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List of shipwrecks in June 1878 .
The list of shipwrecks in June 1878 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during June 1878 .
List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1878
Ship
State
Description
HMS Elk
Royal Navy
The Beacon -class gunvessel was driven ashore at Punta Lara, Argentina. She was refloated the next day.[ 1] [ 2]
Idaho
United Kingdom
The passenger ship , on a voyage from New York , United States to Liverpool , Lancashire via Queenstown, County Cork , after delivering mail to Queenstown, ran aground on Connigmore rocks off the Saltee Islands , County Wexford . Idaho carried 151 passengers and a mixed cargo of fifty-one horses, some cattle and a 1,000 tons of beef. She drifted off the rock and sank within twenty minutes. Her passengers and crew were rescued.[ 3] [ 4]
Loch Ard
United Kingdom
The clipper ran onto rocks in fog and sank at Muttonbird Island, Victoria with the loss of 52 of the 54 people on board.[ 5] She was on a voyage from London to Melbourne , Victoria.[ 4]
List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1878
Ship
State
Description
Bernice
Netherlands
The steamship ran aground at St. Margaret's Bay, Kent , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Amsterdam , North Holland to Lisbon , Portugal. She was refloated and taken in to The Downs .[ 15]
Carolina
United States
The ship ran aground at Alloa , Clackmannanshire , Scotland, and sprang a leak. She was on a voyage from Baltimore to Alloa.[ 15]
Norma
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on the Cradle Rock, in the Channel Islands . She was refloated and taken in to Saint Helier , Jersey .[ 16]
W. N. H. Clements
United States
The ship was driven ashore at New York . She was on a voyage from New York to Cork , Ireland.[ 15]
List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1878
Ship
State
Description
Fortuna
Norway
The barque was driven ashore near Port Kunda , Russia . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Narva , Russia to South Alloa , Clackmannanshire , Scotland .[ 17]
Kaiateur
Flag unknown
The steamship ran aground at Kertch , Russia. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool , County Durham , United Kingdom to Kertch. She was refloated.[ 18]
Maria
Spain
The barque collided with the steamship Aurora ( United Kingdom ) and sank in the Thames Estuary off Southend-on-Sea , Essex , United Kingdom. Each vessel lost a crew member. Maria was on a voyage from Havana , Cuba to London , United Kingdom.[ 19]
List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1878
Ship
State
Description
Henry Coxon
United Kingdom
The steamship was sighted off Copenhagen , Denmark whilst on a voyage from Riga , Russia to Grimsby , Lincolnshire . Presumed foundered with the loss of all twenty crew.[ 24] [ 25] A lifeboat from the ship was found in the North Sea in September.[ 26]
Ocean Maid
United Kingdom
The schooner collided with the steamship Montana ( United Kingdom ) and sank in the River Mersey . Her five crew were rescued.[ 22] [ 27] Ocean Maid was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Fraserburgh , Aberdeenshire .[ 28] She was subsequently refloated and beached.[ 17]
Olga R.
Austria-Hungary
The barque ran aground at Queenstown, County Cork , Ireland . She was on a voyage from Queenstown to Cork .[ 29]
Olive
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground and was wrecked at Buckie , Moray . Her crew were rescued.[ 30]
Vintage
United Kingdom
The brigantine ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex . She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to London . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 29]
List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1878
Ship
State
Description
Francoisier
France
The ship collided with Alliance ( United Kingdom ) at Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure and was severely damaged. Several passengers were severely wounded.[ 17]
Joshua
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked at Beypore , India with the loss of seven of her crew.[ 32] [ 28]
Chile
United Kingdom
The barque was struck by a wave and severely damaged in the Pacific Ocean . She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California , United States to London . She put in to Melville Sound, Chile on 2 July. A boat was despatched the next day for Punta Arenas , it was picked up by the steamship Potosi ( Chile ). The corvette Magallanes (navy) was despatched and towed her in to Punta Arenas, where she arrived on 3 August. Subsequently condemned and sold to the Chilean Navy for use as a hulk .[ 33] [ 34]
Marittimo
Italy
The barque ran aground at Goole , Yorkshire , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Goole to Naples . She was refloated and put back to Goole.[ 32]
Minniehaha
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Beddingestrand , Sweden.[ 32] She was on a voyage from Hamburg , Germany to Sundsvall , Sweden.[ 17]
