The list of shipwrecks in November 1877 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during November 1877.
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1 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Amalie | Sweden | The barque ran aground on the Dragor Sand, in the Baltic Sea and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. |
Consolation | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Suez, Khedivate of Egypt. She was on a voyage from Amoy, China to New York, United States. She was refloated on 9 November. |
Frische Trouw | Netherlands | The koff was driven ashore on Hirsholmene, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Schiedam, South Holland. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to Fredrikshavn, Denmark. |
Fritz | Sweden | The brig was driven ashore on Gotska Sandön. |
Hilda | Sweden | The schooner capsized at South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom. |
Rapid | United Kingdom | The brig struck a rock off Læsø, Denmark and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Granton, Lothian to Riga. |
St. Paul | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked at "Bonden", Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Stockholm, Sweden. |
Wave | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Norderney, Germany with the loss of two of her four crew. Survivors were rescued by the Norderney Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Harburg, Germany to "Schan". |
2 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Alice Cookall | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Newhaven, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Port Talbot, Glamorgan. She was refloated the next day with the assistance of a tug and towed in to Newhaven. She was placed under repair. |
Ann | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Lisbon, Portugal. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |
Anna | Sweden | The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Karlshamn. |
Avance | Norway | The ship ran aground on the Falsterbo Reef, in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued by a Swedish steamship, but her captain refused to abandon ship. Avance was on a voyage from Skutskär, Sweden to Gravelines, Nord, France. She was refloated and found to be waterlogged. |
Bertha | Norway | The barque ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Dram to Poole, Dorset, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent. |
Deodata | Norway | The barque was driven ashore on Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Vyborg, Grand Duchy of Finland to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. |
Favourite | United Kingdom | The ketch caught fire east of the Dogger Bank and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by the brig Cactus ( United Kingdom). |
Immanuel | Germany | The ship sank off Gotland, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. |
Jacobine | Denmark | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Thisted. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Norrköping to Stockholm, Sweden. |
Julie Caroline | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Raz de Sein. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France to King's Lynn, Norfolk. |
Lady of the Lake | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Cape Arkona, Germany. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stettin, Germany to Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. |
Lübeck | Germany | The steamship was driven ashore at Visby, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Lübeck to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was refloated on 5 November. |
Pearl | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Tilt Cove, Newfoundland Colony for Swansea, Glamorgan. No further trace, reported missing. |
3 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Augustine Kobbe | Flag unknown | The ship collided with the steamship Corcyra ( United Kingdom) in the River Mersey. She was taken in to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom in a waterlogged condition. |
Dora | Sweden | The brig put in to Gothenburg in a waterlogged condition. She was on a voyage from Pori, Finland to Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. |
Harewood | United Kingdom | The ship was found abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (45°44′N 35°55′W / 45.733°N 35.917°W / 45.733; -35.917) by the steamship Abyssinia ( United Kingdom). |
Rotterdam | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at the mouth of the River Carron. She was refloated the next day. |
Sandringham | United States | The steamship was severely damaged by fire in port. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to New Orleans, Louisiana. |
Two unnamed vessels | Flags unknown | The ships ran aground in the River Thames at Limehouse, Middlesex, United Kingdom and each collided with the tug that was towing her. |
4 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Bee | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to Brading, Isle of Wight. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
John Wesley | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Black Rock Ledge, off the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Newport, Monmouthshire. She was refloated. |
Olive Branch | United Kingdom | The smack ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She floated off and sank. Her crew survived. |
Phœnix | Norway | The steamship was wrecked at Vestervig, Denmark with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Riga, Russia. |
Queen of England | United Kingdom | The lugger was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Comet ( United Kingdom) and taken in to Yarmouth. |
Rallus | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Baarland, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated with assistance from a number of tugs. |
5 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Albion | Netherlands | The galiot foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden to London, United Kingdom. |
Anna | Germany | The schooner was driven ashore at Faro, Portugal and was severely damaged. |
Annie Richmond | United Kingdom | The barque caught fire and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Valparaíso, Chile. |
Heroine | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the channel at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Wells-next-the-Sea to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. |
Itala | Sweden | The schooner was driven ashore north of Visby. She was on a voyage from Skellefteå to Antwerp, Belgium. |
Newport | United Kingdom | The Mersey Flat struck the Prince's Landing Stage, in the River Mersey and was damaged. She was beached at Tranmere, Cheshire. |
River Leven | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Gare Loch. |
Thor | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near the "Tylo Lighthouse". |
Vivid | United Kingdom | The ship was sighted off Margate, Kent whilst on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Weymouth, Dorset. No further trace, reported missing. |
6 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Bradford | Royal National Lifeboat Institution | The lifeboat collided with the tug Vulcan ( United Kingdom) at Margate, Kent and was severely damaged. She was declared a total loss. |
James Harris | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Skarlakan Reef, in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Gotland, Sweden. She was refloated and taken in to Westergarn, Sweden. |
Viola | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at "Melgrane". She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russian Empire to King's Lynn, Norfolk. She was refloated and taken in to Rønne, Denmark. |
7 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Deborah S. Soule | United States | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (47°02′N 34°47′W / 47.033°N 34.783°W / 47.033; -34.783). All ten people on board were rescued by Holland ( United Kingdom). Deborah S. Soule was on a voyage from New York to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom. |
Podgorice | Ottoman Navy | Russo-Turkish war: The river monitor was shelled and sunk by Romanian coastal artillery. |
Lilly | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Blyth, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Gävle, Sweden to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated and towed in to Sunderland in a leaky condition. |
Pet | United Kingdom | The fishing boat was wrecked on the Newcombe Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her ten crew were rescued by the Lowestoft Lifeboat Samuel Plimsoll ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). |
8 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Commerce | United Kingdom | The schooner sprang a leak and was abandoned off Black Head, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Fowey, Cornwall to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |
Constitution | United States | The barque was driven ashore in Little Sturgeon Bay. She was a total loss. |
Empire State | United States | The wooden brigantine was on a voyage from Marquette, Michigan, to Cleveland, Ohio, with a cargo of iron ore when she was wrecked on North Point Reef off the coast of Michigan in Lake Huron. Her wreck lies in 12 feet (3.7 m) of water at 45°00′51″N 83°15′23″W / 45.014217°N 83.256283°W / 45.014217; -83.256283 (Empire State). |
