List of shipwrecks in January 1879

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

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1 January
List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1879
ShipCountryDescription
J. H. Merryck  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (48°24′N 24°14′W). Her crew were rescued by the steamship City of London ( United Kingdom). J. H. Merryck was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island, Dominion of Canada to Queenstown, County Cork.[1]

2 January
List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Ellen Wignall  United Kingdom The ship departed from Charleston, South Carolina, United States for Dublin. No further trace, reported missing.[2]
Nina  United Kingdom The brigantine collided with the steamship Santander ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned in the English Channel off the Royal Sovereign Lightship ( Trinity House). Her crew were rescued by Santander. Nina was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to a Scottish port. She came ashore at Langley, Sussex.[3]
Peter  Netherlands The galiot struck a wreck in the North Sea and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Burghead, Moray, United Kingdom.[4]

3 January
List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Birma  Germany The steamship struck a rock and sank off Tarifa, Spain. She was on a voyage from Tarragona, Spain to Hamburg.[4]
Marie  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Bloue Head Bay. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony.[5]
Nederland  Netherlands The steamship ran aground on the Cherry Island Flats. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Antwerp, Belgium.[4]

4 January
List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Marie  Germany The schooner collided with the barque Tommasco ( Italy) in the English Channek off Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom and was abandoned. Her fifteen crew were rescued by Tommasco. Marie was on a voyage from Stettin to Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom. She was towed in to Newhaven, Sussex by the Newhaven Lifeboat Michael Henry ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution) and the steamship Bordeaux ( France) but broke up on arrival.[3][4]
Vindicator  United States The steamship ran aground 300 yards (270 m) off shore on Long Island at Long Island Beach, one mile (1.6 km) west of Smith's Point. Her crew of 15 were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[6]

5 January
List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Margaretta  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Antigua. Her crew were rescued.[7]

6 January
List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Gerhardine  Germany The brigantine was abandoned by her crew approximately 30 miles (48 km) south of St Agnes, Isles of Scilly. She was towed into St Mary's by Gladiator. The crew were landed at Le Havre on 16 January.[8]

7 January
List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Speedy  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Chesil Beach, Dorset.[9]
Witton  Germany The schooner was wrecked on the Mull of Oa, Islay, United Kingdom with the loss of three of the seven people on board.[10]

8 January
List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Riverside  United Kingdom The Belfast brigantine was abandoned in the Atlantic while carrying pitch pine from St. Marys, Georgia to Montevideo.[11]
Sarah Ann  United Kingdom The barque foundered in Swansea Bay. Her crew were rescued by Wolverhampton ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[12]

9 January
List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Le Mignon  France The Dunkerque dandy went onshore on the Little Bezeath ridge of rocks at Marazion beach, Mount's Bay, Cornwall in a south-east gale. She was en route from Swansea to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme with coal. All the crew survived.[13][14]
William and Mary  United Kingdom The Workington brig was driven on to rocks at Cloughey Bay, County Down. The fate of the crew is unknown.[15]

10 January
List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Albatross  United Kingdom The steamship departed from Grimsby, Lincolnshire for Alexandria, Egypt. No further trace, reported missing.[16]
Geneva  United Kingdom The schooner foundered off "Small Accra". Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from the Cape Coast Castle to Little Popo, Africa.[17]
Mayflower  United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (45°53′N 11°08′W). Her crew were rescued by Queen ( United Kingdom). Mayflower was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[18]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of the Cordouan Lighthouse, Gironde, France.[10]

11 January
List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned off Wicklow Head, County Wicklow. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Truro, Cornwall.[18]
Hellespont  United Kingdom The steamship, out of Swansea, Glamorgan with coal, floundered in the Bay of Biscay during a gale. The first and second officers were swept off the ship and the rest of the crew were rescued by Madonna (Flag unknown) and landed at Gibraltar.[19]
Linguist  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 70 nautical miles (130 km) off Cape Clear Island, County Cork with the loss of fifteen of her 29 crew. Survivors took to a lifeboat. They were rescued the next day by the barque Equateur ( France). Linguist was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Rangoon, Burma.[20][21]

