List of shipwrecks in July 1878

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

1 July

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|ship=Lord of the Isles

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and damaged at "St. Andres", Samar, Spanish East Indies. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle, New South Wales to Manila, Spanish East Indies. Following repairs, she was refloated and towed in to Manila, where she arrived on 7 September.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=16 July 1878 |issue=7303 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=5 November 1878 |issue=9613 }}

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2 July

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|ship= Capital City

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

|desc=The steamer caught fire while loading cottonseed oil at Memphis, Tennessee. Several lives were lost, and the river was alight {{convert|100|ft|m}} from the shore and a {{convert|0.25|nmi|m}} downstream.{{cite news |title=A Ship Burst in Harbour |newspaper=The Cornishman |location=Penzance |date=1 August 1878 |page=3}}

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|ship=Lady Elizabeth

|flag={{flag|Western Australia|1870}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Rottnest Island. All on board were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=5 July 1878 |issue=29299 |page=12 |column=B }}

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|ship=Madagascar

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

|desc=The ship was sighted whilst on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Callao, Peru. No further trace, reported missing.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=23 January 1879 |issue=29472 |page=12 |column=B }}

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3 July

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|ship=Ferndale

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at the Coalhouse Fort, Essex. She was on a voyage from South Shield, County Durham to London.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=4 July 1878 |issue=12022 }}

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|ship=Record

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

|desc=The barque ran aground at Ceará, Brazil and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Ceará. She was refloated but was consequently condemned.

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4 July

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|ship= Cosmopollis

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Satten Islands, Cape Horn, Chile during a snow storm and gale. The crew was stranded on the island for twenty-two days and were taken off by the barque, Bacalan {{flag|France}}.{{cite news|title=Shipwrecked on Cape Horn |newspaper=The Cornishman |location=Penzance |issue=14 |date=17 October 1878 |page=8}}

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|ship=Patriot

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

|desc=The brig was beached at Harwich, Essex. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Schiedam, South Holland, Netherlands.

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|ship=Rheidol

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Umago, Austria-Hungary. She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to Trieste.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=6 July 1878 |issue=29300 |page=14 |column=B }}

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|ship=Stratford

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship departed from Dundee, Forfarshire for Bombay, British Raj. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all 25 or 30 crew.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=27 February 1879 |issue=12226 }}{{Cite news |title=Disasters at Sea |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=7 March 1879 |issue=10654 }}

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|ship= Victoria

|flag={{flag|New Zealand}}

|desc=The 23-ton cutter foundered in the Hauraki Gulf during a storm.Ingram & Wheatley, p. 226.

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5 July

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|ship=George and Elizabeth

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

|desc=The brig foundered off the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Caen, Calvados, France.

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|ship=Ionian Belle

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

|desc=The brigantine sprang a leak and foundered off Cape St. Vincent, Portugal. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Burlington ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Ionian Belle was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to the Newfoundland Colony.{{Cite news |title=Rescue of a Crew by a West Hartlepool Steamer |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=18 July 1878 |issue=3459 |page=3 }}

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|ship=Johann

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The steamship suffered a boiler explosion and sank in the Volga with the loss of 50 lives. She was racing the steamship Genardi-Ratkoff-Rojnoff ({{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}) at the time.{{Cite news |title=Explosion and Loss of 50 Lives |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=13 July 1878 |issue=12561 }}

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|ship=Oronoco

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

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

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6 July

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|ship=Egbert

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the River Avon. She was on a voyage from Odesa, Russia to Bristol, Gloucestershire. She was refloated with the assistance of five tugs and taken in to Bristol.{{Cite news |title=A Steamer Aground |newspaper=Bristol Mercury |location=Bristol |date=8 July 1878 |issue=9405 }}

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|ship=Grant

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

|desc=The barque was run into by Queen Victoria ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) in the Samphire Roads, off the coast of County Kerry, United Kingdom and was severely damaged.

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7 July

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|ship=Druid

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland. She was refloated and taken in to Sunderland.

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|ship=Trimdon

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in Besika Bay. She was on a voyage from Sulina, United Principalities to Malta.

