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List of shipwrecks in February 1875

The list of shipwrecks in February 1875 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during February 1875.

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1 February

List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1875
Ship State Description
Gundrun  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Ballycroone Bay. She was refloated and taken in to Queenstown, County Cork in a leaky condition.[1]
Moravian  United States The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her 26 crew were rescued by the schooner Fertius ( Sweden). Moravian was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Mollendo, Peru.[2][3]
Panchita  Spain The brig ran aground at Cuxhaven, Germany. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[1]
Sonderjylland  Denmark The schooner was driven ashore on Læsø. She was on a voyage from Iceland to Copenhagen.[4]
Sunday  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Bali Strait. She was on a voyage from Java, Netherlands East Indies to Melbourne, Victoria. She was refloated and taken in to Sourabaya, Netherlands East Indies.[1]

2 February

List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1875
Ship State Description
Bayswater  United Kingdom The Mersey Flat ran aground on the Pluckington Bank, in Liverpool Bay and sank.[5]
Condor  Germany The barque ran aground off "Ora Island". She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[5]
Evangelistra  Greece The ship was driven ashore at "Doganastau", near Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Galaţi, Ottoman Empire to a British port.[5]
Hidalgo  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Middle Sand, in the Humber. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Alexandria, Egypt.[5]
Soudan  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked on Madeira. All 46 people on board survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to the west coast of Africa.[6]

3 February

List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1875
Ship State Description
Anna  Germany The schooner was lost off Maceió, Brazil. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Santos to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[7]
Blencathra  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on King's Island, Tasmania. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Sydney, New South Wales.[8][9]
Harriet Agnes  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Syros, Greece. She was refloated and sailed to Malta for repairs.[10]
Merchant  United Kingdom The ship caught fire, was beached and scuttled in Orange Bay, near Cape Horn, Chile. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Acapulco, Mexico. She was later refloated with the assistance of a sealer and completed her voyage.[5][11]
Poseidon  United Kingdom The barque caught fire at Demerara, British Guiana and was scuttled.[7]
Slavianka  Austria-Hungary The barque was wrecked at Ayaș, Ottoman Empire. Her crew were rescued.[12]

4 February

List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1875
Ship State Description
Clarendon  United Kingdom The brig collided with the barque Agra ( Norway) and sank in the North Sea off Southwold, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by Agra. Clarendon was on a voyage from London to Granton, Lothian.[7]
George W. Blunt  United States The pilot schooner, built to replace first schooner of that name, sprang a leak off Gay Head and ran ashore at Jones Inlet, twenty-eight miles from Sandy Hook. She was reported to be a total loss.[13]
Govan  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at the mouth of the River Tees.[14]
Magnet  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the River Liffey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dublin.[14]
Marie  France The schooner ran aground off Drake's Island, Devon, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Plymouth, Devon.[15]
Minnie  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Arklow Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of County Wicklow and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dundrum, County Dublin to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[14]
Prosperity  United Kingdom The brig ran aground in the Eider. She was on a voyage from Seville, Spain to Bremen, Germany.[7]
Thomas Fletcher  United States The barque was driven ashore near Manasquan, New Jersey. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to New York.[14]

5 February

List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1875
Ship State Description
Amity  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Plymouth, Devon. She was refloated but had to be beached at Covehithe, Suffolk, being severely leaky.[16]
Centia  Germany The schooner was abandoned in the Indian Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Galilee ( Netherlands). Centia was on a voyage from Melbourne, Victoria to the Natal Colony.[17]
Vesta  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and sank at the mouth of the Douro. She was on a voyage from London to Oporto, Portugal.[18]

6 February

List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1875
Ship State Description
Hannah  United Kingdom The schooner was run into by the steamship Milford ( United Kingdom and sank at Waterford. Her crew were rescued by fishing boats.[19]
Juno  United Kingdom The fishing smack foundered in the North Sea. Her five crew were rescued by the steamship British General ( United Kingdom).[20]
Star of Erin  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Belfast, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Seville, Spain to Belfast.[9][21] She was refloated on 9 February with the assistance of three tugs and towed in to Belfast.[22]
State of Pennsylvania  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Clyde and was damaged.[21]
Winsome  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Kingsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France.[18] She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent.[22]

