List of shipwrecks in June 1879

The list of shipwrecks in June 1879 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during June 1879.

1 June

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|ship=Clan Gordon

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground near Trincomalee, Ceylon. She was on a voyage from Akyab, Burma to Malta.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=4 June 1879 |issue=9794 }}

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|ship=Cyrene

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Trincomalee. She was on a voyage from Moulmein, Burma to the English Channel.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=4 June 1879 |issue=29585 |page=11 |column=D }}

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2 June

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|ship=Windau

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The barque ran aground near Halmstad, Sweden. She was refloated and found to be leaky.

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3 June

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|ship=Unnamed

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The lighter sank at Saint Petersburg.

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|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The brig ran aground in the River Tyne at Pelaw, County Durham and broke her back. She was a total loss.{{Cite news |title=Local and District News |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=6 June 1879 |issue=10666 }}

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4 June

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|ship=Caledonia

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground between "Livo" and Mørso, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Vestervig, Denmark. She was refloated and taken in to Nykøbing, Denmark in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Shipping News |newspaper=York Herald |location=York |date=13 June 1879 |issue=6967 }}

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|ship= Phoenix

|flag={{flag|New Zealand}}

|desc=The cutter was blown inshore and wrecked at Omaka Bay in the Hauraki Gulf.Ingram & Wheatley, p. 234.

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5 June

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|ship= Lake Erie

|flag=Unknown

|desc=The 27-ton schooner stranded at Andersons Cove, near Mangawhai Harbour, Northland, New Zealand, and became a wreck.

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|ship=Marie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore in a squall at Cronstadt, Russia.

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7 June

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|ship=Cecilia

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged between Ryhope and Seaham, County Durham. She was refloated and became waterlogged.

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|ship=Fawn

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

|desc=The smack was run down and sunk in the North Sea {{convert|5|nmi|km}} off Sunderland, County Durham by the steamship Medway ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

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|ship=Knowsley Hall

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

|desc=The ship was sighted off Start Point, Devon whilst on a voyage from London to Canterbury, New Zealand. No further trace,{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=8 November 1879 |issue=29720 |page=12 |column=D }} reported missing,{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=8 January 1880 |issue=9981 }} presumed foundered with the loss of all on board, 65 to 74 lives.{{Cite news |title=Shippng |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=10 January 1880 |issue=3918 |page=3 }} She may have been the vessel wrecked on Amsterdam Island with survivors.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=22 March 1880 |issue=10044 }}

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8 June

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|ship= Pearl

|flag={{flag|New Zealand}}

|desc=The ketch stranded and was wrecked on the coast of Māhia Peninsula, New Zealand in a gale while hauling coal.

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9 June

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|ship=Blonde

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

|desc=The brigantine was wrecked at Aracaju, Brazil.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=11 June 1879 |issue=29591 |page=12 |column=B }}

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

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

|desc=The steamship sprang a severe leak and put in to Brest, Finistère, France in a sinking condition. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Sunderland, County Durham.

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|ship=Wilhelm

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore {{convert|6|nmi|km}} west of Dunbar, Lothian, United Kingdom.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=10 June 1879 |issue=29590 |page=14 |column=B }}

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10 June

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|ship=City of New York

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Honolulu, Kingdom of Hawaii. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California to Sydney, New South Wales. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=6 August 1879 |issue=9848 }}

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|ship=Clown

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

|desc=The yawl was wrecked at Glensannox, Isle of Arran. All on board were rescued.

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|ship=Enigheden

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Ossly, Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Aarhus, Denmark.

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|ship=Rockabill

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore on the coast of County Antrim. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Limerick. She was later refloated and taken in to Glasgow, Renfrewshire for repairs.

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|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The lighter was destroyed by fire at Blaye, Gironde.

