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List of shipwrecks in March 1875

April 27, 2024

The list of shipwrecks in March 1875 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during March 1875.

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1 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1875
Ship State Description
Australia   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Hawkins Point, Baltimore, Maryland, United States. She was on a voyage from Galveston, Texas, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[1]
Copious   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Girvan, Ayrshire.[2]
Flying Spray   United Kingdom The paddle tug was run into by the steam lighter Leopold (  United Kingdom) at Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire and was beached in a sinking condition.[3]
Franconia   Germany The steamship ran aground in the Elbe near Schulau. She was on a voyage from the West Indies to Hamburg.[4] She was refloated on 9 March and taken in to Hamburg.[5]
Ida   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Dundalk Bay. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Dundalk, County Louth.[6]
Maraldi   United Kingdom The steamship was run ashore at Bahia, Brazil. She was on a voyage from the River Plate to Liverpool.[7]
Matthanja   Norway The barque collided with Zanzibar (  United Kingdom) and sank in the English Channel 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Start Point, Devon, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by Zanzibar. Matthanja was on a voyage from Stavanger to Trapani, Sicily, Italy.[7]
Melbourne   Victoria The 53-ton schooner sailed from Lyttelton Harbour, New Zealand. Wreckage from the ship was discovered in mid-March close to the northwestern tip of the South Island and two bodies, one believed to have been of the ship's captain, were found washed ashore on Farewell Spit towards the end of the month.[8]
Newton   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Elbe between Glückstadt and "Stohr". She was refloated with assistance from the steamship Enock (Flag unknown).[2]

2 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1875
Ship State Description
Madge Wildfire   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at Cairnryan, Wigtownshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[1]
Panther   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Elbe between Lühe and Schulau.[9]
Peri   United Kingdom The sbrig was driven ashore on St Martin's, Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Bône, Algeria to Swansea, Glamorgan. She was refloated and taken in to St Mary's, Isles of Scilly.[7][4]
Seagull   United Kingdom The ship ran aground in "St. John's River", Natal Colony.[10]
The Princess   United Kingdom The steamship foundered off Calais, France with the loss of seven of her seventeen crew. Survivors were rescued by the fishing smack Confidence en Dieu (  France). The Princess was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to London.[11][12][13]

3 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1875
Ship State Description
Modeste   France The ship was wrecked on the East Mouse Sand, in the Thames Estuary. Her crew were rescued by a Dutch galiot. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord to London, United Kingdom.[4]
Pequot   United States The ship was wrecked 40 nautical miles (74 km) north of Maceió, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Pensacola, Florida.[4]

4 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1875
Ship State Description
Giovanni   Italy The barque was wrecked on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States with the loss of fifteen of her sixteen crew. She was on a voyage from Palermo, Sicily to Boston, Massachusetts.[14][15][16]
Mercator   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Harwich, Essex. She was on a voyage from Poti, Russia to Harwich. She was refloated.[4]

5 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1875
Ship State Description
Adelaide   United States The ship ran aground in the Potomac River. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Baltimore, Maryland.[17]
Agnes   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Lindisfarne, Northumberland. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug.[17]
Giovanni   Italy The barque was wrecked on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States with the loss of fifteen of her sixteen crew. She was on a voyage from Palermo, Sicily to Boston, Massachusetts.[18]
Holsatia   Germany The ship ran aground in the Elbe at "Neumühle".[10]
J. R. Hea   United States The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Colorado (  United States). J. R. Hea was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom.[19]
Pride of the Thames   China The barque was wrecked on the Mitsulze Rocks, 12 nautical miles (22 km) from Nagasaki, Japan. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Nagasaki to Yokohama, Japan.[20]
Souvenir   Norway The barque ran aground on the Scarweaterh Sands, in the Bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued by the pilot boat Vigilant (  United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Lillesand to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. Souvenir capsized and drove out to sea.[21][22] She was discovered the next day by the pilot cutter Rose Emma (  United Kingdom. Souvenir was righted and towed in to Llanelly, Glamorgan.[13][10]

6 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1875
Ship State Description
Eider   United Kingdom The steamship collided with the barque Avalanche (  United Kingdom) in the English Channel off Start Point, Devon and was severely damaged. Eider was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to the West Indies. She put back to Southampton for repairs.[23]
Marie Westendorf   Denmark The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Aramis (  France). Marie Westendorf was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida to Svendborg.[24]

7 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1875
Ship State Description
Cesare Becarria, and
Conservator 		  Italy
  United Kingdom 		The steamship Conservator was run down and sunk by the barque Cesare Becarria off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her twenty crew were rescued by the. steamship Berwick (  United Kingdom). Conservator was on a voyage from the River Tyne to London. Cesare Becarria was severely damaged. She put in to Filey Bay but ran aground on the Filey Brigg and was severely damaged. She was beached south of Scarborough, Yorkshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom.[25][26][23]
China   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her 22 crew were rescued by the Caister Lifeboat The Boys (  Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[27] China was on a voyage from London to the River Tyne. She was refloated with the assistance of The Boys and some tugs.[28]
Janie Banfield   United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on Nisyros, Greece. Her crew were rescued.[29][30]
J. J.   United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on the Carr Rock, in the Firth of Forth with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Tayport, Fife to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.[25][22]

8 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1875
Ship State Description
Argus   France The smack ran aground at Rye, Sussex, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Rye in a waterlogged condition.[28]
Annie McJannet   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in Church Bay, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Queenstown, County Cork to Irvine, Ayrshire.[31]
Benbow   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at St. Margaret's Bay, Kent. She was on a voyage from the Charente to London. She was refloated with the assistance of the tug Palmerston (  United Kingdom).[28]
British Hero   United Kingdom The paddle tug was run into and sunk at Hull, Yorkshire by the steamship Manchester (  United Kingdom).[28] British Hero was refloated the next day.[32]
Clutha   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashrore 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) east of Port Talbot, Glamorgan. She was refloated on 6 April with the assistance of a tug and taken in to Swansea, Glamorgan.[33][34]
Columbus   United Kingdom The schooner was run down and sunk in Liverpool Bay 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) south south east of the Crosby Lightship (  Trinity House) by the steamship Adriatic) (  United Kingdom) with the loss of one of the eight people on board. Survivors were rescued by the steamship Enterprise (  United Kingdom). Columbus was on a voyage from Fowey, Cornwall to Runcorn, Cheshire.[35][36]
Eugene   France The yacht was wrecked at St. Jean d'Acre, Ottoman Syria with the loss of all hands.[37]
Fairlina   United Kingdom The ship departed from Sunderland, County Durham for Limerick. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[38]
Hannah Coppack   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ayr. She was on a voyage from Portrush, County Antrim to Ayr.[28]
Hilda   United Kingdom The cutter ran aground on the Jordan Flats, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued by the tug Great Conquest (  United Kingdom). Hilda was on a voyage from Beaumaris, Anglesey to Liverpool, Lancashire.[39][40]
Hooghly   France The steamship ran aground at Wusong, China. She was refloated.[26][28]
Juno   United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked on the Navestone, in the Farne Islands, Northumberland.[25] Her crew were rescued by the full-rigged ship Edinburgh (  United Kingdom).[41][26]
Ocean Wave   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at St. Margaret's Bay. She was on a voyage from Genoa, Italy to London. She was refloated and taken in to The Downs.[28]
Pride   United Kingdom The ship departed from Sunderland for Southampton, Hampshire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[42]
Prince Eugene   Guernsey The schooner was driven ashore at Selsey Bill, Sussex and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Guernsey to Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. She was refloated and taken in to Portsmouth, Hampshire with the assistance of a tug. Subsequently placed under repair.[28][43][44]
Rieta   United States The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked in Church Bay. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Queenstown.[31]
Sarah Richardson   United Kingdom The ship sank in the River Tyne.[25]
Victoria   United Kingdom The steamship was severely damaged by fire at South Shields, County Durham.[25]
Wyk-Van-Zee   Netherlands The ship ran aground on the Ridge Sand. She was on a voyage from Java, Netherlands East Indies to Amsterdam, North Holland. She was refloated and taken in to The Downs in a leaky condition.[10]
Unnamed Flag unknown The ship sank in Liverpool Bay.[39]

