# List of shipwrecks in August 1881

The list of shipwrecks in August 1881 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1881.

## 1 August

List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Campana | United Kingdom | The barque capsized at South Shields, County Durham. |
| Carlotta | United Kingdom | The steam yacht capsized at Row, Dunbartonshire and was severely damaged. |
| Edith | United Kingdom | The steam launch foundered in the Thames Estuary 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north east of Garrison Point, Isle of Sheppey, Kent. Her crew were rescued by a Coastguard boat. She was refloated on 3 August and taken into Whitstable, Kent. |
| Eugenie | France | The schooner sprang a leak and sank in the English Channel 7 nautical miles (13 km) off Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom. All four people on board survived. |
| Gleaner | United Kingdom | The smack ran aground and sank at Peel, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire to Newport, Monmouthshire. |
| Lasker | Germany | The barque collided with the steamship Helios ( United Kingdom) and sank off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. Lasker was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Iquique, Peru. |
| Peter James | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at West Cowes, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to London. |

## 3 August

List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Augusta | Sweden | The schooner capsized at Utklippan. |
| E. D. Bigelow | United States | The ship ran aground on Sarn Badrig 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Dyffryn, Cardiganshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Annapolis, Maryland to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |
| Merannio | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship Fenton and was beached at East Greenwich, Middlesex. She was refloated and docked. |

## 4 August

List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Calcutta | United States | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Caffraria, Cape Colony. She was on a voyage from "Zebu", Spanish East Indies to Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Dunoon Castle | United Kingdom | The paddle steamer was severely damaged by fire at Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |
| Magdeburg | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Gävle, Sweden. |

## 5 August

List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Periere | France | The steamship caught fire at Golette, Tunisia and was scuttled. She was refloated on 9 August and taken to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône for repairs. |

## 6 August

List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bina Campbell | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground in the Clyde at Dumbarton Castle, Dunbartonshire. She was then run into by another vessel. Bina Campbell was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Montevideo, Uruguay. She was later refloated and put back to Glasgow for repairs. |

## 8 August

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Clara B. Warren | United States | The schooner was wrecked on Duncan's Reef, Catch Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her crew were rescued. |
| Isaac Pereire | France | The steamship caught fire at Tunis, Tunisia and was scuttled. She was later refloated, repaired and returned to service. |
| Lord Belgrave | United Kingdom | The paddle steamer caught fire and sank in the River Dee at Chester, Cheshire. Arson was suspected as the cause. |
| ARA Pilocmayo | Argentine Navy | The flat-iron gunboat was holed by an anchor and sank at Buenos Aires. |

## 9 August

List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hugo | Germany | The ship was destroyed by fire in the Pacific Ocean and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to San Francisco, California, United States. Her ten crew took to a lifeboat. Nine survivors reached Chiloe, Chile on 18 August, taking nine days to cover 800 nautical miles (1,500 km). |

## 10 August

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Baltic | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground on the Eagle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. |
| Thracian | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground at Moulmein, Burma. She was on a voyage from Singapore, Straits Settlements to Moulmein. She was refloated on 14 August. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The Mersey Flat sank on the East Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. |

## 11 August

List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| George Mills | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore on the coast of Uruguay. She was refloated and put into Maldonado, Uruguay in a leaky condition. |
| Georges | France | The schooner ran into the barque Clodian ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off Sea Palling, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Her crew survived. Georges was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes. |

## 12 August

List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Emily | United Kingdom | The brig collided with the steamship Elysia ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean (47°58′N 30°00′W﻿ / ﻿47.967°N 30.000°W﻿ / 47.967; -30.000). Her nine crew were rescued by Elysia. Emily was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony to London. |
| Fair Maid | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Hale Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Lyme Regis, Dorset. She was refloated and made for the Humber, but consequently sank. Her crew were rescued by the tug Garibaldi ( United Kingdom. |
| Mabel | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Dunkerque, Nord, France. |

