List of shipwrecks in June 1883

The list of shipwrecks in June 1883 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during June 1883.

1 June

List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1883
ShipStateDescription
Rossini  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Dog Rocks, off the coast of Tunisia.[1]

2 June

List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1883
ShipStateDescription
Goya Spain The steamship collided with the steamship Vinuesa ( Spain) at Seville and was severely damaged.[2]

3 June

List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1883
ShipStateDescription
Inga Norway The barque collided with the barque Elgin ( United Kingdom) in the Atlantic Ocean (49°47′N 11°26′W / 49.783°N 11.433°W / 49.783; -11.433) and was severely damaged. Inga was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Helsingør, Denmark. She was towed in to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom by the steamship Rosetta ( United Kingdom).[3]

4 June

List of shipwrecks: 4 June 1883
ShipStateDescription
Chillingham  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Fern Holme ( United Kingdom) at Bombay, India and was severely damaged.[2]
Hansa  Germany The brig was wrecked in Struys Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Table Bay.[2]

6 June

List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1883
ShipStateDescription
Ala Charles  United Kingdom The schooner foundered off the coast of Cornwall 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south of the Sevenstones Sands Lightship ( Trinity House). Her four crew survived. She was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland to Southampton, Hampshire.[4]
Maria Wilhelmina Netherlands The barque was driven ashore at "Skar Faro", Sweden.[4]

7 June

List of shipwrecks: 7 June 1883
ShipStateDescription
Joseph Dodds  United Kingdom The steamship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Guardia, Algeria with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from the Levant to an English port.[5]
Scorton  United Kingdom The steamship foundered off Cape Guardia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Levant to an English port.[5]

10 June

List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1883
ShipStateDescription
Ocean  United Kingdom The brig was run into by the steamship Minerva ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea 12 nautical miles (22 km) off Hartlepool, County Durham with the loss of a crew member.[6]

11 June

List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1883
ShipStateDescription
Asterope  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Tamar Heas, Tasmania. She was on a voyage from London to Launceston, Tasmania.[3]
Traveller  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was wrecked at Penedo, Brazil.[6]

12 June

List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1883
ShipStateDescription
Hunstanton  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and sank near Sandhammeren, Sweden. Her crew survived.[7]
Mindet Norway The barque foundered in the Indian Ocean with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Anjer, Netherlands East Indies.[8]

13 June

List of shipwrecks: 13 June 1883
ShipStateDescription
Adolph Michel  Germany The barque collided with the steamship Oxford ( United Kingdom) in the Baltic Sea and was severely damaged. She put in to Slite, Gotland, Sweden.[7]

14 June

List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1883
ShipStateDescription
Alice  Germany The steamship was driven ashore on Saaremaa, Russia.[7]
Union Norway The steamship collided with the steamship Commodore ( United Kingdom) in the Lapground and sank. Her crew were rescued.[9]

15 June

List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1883
ShipStateDescription
State of Indiana  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Swash Channel. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to New York, United States. She was refloated and completed her voyage.[9]

16 June

List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1883
ShipStateDescription
Mary Coverdale  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Trelleborg, Sweden. She was on a voyage from West Hartlepool, Norway to Egersund, Norway.[10]

18 June

List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1883
ShipStateDescription
Knight of the Bath  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Kooria Mooria Islands with the loss of sixteen of her 33 crew. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.[11]

19 June

List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1883
ShipStateDescription
Diana  United Kingdom The dandy was driven ashore and wrecked at the Birling Gap, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Newhaven to the Birling Gap.[12]
Madonna Norway The brig, which had struck the Horns Reef on 17 June, foundered off Hanstholm, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to Nörrkoping, Sweden.[13]

20 June

List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1883
ShipStateDescription
Conqueror  United Kingdom The ship was sighted whilst on a voyage from Penarth, Glamorgan to Valparaíso, Chile. No further trace,[14] reported missing.[15]

22 June

List of shipwrecks: 22 June 1883
ShipStateDescription
Louise  United Kingdom The schooner struck the wreck of Hannah Marrice ( United Kingdom) and sank off Margate, Kent. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from London to Looe, Cornwall.[16]
Waitara New Zealand The steamship was run into by the steamship Hurunui ( United Kingdom) and sank in the English Channel 45 nautical miles (83 km) south east of Portland Bill, Dorset, United Kingdom with the loss of 27 lives. Waitara was on a voyage from Gravesend, Kent to New Zealand.[17][18]