7 February

List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1875
Ship State Description
Agamemnon  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at St. Margaret's Bay, Kent. She was on a voyage from Shanghai, China to London. She was refloated and taken in to Gravesend, Kent.[21][23]
Celt  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked at Quoin Point, Cape Colony. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Colony.[24]
Wien Hohenfelde  Germany The barque collided with the steamship Magnet ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Irish Sea off Point Lynas, Anglesey, United Kingdom with the loss of seven of her twelve crew. Survivors were rescued by Magnet. Wien Hohenfelde was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies.[25][26][27][28][29]

8 February

List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1875
Ship State Description
Amy, or
Anne 		 Italy The barque ran aground on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Algiers, Algeria to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom.[21] She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[22]
Davenport  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Tongue Sand, in the Thames Estuary. She was refloated and taken in to Gravesend, Kent in a leaky condition.[23]
Fancy, and
Mary Gold 		 United Kingdom The schooners collided 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north north east of Kinnaird Head, Aberdeenshire and were abandoned by their crews.[30][21]
Flight  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore and sank at Hangesund, Norway. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Christiania, Norway.[23]
Guayaquil  France The barque ran aground at the Pointe de Grave, Landes. she was refloated the next day.[22]
Juno  Germany The ship departed from Dry Harbour, Jamaica for London, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[31][32]
Life Brigade  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on the Gingerbread Grounds. She was on a voyage from Liverpool Lancashire to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.[33][34]
Lisbon  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued; two of them by the Palling Lifeboat British Workman ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Pomaron, Portugal.[9][35]
St. Michael  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore in Chapel Rossan Bay, Wigtownshire. She was on a voyage from Birkenhead, Cheshire to Newry, County Antrim and/or Dublin.[21][23]
Victor  France The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Marsland Mouth, Devon, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[9][30]
Vodja  Austria-Hungary The barque was driven ashore in the Humber.[9]
Zouave  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Haisborough Sands. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to Seaham, County Durham. She floated off but consequently capsized and sank. Her six crew were rescued by the Palling Lifeboat British Workman ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[9][21][36]
Unnamed Flag unknown The barque was driven ashore at Point de Grâce, Gironde, France.[9]

9 February

List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1875
Ship State Description
Alma  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Martinique.[22]
Saltram  United Kingdom The schooner was run down and sunk in the English Channel off Dover, Kent by the steamship Viceroy ( United Kingdom).[37] Saltram was on a voyage from Llanelly, Glamorgan to London.[22]
Telegraph  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Robin Rigg, in the Solway Firth and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Silloth, Cumberland to Dublin.[22][12]

10 February

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1875
Ship State Description
Allolie  Denmark The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Ermina ( United Kingdom). Allolie was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault, France to Memel, Germany.[38][39]
British General  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the River Tay at Dundee, Forfarshire.[40]

11 February

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1875
Ship State Description
Knowsley Hall  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California to Liverpool.[41]

12 February

List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1875
Ship State Description
Elegon  Austria-Hungary The barque was wrecked at Jaffa, Ottoman Syria.[12]
Emperor  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Sizewell Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated on 23 March but sank with the loss of seven of her crew.[42][43]
Howard  United States The ship was wrecked on the south coast of Tobago.[44]
Ville de la Roche  France The steamship was wrecked on the Seven Stones Reef, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Winsloe ( United Kingdom). Ville de Roche was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[45]

13 February

List of shipwrecks: 13 February 1875
Ship State Description
Azur flag France The ketch ran aground off Saint Helier, Jersey, Channel Islands. She was on a voyage from Saint Helier to Pont-l'Abbé, Finistère. She was refloated and put back to Saint Helier.[46]
Ida E. Canada The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 27 February.[47]
Isca  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore near Port Madoc, Caernarfonshire.[43] She was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to Liverpool, Lancashire.[48] She was refloated on 27 February and taken in to Port Madoc.[49]
Jean Daniel  France The brig was wrecked on the Criquets Rocks, off the coast of Basses-Pyrénées with the loss of four of her seven crew. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire, United Kingdom to Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées.[50][51]
Ostrich  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Elbe downstream of the mouth of the Oste. She was on a voyage from London to Cuxhaven, Germany.[52]
Thorbeke  United Kingdom The schooner struck the wreck of the steamship Gomos (Flag unknown) in the Rio Grande and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to the Rio Grande.[53]

