The schooner collided with steamshipErin (United Kingdom) and sank at Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom with the loss of two of her crew. Lizzie Schallan was on a voyage from Kingston, Jamaica to Liverpool.[1][2]
Strathmore
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in the Crozet Islands. Of the 89 people on board, 44 survivors were rescued on 22 January 1876 by Young Phoenix (United States). Strathmore was on a voyage from London to Otago, New Zealand.[3][4]
2 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1875
Ship
Country
Description
Janie Vivian
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at the Point of Ayr, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Connah's Quay, Flintshire.[5]
Lotus
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore at "Cape St. John, Staten Island". Five crew took to a boat and were rescued on 10 July by Antoinette (Dominion of Canada) but two of them subsequently died. Lotus was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Callao, Peru.[6]
3 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1875
Ship
Country
Description
Antioch
United Kingdom
The Mersey Flat was run into by the steamship (United Kingdom) and sank in the River Mersey at Liverpool, Lancashire during the launch of Athensian. Her crew were rescued.[7]
Cattarina
Italy
The brigantine was wrecked near Portofino. Her crew were rescued.[8]
Hilda
United Kingdom
The steamship struck a sunken rock and foundered. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Drontheim, Norway.[9][10]
Lady Louisa Kerr
United Kingdom
The schooner was abandoned in the Irish Sea. Her five crew were rescued by the steamshipVoltaic (United Kingdom). Lady Louisa Kerr was on a voyage from Carrickfergus, County Antrim to the River Clyde. Although taken in tow, she sank off Donaghadee, County Down.[11]
Mokanna
Belgium
The barque capsized in the Thanlwin. She was a total loss.[12][13]
Petronella
Netherlands
The ship ran aground in the Bali Strait. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Samarang, Netherlands East Indies.[14]
Unnamed
Flag unknown
The schooner ran aground on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay and was abandoned by her crew.[7]
4 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1875
Ship
Country
Description
Isabella
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Beltona Reef, in the Torres Strait.[15] Eleven of her 34 crew reached Queensland in a boat. Authorities there were reluctant to send assistance. Only seven of the remaining 23 crew survived long enough to be rescued.[16]Isabella was on a voyage from Newcastle, New South Wales to Hong Kong.[17]
Shepherdess
United Kingdom
The ship was run into by the barqueWitch (Germany) and sank off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Hastings, Sussex.[14]
5 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1875
Ship
Country
Description
Lydia
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on the Blacktail Bank, in the Thames Estuary. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to London. She was refloated the next day.[5]
6 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1875
Ship
Country
Description
Buenos Ayres
Italy
The barque collided with the steamship (United Kingdom) and sank in the River Mersey. All eighteen people on board were rescued by the tugsAgincourt and Sailor King (both United Kingdom). Buenos Ayres was on a voyage from Supe, Peru to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[18][19][20] The wreck was dispersed by gunpowder on 16 July.[21]
Heribet
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Grimsby, Lincolnshire.[22] She was refloated and taken in to Grimsby in a leaky condition.[13]
Irmãos
Portugal
The ship was driven ashore near Almería, Spain. She was on a voyage from Portimão to Palamós, Spain.[22]
Pyrhha
Flag unknown
The steamship ran aground at "Stjollen", near Malmö, Sweden. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[5][22]
William Nelson
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Poorhead, County Cork. She was refloated and towed in to Queenstown, County Cork in a leaky condition.[13]
Unnamed
Germany
The barque ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was refloated.[22]
8 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1875
Ship
Country
Description
Loch Laggan
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Tuskar Rock. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Melbourne, Victoria. Her passengers were placed aboard the ( Trinity House). Loch Laggan was refloated and found to be severely leaky. She was towed to Ballyhack, County Wexford by the paddle steamerGreat Western and beached.[23][24]
Prince
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground in the River Carron. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Palermo, Sicily, Italy.[25]
The brig ran aground on the Maiden Rock, in the Belfast Lough. She was refloated and taken in to Belfast, County Antrim.[26]
Mina
Netherlands
The schooner was driven ashore at Cabadello Point, Portugal. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[12]
10 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1875
Ship
Country
Description
Coureur
France
The ship was driven ashore at St. Ives, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[12]
