Wikipedia

List of shipwrecks in January 1870

The list of shipwrecks in January 1870 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during January 1870.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

1 January edit

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 edit

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1870
Ship State Description
Eliza   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all hands.[7]
Pluto,
Quickstep,
an unnamed flat,
and a tender 		  Brazil The schooner Pluto was obliterated by an explosion of gunpowder at Cerrito with the loss of all nineteen people on board. The explosion caused two further explosions destroying the pontoon Quickstep and a gunpowder magazine, in total 360 long tons (370 t) of gunpowder. A tender and a flat were also sunk.[8]
Theban   United Kingdom The steamship departed from Gibraltar for Glasgow, Renfrewshire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[9]
Unnamed   United Kingdom The ship caught fire and sank off Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium.[10]

3 January edit

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 edit

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 edit

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, or
Lahaina 		  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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1870
Ship State Description
Berdinkha   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Redcar, Yorkshire.[49]
General Garibaldi   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the River Tweed.[49]
Mirella   United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire in the Guañape Islands, Peru.[79]
Zamis   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore near Saltfleet, Lincolnshire.[49]

13 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1870
Ship State Description
Albion   United Kingdom The smack was wrecked on the East Hoyle Sandbank, in Liverpool Bay.[80]
Ann   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Knock Sand. She was refloated.[80]
Ann Elizabeth   United Kingdom The smack was wrecked on the East Hoyle Sandbank.[80]
Esperance   France The schooner was driven ashore at Langston, Hampshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Guadeloupe.[80]
Glenfladen   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Burry Port, Glamorgan.[80]
Ludwig   Grand Duchy of Finland The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Grenda",[80] near Cette, Hérault, France.[81]
Sarah Horne   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Knock Sand.[80]
Unnamed   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Langstone.[80]

14 January edit

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 edit

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 edit

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1870
Ship State Description
John Davies   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Pensacola, Florida, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Pensacola.[93][94][95]
Laura   United Kingdom The vessel sprang a leak and foundered in the English Channel 9 nautical miles (17 km) south of Bridport, Dorset. Her nine crew were rescued.[96] She was on a voyage from Carloforte, Sardinia, Italy to Swansea, Glamorgan.[54]
Unnamed Flag unknown The barque was driven ashore at Aigburth, Lancashire.[97]

17 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1870
Ship State Description
Glimpse   United Kingdom The ship struck a sunken rock off "Guarero" and was holed. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Trieste. She put in to Ancona, Papal States in a sinking condition.[92]
Hannah   United Kingdom The brig was damaged by fire at Antwerp, Belgium.[76][97]
Mediateur   United Kingdom The ship was beached at Saint-Nazaire, Ille-et-Vilaine.[76]
Pet   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Pennington Spit, off the coast of Hampshire. She was on a voyage from Hull to São Miguel Island, Azores.[76]
Ripple   United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Tuskar Rock. She was on a voyage from Galaţi, Ottoman Empire to Wexford.[76][97]

18 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1870
Ship State Description
Emily Anna   United Kingdom The ship departed from Cádiz, Spain for Swansea, Glamorgan. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[98]
Merces   Dantzic The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Boulmer, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom.[99][100] She broke up in mid-February.[101]
Nearchus   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean.[102]

19 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1870
Ship State Description
Carrie A. Clarke   United States The ship was wrecked on The Elbow, off the coast of Florida.[19]
Discovery   Colony of British Columbia The ship sank off Thetis Island. She was refloated on 1 February and taken in to Victoria.[103]
Duke of Edinburgh   United Kingdom The paddle steamer ran aground on Ailsa Craig. Her passengers were taken off by the tug Flying Sylph (  United Kingdom). Duke of Edinburgh was on a voyage from Dublin to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[104] Salvage was subsequently abandoned.[105]
Eliza Corry   United Kingdom The brig was wrecked near Akita, Japan with the loss of all but her captain. The ship's dog also survived. She was on a voyage from Shanghai, China to Hakodate, Japan.[106][107][108][109]
Intrinsic   United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire at Oran, Algeria.[110]
Persevere   New Zealand The paddle steamer went aground and was wrecked on a bar at the mouth of the Hokitika River.[111]
Whiff   United Kingdom The fishing smack was wrecked on the Quern Shoal, off Ramsgate, Kent with the loss of two of her four crew. Survivors were rescued by the Ramsgate Lifeboat Bradford (  Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[112]

