List of shipwrecks in June 1887

The list of shipwrecks in June 1887 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during June 1887.

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2 June

List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1887
Ship State Description
Senegal  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked at Tabou, Ivory Coast. Her crew were rescued. The wreck was pillaged by the local inhabitants.[1] She was on a voyage from Calabar, Nigeria to Liverpool, Lancashire.[2]

4 June

List of shipwrecks: 4 June 1887
Ship State Description
Celeste Marie  France The schooner collided with the steamship Solis ( Spain) and sank in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom with the loss of three of her four crew.[1]
Lamport  United Kingdom The steamship departed from Bombay, India for Palermo, Sicily, Italy. No further trace,[3] reported missing.[4]
Tern  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the barque Hamburg ( Germany) and sank off The Smalls, Wales with the loss of five of her twenty crew. Survivors were rescued by the steamship Topic ( United Kingdom). Tern was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[1]

5 June

List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1887
Ship State Description
Ann  United Kingdom The ketch was driven ashore at the Birling Gap, Sussex.[5]
Florence Nightingale  United Kingdom The ship collided with the steamship Clan Sinclair ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned in the Irish Sea west of the Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued by Clan Sinclair. Florence Nightingale was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Londonderry.[5] She was subsequently towed in to Greenock, Renfrewshire by the steamship Bonita ( Spain).[6]
Iscult  United Kingdom The yacht was driven ashore at the Birling Gap.[5]

7 June

List of shipwrecks: 7 June 1887
Ship State Description
Amoor  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the English Bank, in the River Plate. Her crew were rescued.[7]
Elsa  Germany The barque collided with the steamship Marchese de Mudela ( Spain) in the English Channel off then Royal Sovereign Lightship ( Trinity House) and was abandoned. Her eleven crew were rescued by Marchese de Mudela. Elsa was subsequently taken in tow by the tugs Crusader and Pioneer (both  United Kingdom) but consequently sank 8 nautical miles (15 km) south of the Hooks Sandbank.[8]
Monarch  United Kingdom The steam trawler was driven ashore on the Roker Rocks, on the coast of Northumberland.[6]

8 June

List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1887
Ship State Description
Bavington  United Kingdom The steamship foundered off Ouessant, Finistère, France. All 24 people on board were rescued by the steamship Nettlesworth ( United Kingdom). Bavington was on a voyage from Cartagena, Spain to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.[9][10]
Castleford  United Kingdom The ship struck the Crebawethans, Isles of Scilly, in dense fog, and led to some of her cargo of 450 cattle being landed on Annet and staying there for up to ten days.[11] Some of the cattle were shipped to Falmouth, Cornwall, England, and dead steers later washed up as far away as Penzance and Lelant, Cornwall.[12] Castleford was on a voyage from Montreal, Quebec, Canada to London.[8]
Redan  United Kingdom The Thames barge collided with the dredger No. 1 ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at East Greenwich, Middlesex.[6]

9 June

List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1887
Ship State Description
Caledonia  United Kingdom The schooner was holed by her anchor and was beached at the Mumbles, Glamorgan.[13]

11 June

List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1887
Ship State Description
Alexander William  United Kingdom The ship was run down by the steamship Caxton ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Mersey at Egremont, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Belfast, County Antrim.[14]
Goodhit  United States The steam barge caught fire and was beached on Grosse Island below Ballard's where she burned to the water's edge.[15]

12 June

List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1887
Ship State Description
Mourino  United Kingdom The steamship caught fire at sea whilst on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Odessa, Russia. She put in to Malta and the fire was extinguished.[16]

13 June

List of shipwrecks: 13 June 1887
Ship State Description
Gulliver  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on The Smalls, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued.[17]

14 June

List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1887
Ship State Description
Clio, and
Elmfield 		 United Kingdom The steamship Clio collided with the steamship Elmfield ( United Kingdom) off the Bull Rock. Both vessels were severely damaged. Clio put back to Bristol, Gloucestershire. Elmfield put in to Penarth, Glamorgan.[17]

15 June

List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1887
Ship State Description
Champlain  United States The steamship caught fire at the mouth of Grand Traverse Bay near Fisherman Island, off Charlevoix, Michigan and was run aground where she burned to the water's edge.. Approximately 30 crew and passengers were killed The wreck was salvaged, completely rebuilt and returned to service as City of Charlevoix.[15][18]

16 June

List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1887
Ship State Description
Madrid  United Kingdom The steamship departed from Norfolk, Virginia, United States for Dublin. No further trace, reported missing.[19]

20 June

List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1887
Ship State Description
Hydaspes  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore in the Gulf of Suez at "Ras Mahomed". Her passengers were taken off by the steamship Aida (Ottoman Empire Egypt).[20]
Kate  United Kingdom The ketch foundered off Southsea, Hampshire. Her crew survived.[16]
P. H. Walley  United States The steam barge capsized and sank in a storm in Lake Erie with the loss of eleven of the fifteen people on board.[15]
Philip Walter  United States The steamship was struck by a cyclone between Cleveland and Marblehead, Ohio and sank due to cargo shift. Lost with all eight hands, a mix of men and women.[21]

21 June

|- |Onward | United Kingdom |The Thames barge was run into by the steamship Algoma ( United Kingdom+) and sank at Charlton, Kent with the loss of a crew member.[16]

List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1887
Ship State Description

