The brigantine was abandoned, after drifting in the Atlantic Ocean following the loss of her mainsail on 13 January. The crew transferred to Anglesea and were taken to Falmouth, Cornwall.[7]
The steamer, carrying coal from Newport to Lisbon, collided with Lady Olive three miles (4.8 km) south of the Longships. Four crew lost their lives.[23]
The Maryport barque left her home port on 14 December 1881 and, experiencing continuous bad weather abandoned the vessel on 20 February. They were picked up by the Dutch vessel Ermsterl on 28 February and landed at Falmouth, Cornwall on 16 March.[24]
25 February[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1882
Ship
Country
Description
Auguste
Germany
The Hamburg brigantine ran ashore in Whitsand Bay, Cornwall and became a total wreck. All the crew survived.[25]
United States
The steamer was destroyed by fire. Three children killed.[26]
The steamer grounded on the Cross Sands, off Great Yarmouth while carrying coal from Shields to Alexandria. All of the crew were washed off the wreck except for the boatswain who was picked up by the Gorleston volunteer lifeboat.[27]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: February
Ship
Country
Description
Constantine
Germany
The barque left New York on 29 January carrying paraffin oil for Danzig and was abandoned after five days of manning the pumps, in an effort to keep the ship afloat after a storm. The boatswain and one crew were washed overboard while the captain and ten men were landed at Falmouth, Cornwall by the Norwegian barque Emma on 26 February.[28]
Two vessels went ashore in a gale in the North Sea, off Shields. One was expected to be a total wreck. No lives were lost.[33]
24 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1882
Ship
Country
Description
Maddick
The vessel sank in three minutes after being hit by the steamer Gertrude (flag unknown) while at anchor off Southend. A pilot and the crew were landed at Gravesend by the steamer.[34]
The sternwheel paddle steamer struck an obstruction and sank in the Mississippi River at Stumpy Point, near Island 102, after departing Vicksburg, Mississippi. A stewardess was trapped below decks and killed, but the rest of the crew escaped safely onto barges.
29 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1882
Ship
Country
Description
Liban
France
The steamship sank on the Tusker Sands, in the Bristol Channel with the loss of three of her eleven crew. Survivors were rescued by the Porthcawl Lifeboat.[35]
30 March[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1882
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer was destroyed by fire while making a landing at Memphis, Tennessee. Three crew and 22 passengers were lost.[36]
The passenger ship collided with the steamer (Spain) in the Bay of Biscay off the northwest coast of Spain and sank with the loss of six lives. Survivors were rescued by the steamer (United Kingdom).[37][38]
Spain
The steamer collided with the passenger ship Douro (United Kingdom) in the Bay of Biscay off the northwest coast of Spain and sank with the loss of 53 lives. Survivors were rescued by the steamer (United Kingdom).[38]
3 April[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1882
Ship
Country
Description
Europe
France
The Bordeaux barque stranded on the Goodwin Sands and the crew abandoned, taking to two boats. One boat was picked up by a tug off South Foreland.[39]
The barque struck the Spanish Ledges, at the entrance to St Mary's Sound in the Isles of Scilly. She was en route from St Vincent for London with sugar. The crew escaped, but there was much embarrassment as she was carrying a St Agnes pilot.[42][43]
The 89-ton steamer was driven ashore in St Ives Bay under Wheal Lucy mine while carrying dynamite from Ireland to Hayle. The crew were hauled ashore on a rope and the captain and mate were picked up by the Hayle lifeboat.[44]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date
Ship
Country
Description
Golden City
United States
The steamer caught fire while in Memphis, Tennessee, and became a total wreck. Thirty-five people lost their lives.[45]
May[]
1 May[]
List of shipwrecks: May 1882
Ship
Country
Description
Western Belle
The ship collided with an iceberg off the east coast of Canada and sank.[46]
"The Wreck of the 'Pliny' at Deal Beach, New Jersey, Saturday, May 13," illustration from Harper's Weekly, 27 May 1882
Bound from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, carrying 21 passengers, a crew of 34, and a cargo of 20,000 bags of coffee and 300 bales of hides, the 1,671-ton schooner-riggedsteam screwcargo ship was wrecked during a storm about 200 yards (183 m) off Deal Beach on the coast of New Jersey, about 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Elberon. The United States Life-Saving Service rescued everyone on board. She broke in two on 16 May, and her wreck sank in 10 to 25 feet (3 to 8 m) of water.[48]
