List of shipwrecks in 1876

The list of shipwrecks in 1876 includes 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
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References

January

2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1876

Ship	Country	Description
Kate Monaghan	New Zealand	The 102-ton schooner went ashore at the mouth of the Manawatu River owing to a sudden violent wind shift. All crew were saved, but most of the cargo was lost.[1]

15 January

List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1876

Ship	Country	Description
Melaine	New Zealand	The 136-ton schooner stranded close to Kaipara Harbour's North Head, and became a total wreck.[1]

February

1 February

List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1876

Ship	Country	Description
Susan	New Zealand	The 17-ton schooner went ashore on Waiheke Island when her cable parted. She became a total wreck.[1]

3 February

List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1876

Ship	Country	Description
Surprise	United States	The A A Low & Brother-owned clipper ran aground and was wrecked at Kaneda Bay, Tokyo, Japan.

17 February

List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1876

Ship	Country	Description
Halifax	United Kingdom	The passenger-cargo steamship ran ashore at Heligoland. She broke up in a storm on 15 March.[2]

28 February

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1876

Ship	Country	Description
Reverie	Guernsey	The smack capsized in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all hands.[3]

March

1 March

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1876

Ship	Country	Description
Nuova Ottavia	Italy	The barque stranded off Currituck Beach, North Carolina, a total loss. Nine of her crew, plus the three crewmen of the No. 4 Life Saving Station, and one man from the Currituck Beach Light were lost. Four crewmen washed ashore on wreckage alive.[4]

3 March

List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1876

Ship	Country	Description
Carrier Dove (clipper)	United States	The Montell & Company-owned clipper ran aground at Stone Horse Shoals, near Tybee Island, Georgia.
Carrier Dove (schooner)	Canada	The schooner was swept from her moorings and dragged underneath another schooner on the American side of Lake Ontario.

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.[3]

15 March

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1876

Ship	Country	Description
Halifax	United Kingdom	The passenger-cargo steamship, aground at Heligoland since 17 February, broke up in a storm.[5]

16 March

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1876

Ship	Country	Description
Florence	New Zealand	The 55-ton schooner was en route from Dunedin to Wellington in ballast when she was hit by a strong gale off Banks Peninsula and foundered. One crewman drowned; the rest successfully reached Lyttelton in the ship's boat.[1]

20 March

List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1876

Ship	Country	Description
Maggie M. Weaver	United States	The schooner went ashore near Sandy Hook, New Jersey and broke up in a severe gale with the loss of all six crewmen.[6]

April

2 April

List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1876

Ship	Country	Description
James Paxton	New Zealand	The 60-ton schooner went aground close to Taiaroa Head at the mouth of Otago Harbour while en route from Dunedin to Riverton and became a wreck.[7]

4 April

List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1876

Ship	Country	Description
Helen G. Holway	United States	The Schooner stranded in a snowstorm near Life Saving Station No. 21 with the loss of 6 of 7 crewmen.[8]
Idabella	United States	The Schooner was beached in a snowstorm near Cape Cod with the loss of one crewman.[9]

8 April

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1876

Ship	Country	Description
Hunter	New Zealand	The 22-ton schooner ran aground on Barrett's Reef at the entrance to Wellington Harbour during a gale and became a complete loss. All hands were saved.[1]

11 April

List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1876

Ship	Country	Description
Helen	New South Wales	The 165-ton brigantine was wrecked near East Cape, New Zealand while en route from Newcastle, Australia, to Napier with a cargo of coal. No lives were lost.[10]

13 April

List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1876

Ship	Country	Description
Egmont	New Zealand	The 52-ton steamer was holed on rocks while leaving the mouth of the Patea River and foundered.[11]

18 April

List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1876

Ship	Country	Description
Illinois	United States	The 409-ton whaling bark sank in the Bering Sea south of the Bering Strait 15 minutes after colliding with the vessel Marengo (flag unknown).[12]

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

14 May

List of shipwrecks: 14 May 1876

Ship	Country	Description
Kate	New Zealand	The 26-ton schooner was abandoned afyter foundering off the mouth of the Grey River. All hands were saved.[13]

