List of shipwrecks in February 1876
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The list of shipwrecks in February 1876 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during February 1876.
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1 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Dalecarlia | ![]() |
The ship departed from Calcutta, India for London. No further trace, posted missing.[1] |
Glendale | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground in the Great Bitter Lake.[2] |
Hibernia | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground in the Farne Islands, Northumberland. She was refloated and taken into Lindisfarne, Northumberland, where she ran aground and became waterlogged. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to London or vice versa.[3] She broke in two on 5 February and was a total loss.[4] |
Javad | ![]() |
The steamship was wrecked at Jeddah, Hejaz Vilayet. She was on a voyage from Jeddah to the Persian Gulf.[5] |
North Sea Queen | ![]() |
The ship caught fire in Mabroy Bay and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Burtonport, County Donegal.[3] |
Susan | ![]() |
The 17-ton schooner went ashore on Waiheke Island when her cable parted. She became a total wreck.[6] |
2 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Amity | ![]() |
The brig ran aground on the Bally Edmond Bank, in the Carlingford Lough.[7] |
Borthwick | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground on the North Bank, in Dublin Bay. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Dublin.[8] |
Danzig | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on Nordstoe. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to Dantzic.[7] She had been refloated by 8 February with the assistance of a tug and resumed her voyage.[9] |
Gezina | ![]() |
The ship sprang a leak and was beached at North Sunderland, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Geestemünde to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom.[7] |
Mimosa | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore in the Nieuwe Diep. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Hamburg, Germany.[7] |
3 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Surprise | ![]() |
The A A Low & Brother-owned clipper ran aground and was wrecked at Kaneda Bay, Tokyo, Japan. |
4 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Dunluce Castle | ![]() |
The steamship collided with the steamship Fitzmaurice (![]() ![]() |
Surprise | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the Plymouth Rocks, off Nagasaki, Japan. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from New York to Yokohama, Japan.[4] |
5 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Ariel | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground off the coast of Haiti. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Port-au-Prince, Haiti. She was refloated.[12] |
Granada | ![]() |
The East Indiaman departed from Java, Netherlands East Indies for Queenstown, County Cork. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all sixteen crew.[13][14] |
Howsang | ![]() |
The ship caught fire at Shanghai and was scuttled.[4] |
Radiant | ![]() |
The ship departed from Calcutta, India for New York. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all 35 crew.[15] |
Silence | ![]() |
The ship was destroyed by fire at Maceió, Brazil.[4] |
Simpson | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground at Bürener. She was on a voyage from Bremerhaven to Bremen, Germany.[16] |
Venus | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Vila Nova de Milfontes, Portugal. Her crew were rescued.[16] |
6 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Buenos Aires | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground in the Elbe at Schulau. She was on a voyage form Hamburg to Brazil.[16] |
Emily | ![]() |
The barque was wrecked on the South Gar, off the mouth of the River Tees. Her eighteen crew were rescued by the Redcar Lifeboat Burton-on-Trent and the West Hartlepool Lifeboat Foresters' Pride (both ![]() |
Titania | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Lysegrund. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Copenhagen.[4] She floated off and drifted out to sea.[11] |
W. J. Hatfield | ![]() |
The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all but four of her 26 or 27 crew. Survivors were rescued by the barque Flooka (![]() |
7 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Acton | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground at Maassluis, South Holland.[4] She was refloated on 9 February with the assistance of a tug.[16] |
9 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Arthur L. | ![]() |
The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of her captain. Her crew were rescued by the barque Aquilla (![]() |
Auxiliary | ![]() |
The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocena (39°37′N 34°37′W / 39.617°N 34.617°W). Her crew were rescued by Blanche and Louisa (![]() |
Lady McDonald | ![]() |
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Port Elizabeth.[23] |
Prince of Wales | ![]() |
The tug suffered a boiler explosion and sank in the River Medway with the loss of two of her crew.[24] |
