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The list of shipwrecks in March 1879 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during March 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 March 1879 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during March 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 barque was severely damaged in a cyclone at Réunion. (en)
  • The steamship ran aground at Bordeaux, Gironde, France. (en)
  • The ship was wrecked on the coast of Mexico. Her crew survived. (en)
  • The schooner was driven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. (en)
  • The barque was wrecked on the Galloper Sand with the loss of one of the ten people on board. Survivors were rescued by the tug Aid and the Ramsgate Lifeboat Bradford . Lina was on a voyage from Prosgrund to London, United Kingdom. (en)
  • The tug sank at North Shields, Northumberland. She was later refloated. (en)
  • The steamship foundered off Ardrossan, Ayrshire. Her three crew survived. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan to Fairlie, Ayrshire. (en)
  • The barque stranded in thick weather north of Life Saving Station No. 8, 4th District on the New Jersey coast and was wrecked. Her eleven crew were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands to New York. (en)
  • The steamship was wrecked on the Lammock, south east of Swatow, China. Some of her passengers and crew were rescued by . (en)
  • The steamship was driven ashore at Ras Matbakh, Basra Vilayet. She was on a voyage from Rangoon, Burka to a British port. (en)
  • The ship ran aground on the Chauseé de Sein. She was on a voyage from Réunion to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. She put in to Brest, Finistère, France in a sinking condition. (en)
  • The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal. She was on a voyage from London to Shanghai, China. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage. (en)
  • The steamship was wrecked near Lindisfarne, Northumberland. Her nine crew were rescued by the Lindisfarne Lifeboat Grace Darling . Darlington was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. (en)
  • The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Mat, Réunion in a cyclone. (en)
  • The steamer went ashore on Lady Isle, in the Firth of Clyde, in thick fog, on a coastal voyage from Glasgow to Ayr, Scotland. She was refloated on the following day and continued her voyage. (en)
  • The barge was run into by the steamship Gilston and sank in the River Thames at Woolwich, Kent. (en)
  • The barque was driven ashore at Darien, Georgia, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Doboy, Georgia. (en)
  • The ship was driven ashore at Probolinggo, Netherlands East Indies. She was on a voyage from Java, Netherlands East Indies to a Dutch port. (en)
  • The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Ras al Hadd, Muscat and Oman. Her 36 crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Muscat. The ship was plundered by the local Arabs. (en)
  • The schooner ran aground on the Boulder Bank, in the Solent. She was on a voyage from London to Dublin. She was refloated the next day and put in to Cowes, Isle of Wight in a leaky condition. (en)
  • The barque was wrecked on Sanday, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Kristiansand to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. (en)
  • The ship was driven ashore at New York. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to New York. She was refloated. (en)
  • The steamship ran aground at the entrance to the Nieuwe Waterweg. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. (en)
  • The sloop was wrecked at Port Eynon Point, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Carmarthen. (en)
  • The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at "Port Henry". She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Thurso, Caithness. (en)
  • The barque ran aground and was wrecked at Chefoo, China. She was on a voyage from Shanghai to Chefoo and Hong Kong. She was consequently condemned. (en)
  • The brig was driven ashore near Almería, Spain. She subsequently became a wreck. (en)
  • Bound for Ahnapee, Wisconsin, in ballast, the , 85.14-gross register ton two-masted scow schooner was blown ashore during a gale on Lake Michigan near Two Rivers, Wisconsin, north of Twin River Point Light. Her crew survived, but she could not be refloated, was abandoned where she was stranded, and later sank nearby. Her wreck, discovered in May 2014, lies in of water at the southern end of Point Beach State Forest at and is partially covered by sand. (en)
  • Anglo-Zulu War: The steamship ran aground in Simon's Bay, Southern Africa. She was carrying British Army troops who were rescued by HMS Tamar. (en)
  • The steamship ran aground and was wrecked on the Cadda Rocks, off Galle, Ceylon. She was on a voyage from Rangoon, Burma to an English port. (en)
  • The schooner sprung a leak and was beached to prevent sinking north of Life Saving Station No. 13, 4th District, on the New Jersey coast and was wrecked. Her crew of two and one passenger made it to shore on their own. She was stripped and abandoned. (en)
