List of shipwrecks in August 1870
The list of shipwrecks in August 1870 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1870 .
1 August
2 August
3 August
5 August
List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1870
Ship
State
Description
Grushevka
Russia
The paddle steamer foundered 90 nautical miles (170 km) south west of The Lizard , Cornwall , United Kingdom . Her thirteen crew were rescued by a Spanish brig . She was on her maiden voyage, from the River Tyne to Rostov-on-Don .[ 12] [ 15] [ 16]
Julie
United Kingdom
The ship foundered off St. Ives, Cornwall . Her crew were rescued by Titania ( United Kingdom ). Julie was on a voyage from Saundersfoot , Pembrokeshire to Shoreham-by-Sea , Sussex .[ 11] [ 17]
Libertad
Argentina
The ship ran ashore on "Byron Island" and caught fire. She was on a voyage from Montreal , Quebec , Canada to Buenos Aires .[ 18]
Magna Charter
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground at Vindava , Courland Governorate . She was on a voyage from Riga , Russia to Vindava.[ 19]
6 August
List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1870
Ship
State
Description
Bridgewater
United States
The ship ran aground near Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure , France.[ 20]
Brooksby
United Kingdom
The smack was driven ashore and wrecked on Island Davaar , Argyllshire .[ 11] [ 19]
Esperance
Netherlands
The ship ran aground on the Leigh Middle Sand, in the Thames Estuary .[ 17]
Flora
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Sail Rock Reef, in the Caicos Islands . She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia , Canada to Kingston, Jamaica .[ 21]
Havannah
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Solva , Pembrokeshire .[ 17]
Lorena
United Kingdom
The ship was destroyed by fire in Possession Roads. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Réunion to Madagascar .[ 22] [ 23]
Rosinante
Paraguay
The ship was destroyed by fire at Humaitá with the loss of three lives.[ 24]
Speed
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on the east coast of Öland , Sweden. She was on a voyage from Skellefteå , Sweden to Dunkerque , Nord , France. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 20]
St. Michael
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned off "Acheer Head". Her crew were rescued by the barque William Stewart . St. Michael was on a voyage from Cocanada , India to London .[ 12]
Violet
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Cobarubia Reef, Bahamas . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Greenock , Renfrewshire to Cárdenas, Cuba .[ 25] [ 26] [ 27]
7 August
8 August
9 August
10 August
List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1870
Ship
State
Description
Beccles
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground and capsized in the River Nene at Wisbech , Cambridgeshire . She was on a voyage from Gävle , Sweden to Wisbech.[ 30]
Brunette
France
The ship ran aground on the West Rocks, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Christiania , Norway to Brest , Finistère . She was refloated and taken in to Harwich , Essex.[ 31]
Mary
United Kingdom
The ship sank off Brielle , South Holland , Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool , County Durham to Rotterdam , South Holland.[ 32]
Pembrokeshire
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground and was severely damaged at Pembroke Dockyard , Pembrokeshire .[ 33]
11 August
12 August
13 August
14 August
List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1870
Ship
State
Description
Jacoba Gesina
Netherlands
The ship ran aground off the Swedish coast. She was refloated and taken in to Trelleborg , Sweden.[ 10]
Unnamed
Ottoman Empire
The dredger caught fire and sank in the New Cut of the Danube at Sulina with the loss of nine lives.[ 40]
15 August
16 August
17 August
18 August
19 August
List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1870
Ship
State
Description
City of Sydney
United Kingdom
The ship was sighted in The Downs whilst on a voyage from London to Sydney , New South Wales . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 49]
Ellora
United Kingdom
The coal hulk was run into by the steamship Richard Cobden ( United Kingdom ) and sank at Gibraltar . All five people on board were rescued by HMS Samarang ( Royal Navy ).[ 50]
Gode Hensigt
Norway
The ship was abandoned off St. Abbs Head , Berwickshire , United Kingdom . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dram to Leith , Lothian , United Kingdom.[ 44]
Honorine Marie
France
The ship was driven ashore on Schiermonnikoog , Friesland , Netherlands. Her crew were rescued.[ 44]
Nul-s' y-Frotte
France
