The barque was driven ashore at Eastern Head, Newfoundland Colony. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Dominion of Canada to Lowestoft, Suffolk.[1]
2 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1869
Ship
Country
Description
Atalanta, and François I
United Kingdom France
The steamshipAtalanta collided with the steamship François I at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure and ran aground. She was on a voyage from London to New York, United States. She was refloated. François I was severely damaged.[2][3]
Diligence
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Cockle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France.[4]
Drammen
Norway
The ship was wrecked near Hardø. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to London, United Kingdom.[5]
The ship caught fire at the mouth of the Mississippi River and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.[9][10]
São João
Portugal
The ship ran aground on the Cabadello. She was on a voyage from Oporto to Pernambuco, Brazil. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[2]
Trafalgar
United Kingdom
The Mersey Flat foundered in the River Mersey with the loss of five of the seven people on board.[11]
The ship foundered 18 nautical miles (33 km) west of "Chasseron", France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Bordeaux, Gironde France.[14]
4 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 August 1869
Ship
Country
Description
Hindoo
United Kingdom
The ship foundered off the west coast of Scotland with the loss of eighteen of her 26 crew. Eight survivors took to a raft, feared they would be lost too, according to a message in a bottle washed up near Aberdeen on 5 October.[15]
Nuova Giusseppina
Italy
The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Sulina, Ottoman Empire to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Gibraltar.[2]
Wirralite
United Kingdom
The ship struck a sunken rock and put in to Ardrossan, Ayrshire in a leaky condition. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Cleveland, Ohio, United States.[2]
5 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1869
Ship
Country
Description
Bertha Louise
Chile
The barque foundered in the Pacific Ocean. Her crew took to a longboat and a pinnace. An offer to be taken on board Magnet (United Kingdom) the next day was refused, the men preferring to make for land.[16]
Dorade
France
The ship departed from "Legrie", Côtes-du-Nord for Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[17]
Vesta
Norway
The brig was wrecked of Saaremaa, Russia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom to Cronstadt, Russia.[5]
6 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1869
Ship
Country
Description
Doradi
Flag unknown
The ship departed from "Legne" for Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[18]
The ship was driven ashore on Saaremaa, Russia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from an English port to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[21]
7 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1869
Ship
Country
Description
Emma
United Kingdom
The brigantine was wrecked on the Isle of Whithorn, Wigtownshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Maryport, Cumberland or vice versa.[22][23]
Hamburg
The ocean liner was wrecked in Trepassey Bay 8 nautical miles (15 km) west of Cape Race, Newfoundland Colony. All 259 people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Hamburg.[22][24][25]
Hidalgo
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at Lime Point, California, United States.[6]
Sir William Wallace
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground off Southport, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Dundalk, County Louth to Preston, Lancashire. She was refloated with assistance from the Lytham and Southport Lifeboats and taken in to Southport.[26]
8 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1869
Ship
Country
Description
Cleopatra
United Kingdom
The steamship was wrecked in Trepassey Bay. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Ontario, Dominion of Canada to London.[27][23]
Mary Bottwood
United Kingdom
The schooner was run down and sunk in the English Channel off Hastings, Sussex by the steamshipDeutschland (Hamburg) with the loss of three of her four crew. The survivor was rescued by Deutschland.[28]
9 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1869
Ship
Country
Description
Alma
United Kingdom
The brig foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the brig Queenstown (United Kingdom). Alma was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Cronstadt, Russia.[5][29][30]
Fede
Italy
The brig collided with a brigantine and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of Flores Island, Azores. Two of her eleven crew were rescued by the brigantine; the rest reached Flores Island in their boat. She was on a voyage from the west coast of Africa to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[31][32]
Unnamed
Flag unknwon
The schooner foundered off Margate, Kent, United Kingdom with the loss of all hands.[33]
The brig sprang a leak and foundered. Her crew were rescued by the schoonerAdvance (Norway). Dawson was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Cronstadt, Russia.[10]
Lord Stanley
United Kingdom
The Mersey Flat sank at Liverpool, Lancashire with the loss of one of the three people on board.[35]
Sophia and Isabella
