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


January


February

3 February

List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1876
Ship Country Description
Surprise  United States The A A Low & Brother owned clipper ran aground at Kaneda Bay, Tokyo, Japan.

17 February

List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1876
Ship Country Description
Halifax United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland United Kingdom Ran ashore at Heligoland. Broke up in a storm on 15 March 1876[1]

28 February

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1876
Ship Country Description
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
Ship Country Description
Carrier Dove  United States The Montell & Co owned clipper ran aground at Stone Horse Shoals, near Tybee Island, Georgia.

13 March

List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1876
Ship Country Description
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]

April

22 April

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

May

List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1876
Ship Country Description
Schiller  German Empire The steamship was wrecked in the Isles of Scilly with the loss of over 300 lives.[3]

June

14 June

List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1876
Ship Country Description
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
Ship Country Description
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
Ship Country Description
Mohawk  United States The USC&GS yacht capsized and sank on her maiden Voyage with the loss of all crew in New York Harbor. She was later raised, repaired, renamed Eagre and served with the United States Coast & Geodetic Survey and United States Navy.

August

24 August

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1876
Ship Country Description
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
Ship Country Description
Delloye Matthieu  Belgium The Alexandre Smyers & Co. owned steamship ran aground at Ostergarnholm, Sweden. 11 crew lost.[4]

December

1 December

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1876
Ship Country Description
Georgette  Western Australia The steamship sank in storm in Calgardup Bay, Western Australia. 12 drowned

9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1876
Ship Country Description
SS Woodham  United Kingdom The steamship sank 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off the coast of Lisbon. She was en route from Odessa and bound to Fremantle

11 December

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1876
Ship Country Description
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.[5]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1876
Ship Country Description
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. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "Stunning images of shipwrecks taken by one family over 130 years". The Vintage News. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Belgian Merchant A-G" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
  5. ↑ "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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