List of shipwrecks in 1875
The list of shipwrecks in 1875 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1875.
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| Ship | State | Description |
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| A. C. Bird | United States | The steamboat sank in the Missouri River at Liberty Landing, below the mouth of the Kansas River, apparently in 1875.[1] |
| Alfred | Germany | The brig was wrecked on Bonham Atoll, in the Marshall Islands. Her crew were rescued.[2] |
| Amberes | Spain | The steamship sank at Santander. |
| Aurora | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire at sea. All on board were rescued by Melmerly ( United Kingdom). Aurora was on a voyage from Adelaide, South Australia to a British port.[3] |
| Blonde | New Zealand | 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.[4] |
| Clevedon | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire after 15 June. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Valparaíso, Chile.[5] |
| Comet | United States | The 350-ton bark left Port Chalmers, New Zealand, on 27 February bound for Hobart, Tasmania with a 13-man crew, and was not seen again.[6] |
| Cora | Flag unknown | The schooner was lost in the vicinity of "Squan Beach," a term used at the time for the coast of New Jersey near Manasquan and sometimes for the 7-mile (11 km) stretch of coast between Manasquan Inlet and Cranberry Inlet or for the entire coast of New Jersey between Sea Girt and Barnegat Inlet.[7] |
| Dunbrody | United Kingdom | The barque foundered off the coast of Labrador, Newfoundland Colony. |
| Eleanor | New Zealand | 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.[8] |
| Enjema | Germany | The ship was abandoned at sea after 17 June. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Guayaquil, Ecuador.[9] |
| Faveur | Denmark | The barque foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands after 6 October.[10] |
| Le Baron | United Kingdom | The barque caught fire at sea and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Valparaíso, Chile.[11] |
| M. J. Forsha | Flag unknown | The sloop was lost in the vicinity of "Squan Beach," a term used at the time for the coast of New Jersey near Manasquan and sometimes for the 7-mile (11 km) stretch of coast between Manasquan Inlet and Cranberry Inlet or for the entire coast of New Jersey between Sea Girt and Barnegat Inlet.[7] |
| New Wabeno | Flag unknown | The ship was abandoned at sea after 22 July.[5] Her crew were rescued by the steamship Sorata (Flag unknown).[12] |
| Patmos | United Kingdom | The barque caught fire at sea and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Hull to Valparaíso.[11] |
| Prince Alfred | United Kingdom | The barque foundered in the Pacific Ocean before 4 May. At least some of her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Mejillones, Chile to London.[13][14] |
| Rathfern | United Kingdom | The ship was presumed to have foundered with the loss of all 36 crew.[15] |
| Stella | Germany | The barque was driven ashore at Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.[16] |
| Strathmore | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire in the South Atlantic between 19 April and 30 August with the loss of all 40 crew and 150–200 passengers. She was on a voyage from London to Otago, New Zealand.[17][18][19] |
| The Queen | Flag unknown | The steamer was lost in the vicinity of "Squan Beach," a term used at the time for the coast of New Jersey near Manasquan and sometimes for the 7-mile (11 km) stretch of coast between Manasquan Inlet and Cranberry Inlet or for the entire coast of New Jersey between Sea Girt and Barnegat Inlet.[7] |
References
Notes
- ^ Martin, George W., ed., Transactions of the Kansas State Historical Society 1905–1906, Volume 9, Topeka, Kansas: State Printing Office, 1906, p. 297.
- ^ "Shipping". Liverpool Mercury. No. 8470. Liverpool. 12 March 1875.
- ^ "(untitled)". Essex Standard. Vol. 45, no. 2330. Colchester. 20 August 1875. p. 8.
- ^ Ingram & Wheatley, p. 202.
- ^ a b "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard. No. 15981. London. 15 October 1875. p. 7.
- ^ Ingram & Wheatley, p. 197.
- ^ a b c "njscuba.net "Lavallette Wreck"". Archived from the original on 2020-02-23. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
- ^ Ingram & Wheatley, p. 200.
- ^ "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard. No. 15994. London. 30 October 1875. p. 7.
- ^ "Wrecks on the Northumberland Coast. Supposed Loss of a Grimsby Steamer". Leeds Mercury. No. 11749. Leeds. 6 December 1875.
- ^ a b "Shipping Intelligence". Glasgow Herald. No. 11499. Glasgow. 1 November 1876.
- ^ "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard. No. 15982. London. 16 October 1875. p. 7.
- ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 28309. London. 7 May 1875. col. F, p. 7.
- ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 28323. London. 24 May 1875. col. B, p. 14.
- ^ "Shipping Disasters". York Herald. No. 5879. York. 11 December 1875. p. 6.
- ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 28272. London. 25 March 1875. col. F, p. 6.
- ^ "Shipping Items". Hull Packet. No. 4700. Hull. 24 September 1875.
- ^ "Shipping Disasters". Liverpool Mercury. No. 8674. Liverpool. 5 November 1875.
- ^ "Summary". York Herald. No. 5848. York. 5 November 1875.
Bibliography
- Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association.