The steamer sank while on a voyage between Saigon and Singapore.[51]
June[]
2 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1882
Ship
Country
Description
Melanie Heloise
The schooner parted her chains in Whitesand Bay, Cornwall, was holed when she fouled an English schooner and drifted past the Longships Lighthouse. The French ship was abandoned 19 nautical miles (35 km; 22 mi) off Land's End. The crew was picked up by the schooner Bull.[52]
3 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1882
Ship
Country
Description
Albatross
United States
The schooner lost her sails in a storm and drifted into the breakers at St. Andrews, Florida.[6]
11 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1882
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The fishing schooner was wrecked near . The crew were saved.[53]
Eleven of the crew abandoned the vessel when it was sinking. Others, including the captain and mate were left on board when their lifeboat broke adrift. The Hartlepool ship was carrying deal, iron and oats from Gothenburg to London.[54]
16 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1882
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The fishing schooner struck an iceberg during a thick fog on the Grand Banks and sank. Six of the crew went down with the ship. The captain and the rest of the crew rowed to St. John's, Newfoundland.[55]
The screw steamer capsized and sank off San Francisco, California, United States, with the loss of twenty lives.
23 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1882
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The fishing schooner sank after striking an iceberg in fog on the Grand Banks. Five or six crew died, either from not abandoning ship, or not fast enough. Her captain and the rest of the crew rowed to St. John's, Newfoundland in her dories.[56][57][58]
The No. 3 pilot cutter based at Falmouth, was run down in the English Channel, by the steamer Rosina about three miles (4.8 km) off St Anthony Head, Cornwall. The six crew survived.[59][60]
The Newcastle steamtug left Shields for Warkworth, Northumberland with one hundred passengers. Alice hit rocks near in fog and most of the passengers were taken off in fishing boats. The ship's boat submerged when launched with seventeen onboard, only three survived.[61]
The London iron-hulled clipper ship foundered off the coast of Australia with the loss of her crew of thirty.[63]
July[]
4 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1882
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer was sunk in a collision with (United States) off Mingo Junction, Ohio in the Ohio River, sinking partially submerged in 16 feet (4.9 m) of water. Raised, repaired and returned to service under the name Regular. Death estimates range from 58 to more than 75.[64][65][66]
The schooner was hit by the screw-steamer Valhalla off Dungeness and sank immediately off. The captain and three crew drowned, six others and four passengers survived.[70]
The Fowey vessel sprung a leak and foundered 200 miles (320 km) north of Mona while bound for Hamburg with phosphate. The crew were rescued by the Danish brigantine Familieus and landed at Fowey on 27 August.[71]
The clipper barque was wrecked on a reef off Arends island, Sunda Strait, (on voyage Manila for London), due to negligent navigation at night.[72]
7 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1882
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer's boiler exploded, setting her on fire. She burned to the waterline and sank near Hickman, Kentucky. 20 killed.[73]
9 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1882
Ship
Country
Description
Mosel
Germany
The North German Lloyd mail steamer grounded on rocks off the Lizard while on a voyage from Southampton to New York with mail and passengers. The 500 to 600 passengers were landed at Pennance by the Falmouth steamer Rosella.[74]
The Doterel-classsloop-of-war was wrecked on East Point Reef, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Her crew abandoned her on 14 September without loss of life.
13 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1882
Ship
Country
Description
Reine Des Anges
France
The Boulogne fishing boat sank on the Middle Ross Sands off Yarmouth with the loss of six of the fourteen crew.[76]
The passenger steamer and package freighter sank near Lonely Island in Canada's Georgian Bay with the loss of 123 lives. Only two passengers survived.
