List of shipwrecks in September 1869

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The list of shipwrecks in September 1869 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during September 1869.

List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1869
ShipStateDescription
Express  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Swash. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to London. She was refloated and put back to Poole in a leaky condition.[1]
Faith  United Kingdom The Yorkshire Billyboy struck rocks near Flamborough Head, Yorkshire and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.[2][3]
Havelock  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Domesnes Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Riga, Russia.[4]
James Dixon  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Kronstadt, Russia to London.[5]
St. Louis  United Kingdom The ship collided with St. Austell ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Brest, Finistère, France to Sunderland, County Durham.[6]

2 September

List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1869
ShipStateDescription
Anton Bremen The ship was severely damaged by fire at Bremen. She was on a voyage from Bremen to New York, United States.[7]
Archimedes  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Falhead, Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Kronstadt, Russia to London.[8]
Cornelia Hendrika Netherlands The ship departed from Hong Kong for Yokohama, Japan. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[9]
Forward  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on Stoneskar, Russia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[1]
Omaha Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore on Sheldric Island, New Brunswick, Canada She was relfoated.[10]

3 September

List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1869
ShipStateDescription
Chanticleer  United Kingdom The barque was run into by the brig Jewel ( United Kingdom) and sank off Morte Point, Devon. .[11] Chanticleer was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Havana, Cuba.[12]
Eagle  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Scotstown Head, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued.[13]
Hringhorne Prussia The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Jershöft. She was on a voyage from "Skeppswick" to London, United Kingdom.[4]
John and Robert  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore at Kilchousland Chapel, Argyllshire.[14]
Marathon  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Salmedina Rocks, at the mouth of the Guadalquivir.[13]
Old England  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned off the Cape Verde Islands. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Galle, Ceylon.[15]
Standard  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore near Fairwater, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire to Danzig.[13]
William Scott Walker  United Kingdom The steamship struck a sunken rock off Ballintoy, County Antrim and was holed. She was taken in to Londonderry in a leaky condition.[12]

4 September

List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1869
ShipStateDescription
Athena  Greece The ship collided with the schooner Anna ( Italy) and was run ashore at Parenzo, Austria-Hungary. She was on a voyage from Trieste to Patras.[4]
Catherina Cornelia  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Neufahrwasser, Prussia.[1][12]
Ezra Canada Canada The ship was wrecked on Bodie Island, North Carolina, United States with the loss of six of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Saint John, New Brunswick and Baltimore, Maryland, United States.[16][17]
Golden Grove  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Seskar, Russia.[7] Her crew survived.[18]
Louisville  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.[19]
Robin Hood United States The ship was destroyed by fire at Baker Island.[20]
Standard  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Neufahrwasser. She was on a voyage from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire to Danzig.[12]
St. Bede  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Cardiff.[12]

5 September

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1869
ShipStateDescription
Susan M. Smith United States The whaler, a schooner, was wrecked. Five survivors were rescued by Flatworth ( United Kingdom).[21]
William  United Kingdom The collier, a brig, foundered in the North Sea 90 nautical miles (170 km) off the coast of County Durham. Her crew were rescued by Victoria ( Hamburg). William was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Copenhagen, Denmark.[22][23][24]

6 September

List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1869
ShipStateDescription
Banquereau France The brig was driven ashore and severely damaged at Newquay, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Larache, Morocco to Dunkirk, Nord. She was refloated the next day.[7][18][25]
Emma  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Swartwick" to Antwerp, Belgium.[7]
Hannah  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the coast of the Courland Governorate. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Hartlepool, County Durham.[7]

7 September

List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1869
ShipStateDescription
Prima Donna  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Bien (Flag unknown). Prima Donna was on a voyage from Larvik, Norway to Hull, Yorkshire.[26]
Yarra Flag unknown The 32-ton paddle steamer stranded on a spit at the mouth of New Zealand's Hokitika River and broke up.[27]