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8 July

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|ship=Betsey

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Shrape Bank, off the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Fredrikstad, Norway to Port Madoc, Caernarfonshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=10 July 1878 |issue=29303 |page=11 |column=D }}

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|ship=Druid

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

|desc=The steamship sank at Sunderland, County Durham. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland. She was refloated.

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|ship=Italia

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Gulf of Lyon. She was on a voyage from Livorno to Lisbon, Portugal.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=17 July 1878 |issue=9518 }}

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|ship=Pearl

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

|desc=The tug was run into by the steamship Fusilier ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) at Leith, Lothian and was severely damaged.

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|ship=Presto

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Skibladner ({{flag|Norway|1844}}). Presto was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada to Belfast, County Antrim.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=29 July 1878 |issue=12043 }}

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9 July

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|ship=Alfonso

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from St. Jago de Cuba, Cuba to Vigo. She was refloated and taken in to Fortune Island, Bahamas in a leaky condition. She was placed under repair.

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|ship=County of Cromarty

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at "Albarado", Brazil. She was abandoned as a total loss.

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|ship=Kremlin

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

|desc=The brig collided with the steamship {{SS|Golden Grove|1877|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank with the loss of two lives. Kremlin was on a voyage from Cienfuegos, Cuba to Boston, Massachusetts and/or New York.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=16 July 1878 |issue=12032 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=17 July 1878 |issue=3458 |page=4 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=18 July 1878 |issue=10060 }}{{Cite news |title=Disasters at Sea |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=16 August 1878 |issue=10625 }}

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10 July

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|ship=Bertha

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=12 July 1878 |issue=29305 |page=12 |column=B }}

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|ship=Harlequin

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

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Carkena Shoals, off the coast of the Beylik of Tunis. She was refloated.

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|ship=Marguerite Zolonide

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|16|nmi|km}} north east of Trevose Head, Cornwall. Her crew survived She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Newport, Monmouthshire.{{Cite news |title=Penzance |newspaper=Royal Cornwall Gazette |location=Truro |date=12 July 1878 |issue=3911 |page=4 }}

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|ship=Sharon{{'}}s Rose

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Krantz Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Freiburg, Germany. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and resumed her voyage.

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11 July

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|ship=Armyn

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

|desc=The ketch was run into and sunk off Dungeness, Kent by the steamship Beaconsfield. Her crew were rescued. Armyn was on a voyage from London to Falmouth, Cornwall.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=12 July 1878 |issue=3454 |page=4 }}

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|ship=Felix Henry

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Blakeney, Norfolk.

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|ship=Ionian Belle

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

|desc=The brigantine foundered {{convert|1|nmi|km}} north east by north of Cape St. Vincent, Portugal. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire.

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|ship=Luzon

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked on Le Morne Brabant, Mauritius with the loss of two of her eight crew. Survivors took to the captain's gig the next day and were rescued on 14 July by Barentin (Flag unknown). Toe of them subsequently died. Luzon was on a voyage from Java, Netherlands East Indies to Falmouth, Cornwall.{{Cite news |title=Wreck of a Sunderland Ship. Four Lives Lost |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=15 August 1878 |issue=3483 |page=4 }}

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|ship=Retbina

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

|desc=The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|25|nmi|km}} west of Cape Clear Island, County Cork, United Kingdom. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Clonakilty, County Cork to Bath, Maine, United States.{{Cite news |title=Foundering of a Brig |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=13 July 1878 |issue=12030 }}

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|ship=Svend

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground off Burntisland, Fife, United Kingdom.

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|ship=Wallachia

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

|desc=The steamship struck a sunken wreck off "Azimoor" and was damaged. She was abandoned the next day and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Galați, Principality of Romania, to Safi, Morocco.