14 February

List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1875
Ship State Description
Eden  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore on Heligoland. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Liverpool, Lancashire.[48] She was refloated and taken in to Cuxhaven, Germany in a severely leaky condition.[50]
Edward O'Brien  United States The barque was driven ashore at Morfa Bychan, Caernarfonshire, United Kingdom. Five of her crew were rescued by the Portmadoc Lifeboat. She was refloated on 26 February and departed for Liverpool, but put in to Holyhead, Anglesey, United Kingdom in a leaky condition.[54][55][56][35]
Ellen  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the English Channel 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Omonville, Seine-Inférieure, France. Her eight crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Cherbourg, Manche, France.[48][57]
Floresta  United Kingdom The barque grounded on the Seven Stones Reef, between the Isles of Scilly and Cornwall in fog and quickly sank. Her ten crew were landed at Falmouth, Cornwall by the lugger Josephine ( France).[58][59] Floresta was on a voyage form Taganrog, Russia to Cork.[45][60]
Hugh Taylor  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug.[51]
Leipzic  Germany The steamship ran aground at Hallsands, Devon, United Kingdom. Her passengers were taken off. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom and Baltimore, Maryland, United States. She was refloated and put back to Southampton.[48][11]

15 February

List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1875
Ship State Description
Cornwall  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Hudson River. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to New York, United States.[55]
Delhi  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Ambleteuse, Pas-de-Calais, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Exeter, Devon to Hartlepool, County Durham.[48]
Flensburg  Germany The brig was driven ashore on Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Haiti to Hamburg.[11] She was refloated.[51]
Gateshead  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Cartagena, Spain to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated and taken in to Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk.[11]
Kewadin  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Cape Henry, Virginia. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Baltimore, Maryland.[55] She was refloated in early March and towed in to Norfolk, Virginia.[61]
Monica  Sweden The full-rigged ship ran aground off Cap La Hougue, Seine-Inférieure, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Baltimore to Helsingør, Denmark.[48][11] She was refloated and taken in to Cherbourg, Manche, France.[51]
Orco  Italy The ship was driven ashore at Ambleteuse. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sulina, Ottoman Empire to Antwerp, Belgium.[48]
Sylphide  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Blyth, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Blyth to Lisbon, Portugal. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but put in to South Shields, County Durham in a leaky condition.[48]
Una  New Zealand The 20-ton ketch-rigged steamship sank in the harbour at Napier after her covering plates gave way.[62]

16 February

List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1875
Ship State Description
Canterbury  United States The ship was driven ashore on Tybee Island, Georgia. She was on a voyage from Mobile, Alabama to a Russian port. She was subsequently destroyed by fire.[51][63]
Havre  United Kingdom The steamship foundered on Platte Boue Rock, off Guernsey, Channel Islands with 92 survivors. Passengers were put ashore on Amfroque, from where they were rescued by the steamships Honfleur and Princess (both  United Kingdom). Havre was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to Jersey, Channel Islands. The wreck was found lying across that of Waverley ( United Kingdom), which had hit the same rock in 1873.[64][65][45][66]
Ranger  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground off Eierland, North Holland, Netherlands.[55] She was refloated and taken in to Harlingen, Friesland.[50]
Sydney Dacres  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned by her 28 crew 50 nautical miles (93 km) north west of the Skellig Islands, County Kerry. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California to Liverpool, Lancashire.[45][50] She was subsequtnly taken in to Queenstown, County Cork.[67]
Unnamed Flag unknown The schooner ran aground on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay.[52]

17 February

List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1875
Ship State Description
Duke of Buccleuch  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Marion ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Blackwall, Middlesex.[68] Duke of Buccleuch was on a voyage from London to Calcutta, India.[51] She was refloated on 22 February and taken in to London.[69]
Martin Popeland  Germany The steamship ran aground on the Gelb Sand, in the North Sea off the German coast. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Sutherland ( United Kingdom).[69]
Regubuen  Germany The brig was abandoned off Arendal, Norway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from an English port to Tønsberg.[51]
Tidal Wave  United States The ship departed from Key West, Florida for a British port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[70]
Ulysses  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Jeddah, Hejaz Vilayet. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Shanghai, China. She was refloated on 20 February and taken in to Jeddah.[71][72]

