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List of shipwrecks in December 1879

The list of shipwrecks in December 1879 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during December 1879.

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1 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1879
Ship State Description
Ann Essen   Germany The ship was wrecked at Dedeağaç, Ottoman Empire.[1]
Barracouta   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Antofagasta, Chile to the River Tyne. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[2][3]
Brilliant   United Kingdom The lugger collided with the lugger Rowena (  United Kingdom and sank at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[4][5]
Freden   Norway The schooner foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the sloop Scandinavia (  Denmark).[6][7]
Joseph Ferens   United Kingdom The steamship departed from South Shields, County Durham for Lisbon, Portugal. No further trace, reported overdue, feared to have foundered in the Bay of Biscay with the loss of all 25 crew.[8][9]
Kate Helena   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Cape Cillar, Chile. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Coquimbo, Chile.[10]
Llanedarne   United Kingdom The steamship departed from Gibraltar for Cardiff, Glamorgan. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Bay of Biscay with the loss of all hands.[11]
Meridian   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Dungeness. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and put in to The Down.[12]
Onward   United Kingdom The full-rigged ship ran aground on the Ower Sandbank, in the North Sea. Her sixteen crew were rescued by the Palling Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to the East Indies. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth.[13][14]
Saucy Jack   United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.[4][5]
Scheme   United Kingdom The smack collided with the smack Waterwitch and was beached at Great Yarmouth.[4][5]
Vera Cruz   Austria-Hungary The barque collided with Cavaliere Squardelli (  United Kingdom) and foundered off Cape Finisterre, Spain. Her crew were rescued by Cavaliere Squardelli. Vera Cruz was on a voyage from Trieste to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[15][16]
Wensleydale   United Kingdom The schooner was run into by the steamship Nina (  United Kingdom) in the River Wear and was severely damaged .[17] Wensleydale put back to Sunderland, County Durham.[12]
Wyvern   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Pauillac Bank, in the Gironde.[12]

2 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1879
Ship State Description
Averill   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at West Hartlepool, County Durham. She was on a voyage from West Hartlepool to East Hartlepool.[18][19]
Borussia   United Kingdom The steamship sprang a leak and foundered west of Faial Island, Azores with the loss of 160 of the 186 people on board. Ten survivors were rescued by Mallowdale (  United Kingdom), five by the barque Fulda (  Germany and eleven by Giacomino (  Italy). Borussia was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.[20][21][22]
Teaser   United Kingdom The fishing smack ran aground off Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.[4]
Tynedale   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the River Usk. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Newport, Monmouthshire.[23] She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[24]
Viking   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Sunderland. She was refloated and taken in to Sunderland.[1]
William Dawson   United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Frey (  Norway) and sank in the River Tees. Her crew were rescued by Frey.[4][18] William Dawson was on a voyage from Caen, Calvados, France to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.[25]

3 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1879
Ship State Description
Echo   United Kingdom The schooner struck the Harry Furlongs Rocks, Anglesey and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Wicklow.[23]
Ethiopia, and
Holly 		  United Kingdom The steamships collided in the Clyde and were both severely damaged.[16]
Frank   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Hamilton, Bermuda. She was on a voyage from London to Hamilton.[26]
Karebock   Denmark The schooner ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Helsingør. She was refloated and towed in to Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom in a leaky condition.[1]
M. A. Baston   United States The fishing schooner went ashore on Plum Island and sank. Her crew got off on their own.[27]
Maggie   United Kingdom The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the full-rigged ship Charles Luling (  Germany). Maggie was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, United States to Aberdeen.[28][29][30]
N. J. Pallisen   Denmark The steamship ran aground in the River Barrow. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to New Ross, County Wexford, United Kingdom. She was refloated.[31]
Quintero   United States The ship collided with the steamship Norseman (  United Kingdom) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean (5°13′S 35°03′W / 5.217°S 35.050°W / -5.217; -35.050) with the loss of a crew member. Quintero was on a voyage from Pisagua, Peru to Boston, Massachusetts.[32]
St. Louis   France The fishing vessel was run down and sunk in the English Channel 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom by the barque Marina Rocca (  Italy) with the loss of two of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by Marina Rocca.[33]
Vesta   Denmark The ship was abandoned at in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Lillie (  United Kingdom). Vesta was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Svendborg.[34]

4 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1879
Ship State Description
Avalon   United Kingdom The ship departed from Pernambuco, Brazil for the Newfoundland Colony. No further trace,.[35] reported missing.[36]
Balmoral   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Clyde.[31] She was refloated.[37]
Capella   United Kingdom The steamship was abandoned off "Corrobedo", Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Hull, Yorkshire.[15]
Cunley   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Querqueville, Manche, France with the loss of four of her crew.[38]
Edith Hough   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore near Rhyl, Denbighshire. She was on a voyage from Valencia, Spain to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and towed in to Liverpool by the tugs Commodore and Great Britain (both   United Kingdom).[10]
Emily   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at Cherbourg, Manche with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to Cherbourg.[10]
Hawk   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Elbe.[34]
Jean   France The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her six crew were rescued by the steamship Thales (  United Kingdom).[16]
Lord Byron   United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore 8 nautical miles (15 km) south of Bridlington, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Tripoli, Ottoman Tripolitania to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[23][39] She was refloated on 11 December and taken in to Bridlington.[40]
Queenstown   United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the North Sea off Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Harburg, Germany.[41]
Relic   United Kingdom The smack was driven onto the breakwater in Brixham harbour during a gale and became a total loss. Two fishing boats were grounded and others received damage.[42]
Robinsons   United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Amble, Northumberland. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but put into the River Tyne in a leaky condition.[31]
Stour   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Bow Reef, off Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands and sank. Her four crew survived. She was on a voyage from Falmouth to Harburg.[34][43]
Swallow   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Ribadesella, Spain. Her crew were rescued.[34]
Teal   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Neilstack. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[26]
Unite   France The schooner struck the breakwater at Cherbourg and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Porthcawl, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Trouville-sur-Mer, Calvados.[10]
Unnamed   United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned off Mousehole, Cornwall.[23]
Unnamed   United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Portland, Dorset.[10]

