List of shipwrecks in January 1879

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The list of shipwrecks in January 1879 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during January 1879.

List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1879
ShipStateDescription
Dunmore  United Kingdom The steamship was driven from her moorings in the Clyde by ice and ran aground at Whiteinch, Renfrewshire. She was refloated.[1]
Jeltina Netherlands The schooner foundered in the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued by the smack Minotaur ( United Kingdom). Jeltina was on a voyage from Hamburg to Yeddo, Japan.[2][3]
James H. Myrick  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (48°24′N 24°14′W / 48.400°N 24.233°W / 48.400; -24.233). Her crew were rescued by the steamship City of London ( United Kingdom). J. H. Merryck was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island, Canada to Queenstown, County Cork.[4][2]
Mariotus  United Kingdom The steamship was driven from her mooring by ice in the Clyde and was scuttled.[1]
Tender  United Kingdom The lighter was run into by the steamship Tay ( United Kingdom) and sank at Grangemouth, Stirlingshire.[5]

2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1879
ShipStateDescription
Anastasi  Greece The ship was wrecked at Sinopoli, Italy.[6]
Cowan  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Kentish Knock. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated and resumed her voyage in a leaky condition, but was consequently beached at Southwold, Suffolk.[6]
Dagmar Denmark The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Nyborg. She was refloated and taken in to Marstrand, Sweden in a leaky condition.[7]
Eleanor Grace  United Kingdom The ship departed from Falmouth, Cornwall for Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. No further trace,[8] reported missing.[9]
Ellen Wignall  United Kingdom The schooner departed from Charleston, South Carolina, United States for Dublin. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all ten crew.[10][11]
Laurestine  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on the Kopparstenarna, in the Baltic Sea. Her 23 crew survived. She was on a voyage from Reval, Russia to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[6][12][13]
Menfi  Greece The brig was wrecked at "Bezika". Her crew were rescued.[6]
Monica  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Leverson in the River Thames and was beached.[14][7]
Nina  United Kingdom The brigantine collided with the steamship Santander ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned in the English Channel off the Royal Sovereign Lightship ( Trinity House). Her crew were rescued by Santander. Nina was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to a Scottish port. She came ashore at Langley, Sussex.[15]
Pater Netherlands The galiot struck a wreck in the North Sea and was abandoned. Her four crew reached Aberdeen, United Kingdom in a boat. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Burghead, Moray, United Kingdom.[16][17]
HMS Thunderer  Royal Navy The Devastation-class ironclad suffered an explosion in one of her guns that killed eleven of her crew and injured 35 others.
Unnamed Spain The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked west of the Pointe de La Coubre, Gironde, France with the loss of all hands.[6]

3 January

List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1879
ShipStateDescription
Albatross  United Kingdom The steamship departed from Grimsby, Lincolnshire for Alexandria, Egypt. No further trace,[18] presumed foundered with the loss of all 22 crew.[19]
Bosnia  Germany The steamship struck a rock and sank off Tarifa, Spain. She was on a voyage from Tarragona, Spain to Hamburg.[16][20]
Marie  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Bloue Head Bay, Newfoundland Colony. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony.[21][22]
Marinus  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Madeira. She was abandoned on 5 January as a total loss.[2] Her crew were rescued by the smack Aqueline ( United Kingdom).[23]
Nederland Netherlands The steamship ran aground on the Cherry Island Flats. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Antwerp, Belgium.[16] She was refloated on 6 January and resumed her voyage.[24]
Pansy  United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her eight crew were rescued by the steamship Royal Minstrel ( United Kingdom). Pansy was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[25][26]
Utility  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Prawle Point, Devon. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.[7]

4 January

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1879
ShipStateDescription
Caldbec  United Kingdom The barque ran aground in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Chittagong to Cochin, India. She was refloated.[27]
Fäderneslandet Norway The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the full-rigged ship Caledonia ( Norway).[28] She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida, United States to Greenock, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom.[29]
Isabella  United Kingdom The ship departed from Briton Ferry, Glamorgan for the Rio Grande do Sul. No further trace,[30] reported missing.[31]
Marie  Germany The schooner collided with the barque Tommasco ( Italy) in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom and was abandoned. Her five crew were rescued by Tommasco. Marie was on a voyage from Stettin to Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom. She was towed in to Newhaven, Sussex by the Newhaven Lifeboat Michael Henry ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution) and the steamship Bordeaux ( France) but broke up on arrival.[15][16][32]
Olga  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Constantin ( France) at Porto, Portugal and was beached 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Porto.[16][32][33] She was on a voyage from London to Porto. She broke in two the next day. Her crew were rescued.[20]
Vindicator United States The steamship ran aground 300 yards (270 m) off shore on Long Island at Long Island Beach, one mile (1.6 km) west of Smith's Point. Her fifteen crew were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[34] She was on a voyage from Fall River, Massachusetts to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[32]
Unnamed United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Aden Colony The dhow was wrecked on Mushejjerah, in the Hanish Islands, Yemen Vilayet. with the loss of seventeen of the 31 people on board. Thirteen of the survivors were rescued by the steamship Wilton ( United Kingdom). The dhow was on a voyage from Aden to Hodeidah, Yemen Vilayet.[35]

