List of shipwrecks in 1882

The list of shipwrecks in 1882 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1882.

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1882
Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr
May	Jun	Jul	Aug
Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

January

5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1882

Ship	Country	Description
Edwin & Sarah	United Kingdom	The ketch was wrecked at Chesil Beach, Dorset.[1]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1882

Ship	Country	Description
City of Limerick	United Kingdom	The steamer sailed from New York on 8 January 1882 for London and disappeared.[2]

March

17 March

List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1882

Ship	Country	Description
Oline	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in Cardigan Bay with the loss of all five crew.[3]

29 March

List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1882

Ship	Country	Description
Liban	France	The steamship sank on the Tusker Sands, in the Bristol Channel with the loss of three of her eleven crew. Survivors were rescued by the Porthcawl Lifeboat.[4]

April

2 April

List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1882

Ship	Country	Description
RMS Douro	United Kingdom	The passenger ship collided with Yrurac Bat ( Spain) off the north west coast of Spain and sank with the loss of six lives.[5]

June

22 June

List of shipwrecks: 22 June 1882

Ship	Country	Description
Escambia	United Kingdom	Capsized and sank off San Francisco, United States

July

5 July

List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1882

Ship	Country	Description
HNLMS Adder	Royal Netherlands Navy	Sunk with the loss of 65 lives.[6]

September

12 September

List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1882

Ship	Country	Description
HMS Phoenix	Royal Navy	Ran aground on East Point Reef, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

22 September

List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1882

Ship	Country	Description
Clan Campbell	United Kingdom	The 2,434 grt Clan Line owned freighter ran aground and was wrecked at Baie du Cap, Mauritius.

November

1 November

List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1882

Ship	Country	Description
Ellen	United Kingdom	The smack foundered off Cardigan. Her three crew were rescued by John Stuart ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[3]

10 November

List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1882

Ship	Country	Description
Wellington	United Kingdom	Eleven crew were taken off by John Stuart ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). She sailed in to Cardigan the next day. Wellington was on a voyage from Dalhousie, Lothian to Cardigan.[3]

19 November

List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1882

Ship	Country	Description
Lamershagen	Germany	The ship was driven ashore at Pwlldu Bay, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. All 21 people on board survived. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Swansea, Glamorgan. Lamershagen broke in two the next day.[4]

24 November

List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1882

Ship	Country	Description
James W Barber	Belgium	Wrecked near Cape Finisterre, Spain.[7]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1882

Ship	Country	Description
W J Taylor	United Kingdom	Penzance steamer run down off Rotherhithe.[8]

References

1. "Historical List of Shipwrecks at Chesil Beach & from Bridport to Lyme Regis". Burton Bradstock Online. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
2. "Overdue and Missing Vessels". The Times (30468) (London). 30 March 1882. p. 11.
3. "CARDIGAN & DISTRICT SHIPWRECKS AND LIFEBOAT SERVICE". Glen Johnson. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
4. Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
5. "SHIPWRECKS". Library of Congress. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
6. "Adder". wrecksite.eu. 2001. Retrieved 2014-04-21.
7. "Belgian Merchant H-O" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
8. Carter, C (1998). The Port of Penzance. A History. Lydney: Black Dwarf Publications.

See also

Ship events in 1882
Ship launches:	1877	1878	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885	1886	1887
Ship commissionings:	1877	1878	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885	1886	1887
Ship decommissionings:	1877	1878	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885	1886	1887
Shipwrecks:	1877	1878	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885	1886	1887