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List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1878
Ship
State
Description
Chattanooga
United States
The brig was driven ashore at Cove Point , Maryland with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Demerara , British Guiana .[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 4]
Diana
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore near Slade Castle in Slade, County Wexford .[ 1]
Georg Andreas
Norway
The ship was wrecked at Randesund .[ 5]
Margaret Jones
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked between Souter Point , Northumberland and Whitburn, County Durham . Her crew were rescued by the tug Scottish Maid ( United Kingdom ). Margaret Jones was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Plymouth , Devon .[ 1] [ 6]
Orion
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore at "Budget", Calcutta , India . She was refloated with assistance.[ 5] [ 7]
Providence
France
The lugger foundered off the Runnel Stone . Her three crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan , United Kingdom to Nantes , Loire-Inférieure .[ 8] [ 1]
Teviot
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground in the Hooghly River . She was on a voyage from Calcutta to Bombay , India.[ 5]
List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1878
Ship
State
Description
Abigail
United States
The ship was wrecked on the Flogger Shoal. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam , North Holland , Netherlands to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania .[ 9]
Africaine
France
The brig foundered off Cape Carbonara , Sardinia , Italy . Her crew were rescued by Adina ( Italy ). Africaine was on a voyage from Bône , Algeria to Antwerp , Belgium.[ 9]
Auguste Solscher
Germany
The barque was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex , United Kingdom, or on the Kentish Knock . She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Valparaíso , Chile.[ 10] [ 11]
Isabella
Italy
The brig foundered off Asinara , Sardinia with the loss of four of her ten crew. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt , Russia to Livorno .[ 9] [ 12]
Lise
France
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at "Amrovia", Italy . She was on a voyage from Carloforte , Italy to Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône .[ 9]
Negeisus
Germany
The ship was sighted in the Øresund whilst on a voyage from Libava , Courland Governorate to a port on the east coast of the United Kingdom . No further trace, reported missing.[ 13]
Orfeo
Italy
The brig was wrecked near Bizerte , Algeria. She was on a voyage from Barcelona , Spain to Livorno.[ 9]
Pingon
Spain
The steamship ran aground off New Romney , Kent , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Antwerp , Belgium to Lisbon , Portugal.[ 1]
Roma
Italy
The full-rigged ship was driven ashore near Siniscola , Sardinia.[ 9] [ 14]
Stavanger
Norway
The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Amrovia".[ 9]
Vincenzo
Italy
The brigantine was driven ashore at Dungeness , Kent. She was on a voyage from London , United Kingdom to Cette , Hérault , France. She was refloated.[ 1]
Zephyrine
United States
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Boston, Massachusetts . She was on a voyage from Demerara , British Guiana to Boston.[ 9]
List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1878
Ship
State
Description
Cameroon
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore near Crosby, Lancashire . She was on a voyage from Africa to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 9] She was refloated.[ 7]
Charlotte
United Kingdom
The ketch was driven ashore near Saltfleethaven , Lincolnshire . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Wisbech , Cambridgeshire .[ 9]
Delawar
United Kingdom
The ship .[ 16]
Edward Herbert
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Mossoró , Brazil .[ 9] She was on a voyage from Bahia to Mossoró.[ 7]
Mary D
Austria-Hungary
The ship was driven ashore at "Galippa", Beylik of Tunis with the loss of four lives. She was on a voyage from Catania , Sicily , Italy to New York , United States.[ 17] [ 18]
Orlando
Canada
The barque capsized in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by Duisberg ( Germany ). Orlando was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland , United States to Gloucester , United Kingdom .[ 19]
Western Belle
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at "Coronier", British Guiana .[ 15]
List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1878
Ship
State
Description
Aberavon
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground in Thornton Loch.[ 20]
Anthes
Guernsey
The brig collided with the barque Atlantic ( Sweden ) and sank off The Lizard , Cornwall with the loss of four of her nine crew. Survivors were rescued by Atlantic . Anthes was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Granville, Manche , France.[ 21]
Ascupart
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground at Leith , Lothian . She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana , United States to Leith. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug .[ 22]
Cobden , andNorman
United Kingdom
The steamships collided at Middlesbrough , Yorkshire and were both severely damaged. Cobden was on a voyage from Middlesbrough to London . Norman was on a voyage from Bilbao , Spain to Middlesbrough.[ 23]