18 May

List of shipwrecks: 18 May 1876

Ship	Country	Description
Nile	New Zealand	The 24-ton schooner ran onto rocks near Pencarrow Head Lighthouse at the mouth of Wellington Harbour and became a total wreck. All hands were saved.[13]

23 May

List of shipwrecks: 23 May 1876

Ship	Country	Description
Sarah	New Zealand	The 233-ton brig stranded and was wrecked on a reef on the coast of Northland, New Zealand, close to the Poor Knights Islands.[13]

June

14 June

List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1876

Ship	Country	Description
Bonita	New Zealand	The 22-ton schooner was wrecked at the entrance to Coromandel Harbour, New Zealand.[13]
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

15 June

List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1876

Ship	Country	Description
Agnes	New Zealand	The 128-ton schooner parted her anchors during a gale at Waitangi in the Chatham Islands and was driven onto a reef. All crew and passengers were saved.[13]

17 June

List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1876

Ship	Country	Description
Heversham	New South Wales	The 465-ton barque was wrecked on rocks in Cook Strait while en route from Newcastle, New Zouth Wales, to Wellington with a cargo of coal. The crew was rescued by the Falcon(). [14]

23 June

List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1876

Ship	Country	Description
Williamette	New Zealand	The 28-ton cutter stranded to the south of the entrance to Manukau Harbour and was driven on shore.[15]

27 June

List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1876

Ship	Country	Description
Czarevich	unknown	The 428-ton barque left Bluff, New Zealand for Sydney on 8 June, heavily laden with rail iron, and soon began to leak. The inflow of water was kept in check until the ship hit heavy weather in the Tasman Sea. With Sydney still over 500 miles away and the sea running heavily from the west, the master was compelled to turn back east for the nearest available safe harbour. On 26 June, the Czarevich reached Big Bay, by which time she had taken on five feet of water. Provisions and crew were landed, with the ship at anchor in the bay. By the following morning, her hold had almost totally flooded, and she was run ashore. The crew were rescued by the steamer Maori ().[16]

July

2 July

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1876

Ship	Country	Description
Lady Franklyn	New Zealand	The 235-ton barque went ashore at Kaipara Harbour when her anchor cable parted. She was refloated but became uncontrollable and regrounded, this becoming a wreck.[17]

7 July

List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1876

Ship	Country	Description
Arctic	United States	The 431-ton whaling bark was crushed in ice in the Chukchi Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km; 23 mi) off Point Franklin on the coast of the Territory of Alaska. Her crew reached shore and was rescued by the whaling vessel Onward ( United States).[18]

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 private yacht capsized and sank on her maiden voyage in New York Harbor off Stapleton, Staten Island, during an unexpected squall. 2 passengers and 1 crewman survived. She was later raised, repaired, and renamed Eagre and served with the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey and United States Navy.[19]

24 July

List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1876

Ship	Country	Description
Coq Du Village	New Zealand	The 312-ton wooden barque went ashore at Petane Beach near Napier during a gale, and became a wreck. All crew were survived.[17]

26 July

List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1876

Ship	Country	Description
Hope	New Zealand	The 21-ton cutter was wrecked when she was inundated by a heavy swell and driven onto rocks at Moeraki, New Zealand. Her crew survived, being rescued by the steamer Shag ().[20]

August

3 August

List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1876

Ship	Country	Description
Dagmar	New Zealand	The 45-ton schooner was holed when it was hit by a surging sea while trying to cross the bar at the mouth of the Catlins River, New Zealand. The inflow of water was not noticed immediately, but she was taking in considerable water by the time the ship came close to Nugget Point and the captain ordered her turned towards land ready for beaching. before she reached the coast she was hit by a swell and capsized. The crew clung to the ship's side until they were rescued by the cutter Jane (). All hands were saved.[21]
Greenwich	New Zealand	The 16-ton cutter was wrecked when she stranded on a beach on Mahia Peninsula. All hands were saved.[21]
Jupiter	New Zealand	The 27-ton ketch foundered off the coast of New Zealand's South Island near Sumner when the flukes of the anchor hit the port bow, piercing the hull. All hands were saved.[21]

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.[22]

