List of shipwrecks in 1883

The list of shipwrecks in 1883 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1883.

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January

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February

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March

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April

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May

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June

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July

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August

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September

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October

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November

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December

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in 1883

Ship	Country	Description
Agnes	New South Wales	The ketch foundered in Jervis Bay.
Don Leandro	Flag unknown	The schooner was wrecked. [1]
Fanny	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked off Barry, Glamorgan. [2]
Her Royal Highness	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked at Cape San Antonio, Argentina after 8 January. Her crew were rescued. [3]
Mona	Isle of Man	The steamship was at anchor in the Formby Channel in the River Mersey in the approaches to Liverpool when the steamer Rita (  Spain) collided with and sank her. Her passengers and crew escaped safely in her lifeboats.
North Devon	United Kingdom	The steamship collided with the steamship Summerlee .(  United Kingdom ) and sank at "St. Nicolas", Bilbao, Spain. She had been refloated and temporary repairs made by 13 April. [4]
Oswingo	United Kingdom	The barque was abandoned at sea after 10 August. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyagte from Newcastle, New South Wales to San Francisco, California. [5]
Vauban	France	The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Pennard, Glamorgan. Her crew survived. [2]
Unknown vessel	Flag unknown	A large vessel was seen bottom up on 2 November, by the barque Etimoloquoid (Flag unknown) in the Atlantic Ocean ( 39°14′N50°00′W / 39.233°N 50.000°W / 39.233; -50.000 ). [6]

References

1. Gaines, W. Craig, Encyclopedia of Civil War Shipwrecks, Louisiana State University Press, 2008 Archived 2010-11-29 at the Wayback Machine , ISBN   978-0-8071-3274-6, p. 27.
2. Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
3. "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 30772. London. 20 March 1883. col B, p. 12.
4. "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 30794. London. 14 April 1883. col A, p. 14.
5. "Disasters At Sea". The Times. No. 30977. London. 14 November 1883. col F, p. 5.
6. "The Italian barque ...". The Cornishman. No. 281. 29 November 1883. p. 7.

Ship events in 1883
Ship launches:	1878	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885	1886	1887	1888
Ship commissionings:	1878	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885	1886	1887	1888
Ship decommissionings:	1878	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885	1886	1887	1888
Shipwrecks:	1878	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885	1886	1887	1888