The list of shipwrecks in August 1874 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1874.
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Ship | State | Description |
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Lady Ambrosine | ![]() | The steamship struck rocks and was beached in Loch Sunart. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Loch Sunart. [1] [2] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Corinth | ![]() | The steamship was wrecked near Galley Head, County Cork. Her crew were rescued. [3] She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. [4] |
Courland | ![]() | The steamship was driven ashore at Saint Vincent. She was refloated and resumed her voyage in a leaky condition, [5] but consequently put back to Saint Vincent. [6] |
Eclipse | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in Mill Bay. Her crew were rescued. [1] |
Illyrian | ![]() | The steamship ran aground at Venice, Italy. [7] |
Wave | ![]() | The steamship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km) west of Cape Finisterre, Spain. Her crew were rescued. [8] She subsequently drove ashore at Muros, Spain. [1] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Fairy | ![]() | The 34-ton schooner grounded in the Hokianga Harbour, New Zealand, during a strong gale. [9] |
Meikong | ![]() | The steamship was driven ashore at Wusong, China. [1] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Euxine | ![]() | The full-rigged ship caught fire in the southern Atlantic Ocean on a voyage from North Shields, Northumberland to Aden with coal. She was abandoned on 8 August at 31°20′S7°45′W / 31.333°S 7.750°W ). Twenty-three of her crew reached Saint Helena on 18 August in two boats. Eight crew in a third boat did not find St Helena and headed for Brazil; on 31 August the Dutch ship Java Packet picked up five survivors (two had drowned in a capsize and a third had sacrificed himself to feed the others) and landed them at Batavia, Dutch East Indies on 2 November. [10] [11] [12] |
Martha and Lizzie | ![]() | The fishing trawler was run down and sunk in the Irish Sea off the Morecambe Bay Lightship ( ![]() ![]() |
Queen of the Lake | ![]() | The schooner was wrecked on Rømø, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from a Scottish port to the Weser. [13] [14] |
Eudora, and Wildfire | ![]() ![]() | The schooner Wildfire collided with the fishing dandy Eudora and sank off Cowes, Isle of Wight. Her crew were rescued by the yacht Oimara ( ![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Carrie Frances | ![]() | The schooner was lost on Malpec Bar. Crew saved. [18] |
City of St. Asaph | ![]() | The schooner ran aground at Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Portmadoc, Caernarfonshire to Stettin, Germany. She was refloated and towed in to Holyhead in a leaky condition. [13] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Arctic | ![]() | The whaler was crushed by ice, caught fire and sank in Creswell Bay. Her 54 crew survived. [11] [19] |
Doranella | ![]() | The schooner was wrecked on the Barranellas. She was on a voyage from "Macabe" to Antwerp, Belgium. [20] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ernest | ![]() | The sailing barge sank at Shotley, Suffolk. Both crew survived. [21] |
Unnamed | ![]() | The dredger was abandoned in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued by a tug. She was being towed from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Liverpool, Lancashire. She subsequently drove ashore at Black Combe, Cumberland. [22] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Caterina | ![]() | The ship caught fire and was beached on "Jura". Her crew survived. [24] |
Fairfield | ![]() | The ship was wrecked at Cape Cassini, Kangaroo Island. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Adelaide to Newcastle, New South Wales. [25] [23] |
Friends | ![]() | The ship ran aground at Clyth, Caithness. She was refloated the next day. [26] |
Rosa | ![]() | The ship ran aground in the River Avon under the Clifton Suspension Bridge. She was refloated. [27] |
Shepherd | ![]() | The barque was struck rocks in Table Bay and was wrecked. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from London to Cape Town, Cape Colony. [28] |
Ville de Nantes | ![]() | The ship collided with the steamship P. Caland (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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British Ambassador | ![]() | The ship caught fire at Liverpool, Lancashire, [27] or Blackwall, Middlesex and sank. She was refloated on 14 August. [31] |
Jessie May | ![]() | The schooner sprang a leak and sank 10 nautical miles (19 km) off The Maidens, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Portsoy, Aberdeenshire. [27] |
Jane Young | ![]() | The barque ran aground in the River Mersey and sprang a leak. All on board were rescued by the Southport Lifeboat Eliza Fearnley ( ![]() |
Minerva | ![]() | The schooner ran aground at Glückstadt, Germany. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Oporto, Portugal. She was refloated and found to be leaky. [6] |
Velocipede | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Schwartzonne Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from a Scottish port to Hamburg, Germany. [27] |
