List of shipwrecks in November 1880

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The list of shipwrecks in November 1880 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during November 1880.

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1 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1880
Ship State Description
Albertus  Germany The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea 60 nautical miles (110 km) off Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the smack Theodosius ( United Kingdom). Albertus was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, United States to Husum.[1]
Alfred and Emma  United Kingdom The ship struck the breakwater at Wick, Caithness. Her crew were rescued.[1]
Aratus  United Kingdom The brigantine was discovered by the steamship Harold ( United Kingdom) and was towed in to Cork in a derelict condition. Aratus was on a voyage from Teignmouth, Devon to Liverpool, Lancashire.[1]
Betsey United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Isle of Man The ship ran aground in Liverpool Bay.[1]
Bicton  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Krantzand, in the Elbe.[1]
Brackenholm  United Kingdom The schooner was run into by the steamship Meredith ( United Kingdom) at Gravesend, Kent and was severely damaged.[2]
Bratsberg  Denmark The barque was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the fishing smack Kate ( United Kingdom). Bratsberg was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Skien.[1]
Catherina Lutgerdina  Netherlands The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Hjørring, Denmark. Her crew were rescued.[3]
Clan Ranald  United Kingdom The steamship was damaged by fire and sank at Port Said, Egypt. She was refloated in late November.[4][5]
Diamond  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Anholt, Denmark. There were at least seven survivors. She was on a voyage from Burntisland, Fife to Copenhagen.[4][6][7] She broke in two on 8 November.[8]
Helios  Norway The brig was driven ashore at "Friborg". She was on a voyage from Vyborg, Grand Duchy of Finland to a French port.[1]
Joanchas  Norway The ship ran aground at Kirkcaldy, Fife, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Sandefjord to Kirkcaldy.[1]
John Bladworth  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Terneuzen, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium.[4] She was refloated the next day and taken in to Terneuzen.[2]
Maria Wohlfahrt  Germany The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 1.5 versts (1.16 nautical miles (2.14 km)) west of Riga, Russia, Her crew were rescued.[1]
Marsilia  France The steamship ran aground and sank off Cape Palos, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Oran, Algeria to Cette, Hérault.[3]
Rescue  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore on Møn, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to a British port.[1]
Sarah Ann United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by the barque Onward ( United Kingdom). Sarah Ann was on a voyage from Guernsey to Runcorn, Cheshire.[1]
Saxon  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Zierikzee, North Holland, Netherlands.[1]
Skandia  Norway The brig was discovered in a sinking condition in the North Sea by the barque Cito ( Norway), which was unable to rescue her crew. Cito lost sight of Skandia at nightfall.[9]
Taffarette  France The barque was wrecked at Hai'an, China. Her crew were rescued.[1]
Vingolf  Norway The barque was abandoned off the Horn Reef, in the Baltic Sea. Six crew were rescued by the barque Kotus (Russian Empire Grand Duchy of Finland), which had to leave five of her crew on board Kotus as the boats they were using were destroyed.[10]
Zwantje  Netherlands The kuff was driven ashore and wrecked at Larvik, Norway. She was on a voyage from Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland to Schiedam, South Holland.[1]

2 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 2 November 1880
Ship State Description
Albert  Germany The brigantine was abandoned in the North Sea, leaking, and presumed foundered. Her crew were rescued by the fishing smack Gladiator ( United Kingdom). Albert was on a voyage from Fowey, Cornwall to Stettin, Germany.[11] (Newspapers also reported name as Alward, later corrected by some.)[12][13]
Alida  Netherlands The kuff was driven ashore and wrecked at Thisted, Denmark.[3]
Bedlormie  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Fjord, Norway. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Flensburg, Germany.[14] She was refloated on 8 November and taken in to Flensburg.[7]
Blitz  Germany The steamship struck the pier at Kolberg, was driven ashore and wrecked. She was on a voyage from Kolberg to Stettin.[3][2]
City of Agra, and
Nepthis 		 United Kingdom The steamship Nepthis ran into the steamship City of Agra at Liverpool, Lancashire. Both vessels were severely damaged. City of Agra was on a voyage from London to Liverpool. Nepthis was on a voyage from Odessa (now Odesa), Russia to Liverpool. Both vessels were taken in to Liverpool[15]
Dinorwic  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Westerplatte, Germany. She was on a voyage from Tornio, Grand Duchy of Finland to Aberdovey, Merionethshire.[2][16]
Fanny  Norway The barque capsized at Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to a Norwegian port.[17][18]
Fortuna  Norway The brig ran aground at Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Skutskär, Sweden to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France.[17][18] She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark in a severely damaged condition.[18]
Lisette  Germany The schooner was driven ashore west of Swinemünde. She was on a voyage from Reval, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[3][2]
Perle  Germany The brig was driven ashore at Copenhagen.[2]
Pinta  United Kingdom The schooner, which had been ashore, was beached at Whitstable, Kent as she was severely leaky.[2]
Tamana  United Kingdom The barque caught fire on 2 November off the coast of the Aceh Sultanate, Sumatra, on a voyage from Greenock to Singapore with coal. She was abandoned afloat on 5 November, and her crew taken aboard the man-of-war Curacoa ( Royal Netherlands Navy). Tamana, drifting on fire, was picked up by the steamer Devonhurst ( United Kingdom) and put ashore at Olehleh, where she burned out.[7][19]
Thomas  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the Woodside Landing Stage and was severely damaged. She was beached at Tranmere, Cheshire.[15]
Tyr  Sweden The schooner was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure to Drontheim, Norway. She was refloated and put in to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[18]

