List of shipwrecks in March 1876

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The list of shipwrecks in March 1876 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during March 1876.

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1 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1876
Ship Country Description
Anna Jansen  Denmark The ship was driven ashore near "Hjehnen". She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Fredericia. She was refloated and taken in to Aarhus.[1]
Argyle  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Dunfanaghy, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Ballyness, County Donegal.[2]
Bengairn  United Kingdom The brig ran aground in the Boqueron Passage. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Callao, Peru. She was refloated the next day and towed in to Callao.[3]
Confidence  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore and damaged near Ballyness. She was on a voyage from Ballyness to London.[2]
Czar  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship ran aground on the Gabbard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[4]
Glenaray  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Brook, Isle of Wight. Her crew were rescued by the Coastguard using rocket apparatus, but one crewman died after reaching shore. Glenaray was on a voyage from Adelaide, South Australia to London.[2]
Matin  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London. she was refloated and resumed her voyage.[2][1]
Margaret McColl  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Berman Head, Isle of Arran. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Larne, County Antrim to Rothesay, Isle of Bute.[2]
Nuova Ottavia  Italy The barque stranded off Currituck Beach, North Carolina with the loss of nine of her crew, plus the three crewmen of the No. 4 Life Saving Station, and one man from the Currituck Beach Light were lost. Four crewmen washed ashore on wreckage alive. Nuova Ottavia was on a voyage from Genoa to Baltimore, Maryland, United States. She was a total loss.[5][6]
Urd  Norway The ship ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Frederikshald to Sunderland. She was refloated and found to be leaky.[2]
Young John  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Stone Ends, Cambridgeshire. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.[7]
Unnamed  United States The lifeboat capsized off the coast of North Carolina with the los of four lives whilst going to the assistance of the barque Nuova Ottavia ( Italy), which was in distress.[5]

2 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1876
Ship Country Description
Faraday  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and damaged at Whitehead, Nova Scotia, Dominion of Canada. She was refloated and taken in to Halifax, Nova Scotia.[4]
Susanne  Germany The barque was run into by the steamship Sandringham ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Elbe.[7] She was on a voyage from Hamburg to the Amoor River.[4]

3 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1876
Ship Country Description
Attaliah  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Whiting Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. She was refloated and beached at Harwich, Essex.[4]
Carrier Dove  United States The Montell & Company-owned clipper ran aground at Stone Horse Shoals, near Tybee Island, Georgia and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Tybee Island.
Carrier Dove Canada Dominion of Canada The schooner was swept from her moorings and dragged underneath another schooner on the American side of Lake Ontario.
Columbine  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her seventeen crew were rescued by the steamship Somerset ( United Kingdom). Columbine was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[8][9]
Glenlivet  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Carrickfergus, County Antrim. She was refloated on 10 March and towed in to Carrickfergus.[10]
Great Britain  United Kingdom The ship capsized with the loss of fifteen of her crew. Survivors were taken off the wreck on 11 March by Greta ( United Kingdom). Great Britain was on a voyage from , United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[11]
Helens  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Amoy, China. She was refloated and placed under repair.[4]
Theton  Germany The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cimbritshamn, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Memel to Hartlepool, Country Durham.[4]

4 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1876
Ship Country Description
Anna Maria  United Kingdom The trow capsized in the Bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Lydney, Gloucestershire. She was subsequently beached.[12][4]
Arriero  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked on Rathlin Island, County Donegal. Her crew were rescued.[4]
Iona  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Formby, Lancashire with the loss of her captain. Three survivors were rescued by the Formby Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Bridgwater, Somerset to Liverpool, Lancashire.[7][13][14]
Maria  United Kingdom The schooner was destroyed by fire off Montrose, Forfarshire. Her five crew were rescued by the Coastguard.[9]
Nautilus  United Kingdom The steam flat sprang a leak sank in the River Mersey off New Ferry, Cheshire. No crew were aboard at the time.[15]
Sarah Jane  United Kingdom The brigantine was abandoned in the North Sea off the (Trinity House Ensign (pre-1937).svg Trinity House). Her crew were rescued by the steamship Wear ( United Kingdom).[12]
Trusty  United Kingdom The trow sank in the Swash, off the coast of Somerset. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Gloucester.[4]