12 January
List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1879
ShipCountryDescription
General Caulfield  United Kingdom In heavy seas, the barque became a total wreck after running onto a sandbank in Courtmacsherry Bay, County Cork. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Queenstown, County Cork.[22][23]
Hugenot  United States While entering Carrick Roads without a pilot the guano-carrying ship drifted in to the brigantine Cassandra ( United Kingdom) and went ashore in St Mawes Creek. She was refloated with the help of two tugs. Cassandra lost her headgear and jibboom.[24]
Luigi Olivari  Italy The barque was wrecked between Nethertown and St Bees, Cumberland, United Kingdom with the loss of fourteen of her 22 crew. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Silloth,

Cumberland.[25][26][20]

Norman  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked at Penmarc'h Point, Finistère, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint-Nazaire, Ille-et-Vilaine, France to Newport, Monmouthshire.[18]

13 January
List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Africa  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at Tripoli, Ottoman Tripolitania with the loss of eight lives.[27]
Cleopas  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by the Kessingland Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She floated off but consequently sank.[28]
Dunloe Guernsey The schooner ran aground on The Manacles, Cornwall and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Granville, Manche, France to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She subsequently sank.[18]
Equateur  France The barque ran aground on Sarn Badrig. All on board took to the lifeboat and landed at Pwllheli, Caernarfonshire, United Kingdom. Equateur was on a voyage from San Francisco, California, United States to Liverpool. She subsequently sank.[18][21]
Hannah  Denmark The schooner ran aground at Findhorn, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom.[18]
Harlequin  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Tripoli. Her crew were rescued.[27]
Hellespont  United Kingdom The steamship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Macedonia ( United Kingdom). Hellespont was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Port Said, Egypt.[20]
Isolina  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned off the Fastnet Rock. She was on a voyage from Singapore, Straits Settlements to Liverpool.[29]
Lancashire Witch  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the steamship Yrurac Bat ( Spain) and sank 12 nautical miles (22 km) off Holyhead, Anglesey with the loss of all but her captain.[30][31] He was rescued by Yrurac Bat.[32] Lancashire Witch was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire to Swansea, Glamorgan.[31]
Lon Anitole  United States The brigantine was abandoned off the Aran Islands, County Galway, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from New York to Limerick, United Kingdom.[21]
Otway  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Rhoscolyn, Anglesey with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to Belfast, County Antrim.[28]
Pocahontas  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Tripoli. Her crew were rescued.[27]
Reindeer Guernsey The dandy was driven ashore and wrecked at "L'Etacy". She was on a voyage from Guernsey to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France.[18]
Ringleader, and
James Wolsey		  United States
 United Kingdom		 Ringleader collided with R. R. Thomas ( United States and James Wolsey at Queenstown, County Cork. Ringleader and James Wolsey were both severely damaged.[18]
Schiehallion  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at the Blackgang Chine, Isle of Wight with the loss of one of the 29 people on board. She was on a voyage from Auckland, New Zealand to London.[20][33]
True  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore at "Portobello", 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) west of Newhaven, Sussex. Her six crew were rescued by the Newhaven Lifeboat Michael Henry ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). True was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Newhaven. She broke up the next day.[3]

14 January
List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Allisson  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Jury's Gap, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Trouville, Manche, France to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[18]
Gerhardina  Germany The derelict barque was towed in to the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom.[18]
Jane  United Kingdom The ship ran ashore on Flamborough Head, Yorkshire and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[18]

15 January
List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Success  Norway The barque was beached at Kittyhawk, North Carolina, United States. Her ten crew reached shore in their boat. Success was on a voyage from Wilmington, Delaware, United states to Hamburg, Germany. She broke in two, a total loss.[6][29]

16 January
List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Admiral  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Elbe upstream of Cuxhaven, Germany. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Hamburg, Germany. She was refloated with assistance on 19 January and completed her voyage.[30]
Admiral Swanson  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in Hoy Sound. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Thurso, Caithness to Belfast, County Antrim.[29]
USS Constitution  United States Navy The American training frigate went aground at Bolland Point, Swanage, Dorset, United Kingdom. She was refloated and repaired and returned to service.[34]
Cuba Dominion of Canada The schooner ran aground three-quarters mile (1.2 km) from the Life Saving Station no. 20, 4th district on the New Jersey coast, she became a total wreck. Her crew of six were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[6]
H. A. Brightman  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Staithes, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to London. She floated off the next day and sank. Her crew survived; seven reached shore in a boat, the rest were rescued by the steamship Glencairn ( United Kingdom).[29]
Italia  Italy The barque ran aground in a blinding snowstorm at Deal's Beach, New Jersey, United States. She became a total wreck. Her fourteen crew were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[6]
Leontine  Norway The barque was wrecked at Thyboroøn, Denmark. She was on a voyage from London to Tønsberg.[30]

