List of shipwrecks in 1878

The list of shipwrecks in 1878 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1878.

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February

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March

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April

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May

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June

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July

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August

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September

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Further information: List of shipwrecks in September 1878

October

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November

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December

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Ship State Description
Advocate  United Kingdom The barque capsized in the Atlantic Ocean between 13 May and 17 June. Her crew were rescued by N. B. Palmer ( Norway). Advocate was on a voyage from New York, United States to "Dunkirk, Scotland".[1]
Agnes  New South Wales The schooner was wrecked on a reef in the Capricorn Islands, Queensland. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Townsville, Queensland.[2]
Ane Kjerstine  Denmark The schooner capsized between 15 February and 23 June. She was on a voyage from Galipoli, Ottoman Empire to Antwerp, Belgium. She was towed in to Le Tréport, Seine-Inférieure, France in a capsized condition on 23 June.[3]
Antonia Cane United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Gibraltar The vessel was lost sometime in 1878. Wreckage from her – three pieces of board bearing the words "Antonia Cane" and "Gibraltar" – were collected by the Custom House Officer at Newquay, Cornwall, on 28 October.[4]
Cambria Flag unknown The quarter board of Cambria was washed up on the beach at Sennen.[5]
Clara  United Kingdom The brig foundered at sea between 19 March and 28 May. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Port Natal, Natal Colony.[6]
Confederate  United States The ship collided with another vessel and sank off Brier Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. She was refloated on 29 June.[7]
Cordelia  United Kingdom The barque departed from the River Tyne for Cartagena, Spain in late September or early October. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all fifteen crew. A ship seen on fire in the Bay of Biscay in late October or early November may have been the Cordelia.[8]
Cunard  United States The schooner was lost off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland in November or December, 1878 or in early 1879 with the loss of all fourteen crew.[9][10]
Cypress  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked at Palavas-les-Flots, Hérault, France between 18 February and 29 March. She was on a voyage from Cortes to Cette, Hérault.[11]
D. C. Bradley Flag unknown The schooner was lost in the vicinity of "Squan," a term used at the time for the coast of New Jersey near Manasquan and sometimes for the 7-nautical-mile (13 km) stretch of coast between Manasquan Inlet and Cranberry Inlet or for the entire coast of New Jersey between Sea Girt and Barnegat Inlet.[12]
Don José  Spain The barque was destroyed by fire after 13 November. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Havana, Cuba.[13]
Dove  United Kingdom The crew abandoned ship when they sighted Launcelot ( United Kingdom) and were taken to Yokohama Japan. Dove had been attacked at Threshold Bay and when the crew abandoned they were within 40 nautical miles (74 km) of Ambino, New Guinea, and the ship had 2 feet (0.61 m) of water in the hold.[14]
Egremont Castle  United Kingdom The barque departed from San Francisco, California for a British port late in 1878. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[15]
Eliza Walker Flag unknown The ship collided with the clipper ship Red Jacket ( United Kingdom) and sank. Her crew were rescued.[16]
Esther Smeed  United Kingdom Off course, Esther Smeed ran ashore on the Swedish island of Gotska Sandön in calm weather. While trying to refloat, a storm brewed and the ship went ashore a second time, filling with water and was abandoned.[17]
Eureka  United States The ship was abandoned in the South Atlantic between 25 March and 16 May. She was on a voyage from New York to Yokohama.[18]
Fire Queen  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked in Sendai Bay between 4 January and 6 April. Her crew were rescued.[19][20]
Fusō  Imperial Japanese Navy The ironclad ran aground in the Suez Canal, damaging her propellers. She was refloated and taken in to Suez, Egypt for repairs.[21]
Kathline  United Kingdom The ship disappeared during 1878. The body of her captain was identified at Campbeltown, Argyllshire, by three captains from Newquay.[22]
Langley  United States The schooner struck a rock in Chatham Strait in the Alexander Archipelago, Department of Alaska, and became a total loss.[23]
Maggie McDonald Flag unknown The schooner was lost at Wreck Pond Inlet on the coast of New Jersey, United States.[12]
Maria Louis Flag unknown The ship collided with the steamship Juan ( United Kingdom) before 17 September. She was abandoned and set afire. Her crew were rescued by Juan.[24]
Mary  United States The schooner went ashore approximately 24 nautical miles (44 km) south of Detroit, Michigan, following a storm, during which she became waterlogged, losing four of her six crew. She was carrying cordwood from Chicago, Illinois.[25]
Marchman  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Her seventeen crew took to boats; they were rescued 22 days later by Brittain ( United Kingdom).[26]
Massimo d'Azeglio  Italy The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean after 20 September. Her crew were rescued by a schooner. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom to New York.[27]
New Jersey Flag unknown The barque was lost in the vicinity of "Squan," a term used at the time for the coast of New Jersey near Manasquan and sometimes for the 7-mile (11 km) stretch of coast between Manasquan Inlet and Cranberry Inlet or for the entire coast of New Jersey between Sea Girt and Barnegat Inlet.[12]
Onward Flag unknown Thw ship wasrecked on the Australian coast. One able-seaman and four Kanakas survived.[28]
Primavera  Italy The barque was destroyed by fire at sea between 17 July and 27 September. Some of her crew were rescued by the barque John Shephard ( United States). Primavera was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Monte Video, Uruguay.[29]
R. E. Miles  United Kingdom The ketch foundered off the coast of Cornwall with the loss of all hands between 26 March and 5 April. She was on a voyage from Truro, Cornwall to Carmarthen.[30]
Riverdale  United States The schooner was run into and sunk off Thacher Island, Massachusetts. Her crew were rescued.[31]
San Carlos  United Kingdom The ship collided with the steamship Blenheim ( United Kingdom) and san between 30 August and 31 October. Her crew were rescued. San Carlos was on a voyage from the Clyde to Demerara, British Guiana.[32]
Vermont  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean between 23 March and 6 April. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[19]