Haswell | United Kingdom | The paddle tug foundered in the Bristol Channel off Oxwich, Glamorgan. Her eight crew were rescued by the pilot cutter Benson ( United Kingdom). |
Meerschaum | Flag unknown | The steamship was wrecked south of Ventava, Courland Governorate with the loss of a crew member. |
Pontiac | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Rio de Janeiro. She was refloated and found to be leaky. |
Rose | United Kingdom | The brig was sighted in a sinking condition in the North Sea by a smack, which was unable to render assistance. |
Sperimento | Italy | The barque ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from London to the River Tyne. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |
9 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Advent | United Kingdom | The Thames barge was abandoned in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent. Her three crew were rescued by the schooner Sarah Amy ( United Kingdom). Advent was on a voyage from London to Southampton, Hampshire. |
Alma | United Kingdom | The sloop collided with the Tay Bridge and sank in the Firth of Forth. She was on a voyage from Newburgh, Fife to Dundee, Forfarshire. |
Concord | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Boulmer, Northumberland. |
Eagle | United Kingdom | The fishing smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Laytown, County Meath. Her crew were rescued. |
Haswell | United Kingdom | The tug foundered off Oxwich Point, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued by the pilot boat Benson ( United Kingdom). Haswell was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Sunderland, County Durham. |
Helena | Norway | The schooner was driven ashore at Össby, Öland, Sweden. |
Leonidas | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with Cormorin and sank in the North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by Comorin. Leonidas was on a voyage from West Hartlepool, County Durham to Faversham, Kent. |
Liverpool | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bic, Quebec. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Belfast, County Antrim. She was refloated in February 1878. |
Tom Morton | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Leman and Ower Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to London. She was refloated the next day with the assistance of a number of smacks and resumed her voyage. |
Toivo | Grand Duchy of Finland | The ship ran aground on the Svenska Högarna, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Oulu. She was refloated and towed in to Stockholm, Sweden in a waterlogged condition. |
10 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Aalborg | Denmark | The barque was driven ashore at Svaneke, Bornholm. She was on a voyage from "Upernavik" to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She subsequently became a wreck. |
Elba | Denmark | The barque was wrecked at Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands. Her crew were rescued. |
Grevinde Trijs | Denmark | The ship was sighted off Helsingør whilst on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Gloucester, United Kingdom. No further trace, reported missing. |
Jean Marie | Netherlands | The schooner ran aground on the Domesnes Reef. Her crew were rescued. |
Indus | United Kingdom | The smack was run into by a Dutch fishing smack and sank in the North Sea. Two of her eight crew were rescued by the smack and the rest by the brigantine Progress ( Guernsey). |
Queen of the South | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at "Recherchedy", Tasmania. She was on a voyage from Mauritius to Dunedin, New Zealand. |
Pekin | United Kingdom | The ship was sighted in distress in the Atlantic Ocean by City of Montreal ( United Kingdom), which lost a crew member in an unsuccessful attempt to rescue her crew. Pekin was on a voyage from New York, United States to Cardiff, Glamorgan. No further trace, reported missing. |
Roselle | Sweden | The ship was wrecked at "Lange Orge". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gävle to Skutskär. |
Waihopai | New Zealand | The 44-ton schooner was wrecked near the mouth of Wellington Harbour while arriving from the Marlborough Sounds during a gale. All hands were saved, but the ship and cargo were lost. |
380 | Russia | The lighter was run into by the steamship Gibraltar ( Sweden) and sank at Cronstadt. |
Unnamed | Flag unknown | The ship ran aground on the Domesnes Reef. |
11 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Aalborg | Denmark | The barque was driven ashore on Bornholm. |
Abraham Thomas | France | The schooner was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom. |
Advent | United Kingdom | The abandoned sloop was towed in to Antwerp, Belgium by a steamship and a fishing smack. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to Ipswich, Suffolk. |
Agnes and Helen | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. Her crew were rescued by the Great Yarmouth Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London. She was refloated the next day and towed in to Great Yarmouth. |
Alfred and Emma | United Kingdom | The ship struck rocks at Thurso, Caithness and was abandoned by her captain. She floated off and drifted out to sea with the rest of her crew on board. She was driven ashore and wrecked at Deerness, Orkney Islands the next day. Nineteen crew were rescued by the Thurso Lifeboat Charley Lloyd ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Alfred and Emma was on a voyage from Scrabster, Caithness to Fleetwood, Lancashire. |
Allerton Packet | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. Her five crew were rescued by the Coastguard using rocket apparatus and by the Great Yarmouth Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to a Devon port, or to Dover, Kent. |
Barrowgill Castle | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Thurso, Caithness. Her crew were rescued by the Thurso Lifeboat. |
Beatrice | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. Her crew were rescued by the Great Yarmouth Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to London or Dover. |
Daisy | United Kingdom | The brigantine was wrecked at "Cornelmawr", in Carmarthen Bay with the loss of four of her twelve crew. She was on a voyage from the Cameroon River, to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
D'Artagnan | France | The brig was wrecked in Pegwell Bay. Her five crew were rescued by the North Deal Lifeboat. |
Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at "Linsport", County Londonderry. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Ramelton, County Donegal. |
Emilia Anne | United Kingdom | The brigantine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her seven crew were rescued by the barque Morning Star ( United Kingdom). Emilia Anne was on a voyage from the Newfoundland Colony to Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada. |
Gilsland | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Larne, County Antrim. She was refloated on 26 February 1878 and taken in to Stornoway. Subsequently repaired and returned to service as Lewis Castle. |
Guiding Star | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by the Thurso Lifeboat Charley Lloyd ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). |
Hedvig Sophia | Sweden | The barque was wrecked in Pegwell Bay. Her twelve crew were rescued by the North Deal Lifeboat. |
Jane and Ellen | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked. Her three crew were rescued by the Abersoch Lifeboat Mabel Louisa ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). |
John Douse | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore at Sandown, Isle of Wight. Her eight crew were rescued; six of them by the Coastguard using rocket apparatus and two by the Bembridge Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France to Cork. She broke up the next day. |
Kate | Isle of Man | The schooner was driven ashore at Thurso. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. |
Laine | Grand Duchy of Finland | The barque was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom to Stockholm, Sweden. Laine subsequently floated off and drifted out to sea. Her crew were rescued. She was later towed in to Kladesholmen, Sweden |
Marie et Louise | France | The schooner was driven ashore at Gorleston, Suffolk. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Gravelines, Nord. |
Mystic Tie | United Kingdom | The ship was lost off St Davids Head, Pembrokeshire with the loss of four of her eleven crew. Survivors were rescued by the St. David's Lifeboat Augusta ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Mystic Tie was on a voyage from Bonny, Africa to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. |
Nicholas | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off the east Kent coast. |
Sophie | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Lemvig, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Skouvik" to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. |
Star of Albion | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off the east Kent coast. |