22 June

List of shipwrecks: 22 June 1887
Ship State Description
Erycina  United Kingdom The ship was damaged by fire at Swansea, Glamorgan.[16]
Otto and Emma  Germany The schooner was driven ashore at the Coal House Fort, Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Hamburg.[16]
Pelican  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at the Coal House Fort. She was refloated.[22]

23 June

List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1887
Ship State Description
Dunskeig  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was wrecked at Tierra del Fuego, Chile with the loss of fourteen of her 31 crew. She was on a voyage from London to San Francisco, California, United States.[23][24]

26 June

List of shipwrecks: 26 June 1887
Ship State Description
Magellanes  Argentina The transport ship struck a rock and foundered at Puerto Deseado. All 200 people on board survived.[25]

27 June

List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1887
Ship State Description
Star of Scotia  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was wrecked on Bull Point, Falkland Islands with the loss of seven lives. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California, United States to Queenstown, County Cork and London.[26]

28 June

List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1887
Ship State Description
Soudan  France The steamship was wrecked on the Hamstone, off the coast of Devon, United Kingdom. Her eight passengers were taken off by a yacht. Soudan was on a voyage from Senegal to Dunkerque, Nord. She was refloated and taken in tow by tow tugs, one of which was Raleigh ( United Kingdom) but she sank off Salcombe, Devon. Her crew and a Coastguard officer on board were rescued.[27]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in June 1887
Ship State Description
Aave  Norway The schooner was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bo'ness, Lothian, United Kingdom to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[28]
Ada  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Brake Sand. She was refloated and assisted in to Ramsgate, Kent.[5]
Adriatic  United Kingdom The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Egypt ( United Kingdom). Adriatic was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Quebec City, Canada.[29]
Anna  Germany The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Thisted, Denmark.[14]
Ashfield  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Goeree, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was refloated and taken in to Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland.[14]
Caspian  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore. She was refloated and taken in to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada in a leaky condition.[5]
Caterina Schiaffino  Italy The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Cyprus to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[30]
Chowan Flag unknown The ship ran aground on a reef off Bermuda. She was on a voyage from Bermuda to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was refloated and put back to Bermuda in a severely leaky condition.[5]
City of Boston  United States The ship was wrecked off the Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[31]
Clara  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the steamship Brier ( United Kingdom) in Lough Foyle and was severely damaged.[5]
Constantia  Norway The barque was wrecked on the Colorado Reefs, off the coast of Cuba. She was on a voyage from Trinidad, Cuba to New York, United States.[16]
European  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Meloria Bank, off Livorno, Italy.[5]
Gamecock  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Shingle Bank, in the Solent. She was on a voyage from Penzance, Cornwall to Southampton, Hampshire.[5]
Gina  Austria-Hungary The barque ran aground off Martín García Island, Uruguay and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Campana, Argentina.[32]
Garrison  United Kingdom The ship struck the Runnel Stone. She was consequently beached at the Mumbles, Glamorgan.[5]
Godiva  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the coast of India in a cyclone. She was later refloated and taken in to Calcutta for repairs.[33]
Gustafva  Russia The barque was driven ashore on Saltholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hailuto, Grand Duchy of Finland to Antwerp, Belgium.[22]
Hercules  United Kingdom The tug was holed by an anchor and sank at Cardiff.[16]
Jumna  United Kingdom The steamship caught fire at Aden, Aden Governorate. The fire was extinguished.[34]
Juno  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the River Plate at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and sprang a severe leak. She was on a voyage from Penedo, Brazil to Liverpool.[32]
Liffey  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Nash Point, Glamorgan. She was later refloated and taken in to Cardiff.[22]
Lord Athlumney  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked. There were at least twelve survivors.[5]
Nefert  Denmark The schooner was driven ashore at Pernambuco, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro to Maceió.[34]
Neto  United Kingdom The steamship caught fire at Pernambuco. The fire was extinguished.[14]
Ouachita  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Cork to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was later refloated and taken in to Liverpool.[5]
Providence  United States The steamship was driven ashore at Bristol Ferry, Rhode Island.[22]
Puffin  United Kingdom The yacht was severely damaged by fire at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.[16]
Ranee  Straits Settlements The steamship was driven ashore at Sarawak. She was on a voyage from Singapore to Sarawak. She was refloated and taken in to Sarawak.[13]
Rapid  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore on "Weogenes Island", New Brunswick, Canada.[22]
Retreiver  United Kingdom The tug foundered in a cyclone with the loss of all but one of her crew.[33]
Sagterland  Germany The brigantine ran aground on the Kimmeridge Ledge, in the English Channel off the coast of Dorset, United Kingdom and was severely damaged. She was refloated on 5 July and towed in to Weymouth, Dorset in a leaky condition.[5]
Sangvig  Norway The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Blokhus, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to Bisserup, Denmark.[22]
Sir John Lawrence  United Kingdom The steamship foundered in a cyclone with the loss of all on board, more than 730 lives.[33]
Tekla  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Flinterenne, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Memel, Germany to Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium.[30]
Vidette  United States The ship foundered at sea. She was on a voyage from New York to Mobile, Alabama.[34]
Wellington  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pensacola to Liverpool.[17]
Unnamed Trinity House The lightship was driven ashore on the coast of India in a cyclone.[33]
Unnamed Flag unknown United Kingdom The brig collided with the steamship Horn Head ( United Kingdom) and was beached between Dover and Folkestone, Kent.[16]

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