List of shipwrecks in June 1886

The list of shipwrecks in June 1886 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during June 1886.

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3 June

List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1886
Ship State Description
Lookout  United States The schooner was wrecked on Sanak Island in the Aleutian Islands, District of Alaska. Her fifteen crew survived.[1]
Thomas P. Sheldon  United States The schooner was sunk in a collision with Russia (flag unknown) in the St. Marys River. Her crew were rescued by New Orleans (flag unknown). Apparently raised, repaired and returned to service.[2]

4 June

List of shipwrecks: 4 June 1886
Ship State Description
Caterina Doge  Italy The barque was wrecked at Olifantsbos, Cape Colony with the loss of five of her twelve crew. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Table Bay.[3][4][5]

5 June

List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1886
Ship State Description
Alpha  United States The paddle tug was destroyed by fire.

10 June

List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1886
Ship State Description
Happy Return  United Kingdom The ship was run into by a steamship in the River Avon and was severely damaged.[6]

11 June

List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1886
Ship State Description
Margrethe  United Kingdom The schooner was run into by the steamship Hero ( United Kingdom) and sank. Her crew were rescued by Hero. Margrethe was on a voyage from London to Goole, Yorkshire.[6]

12 June

List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1886
Ship State Description
Balmoral  United Kingdom The fishing trawler, a paddle steamer, ran aground at Dysart, Fife. She was refloated and taken in to Dysart in a leaky condition.[7]
Ironsides Canada Canada The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Emilie Hessenmuller (Flag unknown). Ironsides was on a voyage from Fernandina Island, Galapagos Islands to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[8]
Lyttelton  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship sank at Timaru, New Zealand and was expected to become a total wreck.[9][10]

17 June

List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1886
Ship State Description
David Vance  United States The schooner, under tow of the steam barge Bessemer ( United States), was damaged when she hit a pile of rocks at Lime-Kiln Crossing, in the Detroit River. She was taken to Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada where she sank. She was later raised, repaired and returned to service.[2]

18 June

List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1886
Ship State Description
Jan Mayen Flag unknown The ship was lost on this date.[11]

19 June

List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1886
Ship State Description
Boyne  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked 25 nautical miles (46 km) north east of Pooree, India.[12]

21 June

List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1886
Ship State Description
John Carver  United States The whaling barque was crushed in ice and abandoned in the Bering Sea north of Saint Lawrence Island and 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi) south of King Island, District of Alaska. Her crew abandoned ship in her boats and were rescued 33 hours later by the barque Atlantic ( United States). The derelict wreck of John Carver eventually drifted to Cape Thompson on the Chukchi Sea coast of the District of Alaska.[13]

23 June

List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1886
Ship State Description
Francesco  United Kingdom The ship departed from the River Tyne for Cape Town, Cape Colony. No further trace,[14] reported missing.[15]
Mary Atwater  United States The schooner was sunk in a collision with City of Kingston (flag unknown) in the Hudson River off Fort Montgomery, New York with the loss of two of her crew.[16]

26 June

List of shipwrecks: 26 June 1886
Ship State Description
Moselle  United Kingdom The steamship was damaged by fire and was severely damaged in the River Thames.[8]
Silverdale  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked at "Point Engano". She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Coló, United States of Colombia.[17]
Syringa  United Kingdom The barque was destroyed by fire at sea. She was abandoned 40 nautical miles (74 km) off the Algnada Reef, in the Bay of Bengal. All twelve people on board took to a boat; they were rescued by the tug Mary ( Burma). Syringa was on a voyage from Chittagong, India to Union Island, Mauritius.[12]

27 June

List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1886
Ship State Description
Teutonia  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal.[18]

30 June

List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1886
Ship State Description
Birgitte  Norway The bark drifted ashore in Apalachicola Bay opposite Dog Island during a hurricane.[19]
C. Ervlin  United States The tug sank at the East Pass to Apalachicola Bay near Cat Point during a hurricane. Two of her crew were killed. Two barges she was towing were driven ashore.[19]
California  United States The schooner was lost in Dog Island Cove, Apalachicola Bay during a hurricane with the loss of four of her crew.[19]
Lake Champlain  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Cushenden Bay. She was refloated on 22 August and taken in to the Belfast Lough.[20]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in June 1886
Ship State Description
Arcot  United Kingdom The steamship struck a sunken rock off Kotlah Island. She was beached at Colombo, Ceylon.[8]
Astride  Norway The ship ran aground at Saltholmen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall, Sweden to Papenburg, Germany. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[7]
Aviona  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in Canadian waters.[21]
Bernard  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire to New York, United States. She was later refloated and taken in to New York.[6]
Christianshavn  Netherlands The barque was wrecked at Petit Trou, Trinidad.[8]
Compton  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on a reef off Balabac Island, Netherlands East Indies. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Singapore, Straits Settlements to Yloilo, Spanish East Indies.[22]
Ethelbert Flag unknown The steamship struck a sunken rock and was severely damaged at Norrköping, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Oskarshamn to Norrköping.[22]
Gertrude  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked at Cape Pine, Newfoundland Colony before 7 June. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Copenhagen, Denmark.[23][3][24]
James T. Abbott  United States The ship was driven ashore at Easthampton, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from the Turks Islands to Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts.[22]
John C. Munroe  Western Australia The ship was driven ashore in a cyclone at Vasse.[22]
Julia Weiner Flag unknown The steamship was driven ashore and severely damaged. She was later refloated and towed in to Copenhagen.[6]
Lake Simcoe  Western Australia The ship was driven ashore in a cyclone at Vasse.[22]
Lord Clive  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at "Austruwell". She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Civitavecchi, Italy. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[6]
Miranda  United States The ship was abandoned off Point Judith, Rhode Island.[22]
Propontis  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Saigon River.[7]
Ranger  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on the coast of Texas, United States. She was later refloated and taken in to New Orleans for repairs.[22]
St. Mark  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Swash, in the Bristol Channel off the coast of Somerset. She was refloated on 25 June and taken in to Avonmouth, Somerset.[22]
Svendre Brodre  Norway The brig ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Dram to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was refloated and towed in to Great Yarmouth in a leaky condition.[25]
Terpsichore  Denmark The schooner was driven ashore in Lopness Bay, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to Iceland. She was later refloated and taken in to Kirkwall, Orkney Islands.[7]
Thetford  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Piteå, Sweden.[25]
Unnamed  French Navy A torpedo boat sank off the coast of Corsica before 5 June while manouevering against Ironclad warships.[26]

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