# List of shipwrecks in September 1884

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

## 3 September

List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Carrie | United Kingdom | The steamship struck the Pearl Rock, off Gibraltar and foundered. |
| Greyhound | United Kingdom | The fishing smack was run down and sunk in the Thames Estuary with the loss of all three crew. She was on a voyage from Whitstable, Kent for Brightlingsea, Essex. |
| SMS Sophie | Imperial German Navy | The Carola-class corvette collided with the steamship Hohenstaufen off Wangeroog and was severely damaged. SMS Sophie put in to Wilhelmshaven. |

## 4 September

List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Beatrice | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Varignano, Italy. Her crew were rescued. |
| Expert | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Middle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She floated off and sank. All seven people on board were rescued by the steamship Wynyard Park ( United Kingdom). Expect was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Whitstable, Kent. |
| Louie | United Kingdom | The yacht ran aground off Blankenberge, West Flanders, Belgium with the loss of three of the six people on board. She was on a voyage from Ostend, West Flanders to London. |

## 5 September

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Agricola | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore on Rutland Island, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Ayr to Sligo. |
| Chase | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Cardiff, Glamorgan for Passage East, County Waterford. No further trace, reported overdue. |
| Douglas | United Kingdom | The barge was wrecked on a sandbank off the coast of Somme, France. She was on a voyage from London to Honfleur, Manche, France. |
| Socrates | Norway | The barque was driven ashore at Egmond aan Zee, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Zaandam, North Holland to Hudiksvall, Sweden. |

## 7 September

List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ellen | United Kingdom | The smack foundered off Cardigan. Three people were rescued by the lifeboat Lizzie & Charles Leigh Clare ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). |
| Gloucester Packet | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Newport, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. |
| Hermit | Isle of Man | The yacht was driven ashore and severely damaged at Port Erin. |
| Mystery | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated with assistance from the Harwich Lifeboat Albert Edward ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Mystery was on a voyage from Calais, France to Southampton, Hampshire. She was refloated and take in to Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition. |
| Unda | Norway | The brigantine foundered off Cardigan. Her six crew were rescued by the lifeboat Lizzie & Charles Leigh Clare ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). |

## 8 September

List of shipwrecks: 8 September 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cheerful | United Kingdom | The steamship was run into by the steamship Clydach ( France) at Falmouth, Cornwall and was beached. All on board were rescued. |
| Margaret and Peggy | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Peel, Isle of Man. |

## 9 September

List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alice | Germany | The steamship foundered in the Drogden with the loss of her captain. Survivors were rescued by the steamship Hoselaw ( United Kingdom). Alice was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Stettin. |
| Cornwall | United Kingdom | The steamship was run into by Stanmore ( United Kingdom) off Scarborough, Yorkshire and was severely damaged. Cornwall was on a voyage from London to the River Wear. She was assisted in to the River Wear by Rescue ( United Kingdom) and other tugs. She consequently sank at Sunderland, County Durham. |
| Fenella | Isle of Man | Fenella aground The steamship struck a rock in the Menai Strait, grounded, refloated, collided with Prince Arthur (Flag unknown), then grounded again near the Menai Bridge without loss of life. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service. |
| Quartette | United Kingdom | The fishing vessel was driven ashore and wrecked 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) south of Scarborough. Her crew survived. |
| Two Brothers | United Kingdom | The Thames Barge was run into by the steamboat Duke of Connaught ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames upstream of Blackfriars Bridge, London. |
| Vril | United Kingdom | The yacht struck a submerged rock in Blackfarland Bay and sank. |

## 10 September

List of shipwrecks: 10 September 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Border Maid | United Kingdom | The keelboat was driven on to the Boulmer South Rocks, on the coast of Northumberland. |
| Unnamed | Austria-Hungary | The tug sank in the Danube at Mannsdorf an der Donau with the loss of five of her eight crew. |