5 January

List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1879
ShipStateDescription
Albert Edward  United Kingdom The steamship ran ashore between Portsmouth and Southsea, Hampshire. She was refloated the next day.[24]
A. Seaman Canada The steamship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Harold ( Denmark).[36]
Illinois United States The steamship ran aground on the Dunbaker Shoals. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[16][32] She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[24]
Margaretta  Germany The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Antigua. Her crew were rescued.[37][2]
Profit and Loss  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cairnbulg, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Aberdeen.[16][20]

6 January

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1879
ShipStateDescription
Adolph Tidemann  Germany The ship was driven ashore east of Dunkirk, Nord, France.[24]
Ancona United States The schooner was wrecked on the Fort Rocks, off Marblehead, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from Annapolis, Maryland to New York.[24]
Charles Marie France The ship was driven ashore near Les Sables-d'Olonne, Vendée. Her crew were rescued.[24]
F. T. Barry  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground near Villareal, Spain. She was refloated.[24]
Gerhardine  Germany The brigantine was abandoned by her crew approximately 30 miles (48 km) south of St Agnes, Isles of Scilly. She was towed into St Mary's by Gladiator. The crew were landed at Le Havre on 16 January.[38]
Leopold Marie France The ship ran aground in the Gironde. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Bordeaux, Gironde. She was refloated.[24]
Maria Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore at "Hassan". She was on a voyage from Königsberg, Germany to Fécamp, Seine-Inférieure, France.[24]
Maria Wilhelmina  Germany The ship ran aground in the Kattegat. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Hamburg. She was refloated and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark in a leaky condition.[24]

7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1879
ShipStateDescription
Collingwood  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore in the Gironde. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[39]
Effort  United Kingdom The ketch was driven ashore and wrecked at the entrance to Poole Harbour, Dorset. Her crew were rescued by the Swanage Lifeboat Charlotte Mary ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[40]
John Straker  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Antwerp, Belgium. She was on a voyage from Odesa, Russia to Antwerp. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug.[41]
Kate  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore in Dulas Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 27 January and taken in to Amlwch, Anglesey in a severely damaged condition.[42]
Marchioness of Londonderry  United Kingdom The schooner was run into in the Firth of Forth by a steam launch belonging to HMS Dryad ( Royal Navy) and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Kennetpans, Clackmannanshire to Trouville-sur-Mer. Seine-Inférieure, France. She was repaired and resumed her voyage a month later.[43]
Nuelvo Malgenio Spain The ship was driven ashore on the coast of West Flanders, Belgium. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Puerto Rico. She was refloated and taken in to Dover, Kent, United Kingdom in a leaky condition.[3]
Queen of Devon  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore by ice at Tønning, Germany.[41] She was refloated on 9 January.[39]
Queen of the North  United Kingdom The barque departed from Tuticorin, India for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all sixteen crew.[44]
Speedy  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Chesil Beach, Dorset.[45]
Wittow  Germany The schooner was wrecked on the Mull of Oa, Islay, United Kingdom with the loss of three of the seven people on board.[46][47] She was on a voyage from Larne, County Antrim to Liverpool, Lancashire.[41][48]

8 January

List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1879
ShipStateDescription
Anna Norway The barque ran aground in the Elbe at Schulau, Germany. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Hamburg Germany.[49]
E. H. Duval United States The ship ran aground in the Elbe at Schulau. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Hamburg. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Hamburg.[49]
Enterprise  United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Isabelita ( Spain). Enterprise was on a voyage from St. Mary's to Montevideo.[50]
Marie Louise Sweden The schooner was wrecked at Dymchurch, Kent, United Kingdom with the loss of one of her six crew. Survivors were rescued by the Coastguard.[51][52]
Riverside  United Kingdom The brigantine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Isabella ( Spain). Riverside was on a voyage from St. Marys, Georgia, United States to Montevideo, Uruguay.[53][54]
Sarah Ann  United Kingdom The barque foundered in Swansea Bay. Her crew were rescued by the Mumbles Lifeboat Wolverhampton ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Sarah Ann was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Montevideo.[55][56] She was refloated on 11 January and taken in to Swansea.[49]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore in Cloughy Bay.[3]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The smack was wrecked on Puffin Island, Anglesey while bound for Bangor, Caernarfonshire. Her crew were rescued.[51][57]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The smack was wrecked on Puffin Island while bound for Bangor. Both crew were reported to have drowned.[51][57]

9 January

List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1879
ShipStateDescription
Aretusa Austria-Hungary The steamship ran aground on a reef 30 nautical miles (56 km) north of Jeddah, Hejaz Vilayet. She was on a voyage from Busreh, Persia to Jeddah. She was subsequently abandoned by her crew.[58][59]
Le Mignon France The dandy was driven ashore on the Little Bezeath ridge of rocks at Marazion beach, Mount's Bay, Cornwall in a south-east gale. Her five crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme.[60][61][41]
Messina  Italy The ship was driven ashore in Beşik Bay.[62]
Urbino  United Kingdom The steamship struck rocks at Cádiz, Spain and sank. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Cádiz.[41]
Warkworth  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Harlingen, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Harlingen.[63]
William and Mary  United Kingdom The Workington brig was driven on to rocks at Cloughey Bay, County Down. The fate of the crew is unknown.[51]

