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The list of shipwrecks in February 1879 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during February 1879.(This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.)

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  • The list of shipwrecks in February 1879 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during February 1879.(This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.) (en)
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  • The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom. (en)
  • The steamship was driven ashore at Safi, Morocco with the loss of all but four of her crew. (en)
  • The ship ran aground on the Bac du Ver. She was refloated and beached at Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure. (en)
  • The brig ran aground on the Helwick Sands, in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine. She was refloated and towed back to Swansea in a severely leaky condition. (en)
  • The schooner was wrecked on the East Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued by the Hoylake Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Abergele, Denbighshire to Liverpool, Lancashire. (en)
  • The brigantine ran aground at Barcelona, or Bilbao, Spain. (en)
  • The ship collided with Ellen at New York and was beached. She was on a voyage from Matanzas, Cuba to New York. (en)
  • The lugger was driven ashore and wrecked at Porthcurno, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her four crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. (en)
  • The brig capsized and sank in the River Mersey. Her five crew were rescued by a tug. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Garston, Lancashire. (en)
  • The fishing Schooner was abandoned on Banks. Crew saved. (en)
  • The barque was sighted in the Hampton Roads whilst on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Saint-Malo. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all fifteen crew. (en)
  • The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Callantsoog, Groningen, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Louvain, Flemish Brabant, Belgium to a Scottish port. (en)
  • The brig was driven ashore and wrecked in the Rio Grande. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to the Rio Grande. (en)
  • The steamship ran aground in the Scheldt at "Calloo". She was refloated and resumed her voyage. (en)
  • The schooner was wrecked on the Wallace Rocks. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire. (en)
  • The ship was run into by the steamship Great Western and sank off Black Head, County Antrim. Her crew were rescued by Great Western. Martha Miller was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. (en)
  • The brig ran aground on the Seven Stones Reef, Cornwall and sank with the loss of three of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by the pilot cutter Queen . Rosaire was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure. (en)
  • The barquentine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Clear Island, County Cork. Her seven crew were rescued by the brig Cadet and she was set afire. E. Shun wa on a voyage from New York, United States to Fleetwood, Lancashire. (en)
  • The steamship was wrecked at Ram Head. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Newcastle. (en)
  • The steamship Guillermo collided with the steamship Istrian, caught fire and sank off The Skerries, Anglesey. Her 38 crew were rescued by the steamships Lord Athlumny and Magnet . Guillermo was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. Istrian was severely damaged at the bow. She subsequently collided with Liverpool, Lancashire to Boston, Massachusetts, United States. She the steamship Lord Ashlumney. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Boston, Massachusetts, United States. She was towed in to Holyhead, Anglesey in a severely damaged condition. (en)
  • The ship ran aground on the Pluckington Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and taken in to Liverpool. (en)
  • The schooner ran aground in a snowstorm 3/4 miles from Life Saving Station No. 11, 4nd District, on the New Jersey coast. Her crew of ten were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service. (en)
  • The ship was driven ashore at Rhosilli, Glamorgan. Ten of the twenty-two people on board were lost trying to reach land. She was refloated the next day and towed in to Swansea, Glamorgan. (en)
  • The steamship was driven ashore at St. Margaret's Bay, Kent. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. (en)
  • The ship struck a sunken wreck in the Firth of Forth and was holed. She was on a voyage from Kennetpans, Clackmannanshire to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inferieure, France. She put in to Leith, Lothian. (en)
  • The February gale: The fishing schooner probably lost in a gale on the Georges Bank. All ten crew were killed. (en)
  • The February gale: The fishing schooner sank in a terrible gale on the Georges Ban]. Lost with all ten or eleven crew. (en)
  • The fishing schooner was wrecked at Rye Beach, New Hampshire. crew saved. (en)
  • The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Gallipoli to Taranto, Italy. (en)
