List of shipwrecks in 1876
Appearance
The list of shipwrecks in 1876 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1876.
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January
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February
3 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Surprise | United States | The A A Low & Brother-owned clipper ran aground and was wrecked at Kaneda Bay, Tokyo, Japan. |
17 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Halifax | United Kingdom | The passenger-cargo steamship ran ashore at Heligoland. She broke up in a storm on 15 March.[1] |
28 February
Ship | State | Description |
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Reverie | Guernsey | The smack capsized in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all hands.[2] |
March
3 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Carrier Dove (clipper) | United States | The Montell & Company-owned clipper ran aground at Stone Horse Shoals, near Tybee Island, Georgia. |
Carrier Dove (schooner) | Canada | The schooner was swept from her moorings and dragged underneath another schooner on the American side of Lake Ontario. |
13 March
Ship | State | Description |
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France | United Kingdom | The barque was in collision with the brig Eliza B ( United Kingdom) in the Bristol Channel off Oxwich, Glamorgan and sank with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Eliza B.[2] |
15 March
Ship | State | Description |
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Halifax | United Kingdom | The passenger-cargo steamship, aground at Heligoland since 17 February, broke up in a storm.[3] |
April
22 April
Ship | State | Description |
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Dunraven | United Kingdom | The steamship struck a reef and sank in the Red Sea approaches to the Suez Canal. |
June
14 June
Ship | State | Description |
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Geltwood | United Kingdom | The John Sprott-owned barque struck a reef, capsized and sank near the town of Southend, South Australia at 37°37′36″S 140°10′51″E / 37.62667°S 140.18083°E |
July
15 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Acme | New South Wales | The Davis & Copper-owned schooner ran aground on Seal Rocks, New South Wales. |
20 July
Ship | State | Description |
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Mohawk | United States | The private yacht capsized and sank on her maiden voyage in New York Harbor off Stapleton, Staten Island, during a squall with the loss of all passengers and crew. She was later raised, repaired, and renamed Eagre and served with the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey and United States Navy. |
August
24 August
Ship | State | Description |
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C F Funch | Belgium | The Steinmann, Ludwig & Co. owned steamship had a cargo fire. The ship was beached and broke in two at Rammekens, Netherlands.[4] |
September
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October
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November
20 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Delloye Matthieu | Belgium | The Alexandre Smyers & Co. owned steamship ran aground at Ostergarnholm, Sweden. 11 crew lost.[4] |
30 November
Ship | State | Description |
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Mary | United States | The paddle steamer ran aground and was wrecked at Aransas Pass, Texas. All on board were rescued.[5] |
December
1 December
Ship | State | Description |
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Georgette | Western Australia | The steamship sank in storm in Calgardup Bay, Western Australia, with the loss of 12 lives. |
9 December
Ship | State | Description |
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Woodham | United Kingdom | The steamship sank in the Atlantic Ocean 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Lisbon, Portugal. She was en route from Odessa, Russia, to Fremantle, Western Australia. |
11 December
Ship | State | Description |
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Celinia | France | The lugger type ship traveling from Saint Malo (Brittany, France) to St Helier Jersey Channel islands which ran aground and broke at the foot of Elizabeth Castle, near the port.[6] |
Unknown date
Ship | State | Description |
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USS Delaware | United States Navy | The decommissioned screw steamer sank at the New York Navy Yard in Brooklyn, New York, sometime in 1876. Her wreck was sold for scrapping in February 1877. |
Harvest Queen | United States | The packet ship sank with the loss of all on board after colliding with the ocean liner Adriatic ( United Kingdom) in the Irish Channel. |
Lammermuir | United Kingdom | The clipper had departed Adelaide on 10 November 1876, bound for London, and she was lost with no further trace. |
References
- ^ "Wreck of a steamer at Heligoland". York Herald. England. 18 March 1876. Retrieved 11 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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- ^ "SV Celinia (+1876)". wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 26 August 2015.