List of shipwrecks in January 1873
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The list of shipwrecks in January 1873 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during January 1873.
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1 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Clyde | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground, capsized and sank at Leith, Lothian. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Leith.[1] |
Flying Cloud, and Louise Angelo |
United Kingdom France |
The brig Flying Cloud collided with the schooner Louise Amelie and sank off Ouessant, Finistère. Her crew were rescued by Star of Persia ( United Kingdom). Louise Angelo was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Les Sables-d'Olonne, Vendée to Glasgow. She put in to Cherbourg, Manche.[2][3][4] |
Two Brothers | United Kingdom | The smack was run ashore at Yorkshire. She was refloated. Her captain was acquitted of a charge of wilfully running her ashore and failing to do his best to preserve life and property, contrary to Section 239 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1854.[5] |
Tuscarora | United States | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km) off Lisbon, Portugal with the loss of seventeen of her 27 crew. Survivors were rescued the steamship Express ( United Kingdom). Tuscarora was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[6][7][8] |
Western Star | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Wembury, Devon. Her crew were rescued.[9] |
Unnamed | Flag unknown | The schooner collided with the steamship Gazelle ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Crosby Channel.[10] |
2 January
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Ancilla | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the "St. Helen's Bar". She was on a voyage from the Bull River to Belfast, County Antrim. She was refloated and found to be leaky.[1] |
Ann | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground near Corran, Inverness-shire. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Belfast, County Antrim. She was refloated and taken in to Corran.[1] |
Bjorn | Norway | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom.[11] |
Caspar | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Monkstone, in the Bristol Channel off the coast of Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Shediac, New Brunswick, Canada to Gloucester. She was refloated and taken in to Bristol, Gloucestershire in a leaky condition.[1] |
Erie | United States | The steamship was destroyed by fire off Pernambuco, Brazil. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to New York.[12][4][13] |
Norrie Kirwan | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Sutton, County Dublin. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New Ross, County Wexford to Waterford.[1] |
Peru | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship collided with Empire ( United States) in the English Channel 16 nautical miles (30 km) off Portland, Dorset and was severely damaged. No further trace.[14][15] |
Recompense | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with a smack and was run ashore at Littlestone, Kent. She was on a voyage from Trouville, Seine-Inférieure, France to South Shields, County Durham.[9] |
Western Star | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Wembury, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Zakynthos, Greece to Plymouth, Devon.[15] |
3 January
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Angelov | Italy | The barque was driven ashore at Moville, County Donegal, United Kingdom.[1] |
Aurora | Norway | The ship ran aground on the Tjombaaern. She was refloated and assisted in the Vallø, Denmark.[16] |
Bismarck | Portugal | The schooner collided with the steamship Tagus ( Portugal) and sank off Belém.[16] |
Cintra | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Cabodello Point, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Oporto, Portugal. She was refloated on 26 February.[17] |
Isabetita | Germany | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Havana, Cuba. She was refloated and towed in to Ramsgate, Kent in a leaky condition.[1] |
Sir Francis | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hampton, New Jersey, United States. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.[18][19][20] |
4 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Carmen | Norway | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by the steamship Adriatic ( United Kingdom). Carmen was on a voyage from Saint George, New Brunswick, Canada to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[12] |
H. L. Gilliatt | Canada | The brig was wrecked on reefs off Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Cienfuegos, Cuba.[21] |
Santa Anta | Spain | The brig was wrecked on Amrum, Germany. She was on a voyage from Manzanillo, Cuba to Bremen, Germany.[18] |
5 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Helena | Germany | The schooner collided with the steamship Isabel ( France) and sank with the loss of all but her captain. Helena was on a voyage from a Dutch port to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[22] |
J. Steel, and Lucide |
United Kingdom | The schooner Lucide collided with the barque J. Steel at Queenstown, County Cork and both vessels were damaged. They collided again the next day; J. Steel was severely damaged at the stern, Lucide was severely damaged at the bows.[23] |
Killala | United Kingdom | The steamship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Norman ( United Kingdom). Killala was on a voyage from Harlingen, Friesland, Netherlands to Leith, Lothian.[2][24] |
Sisters | United Kingdom | The brigantine caught fire in The Downs and sank. Her six crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France.[18][25] |
Valid | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked off St. Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight with the loss of all nine crew.[26] She came ashore at "Rockin End", Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Grenada to London.[18] |
6 January
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Addison Gilbert | United States | The fishing schooner was sunk in a collision with sloop M. M. Hamilton ( United States) in the harbor of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, a total loss. Crew got on board Hamilton as their ship sank.[27] |
Agnes | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at "Largsbeg", Isle of Arran. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Carrickfergus, County Antrim to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[2][23] |
