List of shipwrecks in June 1885

The list of shipwrecks in June 1885 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during June 1885.

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1 June

List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1885
Ship State Description
B. D. Hasking  United States The fishing schooner was wrecked about 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of the Nauset Lighthouse, Massachusetts. Her crew were rescued.[1]
Newsboy  United States The fishing schooner struck a hidden ledge and sank off the Isle of Shoals, Maine/New Hampshire. Her crew escaped in their dories.[1]

2 June

List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1885
Ship State Description
SMS Augusta  Imperial German Navy The Augusta-class corvette sank in the Gulf of Aden with the loss of all 222 crew.[2]
Carl Flag unknown The ship foundered in the North Sea (60°43′N 6°03′W / 60.717°N 6.050°W / 60.717; -6.050). Her nine crew were rescued by Henrietta Schlussen (Flag unknown).[3]
Ellisland  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship caught fire at sea. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Dundee, Forfarshire. The fire was extinguished.[4]

3 June

List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1885
Ship State Description
Carlton Tower  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at "Dankali" or "Dunkati". She was refloated on 5 June and taken in to Perim, Aden Settlement.[5][6]
Emily  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground off Hartland Point and was beached at Northam, Devon. She was refloated the next day with the assistance of a tug and put in to Appledore, Devon.[3]
Futut Barri  Ottoman Empire The ship foundered in a cyclone off Cape Guardafui, Majeerteen Sultanate. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Diomed (Flag unknown).[6]
Naples, and
Ruperra 		 United Kingdom The steamships collided at Aden, Aden Settlement in a cyclone and were both severely damaged.[6]
Renard  French Navy The sloop-of-war foundered in a cyclone off Aden with the loss of all hands.[7][8][6]
Seraglio  United Kingdom The steamship foundered at sea 400 nautical miles (740 km) off Bombay, India in a cyclone. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Bombay.[9][10][6]
Speke Hall  United Kingdom The steamship sank during a cyclone in the Gulf of Aden with the loss of 34 of her 35 crew. The survivor was rescued by the steamship Peiho ( France). Speke Hall was on a voyage from Cardiff to Bombay.[11][10][6]
Unnamed Flag unknown The Arab vessel foundered off Perim. Four crew were rescued by the steamship Balcarres Brook ( United Kingdom).[6]

4 June

List of shipwrecks: 4 June 1885
Ship State Description
Abermaid  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Pori, Grand Duchy of Finland.[12] She was refloated on 9 June.[13]
Condor  United Kingdom The barge was run into by the steamship Carron ( United Kingdom) and sank at Greenwich, Kent.[14]
Heimdal  Norway The steamship was damaged by the explosion of the boiler of her donkey engine at Antwerp, Belgium. A crew member was killed and several were severely wounded.[3]
Vectis  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at Teignmouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Teignmouth.[14]

5 June

List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1885
Ship State Description
John and Robert  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore and wrecked 6 nautical miles (11 km) south of Campbeltown, Argyllshire.[14]
Reindeer  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on Ouessant, Finistère, France. She was on a voyage from Narva, Russia to Hamburg, Germany.[5]

7 June

List of shipwrecks: 7 June 1885
Ship State Description
Clarissa B. Carver, and
Glamorganshire 		 United States
 United Kingdom 		The full-rigged ship Clarissa B. Carver collided with the steamship Glamorganshire and sank at Hiogo, Japan. Glamorganshire was beached.[13][15]

8 June

List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1885
Ship State Description
Earl of Lonsdale  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in Smith Sound, Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt, to Portishead, Somerset.[16][17] The master had thought his ship was to the west of, and 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of, the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly.[18]
Kate  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked in Galway Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Galway.[13]

10 June

List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1885
Ship State Description
Cahois  New South Wales The steamship was wrecked on Evan's Rock, at the mouth of the Richmond River. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Brisbane, Queensland.[19]
Charles Northcote  Sweden The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her eleven crew were rescued by the steamship Neckar ( Germany). Charles Northcote was on a voyage from Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom.[20]
Kreml  Imperial Russian Navy The Pervenets-class ironclad sank in Kunda Bay. She was refloated on 15 June and taken in to Cronstadt, where she was repaired and returned to service.

11 June

List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1885
Ship State Description
Montana  United States The barque was wrecked in the Nushagak River in the District of Alaska due to an error by her pilot. All 97 people on board survived.[21]

12 June

List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1885
Ship State Description
Brigötte  Norway The barque was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Polynesian ( United Kingdom).[22]
Josefina  Sweden The brig was wrecked at Barranquilla, Venezuela. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barranquilla to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[23]

19 June

List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1885
Ship State Description
Agile  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Cross Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Hull, Yorkshire.[23]
Italia  Italy The steamship struck a rock and sank near "Lomas, Peru" with the loss of 65 of the 134 people on board. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to the River Plate.[24][25]

20 June

List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1885
Ship State Description
Dona Clara  Brazil The barque was wrecked at Pará.[26]
Finola  United Kingdom The yacht was driven ashore in Carnarvon Bay. She was refloated and put in to Holyhead, Anglesey.[26]
Ragnar  Sweden The barque was wrecked in the Sangir Strait. Her crew were rescued.[27]
Unnamed Flag unknown The brigantine was driven ashore at Hartland Point, Devon, United Kingdom.[26]

