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The list of shipwrecks in January 1876 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during January 1876 .
List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1876
Ship
State
Description
Clifton
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Rhosneigr , Anglesey . Her crew were rescued by the Rhosneigr Lifeboat.[ 7] [ 1] [ 8]
Doctor Falke
United States
The ship was driven ashore at Rottingdean , Sussex , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from New York to Bremen , Germany .[ 1]
Ellen
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked on the Black Rock, in Dundrum Bay with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from New York to Bangor, County Down .[ 1]
Frascati
Italy
The steamship struck a sunken wreck and sank in the English Channel off the French coast. Her fourteen crew were rescued by a French fishing smack .[ 9] [ 10] She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan , United Kingdom to Les Sables-d'Olonne , Vendée , France.[ 11]
Hay and Catherine
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Kingsdown , Kent . She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure , France. She was refloated and taken in to The Downs .[ 1]
Lesmona
United States
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Cod , Massachusetts .[ 12]
Nellie Martin
United Kingdom
The steamship collided with the quayside at New York , United States and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to New York.[ 12]
Patagonia
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on Madeira , Her crew were rescued.[ 1]
Richard and Auguste
Germany
The schooner was wrecked on Anholt , Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool , County Durham , United Kingdom to Dantzic .[ 12]
Tycho Brahe
Belgium
The steamship ran aground in the Middle Gat. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Buenos Aires , Argentina.[ 1]
HMS Warspite
Royal Navy
The training ship was destroyed by fire at Charlton, Kent with the loss of three or four of the 458 people on board.[ 1] [ 13]
List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1876
Ship
State
Description
Favourite
United Kingdom
The Thames barge was run into by the steamship Nautilus ( United Kingdom ) and was beached at Blackwall, Middlesex .[ 12]
Primrose
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on the Querpis Bank, in the Gironde .[ 12] She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 6]
Redstart
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on the Shoebury Sand, in the Thames Estuary .[ 12] She was on a voyage from Boulogne , Pas-de-Calais , France to London . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 6]
San Rafael
United Kingdom
The full-rigged ship was destroyed by fire off the coast of Chile. Her 22 crew took to two boats; One boat with ten people on board reached New Years Island , Argentina, where they subsequently perished. Eleven survivors in the other boat were rescued on 31 January by Yorkshire ( United Kingdom ), one man having died at sea.[ 14] [ 15]
Typhena
United Kingdom
The brigantine was driven ashore at Barry Island , Glamorgan . She was refloated and beached at Cardiff , Glamorgan.[ 6]
List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1876
Ship
State
Description
Bertha
Germany
The barque ran aground on the Lemon and Owers Sandbank, in the North Sea , and sank. Her crew got aboard the Lemon and Owers Lightship ( Trinity House ), from where they were rescued by the steamship Minnie ( United Kingdom ). Bertha was on a voyage from Dantsic to Newport, Monmouthshire , United Kingdom .[ 16]
Bwllfa
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore at East Greenwich , Kent . She was refloated.[ 17]
Gustaf
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cresswell, Northumberland , United Kingdom. All nineteen people on board were rescued by the Cresswell Lifeboat Old Potter ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution ). Gustaf was on a voyage from Gothenburg to the River Tyne .[ 18] [ 6] [ 8] [ 19] She broke up on 13 January.[ 20]
Mary Varwell
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Barbuda . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to St. Jago de Cuba , Cuba .[ 17]
Perro
Austria-Hungary
The brig struck the Owers Sandbank, in the English Channel and sprang a leak. She was run ashore near Sandown, Isle of Wight , United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to Venice , Italy .[ 6]
Speed
Norway
The brig ran aground on the Goodwin Sands , Kent. She was on a voyage from a Baltic port to Barrow in Furness , Lancashire , United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to The Downs .[ 17]
Thorwald
United States
The barque was driven ashore at Bahía Honda , Cuba.[ 17]
Victoria
United Kingdom
The tug was severely damaged by fire at Barcelona , Spain.[ 17]
List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1876
Ship
State
Description
Brunswick