9 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1875
Ship State Description
Billow   United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in a sinking condition. Her crew were rescued by Sympathy (  Netherlands). Billow was on a voyage from "Duranso" to Hayle, Cornwall.[45]
British Queen   United Kingdom The schooner was driven onto the Ark Rocks, off Bamburgh, Northumberland and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Berwick upon Tweed to Blyth, Northumberland.[39][41]
Cairngowrie   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by the Bamburgh Lifeboat.[46]
Cock-a-Leekie   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore north of Girvan, Ayrshire. She was refloated and taken in to Girvan in a waterlogged condition.[43]
Colombo   United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at St. Jean d'Acre, Ottoman Syria. Her crew were rescued.[45]
Columbus   United States The ship was rammed and sunk by the White Star Line ocean liner Adriatic (  United Kingdom) in the Crosby Channel at Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.
Dunphail Castle   United Kingdom The ship caught fire in the West India Docks, London and was scuttled.[45]
Economy   United Kingdom The brig was abandoned off Filey, Yorkshire. Her five crew were rescued by fishing boats. She was on a voyage from Folkestone, Kent to Scarborough, Yorkshire. Economy came ashore at Reighton, Yorkshire and was wrecked.[47]
Eliza McLaughlan   Canada The ship was driven ashore at West Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Doboy, Georgia, United States to West Hartlepool. She was refloated with the assistance of three tugs and taken in to West Hartlepool, where she sank.[45]
Energy   United Kingdom The fishing smack was driven ashore and wrecked at North Shields, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by the North Shields Lifeboat Noble (  Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[39]
Grace Carry   United Kingdom The fishing smack was driven ashore and wrecked at the Cloch Lighthouse, Renfrewshire. She was on a voyage from Teignmouth, Devon to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[39]
James Irvine   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Portpatrick, Wigtownshire. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Campbeltown, Argyllshire.[39]
Nada   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on the Île d'Yeu, Vendée, France.[39][48] She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. She was refloated on 26 April and beached.[37] Nada was refloated on 6 May and taken in tow for Saint-Nazaire, Ille-et-Vilaine but sank off the mouth of the Loire. Her crew survived.[49]
Osprey   United Kingdom The sloop was beached at Spittal, Northumberland. Both crew were rescued by the Berwick upon Tweed Lifeboat Albert Victor (  Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Osprey was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Dunbar, Lothian. She subsequently broke up.[39][41][27][50]
Prince of Waterloo   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Spencer Spit, at the mouth of the River Mersey, and sank with the loss of two of her four crew. Survivors were rescued by the Hoylake Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Wicklow to Woodend.[39][46][5]
Salvadora   Spain The ship ran aground at Venus.[51]
Sarah Hughes   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Maryport, Cumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Maryport to Ardglass, County Down.[39]
Thomas Bayne   United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was wrecked off "Rakudes", on the Somali coast. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Aden to Bassein, India.[52][53]
Urania   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Greystones, County Wicklow. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Whitehaven, Cumberland.[39]
Victorine   France The barque was wrecked on Sylt, Germany.[39] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Hamburg, Germany.[43]
Three unnamed vessels   United Kingdom A schooner and two smacks were driven ashore on Holy Isle, in the Firth of Forth.[39]
Unnamed   United Kingdom The ship foundered off Souter Point, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by the paddle tugs Balmoral and Vans (both   United Kingdom), which was towing the ship from the River Tees to the River Tyne.[41]
Unnamed   United Kingdom The pilot boat, a coble, capsized off Bamburgh with the loss of all five crew.[46][45][54]

10 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1875
Ship State Description
David Boyd   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the San Gabriel Reef. off Colonia, Yap, Captaincy General of the Philippines. She was on a voyage from Portland, Dorset to Colonia.[55]
Driving Mist   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Padstow, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to Newquay, Cornwall. She was refloated the next day.[33][56]
Emanuel   Denmark The galiot was driven ashore and wrecked on Skagen. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ærøskøbing to "Cappelm".[45]
Emily Quigley   United Kingdom The Yorkshire Billyboy was driven ashore in the River Carron. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Colchester, Essex.[57]
Energy   United Kingdom The fishing trawler was driven ashore at South Shields, County Durham. Her five crew were rescued by the steamship Providence (  United Kingdom) and the South Shields Lifeboat.[45]
Eugenie   United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore at Margate, Kent. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent.[33]
Pomona   France The ship was driven ashore on Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Bremerhaven, Germany.[45][55]
Rambler   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Bristol Channel. She was subsequently towed in to Llanelly, Glamorgan.[45]
Unnamed   United Kingdom The lighter foundered off Souter Point, Northumberland. Her four crew were rescued by the tug Venus (  United Kingdom), which was towing her from the River Tees to South Shields.[45]
Unnamed   United Kingdom The brig capsized in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham.[58]

11 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1875
Ship State Description
Commodore   United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Blacktail Sand, in the Thames Estuary. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[29]
Elise Metsler   France The ship struck rocks in the Gironde. She put back to Pauillac, Gironde in a waterlogged condition.[33]
Emily   United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the North Sea off Bridlington, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by a fishing smack. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France.[59]
Sailor   United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore and severely damaged at Moville, County Donegal.[33]
Telegraph   United Kingdom The cutter struck sluice gates at Calais, France and sank. She was on a voyage from Colchester, Essex to Calais.[33]
West Ridge   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to London.[33]
Unnamed   United Kingdom The Mersey Flat collided with the steamship Elmina (  United Kingdom) and sank in the River Mersey.[33]

12 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1875
Ship State Description
Bengalese   United Kingdom The steamship departed from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire for Malta. Presumed subsequently foundered with the loss of all hands.[60] Wreckage thought to be from the ship was discovered off Cape Matapan, Greece.[61]
Cleadon   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Coalhouse Point, in the River Thames. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.[62] She was refloated on 17 March.[63]
Elizabeth   United Kingdom The brigantine was wrecked on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk with the loss of all five crew.[62][64]
Gladstone   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Happisburgh, Norfolk. Her 21 crew were rescued by the Yarmouth Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to London.[29][65][54]
Isaac Lincoln   United Kingdom The ship departed from Boston, Massachusetts, United States for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[66]
Punch   United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Barber Sand. Her six crew were rescued by the Caister Lifeboat The Boys (  Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Punch was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Dublin.[29][27]

