List of shipwrecks in October 1870
The list of shipwrecks in October 1870 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during October 1870 .
1 October
2 October
3 October
List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1870
Ship
State
Description
Escape
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked on the coast of Formosa . Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Niuzhuang to Hong Kong . The wreck was plundered by the local inhabitants[ 9] [ 10]
Levant
Netherlands
The steamship was driven ashore on Skagen , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam , South Holland to Gothenburg , Sweden.[ 3] She was refloated the next day with assistance from another steamship.[ 3]
Luzanne
France
The barque ran aground on the Lemon Sand, in the North Sea . She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham , United Kingdom to Dunkerque , Nord . She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth , Norfolk , United Kingdom.[ 11]
Spitfire
United Kingdom
The smack struck a sunken wreck and foundered off the Haisborough Sands , in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew survived.[ 11]
Unnamed
Flag unknown
The steamship ran aground on Jordan's Bank, in Liverpool Bay .[ 3]
4 October
List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1870
Ship
State
Description
Barbara Moir
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at "Knockhead". She was on a voyage from Banff to Portsoy , Aberdeenshire . She was refloated the next day.[ 7]
Ebenezer
United Kingdom
The schooner sprang a severe leak off the mouth of the Humber . She was on a voyage from Pittenweem , Fife to London . She was beached at Spurn Point , Yorkshire with assistance from the Spurn Lifeboat. She was refloated the next day and towed in to Grimsby , Lincolnshire by the tug Warrior ( United Kingdom ).[ 12] [ 7]
Eolus
Canada
The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône , France to Matanzas , Cuba .[ 13]
Fruiterer
New South Wales
The ship ran aground on a reef off "Pius Island". She was on a voyage from Sydney to New Caledonia .[ 14]
Lady Eglinton
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore in Compton Bay . She was on a voyage from Dublin to Southampton , Hampshire .[ 3] She was refloated.[ 15]
Lady Stanley
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore on Lady Isle , in the Firth of Clyde . She was on a voyage from Bristol , Gloucestershire to the Clyde .[ 3] She was refloated the next day and taken in to Troon , Ayrshire .[ 15]
Laine
Russia
The ship caught fire and sank in Beşik Bay . She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire , United Kingdom to Odessa .[ 16]
Leader
Canada
The brig foundered off Sambro, Nova Scotia with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Cape Breton Island to Arichat .[ 13]
Spitfire
United Kingdom
The smack struck a sunken wreck and sank off the Haisborough Sands , in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk . Her crew were rescued.[ 3]
5 October
6 October
List of shipwrecks: 6 October 1870
Ship
State
Description
Cambria
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the North Breakers. She was on a voyage from Bahia , Brazil to Galveston, Texas , United States.[ 21]
Cora
United Kingdom
The ship foundered off Frangerola, Spain. Her crew were rescued by Yubas ( Spain ). Cora was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Barcelona , Spain.[ 7] [ 19] [ 22]
Frithjof
Sweden
The ship was wrecked on Anholt , Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , United Kingdom to Stockholm .[ 23]
Johanne
Denmark
The ship was driven ashore on the west coast of Denmark. She was on a voyage from Bergen , Norway to Stettin . She was refloated and taken in to Fredrikshavn in a severely leaky condition.[ 20]
Medway
Canada
The barque collided with the schooner Devil ( United Kingdom ) and foundered with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom to Halifax, Nova Scotia .[ 21] [ 24] [ 5]
Sophia
United Kingdom
The brigantine was lost in Ramsey Sound with the loss of three of her five crew. She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Liverpool.[ 25]
Suzanne
France
The barque ran aground on the Ower Sand, in the North Sea . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Dunkerque , Nord .[ 20] She was refloated with assistance.[ 12]
Waterlily
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore near Marsala , Sicily , Italy .[ 20]
7 October
List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1870
Ship
State
Description
Anna Colbjorssen
Norway
The barque ran aground on the Fingrund. She was on a voyage from Luleå , Sweden to Plymouth , Devon , United Kingdom . She was refloated and taken in to Stockholm , Sweden in a severely leaky condition.[ 26]
Barter
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Matanzas , Cuba .[ 27]
Captain
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in a hurricane with the loss of at least two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Havana , Cuba to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland .[ 28]
Castor
Flag unknown
The steamship was driven ashore in the Bokkegat.[ 29]
Charlena
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Matanzas.[ 27]
Darien
France
The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at Moleno Point, Cuba. All on board were rescued by the steamship Guantánamo ( Spain )[ 27] [ 30]
Edwin
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Matanzas.[ 27]
Freihandel
Lübeck
The steamship was driven ashore at Hamra, Gotland , Sweden. She was on a voyage from Lübeck to Saint Petersburg , Russia .[ 29]
Glasgow
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Matanzas.[ 27]
G. S. Hunt
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Matanzas.[ 27]
Gipsy
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Ramsey, Isle of Man .[ 7] Her ten crew were rescued by the Ramsey Lifeboat Two Sisters ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution ). She was on a voyage from Glasgow , Renfrewshire to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 31] [ 32]
Mariposa
United States
The steamship foundered off the coast of Florida with the loss of all 36 crew. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to New York .[ 33]
Mercury
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands , Kent and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Antwerp , Belgium to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland . She was refloated.[ 29]
Nelson
United Kingdom
The barque struck the Seven Stones Reef , Cornwall and sank with the loss of three of her thirteen crew. Survivors were rescued by the Sevenstones Lightship ( Trinity House ). Nelson was on a voyage from Águilas , Spain to the River Tyne .[ 34]
Pet
United Kingdom
The yacht sank at Gourock , Renfrewshire.[ 7]
Rees Lewis
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Queenstown, County Cork for Hull , Yorkshire . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 35]
Scotland
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on the Black Rock, off Islay , Inner Hebrides . She was on a voyage from Granton , Lothian to Liverpool. She was refloated on 23 October and taken in to the Clyde . Subsequently repaired at Birkenhead , Cheshire and returned to service.[ 36]
Sharon
United Kingdom
The schooner was abandoned in a sinking condition. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Brixham , Devon to Newcastle upon Tyne.[ 16] [ 37]
8 October
List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1870
Ship
State
Description
Aigle
Admiralty
The hulk , a former Aigle -class frigate , was sunk by a torpedo fired by HMS Oberon ( Royal Navy ) off the Isle of Grain , Kent .