The lugger struck a sunken wreck and foundered in the North Sea off Berwick upon Tweed , Northumberland , United Kingdom.[ 10]
Viscount Macduff
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and capsized at Macduff, Aberdeenshire . Her rew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Macduff to a Baltic port.[ 10]
20 August
List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1870
Ship
State
Description
Cambyses
United Kingdom
The brig foundered off Madeira . Her ten crew survived.[ 41]
Friends
United Kingdom
The smack ran aground at Littleferry , Sutherland . She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to Littleferry.[ 41]
Helen
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Dragør , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Riga , Russia .[ 51]
Japan
United Kingdom
The ship was destroyed by fire off Cape Horn , Chile. Her crew were rescued by Matchless ( United States ). Japan was on a voyage from Liverpool to San Francisco, California , United States.[ 2] [ 52]
Mary Bowen
United States
The schooner collided with the schooner America ( United States ) and sank in Boston Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cow Bay, Nova Scotia , Canada to Boston, Massachusetts .[ 53]
21 August
22 August
23 August
24 August
List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1870
Ship
State
Description
Clorinde et Marie
France
The ship was wrecked north of Saint-Louis with the loss of her captain.[ 7]
Constant
New Zealand
The 13-ton ketch was hit by a roller while attempting to cross the bar of the Grey River mouth at low tide. Only one of the three men on board survived.[ 60]
25 August
26 August
27 August
28 August
List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1870
Ship
State
Description
Essex
United Kingdom
The ship was driven against the quayside and sank at South Shields , County Durham .[ 69]
Hibernia
United States
The 256-ton whaling ship was wrecked on the Chukchi Sea coast of the Department of Alaska about 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) southwest of Point Barrow after ice punched a hole in her bow . Her wreck later was sold at auction .[ 70]
Hope
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Horseshoe Point, in the Humber . She was on a voyage from Jersey , Channel Islands to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland . She was refloated on 27 September and taken in to Grimsby , Lincolnshire in a severely damaged condition.[ 71]
Mary Ann
United Kingdom
The fishing boat was driven ashore at Whitby , Yorkshire .[ 72]
Norna
United Kingdom
The cutter ran aground and capsized at Llandudno , Caernarfonshire . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Holyhead , Anglesey to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 73]
Palace
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Whitby. She was refloated.[ 72]
Rattler
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and sank at Birkenhead , Cheshire . Her five crew were rescued by the New Brighton Lifeboat Willie and Arthur ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution ). Rattler was on a voyage from Whitehaven , Cumberland to Birkenhead.[ 6] [ 39] [ 74] [ 75]
Snipe
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground on the Kentish Knock and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Boulogne , Pas-de-Calais , France.[ 57]
St. Jean Baptist
France
The fishing lugger was run down and sunk off the mouth of the Humber by the paddle steamer Sheffield ( United Kingdom ) with the loss of one of her 21 crew. Survivors were rescued by Sheffield .[ 76] [ 39]
Vixen
United Kingdom
The brig was abandoned in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth , Norfolk . Her crew were rescued.[ 57]
29 August
List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1870
Ship
State
Description
Ercilla
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal . She was on a voyage from London to Singapore , Straits Settlements and China . She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but was found unfit to continue from Singapore without repairs.[ 2]
Hope
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Cleethorpes , Lincolnshire . Her nine crew were rescued by the Cleethorpes Lifeboat Manchester Unity ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution ).[ 75]
John Armstrong
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground on a reef off Barbuda . She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to the Clyde . She was consequently condemned.[ 42]
Mary Thomson
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned off the Mull of Kintyre , Argyllshire . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Easdale , Inner Hebrides to Glasgow , Renfrewshire .[ 37]
Nacional
Spain
