List of shipwrecks in 1881

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

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1881
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January

1 January
List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1881
ShipCountryDescription
George B. McClellan  United States The tug exploded. Her smokestack fell on the master of the barge she was towing, killing him.[1]

3 January
List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Lupata  United Kingdom The ship sank about 200 yards (180 m) from the Teilamork Rock Lighthouse, San Francisco, California, United States with the loss of all hands.[2]

4 January
List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Active  United Kingdom The steamship struck the Stag Rocks, off Lizard Point, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to Caen, Calvados, France.[3]
Brazilian  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay and broke in two. She was on a voage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[4]

5 January
List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Indian Chief  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was wrecked on the Long Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex with the loss of seventeen of her 28 crew. Survivors were rescued by the Ramsgate Lifeboat Bradford ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Indian Chief was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, to Yokohama, Japan.[5][6]
Nymphaea  United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground on the Sunk Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Kent. Her crew took to the lifeboats and were rescued by another vessel.[7]

6 January
List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Anson Stimson  United States The schooner was wrecked on Brigantine Shoal bar, New Jersey. The wreck was probably caused by the death of the captain earlier and six crew were ill leaving only the mate and cook to sail the ship.[8]
Unnamed Flag unknown A large steamship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent and sank with the loss of all hands.[9]

7 January
List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1881
ShipCountryDescription
John Zittlosen  United States The barque was run down by the steamship Idlewild ( United Kingdom) off Folkestone, Kent and foundered within five minutes. The pilot and five of her crew were drowned.[10][11] The investigation held the Idlewild's master and first officer to blame.[12]

10 January
List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Highflyer  United States The fishing schooner was wrecked at Carver's Harbor, Fox Island Main, Nova Scotia Dominion of Canada. Her crew were rescued.[8]

11 January
List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Hereford  South Australia The full-rigged ship ran aground at Point Lonsdale, Victoria. She was later salvaged and repaired.[13]

14 January
List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Emily  United Kingdom The fishing trawler was run down by a sailing vessel approximately 20 miles (32 km) off the Eddystone Rocks, Cornwall. A nearby fishing boat rescued her crew.[14]

15 January
List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Lumley  United Kingdom The brig stranded on a rock approximately one mile (1.6 km) offshore, north of Whitby with the loss of all hands.[15]

16 January
List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1881
ShipCountryDescription
BAP Apurímac  Peruvian Navy War of the Pacific: Scuttling of the Peruvian fleet in El Callao: The frigate was scuttled by her crew at El Callao to prevent her capture by advancing Chilean forces.
BAP Atahualpa  Peruvian Navy War of the Pacific: Scuttling of the Peruvian fleet in El Callao: The monitor wasscuttled by her crew at El Callao to prevent her capture by advancing Chilean forces. She was salvaged later in 1881 and became a storage hulk.
BAP República  Peruvian Navy War of the Pacific: Scuttling of the Peruvian fleet in El Callao: The torpedo boat was scuttled by her crew at El Callao to prevent her capture by advancing Chilean forces.
BAP Talismán  Peruvian Navy War of the Pacific: Scuttling of the Peruvian fleet in El Callao: The troopship was scuttled by her crew at El Callao to prevent her capture by advancing Chilean forces.
BAP Toro Submarino  Peruvian Navy War of the Pacific: Scuttling of the Peruvian fleet in El Callao: The submarine was scuttled by her crew at El Callao to prevent her capture by advancing Chilean forces.
BAP Unión  Peruvian Navy
Unión
War of the Pacific: Scuttling of the Peruvian fleet in El Callao: The corvette was scuttled by her crew at El Callao to prevent her capture by advancing Chilean forces.

17 January
List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Enterprise  United Kingdom The dandy went ashore on Clodgy Point, St Ives, Cornwall. Her crew were taken off by the steamship Gwent ( United Kingdom) before the dandy went ashore.[16]
BAP Rímac  Peruvian Navy War of the Pacific: Scuttling of the Peruvian fleet in El Callao: The troopship was scuttled by her crew at El Callao, Peru, to prevent her capture by advancing Chilean forces. She was salvaged in June 1881.
Rosa Joseph  France The schooner went ashore at St Ives, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Briton Ferry, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Cherbourg, Manche.[16]
Unnamed  France A vessel, possibly a chasse-marée, sank off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom.[17]

