List of shipwrecks in September 1879

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

List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1879
ShipStateDescription
Familiens Haab Denmark The schooner ran aground in the Scheldt. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Veracruz, Mexico. She was refloated and put in to Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands in a leaky condition.[1][2]
Halo, and an
unnamed vessel
 United Kingdom The steamship Halo collided with a dredger at Hartlepool, County Durham. Both vessels were severely damaged. Halo was on a voyage from Hartlepool to a Baltic port.[3]
Hertha  Germany The brig collided with the brig Mina ( Sweden) and was wrecked off the Kullen Lighthouse, Sweden with the loss of two of her crew.[1]
Kilburn  United Kingdom The steamship struck the quayside at Liverpool, Lancashire and was beached onn the Cheshire bank of the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland to Liverpool.[1]
Ville de Nantes France The steamship collided with the steamship Marie ( France at Bordeaux, Gironde and sank at the stern.[1]

2 September

List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1879
ShipStateDescription
Delfina Flag unknown The steamship was wrecked at Corral, Chile with the loss of one life.[4][5][6]
Paraguay France The steamship ran aground on the English Bank, in the River Plate. She was on a voyage from France to Montevideo, Uruguay.[7] She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[8]
Vigilant  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Petershene Flats, in the Bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Bantry, County Cork.[9]
Unnamed  Italy The smack was run down and sunk off Salerno by the steamship Norma ( United Kingdom).[10]

3 September

List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1879
ShipStateDescription
Favourite  United Kingdom The fishing boat sank off the coast of Argyllshire with the loss of all three crew.[11]
J. Bertschey United States The screw steamer sprung a leak in a violent gale on Lake Huron and ran aground in an attempt to beach her near Grindstone City, Michigan and broke up. Her crew of 32 and 19 passengers were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[12]
Luna  United Kingdom The barque was run down and sunk by the steamship Belgenland ( Belgium) with the loss of six of her eleven crew. Survivors were rescued by Belgenland. Luna was on a voyage from Puerto Rico to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom.[13][14]
Quebec  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on East Point, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Her 60 passengers were taken off by HMS Griffon ( Royal Navy). Quebec was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Halifax, Nova Scotia and Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She was refloated on 7 September and taken in to Montreal.[15][16][17]
Salamander  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the steam collier Lycham ( United Kingdom) and sank 10 miles (16 km) off Hartland Point .[18] Her crew were rescued by Lycham. Salamander was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to Charleston, South Carolina, United States.[17]
Schlump Zu Lulie  Germany The brig was driven ashore on Amager, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Riga, Russia.[7]
St. Vincent  United Kingdom The ship caught fire in the Thames Estuary. She was on a voyage from London to Adelaide, South Australia. She put in to Gravesend, Kent.[19]
Wabjerg Norway The schooner was driven ashore at Ronehamn, Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Pori, Grand Duchy of Finland to Phillippeville, Algeria.[7]

4 September

List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1879
ShipStateDescription
Arzilla  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[19]
Columbia Norway The barque was holed following a collision with either a fish or "some other sea monster". Columbia sank within thirty minutes of the crew taking to two boats and were picked up by the steamship Plealand ( Netherlands on 9 September. Columbia was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Quebec City, Canada.[20]
Whitley  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Dunkirk, Nord, France. She was on a voyage from Odesa, Russia to Dunkirk. She was refloated.[9]

5 September

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1879
ShipStateDescription
Alaska United States The steamboat was severely damaged by a boiler explosion in Lake Erie with the loss of two lives. Nine people were wounded. She was towed in to Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada by the steamship City of Detroit ( United States).[21]
Jean Marie France The ship was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine.[9]
Wassely  Russia The barque was driven ashore at Narva. Her crew were rescued.[22]
518  Russia The lighter sprang a leak and sank off Hogland.[23]

6 September

List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1879
ShipStateDescription
Acklam  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Emerald ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) east of Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. Acklam was on a voyage from Trondheim, Norway to Lowestoft, Suffolk.[24]
Brest  United Kingdom The steamship ran ashore at Polbarrow near The Lizard, Cornwall with the loss of five lives. Two passengers were reported missing. The rest of her 430 passengers and crew were rescued by the Cadgewith Lifeboat Joseph Armstrong ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution), local fishing boats and the Coastguard. Brest was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Liverpool, Lancashire.[25][26][16][27][28][22][29]
Crest  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Bristol Channel off Penarth, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[30]
John Howard, and
Morgan Richards
 United Kingdom The steamships collided in the Bristol Channel off Nash Point, Glamorgan. John Howard foundered. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Palermo, Sicily, Italy. Morgan Richards was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Malta. She put back to Cardiff.[23][31]
Meirion  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship ran aground on Rickham Sands, east of Salcombe harbour, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rangoon, Burma to London.[32][31]
Unnamed Flag unknown The brig foundered off Clonakilty, County Cork, United Kingdom with the loss of all hands.[16]