  • The smack ran aground on the Spike Bank, in the River Lee.She was refloated. (en)
  • The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, Dominion of Canada to Barcelona, Spain. (en)
  • The February gale:The fishing Schooner lost in a gale on the Georges Bank. All fourteen crew were killed. (en)
  • The barque was drivena shore near Dunkerque, Nord, France. She was on a voyage from Huanillos, Chile to Dunkerque. (en)
  • The brigantine collided with the brigantine Mary Hounsell and sank in the Bristol Channel off Barry Island, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Cádiz, Spain. (en)
  • The ship was run down and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by the steamship Equateur with some loss of life. (en)
  • The ship ran aground at Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Burnham Overy Staithe to Sunderland. She was refloated and taken in to Burnham Overy Staithe. (en)
  • The barque was wrecked on the coast of Aberdeenshire. Eleven of the fourteen on board drowned. (en)
  • The barque ran aground at Calais, France. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California, United States to Calais. She was refloated and taken in to Calais. (en)
  • The fishing smack was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Cleeness, Lincolnshire by the fishing smack Forester . Her crew survived. (en)
  • The ship was severely damaged at sea by a cyclone. She subsequently put in to a port in Portuguese East Africa, where she was condemned. (en)
  • The steamship caught fire at West Point, New York. She was on a voyage from New York City to Baltimore, Maryland. The fire was extinguished and she resumed her voyage, but ran aground in the Hudson River. She was refloated with the assistance of a cutter from the Revenue-Marine. (en)
  • The brigantine was abandoned in the Bristol Channel. She was driven ashore near Llanelly, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was refloated with the assistance of the Llanelly Lifeboat and the tug Ranger (en)
  • The schooner collided with the barque Fylla and sank. Her crew were rescued. Bertha was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Aarhus. (en)
  • The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of her captain. Ten survivors were rescued by the barque Gaetano . Frederick was on a voyage from New York to Fleetwood, Lancashire. (en)
  • The ship ran aground on the Longsand. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grimstad to Cardiff. She was later refloated and assisted in to Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom. (en)
  • The February gale: The fishing schooner sank in a gale on the Georges Bank. Lost with all fourteen hands. (en)
  • The barque collided with the steamship Balbec at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France and was severely damaged. Retriever was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. (en)
  • The fishing smack was driven ashore at "Sandlesmere" or "Sandemere". Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. (en)
  • The steamship collided with another vessel and was beached. She was a total loss. (en)
  • The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Helena. She was refloated and taken in to The Downs. (en)
  • The ship ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and sank. Her crew were rescued. (en)
  • The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to London. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex in a severely leaky condition. (en)
  • The ship was destroyed by fire at Kilkeel, County Cork. (en)
  • The barque was wrecked on the coast of Tobasco near Santa Anna. (en)
  • The brig struck a submerge object and was wrecked at Torre Annunziata, Kingdom of Italy. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Nicholaieff, Russia to Torre Annunziata. (en)
  • The brigantine departed from Saint John's for Naples, Italy. No further trace, reported missing. (en)
  • The brigantine was run down and sunk off Lavernock, Glamorgan by the steamship Somorro . Her crew were rescued. (en)
  • The steamship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her 21 crew were rescued by the schooner C. A. Meniac . Aberfeldy was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Ipswich, Suffolk. (en)
  • The ship departed from Calcutta, India for San Francisco, California. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all 30 crew. (en)
  • The fishing boats were driven ashore and wrecked at Vevey. There was one survivor from their crews. (en)
  • The fishing lugger was driven ashore at Wexford. Her five crew were rescued by the Wexford Lifeboat Civil Service . (en)
  • The ship was driven ashore near Gibraltar. She was refloated. (en)
  • The ship was driven ashore at Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. (en)
  • The February gale:The schooner ran aground in a snowstorm on Rye Ledge from Life Saving Station No. 7, 1st District, on the New Hampshire coast and was wrecked. Some equipment salvaged. Her crew of four were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service. (en)
  • The barque was wrecked in the Pescadores. Her crew were either rescued, or lost (en)
  • The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in Newark Bay, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Mandal to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. (en)