Alacrity
United Kingdom
The paddle tug was wrecked at Holmpton , Yorkshire . Her crew were rescued.[ 7] [ 38] She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Hull, Yorkshire .[ 39]
Caroline
United Kingdom
The schooner was run into by the steamship Filey ( United Kingdom ) at South Shields , County Durham and was severely damaged.[ 39]
Gertrude Speelman
Stettin
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Boddam, Aberdeenshire , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Boddam to Stettin.[ 40]
Harry
United Kingdom
The derelict brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Staintondale , Yorkshire .[ 41]
Hero
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Flamborough Head , Yorkshire . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire to South Shields , County Durham .[ 6]
Huntress
United Kingdom
The brigantine was driven ashore at Lamlash , Isle of Arran . She was on a voyage from Dundalk , County Louth to Troon , Ayrshire . She became a wreck on 12 October.[ 13] [ 8]
Jane and Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The sloop was run ashore and wrecked in Loughan Bay. Her crew were rescued.[ 37]
King
United Kingdom
The schooner foundered in the North Sea 12 nautical miles (22 km) off Spurn Point , Yorkshire . Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to London .[ 42]
Rob the Ranter
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Clogherhead, County Louth with the loss of two of her three crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Newry , County Antrim .[ 34] [ 8]
Sportsman
United Kingdom
The ship sank off Langstone, Hampshire . Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Portland, Dorset to London.[ 7] [ 43]
Veracity
Netherlands
The brig foundered off Great Yarmouth , Norfolk , United Kingdom. Her eighteen crew were rescued by the schooner Kilburn ( United Kingdom ).[ 39] [ 44] Veracity was on a voyage from South Shields to the Nieuw Diep.[ 7]
9 October
List of shipwrecks: 9 October 1870
Ship
State
Description
Alice
United States
The schooner was wrecked on Behring's Island . She was on a voyage from New York to San Francisco, California .[ 14]
Alliance
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Nagara Point , Ottoman Empire . She was on a voyage from Sulina , Ottoman Empire to Dunkerque , Nord , France.[ 16] She was refloated.[ 45]
Golden Age
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the River Tyne .[ 46]
Hart
United Kingdom
The brig was abandoned in Robin Hoods Bay . Her eight crew were rescued by the steamship John Fenwick ( United Kingdom ).[ 39] She came ashore and was wrecked.[ 7]
Marie
Prussia
The steamship ran aground on the Zinnowitz Shallows, in the Baltic Sea . She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Stralsund .[ 34]
Marie
Belgium
The fishing smack foundered on the Dogger Bank . Her crew were rescued by the smack George Emily ( United Kingdom ).[ 47]
Mercury
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands , Kent . She was on a voyage from Antwerp , West Flanders , Belgium to a Mediterranean port. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 48]
Mercury
Prussia
The sloop struck the breakwater and sank at Stolpemünde with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Swinemünde to Stolpemünde.[ 37]
Naiad
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridlington , Yorkshire . She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Colchester , Essex .[ 7] [ 47]
Penniman
United States
The brigantine was wrecked at Port Royal , Jamaica.[ 49]
Rival
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Archangelsk , Russia . She was later refloated.[ 50]
Taglioni
Hamburg
The barque ran aground on Skagen , Denmark and was wrecked with loss of life. Five crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Vyborg , Grand Duchy of Finland to Hartlepool , County Durham , United Kingdom .[ 7] [ 51]
Traveller
United Kingdom
The smack collided with a brig and foundered off the Newark Lightship ( Trinity House ). Her crew were rescued.[ 19]
10 October
List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1870
Ship
State
Description
H. R. Russell
United States
The ship was wrrecked near Havana , Cuba .[ 52]
Japan
New South Wales
The 140-foot (42.7 m) whaling barque was lost in a gale and heavy fog on the coast of Siberia , Russia 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) northwest of East Cape .[ 53]
John and Samuel
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Kingscross , Isle of Arran . She was on a voyage from Ayr to Greenock , Renfrewshire .[ 8]
Mercara
United Kingdom
The barque departed from Liverpool , Lancashire for Singapore , Straits Settlements . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 54]
Portia
United Kingdom
The brig collided with the steamship Ranger ( United Kingdom ) in the River Thames and was beached at Tilbury Fort , Essex . She was on a voyage from Riga , Russia to London .[ 34]
Raoul Aurelie
France
The ship sank in Liverpool Bay off the Crosby Lightship ( Trinity House ). Her crew were rescued. Raoul Aurelie was on a voyage from the Rio de la Hacha to Liverpool.[ 34]
Ring
United Kingdom
The Yorkshire Billyboy sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea off Spurn Point , Yorkshire . Her crew were rescued by the schooner Sophie ( Denmark ). Ring was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to London .[ 34] [ 55]
Saxon
United Kingdom
The brigantine ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Fredrikstad , Norway to Falmouth, Cornwall . Saxon was subsequently discovered by a Dutch vessel and taken in at a Dutch port.[ 34] [ 19] [ 56]
Thomas
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Newport, Monmouthshire for Truro , Cornwall . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 57]
Trinidad
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of the Cape Florida Lighthouse , Florida , United States. She was on a voyage from Havana , Cuba to Queenstown, County Cork .[ 58] [ 59] She was refloated on 8 November and taken in to Key West, Florida .[ 60]
Zabina
United States
The barque was driven ashore near Étaples , Pas-de-Calais , France. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Étaples. She was refloated and found to be severely leaky.[ 34] She had been refloated by 14 October.[ 61]
Zephyr
United States
The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from New York to Stettin .[ 61] [ 62]
11 October
List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1870
Ship
State
Description
Apollo
Flag unknown
The ship ran aground on the Vogelsand, in the North Sea . She was on a voyage from Hartlepool , County Durham , United Kingdom to Hamburg . She was declared a total loss.[ 63]
Cilminar
United Kingdom
The ship was sighted off Portland, Dorset whilst on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Rangoon , Burma . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 64]
Eclipse
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Queenstown, County Cork for the Clyde . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 65]
Ellen
United Kingdom
The schooner departed from Penzance , Cornwall for Runcorn , Cheshire . Presumed subsequently foundered with the loss of all four crew; a boat from the ship was washed ashore.[ 66]
Ely
United Kingdom
The steamship struck sunken rocks off Flat Holm , in the Bristol Channel and was beached on the island. All on board were rescued by a tug . She was on a voyage from Portishead, Somerset to Ilfracombe , Devon .[ 42] [ 51]
Ex
United Kingdom
The schooner stucke a sunken wreck and foundered in the North Sea . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Great Yarmouth .[ 67]
Kong Sverre
Norway
The barque ran aground and was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands , Kent , United Kingdom. Her crew survived; two were rescued by the Kingsdown Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Cartagena, Spain to Leith , Lothian , United Kingdom.[ 34] [ 19] [ 32]
Lone Star
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Cardiff , Glamorgan for Palermo , Sicily , Italy . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 1]
Margaret
Canada
The ship was wrecked was West Quoddy, Nova Scotia . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia to Rockland, Maine , United States.[ 68] [ 69]
Marion
United Kingdom
The steamship departed from Liverpool , Lancashire for Dublin . No further trace, presumed foundered in the Irish Sea with the loss of all hands.[ 70]
River Mersey
United Kingdom
The ship departed from the River Mersey for Dublin. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 4]
Rockcliff
United Kingdom
The barque foundered in the South China Sea in a typhoon . Her nineteen crew were rescued the next day by Ornate ( United Kingdom ).[ 71]
12 October
List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1870
Ship
State
Description
Aberfeldy
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked north of Blackwater Head with the loss of four of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by the Coastguard using rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Huelva , Spain to Greenock , Renfrewshire .[ 6] [ 72] [ 73] [ 74] [ 37]
Alice
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Milford Haven , Pembrokeshire and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Portmadoc , Caernarfonshire .[ 6]
Amelia
Isle of Man
The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Castletown . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ramsey to Castletown.[ 37]
Anne
United Kingdom
The sloop was driven ashore at Caernarfon . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast , County Antrim to Caernarfon.[ 16] [ 75]
Barinaga
Spain
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Bardsey Island , Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom to Havana , Cuba .[ 37]
Brigand
United Kingdom
The schooner was in collision with the schooner Starling ( United Kingdom ) and foundered off The Mumbles , Glamorgan. Her captain was rescued by Starling . Her crew were rescued by the tug Pero Gomez ( United Kingdom ).[ 76] [ 77] [ 78]
Capella
United Kingdom
The schooner sprang a leak and was run ashore at Howth , County Dublin . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven , Cumberland to Newport, Monmouthshire .[ 6] [ 51]
Christian
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore in Killygowan Bay . She was on a voyage from Sligo to Liverpool.[ 6] She was refloated on 22 October.[ 79]
C. H. Southard
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at the mouth of the River Wye . She was on a voyage from Newport to New Orleans, Louisiana , United States. She was refloated.[ 80]
Clifton
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore in Dublin Bay . She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Prince Edward Island , Canada .[ 6] [ 81]
Corinna
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore between Neath and Swansea , Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Porthcawl , Glamorgan to Valparaíso , Chile.[ 6] [ 77] She was later refloated and taken to Deal, Kent .[ 60]
Cornhill
United Kingdom
The barque capsized at Newport, Monmouthshire and was severely damaged. She was righted.[ 16] [ 80]
Echo
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked at "Hornia", near A Coruña , Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Christiania , Norway.[ 6] [ 51] [ 75]
Exine Vesta
Trieste
The ship ran aground on the Drum Roe Bank, in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Odessa , Russia to Cork , United Kingdom She was refloated and taken in to Waterford , United Kingdom.[ 75]
Fame
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and was run ashore near Bootle , Lancashire, where she was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the River Duddon to Ellesmere , Cheshire .[ 81]
Fly
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Carnoustie , Forfarshire . Her four crew were rescued by the Coastguard using rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Bonar Bridge , Sutherland to Middlesbrough , Yorkshire .[ 6] [ 82] [ 83]
Francis Darman
Flag unknown
The ship was driven ashore at Cork. She was refloated.[ 77]
Hart
Isle of Man
The schooner was driven ashore at Kingstown, County Dublin . She was refloated.[ 84]
Humility
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Kingsdown , Kent . She was refloated on 23 October and taken in to Ramsgate , Kent in a leaky condition.[ 85]
Jane and Annie
United Kingdom
The sloop was driven ashore at Caernarfon. She was on a voyage from Dundalk , County Louth to Caernarfon.[ 16]
Martha Gertrude
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Irish Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) south east of Cape Clear Island , County Cork with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Gloucester to Limerick .[ 86]
J. H. McLarren
United States
The barque was damaged by fire at South Shields , County Durham , United Kingdom.[ 87] [ 88] [ 61]
Joseph et Marie
France
The schooner foundered off Swansea Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Carloforte , Sardinia , Italy to Swansea.[ 76] [ 6]
Leo
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground at South Shields , County Durham . She was on a voyage from Dundee , Forfarshire to South Shields. She was refloated and taken in to South Shields.[ 42]
Ludwig
Rostock
Franco-Prussian War: The ship was captured and burnt by Desaix ( French Navy ).[ 68]
Margaret and Mary
United Kingdom
The sloop foundered off the Cruggleton Castle , Wigtownshire with the loss of both crew. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven to Garlieston , Wigtownshire.[ 13] [ 74]
Maria and Betsey
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked between Cardiff and Neath. Her crew were rescued.[ 77] [ 56]
Mary
United Kingdom
The lighter was driven ashore and wrecked at Carradale , Argyllshire . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan , Ayrshire to Carradale.[ 21] [ 89]
Mary and Betsey
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Port Tennant , Glamorgan.[ 80]
Miran
United Kingdom
The pilot boat was driven ashore at Kingscross , Isle of Arran. She was refloated the next day.[ 67]
Montcalm
United Kingdom
The brigantine foundered off Creaden Head , County Waterford . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea to Wexford .[ 6] [ 84]
Key West
United States
The steamship ran aground off Cape Hatteras , North Carolina , and was wrecked.
