List of shipwrecks in 1882

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The list of shipwrecks in 1882 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1882.

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1882
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May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec
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January

5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1882
ShipCountryDescription
Edwin & Sarah  United Kingdom The ketch was wrecked at Chesil Beach, Dorset.[1]

17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1882
ShipCountryDescription
Bosphorus  United Kingdom The vessel was wrecked in the Mediterranean Sea off Homs, Tripoli. NIne of the twenty-two crew perished.[2]

26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1882
ShipCountryDescription
Spartan  United Kingdom The brigantine was abandoned, after drifting in the Atlantic Ocean following the loss of her mainsail on 13 January. The crew transferred to the Anglesea and were taken to Falmouth, Cornwall.[3]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1882
ShipCountryDescription
City of Limerick  United Kingdom The steamer sailed from New York on 8 January 1882 for London and disappeared.[4]
Concurrenteu  Norway The derelict barque with the after-house washed away and some of the decks missing was seen on 10 January in the Atlantic.[5]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The Tobermory schooner was wrecked and three of her crew drowned.[6]

February

15 February

List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1882
ShipCountryDescription
Rosebud  United Kingdom The steamer, carrying coal from Newport to Lisbon, collided with the Lady Olive 3 miles (4.8 km) south of the Longships. Four crew lost their lives.[7]

20 February

List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1882
ShipCountryDescription
Alexandria  United Kingdom 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.[8]

25 February

List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1882
ShipCountryDescription
Auguste  German Empire The Hamburg brigantine ran ashore in Whitsand Bay, Cornwall and became a total wreck. All the crew survived.[9]

28 February

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1882
ShipCountryDescription
Livadia  United Kingdom 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.[10]

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List of shipwrecks: February
ShipCountryDescription
Constantine  Germany 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.[11]

March

17 March

List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1882
ShipCountryDescription
Oline  United Kingdom The ship foundered in Cardigan Bay with the loss of all five crew.[12]

22 March

List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1882
ShipCountryDescription
Unnamed Two vessels went ashore in a gale at in the North Sea, off Shields. One is expected to be a total wreck. No lives were lost.[13]

24 March

List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1882
ShipCountryDescription
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.[14]

25 March

List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1882
ShipCountryDescription
Iron Mountain  United States 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.

29 March

List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1882
ShipCountryDescription
Liban  France 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.[15]

April

1 April

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1882
ShipCountryDescription
Douro  United Kingdom The passenger ship collided with the steamer Yrurac Bat ( Spain) in the Bay of Biscay off the northwest coast of Spain and sank with the loss of six lives. Survivors were rescued by the steamer Hidalgo ( United Kingdom).[16][17]
Yrurac Bat  Spain 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).[17]

3 April

List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1882
ShipCountryDescription
Europe  France The Bordeaux barque stranded on the Goodwin Sands and the crew abandoned, taking to two boats. One boat was picked up by a tug off South Foreland.[18]

22 April

List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1882
ShipCountryDescription
Jehu  United Kingdom The Chichester vessel was wrecked off Margate during a gale. The crew are presumed dead.[19]
Unnamed vessel The vessel was wrecked off Margate during a gale.[19]

24 April

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1882
ShipCountryDescription
St Vincent  United Kingdom 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.[20][21]

29 April

List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1882
ShipCountryDescription
Drumhendry  United Kingdom 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.[22]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date
ShipCountryDescription
Golden City  United States The steamer caught fire, while in Memphis and became a total wreck. Thirty-five people lost their lives.[23]

May

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List of shipwrecks: May 1882
ShipCountryDescription
Holyrood The steamer sank while on a voyage between Saigon and Singapore.[24]

June

22 June

List of shipwrecks: 22 June 1882
ShipCountryDescription
Escambia  United Kingdom The screw steamer capsized and sank off San Francisco, California, United States, with the loss of twenty lives.

July

5 July

List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1882
ShipCountryDescription
HNLMS Adder  Royal Netherlands Navy The Adder-class monitor sank with the loss of 65 lives.[25]

September

12 September

List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1882
ShipCountryDescription
HMS Phoenix  Royal Navy
HMS Phoenix
The Doterel-class sloop-of-war was wrecked on East Point Reef, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Her crew abandoned her on 14 September without loss of life.

14 September

List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1882
ShipCountryDescription
Asia  Canada 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..

22 September

List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1882
ShipCountryDescription
Clan Campbell  United Kingdom The 2,434-grt Clan Line freighter ran aground and was wrecked at Baie du Cap, Mauritius.

