List of shipwrecks in August 1880

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

1 August

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|ship=County of Sutherland

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the River Thames at Erith, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Colombo, Ceylon. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=3 August 1880 |issue=185 }}

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|ship=Edani

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

|desc=The barque collided with the steamship Harter ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank off Málaga, Spain. Her crew were rescued. Edani was on a voyage from Gorée, Senegal to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.{{Cite news |title=Maritime Disaster |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=2 August 1880 |issue=10699 }}

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|ship=Idem

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

|desc=The barque collided with the steamship Harter (Flag unknown) off Gibraltar and sank. Her crew were rescued. Idem was on a voyage from China to New York, United States.{{cite news |title=Serious Collision off Gibraltar |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000272/18800804/039/0003 |newspaper=Manchester Evening News |date=4 August 1880}}

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|ship=Johann Winchhorst

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The barque was wrecked on the English Bank, in the River Plate. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Ocean Queen

|flag={{flag|Grenada|1875}}

|desc=The sloop foundered off Monlinier Point, Grenada with the loss of three of the 23 people on board. She was on a voyage from St. Georges to Grenville.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters at Sea |date=30 August 1880 |issue=29973 |page=12 |column=B }}

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|ship=Wastwater

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

|desc=The barque was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. Her 24 crew were rescued by the full-rigged ship A. H. van Tienhoven ({{flag|Netherlands}}) and the barque Antonia Vincent ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Wastwater was on a voyage from a Dutch port to Samarang, Netherlands East Indies.{{cite news |title=Telegram |newspaper=The Cornishman |issue=111 |date=26 August 1880 |page=5 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=25 August 1880 |issue=10719 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=31 August 1880 |issue=10183 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=4 September 1880 |issue=10728 }} The wreck was discovered on 16 November by the steamship {{SS|Sirius|1869|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and was scuttled.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=9 December 1880 |issue=10269 }}

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2 August

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|ship=Edmund Kaye

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore {{convert|8|nmi|km}} south of Cape Henry, on Anticosti Island, Nova Scotia, Canada and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Garrucha, Spain to Quebec City, Canada. She was later refloated.

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|ship=Halewood

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at "Praia Taipit South", Brazil. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Santos, Brazil.

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|ship=Laine

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The barque ran aground in the River Avon underneath the Clifton Suspension Bridge and subsequently capsized. She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida, United States to Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.

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3 August

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|ship=Adele Accame

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Portishead, Somerset. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Bristol, Gloucestershire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=4 August 1880 |issue=29951 |page=12 |column=D }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=5 August 1880 |issue=10160 }}

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|ship=Giovanni Boscovich

|flag={{flag|Austria-Hungary|civil}}

|desc=The derelict barque was sighted in a sinking condition in the Mediterranean Sea ({{coord|39|52|N|11|58|E}}) by the steamship {{SS|Prins Hendrik|1874|2}} ({{flag|Netherlands}}).

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|ship=Northern Ensign

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

|desc=The fishing boat sank off Rose Hearty, Aberdeenshire with the loss of all six crew.{{cite news |title=Loss Of Fishing-Boat And Six Lives |newspaper=The Cornishman |issue=109 |date=12 August 1880 |page=7 }} The loss was caused by the weight of her catch.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=6 August 1880 |issue=10162 }}

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|ship=Regnator

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

|desc=The ship departed from Greenock, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom for Demerara, British Guiana. No further trace, reported missing.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=27 January 1881 |issue=30102 |page=11 |column=E }}

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4 August

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|ship=Alpha

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Aarhus, Denmark. She was on a voyage from a Scottish port to Aarhus. She was refloated.

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|ship=Florist

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

|desc=The ship ran aground off Kingsdown, Kent. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Port-en-Bessain, Calvados, France. She was refloated and taken in to The Downs.{{Cite news |title=Maritime Disaster |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=6 August 1880 |issue=10703 }}

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|ship=Lassa

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked at the Santapille Lighthouse, India. Her crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=http://clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=1410&vessel=LASSA |title=Lassa |publisher=Caledonian Maritime Heritage Trust |accessdate=3 February 2022 }}

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|ship=Melbourne Trader

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

|desc=The ship foundered off the Corsewall Lighthouse, Wigtownshire. Her three crew survived. She was on a voyage from Girvan, Ayrshire to Newry, County Antrim.

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5 August

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|ship=Albert Edward, and
Alexandra

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

|desc=The steamships collided at Portsmouth, Hampshire and were both severely damaged. Albert Edward was on a voyage from Stokes Bay to Ryde, Isle of Wight. Alexandra was on a voyage from Ryde to Portsmouth. Both vessels were towed in to Southampton, Hampshire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=7 August 1880 |issue=10163 }}

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|ship=Alert

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

|desc=The schooner sprang a leak and sank {{convert|8|nmi|km}} west south west of the Eddystone Lighthouse. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=6 August 1880 |issue=29953 |page=12 |column=A }}

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|ship=Augusta

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship departed from Santa Anna for a British port. No further trace, reported severely overdue.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=13 January 1881 |issue=11 }}

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|ship=Cervantes

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Humber. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Hull, Yorkshire.

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|ship=Delaide

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked at Cabo Polonio, Uruguay. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to the river Plate.

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|ship=Gustave Henrie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The sloop ran aground on the Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was refloated and assisted in to Great Yarmouth.

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6 August

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|ship=Aramis

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore at the Castillo de Guardias Viejas, Spain. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Agrigento, Italy.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=9 August 1880 |issue=29955 |page=12 |column=B }}

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|ship=Ethelwin

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

|desc=The steamship struck a sunken rock in the Douro and was beached. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Porto, Portugal.

