List of shipwrecks in September 1879

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

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1 September
List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Familiens Haab  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Scheldt. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Vera Cruz, Mexico. She was refloated and put in to Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands in a leaky condition.[1]
Hertha  Germany The brig collided with the brig Mina ( Sweden) and was wrecked off the Kullen Lighthouse, Sweden with the loss of two of her crew.[1]
Kilburn  United Kingdom The steamship struck the quayside at Liverpool, Lancashire and was beached onn the Cheshire bank of the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland to Liverpool.[1]
Ville de Nantes  France The steamship collided with the steamship Marie ( France at Bordeaux, Gironde and sank at the stern.[1]

2 September
List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Gomer  United Kingdom The smack sprang a leak and foundered off Great Orme Head, Caernarfonshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to "Llandebrog".[2]

3 September
List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1879
ShipCountryDescription
J. Bertschey  United States The screw steamer sprung a leak in a violent gale on Lake Huron and ran aground in an attempt to beach her near Grindstone City, Michigan and broke up. Her crew of 32 and 19 passengers were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[3]
'Quebec  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on East Point, Prince Edward Island, Dominion of Canada. Her 60 passengers were taken off by Griffin ( Dominion of Canada). Quebec was refloated on 7 September and taken in to Montreal, Quebec, Dominion of Canada.[4][5]
Salamander  United Kingdom The Padstow schooner was hit by the 2,000-ton screw collier Lycham, 10 miles (16 km) off Hartland Point, and sank almost immediately.[6]

4 September
List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Columbia  Norway The barque, from London for Quebec, was holed following a collision with either a fish or "some other sea monster". Columbia sank within thirty minutes of the crew taking to two boats and were picked up by the Dutch steamer Plealand, on 9 September.[7]

6 September
List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Brest  United Kingdom The steamship ran ashore at Polbarrow near The Lizard, Cornwall with the loss of one life. About 160 passengers and crew were rescued by the Cadgewith Lifeboat Joseph Armstrong ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution), local fishing boats and the Coastguard. Brest was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Liverpool, Lancashire.[8][9][10][5][11][12]
Crest  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Bristol Channel off Penarth, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Montreal, Quebec, Dominion of Canada.[13]
Knight Templar  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Penarth. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to an American port.[13]
Marion  United Kingdom The Carnarvon owned iron ship ran aground on Rickham Sands, east of Salcombe harbour, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rangoon, Burma to London.[14]
Unnamed Flag unknown The brig foundered off Clonakilty, County Cork, United Kingdom with the loss of all hands.[5]

7 September
List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Lady Matthewson  United Kingdom The schooner was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire by the steamship Jeannie ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued by Jeannie. Lady Matthewson was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to Rochester, Kent.[11]
Lear  United Kingdom The schooner was run down ahd sunk in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire by the steamship Mid Surrey ( United Kingdom). All on board were rescued by Mid Surrey.[11]

8 September
List of shipwrecks: 8 September 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Laurel  New Zealand The schooner sprang a leak off the Kaikoura Coast, New Zealand. The crew were rescued by the barque Mary Bell; the Laurel foundered somewhere close to Cook Strait.[15]

9 September
List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Ann  France The brigantine ran aground in Pegwell Bay. She was on a voyage from Söderhamn, Sweden to Quiberon, Morbihan. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent, United Kingdom.[13]
Colombo  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at the Bec d'Ambès. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[13]
Colombo  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Sunderland Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Glasson Dock, Lancashire. She was refloated and found to be leaky.[13]
Ellen  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in Cardigan Bay. Her three crew were rescued by the lifeboat John Stuart ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Ellen was on a voyage from Beaumaris, Anglesey to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[13][12]
Favourite  United Kingdom The Bute fishing boat was lost near Loch Fyne. All three crew drowned.[16]
Levant  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground off Cape Panomie, Greece.[17]

10 September
List of shipwrecks: 10 September 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Corinthian  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Clyde. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Montreal, Quebec, Dominion of Canada. She was refloated and put back to Greenock.[18]
Flora  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Maassluis, South Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Methil, Fife to Rotterdam, South Holland.[18]
Saga  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Stubbegrunden, in the Baltic Sea, She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to an English port. She was refloated.[18]

