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List of shipwrecks in 1887

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The list of shipwrecks in 1887 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1887.

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1887
Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec
Unknown date

January[]

7 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1887
Ship Country Description
Nor Norge-Unionsflagg-1844 Norway The schooner-rigged steamship was wrecked at Chesil Beach, Dorset, United Kingdom.[1]

11 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1887
Ship Country Description
Ella Flag of Sweden Sweden The wooden barque Ella, built in 1851, was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden, to Liverpool, England, with a cargo of pit props when she ran aground and was wrecked in Belgrave Bay (Belle Grève), Guernsey, Channel Islands. There were no casualties.[2][3]

12 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1887
Ship Country Description
Bolina Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The Caernarvon schooner was carrying slate from Portmadoc, Wales, to London when she sank south of Gugh, Isles of Scilly, during an easterly gale.[4]

16 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1887
Ship Country Description
Caterina Flag of Italy (1861-1946) Kingdom of Italy The barque was wrecked on the Nash Sands in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all 13 people on board.[5]

18 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1887
Ship Country Description
Argus Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Llangenneth, Glamorgan. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Lannion, Côtes du Nord, France to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[5]

20 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1887
Ship Country Description
Kapunda Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The London-based three-masted emigrant ship collided with the barque Ada Melmore (flag unknown) off Brazil and sank with the loss of 299 lives.[6]

26 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1887
Ship Country Description
Ribble Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The ship was in collision with the ship Coniston Fell (Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland in the Bristol Channel and sank with the loss of two of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by the lifeboat Wolverhampton II (Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Coniston Fell was beached at The Mumbles, Glamorgan, Wales.[5]

29 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1887
Ship Country Description
Brighton Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The paddle steamer was on voyage from Weymouth, Dorset, England, to Guernsey, Channel Islands, when, steaming faster than her crew thought, she hit a rock in fog north of Guernsey and foundered. There was no loss of life.[7][8]

February[]

1 February[]

List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1887
Ship Country Description
Hermes Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The brigantine foundered off Île Vierge, France.[9]

March[]

22 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1887
Ship Country Description
Prophete Elie Flag of France France The brig was driven ashore at Oxwich Point, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. Her crew survived.[5]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1887
Ship Country Description
City of Exeter Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The steamship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Lundy Island, Devon, England, with the loss of 16 of her 19 crew.[5]

May[]

19 May[]

List of shipwrecks: 19 May 1887
Ship Country Description
Celtic Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The ocean liner collided with the ocean liner Britannic (Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) 350 nautical miles (650 km) east of Sandy Hook, New Jersey, United States. Both ships were damaged and 12 people were killed on board Britannic. Both ships were escorted to New York City.

June[]

8 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1887
Ship Country Description
Castleford Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The ship struck the Crebawethans, Isles of Scilly, in dense fog, and led to some of her cargo of 450 cattle being landed on Annet and staying there for up to ten days.[10] Some of the cattle were shipped to Falmouth, Cornwall, England, and dead steers later washed up as far away as Penzance and Lelant, Cornwall.[11]

27 June[]

List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1887
Ship Country Description
Star of Scotia Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The full-rigged ship was wrecked on Bull Point, Falkland Islands with the loss of seven lives. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California, United States to Queenstown, County Cork and London.[12]

July[]

9 July[]

List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1887
Ship Country Description
Barremann Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The Glasgow sailing ship hit the Pollard Rock within the Seven Stones Reef, between the Isles of Scilly and Cornwall with the loss of all of the twenty-seven crew. The 1,400-ton ship was on voyage from South Shields to San Francisco with coal, pig-iron and cement.[13]

August[]

8 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1887
Ship Country Description
City of Ashland Flag of the United States United States The sidewheel paddle steamer burned and sank in Chequamegon Bay, Lake Superior, off Ashland, Wisconsin, with the loss of one life.

10 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1887
Ship Country Description
City of Montreal Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The Inman Line passenger steamer caught fire and sank in the mid-Atlantic Ocean, 400 nautical miles (740 km) from Newfoundland. All 245 passengers and crew were rescued.[14]

20 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1887
Ship Country Description
Jane Sophia Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The crew of the Plymouth schooner was saved after she sank following a collision with the steamer Zenobia (flag unknown) in the Atlantic Ocean near the Seven Stones Reef between the Isles of Scilly and Cornwall, England.[11]

27 August[]

List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1887
Ship Country Description
King George Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The fishing trawler struck the Black Rocks and sank in West Bay, Dorset, England.[1]

September[]

29 September[]

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1887
Ship Country Description
Earl of Jersey Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The four-masted full-rigged ship ran aground in the Chittagong River, India, and was declared a total loss.[15]

October[]

4 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1887
Ship Country Description
Mary Blundell Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The barque caught fire in the Yarra River, Victoria, Australia.[16]

16 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1887
Ship Country Description
Kameruka Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The Illawarra & South Coast Steam Navigation Company′s 515-gross register ton steamship was wrecked on Pedro Rocks, Moruya Heads, New South Wales, Australia.[17]

19 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1887
Ship Country Description
Cheviot Flag of Victoria (Australia) Victoria The screw steamer ran aground in Port Philip Bay, Victoria, Australia, and wrecked with the loss of 35 lives.

26 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1887
Ship Country Description
Ada and Ethel Flag of New South Wales New South Wales The schooner was wrecked 10 nautical miles (18.5 km) south of Seal Rocks, New South Wales, Australia.

