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List of shipwrecks in March 1884

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

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1 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1884
Ship State Description
Rose   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Millport, Great Cumbrae, Inner Hebrides. She was refloated on 27 March and beached.[1]

2 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1884
Ship State Description
Pizarro   United Kingdom The barque was sighted off Gabo Island, Victoria. She subsequently foundered off the coast of Queensland with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire to Cooktown, Queensland.[2]

4 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1884
Ship State Description
Ama   Sweden The barque collided with the steamship Bertha (  United Kingdom) and sank off Cape Trafalgar, Spain with the loss of all but her captain. She was on a voyage from Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy to Härnösand.[3]

5 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1884
Ship State Description
Chance   Norway The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Phœnix (  Norway). Chance was on a voyage from New York, United States to Stockholm, Sweden.[4]

6 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1884
Ship State Description
Progress   United Kingdom The schooner collided with the steamship .Nieta (  United Kingdom) and drove ashore at Rock Ferry, Cheshire[5]
Raja Nattianunhar   Siam The steamship was wrecked on Pulu Panjang, Cocos Islands. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Bangkok.[6]

8 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1884
Ship State Description
Ethel Gwendoline   United Kingdom The ship ran aground and sank 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south of Piel Island, Lancashire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Fleetwood, Lancashire.[7] She was later refloated and taken in to Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire in a leaky condition.[8]
Venture   United Kingdom The smack sprang a leak and was beached opposite Pladda. Her crew survived. Venture was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Campbeltown, Argyllshire. She subsequently floated off and sank.[9]

9 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1884
Ship State Description
Samson   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore near Wick, Caithness with the loss of all six crew.[10]
Mayflower   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Annat Bank, off Montrose, Forfarshire. Her crew were rescued by the Montrose Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from the Forth and Clyde Canal to Montrose.[6]

10 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1884
Ship State Description
Helene   Germany The barque struck a buoy off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom and was holed. She beached at Sea Palling. Her sixteen crew were rescued by the Palling Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Alexandria, Egypt.[9]
Samson   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in Keiss Bay with the loss of all hands, at least two lives.[11][12]
Skarphenden   Denmark The schooner was wrecked at Sumburgh, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Iceland.[9]

12 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1884
Ship State Description
Septimus   United Kingdom The collier was driven ashore at the Camden Fort, Cork. She subsequently broke up.[13]

13 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1884
Ship State Description
Amethyst   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Cimbritshamn, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Liepāja, Russia to Dundee, Forfarshire.[13]

14 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1884
Ship State Description
Albuera   United Kingdom The ship was sighted in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Tuticorin, India to London. No further trace,[14] reported missing.[15]

15 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1884
Ship State Description
Glenhaven   United Kingdom The ship departed from the Sapelo River for Cardiff, Glamorgan. No further trace, reported overdue.[16]
Martha Jane   United Kingdom The ship departed from Swansea, Glamorgan for Killala, County Mayo. No further trace,.[17] reported mising.[18]

16 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1884
Ship State Description
Lucia   Germany The barque was run into by the barque Annie Johnson (  United States) and sank with the loss of six of her crew.[19]
Mary Boyns   United Kingdom The schooner was stuck by the steamer Mulgrave (  United Kingdom) and sank in the Bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued by Mulgrave. Mary Boyns was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to Penzance, Cornwall.[20]
Rayner   United Kingdom The steamship was damaged by fire at Brăila, Romania. She was on a voyage from Brăila to Antwerp, Belgium.[8]
Victoria   Sweden The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (39°31′N 32°46′W / 39.517°N 32.767°W / 39.517; -32.767). Her captain and six of the crew were rescued by Astoria (Flag unknown). Victoria was on a voyage from Old Harbour, Jamaica to Goole, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[21]

17 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1884
Ship State Description
Angelo   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Basfo Reef, off Horten, Norway.[22]
Elmira Woolny   United States The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Oranmore (  United Kingdom). Elmira Woolny was on a voyage from New York to Norfolk, Virginia.[23]
Glanwern   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at "Scardovari Portobello", Italy. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Venice, Italy.[8]
Mokta   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at "Zafarana", Egypt. She was on a voyage from the East Indies to London.[8]
Scotia   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 Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Villaricos, Spain.[8]

