The list of shipwrecks in 1883 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1883.
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January
Further information: List of shipwrecks in January 1883February
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Ship | State | Description |
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Agnes | New South Wales | The ketch foundered in Jervis Bay. |
Don Leandro | Flag unknown | The schooner was wrecked. |
Fanny | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked off Barry, Glamorgan. |
Her Royal Highness | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Cape San Antonio, Argentina after 8 January. Her crew were rescued. |
Magnet | United Kingdom | The brigantine sprang a leak and was abandoned at sea. Her nine crew took to a boat; they were rescued 105 days later. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Valparaíso, Chile. |
Mona | Isle of Man | The steamship 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. |
North Devon | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship Summerlee .( United Kingdom) and sank at "St. Nicolas", Bilbao, Spain. She had been refloated and temporary repairs made by 13 April. |
Oswingo | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned at sea after 10 August. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyagte from Newcastle, New South Wales to San Francisco, California. |
Solgran | Germany | The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Natal, Brazil between 24 November and 8 December. Her crew were rescued. |
Vauban | France | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Pennard, Glamorgan. Her crew survived. |
Unnamed | Flag unknown | A large vessel was seen bottom up on 2 November, by the barque Etimoloquoid (Flag unknown) in the Atlantic Ocean (39°14′N 50°00′W / 39.233°N 50.000°W / 39.233; -50.000). |
Unnamed | Germany | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Natal, Brazil between 24 November and 8 December. Her crew were rescued. |
References
- Gaines, W. Craig, Encyclopedia of Civil War Shipwrecks, Louisiana State University Press, 2008 Archived 2010-11-29 at the Wayback Machine, ISBN 978-0-8071-3274-6, p. 27.
- ^ Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 30772. London. 20 March 1883. col B, p. 12.
- "Disasters At Sea". The Times. No. 31030. London. 15 January 1884. col F, p. 5.
- "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 30794. London. 14 April 1883. col A, p. 14.
- "Disasters At Sea". The Times. No. 30977. London. 14 November 1883. col F, p. 5.
- ^ "Disaster At Sea". The Times. No. 31027. London. 11 January 1884. col F, p. 6.
- "The Italian barque ...". The Cornishman. No. 281. 29 November 1883. p. 7.
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