List of shipwrecks in July 1881

The list of shipwrecks in July 1881 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during July 1881.

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July 1881
Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
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4	5	6	7	8	9	10
11	12	13	14	15	16	17
18	19	20	21	22	23	24
25	26	27	28	29	30	31
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References

1 July

List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1881

Ship	State	Description
Aurora	Newfoundland Colony	The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on the Isle du Bois, in the Strait of Belle Isle. [1]
Guide	Newfoundland Colony	The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on the Isle du Bois. [1]
Jessie	United Kingdom	The pilot smack collided with Saga (Flag unknown) and sank off Start Point, Devon. Her crew were rescued. [2]
Lady Maxwell	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south of St. Bees Head, Cumberland. [2]
Several unnamed vessels	United States	The schooners were wrecked by a tornado in Tangier Sound, Chesapeake Bay with the loss of nine lives. [3]
Unnamed	Newfoundland Colony	The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on the Isle du Bois. [1]

2 July

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1881

Ship	State	Description
Daniel Webster	United States	The whaler was crushed by ice and sank in the Arctic Ocean 5 nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) south of Point Barrow, Territory of Alaska. [4]
Lofna	United Kingdom	The steamship struck rocks at Burntisland, Fife. She was on a voyage from Burntisland to Cronstadt, Russia. She put in to Leith, Lothian in a leaky condition. [5]

3 July

List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1881

Ship	State	Description
Glen	United Kingdom	The schooner collided with the screw-steamer Alliance (Flag unknown) off St Ives, Cornwall and foundered. Her crew were rescued by Alliance. [6]

4 July

List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1881

Ship	State	Description
Britannic	United Kingdom	The ocean liner ran aground in fog at Kilmore, County Wexford. Her passengers were evacuated via the ship's lifeboats. She was refloated on 8 July but sprang a leak in her engine room the next day and was beached in Wexford Bay. She was refloated on 14 July and towed to Liverpool.
Glen	United Kingdom	The ship collided with Alliance (  United Kingdom ) and sank off St Ives, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by Alliance. [7]

5 July

List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1881

Ship	State	Description
Abraham	Germany	The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Aracatu, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to the Rio Grande. [8]

6 July

List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1881

Ship	State	Description
James and Harriet	United Kingdom	The Thames barge capsized off Shoeburyness, Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was subsequently beached between Southend Pier and Shoeburyness with the assistance of two smacks. [8]

7 July

List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1881

Ship	State	Description
Asterope	United Kingdom	The brig struck a rock and was wrecked on the coast of Brazil near the mouth of the Pará River. Her eight crew took to a boat; they were rescued two days later by the steamship Lisbonense (  United Kingdom ). Asterope was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Pará, Brazil. [9] [10]
Eblane	Denmark	The schooner foundered in the North Sea with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Gothenburg, Sweden. [11]
Emilie	Norway	The brig was drovem ashore in the Nieuwe Diep. She was on a voyage from the Nieuwe Diep to Sundsvall. [8] She was refloated the next day but consequently foundered. [12]

11 July

List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1881

Ship	State	Description
Lady Franklin	United States	The schooner sank off Stanwood's Point in the Annisquam River. Her crew were rescued. [13]

12 July

List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1881

Ship	State	Description
Rio Apa	United Kingdom	The steamship was severely damaged by fire at Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Bayonne. [14]

14 July

List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1881

Ship	State	Description
Lamar	United Kingdom	The steamship departed from Coronel for Valparaíso, Chile. No further trace, reported overdue. [15]

15 July

List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1881

Ship	State	Description
Aberdonian	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in a typhoon in the East China Sea with the loss of at least ten of her 24 crew. She was on a voyage from Yantai to Fuzhou, China. [16]
Hebe	United Kingdom	The schooner collided with another schooner in the Bristol Channel off Nash Point, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Waterford. She consequently foundered the next day. Her crew were rescued by a schooner. [17]
Lamar	Chile	The steamship was sighted off the mouth of the Maule River whilst on a voyage from Coronel to Valparaíso. No further trace, reported missing. [18]
Unnamed	China	The junk foundered in the East China Sea with the loss of all but one of those on board. [16]

16 July

List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1881

Ship	State	Description
Pilliponis	Russia	The steamship caught fire in the Black Sea and was beached at "Cape Tatali". [14]
Sophie	United Kingdom	The brig was driven ashore at Narva, Russia. Her crew were rescued. [14]
Stralsund	Germany )	The barque collided with the steamship Avlona (  United Kingdom ) in the Saint Lawrence River and sank. Stralsund was on a voyage from Montreal, Quebec, Canada to London, United Kingdom. [19]