21 September[]
List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1882
Ship
Country
Description
Edam
Netherlands
The steamer was struck amidships by the Wilson Line steamer Lepanto (flag unknown) during thick fog. Edam left New York the day before and sank the mouth of the Hudson River near Sandy Hook at latitude 41-8, longitude 66-59 west. All passengers and crew were saved bar two of the crew.[77][78]
The steamboat caught fire and sank on the Mississippi River while heading to New Orleans from Vicksburg. Twenty crew and passengers lost their lives.[82]
The Aberystwith schooner sprung a leak eight miles (13 km) south-east of Penzance, Cornwall and foundered while carrying pitch from Plymouth to Swansea. The crew of four landed at Penzance in the ship's boat.[83]
9 October[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 October 1882
Ship
Country
Description
Herder
The Hamburg-American mail steamer was wrecked off Cape Race, Newfoundland. All on board were saved.[84]
The steamer, from , Japan with rice for Bremen broke up on the sandbanks off the north coast of the Netherlands. Five of the twenty-seven crew survived.[93]
6 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1882
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The steamer sank on Lake George in a gale. Three crew killed.[94]
The vessel was on a voyage from , Scotland, to Cardigan, Wales, when she had a mishap. Eleven crew were taken off by the lifeboatJohn Stuart (Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Wellington sailed in to Cardigan the next day.[30]
The ship sank at her mooring in Neutral Bay, off Kirribilli Point in Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia on 11 November 1882. Five crew were killed in the incident. The ship was raised and sailed to Glasgow for refit.
The Newcastle steamer foundered 30 miles (48 km) north of Ushant. The crew took to two whaleboats which capsized at the entrance to the port of Argenton with the loss of twent-seven lives. One man survived.[100][101]
18 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1882
Ship
Country
Description
Condor
Russia
The 676-ton barque hit the Vorses, rocks on the outer part of the Manacles, near Falmouth, Cornwall and fell on her portside. The captain, first mate and nine crew put off in the ship's boat for the shore leaving five onboard, who were rescued by two local cutters, just before the masts fell leaving all of the vessel underwater.[102]
19 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1882
Ship
Country
Description
Lamershagen
Germany
The ship was driven ashore at Pwlldu Bay, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. All twenty-one people on board survived. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Swansea, Glamorgan. Lamershagen broke in two the next day.[35]
23 November[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1882
Ship
Country
Description
Drounengen
Norway
The barque was wrecked at the mouth of the River Shannon, while out of Glasgow for New York.[103]
The Glasgow steamer foundered 25 miles (40 km) from Portreath, Cornwall while bound for Nantes from Swansea. Ten of the crew and the engineer's wife went down with the steamer. The eight remaining crew took to the ship's boat and capsized in the surf at Portreath with the loss of one more life.[106][107]
The Whitstable vessel parted her anchors in the Swin and probably went ashore on the sands with the loss of ten crew, who were nearly all married women.[108]
The Whitstable vessel disappeared during recent gales. The crew were mostly made up of married women.[108]
Cambronne
France
The steamer Marion (flag unknown) changed course and hit the French steamer while seeking the shelter of Lundy Island. The crew jumped overboard but only the captain and three crew were saved. Fourteen lives lost.[109]
Ischia
The crew were landed at Greenock from the steamer Stilrio following the wrecking of Ischia in the Straits of Babel Maadeb.[110]
The steamer, carrying ballast from Honfleur to Sunderland went ashore at Camber coastguard station. The sixteen crew were taken off by the Rye lifeboat; the captain remaining onboard. The Winchelsea lifeboat capsized twice with one man drowning.[111]
Petroslana
Austria-Hungary
The barque, out of Cardiff with coal for Pola was wrecked off Milford with the loss of all twelve crew.[112]
The Leith barque was run down by the steamer Hamstels and sank 16 miles (26 km) off Start Point, Devon. The pilot and a crewman were drowned, while the rest were landed at Plymouth.[117]
2 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1882
Ship
Country
Description
R.G. Peters
United States
The barge was destroyed by fire in Lake Michigan. 14 killed.[118]
The steamship foundered off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland, County Durham. She was subsequently salvaged, repaired and returned to service.[119]
