List of shipwrecks in February 1878

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

1 February

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|ship=Chattanooga

|flag={{flag|United States|1844}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Cove Point, Maryland with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Demerara, British Guiana.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=4 February 1878 |issue=9919 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=4 February 1878 |issue=11893 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=20 February 1878 |issue=9392 }}

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|ship=Diana

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore near Slade Castle in Slade, County Wexford.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=4 February 1878 |issue=29169 |page=11 |column=B }}

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|ship=Georg Andreas

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Randesund.

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|ship=Margaret Jones

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked between Souter Point, Northumberland and Whitburn, County Durham. Her crew were rescued by the tug Scottish Maid ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Margaret Jones was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Plymouth, Devon.

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|ship=Orion

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at "Budget", Calcutta, India. She was refloated with assistance.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=2 February 1878 |issue=29168 |page=12 |column=B }}

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|ship=Providence

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The lugger foundered off the Runnel Stone. Her three crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disaster at Sea |date=2 February 1878 |issue=29168 |page=5 |column=E }}

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|ship=Teviot

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to Bombay, India.

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2 February

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|ship=Abigail

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Flogger Shoal. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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|ship=Africaine

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brig foundered off Cape Carbonara, Sardinia, Italy. Her crew were rescued by Adina ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}). Africaine was on a voyage from Bône, Algeria to Antwerp, Belgium.

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|ship=Auguste Solscher

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The barque was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom, or on the Kentish Knock. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Valparaíso, Chile.{{cite book |title=The Salvagers |first=Hervey |last=Benham |author-link=Hervey Benham |pages=194–95 |publisher=Essex County Newspapers Ltd |location=Colchester |year=1980 |isbn=00-950944-2-3}}{{Cite news |title=Harwich |newspaper=Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=30 March 1878 |issue=7618 }}

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|ship=Isabella

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

|desc=The brig foundered off Asinara, Sardinia with the loss of four of her ten crew. She was on a voyage from Kronstadt, Russia to Livorno.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters at Sea |date=11 February 1878 |issue=29175 |page=9 |column=F }}

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|ship=Lise

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at "Amrovia", Italy. She was on a voyage from Carloforte, Italy to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.

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|ship=Negeisus

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship was sighted in the Øresund whilst on a voyage from Libava, Courland Governorate to a port on the east coast of the United Kingdom. No further trace, reported missing.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=25 April 1878 |issue=2797 }}

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|ship=Orfeo

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked near Bizerte, Algeria. She was on a voyage from Barcelona, Spain to Livorno.

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|ship=Pingon

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground off New Romney, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Lisbon, Portugal.

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|ship=Roma

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship was driven ashore near Siniscola, Sardinia.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=5 February 1878 |issue=16704 |page=6 }}

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|ship=Stavanger

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Amrovia".

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|ship=Vincenzo

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

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Cette, Hérault, France. She was refloated.

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|ship=Zephyrine

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Boston, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to Boston.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=5 February 1878 |issue=29170 |page=12 |column=C }}

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3 February

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|ship=Constitution

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

|desc=The tug sprang a leak at Birkenhead, Cheshire and was beached at Tranmere, Cheshire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=4 February 1878 |issue=9919 }}

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|ship=Foyle

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at New Ferry, Cheshire. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Begone ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Stonehouse

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

|desc=The ship foundered off Asinara, Sardinia, Italy with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Kronstadt, Russia to Livorno, Italy.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=8 February 1878 |issue=10598 }}

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4 February

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|ship=Cameroon

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore near Crosby, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Africa to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=5 February 1878 |issue=29170 |page=12 |column=C }} She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=5 February 1878 |issue=9379 }}

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|ship=Charlotte

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

|desc=The ketch was driven ashore near Saltfleethaven, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.

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|ship=Delawar

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

|desc=The ship .{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=7 February 1878 |issue=9922 }}

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|ship=Edward Herbert

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of Mossoró, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Bahia to Mossoró.

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|ship=Mary D

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at "Galippa", Beylik of Tunis with the loss of four lives. She was on a voyage from Catania, Sicily, Italy to New York, United States.

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|ship=Orlando

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

|desc=The barque capsized in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Duisberg ({{flagcountry|German Empire}}). Orlando was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Gloucester, United Kingdom.

