List of shipwrecks in January 1869

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The list of shipwrecks in January 1869 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during January 1869.

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1869
ShipStateDescription
Bee  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) west of the Point of Ayr, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Harrington, Cumberland to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[1]
Bride  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked 6 nautical miles (11 km) east of Cutler, Maine, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada to Londonderry.[1][2]
Clarissa  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the cost of Essex. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Trouville-sur-Mer, Calvados, France. She was refloated and beached at Harwich, Essex.[3]
Concord  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the River Bladnoch and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Wigtown.[4]
Effort  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked off Jethou, Channel Islands.[5][1]
Everton  United Kingdom The collier, a brig, was run into by Sir Robert Peel ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Canvey Island, Essex. All 31 people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London.[6][7]
Fairy  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Hastings, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Hastings to Hartlepool.[1]
Glenorchy  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship ran aground on the Kish Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Dublin and sank. Her 29 crew were rescued. She was on her maiden voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Bombay, India.[8][9][10]
Gowerian  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Kingstown, County Dublin.[11]
Hilda  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the West Mouse, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Torquay, Devon. She was refloated and taken in to Beaumaris, Anglesey in a leaky condition.[4]
Pelican  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Hastings. She was on a voyage from Hastings to Hartlepool.[1]
Philomele Siemen Prussia The ship was wrecked on the Can Rocks. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from a port in Schleswig to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom.[12]
Smiler  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) west of the Point of Ayr. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was refloated and towed in to Ramsey, Isle of Man in a leaky condition.[1]

2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1869
ShipStateDescription
Admiral Napier  United Kingdom The ship struck the pier at Ullapool, Ross-shire and was beached. She was on a voyage from Loch Broom to Ullapool.[13]
Aurora  United Kingdom The ship sank off Thorne Island, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire to Neath, Glamorgan.[8]
Belle  United Kingdom The collier, a brig, ran aground on the Sizewell Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and sank with the loss of her captain. Nine survivors were rescued by the Aldeburgh Lifeboat Ipswich ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium.[8][14][15][10]
Cautious  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Stoney Binks, off the mouth of the Humber and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France. She floated off, and was taken in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire in a leaky condition by the Spurn Lifeboat.[16]
Cordelia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Exmouth, Devon. She was refloated.[17]
Dolphin  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the wreck of Palma  United Kingdom in the River Thames at Lower Hope, Kent and was damaged. Her passengers were taken off by Vestal ( Trinity House). Dolphin was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to London.[18][17]
Ellen  United Kingdom The sloop ran aground on the Foreness Rock, Margate. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Penzance, Cornwall. She was refloated and taken in to Margate.[17]
Emaus  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Margate. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Caen, Calvados. She was refloated.[17]
Jeannie  United Kingdom The schooner struck the pier and was wrecked at Aberdeen with the loss of all three of her four crew. The survivor was rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire to Aberdeen.[8][9][15]
Manney  United Kingdom The brig was driven onto the Foreness Rock, Margate. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Southampton, Hampshire. She was refloated with assistance.[17][19]
Ocean Home  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship caught fire at Spithead and was beached at the Haslar Hospital, Portsmouth, Hampshire, where she burnt out. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Liverpool, Lancashire.[20]
Palma  United Kingdom The brig collided with the steamship Hebe ( United Kingdom and sank in the River Thames at Lower Hope.[12][17]
Phoenix  United Kingdom The ship sank off the Copeland Islands, County Down. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Portaferry, County Down.[12]
Sophia  United Kingdom The ship struck the Brandies, off the Saltee Islands, County Wexford and sank. Her four crew survived. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Waterford.[21]

