List of shipwrecks in June 1870

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

List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1870
ShipStateDescription
Cremorne United States The clipper passed through the Golden Gate, California bound for Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

2 June

List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1870
ShipStateDescription
Clymping  United Kingdom The brig was run down by the steamship Euxène ( France) and sank in the Mediterranean Sea 120 nautical miles (220 km) off Alexandria, Egypt. Her crew were rescued.[1][2]
Henrietta Bremen The barque was wrecked on Whalsay, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Pará, Brazil.[3][4]
Onward  United Kingdom The brigantine was damaged by fire at Plymouth, Devon.[5]
Selina  United Kingdom The ship collided with the steamship Constance ( France) and foundered off the Longships Lighthouse, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by Constance. Selina was on a voyage from Porthcawl, Glamorgan to Plymouth.[5][2]
Thomas Seddon  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Rangoon, Burma. She was refloated and beached on Diamond Island,[2] where she was wrecked.[6]

4 June

List of shipwrecks: 4 June 1870
ShipStateDescription
Britannia  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Lindisfarne, Northumberland. Six of her passengers were landed. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated the next day and assisted in to South Shields, County Durham.[7][8]
Caroline Coventry  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan. She was refloated.[9]

5 June

List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1870
ShipStateDescription
Cumberland  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was damaged by fire at London.[8]
W. F. Storer United States The ship caught fire and sank at New York.[10] She was refloated on 18 June.[11]

6 June

List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1870
ShipStateDescription
Ancestor  United Kingdom The barque was sunk by ice in the Atlantic Ocean. Her thirteen crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Quebec, Canada to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[12][13][11]
Arctic Hero  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Sneadermann Rock, in the Farne Islands, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Huelva, Spain to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. She was refloated and towed in to Berwick upon Tweed.[9]
Catherine  United Kingdom The ship struck Inchkeith and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bridgeness, Lothian to Inchkeith.[7]
Countess of Dudley  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Dimlington, Yorkshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[14]
County of Lancaster  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off "Maddeburg", Netherlands East Indies. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Surabaya, Netherlands East Indies. She was refloated and towed in to Surabaya.[15]
Devonshire  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at St. Pauls, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Quebec City, Canada.[16][17]
Dunkeld New South Wales The barque departed from Newcastle for Melbourne, Victoria. She may have been sighted in distress on 27 June; presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[18]
Edouard Corbière France The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was refloated.[3]
Gold Hunter  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on New Island. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Belfast, County Antrim.[7]
Halyma  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground and sank in the Guadiana. She was on a voyage from Pomaron, Portugal to Gloucester and/or Liverpool, Lancashire.[7][8] She was later refloated and placed under repair.[19]
Royal Albert  United Kingdom The yacht capsized off Hastings, Sussex with the loss of all but eight of the fourteen people on board. Survivors were rescued by local fishermen.[20][21]
William F. Storer United States The ship was destroyed by fire at New York. She was on a voyage from New York to Liverpool.[12][9]

7 June

List of shipwrecks: 7 June 1870
ShipStateDescription
Admiral Napier  United Kingdom The schooner foundered 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) south east of Pladda. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Aberdeen.[22]
Layard  Victoria The 175-ton brig parted her cable and became grounded on a reef near Timaru, New Zealand, where she was headed with a cargo of coal from Newcastle, New South Wales. Her crew reached shore safely but the vessel subsequently broke up.[23]

8 June

List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1870
ShipStateDescription
Admiral Napier  United Kingdom The ship foundered off the Isle of Arran. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Aberdeen. Her captain and owner were subsequently charged with barratry.[24]
Olof Norway The ship ran aground and was severely damaged at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Norrköping to Shoreham-by-Sea.[25]
Orphelius France The schooner was driven ashore at Par, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Par.[26]
Ruby  New Zealand The 24-ton schooner stranded on rocks and became wrecked at Kaikōura during a heavy storm.[27]
shipTripoli  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Cohasset, Massachusetts, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Boston, Massachusetts.[3]
Tyne  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore on the Holm of Papa, Orkney Islands. She was refloated and taken in to Stromness, where she was repaired.[28]
Ville Neuve France The ship was driven ashore at Mogadore, Morocco. She was consequently condemned.[29]

9 June

List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1870
ShipStateDescription
Admiral Napier  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and sank off Pladda, Inner Hebrides. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Aberdeen.[25]
Industry  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near the Mull of Galloway Lighthouse, Wigtownshire. Her crew were rescued.[26][30]
Lizzy  New Zealand The 20-ton cutter was driven ashore and wrecked at Ōpunake during a gale.[27]
Louisa  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Caragibe, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Maceio, Brazil to the English Channel.[31]
Meglee  United Kingdom The brig was damaged by fire at Hartlepool, County Durham.[32]
Star of the West  United Kingdom The ship struck the Kella Rocks, off Ouessant, Finistère, France and foundered. All 26 people on board were rescued by the steamship Sherburne ( United Kingdom). Star of the West was on a voyage from Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony to London.[26][33]