Onni
Norway
The ship ran aground on Inchgarvie , in the Firth of Forth and broke her back.[ 32]
List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1878
Ship
State
Description
Aberystwyth
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on the Skullmartin Rock, off Ballywalter , County Down .[ 55]
Garland
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground. She was on a round trip from the Isle of Wight to Weymouth, Dorset . She was refloated and completed her voyage.[ 56]
Neptune
Germany
The schooner collided with the schooner Mary Block ( United Kingdom ) and foundered in the English Channel with the loss of six of her eight crew. Survivors were rescued by Mary Block .[ 57] Neptune was on a voyage from Elsfleth to Cardiff , Glamorgan , United Kingdom .[ 55]
Stamford
United Kingdom
The steamship struck the Paganello Rock, off Point Margarita, Italy . She foundered on 1 July. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Messina , Sicily , Italy to Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône , France.[ 48] [ 58] [ 59]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in June 1878
Ship
State
Description
Cambrian
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Pacific Ocean before 17 June with some loss of life.[ 17]
Charlotte
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on the Pennington Spit, off the coast of Hampshire .[ 55]
Cumbrae
United Kingdom
The steamship struck rocks off the coast of Iceland. She was on a voyage from Iceland to Leith , Lothian . She completed her voyage in a leaky condition.[ 62]
Farragut
United States
The schooner was wrecked at the mouth of the Tonalá River .[ 9]
Glenrosa
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore at Fahludd, Gotland , Sweden. She was on a voyage from Riga , Russia to Leith , Lothian .[ 18]
Goldstream
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked at the mouth of the Tonalá River.[ 9]
Haabet
Norway
The barque was driven ashore at "Corp". She was refloated with assistance and taken in to Copenhagen , Denmark for repairs.[ 37]
Jennie R. Deverty
United States
The barque was driven ashore at Bassa, Liberia before 4 June. She was on a voyage from Africa to Boston, Massachusetts . She was refloated and put in to a port in Sierra Leone.[ 63]
Knight of Snowdon
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked on Punta Santiago Island, in the Pacific Ocean before 18 June. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle, New South Wales to Manila , Spanish East Indies .[ 28] [ 17]
Mary
United Kingdom
The brigantine was lost at sea. She was on a voyage from Antigua to the Newfoundland Colony .[ 55]
Moderator
United Kingdom
The schooner foundered in the Bristol Channel . She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Highbridge , Somerset .[ 64]
Polarstjernen
Flag unknown
The ship collided with the steamship Hermod ( Denmark ) in the Baltic Sea between 24 and 26 June and was severely damaged. She was towed in to Bolderāja , Russia by Hermod .[ 49]
Royal Dane
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Pacific Ocean. Her crew were rescued.[ 55]
RMS Tasmanian
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ponce, Puerto Rico .[ 65] [ 66] Attempts to refloat her were abandoned on 23 June. She capsized and her crew were rescued by the steamship Tourmaline ( United Kingdom )[ 67]
Thomas Brocklebank
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Isla de la Juventud , Cuba . She was on a voyage from Montego Bay , Jamaica to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 37]
Vintage
United Kingdom
The brigantine was driven ashore at Shoeburyness , Essex before 15 June. She was on a voyage from Seaham , County Durham to London . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 22]
Four unnamed vessels
Flags unknown
The ships were wrecked on the coast of Iceland before 11 June.[ 68]
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^ a b "Shipping". Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough . No. 3428. Middlesbrough. 12 June 1878. p. 4.
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^ "A Fife Sloop Ashore". Dundee Courier . No. 7768. Dundee. 14 June 1878.
^ "Iceland". Aberdeen Journal . No. 7292. Aberdeen. 3 July 1878.
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^ Ingram & Wheatley, p. 224.
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^ Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 224–225.
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^ "Shipping Intelligence". Hull Packet . No. 4854. Hull. 30 August 1878.
^ "Steamboat Collision on the Clyde". Glasgow Herald . No. 10041. Glasgow. 26 June 1878.
^ "Multiple News Items". Dundee Courier . No. 7778. Dundee. 27 June 1878.
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^ "Shipping Disasters". Liverpool Mercury . No. 9506. Liverpool. 3 July 1878.
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