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List of shipwrecks in August 1877

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The list of shipwrecks in August 1877 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1877.

1 August

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List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1877
Ship State Description
Crawford  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the River Tyne. She was on a voyage form Quebec City, Canada to the River Tyne.[1]
Croft  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Amager, Denmark. She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark.[2]
Erimus  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme, France and was damaged.[2]
Guaycuru  Chile The steamship was driven ashore at Constitución.[3]
Rosario  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on Ouessant, Finistère, France. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Oran, Algeria to London.[4]
Oder  Germany The steamship caught fire at New York, United States and was severely damaged.[4]

2 August

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List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1877
Ship State Description
Comus  United Kingdom The ship was sighted whilst on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Demerara, British Guiana. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[5]
Genitore e Figli  Italy The brig sprang a leak and foundered off St. Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the cutter Ranger ( United Kingdom). Genitore e Figli was on a voyage from Marianople, Russia to Antwerp, Belgium.[2]
Grace A. Channon  United States The schooner was run into by the steam barge Champion ( United States) and sank with the loss of one of the four people on board.
Halton  United Kingdom The schooner foundered 2.5 nautical miles (4.6 km) south south west of The Lizard, Cornwall. Her three crew were rescued by Maiden Bower ( United Kingdom). Halton was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France to Gloucester.[2][6]
Island  Norway The barque was driven ashore at "Segerstad", Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Pori, Grand Duchy of Finland to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[2]
Zulu  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Peniche, Portugal. All on board were rescued.[2][7] She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Bombay, India.[8]

3 August

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List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1877
Ship State Description
Charger  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Belfast, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Belfast. She was refloated.[7]
Jane  United Kingdom The schooner foundered off the north coast of Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Brading, Isle of Wight.[9]
Lewis M. Lamb  United States The ship ran aground at Silloth, Cumberland, United Kingdom. She was refloated.[10]
Quiver  New Zealand The 20-ton ketch was struck amidships by the steamer Taranaki ( New Zealand) off Banks Peninsula, New Zealand and sank. Both crew were rescued by the Taranaki.[11]

5 August

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List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1877
Ship State Description
Ariadne  United Kingdom The ship departed from Calcutta, India for Hull, Yorkshire. No further trace, reported missing.[12]
Lillie Parsons Canada Canada The schooner sank after hitting rocks in the Saint Lawrence Seaway.
R. and T. Freeman Canada Canada The schooner was wrecked on Great Sand Cay.[13]

6 August

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List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1877
Ship State Description
Alpha  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London.[9]
Bencleugh  New Zealand The 66-ton schooner parted her cables at Macquarie Island, Tasmania during a fierce storm. One crew member suffered a major fracture of the thigh from which he died.[11]
Cheops  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked at Vingoria, India. She was on a voyage from Bombay to Carwar.[9]
Elizabeth Crooks  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Baldoyle, County Dublin. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Dublin.[9]
Friesland  Netherlands The steamship ran aground in the Nieuwe Waterweg. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Java, Netherlands East Indies. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[10]
Rays of Light  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She subsequently foundered 7 nautical miles (13 km) south south west of Blåvandshuk, Denmark.[14] She was on a voyage from Flores Island, Azores to Stettin, Germany.[15]

7 August

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List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1877
Ship State Description
Linnet  United Kingdom The schooner struck rocks and sank at the Isle of May, Fife. Her six crew survived.[16]
Lufra  Sweden The steamship ran aground on the Stubbegrunden, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Söderhamn to London, United Kingdom.[10]
One  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Margate, Kent.[9]
Queen Bee  United Kingdom The 726-ton barque ran aground on Farewell Spit, New Zealand with the loss of a crew member. Her passengers were rescued by the naval cutter HMS Aurora ( Royal Navy) from one of the ship's two boats, while the crew — who had taken to the other, less stable boat — were picked up by the steamship Manawatu ( New Zealand). Queen Bee was on a voyage from London to Nelson, New Zealand. She subsequently broke up.[17]

8 August

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List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1877
Ship State Description
Paul  Sweden The brig was driven ashore at Ostly, Öland. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Nyland.[18]

