List of shipwrecks in the Channel Islands
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 Location of the Channel Islands | |
| Geography | |
|---|---|
| Location | Western Europe |
| Adjacent to | English Channel |
| Total islands | 8 inhabited |
| Administration | |
The list of shipwrecks in the Channel Islands lists some of the ships that wrecked on or sank in the waters of the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey. The list includes ships that sustained a damaged hull, which were later refloated and repaired.
There are at least 700 identified shipwrecks and another 100 unidentified, in Bailiwick of Guernsey waters alone.[1]: 105–128
Jersey experiences some of the largest tidal ranges in the world, up to 12 metres;[2] Guernsey has slightly less dramatic tides. The mass of water moving in and out gives rise to fast moving currents. Alderney has the Alderney Race, which can run up to about twelve knots during equinoctial tides. These combined with the numerous smaller islands, offshore reefs, and isolated rocks extending up to 13 miles (21 km) from the main islands, as well as the Islands' location close to the English Channel shipping channels, has resulted in thousands of shipwrecks over the centuries.
The Bailiwick of Guernsey comprises the islands of Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, Herm and a number of smaller islands, islets and rocks. See List of islands of the Bailiwick of Guernsey for a complete list of their smaller islands.
Les Casquets or (The) Casquets (/kæsˈkɛts/ kas-KETS); is a group of rocks 13 km west of Alderney and are part of an underwater sandstone ridge. Other parts which emerge above the water are the islets of Burhou and Ortac. Little vegetation grows on them.
The Bailiwick of Jersey comprises the island of Jersey and a number of smaller islets and rocks, most of which are covered at high tide. See List of islands of the Bailiwick of Jersey for a complete list of their smaller islands.
Les Écréhous NE of Jersey consists of two reefs which form an extensive shoal area 7 miles (11 km) long and 2.3 miles (3.7 km) wide.[3]
Les Minquiers 9 miles (14 km) S of Jersey, its largest island is only 50 metres by 20 metres, but at low water, Les Minquiers has a land area greater than 100km².
The deliberate wrecking of ships has not been a Channel Island trait, although the recovery of goods from a natural wreck has always been undertaken. Smuggling and Privateer's[4] have abounded in the Islands' waters over many centuries.
Modern navigation systems have helped reduce the number of disasters, but shipping still receive warnings of waters around the Channel Islands.[5]
Jersey Guernsey Alderney Other Open sea
12th to 18th centuries
| Year | Ship | Flag | Location | Narrative | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3rd Century | "Asterix" | unknown flag | Guernsey | St Peter Port harbor. It is thought to be a Roman cargo vessel and was probably at anchor or grounded when the fire broke out.[6] | 49°27′19″N 2°31′35″W / 49.45528°N 2.52639°W |
| 1120 | White Ship | ( ) Henry I |
Les Casquets | In 1120, the White Ship, carrying Prince William, son of Henry I of England with three hundred fellow passengers: 140 knights and 18 noblewomen; his half-brother, Richard; his half-sister, Matilda the Countess of Perche; his cousins, Matilda of Blois; the nephew of the German Emperor Henry V; the young Earl of Chester and most of the heirs to the great estates of England and Normandy, was being rowed back to England by a drunken crew when it hit the Casquets rocks and sank. There was only one survivor.[7][8][9] | |
| 1565 | John of Sandwich | Pirate | Guernsey | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Guernsey. The crew, confessing to be pirates, were imprisoned in Castle Cornet from which the commander and his officers escaped. One of the crew was hanged as an example.[10]: 29 | |
| 1592 | Makeshift | ( ) Elizabeth I |
Alderney | Pinnace-yacht, sank off Alderney Channel Islands. Artifacts from this wreck is featured in the Alderney Museum and is managed by the Alderney Maritime Trust.[11][12] | 49°44′17″N 2°09′51″W / 49.73806°N 2.16417°W |
| 1666 | La Vierge du Bon Port | ( France) |
Open Sea | The French East India Company ship was one of four sent to colonise Madagascar. She left for home on 20 February and within days of her destination of Le Havre, she was attacked by an English corsair and sank off Guernsey on 9 July 1666. At the time she was reported to be carrying a valuable cargo worth £1,500,000.[13][14] | |
