List of shipwrecks in July 1881

The list of shipwrecks in July 1881 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during July 1881.

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1 July

List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1881
Ship State Description
Aurora Dominion of Newfoundland Newfoundland Colony The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on the Isle du Bois, in the Strait of Belle Isle.[1]
Guide Dominion of Newfoundland Newfoundland Colony The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on the Isle du Bois.[1]
Jessie  United Kingdom The pilot smack collided with Saga (Flag unknown) and sank off Start Point, Devon. Her crew were rescued.[2]
Lady Maxwell  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south of St. Bees Head, Cumberland.[2]
Several unnamed vessels  United States The schooners were wrecked by a tornado in Tangier Sound, Chesapeake Bay with the loss of nine lives.[3]
Unnamed Dominion of Newfoundland Newfoundland Colony The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on the Isle du Bois.[1]

2 July

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1881
Ship State Description
Daniel Webster  United States The whaler was crushed by ice and sank in the Arctic Ocean 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) south of Point Barrow, Territory of Alaska.[4]
Lofna  United Kingdom The steamship struck rocks at Burntisland, Fife. She was on a voyage from Burntisland to Cronstadt, Russia. She put in to Leith, Lothian in a leaky condition.[5]

3 July

List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1881
Ship State Description
Glen  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the screw-steamer Alliance (Flag unknown) off St Ives, Cornwall and foundered. Her crew were rescued by Alliance.[6]

4 July

List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1881
Ship State Description
Britannic  United Kingdom The ocean liner ran aground in fog at Kilmore, County Wexford. Her passengers were evacuated via the ship's lifeboats. She was refloated on 8 July but sprang a leak in her engine room the next day and was beached in Wexford Bay. She was refloated on 14 July and towed to Liverpool.
Glen  United Kingdom The ship collided with Alliance ( United Kingdom) and sank off St Ives, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by Alliance.[7]

5 July

List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1881
Ship State Description
Abraham  Germany The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Aracatu, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to the Rio Grande.[8]

6 July

List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1881
Ship State Description
James and Harriet  United Kingdom The Thames barge capsized off Shoeburyness, Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was subsequently beached between Southend Pier and Shoeburyness with the assistance of two smacks.[8]

7 July

List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1881
Ship State Description
Asterope  United Kingdom The brig struck a rock and was wrecked on the coast of Brazil near the mouth of the Pará River. Her eight crew took to a boat; they were rescued two days later by the steamship Lisbonense ( United Kingdom). Asterope was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Pará, Brazil.[9][10]
Eblane  Denmark The schooner foundered in the North Sea with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Gothenburg, Sweden.[11]
Emilie  Norway The brig was drovem ashore in the Nieuwe Diep. She was on a voyage from the Nieuwe Diep to Sundsvall.[8] She was refloated the next day but consequently foundered.[12]

11 July

List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1881
Ship State Description
Lady Franklin  United States The schooner sank off Stanwood's Point in the Annisquam River. Her crew were rescued.[13]

12 July

List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1881
Ship State Description
Rio Apa  United Kingdom The steamship was severely damaged by fire at Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Bayonne.[14]

14 July

List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1881
Ship State Description
Lamar  United Kingdom The steamship departed from Coronel for Valparaíso, Chile. No further trace, reported overdue.[15]

15 July

List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1881
Ship State Description
Aberdonian  United Kingdom The ship foundered in a typhoon in the East China Sea with the loss of at least ten of her 24 crew. She was on a voyage from Yantai to Fuzhou, China.[16]
Hebe  United Kingdom The schooner collided with another schooner in the Bristol Channel off Nash Point, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Waterford. She consequently foundered the next day. Her crew were rescued by a schooner.[17]
Lamar  Chile The steamship was sighted off the mouth of the Maule River whilst on a voyage from Coronel to Valparaíso. No further trace, reported missing.[18]
Unnamed  China The junk foundered in the East China Sea with the loss of all but one of those on board.[16]

16 July

List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1881
Ship State Description
Pilliponis  Russia The steamship caught fire in the Black Sea and was beached at "Cape Tatali".[14]
Sophie  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Narva, Russia. Her crew were rescued.[14]
Stralsund  Germany) The barque collided with the steamship Avlona ( United Kingdom) in the Saint Lawrence River and sank. Stralsund was on a voyage from Montreal, Quebec, Canada to London, United Kingdom.[19]

