List of shipwrecks in March 1879

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

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1879
ShipStateDescription
Antelope  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland and West Hartlepool, County Durham to Livorno, Italy. She was refloated with the assistance of two smacks and put in to Harwich, Essex.[1][2]
Fusilier  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Workington, Cumberland.[1]
Rifle  United Kingdom The smack struck a sunken wreck and foundered off The Lizard, Cornwall. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from London to Boscastle, Cornwall.[3]

2 March

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1879
ShipStateDescription
Admiral Norway The barque ran aground 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) south of Life Saving Station No. 5, 6th District, on the coast of North Carolina, United States and was wrecked later in the day when the weather deteriorated. Her fourteen crew were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[4] She was on a voyage from Dunkirk, Nord, France to Baltimore, Maryland, United States.[3]
Dundrennan  United Kingdom The ship was run down and sunk off Lavernock Point, Glamorgan by the steamship Somorrostro (Flag unknown). Her crew were rescued[1]
Holland Sweden The schooner was wrecked at Laguna de los Padres, Argentina.[5][6]
Semplice  Italy The barque collided with Duchess of Edinburgh ( United Kingdom) and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 150 nautical miles (280 km) north of Cape Finisterre, Spain. Fourteen crew were rescued by Duchess of Edinburgh. Semplice was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Baltimore, Maryland, United States.[7]

3 March

List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1879
ShipStateDescription
Auriga  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Lydden Spout, off the coast of Kent. She was on a voyage from Melbourne, Victoria to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[3]
Beltiste  United Kingdom The barque collided with the steamship Wellesley ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned off Dover, Kent. Her crew were rescued. Beltiste was on a voyage from Llanelly, Glamorgan to London. She was subsequently towed in to Dover by Wellesley in a severely damaged condition.[3]
Caesarea  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[3]
Carron  United Kingdom The barque collided with the steamship Bilbao ( Spain) and sank off the South Foreland, Kent. Her crew were rescued by Bilbao. Carron was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Leith, Lothian.[3]
Choice Fruit United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Malleville ( United States). Choice Fruit was on a voyage from the Newfoundland Colony to Lisbon, Portugal.[8]
E. A. Barnard Canada Canada The barquentine ran aground in thick weather with light snow 1+1⁄2 nautical miles (2.8 km) north of Life Saving Station No., 5th District, on the Maryland coast. A box of silver plate was brought off. Four of her crew came ashore in the ship's boat and four were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[4] She was on a voyage from Livorno, Italy to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was later refloated.[9]
Fraternity Norway The schooner ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Nachez, Mississippi, United States to Kragerø. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and the Ramsgate Lifeboat and assisted in to Ramsgate, Kent.[3]
Horrox  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inferieure, France. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to the River Plate.[3] She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[7]
Lord Byron  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[3]
Peder Norway The barque was wrecked on Sanday, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Kristiansand to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[10]
Ocean Queen  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, devon to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug.[3]
Pico  United Kingdom The ship departed from Laguna for Antwerp, Belgium. No further trace, reported overdue.[11]
Robert Kedde, or
Robert Kiddey		  United Kingdom The brigantine was wrecked on the Jordan Flats, off the mouth of the River Mersey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bridgwater, Somerset to Liverpool, Lancashire.[12][3]
Schmidborn Netherlands The steamship ran aground in the Nieuwe Waterweg. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Rotterdam, South Holland. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug.[5]

4 March

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1879
ShipStateDescription
Angelica  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Burghead, Moray. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to the Moray Firth.[7]
Bertha Heyn  Germany The brigantine went ashore at Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. She was on a voyage to there from San Francisco, California, United States.[13][14] She had broken up by 20 March.[15]
Fairy Queen  United Kingdom The ship foundered 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north east of Skeenaghan Point, County Antrim She was on a voyage from Belfast to Rathmullan, County Down.[13]
Janet Forbes  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Cape Maternillos, Cuba. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Havana, Cuba.[16] Janet Forbes subsequently floated off and drifted out to sea. She was later driven ashore and wrecked in the Cape Verde Islands.[17][18]
John and Emma  United Kingdom The smack collided with the steam ketch Hewitt ( United Kingdom) and sank off Smith's Knowl, off the north Norfolk coast with the loss of her captain from her five crew. Survivors were rescued by Hewitt.[19][13]
Mary Ann Jane  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at the Corsethorn Lighthouse, Wigtownshire. She was on a voyage from Dublin to the Isle of Whithorn, Wigtownshire.[7]
South Tyne  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia to Queenstown, County Cork. She was refloated with assistance and resjumed her voyage.[7]