9 August

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List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1877
Ship State Description
Betty  Sweden The schooner was severely damaged in a storm in Wick Bay.[19]
Braes o' Moray  United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged in a storm in Wick Bay.[19]
Marchmont  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Holyhead, Anglesey.[20] She was later refloated and towed to Liverpool, Lancashire.[21]
Splendide  France The schooner was driven ashore at Tarifa, Spain,[18] or at Gibraltar. Also reported to have foundered off Cape San Antonio, Spain with her crew being rescued by Balkaire (Flag unknown). Splendide was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure to Barcelona, Spain.[22][23]

10 August

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List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1877
Ship State Description
Amalia  Italy The brig was abandoned off Cape St. Vincent, Portugal. Her crew were rescued by the brigantine Sanginel ( Spain). Amalia was on a voyage from Crete to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France.[24]
Fredrik Wilhelm  Germany The brig collided with the steamship Douglas ( United Kingdom) off Gävle, Sweden. Fredrik Wilhelm was on a voyage from Sundsvall, Sweden to Aberdeen, United Kingdom. She was consequently condemned.[25]
Hygeia  United Kingdom The barque departed from Alexandria, Egypt for Falmouth, Cornwall. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all ten crew.[26][27]
Slavomin  Austria-Hungary The barque ran aground on the Corton Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to Trieste. She was refloated with assistance and resumed her voyage.[24]

11 August

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List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1877
Ship State Description
Bewick  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Amager, Denmark. She was refloated with assistance.[24]
Cornhill  United Kingdom The barque was damaged by fire at South Shields, County Durham.[28]

12 August

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List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1877
Ship State Description
County of Stirling  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Futtah Sand, in the Hooghly River. She capsized and sank. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Hull, Yorkshire.[29]
Faith  United Kingdom The schooner arrived at Dundee, Forfarshire from Lindisfarne, Northumberland on fire. The fire was extinguished.[24]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The pilot boat was run down and sunk in the Bristol Channel between Lundy Island and Morte Point, Devon by the steamship Pelaw ( United Kingdom).[30]

13 August

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List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1877
Ship State Description
Robina Dunlop  New Zealand The 493-ton barque ran ashore at the mouth of the Turakina River, New Zealand and was wrecked. All fourteen people on board survived. She was on a voyage from Wellington to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies.[31][32]
Witch of the Wave  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on a reef off Choiseul Island, Solomon Islands and was abandoned by her crew. She broke up on 21 August.[33]
No. 9  Russia The lighter collided with a tug and sank in the Neva.[28]

14 August

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List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1877
Ship State Description
Abal  France The lugger was driven ashore at North Somercotes, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.[24]
Charles  United Kingdom The dumb barge was run into by the steamship Alethea ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames.[24]
Europa  Germany The barque was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Seaham, County Durham, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.[28]
Franklin  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Ardglass, County Down. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Ardglass.[34]
Isabella  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Pennington Spit, off the coast of Hampshire. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[28][35]
Providentia Arnt  Norway The ship struck the pier at IJmuiden, South Holland, Netherlands and became waterlogged.[24]
Queen of the Dart  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground in the Douro. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to London. She was refloated.[28][24]
Robin Hood  United Kingdom The trow was driven ashore and sank near "Kymin", Somerset. She was on a voyage from Bridgwater, Somerset to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[35][24]
Stentor  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Dantzic, Germany to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[28]
Wacousta  United Kingdom The barque ran aground at the mouth of the Guadalhorce. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Málaga, Spain. She was refloated and taken in to Málaga.[25]

15 August

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List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1877
Ship State Description
Azow  Norway The barque was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of North Berwick, Lothian, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.[34][35]
City of Havana  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Tuspan Reef. All on board were rescued. City of Havana was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Vera Cruz, Mexico, Havana, Cuba and New York, United States. She was abandoned as a total loss on 19 September.[36][37]
Eugenia  Norway The schooner was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Fife Ness, Fife, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Drammen to Leith, Lothian.[34][24]
Granton  United Kingdom The lighter sprang a leak and sank at Leith.[34]
Proven  Norway The barque was driven ashore at "Elleborg", Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Söderhamn, Sweden to Antwerp, Belgium.[34]
Waverley  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Inchkeith, Fife. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Leith. She was refloated and completed her voyage.[38]

