Ship |
State |
Description
|
Advocate
|
United Kingdom
|
The
barque capsized in the
Atlantic Ocean between 13 May and 17 June. Her crew were rescued by N. B. Palmer (
Norway). Advocate was on a voyage from
New York, United States to "Dunkirk, Scotland".
[1]
|
Agnes
|
New South Wales
|
The
schooner was wrecked on a reef in the
Capricorn Islands,
Queensland. She was on a voyage from
Sydney to
Townsville, Queensland.
[2]
|
Ane Kjerstine
|
Denmark
|
The
schooner capsized between 15 February and 23 June. She was on a voyage from
Galipoli,
Ottoman Empire to
Antwerp, Belgium. She was towed in to
Le Tréport,
Seine-Inférieure, France in a capsized condition on 23 June.
[3]
|
Antonia Cane
|
Gibraltar
|
The vessel was lost sometime in 1878. Wreckage from her – three pieces of board bearing the words "Antonia Cane" and "Gibraltar" – were collected by the Custom House Officer at
Newquay,
Cornwall, on 28 October.
[4]
|
Cambria
|
Flag unknown
|
The quarter board of Cambria was washed up on the beach at
Sennen.
[5]
|
Clara
|
United Kingdom
|
The
brig foundered at sea between 19 March and 28 May. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from
London to
Port Natal,
Natal Colony.
[6]
|
Confederate
|
United States
|
The ship collided with another vessel and sank off
Brier Island,
Nova Scotia,
Canada. She was on a voyage from
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to
Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. She was refloated on 29 June.
[7]
|
Cordelia
|
United Kingdom
|
The
barque departed from the
River Tyne for
Cartagena, Spain in late September or early October. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all fifteen crew. A ship seen on fire in the
Bay of Biscay in late October or early November may have been the Cordelia.
[8]
|
Cunard
|
United States
|
The
schooner was lost off the
Grand Banks of Newfoundland in November or December, 1878 or in early 1879 with the loss of all fourteen crew.
[9]
[10]
|
Cypress
|
United Kingdom
|
The
steamship was wrecked at
Palavas-les-Flots,
Hérault, France between 18 February and 29 March. She was on a voyage from Cortes to
Cette, Hérault.
[11]
|
D. C. Bradley
|
Flag unknown
|
The
schooner was lost in the vicinity of "Squan," a term used at the time for the coast of
New Jersey near
Manasquan and sometimes for the 7-nautical-mile (13 km) stretch of coast between
Manasquan Inlet and
Cranberry Inlet or for the entire coast of New Jersey between
Sea Girt and
Barnegat Inlet.
[12]
|
Don José
|
Spain
|
The
barque was destroyed by fire after 13 November. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to
Havana, Cuba.
[13]
|
Dove
|
United Kingdom
|
The crew abandoned ship when they sighted Launcelot (
United Kingdom) and were taken to
Yokohama
Japan. Dove had been attacked at
Threshold Bay and when the crew abandoned they were within 40 nautical miles (74 km) of
Ambino,
New Guinea, and the ship had 2 feet (0.61 m) of water in the hold.
[14]
|
Egremont Castle
|
United Kingdom
|
The
barque departed from
San Francisco, California for a British port late in 1878. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
[15]
|
Eliza Walker
|
Flag unknown
|
The ship collided with the
clipper ship
Red Jacket (
United Kingdom) and sank. Her crew were rescued.
[16]
|
Esther Smeed
|
United Kingdom
|
Off course, Esther Smeed ran ashore on the Swedish island of
Gotska Sandön in calm weather. While trying to refloat, a storm brewed and the ship went ashore a second time, filling with water and was abandoned.
[17]
|
Eureka
|
United States
|
The ship was abandoned in the
South Atlantic between 25 March and 16 May. She was on a voyage from New York to Yokohama.
[18]
|
Fire Queen
|
United Kingdom
|
The
barque was wrecked in
Sendai Bay between 4 January and 6 April. Her crew were rescued.
[19]
[20]
|
Fusō
|
Imperial Japanese Navy
|
The
ironclad ran aground in the
Suez Canal, damaging her propellers. She was refloated and taken in to
Suez,
Egypt for repairs.
[21]
|
Kathline
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship disappeared during 1878. The body of her
captain was identified at
Campbeltown,
Argyllshire, by three captains from Newquay.
[22]
|
Langley
|
United States
|
The
schooner struck a rock in
Chatham Strait in the
Alexander Archipelago,
Department of Alaska, and became a
total loss.
[23]
|
Maggie McDonald
|
Flag unknown
|
The
schooner was lost at
Wreck Pond Inlet on the coast of
New Jersey, United States.
[12]
|
Maria Louis
|
Flag unknown
|
The ship collided with the
steamship Juan (
United Kingdom) before 17 September. She was abandoned and set afire. Her crew were rescued by Juan.
[24]
|
Mary
|
United States
|
The
schooner went ashore approximately 24 nautical miles (44 km) south of
Detroit,
Michigan, following a storm, during which she became waterlogged, losing four of her six crew. She was carrying
cordwood from
Chicago,
Illinois.
[25]
|
Marchman
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship foundered in the
Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Her seventeen crew took to boats; they were rescued 22 days later by Brittain (
United Kingdom).
[26]
|
Massimo d'Azeglio
|
Italy
|
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean after 20 September. Her crew were rescued by a schooner. She was on a voyage from
Bristol,
Gloucestershire,
United Kingdom to New York.
[27]
|
New Jersey
|
Flag unknown
|
The
barque was lost in the vicinity of "Squan," 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.
[12]
|
Onward
|
Flag unknown
|
Thw ship wasrecked on the Australian coast. One able-seaman and four
Kanakas survived.
[28]
|
Primavera
|
Italy
|
The
barque was destroyed by fire at sea between 17 July and 27 September. Some of her crew were rescued by the barque John Shephard (
United States). Primavera was on a voyage from
Hull,
Yorkshire, United Kingdom to
Monte Video, Uruguay.
[29]
|
R. E. Miles
|
United Kingdom
|
The
ketch foundered off the coast of Cornwall with the loss of all hands between 26 March and 5 April. She was on a voyage from
Truro, Cornwall to
Carmarthen.
[30]
|
Riverdale
|
United States
|
The
schooner was run into and sunk off
Thacher Island,
Massachusetts. Her crew were rescued.
[31]
|
San Carlos
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship collided with the
steamship Blenheim (
United Kingdom) and san between 30 August and 31 October. Her crew were rescued. San Carlos was on a voyage from the
Clyde to
Demerara,
British Guiana.
[32]
|
Vermont
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship was abandoned in the
Atlantic Ocean between 23 March and 6 April. She was on a voyage from
Cardiff,
Glamorgan to
Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil.
[19]
|