Langford
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lowestoft , Suffolk . Her crew were rescued.[ 77]
Olive
United Kingdom
The fishing smack ran aground on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and was abandoned. All fifteen people on board were rescued by the Corton and Lowestoft Lifeboats Husband and Laetitia (both Royal National Lifeboat Institution ). Olive was on a voyage from the Faroe Islands to Harwich , Essex .[ 6] [ 77] [ 81]
Penguin
United Kingdom
The brigantine was abandoned off Harlyn , Cornwall in a sinking condition. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea to Plymouth , Devon .[ 6] [ 81]
Perseverance
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Hayling Island , Hampshire . Her crew were rescued by the Coastguard .[ 6] [ 77]
Porthcawl
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Swansea. She was on a voyage from Valparaíso , Chie to Swansea.[ 51]
Richard
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Llandulas , Caernarfonshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool.[ 61] [ 90]
Ronald
United Kingdom
The fishing lugger foundered off the Tarbat Ness Lighthouse , Ross-shire with the loss of all hands.[ 31]
Rosalie
France
The schooner was driven ashore at Southsea Castle , Hampshire. She was on a voyage from Boulogne , Pas-de-Calais to Saint-Nazaire , Ille-et-Vilaine . She was refloated and towed in to Portsmouth , Hampshire.[ 77]
Rossini
Italy
The barque was driven ashore in Fabian's Bay .[ 80]
Santina
Italy
The barque was wrecked on the Dowsing Shoals, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk , United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Taganrog , Russia to Boston, Lincolnshire , United Kingdom.[ 6] [ 87]
Saxon
United Kingdom
The schooner taken in to Vlissingen , Zeeland , Netherlands in a derelict condition.[ 16]
Severn
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Harlech , Caernarfonshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aberystwyth , Cardiganshire to Portmadoc.[ 75]
Sir Colin Campbell
United Kingdom
The sloop was discovered off the mouth of the River Mersey in a derelict condition. She was taken in to Liverpool.[ 51]
Three Sisters
United Kingdom
The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Brilliant ( United States ). Three Sisters was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick , Canada to Havana , Cuba.[ 91] She subsequently came ashore on Wigim's Key.[ 52]
Transit
United Kingdom
The smack was wrecked in Ramsey Sound. Both crew were rescued the next day by the St. David's Lifeboat Augusta ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution ).[ 6] [ 77] [ 51]
Vorwarts
Prussia
Franco-Prussian War : The ship was captured and burnt by Desaix ( French Navy ).[ 68]
Welcome
United Kingdom
The smack was driven ashore at Largs , Ayrshire. Both crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Largs to Brodick , Isle of Arran.[ 67]
Welcome Home
United Kingdom
The brig foundered 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Ilfracombe , Devon. Her three crew were rescued by the pilot boat No. 6 ( United Kingdom ). Welcome Home was on a voyage from Newport to Plymouth , Devon.[ 92] [ 93]
William
United Kingdom
The ship was beached in Llandudno Bay . She was on a voyage from Dublin to Portmadoc.[ 16] She was later refloated and taken in to Beaumaris , Anglesey .[ 94]
Unnamed
United Kingdom
The fishing smack , identification LL41 , ran aground on the Horse Bank, in the Irish Sea off the oast of Lancashire and was abandoned by her crew.[ 77]
Unnamed
United Kingdom
The lighter foundered in the Holy Loch .[ 72] Her crew were rescued.[ 89]
Unnamed
Austria-Hungary
The barque was driven ashore in the River Wye . She was on a voyage from Southampton , Hampshire to Newport.[ 80]
Two unnamed vessels
Flags unknown
A brigantine and schooner were driven ashore at Pendine , Glamorgan.[ 80]
Unnamed
Flag unknown
The wrecked schooner was driven ashore at Douglas, Isle of Man with two bodies on board.[ 25]
13 October
List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1870
Ship
State
Description
Akindo
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked 8 nautical miles (15 km) off Innoshima , Japan . Her crew were rescued.[ 95] [ 96]
Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Cloghy , County Down . She was on a voyage from Belfast , County Antrim to Garston , Lancashire .[ 6] She was refloated on 17 January.[ 90]
Aurelia
Isle of Man
The schooner was driven ashore at Castletown . Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.[ 6] [ 77]
Brigand , andStarling
United Kingdom
The brigantine Brigand collided with Starling at Swansea , Glamorgan and sank. Her crew were rescued. Starling ran aground and sank. Her captain was reported missing, the rest of her crew were rescued by a tug . She was on a voyage from Genoa , Italy to Gloucester .[ 51] [ 81] [ 97]
Christina
United Kingdom
The steamship sank in Liverpool Bay off the Formby Lightship ( Trinity House ) with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Antwerp , Belgium.[ 6] [ 77]
Clara
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore near Prestatyn , Flintshire . She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Llandulas , Caernarfonshire .[ 23]
Clara Manning
United Kingdom
The schooner was damaged by fire at Falmouth, Cornwall .[ 16]
Compeer
United Kingdom
The ship was destroyed by fire in the Indian Ocean . Her crew were rescued by the barque Emma ( France ). Compeer was on a voyage from Greenock , Renfrewshire to Bombay , India .[ 95] [ 60] [ 98]
Content
United Kingdom
The barque was abandoned off the Kentish Knock . She was on a voyage from London to Dunkerque , Nord , France. She was towed in to Ramsgate , Kent .[ 16]
Corunna
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore east of Swansea. She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Plymouth , Devon . She was refloated and put in to Swansea in a severely leaky condition.[ 81]
Diana
Bremen
The barque was wrecked on Tegelersplaat, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Granton , Lothian , United Kingdom to Bremen.[ 67]
Dolphin
Wismar
The ship was driven ashore on Læsø , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Norrköping , Sweden to Hartlepool , County Durham , United Kingdom.[ 6]
Emilie
Prussia
The brig was wrecked on Bornholm , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Riga , Russia to Ghent , East Flanders , Belgium.[ 6]
Express
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore at Porthdinllaen , Caernarfonshire . She was on a voyage from Mostyn , Flintshire to Newport, Monmouthshire .[ 16] [ 99]
Favourite
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Ballyhornan , County Down with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan , Ayrshire to Dublin .[ 6] [ 67]
Figari
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked on Sarn Badrig with the loss of fifteen of her 26 crew. She was on a voyage from Taganrog , Russia to Queenstown, County Cork , United Kingdom.[ 6] [ 75] [ 37]
Gannet
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven against the quayside and damaged at Greenock.[ 100]
Gratta
Prussia
The ship was driven ashore at Memel .[ 6]
Gloucestershire
United Kingdom
The full-rigged ship was wrecked on the Jahde, in the North Sea . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Akyab , Burma to Bremen .[ 6] [ 101]
Henry
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Llanaelhaearn , Caernarfonshire. Her crew were rescued.[ 67]
Historia
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness , Lancashire to Newport, Monmouthshire .[ 16]
Index
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Yarmouth, Isle of Wight . She was on a voyage from Newhaven, Sussex to Yarmouth.[ 6]
Jane Cameron
United Kingdom
The ship was sighted 20 nautical miles (37 km) north of Helsingør , Denmark whilst on a voyage from Stettin to South Shields , County Durham. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 102]
Janes
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Peel, Isle of Man . She was on a voyage from Dublin to Maryport , Cumberland .[ 21]
Josephine et Marie
France
The brigantine ran aground and sank at Swansea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Carloforte , Sardinia , Italy to Swansea.[ 81] [ 97]
Kate
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Llanaelhaearn. Her crew were rescued.[ 67]
Let
Norway
The schooner was driven ashore at Saint Andrews , Fife , United Kingdom. Her six crew were rescued by the Saint Andrews Lifeboat Annie ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution ). Let was on a voyage from Sannesund to Dundee , Forfarshire , United Kingdom.[ 6] [ 77] [ 32] Let was refloated on 31 October and towed in to Dundee by the tug Atlas ( United Kingdom ). She was placed under repair.[ 103]
Little Liz
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked at Aberayron or New Quay , Cardiganshire . Her crew were rescued.[ 16] [ 75]