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|ship=Western Belle

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at "Coronier", British Guiana.

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5 February

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|ship=Aberavon

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in Thornton Loch.

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|ship=Anthes

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

|desc=The brig collided with the barque Atlantic ({{flag|Sweden|1844}}) and sank off The Lizard, Cornwall with the loss of four of her nine crew. Survivors were rescued by Atlantic. Anthes was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Granville, Manche, France.{{Cite news |title=Maritime Deposition |newspaper=Star |location=Saint Peter Port |date=9 February 1878 |issue=104 |volume=64 }}

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|ship=Ascupart

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Leith, Lothian. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Leith. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug.

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|ship=Cobden, and
Norman

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

|desc=The steamships collided at Middlesbrough, Yorkshire and were both severely damaged. Cobden was on a voyage from Middlesbrough to London. Norman was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Middlesbrough.{{Cite news |title=Collision Between Steamers |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=8 February 1878 |issue=3023 |page=4 }}

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|ship=Ilen

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

|desc=The steamship struck a sunken wreck and was damaged. She was on a voyage from London to Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium. She completed her voyage in a leaky condition.

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|ship=Perpetric

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

|desc=The brig was severely damaged by an onboard explosion and fire. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Pernambuco, Brazil. She was towed in to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.{{Cite news |title=Explosion on board Ship |newspaper=Huddersfield Chronicle |location=Huddersfield |date=6 February 1878 |issue=3277 |page=3 }}

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|ship=Ringdove

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore in the River Thames at the Coalhouse Fort, Essex. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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|ship={{SS|Zero|1874|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked at "Colon", on the south coast of Mallorca, Spain. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Wreck of an English Steamer |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=8 February 1878 |issue=19511 }}{{Cite news |title=Disasters at Sea |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=8 February 1878 |issue=10598 }}{{Cite news |title=Ship Wrecks |newspaper=Manchester Times |location=Manchester |date=9 February 1878 |issue=1052}}

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6 February

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|ship=Adelina

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Wisbeach, Cambridgeshire to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Agnes

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

|desc=The brigantine was severely damaged at Dublin when a steam crane collapsed onto her.

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|ship=Anna Oneto

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Lewes, Delaware, United States. She was on a voyage from Savona to the Delaware Breakwater. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=8 February 1878 |issue=16707 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Anne Cheshyre

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at "North Edisto". She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to Port Royal, Jamaica. She was refloated and completed her voyage in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=8 February 1878 |issue=11897 }}

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|ship=Assyrian

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

|desc=The ship departed from New York, United States for Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom. No further trace, reported missing.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Casualties |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=24 April 1878 |issue=11961 }}

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|ship={{SS|Holland|1872|2}}

|flag={{Flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The steamship collided with the steamship {{SS|Mount Stewart|1873|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent, United Kingdom. All on board were rescued. Holland was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to London, United Kingdom.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=7 February 1878 |issue=29172 |page=12 |column=A }}{{Cite news |title=Latest Telegrams |newspaper=Huddersfield Chronicle |location=Huddersfield |date=8 February 1878 |issue=3279 |page=3 }}

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|ship=May Queen

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

|desc=The steamship collided with the steamship Annie Ainslie ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the North Sea off Filey, Yorkshire. Her seventeen crew were rescued by Annie Ainslie. May Queen was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.{{Cite news |title=Collision off Flamborough Head. A Steamer Sunk |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=8 February 1878 |issue=3023 |page=4 }}

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7 February

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|ship={{SS|Baltimore|1868|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The steamship was run ashore at Fort McHenry, Maryland, United States in order to avoid a collision with another vessel. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Bremen. She was refloated with assistance and resumed her voyage the next day.

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|ship=Duguesclin

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

|desc=The sloop struck the Plough Seat Rock, in the North Sea off the coast of Northumberland. She was taken in to Lindisfarne in a leaky condition.