18 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1884
Ship State Description
Aristocrat   United Kingdom The steamship foundered off Île-Molène, Finistère, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Hull, Yorkshire.[22]
Flowery Land   United Kingdom The lugger foundered in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Eyemouth, Berwickshire. Her crew were rescued by the fishing lugger Bethel (  United Kingdom).[23]
Saint Pierre   France The smack was driven ashore and wrecked near Ballinskelligs, County Kerry, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.[24]

19 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1884
Ship State Description
Cambrian Queen   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Scattery Island, County Clare.[25]
Gleamer   United Kingdom The fishing trawler was run into by the barque William (  United States) and sank off the Kent coast with the loss of two of her six crew. Survivors were rescued by William.[26]

20 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1884
Ship State Description
Ardangorm   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on Cefn Wrach, off Cardiff, Glamorgan.[24]
Ashfield   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on Cefn Wrach. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[24]
Atlanta   Sweden The schooner was driven ashore and severely damaged at Broughty Ferry Castle, Forfarshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Tayport, Fife, United Kingdom to "Muhlgraben".[25]
Dagmar   Norway The barque was driven ashore near Campbeltown, Argyllshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.[24]
Driffield   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on Cefn Wrach.[24]
Enna   Italy The steamship was driven ashore on Giannutri. All on board were rescued.[25]
Frigorifique, and
Rumney 		  France
  United Kingdom 		The steamships collided off the Île de Sein, Finistère and both vessels sank. Their crews were rescued. Frigorifique was on a voyage from Pasaia, Spain to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure. Rumney was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Rochefort, Charente-Inférieure.[27]
Marengo   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Humber at Hull, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from New York to Hull.[25] She was refloated and taken in to Hull.[24]
Mary Elizabeth   United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Portrush, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Bangor, County Down to Portrush.[25]
Petchelee   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore in Ardnell Bay, Ayrshire. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Christiania, Norway.[25]
Prince Soltykoff   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on Cefn Wrach.[24]
Sydenham   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Shoebury Sands, in the Thames Estuary off the coast of Essex.[25] She was refloated the next day and towed in to Gravesend, Kent.[24]

21 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1884
Ship State Description
Assyria   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Texa, Inner Hebrides. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[24]
Elinor   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Asdal, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was a total loss.[24]
Thomas Adams   United Kingdom The steamship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) east of the Farne Islands, Northumberland with the loss of four of her sixteen crew. Survivors were rescued by the smack Thornbeck (  United Kingdom). Thomas Adams was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[28][29]

23 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1884
Ship State Description
Eagle   United States The barque was driven ashore on Ereikoussa, Greece. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Fiume, Austria-Hungary.[26]

25 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1884
Ship State Description
Achievement   United Kingdom The steam trawler was run into and sunk by the steamship Dunelm (  United Kingdom) off Seaham, County Durhame. Her crew were rescued by 'Dunelm.[1]
Emily   United Kingdom The ship foundered off Islay, Inner Hebrides.[4]
William Owen   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground off Faro, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Faro.[1]

26 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1884
Ship State Description
Heinrich   Germany The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Gijón, Spain.[1]
Speculator   United Kingdom The fishing smack collided with the steamship Pacific (  United Kingdom) and sank with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Pacific.[30]

27 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1884
Ship State Description
Huntcliffe   United Kingdom The steamship arrived at Maassluis, South Holland, Netherlands, on fire and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Rotterdam, South Holland.[1] She was a total loss.[31]
Middlesbrough   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Middelgrunden, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough to Stettin, Germany.[1]
Ville de Caen   France The steamship was wrecked at "Jubal". Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Nouméa, New Caledonia.[32]

28 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1884
Ship State Description
Anne and Mary   United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak and was beached at Angle, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to Guernsey, Channel Islands.[31]
Balbec   United Kingdom The steamship struck a rock about 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) south-east of the Longships Lighthouse, Cornwall ans was beached at Nanjizal, Cornwall. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.[33]
Barbara   United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak and was beached at Angle. She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to London.[31]
Grassbrook   Germany The steamship collided with the steamship Portia (  Germany) and sank at Hamburg.[31]

30 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1884
Ship State Description
Souvenir   France The schooner was wrecked at Sant Feliu de Guíxols, Spain. Her crew were rescued.[34]