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12 July

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|ship=Dreamland

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

|desc=The schooner was sighted off the coast of Renfrewshire whilst on her maiden voyage, from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Málaga, Spain. No further trace, reported missing with her six crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=24 October 1878 |issue=29394 |page=11 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=1 November 1878 |issue=9610 }}{{Cite news |title=Board of Trade Enquiries |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=28 April 1880 |issue=102 }}

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|ship=Dispatch, and
unnamed ferry

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

|desc=The steamship Dispatch collided with a ferry at Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine. The ferry was cut in two and sank. All on board, about 40 people, were rescued. Dispatch was on a voyage from Saint-Malo to Saint Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands. She was holed at the bow and put back to Saint-Malo.{{Cite news |title=Suspension of a Captain's Certificate |newspaper=Star |location=Saint Peter Port |date=13 July 1878 |issue=14 |volume=65 }}

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|ship=K. C. Rankin

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on Saona Point, Saint Domingo. Her crew survived but the vessel was plundered and wrecked by the local inhabitants.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Mails |date=5 September 1878 |issue=29352 |page=6 |column=E }}

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|ship=Lilian Gertrude

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

|desc=The schooner was lost on Mount Desert Rock. Her crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=https://www.downtosea.com/1876-1900/1879.htm |title=1879 |publisher=downtothesea.com |access-date=1 July 2021}}

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|ship=Zelina

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

|desc=The steamship arrived at Genoa, Italy on fire. The fire was extinguished. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Genoa.

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|ship= Unnamed

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

|desc=The pilot boat foundered off Toe Head, Ireland with the loss of ten lives.{{cite news |title=Ten Pilots Drowned |newspaper=The Cornishman |location=Penzance |date=18 July 1878 |page=8}}

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|ship= Unnamed

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The overcrowded passenger vessel foundered in Lake Onega with the loss of 40 lives.{{cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=The Cornishman |location=Penzance |date=25 July 1878 |page=8}}

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13 July

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|ship=Admiral

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

|desc=The fishing smack foundered in the North Sea off Southwold, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Hyperion

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Nore. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated.

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|ship= Scottish Admiral

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

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Maplin Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on her maiden voyage, from London to Brisbane, Queensland. She was refloated on 17 July and put back to London.{{cite news |title=Miscellaneous |newspaper=The Cornishman |location=Penzance |date=25 July 1878 |page=7}}{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=15 July 1878 |issue=3456 |page=4 }}

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|ship=Swift

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

|desc=The fishing smack foundered in the North Sea off Southwold, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=16 July 1878 |issue=29308 |page=12 |column=A }}

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|ship=Swift

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

|desc=The smack foundered between the Black Head and the Maiden Head, County Antrim with the loss of all three crew.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=16 July 1878 |issue=10058 }}

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|ship=Wastdale

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground off Brixton, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Algiers, Algeria to Dunkirk, Nord, France.

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14 July

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|ship=Hilda

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

|desc=The pilot coble sank off Whitby, Yorkshire with the loss of one of the two people on board.{{Cite news |title=Disasters at Sea |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=19 July 1878 |issue=10621 }}

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|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The schooner foundered in the Firth of Clyde {{convert|15|nmi|km}} south west of Ailsa Craig.

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15 July

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|ship=Friga

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Manicouagan, Quebec, Canada. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=17 July 1878 |issue=9518 }} She was later refloated and put back to Quebec City.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=2 August 1878 |issue=9532 }}

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|ship=Joven Eustaquia

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

|desc=The brigantine caught fire and was beached at Cape Spartel, Morocco. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Tarragona. She was a total loss.

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|ship=Lady Neave

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Kentish Knock. She was refloated with the assistance of a smack.

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|ship=Savelaw

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Sorridderen

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Richmond, Virginia, United States. She was on a voyage from Richmond to Liverpool.

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16 July

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|ship=Annie

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Danube {{convert|36|nmi|km}} from its mouth.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=18 July 1878 |issue=29310 |page=7 |column=F }}

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|ship=Brotherly Love

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

|desc=The brig was run into by barque Ethelbert ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) at Cuxhaven, Germany and sank. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=17 July 1878 |issue=9518 }}

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|ship=Concordia

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

|desc=The barque struck a rock and sank off Glass Island, off the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Kronstadt, Russia. She refloated when her cargo of salt dissolved, and was towed in to Scalpa, Isle of Harris for temporary repairs. She was taken in to Stornoway in early August in a severely leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=9 August 1878 |issue=12053 }}

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|ship=Galatea

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal.

