List of shipwrecks in 1878

The list of shipwrecks in 1878 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1878.

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|ship=Advocate

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The barque capsized in the Atlantic Ocean between 13 May and 17 June. Her crew were rescued by N. B. Palmer ({{flag|Norway|1844}}). Advocate was on a voyage from New York, United States to "Dunkirk, Scotland".{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=15 July 1878 |issue=9516 }}

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|ship=Agnes

|flag={{flag|New South Wales}}

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on a reef in the Capricorn Islands, Queensland. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Townsville, Queensland.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=26 November 1878 |issue=9631 }}

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|ship=Ane Kjerstine

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The schooner capsized between 15 February and 23 June. She was on a voyage from Galipoli, Ottoman Empire to Antwerp, Belgium. She was towed in to Le Tréport, Seine-Inférieure, France in a capsized condition on 23 June.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=25 June 1878 |issue=29290 |page=12 |column=B }}

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|ship= Antonia Cane

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Gibraltar

|desc=The vessel was lost sometime in 1878. Wreckage from her – three pieces of board bearing the words "Antonia Cane" and "Gibraltar" – were collected by the Custom House Officer at Newquay, Cornwall, on 28 October.{{cite news |title=Another Apparent Shipwreck |newspaper=The Cornishman |location=Penzance |issue=16 |date=31 October 1878 |page=5 }}

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|ship= Cambria

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The quarter board of Cambria was washed up on the beach at Sennen.{{cite news |title=Casualties |newspaper=The Cornishman |location=Penzance |issue=11 |date=26 September 1878 |page=8}}

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|ship=Clara

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The brig foundered at sea between 19 March and 28 May. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Port Natal, Natal Colony.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=31 May 1878 |issue=29269 |page=12 |column=A }}

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|ship=Confederate

|flag={{flag|United States|1877}}

|desc=The ship collided with another vessel and sank off Brier Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. She was refloated on 29 June.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=10 July 1878 |issue=9512 }}

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|ship=Cordelia

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The barque departed from the River Tyne for Cartagena, Spain in late September or early October. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all fifteen crew. A ship seen on fire in the Bay of Biscay in late October or early November may have been the Cordelia.{{Cite news |title=Disasters at Sea |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=6 December 1878 |issue=10641 }}

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|ship=Cunard

|flag={{flag|United States|1877}}

|desc=The schooner was lost off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland in November or December, 1878 or in early 1879 with the loss of all fourteen crew.{{cite web |url=https://www.downtosea.com/1876-1900/1878.htm |title=1878 |publisher=downtothesea.com |access-date=1 July 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.downtosea.com/1876-1900/cunard.htm |title=The Cunard |publisher=downtothesea.com |access-date=1 July 2021}}

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|ship=Cypress

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The steamship was wrecked at Palavas-les-Flots, Hérault, France between 18 February and 29 March. She was on a voyage from Cortes to Cette, Hérault.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=30 March 1878 |issue=29216 |page=11 |column=F }}

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|ship=D. C. Bradley

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The schooner was lost in the vicinity of "Squan," a term used at the time for the coast of New Jersey near Manasquan and sometimes for the {{convert|7|nmi|km|adj=on}} stretch of coast between Manasquan Inlet and Cranberry Inlet or for the entire coast of New Jersey between Sea Girt and Barnegat Inlet.{{Cite web |url=https://njscuba.net/sites/site_lavallette.php |title=njscuba.net "Lavallette Wreck" |access-date=2020-03-01 |archive-date=2020-02-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223173713/https://njscuba.net/sites/site_lavallette.php |url-status=dead }}

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|ship=Don José

|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}

|desc=The barque was destroyed by fire after 13 November. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Havana, Cuba.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=20 January 1879 |issue=29469 |page=7 |column=F }}

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|ship= Dove

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The crew abandoned ship when they sighted Launcelot ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and were taken to Yokohama Japan. Dove had been attacked at Threshold Bay and when the crew abandoned they were within {{convert|40|nmi|km}} of Ambino, New Guinea, and the ship had {{convert|2|ft|m}} of water in the hold.{{cite news |title=Murder of Europeans in New Guinea |newspaper=The Cornishman |location=Penzance |issue=36 |date=20 March 1879 |page=3 }}

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|ship=Egremont Castle

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The barque departed from San Francisco, California for a British port late in 1878. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=8 May 1879 |issue=29562 |page=7 |column=F }}

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|ship= Eliza Walker

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship collided with the clipper ship {{ship||Red Jacket|clipper|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite web| last = Bruzelius| first = Lars| title = Sailing Ships: Red Jacket (1853)| work = Red Jacket| publisher = The Maritime History Virtual Archives| date =23 February 2001 | url = http://www.bruzelius.info/Nautica/Ships/Clippers/Red_Jacket%281853%29.html| access-date = April 19, 2010 }}