16 August

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List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1877
Ship State Description
Amelia  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore south of Peniche, Portugal. She was refloated.[38]
Gem  United Kingdom The sloop ran aground on the Krantzand, in the North Sea off the German coast. She was on a voyage from Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire to Hamburg, Germany. She was refloated with assistance.[38]
Hygeia  United Kingdom The ship departed from Alexandria, Egypt for Falmouth, Cornwall. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all nine crew.[5]
N. K. Clements  United Kingdom The barque was run down and sunk 70 nautical miles (130 km) east of Gibraltar by Sané ( French Navy). Her crew were rescued by Sané. N. K. Clements was on a voyage from Torrevieja, Spain to Boston.[39]
Patria  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Pula, Austria-Hungary. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Pula. She was refloated with assistance from the steamship SMS Citon ( Austro-Hungarian Navy) and taken in to Pula.[40][41][42]
Uno  Sweden The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked on the Isla de Flores, Uruguay. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to Montevideo, Uruguay.[38]

17 August

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List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1877
Ship State Description
Belle  United States The fishing schooner was wrecked on Duck Island near Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Her crew were rescued.[43]
Gwendoline  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Queyriessand Bank, in the Gironde.[38][44]
Marie  Norway The barque was wrecked at Thisted, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands to Dram.[3]
Mecca  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore in the Krishna River.[38] She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Rangoon, Burma.[45] She was refloated on 21 August and towed in to Rangoon.[46]

18 August

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List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1877
Ship State Description
Aghios Spyridos  Germany The brig ran aground at the mouth of the Scarcies River. She was on a voyage from the Scarcies River to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[3]
Bertha Marie  Norway The yacht was driven ashore in the Weser. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[3]
Duesbury  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Arcas Shoals, off the coast of Mexico. Her crew were rescued.[47]
Echo  New Zealand The 27-ton schooner was wrecked at Raglan. She hit the bar at the mouth of Raglan Harbour, damaging her steering gear, and became stranded. Two crewmen drowned.[48]
Marie Flag unknown The barque was wrecked at Thisted, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands to Dram, Norway.[25]
Robina Dunlop Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore at "Wargames". All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wellington, New Zealand to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. She was a total loss.[40]

19 August

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List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1877
Ship State Description
Ada Romania United Principalities Russo-Turkish War: The steamship was deliberately run ashore on Papadia Island, in the Danube downstream of Rahova by her pilot. She was set afire to prevent capture by Ottoman forces.[49]
Ardeer  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Mew Island, Copeland Islands, County Down. She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire to Belfast, County Antrim.[3] She was refloated the next day and taken in to Belfast.[25]
Bertha Marie  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her ten crew took to two boats. Five crew in one of the boats were rescued by an American steamship. Those in the other boat were reported missing, presumed dead. Bertha Marie was on a voyage from Port-au-Prince, Haiti to Falmouth, Cornwall.[20]
Mable Harries  United Kingdom The schooner departed from Dundalk, County Louth for the River Duddon. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all three crew.[50]

20 August

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List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1877
Ship State Description
Carl  Germany The ship collided with a barque off the Falsterbo Lighthouse, Sweden and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure.[42] She was later refloated and towed in to Helsingborg, Sweden for repairs.[51]
Commodore  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Freshwater Ledge, in the English Channel off the coast of Dorset. She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to Hamburg, Germany.[40]
Lionel  New Zealand The 15-ton steamer foundered at the entrance to Whangape Harbour when she capsized after being hit by surging waves. Five crew were lost.[52]
Saguenay Canada Canada The ship ran aground 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) from Chicoutimi, Quebec. Her passengers were taken off by the steamship Union (Canada Canada).[53]

21 August

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List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1877
Ship State Description
Lorton Vale  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked in the Nun River. Her crew were rescued.[36][54]

22 August

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List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1877
Ship State Description
Hannah Coppack  United Kingdom The ship ran aground 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) south east of the Gunfleet Lightship ( Trinity House) and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to "Potness".[55][56]
St. David  United Kingdom The schooner capsized and sank between Flat Holm and Steep Holm islands, in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Wales to Bridgwater with esparto; the crew took to the shiip's boat.[57]
Vine  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Hallands Väderö, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Pillau, Germany. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[55]
Unnamed Flag unknown A schooner ran aground on the Longnose Rock, Margate, Kent, United Kingdom.[25]