17 July

List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1881
Ship State Description
Annie S. Hall  United Kingdom The ship foundered in a typhoon in the East China Sea. Her crew survived.[16]
Camerata  United Kingdom The steamship struck rocks and ran aground at Cette, Hérault, France.[20]
Jafet II  Austria-Hungary The barque was driven ashore 2+1⁄4 nautical miles (4.2 km) south of the South Stack, Anglesey, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[14] She was later refloated and towed in to Holyhead, Anglesey.[21]

18 July

List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1881
Ship State Description
Klarina Harmina  Netherlands The brigantine ran aground near Aracaju, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Aracaju to New York, United States. She was refloated and put back to Aracaju in a leaky condition .[14]

20 July

List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1881
Ship State Description
Laleham  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Dunkerque, Nord, France.[20]
Loch Rannoch  United Kingdom The steamship arrived at Bombay, India on fire. She was scuttled the next day. She was refloated on 12 August.[22]
Loch Ryan  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south east of Thurso, Caithness. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Castlehill, Scotland to Alloa, Clackmannanshire.[20]
Servitor  United Kingdom The ketch sank off the mouth of the River Cuckmere with the loss of one of her four crew. Survivors were rescued by the Coastguard. She was on a voyage from Newhaven to Lewes, Sussex.[23]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The yacht capsized in the Gare Loch with the loss of four lives.[20]

21 July

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1881
Ship State Description
Albertine  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Greenock, Renfrewshire. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Greenock.[20]
Britomart  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Cerro Azul, Peru. She was declared a total loss.[24]
Henriette  Germany The ship departed from Hamburg for Guaymas, Mexico. No further trace, reported missing.[25]

25 July

List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1881
Ship State Description
Brighton  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at East London, Cape Colony with some loss of life.[19]
Clymping  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at East London with some loss of life.[19]
Henri IV  France The steamship ran aground at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. She was on a voyage from Brazil to Havre de Grâce.[24] She was later refloated and found to be severely leaky[26]

26 July

List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1881
Ship State Description
Sarah Douglas  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Savannah, Georgia, United States.[27]
Ulysses United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey The schooner struck rocks and sank at Saint Sampsons.[19]
Three unnamed vessels Flags unknown Thirty people died when three sailing vessels sank during a "terrific gale" at East London, Cape Colony.[28]

27 July

List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1881
Ship State Description
Admiral  United Kingdom The sloop sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea off Souter Point, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Hebburn-on-Tyne, Northumberland.[26]
Mirzapore  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal. She was on a voyage from London to Shanghai, China.[26]
Strickland  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Pernambuco, Brazil and developed a severe leak.[26]

28 July

List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1881
Ship State Description
Nordstjernan flag Norway The steamship was wrecked at Knivskjærodden, near Nordkapp, and sank. All on board were rescued.[29][30]

30 July

List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1881
Ship State Description
Guy Cunningham  United States The fishing schooner departed from Gloucester, Massachusetts. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all fourteen crew.[31][32][33]