The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (29°10′N 67°17′W / 29.167°N 67.283°W / 29.167; -67.283 ) with the loss of six of her ten crew. Survivors were rescued on 3 September by the barque Gazelle ( United States ). Nacional was on a voyage from Aguadilla, Puerto Rico to Barcelona with coffee and cotton.[ 77]
Patria
Norway
The barque was abandoned in the North Sea . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wisbech , Cambridgeshire , United Kingdom to Copenhagen , Denmark.[ 57] She was subsequently towed in to Hellevoetsluis , Zeeland , Netherlands.[ 78]
Saint Croix
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Green Island. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Maryport , Cumberland . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 73] [ 78]
Thornley
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Texel , North Holland , Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Seaham , County Durham to the Nieuw Diep.[ 6] [ 39] [ 73]
Unnamed
Netherlands
The smack was abandoned off the coast of Lincolnshire. Both crew were rescued by the Cleethorped Lifeboat Manchester Unity ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution ).[ 75]
30 August
List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1870
Ship
State
Description
British Empire
United Kingdom
The brig foundered in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. Her six crew were rescued by the schooner Louise Annie ( United Kingdom ). British Empire was on a voyage from the Nieuwe Diep to Sunderland, County Durham .[ 79] [ 80] [ 81]
Chevalier
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Saint-Vallier, Quebec , Canada . She was on a voyage from Greenock , Renfrewshire to Quebec City , Canada.[ 57] [ 81]
Fitzpatrick
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore on "Little Wrangel Island", near Reval , Russia . She was on a voyage from Cronstadt , Russia to the Clyde .[ 79] [ 82] She was refloated on 21 September and taken in to Reval.[ 83]
Fredericksteen
United Kingdom
The ship sank at Dunkerque , Nord , France. She was on a voyage from London to Dunkerque.[ 57]
Gustav
Russia
The ship departed from Helsingør , Denmark for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 84]
Jerry
United Kingdom
The schooner foundered 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off the Varne Lightvessel ( Trinity House ). Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire to Boulogne , Pas-de-Calais , France.[ 85]
31 August
List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1870
Ship
State
Description
Coaster
United Kingdom
The brig collided with the steamship Dunkerquois ( France ) and sank in the North Sea off Spurn Point , Yorkshire . Her crew were rescued by Dunkerquois . Coaster was on a voyage from Fécamp , Seine-Inférieure , France to Hartlepool , County Durham .[ 53] [ 86]
Dashing Wave
South Australia
The barque was wrecked on a reef. Her crew took to a boat; they landed on Strong's Island , a distance of 1,400 nautical miles (2,600 km), on 1 November. Dashing Wave was on a voyage from Foo Chow Foo , China to Sydney , New South Wales .[ 87]
Irene
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on the Skerrivoe Rock. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk , Russia to Greenock , Renfrewshire . She was refloated and taken in to Stornoway , Isle of Lewis , Outer Hebrides in a leaky condition.[ 88]
Isabella
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Vogelzand, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam , North Holland , Netherlands to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland . She was refloated and taken in to the Nieuw Diep.[ 86]
Robert and Mary
United Kingdom
The brig collided with the brigantine Sarah and Jane ( United Kingdom ) and sank off Whitby , Yorkshire . Two of her crew were rescued by Sarah and Jane , the rest reached the shore. Robert and Mary was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Southampton , Hampshire .[ 79] [ 89]
Unnamed
Flag unknown
The brig was wrecked on the Hinder Bank in the North Sea off the Dutch coast.[ 78]
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in August 1870
Ship
State
Description
Adler
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt , Russia to Gothenburg , Sweden.[ 20]
Alert
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Scheveningen , South Holland , Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Schiedam , South Holland to a Russian port.[ 73]
Allan
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Lau, Gotland , Sweden before 29 August. She wa on a voyage from Leith , Lothian to Cronstadt.[ 86]
Alpha
Flag unknown
The ship was driven ashore.[ 40]
Anderida
