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List of shipwrecks in February 1875

The list of shipwrecks in February 1875 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during February 1875.

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1 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1875
Ship State Description
Gundrun   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Ballycroone Bay. She was refloated and taken in to Queenstown, County Cork in a leaky condition.[1]
Moravian   United States The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her 26 crew were rescued by the schooner Fertius (  Sweden). Moravian was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Mollendo, Peru.[2][3]
Panchita   Spain The brig ran aground at Cuxhaven, Germany. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[1]
Sonderjylland   Denmark The schooner was driven ashore on Læsø. She was on a voyage from Iceland to Copenhagen.[4]
Sunday   United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Bali Strait. She was on a voyage from Java, Netherlands East Indies to Melbourne, Victoria. She was refloated and taken in to Sourabaya, Netherlands East Indies.[1]

2 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1875
Ship State Description
Bayswater   United Kingdom The Mersey Flat ran aground on the Pluckington Bank, in Liverpool Bay and sank.[5]
Condor   Germany The barque ran aground off "Ora Island". She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[5]
Evangelistra   Greece The ship was driven ashore at "Doganastau", near Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Galaţi, Ottoman Empire to a British port.[5]
Hidalgo   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Middle Sand, in the Humber. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Alexandria, Egypt.[5]
Soudan   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked on Madeira. All 46 people on board survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to the west coast of Africa.[6]

3 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1875
Ship State Description
Anna   Germany The schooner was lost off Maceió, Brazil. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Santos to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[7]
Blencathra   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on King's Island, Tasmania. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Sydney, New South Wales.[8][9]
Harriet Agnes   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Syros, Greece. She was refloated and sailed to Malta for repairs.[10]
Merchant   United Kingdom The ship caught fire, was beached and scuttled in Orange Bay, near Cape Horn, Chile. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Acapulco, Mexico. She was later refloated with the assistance of a sealer and completed her voyage.[5][11]
Poseidon   United Kingdom The barque caught fire at Demerara, British Guiana and was scuttled.[7]
Slavianka   Austria-Hungary The barque was wrecked at Ayaș, Ottoman Empire. Her crew were rescued.[12]

4 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1875
Ship State Description
Clarendon   United Kingdom The brig collided with the barque Agra (  Norway) and sank in the North Sea off Southwold, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by Agra. Clarendon was on a voyage from London to Granton, Lothian.[7]
George W. Blunt   United States The pilot schooner, built to replace first schooner of that name, sprang a leak off Gay Head and ran ashore at Jones Inlet, twenty-eight miles from Sandy Hook. She was reported to be a total loss.[13]
Govan   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at the mouth of the River Tees.[14]
Magnet   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the River Liffey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dublin.[14]
Marie   France The schooner ran aground off Drake's Island, Devon, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Plymouth, Devon.[15]
Minnie   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Arklow Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of County Wicklow and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dundrum, County Dublin to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[14]
Prosperity   United Kingdom The brig ran aground in the Eider. She was on a voyage from Seville, Spain to Bremen, Germany.[7]
Thomas Fletcher   United States The barque was driven ashore near Manasquan, New Jersey. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to New York.[14]

5 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1875
Ship State Description
Amity   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Plymouth, Devon. She was refloated but had to be beached at Covehithe, Suffolk, being severely leaky.[16]
Centia   Germany The schooner was abandoned in the Indian Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Galilee (  Netherlands). Centia was on a voyage from Melbourne, Victoria to the Natal Colony.[17]
Vesta   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and sank at the mouth of the Douro. She was on a voyage from London to Oporto, Portugal.[18]

6 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1875
Ship State Description
Hannah   United Kingdom The schooner was run into by the steamship Milford (  United Kingdom and sank at Waterford. Her crew were rescued by fishing boats.[19]
Juno   United Kingdom The fishing smack foundered in the North Sea. Her five crew were rescued by the steamship British General (  United Kingdom).[20]
Star of Erin   United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Belfast, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Seville, Spain to Belfast.[9][21] She was refloated on 9 February with the assistance of three tugs and towed in to Belfast.[22]
State of Pennsylvania   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Clyde and was damaged.[21]
Winsome   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Kingsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France.[18] She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent.[22]

