The list of shipwrecks in 1878 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1878.
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Ship | State | Description |
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Advocate | ![]() |
The barque capsized in the Atlantic Ocean between 13 May and 17 June. Her crew were rescued by N. B. Palmer (![]() |
Agnes | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
The barque was destroyed by fire after 13 November. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Havana, Cuba.[13] |
Dove | ![]() |
The crew abandoned ship when they sighted Launcelot (![]() |
Egremont Castle | ![]() |
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 (![]() |
Esther Smeed | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
The barque was wrecked in Sendai Bay between 4 January and 6 April. Her crew were rescued.[19][20] |
Fusō | ![]() |
The ironclad ran aground in the Suez Canal, damaging her propellers. She was refloated and taken in to Suez, Egypt for repairs.[21] |
Kathline | ![]() |
The ship disappeared during 1878. The body of her captain was identified at Campbeltown, Argyllshire, by three captains from Newquay.[22] |
Langley | ![]() |
The schooner struck a rock in Chatham Strait in the Alexander Archipelago, Territory 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 (![]() |
Mary | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
The ship foundered in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Her seventeen crew took to boats; they were rescued 22 days later by Brittain (![]() |
Massimo d'Azeglio | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 (![]() |
R. E. Miles | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
The schooner was run into and sunk off Thacher Island, Massachusetts. Her crew were rescued.[31] |
San Carlos | ![]() |
The ship collided with the steamship Blenheim (![]() |
Vermont | ![]() |
The ship was abanded in the Atlantic Ocean between 23 March and 6 April. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[19] |
References
Notes
- ↑ "Shipping Disasters". Liverpool Mercury. No. 9516. Liverpool. 15 July 1878.
- ↑ "Shipping". Liverpool Mercury. No. 9631. Liverpool. 26 November 1878.
- ↑ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 29290. London. 25 June 1878. col B, p. 12.
- ↑ "Another Apparent Shipwreck". The Cornishman. No. 16. Penzance. 31 October 1878. p. 5.
- ↑ "Casualties". The Cornishman. No. 11. Penzance. 26 September 1878. p. 8.
- ↑ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 29269. London. 31 May 1878. col A, p. 12.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". Liverpool Mercury. No. 9512. Liverpool. 10 July 1878.
- ↑ "Disasters at Sea". Newcastle Courant. No. 10641. Newcastle upon Tyne. 6 December 1878.
- ↑ "1878". downtothesea.com. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ↑ "The Cunard". downtothesea.com. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ↑ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 29216. London. 30 March 1878. col F, p. 11.
- 1 2 3 "njscuba.net "Lavallette Wreck"". Archived from the original on 2020-02-23. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
- ↑ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 29469. London. 20 January 1879. col F, p. 7.
- ↑ "Murder of Europeans in New Guinea". The Cornishman. No. 36. Penzance. 20 March 1879. p. 3.
- ↑ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 29562. London. 8 May 1879. col F, p. 7.
- ↑ Bruzelius, Lars (23 February 2001). "Sailing Ships: Red Jacket (1853)". Red Jacket. The Maritime History Virtual Archives. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
- ↑ "Remarkable Shipwreck. Serious Blame Thrown on a St Ives Mate". The Cornishman. No. 14. Penzance. 17 October 1878. p. 2.
- ↑ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 29332. London. 13 August 1878. col F, p. 9.
- 1 2 "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 29223. London. 8 April 1878. col A, p. 12.
- ↑ "Large Steamer Sunk by Collision". Huddersfield Chronicle. No. 3374. Huddersfield. 30 May 1878.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". Western Mail. No. 2782. Cardiff. 6 April 1878.
- ↑ "The Missing Ship "Kathline"". The Cornishman. No. 16. Penzance. 31 October 1878. p. 5.
- ↑ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (L)
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". Glasgow Herald. No. 12087. Glasgow. 18 September 1878.
- ↑ "Shipwreck and Loss of Four Lives". The Cornishman. No. 13. Penzance. 10 October 1878. p. 6.
- ↑ "A Shipwrecked Crew at Belfast". Glasgow Herald. No. 12074. Glasgow. 3 September 1878.
- ↑ "Shipping". Liverpool Mercury. No. 9619. Liverpool. 12 November 1878.
- ↑ "Terrible Sufferings in an Open Boat". The Cornishman. No. 24. Penzance. 26 December 1878. p. 3.
- ↑ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 29372. London. 28 September 1878. col F, p. 7.
- ↑ "Disasters at Sea". Newcastle Courant. No. 10610. Newcastle upon Tyne. 3 May 1878.
- ↑ "1878". downtothesea.com. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ↑ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 29401. London. 1 November 1878. col F, p. 5.
Bibliography
- 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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