The passenger liner was struck by the steamer Kirby Hall (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) in the River Mersey and cut in two. She sank with the loss of 10 lives.
9 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1883
Ship
Country
Description
Parry's Lodge
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The schooner was wrecked on Pwll Du Point, Glamorgan, Wales, with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Amlwch, Anglesey, to Swansea, Glamorgan.[1]
10 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1883
Ship
Country
Description
Sallie W. Kay
The schooner was wrecked on the coast of New Jersey near Ocean City during a snowstorm. Six of her seven crew members were saved.[2]
12 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1883
Ship
Country
Description
Jessie Shuttleworth
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The vessel was wrecked in a gale off Cape Tagmeriwelt, French Morocco.[3]
16 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1883
Ship
Country
Description
Princesse Stephanie
Belgium
The steamship collided with the steamer Concha (Spain) off Lisbon, Portugal.[4]
27 January[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1883
Ship
Country
Description
Agnes Jack
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The steamship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Port Eynon Point, Glamorgan, Wales, with the loss of her eight crew. She was on a voyage from Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy, to Llanelli, Glamorgan.[1]
Amiral Prinz Adalbert
German Empire
The three-masted barque was driven ashore and wrecked near the Mumbles Lighthouse, Glamorgan, Wales, with the loss of one of her fifteen crew.[1]
James Grey
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The steamship was wrecked on the Tusker Rock in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all hands.[1]
Wolverhampton
Royal National Lifeboat Institution
The lifeboat capsized while going to the rescue of Amiral Prinz Adalbert (German Empire) with the loss of four of her six crew.[1]
February[]
7 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1883
Ship
Country
Description
Surprise
France
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked west of Overton Mere, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom with the loss of all hands. The ship's dog survived.[1]
12 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1883
Ship
Country
Description
Reine des Fleurs
France
The brigantine was driven ashore at West Cross, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France, to Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales.[1]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1883
Ship
Country
Description
Copernicus
Belgium
The steamer was wrecked at Porto de Pedras, Brazil.[5]
The clipper ship was wrecked near Cavendish, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1883
Ship
Country
Description
Ludwig
Belgium
The steamer disappeared in the Atlantic Ocean without trace during a voyage to Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and was lost along with all 32 passengers and 43 crew. She was last sighted passing Prawle Point, England, on 2 July.[6]
August[]
8 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1883
Ship
Country
Description
William Miles
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The barque ran aground near Porthcawl, Glamorgan, Wales, and sank. All 13 people on board were rescued by the lifeboatChafyn Grove (Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[1]
27 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1883
Ship
Country
Description
Berouw
Netherlands
The gunboat was anchored in the harbor at Telok Betong, Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies, when a tsunami generated by the eruption of Krakatoa washed her into the city's Chinese quarter at 7:30 a.m. A larger tsunami at 11:00 a.m. carried Berouw up the valley of the Koeripan River and dumped her 1.8 km (1.1 miles) inland at an elevation of 9 meters (30 feet), killing her entire crew of 28.[7]
September[]
1 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1883
Ship
Country
Description
G I Jones
United States
The Newport, Rhode Island-registered barque, carrying phosphate rock from the Bull River in California to Falmouth, Cornwall, England, was driven ashore at Stackhouse Cove, Cornwall, in a south-southwesterly gale. All 13 crew were lost.[8]
Europa
German Empire
The steamer was wrecked on Wittsand in the North Sea off the island of Scharhörn after departing Hamburg, Germany.[9]
20 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1883
Ship
Country
Description
Taitsing
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The clipper ship sank in the Indian Ocean off Nyuni Island, Zanzibar.[10]
October[]
4 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1883
Ship
Country
Description
James Davidson
United States
The wooden bulk carrier was wrecked in shallow water in Lake Huron off Thunder Bay Island while towing a barge to Duluth, Minnesota. While she was still stranded, her engine and boiler were salvaged, and the rest of her wreck has since broken up and separated in about 35 feet (10.7 meters) of water.[11]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date October 1883
Ship
Country
Description
Far West
United States
The sternwheel paddle steamer was lost when she hit a snag on the Missouri River near St. Charles, Missouri.
The steamer was caught in a storm and severely damaged. About 460 tons of her cargo were jettisoned, but five people were lost overboard during this operation. Passengers and crew manned the pumps for 19 days until they were rescued by the brigantineG D T (Canada). Plantyn was abandoned on 6 December in the North Atlantic Ocean at 44°17′N42°20′W / 44.283°N 42.333°W / 44.283; -42.333.[4]
21 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1883
Ship
Country
Description
Erie Belle
Canada
The steam tug sank in Lake Huron off Kincardine, Ontario, Canada, due to a boiler explosion while she assisting the stranded ketch J M Carter (Canada). The explosion killed four of her crew. It blew her other eight crew members overboard, and they were rescued by the crew of J M Carter.[4]
29 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1883
Ship
Country
Description
Lord Marmino
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The barque was in collision with the steamship James Bacon (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) in the Bristol Channel (5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south of Oxwich, Glamorgan, Wales, and sank with the loss of one of her ten crew.[1]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1883
Ship
Country
Description
J M Carter
Canada
The ketch was driven ashore at Kincardine, Ontario, Canada, during a storm on Lake Huron. She eventually was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.
Manistee
United States
After departing Bayfield, Wisconsin, on 10 November, the packet steamer disappeared on Lake Superior near the Apostle Islands during a storm.
December[]
25 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1883
Ship
Country
Description
South of Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The paddle steamer was wrecked on the Warbarrow Rocks in the English Channel near Lulworth, Dorset, England, in foggy conditions.[12]
27 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1883
Ship
Country
Description
Gainsborough
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
The passenger-cargo steamer was cut in two in a collision with the steam collier Wear (flag unknown) in the North Sea about 25 miles from Spurn Point, Yorkshire, England, and sank in a few minutes. Her passengers and crew were rescued by Wear, then transferred to Franklin (flag unknown) when fears arose that Wear also was sinking.
The passenger-cargo steamer 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.
Vauban
France
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Pennard, Glamorgan, Wales. Her crew survived.[1]
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Belgium
Spain) off Lisbon, Portugal.[4]
German Empire
Royal National Lifeboat Institution
France
Netherlands
United States
United States
Canada). Plantyn was abandoned on 6 December in the North Atlantic Ocean at 44°17′N 42°20′W / 44.283°N 42.333°W.[4]
United States
Isle of Man
Spain) collided with and sank her. Her passengers and crew escaped safely in her lifeboats.