Unnamed | Flag unknown | The brig ran aground on the Yeds Sandbank, in the Irish Sea off Southport, Lancashire. [27] |
Ship | State | Description |
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James Seed | ![]() | The schooner collided with the steamship Norma (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Gertrude | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore at Groomsport, County Down. [33] |
Guiding Star | ![]() | The fishing boat was wrecked at Macduff, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued by the Banff Lifeboat. [36] |
Nancy | ![]() | The smack was wrecked at Porlock, Somerset. [37] |
No. 1 London | ![]() | The barge collided with Barnes Railway Bridge and sank in the River Thames with the loss of one life. [38] |
Ocean | ![]() | The fishing boat was wrecked at Macduff. Her crew were rescued by the Banff Lifeboat. [36] |
State of Pennsylvania | ![]() | The steamship ran aground in the Clyde. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to New York, United States. [39] |
Vanguard | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore at "Koulought", County Kerry. [26] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Parrasford | ![]() | The steamship ran aground in the River Avon under the Clifton Suspension Bridge. [39] She was on a voyage from Brăila, Ottoman Empire to Bristol, Gloucestershire. [40] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Annsboro' | ![]() | The steamship sprang a leak and foundered off Strumble Head, Pembrokeshire. Her eight crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Garston, Lancashire. [41] [29] |
Essex | ![]() | The ship was sighted off Bic, Quebec, Canada whilst on a voyage from Quebec City to Aberdeen. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all seventeen crew. [42] |
Mary and Catherine | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Saddell, Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Saddell. [41] |
Matheu Fournay | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais. She was on a voyage from Boulogne to Swansea. She was refloated on 1 September and put back to Boulogne. [43] |
Rescue | ![]() | The tug suffered a boiler explosion and sank at Newport, Monmouthshire with the loss of two of her five crew. [44] [45] The wreck had been removed by early November. [46] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Malta | ![]() | The East Indiaman ran aground at Dundee, Forfarshire. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Dundee. [47] |
May | ![]() | The ship departed from Algoa Bay for Cape Town. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [48] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Azuma | ![]() | The ironclad was driven ashore in a typhoon at Kagoshima. Subsequently refloated, repaired and returned to service. |
Daisy | ![]() | The steamship was driven ashore in Sonandereh Bay. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Galaţi, Ottoman Empire. [49] She was refloated on 21 August and taken in to constantinople, Ottoman Empire. [50] |
Pascal | ![]() | The steamship was wrecked at Cap La Hougue, Seine-Inférieure, France. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Buenos Aires, Argentina. [41] [51] [52] |
Southern Cross | ![]() | The smack was abandoned off Skokholm, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Clutha (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Bertha | ![]() | The steamship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Nagasaki, Japan. [53] |
Daring | ![]() | The ship ran aground at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Shoreham-by-Sea. She was refloated and found to be severely leaky. [54] |
Grecian | ![]() | The ship ran aground 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off Stockholm, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Pärnu, Russia. She was refloated and put back to Stockholm in a leaky condition. [55] |
Hamburg | ![]() | The barque was driven ashore in a typhoon at Nagasaki. [56] |
Madras | ![]() | The steamship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Nagasaki. [57] [56] [53] |
Ping On | ![]() | The steamship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Nagasaki. [57] [56] [58] She was refloated in October. [59] |
Yen-tai | ![]() | The steamship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Nagasaki. [60] |
Unnamed | Flag unknown | The steamship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Nagasaki. [61] |
310 unnamed vessels | ![]() | The ships were driven ashore or sunk in a typhoon at Nagasaki . [53] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Alice | ![]() | The steamship ran aground in the River Carron. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire. [50] |
Bertha | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Nagasaki, Japan. She was refloated. [62] |
Bob Chambers | ![]() | The tug was destroyed by fire and sank in the River Usk. The wreck had been removed by early November. [63] [46] |
Elizabeth Ann | ![]() | The ship ran aground in the River Mersey at Eastham, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Garston, Lancashire to Salcombe, Devon. [55] |