5 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1879
Ship State Description
Anglia   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Pladda, in the Firth of Clyde. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Glasgow, Renfrewshrie.[34][31] She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[41]
Ary Scheffer   Netherlands The steamship ran aground at Maassluis, South Holland. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated.[31]
Bella   United States Thanks to an unsuccessful tacking attempt during a storm, the 34.83-ton schooner ran aground at the north entrance to Oumnak Island (53°22′N 167°50′W / 53.367°N 167.833°W / 53.367; -167.833 (Oumnak Island)) in the Aleutian Islands. Her crew of five survived, but she broke up on the beach and was deemed beyond repair.[44]
Capella   United Kingdom The steamship foundered off Corrubedo, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Hull, Yorkshire.[45]
Caledonian   United Kingdom The dredger was run into by the steamship Enniskillen (  United Kingdom) at Grangemouth, Stirlingshire and was severely damaged.[10]
Gelderland   Netherlands The ship ran aground in the Nieuwe Waterweg. She was on a voyage from Java, Netherlands East Indies to Rotterdam. She was refloated.[31]
Risurrezzione   Italy The barque was wrecked at Cape Helles, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Yelsk, Russia to Malta.[34]
Romola   United Kingdom The schooner was taken in tow to Dartmouth by the steamship Yorkshireman (  United Kingdom). Romola was found dismasted and abandoned, in the English Channel approximately 60 miles (97 km) west of Start Point.[46]
St. Anne   France The brigantine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Ouessant, Finistère. Two people were rescued by the steamship Lequitio (  Spain).[16]
Uller   Norway The ship struck the breakwater at Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Kragerø to Middlesbrough.[31]

6 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1879
Ship State Description
Albert   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Maassluis, South Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Rotterdam, South Holland.[34][41] She was refloated on 8 December.[16]
Ampthill   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Roquetas, Spain. She was on a voyage from Oran, Algeria to Dunkerque, Nord, France. She was refloated and take in to Almería, Spain.[45][16]
Annie   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness to Baltimore, Maryland, United States.[37][41]
Anniversary   United Kingdom The barque was damaged by fire at Greenock, Renfrewshire.[16]
Captain Cook, and
Shelburne 		  United Kingdom
  Canada 		The steamships collided in the River Liffey and were both severely damaged.[16]
Emerald   Guernsey The brig foundered off the coast of Portugal. Her sixteen crew were rescued by the brigantine Queen of the Isles (  United Kingdom). Emerald was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Ancona, Italy.[47][48][49][50]
Frances   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ballamacormick Point, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Ayr.[34]
George Bartram   United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Söderhamn, Sweden to Sunderland. She was refloated and taken in to Sunderland in a leaky condition.[41]
Irene   Denmark The ship was driven ashore on St. Mary's Island, County Durham and was severely damaged. She was refloated and towed in to North Shields, Northumberland.[45]
Marie   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Valparaíso, Chile. Her crew were rescued.[15]
Milton   United Kingdom The tugboat was run down and sunk in the River Thames at London by the Transport ship Eurpoa (  Italy) with the loss of a crew member .[51]
Motorska Vila   Russia The ship ran aground in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Feodosiya to Malta.[41]
Niemann   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Maassluis. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Schiedam, South Holland.[34][41] She was refloated on 8 December.[16]
Onward   United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Lemon and Ower Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Tuticorin, India. She was refloated and put in to Gravesend, Kent in a severely leaky condition.[52]
Prosperete   Norway The ship was driven ashore at Fort Fisher, North Carolina, United States. She was on a voyage from London to Wilmington, North Carolina.[41]
Romola   United Kingdom The abandoned ship was towed in to Dartmouth, Devon by the steamship Yorkshireman (  United Kingdom).[34]
Stabil   Norway The barque ran aground in the Mississippi River and was severely damaged. She was refloated and put back to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.[34][41]
Yvonne Marie   France The barque was driven ashore near Roquetas, Spain.[45]

7 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1879
Ship State Description
Anglia   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Dalmuir, Dunbartonshire. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[16]
Captain Parry   United Kingdom The steam collier was driven ashore near Queenstown, County Cork.[45] She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Cork.[16]
Catharina II   Russia The steamship ran aground at Maassluis, South Holland, Netherlands. She wa on a voyage from Riga to Rotterdam, South Holland.[45] She was refloated the next day.[16]
Dicimus   Malta The barque was driven ashore at Lampsari Point, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Taganrog, Russia to Malta.[45]
Hart   Isle of Man The schooner ran aground at Amlwch, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Amlwch. She was refloated and taken in to Amlwch.[45]
Improvement   United Kingdom The schooner was destroyed by fire at Penzance, Cornwall.[16]
Mineola   Canada The schooner broke loose from her moorings in a severe storm in Eastport Bay and drifted ashore on the Eastern Shoal. She was refloated and sailed to Lubec, Maine where she was beached for repairs.[27]
Watersprite   United Kingdom The barque departed from South Shields, County Durham for Málaga, Spain. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands, nine or ten lives.[53][54]

8 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1879
Ship State Description
Astronom   Germany The steamship was driven ashore at Donna Nook, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom.[45][16]
Atalanta   Norway The barque foundered off the Chassiron Lighthouse, Île d'Oléron, Vendée, France. Her crew were rescued.[45]
Firebrick   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Bremen, Germany. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Bremen. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to Geestemünde, Germany.[45]
Fortuna   Denmark The derelict schooner was towed in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire by the smack Cyclone (  United Kingdom.[16][3]
Junction   United Kingdom The ketch was driven onto the Longnose Rock, Margate, Kent. Her crew were rescued by the Coastguard.[45]
Klara   Norway The brig was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the cost of Norfolk. The crew were picked up from their lifeboat and landed on the following morning. She was on a voyage from North or South Shields, River Tyne to Corsica, France, with coal[52][55][56]
Leon   United Kingdom The derelict brig was driven ashore at Blakeney, Norfolk.[45]
Lesmona   Germany The ship was sighted in the South Atlantic whilst on a voyage from San Francisco, California, United States to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. No further trace, reported missing.[57]
Lucile   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Talus Bank, in the Gironde. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. She was refloated and taken in to Bordeaux.[45][16]
Lord Clyde   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore on Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Dantzic, Germany to Dunkerque, Nord. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark.[16][6]
Pet   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at the mouth of the River Wear. She was on a voyage from London to the River Wear.[3]
Vesper   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Bell Reef Rock, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Ayr.[45]
unknown An unidentified barque foundered off the Haisborough Sands, off Norfolk, England. [56]

