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The list of shipwrecks in March 1882 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during March 1882.

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1 March

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List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1882
Ship State Description
J. W. Stairs  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at Sandy Hook, New Jersey, United States with the loss of a crew member.[1]

2 March

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List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1882
Ship State Description
Aura  Russia The barque was driven ashore at Villa Nueva with the loss of four of her crew.[2]
Name unknown  Germany The schooner foundered in the North Sea (52°00′N 2°50′E / 52.000°N 2.833°E / 52.000; 2.833) with the loss of at least one life.[3]

3 March

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List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1882
Ship State Description
Concordia  Norway The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the fishing smack Lisle ( United Kingdom). Concordia was on a voyage from a Baltic port to London, United Kingdom.[4]
Mount Lebanon  United Kingdom The ship struck a rock whilst on a voyage from Calcutta, India to JeddanHejaz Vilayet. She put in to Galle, Ceylon.[4]

4 March

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List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1882
Ship State Description
Queen of Ceylon  United Kingdom The ship collided with Kaffir Chief ( United Kingdom) at Durban, Natal Colony and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[5]

5 March

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List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1882
Ship State Description
Edith  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) east of the Corton Lightship ( Trinity House).[4]

6 March

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List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1882
Ship State Description
Bonnie Maria  Portugal The schooner collided with HMRC Rose ( Board of Customs) and sank at Portsea, Hampshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.[4]

7 March

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List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1882
Ship State Description
Alert  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated with assistance from the Pakefield Lifeboat.[6]
Canmore  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated with assistance from the Caister Lifeboats Covent Garden and Godsend (both Royal National Lifeboat Institution) and the tug Victoria ( United Kingdom) and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[7]
Doris  Germany The brigantine foundered in the North Sea 8 nautical miles (15 km) off Hartlepool, County Durham. Her crew were rescued by the yawl Rose of England ( United Kingdom). Doris was on a voyage from London to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom.[8]
Pride of Fleetwood  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore at Rame Head, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Dartmouth, Devon to a Cornish port. She was abandoned as a total loss.[8]

8 March

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List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1882
Ship State Description
Mary Stevens  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned off Bideford, Devon. All four people on board were rescued by the Appledore Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Barnstaple, Devon to Newport, Monmouthshire.[9]
Sandrino  Italy The schooner was driven ashore at "Tarbaka", Tunisia.[2]
Unnamed  Italy The sloop was driven ashore at "Tarbaka".[2]

9 March

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List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1882
Ship State Description
Franz Bottcher Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore at "Manyl". She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom.[2]
Valencia  United Kingdom The steamship ran ashore in the River Avon under the Clifton Suspension Bridge whilst avoiding a collision with a barge. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Valencia, Spain.[2]

12 March

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List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1882
Ship State Description
Agnes  Norway The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (46°30′N 22°00′W / 46.500°N 22.000°W / 46.500; -22.000). Her crew were rescued by the full-rigged ship Buckland ( United Kingdom). Agnes was on a voyage from Manzanilla, Trinidad to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[10]

13 March

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List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1882
Ship State Description
Devonshire  United Kingdom The brigantine collided with the brig Istria ( Greece) and sank in the English Channel. Her crew were rescued by Istria.[11]
Marie Theresa  France The fishing smack collided with the steamship Long Ditton ( United Kingdom) and sank in the English Channel 14 nautical miles (26 km) east south east of Start Point, Devon. Her crew were rescued by Long Ditton.[11]

15 March

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List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1882
Ship State Description
Ben Adler  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Yloilo, Spanish East Indies. She was refloated and put in to Singapore, Straits Settlements in a leaky condition. She was placed under repair.[12]
Esbjerg  Denmark The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on St Téodoro Island, 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) west of Canea, Greece.[12]
Thor  Norway The full-rigged ship ran aground at Greenock, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Greenock.[13]

17 March

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List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1882
Ship State Description
Northerner  United States The schooner was lost on the Georges Bank with the loss of all 12 crew.[14]
Oline  United Kingdom The ship foundered in Cardigan Bay with the loss of all five crew.[15]
Victor  United States The schooner was lost on the Georges Bank with the loss of all twelve crew.[16]

18 March

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List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1882
Ship State Description
Volga  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Bilbao, Spain. She subsequently broke in two and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[10]

21 March

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List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1882
Ship State Description
Gilbrow  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the schooners Lindal Moor and Whitriggs (both  United Kingdom) and sank at South End, Walney Island, Lancashire. She was refloated at taken in to Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire.[17]
Lessie B.  United States The steamship was destroyed by fire near Jefferson, Texas. The cabin boy died.[18]