8 September

List of shipwrecks: 8 September 1869
ShipStateDescription
Alabama United States The New England Gale of 1869: The fishing schooner was wrecked in a gale at Kennebunk, Maine, a total loss. Crew rescued.[28]
Andes United States The New England Gale of 1869: The fishing schooner was wrecked in a gale at Boothbay, Maine, a total loss. Crew rescued.[29]
Catharina Denmark The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Kalmar, Sweden. She was refloated and taken in to Oscarshamn.[30][17]
Cosmos  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Mosquito Coast. Her crew were rescued.[31]
Helen Eliza United States The New England Gale of 1869:The fishing schooner was wrecked on rocks on the southeast side of Peaks Island in Casco Bay off the coast of Maine and broke up with the loss of 11 lives.[32][33]
Marys  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Glasson Dock, Lancashire to Quebec City, Canada. She was consequently condemned.[34]
Pearl New Zealand The ketch was wrecked at the mouth of the Grey River while en route from Dunedin. The weather was calm but there was a heavy swell. She capsized, and three crew members were drowned.[35]
Potomac United States The New England Gale of 1869: The fishing schooner was wrecked in a gale at Orr's Island, Maine, a total loss. Crew rescued.[36]
"Rambler" United States The New England Gale of 1869: The boat was lost off Portland, Maine.[37]
Salus  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Prince Edward Island, Canada. She was on a voyage from Shediac, Nova Scotia, Canada to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was consequently condemned.[14]
Thistle  United Kingdom The barque was destroyed by fire at Cayo Santa Maria. Her crew were rescued by a Spanish Navy warship. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Matanzas, Cuba.[19][38]
Yankee Girl United States The fishing schooner was lost, all 11 crew was killed.[39]
"Young Raven" United States The New England Gale of 1869: The Pilot Boat was driven ashore at Pavilion Beach, a total loss.[40]

9 September

List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1869
ShipStateDescription
Cape Horn  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Pichidangui, Chile. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Valparaíso, Chile to Liverpool, Lancashire.[41][42][43]
Fulton France The steamship collided with Thomas Gales ( United Kingdom) and foundered off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Her twelve crew were rescued by the smack Ethelbert ( United Kingdom).[26][44][45] Fulton was on a voyage from Middlesbrough. Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Dunkirk, Nord.[46]
Lochnagar  United Kingdom The ship departed from Falmouth, Cornwall for Zwijndrecht, South Holland, Netherlands. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[47]
Rambler New Zealand The 72-ton schooner became stranded at the mouth of the Ōkārito River and became a total wreck.[48]
Ribe  Italy The barque ran aground at the entrance to the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire to an English port.[30]

10 September

List of shipwrecks: 10 September 1869
ShipStateDescription
Balgowan  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked in the Sea of Marmara. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Venice, Italy to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[15][49]
Bamba  United Kingdom The cutter was driven ashore at Southend-on-Sea, Essex. All three people on board were rescued.[50]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore in the Rabbit Islands, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated with assistance from the brig Etna (Flag unknown) and found to be severely leaky.[51]
Hippolyte  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Shivering Sand, in the Thames Estuary. She was on a voyage from the West Indies to London.[4]
Osprey  United Kingdom The steamship collided with another vessel in the River Thames and was disabled. Her passengers were taken off by Cupid ( United Kingdom). Osprey was on a voyage from Woolwich, Kent, to London.[52]
Winona Bremen The ship was driven ashore on Heligoland.[53] She was on a voyage from Akyab, Burma to Bremen. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[54]
Unnamed Flag unknown The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all on board.[55]

11 September

List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1869
ShipStateDescription
Anna  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Southwold, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Whitby, Yorkshire to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[56]
Bamba  United Kingdom The cutter yacht sank in the River Thames at Erith, Kent. Both people on board were rescued by HMS Worcester ( Royal Navy).[56]
Countess of Leicester United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey The brig sprang a leak and sank in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Tulip ( United Kingdom). Countess of Leicester was on a voyage from Guernsey to London.[57][58]
Diamond  United Kingdom The brig sank in the English Channel off Newhaven, Sussex with the loss of all eight crew. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[57]
Golden Fleece  United Kingdom The steamship sank off Sully, Glamorgan with the loss of one of her 43 crew. She was on a voyage from Penarth, Glamorgan to Alexandria, Egypt.[26][59][60][61]
Hyderabad  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on a reef 45 nautical miles (83 km) south of Jeddah, Habesh Eyalet with the loss of 25 lives. She was on a voyage from Jeddah to Zanzibar.[62][63]
Minquiers Lightship Trinity House The lightship was wrecked on Chausey, Manche, France. Her crew were rescued.[64][65]
Salathiel  United Kingdom The schooner foundered off Portland, Dorset with the loss of both crew. She was on a voyage from Weymouth, Dorset to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[66]
St Cloud France The ship departed from Camaret-sur-Mer, Finistère for Watchet, Somerset, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the los of all hands.[67]
Volante  United Kingdom The yacht was driven ashore and wrecked at Ryde, Isle of Wight. All twelve people on board were rescued by the Ryde Lifeboat Captain Hans Busk ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[68][69] Volante was refloated on 22 September and towed to Gosport, Hampshire by the paddle tug Camel ( United Kingdom). She was beached there.[70][71]
Unnamed Flag unknown The brig foundered in the North Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom with the loss of all hands.[68]

