List of shipwrecks in July 1887
The list of shipwrecks in July 1887 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during July 1887.
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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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1 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Olaf | ![]() | The paddle frigate ran aground off Santahamina, Grand Duchy of Finland. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[1] |
2 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Vine | ![]() | The schooner was wrecked off St. Ives, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Jacques Mathieu (![]() |
3 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Charles P. Thompson | ![]() | The schooner was wrecked on the Blonde Rocks, off Seal Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her crew were rescued.[3] |
5 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Colorado | ![]() | The ship was wrecked at Tierra del Fuego Chile with loss of life. Eight of her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Valparaíso, Chile.[4] |
7 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Meppleton | ![]() | The steamship ran aground on the Melvin Rocks, near the Lizard Lighthouse, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Calais, France to Newport, Monmouthshire. She was refloated and completed her voyage in a leaky conditio.[5] |
Onward | ![]() | The Thames barge collided with the steamship Hawthorns (![]() ![]() |
8 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Carl | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore on Anticosti Island, Quebec, Canada. She was on a voyage from "Saumtacochon" to London. She was consequently condemned.[7] |
Cavour | ![]() | The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at "Bujury", Brazil. Her crew survived.[8][9] |
9 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Barremann | ![]() | The 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. She was on voyage from South Shields, County Durham to San Francisco, California, United States.[10] |
Cardiff | ![]() | The barque arrived at Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom in a waterlogged condition. She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida, United States to Cardiff.[5] |
E. W. Merchant | ![]() | The schooner was wrecked on the Shovelful Shoal. Her crew were rescued.[3] |
Thornborough | ![]() | The steamship collided with the steamship Glamis Castle (![]() |
10 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Edwin | ![]() | The Thames barge sprang a leak and sank in the River Thames at Barking, Essex.[5] |
Merrimac | ![]() | The steamship was wrecked on "Little Hope Island", 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada. All on board, more than 100 people, were rescued. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Boston, Massachusetts.[5][12] |
Mystery | ![]() | The yacht capsized during a squall in New York harbour. Over twenty excursionists drowned.[13] |
Python | ![]() | The tug was abandoned in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Calabria (![]() |
Venus | ![]() | The schooner ran aground on the Bigger Rock, in the Firth of Forth and was wrecked. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Kennetpans, Clackmannanshire, United Kingdom to Trelleborg.[5] |
12 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Gertrude | ![]() | The ship sank at Belfast, County Antrim.[14] She was refloated on 16 July.[15] |
Kentigern | ![]() | The barque ran aground in the River Lagan. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada to Belfast.[7] She was refloated and taken in to Belfast.[14] |
Lioness | ![]() | The tug foundered in the English Channel off Whitecliffe, Dorset. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cowes, Isle of Wight to Dublin.[7] The master was found guilty of scuttling the tug and was sentenced to seven years penal servitude.[16] |
Mauritius | ![]() | The steamship ran aground at Greenock, Renfrewshire. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[14] |
Unnamed | ![]() | The tug was deliberately scuttled at Bembridge, Isle of Wight.[17] |
13 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Grecian | ![]() | The ship ran aground at Blankenese, Germany She was on a voyage from Rangoon, Burma to Hamburg, Germany.[14] She was refloated and taken in to Hamburg.[8] |
14 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Rouen | ![]() | The steamship ran aground at "Osita", Japan. Her crew were rescued. She subsequently became a wreck.[15][18] |
15 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Malvina | ![]() | The ship was sighted whilst on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Bangkok, Siam. No further trace, reported overdue.[19] |
18 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Unnamed | ![]() | The fishing lugger struck the Hennick Rock, off The Lizard, Cornwall and sank. Both crew were rescued.[20] |
20 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Aydon Forest | ![]() | The ship departed from Mobile, Alabama, United States for Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. No further trace, reported overdue.[21] |
Woodbine | ![]() | The steamship departed from Savanna-la-Mar, Jamaica for Fleetwood, Lancashire. No further trace, reported overdue.[22] |
23 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Freda | Flag unknown | The yacht sank off Saint-Lunaire, Ille-et-Vilaine, France.[23] |
25 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Woodbine | ![]() | The ship departed from Savanna-la-Mar, Jamaica for Fleetwood, Lancashire. No further trace, reported overdue.[24] |
26 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Amanda | ![]() | The schooner capsized in a storm off Piney Point in Choctawhatchee Bay, Florida.[25] |