5 March

List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1879
ShipStateDescription
Ant  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Piel Island, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Barrow-in-Furness.[16]
Cirobina Spain The brig collided with the steamship Bengore ( United Kingdom) and sank off Cape Finisterre with the loss of six of her crew.[20]
Hochfield  Germany The steamship ran aground at the entrance to the Nieuwe Waterweg. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[13]

6 March

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1879
ShipStateDescription
Crown  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on Vlieland, Friesland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida to Harlingen, Friesland.[5]
Mary Helena United States The schooner sprung a leak and was beached to prevent sinking two miles (3.2 km) north of Life Saving Station No. 13, 4th District, on the New Jersey coast and was wrecked. Her crew of two and one passenger made it to shore on their own. She was stripped and abandoned.[4]
Schmidborn  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[6]

7 March

List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1879
ShipStateDescription
Acton United States The ship was driven ashore at New York. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to New York. She was refloated.[10]
Guy Mannering  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Brazilian ( United Kingdom) in the River Mersey and was damaged. Guy Mannering was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. She was taken in to Birkenhead, Cheshire.[21]
Stephanotis  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground off Stettin, Germany. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Stettin. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Stettin in a leaky condition.[9]
Turkish Empire  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Big Duck Island, New Brunswick, Canada with the loss of eight of her 23 crew. She was on a voyage from St. John, New Brunswick to Dublin.[22][23][9][24]

8 March

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1879
ShipStateDescription
Countess of Dublin  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Dublin. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Portsmouth, Hampshire. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[23]
Harmonie Netherlands The galiot foundered in the North Sea 12 nautical miles (22 km) south east by east of Spurn Point, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the smack Milburn ( United Kingdom). Harmonie was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Brixham, Devon, United Kingdom.[23][25]
Loch Linnhe  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Briggs, off the coast of County Down. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Melbourne, Victoria. She was refloated.[16][26]
May Queen  United Kingdom The barque was beached in the River Severn 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) downstream of Sharpness, Gloucestershire. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Sharpness. She was refloated and taken in to Sharpness.[16]
Quarryman  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at the mouth of the River Tay. She was refloated and towed in to Dundee, Forfarshire.[23]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The barge was run into by the steamship Gilston ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Woolwich, Kent.[16]

9 March

List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1879
ShipStateDescription
Hattie Goudey Canada Canada The barque ran aground and sank off Honfleur, Manche, France with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France.[23][27]
Marian Moore  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Ras al Hadd, Muscat and Oman. Her 36 crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Muscat. The ship was plundered by the local Arabs.[28][29][30]
Rajah  United Kingdom The ship ran into the pier at Calais, France and was severely damaged. She was towed to a British port by the tugboat Wrestler ( United Kingdom).[21]

10 March

List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1879
ShipStateDescription
Bonnie Dundee New South Wales The steamship was cut in two in a collision with the steamship Barrabool (flag unknown) and sank with the loss of five lives at 33°06.327′S 151°42.258′E / 33.105450°S 151.704300°E / -33.105450; 151.704300, about 5 kilometres (2.7 nmi; 3.1 mi) off Caves Beach, New South Wales, Australia. Barrabool suffered a gash in her bow but remained afloat.
Constance Ellen  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to the Rio Grande.[9]
Forget-me-not  China The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Yantai (Chefoo).[31][32]
Geelong New Zealand The steamship stranded and broke up close to the mouth of the Hokianga Harbour, New Zealand, with the loss of two passengers.[33]
Moderator  United Kingdom The smack ran aground in the River Camel, capsized and sank. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Wadebridge, Cornwall.[31][32]
Nelson  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Seaham, County Durham.[34]
Polixene Austria-Hungary The brig was driven ashore at Pitimbu, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Porto Alegre, Brazil.[23][31]
Quarryman  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at Dundee, Forfarshire. She was refloated.[9]
Sarah Amy  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to Portsmouth, Hampshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[23]
HMS Thetis  Royal Navy The Briton-class corvette was damaged by fire at Keyham, Devon.

