# List of shipwrecks in August 1884

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

## 1 August

List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alfred | Canada | The barque caught fire off Cape Horn, Chile and was abandoned. All on board were rescued by Dunnerdale ( United Kingdom). Alfred was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Valparaíso, Chile. |
| Industri | Norway | The schooner ran aground on the Finngrundet, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Söderhamn, Sweden to Newhaven, Sussex, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Gävle, Sweden. |
| Yedmandale | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Brindisi, Italy. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Brindisi. |
| Unnamed | United States | The pilot boat was run down and sunk at New York by the steamship Roma ( Germany). |

## 2 August

List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dione | United Kingdom | The steamship was run into by the steamship Camden ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames downstream of Gravesend, Kent with the loss of 23 of the 40 people on board. Dione was on a voyage from London to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. |
| USS Lancaster | United States Navy | The sloop-of-war ran aground on the South West Shingle Bank, in the Solent. |
| Margaretha Johanna | Germany | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Monance, Fife, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from East Wemyss, Fife to Bremerhaven. |

## 4 August

List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Water Nymph | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Clifden, County Dublin. Her crew survived. |

## 6 August

List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Shooting Star | United States | The schooner was wrecked on the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada. Her crew were rescued. |

## 7 August

List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Budapest, and Lincoln | United Kingdom | The steamships collided at Liverpool, Lancashire and were both severely damaged. Budapest was on a voyage from Liverpool to Odessa, Russia. Lincoln was on a voyage from Sligo to Liverpool. |
| Falodden | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground off Cape Bollard, Newfoundland Colony. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada to Fleetwood, Lancashire. She was refloated and taken in to Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony. |

## 8 August

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Captain Parry | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Kilcool, County Wicklow. She was refloated and taken in to Dublin. |
| Emberiza | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Urgents Shoals. She was refloated on 12 August and taken in to Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire. |
| Krageroe | Norway | The barque was driven ashore at Kastrup, Denmark. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Stettin, Germany. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Susan Hendry | United Kingdom | The ship collided with the steamship Vigila ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea off Aldeburgh, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by Vigila. |

## 9 August

List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| E. L. Rowe | United States | The schooner was lost on Avery's Ledge. Her crew were rescued. |
| Margaret Allen | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Fair Head, County Antrim. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Kenvara, County Galway to Ardrossan, Ayrshire. |
| Martha Sephens | United States | The steamship struck a snag and sank in the Missouri River near Boonville Island, Missouri. Four crewmen were killed. |

## 10 August

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Red Rose | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore about five nautical miles (9.3 km; 5.8 mi) south-east of the Ar Men Lighthouse, Finistère, France. |

## 11 August

List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bowhead | United States | The whaler, a barque[rigged steamship, was holed by ice and sank in the Blossom Shoals (70°23′N 161°57′W﻿ / ﻿70.383°N 161.950°W﻿ / 70.383; -161.950﻿ (Blossom Shoals)) off Icy Cape, District of Alaska. Her crew were rescued by Balaena and Narwhal (Flags unknown). |
| Dronning Louisa | Denmark | The brig ran aground off Fair Isle, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was later refloated and taken in to Lerwick, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom for repairs. |
| Nervi | Italy | The ship was run into by the steamship Kent and sank off Barry, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. Nervi was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida, United States to Newport, Monmouthshire. |
| Werfa | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Guadiana. She was refloated and found to have been holed. |

## 12 August

List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aghios Nicholas | Greece | The schooner collided with the steamship Kovno ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Doro Channel. Five of the 25 people on board were reported missing. |
| Concord | United Kingdom | The ship collided with the steamship Cearense ( United Kingdom) and sank off the South Stack, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued by Cearense. Concord was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Totness, Devon. |
| Ennismore | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Hen and Chickens Rock, off the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides. She was refloated and put back to Stornoway, Isle of Skye. |
| M. E. Johnston | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Ballywalter, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Belfast, County Antrim. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |

## 13 August

List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Berwick | United Kingdom | The steamship sprang a leak and foundered off Huntcliffe, Yorkshire. Her sixteen crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Portsmouth, Hampshire. |

## 14 August

List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Berwick | United Kingdom | The steamship foundered off Huntcliffe, Yorkshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Portsmouth, Hampshire. |
| Eigil | United Kingdom | The brig collided with the schooner Harriet ( United Kingdom) in the River Ouse and was beached at Whitton, Lincolnshire. Eigil was on a voyage from Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire to Goole, Yorkshire. |
| Monarch | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Calcutta, India. |
| Woodside | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at the Cap de Creus, Spain. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault, France to an English port. |

## 15 August

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Abeona | United Kingdom | The sloop ran aground on the Shingles, off the Isle of Wight. She was refloated and taken in to Lymington, Hampshire. |
| Elborus | Imperial Russian Navy | The warship ran aground at Odessa. |
| Spartan | United Kingdom | The steamship suffered a breakdown of her machinery and was holed by her propeller shaft off Porto Santo Island, Madeira. She was on a voyage from Cape Town, Cape Colony to Plymouth, Devon and Southampton, Hampshire. She was towed in to Funchal, Madeira in a severely leaky condition on 17 August. |