Macedon
United Kingdom
The ship was severely damaged in the Salisbury Dock, Liverpool.[ 16]
Mary
United Kingdom
The brigantine was driven ashore and sank at Craden Head , County Waterford .[ 100] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Greenock to Wexford .[ 104]
Mary
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Porth Neigwl . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Cardiff.[ 75]
Mary
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Cloghy. She was on a voyage from Dundee to Silloth , Cumberland . She was later refloated with the assistance of the steamship Shamrock ( United Kingdom )[ 6] [ 105]
Merrimac
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Jahde. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Akyab , Burma to Bremen.[ 6] The wreck subsequently broke up. Part of the ship came ashore at "Krildumersield", Prussia in mid-November.[ 49]
Modeste Eugene
France
The lugger was wrecked at Bude , Cornwall , United Kingdom with the loss of all but one of her five crew. She was on a voyage from Swansea , Glamorgan to Bilboa , Spain.[ 16] [ 75]
Morning Glory
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Jahde. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Akyab to Bremen.[ 6]
Mountain Calm
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Craden Head. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea to Wexford.[ 100]
Nugget
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Garston. She was on a voyage from to Garston to Runcorn , Cheshire .[ 23]
Renown
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Port Penrhyn , Caernarfonshire .[ 75]
Spread Eagle
United Kingdom
The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at New Quay. Her crew were rescued.[ 16]
Stewarts
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and severely damaged at Siccar Point , Berwickshire with the loss of all four crew. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Peterhead , Aberdeenshire . She was declared a total loss.[ 6] [ 51] [ 63]
Thames
United Kingdom
The ship was severely damaged in the Salisbury Dock, Liverpool.[ 16]
Thomas
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Cloghy. She was on a voyage from Belfast , County Antrim to Garston.[ 6]
Turtle Dove
United Kingdom
The ship was beached in Llandudno Bay . She was on a voyage from Plymouth , Devon to Runcorn.[ 16]
Undine
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of "Littlehampton". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, to Goole , Yorkshire .[ 6]
Three unnamed vessels
Flags unknown
The schooners were wrecked on the Burbo and West Hoyle Banks, in Liverpool Bay with the presumed loss of all hands.[ 77]
Unnamed
United Kingdom
The lighter was driven ashore and wrecked on Great Cumbrae , Argyllshire .[ 100]
Unnamed
United Kingdom
The schooner sprang a leak and caught fire off Carradale , Argyllshire.[ 100]
Unnamed
United Kingdom
The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Carradale. Her crew were rescued.[ 100]
Four unnamed vessels
United Kingdom
The fishing smacks were driven ashore and wrecked at Carradale.[ 100]
Unnamed
United Kingdom
The lighter foundered in the Belfast Lough . Both crew were rescued by the Coastguard.[ 100]
14 October
List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1870
Ship
State
Description
Amelia
United Kingdom
The ship broke in two and foundered in Santoria Bay with the loss of five of her nine crew. She was on a voyage from Swansea , Glamorgan to Bilboa , Spain.[ 106] [ 66] [ 107]
Angeline
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Dunkerque , Nord , France. She was on a voyage from Algiers , French Algeria to Dunkerque.[ 16]
Apollo
Hamburg
The barque was driven ashore on Heligoland . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool , County Durham , United Kingdom to Hamburg.[ 16] [ 37]
Aurora
Prussia
The brig was driven ashore at Dunkerque. She was on a voyage from Trieste to Dunkerque.[ 16]
Charlotte
Prussia
Franco-Prussian War : The barque was captured and sunk by Desaix ( French Navy )[ 68] [ 108]
Dante
Italy
The ship sank in Cardigan Bay with the loss of eight of the eleven people on board.[ 109]
Despatch
United Kingdom
The smack was driven ashore at Penrhos, Anglesey .[ 16]
George
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Ballyhack, County Wexford .[ 16]
Henry
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Clynnog , Caernarfonshire . Her crew were rescued. she was on a voyage from Briton Ferry , Glamorgan to Llandulas , Caernarfonshire.[ 16]
Historia
United Kingdom
The abandoned barque was discovered in Morecambe Bay by the fishing vessel Otter ( United Kingdom ), which put two men on board. She was towed in to Fleetwood , Lancashire by the steamships Kirklees and Wyre (both United Kingdom ). It was discovered that an attempt had been made to scuttle Historia . She was on a voyage from Barrow in Furness , Lancashire to Newport, Monmouthshire .[ 110]
Hope
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Puffin Island, Anglesey .[ 16] Her crew were rescued.[ 75]
J. B. Watt
United Kingdom
The steamship was run into by the steamship Thuringia ( Hamburg ) and sank 20 nautical miles (37 km) off the mouth of the Elbe . Her crew were rescued by Thuringia . J. B. Watt was on a voyage from Hamburg to Hartlepool.[ 67] [ 104]
Kate
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Clynnog. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea , Glamorgan to Belfast , County Antrim .[ 16]
Langford
United Kingdom
The lugger was driven ashore at Lowestoft , Suffolk .[ 37]
Margaret
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Ballyhack.[ 16]
Nymph
United Kingdom
The schooner sprang a leak and was abandoned in the North Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) off Great Yarmouth , Norfolk . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Runcorn , Cheshire to Harlingen, Friesland .[ 13] [ 111]
Proverb
United Kingdom
The ship foundered off Great Yarmouth. Her crew were rescued.[ 21]
Seven Sisters
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Dutchman's Bank, in the Irish Sea . She was on a voyage from Pomaron , Portugal to Liverpool , Lancashire . She was refloated and taken in to Bangor, Caernarfonshire in a leaky condition.[ 16]
Sorrento
United States
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Porthgolmon , Caernarfonshire with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New Orleans, Louisiana .[ 16] [ 75] [ 61]
Turtle Dove
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Llandudno , Denbighshire . She was on a voyage from Plymouth , Devon to Runcorn.[ 37]
Two Sisters
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the One Bush Reef. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grand Cayman , Cayman Islands to Kingston, Jamaica .[ 112]
Unnamed
Unflagged
A steamship under construction at Low Walker , Northumberland heeled over when the ground subsided under her. Six people were killed and thirteen were severely wounded.[ 113] [ 114]
15 October
List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1870
Ship
State
Description
Chevy Chase
United States
The ship was driven ashore at Cape Henry , Virginia . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom to Baltimore, Maryland .[ 61] She was later refloated and taken in to Baltimore.[ 115]
Emily
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Inch Point, County Kerry .[ 61] [ 90] She was refloated on 7 November.[ 116]
Eureka
Canada
The ship was destroyed by fire at Cardiff , Glamorgan , United Kingdom.[ 117]
Pride of the West
United Kingdom
The ship foundered off the mouth of the Humber . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Neath , Glamorgan to South Shields , County Durham .[ 67]
Regina
United States
The barque was driven ashore on Scharhörn , Hamburg . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Hamburg .[ 61]
Victorine
France
The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked on the Pendine Sands , Carmarthenshire , United Kingdom . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea , Glamorgan , United Kingdom to Cherbourg , Seine-Inférieure .[ 37]
Washington
United States
The ship was destroyed by fire in the Cape Fear River . She was on a voyage from Wilmington, Delaware to New York .[ 67]
16 October
List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1870
Ship
State
Description
Alice
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore on Walney Island , Lancashire with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Millom , Cumberland to Liverpool , Lancashire.[ 25]
Asia
United Kingdom
The steamship was lost at "Port Orotave" Tenerife , Canary Islands . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Barranquilla , United States of Colombia .[ 79] [ 22] [ 118]
Circassia
Norway
The full-rigged ship was driven ashore near Fredrikshavn , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Riga , Russia to Southampton , Hampshire , United Kingdom .[ 61] [ 104] She subsequently became a wreck.[ 119]
