# List of shipwrecks in August 1885

The list of shipwrecks in August 1885 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1885.

## 1 August

List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1885 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dunalistair | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Skegersta Ness, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She had become a wreck by 5 August. |

## 2 August

List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1885 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | A pilot cutter was run into by the steamship Clan Lamont ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Clyde. All on board survived. |

## 3 August

List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1885 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Kandy | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Carnlough, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Carnlough. |
| St. Andrew's Bay | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in Lough Foyle. She was refloated and taken in to Londonderry. |

## 4 August

List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1885 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Roscius | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned in the Irish Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) off the Hook Lighthouse, County Waterford. Her four crew survived. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |

## 5 August

List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1885 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Humacao | Spain | The steamship was wrecked on the Wallace Ledge, off Grand Manan, New Brunswick, Canada. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the West Indies to Saint John, New Brunswick. When twelve wreckers later went aboard Humacao to salvage her, however, her wreck broke up, slid off the reef, and sank 3 nautical miles (5.6 km; 3.5 mi) south-southeast of Southwest Head Lighthouse (44°31.9′N 066°52.5′W﻿ / ﻿44.5317°N 66.8750°W﻿ / 44.5317; -66.8750﻿ (Humacao)), killing eleven of the wreckers. |
| Neptune | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Holm Sands, in the Humber. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to King's Lynn, Norfolk. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and put back to Hull. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | A barge was run down and sunk at Limehouse, Middlesex by the steamship Anitlles ( United Kingdom). |

## 7 August

List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1885 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hannah | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore at Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Plymouth, Devon. |
| Mary Stewart | United Kingdom | The schooner was run into by the steamship Claymore ( United Kingdom) off the Mull of Kintyre, Argyllshire and was severely damaged. She was towed in to Campbeltown, Argyllshire by Claymore. |
| Sardinian | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River downstream of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She was refloated and taken in to Quebec City. |

## 9 August

List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1885 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hermann Friedrich | Germany | The ship was sighted whilst on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom eo Wilmington, Delaware, United States. No further trace,. reported missing. |
| Oakland | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the despatch vessel Blitz ( Germany) and sank in the Kattegat with the loss of fifteen of her crew. |

## 10 August

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1885 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| George and Susan | United States | The whaling bark dragged her anchor, collided with the whaling bark Mabel ( United States), and was driven ashore and wrecked in Wainwright Inlet on the Chukchi Sea coast of the District of Alaska. The revenue cutter USRC Thomas Corwin ( United States Revenue-Marine) rescued all but three members of the crews of George and Susan and Mabel. |
| Mabel | United States | The whaling, bark was lost after the whaling bark George and Susan ( United States) dragged her anchor and collided with herWainwright Inlet on the Chukchi Sea coast of the District of Alaska. The revenue cutter USRC Thomas Corwin ( United States Revenue-Marine) rescued all but three members of the crews of George and Susan and Mabel. |

## 11 August

List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1885 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Batley | United Kingdom | The steamship struck the pier at Fécamp, Seine-Inférieure, France and was damaged. She put back to Fécamp. |

## 12 August

List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1885 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Octavia Stella | Italy | The barque ran aground in the Helford River. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug but ran aground again. She was refloated the next day. |
| Welcome Home | United Kingdom | The Thames barge collided with the steamship Hilda and sank in the River Thames. Her crew survived. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | A barque was driven ashore on Flat Holm, in the Bristol Channel. |
| Unknown | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked on the Welsh Grounds, in the Bristol Channel. Three crew were rescued by the Clevedon Lifeboat. |

## 13 August

List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1885 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| City of Quebec | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the River Ouse near Goole, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Talcahuano, Mexico to Goole. |
| Edgworth | United Kingdom | The steamship was run into by the steamship Isis ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea off the Newarp Lightship ( Trinity House) with the loss of a crew member. Edgworth was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | A barge was driven ashore at Lossiemouth, Moray. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | A fishing boat sank in the North Sea off the coast of Aberdeenshire with the loss of all seven crew. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | A fishing boat foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Caithness with the loss of all five crew. |