10 January

List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1879
ShipStateDescription
Albatross  United Kingdom The steamship departed from Grimsby, Lincolnshire for Alexandria, Egypt. No further trace, reported missing.[64]
C. W. Cochran United States The barque was destroyed by fire and sank at Galveston, Texas.[65][41][66]
Day Star  United Kingdom The barque dragged anchor and grounded lightly on mud on 9 January when sheltering off Crookhaven, County Cork, and was re-anchored. The following day she again broke anchorage, in a hurricane, and was driven onto a rocky shore.[67][68] She was refloated on 8 February and repaired.[69]
Geneva  United Kingdom The schooner foundered off "Small Accra". Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from the Cape Coast Castle to Little Popo, Africa.[70]
L. Dev. Chipman Canada Canada The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of five of the thirteen people on board. Seven survivors were rescued by the barque Huron ( United Kingdom) and the eighth was rescued by the full-rigged ship Wauleneh (Canada Canada). L. Dev. Chipman was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom.[71][72]
Mayflower  United Kingdom The brigantine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (45°53′N 11°08′W / 45.883°N 11.133°W / 45.883; -11.133). Her crew were rescued by Queen ( United Kingdom). Mayflower was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[73][74]
Semper Fidelis  United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the steamship West ( United Kingdom). Semper Fidelis was on a voyage from London to Saint Vincent.[29]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of the Cordouan Lighthouse, Gironde, France.[46]

11 January

List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1879
ShipStateDescription
Albatross  United Kingdom The steamship departed from Grimsby, Lincolnshire for Alexandria, Egypt. No further trace, reported missing.[75]
Day Star  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Crookhaven, County Cork with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[66][76][63]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned off Wicklow Head, County Wicklow and sank. Her four crew survived. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Truro, Cornwall.[73][77]
Hellespont  United Kingdom The steamship foundered in the Bay of Biscay during a gale with the loss of two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by the steamship Macedonia ( United Kingdom) and landed at Gibraltar. Hellespont was on a voyage from Cardiff and/or Swansea, Glamorgan to Port Said, Egypt.[78][79][76]
Linguist  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 70 nautical miles (130 km) off Cape Clear Island, County Cork with the loss of fifteen of her 29 crew. Survivors took to a lifeboat. They were rescued the next day by the barque Equateur ( France). Linguist was on a voyage from Liverpool to Rangoon, Burma.[79][80]
Loch Sunart  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was wrecked on the Skullmartin Rock, off the coast of County Down. Her passengers were taken off by the Ballywalter Lifeboat, which rescued twenty, and by other vessels. Her 35 crew were taken off by the Ballywalter Lifeboat on 13 January. Loch Sunart was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Melbourne, Victoria.[39][81][52] She broke up on 12 February.[82]
Mount Pleasant  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Victoria Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was on a voyage from Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Havana, Cuba. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[49]
Unnamed  Germany The lighter collided with another lighter and was beached at Bremerhaven.[83]

12 January

List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1879
ShipStateDescription
General Caulfield  United Kingdom In heavy seas, the barque became a total wreck after running onto a sandbank in Courtmacsherry Bay, County Cork. Her eighteen crew were rescued by the Courtmacsherry Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Queenstown, County Cork.[84][85][63][52]
Gunhilda Canada Canada The barque was wrecked 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of the Cordouan Lighthouse, Gironde, France with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Bordeaux, Gironde.[66][39][86]
Huguenot United States The ship ran aground in St Mawes Creek. She was refloated with the assistance of two tugs and taken in to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom where she collided with the brigantine Cassandra ( United Kingdom).[87][25][49]
Luigi Olivari  Italy The barque was wrecked between Nethertown and St Bees, Cumberland, United Kingdom with the loss of fourteen of her 22 crew and her pilot. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Silloth,

Cumberland.[88][89][79][26]

Monitor Norway The brig was driven ashore on Green Island. She was refloated on 31 January but was consequently condemned.[90]
Norman  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked at Penmarc'h Point, Finistère, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint-Nazaire, Ille-et-Vilaine, France to Newport, Monmouthshire.[73]
Thistle  United Kingdom The yawl was sunk by ice in the River Test at Southampton, Hampshire.[91]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The steam launch was sunk by ice in the River Test at Southampton.[91]