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11 June

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|ship=Baden

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued by the barque China ({{flagcountry|German Empire}}) and she was set afire. Baden was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=3 July 1879 |issue=29510 |page=12 |column=B }}

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|ship=Emilie Marie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship foundered in St. George's Channel. Her crew got aboard the Cardigan Bay Lightship (22px Trinity House), from where they were rescued by the steamship Sunlight ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Emilie was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Glasgow, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom.

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|ship=Ocean Phantom

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked in the Saint Lawrence River. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the River Mersey to Quebec City, Canada.{{Cite news |title=Miscellaneous News and Home Gossip |newspaper=Huddersfield Chronicle |location=Huddersfield |date=14 June 1879 |issue=3700 |page=3 }}

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|ship=Sylph

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

|desc=The yacht collided with the lugger Three Brothers ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank off Hastings, Sussex with the loss of four of the five people on board.{{Cite news |title=Fatal Yacht Accident off Hastings |newspaper=Pall Mall Gazette |location=London |date=12 June 1879 |issue=4463 }}{{Cite news |title=Fatal Yacht Accident |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=12 June 1879 |issue=17126 |page=5 }}

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12 June

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|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The brigantine ran aground on the Boarlands Rock, in the River Fergus and sank.

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|ship=Unnamed

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The lighter was destroyed by fire at Bordeaux, Gironde.

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13 June

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|ship=Camilla

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Sulina, United Principalities. She was on a voyage from Brăila, United Principalities to Zakynthos, Greece. She was refloated on 15 June.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=2 July 1879 |issue=9818 }}

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14 June

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|ship={{SS|Albula|1877|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Brindisi, Italy. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=16 June 1879 |issue=3152 }}

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|ship=Fred

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

|desc=The Thames barge was run into by the steamship Britannia ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) at Deptford, Kent and was beached with assistance from the tug Alacrity ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). She consequently sank.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=17 June 1879 |issue=29596 |page=14 |column=B }}

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|ship=Pauline David

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the River Lee upstream of the Blackrock Castle, County Cork, United Kingdom.

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15 June

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|ship=Cleveland

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall, Sweden to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Modesta

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

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore at Dunnose, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and taken in to Cowes, Isle of Wight in a leaky condition.

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|ship=Pauline David

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the River Lee at the Blackrock Castle, County Cork.

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|ship= Scot's Craig

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

|desc=The brig ran aground at Lizard Lighthouse, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Cárdenas, Cuba to Greenock, Renfrewshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.{{cite news |title=The Lizard. Narrow Escape of a Brig |newspaper=The Cornishman |issue=49 |date=19 June 1879 |pages=4–5 }}

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|ship=Sultana

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

|desc=The cutter was driven ashore in Ballyholme Bay. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Bangor, County Down.

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16 June

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|ship=Goteborg

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland. She was refloated the next day with the assistance of two tugs and towed in to Sunderland.

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17 June

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|ship=Ariadne

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore on Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated and found to be severely leaky. Ariadne was taken in to Copenhagen for repairs.

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|ship=Carrick

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

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore at Bayonne, Loire-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Bayonne.

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|ship=Chamois

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

|desc=The steamship collided with the steamship Hettie ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and was beached at "Kadikeni", Ottoman Empire.

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|ship=Eliza

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=18 June 1879 |issue=9816 }}

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|ship=Germania

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Pedra de Sueira, {{convert|3|nmi|km}} south of Porto. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Porto. She was a total loss.

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|ship=Riversdale

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Nash Sands, in the Bristol Channel off the coast of Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Singapore, Straits Settlements. She was refloated and put back to Cardiff for repairs.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=20 June 1879 |issue=3156 }}

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|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The barge sank at Cardiff.

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18 June

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|ship=Friedrich

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The derelict barque was discovered in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|30|37|N|18|45|W}}) by the steamship {{SS|Leibnitz|1873|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). She was set afire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=29 July 1879 |issue=9841 }}

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|ship=Scythia

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

|desc=The ship departed from Cardiff, Glamorgan for Payta, Peru. No further trace,{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=26 February 1880 |issue=10023 }} presumed foundered with the loss of all 25 crew.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Huddersfield Chronicle |location=Huddersfield |date=27 February 1880 |issue=3920 |page=3 }}

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19 June

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|ship=Annie

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Guadiaro, Spain. She was on a voyage from Galaţi, United Principalities to Falmouth, Cornwall. She was refloated and taken in to Gibraltar.

