List of shipwrecks in October 1879

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

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1 October
List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Gothland  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Vlieland, Friesland, Netherlands.[1] She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was later refloated.[2] She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[3]

2 October
List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Ann and Sarah  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the steamship Blenheim ( United Kingdom) and sank in the English Channel off Hastings, Sussex. Her crew were rescued by Blenheim. Ann and Sarah was on a voyage from Ryde, Isle of Wight to Hartlepool, County Durham.[2]

3 October
List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Alfred the Great  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Belfast Lough.[2] She was refloated the next day and taken in to Belfast, County Antrim.[3]
Carrie F. Butler  United States The schooner was wrecked at Rustic, Ontario, Dominion of Canada. Her crew were rescued.[4]

5 October
List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Alma  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Bogskär, Grand Duchy of Finland. She was later refloated and put in to Turku, Grand Duchy of Finland, where she arrived on 8 October in a leaky condition.[5]

6 October
List of shipwrecks: 6 October 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Betje Bronck  Germany The schooner foundered in the Baltic Sea off Domesnes, Courland Governorate. Her crew survived.[5]
Intrepid  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near the Corsewall Lighthouse, Wigtownshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Ayr to Wexford.[6]
Rival Jersey The sloop struck the Willows Rock, in Mounts Bay and sank. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Jersey.[6]

7 October
List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Arabian  United Kingdom The steamship ran ashore in Bull Bay, Anglesey. She was refloated the next day.[7]
Black Diamond  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground off Garmoyle, County Antrim. She was refloated.[7]
Integrity  United Kingdom The tug was run into by the steamship John Sterling ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Firth of Forth. Her crew were rescued.[6]

8 October
List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1879
ShipCountryDescription
De Beurs  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore at "Swolferoet", Norway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to the Nieuwe Diep.[5]
Halswell  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Cemlyn, Anglesey. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[5]
Italia  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground off Garmoyle, County Antrim.[7]
North-Eastern  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground off Garmoyle.[7]
Racoon  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground off Garmoyle.[7]
Ruperra  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the River Lee.[5]
Richard Anning  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Bute Channel. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Palermo, Sicily, Italy.[5]

9 October
List of shipwrecks: 9 October 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Afton  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Grey Point, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Garston, Lancashire to Belfast, County Antrim.[5]
Emerald  United Kingdom The barquentine was driven ashore on Puffin Island, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Liverpool, Lancashire.[5]

10 October
List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Mount Wollaston  United States The 325-ton whaling bark was lost with all hands at Herald Island in the Chukchi Sea off the coast of Siberia.[8]
Vigilant  United States Carrying a crew of about 30, the 215-ton whaling bark was lost with all hands when ice stove in her hull in the Chukchi Sea off the coast of Siberia about 25 nautical miles (46 km; 29 mi) southwest of Herald Island.[9]

12 October
List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Coral Queen  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Redcar, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to West Hartlepool, County Durham. She was refloated and taken in to West Hartlepool.[10]

13 October
List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Elsie Ker  United Kingdom The steamship collided with North Devon ( United Kingdom) and was beached between Quillebeuf-sur-Seine, Manche and Villequier, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure. She was refloated and taken in to Rouen.[10]
Memling  Norway The schooner ran aground at Libava, Courland Governorate. She was refloated and found to be leaky.[10]

14 October
List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Carl  Sweden The brig was driven ashore and capsized at Pori, Grand Duchy of Finland.[11]
Hebe  United Kingdom The coal hulk sprang a leak and sank in the North Sea, Both crew were rescued by the tug Ganges ( United Kingdom), which was towing her from Hartlepool, County Durham to Whitby, Yorkshire.[12]
Lidskjolf  Norway The barque struck the Patterson Rock and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin, United Kingdom to Copenhagen, Denmark.[12]
Rival  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Bolderāja, Russia with some loss of life.[11]
Souter Johnny  United Kingdom The ship foundered off West Hartlepool, County Durham. She was on a voyage from West Hartlepool to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham.[12]
Villa Franca  Spain The ship was driven ashore at Cromer, Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Cartagena.[10] She became a wreck the next day and was abandoned by her crew.[12]
Witch of the Teign  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Stromness, Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to Sharpness, Gloucestershire. She was refloated the next day.[12]