Flying Fish
United Kingdom
The schooner sprang a leak and was beached at Arklow, County Wicklow. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Waterford.[27]
Guiding Star
United Kingdom
The tug ran aground on the Tuskar Rock. She was refloated with assistance from the tugs Merry Andrew and Viscount (both United Kingdom) and towed in to Waterford.[12]
Heiress
United Kingdom
The schooner collided with the barqueHebe (Sweden) and sank in the North Sea off the ( Trinity House) with the loss of one of her six crew.[28][29]
Linnet
United Kingdom
The fishing trawler foundered in the North Sea off Salthouse, Norfolk. Her crew survived.[12]
Margarethe
Flag unknown
The ship ran aground in the River Thames at Erith, Kent, United Kingdom.[12]
11 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1875
Ship
Country
Description
Amphitrite
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on the Black Rock, in the Belfast Lough. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim to Preston, Lancashire.[27]
Bessie
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Woolwich, Kent. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[30]
Glenlussa
United Kingdom
The smack ran aground at Glenarm, County Antrim and was wrecked.[30]
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Finisterre, Spain. All on board, her crew and 113 passengers, were rescued. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London.[26][31][32]
Robert
United Kingdom
The barge sank at Cowes, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Langstone, Hampshire to Cowes.[33]
12 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1875
Ship
Country
Description
Bayones
Spain
Third Carlist War: The steamship was wrecked near Motrico. Her crew were rescued by Carlistfishing boats and held hostage.[34] They were released on 25 July.[35]
Jane Kilgour
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on Saltholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen, Denmark to a Baltic port.[26][27]
The brig ran aground on the Cockle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was refloated and assisted in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[26][27]
13 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1875
Ship
Country
Description
Betty and Emma
Germany
The barque was abandoned in the Min River. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to the Min River.[36]
Burgos
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Odessa, Russia.[37]
Lily
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands to London. She was refloated and taken in to Gravesend, Kent in a leaky condition.[30]
14 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1875
Ship
Country
Description
Comete
France
The barque was destroyed by fire in the Bangka Strait with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Singapore, Straits Settlements to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.[28][38]
The barque was wrecked on Neckmansgrund. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom to Cronstadt, Russia.[40][41]
Princess Alexandra
Jersey
The ship departed from Jersey for Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[42]
The smack was driven ashore at Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Fremington, Devon.[28]
Mary Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Minquiers, in the Channel Islands.[43][44]
15 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1875
Ship
Country
Description
Africana
Dominion of Canada
The foundered at Port Alfred, Cape Colony. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to New York, United States.[45][46]
Charlie
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Wexford. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Wexford.[28] She was refloated on 20 July.[47]
Eden
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore on the south point of Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Norrköping, Sweden.[43]
Fanny
Austria-Hungary
The full-rigged ship ran aground at Kertch, Russia. She was refloated the next day.[48]
New Zealand
United Kingdom
The brigantine was driven ashore at Wexford. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire to Wexford.[28] She was refloated on 20 July.[47]
Snorro Storlassen
Flag unknown
The brig was wrecked at the mouth of the Kowie River.[46]
Soeblomsten
Norway
The ship ran aground at Newhaven, Sussex, United Kingdom. She capsized the next day.[43]
Theodor
Germany
The ship was driven ashore in South Bay, County Wexford. She was on a voyage from Memel to Wexford.[49]
16 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1875
Ship
Country
Description
Alice
United Kingdom
The Thames barge collided with the steamship and sank in the River Thames at Blackwall, Middlesex.[50]
Catherine
Germany
The barque was driven ashore at Cape Henlopen, Delaware, United States. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[50]
The steamship ran aground in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Nicolaieff, Russia to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[52]
Leader
United Kingdom
The schooner was abandoned off the Smalls Lighthouse, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by Christabel (United Kingdom). Leader was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Limerick.[47]