13 January

List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1879
ShipStateDescription
Africa  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at Tripoli, Ottoman Tripolitania with the loss of eight lives.[92]
Alexander Yates  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Crosshaven Bank, off the coast of County Cork. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug.[74]
Cleopas  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her ten crew were rescued by the Kessingland RNLI lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She floated off but consequently sank.[65][93]
Cyclop  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Elbe at Brokdorf, Germany.[29]
Dunloe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey The schooner ran aground on The Manacles, Cornwall and was abandoned. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Granville, Manche, France to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She subsequently sank.[73][94]
Equateur France The barque ran aground on Sarn Badrig. All 29 people on board took to the lifeboat and landed at Pwllheli, Caernarfonshire, United Kingdom. Equateur was on a voyage from San Francisco, California, United States to Guaymas, Mexico and Liverpool. She subsequently sank.[73][80][49][63]
Faith United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey The ship ran aground on the Shoebury Sand, in the Thames Estuary. She was on a voyage from London South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated.[49][74][95]
Hannah Denmark The schooner ran aground at Findhorn, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom.[73] She was on a voyage from Pillau, Germany to Londonderry, United Kingdom.[49] Hannah was refloated on 16 January.[29]
Harlequin  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at Tripoli. Her crew were rescued.[92][96]
Isolina  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned off the Fastnet Rock. Her crew were rescued by Isaac Webb ( United States). Isolina was on a voyage from Singapore, Straits Settlements to Liverpool.[97][98]
Lancashire Witch  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the steamship Yrurac Bat ( Spain) and sank 12 nautical miles (22 km) off Holyhead, Anglesey with the loss of all but her captain.[99][100] He was rescued by Yrurac Bat.[101] Lancashire Witch was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire to Swansea, Glamorgan.[100]
Leopoldine Bauer Trieste The barque was driven ashore and wrecked 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north of Bude, Cornwall.[80][94][74] Her crew were rescued by the steamship Ravenshoe ( United Kingdom). Leopoldine Bauer was on a voyage from Dublin to Cardiff.[71]
Lon Anitole United States The brigantine was abandoned off the Aran Islands, County Galway, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from New York to Limerick, United Kingdom.[80]
Otway  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Rhoscolyn, Anglesey with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by the Coastguard. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to Belfast, County Antrim.[65][102]
Pocahontas  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at Tripoli. Her crew were rescued.[92][96]
Reindeer United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey The dandy was driven ashore and wrecked at "L'Etacy", in St. Ouens Bay, Jersey, Channel Islands with the loss of all seven people on board. She was on a voyage from Guernsey to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France.[73][103][104]
Ringleader, and
James Wolsey		 United States
 United Kingdom		 Ringleader collided with R. R. Thomas ( United States and James Wolsey at Queenstown, County Cork. Ringleader and James Wolsey were both severely damaged.[73]
Schiehallion  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at the Blackgang Chine, Isle of Wight with the loss of one of the 29 people on board. Survivors were rescued by the Coastguard. She was on a voyage from Auckland, New Zealand to London.[79][105][106]
Tana Norway The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at "Pierre Splates". She was on a voyage from London to Port-de-Bouc, Bouches-du-Rhône, France and/or Bône, Algseia. She was refloated and taken in to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône in a leaky condition.[25][74]
True  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore at "Portobello", 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) west of Newhaven, Sussex. Her six crew were rescued by the Newhaven Lifeboat Michael Henry ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). True was on a voyage from Swansea to Newhaven. She broke up the next day.[15]
Union  United Kingdom The schooner was severely damaged by an onboard explosion at Sunderland, County Durham.[74]
Unnamed United States The ship was driven ashore at Freshwater West, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom.[49]
Unnamed United States The ship was driven ashore at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan.[49]

14 January

List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1879
ShipStateDescription
Alert Canada Canada The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her seven crew were rescued by Caledonia ( United Kingdom). Alert was on a voyage from Barbados to Digby, Nova Scotia.[107]
Allisson  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Jury's Gap, near Rye, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Trouville-sur-Mer, Seine-Inférieure, France to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[73][108]
Gerhardina  Germany The derelict barque was towed in to the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom.[73]
Jane  United Kingdom The ship ran ashore on Flamborough Head, Yorkshire and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[73] She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to London.[74]
Maria Julia  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay.[74]
Queen United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The cutter was wrecked at the Cap de la Hague, Manche, France. Her three crew survived. She was on a voyage from Jersey to Southampton, Hampshire.[109][29] She was towed in to Brixham, Devon in a capsized and waterlogged condition by the smack I.C.U. ( United Kingdom) on 14 February.[110]
Rachel Harrison  United Kingdom The ship ran ashore south of Clogher Head, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Warrenpoint to Newry.[71]
Sarpin  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.[74]
Sudan  Germany The ship ran aground on the Owers Sandbank, in the English Channel off the coast of Sussex. She was on a voyage from Manila, Spanish East Indies to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom.[74]
Trocadero  United Kingdom The steamship ran ashore at Étaples, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Le Tréport, Seine-Inférieure, France to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[29]
William Dawson  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Spijker Plaat, in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated and completed her voyage.[63]
Unnamed Flag unknown The brig ran aground on the Princess Shoal, in the Solent, and sank.[74]
Unnamed Flag unknown The steamship was driven ashore "on the Kinachagen", off the coast of Denmark.[98]

15 January

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1879
ShipStateDescription
Batavia  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at New York, United States. She was on a voyage from New York to Shanghai, China. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[29]
Dart Dominion of Newfoundland Newfoundland Colony The ship departed from Saint John's for Lisbon, Portugal. No further trace, reported missing.[111]
Ranavola  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Doombar. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Padstow, Cornwall. She was refloated and taken in to Hawker's Covy.[71]
Serapis  United Kingdom The steamship was damaged by fire at Liverpool, Lancashire.[71]
Success Norway The barque was beached at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, United States. Her ten crew reached shore in their boat. Success was on a voyage from Wilmington, Delaware, United states to Hamburg, Germany. She broke in two, a total loss.[34][97]
Wesley and Seymour Canada Canada The brigantine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (49°10′N 15°25′W / 49.167°N 15.417°W / 49.167; -15.417). Her crew were rescued by James R. Boyd ( United States). Wesley and Seymour was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, United States to Dublin, United Kingdom.[54]
Zanzibar  United Kingdom The steamship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all 30 crew. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. A message in a bottle washed up near the mouth of the River Shannon in July 1880 giving news of the ship's fate.[112][113][114][115]