## 14 August

List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1885 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Crystal | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Leith, Lothian. She was refloated with assistance and resumed her voyage. |
| Georg | Norway | The barque was abandoned in the North Sea (56°00′N 5°25′E﻿ / ﻿56.000°N 5.417°E﻿ / 56.000; 5.417). Her crew were rescued by the steamship Onward ( United Kingdom). Georg was on a voyage from Örnsköldsvik, Sweden to Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure, France. |

## 15 August

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1885 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| City of Manatee | United States | The ship sank off Pickens Point, Pensacola, Florida. |

## 16 August

List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1885 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ernst Wilhelm | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Hartsmal Island, Outer Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Copenhagen, Denmark. |

## 18 August

List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1885 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Forsoget | Norway | The barque sailed from Quebec City, Canada for Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom on 29 July 1885, and was abandoned in position 44°N 41°W in the Atlantic Ocean on 18 August. Her crew were rescued by Albion ( United Kingdom) and landed at Liverpool on 4 September. The waterlogged hulk was seen, still drifting, on 27 October in position 44.47°N 27.10°W. |

## 20 August

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1885 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Haddingtonshire | United Kingdom | The barque became a total wreck off Point Reyes, California, United States with the loss of eighteen of her twenty crew. She was on a voyage from Portland, Oregon, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 21 August

List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1885 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cornwallis | United Kingdom | The whaler, a barque, was crushed by ice and sank in the Davis Strait. Her crew survived. |

## 22 August

List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1885 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Labrador | United Kingdom | The ship was sighted off Bic, Quebec, Canada whilst on a voyage from Quebec City to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. No further trace, reported missing. |
| Lincoln | United States | The ship was wrecked at "El Arrastrathdero", Mexico. |

## 25 August

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1885 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Catherine Chalmers | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Savannah, Georgia, United States. She was refloated and found to be severely leaky. She was subsequently taken in to Savannah in a waterlogged condition. |
| Flid | Norway | The barque was in collision with two other vessels and drove ashore in a hurricane at Charleston, South Carolina, United States. |
| Marion | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Savannah. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug. |
| Meddor | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked in a hurricane at Charleston. |
| N. Mosher | Canada | The barque was driven ashore in a hurricane at Savannah. |
| Propitious | United Kingdom | The steamship struck the quayside at Sunderland, County Durham and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Savona, Italy. She put back to Sunderland for repairs. |

## 26 August

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1885 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Achilles | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Grimsby, Lincolnshire. |

## 27 August

List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1885 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ange Gardieu | France | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Caloe Point, Morbihan. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Vannes, Morbihan. |

## 30 August

List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1885 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Herald | Canada | The ship was sighted off "New Anjer", Netherlands East Indies whilst on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Hiogo, Japan. No further trace, reported missing. |