Ilen
United Kingdom
The steamship struck a sunken wreck and was damaged. She was on a voyage from London to Ghent , East Flanders , Belgium. She completed her voyage in a leaky condition.[ 4]
Perpetric
United Kingdom
The brig was severely damaged by an onboard explosion and fire. She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Pernambuco , Brazil . She was towed in to Milford Haven , Pembrokeshire .[ 24]
Ringdove
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore in the River Thames at the Coalhouse Fort , Essex . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 15]
Zero
United Kingdom
The steamship was wrecked at "Colon", on the south coast of Mallorca , Spain. Her crew were rescued.[ 25] [ 6] [ 26]
List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1878
Ship
State
Description
Adelina
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Flamborough Head , Yorkshire . She was on a voyage from Wisbeach , Cambridgeshire to South Shields , County Durham . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 27]
Agnes
United Kingdom
The brigantine was severely damaged at Dublin when a steam crane collapsed onto her.[ 15]
Anna Oneto
Italy
The ship was driven ashore at Lewes, Delaware , United States. She was on a voyage from Savona to the Delaware Breakwater . She was refloated.[ 27]
Anne Cheshyre
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at "North Edisto". She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas , Virgin Islands to Port Royal , Jamaica. She was refloated and completed her voyage in a leaky condition.[ 17] [ 18]
Assyrian
Canada
The ship departed from New York , United States for Queenstown, County Cork , United Kingdom . No further trace, reported missing.[ 28]
Holland
Netherlands
The steamship collided with the steamship Mount Stewart ( United Kingdom ) and sank in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent , United Kingdom. All on board were rescued. Holland was on a voyage from Rotterdam , South Holland to London , United Kingdom.[ 22] [ 29]
May Queen
United Kingdom
The steamship collided with the steamship Annie Ainslie ( United Kingdom ) and sank in the North Sea off Filey , Yorkshire . Her seventeen crew were rescued by Annie Ainslie . May Queen was on a voyage from Rouen , Seine-Inférieure , France to Middlesbrough , Yorkshire .[ 30] [ 31]
List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1878
Ship
State
Description
Baltimore
Germany
The steamship was run ashore at Fort McHenry , Maryland , United States in order to avoid a collision with another vessel. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Bremen . She was refloated with assistance and resumed her voyage the next day.[ 32]
Duguesclin
United Kingdom
The sloop struck the Plough Seat Rock, in the North Sea off the coast of Northumberland . She was taken in to Lindisfarne in a leaky condition.[ 27]
Cleadon
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands , Kent . She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Saint-Nazaire , Loire-Inférieure , France. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 33]
Feronia
Germany
The steamship ran aground on the Cow Ledge, off the Isle of Wight , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Shanghai , China to London , United Kingdom. She was refloated the next day with the assistance of the Coastguard and resumed her voyage.[ 30]
Otto George
Germany
The ship capsized, caught fire and sank in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[ 34]
Padre
Italy
The barque ran aground at Fleetwood , Lancashire , United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Fleetwood.[ 27] [ 18]
Ulleswater
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore at the North Foreland , Kent. She was on a voyage from Bilbao , Spain to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland . She was refloated the next day with the assistance of four tugs and taken in to Deal, Kent .[ 33] [ 35]
Unnamed
Greece
The brig was driven ashore near Algeciras , Spain. She was on a voyage from Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône , France to Senegal. She was refloated.[ 30]
List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1878
Ship
State
Description
Admiral
United Kingdom
The ship struck rocks at Saint-Malo , Ille-et-Vilaine , France. She was on a voyage from Saint-Malo to Gloucester . She was towed back to Saint-Malo, where she sank.[ 36]
Albert
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground at Maassluis , South Holland , Netherlands.[ 36]
Ann Beer
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Spijker Plaat, off the coast of Zeeland , Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Fowey , Cornwall to Antwerp , Belgium.[ 30] She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 36]
Esea
Sweden
The schooner was driven ashore near Mandal , Norway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Brevik , Norway to Grimsby , Lincolnshire , United Kingdom .[ 30]
Johanne
Germany
The schooner was driven ashore on Læsø , Denmark.[ 30]
Lady Bertha
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar . She was on a voyage from Carthagena, Spain to Cardiff , Glamorgan . She was refloated.[ 33]
Lochgiel
United Kingdom
The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by the barque Nordpol ( Germany ). Lochgiel was on a voyage from the Clyde to Rio de Janeiro , Brazil .[ 37]