5 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1876
Ship Country Description
Ipswich  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore on Baltrum, Germany. Her seven crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Bremerhaven, Germany.[4]
John Geddie  United Kingdom The ship caught fire at Charleston, South Carolina, United States and was scuttled.[12] She was on a voyage from Charleston to Liverpool, Lancashire.[16] She was refloated in late March.[17]
Sireneham Marstrom Russian Empire Grand Duchy of Finland The barque was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by Hedwig Zabel ( Germany). Sireneham Marstrom was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Reval, Russia. She was taken in to Lysekil, Norway in a derelict condition.[4][18]

6 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1876
Ship Country Description
Chatham  Norway The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the steamship ( United Kingdom), which put seven of her crew aboard with the intention of taking her in to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[19] She arrived at Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom in early April.[20]
Dronning Sophie  Norway The barque ran aground at Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Antwerp, Belgium.[12]
Falke  Germany The steamship ran aground near Bremen. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[16]
George Lock  United Kingdom The jigger smack was wrecked at Helmsdale, Sutherland.[16] Her crew were rescued.[4]
Halvmaanen  Norway The brigantine was driven ashore on Hirsholmene. She was on a voyage from Alloa, Clackmannanshire, United Kingdom to Karrebæksminde, Denmark. She was refloated and taken in to Fredrikshavn, Denmark in a severely leaky condition.[12][4]
Industry  United Kingdom The ship sank in the Swash, off the coast of Somerset. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[12]
Nettle  United States The brigantine ran aground at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from New York to Gibraltar. She was refloated.[12]
Old Dominion  United States The barque collided with a frigate and was beached at Vlissingen. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[12]
Walker Hall  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned off Thurso, Caithness. Her eleven crew were resuced by the Thurso Lifeboat Charley Lloyd (Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[21] Walker Hall was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Lisbon, Portugal.[22] She was subsequently driven ashore and wrecked at Clarendon Head, Caithness.[23]

7 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1876
Ship Country Description
Camelford  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Doom Bar and was wrecked with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by rocket apparatus and breeches buoy. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Saint Lucia.[23][24]
 United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Grindura Reef, off the coast of Ceylon and sank. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to China.[23][25]

8 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1876
Ship Country Description
Aurora Australis  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Java, Netherlands East Indies to Queenstown, County Cork.[23][26]
 United Kingdom The steamship caught fire at Belfast, County Antrim. The fire was extingusihed.[27]
Disco  United States The ship was damaged by fire at Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia to Amsterdam.[23]
Garland  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Molène, Finistère, France. Her crew were rescued.[28]
Ontario  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Long Beach, New Jersey, United States. Her crew were rescued.[29]
Polar Star  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on the north coast of Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued.[23]
Samanoue Ottoman Empire Egypt The steamship suffered a boiler explosion at Suez with the loss of 24 lives. She was on a voyage from Suez to Massowah.[30]
William  United Kingdom The fishing smack ran aground on the North Dogger, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wexford. Her crew were rescued by the Rosslare Lifeboat.[23]

10 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1876
Ship Country Description
Anna Marie  United Kingdom The schooner foundered on the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued by the smack Superior ( United Kingdom). Anna Marie was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire to Hull, Yorkshire.[31]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Cromarty. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Helmsdale, Sutherland to Stettin, Germany.[32][10]
Experiment  United Kingdom The smack departed from Plymouth for Kingsbridge, Devon. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of both crew.[33]
Slains Castle  United Kingdom The ship was driven onto the Pwllchrochan Flats, off the coast of Pembrokeshire.[10]
Unnamed  France The ship ran aground on the Blackshaw Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Wigtownshire, United Kingdom. Her twenty crew survived.[10]

11 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1876
Ship Country Description
Cowslip  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was oon a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Genoa, Italy. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent, where she arrived on 14 March.[34][18]
Marie Georgiana  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Figueira da Foz, Portugal. She was refloated and found to be leaky. She was taken in to Figueria da Foz for repairs.[32]
Thomas and Kate United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridport, Dorset. Her crew were rescued by the Coastguard.[32]

