List of shipwrecks in August 1870

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The list of shipwrecks in August 1870 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1870.

List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1870
ShipStateDescription
Doune Castle  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Yangtze.[1] She was on a voyage from Shanghai, China to London. She had been refloated by 26 August and had resumed her voyage.[2]
Dreadnought United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Leeward Islands The schooner was run down and sunk by a French steamship. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barbados to Montserrat and Nevis.[3]
Eamont  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Gävle, Sweden to London. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex in a waterlogged condition.[4][5]
Innisfail  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Gore Sands, in the Bristol Channel off the coast of Somerset. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[4][5] She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[6]
Kate Winifred  United Kingdom The ship struck a rock south east of Celebes Island, Netherlands East Indies and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Zebu" to London.[7]
Rover  United Kingdom The brig ran aground off Dundee, Forfarshire. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Dundee.[8]

2 August

List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1870
ShipStateDescription
Argonaut United States The ship was damaged by fire at New York. She was on a voyage from New York to Bremen.[9]
Nellie Fenwick United States The ship caught fire off Block Island, Rhode Island. She was on a voyage from Azua, Dominican Republic to Boston, Massachusetts. She was discovered the next day by Hattie J. Hamlin ( United States) and towed in to "Maryport".[10]
Rose  United Kingdom The steamship ran ashore at Ballantrae, Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Londonderry. She was refloated.[9]

3 August

List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1870
ShipStateDescription
Pride of the Nile  United Kingdom The smack was destroyed by fire at Grimsby, Lincolnshire.[11]
Scotia  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Magna Charta ( United Kingdom) and sank off Gotland, Sweden. Her 30 crew were rescued by Magna Charta. Scotia was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Kronstadt, Russia.[12][13][14]

5 August

List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1870
ShipStateDescription
Grushevka  Russia The paddle steamer foundered 90 nautical miles (170 km) south west of The Lizard, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her thirteen crew were rescued by a Spanish brig. She was on her maiden voyage, from the River Tyne to Rostov-on-Don.[12][15][16]
Julie  United Kingdom The ship foundered off St. Ives, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by Titania ( United Kingdom). Julie was on a voyage from Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire to Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex.[11][17]
Libertad Argentina The ship ran ashore on "Byron Island" and caught fire. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Quebec, Canada to Buenos Aires.[18]
Magna Charter  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Vindava, Courland Governorate. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Vindava.[19]

6 August

List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1870
ShipStateDescription
Bridgewater United States The ship ran aground near Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.[20]
Brooksby  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore and wrecked on Island Davaar, Argyllshire.[11][19]
Esperance Netherlands The ship ran aground on the Leigh Middle Sand, in the Thames Estuary.[17]
Flora  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Sail Rock Reef, in the Caicos Islands. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada to Kingston, Jamaica.[21]
Havannah  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Solva, Pembrokeshire.[17]
Lorena  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire in Possession Roads. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Réunion to Madagascar.[22][23]
Rosinante Paraguay The ship was destroyed by fire at Humaitá with the loss of three lives.[24]
Speed  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the east coast of Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Skellefteå, Sweden to Dunkirk, Nord, France. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[20]
St. Michael  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned off "Acheer Head". Her crew were rescued by the barque William Stewart. St. Michael was on a voyage from Cocanada, India to London.[12]
Violet  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Cobarubia Reef, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Cárdenas, Cuba.[25][26][27]

7 August

List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1870
ShipStateDescription
Cartero  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned at Hokianga, New Zealand.[28][29]
Tamanga New Zealand The steamship collided with another vessel in Hen and Chicken Bay with the loss of 21 lives. The other vessel, a coal retch, also foundered.[28][29]

8 August

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1870
ShipStateDescription
Blair Atholl  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near "Kuter Milardovich", Russia. She was on a voyage from Nicolaieff, Russia to an English port.[10][25]
Emily Fisher  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on East Point, Haiti. She was on a voyage from Aux Cayes, Haiti to Curaçao and "Goujera".[21]
Victory  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore on Skye, Outer Hebrides.[17]

9 August

List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1870
ShipStateDescription
Maximilian Netherlands The barque collided with Lady Lawrence ( United Kingdom) and sank in the English Channel off Folkestone, Kent, United Kingdom with the loss of three lives. Maximilian was on a voyage from Surinam to Amsterdam, North Holland.[12][15]

10 August

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1870
ShipStateDescription
Beccles  United Kingdom The brig ran aground and capsized in the River Nene at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. She was on a voyage from Gävle, Sweden to Wisbech.[30]
Brunette France The ship ran aground on the West Rocks, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Christiania, Norway to Brest, Finistère. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex.[31]
Mary  United Kingdom The ship sank off Brielle, South Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Rotterdam, South Holland.[32]
Pembrokeshire  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground and was severely damaged at Pembroke Dockyard, Pembrokeshire.[33]

11 August

List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1870
ShipStateDescription
Ann and Ellen  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground and sank at Laxey, Isle of Man.[34]
HMS Midge  Royal Navy The Beacon-class gunvessel was driven ashore on the coast of China. Subsequently refloated, repaired and returned to service.[35]
Ranger  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Rathlin Island, County Donegal. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Workington, Cumberland.[36]

