List of shipwrecks in 1874

The list of shipwrecks in 1874 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1874.

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1874
Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec

January

9 January

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1874
Ship Country Description
Sherman  United States The steamer sprang a leak and sank off Cape Fear, North Carolina.

18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1874
Ship Country Description
Minnehaha  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked off Peninnis Head, Isles of Scilly with the loss of ten of her crew. She was on a voyage from Peru to Dublin.

March

5 March

List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1874
Ship Country Description
Enterprise  Belgium Stranded off Brouwershaven, Netherlands and broke her back. Declared a total loss.[1]

April

15 April

List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1874
Ship Country Description
Alma  Norway The ship was wrecked on the Sizewell Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. All thirteen people on board were rescued by the Aldeburgh Lifeboat and the Southwold Lifeboat.[2]

16 April

List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1874
Ship Country Description
Nederland  Belgium Stranded off New Jersey, United States. Refloated on 18 April.[3]

20 April

List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1874
Ship Country Description
Rydall Hall Unknown The 1,780-ton ship sank despite being taken in tow by the Queen of the Bay while off the Seven Stones Reef. She lost most of her head gear while on her maiden voyage from San Francisco with a general cargo. The packet ship received £150.[4]

May

10 May

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1874
Ship Country Description
HMS Endymion  Royal Navy The screw frigate ran aground in Palermo Bay, Sicily. Refloated and sailed to Cagliari, Sardinia, for assessment.
HMS Narcissus  Royal Navy The screw frigate ran aground in Palermo Bay, Sicily, suffering moderate damage. Refloated and sailed to Cagliari, Sardinia, for assessment.

June

19 June

List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1874
Ship Country Description
Flying Cloud  United Kingdom The clipper ran aground on Beach Island Bar, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, a total loss.

July

23 July

List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1874
Ship Country Description
Mary  United Kingdom The sloop was run down and sunk off St Anne's Head, Pembrokeshire with the loss of all hands.[5]

August

23 August

List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1874
Ship Country Description
City of Adelaide  United Kingdom
City of Adelaide stranded on Kirkcaldy Beach
The clipper was stranded on Kirkcaldy Beach, South Australia. Refloated 4 September and returned to service.

September

8 September

List of shipwrecks: 8 September1874
Ship Country Description
D. R. Owen  United States The schooner sank in a storm in the Chequamegon Bay area of Lake Superior east of Ashland, Wisconsin, near the mouth of the Bad River. Her crew survived.

November

17 November

List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1874
Ship Country Description
Cospatrick  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship caught fire and sank off the Cape of Good Hope with the loss of 469 lives. Only three people survived.

December

3 December

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1874
Ship Country Description
Dextrous  United Kingdom The schooner was struck by the brig Alfred ( United Kingdom) and foundered in the Bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued by Aneroid ( United Kingdom).[6]

9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1874
Ship Country Description
Centaur Unknown The brig struck the southern section of Marmion Reef north of Perth, Western Australia, and sank. All 13 people on board, including noted politician and lawyer Septimus Burt, survived.

12 December

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1874
Ship Country Description
Corsair  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Seatown, Dorset.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Belgian Merchant A-G" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
  2. ↑ Bottomley, Alan Farquar. "Shipwrecks at or near Walberswick from 1848 - 1874" (PDF). Suffolk Records Society. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "Belgian Merchant H-O" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
  4. ↑ Larn, Richard (1992). The Shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly. Nairn: Thomas & Lochar. ISBN 0-946537-84-4.
  5. ↑ "CARDIGAN & DISTRICT SHIPWRECKS AND LIFEBOAT SERVICE". Glen Johnson. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
  6. ↑ Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  7. ↑ "Historical List of Shipwrecks at Chesil Beach & from Bridport to Lyme Regis". Burton Bradstock Online. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
Ship events in 1874
Ship launches: 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879
Ship commissionings: 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879
Ship decommissionings: 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879
Shipwrecks: 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879
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