The list of shipwrecks in June 1869 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during June 1869.
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Ship | State | Description |
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Caspar Wildt | Norway | The brig ran aground at Carlisle Point, County Cork, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Queenstown, County Cork to Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage. [1] |
Courier | United Kingdom | The schooner was damaged by an onboard explosion. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Dublin. She was taken in to Dublin. [2] [3] |
Herthina | Sweden | The cutter sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 km) off Oporto, Portugal. Her five crew were rescued by the brigantine Rose (Flag unknown). Herthina was on a voyage from Helsingborg to Figueira da Foz, Portugal. [4] |
Two Brothers | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Burnham Overy Staithe. She was refloated the next day. [5] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Early Dawn | United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock off Cape São Roque, Brazil and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from London to Brisbane, Queensland. [6] |
Fanny | Portugal | The steamship was taken in to Holyhead, Anglesey, United Kingdom in a waterlogged condition by the steamship Christiania ( Norway). [7] [2] |
Resolution | United Kingdom | The fishing trawler was run down and sunk by the steamship City of Rio de Janeiro ( United Kingdom ). Her crew were rescued. [8] |
Sverige | Sweden | The steamship ran aground on the Schulhock Bank. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Dantzic. She was refloated. [1] |
Wigoline | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground at Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Llanelly, Glamorgan to Yarmouth. She was refloated and taken in to Yarmouth. [5] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Alexius Acatos, and Milan | Austria-Hungary ) United Kingdom | The steamship Alexius Acatos collided with the steamship Milan and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Portugal. Her crew were rescued by Milan. Alexius Acatos was on a voyage from Sulina, Ottoman Empire to Dunkerque, Nord, France. Milan was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Alexandria, Egypt. She put in to Lisbon, Portugal in a severely damaged condition and was beached. [9] [10] [4] [3] [11] |
Findon | United Kingdom | The brig foundered in the North Sea off Scarborough, Yorkshire. Her seven crew survived. [9] [12] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Belmont | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Kamouraska, Quebec, Canada. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Plymouth, Devon. [13] she was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage. [14] |
Mary Lord | United Kingdom | The barque collided with the steamship RMS Macgregor Laird ( United Kingdom ) in the River Mersey and was severely damaged. She was taken in to Liverpool, Lancashire. [3] |
Sappho | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked at Kilmore, County Wexford. She was on a voyage from Maceió, Brazil to Liverpool. [15] [12] [5] |
The Fisher | United Kingdom | The smack capsized off the Isle of Arran with the loss of three of the four people on board. She was towed in to Millport, Cumbrae, Argyllshire the next day. [16] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Bucentaur | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Prongs, off Colaba, India. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bombay, India. [17] [18] |
HMS Cadmus | Royal Navy | The Pearl-class corvette struck rocks at Salcombe, Devon and was severely damaged. She was consequently beached. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Devonport, Devon. [3] |
Caroline | United Kingdom | The smack sprang a leak and foundered in the Irish Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) south east by south of Douglas, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Garston, Lanashire to Douglas. [17] [19] |
Dove | New Zealand | The schooner was holed on rocks and foundered at McIntosh Bay, Banks Peninsula. [20] |
Edith Maria | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Brixton Bay, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Pará, Brazil to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated on 7 June and towed in to Cowes, Isle of Wight. [21] |
Great Northern | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Bassein, India with the loss of fifteen of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Bombay, India. [22] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Abraham | Denmark | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Lemvig. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Copenhagen. [21] |
Henrietta | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Honfleur, Manche to Boston, Lincolnshire. [17] |
Kalauno | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked in Sandy Bay, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Cárdenas, Cuba to Portland . [23] |
Ship | State | Description |
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St. Andrew | Canada | The ship departed from Akyab, Burma for Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [24] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Admiral Napier | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Aberdeen. Her owner and captain were convicted of scuttling the ship in an attempted insurance fraud. [25] |
Aurora | Prussia | The schooner was destroyed by fire at Buenos Aires, Argentina. [26] |
Edmund Preston | United Kingdom | The ship was sighted off Cape Horn, Chile whilst on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Valparaíso, Chile. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [27] |