12 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1876
Ship Country Description
Adelaide  France The schooner ran aground and was wrecked at Arklow, County Wicklow, United Kingdom.[32]
Ami  France The brig ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. Her eight crew were rescued by the Ramsgate Lifeboat Bradford (Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[35]
Athlete  United Kingdom The brigantine foundered in the English Channel off Portland, Dorset with the loss of seven of the eight people on board. The survivor was rescued by Amelia ( United Kingdom). Athlete was on a voyage from London to Sligo.[36]
Barbara  United Kingdom The brig was sighted in the North Sea off the (Trinity House Ensign (pre-1937).svg Trinity House) whilst on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[37]
Caroline Lawson  United Kingdom The ship caught fire and sank at Oran, Algeria.[32]
Charlotte  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and sank off Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. Her crew were rescued by the Coastguard. She was on a voyage from Seaham to London.[18]
Edith  United Kingdom The fishing vessel was driven ashore at Dover, Kent. She was refloated with the assistance of the Dover Lifeboat Royal Wiltshire (Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution) and assisted in to Dover.[35]
Eumenides  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean 200 nautical miles (370 km) off Cape Clear Island, County Cork with the loss of thirteen of her 22 crew. Survivors were rescued by the brig Albatross ( Norway). Eumenides was on a voyage from Beaufort, South Carolina, United States to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[38][34][39][40][41][42]
Great Western  United States The ship ran aground in the River Mersey off Eastham, Cheshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was refloated the next day with assistance from the tugs Great Emperor and Liverpool (both  United Kingdom) but drove ran aground at Egremont, Lancashire. She was again refloated.[43]
Mathilde Ann  United Kingdom The cutter was wrecked at Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.[44]
M. D. Sarah  United Kingdom The schooner foundered 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Cayeux-sur-Mer, Somme, France with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Par, Cornwall to Abbeville, Somme.[45][46]
Old Goody  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at the Cliff End Fort, Isle of Wight.[44] She was on a voyage from Caen, Calvados, France to Guernsey, Channel Islands.[33]
Paragon  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her five crew were rescued by Bessemer ( United Kingdom). Paragon was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Trouville-sur-Mer, Calvados.[31][18]
Prigue  United Kingdom The brig was driven onto The Shingles, off the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Briton Ferry, Glamorgan.[47]
Princess Alexandra  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Braganza Bank, at the mouth of the Pará River and sank. Her eleven crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Pará, Brazil.[48][49]
Resolute  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands. Her crew were rescued by the Ramsgate Lifeboat Bradford (Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution). She was on a voyage from Bo'ness, Lothian to Lisbon, Portugal She was a total loss.[32][50][35]
Richard White  United Kingdom The barge capsized in the River Medway with the loss of a crew member.[51]
Rocket  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Brake Sand. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated and taken in tow for Dover, Kent but was found to be sinking and was beached at St. Margaret's Bay, Kent.[32]
Speculation  United Kingdom The sloop foundered in the English Channel off Christchurch, Hampshire with the loss of all hands.[52]
Thistle  United Kingdom The steamship foundered in the English Channel 6 nautical miles (11 km) off Belleville-en-Caux, Seine-Inférieure, France with the loss of all twelve crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure.[53]
Thomas and James  United Kingdom The ship sank in the Bristol Channel off Bridgwater, Somerset.[31]
Warrior  United Kingdom The barge was driven ashore at Portsmouth, Hampshire. She was refloated the next day.[33]
William Pitt  United Kingdom The ketch became waterlogged and was run ashore near Bournemouth, Hampshire.[33] Her two crew were rescued; One by the Swanage Lifeboat Manley Wood (Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution) and one by lifebuoy.[32]
Unnamed  France The smack foundered in the English Channel 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) west south west of Christchurch, Hampshire with the loss of all four crew.[32][51][54]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The barge was driven in to London Bridge and sank in the River Thames. All on board survived.[55]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The brigantine foundered in the English Channel 8 nautical miles (15 km) off Portland Bill, Dorset.[51]