3 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1880
Ship State Description
Adelina United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The schooner, which had been on a voyage from Blanc-Sablon, Quebec, Canada to the Strait of Belle Isle, was discovered derelict by Assyrian (Canada) Canada, which put some of her crew on board. They took Adelina in to Queenstown, County Cork.[12][20]
Alert  Germany The steamship ran aground at Trelleborg, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Reval, Russia. She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark.[17]
Aurora  Denmark The schooner collided with the brig Broderschap ( Netherlands) and foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. Aurora was on a voyage from an English port to Odense.[7]
Elizabeth  Denmark The schooner was driven ashore at Gudhjem, Bornholm. She was on a voyage from Reval to Gothenburg, Sweden.[17][18]
Florist  United Kingdom The ship sank at Port-en-Bessin, Calvados, France. She was declared a total loss.[21]
Margaret Hain  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at "Catacola", Greece.[21] She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[22]
Mercury  United Kingdom The steamship foundered off Ouessant, Finistère with the loss of six of the seventeen people on board. Survivors were rescued by the steamship Iberia ( United Kingdom). Mercury was on a voyage from Youghal, County Cork to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[23]
Midelven  Norway The brig ran aground in Køge Bay. She was on a voyage from Skutskär, Sweden to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark in a leaky condition.[17]
Nimrod  United Kingdom The yacht was wrecked at Zierikzee, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dieppe to Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands.[17]
Ottilie  Germany The barque caught fire and was abandoned in the North Sea. She was discovered derelict by the smack Francis Scott ( United Kingdom), which towed her in to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[21][24]
Scindian  United Kingdom The convict ship sank in the Tyrrhenian Sea off Rio Marina, Elba, Italy, with the loss of six lives. Eight people were rescued.[25]
Syster  Sweden The ship was towed in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom in a derelict condition. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[21]

4 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1880
Ship State Description
Alice James  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned off Cherbourg, Manche, France. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Honfleur, Manche. She was towed in to Cherbourg.[26]
Berlin  United Kingdom The barque sprang a leak and was beached at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[21]
Catherina II  Russia The steamship was driven ashore at Kastrup, Denmark.[21] She was refloated with assistance the next day and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark.[14]
Columbine  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Hittarp, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Stettin, Germany.[27][26] She was refloated with assistance on 6 November.[14]
Comte de Hainaut  Belgium The steamship ran aground at Bordeaux, Gironde, France. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Bordeaux.[22]
Fitzjames  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Scullmartin Rock, off the coast of County Down. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Genoa, Italy.[21] She was refloated on 7 November and towed in to Drogheda, County Louth.[7]
Harlequin, and
Mathilde 		 United Kingdom
 Germany 		The steamship Harlequin collided with the schooner Mathilde and sank in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Gibraltar ( Sweden). Harlequin was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Königsberg. Mathilde was on a voyage from Memel to Hull, Yorkshire. She put in to Dragør, Denmark in a leaky condition.[21]
Niord Flag unknown The abandoned schooner was towed in to Copenhagen, Denmark by the steamship Wilhelm ( Germany).[22]
Prima  Norway The barque ran aground on the Middelgrunden. She was on a voyage from Kramfors, Sweden to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated and put in to Copenhagen.[22]
Saga  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Pärnu, Russia.[22]
Sidon  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Hannon's Point, Ottoman Empire.[27] She was refloated on 6 November with assistance from the steamship Retriever ( Ottoman Empire) and taken in to Gallipoli.[28][14]
Twee Gezusters Flag unknown The ship sank in the North Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) north east of Dunkerque, Nord. France.[7]

5 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1880
Ship State Description
Alrune  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Porkkalainnen, Grand Duchy of Finland. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[12][29]
Boudish  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Memel, Germany to Leith, Lothian.[14]
Dolores  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the West Burra Firth, Shetland Islands and was wrecked.[27][30]
Falcon  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam to Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated.[22]
Goudvisch Flag unknown The schooner was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Klaipėda, Germany to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom.[31]
Henry Palmer  United Kingdom The ship departed from Quebec City, Canada for Swansea, Glamorgan. No further trace, reported missing.[32]
Jupiter  France The lighter sank in the Gironde. She was on a voyage from Pauillac to Bordeaux, Gironde.[31]
Leopold  France The steamship sank at Le Conquet, Finistère. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Roscoff, Finistère. She was refloated.[33]
Marie  Sweden The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Tolbøl, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Trellebørg.[34]
Pilot  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Mangerton ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent. Her crew were rescued. Pilot was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London. She was refloated on 11 November and beached.[35][31]
Princess  Denmark The schooner was driven ashore on Skagen. She was on a voyage from Charlestown, Cornwall, United Kingdom to Korsør.[27]
Riversdale  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Bristol Channel off the coast of Somerset. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Avonmouth, Somerset.[27] She was refloated and taken in to Avonmouth.[14]
Topaz  United Kingdom The steamship caught fire at sea. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. The fire had been extinguished by 7 November.[36]
Von Haydon  Germany The brig foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the smack Prince Charlie ( United Kingdom).[24] Von Heydon was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Memel.[14]
Unnamed  Spain The felucca was run down and sunk by the steamship Goa ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued.[27][22]

6 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1880
Ship State Description
Adolphe  France The ship struck a rock off the coast of Chile and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Valparaíso, Chile.[20]
Barent  Netherlands The ship ran aground on the Anholt Reef, in the Baltic Sea.[7]
Carlo  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Danube downstream of Gorgova, United Principalities.[29]
Clara  United States The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony.[37]
Columba  Russia The ship was wrecked at East London, Cape Colony. Her crew survived.[37][38]
Emily Burnyeat  United Kingdom The brigantine ran aground on the Winterton Ridge, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Limerick. She was refloated and towed in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a leaky condition.[14]
Hendrika Grietje Almina  Germany The schooner was driven ashore at Hela. She was reported to have been on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Cronstadt, Russia. She was refloated and taken in to Dantzig in a leaky condition.[14]
Hope  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at East London. Her crew survived.[37][38]
John  Russia The schooner was run into by the steamship Emerald ( United Kingdom) and was driven into the schooner Christopher ( Denmark) in the River Mersey. She was consequently beached.[36]
Lady Pryce  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in Mossel Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Mossel Bay.[37][38]
Marie  Sweden The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Thisted, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Trelleborg.[12][28]
Mary Ellis  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to Portsmouth, Hampshire. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent in a leaky condition.[14]
Progress, and
an unnamed vessel 		 United Kingdom A sloop was run down and sunk by the steamship Progress, which was severely damaged at the bow. Progress put in to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[29]
Regulator  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Estreito. She was on a voyage from the Rio Grande to Portog Alegre, Brazil. She was refloated.[14]
Rhode Island  United States The passenger ship, a sidewheel paddle steamer, was wrecked on rocks in Narragansett Bay 200 feet (61 m) off Bonnet Point, Narragansett, Rhode Island. Her wreck settled in 10 to 20 feet (3.0 to 6.1 m) of water at 41°28′12″N 071°25′06″W / 41.47000°N 71.41833°W / 41.47000; -71.41833 (Rhode Island). Her steam engine, boiler, and most of her cargo were salvaged soon afterwards.[39]
Starbeam  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at East London. Her crew survived.[37][38]
Swan  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her sixteen crew were rescued by the Caister Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Newcastle upon Tyne. She was refloated and towed in to Harwich, Essex with the assistance of two tugs and two lifeboats.[12][40][41][14]
Unity  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Bideford, Devon. She was on a voyage from Porthcawl, Glamorgan to Bideford.[12][28]
Zealand Canada Canada The steamship departed from Ottawa, Ontario for Montreal, Quebec. Presumed foundered with the loss of all sixteen crew.[42] Wreckage from the ship washed ashore.[43]