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|ship=Kilvey

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

|desc=The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Loanda ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=14 August 1880 |issue=29960 |page=12 |column=A }}{{Cite news |title=The West Coast of Africa |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=28 August 1880 |issue=10181 }} Kilvey was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Demerara, British Guiana.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=16 August 1880 |issue=196 }}

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|ship=Leon

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Dunkirk, Nord, France. She was on a voyage from Bilbao to Dunkirk. She was refloated.

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|ship=Maria and Ellen

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

|desc=The schooner sprang a leak and sank in the North Sea {{convert|20|nmi|km}} off Thurso, Caithness. Her crew were rescued by the ketch Jane Hunter ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Maria and Ellen was on a voyage from Caernarfon to Sunderland, County Durham.{{Cite news |title=Foundering of a Schooner |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=7 August 1880 |issue=8441 }}

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|ship=Robert Brown

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Scheldt at Bath, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=7 August 1880 |issue=17488 |page=6 }}

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|ship=St. Athens

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground at Östergarn, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Helsingør, Denmark. She was later refloated.

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7 August

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|ship=Alexandra

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The brig collided with the steamship Skane (Flag unknown) and was reported to have sunk in the Baltic Sea off Gotland, Sweden. Her crew were rescued by Skane. Alexandra was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Porvoo, Grand Duchy of Finland. Alexandra was towed in to Burgsvik, Gotland in a capsized condition on 10 August.

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|ship=Bessie Young

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Collier Hope, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Whitby, Yorkshire. She was refloated and taken in to Whitby, Yorkshire.

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|ship=Climax

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

|desc=The schooner sprang a leak and was beached between Ryde and Seaview, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Castle Hill to Weymouth, Dorset. She was refloated and taken in to Bembridge, Isle of Wight.

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|ship={{PS|Dunoon Castle|1867|2}}

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

|desc=The paddle steamer struck a submerged rock and was beached in the Clyde at Gourock, Renfrewshire. All 700 passengers and crew were landed.{{cite news |title=Exciting Excursion Incident |newspaper=The Cornishman |issue=109 |date=12 August 1880 |page=6 }} She was later refloated and taken in to Bowling, Dunbartonshire for repairs.

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|ship=George

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

|desc=The trow was driven ashore between Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge, Somerset. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Harriet

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

|desc=The smack was wrecked on Pentire Point East, Newquay, Cornwall. There was controversy over the launching of the lifeboat and the crew were eventually saved by the Newquay Lifeboat Pendock Neale (file:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Harriet was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Hayle, Cornwall.{{cite news |title=Loss of A Bideford Smack off Newquay |newspaper=The Cornishman |issue=109 |date=12 August 1880 |page=5 }}

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|ship=Industry

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

|desc=The trow was driven ashore between Burnham-on-Sea and Highbridge. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship={{SS|Jeddah||2}}

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

|desc=The passenger ship suffered progressive boiler damage and lost her sails in heavy weather in the Indian Ocean beginning on 3 August. Some of her officers abandoned her on 7 August, assuming she would sink, leaving her adrift of Cape Guardafui, Majeerteen Sultanate with about 1,000 passengers and crew aboard. The crew who had abandoned her were rescued on 8 August by the convict ship {{ship||Scindian}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). The steamship Antenor ({{flag|France}}) towed Jeddah into port at Aden, Aden Governorate on 11 August. Eighteen lives were lost in the incident.

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|ship=Lady Beatrix

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

|desc=The steamship collided with the full-rigged ship Rhine ({{flag|United States|1877}}) and sank in the River Thames at Greenwich, Kent. She was refloated on 12 August and taken in to Limehouse, Middlesex.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=13 August 1880 |issue=10168 }}

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|ship=Loch Etive

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at the Worms Head, Glamorgan. She was subsequently refloated and towed in to Swansea.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Weather |date=10 August 1880 |issue=29956 |page=11 |column=F }}

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|ship=Marie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in Mother Joey's Bay, near Padstow, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Porthcawl, Glamorgan to Bordeaux, Gironde.{{Cite news |title=Local News |newspaper=Bristol Mercury |location=Bristol |date=10 August 1880 |issue=10058 }}{{Cite news |title=Severe Storms |newspaper=Morning Post |location=London |date=10 August 1880 |issue=33736 |page=5 }}

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|ship=Oliver

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

|desc=The ship foundered in Western Bay. All on board Survived.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=12 August 1880 |issue=17492 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Prince of Bridgewater

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset. Her seven crew were rescued by the Burnham Lifeboat.

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|ship=Prune

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and sank at Burnham-on-Sea. Her crew were rescued by the Burnham Lifeboat Cheltenham (file:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Prune was later refloated and towed in to Bridgwater for repairs.{{Cite news |title=Burnham |newspaper=Bristol Mercury |location=Bristol |date=16 August 1880 |issue=10063 }}

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|ship=San Salvador

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

|desc=The ship departed from Truxillo for Nuevitas, Cuba. No further trace, reported missing.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=23 September 1880 |issue=29994 |page=12 |column=A }}

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|ship=Tidy

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

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked in Broughton Bay, Glamorgan. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Portland, Dorset to Llanelly, Glamorgan.{{cite web |url=http://www.swanseadocks.co.uk/Gower%20wrecks%20Rons%20write-up%20site.pdf |title=A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks |first=Ron |last=Tovey |publisher=Swansea Docks |access-date=20 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222065415/http://www.swanseadocks.co.uk/Gower%20wrecks%20Rons%20write-up%20site.pdf |archive-date=22 December 2014 }}

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|ship=Victoria

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Blokhus, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Rochefort, Charente-Inférieure, France to Härnösand, Sweden. She was refloated on 9 August and taken in to Fredrikshavn, Denmark.

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|ship=Waveney

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

|desc=The cutter yacht was driven ashore at Fort Blockhouse, Hampshire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=10 August 1880 |issue=10706 }}

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|ship=Unnamed

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at the mouth of the River Avon.

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|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Weston-super-Mare, Somerset.