17 July

List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1881

Ship	State	Description
Annie S. Hall	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in a typhoon in the East China Sea. Her crew survived. [16]
Camerata	United Kingdom	The steamship struck rocks and ran aground at Cette, Hérault, France. [20]
Jafet II	Austria-Hungary	The barque was driven ashore 2+1⁄4 nautical miles (4.2 km) south of the South Stack, Anglesey, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. [14] She was later refloated and towed in to Holyhead, Anglesey. [21]

18 July

List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1881

Ship	State	Description
Klarina Harmina	Netherlands	The brigantine ran aground near Aracaju, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Aracaju to New York, United States. She was refloated and put back to Aracaju in a leaky condition . [14]

20 July

List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1881

Ship	State	Description
Laleham	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Dunkerque, Nord, France. [20]
Loch Rannoch	United Kingdom	The steamship arrived at Bombay, India on fire. She was scuttled the next day. She was refloated on 12 August. [22]
Loch Ryan	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south east of Thurso, Caithness. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Castlehill, Scotland to Alloa, Clackmannanshire. [20]
Servitor	United Kingdom	The ketch sank off the mouth of the River Cuckmere with the loss of one of her four crew. Survivors were rescued by the Coastguard. She was on a voyage from Newhaven to Lewes, Sussex. [23]
Unnamed	United Kingdom	The yacht capsized in the Gare Loch with the loss of four lives. [20]

21 July

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1881

Ship	State	Description
Albertine	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground at Greenock, Renfrewshire. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Greenock. [20]
Britomart	United Kingdom	The barque was driven ashore at Cerro Azul, Peru. She was declared a total loss. [24]
Henriette	Germany	The ship departed from Hamburg for Guaymas, Mexico. No further trace, reported missing. [25]

25 July

List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1881

Ship	State	Description
Brighton	United Kingdom	The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at East London, Cape Colony with some loss of life. [19]
Clymping	United Kingdom	The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at East London with some loss of life. [19]
Henri IV	France	The steamship ran aground at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. She was on a voyage from Brazil to Havre de Grâce. [24] She was later refloated and found to be severely leaky [26]

26 July

List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1881

Ship	State	Description
Sarah Douglas	United Kingdom	The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Savannah, Georgia, United States. [27]
Ulysses	Guernsey	The schooner struck rocks and sank at Saint Sampsons. [19]
Three unnamed vessels	Flags unknown	Thirty people died when three sailing vessels sank during a "terrific gale" at East London, Cape Colony. [28]

27 July

List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1881

Ship	State	Description
Admiral	United Kingdom	The sloop sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea off Souter Point, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Hebburn-on-Tyne, Northumberland. [26]
Mirzapore	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal. She was on a voyage from London to Shanghai, China. [26]
Strickland	United Kingdom	The ship ran aground at Pernambuco, Brazil and developed a severe leak. [26]

28 July

List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1881

Ship	State	Description
Nordstjernan	Norway	The steamship was wrecked at Knivskjærodden, near Nordkapp, and sank. All on board were rescued. [29] [30]

30 July

List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1881

Ship	State	Description
Guy Cunningham	United States	The fishing schooner departed from Gloucester, Massachusetts. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all fourteen crew. [31] [32] [33]

31 July

List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1881

Ship	State	Description
Dunoon Castle	United Kingdom	The paddle steamer ran aground in the Clyde at Greenock, Renfrewshire with the loss of her captain. Subsequently refloated and taken in to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. [34] [27]
Morning Groves	United Kingdom	The fishing boat was run down and sunk off Queenborough, Kent. [34]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in July 1881