3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1869
ShipStateDescription
Barclay  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned off Aberdeen. Her crew were rescued by the Aberdeen Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Arbroath, Forfarshire.[22]
Beatrice  United Kingdom The ship departed from Baltimore, Maryland, United States for Liverpool, Lancashire. Although sighted off Cape Henry, Virginia on 13 January, she was presumed to have subsequently foundered with the loss of all hands.[23][24]
Charles C. Colgate United States The ship was sighted in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama to Liverpool. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[25]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by the Caister Lifeboat.[8][26] She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France.[12]
Fermosca  Italy The barque was abandoned off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the Great Yarmouth Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom to Alexandria, Egypt. She was subsequently taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom in a leaky condition.[15]
Gaspard France The schooner was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. Her five crew took to a boat; her captain was rescued by the Ramsgate Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine to London.[8][27]
Isabella  United Kingdom The schooner sank off the coast of County Wexford with the loss of two of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by Malakoff ( United Kingdom). Isabella was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Waterford.[28]
Jane Anderson New Zealand The schooner was driven ashore in a gale at Dunedin.[29]
Just in Time New Zealand The schooner sank in a gale at Dunedin.[29]
Liberty  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent in a leaky condition.[17]
Pride New Zealand The schooner sank in a gale at Dunedin.[29]
Renshaw  United Kingdom The schooner sank in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Tod Head, Aberdeenshire. Her six crew were rescued by the schooner Taurus ( United Kingdom). Renshaw was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Montrose, Forfarshire.[8][22]
Ruffine  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Shanghai, China. She was refloated and taken in to Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium in a leaky condition.[30]
R. Wark  United Kingdom The ship was sighted in the South Atlantic whilst on a voyage from Madras, India for Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[31]
Sandringham  United Kingdom The brig was destroyed by fire in The Downs. She was on a voyage from London to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[9][17]
Vindex  United Kingdom The ship collided with the barque Orient ( Russia) off the coast of Norfolk. Vindex was run ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by the Gorleston Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[8][17]
William  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Brake Sand. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Exeter, Devon. She was refloated and put in to Ramsgate, Kent.[32]
Unnamed Flag unknown The brig was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom.[8]
Unnamed Flag unknown The schooner was wrecked at Aberdeen with the loss of three of her four crew.[33]

4 January

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1869
ShipStateDescription
Ann Henzell  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore on Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to the Nieuw Diep.[1]
Busteriana  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at "Palatuan, Camerines coast", Luzon, Spanish East Indies and was abandoned by her crew.[34] She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Manila, Spanish East Indies.[9][35]
Claudia  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on Taylor's Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Garston, Lancashire to Dublin. She was refloated and put back to Garston in a leaky condition.[12]
Jane Austria-Hungary The brig ran aground on the Inner Dowsing Sandbank. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to a Mediterranean port. She was refloated and taken in to Dover, Kent, United Kingdom in a leaky condition.[1]
Jane Canada Canada The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the steamship City of Baltimore ( United Kingdom). Jane was on a voyage from Trinidad to Halifax, Nova Scotia.[36]
Minnie  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Hull to the Cameroon River. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk.[16][3]
Pascoe Grenfell  United Kingdom The ship was sighted off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk whilst on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Villaricos, Spain. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[37]
Water Kelpie Rostock The ship was driven ashore at Burg auf Fehmarn, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Kiel, Prussia.[3] She had been refloated by 6 January and resumed her voyage.[32]
William  United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak and was beached at Dover, Kent. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Rye, Sussex.[1]
William and Mary  United Kingdom The fishing smack sank off Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew survived.[38]

5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1869
ShipStateDescription
Ada Canada Canada The barque ran aground on Smith's Knowl, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom and was abandoned by her crew, eleven of whom were rescued by the barque Alpha ( Prussia), The rest of her crew took to the longboat; they were reported missing. Ada was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to New York. She was towed in to the Nieuw Diep in a derelict condition on 8 January by British Lion ( United Kingdom).[11][32][4][39]
Flying Cloud  United Kingdom The tug struck the quayside at Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire and sank. She was on a voyage from Loch Long to Helensburgh.[40] She was refloated on 16 January and taken in to Greenock, Renfrewshire for repairs.[41]
Forth  United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak and was run ashore at Pittenweem, Fife, where she was wrecked. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Aberdeen.[40]
Freestone Canada Canada The brigantine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Erycina ( United Kingdom).[42]
Gartlee  United Kingdom The steam lighter capsized and sank in the Clyde near Dumbarton with the loss of one of her three crew. Survivors were rescued by the paddle steamer Dunoon Castle ( United Kingdom).[28]
Golovna Norway The ship was driven ashore on the "Island of Roth". She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Kristiansand.[43]
Ladovic Victor, or
Ludovick William		  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Thorntonloch, Lothian. Her five crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire.[27][30]
Sir Charles Napier  United Kingdom The tug sprang a leak and was beached in Loch Long. She was subsequently taken in to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[40]
Start  United Kingdom The fishing trawler sank off the south Devon coast. Her four crew were rescued by the Teignmouth Lifeboat China ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[30][44][45]