18 February

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1875
Ship State Description
Braemar Castle  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was refloated with the assistance of the tug Scotia ( United Kingdom) and taken in to Cardiff.[57]

19 February

List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1875
Ship State Description
Hendrina Maria  Netherlands The lighter collided with another vessel and sank near Gouda, South Holland.[38]
Lightning  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the River Thames at Coal House Point. She was on a voyagte from London to Hamburg, Germany.[39]
Mandana  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Welsh Hook.[63]
Normandie  France The steamship was wrecked in the Lérins Islands, Alpes-Maritimes. All on board, her crew and 260 passengers, were rescued but her captain committed suicide.[73] Normandie was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Genoa, Italy.[74] She was refloated on 24 February.[67]
W. Starret Canada Canada The ship was towed in to Gijón, Spain in a derelict and waterlogged condition by the steamship Velasquez ( Spain).[63]
York  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Henry Bolckow ( Germany) and ran aground at Bordeaux, Gironde, France.[39]

20 February

List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1875
Ship State Description
Khersonese  United Kingdom The ship caught fire at Bombay, India. The fire was extinguished with the assistance of a fireboat.[69]
Kooria Mooria  United States The ship ran aground in the Savannah River. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia to Bremen, Germany.[75]

21 February

List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1875
Ship State Description
Billow  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Canas ( United Kingdom). Billow was on a voyage from Durazzo, Ottoman Albania to an English port.[76]
Julia Augusta  Malta The barque collided with the brig Teresa H. ( Austria-Hungary) off Agrigento, Sicily, Italy and was wrecked.[33]

22 February

List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1875
Ship State Description
Harriet  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Burrow Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew took refuge on the Maplin Lighthouse. Harriet was on a voyage from Portland, Dorset to Goole, Yorkshire.[75]
Hero  United Kingdom The ship departed from Dunkerque, Nord, France for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[77][78]
Jersey  United Kingdom The Mersey Flat collided with the steamship Fire King ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Sloyne.[33]

23 February

List of shipwrecks: 23 February 1875
Ship State Description
Celt  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Bath, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Liverpool, Lancashire.[79] She was refloated on 25 February and resumed her voyage.[80]
Cimbria  Germany The steamship ran aground on the Luhesand, in the Elbe upstream of Blankenese.[81]
Daystar  United Kingdom The barque ran aground in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated.[67]
Majestic  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on a reef off "Santa Cruz", Brazil. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, to Pará, Brazil.[82]
Rio  Germany The steamship ran aground on the Luhesand. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Brazil. She was refloated the next day but ran aground at Schulau.[80][81] Rio was refloated on 8 March.[83]

24 February

List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1875
Ship State Description
Ann  United Kingdom The schooner was driven into the steamship Joseph ( United Kingdom) and sank at Greenock, Renfrewshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bowling, Dunbartonshire to Larne, County Antrim.[84][85][67]
Augusta Louise  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Lindisfarne, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France to Leith, Lothian. She was refloated and found to be severely leaky.[79] Subsequently towed in to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland for repairs.[86]
Blackwood Dominion of Newfoundland Newfoundland Colony The ship was driven ashore at Goiânia, Brazil.[87][79]
Charles E. Gibson  United States The ship was driven ashore at Fort Macon, North Carolina. She was on a voyage from Faial Island, Azores to Boston, Massachusetts.[61]
Cottager  United Kingdom The smack was driven into the steamship Brazilian ( United Kingdom) and sank at Greenock. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Bowling to the Outer Hebrides.[84][85]
Gothenburg  Victoria
Artist's impression of the wreck of SS Gothenburg
The McMerkan, Blackwood and Company steamship was wrecked off Flinders Island, Queensland with the loss of 103 of the 125 people on board. She was on a voyage from Port Darwin, South Australia to Melbourne.[88][89][90][91]
Janet Grey  New Zealand The 27-ton cutter went ashore near Mercury Bay, New Zealand and became a wreck.[92]
Jessie Brown  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Belfast, County Antrim.[79]
Joseph  United Kingdom The steamship was driven against the quayside and severely damaged at Greenock.[67]
Ludwig Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) west of Point Lynas, Anglesey, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[87] She had broken up by 27 February.[86]
Mary Kate  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at "Hellyhunter". She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Newry, County Antrim. She was refloated and beached at "Battagan Point".[79]
Star of the Sea  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the River Liffey. She was refloated.[79]
Student  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on an anchor at Pernambuco, Brazil and sank at the stern. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Pernambuco.[87][67]