Daylight
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore between Hurst Castle and Lymington , Hampshire . She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Alexandria , Egypt . She was refloated the next day and taken in to the Solent .[ 61] [ 104] [ 90]
Gleaner
United Kingdom
The brigantine was driven ashore near Porthdinllaen , Caernarfonshire . Her three crew were rescued by the Porthdinllaen Lifeboat Cotton Sheppard ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution ).[ 120]
Naomi
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground off Silloth , Cumberland . She was on a voyage from Monte Video , Uruguay to Silloth. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Silloth.[ 104]
Royalist
United Kingdom
The ship capsized in the English Channel . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Plymouth , Devon to Sunderland, County Durham .[ 23] [ 115]
Sarah Jane
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Kirton, Suffolk . She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Alexandria , Egypt . She was refloated on 31 October and put back to Sunderland for repairs.[ 91]
Sydney
United Kingdom
Memorial to those lost on the Sydney . The barque was wrecked off Glen Head, Sturrall, County Donegal with the loss of nineteen of her 21 crew. She was on a voyage from Quebec City , Canada to Greenock , Renfrewshire .[ 121] [ 122]
Watson
United Kingdom
The smack was driven ashore and wrecked between Anstruther and Crail , Fife with the loss of two of her three crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to St. Andrews , Fife.[ 61] [ 104]
17 October
List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1870
Ship
State
Description
Alfred and Emma
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked in Dally Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea , Glamorgan to Greenock , Renfrewshire .[ 13] [ 90]
Cochrane
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground near Juist , Kingdom of Prussia and capsized. Her crew were rescued.[ 27] She was on a voyage from Greenock to Hamburg .[ 123] Also reported as Cochran Hendry ashore on South Uist , Outer Hebrides .[ 61]
Flying Foam
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and sank at Hope Cove , Devon .[ 21] [ 90]
Gipsy King
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked at Dulas, Anglesey with the loss of nine of her ten crew. The survivor was rescued by the Moelfre Lifeboat.[ 120]
Huntress
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the Larne Lough . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Riga , Russia .[ 13] [ 90] She was later refloated.[ 106]
Julie Caroline
Norway
The ship foundered in the North Sea . Her crew were rescued by the schooner Louise Henriette ( Russia ). Julie Caroline was on a voyage from East Wemyss , Fife , United Kingdom to Åsgårdstrand .[ 68] [ 69]
Louis Faun Fanny
France
The lugger was driven ashore at Plymouth , Devon She was refloated.[ 61] [ 104]
Lydia Cumming
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cushendall , County Antrim . She was on a voyage from Maryport , Cumberland to Dublin .[ 25]
Orange Grove
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Ayr . Her fifteen crew were rescued by the Ayr Lifeboat Glasgow Workman ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution ). Orange Grove was on a voyage from Greenock to Demerara , British Guiana .[ 104]
18 October
List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1870
Ship
State
Description
Alida
Netherlands
The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from London , United Kingdom to Dantsic . She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth , Norfolk , United Kingdom in a leaky condition.[ 13]
Anje
Netherlands
The ship ran aground in the Baltic Sea . She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg , Russia to Amsterdam , North Holland . She was refloated and taken in to a Baltic port in a leaky condition.[ 13]
Barteld
Russia
The ship sank in Kolk Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Amsterdam.[ 13] [ 27]
Boxer
United Kingdom
The brig was beached near Visby , Gotland , Sweden in a waterlogged condition. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt , Russia to Grimsby , Lincolnshire .[ 21] [ 25] She was later refloated.[ 31]
Brother' s Pride
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore the Rhyl , Denbighshire .[ 13]
Bury St. Edmunds
United Kingdom
The ship was beached in the River Thames . She was on a voyage from Mauritius to London .[ 13] She was refloated the next day.[ 21]
Cossack
United Kingdom
The steamship sank at Copenhagen , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Königsberg , Prussia to Hull , Yorkshire .[ 13]
Emerald
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands , in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk . Her crew were rescued by Leader ( United Kingdom ). Emerald was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Alexandria , Egypt .[ 124] [ 125]
Emma Blake
United States
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Toledo, Ohio with the loss of all on board.[ 126]
Eugenie
Flag unknown
The ship was driven ashore at "Kurop". She was on a voyage from Cronstadt , Russia to a Belgian port.[ 13]
Glenora
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at Lowestoft , Suffolk . Her seven crew were rescued by the Lowestoft Lifeboat Laetitia ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution ). Glenora was on a voyage from south Shields , County Durham to Rochester, Kent .[ 21] [ 127]
Haabet
Denmark
The ship collided with the barque Emigrant ( United Kingdom ) and sank in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Emigrant . Haabet was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Leith , Lothian , United Kingdom.[ 91]
Mary Amelia
United States
The ship foundered in Lake Erie with the loss of all hands.[ 128]
Orion
United States
The steamship was wrecked near Grand Haven, Michigan . All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Chicago, Illinois to Grand Haven.[ 128]
Rechabite
United Kingdom
The fishing smack was run into by the brigantine Caroline ( United Kingdom )) at Tenby , Pembrokeshire and was severely damaged. Her three crew were rescued by Caroline . Rechabite was taken in to Tenby, where she sank.[ 129]
Skibladner
Sweden
The ship ran aground at Fredrikshavn , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Söderhamn to Aalborg , Denmark.[ 13]
Speculationen
Norway
The brig was abandoned off Smith's Knoll, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Arendal to Ostend , West Flanders , Belgium.[ 13]
Thetis
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked at Bic, Quebec , Canada with the loss of three of her nine crew. She was on a voyage from Silloth , Cumberland to Quebec City , Canada. Thetis was refloated with the assistance of the brig St. George and taken in to Quebec City.[ 130] [ 131] [ 60] [ 50]
Tonawanda
United States
The steamship was wrecked in Lake Erie. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Chicago to Buffalo, New York .[ 128]
Zillah
United Kingdom
The ship collided with the steamship Victoria ( United Kingdom ) and sank in the Shipway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rochester, Kent to South Shields , County Durham .[ 23] [ 132]
Two unnamed vessels
United States
The ships were wrecked near Cleveland, Ohio with the loss of all hands.[ 128]
19 October
List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1870
Ship
State
Description
A. B. Bradshaw
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Matanzas , Cuba .[ 130] [ 94]
Alvin Buckingham
United States
Alvin Buckingham in 2015. After the wooden schooner started to leak in Lake Huron off Black River Island , her crew beached her in shallow water on the coast of Michigan , where she sank in 8 feet (2.4 m) of water at 44°50′28″N 83°17′07″W / 44.840983°N 83.285383°W / 44.840983; -83.285383 (Alvin Buckingham ) .[ 133] [ 134]
Bee
United Kingdom
The ship was damaged by fire at Montrose, Forfarshire .[ 23]
Berlin
Bremen
The steamship ran aground on the Robben Plaat, in the North Sea . She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland , United States to Bremen.[ 23] She was later refloated and taken in to Bremerhaven .[ 58]
Birdston
United Kingdom
The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Matanzas.[ 130] [ 94]
Brothers
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in Manxmans Lake , Dumfriesshire . She was on a voyage from Newry , County Antrim to Dalbeattie , Dumfriesshire.[ 132]
Cambria
United Kingdom
The passenger-cargo steamship was wrecked off the Giant's Causeway , County Antrim with the loss of 178 of the 179 people on board. The survivor was rescued by the steamship Enterprise ( United Kingdom ). Cambria was on a voyage from New York , United States to Liverpool , Lancashire .