## 19 August

List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sunbeam | United Kingdom | The smack foundered 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) east of Ballycotton, County Cork with the loss of her captain from her two crew. |

## 20 August

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Admiral | United States | The tug suffered a boiler explosion and sank at Chicago, Illinois with the loss of three of her crew. |
| Calder | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground off Maryport, Cumberland and sank. She was on a voyage from the River Duddon to Maryport. |
| Prinses Wilhelmina | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Zaandam, North Holland. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to Amsterdam, North Holland. |
| Rotomahana | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire and was beached on the Elephant Keys, off East Falkland, Falkland Islands. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to San Francisco, California, United States. |

## 21 August

List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Loch Tay | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Mangro Cay Reef, off the coast of British Honduras and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Belize City, British Honduras. |
| Margaret and Ann | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Conister Rock, in Douglas Bay. |
| Nio | United Kingdom | The brig was run into by the steamship European ( United Kingdom) and sank at Greenwich, Kent. |

## 22 August

List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Louise Marie | France | The schooner collieded with the steamship Bentinck ( United Kingdom) 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) west of Cape Spartel, Morocco. At least some of her crew were rescued. Louise Marie was towed in to Tangier, Morocco in a sinking condition by the steamship Servando ( Spain) the next day. |

## 23 August

List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Chenhang | Imperial Chinese Navy | Sino-French War, Battle of Fuzhou: The armed transport was sunk by gunfire on the Min River at Fuzhou, China, by the cruisers D'Estaing, Duguay-Trouin, and Villars (all French Navy). |
| Feiyun | Imperial Chinese Navy | Sino-French War, Battle of Fuzhou: The sloop-of-war was sunk by gunfire on the Min River at Fuzhou by the cruisers D'Estaing, Duguay-Trouin, and Villars (all French Navy). |
| Fusheng | Imperial Chinese Navy | Sino-French War, Battle of Fuzhou: The flatiron gunboat was sunk by gunfire on the Min River at Fuzhou by the cruisers D'Estaing, Duguay-Trouin, and Villars (all French Navy). |
| Fuxing | Imperial Chinese Navy | Sino-French War, Battle of Fuzhou: The gunboat sank in the Min River at Fuzhou after being attacked successfully by a French Navy pinnace with a spar torpedo. |
| Ji'an | Imperial Chinese Navy | Sino-French War, Battle of Fuzhou: The sloop-of-war was sunk by gunfire on the Min River at Fuzhou by the cruisers D'Estaing, Duguay-Trouin, and Villars (all French Navy). |
| Jiansheng | Imperial Chinese Navy | Sino-French War, Battle of Fuzhou: The flatiron gunboat was sunk by gunfire on the Min River at Fuzhou by the cruisers D'Estaing, Duguay-Trouin, and Villars (all French Navy). |
| Laura Gertrude | Germany | The schooner ran aground off North Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Drammen, Norway to an American port. She was refloated and anchored in a bay on North Ronaldsay pending repairs. |
| Yangwu | Imperial Chinese Navy | The wreck of Yangwu, photographed in 1884 Sino-French War, Battle of Fuzhou: The sloop-of-war exploded and sank in the Min River at Fuzhou after being attacked successfully by a French Navy torpedo boat with a spar torpedo. |
| Yongbao | Imperial Chinese Navy | The wreck of Yongbao (at left), photographed in 1884 Sino-French War, Battle of Fuzhou: The armed transport was sunk by gunfire on the Min River at Fuzhou by the cruisers D'Estaing, Duguay-Trouin, and Villars (all French Navy). |
| Zhenwei | Imperial Chinese Navy | Sino-French War, Battle of Fuzhou: The gunboat exploded and sank in the Min River at Fuzhou because of a single shell hit from the ironclad corvette Triomphante ( French Navy). |
| No. 46 | French Navy | Sino-French War, Battle of Fuzhou: The torpedo boat was hit by hand grenades thrown from a Chinese vessel in the Min River, bursting her boiler. She was scuttled by Volta ( French Navy) to prevent her being captured by the Chinese. |
| Unnamed | Imperial Chinese Navy | Sino-French War, Battle of Fuzhou: The transport ship ran aground in the Min River and broke her back. |