7 September

List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1879
ShipStateDescription
Arabian  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground near Amlwch, Anglesey.[33]
Constantine  United Kingdom The steamship ran ashore at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from London to the River Tyne. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[23]
J. A. Hoites Netherlands The brig was driven ashore at Aracaju, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Porto Alegre to Pernambuco. She was a total loss.[23][31]
Lady Matthewson  United Kingdom The schooner was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire by the steamship Jeannie ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued by Jeannie. Lady Matthewson was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to Rochester, Kent.[27]
Lear, or
Zoar
 United Kingdom The schooner was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Flamborough Head by the steamship Mid Surrey ( United Kingdom). All on board were rescued by Mid Surrey.[27][34] The schooner was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to London.[35]
Mallard  United Kingdom The steamship ran ashore at Flamborough Head. She was on a voyage from London to the River Tyne.[23]
Ste Anne France The chasse-marée collided with the barque Inch Marnoch ( United Kingdom) and sank off Dover, Kent. Her crew were rescued by Inch Marnoch. Ste Anne was on a voyage from Dunkirk, Nord to Brest, Finistère.[23][31]

8 September

List of shipwrecks: 8 September 1879
ShipStateDescription
Duke of Wellington  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on Sanday, Orkney Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Cartagena, Spain.[23]
Juliana  Germany The ship foundered in the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued by a Dutch fishing smack. She was on a voyage from Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom to Hamburg.[36]
Laurel New Zealand The schooner sprang a leak off the Kaikoura Coast, New Zealand. The crew were rescued by the barque Mary Bell; the Laurel foundered somewhere close to Cook Strait.[37]
Mary  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore near Charlestown, Cornwall. She was refloated and taken in to Charlestown.[23][31]
Medway  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Vlieland, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Southampton, Hampshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[23]
Veritas  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Pori, Grand Duchy of Finland. She was refloated on 12 September and found to be severely leaky.[38][23]
Victoria  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Bideford, Devon to Newport, Monmouthshire.[23]
Two unnamed vessels  Russia The lighters sank at Saint Petersburg.[23]
Unnamed Chile The hulk was destroyed by fire at Valparaíso.[6]

9 September

List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1879
ShipStateDescription
Ann France The brigantine ran aground in Pegwell Bay. She was on a voyage from Söderhamn, Sweden to Quiberon, Morbihan. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent, United Kingdom.[30]
Colombo  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at the Bec d'Ambès. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[30]
Colombo  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Sunderland Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Glasson Dock, Lancashire. She was refloated and found to be leaky.[30]
Crest  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground off Penarth Head, Glamorgan.[39]
Ellen  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in Cardigan Bay. Her three crew were rescued by the lifeboat John Stuart ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Ellen was on a voyage from Beaumaris, Anglesey to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[30][28]
Favourite  United Kingdom The Bute fishing boat was lost near Loch Fyne. All three crew drowned.[40]
Knight Templar  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Savannah, Georgia, United States.[30][39][41]
Levant  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground off Cape Panomie, Greece.[42]
Magdalena Sweden The barque was driven ashore at the Rönnskär Lighthouse, Grand Duchy of Finland with the loss of seven of her crew.[43] She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Umeå.[34]
Teutonia  Germany The brig was wrecked at the mouth of the Opobo. Her crew were rescued.[44]

10 September

List of shipwrecks: 10 September 1879
ShipStateDescription
Boston  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France.[41]
Corinthian  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Clyde. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She was refloated and put back to Greenock in a leaky condition.[45][46]
Flora  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Maassluis, South Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Methil, Fife to Rotterdam, South Holland.[45] She was refloated and found to be severely leaky.[46]
Harvey  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at Cardiff. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Dungarvan, County Waterford.[41]
Philippine  United Kingdom The barque struck a rock in the Kangean Islands, Netherlands East Indies. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Melbourne, Victoria.[47]
Saga  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Stubbegrunden, in the Baltic Sea, She was on a voyage from Kronstadt, Russia to an English port. She was refloated.[45]