Envoy | United Kingdom | The brigantine ran aground on the Nore. [19] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Blacktail Sand, in the Thames Estuary. [28] |
Engelina | Danzig | The ship was driven ashore at Thyborøn, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Newhaven, Sussex, United Kingdom. She became a wreck the next day. [13] |
Excelsior | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Blacktail Sand. [28] |
Frances Mary | Jersey | The ship struck the Outer Buck Rock, off the coast of Cornwall and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Penzance, Cornwall. [10] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Lion | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore on Burial Island. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to the River Plate. [29] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Grassendale | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship foundered off Cape Horn, Chile ( 56°20′S63°50′W / 56.333°S 63.833°W ). Her crew were rescued by the barque Santiago ( United Kingdom ). Grassendale was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to San Francisco, California, United States. [30] [31] [32] |
Williams | United Kingdom | The ship was damaged by fire at Blyth, Northumberland. [33] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Albion | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Narva, Russia. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [35] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Gnu | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. Her five crew were rescued by the Point of Ayr lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Red Bay, Ireland to Connah's Quay, Flintshire. [36] |
Sheffield | Canada | The barque was abandoned off the Evangelistas Islets, Chile with the loss of five lives. She was on a voyage from Valparaíso, Chile to Buenos Aires, Argentina. [37] She came ashore and was wrecked at Cape Pilar, Chile. [38] [39] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Agenore | United Kingdom | The ship was presumed to have foundered in the Firth of Forth with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Fisherrow, Lothian. [40] |
Agenoria | United Kingdom | The ketch was taken in to Scarborough, Yorkshire in a sinking condition. [41] |
Alceste | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Culduff Rocks, near Inishtrahull, County Donegal with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Mauritius. [13] [42] [43] |
Alfred Storer | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Prince's Island, in the Sunda Strait. [44] |
Alpha | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Nieuw Sand,, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to a Dutch port. She was refloated and taken in to Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland, Netherlands in a leaky condition. [45] |
Anne | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore near Whitburn, County Durham. Her six crew were rescued by the Coastguard using rocket apparatus. [46] [13] [47] [48] |
Ariel | United Kingdom | The ship foundered between the Blackguard and Ferrier Sands, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. [14] |
Citizen | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Dunbar, Lothian with the loss of all six crew. [13] [49] [50] |
City of Aberdeen | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked at Dunbar with the loss of all hands, six or seven lives. [46] |
Comet | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore wrecked at Dunbar. All six people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Granton, Lothian. [13] [42] [50] |
Despatch | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Sandsend, Yorkshire. [51] |
Dutton Lass | United Kingdom | The fishing vessel was driven ashore at Saltburn, Yorkshire with the loss of three of her four crew. [46] [14] |
Edith Banfield | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Saigon, French Indo-China to Bremen or Hamburg. She was refloated and taken in to The Downs. [36] [14] [52] |
Edward | Denmark | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Dunbar. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Leith, Lothian. [13] [50] |
Elizabeth | Prussia | The schooner was driven ashore at North Berwick, Lothian. Her crew were rescued. [13] |
Elizabeth | Netherlands | The galiot ran aground on the Peffer Sands, off the mouth of the River Tyne. Her crew survived. [50] |
Gipsy | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground at Neath, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Neath to Belfast, County Antrim. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Port Talbot, Glamorgan. [53] |
Home | United Kingdom | The tug foundered off the coast of Yorkshire with the loss of all four crew. [54] She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to North Shields, Northumberland. [40] |
J. C. Howitz | Rostock | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at North Berwick. Her eight crew were rescued by the North Berwick Lifeboat Caroline ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). She was on a voyage from Rostock to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom. [46] [13] [55] [56] J. C. Howitz was reported to have arrived at Granton from Sundsvall, Sweden on 17 June. [57] She was condemned. [58] |
John and James | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Cove, Lothian. [46] She was on a voyage from London to Goole, Yorkshire. [53] |
Lady Isle | United Kingdom | The lugger was driven ashore and wrecked near Ballyhalbert, County Down. Her crew survived. [59] |
Louisa | United Kingdom | The schooner was towed in to Hartlepool, County Durham in a sinking condition. [60] |
Lovely Nelly | United Kingdom | The fishing coble foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. [40] |
