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List of shipwrecks in October 1870

April 27, 2024

The list of shipwrecks in October 1870 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during October 1870.

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1 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1870
Ship State Description
Barabino Padre   Italy The ship departed from New York, United States for Antwerp, Belgium. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[1]
Cairngorm   United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Clyde. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[2]
King Bird   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on Watson's Shoal, in the Belfast Lough. She was on a voyage from Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada to Warrenpoint, County Antrim.[3]

2 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1870
Ship State Description
Black Friar   United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire.[4][5]
Joseph Haydn   Norway The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Torrevieja, Spain. Her crew were rescued.[6]
Snowdrop   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at "Riding", Sweden. She was on a voyage from Malmö, Sweden to London. She was refloated and taken in to Gothenburg, Sweden.[7][8]

3 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1870
Ship State Description
Escape   United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the coast of Formosa. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Niuzhuang to Hong Kong. The wreck was plundered by the local inhabitants[9][10]
Levant   Netherlands The steamship was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Gothenburg, Sweden.[3] She was refloated the next day with assistance from another steamship.[3]
Luzanne   France The barque ran aground on the Lemon Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to Dunkerque, Nord. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom.[11]
Spitfire   United Kingdom The smack struck a sunken wreck and foundered off the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew survived.[11]
Unnamed Flag unknown The steamship ran aground on Jordan's Bank, in Liverpool Bay.[3]

4 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1870
Ship State Description
Barbara Moir   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at "Knockhead". She was on a voyage from Banff to Portsoy, Aberdeenshire. She was refloated the next day.[7]
Ebenezer   United Kingdom The schooner sprang a severe leak off the mouth of the Humber. She was on a voyage from Pittenweem, Fife to London. She was beached at Spurn Point, Yorkshire with assistance from the Spurn Lifeboat. She was refloated the next day and towed in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire by the tug Warrior (  United Kingdom).[12][7]
Eolus   Canada The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Matanzas, Cuba.[13]
Fruiterer   New South Wales The ship ran aground on a reef off "Pius Island". She was on a voyage from Sydney to New Caledonia.[14]
Lady Eglinton   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore in Compton Bay. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Southampton, Hampshire.[3] She was refloated.[15]
Lady Stanley   United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore on Lady Isle, in the Firth of Clyde. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to the Clyde.[3] She was refloated the next day and taken in to Troon, Ayrshire.[15]
Laine   Russia The ship caught fire and sank in Beşik Bay. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Odessa.[16]
Leader   Canada The brig foundered off Sambro, Nova Scotia with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Cape Breton Island to Arichat.[13]
Spitfire   United Kingdom The smack struck a sunken wreck and sank off the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[3]

5 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1870
Ship State Description
Christian   United Kingdom The steamship foundered in Liverpool Bay off the Formby Lightship (  Trinity House).[17]
Cochrane   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Sunderland, County Durham. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland. She was refloated.[18]
Mainin   Russia The ship was destroyed by fire off Tenedos, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from an English port to Odessa.[19]
Progress   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Scharhörn, Hamburg. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Hamburg.[20][12]
Renard   French Navy The aviso was driven ashore at Newhaven, Sussex, United Kingdom. She was refloated.[20]
Unnamed   United Kingdom The schooner was run down and sunk by the steamship Munster (  United Kingdom) with the loss of all but one of her crew.[12]

6 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 6 October 1870
Ship State Description
Cambria   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the North Breakers. She was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to Galveston, Texas, United States.[21]
Cora   United Kingdom The ship foundered off Frangerola, Spain. Her crew were rescued by Yubas (  Spain). Cora was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Barcelona, Spain.[7][19][22]
Frithjof   Sweden The ship was wrecked on Anholt, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Stockholm.[23]
Johanne   Denmark The ship was driven ashore on the west coast of Denmark. She was on a voyage from Bergen, Norway to Stettin. She was refloated and taken in to Fredrikshavn in a severely leaky condition.[20]
Medway   Canada The barque collided with the schooner Devil (  United Kingdom) and foundered with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Halifax, Nova Scotia.[21][24][5]
Sophia   United Kingdom The brigantine was lost in Ramsey Sound with the loss of three of her five crew. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Liverpool.[25]
Suzanne   France The barque ran aground on the Ower Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Dunkerque, Nord.[20] She was refloated with assistance.[12]
Waterlily   United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore near Marsala, Sicily, Italy.[20]

7 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1870
Ship State Description
Anna Colbjorssen   Norway The barque ran aground on the Fingrund. She was on a voyage from Luleå, Sweden to Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Stockholm, Sweden in a severely leaky condition.[26]
Barter   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Matanzas, Cuba.[27]
Captain   United Kingdom The ship foundered in a hurricane with the loss of at least two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[28]
Castor Flag unknown The steamship was driven ashore in the Bokkegat.[29]
Charlena   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Matanzas.[27]
Darien   France The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at Moleno Point, Cuba. All on board were rescued by the steamship Guantánamo (  Spain)[27][30]
Edwin   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Matanzas.[27]
Freihandel   Lübeck The steamship was driven ashore at Hamra, Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Lübeck to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[29]
Glasgow   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Matanzas.[27]
G. S. Hunt   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Matanzas.[27]
Gipsy   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Ramsey, Isle of Man.[7] Her ten crew were rescued by the Ramsey Lifeboat Two Sisters (  Royal National Lifeboat Institution). She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Liverpool, Lancashire.[31][32]
Mariposa   United States The steamship foundered off the coast of Florida with the loss of all 36 crew. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to New York.[33]
Mercury   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated.[29]
Nelson   United Kingdom The barque struck the Seven Stones Reef, Cornwall and sank with the loss of three of her thirteen crew. Survivors were rescued by the Sevenstones Lightship (  Trinity House). Nelson was on a voyage from Águilas, Spain to the River Tyne.[34]
Pet   United Kingdom The yacht sank at Gourock, Renfrewshire.[7]
Rees Lewis   United Kingdom The ship departed from Queenstown, County Cork for Hull, Yorkshire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[35]
Scotland   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Black Rock, off Islay, Inner Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Granton, Lothian to Liverpool. She was refloated on 23 October and taken in to the Clyde. Subsequently repaired at Birkenhead, Cheshire and returned to service.[36]
Sharon   United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in a sinking condition. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Brixham, Devon to Newcastle upon Tyne.[16][37]

8 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1870
Ship State Description
Aigle   Admiralty The hulk, a former Aigle-class frigate, was sunk by a torpedo fired by HMS Oberon (  Royal Navy) off the Isle of Grain, Kent.
Alacrity   United Kingdom The paddle tug was wrecked at Holmpton, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.[7][38] She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Hull, Yorkshire.[39]
Caroline   United Kingdom The schooner was run into by the steamship Filey (  United Kingdom) at South Shields, County Durham and was severely damaged.[39]
Gertrude Speelman   Stettin The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Boddam, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Boddam to Stettin.[40]
Harry   United Kingdom The derelict brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Staintondale, Yorkshire.[41]
Hero   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire to South Shields, County Durham.[6]
Huntress   United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore at Lamlash, Isle of Arran. She was on a voyage from Dundalk, County Louth to Troon, Ayrshire. She became a wreck on 12 October.[13][8]
Jane and Elizabeth   United Kingdom The sloop was run ashore and wrecked in Loughan Bay. Her crew were rescued.[37]
King   United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the North Sea 12 nautical miles (22 km) off Spurn Point, Yorkshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.[42]
Rob the Ranter   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Clogherhead, County Louth with the loss of two of her three crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Newry, County Antrim.[34][8]
Sportsman   United Kingdom The ship sank off Langstone, Hampshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Portland, Dorset to London.[7][43]
Veracity   Netherlands The brig foundered off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Her eighteen crew were rescued by the schooner Kilburn (  United Kingdom).[39][44] Veracity was on a voyage from South Shields to the Nieuw Diep.[7]

9 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 9 October 1870
Ship State Description
Alice   United States The schooner was wrecked on Behring's Island. She was on a voyage from New York to San Francisco, California.[14]
Alliance   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Nagara Point, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Sulina, Ottoman Empire to Dunkerque, Nord, France.[16] She was refloated.[45]
Golden Age   United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the River Tyne.[46]
Hart   United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in Robin Hoods Bay. Her eight crew were rescued by the steamship John Fenwick (  United Kingdom).[39] She came ashore and was wrecked.[7]
Marie   Prussia The steamship ran aground on the Zinnowitz Shallows, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Stralsund.[34]
Marie   Belgium The fishing smack foundered on the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued by the smack George Emily (  United Kingdom).[47]
Mercury   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, West Flanders, Belgium to a Mediterranean port. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[48]
Mercury   Prussia The sloop struck the breakwater and sank at Stolpemünde with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Swinemünde to Stolpemünde.[37]
Naiad   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Colchester, Essex.[7][47]
Penniman   United States The brigantine was wrecked at Port Royal, Jamaica.[49]
Rival   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Archangelsk, Russia. She was later refloated.[50]
Taglioni   Hamburg The barque ran aground on Skagen, Denmark and was wrecked with loss of life. Five crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Vyborg, Grand Duchy of Finland to Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom.[7][51]
Traveller   United Kingdom The smack collided with a brig and foundered off the Newark Lightship (  Trinity House). Her crew were rescued.[19]

