List of shipwrecks in February 1879

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

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1 February
List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Jeune Hortense  France The ship struck a sunken wreck off the Longships, Cornwall, United Kingdom and sprang a severe leak. She was on a voyage from "Port Mavalo" to Porthcawl, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She arrived at Portcawl the next day.[1]

2 February
List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Naturalist  United Kingdom The ship departed from Calcutta, India for San Francisco, California. No further trace, reported missing.[2]

3 February
List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Mary Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned at sea. Some of her crew were rescued by the barque Rosa Chiclizola ( Italy). Mary Elizabeth was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Demerara, British Guiana.[3]
Unnamed Flag unknown The barque collided with Van Diemen ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean 220 nautical miles (410 km) west south west of Cape Clear Island, County Cork.[3]

5 February
List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Asaerine  Norway The smack ran aground on the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Sea and sprang a leak. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Ålesund. She put in to Waterford, United Kingdom.[1]
L'Assomption  France The brigantine was wrecked at Saine-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord to Granville, Manche.[1]
Sarah Ann Dickinson  United Kingdom The schooner struck the Eagle Rock, off Ardrossan, Ayrshire and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by the Ardrossan Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Ardrossan. She subsequently capsized and was wrecked.[1]

8 February
List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Peace  United States The steamship struck a submerged object and sank at Dunkerque, Nord, France. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Dunkerque.[3]
Myrtle Newfoundland Colony The brigantine departed from Saint John's for Naples, Italy. No further trace, reported missing.[4]

9 February
List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Alpheus Marshall Dominion of Canada The barque ran aground off Atherfield, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom with the loss of one of her fifteen crew. Survivors were rescued by the Atherfield Lifeboat.[5]
Elise Wilhelmine  Denmark The ship was driven ashore on Skagen. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Aarhus.[3]
Merivales  Spain The steamship ran aground in the Balabac Strait. She was on a voyage from Singapore, Straits Settlements to Manila, Spanish East Indies. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[3]
Rajah  United Kingdom The barque ran aground at Calais, France. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California, United States to Calais.[3]
Unnamed Flag unknown The steamship ran aground off Luccombe, Isle of Wight. She was refloated with the assistance of tugs.[5]

11 February
List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Mary Stenhouse  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Rhosilli, Glamorgan. Ten of the twenty-two people on board were lost trying to reach land. She was refloated the next day.[6]

12 February
List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Aigias Markella  Greece The brig was wrecked at Dedeağaç, Ottoman Empire.[7]
Caldera  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Deal, Kent. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Livorno, Italy. She was refloated and beached at Kingsdown, Kent in a waterlogged condition.[7]
Enoszis  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Dedeağaç.[7]
Faulconnier  France The steamship sank after running into the schooner Beta off Nash Point, South Wales. Beta docked at Cardiff with the crew of Faulconnier.[8]
Louise  United Kingdom The steamship departed from Newport, Monmouthshire for Pasajes, Spain. No further trace, reported missing.[9]

13 February
List of shipwrecks: 13 February 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Esther Ann  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Wallace Rocks. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire.[7]
Falconnier  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the schooner Beta ( United Kingdom) and sank off Nash Point, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued.[10]
Freeman  United Kingdom The fishing smack was run down and sunk in the North Sea by the fishing smack Forester ( United Kingdom). Her crew survived.[11]
Revell  France The ship ran aground on the Bac du Ver. She was refloated and beached at Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure.[11]
Shields  United Kingdom The brig was run down and sunk off Nash Point, Glamorgan by the steamship Charles William Anderson ( United Kingdom) with the loss of four of her crew.[10][12]