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Brake Sand. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Kingstown, County Dublin. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[22]
Ville Dontrain
France
The ship ran aground on the Brake Sand. She was on a voyage from Methil, Fife, United Kingdom to Pontorson, Manche. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[22]
Vanilla
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Annotto Bay, Jamaica for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[36]
The steamship was wrecked in the Tromper Wiek. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Hamburg.[37]
Bessie
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea off Egmond aan Zee, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescuedShe was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to the Nieuw Diep.[10]
Edward
United Kingdom
The tug suffered a boiler explosion and sank in the River Thames at Custom House, Middlesex with the loss of both crew and a Dutch sailor on board the steamshipHollandia (Netherlands), which was struck by flying débris.[38][39][40]
Ganges
United Kingdom
The ship was holed by her anchor and sank at the bows at Liverpool, Lancashire.[40]
Gem
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and was wrecked at Lagos, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Lagos.[41]
Hamilla Mitchell
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Leuconna Hammocks, at the mouth of the Yangtze-kiang before 26 August.[42] She was on a voyage from London to Shanghai, China.[43][44][45]
M. A. Star
The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Ledge, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Halifax, Nova Scotia.[46]
Recompense
United Kingdom
The brigantine sprang a leak and foundered off Tenby, Pembrokeshire. Her eight crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Southampton, Hampshire.[47] She was refloated on 22 August and taken in to Tenby.[48]
Werthin
United Kingdom
The brig collided with the steamship (United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by John Bowes. Werthin was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London.[49]
12 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1869
Ship
Country
Description
Brilliant
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Zandvoort, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Nieuw Diep to Sunderland, County Durham.[14]
Brothers
United Kingdom
The sloop collided with the steamshipSt. Clair (United Kingdom) and sank. Both crew were rescued by St. Clair.[50]
The barque was driven ashore at "Rammekensdyk", Zeeland, Netherlands.[37]
Claudius
Hamburg
The ship departed from Pará, Brazil for Hamburg. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[51]
Emanuel Bouther
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated and taken in to Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland.[29]
Hannah Lizzie
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the North Breakers, off Galveston, Texas, United States and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Galveston.[14][52]
Jules Marie
Belgium
The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Riga, Russia.[14]
The ship foundered 50 nautical miles (93 km) east of Réunion with the loss of four of her 33 crew. Survivors were rescued by a British ship.[53]
14 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1869
Ship
Country
Description
Arrow
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Ouze Edge Sand, in the Thames Estuary. .[37]
Atlas
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground in the Firth of Tay off Invergowrie, Perthshire. She was on a voyage from Newburgh, Fife to Dundee, Forfarshire. She was refloated the next day and completed her voyage.[54]
Bazaar, and Sandusky
United States
Bazaar collided with Sandusky in the Irish Sea off the Tuskar Rock. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She put in to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom in a severely damaged condition. Sandusky was on a voyage from Liverpool to Philadelphia. She was towed back to Liverpool in a sinking condition.[55][29]
Cumberland
United States
The steamboat was destroyed by a boiler explosion on the Ohio River with the loss of twenty lives.[56]
Herstelling
United Kingdom
The ship was sighted off the coast of Florida, United States whilst on a voyage from "Chiltepec" to an English port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[57]
Janna Meyer
Netherlands
The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by European (United Kingdom). Jana Meyer was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Harlingen, Friesland.[5]
The frigate was rammed and sunk in the Gulf of Finland off Hogland by the ironcladKreml (Imperial Russian Navy) with the loss of sixteen of her 445 crew. Survivors were rescued by Kreml, Pervenets, Petropavlovsk and Vityaz (all Imperial Russian Navy).[59][60][61]
Sandusky
United States)
The ship collided with Bazaar (United Kingdom) off the Tuskar Rock. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was towed in to Liverpool in a sinking condition.[5]
16 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1869
Ship
Country
Description
Alert
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and was beached at "Kilgea Kin". She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Harburg.[62]