9 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1879
Ship State Description
Emma V.   Canada The ship departed from Portland, Maine, United States for Falmouth, Cornwall or Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom. No further trace, reported missing.[58][36]
Mary Morica   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground and was holed by her anchor in the River Usk. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Bilbao, Spain. She was towed back to Newport.[59][24]

10 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1879
Ship State Description
Glenlyon   United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rangoon, Burma to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[60] She drove ashore and was wrecked on Terceira Island, Azores on 17 December.[61][62]
Hortensia   Denmark The schooner was driven ashore on Læsø.[59] She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Svendborg. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Fredrikshavn in a severely leaky condition.[63]
Mystic   United States The schooner, stranded near the harbor mouth at Grand Haven, Michigan since 19 November, was washed off the beach in a heavy storm on Lake Michigan out to the bar where she started pounding heavily and was scuttled to prevent further damage. Her three crewmen were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[27]
Neptune   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at the Poolbeg Lighthouse, County Dublin.[7]
Sardinian   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north west of Cromer, Norfolk.[7] She was refloated.[64]
Thomas Dugdale   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Fleetwood, Lancashire.[65] She had been refloated by 13 December.[66]

11 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1879
Ship State Description
Alexandra   United Kingdom The ship collided with the schoonerSecret (  United Kingdom) 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) east of Hartland Point, Devon. She was taken in tow by Bessie Belle (  United Kingdom) but consequently sank. Her crew were rescued.[67]
Ariadne   United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Owl (  United Kingdom and sank in the Clyde. Her crew survived.[68] Ariadne was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[63]
Barnard Castle   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at the mouth of the Stevenston Burn, Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Quebec, Canada to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[40] She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[69]
Bristol City   United Kingdom The steamship went ashore, in thick fog, at Nelson Point, at the mouth of the River Avon. She was on a voyage from Bristol to New York.[70] She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[71]
Cleveland   United Kingdom The steamship was damaged by ice and beached at Snekkersten, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Copenhagen, Denmark. She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, where she was placed under repair.[63]
Enos, and
Flying Cloud 		  Norway
  United Kingdom 		The steam trawler Flying Cloud was driven ashore on the Maydulse Rocks, east of Inchcolm, Fife. She was towing the brig Enos, which also went ashore, but was refloated and put back to Burntisland, Fife.[59][72]
König Ernst August   Germany The brig was driven ashore at Morup, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom to Dantsic.[59]
Martha   Germany The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Kuressaare, Russia. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Riga, Russia.[63]
Pallion   United Kingdom The brig ran aground at Maassluis, South Holland.[73]
Sheldrake   United Kingdom The steamship foundered in the Raz de Sein. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Glasgow.[63]
Sophie Girbetz   Germany The barque ran aground at "Swinbaden", Sweden. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Rostock. She was refloated with the assistance of a steamship.[40][74]
Vanderbyl   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Isle of Whithorn, Wigtownshire. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Port William, Wigtownshire.[63]
Vine   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Landskrona, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Malmö, Sweden. She was refloated and completed her voyage.[40]

12 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1879
Ship State Description
Bon Père   France The ship was abandoned in the Bay of Biscay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure.[69]
Camellia   United Kingdom The ship sank in the River Usk.[63]
Elisa   Italy The barque was wrecked at "Eractitza Point", Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Livorno.[63]
Gottfried   Sweden The brig was wrecked on Anholt, Denmark. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to Karlskrona.[75]
Hero   United Kingdom The schooner was holed by ice and sank in the Seine at La Mailleraye-sur-Seine, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[75]
Hopewell   United Kingdom The barque was wrecked in a cyclone at Hong Kong.[76]
Isabella Ure   United Kingdom The ship departed from Troon, Ayrshire for Matanzas, Cuba. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all sixteen crew.[77]
Maria   France The barque was wrecked in a cyclone at Hong Kong.[76]
Twilight   United States The full-rigged ship was damaged in a cyclone at Hong Kong.[76]
Whittington   United Kingdom The ship departed from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States for Queenstown, County Cork. No further trace,.[58] presumed foundered with the loss of all 25 crew.[78]

13 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1879
Ship State Description
Ormoc   United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked at "Dupon", Leyte, Spanish East Indies. Her crew were rescued.[79]
Pedrito   Spain The schooner was destroyed by fire at Nuevitas, Cuba.[80]
Santiago   Spain The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Rosario Brazil.[47]
Trident   United Kingdom The steamship was run into by the steamship Lord Eslington and sank off the east Kent coast. Some of her crew were rescued by Lord Eslington, others reached land in a boat. Trident was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Hull, Yorkshire.[81][82]
Twee Gezusters   Netherlands The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (46°11′N 15°35′W / 46.183°N 15.583°W / 46.183; -15.583). Her crew were rescued by East Croft (  United Kingdom).[83]
St. Malcolm   United Kingdom The ship was sighted in the Indian Ocean whilst on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London. No further trace, reported missing.[57]
Usworth   United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Ituna in the River Thames. She was beached at Plaistow, Middlesex, where she sank.[84]
Wave   United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Formby, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Brussels, Flemish Brabant, Belgium to Runcorn, Cheshire. Wave was refloated and found to be severely leaky. She was abandoned and sank on 16 December. Her crew survived.[47]

14 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1879
Ship State Description
Artie Garwood   United States The schooner stranded in a gale with high seas 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Life Saving Station No.4, 4th District on the New Jersey coast and broke up. Her seven crew were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[27]
Charlotte   United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore at Robin Hoods Bay, Yorkshire. She was refloated.[85]
Sarah Jane   United Kingdom The ship ran aground and sank in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Irvine, Ayrshire to Runcorn, Cheshire.[86]
Usworth   United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Ituna (  United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Plaistow, Essex. Usworth was beached and sank.[87]