Anna Lassen | Sweden | The brig collided with the full-rigged ship Lake St. Clair ( United Kingdom) and sank off Cape Finisterre, Spain with the loss of three of her ten crew. Survivors were rescued by Lake St. Clair. Anna Lassen was on a voyage from Gävle to New York, United States.[28] |
Charles | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Arklow Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow with the loss of all six crew. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Dundalk, County Louth.[29] |
Day Spring | New South Wales | The schooner was wrecked on a reef off "Aneilcum". All on board were rescued.[30] |
Eaglescliffe | United Kingdom | The steamship was sighted off Cromer, Norfolk whilst of a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Dunkerque, Nord, France. No further trace,[31] presumed foundered with the loss of all ten crew.[32] |
Holsatia | Germany | The steamship ran aground in Plymouth Sound west of Drake's Island. Her 57 passengers were taken off by the tender Volunteer ( Germany). Holsatia was on a voyage from New York to Hamburg. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[26][33] |
Jane Harrison | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by Johannes ( Norway). Jane Harrison was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Valparaíso, Chile.[34][35] |
Marseilles | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Ridge, in Cloughty Bay. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to the Clyde.[18] The derelict vessel was towed in to Rothesay Bay on 17 January by the tugs Flying Huntsman, Flying Meteor, Flying Sprite, and Flying Sylph (all United Kingdom).[36][37] Marseille was towed in to Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire on 13 March.[38] |
St. Michael | Canada | The ship was wrecked at Skibbereen, County Cork.[39] |
Timandra | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Allonby, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Maryport, Cumberland.[2] |
Wallace | United States | The barque was destroyed by fire in Tor Bay. A crew member was reported missing. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[26][40] |
7 January
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Carbonic | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with another steamship in the Firth of Clyde 6 nautical miles (11 km) off the Cloch Lighthouse, Renfrewshire. She put in to Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire sinking at the bows.[41] |
Clara | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground in a cyclone at Mauritius. She was refloated.[42] |
Enterprise | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Sagua la Grande, Cuba. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to a port in Cuba.[43] |
Margaret | New Zealand | The 22-ton cutter capsized close to Tokomaru Bay during a storm. Two of the four crew made it ashore safely, but the captain and mate were drowned.[44] |
Nimrod | Mauritius | The ship was driven ashore in a cyclone at Mauritius.[42] She had been refloated by 22 February.[45] |
Pladda | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Goldestone Sands, off Emmanuel Head, Northumberland. A boat with eight people on board left the ship and reached the coast safely. Pladda was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated and put in to Lindisfarne, Northumberland, where she sank. All on board were rescued.[2][46][47] |
Surcouf | France | The barque was wrecked on a reef off Nouméa, New Caledonia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle, New South Wales to New Caledonia.[48][49] |
Unrestricted | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at "Whitewall", County Kerry.[16] |
Valleda | France | The barque was driven ashore near "Drumore", Wigtownshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Tristan da Cunha.[2] |
Volunteer | United Kingdom | The steamship sank at Hebburn, County Durham.[16] |
8 January
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Danube | Guernsey | The brigantine ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex.[39] |
Hannah | United States | The ship was driven ashore at "Udo". She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to a Danish port.[16] |
Kate Carnie | United States | The ship ran aground on "Stooklimp", in the Strait of Sunda. She was on a voyage from Fuzhou, China to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was refloated and taken in to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies, where she was beached.[39] |
Semaphore | United Kingdom | The ship was sighted off Whitehaven, Cumberland whilst on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Calcutta, India. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[50] |
9 January
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Avenger | United Kingdom | The ship foundered 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Tobago. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Scarborough, Yorkshire to Barbados.[51] |
Bessie Searight | United Kingdom | The brig foundered off the Amherst Rocks, off the coast of China.[52] |
Laconia | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Dardanelles near Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire.[22] |
Patriot | Norway | The ship struck a sunken rock and sank off Agerø, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dysart, Fife, United Kingdom to Drammen.[22][53] |
Sif | Norway | The schooner struck a rock and sank at Gamle Hellesund. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Charlestown, Cornwall, United Kingdom to Christiania.[22] |
10 January
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Euphemia | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Tuskar Rock. She was towed in to Kingstown, County Dublin in a waterlogged condition.[22][53] |
Sedan | Germany | The steamship struck a reef and sank 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off "Reef Island". She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Shanghai, China. Some of her passengers and crew were reported missing.[22][53] |
Wanderer | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on a reef off Punta San Francisquito, Mexico. She was abandoned by her crew on 13 January. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Mayaguez, Puerto Rico.[54][55] |
12 January
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American Congress | United States | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all 27 crew.[56] |