12 September

List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1869
ShipStateDescription
Abundance  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset.[50]
Acustus  United Kingdom The ship departed from Queenstown, County Cork for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[72]
Arrow  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Brambles, in the Solent. Her crew were rescued by the yacht Zara ( United Kingdom). Arrow was on a voyage from Whitstable, Kent to Runcorn, Cheshire. She was refloated and taken in to Ryde, Isle of Wight in a leaky condition.[56][61]
Beaver  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 30 nautical miles (56 km) off the Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued by Annie Williams ( United Kingdom). Beaver was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Montevideo, Uruguay.[15]
Belle  United Kingdom The schooner capsized and sank at Waterford.[56] Both crew were rescued.[73]
Carnatic United Kingdom
The wreck of Carnatic, The Illustrated London News, 16 October 1869.
The steamship was wrecked on the Sha`b Abu Nuhas reef in the Red Sea with the loss of 31 lives. She was on a voyage from Suez, Egypt to Bombay, India.[74]
Chance  United Kingdom The ship was assisted in to Ramsgate, Kent in a sinking condition. She was on a voyage from Dartmouth, Devon to Goole, Yorkshire.[68]
Commodore United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The smack ran aground and sank on the Doom Bar. Both crew were rescued by a pilot gig. She was on a voyage from Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France.[56][75]
Fanny Kemble  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to Bridgwater, Somerset.[56]
Lilla  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Cork. Her crew survived.[50]
Mary  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.[58][51]
Odone  Italy The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Clovelly, Devon.[56] All thirteen people on board were rescued by the Coastguard.[76]
Oneida  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked west of Langney Point, Sussex with the loss of three of her seven crew. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Trieste.[57]
Pride of the Ganges  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship ran aground on the Brake Sand. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Dunkirk, Nord France. She was refloated but was driven ashore and wrecked at De Panne, West Flanders, Belgium.[56][54][77]
Refuge  United Kingdom The ship departed from Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France for Plymouth, Devon. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[78]
Reliance  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Bideford, Devon with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Looe, Cornwall to Appledore, Devon.[56]
Sirena  Italy The brig was wrecked on the Tongue Sand. Her crew were rescued by the tug John Bull ( United Kingdom). Sirena was on a voyage from Barletta to London, United Kingdom.[68]
Telegram Denmark The ship was wrecked near "Wornpor". Her crew were rescued.[58]
Unity  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Margate, Kent. Her crew were rescued by the Coastguard.[68]
Victoria  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore Trevose Head, Cornwall. Her seven crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Plymouth to Cádiz, Spain.[56][54]
Violet  United Kingdom The ship departed from Waterford for Gloucester. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[79]
Unnamed France The lugger ran aground on the Doom Bar. Her crew were rescued by the Padstow Lifeboat Albert Edward ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[50]

