List of shipwrecks in 1883

The list of shipwrecks in 1883 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1883.

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1883
Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr
May	Jun	Jul	Aug
Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

January

6 January

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1883

Ship	Country	Description
Robert Williams	United Kingdom	The schooner ran aground at Slade, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea to Abersoch, Glamorgan.[1]

7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1883

Ship	Country	Description
City of Brussels	United Kingdom	Struck by Kirby Hall ( United Kingdom) in the River Mersey and cut in two. Sank with the loss of ten lives.

9 January

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1883

Ship	Country	Description
Parry's Lodge	United Kingdom	The schooner was wrecked on Pwll Du Point, Glamorgan with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Amlwch, Anglesey to Swansea, Glamorgan.[1]

12 January

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1883

Ship	Country	Description
Jessie Shuttleworth	United Kingdom	wrecked in a gale off Cape Tagmeriwelt, Morocco.[2]

16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1883

Ship	Country	Description
Princesse Stephanie	Belgium	Collided with Concha ( Spain) off Lisbon, Portugal.[3]

27 January

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1883

Ship	Country	Description
Agnes Jack	United Kingdom	The steamship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Port Eynon Point, Glamorgan with the loss of her eight crew. She was on a voyage from Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy to Llanelli, Glamorgan.[1]
Amiral Prinz Adalbert	Germany	The three-masted barque was driven ashore and wrecked near the Mumbles Lighthouse, Glamorgan with the loss of one of her fifteen crew.[1]
James Grey	United Kingdom	The steamship was wrecked on the Tusker Rock, in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all hands.[1]
Wolverhampton	Royal National Lifeboat Institution	The lifeboat capsized whilst going to the rescue of Amiral Prinz Adalbert ( Germany) with the loss of four of her six crew.[1]

February

7 February

List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1883

Ship	Country	Description
Surprise	France	The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked west of Overton Mere, Glamorgan, United Kingdom with the loss of all hands. The ship's dog survived.[1]

12 February

List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1883

Ship	Country	Description
Reine des Fleurs	France	The brigantine was driven ashore at West Cross, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes to Swansea, Glamorgan.[1]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1883

Ship	Country	Description
Copernicus	Belgium	Wrecked at Porto de Pedras, Brazil.[4]

July

2 July

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1883

Ship	Country	Description
Ludwig	Belgium	Last sighting passing Prawle Point, England bound for Montreal, Quebec, Canada. No further trace, lost with all 32 passengers and 43 crew.[5]

3 July

List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1883

Ship	Country	Description
Daphne	United Kingdom	Sank at launch with the loss of at least 124 lives. Ship raised, repaired, renamed and entered service.

22 July

List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1883

Ship	Country	Description
Marco Polo	Norway	The clipper was wrecked near Cavendish, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

August

8 August

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1883

Ship	Country	Description
William Miles	United Kingdom	The barque ran aground near Porthcawl, Glamorgan and sank. All thirteen people on board were rescued by Chafyn Grove ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[1]

27 August

List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1883

Ship	Country	Description
Berouw	Netherlands	The gunboat was anchored in the harbor at Telok Betong, Sumatra, when a tsunami generated by the eruption of Krakatoa washed her into the city's Chinese quarter at 7:30 a.m. A larger tsunami at 11:00 a.m. carried Berouw up the valley of the Koeripan River and dumped her 1.8 km (1.1 miles) inland at an elevation of 9 meters (30 feet), killing her entire crew of 28.[6]

September

1 September

List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1883

Ship	Country	Description
G I Jones	United States	The Newport, Rhode Island registered barque carrying phosphate rock from Bull River, California to Falmouth and driven ashore at Stackhouse Cove, Cornwall, UK in a SSW gale. All thirteen crew were lost.[7]
Europa	Germany	wrecked on Wittsand (off Scharhörn) coming from Hamburg.[8]

October

4 October

List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1883

Ship	Country	Description
James Davidson	United States	The wooden bulk freighter wrecked in shallow water off the coast of Thunder Bay Island in Lake Huron while towing a consort-barge to Duluth. While still stranded, its engine and boiler were salvaged, and the rest of it has since broken up and separated about 35 feet underwater.[9]

November

4 November

List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1883

Ship	Country	Description
Sarah M. Smith	flag unknown	The barque was sighted by Plantyn ( Belgium) abandoned at 40°34′N 72°34′W / 40.567°N 72.567°W.[3]

17 November

List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1883

Ship	Country	Description
Plantyn	Belgium	caught in a storm and severely damaged. About 460 tons of cargo jettisoned, but five people lost overboard during this operation. Passengers and crew manned the pumps for 19 days until rescued by brigantine G D T ( Canada). Plantyn was abandoned on 6 December at 44°17′N 42°20′W / 44.283°N 42.333°W.[3]

29 November

List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1883

Ship	Country	Description
Lord Marmino	United Kingdom	The barque was in collision with the steamship James Bacon ( United Kingdom in the Bristol Channel (5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south of Oxwich, Glamorgan and sank with the loss of one of her ten crew.[1]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1883

Ship	Country	Description
J M Carter	Canada	The ketch was driven ashore at Kincardine, Ontario. Tug Erie Belle ( Canada) sent to her aid, but sank following boiler explosion.

December

25 December

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1883

Ship	Country	Description
PS South of Ireland	United Kingdom	The paddle steamer was wrecked on the Warbarrow Rocks near Lulworth, Dorset in foggy conditions.[10]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1883

Ship	Country	Description
Agnes	New South Wales	The ketch foundered in Jervis Bay.
Fanny	United Kingdom	The 130-year-old ship was wrecked off Barry, Glamorgan.[1][1]
Taitsing	United Kingdom	The clipper sank off Zanzibar.
Vauban	France	The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Pennard, Glamorgan. Her crew survived.[1]

References

1. Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
2. Gravestone epitaph in the Christian Cemetery, Essaouria, Morocco, to Robert Jabez Cannam, Captain of the Schooner "Jessie Shuttleworth"
3. "Belgian Merchant P-Z" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
4. "Belgian Merchant A-G" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
5. "Belgian Merchant H-O" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
6. Blong, R. J., Volcanic Hazards: A Sourcebook on the Effects of Eruptions, New York: Academic Press, 1984, ISBN 0 12 107180 4, p. 276.
7. Larn, R; Larn, B. (1991). Shipwrecks Around Mounts Bay. Penryn: Tor Mark Press.
8. "SV Europa (+1883)". wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
9. "James Davidson". Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary. NOAA.
10. "PSS South Of Ireland [+1883]".

See also

Ship events in 1883
Ship launches:	1878	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885	1886	1887	1888
Ship commissionings:	1878	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885	1886	1887	1888
Ship decommissionings:	1878	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885	1886	1887	1888
Shipwrecks:	1878	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885	1886	1887	1888