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8 August

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|ship=Ada

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

|desc=The yacht sank at Ryde, Isle of Wight.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters to Yachts |date=10 August 1880 |issue=29956 |page=10 |column=F }}

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|ship=Auguste

|flag={{flag|Sweden|1844}}

|desc=The ship departed from Santa Anna for a British port. No further trace, reported missing.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=20 January 1881 |issue=10305 }}

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|ship=Erasmus Corning

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

|desc=The steamship struck a rock and sank off Glen Island. More than 600 people were rescued by the steamship St. Nicholas ({{flag|United States|1877}}).{{Cite news |title=American Items |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=25 August 1880 |issue=10730 }}

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|ship=Fiery Cross

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Aberdour, Fife. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Aberdour. She was refloated the next day.{{Cite news |title=Sunday Excursionists in a Fix |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=11 August 1880 |issue=8444 }}

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|ship=Hugh Taylor

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

|desc=The steamship caught fire at sea whilst on a voyage from Arzew, Algeria to Leith, Lothian. The fire was extinguished.

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|ship=Moonbeam

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

|desc=The cutter yacht was driven into Ryde Pier, Isle of Wight and sank.

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|ship=Spray

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

|desc=The schooner foundered off Berville-sur-Mer, Eure, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Fowey, Cornwall to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France.

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9 August

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|ship=Alba

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

|desc=The steamship departed from Havana, Cuba for "Alvares", Mexico. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

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|ship=Antoinetta C.

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire at New York, United States.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=10 August 1880 |issue=29956 |page=12 |column=F }}

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|ship={{SS|Bonnie Lee||2}}

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

|desc=The steamship struck an obstruction causing her boiler to explode, sinking her. Nine crew were killed.{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015073739321&view=1up&seq=41 |title=Annual report of the Supervising Inspector-general of steamboats for year ending June 30, 1881 |publisher=University of Michigan |access-date=13 December 2019}}

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|ship=City of Alpena

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

|desc=File:City of Alpena wreck 3.jpgThe wooden tug caught fire and sank in {{convert|9|ft|m}} of water in Lake Huron near Black River, Michigan at {{coord|44.7878|-83.2944|name=City of Alpena}}.{{cite web|url=https://thunderbay.noaa.gov/shipwrecks/city_of_alpena.html|title=City of Alpena|work=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|access-date=November 14, 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://greatlakeships.org/2907344/data?n=23|title=City of Alpena|work=Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library|access-date=November 14, 2019}}

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|ship=Cyclone

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

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire at New York.

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|ship=Heir Apparent

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

|desc=The schooner sprang a leak and was abandoned in the English Channel {{convert|10|nmi|km}} south east of Start Point, Devon. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Brest, Finistère, France.{{Cite news |title=Mysterious Foundering of a Schooner |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=13 August 1880 |issue=8446 }}

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|ship=John Read

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship was driven ashore on Öland, Sweden. She was refloated.

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|ship=Nicteaux

|flag={{flagicon|Canada|1868}} Canada

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire at New York.

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|ship=Sarah And Mary

|flag={{flag|New Zealand}}

|desc=The ketch was wrecked after running aground on an island in Queen Charlotte Sound after her line parted. The ship's stove was knocked over by the force of the impact, and the ship caught fire. Her crew successfully landed on the island.Ingram & Wheatley, p. 239.

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|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The steam barge collided with the steamship Fair Head at Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire and was beached.

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|ship=Unnamed

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore on Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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10 August

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|ship=Bull Lightship, and
Orient

|flag=22px Trinity House
{{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The Bull Lightship was run into by the smack Orient and was severely damaged. Orient was also damaged; she put back to Grimsby, Lincolnshire.

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|ship=Calypso

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Wexford. She was on a voyage from Wexford to Bristol, Gloucestershire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=11 August 1880 |issue=10166 }}

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|ship=Luna

|flag={{flagcountry|Cape Colony}}

|desc=The schooner foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hondeklip Bay to Cape Town.

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|ship=Margaret and Jane

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

|desc=The schooner collided with the steamship Llewellyn ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank {{convert|20|nmi|km}} off St. Bees Head, Cumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Ardglass, County Down.

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|ship=Tidy

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked in Brighton Bay.

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|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The schooner was destroyed by fire in Newtown Creek.

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11 August

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|ship=Candate

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The schooner was wrecked at the mouth of the Rio Grande. All on board were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=13 August 1880 |issue=29959 |page=12 |column=B }}

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|ship=Pelaw

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

|desc=The steamship struck a rock off the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Gibraltar. She put in to Falmouth, Cornwall in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=13 August 1880 |issue=10709 }}

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12 August

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|ship=Ada

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

|desc=The schooner was lost in a hurricane at or near Los Brazos de Santiago, Texas.

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|ship=Albertina

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and sank at "Gammelsby", Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Rotterdam, South Holland.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=14 August 1880 |issue=29960 |page=12 |column=A }}

}}

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|ship=Bravo

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

|desc=The sloop was lost in a hurricane at or near Los Brazos de Santiago.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Braissed

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

|desc=The schooner was lost in a hurricane at or near Los Brazos de Santiago.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Douglas

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Kalix, Sweden. She was refloated in September and taken in to Gothenburg, Sweden.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=14 September 1880 |issue=10736 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Eothen

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

|desc=The steam yacht ran aground in the River Foyle. She was refloated on 17 August with the assistance of two tugs.