11 March

List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1879
ShipStateDescription
Eleanor Thomas  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at Ballyness, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Ballyness to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but put in to Londonderry in a leaky condition.[31]
Sodskene Norway The ship ran aground near Ystad, Sweden She was on a voyage from West Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Ystad. She was refloated and found to be severely leaky.[32]

12 March

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1879
ShipStateDescription
Ben Avon  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Saltholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Danzig, Germany. She was refloated and towed in to Copenhagen, Denmark. for repairs[17][35]
Good Intent  United Kingdom The fishing boat was run down and sunk off Eyemouth, Berwickshire with the loss of two of her crew.[36]
Hawendale  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at the Trwyn Du Lighthouse. Her crew were rescued by a pilot boat. She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire to Llanelly, Glamorgan.[37][38]
J. H. Lorentzen  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked at Whitby, Yorkshire.[39][40] Her seventeen crew were rescued by the Whitby Lifeboat.[41]
Otterburn  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at "Collier Hope", Yorkshire. She was later refloated.[40]
Unnamed  United Kingdom A fishing smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Spurn Point, Yorkshire with the loss of all five crew.[40]

13 March

List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1879
ShipStateDescription
Alford  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Calais, France.[37][24]
Bien Denmark The schooner was driven ashore in Aalbek Bay. She was on a voyage from Aarhus to London. She was refloated and taken in to Fredrikshavn in a leaky conditioin.[8]
Dunrobin Castle  United Kingdom The schooner struck a sunken rock off Ardmore Head, Islay and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was Glasgow, Renfrewshire to "Atromness".[37]
Henry Fisher  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on "Vensholmen", near Nakskov, Denmark.[8][42]
Richard Raper  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Thurso, Caithness.[40]
Unnamed  United Kingdom A fishing boat was driven ashore and wrecked at Peterhead. Her five crew were rescued.[43]

14 March

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1879
ShipStateDescription
Edinburgh Trinity House The pilot cutter was run into about 12:30 a.m. by the steamship RMS Severn ( United Kingdom) and sank 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Dungeness lighthouse, with the loss of ten pilots and five of the cutter's crew.[44][45] Five crew were rescued by Severn.[46][47]
Koning der Nederlanden Netherlands The steamship caught fire in the Nieuwe Diep.[8]
Luxor  United Kingdom The steamship put in to The Downs on fire. She was on a voyage from Garrucha, Spain to London.[8] She resumed her voyage with a pilot.[42]

15 March

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1879
ShipStateDescription
Unnamed Flag unknown A derelict barque was reported by Eboe (Flag unknown) at 48°00′N 8°50′W / 48.000°N 8.833°W / 48.000; -8.833.[48]

16 March

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1879
ShipStateDescription
Armande Flag unknown The schooner was driven ashore at Lindisfarne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.[49]

17 March

List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1879
ShipStateDescription
Familiens Haab Denmark The brigantine ran aground on Albu Triller reef, off the west coast of Lolland on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Rostock, Germany.[50][51] She was refloated and later arrived at Warnemünde, Rostock.[52]
Yesso  United Kingdom The steam ship was on a voyage from Shantou (Swatow) to Xiamen (Amoy) and was wrecked in the White Rocks off Lamock Islands. Master Captain Samuel Ashton. 153 passengers were saved."The Loss of the Yesso". Shipping and Mercantile Gazette. 20 May 1879. p. 7.

18 March

List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1879
ShipStateDescription
Albert Edward  United Kingdom The ship departed from South Shields, County Durham for Savona, Italy.[53] Presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands. Wreckage from the ship washed up at Wrangle, Lincolnshire on 25 March and at Skegness on 27 March.[54]
Amethyst  United Kingdom The steamer went ashore on Lady Isle, in the Firth of Clyde, in thick fog, on a coastal voyage from Glasgow to Ayr, Scotland. She was refloated on the following day and continued her voyage.[55][56]
Australian  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the South Pass. She was on a vohyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[57]
Manfred Western Australia The ship was wrecked in the Lacepede Islands.[58]
Marienburg  Germany The steamship foundered in "the Sleeve". Her crew were rescued by the steamship Blonde ( Germany). Marienburg was on a voyage from Danzig to Antwerp, Belgium.[55]
Runnymede Western Australia The ship was wrecked in the Lacepede Islands.[58]
Sir Charles Napier  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Ascension Island. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to London.[59]
Sulina Western Australia The ship was wrecked in the Lacepede Islands.[58]
Wide Awake United States The schooner was driven ashore near Chebogue, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was on a voyage from Antigua to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. She was refloated and towed in to Yarmouth.[60]