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Notes

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  1. ^ "Shipping Disasters". Liverpool Mercury. No. 9516. Liverpool. 15 July 1878.
  2. ^ "Shipping". Liverpool Mercury. No. 9631. Liverpool. 26 November 1878.
  3. ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 29290. London. 25 June 1878. col B, p. 12.
  4. ^ "Another Apparent Shipwreck". The Cornishman. No. 16. Penzance. 31 October 1878. p. 5.
  5. ^ "Casualties". The Cornishman. No. 11. Penzance. 26 September 1878. p. 8.
  6. ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 29269. London. 31 May 1878. col A, p. 12.
  7. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury. No. 9512. Liverpool. 10 July 1878.
  8. ^ "Disasters at Sea". Newcastle Courant. No. 10641. Newcastle upon Tyne. 6 December 1878.
  9. ^ "1878". downtothesea.com. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  10. ^ "The Cunard". downtothesea.com. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  11. ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 29216. London. 30 March 1878. col F, p. 11.
  12. ^ a b c "njscuba.net "Lavallette Wreck"". Archived from the original on 2020-02-23. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
  13. ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 29469. London. 20 January 1879. col F, p. 7.
  14. ^ "Murder of Europeans in New Guinea". The Cornishman. No. 36. Penzance. 20 March 1879. p. 3.
  15. ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 29562. London. 8 May 1879. col F, p. 7.
  16. ^ Bruzelius, Lars (23 February 2001). "Sailing Ships: Red Jacket (1853)". Red Jacket. The Maritime History Virtual Archives. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
  17. ^ "Remarkable Shipwreck. Serious Blame Thrown on a St Ives Mate". The Cornishman. No. 14. Penzance. 17 October 1878. p. 2.
  18. ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 29332. London. 13 August 1878. col F, p. 9.
  19. ^ a b "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 29223. London. 8 April 1878. col A, p. 12.
  20. ^ "Large Steamer Sunk by Collision". Huddersfield Chronicle. No. 3374. Huddersfield. 30 May 1878.
  21. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Western Mail. No. 2782. Cardiff. 6 April 1878.
  22. ^ "The Missing Ship "Kathline"". The Cornishman. No. 16. Penzance. 31 October 1878. p. 5.
  23. ^ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (L)
  24. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Glasgow Herald. No. 12087. Glasgow. 18 September 1878.
  25. ^ "Shipwreck and Loss of Four Lives". The Cornishman. No. 13. Penzance. 10 October 1878. p. 6.
  26. ^ "A Shipwrecked Crew at Belfast". Glasgow Herald. No. 12074. Glasgow. 3 September 1878.
  27. ^ "Shipping". Liverpool Mercury. No. 9619. Liverpool. 12 November 1878.
  28. ^ "Terrible Sufferings in an Open Boat". The Cornishman. No. 24. Penzance. 26 December 1878. p. 3.
  29. ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 29372. London. 28 September 1878. col F, p. 7.
  30. ^ "Disasters at Sea". Newcastle Courant. No. 10610. Newcastle upon Tyne. 3 May 1878.
  31. ^ "1878". downtothesea.com. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  32. ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 29401. London. 1 November 1878. col F, p. 5.

Bibliography

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  • Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association.
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