17 January
List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Crested Wave  United Kingdom The ship collided with the barque Ernst Ludwig Holst ( Germany) and was severely damaged.[30]
David Malcolm  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Whitby Rock. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to "Montril".[29]
Eboa  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Roger Sand, off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to King's Lynn, Norfolk.[29]
John and Mary  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Clyde at Greenock, Renfrewshire and sank.[30]
Osbourne  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Inchgarvie, in the Firth of Forth. She was later refloted with assistance and resumed her voyage.[35]
Stormcock  United Kingdom The tug was beached at Fethard, County Wexford.[30]

18 January
List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Ameria,
Emblyn,
Loraine, and
Morse		  United Kingdom The barque Loraine was driven into Ameria, Morse and the brig Emlyn in a hurricane at Fray Bentos, Uruguay. Loraine was severely damaged. She was taken in to Montevideo, Uruguay. The other vessels were placed under repair at Frayn Bentos.[16]
Cavalier S. Polimini  Italy The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Kangian", Netherlands East Indies. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle, New South Wales to Java, Netherlands East Indies.[30]
Euphemia  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore in Lough Foyle.[30]
John  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[30]
Lady Fane Isle of Man The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Langness. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Douglas.[30]
Maese  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at artlepool. She was on a voyage from London to Hartlepool. She was refloated with assistance.[30]
Schmidborn  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Nieuwe Waterweg. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Rotterdam, South Holland, Neterlands. She was refloated with the assistance of tugs.[30]
Unnamed Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore at Tacumshane, County Wexford, United Kingdom.[30]

19 January
List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Christian Tate  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Black Head, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Truro to Charlestown, Cornwall.[36]
Corcyra  United Kingdom The steamship struck a submerged object in Ramsey Sound and was consequently beached at Broad Haven, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[36]
Good Hope  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at "Heraglitza Point", Ottoman Empire.[30] She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Malta. She was refloated
Jessie  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Cefn Sidan, Carmarthenshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Truro, Cornwall to Llanelly, Glamorgan.[30]
Medina  United Kingdom The ship ran argound at Dundalk, County Louth. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Dundalk. She was refloated and taken in to Dundalk.[36]
Philena Winslow  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Gough Island. All on board survived.[37]
Seven Brothers  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore at Balbriggan, County Dublin. She was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Drogheda, County Louth. She was refloated and taken in to Balbriggan.[36]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore at Kilkeel, County Down. Her crew suvived.[30]
Unnamed Flag unknown The ship collided with Agnes Muir ( United Kingdom) and sank in the English Channel between Newhaven, Sussex and the Isle of Wight.[36]

20 January
List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Albert  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Middle Sand, in the River Ouse near Goole, Yorshire. She was on a voyage from Goole to London.[36]
Anapira  United Kingdom The ship struck the breakwater and was beached at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated and put back to Great Yarmouth in a severely leaky condition.[36]
Arubutus  United Kingdom The steamship was severely damaged at Dublin due to being incorrectly moored.[35]
Fanny Bailey  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground and sank at Dundalk, County Louth. Her crew were rescued by the Dundalk Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Dundalk.[36]
Kingston  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Bute Channel.[36]
Peace  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Middle Sand. She was on a voyage from Goole to London.[36]
Oberon  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore in White Bay, County Cork. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[36]
Privateer  United Kingdom The tug sank in the Shannon Estuary off Foynes, County Limerick. Her crew were rescued.[38]
Richard Moxon  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Middle Sand. She was on a voyage from Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium to Goole.[36]
River Nith  United Kingdom The ship was damaged by fire at San Francisco, California, United States.[35]
Robert  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore at Kilkeel, County Down. She was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Dundalk.[36]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The pilot boat was run down and sunk off the coast of Glamorgan by the steamship Zenaide ( France) with the loss of one life.[36]

