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 edit

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

2 June edit

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

3 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1883
Ship State Description
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 edit

List of shipwrecks: 4 June 1883
Ship State Description
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 edit

List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1883
Ship State Description
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 edit

List of shipwrecks: 7 June 1883
Ship State Description
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 edit

List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1883
Ship State Description
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 edit

List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1883
Ship State Description
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 edit

List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1883
Ship State Description
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 edit

List of shipwrecks: 13 June 1883
Ship State Description
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 edit

List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1883
Ship State Description
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 edit

List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1883
Ship State Description
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 edit

List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1883
Ship State Description
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 edit

List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1883
Ship State Description
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 edit

List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1883
Ship State Description
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 edit

List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1883
Ship State Description
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 edit

List of shipwrecks: 22 June 1883
Ship State Description
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 edit

List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1883
Ship State Description
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 edit

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

29 June edit

List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1883
Ship State Description
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 edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in June 1883
Ship State Description
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 Cronstadt, 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 edit

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