List of shipwrecks in July 1875

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The list of shipwrecks in July 1875 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during July 1875.

List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1875
ShipStateDescription
Lizzie Schallan  United Kingdom The schooner collided with steamship Erin ( United Kingdom) and sank at Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom with the loss of two of her crew. Lizzie Schallan was on a voyage from Kingston, Jamaica to Liverpool.[1][2]
Strathmore  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Crozet Islands. Of the 89 people on board, 44 survivors were rescued on 22 January 1876 by Young Phoenix ( United States). Strathmore was on a voyage from London to Otago, New Zealand.[3][4]

2 July

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1875
ShipStateDescription
Janie Vivian  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at the Point of Ayr, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Connah's Quay, Flintshire.[5]
Lotus  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at "Cape St. John, Staten Island". Five crew took to a boat and were rescued on 10 July by Antoinette (Canada Canada) but two of them subsequently died. Lotus was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Callao, Peru.[6]

3 July

List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1875
ShipStateDescription
Antioch  United Kingdom The Mersey Flat was run into by the steamship Athensian ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Mersey at Liverpool, Lancashire during the launch of Athensian. Her crew were rescued.[7]
Cattarina  Italy The brigantine was wrecked near Portofino. Her crew were rescued.[8]
Hilda  United Kingdom The steamship struck a sunken rock and foundered. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Trondheim, Norway.[9][10]
Lady Louisa Kerr  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the Irish Sea. Her five crew were rescued by the steamship Voltaic ( United Kingdom). Lady Louisa Kerr was on a voyage from Carrickfergus, County Antrim to the River Clyde. Although taken in tow, she sank off Donaghadee, County Down.[11]
Mokanna Belgium The barque capsized in the Thanlwin. She was a total loss.[12][13]
Petronella Netherlands The ship ran aground in the Bali Strait. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Samarang, Netherlands East Indies.[14]
Unnamed Flag unknown The schooner ran aground on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay and was abandoned by her crew.[7]

4 July

List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1875
ShipStateDescription
Isabella  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Beltona Reef, in the Torres Strait.[15] Eleven of her 34 crew reached Queensland in a boat. Authorities there were reluctant to send assistance. Only seven of the remaining 23 crew survived long enough to be rescued.[16] Isabella was on a voyage from Newcastle, New South Wales to Hong Kong.[17]
Shepherdess  United Kingdom The ship was run into by the barque Witch ( Germany) and sank off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Hastings, Sussex.[14]

5 July

List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1875
ShipStateDescription
Lydia  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Blacktail Bank, in the Thames Estuary. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to London. She was refloated the next day.[5]

6 July

List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1875
ShipStateDescription
Buenos Ayres  Italy The barque collided with the steamship Marathon ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Mersey. All eighteen people on board were rescued by the tugs Agincourt and Sailor King (both  United Kingdom). Buenos Ayres was on a voyage from Supe, Peru to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[18][19][20] The wreck was dispersed by gunpowder on 16 July.[21]
Heribet  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Grimsby, Lincolnshire.[22] She was refloated and taken in to Grimsby in a leaky condition.[13]
Irmãos Portugal The ship was driven ashore near Almería, Spain. She was on a voyage from Portimão to Palamós, Spain.[22]
Pyrhha Flag unknown The steamship ran aground at "Stjollen", near Malmö, Sweden. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[5][22]
William Nelson  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Poorhead, County Cork. She was refloated and towed in to Queenstown, County Cork in a leaky condition.[13]
Unnamed  Germany The barque ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was refloated.[22]

8 July

List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1875
ShipStateDescription
Loch Laggan  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Tuskar Rock. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Melbourne, Victoria. Her passengers were placed aboard the Conibeg Lightship ( Trinity House). Loch Laggan was refloated and found to be severely leaky. She was towed to Ballyhack, County Wexford by the paddle steamer Great Western and beached.[23][24]
Prince  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the River Carron. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Palermo, Sicily, Italy.[25]

