# List of shipwrecks in September 1881

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

## 1 September

List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Freia | Norway | The schooner sprang a leak and was abandoned in the North Sea 90 nautical miles (170 km) off Spurn Point, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the smack Earl of Mar ( United Kingdom). Freia was on a voyage from Härnösand, Sweden to Le Tréport, Seine-Inférieure, France. |
| Marie | Norway | The ship foundered at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Arendal. |

## 2 September

List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Freya | Norway | The barque ran aground on the Winterton Ledge, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom and sank. Her crew were rescued by the pilot cutter Bittern ( United Kingdom). Freya was on a voyage from Kragerø to Gravesend, Kent, United Kingdom. |

## 3 September

List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Esperance | Canada | The ship ran aground in the White Sea off the mouth of the "Poulonga River" and was desctroyed by fire. Her crew were rescued. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The schooner ran aground off Shoeburyness, Essex, United Kingdom. |

## 4 September

List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Catherine | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at North Cape, Prince Edward Island, Canada. She was on a voyage from Shediac, New Brunswick, Canada to Swansea, Glamorgan. |

## 5 September

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Gomer | United Kingdom | The schooner sprang a leak and foundered off Prawle Point, Devon. Her crew survived. |
| W. E. Gladstone | United Kingdom | The barque foundered off Cape Horn, Chile. Her crew were rescued by the barque Colomba ( Italy). W. E. Gladstone was on a voyage from Pisagua, Chile to Queenstown, County Cork. |

## 7 September

List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Annie J. Palmer | United States | The ship foundered in a hurricane with the loss of all but one of her crew. The survivor was rescued by the brigantine Rosenius ( Sweden). Annie J. Palmer was on a voyage from Wilmington, Delaware to Haiti. |
| London | United Kingdom | The dredger was driven ashore at St. Helen's, Isle of Wight and was severely damaged. |
| Sarco | United Kingdom | The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew took to three boats; four of them in one of the boats were rescued by Albert William ( United Kingdom). Sarco was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Valparaíso, Chile. |

## 9 September

List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fiona | United Kingdom | The yacht ran aground on the Brake Sand. She was refloated the next day and put back to Ramsgate, Kent. |

## 10 September

List of shipwrecks: 10 September 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Clarovine | United Kingdom | The barque was destroyed by fire at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. Her crew survived. |
| Mathilde | United Kingdom | The brig collided with the steamship Dwina (Flag unknown) and sank in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The barque ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. |

## 11 September

List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Columbia | United States | The steamship foundered in Lake Michigan with the loss of fifteen of the 22 people on board. She was on a voyage from Chicago, Illinois to Collingswood, New Jersey. |
| Medea | Netherlands | The steamship collided with the steamship Alneholme ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Baltic Sea 7 or 8 nautical miles (13 or 15 km) south by west half west of the Dragør Lightship ( Denmark). All on board were rescued by Alneholme. Medea was on a voyage from Königsberg, Germany to Copenhagen, Denmark. |

## 12 September

List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Charles Howard, and Nettlesworth | United Kingdom | The steamships collided in the London Chest and were severely damaged. Both vessels were on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Cronstadt, Russia. Charles Howard was beached 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south of Cronstadt. She was refloated and towed in to Cronstadt. |

## 13 September

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Houghton | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship Caribe ( France) at Bordeaux, Gironde, France and was severely damaged. |
| Vaughan | United Kingdom | The steamship struck the pier at Riga, Russia and sprang a severe leak. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Riga. |

## 14 September

List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Castello | United Kingdom | The steamship put back to Shanghai, China on fire. She was on a voyage from Shanghai to Nagasaki, Japan. |

## 15 September

List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Allegro | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with the steamship Afton ( United Kingdom) and sank off the Corsewall Lighthouse, Wigtownshire. Her crew were rescued by Afton. Allegro was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Foynes, County Limerick. |
| Faderneslandet | United Kingdom | The barque struck a sunken wreck and sprang a severe leak. She was on a voyage from England to Sweden. She put in to Copenhagen, Denmark. |

## 20 September

List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Unnamed | United States | The steamship was run down and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean (50°29′N 36°54′W﻿ / ﻿50.483°N 36.900°W﻿ / 50.483; -36.900) by Anchoria ( United Kingdom) with the loss of all on board. |

## 21 September

List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Borrestad | United Kingdom | The barque sprang a severe leak in the North Sea 250 nautical miles (460 km) off the Isle of May, Fife, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Dublin, United Kingdom to Riga, Russia. She put in to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom. |
| Star | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Hela, Germany. Her five crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dantzic, Germany to London. |

## 22 September

List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Two unnamed vessels | United Kingdom | The fishing boats were wrecked at Wick, Caithness. |

## 23 September

List of shipwrecks: 23 September 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| George S. Barry | Canada | The ship was abandoned off Bermuda. Her crew were rescued by the barquentine Peri ( United Kingdom). |
| Wyoming | Flag unknown | The steamship caught fire whilst on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. The fire was extinguished and she completed her voyage. |
| Several unnamed vessels | Switzerland | The vessels were wrecked in Lake Brienz with loss of life. |

