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The list of shipwrecks in June 1884 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during June 1884.

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1 June

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List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1884
Ship State Description
Hadassar  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground in Totland Bay. She was on a voyage from Dartmouth, Devon to Southampton, Hampshire[1]
Prinz Friedrich Karl  Germany The steamship collided with the steamship Bahrenfeld ( Germany) at Antwerp, Belgium and was beached. Prinz Friedrich Karl was on a voyage from Ergasteria, Ottoman Empire to Antwerp.[1]

2 June

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List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1884
Ship State Description
Newark  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore on "Princes Island". She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies.[2]
Wave  United States The steamship capsized in the Cape Fear River when she careened going around a bend and her deck cargo shifted. Two passengers and her cook died.[3]

3 June

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List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1884
Ship State Description
Nordsoen  Denmark The steamship suffered an onboard explosion and sank at sea. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Clan Macdonald ( United Kingdom). Nordsoen was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[4]

5 June

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List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1884
Ship State Description
Verona  United Kingdom The steamship caught fire at Hong Kong. The fire was extinguished.[5]

6 June

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List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1884
Ship State Description
Amy  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore neat Katthammarsvik, Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Porvoo, Grand Duchy of Finland to a Dutch port.[5]

7 June

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List of shipwrecks: 7 June 1884
Ship State Description
Fanny Fern  United States The fishing schooner was sunk in a collision with Allentown ( United States) in Massachusetts Bay. Four crew were killed.[3][6]

9 June

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List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1884
Ship State Description
Ahnapee  United States The two-masted scow schooner ran aground on the coast of Lake Michigan on Sheboygan, Wisconsin's North Point in a fog. Her crew of six survived. Salvage attempts failed and she was abandoned. Her wreck lies in 0 to 7 feet (0.0 to 2.1 m) of water at 43°47.110′N 087°42.635′W / 43.785167°N 87.710583°W / 43.785167; -87.710583 (Ahnapee) in the Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary.[7][8]
Canopus  Germany The ship was sighted in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from the River Tyne to Anjer, Netherlands East Indies. No further trace, reported missing.[9]

10 June

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List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1884
Ship State Description
Lionne  France The fishing vessel was wrecked at Brandal, Iceland. Her crew were rescued by Romanche ( French Navy).[10]
Vigor  Norway The brig was driven ashore at Durban, Natal Colony.[11]

13 June

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List of shipwrecks: 13 June 1884
Ship State Description
Larne  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Saltee Islands, County Wexford and foundered. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire to "Dunmore".[12]

14 June

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List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1884
Ship State Description
Venetia  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Foscolino ( United Kingdom) and sank 20 nautical miles (37 km) north of Ouessant, Finistère, France with the loss of two of her twenty crew. Venetia was on a voyage from London to Genoa, Italy.[13][14]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The smack foundered in Fishguard Bay with the loss of all hands.[15]

16 June

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List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1884
Ship State Description
Knight of the Cross  United Kingdom The tug struck the Long Craig Rock, in the Firth of Forth and was beached at North Queensferry, Fife.[16] Following temporary repairs, she was refloated and taken in to Granton, Lothian.[17]

17 June

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List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1884
Ship State Description
Assyrian  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Hooghly Point, India. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Calcutta, India. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[16]

18 June

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List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1884
Ship State Description
Ann  United Kingdom The fishing boat was run into by the steamship Matthew Cay ( United Kingdom) with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Matthew Cay.[18]

19 June

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List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1884
Ship State Description
City of Exeter  United Kingdom The steamship caught fire at Cardiff, Glamorgan.[17]

20 June

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List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1884
Ship State Description
Girdler Lightship Trinity House The lightship was run into by the steamship Indus ( United Kingdom) and sank. Her crew were rescued by Indus.[19]

21 June

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List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1884
Ship State Description
Flying Spray  United Kingdom The tug sank at Greenock, Renfrewshire. She was refloated on 26 June and placed under repair.[20]
Ingraban  Germany The ship ran aground at "Leeman", Russia. She was refloated on 24 June but had to be beached.[21]

22 June

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List of shipwrecks: 22 June 1884
Ship State Description
Voalant  United Kingdom The ship foundered off the west coast of the Orkney Islands. Wreckage and a lifebuoy washed ashore.[22]

24 June

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List of shipwrecks: 24 June 1884
Ship State Description
Olga  United Kingdom The yacht was run into by the Mersey Ferry Violet ( United Kingdom) and sank at Eastham, Cheshire.[23]

25 June

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List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1884
Ship State Description
Helen Burns  United Kingdom The barque ran aground in the River Tawe.[24] She was refloated with assistance.[20]
Rochester  United Kingdom The paddle steamer struck the Stag Rock, in Spring Bay, Patagonia, Argentina and sank. Her crew survived.

