List of shipwrecks in 1884

The list of shipwrecks in 1884 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1884.

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1884
Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr
May	Jun	Jul	Aug
Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Unknown date

January

18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1884

Ship	Country	Description
City of Columbus	United States	USRC Dexter (left) aiding the wrecked City of Columbus (right). The passenger steamer was wrecked in the Atlantic Ocean off the Gay Head Cliffs in Aquinnah, Massachusetts, with the loss of 103 lives. The 29 survivors were rescued by two boats launched from shore by Wampanoags and by the revenue cutter USRC Dexter ( United States Revenue Cutter Service).

26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1884

Ship	Country	Description
Cviet	Austria-Hungary	The 381-ton barque of Ragusa was deliberately run aground, 300 meters (328 yards) east of Porthleven harbour, Cornwall, England, during a severe gale in an attempt to save the lives of the crew. Six hundred tons of logs were salvaged; three of the crew lost their lives.[1]

27 January

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1884

Ship	Country	Description
G D T	Canada	The brigantine was driven ashore in St Aubin's Bay, Jersey, Channel Islands, and was wrecked.[2]
Goefredo	Portugal	The steamship, formerly the White Star Line ocean liner Belgic, ran aground off Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. She was refloated and sent to Liverpool, England, for repairs.

February

10 February

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1884

Ship	Country	Description
Alexandra	United Kingdom	The schooner foundered off Cardingan. Her four crew were rescued by the lifeboat Lizzie & Charles Leigh Clare ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). She was on a voyage from Porthmadog, Merionethshire, Wales to Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales.[3]

11 February

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1884

Ship	Country	Description
Advance	New South Wales	The schooner ran aground in Botany Bay, New South Wales, Australia, and was wrecked.

12 February

List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1884

Ship	Country	Description
Samuel	Norway	The barque was driven ashore and wrecked east of Worms Head, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales, to Santos, Brazil.[4][4]

26 February

List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1884

Ship	Country	Description
Goefredo	Portugal	The steamship, formerly the White Star Line ocean liner Belgic, had undergone repairs at Liverpool, England, due to an earlier incident, but while leaving the port, bound for Havana, Cuba, she ran onto Burbo Bank at the mouth of the River Mersey and was wrecked.

April

1 April

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1884

Ship	Country	Description
Herald	United Kingdom	The paddle steamer sank off North Head, Sydney Harbor, New South Wales, Australia, after suffering a burst boiler. Both men aboard escaped safely in one of her boats.

3 April

List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1884

Ship	Country	Description
Daniel Steinmann	Belgium	The steamer ran aground on the Madrock Shoal, off Sambro Island, Nova Scotia, Canada, with the loss of 121 of the 130 passengers and crew.[5]

May

10 May

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1884

Ship	Country	Description
J.S. Seaverns	United States	The screw steamer sank in Lake Superior at Michipicoten, Ontario, Canada, with no loss of life. Her wreck was discovered in 2016.

18 May

List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1884

Ship	Country	Description
Syria	United Kingdom	The wreck of Syria. The sailing ship ran aground on the Nasili Reef off Fiji with the loss of 59 lives.

July

10 July

List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1884

Ship	Country	Description
Gravina	Spanish Navy	The Velasco-class unprotected cruiser sank in a typhoon north of Luzon in the Spanish East Indies.

27 July

List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1884

Ship	Country	Description
John M. Osborn	United States	The wooden screw steamer sank with the loss of three lives 6 miles (9.7 km) west-northwest of Whitefish Point in Lake Superior after she was rammed by the steamer Alberta Canada.[6]

August

23 August

List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1884

Ship	Country	Description
Yangwu	Imperial Chinese Navy	Yangwu Sino-French War, Battle of Fuzhou: The corvette exploded and sank in the Min River at Foochow (now Fuzhou) after being attacked successfully by a French Navy torpedo boat with a spar torpedo.

September

7 September

List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1884

Ship	Country	Description
Ellen	United Kingdom	The smack foundered off Cardigan. Three people were rescued by the lifeboat Lizzie & Charles Leigh Clare ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[3]
Unda	Norway	The brigantine foundered of Cardigan. Her six crew were rescued by the lifeboat Lizzie & Charles Leigh Clare ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[3]

9-10 September

List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1884

Ship	Country	Description
Fenella	United Kingdom	Fenella aground. The screw steamer struck a rock in the Menai Strait, grounded, refloated, collided with Prince Arthur (flag unknown), then grounded again near the Menai Bridge on the Isle of Anglesey in north Wales, without loss of life. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.

13 September

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1884

Ship	Country	Description
Unidentified brig	Flag unknown	The brig was wrecked on the Seven Stones Reef between Cornwall, England, and the Isles of Scilly.[7]

22 September

List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1884

Ship	Country	Description
HMS Wasp	Royal Navy	The Banterer-class screw gunboat ran aground off Tory Island, Ireland, and sank with the loss of 52 lives.
Welsh Prince	United Kingdom	The steamship was disabled and ran aground when a rope became entangled around her propeller at Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England. Her passengers were taken off by the lifeboat William James Holt ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Welsh Prince was subsequently refloated and returned to service.[4]

October

24 October

List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1884

Ship	Country	Description
Christina Nilsson	United States	The schooner struck a reef and sank in Lake Michigan off Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin, during a blizzard.

November

19 November

List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1884

Ship	Country	Description
Silentium	Sweden	The steamship collided with the steamer Pennland ( Belgium) off the Goodwin Sands, in the English Channel and sank.[2]

22 November

List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1884

Ship	Country	Description
Chandler J. Wells	United States	The schooner ran aground in Lake Michigan off Whiskey Island, Michigan.

December

20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1884

Ship	Country	Description
Echo	United Kingdom	The vessel was overwhelmed by weather off the Corbiere, Jersey, Channel Islands. All aboard drowned.[8]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1884

Ship	Country	Description
Atrato	United Kingdom	The paddle steamer sank.
Ohio	United States	The full-rigged ship was destroyed by fire in the harbor at Greenport, New York.

References

1. Larn, R; Larn, B. (1991). Shipwrecks Around Mounts Bay. Penryn: Tor Mark Press.
2. "Belgian Merchant P-Z" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
3. "CARDIGAN & DISTRICT SHIPWRECKS AND LIFEBOAT SERVICE". Glen Johnson. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
4. Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
5. "Belgian Merchant H-O" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
6. "Great Lakes Vessels Online Index". Bowling Green State University. Retrieved 13 April 2009.
7. Larn, Richard (1992). The Shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly. Nairn: Thomas & Lochar. ISBN 0-946537-84-4.
8. "MEMORIAL: M4585". blogs.rmg.co.uk. Retrieved 25 Aug 2015.

Ship events in 1884
Ship launches:	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885	1886	1887	1888	1889
Ship commissionings:	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885	1886	1887	1888	1889
Ship decommissionings:	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885	1886	1887	1888	1889
Shipwrecks:	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885	1886	1887	1888	1889