22 March

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List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1882
Ship State Description
Hawthorn  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Split Rock, near Musquash, New Brunswick, Canada. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[10]
R. W. Boyd  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Black Middens, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham.[10] Her fourteen crew were rescued by the Tynemouth Lifeboat.[19]
Two unnamed vessels Flags unknown Two ships were driven ashore at South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom. One was expected to be a total wreck. There were no deaths.[20]

23 March

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List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1882
Ship State Description
Cairnsmuir  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal. She was on a voyage from London to Singapore, Straits Settlements.[10]
Mamelon  United Kingdom The barque foundered off Mevagissey, Cornwall. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from North Shields, Northumberland to Piombino, Italy.[10]
Woodland  United Kingdom The brigantine was run into by the steamship Prinses Marie ( Netherlands) and sank in the Thames Estuary. Her crew were rescued by Prinses Marie. Woodland was on a voyage from Londonderry to London.[21]

24 March

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List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1882
Ship State Description
F. W. B.  United Kingdom The brigantine sank in three minutes after being hit by the steamship Gertrude ( United Kingdom) while at anchor off Southend, Essex. A pilot and her eight crew were landed at Gravesend, Kent, United Kingdom by Gertrude. F. W. B. was on a voyage from Berbice, British Guiana to London.[22][17][23]
Khokand  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to San Francisco, California, United States.[17] She was refloated on 1 April.[24]
Victor  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Inchcolm, Fife. She was on a voyage from "Boncas" to Stettin, Germany.[17]
Trois Frères  France The sloop departed from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure for Caen, Calvados. Subsequently foundered with the loss of all hands, a boat came ashore at Trouville-sur-Mer, Calvados.[25]

25 March

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List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1882
Ship State Description
Essay  United Kingdom The ship deparrtted from Guernsey, Channel Islands for London. No further trace, reported missing.[26]
Iron Mountain  United States The sternwheel paddle steamer struck an obstruction and sank in the Mississippi River at Stumpy Point, near Island 102, after departing from Vicksburg, Mississippi. A stewardess was trapped below decks and killed, but the rest of the crew escaped safely onto barges.

26 March

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List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1882
Ship State Description
Albert  United Kingdom The sloop was run down and sunk in the English Channel by the barque Saleta ( Spain). Her crew were rescued.[3]
British Queen  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at "Pine Aun", near Port Isaac, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by a lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Wexford to Port Talbot, Glamorgan.[27]
Clara  United Kingdom The ketch foundered off the Nash Sands, in the Bristol Channel off the coast of Glamorgan with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Fremington, Devon.[21][27]
Durham  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Pan Sand, off the north Kent coast. She was on a voyage from Brisbane, Queensland to London.[28]
Famenoth  United Kingdom The barque sank on the Pan Sand. Her twenty passengers were taken off by the tug Venetia ( United Kingdom) but a boat with a pilot and four of her crew drifted out to sea. She was later abandoned; her crew were rescued by Venetia and the tug Victoria ( United Kingdom). The missing boat subsequently came ashore at Ramsgate, Kent in a waterlogged condition.[29] Famenonth was refloated on 20 April and towed in to the River Thames.[30]
Hannah Morris Canada Canada The barque was driven ashore at Margate, Kent with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by the tug George Peabody ( United Kingdom). Hannah Morris caught fire and was a total loss. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to London.[31]
Heber  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and sank at Ryde, Isle of Wight. Her crew survived. She was later refloated and taken in to Cowes.[27][24]
John and Alice  United Kingdom The ketch ran aground off Ryde. Her crew survived.[27] She was later refloated and put in to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[3]
Louisa  United Kingdom The brigantine was wrecked on the Longnose Rocks, Margate. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands to London.[27]
Pelton  United Kingdom The steamship foundered off Ilfracombe, Devon with the loss of all but one of her crew. The survivor was rescued by the brigantine Uzziah ( United Kingdom), which lost a crew member effecting the rescue. Pelton was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.[29][28]
Spy  United Kingdom The Thames barge capsized off the Nore Lightship ( Trinity House). Her crew survived.[27]
Havre Lifeboat, and
an unnamed vessel 		 France
Flag unknown 		The lifeboat capsized whilst going to the aid of a sloop at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure with the loss of all hands. The sloop was also lost with all hands - nineteen lives in total.[31]
Unnamed Flag unknown The steamship foundered off the Bull Rock Lighthouse, County Cork.[29]

