List of shipwrecks in March 1887

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

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1 March

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1887
Ship State Description
Grace Darling  United Kingdom The fishing boat collided with the steamship Schleswig ( United Kingdom) and sank 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) east of the Isle of May, Fife. Her crew were rescued by Schleswig.[1]
W. H. Gardner  United States The steamship was destroyed by fire in the Tombigbee River three miles (4.8 km) south of Gainesville, Alabama when a bale of cotton caught fire and a deckhand attempted to extinguish it but caught fire himself. He ran spreading the fire through the ship. Some survivors were rescued by a boat from Tally ( United States). Eight passengers and thirteen crew died.[2][3]

2 March

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1887
Ship State Description
Britannia  Sweden The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (37°00′N 42°20′W / 37.000°N 42.333°W / 37.000; -42.333). Her seven crew were rescued by the brig Lutzberg ( Germany). Britannia was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida, United States to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.[4]

3 March

List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1887
Ship State Description
Egypt  United Kingdom The steamship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Hannah Blanchard (Flag unknown). Egypt was on a voyage from New York, United States to Lisbon, Portugal.[5]

4 March

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1887
Ship State Description
Avocet  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on a reef in the Red Sea (14°21′N 42°38′E / 14.350°N 42.633°E / 14.350; 42.633). She was refloated but consequently foundered. Her crew were rescued by the steamship St. Oswald ( United Kingdom). Avocet was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Madras and Calcutta, India.[6]
Martino XIII  Brazil The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her nine crew were rescued the next day by Lizzie ( United Kingdom).[7]
Rosario  Spain The ship was run into by the steamship Glenmavis ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Bristol Channel 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) west of Lundy Island, Devon, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Boucan ( France). Rosario was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Alcúdia, Majorca.[8]
St. Louis  United Kingdom The ship departed from Huelva, Spain for Port Talbot, Glamorgan. No further trace, reported overdue.[9]

5 March

List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1887
Ship State Description
Lizzie Iredale  United Kingdom The ship departed from Newcastle, New South Wales for San Diego, California, United States. No further trace, reported missing.[10]

6 March

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1887
Ship State Description
Garrawalt  United Kingdom The steamship struck a sunken rock and foundered off Port Lethen, Kincardineshire. Her crew survived She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Aberdeen.[11]

8 March

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1887
Ship State Description
Mari Vagliano Flag unknown The steamship struck a sunken rock off Ouessant, Finistère, France. She was on a voyage from Constanţa, Romania to the River Thames. She completed her voyage in a leaky condition.[12]
Tynedale  United Kingdom The steamship foundered off Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Briton Ferry, Glamorgan to Belfast, County Antrim.[8]

9 March

List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1887
Ship State Description
Bruges  Belgium The steamship collided with the steamship Kestrel ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Rotherhithe, Surrey, United Kingdom. Bruges was on a voyage from Ghent, East Flanders to London, United Kingdom.[13]

10 March

List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1887
Ship State Description
Lieutenant Maury Flag unknown The ship capiszed at King's Lynn, Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyagen from King's Lynn to Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was righted.[5]
Samuel MacManemy  United States The schooner was lost off Apalachicola, Florida.[14]

11 March

List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1887
Ship State Description
Malt  United Kingdom The barge was run into by the steamship Shagbrook ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at East Greenwich, Middlesex.[12]
Principia  United Kingdom The steamship caught fire at Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The fire was extinguished.[12]

15 March

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1887
Ship State Description
Devonshire Lass  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Grand Bank, in the Solent east of Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Exeter, Devon. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[15]
Flavio  Italy The barque foundered off Cape San Antonio, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barcelona to Cádiz, Spain.[16]

16 March

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1887
Ship State Description
Sophia  United Kingdom The brig was run ashore in the River Thames at Erith, Kent.[15]

20 March

List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1887
Ship State Description
Derry Castle  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked off Enderby Island, New Zealand with the loss of sixteen of the 24 people on board. Eight survivors reached the island. They were rescued from nearby Auckland Island 154 days later. Derry Castle was on a voyage from Geelong, Victoria to Falmouth, Cornwall or Queenstown, County Cork.[10][17][18]
Seal  United States The steamship was lost in the Lynn Canal with the loss of twelve lives. She was on a voyage from Juneau to Dyea, District of Alaska.[19]

