List of shipwrecks in November 1879

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

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2 November
List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Ithaca  United States The lumber schooner ran aground at Saint Joseph, Michigan in a snowstorm and broke up, a total wreck. Her six crew and one passenger were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[1]

3 November
List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Reindeer  United States The lumber schooner ran aground at Lincoln Park, Chicago in a snowstorm, a total wreck. Part of her cargo was salvaged. Her two crewmen were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[1]

5 November
List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Nellie Brown  United States The lumber schooner ran aground on Little Egg Harbor Bar. She developed a leak that her pumps could not keep up with and she was lost. Her six crewmen and one passenger were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[1]
Taufahau  New South Wales The two-masted brigantine ran aground off Seal Rocks, New South Wales.[2]

7 November
List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Champion  United States The steamship was sunk in a collision with Lady Octavia (Flag unknown). 28 or 31 lives lost.[3][4]

9 November
List of shipwrecks: 9 November 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Florence and Johanna  United Kingdom The Yarmouth smack was hit by another vessel and sank at the fishing grounds in the North Sea. The five crew drowned and only the master survived.[5]

12 November
List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Helen and Jane  Victoria The schooner ran aground at Te Waewae Bay, New Zealand, and became a wreck.[6]
Rapidan  United States The steamship struck an obstruction and sank. Two lives lost.[3]

13 November
List of shipwrecks: 13 November 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Bay Queen  United States The schooner, abandoned by her crew at an unknown time, drifted ashore at Rockport, Massachusetts and broke up, a total wreck.[1]
Scarborough King  United Kingdom The smack was swamped in a heavy sea and sank in the North Sea, with the loss of the skipper and all four crew.[7]
Unamed  United Kingdom The mast of a smack was seen above water on the Scroby Sands, off Great Yarmouth. The crew was thought to have perished.[8]

15 November
List of shipwrecks: 15 November 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Venerata  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned off the coast of Portugal after springing a leak on 5 November following a south-east gale three days earlier. Fifty tons of pig iron was thrown overboard in an attempt to stay afloat and the crew abandoned ship when Vega ( Norway) was nearby.[9]

16 November
List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Hattie Howard  United States The lumber schooner broached going into harbor at Oswego, New York, in Lake Ontario and was driven ashore 150 feet (46 m) from the lighthouse and broke up, a total wreck. Her seven crewmen rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[1]

17 November
List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Algie O. Thayer  United States The steamship was wrecked in a violent storm.[3]
Charles M. Ritter  United States The steamship was wrecked in a violent storm.[3]
George D. Seymore  United States The steamship was wrecked in a violent storm.[3]
John Heckler  United States The steamship was wrecked in a violent storm.[3]
Philip Becker  United States The steamship was wrecked in a violent storm.[3]
Sasco  United States The schooner was trying to enter the harbor at Fairport, Ohio, in Lake Erie in a gale with rain and sleet, but missed and was driven ashore one-half mile (0.80 km) from Life Saving Station No. 7, 9th District and was lost. Her six crewmen rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[1]

18 November
List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Greyhound  United States The schooner ran aground on Plum Island with in sight of Life Saving Station No. 1, 2nd District. In the early evening a gale sprung up causing her to float off and sink in deep water, a total lost. Her eight crewmen made it to shore on their own.[1]
Warren Hastings  United Kingdom The barque left Lisbon for the Delaware River in ballast on 6 November, and during a heavy gale on 15 November was hit by large waves which took away the wheel-house. On 18 November Tollington ( Dominion of Canada) rescued the crew and transferred them to Mabel (Flag unknown), and the crew were finally landed at Falmouth, Cornwall, England.[10]

19 November
List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1879
ShipCountryDescription
C. O. D.  United States The barge went ashore 200 feet (61 m) from 'Margaret Dall ( United States), at the same time, north of the North Pier at Grand Haven, Michigan in a heavy storm on Lake Michigan after losing her tow. Her crewmen stayed on board.[1]
C. Rich  United States The scow was wrecked in a gale and severe snowstorm after parting her anchor chains in Lake Erie. Her three crewmen were rescued by Life Saving Station No. 9, 9th District, United States Life Saving Service.[1]
General H. E. Payne  United States After the other disasters the tug struck the bar at Grand Haven, Michigan, sprung a leak, and then hit the end of the North Pier in a heavy storm on Lake Michigan and sank immediately. She broke up in 30 minutes, a total loss. Her 13 crewmen and 2 passengers were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[1]
J. A. Holmes  United States The schooner struck Maple Leaf ( United States) near sunken cribs of the North Pier at Grand Haven, Michigan in a heavy storm on Lake Michigan and started to go to pieces, she was scuttled to prevent further damage. Her six crewmen were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[1]
J. A. Saunders  United States The scow was driven ashore in a gale and severe snowstorm in Lake Erie near where C. Rich and New Hampshire had gone ashore. Later refloated. Her four crewmen were rescued by Life Saving Station No. 9, 9th District, United States Life Saving Service.[1]
John P. Clark  United States The tug sank in a gale. One woman died.[3]
Maple Leaf  United States The lumber schooner struck sunken cribs of the North Pier at Grand Haven, Michigan in a heavy storm on Lake Michigan and partially filled with water. Her four crewmen were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service. Three hours later she was struck by J. A. Holmes ( United States) cutting her almost in two, and broke up, a total wreck.[1]
Margaret Dall  United States The schooner went ashore 200 yards (180 m) north of the North Pier at Grand Haven, Michigan in a heavy storm on Lake Michigan an hour after J. A. Holmes stranded, she was immediately scuttled to prevent further damage. Her seven crewmen were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[1]
Mystic  United States The schooner stranded near the harbor mouth at Grand Haven, Michigan in a heavy storm on Lake Michigan. Her three crewmen made it to shore on their own. On 10 December she was washed off the beach in a storm out to the bar where she started pounding heavily and was scuttled to prevent further damage. Her three crewmen were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service[1]
New Hampshire  United States The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in a gale and severe snowstorm on Lake Erie near where C. Rich had gone ashore. Her four crewmen were rescued by Life Saving Station No. 9, 9th District, United States Life Saving Service.[1]
Sumatra  United States The schooner was wrecked after parting her anchor chains in a gale in Lake Erie and struck the old Lake Shore Depot near Life Saving Station No. 8, 9th District knocking down part of the pier. Her seven crewmen were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[1]
W. B. Phelps  United States The schooner was wrecked in a gale and severe snowstorm one mile (1.6 km) east of Glen Arbor, Michigan and went to pieces. Five crewmen died, two crewmen were rescued by townspeople.[1]

