# List of shipwrecks in August 1887

The list of shipwrecks in August 1887 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1887.

## 2 August

List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1887 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Rhuddlan Castle | United Kingdom | The ship was sighted in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Fleetwood, Lancashire to Valparaíso, Chile. No further trace, reported missing. |

## 7 August

List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1887 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Treherbert | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground and sank at Cape Finisterre, Spain. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Madeira to Bilbao, Spain. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The barque was run into by the steamship Denmark ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean 400 nautical miles (740 km; 460 mi) off the American coast. |

## 8 August

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1887 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| City of Ashland | United States | The paddle steamer caught fire and sank in Chequamegon Bay, Lake Superior 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) south of the Chequamegon Point Lighthouse with the loss of one life. |

## 9 August

List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1887 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mermaid | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with the barque Minerva ( Germany) and sank in the Thames Estuary 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) east north east of the Nore. Her crew were rescued by the smack Star of Whitstable ( United Kingdom). |

## 10 August

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1887 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| City of Montreal | United Kingdom | City of Montreal The passenger ship caught fire and sank in the Atlantic Ocean, 400 nautical miles (740 km) off the coast of Newfoundland (43°38′N 53°54′W﻿ / ﻿43.633°N 53.900°W﻿ / 43.633; -53.900). All 245 passengers and crew were rescued by York City ( United Kingdom). City of Montreal was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Wellesley | United Kingdom | The training ship was run into by the steamship Aviemore ( United Kingdom) at Purfleet, Essex and was severely damaged at the stern. |

## 12 August

List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1887 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Careline Corson | United States | The schooner was wrecked at Lanesville, Massachusetts. |

## 13 August

List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1887 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Andrea Vagliano, and Norbiton | Greece United Kingdom | The steamship Norbiton collided with the steamship Andrea Vagliano and sank in the English Channel off Start Point, Devon with the loss of seven of the twenty people on board. Survivors were rescued by Andrea Vagliano. Norbiton was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. Andrea Vagliano was severely damaged. She was towed in to Plymouth, Devon waterlogged at the bow by the tug Vixen ( United Kingdom). |

## 17 August

List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1887 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Kheidoe Queen | United Kingdom | The Cardiff barquentine stranded at Gorsons. All of the crew were saved. |
| Marchsea | United Kingdom | The steam yacht was driven ashore at Brighton, Sussex. She was refloated with assistance from the steamship Brighton ( United Kingdom). |

## 18 August

List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1887 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bay of Naples | United Kingdom | The ship capsized at Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Terzo | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Belfast, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Belfast. |

## 19 August

List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1887 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Acklington | United Kingdom | The steamship struck the Runnel Stone and sank. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Portland, Dorset. |
| Joseph | United Kingdom | The Thames barge collided with a dredger and sank in the River Thames at Barking, Essex. Her crew were rescued. |

## 20 August

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1887 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lydia J. Crowell | United Kingdom | The fishing schooner was believed to have foundered in a hurricane in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland on this date with the loss of all fifteen crew. |

## 21 August

List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1887 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Arato | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on Perkin's Reef, in the Red Sea. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Hull, Yorkshire. Whilst aground, she was plundered by the local inhabitants. She was later refloated and taken in to Perim, Aden Governorate. |

## 22 August

List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1887 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Belle | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada for Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony. No further trace, reported missing. |

## 23 August

List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1887 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eureka | United Kingdom | The steamship struck the pier at Workington, Cumberland and broke in two. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Workington. She was refloated in early September. |
| Oasis | United States | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Carl Konow ( Norway). Oasis was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Hiogo, Japan. |
| Sarah Ann | United Kingdom | The barge was run into by the steamship Clifton Grove ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Avon with the loss of a crew member. |
| Snipe | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with Racine ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Usk. |

## 24 August

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1887 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alabama | United Kingdom | The barque was destroyed by fire in the South Atlantic. Her crew were rescued by the barque Orvar Odd ( Norway). Alabama was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
| Enigheden | Norway | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked in Freshwick Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dram to Garlieston, Wigtownshire, United Kingdom. |

## 25 August

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1887 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bermuda | Flag unknown | The steamship became flooded in a hurricane. She was on a voyage from the West Indies to New York, United States. |
| Prince de Conde | France | The barque foundered in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Prussian ( United Kingdom). Prince de Conde was on a voyage from Fécamp, Seine-Inférieure to the Newfoundland Colony. |

## 26 August

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1887 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Electa | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Queenstown, County Cork for Martinique. No further trace, reported overdue. |
| Lilian | Flag unknown | The steamship was wrecked in a hurricane. Her seventeen crew were rescued by the steam yacht Mohican ( United States). Lilian was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to New York, United States. |
| Monarch | United Kingdom | The yacht sank off Ilfracombe, Devon with the loss of eleven of the 25 or 26 people on board. One of the survivors was rescued by the yacht Lorna Doone ( United Kingdom). |

## 27 August

List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1887 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| King George | United Kingdom | The fishing trawler struck the Black Rocks and sank in West Bay, Dorset. |