10 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1870
Ship State Description
H. R. Russell   United States The ship was wrrecked near Havana, Cuba.[52]
Japan   New South Wales The 140-foot (42.7 m) whaling barque was lost in a gale and heavy fog on the coast of Siberia, Russia 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) northwest of East Cape.[53]
John and Samuel   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Kingscross, Isle of Arran. She was on a voyage from Ayr to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[8]
Mercara   United Kingdom The barque departed from Liverpool, Lancashire for Singapore, Straits Settlements. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[54]
Portia   United Kingdom The brig collided with the steamship Ranger (  United Kingdom) in the River Thames and was beached at Tilbury Fort, Essex. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to London.[34]
Raoul Aurelie   France The ship sank in Liverpool Bay off the Crosby Lightship (  Trinity House). Her crew were rescued. Raoul Aurelie was on a voyage from the Rio de la Hacha to Liverpool.[34]
Ring   United Kingdom The Yorkshire Billyboy sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea off Spurn Point, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Sophie (  Denmark). Ring was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.[34][55]
Saxon   United Kingdom The brigantine ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Fredrikstad, Norway to Falmouth, Cornwall. Saxon was subsequently discovered by a Dutch vessel and taken in at a Dutch port.[34][19][56]
Thomas   United Kingdom The ship departed from Newport, Monmouthshire for Truro, Cornwall. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[57]
Trinidad   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of the Cape Florida Lighthouse, Florida, United States. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Queenstown, County Cork.[58][59] She was refloated on 8 November and taken in to Key West, Florida.[60]
Zabina   United States The barque was driven ashore near Étaples, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Étaples. She was refloated and found to be severely leaky.[34] She had been refloated by 14 October.[61]
Zephyr   United States The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from New York to Stettin.[61][62]

11 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1870
Ship State Description
Apollo Flag unknown The ship ran aground on the Vogelsand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Hamburg. She was declared a total loss.[63]
Cilminar   United Kingdom The ship was sighted off Portland, Dorset whilst on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Rangoon, Burma. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[64]
Eclipse   United Kingdom The ship departed from Queenstown, County Cork for the Clyde. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[65]
Ellen   United Kingdom The schooner departed from Penzance, Cornwall for Runcorn, Cheshire. Presumed subsequently foundered with the loss of all four crew; a boat from the ship was washed ashore.[66]
Ely   United Kingdom The steamship struck sunken rocks off Flat Holm, in the Bristol Channel and was beached on the island. All on board were rescued by a tug. She was on a voyage from Portishead, Somerset to Ilfracombe, Devon.[42][51]
Ex   United Kingdom The schooner stucke a sunken wreck and foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Great Yarmouth.[67]
Kong Sverre   Norway The barque ran aground and was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew survived; two were rescued by the Kingsdown Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Cartagena, Spain to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom.[34][19][32]
Lone Star   United Kingdom The ship departed from Cardiff, Glamorgan for Palermo, Sicily, Italy. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[1]
Margaret   Canada The ship was wrecked was West Quoddy, Nova Scotia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia to Rockland, Maine, United States.[68][69]
Marion   United Kingdom The steamship departed from Liverpool, Lancashire for Dublin. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Irish Sea with the loss of all hands.[70]
River Mersey   United Kingdom The ship departed from the River Mersey for Dublin. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[4]
Rockcliff   United Kingdom The barque foundered in the South China Sea in a typhoon. Her nineteen crew were rescued the next day by Ornate (  United Kingdom).[71]

12 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1870
Ship State Description
Aberfeldy   United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked north of Blackwater Head with the loss of four of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by the Coastguard using rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Huelva, Spain to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[6][72][73][74][37]
Alice   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Portmadoc, Caernarfonshire.[6]
Amelia   Isle of Man The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Castletown. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ramsey to Castletown.[37]
Anne   United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore at Caernarfon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Caernarfon.[16][75]
Barinaga   Spain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Bardsey Island, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Havana, Cuba.[37]
Brigand   United Kingdom The schooner was in collision with the schooner Starling (  United Kingdom) and foundered off The Mumbles, Glamorgan. Her captain was rescued by Starling. Her crew were rescued by the tug Pero Gomez (  United Kingdom).[76][77][78]
Capella   United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak and was run ashore at Howth, County Dublin. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Newport, Monmouthshire.[6][51]
Christian   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore in Killygowan Bay. She was on a voyage from Sligo to Liverpool.[6] She was refloated on 22 October.[79]
C. H. Southard   United Kingdom The ship ran aground at the mouth of the River Wye. She was on a voyage from Newport to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. She was refloated.[80]
Clifton   United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore in Dublin Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Prince Edward Island, Canada.[6][81]
Corinna   United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore between Neath and Swansea, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Porthcawl, Glamorgan to Valparaíso, Chile.[6][77] She was later refloated and taken to Deal, Kent.[60]
Cornhill   United Kingdom The barque capsized at Newport, Monmouthshire and was severely damaged. She was righted.[16][80]
Echo   United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at "Hornia", near A Coruña, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Christiania, Norway.[6][51][75]
Exine Vesta   Trieste The ship ran aground on the Drum Roe Bank, in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Cork, United Kingdom She was refloated and taken in to Waterford, United Kingdom.[75]
Fame   United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was run ashore near Bootle, Lancashire, where she was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the River Duddon to Ellesmere, Cheshire.[81]
Fly   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Carnoustie, Forfarshire. Her four crew were rescued by the Coastguard using rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Bonar Bridge, Sutherland to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.[6][82][83]
Francis Darman Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore at Cork. She was refloated.[77]
Hart   Isle of Man The schooner was driven ashore at Kingstown, County Dublin. She was refloated.[84]
Humility   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Kingsdown, Kent. She was refloated on 23 October and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent in a leaky condition.[85]
Jane and Annie   United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore at Caernarfon. She was on a voyage from Dundalk, County Louth to Caernarfon.[16]
Martha Gertrude   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Irish Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) south east of Cape Clear Island, County Cork with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Gloucester to Limerick.[86]
J. H. McLarren   United States The barque was damaged by fire at South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom.[87][88][61]
Joseph et Marie   France The schooner foundered off Swansea Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Carloforte, Sardinia, Italy to Swansea.[76][6]
Leo   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at South Shields, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to South Shields. She was refloated and taken in to South Shields.[42]
Ludwig   Rostock Franco-Prussian War: The ship was captured and burnt by Desaix (  French Navy).[68]
Margaret and Mary   United Kingdom The sloop foundered off the Cruggleton Castle, Wigtownshire with the loss of both crew. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven to Garlieston, Wigtownshire.[13][74]
Maria and Betsey   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked between Cardiff and Neath. Her crew were rescued.[77][56]
Mary   United Kingdom The lighter was driven ashore and wrecked at Carradale, Argyllshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Carradale.[21][89]
Mary and Betsey   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Port Tennant, Glamorgan.[80]
Miran   United Kingdom The pilot boat was driven ashore at Kingscross, Isle of Arran. She was refloated the next day.[67]
Montcalm   United Kingdom The brigantine foundered off Creaden Head, County Waterford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea to Wexford.[6][84]
Key West   United States The steamship ran aground off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, and was wrecked.
Langford   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[77]
Olive   United Kingdom The fishing smack ran aground on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and was abandoned. All fifteen people on board were rescued by the Corton and Lowestoft Lifeboats Husband and Laetitia (both   Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Olive was on a voyage from the Faroe Islands to Harwich, Essex.[6][77][81]
Penguin   United Kingdom The brigantine was abandoned off Harlyn, Cornwall in a sinking condition. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea to Plymouth, Devon.[6][81]
Perseverance   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Hayling Island, Hampshire. Her crew were rescued by the Coastguard.[6][77]
Porthcawl   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Swansea. She was on a voyage from Valparaíso, Chie to Swansea.[51]
Richard   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Llandulas, Caernarfonshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool.[61][90]
Ronald   United Kingdom The fishing lugger foundered off the Tarbat Ness Lighthouse, Ross-shire with the loss of all hands.[31]
Rosalie   France The schooner was driven ashore at Southsea Castle, Hampshire. She was on a voyage from Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais to Saint-Nazaire, Ille-et-Vilaine. She was refloated and towed in to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[77]
Rossini   Italy The barque was driven ashore in Fabian's Bay.[80]
Santina   Italy The barque was wrecked on the Dowsing Shoals, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Taganrog, Russia to Boston, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom.[6][87]
Saxon   United Kingdom The schooner taken in to Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands in a derelict condition.[16]
Severn   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Harlech, Caernarfonshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire to Portmadoc.[75]
Sir Colin Campbell   United Kingdom The sloop was discovered off the mouth of the River Mersey in a derelict condition. She was taken in to Liverpool.[51]
Three Sisters   United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Brilliant (  United States). Three Sisters was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada to Havana, Cuba.[91] She subsequently came ashore on Wigim's Key.[52]
Transit   United Kingdom The smack was wrecked in Ramsey Sound. Both crew were rescued the next day by the St. David's Lifeboat Augusta (  Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[6][77][51]
Vorwarts   Prussia Franco-Prussian War: The ship was captured and burnt by Desaix (  French Navy).[68]
Welcome   United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore at Largs, Ayrshire. Both crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Largs to Brodick, Isle of Arran.[67]
Welcome Home   United Kingdom The brig foundered 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Ilfracombe, Devon. Her three crew were rescued by the pilot boat No. 6 (  United Kingdom). Welcome Home was on a voyage from Newport to Plymouth, Devon.[92][93]
William   United Kingdom The ship was beached in Llandudno Bay. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Portmadoc.[16] She was later refloated and taken in to Beaumaris, Anglesey.[94]
Unnamed   United Kingdom The fishing smack, identification LL41, ran aground on the Horse Bank, in the Irish Sea off the oast of Lancashire and was abandoned by her crew.[77]
Unnamed   United Kingdom The lighter foundered in the Holy Loch.[72] Her crew were rescued.[89]
Unnamed   Austria-Hungary The barque was driven ashore in the River Wye. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to Newport.[80]
Two unnamed vessels Flags unknown A brigantine and schooner were driven ashore at Pendine, Glamorgan.[80]
Unnamed Flag unknown The wrecked schooner was driven ashore at Douglas, Isle of Man with two bodies on board.[25]