7 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1880
Ship State Description
Ardoe  United Kingdom The steamship caught fire at Rotherhithe, Surrey. The fire was extinguished,[36] but she was severely damaged aft.[7]
Arnevig  Sweden The ship was lost. She was on a voyageb from Fécamp, Seine-Inférieure, France to Gothenburg.[8]
Beata  Sweden The capsized ship was discovered in the North Sea. She was beached at Horsey, Norfolk, United Kingdom.[29][33]
Betty Storrer  United States The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Cosilda ( United Kingdom). Betty Storrer was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to New York.[44]
Gannet  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Maassluis, South Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Rotterdam, South Holland.[29]
John  United Kingdom The schooner was run into by the steamship Emerald ( United Kingdom) at Sunderland, County Durham. Both vessels then collided with the schooner Christopher ( Denmark). John became leaky and was consequently beached.[25]
Kingston  United Kingdom The steamship put in to São Miguel Island, Azores on fire. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. The fire was extinguished but she was severely damaged.[29][33]
Melida  Germany The steamship departed from Stettin for Riga, Russia. No further trace, reported missing.[45]
Neptune  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Mantles Rocks.[46] She was on a voyage from Galway to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. She was refloated, found to be severely leaky and was beached.[40] She was refloated and taken in to Galway for temporary repairs.[47]
Rokeby  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Port Saind, Egypt. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Port Said. She was refloated and taken in to Port Said.[29]
Samarang  United Kingdom The ship collided with the steamship Germanic ( United Kingdom off Sandy Hook, New Jersey United States and was beached. Samarang was on a voytage from New York, United States to Sharpness, Gloucestershire.[29]
Sandringham  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Cape Henry, Virginia, United States. She was on a voyage from Galveston, Texas, United States to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[48][7] She was refloated and taken in to Norfolk, Virginia.[47]
Savoir Faire  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the River Mersey between Monks Ferry and Tranmere, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Calcutta, India. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[7]

8 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 8 November 1880
Ship State Description
Ada  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Cleveleys, Lancashire.[40] Her four crew having previously been taken off by the Ramsey Lifeboat.[41]
Alida  Netherlands The kuff was driven ashore on Texel, North Holland. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Harlingen, Friesland.[40] She was refloated on 12 November.[8]
Anna  United Kingdom The abandoned schooner was towed in to Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium.[7]
Caros  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Lady Isle, in the Firth of Clyde. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Belfast, County Antrim.[20]
Drama  Austria-Hungary The barque was driven ashore at Port Natal, Natal Colony. Her crew were rescued.[7]
Enterprise  France The brig was driven ashore at Lyngby, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Memel, Germany to Gothenburg, Sweden. She was a total loss.[20][29]
Garnet  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Maassluis, South Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Rotterdam, South Holland.[40] She was refloated.[7]
Istlowen  Norway The barque collided with another vessel and ran aground at Hasslö, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Porvoo, Grand Duchy of Finland to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. She was refloated.[40]
Lufra  Norway The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her eleven crew were rescued by the barquentine Guiseppe ( Italy). Lufra was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom to Wilmington, North Carolina, United States.[49][50]
Majestas  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Merlimont, Pas-de-Calais, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Gravesend, Kent.[40]
Melia  Norway The brig was driven ashore and sank at Laurvig.[51]
Neptune  Germany The schooner was driven ashore and severely damaged west of Dunkerque, Nord, France.[33]
Orvar Odd  Norway The brig was towed in to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom in a derelict condition.[7]
Pampa  Italy The steamship caught fire at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was a total loss.[20][29]
Silver Craig  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Cabo Polonio, Uruguay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Montevideo, Uruguay.[20] She was declared a total loss,[52] but was subsequently towed in to Maldonado, Uruguay in a severely leaky condition.[53][54]

9 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 9 November 1880
Ship State Description
Allida Antonia  Netherlands The kuff was driven ashore at Nexø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Libava, Courland Governorate to Schiedam, South Holland. She was a total loss.[20]
Bell and Mary  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Barnhourie Bank, in the Water of Urr, and was wrecked. Her four crew survived. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Port William, Wigtownshire.[20][33][55]
Eckersberg  Norway The ship was abandoned off Sylt, Germany.[33]
George  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked 10 nautical miles (19 km) north west of Dénia, Spain with the loss of her captain from her five crew. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Montevideo, Uruguay.[20][56]
Louisa Fletcher  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Beloogyden Channel. She was refloated.[57]
Luigia Raffo  Italy The barque was towed in to Bône, Algeria in a sinking condition by the steamship Robert Ingham ( United Kingdom). Luigia Raffo was on a voyage from Trapani, Sicily to Rangoon, Burma.[58]
Maria Antoinetta  Netherlands The ship was wrecked at Delfzijl, Groningen. She was on a voyage from Libava, Courland Governorate to Schiedam, South Holland.[53]
Speculation  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore north of the mouth of the River Eden, Fife.[20]
Ulla  Norway The ship was wrecked on Sylt, Germany.[52]

