The list of shipwrecks in June 1870 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during June 1870.
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| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cremorne | The clipper passed through the Golden Gate, California bound for Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Clymping | The brig was run down by the steamship Euxène ( | |
| Henrietta | The barque was wrecked on Whalsay, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Pará, Brazil. [3] [4] | |
| Onward | The brigantine was damaged by fire at Plymouth, Devon. [5] | |
| Selina | The ship collided with the steamship Constance ( | |
| Thomas Seddon | The ship ran aground at Rangoon, Burma. She was refloated and beached on Diamond Island, [2] where she was wrecked. [6] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Britannia | The steamship was driven ashore at Lindisfarne, Northumberland. Six of her passengers were landed. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated the next day and assisted in to South Shields, County Durham. [7] [8] | |
| Caroline Coventry | The ship was driven ashore at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan. She was refloated. [9] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cumberland | The full-rigged ship was damaged by fire at London. [8] | |
| W. F. Storer | The ship caught fire and sank at New York. [10] She was refloated on 18 June. [11] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ancestor | The barque was sunk by ice in the Atlantic Ocean. Her thirteen crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Quebec, Canada to Bristol, Gloucestershire. [12] [13] [11] | |
| Arctic Hero | The ship ran aground on the Sneadermann Rock, in the Farne Islands, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Huelva, Spain to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. She was refloated and towed in to Berwick upon Tweed. [9] | |
| Catherine | The ship struck Inchkeith and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bridgeness, Lothian to Inchkeith. [7] | |
| Countess of Dudley | The ship was driven ashore at Dimlington, Yorkshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [14] | |
| County of Lancaster | The ship ran aground off "Maddeburg", Netherlands East Indies. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Surabaya, Netherlands East Indies. She was refloated and towed in to Surabaya. [15] | |
| Devonshire | The ship was wrecked at St. Pauls, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Quebec City, Canada. [16] [17] | |
| Dunkeld | The barque departed from Newcastle for Melbourne, Victoria. She may have been sighted in distress on 27 June; presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [18] | |
| Edouard Corbière | The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was refloated. [3] | |
| Gold Hunter | The ship was driven ashore on New Island. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Belfast, County Antrim. [7] | |
| Halyma | The steamship ran aground and sank in the Guadiana. She was on a voyage from Pomaron, Portugal to Gloucester and/or Liverpool, Lancashire. [7] [8] She was later refloated and placed under repair. [19] | |
| Royal Albert | The yacht capsized off Hastings, Sussex with the loss of all but eight of the fourteen people on board. Survivors were rescued by local fishermen. [20] [21] | |
| William F. Storer | The ship was destroyed by fire at New York. She was on a voyage from New York to Liverpool. [12] [9] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Admiral Napier | The schooner foundered 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south east of Pladda. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Aberdeen. [22] | |
| Layard | The 175-ton brig parted her cable and became grounded on a reef near Timaru, New Zealand, where she was headed with a cargo of coal from Newcastle, New South Wales. Her crew reached shore safely but the vessel subsequently broke up. [23] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Admiral Napier | The ship foundered off the Isle of Arran. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Aberdeen. Her captain and owner were subsequently charged with barratry. [24] | |
| Olof | The ship ran aground and was severely damaged at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Norrköping to Shoreham-by-Sea. [25] | |
| Orphelius | The schooner was driven ashore at Par, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Par. [26] | |
| Ruby | The 24-ton schooner stranded on rocks and became wrecked at Kaikōura during a heavy storm. [27] | |
| shipTripoli | The steamship was driven ashore at Cohasset, Massachusetts, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Boston, Massachusetts. [3] | |
| Tyne | The schooner was driven ashore on the Holm of Papa, Orkney Islands. She was refloated and taken in to Stromness, where she was repaired. [28] | |
| Ville Neuve | The ship was driven ashore at Mogadore, Morocco. She was consequently condemned. [29] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Admiral Napier | The ship sprang a leak and sank off Pladda, Inner Hebrides. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Aberdeen. [25] | |
| Industry | The ship was wrecked near the Mull of Galloway Lighthouse, Wigtownshire. Her crew were rescued. [26] [30] | |
| Lizzy | The 20-ton cutter was driven ashore and wrecked at Ōpunake during a gale. [27] | |
| Louisa | The ship was wrecked near Caragibe, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Maceio, Brazil to the English Channel. [31] | |
| Meglee | The brig was damaged by fire at Hartlepool, County Durham. [32] | |