  • The ship was driven ashore at "Dwarsingweg", Zeeland. She was on a voyage from Java, Netherlands East Indies to Rotterdam, South Holland. (en)
  • The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Shanghai. She was refloated. (en)
  • The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Makassar, Netherlands East Indies to New York, United States. She was refloated and taken in to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies in a leaky condition. (en)
  • The barque was driven ashore at the Coalhouse Fort, Tilbury, Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Mauritius. She was refloated and taken in to Gravesend, Kent. (en)
  • The ship departed from Portland, Maine for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all 23 crew. (en)
  • The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Naples, Italy. She was on a voyage from Nicholaieff, Russia to Naples. (en)
  • The brig was run down and sunk off Nash Point, Glamorgan by the steamship Charles William Anderson with the loss of four of her crew. (en)
  • The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her twelve crew took to two boats; seven crew in one of the boats were rescued the next day by the barque Armenia , The others were presumed to have perished. Ysusquiza was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Newry, County Antrim. (en)
  • The barque was driven ashore west of Dunkerque. She was on a voyage from California, United States to Dunkerque. (en)
  • The steamship was driven ashore at Almería, Spain. (en)
  • The steamship ran aground at Jeddah, Hejaz Vilayet. She was refloated the next day. (en)
  • The barque was wrecked on the Outer Skare, in the North Sea off the coast of Aberdeenshire with the loss of eleven of the fourteen people on board. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Newcastle upon Tyne. Wreckage came ashore at Whinnyfold, Aberdeenshire. (en)
  • The barque was driven ashore at Almería. (en)
  • The barque was driven ashore at Salerno, Italy. (en)
  • The brigantine was driven ashore at Almería. (en)
  • The brigantine was driven ashore at Alméria. (en)
  • The collier was abandoned off Genoa, Italy. (en)
  • The ketch ran aground on the South Oaze. (en)
  • The schooner was wrecked at Dedeağaç. (en)
  • The ship foundered in the Bay of Naples. (en)
  • The ship was lost off Margate, Kent. (en)
  • The ship was wrecked on the coast of Florida. (en)
  • The ships were wrecked at Follonica. (en)
  • The ships were wrecked at Neuchâtel. (en)
  • The steamship was driven ashore at Naples. (en)
  • The tug sank a Portsmouth, Hampshire. (en)
  • The barque was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by an Italian barque. (en)
  • The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Norfolk, Virginia, United States to Lowestoft. (en)
  • The schooner sank in the English Channel south south west of Dartmouth, Devon. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from London to Plymouth, Devon. (en)
  • The steam flat ran aground and sank on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued by the Hoylake Lifeboat. (en)
  • The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at the mouth of the Arno with the loss of all hands. (en)
  • The brigantine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Syringa (en)
  • The steamship departed from Newport, Monmouthshire for Pasajes, Spain. No further trace, reported missing. (en)
  • The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Aberdaron, Caernarfonshire. (en)
  • The ship struck a sunken wreck off the Longships, Cornwall and sprang a severe leak. She was on a voyage from "Port Mavalo" to Porthcawl, Glamorgan. She arrived at Portcawl the next day. (en)
  • The ship was wrecked at Gioia Tauro with the loss of nine of her crew. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Alexandria, Egypt. (en)
  • The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. (en)
  • The brig was driven ashore at the Cabo de Santa Maria, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Seville, Spain. She was refloated and taken in to Faro, Portugal. (en)
  • The ship foundered off the English coast. Her crew had take to the boats but her captain feared they would perish, according to a message in a bottle that washed up at Craster, Caithness in mid-February. She was on a voyage from Glasgow to New Zealand (en)
  • The schooner was wrecked on Kaitorete Spit on the east coast of New Zealand's South Island when equipment failed during a strong northerly. All hands were saved. (en)
  • The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Calais. She was refloated and taken in to Newcastle, United States. (en)
  • The ship was driven ashore at Crookhaven, County Cork. She was refloated and found to be leaky. (en)
  • The barque ran aground on the Saratoga Spit. Shew was on a voyage from Antwerp to Yokohama, Japan. She was refloated with the assistance of a steamship. (en)
  • The brig ran aground in the Mixon Sand, in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Aberayron, Cardiganshire, United Kingdom to Swansea, Glamorgan. She was refloated and taken in to Swansea. (en)
  • The brig was wrecked on the Goose Rock, off The Needles, Isle of Wight. (en)