20 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1870
Ship State Description
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.[113]
Coronea   Greece The paddle tug was severely damaged by a boiler explosion at Galaţi, Ottoman Empire with the loss of six of her seven crew.[114]
Sailor Boy   United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by a barque.[52][115]

21 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1870
Ship State Description
Fairona   Spain The steamship was severely damaged by a boiler explosion at Cartagena. She was on a voyage from "Santa Martha" to Cartagena.[116]
Jones Brothers   United Kingdom The brig collided with the Newarp Lightship (  Trinity House) and was severely damaged. Four of her eight crew got on board the lightship before the brig drifted off. They were subsequently rescued by a lifeboat. Jones Brothers was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Newport, Monmouthshire.[117][118] She subsequently put in to Harwich, Essex.[94]
Larissa   United Kingdom The barque collided with the Newarp Lightship (  Trinity House). Two of her crew got on board the lightship, from where they were rescued by the Winterton Lifeboat. Larissa was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Trinidad.[117]
Peri   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Knock Sand.[36]

22 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1870
Ship State Description
Alecto   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Goswick, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to Plymouth, Devon.[94][119][120] Alecto was refloated on 28 January and taken in to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland.[121]
Doawiena Timmer   Netherlands The sloop sank 12 nautical miles (22 km) east south east oif the Farne Islands, Northumberland. Her crew survived.[119][118]
Nicteaux   United Kingdom The ship caught fire at New Orleans, Louisiana, United States and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from New Orleans to Liverpool, Lancashire.[25]

23 January edit

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 edit

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1870
Ship State Description
Brothers and Sisters   United Kingdom The ship sank off Hartlepool, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to South Shields, County Durham.[124]
Faders Minde   Denmark The ship was wrecked on the Hyllekrog Spit, Lolland. She was on a voyage from Stavreby-on-Gjedser to an English port.[125]
Joshua Jenkins.   United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Fuschia (  United Kingdom). Joshua Jenkins was on a voyage from South Shields to Demerara, British Guiana.[118][120]
USS Oneida   United States Navy
 
Illustration of the sinking of USS Oneida from 19 March 1870 edition of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper.
The sloop-of-war collided with the steamship Bombay (  United Kingdom) off Yokohama, Japan and sank with the loss of 125 of her 216 crew. Survivors were rescued by Japanese fishing boats.
Unnamed Flag unknown The ship sank near the Cockle Lightship (  Trinity House).[126]

25 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1870
Ship State Description
A. W. Stevens   United States The ship departed from New York City for Lisbon, Portugal. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[127]
Elaine   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore near Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Southampton, Hampshire.[73]
Hercules   United States The ship foundered at Gravesend, New York. She was on a voyage from New York City to Yokohama, Japan.[128]
Weather Gage   United States The fishing schooner was lost on the Georges Bank. Lost with all ten hands.[129]

26 January edit

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1870
Ship State Description
City of Buenos Ayres   Argentina The ship was destroyed by fire off the Ibicuy Islands with the loss of two lives.[130]
Jane and Grace   United Kingdom The schooner collided with the steamship City of Paris and sank in the Crosby Channel. She was on a voyage from Arklow, County Wicklow to Liverpool, Lancashire.[120]
Restless   United Kingdom The brig was run down and sunk in Morte Bay by the brigantine Bon Père (  France) with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Bon Père. Restless was on a voyage from the Isles of Scilly to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[131]