13 September

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1869
ShipStateDescription
Ajax  United Kingdom The yacht was wrecked at Ryde, Isle of Wight.[80]
Amanda  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Aggermunde, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bo'ness, Lothian to Rendsburg, Prussia.[15][54]
Argo Prussia The barque was driven ashore and severely damaged between Portishead, Somerset, United Kingdom and the mouth of the River Avon. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Gloucester, United Kingdom.[56][61]
Arthur Prussia The barque was driven ashore between Portishead and the mouth of the River Avon. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Gloucester.[56][51][61] Arthur was refloated on 19 September and resumed her voyage in a waterlogged condition.[30]
Asia  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in Ramsey Sound.[81]
Avonmore  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Morwenstow, Cornwall with the loss of seven of her 22 crew. Survivors were rescued by the Coastguard using rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Montevideo, Uruguay.[58][82][83]
Becton  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Missolonghi, Greece. she was on a voyage from Patras, Greece to London. She had been refloated by 15 September with assistance from HMS Rapid ( Royal Navy) and resumed her voyage.[54][84]
Bella  United Kingdom The ship capsized and sank in the River Suir. She was refloated on 21 September and taken in to Waterford.[84]
Betsey  United Kingdom The Mersey Flat was wrecked on the North Bank, in Liverpool Bay. All three people on board were rescued by the shrimp boat Industry ( United Kingdom).[85]
Bradford  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned of the coast of Spain, according to a message in a bottle discovered off Cape Finisterre.[86]
Caravan  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked between Portishead and the mouth of the River Avon with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Sombrero, Antigua to Gloucester.[51][61]
Casilda United States The ship was driven ashore on the Swash. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom to New York.[51][77]
Catherine and Jane, or
Jane and Catherine		  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked in Ramsey Sound. Her crew survived.[58][54][81]
Creusa  United Kingdom The yacht was driven ashore at Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure, France.[87] All on board were rescued.[80] She was on a voyage from Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure to Fowey, Cornwall.[88] Creusa was refloated on 19 September and taken in to Cherbourg,[30] where she was condemned.[84]
Dart  United Kingdom The schooner foundered off Lee Bay, Devon with the loss of all hands,[58] about ten lives.[81]
Eneid  United Kingdom The yacht was abandoned off Ryde. Her three crew were rescued by the Ryde Lifeboat Captain Hans Busk ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Eneid was subsequently wrecked.[80]
Excelsior  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bristol. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Bristol.[54]
Fantee  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Bristol. She was on a voyage from Charlestown, Cornwall to Bristol.[51]
Fenella  United Kingdom The steam launch was wrecked at Ryde.[80]
Glenhaven  United Kingdom The ship was run ashore in the Swash. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Aden.[51] She was refloated on 19 September.[10]
Her Royal Highness, and
Rowena		  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship Her Royal Highness was run into by the full-rigged ship Rowena and then ran aground on the Dumball, in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Bristol. She was refloated on 19 September and taken in to Bristol. Rowena was on a voyage from the Clyde to Aden. She was severely damaged and run aground on the Dumball. She was refloated on 19 September and taken in to Bristol.[51][81][77][19][89][30][17]
Hope France The barque was driven ashore at Penarth, Glamorgan.[56]
Hope  United Kingdom The barque was run ashore in the Swash. She was a voyage from Bristol to Quebec City, Canada.[51]
Hope  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Llanelly, Glamorgan to Drogheda, County Louth. She was refloated on 19 September.[30][17]
Lady Wodehouse  United Kingdom The steamship caught fire in the English Channel off Folkestone, Kent. She was on a voyage from the River Thames to Dublin. The fire was extinguished and she put in to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[90][80]
Mary  United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the English Channel off the coast of Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by the Cadgwith Lifeboat Western Commercial Traveller ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[61]
Mary E. Campbell  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel 40 nautical miles (74 km) west of Lundy Island, Devon. Seven of her crew were reported missing; the rest were rescued by Jessie Forrest ( United Kingdom). Mary E. Campbell was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Aden.[64]
Minnicoy  United Kingdom The yacht foundered at Weston-super-Mare, Somerset.[89]
Mystic Tie Canada Canada The ship was driven ashore at Bristol. She was on a voyage from New York to Bristol.[54]
Ocean  United Kingdom The sloop sank off Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Rochester, Kent to Sunderland, County Durham.[56]
Old Forager  United Kingdom The tug was wrecked at Bristol with the loss of her captain.[56]
Ondine  United Kingdom The yacht was abandoned off Ryde. All three people on board were rescued by the Ryde Lifeboat Captain Hans Busk ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[80]
Paragon  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Berck-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, France with the loss of nine of her eleven crew.[91][85] She was on a voyage from Almeria, Spain to South Shields, County Durham.[92]
Silistria  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the River Avon.[54]
Spray  United Kingdom The yacht was severely damaged at Weston-super-Mare.[89]
Wilhelmina Netherlands The ship ran aground on the Makkummerwaard. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom.[49]
No. 5  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore between Portishead and the mouth of the River Avon. She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada to Gloucester.[51][77]

14 September

List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1869
ShipStateDescription
Aid  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Petten, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Schiedam, South Holland to Sunderland, County Durham.[49]
Blossom  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Boscastle, Cornwall. All on board were rescued by the Coastguard using rocket apparatus.[61]
Bonne Mère France The brig was wrecked at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais. Her nine crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[19][88]
Courier du Havre France The ship was driven ashore at Cosqueville, Manche.[54]
Europienne Spain The ship was driven ashore at Málaga. She was on a voyage from Gijón to Málaga.[54]
Gallovidian  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Tara Point, County Down. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Valparaíso, Chile. She was later refloated and taken in to Belfast, County Antrim, where she arrived on 27 September.[19][93]
Gertrude  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland, Netherlands.[54]
Harmony  United Kingdom The collier was driven ashore and wrecked at Ambleteuse, Pas-de-Calais. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[54][88]
Hope  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.[54] She was on a voyage from Bristol to Gaspé, Quebec, Canada.[19]
Idelia Hamburg The ship was wrecked in the Eider. She was on a voyage from Rio Grande to Hamburg.[54]
Iloa  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Dumball, in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Onega, Russia to Bristol, Gloucestershire. She was refloated on 19 September and taken in to Bristol.[30]
Isabella  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Doom Bar and sank. She was on a voyage from Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France to Swansea, Glamorgan.[54]
Onward  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Savannah, Georgia, United States. She was refloated with assistance from the steamship Sea King ( United Kingdom) and taken in to Cardiff for repairs.[50]
Rabbeus Prussia The ship was wrecked at Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Konigsberg to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.[54]
St. Petersburg  Russia The steamship was driven ashore on Rodskaer.[54] She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Lübeck[65]
Wheatsheaf United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey The collier was driven ashore and wrecked at Ambleteuse. Her crew were rescued.[88] She was on a voyage from Sidmouth, Devon to the River Tyne.[94]
Unnamed Flag unknown The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Ilfracombe, Devon with the loss of all hands.[61]