31 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1884
Ship State Description
San Josef Flag unknown The derelict vessel was found about 6 nautical miles (11 km) south-east of the Longships Lighthouse, Cornwall, United Kingdom with only a dog on board. She was towed to Penzance, Cornwall by the lugger William and Annie (  United Kingdom).[35]
William S. Baker   United States The schooner sank in a gale between New York City and Boothbay, Maine. Lost with all five crew.[36][37][38]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in March 1884
Ship State Description
Archimedes   Germany The brig was driven ashore at "Aghalmsand", Denmark.[5] She was on a voyage from Dantsic to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France.[6]
Belgenland   Belgium The steamship was driven ashore at New York, United States. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to New York. She was refloated and taken in to New York, where she collided with the quayside.[6]
Breeze   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Kingsdown, Kent. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was reflaoted and assisted in to Ramsgate, Kent.[9]
Caroline   United Kingdom The ketch was wrecked on the Tuskar Reef, off Porthcawl, Glamorgan.[7]
Cassiope   United Kingdom The ship was presumed to have foundered in a cyclone near Mauritius.[39]
Charles   France The sloop was driven ashore at Étaples, Pas-de-Calais. She was on a voyage from Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais.[6]
Colon Flag unknown The ship ran aground on the Romer Shoal, off the coast of New Jersey, United States. She was later refloated and taken in to New York.[5]
Columbus   Netherlands The brig was abandoned at sea. She was subsequently towed in to El Ferrol, Spain.[4]
Cygnus   United Kingdom The brig ran aground at the mouth of the Gun Elbe River, Africa and sank.[25]
Esmeralda   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore. She was refloated and put back to Hong Kong.[8]
Fayaway   United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Bunbeg, County Donegal.[40] She was on a voyage from Killybegs to Bunbeg.[24]
Fleetwing   United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Chatham, Massachusetts, United States.[41]
Gertrude   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Sanda Island. Her crew were rescued.[41]
G. M. Stephen   United Kingdom The schooner was run into by the tug Stormcock (  United Kingdom). G. M. Stephen was driven into the full-rigged ship Earl of Beaconsfield (  United Kingdom) and sank in the Clyde. Her crew were rescued by Earl of Beaconsfield.[5]
Grimaldi   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[6] She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth in a leaky condition.[9]
Hannah   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Banjaard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Fowey, Cornwall to Antwerp.[6]
Isabella   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and sank at Campbeltown, Argyllshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lochcarron, Ross-shire to Liverpool, Lancashire.[24]
Jacob Kienzle   United States The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Mentmore (  United Kingdom). Jacob Kienzle was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to New York.[23]
J. B. S.   United Kingdom The brig was wrecked south of Penedo, Brazil. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Penedo to the English Channel.[25]
Joseph and Mary   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Shingles, off the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but was subsequently assisted in to Ramsgate in a leaky condition.[9]
Lord Gough   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Schuylkill River. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.[7] She was refloated and completed her voyage.[6]
Maggie   United Kingdom The ship wad driven ashore near Dunbar, Lothian. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bridgeness, Lothian to Lindisfarne, Northumberland.[24]
Morning Star   United Kingdom The ship struck the pier at Lowestoft, Suffolk and was beached in a leaky condition. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.[6]
Palmen   Norway The brig ran aground in the Nieuwe Diep and became waterlogged.[41]
Oleander   United Kingdom The ship foundered before 5 March. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Shark Bay to Hamburg, Germany.[7]
Panay   Spain The steamship was wrecked off the coast of Paraguay. All on board were rescued.[11]
Pizzaro   United Kingdom The barque was sighted off Gabor Island, off Cape Howe, Victoria/New South Wales in the first week of March whilst on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire to Cooktown, Queensland. No further trace, reported severely overdue, feared to have foundered.[42]
Rose   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Farlane Point, Great Cumbrae, Inner Hebrides.[41]
Theodor Bernicke   Germany The barque was wrecked near the Chincoro Bank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belize City, British Honduras to London.[5]
Vindobala   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Schuylkill River. She was later refloated.[43]
William Griffiths   United Kingdom The steamship was lost at Bilbao, Spain. Her crew were rescued.[7]
Wismar   Germany The steamship was driven ashore on the Danish coast. She was later refloated and resumed her voyagve.[43]

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