16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1879
ShipStateDescription
Admiral  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Elbe upstream of Cuxhaven, Germany. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Hamburg, Germany. She was refloated with assistance on 19 January and completed her voyage.[99]
Admiral Swanson  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in Hoy Sound. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Thurso, Caithness to Belfast, County Antrim.[97]
Annie  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Salcombe, Devon. Her crew were rescued.[28] She was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to Salcombe.[29]
Azora  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Pelekas, Corfu, Greece. Her crew were rescued.[116]
USS Constitution  United States Navy The frigate went aground at Bolland Point, Swanage, Dorset, United Kingdom. She was refloated with assistance from the tugs Commodore, Lightning, Lothair, Royal Albert, Telegraph (all  United Kingdom) and Malta ( United Kingdom) and towed in to Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom. USS Constitution was repaired and returned to service.[117][118]
Cuba Canada Canada The schooner ran aground 3⁄4 nautical mile (1.4 km) from the Life Saving Station no. 20, 4th district on the New Jersey coast, she became a total wreck. Her crew of six were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[34]
Fanny P. Austria-Hungary The brig was driven ashore at Rota, Spain. She was on a voyage from Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées, France to Cádiz, Spain. She was refloated with the assistance of two tugs.[98]
H. A. Brightman  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Staithes, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to London and Alexandria, Egypt. She floated off the next day and sank. Her 22 crew survived; seven reached shore in a boat, the rest were rescued by the steamship Glencairn ( United Kingdom).[97][119]
Helena  United Kingdom The schooner struck a rock in Loch Lexwood, Caithness. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Dundee, Forfarshire. She floated off but consequently sank. All seven people on board survived.[120]
Italia  Italy The barque ran aground in a blinding snowstorm at Deal's Beach, New Jersey, United States. She became a total wreck. Her fourteen crew were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[34]
Itchen  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Barber Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to the River Tyne. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[29]
Leontine Norway The barque was wrecked at Thyborøn, Denmark. She was on a voyage from London to Tønsberg.[99]
Maria  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[29]
S. A. Sadler  Germany The steamship ran aground in the Elbe at Schulau. She was on a voyage from New York to Hamburg. She was refloated.[29]
Tern  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated and taken in to Rotterdam.[29]

17 January

List of shipwrecks: 17 January 1879
ShipStateDescription
Crested Wave  United Kingdom The ship collided with the barque Ernst Ludwig Holst ( Germany) and was severely damaged.[99]
David Malcolm  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Whitby Rock. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Motril, Spain.[97][121] She was refloated and put back to South Shields, County Durham.[83]
Eboa  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Roger Sand, off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to King's Lynn, Norfolk.[97]
Faun  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Ardlamont Point, Argyllshire.[122][83]
John and Mary  United Kingdom The tug ran aground in the Clyde at Greenock, Renfrewshire and sank.[99][83]
Leeds  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Caloot Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated and completed her voyage.[98]
Lyra  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk.[98] She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to the Cape Verde Islands. She was refloated the next day.[83]
Osbourne  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Inchgarvie, in the Firth of Forth. She was later refloated with assistance and resumed her voyage.[123]
RMS Sarmatian  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground off Cape Henry, Virginia, United States. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada to Liverpool, Lancashire.[124]
Stormcock  United Kingdom The tug was holed whilst assisting with salvage of cargo from the barque King Arthur  United Kingdom) and was beached at Fethard, County Wexford. She was repaired, refloated and taken in to Waterford.[99][83]

18 January

List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1879
ShipStateDescription
Ameria,
Emblyn,
Loraine, and
Morse		  United Kingdom The barque Loraine was driven into Ameria, Morse and the brig Emlyn in a hurricane at Fray Bentos, Uruguay. Loraine was severely damaged. She was taken in to Montevideo, Uruguay. The other vessels were placed under repair at Fray Bentos.[64]
Cavalier S. Polimini  Italy The ship was driven ashore at "Kangian", Netherlands East Indies. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle, New South Wales to Java, Netherlands East Indies.[99] She floated off and was subsequently towed in to "Kangian", where she was sold.[27]
Concettina  Italy The ship ran aground at Patras, Greece. She was refloated and found to be leaky.[83]
Eblana  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Hartlepool, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Colchester, Essex to Hartlepool. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and taken in to Hartlepool.[125]
Emma  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground south of "Dunmure". She was on a voyage from Ayr to Larne, County Antrim. She was refloated and put back to Ayr in a leaky condition.[126]
Euphemia  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Moville, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Londonderry.[99][127] She was refloated and towed in to Londonderry.[128]
Fannie L. Kennedy United States The ship was driven ashore at Tacumshane, County Wexford, United Kingdom.[99] Her crew were rescued.[116]
Jessie Gilbert  United Kingdom The ship departed from New York, United States for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, reported missing.[111]
John  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Hartepool to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[99]
Lady Fane United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Isle of Man The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Langness. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Douglas.[99]
Maeze  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Hartlepool. She was on a voyage from London to Hartlepool. She was refloated with assistance from the steamship Thomas and Mary () and taken in to Hartlepool.[99][129]
Mudhopper No. 3  United Kingdom The mud hopper was run into by the steamship Neera ( United Kingdom) in the River Mersey and was abandoned. She was beached at Egremont, Lancashire.[83][130]
Schmidborn  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Nieuwe Waterweg. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated with the assistance of tugs.[99]
Susan and Ellen  United Kingdom The ship was sighted off Prawle Point, Devon whilst on a voyage from London to Caernarfon. No further trace, reported missing.[75]
Wild Wave United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The schooner was run into by the barque John and Anna ( Russia) in the English Channel 16 nautical miles (30 km) south west of Portland, Dorset and was severely damaged. She was abandoned by all but two of her crew, who were rescued by John and Anna. Wild Wave was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France. Severely damaged, she was towed in to Weymouth, Dorset by the steamship Commodore ( United Kingdom).[131][132][133]