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|ship=Champion

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

|desc=The fishing smack collided with the tug North Star ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank off Sunderland, County Durham. Her crew were rescued by North Star.{{Cite news |title=Shipping News |newspaper=York Herald |location=York |date=23 June 1879 |issue=6975 }}

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20 June

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|ship=Constantin, and
Joseph

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

|desc=The steamship Constantin collided with the steamship Joseph {{convert|12+1/4|nmi|km}} off Hanstholm and sank with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. Joseph was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to a Baltic port. She was severely damaged at the bow and taken in to Copenhagen for repairs.

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|ship= Franklyn Belle

|flag={{flag|New Zealand}}

|desc=The ketch stranded at Oamaru, New Zealand, during a storm after dragging her anchors and became a wreck.Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 234–235.

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|ship=Her Royal Highness

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Dunkerque, Nord, France and was severely damaged. She was refloated in July.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=7 July 1879 |issue=29513 |page=14 |column=B }}

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21 June

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|ship= Annie

|flag={{flag|New Zealand}}

|desc=The cutter sank at the mouth of the Whanganui River during a heavy sea.Ingram & Wheatley, p. 235.

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|ship=Barbarossa

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The steamship {{SS|Italy|1870|2}} ({{Flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) collided with the steamship {{SS|Canada|1863|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and then collided with Barbarossa at New York, United States. Barbarossa sank.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The United States |date=23 June 1879 |issue=29601 |page=7 |column=F }}

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|ship= Bells

|flag={{flag|New Zealand}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Lyttelton. She floated off and sank

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|ship=Blonde

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

|desc=The schooner was damaged off Margate, Kent by a shell fired by the Margate Artillery Corps, which went through her bows. She was taken in to Margate.

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|ship=Kingston

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Romania Reef. She was declared a total loss.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=15 July 1879 |issue=9829 }} She was on a voyage from Singapore, Straits Settlements to Shanghai, China.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=19 July 1879 |issue=9833 }}

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|ship=Mary Blair

|flag={{flag|New Zealand}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Timaru. She was refloated.

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|ship=Pelican

|flag={{flag|New Zealand}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Timaru. She was on a voyage from Oamaru to Timaru.

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|ship= Swallow

|flag={{flag|New Zealand}}

|desc=The brigantine was wrecked at the mouth of Tory Channel in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Lyttelton, New Zealand to Newcastle.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters at Sea |date=28 August 1879 |issue=29658 |page=8 |column=A }}

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22 June

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|ship=Ann and Laura

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

|desc=The schooner sprang a leak and sank in the Irish Sea {{convert|25|nmi|km}} off the coast of Caernarfonshire. Her crew reached land in a boat. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Portdinorwic |newspaper=North Wales Chronicle |location=London |date=28 June 1879 |issue=2715 }}

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|ship=Glenean

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Chatham, Kent. She was refloated with the assistance of eight smacks and a tug and resumed her voyage in a leaky condition.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=25 June 1879 |issue=29603 |page=14 |column=C }}

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|ship=Trowbridge

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship ran aground at Queenstown, County Cork. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug.

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23 June

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|ship=Akbar

|flag={{flag|New South Wales|1876}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Timaru, New Zealand, with the loss of four lives.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=28 August 1879 |issue=17192 |page=7 }}{{Cite news |title=Severe Gale at Lyttelton |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=29 August 1879 |issue=8146 }}

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|ship=Colina

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Batiscanie, Quebec, Canada. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Montreal, Quebec. She was refloated with assistance on 30 June and taken in to Quebec City for repairs.