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|ship=Harriet Agnes

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

|desc=The steamship struck the wreck of Chilwell Hall ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and was beached at Sagres, Portugal. She was on a voyage from London to Malta.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=20 July 1878 |issue=16846 }} She was reported to have become a wreck by 20 July,{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=22 July 1878 |issue=9522 }} but was refloated on 29 July and towed in to Lisbon, Portugal where she was repaired.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=30 July 1878 |issue=9529 }}{{Cite news |title=Wreck Commissioners Court |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=6 November 1878 |issue=16939 |page=2 }}

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|ship={{SS|Lumsden|1869|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground and was wrecked at Thyboroøn, Denmark. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Saint Petersburg, Russia.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disaster at Sea |date=17 July 1878 |issue=29309 |page=5 |column=C }}

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|ship={{SS|Marie Fanny|1878|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship collided with the tug Don ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and was beached at Sunderland, County Durham.

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17 July

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|ship= {{SS|Europa|1867|2}}, and
Staffa

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

|desc=The steamship Europa collided with the steamship Staffa and sank near El Ferrol, Spain. All on board were rescued by Staffa and a schooner. Europa was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Liverpool, Lancashire. Staffa was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Málaga, Spain.{{cite news|title=(untitled) |newspaper=The Cornishman |location=Penzance |date=1 August 1878 |page=3}}{{Cite news |title=Loss of an Anchor Liner |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=20 July 1878 |issue=12036 }}{{Cite news |title=Collision at Sea |newspaper=Sheffield Independent |location=Sheffield |date=30 July 1878 |issue=7443 |page=3 |volume=62}}

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|ship=Malta

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

|desc=The ship ran aground off Goeree, Zeeland, Netherlands and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.

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|ship=Propontis

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground off Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire.

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19 July

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|ship=G. A. Pike

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

|desc=The brigantine was run down and sunk by the steamship {{SS|Adriatic|1871|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) with the loss of five of her six crew. G. A. Pyke was on a voyage from Gravesend, Kent to Dublin.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Wreck Commissioner's Court |date=22 August 1878 |issue=29340 |page=10 |column=A }}

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|ship=Leonidas

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Monscian Reef, off Malta. She was on a voyage from Malta to Cork or Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was refloated with assistance and put back to Malta in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Foundering of a Brig |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=22 July 1878 |issue=12037 }}

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|ship= Maiden City

|flag={{flag|New Zealand}}

|desc=The 27-ton schooner was deliberately run aground near Wanganui after springing a leak, but became submerged after settling deeply in the sand.

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|ship=Nelson

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore {{convert|8|nmi|km}} south of Brindisi, Italy. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Brindisi. She was refloated with assistance from the steamship Aquila Imperiale ({{flag|Austria-Hungary|civil}}) and taken in to Brindisi.

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|ship=Ocean Traveller

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Isla de Aves, Venezuela. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barbados to Curaçao, Curaçao and Dependencies.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=27 August 1878 |issue=9553 }}

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|ship=Trio

|flag={{flagicon|Russian Empire}} Grand Duchy of Finland

|desc=The ship was run down and sunk off Falsterbo, Sweden by Castor (Flag unknown). Her crew were rescued.

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20 July

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|ship={{HMS|Bustard|1871|6}}

|flag={{navy|UK}}

|desc=The {{sclass|Albacore|gunboat|||1855}} suffered a boiler explosion off Portland, Dorset with the loss of a crew member.

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|ship=Eller Bank

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Adelaide, South Australia. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Adelaide. She was refloated.

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|ship=Esperance

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The barque collided with a French schooner off Falsterbo, Sweden and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Copenhagen, Denmark. She was towed in to Copenhagen by the steamship Lily Dale ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

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21 July

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|ship=Cambria

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

|desc=The smack foundered in Bardsey Sound. She was on a voyage from Port Madoc, Caernarfonshire to Belfast, County Antrim.