Priam | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Shanghai, China. She was refloated on 15 January.[57] |
13 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Active, and Alma |
United Kingdom | The sloop Active collided with the schooner Alma off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Both vessels sank. Active was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Ipswich, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Dart ( United Kingdom). Alma was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Chichester, Sussex. Her crew landed at Flamborough Head.[58][59] |
Concha | Spain | The ship was wrecked at Tenerife, Canary Islands with the loss of a crew member.[60] |
Donna Maria | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore. She was refloated and towed in to Larne, County Antrim by the steamship Alexander ( United Kingdom).[58] She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Coquimbo, Chile. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[61] |
Egyptian | United Kingdom | The steamship was damaged by fire at Liverpool.[58] |
George Steele | United States | The cargo schooner was lost in a gale, sixty miles from Baracoa. Crew saved.[62] |
Glenaln | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Lisbon, Portugal for Hull, Yorkshire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[63] |
Mary | United Kingdom | The steamship departed from Gibraltar for Falmouth, Cornwall. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[17] She may have collided with Grecian ( United Kingdom), with both ships foundering with the loss of all hands.[64] |
Pascal | France | The ship departed from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom for Le Moule, Guadeloupe. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[65] |
Varuna | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Rowantree ( United Kingdom), which put nine of her own crew on board with the intention of taking her in to Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands. Varuna was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool.[66] |
14 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Elizabeth A. Oliver | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in Struys Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Shanghai, China to New York, United States.[67][68] |
Glenduror | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of Seascale, Cumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Manila, Spanish East Indies to Liverpool, Lancashire.[58][69][70] She broke in two on 19 January.[71] |
Nick King | United States | The steamship foundered. All on board were rescued.[72] |
Ocean | France | The barque was driven ashore between Dover and Folkestone, Kent, United Kingdom.[58] She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord to Philipville, Algeria.[69] She was refloated on 16 January and towed in to Dover.[57] |
Tinverelly | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk.[58] She was refloated and found to be leaky.[70] |
Zima | United Kingdom | The ship was severely damaged by fire at New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.[70] |
Unnamed | United States | The barque was driven ashore at Hartland Point, Devon, United Kingdom in a capsized condition. All hands were lost.[58][73] |
15 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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County of Lanark | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north of Gijón, Spain. She was on a voyage from Java, Netherlands East Indies to a Dutch port.[74] |
Durham Castle | United Kingdom | The steamship departed from Holyhead, Anglesey for Malta. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all 27 crew.[75][76] |
Ellen Rose | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Les Sables-d'Olonne, Vendée, France for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[63] |
Empress of the Seas | United Kingdom | The ship was sighed in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Calcutta, India to the Clyde. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[77] |
16 January
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Ane Mathie | Denmark | The ship was driven ashore at Skallingen. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Esbjerg.[12] |
Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the East Barrow Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex.[12] |
Hoopoe | United Kingdom | The sloop collided with the steamship Mauritania ( United Kingdom) and sank at Cardiff, Glamorgan.[78] She was refloated on 20 January and taken in to Cardiff.[79] |
Knight Templar | United Kingdom | The steamship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 100 nautical miles (190 km) west of The Lizard, Cornwall. She was on her maiden voyage, from Cardiff to Bombay, India.[80] |
17 January
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Ariadne | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Liverpool, Lancashire for St. Ubes, Portugal. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[81] |
Ems | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Shoebury, Essex.[71] |
Franklin A. | United States | The cargo schooner was run down and sunk by schooner E. B. Phillips off Falkland Island, Long Island Sound. Crew saved.[82] |
Texas | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Boston, Massachusetts, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Boston.[20] |
18 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Amelia | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Swansea, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Swansea to Huelva, Spain.[71] She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[83] |
Culzean | United Kingdom | The ship was driven into shallow water at Dundee, Forfarshire and ran aground. She was refloated and taken in to Dundee.[84] |
Eliza | United Kingdom | The lighter sank at Helensburgh, Renfrewshire.[71] |
Fanny | Russia | The brig capsized in a squall. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. She was beached at Hull.[71][85][86] |
James | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Arbroath, Forfarshire. Her four crew were rescued by the Arbroath Lifeboat People's Journal No. 2 ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Arbroath.[84][86] |
Jane Edwards | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Arbroath.[84] |
