List of shipwrecks in January 1870
The list of shipwrecks in January 1870 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during January 1870 .
1 January
List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1870
Ship
State
Description
Anne
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Villarreal , Spain. Her twelve crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Villarreal.[ 1] [ 2]
David
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at The Gobbins , County Antrim . She was on a voyage from Dublin to Troon , Ayrshire .[ 3]
Hermann Weedel
Flag unknown
The barque was discovered abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 120 nautical miles (220 km) south west of The Lizard , Cornwall (48°18′N 6°10′W / 48.300°N 6.167°W / 48.300; -6.167 ) by the steamship Thomas Powell ( United Kingdom ), which put four crew aboard with the intention of taking her in to Falmouth, Cornwall . She was taken in to Dartmouth, Devon on 3 February in a waterlogged condition with assistance from Vesta ( United Kingdom ).[ 4] [ 5] [ 6]
Volunteer
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Villarreal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gaspé , Quebec , Canada to Cádiz , Spain.[ 1] [ 2]
2 January
3 January
List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1870
Ship
State
Description
Courter
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Aberdeen . She was refloated and taken in to Stornoway , Isle of Lewis , Outer Hebrides .[ 11]
Delegate
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk . She was on a voyage from Harwich , Essex to Blyth, Northumberland .[ 12]
Emilie
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground off "Zugenoit",[ 11] near Kristiansund , Norway. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Stettin .[ 13]
Herald
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground at Pillau , Prussia . She was refloated.[ 11]
Isabella
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Scarborough , Yorkshire .[ 11]
Louise
France
The ship caught fire off Gravelines , Nord and was abandoned by her crew.[ 11]
Sainte Fleur
France
The ship was lost. She was on a voyage from Nantes , Loire-Inférieure to Cardiff , Glamorgan , United Kingdom .[ 11]
4 January
List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1870
Ship
State
Description
Brenton
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore on Horse Isle , in the Firth of Clyde . She was on a voyage from Belfast , County Antrim to Ardrossan , Ayrshire . Brenton was refloated on 8 January and taken in to Ardrossan in a leaky condition.[ 12] [ 14]
Clyde
United Kingdom
The steamship foundered off Hirtshals , Denmark. Her crew were rescued by a British barque . She was on a voyage from Ängelholm , Sweden to Hartlepool , County Durham .[ 15] [ 16]
Eliza
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all hands.[ 7]
Ellen
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Barmouth , Merionethshire . She was on a voyage from Bristol , Gloucestershire to Barmouth.[ 13] [ 12]
Hansa
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on Taylor's Bank, in Liverpool Bay . She was on a voyage from Paraíba , Brazil to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 13] She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool in a leaky condition.[ 17]
Jessie Campbell
United States
The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Her ten crew took to two boats. Four crew in one of the boats landed at Graciosa, Canary Islands . Those in the other boat were reported missing. She was on a voyage from New York to Bristol , Gloucestershire , United Kingdom .[ 18] [ 19]
Maria
United States Navy
The tug was run into and sunk off the coast of New England by the monitor USS Miantonomoh ( United States Navy ) with the loss of four of her crew.[ 20]
Standard
United Kingdom
The smack was run down and sunk at Brightlingsea , Essex by the steamship Mizpah ( United Kingdom ).[ 13] [ 21]
Tamaulipas
United Kingdom
The steamship collided with the Mersey ferry Gem ( United Kingdom ). Tamaulipas was on a voyage from Bordeaux , Gironde , France to Liverpool. She was taken in to Liverpool, where she sank the next day.[ 22] [ 17] [ 23]
Trenton
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Horse Island, County Cork .[ 13]
Volunteer
United Kingdom
The schooner capsized in the Menai Strait . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Barrow-in-Furness , Lancashire.[ 17]
'Unnamed
Austro-Hungarian Navy
The frigate was driven ashore at Honolulu , Kingdom of Hawaii .[ 24]
5 January
List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1870
Ship
State
Description
Ada
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked on the East Saddles, in the South China Sea with the loss of three of her crew.[ 25]