Thule | Norway | The steamship was driven ashore at "Gothen", Sweden. She was on a voyage from Reval, Russia to Christiania. She was refloated and taken in to Slite, Sweden. |
North Deal Lifeboat | United Kingdom | The lifeboat was severely damaged whilst rescuing the crews of D'Artagnan ( France) and Hedvig Sophia ( Sweden). |
Two unnamed vessels | Flags unknown | The brigs ran aground on the Caister Shoal, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. They were refloated the next day with assistance from the tugs Black Prince and Fiery Cross (both United Kingdom). |
12 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Angier | United States | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Walney Island, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Wiscasset, Maine, United States to Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire. |
Artushof | Germany United Kingdom | The steamship was run into by the steamship Horrox at Antwerp, Belgium. Sinking at the stern, she was beached. Artushof was on a voyage from Antwerp to Riga, Russia. She was refloated on 21 November. |
Augusta | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on The Shingles, off the Kent coast. Nine of her crew were lost. She was on a voyage from London to Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium. She was refloated and towed in to Gravesend, Kent. |
Collingwood | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. All on board were rescued by the steamship Glamis Castle ( United Kingdom). Collingwood was on a voytage from Betts Cove, Newfoundland Colony to Belfast, County Antrim. |
Edmond | France | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Copt Point, near Folkestone, Kent with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Calais. |
Elms | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Pye Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
Froken | Sweden | The schooner was wrecked on the Kentish Knock. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Collingwood ( United Kingdom). Froken was on a voyage from Dantzic, Germany to Honfleur, Manche, France. |
Georges et Valentine | France | The schooner was driven ashore and severely damaged in Pegwell Bay. Her five crew were rescued by the Ramsgate Lifeboat. Georges et Valentine was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord to Cherbourg, Manche. She was later refloated and towed in to Ramsgate. |
Grangemouth | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Torrerdam to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire. She was refloated with the assistance of three tugs and resumed her voyage. |
Indefatigable | Norway | The barque collided with the barque Ingeborg ( Russia) and was abandoned off Öland, Sweden. Her crew were rescued by Ingeborg. Indefatigable was on a voyage from Pori, Grand Duchy of Finland to Antwerp, Belgium. She came ashore on Öland. |
Julia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at "Ungskar", Sweden. She was on a voyage from Karlskrona, Sweden to Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. |
Lord Baltimore | Norway | The barque ran aground at Falsterbo, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall, Sweden to Cette, Hérault, France. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark in a leaky condition. |
Louise | United Kingdom | The fishing boat foundered off the north coast of Cornwall with the loss of all four crew. |
Louise | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore near Ramsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall, Sweden to Cherbourg, Manche. |
May Queen | United Kingdom | The sailing barge was driven ashore at Orford Haven, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 17 November and beached at Orford, Suffolk. Subsequently towed to Harwich, Essex and beached. |
Noach I | Netherlands | The barque was driven ashore in Pegwell Bay. Her 45 passengers and crew were taken off by the lugger Princess Royal ( United Kingdom). Noach I was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. She was refloated the next day with assistance from Princess Royal and the tug Aid ( United Kingdom) and towed in to Ramsgate. |
Nonpareil | United Kingdom | The lugger collided with another vessel and sank off Great Yarmouth with the loss of two of her crew. |
Sinbad | Norway | The barque was driven ashore at Cuckmere Haven, Sussex, United Kingdom. All sixteen people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Pensacola, Florida, United States. |
Voluntas | France | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged in Pegwell Bay. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Cette, Hérault. She was later refloated and towed in to Ramsgate. |
Walcred | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Össby, Öland. She was on a voyage from Riga to London. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage. |
Young George | United Kingdom | The dandy rigged fishing smack collided with the schooner Burton and sank at Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her ten crew were rescued. |
Unnamed | Norway | The barque was driven ashore at Deal, Kent, United Kingdom and was abandoned with the loss of two of the 27 people on board. Survivors were rescued by the Deal Lifeboat. |
Unnamed | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore at Deal. Her crew were rescued. |
Unnamed | Belgium | The ship sank off the North Foreland, Kent. |
Two unnamed vessels | Flags unknown | The ships were driven ashore in Pegwell Bay. |
Unnamed | Flag unknown | The barque sank off Broadstairs, Kent with the loss of all hands. |
Unnamed | flag unknown | The barque was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands with the loss of all hands. |
Unnamed | France | The brig was driven ashore between Broadstairs and Ramsgate. Her crew were rescued. |
13 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Conde de Cavour | Portugal | The ship was wrecked at Viana do Castelo with the loss of all hands. |
Fifteenth July | Germany | The brig was driven ashore on Falsterbo, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Liepāja, Courland Governorate to Bremerhaven. |
H. C. Drosse | Germany | The schooner departed from West Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom for Torre del Mar, Spain. No further trace, reported missing. |
Maria Beerta | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Härnösand, Sweden to Harlingen, Friesland. |
Monsoon | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Kilkeel, County Down. |
Paul et Marie | France | The schooner, with a cargo of wheat, was dismasted after hitting the Seven Stones Reef, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was later brought into the nearby Isles of Scilly as a derelict. |
Sif | Norway | The barque ran aground off Scotstoun Head, Aberdeenshire and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Swinemünde, Germany to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated the next day and towed in to Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, where she ran aground. |
Surprise | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground at "Kalle", Denmark. |
Yberra Palmeiro | Spain | The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked near Viana do Castelo. She was on a voyage from Cádiz to A Coruña. |
Unnamed | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Ramsey Island, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom. |
14 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Alexander Young | United States | The schooner was run down and sunk by the steamship City of Brussels ( United Kingdom) at New York with the loss of two of her six crew. |
Arjete | Austria-Hungary | The barque ran aground on the Grado Sandbank, in the Adriatic Sea and sank. She was on a voyage from Cartagena, Spain to Capodistria. |
Atrato | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground on the Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall, Sweden to Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk. |
Brisk | United Kingdom | The brigantine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Ida ( Italy). She was towed in to A Coruña, Spain in early January 1878. |
Charles | United Kingdom | The ship was sighted off Gorleston, Suffolk whilst on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Dover, Kent. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
Fairy | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Saddell, Argyllshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Imtock" to Campbeltown, Argyllshire. |
Glenbrook | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the Bahama Bank, off Nuevitas, Cuba. |
Ora et Labora | Norway | The brig sprang a leak and was abandoned off Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Helene Maria ( Germany). Ora et Labora was on a voyage from Kristiansand to Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom. |
Zone | Isle of Man | The ship departed from Pillau, Germany for Belfast, County Antrim. No further trace, reported missing. |
Unnamed | Flag unknown | The brigantine ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. |
15 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Adventure | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued. Wreckage subsequently came ashore at Great Orme Head, Caernarfonshire. |