25 February

List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1875
Ship State Description
Alica  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Rapel Reef, in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Chile, and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued.[93]
Britannia  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in Douglas Bay. Her crew were rescued by the Douglas Lifeboat John Turner ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[94]
British Viceroy  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Clogher Head, County Wexford. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Sydney, New South Wales.[95]
Eider  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Ipswich, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Ipswich to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[49]
Gertrude  United Kingdom The brig was abandoned off the Calf of Man, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Enterprise ( United Kingdom). Gertrude was on a voyage from Silloth, Cumberland to Dundalk, County Louth.[96]
Haabet  Denmark The brig was wrecked on Hesselø. She was on a voyage from Alloa, Clackmannanshire, United Kingdom to Køge.[83]
Twee Gebroeders  United Kingdom The ship ran aground near Wieringen, North Holland.[86]
Ward Jackson  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore in the River Tay. Her five crew were rescued by the Broughty Ferry Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to Montrose, Forfarshire.[87][97]
Unnamed Flag unknown The ship sank 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) east of the North Foreland, Kent, United Kingdom.[87]

26 February

List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1875
Ship State Description
Alice Jane  United Kingdom The barque ran aground at Ryde, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Jersey, Channel Islands to South Shields, County Durham.[49] She was refloated the next day.[86]
Friends  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in Dundrum Bay. Her crew were rescued by the Tyrella Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Girvan, Ayrshire to Killyleagh, County Down.[86][35]
Hebe  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Sandefjord, Norway.[80]
Hong Kong  United Kingdom The steamship struck a rock off Abd al Kuri, Aden Protectorate and sank with the loss of twelve of the 49 people on board. Eighteen of the survivors were rescued by the steamship Tiara ( United Kingdom). Hong Kong was on a voyage from Gravesend, Kent to Hiogo, Japan.[98][99]
John and Samuel  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore at White House, County Down.[71]
Lucy Vick  United Kingdom The ship departed from Swansea, Glamorgan for Boston, Massachusetts, United States. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[100]
Neptune  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Glückstadt, Germany. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bremen, Germany.[80] She was refloated and taken in to Glückstadt.[101]
Parthia  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in New York Bay. She was refloated the next day.[93]
Prospero Lavarello  Italy The brig ran aground off Kum Kale, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug.[102]
Queen  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Manasquan, New Jersey, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New York, United States. She was refloated and taken in to New York.[80][49]
Sultan  United Kingdom The Mersey Flat struck the Alfred Pier, Birkenhead, Cheshire and sank.[71][80] She was refloated on 2 March and taken in to Birkenhead.[102][103]
Vine  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the River Parrett. She was refloated and taken in to Fremington, Devon in a leaky condition.[86]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The Mersey Flat capsized off Laxey, Isle of Man.[94]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The schooner foundered off the Langness Peninsula, Isle of Man.[94]

27 February

List of shipwrecks: 27 February 1875
Ship State Description
Æolus  Norway The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Christiania to Peterhead.[86]
Bell Hill  United States The barque was wrecked at Balbriggan, County Dublin, United Kingdom with the loss of 24 of her 25 crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Valparaíso, Chile.[71][104][105]
British Viceroy  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore 10 nautical miles (19 km) north of Drogheda, County Louth. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Sydney, New South Wales.[96]
Capella  Germany The steamship ran aground at Blankenese.[81] She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[106]
Germania  Portugal The barque ran aground at Oporto. She was on a voyage from Oporto to Lisbon. She was refloated and put back to Oporto in a leaky condition.[93][101]
Pelesse  Austria-Hungary The barque ran aground in the Carlingford Lough.[71] She was on a voyage from Berdianski, Russia to Newry, County Antrim, United Kingdom.[86] She was refloated.[106]
Rosa Catarina  Italy The barque ran aground on the Warden Ledge, off the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Gaza City, Egypt to Antwerp, Belgium.[71] She was refloated the next day with assistance from the tugs Fiery Cross and Viceroy (both  United Kingdom) and was towed in to Cowes, Isle of Wight.[93]
Stratton Audley  United Kingdom The ship struck the pier at Kingstown, County Dublin and sank. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California, United States to Kingstown.[71]
Tantivy  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Howth, County Dublin. Her four crew were rescued by the Howth Lifeboat.[71][35]
Tuskar  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at the mouth of the River Tay. All 22 people on board were rescued by the Broughty Ferry Lifeboat Mary Hartley and the Buddon Ness Lifeboat (both Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Tuskar was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Liverpool.[71][107] She was refloated the next day and towed in to Dundee sinking at the stern.[86][96][35]