10 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 10 November 1880
Ship State Description
Ballogie  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground and lost her propeller. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Aberdeen. She was refloated and towed in to Copenhagen, Denmark.[53]
Lady Darling  New South Wales The steamship struck a rock and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Newcastle.[59]
Leading Star  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Umzimkulu River. She was on a voyage from Christiania, Norway to Durban, Natal Colony.[44]
Lively  United Kingdom The brig foundered in the North Sea off Schouwen, Zeeland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued by Belgian fishermen.[48][60]
Louisa Ann Fanny  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sandhammer, Norway with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Liverpool, Lancashire.[20]

11 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1880
Ship State Description
Aleida Maria  Netherlands The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Lemvig, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Nyland, Sweden to the Nieuwe Diep.[35][60]
Caedmon  United Kingdom The steamship struck a submerged object at Dover, Kent and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Galaţi, United Principalities to Antwerp, Belgium.[44] Temporary repairs were made before she resumed her voyage.[61]
Formosa  United States The ship was driven ashore in the Squan Inlet.[44] She was on a voyage from New York to Charleston, South Carolina.[60] She subsequently became a wreck.[62]
Gloster  United Kingdom The barque ran aground off Bornholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Vyborg, Grand Duchy of Finland to Gloucester. She was refloated and towed in to Copenhagen, Denmark in a leaky condition.[53]
Johanna Flag unknown The schooner was driven ashore near Ventava, Courland Governorate.[44]
Miramar  Austria-Hungary The steamship ran aground on the Basile Rocks, near the Punta Bianchi Lighthouse. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ancona, Italy to Fiume. Attempts to refloat her failed and she was declared a total loss.[50][63]
Name unknown Flag unknown The schooner ran aground on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom.[35]
Name unknown Haiti Haiti The lighter sank at Cap-Haïtien.[64]

12 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1880
Ship State Description
Cowslip  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Carr Briggs, off the coast of Fife. She was refloated.[61]
Edward Burton  United States The ship was destroyed by fire at Gonaïves, Haiti. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Miragôane, Haiti.[65]
Emma  France The schooner was wrecked on the Tuskar Rock. Her crew were rescued.[8]
Joseph Ricketts, and
Libra 		 United Kingdom The steamships collided in the River Thames at Northfleet, Kent and were severely damaged. Libra was on a voyage from Deptford, Kent to Hamburg. She put back to Deptford and was beached.[61][66]
Linda  Russia The barque was driven ashore at "Holmetunge", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Kotka, Grand Duchy of Finland to Bordeaux, Gironde.[44][61] She was later refloated with assistance.[67]
Mary Ellen  United Kingdom The Mersey Flat sank in the River Mersey at Liverpool, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued.[9][8]
Squale United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey The schooner collided with the steamship Silesia ( Germany) and sank in the English Channel 12 nautical miles (22 km) south of Beachy Head, Sussex. Her three crew survived. Squale was on a voyage from Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France to London.[68]
Undaunted United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey The brig was driven ashore on Heligoland. She was on a voyage from Curaçao, Curaçao and Dependencies to Hamburg. She was refloated with the assistance of a steamship but consequently foundered. Her crew were rescued.[69]
Uno  Norway The barque was driven ashore and severely damaged at Audresselles, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Hamburg.[61]

13 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 13 November 1880
Ship State Description
Alabama  Sweden The barque was driven ashore at "Trosnas", Öland.[9]
Balder  Germany The steamship was driven ashore at "Dragenas", Sweden.[70]
Carn Brea  United Kingdom The barque was sighted off Dungeness, Kent whilst on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Belfast, County Antrim. No further trace,.[45] reported missing.[71]
Charlotte United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The smack ran aground on the Mouse Sand, in the North Sea and was holed by her anchor. She was abandoned the next day and sank. She was on a voyage from Roscoff, Finistère, France to London.[72][73]
Little Nell  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground off Islandmagee, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Newcastle upon Tyne. She was refloated on 15 November and resumed her voyage.[74][75]
Squale  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the steamship Silesia ( Germany) and sank at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. Squale was on a voyage from Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France to London.[76]

14 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1880
Ship State Description
Ada  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was driven ashore near Ramsey, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued by the Ramsey Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Ramsey to Runcorn, Cheshire.[74][77]
Algitha  United Kingdom Fire was discovered in the steamship's cotton cargo on 14 November while on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. She diverted to Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony, 500 nautical miles (930 km) away, arriving on 25 November.[78][79] The fire was extinguished, and Algitha resumed her voyage on 7 December.[80][81]
Ami  United Kingdom The brig foundered in the North Sea off Goeree, Zeeland, Netherlands with the loss of all hands.[37][76][82]
Blink Bonnie  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Macharioch, on the Mull of Kintyre, Argyllshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Irvine, Ayrshire to Londonderry.[83]
Boston Packet  United Kingdom The schooner was driven against the quayside and sank at Rosslare Harbour, County Wexford. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Rosslare Harbour.[9]
Champion  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (45°43′N 31°15′W / 45.717°N 31.250°W / 45.717; -31.250). Her eighteen crew were rescued by the barque Eliza ( Spain). Champion was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada to the Clyde.[84][65]
Galatea  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 120 nautical miles (220 km) south west of Cape Clear Island, County Cork. Eight of her 29 crew managed to take to the lifeboat; they were rescued by the barque Brilliant ( Norway). Galatea was on a voyage from Birkenhead, Cheshire to Bombay, India.[85]
Sumatra  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Brindisi, Italy avoiding a collision with the brig St. Catello ( Italy). Sumatra was refloated with assistance from the ironclad Palestro ( Regia Marina).[86][58]

