List of shipwrecks in 1875
The list of shipwrecks in 1875 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1875.
January
1 January
- Surprize (
United Kingdom): The pilot cutter foundered in the Bristol Channel off Ilfracombe, Devon. Two crew were rescued by the schooner Britannia (.svg.png)
Sweden).[1]
2 January
- Britannia ( Sweden): The schooner ran aground at Port Eynon, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, France to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[1]
24 January
- Marie Reine (
France): The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Chesil Beach, Dorset, United Kingdom.[2]
Unknown date
- Georgia (
Canada): The steamship foundered off Maine, United States.
February
14 February
- Floresta ( United Kingdom): The 299 ton Sunderland barque grounded on the Seven Stones Reef, between the Isles of Scilly and Cornwall in fog and quickly sank; her crew of ten were landed at Falmouth, Cornwall by the St Malo lugger Josephine.[3]
24 February
- Gothenburg ( United Kingdom): The McMerkan, Blackwood and Co. owned steamship foundered off the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. At least nine-eight lives lost.
March
Unknown date
- Columbus (
United States): She was accidentally rammed and sunk by White Star Line ship SS Adriatic in the Crosby Channel at Liverpool.
May
7 May
- Schiller (
Germany): The German Transatlantic Steam Navigation Line owned ocean liner ran aground in fog on the Retarrier Ledges, Isles of Scilly, with the loss of 335 lives.[4]
June
13 June
- Geffrard (
Australia): The Fred Davis (Melbourne) owned brig run aground on a sandbank after the anchor chain parted off Quindalup, Western Australia.[5]
24 June
- Caroline Phillips ( United Kingdom): The schooner was wrecked on the Mixon Shoal, in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all four crew.[1]
August
26 August
- Comet (
United States): The W. M. Hanna and George W. Chapin (Cleveland, Ohio) owned commercial wooden propeller collided with the Manitoba at Whitefish Bay of Lake Superior. Ten lives were lost.
September
Ellen Southard.
1 September
- Vanguard (
United Kingdom): The Royal Navy Audacious class battleship sunk after a collision with HMS Iron Duke near Kish Bank, Ireland.
27 September
- Ellen Southard ( United States): The TJ Southard (Maine) owned Full-rigged ship was wrecked in a hurricane at the mouth of the River Mersey, Liverpool. Twenty-seven first class gold Lifesaving Medals awarded by the United States Congress to the local lifeboat men.
Unknown date
- Edith ( United Kingdom): The London and North Western Railway owned paddle steamer sunk after a collision with the paddle steamer Duchess of Sutherland off Holyhead, Wales. She was salvaged in 1877, rebuilt and returned to service.[6]
October
20 October
- Cornelia (
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Belgium): The Trawler was struck by Khedive and sunk in the River Scheldt, near Bath, Netherlands.[7]Khedive was undergoing sea trials prior to delivery.
31 October
- Magenta (
French Navy): The Magenta-class broadside ironclad was destroyed by fire at Toulon, France.
November
6 November
- Pacific ( United States): The Paddle steamer sunk after being in collision with Orpheus (flag unknown) off Cape Flattery, United States. At least 318 lives lost.
7 November
- Alberta ( United Kingdom): The schooner foundered off Cardigan. Her crew survived.[8]
9 November
- City of Waco ( United States): The Mallory Line (New York) Steamship sunk after a fire aboard off Galveston, Texas. 56 lives were lost.
19 November
- Johanna Antoinette (
Netherlands): The three-masted schooner was lost off Cardigan, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by John Stuart (
Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[8] - Saladin ( Netherlands): The two-masted schooner was wrecked at Cardigan.[8]
23 November
- Foscolo (
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Kingdom of Italy): The 452 ton ship from Naples struck the Seven Stones Reef while bound from Montevideo for Dundee with scrap iron and bones. She managed to reach Crow Bar in the Isles of Scilly and sank in the shallows. She was later salvaged and raised.[3]
December
6 December
- Deutschland ( Germany): The Norddeutscher Lloyd Steamship ran aground on Kentish Knock sandbank. 78 lives were lost'
22 December
- Goliath ( United Kingdom): The Royal Navy Vanguard class ship of the line was destroyed by fire at Grays, Essex. Twenty-three of her crew were killed.
- Jenny (
Russia): The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Pilton, Devon, United Kingdom and was wrecked. Her cew survived. She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida, United States to Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.[1]
25 December
- Khedive ( Belgium): The A Smyers & Co. owned cargo ship ran aground off Ameland, Netherlands. She was on her maiden voyage. She was eventually refloated on 31 December and towed to London by Cambria. Repaired and returned to service.[7]
Unknown date
- Harvest Queen ( United States): The packet ship of the Black Ball Line sank in a collision with the steamer SS Adriatic in St George's Channel, Irish Sea.
Unknown date
- Dunbrody ( United Kingdom): The barque foundered off Labrador, Canada.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ↑ "Historical List of Shipwrecks at Chesil Beach & from Bridport to Lyme Regis". Burton Bradstock Online. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Larn, Richard (1992). The Shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly. Nairn: Thomas & Lochar. ISBN 0-946537-84-4.
- ↑ "Museum News". Scilly Up To Date. April 1999. Retrieved 2 November 2011.
- ↑
Inquiry into the shipwreck of 'Geffrard'. Busselton, Western Australia: Court of Inquiry. Wikisource. 1875. - ↑ "Belgian Merchant P-Z" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Belgian Merchant H-O" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "CARDIGAN & DISTRICT SHIPWRECKS AND LIFEBOAT SERVICE". Glen Johnson. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
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| 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 |