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|ship=Constantin

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The steamship collided with the steamship Joseph ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank at Hirtshals with the loss of a crew member. Constantin was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=24 June 1879 |issue=7597 }}

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|ship=Gysbertus Hermanus

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Flemish Bank, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Java, Netherlands East Indies. She was refloated and taken in to Brouwershaven, Zeeland in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=25 June 1879 |issue=10353 }}

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|ship=Hope

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London.

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24 June

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|ship=Agnes

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

|desc=The brig collided with Africaine ({{flag|France}}) and sank off Gibraltar with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Africaine. Agnes was on a voyage from Agrigento, Sicily, Italy to Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands.

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|ship=Condor

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The steamship collided with a barque and sank west of Gotland, Sweden. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Allegra ({{Flag|Sweden|1844}}). Condor was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Antwerp, Belgium.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=26 June 1879 |issue=29604 |page=12 |column=B }}

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|ship=Margaret

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

|desc=The schooner collided with the steamship Queenboro ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). She was on a voyage from Danzig to Ghent, West Flanders, Belgium. She was taken in to Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands in a waterlogged condition.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=25 June 1879 |issue=9812 }}

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25 June

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|ship=Anne Marie

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore south of Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Sundsvall, Sweden.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=26 June 1879 |issue=9813 }}

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|ship=Beech

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Kinburn Spit. She was on a voyage from Nicholaieff, Russia to Lorient, Morbihan, France .{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=27 June 1879 |issue=29605 |page=12 |column=C }}

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|ship=Empress Eugénie

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

|desc=The schooner collided with the schooner Guiding Star ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the River Mersey at Tranmere, Cheshire. Empress Eugénie was on a voyage from Garston, Lancashire to Lough Swilly.

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|ship={{ship|Italian ironclad|Principe Amedeo||2}}

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

|desc=The {{sclass|Principe Amedeo|ironclad}} collided with the steamship Mediteranee ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}) off Riposto and was damaged. She was taken in to Naples for repairs.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=10 July 1879 |issue=10366 }}

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|ship=Unnamed

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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26 June

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|ship=Coronetta

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Nieuwe Waterweg. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Rotterdam, South Holland.

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27 June

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|ship=Avon

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

|desc=The steamship was beached at Holyhead, Anglesey in a sinking condition. She was on a voyage from Garston, Lancashire to Dublin.

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|ship=Frank F. Curling

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

|desc=The ship foundered off Cape Horn, Chile. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to San Francisco, California.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=11 September 1879 |issue=29670 |page=10 |column=B }}

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|ship=Lydia Budd

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

|desc=The schooner went aground on the bar at Absecon, New Jersey near Life Saving Station No. 27, 4th District and sank. Her crew, and the captain's wife and two children, was 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=29 November 2019}}

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|ship= Mary

|flag={{flag|New Zealand}}

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on Great Barrier Island, New Zealand, after being driven ashore in a gale.

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|ship=M. Moxhan

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

|desc=The steamship collided with the steamship Intrepid ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} and sank in the Sulina branch of the Danube {{convert|40|nmi|km}} from its mouth.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=28 June 1879 |issue=9815 }}

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|ship= Three Brothers

|flag={{flag|New Zealand}}

|desc=The cutter was wrecked at Coromandel, New Zealand, after being driven ashore in a gale.

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|ship=154

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The lighter sank at Cronstadt.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=4 July 1879 |issue=10670 }}

}}

28 June

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|ship= B.L.

|flag=Unknown

|desc=The 364-ton barque went ashore on the Canterbury, New Zealand, coast north of New Brighton during a gale while en route from San Francisco to Lyttelton.Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 235–236.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lily Baynes

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Pennington Spit, off the coast of Hampshire. She was on a voyage from London to Belfast, County Antrim.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Paulina Cox

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

|desc=The sloop sprang a leak and sank in the Caribbean Sea. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barbados to Grenada.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Mails |date=29 July 1879 |issue=29532 |page=6 |column=£-F }}

}}

29 June

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|ship= Akbar

|flag={{flag|New Zealand}}

|desc=The brigantine went ashore and was wrecked at Timaru, New Zealand, during a strong gale. The captain, his wife, and three crew members were drowned.Ingram & Wheatley, p. 236.

