The brigantine was abandoned, after drifting in the Atlantic Ocean following the loss of her mainsail on 13 January. The crew transferred to Anglesea and were taken to Falmouth, Cornwall.[7]
The Maryport barque left her home port on 14 December 1881 and, experiencing continuous bad weather abandoned the vessel on 20 February. They were picked up by the Dutch vessel Ermsterl on 28 February and landed at Falmouth, Cornwall on 16 March.[14]
The steamer grounded on the Cross Sands, off Great Yarmouth while carrying coal from Shields to Alexandria. All of the crew were washed off the wreck except for the boatswain who was picked up by the Gorleston volunteer lifeboat.[17]
The barque left New York on 29 January carrying paraffin oil for Danzig and was abandoned after five days of manning the pumps, in an effort to keep the ship afloat after a storm. The boatswain and one crew were washed overboard while the captain and ten men were landed at Falmouth, Cornwall by the Norwegian barque Emma on 26 February.[18]
The steamer was destroyed by fire near Jefferson, Texas. The Cabin Boy died.[20]
22 March
List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1882
Ship
State
Description
Unnamed
Two vessels went ashore in a gale in the North Sea, off Shields. One is expected to be a total wreck. No lives were lost.[21]
24 March
List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1882
Ship
State
Description
Maddick
Sank in three minutes after being hit by the steamer Gertrude while at anchor off Southend. A pilot and the crew were landed at Gravesend by the steamer.[22]
The sternwheel paddle steamer struck an obstruction and sank in the Mississippi River at Stumpy Point, near Island 102, after departing Vicksburg, Mississippi. A stewardess was trapped below decks and killed, but the rest of the crew escaped safely onto barges.
The steamship sank on the Tusker Sands, in the Bristol Channel with the loss of three of her eleven crew. Survivors were rescued by the Porthcawl Lifeboat.[23]
The steamer collided with the passenger ship Douro (United Kingdom) in the Bay of Biscay off the northwest coast of Spain and sank with the loss of 53 lives. Survivors were rescued by the steamer Hidalgo (United Kingdom).[26]
The barque struck the Spanish Ledges, at the entrance to St Mary's Sound in the Isles of Scilly. She was en route from St Vincent for London with sugar. The crew escaped, but there was much embarrassment as she was carrying a St Agnes pilot.[30][31]
The 89 ton steamer was driven ashore in St Ives Bay under Wheal Lucy mine while carrying dynamite from Ireland to Hayle. The crew were hauled ashore on a rope and the captain and mate were picked up by the Hayle lifeboat.[32]
The steamer sank while on a voyage between Saigon and Singapore.[39]
June
2 June
List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1882
Ship
State
Description
Melanie Heloise
The schooner parted her chains in Whitesand Bay, Cornwall, was holed when she fouled an English schooner and drifted past the Longships Lighthouse. The French ship was abandoned 19 nautical miles (35 km; 22 mi) off Land's End. The crew was picked up by the schooner Bull.[40]
Eleven of the crew abandoned the vessel when it was sinking. Others, including the captain and mate were left on board when their lifeboat broke adrift. The Hartlepool ship was carrying deal, iron and oats from Gothenburg to London.[41]
The no 3 Pilot Cutter based at Falmouth, was run down in the English Channel, by the steamer Rosina about 3 miles (4.8 km) off St Anthony Head, Cornwall. The six crew survived.[42][43]
The Newcastle steamtug left Shields for Warkworth, Northumberland with one hundred passengers. Alice hit rocks near Bondiear Point in fog and most of the passengers were taken off in fishing boats. The ship's boat submerged when launched with seventeen onboard, only three survived.[44]
The steamer was sunk in a collision with John Lomas (United States) off Mingo Junction, Ohio in the Ohio River, sinking partially submerged in 16 feet of water. Raised, repaired and returned to service under the name "Regular". Death estimates range from 58 to more than 75 died.[47][48][49]
The schooner was hit by the screw-steamer Valhalla off Dungeness and sank immediately off. The captain and three crew drowned, six others and four passengers survived.[53]
The Fowey vessel sprung a leak and foundered 200 miles (320 km) north of Mona while bound for Hamburg with phosphate. The crew were rescued by the Danish brigantine Familieus and landed at Fowey on 27 August.[54]
The North German Lloyd mail steamer grounded on rocks off the Lizard while on a voyage from Southampton to New York with mail and passengers. The 500 to 600 passengers were landed at Pennance by the Falmouth steamer Rosella.[56]
The passenger steamer and package freighter sank near Lonely Island in Canada′s Georgian Bay with the loss of 123 lives. Only two passengers survived..
The steamer was struck amidships by the Wilson Line steamer Lepanto during thick fog. Edam left New York the day before and sank the Mouth of the Hudson River near Sandy Hook at latitude 41-8, longitude 66-59 west. All the passengers and crew were saved bar two of the crew.[59][60]
The steamboat caught fire and sank on the Mississippi River while heading to New Orleans from Vicksburg. Twenty crew and passengers lost their lives.[63]
The Aberystwith schooner sprung a leak eight miles south-east of Penzance, Cornwall and foundered while carrying pitch from Plymouth to Swansea. The crew of four landed at Penzance in the ship's boat.[64]
The steamer, from Simonachi, Japan with rice for Bremen broke up on the sandbanks off the north coast of the Netherlands. Five of the twenty-seven crew survived.[74]
The ship sank at her mooring in Neutral Bay, off Kirribilli Point in Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia on 11 November 1882. Five crew were killed in the incident. The ship was raised and sailed to Glasgow for refit.