21 June

List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1885
Ship State Description
Alberta  United Kingdom The schooner was run into by the steamship Newcastle City ( United Kingdom) and sank at Charlton, Kent.[26]
Radnorshire  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Sorelle Rocks, 60 nautical miles (110 km) off Malta and was wrecked. Her crew took to the boats; they were rescued by the steamship Carn Brea ( United Kingdom). Radnorshire was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Shanghai, China and Yokohama, Japan.[26][28]
Willingale  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Guardafui, Majerteen Sultanate with the loss of twelve of her sixteen crew. She was on a voyage from Madras, India to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.[29][30]

23 June

List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1885
Ship State Description
County of Cardigan  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship ran aground at Cardiff, Glamorgan avoiding a collision with the barque Nueva Buenaventura ( Spain) and was severely damagedc.[31]
Pilgrim  United Kingdom The brigantine was run into by the steamship Norfolk ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Woolwich, Kent. Her crew survived.[32]

24 June

List of shipwrecks: 24 June 1885
Ship State Description
Bertie  United Kingdom The Mersey Flat collided with Minnie Burrell (Canada Canada) and sank in the River Mersey. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated and taken in to Tranmere, Cheshire.[33]
City of Tokio  United States The steamship was wrecked near the Sagama Lighthouse, 22 nautical miles (41 km) from Yokohama, Japan. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California to Yokohama. She broke up in a typhoon a week later.[34][35][33]
Guide  United Kingdom The tug suffered a boiler explosion in the River Tyne.[33]

25 June

List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1885
Ship State Description
Alert, and
Conqueror 		 United Kingdom The barquentine Conqueror collided with Alert and both vessels sank in the Firth of Clyde 8 nautical miles (15 km) north north west of Sanda Island with the loss of a crew member. Conqueror was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Dublin. Alert was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Ayr. Survivors from both vessels were rescued by the steamship Seal ( United Kingdom).[36][33]

27 June

List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1885
Ship State Description
Colina  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at the south point of Rathlin Island, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[37] She was refloated on 8 July.[38]

30 June

List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1885
Ship State Description
Alphonso  Norway The barque collided with a barge and sank in the River Tweed. She was on a voyage from Kotka, Grand Duchy of Finland to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, United Kingdom.[39]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in June 1885
Ship State Description
Aghios Georgios  Greece The brig ran aground on the Donganastan Shoal, in the Sea of Marmara. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[40]
Bee United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey The schooner was driven ashore in Kimmeridge Bay.[14]
Border Maid  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Rhoscolyn, Anglesey.[14]
Cambrian Princess  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Spencer Gulf. She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire to Port Augusta, South Australia.[3]
Ceres  Germany The galiot sank in the Great Belt with the loss of all hands.[23]
Deux Frères  United Kingdom The ship was lost off Appledore, Devon, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by a skiff.[23]
Emily Raymond Canada Canada The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Frithjof ( Norway).[39]
Empirico  Austria-Hungary The barque was wrecked at "Sinon", Africa. Her crew were rescued.[33]
Eu  Norway The ship was wrecked at Kinlochbervie, Sutherland, United Kingdom.[40]
Frithjof  Norway The ship was driven ashore at Cape Ballard, Newfoundland Colony and was a total loss.[39]
Guyandotte Flag unknown The ship sank at New York, United States.[23]
Haabi Kingdom of Samoa The schooner was wrecked off Treasury Island, Solomon Islands.[41]
H. J. Libby  United States The ship ran aground on the Romer Shoal and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Manila, Spanish East Indies to New York. She was refloated.[42]
Hotspur  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at "Seituak". She was refloated and taken in to Boston, Massachusetts, United States in a leaky condition.[42]
Lake Manitoba  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on the coast of the Newfoundland Colony. All 60 people on board were rescued.[20]
Mars  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in West Bay with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Melbourne, Victoria to Port Pirie, South Australia.[24]
Norway Flag unknown The steamship was driven ashore. She was later refloated and taken in to Raahe, Grand Duchy of Finland.[23]
Oberon  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Saigon, French Indo-China.[39]
Rossini  Germany The barque was driven ashore on Prinsen Island, Netherlands East Indies. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Hong Kong.[40]
Rudolf  Norway The barque was driven ashore at "Klentchamn", Gotland, Sweden.[39]
Sarah Pringle  United Kingdom The schooner collided with Hermanite ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Lee. Sarah Pringle was on a voyage from Bangor to Cork.[37] The wreck was removed, being an obstruction to navigation.[42]
Shotton  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Refsnæs, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Flensburg, Germany.[26]
Slieve More  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was destroyed by fire in the Indian Ocean.[43]
Stella  Netherlands The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Natal, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Macau to Portalegre, Brazil.[44]
Sultana, and
Ville d'Anvers 		 United Kingdom
 France 		The schooner Sultana collided with the steamship Ville d'Anvers and sank off Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. Ville d'Anvers was severely damaged.[40]
Undine  Germany The schooner was driven ashore at "Sorkholm".[40]
Valhalla  Norway The barque was driven ashore on Saltholmen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Kotka, Grand Duchy of Finland to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom.[39] She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[44]
Western Belle  United States The ship was abandoned in the Pacific Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Brodrick Castle ( United Kingdom). Western Belle was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to Wilmington, Delaware.[40]
William Hall  United Kingdom The ship was beached at the Mumbles, Glamorgan.[13]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on Saltholm, Denmark.[23]
Unnamed  Germany The lighter sprang a leak and was beached between Bremen and Vegesack.[39]

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