List of shipwrecks in July 1870
The list of shipwrecks in July 1870 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during July 1870.
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1 July[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Elizabeth and Sarah | ![]() |
The brig foundered off the coast of Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by a steamship. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Cronstadt, Russia.[1][2][3] |
Margaret | ![]() |
The ship sank in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Barrow in Furness, Lancashire to Ellesmere, Cheshire.[4][5] |
Silkstone | ![]() |
The ship struck the pier at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Havre de Grâce.[6] |
2 July[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Rapid | ![]() |
The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km) south of Santo Antão, Cape Verde Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Montevideo, Uruguay.[7][8] |
St. Leonard | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Coquet Island, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland.[9] |
Unnamed | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground and broke her back at Fleetwood, Lancashire.[10] |
3 July[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Glaramara | ![]() |
The ship was destroyed by fire at sea. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Matanzas, Cuba.[11] |
Maria | ![]() |
The ship sank off , Caernarfonshire with the presumed loss of all hands.[5][12] |
4 July[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Amy | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Swanage Ledges, in the English Channel off the coast of Dorset.[1] |
Swift | ![]() |
The schooner was wrecked on Heligoland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Brake, Prussia.[9][13] |
5 July[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Dove | ![]() |
The brig collided with the schooner Skylark (![]() |
Langley | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground north of Heligoland.[9] |
6 July[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Alice | ![]() |
The schooner was wrecked on the Oosterbank, in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[15] |
7 July[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Hangesund | ![]() |
The sloop struck a sunken rock and foundered with the loss of a crew member.[16] |
Horton | ![]() |
The brig was wrecked at Damietta, Egypt. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Alexandria, Egypt.[17] |
Psyche | ![]() |
The schooner departed from Plymouth, Devon for Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[18][19] |
Purus | ![]() |
The steamship collided with the steamship Arary (![]() |
8 July[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Bella | ![]() |
The schooner ran ashore at Cape Spencer, New Brunswick and was wrecked with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Sackville, New Brunswick.[21] |
Elisa Marie | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked near Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Buenos Aires.[22] |
Henry B. Wright | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore on Longpoint, Maine. She was on a voyage from Portland, Maine to Saint George, New Brunswick, Dominion of Canada. She broke up the next day.[16][23][24] |
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The paddle tug collided with the steamship (![]() | |
Topaz | ![]() |
The brig ran ashore and was wrecked at Moriches, New York, United States. She was on a voyage from a port in the Newfoundland Colony to New York City, United States.[27] |
9 July[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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American Rose | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore north of Pernambuco, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to an American port.[28] |
Brecis, or Prarie |
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The brig was run into and sunk off Les Casquets, Channel Islands by the steamship (![]() |
Laertes | ![]() |
The tug collided with the steamship Sphinx (![]() |
Lalla Rookh | ![]() |
The sloop was driven ashore near Otterndorf, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides to Hamburg. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Hamburg.[33][34] |
Star of the Sea | ![]() |
The yacht was driven ashore at Brouwershaven, Zeeland, Netherlands.[35] |
Woburn Abbey | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore north of Pernambuco. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Aden.[28] |
10 July[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Esther Ann | ![]() |
The 30-ton schooner was hit by a sudden gale. She was hit broadside by a heavy sea and washed inshore near the mouth of the Hollyford River, New Zealand.[36] |
Hugo | Flag unknown | The barque was wrecked at "Porto Plata".[7] |
11 July[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Black Prince | ![]() |
The ship ran aground and capsized at Yokohama, Japan. She was on a voyage from Bangkok, Siam to Yokohama. She was righted and taken in to Yokohama.[37] |
Edward Hawkins | ![]() |
The steamship caught fire at Cronstadt, Russia.[17] |
12 July[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Kate | ![]() |
The ship struck the Longships, Cornwall and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Llanelly, Glamorgan to Truro, Cornwall. She put in to Penzance, Cornwall in a leaky condition.[38] |
13 July[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Catereau | ![]() |
The barque ran argound and was abandoned at Hokianga, New Zealand. She was on a voyage from Hokianga to Newcastle. She was subsequently boarded by a pilot and two Māoris, who intended to take her in to Auckland, New Zealand. No further trace, presumed foundered with their loss.[39] |
