The emigrant ship, belonging to Patrick Henderson and co of Glasgow was wrecked at North Rock, near Portaferry, County Down. All 209 passengers and 41 crew survived and taken ashore in fishing boats to Clougher.[7]
The passenger ship sank with the loss of between 389 and 437 lives (sources disagree) after colliding with the steamer Sultan (United Kingdom) in the North Sea near Borkum Island. Between 56 and 133 people survived and were saved by Diamant and Thetis (flags unknown).[9][10]
The Amsterdam brig struck The Manacles while carrying coal from Cardiff to the West Indies. The nine crew were landed at Porthoustock by the St Keverne boat Goodrievey Bay.[11][12]
Star of Hope
The Wilmington vessel was wrecked at the mouth of the River Mersey. The crew survived.[13]
The vessel left Penarth Port in South Wales with a cargo of coal destined for Bombay, India. It ran into a storm in the Bay of Biscay and went down with all hands lost, including that of Rangers F.C. founder, 25-year-old Peter Campbell.
The steamer foundered minutes after all eight passengers and eight of the crew escaped in one of the ships boat, during a gale in the Bay of Biscay. The ten British crew and the rest of the unnamed Chinese crew were lost while the 1,951 ironclad steamer was bound from London for Shanghai.[21]
The schooner was driven ashore near the entrance of Newquay harbour. One member of crew jumped overboard and was not seen again, the rest were saved by the rocket apparatus. Storm Nymph was carrying coal from Cardiff to Hayle.[23]
The French vessel ran into the South-Western Company's steamer Hilda and immediately sank in the English Channel. A boat from Hilda was sent to rescue the French seaman and was not seen again.[25]
The Porthmadoc brig was presumed lost off St Mary's, Isles of Scilly while bound from Falmouth, Cornwall to Liverpool during a gale. The stern, a life-buoy and a young man was washed up and the crew of eleven were presumed lost.[26]
The ship broke up near Wexford, Ireland. The crew were landed by the rocket apparatus and some of the cargo was salvaged, including barrels of rum.[29]
The steamer was wrecked near the Black Sea entrance of the Bosphorus. Thirteen crew took to the ships boats, which capsized drowning the occupants. The captain and the remaining crew were saved by the rocket apparatus.[30]
The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean while en route from New York to Ayr. All the crew were landed at Shanklin. Isle of Wight with the exception of the mate who drowned.[31]
The Leith steamer was disabled by a gale on Monday night and foundered the next day on the Little Fish Bank. Carrying eighty-one people including fifty migrants, the steamer sank before assistance could arrive and sixty-five people lost their lives.[36]
The 2,000-ton Liverpool vessel left Dundee for her home port, in ballast and under-tow by the steam tug Recovery (flag unknown), was driven ashore 10 miles (16 km) south of Aberdeen. All twenty crew lost their lives.[38]
The rye schooner was driven ashore near Polperro, Cornwall and quickly broke up. The captain, mate and three others drowned; there were three survivors.[40]
The barque, which was carrying deal from St Johns to Greenock was waterlogged and abandoned at 40 20 N 57 38 S. The crew were taken off by the Norwegian barque Havdyst.[44]
The steamer collided with the steamer Thames (United Kingdom) and sank at the entrance to the port of Bilbao. Six out of eleven people onboard lost their lives and two of the crew of Thames may also have perished.[49]
Bound from London for Melbourne with a general cargo, the vessel sank shortly after colliding with the four-masted County of Aberdeen in the English Channel.[51]
The barque sank at Ichabor with the loss of all on board.[54]
June
22 June
List of shipwrecks: 22 June 1883
Ship
State
Description
Waitara
The New Zealand Shipping Company steamer left Gravesend for New Zealand on 19 June and was struck by Hurunia, owned by the same company, twice. Waitara keeled over and quickly sank with the loss of twenty-seven lives.[55]
The Faversham schooner sprung a leak and sank off Newark light, while carrying coal from Newcastle to Penzance. The crew was landed by a smack at Lowestoft.[56]
The schooner was sunk in a collision with Wm. Lawrence (United States) near Point Lookout. The Captain's Wife and their 2 children, and the ship's Steward were killed.[61]
During poor visibility the government supply ship ran into the steamer Egypt, which was anchored off Woolwich Arsenal, River Thames. Thames sank within a few minutes.[66]
The Newcastle steamer foundered within two minutes of being struck amidships by the Hamburg steamer Palermo. Five crew lost their lives while the captain and rest of the crew were landed at Falmouth, the following day, by Palermo.[67]
The Antwerp steamship ran aground during a dense fog, 15 miles (24 km) north of Cape St Vincent. The captain and twenty-five crew abandoned immediately and were picked up the following day by the Gelert of Cardiff. They landed at Falmouth, Cornwall on the 1 September.[68]
While being towed by the Liverpool tug Recovery, the steamship immediately sank when cut in two by the transatlantic liner St Germain. Seventeen of the crew and the only passenger died with the remainder landed at Plymouth by the extensively damaged St Germain.[69]
1883 eruption of Krakatoa: The colonial gunboat was anchored in the harbor at Telok Betong, Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies, when a tsunami generated by an eruption of Krakatoa washed her into the city's Chinese quarter at 7:30 a.m. A larger tsunami at 11:00 a.m. carried Berouw up the valley of the Koeripan River and dumped her 1.8 kilometres (1.1 mi) inland at an elevation of 9 metres (30 ft). Her entire crew of 28 died.[70]