Glasgow | ![]() | The steamship ran aground in the River Carron. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. [50] |
Hamburg | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Nagasaki. [62] |
Hemaja | ![]() | The tug sank off Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. Her crew survived. [64] |
Sooloo | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Nagasaki. She was refloated. [62] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Fleetwing | ![]() | The schooner collided with the full-rigged ship Marseilles (![]() |
Nuova Fama | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Inner Barrels, off Courtmacsherry, County Cork, United Kingdom. [50] She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Queenstown, County Cork. She was refloated and towed in to Queenstown in a leaky condition. [20] |
Vesta | ![]() | The steamship collided with another vessel in the River Thames and was beached at Tilbury Fort, Essex. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to London. She was refloated the next day and taken in to London. [20] |
Ship | State | Description |
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City of Adelaide | ![]() | ![]() |
Fairholm | ![]() | The steamship was wrecked on Tory Island, County Donegal with the loss of five of her eleven crew. [66] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Noumea | ![]() | The barque caught fire at Madras, India. [67] |
Mary Grace | ![]() | The schooner collided with the steamship Glengarnock (![]() ![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ivanhoe | ![]() | The 72-ton schooner sailed from Auckland for Suva, Fiji. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [69] |
Lucayas | ![]() | The ship caught fire at Calcutta, India. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Calcutta. [70] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Echo | ![]() | The steamship ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Sunderland. [8] |
Fidente | ![]() | The barque ran aground at Maryport, Cumberland, United Kingdom. [71] She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Maryport. [72] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Balder | ![]() | The ship departed from Archangelsk, Russia for Granton, Lothian, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [73] |
Rosebud | ![]() | The ship ran aground at Altona, Germany and was beached in a waterlogged condition. [71] Temporary repairs were made, and she was taken in to Altona in late September. [74] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Albion | ![]() | The ship was destroyed by fire at Probolingo, Netherlands East Indies. [75] |
Emily, and Londos | ![]() | The steamship Emily was in collision with the steamship Londos off the Whitton Lightship ( ![]() |
Helen Campbell | ![]() | The ship departed from Charleston, South Carolina, United States for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [48] |
Maria | ![]() | The ship departed from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure for Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [80] |
Père de Famille | ![]() | The schooner was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Vyborg, Grand Duchy of Finland to Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées. [71] |
Reaper | ![]() | The ship ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex and was severely damaged. She was refloated. [75] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Ione | ![]() | The cutter yacht ran aground and capsized at West Cowes, Isle of Wight. [72] [75] |
Mary Grant | ![]() | The tugboat foundered at the Sand Heads, Calcutta with the loss of eight lives. [71] [81] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Caroline | ![]() | The brig ran aground at Barnstaple, Devon. Her five crew were rescued by the Braunton Lifeboat. [36] |
Corumba | ![]() | The steamship was wrecked in the River Plate at "Molmodo". [75] |
New Granada | ![]() | The ship struck a submerged object at Hong Kong. She was on a voyage from Niuzhuang, China to Hong Kong. She was refloated and taken in to Hong Kong in a leaky condition. [82] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Alceste | ![]() | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in Portaline Bay, County Donegal. Her fifteen crew were rescued. [36] |
Allegro | ![]() | The ship ran aground of the Dutch coast. She was refloated and taken in to Hamburg, Germany. [49] |
Androcles | ![]() | The brig caught fire off "Nagara". She was towed in to the Dardanelles, where she sank. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. [13] |
Androcles | ![]() | The brig caught fire in the Bosphorus. She was on a voyage from Constantinople to Odessa Russia. [8] |
Azalea | ![]() | The steamship was wrecked at Mistaken Point, Newfoundland Colony. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Saint John, New Brunswick. [1] |
Baltic | ![]() | The schooner was abandoned off the coast of Anglesey. Her crew were rescued by the Bull Bay Lifeboat. She subsequently drove ashore and was wrecked. [36] |
Blair Athol | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on the English Bank, in the River Plate. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Montevideo, Uruguay. [41] |