Labrador | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore at Cape Whittle. She had been refloated by 17 July and taken in to "St. Augustin", Quebec, Dominion of Canada in a severely leaky condition.[29] |
14 July[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Alice | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore on "Morris Island", Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Matanzas, Cuba to Nassau, Bahamas.[40] |
Elizabeth Fleming | ![]() |
The ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean. She was abandoned the next day. All on board were rescued by Jerusalem (![]() ![]() |
Enigheden | ![]() |
The ship collided with Andrew Lovett (![]() |
Favourite | ![]() |
The schooner was wrecked on Tiree, Outer Hebrides with the loss of her captain.[45] |
Girv, and Stockton |
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The brig Girv and the steamship Stockton collided at Dunkerque, Nord, France. Both vessels were severely damaged.[46] |
15 July[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Centaur | ![]() |
The ship struck a rock in the Pentland Firth. She put in to Phillip's Harbour where she ran aground and sank. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[47] |
Graf von Bismark | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore near Maldonado, Uruguay. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to an English port.[48] She subsequently became a wreck.[49] |
Iskander Shah | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore on Perim Island, Yemen Eyalet. She was on a voyage from Jeddah, Jeddah Eyalet to Calcutta. She was refloated with assistance from (![]() |
Nederlandsche Vlag | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked at Cape St. Francis, Cape Colony with the loss of thirteen of her crew. She was on a voyage from Macassar, Cape Colony to Amsterdam.[51][52] |
Ocean Belle | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Kaloot Sandbank, in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands.[53] |
Rangoon | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked near Pratas Island. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Yokohama, Japan to Hong Kong.[54][55] |
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The steamship ran aground near Brodick, Isle of Arran.[56] All on board were rescued by local ferry boats.[57] | |
Senator | ![]() |
The schooner struck a rock in the Pentland Firth off St. John's Point and sank at the entrance to Phillips's Harbour. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland and/or South Shields, County Durham.[58][59] |
Simla | ![]() |
The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River and capsized. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London. She was righted and put back to Calcutta.[22] |
16 July[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Berkshire | ![]() |
The barque was run down and sunk by an American vessel with the loss of seven lives.[46] |
Calder | ![]() |
The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 km) horth east by east of Cape St. Vincent, Portugal (36°15′N 8°30′W / 36.250°N 8.500°W). Her seven crew were rescued by the barque Celestina (![]() |
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The steamship ran aground in the Rock Channel and broke in two. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.[56][44] Subsequently salvaged, repaired and returned to service.[62] | |
Governor General | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the Pacific Ocean. Her crew survived. She was on a voyave from Payta, Peru to a British port.[63] |
Rake | ![]() |
The schooner ran aground at Queen's Island, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to a port in Cumberland. She was refloated.[64] |
San Nicolo | ![]() |
The ship ran aground and wrecked at Taganrog. She was on a voyage from Rostov-on-Don to Taganrog.[65] |
17 July[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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The steamship caught fire at London.[66] | |
Mentor | ![]() |
The brig was wrecked on the north coast of Cuba. She was on a voyage from Gibara, Cuba to Falmouth, Cornwall.[67] |
18 July[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Elaine | ![]() |
The steamship was destroyed by fire and sank at La Rochelle, Charente-Inférieure France. The wreck was refloated three days later.[44][11][68] She was subsequently taken to Llanelly, Glamorgan.[69] |
Milbrook | ![]() |
The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Calicut, India to London.[63][51] |
Ocean Rover | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on a reef off the mouth of the Goiana River. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Bakers Island, Massachusetts.[63] |
19 July[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Favourite | ![]() |
The ship sank off "Kinvara Head" with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Peterhead, Aberdeenshire[70] |
Matta | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore in the Elbe downstream of Cuxhaven.[58] |
Oimara | ![]() |
The yacht ran aground at "Ballymackormick Point". she was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to the Clyde. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[26] |
Scotia's Queen | ![]() |
The barque struck the Stag Rocks and sank. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Sunderland, County Durham.[44] |
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The steamship was driven ashore in Ballycronen Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New York, United States. She was refloated and taken in to Queenstown, County Cork.[58][11] |
20 July[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Hartfield | ![]() |
The full-rigged ship ran aground off Canovier Point, Mauritius. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Mauritius. She was refloated and taken in to Mauritius in a leaky condition.[71] |
Robert Edwards | ![]() |
The whaler was set afire by four of her crew. She was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean on 22 July. Her crew were rescued by the brig Mary Rice (![]() |