  • The ship ran aground on the Lydden Spout, off the coast of Kent. She was on a voyage from Melbourne, Victoria to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. (en)
  • The sailing ship sprung a leak off of Florida and stranded north of Life Saving Station No. 2, 7th District on the Florida coast, offshore, a total loss of vessel and cargo. Her crew of 13 made it to shore in the ship's boat. (en)
  • The brigantine was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to the Rio Grande. (en)
  • The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at the Trwyn Du Lighthouse. Her crew were rescued by a pilot boat. She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire to Llanelly, Glamorgan. (en)
  • The fishing smack was wrecked at Spurn Point, Yorkshire. Her eleven crew were rescued by the Spurn Lifeboat. (en)
  • The sloop was abandoned in the Bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bridgwater, Somerset to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. She was towed in to Minehead, Somerset. (en)
  • The barque collided with the steamship Wellesley and was abandoned off Dover, Kent. Her crew were rescued. Beltiste was on a voyage from Llanelly, Glamorgan to London. She was subsequently towed in to Dover by Wellesley in a severely damaged condition. (en)
  • The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked north of Staithes, Yorkshire. Her six crew survived. (en)
  • The ship was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by the steamship . Elizabeth Hamilton was on a voyage from Philadelphia to Trieste. Her mate was subsequently arrested on a charge of scuttling the ship. (en)
  • The ship caught fire at New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. She was on a voyage from New Orleans to Liverpool, Lancashire. (en)
  • The schooner was driven ashore at Lindisfarne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. (en)
  • The brig was driven ashore at Pitimbu, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Porto Alegre, Brazil. (en)
  • The ketch was driven onto rocks and broke up at Cape Campbell, New Zealand, while en route from Lyttelton Harbour to Wellington. All hands were saved. (en)
  • The steamship was driven ashore at Spittal Point, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland to London. She was refloated with the assistance of the paddle tug and put back to Berwick upon Tweed. (en)
  • The fishing trawler was run down and sunk off Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom by the steamship Ceres . Her crew were rescued. Also reported as sunk off Smith's Knowl, Norfolk, United Kingdom. (en)
  • The barque was wrecked off the coast of Essex. Her crew got aboard the Swin Middle Lightship , from where they were rescued by a steamship. (en)
  • The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on Vlieland, Friesland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida, United States to Harlingen, Friesland. (en)
  • The barque was run down and sunk by a steamship off Gibraltar with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Huanillos, Chile to Gibraltar. (en)
  • The steamship ran aground at Boston, Massachusetts, United States. She was on a voyage from Boston to Liverpool, Lancashire. (en)
  • The ship was driven ashore at the Corsethorn Lighthouse, Wigtownshire. She was on a voyage from Dublin to the Isle of Whithorn, Wigtownshire. (en)
  • The schooner was wrecked at Laguna de los Padres, Argentina. (en)
  • The brig ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Seaham, County Durham. (en)
  • The brigantine was driven ashore at West Hartlepool, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to Colchester, Essex. (en)
  • The ship departed from Laguna for Antwerp, Belgium. No further trace, reported overdue. (en)
  • A barque was driven ashore at New Romney, Kent. (en)
  • A derelict barque was reported by Eboe at . (en)
  • The steamship ran aground at Saltholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Dantzic, Germany. She was refloated and towed in to Copenhagen, Denmark. for repairs (en)
  • The ship ran aground on the North Bull, in the Irish Sea and was beached at Drogheda, County Louth. She was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland to Drogheda. (en)
  • The steamship ran aground at West Hartlepool, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to West Hartlepool. She was refloated with the assistance of four tugs. (en)
  • The galiot foundered in the North Sea south east by east of Spurn Point, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the smack Milburn . Harmonie was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Brixham, Devon, United Kingdom. (en)
  • The steamship ran aground at New Orleans. She was on a voyage from New Orleans to Liverpool. She was refloated. (en)
  • The schooner, carrying coal from Greenock to Bordeaux, struck White Island, St Martin's, Isles of Scilly. Her master mistook the Sevenstones Lightship for Trevose Head on the north Cornish shore. She was on her maiden voyage and the vessel and cargo are a total loss. All the crew survived. (en)