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|ship=Cleadon

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure, France. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Feronia

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Cow Ledge, off the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Shanghai, China to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated the next day with the assistance of the Coastguard and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Otto George

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship capsized, caught fire and sank in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=15 February 1878 |issue=9388 }}

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|ship=Padre

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

|desc=The barque ran aground at Fleetwood, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Fleetwood.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=9 February 1878 |issue=9383 }}

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|ship=Ulleswater

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at the North Foreland, Kent. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated the next day with the assistance of four tugs and taken in to Deal, Kent.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=10 February 1878 |issue=16709 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Unnamed

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore near Algeciras, Spain. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Senegal. She was refloated.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=9 February 1878 |issue=29174 |page=12 |column=B }}

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8 February

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|ship=Admiral

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

|desc=The ship struck rocks at Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France. She was on a voyage from Saint-Malo to Gloucester. She was towed back to Saint-Malo, where she sank.

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|ship=Albert

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Maassluis, South Holland, Netherlands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=13 February 1878 |issue=9386 }}

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|ship=Ann Beer

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Spijker Plaat, off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Fowey, Cornwall to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Esea

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore near Mandal, Norway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Brevik, Norway to Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom.

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|ship=Johanne

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark.

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|ship=Lady Bertha

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Cartagena, Spain to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was refloated.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=11 February 1878 |issue=29175 |page=12 |column=A }}

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|ship=Lochgiel

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Nordpol ({{flagcountry|German Empire}}). Lochgiel was on a voyage from the Clyde to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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|ship=Marianne Briggs

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Medem Sand. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to Hamburg, Germany. She was refloated.

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|ship=Rangatira

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Dogger Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Waterford. She was on a voyage from Porthcawl, Glamorgan to Wexford.

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|ship=Silver Cloud

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

|desc=The barque was sighted off Point Lepreaux, New Brunswick, Canada whilst on a voyage from Dublin to Saint John, New Brunswick. No further trace, reported missing.

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|ship=Ulleswater

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at the South Foreland, Kent. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.

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9 February

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|ship={{HMS|Alexandra|1875|6}}

|flag={{navy|UK}}

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Dardanelles. She was refloated with assistance from {{HMS|Sultan|1870|6}} ({{navy|UK}}).{{Cite news |title=The Passage of the Dardanelles |newspaper=Morning Post |location=London |date=23 February 1878 |issue=32967 |page=5 }}

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|ship=City of Dallas

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

|desc=The ship caught fire at New York and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from Fernandina Island, Galapagos Islands to New York.

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|ship=Douse

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

|desc=The brigantine ran aground at Port William, Wigtownshire. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Port William.

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|ship=Henriette

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The brig was run into by the schooner Henriette ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) off the Eddystone Lighthouse, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was abandoned the next day in a sinking condition.

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|ship=Kaugatira

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Doggerbank, in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Porthcawl, Glamorgan to Wexford.

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|ship=Little Gem

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

|desc=The schooner was run down and sunk off Scarborough, Yorkshire by the steamship Dunedin ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Her crew were rescued. Little Gem was on a voyage from the Humber to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=13 February 1878 |issue=9386 }}

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|ship=Lochgoil

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by Nordpole ({{flagcountry|German Empire}}). Lochgoil was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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10 February

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|ship=Henriette

|flag={{Flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The brig collided with the schooner Branch ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank off the Eddystone Lighthouse, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her crew survived.{{Cite news |title=Collision at Sea |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=10 February 1878 |issue=16709 |page=7 }}

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11 February

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|ship=Beauty

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

|desc=The brigantine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the brigantine Genoa ({{flagicon|Canada|1868}} Canada). Beauty was on a voyage from Portrush, County Antrim, United Kingdom to New York, United States.

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

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at the mouth of the River Tyne and was abandoned by her four crew. She was on her maiden voyage, from Montrose, Forfarshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters at Sea Intelligence |date=12 February 1878 |issue=29176 |page=5 |column=D }} She had been refloated by 16 February.

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|ship=Maggie Chapman

|flag={{flagicon|Newfoundland}} Newfoundland Colony

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Maria ({{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}). Maggie Chapman was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Antwerp, Belgium.{{Cite news |title=Wreck of Three Vessels |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=26 February 1878 |issue=3039 |page=4 }}

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12 February

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|ship=Carrie Winslow

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

|desc=The brig collided with the full-rigged ship British American ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank. She was on a voyage from Montevideo, Uruguay to New York.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=13 February 1878 |issue=11901 }}

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|ship=Castor

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Noordzeekanaal at Oostzaan, North Holland. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Palermo, Sicily, Italy.

