The list of shipwrecks in June 1877 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during June 1877.
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| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Aurora | The schooner ran aground on the Abertay Sands, at the mouth of the River Tay and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Christiania, Norway to Dundee, Forfarshire. She was refloated on 17 July and taken in to Dundee. [1] | |
| Freja | The ship was wrecked on Belle Île, Morbihan, France. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Valparaiso ( | |
| Lord Rollo | The schooner ran aground on the Horseshoe Sandbank, in the Solent. She was on a voyage from London to Bideford, Devon. She was refloated but was driven ashore at Southsea, Hampshire. Her crew survived. [3] [4] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Agatha Catharina | The ship was driven ashore at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Dordrecht, South Holland. [2] | |
| Beagle | The yacht was run into by Nyanza ( | |
| Canova | The ship was driven ashore in the Kerkennah Islands, Beylik of Tunis. She was on a voyage from La Spezia to Gabès, Beylik of Tunis. [5] | |
| Clotilda | The ship sank in the Bristol Channel off Penarth, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. [2] She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Redon, Ille-et-Vilaine. [6] | |
| Mary | The steamship ran aground in the River Tay. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to the River Tyne. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and resumed her voyage. [2] | |
| Sarah | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lulworth, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Weymouth, Dorset. [2] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Foam | The schooner was driven ashore at Ramsey, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Runcorn, Cheshire. [5] | |
| Mincio | The barque ran aground in the Bosphorus. She was on a voyage from Constanţa to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. [7] | |
| Rollo | The barque ran aground on the Leixas Reef, 2+1⁄2 nautical miles (4.6 km) off Vila do Conde, Portugal and sank. She was on a voyage from Malta to Woolwich, Kent. [8] | |
| Sprightly | The smack was driven ashore at Appledore, Devon. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to "Port Gaikroa". [9] | |
| Svalenanhem | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on South Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Christiania to Ayr, United Kingdom. [9] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| British India | The full-rigged ship ran aground on the Cockle Rock, off the coast of County Galway. She was on a voyage from Huanillos, Peru to Galway. She was refloated. [9] | |
| Ellen | The sloop was destroyed by fire in Llandudno Bay. [7] | |
| Esther | The sloop foundered in the Irish Sea off the Great Orme Head, Caernarfonshire. Both crew were rescued by the pilot boat Perseverance ( | |
| Saxon | The cutter ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to Harwich, Essex. [11] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Grietje | The galiot ran aground and sank off Hiiumaa, Russia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Saint Petersburg, Russia. [7] [9] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Pauline | The sloop foundered off Alderney, Channel Islands. Her three crew were rescued by Nunquam Dormio (Flag unknown). [12] | |
| Tom Morton | The steamship ran aground in the River Avon underneath the Clifton Suspension Bridge. She was on a voyage from Nicholaieff, Russia to Bristol, Gloucestershire. She was refloated. [13] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Constantine | Russo-Turkish War: The auxiliary cruiser ran aground at Sulina, Ottoman Empire whilst going to the assistance of a boat from the torpedo boat Tschesme ( |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Canopus | The ship was wrecked at "Mayolta", Aden Colony. Her crew were rescued. [15] | |
| Henry | The ship was wrecked at Santo Domingo Tonalá, Mexico, Her crew were rescued. [16] | |
| Malvina | The steamship put in to South Shields, County Durham on fire. The fire was extinguished. [15] She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to London. [17] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Mina | The ship ran aground in the River Tay. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Montrose, Forfarshire. She was refloated. [12] | |
| Pansy | The ship ran aground at Sandhamn, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Stockholm, Sweden. She was refloated and taken in to Stockholm in a leaky condition. [15] | |
| Rowena | The barque was wrecked in the Magdalen Islands, Nova Scotia, Canada. [18] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Baroda | The barque was wrecked on the Chesterfield Reef. Her crew were rescued. [19] | |