11 September

List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1879
ShipStateDescription
Corinna  United Kingdom The barque was run into by the steamship Zeeland ( Belgium) and sank off Dungeness, Kent with the loss of four of the eleven people on board. Survivors were rescued by Zeeland. Corinna was on a voyage from Colombo, Ceylon to London.[48][49]
Eleanor  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Maryport, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Maryport.[38]
Florence United States The whaler, a schooner, was wrecked on the coast of Greenland. Her crew survived.[50]
Hope United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Isle of Man The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Langness. Her crew were rescued.[45]
Ocean Norway The barque was driven ashore at Summerhouse Point, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to a Baltic port.[45] She was refloated on 13 September and put back to Cardiff.[51]

12 September

List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1879
ShipStateDescription
Ægean  United Kingdom The steamship was damaged by fire at Galle, Ceylon.[52]
Fernwood  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the quayside at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure and sank at the bow.[38]
Hobah  United Kingdom The ketch was run into by the paddle steamer Albert Edward ( United Kingdom) and sank at Ryde, Isle of Wight. Her crew were rescued.[51][53]
Libra Sweden The ship ran aground on the Lemon and Ower Sand. She was on a voyage from Hudiksvall to Bilbao, Spain. She was refloated and taken in to Gravesend, Kent, United Kingdom.[38]

13 September

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1879
ShipStateDescription
Monitor  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship ran aground on the Eggegrund. She was refloated and towed in to Gävle.[54]
Zephyr Norway The schooner ran aground in the Opobo. She was burnt to prevent plunder by the local inhabitants.[44]

14 September

List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1879
ShipStateDescription
Vorige Norway The steamship sank at Bergen.[51]

16 September

List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1879
ShipStateDescription
Germania  Germany The schooner collided with the steamship Antelope ( United Kingdom) and sank off Wendorf, Her crew were rescued.[55]
Jane and Margaret  United Kingdom The smack was wrecked at Goodwick, Pembrokeshire. Her three crew were rescued by the Coastguard.[56]
Shepherdess New Zealand The 30-ton schooner was driven ashore at Charleston, New Zealand and broke up. She had gone aground in May of the same year at Kaikoura, but had been refloated.[37]
Unnamed Flag unknown The schooner was run down and sunk in Chesapeake Bay by the steamship Puerto Rico ( Spain) with the loss of all on board.[57]

17 September

List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1879
ShipStateDescription
Glaneur France The brigantine was run down and sunk in the English Channel 15 nautical miles (28 km) off Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom by a steamship. Six of her eight crew were rescued by the fishing smack Albert Victor ( United Kingdom); the others were rescued by the steamship.[58][59]
Norman  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on Saltholmen, Denmark. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[60][61]
Primitive  United Kingdom The fishing lugger was run down and sunk in the North Sea by the steamship Talisman ( Netherlands). Her crew were rescued by Talisman.[60]
Raaf Netherlands The brigantine was wrecked at the mouth of the Opobo River, Africa. Her crew survived.[62]

18 September

List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1879
ShipStateDescription
Malakoff  United Kingdom The fishing lugger was run into by the steamship Erith and sank off Robin Hood's Bay, Yorkshire with the loss of three of her crew.[63]
Parsee  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Chittagong, India. She was on a voyage from Chittagong to Dundee, Forfarshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[64]

19 September

List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1879
ShipStateDescription
Blair Athole  United Kingdom The steam lighter was run into by the tug Flying Foam ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Clyde.[54]
Cardenas  United Kingdom The ship struck the Runnel Stone. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to London. She was towed in to Falmouth, Cornwall in a leaky condition by the tug Gratitude ( United Kingdom).[54]
Esperance  United Kingdom The schooner was run down and sunk off Start Point, Devon by the steamship Leverrier ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued by Leverrier. Esperance was on a voyage from Brixham, Devon to Cádiz, Spain.[54]
Fanny  United Kingdom The smack was run into by the smack Young Joe and sank in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Spurn Point, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by Young Joe.[65]
Harry S. Edwards  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Trelleborg, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to a Baltic port. She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark.[59]
Kron Prinz  Germany The ship ran aground on the Potato Garth. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was refloated.[59] She was refloated.[66]
Messenger Unknown The barque grounded on Farewell Spit, New Zealand, while en route from Lyttelton to Newcastle, New South Wales. Crew took to the lifeboats; the barque became a wreck.[37]

