List of shipwrecks in January 1869

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The list of shipwrecks in January 1869 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during January 1869.

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1 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1869
Ship Country Description
Bee  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) west of the Point of Ayr, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Harrington, Cumberland to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[1]
Bride  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked 6 nautical miles (11 km) east of Cutler, Maine, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, Dominion of Canada to Londonderry.[1][2]
Clarissa  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the cost of Essex. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Trouville-sur-Mer, Calvados, France. She was refloated and beached at Harwich, Essex.[3]
Concord  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the River Bladnoch and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Wigtown.[4]
Effort  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked off Jethou, Channel Islands.[5][1]
Everton  United Kingdom The collier, a brig, was run into by Sir Robert Peel ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Canvey Island, Essex. All 31 people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London.[6][7]
Fairy  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Hastings, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Hastings to Hartlepool.[1]
Glenorchy  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship ran aground on the Kish Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Dublin and sank. Her 29 crew were rescued. She was on her maiden voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Bombay, India.[8][9][10]
Gowerian  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Kingstown, County Dublin.[11]
Hilda  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the West Mouse, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Torquay, Devon. She was refloated and taken in to Beaumaris, Anglesey in a leaky condition.[4]
Pelican  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Hastings. She was on a voyage from Hastings to Hartlepool.[1]
Philomele Siemen  Prussia The ship was wrecked on the Can Rocks. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from a port in Schleswig to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom.[12]
Smiler  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) west of the Point of Ayr. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was refloated and towed in to Ramsey, Isle of Man in a leaky condition.[1]

2 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1869
Ship Country Description
Admiral Napier  United Kingdom The ship struck the pier at Ullapool, Ross-shire and was beached. She was on a voyage from Loch Broom to Ullapool.[13]
Aurora  United Kingdom The ship sank off Thorne Island, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire to Neath, Glamorgan.[8]
Belle  United Kingdom The collier, a brig, ran aground on the Sizewell Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and sank with the loss of her captain. Nine survivors were rescued by the Aldeburgh Lifeboat Ipswich (Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution). She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium.[8][14][15][10]
Cautious  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Stoney Binks, off the mouth of the Humber and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France. She floated off, and was taken in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire in a leaky condition by the Spurn Lifeboat.[16]
Cordelia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Exmouth, Devon. She was refloated.[17]
Dolphin  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the wreck of Palma ( United Kingdom in the River Thames at Lower Hope, Kent and was damaged. Her passengers were taken off by Vestal (Trinity House Ensign (pre-1937).svg Trinity House). Dolphin was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to London.[18][17]
Ellen  United Kingdom The sloop ran aground on the Foreness Rock, Margate. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Penzance, Cornwall. She was refloated and taken in to Margate.[17]
Emaus  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Margate. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Caen, Calvados. She was refloated.[17]
Jeannie  United Kingdom The schooner struck the pier and was wrecked at Aberdeen with the loss of all three of her four crew. The survivor was rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire to Aberdeen.[8][9][15]
Manney  United Kingdom The brig was driven onto the Foreness Rock, Margate. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Southampton, Hampshire. She was refloated with assistance.[17][19]
Ocean Home  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship caught fire at Spithead and was beached at the Haslar Hospital, Portsmouth, Hampshire, where she burnt out. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Liverpool, Lancashire.[20]
Palma  United Kingdom The brig collided with the steamship Hebe ( United Kingdom and sank in the River Thames at Lower Hope.[12][17]
Phoenix  United Kingdom The ship sank off the Copeland Islands, County Down. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Portaferry, County Down.[12]
Sophia  United Kingdom The ship struck the Brandies, off the Saltee Islands, County Wexford and sank. Her four crew survived. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Waterford.[21]

