List of shipwrecks in 1882
The list of shipwrecks in 1882 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1882.
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January
5 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Edwin & Sarah |  United Kingdom
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The ketch was wrecked at Chesil Beach, Dorset.[1] |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| City of Limerick | United Kingdom
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The steamer sailed from New York on 8 January 1882 for London and disappeared.[2] |
March
17 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Oline | United Kingdom
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The ship foundered in Cardigan Bay with the loss of all five crew.[3] |
29 March
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Liban |  France
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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.[4] |
April
2 April
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| RMS Douro |  United Kingdom
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The passenger ship collided with Yrurac Bat ( Spain) off the north west coast of Spain and sank with the loss of six lives.[5]
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June
22 June
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Escambia | United Kingdom
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Capsized and sank off San Francisco, United States |
July
5 July
| Ship | State | Description |
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| HNLMS Adder |  Royal Netherlands Navy
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Sunk with the loss of 65 lives.[6] |
September
12 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| HMS Phoenix |  Royal Navy
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Ran aground on East Point Reef, Prince Edward Island, Canada. |
22 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Clan Campbell | United Kingdom
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The 2,434 grt Clan Line owned freighter ran aground and was wrecked at Baie du Cap, Mauritius.[citation needed] |
November
1 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ellen | United Kingdom
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The smack foundered off Cardigan. Her three crew were rescued by John Stuart ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[3]
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10 November
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Wellington | United Kingdom
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Eleven crew were taken off by John Stuart ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). She sailed in to Cardigan the next day. Wellington was on a voyage from Dalhousie, Lothian to Cardigan.[3]
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19 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lamershagen |  Germany
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The ship was driven ashore at Pwlldu Bay, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. All 21 people on board survived. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Swansea, Glamorgan. Lamershagen broke in two the next day.[4] |
24 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| James W Barber |  Belgium
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Wrecked near Cape Finisterre, Spain.[7] |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
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| W J Taylor | United Kingdom
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Penzance steamer run down off Rotherhithe.[8] |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Gitana | United Kingdom
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The steam yacht foundered in Loch Rannoch.[9] |
References
- ^ "Historical List of Shipwrecks at Chesil Beach & from Bridport to Lyme Regis". Burton Bradstock Online. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
- ^ "Overdue and Missing Vessels". The Times. No. 30468. London. 30 March 1882. p. 11.
- ^ a b c "CARDIGAN & DISTRICT SHIPWRECKS AND LIFEBOAT SERVICE". Glen Johnson. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ^ a b Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ^ "SHIPWRECKS". Library of Congress. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ^ "Adder". wrecksite.eu. 2001. Retrieved 2014-04-21.
- ^ "Belgian Merchant H-O" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
- ^ Carter, C (1998). The Port of Penzance. A History. Lydney: Black Dwarf Publications.
- ^ "GITANA". Clydesite. Retrieved 1 July 2016.