15 September

List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1869
ShipStateDescription
A. Catherine Denmark The ship was driven ashore in the Zuyder Zee. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Copenhagen.[19]
Aurora  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at New York, United States. She was refloated and found to be leaky.[95]
Caroline Rostock The ship was driven ashore at Wustrow, Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. She was on a voyage from "Howacht" to an English port.[15]
Cherub  United Kingdom The fishing smack was driven ashore on Heligoland. She was refloated and taken in to Cuxhaven in a leaky condition.[96]
Corneille David Belgium The ship was driven ashore at Antwerp.[19]
Hartford  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.[65]
Hellenis  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Arklow Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow and sank. She was on a voyage from Naples, Italy to Dublin.[15][97]
Ida Wismar The ship was driven ashore at Egmond aan Zee, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Wismar to Antwerp.[19]
Phantom United States The steamboat was destroyed by a boiler explosion near Paducah, Kentucky with the loss of seven lives.[98]

16 September

List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1869
ShipStateDescription
Bella Maria Spain The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of South Holland, Netherlands.[15]
Britannia  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground off Port Ellen, Islay. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Ballina, County Mayo. She was refloated and taken in to Port Ellen in a leaky condition.[96]
Federico  Italy The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Francoli ( Spain).[30]
Friends  United Kingdom The ship collided with another vessel and foundered off Cromer, Norfolk with the loss of all hands.[15]
Kong Sverre Sweden The ship was beached near Portishead, Somerset, United Kingdom.[49]
Scotia  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Conger Rocks, in the Bristol Channel and sank.[49]
St. Louis France The brig was run down and sunk off the mouth of the River Tees by the steamship Black Diamond ( United Kingdom). Her eight crew were rescued by Black Diamond. St. Louis was on a voyage voom Brest, Finistère to Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom.[92]

17 September

List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1869
ShipStateDescription
Bulldog  United Kingdom The tug ran aground on the Black Rock, in the Sound of Islay and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Dublin.[96]
Elizabeth and Ann  United Kingdom The ship sank in the North Sea off Southwold, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Hastings, Sussex.[99]
Emma  United Kingdom The ship was towed in to Lillesand, Norway in a waterlogged condition. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall, Sweden to London.[99]
Excelsior United States The ship was abandoned on the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Fécamp, Seine-Inférieure, France[100]
Golden Eagle  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Ramsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Liverpool, Lancashire.[6]
Scotia  United Kingdom The tug ran aground and sank in the Bristol Channel.[6]

18 September

List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1869
ShipStateDescription
Contest  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore on Inishbofin, County Donegal.[101]
Marguerite France The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque South-eastern ( United Kingdom). Marguerite was on a voyage from La Guaira, Venezuela to Bordeaux, Gironde.[102]