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|ship= Esther Smeed

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=Off course, Esther Smeed ran ashore on the Swedish island of Gotska Sandön in calm weather. While trying to refloat, a storm brewed and the ship went ashore a second time, filling with water and was abandoned.{{cite news|title=Remarkable Shipwreck. Serious Blame Thrown on a St Ives Mate |newspaper=The Cornishman |location=Penzance |issue=14 |date=17 October 1878 |page=2 }}

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|ship=Eureka

|flag={{flag|United States|1877}}

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the South Atlantic between 25 March and 16 May. She was on a voyage from New York to Yokohama.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=13 August 1878 |issue=29332 |page=9 |column=F }}

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|ship=Fire Queen

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The barque was wrecked in Sendai Bay between 4 January and 6 April. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=8 April 1878 |issue=29223 |page=12 |column=A }}{{Cite news |title=Large Steamer Sunk by Collision |newspaper=Huddersfield Chronicle |location=Huddersfield |date=30 May 1878 |issue=3374 }}

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|ship={{ship|Japanese ironclad|Fusō||2}}

|flag={{navy|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The ironclad ran aground in the Suez Canal, damaging her propellers. She was refloated and taken in to Suez, Egypt for repairs.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=6 April 1878 |issue=2782 }}

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|ship= Kathline

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship disappeared during 1878. The body of her captain was identified at Campbeltown, Argyllshire, by three captains from Newquay.{{cite news |title=The Missing Ship "Kathline" |newspaper=The Cornishman |location=Penzance |issue=16 |date=31 October 1878 |page=5 }}

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|ship=Langley

|flag={{flag|United States|1877}}

|desc=The schooner struck a rock in Chatham Strait in the Alexander Archipelago, Department of Alaska, and became a total loss.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-l/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (L)]

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|ship=Maggie McDonald

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The schooner was lost at Wreck Pond Inlet on the coast of New Jersey, United States.

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|ship=Maria Louis

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship collided with the steamship Juan ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) before 17 September. She was abandoned and set afire. Her crew were rescued by Juan.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=18 September 1878 |issue=12087 }}

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|ship= Mary

|flag={{flag|United States|1877}}

|desc=The schooner went ashore approximately {{convert|24|nmi|km}} south of Detroit, Michigan, following a storm, during which she became waterlogged, losing four of her six crew. She was carrying cordwood from Chicago, Illinois.{{cite news |title=Shipwreck and Loss of Four Lives |newspaper=The Cornishman |location=Penzance |issue=13 |date=10 October 1878 |page=6 }}

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|ship=Marchman

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship foundered in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Her seventeen crew took to boats; they were rescued 22 days later by Brittain ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite news |title=A Shipwrecked Crew at Belfast |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=3 September 1878 |issue=12074 }}

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|ship=Massimo d{{'}}Azeglio

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean after 20 September. Her crew were rescued by a schooner. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom to New York.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=12 November 1878 |issue=9619 }}

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|ship=New Jersey

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The barque was lost in the vicinity of "Squan," a term used at the time for the coast of New Jersey near Manasquan and sometimes for the {{convert|7|mi|km|adj=on}} stretch of coast between Manasquan Inlet and Cranberry Inlet or for the entire coast of New Jersey between Sea Girt and Barnegat Inlet.

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|ship= Onward

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=Thw ship wasrecked on the Australian coast. One able-seaman and four Kanakas survived.{{cite news |title=Terrible Sufferings in an Open Boat |newspaper=The Cornishman |location=Penzance |issue=24 |date=26 December 1878 |page=3 }}

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|ship=Primavera

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=The barque was destroyed by fire at sea between 17 July and 27 September. Some of her crew were rescued by the barque John Shephard ({{flag|United States|1877}}). Primavera was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Monte Video, Uruguay.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=28 September 1878 |issue=29372 |page=7 |column=F }}

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|ship=R. E. Miles

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ketch foundered off the coast of Cornwall with the loss of all hands between 26 March and 5 April. She was on a voyage from Truro, Cornwall to Carmarthen.{{Cite news |title=Disasters at Sea |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=3 May 1878 |issue=10610 }}

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|ship=Riverdale

|flag={{flag|United States|1877}}

|desc=The schooner was run into and sunk off Thacher Island, Massachusetts. Her crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=https://www.downtosea.com/1876-1900/1878.htm |title=1878 |publisher=downtothesea.com |access-date=1 July 2021}}

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|ship=San Carlos

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship collided with the steamship Blenheim ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and san between 30 August and 31 October. Her crew were rescued. San Carlos was on a voyage from the Clyde to Demerara, British Guiana.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=1 November 1878 |issue=29401 |page=5 |column=F }}

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|ship=Vermont

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean between 23 March and 6 April. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=8 April 1878 |issue=29223 |page=12 |column=A }}

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References

=Notes=

=Bibliography=

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

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