3 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1869
Ship Country Description
Barclay  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned off Aberdeen. Her crew were rescued by the Aberdeen Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Arbroath, Forfarshire.[22]
Beatrice  United Kingdom The ship departed from Baltimore, Maryland, United States for Liverpool, Lancashire. Although sighted off Cape Henry, Virginia on 13 January, she was presumed to have subsequently foundered with the loss of all hands.[23][24]
Charles C. Colgate  United States The ship was sighted in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama to Liverpool. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[25]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by the Caister Lifeboat.[8][26] She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France.[12]
Fermosca  Italy The barque was abandoned off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the Great Yarmouth Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom to Alexandria, Egypt. She was subsequently taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom in a leaky condition.[15]
Gaspard  France The schooner was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. Her five crew took to a boat; her captain was rescued by the Ramsgate Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine to London.[8][27]
Isabella  United Kingdom The schooner sank off the coast of County Wexford with the loss of two of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by Malakoff ( United Kingdom). Isabella was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Waterford.[28]
Jane Anderson  New Zealand The schooner was driven ashore in a gale at Dunedin.[29]
Just in Time  New Zealand The schooner sank in a gale at Dunedin.[29]
Liberty  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent in a leaky condition.[17]
Pride  New Zealand The schooner sank in a gale at Dunedin.[29]
Renshaw  United Kingdom The schooner sank in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Tod Head, Aberdeenshire. Her six crew were rescued by the schooner Taurus ( United Kingdom). Renshaw was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Montrose, Forfarshire.[8][22]
Ruffine  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Shanghai, China. She was refloated and taken in to Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium in a leaky condition.[30]
R. Wark  United Kingdom The ship was sighted in the South Atlantic whilst on a voyage from Madras, India for Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[31]
Sandringham  United Kingdom The brig was destroyed by fire in The Downs. She was on a voyage from London to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[9][17]
Vindex  United Kingdom The ship collided with the barque Orient ( Russia) off the coast of Norfolk. Vindex was run ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by the Gorleston Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[8][17]
William  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Brake Sand. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Exeter, Devon. She was refloated and put in to Ramsgate, Kent.[32]
Unnamed Flag unknown The brig was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom.[8]
Unnamed Flag unknown The schooner was wrecked at Aberdeen with the loss of three of her four crew.[33]

4 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1869
Ship Country Description
Ann Henzell  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore on Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to the Nieuw Diep.[1]
Busteriana  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at "Palatuan, Camerines coast", Luzon, Spanish East Indies and was abandoned by her crew.[34] She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Manila, Spanish East Indies.[9][35]
Claudia  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on Taylor's Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Garston, Lancashire to Dublin. She was refloated and put back to Garston in a leaky condition.[12]
Jane  Austria-Hungary The brig ran aground on the Inner Dowsing Sandbank. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to a Mediterranean port. She was refloated and taken in to Dover, Kent, United Kingdom in a leaky condition.[1]
Jane Canada Dominion of Canada The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the steamship ( United Kingdom). Jane was on a voyage from Trinidad to Halifax, Nova Scotia.[36]
Minnie  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Hull to the . She was refloated with assistance and taken in to Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk.[16][3]
Pascoe Grenfell  United Kingdom The ship was sighted off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk whilst on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Villaricos, Spain. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[37]
Water Kelpie Flagge der Hansestadt Rostock.svg Rostock The ship was driven ashore at Burg auf Fehmarn, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Kiel, Prussia.[3] She had been refloated by 6 January and resumed her voyage.[32]
William  United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak and was beached at Dover, Kent. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Rye, Sussex.[1]
William and Mary  United Kingdom The fishing smack sank off Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew survived.[38]