13 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1870
Ship State Description
Akindo   United Kingdom The barque was wrecked 8 nautical miles (15 km) off Innoshima, Japan. Her crew were rescued.[95][96]
Ann   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Cloghy, County Down. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Garston, Lancashire.[6] She was refloated on 17 January.[90]
Aurelia   Isle of Man The schooner was driven ashore at Castletown. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.[6][77]
Brigand, and
Starling 		  United Kingdom The brigantine Brigand collided with Starling at Swansea, Glamorgan and sank. Her crew were rescued. Starling ran aground and sank. Her captain was reported missing, the rest of her crew were rescued by a tug. She was on a voyage from Genoa, Italy to Gloucester.[51][81][97]
Christina   United Kingdom The steamship sank in Liverpool Bay off the Formby Lightship (  Trinity House) with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Antwerp, Belgium.[6][77]
Clara   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore near Prestatyn, Flintshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Llandulas, Caernarfonshire.[23]
Clara Manning   United Kingdom The schooner was damaged by fire at Falmouth, Cornwall.[16]
Compeer   United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire in the Indian Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Emma (  France). Compeer was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Bombay, India.[95][60][98]
Content   United Kingdom The barque was abandoned off the Kentish Knock. She was on a voyage from London to Dunkerque, Nord, France. She was towed in to Ramsgate, Kent.[16]
Corunna   United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore east of Swansea. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Plymouth, Devon. She was refloated and put in to Swansea in a severely leaky condition.[81]
Diana   Bremen The barque was wrecked on Tegelersplaat, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Granton, Lothian, United Kingdom to Bremen.[67]
Dolphin   Wismar The ship was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Norrköping, Sweden to Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom.[6]
Emilie   Prussia The brig was wrecked on Bornholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium.[6]
Express   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Porthdinllaen, Caernarfonshire. She was on a voyage from Mostyn, Flintshire to Newport, Monmouthshire.[16][99]
Favourite   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Ballyhornan, County Down with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Dublin.[6][67]
Figari   United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on Sarn Badrig with the loss of fifteen of her 26 crew. She was on a voyage from Taganrog, Russia to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom.[6][75][37]
Gannet   United Kingdom The steamship was driven against the quayside and damaged at Greenock.[100]
Gratta   Prussia The ship was driven ashore at Memel.[6]
Gloucestershire   United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was wrecked on the Jahde, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Akyab, Burma to Bremen.[6][101]
Henry   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Llanaelhaearn, Caernarfonshire. Her crew were rescued.[67]
Historia   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire to Newport, Monmouthshire.[16]
Index   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Newhaven, Sussex to Yarmouth.[6]
Jane Cameron   United Kingdom The ship was sighted 20 nautical miles (37 km) north of Helsingør, Denmark whilst on a voyage from Stettin to South Shields, County Durham. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[102]
Janes   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Peel, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Maryport, Cumberland.[21]
Josephine et Marie   France The brigantine ran aground and sank at Swansea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Carloforte, Sardinia, Italy to Swansea.[81][97]
Kate   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Llanaelhaearn. Her crew were rescued.[67]
Let   Norway The schooner was driven ashore at Saint Andrews, Fife, United Kingdom. Her six crew were rescued by the Saint Andrews Lifeboat Annie (  Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Let was on a voyage from Sannesund to Dundee, Forfarshire, United Kingdom.[6][77][32] Let was refloated on 31 October and towed in to Dundee by the tug Atlas (  United Kingdom). She was placed under repair.[103]
Little Liz   United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Aberayron or New Quay, Cardiganshire. Her crew were rescued.[16][75]
Macedon   United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged in the Salisbury Dock, Liverpool.[16]
Mary   United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore and sank at Craden Head, County Waterford.[100] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Greenock to Wexford.[104]
Mary   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Porth Neigwl. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Cardiff.[75]
Mary   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Cloghy. She was on a voyage from Dundee to Silloth, Cumberland. She was later refloated with the assistance of the steamship Shamrock (  United Kingdom)[6][105]
Merrimac   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Jahde. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Akyab, Burma to Bremen.[6] The wreck subsequently broke up. Part of the ship came ashore at "Krildumersield", Prussia in mid-November.[49]
Modeste Eugene   France The lugger was wrecked at Bude, Cornwall, United Kingdom with the loss of all but one of her five crew. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Bilboa, Spain.[16][75]
Morning Glory   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Jahde. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Akyab to Bremen.[6]
Mountain Calm   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Craden Head. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea to Wexford.[100]
Nugget   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Garston. She was on a voyage from to Garston to Runcorn, Cheshire.[23]
Renown   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Port Penrhyn, Caernarfonshire.[75]
Spread Eagle   United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at New Quay. Her crew were rescued.[16]
Stewarts   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and severely damaged at Siccar Point, Berwickshire with the loss of all four crew. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. She was declared a total loss.[6][51][63]
Thames   United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged in the Salisbury Dock, Liverpool.[16]
Thomas   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Cloghy. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Garston.[6]
Turtle Dove   United Kingdom The ship was beached in Llandudno Bay. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Runcorn.[16]
Undine   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of "Littlehampton". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, to Goole, Yorkshire.[6]
Three unnamed vessels Flags unknown The schooners were wrecked on the Burbo and West Hoyle Banks, in Liverpool Bay with the presumed loss of all hands.[77]
Unnamed   United Kingdom The lighter was driven ashore and wrecked on Great Cumbrae, Argyllshire.[100]
Unnamed   United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak and caught fire off Carradale, Argyllshire.[100]
Unnamed   United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Carradale. Her crew were rescued.[100]
Four unnamed vessels   United Kingdom The fishing smacks were driven ashore and wrecked at Carradale.[100]
Unnamed   United Kingdom The lighter foundered in the Belfast Lough. Both crew were rescued by the Coastguard.[100]

14 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1870
Ship State Description
Amelia   United Kingdom The ship broke in two and foundered in Santoria Bay with the loss of five of her nine crew. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Bilboa, Spain.[106][66][107]
Angeline   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Dunkerque, Nord, France. She was on a voyage from Algiers, French Algeria to Dunkerque.[16]
Apollo   Hamburg The barque was driven ashore on Heligoland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Hamburg.[16][37]
Aurora   Prussia The brig was driven ashore at Dunkerque. She was on a voyage from Trieste to Dunkerque.[16]
Charlotte   Prussia Franco-Prussian War: The barque was captured and sunk by Desaix (  French Navy)[68][108]
Dante   Italy The ship sank in Cardigan Bay with the loss of eight of the eleven people on board.[109]
Despatch   United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore at Penrhos, Anglesey.[16]
George   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Ballyhack, County Wexford.[16]
Henry   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Clynnog, Caernarfonshire. Her crew were rescued. she was on a voyage from Briton Ferry, Glamorgan to Llandulas, Caernarfonshire.[16]
Historia   United Kingdom The abandoned barque was discovered in Morecambe Bay by the fishing vessel Otter (  United Kingdom), which put two men on board. She was towed in to Fleetwood, Lancashire by the steamships Kirklees and Wyre (both   United Kingdom). It was discovered that an attempt had been made to scuttle Historia. She was on a voyage from Barrow in Furness, Lancashire to Newport, Monmouthshire.[110]
Hope   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Puffin Island, Anglesey.[16] Her crew were rescued.[75]
J. B. Watt   United Kingdom The steamship was run into by the steamship Thuringia (  Hamburg) and sank 20 nautical miles (37 km) off the mouth of the Elbe. Her crew were rescued by Thuringia. J. B. Watt was on a voyage from Hamburg to Hartlepool.[67][104]
Kate   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Clynnog. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Belfast, County Antrim.[16]
Langford   United Kingdom The lugger was driven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk.[37]
Margaret   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Ballyhack.[16]
Nymph   United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak and was abandoned in the North Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Harlingen, Friesland.[13][111]
Proverb   United Kingdom The ship foundered off Great Yarmouth. Her crew were rescued.[21]
Seven Sisters   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Dutchman's Bank, in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Pomaron, Portugal to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and taken in to Bangor, Caernarfonshire in a leaky condition.[16]
Sorrento   United States The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Porthgolmon, Caernarfonshire with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New Orleans, Louisiana.[16][75][61]
Turtle Dove   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Llandudno, Denbighshire. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Runcorn.[37]
Two Sisters   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the One Bush Reef. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands to Kingston, Jamaica.[112]
Unnamed Unflagged A steamship under construction at Low Walker, Northumberland heeled over when the ground subsided under her. Six people were killed and thirteen were severely wounded.[113][114]

15 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1870
Ship State Description
Chevy Chase   United States The ship was driven ashore at Cape Henry, Virginia. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Baltimore, Maryland.[61] She was later refloated and taken in to Baltimore.[115]
Emily   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Inch Point, County Kerry.[61][90] She was refloated on 7 November.[116]
Eureka   Canada The ship was destroyed by fire at Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[117]
Pride of the West   United Kingdom The ship foundered off the mouth of the Humber. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to South Shields, County Durham.[67]
Regina   United States The barque was driven ashore on Scharhörn, Hamburg. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Hamburg.[61]
Victorine   France The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked on the Pendine Sands, Carmarthenshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure.[37]
Washington   United States The ship was destroyed by fire in the Cape Fear River. She was on a voyage from Wilmington, Delaware to New York.[67]

16 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1870
Ship State Description
Alice   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore on Walney Island, Lancashire with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Millom, Cumberland to Liverpool, Lancashire.[25]
Asia   United Kingdom The steamship was lost at "Port Orotave" Tenerife, Canary Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Barranquilla, United States of Colombia.[79][22][118]
Circassia   Norway The full-rigged ship was driven ashore near Fredrikshavn, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom.[61][104] She subsequently became a wreck.[119]
Daylight   United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore between Hurst Castle and Lymington, Hampshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Alexandria, Egypt. She was refloated the next day and taken in to the Solent.[61][104][90]
Gleaner   United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore near Porthdinllaen, Caernarfonshire. Her three crew were rescued by the Porthdinllaen Lifeboat Cotton Sheppard (  Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[120]
Naomi   United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Silloth, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Monte Video, Uruguay to Silloth. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Silloth.[104]
Royalist   United Kingdom The ship capsized in the English Channel. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Sunderland, County Durham.[23][115]
Sarah Jane   United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Kirton, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Alexandria, Egypt. She was refloated on 31 October and put back to Sunderland for repairs.[91]
Sydney   United Kingdom
 
