List of shipwrecks in March 1879

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

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1 March
List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Fusilier  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Workington, Cumberland.[1]
Guillermo  Spain The steamship collided with the steamship Istrian ( United Kingdom) and sank off Anglesey, United Kingdom.[2]
Tarragona  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at the Cabo de Santa Maria, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Seville, Spain. She was refloated and taken in to Faro, Portugal.[1]

2 March
List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Admiral  Norway The barque ran aground 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) south of Life Saving Station No. 5, 6th District, on the North Carolina coast and was wrecked later in the day when the weather deteriorated. Her crew of 14 were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[3]
Dundrennan  United Kingdom The ship was run down and sunk off Lavernock Point, Glamorgan by the steamship Somorrostro (Flag unknown). Her crew were rescued[1]
Robert Thorburn  Sweden The schooner was wrecked at Laguna de los Padres, Argentina.[4]

3 March
List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Choice Fruit Guernsey The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Malleville ( United States). Choice Fruit was on a voyage from the Newfoundland Colony to Lisbon, Portugal.[5]
E. A. Barnard Dominion of Canada The barquentine ran aground in thick weather with light snow 1+1⁄2 nautical miles (2.8 km) north of Life Saving Station No., 5th District, on the Maryland coast. A box of silver plate was brought off. Four of her crew came ashore in the ship's boat and four were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[3]
Peder  Norway The barque was wrecked on Sanday, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Kristiansand to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[6]
Pico  United Kingdom The ship departed from Laguna for Antwerp, Belgium. No further trace, reported overdue.[7]
Schmidborn  Netherlands The steamship ran aground in the Nieuwe Waterweg. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Rotterdam, South Holland. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug.[4]

4 March
List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1879
ShipCountryDescription
John and Emma  United Kingdom The smack collided with the steam ketch Hewitt ( United Kingdom) and sank off Smith's Knowl, off the north Norfolk coast with the loss of her captain.[8]

5 March
List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Ant  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Piel Island, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Barrow-in-Furness.[9]

6 March
List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Crown  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on Vlieland, Friesland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida to Harlingen, Friesland.[4]
Mary Helena  United States The schooner sprung a leak and was beached to prevent sinking two miles (3.2 km) north of Life Saving Station No. 13, 4th District, on the New Jersey coast and was wrecked. Her crew of two and one passenger made it to shore on their own. She was stripped and abandoned.[3]

7 March
List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Acton  United States The ship was driven ashore at New York. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to New York. She was refloated.[6]
Turkish Empire  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Big Duck Island, New Brunswick, Dominion of Canada with the loss of eight of her fourteen crew. She was on a voyage from St. John, New Brunswick to Dublin.[10][11]

8 March
List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Countess of Dublin  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Dublin. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Portsmouth, Hampshire. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[11]
Harmonie  Netherlands The galiot foundered in the North Sea 12 nautical miles (22 km) south east by east of Spurn Point, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the smack Melbourne ( United Kingdom). Harmonie was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Brixham, Devon, United Kingdom.[11]
Loch Linhe  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Briggs, off the coast of County Down. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Melbourne, Victoria. She was refloated.[9]
May Queen  United Kingdom The barque was beached in the River Severn 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) downstream of Sharpness, Gloucestershire. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Sharpness. She was refloated and taken in to Sharpness.[9]
Quarryman  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at the mouth of the River Tay. She was refloated and towed in to Dundee, Forfarshire.[11]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The barge was run into by the steamship Gilston ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Woolwich, Kent.[9]

9 March
List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Hattie Goudey  United States The barque ran aground and sank off Honfleur, Manche, France with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France.[11]
Marion Moore  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore 60 nautical miles (110 km) south of Muscat. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Muscat. The ship was plundered by the locak Arabs.[12]