| Paragon | The brigantine sprang a leak and sank in Angle Bay. [18] She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to Dublin.fer [20] | |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore on Sanda Island, Argyllshire, United Kingdom. [18] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Duchess of Sutherland | The steamship ran aground at Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Greenore, County Wexford to Holyhead. She was refloated. [18] | |
| Glengarry | The steamship was driven ashore 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of the Heugh Lighthouse, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. [18] She was refloated with the assistance of two tugs. [21] | |
| Redesdale | The steamship ran aground at Saltholmen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Kronstadt, Russia to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [18] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Annie | The fishing smack was run down and sunk 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) east of the Coquet Island, Northumberland by Marie Stuart ( | |
| Cinar | The brig ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. [23] | |
| Dawn | The 21-ton cutter stranded close to the mouth of the Waikato River, and became a complete wreck. [24] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | The smack struck a sunken rock and sank at Ardrishaig, Argyllshire. [23] | |
| Juan Fernandez | The ship struck a rock and foundered off Rosyth Castle, Fife, United Kingdom with the loss of all hands, according to a message in a bottle which washed ashore at Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands in late October. [25] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lodka | The ship sprang a leak and sank at Kronstadt. [23] | |
| Meikong | The steamship was wrecked at Ras Hafun, Majerteen Sultanate with the loss of four lives. Survivors were rescued by the steamship Glenartney ( |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Calypso | The brig ran aground and was wrecked at Lagos, Lagos Colony. [30] [31] [23] | |
| Three or four unnamed vessels | Russo-Turkish War: The schooners were captured and sunk in the Black Sea by Veliky Knyaz Konstantin ( |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Albatross | The steam yacht was driven ashore at South Nipe Point, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Bridlington, Yorkshire to Scarborough, Yorkshire. She was refloated with assistance from the steam yacht Erik ( | |
| J. P. Taylor | The steamship ran aground south of Sunderland, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Brake, Germany to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [33] | |
| Morna | The ship capsized at Liverpool, Lancashire. [30] | |
| Strang | The barque was driven ashore on "the Estonian coast". Eight of her eleven crew were taken off by a lifeboat. [30] [23] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Colstrup | The steamship was driven ashore at Sully Island, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Cardiff, Glamorgan. [26] | |
| Edith Havilland | The brig ran aground and sank at Carpenter Rocks, South Australia with the loss of at 27 of the 35 people on board. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Adelaide, South Australia. [34] [35] | |
| Mathilde et Elizabeth | The brig collided with the steamship Triton ( | |
| Four unnamed vessels | Russo-Turkish War: The ships were abandoned off Cape Kerempe and were sunk by "Constantine" ( |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Phaeton | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Tellicherry, India. [27] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Elysia | The steamship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [27] | |
| Lowestoft | The schooner was wrecked 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) from Lossiemouth, Moray with the loss of all five crew. [37] | |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The steamship ran aground on the Carreg Cocks Reef, off Anglesey, United Kingdom. [27] [38] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| J. T. E. Ettringham | The tug struck rocks and sank off Broughty Ferry, Forfarhire. She was refloated on 29 June and taken in to Dundee, Forfarshire for repairs. [39] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Amulet | The steamship arrived at Leith, Lothian on fire. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Leith. [40] | |
| Ann and Joseph | The schooner was driven ashore at Caernarfon. [40] | |
| Ark | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at "Saggad Vasparvicu", Russia. Her crew were rescued. [41] | |