Ajax | Germany | The steamship was abandoned off the Dutch coast by all but her captain. A smack took off the rest of her crew. She was on a voyage from Königsberg to Antwerp, Belgium. She was assisted in to Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom on 18 November by five smacks and two tugs. |
Amanda | Germany | The barque was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the brig Taxearchis Dockos ( Greece). |
Annie and Jane | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Maidens, Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from Beaumaris, Anglesey to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |
Eliza Jane | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Newcombe Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Chichester, Sussex. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft, where she ran aground again. She was refloated and found to be leaky. |
Falcon | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Queenstown, County Cork. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
Fancy | United Kingdom | The schooner was sighted off Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire whilst on a voyage from the River Tyne to Kirkwall, Orkney Islands. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
Isabella | Jersey | The brig was driven ashore at Redcar, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Poole, Dorset. She was refloated with the asstance of the tug Swan ( United Kingdom) and towed in to Hartlepool, County Durham. |
Kevasind | United Kingdom | The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (48°38′N 33°18′W / 48.633°N 33.300°W / 48.633; -33.300). Her twelve crew were rescued by the steamship England ( United Kingdom). |
Nurnberg | Germany | The steamship was driven ashore on Langeoog. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Bremen. |
Two Friends | Canada | The ship was driven out to sea from Gaspé, Quebec. No further trace. |
William | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Killiner's Point, Wigtownshire. |
Unnamed | Flag unknown | The schooner was driven ashore at Redcar. She was refloated. |
16 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Agnes Campbell | Canada | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by a Danish schooner. She was on a voyage from Alloa, Clackmannanshire, United Kingdom to Shelburne, Nova Scotia. |
Argyllshire | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Howquay Head Holm, Orkney Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. She was refloated on 9 February 1878 and beached in Holm Sound. |
Fancy | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Kirkwall, Orkney Islands. |
Foroningsen Odensa | Denmark | The schooner foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all but two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Sceptre ( United Kingdom). |
Hermann | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Landsort, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Stockholm, Sweden. |
Isabella Wilson | United Kingdom | The barquentine was driven ashore on Flotta, Orkney Islands. She was refloated on 24 November and taken in to Stromness, Orkney Islands for repairs. |
Jeannie Marshall | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on the Boulmer Rocks, on the coast of Northumberland. |
Johanna | Flag unknown | The brigantine was driven ashore at Sutton-on-Sea, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated and taken in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire. |
Lindley | Norway | The brig was driven ashore on Flotta. She was consequently condemned. She was refloated in December and towed in to Stromness. |
Nuevo Primera Barreras | Spain | The steamship arrived at Cádiz from Málaga on fire. She was scuttled. |
Phœbe | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at "North Walls", Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Norway to Seaham, County Durham. She was refloated on 26 November and taken in to for Seaham. |
Ribston | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Brill, Macassar, Cape Colony. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Yokohama, Japan. |
Robert | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Brockness Point, Orkney Islands. |
Theobe | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Brockness Point. |
Two Brothers | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore and severely damaged in the River Tay. She was refloated and beached at Dundee, Forfarshire. |
Unnamed | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked whilst on a voyage from Dungarvan, County Waterford to Loch Maddy. |
Two unnamed vessels | Flags unknown | The ships were wrecked at Thurso. Their crew were rescued. |
Unnamed | Norway | The barque was driven ashore at the "Maize Lighthouse". |
Unnamed | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore at Deerness, Orkney Islands. |
17 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Aleppo | United Kingdom | The brigantine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Zephyr ( United States). Aleppo was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada. |
Attila | United Kingdom | The ship put in to Anjer, Netherlands East Indies on fire. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. |
Elwine C. Z. | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked at Reawick, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom. |
Fanny Saalfield | Germany | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on Graemsay, Orkney Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Barth. |
Glance | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground at Montevideo, Uruguay. |
Golden Fleece | United States | The ship ran aground on the English Bank, in the River Plate and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from New York to San Francisco, California. She was refloated and taken in to Monte Video, Uruguay. |
Ida | Germany | The ship waswrecked on Shapinsay, Orkney Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Stockwiken" to Wick, Caithness, United Kingdom. |
James A. Wright | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on North Uist, Outer Hebrides. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to a port in the Grand Duchy of Finland. |
Kensett | United States | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her thirteen crew were rescued by the steamship Baltic ( United Kingdom). Kensett was on a voyage from Liverpool to New York. |
Leicester | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Gebe, Netherlands East Indies. She was on a voyage from China to London. She was refloated. |
Right of Way | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Stromness, Orkney Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dantsic, Germany to Larne, County Antrim. |
Strathtay | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked on Langlade Island. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Quebec, Canada to Aberdeen. |
18 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Albanian, and Nydia |
United Kingdom | The steamship Albanian collided with the barque Nydia off Great Orme Head, Caernarfonshire. Both vessels sank; Albanian with the loss of two of her crew and Nydia with the loss of a crew member. Albanian was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Genoa and Livorno, Italy. Her survivors were rescued by the tug Great Emperor ( United Kingdom). Nydia was on a voyage from Liverpool to Savannah, Georgia, United States. Her survivors were rescued by the tug Black Prince ( United Kingdom). |
Alekto | Norway | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at "Gugarn", Gotland, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Umeå, Sweden to Montrose, Forfarshire, United Kingdom. |
Angus | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on South Ronaldshay, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Pillau, Germany to Belfast, County Antrim. |
Contest | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium to London. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage. |
Ebenezer | Netherlands | The schooner ran aground on Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom to a Baltic port. She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark. |
Parat | Norway | The ship was driven ashore at Polangen, Courland Governorate. Her crew were rescued. |
19 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Brodernes Haab | Sweden | The ship was wrecked at Gothenburg. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to Gothenburg. |
Mulberry | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Topsham, Devon. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Countess Wear to Topsham. |
Orion | Norway | The ship was severely damaged at Gothenburg. She was on a voyage from Christiania to Leith. |
Petrel | United Kingdom | The barque was lost off Vitória, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Vitória. |
Svalan | Sweden | The ship was severely damaged at Gothenburg. She was on a voyage from Söderhamn to Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom. |
20 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Alciope | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Holm Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated and beached at Lowestoft, Suffolk, being waterlogged. |
Annie Bingay | The ship ran aground at Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Belfast. | |