The barque was wrecked on the Bird Rocks. Her crew were rescued by the schoonerAnnie Laurie (Dominion of Canada). Margaret was on a voyage from Quebec City, Dominion of Canada to Liverpool, Lancashire. The wreck was plundered and burnt by the local inhabitants.[12][63]
Triumph
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Bringyattee Rocks, off Alderney, Channel Islands. She broke in two on 21 August.[48]
The sloop foundered in the North Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) off Aberdeen. Her crew were rescued by a Dutch fishing lugger.[5][29] She was on a voyage from Thurso, Caithness to Perth.[64]
17 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1869
Ship
Country
Description
Emile
France
The ship foundered off the Salvages with the loss of two of her crew.[65]
Flying Scud
Cape Colony
The steamship departed from Yokohama for Hiogo, Japan. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[36]
18 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1869
Ship
Country
Description
Helen
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from London to Wick, Caithness.[10]
Siren
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Maldonado, Uruguay. Her crew survived.[66]
19 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1869
Ship
Country
Description
Margaret
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Bird Rocks, in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Dominion of Canada to Liverpool, Lancashire.[67]
Mary Martha
United Kingdom
The brig capsized and sank in the Mediterranean Sea 300 nautical miles (560 km) west of Malta with the loss of six of her nine crew. Survivors were rescued by the barqueTheresa (Flag unknown). Mary Martha was on a voyage from Brăila, Ottoman Empire to Falmouth, Cornwall or Queenstown, County Cork.[68][69]
The schooner was severely damaged in a typhoon at Yokohama.[71]
Flying Scud
United States
The steamship was driven ashore in the Kiogo Channel. She was on a voyage from Yokohama to Hiogo, Japan.[72][73]
Hesperia
United Kingdom
The ship collided with the steamshipNorthumberland (United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent. Her crew were rescued by Northumberland. Hesperia was on a voyage from London to Singapore, Straits Settlements.[74][75] She was refloated on 3 September.[1]
The ship sank at Galway. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Galway. She was refloated on 18 January 1870 and taken in to Galway.[77]
Chili
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Suisko (Flag unknown). Chili was on a voyage from the Clyde to Shanghai, China.[78]
Clara
United Kingdom
The ship collided with the steamship Kaikoura (United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames. Clara was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to London. She was refloated on 31 August and taken in to London.[79]
Modesty
United Kingdom
The full-rigged ship collided with the steamshipSirrio (Italy) and sank in the Irish Sea 18 nautical miles (33 km) south east of the Codling Sandbank. Her crew were rescued by Sirrio. Modesty was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Bombay, India.[80][48]
24 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1869
Ship
Country
Description
Romp
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at Kettleness, Yorkshire. She was refloated and taken in tow for Hartlepool, County Durham.[76]
25 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1869
Ship
Country
Description
Ceres
United Kingdom
The ship foundered with the loss of all hands, according to a message in a bottle that washed up at Fleetwood, Lancashire in late September.[81]
Methusaleh
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands, according to a message in a bottle washed up at Wyk auf Föhr, Prussia in mid-October.[82]
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground off Howth, County Dublin. Female passengers were taken off. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated.[83]
26 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1869
Ship
Country
Description
Anna Maria
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Four of the eleven people on board were reported missing; the rest were rescued by the steamshipQuapore (Brazil). Anna Maria was on a voyage from the Clyde to Valparaíso, Chile.[84]
Catharine
Prussia
The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued.[85]
Fury
New South Wales
The ship was wrecked in the Bass Strait. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Melbourne, Victoria.[86]
Prince Regent
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the coast of Queensland.[86]
Tynemouth
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked on a reef off Raine Island, Queensland. Her crew took to a boat, and were rescued on 30 November by the schoonerGeorgina (Queensland. Tynemouth was on a voyage from North Shields, Northumberland to Australia.[87]
27 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1869
Ship
Country
Description
Catharina
Prussia
The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew survived.[46]
Dunreagan Castle
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground off Islay, Inner Hebrides.[32]
Tasmania
Tasmania
The ship struck a reef in the Caramata Passage. She was on a voyage from Newcastle, New South Wales to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. She put in to Singapore, Straits Settlements for repairs.[88]
28 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1869
Ship
Country
Description
United Kingdom
The ship arrived at Calcutta, British Raj on fire and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Calcutta.[79][89]