5 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1869
Ship Country Description
Ada Canada Dominion of Canada The barque ran aground on Smith's Knowl, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom and was abandoned by her crew, eleven of whom were rescued by the barque Alpha ( Prussia), The rest of her crew took to the longboat; they were reported missing. Ada was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to New York. She was towed in to the Nieuw Diep in a derelict condition on 8 January by British Lion ( United Kingdom).[11][32][4][39]
Flying Cloud  United Kingdom The tug struck the quayside at Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire and sank. She was on a voyage from Loch Long to Helensburgh.[40] She was refloated on 16 January and taken in to Greenock, Renfrewshire for repairs.[41]
Forth  United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak and was run ashore at Pittenweem, Fife, where she was wrecked. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Aberdeen.[40]
Freestone Canada Dominion of Canada The brigantine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Erycina ( United Kingdom).[42]
Gartlee  United Kingdom The steam lighter capsized and sank in the Clyde near Dumbarton with the loss of one of her three crew. Survivors were rescued by the paddle steamer ( United Kingdom).[28]
Golovna  Norway The ship was driven ashore on the "Island of Roth". She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Kristiansand.[43]
Ladovic Victor, or
Ludovick William 		 United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at , Lothian. Her five crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire.[27][30]
Sir Charles Napier  United Kingdom The tug sprang a leak and was beached in Loch Long. She was subsequently taken in to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[40]
Start  United Kingdom The fishing trawler sank off the south Devon coast. Her four crew were rescued by the Teignmouth Lifeboat China (Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[30][44][45]

6 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1869
Ship Country Description
Con Amore  Hamburg The ship caught fire and exploded off Madeira. Her nineteen crew were rescued by ( United Kingdom).[46]
, and
Glasgow 		Trinity House Ensign (pre-1937).svg Trinity House
 United Kingdom 		The steamship Bradford ran into the Formby Lightship, which was severely damaged. Bradford was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Sligo. She put back to Liverpool for repairs.[47] The Formby Lightship was subsequently towed in to Liverpool.[48]
Harvest Maid  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent in a leaky condition.[30]

7 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1869
Ship Country Description
Gesina Alida  Sweden The ship was driven ashore at Kristiansand, Norway. She was on a voyage from Malmö to London, United Kingdom.[40] She had sank by 9 January.[49]

8 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1869
Ship Country Description
Europa  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coasst of Essex. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London.[4] She was refloated on 11 January and towed in to Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition.[50]
Jutland  Denmark The steamship ran aground off Thyborøn. She was on a voyage from London to Copenhagen. She was refloated on 11 January and taken in to the .[51][40]
Minnie  New Zealand The ketch was driven onto rocks and holed at , Banks Peninsula. All hands survived.[52]

9 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1869
Ship Country Description
Horace  United Kingdom The brig foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk with the loss of all hands.[11]
Ravensbury  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Schulpenplaat, off Maassluis, South Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Harwich, Essex to Rotterdam, South Holland.[32]

10 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1869
Ship Country Description
Nouveau Vigilant  France The lugger foundered off Le Conquet, Finistère. Her crew were rescued.[41]

11 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1869
Ship Country Description
Activ  Denmark The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the north coast of Skagen. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to Eckernförde, Prussia.[11]
Banana  Netherlands The ship ran aground on the Goodwin sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was refloated and assisted in to Ramsgate, Kent.[11]
 United States The steamship foundered off Cape Lookout, North Carolina with the loss of 25 of the 28 people on board.[53]
Johanna Elise  Belgium The ship was wrecked at Savanilla, United States of Colombia. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Savanilla.[54]
Norway  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Brake Sand. She was on a voyage from Bremerhaven to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Aid ( United Kingdom).[11]
Twee Gebroders  Netherlands The ship capsized at Vlissingen, Zeeland. She was righted on 16 January.[41]
't Huis Gazzeweer  Netherlands The ship was wrecked near Kristiansand, Norway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyave from Drontheim, Norway to London, United Kingdom.[55]

12 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1869
Ship Country Description
Boaz  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Cape Henry, Virginia, United States. she was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Baltimore, Maryland, United States.[56]
Jackal  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on the Bondicar Rocks, on the coast of Northumberland. Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Dundee, Forfarshire.[57][19]
Venus  United Kingdom The brigantine was abandoned off The Lizard, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by Gwain Maid ( United Kingdom)/ Venus was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France.[41]

