List of shipwrecks in July 1870

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

List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1870
ShipStateDescription
Elizabeth and Sarah  United Kingdom The brig foundered off the coast of Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by a steamship. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Kronstadt, Russia.[1][2][3]
Margaret  United Kingdom The ship sank in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Barrow in Furness, Lancashire to Ellesmere, Cheshire.[4][5]
Silkstone  United Kingdom The ship struck the pier at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Havre de Grâce.[6]

2 July

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1870
ShipStateDescription
Rapid  United Kingdom The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km) south of Santo Antão, Cape Verde Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Montevideo, Uruguay.[7][8]
St. Leonard  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea off Coquet Island, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland.[9]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground and broke her back at Fleetwood, Lancashire.[10]

3 July

List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1870
ShipStateDescription
Glaramara  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire at sea. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Matanzas, Cuba.[11]
Maria  United Kingdom The ship sank off Little Orme Head, Caernarfonshire with the presumed loss of all hands.[5][12]

4 July

List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1870
ShipStateDescription
Amy  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Swanage Ledges, in the English Channel off the coast of Dorset.[1]
Swift  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on Heligoland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Brake, Prussia.[9][13]

5 July

List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1870
ShipStateDescription
Dove  United Kingdom The brig collided with the schooner Skylark ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea off Huntcliffe Foot, Yorkshire with the loss of three of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by Skylark. Dove was on a voyage from the River Tyne to London.[9][14]
Langley  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground north of Heligoland.[9]

6 July

List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1870
ShipStateDescription
Alice  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Oosterbank, in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[15]

7 July

List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1870
ShipStateDescription
Hangesund Norway The sloop struck a sunken rock and foundered with the loss of a crew member.[16]
Horton  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked at Damietta, Egypt. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Alexandria, Egypt.[17]
Psyche  United Kingdom The schooner departed from Plymouth, Devon for Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[18][19]
Purus  Brazil The steamship collided with the steamship Arary ( Brazil) and sank in the Amazon River 20 nautical miles (37 km) downstream of Manaus with the loss of 131 of the 204 people on board. Survivors were rescued by Arary. Purus was on a voyage from Manaus to Madeira.[20]

8 July

List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1870
ShipStateDescription
Bella Canada Canada The schooner ran ashore at Cape Spencer, New Brunswick and was wrecked with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Sackville, New Brunswick.[21]
Elisa Marie France The ship was wrecked near Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Buenos Aires.[22]
Henry B. Wright United States The ship was driven ashore on Longpoint, Maine. She was on a voyage from Portland, Maine to Saint George, New Brunswick, Canada. She broke up the next day.[16][23][24]
Laertes Ottoman Empire The paddle tug collided with the steamship Sphinx Austria-Hungary and sank at Galaţi.[25][26]
Topaz Canada Canada The brig ran ashore and was wrecked at Moriches, New York, United States. She was on a voyage from a port in the Newfoundland Colony to New York City, United States.[27]

9 July

List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1870
ShipStateDescription
American Rose United States The ship was driven ashore north of Pernambuco, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to an American port.[28]
Brecis, or
Prairie		 Norway
Sweden		 The brig was run into and sunk off Les Casquets, Channel Islands by the steamship Westphalia ( Hamburg). Her seven crew were rescued by Westphalia. The brig was on a voyage from Morlaix, Finistère, France to Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom or Sundsvall, Sweden.[29][30][31]
Laertes Ottoman Empire The tug collided with the steamship Sphinx ( United Kingdom) and sank off "Saxa". She had been refloated by 31 July and beached in a capsized condition.[17][32]
Lalla Rookh  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore near Otterndorf, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides to Hamburg. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Hamburg.[33][34]
Star of the Sea  United Kingdom The yacht was driven ashore at Brouwershaven, Zeeland, Netherlands.[35]
Woburn Abbey  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore north of Pernambuco. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Aden.[28]

10 July

List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1870
ShipStateDescription
Esther Ann  New Zealand The 30-ton schooner was hit by a sudden gale. She was hit broadside by a heavy sea and washed inshore near the mouth of the Hollyford River, New Zealand.[36]
Hugo Flag unknown The barque was wrecked at "Porto Plata".[7]