An excursion steamer sank after her boiler exploded on the Hudson River. The loss of life is unknown, although most of the several hundred on board were saved.[74]
Following a collision with a steamer, the barque sank near The Needles, Isle of Wight within 30 minutes. The steamer continued up the English Channel leaving the crew and captain's family in the barque's boats. They were picked up by the German Lloyd steamer Habsburg and landed at Southampton.[83]
The Liverpool barque's cargo of benzine caught fire at Havre killing one man and seriously injuring many of the crew. The Messrs French and Co vessel was a complete loss.[85]
Messrs Shaw, Saville and Company's emigrant ship collided with the General Steam Navigation Company's steamer Cormorant and sank in seven minutes, 18 miles (29 km) south-east of Start Point, Devon. The sixty passengers and crew escaped in the ship's boats. St Leonards was bound for New Zealand.[86]
A ship's boat with the name Pensee-Ayugrey was found at St Ives, Cornwall on 1 October and wreckage was washed ashore. A body of a young man was found at Hawke's Point.[92]
The wooden bulk carrier was wrecked in shallow water in Lake Huron off Thunder Bay Island while towing a barge to Duluth, Minnesota. While she was still stranded, her engine and boiler were salvaged, and the rest of her wreck has since broken up and separated in about 35 feet (11 m) of water.[93]
The steamer's cargo of hay caught fire while going upstream on the River Tay to Newburgh. The vessel was burnt to the water's edge and the crew left in the ship's boats.[94]
The barque was run into by the American ship Florence and sank at 38.6 north, 53.18 west, while carrying wheat from New York to Lisbon. The crew were landed at Falmouth, Cornwall on 9 November 1883.[98]
The steamer, loaded with barrels of lime, tanks of acid and kegs of nails, caught fire at dock at De Tour, Michigan and was scuttled in 13 feet (4.0 m) of water to extinguish the fire. The vessel was raised on 13 November and proceeded to Detroit. While being unloaded on 24 November some acid was spilled on the lime creating gas that killed a crew member.[108]
The schooner capsized and sank in a severe gale in Lake Michigan. She had been under tow of the tug Protection (United States) that was in distress and cut her loose to save herself. One crewman killed.[109][110]
The steamer barge/freighter suffered engine and steering problems in a severe gale after encountering and taking under tow the tug Protection (United States) that was in distress. She sank in Lake Michigan in 20 fathoms (120 ft; 37 m) of water 15 miles (24 km) off Holland, Michigan. 12 crewmembers were rescued by the schooner Driver (United States). The ship sank before Driver could rescue her captain and five other crew.[111][112]
The tug got into trouble in a severe gale on Lake Michigan while towing Arab (United States). The tug cut the schooner loose to try to save herself. She was taken under tow by the steamer barge/freighter H. C. Ackley (United States), but soon H. C. Ackley got into trouble and cut her loose. She eventually grounded off Saugatuck, Michigan.[113][114]
The passenger freighter broke up and sank in a severe gale in Lake Superior. Wreckage was found on shore scattered between Ontonagon, Michigan and Keewenaw Point. Lost with all hands. The estimate of lost lives runs from 23 to 30 passengers and crew.[115][116]
The barque foundered off the African coast, while on a journey from Cardiff to Bacan. The crew were landed at Falmouth, Cornwall by the Danish barque T H Love.[122]
The ketch was driven ashore at Kincardine, Ontario, Canada, during a storm on Lake Huron. She eventually was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.
The 71-ton ketch, carrying coal from Swansea to her home port in Guernsey hit the Rundlestone, off Tol Pedn, west Cornwall during a thick fog. The crew escaped in the ship's boat taking six hours to sail to Penzance.[123]
The steamship was waterlogged by heavy seas on 17 November which extinguished the boilers. Four men were lost overboard. The survivors kept the vessel afloat via the pumps and were finally rescued on 6 December.[125]
The Nova Scotia brig was waterlogged and abandoned at latitude 4.43 north, longitude 38 west while out of Montreal for Buenos Ayres. The crew were landed at Falmouth, Cornwall, after being rescued by the American vessel Gardener Colly and transferred to the brig John Robert
The Manchester Railway Company's steamer was delayed by fog on the regular voyage between Hamburg and Grimsby. She was struck below the water line, amidships by the collier Wear and sank in a few minutes 25 miles (40 km) off Spurn Head. The passengers and crew were rescued.[128]
The passenger-cargo steamer was cut in two in a collision with the steam collierWear (flag unknown) in the North Sea about 25 miles (40 km) from Spurn Point, Yorkshire, England, and sank in a few minutes. Her passengers and crew were rescued by Wear, then transferred to Franklin (flag unknown) when fears arose that Wear also was sinking.
The passenger-cargo steamer was at anchor in the Formby Channel in the River Mersey in the approaches to Liverpool when the steamer Rita (Spain) collided with and sank her. Her passengers and crew escaped safely in her lifeboats.
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^"Shipwrecks". Pitcairn Islands Philatelic Bureau. Government of the Pitcairn Islands. 22 June 1994. Retrieved 21 September 2019. 23 August 1883 ... the Pitcairners found a boat belonging to the barque Oregon bound from Oregon to Chile which had struck the reefs of Oeno.
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^"A Disastrous Collision". The Cornishman. No. 268. 30 August 1883. p. 7.