19 September

List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1869
ShipStateDescription
Amersham  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at Struys Point, Cape Colony. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Basseine, India to Queenstown, County Cork.[103][104]
Amwell  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Cutler Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition.[30]
Ann  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) north west of Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to the Nieuw Diep.[105]
Ann Fleming  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Brake Sand. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Ramsgate, Kent. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate in a leaky condition.[30]
Argali  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in Algoa Bay. Her crew were rescued.[103][104]
Brilliant  United Kingdom The schooner was destroyed by fire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Larne, County Antrim to Dunoon, Argyllshire.[99]
Cadette  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on Ted's Bank, in the Irish Sea off Southport, Lancashire and was abandoned by her ten crew. She was on a voyage from Baie Verte, New Brunswick, Canada to Liverpool, Lancashire.[106] Cedette was refloated on 22 September and beached at Southport.[10]
Duke of Bucchleuch  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked in Algoa Bay. Her crew were rescued.[103][104] She subsequently floated off and was taken in to Cape Town for repairs.[107]
England  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in Algoa Bay. Her crew were rescued.[103][104]
Fingoe  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and damaged in Algoa Bay. Her crew were rescued.[103][104] She had been refloated by 29 October and taken in to Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony for repairs.[108]
Flash  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked in Algoa Bay. Her crew were rescued.[103][104]
Forres  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in Algoa Bay. Her crew were rescued.[103][104] She subsequently floated off by as driven ashore again and was a total loss.[107]
Gustaff Sweden The brig was driven ashore and wrecked in Algoa Bay. Her crew were rescued.[103][104]
Jacob Hatfield United States The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by British Queen ( United Kingdom).[109]
James Hackett  United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak and was abandoned off Great Orme Head, Caernarfonshire. Her crew were rescued by the tug Knight Templar ( United Kingdom). James Hackett was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Cork.[110] She subsequently came ashore at Formby, Lancashire
James Rankine  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the River Carron and was then run into the steamship Greata ( United Kingdom). James Rankine was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated and put back to Grangemouth.[84]
Jeanne France The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in Algoa Bay. Her crew were rescued.[103][104] She had been refloated by 19 October.[107]
Louise  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Gravelines, Nord, France.[111]
Major von Safft Flag unknown The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in Algoa Bay. Her crew were rescued.[103][104] She had been refloated by 19 October.[107]
Phare  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Lowestoft. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft.[30]
Sarah Black  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in Algoa Bay. Her crew were rescued.[103][104]
Sea Snake Norway The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in Algoa Bay with the loss of eight of her crew.[103][104]
Thecla Netherlands The brigantine was wrecked off Castle Island, Bermuda. She was on a voyage from Saint Domingo to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[112]
Tynemouth  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on Fårö, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Kronstadt, Russia to London.[113]

20 September

List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1869
ShipStateDescription
Anne  United Kingdom The fishing smack foundered in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk.[114]
Flower of Milford  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Strumble Head, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Fishguard to Saundersfoot.[99][115]
Mary  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned off the Dudgeon Sandbank, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. she was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk.[114]
Savannah la Mar  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark and capsized. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kronstadt, Russia to London.[114][92]

21 September

List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1869
ShipStateDescription
Affo  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked near Newquay, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued.[99][115]
Bigarrena Spain The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast. she was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Antwerp, Belgium.[10]
Cartsburn  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River. She was refloated.[116]
Eastern Empire  United Kingdom The ship was sighted in the Strait of Sunda whilst on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Yokohama, Japan. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[117]
Hope  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset.[99]
Jessamine  United Kingdom The brig collided with Florence Nightingale ( United Kingdom) and sank off the Mouse Lightship ( Trinity House). Jessamine was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.[118]
Kongsberg Sweden The ship was wrecked on the Horn Reef. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Uddevalla to London, United Kingdom.[99]
Mary  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. She was taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[10]
Moderation  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned off Cape Horn, Chile. Her crew were rescued by the barque Glencairn ( United Kingdom). Moderation was on a voyage from Cardiff to San Francisco, United States.[119][120]
Presto Netherlands The schooner ran aground at the mouth of the Rio Grande do Sul. She was on a voyage from the Rio Grande do Sul to the English Channel. She was refloated and put in to Bahia, Brazil in a leaky condition.[121]
Prince Rupert  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to the Cape Verde Islands. She was refloated and taken in to Penarth, Glamorgan.[10]
Prudence  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Steart, Somerset. Her crew were rescued by the Bridgwater Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Bridgwater, Somerset.[99]
Victoria  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at St. Mawes, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Swansea to Barcelona, Spain.[10]

22 September

List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1869
ShipStateDescription
Affo Denmark The ship was driven ashore at Newquay, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[111]
Concordia  United Kingdom The brig ran aground in Morecambe Bay. She was on a voyage from Onega, Russia to Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Fleetwood, Lancashire in a waterlogged condition.[122][84]
Heinrich Flag unknown The ship ran aground on the Blanort Sand. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to "Meidorf".[111]
Hope  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset.[111]
Prudence  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on "Heart Island". She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Bridgwater, Somerset.[111]
Wave  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Lamlash, Isle of Arran. She was refloated and towed in to Ardrossan, Ayrshire in a sinking condition.[101]

23 September

List of shipwrecks: 23 September 1869
ShipStateDescription
Commissary  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Port Said, Egypt. She was refloated and put back to Liverpool.[123]
Margaret  United Kingdom The ship struck a sunken wreck off Hastings, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Exeter, Devon. She put in to Dover, Kent in a leaky condition.[114]
Margaret Bruce  United Kingdom The schooner struck rocks off Eartholmen, Denmark and sank.[124]
Ocean Wave United States The scow schooner sank without loss of life in Lake Michigan off Door County, Wisconsin, during a storm.
Sphynx  United Kingdom The ship was severely damaged by fire at South Shields, County Durham.[114]
St. Marc France The fishing lugger was run down and sunk off the mouth of the Humber by the steamship St. Quintin ( Italy). Her nineteen crew were rescued by St. Quintin.[114][125]
Thomasine  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Warkworth, Northumberland to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[114][126][123]
Vere  United Kingdom The brig foundered in the Bristol Channel off Lundy Island, Devon.. Her crew were rescued.[127]

