The steamship collided with an iceberg and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Race, Newfoundland Colony with the loss of 72 of the 89 people on board. Five survivors were rescued by the steamship (United Kingdom) and twelve were rescued by a Newfoundlandfishing smack.[1][2][3][4]
2 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1875
Ship
Country
Description
Poyang
China
The steamship foundered in a typhoon at Macao with the loss of about 100 lives. There were sixteen survivors. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Macao.[5][6]
No. 2
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Johanna Kepler (Germany). No. 2 was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to New York, United States.[7]
3 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1875
Ship
Country
Description
A. M. B.
United Kingdom
The ship collided with the steamshipBertha (United Kingdom) in the River Thames and was beached at Tilbury Fort, Essex in a waterlogged condition.[8]
Glastry
United Kingdom
The brig collided with the barqueEnos Seule (United States) 25 nautical miles (46 km) off St. Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight and was abandoned by the seven people on board. Five were rescued by Enos Seule, and two by Hippolyte et Marie' (France)' Glastry was on a voyage from Cork to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was towed in to Portsmouth, Hampshire by the brig Maggie (United Kingdom).[9][10]
San Foriano
Italy
The schooner was abandoned in the South Atlantic. Her crew were rescued by Vanguard (United Kingdom).[11]
Wigoline
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by the fishing smackHero (United Kingdom). Wigoline was on a voyage from South Shields to Trouville-sur-Mer, Calvados, France.[12][13][14]
4 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 June 1875
Ship
Country
Description
Andrea
Norway
The schooner ran aground and was severely damaged at Macduff, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Brevig to Macduff.[8]
Julia
New Zealand
The 16-ton cutter was driven onto a reef near Kawau Island in New Zealand's Hauraki Gulf by a gale and was wrecked.[15]
The brig was driven ashore near Southend, Essex. She was on a voyage from London to the West Indies.[18]
Belgium
The steamship was driven ashore and damaged at Blackgang Chine, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Antwerp. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[8][18]
St. Marie
France
The lugger ran aground and sank in the Farne Islands, Northumberland, United Kingdom. Her crew survived.[8]
Thorbecke
Netherlands
The schooner was wrecked in the Rio Grande.[12] She was on a voyage from the Rio Grande to a Dutch port.[19]
5 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1875
Ship
Country
Description
Elibanks Castle
Flag unknown
The schooner was driven ashore at Timaru, New Zealand. She was refloated.[20]
Fosterlandet
Sweden
The ship collided with the steamshipSodra Sveridge (Sweden at Landskrona and was holed below the waterline. She was assisted in to Landskrona having restowed her cargo and with the assistance of two steamships. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to a Swedish port.[21]
United Kingdom
The paddle steamer was driven ashore and wrecked 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of the South Stack, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[21]
Success
Flag unknown
The 59-ton schooner was one driven ashore and wrecked at Timaru with the loss of all four crew.[20]
Wild Wave
Flag unknown
The schooner was driven ashore at Timaru, New Zealand. She was refloated.[20]
William and Mary
New Zealand
The 47-ton schooner capsized during a gale to the north of Kapiti Island. All but one of the ship's crew of five men drowned.[20]
The ship was driven ashore at Elephant Point, Burma.[26]
Niagara
United States
The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from New York to Liverpool.[22]
8 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1875
Ship
Country
Description
Francis
France
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her 39 crew were rescued by the schoonerHarstine (United Kingdom). Francis was on a voyage from Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine to the Newfoundland Colony.[27]
9 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1875
Ship
Country
Description
Adelaide
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the Rangoon River. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Rangoon, Burma. She was refloated and completed her voyage.[28]
Alice Haske
United States
The ship ran aground off "Cape Cataline", Russia. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California to Nicolaieff, Russia. She was condemned and sold, but was refloated and taken in to Nicolaieff, where she arrived on 28 July.[29]
Queen of the Lakes
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Rangoon.[23] She was on a voyage from Colombo, Ceylon to Rangoon.[28]
Unnamed
Flag unknown
The schooner ran aground on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay.[28]
10 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1875
Ship
Country
Description
Forward
United States
The ship ran aground in the Swash, off Portland, Oregon. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Portland.[30]
Jennie Prince
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground on the English Bank, in the River Plate and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Monte Video, Uruguay.[27][31]
Linn Fern
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from the west coast of Africa to Hamburg, Germany. She was refloated with assistance from a pilot boat.[17]
Southport
United Kingdom
The paddle steamer was wrecked at Malpica de Bergantiños, Spain with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Sicily, Italy.[17][32]
Union
Germany
The ship ran aground off Dagerort, Russia. She was on a voyage from Lübeck to Saint Petersburg. Russia.[17]
Unnamed
Ottoman Empire
The brig was run down and sunk off Seraglio Point by the steamshipRhondda (United Kingdom).[33]
The schooner ran aground in the Scheldt at Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from London to Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands.[33] She was refloated and completed her voyage.[35]
12 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1875
Ship
Country
Description
Kedar
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated.[27] She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[35]