}}

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|ship=Gannet

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Calcutta, India. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to London. She was refloated and put back to Calcutta.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|J. L. Sellers||2}}

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

|desc=The steamship sank in a hurricane at Los Brazos de Santiago. Three crewmen were killed.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=23 October 1880 |issue=10229 }}

}}

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|ship={{SS|John Scott||2}}

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

|desc=The steamship broke from her moorings in a hurricane at Los Brazos de Santiago. She filled and sank.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Laura Lewis

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

|desc=The schooner was lost in a hurricane at or near Los Brazos de Santiago.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=25 October 1880 |issue=10230 }}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Leo||2}}

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

|desc=The steamship broke from her moorings in a hurricane at Los Brazos de Santiago. She filled and sank.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lilly Weeks

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

|desc=The schooner was lost in a hurricane at or near Los Brazos de Santiago.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Petula

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

|desc=The sloop was lost in a hurricane at or near Los Brazos de Santiago.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Rebecca

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

|desc=The schooner was lost in a hurricane at or near Los Brazos de Santiago.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Seven Brothers

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

|desc=The schooner sprang a leak and sank {{convert|12|nmi|km}} south of the Calf of Man, Isle of Man. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Port Dinorwic, Caernarfonshire to Coleraine, County Antrim.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=13 August 1880 |issue=195 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Weaver

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

|desc=The sloop was lost in a hurricane at or near Los Brazos de Santiago.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Several unnamed vessels

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

|desc=Several steamboats were lost during a great storm on 12 and 13 August at Brownsville, Texas.{{cite news |title=Great Storm In America |newspaper=The Cornishman |issue=111 |date=26 August 1880 |page=6 }}

}}

13 August

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|ship=Ellen and Lucy

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

|desc=The brigantine was run into by the steamship Teviot ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the North Sea {{convert|6|nmi|km}} off the Outer Dowsing Sandbank. Her crew were rescued by Teviot. Ellen and Lucy was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Ipswich, Suffolk.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Fjerde November

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Finngrund and was subsequently destroyed by fire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Horse Guards

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

|desc=The steamship was damaged by an onboard explosion at Penarth, Glamorgan.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=20 August 1880 |issue=10729 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Kosmopolit

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The brigantine foundered at sea with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Algoa Bay to Lagos.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Prospero

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

|desc=The steamship struck the quayside at Grimsby, Lincolnshire and sank at the bow. She was on a voyage from Danzig, Germany to Grimsby.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was run down and sunk in the IJ by the steamship Plover ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

}}

14 August

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|ship=Auguste

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Brambles, in the Solent. She was on a voyage from Portland, Dorset to London She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Bertha

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore on Saltholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall, Sweden to Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ethel

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Banjaard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Kronstadt, Russia to Antwerp, Belgium.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=16 August 1880 |issue=10711 }} She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Excel

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

|desc=The fishing smack was driven ashore {{convert|1|nmi|km}} north of Withernsea, East Riding of Yorkshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Golden Fleece

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River at "Budge Budge". She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Calcutta, India. She was refloated with assistance.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lippe

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The steamship struck rocks off Abrevac'h, Finistère, France. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. She put in to Brest, Finistère in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=18 August 1880 |issue=10172 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Rhoda Mary

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Tunis, Beylik of Tunis. She was refloated and taken in to The Downs in a leaky condition. She was taken in to Dover for repairs the next day.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sylvanus

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned off St Gowan's Head, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued by Prince of Wales ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Sylvanus was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Waterford.

}}

15 August

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|ship=Avola Pellegrina

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked at "Castellos", Uruguay. She was on a voyage from Valencia, Spain to Montevideo, Uruguay.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=17 August 1880 |issue=29962 |page=10 |column=B }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Ben Lomond|1871|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship ran ashore on Brigantine Beach Island, New York, United States. She was on a voyage from the Delaware Breakwater to New York City. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=21 August 1880 |issue=29966 |page=12 |column=D }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lady Havelock

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

|desc=The steamship was holed. She put in to Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain where she was beached.

}}

16 August

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|ship={{SS|Titian|1879|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Port Said, Egypt. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Bussorah, Persia. She was refloated and taken in to Suez, Egypt in a leaky condition.

}}

17 August

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Alice

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Saint Domingo.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Castle Roy

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Anjer, Netherlands East Indies. She was on a voyage from Singapore, Straits Settlements to London.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Dione

|flag={{flag|Sweden|1844}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Djurslens-Grundet. She was on a voyage from "Halsta" to Gävle. She was later refloated and taken in to Stockholm.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ellen Mary

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

|desc=The yacht ran aground in Bray Bay. She was driven ashore and wrecked the next day. All on board were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Longford

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

|desc=The steamship collided with the steamship {{SS|Baltic|1871|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool. She was taken in to Liverpool, where she sank.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Rainbow

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore on the coast of French Indo-China. She was on a voyage from New York to Saigon, French Indo-China.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=23 August 1880 |issue=10717 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sophia

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

|desc=The Thames barge capsized and sank in the River Medway off Queenborough, Kent with the loss of a crew member.{{Cite news |title=Barge Sunk and Man Drowned |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasow |date=18 August 1880 |issue=198 }} Her captaing was rescued by boats from Fly and Princess (both {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite news |title=Miscellaneous |newspaper=Reynolds's Newspaper |location=London |date=22 August 1880 |issue=1567 }}

}}

18 August

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|ship=Akbar

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and severely damaged in at hurricane at Kingston, Jamaica.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|American|1865|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Kingston. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Hurricane in Jamaica |date=23 August 1880 |issue=29968 |page=10 |column=D }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Jamaica |date=28 August 1880 |issue=29972 |page=5 |column=D }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Amicitia

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

|desc=The ship was run into by the steamship Westminster ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the River Thames at Cuckold's Point.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=19 August 1880 |issue=29964 |page=12 |column=B }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Caroni

|flag={{flagicon|Canada|1868}} Canada

|desc=The brigantine was wrecked in a hurricane at Kingston, Jamaica. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Lockeport, Nova Scotia, Canada to Kingston.{{cite news |title=Hurricane At Kingston, Jamaica |newspaper=The Cornishman |issue=111 |date=26 August 1880 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=C. C. B.

|flag={{flag|Jamaica|1875}}

|desc=The schooner was wrecked in a hurricane at Kingston.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Chiabera