10 March
List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Bonnie Dundee  New South Wales The steamship was cut in two in a collision with the steamship Barrabool (flag unknown) and sank with the loss of five lives at 33°06.327′S 151°42.258′E, about 5 kilometres (2.7 nmi; 3.1 mi) off Caves Beach, New South Wales, Australia. Barrabool suffered a gash in her bow but remained afloat.
Geelong  New Zealand The steamship stranded and broke up close to the mouth of the Hokianga Harbour, New Zealand, with the loss of two passengers.[13]
Sarah Amy  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to Portsmouth, Hampshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[11]

13 March
List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Bien  Denmark The schooner was driven ashore in Aalbek Bay. She was on a voyage from Aarhus to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Fredrikshavn in a leaky conditioin.[5]
Edinburgh  United Kingdom The pilot cutter run into by the steamship Severn ( United Kingdom) and sank 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Dungeness lighthouse with the loss of ten pilots and five of the cutter's crew.[14] Five crew were rescued by Severn.[15]
Henry Fisher  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on "Veusholmen", near Nakskov, Denmark.[5]

14 March
List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Koning der Nederlanden  Netherlands The steamship caught fire in the Nieuwe Diep.[5]
Luxor  United Kingdom The steamship put in to The Downs on fire. She was on a voyage from Garrucha, Spain to London.[5]

15 March
List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Unnamed Flag unknown Derelict barque reported by Eboe (Flag unknown) at 48°00′N 8°50′W.[16]

18 March
List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Albert Edward  United Kingdom The ship departed from South Shields, County Durham for Savona, Italy. No further trace,[17] reported missing.[18]
Marienburg  Germany The steamship foundered in "the Sleeve". Her crew were rescued by the steamship Blonde ( Germany). Marienburg was on a voyage from Dantzic to Antwerp, Belgium.[19]
Wide Awake  United States The schooner was driven ashore near Chebogue, Nova Scotia, Dominion of Canada. She was on a voyage from Antigua to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. She was refloated and towed in to Yarmouth.[20]

19 March
List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Amethyst  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Lady Isle, in the Firth of Clyde.[19]
Arrogante  French Navy The Arrogante-class ironclad sank at Hyères, Var with the loss of 38 of her 122 crew.[21] She was refloated in May.[22]
Bangor  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Chauseé de Sein. She was on a voyage from Réunion to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. She put in to Brest, Finistère, France in a sinking condition.[19]
Bay City  United States The barge, abandoned a few days earlier, was sunk by ice one-quarter mile (0.40 km) from the Marblehead Light in Lake Erie in six feet (1.8 m) of water, a total loss.[3]
Garonne  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Tapley Shoal, off Adelaide, South Australia. She was on a voyage from Adelaide to an English port. She was refloated on 21 March and resumed her voyage.[23]
Happy Return  United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked at Port Eynon Point, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Carmarthen.[24]
Robert Pow  United Kingdom The paddle tug was wrecked at Souter Point, Northumberland. Her crew survived.[25]
Yesso  Hong Kong The steamship was wrecked on the Lammock, 20 nautical miles (37 km) south east of Swatow, China. Some of her passengers and crew were rescued by Gaelic ( United Kingdom).[19]

20 March
List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1879
ShipCountryDescription
China  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Mat, Réunion in a cyclone.[26]
Cynthia  New Zealand The schooner went ashore in fog to the south of Ross, New Zealand, while en route from Wanganui to Greymouth. All hands were saved.[13]
Gloria  Italy The ship foundered in the Indian Ocean in a cyclone. Her crew were rescued by Margaret Wilkie ( United Kingdom).[26]
Revival  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the Indian Ocean in a cyclone. Her crew were rescued by Gloria ( Austria-Hungary). She was subsequently taken in to Tamatave, Merina Kingdom.[26][27]
Unity  New Zealand The ketch was driven onto rocks and broke up at Cape Campbell, New Zealand, while en route from Lyttelton Harbour to Wellington. All hands were saved.[13]

22 March
List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Homeward Bound  United States The barque stranded in thick weather one mile (1.6 km) north of Life Saving Station No. 8, 4th District on the New Jersey coast and was wrecked. Her crew of 11 was rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[3]
Ricardo A. Puccio  United Kingdom The barque was run down and sunk by a steamship off Gibraltar with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Huanillos, Chile to Gibraltar.[28]