11 September
List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Corrina  United Kingdom The barque, carrying coffee, plumbago and cocoa-nut oil for London, was hit by the steamer Zeeland ( Belgium) and sank off Dungeness, with the loss of four lives.[19]
Eleanor  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Maryport, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Maryport.[2]
Hope Isle of Man The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Langness. Her crew were rescued.[18]
Ocean  Norway The barque was driven ashore at Summerhouse Point, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to a Baltic port.[18]

12 September
List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Fernwood  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the quayside at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure and sank at the bow.[2]
Libra  Sweden The ship ran aground on the Lemon and Ower Sand. She was on a voyage from Hudiksvall to Bilbao, Spain. She was refloated and taken in to Gravesend, Kent, United Kingdom.[2]

13 September
List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Monitor  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship ran aground on the Eggegrund. She was refloated and towed in to Gävle.[20]

16 September
List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Germania  Germany The schooner collided with the steamship Antelope ( United Kingdom) and sank off Wendorf, Her crew were rescued.[21]
Shepherdess  New Zealand The 30-ton schooner was driven ashore at Charleston, New Zealand and broke up. She had gone aground in May of the same year at Kaikoura, but had been refloated.[15]

17 September
List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Glaneur  France The brigantine was run down and sunk in the English Channel 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom by a steamship. Six of her eight crew were rescued by the fishing smack Albert Victor ( United Kingdom); the others were rescued by the steamship.[22][23]
Norman  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on Saltholmen, Denmark. She was refloated the next day.[24]
Primitive  United Kingdom The fishing lugger was run down and sunk in the North Sea by the steamship Talisman ( Netherlands). Her crew were rescued by Talisman.[24]

18 September
List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Malakoff  United Kingdom The fishing lugger was run into by the steamship Erith and sank off Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire withn the loss of three of her crew.[25]

19 September
List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Blair Athole  United Kingdom The steam lighter was run into by the tug Flying Foam ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Clyde.[20]
Cardenas  United Kingdom The ship struck the Runnel Stone. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to London. She was towed in to Falmouth, Cornwall in a leaky condition by the tug Gratitude ( United Kingdom).[20]
Esperance  United Kingdom The schooner was run down and sunk off Start Point, Devon by the steamship Leverrier ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued by Leverrier. Esperance was on a voyage from Brixham, Devon to Cádiz, Spain.[20]
Harry S. Edwards  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Trelleborg, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to a Baltic port. She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark.[23]
Kron Prinz  Germany The ship ran aground on the Potato Garth. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was refloated.[23]
Messenger Unknown The barque grounded on Farewell Spit, New Zealand, while en route from Lyttelton to Newcastle, New South Wales. Crew took to the lifeboats; the barque became a wreck.[15]

20 September
List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Diamante  France The barque collided with a British steamship and was beached at Motril, Spain. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Cayenne, French Guiana.[26]
Rapid  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Pori, Grand Duchy of Finland.[17]
Sylvanus Blanchard  United States Abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean while en route from Liverpool to Rio de Janeiro. The captain and nine men were picked up by Vale of Nith.[27]
Synia  Norway The brig ran aground at the Rönnskär Lighthouse, Grand Duchy of Finland. She was on a voyage from Kotka, Grand Duchy of Finland to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland]].[20]

21 September
List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Mary Ellen  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground and sank in the Sound of Islay. She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to Burghead, Moray.[17]

22 September
List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1879
ShipCountryDescription

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Erith  United Kingdom The London collier collided with Orwell and sank in the Lower Hope Reach off Gravesend, Kent. All the crew were landed at Gravesend.[28] Erith was in collision with a fishing boat off Scarborough four days previous.
Nugget  United Kingdom The Mersey Flat collided with the tug Rover ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Mersey. Her crew were rescued.[17]
Orwell  United Kingdom The London collier collided with Erith and sank in the Lower Hope Reach off Gravesend, Kent. All the crew were landed at Gravesend.[28]