Ship	State	Description
Annie D. Merritt	United States	The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Maryland. [11]
Arche d'Alliance	France	The lugger sank in the North Sea off North Sunderland, Berwickshire, United Kingdom. Her crew survived. [14]
Argo	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore at Porth Neigwl, Caernarfonshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Falmouth, Cornwall. [21]
Atlantic	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground at the entrance to the Gulf of Smyrna. She was refloated on 24 July and resumed her voyage. [19]
Barend	Netherlands	The brigantine was driven ashore 6 nautical miles (11 km) south of Figueira da Foz, Portugal with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Candia, Ottoman Crete to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. She subsequently broke up. [26]
Bessie Rowe	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. She was refloated and taken in to Cuxhaven, Germany in a leaky condition. [21]
Clarence	United Kingdom	The steamship struck a sunken pile and sank at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland to Liverpool. [8]
Dantzic	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore on "Goat Island", Outer Hebrides and severely damaged. She was refloated on 12 July. [11]
Edith Brooks	United Kingdom	The brig foundered near Sulymah, Sierra Leone on or before 28 July. Her crew were rescued. [26]
Epjuht	Flag unknown	The ship was wrecked at "Amherst". Her crew were rescued. [24]
Eureka	United Kingdom	The schooner was wrecked in the White Sea at Sweet Nose, Russia before 11 July. Her crew were rescued by the steamship T. E. Forster (  United Kingdom ). [20]
Germania	Germany	The schooner was driven ashore at Tangier, Morocco. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Genoa, Italy. [14]
Glenrosa	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. [11] She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Riga, Russia. She was later refloated with assistance and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark for repairs. [17]
Grislehamn	Sweden	The barque was driven ashore on Saltholmen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from a Finnish port to and English port. [24]
Harald, and Selma	Denmark Grand Duchy of Finland	The steamships collided off "Trindelin". Selma sank. Her crew survived. Harald was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to New York, United States. She put back to Copenhagen. [20]
Holmbrook	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore at Rosemullion Head, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Caen, Calvados, France to Newport, Monmouthshire. [14] Holmbrook was refloated on 18 July and beached at Falmouth. [21]
Ida	United Kingdom	The brigantine was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Bahia to Aracaju, Brazil. She was refloated and put in to Chrislovas in a leaky condition. [5]
Isabel	Spain	The ship was driven ashore at La Frontera, Tenerife, Canary Islands. [8]
Isabella	Russia	The tug collided with the steamship Madeleine and sank at Cronstadt. [21]
Italia	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground at Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Avonmouth, Somerset to Barrow-in-Furness. [8]
John Cobbold	United Kingdom	The barque was driven ashore at Kingsdown, Kent. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to Oporto, Portugal. [12]
Leversons	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground on the Filsand, in the Baltic Sea and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt to Riga. [24]
Mary Jane	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Vlissingen, Zeeland. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Ipswich, Suffolk. [11]
Minnie	Isle of Man	The fishing lugger struck the Navestone Rock, in the North Sea off the coast of Northumberland, and sank. Her crew survived. [20]
Morgan Richards	United Kingdom	The steamship ran into the paddle steamer Isabel la Catolica (  Spanish Navy) at Cartagena, Spain and was damaged, breaking her crankshaft. [11]
Nathalia	Sweden	The schooner collided with the full-rigged ship Norma (  Norway) and sank. Her crew survived. Nathalia was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Aarhus, Denmark. [14]
Nordstjern	Germany	The schooner at "Sondre Rosse". She was on a voyage from Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland to Vegesack. She was refloated and put in to Copenhagen. [21]
Pleiades	United Kingdom	The brig was wrecked on the Hinder Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. [24]
Queen of the Fleet	United Kingdom	The fishing trawler was driven ashore at Thisted, Denmark. [5]
Republic	United States	The full-rigged ship was driven ashore near Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Melbourne, Victoria to Calais. [24]
Resource	Norway	The brig ran aground on the North Bull, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Dublin, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Drogheda, County Louth, United Kingdom. She was refloated with assistance on 17 July and taken in to Drogheda. [21]
S. and E. A. Charnley	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of the South Stack, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Birkenhead, Cheshire to London. [14]
Scots Grey	United Kingdom	The steamship ran aground in the Bute Channel. [17]
Solid	German Empire	The schooner ran aground near "Ijusut", Russia. She was later refloated with assistance and taken in to Nicholaieff, Russia, where she had arrived by 22 July. [24]
Spurn	United Kingdom	The steam trawler struck rocks and was beached at Sandend, Aberdeenshire. [5]
St. Pierre	France	The barque was wrecked in the Torres Strait. [5]
Sylph	United Kingdom	The brigantine sprang a leak and was beached at Cowes, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough to Lydney, Gloucestershire. Following repairs, she was refloated and resumed her voyage. [11]
Trocadero	United Kingdom	The steamship was driven ashore at Fahludd, Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Söderhamn, Sweden. [24]
Veranda	United Kingdom	The full-rigged ship ran aground at "Sondre Ross". She was on a voyage from Lerwick, Shetland Islands to Stettin, Germany. She was refloated. [21]

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