13 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1876
Ship Country Description
Active  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was reported to be on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Aberdeen.[32]
Alaca  United Kingdom The Thames barge sprang a leak and sank on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex.[32]
Avon  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Chester, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dublin.[56]
Catherine  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Ellewoutsdijk, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Baltimore, Maryland, United States.[32]
Douze Apotres  France The ship was driven ashore at the , Vlissingen, Zeeland. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to "Acilles".[32]
Emma L. Oulton  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Ebenezer ( United States). Emma L. Oulton was on a voyage from Baltimore to Queenstown, County Cork.[3]
France  United Kingdom The barque was in collision with the brig Eliza B ( United Kingdom) in the Bristol Channel off Oxwich, Glamorgan and sank with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Eliza B.[57]
Hirondelle  France The brig was driven ashore at the Rammekens Castle. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Africa.[32]
Jeune St. Pierre  France The ship was driven ashore at the Rammekens Castle. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Cherbourg, Manche.[32]
Maria  Russia The ship was driven ashore at the Rammekens Castle. She was on a voyage from Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Belgium to Newcastle upon Tyne.[32]
Saint Pierre  France The ship ran aground and was wrecked on the Blackshaw Bank, off the coast of Wigtownshire, United Kingdom.[31]
Susan Douglas  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the west point of "Samma Samma Island", China with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Ningpo.[58]
William Wilson  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Kaloot Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland. Shew was on a voyage from Antwerp to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[32]
Unnamed  Netherlands The dredger was run down and sunk off Hoek van Holland by the steamship Ironopolis ( United Kingdom).[32]

14 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1876
Ship Country Description
Abbie Thomas Canada Dominion of Canada The ship was driven ashore at La Tremblade, Charente-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Dunkerque, Nord, France.[31]
Anne  Germany The ship ran aground on the Randzel, off Borkum.[31]
Elizabeth Kelly  United Kingdom The brigantine sank at Newport, Monmouthshire. She was raised the next day.[34]
France  France The barque was run into by Eliza B. and sank in the Bristol Channel off the coast of Glamorgan United Kingdom with the loss of a crew member.[31]
Grecian Daughter  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea. Her five crew were rescued by the steamship ( United Kingdom).[59]
John and Mary  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore near Bangor, County Down. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to an English port.[60]
Juliet  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Caen, Calvados, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Llanelly, Glamorgan to Caen.[48]
Madeline  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore near Kingsdown, Kent. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Belfast. She was refloated and towed in to Ramsgate, Kent.[31]
Maria Mercede  Italy The ship foundered off the Capo Caccia Lighthouse, Sardinia. She was on a voyage from , Sardinia to Antwerp, Belgium.[61]
Martha  France The fishing schooner capsized off the coast of Iceland with the loss of two of her seventeen crew. Survivors were rescued by the fishing schooner Ceres and another vessel (both  France).[62][63]
Queen of the East  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Diamond Reef. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[34]
Queen of the Isles  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Aberlady, Lothian. She was on a voyage from Scalloway, Shetland Islands to Leith, Lothian.[34]
Victoria  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and severely damaged at Lynmouth, Devon. Her crew were rescued.[31]
Unnamed Flag unknown The schooner was driven ashore near Holywood, County Down.[60]
Unnamed Flag unknown The ship was wrecked in with the loss of two lives.[60]
Seven unnamed vessels  United Kingdom The barges sank in the River Thames at Blackwall, Middlesex, and Plaistow, Essex.[64][34]

15 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1876
Ship Country Description
Angelita  Spain The schooner collided with the steamship Coomassie ( France) and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km) off Cape Trafalgar with the loss of two of her eight crew. Survivors were rescued by Coomassie. Angelita was on a voyage from Torrevieja to Santiago.[65]
 United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Staithes, Yorkshire. Her eighteen crew were rescued by the Whitby Lifeboat Hannah Somerset (Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Bebside was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.[11][66][67][68]
Dunaberg Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore at Brindisi, Italy. She was on a voyage from Trieste to Bahia, Brazil. She was refloated.[34]
Fassfern  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and severely damaged at Villaricos, Spain. Her crew were rescued.[11][43]
Frederica Pattenborg Zetland, or
Frederick 		 Germany The ship, a brig or a schooner, was driven ashore and wrecked between Audresselles and Cap Gris Nez, Pas-de-Calais, France with the loss of three of the five people on board.[69][64] She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Rosario, Argentina.[48][70]
Friendship  United Kingdom The ketch was driven ashore at Langstone, Hampshire.[34]
Gehr  Norway The brig ran aground on the Kentish Knock. She was on a voyage from Kragerø to Smyrna, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated and taken in to The Downs.[36]
George Anson  United Kingdom The brigantine ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Folkestone, Kent.[34][18]
Great Western  United States The ship was driven ashore at Eastham, Cheshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[71] She was refloated but came ashore near Egremont, Lancashire.[11]
König Wilhelm  Netherlands The steamship ran aground, capsized was and wrecked at Hoek van Holland, South Holland. Her crew were rescued.[34][43]
 United Kingdom The steamship ran aground near Honfleur, Manche, France. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated on 25 March and resumed her voyage.[17]
 Germany The steamship was driven ashore at Hoek van Holland. She was on a voyage from Liepāja, Russia to Rotterdam, South Holland.[34]
Parisien  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Garrucha, Spain and was abandoned by her fifteen crew. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Garrucha. She became a wreck.[11][72]
4  United Kingdom The lighter struck rocks off Seaham, County Durham and sank. She was being towed from South Shields to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.[34]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The lighter was driven ashore and wrecked at Seaham. She was being towed from South Shields to Middlesbrough.[34]