19 January

List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1879
ShipStateDescription
Christian Tate  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Black Head, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Truro to Charlestown, Cornwall.[134]
Corcyra  United Kingdom The steamship struck a submerged object in Ramsey Sound and was consequently beached at Broad Haven, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[134] She was refloated on 25 January and taken in to Cardiff for repairs.[62]
Good Hope  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at "Heraglitza Point", Ottoman Empire.[99] She was on a voyage from Odesa, Russia to Malta. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[135]
Jessie  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cefn Sidan, Carmarthenshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Truro, Cornwall to Llanelly, Glamorgan.[99][130]
Medina  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Dundalk, County Louth. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Dundalk. She was refloated and taken in to Dundalk.[134]
Philena Winslow  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Gough Island, Tristan da Cunha. All 38 people on board survived. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Singapore, Straits Settlements.[136][137]
Robert  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore at Kilkeel, County Down. Her crew survived.[99] She was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Dundalk.[133]
Seven Brothers  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore at Balbriggan, County Dublin. She was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Drogheda, County Louth. She was refloated and taken in to Balbriggan.[134]
Thomas E. Kenney  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of four of the 28 people on board. Survivors were rescued on 24 January by the brigantine Brunette ( United Kingdom). Thomas E. Kenney was on a voyage from New York, United States to London.[138][107][139]
Tsernogora Canada Canada The ship collided with Agnes Muir ( United Kingdom) in the English Channel between Newhaven, Sussex and the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom and was severely damaged. Tsernogora was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to New York. She put in to Falmouth, Cornwall.[134][140]

20 January

List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1879
ShipStateDescription
Albert  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Middle Sand, in the River Ouse near Goole, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Goole to London.[134]
Anapira  United Kingdom The ship struck the breakwater and was beached at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated and put back to Great Yarmouth in a severely leaky condition.[134]
Arbutus  United Kingdom The steamship was severely damaged at Maryport, Cumberland due to being incorrectly moored.[141]
Doriga  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (48°51′N 3°16′W / 48.850°N 3.267°W / 48.850; -3.267). Her crew were rescued by the steamship Zena ( United Kingdom). Doriga was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Valparaíso, Chile. She foundered the next day[101][142]
Fanny Bailey  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground and sank at Dundalk, County Louth. Her crew were rescued by the Blackrock Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Dundalk.[134][143]
Kingston  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Bute Channel.[134] She was on a voyage from Dublin to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[128] She was refloated and taken in to Cardiff.[144]
Peace  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Middle Sand. She was on a voyage from Goole to London.[134]
Oberon  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore in White Bay, County Cork. Her 29 crew were rescued by the Queenstown Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[134][145] She was refloated on 5 February and taken in to Passage West to be drydocked for examination.[146][59]
Privateer  United Kingdom The tug sank in the Shannon Estuary off Foynes, County Limerick. Her crew were rescued.[147]
Richard Moxon  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Middle Sand. She was on a voyage from Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium to Goole.[134]
River Nith  United Kingdom The ship was damaged by fire at San Francisco, California, United States.[123]
Robert  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore at Kilkeel, County Down. She was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Dundalk.[134]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The pilot boat was run down and sunk off the coast of Glamorgan by the steamship Zenaide ( France) with the loss of one life.[134]

21 January

List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1879
ShipStateDescription
Bessie Grenfell  United Kingdom The St Ives schooner went ashore at Saffi in a heavy gale and broke up on rocks. Three of the crew were drowned.[148]
Bon Accord  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Blyth, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to the River Tyne. She was refloated with the assistance of a steamship and was towed in to the River Tyne.[140]
Clara Straits Settlements The schooner struck a submerged object at the entrance to the Rhio Strait and sank. Her crew were rescued.[149]
H. Shun  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (48°00′N 14°20′W / 48.000°N 14.333°W / 48.000; -14.333). Her crew were rescued by Cadet ( United Kingdom). H. Shun was on a voyage from New York, United States to Cork.[90]
Isabella  United Kingdom The pilot boat ran aground in the Bristol Channel.[141]
Janet Wignall  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Kirkcudbright with the loss of all five crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Creetown, Kirkcudbrightshire.[123][145]
Mercur Norway The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Slade, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to Penarth, Glamorgan.[55]
Santa Maria de Belem Portugal The brigantine was wrecked at the Cabo da Roca. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to Lisbon.[123]
Star Queen  China The ship was wrecked at "Gotos" with the loss of one of her thirteen crew. She was on a voyage from Nagasaki, Japan to Shanghai.[150]
Unnamed  United Kingdom Left Aberdeen harbour on Tuesday morning (possibly 14 January) and attempted to return to port in the afternoon. Later found upturned and no sign of the four crew.[151]