Eliza
United Kingdom
The cutter foundered off Newhaven, Sussex .[ 26]
Elizabeth Margaret
United Kingdom
The ship foundered off Woodhaven, Fife . She was on a voyage from Dundee , Forfarshire to Woodhaven.[ 15]
Enchantress
United Kingdom
The schooner collided with the steamship Talbot ( United Kingdom ) and sank off the Mull of Galloway , Wigtownshire . Her five crew were rescued by Talbot .[ 27] [ 28] [ 10]
Flekkefjord
Norway
The barque ran aground, heeled over and was severely damaged at Belfast , County Antrim , United Kingdom .[ 29] She was refloated.[ 30]
Inchdairnie
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked in the Caicos Passage . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York , United States to Montego Bay , Jamaica.[ 31] [ 32]
La Halma , orLahaina
United States of Colombia
The brig foundered in Ballycotton Bay with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Riohacha to Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom.[ 22] [ 33]
6 January
List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1870
Ship
State
Description
Attila
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Baltimore, Maryland , United States.[ 34]
E. H. Taylor
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Port Erin , Isle of Man . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to New York , United States.[ 23]
Etoile du Nord
France
The schooner was wrecked at Penmarc'h , Finistère with the loss of two of her crew.[ 35]
Johanna
Denmark
The ship was driven ashore on Skagen . She was on a voyage from Burntisland , Fife , Northumberland , United Kingdom to Copenhagen .[ 33]
Londonderry
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Hartlepool , County Durham . She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Rochester, Kent . She was refloated and put back to Hartlepool.[ 33]
Olga
Sweden
The ship was driven ashore near Gothenburg . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , United Kingdom to Gothenburg.[ 33]
Reindeer
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground and sank off Orfordness , Suffolk . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth , Norfolk to London .[ 33]
Robin Hood
United States
The full-rigged ship was destroyed by fire at Bakers Island , Massachusetts . She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California to Queenstown, County Cork , United Kingdom.[ 23] [ 21] [ 36]
Runnymede
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked 10 nautical miles (19 km) south of Niigata , Japan . She was on a voyage from Hakodate , Japan to London.[ 37]
Wasp
United Kingdom
The Mersey Flat collided with the steamship Nova Scotian ( United Kingdom ) and sank in the River Mersey . Her crew survived.[ 33] [ 23]
7 January
List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1870
Ship
State
Description
Ada
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Hook of Holland , South Holland , Netherlands.[ 38] [ 39]
Amy
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Plymouth , Devon .[ 40] [ 41] Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.[ 42]
Amelia
Norway
The ship was driven ashore at Plymouth.[ 40]
Cheval Marin
France
The ship foundered off "Cabella".[ 38]
Countess
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at Sizewell , Suffolk . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Belfast , County Antrim .[ 39] [ 43]
Diadem
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on the East Knock, in the Thames Estuary .[ 38]
Friendship
United Kingdom
The sloop was driven ashore 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) east of Dunbar , Lothian . She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Fisherrow , Lothian. She was refloated and taken in to Eyemouth , Berwickshire in a sinking condition.[ 42]
Gambia
United Kingdom
The steamship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) north of the Dudgeon Sandbank. All 53 people on board were rescued by the barque Solon ( Grand Duchy of Finland ). Gambia was on a voyage from London to Aberdeen .[ 1] [ 44] [ 45] [ 40] [ 46]
Jane Gwynne
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Abersoch , Caernarfonshire . She was on a voyage from Yarmouth, Isle of Wight to Liverpool , Lancashire . She was refloated and taken in to Pwllheli , Caernarfonshire.[ 38]
King Lear
United Kingdom
The barque foundered 30 nautical miles (56 km) off the Smalls Lighthouse , Cornwall with the loss of 35 of the 39 people on board. Survivors were rescued by the steamship Chester ( United Kingdom ). King Lear was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Hong Kong .[ 47] [ 48]
Maria Regina
Flag unknown
The ship capsized at Amsterdam , North Holland , Netherlands.[ 41]