16 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1876
Ship Country Description
Bellona  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore at Queenstown, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Queenstown to Galway.[43]
Beulah  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned on the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued by the fishing smack Rippling Wave ( United Kingdom). Beulah was on a voyage from London to , County Durham.[36][19][63]
Florence  New Zealand The 55-ton schooner was en route from Dunedin to Wellington in ballast when she was hit by a strong gale off Banks Peninsula and foundered. One crewman drowned; the rest successfully reached Lyttelton in the ship's boat.[73]
Hoopoe, and
Kong Sverre 		 United Kingdom
 Norway 		The steamships collided in the River Mersey off New Brighton, Cheshire and were both severely damaged. Hoopoe was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Liverpool. Kong Sverre was on a voyage from Christiania to Liverpool.[11]
Kathleen  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Trinity Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated and assisted in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire.[11]
Moreton  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Hayle, Cornwall.[11] Her crew were rescued.[74]

17 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1876
Ship Country Description
Athlete, and
King Richard 		 United Kingdom The steamship King Richard was run into by the steamship Athlete.in the River Mersey. She was towed to Tranmere, Cheshire, where she sank. Athlete was severely damaged.[75][76]
Christian Martha  Netherlands The galiot collided with a schooner and sank in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by fishing smacks.[77]
Fortuna  Germany The ship was driven ashore near Scholpin with the loss of six of the fifteen people on board. She was on a voyage from Swinemünde to Pillau.[63][42]
Hoopoe, and
Kong Sverre 		 United Kingdom
 Norway 		The steamship Hoopoe collided with Kong Sverre in the River Mersey. Both vessels were severely damaged.[76]
Laurel  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore on Scalpay, Outer Hebrides. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Kingstown, County Dublin.[78]

18 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1876
Ship Country Description
Arethusa  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground and was wrecked at Caernarfon. She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to London.[62][63]
Garibaldi  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore 10 nautical miles (19 km) north of Aberdeen. Her crew were rescued.[62][63]
Isabel  France The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked west of St. Ives, Cornwall, United Kingdom with the loss of all 30 crew.[62][79] She was on a voyage from La Rochelle, Charente-Inférieure, France to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[80]
John  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Barrow Sand, in the Thames Estuary. Her crew were rescued by the tug Oscar ( United Kingdom).[63]
Lizzy Marton  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned of Teignmouth, Devon. Her five crew were rescued by the Teignmouth Lifeboat.[80][68]
Lori  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at the Delaware Breakwater. She was refloated.[62]
Magdala  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked in the Chandeleur Islands with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New Orleans, Louisiana, and/or Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States.[81][82][83]
Star of Brunswick  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the Bristol Channel off Lynmouth, Devon.[62] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Ilfracombe, Devon.[63]
Thor  Sweden The ship ran aground on the English Bank, in the River Plate and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Stockholm.[62]
Trevithick  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Maassluis, South Holland, Netherlands.[61]

19 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1876
Ship Country Description
Abel, and
Hesse-Darmstadt 		 United Kingdom
 Germany 		The ships collided in the River Mersey. Both vessels were severely damaged.[84]
August Mayor  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) east of Gravelines, Nord. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord to London.[63]
Cairngorm  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Cambois, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from the Cromarty Firth to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated on 23 March and towed in to Blyth, Northumberland.[85]
Dauntless  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Exmouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Exeter, Devon. She was refloated.[63]
Jane Roberts  United Kingdom The ship collided with a barge and sank in the River Mersey.[84]
Kate Ellen  United Kingdom The Mersey Flat sank in the River Mersey off Woodside, Cheshire.[62][36]