| 1701 | Michael | unknown flag | Les Casquets | The sailing vessel hit the Casquets rocks, several sailors managed to get ashore and sheltered in some huts. They were found just before they starved to death.[15]: 19 | |
| 1712 | HMS Dragon | ( Great Britain Royal Navy) |
Les Casquets | The fourth rate frigate was escorting a convoy from Guernsey to England when it was wrecked on Les Casquets, west of Alderney, with no recorded lives lost.[16][17] | |
| 1721 | Hind | ( Royal Navy): |
Guernsey | 20-gun sixth rate launched in 1711 and wrecked in 1721. The ship struck a rock "half a musket shot" off Castle Cornet Guernsey on 7 December 1721, and 21 hands were lost including the Captain Fuzzard. The loss was attributed to the "ignorance of the pilot". 94 of the ship's company were saved.[18] Amongst those rescued was the ship's surgeon, Mr Forkington, "who was laid up with the gout, but made shift to swim to a rock not far distant, and the cold baths that endangered his life, hath effectively cured his said distemper."[19] The pilot was tried and found guilty, and was sentenced to three years imprisonment and loss of pay.[20] | |
| 1744 | HMS Victory | ( Royal Navy) |
Les Casquets | The first rate ship of the line foundered between the Channel Islands and the French coast with the loss of her crew of about 900 men.[1]: 14 [21][22] | 49°43′4″N 2°22′7″W / 49.71778°N 2.36861°W) |
| 1747 | Cerf | ( France) |
Minquiers | Frigate constructed and based in Saint Malo (Brittany, France). Probably privateer. Sank in the mist at the Minquiers on 25 January 1747.[23] | |
| 1777 | HMS Sprightly | ( Royal Navy): |
Guernsey | Shipwreck of new cutter of 12 guns 'Sprightly' capsized with loss of life, (Lt William Hills) off Les Hanois reef west of Guernsey Channel Islands, whilst chasing a smuggler.[1]: 14 [24] | |
| 1779 | Valentine | (.svg){kind=small} British East India Company) |
Brecqhou | The East Indiaman sailing from Shannon to London was lost off Brecqhou, Channel Islands, on 16 November 1779 in a gale.[25][26] | |
| 1795 | HMS Amethyst | ( Royal Navy) |
Alderney | The frigate hit the Hannouaux (Hanois) rocks off the coast of Alderney and was driven into Braye bay on 29 December 1795. The crew got ashore without loss, however two rescuers drowned.[1]: 14 [27][28][15]: 22 | |
19th century
| Year | Ship | Flag | Location | Narrative | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800 | HMS Pelican | ( Royal Navy) |
Jersey St Aubin's Bay |
The 18-gun Pelican was driven ashore and wrecked in St. Aubin's Bay on 9 November 1800 but later refloated.[29][30] | 49°11′N 2°09′W / 49.183°N 2.150°W |
| 1800 | HMS Havick | ( Royal Navy) |
Jersey St Aubin's Bay |
The sloop foundered on 9 November 1800, settled into the sand, could not be re-floated and became a wreck.[31][32] | 49°11′N 2°09′W / 49.183°N 2.150°W |
| 1801 | Denton | ( United Kingdom) |
Guernsey | The transport ship was wrecked on 9 February 1801.[33] | |
| 1801 | Morning Star | ( United Kingdom) |
Guernsey | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Guernsey, in May 1801.[34] | |
| 1801 | Sukey | ( United States) |
Jersey | wrecked at Jersey.[35] | |
| 1802 | Hero | ( United Kingdom) |
Guernsey | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at while on a voyage from Naples, Kingdom of Sicily, to Guernsey[36] | |
| 1802 | HMS Pomone | ( Royal Navy) |
Jersey St Aubin's Bay |
The frigate, which had been captured from the French in 1794, struck a rock in St Aubin's Bay, Jersey and sank. On 23 September 1802. She was later refloated but was declared a constructive total loss. | 49°11′N 2°09′W / 49.183°N 2.150°W |
| 1803 | HMS Determinee | ( Royal Navy) |
Jersey St Aubin's Bay |
The 6th rate frigate stuck broadside on to a sunken rock near Noirmont Point on the western side of Saint Aubin, Jersey Channel Islands on 26 March 1803. She immediately bilged and started taking in water. Seventeen men, women, and children from the 81st Regiment of Foot (Loyal Lincoln Volunteers) were lost.[37] | 49°11′N 2°09′W / 49.183°N 2.150°W |
| 1803 | HMS Grappler (ex GB No. 28) | ( Royal Navy) |
Chausey | En route from Guernsey to Granville on 23 December, the Courser-class gun-brig sought shelter off the island of Maitre, one of the Iles Chausey. The storm abated on 30 December 1803, but on leaving the anchorage a hawser parted and Grappler drifted on to a half-tide rock, breaking in two as the tide dropped.[38] | |
| 1804 | Harry | ( Guernsey) |
Alderney | The ship was wrecked at Alderney[39] | |
| 1804 | James and John | ( United Kingdom) |
Jersey | The ship was wrecked at Jersey.[40] | |
| 1804 | HMS Severn | ( Royal Navy) |
Jersey Grouville |