11 July

List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1870
ShipStateDescription
Black Prince  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and capsized at Yokohama, Japan. She was on a voyage from Bangkok, Siam to Yokohama. She was righted and taken in to Yokohama.[37]
Edward Hawkins  United Kingdom The steamship caught fire at Kronstadt, Russia.[17]

12 July

List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1870
ShipStateDescription
Kate  United Kingdom The ship struck the Longships, Cornwall and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Llanelly, Glamorgan to Truro, Cornwall. She put in to Penzance, Cornwall in a leaky condition.[38]

13 July

List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1870
ShipStateDescription
Catereau New South Wales The barque ran aground and was abandoned at Hokianga, New Zealand. She was on a voyage from Hokianga to Newcastle. She was subsequently boarded by a pilot and two Māoris, who intended to take her in to Auckland, New Zealand. No further trace, presumed foundered with their loss.[39]
Labrador Dominion of Newfoundland Newfoundland Colony The steamship was driven ashore at Cape Whittle. She had been refloated by 17 July and taken in to "St. Augustin", Quebec, Canada in a severely leaky condition.[29]

14 July

List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1870
ShipStateDescription
Alice  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore on "Morris Island", Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Matanzas, Cuba to Nassau, Bahamas.[40]
Elizabeth Fleming  United Kingdom The ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean. She was abandoned the next day. All on board were rescued by Jerusalem ( United Kingdom). Elizabeth Fleming was on a voyage from the Clyde to Rangoon, Burma. The wreck was towed in to Madeira by Lansdowne ( United Kingdom).[27][41][42][43][30]
Enigheden Netherlands The ship collided with Andrew Lovett ( United States) off Texel, North Holland and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Amsterdam, North Holland. She was towed in to Texel in a severely leaky condition.[44]
Favourite  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on Tiree, Outer Hebrides with the loss of her captain.[45]
Girv, and
Stockton		  Russia
 United Kingdom		 The brig Girv and the steamship Stockton collided at Dunkirk, Nord, France. Both vessels were severely damaged.[46]

15 July

List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1870
ShipStateDescription
Centaur  United Kingdom The ship struck a rock in the Pentland Firth. She put in to Phillip's Harbour where she ran aground and sank. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[47]
Graf von Bismark Prussia The ship was driven ashore near Maldonado, Uruguay. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to an English port.[48] She subsequently became a wreck.[49]
Iskander Shah  India The ship was driven ashore on Perim Island, Yemen Eyalet. She was on a voyage from Jeddah, Jeddah Eyalet to Calcutta. She was refloated with assistance from HMS Sind ( Royal Navy) and taken in to Aden.[50]
Nederlandsche Vlag Netherlands The ship was wrecked at Cape St. Francis, Cape Colony with the loss of thirteen of her crew. She was on a voyage from Macassar, Cape Colony to Amsterdam.[51][52]
Ocean Belle  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Kaloot Sandbank, in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands.[53]
Rangoon  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Pratas Island. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Yokohama, Japan to Hong Kong.[54][55]
Renfrewshire  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground near Brodick, Isle of Arran.[56] All on board were rescued by local ferry boats.[57]
Senator  United Kingdom The schooner struck a rock in the Pentland Firth off St. John's Point and sank at the entrance to Phillips's Harbour. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland and/or South Shields, County Durham.[58][59]
Simla  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River and capsized. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London. She was righted and put back to Calcutta.[22]

16 July

List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1870
ShipStateDescription
Berkshire  United Kingdom The barque was run down and sunk by an American vessel with the loss of seven lives.[46]
Calder  United Kingdom The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 km) horth east by east of Cape St. Vincent, Portugal (36°15′N 8°30′W / 36.250°N 8.500°W / 36.250; -8.500). Her seven crew were rescued by the barque Celestina ( Trieste). Calder was on a voyage from Huelva, Spain to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[60][8][61]
Chilian  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Rock Channel and broke in two. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.[56][44] Subsequently salvaged, repaired and returned to service.[62]
Governor General  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Pacific Ocean. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Payta, Peru to a British port.[63]
Rake  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at Queen's Island, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to a port in Cumberland. She was refloated.[64]
San Nicolo  Russia The ship ran aground and wrecked at Taganrog. She was on a voyage from Rostov-on-Don to Taganrog.[65]