Memorial to those lost on the Sydney.
The barque was wrecked off Glen Head, Sturrall, County Donegal with the loss of nineteen of her 21 crew. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[121][122]
Watson   United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore and wrecked between Anstruther and Crail, Fife with the loss of two of her three crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to St. Andrews, Fife.[61][104]

17 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1870
Ship State Description
Alfred and Emma   United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked in Dally Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[13][90]
Cochrane   United Kingdom The ship ran aground near Juist, Kingdom of Prussia and capsized. Her crew were rescued.[27] She was on a voyage from Greenock to Hamburg.[123] Also reported as Cochran Hendry ashore on South Uist, Outer Hebrides.[61]
Flying Foam   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and sank at Hope Cove, Devon.[21][90]
Gipsy King   United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Dulas, Anglesey with the loss of nine of her ten crew. The survivor was rescued by the Moelfre Lifeboat.[120]
Huntress   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Larne Lough. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Riga, Russia.[13][90] She was later refloated.[106]
Julie Caroline   Norway The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Louise Henriette (  Russia). Julie Caroline was on a voyage from East Wemyss, Fife, United Kingdom to Åsgårdstrand.[68][69]
Louis Faun Fanny   France The lugger was driven ashore at Plymouth, Devon She was refloated.[61][104]
Lydia Cumming   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cushendall, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Dublin.[25]
Orange Grove   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ayr. Her fifteen crew were rescued by the Ayr Lifeboat Glasgow Workman (  Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Orange Grove was on a voyage from Greenock to Demerara, British Guiana.[104]

18 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1870
Ship State Description
Alida   Netherlands The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Dantsic. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom in a leaky condition.[13]
Anje   Netherlands The ship ran aground in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Amsterdam, North Holland. She was refloated and taken in to a Baltic port in a leaky condition.[13]
Barteld   Russia The ship sank in Kolk Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Amsterdam.[13][27]
Boxer   United Kingdom The brig was beached near Visby, Gotland, Sweden in a waterlogged condition. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Grimsby, Lincolnshire.[21][25] She was later refloated.[31]
Brother's Pride   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore the Rhyl, Denbighshire.[13]
Bury St. Edmunds   United Kingdom The ship was beached in the River Thames. She was on a voyage from Mauritius to London.[13] She was refloated the next day.[21]
Cossack   United Kingdom The steamship sank at Copenhagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Königsberg, Prussia to Hull, Yorkshire.[13]
Emerald   United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by Leader (  United Kingdom). Emerald was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Alexandria, Egypt.[124][125]
Emma Blake   United States The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Toledo, Ohio with the loss of all on board.[126]
Eugenie Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore at "Kurop". She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to a Belgian port.[13]
Glenora   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her seven crew were rescued by the Lowestoft Lifeboat Laetitia (  Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Glenora was on a voyage from south Shields, County Durham to Rochester, Kent.[21][127]
Haabet   Denmark The ship collided with the barque Emigrant (  United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Emigrant. Haabet was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom.[91]
Mary Amelia   United States The ship foundered in Lake Erie with the loss of all hands.[128]
Orion   United States The steamship was wrecked near Grand Haven, Michigan. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Chicago, Illinois to Grand Haven.[128]
Rechabite   United Kingdom The fishing smack was run into by the brigantine Caroline (  United Kingdom)) at Tenby, Pembrokeshire and was severely damaged. Her three crew were rescued by Caroline. Rechabite was taken in to Tenby, where she sank.[129]
Skibladner   Sweden The ship ran aground at Fredrikshavn, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Söderhamn to Aalborg, Denmark.[13]
Speculationen   Norway The brig was abandoned off Smith's Knoll, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Arendal to Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium.[13]
Thetis   United Kingdom The brig was wrecked at Bic, Quebec, Canada with the loss of three of her nine crew. She was on a voyage from Silloth, Cumberland to Quebec City, Canada. Thetis was refloated with the assistance of the brig St. George and taken in to Quebec City.[130][131][60][50]
Tonawanda   United States The steamship was wrecked in Lake Erie. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Chicago to Buffalo, New York.[128]
Zillah   United Kingdom The ship collided with the steamship Victoria (  United Kingdom) and sank in the Shipway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rochester, Kent to South Shields, County Durham.[23][132]
Two unnamed vessels   United States The ships were wrecked near Cleveland, Ohio with the loss of all hands.[128]

19 October edit

List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1870
Ship State Description
A. B. Bradshaw   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Matanzas, Cuba.[130][94]
Bee   United Kingdom The ship was damaged by fire at Montrose, Forfarshire.[23]
Berlin   Bremen The steamship ran aground on the Robben Plaat, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Bremen.[23] She was later refloated and taken in to Bremerhaven.[58]
Birdston   United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Matanzas.[130][94]
Brothers   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in Manxmans Lake, Dumfriesshire. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim to Dalbeattie, Dumfriesshire.[132]
Cambria   United Kingdom The passenger-cargo steamship was wrecked off the Giant's Causeway, County Antrim with the loss of 178 of the 179 people on board. The survivor was rescued by the steamship Enterprise (  United Kingdom). Cambria was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.
Cercalia   United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by a Dutch fishing boat. She was on a voyage from Constanta, Ottoman Empire to Hull, Yorkshire.[133]
Chalena   United States The ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Cuba.[13]
Crescendo   Netherlands The brig struck a sunken rock off Porkkalanniemi, Grand Duchy of Finland and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Amsterdam, North Holland.[45]
Darien   France The steamship was wrecked in a hurricane at Molena Point, Cuba. Her passengers were rescued by the steamship Guantanamo (  Spain).[13]
Edwin   United States The schooner was wrecked in a hurricane at Matanzas. Her crew survived.[13][134]
Enigheden   Norway The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in Wick Bay with the loss of four of her five crew. She was on a voyage from Christiania to Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom.[21][122][135]
Equator   United Kingdom The brig was severely damaged in a hurricane at Cárdenas, Cuba.[136]
Evening Star   United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Matanzas.[130][94]
Frank Palmer   United States The schooner was damaged in a hurricane at Matanzas.[134]
Graf von Bylandt   Netherlands The steamship sank in the Amstel. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Rotterdam, South Holland.[21]
George S. Hunt   United States The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at Matanzas.[13][134]
Guantanamo   United States The ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Cuba.[13]
G. W. Barter   United States The brig was driven ashore at Matanzas.[134]
Ida   United Kingdom