| Excelsior | The barque ran aground between "Chambretta" and Pointe de Grave, Gironde, France. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Cardiff, Glamorgan. [42] | |
| Nella | The brig ran aground off "Kellboda", Grand Duchy of Finland and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Borgå, Grand Duchy of Finland to Middelburg, Zeeland. [41] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| J. B. Walker | The ship was driven ashore at New York. She was on a voyage from New York to Newhaven, Connecticut and Malta. [43] She was refloated. [44] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cardiganshire | The barque ran aground at Goole, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from a port in Central America to Goole. [43] | |
| Clarovine | The barque was driven ashore at the Heads of Ayr, Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Venice, Italy. [43] | |
| Frithjof | The steamship ran aground at Dunkirk, Nord, France. She was on a voyage from "Vignoes" to Dunkirk. [43] | |
| Harmony | The barque ran aground at IJmuiden, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada to Amsterdam, North Holland. She was refloated with the assistance of five tugs and found to be severely leaky. [43] | |
| Regina del Cin | The barque ran aground at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was refloated. [44] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Lily | The steamship was run into by the steamship Prometheus ( | |
| Unnamed | Russo-Turkish War: The steamship was shelled and sunk in the Danube upstream of Rahova, United Principalities by the monitor Podgoriçe ( |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Antias | The schooner was driven ashore at Boulmer, Northumberland. [39] She was refloated the next day with the assistance of a tug. [47] | |
| Clio | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Athlete ( | |
| Florence Braginton | The barque departed from Callao, Peru for an English port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [49] | |
| Greta | The steamship ran aground at Ardrossan, Ayrshire. She was refloated. [47] | |
| Johanna Meelna | The ship foundered north of Öland. She was on a voyage from Västervik to Danzig, Germany. [39] | |
| Lady Clare | The steamship was driven ashore at Kastrup, Denmark. She was refloated. [50] | |
| Nightingale | The ship was driven ashore at Point Areybar, New York. [50] | |
| Sirius | The steamship ran aground on the Haaks Bank, off the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Kronstadt, Russia to Amsterdam, North Holland. She was refloated and taken in to the Nieuwe Diep. [39] | |
| Solvang | The schooner was driven ashore at "Segeastad", Öland. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Copenhagen, Denmark. She was refloated with assistance. [39] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Denderah | The steamship sank in the Sarmiento Channel. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Hamburg. [50] | |
| Deodata | The barque was driven ashore at Dragør, Denmark. She was refloated. [50] | |
| Magnet | The ship was damaged by fire at Pärnu, Russia. [51] | |
| Sirene | The lighter sank at Antwerp. [50] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Adventure | The brig was wrecked at Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon. Her crew were rescued. [15] | |
| Agathe | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked by a tornado at Santo Domingo Tonalá, Mexico before 20 June. [44] [52] |
| Bradsborg | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked by a tornado at Santo Domingo Tonalá before 20 June. [44] |
| Canadian | The steamship caught fire at Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire. [9] | |
| Canova | The ship was driven ashore on Kirkein Island, Beylik of Tunis. She was on a voyage from La Spezia, Italy to Gabès, Beylik of Tunis. [53] | |
| Catharina | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked by a tornado at Santo Domingo Tonalá before 20 June. [44] |
| Centennial | The ship was wrecked in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of two of her crew. [54] | |
| Ceres | The brig foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. [19] | |
| City of Venice | The ship ran aground on the North Rock, in the Belfast Lough. She was refloated on 27 June. [43] | |
| Daniel Marcy | The ship was wrecked on the Alceste Reef, in the Gaspar Strait. Her crew were rescued. [55] She was on a voyage from Manila, Spanish East Indies to New York. [19] | |
| Dante | The 16-ton cutter left Manukau Harbour, New Zealand on 11 June for Waitara, and was not seen again. She had a crew of three. [24] | |
| Emily Smith | Flag unknown | The brig was wrecked on Kangaroo Island, South Australia with the loss of nineteen of the 22 people on board. [56] |