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|ship=Glentruim

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at the Isle of May, Fife. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Burntisland, Fife. She floated off and put back to Dundee in a severely leaky condition.

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

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at the mouth of the River Tees and was severely damaged.{{Cite news |title=Local and District News |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=22 July 1878 |issue=3462 |page=2 }}

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|ship=Susanne Dixon

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Whitburn, County Durham. She was refloated the next day.

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|ship=Svendre Brodre

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Lemvig, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to Laurvig.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=23 July 1878 |issue=29314 |page=12 |column=C }}

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|ship=Zeepaard

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Lemvig. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, South Holland to a Baltic port.

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22 July

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|ship=Anna

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

|desc=The brig was run down and sunk by a steamship {{convert|7|nmi|km}} west three quarters south of Brest, Finistère, France with the loss of three of her five crew. Survivors were rescued by the brig Ceres ({{flag|Norway|1844}}). Anna was on a voyage from Santander, Spain to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=26 September 1878 |issue=3519 |page=4 }}

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|ship=Bevington

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Tynemouth, Northumberland. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug.

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|ship=Dresden

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

|desc=The steamship struck the South Carr Rock. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Leith.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=23 July 1878 |issue=29314 |page=12 |column=C }}

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|ship=Ergo

|flag={{flagicon|Russian Empire}} Grand Duchy of Finland

|desc=The barque ran aground on "Fillinge". She was refloated.

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|ship=Glentrium

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

|desc=The steamship struck rocks at the Isle of May. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Burntisland, Fife. She was refloated and put back to Dundee in a severely leaky condition.

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|ship={{SS|Lake Megantic|1875|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Otter River Point, Anticosti Island, Nova Scotia, Canada.{{cite web |url=http://clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=12202&vessel=LAKE+MEGANTIC |title=Lake Megantic |publisher=Caledonia Maritime Heritage Trust |accessdate=23 November 2021}} All on board survived. She was consequently condemned.

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|ship=Mercator

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Natal, Brazil. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Secret

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

|desc=The fishing dandy collided with the steamship Northumberland ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and foundered off Dimlington, Yorkshire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=27 July 1878 |issue=3467 |page=4 }}

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|ship=Tvendre Brodre

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Lemvig. She was on a voyage from Lemvig to Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=23 July 1878 |issue=9523 }}

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23 July

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|ship=Dispatch

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

|desc=The smack sprang a leak and foundered off Cardigan Head. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Aberdovey, Cardiganshire to Portsmouth, Hampshire.{{Cite news |title=Disasters at Sea |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=26 July 1878 |issue=10622 }}

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|ship=Eleanor

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on The Shingles, off the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Nefyn, Caernarfonshire to Southampton, Hampshire.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=23 July 1878 |issue=16848 |page=6 }}

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|ship=Helen Christine

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

|desc=The steam yacht ran ashore near Berry Head, Devon.

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|ship=Meta

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Douro.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=26 July 1878 |issue=29317 |page=12 |column=C }}

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|ship= Ranneys

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

|desc=The ship ran aground off St Mary's, Isles of Scilly. She was refloated the next day.{{cite news |title=Our Ships and our Sailors |newspaper=The Cornishman |location=Penzance |issue=4 |date=8 August 1878 |page=8}}

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|ship=Sylphiden

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Lillegrunden, in the Great Belt. She was on a voyage from Libava, Courland Governorate to Schiedam, South Holland. She was refloated with assistance.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=25 July 1878 |issue=16850 |page=6 }}

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|ship=Triumph

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Heeps, in the Thames Estuary. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to London. She was refloated, and was towed in to Gravesend, Kent, where she arrived in a waterlogged condition.

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|ship=Willing Mind

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea off Kettleness, Yorkshire with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from West Hartlepool, County Durham to Whitby, Yorkshire.

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24 July

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|ship=Anna Lucretia

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Narva, Russia. Her crew were rescued by the Narva Lifeboat.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=26 July 1878 |issue=9526 }}

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|ship=Carl Georg

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Narva. Her crew were rescued by the Narva Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, United States to Narva.