20 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1876
Ship Country Description
Aspatria  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at "Ferdinando Niargioja", Sicily, Italy. Her crew were rescued.[62]
Britannia  United Kingdom The smack sprang a leak and sank off "Drunmore". She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Stranraer, Wigtownshire.[62]
County of Ayr  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Arklow Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow. All but her captain were taken off. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Demerara, British Guiana and/or Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. County of Ayr was refloated on 22 March and towed in to Waterford.[62][42]
Deux Reines  France The lugger struck the pier and sank at Dunkerque, Nord. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque to Bordeaux, Gironde.[63]
Fair Maid  United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea off Hartlepool, County Durham. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Temon ( United Kingdom).[62][42]
Frans  Germany The ship ran aground and was wrecked at Opobo, Africa.[86]
Jane Roberts  United Kingdom The Mersey Flat collided with the Mersey Flat Jackal ( United Kingdom) and sank on the Devil's Bank, in Liverpool Bay.[62][36]
Kate  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Crosby, Lancashire.[36]
Killin  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and was wrecked. Her five crew were rescued by the Caister Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Thurso, Caithness to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[62][87][68]
Maggie M. Weaver  United States The schooner went ashore near Sandy Hook, New Jersey and broke up in a severe gale with the loss of all six crew.[5]
Veritas  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Shrape Point, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Poole, Dorset. She was refloated and taken in to Cowes, Isle of Wight in a severely leaky condition.[62]
Vertrouwen  Netherlands The ship foundered at sea. Her crew were rescued by the smack Maid Marian ( United Kingdom). Vertrouwen was on a voyage from Granton, Lothian, United Kingdom to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[62]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The brigantine was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean.[85]

21 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1876
Ship Country Description
Banshee  Queensland The steamship was wrecked in a hurricane 15 nautical miles (28 km) from Cardwell with the loss of nineteen lives.[88][89]
Bryn-y-mor  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Addah, Africa.[90][91]
Favourite  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on Mugglin's Rock and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wexford to Dublin.[36]
Hattie Eaton  United States The brig was wrecked near Kittery, Maine with the loss of seven of her eight crew. She was on a voyage from Cienfuegos, Cuba to Boston, Massachusetts.[92]
Juanita  United States The steamship ran aground in the Savannah River downstream of Pig Island. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Savannah, Georgia.[93]
Madagascar  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at "Brittoback", French Indo-China. She was on a voyage from Bangkok, Siam to Hong Kong. She was refloated and found to be leaky.[36]
Mary Ann  United Kingdom The ship founderef off Padstow, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued.[63]
Miss Thomas  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Jangfernbank. She was on a voyage from Port Madoc to Bremen, Germany.[36]
Victor  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and caught fire at Sandgate, Kent. The fire was extinguished; she was refloated and taken in to Dover, Kent.[19]

22 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1876
Ship Country Description
Broughty Castle  United Kingdom The schooner was run into by the steamship Thistle ( United Kingdom) and sank in Lough Foyle. Her crew were rescued. Broughty Castle was on a voyage from Londonderry to Morecambe, Lancashire.[19]
Elodie  Austria-Hungary The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 6 nautical miles (11 km) north east of Trevose Head, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her eleven crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Barcelona, Spain.[19][63]
Majestic  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore on , Anglesey, United Kingdom.[19] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Wicklow.[63]

23 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1876
Ship Country Description
Pasqualina  Austria-Hungary The brig foundered in the Bay of Biscay with the loss of all hands. She had been in collision with the schooner Ferdinand ( United Kingdom on or about 20 March. Pasqualina was on a voyage from Mostaganem, Morocco to Antwerp, Belgium.[94]

24 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1876
Ship Country Description
Hope  United Kingdom The smack sprang a leak and foundered off Lossiemouth, Moray. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Baynes ( United Kingdom). Hope was on a voyage from Macduff, Aberdeenshire to the Outer Hebrides.[95]
Margaret Anne  United Kingdom The ship was sighted whilst on a voyage from Larache, Morocco to a British port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[96]