20 November
List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Mercury  United States The lumber schooner was wrecked in a gale and severe snowstorm two miles (3.2 km) south of Pentwater, Michigan and went to pieces. Her eight crewmen were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service. An earlier rescue attempt by citizens resulted in one of the rescuers drowning.[1]

21 November
List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Hector  United States The schooner was wrecked on Jones Inlet bar, Long Island, and was stripped and abandoned.[1]

22 November
List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1879
ShipCountryDescription
John Watson  United Kingdom The 200-ton three-masted schooner was holed on a reef off New Zealand's South Canterbury coast. The crew were rescued by the schooner Saxon before John Watson sank.[11]
O. S. Bailey  United States The Schooner was abandoned at sea on passage from Dominica for Boston. Crew saved.[12]
Waubuno Dominion of Canada The paddle steamer foundered off Christian Island, Lake Huron, with the loss of all 24 on board.

23 November
List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Carlingford  United States The lumber schooner was wrecked on Horse-Shoe Reef off Buffalo, New York in a snowstorm with heavy seas. Her nine crew was rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[1]

24 November
List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1879
ShipCountryDescription
City of New York  United States The ship's prop struck the bar entering the harbor at Ludington, Michigan causing damage that sank her eight feet (2.4 m) off the pier. Later raised. The 21 people on board made it to the pier.[1]
Curlew  United States The schooner was wrecked four miles (6.4 km) north of Life Saving Station No. 5, 10th District on the Michigan coast of Lake Huron in strong wind with heavy seas. Her five crewmen were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[1]
Jason  Norway The barque stranded one and a half miles (2.4 km) south east of Life Saving Station No. 9, 5th District on the Virginia coast of the Atlantic Ocean. Despite efforts of a wrecking company to refloat her, she broke in two on 2 January 1880, and was abandoned, a total loss.[1]
Olivo  Austria-Hungary The barque was battered by a week long storm near the Azores and was in sinking condition when she was discovered by USS Constellation ( United States Navy). Constellation's boat rescued her crew and the vessel was scuttled by burning as she was a hazard to navigation in her waterlogged condition. The ensign in charge of the boat was awarded the United States Life Saving Service's Gold Life Saving Medal, a medal from the Massachusetts Humane Society, and the New York Life Saving Benevolent Association.[1]

25 November
List of shipwrecks: 25 November 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Jane Miller Dominion of Canada The steamship foundered off Big Bay, Michigan, United States with the loss of all 28 people on board.

30 November
List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1879
ShipCountryDescription
M. and E. Henderson  United States The schooner went aground 300 yards (270 m) offshore and broke up near New Inlet, North Carolina one and a half miles (2.4 km) south of Life Saving Station No. 17, 6th District. Three crewmen washed ashore alive, her captain and three crewmen died.[1]

Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in November 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Edith  United Kingdom The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean while en route for Queenstown from Philadelphia. Survivors were picked up by Atlas of the Cunard line and landed at New York.[13]

References
  1. "Annual report of the United States Life Saving Service, Year ending June 30, 1880". University of Michigan. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  2. Lettens, Jan. "Taufahau (+1879)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  3. "Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general of steamboats for year ending June 30, 1880". University of Michigan. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  4. "Champion (+1879)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  5. "Florence and Johanna". The Cornishman (70). 13 November 1879. p. 7.
  6. Ingram & Wheatley, p. 237.
  7. "Loss Of A Smack And All Hands". The Cornishman (73). 4 December 1879. p. 7.
  8. "(untitled)". The Cornishman (70). 20 November 1879. p. 7.
  9. "Loss of the Venerata". The Cornishman (79). 15 January 1880. p. 6.
  10. "Gale And Loss Of Life". The Cornishman (75). 18 December 1879. p. 7.
  11. Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 237–238.
  12. "1879". downtothesea.com. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  13. "Wrecks And Loss Of Life". The Cornishman (73). 4 December 1879. p. 8.

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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