Olivia
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore north of the mouth of the River Avon . She was on a voyage from Bristol , Gloucestershire to the Cape Verde Islands .[ 40]
Petite Leocadie
France
The ship ran aground off Ragshead, Isles of Scilly , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Quiberon , Morbihan . She was refloated and beached at New Grimsby , Isles of Scilly.[ 49]
Salcombe
United Kingdom
The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Plymouth.[ 40]
Svesta''
Russia
The brigantine was driven ashore at Plymouth.[ 40] [ 41] Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus, but her captain committed suicide.[ 42]
Star of the West
United Kingdom
The ship broke from her moorings, collided with the steamship Prince of Wales ( United Kingdom ) and was driven ashore at Bristol.[ 50]
St. Bede
United Kingdom
The steamship collided with the steamship Black Swan ( United Kingdom ) and foundered in the North Sea 9 nautical miles (17 km) off Flamborough Head , Yorkshire with the loss of eighteen of her nineteen crew. St. Bede was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Huelva , Spain.[ 51]
Terpsichore
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked 6 leagues (18 nautical miles (33 km)) north of Mar Chiquita , Argentina.[ 52] She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires , Argentina to Valparaíso , Chile.[ 53]
Victor
United Kingdom
The schooner sank at Newport, Monmouthshire . She was on a voyage from Newport to the Clyde .[ 35] She was refloated the next day.[ 42]
8 January
List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1870
Ship
State
Description
Alice
Hamburg
The ship was driven ashore at Waterloo, Lancashire , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Tobasco.[ 1] [ 35] She was refloated on 16 January and taken in to Liverpool.[ 54]
Andrina
Austria-Hungary
The brig was abandoned off the Smalls Lighthouse , Cornwall , United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the brig Patagonia ( United Kingdom ).[ 41] She was on a voyage from Sulina , Ottoman Empire to a British port. she was subsequently towed in to Milford Haven , Pembrokeshire , United Kingdom by the steamship Athlete ( United Kingdom ).[ 55]
Charles et Amélie
France
The schooner was driven ashore at Swansea , Glamorgan , United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued, but her pilot was drowned. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux , Gironde to Porthcawl , Glamorgan.[ 1] [ 56]
Henukkertensen
Norway
The barque was taken in to South Shields , County Durham , United Kingdom in a derelict condition by two Dutch fishing smacks .[ 57]
Henry and Harriet
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the North Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) north east of Cromer , Norfolk with the loss of two of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by the smack Electra ( United Kingdom ). Henry and Harriet was on a voyage from South Shields to London .[ 1]
Lass o' Gowrie
United Kingdom
The tug sank at Milford Haven , Pembrokeshire .[ 35]
Little Liz
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore east of the Little Orme Head , Caernarfonshire . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Africa to Liverpool.[ 1]
Rosina
Italy
The ship was driven ashore at Milford Haven.[ 41]
Suez
Austria-Hungary
The barque was wrecked on the Doom Bar . Her nine crew were rescued by the Padstow Lifeboat Albert Edward ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution ).[ 41] [ 56]
Ulrika
Sweden
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (49°11′N 7°10′W / 49.183°N 7.167°W / 49.183; -7.167 ). Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Havana , Cuba . She was towed in to Plymouth , Devon , United Kingdom on 16 January in a derelict condition.[ 58]
William
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at the Landguard Fort , Felixtowe , Suffolk . She was refloated the next day.[ 59]
9 January
List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1870
Ship
State
Description
Alida
Netherlands
The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland , United Kingdom to Groningen .[ 49]
Cambridgeshire
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on the Jenkin Sand, in the Thames Estuary .[ 42] She was later refloated and sailed for London .[ 60]
Cossipore
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (50°41′N 7°49′W / 50.683°N 7.817°W / 50.683; -7.817 ) with the loss of sixteen of her 28 crew. Survivors were rescued by the steamships Bonny and Navarre (both United Kingdom ). Cossipore was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Calcutta , India .[ 61] [ 62] [ 63] [ 14]
Jordan
United Kingdom