15 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1879
Ship State Description
Arcangelo Gabriel   Italy The brig was wrecked at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro to New York, United States.[47]
Dunstanborough   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Banjaard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands.[88]
Sampson   United Kingdom The paddle tug ran aground off Sheerness, Kent. She was towing a lighter from Sheerness to Deptford. She was refloated but was then run into by the lighter, severely damaging one of her paddle wheels. She put back to Sheerness.[89]
William Bateman   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Hjørring, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Malmö, Sweden.[79] She was later refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark, where she arrived on 17 February.[90]

16 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1879
Ship State Description
Andreas   Norway The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Fife Ness, Fife, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from a French port to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom.[47]
Bona Fides   United Kingdom The fishing vessel ran aground and sank off The Lizard, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued.[91]
Hamsteels   United Kingdom The steamship struck the pier at West Hartlepool, County Durham and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from London to West Hartlepool.[47]
Holmbrook   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Seine at Villequier, Seine-Inférieure.[8] She was refloated and taken in to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure in a leaky condition.[92]
Jane Hoad   United Kingdom The ship was run down and sunk 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off Cromer, Norfolk by the steamship Lepanto (  United Kingdom). Her eight crew were rescued by Lepanto. Jane Hoad was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to Rye, Sussex.[8][93]
Open Sea   United States The schooner stranded on a reef off Napatree Point, a total loss of vessel and cargo. Her crew of five rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[27]
Two Brothers   United Kingdom The fishing vessel foundered off The Lizard. Her crew were rescued by the fishing vessel Orlando (  United Kingdom).[91]
Voluna   United Kingdom The steamship sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 300 nautical miles (560 km) off Cape Clear Island, County Cork (49°20′N 12°53′W / 49.333°N 12.883°W / 49.333; -12.883). Her crew were rescued by the barque Chepica (  United Kingdom). Voluna was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Montego Bay, Jamaica.[29][94]

17 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1879
Ship State Description
Anna   Netherlands The steamship ran aground and sank at Bergen, Norway with the loss of five of her crew.[47]
Dere   Sweden The abandoned schooner was towed in to Fredrikshavn, Denmark.[95] She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Halmstad.[92]
Express   United Kingdom The ship struck the breakwater and sank at Memel, Germany. She was on a voyage from Memel to Burntisland, Fife.[47][95]
Felice Pirandello   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Taganrog, Russia to an English port. She was refloated and taken in to Constantinople.[95]
Forest King   Canada The full-rigged ship was driven ashore near Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Calais.[95]
Good Intent   United Kingdom The smack sank at Bridgwater, Somerset. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Bridgwater.[8]
Guy Mannering   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent.[96]
Iwalo   Grand Duchy of Finland The ship was wrecked on Cuttyhunk Island, Massachusetts, United States. She was on a voyage from Jakobstad to Boston, Massachusetts.[95]
Mary   United Kingdom The smack ran aground on the Elbow Bank, in the Solent.[86]
Northern Crown   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides.[86]
Unnamed   France The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Cobo, Guernsey, Channel Islands. Her crew were rescued.[97]

18 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1879
Ship State Description
Clerus   United Kingdom The ship departed from Lossiemouth, Moray for Hartlepool, County Durham. No further trace, reported severely overdue.[98]
Commonwealth   United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on Andros, Greece with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Antwerp, Belgium.[99][100]
Salus   France The brig was lost in the Seine downstream of Caudebec-en-Caux, Seine-Inférieure, France due to ice. Her crew were rescued.[29][101]
Typhis   France The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on the west coast of Guernsey, Channel Islands. Her crew were rescued.[86]
Unnamed   France The fishing smack was run into by the steamship Crane (  United States) and sank at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[29]

19 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1879
Ship State Description
Derby   United Kingdom The brig, carrying mahogany, foundered nine days out of Minatitlán, Mexico. The crew, bar two, were picked up by Resolute (  United Kingdom) and the captain only survived a few days.[102]
Govino   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Bristol, Gloucestershire. She was on a voyage from Avonmouth, Somerset to Bristol.[92]
James   United Kingdom The schooner ran ashore on "Lerdy Isle". She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Stranraer, Wigtownshire.[29]
Johanni   Germany The schooner was wrecked at Estreito. Brazil with the loss of all but two of her crew.[103]
Lucy   United Kingdom The steam launch was run into by the steamboat Camilla (  United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Cuckold's Point, Middlesex.[104]
Manilla   Italy The steamship ran aground on The Skerries, off Start Point, Devon, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Bombay, India. Manilla was refloated with assistance from the steamship Upupa (  United Kingdom and was towed in to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom .[30]
Margaret Elizabeth   United Kingdom The oyser smack was driven ashore and wrecked in Bracelet Bay, Glamorgan.[105]
Peri   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged on Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands.[106]
Pet   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland.[30]
Prins van Oranje   Netherlands The steamship ran aground at Maassluis, South Holland. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord, France to Rotterdam, South Holland. She was refloated.[92]
W. H. Atkinson   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground off Cabrita Point, Spain. She was beached on the Isla de Las Palomas, Spain, where she was subsequently wrecked. Her 21 crew were rescued by an Italian barque. W. H. Atkinson was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[8][101][107][108]

20 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1879
Ship State Description
Austrian   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Clyde. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated on 22 December and resumed her voyage.[109]
Chevreul   France The barque was driven ashore north of Carnsore, County Wexford, United Kingdom. All thirteen people on board were rescued by the Carnsore Lifeboat.[29][14] She was on a voyage from French Equatorial Africa to Glasgow, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom.[30] She subsequently broke up.[76]
Nestorian   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Clyde. She was refloated on 22 December.[109]
N. Noyes   Canada The schooner was wrecked at Cape Negro, Nova Scotia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island to New York.[110]
Strathmore   United Kingdom The ship was damaged by fire at Liverpool, Lancashire.[30]
Trellis   United Kingdom The schooner was damaged and disabled in a collision with an unknown schooner and went ashore the next day one mile (1.6 km) north north east of the Life Saving Station No. 13, 2nd District on the coast of Massachusetts, a total loss. Her crew was rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[27]
Western Belle   United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Pensacola, Florida, United States. She was on a voyage from Pensacola to Greenock, Renfrewshire. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[110]
Whitney Long   United States The schooner sank on Hatteras Shoal in five fathoms (30 ft; 9.1 m) of water, a total loss of vessel and cargo. Her crew got off on their ship's boat and were helped through the surf by the United States Life Saving Service.[27]
Zephyrus   United Kingdom The brig ran aground at Shrape Point, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to West Cowes, Isle of Wight.[30] She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and taken in to West Cowes.[30]