25 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1876
Ship Country Description
Asa Porter Canada Dominion of Canada The brig was wrecked near Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States with the loss of eight of her nine crew.[82]
Flower of Enzie  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Lossiemouth, Moray.[97]
George Canning  United Kingdom The barque ran aground in St. Nicholas Gat. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was refloated and put in to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[81]
 United Kingdom The steamship collided with a barque off Long Island, New York. She was beached on Fire Island and broke in two. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Palermo, Sicily, Italy to New York City, United States.[98][81][99][100]
Hope  United Kingdom The smack sprang a leak and foundered in the Moray Firth. Her crew were rescued by Bozic ( United Kingdom).[98][81]
Jane Bacon  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[97]
Mary  United Kingdom The barque collided with the steamship Newton ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned off Holyhead, Anglesey. Mary was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Nova Scotia, Dominion of Canada. She was towed in to Holyhead in a waterlogged condition by the steamship Star of England ( United Kingdom)).[98]
Planter  United States The steamship was wrecked on the Cape Romain Shoals, off the coast of South Carolina whilst assisting a vessel that had been driven ashore.[101]
Retreiver  Belgium The barque ran aground east of Gravelines, Nord, France. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to a Spanish port. She broke in two and was a total loss.[98][97][17][85]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The brig was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean.[81]
Unnamed  Sweden The ship was wrecked on Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands.[85]

26 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1876
Ship Country Description
Annie Mabel  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on The Saddles. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Shanghai, China.[102][103][104]
Ransome  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the River Gipping. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Ipswich, Suffolk. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Ipswich.[105]

27 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1876
Ship Country Description
Anna  Germany The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Anstruther, Fife, United Kingdom. Her five crew were rescued by the Anstruther Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Rendsburg to Burntisland, Fife.[98][68]
Eliza  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and put in to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France, where she ran aground. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France to Whitstable, Kent.[98]
Cierus  Germany The ship ran aground on "Windingen". She was on a voyage from Memel to Kirkcaldy, Fife. She was refloated with assistance.[98]
John Walker  United Kingdom The fishing smack foundered off the Faroe Islands with the loss of all fourteen cfrew.[106]
Louise Auguste  Germany The brig ran aground on "Windingen". She was on a voyage from Memel to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated with assistance.[98]

28 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1876
Ship Country Description
Aline  France The ship sank off "Houa". Her crew were rescued.[85]
Elvira  Spain The steamship exploded and sank at Pasaia with the loss of several lives.[107]
 Germany The steamship ran aground in the Elbe downstream of Schulau.[108]
Isabella  United Kingdom The smack ran aground on the Nore and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by the smack Claude ( United Kingdom).[81]
Silver Star  United States The ship was destroyed by fire at Pará, Brazil.[85]
St. Bernard  United Kingdom The ship departed from Iquique, Chile for Falmouth, Cornwall. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all fifteen crew.[109]

29 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1876
Ship Country Description
Ella  United States The barque was driven ashore and wrecked near Anaheim, California.[110]

30 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1876
Ship Country Description
Brilliant  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Caminha, Portugal. Her crew were rescued.[104] She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to the Rio de la Hacha.[111]
Brilliant  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stettin, Germany to London.[108]
Ellen Beatrice  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at Newport, Monmouthshire. She was on a voyage from an Irish port to Newport.[102]
Harriet  United Kingdom The brig was run into by the steamship ( United Kingdom) and sank at Sunderland, County Durham. Her crew were rescued by cobles. Harriet was on a voyage from Sunderland to Littlehampton, Sussex.[102][112]
Prospero  United Kingdom The ship departed from Rangoon, Burma for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all 36 crew.[113]
Witch of the Wave  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Opobo, Lagos Colony. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Africa.[102]

31 March[]

List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1876
Ship Country Description
Avanti  Sweden The steamship was driven ashore on "Winga".[111] She was refloated in mid-April and taken in to Gothenburg for repairs.[101]
Pollux  Norway The brig ran aground at Trelleborg. Sweden. She was on a voyage from Sandefjord to Dantzig, Germany. She was refloated with the assistance of a steamship and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark in a leaky condition.[111]
Renska  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Farne Islands, Northumberland. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from "Ituhoe" to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire.[102]
Sovereign  United Kingdom The barque heeled over at Sunderland, County Durham. She was prevented from capsizing by the barque Alice Mary ( United Kingdom) which was alongside.[111]

Unknown date[]