The derelict brig foundered in the Irish Sea off Arklow , County Wicklow , witnessed by the steamship Lara ( United Kingdom ). She had been on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Cork .[ 64] [ 14]
Leonora
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Spile Sand, off the north Kent coast. She floated off but conseuqnetly sank. Her crew were rescued by Providence ( United Kingdom ).[ 14]
Lynx
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground near Margate , Kent. She was refloated and taken in to Margate.[ 41] [ 59]
Milberg Engstrom
Norway
The barque collided with another vessel and sank in the English Channel 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Dover , Kent , United Kingdom. All fifteen people on board survived. She was on a voyage from Águilas , Spain to London , United Kingdom.[ 1] [ 65] [ 41] [ 2]
Triton
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore near Kristiansand , Norway. She was on a voyage from Wismar to London .[ 1] [ 42]
Virgen del Carma , and an Unnamed vessel
Spain Flag unknown
The barque collided with another vessel and foundered 16 nautical miles (30 km) south west of the Tuskar Rock . Her crew were got aboard the Connibeg Lightship ( Trinity House ). Virgen del Carma was on a voyage from Liverpool to Havana , Cuba . The other vessel sank with the loss of all hands.[ 66] [ 47] [ 60] [ 67]
Unnamed
Flag unknown
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St Ann's Head Lighthouse , Pembrokeshire , United Kingdom with the loss of all hands.[ 1]
10 January
List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1870
Ship
State
Description
Arche d' Alliance
Belgium
The ship was driven ashore near Vlissingen , Zeeland , Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to the West Indies .[ 41]
Auguste Victorine
France
The ship was driven ashore at Rye, Sussex , United Kingdom .[ 41]
Caterina V
Russia
The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Falmouth, Cornwall , United Kingdom.[ 68]
Clemanthe
United Kingdom
The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by the schooner Louisa Caroline ( Denmark ). Clemanthe was on a voyage from Africa to London .[ 69] [ 68]
Jenny
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Arklow , County Wicklow . Her crew were rescued.[ 41]
Knowsley
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore at Nymindegab , Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Newport, Monmouthshire .[ 41] [ 70]
Medusa
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on the Nore . She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London .[ 41] She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 60]
Pacific
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged near Milford Haven , Pembrokeshire .[ 41]
Robert and Alexander
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Haaks Sandbank, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bassein , India to Bremen .[ 41]
W. and M. J.
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Banjaard Sand, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough , Yorkshire to Newport, Monmouthshire .[ 71]
11 January
List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1870
Ship
State
Description
Donna Feliciana
Spain
The ship ran aground on the Longnose Sand, off Kingsgate, Kent , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham , United Kingdom to Bilbao .[ 72]
Euterpe
United States
The steamship was destroyed by fire in Galveston Bay . She was on a voyage from Galveston, Texas to New York .[ 73] [ 24]
Gabalva
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on a reef off Cabo San Roque , Brazil . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston to Melbourne , Victoria .[ 74]
Great Britain
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on the Foreness Rock, Margate , Kent. She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire to Plymouth , Devon .[ 14]
Indian Chief
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Mobile, Alabama . She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Mobile. She broke up on 18 January.[ 75] [ 76] [ 4]
Susquehanna
United States
The barque ran aground on the Goodwin Sands , Kent. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , United Kingdom to Cartagena, Spain .[ 72]
William Dent
United Kingdom
The ship was beached on Annobón , Spanish Guinea in a sinking condition with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from the west coast of Africa to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 77] [ 78]
Unnamed
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on the Longnose Sand.[ 72]
12 January
13 January
14 January
List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1870
Ship
State
Description
Cloffock