Magnet | Germany | The paddle tug sank off Schiermonnikoog, Friesland, Netherlands with the loss of six of her ten crew. Survivors were rescued by Twee Gebroeders ( Netherlands). Magnet was on a voyage from Geestemünde to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom.[42][87][88] |
Merle | United Kingdom | The barque was driven into Deal Pier, Kent; both were severely damaged. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Lucia and Dominica. Although declared a loss, she was extracted on 1 February and towed in to the River Thames. She was repaired and returned to service.[89][90][91] |
Nova Palmeira | Portugal | The barque was wrecked at Oporto. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pará, Brazil to Oporto.[34][83] |
Ouizeau | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Liverpool.[71] |
Refondo | Norway | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Tønsberg.[92] |
Sentinel | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Heligoland. She was refloated and taken in to the Elbe.[71] |
Zwei Gebruder | Germany | The ship was wrecked near Cuxhaven. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Brake.[71] |
Unnamed | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked on the Wittsand, in the North Sea.[71] |
19 January
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Alarm | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with the barque Nimrod ( United Kingdom) and sank in The Downs with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Rye, Sussex.[90] |
Arcadia | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship Mendoza ( United Kingdom) in the River Mersey and was severely damaged. She was towed in to Liverpool, Lancashire by the tug Iron King ( United Kingdom) and sank at the stern. Arcadia was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to Liverpool.[34][90] |
Captain Hathorn | United Kingdom | The brig collided with the steamship Mazeppe ( United Kingdom and sank in the Bristol Channel off Penarth, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued. Captain Hathorn was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Workington, Cumberland.[34] |
Cariboo | France | The barque was driven against the quayside in a hurricane at Aspinwall, United States of Colombia, severely damaging the quayside.[93][94] |
Charles H. Kelly | United States | The schooner was driven ashore in a hurricane at Aspinwall.[93] |
Jane Morgans | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Penmon, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Swansea.[71] |
J. W. Halls | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven into a French steamship and damaged in a hurricane at Aspinwall.[94] |
Desirande | France | The steamship was driven into by the steamship Tasmanian ( United Kingdom) and was severely damaged in a hurricane at Aspinwall.[95] |
Gilmore Meredith | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at Aspinwall.[95] Two would-be rescuers were drowned when their boat capsized as they rowed out to the wreck.[96][94] |
Leugalglia | Italy | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Dublin, United Kingdom to Genoa.[34] |
Mischief | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with Augia (Jersey) and sank in The Downs.[90][35] |
Orient | United States | The barque was driven against the quayside in a hurricane at Aspinwall, severely damaging the quayside.[93][94] She consequently sank.[95] |
Richard | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Cap Arcona, Germany. She was on a voyage from Dysart, Fife to Wismar, Germany. She was refloated.[61] |
Rose | United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked on the Kentish Knock. Her crew were rescued by a smack. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Portsmouth, Hampshire and/or Ryde, Isle of Wight. She may have struck a sunken wreck.[97][34][90][98] |
Royal Arch | United States | The schooner was severely damaged in a hurricane at Aspinwall.[93] She consequently sank.[94] |
Spray | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship John Fenwick ( United Kingdom) and was beached at Cardiff.[34] |
Three unnamed vessels | Flags unknown | Two barques and a brig were driven ashore in a hurricane at Aspinwall.[93][96] |
Three unnamed vessels | United States of Colombia | The coastal schooners sank in a hurricane at Aspinwall.[94] |
20 January
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Belle Isle | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Sizewell Bank and foundered in the North Sea off Southwold, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by the Southwold Lifeboat Quiver No. 2 ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Belle Isle was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Southampton, Hampshire.[34][35][86] |
Bismarck | Cape Colony | The steamship, a coaster, was driven ashore and wrecked 8 nautical miles (15 km) west of the mouth of the Keiskamma River. She was on a voyage from Table Bay to a port in the Colony of Natal.[99][100][101] |
Haabet | Denmark | The schooner was wrecked at Hirsholmene.[90] |
Formosa | United States | The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Manila, Spanish East Indies to Boston, Massachusetts. She was refloated and taken in to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies in a leaky condition.[90] |
Mary Russell | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dunwich, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.[34] She was on a voyage from Ängelholm, Sweden to London.[83] |
Nerio | Jersey | The ship ran aground at St. Ives, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France to Clonakilty, County Cork. She was refloated and found to be leaky.[102] |
Perseverance | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Thorpeness, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[83] |
Vrye Handel | Netherlands | The ship was lost off Frontera de Tobasco, Mexico.[52] |
Whirlwind | New Zealand | The ship ran aground at Batavia. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Dunedin. She was refloated and found to be leaky.[34] |
Wild Flower | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cap de la Chèvre, Finistère, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Oran, Algeria to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[34] |
21 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Chance | Jersey | The ship foundered off Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France. Her crew were rescued.[61] |
Genero Ferrari | Italy | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Ouessant, Finistère, France. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Isis ( United Kingdom).[103] |