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The list of shipwrecks in October 1870 includes ships sunk foundered grounded or otherwise lost during October 1870 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 October 1870 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 October editList of shipwrecks 1 October 1870 Ship State Description Barabino Padre nbsp Italy The ship departed from New York United States for Antwerp Belgium No further trace presumed foundered with the loss of all hands 1 Cairngorm nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Clyde She was on a voyage from Quebec City Canada to Greenock Renfrewshire 2 King Bird nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground on Watson s Shoal in the Belfast Lough She was on a voyage from Bathurst New Brunswick Canada to Warrenpoint County Antrim 3 2 October editList of shipwrecks 2 October 1870 Ship State Description Black Friar nbsp United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Quebec City Canada to Grangemouth Stirlingshire 4 5 Joseph Haydn nbsp Norway The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Torrevieja Spain Her crew were rescued 6 Snowdrop nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Riding Sweden She was on a voyage from Malmo Sweden to London She was refloated and taken in to Gothenburg Sweden 7 8 3 October editList of shipwrecks 3 October 1870 Ship State Description Escape nbsp United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the coast of Formosa Her crew survived She was on a voyage from Niuzhuang to Hong Kong The wreck was plundered by the local inhabitants 9 10 Levant nbsp Netherlands The steamship was driven ashore on Skagen Denmark She was on a voyage from Rotterdam South Holland to Gothenburg Sweden 3 She was refloated the next day with assistance from another steamship 3 Luzanne nbsp France The barque ran aground on the Lemon Sand in the North Sea She was on a voyage from South Shields County Durham United Kingdom to Dunkerque Nord She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth Norfolk United Kingdom 11 Spitfire nbsp United Kingdom The smack struck a sunken wreck and foundered off the Haisborough Sands in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk Her crew survived 11 Unnamed Flag unknown The steamship ran aground on Jordan s Bank in Liverpool Bay 3 4 October editList of shipwrecks 4 October 1870 Ship State Description Barbara Moir nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Knockhead She was on a voyage from Banff to Portsoy Aberdeenshire She was refloated the next day 7 Ebenezer nbsp United Kingdom The schooner sprang a severe leak off the mouth of the Humber She was on a voyage from Pittenweem Fife to London She was beached at Spurn Point Yorkshire with assistance from the Spurn Lifeboat She was refloated the next day and towed in to Grimsby Lincolnshire by the tug Warrior nbsp United Kingdom 12 7 Eolus nbsp Canada The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Marseille Bouches du Rhone France to Matanzas Cuba 13 Fruiterer nbsp New South Wales The ship ran aground on a reef off Pius Island She was on a voyage from Sydney to New Caledonia 14 Lady Eglinton nbsp United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore in Compton Bay She was on a voyage from Dublin to Southampton Hampshire 3 She was refloated 15 Lady Stanley nbsp United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore on Lady Isle in the Firth of Clyde She was on a voyage from Bristol Gloucestershire to the Clyde 3 She was refloated the next day and taken in to Troon Ayrshire 15 Laine nbsp Russia The ship caught fire and sank in Besik Bay She was on a voyage from Hull Yorkshire United Kingdom to Odessa 16 Leader nbsp Canada The brig foundered off Sambro Nova Scotia with the loss of all hands She was on a voyage from Cape Breton Island to Arichat 13 Spitfire nbsp United Kingdom The smack struck a sunken wreck and sank off the Haisborough Sands in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk Her crew were rescued 3 5 October editList of shipwrecks 5 October 1870 Ship State Description Christian nbsp United Kingdom The steamship foundered in Liverpool Bay off the Formby Lightship nbsp Trinity House 17 Cochrane nbsp United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Sunderland County Durham She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland She was refloated 18 Mainin nbsp Russia The ship was destroyed by fire off Tenedos Ottoman Empire She was on a voyage from an English port to Odessa 19 Progress nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Scharhorn Hamburg She was on a voyage from Philadelphia Pennsylvania United States to Hamburg 20 12 Renard nbsp French Navy The aviso was driven ashore at Newhaven Sussex United Kingdom She was refloated 20 Unnamed nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was run down and sunk by the steamship Munster nbsp United Kingdom with the loss of all but one of her crew 12 6 October editList of shipwrecks 6 October 1870 Ship State Description Cambria nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the North Breakers She was on a voyage from Bahia Brazil to Galveston Texas United States 21 Cora nbsp United Kingdom The ship foundered off Frangerola Spain Her crew were rescued by Yubas nbsp Spain Cora was on a voyage from Newport Monmouthshire to Barcelona Spain 7 19 22 Frithjof nbsp Sweden The ship was wrecked on Anholt Denmark Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland United Kingdom to Stockholm 23 Johanne nbsp Denmark The ship was driven ashore on the west coast of Denmark She was on a voyage from Bergen Norway to Stettin She was refloated and taken in to Fredrikshavn in a severely leaky condition 20 Medway nbsp Canada The barque collided with the schooner Devil nbsp United Kingdom and foundered with the loss of all but two of her crew She was on a voyage from Liverpool Lancashire United Kingdom to Halifax Nova Scotia 21 24 5 Sophia nbsp United Kingdom The brigantine was lost in Ramsey Sound with the loss of three of her five crew She was on a voyage from Cardiff Glamorgan to Liverpool 25 Suzanne nbsp France The barque ran aground on the Ower Sand in the North Sea She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Dunkerque Nord 20 She was refloated with assistance 12 Waterlily nbsp United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore near Marsala Sicily Italy 20 7 October editList of shipwrecks 7 October 1870 Ship State Description Anna Colbjorssen nbsp Norway The barque ran aground on the Fingrund She was on a voyage from Lulea Sweden to Plymouth Devon United Kingdom She was refloated and taken in to Stockholm Sweden in a severely leaky condition 26 Barter nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Matanzas Cuba 27 Captain nbsp United Kingdom The ship foundered in a hurricane with the loss of at least two of her crew She was on a voyage from Havana Cuba to Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland 28 Castor Flag unknown The steamship was driven ashore in the Bokkegat 29 Charlena nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Matanzas 27 Darien nbsp France The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at Moleno Point Cuba All on board were rescued by the steamship Guantanamo nbsp Spain 27 30 Edwin nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Matanzas 27 Freihandel nbsp Lubeck The steamship was driven ashore at Hamra Gotland Sweden She was on a voyage from Lubeck to Saint Petersburg Russia 29 Glasgow nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Matanzas 27 G S Hunt nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Matanzas 27 Gipsy nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Ramsey Isle of Man 7 Her ten crew were rescued by the Ramsey Lifeboat Two Sisters nbsp Royal National Lifeboat Institution She was on a voyage from Glasgow Renfrewshire to Liverpool Lancashire 31 32 Mariposa nbsp United States The steamship foundered off the coast of Florida with the loss of all 36 crew She was on a voyage from New Orleans Louisiana to New York 33 Mercury nbsp United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands Kent and was severely damaged She was on a voyage from Antwerp Belgium to Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland She was refloated 29 Nelson nbsp United Kingdom The barque struck the Seven Stones Reef Cornwall and sank with the loss of three of her thirteen crew Survivors were rescued by the Sevenstones Lightship nbsp Trinity House Nelson was on a voyage from Aguilas Spain to the River Tyne 34 Pet nbsp United Kingdom The yacht sank at Gourock Renfrewshire 7 Rees Lewis nbsp United Kingdom The ship departed from Queenstown County Cork for Hull Yorkshire No further trace presumed foundered with the loss of all hands 35 Scotland nbsp United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Black Rock off Islay Inner Hebrides She was on a voyage from Granton Lothian to Liverpool She was refloated on 23 October and taken in to the Clyde Subsequently repaired at Birkenhead Cheshire and returned to service 36 Sharon nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in a sinking condition Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Brixham Devon to Newcastle upon Tyne 16 37 8 October editList of shipwrecks 8 October 1870 Ship State Description Aigle nbsp Admiralty The hulk a former Aigle class frigate was sunk by a torpedo fired by HMS Oberon nbsp Royal Navy off the Isle of Grain Kent Alacrity nbsp United Kingdom The paddle tug was wrecked at Holmpton Yorkshire Her crew were rescued 7 38 She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Hull Yorkshire 39 Caroline nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was run into by the steamship Filey nbsp United Kingdom at South Shields County Durham and was severely damaged 39 Gertrude Speelman nbsp Stettin The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Boddam Aberdeenshire United Kingdom She was on a voyage from Boddam to Stettin 40 Harry nbsp United Kingdom The derelict brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Staintondale Yorkshire 41 Hero nbsp United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off Flamborough Head Yorkshire Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Boston Lincolnshire to South Shields County Durham 6 Huntress nbsp United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore at Lamlash Isle of Arran She was on a voyage from Dundalk County Louth to Troon Ayrshire She became a wreck on 12 October 13 8 Jane and Elizabeth nbsp United Kingdom The sloop was run ashore and wrecked in Loughan Bay Her crew were rescued 37 King nbsp United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the North Sea 12 nautical miles 22 km off Spurn Point Yorkshire Her crew survived She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland to London 42 Rob the Ranter nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Clogherhead County Louth with the loss of two of her three crew She was on a voyage from Liverpool Lancashire to Newry County Antrim 34 8 Sportsman nbsp United Kingdom The ship sank off Langstone Hampshire Her crew survived She was on a voyage from Portland Dorset to London 7 43 Veracity nbsp Netherlands The brig foundered off Great Yarmouth Norfolk United Kingdom Her eighteen crew were rescued by the schooner Kilburn nbsp United Kingdom 39 44 Veracity was on a voyage from South Shields to the Nieuw Diep 7 9 October editList of shipwrecks 9 October 1870 Ship State Description Alice nbsp United States The schooner was wrecked on Behring s Island She was on a voyage from New York to San Francisco California 14 Alliance nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Nagara Point Ottoman Empire She was on a voyage from Sulina Ottoman Empire to Dunkerque Nord France 16 She was refloated 45 Golden Age nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the River Tyne 46 Hart nbsp United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in Robin Hoods Bay Her eight crew were rescued by the steamship John Fenwick nbsp United Kingdom 39 She came ashore and was wrecked 7 Marie nbsp Prussia The steamship ran aground on the Zinnowitz Shallows in the Baltic Sea She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Stralsund 34 Marie nbsp Belgium The fishing smack foundered on the Dogger Bank Her crew were rescued by the smack George Emily nbsp United Kingdom 47 Mercury nbsp United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands Kent She was on a voyage from Antwerp West Flanders Belgium to a Mediterranean port She was refloated and resumed her voyage 48 Mercury nbsp Prussia The sloop struck the breakwater and sank at Stolpemunde with the loss of a crew member She was on a voyage from Swinemunde to Stolpemunde 37 Naiad nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridlington