List of shipwrecks in September 1877

The list of shipwrecks in September 1877 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during September 1877.

1 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1877
Ship State Description
Fede-e-Speranza   Italy The ship ran aground on the Corkbeg Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Cork, United Kingdom. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and resumed her voyage.[1]
Lodka   Russia The ship sprang a leak and foundered. She was being towed from Saint Petersburg to Cronstadt.[1]

3 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1877
Ship State Description
Anafesto   Italy The brig collided with the steamship Zero (  United Kingdom) and sank off Bari. Her crew were rescued by Zero.[2]
Belle   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Geographe Bay.[3]
Fame   United Kingdom The ketch foundered 12 nautical miles (22 km) north east of Padstow, Cornwall. Her rew were rescued by the ketch Victoria (  United Kingdom). Fame was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Boscastle, Cornwall.[4][5]
Les Trois Frères   France The lugger collided with the brig Litton (  Norway) off the Wolf Rock, Cornwall and was severely damaged. One of the five people on board got aboard the brig. Les Trois Frères was towed in to Penzance, Cornwall by the steamship Lord of the Isles (  United Kingdom).[5]
T. Barry   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Villareal, Spain. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Villareal. She was refloated and taken in to Villareal.[6]
Thomas and James   United Kingdom The fishing coble struck the pier and sank at Whitby, Yorkshire.[7]
Water Lily   United Kingdom The fishing coble was driven into by the fishing coble Garland (  United Kingdom) and sank at Whitby. Her crew were rescued by Garland.[7]

4 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1877
Ship State Description
Louise   Germany The ship struck rocks at South Queensferry, Lothian, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Bo'ness, Lothian to Riga, Russia. She was refloated and taken in to Leith, Lothian in a leaky condition and was beached there.[3][8]
Mary Ann Hudson   New Zealand The 15-ton ketch stranded on the bar of the Mohaka River, and became a total wreck.[9]
Oxford   United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Humber. She was on a voyage from Kotka, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire.[3]
Peter Anker   Norway The schooner was driven ashore at Westgate-on-Sea, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the Margate Lifeboat. Peter Anker was on a voyage from Christiania to Faversham, Kent.[3] She was later refloated and taken in to Margate, Kent.[10]
St. Joseph   United Kingdom The brig was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to New York, United States.[11]

5 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1877
Ship State Description
Joseph and Ann   United Kingdom The smack was run down by the steamship Charles Batters (  United Kingdom) and sank off the Cromer Knowl, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk with the loss of three of her six crew.[12][13]

6 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1877
Ship State Description
Kepler   United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked south of Lemvig, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Cronstadt.[14][15]
Lufra   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Seskar, Grand Duchy of Finland. She was on a voyage from West Hartlepool, County Durham to Cronstadt, Russia.[14]
Maria   Germany The ship was wrecked on the Buchsand. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Faxoe", Denmark to Itzhoe.[16]
New Era   United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at Løkken, Denmark. She was on a voyage from London to Cronstadt.[17][18]

7 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1877
Ship State Description
Ethel   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at IJmuiden, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Amsterdam, North Holland. She was refloated with the assistance of tugs.[19]

8 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 8 September 1877
Ship State Description
Alpha   United Kingdom The barge capsized off Dungeness, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Whitby, Yorkshire. Alpha was towed in to Dover, Kent in a waterlogged condition by the tug Universe (  United Kingdom) on 10 September. She was driven into the Admiralty Pier the next day and sank.[19][20]
Athalaska   United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore in Sutton Harbour, Devon.[21]
Catherine   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Scoughall, Lothian. She was on a voyage from London to Leith, Lothian. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[19][10][18]
Elizabeth   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore in Sutton Harbour.[21]
Emma   United Kingdom The barge collided with Ryde Pier, Isle of Wight and was scuttled.[19]
H. M. McKenzie   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Pentland Skerries. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stornoway, Isle of Lewis to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[19]
Loch Nell   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Wexford. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Wexford.[19]
Padres Minde   Norway The brig ran aground at Hayle, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Fredrikstadt to Hayle.[19]
Southella   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Cronstadt, Russia. She was on a voyage from Swinemünde, Germany to Cronstadt.[19]

9 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1877
Ship State Description
Emily Augusta   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned at in the Atlantic Ocean. Her 26 crew were rescued by a German vessel. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada to Liverpool, Lancashire.[22][23]
Octavia   United Kingdom The schooner put in to Queenstown, County Cork in a sinking condition and was beached. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Chester, Cheshire.[19]
T. Barry   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Villareal, Spain. She was on a voyage from Villareal to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[6]