Giovanni Cabotto | Italy | The ship was abandoned off Vigo, Spain. Her crew were rescued.[104] |
John Rosser | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Sestri Levante, Italy. Her crew were rescued.[3] |
Peru | United Kingdom | The collier, a full-rigged ship, collided with the barque Gertrudis ( Spain) was abandoned in the Bay of Biscay south of Arcachon, Gironde France. Thirteen crew were rescued by Astrea ( United Kingdom), others may have been rescued by Gertrudis. Peru was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[104][105] |
Union Bayonnaise | France | The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Basses-Pyrénées. She was on a voyage from Bayonne to Antwerp, Belgium.[3] Union Bayonnaise was refloated on 14 May and taken in to Saind-Jean-de-Luz.[106] |
22 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Eliza Fox | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Douarnenez, Finistère, France. Her crew were either rescued, or lost. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to A Coruña, Spain.[3][61] |
Flandre | United Kingdom | The brigantine was wrecked on the Breedt Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of West Flanders, Belgium. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Dunkerque, Nord, France.[107][108] |
Julia | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at the Point of Ayre, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Morecambe, Lancashire to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[102] |
Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Folkestone, Kent. She was refloated with assistance.[61] |
Northfleet | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship sank with the loss of 293 lives after being rammed while at anchor in thick fog by the steamship Murillo ( Spain) three miles off Dungeness, Kent. There were 86 survivors rescued by the tug City of London, the pilot boat Princess and the lugger Mary (all ( United Kingdom). Murillo failed to offer assistance and left the scene.[109][110] |
Reine des Anges | France | The ship was wrecked at Barbâtre, Finistère. Her crew were rescued.[3] |
23 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Belle | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay. Her crew were rescued by Winsome ( United Kingdom). Belle was on a voyage from Santander, Spain to Dublin.[111] |
Bertha | Germany | The ship was beached at Thurso, Caithness, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.[61] |
Cebello | Spain | The brig was wrecked north of Cap Ferret, Gironde, France with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Santander.[92][112] |
Fairy | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. She was on avoyage from Goole, Yorkshire to Budle Bay.[61] She was later refloated with assistance.[4] |
Greenwood | United Kingdom | The steamship was destroyed by an explosion at Penarth, Glamorgan.[3] |
Jane | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at the entrance to the Larne Lough. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Londonderry.[3][61] |
Mirfield | United Kingdom | The ship struck a sunken wreck and was damaged. She put in to Gibraltar in a leaky condition.[113] |
Peru | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned off Arcachon, Gironde, France. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[92] |
Pyrus | United Kingdom | The barque departed from the River Tyne for Ancona, Kingdom of Italy. Subsequently foundered with the loss of all hands; wreckage washed up a Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk in February.[114] |
Talisman | United Kingdom | The steamship foundered 48 nautical miles (89 km) northwest of The Burlings Archipelago off the coast of Portugal with the loss of twelve of the 27 people on board.[115][116] Survivors were rescued by the schooner Eugenie ( United Kingdom).[42] Talisman was on a voyage from Santos, Brazil to Hamburg, Germany.[3][117] |
24 January
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Amelia | France | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Bel Steuart ( United Kingdom). Amelia was on a voyage from Cap-Haïtien, Haiti to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[118] |
Amelie | France | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Royal ( United Kingdom). Amelie was on a voyage from Hayle, Cornwall, United Kingdom to La Rochelle, Charente-Inférieure.[104] |
Andreas | Greece | The barque was abandonedin the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of four of her crew. Survivors were rescued by the brig Poseidon ( United Kingdom). Andreas was on a voyage from Constanţa, Ottoman Empire to Falmouth, Cornwall.[74][119] |
Buffalo | United Kingdom | The tug struck the quayside and sank in the East India Docks, London. She was refloated and taken in to a dry dock.[60] |
Emblem | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden to an English port.[102] |
Julia | Guernsey | The ship ran aground on the Hook Sand, in the English Channel off the coast of Hampshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[102] |
Rurik | Norway | The ship was wrecked at Naples, Italy. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bergen to Naples.[60] |
25 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Acadia | United Kingdom | The barque caught fire at sea. She was beached at Carboneras, Spain the next day.[92][120] |
A. De Neuter | Belgium | The ship departed from Texel, North Holland, Netherlands for Buenos Aires, Argentina. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[121][122] |
Agapita | Spain | The schooner was wrecked at "Machichaco". Her crew were rescued.[11] |
Blanche | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[102] |
Buffalo | United Kingdom | The tug struck the quayside in the East India Docks, London and sank. She was refloated and taken into a dry dock.[123] |
Caroline | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Seascale, Cumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Port Dinorwic, Caernarfonshire to Maryport, Cumberland.[60][4] |
Copernic | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Dungeness.[102] She was refloated.[4] |
Deo Gloria | Norway | The barque was wrecked on Houat, Morbihan, France. Her crew were rescued.[60] |
Duchess of Leinster | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on St. Mary's Isle, Kirkcudbrightshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Maryport to Kirkcudbright.[92][112] |