| Star of the West | The ship struck the Kella Rocks, off Ouessant, Finistère, France and foundered. All 26 people on board were rescued by the steamship Sherburne ( |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Guinevere | The yacht ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. [34] She floated off and was driven ashore at Shoeburyness, Essex. [26] | |
| Little Mountain | The steamship collided with a schooner in the River Mersey and was beached at Egremont, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Runcorn, Cheshire. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Liverpool, Lancashire. [35] | |
| Orion | The ship was driven ashore at "Sundre". She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Saint Petersburg. [16] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Constance | The ship ran aground on the Dwars-inden-weg. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Zeeland ( | |
| Killarney | The steamship was beached at Egremont, Lancashire in a sinking condition. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool. [16] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Constance | The ship was driven ashore at "Dwars-in-Den-weg". She was on a voyage from Benin, Africa to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. [36] | |
| Newbiggin | The ship was destroyed by fire in the Sea of Marmara. Her crew were rescued by Tini Gattorno ( | |
| Western Queen | The ship was wrecked on Glover's Reef. She was on a voyage from Puerto Cabello, Venezuela to Sombrero, Anguilla. [36] [38] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Sir John Dryden | The steamship was wrecked on "Ras Safoon", near Aden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Liverpool, Lancashire. [39] [40] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ecuador | The steamship suffered a boiler explosion and sank off the coast of Supe, Peru with the loss of thirteen lives. There were at least 21 survivors. [41] [15] [42] [43] Five people were reported missing. [44] | |
| Hirondelle | The steamship sank with the loss of eight lives. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to La Bastide. [10] | |
| Lioness | The tug struck the anchor of a floating landing stage and sank in the River Mersey at New Brighton, Cheshire. Her crew were rescued. [39] [45] [46] | |
| Salamander | The ship was sighted in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Singapore, Straits Settlements. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [47] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Henry Brain | The barque collided with the full-rigged ship Humber ( | |
| Landoro | The ship was wrecked in the Cape Verde Islands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bonny, Africa. [51] [52] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Anna Mathilde | The ship was run ashore near Rochester, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Rochester to Caen, Calvados. [35] | |
| George Armstrong | The ship was driven ashore near Sulina, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Sulina to a British port. She was refloated the next day with the assistance of a tug. [19] | |
| Zephyr | The schooner was severely damaged at Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom by an onboard explosion that killed the sole crew member on board. [35] [53] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Adel | The brig foundered west of St. Ives, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Four of her ten crew were reported missing. [35] [54] | |
| Emma | The steamship was driven ashore on Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Hamburg. [35] | |
| Forward | | Battle of Boca Teacapan: The Canadian steamship, which had been seized by Mexican pirates and was in use as a pirate ship, was beached in the Teacapan Estuary at Boca Teacapan, Sinaloa, Mexico, when she was destroyed by United States Navy and United States Marine Corps personnel manning six boats – a howitzer-equipped launch and five cutters – from the sloop-of-war USS Mohican ( |
| Lord Metcalfe | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Alexandria, Egypt. [10] | |
| Sherboro' | The ship was driven ashore on Sherbro Island, Sierra Leone. She was on a voyage from Sherbro Island to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. [55] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alert | The brig ran aground on the Kratzand, near Cuxhaven. She was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Hamburg. [10] | |
| Harriet | The steamship ran aground on the Bondicar Rock, off the coast of Northumberland. She was on a voyage from London to Aberdeen. [56] She was later refloated. [57] | |
| Lutterworth | The ship ran aground on the Muckraputty Lump, in the Hooghly River. She was refloated and taken in to Calcutta, India. [58] | |
| Wild Curlew | The barque was wrecked on the Sea Rock, in the Gulf of Siam. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bangkok, Siam to Singapore, Straits Settlements and a port in China. [59] [60] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Osiris | The steamship struck a shoal 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) south west of the Hormigas Islands, Spain and sank. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Joven Pepe ( | |
| Sarah M. | The ship was holed by ice. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Hull, Yorkshire. She continued her voyage in a waterlogged condition. [62] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Omi | The schooner was driven ashore at Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Umeå, Sweden to Grimsby. [57] | |
