Ship |
State |
Description
|
Aleuta
|
Imperial Russian Navy
|
The
schooner was wrecked on "Matsma Island" in late 1877.
[1]
|
Alpha
|
United Kingdom
|
The
barque was destroyed by fire at sea between 13 September and 30 November. Her cfrew were rescued by the
barque Kohinoor (
United Kingdom). Alpha was on a voyage from
Liverpool,
Lancashire to
Valparaíso, Chile.
[2]
|
Camelia
|
United Kingdom
|
The
barque struck a sunken rock and foundered off the
Isla de Flores, Uruguay. Her crew were rescued.
[3]
|
Ceres
|
Norway
|
The
brig was abandoned in the
North Sea after 20 April. She was on a voyage from
South Shields,
County Durham,
United Kingdom to
Christiania. She was towed in to
Grimsby,
Lincolnshire, United Kingdom on 4 May.
[4]
|
Charles
|
United Kingdom
|
The fishing
lugger was driven ashore and wrecked at
Holywell,
Sussex in the autumn of 1877. Both crew were rescued by the Eastbourne Lifeboat.
[5]
|
Charmer
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship was wrecked on "Dyer's Island",
Cape Colony.
[6]
|
Chundrabhan
|
India
|
The ship was wrecked on the
Malabar Coast.
[7]
|
Circassian
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship departed from Liverpool for
Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all 28 crew.
[8]
|
Clara Bell
|
United States
|
The
barque was abandoned in the
Beaufort Sea a few miles south of
Cape Smith,
Department of Alaska (
70°40′N 151°30′W / 70.667°N 151.500°W / 70.667; -151.500 (Cape Smith)). She was found at
anchor and clear of ice in 1877, partially stripped by
Alaska Natives. Passing ships further stripped her. Around 20 September 1877 she broke loose and drifted off to the northeast. She was last seen off
Harrison Bay before she disappeared in the Beaufort Sea.
[9]
|
Concordia
|
United Kingdom
|
The
barque was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from
San Francisco, California, United States to
Cape Town,
Cape Colony.
[10]
|
D. S. Soule
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship was abandoned in the
Atlantic Ocean between 19 October and 14 November. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
New York, United States to
Queenstown, County Cork.
[11]
|
Evadne
|
Flag unknown
|
The ship, a
brig or
brigantine capsized in the Atlantic Ocean between 14 August and 25 September.
[12]
|
Ganja Nerisal Navi Bhabi
|
India
|
The ship was lost in the
Gulf of Cambay with the loss of 63 of the 111 people on board.
[7]
|
Glendale
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship was abandoned at sea between 3 August and 25 September. She was on a voyage from
Charleston, South Carolina, United States to a British port.
[6]
|
Hampshire
|
United Kingdom
|
The
barque was destroyed by fire at sea in late November or early December. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
Swansea,
Glamorgan to Valparaíso.
[13]
|
Hampton
|
United Kingdom
|
The
full-rigged ship was destroyed by fire in the
Indian Ocean. Her 28 crew took to four boats; fifteen of them in two boats reached the
Seychelles. It was thought that those in the other two boats had been rescued. Hampton was on a voyage from
Leith,
Lothian to
Bombay,
India.
[14]
|
Hannah Law
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by Minniehaha (
United Kingdom). Hannah Law was on a voyage from
Hong Kong to New York.
[15]
|
Jadaree
|
India
|
The ship was run down and sunk at
Bombay by
Pekin (
United Kingdom).
[7]
|
Jacques Cartier
|
France
|
The ship was wrecked on the coast of
New Caledonia. She was on a voyage from
Melbourne,
Victoria to
Mauritius.
[16]
|
Margaret
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean between 27 November and 2 December with the loss of all but one of her crew. The survivor was rescued by the
steamship Rivera (
Spain). Margaret was on a voyage from
Cardiff, Glamorgan to
Malta.
[17]
|
Margaretha
|
Germany
|
The
brig was wrecked at "Petit Iron".
[18]
|
Montezuma
|
United Kingdom
|
The
steamship was captured by
pirates off the
Spanish Main. She was plundered and set afire. Some of her crew were murdered. There were twenty survivors.
[19]
|
Mya
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship departed from New York for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all seventeen crew.
[8]
|
Orakau
|
New Zealand
|
The 44-ton
barge went ashore and was wrecked at the mouth of the
Waikato River.
[20]
|
Paramount
|
United States
|
The
barque was wrecked in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all fifteen crew. She was on a voyage from the
West Indies to
Baltimore, Maryland.
[21]
|
Sakhari
|
India
|
The ship was lost off
Vakarai,
Ceylon.
[7]
|
Tagus
|
United Kingdom
|
The
steamship departed from
Oporto, Portugal for Liverpool. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all 27 people on board.
[8]
|
Thomas Hunt
|
United States
|
The
sealer was presumed lost with all hands on the return voyage from a sealing trip to
Stonington, Maine.
[22]
|
Towkully
|
India
|
The ship collided with East Lothian (
United Kingdom) and sank with the loss of two of her crew.
[7]
|