Arthur | ![]() | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean and subsequently foundered. Her eight crew were rescued by the steamship Arizona (![]() |
27 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Enfield | ![]() | The steamship was driven ashore at Gråsgärd, Öland, Sweden.[23] She was refloated on 30 July with assistance from Hermes and Poseidon (both ![]() |
H. S. Rowe | ![]() | The schooner was wrecked in a storm 25 nautical miles (46 km) east of East Pass, Destin, Florida.[25] |
Primitive | ![]() | The fishing boat was driven ashore and wrecked at Sunderland, County Durham.[23] |
Wolverine | ![]() | The yacht was driven ashore at Southsea, Hampshire.[23] |
30 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Monmouth | ![]() | The schooner was run down and sunk off Cape Cod, Massachusetts by the brig Energy (![]() |
Twilight | ![]() | The steamship sank in the St. John's River. Her engineer died.[27] |
31 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Danish Monarch | ![]() | The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal. She was refloated.[28] |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
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Alejandro | ![]() | The steamship was driven ashore north of San Blas.[29] |
Alfreda | ![]() | The coaster was wrecked at Saint John's.[29] |
Amir | ![]() | The flat was severely damaged by fire at "Serajgunge".[15] |
Atlantic | ![]() | The barque put in to Fårösund, Gotland, Sweden in a waterlogged condition. She was on a voyage from Luleå, Sweden to London.[5] She was condemned.[14] |
Cabo Finisterre | ![]() | The steamship was wrecked at Sagres Point, Portugal. All on board were rescued.[30] |
Cambrian | ![]() | The steamship ran aground on a sunken pile in the River Ouse and was holed. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to Calais, France. She was refloated on 2 July and taken in to drydock for repairs.[30] |
Charger | ![]() | The ship ran aground in the Mississippi River.[9] |
Emu | ![]() | The ketch was driven ashore at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan.[30] |
Enniskilen | ![]() | The steamship was driven ashore in the Svenska Högarna, Sweden.[15] |
Entico | ![]() | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 10 July.[9] |
Fair City | ![]() | The schooner ran aground on the Mucking Flat, in the Thames Estuary.[9] |
Foxhall | ![]() | The steamship ran aground on the Coloradoes, off the coast of Cuba. She was refloated and taken in to Phildadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.[23] |
George Dittmann | ![]() | The steamship ran aground in the Nieuwe Diep. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug.[15] |
Grandholme | ![]() | The steamship was driven ashore and was damaged at Kamouraska, Quebec. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Quebec to Sydney, Nova Scotia.[20] |
Investigator | ![]() | The ship collided with a schooner and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Santa Cruz to New York, United States.[5] |
Lady Nell | ![]() | The steamship was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Kiel, Germany to Bergen, Norway. She was refloated and taken in to Gothenburg, Sweden.[30] |
Lina | ![]() | The barque was wrecked on the coast of Labrador, Newfoundland Colony.[7] |
Marie | ![]() | The barque ran aground in the River Lune. She was on a voyage from Richibucto, New Brunswick, Canada to Glasson Dock, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[20] |
Martha S. | ![]() | The steamship was driven ashore at Woods Hole, Massachusetts. She was refloated but had to be beached. All on board were rescued.[23] |
Nancy Holt | ![]() | The ship was abandoned in the Pacific Ocean before 31 July. She was on a voyage from Eureka, California to Melbourne, Victoria.[31] |
Nicosian | ![]() | The steamship was driven ashore at Sundre, Gotland. She was refloated with assistance and resumed her voyage.[15] |
Orion | ![]() | The barque was wrecked on Charles Island, Bermuda. Her crew were rescued.[5] |
Oruro | ![]() | The barque was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Peru to Liverpool, Lancashire.[8] |
Osbergs | ![]() | The full-rigged ship ran aground in the Nieuwe Diep. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Hamburg. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug.[14] |
Prins Fredrik | ![]() | The steamship ran aground 6 nautical miles (11 km) east of Cheribon, Netherlands East Indies.[7] She was refloated.[8] |
Ravenhill | ![]() | The steamship was driven ashore at Cape Vilano, Spain. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Brindisi, Italy. She was a total loss.[14] |
Río Apa | ![]() | The steamship put out to sea from Rio de Janeiro before 8 July. Presumed subsequently foundered with the loss of all on board.[18] |
Riversdale | ![]() | The steamship ran aground on the Banjaard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Bremen, Germany. She was refloated with the assistance of seven tugs and put in to Brouwershaven, Zeeland.[14] |
Romo | ![]() | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Nantucket, Massachusetts.[9] |
Shamrock | ![]() | The steamship was driven ashore at Whitehead, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Belfast to Whitehead.[8] |
Sirius | ![]() | The steamship was driven ashore at Nasby, Öland, Sweden.[7] SHe was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark, where she arrived on 13 July.[8] |
Springwood | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on Redonda, Leeward Islands. She was on a voyage from Redonda to Booth Bay, Maine, United States.[9] |
Thornholme | ![]() | The steamship ran aground at Quebec City, Canada.[15] |
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