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

|desc=The ship departed from Paysandú, Uruguay for Falmouth, Cornwall. No further trace, reported missing.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=3 February 1881 |issue=30108 |page=6 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=10 February 1881 |issue=10323 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Dauntless

|flag={{flag|Jamaica|1875}}

|desc=The schooner sank in a hurricane at Kingston.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=16 September 1880 |issue=10197 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Everhard Delius

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The barque was severely damaged in a hurricane at Kingston. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Kingston.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=15 September 1880 |issue=10196 }} She was declared to be irreparable.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=2 September 1880 |issue=10185 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jane Patterson

|flag={{flag|Jamaica|1875}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore in a hurricane at Kingston.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Manuelita

|flag={{flag|Jamaica|1875}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore in a hurricane at Kingston.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Midsummer

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and severely damaged 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 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Moselle

|flag={{flag|Jamaica|1875}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore in a hurricane at Kingston.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Nightingale

|flag={{flag|Jamaica|1875}}

|desc=The schooner sank in a hurricane at Kingston.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Nuncio

|flag={{flagicon|Canada|1868}} Canada

|desc=The ship ran aground at Waterford, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Waterford.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=19 August 1880 |issue=10173 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sisters

|flag={{flag|Jamaica|1875}}

|desc=The schooner sank in a hurricane at Kingston.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Spray

|flag={{flag|Jamaica|1875}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore in a hurricane at Kingston.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Star

|flag={{flag|Jamaica|1875}}

|desc=The schooner was wrecked in a hurricane at Kingston.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Tamar

|flag={{flag|Jamaica|1875}}

|desc=The schooner sank in a hurricane at Kingston.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Trent

|flag={{flag|Jamaica|1875}}

|desc=The schooner sank in a hurricane at Kingston.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Twilight

|flag={{flag|Jamaica|1875}}

|desc=The schooner was wrecked in a hurricane at Kingston.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Victorine

|flag={{flag|Jamaica|1875}}

|desc=The schooner was wrecked in a hurricane at Kingston.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Waterwitch

|flag={{flag|Jamaica|1875}}

|desc=The schooner sank in a hurricane at Kingston.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=16 September 1880 |issue=10197 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Wave

|flag={{flag|Jamaica|1875}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore in a hurricane at Kingston.

}}

19 August

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|ship=Brantford City

|flag={{flagicon|Canada|1868}} Canada

|desc=The ship ran aground at West Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to West Hartlepool.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=20 August 1880 |issue=29965 |page=10 |column=C }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Brothers

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

|desc=The fishing smack collided with a schooner and sank off the Swin Middle Lightship (22px Trinity House) with the loss of one of her four crew. Survivors were rescued by the smack Volunteer ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite news |title=Colchester |newspaper=Essex Standard |location=Colchester |date=28 August 1880 |issue=2594 |volume=50 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Camille

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Banana, Africa.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=2 October 1880 |issue=10752 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Elizabeth Ann

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

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from "Dudda" to Cardiff, Glamorgan.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Gartconnel

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship collided with the barque Christel ({{flagcountry|German Empire}}) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean. Some of her crew were rescued by Christel. Gartconnel was on a voyage from Passaroeang, Netherlands East Indies to Queenstown, County Cork.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters at Sea |date=4 September 1880 |issue=29978 |page=5 |column=F }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Elizabeth Ann

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

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from "Dudda" to Cardiff, Glamorgan.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Paris

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

|desc=The steamship ran agroudn at "Taieleff Point". She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

}}

20 August

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|ship=Amadeo

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

|desc=The ship foundered off Rockport, Texas with the loss of all hands.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Christiana

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Rockport.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Felton Bent

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

|desc=The ship was towed in to Greenport, New York on fire. She was on a voyage from New York City to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was a total loss.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Griffin

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

|desc=The steam yacht struck the pier at Dover, Kent and was holed at the bow. She was beached.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Kingston

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Riga, Russia. She was on a voyage from Riga to Newport, Monmouthshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Laurel

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Rockport with the loss of all but two of those on board.{{Cite news |title=Storms and Floods in America |newspaper=York Herald |location=York |date=9 September 1880 |issue=7353 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lillie Weeks

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Rockport with the loss of all hands.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Marina Benvenuto

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

|desc=The barque caught fire at Montevideo, Uruguay. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Montevideo and Buenos Aires, Argentina.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Star of Africa

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

|desc=The ship struck the Albatross Rock and sank {{convert|6|nmi|km}} south of Cape Point, Cape Colony with the loss of twelve of her fourteen crew. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Cape Town, Cape Colony.{{Cite news |title=Wreck of an East Indiaman. Twelve Lives Lost |newspaper=Sheffield Independent |location=Sheffield |date=1 September 1880 |issue=8079 |page=2 }}{{Cite news |title=Loss of an East Indiaman and Twelve Lives |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Post |location=Birmingham |date=2 September 1880 |issue=6914 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Welcome

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore on Mustang Island, Texas with the loss of all but one of her crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The barque was wrecked on the Swin Middle Sand, in the Thames Estuary.

}}

21 August

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|ship=Algitha

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Akyab, Burma to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sunshine

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

|desc=The steamship was severely damaged by an onboard explosion. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She put in to Copenhagen, Denmark.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Petrel

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

|desc=The yacht was run down by a Mersey Ferry and sank. Three of the four people on board were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Monday Morning, August 23 |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=23 August 1880 |issue=202 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Waveney Queen

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

|desc=The yacht ran aground in the River Orwell. She was then run into by the steamship Esther ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite news |title= pswich, Saturday, August 28th, 1880 |newspaper=Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=28 August 1880 |issue=7874 }}

}}

22 August

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|ship=Estella

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Fleetwood, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Oran, Algeria to Fleetwood. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=24 August 1880 |issue=10177 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Fair Head

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

|desc=The steamship struck a rock off the Isle of Skye, Outer Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire to Kronstadt, Russia. She put back to Barrow-in-Furness.

