# List of shipwrecks in July 1884

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

## 1 July

List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| British India | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at the South Foreland, Kent. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Valparaíso, Chile. She was refloated and taken in to Dover, Kent. |
| Cornishman | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Barber's Point, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Odessa, Russia. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug. |
| Gamma | United Kingdom | The schooner struck rocks at Ryhope, County Durham. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to the River Tyne. She was refloated and assisted in to Seaham, County Durham in a leaky condition. |
| Ligera | Spanish Navy | The Covadonga-class gunboat suffered a boiler explosion and foundered off Nuevitas, Cuba with the loss of three of her crew. |
| Portugal | Norway | The steamship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. |

## 2 July

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Palala | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked at False Cape, India with the loss of all but three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Bassein, India to Bremen, Germany. |

## 3 July

List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dunmurray | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with Nordstjernen ( Norway) in the River Thames near Gravesend, Kent and was severely damaged. |
| John Bladworth | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the River Ouse 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) downstream of Goole, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Goole to Antwerp, Belgium. |
| Scottish Maid | United Kingdom | The tug was driven ashore and wrecked at South Shields, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. |
| Water Lily | United Kingdom | The schooner struck rocks 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of Tarifa, Spain. She was beached and abandoned by her crew. |

## 4 July

List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lord Alfred Paget | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore in Robin Hoods Bay. |

## 5 July

List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mignonette | United Kingdom | The yacht was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 1,600 nautical miles (3,000 km) north west of the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Colony. Her four crew took to a lifeboat, but one of them was killed to provide food for the other three on 25 July. The survivors were rescued by the barque Montezuma ( Germany) on 29 July. Mignonette was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to Sydney, New South Wales. |

## 6 July

List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Camoens | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at "Brimsness". She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Iceland. |
| Valdivia | United Kingdom | The ship ran ashore and was wrecked at Point Carquin, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Huacho, Peru with the loss of three lives. |

## 7 July

List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| H. C. Colman | United States | The steamship suffered a boiler explosion and sank with the loss of a crew member . |
| Telefon | Norway | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Lossiemouth, Moray, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from the Gulf of Bothnia to Lossiemouth. |

## 9 July

List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ahnapee | United States | The schooner ran aground at North Point in Sheboygan, Wisconsin (43°47.110′N 087°42.635′W﻿ / ﻿43.785167°N 87.710583°W﻿ / 43.785167; -87.710583﻿ (Ahnapee)). All six of her crew were rescued by United States Life-Saving Service personnel. Ahnapee became a total loss. She was on a voyage from Torch Lake, Michigan to Chicago, Illinois, or Milwaukee, Wisconsin. |
| Dart | United Kingdom | The ketch foundered off Hartlepool, County Durham. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Stockholm, Sweden. |
| Marie Ange | United Kingdom | The ship was sighted whilst on a voyage from Newcastle, New South Wales to Port Chalmers, New Zealand. No further trace, reported missing. |

## 10 July

List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eastern Maid | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Pentewan, Cornwall. |
| Gravina | Spanish Navy | The Velasco-class unprotected cruiser and was wrecked on Fuga Island in the Babuyan Islands north of Luzon in the Spanish East Indies during a typhoon on 10 July 1884 with the loss of nine lives. |
| Windsor Castle | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was abandoned and set afire 35 nautical miles (65 km) off Algoa Bay. Her crew were rescued by the barque Ophir ( Norway). Windsor Castle was on a voyage from Cochin, India to London. |

## 11 July

List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aislaby | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground and sank off Cape Sagres, Portugal. Her crew were rescued by Trevose ( United Kingdom). Aislaby was on a voyage from Taganrog, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Fantaisie | United Kingdom | The ship was sighted off "Cape Seal" whilst on a voyage from Cochin, India to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. No further trace, reported missing. |

## 14 July

List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Demerara | United Kingdom | The barque sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her thirteen crew took to the boats; they reached Madeira on 17 July. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Pará, Brazil. |

## 15 July

List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Benedict | United Kingdom | The steamship sank near "Dahlsbruck". She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to "Dahlsbruck". She was refloated in early October. |