}}

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|ship=Cephas Starret

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

|desc=The schooner was severely damaged by fire at New Orleans, Louisiana. She was scuttled with the assistance of two tugs, one of which was Pholector ({{flag|United States|1877}}).{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=14 July 1879 |issue=10369 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Emma and Alice

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to Java, Netherlands East Indies.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=22 July 1879 |issue=29526 |page=12 |column=B-C }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=22 July 1879 |issue=9835 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Hermann Becker

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Narva, Russia.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Robert Hendrikus

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Narva.

}}

30 June

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Arctic

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Block Island, Rhode Island. She was on a voyage from New York to Luarca, Spain. She was refloated and taken in to Newport, Rhode Island in a leaky condition.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=2 July 1879 |issue=29509 |page=13 |column=B }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Barnard Castle

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in Lake Saint Pierre. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Quebec, Canada to London. She was refloated on 3 July and taken in to Trois-Rivières, Quebec.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=16 July 1879 |issue=10371 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Brownie

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

|desc=The yacht was driven from her moorings and ran aground at Wareham, Dorset. She was refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Echo

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground in the Scheldt. She was on a voyage from Santos, Brazil to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=2 July 1879 |issue=29509 |page=13 |column=B }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Florence L. Thomas

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

|desc=The ship ran aground off Mutton Island, County Galway, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Galway. She was refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jeanne d{{'}}Arc

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The barque struck a sunken wreck and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her thirteen crew took to two boats, one of which subsequently foundered. All ended up in the longboat. They were rescued on 13 July by the barque Corsica ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Jeanne d{{'}}Arc was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Réunion.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=23 August 1879 |issue=29654 |page=12 |column=E }}{{Cite news |title=Terrible Sufferings at Sea |newspaper=Illustrated Police News |location=London |date=6 September 1879 |issue=812 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=John Williamson

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Maassluis, South Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Rotterdam, South Holland. She was refloated the next day with the assistance of a tug.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=2 July 1879 |issue=10359 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Kepler

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Maassluis. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Rotterdam. She was refloated the next day with the assistance from a tug.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Prince Frederick William

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

|desc=The paddle steamer became waterlogged in the Bristol Channel off Lundy Island, Devon. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Ramsgate, Kent. She was towed in to Penarth, Glamorgan by the steamship Belonnie ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Wild Duck

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

|desc=The trawler collided with the smack Wetherill ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the North Sea. Her seven crew were rescued by Wetherill.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=5 July 1879 |issue=29512 |page=13 |column=F }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The lighter sank at Southampton, Hampshire.{{Cite news |title=Violent Gale |newspaper=Southampton Herald |location=Southampton |date=5 July 1879 |issue=3449 |page=7 |volume=55}}

}}

Unknown date

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Alsace-Lorraine

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The fishing smack was wrecked on the coast of Iceland. Her crew survived.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Annie

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

|desc=The steamship tan aground at Guadiaro, Spain. She was refloated and taken in to Gibraltar.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=24 June 1879 |issue=17136 |page=6 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Annie Murchie

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Cárdenas, Cuba to New York.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=3 July 1879 |issue=29510 |page=12 |column=B }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Auguste Clemence

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The fishing smack was wrecked on the coast of Iceland. Her crew survived.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Anna Maria

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground south of Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Sundsvall.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Carl XV

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

|desc=The brig ran aground. She was on a voyage from Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium to Copenhagen, Denmark. She was refloated and completed her voyage.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=24 June 1879 |issue=29602 |page=12 |column=B }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=City of Gloucester

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked off Chatham, Massachusetts. 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}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Collector

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

|desc=The ship collided with the steamship {{SS|Oder|1873|2}} ({{flagcountry|German Empire}}) and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 13 June with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Arendal, Norway to New York.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=16 June 1879 |issue=9804 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Corine and Augustine

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship foundered at sea. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=30 June 1879 |issue=9816 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship||Derzhava|yacht|2}}

|flag={{navy|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The royal yacht ran aground in late June. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt to Copenhagen. She was refloated two days later and resumed her voyage, arriving at Copenhagen on 29 June.{{Cite news |title=The Danish Royal Family |newspaper=Pall Mall Gazette |location=London |date=4 July 1879 |issue=4482 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Elena P.