Stolpemunde | United Kingdom | The ship departed from the River Tyne for Cartagena, Spain. She subsequently foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all eleven crew. Wreckage washed up on the Sizewell Bank, off the coast of Suffolk. |
21 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Alpheta | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on the Bembridge Ledge, off Bembridge, Isle of Wight. All twelve people on board were rescued by the Bembridge Lifeboat and two fishing boats. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands to Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. She was refloated on 6 March and beached at Ryde, Isle of Wight. |
Anna Maria | Denmark | The galiot was driven ashore on Skagen. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, United States to Nykøbing Falster. |
Anstruther | United Kingdom | The barque collided with the steamship Ohio ( United States) at Liverpool, Lancashire and was severely damaged. She was beached at Egremont, Lancashire in a waterlogged condition. She was refloated on 28 November and beached at New Ferry, Cheshire. |
Concordia | United Kingdom | The barque departed from Liverpool for Valparaíso, Chile. She was subsequently abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by Beta ( United Kingdom). Concordia was discovered in the South Atlantic in March by Jane Sprott ( United Kingdom. |
Edith | United Kingdom | The barque departed from Blyth, Northumberland for Cape Town, Cape Colony. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
Hibernia | United Kingdom | The cable-laying ship ran aground and broke in two at Alagoas, Brazil. Her 102 crew were rescued. Her crew. |
Jules Estelle | France | The ship was driven ashore near Margate, Kent, United Kingdom. She was refloated in December and towed in to Ramsgate, Kent. |
Julius Degner | Germany | The ship sank. Her crew were rescued. |
Springbok | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned in the North Sea 150 nautical miles (280 km) off the coat of Lothian. Her crew were rescued by the barque Christian ( Denmark). Springbok was on a voyage from Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland to Burntisland, Fife. She was subsequently towed into the Nieuwe Diep in a derelict condition. |
Weldaad | Germany | The schooner was driven ashore on Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Norden to London, United Kingdom. |
Wyvern | United Kingdom | The Mersey Flat was driven into a bridge and sank at Runcorn, Cheshire. Both crew were rescued by the Mersey Flat Prince of Wales ( United Kingdom). |
22 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Arrow | United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock at Howth, County Dublin and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France. |
Birmingham | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Liverpool. She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool. |
Ceres | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship ran aground on The Manacles, Cornwall and was abandoned by her 23 crew, who were rescued by the Porthoustock Lifeboat. Ceres was on a voyage from Moulmein, Burma to Falmouth, Cornwall. She was reboared and towed in to Falmouth by the tugs Pendragon and Victor (both United Kingdom). She was found to be severely damaged, having broken her back. |
Chin Yang | Canada | The barque ran aground on the Warden Ledge Rocks, off the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 3 December and towed in to Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom in a severely damaged condition. Whilst being towed, she collided with Etoile de la Mer ( France) off Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. |
Fiery Cross | United Kingdom | The smack collided with the Bull Lightship ( Trinity House) and was severely damaged. She was assisted in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire in a severely leaky condition. |
Gauntlet | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Ouessant, Finistère, France. Eight crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Pernambuco, Brazil. |
Skogmar | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore north of Kronberg Point, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Gävle Sweden to London. |
23 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Argo | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Berck, Pas-de-Calais, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was consequently condemned and sold. |
Armstrong | Canada | The ship was driven ashore at Dutton, Cumberland, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Fleetwood, Lancashire, United Kingdom to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. She had broken her back by 26 November and was declared a total loss. |
Bohemian | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Bristol Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and towed in to the River Mersey. |
Celine Madeline | France | The ship ran aground on the English Bank, in the River Plate and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
Ceres | Netherlands | The schooner ran aground on the Noord Hinder Bank, in the North Sea and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Burntisland, Fife, United Kingdom to Dordrecht, South Holland. |
Esperance | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Westminster ( United Kingdom). Esperance was on a voyage from the Newfoundland Colony to Swansea, Glamorgan. |
Fred and Eugene | United States | The schooner foundered 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off Ynys Llanddwyn, Anglesey, United Kingdom with the loss of two of her eleven crew. Survivors were rescued by the Llanddwyn Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire, United Kingdom to Matanzas, Cuba. |
Geertruida | Netherlands | The schooner was driven ashore in Aalbeck Bay. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Schiedam, South Holland. |
James Carthy | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Holyhead, Anglesey. Her ten crew were rescued by the Holyhead Lifeboat Thomas Fielden ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution) and a tug. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Bahia, Brazil. |
John Craich | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Ardglass, County Down. She was refloated. |
Molly | Germany | The ship was driven ashore near Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
Proeven | Denmark | The brig was driven ashore on Læsø. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
Tamerlane | United States | The ship was driven ashore near Terneuzen, Zeeland. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |
Witness | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Clynnog Fawr, Caernarfonshire. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Demerara, British Honduras. |
24 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Aldrum | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Lowestoft. |
Alexander Murray | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore south of Lowestoft. Her crew were rescued by the Coastguard using rocket apparatus. |
Celeste | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore in Tor Bay with the loss of at least three lives. There were two survivors. |
Constance | France | The ship was driven ashore at Deal, Kent, United Kingdom. Her seven crew were rescued. |
Coral Queen | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at the Round Head, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Gothenburg, Sweden. She was refloated and put back to Sunderland. |
Donna Maria | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Newhaven, Sussex. Her ten crew were rescued by Express ( United Kingdom). Donna Maria was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Savona, Italy. |
Gustave | France | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Deal. Her seven crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Memel, Germany to Granville, Manche. |
USS Huron | United States Navy | The sloop-rigged steam gunboat stranded in a gale three miles (4.8 km) south of the Nags Head, North Carolina Life Saving Station and later broke up. Ninety-seven of her 135 crew were lost. Captain Gutherie, Superintendent of the 6th District of the United States Life Saving Service lost his life during rescue operations. USS Huron was on a voyage from Fortress Monroe, Virginia to Havana, Cuba. |
John and Thomas | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Hartlepool, County Durham. Her four crew were rescued by the Coastguard. She subsequently broke up. |
Kashgar | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal at Suez, Egypt. She was refloated on 26 November. |
Paul Ernst | Germany | The ship was driven ashore near "Zandoret". She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Landerneau, Finistère, France. |
Petrel | United Kingdom | The steamship was severely damaged at Dover, Kent. |
Pioneer | United Kingdom | The steamship was severely damaged at Dover. |
Queen, or Queen of Dartmouth |
United Kingdom | The ship collided with Deal Pier, Kent and was driven ashore with the loss of three of her six crew. |
Uniac | Portugal | The schooner was wrecked in the Rio Grande. |
25 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Aaltje Holtmann | Netherlands | The schooner was wrecked at Gioia Tauro, Sardinia, Italy. Her crew were rescued. |