Marianne Briggs
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on the Medem Sand. She was on a voyage from Goole , Yorkshire to Hamburg , Germany . She was refloated.[ 30]
Rangatira
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on the Dogger Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast pf County Waterford . She was on a voyage from Porthcawl , Glamorgan to Wexford .[ 33]
Silver Cloud
United Kingdom
The barque was sighted off Point Lepreaux , New Brunswick , Canada whilst on a voyage from Dublin to Saint John, New Brunswick . No further trace, reported missing.[ 38]
Ulleswater
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground at the South Foreland , Kent . She was on a voyage from Bilbao , Spain to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland .[ 30]
List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1878
Ship
State
Description
HMS Alexandra
Royal Navy
The ship ran aground in the Dardanelles . She was refloated with assistance from HMS Sultan ( Royal Navy ).[ 39]
City of Dallas
United States
The ship caught fire at New York and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from Fernandina Island , Galapagos Islands to New York.[ 32]
Douse
United Kingdom
The brigantine ran aground at Port William, Wigtownshire . She was on a voyage from Ardrossan , Ayrshire to Port William.[ 33]
Henriette
Germany
The brig was run into by the schooner Henriette ( United Kingdom ) off the Eddystone Lighthouse , Cornwall , United Kingdom . She was abandoned the next day in a sinking condition.[ 12]
Kaugatira
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on the Doggerbank, in the Irish Sea . She was on a voyage from Porthcawl , Glamorgan to Wexford .[ 40]
Little Gem
United Kingdom
The schooner was run down and sunk off Scarborough , Yorkshire by the steamship Dunedin ( United Kingdom ).[ 41] Her crew were rescued.[ 36] Little Gem was on a voyage from the Humber to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland .[ 42]
Lochgoil
United Kingdom
The barque was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by Nordpole ( Germany ). Lochgoil was on a voyage from Glasgow , Renfrewshire to Rio de Janeiro , Brazil .[ 43]
List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1878
Ship
State
Description
Carrie Winslow
United States
The brig collided with the full-rigged ship British American ( United Kingdom ) and sank. She was on a voyage from Monte Video , Uruguay to New York .[ 20]
Castor
Netherlands
The steamship ran aground in the Noordzeekanaal at Oostzaan , North Holland . She was on a voyage from Amsterdam , North Holland to Palermo , Sicily , Italy .[ 36]
Johann August
Germany
The ship departed from Lisbon , Portugal for London , United Kingdom . No further trace, reported missing.[ 50]
Jupiter
France
The schooner collided with the steamship Flecha ( Belgium ) and sank on the Wielingen Sandbank, off the Belgian coast with the loss of a crew member. Jupiter was on a voyage from Bordeaux , Gironde to Ghent , East Flanders , Belgium.[ 36] [ 40]
List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1878
Ship
State
Description
Excelsior
New Zealand
The 35-ton barge ran aground at Amuri Bluff and became a wreck. All crew survived.[ 54]
List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1878
Ship
State
Description
Britannia
United Kingdom
The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by the barque Ino ( Sweden ). Britannia was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida , United States to Deal, Kent .[ 49]
Curlew
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore at Svaneke , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Libava , Courland Governorate to Dundee , Forfarshire . She was refloated.[ 58]
Forest Belle
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Botel Tobago , Formosa . She was consequently beached at South Cape in Kiva Liang Bay. Most of her crew were taken off by an Imperial Chinese Navy gunboat . The ship was subsequently burnt by the local inhabitants. The remainder of her crew were rescued by USS Ranger ( United States Navy ). Forest Belle was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Hong Kong .[ 59] [ 60]
Gattomo M.
Italy
The barque was wrecked on the Karaburun Peninsula , Ottoman Empire with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Constantinople , Ottoman Empire to Odessa , Russia .[ 43]
Plaisance
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore at Lydd , Kent . She was refloated.[ 61]
Retreiver
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore at Lindisfarne , Northumberland .[ 62]
Teledo
United Kingdom
The barque was sighted in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland , United States to London . No further trace, reported missing.[ 63]
List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1878
Ship
State
Description
Alice Graham
United Kingdom
The barque ran aground at Lowestoft , Suffolk . She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland , United States to Lowestoft. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft.[ 62] [ 64]
Arratoon Apcar
United Kingdom
The steamship was wrecked on the Fowey Rocks , off the coast of Florida , United States. Her 25 crew were rescued by Tappahannock ( United States ). Arratoon Apcar was on a voyage from Havana , Cuba to Liverpool , Lancashire .