22 January

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1879
ShipStateDescription
Allida  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Whitehaven, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Belfast, County Antrim.[135]
Ben Avon  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Blyth, Northumberland. She was refloated with the assistance of a tugboat and taken in to North Shields, Northumberland.[135]
Bertha  United Kingdom The barque collided with J. B. Brown ( United States) and was abandoned off the Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued by J. B. Brown.[152] Bertha was on a voyage from Pabellón de Pica, Chile to Antwerp, Belgium. She consequently foundered.[153]
Britannia United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The schooner struck rocks at La Corbière, Jersey and sank. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from London to Jersey.[92][154]
Ellida  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Whitehaven, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Belfast, County Antrim.[92]
Excelsior  United Kingdom The fishing smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Withernsea, Yorkshire. Her five crew were rescued by the Withernsea Lifeboat Admiral Rous ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[21][155]
Helen  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Rosslanre, County Wexford. Her twelve crew were rescued by the Coastguard. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to the Brass River.[92][58][156] She was refloated on 6 February.[59]
Ituna  United Kingdom The steamship collided with John O. Scott ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Tilbury, Essex.[154][144]
Matilda C. Smith Canada Canada The ship was driven ashore at the Pointe de la Coubre, Gironde, France. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Bordeaux, Gironde.[58]
Santander  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Dunkirk, Nord. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Dunkirk.[92]
Unique  United Kingdom The smack was driven onto the Pole Sands, off Exmouth, Devon. Her crew were rescued.[92]

23 January

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1879
ShipStateDescription
Abd-el-Kader France The barque ran aground off Goeree, Zeeland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[21] She broke in two on 28 January and was a total loss.[150]
Abicore  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Nieuwe Waterweg. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Engine ( Netherlands).[101]
Anne Margetta Norway The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Bollard Point, Dorset, United Kingdom. All twelve people on board were rescued, some by rocket apparatus.[155] She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France to Baltimore, Maryland, United States.[22]
Assistant Flag unknown Capsized while attempting to enter the harbour at Antwerp, Belgium. All eight on board drowned.[157]
Emerald  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Dundee, Forfarshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Dundee.[92]
Hagar  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned off Portsall, Finistère, France. Her crew took to a boat; they were rescued the next day by a French lugger. She was on a voyage from London to Landerneau, Finistère.[21][158]
Jessamine  United Kingdom The schooner capsized at Smerwick, County Kerry.[101]
Lothian  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Burghead, Moray. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Burghead.[101]
Sirius  United Kingdom The brig struck a submerged object and sank at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.[21] She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Havre de Grâce. Subsequently refloated and repaired.[159]
Tubal Cain  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam to London. She was refloated and towed in to Gravesend, Kent in a waterlogged condition.[101]

24 January

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1879
ShipStateDescription
HMS Active  Royal Navy The Volage-class corvette grounded on an unmapped shoal north of the Tugela River, Cape Colony. She was refloated almost immediately.[160]
Annie Margaretta Norway The brigantine was driven ashore at Bolland Point, Dorset, United Kingdom. Her twelve crew survived; six reached shore in a boat and six were rescued by the Coastguard. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France to Baltimore, Maryland, United States.[21]
Expert  United Kingdom The fishing boat was run down and sunk by the steamship Countess of Durham ( United Kingdom) and sank off the coast of Kincardineshire with the loss of three of her four crew. The survivor was rescued by Countess of Durham.[161][162][163]
Flora Norway The brig collided with the barque Marie Thérèse ( France) and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Marie Thérèse. Flora was on a voyage from Torrevieja, Spain to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[152] She was discovered by the brig Ramond ( France) which put two of her crew aboard. Flora was towed in to Gibraltar the next day by the tug Lion Belge (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Gibraltar).[164][100]
Friesland Netherlands The barque was abandoned in the Zuyder Zee. Her crew were rescued by a tug. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Harlingen, Friesland. She subsequently ran aground and became beset by ice.[21]
Hebe Norway The barque was wrecked off the Swin Middle Lightship ( Trinity House). Her fourteen crew were rescued by the Clacton Lifeboat Albert Edward ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[165][155] She was towed in to Sheerness, Kent, United Kingdom in a derelict condition.[152]
Hero  United Kingdom The schooner foundered off St. Agnes, Cornwall. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Porthcawl, Glamorgan to Penryn, Cornwall.[166]
Marcus Coipel Canada Canada The ship was wrecked on the Stone Breakers. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Beaufort, South Carolina, United States.[62]
Quicksilver  United Kingdom The schooner collided with Ryde Pier, Isle of Wight and was scuttled.[152]
Scud United States The barque ran aground one mile (1.6 km) south of Life Saving Station No. 12, 2nd District, she became a total wreck. Her crew of five were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[34]
HMS Tenedos  Royal Navy The corvette grounded on an unmapped shoal north of the Tugela River, South Africa and on the next high tide was hauled off by HMS Active.[160]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The fishing boat was run down and sunk off Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire by the steamship Countess of Durham ( United Kingdom) with the loss of three of her four crew.[8]