15 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 15 November 1880
Ship State Description
Aldborough  United Kingdom The ship caught fire in the East India Dock, London and was severely damaged.[87][83]
Agnes M. Gordon  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Arkona, Rügen, Germany. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stettin, Germany to Sunderland, County Durham.[83][88]
Charlotte  United Kingdom The yacht was driven ashore at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.[48]
Constitution  Norway The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Betsiamis, Quebec, Canada.[78]
Convenuti  Italy The barque was driven ashore on Goeree, Zeeland, Netherlands and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[9][67]
Dr. Kniep  Germany The brig struck a sunken wreck off Domesnes, Courland Governorate. She was towed in to Riga, Russia in a waterlogged condition by the steamship Oscar ( United Kingdom).[9]
Eleanor  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the Irish Sea off Douglas, Isle of Man with the loss of all eight hands.[72][89]
Elizabeth United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Isle of Man The fishing smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Garlieston, Wigtownshire.[48]
Francesco Picasso  Italy The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Batumi, Russia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Poti, Russia to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[83]
George and Francis  United Kingdom The Thames barge was run into by the steamship John Johansson (Flag unknown) and sank in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent.[9]
George Brown  United Kingdom The hopper barge was driven ashore at Milford Haven.[48]
Hanna Flag unknown The brig ran aground at Porkkalanniemi, Grand Duchy of Finland. She was on a voygae from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland.[46]
Lübeck  Germany The schooner foundered in the Baltic Sea with the loss of four of her crew.[46]
Maurice Gautier  France The schooner was driven ashore at the Point de Coubre, Charente-Inférieure, France.[58]
Morecambe Belle  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the Irish Sea off Douglas with the loss of all eight hands.[89]
Osprey  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked on Düne, Heligoland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Vegesack, Germany.[9][74]
Queen  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned off Porthdinllaen, Caernarfonshire. Her three crew were rescued by the Porthdinllaen Lifeboat George Moore ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Queen was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Caernarfon.[48]
Seven Sisters  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and damaged at Milford Haven. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[48][47]
Stephenson  Germany The ship was driven ashore at Emden. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Termunterzijl, Groningen, Netherlands.[46]
Sylph  United Kingdom The sloop ran into the schooner Clara Felicia ( United Kingdom) and sank off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. Sylph was on a voyage from Colchester, Essex to Goole, Yorkshire.[9]
Three unnamed vessels  United Kingdom The hopper barges were driven ashore at Milford Haven.[48]

16 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1880
Ship State Description
Aldebaran  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at "Salvoret", Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall, Sweden to Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex.[48][47]
Alfred  Germany The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Salacia ( United Kingdom). Alfred was on a voyage from Richibucto, New Brunswick, Canada to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[90]
Alfredo, and
Foscolo 		Romania United Principalities The lighters collided in the Danube and both sank at the stern.[51]
Alice  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Patch Sands, in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Bandon, County Cork. She was refloated and beached at Tenby, Pembrokeshire.[48][47]
Brothers  United Kingdom The brigantine foundered in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dublin.[72][51]
Edward  United Kingdom The smack sank at Ilfracombe, Devon. Her crew were rescued by a gig.[72][73]
Edgar Cecil  United Kingdom The barque sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Carmela ( Austria-Hungary). Edgar Cecil was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[48][91]
Eldorado  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak off the Point of Ayre, Isle of Man. She was consequently beached at Donaghadee, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Belfast, County Antrim.[72]
Elizabeth United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Isle of Man The smack was driven ashore and wrecked on the Isle of Whithorn, Wigtownshire.[46]
Fortune  United Kingdom The brigantine ran aground at Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire and broke her back. She was on a voyage from Fleetwood, Lancashire to Belfast, County Antrim.[48][47]
Glenavon  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Portland, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was refloated with assistance from the steamship Prince ( United Kingdom) and taken in to Weymouth, Dorset.[47][46]
Jane Butcher  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore at Dunvegan, Isle of Skye, Outer Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Kingstown, County Dublin to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[72]
John Austen  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Jersey, Channel Islands.[92]
Kingfisher  United Kingdom The Thames barge capsized and sank in the River Thames at Barking, Essex. Her crew survived.[48]
Little Nell  United Kingdom The ship foundered south east of the Barra Head Lighthouse, Outer Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[78]
Marshall  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at Thurso, Caithness and was run into by the schooner Barrowgill Castle ( United Kingdom).[89]
Queen of the Isles  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in Porthdinllaen Bay. Her three crew were rescued by the Porthdinllaen Lifeboat George Moore ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Queen of the Isles was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Caernarfon.[41][47]
Ringdove  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and sank with the loss of a crew member.[48][89] Seventeen survivors were rescued by the Caister Lifeboat.[41]
Rio de la Plata Flag unknown The ship was wrecked on the Île de Groix, Morbihan, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Rochefort, Charente-Inférieure, France.[72]
Robert Bruce  United Kingdom The tug foundered in the Bristol Channel off Nash Point, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued by a pilot boat.[72]
Speedwell  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Angus Rock, off the coast of County Down, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Londonderry.[48][72]
Stockbridge  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Queenstown, County Cork.[93] Her 25 crew were rescued by the barque Monte Tabor ( Italy). Stockbridge was on a voyage from Liverpool to Calcutta, India.[85][94]
Trientje  Netherlands The galiot was driven ashore and wrecked at Waren, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rochester, Kent to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom.[72][95]
Ulloa  Spain The steamship was damaged by fire at London, United Kingdom.[48]
Unity  United Kingdom The smack collided with the tug Earl of Windsor ( United Kingdom) and sank off the Breaksea Lightship ( Trinity House). Her crew were rescued by Earl of Windsor.[89] Unity was on a voyage from Penarth, Glamorgan to Barnstaple, Devon.[96]
Viking  United Kingdom The steamship was severely damaged by fire at Dublin.[95][97]
Unnamed Flag unknown The schooner ran aground on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk.[89]

17 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1880
Ship State Description
Ailsa  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked at St. Govan's Head, Pembrokeshire with the loss of all 27 people on board.[98][95][85][99] She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[100]
Bove  Norway The schooner was driven ashore at Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[72] She was refloated with the assistance of the steamship Express ( United Kingdom).[73][99]
Industria  Portugal The brig was wrecked on Terceira Island, Azores. Her crew were rescued.[51]
Jessie  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Fort William, Inverness-shire. She was on a voyage from Carrickfergus, County Antrim to Cockenzie, Fife.[97]
Lord Sandon Trinity House The steamship ran aground on the Great Basses Reef, off the coast of Ceylon and sank.[101]