21 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1879
Ship State Description
Adelphoi   New South Wales The barque was wrecked off Port Hacking, New South Wales, Australia.
Bittern   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the River Thames at Barking, Essex. Her passengers were taken off by Boreas (  United Kingdom).[105]
Broomshields, and
G. B. S. 		  United Kingdom The schooner Broomshields was run into by the barque G. B. S. and sank off the Outer Dowsing Sandbank, in the North Sea. Some of her crew were reported missing. G. B. S. was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Java, Netherlands East Indies. She was assisted in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire by the steamship Thames (  United Kingdom) and beached with the assistance of two tugs.[83][111]
City of Toledo   United States The steamer ran aground in a gale and snowstorm six miles (9.7 km) south of Life Saving Station No. 6, 11th District on the Michigan coast. Her captain and a few crew made it to shore in the ship's boat, the rest of the 24 on board were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[27]
Edinburgh   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Banjoewanjie, Netherlands East Indies.[105]
Henriette   France The steam yacht was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, Virginia, United States. Her crew were rescued by the barque Sabine (  Norway). Henriette was subsequently taken in to the Hampton Roads, Virginia, United States.[105][108]
Rozelle   United Kingdom The ship was sighted in the Pentland Firth whilst on a voyage from the River Tyne to Bombay, India. No further trace, reported overdue.[112]
T. J. Trafton   United States The schooner wrecked eight miles (13 km) north east of Manomet Point, Massachusetts. Her crew made it to shore in the ship's boat.[27]

22 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1879
Ship State Description
Agnes   Sweden The ship sank near Lysekil.[113] She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom to Gothenburg.[114]
Anna Bertha   Germany The barque was driven ashore on Nexø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Dantsic.[83]
Artos   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Hale Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and completed her voyage.[109]
Black Swan   United States The bark dragged anchor in a gale with snow and heavy seas and was wrecked 1+1⁄2 nautical miles (2.8 km) east north east of Life Saving Station No. 14, 2nd District, on the coast of Massachusetts. Her eight crewmen were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[27]
Caledonian   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Avonmouth, Somerset. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Avonmouth. She was refloated and docked.[105]
Henrique   Spain The barque was driven ashore at Atherfield, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom.[83] She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom. She subsequently broke up.[115]
Martino Maria   United Kingdom The barque ran aground at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Villaricos, Spain. She was refloated with assistance and resumed her voyage.[105]
Progress   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore south of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to Scarborough, Yorkshire.[109]
Solem   Norway The brigantine struck rocks and sank in Vestfjorden.[105] She was on a voyage from South Shields to Vardø.[109]

23 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1879
Ship State Description
Alert   United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned 20 nautical miles (37 km) off the Isle of May. Her crew took to a boat; they were rescued by a Russian vessel.[116][76]
Alfred   United Kingdom The pilot schooner was run down and sunk in the Irish Sea 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) south of the Wyre Lighthouse by the fishing smack Osprey (  United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued.[105][109]
Alice Bradshar   Canada The ship struck a sunken rock off "Downend", Devon, United Kingdom and was holed. She was being towed from Dartmouth to Exmouth. She arrived at Exmouth in a leaky condition.[109]
Bendigo   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[105]
Bjornstjerne Bjornson   Norway The steamship was sighted off Bergen whilst on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Drontheim. No further trace, reported overdue.[117]
Johann Feldman   Russia The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Rangoon, Burma.[109]
Kate   United Kingdom The ship departed from Queenstown, County Cork for Dundee, Forfarshire. No further trace, reported hopelessly overdue.[118]

24 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1879
Ship State Description
Maid of Orleans Flag unknown The ship departed from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States for Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. No further trace, reported "hopelessly overdue".[58]

25 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1879
Ship State Description
Britannia   United Kingdom The tug was run down and sunk 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Inchkeith, Fife by the steamship Fitzwilliam (  United Kingdom). Her crew survived.[119]
Fanny Beck   United Kingdom The brigantine foundered off the "Isle of Tova", off the coast of Patagonia.[116]
Moray   United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore at Kristianopel, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Dantsic, Germany to Hayle, Cornwall.[120] She was refloated on 5 January 1880 and taken in to Karlskrona, Sweden.[110]
Peter Paul   Russia The schooner was driven ashore and damaged 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Ystad, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Ystad.[120] She was refloated on 31 December and taken in to Ystad for repairs.[113]
Petrel   France The steamship was driven ashore at Calais.[120]
Salisbury   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Cimbritshamn, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Libava, Courland Governorate to Leith, Lothian. She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark in a leaky condition.[120]

26 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1879
Ship State Description
Bottreaux Castle   United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Boscastle, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Boscastle.[121]
Clansman   United Kingdom The barquentine ran aground in the River Ouse. she was on a voyage from Jamaica to Goole, Yorkshire. She was refloated and taken in to Goole.[122]
Eastbourne   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Naples, Italy.[123]
Ella   United Kingdom The steamship departed from Dundee, Forfarshire for South Shields, County Durham. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[124]
Portugalete   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Cardiff. She was on a voyage from Porthcawl to Cardiff.[123]
Sunbeam   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at Cardiff.[123]

27 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1879
Ship State Description
Alma   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Burntisland, Fife. She was on a voyage from Inverness to Charlestown, Cornwall.[125]
Alneburgh   United Kingdom The ship departed from San Francisco, California for a British port. No further trace,[126] presumed foundered with the loss of all 25 crew.[127]
Bradley   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Sheringham, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.[128]
Castlehill   United Kingdom The schooner was sighted whilst on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Castlehill. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all five crew.[129]
Elizabeth   United Kingdom The sloop sprang a leak and sank in the Rock Channel. Her crew survived.[130]
Philemon   Russia The barque was wrecked on the coast of Halland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Malmö, Sweden.[116]
Unnamed   United Kingdom The schooner sank in the Sound of Mull with the loss of all hands.[131]