27 January edit

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 edit

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1870
Ship State Description
Agenoria, and
Iona 		  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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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, or
No. 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]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Ship News". The Times. No. 26644. London. 11 January 1870. col A, p. 9.
  2. ^ a b c "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard. No. 14178. London. 11 January 1870. p. 7.
  3. ^ "Shipping". Liverpool Mercury. No. 6846. Liverpool. 3 January 1870.
  4. ^ a b c d "Shipping". Liverpool Mercury. No. 6874. Liverpool. 4 February 1870.
  5. ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 26666. London. 5 February 1870. col E, p. 11.
  6. ^ "Dartmouth". Trewman's Exeter Flying Post. No. 5408. Exeter. 9 February 1870.
  7. ^ a b Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  8. ^ "Explosion of 360 Tons of Gunpowder". Dundee Courier. No. 5176. Dundee. 4 March 1870.
  9. ^ a b "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 26676. London. 17 February 1870. col E, p. 7.
  10. ^ a b "Shipping Disasters". Liverpool Mercury. No. 6851. Liverpool. 8 January 1870.
  11. ^ a b c d e f "Shipping". Liverpool Mercury. No. 6847. Liverpool. 4 January 1870.
  12. ^ a b c "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard. No. 14173. London. 5 January 1870. p. 7.
  13. ^ a b c d e "Shipping". Liverpool Mercury. No. 6848. Liverpool. 5 January 1870.
  14. ^ a b c d e "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard. No. 14179. London. 12 January 1870. p. 7.
  15. ^ a b "Ship News". The Times. No. 26642. London. 8 January 1870. col E, p. 11.
  16. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Glasgow Herald. No. 9366. Glasgow. 8 January 1870.
  17. ^ a b c "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard. No. 14174. London. 6 January 1870. p. 7.
  18. ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 26667. London. 7 February 1870. col F, p. 11.
  19. ^ a b c d "Shipping". Liverpool Mercury. No. 6876. Liverpool. 7 February 1870.
  20. ^ "Shipping Disasters". Liverpool Mercury. No. 6861. Liverpool. 20 January 1870.
  21. ^ a b c d e "Shipping Intelligence". Northern Echo. No. 6. Darlington. 7 January 1870.
  22. ^ a b "Shipping Disasters". Birmingham Daily Post. No. 3578. Birmingham. 6 January 1870.
  23. ^ a b c d "Shipping Disasters". Liverpool Mercury. No. 6850. Liverpool. 7 January 1870.
  24. ^ a b "Shipping Disasters". Liverpool Mercury. No. 6874. Liverpool. 4 February 1870.
  25. ^ a b c "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 26688. London. 3 March 1870. col D, p. 7.
  26. ^ Renno, David (2004). Beachy Head Shipwrecks of the 19th Century. Sevenoaks: Amherst Publishing. p. 246. ISBN 1-903637-20-1.
  27. ^ "Collision and Sinking of a Schooner". Belfast News-Letter. No. 54602. Belfast. 6 January 1870.
  28. ^ "The Collision with the Talbot". Belfast News-Letter. No. 54603. Belfast. 7 January 1870.
  29. ^ "The New Docks". Belfast News-Letter. No. 54602. Belfast. 6 January 1870.
  30. ^ "The Barque Flekkefjord". Belfast News-Letter. No. 54603. Belfast. 7 January 1870.
  31. ^ "Safety of the Crew of the Inchdairnie". Dundee Courier. No. 5156. Dundee. 9 February 1870.
  32. ^ "Inchdairnie". Caledonian Maritime Heritage Trust. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  33. ^ a b c d e f g "Shipping". Liverpool Mercury. No. 6850. Liverpool. 7 January 1870.
  34. ^ "Shipping". Liverpool Mercury. No. 6879. Liverpool. 10 February 1870.
  35. ^ a b c d "Shipping Intelligence". Glasgow Herald. No. 9367. Glasgow. 10 January 1870.
  36. ^ a b "Shipping Disasters". Liverpool Mercury. No. 6863. Liverpool. 22 January 1870.
  37. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Glasgow Herald. No. 9482. Glasgow. 23 May 1870.
  38. ^ a b c d e f g h "Shipping". Liverpool Mercury. No. 6851. Liverpool. 8 January 1870.
  39. ^ a b "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard. No. 14176. London. 8 January 1870. p. 7.
  40. ^ a b c d e f "Shipping Intelligence". Northern Echo. No. 8. Darlington. 10 January 1870.
  41. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Shipping". Liverpool Mercury. No. 6853. Liverpool. 11 January 1870.