6 January

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1869
ShipStateDescription
Con Amore Hamburg The ship caught fire and exploded off Madeira. Her nineteen crew were rescued by RMS Athenian ( United Kingdom).[46]
Formby Lightship, and
Glasgow		 Trinity House
 United Kingdom		 The steamship Bradford ran into the Formby Lightship, which was severely damaged. Bradford was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Sligo. She put back to Liverpool for repairs.[47] The Formby Lightship was subsequently towed in to Liverpool.[48]
Harvest Maid  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent in a leaky condition.[30]

7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1869
ShipStateDescription
Gesina Alida Sweden The ship was driven ashore at Kristiansand, Norway. She was on a voyage from Malmö to London, United Kingdom.[40] She had sunk by 9 January.[49]

8 January

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1869
ShipStateDescription
Europa  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coasst of Essex. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London.[4] She was refloated on 11 January and towed in to Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition.[50]
Jutland Denmark The steamship ran aground off Thyborøn. She was on a voyage from London to Copenhagen. She was refloated on 11 January and taken in to the Thyborøn Canal.[51][40]
Minnie New Zealand The ketch was driven onto rocks and holed at Little Akaloa, Banks Peninsula. All hands survived.[52]

9 January

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1869
ShipStateDescription
Horace  United Kingdom The brig foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk with the loss of all hands.[11]
Ravensbury  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Schulpenplaat, off Maassluis, South Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Harwich, Essex to Rotterdam, South Holland.[32]

10 January

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1869
ShipStateDescription
Nouveau Vigilant France The lugger foundered off Le Conquet, Finistère. Her crew were rescued.[41]

11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1869
ShipStateDescription
Activ Denmark The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the north coast of Skagen. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to Eckernförde, Prussia.[11]
Banana Netherlands The ship ran aground on the Goodwin sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was refloated and assisted in to Ramsgate, Kent.[11]
Gulf City United States The steamship foundered off Cape Lookout, North Carolina with the loss of 25 of the 28 people on board.[53]
Johanna Elise Belgium The ship was wrecked at Savanilla, United States of Colombia. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Savanilla.[54]
Norway  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Brake Sand. She was on a voyage from Bremerhaven to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Aid ( United Kingdom).[11]
Twee Gebroders Netherlands The ship capsized at Vlissingen, Zeeland. She was righted on 16 January.[41]
't Huis Gazzeweer Netherlands The ship was wrecked near Kristiansand, Norway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Trondheim, Norway to London, United Kingdom.[55]

12 January

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1869
ShipStateDescription
Boaz  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Cape Henry, Virginia, United States. she was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Baltimore, Maryland, United States.[56]
Jackal  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on the Bondicar Rocks, on the coast of Northumberland. Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Dundee, Forfarshire.[57][19]
Venus  United Kingdom The brigantine was abandoned off The Lizard, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by Gwain Maid ( United Kingdom)/ Venus was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France.[41]

13 January

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1869
ShipStateDescription
Arica  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked at Pacas Mayo, Peru.[58][59]
Clyde United States The steamboat was wrecked in the Red River with the loss of six lives.[60]
Falcon  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Brest Rock, on the coast of Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to Irvine, Ayrshire.[61]
Flower of the Arun  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Teignmouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to Teignmouth.[19] She was refloated the next day and taken in to Teignmouth in a leaky condition.[49]
Lily  United Kingdom The sloop collided with HMRC Prince Albert ( Board of Customs) and sank in the English Channel off Plymouth, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Penryn, Cornwall.[2]
Pilot  United Kingdom The pilot boat collided with the pilot boat Petrel ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Irish Sea 12 nautical miles (22 km) off Kinsale Head, County Cork. Both people on board were rescued.[62]
Search  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Tangier, Morocco.[36]