18 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1880
Ship State Description
Ägir (or Aegir)  Sweden The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in a gale off Björkö island, Gulf of Finland on a voyage to Cronstadt; the crew were saved.[102][103]
Araby Maid  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Kingsdown, Kent with the loss of one life. Survivors were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Gravesend, Kent to Otago, New Zealand.[23] She was refloated with the assistance of a tug on 3 December.[104]
Fides  Germany The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Fraternitas ( Norway). Fides was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Bremen.[105][5]
Emma  Germany The brig was driven ashore at East London, Cape Colony. Her crew were rescued.[106]
Heptarchy  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the River Avon. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily, Italy to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[62]
Louisa  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Sablonceaux, Charente-Inférieure, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Porthcawl, Glamorgan to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[65]
Opobo Flag unknown The steamship struck the Balaur Rock, off Bonny, Africa. She was taken in to Opobo Lagos Colony the next day and beached.[59]

19 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1880
Ship State Description
Anna Elise  Netherlands The ship struck a sunken wreck and foundered 6 nautical miles (11 km) off the English coast. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dantzic, Germany to Brussels, West Flanders, Belgium.[107]
Arklow  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Kimmeridge Ledge, in the English Channel off the coast of Dorset. All on board reached the shore. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Southampton, Hampshire. She was declared a total loss.[62][94]
Bee  United States The boat was lost on Eastern Point. Her crew were rescued.[108]
Brenda  United Kingdom The brigantine ran aground off Lighthouse Point, Prince Edward Island, Canada. She was on a voyage from Summerside, Prince Edward Island to Plymouth, Devon. She was refloated.[54]
Britannia  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Laugharne, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued.[109]
Jarvis Lord  United States The steamship struck an object in Lake Erie and was beached on Turtle Island. She was on a voyage from Toledo, Ohio to Buffalo, New York. She was refloated on 25 November and towed to Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada by the steamship Garland (Flag unknown).
Nautilus  Germany The barque was driven against the quayside and damaged at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.[62]
Peppina Luiga  Austria-Hungary The brig was wrecked near "Rogosniza". Her cre were rescued. She was on a voyage from Fiume to Cette, Hérault, France.[110]
St. Joseph  France The ship was driven ashoreat Salthouse, Norfolk, United Kingdom. She subsequently became a wreck.[109]
Vestnik  Imperial Russian Navy The gunboat broke from her moorings and was damaged at Havre de Grâce.[62]
Vigilant  United Kingdom The fishing trawler was run down and sunk off off "Barley" by the steamship City of Dublin with the loss of two of her crew.[70]
Unnamed Flag unknown The schooner capsized off Ingoldmells, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. She was subsequently driven through Skegness Pier and came ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Skegness, Lincolnshire.[109]
Two unnamed vessels Flags unknown The barques broke from their moorings and were damaged at Havre de Grâce.[62]

20 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1880
Ship State Description
Albert Celine  France The ketch was driven ashore at Lydden Spout, Kent, United Kingdom.[62] She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[70]
Alf  Norway The barque, inward from Baltimore, Maryland, ran aground on the Kish Bank, in the Irish Sea. She was refloated by the tugs Flying Dutchman and Toiler (both  United Kingdom) and towed in to Dublin, leaking.[109][111]
Albicore  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at the mouth of the River Carron. She was refloated.[62]
Andalusia  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at the mouth of the River Carron. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Middlesbrough.[62] She was refloated on 29 November and resumed her voyage.[80]
Carron  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at the mouth of the River Carron. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth to London. She was refloated.[62]
Cornucopia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Santoña, Spain. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Newport, Monmouthshire.[62]
Frederic  Sweden The barque ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her crew were rescued by the Ramsgate Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Kalix to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[62]
Germania  Germany The schooner was driven ashore at Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to the Rio Grande. She was refloated and assisted in to Margate in a leaky condition by HMRC Adder ( Board of Customs).[62]
Glencoe  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at the mouth of the River Carron. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth to Middlesbrough.[62] She was refloated on 29 November and resumed her voyage.[80]
Hampshire  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Red Sea. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Bombay, India. She was refloated and put in to Port Said, Egypt, where she arrived on 24 November.[112]
Juan  United Kingdom The ship was damaged by fire at Alexandria, Egypt.[109][112]
Sleipner  Denmark The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Thisted with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham and/or Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom to Copenhagen.[62][70]
Venskabet  Norway The barque ran aground at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from the Canada to Gibraltar.[62]

21 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1880
Ship State Description
Alice  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Batavia in the River Mersey and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Pernambuco, Brazil. She put back to Liverpool.[62][94]
Crusader  United Kingdom The tug was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitburn, County Durham.[109] Her eight crew were rescued the next day by the Whitburn Lifeboat.[84][41] Crusader was refloated on 29 November with assistance from the tugs Ariel and Hetton (both  United Kingdom) and was towed in to the River Wear.[113]
Hugh Sleigh  United Kingdom The steamship sank at Ytterøy, Norway.[84][114] Her twenty crew were rescued.[115] She was later refloated and taken in to Drontheim.[116]
Marie  Germany The galiot was driven ashore and wrecked on Heligoland. She was on a voyage from Vardøe, Norway to Hamburg.[109]
Ottawa  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked at Cape à la Roche, Quebec, Canada. All on board survived. She was on the return leg of her maiden voyage, from Montreal, Quebec to Liverpool, Lancashire.[117][118][105] She was later refloated and towed in to Murray Bay, Quebec.[119]
Retriever  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked at New Harbour, Maine, United States. She was on a voyage from Madeira to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada.[120]