13 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1869
Ship Country Description
 United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked at Pacas Mayo, Peru.[58][59]
Clyde  United States The steamboat was wrecked in the Red River with the loss of six lives.[60]
Falcon  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Brest Rock, on the coast of Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to Irvine, Ayrshire.[61]
Flower of the Arun  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Teignmouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to Teignmouth.[19] She was refloated the next day and taken in to Teignmouth in a leaky condition.[49]
Lily  United Kingdom The sloop collided with HMRC Prince Albert (HM Customs Ensign.PNG Board of Customs) and sank in the English Channel off Plymouth, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Penryn, Cornwall.[2]
Pilot  United Kingdom The pilot boat collided with the pilot boat Petrel ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Irish Sea 12 nautical miles (22 km) off Kinsale Head, County Cork. Both people on board were rescued.[62]
Search  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Tangier, Morocco.[36]

14 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1869
Ship Country Description
Energy  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Mumby, Lincolnshire.[49]
John Bunyan  United Kingdom The ship departed from Cardiff, Glamorgan for Lisbon, Portugal. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[63]
Pilot  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the schooner Petrel ( United Kingdom) and sank at Queenstown, County Cork. Her crew were rescued.[51]
Rollo  United Kingdom The ship was run ashore in St. Aubin's Bay, Jersey, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Jersey. She was refloated and towed in to Saint Aubin, Jersey and beached.[49]

15 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1869
Ship Country Description
Alexandrine  France The schooner was wrecked on the Doom Bar. Her six crew were rescued by the Padstow Lifeboat Albert Edward (Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[43]
Arzoumels  United Kingdom The chasse-marée was driven ashore at Hayle, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to the Charente. She was consequently condemned.[43]
Christen Winkel  Denmark The schooner was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by tug Aid ( United Kingdom) and the Ramsgate Lifeboat Bradford (Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Christen Winkel was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Lisbon, Portugal.[51][64][49]
Diletti Mimbelli Flag unknown The ship ran aground in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Marianople, Russia to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[51]
Georges Alfred  France The ship ran aground on the North Rock, in the Belfast Lough. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure to Glasgow, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom.[65][49] She was refloated on 22 January and towed in to Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom.[66]
Havelock  United Kingdom The schooner was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Orfordness, Suffolk by the steamship Edith ( United Kingdom). Her seven crew were rescued by Edith. Havelock was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Whitstable, Kent.[42][41][67]
Lady Octavia  United Kingdom The ship collided with a schooner and was run ashore near Kingsdown, Kent. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London. She was refloated and taken in tow for London.[51]
Lord Coke  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Sizewell Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her four crew were rescued by the Southwold Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Woolwich, Kent[68][61]
Thomas  United Kingdom The brigantine was wrecked on the Doom Bar. Her six crew, and eight would-be rescuers, were rescued by the Padstow Lifeboat Albert Edward (Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[43][69] Thomas was on a voyage from Swansea to Poole, Dorset.[70]
Walter  United States The barque was driven ashore at Whitford Point, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[61]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The brigantine was wrecked on the Doom Bar. Her crew were rescued by the Padstow Lifeboat Albert Edward (Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[64]
Unnamed  France The schooner was wrecked on the Doom Bar. Her crew were rescued by the Padstow Lifeboat Albert Edward (Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[64]

16 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1869
Ship Country Description
Atlas  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk.[61] She was refloated the next day and towed in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[43]
Busy  United States The ship was driven ashore at Cape Henry, Virginia. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Baltimore, Maryland.[71]
Caledonia  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated and assisted in to Ramsgate, Kent in a severely leaky condition.[72]
David Cannon  United States The ship was lost off the Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Liverpool, Lancashire.[66][73]
G. T. Ward  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore Boulmer, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire to South Shields, County Durham.[2]
Lava, and an
unnamed dredge boat 		 United Kingdom The steamship Lava ran into an unnamed dredge boat in the River Suir and sank her. Lava ran aground. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[43] [74]
Leading Star  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore south of Flamborough Head, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from London to Dundee, Forfarshire.[43] She was refloated on 20 January and towed in to South Shields, County Durham for repairs.[13]
Maria  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Corton Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Oporto, Portugal. She was later refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth in a leaky condition.[75]
Thames  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Muck Island, in the Larne Lough and was consequently beached on the coast of County Antrim. Thames was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Savannah, Georgia, United States.[43] Although condemned, she was refloated on 8 February and towed in to Belfast, County Antrim.[76][77]