26 August

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1876

Ship	Country	Description
Flying Cloud	New Zealand	The wreck of the 46-ton schooner was found close to Charleston, New Zealand on 27 August. She had sailed from Charleston the previous day, and a gale had blown up shortly after her departure. Nothing of her crew of four was ever found.[23]

September

12 September

List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1876

Ship	Country	Description
Acors Barnes	United States	The 296-ton whaling bark was abandoned in the ice in the Beaufort Sea northeast of Point Barrow, Territory of Alaska. A gale later struck the area and washed the abandoned Acors Barnes ashore, where local natives burned her wreck.[18]
Camilla	United States	The 328-ton whaling bark was abandoned in the ice in the Beaufort Sea northeast of Point Barrow, Territory of Alaska.[24]
Cornelius Howland	United States	The 333-ton whaling bark was abandoned in the ice in the Beaufort Sea northeast of Point Barrow, Territory of Alaska.[25]
Desmond	United States	The 301-ton whaling bark was abandoned in the ice in the Beaufort Sea northeast of Point Barrow, Territory of Alaska.[26]
James Allen	United States	The 349-ton whaling bark was abandoned in the ice in the Beaufort Sea northeast of Point Barrow, Territory of Alaska.[27]
Java 2nd	United States	The 290-ton whaling bark was abandoned in the ice in the Beaufort Sea northeast of Point Barrow, Territory of Alaska.[27]
Josephine	United States	The 363-ton whaling bark was abandoned in the ice in the Beaufort Sea northeast of Point Barrow, Territory of Alaska.[27]
Marengo	United States	The 478-ton whaling ship was abandoned in the ice in the Beaufort Sea northeast of Point Barrow, Territory of Alaska.[28]
Onward	United States	The 339-ton whaling bark was abandoned in the ice in the Beaufort Sea northeast of Point Barrow, Territory of Alaska.[29]
Saint George	United States	The 392-ton whaling ship was abandoned after she became trapped in ice in the Beaufort Sea northeast of Point Barrow, Territory of Alaska.[30]

23 September

List of shipwrecks: 23 September 1876

Ship	Country	Description
Elizabeth Ann	New Zealand	The 17-ton ketch was driven onto rocks on Banks Peninsula during a gale. Soon afterwards, she slipped off the rocks and sank.[23]
Matau	New Zealand	The 147-ton steamer ran aground close to the New Zealand port of Westport, after loose mooring lines fouled her propellor. All hands and passengers were saved.[23]

30 September

List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1876

Ship	Country	Description
Strathnaver	New Zealand	The schooner foundered in Kaipara Harbour, New Zealand after being capsized by a sudden surge of the tide. One crew member drowned.[23]

October

9 October

List of shipwrecks: 9 October 1876

Ship	Country	Description
Jo. Vilas	United States	The lumber schooner capsized in Lake Michigan between Kenosha, Wisconsin and Racine, Wisconsin in a gale and heavy seas. She broke up after four hours. All six crewmen rescued by Andrew Jackson ( United States).[31]

21 October

List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1876

Ship	Country	Description
Oreti	New Zealand	The 66-ton schooner hit rocks and broke up when the wind unexpectedly died while she was leaving Queen Charlotte Sound, New Zealand. All hands were saved.[32]

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. [33]

30 November

List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1876

Ship	Country	Description
Mary	United States	The paddle steamer ran aground and was wrecked at Aransas Pass, Texas. All on board were rescued.[34]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in November 1876

Ship	Country	Description
City of Manchester	United Kingdom	The barque was wrecked.[35]

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, with the loss of 12 lives.

4 December

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1876

Ship	Country	Description
Otago	New Zealand	The 642-ton steamer hit rocks at Chasland's Mistake, on New Zealand's Catlins Coast in thick fog while en route from Dunedin to Melbourne. All crew and passengers were rescued by the steamer Express ().[36]

9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1876

Ship	Country	Description
Woodham	United Kingdom	The steamship sank in the Atlantic Ocean 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Lisbon, Portugal. She was en route from Odessa, Russia, to Fremantle, Western Australia.