## 24 August

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Benges | United Kingdom | The steamship struck a submerged rock north east of Trinidad and was wrecked. Her nineteen crew survived. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Honduras to Puerto Cabello, Venezuela. |
| Margaret Kendall | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Proudfeet Rocks, on the coast of Caithness and sank. |
| USS Tallapoosa | United States Navy | The gunboat, a sidewheel paddle steamer, collided with the schooner J. S. Lowell ( United States) and sank in Vineyard Sound approximately 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) from Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts with the loss of three of her crew. She was raised, repaired, and was returned to service in January 1886. |
| Unnamed | Imperial Chinese Navy | Sino-French War, Battle of Fuzhou: The torpedo launch was sunk by gunfire on the Min River at Fuzhou by the cruiser Duguay-Trouin ( French Navy). |
| Unnamed | Imperial Chinese Navy | Sino-French War, Battle of Fuzhou: The torpedo launch was abandoned in the Min River at Fuzhou after she came under fire by the cruiser Duguay-Trouin ( French Navy). Her crew swam to shore. |

## 25 August

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Minister von Schleinitz | Germany | The ship departed from Archangelsk, Russia for Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. No further trace, reported overdue. |

## 26 August

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Charles Jackson | Mauritius | The ship was wrecked at Durban, Natal Colony. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Port Natal, Natal Colony. |
| Oberon | United Kingdom | The barque caught fire in the Pacific Ocean. She was abandoned the next day; her crew were rescued by Lord Clyde ( United Kingdom). Oberon was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to San Francisco, California, United States. |

## 28 August

List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Belmont | United States | The ferryboat was struck by a tornado and sank in the Ohio River between Evansville and Henderson, Indiana with the loss of 30 lives. |
| Marco Polo | Germany | The barque was wrecked on Fair Isle, United Kingdom with the loss of three of her 22 crew. She was on a voyage from Bremen to New York, United States. |

## 29 August

List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Belmont | United States | The steamship capsized in a storm in the Ohio River 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) upstream of Henderson, Kentucky with the loss of 20-25 lives. |
| Resolven | United Kingdom | The abandoned ship was discovered by HMS Mallard ( Royal Navy) between Baccalieu Island and Catalina, Newfoundland Colony. She was towed in to port. All eleven people that had been on board were presumed lost. |

## 30 August

List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Gainford | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at "Codette", Brazil. She had become a wreck by November 1885. |
| Grassendale | United Kingdom | The ship was sighted off Anjer, Netherlands East Indies whilst on a voyage from New York, United States to Shanghai, China. No further trace, reported missing. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in August 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adelaide | United Kingdom | The steamship sprang a leak and was beached at Drogheda, County Louth. |
| Adelphia | Norway | The barque was driven ashore at Cape Bollard, Newfoundland Colony. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was refloated and towed in to Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony in a leaky condition. |
| Bengeo | United Kingdom | The steamship ran ashore at Galera Point, Trinidad and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ayr to Demerara, British Guiana. She was abandoned as a total loss. |
| Britannia | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with another vessel and sank off Portland, Dorset. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to London. |
| Broomhaugh | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Nieuwe Waterweg. She was on a voyage from New York to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated. |
| Caledonian | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Cape Frio, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Trieste. She subsequently broke in two and was a total loss. |
| Chusan | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Clyde. She was refloated on 7 August. |
| City of Merida | United States | The steamship was destroyed by fire at Havana, Cuba. She was on a voyage from Vera Cruz, Mexico to New York. |
| Ebenezer | Norway | The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Oliver Emery ( United Kingdom). Ebenezer was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Charleston, South Carolina, United States. |
| Edina | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Clyde. She was refloated on 7 August. |
| Gefion | Netherlands | The schooner ran aground at "Sonderose", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden to an English port. |
| Ingram | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship Circassia ( United Kingdom) off Ilfracombe, Devon and was severely damaged. Ingram was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Cardiff, Glamorgan. |
| Ithuriel | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore on Castle Island, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Aux Cayes, Haiti to London. |
| Margaret Kendal | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked in Wick Bay with the loss of three or four of her crew. |
| Maria | Germany | The barque was driven ashore at Sonderose. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Ystad, Sweden. |
| Middleton | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Ystad, Sweden. |
| Norwegian | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Three Rivers, Quebec, Canada. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Quebec to London. |
| Piskar | Imperial Russian Navy | The torpedo boat collided with the torpedo boat Swiristel ( Imperial Russian Navy) and sank in the Bjoerkosund before 12 August. |
| Scylla | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked on Langlade Island, Saint Pierre and Miquelon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New Richmond, Quebec to Llanelly, Glamorgan. |
| Spartan | Hong Kong | The ship was lost in the China Seas. |
| Tetartos | Germany | The steamship ran aground 7 nautical miles (13 km) from Flensburg. She was on a voyage from Saigon, French Indo-China to Flensburg. She was refloated and completed her voyage. |
| Tintern Abbey | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Kertch, Russia. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Novorossiysk, Russia. She was refloated. |
| Wsryw | Imperial Russian Navy | The torpedo boat collided with a sailing ship between Cronstadt and Peterhof and was severely damaged. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The hopper barge ran aground in the Clyde. She was refloated on 7 August. |
| Nineteen unnamed vessels | Flags unknown | Sixteen fishing smacks and three schooners were wrecked on the coast of the Newfoundland Colony before 25 August with the loss of six lives. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in St. George's Bay before 25 August. |