List of shipwrecks in 1875

The list of shipwrecks in 1875 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1875.

Operator Ship Flag Class Cause Location Notes
January Georgia Steamship Foundered Off Maine, United States
24 February McMerkan, Blackwood and Co Gothenburg Steamship Foundered Great Barrier Reef, Australia At least 98 lives lost.
7 May German Transatlantic Steam Navigation Line Schiller Ocean liner Ran aground in fog Retarrier Ledges, Isles of Scilly 335 lives lost
26 August W. M. Hanna and George W. Chapin, Cleveland, Ohio Comet Commercial wooden propeller Collision with the Manitoba Whitefish Bay of Lake Superior Loss of ten lives
1 September Royal Navy Vanguard Audacious class battleship sunk after collision with HMS Iron Duke near Kish Bank, Ireland
September London and North Western Railway.[1] Edith Paddle steamer.[1] Sunk after collision with Duchess of Sutherland.[1] Holyhead, Wales.[1] Salvaged in 1877, rebuilt and returned to service.[1]
20 October Cornelia Trawler.[2] Struck by Khedive and sunk.[2] River Scheldt, near Bath, Netherlands.[2] Khedive was undergoing sea trials prior to delivery.[2]
6 November Pacific Paddle steamer sunk after collision with SS Orpheus Off Cape Flattery, United States At least 318 lives lost
6 December Norddeutscher Lloyd Deutschland Steamship Ran aground Kentish Knock sandbank 78 lives lost
22 December Royal Navy Goliath Vanguard class ship of the line destroyed by fire Grays, Essex 23 killed
25 December A Smyers & Co.[2] Khedive Cargo ship.[2] Ran aground.[2] Off Ameland, Netherlands.[2] Was on maiden voyage. Refloated on 31 December. Towed to London by Cambria. Repaired and returned to service.[2]
Unknown date Dunbrody Barque Foundered Off Labrador, Canada

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Belgian Merchant P-Z". Belgische Koopvaardij. http://www.belgischekoopvaardij.net/belgian%20Merchant%20%20P-Z.pdf. Retrieved 1 December 2010. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Belgian Merchant H-O". Belgische Koopvaardij. http://www.belgischekoopvaardij.net/belgian%20merchant%20H-O%2024.5.04.pdf. Retrieved 31 October 2010. 

See also

Ship events in 1875
Ship launches: 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880
Ship commissionings: 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880
Ship decommissionings: 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880
Shipwrecks: 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880