## 13 August

List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Harmonia | Norway | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Haverdal, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Söderhamn, Sweden to Dunkerque, Nord, France. |
| Romano | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Holme Sand, in the Humber. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to New York, United States. She was refloated the next day with the assistance of a number of tugs and put back to Hull. |
| T. B. Ord | United Kingdom | The barque collided with the schooner Isabel ( France) at Callao, Peru and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Callao. |

## 14 August

List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Borunga | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground at Calais, France. She was refloated and taken into Calais. |
| Dunnikier | United Kingdom | The barque struck a rock and foundered in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Chile. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Valparaíso, Chile. |

## 15 August

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Innisfallen | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore on Naissaar, Russia. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Reval, Russia. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug. |
| Martha | Netherlands | The schooner capsized in the Ems. |
| W. F. March | United States | The schooner dragged her anchor during a gale and was wrecked in Golovnin Bay in the Department of Alaska. All seventeen people on board survived. |

## 16 August

List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Frigorifique | France | The steamship was damaged by fire at Bordeaux, Gironde. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux to Antwerp, Belgium. |

## 17 August

List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The cutter yacht foundered in the English Channel 1+1⁄2 nautical miles (2.8 km) off Camber, Sussex, United Kingdom. |

## 18 August

List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Forster | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. |
| Tordenskjold | Norway | The ship was driven ashore. She was refloated and taken into Grimstad in a leaky condition. |
| Unnamed | Russia | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore in the Nieuwe Diep. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands to Porvoo, Grand Duchy of Finland. |

## 19 August

List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Gil | Portugal | The schooner collided with the barque Burnswark ( United Kingdom) in the Kingroad, off the coast of Somerset, United Kingdom. She was beached on the Rifle Grounds. |
| Mary Kate | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground at Liverpool, Lancashire. Her crew survived. |

## 20 August

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| A. B. Ward | United States | The tug suffered a boiler explosion and sank in the Chicago River at the Clark Street Bridge, Chicago, Illinois with the loss of two of her crew. Subsequently refloated, towed to Miller's Dry Dock and rebuilt. |
| Courier | France | The schooner foundered at sea. Her crew took to a boat; they were rescued on 25 August by Golden Sea ( United Kingdom). Courier was on a voyage from Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon to Martinique. |
| Prima | Norway | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Zoutelande, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to a Baltic port. |

## 21 August

List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eira | United Kingdom | Eira The steam yacht of Benjamin Leigh Smith was severely damaged by floating ice and sank near Cape Flora, Franz Joseph Land. The owner and his crew were rescued almost a year later. The wreck was located in 2018. |
| Livingstone | United Kingdom | The ship collided with HSwMS Norrköping ( Swedish Navy) 8 nautical miles (15 km) off the south point of Öland, Sweden and was damaged. HSwMS Norrköping towed her to "Uttagan", where she took on a pilot with the intention of going into Kalmar. She ran aground off "Grimskar", but was refloated the next day and taken into Kalama. |

## 23 August

List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Gordonia | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Domsten, Sweden. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Cronstadt, Russia. She was refloated and taken into Copenhagen, Denmark. |

## 24 August

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| T. E. Aschehong | United Kingdom | The barque foundered at sea. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Baltimore, Maryland, United States. |

## 25 August

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Edgar | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore north of Cape Hellas, Greece. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt to Nicholaieff, Russia. She was refloated on 27 August. |
| Endeavour | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Balbriggan, County Dublin. Her five crew were rescued by a Coastguard boat. |
| Maggie Lorimer | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and sank at Glenarm, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Glenarm to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |
| Miranda | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was destroyed by fire in the "Goronlaia River", Netherlands East Indies. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ternate, Netherlands East Indies to Singapore, Straits Settlements. |
| Providence | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore at Derk Point, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Donegal. She was refloated with the assistance of the Coastguard. |
| Stratheden | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on Middle Cross Sand off Norfolk, England due to negligent navigation. She was on a voyage from Leith, Scotland to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with coal. The crew were rescued by Caister lifeboat. |