George S. Wright | United States | The 214.94-ton, 161.2-foot (49.1 m) steamer departed Klawock, Department of Alaska, bound for Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada, with a crew of 21 and approximately thirteen passengers aboard and was never heard from again. Wreckage – and two bodies – from George S. Wright later washed ashore along the coast of North America from Queen Charlotte Sound in British Columbia to Prince of Wales Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[124] |
Ida Maria de Raath | Netherlands | The barque was driven ashore at Dungeness. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to the Congo River.[102] She was refloated.[4] |
Jane Gray | United Kingdom | The barque collided with another vessel and sank in the English Channel off Portland, Dorset. Her crew were rescued by Murray ( South Australia). Jane Gray was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Barcelona, Spain.[125][126] |
Julia A. Hallack | United Kingdom | The brigantine was wrecked at Vigo, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gijón, Spain to Messina, Sicily, Italy.[4] |
Maggie | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by Curriere ( France). Maggie was on a voyage from Casablanca, Morocco to Falmouth, Cornwall or Queenstown, County Cork.[127][128] |
Pangalos Josef | Greece | The brig was wrecked in the Glénan Islands, Finistère, France. She was on a voyage from Taganrog, Russia to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[92][119] |
Paquete do Manzanilla | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at "Machichacho". Her crew were rescued.[11] |
Penteiro | Italy | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bray, County Wicklow, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Barletta to Dublin, United Kingdom.[4] |
Rangoon | United Kingdom | The steamship foundered off Cape Finisterre, Spain with the loss of seven of her 35 crew. She was on a voyage from Ismailia, Egypt to the Clyde.[92][91] |
Sadowa | Germany | The brig was abandoned off La Rochelle, Charente-Inférieure, France with the loss of all but two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Miguel Saenz ( Spain). She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Montevideo, Uruguay.[125] |
Sarah King | United Kingdom | The brigantine collided with the steamship Bride ( United Kingdom) and sank off Morte Point, Devon. Her crew were rescued.[92] |
Viscount Kingarth | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Islandmagee, County Antrim. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Donaghadee, County Down.[91] |
West Riding | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship Anlaby ( United Kingdom) and sank at Hull, Yorkshire.[129] |
26 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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La Petite Noemie | France | The brig collided with the full-rigged ship Britannia ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by Britannia.[129] La Petite Noemie was towed in to South Shields, County Durham by the paddle tug Stephensons ( United Kingdom.[60] |
Milton Lockhart | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Hornsea, Yorkshire. Two of her seventeen crew were rescued by rocket apparatus, the rest by the Hornsea Lifeboat.[130] She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Genoa, Italy.[4] |
Otto | Norway | The brig was fifty-eight days out from Bahia for Falmouth, Cornwall when she was wrecked in Mount's Bay. The Penzance lifeboat Richard Lewis ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution) rescued eight men, a dog and a pig at the third attempt.[131][132][60] |
Sylphide | United States | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Wellfleet, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[123] She was later refloated and towed back to Boston.[72] |
Warkworth | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Aberdeen and was severely damaged. She was refloated and taken in to Aberdeen in a severely leaky condition.[133] |
William | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned 11 nautical miles (20 km) south of the Eddystone Lighthouse, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by Alliance ( United Kingdom). William was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Cádiz, Spain.[92][112] She was discovered by the pilot cutter Ferret ( United Kingdom), which took her in to Plymouth, Devon, where she was beached.[123] |
No. 4 | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked in the River Tay. Her six crew were rescued by the Broughty Ferry Lifeboat Mary Hartley and the Buddon Ness Lifeboat Eleonora (both Royal National Lifeboat Institution). No. 4 was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Dundee, Forfarshire.[60][134][130][4] |
27 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Britannia | United Kingdom | The steamship ran ashore and was wrecked at Torry Linn, Isle of Arran. Her crew reached shore in their boats. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[135][136] |
Burtons | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground off Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[4] |
Horseguards | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground. She was refloated and taken in to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[4] |
Irene | United Kingdom | The ship collided with Andover ( United Kingdom) and sank off Point Lynas, Anglesey with the loss of a crew member. Irene was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Port Talbot, Glamorgan.[60][4] |
Iris | United Kingdom | The schooner was run ashore at Portland, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Teignmouth, Devon.[4] |
Mastrooms | Netherlands | The barque ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Havana, Cuba.[4][137] |
Obsequious | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore near Withernsea, Yorkshire.[60] |
Penseiro | Italy | The ship was deirvn ashore at Bray, County Wicklow, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Barletta to Dublin. She was refloated on 1 June and towed in to Liverpool.[138] |
Sophia and Maria | Netherlands | The ship collided with the steamship Brittany ( United Kingdom) and sank off Ouessant, Finistère, France with the loss of five of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by Brittany. Sophia Maria was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Curaçoa.[74][119] |
Staffordshire | United Kingdom | The abandoned ship sank in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Bakers Island, Massachusetts, United States to Liverpool.[103] |