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.[37]
Circassian	United Kingdom	The sailing ship went ashore on Long Island west of the Bridgehampton, New York Life Saving Station in a gale with thick snow and heavy seas. Her crew of 37 plus 12 passengers who were survivors of another shipwreck who were rescued at sea by Circassian were all rescued by the United States Life Saving Service. A salvage company was hired to refloat her. On 29 December a gale hit the area. In the early hours of 30 December she broke in two, then broke up. Of the 16 crew and 16 wrecking employees on board at the time only three crewmen and one wrecking employee survived.[38][39]

12 December

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1876

Ship	Country	Description
William Ackers	New Zealand	The 299-ton barque was wrecked on a reef at Waipapa Point, Foveaux Strait, New Zealand. She was en route from Bluff with a cargo of timber. The lifeboat was launched, but was inundated by the heavy sea. Eight of the 11 people on board were lost.[40]

26 December

List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1876

Ship	Country	Description
Rjukan	Norway	During a voyage from London to New York City, the 960-ton sailing ship was wrecked during a gale about 200 feet (61 m) offshore at Bradley Beach, New Jersey. Her entire crew of 20 survived. She broke up later in the day, and her wreck sank in 25 feet (8 m) of water.[41][42]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1876

Ship	Country	Description
A. M. C. Smith	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.[43]
Clara Bell	United States	The 196-ton whaling bark was abandoned in the ice in the Beaufort Sea a few miles south of Cape Smith (70°40′N 151°30′W) on the north coast of the Territory of Alaska during the whaling season of 1876. 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.[24]
Cornelius Howland	United States	The 333-ton whaling ship was abandoned in the ice in the Arctic Ocean off the north coast of the Territory of Alaska during the whaling season of 1876.[24]
Eliza Jane	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.[43]
Gnome	United Kingdom	The steamship collided with the barque San Luis (Flag unknown) and sank off Cuxhaven, Germany.[44]
Lammermuir	United Kingdom	The clipper had departed Adelaide on 10 November 1876, bound for London, and she was lost with no further trace.
Lillian Cameron	Unknown	The brigantine was lost in the vicinity of "Squam 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.[43]
Magdalina	Unknown	The brig was lost at Cranberry Inlet on the coast of New Jersey.[43]

References

Notes

1. Ingram & Wheatley, p. 203.
2. "Wreck of a steamer at Heligoland". York Herald. England. 18 March 1876. Retrieved 11 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
3. Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
4. "Annual report of the United States Life Saving Service, Year ending June 30, 1876". University of Michigan. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
5. "Wreck of a steamer at Heligoland". York Herald. England. 18 March 1876. Retrieved 11 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "Annual report of the United States Life Saving Service, Year ending June 30, 1876". University of Michigan. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
7. Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 203–204.
8. "Annual report of the United States Life Saving Service, Year ending June 30, 1876". University of Michigan. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
9. "Annual report of the United States Life Saving Service, Year ending June 30, 1876". University of Michigan. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
10. Ingram & Wheatley, p. 204.
11. Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 204–205.
12. alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (I)
13. Ingram & Wheatley, p. 205.
14. Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 205–206.
15. Ingram & Wheatley, p. 206.
16. Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 206–207.
17. Ingram & Wheatley, p. 207.
18. alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (A)
19. "Annual report of the United States Life Saving Service, Year ending June 30, 1877". University of Michigan. Retrieved 25 November 2019.
20. Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 207–208.
21. Ingram & Wheatley, p. 208.
22. "C F Funch (1063810)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
23. Ingram & Wheatley, p. 209.
24. alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (C)
25. alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (C) C Howland and Cornelius Howland
26. alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (D)
27. alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (J)
28. alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (M)
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30. alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (S)
31. "Annual report of the United States Life Saving Service, Year ending June 30, 1879". University of Michigan. Retrieved 26 November 2019.
32. Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 209–210.
33. "Delloye Matthieu (5608716)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
34. "19th Century Steamships". Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
35. "City of Manchester". Caledonian Maritime Heritage Trust. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
36. Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 210–211.
37. "SV Celinia (+1876)". wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
38. "Annual report of the United States Life Saving Service, Year ending June 30, 1877". University of Michigan. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
39. "Circassian (+1876". Wrecksite. Retrieved 21 November 2019.
40. Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 211–212.
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Bibliography

• Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association.

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