List of shipwrecks in 1870

The list of shipwrecks in 1870 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1870.

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1870
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January

2 January
List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1870
ShipCountryDescription
Eliza  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all hands.[1]

4 January
List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1870
ShipCountryDescription
USS Maria  United States Navy The paddle tug collided with the monitor USS Miantonomoh ( United States Navy) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.[2]

14 January
List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1870
ShipCountryDescription
Laughing Water  New South Wales The 411-ton barque, carrying coal from New South Wales to Port Chalmers, hit a submerged rock and sank during a gale south of Te Waewae Bay, New Zealand, on the western approaches to Foveaux Strait. All fifteen on board survived, reaching the mainland near Orepuki in a longboat, though the ship's mate was lost overboard in the same storm two days before the ship was holed.[3]

16 January
List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1870
ShipCountryDescription
Laura  United Kingdom The vessel sprang a leak and foundered in the English Channel 9 nautical miles (17 km) south of Bridport, Dorset. Her nine crew were rescued.[4]

19 January
List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1870
ShipCountryDescription
Persevere  New Zealand The paddle steamer went aground and was wrecked on a bar at the mouth of the Hokitika River.[5]

24 January
List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1870
ShipCountryDescription
USS Oneida  United States Navy
Illustration of the sinking of USS Oneida from 19 March 1870 edition of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper.
The sloop-of-war collided with Bombay ( United Kingdom) off Yokohama, Japan and sank with the loss of 125 of her 216 crew. Survivors were rescued by Japanese fishing boats.

28 January
List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1870
ShipCountryDescription
City of Boston  United Kingdom Departed Halifax, Nova Scotia for Liverpool. No further trace, possibly foundered in a storm on 30 January.

30 January
List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1870
ShipCountryDescription
Cruiser  United Kingdom The paddle tug ran aground in Porlock Bay. She subsequently broke up.[6]

February

1 February
List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1870
ShipCountryDescription
Brunette  United States During a voyage from New York City to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the 274-gross ton steam screw cargo ship sank with the loss of two lives six minutes after colliding with the steamer Santiago de Cuba (flag unknown) in the North Atlantic Ocean off Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey, in 75 feet (23 m) of water. There were 11 survivors. Brunette′s wreck is known as the "Doorknob Wreck."[7]

2 February
List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1870
ShipCountryDescription
Marwell  New Zealand The 28-ton cutter hit rocks near Tiritiri Matangi Island in the Hauraki Gulf while laden with kauri gum and timber.[5]

March

2 March
List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1870
ShipCountryDescription
Shōhei Maru  Imperial Japanese Navy The sailing frigate was wrecked on a sandbar at 41°52′N 140°07′E off what is now Kaminokuni, Hokkaidō, Japan, after a storm.

11 March
List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1870
ShipCountryDescription
Hera  Norway The 440-ton barque was run ashore at Port Underwood, New Zealand when she was found to be on fire, and was destroyed.[5]

13 March
List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1870
ShipCountryDescription
Challenge  New Zealand The 57-ton schooner was wrecked on the bar at the mouth of the Manukau Harbour, New Zealand, when the wind dropped while she was crossing the bar.[8]

17 March
List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1870
ShipCountryDescription
Normandy  United Kingdom The paddle-wheel mail steamer sank with the loss of 10 lives in the English Channel 20 miles from The Needles after colliding with the screw steamship Mary (flag unknown). Mary rescued 50 survivors.

23 March
List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1870
ShipCountryDescription
Falcon  New Zealand The 42-ton schooner was ran aground and was wrecked at Opunake, New Zealand.[5]

April

1 April
List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1870
ShipCountryDescription
Favourite  New Zealand The 59-ton paddle steamer ran aground at Ahipara, New Zealand, during a gale. It is likely she was the same ship that collided with the Pride of the Yarra in July 1863.[9]

8 April
List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1870
ShipCountryDescription
Polly  New Zealand The 12-ton cutter was destroyed by fire at Whangaruru.[8]

Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date April 1870
ShipCountryDescription
Isabella Jackson  New Zealand The 40-ton schooner left Wellington laden with coal for Lyttelton on 28 April and was not seen again.[8]

May

9 May
List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1870
ShipCountryDescription
HMS Slaney  Royal Navy The Algerine-class gunboat was wrecked in the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea during a typhoon.

25 May
List of shipwrecks: 25 May 1870
ShipCountryDescription
Rapid  New Zealand The 31-ton schooner was wrecked after it stranded at the mouth of the Manawatu River.[8]

27 May
List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1870
ShipCountryDescription
Folly  New Zealand The 17-ton ketch was lost after becoming stranded on a bar at the mouth of the Waimakariri River.[8]

Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1870
ShipCountryDescription
Joseph Hume  United Kingdom The ship foundered on or about 10 May with some loss of life.[10]

June

1 June
List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1870
ShipCountryDescription
Cremorne  United States The clipper passed through the Golden Gate bound for Liverpool, England. No further trace.