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at "Port Tavira", Spain. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Huelva , Spain.[ 82]
Elizabeth Nicholson
United Kingdom
The ship struck a sunken wreck and foundered in the North Sea off Withernsea , Yorkshire . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure , France.[ 69]
Froy Halversen
Flag unknown
The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Antwerp , Belgium to Syracuse, Sicily , Italy . She was refloated and put back to Antwerp.[ 82]
Irwell
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore at Whitby , Yorkshire . She was refloated with the assistance of the paddle tug Mariner ( United Kingdom ) and taken in to South Shields.[ 83] [ 82] [ 84]
Laughing Water
New South Wales
The 411-ton barque , carrying coal from New South Wales to Port Chalmers , hit a submerged rock and sank during a gale south of Te Waewae Bay , New Zealand, on the western approaches to Foveaux Strait . All fifteen on board survived, reaching the mainland near Orepuki in a longboat, though the ship's mate was lost overboard in the same storm two days before the ship was holed.[ 85] She was on a voyage from Newcastle to Otago , New Zealand.[ 86]
Therese
France
The ship sank 6 nautical miles (11 km) west of "Dome Island". She was on a voyage from Bilboa , Spain to Havre de Grâce.[ 82]
15 January
List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1870
Ship
State
Description
Anna
France
The ship was discovered derelict off Tory Island , County Donegal , United Kingdom . She was subsequently taken in to Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom.[ 54]
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The brig struck a sunken wreck and foundered off Withernsea , Yorkshire . Her crew were rescued by the smack Smilax ( United Kingdom ). Elizabeth was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure , France.[ 87]
Juno
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore near Domesnes , Russia . Fifteen of her crew were taken off by the steamship Napoleon (Flag unknown). Juno was on a voyage from Riga , Russia to Dundee , Forfarshire . She was refloated on 14 February.[ 88] [ 89] [ 75]
Kenilworth
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Sarn Badrig . Eight of her 28 crew were rescued by the Barmouth Lifeboat Ellen ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution ), the other twenty were subsequently rescued by the Abersoch Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana , United States to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 90] [ 54] [ 91] [ 92]
16 January
17 January
18 January
19 January
20 January
21 January
22 January
23 January
List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1870
Ship
State
Description
Concordia
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore and sank at Dog Island, Anguilla . She was on a voyage from Demerara , British Guiana to Liverpool , Lancashire . She subsequently floated and was seen off Tortola , Virgin Islands in mid-March in a capsized condition.[ 122] [ 123]
Phoenix
United Kingdom
The ketch was driven ashore near Lydd , Kent . She was on a voyage from Hartlepool , County Durham to Hastings , Sussex . She was refloated and resumed her voyage in a leaky condition.[ 118]
Vindex
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Weymouth, Dorset . She was on a voyage from Taganrog , Russia to Leith , Lothian . She was refloated.[ 120]
24 January
25 January
26 January
27 January
List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1870
Ship
State
Description
Austin
United Kingdom
The brigantine ran aground on the Kentish Knock and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by Harmony ( United Kingdom ). Austin was on a voyage from Lisbon , Portugal to Hull , Yorkshire . She was later refloated by some Frenchmen, but ran aground on the Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and sank. Those on board were rescued by the Kessingland Lifeboat.[ 132]
Grasshopper
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Grenada .[ 116]
Newcastle
United Kingdom
The paddle steamer collided with another vessel and was beached in the River Tyne . Her passengers were taken off by the paddle tug Jubilee ( United Kingdom ). Newcastle was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire to South Shields , County Durham .[ 88] [ 133]
Phoenix
United Kingdom
The ketch was driven ashore near Dungeness , Kent . She was on a voyage from Hartlepool , County Durham to St Leonards-on-Sea , Sussex . She was refloated and put in to Hastings , Sussex in a leaky condition.[ 134]
Saturn
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Whitburn, County Durham . She was on a voyage from Zierikzee , Zeeland , Netherlands to the River Tyne . She was refloated with assistance from a tug and taken into the River Tyne.[ 134] [ 110]