The Adventure-class frigate was driven ashore and wrecked in Grouville bay, Jersey on 21 December 1804 in a gale. Her crew were rescued.[41][42][43]: 113 | |
| 1805 | Adventure | ( United Kingdom) |
Jersey | Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Malta to London.[44] | |
| 1805 | Fame | ( United Kingdom) |
Guernsey | The privateer frigate was at anchor but was driven ashore and wrecked on Castle Rocks, Guernsey on 31 January 1805 in a storm that had also broken her mizzenmast. Her 150 crew were rescued.[45] | |
| 1805 | HMS Pigmy | ( United Kingdom) |
Jersey St Aubin's Bay |
Pigmy was wrecked in St Aubin's Bay, Jersey, on 9 August 1805. The pilot, Nicholas de Leree, had thought there was enough water to pass over a reef of rocks stretching from Sillet Point, but she grounded and was bilged. Boats from HMS Alcmene, Albacore, Conquest, and Eclipse took her people off. | 49°11′N 2°09′W / 49.183°N 2.150°W |
| 1806 | Neptune | ( United Kingdom) |
Alderney | The ship was wrecked on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, to Guernsey.[46] | |
| 1807 | HMS Boreas | ( Royal Navy) |
Guernsey Les Hanois |
The 28-gun Laurel-class post ship struck rocks on Les Hanois reef SW of Guernsey and was wrecked with the loss of all but 47 of her 155 crew on 28 November 1807 when towing a pilot cutter to safety. Only two officers and 45 men were saved when Boreas went down immediately after striking the sunken rock leaving only the masts and rigging above sea level. Among those lost were Capt Robert Scott and his wife.[1]: 25 [47] | |
| 1808 | Active | ( United Kingdom) |
Guernsey | The ship was wrecked on Guernsey.[48] | |
| 1812 | Cynthia | ( United Kingdom) |
Alderney | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Alderney on 23 February 1812[49] | |
| 1812 | Mars | ( United Kingdom) |
Guernsey | The ship was wrecked on 9 April 1812. She was on a voyage from Guernsey to Plymouth, Devon.[50] | |
| 1814 | Active | ( United Kingdom) |
Alderney | The ship was wrecked with the loss of all hands.[51] | |
| 1814 | Pomona | ( United Kingdom) |
Open Sea | The ship departed Alderney, Channel Islands, for Guernsey, on 14 November 1814. No further trace, presumed foundered in the English Channel with the loss of all hands.[52] | |
| 1814 | Arinus Marinus | ( French Empire) |
Jersey Gorey |
The ship was driven ashore on 29 December 1814. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam to Batavia.[53] | |
| 1815 | Leicester | ( United Kingdom) |
Jersey | The transport ship was driven onto a rock and was wrecked on 7 January 1815.[54] | |
| 1815 | Bonne Annette | ( France) |
Open Sea | The ship foundered in the English Channel whilst on a voyage from Cherbourg, Seine-Maritime, to Guernsey, on 25 April 1815.[55] | |
| 1815 | Fanny | ( United Kingdom) |
Jethou | The ship struck a rock off Jethou, Channel Islands, and foundered. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, to Guernsey, Channel Islands.[56] | 49°27′30″N 02°28′00″W / 49.45833°N 2.46667°W |
| 1816 | La Balance | ( France) |
Jersey | The transport ship, a brig, was wrecked on the coast on 23 March 1816 with the loss of 36 of the 108 people on board. She was on a voyage from Cherbourg, Manche, to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine.[57][58] | |
| 1816 | Marie Elizabeth | ( Denmark) |
Guernsey | The ship was wrecked at Rocquaine, on the west coast of Guernsey on 12 November 1816. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Palermo, Spain, to Antwerp, Netherlands.[59][60]: 13 | |
| 1816 | Sampson | ( United Kingdom) |
Guernsey | The ship was wrecked on the west coast of Guernsey on 9 December 1816 with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to London.[61] | |
| 1816 | St. Alexy | ( Russia) |
Guernsey | The ship was wrecked on the west coast of Guernsey, on 13 December 1816 with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal, to Antwerp, Netherlands.[62] | |
| 1817 | Sapor | ( United States) |
Sark | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Sark on 15 February 1817 with the loss of all hands.[63] | |
| 1817 | Master Mason | ( United Kingdom) |
Guernsey | The ship foundered off Guernsey on 4 December 1817. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon, to London.[64] | |
| 1817 | Pleasant Hill | ( United Kingdom) |
Jersey | The ketch was wrecked on 17 December 1817 with the loss of one of her six crew. Survivors were rescued by Minerva ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Seville, Spain, to London[65] |
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| 1819 | Nimble | ( United Kingdom) |
Jersey | The ship struck rocks on 14 September 1819 and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon, to Jersey.[66] | |