| Royalist | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Torrevieja, Spain to a Baltic port. [63] | |
| Saint André | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 30 nautical miles (56 km) north west of Arranmore, County Donegal, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by Anne ( | |
| Sultana | The ship ran aground at Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme, France and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme. She was refloated the next day and found to be leaky. [65] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Auguste | The ship struck the quayside at Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Dieppe. [66] | |
| Charles Lambert | The barque ran aground at Hartlepool, County Durham. She was on a voyage from West Hartlepool to Kronstadt, Russia. [61] [37] | |
| Marie Celeste | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Ireland with the loss of eighteen of her crew. [67] | |
| Mary | The schooner was in collision with the steamship Sheldrake ( | |
| Rose of Sharon | The fishing trawler was run into by the barque Nathaniel Churchwood ( |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Enchantress | The schooner ran aground on the Arklow Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow and sank. Her five crew were rescued by the Arklow Lifeboat. [61] [70] | |
| Geiser | The schooner collided with the steamship City of Brooklyn ( | |
| Hendrik Vannes | The ship departed from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom for Riga, Russia. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [72] [73] | |
| Louisa | | The ship was wrecked on the Leman Sand, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [74] |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The brigantine ran aground on the Jackshole Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow. [64] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| City of London | The barque ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to London. She was refloated. [61] [71] | |
| Elizabeth | The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a severely leaky condition. [61] | |
| Harlech Castle | The ship departed from Melbourne, Victoria for Newcastle, New South Wales. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [75] | |
| Louise | | The schooner was wrecked on the Oar Sand, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [76] |
| Sir George Brown | The brig foundered off the Bloody Foreland, County Donegal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rutland, County Donegal to Dublin. [77] [78] | |
| St. Michaels | The barque was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cocanada, India to London. [79] [80] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Aid | The cutter was driven ashore and wrecked in Richmond Bay, Tobago. [81] | |
| August | The barque was wrecked on a reef off Anegada, Virgin Islands. She was a voyage from Hamburg to Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands. [63] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Alexandra | The steamboat ran aground and broke in two at Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Lytham St. Annes to Blackpool. [66] | |
| Eleven, or Ellen | The schooner collided with the steamship Bravo ( | |
| Jane | The 37-ton schooner sank off Chamberlin's Island during a gale, with the loss of one life. An inquiry ruled that the boat had been overladen. [83] | |
| Maria | The ship struck the pier at Harlingen, Friesland and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Harlingen. She was taken in to Harlingen in a severely leaky condition. [66] | |
| Young America | The schooner was driven ashore close to the mouth of the Wairau River during a gale, and became a wreck. [83] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Archibald | The barque was wrecked on the Shantung Promontory, China. [84] [85] Her crew were rescued. [52] She was on a voyage from Foo Chow Foo to Chefoo, China. [85] | |
| Burgos | The steamship was driven ashore in the Gironde. [86] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Anglia | The steamship ran aground in the River Clyde near Renfrew. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. [86] | |
| Claremount | The steamship ran aground in the New Cut, in the Danube. [87] [78] | |
| Maria | The ship ran aground in the Old Cut, in the Danube. [87] [78] | |
| Palmyra | The steamship ran aground at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Havre de Grâce. [86] | |
| Rosetta | The ship ran aground in the Old Cut. [87] [78] | |
| St. Lawrence | The full-rigged ship was severely damaged by fire at New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. She was on a voyage from New Orleans to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. [77] [59] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Hendricka | The barque foundered off Cape Agulhas, Cape Colony. [88] | |
| Sandsend | The steamship was driven ashore near the Sagelskar Tower, Russia. She was on a voyage from West Hartlepool, County Durham to Kronstadt, Russia. She was refloated and taken in to Kronstadt. [89] | |
| Perseverance | The ship sprang a leak and foundered off Hartlepool, County Durham. Her crew were rescued by the brig Luna ( |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Aios Giorgios | The ship collided with Europa (Flag unknown) and sank off Andros. She was on a voyage from the Black Sea to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. [74] | |
| Alecto | The ship was wrecked on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Halifax, Nova Scotia. [11] | |
| Alert | The ship was wrecked on Farø, Denmark. [92] | |