13 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1875
Ship State Description
Bolivia   United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Clyde at Greenock, Renfrewshire. She was refloated and taken in to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[67][53]
Catharina   Germany The ship ran aground in the Hudson River. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Bremen. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[67]
Freidig   Norway The barque was driven ashore near "Aslong". She was on a voyage from Torrevieja, Spain to Sandefjord. She was refloated and towed in to Mandal.[52]
Sisters   United Kingdom The fishing smack collided with the fishing smack Boomerang (  United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew survived.[62][58]
St. Peter   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[67][53]

14 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1875
Ship State Description
Cerdic   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Gulf of Aden. She was on a voyage from Kurrachee, India to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[68]
Euphrosyne   New Zealand The 75-ton schooner sailed from Dunedin for Oamaru. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all six crew.[8]
Immacolata   Italy The barque was lost near Portopalo di Capo Passero, Sicily. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[69]
Lady Maxwell   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Whitehaven, Cumberland.[53]
Robert Halker   United Kingdom The fishing smack was deliberately set afire in the North Sea by one of her crew.[70]

15 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1875
Ship State Description
City of Richmond   United Kingdom The ship arrived at Calcutta, India from Liverpool, Lancashire on fire.[67]
Hope   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Bembridge, Isle of Wight.[53]

16 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1875
Ship State Description
Angelo Antonio   Italy The barque caught fire at Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and was scuttled. She was refloated the next day and found to be severely damaged.[63]
Ringdove   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Cartagena, Spain. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[71][54]

17 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1875
Ship State Description
Asiatic   United Kingdom The ship departed from Pensacola, Florida, United States for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[72]
Brittany   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[73]
Calista Haws   United Kingdom The ship ran aground at New York, United States. She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[63]
Levant   United Kingdom The barque put in to Stanley, Falkland Islands on fire. She was scuttled on 18 March. She was severely damaged.[74]
Mavourneen   United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on the Hartwell Reef, off Boa Vista Island Cape Verde Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to the Brass River.[63][75]
Melodia   United Kingdom The brigantine was wrecked in the Rio Grande. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to the Rio Grande.[71][76]

18 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1875
Ship State Description
Jeanne Louise   France The fishing trawler was run down and sunk in the English Channel 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom by the schooner Johanna Mathilda (  Sweden) ith the loss of three of her eight crew. Survivors were rescued by Johanna Mathilda.[77]

20 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1875
Ship State Description
Marie   Germany The barque ran aground at Neufahrwasser. She was refloated and taken in to Danzig.[51]
Théophile Marie   France The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescyed by Fylla (Flag unknown). Théophile Marie was on a voyage from "St. Maro" to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[19]

21 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1875
Ship State Description
Bengal   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated on 23 March and resumed her voyage.[78]
Marchioness of Lorne   United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on Tiree, Inner Hebrides.[79]

22 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1875
Ship State Description
Anglian   United Kingdom The steamship was damaged by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to Cape Town, Cape Colony.[80]

23 March edit

For the loss of Emperor on this date, see List of shipwrecks in February 1875 § 12 February.
List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1875
Ship State Description
Kosmopoliet III   Netherlands The ship ran aground in the Scheldt at Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland.[81]

24 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1875
Ship State Description
Adam Smith   United Kingdom The brig was run into by the steamship Kron Prinz (  Germany) and sank in the North Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Souter Point, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by Kron Prinz. Adam Smith was on a voyage from London to the River Tyne.[82][83][84]
Crighton   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Çeşme, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Sulina, Ottoman Empire.[82]
Freia   Norway The barque was driven ashore on Heligoland. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Puerto Rico.[85][81]
Granite   United Kingdom The brig ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug.[85]
James Evans   United Kingdom The fishing smack was destroyed by fire in the Dogger Bank. Her five crew were rescued by the smack Ventura (  United Kingdom).[86]
Regina   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Coal Rock. She was on a voyage from "Blackpoint" to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool in a leaky condition.[82]
Tyne   Norway The schooner was taken in to Langore, Cornwall, United Kingdom in a derelict condition.[85][81]

25 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1875
Ship State Description
Albert   United Kingdom The steamship struck a sunken rock at "Lochchum" and was beached.[87]
Homely   United States The brig ran aground in an American river. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to the Hampton Roads, Virginia.[88]
Selica   Belgium The steamship ran aground on the Haaks Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Copenhagen, Denmark.[82] She was refloated and taken in to the Nieuw Diep.[19]
William and Jane   United Kingdom The ship was towed in to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire in a sinking condition. She was on a voyage from Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire to Limerick.[82]

26 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1875
Ship State Description
Apollo   Trieste The steamship was driven ashore at Silivri, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Trieste to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[19]
Artemisa   Austria-Hungary The barque was driven ashore at Cape Spartel, Morocco.[19][88]
Duchess   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Portrush, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Portrush. She was refloated and taken in to Portrush. She grounded on an anchor and was subsequently found to be severely leaky.[19][88][87]
Henrietta   United States The ship was driven ashore on Heligoland. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Hamburg, Germany. She was refloated and taken in to the Elbe.[19]

27 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1875
Ship State Description
Ayrsome   United Kingdom The ship was damaged by an onboard explosion off Start Point, Devon. Two of her crew were severely injured. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France.[19]
Ernestine   Netherlands The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Makassar, Netherlands East Indies. She was refloated with the assistance of tugs and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a leaky condition.[19]
Essex   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Bornholm, Denmark. Her crew were rescued.[87] She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Pillau, Germany. She was refloated on 30 March.[69]
Formosa   Canada The barque ran aground at "Beale", County Kerry, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Limerick. She was refloated.[19][87]
Frances   United Kingdom The barque ran aground off the Hurst Castle, Hampshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[87]
Gills   United Kingdom The ketch was driven ashore at Blakeney, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.[19][24]
Hampton   Netherlands The ship ran aground off Goeree, Zeeland. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to a Dutch port.[19]
Hawke   United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Boscastle, Cornwall and was severely damaged.[19]
Kordula   Norway The barque ran aground in the Palmones. She was on a voyage from Cowes, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom to Barcelona, Spain.[19] She was later refloated and taken in to Gibraltar for repairs.[37]
Ortensia   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore south of Cape Spartel, Morocco and was abandoned by her crew.[89]

28 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1875
Ship State Description
Louisa   United Kingdom The ketch was driven ashore and sank at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire with the loss of all four people on board.[90][91]
Martin Scott   United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the River Thames. sHe was on a voyage from London to Calcutta, India.[87]
Thirteen   United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her eight crew were rescued by the Caister Lifeboat The Boys (  Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[27]

29 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1875
Ship State Description
Joneheid   Denmark The ship was driven ashore at Morup, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom to Copenhagen.[92] She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[93]
Storm Finch   United Kingdom The yacht struck a submerged object and was wrecked at Algiers, Algeria with the loss of two of the six people on board.[94] She was refloated on 19 May and taken in to Algiers.[95]
Yuen Tze Fee   China The ship was driven ashore on "Dodd Island". All on board were rescued. She was a total loss.[74]