## 11 September

List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dalbeattie, and Harvest Queen | United Kingdom | The ships collided off Filey, Yorkshire and were both severely damaged. Dalbeattie put in to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire waterlogged at the bow. |
| RMS Dart | United Kingdom | The steamship sank at San Sebastián, to the north of Santos, Brazil with the loss of one life. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to Brazilian ports. |
| Ecureuil | United Kingdom | The fishing smack was wrecked on the coast of Iceland. Her crew survived. |
| Elm | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore on Rathlin Island, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Westport, County Mayo. She was refloated. |
| John Thompson | United Kingdom | The brigantine was wrecked in the Rio Grande. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to the Rio Grande. |
| Raf | Norway | The schooner was wrecked on the coast of Iceland. |
| Roseneath | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore near Johnshaven, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Findochty, Moray to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated and taken in to Montrose, Forfarshire for repairs. |
| Tai Sang | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Hong Kong in a typhoon. She was refloated. |
| Tempest | United Kingdom | The ship was run into by the steamship Chilton ( United Kingdom) and sank at Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. |
| Twilight | United States | The schooner was wrecked on Shag Rock, off Cranberry Island, Maine. The captain and two of the crew got out a dory, which was struck by a sea, killing the captain and one of the men. The rest of the crew made it onto Shag Rock where they were doused by waves for 13 hours before being saved by a passing schooner. |
| 87 unnamed vessels | Flags unknown | Sixty fishing boats and 27 smacks were driven ashore on the coast of Iceland. Seventeen smacks were wrecked with much loss of life. |

## 12 September

List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Price Jones | United Kingdom | The smack struck rocks in Ramsey Sound and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. |

## 13 September

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eliza | Spain | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Mary Claasen ( Germany). Elisa was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Antwerp, Belgium. |
| Hermanos | Mexico | The steamship foundered off the Frying Pan Shoals with the loss of five of her nine crew. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The brig was wrecked on the Seven Stones Reef, Cornwall United Kingdom. |

## 14 September

List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| John Cartmel | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Jurby, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued. |

## 17 September

List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Tiverton | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Nagasaki, Japan in a typhoon. She was refloated. |

## 18 September

List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Diolibah | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Buenos Aires, Argentina. |

## 19 September

List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Reaumur | France | The steamship was driven ashore near Noirmoutier-en-l'Île, Vendée. She was a total loss. |
| Secret | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore near Mousehole, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Port Madoc, Caernarfonshire to Calais, France. She was refloated and towed in to Penzance, Cornwall in a leaky condition by the tug Merlin ( United Kingdom). |

## 20 September

List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Catharina | Netherlands | The barque put in to Cape Town, Cape Colony on fire. |
| Charles Chalmers | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at the mouth of the Ythan. She was refloated and towed in to Aberdeen. |
| RMS Cordillera | United Kingdom | The steamship struck rocks in the Strait of Magellan at San Isidro, Chile. Six of the passengers were taken off by Uarda ( Germany) the following day and the rest were taken off by Neko (Flag unknown) on 23 September. Cordillera was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Valparaíso, Chile. She was abandoned as a total loss. |
| Killarney | United Kingdom | The steamship ran ashore in the Humber at Whitton, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium. She subsequently broke in two and sank. |
| Linwood | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Punta del Este, Uruguay. |
| Nestor | Germany | The barque was run into by the steamship Camellia ( United Kingdom) at North Shields, Northumberland, United Kingdom and was severely damaged. |
| Tredegar | United Kingdom | The schooner was run in to by the steamship Earl of Rosebery and sank at Penarth, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued. Tredegar was on a voyage from Ely, Glamorgan to Ilfracombe, Devon. |

## 21 September

List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mary Josephine | United Kingdom | The ship was run into by the steamship Ackworth ( United Kingdom) and sank 20 nautical miles (37 km) north east of Trevose Head, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by Ackworth. |