Cercalia
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands , in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk . Her crew were rescued by a Dutch fishing boat. She was on a voyage from Constanta , Ottoman Empire to Hull , Yorkshire .[ 135]
Chalena
United States
The ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Cuba.[ 13]
Crescendo
Netherlands
The brig struck a sunken rock off Porkkalanniemi , Grand Duchy of Finland and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg , Russia to Amsterdam , North Holland .[ 45]
Darien
France
The steamship was wrecked in a hurricane at Molena Point, Cuba. Her passengers were rescued by the steamship Guantanamo ( Spain ).[ 13]
Edwin
United States
The schooner was wrecked in a hurricane at Matanzas. Her crew survived.[ 13] [ 136]
Enigheden
Norway
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in Wick Bay with the loss of four of her five crew. She was on a voyage from Christiania to Fraserburgh , Aberdeenshire , United Kingdom .[ 21] [ 122] [ 137]
Equator
United Kingdom
The brig was severely damaged in a hurricane at Cárdenas , Cuba.[ 138]
Evening Star
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Matanzas.[ 130] [ 94]
Frank Palmer
United States
The schooner was damaged in a hurricane at Matanzas.[ 136]
Graf von Bylandt
Netherlands
The steamship sank in the Amstel . She was on a voyage from Amsterdam , North Holland to Rotterdam , South Holland .[ 21]
George S. Hunt
United States
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at Matanzas.[ 13] [ 136]
Guantanamo
United States
The ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Cuba.[ 13]
G. W. Barter
United States
The brig was driven ashore at Matanzas.[ 136]
Ida
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked on the Pedro Cays. She was on a voyage from the Cayman Islands to Jamaica.[ 139]
Jane Lovat
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Cushendall , County Antrim . She was on a voyage from Maryport , Cumberland to Dublin .[ 21]
Johann Christian
Rostock
The ship was driven ashore on Møn , Denmark. Her crew were rescued.[ 21]
Mary A. Chase
United States
The brig was damaged in a hurricane at Matanzas.[ 136]
Matanzas
United States
The ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Cuba.[ 13]
Maulius
United Kingdom
The barque was severely damaged in a hurricane at Matanzas.[ 136]
Ricardo
Spain
The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Cárdenas.[ 131]
Rosita
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked in a hurricane at Cárdenas.[ 130]
Speedaway
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore in a hurricane and wrecked on the Boca de la Moruvi, off the coast of Cuba.[ 130] [ 94]
S. V. Nichols
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at Matanzas.[ 130] [ 94]
Sydney
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near "Mahermore", County Donegal with the loss of all but two of her 21 crew. She was on a voyage from Quebec City , Canada to Greenock , Renfrewshire .[ 21] [ 140]
Valeria
United States
The schooner was wrecked at Cárdenas.[ 130] [ 94] [ 138]
Unnamed
Cuba
At least two schooners were run into and sunk by the schooner Edwin ( United States ) during a hurricane at Matanza.[ 136]
20 October
List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1870
Ship
State
Description
Duquesne
France
The barque was driven ashore at Whitburn, County Durham , United Kingdom . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Genoa , Italy to Montrose, Forfarshire , United Kingdom.[ 23] [ 135]
Marie Stella
France
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Dieppe , Seine-Inférieure with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure to L'Orient , Morbihan .[ 106]
Odessa
United States
The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the Weser . Her crew were rescued.[ 141] She was on a voyage from New York to Bremen .[ 135]
Sirocco
United Kingdom
The brig foundered in the North Sea . Her seven crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Ostend , West Flanders , Belgium.[ 123] [ 142] [ 31] [ 143]
Varuna
United States
The steamship foundered off the Jupiter Inlet , Florida with the loss of most of her crew and all 36 passengers. There were five survivors. She was on a voyage from New York to Galveston, Texas .[ 144] [ 145]
21 October
List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1870
Ship
State
Description
Automaton
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked near Ljusne , Sweden.[ 146] Her crew were rescued.[ 147] [ 148] She was on a voyage from Reval , Russia to Söderhamn , Sweden.[ 149]
Britannia
United Kingdom
The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked in How Bay, Orkney Islands . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Kirkwall , Orkney Islands.[ 23] [ 45]
Felix
Prussia
The barque was damaged by an onboard explosion at Sunderland, County Durham , United Kingdom . Her captain was severely wounded.[ 109]
Ino
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Queenstown, County Cork for Hull , Yorkshire . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 102]
John Bagshaw
United Kingdom
The brig sank off Caernarfon with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco , Brazil to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 23] [ 31]
Maria
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and sank at Fishguard , Pembrokeshire . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Plymouth , Devon to Runcorn , Cheshire .[ 123]
Mary
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at "Mallbrack", Anglesey . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Skibbereen , County Cork to Cardiff , Glamorgan .[ 23]
Vivid
United Kingdom
The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at "Craigheath", Banffshire . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg , Russia to Portgordon , Moray .[ 23] [ 45]
Zarco
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore at Catanzaro , Kingdom of Italy . She had broken up by mid-December.[ 58] [ 150]
Unnamed
Canada
The ship was driven ashore at Horsehead, near North Cape , Prince Edward Island . She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick to a British port.[ 62]
Unnamed
Flag unknown
The barque collided with Red Ridinghood ( United Kingdom ) and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean .[ 151]
22 October
List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1870
Ship
State
Description
Anna Colbjornsen
Sweden
The ship ran aground on the Finngrund, in the Baltic Sea . She was on a voyage from Luleå to Plymouth , Devon , United Kingdom . She was refloated and put in to Stockholm in a leaky condition.[ 123]
Asinga
Russia
The ship sank in the North Sea . Her crew survived.[ 123]
Corolitz
Flag unknown
The ship ran aground on the Vogelsand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Miragoâne , Haiti to Hamburg . She was refloated and taken in to Cuxhaven in a leaky condition.[ 123]
Jefferson Boardman
United States
The schooner was wrecked 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) south of the Hillsboro Inlet with the loss of a crew member.[ 52]
Lily
United Kingdom
The brigantine was wrecked near Westhaven, Forfarshire .[ 123]
Olivier
France
The barque ran aground on the Large Bank, off the coast of Sumatra , Netherlands East Indies . She was on a voyage from Macao , China to Callao , Peru.[ 152]
Sapphire
United Kingdom
The steamship was wrecked on a reef in Elliot's Bay, Florida , United States. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Havana , Cuba .[ 58] [ 66] [ 153]
Volant
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near Blyth, Northumberland . She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland . She was refloated and completed her voyage.[ 118]
Watchful
United Kingdom
The brig sprang a leak and was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Huelva , Spain to Ipswich , Suffolk . She came ashore near Faro, Portugal and was wrecked.[ 154]
23 October
List of shipwrecks: 23 October 1870
Ship
State
Description
Blue Jacket
Jersey
The barque was abandoned in the Gaspar Strait . Her crew were rescued by the barque Grace Piel ( United States ). Blue Jacket was on a voyage from Hiogo , Japan to Falmouth, Cornwall .[ 155]
Broanstone
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground off Pakefield , Suffolk and was consequently beached at Hopton-on-Sea , Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[ 109]
Fawn
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lowestoft , Suffolk. Her fifteen crew were rescued by the Coastguard using rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt , Russia to London .[ 156] She was refloated.[ 79]
John Banks
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on a reef 50 nautical miles (93 km) off Chittagong , India .[ 157] [ 158]
Mary
United Kingdom
The ship schooner was abandoned in a sinking condition 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south east of Aldeburgh , Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Long Ditton ( United Kingdom ).[ 130] [ 66]
Petrel
Trinidad
The ship was wrecked 100 nautical miles (190 km) north west of Belize City , British Honduras . She was on a voyage from Roatán , British Honduras to Baltimore, Maryland , United States.[ 14]
24 October
List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1870
Ship
State
Description
Branstons
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground off Pakefield , Suffolk and was consequently beached at Corton, Suffolk . Her crew were rescued. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth , Norfolk in a derelict condition.[ 130] [ 66]
Buttercup
United Kingdom
The steam wherry capsized in the River Tyne at Jarrow , Northumberland .[ 153]
Caroline
United Kingdom
The brigantine struck the Highland Patch, off Caldey Island , Pembrokeshire . Her five crew were rescued by a Tenby boat. She was on a voyage from Neath , Glamorgan to Newry , County Antrim . She subsequently foundered in Carmarthen Bay 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) north east of the Woodhouse Beacon.[ 159]
Fenella
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on Scroby Sands , Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields , County Durham and/or Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland . She was refloated with assistance.[ 130] [ 106]
Fox
United Kingdom
The steamship sank at Blackwall, Middlesex .[ 119]
Liberty
United Kingdom
The brig sprang a leak and sank at Speeton , Yorkshire . Her crew were rescued by two fishing cobles . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to London .[ 153] [ 160]
Lovisa
Flag unknown
The ship was driven ashore on the east coast of Öland , Sweden. She was refloated and taken in to Kalmar .[ 119]
Mabel
United Kingdom
The brig foundered in the North Sea off Lista, Norway . Her nine crew were rescued by Friedrich Wilhelm ( Dantzig ). Mabel was on a voyage from Hartlepool , County Durham to Danzig .[ 161] [ 147] [ 162] [ 163]
Mary Ann
United Kingdom
The sloop sprang a leak and was beached at North Shields , Northumberland.[ 119]
Rosine
France
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked between Atherfield and Chale , Isle of Wight , United Kingdom . Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Haiti to Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure .[ 58] [ 66]