14 January

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1869
ShipStateDescription
Energy  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Mumby, Lincolnshire.[49]
John Bunyan  United Kingdom The ship departed from Cardiff, Glamorgan for Lisbon, Portugal. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[63]
Pilot  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the schooner Petrel ( United Kingdom) and sank at Queenstown, County Cork. Her crew were rescued.[51]
Rollo  United Kingdom The ship was run ashore in St. Aubin's Bay, Jersey, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Jersey. She was refloated and towed in to Saint Aubin, Jersey and beached.[49]

15 January

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1869
ShipStateDescription
Alexandrine France The schooner was wrecked on the Doom Bar. Her six crew were rescued by the Padstow Lifeboat Albert Edward ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[43]
Arzoumels  United Kingdom The chasse-marée was driven ashore at Hayle, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to the Charente. She was consequently condemned.[43]
Christen Winkel Denmark The schooner was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by tug Aid ( United Kingdom) and the Ramsgate Lifeboat Bradford ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Christen Winkel was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Lisbon, Portugal.[51][64][49]
Diletti Mimbelli Flag unknown The ship ran aground in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Marianople, Russia to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[51]
Georges Alfred France The ship ran aground on the North Rock, in the Belfast Lough. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure to Glasgow, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom.[65][49] She was refloated on 22 January and towed in to Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom.[66]
Havelock  United Kingdom The schooner was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Orfordness, Suffolk by the steamship Edith ( United Kingdom). Her seven crew were rescued by Edith. Havelock was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Whitstable, Kent.[42][41][67]
Lady Octavia  United Kingdom The ship collided with a schooner and was run ashore near Kingsdown, Kent. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London. She was refloated and taken in tow for London.[51]
Lord Coke  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Sizewell Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her four crew were rescued by the Southwold Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Woolwich, Kent[68][61]
Thomas  United Kingdom The brigantine was wrecked on the Doom Bar. Her six crew, and eight would-be rescuers, were rescued by the Padstow Lifeboat Albert Edward ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[43][69] Thomas was on a voyage from Swansea to Poole, Dorset.[70]
Walter United States The barque was driven ashore at Whitford Point, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[61]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The brigantine was wrecked on the Doom Bar. Her crew were rescued by the Padstow Lifeboat Albert Edward ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[64]
Unnamed France The schooner was wrecked on the Doom Bar. Her crew were rescued by the Padstow Lifeboat Albert Edward ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[64]

16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1869
ShipStateDescription
Atlas  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk.[61] She was refloated the next day and towed in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[43]
Busy United States The ship was driven ashore at Cape Henry, Virginia. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Baltimore, Maryland.[71]
Caledonia  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated and assisted in to Ramsgate, Kent in a severely leaky condition.[72]
David Cannon United States The ship was lost off the Chandeleur Islands, Louisiana. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Liverpool, Lancashire.[66][73]
G. T. Ward  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore Boulmer, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire to South Shields, County Durham.[2]
Lava, and an
unnamed dredge boat		  United Kingdom The steamship Lava ran into an unnamed dredge boat in the River Suir and sank her. Lava ran aground. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[43][74]
Leading Star  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore south of Flamborough Head, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from London to Dundee, Forfarshire.[43] She was refloated on 20 January and towed in to South Shields, County Durham for repairs.[13]
Maria  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Corton Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Porto, Portugal. She was later refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth in a leaky condition.[75]
Thames  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Muck Island, in the Larne Lough and was consequently beached on the coast of County Antrim. Thames was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Savannah, Georgia, United States.[43] Although condemned, she was refloated on 8 February and towed in to Belfast, County Antrim.[76][77]

17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1869
ShipStateDescription
Jacquarine  Brazil The steamship wrecked upstream of "Conception".[78]
Isabella and Mary  United Kingdom The schooner was run down and sunk in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk by the steamship Busy Bee ( United Kingdom). Her seven crew were rescued by Busy Bee. Isabella and Mary was on a voyage from Amble, Northumberland to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France.[42][67]
Nautilus  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Holm Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[79]
Sea Foam  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Sulina, Ottoman Empire to Ipswich, Suffolk. She was refloated, found to be severely leaky and was beached on the Platters.[43]
Unnamed Flag unknown The smack was run into by the brig Nimrod ( United Kingdom) and sank off Spurn Point, Yorkshire with the loss of all hands.[74]