  • The pilot boat was driven ashore at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan. (en)
  • The paddle tug was wrecked at Souter Point, Northumberland. Her crew survived. (en)
  • The brig ran aground on the Leigh Middle Sand, in the Thames Estuary. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to London. (en)
  • The ship foundered in the Indian Ocean in a cyclone. Her crew were rescued by Margaret Wilkie . (en)
  • The steamship ran aground at Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. (en)
  • The was damaged by fire at Keyham, Devon. (en)
  • The barque was lost off Shantung, China. (en)
  • The ship caught fire at New Orleans. (en)
  • The ship sank at Newport, Monmouthshire. (en)
  • The ship was damaged by fire at Rangoon, Burma. (en)
  • The ship was wrecked in the Lacepede Islands. (en)
  • The ship was wrecked on the Arenas Cay, Cuba. (en)
  • The steamship caught fire in the Nieuwe Diep. (en)
  • The fishing boat was driven ashore and wrecked south of Robin Hoods Bay, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. (en)
  • The barque ran aground on the Swin Middle Sand, in the Thames Estuary She floated off and was wrecked on the Barrow Sand. Her crew were rescued by a steamship. (en)
  • The ship ank in the Schuylkill River. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Philadelphia. (en)
  • The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to Portsmouth, Hampshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. (en)
  • The brig was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. Her eight crew were rescued by the Caister Lifeboat Covent Garden . Cato was on a voyage from Arendal to Calais, France. (en)
  • The brig collided with the steamship Bengore and sank off Cape Finisterre with the loss of six of her crew. (en)
  • The steamships collided off Scarborough, Yorkshire and were both severely damaged. They put in to the River Tyne. Gambia was on a voyage from London to Dundee. Spero was on a voyage from the River Tyne to London. (en)
  • The schooner ran aground at Dundee, Forfarshire. She was refloated. (en)
  • The ship foundered north east of Skeenaghan Point, County Antrim She was on a voyage from Belfast to Rathmullan, County Down. (en)
  • The brigantine was wrecked on the Jordan Flats, off the mouth of the River Mersey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bridgwater, Somerset to Liverpool, Lancashire. (en)
  • The schooner ran aground at Ballyness, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Ballyness to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but put in to Londonderry in a leaky condition. (en)
  • The steamship was driven ashore between Lavernock and Sully, Glamorgan. Shew was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated, and resumed her voyage the next day. (en)
  • The schooner ran aground at the mouth of the River Tay. She was refloated and towed in to Dundee, Forfarshire. (en)
  • A fishing smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Spurn Point, Yorkshire with the loss of all five crew. (en)
  • The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, devon to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug. (en)
  • The schooner was driven ashore near Chebogue, Nova Scotia, Dominion of Canada. She was on a voyage from Antigua to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. She was refloated and towed in to Yarmouth. (en)
  • The ship ran into the pier at Calais, France and was severely damaged. She was towed to a British port by the tugboat Wrestler . (en)
  • The steamship ran aground at Maassluis, South Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Rotterdam, South Holland. She was refloated with the assistance of tugs. (en)
  • The steamship ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated and put back to Sunderland. (en)
  • The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Agrigento, Sicily, Italy to Oporto, Portugal. (en)
  • The barque collided with Duchess of Edinburgh and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean north of Cape Finisterre, Spain. Fourteen crew were rescued by Duchess of Edinburgh. Semplice was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Baltimore, Maryland, United States. (en)
  • The sloop foundered in the Gulf of California off Altata. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Altata to Mazatlan, Cuba. (en)
  • The ship ran aground near Ystad, Sweden She was on a voyage from West Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Ystad. She was refloated and found to be severely leaky. (en)
  • A ship capsized in a squall in the Mediterranean Sea with the loss of four of her six crew. Survivors were rescued by the barque Martino Maria . (en)
  • The steamship was driven ashore on Ischia, Italy. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Naples, Italy. (en)
  • The ship an aground at New Orleans. She was on a voyage from New Orleans to Liverpool. She was refloated and put back to New Orleans in a leaky condition. (en)
  • A brig was seen to keel over and sink on Hasborough Sands off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom, by a Great Yarmouth fishing boat. (en)