Sophie | ![]() |
The brigantine ran ashore at St. Govan's Head, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Liverpool, Lancashire.[58] |
21 July[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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The steamship struck rocks in the Isles of Scilly and was beached on St. Helen's. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[58] She was refloated in early August.[74] | |
Wave | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore in the River Bann. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Coleraine, County Antrim.[42] |
22 July[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Breiz Izel | ![]() |
The ship was holed by her anchor and was beached at Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Galle, Ceylon.[70] |
Dona Anita | ![]() |
The barque was wrecked on the coast of Panay, Spanish East Indies. Her crew were rescued.[22][67] She was on a voyage from Manila, Spanish East Indies to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.[75] |
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The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked on Brecqhou, Channel Islands. Her crew were rescued.[76][77] | |
Morning Star | ![]() |
The ship ran aground 35 nautical miles (65 km) west of Cape Guardafui, Majeerteen Sultanate. A crew member was murdered by the local inhabitants, who plundered the vessel. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Aden. She was refloated.[22] |
Pharo | ![]() |
The schooner was severely damaged by an onboard explosion at Sunderland, County Durham.[23] |
Sappho | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore at St. Govan's Head, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Liverpool. She was refloated and found to be severely leaky.[76] |
23 July[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Alix | ![]() |
The schooner collided with the steamship Glencairn (![]() |
Gaspe | Flag unknown | The steamship collided with another vessel and sank at Auckland, New Zealand.[78] |
Enterprise | ![]() |
The ketch was destroyed after colliding with the steamer Tauranga (![]() |
Warren | ![]() |
The barque was sighted off Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom whilst on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to New York. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[80] |
24 July[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Aurifern | ![]() |
The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Newcastle to New Caledonia.[81] |
Hamlet | ![]() |
The schooner was wrecked on Watling Island, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Cuba to a port in Delaware, United States.[82] |
Margaret Ann | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Uddern Rock. She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to Seaton, Devon. She was refloated and put in to Fowey, Cornwall, where she arrived on 26 July.[83] |
Ottawa | ![]() |
The ship ran aground at Trois-Rivières, Quebec. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Quebec to Glasgow, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 26 July.[74] |
25 July[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ben Muick Dhui | ![]() |
The barque ran aground and sank on Scharhörn, Prussia. Her crew survived.[41] |
Coundon | ![]() |
The brig was driven ashore and sank at Whitby, Yorkshire.[21][84] |
Disney | ![]() |
The ship was abandoned off Port Isaac, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Wadebridge, Cornwall. She came ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of Port Isaac and was wrecked.[21] |
Jane Martin | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the Fillen Sand, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Mazatlán, Mexico to Hamburg.[41] |
Mary and Jane | ![]() |
The schooner ran aground on the Whitby Rock. She was refloated and towed in to Whitby by the Whitby Lifeboat Lucy (![]() |
Prince Albert | ![]() |
The sloop foundered off the coast of Lincolnshire.[86] Her four crew reached the shore in a boat.[85] |
Scottish Bride | ![]() |
The barque was dighted off Gibraltar whilst on a voyage from Licata, Sicily, Italy to New York. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[87] |
True Blue | ![]() |
The brigantine was driven ashore and sank at Whitby.[21][84] |
Veracity | ![]() |
Franco-Prussian War: The brig ran aground on Kleine Vogelsand, in the North Sea due to navigational aids having been removed by the Prussians. She was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by the steamship Gitana (![]() |
26 July[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Active | ![]() |
The yacht ran aground on the Crusader Sandbank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire. Three of her four crew were taken off by the Blackpool Lifeboat Robert William (![]() |
Amalia | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Curaçao to Liverpool, Lancashire.[89] |
Biddick, and Elaine |
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The steam collier Biddick collided with the steamship Elaine in the River Thames at Northfleet, Kent. Both vessels were beached. Elaine was on a voyage from the Baltic to London.[24] |
Eva | ![]() |
The barque was wrecked at Old Calabar, Africa. Her crew were rescued.[90] |
Fusi Yama | ![]() |
The barque was run into and sunk off Lizard Point in the English Channel by Liverpool (![]() |
27 July[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Julie | ![]() |
The barque was abandoned 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Catalina Island, Dominican Republic. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Curaçao to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[72][95] |
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The steamship was severely damaged by an onboard explosion. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Patras, Greece. She put back to Sunderland for repairs.[94][96] | |