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked in the Tonalá River.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Fa

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

|desc=The barque was damaged by fire at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Helen

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

|desc=The barque collided with City of New York ({{flag|United States|1877}}) and sank at New York with the loss of five of her ten crew. Helen was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to New York.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=1 July 1879 |issue=29608 |page=11 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Local Intelligence |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=4 July 1879 |issue=8098 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Henrietta

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

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Middle Ground Shoal. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Liverpool. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Henriette

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at "Punta Blanca". She was on a voyage from Tampico, Mexico to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. She was a total loss.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=14 June 1879 |issue=10344 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Idog

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Saltholm Flagge, in the Droogden.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=14 June 1879 |issue=29594 |page=14 |column=A }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= Ironsport

|flag={{flag|New Zealand}}

|desc=The brig left Auckland for Whangaroa on 11 June and was not seen again.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jane Rennie

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

|desc=The barquentine struck rocks and sank with the loss of six of her nine crew. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to New York. The survivors were rescued four days later by a steamship, but two of them subsequently died in hospital in New York.{{Cite news |title=Terrible Tale of the Sea |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=24 July 1879 |issue=3774 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Japan

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Lagos, Lagos Colony. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Kingston

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Romania Reef and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Singapore, Straits Settlements to Saigon, French Indo-China.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Llanishen

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Millandgrundet, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt to London. She was refloated with assistance from the salvage vessel Neptune (Flag unknown) and resumed her voyage.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Loch Awe

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Montrose, Forfarshire. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt to Montrose. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Montrose.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mabel

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

|desc=The ship struck a rock at Saint Lucia and was severely damaged.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Marie Gabriel

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brig collided with the steamship {{SS|State of Alabama|1873|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Molière

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The barque ran aground at "Port François", Mauritius She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Mauritius. She was refloated and found to be leaky.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Monchgut

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Fair Isle, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mystery

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

|desc=The ship sank at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex before 11 June.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= Oamaru

|flag={{flag|New Zealand}}

|desc=The brigantine left Auckland for Whangaroa on 11 June and was not seen again.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Otto

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Yokohama, Japan. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ouvre

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The fishing smack was wrecked on the coast of Iceland. Her crew survived.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Secondo Z.

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

|desc=The barque struck a rock and sank at Montevideo, Uruguay. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Montevideo.{{cite news |title=Casualties - Foreign |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000861/18790729/106/0015 |access-date=13 January 2022 |work=Lloyd's List |issue=20,359 |date=29 July 1879 |location=London |page=15}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Selina M. Smurthey

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

|desc=The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 29 June.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=15 July 1879 |issue=9829 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Shun Lee

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

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

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Spartan

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at the South Foreland, Kent. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Cardiff. She was refloated and completed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=24 June 1879 |issue=9811 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Syra

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Villa del Cerro, Uruguay between 23 and 25 June.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Mails |date=1 August 1879 |issue=29635 |page=11 |column=A-B }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Thessaly|1877|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore in the Red Sea. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce to Bombay.{{Cite news |title=General News |newspaper=Preston Chronicle |location=Preston |date=21 June 1879 |issue=3461 }} She had been refloated by 5 August.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=6 August 1879 |issue=9848 }}

}}

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|ship=Tordenskjold

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Tarragona, Spain. She was refloated on 2 July and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent, United Kingdom in a leaky condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Tyne

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the River Spey. She was refloated on 14 June and taken in to "Kingstown port".

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 13 June.

}}

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 June 1879