List of shipwrecks in 1879

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The list of shipwrecks in 1879 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1879.

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1879
Ship Country Description
Active  United Kingdom The steam whaler ran aground "on the New Upernavik Rock" or "near Uppernivik", off the east coast of Greenland in May or June. With assistance from the steam whaler Arctic ( United Kingdom), she was refloated two weeks later with no apparent damage.[1][2]
Albert Fesca  Germany The ship was driven ashore near Falsterbo, Sweden. She was refloated on 7 September and towed in to Copenhagen, Denmark.[3]
Covadonga  Chilean Navy The steam schooner was stranded in the roadstead at Antofagasta, Chile. She was refloated and returned to service.[4]
Conflict  United Kingdom The East Indiaman was sighted by Carlisle ( United Kingdom) whilst on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Hull, Yorkshire. Conflict had apparently been in collision with another vessel. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all 30 crew.[5][6]
Cunard  United States The schooner was lost off the Grand Banks in November/December, 1878 or early Winter 1879. lost with all 14 hands.[7][8]
Daystar  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Crookhaven, County Cork. She was refloated on 8 February.[9]
 United Kingdom The full-rigged ship collided with another vessel and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to New York, United States.[10]
Emily McLaren  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned at sea between 17 July and 4 September. Her crew were rescued by Zadok ( United Kingdom). Emily McLaren was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Callao, Peru.[11][12]
Fenella  United Kingdom Left Penzance, Cornwall in late November/early December with a cargo of fish for the Mediterranean, and had not been heard off for three weeks. It was feared that she had been lost (along with many other ships) during recent storms in the Bay of Biscay.[13]
Glencoe  United Kingdom Refloated after running aground in the Shanghai River, which detained her for a week along with her cargo of the new-season's tea.[14]
Gurtubay  Spain The steamship was abandoned between 14 October and 12 November. Her crew and four passengers were rescued by the steamship ( Belgium). Gurtubay was on a voyage from Bilbao to New York with ore.[15][16]
India  Portugal The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean after 15 January. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to New York.[17]
Mem Flag unknown The schooner was sunk by her crew after they had murdered an Australian trader. She was on a voyage from Ambon Island, Netherlands East Indies to the Kei Islands.[18]
Pallas  Sweden The brig was driven ashore at Galveston, Texas, United States after 5 October. She was later refloated and taken in to Galveston.[19]
Petrel Flag unknown The whaling schooner capsized in mid-ocean with the loss of all fourteen crew.[20]
Rookwood  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean in February or March with the loss of all twenty crew. She was on a voyage from New York to London.[21]
Samanoot  Egypt The steamer was lost between Mauritius and Egypt with the loss of twenty-five lives.[22]
Sarah  United States The 142-ton two-masted fishing schooner became a total loss in the North Pacific Ocean.[23]
Uncle Sam  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned between 10 July and 21 August. Her crew were rescued by Queen of Nations ( United Kingdom). Uncle Sam was on a voyage from North Sydney, Nova Scotia, Dominion of Canada to a British port.[24]
William  United Kingdom The smack was wrecked on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk. Her twelve crew were rescued by the Caister Lifeboat.[25]

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Notes[]

  1. ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times (29662). London. 2 September 1879. col C, p. 10.
  2. ^ "The Whale Fishing". Aberdeen Journal (7657). Aberdeen. 2 September 1879. p. 3.
  3. ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times (29671). London. 12 September 1879. col C, p. 12.
  4. ^ "The War In South America". The Cornishman (50). 26 June 1879. p. 6.
  5. ^ "Shipping". Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough (3829). Middlesbrough. 26 September 1879.
  6. ^ "Loss of an East Indiaman and Thirty Lives". Huddersfield Chronicle (3790). Huddersfield. 27 September 1879.
  7. ^ "1878". downtothesea.com. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  8. ^ "The Cunard". downtothesea.com. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  9. ^ "Shipping". Liverpool Mercury (9696). Liverpool. 10 February 1879.
  10. ^ "E J Harland". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  11. ^ "Shipping". Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough (3812). Middlesbrough. 6 September 1879. p. 4.
  12. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Daily News (10416). London. 6 September 1879.
  13. ^ "Penzance". The Cornishman (75). 18 December 1879. p. 4.
  14. ^ "Occasional Notes". The Cornishman (53). 17 July 1879. p. 5.
  15. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Daily News (10474). London. 13 November 1879.
  16. ^ "Casualties, &c: Foreign". Lloyd's List (20, 452). London. 14 November 1879. p. 10. Retrieved 21 January 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  17. ^ "Shipping". Liverpool Mercury (9745). Liverpool. 8 April 1879.
  18. ^ "(untitled)". Freeman's Journal. Dublin. 7 November 1879.
  19. ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times (29741). London. 3 December 1879. col F, p. 10.
  20. ^ "Accidents". The Cornishman (71). 20 November 1879. p. 7.
  21. ^ "Foundering of a Ship. - Loss of Twenty Lives". Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough (3736). Middlesbrough. 10 June 1879. p. 4.
  22. ^ "Wreck Of An Egyptian Steamer And Loss Of 25 Lives". The Cornishman (53). 17 July 1879. p. 5.
  23. ^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (S)
  24. ^ "Shipping". Liverpool Mercury (9870). Liverpool. 1 September 1879.
  25. ^ "Royal National Lifeboat Institution". Belfast News-Letter (19813). Belfast. 7 March 1879.

Bibliography[]

  • Ingram, C. W. N. & Wheatley, P. O. (1936). Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, New Zealand: Dunedin Book Publishing Association.
Ship events in 1879
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