While lying at anchor, the Padstow schooner was struck by Excelsior (flag unknown) and sank about 3 cables from Carrick Nath Point, St Mawes, Cornwall.[123]
The Cowes vessel Helen (United Kingdom) collided with the Hayle schooner Giles Lang and was abandoned off the Lizard. The crew were saved by Giles Lang.[124]
The crew abandoned the Fleetwood schooner, after being hit by the barquentine Fonthill, 8 to 10 miles (13 to 16 km) west north-west of the Longships Lighthouse, Cornwall. The five crew were picked up by Fonthill. The abandoned schooner drifted ashore, bottom up, at the Gassick, between Sennen Cove and St Just.[125]
The barque grounded on a rock on the Kits Cairn, near Porthcurno, Cornwall. After 10 or 15 minutes the barque was carried out to sea by the wind and tide. Before the barque foundered, two local boats following the vessel, took off the ten crew and landed them at Porthgwarra.[126]
Unnamed schooner
Germany
The captain of the schooner drowned while being rescued by the rocket apparatus at Amble.[122]
The steamer sank off the Isles of Scilly, after being hit by a Greek steamer and her boiler exploding. The crew were picked up by the Greek steamer and taken to Cardiff.[128]
13 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1882
Ship
Country
Description
United States
The fishing schooner was wrecked at . The crew were saved.[129]
The Bristol barque, owned by Messrs King and Company went ashore on Lundy Island in the Bristol Channel during a thick fog. The crew took to the ship's boat, landing on Lundy. She was carrying a general cargo including bales of silk.[130]
The three-masted brigantine left Cardiff with steel rails and went ashore on Lundy in a thick fog. The crew escaped in the ship's boat and climbed the cliffs on the north coast.[130]
The schooner collided with the steamship Ernest in Mount's Bay, Cornwall and sank immediately. The crew were landed at Falmouth by Ernest.[131]
Glad Tidings
Canada
The 1,300-ton Saint John vessel ran ashore to the west of Prawle Point with the loss of two men. She was en route from Calcutta to Amsterdam with linseed.[132]
The barque hit the Tuscar Rock, County Wexford while en route from Liverpool to Calcutta. Two of the twenty-six crew survived, being washed ashore near Carnsore in the ship's lifeboat.[133]
17 December[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1882
Ship
Country
Description
Haven
The barque was struck amidship and sank in twenty minutes when hit by the London steamer Cyanus off Folkestone. The crew were picked up by Cyanus and landed at Dover.[134]
The Truro schooner sank, rapidly in a heavy sea, about 5 miles (8.0 km) south-west of the Longships Lighthouse. The crew took to the ship's boat and were rescued by the St Ives lifeboat, about two miles (3.2 km) off St Ives.[136]
New England
The steamer sank after hitting a bar in the Clarence River. Sixteen of the fifty-three on board drowned.[137]
The steamer sank within five minutes after colliding with Knight of the Thistle (flag unknown) off the Owers Lightship, near the Isle of Wight. Three crew lost their lives.[139]
The barquentine, carrying coal from Newcastle to Bari was wrecked on the Goswick Sands, near Berwick. The pilot and eleven crew drowned; two crew survived.[142]
Unnamed schooner
Norway
The schooner was found by the Hull fishing smack Victor. An attempt to save the crew failed when a heavy sea swamped Victor's boat with three of the rescued crew on board.[143]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in 1882
Ship
Country
Description
Bahama
The vessel sank. A Trinidadbrigantine picked up the only survivor from an icebox; he was in the sea for six days.[144]
Don Guillermo
The barque sank in the harbour of Vanvan, Tonga during a hurricane, when a 15-foot (4.6 m) storm surge swept over the island. The captain, officers, and six seamen were drowned. Five boys survived.[145]
The Glasgow vessel carrying coal from Newcastle upon Tyne, England, to Valparaiso, Chile, was seen passing Dover, England, on 11 June and was never heard from again.[149]
^"A Yacht Sunk: And Her Master And Three Hands Drowned In A Collision". The Cornishman (210). 27 July 1882. p. 6.
^"Shipwrecked Crew Landed". The Cornishman (216). 31 August 1882. p. 5.
^"Loss of the Black Prince". Shippipng & Mercantile Gazette (14099). London: British Newspaper Archive (subscription). 25 October 1882. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
United Kingdom
United States
Canada
Sweden
Norway
Germany
France
United Kingdom
Spain) in the Bay of Biscay off the northwest coast of Spain and sank with the loss of six lives. Survivors were rescued by the steamer (
Royal Netherlands Navy
United States
Royal Navy
Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[30]
Russia
Belgium
Latvia
Austria-Hungary
Greece
Italy
Imperial Brazilian Navy