May Flower
United Kingdom
The ship collided with a lighter and sank at Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[49]
Planet
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore between Cartagena and Portmán, Spain. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Cartagena. She floated off but consequently sank. Her crew were rescued by the tugRobert Scott (United Kingdom).[50][38]
Thames
United Kingdom
The steamship was severely damaged by fire at Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham.[43]
The ship ran aground on the Wolves Rocks, in the Bristol Channel west of Flat Holm. Her crew survived She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Cork. She was refloated and taken in to Newport in a leaky condition.[41][54]
The steamship ran aground near Blankenese, Germany.[38]
19 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1875
Ship
Country
Description
Ariel
United Kingdom
The herring boat was wrecked at Montrose, Forfarshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Montrose to Aberdeen.[55]
Audax
United Kingdom
The brig sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km) off Brava Island, Cape Verde Islands. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Africa.[56]
Emus
Spain
The brig was wrecked near "Puntarenas", Spanish East Indies. She was on a voyage from Manila to Cagayan.[57]
Princess Alexandra
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Jersey, Channel Islands for Spittal, Northumberland. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[58]
20 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1875
Ship
Country
Description
Lothair
United Kingdom
The ship was sighted in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Valparaíso, Chile. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[59]
Nile
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Antwerp, Belgium or Bremen, Germany. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[47]
Triton
Norway
The ship sank at Dunkerque, Nord, France. She was on a voyage from Nordmaling, Sweden to Dunkerque.[41]
The screw corvetteForfait sank without loss of life in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the east coast of Corsica after colliding with the ironcladcentral battery shipJeanne d'Arc during naval exercises.[62]Jeanne d'Arc was severely damaged.[63]
Minklina
Russia
The ship ran aground at Nidingen, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Riga to Bo'ness, Lothian, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Gothenburg, Sweden in a leaky condition.[47]
Zest
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on rocks near the Cabo da Roca, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Genoa, Italy to Liverpool, Lancashire.[61][64] She had broken up by mid-August.[65]
The 29-ton cutter was discovered floating empty and abandoned off the east coast of New Zealand's North Island. Only one of the crew of three survived, who came ashore near Mokau. The ship had sprung a leak and was labouring in a heavy swell when the mast gave way. The crew took to the ship's boat, but it capsized and the other two crew members were drowned.[39]
25 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1875
Ship
Country
Description
Isabella
United Kingdom
The barque ran aground on "Akbouron", Russia. She was refloated and taken in to Kertch, Russia.[66]
26 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1875
Ship
Country
Description
Eliza Ramden
New South Wales
The barque struck a sunken rock off Queenscliff, Victoria and sank. Her crew were rescued by the Queenscliff Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Melbourne, Victoria to Newcastle.[66][17]
Paris Port de Mar
France
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Pernambuco, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Bahia to Aracaju, Brazil.[66]
No. 15
United Kingdom
The lighter was run down and sunk in the Clyde by the paddle steamer (United Kingdom) with the loss of one of her two crew. The captain of Duke of Leinster was subsequently acquitted of a charge of culpable homicide.[67]
27 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1875
Ship
Country
Description
Findlay
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Tønning, Germany. She was on a voyage from West Hartlepool, County Durham to Tønning.[52]
Fusi Yama
China
The steamship sprang a leak and was beached at "Nyangking". She was on a voyage from Hankow to Shanghai.[68]
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on the Zuid, off the Dutch coast. She was refloated the next day but ran aground again.[52] She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Maassluis, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated on 30 July.[69]
Nordlyset
Sweden
The ship was driven ashore near "Hallnaes", Öland. She was on a voyage from Norrköping to an English port.[66] She was refloated on 5 August and taken in to Oskarshamn.[70]
Rosewood
United Kingdom
The brigantine departed from Troon, Ayrshire for Matanzas, Cuba. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all ten crew.[71]
The frigate ran aground 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Holstenborg, Greenland. She was refloated and taken in to Holstenborg, where she was repaired.[72]
Veritas
Germany