| 1820 | Stephaine | ( France) |
Pierres de Lecq | The ship was wrecked on the Paternoster Rocks, off the Channel Islands on 27 December 1820. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands, to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine.[67] | 49°17′N 2°17′W / 49.283°N 2.283°W |
| 1820 | Rose Victoire | ( France) |
Guernsey | The ship foundered in the English Channel off Guernsey. Her crew were rescued.[68] | |
| 1821 | Willem den Easten | ( Netherlands) |
Guernsey | The ship was wrecked on the west coast of Guernsey on 26 November 1821. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ostend to Gibraltar.[69] | |
| 1821 | Ales | ( Russia) |
Casquets | The brig ran aground on the Casquets, on 24 November 1821 and broke in two. The thirteen crew were on the stern section, which floated off and subsequently came ashore on the Isle of Wight. United Kingdom on 29 December enabling the rescue of her crew. Ales was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom, to St. Ubes, Spain.[70] | |
| 1821 | William | ( United Kingdom) |
Guernsey | The ship was wrecked on Guernsey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ostend, Netherlands, to Gibraltar.[71] | |
| 1822 | John and Robert | ( United Kingdom) |
Jersey | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the north coast of Jersey on 31 March 1822. She was on a voyage from New Brunswick, British North America, to Liverpool, Lancashire.[72] | |
| 1822 | Jeune George | ( France) |
Casquets | The brig foundered off the Casquets on 27 October 1822. Her crew survived, She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Maritime, to Normantier, Vendée.[73] | |
| 1823 | Eliza | ( France) |
Guernsey | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the north coast of Guernsey on 3 March 1823. Her crew and a passenger were rescued.[74] | |
| 1823 | Clio | ( Guernsey) |
Guernsey St Peter Port |
The ship struck rocks off St Peter Port harbour, Guernsey and sank on 19 October 1823. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to Livorno, Grand Duchy of Tuscany via Guernsey and Genoa, Kingdom of Sardinia.[75] | 49°27′10″N 2°31′40″W / 49.45278°N 2.52778°W |
| 1823 | Friendship | ( United Kingdom) |
Jersey | The ship was lost at Jersey on 1–4 November 1823.[76] | |
| 1823 | Joseph and Jane | ( Jersey) |
Jersey | The ship was wrecked on the north coast of Jersey on 1 November 1823. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon, to Jersey.[77][78] | |
| 1823 | Siren | ( Sweden) |
Jersey | The ship foundered off Jersey on 4 November 1823. Three survivors were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Spain, to Gävle, Sweden[77] | |
| 1824 | London | ( United Kingdom) |
Casquets | The ship was wrecked on the Casquets, off Alderney on 17 March 1824 with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to Guernsey, Channel Islands.[79][80][81] | |
| 1825 | Fanny | ( France) |
Jersey St Helier |
The cutter was en route from Saint Malo to Jersey when an onto the rocks called Les Buts behind Elizabeth Castle on 7 January 1825. 13 passengers and crew were saved and the National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck, which had been founded the previous year, awarded three gold medals and a silver medal in recognition of the bravery of their rescuers.[82] | 49°10′30″N 2°07′30″W / 49.17500°N 2.12500°W |
| 1825 | Good Intent | ( United Kingdom) |
Jersey | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Jersey on 18 October 1825. Her crew were rescued.[83] | |
| 1825 | Mary Ann | ( United Kingdom) |
Guernsey | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Guernsey on 10 November 1825. She was on a voyage from London to Waterford[84][85] | |
| 1825 | Cimoni | ( Hellenic Navy) |
Alderney | The Brig of War was driven ashore and wrecked on the east coast of Alderney on 11 November 1825. Her 55 crew were rescued and the vessel was plundered by the local inhabitants. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom, to Hydra.[84][86] | |
| 1826 | Hinchinbrook | ( United Kingdom) |
Alderney | The ship was wrecked on 2 February 1826, all on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Weymouth, Dorset, to Guernsey.[87] | |
| 1826 | Thetis | ( United Kingdom) |
Jersey | The ship struck rocks 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) on 20 July 1826 and foundered. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to Jersey.[88] | |
| 1826 | Josephine | ( Sweden) |
Jersey | The ship was blown over whilst under repairs on 11 September 1826. She was declared a total loss.[89] | |