  42. ^ a b c d e f "Shipping Intelligence". Glasgow Herald. No. 9368. Glasgow. 11 January 1870.
  43. ^ "Ship News". Pall Mall Gazette. No. 1532. London. 10 January 1870.
  44. ^ "Collision and Loss of Life at Sea". Pall Mall Gazette. No. 1531. London. 8 January 1870.
  45. ^ "Latest News". Belfast News-Letter. No. 54605. Belfast. 10 January 1870.
  46. ^ a b "Marine Intelligence". Newcastle Courant. No. 10177. Newcastle upon Tyne. 14 January 1870.
  47. ^ a b "Fearful Shipping Disasters". Birmingham Daily Post. No. 3583. Birmingham. 12 January 1870.
  48. ^ "Shipping Disasters". Liverpool Mercury. No. 6854. Liverpool. 12 January 1870.
  49. ^ a b c d e f "Shipping". Liverpool Mercury. No. 6855. Liverpool. 13 January 1870.
  50. ^ "Storm and Great Loss of Property". Morning Post. No. 29981. London. 10 January 1870. p. 5.
  51. ^ "Fatal Collision at Sea". The Times. No. 26643. London. 10 January 1870. col F, p. 5.
  52. ^ a b "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 26687. London. 2 March 1870. col E, p. 10.
  53. ^ "Shipping Disasters". Liverpool Mercury. No. 6914. Liverpool. 23 March 1870.
  54. ^ a b c d "Ship News". The Times. No. 26650. London. 18 January 1870. col F, p. 5.
  55. ^ "Shipping Disasters". Liverpool Mercury. No. 6853. Liverpool. 11 January 1870.
  56. ^ a b "The Late Severe Gale". Morning Post. No. 29982. London. 11 January 1870. p. 6.
  57. ^ "The Storm". Hull Packet. No. 4433. Hull. 14 January 1870.
  58. ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 26789. London. 29 June 1870. col B, p. 10.
  59. ^ a b "Shipping Intelligence". Northern Echo. No. 10. Darlington. 12 January 1870.
  60. ^ a b c "Collision at Sea - Two Vessels Sunk". Derby Mercury. No. 8121. Derby. 12 January 1870.
  61. ^ "West Coast of Africa". Belfast News-Letter. No. 54606. Belfast. 11 January 1870.
  62. ^ "Foundering of the Cossipore". Belfast News-Letter. No. 54606. Belfast. 11 January 1870.
  63. ^ "Wednesday Morning, Jan. 12". Glasgow Herald. No. 9369. Glasgow. 12 January 1870.
  64. ^ "Shipping". Liverpool Mercury. No. 6854. Liverpool. 12 January 1870.
  65. ^ "Shipwrecks and Loss of Life". Bradford Observer. Vol. 37, no. 2200. Bradford. 11 January 1870. p. 3.
  66. ^ "Shipping Casualty". Belfast News-Letter. No. 54607. Belfast. 11 January 1870.
  67. ^ "Disasters at Sea - Great Loss of Life". The Standard. No. 14179. London. 12 January 1870. p. 6.
  68. ^ a b c "Shipping". Liverpool Mercury. No. 6858. Liverpool. 17 January 1870.
  69. ^ a b "Ship News". The Times. No. 26649. London. 17 January 1870. col F, p. 11.
  70. ^ a b "Shipping Disasters". Liverpool Mercury. No. 6856. Liverpool. 14 January 1870.
  71. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Northern Echo. No. 11. Darlington. 13 January 1870.
  72. ^ a b c "A Ship on the Goodwin Sands". Pall Mall Gazette. No. 1534. London. 12 January 1870.
  73. ^ a b c "Latest News". Aberdeen Journal. No. 6368. Aberdeen. 26 January 1870.
  74. ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 26675. London. 15 February 1870. col D, p. 8.
  75. ^ a b "Shipping Intelligence". Glasgow Herald. No. 9373. Glasgow. 17 January 1870.
  76. ^ a b c d e f "Shipping". Liverpool Mercury. No. 6859. Liverpool. 18 January 1870.
  77. ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 26720. London. 9 April 1870. col D, p. 10.
  78. ^ "Shipping". Liverpool Mercury. No. 6929. Liverpool. 9 April 1870.
  79. ^ a b "Shipping Disasters". Liverpool Mercury. No. 6864. Liverpool. 24 January 1870.
  80. ^ a b c d e f g h "Shipping". Liverpool Mercury. No. 6856. Liverpool. 14 January 1870.
  81. ^ a b c d e "Shipping Disasters". Liverpool Mercury. No. 6870. Liverpool. 31 January 1870.
  82. ^ a b c d e f "Shipping". Liverpool Mercury. No. 6857. Liverpool. 15 January 1870.
  83. ^ a b c "General News". Bradford Observer. Vol. 37, no. 2204. Bradford. 15 January 1870. p. 4.
  84. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Northern Echo. No. 13. Darlington. 15 January 1870.
  85. ^ Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 167–168.
  86. ^ a b "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 26704. London. 22 March 1870. col F, p. 10.
  87. ^ "Miscellaneous News and Home Gossip". Huddersfield Chronicle. No. 1032. Huddersfield. 22 January 1870. p. 3.
  88. ^ a b "Ship News". The Times. No. 26660. London. 29 January 1870. col F, p. 11.