Alarm | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. |
Amine | Guernsey | The brig was driven ashore at Kingsdown, Kent. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Guernsey. |
Alice | United Kingdom | The steamship was sighted off Madeira whilst on a voyage from the west coast of Africa to an English port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all sixteen crew. |
Annie Ketch | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Margate, Kent. Her crew were rescued. |
Beverley | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the East Barrow Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued by the smack Emily ( United Kingdom). Beverley was on a voyage from a Scottish port to Portsmouth, Hampshire. |
Charles Davenport | United Kingdom | The barque, which had previously been wrecked, drove through Margate Pier, Kent, trapping people on the seaward side of the break. |
Charlotte, and Diligence |
Norway United Kingdom |
The schooner Charlotte collided with Diligence and was severely damaged at the bow. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall, Sweden to Littlehampton, Sussex. She was towed in to Dover, Kent by a French steamship. Diligence was severely damaged. She was towed in to Dover in a leaky condition by a tug. |
Commodore | Jersey | The schooner was driven from her moorings at Margate, Kent and was beached near Whitstable. She was refloated. |
Eagle | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Margate. Her crew were rescued. |
Eliza Blaydon | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Margate. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated in early December. |
Florence Nightingale | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Margate. Her crew were rescued. |
Gustave | France | The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Deal. Her crew were rescued. |
Haabet | Norway | The barque was driven ashore at Kingsdown. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Norway to Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. |
Havre | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Maassluis, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated. |
Hero | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore near Whitstable. Her fifteen crew were rescued by the Margate Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Garrucha, Spain. |
Humility | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Whitstable. |
Industry | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Margate. Her crew were rescued by the Margate Lifeboat. |
Isabella | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned off Dunkerque, Nord, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Hamburg, Germany. She was subsequently taken in to Dunkerque. |
Jane Cameron | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven onto the Nayland Rock, Margate. Her five crew were rescued by the Broadstairs Lifeboat. She was later refloated and taken in to Ramsgate. |
Laubet | Norway | The barque was driven ashore at Kingsdown. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. |
Lilian | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven through Deal Pier, Kent and was wrecked with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Dartmouth, Devon to South Shields. |
Lord Byron | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Hinder Bank, in the North Sea off Goeree, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated. |
Louisa | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven from her moorings at Margate and was beached on the Oaze Sand with assistance from the Margate Lifeboat. |
Maheley | France | The barque was driven ashore at Kingsdown with the loss of two lives. Survivors were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Africa. |
Pallas | France | The brig was driven ashore at Margate. Her crew were rescued. |
Polymede | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Margate. Her crew were rescued. |
Quebec Packet | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Margate. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. |
Republic | France | The schooner was driven ashore at Kingsdown with the loss of two of her crew. |
Result | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked off Cap Gris Nez, Pas-de-Calais, France. Her five crew were rescued. |
Robert and Hannah | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Margate. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated in early December. |
Salve Regina | France | The ship was driven ashore at Margate. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Quimper, Finistère. She was refloated in early December. |
Sarah Ann | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven onto the Nayland Rock. Her crew were rescued. She was later refloated and assisted in to Whitstable. |
Seaflower | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Margate. Her crew were rescued. |
Star of the Ocean | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Kingsdown. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to South Shields, County Durham. |
Sumus | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Scheldt at "Willemsick", Antwerp Province, Belgium. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Antwerp, Belgium. |
Triade | Austria-Hungary | The barque was driven onto the Longnose Rock, Margate. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 2 February 1878 with assistance from the tugs Aid and Vulcan (both United Kingdom) and towed in to Ramsgate. |
Water Lily | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Margate. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to Naples, Italy. She was refloated in early December and taken in to Ramsgate for repairs. |
Margate Lifeboat | Royal National Lifeboat Institution | The lifeboat was severely damaged whilst going to the assistance of the barque Hero ( United Kingdom). |
Unnamed | United States | The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the River Duddon. |
26 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Ann Lovett | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore on Mew Island, in the Copeland Island, County Down with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Dublin. |
Anna Maria | United Kingdom | The barque sank in the English Channel 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off Fairlight, Sussex. |
Argo | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Blyth, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland, County Durham She was later refloated and towed in to Sunderland. |
Armstrong | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Silecroft, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Fleetwood, Lancashire to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. |
Calewick | United Kingdom | The brigantine was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Brake, Germany to a Norwegian port. Calewick was subsequently towed in to Cuxhaven, Germany by the steamship Marianne Briggs ( United Kingdom) |
Concordia | Netherlands | The ship departed from Pillau, Germany for Groningen. No further trace, reported missing. |
Eliza | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered off the mouth of the Humber. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Rebecca ( United Kingdom). Eliza was on a voyage from Orford, Suffolk to Grimsby, Lincolnshire. |
Express | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore at Blue Anchor, Somerset. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Watchet, Somerset. |
Griefswald | Germany | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked between IJmuiden and Zandvoort, North Holland, Netherlands with the loss of her captain. At least four people were rescued. |
Havre | France | The steamship ran aground at Maassluis, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated. |
Johan Lang | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked on the Hereford Bar. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. |
Nachtigall | Russia | The schooner ran aground at Domesnes. She was on a voyage from Pärnu to Stettin, Germany. |
Onward | United Kingdom | The smack was wrecked near Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire with the loss of a crew member. |
Ossipee | United States | The ship was driven ashore at the Ragged Point Lighthouse, Maryland. She was on a voyage from Dénia, Spain to New York. |
Piccadilly | Cape Colony | The ship was wrecked in the Ratel River. |
Royal Alice | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at New York, United States. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to New York. She was refloated. |
San Geronimo | Flag unknown | The ship ran aground in Tor Bay. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to "Vianna". She was refloated and towed in to Dartmouth, Devon, United Kingdom. |
Veranda | United Kingdom | The schooner struck a rock in Yell Sound and became waterlogged. |
Vier Gebroeders | Netherlands | The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of South Holland. |
No. 8 | United Kingdom | The steam hopper ran aground on Taylor's Bank, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued by the Liverpool Lifeboat. She was refloated with assistance from four tugs and taken in to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