10 June

List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1870
ShipStateDescription
Guinevere  United Kingdom The yacht ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex.[34] She floated off and was driven ashore at Shoeburyness, Essex.[26]
Little Mountain  United Kingdom The steamship collided with a schooner in the River Mersey and was beached at Egremont, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Runcorn, Cheshire. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Liverpool, Lancashire.[35]
Orion  Russia The ship was driven ashore at "Sundre". She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Saint Petersburg.[16]

11 June

List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1870
ShipStateDescription
Constance  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Dwars-inden-weg. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Zeeland ( Netherlands).[16]
Killarney  United Kingdom The steamship was beached at Egremont, Lancashire in a sinking condition. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool.[16]

12 June

List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1870
ShipStateDescription
Constance  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at "Dwars-in-Den-weg". She was on a voyage from Benin, Africa to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[36]
Newbiggin  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire in the Sea of Marmara. Her crew were rescued by Tini Gattorno ( Italy). Newbiggin was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[10][37]
Western Queen  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Glover's Reef. She was on a voyage from Puerto Cabello, Venezuela to Sombrero, Anguilla.[36][38]

13 June

List of shipwrecks: 13 June 1870
ShipStateDescription
Sir John Dryden  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on "Ras Safoon", near Aden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Liverpool, Lancashire.[39][40]

14 June

List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1870
ShipStateDescription
Ecuador  United Kingdom The steamship suffered a boiler explosion and sank off the coast of Supe, Peru with the loss of thirteen lives. There were at least 21 survivors.[41][15][42][43] Five people were reported missing.[44]
Hirondelle France The steamship sank with the loss of eight lives. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to La Bastide.[10]
Lioness  United Kingdom The tug struck the anchor of a floating landing stage and sank in the River Mersey at New Brighton, Cheshire. Her crew were rescued.[39][45][46]
Salamander  United Kingdom The ship was sighted in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Singapore, Straits Settlements. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[47]

15 June

List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1870
ShipStateDescription
Henry Brain  United Kingdom The barque collided with the full-rigged ship Humber ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland with the loss of eight of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Humber. Henry Brain was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Quebec City, Canada.[48][49][50]
Landoro  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Cape Verde Islands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bonny, Africa.[51][52]

16 June

List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1870
ShipStateDescription
Anna Mathilde France The ship was run ashore near Rochester, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Rochester to Caen, Calvados.[35]
George Armstrong  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Sulina, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Sulina to a British port. She was refloated the next day with the assistance of a tug.[19]
Zephyr Norway The schooner was severely damaged at Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom by an onboard explosion that killed the sole crew member on board.[35][53]

17 June

List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1870
ShipStateDescription
Adel Sweden The brig foundered west of St. Ives, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Four of her ten crew were reported missing.[35][54]
Emma France The steamship was driven ashore on Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Hamburg.[35]
Forward Mexican pirates Battle of Boca Teacapan: The Canadian steamship, which had been seized by Mexican pirates and was in use as a pirate ship, was beached in the Teacapan Estuary at Boca Teacapan, Sinaloa, Mexico, when she was destroyed by United States Navy and United States Marine Corps personnel manning six boats – a howitzer-equipped launch and five cutters – from the sloop-of-war USS Mohican ( United States Navy).
Lord Metcalfe  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Alexandria, Egypt.[10]
Sherboro' France The ship was driven ashore on Sherbro Island, Sierra Leone. She was on a voyage from Sherbro Island to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.[55]

18 June

List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1870
ShipStateDescription
Alert  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Kratzand, near Cuxhaven. She was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Hamburg.[10]
Harriet  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Bondicar Rock, off the coast of Northumberland. She was on a voyage from London to Aberdeen.[56] She was later refloated.[57]
Lutterworth  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Muckraputty Lump, in the Hooghly River. She was refloated and taken in to Calcutta, India.[58]
Wild Curlew  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on the Sea Rock, in the Gulf of Siam. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bangkok, Siam to Singapore, Straits Settlements and a port in China.[59][60]

21 June

List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1870
ShipStateDescription
Osiris  United Kingdom The steamship struck a shoal 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) south west of the Hormigas Islands, Spain and sank. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Joven Pepe ( Spain). Osiris was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Alicante, Spain.[61][56]
Sarah M.  United Kingdom The ship was holed by ice. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Hull, Yorkshire. She continued her voyage in a waterlogged condition.[62]