18 January
List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Abraham Thomas Royal National Lifeboat Institution The Great Yarmouth lifeboat capsized while returning with the sole survivor of Guiding Star. Two people survived.[17]
Anna Decéil  France The ketch was driven ashore at Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom.[17]
Ann Turgoose  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore near Saltfleet, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from London to Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire.[17]
Charlotte Dunbar  France The brigantine was found ashore on Burnt Island, St Agnes, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom after an overnight gale, and became a wreck. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom to Audierne and/or Morlaix, Finistère, France. There was no sign of the crew or the ship's boat.[18][19][20]
Edith Mary  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth with the loss of five of her ten crew. Survivors were rescued by rocket apparatus.[17]
Felix and Rosalie  France The schooner foundered approximately 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) west of Boscastle, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Trouville, Manche, France to Swansea, Glamorgan. Five men and a boy landed near King Arthur's Castle.[21]
Guiding Star  United Kingdom The schooner went ashore at Great Yarmouth. The captain and two crew were ashore, and the mate left on board drowned.[22][23]
Havelock  United Kingdom The collier was washed on to the pier at Ryde, Isle of Wight.[17]
John Ward  United Kingdom The collier was washed on to the pier at Ryde.[17]
Palestine  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at Thorpeness, Suffolk. Her crew were saved by the rocket apparatus[17]
Rapid  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Gorleston, Suffolk with the loss of all seven crew.[17]
Restless  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore at Penarth, Glamorgan.[17]
Rhoda  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Ipswich.[17]
Rook  United Kingdom The steamship sank at Lookdow, near Tobermory, Isle of Mull.[17]
Sarah Jane  United Kingdom The three-masted schooner was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth with the loss of the mate.[17]
Victor  United Kingdom The tug was damaged by ice and sank at Leith, Lothian.[17]
Unnamed barges  United Kingdom One hundred barges sank in the Thames with considerable loss of life.[17]
Unnamed fishing boats  United Kingdom Several fishing boats went ashore at Harwich, Essex.[17]
Unnamed trows  United Kingdom Several trows from Gloucester and Bristol, Gloucestershire were driven ashore.[17]
Unnamed vessel  United Kingdom A vessel came ashore at Shovepoint, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex.[24]
Unnamed vessels  United Kingdom Several vessels foundered at Ryde.[17]
Unnamed vessels  United Kingdom Many vessels foundered at in Brixham harbour, Devon with some washed onto the streets.[17]

19 January
List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Anthrodite  Netherlands The brig was wrecked off Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom and four of the crew were drowned.[25]
Rising Sun  United Kingdom The vessel went ashore in the River Thames. Her crew were rescued.[26]
Unnamed vessels Flags unknown Nine vessels were wrecked off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom and nearly fifty lives were lost. Many wrecks on the coast around Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom.[25]
Unnamed vessels Flags unknown Thirty vessels were beached near Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[27]

20 January
List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Bothalwood  United Kingdom The barque struck rocks in St Ouen's Bay, Jersey, Channel Islands. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cartagena, Spain to Leith, Lothian.[28]

21 January
List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Alexandrea  France The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[29]
Amiral  France The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Glamorgan.[29]
British Lady  United Kingdom The schooner sank near the Runnel Stone, Devon. Her crew were rescued by the ferry Queen of the Bay ( United Kingdom).[30]
Buckinghamshire  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was driven ashore on the coast of Glamorgan.[29]
Cecile  France The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Glamorgan.[29]
Etta  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was driven ashore on the coast of Glamorgan.[29]
Mirella  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was driven ashore on the coast of Glamorgan.[29]

27 January
List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Cresswell  New South Wales The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Paviland, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.[29]
Eleanor  United Kingdom The paddle steamer was wrecked at Leestone Point, Kilkeel, County Down.[31]
Telegraph  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Cooley Point, County Louth. She was salvaged but was deemed beyond economical repair and was scrapped.[31]

22 January
List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Mintie  United States The sternwheeler was sunk in Perdido Bay when her boiler exploded three miles (4.8 km) east of Minez Ferry. Three people were killed.[32]

28 January
List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Harvest Queen  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean by eight of her ten crew, who were rescued by McLauria ( United States). Harvest Queen foundered that night.[33]

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List of shipwrecks: unknown date
ShipCountryDescription
Blyth  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on rocks in Santoria Bay. Her crew survived.[34]
Jamestown  United States The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (43°06′N 22°00′W). All 27 people on board were rescued by the steamship Ethiopia ( United Kingdom). Jamestown was discovered ashore at Hafnir, Iceland on 26 June.
Josephine  United States The paddle steamer sprang a leak and foundered in the Gulf of Mexico. She was on a voyage from Cuba to New Orleans, Louisiana.[35]
Saint Jean  France The barque collided with the barque Privateer (Flag unknown) off the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom and sank with the loss of three men, after colliding with the.[36]
Sly Boots  United Kingdom The fishing trawler was run down by the steamship Compton (Flag unknown) on or before 7 January. All five crew were drowned.[37]

