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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1883
Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr
May	Jun	Jul	Aug
Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
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January

6 January

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1883

Ship	Country	Description
Robert Williams	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	The schooner ran aground at Slade, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea to Abersoch, Glamorgan.

7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1883

Ship	Country	Description
City of Brussels	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	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.

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.

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.

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.

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.
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.
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.
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.

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.

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.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1883

Ship	Country	Description
Copernicus	Belgium	The steamer was wrecked at Porto de Pedras, Brazil.

July

3 July

List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1883

Ship	Country	Description
Daphne	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	The steamer sank at launch with the loss of at least 124 lives. She was raised, repaired, renamed, and entered service.

22 July

List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1883

Ship	Country	Description
Marco Polo	Norway	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.

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 lifeboat Chafyn Grove ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).

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.

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.
Europa	German Empire	The steamer was wrecked on Wittsand in the North Sea off the island of Scharhörn after departing Hamburg, Germany.

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.

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.

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.

November

4 November

List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1883

Ship	Country	Description
Sarah M. Smith	flag unknown	The barque was sighted by the steamer Plantyn (Belgium) abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Long Island, New York, at 40°34′N 72°34′W.

17 November

List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1883

Ship	Country	Description
Plantyn	Belgium	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 brigantine G D T (Canada). Plantyn was abandoned on 6 December in the North Atlantic Ocean at 44°17′N 42°20′W.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1883

Ship	Country	Description
Agnes	New South Wales	The ketch foundered in Jervis Bay, New South Wales, Australia.
Fanny	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	The 130-year-old ship was wrecked off Barry, Glamorgan, Wales.
Mona	Isle of Man	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.

See also

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