Yorkshire She was on a voyage from Sunderland County Durham to Colchester Essex 7 47 Penniman nbsp United States The brigantine was wrecked at Port Royal Jamaica 49 Rival nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Archangelsk Russia She was later refloated 50 Taglioni nbsp Hamburg The barque ran aground on Skagen Denmark and was wrecked with loss of life Five crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Vyborg Grand Duchy of Finland to Hartlepool County Durham United Kingdom 7 51 Traveller nbsp United Kingdom The smack collided with a brig and foundered off the Newark Lightship nbsp Trinity House Her crew were rescued 19 10 October editList of shipwrecks 10 October 1870 Ship State Description H R Russell nbsp United States The ship was wrrecked near Havana Cuba 52 Japan nbsp New South Wales The 140 foot 42 7 m whaling barque was lost in a gale and heavy fog on the coast of Siberia Russia 2 nautical miles 3 7 km 2 3 mi northwest of East Cape 53 John and Samuel nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Kingscross Isle of Arran She was on a voyage from Ayr to Greenock Renfrewshire 8 Mercara nbsp United Kingdom The barque departed from Liverpool Lancashire for Singapore Straits Settlements No further trace presumed foundered with the loss of all hands 54 Portia nbsp United Kingdom The brig collided with the steamship Ranger nbsp United Kingdom in the River Thames and was beached at Tilbury Fort Essex She was on a voyage from Riga Russia to London 34 Raoul Aurelie nbsp France The ship sank in Liverpool Bay off the Crosby Lightship nbsp Trinity House Her crew were rescued Raoul Aurelie was on a voyage from the Rio de la Hacha to Liverpool 34 Ring nbsp United Kingdom The Yorkshire Billyboy sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea off Spurn Point Yorkshire Her crew were rescued by the schooner Sophie nbsp Denmark Ring was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland to London 34 55 Saxon nbsp United Kingdom The brigantine ran aground on the Longsand in the North Sea off the coast of Essex and was abandoned Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Fredrikstad Norway to Falmouth Cornwall Saxon was subsequently discovered by a Dutch vessel and taken in at a Dutch port 34 19 56 Thomas nbsp United Kingdom The ship departed from Newport Monmouthshire for Truro Cornwall No further trace presumed foundered with the loss of all hands 57 Trinidad nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore 10 nautical miles 19 km south of the Cape Florida Lighthouse Florida United States She was on a voyage from Havana Cuba to Queenstown County Cork 58 59 She was refloated on 8 November and taken in to Key West Florida 60 Zabina nbsp United States The barque was driven ashore near Etaples Pas de Calais France She was on a voyage from Charleston South Carolina to Etaples She was refloated and found to be severely leaky 34 She had been refloated by 14 October 61 Zephyr nbsp United States The ship was abandoned at sea Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from New York to Stettin 61 62 11 October editList of shipwrecks 11 October 1870 Ship State Description Apollo Flag unknown The ship ran aground on the Vogelsand in the North Sea She was on a voyage from Hartlepool County Durham United Kingdom to Hamburg She was declared a total loss 63 Cilminar nbsp United Kingdom The ship was sighted off Portland Dorset whilst on a voyage from Sunderland County Durham to Rangoon Burma No further trace presumed foundered with the loss of all hands 64 Eclipse nbsp United Kingdom The ship departed from Queenstown County Cork for the Clyde No further trace presumed foundered with the loss of all hands 65 Ellen nbsp United Kingdom The schooner departed from Penzance Cornwall for Runcorn Cheshire Presumed subsequently foundered with the loss of all four crew a boat from the ship was washed ashore 66 Ely nbsp United Kingdom The steamship struck sunken rocks off Flat Holm in the Bristol Channel and was beached on the island All on board were rescued by a tug She was on a voyage from Portishead Somerset to Ilfracombe Devon 42 51 Ex nbsp United Kingdom The schooner stucke a sunken wreck and foundered in the North Sea Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Sunderland County Durham to Great Yarmouth 67 Kong Sverre nbsp Norway The barque ran aground and was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands Kent United Kingdom Her crew survived two were rescued by the Kingsdown Lifeboat She was on a voyage from Cartagena Spain to Leith Lothian United Kingdom 34 19 32 Lone Star nbsp United Kingdom The ship departed from Cardiff Glamorgan for Palermo Sicily Italy No further trace presumed foundered with the loss of all hands 1 Margaret nbsp Canada The ship was wrecked was West Quoddy Nova Scotia Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Sheet Harbour Nova Scotia to Rockland Maine United States 68 69 Marion nbsp United Kingdom The steamship departed from Liverpool Lancashire for Dublin No further trace presumed foundered in the Irish Sea with the loss of all hands 70 River Mersey nbsp United Kingdom The ship departed from the River Mersey for Dublin No further trace presumed foundered with the loss of all hands 4 Rockcliff nbsp United Kingdom The barque foundered in the South China Sea in a typhoon Her nineteen crew were rescued the next day by Ornate nbsp United Kingdom 71 12 October editList of shipwrecks 12 October 1870 Ship State Description Aberfeldy nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked north of Blackwater Head with the loss of four of her seven crew Survivors were rescued by the Coastguard using rocket apparatus She was on a voyage from Huelva Spain to Greenock Renfrewshire 6 72 73 74 37 Alice nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Milford Haven Pembrokeshire and was scuttled She was on a voyage from Cardiff Glamorgan to Portmadoc Caernarfonshire 6 Amelia nbsp Isle of Man The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Castletown Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Ramsey to Castletown 37 Anne nbsp United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore at Caernarfon Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Belfast County Antrim to Caernarfon 16 75 Barinaga nbsp Spain The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Bardsey Island Pembrokeshire Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Liverpool Lancashire United Kingdom to Havana Cuba 37 Brigand nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was in collision with the schooner Starling nbsp United Kingdom and foundered off The Mumbles Glamorgan Her captain was rescued by Starling Her crew were rescued by the tug Pero Gomez nbsp United Kingdom 76 77 78 Capella nbsp United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak and was run ashore at Howth County Dublin Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Whitehaven Cumberland to Newport Monmouthshire 6 51 Christian nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore in Killygowan Bay She was on a voyage from Sligo to Liverpool 6 She was refloated on 22 October 79 C H Southard nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground at the mouth of the River Wye She was on a voyage from Newport to New Orleans Louisiana United States She was refloated 80 Clifton nbsp United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore in Dublin Bay She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Prince Edward Island Canada 6 81 Corinna nbsp United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore between Neath and Swansea Glamorgan She was on a voyage from Porthcawl Glamorgan to Valparaiso Chile 6 77 She was later refloated and taken to Deal Kent 60 Cornhill nbsp United Kingdom The barque capsized at Newport Monmouthshire and was severely damaged She was righted 16 80 Echo nbsp United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at Hornia near A Coruna Spain Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Newport Monmouthshire to Christiania Norway 6 51 75 Exine Vesta nbsp Trieste The ship ran aground on the Drum Roe Bank in the Irish Sea She was on a voyage from Odessa Russia to Cork United Kingdom She was refloated and taken in to Waterford United Kingdom 75 Fame nbsp United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was run ashore near Bootle Lancashire where she was wrecked Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from the River Duddon to Ellesmere Cheshire 81 Fly nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Carnoustie Forfarshire Her four crew were rescued by the Coastguard using rocket apparatus She was on a voyage from Bonar Bridge Sutherland to Middlesbrough Yorkshire 6 82 83 Francis Darman Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore at Cork She was refloated 77 Hart nbsp Isle of Man The schooner was driven ashore at Kingstown County Dublin She was refloated 84 Humility nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Kingsdown Kent She was refloated on 23 October and taken in to Ramsgate Kent in a leaky condition 85 Jane and Annie nbsp United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore at Caernarfon She was on a voyage from Dundalk County Louth to Caernarfon 16 Martha Gertrude nbsp United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Irish Sea 15 nautical miles 28 km south east of Cape Clear Island County Cork with the loss of all hands She was on a voyage from Gloucester to Limerick 86 J H McLarren nbsp United States The barque was damaged by fire at South Shields County Durham United Kingdom 87 88 61 Joseph et Marie nbsp France The schooner foundered off Swansea Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Carloforte Sardinia Italy to Swansea 76 6 Leo nbsp United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at South Shields County Durham She was on a voyage from Dundee Forfarshire to South Shields She was refloated and taken in to South Shields 42 Ludwig nbsp Rostock Franco Prussian War The ship was captured and burnt by Desaix nbsp French Navy 68 Margaret and Mary nbsp United Kingdom The sloop foundered off the Cruggleton Castle Wigtownshire with the loss of both crew She was on a voyage from Whitehaven to Garlieston Wigtownshire 13 74 Maria and Betsey nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked between Cardiff and Neath Her crew were rescued 77 56 Mary nbsp United Kingdom The lighter was driven ashore and wrecked at Carradale Argyllshire Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Ardrossan Ayrshire to Carradale 21 89 Mary and Betsey nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Port Tennant Glamorgan 80 Miran nbsp United Kingdom The pilot boat was driven ashore at Kingscross Isle of Arran She was refloated the next day 67 Montcalm nbsp United Kingdom The brigantine foundered off Creaden Head County Waterford Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Swansea to Wexford 6 84 Key West nbsp United States The steamship ran aground off Cape Hatteras North Carolina and was wrecked Langford nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lowestoft Suffolk Her crew were rescued 77 Olive nbsp United Kingdom The fishing smack ran aground on the Corton Sand in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and was abandoned All fifteen people on board were rescued by the Corton and Lowestoft Lifeboats Husband and Laetitia both nbsp Royal National Lifeboat Institution Olive was on a voyage from the Faroe Islands to Harwich Essex 6 77 81 Penguin nbsp United Kingdom The brigantine was abandoned off Harlyn Cornwall in a sinking condition Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Swansea to Plymouth Devon 6 81 Perseverance nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Hayling Island Hampshire Her crew were rescued by the Coastguard 6 77 Porthcawl nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Swansea She was on a voyage from Valparaiso Chie to Swansea 51 Richard nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Llandulas Caernarfonshire Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool 61 90 Ronald nbsp United Kingdom The fishing lugger foundered off the Tarbat Ness Lighthouse Ross shire with the loss of all hands 31 Rosalie nbsp France The schooner was driven ashore at Southsea Castle Hampshire She was on a voyage from Boulogne Pas de Calais to Saint Nazaire Ille et Vilaine She was refloated and towed in to Portsmouth Hampshire 77 Rossini nbsp Italy The barque was driven ashore in Fabian s Bay 80 Santina nbsp Italy The barque was wrecked on the Dowsing Shoals in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk United Kingdom Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Taganrog Russia to Boston Lincolnshire United Kingdom 6 87 Saxon nbsp United Kingdom