List of shipwrecks in 1876

The list of shipwrecks in 1876 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1876.

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1876
Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr
May	Jun	Jul	Aug
Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

January

February

3 February

List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1876

Ship	Country	Description
Surprise	United States	The A A Low & Brother owned clipper ran aground at Kaneda Bay, Tokyo, Japan.

17 February

List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1876

Ship	Country	Description
Halifax	United Kingdom	Ran ashore at Heligoland. Broke up in a storm on 15 March 1876[1]

28 February

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1876

Ship	Country	Description
Reverie	Guernsey	The smack capsized in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all hands.[2]

March

3 March

List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1876

Ship	Country	Description
Carrier Dove	United States	The Montell & Co owned clipper ran aground at Stone Horse Shoals, near Tybee Island, Georgia.

13 March

List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1876

Ship	Country	Description
France	United Kingdom	The barque was in collision with the brig Eliza B ( United Kingdom) in the Bristol Channel off Oxwich, Glamorgan and sank with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Eliza B.[2]

April

22 April

List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1876

Ship	Country	Description
Dunraven	United Kingdom	The steamship struck a reef and sank in the Red Sea approaches to the Suez Canal.

June

14 June

List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1876

Ship	Country	Description
Geltwood	United Kingdom	The John Sprott owned barque struck a reef, capsized and sank at Lake Bonney, South Australia at 37°37′36″S 140°10′51″E / 37.62667°S 140.18083°E

July

15 July

List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1876

Ship	Country	Description
Acme	New South Wales	The Davis & Copper owned schooner ran aground on Seal Rocks, New South Wales.

20 July

List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1876

Ship	Country	Description
Mohawk	United States	The USC&GS yacht capsized and sank on her maiden Voyage with the loss of all crew in New York Harbor. She was later raised, repaired, renamed Eagre and served with the United States Coast & Geodetic Survey and United States Navy.

August

24 August

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1876

Ship	Country	Description
C F Funch	Belgium	The Steinmann, Ludwig & Co. owned steamship had a cargo fire. The ship was beached and broke in two at Rammekens, Netherlands.[3]

November

20 November

List of shipwrecks: 20 November 1876

Ship	Country	Description
Delloye Matthieu	Belgium	The Alexandre Smyers & Co. owned steamship ran aground at Ostergarnholm, Sweden. 11 crew lost.[3]

December

1 December

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1876

Ship	Country	Description
Georgette	Western Australia	The steamship sank in storm in Calgardup Bay, Western Australia. 12 drowned

9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1876

Ship	Country	Description
SS Woodham	United Kingdom	The steamship sank 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off the coast of Lisbon. She was en route from Odessa and bound to Fremantle

11 December

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1876

Ship	Country	Description
Celinia	France	The lugger type ship traveling from Saint Malo (Brittany, France) to St Helier Jersey Channel islands which ran aground and broke at the foot of Elizabeth Castle, near the port.[4]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1876

Ship	Country	Description
Lammermuir	United Kingdom	The clipper had departed Adelaide on 10 November 1876, bound for London, and she was lost with no further trace.

References

1. "Wreck of a steamer at Heligoland". York Herald (England). 18 March 1876. Retrieved 11 November 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
2. Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
3. "Belgian Merchant A-G" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
4. "SV Celinia (+1876)". wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 26 Aug 2015.

Ship events in 1876
Ship launches:	1871	1872	1873	1874	1875	1876	1877	1878	1879	1880	1881
Ship commissionings:	1871	1872	1873	1874	1875	1876	1877	1878	1879	1880	1881
Ship decommissionings:	1871	1872	1873	1874	1875	1876	1877	1878	1879	1880	1881
Shipwrecks:	1871	1872	1873	1874	1875	1876	1877	1878	1879	1880	1881