23 March
List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Alaska  United States Bound for Ahnapee, Wisconsin, in ballast, the 89.6-foot (27.3 m), 85.14-gross register ton two-masted scow schooner was blown ashore during a gale on Lake Michigan near Two Rivers, Wisconsin, north of Twin River Point Light. Her crew survived, but she could not be refloated, was abandoned where she was stranded, and later sank nearby. Her wreck, discovered in May 2014, lies in 5 feet (1.5 m) of water at the southern end of Point Beach State Forest at 44°11.607′N 087°30.677′W and is partially covered by sand.[29]
Rosa Schneider  United Kingdom The ship departed from the Bull River for Queenstown, County Cork. No further trace,[18] reported missing.[7]
Ocean Drift  United Kingdom The brig struck a sunken rock. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Oran, Algeria. She put in to Vigo, Spain in a leaky condition.[30]
Venus  United Kingdom The sloop was abandoned in the Bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bridgwater, Somerset to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. She was towed in to Minehead, Somerset.[30]
William  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[30]

24 March
List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Adele Ollillie  Germany The ship was driven ashore on Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London, United Kingdom.[30]
Amboto  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground and was wrecked at Galle, Ceylon. She was on a voyage from Rangoon, Burma to an English port.[31][32]
Amil  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore at West Hartlepool, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to Colchester, Essex.[30]
Grangemouth  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Maas. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[30]
Tabasco  France The schooner, carrying coal from Greenock to Bordeaux, struck White Island, St Martin's, Isles of Scilly. Her master mistook the Sevenstones Lightship for Trevose Head on the north Cornish shore. She was on her maiden voyage and the vessel and cargo are a total loss. All the crew survived.[33]

25 March
List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Seaton  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near "Vikenis". She had been refloated by 27 March.[34]

26 March
List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Duart Bay  United Kingdom The ship was run into by the steam tender Ajax ( New South Wales) at Newcastle, New South Wales and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Newcastle to Madras, India. She was taken in to Newcastle for repairs.[35]
Ellen J. McKinnon  United States The 69.84-gross register ton trading schooner rolled onto her side and became waterlogged during a storm in the North Pacific Ocean six days into a trading voyage from San Francisco, California, to Unalaska in the Aleutian Islands and the Arctic with a crew of 10 men and 100 tons of merchandise aboard. The vessel Otaga or Otago (flag unknown) found her wreck on 21 April drifting 500 nautical miles (930 km; 580 mi) northwest of San Francisco at 42°14′00″N 29°37′10″W with only one crewman left alive.[36][37]

27 March
List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Olga  United Kingdom The steamship struck the pier and sank at Sulina, United Principalitites.[34] She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Sulina.[31]
Unnamed Flag unknown A brig was seen to keel over and sink on Hasborough Sands off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom, by a Great Yarmouth fishing boat.[38]

28 March
List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Fury  United Kingdom The paddle tug sank at North Shields, Northumberland. She was refloated.[39]
Helena  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Kertch, Russia. She was refloated on 30 March.[34]
Vigilancia  Mexico The sloop foundered in the Gulf of California 9 nautical miles (17 km) off Altata. Her crew survived.[40]

29 March
List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Angelique  France The lugger was driven ashore near Llanelly, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Port-Launay, Finistère to Llanelly.[34]
Cydonia  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Ras Matbakh, Basra Vilayet. She was on a voyage from Rangoon, Burka to a British port.[39]
Nordmaling  Sweden The barque was wrecked on Grand Bahama, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Galveston, Texas, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[31]
Otter  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Spittal Point, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland to London. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and put back to Berwick upon Tweed.[39]
Venus  United Kingdom The lugger was driven ashore and wrecked west of the Dungeness Lighthouse, Kent.[39]

30 March
List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Carl  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cambois, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from "Hamstet" to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[34]
Maria  France The schooner was run into by the steamship Miranda ( United Kingdom) and sank in the English Channel with the loss of five of her crew.[34]