27 March

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List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1882
Ship State Description
Albert  United Kingdom The sloop was discovered abandoned in the English Channel. She was towed in to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.[27]
Jacobine  Germany The brig collided with Melanesia ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean (25°00′N 27°30′W / 25.000°N 27.500°W / 25.000; -27.500) and sank. Her crew were rescued by Melanesia. Jacobine was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Lisbon, Portugal.[32]
Undaunted  United Kingdom The ship was sighted off Cooly Point whilst on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Dublin. No further trace,[33] reported missing.[34]

29 March

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List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1882
Ship State 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

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List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1882
Ship State Description
Circassian  United Kingdom The brig ran aground at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex.[36] She was refloated with assistance the next day and taken in to Shoreham-by-Sea.[3]
Golden City  United States The steamer was destroyed by fire while making a landing at Memphis, Tennessee. Three crew and 22 passengers were lost.[18]

31 March

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List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1882
Ship State Description
Venus  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Watermouth, Devon. Her crew were rescued by the Ilfracombe Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Watermouth to Swansea, Glamorgan.[3]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in March 1882
Ship State Description
Adelaide  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore in the Strangford Lough. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Malahide, County Dublin.[21]
Apollo  United Kingdom The steamship was run into by the steamship Précursor ( France) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean 170 nautical miles (310 km) south west of Ouessant, Finistère, France with the loss of six of her crew. Apollo was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Trieste.[9]
Aros Castle  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Sound of Iona.[11]
Colonel Adams  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bordeaux, Gironde, France. She was later refloated.[36]
Cydonia  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Tisvilde, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Reval, Russia to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated and towed in to Copenhagen, Denmark.[4]
Eclipse  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned off Margate, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was towed in to Ramsgate, Kent by the tug George Peabody ( United Kingdom).[27]
Else Marie  Denmark The schooner foundered at sea.[4]
Finsbury  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Clan Maclean off Gibraltar and was severely damaged. She was beached. Finsbury was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily, Italy to New York, United States.[8]
Feodore  Spain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Spear, Newfoundland Colony. She was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony to a Spanish port.[12]
Feronia  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Brevig to a Cornish port. She was towed in to Arendal.[3]
Ines  Spain The ship was driven ashore at Palmas. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Palmas.[5]
James W. Barber  Belgium The steamship was driven ashore at Bonassola, Italy. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Genoa Italy.[11]
John Barfield  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated with the assistance of two smacks.[37]
J. W. T.  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and the Kessingland Lifeboat St. Michael, Paddington ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution) and assisted in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[21][19]
Lee  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued.[24]
Legrid  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in Sandy Bay. She was refloated.[8]
Lois Canada Canada The barque was wrecked on the Shipwash Sand.[37]
Lucia  Germany The barque was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark.[8] She was later refloated and taken in to Fredrikshavn, Denmark in a leaky condition. She was placed under repair.[2]
Lucy  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued by the tug Harwich and the smack Volunteer (both  United Kingdom.[37]
Novo Luz do Dia  Portugal The schooner foundered off Porto Santo Island, Madeira with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to Oporto.[3]
Nuphar  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal.[3]
Pet  Western Australia The schooner collided with a sperm whale and sank with the loss of her captain 50 nautical miles (93 km) south west of Cape Leeuwin with the loss of her captain. Six survivors were rescued by Agincourt (Flag unknown). Pet was on a voyage from Bunbury to Melbourne, Victoria.[38]
Pioneer  United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged by fire at Wick, Caithness on or about 24 March.[36]
Richard Warbrick  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Karlowitz ( Austria-Hungary). Richard Warbrick was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Plymouth, Devon.[27]
Robert Jones  United Kingdom The barque sprang a leak and sank in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Holly Bough ( United Kingdom). Robert Jones was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[9]
Scotia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Fairlie, Ayrhire. She was later refloated.[36]
Sigred Flag unknown The ship sank off the Bahamas.[17]
Syrene  United Kingdom The derelict ship was driven ashore at Scool Ross, Isle of Mull, Inner Hebrides. .[11]
Times  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore in Loch Carnan.[12]
William and Thomas  United Kingdom The smack struck the wreck of Concordia ( Norway) off Dover, Kent and became waterlogged.[13]
Winschoten II  Netherlands The brigantine struck a sunken wreck and developed a severe leak. She was on a voyage from Aracaju, Peru to a Channel port. She put in to Bahia for repairs.[2]

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