C. M. Palmer
United Kingdom
The steamship was run into by the steamship Ludworth ( United Kingdom ) and sank in the North Sea off Harwich , Essex with the loss of seventeen lives. There were at least 43 survivors, who were rescued by Ludworth . C. M. Palmer was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to London .[ 37] [ 65]
John Gladstone
Canada
The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by the brig Alliance ( United Kingdom ). John Gladstone was on a voyage from Antwerp , Belgium to the Hampton Roads , Virginia , United States.[ 66] [ 67]
Margaretha
Germany
The ship foundered in the North Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) south east of Lindisfarne , Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Hermann ( United Kingdom ). Margaretha was on a voyage from East Wemyss , Fife , United Kingdom to Bremerhaven .[ 32] [ 19]
List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1878
Ship
State
Description
Amazones
United Kingdom
The steamship collided with an Ottoman Navy man-of-war at Galaţi , Ottoman Empire and was severely damaged.[ 58]
Amor
Flag unknown
The ship was driven ashore at Lysekil , Norway. She was on a voyage from Lisbon , Portugal to Gothenburg , Sweden.[ 68]
Highland Mary
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on the North Scaw Bank, off the coast of Ayrshire . She was on a voyage from Belfast , County Antrim to Troon , Ayrshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 62]
Lord Clive
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Philadelphia.[ 58]
Medford , and an Unnamed vessel
United Kingdom
The barque capsized and sank at Liverpool , Lancashire , sinking a Mersey Flat .[ 62] [ 61]
Motala
Sweden
The steamship was wrecked at Lemvig , Denmark. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rouen , Seine-Inférieure , France to Pillau , Germany .[ 58]
P. R. Hazeltine
United States
The steamship foundered off Cape Horn , Chile. Some of her crew were rescued by Gustave ( France ).[ 69] Others reached San Francisco, California in a boat.[ 70]
Rolf
Netherlands
The steamship was driven ashore on Saltholm , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Libava , Courland Governorate to Calais , France. She was refloated with the assistance of a steamship and taken in to Copenhagen , Denmark.[ 62]
Scawfell
United Kingdom
The ship collided with another vessel and was driven ashore at Rangoon , Burma . She was refloated.[ 62] [ 4]
Sensitive
France
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Berville-sur-Seine , Seine-Inférieure . She was on a voyage from Swansea , Glamorgan , United Kingdom to Pont-Audemer , Eure .[ 58]
List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1878
Ship
State
Description
Ann
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Holyhead , Anglesey . She was on a voyage from Dublin to Garvan, Caithness . She was refloated with assistance from the tug Alliance ( United Kingdom ).[ 32]
Corinth
United Kingdom
The steamship was beached at Milford Haven , Pembrokeshire . She was on a voyage from Neath , Glamorgan to Cork .[ 4]
Eureka
Netherlands
The galiot was wrecked at Agger , Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland , United Kingdom to Holmstad , Norway.[ 32]
Kanagawa
Netherlands
The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands , Kent , United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam , South Holland to Batavia , Netherlands East Indies . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 32]
Lilly Green
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at "Glynog", Caernarfonshire .[ 58]
Loreley
United Kingdom
The steamship was wrecked near the Sholpin Lighthouse, near Stolpemünde , Germany .[ 71] [ 72] She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough , Yorkshire to Pillau , Germany.[ 73]
Seth
Trieste
The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by the brig Meletos ( Norway ). Seth was on a voyage from Portland, Maine , United States to Falmouth, Cornwall , United Kingdom.[ 49]
Vascongada
Norway
The schooner was driven ashore at Tornby , Sweden. She was on a voyage from Porsgrund to Hartlepool , County Durham , United Kingdom.[ 58]
Voyager
United States
The full-rigged ship was presumed to have capsized and foundered with the loss of all hands on this date. She was on a voyage from New York to Bristol , Gloucestershire , United Kingdom.[ 74]
List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1878
Ship
State
Description
Beaver
United Kingdom
The steamship put in to Campbeltown , Argyllshire on fire. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to the Charente .[ 32]
Celestial Empire
United States
The clipper ship was abandoned during a voyage from Hamburg , Germany to New York .