20 September

List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1879
ShipStateDescription
Ajeca  United Kingdom The ship, a barque or a schooner, was wrecked at "Santa Anna", on the coast of Tabasco, Mexico.[67][68][69]
Amelia Netherlands The brig was wrecked at "Santa Anna". Her crew were rescued.[67][70][33][69]
Bertha  Germany The ship was wrecked at "Santa Anna". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Montego Bay, Jamaica to Tabasco.[71]
Countess of Fife  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at "Santa Anna" with the loss of two of her crew.[67][68][69]
Diamante France The barque collided with a British steamship and was beached at Motril, Spain. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Cayenne, French Guiana.[72]
Eliza French  Germany The barque was wrecked at "Santa Anna".[67][33][69]
Else Eschricht  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at "Santa Anna".[73][69]
Grijalva Denmark The brig was wrecked at "Santa Anna".[67][33][69]
Hattie Pettis  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked at "Santa Anna".[67][73][69]
Heligoland Norway The barque was wrecked at "Santa Anna".[67][33][69]
Herdis France The schooner ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to The Downs.[54][74][75]
Laurence et Melainie France The barque was wrecked at "Santa Anna".[73][69]
Maria Catherine  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak in the Irish Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) north of Point Lynas, Anglesey. She was beached in the Belfast Lough.[76] She was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Aberdeen.[76]
Mary  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at "Santa Anna".[67][68][33][69]
Nicholine  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at "Santa Anna".[67][33][69]
Rapid Sweden The schooner was wrecked at Pori, Grand Duchy of Finland.[42][75]
Shincliffe  United Kingdom The ship, a brig nor a barque, was wrecked at "Santa Anna".[67][68][69]
Sylvanus Blanchard United States The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (12°20′N 26°10′W / 12.333°N 26.167°W / 12.333; -26.167).[77] The captain and nine men were picked up by Vale of Nith ( United Kingdom).[78] Seven crew in the other boat were rescued by River Lagan ( United Kingdom).[79] Sylvanus Blanchard was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[80]
Synia Norway The brig ran aground at the Rönnskär Lighthouse, Grand Duchy of Finland. She was on a voyage from Kotka, Grand Duchy of Finland to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland.[54]
HMS Vigilant  Royal Navy The dispatch boat ran aground in the Hai River. She was on a voyage from Yantai, China to Hong Kong. She was refloated on 22 September and resumed her voyage.[81]

21 September

List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1879
ShipStateDescription
Erith  United Kingdom The steam collier collided with the steamship Orwell and sank in the Lower Hope Reach off Gravesend, Kent. Her crew were landed at Gravesend.[82][83]
Harriet Brewster Norway The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Plymouth Rock ( United States). Harriet Brewster was on a voyage from New York, United States to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[47]
Hawk  United Kingdom The schooner departed from Dysart, Fife for Marans, Charente-Inférieure, France, with coal. Not seen since, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands, and posted missing,[84][85][86]
Mary Ellen  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground and sank in the Sound of Islay. She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to Burghead, Moray.[42]

22 September

List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1879
ShipStateDescription
Emmanuel France The brigantine ran aground on the Mong, off Egersund, Denmark, and was wrecked with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Dunkirk, Nord to Gothenburg, Sweden.[87]
John Williams  United Kingdom The fishing coble capsized in the North Sea off Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by another coble.[88]
Nugget  United Kingdom The Mersey Flat collided with the tug Rover ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Mersey. Her crew were rescued.[42]
Orwell  United Kingdom The London collier collided with Erith and sank in the Lower Hope Reach off Gravesend, Kent. All the crew were landed at Gravesend.[82]
Patrie France The steamship sprang a leak and was beached south of Peniche, Portugal. She was on a voyage form Gibraltar to Bordeaux, Gironde.[89]

23 September

List of shipwrecks: 23 September 1879
ShipStateDescription
Anenome  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Hartlepool, County Durham. She was on a voyage from London to Hartlepool.[88]
Astarte  United Kingdom The yawl was driven ashore and wrecked on North Uist, Outer Hebrides. All fourteen people on board survived.[90]
Benan  United Kingdom The steamship collided with Goletta (Flag unknown) and ran ashore on the North Twin Island, County Antrim.[91]
De Hoop Belgium The barge was run into by the steamship Gamma ( United Kingdom) and sank at Antwerp.[91]
Durham Packet United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey The brig ran aground on the Shoebury Sand, in the Thames Estuary. She was on a voyage from Guernsey to London. She was refloated the next day with assistance from the tug Reliance ( United Kingdom), which towed her in to London.[92]
Gruachan  United Kingdom The yacht sank in Oban Bay.[91]
Jeannie Blair  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Kildonan, Isle of Arran. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Harrington, Cumberland to Irvine, Ayrshire.[91]
John and Ann  United Kingdom The fishing boat collided with the fishing boat Mary ( United Kingdom) and sank off Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by Mary.[93] f[91]
Linda Flor  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Littleferry, Sutherland. Her crew were rescued.[91]
Marie Zoe France The schooner sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km) north north west of Ouessant, Finistère. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom.[72]
Palm Flower  United Kingdom The steam yacht was damaged by fire off Start Point, Devon.[94]
Sex Brodre Norway The brigantine capsized between the Shetland Islands and Lewis, Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom with the loss of three of her six crew. She was on a voyage from Drammen to Belfast, County Antrim.[95]
Union T.  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland. Her seven crew were rescued by the Newbiggin Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Calais, France to Warkworth, Northumberland.[91][28]