17 July

List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1870
ShipStateDescription
Leopard  United Kingdom The steamship caught fire at London.[66]
Mentor  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the north coast of Cuba. She was on a voyage from Gibara, Cuba to Falmouth, Cornwall.[67]

18 July

List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1870
ShipStateDescription
Elaine  United Kingdom The steamship was destroyed by fire and sank at La Rochelle, Charente-Inférieure France. The wreck was refloated three days later.[44][11][68] She was subsequently taken to Llanelly, Glamorgan.[69]
Milbrook  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Calicut, India to London.[63][51]
Ocean Rover United States The ship was wrecked on a reef off the mouth of the Goiana River. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Bakers Island, Massachusetts.[63]

19 July

List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1870
ShipStateDescription
Favourite United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Isle of Man The ship sank off "Kinvara Head" with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Peterhead, Aberdeenshire[70]
Matta  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Elbe downstream of Cuxhaven.[58]
Oimara  United Kingdom The yacht ran aground at "Ballymackormick Point". she was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to the Clyde. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[26]
Scotia's Queen  United Kingdom The barque struck the Stag Rocks and sank. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Odesa, Russia to Sunderland, County Durham.[44]
Tarifa  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore in Ballycronen Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New York, United States. She was refloated and taken in to Queenstown, County Cork.[58][11]

20 July

List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1870
ShipStateDescription
Hartfield  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship ran aground off Canovier Point, Mauritius. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Mauritius. She was refloated and taken in to Mauritius in a leaky condition.[71]
Robert Edwards United States The whaler was set afire by four of her crew. She was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean on 22 July. Her crew were rescued by the brig Mary Rice ( United States). Those who had set the ship afire were arrested and taken to New York to stand trial.[72][73]
Sophie  United Kingdom The brigantine ran ashore at St. Govan's Head, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Liverpool, Lancashire.[58]

21 July

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1870
ShipStateDescription
Tyne Queen  United Kingdom The steamship struck rocks in the Isles of Scilly and was beached on St. Helen's. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[58] She was refloated in early August.[74]
Wave  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the River Bann. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Coleraine, County Antrim.[42]

22 July

List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1870
ShipStateDescription
Breiz Izel  United Kingdom The ship was holed by her anchor and was beached at Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Galle, Ceylon.[70]
Dona Anita Spain The barque was wrecked on the coast of Panay, Spanish East Indies. Her crew were rescued.[22][67] She was on a voyage from Manila, Spanish East Indies to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.[75]
Lumbley  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked on Brecqhou, Channel Islands. Her crew were rescued.[76][77]
Morning Star  United Kingdom The ship ran aground 35 nautical miles (65 km) west of Cape Guardafui, Majeerteen Sultanate. A crew member was murdered by the local inhabitants, who plundered the vessel. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Aden. She was refloated.[22]
Pharo  United Kingdom The schooner was severely damaged by an onboard explosion at Sunderland, County Durham.[23]
Sappho  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at St. Govan's Head, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Liverpool. She was refloated and found to be severely leaky.[76]

23 July

List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1870
ShipStateDescription
Alix France The schooner collided with the steamship Glencairn ( United Kingdom) and sank at Dunkirk, Nord. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dunkirk to Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure.[41][43]
Gaspe Flag unknown The steamship collided with another vessel and sank at Auckland, New Zealand.[78]
Enterprise New Zealand The ketch was destroyed after colliding with the steamer Tauranga ( New Zealand) in Hauraki Gulf. The crew survived in the ship's longboat. The Tauranga was also lost several days later as a result of the accident (see below).[79]
Warren United States The barque was sighted off Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom whilst on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to New York. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[80]

24 July

List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1870
ShipStateDescription
Aurifern New South Wales The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Newcastle to New Caledonia.[81]
Hamlet  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on Watling Island, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Cuba to a port in Delaware, United States.[82]
Margaret Ann  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Uddern Rock. She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to Seaton, Devon. She was refloated and put in to Fowey, Cornwall, where she arrived on 26 July.[83]
Ottawa Canada Canada The ship ran aground at Trois-Rivières, Quebec. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Quebec to Glasgow, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 26 July.[74]