The Newcastle steamer foundered 30 miles (48 km) north of Ushant. The crew took to two whaleboats which capsized at the entrance to the port of Argenton with the loss of twent-seven lives. One man survived.[81][82]
The 676-ton barque hit the Vorses, rocks on the outer part of the Manacles, near Falmouth, Cornwall and fell on her portside. The captain, first mate and nine crew put off in the ship's boat for the shore leaving five onboard, who were rescued by two local cutters, just before the masts fell leaving all of the vessel underwater.[83]
The ship was driven ashore at Pwlldu Bay, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. All twenty-one people on board survived. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Swansea, Glamorgan. Lamershagen broke in two the next day.[23]
The Glasgow steamer foundered 25 miles (40 km) from Portreath, Cornwall while bound for Nantes from Swansea. Ten of the crew and the engineer's wife went down with the steamer. The eight remaining crew took to the ship's boat and capsized in the surf at Portreath with the loss of one more life.[87][88]
The Whitstable vessel parted her anchors in the Swin and probably went ashore on the sands with the loss of ten crew, who were nearly all married women.[89]
The steamer Marion changed course and hit the French steamer while seeking the shelter of Lundy Island. The crew jumped overboard but only the captain and three crew were saved. Fourteen lives lost.[90]
The steamer, carrying ballast from Honfleur to Sunderland went ashore at Camber coastguard station. The sixteen crew were taken off by the Rye lifeboat; the captain remaining onboard. The Winchelsea lifeboat capsized twice with one man drowning.[92]
The Leith barque was run down by the steamer Hamstels and sank 16 miles (26 km) off Start Point, Devon. The pilot and a crewman were drowned, while the rest were landed at Plymouth.[98]
The Cowes vessel Helen (United Kingdom) collided with the Hayle schooner Giles Lang and was abandoned off the Lizard. The crew were saved by the Giles Lang.[105]
The crew abandoned the Fleetwood schooner, after being hit by the barquentine Fonthill, 8 to 10 miles west north-west of the Longships Lighthouse, Cornwall. The five crew were picked up by the Fonthill. The abandoned schooner drifted ashore, bottom up, at the Gassick, between Sennen Cove and St Just.[106]
The barque grounded on a rock on the Kits Cairn, near Porthcurno, Cornwall. After 10 or 15 minutes the barque was carried out to sea by the wind and tide. Before the barque foundered, two local boats following the vessel, took off the ten crew and landed them at Porthgwarra.[107]
The steamer sank off the Isles of Scilly, after being hit by a Greek steamer and her boiler exploding. The crew were picked up by the Greek steamer and taken to Cardiff.[108]
The Bristol barque, owned by Messrs King and Company went ashore on Lundy Island in the Bristol Channel during a thick fog. The crew took to the ship's boat, landing on Lundy. She was carrying a general cargo including bales of silk.[109]
The three-masted brigantine left Cardiff with steel rails and went ashore on Lundy in a thick fog. The crew escaped in the ship's boat and climbed the cliffs on the north coast.[109]
The 1300 ton Saint Johns vessel ran ashore to the west of Prawle Point with the loss of two men. She was en route from Calcutta to Amsterdam with linseed.[111]
The barque hit the Tuscar Rock, County Wexford while en route from Liverpool to Calcutta. Two of the twenty-six crew survived, being washed ashore near Carnsore in the ship's lifeboat.[112]
17 December
List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1882
Ship
State
Description
Haven
The Wedestrand barque was struck amidship and sank in twenty minutes when hit by the London steamer Cyanus off Folkestone. The crew were picked up by Cyanus and landed at Dover.[113]
The Truro schooner sank, rapidly in a heavy sea, about 5 miles (8.0 km) south-west of the Longships Lighthouse. The crew took to the ship's boat and were rescued by the St Ives lifeboat, about 2 miles (3.2 km) off St Ives.[115]
New England
The steamer sank after hitting a bar in the Clarence River. Sixteen of the fifty-three on board drowned.[116]
The steamer sank within five minutes after colliding with the Knight of the Thistle off the Owers Lightship, near the Isle of Wight. Three crew lost their lives.[118]
The Castellmare barquentine, carrying coal from Newcastle to Bari was wrecked on the Goswick Sands, near Berwick. The pilot and eleven crew drowned; two crew survived.[121]
The schooner was found by the Hull fishing smack Victor. An attempt to save the crew failed when a heavy sea swamped the Victor's boat with three of the rescued crew on board.[122]
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in 1882
Ship
State
Description
Bahama
flag unknown
The vessel sank. A Trinidadbrigantine picked up the only survivor from an icebox; he was in the sea for six days.[123]
Don Guillermo
flag unknown
The barque sank in the harbour of Vanvan, Tonga during a hurricane, when a 15-foot (4.6 m) storm surge swept over the island. The captain, officers, and six seamen were drowned. Five boys survived.[124]