List of shipwrecks in 1869

The list of shipwrecks in 1869 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1869.

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Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
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References

January

Further information: List of shipwrecks in January 1869

February

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March

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April

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May

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June

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July

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August

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September

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October

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November

Further information: List of shipwrecks in November 1869

December

Further information: List of shipwrecks in December 1869

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in 1869

Ship	State	Description
A. S. Ruthven	United States	The screw steamer was lost during 1869. [1]
Ann	United Kingdom	The ship was abandoned in the South Atlantic before 2 November. She was on a voyage from "Burbosand" to London. [2]
Ann Corbett	Unknown	The schooner was lost in the vicinity of "Squan Beach," a term used at the time for the coast of New Jersey near Manasquan and sometimes for the 7-mile (11 km) stretch of coast between Manasquan Inlet and Cranberry Inlet or for the entire coast of New Jersey between Sea Girt and Barnegat Inlet. [3]
Avonmore	United Kingdom	Anchored off Sharp's Nose in the parish of Morwenstow, Cornwall, England, where the captain ordered the three masts to be cut down. She drifted on to the rocks below Hawker's Hut, close to Higher Sharpnose Point. Seven out of twenty-two crew died. She was en route from Cardiff to Montevideo with coal. [4]
Early Morn	United Kingdom	The ship departed from Dundee, Forfarshire for Singapore, Straits Settlements. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [5]
Elizabeth	Newfoundland Colony	The sealer was sunk by ice off the coast of Labrador. [6] [7]
Emerald	Newfoundland Colony	The sealer was sunk by ice off the coast of Labrador. [6] [7]
Falstaff	France	The brig ran aground off the coast of Africa She was on a voyage from Old Calabar to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was refloated a month later. [8]
Glendower	United Kingdom	The ship foundered between 14 April and 17 June. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bassein, India to a British port. [9] [10]
Ines	United Kingdom	The ship was wrecked at Carrizal Bajo, Chile. She was on a voyage from Carrizal Bajo to Swansea, Glamorgan. [11]
Italian	United Kingdom	The cargo ship ran aground and was wrecked at Cape Finisterre, Spain. [12]
Jabez Howes	United States	The sloop was lost sometime prior to 10 July 1869 in the waters of the Department of Alaska at a location identified as the "Black Fox Islands" – possibly a reference to the Fox Islands group in the eastern Aleutian Islands. [13]
Miss Preston	United Kingdom	The barque was wrecked in the Sunda Strait between 17 February and 4 July. She was on her maiden voyage, from Sunderland, County Durham to Singapore. [14] [15] [16]
M. M. Merriman	Unknown	The schooner was lost in the vicinity of "Squan Beach," a term used at the time for the coast of New Jersey near Manasquan and sometimes for the 7-mile (11 km) stretch of coast between Manasquan Inlet and Cranberry Inlet or for the entire coast of New Jersey between Sea Girt and Barnegat Inlet. [3]
Packet	Newfoundland Colony	The sealer was wrecked at Twillingate. [17]
Peruvia	United States	The ship was wrecked on "Vries Island", Japan. [18]
Primrose Bank	Newfoundland Colony	The sealer was sunk by ice off the coast of Labrador. [6] [7]
Propontis	United Kingdom	The steamship was severely damaged by an onboard explosion in the Bay of Biscay between 29 July and 4 August. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. she put back to the River Mersey. [19]
R. C. Waldron	Unknown	The schooner was lost in the vicinity of "Squan Beach," a term used at the time for the coast of New Jersey near Manasquan and sometimes for the 7-mile (11 km) stretch of coast between Manasquan Inlet and Cranberry Inlet or for the entire coast of New Jersey between Sea Girt and Barnegat Inlet. [3]
Selah Hutton	Newfoundland Colony	The sealer, a brigantine, was wrecked on the coast of Labrador. [7] [17]
Volunteer	Newfoundland Colony	The sealer, a brig, was wrecked on the coast of Labrador. [7] [17]

References

Notes

1. Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: A. S. Ruthven
2. "Shipping". Liverpool Mercury. No. 6872. Liverpool. 2 February 1870.
3. "njscuba.net "Lavallette Wreck"". Archived from the original on 23 February 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
4. Historic England. "Avonmore (1062382)". Research records (formerly PastScape). Retrieved 8 April 2014.
5. "Supposed Loss of Two Dundee Vessels and their Crews". Dundee Courier. No. 5166. Dundee. 21 February 1870.
6. "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard. No. 13958. London. 29 April 1869. p. 7.
7. "The Seal Fisheries". Hull Packet. No. 4396. Hull. 30 April 1869.
8. "Shipping Intelligence". Daily News. No. 7318. London. 14 October 1869.
9. "Shipping". Liverpool Mercury. No. 6679. Liverpool. 22 June 1869.
10. "Shipping Intelligence". Daily News. No. 7221. London. 23 June 1869.
11. "Shipping". Liverpool Mercury. No. 6716. Liverpool. 4 August 1869.
12. "Italian". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
13. alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (J)
14. "Shipping Disasters". Liverpool Mercury. No. 6694. Liverpool. 9 July 1869.
15. "THE SUNDERLAND SITE - PAGE 095, SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 31". Searle. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
16. "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard. No. 14019. London. 9 July 1869. p. 7.
17. "Four Vessels and Seven Lives Lost". Bradford Observer. No. 2003. Bradford. 24 May 1869. p. 4.
18. "Shipping Disasters and Loss of Life". The Times. No. 26565. London. 11 October 1869. col D, p. 5.
19. "Shipping Disasters". Liverpool Mercury. No. 6716. Liverpool. 4 August 1869.