7 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1875
Ship State Description
Agamemnon   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at St. Margaret's Bay, Kent. She was on a voyage from Shanghai, China to London. She was refloated and taken in to Gravesend, Kent.[21][23]
Celt   United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked at Quoin Point, Cape Colony. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Colony.[24]
Wien Hohenfelde   Germany The barque collided with the steamship Magnet (  United Kingdom) and sank in the Irish Sea off Point Lynas, Anglesey, United Kingdom with the loss of seven of her twelve crew. Survivors were rescued by Magnet. Wien Hohenfelde was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies.[25][26][27][28][29]

8 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1875
Ship State Description
Amy, or
Anne 		  Italy The barque ran aground on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Algiers, Algeria to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom.[21] She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[22]
Davenport   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Tongue Sand, in the Thames Estuary. She was refloated and taken in to Gravesend, Kent in a leaky condition.[23]
Fancy, and
Mary Gold 		  United Kingdom The schooners collided 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north north east of Kinnaird Head, Aberdeenshire and were abandoned by their crews.[30][21]
Flight   United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore and sank at Hangesund, Norway. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Christiania, Norway.[23]
Guayaquil   France The barque ran aground at the Pointe de Grave, Landes. she was refloated the next day.[22]
Juno   Germany The ship departed from Dry Harbour, Jamaica for London, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[31][32]
Life Brigade   United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on the Gingerbread Grounds. She was on a voyage from Liverpool Lancashire to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.[33][34]
Lisbon   United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued; two of them by the Palling Lifeboat British Workman (  Royal National Lifeboat Institution). She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Pomaron, Portugal.[9][35]
St. Michael   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore in Chapel Rossan Bay, Wigtownshire. She was on a voyage from Birkenhead, Cheshire to Newry, County Antrim and/or Dublin.[21][23]
Victor   France The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Marsland Mouth, Devon, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[9][30]
Vodja   Austria-Hungary The barque was driven ashore in the Humber.[9]
Zouave   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Haisborough Sands. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to Seaham, County Durham. She floated off but consequently capsized and sank. Her six crew were rescued by the Palling Lifeboat British Workman (  Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[9][21][36]
Unnamed Flag unknown The barque was driven ashore at Point de Grâce, Gironde, France.[9]

9 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1875
Ship State Description
Alma   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Martinique.[22]
Saltram   United Kingdom The schooner was run down and sunk in the English Channel off Dover, Kent by the steamship Viceroy (  United Kingdom).[37] Saltram was on a voyage from Llanelly, Glamorgan to London.[22]
Telegraph   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Robin Rigg, in the Solway Firth and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Silloth, Cumberland to Dublin.[22][12]

10 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1875
Ship State Description
Allolie   Denmark The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Ermina (  United Kingdom). Allolie was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault, France to Memel, Germany.[38][39]
British General   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the River Tay at Dundee, Forfarshire.[40]

11 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1875
Ship State Description
Knowsley Hall   United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California to Liverpool.[41]

12 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1875
Ship State Description
Elegon   Austria-Hungary The barque was wrecked at Jaffa, Ottoman Syria.[12]
Emperor   United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Sizewell Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated on 23 March but sank with the loss of seven of her crew.[42][43]
Howard   United States The ship was wrecked on the south coast of Tobago.[44]
Ville de la Roche   France The steamship was wrecked on the Seven Stones Reef, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Winsloe (  United Kingdom). Ville de Roche was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[45]

13 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 13 February 1875
Ship State Description
Azur   France The ketch ran aground off Saint Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from Saint Helier to Pont-l'Abbé, Finistère. She was refloated and put back to Saint Helier.[46]
Ida E.   The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 27 February.[47]
Isca   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore near Port Madoc, Caernarfonshire.[43] She was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to Liverpool, Lancashire.[48] She was refloated on 27 February and taken in to Port Madoc.[49]
Jean Daniel   France The brig was wrecked on the Criquets Rocks, off the coast of Basses-Pyrénées with the loss of four of her seven crew. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire, United Kingdom to Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées.[50][51]
Ostrich   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Elbe downstream of the mouth of the Oste. She was on a voyage from London to Cuxhaven, Germany.[52]
Thorbeke   United Kingdom The schooner struck the wreck of the steamship Gomos (Flag unknown) in the Rio Grande and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to the Rio Grande.[53]