10 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 10 September 1877
Ship State Description
Alpha   United Kingdom The barque sank at Dover, Kent.[21]
Barletta   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Maracaibo, Venezuela.[20]
Donna Estanislada   Germany The brig was wrecked at Bolderāja, Russia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Riga, Russia.[20]
East Goodwin Lightship   Trinity House The lightship was run into by an Austrian barque and was severely damaged.[24][25]

11 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1877
Ship State Description
Avalanche, and
Forest Queen
  United Kingdom
  Canada
The clipper Avalanche collided with Forest Queen in the English Channel 12 nautical miles (22 km) off the Isle of Portland, Dorset. Avalanche was on a voyage from London to Wellington, New Zealand. She sank with the loss of 94 of the 97 people on board. Survivors were initially rescued by Forest Queen, which was on a voyage from London to Sandy Hook, New Jersey, United States. She sank with the loss of six of her fifteen crew. The twelve survivors from the two vessels were rescued by Portland lerretts.[26][27]
Iceland   United States The full-rigged ship departed from Boston, Massachusetts for Bombay, India. No further trace, reported missing. She was on her maiden voyage.[28]
Nuphar   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Dagerort, Russia. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Cronstadt, Russia. She was refloated and completed her voyage in a leaky condition. Subsequently repaired.[20]
Three Brothers   United States The 357-ton whaler, a barque, was abandoned in the Arctic Ocean near Point Barrow, Territory of Alaska, after ice stove in her hull.[29]
Wave   United Kingdom The schooner struck a rock at "Aas", Norway and was beached. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Portsoy Aberdeenshire and/or Bo'ness, Lothian.[30]

12 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1877
Ship State Description
Mexican   United Kingdom The steamship departed from Port Royal, Jamaica for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace,[31] presumed foundered with the loss of all 40 crew. A steamship seen on 28 October 12 leagues (36 nautical miles (67 km)) off the Azores abandoned and sinking at the stern, with collision damage, may have been the Mexican.[32][33]
Uli   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Mexican coast. She was on a voyage from Vera Cruz, Mexico to a British port.[34]

13 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1877
Ship State Description
Blanche et Louis   France The brigantine was driven ashore and severely damaged on Langness, opposite Hango Hill, Isle of Man. Her six crew were rescued by the Castletown Lifeboat Commercial Traveller No. 2 (  Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Blanche et Louis was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Ardrossan, Ayrshire, United Kingdom.[35] She was refloated on 21 September and towed to Ardrossan by the tug Knight of the Cross (  United Kingdom).[6][36]
Maggie Kelso   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and severely damaged at Castletown, Isle of Man. Her three crew were rescued by the Castletown Lifeboat Commercial Traveller No. 2 (  Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Maggie Kelso was on a voyage from Glendore, County Cork to Inverness.[35] She was refloated on 19 September and taken in to Castletown for temporary repairs.[37]

14 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1877
Ship State Description
Carl et Louise   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Tegeler Bank, in the North Sea off the German coast. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Port Madoc, Caernarfonshire, United Kingdom to Geestemünde, Germany.[30]
Charmer   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Dyer's Island, Cape Colony. Her nineteen crew survived. She was on a voyage from Moulmein, Burma to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. She subsequently broke up.[38][39][40]
Retriever   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Lindisfarne, Northumberland. She was refloated.[41]
Rifondo   Norway The barque was struck rocks and sank at Swona, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom with the loss of all hands.[42][6] She was on a voyage from "Novikoping" to a Scottish port.[43]

15 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1877
Ship State Description
County of Berwick   United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Saugor, India.[30] She subsequently became a wreck.[44] She was refloated in early November and towed in to Calcutta, India.[45]
Eskdale   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at "Sandre", Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from West Hartlepool, County Durham to a Finnish port. She was refloated with assistance and towed in to Burgsvik.[30][41]
Lincoln   United States The barque was abandoned at sea. All on board were rescued by the barque Brigida (  Norway). Lincoln was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to New York.[46][47]
Madona   United Kingdom The steamship foundered off the Sanda Rock with the loss of all hands, according to a message in a bottle that washed up in Loch Crerar in late October.[48]
Marie   Norway The schooner sank off Osmussaar, Russia. Her crew were rescued. SHe was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Ardrossan, Ayrshire, United Kingdom.[49]
Minnie Irvine   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Maassluis, South Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Rotterdam, South Holland.[30] She was later refloated.[50]
Prospect   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Exmouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Exmouth to Harburg, Germany. She was refloated but found to be leaky.[51][42]
Vooruit   Netherlands The galiot was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom to Stettin, Germany.[30][49][52]
W. A. Farnsworth   United States The 432-ton whaler, a barque, capsized and sank in the Beaufort Sea off Point Barrow, Territory of Alaska, about 50 nautical miles (93 km; 58 mi) east of Cape Lisburne 20 minutes after she struck a piece of ice that stove in her bow. Her entire crew took to her whaleboats and were rescued by the bark Thomas Pope (  United States).[53]