9 July

List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1875
ShipStateDescription
Cheshire Witch  United Kingdom The schooner went aground in fog in Donaghadee Sound, County Down and broke in two, Maryport for Belfast with coal.[26]
Clarissa  United Kingdom The ship sank at Liverpool, Lancashire.[27]
Emma  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Maiden Rock, in the Belfast Lough. She was refloated and taken in to Belfast, County Antrim.[27]
Mina Netherlands The schooner was driven ashore at Cabadello Point, Portugal. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[12]

10 July

List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1875
ShipStateDescription
Coureur France The ship was driven ashore at St. Ives, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[12]
Flying Fish  United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak and was beached at Arklow, County Wicklow. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Waterford.[28]
Guiding Star  United Kingdom The tug ran aground on the Tuskar Rock. She was refloated with assistance from the tugs Merry Andrew and Viscount (both  United Kingdom) and towed in to Waterford.[12]
Heiress  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the barque Hebe ( Sweden) and sank in the North Sea off the Newarp Lightship ( Trinity House) with the loss of one of her six crew.[29][30]
Linnet  United Kingdom The fishing trawler foundered in the North Sea off Salthouse, Norfolk. Her crew survived.[12]
Margarethe Flag unknown The ship ran aground in the River Thames at Erith, Kent, United Kingdom.[12]

11 July

List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1875
ShipStateDescription
Amphitrite  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Black Rock, in the Belfast Lough. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim to Preston, Lancashire.[28]
Bessie  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Woolwich, Kent. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[31]
Glenlussa  United Kingdom The smack ran aground at Glenarm, County Antrim and was wrecked.[31]
John Tennant  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Finisterre, Spain. All on board, her crew and 113 passengers, were rescued. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London.[27][32][33]
Robert  United Kingdom The barge sank at Cowes, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Langstone, Hampshire to Cowes.[34]

12 July

List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1875
ShipStateDescription
Bayones Spain Third Carlist War: The steamship was wrecked near Motrico. Her crew were rescued by Carlist fishing boats and held hostage.[35] They were released on 25 July.[36]
Jane Kilgour  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on Saltholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen, Denmark to a Baltic port.[27][28]
Light of the Age  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Norrköping, Sweden.[28]
Rowena  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Cockle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was refloated and assisted in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[27][28]

13 July

List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1875
ShipStateDescription
Betty and Emma  Germany The barque was abandoned in the Min River. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to the Min River.[37]
Burgos  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Odesa, Russia.[38]
Lily  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands to London. She was refloated and taken in to Gravesend, Kent in a leaky condition.[31]

14 July

List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1875
ShipStateDescription
Comete France The barque was destroyed by fire in the Bangka Strait with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Singapore, Straits Settlements to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.[29][39]
Earl of Stair  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and severely damaged on Sanda Island, Argyllshire.[34]
Lerwick New Zealand The 14-ton cutter stranded on rocks in Bluff Harbour, New Zealand, and became a wreck.[40]
Louise Besselmann  Germany The barque was wrecked on Neckmansgrund. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom to Kronstadt, Russia.[41][42]
Princess Alexandra United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The ship departed from Jersey for Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[43]
Rachelina  Italy The schooner was driven ashore at Lagos, Lagos Colony.[41]
Venus  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore at Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Fremington, Devon.[29]
Mary Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Minquiers, in the Channel Islands.[44][45]

15 July

List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1875
ShipStateDescription
Africana Canada Canada The foundered at Port Alfred, Cape Colony. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to New York, United States.[46][47]
Charlie  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Wexford. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Wexford.[29] She was refloated on 20 July.[48]
Eden  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore on the south point of Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Norrköping, Sweden.[44]
Fanny Austria-Hungary The full-rigged ship ran aground at Kertch, Russia. She was refloated the next day.[49]
New Zealand  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore at Wexford. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire to Wexford.[29] She was refloated on 20 July.[48]
Snorro Storlassen Flag unknown The brig was wrecked at the mouth of the Kowie River.[47]
Soeblomsten Norway The ship ran aground at Newhaven, Sussex, United Kingdom. She capsized the next day.[44]
Theodor  Germany The ship was driven ashore in South Bay, County Wexford. She was on a voyage from Memel to Wexford.[50]