10 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Eugene Mathilde | ![]() |
The ship foundered off A Coruña, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure.[25] |
Hiram | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Ystad, Sweden to London.[25][26] |
11 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Angharad | ![]() |
The ship was towed into Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire in a sinking condition. She was on a voyage from Port Madoc, Caernarfonshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[25] |
Lancashire | ![]() |
The Mersey Ferry struck the landing stage at Liverpool, Lancashire and was severely damaged.[25] |
12 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Joannis | ![]() |
The brig named Joannis (and not Giovanni according to some sources) on voyage from Taganrog to Amsterdam wrecked and shattered at Noorderhaaks, the Netherlands.[27] The crew was rescued. In October 1876 the Dutch rescue workers received 250 Guilder that was sent from an unknown person from the East Indies.[28] |
Ardeer, and Marquis of Lorne |
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The steamships collided off Whitehaven, Cumberland and were both severely damaged. They put into Whitehaven. Ardeer was on a voyage from Whitehaven to Ardrossan, Ayrshire. Marquis of Lorne was on a voyage from Dublin to Maryport, Cumberland.[9] |
Astarte | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground on the Hittarp Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was refloated on 14 February and taken into Helsingør, Denmark.[29][9] |
Rose | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme, France.[9] She was refloated and towed into Saint-Valery-sur-Somme.[30] |
13 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Aspandus | ![]() |
The schooner ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was abandoned the next day. Her crew were rescued by the smack Prince of Orange (![]() |
Englishman | ![]() |
The schooner ran aground on the South Rock, in the Belfast Lough. She floated off and came ashore at Greenisland, County Antrim, where she was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by a lifeboat.[29][31] She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Plymouth, Devon.[21] |
Prince of Wales | ![]() |
The smack ran aground off Tobermory, Isle of Mull.[29] |
Queen of the Isles | ![]() |
The schooner ran aground on the Briggs. She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to Aberdeen. She was refloated.[29] |
Trader | ![]() |
The brigantine was wrecked in Dundrum Bay. Her four crew were rescued by the Newcastle Lifeboat Reigate (![]() |
14 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Caroline | ![]() |
The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her seven crew took to the boats. Four crew in one of the boats were rescued three days later by Caitloch (![]() ![]() |
Catherine | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Clandeboye, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Annalong, County Down to Greenock, Renfrewshire. She was refloated.[30] |
Town of Liverpool | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on Collier Hope. She was on a voyage from Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France to Whitby, Yorkshire.[29] |
15 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Aspendite | ![]() |
The brigantine was wrecked on the Kentish Knock. Her crew were rescued.[36] |
Bothnia | ![]() |
The steamship was destroyed by fire at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[37] |
Jennie Armstrong | ![]() |
The ship ran aground near Roche's Point, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Cork to Gloucester. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug but her captain was severely injured in an accident during the refloating.[18] |
16 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Embla | ![]() |
The barque ran aground in the South West Pass.[12] |
Eugenie | ![]() |
The brig collided with the steamship Ann Webster (![]() ![]() |
17 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Agioi Demetrius | ![]() |
The brig ran aground on the Brake Sand. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Genoa, Italy. She was refloated and taken into The Downs.[39] |
Coronella | ![]() |
The barque departed from Mauritius for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered in a cyclone with the loss of all nine crew.[40][41] |
Dragon | ![]() |
The steamship collided with the steamship Cambria (![]() ![]() |
Franconia, and Strathclyde |
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The steamship Strathclyde was rammed by the steamship Franconia and sank in the English Channel 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Dover, Kent with the loss of 38 of the 56 people on board. Survivors were rescued by Franconia, the barque Queen of the Nation (![]() ![]() |
Halifax | ![]() |
The passenger-cargo steamship ran ashore at Heligoland. She broke up in a storm on 15 March.[49] |
John Pegg | ![]() |
The schooner was run down and sank in the Thames Estuary off Shoeburyness, Essex with the loss of all five crew by the steamship Finchale (![]() |
Joseph Howe | ![]() |
The brigantine was driven ashore on Bere Island, County Cork and was wrecked with the loss of two of her six crew. She was on a voyage from Queenstown, County Cork to Falmouth, Cornwall.[39][50] |