## 22 September

List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Wasp | Royal Navy | The Banterer-class gunboat ran aground off Tory Island, County Donegal, and quickly sank with the loss of 52 of her 58 crew. |
| Welsh Prince | United Kingdom | The steamship was disabled and ran aground when a rope became entangled around her propeller at Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. Her passengers were taken off by the lifeboat William James Holt ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Welsh Prince was subsequently refloated and returned to service. |

## 23 September

List of shipwrecks: 23 September 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Miramar | United Kingdom | The steamship foundered in a typhoon off Wenzhou, China with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Yokohama, Japan to Hong Kong. |

## 24 September

List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Daniel Webster | Canada | The steamship was destroyed by fire at Pointe au Pic, Quebec. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Chicoutimi, Quebec to Quebec City. |
| Arctique | France | The steamship, while on a voyage from France to Valparaíso, was wrecked in the Strait of Magellan on the northern coast of Cape Virgenes, and abandoned by her crew. |

## 25 September

List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Santa Marguerite Ligure | Italy | The barque was run into by the steamship Wiltshire ( United Kingdom) and sank in the English Channel 6 nautical miles (11 km) off Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom with the loss of two of the eleven people on board. Survivors were rescued by Wiltshire. Santa Marguerite Ligure was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Antwerp, Belgium. The wreck was dispersed by explosives on 27 September as it was a hazard to shipping. |
| Three Brothers | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked in Bantry Bay. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Bantry, County Cork to Runcorn, Cheshire. |

## 26 September

List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Athelstane | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the River Thames downstream of Gravesend, Kent. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to London. |
| Friedrich | Germany | The schooner collided with the steamship Chatham ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Rio Grande. |

## 27 September

List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albyn | United Kingdom | The ship struck the pier at Maryport, Cumberland and sank. Her three crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Strangford, County Down to Maryport. |
| Flying Spray | United Kingdom | The fishing boat foundered in the North Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off Whitby, Yorkshire with the loss of all five crew. |
| Frederick | United Kingdom | The Mersey Flat collided with the steamship Derwent ( United Kingdom) and sank off Egremont, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued by Derwent. Frederick was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Flint. |
| Souveneir | France | The fishing lugger was run into by a British smack and was severely damaged the North Sea 130 nautical miles (240 km) off Yorkshire. She put in to Scarborough in a leaky condition on 1 October. |
| Vara | Norway | The steamship was wrecked on Jedder's Reef. She was on a voyage from Scotlant to a Baltic port. |

## 29 September

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bushire | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship Bernina ( United Kingdom) and sank off Lisbon, Portugal with the loss of fifteen of her 27 crew. Bushire was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Bussorah, Persia. |
| Finchley | United Kingdom | The steamship struck a rock and sank off Isaacs Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada. All on board survived. She was on a voyage "Coosaw" to Dublin. |
| Zadock | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire whilst on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Iquique, Peru. The fire was extinguished on 2 October. |