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on the Askew Spit, in Liverpool Bay .[ 17] She was refloated and completed her voyage to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 19]
Emille
Italy
The barque collided with the steamship City of Brooklyn ( United Kingdom ) and sank 25 nautical miles (46 km) east of the Fastnet Rock . Three of her twelve crew were reported missing. The rest were rescued by City of Brooklyn .[ 21]
Frascati
Flag unknown
The steamship foundered off the Île de Sein , Finistère , France. Her crew were rescued.[ 22] [ 23] She was on a voyage from Swansea , Glamorgan , United Kingdom to Les Sables-d'Olonne , Vendée , France.[ 24]
Hooghly
France
The steamship was damaged by fire at La Joliette , Bouches-du-Rhône .[ 19]
Isabella Wilson
United Kingdom
The ship was severely damaged by fire at Macduff, Aberdeenshire .[ 22]
Semplice
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the River Laggan . She was on a voyage from Odessa , Russia to Belfast , County Antrim .[ 22]
Speedwell
United Kingdom
The smack sprang a leak and foundered 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off Great Orme Head , Caernarfonshire . Both crew survived. She was on a voyage from "Llanaglhairn" to Liverpool.[ 25]
Svalen
Flag unknown
The ship was driven ashore at North Point. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland , United States to Londonerry , United Kingdom .[ 22]
Tartar
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground on the Haisborough Sands , in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to London . She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and assisted in to Great Yarmouth , Norfolk .[ 22] [ 23]
List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1876
Ship
State
Description
Auguste Mathilde
Germany
The brig was driven ashore at Warnemünde . She was on a voyage from Plymouth , Devon , United Kingdom to Dantzic . She was refloated with assistance and towed in to Rostock .[ 26]
Furet , and Queen Emma
United Kingdom France
The schooner Furet collided with the brig Queen Emma in the English Channel . Both vessels were severely damaged. Furet was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure to Neath , Glamorgan . She was towed in to Plymouth. Queen Emma lost a crew member. She was on a voyage from Huelva , Spain to Aberdeen .[ 27] [ 16]
Groningen
Netherlands
The steamship ran aground near Hoek van Holland , South Holland .[ 22]
Ho Hoang
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Varberg , Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Memel , Germany to London .[ 16] She was refloated with the assistance of a tug .[ 26]
Hunter
Norway
The polacca -rigged barque ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk , United Kingdom.[ 21] Her nine crew were rescued by the tug Liverpool ( United Kingdom ). Hunter was on a voyage from Christiania to Rochester, Kent , United Kingdom.[ 28] She was refloated with assistance from the smack Jemima ( United Kingdom ) and the tug Liverpool .[ 29] [ 30]
Jylland
Denmark
The steamship ran aground near Maassluis , South Holland , Netherlands.[ 22]
L. Mille
Italy
The barque was run into by the steamship City of Brooklyn ( United Kingdom ) and sank 35 nautical miles (65 km) off the Old Head of Kinsale , County Cork , United Kingdom with the loss of three of her crew. Survivors were rescued by City of Brooklyn . L. Mille was on a voyage from Marianople , Russia to Queenstown, County Cork .[ 31]
Saphir
Norway
The schooner was wrecked at Eyemouth , Berwickshire , United Kingdom. Her six crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam , North Holland , Netherlands to Eyemouth.[ 32]
Sidon
United Kingdom
The steamship put in to Malta on fire. She was on a voyage from Alexandria , Egypt to Liverpool , Lancashire . The fire was extinguished and she resumed her voyage.[ 22]
Timandra
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Holywood Bank, in the Belfast Lough . She was on a voyage from Belfast , County Antrim to Silloth , Cumberland .[ 23]
Tjalfe
Denmark
The schooner was driven onto the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham , United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the South Shields Lifeboat Tom Perry ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution ). Tjalfe was on a voyage from Laurvig , Norway to the River Tyne .[ 27] [ 16] She broke up the next day.[ 33]
Valentine , and an unnamed vessel
United Kingdom Flag unknown
The steamship Valentine ran down a brig in the English Channel. Valentine lost her captain. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux , Gironde , France to Swansea , Glamorgan. She was abandoned by her crew, but they later reboarded her and took her in to Penzance , Cornwall , in a leaky condition.[ 27] [ 23] [ 25]
List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1876
Ship
State
Description
Albert
United Kingdom
The steamship ran around in the Nieuwe Waterweg . She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire to Rotterdam , South Holland , Netherlands. She was refloated and completed her voyage.[ 16]
