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The list of shipwrecks in 1869 includes
ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during
1869 .
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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in 1869
Ship
State
Description
A. S. Ruthven
United States
The
screw steamer was lost during 1869.
[1]
Ann
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the
South Atlantic before 2 November. She was on a voyage from "Burbosand" to
London .
[2]
Ann Corbett
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 .
[3]
Avonmore
United Kingdom
Anchored off Sharp's Nose in the parish of
Morwenstow ,
Cornwall ,
England , where the captain ordered the three masts to be cut down. She drifted on to the rocks below
Hawker's Hut , close to Higher Sharpnose Point. Seven out of twenty-two crew died. She was en route from
Cardiff to
Montevideo with coal.
[4]
Early Morn
United Kingdom
The ship departed from
Dundee ,
Forfarshire for
Singapore ,
Straits Settlements . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
[5]
Elizabeth
Newfoundland Colony
The
sealer was sunk by ice off the coast of
Labrador .
[6]
[7]
Emerald
Newfoundland Colony
The
sealer was sunk by ice off the coast of Labrador.
[6]
[7]
Falstaff
France
The
brig ran aground off the coast of Africa She was on a voyage from
Old Calabar to
Liverpool ,
Lancashire ,
United Kingdom . She was refloated a month later.
[8]
Glendower
United Kingdom
The ship foundered between 14 April and 17 June. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Bassein ,
India to a British port.
[9]
[10]
Ines
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at
Carrizal Bajo , Chile. She was on a voyage from Carrizal Bajo to
Swansea ,
Glamorgan .
[11]
Italian
United Kingdom
The
cargo ship ran aground and was wrecked at
Cape Finisterre ,
Spain .
[12]
Jabez Howes
United States
The
sloop was lost sometime prior to 10 July 1869 in the waters of the
Department of Alaska at a location identified as the "Black Fox Islands" – possibly a reference to the
Fox Islands group in the eastern
Aleutian Islands .
[13]
Miss Preston
United Kingdom
The
barque was wrecked in the
Sunda Strait between 17 February and 4 July. She was on her maiden voyage, from
Sunderland, County Durham to Singapore.
[14]
[15]
[16]
M. M. Merriman
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 .
[3]
Packet
Newfoundland Colony
The
sealer was wrecked at
Twillingate .
[17]
Peruvia
United States
The ship was wrecked on "Vries Island",
Japan .
[18]
Primrose Bank
Newfoundland Colony
The
sealer was sunk by ice off the coast of Labrador.
[6]
[7]
Propontis
United Kingdom
The
steamship was severely damaged by an onboard explosion in the
Bay of Biscay between 29 July and 4 August. She was on a voyage from
Cardiff , Glamorgan to
Constantinople ,
Ottoman Empire . she put back to the
River Mersey .
[19]
R. C. Waldron
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 .
[3]
Selah Hutton
Newfoundland Colony
The
sealer , a
brigantine , was wrecked on the coast of Labrador.
[7]
[17]
Volunteer
Newfoundland Colony
The
sealer , a
brig , was wrecked on the coast of Labrador.
[7]
[17]
References
Notes
^
Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: A. S. Ruthven
^ "Shipping". Liverpool Mercury . No. 6872. Liverpool. 2 February 1870.
^
a
b
c
"njscuba.net "Lavallette Wreck" " . Archived from
the original on 23 February 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020 .
^
Historic England .
"Avonmore (1062382)" . Research records (formerly PastScape) . Retrieved 8 April 2014 .
^ "Supposed Loss of Two Dundee Vessels and their Crews". Dundee Courier . No. 5166. Dundee. 21 February 1870.
^
a
b
c "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard . No. 13958. London. 29 April 1869. p. 7.
^
a
b
c
d
e "The Seal Fisheries". Hull Packet . No. 4396. Hull. 30 April 1869.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". Daily News . No. 7318. London. 14 October 1869.
^ "Shipping". Liverpool Mercury . No. 6679. Liverpool. 22 June 1869.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". Daily News . No. 7221. London. 23 June 1869.
^ "Shipping". Liverpool Mercury . No. 6716. Liverpool. 4 August 1869.
^
"Italian" . The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017 .
^
alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (J)
^ "Shipping Disasters". Liverpool Mercury . No. 6694. Liverpool. 9 July 1869.
^
"THE SUNDERLAND SITE - PAGE 095, SHIPBUILDERS - PAGE 31" . Searle. Retrieved 28 October 2020 .
^ "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard . No. 14019. London. 9 July 1869. p. 7.
^
a
b
c "Four Vessels and Seven Lives Lost". Bradford Observer . No. 2003. Bradford. 24 May 1869. p. 4.
^ "Shipping Disasters and Loss of Life". The Times . No. 26565. London. 11 October 1869. col D, p. 5.
^ "Shipping Disasters". Liverpool Mercury . No. 6716. Liverpool. 4 August 1869.
Shipwrecks 1860–69, by month
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