24 September

List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1879
ShipStateDescription
Alpha  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[87]
Lizzie English  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at the Garipol Lighthouse, "Karabournou", Ottoman Empire with the loss of five of her crew. There were at least nine survivors. She was on a voyage from Galaţi, United Principalities to Livorno, Italy.[87][96][97] She subsequently became a wreck.[98]
Nef Norway The barque was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom.[99] Her ten crew were rescued by the Harwich Lifeboat Springwell ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Nef was on a voyage from Flensburg, Germany to New York, United States.[89]
Primitive  United Kingdom The Mousehole smack sank off Scarborough, Yorkshire, after a collision with the Newcastle steamer Talisman which was bound for Rotterdam. All the crew were landed at Scarborough.[100]
Sumatra  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Bombay, India. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Italy to Bombay. She was refloated.[101]
Woodruff Sims United States The lumber schooner sprung a leak in a violent gale and was abandoned by her crew. She drifted ashore the next day one mile (1.6 km) south of Life Saving Station No. 2, 6th District on the coast of Virginia, a total loss. Her crew was rescued by a passing vessel.[12]

25 September

List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1879
ShipStateDescription
De Ruyter Belgium The steamship was driven ashore at Hoedekenskerke, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Antwerp.[102]
Lady Lawrence  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship ran aground in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to New York. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[103]
Martha Brockelmann  Germany The ship ran aground and was wrecked in the Yangtze at Shanghai, China. Her crew were rescued.[72] She was later refloated with assistance.[104]
Palestine  United Kingdom The brig ran aground near Fredrikstad, Denmark. She was later refloated and taken in to Fredrikstad.[104]
Princess Canada Canada The schooner was driven ashore east of Marbella, Spain. She was on a voyage from Gioia Tauro, Italy to Goole, Yorkshire. She was refloated.[87][105][106]

26 September

List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1879
ShipStateDescription
Humildade Portugal The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Flores Island, Azores.[87]
Racer  United Kingdom The fishing lugger was run down and sank in the North Sea off the North Foreland, Kent by the steamship Pleiades ( United Kingdom) with the loss of a crew member .[107] Survivors were rescued by a lugger.[98]

27 September

List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1879
ShipStateDescription
Erato  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Black Rocks, off the Tusker Rock. She was on a voyage from Samarang, Java, Netherlands East Indies to Greenock, Renfrewshire. She was refloated and put in to Holyhead, Anglesey in a leaky condition.[72][108]
Langdale  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Carnsore Point, County Wexford with the loss of eight of the 31 people on board. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[14]
Lizzie Burrill  United Kingdom The ship ran aground between the Twin Islands, County Antrim. She was refloated and taken in to Belfast, County Antrim.[72]
Tita  Italy The ship was driven ashore at "Fos", Algeria. She was on a voyage from Bône, Algeria to Elba.[95]

28 September

List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1879
ShipStateDescription
Anna Clara  Brazil The steamship suffered a boiler explosion while entering the bar at Santa Cruz. She caught fire and sank with the loss of two crew and a passenger. Most of the cargo and the mail was saved.[109][47]
Emmanuel France The brigantine stranded on the Sokendal coast, to the north of the Haadyr look-out station, Norway, and sank almost immediately with the loss of one of her six crew.[110][111] She was on a voyage from Dunkirk, Nord to Gothenburg, Sweden.[112]
Richard, and
Peter Graham
 United Kingdom The steamship Peter Graham ran into the Thames barge Richard was beached in the River Thames at Blackwall, Middlesex. Richard was severely damaged.[72]
Victoria  United Kingdom The barque was destroyed by fire at Demerara, British Guiana.[113]

29 September

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1879
ShipStateDescription
Alfonso  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Sprogø, Denmark.[72][96][114] She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Flensburg, Germany.[115] She was refloated and taken in to Korsør, Denmark.[95]
Barao de San Diego  Brazil The steamship sprang a leak in The Downs nand was beached at Margate, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Rio de Janeiro.[72][96] It was found that a valve had been left open. Barao de San Diego was refloated and taken into The Downs.[101]
Helen  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme, France. She was on a voyage from Saint-Valery-sur-Somme to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, She was refloated and put back to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme.[114][116]
Iona  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Spittal Point, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Berwick upon Tweed.[101]
Richard Roper  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked in the Small Isles.[101]

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