Mariner's Hope | United Kingdom | The ship collided with Time ( United Kingdom ) and was abandoned in the North Sea off the mouth of the River Tyne. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to South Shields, County Durham. [13] [51] [14] |
Mary A. Troop | Canada | The ship collided with Pennsylvania ( United States) and sank. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire, United Kingdom to New York, United States. [61] |
Paragon | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Broxburn, Lothina. [13] [50] Her crew were rescued. [51] |
Penguin | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Dunbar. Her five crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitby, Yorkshire to Cockenzie, Lothian. [46] |
Royal Mail | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked near Redheugh, Lothian with the loss of one of her five crew. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. [62] |
Severn | United Kingdom | The fishing yawl was wrecked at Whitby. Her crew were rescued. [14] |
Squirrel | United Kingdom | The schooner was towed in to Hartlepool in a sinking condition. [60] |
S. X. | United Kingdom | The Thames barge was struck by lightning, caught fire and sank in the River Thames at Charlton, Kent. [13] [63] |
Ten Brothers | United Kingdom | The fishing boat was driven ashore and wrecked at South Shields, County Durham with the loss of two of her crew. [46] [47] |
Thor | Denmark | The schooner ran aground on the Peffer Sands. Her crew were rescued. [13] [50] |
Victory | United Kingdom | The fishing boat was driven ashore at South Shields. Her six crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. [46] [47] [48] |
Wave | United Kingdom | The schooner was beached at Scarborough. She was refloated and taken in to Scarborough. [41] |
Wellington | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Sandsend. [51] |
No. 148 | United Kingdom | The fishing coble foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. [40] |
Two unnamed vessels | United Kingdom | The fishing boats were driven ashore south of the mouth of the River Tyne. Their crews were rescued by the South Shields Life Brigade Volunteers. [46] |
Unnamed | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Tynewater, Lothian with the loss of all hands. [46] |
Unnamed | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Dunbar. All five people on board were rescued. [46] |
Unnamed | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on the Tyne Sands, Lothian with the loss of all six crew. [46] [49] |
Unnamed | United Kingdom | The fishing boat sank at Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Yorkshire with the loss of three of her four crew. [64] |
Unnamed | United Kingdom | The fishing boat was driven ashore at Saltburn-by-the-Sea with the loss of all six crew. [64] |
Unnamed | United Kingdom | The fishing boat was driven ashore at Saltbur-by-the-Sea. Her crew were rescued. [64] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Jessie | United Kingdom | The fishing lugger collided with the fishing smack Hero ( United Kingdom and sank off the north west coast of Scotland. Her crew were rescued by Hero. [53] |
Lady Wodehouse | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore in the River Thames at Blackwall, Middlesex. She was on a voyage from Dublin to London. [42] |
Mary | United Kingdom | The fishing coble was abandoned off Kettleness, North Riding of Yorkshire. Her four crew were rescued by the Runswick Lifeboat Sheffield ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). [56] |
Rajasthan | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on the Morant Cays. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to Kingston, Jamaica. [26] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Dunedin | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore at "Horsemond", North Holland. She was on a voyage from Sourabaya, Netherlands East Indies to Amsterdam, North Holland. [11] |
Haya Maru | Japan | The steamship was wrecked on the Plymouth Rock, 70 nautical miles (130 km) from Yokohama with the loss of 22 of the 65 people on board. She was on a voyage from Yokohama to Kobe. [65] [66] |
Unus | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at "Niehr", Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was refloated and taken in to "Lyngas" [14] [11] [53] |
Ship | State | Description |
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HMS Argus | Royal Navy | The tender ran aground in Friar Island Sound. Subsequently refloated, repaired and returned to service. [67] |
Jubilee | New Zealand | The 40-ton schooner left Napier for Auckland on 18 June and was not seen again. It is likely she succumbed to the same gale which caused the loss of the Grayling and Hero on 19 June. [20] |
Jubilee | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Sfântu Gheorghe, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Malta to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire . [61] She was later refloated and taken in to Galaţi, Ottoman Empire. [53] |
William and Jane | United Kingdom | The schooner sank at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. [68] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Bon Jesus | Portugal | The fishing smack foundered. Both crew were rescued by British Queen ( United Kingdom ). [69] |
De Ruyter | Belgium | The brig was driven ashore at Cuxhaven. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. [59] She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage. [57] |
Grayling | New Zealand | The cutter was lost in a fierce gale in northern Hawke Bay, going under with all hands some 4 miles (6.4 km) south of the mouth of the Wairoa River. [20] |
Hero | New Zealand | The schooner was driven ashore between Wairoa and Māhia Peninsula. All hands were saved. [20] |
