List of shipwrecks in 1883
The list of shipwrecks in 1883 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1883.
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January
6 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Robert Williams |  United Kingdom
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The schooner ran aground at Slade, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea to Abersoch, Glamorgan.[1] |
7 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| City of Brussels | United Kingdom
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Struck by Kirby Hall ( United Kingdom) in the River Mersey and cut in two. Sank with the loss of ten lives.
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9 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Parry's Lodge | United Kingdom
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The schooner was wrecked on Pwll Du Point, Glamorgan with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Amlwch, Anglesey to Swansea, Glamorgan.[1] |
10 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sallie W. Kay | The schooner was wrecked on the coast of New Jersey near Ocean City during a snowstorm. Six of her seven crew members were saved.[2] |
12 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Jessie Shuttleworth | United Kingdom
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wrecked in a gale off Cape Tagmeriwelt, Morocco.[3] |
16 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Princesse Stephanie |  Belgium
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Collided with Concha ( Spain) off Lisbon, Portugal.[4]
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27 January
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Agnes Jack | United Kingdom
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The steamship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Port Eynon Point, Glamorgan with the loss of her eight crew. She was on a voyage from Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy to Llanelli, Glamorgan.[1] |
| Amiral Prinz Adalbert |  Germany
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The three-masted barque was driven ashore and wrecked near the Mumbles Lighthouse, Glamorgan with the loss of one of her fifteen crew.[1] |
| James Grey | United Kingdom
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The steamship was wrecked on the Tusker Rock, in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all hands.[1] |
| Wolverhampton |  Royal National Lifeboat Institution
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The lifeboat capsized whilst going to the rescue of Amiral Prinz Adalbert ( Germany) with the loss of four of her six crew.[1]
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February
7 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Surprise |  France
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The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked west of Overton Mere, Glamorgan, United Kingdom with the loss of all hands. The ship's dog survived.[1] |
12 February
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Reine des Fleurs | France
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The brigantine was driven ashore at West Cross, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes to Swansea, Glamorgan.[1] |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Copernicus | Belgium
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Wrecked at Porto de Pedras, Brazil.[5] |
July
2 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ludwig | Belgium
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Last sighting passing Prawle Point, England bound for Montreal, Quebec, Canada. No further trace, lost with all 32 passengers and 43 crew.[6] |
3 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Daphne | United Kingdom
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Sank at launch with the loss of at least 124 lives. Ship raised, repaired, renamed and entered service. |
22 July
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Marco Polo |  Norway
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The clipper was wrecked near Cavendish, Prince Edward Island, Canada. |
August
8 August
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| William Miles | United Kingdom
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The barque ran aground near Porthcawl, Glamorgan and sank. All thirteen people on board were rescued by Chafyn Grove ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[1]
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27 August
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Berouw |  Netherlands
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The gunboat was anchored in the harbor at Telok Betong, Sumatra, when a tsunami generated by the 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 km (1.1 miles) inland at an elevation of 9 meters (30 feet), killing her entire crew of 28.[7] |
September
1 September
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| G I Jones |  United States
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The Newport, Rhode Island registered barque carrying phosphate rock from Bull River, California to Falmouth and driven ashore at Stackhouse Cove, Cornwall, UK in a SSW gale. All thirteen crew were lost.[8] |
| Europa | Germany
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wrecked on Wittsand (off Scharhörn) coming from Hamburg.[9] |
October
4 October
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| James Davidson |  United States
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The wooden bulk freighter wrecked in shallow water off the coast of Thunder Bay Island in Lake Huron while towing a consort-barge to Duluth. While still stranded, its engine and boiler were salvaged, and the rest of it has since broken up and separated about 35 feet underwater.[10] |
November
4 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sarah M. Smith | flag unknown | The barque was sighted by Plantyn ( Belgium) abandoned at 40°34′N 72°34′W / 40.567°N 72.567°W.[4]
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17 November
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Plantyn | Belgium
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caught in a storm and severely damaged. About 460 tons of cargo jettisoned, but five people lost overboard during this operation. Passengers and crew manned the pumps for 19 days until rescued by brigantine G D T ( Canada). Plantyn was abandoned on 6 December at 44°17′N 42°20′W / 44.283°N 42.333°W.[4]
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29 November
| Ship | State | Description |
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| Lord Marmino | United Kingdom
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The barque was in collision with the steamship James Bacon ( United Kingdom in the Bristol Channel (5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south of Oxwich, Glamorgan and sank with the loss of one of her ten crew.[1]
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Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
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| J M Carter | Canada
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The ketch was driven ashore at Kincardine, Ontario. Tug Erie Belle ( Canada) sent to her aid, but sank following boiler explosion.
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December
25 December
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| PS South of Ireland | United Kingdom
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The paddle steamer was wrecked on the Warbarrow Rocks near Lulworth, Dorset in foggy conditions.[11] |
Unknown date
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Agnes |  New South Wales
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The ketch foundered in Jervis Bay. |
| Fanny | United Kingdom
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The 130-year-old ship was wrecked off Barry, Glamorgan.[1][1] |
| Taitsing | United Kingdom
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The clipper sank off Zanzibar. |
| Vauban | France
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The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Pennard, Glamorgan. Her crew survived.[1] |
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ^ Anonymous, Shipwrecks of the Mid-Atlantic: Maryland, Delaware & Southern New Jersey (poster), Sealake Products USA, undated.
- ^ Gravestone epitaph in the Christian Cemetery, Essaouria, Morocco, to Robert Jabez Cannam, Captain of the Schooner "Jessie Shuttleworth"
- ^ a b c "Belgian Merchant P-Z" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
- ^ "Belgian Merchant A-G" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
- ^ "Belgian Merchant H-O" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
- ^ Blong, R. J., Volcanic Hazards: A Sourcebook on the Effects of Eruptions, New York: Academic Press, 1984, ISBN 0 12 107180 4, p. 276.
- ^ Larn, R; Larn, B. (1991). Shipwrecks Around Mounts Bay. Penryn: Tor Mark Press.
- ^ "SV Europa (+1883)". wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
- ^ "James Davidson". Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary. NOAA.
- ^ "PSS South Of Ireland [+1883]".