  • The steamship was driven ashore North Shields, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by a lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Huelva, Spain to North Shields. (en)
  • The steamship was driven ashore at Dunnose Point, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Portsmouth, Hampshire. She was refloated. (en)
  • The schooner ran aground on the Eagle Rock, off Ardrossan, Argyllshire. Her seven crew were taken off by the Ardrossan Lifeboat Fair Maid of Perth . Sarah Ann Dickinson was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Ardrossan. She became a wreck the next day. (en)
  • The ship of the line was damaged by fire at Portsmouth, Hampshire. The fire was extinguished with the assistance of two tugs. (en)
  • The ship was destroyed by fire at La Spezia, Italy. (en)
  • The ship ran aground on the Woolpack Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She floated off and sank. Her five crew survived. (en)
  • The smack was driven ashore at Arisaig, Inverness-shire. She was on a voyage from Port Dundas, Renfrewshire to Portree, Isle of Skye, Outer Hebrides. (en)
  • The ship capsized and sank off Garston, Lancashire. The wreck was subsequently dispersed by explosives. (en)
  • The schooner was wrecked on "Beriaban Island", off Borneo. Her crew survived. (en)
  • The barque ran aground on the Ridge Sand, off Deal, Kent. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Livorno, Italy. She was refloated and beached at Kingsdown, Kent in a waterlogged condition. Caldera was refloated with assistance from the tugs George Peabody and Lord Warden and taken tow to Gravesend, Kent in a leaky condition. (en)
  • The barque collided with the steamship Durham and was severely damaged. Alma was on a voyage from New York, United States to Stettin. Durham towed her in to Arendal, Norway in a waterlogged condition. (en)
  • The ship was abandoned at sea. Some of her crew were rescued by the barque Rosa Chiclizola . Mary Elizabeth was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Demerara, British Guiana. (en)
  • The steamship ran aground at Dunkerque, Nord, France. She was refloated and taken in to Dunkerque. (en)
  • The brigantine was wrecked on the North Rock, off the coast of County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Demerara, British Guiana. (en)
  • The steamship departed from Hull for Larnaca, Cyprus. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. (en)
  • The ship ran aground and was wrecked at Havana, Cuba. She was on a voyage from the Guañape Islands, Peru to Havana. (en)
  • The schooner foundered in the Irish Sea south west of the Cardigan Lightship . Her crew survived. Charlotte was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to London. (en)
  • The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at the Kilcredaun Head Lighthouse,County Clare. Her crew were rescued. (en)
  • The February gale:The fishing Schooner lost in a gale on the Georges Bank. All eleven crew were killed. (en)
  • The barque ran aground at Dunkerque, Nord, France. She was on a voyage from Pisagua, Chile to Dunkerque. She was refloated and taken in to Dunkerque. (en)
  • The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from "Ferrer Laguna" to New York. (en)
  • The February gale: The fishing schooner was lost on Georges Bank in a gale. Lost with all ten crew. (en)
  • The barque was seized by the Chinese crew, who murdered her officers and scuttled her at Singapore, Straits Settlements. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Foochowfoo, China. (en)
  • Seven martingraves were driven ashore at Naples, many more were severely damaged. (en)
  • The schooner struck the Eagle Rock, off Ardrossan, Ayrshire and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by the Ardrossan Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Ardrossan. She subsequently capsized and was wrecked. (en)
  • The February gale: The fishing schooner sank in a gale on the Georges Bank or Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Lost with all twelve crew. (en)
  • The steamship was driven ashore at Rosneath, Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Garelochhead, Argyllshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. (en)
  • The steamship was wrecked at the mouth of the Loire. Her 22 crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure, France. (en)
  • The steamship struck rocks and sank off Smolen, Norway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Hommelvigen, Norway. (en)
  • The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Hastings, Sussex, United Kingdom. Her five crew were rescued by the Hastings Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Cette, Hérault, France. (en)
  • The ship was driven ashore on Skagen. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Aarhus. She was refloated and assisted in to Fredrikshavn, Denmark. (en)
  • The brigantine was driven ashore at Moville, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, Dominion of Canada to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug. (en)
  • The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France to West Hartlepool, County Durham. She was refloated and towed in to Ramsgate, Kent. (en)
  • The steamship was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. (en)
