List of shipwrecks in 1879

The list of shipwrecks in 1879 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1879.

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January
Further information: List of shipwrecks in January 1879

February
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March
Further information: List of shipwrecks in March 1879

April
Further information: List of shipwrecks in April 1879

May
Further information: List of shipwrecks in May 1879

June
Further information: List of shipwrecks in June 1879

July
Further information: List of shipwrecks in July 1879

August
Further information: List of shipwrecks in August 1879

September
Further information: List of shipwrecks in September 1879

October
Further information: List of shipwrecks in October 1879

November
Further information: List of shipwrecks in November 1879

December
Further information: List of shipwrecks in December 1879


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ShipCountryDescription
Active  United Kingdom The steam whaler ran aground on the New Upernavik Rock, off the coast of Iceland. She was refloated two weeks later.[1]
Albert Fesca  Germany The ship was driven ashore near Falsterbo, Sweden. She was refloated on 7 September and towed in to Copenhagen, Denmark.[2]
Astertide  Norway The full-rigged ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 11 August and taken in to Gravesend, Kent.[3]
Carrie Annie  United Kingdom The ship left Cadiz on 27 May, and sank after colliding with a Brazilian steamer. The crew were landed in Rio Grande.[4]
Covadonga  Chilean Navy The steam schooner was stranded in the roadstead at Antofagasta, Chile. She was refloated and returned to service.[5]
Cunard  United States The schooner was lost off the Grand Banks in November/December, 1878 or early Winter 1879. lost with all 14 hands.[6][7]
E J Harland  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship collided with another vessel and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to New York, United States.[8]
Fenella  United Kingdom Left Penzance, Cornwall in late November/early December with a cargo of fish for the Mediterranean, and had not been heard off for three weeks. It is feared she was lost (along with many other ships) during recent storms in the Bay of Biscay.[9]
Glencoe  United Kingdom Refloated after running aground in the Shanghai River, which detained her for a week along with her cargo of the new-seasons tea.[10]
Glynllifon  United Kingdom The Swansea vessel left the Coosaw River, South Carolina, with phosphate rock on 29 January. She was not seen or heard from again.[11]
Marlborough  United Kingdom The iron steamship sailed from Cardiff for Genoa, with coal on 29 November 1879. She was not seen or heard from again. The formal investigation found that the ship had poor stability, and was substantially overloaded and undermanned.[12][13]
Petrel The whaling schooner capsized in mid-ocean with the loss of all fourteen crew.[14]
Samanoot  Egypt The steamer was lost between Mauritius and Egypt with the loss of twenty-fives lives.[15]
Sarah  United States The 142-ton two-masted fishing schooner became a total loss in the North Pacific Ocean.[16]

References

Notes
  1. "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times (29662). London. 2 September 1879. col C, p. 10.
  2. "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times (29671). London. 12 September 1879. col C, p. 12.
  3. "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times (29643). London. 11 August 1879. col D, p. 12.
  4. "Our Ships And Our Men". The Cornishman (55). 31 July 1879. p. 8.
  5. "The War In South America". The Cornishman (50). 26 June 1879. p. 6.
  6. "1878". downtothesea.com. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  7. "The Cunard". downtothesea.com. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  8. "E J Harland". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  9. "Penzance". The Cornishman (75). 18 December 1879. p. 4.
  10. "Occasional Notes". The Cornishman (53). 17 July 1879. p. 5.
  11. "Overdue Vessel". The Cornishman (49). 19 June 1879. p. 7.
  12. "SS "Marlborough"" (PDF). London: Board of Trade. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2020. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  13. "London, Thursday, March 25, 1880". The Times (29838). 25 March 1880. p. 7, cols C-E.
  14. "Accidents". The Cornishman (71). 20 November 1879. p. 7.
  15. "Wreck Of An Egyptian Steamer And Loss Of 25 Lives". The Cornishman (53). 17 July 1879. p. 5.
  16. alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (S)

Bibliography
  • Ingram, C. W. N. & Wheatley, P. O. (1936). Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, New Zealand: Dunedin Book Publishing Association.
Ship events in 1879
Ship launches: 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884
Ship commissionings: 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884
Ship decommissionings: 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884
Shipwrecks: 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884


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