Bolivar | ![]() | The schooner ran aground near Tangiers, Morocco. She was on a voyage from New Yorkto Alexandria, Egypt. She was refloated and taken in to Gibraltar, where she arrived on 12 August in a leaky condition. [83] |
Conqueror | ![]() | The schooner ran aground on The Shingles, off the Isle of Wight. [84] |
Davig G. Fleming | ![]() | The ship sprang a severe leak and ran aground on the Indian coast. She was refloated and taken in to Madras. [83] |
Dunstanburgh | ![]() | The steamship ran aground at Dagerort, Russia. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Cronstadt, Russia. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [83] |
Ebenezer | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore near Narva, Russia. Her crew were rescued. [5] |
Ecta | ![]() | The ship caught fire at Berbice, British Guiana. [41] |
Emilie | ![]() | The brig foundered at sea before 10 August. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Queen (![]() |
Essie | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. [85] |
Excelsior | ![]() | The schooner was wrecked. Twenty-seven people were rescued on 21 August by Kilkerran (![]() |
Fredeert Wanges | ![]() | The tender was wrecked in the Atlantic Ocean with some loss of life. Ten survivors were rescued by the schooner Ann (![]() |
George and Richard | ![]() | The ship ran aground near "Gallippia". She was on a voyage from Port Said, Egypt to London. [20] |
Germain | ![]() | The steamship ran aground and was wrecked at "Fourches", Finistère before 11 August. [37] |
Golden Age | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore west of Cape Guardafui, Majeerteen Sultanate. She was on a voyage from Birkenhead, Cheshire to Aden. She was refloated and taken in to Aden in a leaky condition and was placed under repair. [54] |
Guillermo | ![]() | The steamship ran aground on the Bulkhead Bar, orr New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Liverpool, Lancashire. [27] She was refloated. [88] [24] |
John Tucker | ![]() | The ship was wrecked on a reef in the Strait of Malacca before 7 August. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Yloilo, Spanish East Indies to Queenstown, County Cork. [22] |
Lanercost | ![]() | The barque was driven ashore on "Paday" before 8 August. She was on a voyage from Singapore, Straits Settlements to Yloilo. [6] |
Laure Julie | ![]() | The lugger sank at Le Verdon-sur-Mer, Gironde. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to La Rochelle, Charente-Inférieure. [1] [5] |
Laviniane | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked. She was on a voyage from New York to Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony. [41] [29] |
Liffey | ![]() | The steamship was wrecked at Monte Video, Uruguay. Her crew survived. [43] |
Lwlig | ![]() | The brig was driven ashore at Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Nyland, Sweden to Fécamp, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark. [49] |
Militades | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore at Auckland, New Zealand before 5 August. She was refloated. [85] |
Minerva | ![]() | The schooner ran aground. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Oporto, Portugal. She was refloated and taken in to Glückstadt in a leaky condition. [27] |
Nashwauk | ![]() | The barque was wrecked on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. [13] [89] |
Nereide | ![]() | The barque was taken in to Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom in a derelict condition. [90] |
North American | ![]() | The ship struck a sunken rock in the Gaspar Strait. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Liverpool. She put in to Singapore for repairs. [43] |
Osterbotten | ![]() | The steamship was destroyed by fire at Gothenburg with loss of life. [8] |
Petrellen | ![]() | The barque ran aground at Riga, Russia. She was on a voyage from Riga to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but consequently put in to Copenhagen in a leaky condition. [83] |
Petronella | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore on Norderney, Germany. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rügenwalde, Germany to Hartlepool, County Durham. [20] |
Sarmiento | ![]() | The barque was driven ashore on the Isla de Flores, Uruguay. She was on a voyage from Portland, Maine to Monte Video. [30] |
Solidor | ![]() | The steamship struck the quayside at Liverpool and drove her anchor through her bow. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco to Liverpool. She was docked in a sinking condition. [1] |
St. Olaf | ![]() | The steamship ran aground on the Jubbal Teer She was refloated and taken in to Aden. [5] |
Therese | ![]() | The full-rigged ship ran aground on the Apo Reef. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Yloilo. She was refloated and put back to Hong Kong. [6] |
Trumph | ![]() | The brig was driven ashore near "Getares", Spain. She was on a voyage from Cette, Héraultl, France to New York. [91] |
Ulrica | ![]() | The ship was driven ashore on Sanday, Inner Hebrides. She was on a voyage from London to Saguenay, Quebec, Canada. [6] She was refloated. [88] |
Una | ![]() | The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to London. [71] |
Unnamed | ![]() | The ship collided with the steamship Olbers (![]() |