The list of shipwrecks in July 1886 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during July 1886 .
1 July
3 July
4 July
List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1886
Ship
State
Description
Richard Cory
United Kingdom
The steamship caught fire at Lisbon , Portugal.[1] She was beached and scuttled to extinguish the fire.[5]
5 July
6 July
7 July
8 July
9 July
14 July
List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1886
Ship
State
Description
<i>Blanca</i>
Spanish Navy
The <i>Petronila</i>-class frigate was involved in a serious accident on the Danish coast. Her crew were rescued.[12]
16 July
18 July
19 July
20 July
21 July
22 July
30 July
31 July
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in July 1886
Ship
State
Description
Anna
Netherlands
The galiot ran aground. She was on a voyage from Groningen to Hull , Yorkshire , United Kingdom . She was refloated and put back to Delfzijl , Groningen in a leaky condition.[8]
Arethusa
Germany
The barque collided with another vessel and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Memel to London , United Kingdom. She put in to Helsingør , Denmark.[9]
Athena
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the Orkney Islands . She subsequently broke up.[21]
Diligentia
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 9 July. Her crew were rescued by the barque India ( Norway ). Diligentia was on a voyage from Belfast , County Antrim to Matane , Quebec , Canada .[22]
Fortuna
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground at Dundrum, County Down . She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick , Canada to Dundrum.[16]
<i>Gate City</i>
United States
The steamship was driven ashore in Tarpaulin Cove . She was later refloated.[21]
Havre
France
The steamship put in to Aden , Aden Governorate on fire. She was on a voyage from Hamburg , Germany to the East Indies and China .[22]
Indra
India
The steamship sank in the Hooghly River upstream of Calcutta .[23]
James J. Dowsett , andMoi Wahine
Flags unknown
The steamship James J. Dowsett collided with the schooner Moi Wahine and sank in the Pacific Ocean . Moi Wahine was severely damaged. She put in to Honolulu , Kingdom of Hawaii .[22]
Kapiolani
Flag unknown
The steamship sank off the mouth of the Pearl River .[22]
Leader
United Kingdom
The ship was lost on a voyage from Warrenpoint , County Antrim to Greenock , Renfrewshire .[5]
<i>Magellan</i>
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore at Cape Virgin , Argentina. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Valparaíso , Chile. She was refloated and taken in to Sandy Point, Chile in a leaky condition.[22]
Maiden
United Kingdom
The pilot cutter was run down and sunk by the steamship Carl Rathkens ( United Kingdom ). Her crew were rescued.[24]
Medway
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on the Swash, in the Bristol Channel off the coast of Somerset . .[21]
Mercutio
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore at "Stubben", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stettin , Germany to Rotterdam , South Holland , Netherlands. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[9]
Minnie Carmichael
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked at Valparaíso. Her crew were rescued.[1] She was on a voyage from Pisagua, Chile to the Hampton Roads , Virginia , United States.[23]
Nicosian
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore near Hanko , Grand Duchy of Finland .[16]
Prinz Albrecht
Germany
The steamship was driven ashore 6 nautical miles (11 km) east of Tangier , Morocco.[25]
Sandnaes
United Kingdom
The brigantine was wrecked on Beaver Island, Nova Scotia , Canada. Her crew was rescued.[25]
Sophia Joakim
United Kingdom
The barque sank at Penang , Straits Settlements . She was on a voyage from Calcutta to Muscat , Oman.[5]
RMS <i>Tagus</i>
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore at "Barra Falsa", Brazil . She was later refloated.[1]
Vega
Norway
The barque was driven ashore on Terschelling , Friesland , Netherlands.[9]
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^ a b c d e "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times . No. 31803. London. 5 July 1886. col F, p. 11.
^ "Probate, Divorce, And Admiralty Division". The Times . No. 31830. London. 5 August 1886. col F, p. 3.
^ "The Ship Royal Edward Abandoned at Sea" . Sydney Morning Herald . No. 15, 098. 14 August 1886. p. 15. Retrieved 16 September 2022 – via Trove.
^ "The Loss of the Royal Edward" . Liverpool Journal of Commerce . No. 7776. 28 September 1886. p. 5. Retrieved 16 September 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ a b c d "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times . No. 31804. London. 6 July 1886. col F, p. 10.
^ "Dive Sites. Mounts Bay to Lands End" . UKDiving. Retrieved 1 January 2022 .
^ "Foundering of a steamer off Penberth". The Cornishman . No. 416. 8 July 1886. p. 4.
^ a b c "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times . No. 31808. London. 10 July 1886. col D, p. 6.
^ a b c d e f "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times . No. 31807. London. 9 July 1886. col E, p. 7.
^ "Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general Steamboat-inspection Service, Year ending June 30, 1887" . Government Printing Office. 1886. Retrieved 8 February 2020 – via Hathi Trust.
^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times . No. 31867. London. 17 September 1886. col F, p. 5.
^ "Accident to a Spanish Frigate". The Times . No. 31812. London. 15 July 1886. col E, p. 5.
^ a b c "1886" . Out of Gloucester . R Sheedy. Retrieved 24 June 2021 .
^ "Sinking of the steam tug Prince of Wales " . Sydney Morning Herald . No. 15074. National Library of Australia. 17 July 1886. p. 13. Retrieved 27 April 2020 .
^ "Grounding of an Ironclad". The Times . No. 31816. London. 20 July 1886. col E, p. 10.
^ a b c d e "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times . No. 31818. London. 22 July 1886. col F, p. 11.
^ "Disaster At Sea". The Times . No. 31821. London. 26 July 1886. col E, p. 6.
^ a b "A Double Misfortune". The Cornishman . No. 420. 5 August 1886. p. 6.
^ "Disasters At Sea". The Times . No. 31827. London. 2 August 1886. col E, p. 8.
^ MacLeod, Jennifer; Hamilton, David, eds. (Winter 1999). "Marine News of 1886-1887" (PDF) . Echo Soundings . II (4). Amherstberg, Ontario: Marsh Collection Society. ISSN 1480-6444 . Retrieved 19 January 2021 .
^ a b c "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times . No. 31821. London. 26 July 1886. col C, p. 12.
^ a b c d e "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times . No. 31809. London. 12 July 1886. col F, p. 7.
^ a b "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times . No. 31805. London. 7 July 1886. col F, p. 12.
^ Benham, Hervey (1980). The Salvagers . Colchester: Essex County Newspapers Ltd. p. 197. ISBN 00 950944 2 3 .
^ a b "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times . No. 31827. London. 2 August 1886. col F, p. 8.
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