List of shipwrecks in 1876

The list of shipwrecks in 1876 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1876.

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1876
Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec
Unknown date


February

3 February

List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1876
ShipCountryDescription
Surprise  United States The A A Low & Brother-owned clipper ran aground and was wrecked at Kaneda Bay, Tokyo, Japan.

17 February

List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1876
ShipCountryDescription
Halifax United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland United Kingdom The passenger-cargo steamship ran ashore at Heligoland. She broke up in a storm on 15 March.[1]

28 February

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1876
ShipCountryDescription
Reverie United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey The smack capsized in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all hands.[2]

March

3 March

List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1876
ShipCountryDescription
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

List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1876
ShipCountryDescription
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

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1876
ShipCountryDescription
Halifax United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland United Kingdom The passenger-cargo steamship, aground at Heligoland since 17 February, broke up in a storm.[3]

April

22 April

List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1876
ShipCountryDescription
Dunraven  United Kingdom The steamship struck a reef and sank in the Red Sea approaches to the Suez Canal.

June

14 June

List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1876
ShipCountryDescription
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 / -37.62667; 140.18083

July

15 July

List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1876
ShipCountryDescription
Acme  New South Wales The Davis & Copper-owned schooner ran aground on Seal Rocks, New South Wales.

20 July

List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1876
ShipCountryDescription
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

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1876
ShipCountryDescription
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]

November

20 November

List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1876
ShipCountryDescription
Delloye Matthieu  Belgium The Alexandre Smyers & Co. owned steamship ran aground at Ostergarnholm, Sweden. 11 crew lost.[4]

30 November

List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1876
ShipCountryDescription
Mary  United States The paddle steamer ran aground and was wrecked at Aransas Pass, Texas. All on board were rescued.[5]

December

1 December

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1876
ShipCountryDescription
Georgette  Western Australia The steamship sank in storm in Calgardup Bay, Western Australia, with the loss of 12 lives.

9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1876
ShipCountryDescription
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

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1876
ShipCountryDescription
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

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1876
ShipCountryDescription
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

  1. ↑ "Wreck of a steamer at Heligoland". York Herald. England. 18 March 1876. Retrieved 11 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  2. 1 2 Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "Wreck of a steamer at Heligoland". York Herald. England. 18 March 1876. Retrieved 11 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  4. 1 2 "Belgian Merchant A-G" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
  5. ↑ {{Cite web url=https://www.boem.gov/Environmental-Stewardship/Archaeology/19th-Century-Steamships.aspx |title=19th Century Steamships |publisher=Bureau of Ocean Energy Management |accessdate=17 July 2018 }}
  6. ↑ "SV Celinia (+1876)". wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 26 Aug 2015.
Ship events in 1876
Ship launches: 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881
Ship commissionings: 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881
Ship decommissionings: 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881
Shipwrecks: 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881
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