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|ship=G. W. Wakeford

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

|desc=The brigantine ran aground in the Pará River. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Pará, Brazil.

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|ship=Hollandia

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in Waterford Cove. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Liverpool, Lancashire.

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|ship= James Service

|flag={{flag|Victoria|1877}}

|desc=The barque was wrecked on reefs approximately {{convert|7|nmi|km}} off the Murray River, Western Australia with the loss of all of her crew and 10 passengers. She was bound from Calcutta, India to Melbourne carrying sacks, castor oil and jute.{{cite news |title=Casualties |newspaper=The Cornishman |location=Penzance |issue=11 |date=26 September 1878 |page=8}}{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?53910 |title=James Service (+1878) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=27 November 2019}}

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25 July

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|ship=Better Luck Still

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

|desc=The fishing smack ran aground on Rock Angus, at the entrance to the Belfast Lough.

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|ship=Emma

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Merlimont, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France to Laurvig.

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|ship=Grahams

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

|desc=The schooner foundered in the Baltic Sea {{convert|25|nmi|km}} east of Gotland, Sweden.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=5 August 1878 |issue=29325 |page=11 |column=E }} Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=5 August 1878 |issue=10075 }}

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|ship=Juliet

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Isla de lost Estados, Argentina with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from London to San Francisco, California, United States.

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|ship=Lancaster

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Boarhills, Fife. She was refloated.

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|ship=Peerless

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

|desc= The schooner ran aground on Crow's Shoal. Her crew of three were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015076784076&view=1up&seq=24 |title=Annual report of the United States Life Saving Service, Year ending June 30, 1879 |publisher=University of Michigan |access-date=27 November 2019}}

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26 July

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|ship=Bride

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Isle of Man

|desc=The schooner ran aground in the Sound of Mull. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Wick, Caithness.

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|ship=Harmony

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Ooster Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from "Enflewick" to Antwerp, Belgium.

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|ship='Imogene Diverty'

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

|desc= The schooner ran aground on the South Bar, Cold Spring Inlet and sank in a gale. Her crew of four were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.

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|ship=Pride

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Isle of Man

|desc=The schooner ran aground in the Sound of Mull. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Wick, Caithness.

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|ship=Ranneys

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

|desc=The ship ran aground off St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly. She was refloated the next day.

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27 July

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

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Dover, Kent. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Dover. She was refloated and taken in to Dover.

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|ship={{SS|Mercury||2}}

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

|desc=The steamer sprung a leak in heavy weather {{convert|8|mi|km}} off Cape Bon, Algeria. She foundered in the Mediterranean Sea just off the Cape. Her crew was rescued by {{SS|John Dixon||2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}), except one who tried to swim to shore from a lifeboat that had been left behind earlier.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?242817 |title=Mercury (+1878) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=27 November 2019}} Mercury was on a voyage from Sulina, United Principalities to Sligo.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters at Sea |date=9 August 1878 |issue=29329 |page=7 |column=E }}

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28 July

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|ship=Colombia

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on a rock off Santa Elena, Ecuador and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Panama City, United States of Colombia to Callao, Peru. She was refloated with assistance.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=6 August 1878 |issue=12051 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disaster |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=7 August 1878 |issue=9536 }}

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|ship= Dispatch

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

|desc=The sloop capsized in Cardigan Bay. Her three crew were rescued.{{cite web |url=http://www.glen-johnson.co.uk/cardigan-district-shipwrecks-and-lifeboat-service/ |title=Cardigan & District Shipwrecks and Lifeboat Service |date=23 July 2013 |publisher=Glen Johnson |access-date=1 February 2015}}

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|ship=Jagone

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked at Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Mediterranean to Boston, Massachusetts.