Wings of the Morning | ![]() |
The fishing smack sprang a leak and foundered on the North Sea 7 nautical miles (13 km) south east by east of Dimlington, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by the tug Arrow (![]() |
28 July[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Curlew | ![]() |
The yacht was run into by the schooner Red (![]() |
Flora | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground near the mouth of the River Carron. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug.[98] |
Fuschia | ![]() |
The brig ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated and assisted in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a leaky condition.[94] |
Reaper | ![]() |
The schooner was wrecked at Peel.[94] She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Aberdeen. She had been refloated by 13 August and taken in to Peel for repairs.[28] |
Right Way | ![]() |
The steamboat exploded and sank in the Bayou Lafourche with the loss of nine lives.[99] |
Vooruitgang | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked north of the mouth of the Rio Grande.[72] |
29 July[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ann Wilson | ![]() |
The ship was driven into Eleazer and Sanspareil (both ![]() |
Ava | ![]() |
The ship ran aground in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Leer, Prussia. She put in to Texel, North Holland, Netherlands in a leaky condition.[65] |
Harlech Castle | ![]() |
The ship foundered 60 nautical miles (110 km) south of Cape Howe, New South Wales with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Melbourne, Victoria to Newcastle, New South Wales.[100][101] |
Harmina | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the Dogger Bank. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Elbing.[22] |
Romulus | ![]() |
The pilot boat, a skiff, was run down and sunk in the Bristol Channel off Lundy Island, Devon by the barque Fairway (![]() |
31 July[]
Ship | Country | Description |
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Don | ![]() |
The schooner put in to Montrose, Forfarshire on fire and sank there. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Aberdeen.[70] |
Eamont | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Gävle, Sweden to London. She was refloated and towed in to Harwich, Essex in a waterlogged condition.[32] |
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Ship | Country | Description |
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Abeona | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Trois Rivières, Quebec Dominion of Canada before 6 July. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Montreal, Quebec.[103] |
Alice Vennard | ![]() |
The ship was damaged by fire at Valparaíso, Chile.[16] |
Algas | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked on Novaya Zemlya, Russia.[42] |
Anna | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore near Messina, Sicily, Italy. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Corfu, Greece. She was refloated.[98] |
Annie Nelson | ![]() |
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Valparaíso between 11 and 13 July.[104] |
Ascensione | ![]() |
The ship ran aground in the River Thames. She was on a voyage from Buenos Airesn to London, United Kingdom.[105] |
Atlantic | ![]() |
The whaler, a schooner, was sunk by ice off "American Harbour", Greenland. Her crew were rescued.[106] |
Bianca Giattorno | ![]() |
The brig collided with Vice-Ammiraglio Tegetthoff (![]() |
Blackboy | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore on Bardsey Island, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Glasgow to Bristol, Gloucestershire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[42] |
Bonasola | ![]() |
The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Fifteen people were rescued. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Antwerp, Belgium.[41] |
Cesar | ![]() |
The ship ran aground in the Gironde. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Valencia, Spain.[5] |
Ellida | ![]() |
The ship sprang a leak and was beached on "Svfellandsodde". She was on a voyage from a Scottish port to Korsør, Denmark.[25] |
Embla | Flag unknown | The ship capsized in the North Sea before 18 July.[41] |
Emilie | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the east coast of Bornholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to Fredrikshavn, Denmark.[29] |
Emily | ![]() |
The two-masted schooner was wrecked at Indented Head, Victoria.[107] |
England | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Maldonado, Uruguay.[34] |
Expresse | ![]() |
The ship sank in the Baltic Sea south of Öland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Norrbotten to an English port.[53][108] |
Felix | ![]() |
The ship was abandoned at sea before 27 July. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Pernambuco, Brazil.[27][65] |
Fremad Scillae | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked at Novaya Zemlya.[42] |
Galilei | ![]() |
The ship capsized at Newport.[88] |
Gattorono | ![]() |
The brig collided with Vici Ammuragtio (![]() |
Gem | ![]() |
The ship collided with Meteor (![]() |
Guiding Star | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Bergen, Norway to Archangelsk, Russia. She was refloated and put back to Bergen in a severely damaged condition.[21] |
Haomatao | ![]() |
The ship was plundered and burnt in the South China Sea by Chinese pirates. She was on a voyage from Bangkok to "Hohio".[110] |
Hendrika | ![]() |
The barque foundered off Cape Agulhas, Cape Colony before 6 July.[111] |
Herman Becker | Flag unknown | The ship ran aground at the mouth of the Tonalá River.[58] |
Inverness-shire | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore at Eyemouth, Berwickshire. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Inverness. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[109] |