  89. ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 26675. London. 16 February 1870. col F, p. 12.
  90. ^ "Wreck and Loss of Twenty Lives". The Times. No. 26649. London. 17 January 1870. col E, p. 6.
  91. ^ "The Wreck of the Kenilworth". The Times. No. 26650. London. 18 January 1870. col D, p. 7.
  92. ^ a b "Shipping Intelligence". Northern Echo. No. 16. Darlington. 19 January 1870.
  93. ^ "Clyde Ship Wrecked". Dundee Courier. No. 5143. Dundee. 25 January 1870.
  94. ^ a b c d e f g "Shipping Intelligence". Northern Echo. No. 21. Darlington. 25 January 1870.
  95. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Glasgow Herald. No. 9412. Glasgow. 3 March 1870.
  96. ^ "Historical List of Shipwrecks at Chesil Beach & from Bridport to Lyme Regis". Burton Bradstock Online. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  97. ^ a b c "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard. No. 14181. London. 18 January 1870. p. 7.
  98. ^ "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard. No. 14270. London. 28 April 1870. p. 7.
  99. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Northern Echo. No. 19. Darlington. 22 January 1870.
  100. ^ "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard. No. 14202. London. 8 February 1870. p. 7.
  101. ^ "The Storms and Wrecks". Liverpool Mercury. No. 6883. Liverpool. 15 February 1870.
  102. ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 26693. London. 9 March 1870. col E, p. 10.
  103. ^ a b "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 26696. London. 12 March 1870. col F, p. 10.
  104. ^ "Stranding of the Steamship Duke of Edinburgh on Ailsa Craig". Glasgow Herald. No. 9376. Glasgow. 20 January 1870.
  105. ^ "Monday Morning, Jan. 24". Glasgow Herald. No. 9379. Glasgow. 24 January 1870.
  106. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Glasgow Herald. No. 9449. Glasgow. 15 April 1870.
  107. ^ "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard. No. 14261. London. 18 April 1870. p. 7.
  108. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Glasgow Herald. No. 9465. Glasgow. 4 May 1870.
  109. ^ "The Shipwrecked Mariners' Society". Sheffield Independent. Vol. 58, no. 5277. Sheffield. 15 April 1873. p. 6.
  110. ^ a b c d e "Shipping". Liverpool Mercury. No. 6872. Liverpool. 2 February 1870.
  111. ^ Ingram & Wheatley, p. 168.
  112. ^ "Wreck off Ramsgate". The Times. No. 26654. London. 22 January 1870. col E, p. 9.
  113. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Glasgow Herald. No. 9617. Glasgow. 28 October 1870.
  114. ^ "Shipping Disasters". Liverpool Mercury. No. 6876. Liverpool. 7 February 1870.
  115. ^ "Shipping". Liverpool Mercury. No. 6896. Liverpool. 2 March 1870.
  116. ^ a b "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 26686. London. 1 March 1870. col E, p. 10.
  117. ^ a b "Yarmouth". Bury and Norwich Post. No. 4570. Bury St. Edmunds. 25 January 1870. p. 8.
  118. ^ a b c d "Shipping Intelligence". Northern Echo. No. 22. Darlington. 26 January 1870.
  119. ^ a b "General News". Glasgow Herald. No. 9381. Glasgow. 26 January 1870.
  120. ^ a b c d "General News". Glasgow Herald. No. 9382. Glasgow. 27 January 1870.
  121. ^ a b "Shipping Intelligence". Glasgow Herald. No. 9386. Glasgow. 1 February 1870.
  122. ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 26714. London. 2 April 1870. col F, p. 10.
  123. ^ "Shipping Disasters". Preston Chronicle. No. 3062. Preston. 5 March 1870.
  124. ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 26694. London. 10 March 1870. col F, p. 7.
  125. ^ "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard. No. 14205. London. 11 February 1870. p. 7.
  126. ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 26657. London. 26 January 1870. col E, p. 10.
  127. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Glasgow Herald. No. 9515. Glasgow. 1 July 1870.
  128. ^ "Shipping Disasters". Dundee Courier. No. 5144. Dundee. 26 January 1870.
  129. ^ "1870". downtothesea.com. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  130. ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 26689. London. 4 March 1870. col E, p. 10.
  131. ^ "Shipping Disasters". Liverpool Mercury. No. 6868. Liverpool. 28 January 1870.
  132. ^ a b c d "Shipping Disasters". Hull Packet. No. 4436. Hull. 4 February 1870.