Annie S. Hall
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Tongue Sand, in the Thames Estuary . She was on a voyage from London to Algoa Bay . She was refloated and put in to Gravesend, Kent in a leaky condition.[ 16]
Etatersand
Grand Duchy of Finland
The ship was driven ashore at Nidingen , Sweden. She was on a voyage from Helsinki to Leith , Lothian , United Kingdom . She was refloated and found to be leaky.[ 16]
Frank
United Kingdom
The smack was wrecked at Waxholme , Yorkshire . Her ten crew were rescued by the Withernsea Lifeboat Pelican ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution ).[ 18] [ 34] [ 10] [ 35]
Mary Helen
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Gun Point. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Padstow , Cornwall .[ 16]
Unnamed
Flag unknown
The barque ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex , United Kingdom.[ 16]
Unnamed
Flag unknown
The barque ran aground on the Blacktail Sand, in the Thames Estuary .[ 16]
Unnamed
Flag unknown
The brig ran aground on the Grain Spit, off the Isle of Grain , Kent .[ 16]
Five unnamed vessels
Flags unknown
The steamships were driven ashore at Schulau , Germany .[ 26]
List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1876
Ship
State
Description
Aberfoyle
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Iquique , Chile for the English Channel . No further trace, posted missing.[ 42]
Alerte
Russia
The barque ran aground at Paraíba , Brazil . She was on avoyage from Paraíba to Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom . She was refloated on 13 January and resumed her voyage.[ 43]
Annie Edwin
Jersey
The ship collided with Nordkap ( Norway ) and sank in the English Channel off Portland, Dorset . Her crew were rescued by Nordkap . Annie Edwin was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme , Somme , France.[ 44] [ 45]
Aurora
Germany
The ship was driven ashore by ice in the Drogden . She was on a voyage from Memel to an English port.[ 44]
Emma and Robert
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore at Blankenese , Germany .[ 26]
Hamburg
Germany
The steamship ran aground on the Luhesand.[ 26]
Patriotess
United Kingdom
The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued the next day by the barque Eleanor ( United Kingdom ). Patriotess was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool.[ 46]
Racer
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands , Kent . She was refloated and taken in to The Downs in a leaky condition.[ 26] [ 47]
Unnamed
United Kingdom
The Mersey Flat foundered off the Hilbre Islands , Cheshire , United Kingdom with the loss of all hands.[ 48] [ 10]
Unnamed
Flag unknown
The schooner ran aground on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay .[ 26] She was refloated the next day.[ 36]
List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1876
Ship
State
Description
Adventure
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Jordan Flats, in Liverpool Bay and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Hull , Yorkshire . She was refloated and put back to Liverpool.[ 49]
Dante
Flag unknown
The ship was wrecked near Mostaganem , Morocco. Her crew were rescuedf.[ 50] [ 47]
Hercules
Italy
The barque struck the Cabezos, in the Mediterranean Sea and sank. Her crew survived.[ 49]
Josephine
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned off Reggio Calabria , Italy . She came ashore at Messina , Sicily , Italy.[ 49] She was refloated in late January and placed under repair.[ 51]
Lady Aberdour
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at Stephano Point, Ottoman Empire .[ 49]
Mary Frost
United Kingdom
The ship caught fire at Galveston, Texas , United States and was scuttled. She was refloated.[ 52]
Nanette
France
The ship was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea off Dellys , Algeria . She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan , United Kingdom to Algiers , Algeria.[ 53]
Trio
United Kingdom
The brig struck a sunken wreck off Arklow , County Wicklow . She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Dublin . She put in to Queenstown, County Cork in a leaky condition on 14 January.[ 53] [ 54]
List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1876
Ship
State
Description
Amor Fraterno
Austria-Hungary
The ship was damaged in a gale at Oran , Algeria .[ 52]
Cambrian
United Kingdom
The ship was damaged in a gale at Oran.[ 52]
Cora Linn
United Kingdom
The barque ran aground on the Old Warp Sand, in the Humber and capsized with the loss of four lives. She was on a voyage from Lyttleton, New Zealand to Goole , Yorkshire .[ 49]
Europa
United Kingdom
The brigantine ran aground at West Cowes , Isle of Wight . She was on a voyage from Swansea , Glamorgan to West Cowes. She was refloated.[ 55]
Friends
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Bawdsey , Suffolk . Her crew survived.[ 50]
Geronima Antonia
Italy