14 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1875
Ship State Description
Eden   United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore on Heligoland. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Liverpool, Lancashire.[48] She was refloated and taken in to Cuxhaven, Germany in a severely leaky condition.[50]
Edward O'Brien   United States The barque was driven ashore at Morfa Bychan, Caernarfonshire, United Kingdom. Five of her crew were rescued by the Portmadoc Lifeboat. She was refloated on 26 February and departed for Liverpool, but put in to Holyhead, Anglesey, United Kingdom in a leaky condition.[54][55][56][35]
Ellen   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the English Channel 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Omonville, Seine-Inférieure, France. Her eight crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Cherbourg, Manche, France.[48][57]
Floresta   United Kingdom The barque grounded on the Seven Stones Reef, between the Isles of Scilly and Cornwall in fog and quickly sank. Her ten crew were landed at Falmouth, Cornwall by the lugger Josephine (  France).[58][59] Floresta was on a voyage form Taganrog, Russia to Cork.[45][60]
Hugh Taylor   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug.[51]
Leipzic   Germany The steamship ran aground at Hallsands, Devon, United Kingdom. Her passengers were taken off. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom and Baltimore, Maryland, United States. She was refloated and put back to Southampton.[48][11]

15 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1875
Ship State Description
Cornwall   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Hudson River. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to New York, United States.[55]
Delhi   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Ambleteuse, Pas-de-Calais, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Exeter, Devon to Hartlepool, County Durham.[48]
Flensburg   Germany The brig was driven ashore on Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Haiti to Hamburg.[11] She was refloated.[51]
Gateshead   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Cartagena, Spain to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated and taken in to Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk.[11]
Kewadin   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Cape Henry, Virginia. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Baltimore, Maryland.[55] She was refloated in early March and towed in to Norfolk, Virginia.[61]
Monica   Sweden The full-rigged ship ran aground off Cap La Hougue, Seine-Inférieure, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Baltimore to Helsingør, Denmark.[48][11] She was refloated and taken in to Cherbourg, Manche, France.[51]
Orco   Italy The ship was driven ashore at Ambleteuse. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sulina, Ottoman Empire to Antwerp, Belgium.[48]
Sylphide   United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Blyth, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Blyth to Lisbon, Portugal. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but put in to South Shields, County Durham in a leaky condition.[48]
Una   New Zealand The 20-ton ketch-rigged steamship sank in the harbour at Napier after her covering plates gave way.[62]

16 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1875
Ship State Description
Canterbury   United States The ship was driven ashore on Tybee Island, Georgia. She was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama to a Russian port. She was subsequently destroyed by fire.[51][63]
Havre   United Kingdom The steamship foundered on Platte Boue Rock, off Guernsey, Channel Islands with 92 survivors. Passengers were put ashore on Amfroque, from where they were rescued by the steamships Honfleur and Princess (both   United Kingdom). Havre was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to Jersey, Channel Islands. The wreck was found lying across that of Waverley (  United Kingdom), which had hit the same rock in 1873.[64][65][45][66]
Ranger   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground off Eierland, North Holland, Netherlands.[55] She was refloated and taken in to Harlingen, Friesland.[50]
Sydney Dacres   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned by her 28 crew 50 nautical miles (93 km) north west of the Skellig Islands, County Kerry. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California to Liverpool, Lancashire.[45][50] She was subsequtnly taken in to Queenstown, County Cork.[67]
Unnamed Flag unknown The schooner ran aground on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay.[52]

17 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1875
Ship State Description
Duke of Buccleuch   United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Marion (  United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Blackwall, Middlesex.[68] Duke of Buccleuch was on a voyage from London to Calcutta, India.[51] She was refloated on 22 February and taken in to London.[69]
Martin Popeland   Germany The steamship ran aground on the Gelb Sand, in the North Sea off the German coast. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Sutherland (  United Kingdom).[69]
Regubuen   Germany The brig was abandoned off Arendal, Norway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from an English port to Tønsberg.[51]
Tidal Wave   United States The ship departed from Key West, Florida for a British port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[70]
Ulysses   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Jeddah, Hejaz Vilayet. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Shanghai, China. She was refloated on 20 February and taken in to Jeddah.[71][72]