12 August

List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1870
ShipStateDescription
Agnes C. James  United Kingdom The barque ran aground at Ballyshannon, County Antrim and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Ballyshannon.[37]
Andreas and Caroline Norway The ship was wrecked at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, United Kingdom.[30]
Deux Frères Belgium The ship caught fire at Dunkirk, Nord, France and was scuttled.[36][34]

13 August

List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1870
ShipStateDescription
Antelope United States The ship ran aground at Saint Croix, Virgin Islands.[38]
Enigheden Norway The schooner foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Belle Isle ( United Kingdom). Enigheden was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Riga, Russia.[39]
Fenelon France The steamship was driven ashore in the River Plate. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[18]
Willem III Netherlands The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Oude-Tonge, South Holland. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to an Italian port.[36][34]

14 August

List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1870
ShipStateDescription
Jacoba Gesina Netherlands The ship ran aground off the Swedish coast. She was refloated and taken in to Trelleborg, Sweden.[10]
Unnamed Ottoman Empire The dredger caught fire and sank in the New Cut of the Danube at Sulina with the loss of nine lives.[40]

15 August

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1870
ShipStateDescription
Eleanor  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore near Faro, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Constanţa, Ottoman Empire to a British port.[41]
Louisa France The brig arrived at Pernambuco, Brazil from London, United Kingdom on fire. The fire was extinguished but her cargo was severely damaged.[42]
Norway  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued.[3]

16 August

List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1870
ShipStateDescription
Good Intent  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the Irish Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) north north west of Great Orme Head, Caernarfonshire. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands.[43]

17 August

List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1870
ShipStateDescription
Aristelle France The ship struck a rock and sank 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of "Blascow", Finistère. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Llanelly, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Paimpol, Côtes-du-Nord.[44][45]
Dunkeld  United Kingdom The ship foundered, according to a message in a bottle washed up in Addis Bay, New Zealand in March 1871.[46]
Unnamed Flag unknown The brig ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom.[43]

18 August

List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1870
ShipStateDescription
Lebanon  United Kingdom The barque was damaged by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Newport, Monmouthshire. The fire was caused by the ship's steward, who had set the fire using kerosene. Although confined to his cabin, he subsequently escaped, jumped overboard, and was drowned.[47]
Nul ay Trott France The fishing vessel struck a floating object and foundered in the North Sea off North Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by Early Dawn ( United Kingdom).[48]

19 August

List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1870
ShipStateDescription
City of Sydney  United Kingdom The ship was sighted in The Downs whilst on a voyage from London to Sydney, New South Wales. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[49]
Ellora  United Kingdom The coal hulk was run into by the steamship Richard Cobden ( United Kingdom) and sank at Gibraltar. All five people on board were rescued by HMS Samarang ( Royal Navy).[50]
Gode Hensigt Norway The ship was abandoned off St. Abbs Head, Berwickshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dram to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom.[44]
Honorine Marie France The ship was driven ashore on Schiermonnikoog, Friesland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued.[44]
Nul-s'y-Frotte France The lugger struck a sunken wreck and foundered in the North Sea off Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, United Kingdom.[10]
Viscount Macduff  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and capsized at Macduff, Aberdeenshire. Her rew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Macduff to a Baltic port.[10]

20 August

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1870
ShipStateDescription
Cambyses  United Kingdom The brig foundered off Madeira. Her ten crew survived.[41]
Friends  United Kingdom The smack ran aground at Littleferry, Sutherland. She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to Littleferry.[41]
Helen  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Riga, Russia.[51]
Japan  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire off Cape Horn, Chile. Her crew were rescued by Matchless ( United States). Japan was on a voyage from Liverpool to San Francisco, California, United States.[2][52]
Mary Bowen United States The schooner collided with the schooner America ( United States) and sank in Boston Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cow Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada to Boston, Massachusetts.[53]

21 August

List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1870
ShipStateDescription
Wildfire  United Kingdom The steam yacht capsized in the River Thames at Erith, Kent with the loss of two lives.[54]

22 August

List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1870
ShipStateDescription
Dragoon  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Copenhagen, Denmark.[55]
General Havelock  United Kingdom The galley capsized in The Downs. Her three crew were rescued.[40]
Lucy  United Kingdom The barge foundered off Dartmouth, Devon with the loss of all hands.[40]
Maria Burriss  United Kingdom The ship departed from Helsingør, Denmark for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[56]
Richmond  United Kingdom The barque ran aground at the mouth of the Indus and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from London to Kurrachee, India.[44][57][58][55]
Therese Belgium The ship ran aground at Copenhagen. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Narva, Russia.[55]

23 August

List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1870
ShipStateDescription
Melrose Abbey  United Kingdom The ship departed from Saigon, French Indo-China for Yokohama, Japan. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[59]
Seaman's Bride  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in Aspy Bay.[21]