  • The February gale: The fishing schooner sank in a gale on the Georges Bank. Lost with all eleven crew. (en)
  • The brig ran aground in a snowstorm from Life Saving Station No. 5, 5nd District, off the Maryland coast, a total loss. Part of her cargo was salvaged. Her crew of ten and three passengers were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service. (en)
  • The fishing vessels, all from Gloucester, Massachusetts, were lost in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland with the loss of 143 lives. (en)
  • The ship struck a sunken wreck and sank off Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. Her three crew survived. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to London. (en)
  • The steamship ran aground at Portmahomack, Ross-shire. She was on a voyage from Portmahomack to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated and put in to Lossiemouth, Moray. She departed from Lossiemouth for Aberdeen, no further trace. (en)
  • The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by the brig Maria Anna . Mahomet was on a voyage from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia to Antigua. (en)
  • The steamship was driven from her moorings at Livorno and damaged several other vesseks. (en)
  • The steamship ran aground off the Schulau No. 2 Lightship . (en)
  • The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew survived She was on a voyage from Clarecastle, County Clare to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. (en)
  • The schooner ran aground on The Shingles, off the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Portmadoc, Caernarfonshire to Portsmouth, Hampshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. (en)
  • The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Tynemouth, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by the Tynemouth Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Huelva, Spain to the River Tyne. The wreck was dispersed by explosives in May and July. (en)
  • The ship was driven ashore at Cochin, India. She was on a voyage from Cochin to London. She was refloated. (en)
  • The schooner was taken in to Kilrush, County Clare in a capsized condition. She was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island, Dominion of Canada to Queenstown, County Cork. (en)
  • The steamship ran aground on the Kigel Allen Shoal, in the Red Sea. She was on a voyage from London to Kurrachee, India. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage. (en)
  • The steamship foundered in the Bristol Channel south west of Lundy Island the loss of six of her fourteen crew. Six crew were rescued by the steamship Charles Goddard . Two crew were rescued by another vessel. Ralph Creyke was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France. (en)
  • The schooner was run down and sunk in the Belfast Lough by Mary Ellen . Her crew were rescued by Mary Ellen. Alert was on a voyage from Ayr to Drogheda, County Louth. (en)
  • The brig ran aground in the River Ouse. She was on a voyage from Belize City, British Honduras to Goole, Yorkshire. (en)
  • The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Newton, Northumberland, United Kingdom with the loss of four of her crew. Survivors were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was being towed from Aberdeen to South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom by the tug Scotland . (en)
  • The schooner collided with the steamship Pleiades in Liverpool Bay off the North West Lightship and was severely damaged. Harvest Queen was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Runcorn, Cheshire. She was towed in to Liverpool, Lancashire by Pleiades. (en)
  • The February gale: The fishing schooner sank in a gale on the Georges Bank. Lost with all ten crew. (en)
  • The steamship ran aground on the Kentish Knock. She was on a voyage from the Firth of Forth to Gravelines, Nord, France. She was refloated with assistance from the smack Faith and taken in to Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom in a leaky condition. (en)
  • The ship foundered off the north coast of Cornwall in late February. (en)
  • The steamship ran aground in the River Duddon. She was on a voyage from the River Duddon to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. She was refloated. (en)
  • The schooner ran aground off Long Beach, New Jersey in heavy surf and was wrecked. She grounded offshore. Her captain, his wife and three crew died. Six crew were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service. (en)
  • The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Lillesand, Norway with the loss of all hands. (en)
  • The full-rigged ship was driven ashore on Meloria, Italy and was abandoned by her crew. (en)
  • The steamship was wrecked in the Pescadores. Her crew were rescued. (en)
  • The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Salerno with the loss of eighteen of her twenty crew. (en)
  • The barque ran aground at ]Fleetwood. She was on a voyage from a port in Oregon, United States to Fleetwood. She was refloated the next day but grounded again. She heeled over as the tide receded and was severely damaged. (en)
  • The ship was driven ashore between Briton Ferry and Porthcawl, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Hayle, Cornwall to Porthcawl. (en)