Squire
United Kingdom
The ship collided with Jessie ( United Kingdom ) and was beached at Neyland , Pembrokeshire . She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness , Lancashire to Swansea , Glamorgan.[ 164]
Stefano Grosso
Italy
The brig was wrecked off Port Isaac , Cornwall , United Kingdom. Nine of her twelve crew were rescued by rocket apparatus, the others were rescued by the Port Isaac Lifeboat City of Exeter ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution ). Stefano Grosso was on a voyage from Sulina , Ottoman Empire to Hull , Yorkshire , United Kingdom.[ 130] [ 99]
Verita
Italy
The barque was abandoned in Walton Bay. Her ten crew were rescued. Verita was on a voyage from Genoa to Cardiff , Glamorgan. She was subsequently driven ashore and wrecked at Clevedon , Somerset , United Kingdom.[ 119] [ 165]
25 October
26 October
List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1870
Ship
State
Description
Amazon
United Kingdom
The barque was damaged by fire at Galveston, Texas , United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Galveston.[ 59] [ 4]
Cecile Marie
France
The barque ran aground on the Saugor Hall Sand.[ 14]
Emma Sopbhia
Norway
The brig was wrecked on the Morant Cays . Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro , Brazil to New Orleans, Louisiana , United States.[ 169]
G. F. O. Heyn
Germany
The ship departed from Moulmein , Burma for a British port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 54]
Kennet
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridport , Dorset .[ 170] All five people on board were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Rye, Sussex .[ 79]
Verita
Italy
The barque was driven ashore at Clevedon , Somerset , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan , United Kingdom to Genoa .[ 166]
27 October
List of shipwrecks: 27 October 1870
Ship
State
Description
Argo
United Kingdom
The ship was lost on this date.[ 22]
Cherub
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Peel, Isle of Man . She was on a voyage from Maryport , Cumberland to an Irish port.[ 171]
Elizabeth
Guernsey
The brigantine foundered off St. Martin's Point, Guernsey. Her eight crew were rescued by Sark fishermen.[ 172] She was on a voyage from "New" to Guernsey.[ 118]
Investigator
United Kingdom
The barque was lost at Cayo Arenas. Her sixteen crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Campeche , Mexico to Falmouth, Cornwall .[ 130] [ 94] [ 173] [ 138]
Jato
Sweden
The ship was wrecked near Egersund , Norway. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough , Yorkshire to Gävle .[ 171] [ 79]
Kennet
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridport , Dorset . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Bridport.[ 171]
North Alabama
United States
The steamer was wrecked on a sandbar in the Missouri River west of Vermillion, South Dakota in what's today the Myron Grove Lake Access area. Her equipment was salvaged. Barrels of whiskey in her cargo were salvaged in 1890, or in 1906 when she reportedly somehow briefly regained buoyancy on 10 July.[ 174] [ 175]
Royal George
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure , France.[ 171]
Sunbeam
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Quebec City , Canada for Port Glasgow , Renfrewshire . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 176]
28 October
List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1870
Ship
State
Description
Aurora
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Cronstadt , Russia and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg , Russia to Leith , Lothian .[ 91] She was consequently condemned.[ 173]
Eleanore
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in the Fox River. She was on a voyage from Quebec City , Canada to Sharpness , Gloucestershire .[ 118]
Fortuna
Belgium
The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Riga , Russia .[ 118]
Geneva
Canada
The ship was wrecked on a reef off Godrevy , Cornwall , United Kingdom with the loss of all 22 crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom to Saint John, New Brunswick .[ 22] [ 118] [ 177]
Jim
United Kingdom
The fishing boat foundered at Clovelly , Devon . Both crew were rescued by the Clovelly Lifeboat Alexander and Matilda Bœtefeur ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution ).[ 178]
Waimea
New South Wales
The steamship was run down and sunk by the steamship Avoca ( New South Wales ) at Sydney .[ 179]
29 October
30 October
31 October
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in October 1870
Ship
State
Description
Adelphi
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore. She as on a voyage from Dublin to Dundrum, County Down . She was refloated and taken in to Warrenpoint , County Down .[ 79]
Advance
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) west of Nefyn , Caernarfonshire . She was on a voyage from Archangelsk , Russia to Bristol , Gloucestershire .[ 67] [ 61]
Alatamaha
United States
The fishing schooner was lost on the Georges Bank . Lost with all 10 hands.[ 186]
Alberto
Italy
The brig was driven ashore at Servola , near Trieste .[ 157]
Alexandria
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Havana , Cuba before 18 October with the loss of seven of her crew. She was on a voyage from Havana to New York , United States.[ 187]
Algorna
United States
The steamship foundered in Lake Superior with the loss of more than 100 lives.[ 188]
Alice Thompson
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Swatow , China .[ 61]
Amazon
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore at the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse , Florida , United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Galveston, Texas , United States. She was later refloated and completed her voyage.[ 91] [ 4]
Annie Cowart
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in Loch Indaal . She was on a voyage from Troon , Ayrshire to Cronstadt , Russia . She was refloated and taken in to Lough Foyle for repairs.[ 189]
Antilla
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , United States to Dublin.[ 123]
Arctic Hero
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Hittarp , Sweden. She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire to Dantzic . She was refloated.[ 58]
Argo
Denmark
The schooner was driven ashore near Lubava , Courland Governorate before 27 October. She was on a voyage from Lubava to Grimsby , Lincolnshire , United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen .[ 22] [ 183]
Bernardus Godelievus
Italy
The ship was assisted in to Ostend , West Flanders , Belgium in a sinking condition. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , United Kingdom to Messina , Sicily and Trieste .[ 7]
Bertha
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Archangelsk between 2 and 4 October.[ 115]
Bertha
Norway
The ship ran aground on the Brake Sand. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate , Kent , United Kingdom.[ 58]
Bessie Rodgers
United States
The ship ran aground at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . She was on a voyage from Alicante , Spain to Philadelphia.[ 166]
Blue Bell
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at East Hartlepool , County Durham .[ 27]
Brandt
Flag unknown
Franco-Prussian War : The ship was captured and burnt by Desaix ( French Navy ).[ 69]
Bring D Tobias
United States
The ship was lost in Chedabucto Bay .[ 146]
Brothers
United Kingdom
The ship collided with the steamship Athlete ( United Kingdom ) and sank. Brothers was on a voyage from Wexford to Gloucester .[ 157]
Cambria
United States
The ship was wrecked on the North Breakers. She was on a voyage from Bahia , Brazil to Galveston.[ 115]
Cambridge
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore at "Storedam". She was refloated and taken in to Texel , North Holland , Netherlands.[ 15]
Caribou
Canada
The ship was driven ashore at Lake St. Peter, Ontario . She was on a voyage from Swansea , Glamorgan , United Kingdom to Montreal , Quebec .[ 34] She was later refloated and taken in to Montreal.[ 58]
Carl Johan
Flag unknown
The ship was driven ashore on Callantsoog , North Holland. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham , United Kingdom to Guam .[ 157]
Cecile
United States
The ship was destroyed by fire at Boston, Massachusetts . She was on a voyage from Boston to Sagua La Grande , Cuba.[ 7]
Clymenestra
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Rodrigues . She was on a voyage from Rangoon , Burma to a British port.[ 157]
Cronberg
Sweden
The ship collided with another vessel and capsized. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Antwerp , Belgium. She was subsequently righted and taken in to Helsingør , Denmark.[ 94]
C. T. Tompkins
Canada
The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Cienfuegos , Cuba.[ 67]
Delphin
Sweden
The schooner was driven ashore on Læsø , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Norrköping to Hartlepool , County Durham.[ 51] [ 83] She was refloated on 15 October and towed in to Fredrikshavn , Denmark in a waterlogged condition.[ 67] [ 63]
Demarchia
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the Swash. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Cardiff , Glamorgan.[ 115]
Dexter Washburn
United States
The schooner was wrecked on the Conch Reef .[ 52]
Dolphin
Portugal
The schooner was driven ashore at Bridgwater , Somerset , United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Lisbon .[ 189]
Dublin
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on the Scheehoek, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast.[ 157] She was on a voyage from Málaga , Spain to Rotterdam , South Holland , Netherlands. She was refloated on 1 November and resumed her voyage.[ 91]
Electric
United Kingdom
The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Rimouski , Quebec. She was on a voyage from Rimouski to London .[ 190] [ 91]
Enigheid
Norway
The ship collided with another vessel and sank in the North Sea . Her crew survived.[ 171]
Eolus
Bremen
The barque sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued nine days later by the barque Dorothy Thompson ( United Kingdom ). Eolus was on a voyage from Mexico to Bremen.[ 191]
E. Richardson
United States
The ship was driven ashore in the Dry Tortugas .[ 52]
Eugene
France
The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from the Îles d'Hyères to Dunkerque , Nord .[ 115]
Executive
Flag unknown
The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Bangor to Madeira .[ 34]
Fannie Gordon
Canada
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Gut of Canso before 21 October. She was on a voyage from Pictou , Nova Scotia to Boston, Massachusetts , United States.[ 123] [ 62]
Ferry Hill
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Archangelsk between 2 and 4 October. She was refloated.[ 115] [ 25]
Gebroeders Fokkes
United Kingdom
The galiot foundered off the mouth of the Humber . Her crew were rescued by a British lugger .[ 192] [ 193]
Gladstone
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Brouwersand before 13 October. She was on a voyage from Samarang , Netherlands East Indies to Rotterdam. She was refloated.[ 194]
Glengarry
United Kingdom
The ship foundered off Havana before 18 October. Her crew were rescued.[ 187]