17 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1869
Ship Country Description
Jacquarine  Brazil The steamship wrecked upstream of "Conception".[78]
Isabella and Mary  United Kingdom The schooner was run down and sunk in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk by the steamship Busy Bee ( United Kingdom). Her seven crew were rescued by Busy Bee. Isabella and Mary was on a voyage from Amble, Northumberland to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France.[42][67]
Nautilus  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Holm Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[79]
Sea Foam  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Sulina, Ottoman Empire to Ipswich, Suffolk. She was refloated, found to be severely leaky and was beached on the Platters.[43]
Unnamed Flag unknown The smack was run into by the brig Nimrod ( United Kingdom) and sank off Spurn Point, Yorkshire with the loss of all hands.[74]

18 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1869
Ship Country Description
Ann  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the Bristol Channel off the , Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Pernambuco, Brazil.[13]
Glencoe  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Kurrachee, India. Glencoe was refloated and put into The Downs. She subsequently resumed her voyage.[72][41]
M. Racer  United Kingdom The brig was damaged by fire at West Hartlepool, County Durham.[67]
Stranger  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the steamship Beverley ( United Kingdom) and sank off the Boston Knock. Her crew were rescued by Beverley.[72][80]

19 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1869
Ship Country Description
Aberdeenshire  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Ramsgate, Kent. She was refloated.[81]
Aldivalloch  United Kingdom The barque foundered 40 nautical miles (74 km) off Cape St. Vincent, Portugal. Her crew were rescued by Meggy Armstrong ( United Kingdom) and a Russian barque. Aldivalloch was on a voyage from Bourgas, Ottoman Empire to Falmouth, Cornwall.[82][75]
Ann  United States The ship was driven ashore at Berck, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was on a voyage from New York to Antwerp, Belgium.[81]
Queen of the Lakes  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Corrientes, Argentina.[81]
Union  United States The sternwheel paddle steamer sank in the Lafayette rapids on the in Oregon. Her boiler later was salvaged.

20 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1869
Ship Country Description
Ala  Norway The ship was wrecked at Skeldaness, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dram to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[41][13]
Europa  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Cromer, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Livorno, Italy. She was refloated and towed in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[83]
Favourite  United Kingdom The fishing smack was driven ashore at Speeton, Yorkshire. She was refloated and taken in to Scarborough, Yorkshire in a severely leaky condition.[13]
Galvanic  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Crosby, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Liverpool. She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool.[13]
Gustav  Hamburg The ship ran aground on the Sunk Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands. She was refloated with the assistance of four smacks and taken in to Harwich, Essex.[13]
Harriet and Eliza  United Kingdom The Mersey Flat was run into by the steamship Milo in the Crosby Channel and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by Milo. Harriet and Eliza was taken in to by a tug.[70]
Success  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Seaham, County Durham.[13]

21 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1869
Ship Country Description
Eden, and
Flying Fish 		 United Kingdom The barque Flying Fish was run into by Eden ( United Kingdom) and sank. Her crew were rescued by a steamship. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Exeter, Devon. Eden was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Aberdeen. She was severely damaged.[84]
Kinloss  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked off Scatraw Creek. Her four crew were rescued by a coble.[69][85]
Mary Ellen  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Barrells. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Jamaica. She was refloated and put back to Liverpool in a leaky condition.[70]
Scotia  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked at Tynemouth, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[84]