Jane Blyth | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Tillen, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued.[42] She was on a voyage from Mazatlán, Cuba to Hamburg.[43] She was refloated and taken in to Heligoland.[98] |
Jager | ![]() |
The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from the Río Negro to Falmouth, Cornwall.[98] |
J. E. Lincoln | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the Cayo Cruz del Padre, Cuba. She was on a voyage from Havana to Caibarién, Cuba.[112] |
J. E. Woodworth | ![]() |
The ship was damaged by fire. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[108] |
Juan | ![]() |
The ship ran aground at Harbour Grace, Newfoundland Colony. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to Harbour Grace.[53] |
Julie | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore on Öland. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.[29] |
Kathleen | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to New York. She was refloated and put back to Saint John, where she arrived on 8 July.[27] |
L. H. | ![]() |
The ship was lost in the Chacao Channel.[40] |
Lotus | ![]() |
The schooner departed from Plymouth for a port in the Newfoundland Colony. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[18] |
HMS Maeander | ![]() |
The sailing frigate foundered in a gale in the South Atlantic Ocean off Ascension Island at 7°54′45″S 14°24′24″W / 7.91250°S 14.40667°W. |
Maria | ![]() |
The barque was destroyed by fire on the Brazilian coast.[23] |
Maria Ferguson | ![]() |
The ship ran aground in the Bay of Fundy. She was on a voyage from New York to Windsor, Nova Scotia, Dominion of Canada.[27] |
Marie Juliet | ![]() |
The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Montreal to New York.[105] |
Marietta M. | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on Diamond Island, India. She was on a voyage rom Bassein, India to a European port.[56][54] |
Mary Lizzie | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at "Beauduc", Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[88] |
Mathilde | ![]() |
The smack was wrecked near "Jamatave". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Mauritius to Réunion and "Mahanero".[88] |
Mischief | ![]() |
The schooner was wrecked in the Cayman Islands. She was on a voyage from Cienfuegos, Cuba to Halifax, Nova Scotia.[21] |
Mudlark | ![]() |
The steam dredger caught fire in the River Bann and was scuttled. She was refloated.[109][35] |
Nonantum | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the Maryland Reef. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Liverpool.[16][33] She was refloated on 12 July.[24] Nonantum was subsequently placed under repair.[113] |
Ocean Rose | ![]() |
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked about 25 nautical miles (46 km) north of Pernambuco before 19 July. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to an American port.[7] |
Pellegrina Madre | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore at Hill Point, County Waterford, United Kingdom.[88] |
Peppina | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked off Lemnos.[9] |
Phoenix | ![]() |
The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Marseille to Pernambuco.[45][23] |
Prairie Rose | ![]() |
The ship was destroyed by fire at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Rio Grande do Sul to Liverpool.[41][42] |
Rob Roy | ![]() |
The brigantine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 30 July. She was on a voyage from Dalhousie, New Brunswick to Sligo.[29][30][114] She was taken in to Paspébiac, Quebec.[67] |
Sapphire | ![]() |
The cutter was wrecked in The Bocas Islands. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to Barbadoes.[16] |
Senator | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked near Musquash, New Brunswick. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to the Salmon River, New Brunswick.[105] |
Star | ![]() |
The Mersey Flat sank in the Horse Channel.[112] |
Tauranga | ![]() |
The steamer collided with the ketch Enterprise in the Hauraki Gulf on 23 July (see above), and continued on its course apparently unscathed, but failed to arrive at its destination. Nothing was ever found of the 18 people on board, though a dog, thought to be that of the ship's captain, was rescued from Sail Rock, near Bream Bay at the end of July. On 4 August a lifeboat probably belonging to the Tauranga was found capsized near Pakiri.[79] |
Tchally | Flag unknown | The ship was lost off "Puntaarenas", United States of Colombia. Her crew were rescued.[88] |
Tennessee | ![]() |
The steamship was abandoned at sea.[33] |
Tity | ![]() |
The tug foundered 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Alexandria. Her crew were rescued.[5] |
Uncas | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked at Cape La Have, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from New HYork to a port in Nova Scotia.[27] |
United Kingdom | ![]() |
The ship collided with Bengal (![]() |
Venner | ![]() |
The ship struck a sunken rock and was holed. She was on a voyage from a Norwegian port to Paimbœuf, Loire-Inférieure, France. She was towed in to Brest, Finistère, France in a severely damaged and waterlogged condition.[21] |
Virginia | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from New York to Havre de Grâce. She was refloated.[35] |
Voorlichter | ![]() |
The ship capsized at Rotterdam, South Holland.[33] |
Zeggia | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked in the Cape Verde Islands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Sierra Leone.[65] |
Zenobia | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Imbros, Ottoman Empire. she was on a voyage from Cardiff to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated.[98] |
17 de Mai | ![]() |
The ship capsized at Waterford, United Kingdom.[88] |
Unnamed | ![]() |
The steamship collided with the brig Adieu (![]() |
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