27 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Adia | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore at Aberthaw, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Barnstaple, Devon to Newport, Monmouthshire. |
Dagny | Norway | The barque ran aground on the Haaks Bank, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. She was refloated and taken in to the Nieuwe Diep. |
Harmone | Flag unknown | The schooner was driven ashore at Aberthaw. |
Henrike | Flag unknown | The ship foundered off Bornholm, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Málaga, Spain. |
Hermann Heinrich | Germany | The ship was wrecked north of Bergen, Norway. She was on a voyage from "Soroka" to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |
Walkyrien | Denmark | The barque was driven ashore on Dragør. She was on a voyage from Pori, Grand Duchy of Finland to Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. She was refloated with assistance. |
28 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Admiral | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Methil, Fife. Her crew were rescued. |
Annie | United Kingdom | The ship was damaged by fire at Portalegre, Portugal. |
Cairngorm | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore on Mew Island, in the Copeland Islands, County Down and sank. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Pensacola, Florida, United States. She was refloated on 4 December and taken in to Greenock. |
Earl of Uxbridge | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Walney Island, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire. |
Echo | Guernsey | The dandy ran aground on the Doom Bar. She was on a voyage from Guernsey to Padstow, Cornwall. She was refloated and taken in to Padstow. |
Padre Francesco | Italy | The barque ran aground on the Gunnet Rocks. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Leith in a leaky condition. |
Trinidad | Denmark | The barque ran aground on the Spijker Plaat, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. |
29 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Baker | Austria-Hungary | The brigantine was driven ashore at Sandgate, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to Bahia, Brazil. |
Margaret | United Kingdom | The steamship capsized and sank with the loss of eleven of her twenty crew. Survivors took to a lifeboat but only one of them was alive when rescued on 2 December by the steamship Rivera ( Spain). Margaret was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Malta. |
Miami | United Kingdom | The barque struck and uncharted rock and was wrecked in Molle Bay, near Iquique, Peru. |
Panther | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground off Blankenese, Germany. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to London. She was refloated on 5 December and towed in to Hamburg. |
Satellite | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Kentish Knock. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to the West Indies. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex in a waterlogged and derelict condition. |
Vala | Sweden | The schooner was driven ashore in the Kalmar Strait. She was on a voyage from Örnsköldsvik to an English port. She was refloated in late December and towed in to Kalmar. |
30 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Atacama | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked at the mouth of the Copiapó River with the loss of 104 of the 130 people on board. She was on a voyage from Valparaíso to Caldera, Chile, Callao, Peru and Panama City, United States of Colombia. |
Franklin | Norway | The barque ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. Her thirteen crew were rescued by a smack. Franklin was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. |
Westella | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Nore and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Gävle, Sweden to London. |
Victoria | Argentina | The lighter was holed by an anchor and sank at Buenos Aires. |
Vivid | United Kingdom | The ship was sighted in The Downs. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
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Ship | State | Description |
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Aberlady | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Gaspar Strait. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong, China to New York, United States. |
Acme | Denmark | The ship ran aground off Hirsholmene. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to Nivå. She was refloated and taken in to Fredrikshavn. |
Agra | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Traverse, Prince Edward Island, Canada. |
Alibo | United Kingdom | The barque was reported lost. |
Angostura | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. |
Atalanta | Denmark | The barque ran aground on the Domesnes Reef, in the Baltic Sea before 17 November. She was refloated and towed in to Bolderāja, Russia in a waterlogged condition. |
Baron Pahlen | Russia | The steamship ran aground in Kanholmsjärden. She was refloated on 8 November. |
Batavia | Netherlands | The steamship was wrecked on Île Plane, Beylik of Tunis. Her passengers and crew were rescued. |
Belle | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 19 November. |
Bennigsen | Germany | The ship was wrecked in the Tonalá River. |
Brilliant | United Kingdom | The ketch ran aground on the Barrow Sand in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated with assistance from the smack New Unity ( United Kingdom and taken in to the River Colne. |
Catharina | Flag unknown | The schooner was wrecked at Agger, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden to West Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom. |
Centaur | United States | The ship was wrecked at Nuevitas, Cuba. |
Charles Davenport | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked after hitting a jetty in a storm at Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from south Shields, County Durham to Cartagena, Spain. |
Christopher Columbus | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Wolfe Island. She was on a voyage from Saint Vincent to Doboy, Georgia, United States. She was refloated in early December. |
Commerce | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned in the English Channel off Black Head, Cornwall. Her crew survived. |
Cutty Sark | United Kingdom | The clipper was driven from her moorings, collided with two other vessels and ran aground off Deal, Kent. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Macgregor ( United Kingdom) and towed in to the River Thames for repairs. |
De Ruyter | Belgium | The steamship ran aground in the Deûle near Lille, Nord, France. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Brazil. She was refloated with assistance and resumed her voyage. |
D. S. Boule | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 19 November. She was on a voyage from New York to Queenstown, County Cork. |
Edmund | United Kingdom | The ship was lost with all hands. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Caen, Calvados, France. |
Edward Vittery | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned at sea with the loss of all hands. She was subsequently taken in to Gaspé, Quebec, Canada. |
Eliza Svinoe | Sweden | The ship ran aground at Söderhamn. She was refloated and taken in to Stockholm for repairs. |
Ellen Holt | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Tybee Island, Georgia, United States. She was refloated with assistance. |
Emberiza | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Kamouraska, Quebec. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Quebec to Queenstown. |
Empress of India | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Banjaard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Pabellón de Pica, Chile to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was a total loss. |
Enchantress | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore in Rothes Bay. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada to Ardrossan, Ayrshire. She was refloated on 26 November and resumed her voyage. |
Enterprize | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Exmouth, Devon. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent in a severely leaky condition. |
Epaminodas | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned at sea before 5 November. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to the River Tyne. |
Ero | Austria-Hungary | The ship was wrecked near "Caristo". She was on a voyage from Venice to Thessaloniki, Greece. |
Francisco Ferrera | Flag unknown | The ship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Antwerpto Monte Video, Uruguay. She was refloated with assistance from HMS Cherub ( Royal Navy), which towed her in to Harwich, Essex. |
Friedrich | Germany | The schooner was driven ashore in Aalbeck Bay. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Delfzijl, Groningen, Netherlands. She was later refloated and taken in to Fredrikshald, Norway in a leaky condition. |
Galeed | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground off Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to London. She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark in a leaky condition. |
Gaston | France | The steamship sank at the mouth of the Vilaine. Her crew were rescued. |