14 February
List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Anders Knape  Sweden The steamship ran aground on the Kentish Knock. She was on a voyage from the Firth of Forth to Gravelines, Nord, France. She was refloated with assistance from the smack Faith ( United Kingdom) and taken in to Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom in a leaky condition.[11][13]
Castalia  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at St. Margaret's Bay, Kent. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[11]
Laura Gertrude  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on "Beriaban Island", off Borneo. Her crew survived.[14]
Olinda  Sweden The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Lillesund, Norway with the loss of all hands.[7]
Shun Lee  China The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Shanghai. She was refloated.[7]

15 February
List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Admiral Cator  United Kingdom The steamship departed from Hull for Larnaca, Cyprus. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[15]
Jura  United Kingdom The steamship departed from Hull for Smyrna, Ottoman Empire. Presumed subsequently foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk with the loss of all hands .[16] A boat and medicine chest from Jura were brought into Yarmouth, Norfolk on 21 February by the tug Pilot ( United Kingdom). One body was seen, and it was assumed that Jura's sixteen crew had drowned.[17]

16 February
List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Adriatic  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) west of Dunkerque, Nord, France. She was on a vouyage from Callao, Peru to Dunkerque.[18] The wreck broke up on 25 February with the loss of about 40 lives.[19]
Fidget  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Woolpack Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She floated off and sank. Her five crew survived.[18]
Vesta  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Longsand. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grimstad to Cardiff. She was later refloated and assisted in to Harwich, Essex.[18]

17 February
List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Ismyf  United Kingdom The ship departed from Port Pirie, South Australia for a British port. No further trace, reported missing.[2]
Louise et Jeanne  France The ship was severely damaged at sea by a cyclone. She subsequently put in to a port in Portuguese East Africa, where she was condemned.[20]
Pasitha  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[18] She was refloated on 19 February and towed in to Harwich, Essex.[16]
Windsor  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Dunkerque, Nord, France.[18]

18 February
List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Hanna  Norway The schooner ran aground in a snowstorm and heavy seas 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) north east of the Long Branch, New Jersey Life Saving Station No. 4, 4th District. Her seventeen crew were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[21]
Martha Miller  United Kingdom The ship was run into by the steamship Great Western ( United Kingdom) and sank off Black Head, County Antrim. Her crew were rescued by Great Western. Martha Miller was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[16]
Mary Cook  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at Whinnyfold, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Newcastle upon Tyne.[16]
Niofa  Italy The barque struck rocks at Pozzuoli and was wrecked. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from the Levant to Genoa.[22]
Taupo  New Zealand The steamship struck rocks and foundered near the mouth of Tauranga Harbour. The passengers and crew abandoned ship and made it safely to shore. The ship was eventually refloated in 1881, but she started taking water near Mayor Island while being towed and was abandoned.[23]

19 February
List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Bertha  Denmark The schooner collided with Fylla ( United Kingdom) and sank. Her crew were rescued. Bertha was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Aarhus.[16]
Moses Day  United States The brig ran aground in a snowstorm 2+3⁄4 miles (4.4 km) from Life Saving Station No. 5, 5nd District, 350 yards (320 m) off the Maryland coast, a total loss. Part of her cargo was salvaged. Her crew of ten and three passengers were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[21]
Sadie  United States The schooner ran aground in a snowstorm 3/4 miles from Life Saving Station No. 11, 4nd District, on the New Jersey coast. Her crew of ten were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[21]