Nova Scotia
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Liverpool. She was refloated.[27]
Virgo
Dominion of Canada
The ship was wrecked at Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony.[27]
The brig ran aground on a sandbank after the anchor chain parted off Quindalup, Western Australia.[36]
Unity
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at Helsingborg, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Aarhus, Denmark to Hamina, Grand Duchy of Finland. She was refloated and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark.[27]
Viatka
Russia
The ship was driven ashore at Ostby, Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London, United Kingdom.[27] She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark.[37]
14 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1875
Ship
Country
Description
Adona
Norway
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Sejerø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Lübeck, Germany.[38]
The ship ran aground ran aground on the Salvo Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Umeå, Sweden to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Fårösund, Sweden in a waterlogged condition.[27]
Jane Ellen
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Moville, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Red Bay.[26][39]
Nordlyset
Sweden
The ship ran aground at Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Norrköping.[37]
Otto
Netherlands
The schooner ran aground at Dragør. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was refloated.[37]
The steamship ran aground at Falmouth, Cornwall. She was refloated.[37][40]
Fanny
United Kingdom
The ship, a schooner or a ketch, foundered in the Bristol Channel off Clevedon, Somerset with the loss of all four or five crew.[41][42]
George H. Warren
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at New York, United States. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to Saint John, New Brunswick, Dominion of Canada.[43]
Ottolina
Norway
The ship ran aground on Bendeser. She was on a voyage from Norway to Quebec City, Dominion of Canada. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[43]
Result
United Kingdom
The brigantine was run down and sunk in the River Thames by Trevelyan (United Kingdom).[26] She was refloated on 18 June and beached at East Greenwich, Kent.[44]
Viatka
Russia
The ship ran aground off Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated and put in to Copenhagen, Denmark in a leaky condition.[43]
16 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1875
Ship
Country
Description
Alexandre
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Lisbon, Portugal. She was refloated and found to be leaky.[45]
Bartolomeo Danovaro
Italy
The barque ran aground at Dunkerque, Nord, France.[43] She was refloated with the assistance of a tug.[46]
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Happisburgh, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by the smackSerjeant Ballantine (United Kingdom). Deborah was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Pont-Audemer, Eure, France.[45]
Hermann
Germany
The barque ran aground on the Middle Shoebury Sand, in the Thames Estuary.[43]
The ship caught fire and put in to Key West, Florida, United States. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[45]
Rafaelo
Italy
The brig ran aground in the Scheldt. She was refloated and towed in to Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland, Netherlands.[45] She was refloated with the assistance of tugs.[47]
17 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1875
Ship
Country
Description
Bide
United Kingdom
The steamship struck the quayside at Dundee, Forfarshire and was damaged.[47]
The ship ran aground at Aberdeen, United Kingdom and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Aberdeen.[47]
Susan
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore and sank at Ceuta, Spain. Her 22 crew were rescued.[44][49][50]
The sloop-of-war was wrecked on the submerged Ripple Rock in Seymour Narrows off Campbell River, British Columbia, Dominion of Canada. Her 173 crew survived.
Shields
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground on the Mahone Rock, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wexford and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by the Carnsore and Wexford Lifeboats. She was on a voyage from Cork to Troon, Ayrshire. She was refloated with assistance from the tugRuby (United Kingdom) and towed in to Wexford.[51][52][46]
The steamshipAssiz and the tugSpitfire collided in the River Thames at Greenwich, Kent. Both vessels sank[52]
Ayresome
United Kingdom
The steamship collided with some barges and was beached at Greenwich.[46]
Brothers
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground and was damaged at Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Fraserburgh.[46] She was refloated.[7]
Royal Family
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Western Sands, off Rangoon, Burma.[52] She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Rangoon.[46]
Sir Edward
United Kingdom
The schooner sprang a leak and foundered in the Irish Sea 7 nautical miles (13 km) south south west of Point Lynas, Anglesey. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Silloth, Cumberland.[39]
20 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1875
Ship
Country
Description
Excelsior
France
The steamship was run down and sunk off "Suaglio Point", Ottoman Empire by the steamship Lumley Castle (United Kingdom). Excelsion was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Sulina, Ottoman Empire.[53]
Marina Rocca
France
The ship was driven ashore at "Zulfa Point" and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Guadeloupe to Marseille.[7]
Sutterworth
United Kingdom
The ship was damaged by fire east of the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Colony with the loss of one life. She was on a voyage from the British Isles to Auckland, New Zealand.[54]
23 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1875
Ship
Country
Description
Japan
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground at Hong Kong. She was refloated and taken in to Hong Kong in a severely leaky condition. She was placed under repair.[55]
Theodore
Belgium
The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by the smackCatherine (United Kingdom). Theodore was on a voyage from Scarborough, Yorkshire to Ostend, West Flanders.[55]