16 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1877
Ship State Description
Admiralen   Norway The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Ernst Elise (  Germany). Admiralen was on a voyage from Fredrikstad to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom.[44][6]
Brise, and
Matilde
  France
  Spain
The steamship Matilde collided with Brise, which sank off Cadaqués, Spain. Matilde rescued her crew. Brise was on a voyage from Oran, Algeria to "La Nouvelle". Matilde was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault to Barcelona. She was beached at Cadaqués.[54]
Coronet   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Alexandria, Egypt. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Alexandria. She was refloated but found to be severely leaky and was beached.[30]
Hampden   United Kingdom The ship caught fire and was abandoned in the South Atlantic. Her 28 crew took to four boats. Nineteen crew in two of the boats reached the Seychelles; those in two other boars were reported missing. Hampden was on a voyage from a British port to Bombay, India.[55][56]
Miranda   New Zealand The 23-ton cutter was wrecked after stranding on Great Barrier Island, New Zealand.[9]
Standard   United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at Lemvig, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Gävle, Sweden.[30]

17 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1877
Ship State Description
Adler   Germany The steamship was wrecked in the Wittsand, off Neuwerk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Elbing to Wilhelmshaven.[57][6]
C. S. de Forrest   Canada The ship was wrecked at Cow Bay, Nova Scotia.[58]
Laurite   United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Wittsand. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire to Hamburg, Germany.[42]
Mary   Isle of Man The smack was severely damaged by and explosion and fire at Liverpool, Lancashire with the loss of one of her three crew. Both survivors were severely wounded.[37]
Thomas   United Kingdom The schooner was destroyed by fire at Liverpool, Lancashire.[41]
Ueckermünde   Germany The ship was wrecked at Lemvig, Denmark with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to Riga, Russia.[41]

18 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1877
Ship State Description
Adler   Germany The steamship was wrecked on the Witt Sand. She was on a voyage from Elbing to Wilhelmshaven.[41]
Pallas   Jersey The ketch ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Pori, Grand Duchy of Finland to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated with assistance from the lugger Florence Nightingale (  United Kingdom) and taken in to The Downs.[41]
Rescue   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Duncansby Head, Sutherland. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Sunderland, County Durham.[41]
United States   United Kingdom The tug collided with the steamship Zephyr and was beached near Woodside, Cheshire.[59]

19 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1877
Ship State Description
Ada   Russia The schooner was driven ashore at Cap Gris Nez, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland to Caen, Calvados, France. She was refloated and taken in to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais in a severely leaky condition.[59]
Bell   Sweden The ship was driven ashore 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) west of Dunkerque, Nord, France. She was on a voyage from Härnösand to Honfleur, Manche, France.[59]
Black Watch   Canada The full-rigged ship was wrecked on the coast of Fair Isle in the Shetland Islands while attempting to navigate a channel at night in misty weather. Her 23 crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bremerhaven, Germany to New York, United States.
Borchia   United Kingdom The barque ran aground near the Porkkala Lighthouse, Grand Duchy of Finland. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to a Dutch port.[59][60]
Johanne   Germany The schooner was driven ashore at "Grisselove", Denmark. She was on a voyage from an English port to "Kallundborg".[61] She was later refloated with assistance.[39]
Mercade   Canada The brig departed from Sydney, Nova Scotia for Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[62]
Resolut   Norway The barque was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Loviisa, Grand Duchy of Finland to a Dutch port. She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark in a leaky condition.[38] Subsequently placed under repair.[39]
Rouen   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Hogland, Russia. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Cronstadt. She was refloated and completed her voyage.[59]

21 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1877
Ship State Description
Wasdale   United Kingdom The full-rigged ship collided with the barque Craigmullen (  United Kingdom) in the Pacific Ocean. She sank the next day. All on board were rescued by Craigmullen. Wasdale was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to San Francisco, California, United States.[19][63]