16 July

List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1875
ShipStateDescription
Alice  United Kingdom The Thames barge collided with the steamship T. E. Forster and sank in the River Thames at Blackwall, Middlesex.[51]
Catherine  Germany The barque was driven ashore at Cape Henlopen, Delaware, United States. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[51]
Champlain II United States
Champlain II
The 244-foot (74 m) sidewheel paddle steamer ran aground at night and was wrecked in Lake Champlain at Split Rock Mountain between Barn Rock and Rock Harbor off Steam Mill Point, Westport, New York. Her wreck sank in 15 to 35 feet (4.6 to 10.7 m) of water at 44°12.36′N 073°22.58′W / 44.20600°N 73.37633°W / 44.20600; -73.37633 (Champlain II).[52]
Ennerdale  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Nicolaieff, Russia to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[53]
Leader  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned off the Smalls Lighthouse, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by Christabel ( United Kingdom). Leader was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Limerick.[48]
May Flower  United Kingdom The ship collided with a lighter and sank at Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[50]
Planet  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore between Cartagena and Portmán, Spain. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Cartagena. She floated off but consequently sank. Her crew were rescued by the tug Robert Scott ( United Kingdom).[51][39]
Thames  United Kingdom The steamship was severely damaged by fire at Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham.[44]

17 July

List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1875
ShipStateDescription
Corregidor Flag unknown The steamship was wrecked in Albay Bay.[54]
Hero  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Wolves Rocks, in the Bristol Channel west of Flat Holm. Her crew survived She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Cork. She was refloated and taken in to Newport in a leaky condition.[42][55]
Sarah Ann  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on Wolves Rocks.[42]

18 July

List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1875
ShipStateDescription
Herder  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground near Blankenese, Germany.[39]

19 July

List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1875
ShipStateDescription
Ariel  United Kingdom The herring boat was wrecked at Montrose, Forfarshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Montrose to Aberdeen.[56]
Audax  United Kingdom The brig sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km) off Brava Island, Cape Verde Islands. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Africa.[57]
Emus Spain The brig was wrecked near "Puntarenas", Spanish East Indies. She was on a voyage from Manila to Cagayan.[58]
Princess Alexandra  United Kingdom The ship departed from Jersey, Channel Islands for Spittal, Northumberland. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[59]

20 July

List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1875
ShipStateDescription
Lothair  United Kingdom The ship was sighted in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Valparaíso, Chile. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[60]
Nile  United Kingdom The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Antwerp, Belgium or Bremen, Germany. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[48]
Triton Norway The ship sank at Dunkirk, Nord, France. She was on a voyage from Nordmaling, Sweden to Dunkirk.[42]

21 July

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1875
ShipStateDescription
Abbotsford  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore in Cummons Bay, Anglesey. Her passengers were taken off. She was refloated.
Angelo Antonio Flag unknown The ship caught fire and was beached on the coast of Brazil. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Callao, Peru.[61]
Carl Norway The barque ran aground, heeled over and sank at Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Langesund to Grangemouth.[62]
Forfait  French Navy
An artist′s impression of Forfait sinking.
The screw corvette sank without loss of life in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the east coast of Corsica after colliding with the ironclad central battery ship Jeanne d'Arc during naval exercises.[63] Jeanne d'Arc was severely damaged.[64]
Minklina  Russia The ship ran aground at Nidingen, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Riga to Bo'ness, Lothian, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Gothenburg, Sweden in a leaky condition.[48]
Zest  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on rocks near the Cabo da Roca, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Genoa, Italy to Liverpool, Lancashire.[62][65] She had broken up by mid-August.[66]

23 July

List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1875
ShipStateDescription
Abbotsford  United Kingdom The steamship heeled over and sank off Anglesey.
Hero  New Zealand The 29-ton cutter was discovered floating empty and abandoned off the east coast of New Zealand's North Island. Only one of the crew of three survived, who came ashore near Mokau. The ship had sprung a leak and was labouring in a heavy swell when the mast gave way. The crew took to the ship's boat, but it capsized and the other two crew members were drowned.[40]

25 July

List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1875
ShipStateDescription
Isabella  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on "Akbouron", Russia. She was refloated and taken in to Kertch, Russia.[67]