Mary Bowen | ![]() |
The barque was driven ashore in Ballydowen Bay. She was refloated.[39] |
Maggie McNeil | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from the River Plate to Rio de Janeiro.[39] |
Norbiton | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from London to Cuxhaven, Germany.[39] |
Raven | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of Dover, Kent, United Kingdom. She was refloated the next day and towed into Dover by the tug Palmerston (![]() |
Royal Diadem | ![]() |
The barque ran aground on the Brake Sand. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Cape Town, Cape Colony. She was refloated and taken into The Downs.[39] |
18 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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John Ashbury | ![]() |
The lifeboat was severely damaged after rescuing crew members of the full-rigged ship Turkestan (![]() ![]() |
Rachel | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore in Largo Bay.[21] |
Turkestan | ![]() |
The full-rigged ship was driven ashore between Harlech and Port Madoc, Caernarfonshire with the loss of a crew member. Thirty of her crew were rescued by the Criccieth Lifeboat John Ashbury (![]() |
19 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Astrid | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Heligoland.[21] |
Augusta | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. Her five crew were rescued by the Fraserburgh Lifeboat Charlotte (![]() |
Avebury | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Oporto, Portugal. She was refloated.[54] |
Burriana | ![]() |
The steamship foundered off Terceira Island, Azores.[55] |
City of Mecca | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground on the Dingypalla Flat, in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Calcutta, India. She was refloated.[21] |
Etienne et Laurence | ![]() |
The barque collided with the barque St. Vincent de Paul (![]() |
Glenwood | ![]() |
The fishing schooner was sunk in a collision off Highland Lighthouse, Massachusetts. Her crew were rescued.[57] |
Java | ![]() |
The schooner ran aground at Dundrum, County Down. She was refloated the next day.[54][58] |
Sleipner | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground off Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Gothenburg. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[55] |
William Robertson | ![]() |
The brigantine sprang a leak in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned by her crew. Of two men in one of the boats, one survived to be rescued a week later by Conold (![]() |
20 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Onward | ![]() |
The brigantine was wrecked at Niarbyl, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Maryport, Cumberland.[60] |
St. Malo | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Calcutta, India.[54] |
21 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Amelie | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore in the River Duddon. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure to Rhyl, Denbighshire.[54] |
Baltic | ![]() |
The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at King's Cross Point, Isle of Arran. Her crew were rescued.[60] |
Cheshire, and Montana |
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The Mersey Ferry Cheshire collided with the steamship Montana in the River Mersey. Both vessels were severely damaged.[60] |
Coonatto | ![]() |
The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at the Crowlink Gap, Sussex and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Adelaide, South Australia to London. She broke up on 26 February.[61] |
Edith Throop | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Blackwall, Middlesex, United Kingdom. She was refloated.[58] |
Eduard | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Nibben". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Memel.[54] |
Emil | ![]() |
The ship ran aground at Liepāja, Russia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily, Italy to Liepāja.[54] |
Ferda | ![]() |
The barque capsized at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. She was on a voyage from Limerick, United Kingdom to Philadelphia.[60] |
Kate Harding | ![]() |
The barque ran aground on the Bulkhead Bar. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands to the Hampton Roads, Virginia.[60] She was refloated with the assistance of a tug.[62] |
Pride of Scotland | ![]() |
The tug was destroyed by fire at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.[54] |
22 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Dante | ![]() |
The schooner collided with Alberta and sank in the North Sea off the Newarp Lighthship (![]() |
Duna | ![]() |
The steamship was sunk by ice at Bolderāja.[60][64] |
Hero | ![]() |
The brigantine collided with the steamship Switzerland (![]() |
23 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Lammermuir | ![]() |
The East Indiaman was sighted whilst on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Demerara, British Guiana. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of 230 lives.[1][65][66] |
Norina | ![]() |