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|ship= Lena Thurlow

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

|desc=The brig collided with Warren Hastings ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued by Warren Hastings. Lena Thurlow was on a voyage from Dover to Cow Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada.{{cite news |title=Disasters at Sea |newspaper=The Cornishman |location=Penzance |issue=6 |date=22 August 1878 |page=3}}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=21 August 1878 |issue=29339 |page=11 |column=E }}

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|ship= Mercury

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

|desc=The steamship may have foundered when she sprung a leak near the island of Zembra, Beylik of Tunis. One crew member drowned and the fate of the rest of the people on board is unknown. She was on a voyage from Izmail, Russia to Sligo with maize.{{cite news |title=What the "World" says |newspaper=The Cornishman |location=Penzance |date=1 August 1878 }}

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29 July

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|ship=Abydos, and
Dunstanborough

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

|desc=The steamships collided at Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland, Netherlands and were both severely damaged. Abydos was on a voyage from Odesa, Russia to Schiedam, South Holland, Netherlands. Dunstanborough was on a voyage from Kronstadt, Russia to Rotterdam, South Holland.

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|ship=Cvice

|flag={{flag|Straits Settlements|1874}}

|desc=The ship was lost off "Passengan". Her crew survived.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=30 July 1878 |issue=12044 }}

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|ship=Haabets Anker

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

|desc=The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her ten crew were rescued by the barque Lady Head ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Haabets Anker was on a voyage from Huelva, Spain to Hamburg, Germany.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=10 August 1878 |issue=29330 |page=12 |column=C }}

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|ship=John

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

|desc=The schooner collided with the brig Thyra in the River Mersey and was beached.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=30 July 1878 |issue=9529 }}

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30 July

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|ship=Dos Cunados

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Wilmington, Delaware, United States. She was on a voyage from Wilmington to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated and towed in to Wilmington in a severely leaky condition.

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31 July

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|ship=Eunice

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground and was damaged. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated and put in to Sunderland, County Durham.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=3 August 1878 |issue=29324 |page=10 |column=F }}

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|ship=Harlaw

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship sank off Shanghai, China with the loss of ten of her crew. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to Shanghai.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?235719 |title=SV Harlaw (+1878) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=23 November 2021 }}

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|ship=Lenore

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

|desc=The barque ran aground off Belitung, Netherlands East Indies. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Singapore, Straits Settlements to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=13 September 1878 |issue=10629 }} She was consequently condemned.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=25 September 1878 |issue=9578 }}

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|ship=Louise

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore north of Drontheim.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=1 August 1878 |issue=9531 }}

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Unknown date

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|ship=Ben Nevis

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Folly Point, Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Old Harbour, Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire.

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|ship=Cairngorm

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Lindisfarne. She was refloated with assistance from the paddle tug {{PS|Grace Darling|1853|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and towed in to Lindisfarne.

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|ship=Caledonian

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked in Table Bay between 18 and 24 July with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Java, Netherlands East Indies.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=14 August 1878 |issue=9542 }}{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=14 August 1878 |issue=16867 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Circe

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

|desc=The steamship was lost off Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Colibri

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

|desc=The brig was damaged by fire at sea before 10 July. She was on a voyage from Rockhampton, Maine, United States to London, United Kingdom. .

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|ship=Derwent

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at "Crane Island", Canada. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She was refloated and taken in to Quebec City, Canada in a leaky condition.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=19 July 1878 |issue=29311 |page=4 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=19 July 1878 |issue=12035 }} Subsequently repaired.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=19 July 1878 |issue=16845 |page=5 }}

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|ship=Emperor

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

|desc=The barque was lost in the Riau Strait. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=24 July 1878 |issue=12039 }}

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|ship=Etta Loring

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked in Table Bay between 18 and 24 July. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Yokohama, Japan.

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|ship=Giulio D.

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked at Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from a Mediterranean port to Boston, Massachusetts.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=30 July 1878 |issue=29320 |page=11 |column=F }}

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|ship=Glamis Castle

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Singapore, Straits Settlements. She was on a voyage from China to New York, United States. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=10 July 1878 |issue=9512 }}

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|ship=Glenericht

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

|desc=The ship caught fire at sea and was abandoned before 22 July.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=24 July 1878 |issue=29315 |page=11 |column=D }}

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|ship=Glenrosa

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore on Gotland, Sweden. She was refloated and towed in to Riga, Russia, where she arrived on 17 July for repairs.