| Emperor | The ship was wrecked on Acklins Island, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from the West Indies to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. [51] | |
| Erwartung | The ship ran aground at Gotland, Sweden before 13 June. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom. She was refloated and put in to Swinemünde in a leaky condition. [18] | |
| Fatula | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked by a tornado at Tupilco, Mexico before 20 June. [44] [52] |
| Henrich | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked by a tornado at Santo Domingo Tonalá before 20 June. [44] |
| Honduras | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked by a tornado at Santo Domingo Tonalá before 20 June. [44] |
| Imprevue | The ship was wrecked on Acklins Island, Bahamas before 4 June. [11] Her crew were rescued. [9] | |
| Isurium | The ship ran aground at Cuttack, India and broke her back. [30] | |
| Java | The 309-ton whaling barque was lost in the Bering Sea. [57] | |
| Juan F. Pearson | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at L'Étang-du-Nord, Magdalen Islands, Nova Scotia, Canada between 26 and 30 June with the loss of all hands. [18] [58] She was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. [20] | |
| Kaikoura | The 31-ton schooner left its namesake port in New Zealand on 5 June for Greymouth, and was not seen again. She had a crew of three. Some wreckage washed ashore near Charleston, north of Greymouth, was identified as being from the Kaikoura. [24] | |
| Kalstad | The ship was driven ashore on Goose Island. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Waterford. She was refloated and put back to Quebec City in a leaky condition. [27] | |
| Kate Agnes | The ship was driven ashore near Barrington. She was on a voyage from Saint John's to Newport, Monmouthshire. [18] She was consequently condemned. [50] | |
| Kildare | The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Quebec City. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Belfast, County Antrim. [22] She was refloated on 18 June. [31] | |
| Koh-i-Noor | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at L'Étang du Nord between 26 and 30 June with the loss of all hands. [58] | |
| Leith | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked at Tupilco before 20 June. [44] |
| Maria | The schooner foundered at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. [19] [54] | |
| Miranda | The brig was wrecked at Folly Point, Jamaica. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kingston to Annotto Bay, Jamaica. [19] | |
| Nordkap | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked by a tornado at Santo Domingo Tonalá before 20 June. [44] |
| Pomona | The barque was wrecked in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. Her crew were rescued. [54] | |
| Primus | The steamship was driven ashore on Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Kronstadt, Russia to an English port. She was refloated and put in to Copenhagen, Denmark on 14 June in a leaky condition. [19] Subsequently repaired. [23] | |
| Result | | The barque was driven ashore in the Salt River, Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Guernsey to the Salt River. [40] She was refloated on 28 June. [59] |
| Rowena | The barque was wrecked on a reef off South West Point, Magdalen Islands between 26 and 29 June. Her crew were rescued the next day by the schooner Typhoon (Flag unknown). [58] | |
| Salier | The steamship ran aground on the Chico Bank, in the River Plate. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was refloated on 1 July and taken in to Buenos Aires. [60] | |
| Stanley Heath | The ship was wrecked by a tornado at Tupilco before 20 June. [44] [52] | |
| St. Agnes Filichi | The ship foundered off "Cape Sicie" before 2 June with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Comte Bacchiochio ( | |
| Stanley Castle | The barque was wrecked on the Sacramento Shoal, in the Indian Ocean. [12] Her crew were rescued. [61] | |
| St. Clair | The steamship struck a sunken rock in Loch Brackadale and was wrecked. [62] | |
| Sultan of Sockotoo | The paddle steamer was wrecked in the Niger River. [41] | |
| Typhoon | Flag unknown | The schooner was wrecked on a reef off Entry Island, Magdalen Islands between 27 and 30 June. All on board survived. [58] |
| Winchester | The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued by Privateer ( | |
| 192 | The lighter was run into by the steamship Bewick ( | |
| Four unnamed vessels | Flags unknown | The ships were wrecked by a tornado at Santa Anna, Mexico before 20 June. [44] [52] |
| Unnamed | The ship was sunk by a spar torpedo at Therapia in an experiment by the Ottoman Navy in late June. [65] | |
| Eighteen unnamed vessels | Flags unknown | The ships were driven ashore at L'Étang du Nord between 26 and 30 June. [58] |