18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1869
ShipStateDescription
Ann  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the Bristol Channel off the Nash Lighthouse, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Pernambuco, Brazil.[13]
Glencoe  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Kurrachee, India. Glencoe was refloated and put into The Downs. She subsequently resumed her voyage.[72][41]
M. Racer  United Kingdom The brig was damaged by fire at West Hartlepool, County Durham.[67]
Stranger  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the steamship Beverley ( United Kingdom) and sank off the Boston Knock. Her crew were rescued by Beverley.[72][80]

19 January

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1869
ShipStateDescription
Aberdeenshire  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Ramsgate, Kent. She was refloated.[81]
Aldivalloch  United Kingdom The barque foundered 40 nautical miles (74 km) off Cape St. Vincent, Portugal. Her crew were rescued by Meggy Armstrong ( United Kingdom) and a Russian barque. Aldivalloch was on a voyage from Bourgas, Ottoman Empire to Falmouth, Cornwall.[82][75]
Ann United States The ship was driven ashore at Berck, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was on a voyage from New York to Antwerp, Belgium.[81]
Queen of the Lakes  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Corrientes, Argentina.[81]
Union United States The sternwheel paddle steamer sank in the Lafayette rapids on the Dayton River in Oregon. Her boiler later was salvaged.

20 January

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1869
ShipStateDescription
Ala Norway The ship was wrecked at Skeldaness, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dram to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[41][13]
Europa  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Cromer, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Livorno, Italy. She was refloated and towed in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[83]
Favourite  United Kingdom The fishing smack was driven ashore at Speeton, Yorkshire. She was refloated and taken in to Scarborough, Yorkshire in a severely leaky condition.[13]
Galvanic  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Crosby, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Liverpool. She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool.[13]
Gustav Hamburg The ship ran aground on the Sunk Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands. She was refloated with the assistance of four smacks and taken in to Harwich, Essex.[13]
Harriet and Eliza  United Kingdom The Mersey Flat was run into by the steamship Milo in the Crosby Channel and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by Milo. Harriet and Eliza was taken in to by a tug.[70]
Success  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Seaham, County Durham.[13]

21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1869
ShipStateDescription
Eden, and
Flying Fish		  United Kingdom The barque Flying Fish was run into by Eden ( United Kingdom) and sank. Her crew were rescued by a steamship. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Exeter, Devon. Eden was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Aberdeen. She was severely damaged.[84]
Kinloss  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked off Scatraw Creek. Her four crew were rescued by a coble.[69][85]
Mary Ellen  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Barrells. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Jamaica. She was refloated and put back to Liverpool in a leaky condition.[70]
Scotia  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked at Tynemouth, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[84]

22 January

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1869
ShipStateDescription
Anna Helena Prussia The ship caught fire and was run ashore at Trimingham, Norfolk, United Kingdom.[66]
Coral Nymph  United Kingdom The ship capsized at Sunderland.[86] She was righted.[80]
Demetrius Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore at Bridport, Dorset, England.[87]
Prince Alfred  United Kingdom The paddle steamer ran aground on the Carrick Rock, Maughold Head, Isle of Man. All on board were rescued; her 120 passengers were taken off by the steamship Magnetic ( United Kingdom. Prince Alfred was on a voyage from Fleetwood, Lancashire to Belfast, County Antrim. She broke up on 30 January.[88][89][90][91]
Valetta  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Askew Spit, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Cette, Hérault, France.[92] She was refloated and put back to Liverpool.[90]

23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1869
ShipStateDescription
Ida  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Audierne, Finistère, France. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées, France.[93]
Marie Joseph France The ship was driven ashore at Audierne. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Bayonne. She was refloated on 13 February but was condemned.[93]
Santiago  United Kingdom The paddle steamer was wrecked in the Strait of Magellan with the loss of three of the 200 people on board. Survivors were rescued by HMS Nassau ( Royal Navy). Santiago was on a voyage from Valparaíso to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[94][95][96][97]