22 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1869
Ship Country Description
Anna Helena  Prussia The ship caught fire and was run ashore at Trimingham, Norfolk, United Kingdom.[66]
Coral Nymph  United Kingdom The ship capsized at Sunderland.[86] She was righted.[80]
Demetrius Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore at Bridport, Dorset, England.[87]
 United Kingdom The paddle steamer ran aground on the Carrick Rock, Maughold Head, Isle of Man. All on board were rescued; her 120 passengers were taken off by the steamship Magnetic ( United Kingdom. Prince Alfred was on a voyage from Fleetwood, Lancashire to Belfast, County Antrim. She broke up on 30 January.[88][89][90][91]
Valetta  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Askew Spit, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Cette, Hérault, France.[92] She was refloated and put back to Liverpool.[90]

23 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1869
Ship Country Description
Ida  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Audierne, Finistère, France. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées, France.[93]
Marie Joseph  France The ship was driven ashore at Audierne. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Bayonne. She was refloated on 13 February but was condemned.[93]
 United Kingdom The paddle steamer was wrecked in the Strait of Magellan with the loss of three of the 200 people on board. Survivors were rescued by ( Royal Navy). Santiago was on a voyage from Valparaíso to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[94][95][96][97]

24 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1869
Ship Country Description
Carl Flagge der Hansestadt Rostock.svg Rostock The brig was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by a lugger. She was on a voyage from Viborg, Denmark to Cette, Hérault, France. Carl was later refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent in a waterlogged condition.[98][2]
Lady Westmoreland  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands. Her crew were rescued by a lugger. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Cartagena, Spain.[98] She was subsequently refloated with assistance from a lugger and a hoveller.[35] Lady Westmoreland resumed her voyage, but put in to St. Helen's, Isle of Wight on 1 February in a leaky condition. She was taken in to Portsmouth, Hampshire for repairs on 19 February.[99]
Vrouw Clara  Netherlands The brig struck floating wreckage and foundered in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham, United Kingdom. Her six crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to "Caminka", Portugal.[100]

25 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1869
Ship Country Description
Alice and Mary  United Kingdom The ship collided with the coaster Eaglet ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Garston, Lancashire.[2][35]
Magnet  United Kingdom The ship collided with the corvette ( Portuguese Navy) and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Savanilla, United States of Colombia to Bremen. She was towed in to Plymouth Sound by the steamship Balbec ( France).[35]
Margaret  United Kingdom The ship schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Goatness, Lothian. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from West Hartlepool, County Durham to Tayport, Fife.[2]

26 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1869
Ship Country Description
Annie  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Maldon, Essex to Goole, Yorkshire. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a severely leaky condition.[2]
Golden Pledge  United Kingdom The ship departed from Liverpool, Lancashire for Castine, Maine, United States. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[101]
Mary Pester  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Black Hill. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Llanelly, Glamorgan.[102]
Vulcan  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked on the "Island of Ross", Argyllshire.[103]

28 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1869
Ship Country Description
Bertha  France The schooner ran aground and sank of St Martin's, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom. Her crew survived.[104]
Huit Frères  France The schooner was driven ashore on Tresco, Isles of Scilly and was wrecked.[104]
Queen of the Tyne  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her eight crew were rescued by the Lowestoft Lifeboat Lætitia (Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Queen of the Tyne was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[56][105][106][107]
Veritas  Austria-Hungary The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Trieste. She was taken in to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom by the three crew from the schooner Capricieuse ( France) with assistance from the Cadgwith Lifeboat Western Commercial Traveller (Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[108]
Wave  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Truro, Cornwall to Mistley, Essex. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex.[93]
Wellington  United Kingdom The brigantine ran aground of the Cross Rocks, off Skerries, County Dublin. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberlandto Dublin. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Skerries.[75]