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|ship=Johann August

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship departed from Lisbon, Portugal for London, United Kingdom. No further trace, reported missing.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=16 May 1878 |issue=29256 |page=12 |column=B }}

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|ship=Jupiter

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The schooner collided with the steamship Flecha ({{flag|Belgium}}) and sank on the Wielingen Sandbank, off the Belgian coast with the loss of a crew member. Jupiter was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=15 February 1878 |issue=10599 }}

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13 February

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|ship=Elise

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at East London, Cape Colony.

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

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked at Simonstown, Cape Colony. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cape Town, Cape Colony to Zanzibar.{{cite web |url=http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/union.shtml |title=Union Steamship Company |publisher=Union Steamship Company |accessdate=19 October 2021 }}

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|ship=Olive

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked at East London.

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|ship=Violet

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

|desc=The smack was driven ashore {{convert|2|nmi|km}} south of Withernsea, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=14 February 1878 |issue=16712 |page=7 }}

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14 February

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|ship= Excelsior

|flag={{flag|New Zealand}}

|desc=The 35-ton barge ran aground at Amuri Bluff and became a wreck. All crew survived.

}}

15 February

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|ship=Ane Kjerstine

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The schooner departed from Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire for Antwerp, Belgium. She subsequently capsized. Ane Kjerstine was towed in to Le Tréport, Seine-Inférieure, France in a capsized condition on 23 June.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=25 June 1878 |issue=10040 }}

}}

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|ship=Bon Accord

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Aberdeen. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=16 February 1878 |issue=3030 |page=4 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lidador

|flag={{flag|Portugal|civil}}

|desc=The steamship was wrecked on Terceira Island, Azores. All on board were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Raleigh|1873|6}}

|flag={{navy|UK}}

|desc=The frigate ran aground near the entrance to the Dardanelles off the Rabbit Islands, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated three or four days later, probably with the assistance of {{HMS|Devastation|1871|6}} and {{HMS|Hotspur|1870|6}} (both {{navy|UK}}).{{Cite news |title=Naval Notes and News |newspaper=Hampshire Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=20 February 1878 |issue=4749 }}{{Cite news |title=General News |newspaper=Blackburn Standard |location=Blackburn |date=23 February 1878 |issue=2212 |page=2 |volume=41 }}

}}

16 February

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|ship=Britannia

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Ino ({{flag|Sweden|1844}}). Britannia was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida, United States to Deal, Kent.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Curlew

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Svaneke, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Libava, Courland Governorate to Dundee, Forfarshire. She was refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Forest Belle

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Botel Tobago, Formosa. She was consequently beached at South Cape in Kiva Liang Bay. Most of her crew were taken off by an Imperial Chinese Navy gunboat. The ship was subsequently burnt by the local inhabitants. The remainder of her crew were rescued by {{USS|Ranger|1876|6}} ({{navy|USA|1877}}). Forest Belle was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Hong Kong.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=1 March 1878 |issue=10601 }}{{Cite news |title=Burning of a Ship |newspaper=York Herald |location=York |date=20 May 1878 |issue=6637 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Gattomo M.

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked on the Karaburun Peninsula, Ottoman Empire with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire to Odesa, Russia.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Plaisance

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Lydd, Kent. She was refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Retreiver

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Lindisfarne, Northumberland.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Teledo

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

|desc=The barque was sighted in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to London. No further trace, reported missing.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=30 April 1878 |issue=9992 }}

}}

17 February

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|ship=Alice Graham

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

|desc=The barque ran aground at Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Lowestoft. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=19 February 1878 |issue=9932 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Arratoon Apcar||2}}

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked on the Fowey Rocks, off the coast of Florida, United States. Her 25 crew were rescued by Tappahannock ({{flag|United States|1877}}). Arratoon Apcar was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Liverpool, Lancashire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|C. M. Palmer|1870|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship was run into by the steamship Ludworth ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the North Sea off Harwich, Essex with the loss of seventeen lives. There were at least 43 survivors, who were rescued by Ludworth. C. M. Palmer was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters at Sea |date=18 February 1878 |issue=29181 |page=10 |column=C }}{{Cite news |title=Disastrous Collision at Sea. - Loss of Seventeen Lives |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=18 February 1878 |issue=19519 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=John Gladstone