November

1 November

List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1882
ShipCountryDescription
Ellen  United Kingdom The smack foundered off Cardigan. Her three crew were rescued by the lifeboat John Stuart ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[12]

10 November

List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1882
ShipCountryDescription
Wellington  United Kingdom The vessel was on a voyage from Dalhousie, Scotland, to Cardigan, Wales, when she had a mishap. Eleven crew were taken off by the lifeboat John Stuart ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Wellington sailed in to Cardigan the next day. .[12]

19 November

List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1882
ShipCountryDescription
Lamershagen  Germany 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.[15]

24 November

List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1882
ShipCountryDescription
James W Barber  Belgium The steamer was wrecked near Cape Finisterre, Spain.[26]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1882
ShipCountryDescription
W J Taylor  United Kingdom The Penzance steamer was in a collision in the Thames off Rotherhithe, London England.[27]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in 1882
ShipCountryDescription
Bahama A Trinidad brigantine picked up the only survivior from an icebox, He was in the sea for six days.[28]
Gitana  United Kingdom The steam yacht foundered in Loch Rannoch in Scotland.[29]
Mayumba  United Kingdom The cargo ship caught fire at "Arzue", Algeria and was scuttled. She was declared a total loss.[30]
Santa Catharina  Imperial Brazilian Navy While docked for repairs, the Pará-class river monitor sank at her moorings due to the poor condition of her hull.

References

  1. ↑ "Historical List of Shipwrecks at Chesil Beach & from Bridport to Lyme Regis". Burton Bradstock Online. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "Wreck and Loss of Nine Lives". The Cornishman (185). 26 January 1882. p. 6.
  3. ↑ "Wrecked in the storm". The Cornishman (186). 2 February 1882. p. 7.
  4. ↑ "Overdue and Missing Vessels". The Times (30468). London. 30 March 1882. p. 11.
  5. ↑ "Falmouth". The Cornishman (184). 19 January 1882. p. 5.
  6. ↑ "Schooner Elizabeth". The Cornishman (184). 19 September 1882. p. 8.
  7. ↑ "Drowning Of Four Of The Crew Of The Rosebud". The Cornishman (189). 23 February 1882. p. 4.
  8. ↑ "Shipwrecked Crew at Falmouth". The Cornishman (193). 23 March 1882. p. 5.
  9. ↑ "Local News". The Cornishman (190). 2 March 1882. p. 6.
  10. ↑ "Loss Of A Steamer And Twenty-Three Hands". The Cornishman (190). 2 March 1882. p. 5.
  11. ↑ "Shipwrecked Crew At Falmouth". The Cornishman (190). 2 March 1882. p. 6.
  12. 1 2 3 "CARDIGAN & DISTRICT SHIPWRECKS AND LIFEBOAT SERVICE". Glen Johnson. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  13. ↑ "Wreck of Two Vessels". The Cornishman (193). 23 March 1882. p. 5.
  14. ↑ "Our Ships and our Sailors". The Cornishman (194 (184)). 30 March 1882. p. 5.
  15. 1 2 Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  16. ↑ "SHIPWRECKS". Library of Congress. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  17. 1 2 goldsovereigns.co.uk The Unfortunate Tragedy of The RMS Douro
  18. ↑ "Six Men Missing". The Cornishman (195 (185)). 6 April 1882. p. 8.
  19. 1 2 "Wreck and Loss of a Crew". Cornishman (198 (188)). 27 April 1882. p. 2.
  20. ↑ "Sank After Striking The Spanish Ledges, Scilly". The Cornishman (198 (188)). 27 April 1882. p. 7.
  21. ↑ Larn, Richard (1992). The Shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly. Nairn: Thomas & Lochar. ISBN 0-946537-84-4.
  22. ↑ "Wreck of a Steamer". The Cornishman (199 (189)). 4 May 1882. p. 7.
  23. ↑ "Terrible Disasters in the States". The Cornishman (195 (185)). 6 April 1882. p. 6.
  24. ↑ "Loss of the Holyrood". The Cornishman (200 (190)). 11 May 1882. p. 7.
  25. ↑ "Adder". wrecksite.eu. 2001. Retrieved 2014-04-21.
  26. ↑ "Belgian Merchant H-O" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
  27. ↑ Carter, C (1998). The Port of Penzance. A History. Lydney: Black Dwarf Publications.
  28. ↑ "The Dangers of the Sea". The Cornishman (190). 2 March 1882. p. 6.
  29. ↑ "GITANA". Clydesite. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  30. ↑ "Sicilian". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.

See also

Ship events in 1882
Ship launches: 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887
Ship commissionings: 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887
Ship decommissionings: 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887
Shipwrecks: 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887
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