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Barber Sand in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk . She was on a voyage from Bilboa , Spain to Newcastle upon Tyne. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth , Norfolk in a severely leaky condition.[ 6]
Arendina Jacoba
Belgium
The ship was driven ashore near "Apelle". She was on a voyage from Riga , Russia to Antwerp . She was a total loss.[ 41]
Bartolomeo
Italy
The barque struck the Pearl Rock. She was on a voyage from Sulina , Ottoman Empire to Falmouth, Cornwall , United Kingdom . She was towed in to Gibraltar in a leaky condition.[ 44] [ 40]
Bates Family
United Kingdom
The fishing smack was wrecked on Juist , Prussia .[ 40]
Beaufort
France
The ship ran aground at "Granda". She was on a voyage from Cayenne to Martinique .[ 40]
Betsey
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Orfordness , Suffolk . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough , Yorkshire to Dartmouth, Devon .[ 6]
Brazilian
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal . She was on a voyage from Bombay , India to a British port.[ 79]
Calder
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Huelva , Spain to the River Tyne .[ 20]
C. C. Calder
United States
The schooner was wrecked in the Caribbean Sea . Her crew were rescued.[ 20]
Chieftain
United Kingdom
The smack collided with a French Navy frigate and sank off Heligoland . Her crew survived.[ 90]
Cissy
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Green Island. She was on a voyage from Montreal , Quebec to London .[ 41]
City of Yeddo
Japan
The steamship suffered a boiler explosion and sank at Yeddo with the loss of at least five lives. She was on a voyage from Yeddo to Yokohama .[ 91]
Commandeyr
Flag unknown
The ship ran aground on the Doom Bar . She was on a voyage from Santos , Brazil to Falmouth.[ 41]
Condor
Flag unknown
The ship ran aground at Pernambuco , Brazil. She was on a voyage from Trieste to Pernambuco. She was taken in to Pernambuco in a leaky condition.[ 40]
Delophin
United States
The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from New York to Stettin .[ 40]
Den Gode Hengist
Norway
The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. She was discovered on 20 August by Besale ( Iceland ), which put men aboard and towed her in to Grimsby , Lincolnshire , United Kingdom, where she arrived on 23 August.[ 55]
Dragon
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground at Copenhagen , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Copenhagen.[ 40] She was later refloated and taken in to Copenhagen.[ 68]
Dunkeld
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Australian coast before 14 August.[ 92]
Elite
Flag unknown
The brig ran aground off the coast of the Cape Colony . She was refloated and taken in to "Graham Town".[ 20]
Elizabeth Sophie
Denmark
The ship was driven ashore near Petten , North Holland , Netherlands.[ 73]
Emanuel
Russia
The full-rigged ship was driven ashore on the coast of North Holland.[ 73]
Emily
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Thyborøn , Denmark.[ 6]
Emma
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Red Island , Newfoundland Colony . She was on a voyage from Quebec City , Canada to London.[ 79]
Empire
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Dieppe , Seine-Inférieure , France.[ 40]
Enne
France
The schooner collided with another vessel and foundered. She was on a voyage from Lisbon , Portugal to "Yaddy".[ 41]
Essex
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground at Copenhagen. She was on a voyage from Hull to Saint Petersburg , Russia.[ 40] She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 41]
Express
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Canso, Nova Scotia , Canada.[ 57]
Gaucho
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground near Yokohama , Japan . She was on a voyage from Hakodate to Yokohama.[ 6]
Germanico
Austria-Hungary
The barque ran aground on the Takle Rocks, in the Sea of Azov before 25 August. She was refloated and taken in to Kertch , Russia for repairs.[ 3]
Glencairn
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Beshika Point. She was on a voyage from Galaţi , Ottoman Empire to Falmouth. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 73]
Governor General
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Pacific Ocean . She was on a voyage from Payta , Peru to a British port.[ 6]
Hallie
Flag unknown
The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from "Markwurde Gilbara" to Falmouth.[ 15]
Harlech Castle
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Australian coast before 14 August.[ 92]
Harmina
Hamburg
The ship foundered in the Dogger Bank . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Elbing .[ 13] [ 34] [ 40]