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the brig Alliance ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). John Gladstone was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to the Hampton Roads, Virginia, United States.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=5 March 1878 |issue=9403 }}{{Cite news |title=Greenock |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=6 July 1878 |issue=12024 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Margaretha

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea {{convert|50|nmi|km}} south east of Lindisfarne, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Hermann ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Margaretha was on a voyage from East Wemyss, Fife, United Kingdom to Bremerhaven.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=21 February 1878 |issue=29184 |page=11 |column=F }}

}}

18 February

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|ship=Amazones

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

|desc=The steamship collided with an Ottoman Navy man-of-war at Galaţi, Ottoman Empire and was severely damaged.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Amor

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Lysekil, Norway. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Gothenburg, Sweden.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=26 February 1878 |issue=9397 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Highland Mary

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the North Scaw Bank, off the coast of Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Troon, Ayrshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=19 February 1878 |issue=29182 |page=11 |column=C }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lord Clive

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Philadelphia.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Medford, and an
Unnamed vessel

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

|desc=The barque capsized and sank at Liverpool, Lancashire, sinking a Mersey Flat.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Motala

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked at Lemvig, Denmark. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France to Pillau, Germany.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=20 February 1878 |issue=29183 |page=7 |column=D }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=P. R. Hazeltine

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

|desc=The steamship foundered off Cape Horn, Chile. Some of her crew were rescued by Gustave ({{flag|France}}).{{Cite news |title=The Serious Charge Against a Naval Commander |newspaper=Hampshire Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=1 June 1878 |issue=4778 }} Others reached San Francisco, California in a boat.{{Cite news |title=Wreck and Sufferings at Sea |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=21 June 1878 |issue=3436 |page=4 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Rolf

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore on Saltholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Libava, Courland Governorate to Calais, France. She was refloated with the assistance of a steamship and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Scawfell

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

|desc=The ship collided with another vessel and was driven ashore at Rangoon, Burma. She was refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sensitive

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Berville-sur-Seine, Seine-Inférieure. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Pont-Audemer, Eure.

}}

19 February

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ann

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Garvan, Caithness. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Alliance ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Corinth

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

|desc=The steamship was beached at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to Cork.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Eureka

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The galiot was wrecked at Agger, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Holmstad, Norway.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Kanagawa

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lilly Green

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at "Glynog", Caernarfonshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Loreley

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked near the Sholpin Lighthouse, near Stolpemünde, Germany.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=25 March 1878 |issue=29211 |page=11 |column=F }} She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Pillau, Germany.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=22 March 1878 |issue=10604 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Seth

|flag=22px Trieste

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the brig Meletos ({{flag|Norway|1844}}). Seth was on a voyage from Portland, Maine, United States to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Vascongada

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Tornby, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Porsgrund to Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Voyager

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship was presumed to have capsized and foundered with the loss of all hands on this date. She was on a voyage from New York to Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=26 April 1878 |issue=9989 }}

}}

20 February

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Beaver

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

|desc=The steamship put in to Campbeltown, Argyllshire on fire. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to the Charente.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship||Celestial Empire|clipper|2}}

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

|desc=The clipper ship was abandoned during a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to New York.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Enterprise

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

|desc=The ketch was wrecked at Newtown, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from London to Porthleven, Cornwall.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Joan Cunllo

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Torre del Mar. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=22 February 1878 |issue=29186 |page=12 |column=A }} She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Torre del Mar.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=23 February 1878 |issue=3036 |page=4 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Maria

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

|desc=The ship grounded on her anchor, capsized and drove ashore at Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Wicklow to Barrow in Furness.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Martin Scott

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship was driven ashore in the Columbia River She was on a voyage from Astoria, Oregon, United States to Port Chalmers, New Zealand.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=21 February 1878 |issue=11908 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Royalist|1841|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|government}}

|desc=The floating police station was run into by Flying Venus ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) at Blackwall, Middlesex and was severely damaged.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Water Lily

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

|desc=The ketch ran aground on the Cutler Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to London. She was refloated with assistance from the smack Violet ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and assisted in to Harwich, Essex.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The full-rigged ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|48|52|N|20|22|W}}).