| 1827 | Charlotte | ( United Kingdom) |
Jersey | The ship was wrecked on 1 December 1827. All fourteen people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[90] | |
| 1827 | Neptune | ( Guernsey) |
Jersey | The ship was wrecked on 8 December 1827. She was on a voyage from "Gasper" to Guernsey.[91] | |
| 1828 | Fanny | ( United Kingdom) |
Jersey St Aubin's Bay |
The ship was wrecked on 1 January 1828 with the loss of at least three lives.[92] | 49°11′N 2°09′W / 49.183°N 2.150°W |
| 1829 | Crescent | ( United Kingdom) |
Jersey | The ship was wrecked on 6 March 1829. She was on a voyage from London to Jersey.[93] | |
| 1829 | Milo | ( United Kingdom) |
Écréhous | The ship was wrecked on the Écréhous Rock, on 3 October 1829, 6 nautical miles (11 km) off Jersey, Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Memel, Prussia.[94] | |
| 1830 | Baroness Keith | ( United Kingdom) |
Guernsey | The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned off Guernsey. Her crew were rescued by St. Jacque ( France) She was on a voyage from Tenerife, Spain, to London.[95][96] |
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| 1831 | Virginie | ( France) |
Jersey | The ship sprang a leak and foundered off Jersey on 10 January 1831. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Granville to Jersey.[97] | |
| 1831 | Duke of Wellington | ( United Kingdom) |
Jersey | The ship sank at Jersey on 12 January 1831.[98] | |
| 1831 | Prosperous | ( United Kingdom) |
Guernsey | The ship was wrecked and sank on the north coast of Guernsey on 22 May 1831. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Weymouth, Dorset, to Guernsey.[99] | |
| 1833 | Jupiter | ( Hamburg) |
Alderney | The ship was wrecked on North West Alderney on 3 January 1833. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Valparaiso, Chile and Lima, Peru.[100] Despite soldiers trying to protect the cargo, the Islanders looted her, several were jailed.[15]: 23 | |
| 1833 | Cyrus | ( United Kingdom) |
Open Sea | The ship foundered 2 leagues south of Guernsey on 1/2 September 1833. Her crew were rescued by Alfred ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Livorno, Kingdom of Sardinia, to London.[101][102] |
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| 1833 | Louisa Barbara | ( Netherlands) |
Jersey | The ship struck a rock off the Channel Islands and was abandoned by her crew on 2 September 1833. She was subsequently taken in to Jersey by HMRC Sylvia ( Board of Customs). Louisa Barbara was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, to Amsterdam, North Holland.[103] |
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| 1834 | George and William | ( United Kingdom) |
Guernsey | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the north coast of Guernsey on 12 January 1834 with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[104] | |
| 1834 | Sally | ( United Kingdom) |
Jersey | The ship struck a rock and sank at Jersey, in May 1834.[105] | |
| 1834 | Annabella | ( United Kingdom) |
Jersey | The ship capsized at Jersey on 21 October 1834[106] | |
| 1834 | Navarino | ( Russia) |
Alderney Platte Saline |
The oak built ship, registered in Odesa, Russia, was driven ashore and wrecked on la platte saline, Alderney on 28 October 1834. Her crew were rescued. She was in ballast. Her provisions and rigging were saved.[107][108] | |
| 1834 | Buccleuch | ( United Kingdom) |
Guernsey | The ship struck a rock and foundered off Guernsey on 6 November 1834. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dénia, Spain, to London.[109] | |
| 1834 | Morpeth Castle | ( United Kingdom) |
Jersey Rozel Bay |
The brig was driven ashore in Rozel Bay, Jersey on 20 November 1834. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, to Jersey[110] | |
| 1835 | Colbert | ( France) |
Guernsey | The sailing vessel based in Port Navalo Brittany France left Rouen for Saint Malo loaded with copper and earthenware, sank off the coast of Guernsey on 25 October 1835[111][112] | |
| 1835 | Actif | ( France) |
Jersey St Brelade |
The ship was driven ashore in St Brelade's Bay, Jersey on 26 October 1835. She was on a voyage from Saint-Brieuc, Côtes-du-Nord to Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques.[113] | |
| 1848 | Emmanuel | ( United Kingdom) |
Guernsey Les Hanois |
Sailing from Quebec to Hull, struck rocks 5 miles NW from Les Hanois, filled quickly with water but stayed afloat as it was carrying timber. No casualties.[60]: 20 | |
| 1848 | Five Sisters | ( United Kingdom) |
Guernsey Perelle Bay |