}}

23 August

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|ship=Adelaide

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Maassluis, South Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Harwich, Essex. She was refloated with assistance.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ingeborg

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

|desc=The schooner caught fire in the North Sea and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from "Fakenborg" to Bo'ness, Lothian.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=6 September 1880 |issue=10188 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Reviewer

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=York Herald |location=York |date=28 August 1880 |issue=7343 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Rivadivia|1873|2}}

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The steamship was wrecked at A Coruña, Spain. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to a port in Brazil.

}}

24 August

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|ship=Ethel Caine

|flag={{flag|Jamaica|1875}}

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at John's Point. She was on a voyage from Montego Bay to the Milk River. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=25 August 1880 |issue=10178 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=James A. Harley

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

|desc=The brig struck a rock off Madeira. She put in to Madeira in a leaky condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=James Groves

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Soderhamn, Sweden. She was refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ulysses

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Weymouth, Dorset.

}}

25 August

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|ship=Larish

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on Elbow Key, Florida, United States. She was refloated and taken in to Galveston, Texas, United States.

}}

26 August

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|ship=Eastern Star

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Durban, Colony of Natal and was probably wrecked.{{cite news |title=Our Ships And Our Sailors |newspaper=The Cornishman |issue=112 |date=2 September 1880 |page=5 }}

}}

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|ship=Hetty Taylor

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

|desc=File:Schooner Hetty Taylor sonar image of wreck.PNGDuring a voyage {{nautical term|in ballast}} from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Escanaba, Michigan, the {{convert|84.1|ft|adj=on}}, 84.84-gross register ton schooner encountered a squall and capsized and sank in Lake Michigan about {{convert|5|nmi|lk=in}} off Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Her crew of five rowed safely to shore in a small boat. Hetty Taylor came to rest at {{coord|43|40.893|N|087|39.291|W|name=Hetty Taylor}} in {{convert|105|to|110|ft|0}} of water with {{convert|8|ft}} of her main topmast protruding above the surface. Salvage efforts apparently were abandoned after late April 1881.{{cite web|url=http://www.wisconsinshipwrecks.org/explore_hettytaylor_intro.cfm|title=Introduction|publisher=Wisconsin Shipwrecks.org|access-date=2013-06-05|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602073131/http://www.wisconsinshipwrecks.org/explore_hettytaylor_intro.cfm|archive-date=2013-06-02}}[https://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/media/docs/20221201-wscnms-field-report-final.pdf Madeline Roth, John Bright, and Russ Green, "Baseline Monitoring Documentation of Maritime Heritage Resources in the Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary," Report of 2022 Field Operations, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, December 2022, pp. 25, 40–41.] In 2005, the shipwreck site was added to the National Register of Historic Places,{{cite web|url=http://landmarkhunter.com/135449-hetty-taylor-shipwreck/|title=Hetty Taylor (shipwreck)|publisher=Landmark Hunter.com|access-date=2013-06-05}} and in 2021 it was included in the Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary.

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|ship=Southern Queen

|flag={{flag|New Zealand}}

|desc=The schooner was driven onto a reef and wrecked at Amuri Bluff. Two lives were lost.

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|ship=Surprise

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

|desc=The shipw was driven ashore at Durban and was probably wrecked.

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|ship=Two unnamed vessels

|flag={{flag|Switzerland}}

|desc=The ships were driven ashore and wrecked in Lake Lucerne. Their crews were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=A Day of Storms |date=4 September 1880 |issue=29978 |page=5 |column=E }}

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27 August

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|ship=Albatross

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

|desc=The lugger was driven ashore at Cromer, Norfolk.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=1 September 1880 |issue=29975 |page=11 |column=F }}

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|ship=Express

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

|desc=The barge was run into by the steamship Orleans ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank off the North Foreland, Kent. Her crew were rescued by Orleans.

}}

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|ship=John Wesley

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

|desc=The barque ran aground at "Pullen", Denmark. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=30 August 1880 |issue=10723 }}

}}

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|ship=Nannie Noall

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

|desc=The fishing vessel was run into by the steamship Aurora ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank about {{convert|4|or|5|nmi|km}} south west of the Wolf Rock. Two of her seven crew were drowned.{{cite news |title=A St Ives Fishing-Boat Cut Down Off The Land's End |newspaper=The Cornishman |issue=112 |date=2 September 1880 |page=7}} Survivors were rescued by Aurora.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=28 August 1880 |issue=29972 |page=10 |column=E }}

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|ship=Queen

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

|desc=The lugger struck a sunken wreck and foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Stonewall Jackson

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

|desc=The ship caught fire at Surabaya, Netherlands East Indies.

}}

28 August

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|ship=Cycrops

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The schooner ran aground at Tyne Dock, Northumberland, United Kingdom and sank. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Tyne Dock |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=3 September 1880 |issue=10731 }}

}}

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|ship=Rinaldo

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked on Saint Lucia. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Pensacola, Florida, United States.

}}

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|ship=Seraphin

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brig sprang a leak and foundered off Santoña, Spain. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Dunkirk, Nord.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=9 September 1880 |issue=10191 }}

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|ship=Theodor H. Rand

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Hittarp Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from New York to Copenhagen, Denmark. She was refloated with assistance.

