The LSWR Channel Packet from Southampton, foundered on Platte Boue rock with 92 survivors. Passengers were put ashore on Amfroque; the wreck was found lying across that of Waverley (United Kingdom), which had hit the same rock in 1873.[7][8][9]
Artist's impression of the wreck of SS Gothenburg.The McMerkan, Blackwood and Company steamship foundered off the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. At least 98 lives lost.
The 53-ton schooner sailed from Lyttelton Harbour, New Zealand, on 1 March. Wreckage from the ship was discovered in mid-March close to the northwestern tip of the South Island and two bodies, one believed to have been of the ship's captain, were found washed ashore on Farewell Spit towards the end of the month.[10]
A fierce gale and heavy swell hit the New Zealand port of Timaru, where the 203-ton schooner was at anchor. While attempting to leave the roadstead she became enfouled and drifted onto rocks, becoming a total wreck.[10] Two other ships were wrecked at Timaru on 9 May during the same storm (see below)
The 527-ton barque succumbed to the same storm at Timaru, New Zealand, that also wrecked the Elderslie and the Princess Alice (qv). The Cyrene took on water during the early part of the storm, and in the early hours of 9 May her cable parted and she ran aground and was wrecked. Her crew of 12 were landed safely.[13]
The 267-ton brig succumbed to the same storm at Timaru, New Zealand, that also wrecked the Elderslie and the Cyrene (qv). Her anchor dragged and she found herself close to shore. He cable then parted and she was thrown among the breakers. The captain ordered her to be run ashore to save the lives of those on board, all of whom were safely rescued.[13]
The 59-ton schooner was one of three schooners which were driven ashore while trying to stand to sea for safety during a severe gale at Timaru, New Zealand. The other two ships, Elibanks Castle and Wild Wave, were both successfully refloated and all their crews survived, but Success became a total wreck close to the mouth of the Ashburton River, and the ships crew of four were all lost.[14]
The 29-ton cutter was discovered floating empty and abandoned off the east coast of New Zealand's North Island. Only one of the crew of three survived, who came ashore near Mokau. The ship had sprung a leak and was labouring in a heavy swell when the mast gave way. The crew took to the ship's boat, but it capsized and the other two crew members were drowned.[16]
The W. M. Hanna and George W. Chapin (Cleveland, Ohio)-owned commercial wooden propeller ship collided with Manitoba (flag unknown) at Whitefish Bay of Lake Superior and sank. Ten lives were lost.
The Barque stranded south of Milwaukee, Wisconsin in a Gale. She sank in 20 feet of water, later breaking up. Her Captain drowned. The rest of her crew was rescued.[21]
The 55-ton schooner was discovered wrecked and stranded to the north of the entrance to the Kaipara Harbour, with no sign of crew on board. The bodies of two of the five crew washed up several days later. Tawera had sailed from Foxton and was en route to Kaipara Harbour.[22]
The wreck of Ellen Southard The full-rigged ship, owned by T. J. Southard of Maine, was wrecked in a hurricane at the mouth of the River Mersey, Liverpool, England and broke up. Her captain, his wife, six other crewmen, the pilot and three rescuers were killed when a large wave capsized the lifeboat. 12 rescuers and 8 crewmen survived the capsizing. The United States Congress awarded 27 first-class gold Lifesaving Medals to the local lifeboat men.[24]
The 204-ton steamer hit rocks and foundered near Taiaroa Head while trying to enter Otago Harbour, New Zealand, in a thick fog. She was en route from Timaru to Dunedin. All crew and passengers were saved.[26]
The 452-ton ship from Naples struck the Seven Stones Reef while bound from Montevideo for Dundee with scrap iron and bones. She managed to reach Crow Bar in the Isles of Scilly and sank in the shallows. She was later refloated.[5]
The Template:Sclass-, in use as a pauper training ship for workhouse boys, was destroyed by fire at Grays, Essex, England.[33] Of the approximately 500 on board, 23 of the boys were killed.
The 60-ton steamer struck a reef at the northern end of The Catlins, New Zealand, while en route from Dunedin to Port Molyneux, and became a total wreck. The crew abandoned ship in the longboat and made landfall near the mouth of the Catlins River.[28]
The 14-ton cutter left Tauranga with a cargo of coal for Auckland with two crew in mid-September. Her hulk was discovered floating close to Kennedy Bay on 16 October.[28]
The cutter struck rocks while trying to enter the Pleasant River near Palmerston, New Zealand, sometime in the middle of 1875, and was wrecked. All hands survived.[16]
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