List of shipwrecks in June 1888

The list of shipwrecks in June 1888 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during June 1888.

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1 June

List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1888
Ship State Description
Jersey  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of the Phanar Lighthouse, Ottoman Empire.[1]
Maggie  United Kingdom The Thames barge was run into by the brigantine Dagmar ( Denmark) and sank in the English Channel 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Folkestone, Kent. Her crew survived. Maggie was on a voyage from London to Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex.[2]

2 June

List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1888
Ship State Description
Ninea Flag unknown The schooner foundered in the North Sea. Her five crew were rescued on 4 June by Thomas and Mary ( United Kingdom). Ninea was on a voyage from Mömsteräs, Sweden to Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom.[3]

4 June

List of shipwrecks: 4 June 1888
Ship State Description
Cromartyshire  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Hooghly Point, India. She was on a voyage from Colombo, Ceylon to Calcutta, India. She was refloated with assistance.[4]
Élan  French Navy The despatch boat foundered off Dunkerque, Nord. Her crew survived.[5]
H. W. Crawford  United States The ship was beached during a storm three miles (4.8 km) west of the West Pass of St. Andrew's Bar.[6]
Unnamed Flag unknown The ship foundered 13 nautical miles (24 km) south of Cape Agulhas, Cape Colony with the loss of all on board. Witnessed by Drummond Castle ( United Kingdom).[7] She may have been Trevelyan ( United Kingdom), on a voyage from the Clyde to Otago, New Zealand.[8]

5 June

List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1888
Ship State Description
Lovie  United Kingdom The fishing dandy foundered between the Eddystone Rocks and Rame Head, Cornwall with the loss of three of the four people on board. The survivor was rescued by the fishing dandy Mary Jane ( United Kingdom).[9]

6 June

List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1888
Ship State Description
Ashdale  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Clyde at Garvel, Ayrshire.[4] She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[10]
Sir Bevis  United Kingdom The steamship collided with another vessel off the Royal Sovereign Lightship ( Trinity House) and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to the River Tyne. She completed her voyage.[11]

7 June

List of shipwrecks: 7 June 1888
Ship State Description
Gleam  United States The yacht was sunk in a collision with the steamship Joppa ( United States) in Chesapeake Bay near Seven Foot Knoll Light (39°09′26″N 76°24′12″W / 39.1572°N 76.4034°W / 39.1572; -76.4034), in the mouth of the Patapsco River with the loss of one life.[12]
Janet Douglas  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Nigg Sands, off the coast of Cromartyshire.[10]
Onward  United Kingdom The schooner struck a rock off Cape Clear Island, County Cork and was wrecked. Her four crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Dingle, County Kerry.[10]
Raffaele Ligure  Italy The ship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by the smack Increase ( United Kingdom).[10]

8 June

List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1888
Ship State Description
Prussia  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Clyde near Dumbarton.[11]

9 June

List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1888
Ship State Description
Libra  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Falcon ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Wapping, Middlesex and was severely damaged.[11]
Perseverance  United Kingdom The fishing trawler was driven ashore in Dublin Bay.[11]

10 June

List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1888
Ship State Description
Unnamed Flag unknown The steamship was driven ashore on Amack, Denmark.[11]

12 June

List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1888
Ship State Description
Cumeria  United Kingdom The ship was sighted in the South Atlantic whilst on a voyage from the River Tyne to Valparaíso, Chile. No further trace, reported missing.[13]

14 June

List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1888
Ship State Description
Niobe  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Bangka Strait 30 nautical miles (56 km) south of Muntok, Netherlands East Indies. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Singapore, Straits Settlements.[14]
Pony  United States The steamship capsized and sank during a turn on the Muskegon Lake. Her engineer drowned.[12]

15 June

List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1888
Ship State Description
Drumlanrig  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Humber. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to San Francisco, California, United States.[15] She was refloated and put back to Hull.[16]

16 June

List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1888
Ship State Description
Princess of Wales  United Kingdom The paddle steamer was run into by the steamship Balmoral Castle ( United Kingdom) and sank off Skelmorlie, Ayrshire with the loss of three lives.[17]

18 June

List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1888
Ship State Description
Guglielmo  Austria-Hungary The barque caught fire at Cape Town, Cape Colony. She was scuttled.[18]

19 June

List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1888
Ship State Description
Zadok  United Kingdom The ship was sighted in the Indian Ocean whilst on a voyage from the Spencer Gulf to Falmouth, Cornwall. No further trace, reported overdue.[19]

20 June

List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1888
Ship State Description
Pioneer  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Beachy Head, Sussex. Her eight crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex.[20]
Prima Donna  United Kingdom The fishing lugger was run into by the steamship Blonde ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned. Her crew subsequently reboarded her and she was taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a severely leaky condition.[14]

23 June

List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1888
Ship State Description
Ægean, and
Northampton 		 United Kingdom
 Germany 		The steamship Ægean and the full-rigged ship Northampton collided off the Longships, Cornwall and both vessels sank. Northampton lost two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by the schooner Grace Darling ( United Kingdom). Ægean was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[21][22]
Olivette  United States The pleasure launch struck a dike in Newark Bay and capsized with the loss of six lives.[12]

24 June

List of shipwrecks: 24 June 1888
Ship State Description
Werra  Germany The steamship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom.[23]

