List of shipwrecks in 1874

The list of shipwrecks in 1874 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1874.

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1874
Ship State Description
Aneroid   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Schuylkill River after 23 February.[1]
Capiolani   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at "Seno" in the Pacific Ocean. She was on a voyage from Brisbane, Queensland to San Francisco, California, United States.[2]
Clotilde   United Kingdom The ship caught fire and was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Valparaíso, Chile.[3]
Delfina   United Kingdom The steamship struck a rock off the west coast of South America and was wrecked with loss of life. There were six survivors.[4]
Dornkat   Russia The ship sank in the Baltic Sea. She was raised by means of air bags.[5]
Durham   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Vaivaata Reef, in the Society Islands.[6]
Eliza Mory   New South Wales The brig was wrecked in the Waitara River, New Zealand. She was on a voyage from Newcastle to the Waitara River.[7]
Ella Morris   New South Wales The ship was wrecked at Nouméa, New Caledonia. She was on a voyage from Sydney to New Caledonia.[8]
François   France The fishing vessel was wrecked on the coast of Iceland. Her crew survived.[9]
George S. Wright   United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on the coast of South Australia. Her crew survived, but most of them were murdered by Kimgat Indians. Four survivors were rescued in 1877 by HMS Rocket (  Royal Navy).[10]
Hélène Burchard   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground off Saaremaa, Russian Empire after 27 November. She was refloated and put back to Riga, Russia, where she arrived on 14 December.[11]
Henri Joseph   France The ship foundered in the Gulf of Mexico. Wreckage washed up at Tampico, Mexico on 27 July.[12]
Jacna   Chile The ship foundered off Pichidangui.[13]
Medora   United Kingdom The brig ran aground off Gibraltar. She was refloated on 6 April 1875 and taken in to Gibraltar, having been aground for "some months".[14]
Monte Video   Uruguay The steamship was lost whilst on a voyage from the River Plate to Rangoon, Burma. Her crew were rescued by Constance (  Sweden).[15][16]
Phemerin   France The fishing vessel was wrecked on the coast of Iceland. Her crew survived.[9]
HMS Renard   Royal Navy The Beagle-class schooner ran aground on a reef in the Pacific Ocean.[17]
Shasta   United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Salvore Shoal after 6 October. She was on a voyage from City Point , United States to Trieste.[18]
HMS Thetis   Royal Navy The Briton-class corvette was driven ashore East Indies. It was reported that she would be repaired at Bombay, India or Trincomalee, Ceylon.[19]
Twins   South Australia The schooner was wrecked on a reef off Timor, Netherlands East Indies.[20]

Le Nil, French Ship, March 20, 1874, sank off the Izu Peninsula of Japan with 192 boxes of art returning from the 1873 Vienna World's Fair. Some items of art were later recovered.[21]

References

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  1. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Daily News. No. 8702. London. 17 March 1874.
  2. ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 28195. London. 25 December 1874. col D, p. 9.
  3. ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 28199. London. 30 December 1874. col F, p. 11.
  4. ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 28200. London. 31 December 1874. col E, p. 5.
  5. ^ "Raising Sunken Vessels". The Times. No. 28460. London. 30 October 1875. col E, p. 4.
  6. ^ "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard. No. 15506. London. 9 April 1874. p. 7.
  7. ^ "Shipping". Liverpool Mercury. No. 8324. Liverpool. 23 September 1874.
  8. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Daily News. No. 8871. London. 30 September 1874.
  9. ^ a b "Shipping Intelligence". Glasgow Herald. No. 10726. Glasgow. 14 May 1874.
  10. ^ "The Massacre of a Wrecked Crew". Leeds Mercury. No. 12175. Leeds. 18 April 1877.
  11. ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 28186. London. 15 December 1874. col E, p. 7.
  12. ^ "Shipping". Liverpool Mercury. No. 8306. Liverpool. 2 September 1874.
  13. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Daily News. No. 8717. London. 3 April 1874.
  14. ^ "Shipping". Liverpool Mercury. No. 8494. Liverpool. 9 April 1875.
  15. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Glasgow Herald. No. 10701. Glasgow. 15 April 1874.
  16. ^ "Shipping Disasters". Liverpool Mercury. No. 8186. Liverpool. 15 April 1874.
  17. ^ "Shipping Disasters". Liverpool Mercury. No. 8389. Liverpool. 8 December 1874.
  18. ^ "Shipping". Liverpool Mercury. No. 8384. Liverpool. 2 December 1874.
  19. ^ "Shipping Disasters". Liverpool Mercury. No. 8378. Liverpool. 25 November 1874.
  20. ^ "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard. No. 15535. London. 13 May 1874. p. 6.
  21. ^ "Survey Project at the wreck site of the Nil(1874): (伝)ニール号沈没地点調査 – 東海大学 海洋考古学&水中考古学プロジェクト".