The barque ran aground at Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Ipswich. She was refloated.[67] |
Reine Hortense | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked in a hurricane at New Caledonia.[68] |
Shark | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Langeoog, Germany. She was on a voyage from Brake, Germany to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[69] |
24 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Edith Owen | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground at Horseshoe Point, in the River Avon. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[70] |
Jura | ![]() |
The ship ran aground and was damaged at Dundrum, County Down. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Dundrum.[70] |
William Caroline | ![]() |
The smack put into Bangor, County Down in a sinking condition. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Dumfries.[70] |
Winsome | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. Her five crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Las Palmas.[71] |
25 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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E. Waters | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Mossel Bay.[72] |
Jane | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore at Portpatrick, Wigtownshire. She was on a voyage from Bowling, Dunbartonshire to Caernarfon. She was refloated and placed under repair.[64] |
Rosa | ![]() |
The steamship was wrecked on Île Amsterdam with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Singapore, Straits Settlements.[73] Survivors were rescued by a fishing vessel on 27 March.[74] |
Unnamed | Flag unknown | The schooner was driven ashore on the Isle of Arran, United Kingdom.[64] |
26 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Arklow | ![]() |
The steamship was holed when her propeller shaft broke and was beached on the Leodes Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Waterford. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[75] |
Emilia and Jane | ![]() |
The schooner ran aground at New Ross, County Wexford. She was on a voyage from New Ross to Dublin. She was refloated on 28 February and resumed her voyage the next day.[76] |
Mendota | ![]() |
The barque was driven ashore at Barber's Point, in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Newhaven, Connecticut, to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and resumed her voyage.[75] |
27 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Addie M. Evans | ![]() |
The barque collided with the barque Maddie Chadman (Flag unknown) and ran aground on the Kalootbank, off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands.[75] |
Harlingen | ![]() |
The steamship struck the wreck of Strathclyde (![]() |
Linthorpe | ![]() |
The steamship foundered off Corrubedo, Spain with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from Huelva, Spainh to London.[77] |
Reverie | ![]() |
The smack was driven ashore and wrecked on the Linch Sands, Pembrokeshire with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to a French port.[75] |
Jessie McLeod | ![]() |
Canadian cargo ship, transporting oats from Nova Scotia Canada to Southwark, England, capsized 2 miles off the coast of Kerry Head in County Kerry,Ireland. |
Trafalgar | ![]() |
The barque was driven ashore on the Isle of Arran. She was refloated on 1 March and towed back to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[77] |
28 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Anna Botilda | ![]() |
The ship collided with Hekla (![]() |
Caprice | ![]() |
The pilot boat was run down and sunk off Bay Ridge, New York, by the steamship New Orleans (![]() |
Edie Waters | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Madeira.[78] |
Mary Belle | ![]() |
The steamboat was destroyed by fire at Vicksburg, Mississippi. All on board, more than 250 people, survived.[79][80] |
Nettle | ![]() |
The pilot boat was reported lying one mile (1.6 km) from the outer bar buoy in 4+1⁄2 fathoms (27 ft; 8.2 m) of water, with her bowsprit underwater in Pensacola Bay.[81] |
Pennsylvania | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore in the Bight of Newcastle 30 nautical miles (56 km) south of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[82] |
Reverie | ![]() |
The smack capsized in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all hands.[83] |
Trafalgar | ![]() |
The barque was driven ashore on the Isle of Arran. She was refloated on 2 March and towed back to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[12] |
29 February
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Ann Catherine | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Aberffraw, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Brazil to Liverpool, Lancashire.[84][12] |
Aria and Betsy | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked off "Poely", Menjangan Island, Netherlands East Indies. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Java, Netherlands East Indies to Amsterdam, North Holland.[77][84] |
Unknown date
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Albert | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at East London, Cape Colony. All on board were rescued.[20] |
Agate | ![]() |