18 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1875
Ship State Description
Braemar Castle   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was refloated with the assistance of the tug Scotia (  United Kingdom) and taken in to Cardiff.[57]

19 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1875
Ship State Description
Hendrina Maria   Netherlands The lighter collided with another vessel and sank near Gouda, South Holland.[38]
Lightning   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the River Thames at Coal House Point. She was on a voyagte from London to Hamburg, Germany.[39]
Mandana   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Welsh Hook.[63]
Normandie   France The steamship was wrecked in the Lérins Islands, Alpes-Maritimes. All on board, her crew and 260 passengers, were rescued but her captain committed suicide.[73] Normandie was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Genoa, Italy.[74] She was refloated on 24 February.[67]
W. Starret   Canada The ship was towed in to Gijón, Spain in a derelict and waterlogged condition by the steamship Velasquez (  Spain).[63]
York   United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Henry Bolckow (  Germany) and ran aground at Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[39]

20 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1875
Ship State Description
Khersonese   United Kingdom The ship caught fire at Bombay, India. The fire was extinguished with the assistance of a fireboat.[69]
Kooria Mooria   United States The ship ran aground in the Savannah River. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia to Bremen, Germany.[75]

21 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1875
Ship State Description
Billow   United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Canas (  United Kingdom). Billow was on a voyage from Durazzo, Ottoman Albania to an English port.[76]
Julia Augusta   Malta The barque collided with the brig Teresa H. (  Austria-Hungary) off Agrigento, Sicily, Italy and was wrecked.[33]

22 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1875
Ship State Description
Harriet   United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Burrow Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew took refuge on the Maplin Lighthouse. Harriet was on a voyage from Portland, Dorset to Goole, Yorkshire.[75]
Hero   United Kingdom The ship departed from Dunkerque, Nord, France for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[77][78]
Jersey   United Kingdom The Mersey Flat collided with the steamship Fire King (  United Kingdom) and sank in the Sloyne.[33]

23 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 23 February 1875
Ship State Description
Celt   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Bath, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Liverpool, Lancashire.[79] She was refloated on 25 February and resumed her voyage.[80]
Cimbria   Germany The steamship ran aground on the Luhesand, in the Elbe upstream of Blankenese.[81]
Daystar   United Kingdom The barque ran aground in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated.[67]
Majestic   United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on a reef off "Santa Cruz", Brazil. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, to Pará, Brazil.[82]
Rio   Germany The steamship ran aground on the Luhesand. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Brazil. She was refloated the next day but ran aground at Schulau.[80][81] Rio was refloated on 8 March.[83]

24 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1875
Ship State Description
Ann   United Kingdom The schooner was driven into the steamship Joseph (  United Kingdom) and sank at Greenock, Renfrewshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bowling, Dunbartonshire to Larne, County Antrim.[84][85][67]
Augusta Louise   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Lindisfarne, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France to Leith, Lothian. She was refloated and found to be severely leaky.[79] Subsequently towed in to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland for repairs.[86]
Blackwood   Newfoundland Colony The ship was driven ashore at Goiânia, Brazil.[87][79]
Charles E. Gibson   United States The ship was driven ashore at Fort Macon, North Carolina. She was on a voyage from Faial Island, Azores to Boston, Massachusetts.[61]
Cottager   United Kingdom The smack was driven into the steamship Brazilian (  United Kingdom) and sank at Greenock. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Bowling to the Outer Hebrides.[84][85]
Gothenburg   Victoria
 
Artist's impression of the wreck of SS Gothenburg
The McMerkan, Blackwood and Company steamship was wrecked off Flinders Island, Queensland with the loss of 103 of the 125 people on board. She was on a voyage from Port Darwin, South Australia to Melbourne.[88][89][90][91]
Janet Grey   New Zealand The 27-ton cutter went ashore near Mercury Bay, New Zealand and became a wreck.[92]
Jessie Brown   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Belfast, County Antrim.[79]
Joseph   United Kingdom The steamship was driven against the quayside and severely damaged at Greenock.[67]
Ludwig Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Point Lynas, Anglesey, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[87] She had broken up by 27 February.[86]
Mary Kate   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at "Hellyhunter". She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Newry, County Antrim. She was refloated and beached at "Battagan Point".[79]
Star of the Sea   United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the River Liffey. She was refloated.[79]
Student   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on an anchor at Pernambuco, Brazil and sank at the stern. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Pernambuco.[87][67]