19 March

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1879
ShipStateDescription
Arrogante  French Navy The Arrogante-class ironclad sank at Hyères, Var with the loss of 38 of her 122 crew.[61] She was refloated in May.[62]
Bangor  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Chauseé de Sein. She was on a voyage from Réunion to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. She put in to Brest, Finistère, France in a sinking condition.[55]
Bay City United States The barge, abandoned a few days earlier, was sunk by ice one-quarter mile (0.40 km) from the Marblehead Light in Lake Erie in six feet (1.8 m) of water, a total loss.[4]
Garonne  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Tapley Shoal, off Adelaide, South Australia. She was on a voyage from Adelaide to an English port. She was refloated on 21 March and resumed her voyage.[63]
Happy Return  United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked at Port Eynon Point, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Carmarthen.[64]
Robert Pow  United Kingdom The paddle tug was wrecked at Souter Point, Northumberland. Her crew survived.[65]
Saint Michel  Haitian Navy|Haitian Navy The gunboat collided with the steamship Bolivar ( United Kingdom) and foundered 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) off Gonaïves with the loss of 108 lives. Seventy-two people were rescued by Bolivar.[66][67][68][69]
Yesso  Hong Kong The steamship was wrecked on the Lammock, 20 nautical miles (37 km) south east of Shantou (Swatow), China. Some of her passengers and crew were rescued by Gaelic ( United Kingdom).[55]

20 March

List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1879
ShipStateDescription
Ann Law  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at North Berwick, Lothian. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Leith, Lothian. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and resumed her voyage.[70]
Ardanach  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore between Lavernock and Sully, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated, and resumed her voyage the next day.[71]
Ardenica  United Kingdom The ship caught fire at New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. She was on a voyage from New Orleans to Liverpool, Lancashire.[72]
China  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Mat, Réunion in a cyclone.[73]
Clan Alpine  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Goat Point, Lothian. She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to Campbeltown, Argyllshire.[72]
Clara  United Kingdom The Thames barge ran into the steamship Manila ( Italy) and sank in the River Thames at Greenhithe, Kent.[74]
Cynthia New Zealand The schooner went ashore in fog to the south of Ross, New Zealand, while en route from Wanganui to Greymouth. All hands were saved.[33]
Darlington  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked near Lindisfarne, Northumberland. Her nine crew were rescued by the Lindisfarne Lifeboat Grace Darling ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Darlington was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.[75][76]
Denmore  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground and sank at the Isle of May. Her twelve crew took to two boats; they were rescued by the steamship Princess Alice ( United Kingdom). Dunmore was on a voyage from Leith to Aberdeen.[77][78]
Gambia, and
Spero		  United Kingdom The steamships collided off Scarborough, Yorkshire and were both severely damaged. They put in to the River Tyne. Gambia was on a voyage from London to Dundee. Spero was on a voyage from the River Tyne to London.[67]
George  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Staithes, Yorkshire.[67] Her six crew survived.[76]
Gloria  Italy The ship foundered in the Indian Ocean in a cyclone. Her crew were rescued by Margaret Wilkie ( United Kingdom).[73]
Minero Chile The barque was beached at Valparaíso.[79] She was refloated on 17 April.[80]
Norine  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Agrigento, Sicily, Italy to Porto, Portugal.[81]
Rap Norway The schooner was driven ashore and severely damaged 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Fifeness, Fife, United Kingdom. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland to Dunbar, Lothian.[72]
Revival  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the Indian Ocean in a cyclone. Her crew were rescued by Gloria ( Austria-Hungary). She was subsequently taken in to Tamatave, Merina Kingdom.[73][82]
Unity New Zealand The ketch was driven onto rocks and broke up at Cape Campbell, New Zealand, while en route from Lyttelton Harbour to Wellington. All hands were saved.[33]

21 March

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1879
ShipStateDescription
City of Paris  United Kingdom The steamship struck the Roman Rock, off Simon's Town, Cape Colony and was damaged. Her passengers were taken off by HMS Tamar ( Royal Navy). City of Paris was on a voyage from Queenstown, County Cork to Simon's Town. She was refloated and taken in to Simon's Town.[83][84]
Levier France The brig ran aground off St Martin's, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine. She was refloated.[71]
Maximos France The barque was severely damaged in a cyclone at Réunion.[85]
Rob Roy  United Kingdom The steam lighter struck the wreck of Carrick Castle ( United Kingdom) and was beached at Connel, Argyllshire.[79] Her crew survived.[86]
Salasie France The barque was severely damaged in a cyclone at Réunion.[85]
Snowdrop  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at "Corsuelles", France. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated.[50]
Strasburg  Germany The steam barge sank off Holyhead, Anglesey, United Kingdom. She was being towed from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands by the tug Fury ( United Kingdom).[8][87] She was refloated on 2 April and beached.[15]
Warwick Castle  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 Dundee, Forfarshire to Calcutta, India. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Dreadnought ( United Kingdom) and taken in tow for London.[79]