24 January

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1869
ShipStateDescription
Carl Rostock The brig was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by a lugger. She was on a voyage from Viborg, Denmark to Cette, Hérault, France. Carl was later refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent in a waterlogged condition.[98][2]
Lady Westmoreland  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands. Her crew were rescued by a lugger. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Cartagena, Spain.[98] She was subsequently refloated with assistance from a lugger and a hoveller.[35] Lady Westmoreland resumed her voyage, but put in to St. Helen's, Isle of Wight on 1 February in a leaky condition. She was taken in to Portsmouth, Hampshire for repairs on 19 February.[99]
Vrouw Clara Netherlands The brig struck floating wreckage and foundered in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham, United Kingdom. Her six crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to "Caminka", Portugal.[100]

25 January

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1869
ShipStateDescription
Alice and Mary  United Kingdom The ship collided with the coaster Eaglet ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Garston, Lancashire.[2][35]
Magnet  United Kingdom The ship collided with the corvette Bartolomeu Dias ( Portuguese Navy) and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Savanilla, United States of Colombia to Bremen. She was towed in to Plymouth Sound by the steamship Balbec ( France).[35]
Margaret  United Kingdom The ship schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Goatness, Lothian. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from West Hartlepool, County Durham to Tayport, Fife.[2]

26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1869
ShipStateDescription
Annie  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Maldon, Essex to Goole, Yorkshire. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a severely leaky condition.[2]
Golden Pledge  United Kingdom The ship departed from Liverpool, Lancashire for Castine, Maine, United States. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[101]
Mary Pester  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Black Hill. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Llanelly, Glamorgan.[102]
Vulcan  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked on the "Island of Ross", Argyllshire.[103]

28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1869
ShipStateDescription
Bertha France The schooner ran aground and sank of St Martin's, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom. Her crew survived.[104]
Huit Frères France The schooner was driven ashore on Tresco, Isles of Scilly and was wrecked.[104]
Queen of the Tyne  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her eight crew were rescued by the Lowestoft Lifeboat Lætitia ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Queen of the Tyne was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[56][105][106][107]
Veritas Austria-Hungary The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Trieste. She was taken in to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom by the three crew from the schooner Capricieuse ( France) with assistance from the Cadgwith Lifeboat Western Commercial Traveller ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[108]
Wave  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Truro, Cornwall to Mistley, Essex. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex.[93]
Wellington  United Kingdom The brigantine ran aground of the Cross Rocks, off Skerries, County Dublin. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Dublin. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Skerries.[75]

29 January

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1869
ShipStateDescription
Anne Middleton  United Kingdom The brig departed from Agrigento, Sicily, Italy for Ipswich, Suffolk. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all eight crew.[25]
Carron  United Kingdom The ship was driven onto the Black Rocks and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Berdyansk, Russia to Leith, Lothian. She was refloated and taken in to Leith.[73]
Demetrius  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridport, Dorset. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Topsham, Devon to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.[71][108]
Halcyon  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore at Moville, County Donegal.[75]
Macedon  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Piel Island, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Barrow in Furness, Lancashire to Lisbon, Portugal. She was refloated and taken in to Barrow in Furness for repairs.[83]
Storm Queen  United Kingdom The steamship foundered in the English Channel 7 nautical miles (13 km) west of Rame Head, Cornwall. Her thirteen crew were rescued by Rogaland ( Norway). Storm Queen was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France.[71][108][109]
Tabitha  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Hartlepool, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Scarborough, Yorkshire.[108][110]
Twilight United States The fishing schooner sank off Beaver Island. Crew saved. Later it was determined she was scuttled by her Captain.[111]
Willing Lass  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Pladda Rocks with the loss of all four crew.[112]

30 January

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1869
ShipStateDescription
Ann Middleton  United Kingdom The ship departed from Agrigento, Sicily, Italy for Ipswich, Suffolk. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[113]
Barbarossa  United Kingdom The ship was sighted in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Queenstown, County Cork to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[114]
Charles and Emma  United Kingdom The ship collided with another vessel and sank at Falmouth, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Corfu, Greece and Trieste.[115]
Flying Fish  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to New Ross, County Wexford.[75]
Margam Abbey  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on São Miguel Island, Azores. Her crew were rescued.[116][76]
Sir George Brown  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dunfanaghy, County Donegal. Her crew were rescued.[73]
Turtle Dove  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.[117][75] She was refloated the next day.[73][118]

31 January

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