28 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1879
Ship State Description
Agile   Norway The schooner was wrecked at Soggendal with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Spain to Bergen.[62]
Agnes Irving   New South Wales The paddle steamer was wrecked in the Macleay River, Trial Bay, New South Wales.
Amalie   Norway The schooner was wrecked at Soggendal with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Spain to Bergen.[132]
Cierus   Germany The ship departed from Lossiemouth, Moray for Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom. No further trace, reported missing.[117]
Fonfrède   France The barque foundered 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) north of The Skerries, Anglesey, United Kingdom with the loss of eight of her twelve crew. Survivors were rescued by the tug British King (  United Kingdom). Fonfrède was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Port-au-Prince, Haiti.[125][133][134]
Hertha   Denmark The barque was driven ashore at "Sordrum", Sweden.[80]
Irene   Austria-Hungary The barque was driven ashore at Rowse's Point, County Sligo, United Kingdom.[125]
Lissabon   Germany The steamship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to a Spanish port. She was refloated with assistance from the Harwich Lifeboat and taken in to London, United Kingdom.[122]
Minona   Sweden The barque ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Gothenburg. She floated off and sank. Her crew took to a boat; they were rescued by Tasmania (  United Kingdom).[60]
Norseman   United Kingdom The steamship foundered off Portpatrick, Wigtownshire with the loss of al hands, eight or ten lives.[135] She was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland to Bowling, Dunbartonshire.[9]
Pearl   Isle of Man The ship was driven ashore at McCrinan's Point, Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from Girvan, Ayrshire to Cork. She was later refloated and taken in to Campbeltown, Argyllshire in a leaky condition.[136]
Rival   United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her eight crew were rescued by the Caister Lifeboat.[137][14]
Rumney   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Gironde. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[122]
Sardonyx   United Kingdom The steamship foundered off the coast of County Limerick with the loss of all thirteen crew. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Limerick.[138]
Star of Peace   United Kingdom The Thames barge was run into by the steamship Fusilier (  United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Blackwall, Middlesex. Her crew were rescued.[139]
Vila Nova   United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Thurlestone, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[125][122]
W. H. Thorndike   United States The ship was wrecked on the Sow and Pigs Reef. She was on a voyage from New York to Boston, Massachusetts.[140]

29 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1879
Ship State Description
Agnes C. James   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the North Bank, in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Belfast, County Antrim.[60]
Ardenlea   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Gare Loch.[125]
Argo   United Kingdom The brigantine foundered in the North Sea off Filey, Yorkshire. Her five crew survived. She was on a voyage from London to Hartlepool, County Durham.[125]
Elizabeth Hendrika   Netherlands The galiot was driven ashore in Roljew Cove, near Mullion, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Three of her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus; her captain refused to abandon ship. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Bilbao, Spain.[125][121]
Margaret   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Redcar, Yorkshire. She was refloated.[76]
Marguerite   France The cutter was driven ashore at "Dwarsinweg". She was on a voyage from "Dolto" to Antwerp, Belgium.[122]
Minna   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Liepāja, Russia. Her crew were rescued by the Liepāja Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Liepāja to Lübeck.[125]
Remesis   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Gare Loch.[125]
Thomas Graham   United Kingdom The crewless schooner was driven ashore at Portballintrae, County Antrim.[125]
Villa Nova   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Salcombe, Devon. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[50]
William Burkitt   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Gislöv, Sweden.[76] She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Reval, Russia.[122] She was refloated in February 1880 and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark.[98]

30 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1879
Ship State Description
Benjamin Sewall   United States The full-rigged ship was driven ashore in the Bangka Strait. She was on a voyage from Singapore, Straits Settlements to New York.[141][142] She was refloated in January 1880 and taken in to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies for repairs.[140]
Catharina   Denmark The ship was driven ashore at Gothenburg, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Burntisland, Fife, United Kingdom to Svendborg.[60]
Dagmar   Denmark The ship foundered with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Burntisland to Svendborg.[60]
Etje   Germany The galiot was driven ashore near Farsund, Norway. Her crew were rescued.[60] She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Leer.[132]
Fred   United States The barque was driven ashore at Bowmore, Islay, United Kingdom.[115]
J. P. Taylor   United Kingdom The steamship arrived at Bremen, Germany on fire. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Brake, Germany.[62]
Leda   Germany The full-rigged ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom and was wrecked. Her nineteen crew were rescued by the North Deal Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Bremen.[61][14]
Lini   Russia The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Lista, Norway.[62] Her crew were rescued.[60] She was on a voyage from Riga to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom.[132]
Mary   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bowmore. She was on a voyage from Mulroy Bay to Belfast, County Antrim.[115]
Otago   United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was damaged by ice and was beached at Bremen. She was on a voyage from New York to Bremen. She was refloated the next day with the assistance of three steamships and towed in to Bremen.[141][62]
South Esk   United Kingdom The brigantine was wrecked on Eigg, Inner Hebrides with the loss of five of her six crew.[132]
Vittoria   Italy The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands. She was on a voyage from Genoa to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent in a sinking condition by the tug Warrior (  United Kingdom).[143]
Wolf   United Kingdom The ship foundered off Ventnor, Isle of Wight.[144]

