List of shipwrecks in 1879
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| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Active |  United Kingdom |
The steam whaler ran aground "on the New Upernavik Rock" or "near Uppernivik", off the east coast of Greenland in May or June. With assistance from the steam whaler Arctic ( United Kingdom), she was refloated two weeks later with no apparent damage.[1][2] |
| Covadonga |  Chilean Navy |
The steam schooner was stranded in the roadstead at Antofagasta, Chile. She was refloated and returned to service.[3] |
| Conflict | United Kingdom |
The East Indiaman was sighted by Carlisle ( United Kingdom) whilst on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Hull, Yorkshire. Conflict had apparently been in collision with another vessel. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all 30 crew.[4][5] |
| Cunard |  United States |
The schooner was lost off the Grand Banks in November/December, 1878 or early Winter 1879. lost with all 14 hands.[6][7] |
| Gem | United Kingdom |
The auxiliary iron schooner was sunk by her crew around March after they had murdered her owner, Francis Cadell. Gem was on a voyage from Ambon Island, Netherlands East Indies to the Kei Islands.[8][9][10][11] |
| Glencoe | United Kingdom |
Refloated after running aground in the Shanghai River, which detained her for a week along with her cargo of the new-season's tea.[12] |
| Gurtubay |  Spain |
The steamship was abandoned between 14 October and 12 November. Her crew and four passengers were rescued by the steamship Nederland ( Belgium). Gurtubay was on a voyage from Bilbao to New York with ore.[13][14] |
| India |  Portugal |
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean after 15 January. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to New York.[15] |
| Llanedare | United Kingdom |
The steamship departed from Gibraltar for an English port in November or December. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Bay of Biscay with the loss of all 30 crew.[16] |
| Pallas |  Sweden |
The brig was driven ashore at Galveston, Texas, United States after 5 October. She was later refloated and taken in to Galveston.[17] |
| Petrel | Flag unknown | The whaling schooner capsized in mid-ocean with the loss of all fourteen crew.[18] |
| Rookwood | United Kingdom |
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean in February or March with the loss of all twenty crew. She was on a voyage from New York to London.[19] |
| Sarah | United States |
The 142-ton two-masted fishing schooner became a total loss in the North Pacific Ocean.[20] |
| Uncle Sam | United Kingdom |
The barque was abandoned between 10 July and 21 August. Her crew were rescued by Queen of Nations ( United Kingdom). Uncle Sam was on a voyage from North Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada to a British port.[21] |
| William | United Kingdom |
The smack was wrecked on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk. Her twelve crew were rescued by the Caister Lifeboat.[22] |
References
Notes
- ↑ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 29662. London. 2 September 1879. col C, p. 10.
- ↑ "The Whale Fishing". Aberdeen Journal. No. 7657. Aberdeen. 2 September 1879. p. 3.
- ↑ "The War In South America". The Cornishman. No. 50. 26 June 1879. p. 6.
- ↑ "Shipping". Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough. No. 3829. Middlesbrough. 26 September 1879.
- ↑ "Loss of an East Indiaman and Thirty Lives". Huddersfield Chronicle. No. 3790. Huddersfield. 27 September 1879.
- ↑ "1878". downtothesea.com. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ↑ "The Cunard". downtothesea.com. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ↑ Mudie, Ian (1969). "Cadell, Francis (1822–1879)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. pp. 324–325. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- ↑ "Obituary - Death of Captain Francis Cadell". South Australian Register. Vol. XLV, no. 10405. Adelaide. 20 March 1880. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 31 January 2022 – via Trove.
- ↑ "Missing Vessel". Shields Daily Gazette. Vol. XXX, no. 7361. 22 October 1879. p. 4. Retrieved 31 January 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "The Murder of Captain Francis Cadell". Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate. Vol. IX, no. 3272. Newcastle NSW. 2 May 1882. p. 2. Retrieved 31 January 2022 – via Trove.
- ↑ "Occasional Notes". The Cornishman. No. 53. 17 July 1879. p. 5.
- ↑ "Shipping Intelligence". Daily News. No. 10474. London. 13 November 1879.
- ↑ "Casualties, &c: Foreign". Lloyd's List. No. 20, 452. London. 14 November 1879. p. 10. Retrieved 21 January 2022 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Shipping". Liverpool Mercury. No. 9745. Liverpool. 8 April 1879.
- ↑ "Foundering of a Steamship in the Bay of Biscay. 30 Lives Lost". Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough. No. 3915. Middlesbrough. 6 January 1880.
- ↑ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 29741. London. 3 December 1879. col F, p. 10.
- ↑ "Accidents". The Cornishman. No. 71. 20 November 1879. p. 7.
- ↑ "Foundering of a Ship. - Loss of Twenty Lives". Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough. No. 3736. Middlesbrough. 10 June 1879. p. 4.
- ↑ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (S)
- ↑ "Shipping". Liverpool Mercury. No. 9870. Liverpool. 1 September 1879.
- ↑ "Royal National Lifeboat Institution". Belfast News-Letter. No. 19813. Belfast. 7 March 1879.
Bibliography
- Ingram, C. W. N. & Wheatley, P. O. (1936). Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, New Zealand: Dunedin Book Publishing Association.
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