21 January
List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Besie Grenfell  United Kingdom The St Ives schooner went ashore at Saffi in a heavy gale and broke up on rocks. Three of the crew were drowned.[39]
Clara  Straits Settlements The schooner struck a submerged object at the entrance to the Rhio Strait and sank. Her crew were rescued.[40]
Doriga  United Kingdom The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (48°51′N 3°16′W). Her crew were rescued by the steamship Zena ( United Kingdom). Doriga was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Valparaíso, Chile.[32]
Janet Wignall  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Kirkcudbright with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Creetown, Kirkcudbrightshire.[35]
Mercur  Norway The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Slade, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to Penarth, Glamorgan.[12]
Santa Maria de Belem  Portugal The brigantine was wrecked at the Cabo da Roca. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to Lisbon.[35]
Star Queen  China The ship was wrecked at "Gotos" with the loss of one of her thirteen crew. She was on a voyage from Nagasaki, Japan to Shanghai.[41]
Unnamed  United Kingdom Left Aberdeen harbour on Tuesday morning (possibly 14 January) and attempted to return to port in the afternoon. Later found upturned and no sign of the four crew.[42]

22 January
List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Aretusa  Austria-Hungary The steamship ran aground at Jeddah, Hejaz Vilayet.[43]
Bertha  United Kingdom The barque collided with J. B. Brown ( United States) and was abandoned off the Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued by J. B. Brown.[44]
Britannia  United Kingdom The ship struck rocks at La Corbière, Jersey, Channel Islands and sank. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from London to Jersey.[27]
Ellida  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Whitehaven, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Belfast, County Antrim.[27]
Excelsior  United Kingdom The fishing smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Withernsea, Yorkshire. Her five crew were rescued by the Withernsea Lifeboat.[5]
Helen  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Rosslanre, County Wexford. Her crew were rescued by the Coastguard. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to the Brass River.[27][43]
Matilda C. Smith Dominion of Canada The ship was driven ashore at the Pointe de la Coubre, Gironde, France. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Bordeaux, Gironde.[43]
Santander  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Dunkerque, Nord. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Dunkerque.[27]
Unique  United Kingdom The smack was driven onto the Pole Sands, off Exmouth, Devon. Her crew were rescued.[27]

23 January
List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Abd-el-Kader  France The barque ran aground off Goeree, Zeeland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[5] She broke in two on 28 January and was a total loss.[41]
Abicore  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Nieuwe Waterweg. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Engine ( Netherlands).[32]
Assistant Flag unknown Capsized while attempting to enter the harbour at Antwerp, Belgium. All eight on board drowned.[45]
Emerald  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Dundee, Forfarshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Dundee.[27]
Hagar  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned off Portsall, Finistère, France. She was on a voyage from London to Landernau, Finistère.[5]
Jessamine  United Kingdom The schooner capsized at Smerwick, County Kerry.[32]
Lothian  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Burghead, Moray. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Burghead.[32]
Sirius  United Kingdom The brig struck a submerged object and sank at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.[5] She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Havre de Grâce. Subsequently refloated and repaired.[46]
Tubal Cain  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam to London. She was refloated and towed in to Gravesend, Kent in a waterlogged condition.[32]

24 January
List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1879
ShipCountryDescription
HMS Active  Royal Navy The Volage-class corvette grounded on an unmapped shoal north of the Tugela River, Cape Colony. She was refloated almost immediately.[47]
Annie Margaretta  Norway The brigantine was driven ashore at Bolland Point, Dorset, United Kingdom. Her twelve crew survived; six reached shore in a boat and six were rescued by the Coastguard. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France to Baltimore, Maryland, United States.[5]
Expert  United Kingdom The fishing boat was run down and sunk by the steamship Countess of Durham ( United Kingdom) and sank off the coast of Kincardineshire with the loss of three of her four crew. The survivor was rescued by Countess of Durham.[48][49][50]
Flora  Norway The brig collided with the barque Marie Thérèse ( France) and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Marie Thérèse. Flora was on a voyage from Torrevieja, Spain to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[44] She was discovered by the brig Ramond ( France) which put two of her crew aboard. Flora was towed in to Gibraltar the next day by the tug Lion Belge ( Gibraltar).[51][31]
Friesland  Netherlands The barque was abandoned in the Zuyder Zee. Her crew were rescued by a tug. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Harlingen, Friesland. She subsequently ran aground and became beset by ice.[5]
Hebe  Norway The barque was wrecked off the Swin Middle Lightship ( Trinity House). Her crew were rescued by the Clacton Lifeboat.[52] She was towed in to Sheerness, Kent, United Kingdom in a derelict condition.[44]
Hero  United Kingdom The schooner foundered off St. Agnes, Cornwall. Her crew survived. She was on a vohyage from Porthcawl, Glamorgan to Penryn, Cornwall.[53]
Quicksilver  United Kingdom The schooner collided with Ryde Pier, Isle of Wight and was scuttled.[44]
Scud  United States The barque ran aground one mile (1.6 km) south of Life Saving Station No. 12, 2nd District, she became a total wreck. Her crew of five were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[6]
HMS Tenedos  Royal Navy The corvette grounded on an unmapped shoal north of the Tugela River, South Africa and on the next high tide was hauled off by HMS Active.[47]