23 August

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List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1877
Ship State Description
Fahrenheit  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at Falmouth, Jamaica.[10][58]

24 August

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List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1877
Ship State Description
Ada Iredal  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Cape Scala, Greece. She was on a voyage from Patras, Greece to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[21]
August Marie  Netherlands The schooner was wrecked at the mouth of the River Ythan. Her five crew survived.[59]
Gratitude  Netherlands The galiot collided with the schooner Otto ( Denmark) and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by Otto. Gratitude was on a voyage from Königsberg, Germany to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France. She was taken in to Calais, France in a derelict condition on 27 August.[60][61]
Montana  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at "Castillas", Uruguay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Montevideo, Uruguay. She was a total loss.[55][62]
Ville de Fuveau  France The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Cabezos, Spain. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to the Gambia Colony and Protectorate.[55][51][20] She was refloated with assistance from the tug Lion Belge (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Gibraltar) and resumed her voyage.[60]

25 August

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List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1877
Ship State Description
Auguste Marie  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Newburgh, Aberdeenshire and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Newburgh.[63]
Carisbrooke, and an
unnamed vessel
 United Kingdom The steamship Carisbrooke ran into and sank a barge at Portsmouth, Hampshire. Carisbrooke was on a voyage from Portsmouth to Southampton. She was severely damaged.[64]
Dunkeld  United Kingdom The lighter was holed whilst assisting to refloat the steamship Clanalpine ( United Kingdom) and sank at Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland.[55]
Lord Mar  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the paddle steamer Lord Elgin and ran aground at Alloa, Clackmannanshire. Lord Mar was on a voyage from Alloa to Leith, Lothian. She was refloated and completed her voyage.[65]
Nugget  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Brissons Rocks, off the coast of Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to Torquay, Devon. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to St. Ives, Cornwall in a severely leaky condition.[55]
Pride, and
Saturn
 United Kingdom The schooners collided in the Crosby Channel and were both severely damaged. They were towed in to Liverpool, Lancashire.[66][67]
Wilhelm Tell  Norway The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Understen, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall, Sweden to an Australian port.[55][51]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Tarifa, Spain.[55]
Unnamed Flag unknown The schooner was driven ashore near Penzance, Cornwall.[56]
Unnamed Flag unknown The smack capsized off Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom with the loss of both crew .[68]

26 August

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List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1877
Ship State Description
Glen Albyn  United Kingdom The barque, on a guano-collecting voyage from Melbourne, Victoria, drifted ashore on Surprise Island, New Hebrides and was wrecked; crew eventually reached New Caledonia, 300 nautical miles (560 km) away, in the ship's boats.[69]
Heimdall  Sweden The steamship collided with the steamship Alice Otto (Flag unknown) in the Garston Channel and was beached near Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Liverpool.[60] She broke in two and was declared a total loss.[70] She was refloated on 7 September and taken in to Liverpool.[63]
Robert Anderson  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Elgie Point, Caithness. She was refloated and taken in to Wick, Caithness in a leaky condition.[60][71]
Vision  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Saltfleet, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Emsworth, Hampshire.[55][66]

27 August

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List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1877
Ship State Description
Arturo  Spain The barque ran aground on Lundy Island, Devon, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from "Formas" to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Ilfracombe, Devon in a sinking condition.[70][72]
Boris  Russia The steamboat was run into by the steamboat Kormeeletz ( Russia) and sank in the Volga with the loss of more than 120 lives.[73]
Berwickshire  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Hong Kong. She was on a voyage from Saigon, French Indo-China to Manila, Spanish East Indies.[60] She was refloated on 29 August and towed in to Hong Kong.[61][21]
Candeur  Norway The barque was driven ashore on Anholt. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Pillau, Germany. She was refloated with the assistance of a steamship.[74]
County of Sutherland  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Hooghly River.[60] She was refloated.[70]
Dorothea Elizabeth  United Kingdom The yacht ran aground and sank in Yell Sound.[60]
Hertha  Germany The galiot ran aground on the Nais Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[60][75]
Jeltina  Netherlands The ship was wrecked on the Blaauwe Slenk, off the coast of Friesland.[75] Her crew were rescued. SHe was on a voyage from Harlingen, Friesland to a Baltic port.[72]
Johann  Germany The barque was driven ashore at Cebu, Spanish East Indies. She was on a voyage from Nagasaki, Japan to Cebu. She was refloated.[60]
Kents Bank  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship departed from Manila for New York, United States. No further trace, reported missing.[76]
Natividad  Spain The brigantine foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Tage ( France). Natividad was on a voyage from Bremen, Germany to Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.[77][68]
Peter Jebsen  Norway The steamship ran aground at Stubben, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hudiksvall to Cardiff. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[60][70]
Supply  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Dutchman's Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Caernarfonshire. Her crew were rescued by the Penmon Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Cork to Liverpool, Lancashire.[60]
Vermont  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Tenasserim Island, Burma.[70]
600  Russia The lighter sank at Cronstadt.[60]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on The Shingles, off the north Kent coast.[60]