20 February
List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Annie Hooper  United States The February gale:The fishing Schooner lost in a gale on the Georges Bank. All 11 crew were killed.[24]
Annie Linwood  United States The February gale:The fishing Schooner lost in a gale on the Georges Bank. All 11 crew were killed.[25]
Bessie Dominion of Canada The brigantine collided with the brigantine Mary Hounsell ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Bristol Channel off Barry Island, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Cádiz, Spain.[26]
Clyde  New South Wales The schooner was wrecked on Kaitorete Spit on the east coast of New Zealand's South Island when equipment failed during a strong northerly. All hands were saved.[27]
Flying Scud  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Helena. She was refloated and taken in to The Downs.[28]
Garofolo  Greece The brig struck a submerge object and was wrecked at Torre Annunziata, Kingdom of Italy. She was on a voyage from Nicholaieff, Russia to Torre Annunziata.[22]
George B. Loring  United States The February gale: The fishing schooner probably lost in a gale on the Georges Bank on 21 February. All ten crew were killed.[29][30]
Gwendolin  United States The February gale:The fishing Schooner lost in a gale on the Georges Bank. All 14 crew were killed.[31]
Jacob Bacon  United States The February gale: The fishing schooner sank in a gale on the Georges Bank or Grand Banks. Lost with all 12 crewmen.[32][33]
John Dove  United States The February gale:The fishing schooner lost in a gale on the Georges Bank. All 11 crew were killed.[34]
Joshua S. Sanborn  United States The February gale: The fishing schooner sank in a gale on the Georges Bank. Lost with all 11 crewmen.[35][36]
Lottie F. Babson  United States The February gale: The fishing schooner sank in a gale on the Georges Bank. Lost with all 11 hands.[37][38][39]
Mary Carlisle  United States The February gale:The fishing Schooner lost in a gale on the Georges Bank. All 11 crew were killed.[40]
Mary Lowe  United States The February gale:The fishing Schooner lost in a gale on the Georges Bank. All 11 crew were killed.[41]
Maude and Effie  United States The February gale: The fishing schooner sank in a gale on the Georges Bank. Lost with all 14 hands.[42][43]
Morning Star  United States The February gale: The fishing schooner sank in a gale on the Georges Bank. Lost with all ten crew.[44][45][46]
Otis D. Dana  United States The February gale: The fishing schooner sank in a terrible gale on the Georges Bank. Lost with all 10/11 crew.[47][48][49]
Ralph Creyke  United Kingdom The steamship Foundered in the Bristol Channel 16 nautical miles (30 km) south west of Lundy Island the loss of six of her fourteen crew. Six crew were rescued by the steamship Charles Goddard ( United Kingdom). Two crew were rescued by another vessel. Ralph Creyke was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France.[50][51][52]
Sea Queen  United States The February gale: The fishing schooner was lost on Georges Bank in a gale. Lost with all ten crew.[53][54]
Torpedo  United States The February gale:The schooner ran aground in a snowstorm on Rye Ledge 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) from Life Saving Station No. 7, 1st District, on the New Hampshire coast and was wrecked. Some equipment salvaged. Her crew of four were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[21]
Four unnamed vessels   Switzerland The fishing boats were driven ashore and wrecked at Vevey. There was one survivor from their crews.[55]
Several unnamed vessels   Switzerland The ships were wrecked at Neuchâtel.[55]

21 February
List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Barbadian  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the North Rock, in the Belfast Lough. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Demerara, British Guiana.[51]
Oberon  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Fleetwood, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from a port in Oregon, United States to Fleetwood.[28]

22 February
List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Buccleugh  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Almería, Spain.[26]
Emile  Italy The brigantine was driven ashore at Almería.[26]
James Vinicombe  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Java Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Pasaroeang", Netherlands East Indies to Falmouth, Cornwall.[56][57]
Model Dominion of Canada The brigantine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her seven crew were rescued by North ( United Kingdom). Model was on a voyage from Harbour Grace, Newfoundland Colony to Naples, Italy.[58]

23 February
List of shipwrecks: 23 February 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Charlotte  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the Irish Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) south west of the Cardigan Lightship ( Trinity House). Her crew survived. Charlotte was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to London.[26]
Foam  United Kingdom The steamship struck rocks and sank off Smolen, Norway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Hommelvigen, Norway.[26]
Mary  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore North Shields, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by a lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Huelva, Spain to North Shields.[17]
Speranza  Norway The brig ran aground in the Mixon Sand, in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Aberayron, Cardiganshire, United Kingdom to Swansea, Glamorgan. She was refloated and taken in to Swansea.[26]