Hazledean
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Montreal for the Clyde . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 93]
Helen Marshall
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Dragør , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Riga.[ 44] She had been refloated by 20 August.[ 3]
Honolua
Flag unknown
The ship was lost in the Torres Strait . She was on a voyage from Newcastle, New South Wales to Batavia , Netherlands East Indies .[ 6]
Huddill
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and sank on the Strasbro Sand.[ 94]
Isabella
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Roaring Middle Sand, in the North Sea . She was refloated and taken in to King's Lynn , Norfolk in a leaky condition.[ 36] [ 25]
Karnak
France
The ship was destroyed by fire on or before 3 August. Her crew were resucued. She was on a voyage from Melbourne , Victoria to Nantes , Loire-Inférieure .[ 11] [ 19]
Key Roman
Flag unknown
The ship was lost. Her crew were rescued.[ 15]
Levanter
United Kingdom
The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from London to Boston, Massachusetts , United States.[ 20]
Maria Klickow
Prussia
The ship was driven ashore on Rügen .[ 94]
Mary Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Barnard Sand. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft , Suffolk.[ 6]
Minister Thorbecke
Netherlands
The steamship ran aground on the Schanserwaard. She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire , United Kingdom to a Dutch port. She was refloated.[ 94]
Moulin
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at "Costellos", Uruguay before 3 August. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Leith , Lothian to Buenos Aires , Argentina.[ 82] [ 95] [ 96]
Niobe
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore on Öland , Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg , Russia to London. She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen , Denmark in a severely leaky condition.[ 94]
Orange
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Pernambuco. She was on a voyage from Trieste to Pernambuco. She was refloated and taken Trieste to Pernambuco.[ 40]
Paulita
Chile
The coaster was wrecked at Valparaíso .[ 27]
Pilot
South Australia
The three-masted schooner was wrecked on the coast of New Caledonia .[ 97]
Regina
Prussia
The brig was abandoned. Her nine crew were rescued by the Banff Lifeboat.[ 74]
Rover
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in Riga Bay . She was on a voyage from Riga , Russia to Dundee , Forfarshire .[ 9]
Rover
United Kingdom
The ship driven ashore at "Steenedam", Zeeland , Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Dordrecht , South Holland to Newcastle upon Tyne.[ 6] She was refloated in mid-September.[ 88]
Scud
United States
The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Gibraltar . She was discovered in a waterlogged condition by the gunboat Adonis ( French Navy ), which put some of her crew on board.[ 12] Scud was towed in to Gibraltar.[ 15]
Sperance
Netherlands
The ship was driven ashore.[ 19]
Spy
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and foundered 30 nautical miles (56 km) north of Saint Thomas , Virgin Islands . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Arecibo, Puerto Rico to Cork .[ 20] [ 98]
Tanaro
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Anticosti Island , Quebec. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Queenstown, County Cork .[ 20]
Tempter
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore on Amager , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt , Russia to London.[ 44] She had been refloated by 22 August and taken in to Copenhagen , Denmark.[ 3]
Threrese and Lina
Sweden
The ship ran aground on the Kaloot Sandbank, in the North Sea. she was on a voyage from Antwerp to Sundsvall .[ 73]
Thomas Adams
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground near Berwick upon Tweed , Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Sunderland, County Durham . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 15]
Tyne
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Kilrush , County Clare . She was on a voyage from Limerick to Quebec City. She was refloated and taken in to the Scattery Roads .[ 15]
Vanda
United Kingdom
The ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned by her crew.[ 53]
Unnamed
French Navy
The gunboat capsized whilst under tow from Cherbourg , Seine-Inférieure to Dunkerque , Nord . Her crew were rescued by the tug towing her. She was towed in to Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure, where she was righted.[ 99]
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