February

2 February
List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Pepe Tono  Spain The ship departed from Pensacola, Florida, United States for Barcelona. No further trace.[38]

4 February
List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Sarah Mandell  United Kingdom The ship departed from Pensacola, Florida, United States for Dordt, South Holland, Netherlands. No further trace.[38]

6 February
List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1881
ShipCountryDescription
T. J. Mitchell  United States The schooner sank in a storm in Pensacola Bay.[32]

7 February
List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Bohemian  United Kingdom The cargo ship was wrecked near Crookhaven, County Cork with the loss of 33 lives.[39]

8 February
List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Kron Prinz von Preussen  Germany The brigantine was driven ashore in New Grimsby harbour, Tresco, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom.[40]
Unidentified schooner Flag unknown A three-masted schooner foundered in Bideford Bay, near Clovelly, Devon, United Kingdom.[41]

10 February
List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Ridge Park  South Australia The cargo ship sank after hitting the Beware Reef, Cape Conran, Victoria.[42]

13 February
List of shipwrecks: 13 February 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Flying Spur  United Kingdom The clipper was wrecked on Martin Vas, North Rock, in the South Atlantic Ocean.
Sylphide  France The brigantine foundered and became a total wreck on the beach at Perranuthnoe, Cornwall. United Kingdom. Her crew were saved by the Prussia Cove rocket appartatus. She was on a voyage from Audierne, Finistère, to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[43]
T F Whiton  United States The barque foundered at Praa Sands, Cornwall. Her crew were saved by the Prussia Cove rocket apparatus and the ship became a total loss after it caught fire. She was on a voyage from Victoria, British Columbia, Dominion of Canada to London, United Kingdom.[43]

19 February
List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Caledonia  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked off Oyster Rock, just outside the harbour at Saint Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire, to Guernsey, Sark, and Jersey.[44][45]
Jesse Rhnas  United States The brig was stranded on the East Pensacola Bar on Santa Rosa Island, Florida at the entrance to Pensacola Bay.[32]

20 February
List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Polly Peckham  United Kingdom The schooner was stranded on the coast near Waterford. Her captain and mate survived, while five of the crew were lost.[46]

22 February
List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Georgina  United Kingdom The schooner ran ashore on the rocks off Porthoustock, Cornwall. Her crew attracted attention by lighting a tar-barrel; they were rescued by the Porthoustock Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from London to Cork.[47]

24 February
List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Eliser Bru  Norway The brigantine was run down by Carlyle Castle (Flag unknown). Her eight crew were landed on the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom the following day.[48]

25 February
List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Liverpool  United States The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Valkyrien ( Norway). Liverpool was on a voyage from New York to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[49]

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List of shipwrecks: unknown date
ShipCountryDescription
Boomtide  United Kingdom The steamship sank off Sunderland, County Durham. Eighteen of the crew was saved by the lifeboat Florence Nightingale ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[50]
Harry See  United States The schooner was lost near Pensacola, Florida.[32]
Isabel  United Kingdom The ship was lost in Peter's River, Newfoundland Colony with the loss of all hands.[48]
John Kendall  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked in Cloughey Bay. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Barbadoes.[48]
Redown  United States The brig was wrecked near Passages, Spain. Her crew were rescyed by Alverton ( United Kingdom.[51]
Stamford  United Kingdom The steamship struck the west point of Ouessant, Finistère, and foundered with the loss of thirteen of her crew. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.[52]
Unnamed vessel Flag unknown The ship was wrecked in Hoblyn's Cove, St Agnes, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[53]

March

2 March
List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Cecilie Caroline  France The ship was driven ashore at Apple-tree, on the south coast of Cornwall, United Kingdom with the loss of all five crew. She was on a voyage from Charlestown, Cornwall to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure.[54]

3 March
List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Victorine  France The brigantine was driven ashore at Mevagissey, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Two of her crew were drowned.[55]

4 March
List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Ajace  Italy The ship was wrecked off Rockaway Beach, New York, United States with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Belgium to New York City. Her wreck settled in 25 feet (8 m) of water and became known as "the Italian Wreck".[56]

5 March
List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Essen  Germany The steamship was abandoned after she stranded on the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom.[57]
Merlin  United Kingdom The barque went ashore at St Andrews, Fife, with the loss of eight or nine of her crew.[57]

12 March
List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Benin  United Kingdom The steamship collided Duke of Buccleugh ( United Kingdom) and sank in the English Channel off Start Point, Devon.[58]

