List of shipwrecks in 1880#14 March

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The list of shipwrecks in 1880 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1880.

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January

{{see|List of shipwrecks in January 1880}}

February

{{see|List of shipwrecks in February 1880}}

March

{{see|List of shipwrecks in March 1880}}

April

{{see|List of shipwrecks in April 1880}}

May

{{see|List of shipwrecks in May 1880}}

June

{{see|List of shipwrecks in June 1880}}

July

{{see|List of shipwrecks in July 1880}}

August

{{see|List of shipwrecks in August 1880}}

September

{{see|List of shipwrecks in September 1880}}

October

{{see|List of shipwrecks in October 1880}}

November

{{see|List of shipwrecks in November 1880}}

December

{{see|List of shipwrecks in December 1880}}

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|ship=Alpha

|flag={{flag|Norway|1844}}

|desc=The barque was lost at sea between 30 January and 12 March. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Aarhus, Denmark.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=13 March 1880 |issue=12552 }}

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|ship=Beatrice

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

|desc=The schooner sank in St George's Bay, Newfoundland Colony. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Gaspé, Quebec, Canada to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.{{cite news |title=Loss Of A Mevagissey Schooner |newspaper=The Cornishman |issue=126 |date=9 December 1880 |page=7}}

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|ship=Belgravia

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean between 13 November and 8 December. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to the Clyde.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=9 December 1880 |issue=295 }}

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|ship=Bossuet

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The full-rigged ship was wrecked on Tahiti. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=15 June 1880 |issue=29908 |page=5 |column=C }}

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|ship=Captain Madsen

|flag={{flag|Norway|1844}}

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida, United States to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom. She was subsequently wrecked at the mouth of the St. Johns River in a hurricane The wreck was subsequently towed in to Jacksonville, Florida.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=18 September 1880 |issue=10199 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=20 September 1880 |issue=10741 }}

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|ship=Cavaliere Squardelli

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

|desc=The brig foundered in the West Indies. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Demerara, British Guiana.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Mails |date=28 December 1880 |issue=30076 |page=8 |column=F }}

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|ship=Cometen

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on a reef before 29 September. She was on a voyage from Java, Netherlands East Indies to Amsterdam, North Holland. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=1 October 1880 |issue=10210 }}

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|ship=David Law

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

|desc=The ship caught fire and exploded. She was beached on the Elephant Keys and burnt out. Her 22 crew survived. David Law was on a voyage from Leith to San Francisco, California, United States. Her crew were landed at Plymouth on 3 December by {{HMS|Raleigh|1873|6}} ({{navy|UK}}).{{cite news |title=Narrow Escape Of A Crew |newspaper=The Cornishman |issue=126 |date=9 December 1880 |page=6 }}{{Cite news |title=Disasters at Sea |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=11 December 1880 |issue=10745 }}

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|ship=Emma

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Morant Bay, Jamaica. She was refloated in September.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=21 September 1880 |issue=29992 |page=11 |column=D }}

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|ship=Georgia

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The steamship departed from Fuzhou, China for Adelaide, South Australia in late August or early September. Subsequently foundered. Wreckage washed ashore at Edithburgh, South Australia.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=15 November 1880 |issue=10248 }}

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|ship=Lord of the Isles

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked on the coast of Sakhalin, Russia. Her crew survived.{{Cite news |title=Multiple News Items |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=17 December 1880 |issue=8554 |page=6 }}

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|ship=Marie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The fishing vessel was wrecked on the coast of Iceland. Her 20 crew survived.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=24 April 1880 |issue=29864 |page=14 |column=B }}

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|ship=Nagay

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

|desc=The schooner was lost at Popof Island in the Shumagin Islands off the south coast of the Department of Alaska during the summer of 1880. Her crew survived.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-n/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (N)]

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|ship=Nenuphar

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to New York, United States.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=19 August 1880 |issue=10173 }}

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|ship=Norden

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean between 14 October and 1 December. Her crew were rescued by the steamship City of London ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Norden was on a voyage from Quebec City to London, United Kingdom.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=2 December 1880 |issue=30054 |page=11 |column=F }}

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|ship=Oleander

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

|desc=The barque foundered at sea. Her crew took to a boat; they were rescued four weeks later by the barque Offerton ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Oleander was on a voyage from Valparaíso, Chile to Liverpool.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Huddersfield Chronicle |location=Huddersfield |date=15 January 1881 |issue=4196 |page=3 }}

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|ship=Rathmore

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

|desc=The steamship foundered in the Mediterranean Sea between 3 January and 8 February with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Bombay, India.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters at Sea |date=18 March 1880 |issue=29832 |page=5 |column=F }}

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|ship=Rock Light

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

|desc=The barque was presumed to have foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all 35 crew. She was on a voyage from New York to Bristol, Gloucestershire. A lifebuoy from the ship washed up on Faial Island, Azores in mid-April.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disaster |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=16 April 1880 |issue=10066 }}

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|ship=Sea Nymph

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

|desc=The ship departed from Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France for Gibraltar. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Overdue Vessels |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Post |location=Birmingham |date=16 November 1880 |issue=6978 }}

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|ship=Sea Shell

|flag={{flag|Tasmania}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on a reef off Noumea, New Caledonia. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=12 June 1880 |issue=10115 }}

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