Victory | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Kearney, County Down. She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to Paisley, Renfrewshire.[4] |
William | United Kingdom | The derelict barque was towed in to Plymouth, Devon by the pilot cutter No. 10 ( United Kingdom).[60] |
28 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Agenoria | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Longships, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Marianople, Russia to Dublin.[119] |
Britannia | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Isle of Arran. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[92] |
Castilian | Spain | The ship ran aground at Oporto, Portugal.[119] |
Eleanor | United Kingdom | The Thames barge was run into by the steamship T. E. Forster ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Northfleet, Kent with the loss of one of her two crew.[119] |
Ellen Martin | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore near Bideford, Devon. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.[119] |
James | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Drogheda, County Louth. Her crew were rescued by the Drogheda Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from London to Drogheda.[139][119] She was refloated on 10 February.[128] |
Meteor | Isle of Man | The ship departed from Dover, Kent for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[140] |
29 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Amacreo | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of St. Ann's Head, Pembrokeshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Pernambuco, Brazil.[74] |
Azores Packet | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Swansea, Glamorgan for Bilbao, Spain. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[141] |
Campolican | Spain | The brig foundered 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Porto Moniz, Madeira. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama to a Spanish port.[142][143] |
Cora | United Kingdom | The brig was towed in to Landskrona, Sweden in a capsized condition. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall, Sweden to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[103] |
Gazelle | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Kyleakin Sound. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Sunderland, County Durham.[74] |
George | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated and assisted in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a leaky condition.[74] |
Harry S. Edwards | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Horse Channel. She was on a voyage from Huelva, Spain to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool.[74] |
Hope | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Maryport, Cumberland for Swansea. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[144] |
Mathilde | United Kingdom | The barque sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Bristol Channel. Her crew survived.[145] |
Julia A. Hallock | United States | The brigantine foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Gijón, Spain to Messina, Sicily, Italy.[103] |
St. Fergus | United Kingdom | The schooner struck a rock or sunken wreck and sank in Mulroy Bay. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Killala, County Mayo to Liverpool, Lancashire.[146][74][119] |
Thomas Irwell | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Colón, United States of Colombia.[147] |
Thompson | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Maryport for Swansea. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[148] |
30 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Ann Jones | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at "Passage", County Waterford.[149] |
Grecian | United Kingdom | The steamship departed from Liverpool, Lancashire for Palermo, Sicily, Italy. She was sighted off the Tuskar Rock but was presumed to have subsequently foundered with the loss of all 35 crew. She may have collided with the steamship Mary ( United Kingdom), both ships foundering.[150][151][64] |
Kate | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore between Dunmore and Tramore, County Waterford.[149] |
Oriental | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Falmouth, Cornwall for Gibraltar. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[81] |
Servannais | France | The ship departed from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom for Brest, Finistère. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[152] |
Unione S. | Trieste | The steamship departed from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[153][154] |
Yorkshire Lass | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Pont-Audemer, Eure, France. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[155] |
31 January
[edit]Ship | State | Description |
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Ann Jones | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground at Waterford.[104] |
Azuline | United States | The ship was wrecked with the loss of ten of her twenty crew. Survivors were rescued by the brig Glaucus ( United Kingdom). Azuline was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida to Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom.[38][156] |
Caledon | United Kingdom | The steamship departed from Cardiff, Glamorgan for Malta. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[157] |
Gateshead | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at the mouth of the River Tees. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to "Melando", Peru. She was refloated and towed in to Middlesbrough for repairs.[155] |
Oneiza | United Kingdom | The ship .was sighted off Ouessant, Finistère whilst on a voyage from the River Tyne to Aden. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[158] |
Rose | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Penzance, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued.[131] |
Satena | Italy | The ship was wrecked at Castillos, Uruguay with the loss of three lives. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Montevideo, Uruguay.[101][159] |
Thora | Denmark | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Blakeney, Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Landskrona, Sweden to London, United Kingdom.[91] |
Treaty | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Penzance. Her crew were rescued.[131] |
Unknown date
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Acron Maid | United Kingdom | The ship collided with Union ( United Kingdom) and sank off the Copeland Islands, County Down. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Swansea, Glamorgan.[104] |