24 September

List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1869
ShipStateDescription
Activ Danzig The yacht was driven ashore near "Fairwater". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom to Danzig.[114][123]
Anna Bremen The ship sank near Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Saint Petersburg.[128]
Kinloch  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Ardrossan, Ayrshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan to Dublin.[38]
Sainte Marie France The lugger was run down and sunk in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber by the steamship St. Quintie ( Italy). Her crew were rescued.[123]
Sirius Netherlands The ship sank off the mouth of the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Dordrecht.[128]
Trade Wind United States The steamship foundered in the Gulf of Mexico with the loss of a crew member. Survivors took to four boats. Those in two of the boats were rescued by the steamship Clinton ( United States) with the loss of one life; those in the others reached safety. Trade Wind was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Belize City, British Guiana.[129][130][131]

25 September

List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1869
ShipStateDescription
Bud  United Kingdom The sloop sank off Landunvez, Finistère, France. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Brest, Finistère.[118]
Empress Canada Canada. The barque ran aground on Taylor's Bank, in Liverpool Bay and was wrecked. All eighteen people on board were rescued by the New Brighton Lifeboat Willie and Arthur ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Empress was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Prince Edward Island.[132][95][133]
Helen  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Penarth, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Plymouth, Devon. She was run into by the schooner Harmony ( United Kingdom).[134]
Mary  United Kingdom The Thames barge capsized in the River Thames at Blackwall, Middlesex. Her crew were rescued.[132][95]
Pembroke  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore on Puffin Island, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Fowey, Cornwall to Runcorn, Cheshire.[118]
Shooting Star  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Llanelly, Glamorgan to Southampton, Hampshire. She came ashore on the Towyn Sands.[132]
Stork  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Barrow Sand, in the Thames Estuary.[100][135]
Strathspey  United Kingdom The barque foundered off McCloud's Island, in the Pacific Ocean. Her crew took to the longboat; they were rescued a week later. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California, United States to Queenstown, County Cork.[136][137]

26 September

List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1869
ShipStateDescription
Anna Maria  United Kingdom The brig foundered. Seven people were rescued, four were reported missing. She was on a voyage from the River Clyde to Valparaíso, Chile.[138]
Bebside  United Kingdom The ship steamship was damaged by and onboard explosion at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[134]
Conquest  United Kingdom The paddle tug struck the breakwater at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk and was severely damaged.[118]
Electric Spark United States The full-rigged ship was wrecked on the Connybeg Rock, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wexford, United Kingdom.[139]
Irvine  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Arranmore, County Donegal.[95]
Izaac Walton United States The fishing schooner was sunk in a collision with schooner William Babson. Crew saved.[140]
Sarah and Ann  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Eyemouth, Berwickshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Eyemouth.[132][95]
Sarah Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Reighton, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Leith, Lothian.[118]

27 September

List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1869
ShipStateDescription
Bessie Stanton  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at the mouth of the River Plate. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Montevideo, Uruguay.[141]
Corunna  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Grasgard, Öland. She was on a voyage from Sandarne to Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom.[95]
David  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked in the North Sea 80 nautical miles (150 km) off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gävle, Sweden to West Hartlepool, County Durham.[132][95][118] David was subsequently taken in to by the smack Cambria ( United Kingdom).[142]
Defender  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore south of Helsingborg, Sweden.[135]
Devonport  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship struck a reef off Natuna Besar, Netherlands East Indies and was beached. She was on a voyage from London to Shanghai, China.[143]
Maythorn  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Sheep Island, Argyllshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool. Lancashire to New York, United States.[100]
Minstrel Boy Norway The ship was lost near Lemvig, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stockvik, Sweden to Dover, Kent, United Kingdom.[118]
Northwick  United Kingdom The steamship foundered in the North Sea. Her 21 crew took to tow lifeboats. Five crew in one of the lifeboats were rescued by Hopper ( Sweden); the other sixteen crew landed at Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. Northwick was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Kronstadt, Russia.[132][95][144][145]
Numa  Italy The derelict barque was towed in to Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[118]