28 February

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1875
Ship State Description
Mark  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Mittown Bank. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Stranraer, Wigtownshire.[93]
Roelfina Catharina  Netherlands The ship was severely damaged by fire at Maracaibo, Venezuela. She was declared a constructive total loss.[82]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in February 1875
Ship State Description
Afrey Force  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Gambier Island, British Columbia, Canada. SHe was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to San Francisco, California, United States.[108]
Alice  United Kingdom The ship sank at "Pwllcan".[18]
Amico  Italy The brig ran aground off Cape Sestos. Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire to New York, United States. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug.[11]
Ann and Susan  United States The ship was abandoned at sea before 4 February. She was on a voyage from New York to Morgan's Pill, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.[14][18]
Berthe  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Brass River. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to the Brass River.[12]
Bordelais  France The barque was wrecked off Cape Finisterre, Spain with loss of four of her nine crew. Survivors were rescued by the barque Eva (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey).[109]
Bunker Hill  United Kingdom The ship caught fire at Manila, Spanish East Indies and was scuttled.[54]
Calcutta  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated on 15 February and taken in to the Nieuw Diep.[59]
Carrie Purrington  United States The ship was driven ashore by ice at Moon Pond, Truro, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Italy to Boston, Massachusetts.[71][67]
HMS Charybdis  Royal Navy The Pearl-class corvette ran aground on the Meander Shoal, off Singapore, Straits Settlements. She was refloated with assistance from a number of tugs.[110]
Christina Thompson  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the barque Zelia ( United Kingdom) in the Indian Ocean and was severely damaged. She put in to Tamatave, Madagascar. She was consequently condemned.[38]
Essex  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on "Cape Whittle", Canada.[38]
Eugenie  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire at sea. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Valparaíso, Chile.[93]
Evandale  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Carysfort Reef. She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida, United States to Liverpool.[80]
France  France The steamship was driven ashore at Long Branch, New Jersey, United States. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to New York.[80] She was refloated and taken in to New York.[49]
George and John  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Leman and Ower Sands. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Constantinople. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but put in to Plymouth, Devon in a leaky condition.[111]
J. C. Call  United States The fishing schooner left Gloucester, Massachusetts for the Georges Bank and vanished on her maiden voyage. Some sources cites she was lost in April. Lost with all 12 crew.[112][113][114]
Jessie Mason  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned. Her five crew were rescued by the Gorleston Lifeboat.[35]
Lydney Trader  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Bideford, Devon. Her three crew were rescued by the Appledore Lifeboat.[35]
Normandy  United Kingdom The ship, a schooner or a steamship, ran aground at Maassluis, South Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from the west coast of Africa to Rotterdam, South Holland.[51][110]
Ottolie  Germany The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by Emma ( United Kingdom). Ottolie was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault, France to Memel.[115]
Progress  Germany The barque was wrecked in the Penghu Islands before 4 February. Four crew survived, others in a second boat were reported missing.[116]
Ruth  United Kingdom The ship ran aground 40 nautical miles (74 km) east of the Surinam Lightship ( Netherlands). She was on a voyage from London to Surinam.[101]
Sarah H. Cressey  United States The fishing Schooner was lost in February. lost with all 12 hands.[117]
Solidor  France The ship was wrecked at Maldonado, Uruguay before 20 February. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce to Maldonado.[75]
Umgeni  Portugal The ship ran aground at Olhão. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Pomaron. She was refloated and taken in to Vila Real.[69]
Usworth  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Elbe downstream of Schulau, Germany in late February.[106]
William H. Thurston  United States The fishing Schooner was lost on Gull Island, Nova Scotia. Crew saved.[118]

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