List of shipwrecks in 1881
The list of shipwrecks in 1881 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1881.
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Arctic | unknown | The brigantine was lost in the vicinity of "Squan", a term used at the time for the coast of New Jersey near Manasquan and sometimes for the 7-mile (11 km) stretch of coast between Manasquan Inlet and Cranberry Inlet or for the entire coast of New Jersey between Sea Girt and Barnegat Inlet.[1] |
Cornelia and Maria | ![]() | The brigantine ran aground at Benin City, Kingdom of Benin and was abandoned by her crew between 4 June and 2 September. She subsequently broke up.[2] |
Edwin Webster | ![]() | The whaler was wrecked near Point Barrow, Department of Alaska in the summer. There were at least three survivors.[3] |
Ellengowan | ![]() | The steamship struck a sandbar in the Daly River, South Australia (now in the Northern Territory), and sank. She was refloated in 1885, repaired, and returned to service. |
Elliot Ritchie | ![]() | The schooner was abandoned at sea after a fire broke out in one of her cargo holds. |
Glendorgal | ![]() | The schooner became a total wreck near Ilfracombe, Devon.[4] |
Guacolda | ![]() | War of the Pacific: The torpedo boat was wrecked on the coast of Chile.[5] |
Hattie M | ![]() | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued.[6] |
Henrietta | ![]() | The schooner foundered off the coast of New Caledonia with the loss of all but two of her crew.[7] |
Jubinal | ![]() | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean after 21 October. She was on a voyage from Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada to Whitehaven, Cumberland.[8] |
Kirstina | ![]() | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea between 28 September and 7 October. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to Helsingør, Denmark.[9] |
Kismet | ![]() | The barque went missing and probably foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to New York, United States.[10] |
Lammerlaw | ![]() | The ship sank in Shoalwater Bay after 2 August. She was on a voyage from Newcastle, New South Wales to Portland, Oregon, United States.[11] |
Los Angeles | ![]() | The vessel sank in Peril Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in the Department of Alaska.[12] |
Maritime Union | ![]() | The ship was destroyed by fire at sea. Two of her crew were rescued by Mary F. Cowell (Flag unknown). Maritime Union was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to San Francisco, California, United States.[13] |
Oakhurst | ![]() | The ship caught fire at sea between 13 June and 24 October. She was on a voyage from Hull to San Francisco.[13] |
O.K. | ![]() | The paddle steamer was lost in either 1867 or 1881.[14] |
Sarco | ![]() | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Valparaíso, Chile.[15] |
Severn | ![]() | The barque collided with Mayumba (![]() |
Vigilance | ![]() | The whaler was wrecked near "Serdze Kemen", Russia in the Spring with loss of life.[3] |
Wandering Minstrel | ![]() | The ship was wrecked in a cyclone at Mauritius before 4 March. She was on a voyage from Table Bay to Calcutta, India.[17] |
References
- ^ "njscuba.net "Lavallette Wreck"". Archived from the original on 23 February 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 30291. London. 5 September 1881. col C, p. 12.
- ^ a b "Arctic Search". The Times. No. 30305. London. 21 September 1881. col A, p. 10.
- ^ "Our Ships and our Sailors". The Cornishman. No. 179. 15 December 1881. p. 4.
- ^ Chesneau, Roger; Kolesnik, Eugene M (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905. New York: Mayflower Books. p. 414. ISBN 0-8317-0302-4.
- ^ "Disaster at Sea". The Cornishman. No. 176. 24 November 1881. p. 6.
- ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 30395. London. 4 January 1882. col F, p. 11.
- ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 30363. London. 28 November 1881. col B, p. 12.
- ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 30328. London. 18 October 1881. col E-F, p. 11.
- ^ "Apprehended Loss Of A Ship And 16 Lives". The Cornishman. No. 156. 7 July 1881. p. 7.
- ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 30343. London. 4 November 1881. col B, p. 12.
- ^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (L)
- ^ a b "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 30333. London. 24 October 1881. col A, p. 12.
- ^ Gaines, W. Craig, Encyclopedia of Civil War Shipwrecks, Louisiana State University Press, 2008 Archived 29 November 2010 at the Wayback Machine, ISBN 978-0-8071-3274-6, p. 30.
- ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 30325. London. 14 October 1881. col B, p. 10.
- ^ "Sicilian". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
- ^ "Disasters at Sea". The Times. No. 30138. London. 10 March 1881. col E, p. 11.
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