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|ship=Harmonides

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at "Gulliver's Hole", near Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. She was a total loss.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=2 August 1878 |issue=16857 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Jean

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

|desc=The brigantine was wrecked in Table Bay between 18 and 24 July. She was on a voyage from Cape Town to Mossel Bay.

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|ship=Lady Allan

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Indian Ocean before 28 July. Her crew were rescued by Onward ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Lady Allen was on a voyage from Moulmein, Burma to Queenstown, County Cork.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=19 August 1878 |issue=9546 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=11 October 1878 |issue=4860 }}

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|ship=Lady Elma Bruce

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned at sea before 26 July. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Colony.

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|ship=Mabel Clark

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Tristan da Cunha before 5 July. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Hong Kong.{{Cite news |title=Loss of an American Vessel |newspaper=Lancaster Gazetter |location=Lancaster |date=6 July 1878 |issue=4839 }}

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|ship=Madura

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked in the Indian Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Colombo, Ceylon to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=13 August 1878 |issue=29332 |page=9 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=13 August 1878 |issue=12056 }}

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|ship=Mary H. Hand

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 15 July.

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|ship=Merak No. 3

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The dredger was driven ashore and wrecked at Galle, Ceylon.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=23 July 1878 |issue=12038 }}

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|ship=Mercury

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

|desc=The steamship foundered at sea. Her crew were rescued by the steamship John Dixon ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Mercury was on a voyage from Sulina, United Principalities to Gibraltar.

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|ship=Nellie C. Foster

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

|desc=The ship foundered before 5 July. Her crew were rescued by the steamship {{SS|Circassian|1873|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

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|ship=Neree

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and severely damaged in Table Bay. She was on a voyage from Réunion to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.

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|ship=Palestine

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked in the Abaco Islands before 18 July with the loss of ten of her crew She was on a voyage from Portland, Maine to Havana, Cuba.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=12 August 1878 |issue=29331 |page=11 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=5 August 1878 |issue=9534 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=16 August 1878 |issue=10625 }}

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|ship=Paolina V

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in Netherlands East Indies waters. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sourabay, Netherlands East Indies to the English Channel.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=22 July 1878 |issue=12037 }}

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|ship=Queen

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

|desc=The barque foundered off the coast of the Spanish East Indies. She was on a voyage from Singapore to the Pellew Islands, South Australia. Her crew took to three boats. One boat with nine crew aboard was reported missing.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=28 August 1878 |issue=9554 }}

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|ship=Redbreast

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked in Table Bay between 18 and 24 July.

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|ship=Rhoda

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at "Dejekkan", near "Bawakan", Netherlands East Indies. She was on a voyage from Makassar, Netherlands East Indies to Singapore, Straits Settlements.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=4 July 1878 |issue=12022 }}

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|ship=Ruby

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Belfast, County Antrim. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Sainte Philomene

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brig struck a sunken wreck and was damaged. She put in to São Miguel Island, Azores in a leaky condition on 22 July.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=2 August 1878 |issue=29323 |page=12 |column=D }}

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|ship={{SS|Sumatra|1858|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore {{convert|6|nmi|km}} south of Brindisi, Italy. Her passengers were taken off. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to a British port.{{Cite news |title=Disasters at Sea |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=2 August 1878 |issue=10623 }}

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|ship=Sydenham

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

|desc=The ship departed from London for Hong Kong in mid-July. She subsequently collided with Sarah Nicholson ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) in the Ombai Strait but was reported to have sustained minor damage. No further trace, reported missing.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=6 January 1879 |issue=10207 }}

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|ship=Tangier

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

|desc=The ship was lost at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Arkhangelsk, Russia to West Hartlepool, County Durham.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=19 July 1878 |issue=10621 }}

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|ship=Westborough

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked "in the Bottin" before 10 July. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Nederkalix, Sweden to Hull, Yorkshire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=11 July 1878 |issue=29304 |page=7 |column=F }}

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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.

1878-07

Category:Maritime incidents in July 1878