List of shipwrecks in 1880

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

Contents

1 February
- 1.1 25 February
- 1.2 26 February
2 April
3 June
- 3.1 11 June
4 September
- 4.1 13 September
5 October
6 References
7 See also

February

25 February

Resurgam II ( United Kingdom) sank in Liverpool Bay whilst under tow, no casualties.

26 February

Schooner Bessie Jones ( United Kingdom) wrecked off Blackpool, one person lost, three crew saved.

April

Mercator ( Belgium) departed Antwerp for New York, United States. A lifeboat was recovered by Chateaubriand ( France) on 19 June.^[1]

June

11 June

SS Narragansett burned and sunk in a collision with her sister ship SS Stonington at night in heavy fog in Long Island Sound. Approximately 50 lives lost.

September

13 September

Covadonga ( Chile) sunk by a mine at Chancay, Peru. Thirty three crew killed, forty eight taken prisoner.

October

15 October

Alpena ( United States) sank in Lake Michigan, at least 80 killed.

29 October

Lifeboat Eliza Adams ( United Kingdom) capsized whilst attempting a rescue. Eleven crew killed.

Unknown date

Lugger Jane ( United Kingdom) was swamped by heavy seas, off Penzance, Cornwall, UK during a SSE hurricane force gale.^[2]

References

^ "Belgian Merchant H-O". Belgische Koopvaardij. http://www.belgischekoopvaardij.net/belgian%20merchant%20H-O%2024.5.04.pdf. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
^ Carter, C (1998). The Port of Penzance. Lydney: Black Dwarf Publications. ISBN 0 9533028 0 6.

See also

Ship events in 1880
Ship launches:	1875	1876	1877	1878	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885
Ship commissionings:	1875	1876	1877	1878	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885
Ship decommissionings:	1875	1876	1877	1878	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885
Shipwrecks:	1875	1876	1877	1878	1879	1880	1881	1882	1883	1884	1885