25 January
List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Elpis  Greece The brig ran aground in the Dardanelles. Her crew were rescued.[51]
Louis  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Llanelly, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy to Llanelly.[44]
Lunan  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at "Chiv Ben", Burma. Her crew were rescued.[51]
Scottish Bard  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Rockhampton, Queensland. She was refloated and taken in to Rockhampton in a leaky condition.[51]

26 January
List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Avola Pellegrina  Italy The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Genoa. She was subsequently discovered by W. G. Putman (Flag unknown), which put some of her crew aboard. They took Avola Pellegrina in to Lisbon, Portugal.[51]
Noemi  France The brig sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 km) north west of Vigo, Spain. Her crew were rescued by Corisande ( United Kingdom). Noemi was on a voyage from Cardiff to Algiers, Algeria.[54]
Snow Bird  United States The schooner ran aground in a gale 2+1⁄2 miles (4.0 km) north east of Life saving Station No. 13, 2nd District, near Chatham, Massachusetts. She was lost and her crew of five were rescued by two boats from Chatham.[6]

27 January
List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1879
ShipCountryDescription
City of Kandy  United Kingdom The ship was sighted in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Mauritius to Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, reported missing.[55]
Diadem  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean after a collision with the stores ship USS Supply ( United States Navy). All the crew were landed at Madeira.[56]
Enniskillen  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Firth of Forth. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France.[41]
Glaucus  United States The steamship ran aground on the Banjaard Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from the Elbe to Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and taken in to Bremerhaven, Germany.[51]
Lorne  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Rotterdam, South Holland. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated.[51]
Northbourne  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal, She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Bombay, India.[51]
Ousel  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Maassluis, South Holland. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Rotterdam.[51]
Unnamed Flag unknown The steamship ran aground on the Coal Rock, off the coast of Anglesey, United Kingdom.[51]

28 January
List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Edith Owen  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Middle Mouse Sand, off the coast of Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Liverpool, Lancashire.[57]
Hermann  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea of the coast of Norfolk.[57] She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to London. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[41]
Mactan  Spain The steamship ran aground off Talunan-an Island, Spanish East Indies. She was on a voyage from Manila to Yloilo. She floated off and sank with the loss of eight lives.[57]
Margaret  United Kingdom The smack collided with the steamship Ailsa ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Clyde at Erskine, Renfrewshire.[41]
Orconers  Germany The steamship ran aground in the Nieuw Waterweg. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[57]
Veritas  Sweden The ship was driven ashore at Melbourne, Victoria. She was on a voyage from Gävle to Melbourne.[41]

29 January
List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Albinus  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) east north east of Staithes, Yorkshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Whitby, Yorkshire.[41]
Margaret  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the barque Venzolana ( France) and sank off the Helwick Lightship ( Trinity House). Her crew were rescued by Venzolana. Margaret was on a voyage from Waterford to Newport, Monmouthshire.[58]
Salier  Germany The steamship ran aground at Bremen. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Brazil.[41]

31 January
List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Angé  France The lugger went ashore in a strong south southeast gale at Porthcurno, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her four crew were rescued by employees of the Eastern Telegraph Company. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[59][31]

Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in January 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Alpha  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the transport ship Bosphorus ( Ottoman Empire) and sank at Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Antwerp, Belgium.[5]
Argo  United Kingdom The barque foundered off Cape Finisterre, Spain. Her crew were rescued by the barque Iquique ( Italy). Argo was on a voyage from Swansea to Dakar, Senegal.[51]
Bertha  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned off the Isles of Scilly after a collision with J Brown ( United Kingdom), which headed for Queenstown with the crew of the abandoned ship. Bertha foundered shortly after.[60]
Blue Jacket The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean.[57]
Chili  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by the schooner E. J. Morrison ( United States). Chili was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Rochefort, Charente-Inférieure, France.[20]
Creole  United Kingdom The brigantine foundered at sea before 19 January. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Rio Grande to the English Channel.[30]
C. W. Cochrane  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire at Galveston, Texas, United States.[28]
Decima  Germany The steamship ran aground at Callao, Peru.[18]
Duchess  United Kingdom The brig was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, United States to London.[5]
E. J. Harland  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Belfast Lough. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Belfast, County Antrim.[7]
Eunice  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Calliope ( United Kingdom). Eunice was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony to Ardrossan, Ayrshire.[30]
Faedrenelandet  Norway The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 9 January.[32]
Frederick  Germany The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean while carrying pitch pine from Doboy, Georgia, United States to Falmouth, Cornwall. The crew and ship's dog (except the Captain) were rescued by the barque, Gaetano ( Italy).[61]
Frederico lo Suere Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore at Honfleur, Manche, France. She was on a voyage from Baltimore to Honfleur. She was refloated and taken in to Honfleur in a leaky condition.[18]
Gracia  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Tennessee Reef. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Havana, Cuba. She was refloated with assistance.[35]
Hansine  Denmark The ship sank off the east coast of Jutland with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Horsens to London.[44]
Herbert H. Raymond  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Saint Lucia to Weymouth, Dorset.[18]
Illinois  United States The steamship ran aground on the Dunbaker Shoals. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia to Liverpool.[4]
Jason  United States The ship was abandoned at sea before 19 January. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to New York.[36]
J. F. Manning  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued on 24 January by the brigantine Brunette ( United Kingdom). J. F. Manning was on a voyage from New York to London.[57]
J. W. Beard  United States The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Basses-Pyrénées, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées.[29]
Leeds  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Callao.[28]
Leopoldine Bauer Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore at Bude, Cornwall before 14 January.[21]
Loch Sunart  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked before 12 January.[20]
Lord Clarendon  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to the Delaware Breakwater, United States.[28]
Marie Louise  Norway The Tønsberg barque, out of Calais with deals wrecked at Dymchurch, Kent, United Kingdom with the loss of a crew member.[15]
Marion Dominion of Canada The ship capsized off Barbadoes. Her crew survived.[57]
Marus Copel  United States The ship was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Beaufort, North Carolina.[44]
Mayard  United Kingdom Two survivors from the steamship were landed at El Ferrol, Spain by a Spanish vessel.[62]
Moero  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned at sea with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, Dominion of Canada to Saint Kitts.[51]
Nio  United Kingdom The steamship caught fire at Charleston. She was on a voyage from Charleston to Barcelona, Spain.[44]
Olga Flag unknown The steamship collided with the steamship Constantin ( France) at Oporto, Portugal and was beached.[4]
Prinz Heinrich  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Murviedro, Spain. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to Valencia, Spain, where she arrived on 5 January.[4]
Profit and Loss  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cairnbulg, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bangor to Aberdeen.[4]
Reggmes  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 22 January.[32]
Sarpen  Denmark The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom to Philadelphia.[18]
Seybouse  France The steamship ran aground at the mouth of the Rhône, She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Cette, Hérault.[57]
Sofia  Italy The brigantine was driven ashore in the Longhole Gut, Glamorgan, United Kingdom after 21 January. All ten people on board survived. She was on a voyage from Naples to Swansea, Glamorgan.[12]
Thomas M. Reed  United States The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom with the loss of three of her 23 crew. Survivors were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[20]
Vortigern Flag unknown The steamship was wrecked near Cape Guardafui, Majeerteen Sultanate. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Marseille to Zanzibar.[1]
Winged Hunter  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Bermuda. She was on a voyage from Bermuda to New York.[18]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The smack was wrecked on Puffin Island, Anglesey while bound for Bangor, Caernarfonshire. All the crew were saved.[15]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The smack was wrecked on Puffin Island while bound for Bangor. The crew are reported to have drowned.[15]

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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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