25 July

List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1870
ShipStateDescription
Ben Muick Dhui  United Kingdom The barque ran aground and sank on Scharhörn, Hamburg. Her crew survived.[41]
Coundon  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and sank at Whitby, Yorkshire.[21][84]
Disney  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned off Port Isaac, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Wadebridge, Cornwall. She came ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) east of Port Isaac and was wrecked.[21]
Jane Martin  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Fillen Sand, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Mazatlán, Mexico to Hamburg.[41]
Mary and Jane  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Whitby Rock. She was refloated and towed in to Whitby by the Whitby Lifeboat Lucy ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution) and a steamship.[84][83][85]
Prince Albert  United Kingdom The sloop foundered off the coast of Lincolnshire.[86] Her four crew reached the shore in a boat.[85]
Scottish Bride  United Kingdom The barque was dighted off Gibraltar whilst on a voyage from Licata, Sicily, Italy to New York. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[87]
True Blue  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore and sank at Whitby.[21][84]
Veracity  United Kingdom Franco-Prussian War: The brig ran aground on Kleine Vogelsand, in the North Sea due to navigational aids having been removed by the Prussians. She was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by the steamship Gitana ( United Kingdom). Veracity was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Cuxhaven. She was refloated and taken in to Cuxhaven, where she sank.[41][43][88]

26 July

List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1870
ShipStateDescription
Active  United Kingdom The yacht ran aground on the Crusader Sandbank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire. Three of her four crew were taken off by the Blackpool Lifeboat Robert William ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution), which put two of her crew aboard. Active was beached at Blackpool, Lancashire.[85]
Amalia Netherlands Curaçao and Dependencies The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Curaçao to Liverpool, Lancashire.[89]
Biddick, and
Elaine		  United Kingdom The steam collier Biddick collided with the steamship Elaine in the River Thames at Northfleet, Kent. Both vessels were beached. Elaine was on a voyage from the Baltic to London.[24]
Eva  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at Old Calabar, Africa. Her crew were rescued.[90]
Fusi Yama  United Kingdom The barque was run into and sunk off Lizard Point in the English Channel by Liverpool ( United States. Fusi Yama sank in only a few minutes after the collision with the loss of five of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Liverpool.[91][92][93] Fusi Yama was on a voyage from London to Hong Kong.[94]

27 July

List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1870
ShipStateDescription
Julie Netherlands Curaçao and Dependencies The barque was abandoned 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Catalina Island, Dominican Republic. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Curaçao to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[72][95]
London  United Kingdom The steamship was severely damaged by an onboard explosion. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Patras, Greece. She put back to Sunderland for repairs.[94][96]
Wings of the Morning  United Kingdom The fishing smack sprang a leak and foundered on the North Sea 7 nautical miles (13 km) south east by east of Dimlington, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by the tug Arrow ( United Kingdom).[94][96]

28 July

List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1870
ShipStateDescription
Curlew  United Kingdom The yacht was run into by the schooner Red ( United Kingdom) and sank at Beaumaris, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued by Red.[29][97]
Flora  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground near the mouth of the River Carron. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug.[98]
Fuschia  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated and assisted in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a leaky condition.[94]
Reaper United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Isle of Man The schooner was wrecked at Peel.[94] She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Aberdeen. She had been refloated by 13 August and taken in to Peel for repairs.[28]
Right Way United States The steamboat exploded and sank in the Bayou Lafourche with the loss of nine lives.[99]
Vooruitgang Netherlands The ship was driven ashore and wrecked north of the mouth of the Rio Grande.[72]

29 July

List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1870
ShipStateDescription
Ann Wilson  United Kingdom The ship was driven into Eleazer and Sanspareil (both United States) and then ran aground at New Liverpool, North Carolina, United States. She was refloated.[54]
Ava  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Leer, Prussia. She put in to Texel, North Holland, Netherlands in a leaky condition.[65]
Harlech Castle  United Kingdom The ship foundered 60 nautical miles (110 km) south of Cape Howe, New South Wales with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Melbourne, Victoria to Newcastle, New South Wales.[100][101]
Harmina Hamburg The ship foundered in the Dogger Bank. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Elbing.[22]
Romulus  United Kingdom The pilot boat, a skiff, was run down and sunk in the Bristol Channel off Lundy Island, Devon by the barque Fairway ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued.[102][74]

31 July

Unknown date

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