19 March
List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Vanguard  United States The fishing schooner was wrecked at Rye Beach, New Hampshire. Her crew were rescued.[8]

25 March
List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Lizzie K. Clark  United States The fishing schooner capsized and sank about 20 nautical miles (37 km) southeast of Barnegat, New Jersey. The crew of fourteen men were rescued by the pilot boat No. 3 ( United States).[8]

29 March
List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Geraldine  United Kingdom The schooner sank in Port Eynon Bay off Swansea, Glamorgan. Her crew survived.[29]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in March 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Gilbert Thompson  United Kingdom The barque ran aground and sank. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Liverpool, Lancashire.[57]
Juno  United Kingdom The schooner was run down by Lady Ruthven ( United Kingdom) off Beachy Head, Sussex and sank with the loss of three of her crew.[57]
Sultan  United Kingdom The steamship sank in the Humber.[57]

April

2 April
List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Goldhunter  United States The schooner was wrecked on the coast of the Territory of Alaska 30 nautical miles (56 km; 35 mi) east of the entrance to "Behring Bay" – probably a reference to Yakutat Bay, which was historically known as "Bering Bay" – after she lost her rudder in a storm. All seven people on board survived.[59]

3 April
List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1881
ShipCountryDescription
United States  United States The steamship was wrecked near the outer shoal of Cape Romain, South Carolina.[60]

6 April
List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Cornish Girl  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Aracaju, Brazil to Falmouth, Cornwall.[61]

9 April
List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Newton  United Kingdom The cargo ship was wrecked in the Atlantic Ocean off Madeira. She was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil, to London.[62]
Speed Guernsey The schooner collided with the steamship Solent ( United Kingdom) and sank off the Longships, Cornwall with the loss of her captain. Survivors were rescued by Victua (Flag unknown). Speed was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Jersey, Channel Islands.[63][64]

12 April
List of shipwrecks: 12 April 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Daisy  United States The steamship suffered a machinery failure and capsized. Two crewmen were killed.[1]
Marmora  Denmark The barque was wrecked on the Scarweather Sands in the Bristol Channel. Her eight crew were rescued by the lifeboat Chafyn Grove ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[29]

15 April
List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Kestrel  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on Burhou, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from London to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[65]

17 April
List of shipwrecks: 17 April 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Annie  United Kingdom The schooner struck a rock while on a course between Land's End and the Longships, Cornwall. She began to take on water and was taken in tow for Mount's Bay by the steamship Mary Monica ( United Kingdom). After two hours the crew went on the steamship and after another hour of tow Annie sank.[66]
Katie  United Kingdom The schooner struck the Runnel Stone in the English Channel off Gwennap Head, Cornwall, and sank. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Norwich, Norfolk to Dublin.[30]

21 April
List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Ellen Vair  United Kingdom The ship collided with Gertrude (Flag unknown) off The Lizard, Cornwall and was abandoned.[67]

25 April
List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1881
ShipCountryDescription
City of Sanford  United States The steamship was destroyed by fire in the St. Johns River. Four people were burnt to death and five were drowned.[68]

26 April
List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1881
ShipCountryDescription
HMS Doterel  Royal Navy The Doterel-class sloop sank while at anchor one-half mile (0.80 km) off Sandy Point, Chile, following an explosion and the loss of 143 lives. There were twelve survivors.[69][70]

27 April
List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Saint George  United States The schooner struck an uncharted rock off Twin Rocks, Territory of Alaska (57°50′05″N 152°18′45″W) and became waterlogged. The schooner Pauline Collins ( United States) towed her to Long Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska, but she was so badly damaged that she was declared nearly a total loss. Saint Georeg was on a voyage from Kodiak to English Bay and Nutchick, Alaska Territory.[71]

29 April
List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Tararua  United Kingdom
Tararua
The steamboat struck the reef off Waipapa Point in the Catlins, New Zealand. She sank the next day with the loss of 131 of the 151 people on board. This is the worst civilian shipping disaster in New Zealand.