28 January
List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1870
Ship
State
Description
Agenoria , andIona
United States United Kingdom
The steamship Iona collided with the barque Agenoria in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent and was severely damaged. A passenger on board Iona was killed. She was on a voyage from Leith , Lothian to London . Agenoria was also severely damaged. She put back to London.[ 135] [ 136]
Ansell
Canada
The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 300 nautical miles (560 km) off Cape Clear Island , County Cork , United Kingdom . Her nineteen crew took to two boats. One boat with eight crew reached land safely. Eleven crew in the second boat were lost when it capsized. Ansell was on a voyage from London to Boston, Massachusetts , United States.[ 137] [ 138] [ 139]
Behrend
Flag unknown
The ship departed from Bordeaux , Gironde , France for Yokohama , Empire of Japan . Presumed subsequently foundered in the Bay of Biscay with the loss of all hands; wreckage including cargo from the ship washed ashore at Vannes , Morbihan , France.[ 140]
City of Boston
United Kingdom
The steamship departed from Halifax, Nova Scotia , Canada for Liverpool , Lancashire . No further trace, possibly foundered in a storm on 30 January.
Cestrian
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Sunderland, County Durham for Singapore , Straits Settlements . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 141]
Unnmed
Flag unknown
The full-rigged ship was driven ashore on the Isle of Harris , Outer Hebrides , United Kingdom.[ 4]
29 January
List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1870
Ship
State
Description
Abby Thaxter
United States
The ship was driven ashore near Portsmouth , Hampshire , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Portland, Dorset , United Kingdom.[ 81]
Balona
United Kingdom
The ship foundered with the loss of all hands, according to a message in a bottle washed up at Camber, Sussex on 28 February.[ 25]
Elise
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Wustrow Reef. She was on a voyage from Clackmannan to Wismar .[ 81]
Eliza
United Kingdom
The Mersey Flat was run into by the schooner Urania ( United Kingdom ) with the loss of one of the three people on board. Survivors were rescued by the Mersey Flat Adah and the schooner Cesterian (both United Kingdom ).[ 142] [ 143]
Eusell
Canada
The barque foundered off Cape Clear Island , county Cork , United Kingdom . Eight of her 25 crew reachd land in their boat. The rest were reported missing.[ 144]
Glanmire
United Kingdom
The ship caught fire and was severely damaged in the Rio Grande do Norte . She was scuttled.[ 145]
Zwollen
Netherlands
The steamship was driven ashore near "Carven". She was on a voyage from "Moch" to Memel , Prussia .[ 81]
30 January
List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1870
Ship
State
Description
Camden
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on a reef off the mouth of the Clyde River . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Sydney , New South Wales .[ 146]
Cruiser
United Kingdom
The paddle tug ran aground in Porlock Bay . She subsequently broke up.[ 147]
Margarets
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at Middleton, County Durham . She was on a voyage from Dieppe , Seine-Inférieure , France to Hartlepool , County Durham . She was refloated and towed in to West Hartlepool , County Durham by the tug Conqueror ( United Kingdom ).[ 134]
North Star
United Kingdom
The paddle tug caught fire and sank at Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland .[ 148]
Pauline David
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Campbeltown , Argyllshire . She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Troon , Ayrshire .[ 136] She was refloated.[ 19]
Queen of the Isles
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore in Lough Foyle .[ 136]
Royalist
United Kingdom
The schooner was run into by the steamship Coral Queen ( United Kingdom ) at West Hartlepool. She was consequently beached.[ 134]
Unnamed
Flag unknown
The ship sank in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire . Her crew were rescued by the Theddlethorpe Lifeboat Dorinda and Barbara ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution ).[ 132]
31 January
List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1870
Ship
State
Description
Florence Pope
United Kingdom
The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Two of her four crew died before the survivors landed on Inishturk , County Mayo on 4 February. She was on a voyage from Lagos , Africa to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 149] [ 150]