}}

21 February

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Adelheid

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at the Sandhammaren, Sweden with the loss of three lives. She was on a voyage from Delfzijl, Groningen, Netherlands to Riga, Russia.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Avon

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

|desc=The trow was run into by the steamship J. M. Lennard ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank. Avon was on a voyage from Avonmouth, Somerset to Bristol, Gloucestershire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Emma

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

|desc=The barque ran aground at Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Hope

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Ayr.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Iris

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Blakeney, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Sheringham, Norfolk.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lafontaine

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked {{convert|18|nmi|km}} from Elephant Point, Burma.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=22 February 1878 |issue=11909 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mathilde

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The ship ran aground south of Whitepoint, County Cork.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=22 February 1878 |issue=16719 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Moldavia|1870|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked near Dunraven Castle, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued.

}}

22 February

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Peter Lauritz

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The schooner was wrecked at Nidingen, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ystad, Sweden to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=23 February 1878 |issue=11910 }}

}}

23 February

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Firebrick

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

|desc=The steamship collided with the ironclad {{ship|Brazilian ironclad|Independencia||2}} ({{navy|Empire of Brazil}}) in the River Thames at Greenhithe, Kent and was damaged. Firebrick was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She put back to the Chalkstone's River for repairs.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Henry Pelham

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore in the Ocracoke Inlet. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to Baltimore, Maryland, United States.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Herbert Beech

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship was driven ashore in the Beaufort River.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Philip Suppicich

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in the Ockracoke Inlet with the loss of all twelve crew.{{Cite news |title=General News |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=26 February 1878 |issue=7675 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Podensac

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Richard Bank, in the Gironde. She was on a voyage from Guadeloupe to Bordeaux, Gironde.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=25 February 1878 |issue=11911 }} She was refloated on 26 February and completed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=27 February 1878 |issue=9398 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=St. Bernard

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Reedy Island, Delaware, United States. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sunnyside

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the steamship {{SS|State of Virginia|1873|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Sunnyside was on a voyage from New York, United States to Penzance, Cornwall.{{Cite news |title=Foundering of a Glasgow Barque |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=28 March 1878 |issue=11939 }}

}}

24 February

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Oguendo

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

|desc=The ship was lost in the English Channel. Her thirteen crew were rescued by a French fishing boat. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Havana, Cuba.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=26 February 1878 |issue=11912 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Tornado

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

|desc=The ship caught fire at New Orleans, Louisiana and was severely damaged. She was scuttled.

}}

25 February

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Columbia

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Mizpah ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Columbia was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to New York, United States.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=11 March 1878 |issue=11923 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Stephanino

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

|desc=The barque ran aground at Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom. She was refloated.

}}

26 February

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Eliza Cornish

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

|desc=The brigantine ran aground on the Shoebury Sand, in the Thames Estuary. She was refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Faith

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Shoebury Sand. She was on a voyage from Northfleet, Kent to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Fife

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore in the Seine. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Hilda

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Shoebury Sand, in the Thames Estuary. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to London.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Providence

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Wielingen Sandbank, in the North Sea off the coast of West Flanders, Belgium and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Requejada" to Antwerp, Belgium.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=27 February 1878 |issue=29189 |page=12 |column=B }}

}}

27 February

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|ship=Blossom

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked at Cruden Bay, Aberdeenshire. Her three crew were rescued by the Cruden Bay Lifeboat Peep o{{'}} Day (File:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution).{{Cite news |title=Multiple News Items |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=28 February 1878 |issue=7677 }}{{Cite news |title=Gallant Rescue of a Shipwrecked Crew |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=28 February 1878 |issue=7677 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lauretta

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

|desc=The brig collided with the steamship {{SS|City of New York|1865|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and was abandoned off the Tuskar Rock with the loss of a crew member. Lauretta was on a voyage from Paraíba, Brazil to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was towed in to Holyhead, Anglesey in a waterlogged condition by the tug King Fisher ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) on 2 March.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Marie

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The schooner ran aground at "Skomader Grund". She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Horsens.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=8 March 1878 |issue=10602 }}

}}

28 February

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|ship=Cashier

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Windsor, Nova Scotia to Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Emanuele

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Genoa. She was on a voyage from Jijel, Algeria to La Spezia.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=1 March 1878 |issue=11916 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=La Fontaine