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in April 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Carrie S. Dagle  United States The fishing schooner was last seen on 13 April with a bad leak, either two days after, or two days before, a bad storm swept the Western Banks. Lost with all twelve crew.[72][73][74]
James Harris  United Kingdom The steamship collided with Andalusia (flag unknown) and sank in the North Sea, off the Farne Islands, Northumberland with the loss of fourteen of her eighteen crew.[75]

May

7 May
List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Culmore  United Kingdom The steamship struck the Crim Rocks, near the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly.[76] The captain and three of the crew lost their lives.[77]

10 May
List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Gananoque  United Kingdom The barque collided with an iceberg in the Gulf of St. Lawrence four miles (6.4 km) off the Bird Rocks in the Magdalen Islands, Nova Scotia, Dominion of Canada and sank. Her crew landed on Bird Rocks; they were rescued on 12 May.[78][79]

24 May
List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Victoria Dominion of Canada While carrying passengers back to downtown London during Victoria Day celebrations, the steamboat sank in the Thames River, due to overcrowding causing her to strike a rock in the shallow river and ultimately capsize. Approximately 182 people drowned out of a total of 600 on board.[80]

28 May
List of shipwrecks: 28 May 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Mary Hough  United Kingdom The steamship collided in thick fog with Castilian (Flag unknown) in the River Mersey. Taken under tow by the steam tug Hercules ( United Kingdom), a few minutes later, she was run into by the mail steamship African and sank. The crew were landed at Liverpool.[81]

Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in May 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Queen of Nations  United Kingdom The clipper was wrecked on Corrimal Beach, New South Wales with the loss of one life.

June

2 June
List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Alster  United Kingdom The steamship collided with Adam Smith ( United Kingdom) and sank off Happisburgh, Norfolk. Alster was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, to Antwerp, Belgium.[82]

6 June
List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Seine  United Kingdom The steamship was run into by the steamship Prado (Flag unknown) and sank off Godrevy Head, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by Prado.[83]

13 June
List of shipwrecks: 13 June 1881
ShipCountryDescription
USS Jeannette  United States Navy
USS Jeanette
Jeannette expedition: The Philomel-class gunvessel sank in the Arctic Ocean (77°15′N 154°59′E) after being crushed by ice. Although there was no immediate loss of life, 20 of her 33 crewmen died before reaching safety.

Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: unknown date in June 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Flora P. Stafford  United Kingdom The barque was run down by Haytien (flag unknown) and abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Haytien, but her captain died within an hour. Flora P. Stafford was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to the Hampton Roads, Virginia, United States.[84]

July

2 July
List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1881
ShipCountryDescription
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.[85]

3 July
List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1881
ShipCountryDescription
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.[86]

4 July
List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1881
ShipCountryDescription
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.

11 July
List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Lady Franklin  United States The schooner sank off Stanwood's Point in the Annisquam River. Her crew were rescued.[8]

26 July
List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Three unnamed vessels Flags unknown Thirty lives were lost when three sailing vessels sank during a "terrific gale" at East London, Cape Colony.[87]

28 July
List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Nordstjernan  Norway The steamship was wrecked at Knivskjærodden, near Nordkapp, and sank. All on board were rescued.[88][89]

30 July
List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Guy Cunningham  United States The fishing schooner departed from Gloucester, Massachusetts. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all fourteen crew.[90][91][92]

August

8 August
List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Clara B. Warren  United States The schooner was wrecked on Duncan's Reef, Catch Harbour, Nova Scotia, Dominion of Canada. Her crew were rescued.[8]
Isaac Pereire  France The steamship caught fire at Tunis, Tunisia and was scuttled. She was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.[93]

9 August
List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Hugo  Germany The ship was destroyed by fire in the Pacific Ocean and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to San Francisco, California, United States. Her nine crew reached Chilbe, Chile in the lifeboat on 18 August, taking nine days to cover 800 nautical miles (1,500 km).[94]

15 August
List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1881
ShipCountryDescription
W. F. March  United States The schooner dragged her anchor during a gale and was wrecked in Golovnin Bay in the Territory of Alaska. All seventeen people on board survived.[95]

20 August
List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1881
ShipCountryDescription
A. B. Ward  United States The tug suffered a boiler explosion and sank in the Chicago River at the Clark Street Bridge, Chicago, Illinois with the loss of two of her crew. Subsequently refloated, towed to Miller's Dry Dock and rebuilt.[68][96]
Courier Flag unknown The schooner foundered at sea. Her crew were rescued by Golden Sea ( United Kingdom).[97]

21 August
List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Eira  United Kingdom
Eira
The steam yacht of Benjamin Leigh Smith was severely damaged by floating ice and sank near Cape Flora, Franz Joseph Land. The owner and his crew were rescued almost a year later.[98]

30 August
List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1881
ShipCountryDescription
City of Richmond  United States The paddle steamer struck a reef south of Mark Island, Maine and sank without loss of life. She later was refloated, rebuilt and returned to service as City of Key West.[99]

Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in August 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Asterope  United Kingdom The brig 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. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Pará, Brazil.[100]
Thomas Blythe  United Kingdom The barque sank about 500 nautical miles (930 km) off the Isles of Scilly. Her seven crew took to the ship's boat. They were rescued by a Norwegian ship. Thomas Blythe was on a voyage from Samanco, Peru to Liverpool, Lancashirel.[101]
Unnamed fishing vessels  United Kingdom Fifty-eight fishermen from Shetland drowned during a recent storm.[102]

September

10 September
List of shipwrecks: 10 September 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Clarovine  United Kingdom The barque was destroyed by fire at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. Her crew survived.[103]

24 September
List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Independenza Flag unknown The barque first hit the Crim Rocks in the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom, and later the Barrel of Butter rock on The Garrison where she sank. Her crew took to the ship's boat and survived. She was on a voyage guano from Pabella de Pica, Chile to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[104]
Thresher  United States The schooner was driven ashore at Cape Sable, Florida and was destroyed by fire. Her crew were rescued.[8]

28 September
List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1881
ShipCountryDescription
W J Taylor  United Kingdom The steamship was hit amidships by Plover (Flag unknown), in the Warp Channel at the mouth of the River Thames and sank with the loss of all hands.[105]

Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: unknown date September 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Elizabeth Irving Flag unknown A number of crew drowned in the Fraser River while trying to escape from the burning steamship.[106]
Ella  United States The schooner foundered at sea with the loss of her captain and mate. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Baracoa, Cuba.[8]
St Louis Flag unknown The brig collided with Seriol Wyn (Flag unknown) and sank off Beachy Head, Sussex with the loss of eight of her crew.[107]
Teuton  United Kingdom The steamship struck a rock and sank off the coast of the Cape Colony with the loss of 236 lives.[108]

October

5 October
List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Lucie M.  United States The schooner sprang a leak and sank 50 nautical miles (93 km) north west of Key West, Florida.

5 October
List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Koning der Nederlanden  Netherlands
The Sinking of SS Koning der Nederlanden, oil painting by J. Eden, 1881
After her drive shaft broke the previous day, the ocean liner sank in the Indian Ocean 400 nautical miles (740 km) off the Chagos Archipelago. Six lifeboats were launched; three were found and their occupants rescued, but the other three, with 90 passengers and crew aboard them, disappeared without trace.[109] The captain and thirty-eight crew and passengers were landed at Aden on 13 November by Madeira (Flag unknown).[110]

6 October
List of shipwrecks: 6 October 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Pauline Collins  United States The schooner was wrecked on Kodiak Island, Territory of Alaska. All ten people on board survived.[111]

12 October
List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Pasha  United Kingdom The steamship sank off the Norwegian coast. Her crew were rescued.[112] Her captain was reprimanded for having an unfit ship and the crew were drunk because they felt that ″... as the vessel did not look very well, and they thought they might as well go down with a bellyful of whisky as a bellyful of water.″[113]
Unnamed Flag unknown The ship sank off Formby, Lancashire, United Kingdom with the loss of all hands.[112]

14 October
List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Bertha  United Kingdom The steamship foundered with the loss of all hands.[114]
Cyprian  United Kingdom The steamship sank within 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) of Liverpool, Lancashire with the loss of 21 lives.[115]
Emma Mary  United Kingdom The barque foundered off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by St Bernard (Flag unknown).[114]
Ganges  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent with the loss of three lives. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Calcutta, India.
Sunflower  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew survived.[114]
Unione  Italy The barque sank in the North Sea. Eight of her twelve crew were rescued by Seaflower (Flag unknown) and the other four were rescued by fishermen from Lowestoft, Suffolk.[114]
Unnamed fishing boats  United Kingdom At least twenty fishing boats were lost in the North Sea, off Eyemouth, Berwickshire during a gale.[116] All told 189 men lost their lives.
Six unnmaed vessels Flags unknown The ships were lost within a few miles of Liverpool.[115]

18 October
List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Alexandre Smyers  Belgium The steamship foundered off Hanstholm, Denmark.[117] Her crew was rescued by the steamship Orlando (Flag unknown).
Balclutha  New South Wales The steamship foundered off Gabo Island, Victoria with the loss of all 22 crew.[118]

20 October
List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Calliope  United Kingdom The steamship sank off Cape Corubedo, Spain with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Bremen, Germany.[119]

21 October
List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Clan Macduff  United Kingdom The steamship left Liverpool, Lancashire for Bombay, British Raj on 18 October and foundered in the Atlantic three days later. Some of the crew and passengers took to the boats the day before she sank, and ten people were picked up by the steamship Palestine ( United Kingdom). There were not enough lifeboats and nineteen people left on board Clan Macduff were rescued by Upupa ( United Kingdom).[120]