22 June

List of shipwrecks: 22 June 1870
ShipStateDescription
Omi  Russia The schooner was driven ashore at Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Umeå, Sweden to Grimsby.[57]
Royalist  United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Torrevieja, Spain to a Baltic port.[63]
Saint André  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 30 nautical miles (56 km) north west of Arranmore, County Donegal, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by Anne ( United Kingdom). Saint André was on a voyage from St. Martin to Iceland.[64]
Sultana  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme, France and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme. She was refloated the next day and found to be leaky.[65]

23 June

List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1870
ShipStateDescription
Auguste France The ship struck the quayside at Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Dieppe.[66]
Charles Lambert  United Kingdom The barque ran aground at Hartlepool, County Durham. She was on a voyage from West Hartlepool to Kronstadt, Russia.[61][37]
Marie Celeste France The ship was wrecked on the coast of Ireland with the loss of eighteen of her crew.[67]
Mary  United Kingdom The schooner was in collision with the steamship Sheldrake ( United Kingdom) and sank with the loss of one life. Survivors were rescued by Sheldrake, which lost a crew member in the accident. Mary was on a voyage from Barrow in Furness, Lancashire to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[68]
Rose of Sharon  United Kingdom The fishing trawler was run into by the barque Nathaniel Churchwood (Dominion of Newfoundland Newfoundland Colony) and foundered in the English Channel 15 nautical miles (28 km) north west of the Eddystone Lighthouse, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by Nathaniel Churchwood.[37][69]

24 June

List of shipwrecks: 24 June 1870
ShipStateDescription
Enchantress  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Arklow Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow and sank. Her five crew were rescued by the Arklow Lifeboat.[61][70]
Geiser  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the steamship City of Brooklyn ( United Kingdom) and sank off the Arklow Bank. Her crew were rescued.[61] Geiser was on a voyage from Queenstown, County Cork to Dublin.[71] She was taken in to Abersoch, Caernarfonshire on 29 June.[19]
Hendrik Vannes Netherlands The ship departed from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom for Riga, Russia. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[72][73]
Louisa Wismar The ship was wrecked on the Leman Sand, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[74]
Unnamed Flag unknown The brigantine ran aground on the Jackshole Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow.[64]

25 June

List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1870
ShipStateDescription
City of London  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to London. She was refloated.[61][71]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a severely leaky condition.[61]
Harlech Castle  United Kingdom The ship departed from Melbourne, Victoria for Newcastle, New South Wales. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[75]
Louise Wismar The schooner was wrecked on the Oar Sand, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[76]
Sir George Brown  United Kingdom The brig foundered off the Bloody Foreland, County Donegal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rutland, County Donegal to Dublin.[77][78]
St. Michaels  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cocanada, India to London.[79][80]

26 June

List of shipwrecks: 26 June 1870
ShipStateDescription
Aid  United Kingdom The cutter was driven ashore and wrecked in Richmond Bay, Tobago.[81]
August Hamburg The barque was wrecked on a reef off Anegada, Virgin Islands. She was a voyage from Hamburg to Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands.[63]

27 June

List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1870
ShipStateDescription
Alexandra  United Kingdom The steamboat ran aground and broke in two at Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Lytham St. Annes to Blackpool.[66]
Eleven, or
Ellen		  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the steamship Bravo ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea off Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wisbech, Cambridgeshire to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.[74][82][76]
Jane  New Zealand The 37-ton schooner sank off Chamberlin's Island during a gale, with the loss of one life. An inquiry ruled that the boat had been overladen.[83]
Maria Netherlands The ship struck the pier at Harlingen, Friesland and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Harlingen. She was taken in to Harlingen in a severely leaky condition.[66]
Young America  New Zealand The schooner was driven ashore close to the mouth of the Wairau River during a gale, and became a wreck.[83]

28 June

List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1870
ShipStateDescription
Archibald  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on the Shantung Promontory, China.[84][85] Her crew were rescued.[52] She was on a voyage from Foo Chow Foo to Chefoo, China.[85]
Burgos  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore in the Gironde.[86]

29 June

List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1870
ShipStateDescription
Anglia  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the River Clyde near Renfrew. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[86]
Claremount  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the New Cut, in the Danube.[87][78]
Maria  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Old Cut, in the Danube.[87][78]
Palmyra  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Havre de Grâce.[86]
Rosetta  Italy The ship ran aground in the Old Cut.[87][78]
St. Lawrence France The full-rigged ship was severely damaged by fire at New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. She was on a voyage from New Orleans to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[77][59]

30 June

Unknown date

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