## 17 July

List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Caleb Eaton | United States | The whaling schooner was crushed in ice off the coast of the District of Alaska. |
| Cock Robin | United Kingdom | The yawl struck the pier at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex and sank. Her crew survived. |
| Jane Pringle | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme, France. She was on a voyage from Dysart, Fife to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme. |
| Vicksburg | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on the Pentland Skerries with the loss of nine of her 21 crew. |
| W. M. Wood | United States | The tug capsized at Twelve-Mile Point below New Orleans, Louisiana, while trying to refloat the barque Bristol (Flag unknown). Three of her officers were killed. |

## 19 July

List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dordrecht II | Netherlands | The ship was wrecked off Cape Agulhas, Cape Colony. She was on a voyage from Java, Netherlands East Indies to Amsterdam, North Holland. She was towed in to Cape Town on 31 July by Tiger (Flag unknown). |
| Leverrier | United Kingdom | The steamship sprang a leak and foundered off Cape Spartel, Morocco. Her crew were rescued by the steamship International ( United Kingdom). Leverrier was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bombay, India. |

## 22 July

List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Criterion | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on Skokholm Island, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. |
| Gijon, and Laxham | Spain United Kingdom | The steamships collided off Cape Finisterre and both sank. About 80 people died from the 180 people on board Gijon, including her captain who shot himself. Gijon was on a voyage from A Coruña to Cuba. The steamship Santo Domingo ( Spain) rescued 45 passengers from Gijon and eleven crew from Laxham. Fifteen passengers from Gijon were rescued by Zoe ( United Kingdom); which also rescued two crew from Laxham. Nine crew from Gijon and four crew from Laxham were rescued by the steamsgip Ville de Valence ( France). A further seven passengers and eight crew were rescued by Vespertina Wilson (Flag unknown). Sixteen passengers from Gijon were rescued by the schooner Nelson Hewitson ( United Kingdom). A boat with fifteen survivors of Gijon landed at Muros. Laxham was on a voyage from Taganrog, Russia to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. |
| Heathpool | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked at Portsall, Finistère, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure, France. |
| Huelva | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Villano, Spain. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Lisbon, Portugal. |
| Madras | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked south of "Merqui", Burma. |
| Shaftesbury | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked on the Uxen Rocks, on the coast of Finisterre, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Cádiz, Spain. |

## 24 July

List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Annie | United Kingdom | The steam launch collided with the tug Flying Kestrel ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Mersey. Her crew were rescued by Flying Kestrel. |
| Florence Nightingale | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Frosat Rocks, on the Norwegian coast. She was on a voyage from Drontheim, Norway to Archangelsk, Russia. |
| J. M. Bowell | United States | The passenger ship capsized in a storm in the Monongahela River near Brownsville, Pennsylvania with the loss of one life. |
| Navarino | United Kingdom | The steamship put in to Portland, Dorset on fire. She was on a voyage from London, to Calcutta, India. The fire was extinguished with assistance from HMS Minotaur ( Royal Navy). |
| Richard Owen | United Kingdom | The brig collided with the brigantine Belle Star ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean (45°15′N 42°40′W﻿ / ﻿45.250°N 42.667°W﻿ / 45.250; -42.667) with the loss of four of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Belle Star. Richard Owen was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Harbour Grace, Newfoundland Colony. |
| Sarah | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground and was holed by her anchor at La Boca, Argentina. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The schooner ran aground on the East Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug but consequently foundered. Her crew were rescued by the tug. |

## 25 July

List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| City of Chicago | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Queenstown, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New York, United States. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| St. Hilda | United Kingdom | The steam yacht ran aground on the Shingles, in the Solent. She was refloated and taken in to Cowes, Isle of Wight. |

## 27 July

List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| John M. Osborn | United States | The steamship was run into by the steamship Alberta ( Canada) and sank in Lake Superior six nautical miles (11 km) west north west of Whitefish Point, Michigan with the loss of three lives. |
| Nordcap | Norway | The steamship was run into by the steamship India ( United Kingdom) and sank off the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by India. Nordcap was on a voyage from Bergen to Barcelona, Spain. |

## 29 July

List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Farningham | United Kingdom | The barque collided with the full-rigged ship Vanguard ( United Kingdom) and sank at Brisbane, Queensland. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore near Cape Spartel, Morocco. |