22 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1880
Ship State Description
Adolph  Germany The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Bolderāja, Russia. Her crew were rescued.[107]
Alpha  United Kingdom The smack was wrecked on the Ridge Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Greenhithe, Kent to Wivenhoe, Essex.[90]
Aptery  United Kingdom The smack collided with the steamship Palma ( United Kingdom) in the North Sea and was severely damaged. Aptery was towed in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk by the tug Meteor ( United Kingdom).[114]
Bob and Harry  United Kingdom The steam wherry collided with the steamship Earl Percy ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Tyne.[121]
Bristolian  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Anticosti Island, Nova Scotia, Canada with the loss of four of her thirteen crew. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[105][122][123] She subsequently became a wreck.[124]
Bulla United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The schooner was driven ashore in Wexford Lough. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. Bulla was on a voyage from Ship Harbour, Newfoundland Colony to Queenstown, County Cork.[118] She was refloated on 14 December.[125]
Catharina  Netherlands The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Ameland, Friesland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Delfzijl, Groningen.[109][126]
Dunnottar Castle  United Kingdom The ship caught fire and was scuttled in the Hooghly River at Chittagong, India.[109] She was later refloated.[5]
Han Yang, and
Kungho 		Hong Kong Hong Kong
 China 		The steamships collided at Hong Kong. Both vessels sank.[118][107]
Jane Canada Canada The barque was beached at Redcar, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.[121] She broke in two later that day. All eighteen people on board were rescued by the Redcar Lifeboat Emma ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[127]
Kranewitz  Germany The barque was driven ashore and wrecked near Bolderāja.[107]
Neutral  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Helsingør, Denmark.[109]
Nile  United Kingdom The ship capsized in the Atlantic Ocean with some loss of life. Survivors were rescued by the steamship Amsterdam ( Netherlands). Nile was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[128][129]
Oscar  United Kingdom The ship collided with a steamship in the English Channel 8 nautical miles (15 km) west south west of The Lizard, Cornwall and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to Dunkerque, Nord, France. She put in to Falmouth, Cornwall the next day.[114]
Plutus  Netherlands The brig was driven ashore and wrecked near Bolderāja.[107]
Susan  United Kingdom The wherry was driven ashore near Troon, Ayrshire.[107]

23 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1880
Ship State Description
Bridgewater  United States The ship was driven from her moorings and ran aground at Quebec City, Canada.[107] She was refloated with assistance.[65]
Crystal Spring  United Kingdom The vessel struck a submerged object and sank in the Bristol Channel off Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset. Both crew survived. She was refloated and beached in a severely damaged condition.[130]
Fiado  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Dardanelles at "Nagara". She was on a voyage from Taganrog, Russia to Malta. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[131]
Goa  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the River Ouse. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Goole, Yorkshire. She was refloated and completed her voyage.[107]
Jane Canada Canada The barque ran aground in the River Tees. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk, United Kingdom to the River Tees.[132]
Julie  United Kingdom The ship was sunk by ice in the Baltic Sea.[119]
Macedonia  United Kingdom The ship capsized with the loss of nine of her crew.[133]
Prins Gustav  Norway The schooner was severely damaged by ice in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland to Louvain, Flemish Brabrant, Belgium. She put in to Copenhagen, Denmark for repairs.[114]
Reata  United Kingdom The brigantine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (48°40′N 22°05′W / 48.667°N 22.083°W / 48.667; -22.083). Her crew were rescued by the brig Beagle ( United Kingdom). Reata was on a voyage from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada to Liverpool, Lancashire.[134]
Roelfina  Germany The ship sank in the Weser. Her crew were rescued.[65]
Tartar  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her eight crew were rescued by the Flamborough Lifeboat.[41][90][65] She was refloated on 30 November and taken in to Bridlington.[112]
Texel  Netherlands The schooner was abandoned off Heligoland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage form Riga, Russia to Delfzijl, Groningen.[107]
Unnamed Flag unknown The brig ran aground on the Nore. She was refloated.[114]
Three unnamed vessels Ottoman Empire Egypt The lighters sank at Alexandria.[80]

24 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1880
Ship State Description
Charlotte  Germany The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Heligoland. Her crew were rescued.[90]
Hispatia, or
Hispalis 		 Spain The steamship ran aground at Bilbao.[90] She was a total loss.[104]
Immanuel  Germany The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Heligoland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Eider to the Elbe.[90]
Jeune Albert  France The lighter sank in the Gironde at Pauillac, Gironde.[80]
John A. Harvie Canada Canada The barque was driven ashore at Tacumshane, County Wexford, United Kingdom.[50][78] All nineteen people on board were rescued by the Carnsore Lifeboat Iris ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[41][135][136]
Lord Byron  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Maassluis, South Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Rotterdam, South Holland. She was refloated.[90]
Madeline  United Kingdom The steamship ran ashore and was wrecked between Boulby and Staithes, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by the Staithes Lifeboat. Madeleine was on a voyage from Dantzic, Germany to Grimsby, Lincolnshire. She was refloated on 29 November and towed in to Hartlepool, County Durham by four tugs.[84][65]
Marie  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground between Landskrona and Malmö, Sweden. She was on a voyage from London to Stettin, Germany. She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark.[78]
Mavis  United Kingdom The steamship struck the Cherdonnière Rock off the mouth of the Gironde and sank with the loss of two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Galtean ( France). Mavis was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[137][84][50]
Mendora  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 100 nautical miles (190 km) off Cape Clear Island, County Cork. Twelve of her eighteen crew were rescued by the barque Matheron ( United Kingdom).[138] The rest were rescued by the steamship Scotland ( United Kingdom). Mendora was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to the Clyde.[139]
Mogul  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Sardinian ( United Kingdom). Mogul was on a voyage from Quebec City to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[140][106]
Nairs  United Kingdom The steamship struck the Chardounière Rocks, off the Île d'Oléron, Charente-Inférieure, France and foundered with the loss of two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Galtean (Flag unknown).[141]
New York  United Kingdom The Thames barge was run into by the steamship Progress ( United Kingdom) at Woolwich, Kent and was beached.[50]
Oncle Joseph, and
Ortigia 		 France
 Italy 		The steamship Oncle Joseph collided with the steamship Ortigia and sank off La Spezia with the loss of 239 of the 297 people on board.[142][84][143] Oncle Joseph was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to La Spezia. Ortigia was on a voyage from Genoa to La Spezia. Severely damaged, she put in to Livorno.[141][144]
Simcoe  United Kingdom The steamship foundered in Lake Huron with the loss of twelve of her seventeen crew.[145][146][147]
Trafik  Norway The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Mary A. Chapman (Canada Canada). Trafik was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Arendal.[148][149]
Unnamed  Norway The barque ran aground on the Swallow Bank, off Littlestone-on-Sea, Kent.[50]