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked near Rangoon, Burma. She was on a voyage from Hyères, Var to Rangoon.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Leonora

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Soflid ({{flag|Norway|1844}}). Leonora was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters at Sea |date=11 March 1878 |issue=29199 |page=7 |column=F }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Swinemünde

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Selsey, Sussex, United Kingdom. Her ten crew were rescued by the Selsey Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Pillau to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=30 March 1878 |issue=29191 |page=11 |column=E }}{{Cite news |title=Shipwrecks and Loss of Life |newspaper=Morning Post |location=London |date=2 March 1878 |issue=32972 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Torca

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Jordan Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Garston, Lancashire to Dublin. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Velindra

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the River Avon downstream of Sea Mills, Gloucestershire. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Padstow, Cornwall.

}}

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|ship=Blanche

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

|desc=The brig foundered at sea. Nine of her ten crew were rescued by an American schooner, the tenth was reported missing.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters at Sea |date=27 February 1878 |issue=29189 |page=8 |column=B }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Claudina

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

|desc=The barque foundered off the west coast of the United States with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Foundering of a Barque - Great Loss of Life |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=19 February 1878 |issue=19520 }}

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|ship=Columbia

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned at sea before 27 February.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=8 March 1878 |issue=9947 }}

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|ship=Flower of Banff

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on the Silloth Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Cumberland. Her crew survived.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=21 February 1878 |issue=3034 |page=4 }} She was on a voyage from Casablanca, Morocco to Silloth, Cumberland.

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|ship=Guiseppe Massone

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Henry, Virginia, United States. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom to Baltimore, Maryland, United States.

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|ship=Jennie Sweeney

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on "Watompkin Island". She was on a voyage from Galveston, Texas to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She had been refloated by 11 February and taken in tow.

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|ship=Kianchang

|flag={{flagcountry|Qing dynasty|1862}}

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hankou.

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|ship=La Baptistine

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at "Faraman". She was on a voyage from Larache, Morocco to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. She was refloated and taken in to "Havre".

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|ship=La Belle

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

|desc=The steamship sank at the mouth of the Red River of the South.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Casualties |newspaper=Huddersfied Chronicle |location=Huddersfield |date=2 March 1878 |issue=3298 |page=3 }}

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|ship=La Fontaine

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked near Rangoon, Burma. She was on a voyage from Hyères, Var to Rangoon.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=1 March 1878 |issue=16725 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Madone

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Turneffe Atoll.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=19 February 1878 |issue=9391 }}

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|ship=Maggie Armstrong

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Porto Torres, Sardinia, Italy. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France to Faro, Portugal.

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|ship=Malta

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on Bermuda before 16 February. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to the Delaware Breakwater, United States.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=18 February 1878 |issue=11905 }}

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|ship=Martha Jane

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Mobile, Alabama, United States. She was on a voyage from Queenstown, County Cork to Mobile.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=13 February 1878 |issue=3027 |page=4 }}

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|ship=Mary Ella

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 24 February.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=19 March 1878 |issue=29206 |page=6 |column=F }}

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|ship=Olaf Trygveson

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Kalosand. She was refloated and taken in to Tromsø.

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|ship=Olinka

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Kish Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Dublin before 18 February.

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|ship= Telegraph

|flag={{flag|New Zealand}}

|desc=The 15-ton cutter stranded at the entrance to Kaipara Harbour during bad weather, and broke up. All crew survived.Ingram & Wheatley, p. 222.

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|ship={{ship|Italian frigate|Terrible||2}}

|flag={{Navy|Kingdom of Italy}}

|desc=The frigate ran aground near Thessaloniki, Greece before 14 February. She was refloated.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=15 February 1878 |issue=29179 |page=5 |column=D }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Italy |date=16 February 1878 |issue=29177 |page=5 |column=E }}

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|ship=Union

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked in the Cayman Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Martinique to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

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|ship=Universe

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned at sea before 18 February with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Philadelphia.

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|ship=Vanadis

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Java, Netherlands East Indies to the English Channel. She was refloated and taken in to "Panarookun", Netherlands East Indies.

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|ship=Unnamed

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=The brig ran aground near Algeciras, Spain. She was refloated.

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References

=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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Category:Maritime incidents in February 1878