  • The steamship ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland and West Hartlepool, County Durham to Livorno, Italy. She was refloated with the assistance of two smacks and put in to Harwich, Essex. (en)
  • The fishing boat was run down and sunk off Eyemouth, Berwickshire with the loss of two of her crew. (en)
  • The barque was driven ashore at Cape Maternillos, Cuba. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Havana, Cuba. Janet Forbes subsequently floated off and drifted out to sea. She was later driven ashore and wrecked in the Cape Verde Islands. (en)
  • The steamship put in to The Downs on fire. She was on a voyage from Garrucha, Spain to London. She resumed her voyage with a pilot. (en)
  • The ship was driven ashore at Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (en)
  • The sank at Hyères, Var with the loss of 38 of her 122 crew. She was refloated in May. (en)
  • The steamship departed from New York, United States for Bristol, Gloucestershire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. (en)
  • The fishing trawler foundered in the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued by the smack Oliver Cromwell . (en)
  • The brig struck a sunken rock. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Oran, Algeria. She put in to Vigo, Spain in a leaky condition. (en)
  • The ship was wrecked on Ascension Island. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to London. (en)
  • The barge, abandoned a few days earlier, was sunk by ice from the Marblehead Light in Lake Erie in of water, a total loss. (en)
  • The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at "Tuya", Argentina. (en)
  • The brig ran aground off St Martin's, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine. She was refloated. (en)
  • The steamship was driven ashore at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia to Queenstown, County Cork. She was refloated with assistance and resjumed her voyage. (en)
  • The lugger was driven ashore near Llanelly, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Port-Launay, Finistère to Llanelly. (en)
  • The steamship ran aground and sank at the Isle of May. Her twelve crew took to two boats; they were rescued by the steamship Princess Alice . Dunmore was on a voyage from Leith to Aberdeen. (en)
  • The steamship was wrecked at Lemvig, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Gothenburg, Sweden. (en)
  • The schooner was driven ashore in Aalbek Bay. She was on a voyage from Aarhus to London. She was refloated and taken in to Fredrikshavn in a leaky conditioin. (en)
  • The schooner struck a sunken rock off Ardmore Head, Islay and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was Glasgow, Renfrewshire to "Atromness". (en)
  • The steamship was wrecked on a reef off "Tulanan Island" with the loss of eight lives. She was on a voyage from Manila to Yloilo. (en)
  • The schooner was wrecked on White Islands, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom to Bordeaux, Gironde. (en)
  • The barque was driven ashore at the Rammekens Castle, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Pensacola, Florida. (en)
  • The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on Vlieland, Friesland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida to Harlingen, Friesland. (en)
  • The barque was beached in the River Severn downstream of Sharpness, Gloucestershire. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Sharpness. She was refloated and taken in to Sharpness. (en)
  • The schooner was abandoned in the Indian Ocean in a cyclone. Her crew were rescued by Gloria . She was subsequently taken in to Tamatave, Merina Kingdom. (en)
  • The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Alderney, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France. (en)
  • The brigantine ran aground and capsized in the Vilaine. She was on a voyage from Redon, Ille-et-Vilaine to Cardiff. (en)
  • The steamship was driven ashore on "Vensholmen", near Nakskov, Denmark. (en)
  • The brigantine was wrecked at Maranhão, Brazil. Her crew were rescued. SHe was on a voyage from Cardiff to Maranhão. (en)
  • The steamship foundered in "the Sleeve". Her crew were rescued by the steamship Blonde . Marienburg was on a voyage from Dantzic to Antwerp, Belgium. (en)
  • The brigantine was driven ashore at Port Beaufort. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Table Bay. (en)
  • The schooner ran aground at Campbeltown, Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Newry, County Antrim. (en)
  • The ketch was driven ashore at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to Blakeney, Norfolk. She was refloated and taken in to Blakeney in a leaky condition. (en)
  • The brig was driven ashore south of Warkworth, Northumberland. She was refloated with assistance from the tug (en)
  • The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Hartlepool, County Durham. Her six crew were rescued by the Hartlepool Lifeboat John Clay Barlow . She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Colchester, Essex. (en)