The ship ran aground at Kastrup, Denmark. She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark.[52]
28 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1875
Ship
Country
Description
Blue Cross
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore on the coast of the Courland Governorate.[73] She was on a voyage from Kiel, Germany to Riga, Russia.[74] She was later refloated and taken in to Bolderāja, Russia, where she arrived on 2 August.[75]
Boreas
Norway
The brig ran aground near Helsingborg, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Narva, Russia to Montrose, Forfarshire. She was refloated with the assistance of a steamship.[15]
Elvira
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on Hirsholmene, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Kalundborg, Sweden. She was refloated and towed in to Frederikshavn, Denmark in a leaky condition.[52]
Emma Trechmann
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore at "Stubben", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London. She was refloated.[73]
Jeune Hortense
France
The ship ran aground on the Scroby SandsNorfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Vannes, Morbihan. She was refloated and assisted in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a leaky condition.[73][76]
Lady Catherine
United Kingdom
The steamship collided with the steamship Milo (United Kingdom) and sank at Swinemünde, Germany. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Swinemünde.[73]
Maynards
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Droogden, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Loviisa, Grand Duchy of Finland to Hartlepool, County Durham.[52]
Squirrel
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground at Larache, Morocco.[52] She was refloated the next day.[73]
Walter Thomas
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Lindisfarne, Northumberland.[73]
29 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1875
Ship
Country
Description
Alice
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Robin Hoods Bay, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.[73]
Emil
Sweden
The ship was driven ashore at Kastrup, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France to Stockholm.[74]
Jane Young
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at New York, United States. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[15]
Marian
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Calcutta, India. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to London.[73][76]
Parthenia
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Hornbæk, Denmark.[15]
The schooner was driven ashore at Macduff, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom. Her five crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.[15][80]
United Kingdom
The steamship caught fire and was abandoned off Madeira. Her crew were rescued by (United Kingdom). Nelusko was on a voyage from the River Plate to Antwerp, Belgium.[81]
Petrino
Italy
The brig collided with the schoonerOcean Swell (United Kingdom) off Cape Spartel, Morocco and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Ocean Swell.[82]Petrino was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Syros, Greece.[83][75]
31 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1875
Ship
Country
Description
Dispatch
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her five crew were rescued by the fishing smackShannon (United Kingdom).[82][84][85]
Nelusko
Belgium
The steamship caught fire off Madeira and was abandoned by her crew, seventeen of whom were reported missing. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was taken in tow by the steamship Africa (United Kingdom) but sank off the Desertas Islands.[86]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in July 1875
Ship
Country
Description
Claushefty
United Kingdom
The ship foundered at sea. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Quebec City, Dominion of Canada.[60]
Comayeux
France
The schooner foundered off the Horn Reef. Her crew were rescued by the smackTornado (United Kingdom).[41]
The ship was destroyed by fire at Honolulu, Kingdom of Hawaii before 13 July.[87][33]
Fortuna
Norway
The brig was abandoned in the North Sea before 21 July. She was taken in tow by tow smacks, which took herr in to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom, where she was beached.[47][61]
The steamship ran aground at Woosung, China. She was refloated.[41]
Lamsden
New South Wales
The ship struck a sunken rock and foundered. Her crew were rescued.[48]
Liberty
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Strait of Belle Isle. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Dundee, Forfarshire.[73] She was subsequently taken in to Quebec City.[76]
Pass-by
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Eleuthera, Bahamas.[13]
Primrose
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Oporto, Portugal. She was refloated.[13]
Skandinav
Norway
The brig collided with another vessel and was abandoned in the English Channel.[89]
T. H. Haviland
United States
The ship was abandoned at sea before 28 July. She was on a voyage from Naguabo, Puerto Rico to New York.[73]
Titian
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore at Kertch, Russia. She was refloated on 11 July.[27]