Granger | United States | The ship was wrecked on the Swallow Reefs. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Manila, Spanish East Indies. |
Gustav Deising | Germany | The brig was abandoned in the North Sea 120 nautical miles (220 km) east of the Isle of May, Fife, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by a Swedish steamship. |
Happy Return | Guernsey | The schooner was wrecked. Her eight crew were rescued by the Ramsgate Lifeboat. |
Hannah | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of the Natal Colony. |
Harewood | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by the full-rigged ship Minniehaha ( United Kingdom). Harewood was on a voyage from Quebec City to the River Tyne. |
Hattie G. Hall | United States | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. All on board were rescued by Angelina ( United Kingdom). Hattie G. Hall was on a voyage from New York to a British port. |
Hedwig | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked at "Waidaghara". |
Henry M. Hine | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Le Tréport, Seine-Inférieure France. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Honfleur, Manche, France. |
Home | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Clyde. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Greenock, Renfrewshire. She was refloated on 26 November and taken in to Greenock. |
Ingeborg Emilie | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore west of Trelleborg. |
Isabella and Jane | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked in the Solway Firth with the loss all three crew. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Belfast, County Antrim. |
Jane | United Kingdom | The ship collided with Lady Havelock ( Guernsey) and sank off the North Foreland, Kent. Her crew were rescued. |
Johanna | Germany | The schooner was driven ashore at Stettin. She was on a voyage from Riga to Stettin. |
Juanita | Flag unknown | The ship ran aground on the Scar Bank and was wrecked. |
Julia A. Merritt | Canada | The ship was driven ashore at Abersoch, Caernarfonshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated in early December and towed in to Pwllheli, Caernarfonshire. |
Kate | Isle of Man | The schooner was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by the Thurso Lifeboat Charley Lloyd ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). |
Laurine | Norway | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 2 November. Her crew were rescued by Watt ( United Kingdom). |
Leon Pancaldo | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore in Chesapeake Bay. She was on a voyage from Savona to Baltimore, Maryland, United States. |
Lizzie Hobley | United Kingdom | The barque foundered between Dymchurch and Hythe, Kent with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Haiti to a British port. |
Ludwig | Flag unknown | The ran aground in Table Bay. |
Mabel | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Durban, Natal Colony with the loss of four of her crew. |
Magellan | Canada | The schooner foundered in Lake Michigan with the loss of all nine crew. She was on a voyage from Chicago, Illinois, United States to Toronto, Ontario. |
Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Söderhamnto London. She was refloated and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark where she arrived on 17 November. |
Marie Elise | France | The barque was wrecked off Cape Agulhas, Cape Colony. All on board were rescued. |
Mars | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore in Douarnenez Bay. |
Marie | Norway | The brig was wrecked near Stavanger. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Brevig to Aberdeen, United Kingdom. |
Mary Coverdale | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Scheldt. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to South Shields. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
Medusa | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 7 November. Her crew were rescued. |
Melville Bryant | United States | The ship departed from Greenport, New York for Monte Video, Uruguay. She was lost before 7 February 1878. |
Memento | New South Wales | The barque was wrecked on Porter's Island before 26 November. |
Mimer | Norway | The ship ran aground on the Haaks Bank, off the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Memel, Germany to Gloucester, United Kingdom. She was refloated and assisted in to the Nieuwe Diep. |
Molly | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
Montezuma | United States | The barque was abandoned at sea before 17 November. |
Nef | Grand Duchy of Finland | The ship was driven ashore west of Trelleborg. She was refloated. She was on a voyage from Pori to Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. She was later refloated and towed in to Copenhagen in a waterlogged condition. |
Niger | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore near the Kijkduin Lighthouse, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt to London. |
Northumbria | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Anticosti Island, Quebec. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Montreal to Liverpool. |
Ondine | France | The barque collided with a derelict vessel and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 25 November. Her crew were rescued. |
Pet | United Kingdom | The fishing boat was wrecked. Her ten crew were rescued by the Lowestoft Lifeboat. |
Petrea | United Kingdom | The barque was driven shore near Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada before 7 November. |
Pidgeon | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Ballyhenry Bay. |
Queensbury | United Kingdom | The barque struck a sunken rock and foundered in the South China Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Yokohama, Japan. |
Ragnvald Jarl | Norway | The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to a Norwegian port. |
Rainbow | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Glasmorgan Bank. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Genoa, Italy. |
Resoluda | United Kingdom | The ship was lost at Tilton Harbor, Newfoundland Colony. She was on a voyage from Betts Cove, Newfoundland Colony to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
Reward | Guernsey | The brig was wrecked. Her eight crew were rescued by the Ramsgate Lifeboat. |
Sarah Saunders | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore north of New Ferry, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Liverpool. She was refloated on 3 November and taken in to Liverpool. |
Shoreham | United Kingdom | The steamship sank west of Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. |
Sincerite | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Agger. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Härnösand, Sweden to Delfzijl, Groningen, Netherlands. |
Sorepta | United Kingdom | The barque sank off Ramsgate. |
Starling | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked. Her five crew were rescued by the Ramsgate Lifeboat. |
State of Alabama | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Mocha South Sands. |
St. Lawrence | United States | The ship was beached at Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California to the Burrard Inlet. |
Success | United Kingdom | The fishing boat was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by the Ramsgate Lifeboat. |
Sunus | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Scheldt. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Antwerp. |
Swordfish | United States | The ship was wrecked on the Race Rocks, on the coast of British Columbia. She was on a voyage from San Francisco to the Burrard Inlet. |
Thorer Helsing | Norway | The steamship ran aground in Åland, Grand Duchy of Finland. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall to Nörrkoping, Sweden. |
Valkyrien | Flag unknown | The brig was driven ashore in Køge Bay. She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark. |
Vesta | Norway | The ship was driven ashore at Stavanger. |
Vine | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Barrogill Castle. Her five crew were rescued by the Thurso Lifeboat Charley Lloyd ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). |
Walhave | Sweden | The barque was abandoned at sea before 22 November. |
Willy | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore at Ronehamn, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Bergen, Norway. |
Wimbledon | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Nieuwesluis, Zeeland, Netherlands. |
Woodland | United Kingdom | The ship capsized at Brooklyn, New York, United States. |
Zealandia | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned off New York. Four of her crew were reported missing. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Greenock. |
680 | Russia | The lighter was driven ashore at Cronstadt. |
Unnamed | United Kingdom | The fishing smack was run down and sunk in the North Sea by the steamship Memento ( United Kingdom) with the loss of all hands before 13 November. |
Unnamed | Norway | The schooner was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kalundborg, Denmark to Dunkerque, Nord. |
Unnamed | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at the "Festeen Lighthouse". |
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