29 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1869
Ship Country Description
Anne Middleton  United Kingdom The brig departed from Agrigento, Sicily, Italy for Ipswich, Suffolk. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all eight crew.[25]
Carron  United Kingdom The ship was driven onto the Black Rocks and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Berdyansk, Russia to Leith, Lothian. She was refloated and taken in to Leith.[73]
Demetrius  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridport, Dorset. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Topsham, Devon to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.[71][108]
Halcyon  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore at Moville, County Donegal.[75]
Macedon  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Piel Island, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Barrow in Furness, Lancashire to Lisbon, Portugal. She was refloated and taken in to Barrow in Furness for repairs.[83]
Storm Queen  United Kingdom The steamship foundered in the English Channel 7 nautical miles (13 km) west of Rame Head, Cornwall. Her thirteen crew were rescued by Rogaland ( Norway). Storm Queen was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France.[71][108][109]
Tabitha  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Hartlepool, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Scarborough, Yorkshire.[108][110]
 United States The fishing schooner sank off Beaver Island. Crew saved. Later it was determined she was scuttled by her Captain.[111]
Willing Lass  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Pladda Rocks with the loss of all four crew.[112]

30 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1869
Ship Country Description
Ann Middleton  United Kingdom The ship departed from Agrigento, Sicily, Italy for Ipswich, Suffolk. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[113]
Barbarossa  United Kingdom The ship was sighted in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Queenstown, County Cork to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[114]
Charles and Emma  United Kingdom The ship collided with another vessel and sank at Falmouth, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Corfu, Greece and Trieste.[115]
Flying Fish  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to New Ross, County Wexford.[75]
Margam Abbey  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on São Miguel Island, Azores. Her crew were rescued.[116][76]
Sir George Brown  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dunfanaghy, County Donegal. Her crew were rescued.[73]
Turtle Dove  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.[117][75] She was refloated the next day.[73][118]