  133. ^ a b "Shipping Disasters". Liverpool Mercury. No. 6869. Liverpool. 29 January 1870.
  134. ^ a b c d "Shipping Intelligence". Northern Echo. No. 27. Darlington. 1 February 1870.
  135. ^ "Fatal Collision off Gravesend". Morning Post. No. 29999. London. 31 January 1870. p. 6.
  136. ^ a b c d e f "Shipping". Liverpool Mercury. No. 6871. Liverpool. 1 February 1870.
  137. ^ "Shipping". Liverpool Mercury. No. 6881. Liverpool. 12 February 1870.
  138. ^ "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard. No. 14206. London. 12 February 1870. p. 7.
  139. ^ "Shipping Disasters". Liverpool Mercury. No. 6889. Liverpool. 21 February 1870.
  140. ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 26679. London. 21 February 1870. col D, p. 6.
  141. ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 26892. London. 27 October 1870. col F, p. 7.
  142. ^ "Fatal Collision on the Mersey". Sheffield Independent. Vol. 51, no. 5165. Sheffield. 1 February 1870. p. 5.
  143. ^ a b "Shipping". Liverpool Mercury. No. 6873. Liverpool. 3 February 1870.
  144. ^ "General News". Glasgow Herald. No. 9401. Glasgow. 18 February 1870.
  145. ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 26684. London. 26 February 1870. col E, p. 10.
  146. ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 26728. London. 19 April 1870. col F, p. 5.
  147. ^ "Cruiser". Tyne Tugs. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  148. ^ "General News". Bradford Observer. Vol. 37, no. 2217. Bradford. 1 February 1870. p. 4.
  149. ^ a b "Ship News". The Times. No. 26668. London. 8 February 1870. col E, p. 10.
  150. ^ "Shipping Casualties". Manchester Times. No. 645. Manchester. 9 April 1870.
  151. ^ a b Benham, Hervey (1980). The Salvagers. Colchester: Essex County Newspapers Ltd. pp. 191–92. ISBN 00-950944-2-3.
  152. ^ "Naval and Military Intelligence". The Times. No. 26644. London. 11 January 1870. col D, p. 10.
  153. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Northern Echo. No. 25. Darlington. 29 January 1870.
  154. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Glasgow Herald. No. 9377. Glasgow. 21 January 1870.
  155. ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 26790. London. 30 June 1870. col F, p. 7.
  156. ^ "General News". Bradford Observer. Vol. 37, no. 2208. Bradford. 20 January 1870. p. 8.
  157. ^ "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard. No. 14188. London. 22 January 1870. p. 7.
  158. ^ "The Loss of the Fairwater". Western Mail. No. 229. Cardiff. 22 January 1870.
  159. ^ a b "Rewards for Saving Life at Sea". Star. No. 152. Saint Peter Port. 14 June 1870.
  160. ^ "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard. No. 14193. London. 28 January 1870. p. 1.
  161. ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 26673. London. 14 February 1870. col C, p. 6.
  162. ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 26695. London. 11 March 1870. col E, p. 11.
  163. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Glasgow Herald. No. 9429. Glasgow. 23 March 1870.
  164. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Glasgow Herald. No. 9372. Glasgown. 15 January 1870.
  165. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Glasgow Herald. No. 9378. Glasgow. 22 January 1870.
  166. ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 26707. London. 25 March 1870. col D, p. 10.
  167. ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 26701. London. 18 March 1870. col F, p. 12.
  168. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Northern Echo. No. 57. Darlington. 8 March 1870.
  169. ^ "Greek Gratitude". Leeds Mercury. No. 10010. Leeds. 12 May 1870.
  170. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Glasgow Herald. No. 9381. Glasgow. 26 January 1870.
  171. ^ "1870". downtothesea.com. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
  172. ^ a b "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 26692. London. 8 March 1870. col E, p. 11.
  173. ^ a b "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard. No. 14227. London. 9 March 1870. p. 7.
  174. ^ "Ship News". The Times. No. 26654. London. 22 January 1870. col F, p. 10.

Bibliography edit

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

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_shipwrecks_in_January_1870&oldid=1211666038"