31 March edit

List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1875
Ship State Description
Anna   United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Pensacola, Florida, United States. She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire to Pensacola.[80]
Corsica   United States The barque collided with the full-rigged ship Ida Lily (  United States at Astoria, New York. Corsica was severely damaged and was beached. She was on a voyage from Portland, Oregon to a European port.[92]
Galathea   United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore in Wendelsfjord. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Copenhagen, Denmark.[92] She was refloated on 5 April and towed in to Copenhagen by a steamship.[96]
Helmi   Germany The brig ran aground at Lagos, Lagos Colony and was severely damaged. She was refloated.[97]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in March 1875
Ship State Description
Agatha   United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, East Riding of Yorkshire. She was towed in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire on 10 March by the smack United Friends (  United Kingdom).[33][98]
Anna   Norway The barque was wrecked at Pensacola, Florida, United States. She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Pensacola.[92]
Annabel   United States The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 9 March.[82]
Ardent   France The ship was wrecked off Mayaguana, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Sainte-Marie, Martinique to a French port.[52]
Cairnduna   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland. Her four crew were rescued by the North Sunderland Lifeboat.[27] She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Sunderland, County Durham.[48]
Castor   Austria-Hungary The ship was wrecked in the Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana, United States before 23 March. She was on a voyage from Cienfuegos, Cuba to Pascagoula, Mississippi, United States.[85]
Celt   United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked at Quoin Point, Cape Colony. All on board were rescued.[99]
City of London   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Tacumshane, County Wexford. She broke up on 7 March.[25]
Evelyn   United Kingdom The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 5 March. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Queenstown, County Cork.[17][21]
Fleetwing   United Kingdom The ship ran aground at "Puenta", Mallorca, Spain. She was on a voyage from Agrigento, Sicily, Italy to Runcorn, Cheshire. She was refloated.[100]
Geraldine   United Kingdom The ship became a total loss in the Congo River due to piracy. Her crew were rescued.[101]
Gipsy Lass   United Kingdom The Yorkshire Billyboy foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire with the loss of all hands.[54]
H. B. Stanwood   United States The Schooner was lost in March. Lost with all 12 hands.[102]
Homely   United States The brig ran aground in the River Plate. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to the Hampton Roads, Virginia.[19]
Invincible   France The ship ran aground off Sagua la Grande, Cuba.[29]
Louisa   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Scorpion Reef, in the Gulf of Mexico before 11 March. She was on a voyage from the Laguna de Términos to Falmouth, Cornwall.[29]
Manila   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned off the coast of New South Wales before 20 March.[20]
Margaret Ridley   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Cape Pine, Newfoundland Colony before 5 March.[17][21]
Mary   United States While backing out of slip between two piers into the East River in New York City near Corlears Hook in fog in mid-March, the tug collided with the steamboat Shady Side (  United States) and sank.[103][104]
May Queen   United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire off Madras, India. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Galle, Ceylon and Rangoon, Burma.[45][55]
Mendes Leal   Portugal The brig was abandoned in the South Atlantic. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Ville Rio de Janeiro (  France). Mendes Leal was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to Lisbon.[92]
Mercur   France The ship was driven ashore at Queenstown. She was refloated on 1 April.[69]
Minerva   Portugal The barque ran aground at the mouth of the Rio Grande. She was on a voyage from Oporto to the Rio Grande. She was refloated and taken in to the Rio Grande in a waterlogged condition.[98]
Miranda   New South Wales The barque was wrecked at the mouth of the Brunswick River.[55]
Nil Desperandum   United Kingdom The fishing yawl was abandoned in the North Sea in late March. She was discovered 25 nautical miles (46 km) off Coquet Island, Northumberland on 2 April by Pert (  United Kingdom).[105]
R. S. Hassell   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Colorado Reef, off the cost of Cuba. She was on a voyage from Cienfuegos, Cuba to Belfast, County Antrim.[52]
Tein Esser   Germany The schooner was abandoned in the Indian Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Adelaide, South Australia to the Natal Colony.[106][96]
Violette   France The barque foundered at sea before 5 March.[17][21] Her crew survived.[107]
William C. Endicott   United States The Schooner was lost in March. Lost with all 12 hands.[108]
Zedora   South Australia The ship was wrecked at Fremantle, Western Australia before 8 March. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Mauritius to Adelaide.[39][43]