  • The brig was wrecked at Dedeağaç, Ottoman Empire. (en)
  • The ship was damaged by fire at New Orleans. She was on a voyage from New Orleans to Genoa, Italy. (en)
  • The brig ran aground on the Whiting Sand. She was refloated and taken in to Scotchman's Shed in a severely leaky condition. (en)
  • The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Rouen. (en)
  • The ship departed from Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony for Lisbon, Portugal. No further trace, reported overdue. (en)
  • The steamship was driven ashore on Mew Island, in the Copeland Islands, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Swansea, Glamorgan. She was refloated and towed in to Belfast. (en)
  • The ship was holed by ice and sank in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from the Rio Grande to Hamburg. (en)
  • The barque was wrecked on the Southvals with the loss of three of her nineteen crew. Survivors were rescued by the schooner Grace Cushing . Hawthorne was on a voyage from Singapore, Straits Settlements to Boston, Massachusetts. (en)
  • The ship struck a sunken wreck, sprang a leak and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Vegesack, Germany to Runcorn, Cheshire. (en)
  • The ship was driven ashore at Philadelphia. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia to Venice Italy. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. (en)
  • The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at "Karimon", Netherlands East Indies. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Java to Makassar. (en)
  • The steamship ran aground at Maassluis, South Holland. She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Rotterdam, South Holland. She was refloated with assistance. (en)
  • The steamships collided in the North Sea south of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire and were both severely damaged. Echo was on a voyage from Amsterdam, South Holland to South Shields, County Durham. She completed her voyage. Tay was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to London. She put in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire with assistance from Echo. (en)
  • The steamship was run aground near Ystad, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Reval, Russia to Lübeck and/or London, United Kingdom. (en)
  • The ship ran aground at Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. She was on a voyage from Batavia to Bushire, Persia. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but put in to Kurrachee, India in a leaky condition. (en)
  • The ship was driven ashore at Boston, Massachusetts, United States. She was on a voyage from Boston to Gloucester, United Kingdom. She was refloated and put back to Boston for repairs. (en)
  • The schooner was driven ashore at Coatham, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. (en)
  • The February gale:The fishing schooner lost in a gale on the Georges Bank. All eleven crew were killed. (en)
  • The schooner ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a leaky condition. (en)
  • The brig was driven ashore at Green Island, Jamaica. (en)
  • The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Egmond aan Zee, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Amsterdam, North Holland. (en)
  • The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Port Eynon, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued. (en)
  • The ship was driven ashore in the Squan Inlet. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to New York. (en)
  • The ship was wrecked at Ran Head. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Newcastle. (en)
  • The steamship was beached at Aberdeen after a rope got entangled in her propeller. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Campbeltown, Argyllshire. (en)
  • The steamship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated and put in to Dover, Kent, where she struck the breakwater entering port. (en)
  • The brig was driven ashore at Port San Antonio, Texas, United States. She was on a voyage from Genoa to Puerto Rico. She was refloated. (en)
  • The brigantine was wrecked at Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord to Granville, Manche. (en)
  • The brigantine ran aground on the South Oaze, in the Thames Estuary. (en)
  • The steamship sank after running into the schooner Beta off Nash Point, South Wales. Beta docked at Cardiff with the crew of Faulconnier. (en)
  • The barque departed from Port Pirie, South Australia for a British port. No further trace, reported missing. (en)
  • The steamship ran aground at West Hartlepool, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to West Hartlepool. She was refloated. (en)
  • The steamship ran aground at the mouth of the River Wear. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated and taken in to Sunderland. (en)
  • The ketch was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. All seven people on board were rescued by the Ramsgate Lifeboat Bradford . Richard Wilson was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to Exmouth, Devon. (en)
  • The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Guingamp, Côtes-du-Nord, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Maldon, Essex, United Kingdom to Saint-Brieuc, Côtes-du-Nord. (en)
