# List of shipwrecks in July 1886

The list of shipwrecks in July 1886 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during July 1886.

## 1 July

List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albert Edward | United Kingdom | The steamship was holed and sank off Southend Pier, Essex. She was later refloated. |
| John Bladworth | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with th steamship Harton ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea 7 nautical miles (13 km) north of Salthouse, Norfolk. John Bladworth was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium. |

## 3 July

List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Royal Edward | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was damaged in a hurricane and her crew abandoned her in the Atlantic Ocean (40°S 27°E﻿ / ﻿40°S 27°E﻿ / -40; 27) in a sinking condition. Her crew were rescued by the barque Bellona ( Norway). Royal Edward was on a voyage from Sharpness, Gloucestershire to Melbourne, Victoria. |

## 4 July

List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Richard Cory | United Kingdom | The steamship caught fire at Lisbon, Portugal. She was beached and scuttled to extinguish the fire. |

## 5 July

List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lincoln | United Kingdom | The steamship struck the Runnelstone, Cornwall in thick fog and sank off St Loy's Cove. Her fourteen crew abandoned ship about 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) off St Loy's Cove and reached Penzance. Lincolnwas on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Plymouth, Devon. |

## 6 July

List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ralph Ward Jackson | United Kingdom | The ship struck a sunken rock and foundered in the Kattegat. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from West Hartlepool, County Durham to Korsør, Denmark. |

## 7 July

List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cornelius | United Kingdom | The Mersey Flat sank in the River Mersey at Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 8 July

List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| May, and Olivia | Guernsey Russia | The tug May and the schooner Olivia were run into by the barque Trowbridge ( United Kingdom at South Shields, County Durham and were both severely damaged. |
| Milwaukee | United States | The steam barge sank in Lake Michigan with the loss of a crew member after colliding in fog with the steam barge C. Hickox ( United States). |
| Walter Ulrich | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground in the Thames Estuary off Higham, Kent. |

## 9 July

List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Renown | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Leith, Lothian. She was on a voyage from Oran, Algeria to Leith. |
| Prince Alfred | United Kingdom | The steam trawler sank off Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire. She was refloated on 16 September and taken in to Stonehaven. |

## 14 July

List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Blanca | Spanish Navy | The Petronila-class frigate was involved in a serious accident on the Danish coast. Her crew were rescued. |

## 16 July

List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Napoleon | United States | The fishing boat sank off Norman's Woe. |
| Prince of Wales | United Kingdom | The steam tug sank after colliding with the ship Peterborough ( United Kingdom) off Botany Bay, New South Wales, with loss of two crew. Peterborough was towed into port by the steam tug Kate ( United Kingdom). |

## 18 July

List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| HMS Belleisle | Royal Navy | The Belleisle-class ironclad ran aground at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. She was refloated. |

## 19 July

List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Joe Hooker | United States | The schooner was wrecked at Cape Macedome, Newfoundland Colony. Her crew were rescued. |

## 20 July

List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eadon | United Kingdom | The Mersey Flat collided with the steamship Alsatian ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Mersey. |
| Pecheries Françaises No. 13 | France | The sloop was driven ashore on the Epi-à-Pin, Seine-Inférieure and capsized. |

## 21 July

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bear | United Kingdom | The barge was run into by the steamship Penguin and sank in the River Thames at Deptford, Kent. The lighterman on board was rescued. |

## 22 July

List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Elvina | United Kingdom | The ketch foundered off Linney Head, Pembrokeshire with the loss of all on board. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Dunmore Head, County Kerry. |

## 30 July

List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Clarissa | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered in Cardigan Bay. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Mersey ( United Kingdom). |
| Mersey | United Kingdom | The steamship ran ashore in Cardigan Bay and was abandoned. |
| Unnamed | United States | The yacht capsized off Sandy Hook, New Jersey with the loss of seven of the sixteen people on board. |

## 31 July

List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bloomer | United States | The schooner sank 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Kennebunk, Maine. Her crew were rescued. |
| Passport | Canada | The steamship struck a dock at the east entrance to the Cornwall Canal and sank. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in July 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anna | Netherlands | The galiot ran aground. She was on a voyage from Groningen to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and put back to Delfzijl, Groningen in a leaky condition. |
| Arethusa | Germany | The barque collided with another vessel and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Memel to London, United Kingdom. She put in to Helsingør, Denmark. |
| Athena | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Orkney Islands. She subsequently broke up. |
| Diligentia | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 9 July. Her crew were rescued by the barque India ( Norway). Diligentia was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Matane, Quebec, Canada. |
| Fortuna | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground at Dundrum, County Down. She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada to Dundrum. |
| Gate City | United States | The steamship was driven ashore in Tarpaulin Cove. She was later refloated. |
| Havre | France | The steamship put in to Aden, Aden Governorate on fire. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to the East Indies and China. |
| Indra | India | The steamship sank in the Hooghly River upstream of Calcutta. |
| James J. Dowsett, and Moi Wahine | Flags unknown | The steamship James J. Dowsett collided with the schooner Moi Wahine and sank in the Pacific Ocean. Moi Wahine was severely damaged. She put in to Honolulu, Kingdom of Hawaii. |
| Kapiolani | Flag unknown | The steamship sank off the mouth of the Pearl River. |
| Leader | United Kingdom | The ship was lost on a voyage from Warrenpoint, County Antrim to Greenock, Renfrewshire. |
| Magellan | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Cape Virgin, Argentina. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Valparaíso, Chile. She was refloated and taken in to Sandy Point, Chile in a leaky condition. |
| Maiden | United Kingdom | The pilot cutter was run down and sunk by the steamship Carl Rathkens ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued. |
| Medway | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Swash, in the Bristol Channel off the coast of Somerset. . |
| Mercutio | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at "Stubben", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stettin, Germany to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Minnie Carmichael | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked at Valparaíso. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pisagua, Chile to the Hampton Roads, Virginia, United States. |
| Nicosian | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore near Hanko, Grand Duchy of Finland. |
| Prinz Albrecht | Germany | The steamship was driven ashore 6 nautical miles (11 km) east of Tangier, Morocco. |
| Sandnaes | United Kingdom | The brigantine was wrecked on Beaver Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her crew was rescued. |
| Sophia Joakim | United Kingdom | The barque sank at Penang, Straits Settlements. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to Muscat, Oman. |
| RMS Tagus | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at "Barra Falsa", Brazil. She was later refloated. |
| Vega | Norway | The barque was driven ashore on Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. |