Golden Gleam
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore. She was refloated and taken in to Belfast , County Antrim .[ 19]
Golene Houge
Flag unknown
The ship was wrecked in Algoa Bay.[ 60]
Governor Marion
United States
The steamship sank off Key West, Florida .[ 52]
Gratta Strout
Prussia
The ship was driven ashore at Memel .[ 51]
Great Northern
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Renkioi , Ottoman Empire . She was on a voyage from Taganrog , Russia to Falmouth, Cornwall . She was refloated.[ 7]
Harwich
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground at Brielle , South Holland , Netherlands.[ 7]
Havelock
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in Rhos Bay. She was on a voyage from Holyhead , Anglesey to Port Dinorwic , Caernarfonshire .[ 61]
Ida Engelsman
Netherlands
The galiot was driven ashore on Farö , Sweden. She was on a voyage from Reval , Russia to Dundee , Forfarshire , United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Slite , Sweden.[ 58] [ 195]
Ida Maria
United Kingdom
The ship foundered near Farsund , Norway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from south Shields , County Durham to Dantsic .[ 130] [ 94]
Ida Whelan
United States
The schooner was wrecked 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south of the mouth of the New River, Florida.[ 52]
Idun
Sweden
The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Söderhamn to Huelva , Spain. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate.[ 79]
Ina
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and was beached at "Carrack Strand". She was on a voyage from Bombay , India to Liverpool.[ 157]
Industrie
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Hartlepool. She was on a voyage from Dover , Kent to Dantzig. She was refloated.[ 31]
Iris
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Ballantrae , Ayrshire . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Glasgow , Renfrewshire to Sunderland.[ 157] Iris was refloated on 12 December and towed in to Ardrossan , Ayrshire by the steamship Flying Meteor ( United Kingdom ).[ 196]
Isabella
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on "Tara", County Down. She was later refloated.[ 19] [ 51]
Islander
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Archangelsk between 2 and 4 October.[ 115] [ 25]
James Brown
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Peel, Isle of Man . She was on a voyage from Dublin to Maryport , Cumberland .[ 27]
Japan
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked at East Cape , Russia with the loss of nine of her 34 crew. Survivors were rescued by the brig Hattie Jackson ( United States ).[ 197] [ 198]
Jason
United Kingdom
The barque was abandoned in the Gulf of Mexico .[ 16]
Jessie
Canada
The ship collided with Squire ( United Kingdom ) and sank at Milford Haven , Pembrokeshire , United Kingdom.[ 58]
Jesus
Spain
The barque was wrecked in the Cymyran Strait , Anglesey , United Kingdom with the loss of eight of her sixteen crew. She was on a voyage from Manila , Spanish East Indies to Liverpool.[ 58] [ 66] [ 199]
John Crookes
United States
The schooner was wrecked on Cape Florida , Florida. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia to Sagua La Grande.[ 52]
John Randolph
United States
The schooner was driven onto the Pickles Reef.[ 52]
Kalervo
Grand Duchy of Finland
The ship ran aground on a sunken wreck off Raahe . She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Raahe. She was refloated with the assistance of a steamship .[ 7] [ 51]
Key West
United States
The steamship was driven ashore at Cape Hatteras , North Carolina . She was on a voyage from New York to Charleston, South Carolina .[ 166]
Knapton Hall
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on the Vogelsand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Cuxhaven . She was refloated and taken in to Cuxhaven.[ 15]
Leander
Canada
The ship was wrecked at "Hambro".[ 15]
Lenoir
The ship was wrecked at "Hambro". She was on a voyage from Glace Bay , Nova Scotia to New York.[ 15]
Lisa Brindley
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned at sea before 21 October. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Waterlily ( United Kingdom ). Lisa Brindley was on a voyage from Lisbon , Portugal to Dublin.[ 123] [ 66]
Locomotive
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground at Opobo and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Gaboon. The ship was plundered by the local inhabitants and destroyed by an explosion of gunpowder on board with the loss of about 50 lives.[ 200]
Lord Raglan
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Archangelsk between 2 and 4 October. She was refloated.[ 115] [ 25]
Lord Raglan
United Kingdom
The barque sprang a leak and foundered. Her crew were rescued by Marie Louise ( Norway ). Lord Raglan was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Gothenburg , Sweden.[ 28]
Lübeck
Lübeck
The steamship was driven ashore at Pärnu , Russia.[ 45]
Lydia Hilton
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Archangelsk between 2 and 4 October. She was refloated.[ 115] [ 25]
Malabar
United Kingdom
The ship was destroyed by fire in the South Atlantic (27°03′S 58°58′W / 27.050°S 58.967°W / -27.050; -58.967 ) before 12 October.[ 201]
Maria Adriana
Netherlands
The ship collided with HMS Scorpion ( Royal Navy ) and sank at Brouwershaven , Zeeland .[ 7]
Marmion
United Kingdom
The Mersey Flat ran aground on the East Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay . She was refloated.[ 7]
Mary Richmond
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the River Foyle and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Riga , Russia to Londonderry .[ 58]
Mary Tatham
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Eilean Sionnach , Inner Hebrides . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Rathmelton , County Donegal .[ 15] She was later refloated.[ 7]
Mercurius
Stettin
The steamship was driven ashore on Öland , Sweden. She was on a voyage from Stettin to a Norwegian port.[ 67]
M. N.
Spain
The brig was lost at "Varadera" with the loss of six of her thirteen crew. She was on a voyage from Cárdenas, Cuba to Falmouth.[ 130] [ 173]
Moreno
Cuba
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse. She was on a voyagte from Caibarién to Sydney , New South Wales .[ 91] [ 4]
Neptune
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on the Vogelsand, in the North Sea.[ 189]
Neptune
United Kingdom
The smack sank in Ramsey Sound.[ 189]
Nora
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore at "Storedam". She was refloated and taken in to Texel.[ 15]
Northampton
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Shanghai , China.[ 130]
Olive
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in "Diersey Sound".[ 67]
Ottawa
Canada
The ship was wrecked on Long Island , New York . She was on a voyage from Cow Bay, Nova Scotia to New York City .[ 146]
Pacific
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground near Brielle. She was refloated.[ 7]
Paluca San José
Spain
The schooner was wrecked on the Pickles Reef .[ 52]
Pepita
Spain
The barque was wrecked at Matanzas , Cuba.[ 94]
Plato
United Kingdom
The steamship foundered in the Bay of Biscay between 17 and 21 October with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire to Trieste .[ 202] [ 203]
Pleiades
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Santa Anna to Falmouth.[ 171]
Prussian
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on Tuns Bank, in Lough Foyle . She was refloated.[ 7]
Queen of the Isles
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at "Assis".[ 157]
Quixote
Spain
The ship was lost neat Santa Anna.[ 157]
Regina
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Zapodilla Cays. She was on a voyage from Newport to Puerto Caballos , British Honduras .[ 34]
Regina
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Archangelsk between 2 and 4 October. She was refloated.[ 115] [ 25]
Richmond
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the "Clure River".[ 61]
Right Bower
United States
The schooner was driven onto the Pickles Reef.[ 52]
Rosedale
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked at Matanzas.[ 94]
Sarah
United Kingdom
The smack was driven ashore near Antrim . She was on a voyage from Peterhead , Aberdeenshire to Belfast.[ 7]
Sars Johan
Sweden
The ship ran aground at Norrtälje . She was on a voyage from Norrtälje to Hull. She was refloated.[ 189]
Sharon
United States
The ship was wrecked at Jeddore, Nova Scotia , Dominion of Canads. She was on a voyage from Portland, Maine to Port Caledonia , Nova Scotia .[ 15]
Sicilia
Flag unknown
The brig sank at Matanzas.[ 94]
Skjold
Denmark
The barque was wrecked at Archangelsk.[ 13]
Stately
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked on Neckman's Ground, in the Baltic Sea . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt , Russia to Helsingør , Denmark.[ 130] [ 94]
Stirling
Norway
The barque was wrecked at "Caissaid". She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Pernambuco , Brazil.[ 166]
St. Marys
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned at sea.[ 58]
St. Mitrofane
Russia
The lighter ran aground and was wrecked at Taganrog.[ 91]
St.Nicolas
Russia
The lighter was loss at Taganrog.[ 91]
Stranger
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of California , United States.[ 58]
Sultan
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked on the coast of Luzon , Spanish East Indies.[ 157] She was on a voyage from Hong Kong , China to Borneo .[ 204]
Thomas and William
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked off the Faroe Islands . Her crew were rescued by the fishing smack Olive ( United Kingdom ).[ 77]
Tomas de Resa
Spain
The barque was wrecked near Key West, Florida , United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana , United States to Barcelona .[ 118] [ 187]
Valetta
United Kingdom
The ship was lost north of the mouth of the Rio Grande with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Montevideo , Uruguay.[ 16]
Victoria
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore between Crosby and Waterloo, Lancashire .[ 61]
Wandsworth
United Kingdom
The ship caught fire and was beached at Louisbourg , Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from an English port to Quebec City.[ 58]
William Brown
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked near Havana before 18 October with the loss of a crew member.[ 187]
William Rathbone
United States
The barque was wrecked in the Hillsboro Inlet . Four of her crew were rescued by Mississippi ( United States ). William Rathbone was on a voyage from New York to New Orleans.[ 123] [ 69] [ 52]
Zanzibar
France
The barque was wrecked at Ibo, Mozambique . She was on a voyage from Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône to Ibo.[ 157]
Zibiah
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Arichat , Nova Scotia , Canada. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro , Brazil to Gaspé, Quebec , Canada.[ 21]
Unnamed
French Navy
Franco-Prussian War : The man-of-war ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk whilst pursuing a Prussian merchant vessel. She was refloated.[ 48]
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