25 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1875
Ship State Description
Alica   United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Rapel Reef, in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Chile, and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued.[93]
Britannia   United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in Douglas Bay. Her crew were rescued by the Douglas Lifeboat John Turner (  Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[94]
British Viceroy   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Clogher Head, County Wexford. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Sydney, New South Wales.[95]
Eider   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Ipswich, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Ipswich to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[49]
Gertrude   United Kingdom The brig was abandoned off the Calf of Man, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Enterprise (  United Kingdom). Gertrude was on a voyage from Silloth, Cumberland to Dundalk, County Louth.[96]
Haabet   Denmark The brig was wrecked on Hesselø. She was on a voyage from Alloa, Clackmannanshire, United Kingdom to Køge.[83]
Twee Gebroeders   United Kingdom The ship ran aground near Wieringen, North Holland.[86]
Ward Jackson   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore in the River Tay. Her five crew were rescued by the Broughty Ferry Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to Montrose, Forfarshire.[87][97]
Unnamed Flag unknown The ship sank 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) east of the North Foreland, Kent, United Kingdom.[87]

26 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1875
Ship State Description
Alice Jane   United Kingdom The barque ran aground at Ryde, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Jersey, Channel Islands to South Shields, County Durham.[49] She was refloated the next day.[86]
Friends   United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in Dundrum Bay. Her crew were rescued by the Tyrella Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Girvan, Ayrshire to Killyleagh, County Down.[86][35]
Hebe   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Sandefjord, Norway.[80]
Hong Kong   United Kingdom The steamship struck a rock off Abd al Kuri, Aden Protectorate and sank with the loss of twelve of the 49 people on board. Eighteen of the survivors were rescued by the steamship Tiara (  United Kingdom). Hong Kong was on a voyage from Gravesend, Kent to Hiogo, Japan.[98][99]
John and Samuel   United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore at White House, County Down.[71]
Lucy Vick   United Kingdom The ship departed from Swansea, Glamorgan for Boston, Massachusetts, United States. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[100]
Neptune   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Glückstadt, Germany. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bremen, Germany.[80] She was refloated and taken in to Glückstadt.[101]
Parthia   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in New York Bay. She was refloated the next day.[93]
Prospero Lavarello   Italy The brig ran aground off Kum Kale, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug.[102]
Queen   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Manasquan, New Jersey, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New York, United States. She was refloated and taken in to New York.[80][49]
Sultan   United Kingdom The Mersey Flat struck the Alfred Pier, Birkenhead, Cheshire and sank.[71][80] She was refloated on 2 March and taken in to Birkenhead.[102][103]
Vine   United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the River Parrett. She was refloated and taken in to Fremington, Devon in a leaky condition.[86]
Unnamed   United Kingdom The Mersey Flat capsized off Laxey, Isle of Man.[94]
Unnamed   United Kingdom The schooner foundered off the Langness Peninsula, Isle of Man.[94]

27 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 27 February 1875
Ship State Description
Æolus   Norway The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Christiania to Peterhead.[86]
Bell Hill   United States The barque was wrecked at Balbriggan, County Dublin, United Kingdom with the loss of 24 of her 25 crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Valparaíso, Chile.[71][104][105]
British Viceroy   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore 10 nautical miles (19 km) north of Drogheda, County Louth. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Sydney, New South Wales.[96]
Capella   Germany The steamship ran aground at Blankenese.[81] She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[106]
Germania   Portugal The barque ran aground at Oporto. She was on a voyage from Oporto to Lisbon. She was refloated and put back to Oporto in a leaky condition.[93][101]
Pelesse   Austria-Hungary The barque ran aground in the Carlingford Lough.[71] She was on a voyage from Berdianski, Russia to Newry, County Antrim, United Kingdom.[86] She was refloated.[106]
Rosa Catarina   Italy The barque ran aground on the Warden Ledge, off the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Gaza City, Egypt to Antwerp, Belgium.[71] She was refloated the next day with assistance from the tugs Fiery Cross and Viceroy (both   United Kingdom) and was towed in to Cowes, Isle of Wight.[93]
Stratton Audley   United Kingdom The ship struck the pier at Kingstown, County Dublin and sank. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California, United States to Kingstown.[71]
Tantivy   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Howth, County Dublin. Her four crew were rescued by the Howth Lifeboat.[71][35]
Tuskar   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at the mouth of the River Tay. All 22 people on board were rescued by the Broughty Ferry Lifeboat Mary Hartley and the Buddon Ness Lifeboat (both   Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Tuskar was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Liverpool.[71][107] She was refloated the next day and towed in to Dundee sinking at the stern.[86][96][35]

