Ship | State | Description |
Active | United Kingdom | The steam whaler ran aground "on the New Upernavik Rock" or "near Uppernivik", off the east coast of Greenland in May or June. With assistance from the steam whaler Arctic ( United Kingdom), she was refloated two weeks later with no apparent damage.[1][2] |
Covadonga | Chilean Navy | The steam schooner was stranded in the roadstead at Antofagasta, Chile. She was refloated and returned to service.[3] |
Conflict | United Kingdom | The East Indiaman was sighted by Carlisle ( United Kingdom) whilst on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Hull, Yorkshire. Conflict had apparently been in collision with another vessel. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all 30 crew.[4][5] |
Cunard | United States | The schooner was lost off the Grand Banks in November/December, 1878 or early Winter 1879. lost with all 14 hands.[6][7] |
Gem | United Kingdom | The auxiliary iron schooner was sunk by her crew around March after they had murdered her owner, Francis Cadell. Gem was on a voyage from Ambon Island, Netherlands East Indies to the Kei Islands.[8][9][10][11] |
Glencoe | United Kingdom | Refloated after running aground in the Shanghai River, which detained her for a week along with her cargo of the new-season's tea.[12] |
Gurtubay | Spain | The steamship was abandoned between 14 October and 12 November. Her crew and four passengers were rescued by the steamship Nederland ( Belgium). Gurtubay was on a voyage from Bilbao to New York with ore.[13][14] |
India | Portugal | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean after 15 January. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to New York.[15] |
Llanedare | United Kingdom | The steamship departed from Gibraltar for an English port in November or December. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Bay of Biscay with the loss of all 30 crew.[16] |
Pallas | Sweden | The brig was driven ashore at Galveston, Texas, United States after 5 October. She was later refloated and taken in to Galveston.[17] |
Petrel | Flag unknown | The whaling schooner capsized in mid-ocean with the loss of all fourteen crew.[18] |
Rookwood | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean in February or March with the loss of all twenty crew. She was on a voyage from New York to London.[19] |
Sarah | United States | The 142-ton two-masted fishing schooner became a total loss in the North Pacific Ocean.[20] |
Uncle Sam | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned between 10 July and 21 August. Her crew were rescued by Queen of Nations ( United Kingdom). Uncle Sam was on a voyage from North Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada to a British port.[21] |
William | United Kingdom | The smack was wrecked on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk. Her twelve crew were rescued by the Caister Lifeboat.[22] |