Enterprise
United Kingdom
The ketch was wrecked at Newtown, Isle of Wight . She was on a voyage from London to Porthleven , Cornwall .[ 75]
Joan Cunllo
Spain
The steamship was driven ashore at Torre del Mar . Her crew were rescued.[ 76] She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Torre del Mar.[ 77]
Maria
United Kingdom
The ship grounded on her anchor, capsized and drove ashore at Barrow-in-Furness , Lancashire . She was on a voyage from Wicklow to Barrow in Furness.[ 78]
Martin Scott
United Kingdom
The full-rigged ship was driven ashore in the Columbia River She was on a voyage from Astoria, Oregon , United States to Port Chalmers , New Zealand.[ 78]
Royalist
United Kingdom
The floating police station was run into by Flying Venus ( United Kingdom ) at Blackwall, Middlesex and was severely damaged.[ 78]
Water Lily
United Kingdom
The ketch ran aground on the Cutler Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex . She was on a voyage from Goole , Yorkshire to London . She was refloated with assistance from the smack Violet ( United Kingdom ) and assisted in to Harwich , Essex.[ 32]
Unnamed
Flag unknown
The full-rigged ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (48°52′N 20°22′W / 48.867°N 20.367°W / 48.867; -20.367 ).[ 79]
List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1878
Ship
State
Description
Adelheid
Germany
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at the Sandhammaren , Sweden with the loss of three lives. She was on a voyage from Delfzijl , Groningen , Netherlands to Riga , Russia .[ 76]
Avon
United Kingdom
The trow was run into by the steamship J. M. Lennard ( United Kingdom ) and sank. Avon was on a voyage from Avonmouth , Somerset to Bristol , Gloucestershire .[ 76]
Emma
Italy
The barque ran aground at Queenstown, County Cork , United Kingdom .[ 76]
Hope
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Ayr .[ 75]
Iris
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Blakeney, Norfolk . She was on a voyage from Hartlepool , County Durham to Sheringham , Norfolk.[ 76]
Lafontaine
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked 18 nautical miles (33 km) from Elephant Point, Burma .[ 75]
Mathilde
Denmark
The ship ran aground south of Whitepoint, County Cork .[ 72]
Moldavia
United Kingdom
The steamship was wrecked near Dunraven Castle , Glamorgan . Her crew were rescued.[ 19]
List of shipwrecks: 23 February 1878
Ship
State
Description
Firebrick
United Kingdom
The steamship collided with the ironclad Independencia ( Imperial Brazilian Navy ) in the River Thames at Greenhithe , Kent and was damaged. Firebrick was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland . She put back to the Chalkstone's River for repairs.[ 59]
Henry Pelham
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore in the Ocracoke Inlet . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ipswich , Suffolk to Baltimore, Maryland , United States.[ 19]
Herbert Beech
United Kingdom
The full-rigged ship was driven ashore in the Beaufort River .[ 19]
Philip Suppicich
Germany
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in the Ockracoke Inlet with the loss of all twelve crew.[ 19] [ 81] [ 82] [ 83]
Podensac
France
The brig ran aground on the Richard Bank, in the Gironde . She was on a voyage from Guadeloupe to Bordeaux , Gironde .[ 19] She was refloated on 26 February and completed her voyage.[ 82]
St. Bernard
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore on Reedy Island , Delaware , United States. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , United States to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 19]
Sunnyside
United Kingdom
The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by the steamship State of Virginia ( United Kingdom ). Sunnyside was on a voyage from New York , United States to Penzance , Cornwall .[ 84]
List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1878
Ship
State
Description
Eliza Cornish
United Kingdom
The brigantine ran aground on the Shoebury Sand, in the Thames Estuary . She was refloated.[ 45]
Faith
Guernsey
The brig ran aground on the Shoebury Sand. She was on a voyage from Northfleet , Kent to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland .[ 45] [ 82]
Fife
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore in the Seine . She was on a voyage from Glasgow , Renfrewshire to Rouen , Seine-Inférieure , France.[ 38]
Hilda
United Kingdom
The brig ran aground on the Shoebury Sand, in the Thames Estuary . She was on a voyage from Grangemouth , Stirlingshire to London .[ 45] [ 82]
Providence
France
The schooner ran aground on the Wielingen Sandbank, in the North Sea off the coast of West Flanders , Belgium and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Requejada" to Antwerp , Belgium.[ 45] [ 59]
List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1878
Ship
State
Description
Cashier
Canada