15 October
List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1879
ShipCountryDescription
August  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore at Lydd, Kent.[12]
Lively Lass  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at the mouth of the River Mersey and sprang a leak.[12]
Messenger  United Kingdom The ship struck a rock and sank off Ramsey, Isle of Man. Her five crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Teignmouth, Devon to Runcorn, Cheshire.[11]
Oscar  Norway The brig was driven ashore at Cap Arkona, Germany. She was refloated with the assistance of the steamship Seguens ( Germany) and towed in to Swinemünde in a waterlogged condition.[11]

17 October
List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Cutelin Dall' Orso  Italy The barque ran aground near Life Saving Station No. 28, 4th District on the New Jersey coast. Refloated on 22 October.[13]

18 October
List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Nuevo Pajano del Oceano  Spain The ship caught fire while en route to Nuevitas from Havana, Cuba, and sank in the Old Bahama Channel. Seventeen of the crew were landed at New Orleans, Louisiana, but 42 passengers died.[14]

21 October
List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Andrew Leighton  United States The fishing schooner departed for the LaHave Bank. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all fourteen or fifteen crew.[15][16]

23 October
List of shipwrecks: 23 October 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Eliza Gerlach  United States The schooner lost her tow and drifted onto the breakwater at Buffalo, New York near Life Saving Station No. 5, 9th District on the Lake Erie coast. She was scuttled to prevent additional damage. Probably refloated.[13]

24 October
List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Henry Rony Dominion of Canada The schooner sank in 50 feet (15 m) of water off Charlotte, New York, five miles (8.0 km) east of Life Saving Station No. 4, 9th District after springing a leak the day before in wind and a heavy sea. Eight of her crew made it to shore in her yawl, but the female cook, who was asleep in a cabin, was forgotten in the panic to get off and was left to die.[13]
Mercury  United States The 311-ton whaling bark was frozen in the ice and abandoned in the Chukchi Sea near Herald Island off Siberia. All 38 people aboard – 37 crew members and the captain's wife – were rescued by the bark Helen Mar ( United States).[8]

26 October
List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Sea Spray  United Kingdom The Sunderland barque sank after catching fire approximately 240 miles (390 km) from St Vincent. The crew took to the boats and arrived at St Vincent two days later.[17]

27 October
List of shipwrecks: 27 October 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Sally  United States The brigantine capsized during a gale in the Gulf of Mexico. Two survivors were picked by up by the steamer Enrique ( Spain) and landed at New Orleans, Louisiana.[18]

28 October
List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Amazon  United States The screw steamer ran aground at Grand Haven, Michigan in a gale, broke in two and broke up, a total wreck. Her 32 crew and 36 passengers were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[13]

29 October
List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Harvey C. Mackay  United States The fishing schooner probably sank in a gale on the Georges Bank, she was last seen a few hours before the storm arrived. Lost with all 10 hands.[19][20][21]
N. H. Phillips  United States The fishing schooner was lost on the Bank Qurerau in a gale. Last seen the day before and not seen since. Lost with all 14 crewmen.[22][23]

30 October
List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1879
ShipCountryDescription
W. H. Wood  United States The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Unga, Territory of Alaska.[24]

Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in October 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Adelina & Marianne  Germany The ship was wrecked at Taiwanfoo, Formosa.[2]
Ajlea  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at "Santa Anna" before 6 October.[25]
Amelia  Netherlands The brig was wrecked at "Santa Anna" before 6 October.[25]
Amella  Netherlands The ship was wrecked at Havana, Cuba. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cuxhaven, Germany to Mexico.[3]
Anna Christina  Netherlands The ship sank in the Zuyder Zee. Her crew were rescued.[3]
Augusta  United States The ship ran aground on the Gangway Rock. She was on a voyage from New York to Lisbon, Portugal. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[5]
Auguste Flag unknown The ship foundered in the Baltic Sea off Ystad, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Copenhagen, Denmark.[11]
Ben McDui  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Tre Kroner, near Copenhagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Dantsic, Germany to London.[26] She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[2]
Brodick Castle  United Kingdom The steamship ran ashore at "Corriegill]], Isle of Arran. She was refloated and taken in to Lamlash.[6]
Condor  Germany The barque ran aground at Gothenburg, Sweden and became waterlogged.[26]
Countess of Fife  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at "Santa Anna" before 6 October.[25]
Devonia  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Clyde at Garvel Point. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to New York.[11]
Eliza Escuch  Germany The barque was wrecked at "Santa Anna" before 6 October.[25]
Garland  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Leven, Fife.[2]
Glencoe  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Shanghai, China. She was on a voyage from Japan to Shanghai. She was refloated and taken in to Shanghai.[3]
Grijalva  Denmark The brig was wrecked at "Santa Anna" before 6 October.[25]
Harriet Brewster  United States The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 3 October. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to New York.[3]
Hattie Pettis  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked at "Santa Anna" before 6 October.[25]
Heligoland  Norway The barque was wrecked at "Santa Anna" before 6 October.[25]
Laurence et Melanie  France The brig was wrecked at the mouth of the Tonalá River before 6 October.[25]
Leopoldine Fraude  Germany The barque ran aground on the Bredegrunden. She was on a voyage from London to Vyborg, Grand Duchy of Finland.[2]
Margaret Powles  United Kingdom The smack ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex.[5]
Marina  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. She was on a voyage from New Orleans to Liverpool. She was refloated.[11]
Martha  United Kingdom The Mersey Flat collided with the steamship Times ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Mersey at Liverpool, Lancashire.[5]
Mary  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at "Santa Anna" before 6 October.[25]
Neva  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore on Nexø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Dundee, Forfarshire.[5]
Nicholine  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at "Santa Anna" before 6 October.[25]
Prince of Wales  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Donaghadee, County Down. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Wicklow. She was refloated and taken in to Belfast, County Antrim in a leaky condition.[2]
Shincliffe  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked at "Santa Anna" before 6 October.[25]
Sir Sidney  United Kingdom The Mersey Flat was wrecked in Kirkcudbright Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Peel, Isle of Man.[26][2]
Sparrow Hawk  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[10]
Viatka  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on "Kullagrunden". She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London. She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen in a severely leaky condition. She was placed under repair.[3]
Vesta  Germany The schooner was driven ashore on Seskar, Russia. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily, Italy to Saint Petersburg.[5]
Vulcan  Germany The steamship ran aground at Yenikale, Russia. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Taganrog, Russia. She was refloated the next day.[3]
Wesselina  Germany The schooner was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Kingmoor ( United Kingdom). Wesselina was on a voyage from Härnösand, Sweden to Bremen.[3]
Westminster  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at "Traverse". She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Dominion of Canada to Bristol, Gloucestershire. She was refloated with assistance.[26]
Willemseck Passthe de Vrouw Marie  Netherlands The tjalk was run down and sunk in the Scheldt by the steamship Archimedes ( United Kingdom). Willemseck Passthe de Vrouw Marie was on a voyage from Zierikzee, Zeeland to Baasrode, East Flanders, Belgium.[6]
Zeevaart  Netherlands The galiot was wrecked at Oostmahorn, Friesland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Fredrikstad to Groningen.[3]
Unnamed  France The fishing sloop was driven ashore at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk.[10]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The dandy collided with another vessel and sank off Sandgate, Kent.[11]

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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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