List of shipwrecks in 1870

The list of shipwrecks in 1870 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1870.

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1870
Jan Feb Mar Apr
May Jun Jul Aug
Sep Oct Nov Dec

January

2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1870
Ship Country Description
Eliza  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all hands.[1]

4 January

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1870
Ship Country Description
Maria  United States The paddle tug collided with USS Miantonomoh ( United States Navy) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.[2]

16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1870
Ship Country Description
Laura  United Kingdom The sprang a leak and foundered in the English Channel 9 nautical miles (17 km) south of Bridport, Dorset. Her nine crew were rescued.[3]

24 January

List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1870
Ship Country Description
USS Oneida  United States Navy
Illustration of the sinking of USS Oneida from 19 March 1870 edition of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper.
The sloop-of-war collided with Bombay ( United Kingdom) off Yokohama, Japan and sank with the loss of 125 of her 216 crew. Survivors were rescued by Japanese fishing boats.

28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1870
Ship Country Description
City of Boston  United Kingdom Departed Halifax, Nova Scotia for Liverpool. No further trace, possibly foundered in a storm on 30 January.

May

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1870
Ship Country Description
Joseph Hume  United Kingdom The ship foundered on or about 10 May with some loss of life.[4]

June

1 June

List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1870
Ship Country Description
Cremorne  United States Passed through the Golden Gate bound for Liverpool, England. No further trace.

23 June

List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1870
Ship Country Description
Mary  United Kingdom The schooner was in collision with the steamship Sheldrake ( United Kingdom) and sank with the loss of one life. Survivors were rescued by Sheldrake, which lost a crew member in the accident. Mary was on a voyage from Barrow in Furness, Lancashire to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[1]

July

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1870
Ship Country Description
HMS Maeander  Royal Navy Foundered in a gale at 7°54′45″S 14°24′24″W / 7.91250°S 14.40667°W / -7.91250; -14.40667.

September

6 September

List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1870
Ship Country Description
HMS Captain  Royal Navy Capsized and sank off Cape Finisterre, Spain.

October

12 October

List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1870
Ship Country Description
Brigand  United Kingdom The schooner was in collision with another vessel off The Mumbles, Glamorgan and foundered. Her crew were rescued by the tug Pero Gomez ( United Kingdom).[1]
Joseph et Marie flag unknown The schooner foundered off Swansea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sardinia, Italy to Swansea, Glamorgan.[1]
Key West  United States Ran aground off Cape Hatteras.

16 October

Memorial to those lost on the Sydney
List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1870
Ship Country Description
Sydney  United Kingdom Wrecked off Glen Head, Sturrall, Donegal, Ireland.

19 October

List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1870
Ship Country Description
Cambria  United Kingdom Wrecked off the Giant's Causeway, Ireland.

26 October

List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1870
Ship Country Description
Kennet  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridport, Dorset.[3]

29 October

Wreck of USS Saginaw
List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1870
Ship Country Description
USS Saginaw  United States Navy Wrecked off Kure Atoll.

November

17 November

List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1870
Ship Country Description
Seraing  Belgium Wrecked near Björkösund, Gulf of Finland.[5]

29 November

List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1870
Ship Country Description
Union  Germany The Norddeutscher Lloyd mail steamer, Bremen for New York with 310 passengers, after repairing engine in heavy weather, stranded off Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire. All passengers, 112 crew and mails were landed in boats.[6] The ship later broke up.[7]

December

9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1870
Ship Country Description
Dasher  United Kingdom The pilot cutter struck the Tusker Rock, in the Bristol Channel and was wrecked. Her three crew were rescued by Good Deliverance ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[1]

15 December

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1870
Ship Country Description
HMS Psyche  Royal Navy Wrecked off Catania, Italy

24 December

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1870
Ship Country Description
Ulpiano  Spain The barque was stranded on Süderoogsand, Föhr, Germany 54°25′30″N 8°28′44″E / 54.425°N 8.478889°E / 54.425; 8.478889[8]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "Maria". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History & Heritage Command. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
  3. 1 2 "Historical List of Shipwrecks at Chesil Beach & from Bridport to Lyme Regis". Burton Bradstock Online. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
  4. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 23709. p. 706. 24 February 1871.
  5. ↑ "Belgian Merchant P-Z" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
  6. ↑ "The Shipwreck of the German Steamship "Union"". The Aberdeen Journal (6413). 7 December 1870. p. 6.
  7. ↑ "Breaking up of the steamer Union". The Dundee Courier & Argus (5417). 12 December 1870. p. [3].
  8. ↑ Das Meer legt die "Ulpiano" frei (German)

See also

Ship events in 1870
Ship launches: 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875
Ship commissionings: 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875
Ship decommissionings: 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875
Shipwrecks: 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875
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