24 August

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1870
ShipStateDescription
Clorinde et Marie France The ship was wrecked north of Saint-Louis with the loss of her captain.[7]
Constant  New Zealand The 13-ton ketch was hit by a roller while attempting to cross the bar of the Grey River mouth at low tide. Only one of the three men on board survived.[60]

25 August

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1870
ShipStateDescription
Carlotta Flag unknown The barque went ashore in the Strait of Juan de Fuca (initially mis-reported as Charlotte).[57][61][62]
St. Demetrius  Russia The lighter sank at Taganrog.[63]

26 August

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1870
ShipStateDescription
Almira United States The 310-ton whaling ship was stove in by ice and lost in the Arctic Ocean near Point Barrow on the north coast of the Department of Alaska.[64]
Carlotta United States The barque was driven ashore in the Strait of Juan de Fuca.[23]
Excelsior  United Kingdom The ship was damaged by fire at Auckland, New Zealand.[65]
Express Prussia The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Canso, Nova Scotia, Canada. She waws on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Cape Canso.[18]
Gambia  United Kingdom The ship departed from São Vicente, Cape Verde Islands for Wilmington, Delaware, United States. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[66]

27 August

List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1870
ShipStateDescription
Alexander  United Kingdom The barque ran aground and was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Villaricos, Spain.[6][39]
Jack Tar  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the barque Kate Scranton ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Kingroad. Her crew were rescued. Jack Tar was on a voyage from Teignmouth, Devon to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[67][68]

28 August

List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1870
ShipStateDescription
Essex  United Kingdom The ship was driven against the quayside and sank at South Shields, County Durham.[69]
Hibernia United States The 256-ton whaling ship was wrecked on the Chukchi Sea coast of the Department of Alaska about 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) southwest of Point Barrow after ice punched a hole in her bow. Her wreck later was sold at auction.[70]
Hope  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Horseshoe Point, in the Humber. She was on a voyage from Jersey, Channel Islands to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated on 27 September and taken in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire in a severely damaged condition.[71]
Mary Ann  United Kingdom The fishing boat was driven ashore at Whitby, Yorkshire.[72]
Norna  United Kingdom The cutter ran aground and capsized at Llandudno, Caernarfonshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Holyhead, Anglesey to Liverpool, Lancashire.[73]
Palace  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Whitby. She was refloated.[72]
Rattler  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and sank at Birkenhead, Cheshire. Her five crew were rescued by the New Brighton Lifeboat Willie and Arthur ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Rattler was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Birkenhead.[6][39][74][75]
Snipe  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Kentish Knock and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France.[57]
St. Jean Baptist France The fishing lugger was run down and sunk off the mouth of the Humber by the paddle steamer Sheffield ( United Kingdom) with the loss of one of her 21 crew. Survivors were rescued by Sheffield.[76][39]
Vixen  United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[57]

29 August

List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1870
ShipStateDescription
Ercilla  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal. She was on a voyage from London to Singapore, Straits Settlements and China. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but was found unfit to continue from Singapore without repairs.[2]
Hope  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire. Her nine crew were rescued by the Cleethorpes Lifeboat Manchester Unity ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[75]
John Armstrong  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on a reef off Barbuda. She was on a voyage from Saint Kitts to the Clyde. She was consequently condemned.[42]
Mary Thomson  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned off the Mull of Kintyre, Argyllshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Easdale, Inner Hebrides to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[37]
Nacional Spain The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (29°10′N 67°17′W / 29.167°N 67.283°W / 29.167; -67.283) with the loss of six of her ten crew. Survivors were rescued on 3 September by the barque Gazelle ( United States). Nacional was on a voyage from Aguadilla, Puerto Rico to Barcelona with coffee and cotton.[77]
Patria Norway The barque was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom to Copenhagen, Denmark.[57] She was subsequently towed in to Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland, Netherlands.[78]
Saint Croix  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Green Island. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Maryport, Cumberland. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[73][78]
Thornley  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to the Nieuw Diep.[6][39][73]
Unnamed Netherlands The smack was abandoned off the coast of Lincolnshire. Both crew were rescued by the Cleethorped Lifeboat Manchester Unity ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[75]

30 August

List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1870
ShipStateDescription
British Empire  United Kingdom The brig foundered in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. Her six crew were rescued by the schooner Louise Annie ( United Kingdom). British Empire was on a voyage from the Nieuwe Diep to Sunderland, County Durham.[79][80][81]
Chevalier  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Saint-Vallier, Quebec, Canada. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Quebec City, Canada.[57][81]
Fitzpatrick  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on "Little Wrangel Island", near Reval, Russia. She was on a voyage from Kronstadt, Russia to the Clyde.[79][82] She was refloated on 21 September and taken in to Reval.[83]
Fredericksteen  United Kingdom The ship sank at Dunkirk, Nord, France. She was on a voyage from London to Dunkirk.[57]
Gustav  Russia The ship departed from Helsingør, Denmark for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[84]
Jerry  United Kingdom The schooner foundered 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off the Varne Lightvessel ( Trinity House). Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France.[85]

31 August

Unknown date

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