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in March 1876
Ship Country Description
Alice Ablett  United Kingdom The brigantine was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands and Queenstown, County Cork.[18]
Alice Otto  Belgium The steamship ran aground on the Cane Rocks between 19 and 24 March. She was on a voyage from Malta to Antwerp. She was refloated and put back to Malta in a leaky condition.[97]
Annie Putnam  United Kingdom The barque foundered before 16 March. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Bull River to London.[11]
Athenais  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Rebecca Shoal. She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[32]
Belle  United Kingdom The ship was sunk by ice off Baccalieu Island, Newfoundland Colony.[19] She was on a voyage from the Newfoundland Colony to a European port.[63]
Brother's Pride  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Brazil. She was on a voyage from Arbroath, Forfarshire to the Rio Grande. She was refloated and takne in to Pernambuco, where she was condemned.[19]
Ceres  United States The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 27 March. She was on a voyage from Cárdenas, Cuba to New York.[81]
China  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was destroyed by fire in the Indian Ocean. Her crew were resued. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Leith, Lothian.[66][63]
 United States The steamship was wrecked in the Bahamas.[108]
Consett  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Red Sea. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Bombay, India. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, arriving at Bombay on 22 March.[114]
Corsair  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Solent ( United Kingdom) and foundered in the Bristol Channel off Lundy Island, Devon with the loss of four of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Solent.[36][115] Corsair was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to the Charente.[70]
Crescent  United Kingdom The ship sank in the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued by the smack Nyanza ( United Kingdom). Crescent was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Helsingborg, Sweden.[12]
D. Talbot  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 27 March. She was on a voyage from Sagua la Grande, Cuba to Boston, Massachusetts.[81]
Esmeralda  United Kingdom The sloop collided with the brigantine Julia ( United Kingdom) off Plymouth, Devon and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by the pilot boat Daniel ( United Kingdom). Esmeralda was subsequently taken in to Plymouth.[116]
Frank Clark  United States The ship collided with another vessel and foundered at sea. She was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony to New York.[36][78]
Great Britain  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned at sea. Twenty-four of her crew took to a boat; only ten were still alive when rescued six days later by Greta ( United Kingdom). Great Britain was on a voyage from Virginia, United States to a British port. She was subsequently discovered by Mallowdale ( United Kingdom). Two bodies were discovered on board and were buried at sea.[38][41]
Isabella  United Kingdom The smack was wrecked on the Nore. Her crew were rescued.[117]
Jacob V. Troop Canada Dominion of Canada The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.[108]
Jedanesti Dubrovacki Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore in Chesapeake Bay. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Queenstown. She was refloated and put back to Baltimore.[17]
Jeuna Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore at "Point Hudson". She was on a voyage from "Tacorna" to "Salavera" and Chimbote, Chile.[32]
Kenedy  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 4 March. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Rio Grande do Sul to London.[12][4]
Laurdal  Norway The ship was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Drammen to Lemvig.[34]
Live Oak  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was subsequently towed in to Shag Harbour, Nova Scotia, Dominion of Canada in a waterlogged condition.[19][78]
Majestic  United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged by fire at New Orleans, Louisiana, United States before 13 March.[31]
Maria Felicite  France The barque collided with the steamship ( France) and sank. Maria Felicite was on a voyage from Saigon, French Indochina to Monte Video, Uruguay.[103]
M. B. Nickerson  United States The ship was wrecked on Bermuda. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Dominion of Canada to Jamaica.[23]
Ocean  Norway The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 8 March. She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida, United States to Sharpness, GloucestershireUnited Kingdom.[102]
Prince Arthur  United Kingdom The ship was lost in Chilean waters on or before 22 March. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Caldera, Chile.[97][85]
Rosa Bonheur  United States The ship ran aground at Pensacola, Florida. She was on a voyage from Pensacola to Liverpool.[23]
Samaritan  United Kingdom The ship was run into by William Gowland ( United Kingdom) and sank off the (Trinity House Ensign (pre-1937).svg Trinity House). Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland to London.[118]
Sarah Grace Dominion of Newfoundland Newfoundland Colony The sealer collided with an iceberg and sank off "Rinews".[19]

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Ship events in 1876
Ship launches: 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881
Ship commissionings: 1872 1874 1875 1876 1877 1879
Ship decommissionings: 1872 1874 1876 1877 1879
Shipwrecks: 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881

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