25 January

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1879
ShipStateDescription
Elpis  Greece The brig ran aground in the Dardanelles. Her crew were rescued.[164]
Emma and Mary  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Hartlepool, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was refloated with assistance from the tug William and Charles ( United Kingdom).[167]
Louisa  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Llanelly, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy to Llanelly.[152][168]
Lunan  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at "Chiv Sen", Burma. Her crew were rescued.[164][169]
Nio Spain The ship caught fire at Charleston, South Carolina, United States and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from Charleston to Barcelona.[168][62]
Scottish Bard  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Rockhampton, Queensland. She was refloated and taken in to Rockhampton in a leaky condition.[164]
Unnamed Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore on the Isle of Arran, United Kingdom.[62]

26 January

List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1879
ShipStateDescription
Avola Pellegrina  Italy The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Genoa. She was subsequently discovered by W. G. Putman (Flag unknown), which put some of her crew aboard. They took Avola Pellegrina in to Lisbon, Portugal.[164]
Noemi France The brig sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 km) north west of Vigo, Spain. Her crew were rescued by Corisande ( United Kingdom). Noemi was on a voyage from Cardiff to Algiers, Algeria.[170]
Northbourne  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Great Bitter Lake.[171] She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Bombay, India.[164][172] She was refloated on 1 February.[54]
Raymond  United Kingdom The barque departed from Liverpool, Lancashire for the Delaware Breakwater. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all seventeen crew.[44]
Snow Bird United States The schooner ran aground in a gale 2+1⁄2 miles (4.0 km) north east of Life saving Station No. 13, 2nd District, near Chatham, Massachusetts. She was lost and her crew of five were rescued by two boats from Chatham.[34]

27 January

List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1879
ShipStateDescription
City of Kandy  United Kingdom The ship was sighted in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Mauritius to Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, reported missing.[173]
Diadem  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean after a collision with the stores ship USS Supply ( United States Navy). Her crew were rescued by USS Supply and were landed at Madeira. Diadem was on a voyage from Cape Town, Cape Colony to Swansea, Glamorgan.[174][175]
Edith Owen  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Coal Rock, off the coast of Anglesey and was wrecked.[164][124]
Enniskillen  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Firth of Forth off the mouth of the River Carron. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[150][124]
Glaucus United States The steamship ran aground on the Banjaard Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from the Elbe to Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and taken in to Bremerhaven, Germany.[164]
Lorne  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Rotterdam, South Holland. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated.[164]
Ousel  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Maassluis, South Holland. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Rotterdam.[164]
Scycouse France The steamship ran aground at the mouth of the Rhône. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Cette, Hérault.[124]

28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1879
ShipStateDescription
Edith Owen  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Middle Mouse Sand, off the coast of Anglesey and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Liverpool, Lancashire.[138][176]
Hermann  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea of the coast of Norfolk.[138] She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to London. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a waterlogged condition.[150][177]
Mactan Spain The steamship ran aground off Talunan-an Island, Spanish East Indies. She was on a voyage from Manila to Yloilo. She floated off and sank with the loss of eight lives.[138]
Margaret  United Kingdom The smack collided with the steamship Ailsa ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Clyde at Erskine, Renfrewshire.[150]
Maroon Canada Canada The ship capsized in a squall off Barbados. Her crew survived.[178][176]
Orconers  Germany The steamship ran aground in the Nieuwe Waterweg. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[138]
Veritas Sweden The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Melbourne, Victoria. She was on a voyage from Gävle to Melbourne. She was refloated and taken in to Melbourne.[150][177]

29 January

List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1879
ShipStateDescription
Albinus  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the North Sea 6 nautical miles (11 km) east north east of Staithes, Yorkshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Whitby, Yorkshire.[150][124]
Glynllifon  United Kingdom The ship departed from the Coosaw River, South Carolina, United States. She was not seen or heard from again.[179]
Joseph Ferens  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Kullagrundet, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Reval, Russia to London.[107][139]
Margaret  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the barque Venzolana ( France) and sank off the Helwick Lightship ( Trinity House). Her crew were rescued by Venzolana. Margaret was on a voyage from Waterford to Newport, Monmouthshire.[180]
New Zealand  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore at Blackpool, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued.[181]
Salier  Germany The steamship ran aground at Bremen. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Brazil.[150] She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[50]

30 January

List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1879
ShipStateDescription
Carbonic  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on the Isle of Arran.[139][182]
Ephrussi Norway The ship was driven ashore 9 nautical miles (17 km) east of Almería, Spain. She was on a voyage from Odesa, Russia to Bremerhaven, Germany.[181] She was later refloated and taken in to Almería.[183]
Koning der Nederlanden Netherlands The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to the Nieuwe Diep.[182]
Riveresco  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Dulas, Anglesey.[139][50] She was on a voyage from Garston, Lancashire to Waterford.[181]

31 January

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