}}

29 August

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|ship={{SS|City of Vera Cruz|1874|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship sank off the coast of Florida in a hurricane with the loss of 57 of the 82 people on board. She was on a voyage from New York to Mexico{{cite news|title=The Wrecked Steamship: City of Vera Cruz|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=980CE5D9143FEE3ABC4D53DFBF66838B699FDE|newspaper=New York Times|date=September 5, 1880}}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The United States |date=6 September 1880 |issue=29985 |page=6 |column=A }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The United States |date=13 September 1880 |issue=29985 |page=6 |column=B }}

}}

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|ship=H. Houston

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

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cuba to New York.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=2 September 1880 |issue=211 }}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Marine City||2}}

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

|desc=While carrying passengers and a cargo of fish and shingles, the wooden paddle steamer burned and sank in {{convert|5|ft|m}} of water in Lake Huron {{convert|2|nmi|km}} off Alcona, Michigan, at {{coord|44.770617|-83.289433|name=Marine City}}. Six passengers and three crew were killed.{{cite web|url=https://thunderbay.noaa.gov/shipwrecks/marine_city.html|title=Marine City|work=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|access-date=November 17, 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://greatlakeships.org/2902085/data?n=40|title=Marine City|work=Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library|access-date=November 17, 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://greatlakes.bgsu.edu/item/437765|title=Marine City|work=Bowling Green State University|access-date=November 17, 2019}}

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|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at the entrance to the Larne Lough. She was on a voyage from Garston, Lancashire to Larne, County Antrim. She was refloated and found to be leaky.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=1 September 1880 |issue=10184 }}

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|ship=Star of Africa

|flag={{flag|Cape Colony}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on a reef off Simon's Town with the loss of all but two of those on board.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=South Africa |date=25 September 1880 |issue=29996 |page=5 |column=F }}

}}

30 August

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|ship=Chanticleer

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore on Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=3 September 1880 |issue=10731 }}

}}

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|ship=Felisa

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Canaveral, Florida, United States. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Barcelona.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=23 September 1880 |issue=10203 }} She was towed in to Saint Augustine, Florida by a steamship on 30 September.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=14 October 1880 |issue=10221 }}

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|ship=Formose

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was lost off the coast of Africa. She was on a voyage from Bathurst, Gambia Colony and Protectorate to Dunkirk, Nord.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=19 October 1880 |issue=10225 }}

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|ship=Haworth

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

|desc=The steamship collided with an iceberg in the Strait of Belle Isle and was severely damaged. A crew member fell overboard and was drowned. She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire to Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Temporary repairs were made at sea and she completed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=9 September 1880 |issue=10191 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=20 September 1880 |issue=226 }}

}}

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|ship=Leon

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on Perim, Aden Governorate. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Singapore, Straits Settlements.{{Cite news |title=Latest Telegrams |newspaper=Huddersfield Chronicle |location=Huddersfield |date=1 September 1880 |issue=4080 |page=3 }} She was refloated on 4 September.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=6 September 1880 |issue=10188 }}

}}

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|ship=Norman

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Hoek van Holland, South Holland, Netherlands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Casualties |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=31 August 1880 |issue=8461 }} She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Rotterdam, South Holland. She was refloated.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Royal Standard|1871|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Stefano Point, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.

}}

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|ship=Superior

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

|desc=The ship collided with Illyrian ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to New York.

}}

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|ship=Typhis

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

|desc=The schooner departed from Labrador, Newfoundland Colony for Jersey. No further trace,{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=30 December 1880 |issue=30078 |page=12 |column=A }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=20 October 1880 |issue=10226 }} reported missing.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=6 January 1881 |issue=10293 }}

}}

31 August

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|ship={{SS|Carroll|1862|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at "Murphy's Point", Prince Edward Island, Canada. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=David Law

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship was destroyed by fire west of Speedwell Island, Falkland Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on her maiden voyage, from Leith, Lothian to San Francisco, United States.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters at Sea |date=19 October 1880 |issue=30016 |page=9 |column=F }}{{Cite web |url=http://clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=2246&vessel=DAVID+LAW |title=David Law |publisher=Caledonian Maritime Heritage Trust |accessdate=5 February 2022 }}

}}

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|ship=Adara and
Northumbria

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

|desc=The steamships collided at Alexandria, Egypt and were both severely damaged. Northumbria was beached.

}}

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|ship=Adino

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

|desc=The brigantine was wrecked on the Alacranes Reef. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Campeche, Mexico to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasow |date=19 August 1880 |issue=199 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=20 August 1880 |issue=10715 }}

}}

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|ship=Africa

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brigantine was wrecked on Eagle Island.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=25 August 1880 |issue=29969 |page=12 |column=C }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ala

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the north point of Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Härnösand, Sweden to Montrose, Forfarshire, United Kingdom.

}}

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|ship=Allegro

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Henlopen, Delaware. She was on a voyage from Martinique to the Delaware Breakwater.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=2 September 1880 |issue=10726 }}

}}

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|ship=Anna Lazzarevich

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship caught fire and sank {{convert|15|nmi|km}} off "Cape St. Angel". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=23 August 1880 |issue=10176 }}

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|ship=Arabian

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Kristiansand, Norway to Chester, Cheshire. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.

}}

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|ship=Asia

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

|desc=The steamship caught fire at Bône, Algeria and was scuttled. She was a total loss.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Astra

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Cape Henlopen, Delaware. She was on a voyage from Guadeloupe to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was refloated and taken in to Philadelphia.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Bachi

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Gibraltar.

}}

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|ship=Balmuir

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was refloated and completed her voyage to Boston, Massachusetts, United States in a leaky condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Banner

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship was wrecked on the Pedro Bank, off Jamaica.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=7 August 1880 |issue=29954 |page=12 |column=C }} Her 24 crew took to three boats; they subsequently reached Savannah, Georgia, United States.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=17 September 1880 |issue=10198 }}

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|ship=Bona Fide

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Signilskär, Åland, Grand Duchy of Finland before 27 August. She was on a voyage from London to Umeå, Sweden. She was refloated and put in to Stockholm, Sweden.

}}

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|ship=Cartsburn

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

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire in the Mozambique Channel. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Bombay, India.