31 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1879
Ship State Description
Brother Jonathan and
Kate Kearney 		  United Kingdom The paddle tug Brorther Jonathan sank south of Small Saltee Island, County Wexford with the immediate loss of ten of her twelve crew. She had departed from Queenstown, County Cork on 29 December towing the barque Kate Kearney (  United Kingdom) bound for London.[145][146] The barque was in a severely leaky condition, and had taken on extra hands for the voyage. She was presumed to have foundered with the loss of all on board.[147] One of the two survivors from Brother Jonathan died on 9 January.[148]
Eleanor   United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore near the Hen and Chickens Rocks, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Belfast, County Antrim.[132]
Ernst   Germany The barque was wrecked at Summer House Point, Glamorgan, United Kingdom with the loss of four of her ten crew.[149] She was on a voyage from Queenstown to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom.[147]
Ida   Germany The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan with the loss of nine of her ten crew. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Tenerife, Canary Islands.[141][149]
Martha   United Kingdom The pilot boat was driven ashore in the River Usk.[22]
William J. Taylor   United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship H. P. Stephenson (  United Kingdom) and sank at the mouth of the River Tyne. Her eleven crew were rescued by H. P. Stephenson. William J. Taylor was on her maiden voyage, from the River Tyne to Dunkerque, Nord, France. She was refloated in January 1880 and beached. Repaired at Wallsend, County Durham in March 1880 and returned to service.[132][150][151]
Winifred   United Kingdom The ship departed from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States for Queenstown. No further trace, reported overdue.[152]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in December 1879
Ship State Description
Alarm   Fiji The cutter was driven ashore in a cyclone at Fiji.[153]
Albert   United Kingdom The barge was run down and sunk by the paddle steamer Flushing (Flag unknown) at Sheerness, Kent. Her crew were rescued.[154]
Aldebaran   Norway The barque sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean in early December. Her fourteen crew were rescued by the barque Shane (  Norway). Aldebaran was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.[107][155][22]
Alexander Mackenzie   United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Blankenberge, West Flanders, Belgium. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Antwerp, Belgium.[60][107]
Altona   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Lühe, Germany. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Goole, Yorkshire.[60][156]
Anna   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at Torekov, Sweden.[157]
Anna Olivari   France The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[47]
Atalanta   Norway The barque foundered off the Chassiron Lighthouses, Île d'Oléron, Charente-Inférieure, France. Her crew were rescued.[15]
Atlantic   Norway The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 16 December.[30] She was towed in to Glendore, County Cork, United Kingdom in mid-January 1880 by the tug Lord Warden (  United Kingdom).[158]
August Blanche   Sweden The steamship was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark.[157]
Aurora   Spain The steamship was wrecked on the Mosquito Coast.[157] Her crew were rescued.[33]
Balmarino   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Kilroot, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Ayr.[29]
Benledi   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to Calcutta, India.[29][111]
Bilbao   Spain The steamship foundered off the Berlengas, Portugal. Her crew were rescued by the barque Ajan (  Russia). Bilbao was on a voyage from Antwerp to Cádiz.[59]
Brilliant   United Kingdom The brig was wrecked at Torekov. Her crew were rescued.[157]
Byron   Fiji The cutter foundered off Nunda Point in a cyclone with the loss of two lives.[153]
Carbonaria   United Kingdom The brig ran aground at Cowes, Isle of Wight.[6]
Chinaman   United Kingdom The barque ran aground at Shanghai, China. She was refloated but was then run into by the steamship Kiangteen (  China).[6]
Christine   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Amager, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stettin, Germany to Sunderland, County Durham.[86]
Christine   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Falkland Islands. Her crew were rescued.[45]
Clara   Sweden The schooner was driven ashore on Skagen.[157] She was later refloated and taken in to Fredrikshavn.[109]
Comeragh   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Waterford. She was refloated.[88]
Constantinos   Greece The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Sfântu Gheorghe, United Principalities. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Brăila, United Principalities to Syros.[8]
Curlew   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Sunderland.[157]
Dan Kelly   Canada The schooner was wrecked with the loss of four of her crew.[159]
Die Schwalbe   Germany The barque collided with the steamship Glenavon (  United Kingdom) and sank in the Kattegat with the loss of four of her crew. Die Schwalbe was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire. United Kingdom to Dantsic.[83]
Dona Zoyla   Germany The ship was driven ashore at Atherfield, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom and broke her back.[83]
Dore   Sweden The schooner was abandoned at sea. She was subsequently towed in to Fredrikshavn.[47]
Eaglet   United Kingdom The brigantine ran aground on Les Traverses, in the Seine. She was refloated and taken in to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France in a leaky condition.[88]
Elizabeth   United Kingdom The barque ran aground in the Banka Strait. She was on a voyage from Bangkok, Siam to the English Channel.[26]
Emerald   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Black Rock, east of Portrush, County Antrim. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sligo to Liverpool, Lancashire.[59][6]
Emilie   Norway The schooner was driven ashore on Skagen. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom.[47]
Eugénie Léonie   France The barque was wrecked at Dunkerque, Nord with the loss of two of her fifteen crew. Survivors were rescued by a tug. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.[34]
Ferry Queen   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Secret (  United Kingdom). Ferry Queen was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Hamburg.[34]
Frank   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Hamilton, Bermuda before 3 December. She was on a voyage from London to Bermuda.[23]
Franz de Paul Amersin Flag unknown The brig was driven ashore on Skagen.[157]
Frederika   Denmark The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Starholm.[157]
Genetiv   France The schooner was wrecked in the Farquhar Islands before 19 December. Her crew were rescued.[29]
George Rainy   United Kingdom The full-rigged ship departed from Demerara, British Guiana for Liverpool. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all eighteen hands.[160]
Geronima Ghilino   Italy The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Monte Video, Uruguay.[120]
Gorm   Denmark The barque was driven ashore on Skagen.[157] She was refloated on 20 December and assisted in to Fredrikshavn.[30]
Harry A. Paull   United States The schooner was wrecked on Tristan d'Acunha. Her crew survived; they were taken off the island by the schooner Edward Vittery (  United Kingdom). Harry A. Paull was on a voyage from Martinique and/or Algoa Bay to Guam.[83][105]
Hawk   United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Blakeney, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Demerara, British Guiana.[63]
Hawk   Russia The lighter was sunk by ice at Ochakov.[79]
Helen   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Cherbourg, Manche, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine to Rouen.[34]
Hellas   Germany The brig was driven ashore at "Ariff". She was refloated and found to be leaky.[76]