28 September

List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1869
ShipStateDescription
Annie M. Cann United States The ship was driven ashore at Thomas Point, Maryland. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Dublin, United Kingdom. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Annapolis, Maryland.[129]
Ariel  Italy The schooner was destroyed by fire at Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[146][147]
Arthur H. Goodwin  United Kingdom The ship was lost in the "Allas Strait". She was on a voyage from Mauritius to Sandalwood Island.[148]
Bordelaise France The ship was damaged by fire at Bordeaux.[149]
Charlemagne France The ship was destroyed by fire at Bordeaux.[146]
Charlotte France The ship was destroyed by fire at Bordeaux.[146][149][147]
Chimiste France The ship was destroyed by fire at Bordeaux.[146]
Cirestine France The ship was destroyed by fire at Bordeaux.[150]
Chomin Spain The brig was destroyed by fire at Bordeaux.[147]
Confiance France The ship was damaged by fire at Bordeaux.[149]
Costa Rica France The ship was damaged by fire at Bordeaux.[149]
Crizava Mexico The ship was destroyed by fire at Bordeaux.[149]
Falcon  United Kingdom The brig caught fire off Gotland, Sweden. She was run ashore at Fahludd Point and was burnt out. Her crew survived.[151][152]
Formose  United Kingdom The ship was damaged by fire at Bordeaux.[149]
Guipazcoano Spain The ship was damaged by fire at Bordeaux.[147]
Harmonia  United Kingdom The abandoned ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Wiay, Outer Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Aberdeen.[153]
Harmonie France The ship was destroyed by fire at Bordeaux.[146]
J. B. D. France The ship was damaged by fire at Bordeaux.[149]
Jeune France France The ship was destroyed by fire at Bordeaux.[149]
Josephine Marie France The ship was severely damaged by fire at Bordeaux.[149][147]
Léon France The ship was severely damaged by fire at Bordeaux.[149][147]
Lieutenant Bellot France The ship was destroyed by fire at Bordeaux.[146][149]
Lormont France The ship was severely damaged by fire at Bordeaux.[149][147]
Maas Netherlands The steamship ran aground on the Schulpenplaat, off Maassluis, South Holland. She was on a voyage from Brielle, London, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 1 October and taken in to Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland.[14][34]
Maréchal Pellisier France The ship was damaged by fire at Bordeaux.[149]
Marguerite France The ship was damaged by fire at Bordeaux.[149]
Marie Christine France The ship was destroyed by fire at Bordeaux.[146]
Mary France The ship was destroyed by fire at Bordeaux.[146][149][147]
Moise France The ship was destroyed by fire at Bordeaux.[146][150][149]
Niger France The ship was damaged by fire at Bordeaux.[149]
Orissa  United Kingdom The ship caught fire and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Decapolis ( United Kingdom). Orissa was on a voyage from the Clyde to Mauritius.[154][155]
Orizava France The ship was destroyed by fire at Bordeaux.[150][147]
Panama France The ship was destroyed by fire at Bordeaux.[146][147]
Pionnier France The ship was destroyed by fire at Bordeaux.[146][149]
Podensac France The ship was damaged by fire at Bordeaux.[149][147]
Prince Consort  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Bouline Rocks. She was on a voyage from Arkhangelsk, Russia to London. She was refloated and taken in to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland in a leaky condition.[151]
Progress Norway The schooner was destroyed by fire at Bordeaux.[149][147]
Scoter  United Kingdom The steamship struck a submerged rock and sank in the River Plate off Montevideo, Uruguay. Her crew were rescued by an Imperial Brazilian Navy gunboat.[156][79]
Souveraine France The ship was damaged by fire at Bordeaux.[147]
Tourny France The ship was destroyed by fire at Bordeaux.[146]
Ulysse France The ship was destroyed by fire at Bordeaux.[146]
Unico France The ship was damaged by fire at Bordeaux.[157]
Unnamed France The lighter, loaded with petroleum from the steamship Comte de Hainaut ( Belgium) and the ship Der Fruhling ( Prussia) caught fire and sank at Bordeaux. The burning petroleum was carried upstream on the tide and set fire to many other ships.[147]

29 September

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1869
ShipStateDescription
A. L. Palmer Canada Canada The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Westphalia ( Hamburg). A. L. Palmer was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to New York, United States.[14][158] She was subsequently discovered by Melrose ( United Kingdom), which put a skeleton crew on board.[159]
Delphin Hamburg The ship ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Sunderland. She was refloated and beached.[142]
Guayaquil Flag unknown The steamship ran aground 18 nautical miles (33 km) south of San Antonio, Chile. She was refloated and taken in to Talcahuano, Chile.[160]
Prince of Wales  United Kingdom The steamship suffered a boiler explosion off the Bass Rock, in the Firth of Forth. Her passengers were taken off by a fishing boat. She was on an excursion from Stirling to the Bass Rock and back.[153]

30 September

Unknown date

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