7 June
List of shipwrecks: 7 June 1870
ShipCountryDescription
Layard  Victoria The 175-ton brig parted her cable and became grounded on a reef near Timaru, New Zealand, where she was headed with a cargo of coal from Newcastle, New South Wales. Her crew reached shore safely but the vessel subsequently broke up.[11]

8 June
List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1870
ShipCountryDescription
Ruby  New Zealand The 24-ton schooner stranded on rocks and became wrecked at Kaikoura during a heavy storm.[8]

9 June
List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1870
ShipCountryDescription
Lizzy  New Zealand The 20-ton cutter was driven ashore and wrecked at Opunake during a gale.[8]

17 June
List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1870
ShipCountryDescription
Forward  Canada Battle of Boca Teacapan: The steamship, which had been seized by Mexican pirates and was in use as a pirate ship, was beached in the Teacapan Estuary at Boca Teacapan, Sinaloa, Mexico, when she was destroyed by United States Navy and United States Marine Corps personnel manning six boats – a howitzer-equipped launch and five cutters – from the sloop-of-war USS Mohican ( United States Navy).

23 June
List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1870
ShipCountryDescription
Mary  United Kingdom The schooner was in collision with the steamship Sheldrake ( United Kingdom) and sank with the loss of one life. Survivors were rescued by Sheldrake, which lost a crew member in the accident. Mary was on a voyage from Barrow in Furness, Lancashire to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[1]

27 June
List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1870
ShipCountryDescription
Jane  New Zealand The 37-ton schooner sank off Chamberlin's (Ponui) Island during a gale, with the loss of one life. An inquiry ruled that the boat had been overladen..[12]
Young America  New Zealand The schooner was driven ashore close to the mouth of the Wairau River during a gale, and became a wreck.[12]

Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date June 1870
ShipCountryDescription
Buena Vista  United States The vessel was lost in the Gulf of Alaska.[13]

July

10 July
List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1870
ShipCountryDescription
Esther Ann  New Zealand The 30-ton schooner was hit by a sudden gale. She was hit broadside by a heavy sea and washed inshore near the mouth of the Hollyford River, New Zealand.[12]

23 July
List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1870
ShipCountryDescription
Enterprise  New Zealand The ketch was destroyed after colliding with the steamer Tauranga in Hauraki Gulf. The crew survived in the ship's longboat. The Tauranga was also lost several days later as a result of the accident (see below).[14]

26 July
List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1870
ShipCountryDescription
Fusi Yama  United Kingdom Fusi Yama was run into and sunk off Lizard Point in the English Channel by the American Ship Liverpool. She sank in only a few minuets after the collision.[15]

Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1870
ShipCountryDescription
Emily  South Australia The two-masted schooner was wrecked at Indented Head, Victoria.[16]
HMS Maeander  Royal Navy The sailing frigate foundered in a gale in the South Atlantic Ocean off Ascension Island at 7°54′45″S 14°24′24″W.
Tauranga  New Zealand The steamer collided with the ketch Enterprise in the Hauraki Gulf on 23 July (see above), and continued on its course apparently unscathed, but failed to arrive at its destination. Nothing was ever found of the 18 people on board, though a dog, thought to be that of the ship's captain, was rescued from Sail Rock, near Bream Bay at the end of July. On 4 August a lifeboat probably belonging to the Tauranga was found capsized near Pakiri.[14]

August

24 August
List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1870
ShipCountryDescription
Constant  New Zealand The 13-ton ketch was hit by a roller while attempting to cross the bar of the Grey River mouth at low tide. Only one of the three men on board survived.[17]

26 August
List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1870
ShipCountryDescription
Almira  United States The 310-ton whaling ship was stove in by ice and lost in the Arctic Ocean near Point Barrow on the north coast of the Territory of Alaska.[18]

28 August
List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1870
ShipCountryDescription
Hibernia  United States The 256-ton ship was wrecked on the Chukchi Sea coast of the Territory of Alaska about 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) southwest of Point Barrow after ice punched a hole in her bow. Her wreck later was sold at auction.[19]

Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in August 1870
ShipCountryDescription
Pilot  South Australia The three-masted schooner was wrecked on the coast of New Caledonia.[16]

September

5 September
List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1870
ShipCountryDescription
HMS Trinculo  Royal Navy The Britomart-class gunboat collided with the steamer SS Moratin ( Spain) off Estepona, Spain, and was wrecked.[20]

6 September
List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1870
ShipCountryDescription
HMS Captain  Royal Navy The masted turret ship capsized and sank in a gale in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Finisterre, Spain, with the loss of approximately 480 lives. There were 27 survivors.

14 September
List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1870
ShipCountryDescription
Kate  New Zealand The 46-ton ketch was inundated when it stuck on the bar of the Catlins River, New Zealand..[17]

21 September
List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1870
ShipCountryDescription
Sturt  New Zealand The 104-ton paddle steamer became a wreck after stranding on the bar at Kaiapoi, New Zealand.[21]

October

10 October
List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1870
ShipCountryDescription
Japan  New South Wales The 140-foot (42.7 m) whaling barque was lost in a gale and heavy fog on the coast of Siberia 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) northwest of East Cape.[22]

12 October
List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1870
ShipCountryDescription
Brigand  United Kingdom The schooner was in collision with another vessel off The Mumbles, Glamorgan, Wales, and foundered. Her crew were rescued by the tug Pero Gomez ( United Kingdom).[1]
Joseph et Marie flag unknown The schooner foundered off Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sardinia, Italy to Swansea.[1]
Key West  United States The merchanr steamer ran aground off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, and was wrecked..