The schooner taken in to Vlissingen Zeeland Netherlands in a derelict condition 16 Severn nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Harlech Caernarfonshire Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Aberystwyth Cardiganshire to Portmadoc 75 Sir Colin Campbell nbsp United Kingdom The sloop was discovered off the mouth of the River Mersey in a derelict condition She was taken in to Liverpool 51 Three Sisters nbsp United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean Her crew were rescued by the schooner Brilliant nbsp United States Three Sisters was on a voyage from Saint John New Brunswick Canada to Havana Cuba 91 She subsequently came ashore on Wigim s Key 52 Transit nbsp United Kingdom The smack was wrecked in Ramsey Sound Both crew were rescued the next day by the St David s Lifeboat Augusta nbsp Royal National Lifeboat Institution 6 77 51 Vorwarts nbsp Prussia Franco Prussian War The ship was captured and burnt by Desaix nbsp French Navy 68 Welcome nbsp United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore at Largs Ayrshire Both crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Largs to Brodick Isle of Arran 67 Welcome Home nbsp United Kingdom The brig foundered 10 nautical miles 19 km off Ilfracombe Devon Her three crew were rescued by the pilot boat No 6 nbsp United Kingdom Welcome Home was on a voyage from Newport to Plymouth Devon 92 93 William nbsp United Kingdom The ship was beached in Llandudno Bay She was on a voyage from Dublin to Portmadoc 16 She was later refloated and taken in to Beaumaris Anglesey 94 Unnamed nbsp United Kingdom The fishing smack identification LL41 ran aground on the Horse Bank in the Irish Sea off the oast of Lancashire and was abandoned by her crew 77 Unnamed nbsp United Kingdom The lighter foundered in the Holy Loch 72 Her crew were rescued 89 Unnamed nbsp Austria Hungary The barque was driven ashore in the River Wye She was on a voyage from Southampton Hampshire to Newport 80 Two unnamed vessels Flags unknown A brigantine and schooner were driven ashore at Pendine Glamorgan 80 Unnamed Flag unknown The wrecked schooner was driven ashore at Douglas Isle of Man with two bodies on board 25 13 October editList of shipwrecks 13 October 1870 Ship State Description Akindo nbsp United Kingdom The barque was wrecked 8 nautical miles 15 km off Innoshima Japan Her crew were rescued 95 96 Ann nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Cloghy County Down She was on a voyage from Belfast County Antrim to Garston Lancashire 6 She was refloated on 17 January 90 Aurelia nbsp Isle of Man The schooner was driven ashore at Castletown Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus 6 77 Brigand andStarling nbsp United Kingdom The brigantine Brigand collided with Starling at Swansea Glamorgan and sank Her crew were rescued Starling ran aground and sank Her captain was reported missing the rest of her crew were rescued by a tug She was on a voyage from Genoa Italy to Gloucester 51 81 97 Christina nbsp United Kingdom The steamship sank in Liverpool Bay off the Formby Lightship nbsp Trinity House with the loss of a crew member She was on a voyage from Liverpool Lancashire to Antwerp Belgium 6 77 Clara nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore near Prestatyn Flintshire She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Llandulas Caernarfonshire 23 Clara Manning nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was damaged by fire at Falmouth Cornwall 16 Compeer nbsp United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire in the Indian Ocean Her crew were rescued by the barque Emma nbsp France Compeer was on a voyage from Greenock Renfrewshire to Bombay India 95 60 98 Content nbsp United Kingdom The barque was abandoned off the Kentish Knock She was on a voyage from London to Dunkerque Nord France She was towed in to Ramsgate Kent 16 Corunna nbsp United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore east of Swansea She was on a voyage from Cardiff Glamorgan to Plymouth Devon She was refloated and put in to Swansea in a severely leaky condition 81 Diana nbsp Bremen The barque was wrecked on Tegelersplaat in the North Sea She was on a voyage from Granton Lothian United Kingdom to Bremen 67 Dolphin nbsp Wismar The ship was driven ashore on Laeso Denmark She was on a voyage from Norrkoping Sweden to Hartlepool County Durham United Kingdom 6 Emilie nbsp Prussia The brig was wrecked on Bornholm Denmark She was on a voyage from Riga Russia to Ghent East Flanders Belgium 6 Express nbsp United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Porthdinllaen Caernarfonshire She was on a voyage from Mostyn Flintshire to Newport Monmouthshire 16 99 Favourite nbsp United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Ballyhornan County Down with the loss of four of her crew She was on a voyage from Ardrossan Ayrshire to Dublin 6 67 Figari nbsp United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on Sarn Badrig with the loss of fifteen of her 26 crew She was on a voyage from Taganrog Russia to Queenstown County Cork United Kingdom 6 75 37 Gannet nbsp United Kingdom The steamship was driven against the quayside and damaged at Greenock 100 Gratta nbsp Prussia The ship was driven ashore at Memel 6 Gloucestershire nbsp United Kingdom The full rigged ship was wrecked on the Jahde in the North Sea Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Akyab Burma to Bremen 6 101 Henry nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Llanaelhaearn Caernarfonshire Her crew were rescued 67 Historia nbsp United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire She was on a voyage from Barrow in Furness Lancashire to Newport Monmouthshire 16 Index nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Yarmouth Isle of Wight She was on a voyage from Newhaven Sussex to Yarmouth 6 Jane Cameron nbsp United Kingdom The ship was sighted 20 nautical miles 37 km north of Helsingor Denmark whilst on a voyage from Stettin to South Shields County Durham No further trace presumed foundered with the loss of all hands 102 Janes nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Peel Isle of Man She was on a voyage from Dublin to Maryport Cumberland 21 Josephine et Marie nbsp France The brigantine ran aground and sank at Swansea Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Carloforte Sardinia Italy to Swansea 81 97 Kate nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Llanaelhaearn Her crew were rescued 67 Let nbsp Norway The schooner was driven ashore at Saint Andrews Fife United Kingdom Her six crew were rescued by the Saint Andrews Lifeboat Annie nbsp Royal National Lifeboat Institution Let was on a voyage from Sannesund to Dundee Forfarshire United Kingdom 6 77 32 Let was refloated on 31 October and towed in to Dundee by the tug Atlas nbsp United Kingdom She was placed under repair 103 Little Liz nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Aberayron or New Quay Cardiganshire Her crew were rescued 16 75 Macedon nbsp United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged in the Salisbury Dock Liverpool 16 Mary nbsp United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore and sank at Craden Head County Waterford 100 Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Greenock to Wexford 104 Mary nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Porth Neigwl Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Waterford to Cardiff 75 Mary nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Cloghy She was on a voyage from Dundee to Silloth Cumberland She was later refloated with the assistance of the steamship Shamrock nbsp United Kingdom 6 105 Merrimac nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Jahde Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Akyab Burma to Bremen 6 The wreck subsequently broke up Part of the ship came ashore at Krildumersield Prussia in mid November 49 Modeste Eugene nbsp France The lugger was wrecked at Bude Cornwall United Kingdom with the loss of all but one of her five crew She was on a voyage from Swansea Glamorgan to Bilboa Spain 16 75 Morning Glory nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Jahde Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Akyab to Bremen 6 Mountain Calm nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Craden Head Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Swansea to Wexford 100 Nugget nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Garston She was on a voyage from to Garston to Runcorn Cheshire 23 Renown nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Port Penrhyn Caernarfonshire 75 Spread Eagle nbsp United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at New Quay Her crew were rescued 16 Stewarts nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and severely damaged at Siccar Point Berwickshire with the loss of all four crew She was on a voyage from Sunderland County Durham to Peterhead Aberdeenshire She was declared a total loss 6 51 63 Thames nbsp United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged in the Salisbury Dock Liverpool 16 Thomas nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Cloghy She was on a voyage from Belfast County Antrim to Garston 6 Turtle Dove nbsp United Kingdom The ship was beached in Llandudno Bay She was on a voyage from Plymouth Devon to Runcorn 16 Undine nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked 2 nautical miles 3 7 km east of Littlehampton Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Goole Yorkshire 6 Three unnamed vessels Flags unknown The schooners were wrecked on the Burbo and West Hoyle Banks in Liverpool Bay with the presumed loss of all hands 77 Unnamed nbsp United Kingdom The lighter was driven ashore and wrecked on Great Cumbrae Argyllshire 100 Unnamed nbsp United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak and caught fire off Carradale Argyllshire 100 Unnamed nbsp United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Carradale Her crew were rescued 100 Four unnamed vessels nbsp United Kingdom The fishing smacks were driven ashore and wrecked at Carradale 100 Unnamed nbsp United Kingdom The lighter foundered in the Belfast Lough Both crew were rescued by the Coastguard 100 14 October editList of shipwrecks 14 October 1870 Ship State Description Amelia nbsp United Kingdom The ship broke in two and foundered in Santoria Bay with the loss of five of her nine crew She was on a voyage from Swansea Glamorgan to Bilboa Spain 106 66 107 Angeline nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Dunkerque Nord France She was on a voyage from Algiers French Algeria to Dunkerque 16 Apollo nbsp Hamburg The barque was driven ashore on Heligoland Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Hartlepool County Durham United Kingdom to Hamburg 16 37 Aurora nbsp Prussia The brig was driven ashore at Dunkerque She was on a voyage from Trieste to Dunkerque 16 Charlotte nbsp Prussia Franco Prussian War The barque was captured and sunk by Desaix nbsp French Navy 68 108 Dante nbsp Italy The ship sank in Cardigan Bay with the loss of eight of the eleven people on board 109 Despatch nbsp United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore at Penrhos Anglesey 16 George nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Ballyhack County Wexford 16 Henry nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Clynnog Caernarfonshire Her crew were rescued she was on a voyage from Briton Ferry Glamorgan to Llandulas Caernarfonshire 16 Historia nbsp United Kingdom The abandoned barque was discovered in Morecambe Bay by the fishing vessel Otter nbsp United Kingdom which put two men on board She was towed in to Fleetwood Lancashire by the steamships Kirklees and Wyre both nbsp United Kingdom It was discovered that an attempt had been made to scuttle Historia She was on a voyage from Barrow in Furness Lancashire to Newport Monmouthshire 110 Hope nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Puffin Island Anglesey 16 Her crew were rescued 75 J B Watt nbsp United Kingdom The steamship was run into by the steamship Thuringia nbsp Hamburg and sank 20 nautical miles 37 km off the mouth of the Elbe Her crew were rescued by Thuringia J B Watt was on a voyage from Hamburg to Hartlepool 67 104 Kate nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Clynnog Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Swansea Glamorgan to Belfast County Antrim 16 Langford nbsp United Kingdom The lugger was driven ashore at Lowestoft Suffolk 37 Margaret nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Ballyhack 16 Nymph nbsp United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak and was abandoned in the North Sea 40 nautical miles 74 km off Great Yarmouth Norfolk Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Runcorn Cheshire