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The list of shipwrecks in March 1875 includes ships sunk foundered grounded or otherwise lost during March 1875 This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources March 1875 MonTueWedThuFriSatSun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Unknown date References1 March editList of shipwrecks 1 March 1875 Ship State Description Australia nbsp United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Hawkins Point Baltimore Maryland United States She was on a voyage from Galveston Texas United States to Liverpool Lancashire 1 Copious nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Girvan Ayrshire 2 Flying Spray nbsp United Kingdom The paddle tug was run into by the steam lighter Leopold nbsp United Kingdom at Port Glasgow Renfrewshire and was beached in a sinking condition 3 Franconia nbsp Germany The steamship ran aground in the Elbe near Schulau She was on a voyage from the West Indies to Hamburg 4 She was refloated on 9 March and taken in to Hamburg 5 Ida nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Dundalk Bay She was on a voyage from Troon Ayrshire to Dundalk County Louth 6 Maraldi nbsp United Kingdom The steamship was run ashore at Bahia Brazil She was on a voyage from the River Plate to Liverpool 7 Matthanja nbsp Norway The barque collided with Zanzibar nbsp United Kingdom and sank in the English Channel 30 nautical miles 56 km off Start Point Devon United Kingdom Her crew were rescued by Zanzibar Matthanja was on a voyage from Stavanger to Trapani Sicily Italy 7 Melbourne nbsp Victoria The 53 ton schooner sailed from Lyttelton Harbour New Zealand Wreckage from the ship was discovered in mid March close to the northwestern tip of the South Island and two bodies one believed to have been of the ship s captain were found washed ashore on Farewell Spit towards the end of the month 8 Newton nbsp United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Elbe between Gluckstadt and Stohr She was refloated with assistance from the steamship Enock Flag unknown 2 2 March editList of shipwrecks 2 March 1875 Ship State Description Madge Wildfire nbsp United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at Cairnryan Wigtownshire She was on a voyage from Liverpool Lancashire to Glasgow Renfrewshire 1 Panther nbsp United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Elbe between Luhe and Schulau 9 Peri nbsp United Kingdom The sbrig was driven ashore on St Martin s Isles of Scilly She was on a voyage from Bone Algeria to Swansea Glamorgan She was refloated and taken in to St Mary s Isles of Scilly 7 4 Seagull nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground in St John s River Natal Colony 10 The Princess nbsp United Kingdom The steamship foundered off Calais France with the loss of seven of her seventeen crew Survivors were rescued by the fishing smack Confidence en Dieu nbsp France The Princess was on a voyage from Antwerp Belgium to London 11 12 13 3 March editList of shipwrecks 3 March 1875 Ship State Description Modeste nbsp France The ship was wrecked on the East Mouse Sand in the Thames Estuary Her crew were rescued by a Dutch galiot She was on a voyage from Dunkerque Nord to London United Kingdom 4 Pequot nbsp United States The ship was wrecked 40 nautical miles 74 km north of Maceio Brazil She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro Brazil to Pensacola Florida 4 4 March editList of shipwrecks 4 March 1875 Ship State Description Giovanni nbsp Italy The barque was wrecked on Cape Cod Massachusetts United States with the loss of fifteen of her sixteen crew She was on a voyage from Palermo Sicily to Boston Massachusetts 14 15 16 Mercator nbsp United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Harwich Essex She was on a voyage from Poti Russia to Harwich She was refloated 4 5 March editList of shipwrecks 5 March 1875 Ship State Description Adelaide nbsp United States The ship ran aground in the Potomac River She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro Brazil to Baltimore Maryland 17 Agnes nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Lindisfarne Northumberland She was refloated with the assistance of a tug 17 Giovanni nbsp Italy The barque was wrecked on Cape Cod Massachusetts United States with the loss of fifteen of her sixteen crew She was on a voyage from Palermo Sicily to Boston Massachusetts 18 Holsatia nbsp Germany The ship ran aground in the Elbe at Neumuhle 10 J R Hea nbsp United States The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean Her crew were rescued by Colorado nbsp United States J R Hea was on a voyage from Baltimore Maryland to Queenstown County Cork United Kingdom 19 Pride of the Thames nbsp China The barque was wrecked on the Mitsulze Rocks 12 nautical miles 22 km from Nagasaki Japan Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Nagasaki to Yokohama Japan 20 Souvenir nbsp Norway The barque ran aground on the Scarweaterh Sands in the Bristol Channel Her crew were rescued by the pilot boat Vigilant nbsp United Kingdom She was on a voyage from Lillesand to Cardiff Glamorgan United Kingdom Souvenir capsized and drove out to sea 21 22 She was discovered the next day by the pilot cutter Rose Emma nbsp United Kingdom Souvenir was righted and towed in to Llanelly Glamorgan 13 10 6 March editList of shipwrecks 6 March 1875 Ship State Description Eider nbsp United Kingdom The steamship collided with the barque Avalanche nbsp United Kingdom in the English Channel off Start Point Devon and was severely damaged Eider was on a voyage from Southampton Hampshire to the West Indies She put back to Southampton for repairs 23 Marie Westendorf nbsp Denmark The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean Her crew were rescued by Aramis nbsp France Marie Westendorf was on a voyage from Pensacola Florida to Svendborg 24 7 March editList of shipwrecks 7 March 1875 Ship State Description Cesare Becarria andConservator nbsp Italy nbsp United Kingdom The steamship Conservator was run down and sunk by the barque Cesare Becarria off Flamborough Head Yorkshire Her twenty crew were rescued by the steamship Berwick nbsp United Kingdom Conservator was on a voyage from the River Tyne to London Cesare Becarria was severely damaged She put in to Filey Bay but ran aground on the Filey Brigg and was severely damaged She was beached south of Scarborough Yorkshire Her crew survived She was on a voyage from London to South Shields County Durham United Kingdom 25 26 23 China nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Cross Sand in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk Her 22 crew were rescued by the Caister Lifeboat The Boys nbsp Royal National Lifeboat Institution 27 China was on a voyage from London to the River Tyne She was refloated with the assistance of The Boys and some tugs 28 Janie Banfield nbsp United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on Nisyros Greece Her crew were rescued 29 30 J J nbsp United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on the Carr Rock in the Firth of Forth with the loss of a crew member She was on a voyage from Tayport Fife to Middlesbrough Yorkshire 25 22 8 March editList of shipwrecks 8 March 1875 Ship State Description Argus nbsp France The smack ran aground at Rye Sussex United Kingdom She was refloated and taken in to Rye in a waterlogged condition 28 Annie McJannet nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in Church Bay County Cork She was on a voyage from Queenstown County Cork to Irvine Ayrshire 31 Benbow nbsp United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at St Margaret s Bay Kent She was on a voyage from the Charente to London She was refloated with the assistance of the tug Palmerston nbsp United Kingdom 28 British Hero nbsp United Kingdom The paddle tug was run into and sunk at Hull Yorkshire by the steamship Manchester nbsp United Kingdom 28 British Hero was refloated the next day 32 Clutha nbsp United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashrore 3 nautical miles 5 6 km east of Port Talbot Glamorgan She was refloated on 6 April with the assistance of a tug and taken in to Swansea Glamorgan 33 34 Columbus nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was run down and sunk in Liverpool Bay 1 nautical mile 1 9 km south south east of the Crosby Lightship nbsp Trinity House by the steamship Adriatic nbsp United Kingdom with the loss of one of the eight people on board Survivors were rescued by the steamship Enterprise nbsp United Kingdom Columbus was on a voyage from Fowey Cornwall to Runcorn Cheshire 35 36 Eugene nbsp France The yacht was wrecked at St Jean d Acre Ottoman Syria with the loss of all hands 37 Fairlina nbsp United Kingdom The ship departed from Sunderland County Durham for Limerick No further trace presumed foundered with the loss of all hands 38 Hannah Coppack nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ayr She was on a voyage from Portrush County Antrim to Ayr 28 Hilda nbsp United Kingdom The cutter ran aground on the Jordan Flats in Liverpool Bay Her crew were rescued by the tug Great Conquest nbsp United Kingdom Hilda was on a voyage from Beaumaris Anglesey to Liverpool Lancashire 39 40 Hooghly nbsp France The steamship ran aground at Wusong China She was refloated 26 28 Juno nbsp United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked on the Navestone in the Farne Islands Northumberland 25 Her crew were rescued by the full rigged ship Edinburgh nbsp United Kingdom 41 26 Ocean Wave nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at St Margaret s Bay She was on a voyage from Genoa Italy to London She was refloated and taken in to The Downs 28 Pride nbsp United Kingdom The ship departed from Sunderland for Southampton Hampshire No further trace presumed foundered with the loss of all hands 42 Prince Eugene nbsp Guernsey The schooner was driven ashore at Selsey Bill Sussex and was abandoned by her crew She was on a voyage from Guernsey to Shoreham by Sea Sussex She was refloated and taken in to Portsmouth Hampshire with the assistance of a tug Subsequently placed under repair 28 43 44 Rieta nbsp United States The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked in Church Bay She was on a voyage from Baltimore Maryland to Queenstown 31 Sarah Richardson nbsp United Kingdom The ship sank in the River Tyne 25 Victoria nbsp United Kingdom The steamship was severely damaged by fire at South Shields County Durham 25 Wyk Van Zee nbsp Netherlands The ship ran aground on the Ridge Sand She was on a voyage from Java Netherlands East Indies to Amsterdam North Holland She was refloated and taken in to The Downs in a leaky condition 10 Unnamed Flag unknown The ship sank in Liverpool Bay 39 9 March editList of shipwrecks 9 March 1875 Ship State Description Billow nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in a sinking condition Her crew were rescued by Sympathy nbsp Netherlands Billow was on a voyage from Duranso to Hayle Cornwall 45 British Queen nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven onto the Ark Rocks off Bamburgh Northumberland and was wrecked Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Berwick upon Tweed to Blyth Northumberland 39 41 Cairngowrie nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Bamburgh Castle Northumberland Her crew were rescued by the Bamburgh Lifeboat 46 Cock a Leekie nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore north of Girvan Ayrshire She was refloated and taken in to Girvan in a waterlogged condition 43 Colombo nbsp United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at St Jean d Acre Ottoman Syria Her crew were rescued 45 Columbus nbsp United States The ship was rammed and sunk by the White Star Line ocean liner Adriatic nbsp United Kingdom in the Crosby Channel at Liverpool Lancashire United Kingdom Dunphail Castle nbsp United Kingdom The ship caught fire in the West India Docks London and was scuttled 45 Economy nbsp United Kingdom The brig was abandoned off Filey Yorkshire Her five crew were rescued by fishing boats She was on a voyage from Folkestone Kent to Scarborough Yorkshire Economy came ashore at Reighton Yorkshire and was wrecked 47 Eliza McLaughlan nbsp Canada The ship was driven ashore at West Hartlepool County Durham United Kingdom She was on a voyage from Doboy Georgia United States to West Hartlepool She was refloated with the assistance of three tugs and taken in to West Hartlepool where she sank 45 Energy nbsp United Kingdom The fishing smack was driven ashore and wrecked at North Shields Northumberland Her crew were rescued by the North Shields Lifeboat Noble nbsp Royal National Lifeboat Institution 39 Grace Carry nbsp United Kingdom The fishing smack was driven ashore and wrecked at the Cloch Lighthouse Renfrewshire She was on a voyage from Teignmouth Devon to Glasgow Renfrewshire 39 James Irvine nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Portpatrick Wigtownshire She was on a voyage from Dublin to Campbeltown Argyllshire 39 Nada nbsp United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on the Ile d Yeu Vendee France 39 48 She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Bordeaux Gironde France She was refloated on 26 April and beached 37 Nada was refloated on 6 May and taken in tow for Saint Nazaire Ille et Vilaine but sank off the mouth of the Loire Her crew survived 49 Osprey nbsp United Kingdom The sloop was beached at Spittal Northumberland Both crew were rescued by the Berwick upon Tweed Lifeboat Albert Victor nbsp Royal National Lifeboat Institution Osprey was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland to Dunbar Lothian She subsequently broke up 39 41 27 50 Prince of Waterloo nbsp United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Spencer Spit at the mouth of the River Mersey and sank with the loss of two of her four crew Survivors were rescued by the Hoylake Lifeboat She was on a voyage from Wicklow to Woodend 39 46 5 Salvadora nbsp Spain The ship ran aground at Venus 51 Sarah Hughes nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Maryport Cumberland Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Maryport to Ardglass County Down 39 Thomas Bayne nbsp United Kingdom The full rigged ship was wrecked off Rakudes on the Somali coast Her crew survived She was on a voyage from Aden to Bassein India 52 53 Urania nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Greystones County Wicklow Her crew survived She was on a voyage from Dublin to Whitehaven Cumberland 39 Victorine nbsp France The barque was wrecked on Sylt Germany 39 Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Havre de Grace Seine Inferieure to Hamburg Germany 43 Three unnamed vessels nbsp United Kingdom A schooner and two smacks were driven ashore on Holy Isle in the Firth of Forth 39 Unnamed nbsp United Kingdom The ship foundered off Souter Point Northumberland Her crew were rescued by the paddle tugs Balmoral and Vans both nbsp United Kingdom which was towing the ship from the River Tees to the River Tyne 41 Unnamed nbsp United Kingdom The pilot boat a coble capsized off Bamburgh with the loss of all five crew 46 45 54 10 March editList of shipwrecks 10 March 1875 Ship State Description David Boyd nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the San Gabriel Reef off Colonia Yap Captaincy General of the Philippines She was on a voyage from Portland Dorset to Colonia 55 Driving Mist nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Padstow Cornwall She was on a voyage from Neath Glamorgan to Newquay Cornwall She was refloated the next day 33 56 Emanuel nbsp Denmark The galiot was driven ashore and wrecked on Skagen Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from AEroskobing to Cappelm 45 Emily Quigley nbsp United Kingdom The Yorkshire Billyboy was driven ashore in the River Carron She was on a voyage from Grangemouth Stirlingshire to Colchester Essex 57 Energy nbsp United Kingdom The fishing trawler was driven ashore at South Shields County Durham Her five crew were rescued by the steamship Providence nbsp United Kingdom and the South Shields Lifeboat 45 Eugenie nbsp United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore at Margate Kent She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate Kent 33 Pomona nbsp France The ship was driven ashore on Texel North Holland Netherlands She was on a voyage from Bordeaux Gironde to Bremerhaven Germany 45 55 Rambler nbsp United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Bristol Channel She was subsequently towed in to Llanelly Glamorgan 45 Unnamed nbsp United Kingdom The lighter foundered off Souter Point Northumberland Her four crew were rescued by the tug Venus nbsp United Kingdom which was towing her from the River Tees to South Shields 45 Unnamed nbsp United Kingdom The brig capsized in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham 58 11 March editList of shipwrecks 11 March 1875 Ship State Description Commodore nbsp United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Blacktail Sand in the Thames Estuary She was on a voyage from South Shields County Durham to London 29 Elise Metsler nbsp France The ship struck rocks in the Gironde She put back to Pauillac Gironde in a waterlogged condition 33 Emily nbsp United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the North Sea off Bridlington Yorkshire Her crew were rescued by a fishing smack She was on a voyage from South Shields to Rouen Seine Inferieure France 59 Sailor nbsp United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore and severely damaged at Moville County Donegal 33 Telegraph nbsp United Kingdom The cutter struck sluice gates at Calais France and sank She was on a voyage from Colchester Essex to Calais 33 West Ridge nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Maplin Sand in the North Sea off the coast of Essex She was on a voyage from Dundee Forfarshire to London 33 Unnamed nbsp United Kingdom The Mersey Flat collided with the steamship Elmina nbsp United Kingdom and sank in the River Mersey 33 12 March editList of shipwrecks 12 March 1875 Ship State Description Bengalese nbsp United Kingdom The steamship departed from Constantinople Ottoman Empire for Malta Presumed subsequently foundered with the loss of all hands 60 Wreckage thought to be from the ship was discovered off Cape Matapan Greece 61 Cleadon nbsp United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Coalhouse Point in the River Thames She was on a voyage from Sunderland County Durham to London 62 She was refloated on 17 March 63 Elizabeth nbsp United Kingdom The brigantine was wrecked on the Barber Sand in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk with the