22 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1877
Ship State Description
Cardigan Castle   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Mixon Shoal, in the English Channel off the coast of Sussex. She was on a voyage from London to Melbourne, Victoria. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[64]
Glenfinart   United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River at Lavaltrie, Quebec, Canada. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Quebec, to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. She was refloated on 25 September and taken in to Quebec City.[65]
Nora   United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked on the Pentland Skerries, Orkney Islands. Both crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Orphir, Orkney Islands to Thurso, Caithness.[54]
Tees   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[61]

24 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1877
Ship State Description
Æolus   Norway The barque ran aground on the Middelgrunden, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall, Sweden to an English port. She was refloated with assistance.[64]
Cricket   United States The barque was lost off Cabo Frio, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Baltimore, Maryland.[64]
Hercules   Norway The barque ran aground on the Middelgrunden. She was on a voyage from Söderhamn, Sweden to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated with assistance and resumed her voyage.[64]
Inch Kenneth   United Kingdom The steamship foundered off Cape St. Francis, Cape Colony with the loss of nineteen of her 27 crew. Survivors were rescued by the full-rigged ship Liverpool (  United Kingdom).[66][67][68]

25 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1877
Ship State Description
Arrutoi   Austria-Hungary The barque ran aground on the Hormigas Islands. She was on a voyage from Alexandroupoli, Greece to Cork, United Kingdom. She was refloated towed in to Cartagena, Spain in a sinking condition and was beached there.[69][54]
Laurel   United Kingdom The steamship was damaged in an accident at Montrose, Forfarshire whilst being put on a slipway.[39]
Maggie   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Loggerhead Reef, off the coast of New York. She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida, United States to London.[69][70]

27 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1877
Ship State Description
Kong Carl Flag unknown The ship ran aground on the Pluckington Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and taken in to Liverpool Lancashire, United Kingdom.[71]
Magnolia   United States The sidewheel paddle steamer sank in a storm. There were no casualties.
Vanguard   United Kingdom The ship was sighted off the coast of the Natal Colony whilst on a voyage from Colombo, Ceylon to London. No further trace, reported missing.[72]

28 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1877
Ship State Description
Dinas, and
Galilee
  United Kingdom
  France
The steamship Galilee collided with the steamship Dinas and sank off Penarth Head, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. Galilee was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to La Rochelle, Charente-Inférieure. Dinas was severely damaged. She put in to Cardiff.[73][22]
St. Croix   United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. All on board were rescued by the barque Giovanni D. (  Austria-Hungary).[74][75]

29 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1877
Ship State Description
Giovanni II.   Italy The barque ran aground at Cagliari, Sardinia. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Naples. She was refloated.[11][76]
Ocean   United Kingdom The barque ran aground at Cagliari. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Cagliari. She was refloated.[11]
Sobraon   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the River Thames downstream of Tilbury Fort, Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Port Phillip, Victoria.[11]
Unnamed   United Kingdom The fishing smack was run down and sunk off the Isle of Man by the steamship Antrim (  United Kingdom) with the loss of one of her two crew. The survivor was rescued by Antrim.[77][78]