22 March

List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1879
ShipStateDescription
Homeward Bound United States The barque stranded in thick weather 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of Life Saving Station No. 8, 4th District on the New Jersey coast and was wrecked. Her eleven crew were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[4] She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands to New York.[88]
Riccardo A. Puccio  United Kingdom The barque was run down and sunk by a steamship off Gibraltar with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Huanillos, Chile to Gibraltar.[89][57]
Unnamed  United Kingdom A barque was driven ashore at New Romney, Kent.[57]

23 March

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1879
ShipStateDescription
Alaska United States Bound for Ahnapee, Wisconsin, in ballast, the 89.6-foot (27.3 m), 85.14-gross register ton two-masted scow schooner was blown ashore during a gale on Lake Michigan near Two Rivers, Wisconsin, north of Twin River Point Light. Her crew survived, but she could not be refloated, was abandoned where she was stranded, and later sank nearby. Her wreck, discovered in May 2014, lies in 5 feet (1.5 m) of water at the southern end of Point Beach State Forest at 44°11.607′N 087°30.677′W / 44.193450°N 87.511283°W / 44.193450; -87.511283 (Alaska) and is partially covered by sand. It is within the boundaries of the Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary.[90]
City of Paris  United Kingdom Anglo-Zulu War: The steamship ran aground in Simon's Bay, Southern Africa. She was carrying British Army troops who were rescued by HMS Tamar.[91]
Nile  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Ischia, Italy. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Naples, Italy.[92]
Reliance  United Kingdom The fishing smack was wrecked at Spurn Point, Yorkshire. Her eleven crew were rescued by the Spurn Lifeboat.[93]
Rosa Schneider  United Kingdom The schooner departed from the Bull River, Georgia, United States for Queenstown, County Cork. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all eight hands.[94][95]
Ocean Drift  United Kingdom The brig struck a sunken rock. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Oran, Algeria. She put in to Vigo, Spain in a leaky condition.[96]
Tabasco France The schooner was wrecked on White Islands, Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom to Bordeaux, Gironde.[92]
Venus  United Kingdom The sloop was abandoned in the Bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bridgwater, Somerset to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. She was towed in to Minehead, Somerset.[96]
William  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[96]

24 March

List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1879
ShipStateDescription
Adele Ollillie  Germany The ship was driven ashore on Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London, United Kingdom.[96]
Amboto  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground and was wrecked on the Cadda Rocks, off Galle, Ceylon. She was on a voyage from Rangoon, Burma to an English port.[97][98][81]
Amil  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore at West Hartlepool, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to Colchester, Essex.[96]
Amulet  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Maassluis, South Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Rotterdam, South Holland.[92] She was refloated with the assistance of tugs.[81]
Ann  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Hartlepool, County Durham. Her six crew were rescued by the Hartlepool Lifeboat John Clay Barlow ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Colchester, Essex.[93][92]
Grangemouth  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Maas. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Rotterdam.[96] She was refloated with the assistance of tugs.[57]
Tabasco France The schooner, carrying coal from Greenock to Bordeaux, struck White Island, St Martin's, Isles of Scilly. Her master mistook the Sevenstones Lightship for Trevose Head on the north Cornish shore. She was on her maiden voyage and the vessel and cargo are a total loss. All the crew survived.[99]
No. 68  United Kingdom The pilot boat was driven ashore at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan.[57]