  • The schooner was wrecked on the coast of Tobasco near "Santa Anna". (en)
  • The steamship collided with the schooner Beta and sank off Nash Point, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued. (en)
  • The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Skegness, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. (en)
  • The steamship ran aground off Luccombe, Isle of Wight. She was refloated with the assistance of tugs. (en)
  • The smack ran aground on the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Sea and sprang a leak. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Ålesund. She put in to Waterford, United Kingdom. (en)
  • The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Guiseppina Oneta . Andrew Lovitt was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. (en)
  • The barque struck rocks at Pozzuoli and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Levant to Genoa. (en)
  • The brig was run into by the steamship Aberfoyle and sank off Whitby, Yorkshire with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Aberfoyle. Kewardin was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Torquay, Devon (en)
  • The ship ran aground in the Nieuwe Waterweg. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.. She was refloated with the assistance of three tugs. (en)
  • The brigantine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her seven crew were rescued by North . Model was on a voyage from Harbour Grace, Newfoundland Colony to Naples, Italy. (en)
  • The brigantine was driven ashore east of Struys Point, Cape Colony. She was on a voyage from Mossel Bay to Guam. (en)
  • The barque was driven ashore in Pegwell Bay. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands to Savannah, Georgia, United States. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent, United Kingdom. (en)
  • The ship ran aground on the North Rock, in the Belfast Lough. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Demerara, British Guiana. She was refloated the next day and was subsequently towed to Greenock. (en)
  • The steamship ran aground in the Balabac Strait. She was on a voyage from Singapore, Straits Settlements to Manila, Spanish East Indies. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. (en)
  • The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Faial Island, Azores. Her ten crew were rescued by the steamship . Jane Rowland was on a voyage from New York to King's Lynn, Norfolk. (en)
  • The ship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. (en)
  • The steamship ran aground at Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland to Lowestoft. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft. (en)
  • The barque ran aground off Atherfield, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom and was wrecked with the loss of one of her fifteen crew. Survivors were rescued by the Atherfield Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Nova Scotia to London, United Kingdom. (en)
  • The ocean liner was run into by the schooner Ocean Queen in the River Mersey and was severely damaged. (en)
  • The ship was damaged by ice and sank at Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia to London. (en)
  • The steamship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Falmouth, Cornwall. She was refloated. (en)
  • The brigantine was driven ashore at Whitstable, Kent. (en)
  • The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Peniche, Portugal. Her five crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Tarragona, Spain to London. (en)
  • The steamship struck rocks and foundered near the mouth of Tauranga Harbour. The passengers and crew abandoned ship and made it safely to shore. The ship was eventually refloated in 1881, but she started taking water near Mayor Island while being towed and was abandoned. (en)
  • The fishing smack was destroyed by fire in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by Louie . (en)
  • The barque was abandoned in the Java Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Pasaroeang", Netherlands East Indies to Falmouth, Cornwall. (en)
  • The February gale: The fishing schooner sank in a gale on the Georges Bank. Lost with all eleven hands. (en)
  • The fishing smack was driven ashore at Cayton, Yorkshire. She was refloated with assistance from the Scarborough Lifeboat Lady Leigh , which towed her in to Scarborough. (en)
  • The steamship ran aground on the Walvischstoart, off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. (en)
  • The ship ran aground at Kangeroo Island, South Australia. She was on a voyage from Melbourne, Victoria to Port Pirie, South Australia. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. (en)
  • The barque was abandoned in the Bay of Biscay. Her nine crew were rescued by the steamship . Robert Bright was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bahia, Brazil. (en)
  • The steamship Augusta and the tugboat Flying Hurricane were driven ashore and wrecked on Tory Island, County Donegal. Their crews were rescued. Flying Hurricane was towing Augusta from Sligo to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. (en)
  • The steamship was driven from her moorings at Livorno, Italy and damaged several vessels. (en)
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