## 30 July

List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amsterdam | Netherlands | The steamship was driven ashore on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada with the loss of four lives from her 212 passengers, plus her crew. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to a Canadian port. |

## 31 July

List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bellcairn | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship Britannia ( United Kingdom) and sank in the English Channel off Portland, Dorset. |
| Gilsland | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Port Errol, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. She was refloated and put back to the River Tyne. |
| Laura | United Kingdom | The ketch ran aground on the Blackrock Ledge, off the Isle of Wight and sank. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to Totland Bay. She was later refloated and beached at Norton, Isle of Wight. |
| Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The schooner was run into by the steamship Thomas Drydale ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Mersey. Her crew were rescued. Mary Ann was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in July 1884 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albion | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Newry, County Antrim. |
| Ardanbahn | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Egersund, Norway. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Cronstadt, Russia. She was later refloated and taken in to Egersund. |
| Aros Bay | United Kingdom | The barque was lost whilst on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to San Francisco, California. Her crew were rescued. |
| Bernard Hall | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore in the Mississippi River. |
| Bore | Sweden | The brig was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Oskarshamn to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Gothenburg in a leaky condition. |
| Carl Emil | Denmark | The schooner was driven ashore on Inchgarvie, Lothian, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth to Narva, Russia. |
| Colonsay | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore in the Tusket Islands, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada to Penarth, Glamorgan. She was refloated and taken in to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia in a leaky condition. |
| Dora | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Souter Point, Northumberland. She was refloated and taken in to Sunderland, County Durham. |
| Enterprise | United Kingdom | The tug ran aground in the River Mersey. |
| Etta | United Kingdom | The brigantine capsized and sank whilst attempting to refloat the steamship SS Calvert1863 (2) ( United States) at Port Antonio, Jamaica. |
| Etta Watt | United Kingdom | The schooner capsized and sank whilst attempting to refloat the steamship Calvert ( United States) at Port Antonio. |
| Firth of Tay | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at King's Lynn, Norfolk. She was refloated on 30 July and taken in to King's Lynn. |
| Fylgja | Norway | The ship was wrecked at Percé, Quebec, Canada. She was on a voyage from Pictou, Nova Scotia to Montreal, Quebec. |
| Georgian | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Buffalo, New York. |
| Gulf of St. Vincent | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore on Long Island, New York. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to New York City. She had been refloated by 20 July. |
| Hope Gower | United States | The schooner sank at Savanilla, United States of Colombia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barranquilla, United States of Colombia to Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Jeanie | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Östergarn, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt to London. She was refloated on 31 July and towed in to Slite, Sweden. |
| James Kenaway | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Port Ellen, Islay, Inner Hebrides. She was refloated on 22 July. |
| Kong Magnus | Norway | The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Kindesnaes". She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Christiania. |
| Léonie | Flag unknown | The schooner ran aground on the Barber Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was refloated. |
| Lincoln City | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Nova Scotia before 7 July. She was refloated and taken in to Halifax, Nova Scotia. |
| Martin Scott | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Port Augusta, South Australia. She was later refloated. |
| Mediator | United Kingdom | The steamship was run into by Thuringia ( Germany) and sank at Curaçao, Curaçoa and Dependencies before 24 July. Her crew survived. |
| Nubienne | France | The yacht ran aground in the Hell Gate. She was refloated and taken in to New York City in a leaky condition. |
| Nuovo San Francisco | Greece | The ship was driven ashore at Cape Matapan. She was on a voyage from Galaţi, Romania to Bougie, Algeria. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but put in to Malta on 24 July in a leaky condition. |
| River Avon | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on Boa Vista, Cape Verde Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Talcahuano, Mexico. |
| River Ettrick | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Glace Bay, Nova Scotia to Montreal. She was refloated and towed in to Quebec City, Canada, where she arrived on 24 July. |
| Sarnia | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore on Rathlin Island, County Antrim. Her passengers were taken off by a tug. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Valdivia | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Huacho, Peru. |
| William Turner | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground on the Brill Shoal. She was on a voyage from Manila, Spanish East Indies to Sourabaya, Netherlands East Indies. She was refloated and taken in to Sourabaya in a leaky condition. |