30 September edit

List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1877
Ship State Description
Drachenfels   United Kingdom The barge was holed by an anchor and sank at Harwich, Essex.[76]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in September 1877
Ship State Description
Advena   United Kingdom The ship struck floating wreckage off Whitby, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Bahia, Brazil. She put in to Ryde, Isle of Wight, where she was beached.[52]
Albert   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Hartlepool, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Onega, Russia to Hartlepool.[79]
Albert   Norway The ship was driven ashore at the "Bjorn Lighthouse". She was on a voyage from Ny Carleby, Sweden to Bergen.[80]
Alma   Germany The schooner was driven ashore in Algoa Bay. Her crew were rescued.[38]
Alonzo   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Tusket Islands, Nova Scotia, Canada.[15]
Anna   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Crail, Fife.[6]
Balcombe   United Kingdom The barque was damaged by fire at St. Ann's, Jamaica.[59]
British Lion   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Heath Point, Canada. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Quebec City, Canada. She was a total loss.[19][18]
Cameo   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Anticosti Island, Nova Scotia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire.[81]
Catharina Maria Flag unknown The ship ran aground on the Colorado Reefs, off the coast of Cuba.[4] She was later refloated and taken in to Havana, Cuba.[59]
Cecilia and Maria   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Gravelines, Nord, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from East Wemyss, Fife to Gravelines.[44]
Charles Northcote   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Gloucester to Quebec City. She was refloated and completed her voyage, arriving on 9 September.[20]
Countess of Dudley   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at East London, Cape Colony. Her crew were rescued.[38]
Dauntless   Newfoundland Colony The tug was wrecked at Saint John's.[82]
Dawn   United Kingdom The yacht was driven ashore near Southend Pier, Essex.[79]
Diego Flag unknown The steamship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. Her 23 crew were rescued by Arklow (  United Kingdom).[80][83]
Dorothea   Denmark The brig was driven ashore at Smyrna, Ottoman Empire.[79]
Eliza Bertha   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Coalhouse Fort, Essex. She was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands to London.[79]
Glendale   United Kingdom The ship struck the Frying Pan Shoals and foundered. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, United Kingdom to Queenstown, County Cork.[39][70]
Hermann   Germany The brig ran aground at Westkapelle, West Flanders, Belgium. She was on a voyage from Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium to a Baltic port. She was refloated and towed in to Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands.[84]
Ida J   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned at sea before 24 September. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada to Crookhaven, County Cork.[64][85]
Irishman   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ballyhalbert, County Down. All on board were rescued. She was on avoyage from Dublin to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. She was refloated on 30 September and taken in to Belfast, County Antrim for repairs.[79][49][86]
James Davidson   United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Visby, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall, Sweden to Avilés, Spain. She was refloated with assistance.[50]
Jeantine   Sweden The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by Heeinse (  Netherlands). Jeantine was on a voyage from Grangemouth to Gothenburg.[44]
Johanna Cardina   Sweden The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea between 13 and 21 September. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Stockholm. She was towed in to Gothenburg in a derelict condition by the steamship Malaren (  Sweden).[44]
Johanne   Germany The schooner was driven ashore at "Gisselooe". She was on a voyage from an English port to "Kallundborg".[80]
Juste   France The sloop was wrecked at Lézardrieux, Côtes-du-Nord. She was on a voyage from Pontrieux, Côtes-du-Nord to Libourne, Gironde.[70]
Lake Megantic   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore near Montreal, Quebec Canada. She was on a voyage from Montreal to Liverpool, Lancashire.[42]
Lufra Flag unknown The steamship was driven ashore or ran aground. She was refloated on 8 September and taken in to Cronstadt, Russia.[19]
Madonna delle Grazie   Italy The brig collided with the steamship Malta (  United Kingdom in the Mediterranean Sea. Her crew were rescued by Malta.[38]
Maria Victorina   France The ship struck a rock off Saint-Quay-Portrieux, Côtes-du-Nord and was wrecked.[87]
Mary Fry   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Quebec City. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Liverpool. She was refloated and put back to Quebec City in a leaky condition.[44]
Matthias Major   Germany The barque was wrecked 30 nautical miles (56 km) south of "Slico", United States of Colombia. Her crew were rescued.[88][24]
Meggie   Guernsey The brig was wrecked on the Loggerhead Reef, in the Dry Tortugas before 26 September. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida to London.[89]
Minna   Norway The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea. Some of her crew were rescued by the barque Friedrich (  Germany).[44][6]
Mistley Park   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Carmarthen Bay. Her crew were rescued.[24]
Ringleader   United Kingdom The smack ran aground on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk.[83]
Sabrina   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia between 20 and 22 September.[46]
Seppina   Austria-Hungary The brig ran aground on the Dumpton Spit, off Broadstairs, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Memel, Germany to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[81]
St. George   United Kingdom The ship was damaged at sea with some loss of life. Part of her crew were rescued. She was towed in to Calcutta, India on 17 September.[42]
Univers   France The barque was driven ashore in Algoa Bay. Her crew were rescued.[38]
Urea   Spain The schooner ran aground on the Shoebury Sand, in the Thames Estuary. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Antwerp, Belgium.[24]
Valette   Canada The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Pictou, Nova Scotia to Montreal, Quebec. She was refloated and taken in to Quebec City in a leaky condition.[41]
Veranda   Norway The schooner was discovered abandoned at sea by the brig Anna M. Wilhelmina (  Netherlands, which towed her in to Copenhagen. Veranda had been on a voyage from Stavanger to Riga, Russia.[79]
William Griffiths   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Nervión and was holed.[81] She was refloated in early October.[90]
Zuleika   United Kingdom The ship arrived at Galle, Ceylon on fire. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Galle. The fire was extinguished.[11]

References edit

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