Kelpie
Canada
The ship was wrecked near Milford Haven , Pembrokeshire , United Kingdom with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire , United Kingdom to Liverpool.[ 121]
Razetto
Italy
The barque was driven ashore at Mablethorpe Lincolnshire , United Kingdom.[ 110] [ 132] She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , United Kingdom to Genoa .[ 143]
River King
United Kingdom
The smack was run into by the smack Argo and was abandoned off the coast of Yorkshire . Her crew were rescued by Argo before she sank.[ 132]
Unnamed
United Kingdom
The Mersey Flat capsized and sank off Hilbre Point , Cheshire .[ 136]
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in January 1870
Ship
State
Description
Amy
United Kingdom
The smack ran aground on the Heaps Sand, in the North Sea off the cost of Essex . Her seven crew got on board the Swin Middle Lightship ( Trinity House ), from where they were rescued by the smack Alma ( United Kingdom ).[ 151]
Anna
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at Agrigento , Sicily , Italy on or before 6 January.[ 21]
Anne Royden
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the Pass a l'Outre. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to New Orleans, Louisiana , United States.[ 136]
SMS Arcona
Prussian Navy
The frigate ran aground at Malta on or before 5 January and was damaged. She was taken in to Malta for repairs.[ 152]
Aurelania
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at "Camarines" before 6 January. She was on a voyage from Sulina , Ottoman Empire to Falmouth, Cornwall .[ 33]
Carlotta
Sweden
The ship was driven ashore near Constantinople , Ottoman Empire. She was refloated.[ 38]
Carolina
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Fredrikshavn , Denmark with the loss of five of her crew.[ 46]
Caroline Cornelia
Flag unknown
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Terra Nuova".[ 41]
Cenzres
Chile
The ship was lost at "Paperdo".[ 94]
Cleaton
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal . She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Bombay , India . She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 153]
Clementina
United Kingdom
The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 20 nautical miles (37 km) south east of Ouessant , Finistère , France on or before 14 January.[ 154]
Comet
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Maceió , Brazil .[ 76]
Delaware
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on the Mitchka Sandbank, off Cape Carabournou, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Syros to Thessaloniki , Greece . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 68]
Eclipse
United States
The ship was driven ashore at "Woodsend". She was on a voyage from the Turks Islands to Boston, Massachusetts .[ 70]
E. Holley
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Rio de Janeiro , Brazil.[ 49]
Express
Prussia
The ship departed from Gravesend, Kent , United Kingdom for Livorno , Italy between 23 and 28 January. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 155]
Fairwater
United Kingdom
The steamship was reported to have collided with another vessel and foundered between 6 and 20 January. She may also have foundered on 7 January. Her crew were reported missing, presumed lost. She was on a voyage from Penarth , Glamorgan to Cork .[ 9] [ 156] [ 157] [ 158]
Filey
United Kingdom
The brig sprang a leak and foundered on or before 6 January. Her crew were rescued by Bury St. Edmunds . Filey was on a voyage from South Shields to Oran , Algeria .[ 21]
Fourteen
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atalantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from New York to Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure France.[ 83]
Fred Nicholas
United States
The ship was driven ashore near Cádiz , Spain. She was on a voyage from New York to Cádiz.[ 136]
Grassendale
United Kingdom
The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued by the barque Santiago ( United Kingdom ).[ 159]
Guerrier
France
The barque collided with another vessel and sank. Her crew were rescued by Zedora ( United Kingdom ).[ 160]
Her Majesty
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Dungeness , Kent before 14 January. She was on a voyage from New York to London . She was refloated and taken in to for London.[ 82]
Herman Mendel
Norway
The brig was abandoned in the North Sea before 29 January.[ 110]
H. M. No. 1 , orNo. 1
France
The ship foundered on 10 or 27 January. Her crew were rescued by the brig Escort ( United Kingdom ). No. 1 was on a voyage from Taganrog , Russia to Falmouth or Queenstown, County Cork , United Kingdom.[ 149] [ 161]