26 July

List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1875
ShipStateDescription
Eliza Ramden New South Wales The barque struck a sunken rock off Queenscliff, Victoria and sank. Her crew were rescued by the Queenscliff Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Melbourne, Victoria to Newcastle.[67][17]
Paris Port de Mar France The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Pernambuco, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Bahia to Aracaju, Brazil.[67]
No. 15  United Kingdom The lighter was run down and sunk in the Clyde by the paddle steamer Duke of Leinster ( United Kingdom) with the loss of one of her two crew. The captain of Duke of Leinster was subsequently acquitted of a charge of culpable homicide.[68]

27 July

List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1875
ShipStateDescription
Findlay  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Tønning, Germany. She was on a voyage from West Hartlepool, County Durham to Tønning.[53]
Fusi Yama  China The steamship sprang a leak and was beached at "Nyangking". She was on a voyage from Hankou (Hankow) to Shanghai.[69]
Marquis of Lorne  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Zuid, off the Dutch coast. She was refloated the next day but ran aground again.[53] She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Maassluis, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated on 30 July.[70]
Nordlyset Sweden The ship was driven ashore near "Hallnaes", Öland. She was on a voyage from Norrköping to an English port.[67] She was refloated on 5 August and taken in to Oskarshamn.[71]
Rosewood  United Kingdom The brigantine departed from Troon, Ayrshire for Matanzas, Cuba. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all ten crew.[72]
HMS Valorous  Royal Navy The Magicienne-class frigate ran aground 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Holstenborg, Greenland. She was refloated and taken in to Holstenborg, where she was repaired.[73]
Veritas  Germany The ship ran aground at Kastrup, Denmark. She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark.[53]

28 July

List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1875
ShipStateDescription
Blue Cross  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on the coast of the Courland Governorate.[74] She was on a voyage from Kiel, Germany to Riga, Russia.[75] She was later refloated and taken in to Bolderāja, Russia, where she arrived on 2 August.[76]
Boreas Norway The brig ran aground near Helsingborg, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Narva, Russia to Montrose, Forfarshire. She was refloated with the assistance of a steamship.[15]
Elvira  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on Hirsholmene, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Kalundborg, Sweden. She was refloated and towed in to Frederikshavn, Denmark in a leaky condition.[53]
Emma Trechmann  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at "Stubben", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London. She was refloated.[74]
Jeune Hortense France The ship ran aground on the Scroby Sands Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Vannes, Morbihan. She was refloated and assisted in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a leaky condition.[74][77]
Lady Catherine  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Milo ( United Kingdom) and sank at Swinemünde, Germany. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Swinemünde.[74]
Maynards  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Droogden, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Loviisa, Grand Duchy of Finland to Hartlepool, County Durham.[53]
Squirrel  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at Larache, Morocco.[53] She was refloated the next day.[74]
Walter Thomas  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Lindisfarne, Northumberland.[74]

29 July

List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1875
ShipStateDescription
Alice  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Robin Hoods Bay, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.[74]
Emil Sweden The ship was driven ashore at Kastrup, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France to Stockholm.[75]
Jane Young  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at New York, United States. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[15]
Marian  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Calcutta, India. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to London.[74][77]
Parthenia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Hornbæk, Denmark.[15]
St. Brycedale United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Tasmania The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on Bird Island.[78][79]

30 July

List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1875
ShipStateDescription
Astrea  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Redcar, Yorkshire.[15] She was refloated on 2 August and taken in to Hartlepool, County Durham in a leaky condition.[76]
Dundee  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Newport-on-Tay, Fife. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Newport-on-Tay. She was refloated.[80]
Forward  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore at Gourock, Renfrewshire. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Port Bannatyne, Isle of Bute.[15]
Maria  Germany The schooner was driven ashore at Macduff, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom. Her five crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.[15][81]
Nelusko  United Kingdom The steamship caught fire and was abandoned off Madeira. Her crew were rescued by Africa ( United Kingdom). Nelusko was on a voyage from the River Plate to Antwerp, Belgium.[82]
Petrino  Italy The brig collided with the schooner Ocean Swell ( United Kingdom) off Cape Spartel, Morocco and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Ocean Swell.[83] Petrino was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Syros, Greece.[84][76]

31 July

Unknown date

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