List of shipwrecks in 1876
The list of shipwrecks in 1876 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1876.
|
Operator |
Ship |
Flag |
Class |
Cause |
Location |
Notes |
3 February |
A A Low & Brother |
Surprise |
|
Clipper |
Ran aground |
Kaneda Bay |
|
3 March |
Montell & Co |
Carrier Dove |
|
Clipper |
Ran aground |
Stone Horse Shoals, Tybee |
|
22 April |
|
Dunraven |
|
steamship |
struck reef and sank |
Red Sea approaches to the Suez Canal |
|
14 June |
John Sprott |
Geltwood |
|
Barque |
Struck reef, capsized and sank |
Lake Bonney, South Australia |
|
15 July |
Davis & Copper |
Acme |
|
Schooner |
Ran aground |
Seal Rocks, New South Wales |
|
20 July |
|
Mohawk |
|
Yacht |
Capsized and sank on Maiden Voyage with loss of all crew |
New York Harbor |
Later raised and repaired, served with the United States Coast & Geodetic Survey and United States Navy. |
24 August |
Steinmann, Ludwig & Co.[1] |
C F Funch |
|
Steamship.[1] |
Cargo caught fire, ship beached and broke in two.[1] |
Rammekens, Netherlands.[1] |
|
20 November |
Alexandre Smyers & Co.[1] |
Delloye Matthieu |
|
Steamship.[1] |
Ran aground.[1] |
Ostergarnholm, Sweden.[1] |
11 crew lost.[1] |
1 December |
|
Georgette |
|
steamship |
sank in storm |
Calgardup Bay, Western Australia |
12 drowned |
9 December |
|
SS Woodham |
|
steamship |
sank |
3 miles out the coast of Lisbon; departed Odessa bound to Freemantle |
Capt. Thomaz B. Page |
Unknown date |
|
Lammermuir |
|
Clipper |
|
Departed Adelaide 10 November 1876 bound for London |
No further trace. |
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