31 October[]

List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1887
Ship Country Description
Flower of May Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The schooner foundered in Morecambe Bay, England. Three crew were rescued.[18]

November[]

1 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1887
Ship Country Description
Happy Go Lucky Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The schooner was driven ashore on the Isle of Whithorn, Dumfriesshire, Scotland.[19]
Helvetia Norge-Unionsflagg-1844 Norway The barque was on a voyage from Campbellton, New Brunswick, Canada, to Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom, when she was wrecked in Rhossili Bay, Wales. A crew member was rescued by breeches buoy, the rest reaching safety in the ship′s boat.[5]
Robert Preston Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The brigantine was driven ashore on the Isle of Whithorn, Dumfriesshire, Scotland.[19]

16 November[]

List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1887
Ship Country Description
Tom Roberts Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The schooner foundered off Ballaugh, Isle of Man. All four crew were saved.[20]

December[]

12 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1887
Ship Country Description
Brighouse Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The 604-ton iron steamer was on passage from Bordeaux, France, to Cardiff, Wales, with a cargo of pitwood when she hit the Seven Stones Reef west-northwest of Land's End, Cornwall, England, in fog and sank. Her crew took to the lifeboats and had to stay for two weeks on the Sevenstones Lightship.[11]

17 December[]

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1887
Ship Country Description
Alice Fisher Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The schooner foundered in the Crosby Channel in the Mersey Estuary.[21]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1887
Ship Country Description
Renown Flag of the German Empire German Empire The barque sank off Den Helder, North Holland, the Netherlands. Five crew were killed, 25 were rescued.

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1887
Ship Country Description
Hallowe'en Civil Ensign of the United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The clipper was wrecked off Salcombe, Devon, England.

References[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Historical List of Shipwrecks at Chesil Beach & from Bridport to Lyme Regis". Burton Bradstock Online. http://www.burtonbradstock.org.uk/History/Wrecks%20off%20Burton%20Bradstock/Historical%20list%20of%20wrecks.htm. Retrieved 27 December 2014. 
  2. ↑ "SV Ella [+1887"]. wrecksite.eu. http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?2652. 
  3. ↑ Dufiel, Yves (2008) (in French). Dictionnaire des naufrages dans la Manche. 
  4. ↑ Larn, Richard (1971). Cornish Shipwrecks – The Isles of Scilly. Newton Abbot: David & Charles. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks". Swansea Docks. http://www.swanseadocks.co.uk/Gower%20wrecks%20Rons%20write-up%20site.pdf. Retrieved 20 December 2014. 
  6. ↑ "Great Disaster At Sea Loss Of Two Or Three Hundred Lives". February 5, 1887. http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/passengerlists/kapunda.html. Retrieved 14 April 2011. 
  7. ↑ "PSS Brighton [+1887 document"]. wrecksite.eu. http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?2598. Retrieved 26 Aug 2015. 
  8. ↑ "Wreck Report for 'Brighton', 1887 document"]. plimsoll.org. http://www.plimsoll.org/resources/SCCLibraries/WreckReports/15295.asp. 
  9. ↑ "Hermes". Through Mighty Seas. http://www.mightyseas.co.uk/marhist/furness/fishers/hermes.htm. Retrieved 3 January 2011. 
  10. ↑ Gurney (1889) "Notes on the Isles of Scilly and the Manx Shearwater (Puffinus anglorum)"; Transactions of the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society. In: Parslow, R. (2007) The Isles of Scilly. London: HarperCollins
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Larn, Richard (1992). Shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly. Nairn: Thomas & Lochar. ISBN 0-946537-84-4. 
  12. ↑ "Star of Scotia". The Yard. http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=24. Retrieved 18 February 2017. 
  13. ↑ Noall, Cyril (1968). Cornish Lights and Shipwrecks. Truro: D. Bradford Barton. 
  14. ↑ "'City of Montreal'". London: Board of Trade. 1887. http://www.plimsoll.org/resources/SCCLibraries/WreckReports/15318.asp. Retrieved 6 June 2016. 
  15. ↑ "Earl of Jersey". Through Mighty Seas. http://www.mightyseas.co.uk/marhist/furness/barrow_sb_co/earlof_jersey.htm. Retrieved 3 January 2011. 
  16. ↑ "Mary Blundell". Through Mighty Seas. http://www.mightyseas.co.uk/marhist/workington_harrington/williamson/mary_blundell.htm. Retrieved 3 January 2011. 
  17. ↑ Cameron, Stuart; Biddulph, Bruce; Robinson, George. "SS Bega". Clydebuilt Database. http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/viewship.asp?id=17411. Retrieved 13 September 2014. 
  18. ↑ "Flower of May". Through Mighty Seas. http://www.mightyseas.co.uk/marhist/furness/others/flower_of_may.htm. Retrieved 3 January 2011. 
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 "Robert Preston". Through Mighty Seas. http://www.mightyseas.co.uk/marhist/maryport/robert_preston.htm. Retrieved 3 January 2011. 
  20. ↑ "Tom Roberts". Through Mighty Seas. http://www.mightyseas.co.uk/marhist/maryport/built_elsewhere/tom_roberts.htm. Retrieved 3 January 2011. 
  21. ↑ "Alice Fisher". Through Mighty Seas. http://www.mightyseas.co.uk/marhist/furness/fishers/alice_fisher.htm. Retrieved 3 January 2011. 


Ship events in 1887
Ship launches: 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892
Ship commissionings: 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892
Ship decommissionings: 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892
Shipwrecks: 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892
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