List of shipwrecks in June 1883

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

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1 June

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

29 June

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

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]

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