Amble | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by Affiance ( France).[160] |
Cali Elpis | Greece | The brig was wrecked near "Segapopuli".[16] |
Castlehow | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Skullmartin Rock. She was later refloated and towed in to Belfast, County Antrim for repairs.[61] |
Charles and Edward | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Caicos Reef before 8 January. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Cárdenas, Cuba.[16] |
Cigana | Flag unknown | The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Reval, Russia. She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark.[4] |
Crimea | Norway | The ship was towed in to Cork, United Kingdom in a waterlogged condition by the steamship Texas ( United Kingdom).[91] |
Criterion | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground. She was refloated and taken in to Cartagena, Spain, where she was condemned.[74] |
Cuba | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to a port in Cuba.[161] |
Dianessio | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore near La Môle, Var, France.[104] |
Elizabeth Brown | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in Algoa Bay on or before 4 January.[162][163] |
Emmeline | United Kingdom | The barque capsized in the Atlantic Ocean before 27 January and was abandoned by her crew., who were rescued by Centurion ( United Kingdom). Emmeline was on a voyage from Valparaíso, Chile to Swansea She was discovered by Wild Deer ( United Kingdom, which put some of her crew aboard. They righted her with the assistance of eighteen crew from the steamship Nile ( United Kingdom).[119][55] |
Express | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 9 January. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to London.[22] |
George | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered in St. Andrews Bay with the loss of all four crew.[164] |
G. H. Kelly | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Colón, United States of Colombia.[125] |
Gilmore | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Colón.[125] |
Harry Russell | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the Île d'Yeu, Vendée, France. She was on a voyage from Bilboa, Spain to South Shields, County Durham.[123] |
Henry Palmer | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Maryport, Cumberland. She was refloated and taken in to Maryport.[74] |
Henry Gilbert | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Garlieston, Wigtownshire. She was refloated and taken in to Belfast, County Antrim, where she arrived on 9 January for repairs.[22][41] |
Herald of the Morning | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Bay of Biscay. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Rangoon, Burma.[104] |
Ida | France | The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean before 7 January. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque to Valparaíso.[16] |
Island Queen | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned in the Bay of Biscay. Her thirteen crew were rescued by the steamship Maindee ( United Kingdom). Island Queen was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Hull, Yorkshire.[92][165] |
Jeune Elvina | France | The ship collided with HMS Audacious ( Royal Navy) at Hull and was damaged.[166] |
Jeune Ludovic | France | The ship was driven ashore at Swansea. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Swansea.[104] |
John and Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Ballycarry Bay. She was on a voyage from Silloth, Cumberland to Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbrightshire.[104] |
Joseph Bushby | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 3 January. She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida, United States to Cardiff.[74] |
Lord Muncaster | United Kingdom | The schooner departed from Newport, Monmouthshire for Waterford in early January. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[167] |
Margaret Ann | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Down on or before 26 January.[4] |
Mary Ann and James | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Finistère, France before 29 January.[120] |
Mary Coles | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Maryport. She was refloated.[74] |
Minnie Breslauer | Flag unknown | The steamship was wrecked on Bermuda before 18 January. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to New York, United States.[34] |
Mont Eagle | United States | The ship was wrecked off "Great Andresos". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Bremen, Germany.[12] |
Mountaineer | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea. Wreckage from the ship washed up at Point of Ayre, Isle of Man.[74] |
Nelusko | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Portavogie, County Down. She was refloated on 18 January and taken in to the Belfast Lough.[34] |
North-East | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked at Struys Point, Cape Colony on or before 4 January.[162][163] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Manila, Spanish East Indies.[91] |
Ocean King | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with another vessel and was run ashore at "Pasages" before 26 January.[4][112] |
Ontares | France | The ship was abandoned in the South Atlantic before 11 December.[11] |
Orient | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Colón.[125] |
Reina | Germany | The ship was driven ashore at Lemvig, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Königsberg to Papenburg.[22] |
Royal Arch | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Colón.[125] |
Sphinx | United Kingdom | The steamship foundered with the loss of all 21 crew.[168] |
Transport | Norway | The schooner was driven ashore at Blyth, Northumberland, United Kingdom.[104] |
Tropic | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Straits of Magellan. She was refloated.[113] |
Watauga | United States | The schooner was wrecked on a reef off Barbuda. Her crew were rescued.[20] |
West Derby | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Dry Tortugas before 8 January. She was on a voyage from Mobile to a European port.[39] |
Young Dorchester | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Oporto, Portugal.[91][104] |
Unnamed | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at False Cape, Virginia, United States.[31] |
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