to Harlingen Friesland 13 111 Proverb nbsp United Kingdom The ship foundered off Great Yarmouth Her crew were rescued 21 Seven Sisters nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Dutchman s Bank in the Irish Sea She was on a voyage from Pomaron Portugal to Liverpool Lancashire She was refloated and taken in to Bangor Caernarfonshire in a leaky condition 16 Sorrento nbsp United States The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Porthgolmon Caernarfonshire with the loss of a crew member She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New Orleans Louisiana 16 75 61 Turtle Dove nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Llandudno Denbighshire She was on a voyage from Plymouth Devon to Runcorn 37 Two Sisters nbsp United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the One Bush Reef Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Grand Cayman Cayman Islands to Kingston Jamaica 112 Unnamed Unflagged A steamship under construction at Low Walker Northumberland heeled over when the ground subsided under her Six people were killed and thirteen were severely wounded 113 114 15 October editList of shipwrecks 15 October 1870 Ship State Description Chevy Chase nbsp United States The ship was driven ashore at Cape Henry Virginia She was on a voyage from Liverpool Lancashire United Kingdom to Baltimore Maryland 61 She was later refloated and taken in to Baltimore 115 Emily nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Inch Point County Kerry 61 90 She was refloated on 7 November 116 Eureka nbsp Canada The ship was destroyed by fire at Cardiff Glamorgan United Kingdom 117 Pride of the West nbsp United Kingdom The ship foundered off the mouth of the Humber Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Neath Glamorgan to South Shields County Durham 67 Regina nbsp United States The barque was driven ashore on Scharhorn Hamburg Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from New York to Hamburg 61 Victorine nbsp France The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked on the Pendine Sands Carmarthenshire United Kingdom Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Swansea Glamorgan United Kingdom to Cherbourg Seine Inferieure 37 Washington nbsp United States The ship was destroyed by fire in the Cape Fear River She was on a voyage from Wilmington Delaware to New York 67 16 October editList of shipwrecks 16 October 1870 Ship State Description Alice nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore on Walney Island Lancashire with the loss of all hands She was on a voyage from Millom Cumberland to Liverpool Lancashire 25 Asia nbsp United Kingdom The steamship was lost at Port Orotave Tenerife Canary Islands Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from London to Barranquilla United States of Colombia 79 22 118 Circassia nbsp Norway The full rigged ship was driven ashore near Fredrikshavn Denmark She was on a voyage from Riga Russia to Southampton Hampshire United Kingdom 61 104 She subsequently became a wreck 119 Daylight nbsp United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore between Hurst Castle and Lymington Hampshire She was on a voyage from Sunderland County Durham to Alexandria Egypt She was refloated the next day and taken in to the Solent 61 104 90 Gleaner nbsp United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore near Porthdinllaen Caernarfonshire Her three crew were rescued by the Porthdinllaen Lifeboat Cotton Sheppard nbsp Royal National Lifeboat Institution 120 Naomi nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Silloth Cumberland She was on a voyage from Monte Video Uruguay to Silloth She was refloated the next day and taken in to Silloth 104 Royalist nbsp United Kingdom The ship capsized in the English Channel Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Plymouth Devon to Sunderland County Durham 23 115 Sarah Jane nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Kirton Suffolk She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Alexandria Egypt She was refloated on 31 October and put back to Sunderland for repairs 91 Sydney nbsp United Kingdom nbsp Memorial to those lost on the Sydney The barque was wrecked off Glen Head Sturrall County Donegal with the loss of nineteen of her 21 crew She was on a voyage from Quebec City Canada to Greenock Renfrewshire 121 122 Watson nbsp United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore and wrecked between Anstruther and Crail Fife with the loss of two of her three crew She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland to St Andrews Fife 61 104 17 October editList of shipwrecks 17 October 1870 Ship State Description Alfred and Emma nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked in Dally Bay Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Swansea Glamorgan to Greenock Renfrewshire 13 90 Cochrane nbsp United Kingdom The ship ran aground near Juist Kingdom of Prussia and capsized Her crew were rescued 27 She was on a voyage from Greenock to Hamburg 123 Also reported as Cochran Hendry ashore on South Uist Outer Hebrides 61 Flying Foam nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and sank at Hope Cove Devon 21 90 Gipsy King nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Dulas Anglesey with the loss of nine of her ten crew The survivor was rescued by the Moelfre Lifeboat 120 Huntress nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Larne Lough She was on a voyage from Liverpool Lancashire to Riga Russia 13 90 She was later refloated 106 Julie Caroline nbsp Norway The ship foundered in the North Sea Her crew were rescued by the schooner Louise Henriette nbsp Russia Julie Caroline was on a voyage from East Wemyss Fife United Kingdom to Asgardstrand 68 69 Louis Faun Fanny nbsp France The lugger was driven ashore at Plymouth Devon She was refloated 61 104 Lydia Cumming nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cushendall County Antrim She was on a voyage from Maryport Cumberland to Dublin 25 Orange Grove nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ayr Her fifteen crew were rescued by the Ayr Lifeboat Glasgow Workman nbsp Royal National Lifeboat Institution Orange Grove was on a voyage from Greenock to Demerara British Guiana 104 18 October editList of shipwrecks 18 October 1870 Ship State Description Alida nbsp Netherlands The ship was driven ashore She was on a voyage from London United Kingdom to Dantsic She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth Norfolk United Kingdom in a leaky condition 13 Anje nbsp Netherlands The ship ran aground in the Baltic Sea She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg Russia to Amsterdam North Holland She was refloated and taken in to a Baltic port in a leaky condition 13 Barteld nbsp Russia The ship sank in Kolk Bay Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Amsterdam 13 27 Boxer nbsp United Kingdom The brig was beached near Visby Gotland Sweden in a waterlogged condition She was on a voyage from Cronstadt Russia to Grimsby Lincolnshire 21 25 She was later refloated 31 Brother s Pride nbsp United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore the Rhyl Denbighshire 13 Bury St Edmunds nbsp United Kingdom The ship was beached in the River Thames She was on a voyage from Mauritius to London 13 She was refloated the next day 21 Cossack nbsp United Kingdom The steamship sank at Copenhagen Denmark She was on a voyage from Konigsberg Prussia to Hull Yorkshire 13 Emerald nbsp United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk Her crew were rescued by Leader nbsp United Kingdom Emerald was on a voyage from Sunderland County Durham to Alexandria Egypt 124 125 Emma Blake nbsp United States The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Toledo Ohio with the loss of all on board 126 Eugenie Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore at Kurop She was on a voyage from Cronstadt Russia to a Belgian port 13 Glenora nbsp United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Lowestoft Suffolk Her seven crew were rescued by the Lowestoft Lifeboat Laetitia nbsp Royal National Lifeboat Institution Glenora was on a voyage from south Shields County Durham to Rochester Kent 21 127 Haabet nbsp Denmark The ship collided with the barque Emigrant nbsp United Kingdom and sank in the North Sea Her crew were rescued by Emigrant Haabet was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Leith Lothian United Kingdom 91 Mary Amelia nbsp United States The ship foundered in Lake Erie with the loss of all hands 128 Orion nbsp United States The steamship was wrecked near Grand Haven Michigan All on board were rescued She was on a voyage from Chicago Illinois to Grand Haven 128 Rechabite nbsp United Kingdom The fishing smack was run into by the brigantine Caroline nbsp United Kingdom at Tenby Pembrokeshire and was severely damaged Her three crew were rescued by Caroline Rechabite was taken in to Tenby where she sank 129 Skibladner nbsp Sweden The ship ran aground at Fredrikshavn Denmark She was on a voyage from Soderhamn to Aalborg Denmark 13 Speculationen nbsp Norway The brig was abandoned off Smith s Knoll in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Arendal to Ostend West Flanders Belgium 13 Thetis nbsp United Kingdom The brig was wrecked at Bic Quebec Canada with the loss of three of her nine crew She was on a voyage from Silloth Cumberland to Quebec City Canada Thetis was refloated with the assistance of the brig St George and taken in to Quebec City 130 131 60 50 Tonawanda nbsp United States The steamship was wrecked in Lake Erie All on board survived She was on a voyage from Chicago to Buffalo New York 128 Zillah nbsp United Kingdom The ship collided with the steamship Victoria nbsp United Kingdom and sank in the Shipway Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Rochester Kent to South Shields County Durham 23 132 Two unnamed vessels nbsp United States The ships were wrecked near Cleveland Ohio with the loss of all hands 128 19 October editList of shipwrecks 19 October 1870 Ship State Description A B Bradshaw nbsp United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Matanzas Cuba 130 94 Bee nbsp United Kingdom The ship was damaged by fire at Montrose Forfarshire 23 Berlin nbsp Bremen The steamship ran aground on the Robben Plaat in the North Sea She was on a voyage from Baltimore Maryland United States to Bremen 23 She was later refloated and taken in to Bremerhaven 58 Birdston nbsp United Kingdom The full rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Matanzas 130 94 Brothers nbsp United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in Manxmans Lake Dumfriesshire She was on a voyage from Newry County Antrim to Dalbeattie Dumfriesshire 132 Cambria nbsp United Kingdom The passenger cargo steamship was wrecked off the Giant s Causeway County Antrim with the loss of 178 of the 179 people on board The survivor was rescued by the steamship Enterprise nbsp United Kingdom Cambria was on a voyage from New York United States to Liverpool Lancashire Cercalia nbsp United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk Her crew were rescued by a Dutch fishing boat She was on a voyage from Constanta Ottoman Empire to Hull Yorkshire 133 Chalena nbsp United States The ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Cuba 13 Crescendo nbsp Netherlands The brig struck a sunken rock off Porkkalanniemi Grand Duchy of Finland and sank Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg Russia to Amsterdam North Holland 45 Darien nbsp France The steamship was wrecked in a hurricane at Molena Point Cuba Her passengers were rescued by the steamship Guantanamo nbsp Spain 13 Edwin nbsp United States The schooner was wrecked in a hurricane at Matanzas Her crew survived 13 134 Enigheden nbsp Norway The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in Wick Bay with the loss of four of her five crew She was on a voyage from Christiania to Fraserburgh Aberdeenshire United Kingdom 21 122 135 Equator nbsp United Kingdom The brig was severely damaged in a hurricane at Cardenas Cuba 136 Evening Star nbsp United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Matanzas 130 94 Frank Palmer nbsp United States The schooner was damaged in a hurricane at Matanzas 134 Graf von Bylandt nbsp Netherlands The steamship sank in the Amstel She was on a voyage from Amsterdam North Holland to Rotterdam South Holland 21 George S Hunt nbsp United States The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at Matanzas 13 134 Guantanamo nbsp United States The ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Cuba 13 G W Barter nbsp United States The brig was driven ashore at Matanzas 134 Ida nbsp United Kingdom, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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