## 29 August

List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1887 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sierra Lucinda | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Penarth, Glamorgan. |

## 30 August

List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1887 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Clyde | United Kingdom | The ship, which had caught fire on 28 August, was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (45°52′N 40°00′W﻿ / ﻿45.867°N 40.000°W﻿ / 45.867; -40.000). Her crew were rescued by Marian King (Flag unknown). Clyde was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Quebec City, Canada. |
| Nina | United Kingdom | The smack ran aground on the Pole Sands, in the River Exe. She was on a voyage from Topsham to Berry Head, Devon. |
| Rapid | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Port Talbot, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Port Talbot. She was refloated on 4 September, but then ran aground again. She was refloated on 5 September and taken in to Port Talbot. |
| Sylphide | United Kingdom | The ketch was driven ashore at Holland-on-Sea, Essex. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition. |

## 31 August

List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1887 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Chevy Chase | United Kingdom | The ship departed from South Shields, County Durham for Valparaíso, Chile. No further trace, reported missing. |
| Star | United Kingdom | The bawley was run down and sunk in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent by the steamship Cyprus ( United Kingdom). Two of her crew were drowned. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in August 1887 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alice Ray | United States | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 25 July. She was on a voyage from New York to Quebec City, Canada. |
| Argosy | Flag unknown | The steamship ran aground at New York. She was refloated. |
| Ashurst | United Kingdom | The steamship struck rocks at Ballachulish, Inverness-shire. She put in to Oban, Argyllshire, where she ran aground. |
| Atlas | Norway | The steamship was driven ashore at "Alexandroff", Sakhalin, Russia. |
| Batavier | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Shanghai to Tientsin, China. |
| Ben Nevis | Flag unknown | The hulk ran aground at Obock, French Somaliland and broke up. |
| Benton | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Flekkefjord, Norway. |
| British India | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at "Dwarsinweg", Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Rangoon, Burma to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated with the assistance of a number of tugs. |
| Catalina | Spain | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cienfuegos, Cuba to Vigo. |
| Christine | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Halmstad, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire. |
| Cotherstone | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Dunnet Head, Caithness. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Sunderland, County Durham. |
| Daphne | Austria-Hungary | The steamship ran aground in the Danube 39 nautical miles (72 km) from its mouth. |
| East Lomond | Italy | The barque caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean. She was abandoned 40 nautical miles (74 km) north of Las Palmas, Canary Islands. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Tainui ( United Kingdom). East Lomond was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom to Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
| Elise | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Cape Virgenes, Argentina. |
| Emma May | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked on the Fish Clay Banks. She was on a voyage from Guantanamo, Cuba to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. |
| Falcon | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore on Gotland, Sweden. She was later refloated and taken in to Oskarshamn, Sweden. |
| Glanwern | United Kingdom | The steamship struck a rock at Cabezos, Spain. She put in to Gibraltar waterlogged at the bow. |
| Guldax | Norway | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at "Jankalilla", Queensland. She was a total loss. |
| Highflyer | Germany | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Richmond Hill ( United Kingdom). Highflyer was on a voyage from New York to Dantsic. She was subsequently towed in to Halifax by Richmond Hill. |
| Idun | Norway | The full-rigged ship caught fire at Montevideo, Uruguay. |
| Ljubirod | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore at Brisbane, Queensland. |
| Louisa | Norway | The steamship ran aground on the Stone Reef, in the Baltic Sea. |
| Mary E. Douglas | United States | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from New York to Jérémie, Haiti. |
| Maurice | France | The schooner ran aground and was wrecked on the Newcombe Sands in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Redon, Ille-et-Vilaine. |
| RMS Medway | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Jacmel, Haiti. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Minerva | Norway | The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Spartivento, Sardinia, Italy. |
| Nordcap | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore at Pentewan, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Pentewan. |
| Phœnix | Denmark | The brigantine ran aground in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Kemi, Grand Duchy of Finland to Grangemouth. She was refloated and put in to Copenhagen, where she arrived on 25 August in a leaky condition. |
| Port Gordon | United Kingdom | The barque collided with the transport ship Caravane ( France) at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France and was severely damaged. |
| Saga | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Huelva, Spain. She was later refloated. |
| Senior | Netherlands | The steamship ran aground off Vlieland, Friesland. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Harlingen, Friesland. |
| Tientsin | China | The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked, possibly at Swatow. |
| Vanadis | Sweden | The steamship was driven ashore at "Enetri", Öland. She was on a voyage from an Englisn port to Stockholm. |
| Viking | Norway | The brig was driven ashore at "Alacranes". She was on a voyage from "Tiacolapan" to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom. She was a total loss. |
| Voltaic | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the River Foyle. |
| Zoe | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked on the coast of Brazil with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Buenos Aires. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The steamship ran aground at Trelleborg, Sweden. |
| Eight unnamed vessels | United Kingdom | The sand barges sank at Barry, Glamorgan. |