31 March
List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Henrietta Burchard  Germany The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Anjer, Netherlands East Indies. She was on a voyage from Batavia to Padang, Netherlands East Indies.[34]
James M. Vance  United States The schooner stranded in a gale and heavy seas 2+3⁄4 miles (4.4 km) north of the Cape Henry Life Saving Station No. 1, 6th District on the North Carolina coast and was wrecked. Her crew of six was rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[3]
Norina  Austria-Hungary The sailing ship sprung a leak off of Florida and stranded ten miles (16 km) north of Life Saving Station No. 2, 7th District on the Florida coast, one-quarter mile (0.40 km) offshore, a total loss of vessel and cargo. Her crew of 13 made it to shore in the ship's boat.[3]

Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in March 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Antelope  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from West Hartlepool, County Durham to Livorno, Italy. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex.[1]
Avvenire  Italy The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily to New York, United States. She was discovered on 24 March by the barque Black Prince, which put some of her crew aboard. They took Avvenire in to Bermuda.[41]
Betty  United Kingdom The schooner was run into by the paddle steamer Eblana ( United Kingdom ( United Kingdom) off Whitehead, County Antrim and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Eblana.[5]
Cadet  Germany The schooner sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (50°50′N 6°10′W) before 29 March. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Weasel ( Jersey). Cadet was on a voyage from Hamburg to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[39][34]
Dafila  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked at Lemvig, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Gothenburg, Sweden.[42]
David Brown  United States The ship caught fire at Charleston, South Carolina and was scuttled. She was on avoyage from Charleston to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.[30]
Dina Andriana  Netherlands The galiot was driven ashore and wrecked at Bradwell Point, Northumberland, United Kingdom.[39]
Emma Eliza  United Kingdom The ketch was driven ashore at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to Blakeney, Norfolk. She was refloated and taken in to Blakeney in a leaky condition.[9]
England's Glory  United Kingdom The fishing boat was driven ashore and wrecked 5+1⁄2 nautical miles (10.2 km) south of Robin Hoods Bay, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.[34]
Flora Kelso  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at Campbeltown, Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Newry, County Antrim.[5]
Hankow  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[34]
Iris  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Alderney, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France.[39]
Janet Forbes  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Cape Verde Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Havana, Cuba.[9]
Lina  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked off the coast of Essex. Her crew got aboard the Swin Middle Lightship ( Trinity House), from where they were rescued by a steamship.[43]
Lord Lyon  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Roquetas, Spain before 5 March.[4]
Lovaine  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at North Shields, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to North Shields. She was refloated.[9]
Luedna Durkee Dominion of Canada The ship was abandoned off the Delaware Breakwater. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[42]
Mathilde  Cape Colony The brigantine was driven ashore at Port Beaufort.[30]
Penero  France The brigantine ran aground and capsized in the Vilaine. She was on a voyage from Redon, Ille-et-Vilaine to Cardiff.[39]
Polixene  Austria-Hungary The brig was driven ashore at Pitimbu, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Porto Alegre, Brazil.[11]
Prince Carl  Norway The brig was driven ashore 6 nautical miles (11 km) south of Warkworth, Northumberland. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Pactolus ( United Kingdom and taken in to North Shields.[30]
Queen of the South  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coast of Mexico. Her crew survived.[28]
Richard Roper  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at "Port Henry". She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Thurso, Caithness.[5]
Strasburg Flag unknown The barge sank at Holyhead, Anglesey, United Kingdom. She was being towed from Liverpool to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[5]
Sunbeam  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Darien, Georgia, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Doboy, Georgia.[5]
Vigilancia  Mexico The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Altata to "Malatban".[28]
Wanderer  United Kingdom The fishing trawler foundered in the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued by the smack Oliver Cromwell ( United Kingdom).[5]
William Bartlett  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at North Kessock, Inverness-shire. She was on a voyage from Inverness to Fort William, Inverness-shire.[30]

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Ship events in 1879
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