16 October
List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1870
ShipCountryDescription
Sydney  United Kingdom
Memorial to those lost on the Sydney
Wrecked off Glen Head, Sturrall, Donegal, Ireland.

19 October
List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1870
ShipCountryDescription
Cambria  United Kingdom The passenger-cargo steamship was wrecked off the Giant's Causeway, Ireland.

24 October
List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1870
ShipCountryDescription
Mabel  United Kingdom The brig foundered in the North Sea. Her nine crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Danzig.[23]

26 October
List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1870
ShipCountryDescription
Kennet  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridport, Dorset.[4]

29 October
List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1870
ShipCountryDescription
USS Saginaw  United States Navy
Wreck of USS Saginaw
The sidewheel sloop-of-war was wrecked in the Pacific Ocean off Kure Atoll.

November

17 November
List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1870
ShipCountryDescription
Seraing  Belgium Wrecked near Björkösund, Gulf of Finland.[24]

29 November
List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1870
ShipCountryDescription
Union  Germany The Norddeutscher Lloyd mail steamer, Bremen for New York with 310 passengers, after repairing engine in heavy weather, stranded off Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire. All passengers, 112 crew and mails were landed in boats.[25] The ship later broke up.[26]

December

6 December
List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1870
ShipCountryDescription
Supply  New Zealand The cutter was wrecked close to Pencarrow Head in a northwesterly gale while en route from Havelock, New Zealand to Wellington.[27]

9 December
List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1870
ShipCountryDescription
Dasher  United Kingdom The pilot cutter struck the Tusker Rock in the Bristol Channel and was wrecked. Her three crew were rescued by Good Deliverance ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[1]

15 December
List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1870
ShipCountryDescription
HMS Psyche  Royal Navy The paddle dispatch vessel was wrecked in the Mediterranean Sea off Catania, Sicily, Italy.

24 December
List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1870
ShipCountryDescription
Ulpiano  Spain The barque was stranded on Süderoogsand, Föhr, Germany 54.425°N 8.478889°E / 54.425; 8.478889[28]

27 December
List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1870
ShipCountryDescription
Betsy Douglas  New Zealand The schooner foundered off Charleston, New Zealand, probably after being holed on a rock.[27]

Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: unknown date 1870
ShipCountryDescription
B. C. Schriviner 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.[29]
Betsy  New Zealand The cutter left Napier bound for Auckland and was never seen again.[27]
Gilman D. King 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.[29]
John Collins 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.[29]
Lizzie Lane 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.[29]
Myrtle  United States The schooner was wrecked in the Aleutian Islands late in 1870.[30]
Scudd 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.[29]

References

Notes
  1. Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  2. "Maria". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
  3. Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 167–168.
  4. "Historical List of Shipwrecks at Chesil Beach & from Bridport to Lyme Regis". Burton Bradstock Online. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  5. Ingram & Wheatley, p. 168.
  6. "Cruiser". Tyne Tugs. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  7. njscuba.net Brunette ("Doorknob Wreck")
  8. Ingram & Wheatley, p. 169.
  9. Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 168–169.
  10. "No. 23709". The London Gazette. 24 February 1871. p. 706.
  11. Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 169–170.
  12. Ingram & Wheatley, p. 170.
  13. alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (B)
  14. Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 170–171.
  15. MacGregor, David R. (1983). The Tea Clippers, Their History and Development 1833-1875. Conway Maritime Press Limited. pp. 213–216. ISBN 0 85177 256 0.
  16. "Major Vessels Built at the Tasmanian Government Dockyards" (PDF). Keyportarthur. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  17. Ingram & Wheatley, p. 171.
  18. alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (A)
  19. alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (H)
  20. wrecksite.eu HMS Trinculo (+1870)
  21. Ingram & Wheatley, p. 171–172.
  22. alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (J)
  23. "SHIPS BUILT AT SUNDERLAND IN THE 1830s". Searle. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  24. "Belgian Merchant P-Z" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
  25. "The Shipwreck of the German Steamship "Union"". The Aberdeen Journal (6413). 7 December 1870. p. 6.
  26. "Breaking up of the steamer Union". The Dundee Courier & Argus (5417). 12 December 1870. p. [3].
  27. Ingram & Wheatley, p. 172.
  28. Das Meer legt die "Ulpiano" frei Archived 2013-01-19 at the Wayback Machine (German)
  29. njscuba.net "Lavallette Wreck"
  30. alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (M)

Bibliography
  • Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association.

Ship events in 1870
Ship launches: 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875
Ship commissionings: 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875
Ship decommissionings: 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875
Shipwrecks: 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875
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