| Almira | The ship ran aground at Liverpool. [19] She was refloated. [77] | |
| America | The ship was driven ashore near Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Cartagena, Spain. [2] | |
| Andes | The ship was lost before 6 June. She was on a voyage from Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies to Penang, Straits Settlements. [56] | |
| Artemisa | The ship ran aground off Ereikoussa, Greece. [16] | |
| Auguste Robert | The schooner collided with SMS Friedrich Carl ( | |
| Aurora | The ship was destroyed by fire off Bombay, India. [93] | |
| Buena Vista | The vessel was lost in the Gulf of Alaska. [94] | |
| Canopus | The ship ran aground at Southend, Essex. She was refloated. [56] | |
| Caroline | The ship was lost in the White Sea. Her crew were rescued. [92] | |
| Clitus | The ship struck rocks at Ardrossan, Ayrshire and sprang a leak. [8] | |
| Colonist | The barque sank at Richibucto, New Brunswick, Canada before 15 June. [74] | |
| Commerce | The ship was driven ashore at Domesnes, Courland Governorate. She was consequently condemned. [5] | |
| Constant | The ship was wrecked on the Caicos Reef. She was on a voyage from New York to Port-au-Prince, Haiti. [61] | |
| County of Lancaster | The ship ran aground off Batavia, Netherlands East Indies before 25 June. She was on a voyage from Glasgow to Batavia. She was refloated and taken in to Batavia. [92] | |
| Don de Dieu | The ship was driven ashore on Saaremaa, Russia. Her crew were rescued. [16] | |
| Edward Curtin | The ship was abandoned off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. She was on a voyage from Barbados to New York. [95] | |
| Elizabeth | The ship struck the Carenon Rock. She was on a voyage from a Welsh port to Hull, Yorkshire. [8] | |
| Fanny Kischner | The ship was wrecked in the Gaspar Strait. She was on a voyage from the Persian Gulf to Batavia. [92] | |
| Goldhunter | The brigantine was driven ashore on Mew Island, County Down. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Belfast, County Antrim. [2] | |
| Heinrich | Flag unknown | The ship was struck by a tornado and ran aground in the Benin River before 27 June. She was refloated and found to be leaky. [74] |
| Henrietta | The ship ran aground at the mouth of the Rio Grande do Norte. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to the Rio Grande do Norte. [74] | |
| Howard | The ship ran aground on Harding's Rock. She was on a voyage from the Turks Islands to Boston, Massachusetts. [25] | |
| Italia | The ship was driven ashore at Anjer, Netherlands East Indies with the loss of several lives. She was on a voyage from Maceió, Brazil to Anjer. [8] She subsequently broke up. [96] | |
| London | The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Kronstadt, Russia. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [8] | |
| L'Orient | The steamship was lost near Ambriz, Portuguese West Africa. [25] [96] | |
| Louisiana | The steamship ran aground near Port-Louis, Morbihan and was severely damaged. [2] | |
| Mabruca | | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked between Damietta and Alexandria. [97] |
| Mameluke | The ship was wrecked in Scammon's Lagoon. [11] | |
| Margarita | The ship ran aground at the mouth of the Orinoco River. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela. [5] | |
| Mary Maria | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Salinas, Puerto Rico. She was on a voyage from Arroyo to Salinas. [5] [95] | |
| Medora | The ship was driven ashore 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) east of Penzance, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Penzance to Quebec City. [5] | |
| Orient | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Haiti to Derry. [3] | |
| Orion | The ship was driven ashore near Hela, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Cardiff, Glamorgan. [11] | |
| Oscar | The ship was driven ashore on Læsø. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Aalborg. She was refloated and taken in to Fredrikshavn. [28] | |
| Palace | The ship was driven ashore near Galveston, Texas, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Galveston. She had been refloated by 10 June and taken in to Galveston. [97] | |
| Queen of the West | The ship foundered off Ouessant, Finistère, France. [34] | |
| Scandinavian | The ship was wrecked on St. Paul's Island, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Dram to Quebec City. [61] | |
| Scio | | The ship was driven ashore on Brier Island, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Havana, Cuba. [35] |
| Soucharp | Flag unknown | The steamship ran aground at Sulina, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [14] |
| St. Austel | The ship was driven ashore at Port Alfred, Cape Colony. She was on a voyage from Mauritius to Port Alfred. [92] | |
| St. Francis | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Haiti. [96] | |
| Sultana | The ship was driven ashore on White Island. She was on a voyage from Jersey, Channel Islands to Quebec City. [12] | |
| Summer Cloud | The ship was driven ashore near "Audumi". [28] | |
| Tennessee | The steamship caught fire and was beached near the mouth of the Cape Fear River. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to New York. [86] She was a total loss. [98] | |
| Thomas Miskimmons | The ship was wrecked in Man of War's Bay. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Caibarién, Cuba. [11] | |
| Trincelo | The ship was driven ashore near Pärnu, Russia. She was refloated the next day. [2] | |
| Verseny | The steamship ran aground and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Galaţi, Ottoman Empire. [19] |