A brig sailing from Lisbon to Wick with a cargo of salt, cork, wine and brandy, was lost with its crew, five bodies were recovered.[60]: 26 | |
| 1849 | SV Oneida | ( United States) |
Guernsey Perelle Bay |
En route from New York City to Le Havre loaded with cotton and hops, ran aground near Guernsey on 19 December 1849. Part of the cargo was saved from the ship as were the 22 passengers and 28 crew.[114][115][60]: 37 | |
| 1850 | Experiment | ( Alderney) |
Guernsey Bréhon Tower |
The Alderney cutter Experiment was wrecked off Bréhon Tower, between Guernsey and Herm in March 1850. The Captain and 8 passengers drowned but 20 were saved by the Guernsey pilot boat Mary of Guernsey.[1]: 9 [116][117][118] | 49°28′N 2°30′W / 49.467°N 2.500°W |
| 1850 | Polka | ( United Kingdom) |
Minquiers | On a run from Saint Malo to Jersey as a replacement ship, the Paddle Steamer sprang a leak and began to sink near the Minquiers S of Jersey on 15 September 1850. All passengers and crew took to the lifeboats and were rescued. On 15 September 1850, the steam tug Polka was hurriedly pressed into service to make the daily run to St. Malo as Superb was undergoing repairs at St. Helier. When she was about halfway to her destination, Polka sprang a leak and began to sink whereupon her master, Captain Priaulx, calmly loaded everyone into the two lifeboats and landed them safely on the nearby Mâitre Ile. Picked up and taken into St. Malo the next day, the survivors counted themselves extremely fortunate and lavished both praise and a sizeable reward upon Captain Priaulx for his admirable seamanship.[119][120] | |
| 1850 | Superb | ( United Kingdom) |
Minquiers | The paddle steamer was running from Saint Malo to Jersey with 60 passengers, including survivors from the Polka ( United Kingdom) on approaching the Minquiers reef, they went to inspect where the PSS Polks had sunk, whereupon they themselves struck a rock, which caused panic and 20 people lost their lives, the rest being saved.
On 17 September, only two days after the sinking of the PSS Polka, Superb left St. Malo with sixty passengers and crew aboard, including Captain Priaulx and several of the other survivors from the Polka. As they approached the Minquiers Reef, Superbs’ mate (John Fleming) was persuaded by some of the passengers to show them where the Polka had gone down but unfortunately, as he took Superb through the so-called eastern passage, she struck a rock known as La Pointue du Blanc Roc which tore deep into her hull. In the ensuing panic to load the lifeboats, twenty people lost their lives, four of whom had barely recovered from their experiences on the sinking Polka two days previously. Ironically, Superb herself remained stranded on the rock and the survivors including, once again, Captain Priaulx, were plucked straight off the decks by the rescue ships sent out from St. Helier. As an interesting postscript, one small vestige of Superb lived on after her boilers were salvaged and subsequently installed into one of her successors, another paddle steamer, the Rose, which took her name from Thomas Rose, the owner of the company. One of the earliest steamships operating in the waters around the Channel Islands, the Superb was owned by the Jersey Steam Packet Company of St. Helier which ran her on their scheduled Jersey to St. Malo [and Granville] mail and passenger service.[121][122] |
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| 1857 | Boadicea | ( United Kingdom) |
Les Casquets | The barque mistook the Les Casquets west of Alderney on 5 January 1857 for the Scillies. She was driven onto Tautenay rock in the Little Russel. The brig ‘Diolinda’ raised the alarm and steam tug ‘Watt’, H.M. Revenue Cutter ‘Eagle’ and Pilot boat ‘Blonde’ between them saved 6 of 15 crew. An RNLI silver medal was awarded to William Cockrom a steward on the 'Eagle'.[123] | |
| 1859 | Express | ( United Kingdom) |
Jersey La Corbière |
The South Western Steam Co mail ship sank near La Corbière Jersey on 20 September 1859.[122][124] | 49°10′N 2°14′W / 49.167°N 2.233°W |
| 1862 | Globe | ( Jersey): |
Guernsey Les Hanois |
A schooner-brig from Jersey en route to Boston in ballast returning to Jersey struck les Hanois on 6 April 1862 in appalling weather conditions, eventually sinking near L'Ancresse. The crew of seven landed from a small boat at Vazon.[60]: 67 | |
| 1863 | Paris | ( United Kingdom): |
Jersey St Helier |
The paddle steamer Paris left St Malo 28 July 1863 with 24 passengers and 12 tons of cargo, chiefly butter and eggs. She was under charge of a Jersey pilot of considerable experience named De La Cour, the day was beautiful and the sea was as smooth as a mill pond.