23 September
List of shipwrecks: 23 September 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Benan  United Kingdom The steamship collided with Goletta (Flag unknown) and ran ashore on the North Twin Island, County Antrim.[29]
De Hoop  Belgium The barge was run into by the steamship Gamma ( United Kingdom) and sank at Antwerp.[29]
Gruachan  United Kingdom The yacht sank in Oban Bay.[29]
Jeannie Blair  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Kildonan, Isle of Arran. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Harrington, Cumberland to Irvine, Ayrshire.[29]
John and Ann  United Kingdom The fishing boat collided with the fishing boat Mary ( United Kingdom) and sank off Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by Mary.[30]f[29]
Linda Flor  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Littleferry, Sutherland. Her crew were rescued.[29]
Marie Zoe  France The schooner sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km) north north west of Ouessant, Finistère. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom.[26]
Palm Flower  United Kingdom The steam yacht was damaged by fire off Start Point, Devon.[31]
Sex Brodre  Norway The brigantine capsized between the Shetland Islands and Lewis, Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom with the loss of three of her six crew. She was on a voyage from Dram to Belfast, County Antrim.[32]
Union T.  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland. Her seven crew were rescued by the Newbiggin Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Calais, France to Warkworth, Northumberland.[29][12]

24 September
List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Alpha  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[33]
Lizzie English  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at "Karabournou", Ottoman Empire.[33]
Primitive  United Kingdom The Mousehole smack sank off Scarborough, Yorkshire, after a collision with the Newcastle steamer Talisman which was bound for Rotterdam. All the crew were landed at Scarborough.[34]
Woodruff Sims  United States The lumber schooner sprung a leak in a violent gale and was abandoned by her crew. She drifted ashore the next day one mile (1.6 km) south of Life Saving Station No. 2, 6th District on the coast of Virginia, a total loss. Her crew was rescued by a passing vessel.[3]

25 September
List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Martha Brockelmann  Germany The ship ran aground and was wrecked in the Yangtze at Shanghai, China. Her crew were rescued.[26] She was later refloated with assistance.[35]
Palestine  United Kingdom The brig ran aground near Fredrikstad, Denmark. She was later refloated and taken in to Fredrikstad.[35]

26 September
List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Humildade  Portugal The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Flores Island, Azores.[33]
Philosopher  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at "Porre" with the loss of twelve of her crew. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.[32][31]
Racer  United Kingdom The fishing lugger was run down and sank in the North Sea off the North Foreland, Kent by the steamshio Pleiades ( United Kingdom) with the loss of a crew member .[36]

27 September
List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Lizzie Burrill  United Kingdom The ship ran aground between the Twin Islands, County Antrim. She was refloated and taken in to Belfast, County Antrim.[26]
Tita  Italy The ship was driven ashore at "Fos", Algeria. She was on a voyage from Bône, Algeria to Elba.[32]

28 September
List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Anna Clara The steamship suffered a boiler explosion while entering the bar at Santa Cruz, with the loss of two crew and a passenger. Most of the cargo and the mail was saved.[37]
Emmanuel  France The brigantine stranded on the Sokendal coast, to the north of the Haadyr look-out station, Norway, and sank almost immediately.[38] She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord to Gothenburg, Sweden.[39]
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Peter Graham		  United Kingdom The steamship Peter Graham ran into the Thames barge Richard was beached in the River Thames at Blackwall, Middlesex. Richard was severely damaged.[26]
Victoria  United Kingdom The barque was destroyed by fire at Demerara, British Guiana.[40]

29 September
List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Barao de San Diego  Brazil The steamship sprang a leak and was beached at Margate, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Rio de Janeiro.[26]

30 September
List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Despatch  United Kingdom The Mersey Flat was holed by her anchor and sank in the River Mersey. She was later refloated.[41]
Eirene  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on the Seal Rocks, in the Strait of Belle Isle. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Quebec, Dominion of Canada to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[42][43]
Wepre Lass  United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak and sank in the Irish Sea 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) west north west of Maryport, Cumberland. Both crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Silloth, Cumberland to Dundalk, County Louth.[32]

Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in September 1879
ShipCountryDescription
Alfonso  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at "Sprago", Denmark.[26] She was refloated and taken in to Korsør, Denmark.[32]
Annie Ainslie  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore near Sundsvall, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall to Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure, France. She was later refloated with the assistance of tugs and taken in to Sundsvall.[26][44]
Antwerp  Belgium The ship ran aground at New York, United States. She was on a voyage from New York to Antwerp.[24]
Barbary  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the wreck of the steamship Australia ( United Kingdom) on the Vada Shoal, off Livorno, Italy. She was on a voyage from Livorno to Galaţi, United Principalities. She was refloated and put back to Livorno for repairs.[23]
Capella  Norway The ship ran aground in the River Avon under the Clifton Suspension Bridge. She was on a voyage from Onega, Russia to Bristol, Gloucestershire,United Kingdom. She was run into on 10 September by the steamship Preussischer Adler ( Germany).[13][2]
Cito  United Kingdom The ship ran aground. She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark.[26]
Crown  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Maassluis, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[32]
Deborah  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Sunderland Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Lancaster, Lancashire. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to Lancaster in a leaky condition.[18]
De Jonge Anna  Netherlands The fishing boat was discovered abandoned off Scheveningen, South Holland by the steamship Atalanta ( Sweden), which towed her in to Antwerp.[18]
De Ruyter  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore in the Scheldt at Antwerp.[33]
Edward Cardwell  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Quebec City, Dominion of Canada. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated.[33]
Edward Dennison  United Kingdom The smack foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the smack Perseverance ( United Kingdom).[17]
Emma L. Partridge  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Silver Key. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Matanzas, Cuba.[26]
Erato  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Black Rocks, off the Tusker Rock. She was on a voyage from Samarang, Java, Netherlands East Indies to Greenock, Renfrewshire. She was refloated and put in to Holyhead, Anglesey in a leaky condition.[26]
Fastnet  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the River Lee at Rushbrooke, County Cork. She was refloated and taken in to Cork.[2]
Frigga  Norway The brig ran aground on Saltholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Haparanda, Sweden to a Dutch port. She was refloated and put in to Copenhagen.[29]
Giovannina  Austria-Hungary The schooner was run into by the steamship Harold ( United Kingdom) and was beached.[29]
Hephzibah  Germany The schooner ran aground on the Krantzand, in the North Sea off the German coast.[20]
Herdis  France The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[20]
Jane Wright  United Kingdom The barquentine was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Wolf, Prince Edward Island, Dominion of Canada. She was on a voyage from Richibucto, New Brunswick, Dominion of Canada to Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire. She was later refloated and taken in to Pictou, Nova Scotia, where she arrived on 25 September in a waterlogged condition. She was placed under repair.[2][31]
Jutland  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Spijkerplaat. She was on a voyage from Ghent, West Flanders, Belgium to London.[24]
Kielder Castle  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at "Swalferort". She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to London. She was refloated.[29]
Loudoun Castle  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Shanghai, China. She was later refloated.[26]
Louise Poll  Germany The ship was wrecked at "Goalzacoalcos", Mexico.[29]
Maggie  Germany The schooner ran aground on the Krantzand.[20]
Marts  Norway The schooner collided with the steamship Skaane ( Sweden) and sank. Her crew were rescued by Skaane. Marts was on a voyage from Haugesund to Stettin, Germany.[20]
Medby Elsie  Denmark The schooner was driven ashore on Rödskär, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Helsingør.[17]
Nef  Norway The barque was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom.[45]
Norbjerg Grand Duchy of Finland The ship ran aground at Rønne, Denmark. She was refloated and towed in to Stockholm, Sweden.[18]
Patriot  United Kingdom The barque ran aground at Archangelsk, Russia.[32]
Primrose  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Skerrigan Point, County Antrim.[32]
Princess  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore east of Marbella, Spain. She was refloated.[33]
Riga  United Kingdom The steamship put in to Lisbon, Portugal on fire. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to a Greek port.[32] She was scuttled on 2 October.[40]
Roman Empress  United Kingdom The brig sank. Her crew were rescued by Kinnaird ( United Kingdom). Roman Empress was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Neufahrwasser, Germany.[29]
Stanley  Norway The barque was driven ashore at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Honfleur, Manche, France to Baltimore, Maryland, United States.[29]
Sveridge  Sweden The steamship ran aground at "Moldeon", Norway. She was on a voyage from Kristiansund, Norway to Portugal.[2]
Sylphiden  Germany The ship ran aground on Saltholmen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Memel.[23]
Telephone  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Scheelhoek, off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from an English port to Dordrecht, South Holland.[32]
Vaillant  France The lugger foundered in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. Her crew were rescued by the smack Mizpah ( United Kingdom). Vaillant was on avoyage from Paimpol, Côtes-du-Nord to Pori, Grand Duchy of Finland.[2]
Veritas  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Pori. She was refloated on 12 September and found to be severely leaky.[2]
1354  Russia The lighter ran aground and sank at Cronstadt.[26]

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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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