## 30 September

List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Loando, and Queen of Australia | United Kingdom | The steamship Loando collided with Queen of Australia in the River Mersey. Both vessels were severely damaged. Loando was on a voyage from Africa to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Paragon | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Redcar, North Riding of Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Scarborough, Yorkshire to Hartlepool, County Durham. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in September 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alantas | Flag unknown | The ship foundered with the loss of all hands, according to a message in a bottle that washed up between Étaples and Le Portel, Pas-de-Calais, France on 7 September. |
| Alfred Marie, and Onni | Netherlands Norway | The schooner Onni and the brig Alfred Marie collided. Onni sank; her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom to Køge, Denmark. Alfred Marie was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall, Sweden to Delfzijl, Groningen. She put in to Helsingør, Denmark. |
| Bridegroom | United Kingdom | The barquentine was destroyed by fire at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Valparaíso, Chile. |
| Cambridge | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Holywood Bank, in the Belfast Lough. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Belfast, County Antrim. |
| Chimon | Greece | The schooner collided with the steamship Ceres ( Netherlands) and sank in the Mediterranean Sea. Her crew were rescued. |
| Colombo | Italy | The schooner ran aground on the Marzocco Bank, in the Mediterranean Sea. She was on a voyage from Susa, Ottoman Tripolitania to Livorno. |
| Colombo | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore in Chesapeake Bay. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Belfast. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Dauntless | United Kingdom | The smack ran aground on the North Rock, off the coast of County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France to Belfast. |
| Earl of Wemyss | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Levuka, Fiji Islands to the Ba River. She was refloated and taken in to Ba, Fiji Islands in a leaky condition. |
| Elisa | Spain | The barque was in abandoned early September. Her were rescued by the brig Claason ( United Kingdom). |
| Elise | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Eyemouth, Berwickshire. Her eight crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire to Sunderland, County Durham. |
| Eliza Ann | United Kingdom | The ship foundered at sea. Her crew were rescued. |
| Eliza Campbell | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Valparaíso to Falmouth, Cornwall. |
| Frederick Scalla | Germany | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the brig F. Y. Merryman ( United States). |
| Gainsford | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at "Casillo", Uruguay. |
| George | United Kingdom | The Thames barge struck a sunken wreck and sank at the Nore. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Chatham, Kent to London. |
| George Gordon | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Eastern Fields Reef, off the coast of Queensland. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle, New South Wales to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. |
| Glencoe | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Plough Rock, off the coast of Northumberland. Her crew survived. |
| Halcyon | United States | The barque was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Cette, Hérault, France. |
| Janie | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked in the Rio Grande. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to the Rio Grande. |
| John Eills | Canada | The ship was wrecked on the Memory Rock. She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida to New York, United States. |
| Kate | United Kingdom | The ketch was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Southampton, Hampshire. She was refloated and assisted in to Ramsgate, Kent. |
| Lake Champlain | Canada | The steamship sank at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Quebec to Liverpool. She was later refloated. |
| Lastingham | United Kingdom | The ship was lost on Port Jackson Head, Cook's Straight with the loss of fourteen of the 31 people on board. She was on a voyage from London to Wellington, New Zealand. |
| Levant | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Egmond aan Zee, North Holland, Netherlands. |
| Levenvale | United Kingdom | The steamship struck a rock and sank 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off the Île Vierge, Finistère, France. Her crew were survived. She was on a voyage from Rochester, Kent to Poti, Russia. |
| Marseille | France | The steamship was driven ashore near Key West. Her passengers were taken off. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Minnie Butler | | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Kepler ( United Kingdom). |
| Œnone | United Kingdom | The yacht sprang a leak and was beached near Knockadoon Head, County Cork. She was severely damaged and was abandoned as a total loss. Œnone was refloated on 9 September and towed in to Youghal, County Cork. |
| Perseverance | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Oxwich, Glamorgan. |
| Saintonge | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with another vessel and was beached at Swansea, Glamorgan. |
| St. Pierre | France | The steamship collided with the steamship Janus ( United Kingdom) and sank at Bordeaux. |
| Sully | France | The barque was driven ashore in the Marquesas Keys. She was on a voyage from Mexico to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. She was refloated and towed in to Key West, Florida, United States. |
| Swallow | United States | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Nineteen crew were rescued by the barque Ernst Ludwig Holtz ( Germany). |
| Traveller | Norway | The barque ran aground in the River Avon near the Clifton Suspension Bridge. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada to Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. |
| Ville de Bordeaux | France | The steamship was driven ashore on Guadeloupe. She was refloated and towed in to Martinique. |
| Whitby Abbey | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Constantinople. |
| William | United Kingdom | The brigantine was wrecked on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her seven crew survived; three of them were rescued from a raft by the steamship Maggie ( United Kingdom). |
| Zazel | United Kingdom | The yacht was driven ashore and wrecked in Llandudno Bay. Her crew were rescued. |
| Unnamed | Austria-Hungary | The ship was run down and sunk off the coast of Istria by the steamship Calabria ( Italy) with the loss of one life. Survivors were rescued by Calabria. |