31 July

List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1881
Ship State Description
Dunoon Castle  United Kingdom The paddle steamer ran aground in the Clyde at Greenock, Renfrewshire with the loss of her captain. Subsequently refloated and taken in to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[34][27]
Morning Groves  United Kingdom The fishing boat was run down and sunk off Queenborough, Kent.[34]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in July 1881
Ship State Description
Annie D. Merritt  United States The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Maryland.[11]
Arche d'Alliance  France The lugger sank in the North Sea off North Sunderland, Berwickshire, United Kingdom. Her crew survived.[14]
Argo  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Porth Neigwl, Caernarfonshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Falmouth, Cornwall.[21]
Atlantic  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at the entrance to the Gulf of Smyrna. She was refloated on 24 July and resumed her voyage.[19]
Barend  Netherlands The brigantine was driven ashore 6 nautical miles (11 km) south of Figueira da Foz, Portugal with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Candia, Ottoman Crete to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. She subsequently broke up.[26]
Bessie Rowe  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. She was refloated and taken in to Cuxhaven, Germany in a leaky condition.[21]
Clarence  United Kingdom The steamship struck a sunken pile and sank at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland to Liverpool.[8]
Dantzic  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore on "Goat Island", Outer Hebrides and severely damaged. She was refloated on 12 July.[11]
Edith Brooks  United Kingdom The brig foundered near Sulymah, Sierra Leone on or before 28 July. Her crew were rescued.[26]
Epjuht Flag unknown The ship was wrecked at "Amherst". Her crew were rescued.[24]
Eureka  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked in the White Sea at Sweet Nose, Russia before 11 July. Her crew were rescued by the steamship T. E. Forster ( United Kingdom).[20]
Germania  Germany The schooner was driven ashore at Tangier, Morocco. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Genoa, Italy.[14]
Glenrosa  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark.[11] She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Riga, Russia. She was later refloated with assistance and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark for repairs.[17]
Grislehamn  Sweden The barque was driven ashore on Saltholmen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from a Finnish port to and English port.[24]
Harald, and
Selma 		 Denmark
Russian Empire Grand Duchy of Finland 		The steamships collided off "Trindelin". Selma sank. Her crew survived. Harald was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to New York, United States. She put back to Copenhagen.[20]
Holmbrook  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Rosemullion Head, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Caen, Calvados, France to Newport, Monmouthshire.[14] Holmbrook was refloated on 18 July and beached at Falmouth.[21]
Ida  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Bahia to Aracaju, Brazil. She was refloated and put in to Chrislovas in a leaky condition.[5]
Isabel  Spain The ship was driven ashore at La Frontera, Tenerife, Canary Islands.[8]
Isabella  Russia The tug collided with the steamship Madeleine and sank at Cronstadt.[21]
Italia  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Avonmouth, Somerset to Barrow-in-Furness.[8]
John Cobbold  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Kingsdown, Kent. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to Oporto, Portugal.[12]
Leversons  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Filsand, in the Baltic Sea and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt to Riga.[24]
Mary Jane  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Vlissingen, Zeeland. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Ipswich, Suffolk.[11]
Minnie United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Isle of Man The fishing lugger struck the Navestone Rock, in the North Sea off the coast of Northumberland, and sank. Her crew survived.[20]
Morgan Richards  United Kingdom The steamship ran into the paddle steamer Isabel la Catolica ( Spanish Navy) at Cartagena, Spain and was damaged, breaking her crankshaft.[11]
Nathalia  Sweden The schooner collided with the full-rigged ship Norma ( Norway) and sank. Her crew survived. Nathalia was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Aarhus, Denmark.[14]
Nordstjern  Germany The schooner at "Sondre Rosse". She was on a voyage from Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland to Vegesack. She was refloated and put in to Copenhagen.[21]
Pleiades  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Hinder Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[24]
Queen of the Fleet  United Kingdom The fishing trawler was driven ashore at Thisted, Denmark.[5]
Republic  United States The full-rigged ship was driven ashore near Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Melbourne, Victoria to Calais.[24]
Resource  Norway The brig ran aground on the North Bull, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Dublin, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Drogheda, County Louth, United Kingdom. She was refloated with assistance on 17 July and taken in to Drogheda.[21]
S. and E. A. Charnley  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of the South Stack, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Birkenhead, Cheshire to London.[14]
Scots Grey  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Bute Channel.[17]
Solid  German Empire The schooner ran aground near "Ijusut", Russia. She was later refloated with assistance and taken in to Nicholaieff, Russia, where she had arrived by 22 July.[24]
Spurn  United Kingdom The steam trawler struck rocks and was beached at Sandend, Aberdeenshire.[5]
St. Pierre  France The barque was wrecked in the Torres Strait.[5]
Sylph  United Kingdom The brigantine sprang a leak and was beached at Cowes, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough to Lydney, Gloucestershire. Following repairs, she was refloated and resumed her voyage.[11]
Trocadero  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Fahludd, Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Söderhamn, Sweden.[24]
Veranda  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship ran aground at "Sondre Ross". She was on a voyage from Lerwick, Shetland Islands to Stettin, Germany. She was refloated.[21]

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