Shortly before 9am the steamer was observed just off Elizabeth Castle which, with the hermitage forms an outwork of rock a short distance from the entrance to Victoria Harbour, Jersey. The tide was just beginning to flow. the Captain (Hemmings) asked the pilot which passage he was going to take. The Sellette or the middle passage. The Pilot replied that he would take whichever passage the Captain chose to which the latter replied that it was not his province to interfere, adding that it was high time the pilot made up his mind. The Captain again warned the pilot of the danger which was now clearly apparent. This warning was scarcely off his lips when the vessel struck on a rock known as ´GRUNE VAUDIN´. The engines were stopped and set for astern. It was then the captain ordered the lifeboats to be lowered. Ten minutes after the vessel struck, she went down in 5 fathoms of water. The Paris was valued at £7000 and was not insured. The masts of the sunken vessel were clearly visible from the shore.[122][125] |
49°10′N 02°07′W / 49.167°N 2.117°W |
| 1864 | Jean Goujon | ( France) |
Écréhous | Sailing from Havanna bound for Le Havre with a cargo of sugar, in a storm, at night, the captain mistook his position and steered south of the rocks he thought were the Les Casquets. They were in fact the Écréhous and in doing so he ran onto the rocks off Jersey on 3 May 1864. The crew was saved.[126] | |
| 1865 | Carioca | ( France) |
Alderney | Struck the rocks under Hermitage Rock Battery in Alderney in late December 1865. Gunner James Moore of the Royal Artillery in Alderney rescued 17 men of the crew; he was later awarded an RNLI Silver Medal.[127][128] | |
| 1866 | Dinanais | ( France) |
Jersey St Ouen |
Sailing from Dinan (Brittany), ran aground on the coast of St Ouen, Jersey, on 22 January 1866.[129] | |
| 1867 | Blayais | ( France) |
Minquiers | The brig, ran aground on the board of the Minquiers, S of Jersey on 12 January 1867. The crew escaped with life boats.[130] | |
| 1867 | Edouard | ( France): |
Minquiers | The sloop was lost by hitting a rock N of Plateau des Minquiers, S of Jersey on 5 February 1867.[131] | |
| 1872 | Assomption | ( France) |
Guernsey | Sloop built in Cherbourg belonging to an owner of this city, which was wrecked on the coast of Guernsey on 26 September 1872.[132] | |
| 1872 | Gosforth | ( United Kingdom) |
Herm | On a voyage from Sark to Guernsey the Gosforth, carrying the Seigneur of Sark, struck a rock between Herm and Jethou and sank. All crew and passengers got ashore on Herm[133] | 49°27′40″N 02°27′30″W / 49.46111°N 2.45833°W |
| 1873 | Waverley | ( United Kingdom) |
Guernsey | Two funnels, two masts side paddle wheel propulsion and accommodation for 450–560 passengers. Used on the Southampton – Channel Islands service. On 5 June 1873 she was wrecked in fog on Platte Boue Rock, Little Roussel, between Herm and Guernsey.[122][134][135] | 49°31′17″N 02°25′13″W / 49.52139°N 2.42028°W |
| 1873 | Clarisse | ( France): |
Minquiers | The barque, based in Granville, Manche, lost in the Minquiers, on 22 November 1873, during a trip from Bordeaux (Aquitaine) to her home port. There was only one survivor.[122][136] | |
| 1875 | PSS Havre | ( United Kingdom) |
Guernsey | The LSWR Channel Packet from Southampton, founders on Platte Boue rock on 16 February 1875, there were 92 survivors. Passengers put ashore on Amfroque; wreck found lying across that of the PSS Waverley ( United Kingdom), which had hit the same rock in 1873.[122][137][138] |
49°31′17″N 02°25′13″W / 49.52139°N 2.42028°W |
| 1876 | Celinia | ( France) |
Jersey St Helier |
The lugger type ship traveling from Saint Malo to St Helier Jersey which ran aground and broke at the foot of Elizabeth Castle, near the port.[139] | 49°10′N 02°07′W / 49.167°N 2.117°W |
| 1880 | Rontegue | ( France): |