}}

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|ship=Countess of Cromarty

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

|desc=The ship sank off Cape Sweetnose, Russia. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Cybele

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at the east end of Anticosti Island, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Glasgow to Montreal. She subsequently became a wreck.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=18 August 1880 |issue=29963 |page=12 |column=B }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasow |date=18 August 1880 |issue=198 }}

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|ship=Dora

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The barque was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

}}

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|ship=Egbert

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in Chesapeake Bay. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Enfant de France

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The barque was wrecked at Vieques, Porto Rico. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Faro

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 25 August. She was on a voyage from Darien, Georgia, United States to Limerick, United Kingdom.{{cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=31 August 1880 |issue=29974 |page=10 |column=D}}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Flavian|1880|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore in the Bay of Bulls before 15 August. She was on her maiden voyage, from Liverpool, Lancashire to Baltimore, Maryland. She had been refloated by 11 September and towed in to Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony.{{cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=13 September 1880 |issue=29985 |page=12 |column=C}}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=13 September 1880 |issue=10735 }}

}}

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|ship=George Roscovich

|flag={{flag|Austria-Hungary|civil}}

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Sardinia, Italy. She was towed in to Palermo, Sicily, Italy on 5 August by {{HMS|Invincible|1869|2}} ({{navy|UK}}).{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=7 August 1880 |issue=189 }}

}}

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|ship=Hazel Holme

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Camden Point, County Cork. She was refloated and taken in to Queenstown.

}}

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|ship=Initium

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in Lac Saint-Pierre.{{cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=30 August 1880 |issue=29973 |page=12 |column=B}}

}}

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|ship=Isidora

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Hjørring, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Delfzijl, Groningen.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=3 August 1880 |issue=29950 |page=12 |column=C }}

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|ship=Johanne

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The brig was beached at the mouth of the Goatzacoalcos River and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Minatitlán, Mexico to Falmouth.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=K

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

|desc=The steam barge struck the jetty at Cowes, Isle of Wight and sank.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Kilwa|1878|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground off Amherst, Burma. She was refloated and taken in to Moulmein.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=L{{'}}Avvenire

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Bilbao, Spain. She was on a voyage from Bilbao to New York, United States. She was refloated and completed her voyage in a leaky condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Marie Louise

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship caught fire and sank off the coast of Nord on or before 19 August.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Martha P. Tucker

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

|desc=The barque ran aground at "Bancochico", Uruguay. She was refloated with the assistqnce of a steamship and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=17 August 1880 |issue=10712 }}

}}

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|ship=Mary Anning

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

|desc=The barque struck a rock and foundered. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Belize City, British Guiana to Liverpool.{{Cite news |title=Gleanings |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Post |location=Birmingham |date=1 September 1880 |issue=6913 }}

}}

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|ship=Mary Coverdale

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at "Svenska Bjorn" before 27 August. She was on a voyage from Oulu, Grand Duchy of Finland to Hartlepool, County Durham. She was refloated and taken in to Stockholm.

}}

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|ship=Messagero

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

|desc=The brig foundered at sea before 17 August. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Genoa to Montevideo, Uruguay.

}}

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|ship={{ship|Russian torpedo boat|Nadine||2}}

|flag={{navy|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The torpedo boat was wrecked near the mouth of the Jaguaribe River. Her crew survived.{{cite news |title=Foreign And Colonial |newspaper=The Cornishman |issue=111 |date=26 August 1880 |page=6 }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Wreck of a Russian Torpedo Boat |date=23 August 1880 |issue=29968 |page=5 |column=F }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Neptune

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The sloop sank at Bordeaux, Gironde.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Pinta

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

|desc=The brigantine ran aground on the Cockle Sand. She was refloated and taken in to Whitstable, Kent.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=3 August 1880 |issue=17484 |page=7 }}

}}

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|ship=Ragnhild

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

|desc=The barque ran aground at Honfleur, Manche, France and was severely damaged.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=30 August 1880 |issue=208 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=30 August 1880 |issue=10182 }}

}}

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|ship=Ridesdale

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Santos, Brazil. She was on a voyage from London to Santos. She was reflaoted and taken in to Santos.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Salisbury

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at "Hastobuso", near Ekenäs, Grand Duchy of Finland.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=10 August 1880 |issue=10165 }}

}}

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|ship=Sarah

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Shoebury Sand, in the Thames Estuary. She was on a voyage from London to Swansea, Glamorgan. She was refloated on 8 August.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=10 August 1880 |issue=10165 }}

}}

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|ship=Sir John Newport

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

|desc=The schooner struck a sunken rock and sprang a leak. She was on a voyage from Stockholm, Sweden to London. She put in to Kalix, Sweden for repairs.

}}

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|ship=Sisters

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

|desc=The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Isleornsay, Isle of Skye, Outer Hebrides. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Portree, Isle of Skye.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=19 August 1880 |issue=17498 |page=6 }}

}}

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|ship=Stranton

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

|desc=The steamship was damaged by fire at Baltimore, Maryland.

}}

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|ship=Tiphys

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

|desc=The brig departed from New York for Jersey, Channel Islands. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all on board.{{Cite news |title=Overdue Vessels |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Post |location=Birmingham |date=16 November 1880 |issue=6978 }}

}}

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|ship=Vigie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Texel, North Holland, or Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Le Tréport, Seine-Inférieure to Christiania, Norway.

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|ship={{SS|Waldensian|1861|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Pointe-aux-Trembles, Quebec, Canada and was beached. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Quebec to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.

}}

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|ship=William G. Davis

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Bulkhead Shoal, in the Schuylkill River. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia to Dublin, United Kingdom.

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|ship=Witch of the Teign

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

|desc=The schooner foundered at sea. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from "Porman" to Workington, Cumberland.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=10 August 1880 |issue=29956 |page=12 |column=F }}

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|ship=Unnamed

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the east coast of Madagascar before 14 August.

}}

References

=Bibliography=

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

1880-08

Category:Maritime incidents in August 1880