The ship ran aground at Harwich , Essex , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Windsor, Nova Scotia to Ipswich , Suffolk , United Kingdom. She was refloated.[ 46]
Emanuele
Italy
The ship was wrecked at Genoa .[ 46] She was on a voyage from Jijel , Algeria to La Spezia .[ 89] [ 59]
La Fontaine
France
The ship was wrecked near Rangoon , Burma . She was on a voyage from Hyères , Var to Rangoon.[ 46]
Leonora
Belgium
The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by the barque Soflid ( Norway ). Leonora was on a voyage from New York , United States to Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom.[ 51]
Swinemünde
Germany
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Selsey , Sussex , United Kingdom. Her ten crew were rescued by the Selsey Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Pillau to Falmouth, Cornwall , United Kingdom.[ 46] [ 90]
Torca
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on the Jordan Bank, in Liverpool Bay . She was on a voyage from Garston, Lancashire to Dublin . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 46]
Velindra
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground in the River Avon downstream of Sea Mills , Gloucestershire . She was on a voyage from Bristol , Gloucestershire to Padstow , Cornwall .[ 46]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in February 1878
Ship
State
Description
Blanche
United Kingdom
The brig foundered at sea. Nine of her ten crew were rescued by an American schooner , the tenth was reported missing.[ 79]
Claudina
United Kingdom
The barque foundered off the west coast of the United States with the loss of all hands.[ 91]
Columbia
Norway
The ship was abandoned at sea before 27 February.[ 92]
Flower of Banff
United Kingdom
The schooner was wrecked on the Silloth Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Cumberland . Her crew survived.[ 93] She was on a voyage from Casablanca , Morocco to Silloth , Cumberland.[ 78]
Guiseppe Massone
Italy
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Henry , Virginia , United States. She was on a voyage from Belfast , County Antrim , United Kingdom to Baltimore, Maryland , United States.[ 40]
Jennie Sweeney
United States
The ship was driven ashore on "Watompkin Island". She was on a voyage from Galveston, Texas to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania . She had been refloated by 11 February and taken in tow.[ 68]
Kianchang
China
The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hankou .[ 41]
La Baptistine
France
The ship was driven ashore at "Faraman". She was on a voyage from Larache , Morocco to Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône . She was refloated and taken in to "Havre".[ 7]
La Belle
United States
The steamship sank at the mouth of the Red River of the South .[ 83]
La Fontaine
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked near Rangoon , Burma . She was on a voyage from Hyères , Var to Rangoon.[ 94]
Madone
France
The ship was wrecked on the Turneffe Atoll .[ 61]
Maggie Armstrong
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Porto Torres , Sardinia , Italy . Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Nice , Alpes-Maritimes , France to Faro, Portugal .[ 15]
Malta
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on Bermuda before 16 February. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan , Ayrshire to the Delaware Breakwater , United States.[ 43]
Martha Jane
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Mobile, Alabama , United States. She was on a voyage from Queenstown, County Cork to Mobile.[ 41]
Mary Ella
United States
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 24 February.[ 95]
Olaf Trygveson
Norway
The steamship ran aground on the Kalosand. She was refloated and taken in to Tromsø .[ 61]
Olinka
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Kish Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Dublin before 18 February.[ 62]
Telegraph
New Zealand
The 15-ton cutter stranded at the entrance to Kaipara Harbour during bad weather, and broke up. All crew survived.[ 54]
Terrible
Regia Marina
The frigate ran aground near Thessaloniki , Greece before 14 February. She was refloated.[ 96] [ 97]
Union
Austria-Hungary
The barque was wrecked in the Cayman Islands . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Martinique to New Orleans, Louisiana , United States.[ 76]
Universe
United States
The ship was abandoned at sea before 18 February with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Antwerp , Belgium to Philadelphia.[ 58]
Vanadis
Sweden
The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Java , Netherlands East Indies to the English Channel . She was refloated and taken in to "Panarookun", Netherlands East Indies.[ 35]
Unnamed
Greece
The brig ran aground near Algeciras , Spain. She was refloated.[ 18]
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