The ship was damaged in a gale at Oran.[ 52]
Globbo
Austria-Hungary
The ship was damaged in a gale at Oran.[ 52]
Jeanne Joseph
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Jordan Flats, in Liverpool Bay . She was refloated.[ 49]
Leander
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground at Padstow , Cornwall . She was on a voyage from Swansea , Glamorgan to Middlesbrough , Yorkshire . She was refloated and found to be leaky.[ 50]
Oran
France
The steamship was damaged in a gale at Oran.[ 52]
St. Olaf
Norway
The ship was damaged in a gale at Oran.[ 52]
Tumoly
United Kingdom
The ship was damaged in a gale at Oran.[ 52]
Vesper
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on the Kish Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Dublin and was wrecked. Her fifteen crew survived. She was on a voyage from Glasgow , Renfrewshire to Dunkerque , Nord , France.[ 49] [ 56]
List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1876
Ship
State
Description
Cydonia
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground on the West Hinder Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Nord , France with the loss of one of her nine crew. Survivors were rescued by a fishing boat and a tug .[ 53] [ 57] She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to Port-Louis , Mauritius .[ 54]
Hematite
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on Buggy Leap, off the north Devon coast and was abandoned by her crew. She floated off and was taken in to Ilfracombe , Devon.[ 53]
Minister van Staat Bocchussen
Netherlands
The steamship ran aground in the Banos Strait south of the Seven Islands with the loss of five of her 41 crew. She was on a voyage from Singapore , Straits Settlements to Batavia , Netherlands East Indies . She was a total loss.[ 58] [ 59]
Neva
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The brig ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex .[ 53] She was refloated and assisted in to Harwich , Essex in a severely leaky condition[ 60]
Unnamed
Italy
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Barcelona , Spain with the loss of all hands.[ 53]
Unnamed
Flag unknown
The barque was driven ashore at Malgrat de Mar , Spain.[ 53]
Unnamed
Italy
The barque was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Barcelona with the loss of all hands.[ 54]
List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1876
Ship
State
Description
Argo
United Kingdom
The Thames barge was run into by the steamship Southwick ( United Kingdom ) or Malvina (Flag unknown) and was beached at Blackwall, Middlesex .[ 60] [ 62]
Becaière
France
The ship was wrecked on Saint Pierre Island .[ 63]
Bertha Sonder
Canada
The ship was wrecked on Langlade Island . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney, Nova Scotia to Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon .[ 64]
Bicaire
France
The ship was wrecked at Saint-Pierre.[ 64]
Brother' s Pride
Canada
The barque ran aground on Taylor's Bank, in Liverpool Bay . All eleven people on board were rescued by the New Brighton Lifeboat Willie and Arthur ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution ). Brother' s Pride was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Liverpool , Lancashire . She floated off the next day and came ashore at Formby , Lancashire.[ 64] [ 65] [ 66] She was refloated on 27 January and taken in to Liverpool.[ 51]
Clara Louisa
Italy
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Formentera , Balearic Islands , Spain. She was on a voyage from Messina , Sicily to New York , United States.[ 64]
Constance
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground at Maassluis , South Holland , Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Rotterdam , South Holland.[ 60] She was refloated with the assistance of a number of tugs .[ 61]
Maha Buleshwar
India
The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River . She was on a voyage from Calcutta to Dundee , Forfarshire , United Kingdom . She was refloated and put back to Calcutta in a leaky condition.[ 62]
Maria D
Italy
The brigantine was driven ashore on Tavolara Island , Sardinia . Her crew were rescued.[ 43]
Maria Giovanna
Italy
The barque was driven ashore at Lagos, Portugal . She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire , United Kingdom to Cuba .[ 61]
Rubens
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore at Eastbourne , Sussex . She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires , Argentina to Antwerp , Belgium. She was refloated on 27 January and towed to Southampton , Hampshire for temporary repairs. She was subsequently towed to Liverpool for permanent repairs.[ 67] [ 68] [ 69]
Ruchezahl
Austria-Hungary
The ship was severely damaged by ice at Kertch , Russia .[ 64]
Salier
Germany
The steamship ran aground on the Brambles, in the Solent . She was on a voyage from New York to Bremen . She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[ 64] [ 65]
Ventmeglia
Italy
The schooner was driven ashore on Tavolara Island. Her crew were rescued.[ 43]