28 February edit

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1875
Ship State Description
Mark   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Mittown Bank. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Stranraer, Wigtownshire.[93]
Roelfina Catharina   Netherlands The ship was severely damaged by fire at Maracaibo, Venezuela. She was declared a constructive total loss.[82]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in February 1875
Ship State Description
Afrey Force   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Gambier Island, British Columbia, Canada. SHe was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to San Francisco, California, United States.[108]
Alice   United Kingdom The ship sank at "Pwllcan".[18]
Amico   Italy The brig ran aground off Cape Sestos. Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire to New York, United States. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug.[11]
Ann and Susan   United States The ship was abandoned at sea before 4 February. She was on a voyage from New York to Morgan's Pill, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.[14][18]
Berthe   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Brass River. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to the Brass River.[12]
Bordelais   France The barque was wrecked off Cape Finisterre, Spain with loss of four of her nine crew. Survivors were rescued by the barque Eva (  Jersey).[109]
Bunker Hill   United Kingdom The ship caught fire at Manila, Spanish East Indies and was scuttled.[54]
Calcutta   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated on 15 February and taken in to the Nieuw Diep.[59]
Carrie Purrington   United States The ship was driven ashore by ice at Moon Pond, Truro, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Italy to Boston, Massachusetts.[71][67]
HMS Charybdis   Royal Navy The Pearl-class corvette ran aground on the Meander Shoal, off Singapore, Straits Settlements. She was refloated with assistance from a number of tugs.[110]
Christina Thompson   United Kingdom The steamship collided with the barque Zelia (  United Kingdom) in the Indian Ocean and was severely damaged. She put in to Tamatave, Madagascar. She was consequently condemned.[38]
Essex   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on "Cape Whittle", Canada.[38]
Eugenie   United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire at sea. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Valparaíso, Chile.[93]
Evandale   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Carysfort Reef. She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida, United States to Liverpool.[80]
France   France The steamship was driven ashore at Long Branch, New Jersey, United States. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to New York.[80] She was refloated and taken in to New York.[49]
George and John   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Leman and Ower Sands. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Constantinople. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but put in to Plymouth, Devon in a leaky condition.[111]
J. C. Call   United States The fishing schooner left Gloucester, Massachusetts for the Georges Bank and vanished on her maiden voyage. Some sources cites she was lost in April. Lost with all 12 crew.[112][113][114]
Jessie Mason   United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned. Her five crew were rescued by the Gorleston Lifeboat.[35]
Lydney Trader   United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Bideford, Devon. Her three crew were rescued by the Appledore Lifeboat.[35]
Normandy   United Kingdom The ship, a schooner or a steamship, ran aground at Maassluis, South Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from the west coast of Africa to Rotterdam, South Holland.[51][110]
Ottolie   Germany The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by Emma (  United Kingdom). Ottolie was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault, France to Memel.[115]
Progress   Germany The barque was wrecked in the Penghu Islands before 4 February. Four crew survived, others in a second boat were reported missing.[116]
Ruth   United Kingdom The ship ran aground 40 nautical miles (74 km) east of the Surinam Lightship (  Netherlands). She was on a voyage from London to Surinam.[101]
Sarah H. Cressey   United States The fishing Schooner was lost in February. lost with all 12 hands.[117]
Solidor   France The ship was wrecked at Maldonado, Uruguay before 20 February. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce to Maldonado.[75]
Umgeni   Portugal The ship ran aground at Olhão. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Pomaron. She was refloated and taken in to Vila Real.[69]
Usworth   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Elbe downstream of Schulau, Germany in late February.[106]
William H. Thurston   United States The fishing Schooner was lost on Gull Island, Nova Scotia. Crew saved.[118]

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