27 June

List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1888
Ship State Description
Dunvegan Castle  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Corsewall Point, Wigtownshire. She was refloated and taken in to Loch Ryan in a leaky condition.[24]
Minerva  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground off Sanda Island. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Dantsic, Germany. She was later refloated and put back to Glasgow for repairs.[24]
Unnamed  United States The pleasure launch was sunk in a collision with the steamship James W. Baldwin ( United States) one mile (1.6 km) above Newburg, New York with the loss of two of the eight people on board.[12]

29 June

List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1888
Ship State Description
Sensation  United Kingdom The tug was run into by the tug Victoria ( United Kingdom) 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Sunderland, County Durham. Sensation was beached at Sunderland.[25]

30 June

List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1888
Ship State Description
Alhambra  New South Wales The steamship collided with the derelict steamship John T. Berry ( United States), which she was trying to salvage, and sank off Newcastle, New South Wales. The steamship Tasmania ( United Kingdom) rescued her crew. The steamship Thetis ( United Kingdom) later sank John T. Berry as a danger to navigation.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in June 1888
Ship State Description
Abo  Russia The steamship was driven ashore on Seskar. Her passengers were take off by the steamshihp Boy ( United Kingdom).[26]
Active  United Kingdom The Thames barge collided with another vessel and sank in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex. Her seven crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Deptford, Kent to Plymouth, Devon.[20]
Anna  Norway The barque ran aground and was wrecked at Vardø. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Vardø.[10]
Auckland  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and sank at "Bronosound", south of Bodø, Norway.[24]
Aurora  Russia The schooner ran aground on the Middlegrunden, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Riga to La Rochelle, Charente-Inférieure, France. She was refloated with assistance.[11]
Berbice Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore at Newcastle, New South Wales. She was a total loss.[3]
Celestina Rocca  Italy The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at "Bancochico", Argentina. She was on a voyage from Gualeguaychú, Argentina to the English Channel.[14]
Chattanooga  United States The ship was wrecked at Boston, Massachusetts.[24]
Chrysolite  Norway The barque was driven ashore on Caribou Island, Canada. Her crew were rescued. She wa son a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Quebec City, Canada.[16]
Coban  Canada Canada The ship was driven ashore on Green Island. She was on a voyage from Sydney, Nova Scotia to Montreal, Quebec.[26]
Como  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Caloric ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Boca Channel, off Buenos Aires, Argentina.[11][16]
Confidence  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground and sank at Cullivoe, Yell, Shetland Islands.[14]
Daphne  France The barque was driven ashore at Pará, Brazil. She subsequently broke up.[25]
Einar  Norway The barque was driven ashore in the Rio Grande do Norte. She was a total loss. She was on a voyage from Macau to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[16]
Ellida  Norway The barque was wrecked at Danger Point, Cape Colony.[10]
Emma  Norway The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Grahamstown, Cape Colony with some loss of life.[4]
Emma  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire at Hedon, Yorkshire.[16]
Emma  Germany The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Mahanoro, Madagascar. Her crew were rescued.[24]
Emily  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the steamship Manitoba ( United Kingdom) and sank at Antwerp, Belgium. Emily was on a voyage from Teignmouth, Devon to Antwerp.[11]
Essex  United Kingdom The steamship put in to Aden, Aden Governorate on fire. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to London.[11]
Freischutz  Germany The brig was abandoned in the North Sea 7 nautical miles (13 km) south west of Lindesnes, Russia. Her crew were rescued by the brig Sylfide ( Norway).[14]
George  Russia The schooner ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 6 June and taken in to Rochester, Kent, United Kingdom in a severely leaky condition.[4]
Guglielmo D.  Austria-Hungary The barque caught fire at Cape Town, Cape Colony. She was scuttled.[26]
Ino  United Kingdom The ketch foundered in the North Sea off Mundesley, Norfolk. Her crew survived.[27]
Joseph Nicholson  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Leman Sands, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Fredrikstad, Norway to London. She was refloated and assisted in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a leaky condition.[10]
Lancaster Castle  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. She was on a voyage from Nanaimo, British Columbia to San Francisco, California, United States.[24]
Manitoba  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and damaged at Brunswick, Georgia, United States. She was refloated and taken in to Savannah, Georgia.[24]
Mary Ellen  United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak off the Flannan Isles. She put in to the Bay of Kilda, where she foundered. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Reykjavík, Iceland.[15]
Murga  Spain The barque collided with the steamship Camma ( United Kingdom) and was severely damaged. She was towed in to Málaga.[14]
Norseman  United Kingdom The barque was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew took to the boats; they were rescued by the full-rigged ship Ardencraig ( United Kingdom).[16]
Sotera  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned at sea. Her fourteen crew were rescued by the barque Rewa ( United Kingdom). Sotera was on a voyage from Cochin, India to New York.[18]
St. Fillans  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Saugor, India. She was refloated.[3]
Teno  Chile The hulk sprang a leak and was beached at Valparaíso.[16]
Vaides flag unknown The steamship was lost off Ouessant, Finistère, France.[27]
Waarbud  Norway The brigantine was driven ashore at Macau, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Macau to Rio de Janeiro.[26]
Warren  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 11 June.[28]
Unnamed Flag unknown The schooner was wrecked by an onboard explosion 45 nautical miles (83 km) south east of the Delaware Capes, United States.[21]

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