## 26 August

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adria | United Kingdom | The brigantine was wrecked at Bahia, Brazil. |
| Albert | Germany | The schooner was wrecked at Bahia. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The brigantine foundered 8 nautical miles (15 km) off the Tuskar Rock with the loss of all hands. |

## 27 August

List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alphonse Marie | France | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Seaton Delaval, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. |
| Condor | Germany | The ship foundered at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Charlestown, Cornwall, United Kingdom to Aalborg, Denmark. |
| Emanuelle | Malta | The ship collided with the transport ship Oise ( French Navy) off Cape Bon, Algeria. At least one of her crew got aboard Oise. Emanuelle was lost sight of 30 minutes later. She was on a voyage from Tripoli, Ottoman Tripolitania to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. |
| Weif | United Kingdom | The fishing smack sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the fishing smack Orphan Girl ( United Kingdom). |

## 29 August

List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lion | United Kingdom | The ketch capsized 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) east of Looe, Cornwall and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Penzance, Cornwall. |
| Sanda | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Clyde near Dalmuir, Dunbartonshire. |

## 30 August

List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| City of Richmond | United States | The paddle steamer struck a reef south of Mark Island, Maine and sank without loss of life. She later was refloated, rebuilt and returned to service as City of Key West. |
| Teuton | United Kingdom | The steamship struck a rock and sank between Quoin Point and Cape Agulhas, Cape Colony with the loss of 236 lives. There were 36 survivors. Teuton was on a voyage from Cape Town, Cape Colony to the Natal Colony. |
| William Leckie | United Kingdom | The ship collided with Viola ( United Kingdom) off the Old Head of Kinsale, County Cork and was severely damaged. She was towed into Queenstown, County Cork and beached. |