28 August

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List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1877
Ship State Description
Giuseppe  Italy The schooner capsized in a squall in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of two of her four crew. Survivors took to a boat; they were rescued on 10 September by the schooner Maud Barber ( United States). Giuseppe was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Truxillo.[78]
Hansine Marie  Denmark The ship was abandoned off Gotland, Sweden in a sinking condition. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Concordia ( Germany).[36]
Harmoni  Norway The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom. Her five crew survived. She was on avoyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom to Mandal, Norway.[70][79]
Queen United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey The schooner was wrecked on Ouessant, Finistère, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from A Coruña, Spain to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[55]

29 August

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List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1877
Ship State Description
Anafesto  Italy) The ship collided with the steamship Zero ( United Kingdom) and sank off Cape Spartivento. Her crew were rescued.[80]
Mentor  Norway The barque was wrecked at "Dragoumast", Russia. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Cronstadt, Russia.[81][21][74]
Splendid  France The brig foundered off Cape San Antonio, Spain. Her crew were rescued by Balkaire (Flag unknown). Splendid was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure to Barcelona, Spain.[61]
Vigilant  Norway The schooner foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Cairnrankie ( United Kingdom).[81]

30 August

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List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1877
Ship State Description
Edward Saul  United Kingdom The ship was damaged by fire whilst on a voyage from "Port Lavan" to Runcorn, Cheshire. She put in to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.[21]
Fannie  United Kingdom The ship departed from the Tonalá River for a British port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[5]
George Peabody  United Kingdom The ship sank in a squall off West Arichat, Nova Scotia, Canada with the loss of six of her nine crew.[82]
Rose  France The schooner ran aground at Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure to Newport.[21]