23 October
List of shipwrecks: 23 October 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Margaret Milne  Norway The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Aberdeen, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the Aberdeen Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Burntisland, Fife, United Kingdom to Drammen.[121]

24 October
List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Sagittarie  France The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (50°15′N 11°10′W). Her crew were rescued by Variverts (Flag unknown). Saggitarie was on a voyae from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure.[122]
Victoria  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked in Newlyn harbour, Cornwall during a storm.[123]

27 October
List of shipwrecks: 27 October 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Dixie  United States The schooner was stranded on Santa Rosa Island, Florida.[32]
Jennie Gilchrist  United States The steamship suffered engine failure above a government bridge causing her to strike the bridge in the Mississippi River between Rock Island, Illinois and Clinton, Iowa and was wrecked with the loss of nine lives.[68]
Unnamed steamer Flag unknown The steamship Venetia (Flag unknown) was sailing with another steamship, which disappeared during a sudden squall.[124]

31 October
List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Flying Fish  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lyme Regis, Dorset.[125]

Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in October 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Balclutha Flag unknown The steamship foundered during a gale with the loss of all 22 people on board. She was on a voyage from Melbourne, Victoria to Sydney, New South Wales.[126]
England's Glory  United Kingdom The ship struck a rock and foundered in Bluff Harbour, New Zealand.[127]!-- Was at Nelson on 5 October --><
Fortitude  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Towan Beach, near St Anthony Head, Cornwall.[128]
Omba Flag unknown The ship foundered off Newcastle, New South Wales. It is believed all on board perished. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to Melbourne.[126]

November

1 November
List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Sophie  France The schooner was wrecked at Battery Point, Prussia Cove, Cornwall, United Kingdom with the loss of all hands.[129]

5 November
List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Albion Fkag unknown The steamship was wrecked on the Atlantic coast of the United States of Colombia with the loss of 32 lives.[130]

7 November
List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1881
ShipCountryDescription
England's Glory  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at The Bluff. Her crew survived.[131]

12 November
List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Alverton  United Kingdom The steamship ran ashore 10 nautical miles (19 km) from Mugia, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spoain to Cette, Hérault, France.[132][133] The crew survived.[131]
Brunswick, and
Carlingford		  United States The steamship Brunswick collided with the schooner Carlingford ( United States) and sank 10 nautical miles (19 km) east of Dunkirk, New York. Three crewmen killed when a lifeboat was capsized by the sinking ship.[68][134] Carlingford sank with the loss of a crew member.[68][135]

20 November
List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Gem  United Kingdom The steamboat broke from her moorings in St Mary's Pool, Isles of Scilly and went ashore at William's Bay, becoming a total wreck. Gem was bound for Southern Africa for employment as a river boat.[136] Three crew were rescued by the pilot-cutter Presto ( United Kingdom).[137][138]

22 November
List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Barbara  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Freshwater West, Pembrokeshire with the loss of one of the sixteen people on board. She was on a voyage from Zanzibar to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[139]
Henry Edye  Belgium The steamship was sighted off the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all on board on or about 27 November.[140]

24 November
List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1881
ShipCountryDescription
F. W. Gaylord  United States The steamship collided with the steamship D. T. Lane ( United States) and sank in the Ohio River. Her cook was drowned.[68]

26 November
List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Unnamed ship Flag unknown The masts of a sunken ship could be seen off Margate, Kent, United Kingdom.[141]

27 November
List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Albion  United Kingdom The brigantine was wrecked at Ramsgate, Kent with the loss of a crew member.[141]
Jackel  United Kingdom The steamship foundered off Trevose Head, Cornwall with the loss of all hands.[141]
Jane Elsie  France The schooner was abandoned off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. There was no loss of life.[141]
Liverpool  United Kingdom The ship collided with Larnaca (flag unknown) in The Downs, sank. The captain, pilot and some of the crew were lost.[141]
Naval Reserve  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was wrecked at St Bees, Cumberland. All twenty-five crew were saved.[141]
Unnamed barques Flags unknown Two barques were driven ashore at the "back" of the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom.[141]
Unnamed schooner Flag unknown A schooner ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. It is assumed that she was lost with all hands.[141]

28 November
List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Annie Arbib  United Kingdom The steamship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescues. She was on a voyage from , Cronstadt, Russia, to London.[142]
Calzean  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Sound of Jura with the loss of all sixteen crew.[143]

30 November
List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Alsace-Lorraine  France The steamship was run into by the steamship Rhondda ( United Kingdom) and sank off Messina, Sicily, Italy. She was on a voyage from Messina to Cette, Hérault, France.[144]

Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in November 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Bendon  United Kingdom The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Five men from the barque Lowood ( Dominion of Canada) died when attempting to save the crew of Bendon, which was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony.[145]
Patriot  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at Doolough, County Mayo with the loss of three lives. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Galway.[146]
Thistle  United Kingdom The brigantine was run into by an unnamed vessel and sank off Dover, Kent. Her crew were rescued.[147]
Warrior  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Homs, Ottoman Tripolitania with the loss of five of her crew.[148]
Unnamed Flag unknown The steamship struck the Barrels Rock near Courtmaesherry Bay.[142]

December

1 December
List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Archiduc Rodolphe  Belgium The steamship sank in the Scheldt after a collision with Stephenson ( United Kingdom). She was raised in 1898 and scrapped.[149]
USS Rodgers  United States Navy The barque-rigged steamer, burning since 30 November after a fire started in her hold, sank in Saint Lawrence Bay off the Chukotka Peninsula, Russia without loss of life after her magazine exploded.

8 December
List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Malaleel  Austria-Hungary The barque hit the Shark's Fin, the northernmost rock of the Longships Reef, Cornwall, United Kingdom and became a total wreck. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to a port in South Wales.[150] Wreckage was washed up below the Levant mine and in Portheras Cove.[151]

15 December
List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Eros  United Kingdom The steamship was run into by another steamship and sank in the River Mersey at Liverpool, Lancashire.[152]

17 December
List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Constance  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground and was wrecked at the mouth of the Hayle River. All on board were rescued by the Hayle Lifeboat Isis ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Constance was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Santander, Spain.[153]

18 December
List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Tripolia  Sweden The steamship ran aground in a storm at Ouddorp, South Holland, Netherlands with the loss of five lives.[154]

21 December
List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Mary Julia  United Kingdom The schooner was run down by a steamship with the loss of all hands.[155]

23 December
List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Granger  United States The steamship was destroyed by fire at Charleston, South Carolina with the loss of two lives.[68]

25 December
List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Helenslea  United Kingdom The barque was run down and sank off Roche's Point, County Cork with some loss of life.[156]

29 December
List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Theta  United Kingdom The ship caught fire and was scuttled at Stanley, Falkland Islands. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Valparaíso, Chile[157]

30 December
List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Rosa B.  United States The steamship was destroyed by fire at Bayou D'Arbonne, Louisiana with the loss of a crew member.[68]

Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in December 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Harworth  United Kingdom The steamship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Germanic ( United Kingdom). Harworth was on a voyage from Montreal, Quebec, Dominion of Canada to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[158]
Milton  United Kingdom The ship caught fire at Christmas and was abandoned in the Pacific Ocean. Some of her crew were rescued by Cochin (Flag unknown) and were not heard of since. Five people rescued by a steamship off the coast of Lower California were believed to be from Milton.[159]
Pilot  United Kingdom The paddle steamer was wrecked off the mouth of the River Ogmore.[29]
Polly  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked in the Bay of Honduras.[160]
Unnamed Flag unknown The ship was run down and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by the steamship Bendigo ( United Kingdom).[161]

Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1881
ShipCountryDescription
Arctic Flag unknwon The brigantine was lost in the vicinity of "Squan," a term used at the time for the coast of New Jersey near Manasquan and sometimes for the 7-mile (11 km) stretch of coast between Manasquan Inlet and Cranberry Inlet or for the entire coast of New Jersey between Sea Girt and Barnegat Inlet.[162]
Ellengowan  United Kingdom The steamship struck a sandbar in the Daly River, South Australia (now Northern Territory) and sank. She was refloated in 1885, repaired, and returned to service.
Elliot Ritchie  United States The schooner was abandoned at sea after a fire broke out in one of her cargo holds.
Glendorgal  United Kingdom The schooner became a total wreck near Ilfracombe, Devon.[163]
Guacolda  Chilean Navy War of the Pacific: The torpedo boat was wrecked on the coast of Chile.[164]
Hattie M  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued.[165]
Kismet  United Kingdom The barque went missing and probably foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to New York, United States.[166]
Los Angeles  United States The vessel sank in Peril Strait in the Alexander Archipelago, Alaska Territory.[167]
O.K.  United States The paddle steamer was lost in either 1867 or 1881.[168]
Severn  United Kingdom The barque collided with Mayumba ( United Kingdom) and sank off Madeira, Portugal.[169]

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Ship events in 1881
Ship launches: 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886
Ship commissionings: 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886
Ship decommissionings: 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886
Shipwrecks: 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886
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