## 24 September

List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| D. N. Petrochino | Greece | The barque was beached 6 nautical miles (11 km) of Damietta, Egypt. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to Damietta. She was later refloated and towed in to Port Said, Egypt. |
| Gezina | Netherlands | The full-rigged ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Meliors ( United Kingdom). Gezina was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Narva, Russia. |
| Independenza | Flag unknown | The barque first hit the Crim Rocks in the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom, and later the Barrel of Butter rock on The Garrison where she sank. Her crew took to the ship's boat and survived. She was on a voyage guano from Pabella de Pica, Chile to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. |
| Roumania | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Leman Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated but consequently sank. Her crew were rescued by the smack Proceed ( United Kingdom). |
| St. Pierre | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Wiran", Russia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Bordeaux, Gironde. |
| Thresher | United States | The schooner was driven ashore at Cape Sable, Florida and was destroyed by fire. Her crew were rescued. |
| Unnamed | Russia | The schooner was wrecked at Odessa with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Nicholaieff to Odessa. |

## 25 September

List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ash | United Kingdom | The steamship departed from Nagasaki, Japan for Shanghai, China. No further trace. She may have foundered in the "Poto Islands" before 5 October. |
| Louis | France | The brig collided with the barque Seiriol Wyn ( United Kingdom) and sank in the English Channel 10 nautical miles (19 km) south west of Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom with the loss of seven of her eight crew. The survivor was rescued by Seriol Wyn. Louis was on a voyage from Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine to Riga, Russia. |

## 26 September

List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Quelpart, Korea with the loss of sixteen lives. She was on a voyage from Yantai, China for Vladivostock, Russia. |

## 27 September

List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Furnessia | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Clyde. |

## 28 September

List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Charlton | United Kingdom | The steamship departed from Sydney, New South Wales for Hong Kong. No further trace, reported overdue. |
| Jarvis Lord | United States | The steamship was driven ashore on Ile Parisienne, Ontario, Canada. Subsequently refloated and returned to service. |
| William J. Taylor | United Kingdom | The steamship was hit amidships by the steamship Plover ( United Kingdom), in the Warp Channel at the mouth of the River Thames and sank with the loss of all hands. |

## 29 September

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| William J. Taylor | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship Plover ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Thames Estuary off the Nore. All on board were rescued by Plover. William J. Taylor was on a voyage from Penzance, Cornwall to London. |

## 30 September

List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Gertrude | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore in Dundrum Bay. She was refloated on 5 October and taken in to Belfast, County Antrim. |
| Naples | United Kingdom | The steamship caught fire at Singapore, Straits Settlements. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Shanghai, China. |
| Saphir | Norway | The barque ran aground at Maryport, Cumberland, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Maryport to New York, United States. |
| Unnamed | France | The lighter was run into and sunk by the steamship Ben Voirlich ( United Kingdom) at Bordeaux, Gironde. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in September 1881 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alice Buck | United States | The full-rigged ship was wrecked near San Francisco, California with the loss of ten lives. |
| Alma | Denmark | The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea before 4 September. |
| Alma | United Kingdom | The Mersey Flat sank in the River Mersey. |
| Anna | Flag unknown | The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea. She was towed in to Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdomby the lugger Martha and the tug Sampson (both United Kingdom). |
| Avalon | United Kingdom | The steamship was damaged by fire at Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She arrived at Gravesend, Kent for repair on 24 September. |
| Calista Hawes | Canada | The ship sprang a leak off Sea Island, Nova Scotia. Her crew mutinied, set her on fire and abandoned her. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Trieste. |
| Ceres | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Pernambuco, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Penedo, Brazil to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Christoph Carstens | Germany | The schooner ran aground at "Sondreross". She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Riga, Russia. |
| Colombia | United States of Colombia | The steamship was wrecked at Barranquilla. Her crew were rescued. |
| Elisa | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore on Rønne, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland to Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. |
| Elizabeth Irving | Flag unknown | A number of crew drowned in the Fraser River while trying to escape from the burning steamship. |
| Ella | United States | The schooner foundered at sea with the loss of her captain and mate. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Baracoa, Cuba. |
| Europa | Regia Marina | The transport ship was driven ashore on Thursday Island, Queensland. She was later refloated. |
| Facina | Norway | The barque was wrecked on the Gunleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. |
| Jardine Brothers | Canada | The ship was driven ashore in the Magdalen Islands, Nova Scotia. |
| Jenny | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom to Stettin, Germany. |
| Lancefield | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick Canada to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and taken in to Halifax, Nova Scotia in a leaky condition. |
| Lord Dufferin | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia to Belfast, County Antrim. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Madeleine | France | The lugger was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand. Sixteen people were rescued from her. |
| Maid | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore in the River Bann. |
| Nicanor | Norway | The ship put in to Caraquet, New Brunswick, Canada in a waterlogged condition. |
| Orpana | Russia | The schooner was driven ashore at Kristiansand, Norway. She was declared a total loss. |
| St Louis | Flag unknown | The brig collided with Seriol Wyn (Flag unknown) and sank off Beachy Head, Sussex with the loss of eight of her crew. |
| Thunder | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore near Zakynthos, Greece. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily, Italy to Patras, Greece. Thunder was refloated with assistance from the steamship Copia ( United Kingdom) and completed her voyage. |
| Two Sisters | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Digby, Nova Scotia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Ballyshannon, County Donegal. |
| Valparaiso | Norway | The barque was abandoned in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Grimsby to Sundsvall. |
| William Gowland | United Kingdom | The ship struck a submerged object and was beached at Bridlington, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. |
| Unnamed | [[|]] | The lighter sank at Saint Petersburg. |