## 31 August

List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1885 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dorothea, and Resolute | Denmark United Kingdom | The schooner Dorothera broke from her moorings at Great Yarmouth and collided with the steamship Resolute, which was forced from her moorings. Both vessels became wedged under the Haven Bridge and were severely damaged. |
| Sigrid | Norway | The ship struck a sunken wreck and foundered in the Dogger Bank with the loss of all but one of her crew. The survivor was rescued by the fishing smack Albatross ( United Kingdom). Sigrid was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Kotka, Grand Duchy of Finland. |
| Wakefield | United Kingdom | The steamship caught fire and was beached on the Spijkerplaat, off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. Her passengers were taken off. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Antwerp, Belgium. The fire was extinguished and she was refloated. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in August 1885 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Activ | Norway | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 6 August. |
| Adelheid | Germany | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Thisted, Denmark. |
| Albert | France | The steamship was wrecked on the Île de Batz, Finistère. |
| Amandus | Germany | The galiot was driven ashore and wrecked at Lemvig, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Papenburg to Königsberg. |
| Annie | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Bordeaux, Gironde, France. |
| Architect | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Pensacola, Florida, United States. She was on a voyage from Pensacola to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Attilio | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Akyab, Burma. |
| Aurora | Italy | The brig was driven ashore on Heligoland. She subsequently sank but her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the west coast of Africa to Harburg, Germany. |
| Azalea | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Sligo River. She was refloated on 4 August and taken in to Sligo. |
| Billy | Germany | The barque was wrecked on a reef in Spanish East Indies waters. Her crew were rescued. |
| British Statesman | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked before 19 August with much loss of life. There were ten survivors; seventeen people were reported missing. |
| Burdwan | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Macclesfield Straits before 24 August. Her crew were rescue. |
| Chatsworth | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Quillebeuf-sur-Seine, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure to Santander, Spain. She was refloated with assistance. |
| Cilurnum | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship caught fire at sea and was abandoned with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to San Francisco, California. |
| Clan Matheson | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Calcutta, India. She was refloated. |
| Comet | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) north of Ballantrae, Ayrshire. |
| Dryad | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground in Carnarvon Bay. She was on a voyage from Jersey, Channel Islands to Liverpool. |
| Elise | France | The schooner foundered off Ibiza, Spain. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Bayonne, Loire-Inférieure. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Islandmagee, County Antrim. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast to Larne. |
| Embla | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Grangemouth, Stirlingshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Felix | Sweden | The ship was wrecked at Gothenburg. |
| Granville | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore on Storgrundet, in the Luleå Archipelago, Sweden. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| James Groves | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore on Saltholmen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Söderhamn, Sweden to West Hartlepool, County Durham. |
| Jarvis Lord | United States | The lake freighter sank in Lake Michigan on 17 or 18 August. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from St. Ignace, Michigan to Chicago, Illinois. |
| Johannes | Russia | The schooner was driven ashore at Fort Ruyter, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium to Riga. |
| John Samuels | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Islandmagee. Her crew were rescued. |
| Julie | Germany | The brig was driven ashore at "Sandrus", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Gävle, Sweden. |
| M. A. Dixon | China | The steamship was wrecked at Kaohsiung, Taiwan. All on board were rescued. |
| Panormos | Ottoman Empire | The ship collided with an Italian ship in the Sea of Marmara and was severely damaged. She put in to Gallipoli, and was subsequently towed in to Constantinople. |
| Peer of the Realm | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on Lundy Island, Devon. The wreck was towed in to Penarth, Glamorgan on 14 August. |
| Phineas P. Henderson | United States | The ship was destroyed by fire at Manila, Spanish East Indies. |
| Raven | United Kingdom | The sloop was abandoned in the River Mersey at New Brighton, Cheshire. The tug Pathfinder subsequently put two people on board, but she capsized with their loss. Raven was on a voyage from Rhyl, Denbighshire to Runcorn, Cheshire. |
| Rogaland | Norway | The barque capsized in a hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of five of her nine crew. Survivors took to a raft; they were rescued a few days later, on 12 August, by the barque John R. Stanhope ( United States). Rogaland was on a voyage from West Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada to Conway, Caernarfonshire, United Kingdom. |
| Salvador | Brazil | The steamship collided with the steamship Memnon ( United Kingdom) and sank. |
| Sjælland | Denmark | The steamship ran aground in the Scheldt. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but pu tin to Helsingør in a leaky condition. |
| Stanley | United Kingdom | The Thames barge collided with the steamship Tern ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Yantlet Creek. |
| Tangier | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Great Bitter Lake. She was on a voyage from Bushire, Persia to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Tomma | Sweden | The schooner was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Oskarshamn to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was refloated and put in to Gothenburg in a leaky condition. |
| Tunstall | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked on the Baldayo Bank, off the north coast of Spain. She was on a voyage from London to Yokohama, Japan. |
| Vision | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in Wick Bay. Her crew were rescued. |
| Washington | Norway | The brig was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Nicosian ( United Kingdom). Washington was on a voyage from Fredrikshavn, Denmark to Bo'ness, Lothian, United Kingdom. |
| Wendola | Germany | The schooner ran aground and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Neder Kalix, Sweden to Cowes, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. She was refloated and towed in to Stockholm, Sweden in a waterlogged condition. |
| Willy | Germany | The barque was wrecked on the Fiery Cross Reef, in the Indian Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. |
| Unnamed | India | A buggalow was wrecked in the Gulf of Aden before 25 August with the loss of more than 100 lives. |