List of shipwrecks in 1870

The list of shipwrecks in 1870 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1870.

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1870
Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr
May	Jun	Jul	Aug
Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

January

2 January

List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1870

Ship	Country	Description
Eliza	United Kingdom	The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all hands.[1]

4 January

List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1870

Ship	Country	Description
Maria	United States	The paddle tug collided with USS Miantonomoh ( United States Navy) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.[2]

16 January

List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1870

Ship	Country	Description
Laura	United Kingdom	The sprang a leak and foundered in the English Channel 9 nautical miles (17 km) south of Bridport, Dorset. Her nine crew were rescued.[3]

23 January

USS Oneida

List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1870

Ship	Country	Description
USS Oneida	United States Navy	The sloop-of-war collided with Bombay ( United Kingdom) off Yokohama, Japan and sank with the loss of 125 of her 216 crew. Survivors were rescued by Japanese fishing boats.

28 January

List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1870

Ship	Country	Description
City of Boston	United Kingdom	Departed Halifax, Nova Scotia for Liverpool. No further trace, possibly foundered in a storm on 30 January.

May

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1870

Ship	Country	Description
Joseph Hume	United Kingdom	The ship foundered on or about 10 May with some loss of life.[4]

June

1 June

List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1870

Ship	Country	Description
Cremorne	United States	Passed through the Golden Gate bound for Liverpool, England. No further trace.

23 June

List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1870

Ship	Country	Description
Mary	United Kingdom	The schooner was in collision with the steamship Sheldrake ( United Kingdom) and sank with the loss of one life. Survivors were rescued by Sheldrake, which lost a crew member in the accident. Mary was on a voyage from Barrow in Furness, Lancashire to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[1]

July

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1870

Ship	Country	Description
HMS Maeander	Royal Navy	Foundered in a gale at 7°54′45″S 14°24′24″W / 7.91250°S 14.40667°W.

September

6 September

List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1870

Ship	Country	Description
HMS Captain	Royal Navy	Capsized and sank off Cape Finisterre, Spain.

October

12 October

List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1870

Ship	Country	Description
Brigand	United Kingdom	The schooner was in collision with another vessel off The Mumbles, Glamorgan and foundered. Her crew were rescued by the tug Pero Gomez ( United Kingdom).[1]
Joseph et Marie	flag unknown	The schooner foundered off Swansea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sardinia, Italy to Swansea, Glamorgan.[1]
Key West	United States	Ran aground off Cape Hatteras.

16 October

Memorial to those lost on the Sydney

List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1870

Ship	Country	Description
Sydney	United Kingdom	Wrecked off Glen Head, Sturrall, Donegal, Ireland.

19 October

List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1870

Ship	Country	Description
Cambria	United Kingdom	Wrecked off the Giant's Causeway, Ireland.

26 October

List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1870

Ship	Country	Description
Kennet	United Kingdom	The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridport, Dorset.[3]

29 October

Wreck of USS Saginaw

List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1870

Ship	Country	Description
USS Saginaw	United States Navy	Wrecked off Kure Atoll.

November

17 November

List of shipwrecks: 17 November 1870

Ship	Country	Description
Seraing	Belgium	Wrecked near Björkösund, Gulf of Finland.[5]

29 November

List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1870

Ship	Country	Description
Union	Germany	The Norddeutscher Lloyd mail steamer, Bremen for New York with 310 passengers, after repairing engine in heavy weather, stranded off Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire. All passengers, 112 crew and mails were landed in boats.[6] The ship later broke up.[7]

December

9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1870

Ship	Country	Description
Dasher	United Kingdom	The pilot cutter struck the Tusker Rock, in the Bristol Channel and was wrecked. Her three crew were rescued by Good Deliverance ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[1]

15 December

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1870

Ship	Country	Description
HMS Psyche	Royal Navy	Wrecked off Catania, Italy

24 December

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1870

Ship	Country	Description
Ulpiano	Spain	The barque was stranded on Süderoogsand, Föhr, Germany 54°25′30″N 8°28′44″E / 54.425°N 8.478889°E[8]

References

1. Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
2. "Maria". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History & Heritage Command. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
3. "Historical List of Shipwrecks at Chesil Beach & from Bridport to Lyme Regis". Burton Bradstock Online. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
4. The London Gazette: no. 23709. p. 706. 24 February 1871.
5. "Belgian Merchant P-Z" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
6. "The Shipwreck of the German Steamship "Union"". The Aberdeen Journal (6413). 7 December 1870. p. 6.
7. "Breaking up of the steamer Union". The Dundee Courier & Argus (5417). 12 December 1870. p. [3].
8. Das Meer legt die "Ulpiano" frei (German)

See also

Ship events in 1870
Ship launches:	1865	1866	1867	1868	1869	1870	1871	1872	1873	1874	1875
Ship commissionings:	1865	1866	1867	1868	1869	1870	1871	1872	1873	1874	1875
Ship decommissionings:	1865	1866	1867	1868	1869	1870	1871	1872	1873	1874	1875
Shipwrecks:	1865	1866	1867	1868	1869	1870	1871	1872	1873	1874	1875