W. Ball
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on the Nash Sand, in the Bristol Channel .[ 60]
Young Fanny
United Kingdom
The smack collided with the smack Mazeppa ( United Kingdom ) and sank in the North Sea 50 to 60 nautical miles (93 to 111 km) off the mouth of the Humber . Her crew were rescued by Mazeppa .[ 70]
List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1876
Ship
State
Description
County of Argyle
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Sovereign Shoal. She was on a voyage from Batavia , Netherlands East Indies to Rotterdam , South Holland , Netherlands. She was refloated with the assistance of a lugger and resumed her voyage.[ 61]
Georgiana
United Kingdom
The barque departed from New Orleans, Louisiana , United States for Liverpool , Lancashire . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all eighteen crew.[ 71] [ 37]
Huntsman
United Kingdom
The smack was driven ashore at Saltfleet , Lincolnshire . She was on a voyage from Blakeney, Norfolk to Hull , Yorkshire .[ 64]
Marquis of Anglesey
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Bridgwater , Somerset .[ 64]
Princess Royal
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and sank at Trefusis , Cornwall .[ 64]
Unnmed
Flag unknown
The schooner ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex , United Kingdom .[ 64]
List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1876
Ship
State
Description
Clio
France
The ship was driven ashore at Wilmington, Delaware . She was on a voyage from Bordeaux , Gironde to Wilmington.[ 72]
Herald
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Troon , Ayrshire . She was on a voyage from Drogheda , County Louth to Ayr .[ 73]
Lady Bane
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground at Carnlough County Antrim . She was on a voyage from Belfast to Carnlough.[ 74]
Lake St. Clair
United Kingdom
The ship departed from New York for Glasgow , Renfrewshire . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 75]
Mignonette
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Brook, Isle of Wight . Her crew were rescued by the Brooke Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Berbice , British Guiana to London .[ 72]
Northumberland Maid
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Ayr . She was on a voyage from Newry , County Antrim to Ayr.[ 72]
Rolling Wave
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground on the West Shoebury Sand, in the Thames Estuary .[ 61] She was refloated.[ 72]
Tweed
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on the Silloth Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Cumberland . All six people on board were rescued by the Silloth Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Silloth , Cumberland.[ 61] [ 18]
List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1876
Ship
State
Description
Alice
United Kingdom
The schooner sprang a leak and was beached near Algeciras , Spain. Her crew were rescued.[ 73]
Alma
Norway
The brig was driven ashore on Skagen , Denmark with the loss of all ten crew.[ 73] [ 76]
Arento
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the River Thames . She was on a voyage from Rangoon , Burma to London .[ 73]
Geneva
Italy
The steamship ran aground on the Whale Rock, off Point de Galle , Ceylon . She was on a voyage from Calcutta , India to Genoa .[ 77]
Haabet
Denmark
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Skagen with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Burntisland , Fife , United Kingdom to Rønne .[ 73]
Louise
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and was beached at East Blatchington , Sussex . She was on a voyage from London to Jersey , Channel Islands .[ 72]
Marie
France
The brig was holed by an anchor and beached at Penarth , Glamorgan , United Kingdom .[ 72] She capsized on 25 January and was a total loss.[ 78]
Veritas
Guernsey
The ship ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex . She was on a voyage from Guernsey to London . She was refloated on 23 January and resumed her voyage.[ 79]
Walton
United Kingdom
The barque departed from New York , United States for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 75]
List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1876
Ship
State
Description
Frederick Thompson
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at Rye, Sussex . She was on a voyage from Boston to London .[ 74]
Ida
United States
The ship broke from her moorings at Saint John's , Newfoundland Colony and was driven on to the Chain Rock.[ 80] [ 74]
Nestor
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the River Avon . She was on a voyage from Bristol , Gloucestershire to a port in Delaware , United States.[ 80]
Reine du Ciel
France
The barque was wrecked on the Norwegian coast. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Onega, Russia to Nantes , Loire-Inférieure .[ 80]
Tagus
United Kingdom