25 March

List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1879
ShipStateDescription
Alnwick Castle  United Kingdom The steamship caught fire at Bombay, India. The fire was extinguished.[100]
Averill  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at West Hartlepool, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to West Hartlepool. She was refloated with the assistance of four tugs.[81]
Cato Norway The brig was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. Her eight crew were rescued by the Caister Lifeboat Covent Garden ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Cato was on a voyage from Arendal to Calais, France.[101]
Diamaten Norway The brig was driven ashore and wrecked between Crail and Anstruther, Fife, United Kingdom with the loss of all but one of the four crew aboard. The survivor was rescued by the Anstruther Lifeboat.[101][102]
Elaine Norway The barque ran aground on the Swin Middle Sand, in the Thames Estuary She floated off and was wrecked on the Barrow Sand. Her crew were rescued by a steamship.[81]
Friends  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the North Bull, in the Irish Sea and was beached at Drogheda, County Louth. She was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland to Drogheda.[81]
Lady Bird  United Kingdom The ship was damaged by fire at Rangoon, Burma.[81]
Ladyland  United Kingdom The ship sank at Newport, Monmouthshire.[81]
Lina Norway The barque was wrecked on the Galloper Sand with the loss of one of the ten people on board. Survivors were rescued by the tug Aid ( United Kingdom) and the Ramsgate Lifeboat Bradford ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Lina was on a voyage from Prosgrund to London, United Kingdom.[101][81]
Seaton  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near "Vikenis", Germany. She had been refloated by 27 March.[103][104]
Tulcan  United Kingdom The barque capsized and sank in the Delaware River. Her crew were rescued.[81][105]

26 March

List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1879
ShipStateDescription
Duart Bay  United Kingdom The ship was run into by the steam tender Ajax ( New South Wales) at Newcastle, New South Wales and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Newcastle to Madras, India. She was taken in to Newcastle for repairs.[106]
Ellen J. McKinnon United States The 69.84-gross register ton trading schooner rolled onto her side and became waterlogged during a storm in the North Pacific Ocean six days into a trading voyage from San Francisco, California, to Unalaska in the Aleutian Islands and the Arctic with a crew of 10 men and 100 tons of merchandise aboard. The vessel Otago ( United States) found her wreck on 21 April drifting 500 nautical miles (930 km; 580 mi) northwest of San Francisco at 42°14′00″N 129°37′10″W / 42.23333°N 129.61944°W / 42.23333; -129.61944 with only one crewman left alive.[107][108][109]

27 March

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1879
ShipStateDescription
Olga  United Kingdom The steamship struck the pier and sank at Sulina, United Principalities.[103] She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Sulina.[97] Olga was refloated on 26 May and taken in to Sulina.[85] She was consequently condemned.[110]
Unnamed Flag unknown A brig was seen to keel over and sink on Hasborough Sands off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom, by a Great Yarmouth fishing boat.[111]

28 March

List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1879
ShipStateDescription
Fury  United Kingdom The paddle tug sank at North Shields, Northumberland. She was refloated.[112]
Hankow  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal. She was on a voyage from London to Shanghai, China. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[103][113]
Helena  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Kertch, Russia. She was refloated on 30 March.[103]

29 March

List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1879
ShipStateDescription
Angelique France The lugger was driven ashore near Llanelly, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Port-Launay, Finistère to Llanelly.[103]
Bernina  United Kingdom The steamship departed from New York, United States for Bristol, Gloucestershire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[114]
Cydonia  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Ras Matbakh, Basra Vilayet. She was on a voyage from Rangoon, Burka to a British port.[112]
Dina Andriana Netherlands The galiot was driven ashore and wrecked at Bradwell Point, Northumberland, United Kingdom.[112][115]
Elizabeth Kilner  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Boulder Bank, in the Solent. She was on a voyage from London to Dublin. She was refloated the next day and put in to Cowes, Isle of Wight in a leaky condition.[116]
Moonlight  United Kingdom The steamship foundered off Ardrossan, Ayrshire. Her three crew survived. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan to Fairlie, Ayrshire.[117]
Nordmaling Sweden The barque was wrecked on Grand Bahama, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Galveston, Texas, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[97]
Ornen Sweden The ship was driven ashore at Antwerp, Belgium. She was on a voyage from Pabellón de Pica, Chile to Antwerp.[115]
Otter  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Spittal Point, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland to London. She was refloated with the assistance of the paddle tug Tweed ( United Kingdom) and put back to Berwick upon Tweed.[112][54]
Venus  United Kingdom The lugger was driven ashore and wrecked west of the Dungeness Lighthouse, Kent.[112]

30 March

List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1879
ShipStateDescription
Canopus  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Boston, Massachusetts, United States. She was on a voyage from Boston to Liverpool, Lancashire.[118]
Carl Sweden The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Cambois, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Halmstad to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[103][54]
Maria France The schooner was run into by the steamship Miranda ( United Kingdom) and sank in the English Channel with the loss of five of her crew.[103]
Unnamed  Italy A ship capsized in a squall in the Mediterranean Sea (37°20′N 12°06′E / 37.333°N 12.100°E / 37.333; 12.100) with the loss of four of her six crew. Survivors were rescued by the barque Martino Maria ( United Kingdom).[119]

31 March

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