  • The barquentine ran aground in thick weather with light snow north of Life Saving Station No., 5th District, on the Maryland coast. A box of silver plate was brought off. Four of her crew came ashore in the ship's boat and four were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Italy to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was later refloated. (en)
  • The ship ran aground near Ystad, Sweden. She was refloated and found to be severely leaky. (en)
  • The ship was driven ashore at Antwerp, Belgium. She was on a voyage from Pabellón de Pica, Chile to Antwerp. (en)
  • The barque ran aground south of Life Saving Station No. 5, 6th District, on the coast of North Carolina, United States and was wrecked later in the day when the weather deteriorated. Her fourteen crew were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord, France to Baltimore, Maryland, United States. (en)
  • The steamship ran aground in the Nieuwe Waterweg. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Rotterdam, South Holland. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug. (en)
  • The steamship was cut in two in a collision with the steamship Barrabool and sank with the loss of five lives at , about off Caves Beach, New South Wales, Australia. Barrabool suffered a gash in her bow but remained afloat. (en)
  • The barque collided with the steamship Bilbao and sank off the South Foreland, Kent. Her crew were rescued by Bilbao. Carron was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Leith, Lothian. (en)
  • The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Calcutta, India. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Dreadnought and taken in tow for London. (en)
  • The steamship ran aground at North Shields. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to North Shields. She was refloated. (en)
  • The schooner went ashore in fog to the south of Ross, New Zealand, while en route from Wanganui to Greymouth. All hands were saved. (en)
  • The galiot was driven ashore and wrecked at Bradwell Point, Northumberland, United Kingdom. (en)
  • The steamship was driven ashore on Piel Island, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Barrow-in-Furness. (en)
  • The brig was driven ashore and wrecked between Crail and Anstruther, Fife, United Kingdom with the loss of all but one of the four crew aboard. The survivor was rescued by the Anstruther Lifeboat. (en)
  • The ship was abandoned off the Delaware Breakwater. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. (en)
  • The steamship was run into at the entrance to the West India Docks, London by Florence and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Colombo, Ceylon to London. (en)
  • The steamship ran aground at Bilbao, Spain and was wrecked. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Bilbao. (en)
  • The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Baltimore to Bremen. (en)
  • The brig was driven ashore at "Collier Hope", Yorkshire. She was later refloated. (en)
  • The schooner departed from the Bull River, Georgia, United States for Queenstown, County Cork. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all eight hands. (en)
  • A fishing boat was driven ashore and wrecked at Peterhead. Her five crew were rescued. (en)
  • The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Anjer, Netherlands East Indies. She was on a voyage from Batavia to Padang, Netherlands East Indies and an American port. (en)
  • The paddle tug sank at North Shields, Northumberland. She was refloated. (en)
  • The steam lighter struck the wreck of Carrick Castle and was beached at Connel, Argyllshire. Her crew survived. (en)
  • The ship was driven ashore at Burghead, Moray. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to the Moray Firth. (en)
  • The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Goat Point, Lothian. She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to Campbeltown, Argyllshire. (en)
  • The schooner was driven ashore and severely damaged north of Fifeness, Fife, United Kingdom. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland to Dunbar, Lothian. (en)
  • The ship ran aground on the Briggs, off the coast of County Down. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Melbourne, Victoria. She was refloated. (en)
  • The steamship ran aground at "Corsuelles", France. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated. (en)
  • The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Cambois, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Halmstad to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. (en)
  • The smack ran aground in the River Camel, capsized and sank. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Wadebridge, Cornwall. (en)
  • The barque capsized and sank in the Delaware River. Her crew were rescued. (en)
  • The steamship ran aground in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Calais, France. (en)
  • The Thames barge ran into the steamship Manila and sank in the River Thames at Greenhithe, Kent. (en)
  • The steamship ran aground in the South Pass. She was on a vohyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. (en)
  • The steamship stranded and broke up close to the mouth of the Hokianga Harbour, New Zealand, with the loss of two passengers. (en)