The steamship was run into by the steamship Severn ( United Kingdom ) and sank at Aspinwall , United States of Colombia .[ 81] She had been refloated by 27 January.[ 82] [ 76]
Walter Thomas
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Weybourne, Norfolk . She was on a voyage from Antwerp , Belgium to King's Lynn , Norfolk . She was refloated and assisted in to Blakeney, Norfolk in a leaky condition.[ 80]
Wonderful
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Blakeney. She was refloated and taken in to Blakeney in a severely leaky condition.[ 80]
List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1876
Ship
State
Description
Agnes
Western Australia
The schooner was driven ashore and severely damaged at Fremantle .[ 89]
Blossom
Western Australia
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Fremantle with the loss of all hands.[ 89]
Commandant Franchotti
France
The steamship ran aground at Grimsby , Lincolnshire , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Bordeaux , Gironde to Grimsby. She was refloated.[ 90]
Danzig
Germany
The steamship struck a sunken rock off "Oxoe", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Leith , Lothian , United Kingdom to Copenhagen , Denmark. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 90]
Lily of the Lake
Western Australia
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Fremantle with the loss of all hands.[ 89]
Marie
France
The brig ran aground, capsized and sank at Cardiff , Glamorgan , United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Lorient , Morbihan to Cardiff.[ 90] She was refloated on 9 February.[ 88]
Progress
United Kingdom
The ketch collided with the brig Ethel ( United Kingdom ) and sank off Whitby , Yorkshire . Her crew were rescued.[ 69]
Susanna
Western Australia
The schooner was driven ashore at Fremantle.[ 89]
Wild Wave
Western Australia
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Fremantle with the loss of all hands.[ 89]
List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1876
Ship
State
Description
Abbie Thomas
United States
The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to a French port. She was refloated and put back to Philadelphia in a leaky condition.[ 91]
Alice and Emma
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay .[ 91] She was refloated.[ 92]
Dorothy and Mary
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground at Sconce Point, Hampshire . She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to Sunderland, County Durham .[ 91] She was refloated.[ 92]
Friends
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Landscar Rocks. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough to Whitby , Yorkshire . She was refloated and resumed her voyage in a leaky condition.[ 91] [ 92]
Gipsy Queen
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground off "Wittenbergen".[ 69]
Hempire (sic)
United States
The ship was destroyed by fire off the west coast of Africa, according to a message in a bottle that was swallowed by a cod and was discovered in November at Douglas, Isle of Man .[ 93]
Louise Theresa
France
The brig was damaged by an onboard explosion off Penarth , Glamorgan , United Kingdom .[ 90]
Mulgrave
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Landscar Rocks. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough to Whitby. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 91] [ 92]
Prins Oscar
Norway
The ship was driven ashore at "Hoievarde". She was on a voyage from London , United Kingdom to Bergen .[ 78]
Ranger
United Kingdom
The steamship sank off Crail , Fife .[ 90]
Victor
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at Speeton , Yorkshire . She was on a voyage from Hartlepool , County Durham to London. She was refloated and towed in to Hartlepool in a leaky condition by the paddle tug Great Emperor ( United Kingdom ).[ 90]
Waterloo
United Kingdom
The schooner was run into by Julia ( United Kingdom ) and sank in the Belfast Lough . Her crew were rescued. Waterloo was on a voyage from Beaumaris , Anglesey to Greenock , Renfrewshire .[ 91]
List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1876
Ship
State
Description
Annie
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at East London , Cape Colony .[ 68]
Cosmopolitan
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on the Pagensand, in the North Sea off the German coast. She was on a voyage from Hamburg , Germany to London . She was refloated and put back to Hamburg in a leaky condition.[ 91]
Highlander
United Kingdom
The brand new tug was destroyed by fire at South Shields , County Durham .[ 94]
Ilissus
France
The steamship arrived at Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône on fire. The fire was extinguished.[ 68]
Isle of Beauty
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore at Flamborough Head , Yorkshire . She was on a voyage from Lowestoft , Suffolk to Blyth, Northumberland .[ 91] She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[ 68]
Ivanhoe
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Tobermory , Isle of Mull .[ 51]
John Story Jr.