Hermod   Sweden The steamship ran aground at "Nuberg". She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Gothenburg. She was refloated.[157][105]
Hero   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Holmstadt, Norway. She was subsequently taken in to Fredrikshavn, Denmark as a derelict.[8]
Hesperus   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Hittarp Reef, in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Sweden. She was refloated several days later.[105]
Highflyer   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Tub Harbour, Newfoundland Colony.[157]
Hilina Frederika   Denmark The ship ran aground at Dragør.[88]
Hurricane   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground "at Paternoster". She was refloated and taken in to Gothenburg in a leaky condition.[76]
Hvok   Austria-Hungary The barque was driven ashore at Santa Teresa.[157]
Idea   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Chops of the Channel. Her crew were rescued.[2]
Invincible   United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Ville de Marseille (  France). Invincible was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida, United States to Marseille.[79]
Jane   France The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (46°35′N 7°13′W / 46.583°N 7.217°W / 46.583; -7.217 on or before 4 December. She sank that day.[15]
Jane Francis   United Kingdom The brig ran aground at Padstow, Cornwall.[1] She was refloated.[26]
Jevalo   Grand Duchy of Finland The ship was wrecked on Cuttyhunk Island, Massachusetts, United States. She was on a voyage from Jakobstad to Boston, Massachusetts.[47]
Josefina   Sweden The barque was driven ashore on Skagen.[157]
Julia F. Carney   United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire at Loango, Kingdom of Loango. Her crew were rescued.[10][31]
Lady Godiva   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Skagen.[157]
Lady Jocelyn   United Kingdom The brig was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Diadem (  United Kingdom). Lady Jocelyn was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to Sunderland.[23]
Liberty   United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Adjuah Rocks, on the coast of the Cape Colony.[64]
Lizzie Gillespie   United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in the Gut of Canso. She was on a voyage from Sydney, Nova Scotia to Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.[59]
Lochnagar   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Macduff, Aberdeenshire.[64]
Loretta Fish   United States The ship ran aground at New York. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[2]
Lynn Regis   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Îles de Glénan, Finistère. Her crew were rescued.[105]
MacMillan   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Clyde.[8] She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Shanghai, China.[92]
Marie Joseph   France The lugger was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued.[157]
Michael   Sweden The barque was driven ashore on Skagen.[157]
Miramichi   Canada The ship was sunk by ice at Saint John, New Brunswick.[79]
Monitor   United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore on Skagen.[157]
Najade   Germany The barque was driven ashore on Skagen.[157]
Neptune   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Clyde.[8]
Neptune   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore in the Raz de Sein with the loss of two of her crew.[6]
Oneta   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Gaspar Strait. She was on a voyage from Manila, Spanish East Indies to New York. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[161]
Oster Meyer   Austria-Hungary The schooner was severely damaged by ice at Otchakoff. She was declared a total loss.[79]
Perseverant   France The steamship was lost at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées to Antwerp.[86]
Peruvian   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 13 December. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Philadelphia.[86]
Peter Maxwell   United Kingdom The ship caught fire and was scuttled in St. Mary's Bay, Newfoundland Colony.[83]
Rankin   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Donaghadee, County Down.[34]
Regalia   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Cork Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated and put in to Harwich, Essex.[157]
Regatta   Norway The brigantine was lost at sea. Her crew were rescued by the brigantine China (  United Kingdom). Regatta was on a voyage from Maracaibo, Venezuela to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[15]
Reunion   United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on Langlade Island. She was on a voyage from New York to the Newfoundland Colony.[10]
Rona   Canada The ship ran aground on the Craving Shoals. She was on a voyage from New York to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[122]
Sagunto   Spain The steamship was abandoned at sea. She was subsequently discovered by La Flamande (  France), which towed her in to Lisbon, Portugal in a derelict condition.[16]
Santiago   Spain The barque was lost at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Madeira to Santiago, Chile.[79]
Shamrock   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was refloated.[157]
Sine   Germany The barque was loss off "Pulo Canton", Netherlands East Indies before 6 December.[106]
Sjælland   Denmark The steamship was driven ashore on Hiiumaa, Russia. She was on a voyage from Schiedam, South Holland, Netherlands to Reval, Russia.[132] She was refloated in May 1880.[162]
Sparta   United Kingdom The steamship was forced aground by ice at Otchakoff.[79]
Stabbestad   Norway The barque was wrecked in the Cayman Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to Galveston, Texas, United States.[86]
Sunbeam   United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at Brunswick, Georgia, United States. She was on a voyage from Brunswick to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[63]
Suvo   Sweden The ship was driven ashore on Skagen.[157]
Svalen   Sweden The schooner was wrecked at Torekov. Her crew were rescued.[47]
Sverre   Norway The ship was wrecked at Fort Mahon, Pas-de-Calais, France with the loss of one of her nine crew.[52] A barquentine of this name was reported to have been discovered at sea by Eliza (  United Kingdom) and set afire.[105]
The Fisher   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Skagen.[157]
Thule   Norway The brig was sunk by ice at Saint John, New Brunswick.[79]
Varna   United Kingdom The steamship was forced aground by ice at Otchakoff.[79]
Vasconia   France The steamship was driven ashore in the Gironde downstream of Pauillac, Gironde. She was on a voyage from the River Plate to Bordeaux, Gironde. She was refloated on 1 January 1880 and taken in to Bordeaux.[141][142]
Venere   Austria-Hungary The barque caught fire at New Orleans. She was on a voyage from New Orleans to Havre de Grâce.[1]
Venezuela   United Kingdom The steamship was lost.[88]
Violette   United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at "Lahek", Patagonia.[22]
W. A. Scholten   Netherlands The steamship ran aground at Maassluis. She was refloated.[71]
W. G. Putnam   United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Sydney, Nova Scotia to Marseille.[23] She subsequently sank.[31]
Winifred   United Kingdom The ship struck a sunken rock. She was on a voyage from Maranhão, Brazil to New Orleans. She completed her voyage in a leaky condition.[26]
Zanone   Great Britain The barque was wrecked at Varna, United Principalities.[103]
Unnamed   Netherlands The dredger was run into by the steamship Jupiter (  Germany) and sank at Maassluis.[23]
Unnamed   Fiji The ship foundered off Bau in a cyclone with the loss of three lives.[153]
Unnamed   United Kingdom The fishing smack was run down in the North Sea by the steamship Ballogie (  United Kingdom) and sank with then loss of all hands, about nine lives.[163]

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Bibliography edit

  • Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association.

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