24 February
List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Dolphin  United Kingdom The fishing lugger was driven ashore at Wexford. Her five crew were rescued by the Wexford Lifeboat Civil Service ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[59][22]
Hafod  United Kingdom The schooner sank in the English Channel 8 nautical miles (15 km) south south west of Dartmouth, Devon. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from London to Plymouth, Devon.[26]
Isabella  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Coatham, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.[26]
Mary Cook  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on the coast of Aberdeenshire. Eleven of the fourteen on board drowned.[17]
Rival  United States The fishing schooner was wrecked at Rye Beach, New Hampshire. crew saved.[60]
Stefano Padre  Italy The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Newton, Northumberland, United Kingdom with the loss of four of her crew. Survivors were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was being towed from Aberdeen to South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom by the tug Scotland ( United Kingdom).[26][52]
Virginia  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Pluckington Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and taken in to Liverpool.[26]

25 February
List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Amazonas  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Falmouth, Cornwall.[22]
British Queen  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at West Hartlepool, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to West Hartlepool. She was refloated.[22]
Myrtle  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Whiting Sand. She was refloated and taken in to Scotchman's Sled in a severely leaky condition.[22]
Promise  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore at Whitstable, Kent.[22]

26 February
List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1879
ShipCountryDescription
David H. Tolck  United States The schooner ran aground off Long Beach, New Jersey in heavy surf and was wrecked. She grounded 200 yards (180 m) offshore. Her captain, his wife and three crewmen died. Six crew were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[21]
Edwin C. Dolliver  United States The fishing Schooner was abandoned on Banks. Crew saved.[61]
Eendraght Flag unknown The ship was driven ashoare and wrecked at Guingamp, Côtes-du-Nord, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Maldon, Essex, United Kingdom to Saint-Brieuc, Côtes-du-Nord.[62]
Elish Kendall  United Kingdom The ship was lost off Margate, Kent.[19]
Mystery  United Kingdom The ship sank off Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. Her crew survived.[22]
Rosaire  France The brig ran aground on the Seven Stones Reef, Cornwall and sank with the loss of three of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by the pilot cutter Queen ( United Kingdom).[63][64] Rosaire was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure.[22]
Silistria  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Salerno, Italy with the loss of thirteen of her fifteen crew.[22]

27 February
List of shipwrecks: 27 February 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Marino  Norway The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in Newark Bay, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Mandal to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[19]

28 February
List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Eschlea  Germany The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Callantsoog, Groningen, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Louvain, Flemish Brabant, Belgium to a Scottish port.[62]
Guillermo, and
Istrian		  Spain
 United Kingdom		 The steamship Guillermo collided with the steamship Istrian and sank off The Skerries, Anglesey, United Kingdom. Her 38 crew were rescued by the steamships Lord Athlumny and Magnet (both  United Kingdom). Guillermo was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. Istrian was severely damaged at the bow. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Boston, Massachusetts, United States. She was towed in to Holyhead, Anglesey.[56]
Jane  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at the Kilcredaun Head Lighthouse,County Clare. Her crew were rescued.[56]
Louisa  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on The Shingles, off the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Portmadoc, Caernarfonshire to Portsmouth, Hampshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[56]
Sunderland  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at the mouth of the River Wear. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated and taken in to Sunderland.[56]

Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in February 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Adriatic  United Kingdom The three-masted sailing ship, carrying guano from Callao stranded in the English Channel, approximately 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) west of Dunkirk. Only seven of the forty-nine on board saved.[65]
Albert  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Nieuwe Waterweg. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Rotterdam, South Holland. She was refloated with the assistance of three tugs.[7]
Alert  United Kingdom The schooner was run down and sunk in the Belfast Lough by Mary Ellen ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued. Alert was on a voyage from Ayr to Drogheda, County Louth.[11]
Aquila  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to London. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex in a severely leaky condition.[3]
Augusta, and
Flying Hurricane		  United Kingdom The steamship Augusta and the tugboat Flying Hurricane were driven ashore and wrecked on Tory Island, County Donegal. Their crews were rescued. Flying Hurricane was towing Augusta from Sligo to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[17][11]
Broekker  Norway The barque was driven ashore in Pegwell Bay. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands to Savannah, Georgia, United States. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent, United Kingdom.[18]
Bunlu  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Calais. She was refloated and taken in to Newcastle, United States.[66]
Canada West  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, Dominion of Canada to Barcelona, Spain.[26]
Delta  United Kingdom The ship was run down and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by the steamship Equateur ( France) with some loss of life.[66]
Carangie  New South Wales The ship was wrecked at Ran Head. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Newcastle.[7]
Edissa Guernsey The ship ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a leaky condition.[16]
Fanny  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the East Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued by a lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Abergele, Denbighshire to Liverpool, Lancashire.[26]
Flying Hurricane  United Kingdom The steam tug went ashore on Tory Island while towing Augusta from Sligo to Glasgow; they are likely to become total wrecks. Both crews survived.[17]
Frida Lehment  Germany The barque became trapped in ice off Marstrand, Sweden and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Galveston, Texas, United States to Gothenburg, Sweden. She was taken in to Lillesand, Norway on 14 February.[7]
Grant  United States The ship was damaged by fire at New Orleans, Louisiana. She was on a voyage from New Orleans to Genoa, Italy.[28]
Hawthorn  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at "Southvals". She was on a voyage from Singapore, Straits Settlements to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.[66]
Hercules  Chile The steamship was wrecked in the Pacific Ocean before 3 February.[1]
Home  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 24 February. Her crew were rescued by Silver Cloud ( United Kingdom). Home was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Philadelphia.[56]
Jane Rowland  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 350 nautical miles (650 km) off Faial Island, Azores. Her ten crew were rescued by Sibylla ( United Kingdom). Jane Rowland was on a voyage from New York to King's Lynn, Norfolk.[26]
Louisa  Spain The steamship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 21 February.[28]
Mahomet Dominion of Canada The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of two of her crew.[3]
Margaret Shearer  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Arisaig, Inverness-shire. She was on a voyage from Port Dundas, Renfrewshire to Portree, Isle of Skye, Outer Hebrides.[11]
Mary Edey  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at the Coalhouse Fort, Tilbury, Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Mauritius. She was refloated and taken in to Gravesend, Kent.[28]
Masonic  United Kingdom The brigantine ran aground on the South Oaze, in the Thames Estuary.[22]
Puella  United Kingdom The brigantine ran aground at Barcelona, Spain.[62]
Racer  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore 9 nautical miles (17 km) east of Struys Point, Cape Colony. She was on a voyage from Mossel Bay to Guam.[66]
Republic  United Kingdom The ocean liner was run into by the schooner Ocean Queen ( United Kingdom) in the River Mersey and was severely damaged.
Sadie  United States The ship was driven ashore in the Synon Inlet. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to New York.[66]
Satania  Italy The ship was driven ashore at Philadelphia. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia to Venice.[28]
Snapper  United Kingdom The fishing smack was driven ashore at "Sandlesmere". Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.[11]
St. Bernard  France The ship ran aground at Dunkerque, Nord. She was on a voyage from Pisagua, Chile to Dunkerque. She was refloated and taken in to Dunkerque.[3]
Storkora  Germany The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 14 February. She was on a voyage from New York to Bremen.[22]
Taiwan  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked in the Pescadores. Her crew were rescued.[66]
Viking Flag unknown The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Norfolk, Virginia, United States to Lowestoft.[22]
Viola  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore west of Dunkerque. She was on a voyage from California, United States to Dunkerque.[18]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The ketch ran aground on the South Oaze.[22]

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Bibliography
  • Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: 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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