  • The steamship collided with the steamship in the River Mersey and was damaged. Guy Mannering was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. She was taken in to Birkenhead, Cheshire. (en)
  • The ship was driven ashore at Chincoteague, Virginia. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord, France to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (en)
  • The steamship was driven ashore at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inferieure, France. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to the River Plate. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. (en)
  • The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Big Duck Island, New Brunswick, Dominion of Canada with the loss of eight of her 23 crew. She was on a voyage from St. John, New Brunswick to Dublin. (en)
  • The lugger was driven ashore and wrecked west of the Dungeness Lighthouse, Kent. (en)
  • The smack struck a sunken wreck and foundered off The Lizard, Cornwall. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from London to Boscastle, Cornwall. (en)
  • The ship was run into by the steam tender Ajax at Newcastle, New South Wales and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Newcastle to Madras, India. She was taken in to Newcastle for repairs. (en)
  • The smack collided with the steam ketch Hewitt and sank off Smith's Knowl, off the north Norfolk coast with the loss of her captain from her five crew. Survivors were rescued by Hewitt. (en)
  • The schooner ran aground at North Kessock, Inverness-shire. She was on a voyage from Inverness to Fort William, Inverness-shire. (en)
  • The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Thurso, Caithness. (en)
  • The gunboat collided with the steamship and foundered off Gonaïves with the loss of 108 lives. Seventy-two people were rescued by Bolivar. (en)
  • The schooner was run into by the steamship Miranda and sank in the English Channel with the loss of five of her crew. (en)
  • The schooner stranded in a gale and heavy seas north of the Cape Henry Life Saving Station No. 1, 6th District on the North Carolina coast and was wrecked. Her crew of six was rescued by the United States Life Saving Service. (en)
  • The ship was driven ashore near Dénia, Spain. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Mexico. She was refloated in mid-June. (en)
  • The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Malleville . Choice Fruit was on a voyage from the Newfoundland Colony to Lisbon, Portugal. (en)
  • The barque ran aground and sank off Honfleur, Manche, France with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. (en)
  • The steamship ran aground at Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. (en)
  • The ship was run down and sunk off Lavernock Point, Glamorgan by the steamship Somorrostro . Her crew were rescued (en)
  • The steamship ran aground in the Maas. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Rotterdam. She was refloated with the assistance of tugs. (en)
  • The ship ran aground at Dublin. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Portsmouth, Hampshire. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage. (en)
  • The steamship ran aground off Stettin, Germany. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Stettin. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Stettin in a leaky condition. (en)
  • The ship was driven ashore on Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London, United Kingdom. (en)
  • The brig was driven ashore at North Berwick, Lothian. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Leith, Lothian. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and resumed her voyage. (en)
  • The schooner ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Nachez, Mississippi, United States to Kragerø. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and the Ramsgate Lifeboat and assisted in to Ramsgate, Kent. (en)
  • The steamship struck the Roman Rock, off Simon's Town, Cape Colony and was damaged. Her passengers were taken off by . City of Paris was on a voyage from Queenstown, County Cork to Simon's Town. She was refloated and taken in to Simon's Town. (en)
  • The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Chefoo. (en)
  • The ship caught fire at Charleston, South Carolina and was scuttled. She was on avoyage from Charleston to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. (en)
  • The steamship ran aground at Workington, Cumberland. (en)
  • The steamship caught fire at Bombay, India. The fire was extinguished. (en)
  • The steamship was wrecked at Whitby, Yorkshire. Her seventeen crew were rescued by the Whitby Lifeboat. (en)
  • The schooner was run into by the paddle steamer Eblana (en)
  • The barque was wrecked on Grand Bahama, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Galveston, Texas, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. (en)
  • The brigantine ran aground on Albu Triller reef, off the west coast of Lolland on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Rostock, Germany. (en)
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