26 June

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List of shipwrecks: 26 June 1884
Ship State Description
Glen Osmond  United Kingdom The ship collided with the steamship Concordia ( United Kingdom) and was severely damaged. Glen Osmond was on a voyage from London to Adelaide, Queensland.[20]
Solway Queen  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Skokham Island, Pembrokeshire. She was refloated and beached at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.[20]

27 June

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List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1884
Ship State Description
Cæsarea  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Strathesk ( United Kingdom) and sank 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Cap La Hougue, Manche, France with the loss of one of the 35 people on board. Survivors were rescued by Strathesk. Cæsarea was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France.[25][26]

29 June

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List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1884
Ship State Description
Daswinton Flag unknown The ship was destroyed by fire at Valparaíso, Chile.[27]

30 June

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List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1884
Ship State Description
River Avon  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on a reef off Boa Vista Island, Cape Verde Islands. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Talcahuano, Chile.[28]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in June 1884
Ship State Description
Alava  Spain The steamship was driven ashore at Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.[24]
Angeleta  Spain The ship caught fire at sea. Her nineteen crew were rescued by the barque Pipalarno ( Italy).[29]
Bermuda Canada Canada The steamship was driven ashore at Amagansett, New York. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to New York City.[30]
Buitron  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Norrskar Rock. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Vaasa, Grand Duchy of Finland.[31]
C. H. T. Brothers  United Kingdom The fishing boat was abandoned in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Fraserburg, Aberdeenshire.[11]
Claudius and Seyn Flag unknown The steamship was driven ashore at Bilbao, Spain. She was later refloated.[21]
Dawn  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on the Hogsty Reef, Bahamas. Her sixteen crew survived. She was on a voyage from Baracoa, Cuba to New York City.[4][5]
Deak  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Kingston, Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Kingston. She was refloated and taken in to Kingston.[17]
Elna  Denmark The brig was lost on the coast of Greenland. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to Ivigtût, Greenland.[12]
James Shaw  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Hudiksvall, Sweden. She was refloated and taken in to Stockholm in a leaky condition.[11]
Klep  Russia The ship was driven ashore at "Sondrerose". She was on a voyage from South Shields to Saint Petersburg. She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark.[24]
Lauras  Italy The barque was wrecked at Valparaíso, Chile. Her crew were rescued.[5]
Lovaine  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in Lough Foyle. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Londonderry. She was refloated on 24 June and completed her voyage.[20]
Marcello  Italy The barque put in to Cape Town, Cape Colony on fire. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Java, Netherlands East Indies.[16]
Marlborough  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Hainan Head, China. She was on a voyage from Saigon, French Indo-China to Hong Kong.[16]
Mary Darkee  United Kingdom The barque ran aground at Amherst Harbour, Magdalen Islands, Quebec, Canada.[16]
Rougemont  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Sorrelle Rocks, off Cape Negro, French Tunisia.[27][21]
Roebuck  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore in the Sfântu Gheorge branch of the Danube. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to Sulina, Romania.[27]
Sir William Armstrong  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated on 2 July.[21]
Umatilla  United States The ship sank in Esquimalt Harbour, British Columbia, Canada.[23]
Uncas  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Valparaíso, Chile.[17]
Veranda  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt to Hartlepool, County Durham. She had been refloated by 1 July.[27]
Wawbeck  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 12 June.[18]
Welcome Home  United Kingdom The fishing boat was wrecked on the Ballymacaw Rocks, on the coast of County Waterford. Her crew were rescued.[11]
Xantho  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Valuta ( Germany) and sank in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued. Xantho was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Hull.[24]
Zio Battista  Italy The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. She was later refloated with assistance.[31]
Unnamed  United States The lighter sank in a hurricane at Philadelphia.[31]

References

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