List of shipwrecks in 1877

The list of shipwrecks in 1877 includes some ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1877.

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1877
Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr
May	Jun	Jul	Aug
Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

February

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1877

Ship	Country	Description
Ethel	United Kingdom	The steamship was wrecked on the Black Rock, in the Bristol Channel of Lundy Island, Devon with the loss of nineteen of her twenty crew.[1]

March

19 March

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1877

Ship	Country	Description
Rusland	Belgium	The Red Star Line owned ocean liner ran aground at Long Island, United States. All 125 passengers were taken ashore. There were attempts made to salvage the ship, but it broke in two on 16 April and was declared a total loss.[2]

April

16 April

List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1877

Ship	Country	Description
Elizabeth	United Kingdom	The smack was lost off Cardigan. Her two crew were rescued by John Stuart ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[3]
Mary Helen	United Kingdom	The schooner sprang a leak off Ceibwr Bay and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Bristol, Gloucestershire. Mary Helen was taken in to Cardigan the next day by John Stuart ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution)[3]

May

9 May

List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1877

Ship	Country	Description
SS Dakota	United Kingdom	The Guion Line vessel left Liverpool for America under Captain Price with 218 passengers and 109 crew, and 1,800 tons of general cargo. At 9.30 pm, when abreast of Point Lynas Lighthouse, the captain gave order to port the helm. This order was misunderstood and the helm was put to starboard, thus throwing the vessel off her course. The mistake was noticed too late and although the engines were reversed, the Dakota was stranded at the East Mouse, near Amlwch on Anglesey. All those on board got off in safety, but the ship broke in two the next day and became a total wreck.[4]

August

5 August

List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1877

Ship	Country	Description
Lillie Parsons	Canada	The schooner sank after hitting rocks in the Saint Lawrence Seaway, Canada.

October

16 October

List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1877

Ship	Country	Description
William Van Name	United States	Struck the Seven Stones Reef while bound for Queenstown for orders. Captain Cogniss and his crew of eleven were picked up by the schooner Caroline of Looe and landed at Penzance, Cornwall.[5]

November

3 November

List of shipwrecks: 3 November 1877

Ship	Country	Description
Harewood	United Kingdom	The Newcastle ship was found abandoned (at latitude 45.44, longitude 39.55) in the Atlantic by the SS Abyssinia of the Cunard Line.[6]

8 November

List of shipwrecks: 8 November 1877

Ship	Country	Description
Haswell	United Kingdom	The paddle tug foundered in the Bristol Channel off Oxwich, Glamorgan. Her eight crew were rescued by the pilot cutter Benson ( United Kingdom).[1]

13 November

List of shipwrecks: 13 November 1877

Ship	Country	Description
Paul et Marie	France	The schooner, with a cargo of wheat, was dismasted after hitting the Seven Stones Reef. She was later brought into the nearby Isles of Scilly as a derelict.[5]

21 November

List of shipwrecks: 21 November 1877

Ship	Country	Description
Hibernia	United Kingdom	The Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company owned cable-laying ship sank at anchor at Alagoas, Brazil.

24 November

List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1877

Ship	Country	Description
Huron	United States	The United States Navy sloop-rigged steamer sank in storm near Nags Head, North Carolina. Ninety-eight lives were lost.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1877

Ship	Country	Description
Charles Davenport	United Kingdom	The full-rigged ship was wrecked after hitting a jetty in a storm at Margate, United Kingdom[7]

December

6 December

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1877

Ship	Country	Description
Johann	Norway	The barque ran aground on the Scarweather Sands, in the Bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued by Chafyn Grove ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution) and Velindra ( United Kingdom).[1]

27 December

List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1877

Ship	Country	Description
Magnolia	United States	The Ocean Steamship Company owned (ex USS Augusta) sidewheel steamer sank in a storm. There were no casualties.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1877

Ship	Country	Description
Concordia	United Kingdom	The barque was abandoned on an unknown date and position. The master of James Sprott was fined £100 plus costs for not reporting the hulk, and for boarding somewhere between San Francisco and Cape Town and removing items. Concordia of Bristol was carrying coal, rope, butter, rifles and pistols.[8]
Ethel	United Kingdom	The schooner struck the Seven Stones Reef but sustained little damage and headed for Plymouth. Her captain and mate had their certificates withdrawn.[9]
Nelly		The schooner was found (in early May, 1878) in a bad state by the sealing schooner Tungus in a bay on the east side of Great Schantar Island in the Sea of Okhotsk, Russia. The last entry in the ship's log is for 16 April 1877. Five bodies were found ashore[10]

References

1. Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
2. "Belgian Merchant H-O" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
3. "CARDIGAN & DISTRICT SHIPWRECKS AND LIFEBOAT SERVICE". Glen Johnson. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
4. "SS Dakota [+1877]". wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
5. Larn, Richard (1992). The Shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly. Nairn: Thomas & Lochar. ISBN 0-946537-84-4.
6. "A Derelict in the Atlantic". Edinburgh Evening News. 5 November 1877. p. 3.
7. Lane, Anthony (2009). Shipwrecks of Kent. Stroud: The History Press. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-7524-1720-2.
8. "Neglecting to Report a Wreck". The Cornishman (39). 10 April 1879. p. 3.
9. Noall, Cyril (1968). Cornish Lights and Shipwrecks. Truro: D. Bradford Barton.
10. "Disasters at Sea". The Cornishman (5). 15 August 1878. p. 3.

Ship events in 1877
Ship launches:	1872	1873	1874	1875	1876	1877	1878	1879	1880	1881	1882
Ship commissionings:	1872	1873	1874	1875	1876	1877	1878	1879	1880	1881	1882
Ship decommissionings:	1872	1873	1874	1875	1876	1877	1878	1879	1880	1881	1882
Shipwrecks:	1872	1873	1874	1875	1876	1877	1878	1879	1880	1881	1882