]
Marlborough   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Hainan Head, China. She was on a voyage from Saigon, French Indo-China to Hong Kong.[14]
Mary Darkee   United Kingdom The barque ran aground at Amherst Harbour, Magdalen Islands, Quebec, Canada.[14]
Rougemont   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Sorrelle Rocks, off Cape Negro, French Tunisia.[25][19]
Roebuck   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore in the Sfântu Gheorge branch of the Danube. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to Sulina, Romania.[25]
Sir William Armstrong   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated on 2 July.[19]
Umatilla   United States The ship sank in Esquimalt Harbour, British Columbia, Canada.[21]
Uncas   United Kingdom The barque was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Valparaíso, Chile.[15]
Veranda   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt to Hartlepool, County Durham. She had been refloated by 1 July.[25]
Wawbeck   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 12 June.[16]
Welcome Home   United Kingdom The fishing boat was wrecked on the Ballymacaw Rocks, on the coast of County Waterford. Her crew were rescued.[9]
Xantho   United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Valuta (  Germany) and sank in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued. Xantho was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Hull.[22]
Zio Battista   Italy The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. She was later refloated with assistance.[29]
Unnamed   United States The lighter sank in a hurricane at Philadelphia.[29]

References edit

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