Guernsey | Carrying iron ore and wine, ran aground on rocks off N coast of Guernsey on 16 March 1880, possibly because compass was affected by the iron ore.[122][140] | 49°32′00″N 02°33′00″W / 49.53333°N 2.55000°W |
| 1881 | Kestrel | ( United Kingdom) |
Burhou | Sailing from London to Bordeaux with 20 passengers and cargo in patchy fog the ship struck Burhou Island, west of Alderney on 15 April 1881.[141] | |
| 1881 | Bothalwood | ( United Kingdom) |
Jersey St Ouen |
A barque-rigged vessel sailing from Cartagena for Leith hit rocks in St Ouen's bay. No crew were lost.[142] | |
| 1881 | Caledonia | ( United Kingdom) |
Jersey St Helier |
Formerly called the "Hogarth", it was bought in 1878 by London & South Western Railway Co. Carrying mail and passengers from Southampton to Guernsey Sark and Jersey, it was wrecked on 19 February 1881, off Oyster Rock, just outside St Helier harbour Jersey.[143][144] | 49°10′N 02°07′W / 49.167°N 2.117°W |
| 1884 | Echo | ( Guernsey) |
Jersey La Corbière |
Overwhelmed off the La Corbière, Jersey. All aboard drowned.[145] | 49°10′N 2°14′W / 49.167°N 2.233°W |
| 1887 | Ella | ( Sweden): |
Guernsey Belgrave Bay |
The Swedish wooden barque ELLA, built in 1851, on voyage from Gothenburg to Liverpool with a cargo of pit props, was lost after running aground in Belgrave Bay (Belle Grève), Guernsey on 11 January 1887. There were no casualties.[122][146] | 49°28′30″N 02°31′30″W / 49.47500°N 2.52500°W |
| 1887 | Brighton | ( United Kingdom) |
Guernsey | The paddle steamer was sailing from Weymouth to Guernsey on 29 January 1887 the ship was travelling faster than they thought and hit a rock, in fog, north of Guernsey causing the ship to founder. there was no loss of life.[147][148][149] | 49°31′30″N 2°29′00″W / 49.52500°N 2.48333°W |
| 1888 | Yorouba | ( France) |
Guernsey Lihou |
On a journey to Havre when she hit the Gibou rocks near Lihou Island west of Guernsey in fog and sank 2 miles (3.2 km) from shore and 7NM from Les Hanois Lighthouse. All passengers and crew were saved.[122][150] | |
| 1892 | Abbey Town | ( Sweden) |
Guernsey Perelle Bay |
The 3 masted sailing barque, previously called Ida struck Perelle Bay off the west coast of Guernsey on 17 November 1892 on voyage from Raine Island to Granville, Manche, with a cargo of Guano.[122][151][152] | 49°28′00″N 02°39′00″W / 49.46667°N 2.65000°W |
| 1895 | Behira | ( United Kingdom) |
Alderney | The Glasgow steamer struck the rocks near Mannez lighthouse in Alderney in adverse weather. She was carrying coal.[15]: 24 | |
| 1895 | Ambassadrice | ( France) |
Guernsey | En route from St Malo for Newfoundland destined for Cod the Sailing vessel had a crew of 7 and 90 male passengers. It ran onto rocks on the south coast of Guernsey on 2 March 1895 in fog and foundered close to shore. All managed to climb to the top of the cliffs safely apart from one elderly man who slipped and fell to his death.[28][153] | |
| 1896 | Marie Fanny | ( France) |
Burhou | The French steamer struck rocks near Burhu, 14 died.[15]: 24 | |
| 1898 | Channel Queen | ( United Kingdom) |
Guernsey | steaming from Plymouth to the Channel Islands was wrecked in bad weather and fog on the Black Rock, 1.5NM off Guernsey. Forty were saved but 14 passengers and 5 crew were drowned.[1]: 27 [154][155] | |
| 1899 | Stella | ( United Kingdom) |
Les Casquets | The SS Stella (1890) on her way from Southampton to Guernsey and Jersey ran full speed in thick fog onto Les Casquets reef near Alderney on 30 March 1899 and sank within minutes with the loss of over eighty lives.[156][157] | 49°43′7″N 02°23′27″W / 49.71861°N 2.39083°W |
| 1899 | Belgique | ( Belgium) |
Open Sea | Formerly called Mount Hebron. Ownership by "Armement Deppe" (Antwerp). Cargo of 10 tramways for Cairo. On her way to Alexandria. She foundered 6 nm NW of the Casquets[122][158] | |