31 August

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List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1877
Ship State Description
Louise  Germany The schooner was driven ashore on Inchgarvie, in the Firth of Forth.[77]
Maitland  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at "Walsoarne", in the Gulf of Bothnia.[62]
Marion  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore on Belle Isle, Newfoundland Colony. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Peruvia ( United Kingdom). Marion was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Quebec City. She was a total loss.[83][84]
Star of Hope  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the steamship Bradley and foundered off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Bradley. Star of Hope was on a voyage from Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex to Hartlepool, County Durham.[85]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in August 1877
Ship State Description
Adela  United Kingdom The brig ran aground at Niuzhuang (Niuchang), China. It was reported that she would probably be condemned.[35]
Aghios Spyridon  Germany The brig ran aground at the mouth of the Scarcies River. She was on a voyage from the Scarcies River to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône France.[86]
Alice France Mauritius The schooner was wrecked on "Soimba Island". Her crew were rescued.[77]
Annie Fleming  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at "Schooner Pond", Nova Scotia, Canada. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Ardrossan, Ayrshire.[77]
Boston  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough to Stettin, Germany.[87]
Carbon  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Ceuta, Spain. She was on a voyage from Algiers, Algeria to Pomaron, Portugal. She was refloated and taken in to Gibraltar in a leaky condition.[10]
Clanalpine  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland.[55]
Corunna  Spain The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Jutland. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but put in to Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland on 18 August in a leaky condition.[40]
Crested Wave  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Fuzhou, China. She was on a voyage from Fuzhou to the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Colony. She was refloated and taken in to Amoy, China, where she arrived on 18 August. She was repaired.[3][25]
Dispacchio  Italy The steamship was wrecked on the Porei Shoals, off Trapani, Sicily, All 150 people on board were rescued.[22]
Dobhran  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Raasay, Outer Hebrides.[81] She was refloated on 11 September and beached at "Poul Doin", Ross-shire. She was placed under repair, and departed for the Clyde on 15 September.[88][89]
Dragon, and
HMS Frolic
 China
 Royal Navy
The steamship Dragon collided with the gunboat HMS Frolic. She was on a voyage from Shanghai to Nagasaki, Japan and was damaged. She put back to Shanghai. HMS Frolic was severely damaged and was beached.[44]
Edith  South Australia The ship was wrecked on the coast of South Australia with the loss of five lives.[56]
Elpis  Greece The brig ran aground at Longobardi, Italy.[22]
Faith United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey The brig ran aground on The Shingles, in the Thames Estuary. She was on a voyage from Guernsey to London. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Vigilant ( United Kingdom) and taken in tow for London[75][90]
Flora  United Kingdom The barque was destroyed by fire at sea with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by the steamship Counsellor ( United Kingdom). Flora was on a voyage from the Clyde to Bombay, India.[81]
Friede  Germany The brig ran aground on the Lillegrund, in the Baltic Sea.[68] She was refloated on 1 September with the assistance of a steamship and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark.[62]
Gathorne  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Bornholm, Denmark and was damaged. She was refloated.[24]
Helen  United Kingdom The steam yacht was driven ashore at Little Scar, in Luce Bay.[45] She was refloated with assistance from the tug Fury ( United Kingdom) and towed in to the Isle of Whithorn, Wigtownshire in a severely leaky condition.[44][42]
John Henry  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at the mouth of the Chiltepee River. She was on a voyage from Mexico to an English port.[91]
Kenilworth  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked 20 nautical miles (37 km) west of Cape Norman, Newfoundland Colony. All on board took to a boat; they were rescued on 27 August by the steamship Sarmatian ( United Kingdom). Kenilworth was on a voyage from Quebec City to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[61][92]
Liffey  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Maldives. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Mauritius to Calcutta, India.[62]
Louisa Alois  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore on Anholt, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Turku, Grand Duchy of Finland.[93]
Madras  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Greenock to Quebec City. She was refloated and completed her voyage.[25]
Mecca  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Krishna Shoa, in the Bay of Bengal. She was refloated. The cause was attributed to the collapse of the Krishna Lighthouse, which had occurred a few days before.[94]
Murillo Flag unknown The ship was wrecked near "Coneje". She was on a voyage from "Honda" to "Coneje".[56]
New Orleans  United States The steamship was driven ashore at Cape Canaveral, Florida. She was on a voyage from New York to New Orleans, Louisiana. She was refloated and completed her voyage.[75]
Normanby  United Kingdom The steamship struck a sunken rock and was beached in the Percy Islands, Queensland.[95]
Othere  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on Isle Madame, Nova Scotia She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada.[61] She was refloated.[39]
Peri  Queensland The ship foundered off Double Island Point before 20 August.[42]
Plover  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony. She was refloated.[25]
Ruhtinas Russian Empire Grand Duchy of Finland The barque home port Nystad, master A. Andersson, was wrecked on unknown rock at N 15 44' E 110 22' in the South China Sea. Her crew took to the boats; a British ship rescued them two days later. She was on a voyage from Bangkok, Siam to Hong Kong.[96][97]
Sea Star  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on a reef in the Pacific Ocean before 7 August. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Nagasaki to Falmouth, Cornwall.[9]
Sinerab  France The steamship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to "Barbarg".[24]
Sistrallofer  Sweden The ship was driven ashore at "Dragoumast", Russia. She was on a voyage from Rossano, Italy to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[21]
Swallow  United Kingdom The brigantine was wrecked at White Point, Nova Scotia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Madeira to Halifax, Nova Scotia.[34]
Thyra, and
Henry Bolckow
 Denmark
 Germany
The steamships collided off Falsterbo, Sweden and were both severely damaged. Both vessels put in to Falsterbo. Thyra was on a voyage from Königsberg, Germany to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[24]
Wanakoura Maru  Japan The steamship struck rocks off Diamond Point and was severely damaged. She was taken in to Yokosuka for repairs.[98]
William Tell  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall, Sweden to Australia.[20]

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