loss of all five crew 62 64 Gladstone nbsp United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Happisburgh Norfolk Her 21 crew were rescued by the Yarmouth Lifeboat She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough Yorkshire to London 29 65 54 Isaac Lincoln nbsp United Kingdom The ship departed from Boston Massachusetts United States for Liverpool Lancashire No further trace presumed foundered with the loss of all hands 66 Punch nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Barber Sand Her six crew were rescued by the Caister Lifeboat The Boys nbsp Royal National Lifeboat Institution Punch was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland to Dublin 29 27 13 March editList of shipwrecks 13 March 1875 Ship State Description Bolivia nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Clyde at Greenock Renfrewshire She was refloated and taken in to Glasgow Renfrewshire 67 53 Catharina nbsp Germany The ship ran aground in the Hudson River She was on a voyage from New York United States to Bremen She was refloated and resumed her voyage 67 Freidig nbsp Norway The barque was driven ashore near Aslong She was on a voyage from Torrevieja Spain to Sandefjord She was refloated and towed in to Mandal 52 Sisters nbsp United Kingdom The fishing smack collided with the fishing smack Boomerang nbsp United Kingdom and sank in the North Sea 30 nautical miles 56 km off Flamborough Head Yorkshire Her crew survived 62 58 St Peter nbsp United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Elbe She was on a voyage from Hamburg Germany to Sunderland County Durham She was refloated and resumed her voyage 67 53 14 March editList of shipwrecks 14 March 1875 Ship State Description Cerdic nbsp United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Gulf of Aden She was on a voyage from Kurrachee India to Liverpool Lancashire She was refloated and resumed her voyage 68 Euphrosyne nbsp New Zealand The 75 ton schooner sailed from Dunedin for Oamaru No further trace presumed foundered with the loss of all six crew 8 Immacolata nbsp Italy The barque was lost near Portopalo di Capo Passero Sicily Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Messina Sicily to Marseille Bouches du Rhone France 69 Lady Maxwell nbsp United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Whitehaven Cumberland 53 Robert Halker nbsp United Kingdom The fishing smack was deliberately set afire in the North Sea by one of her crew 70 15 March editList of shipwrecks 15 March 1875 Ship State Description City of Richmond nbsp United Kingdom The ship arrived at Calcutta India from Liverpool Lancashire on fire 67 Hope nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Bembridge Isle of Wight 53 16 March editList of shipwrecks 16 March 1875 Ship State Description Angelo Antonio nbsp Italy The barque caught fire at Liverpool Lancashire United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and was scuttled She was refloated the next day and found to be severely damaged 63 Ringdove nbsp United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Longsand in the North Sea off the coast of Essex She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland to Cartagena Spain She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage 71 54 17 March editList of shipwrecks 17 March 1875 Ship State Description Asiatic nbsp United Kingdom The ship departed from Pensacola Florida United States for London No further trace presumed foundered with the loss of all hands 72 Brittany nbsp United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Cardiff Glamorgan She was refloated and resumed her voyage 73 Calista Haws nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground at New York United States She was on a voyage from Pensacola Florida United States to Liverpool Lancashire She was refloated and resumed her voyage 63 Levant nbsp United Kingdom The barque put in to Stanley Falkland Islands on fire She was scuttled on 18 March She was severely damaged 74 Mavourneen nbsp United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on the Hartwell Reef off Boa Vista Island Cape Verde Islands Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Liverpool to the Brass River 63 75 Melodia nbsp United Kingdom The brigantine was wrecked in the Rio Grande Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Cadiz Spain to the Rio Grande 71 76 18 March editList of shipwrecks 18 March 1875 Ship State Description Jeanne Louise nbsp France The fishing trawler was run down and sunk in the English Channel 5 nautical miles 9 3 km off Beachy Head Sussex United Kingdom by the schooner Johanna Mathilda nbsp Sweden ith the loss of three of her eight crew Survivors were rescued by Johanna Mathilda 77 20 March editList of shipwrecks 20 March 1875 Ship State Description Marie nbsp Germany The barque ran aground at Neufahrwasser She was refloated and taken in to Danzig 51 Theophile Marie nbsp France The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean Her crew were rescyed by Fylla Flag unknown Theophile Marie was on a voyage from St Maro to Havre de Grace Seine Inferieure 19 21 March editList of shipwrecks 21 March 1875 Ship State Description Bengal nbsp United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal She was on a voyage from Bombay India to Liverpool Lancashire She was refloated on 23 March and resumed her voyage 78 Marchioness of Lorne nbsp United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on Tiree Inner Hebrides 79 22 March editList of shipwrecks 22 March 1875 Ship State Description Anglian nbsp United Kingdom The steamship was damaged by fire in the Atlantic Ocean She was on a voyage from Southampton Hampshire to Cape Town Cape Colony 80 23 March editFor the loss of Emperor on this date see List of shipwrecks in February 1875 12 February List of shipwrecks 23 March 1875 Ship State Description Kosmopoliet III nbsp Netherlands The ship ran aground in the Scheldt at Hellevoetsluis Zeeland 81 24 March editList of shipwrecks 24 March 1875 Ship State Description Adam Smith nbsp United Kingdom The brig was run into by the steamship Kron Prinz nbsp Germany and sank in the North Sea 30 nautical miles 56 km off Souter Point Northumberland Her crew were rescued by Kron Prinz Adam Smith was on a voyage from London to the River Tyne 82 83 84 Crighton nbsp United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Cesme Ottoman Empire She was on a voyage from Alexandria Egypt to Sulina Ottoman Empire 82 Freia nbsp Norway The barque was driven ashore on Heligoland She was on a voyage from Hamburg Germany to Puerto Rico 85 81 Granite nbsp United Kingdom The brig ran aground on Scroby Sands Norfolk She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland County Durham She was refloated with the assistance of a tug 85 James Evans nbsp United Kingdom The fishing smack was destroyed by fire in the Dogger Bank Her five crew were rescued by the smack Ventura nbsp United Kingdom 86 Regina nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Coal Rock She was on a voyage from Blackpoint to Liverpool Lancashire She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool in a leaky condition 82 Tyne nbsp Norway The schooner was taken in to Langore Cornwall United Kingdom in a derelict condition 85 81 25 March editList of shipwrecks 25 March 1875 Ship State Description Albert nbsp United Kingdom The steamship struck a sunken rock at Lochchum and was beached 87 Homely nbsp United States The brig ran aground in an American river She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro Brazil to the Hampton Roads Virginia 88 Selica nbsp Belgium The steamship ran aground on the Haaks Bank in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland Netherlands She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Copenhagen Denmark 82 She was refloated and taken in to the Nieuw Diep 19 William and Jane nbsp United Kingdom The ship was towed in to Milford Haven Pembrokeshire in a sinking condition She was on a voyage from Saundersfoot Pembrokeshire to Limerick 82 26 March editList of shipwrecks 26 March 1875 Ship State Description Apollo nbsp Trieste The steamship was driven ashore at Silivri Ottoman Empire She was on a voyage from Trieste to Constantinople Ottoman Empire 19 Artemisa nbsp Austria Hungary The barque was driven ashore at Cape Spartel Morocco 19 88 Duchess nbsp United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Portrush County Antrim She was on a voyage from Glasgow Renfrewshire to Portrush She was refloated and taken in to Portrush She grounded on an anchor and was subsequently found to be severely leaky 19 88 87 Henrietta nbsp United States The ship was driven ashore on Heligoland She was on a voyage from Baltimore Maryland to Hamburg Germany She was refloated and taken in to the Elbe 19 27 March editList of shipwrecks 27 March 1875 Ship State Description Ayrsome nbsp United Kingdom The ship was damaged by an onboard explosion off Start Point Devon Two of her crew were severely injured She was on a voyage from Cardiff Glamorgan to Rouen Seine Inferieure France 19 Ernestine nbsp Netherlands The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk United Kingdom She was on a voyage from Sunderland County Durham United Kingdom to Makassar Netherlands East Indies She was refloated with the assistance of tugs and taken in to Great Yarmouth Norfolk in a