United States
The fishing schooner was run down and sunk off Eastern Point. Crew saved.[ 95]
Mary
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Seascale , Cumberland . Her crew were rescued.[ 91]
Nicoline
Germany
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Port Elizabeth , Cape Colony.[ 68]
Ocean
Norway
The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by the barque Daphne ( France ).[ 96]
Rhine
United Kingdom
The Thames barge was run down and sunk in the River Thames by the paddle steamer Swallow . Her crew were rescued by Swallow .[ 91]
Venedocian
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south of Filey , Yorkshire .[ 92] She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 69]
List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1876
Ship
State
Description
Dalecarlia
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Calcutta , India for London . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 102]
List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1876
Ship
State
Description
Atalaya
Italy
The ship was driven ashore at West Chop , Massachusetts , United States. She was on a voyage from Palermo , Sicily to Boston, Massachusetts .[ 98] She was refloated.[ 103]
Elise Prospero
France
The brigantine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Her seven crew took to a boat; four survivors were rescued a week later by the steamship Vanguard ( United Kingdom ). Elise Prosper was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida , United States to Brest , Finistère .[ 104] [ 105]
Madeline
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex . She was on a voyage from Hartlepool , County Durham to the East Indies . She was refloated the next day.[ 106]
Maggie
Canada
The ship was driven ashore at "Touris". She was consequently condemned.[ 98]
Mariana
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at "Point Brena". She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Maracaibo , Venezuela. She was a total loss.[ 98]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in January 1876
Ship
State
Description
Adieu
Norway
The ship was wrecked at Saint Domingo before 25 January.[ 90]
Alexandra
France
The dandy rigged sloop was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 15 January.[ 69]
Anna Pauwlona
Netherlands
The ship ran aground at Maassluis , South Holland .[ 52]
HMS Arab
Royal Navy
The Arab -class gunvessel ran aground on a reef off Zanzibar and was severely damaged. She was refloated and temporary repairs were made. She departed for Bombay , India for permanent repairs on 11 January.[ 107] [ 108]
Cacique
Spain
The steamship was driven ashore at Punta Araya, Venezuela before 11 January. She was refloated.[ 88]
Enterprise II
Netherlands
The ship was wrecked on the Coloradoes before 8 January. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana , United States to Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure .[ 72] [ 16]
Fowler
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Sandsend , Yorkshire . Her crew were rescued.[ 35]
Genova
Italy
The steamship ran aground on the Whale Rock, off Point de Galle , Ceylon before 20 January. She was on a voyage from Calcutta , India to Genoa .[ 72] She subsequently became a wreck.[ 74]
Hedrun
United States
The ship was wrecked on the Anegada Reef, in the Bahamas . She was on a voyage from Chester, Pennsylvania to Minatitlán , Mexico.[ 16]
Jessie Goodwin
United Kingdom
The barque was damaged by fire at Galveston, Texas , United States.[ 50] [ 70]
Johann Carl
Germany
The ship was wrecked at Saint Domingo before 25 January.[ 90]
John D. Tupper
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked on the coast of Brazil . She was on a voyage from London to East London , Cape Colony .[ 106]
Fair Queen
Western Australia
The schooner was driven ashore at the North West Cape before 25 January.[ 89]
Kaffir Chief
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in the Natal Colony . All on board were rescued.[ 109] She was on a voyage from London to the Natal Colony.[ 96]
Laura
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at Malahide , County Dublin . She was on a voyage from the Bull River to Dublin . She was refloated on 29 January and taken in to Dublin.[ 51] [ 69]
Le Bon Père
France
The brigantine was driven ashore at Ardrossan , Ayrshire , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Belfast , County Antrim to Ardrossan. She was refloated on 10 January and taken in to Ardrossan.[ 34] [ 26]
Luna Nueva
Spain
The barque ran aground off Cárdeas, Cuba in early January. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom to Cárdenas. She was refloated and taken in to Cárdenas.[ 110]
Moonshine
United Kingdom
The smack sank in the Thames Estuary between the Mouse Sand and the Nore . Her crew were rescued.[ 29]
Nicholine
Germany
The schooner was wrecked in Algoa Bay .[ 111]
Ocean Queen
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Redding Point, Devon . She had been refloated by 20 January.[ 72]
Osaka
Japan
The steamship collided with the steamship Oregonian ( United States ) and sank in the Inland Sea of Japan before 5 January.[ 112]
Rallus
United Kingdom
The steamship collided with the steamship State of Nevada and sank at Antwerp , Belgium.[ 76]
Sarah Nicholson
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on a reef in the Halmahera Sea before 5 January. She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Hong Kong . She was refloated and completed her voyage.[ 17]
Susan
United Kingdom
The smack sank at Sheen, County Kerry . Her crew were rescued.[ 64]
Trident
Austria-Hungary
The barque was wrecked on the coast of Gaza , Egypt with the loss of three of her crew.[ 26]
Vandyke
France
The ship was wrecked at Saint Domingo before 25 January.[ 90]
Victor
Norway
The ship ran aground at Wilmington, Delaware , United States. She was on a voyage from Wilmington to Rotterdam , South Holland.[ 68]
Waterhen
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[ 36]
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