23 June

List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1883
ShipStateDescription
Ilderton  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at "Mencorn", Ouessant, Finistère, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyuage from Bombay, India to Hull, Yorkshire.[19]

28 June

List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1883
ShipStateDescription
Tropic United States The steamship was wrecked on Fortune Island, Bahamas.[20]

29 June

List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1883
ShipStateDescription
Rievaulx Abbey  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Gulf of Bothnia. She was on a voyageb from Munksund, Sweden to London. She was refloated on 7 July and taken in to Holmsund.[21]
Two Friends  United Kingdom The ship departed from the Rio Grande do Sul for Falmouth, Cornwall. No further trace, reported overdue.[22]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in June 1883
ShipStateDescription
City of Rome  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Gedney Channel. She was refloated and resumed her voyagte.[6]
Dentholm  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Sound of Kerrera.[9]
Fortunato  Italy The barque foundered at sea before 16 June. Her crew were rescued by the barque Malvina ( Germany).[10]
Langshaw  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked at Cape Pine, Newfoundland Colony. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Quebec, Canada to London.[2]
HMS Lively  Royal Navy The despatch vessel was wrecked on the Hen and Chickens Rocks, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides. The wreck broke up on 28 June.[23][24]
Miranda  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and severely damaged on Hiiumaa, Russia.[16]
Remus  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at "Flinterden". She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Kronstadt, Russia. She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark.[16]
Udjus Norway The barque was driven ashore at Östergarnsholm, Sweden. She was refloated and found to be waterlogged.[16]
Ville de Fuveau France The ship was wrecked at Sangomar, French Senegal.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 30836. London. 2 June 1883. col. E, p. 13.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 30838. London. 5 June 1883. col. F, p. 11.
  3. 1 2 "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 30845. London. 13 June 1883. col. B, p. 13.
  4. 1 2 "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 30840. London. 7 June 1883. col. D, p. 11.
  5. 1 2 "Disasters At Sea". The Times. No. 30841. London. 8 June 1883. col. E, p. 5.
  6. 1 2 3 "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 30844. London. 12 June 1883. col. A, p. 12.
  7. 1 2 3 "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 30846. London. 14 June 1883. col. B, p. 12.
  8. ↑ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 30871. London. 14 July 1883. col. E, p. 12.
  9. 1 2 3 "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 30848. London. 16 June 1883. col. A, p. 14.
  10. 1 2 "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 30849. London. 18 June 1883. col. E, p. 12.
  11. ↑ "India". The Times. No. 30903. London. 20 August 1883. col. A, p. 5.
  12. ↑ Renno, David (2004). Beachy Head Shipwrecks of the 19th Century. Sevenoaks: Amherst Publishing. p. 343. ISBN 1 903637 20 1.
  13. 1 2 "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 30856. London. 26 June 1883. col. A, p. 12.
  14. ↑ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 31044. London. 31 January 1884. col. F, p. 11.
  15. ↑ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 31050. London. 7 February 1884. col. C, p. 12.
  16. 1 2 3 4 "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 30853. London. 23 June 1883. col. D, p. 13.
  17. ↑ "Collision And Loss Of 27 Lives". The Cornishman. No. 258. 28 June 1883. p. 7.
  18. ↑ "Wreck Commissioner's Court". The Times. No. 30869. London. 11 July 1883. col. C, p. 6.
  19. ↑ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 30855. London. 25 June 1883. col. B, p. 12.
  20. ↑ "The United States". The Times. No. 30867. London. 9 July 1883. col. F, A, pp. 5-6.
  21. ↑ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 30867. London. 9 July 1883. col. C, p. 12.
  22. ↑ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 31056. London. 14 February 1884. col. C, p. 12.
  23. ↑ "Her Majestey's Ship Lively". The Times. No. 30843. London. 11 June 1883. col. B, p. 9.
  24. ↑ "The Loss Of The Lively". The Times. No. 30859. London. 29 June 1883. col. A, p. 12.