leaky condition 19 Essex nbsp United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Bornholm Denmark Her crew were rescued 87 She was on a voyage from Hull Yorkshire to Pillau Germany She was refloated on 30 March 69 Formosa nbsp Canada The barque ran aground at Beale County Kerry United Kingdom She was on a voyage from Philadelphia Pennsylvania United States to Limerick She was refloated 19 87 Frances nbsp United Kingdom The barque ran aground off the Hurst Castle Hampshire She was refloated and resumed her voyage 87 Gills nbsp United Kingdom The ketch was driven ashore at Blakeney Norfolk She was on a voyage from London to Gainsborough Lincolnshire 19 24 Hampton nbsp Netherlands The ship ran aground off Goeree Zeeland She was on a voyage from Batavia Netherlands East Indies to a Dutch port 19 Hawke nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Boscastle Cornwall and was severely damaged 19 Kordula nbsp Norway The barque ran aground in the Palmones She was on a voyage from Cowes Isle of Wight United Kingdom to Barcelona Spain 19 She was later refloated and taken in to Gibraltar for repairs 37 Ortensia nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore south of Cape Spartel Morocco and was abandoned by her crew 89 28 March editList of shipwrecks 28 March 1875 Ship State Description Louisa nbsp United Kingdom The ketch was driven ashore and sank at Flamborough Head Yorkshire with the loss of all four people on board 90 91 Martin Scott nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the River Thames sHe was on a voyage from London to Calcutta India 87 Thirteen nbsp United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Cross Sand in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk Her eight crew were rescued by the Caister Lifeboat The Boys nbsp Royal National Lifeboat Institution 27 29 March editList of shipwrecks 29 March 1875 Ship State Description Joneheid nbsp Denmark The ship was driven ashore at Morup Sweden She was on a voyage from Belfast County Antrim United Kingdom to Copenhagen 92 She was refloated and resumed her voyage 93 Storm Finch nbsp United Kingdom The yacht struck a submerged object and was wrecked at Algiers Algeria with the loss of two of the six people on board 94 She was refloated on 19 May and taken in to Algiers 95 Yuen Tze Fee nbsp China The ship was driven ashore on Dodd Island All on board were rescued She was a total loss 74 31 March editList of shipwrecks 31 March 1875 Ship State Description Anna nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Pensacola Florida United States She was on a voyage from Barrow in Furness Lancashire to Pensacola 80 Corsica nbsp United States The barque collided with the full rigged ship Ida Lily nbsp United States at Astoria New York Corsica was severely damaged and was beached She was on a voyage from Portland Oregon to a European port 92 Galathea nbsp United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore in Wendelsfjord She was on a voyage from Blyth Northumberland to Copenhagen Denmark 92 She was refloated on 5 April and towed in to Copenhagen by a steamship 96 Helmi nbsp Germany The brig ran aground at Lagos Lagos Colony and was severely damaged She was refloated 97 Unknown date editList of shipwrecks Unknown date in March 1875 Ship State Description Agatha nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea off Flamborough Head East Riding of Yorkshire She was towed in to Grimsby Lincolnshire on 10 March by the smack United Friends nbsp United Kingdom 33 98 Anna nbsp Norway The barque was wrecked at Pensacola Florida United States She was on a voyage from Barrow in Furness Lancashire United Kingdom to Pensacola 92 Annabel nbsp United States The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 9 March 82 Ardent nbsp France The ship was wrecked off Mayaguana Bahamas She was on a voyage from Sainte Marie Martinique to a French port 52 Cairnduna nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Bamburgh Castle Northumberland Her four crew were rescued by the North Sunderland Lifeboat 27 She was on a voyage from Dundee Forfarshire to Sunderland County Durham 48 Castor nbsp Austria Hungary The ship was wrecked in the Chandeleur Islands Louisiana United States before 23 March She was on a voyage from Cienfuegos Cuba to Pascagoula Mississippi United States 85 Celt nbsp United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked at Quoin Point Cape Colony All on board were rescued 99 City of London nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Tacumshane County Wexford She broke up on 7 March 25 Evelyn nbsp United Kingdom The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 5 March She was on a voyage from Baltimore Maryland United States to Queenstown County Cork 17 21 Fleetwing nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Puenta Mallorca Spain She was on a voyage from Agrigento Sicily Italy to Runcorn Cheshire She was refloated 100 Geraldine nbsp United Kingdom The ship became a total loss in the Congo River due to piracy Her crew were rescued 101 Gipsy Lass nbsp United Kingdom The Yorkshire Billyboy foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire with the loss of all hands 54 H B Stanwood nbsp United States The Schooner was lost in March Lost with all 12 hands 102 Homely nbsp United States The brig ran aground in the River Plate She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro Brazil to the Hampton Roads Virginia 19 Invincible nbsp France The ship ran aground off Sagua la Grande Cuba 29 Louisa nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Scorpion Reef in the Gulf of Mexico before 11 March She was on a voyage from the Laguna de Terminos to Falmouth Cornwall 29 Manila nbsp United Kingdom The ship was abandoned off the coast of New South Wales before 20 March 20 Margaret Ridley nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Cape Pine Newfoundland Colony before 5 March 17 21 Mary nbsp United States While backing out of slip between two piers into the East River in New York City near Corlears Hook in fog in mid March the tug collided with the steamboat Shady Side nbsp United States and sank 103 104 May Queen nbsp United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire off Madras India She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland to Galle Ceylon and Rangoon Burma 45 55 Mendes Leal nbsp Portugal The brig was abandoned in the South Atlantic Her crew were rescued by the steamship Ville Rio de Janeiro nbsp France Mendes Leal was on a voyage from Bahia Brazil to Lisbon 92 Mercur nbsp France The ship was driven ashore at Queenstown She was refloated on 1 April 69 Minerva nbsp Portugal The barque ran aground at the mouth of the Rio Grande She was on a voyage from Oporto to the Rio Grande She was refloated and taken in to the Rio Grande in a waterlogged condition 98 Miranda nbsp New South Wales The barque was wrecked at the mouth of the Brunswick River 55 Nil Desperandum nbsp United Kingdom The fishing yawl was abandoned in the North Sea in late March She was discovered 25 nautical miles 46 km off Coquet Island Northumberland on 2 April by Pert nbsp United Kingdom 105 R S Hassell nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Colorado Reef off the cost of Cuba She was on a voyage from Cienfuegos Cuba to Belfast County Antrim 52 Tein Esser nbsp Germany The schooner was abandoned in the Indian Ocean Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Adelaide South Australia to the Natal Colony 106 96 Violette nbsp France The barque foundered at sea before 5 March 17 21 Her crew survived 107 William C Endicott nbsp United States The Schooner was lost in March Lost 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b c d e Latest Shipping Intelligence The Times No 28279 London 2 April 1875 col F p 6 Shipping Liverpool Mercury No 8492 Liverpool 7 April 1875 Brownlow Maitland 8 April 1875 The Loss of the Storm Finch The Times No 28284 London col A p 11 France The Times No 28310 London 20 May 1875 col A B p 5 a b Shipping Liverpool Mercury No 8491 Liverpool 6 April 1875 Latest Shipping Intelligence The Times No 28300 London 27 April 1875 col F p 10 a b Shipping Liverpool Mercury No 8470 Liverpool 12 March 1875 The Loss of the Celt The Times No 28254 London 4 March 1875 col C p 7 Mercantile Ship News The Standard No 15797 London 15 March 1875 p 7 Mercantile Ship News The Standard No 15805 London 24 March 1875 p 7 The H B Stanwood downtothesea com Retrieved 3 July 2021 Current Events The Brooklyn Daily Eagle 16 March 1875 p 2 Retrieved 8 August 2018 The steamboat Shady Side ran down and sunk the tug boat Mary in the East River off Grand street N Y yesterday during the fog Decision in Admiralty The New York Times 4 May 1876 p 2 Retrieved 8 August 2018 Shipping Intelligence Glasgow Herald No 11005 Glasgow 4 April 1875 Latest Shipping Intelligence The Times No 28282 London 6 April 1875 col F p 6 Shipping Intelligence Daily News No 9007 London 8 March 1875 The William C Endicott downtothesea com Retrieved 3 July 2021 Bibliography edit Ingram C W N and Wheatley P O 1936 Shipwrecks New Zealand disasters 1795 1936 Dunedin NZ Dunedin Book Publishing Association Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of shipwrecks in March 1875 amp oldid 1211673374, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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