Susan N. Smart, or Susan N. Smith
United States
The whaler, a schooner, capsized in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of 22 of the 27 people on board. Survivors were rescued by Flatworth (United Kingdom). The whaler was on a voyage from "Derwinique" to Boston, Massachusetts.[90][91][92]
29 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1869
Ship
Country
Description
Alexander
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground and sank at Rhoscolyn, Anglesey. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Sligo.[68]
Annie Longton
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent with the loss of all sixteen crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Africa.[93][94]
The brig was sighted off the Calf of Man, Isle of Man whilst on a voyage from Garston, Lancashire to Belfast, County Antrim. Presumed foundered in the Irish Sea with the loss of all hands;[95] a boat containing two pigs came ashore at Balbriggan, County Dublin on 1 September.[1]
The fishing lugger was run down and sunk off Dover, Kent by the brigSan Juan (United Kingdom). Her eight crew survived, some reached land in their boat, others were rescued by San Juan.[96][97]
Henry
United Kingdom
The ship foundered off BarnstapleDevon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pembrey, Pembrokeshire to Barnstaple.[96]
The yacht foundered off the Kent coast. Her crew survived.[98]
Venture
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Courtmacsherry, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Courtown, County Wexford.[68][99]
Wave
United Kingdom
The brigantine was driven ashore at Courtmacsherry. Her crew were rescued.[68]
30 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1869
Ship
Country
Description
Moratin
Spain
The steamship ran aground at the mouth of the Guadalquivir.[52]
Pampero
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Newcastle, New South Wales for Shanghai, China. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[100]
Rose
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the River Orwell. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium. She was refloated and taken in to Ipswich, Suffolk.[99]
Vivid
United Kingdom
The ship collided with the steamshipClifton (United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) off the coast of Jutland. Her crew were rescued.[79]
31 August[]
List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1869
Ship
Country
Description
Garibaldi
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on the East Knock Sand, in the Thames Estuary.[79] She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[99]
Harlech Castle
United Kingdom
The ship struck a uncharted rock and was wrecked at Piedras Blancas, California, United States with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California to Iquique, Chile.[101][102]
Oxus
United Kingdom
The barque struck the Seven Stones Reef, Cornwall and foundered. Her fourteen crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Akyab, burma to London.[103][104][99]
Plantagenet
United Kingdom
The steamship was sighted off Malta. She was on a voyage from Brăila, Ottoman Empire to a British port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[105]
The fishing boat capsized at Fleetwood, Lancashire and was severely damaged. Her crew survived.[55]
Ann Eliza
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Cape Charles, Virginia, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Baltimore, Maryland, United States.[110][19] Three people were killed by a explosion during salvage efforts.[63][111]
Benin
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on the Balein Bank, off the coast of Africa.[112]
Bessie Young
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore on St. Catherines Island, Georgia, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Savannah, Georgia.[10] She was refloated on 3 August.[6]
The ship was driven ashore at "Nepore".[14] She was refloated on 18 August and resumed her voyage.[6]
Ido
Flag unknown
The schooner was wrecked near the mouth of the Rio Grande do Sul.[113]
Inez, or Juelz
United States
The ship was wrecked at New York. She was on a voyage from New York to Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[114][115]
La Plata
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles near Sestos, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from London to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[67]
Lightning
United Kingdom
The ship was destroyed by fire at Geelong, Victoria after 28 August. She was on a voyage from Melbourne, Victoria to Geelon and London.[36]
Louise Marie
Norway
The ship collided with the brigVictoria (United Kingdom) and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued. Louise Marie was on a voyage from Korsør, Denmark to Skien. She was taken in to Gothenburg, Sweden in a derelict condition.[14]
Napier
United States
The ship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Yokohama, Japan.[116]
Neptune
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Rodrigues. She was on a voyage from Singapore, Straits Settlements to Mauritius.[110]
Richmond
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in the Rio Grande do Norte. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentin to Cork.[37]
Sophie Marie
United Kingdom
The ship was lost near "Pedro Blanco". She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Yokohama, Japan.[14]