21 March

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1887
Ship State Description
Cornelius Stokem  France The schooner collided with the steamship Valetta (Flag unknown) and sank in the Mediterranean Sea 14 nautical miles (26 km) east of Europa Point, Gibraltar. Her crew were rescued.[20]

22 March

List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1887
Ship State Description
London United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The ketch ran aground on the Cork Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to London. She was refloated and assisted in to Harwich, Essex in a severely leaky condition.[20]
Prophete Elie  France The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Oxwich Point, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.[21][20]

23 March

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1887
Ship State Description
Carnarvonshire  United Kingdom The brigantine was abandoned 50 nautical miles (93 km) south-west of The Lizard, Cornwall. Her ten crew were rescued.[22] She was discovered on 25 March 50 nautical miles (93 km) west south west of the Eddystone Lighthouse, Cornwall by Beagle ( United Kingdom), which put four of her crew aboard. Carnarvonshire was taken in to Dartmouth, Devon.[23]
Curlew, and
Trent 		 United Kingdom The steamships collided in the River Thames and were both severely damaged. Curlew was on a voyage from London to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was beached at East Greenwich, Middlesex, being severely leaky. She was refloated and taken in to Deptford, Kent for repairs. Trent was on a voyage from Sevastopol, Russia to London. She was beached at North Woolwich, Middlesex.[24]
Rome  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Port Said, Egypt. She was on a voyage from the United Kingdom to Australia.[4]
Vardohuus  Norway The whaler was wrecked at Mandal with the loss of all but to of her crew, which numbered about 50 people.[6]

24 March

List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1887
Ship State Description
Faror  Netherlands The brig foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by a German schooner. She was on a voyage from Alloa, Clackmannanshire, United Kingdom to Antwerp, Belgium.[4]
Marigo  Russia The brig was wrecked at Poti, Austria-Hungary with the loss of a crew member.[4]
Nuova Verita  Italy The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Poti with the loss of all thirteen crew.[23][4]
Valetta  United Kingdom The barque collided with the tug Flying Fish ( United Kingdom) and sank off the Tuskar Rock with the loss of two of her crew. Valetta was on a voyage from Point de Galle, Ceylon to Garston, Lancashire.[25][26]
Unnamed  Austria-Hungary The dredger sank at Poti with the loss of ten of her crew.[4]

25 March

List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1887
Ship State Description
Prins Hendrik  Netherlands The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (31°58′N 42°00′W / 31.967°N 42.000°W / 31.967; -42.000). Her 24 crew were rescued by the schooner Lodsen ( Norway). Prins Hendrik was on a voyage from Norfolk, Virginia, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[27]

27 March

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1887
Ship State Description
Arda  United Kingdom The barque collided with the steamship Noordland ( Belgium) off the South Foreland, Kent and was damaged. Arda was beached at Sandown Castle, Kent. Her ten crew were rescued by the tug Columbia ( United Kingdom). Arda was on a voyage from Wilmington, United States to London.[23]
Dumfriesshire  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship ran aground at Dunkerque, Nord, France. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California, United States to Dunkerque.[23]

28 March

List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1887
Ship State Description
Argo Flag unknown The yacht was driven ashore at La Maddelena, Sardinia, Italy. She was on a voyage from Algiers, Algeria to Naples, Italy.[28]

29 March

List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1887
Ship State Description
Lovaine  United Kingdom The steamship was sighted off Newport News, Virginia, United States whilst on a voyage from the Coosaw River to the River Tyne. No further trace, reported missing.[29]