## 31 August

List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Augustus, and Hector | United Kingdom | The steamships collided off the South Foreland, Kent and were both severely damaged. Augustus was on a voyage from New York, United States to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She put into Dover, Kent waterlogged at the bow. Hector was on a voyage from London to Penang, Straits Settlements. She put back to London in a severely leaky condition. |
| Ellida | Norway | The barque ran aground off Rügen, Germany. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Stralsund, Germany. She was refloated and assisted into Stralsund. |
| Frey | Sweden | The schooner collided with the brig Mathilde ( France) and was severely damaged. Frey was on a voyage from Vestervick to Hartlepool. She put into Copenhagen, Denmark. |
| Kilmodan | United Kingdom | The burning ship was abandoned off Cape Horn, Chile. Her crew were rescued by the barque Penrith ( United Kingdom). Kilmodan was on a voyage from Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire to San Francisco, California, United States. |
| Mary Jamieson | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground at the mouth of the Rio Grande and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault, France to the Rio Grande. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in August 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alliance | Norway | The barque ran aground at Bordeaux, Gironde, France. She was refloated. |
| Appin | United Kingdom | The steamship struck a sunken rock near "Ujusut", Russia and was beached. She was later refloated and taken into Nicholaieff, Russia, where she arrived on 22 August. |
| Aren | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground at Skellefteå, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Skellefteå to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but put into Copenhagen, Denmark in a leaky condition on 9 August. |
| Ashfield | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore in Chesapeake Bay. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Calais, France. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Barmore | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Clyde near Dalmuir, Dunbartonshire. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and taken into Bowling, Dunbartonhire for repairs. |
| Bedouin | United Kingdom | The steamship struck a rock at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, Canada and was beached. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Louisbourg. |
| Catherina | Russia | The schooner was wrecked 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) east of St Abb's Head, Berwickshire, United Kingdom. Her four crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Geestemünde to East Wemyss, Fife, United Kingdom. |
| Coral | United Kingdom | The yacht was driven ashore and severely damaged at Beaumaris, Anglesey. |
| Dora | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on the Red Bank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the River Thames to the Gambia River. |
| Dunmore | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Ballyquintin Point, County Down. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Belfast, County Antrim. |
| Eleanor Jane | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground at Barebäck, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Port Madoc, Caernarfonshire to Stettin, Germany. She was refloated and taken into Copenhagen. |
| Flensborg | Denmark | The barque was wrecked a cyclone in the Pescadores Islands. Her crew were rescued. |
| Freda | United Kingdom | The yacht was driven ashore and severely damaged at Beaumaris. |
| Granite City | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground on the Pollard Spit, in the North Sea off the north Kent coast. |
| Hadji | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked on the Blonde Rocks, off Seal Island, Nova Scotia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cow Bay, Nova Scotia to Portland. |
| Henry and Betsey | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with the steamship Ivanhoe ( United Kingdom) and sank off Larne, County Antrim. Henry and Betsey was on a voyage from the Clyde to a port in County Antrim. |
| Hermione | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Peveril Ledge, in the English Channel off the coast of Dorset. She was on a voyage from Newhaven, Sussex to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was later refloated and beached at Swanage, Dorset. |
| Il Trovatore | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with the steamship Palomares ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea off Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. Il Trovatore was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Rotterdam, south Holland, Netherlands. |
| Kennaird | United Kingdom | The fishing boat collided with the schooner Mary and Catherine ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea with the loss of five of her six crew. The survivor was rescued by Mary and Catherine. |
| Lionel | United Kingdom | The brigantine struck a rock in Chedabucto Bay and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. |
| Lisette | Germany | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore on Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. |
| Maria | Germany | The schooner struck the Braemar Rock. She put into Burntisland, Fife in a waterlogged condition. |
| Northern Light | United States | The wooden barge went aground on the coast of Lake Huron near Harrisville, Michigan, and eventually broke up in 2 feet (0.61 m) of water at 44°39′37″N 83°17′13″W﻿ / ﻿44.660267°N 83.286817°W﻿ / 44.660267; -83.286817﻿ (Northern Light). |
| Marie | Norway | The schooner was driven ashore at Cellardyke, Fife. |
| Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The Thames barge was severely damaged at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Harwich, Essex to Wells-next-the-Sea. |
| Mischief | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at "Cardenstown". Her crew survived. |
| Nellie Brett | United States | The barque was driven ashore at Shelbourne, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to New York. |
| Pathfinder | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bootle, Cumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Bull River to Silloth, Cumberland. |
| Plimsoll | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme, France. |
| Racer | Flag unknown | The ship was run into by the steamship European ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean. |
| Revolving Light | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship ran aground at Bordeaux. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada to Bordeaux. |
| Rierino | Austria-Hungary | The brig ran aground on the Coloradoes. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Santa Cruz de Cuba Captaincy General of Cuba to Bremen, Germany. |
| Sarah Jane | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Seascale, Cumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bray, County Wicklow to Whitehaven, Cumberland. |
| Serra | Spain | The steamship was severely damaged by fire at New Orleans. |
| Sisters | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in Sand Bay. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Lydney, Gloucestershire to Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. |
| Star of the East | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Bassein, India. She had been refloated by 19 August. |
| Thalia | Germany | The full-rigged ship put into Lisbon, Portugal on fire. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to San Francisco, California, United States. |
| Thomas Blythe | United Kingdom | The barque sank about 500 nautical miles (930 km) off the Isles of Scilly. Her seven crew took to the ship's boat. They were rescued by a Norwegian ship. Thomas Blythe was on a voyage from Samanco, Peru to Liverpool, Lancashirel. |
| 659 | Russia | The lighter sprang a leak and sank at Cronstadt. |
| Unnamed fishing vessels | United Kingdom | Fifty-eight fishermen from Shetland drowned during a recent storm. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London. She was refloated and assisted into Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |
| Unnamed | France | The lighter was run down and sunk in the Gironde by the steamship Dago ( France) with the loss of a crew member. |
| Two unnamed vessels | Russia | The barges were wrecked at Poti, Russia. |