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The list of shipwrecks in 1881 includes
ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during
1881 .
January
February
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October
November
December
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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in 1881
Ship
State
Description
Arctic
unknown
The
brigantine was lost in the vicinity of "Squan", a term used at the time for the coast of
New Jersey near
Manasquan and sometimes for the 7-mile (11 km) stretch of coast between
Manasquan Inlet and
Cranberry Inlet or for the entire coast of New Jersey between
Sea Girt and
Barnegat Inlet .
[1]
Cornelia and Maria
Netherlands
The
brigantine ran aground at
Benin City ,
Kingdom of Benin and was abandoned by her crew between 4 June and 2 September. She subsequently broke up.
[2]
Edwin Webster
United States
The
whaler was wrecked near
Point Barrow ,
Department of Alaska in the summer. There were at least three survivors.
[3]
Ellengowan
United Kingdom
The
steamship struck a
sandbar in the
Daly River ,
South Australia (now in the
Northern Territory ), and sank. She was refloated in 1885, repaired, and returned to service.
Elliot Ritchie
United States
The
schooner was abandoned at sea after a fire broke out in one of her cargo
holds .
Glendorgal
United Kingdom
The
schooner became a total wreck near
Ilfracombe ,
Devon .
[4]
Guacolda
Chilean Navy
War of the Pacific : The
torpedo boat was wrecked on the coast of
Chile .
[5]
Hattie M
United Kingdom
The
barque was abandoned in the
Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued.
[6]
Henrietta
United Kingdom
The
schooner foundered off the coast of
New Caledonia with the loss of all but two of her crew.
[7]
Jubinal
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean after 21 October. She was on a voyage from
Bathurst, New Brunswick ,
Canada to
Whitehaven ,
Cumberland .
[8]
Kirstina
Norway
The ship was abandoned in the
North Sea between 28 September and 7 October. She was on a voyage from
South Shields ,
County Durham ,
United Kingdom to
Helsingør , Denmark.
[9]
Kismet
United Kingdom
The
barque went missing and probably foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from
Bahia ,
Brazil to
New York , United States.
[10]
Lammerlaw
United Kingdom
The ship sank in
Shoalwater Bay after 2 August. She was on a voyage from
Newcastle, New South Wales to
Portland, Oregon , United States.
[11]
Los Angeles
United States
The vessel sank in
Peril Strait in the
Alexander Archipelago in the
Department of Alaska .
[12]
Maritime Union
United Kingdom
The ship was destroyed by fire at sea. Two of her crew were rescued by Mary F. Cowell (Flag unknown). Maritime Union was on a voyage from
Hull ,
Yorkshire to
San Francisco, California , United States.
[13]
Oakhurst
United Kingdom
The ship caught fire at sea between 13 June and 24 October. She was on a voyage from Hull to San Francisco.
[13]
O.K.
United States
The
paddle steamer was lost in either 1867 or 1881.
[14]
Sarco
United Kingdom
The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from
Newcastle upon Tyne ,
Northumberland to
Valparaíso , Chile.
[15]
Severn
United Kingdom
The
barque collided with
Mayumba (
United Kingdom ) and sank off
Madeira , Portugal.
[16]
Vigilance
United States
The
whaler was wrecked near "Serdze Kemen", Russia in the Spring with loss of life.
[3]
Wandering Minstrel
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in a
cyclone at
Mauritius before 4 March. She was on a voyage from
Table Bay to
Calcutta ,
India .
[17]
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"njscuba.net "Lavallette Wreck" " . Archived from
the original on 23 February 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020 .
^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times . No. 30291. London. 5 September 1881. col C, p. 12.
^
a
b "Arctic Search". The Times . No. 30305. London. 21 September 1881. col A, p. 10.
^ "Our Ships and our Sailors". The Cornishman . No. 179. 15 December 1881. p. 4.
^ Chesneau, Roger; Kolesnik, Eugene M (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860-1905 . New York: Mayflower Books. p. 414.
ISBN
0-8317-0302-4 .
^ "Disaster at Sea". The Cornishman . No. 176. 24 November 1881. p. 6.
^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times . No. 30395. London. 4 January 1882. col F, p. 11.
^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times . No. 30363. London. 28 November 1881. col B, p. 12.
^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times . No. 30328. London. 18 October 1881. col E-F, p. 11.
^ "Apprehended Loss Of A Ship And 16 Lives". The Cornishman . No. 156. 7 July 1881. p. 7.
^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times . No. 30343. London. 4 November 1881. col B, p. 12.
^
alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (L)
^
a
b "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times . No. 30333. London. 24 October 1881. col A, p. 12.
^
Gaines, W. Craig, Encyclopedia of Civil War Shipwrecks , Louisiana State University Press, 2008
Archived 29 November 2010 at the
Wayback Machine ,
ISBN
978-0-8071-3274-6 , p. 30.
^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times . No. 30325. London. 14 October 1881. col B, p. 10.
^
"Sicilian" . The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017 .
^ "Disasters at Sea". The Times . No. 30138. London. 10 March 1881. col E, p. 11.
Shipwrecks 1880–89, by month
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