31 January[]

List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1869
Ship Country Description
Betsey  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Gaa Sands, at the mouth of the River Tay and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Dundee, Forfarshire. She was refloated and taken in to Dundee, where she struck the quayside and was damaged further.[119]
Charles Emma  France The brig sank at Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.[82]
Choice  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Praa Sands, Cornwall with the loss of three of her eleven crew. Survivors were rescued by rocket apparatus.[82][120][110][121]
Horace  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Fécamp, Seine-Inférieure, France to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[75]
John Bull  United Kingdom The Mersey Flat was run into by the ferry Wild Rose ( United Kingdom) in the River Mersey and was severely damaged. She was beached at Seacombe, Cheshire.[73]
Lady Alice Hill  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the River Foyle 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) downstream of Londonderry. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Londonderry.[55]
Lady Londesborough  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked near Kilmore, County Wexford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Huelva, Spain to Liverpool, Lancashire.[122][117]
Libertas  Italy The barque ran aground and sank on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk.[75] Her crew were rescued by the Great Yarmouth Lifeboat Mark Lane (Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[73][69] She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Genoa.[121]
Marie et Eugenie  United Kingdom The chasse-marée ran aground at the Haslar Hospital, Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Pontrieux, Côtes-du-Nord to Brest, Finistère. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and taken in to Portsmouth in a leaky condition.[110][75]
Padarn  United Kingdom The schooner foundered off Start Point, Devon with the loss of all hands.[120] She was on a voyage from an English port to Caen, Calvados, France.[123]
Paul  France The brig departed from the Dardanelles whilst on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Mediterranean Sea with the loss of all hands.[124]
Red Jacket  United Kingdom The Mersey Flat was driven ashore at Beaumaris, Anglesey with the loss of a crew member.[109]
Viatka Flag unknown The steamship ran aground at Trieste. She was on a voyage from Venice, Italy to Trieste.[75][73]
Windsor Castle  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship foundered. There was at least one survivor. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bassein, India.[125]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Chapman Head, Essex.[75]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in January 1869
Ship Country Description
Adele  Bremen The ship was destroyed by fire in the Indian Ocean before 30 January. There were at least five survivors.[126]
Æolus Flag unknown The ship wrecked north of the mouth of the Rio Grande. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to the Rio Grande.[51][49]
Æolus Free Territory Trieste Flag.svg Trieste The steamship was driven ashore near "Mirama".[117]
A. G. Brown  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Teutonia ( Hamburg) and sank in the Mississippi River. Her crew were rescued.[90]
Alaska  United States The ship was damaged by fire at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.[56]
Amor Flagge Großherzogtümer Mecklenburg.svg Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin The brig was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by Aid ( United Kingdom) and the Ramsgate Lifeboat Bradford (Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[127]
Atlas  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore by ice at Stettin.[81]
Bellcarrigg  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire in the Indian Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Larnax ( United Kingdom). Bellcarrigg was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Bombay, India.[77][128][129]
Black Prince  United Kingdom The smack was wrecked on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk before 4 January. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Seahorse ( United Kingdom).[17][3]
Colorado  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on a reef off the cost of Florida, United States. She was on voyage from Cienfuegos, Cuba to Boston, Massachusetts or New York.[73]
Coral Nymph  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent before 22 January. She was on a voyage from Shanghai, China to Sunderland. She was refloated and completed her voyage.[86]
HMS Cracker  Royal Navy The ship ran aground at least once off the south east coast of the United States during January.[130]
Estrella Flag unknown The steamship was wrecked on Rocque's Reef. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to La Guaira, Venezuela.[90]
 United States The fishing schooner possibly sank in a gale on the Georges Bank in January, she sailed from Gloucester, Massachusetts in November, 1868 on her maiden voyage and vanished. Lost with all 12 hands.[131][132]
Generous  United Kingdom The ship was run down and sunk in the Baltic Sea by the steamship Garrison ( United Kingdom) 18 nautical miles (33 km) west of the "Wingo Lighthouse". Her crew were rescued by Garrison. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Leith, Lothian.[67]
Glide  United States The sternwheel paddle steamer was destroyed by a boiler explosion.
Golondrina Flag unknown The ship caught fire off Cape Horn, Chile and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Portland to Valparaíso, Chile.[133]
Gosford  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands. She was on a voyage from Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine to London.[134]
Hannah Law  United Kingdom The ship caught fire at Bombay before 13 January and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from Birkenhead, Cheshire to Bombay.[36]
Harriet  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands. Her crew were rescued.[127]
Hermine  France The ship was wrecked at Tampico, Mexico. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Tampico.[5]
Highland Chief  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands with the loss of five of the nineteen people on board. Survivors were rescued by the Ramsgate Lifeboat Bradford (Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[127]
Hope  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands. Her crew were rescued.[127]
John Bright  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on Vancouver Island, Colony of British Columbia. She was on a voyage from Port Ludlow, Washington Territory to a port in Chile.[135]
USS Kansas  United States Navy The gunboat ran aground at Valparaíso before 18 January.[136]
British Raj Bombay Marine The steamship was lost in a typhoon near Saigon, French Indochina before 14 January with the loss of all hands.[128]
Mexico  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at "Tobasco".[71][56]
Novice  United Kingdom The smack foundered before 11 January with the loss of all hands.[137][36]
Orion  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands before 19 January.[127]
Secret  United Kingdom The hoveller was lost in the North Sea with the loss of all seven crew. She may have been run down and sunk by a steamship.[39]
Start  United Kingdom The oyster dredger was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands. Her crew were rescued.[127]
Surprise  United States The ship was driven ashore on the Chinese coast and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Foo Chow Foo, China to New York.[76]
Tavistock  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned off the east Kent coast. She was taken in to Ramsgate by the Ramsgate Lifeboat Bradford (Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[127]
Thomas & Wilson  United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands. Her crew were rescued.[127]
Union  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned. She was on a voyage from St. George to Jamaica.[34]
Zephyr  United Kingdom The ship departed from Exmouth, Devon in late January. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[138]

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  • Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association.
Ship events in 1869
Ship launches: 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874
Ship commissionings: 1864 1865 1869 1870 1872 1874
Ship decommissionings: 1864 1865 1869 1870 1872 1874
Shipwrecks: 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874

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