24 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 24 June 1875
Ship
Country
Description
Caroline Phillips
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked on the Mixon Shoal, in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all four crew.[56]
The schooner struck an iceberg and sank. All 82 people on board got on to the iceberg, from where they were rescued the next day by Jane Ainsley (Newfoundland Colony.[57]
The fishing smack was run down and sunk in the English Channel off Start Point, Devon by the barqueJohn Ellis (Dominion of Canada).[59]
25 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1875
Ship
Country
Description
Cybele
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground at Singapore, Straits Settlements. She was on a voyage from London to Shanghai, China.[60] She was refloated in early July and taken in to Singapore for repairs.[61]
Eleonora
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore at "Solmelunge". She was on a voyage from Sundsvall, Sweden to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[60]
26 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 26 June 1875
Ship
Country
Description
Aride
United Kingdom
The smack foundered in the North Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off Chapel St. Leonards, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued.[60]
Bertha
United Kingdom
The barque collided with the steamshipAchilles and sank in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent. Her crew were rescued.[60] She was refloated on 21 July and beached at Limehouse, Middlesex.[62]
Ruth
Austria-Hungary
The ran aground at Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Kertch, Russia. She was refloated.[39]
27 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1875
Ship
Country
Description
Amarant
Norway
The barque was driven ashore at Agger, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. she was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Malmö, Sweden.[63][64]
28 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1875
Ship
Country
Description
Else
Denmark
The ship sank in the near Aalborg. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom to Nyköping.[65]
Esperance
Flag unknown
The ship ran aground on the Banco Ortez, in the River Plate. She was on a voyage from Valparaíso, Chile to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[66]
The steamship ran aground on the wreck of Bertha (United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Dordrecht, South Holland to London. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and taken in to Gravesend.[64]
The schooner was wrecked near Ouessant, Finistère, France. She was on a voyage from Redon, Ille-et-Vilaine to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[63]
29 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1875
Ship
Country
Description
Culzean Castle
United Kingdom
The ship was sighted whilst on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Melbourne, Victoria. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[67]
St. Rollox
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Smeily Point, Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Jura. She was refloated and beached at Campbeltown, Argyllshire.[66]
Willie McLaren
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and was damaged at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island, Dominion of Canada to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[7]
30 June[]
List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1875
Ship
Country
Description
Ann
United Kingdom
The Mersey Flat caught fire at Liverpool, Lancashire.[66]
Coromandel
United Kingdom
The steamship departed from Bombay, India for Liverpool. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of 40 people on board.[68][69][70]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in June 1875
Ship
Country
Description
Anna
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground off Lavansaari, Grand Duchy of Finland. She was refloated and towed in to Vyborg, Grand Duchy of Finland.[38]
Champlain
United States
The ship ran aground in the Farallon Islands, California and sank. She was on a voyage from New York to San Francisco, California.[52]
Earl of Elgin
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Cap-Chat, Quebec, Dominion of Canada. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Quebec City, Dominion of Canada. She was refloated on 18 June.[58]
The launch was wrecked in a hurricane at Valparaíso.[65]
Eleanora
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall, Sweden to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark.[64]
Holgate
Norway
The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 15 June.[55]
Ismay
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked at "Punta de Choros", Chile before 8 June. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Valparaíso to Peñablanca, Chile.[23][28][71]
United States
The Schooner was lost in the Magdalen Islands. crew saved.[72]
Ocean
Chile
The launch was wrecked in a hurricane at Valparaíso.[65]
Pacific
New Zealand
The 51-ton schooner left Timaru bound for Manukau Harbour, Auckland on 4 June with eight crew and one passenger. She was not seen again.[15]
Presidente Sarmiento
Argentina
The ship ran aground on the Banco Chico. She was on a voyage from Magdalena to the English Channel. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[18]
Pearl
Chile
The launch was wrecked in a hurricane at Valparaíso.[65]
Rangatira
New South Wales
The steamship was wrecked on the coast of New Caledonia before 25 June. Her crew were rescued.[63][65]
Redby
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore near Thisted, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Burntisland, Fife to Copenhagen, Denmark. She was refloated and taken in to Halmstad, Sweden in a severely leaky condition.[64][58]
Regina
Norway
The brig ran aground at Archangelsk, Russia. She was condemned.[64]
Rogate
United Kingdom
The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 16 June.[73]
Tonga
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the coast of the Natal Colony. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to the Natal Colony.[38]
Trujillo
Chile
The brig was wrecked in a hurricane at Valparaíso.[63]
Unnamed
Flag unknwon
The schooner collided with Tolvo (Norway) and foundered on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland with the loss of all hands.[38]