31 March

List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1887
Ship State Description
Crest  United Kingdom The ketch was abandoned off Thurso, Caithness. Her crew were rescued by the Thurso Lifeboat.[30]
Elizabeth Ann  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Joppa Point, Lothian. Her crew were rescued.[30]
Flora  United Kingdom The smack broke from her moorings, collided with the steamship Victory and drove ashore at Kingscross, Isle of Arran.[30]
Harbinger  United Kingdom The smack collided with the barque Bertha ( Norway) and was abandoned by four of her six crew, who got aboard Bertha. Fate of Harbinger unknown.[30]
Hollandia  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Ancona ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent. Hollandia was on a voyage from Harlingen, Friesland, Netherlands to London.[31]
Jamestown  United States The schooner departed from Gloucester, Massachusetts. No furter trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all twelve hands.[32]
Janet Worthington  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned off Thurso. Her crew were rescued by the Thurso Lifeboat.[30]
Lady Louisa Pennant  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned off Thurso. Her crew were rescued by the Thurso Lifeboat.[30]
Ounimak  United States The schooner ran aground on a reef off Pavlof Harbor, District of Alaska and capsized with the loss of all six crew.[33]
Toiler  United Kingdom The steam trawler was abandoned off the coast of Caithness.[34]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in March 1887
Ship State Description
Abbie Carver  United States The barque was wrecked on the east coast of Formosa. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Callao, Peru.[20]
Antonia Flag unknown The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was refloated, and was towed in to Harwich, Essex by the steamship Swift ( United Kingdom).[35]
Cité d'Aleth  France The barque ran aground on the Valeyrac Rocks. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Cádiz, Spain. She was refloated and put back to Bordeaux.[15]
City of Cambridge  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Hooghly Point, India. She was later refloated with the assistance of a steamship and resumed her voyage.[20]
City of Exeter  United Kingdom The steamship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Lundy Island, Devon, with the loss of sixteen of her nineteen crew.[21]
Clymene  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore in the River Thames at Erith, Kent.[8]
Connaught  United Kingdom The barge collided with the steamship Thorsten (Flag unknown) and sank in the River Thames.[36]
Emmeline  United Kingdom The brigantine ran aground in the Rio Grande. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco to Natal, Brazil. She was refloated and put back to Pernambuco in a leaky condition.[15]
Evening Star  United Kingdom The dandy riged fishing trawler was lost in the English Channel with the loss of all ten crew.[31]
Favorit  Netherlands The brig was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the tug Tom Perry ( United Kingdom).[23]
Flora Glynn  United Kingdom The collier sank on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her five crew were rescued by a lifeboat.[37]
Floridian  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the South Pass, Mississippi River.[36]
Forcade de la Roquette  France The ship was wrecked on the coast of India. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint-Pierre, Réunion to False Point, India.[15]
Francescino  Italy The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean.[23]
Giorgio  Greece The ship was wrecked at "Bouloir Lines", Ottoman Empire and was abandoned by her captain.[36]
Grace Bradley  United States The schooner was driven ashore at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was refloated and taken in to Philadelphia.[12]
Gitana  Russia The barque was driven ashore 8 nautical miles (15 km) west of Dunbar, Lothian, United Kingdom. Her eight crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.[12]
Gylfe  Sweden The steamship ran aground in the Great Belt. She was on a voyage from Reval, Russia to "Veile".[15]
Kamtchatka Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hiogo, Japan.[36]
Karo Flag unknown The steamship was wrecked at Poti, Austria-Hungary.[8]
King Malcolm  United Kingdom The barque ran aground in the River Liffey. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California, United States to Dublin.[23]
Lord Tredegar  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Pernambuco. She was on a voyage from Natal, Brazil to New York, United States.[12]
Louisiana  Italy The barque was severely damaged by fire at Antwerp, Belgium.[16]
Margaret Leonard  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at Killala, County Mayo and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Killala.[16]
Martin Luther Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore and sank at Svelvik, Norway.[16]
Mary K. Campbell  United States The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from New York to Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was refloated and put back to New York.[12]
Minerva  Germany The barque ran aground on the Middelgrund, in the Baltic Sea.[20]
Reindeer  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand. Her nine crew survived.[35]
Samuel Moss  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in Plymouth Sound. She was later refloated.[8]
Savina  Italy The barque was abandoned at sea before 25 March.[38]
Syanara  United States The ship was driven ashore in the Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Matanzas, Cuba to New York. She was refloated and taken in to Nassau, Bahamas in a leaky condition.[23]
Triton  United Kingdom The schooner was run into by the steamship Rhine (Flag unknown) and sank in the English Channel off Brighton, Sussex. Her crew were rescued by Rhine.[5][12]
Umberto Arbib  United Kingdom The steamship ran agrouned in the Gironde near Bordeaux. She was refloated and taken in to Bordeaux.[36]
Unico Flag unknown The ship was wrecked at "Bahama Willows", Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida, United States to Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom.[23]
Valetta Flag unknown The barque was wrecked off the "Tulsar" with the loss of two lives.[38]
Vendome  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship capsized in the North Sea. She was subsequently towed in to Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands and beached.[30]
Verita Nuova, and an
unnamed vessel 		Flags unknown The ship was run into by a dredger at Poti, Austria-Hungary and sank with the loss of thirteen lives. The dredger sank with the loss of ten lives[38]

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