25 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 25 November 1880
Ship State Description
Annie Louise  United States The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Stralsund, Germany. She was refloated and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark.[119]
Arion  Norway The schooner was driven ashore at Rasvåg. She was on a voyage from Wick, Caithness, United Kingdom to Risør.[119] She was refloated on 16 December and taken in to Risør.[129]
Atlas  Germany The barque was driven ashore at Atherfield, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom and broke her back. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Papenburg.[150][119]
Barnesmore  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Danube. She was refloated.[78]
Caledonian  United Kingdom The crewless schooner foundered off Red Bay, County Antrim.[105][5]
Eclipse  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore at "Knockrome", in the Small Isles, Argyllshire.[80]
Elena Cordona  Italy The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on Coll, Inner Hebrides, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire, United Kingdom to Demerara, British Guiana.[112]
Florida United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The schooner was run down and sunk off Saint-Nazaire, Ille-et-Vilaine, France by Charles Goddard ( United Kingdom) with the loss of two of her crew. Florida was on a voyage from "Moricq" to Swansea, Glamorgan.[78][151]
G. F. Haendal  Germany The ship arrived at Stanley, Falkland Islands on fire. She burnt down to the waterline. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Honolulu, Kingdom of Hawaii.[152][153]
Haab  Netherlands The barque was driven ashore at Littlestone-on-Sea, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from New York to Rotterdam, South Holland. She was refloated and assisted in to Dover, Kent.[119]
Isabella  United Kingdom The ketch was driven ashore and wrecked at Redcar, Yorkshire.[50]
Lindesnaes  Russia The ship was driven ashore at Goeree, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[119]
Mabel  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Danube.[78]
Malleable  United Kingdom The steamship struck rocks off Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, damaging her propeller. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. She was towed in to Leith, Lothian for repairs.[5]
Rosamond  United Kingdom The steamship struck the Cabezos Tarifa and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cartagena, Spain to an English port.[78][154]
Sultan  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Brouwershaven, Zeeland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Vlaardingen, South Holland, Netherlands.[78]

26 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1880
Ship State Description
Alexander  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Hullstairs Skares, off the coast of Moray. She was on a voyage from Rochester, Kent to Lybster, Caithness. She was refloated but was later abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by a fishing boat. Alexander was subsequently taken in to Lossiemouth, Moray.[105][5]
Braes o'Moray  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Outcars, off the coast of Northumberland. Her five crew were rescued by the Newbiggin Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from London to Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.[78][41]
Carrick Castle  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex.[78] She was on a voyage from New York, United States to London.[155] She was refloated on 29 November and taken in to Gravesend, Kent.[80]
Catherine Morgan  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at "Isle Varoo", County Clare. She was on a voyage from Connah's Quay, Flintshire to Galway.[78] She was later refloated with assistance.[156]
Clio, and
Florence Nightingale 		 Norway
 United Kingdom 		The schooner Florence Nightingale was driven into the barque Clio and sank in the Firth of Clyde. Her crew were rescued.[105][157] Clio was towed in to Greenock, Renfrewshire in a severely damaged condition.[80]
Dania  Sweden The schooner was driven ashore 40 nautical miles (74 km) north of Polangen, Russia.[136]
Doctor  United Kingdom The lighter capsized and sank in the Clyde with the loss of her captain.[78][158]
Elvina  France The ship foundered off Les Casquets, Channel Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais to Livorno, Italy.[105]
Forganhall, and
Labrador 		 United Kingdom The full-rigged ship Labrador was driven into the full-rigged ship Forganhall off Greenock. Both vessels were severely damaged.[157]
Gravelinois  France The barque was driven ashore at Kirkcaldy, Fife, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Calais to Charlestown, Fife.[78] She was refloated the next day.[135]
Isabella  United Kingdom The fishing trawler capsized and sank in the Firth of Clyde off Garvel Point, Renfrewshire with the loss of all four crew.[157]
Janet  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at "Port Dristaig".[112]
Johanna and Emma Flag unknown The ship was abandoned in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued by Wave ( United Kingdom). Johanna and Emma was taken in to Ventava, Courland Governorate.[78][159]
Joseph Howe  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Carrickfergus, County Antrim and sprang a leak. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Maryport, Cumberland.[105]
Linda  United Kingdom The schooner capsized off Queenstown, County Cork.[78] She was towed in to Queenstown in a capsized condition.[134] She was on a voyage from Wolgast, Germany to Liverpool, Lancashire.[160]
Margaret  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at "Port Dristaig".[112]
North Star  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Barahouri Bank, in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ramsey, Isle of Man to Whitehaven, Cumberland.[104]
Palermo  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore 7 nautical miles (13 km) west of Ventava.[78][136]
Panmure  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore north of South Queensferry, Lothian. She was refloated the next day and towed in to Port Edgar, Lothian.[80]
Peel  United Kingdom The fishing smack foundered in the Holy Loch with the loss of all four crew.[158]
Sarah  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Moville, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Burtonport, County Donegal.[78]
Siddarthur  United Kingdom The barque ran aground in Tralee Bay. She was refloated.[105]
Sophia Margaret  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in Ballydonegan Bay. Her crew survived.[78]
Theodor  Russia The barque was driven ashore in Køge Bay.[136]
Vandyck Canada Canada The barque was driven ashore at Roseneath Point, Argyllshire.[78][157] She was refloated the next day and towed in to Greenock.[161]

27 November[edit]

List of shipwrecks: 27 November 1880
Ship State Description
Alexander  United Kingdom The schooner struck Halliman's Skares, off

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