Carrying a cargo of coal, the 195-foot (59 m), 764-gross register tonscrew steamer, a cargo ship, was stranded in fog on a shoal 1 to 2 nautical miles (1.9 to 3.7 km; 1.2 to 2.3 mi) south of Block Island off the coast of Rhode Island. She later broke up and sank.[1]
The wooden barqueElla, built in 1851, was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden, to Liverpool, England, with a cargo of pit props when she ran aground and was wrecked in Belgrave Bay (Belle Grève), Guernsey, Channel Islands. There were no casualties.[5][6]
The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at , Glamorgan. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Lannion, Côtes du Nord, France to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[8]
The full-riggedemigrant sailing ship collided with the barque (United Kingdom) off Brazil and sank with the loss of 299, or 303, lives. 16 survivors were rescued by Ada Melmore.[10][11][12]
The 78-foot (23.8 m) schooner was wrecked with the loss of two lives on the Barnegat shoals, off the coast of New Jersey during a gale and snowstorm. There were seven survivors. Her wreck sank in 80 feet (24 m) of water.[14][15]
The ship was in collision with the ship Coniston Fell (United Kingdom) in the Bristol Channel and sank with the loss of two of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by the lifeboatWolverhampton II (Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Coniston Fell was beached at The Mumbles, Glamorgan, Wales.[8]
The barque collided with the full-rigged ship Kapunda (United Kingdom) off Brazil on 20 January causing Kapunda to sink. 16 survivors were rescued by Ada Melmore. Ada Melmore was damaged in the incident and was taking on water. She was able to transfer her crew and survivors to an unknown ship, losing two, and was abandoned to sink on 28 January.[16][17]
The paddle steamer was on voyage from Weymouth, Dorset, England, to Guernsey, when, steaming faster than her crew thought, she hit a rock in fog north of the island and foundered. There was no loss of life.[18][19]
The schooner was wrecked at sea by capsizing. She righted in a water-logged condition after five minutes. The were crew taken off on 27 February by an unknown vessel.[23]
The steamer was destroyed by fire in the Tombigbee River off Howard's Bar three miles (4.8 km) south of Gainesville, Alabama when a bale of cotton caught fire and a deck hand attempted to extinguish it but caught fire himself. He ran spreading the fire through the ship, a total loss. Some survivors were rescued by a boat from (United States). Eight passengers and 13 crew died.[24][25]
The 34.67-gross register ton, 61.5-foot (18.7 m) schooner was found bottom-up on a reef off Pavlof Harbor on Sanak Island in the Aleutian Islands, apparently having capsized in a gale and snowstorm sometime during the night of 30–31 March. Her entire crew of six men perished.[28]
The schooner collided with after both lost their tow, (both United States), in a gale off Port Stanley, sinking in 12 fathoms (72 ft; 22 m) of water. The crew reached shore in her boat, they were exposed to the violent storm for 60 hours.[33]
The passenger ship, a sidewheel paddle steamer, burned and sank in 20 feet (6.1 m) of water at dock while moored on the east side of the harbor at Bristol, Rhode Island.[35]
The tug was rammed and sunk by the sail barge after a steering error by Oswego five miles (8.0 km) below sinking in mid channel three miles (4.8 km) offshore in five fathoms (30 ft; 9.1 m) of water. The wreck was located on 16 June, and was raised and taken to Detroit, Michigan for repairs.[41]
The ship struck the Crebawethans, Isles of Scilly, in dense fog, and led to some of her cargo of 450 cattle being landed on Annet and staying there for up to ten days.[42] Some of the cattle were shipped to Falmouth, Cornwall, England, and dead steers later washed up as far away as Penzance and Lelant, Cornwall.[43]
The steamer caught fire at the mouth of Grand Traverse Bay near Fisherman Island, near Charlevoix, Michigan and was run aground where she burned to the water's edge. The wreck was salvaged, completely rebuilt and returned to service as . Approximately 30 crew and passengers were killed.[45][46]
The steam barge capsized and sank in a storm in Lake Erie. Eight crewmen, the captain's wife and two of his children died. The captain, two of his children and the ship's mate survived.[47]
The steamer was struck by a cyclone between Cleveland, Ohio and Marblehead, Ohio and sank due to cargo shift. Lost with all eight hands, a mix of men and women.[48]
The Glasgow sailing ship hit the Pollard Rock within the Seven Stones Reef, between the Isles of Scilly and Cornwall with the loss of all of the twenty-seven crew. The 1,400-ton ship was on voyage from South Shields to San Francisco, California with coal, pig iron and cement.[51]
The Inman Line passenger steamer caught fire and sank in the mid-Atlantic Ocean, 400 nautical miles (740 km) from Newfoundland. All 245 passengers and crew were rescued.[57]
The crew of the Plymouthschooner was saved after she sank following a collision with the steamer Zenobia (flag unknown) in the Atlantic Ocean near the Seven Stones Reef between the Isles of Scilly and Cornwall, England.[43]
The Illawarra & South Coast Steam Navigation Company's 515-gross register ton steamship was wrecked on Pedro Rocks, Moruya Heads, New South Wales, Australia.[69]
The steamer foundered in a gale in Lake Michigan off Two Rivers, Wisconsin in 210 feet (64 m) of water. Lost with all 41 on board, 16 passengers and 25 crew.[72][73][74]
The steamer caught fire off , 45 miles (72 km) south of San Francisco, burned and sank. Eight crew who abandoned ship in a lifeboat died. The captain and second mate were taken off by a boat from (United States).[84]
The 604-ton iron steamer was on passage from Bordeaux, France, to Cardiff, Wales, with a cargo of when she hit the Seven Stones Reef west-northwest of Land's End, Cornwall, England, in fog and sank. Her crew took to the lifeboats and had to stay for two weeks on the Sevenstones Lightship.[43]
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United States Lighthouse Board), and all 27 people aboard rowed several miles to the lightship in two lifeboats and survived. Divers discovered her wreck in 2008 in 100 feet (30 m) of water at 40°37′N 069°37′W / 40.617°N 69.617°W.[88]
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