Howard
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground in the Congo River . She was on a voyage from the Congo River to Liverpool. She was refloated 10 days later.[ 162]
Knightbrigde
United Kingdom
The ship was destroyed by fire off the coast of Ceylon . Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Bombay.[ 94]
Lautong
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore on Samar , Spanish East Indies . She was on a voyage from Manila , Spanish East Indies to Shanghai , China .[ 86] [ 163]
Maria Aurora
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore near "Djokalf". she was on a voyage from Riga to Newport, Monmouthshire . She was refloated and taken in to "Calversund" in a waterlogged condition.[ 38]
Maria J. Smith
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore in Barclay Sound . She was on a voyage from Puget Sound to Australia. She later floated off and was sighted off Cape Flattery , Washington Territory .[ 103]
Marie and Alice
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in the North Sea off Terschelling , Friesland , Netherlands before 26 January.[ 110]
Marie Gabrielle
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked at Moonlight Head , Victoria . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Foo Chow Foo , China to Melbourne , Victoria.[ 83] [ 164]
Martha
Newfoundland Colony
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Beaver River, Nova Scotia , Canada. She was on a voyage from Saint John's to Cárdenas, Cuba .[ 133] [ 4]
May Queen
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Pensacola. She was on a voyage from Havana , Cuba to Pensacola.[ 94]
Mermaid
United States
The ship was driven ashore at Mobile, Alabama . She was on a voyage from Mobile to Pensacola, Florida .[ 165]
Minnesota
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from New York to Liverpool.[ 73]
Morning Star
United States
The missionary ship was wrecked on Strong's Island . All on board survived.[ 166]
Osmyn
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore in Paget Sound.[ 94]
Percy
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore at Agrigento on or before 6 January with the loss of a crew member.[ 21]
Peru
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Bombay Shoal before 25 January. She was on a voyage from Amoy , China to Singapore , Straits Settlements .[ 167]
Progress
France
The ship was driven ashore at "Robekin", Senegal. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux , Gironde to La Rochelle , Charente-Inférieure .[ 38]
Robert Jones
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Cabinda , Portuguese West Africa . She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to St-Paul de Loanda , Portuguese West Africa .[ 41] [ 19]
Princess Alexandra
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground. she was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire to Pillau , Prussia . She was refloated and completed her voyage in a leaky condition, arriving at Pillau on 9 January.[ 82]
Providence
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km) off Maldonado, Uruguay . She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Buenos Aires , Argentina.[ 81]
Skylark
United States
The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles . She was on a voyage from New York to Constantinople. She was refloated with assistance.[ 38]
Smidt
Bremen
The steamship departed from Bremen for New York in late January. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all on board, more than 300 lives.[ 168]
Tessithea
Greece
The ship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued by the smack Ranger ( United Kingdom ).[ 151] [ 169]
Union
United Kingdom
The ship was taken in to A Coruña , Spain in a derelict condition by Bohemian Girl ( United Kingdom ).[ 79]
Victeaux
United Kingdom
The ship was destroyed by fire at New Orleans. She was on a voyage from New Orleans to Liverpool.[ 170]
Viking
United States
The fishing schooner sailed from Gloucester, Massachusetts for the Grand Banks and vanished. Lost with all eleven hands.[ 171]
Vincenzo
Italy
The ship was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Milan ( United Kingdom ).[ 159]
What Cheer
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Banguey Island , Malaya.[ 172] She was subsequently plundered and burnt by the local inhabitants.[ 173]
What Cheer
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Banguey Island , Malaya before 20 January. She was subsequently plundered and burnt by the local inhabitants.[ 172] [ 173]
Yarrow
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea before 20 January. Her crew were rescued by HMS Himalaya ( Royal Navy ).[ 174]
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