M. Racer | Flag unknown | The ship put in to Cuxhaven in a sinking condition and was beached. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Cronstadt, Russia. [70] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Empress | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on a reef off "Natava Island". She was on a voyage from Saigon, French Indochina to London. [71] |
Prestatyn | United Kingdom | The schooner sprang a leak and sank off Great Orme Head, Caernarfonshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Garston, Lancashire to Dublin. [72] [57] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Good Intent | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and foundered off Rhyl, Denbighshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Port Dinorwic, Caernarfonshire to Liverpool, Lancashire. [72] |
Murton | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Fowler Rock, in the Firth of Tay and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Dundee, Forfarshire. [73] [74] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Diedrich | Grand Duchy of Oldenburg | The schooner ran aground on the Hornriff, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Cuxhaven in a leaky condition. [59] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Balbec | France | The steamship ran aground off Cap la Heve, Seine-Inférieure. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. [75] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Maitland | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Mangerton ( United Kingdom ). Maitland was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Quebec City, Canada. [76] [77] |
Rosalind | United Kingdom | The brigantine was wrecked at Port Nolloth, Cape Colony. [78] She was on a voyage from London to Port Nolloth. [79] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Eastern Empire | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Struy's Point, Cape Colony. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rangoon, Burma to Falmouth, Cornwall. [81] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Effort | United Kingdom | The steamboat ran aground in the Ruan River, Cornwall. Her 50 passengers were take off. [82] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Louisa | United Kingdom | The ketch ran aground on the Swatchway. She was on a voyage from Cowes, Isle of Wight to London. She was refloated and put back to Cowes in a leaky condition. [83] |
Stauch | United Kingdom | The ship sank off Deal, Kent with the loss of two of her crew. [84] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Alabama | United States | The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River before 5 June. She was on a voyage from Moulmein, Burma to Calcutta, India. She was refloated and completed her voyage. [12] |
Alessandro Volta | Italy | The ship was wrecked on Itaparica Island, Brazil. [35] |
Ann Livingstone | United Kingdom | The ship foundered. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Bilboa, Spain to Liverpool, Lancashire. [85] |
Burns Hall | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in Trinity Bay with the possible loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Quebec City, Canada. [86] |
Catherine Seymour | United Kingdom | The ship was captured by pirates in the Torres Strait. Her crew were murdered and she was scuttled. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to London. [87] |
Eurichetta | Italy | The brig collided with the steamship Tirreno ( United Kingdom ) and sank in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Spartivento, Sardinia. [12] |
Gauntlet | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Valparaíso, Chile. She was refloated and towed in to Pernambuco, Brazil on 21 June. [88] |
Gottenburg | Sweden | The barque was wrecked at Valparaíso before 3 June. [89] [38] |
Helenee | India | The ferry broke her back and sank between "Brock" and "Gogoa" with some loss of life. [35] |
Ingeborg | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Amoy, China before 14 June. [90] |
Iris | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked at Valparaíso before 3 June. [89] [38] |
Isabel | United Kingdom | The barque was lost on the coast of Chile. [38] |
James Childs | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire at Bushire, Persia. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Bushire. [91] |
John Vaughan | United Kingdom | The steamship foundered before 14 June. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Stettin. [90] [33] |
Jubilee | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Hartenground. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Dunedin, New Zealand. She was refloated with assistance. [70] |
Liberté | France | The ship foundered off "Pennarck" before 7 June. [86] |
Maraquita | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked off the coast of Burma 17 nautical miles (31 km) south west of the Rangoon Lightship ( Burma) ( 16°04′N96°07′E / 16.067°N 96.117°E ) before 29 June. Her crew were rescued. [76] [92] |
Margaret Allen | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in Trinity Bay with the possible loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Quebec City. [86] |
Minnie Ryan | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Maine, United States. She was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony to Youghal, County Cork. [93] |
Necolasto | Guatemala | The barque was wrecked at Valparaíso before 3 June. [89] |
Niagara | Flag unknown | The ship was abandoned. [94] |
Rippling Wave | Canada | The schooner was wrecked at Valparaíso before 3 June. [89] |
Rosario Isabel | Chile | The barque was wrecked at Valparaíso before 3 June. [89] [95] |
Sheffield | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked at Valparaíso before 3 June. [89] |
Western Province | Cape Colony | The schooner was wrecked at Port Beaufort. Her crew were rescued. [96] |
William Wheatley | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on the coast of Cuba. Her crew survived. [97] |