The whaler a barque, was wrecked on an island in the Dampier Strait. All 17 people on board survived. They were rescued from the island on 2 March by the barque Panic (![]() |
Atlantic | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Lobos Island.[4] |
Battle Axe | ![]() |
The barque was damaged in a hurricane at San Francisco, California, before 17 February.[39] |
Cairo | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on Grand Bahama, Bahamas before 23 February. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Queenstown, County Cork.[70] |
Frithiof | ![]() |
The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 5 February with the loss of her captain. Nine survivors were rescued by Euclid (![]() |
George | ![]() |
The Thames barge collided with the steamship Estella (Flag unknown) and sank in the River Thames. She was refloated on 1 March and beached at East Greenwich.[77] |
Hannah and Mary | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Singapore, Straits Settlements. She was refloated and put back to Sunderland in a leaky condition.[20] |
Heiterdalen | ![]() |
The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 20 February.[64] |
Herder | ![]() |
The steamship was damaged by fire at New York, United States. She was on a voyage from New York to Hamburg, Germany.[86] |
Historian | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore at "Ushuff". She was refloated and taken into Suez, Egypt, where she arrived on 25 February.[64] |
Ilaska | ![]() |
The full-rigged ship was damaged in a hurricane at San Francisco sometime before 17 February.[39] |
James Wall | ![]() |
The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 26 February.[87] |
Jessie | ![]() |
The schooner ran aground at Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Gloucester. She was refloated and taken into Vlissingen in a leaky condition.[86] |
Johan | ![]() |
The brigantine foundered at sea with the loss of her captain. Five survivors were rescued by the barque Gethsemane (![]() |
Juhl | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at East London. Her crew were rescued.[88] |
Lady McDonald | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked in Algoa Bay.[20] |
La Victorine | ![]() |
The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued by Blair Drummond (![]() |
Le Baron | ![]() |
The ship was destroyed by fire off Cape Horn, Chile. Her crew were rescued.[77] She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Valparaíso, Chile.[12] |
Martinus en Henriette | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground on the Banjaard Sand, in the North Sea. She was refloated on 11 February and taken into Dortrecht, South Holland.[25] |
Medina | ![]() |
The ship ran aground at Port Royal, Jamaica. She was refloated.[54] |
Memento | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at East London. All on board were rescued.[20] |
Memphis | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore on the American coast. She was refloated.[29] |
Naponset | ![]() |
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Aurora (![]() |
Nervion | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground at Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées. She was on a voyage from Bilbao to Bayonne. She was refloated and temporary repairs were made with the intentio of returning to Bilbao for permanent repairs.[39] |
Niagara | ![]() |
The full-rigged ship was damaged in a hurricane at San Francisco before 17 February.[39] |
Patmos | ![]() |
The ship was destroyed by fire at sea before 19 February. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hull to Valparaíso.[54] |
Precursor | ![]() |
The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 18 February.[64] |
Presto | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore on the North Breakers before 17 February. She was on a voyage from Doboy, Georgia, to a British port.[39] |
Progress | ![]() |
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Galveston, Texas, to Liverpool, Lancashire.[9] |
Rosamond | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Barbadoes. Her crew survived.[39] |
Seaham | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Dunkerque, Nord. She was later refloated.[86] |
Stebonheath | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands before 17 February. She was on a voyage from Carthagena, Spain to Pensacola, Florida, United States.[39] |
Susanna | ![]() |
The koff was driven ashore on Texel, North Holland. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Harlingen, Friesland.[86] |
Two Brothers | ![]() |
The fishing smack was run down by a Norwegian barque and sank in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by the smack Blue Jacket (![]() |
Undaunted | ![]() |
The fishing smack was wrecked on the Stoney Binks, in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber. Her four crew were rescued by the Spurn Point Lifeboat.[91] |
Vernon | ![]() |
The barque was damaged in a hurricane at San Francisco before 17 February.[39] |
W. R. Grace | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Egremont, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California, to Liverpool.[86] |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 28740. London. 21 September 1876. col A, p. 10.
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