The list of shipwrecks in June 1877 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during June 1877.
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Ship | State | Description |
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Aurora | ![]() |
The schooner ran aground on the Abertay Sands, at the mouth of the River Tay and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Christiania, Norway to Dundee, Forfarshire. She was refloated on 17 July and taken in to Dundee.[1] |
Freja | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on Belle Île, Morbihan, France. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Valparaiso (![]() |
Lord Rollo | ![]() |
The schooner ran aground on the Horseshoe Sandbank, in the Solent. She was on a voyage from LondontoBideford, Devon. She was refloated but was driven ashore at Southsea, Hampshire. Her crew survived.[3][4] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Agatha Catharina | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Dordrecht, South Holland.[2] |
Beagle | ![]() |
The yacht was run into by Nyanza (![]() |
Canova | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore in the Kerkennah Islands, Beylik of Tunis. She was on a voyage from La SpeziatoGabès, Beylik of Tunis.[5] |
Clotilda | ![]() |
The ship sank in the Bristol Channel off Penarth, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[2] She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Redon, Ille-et-Vilaine.[6] |
Mary | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground in the River Tay. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to the River Tyne. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and resumed her voyage.[2] |
Sarah | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lulworth, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County DurhamtoWeymouth, Dorset.[2] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Foam | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore at Ramsey, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, AyrshiretoRuncorn, Cheshire.[5] |
Mincio | ![]() |
The barque ran aground in the Bosphorus. She was on a voyage from ConstanţatoConstantinople, Ottoman Empire.[7] |
Rollo | ![]() |
The barque ran aground on the Leixas Reef, 2+1⁄2 nautical miles (4.6 km) off Vila do Conde, Portugal and sank. She was on a voyage from MaltatoWoolwich, Kent.[8] |
Sprightly | ![]() |
The smack was driven ashore at Appledore, Devon. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to "Port Gaikroa".[9] |
Svalenanhem | ![]() |
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on South Ronaldsay, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from ChristianiatoAyr, United Kingdom.[9] |
Ship | State | Description |
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British India | ![]() |
The full-rigged ship ran aground on the Cockle Rock, off the coast of County Galway. She was on a voyage from Huanillos, Peru to Galway. She was refloated.[9] |
Ellen | ![]() |
The sloop was destroyed by fire in Llandudno Bay.[7] |
Esther | ![]() |
The sloop foundered in the Irish Sea off the Great Orme Head, Caernarfonshire. Both crew were rescued by the pilot boat Perseverance (![]() |
Saxon | ![]() |
The cutter ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to Harwich, Essex.[11] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Grietje | ![]() |
The galiot ran aground and sank off Hiiumaa, Russia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United KingdomtoSaint Petersburg, Russia.[7][9] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Pauline | ![]() |
The sloop foundered off Alderney, Channel Islands. Her three crew were rescued by Nunquam Dormio (Flag unknown).[12] |
Tom Morton | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground in the River Avon underneath the Clifton Suspension Bridge. She was on a voyage from Nicholaieff, RussiatoBristol, Gloucestershire. She was refloated.[13] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Constantine | ![]() |
Russo-Turkish War: The auxiliary cruiser ran aground at Sulina, Ottoman Empire whilst going to the assistance of a boat from the torpedo boat Tschesme (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Canopus | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked at "Mayolta", Aden Colony. Her crew were rescued.[15] |
Henry | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked at Santo Domingo Tonalá, Mexico, Her crew were rescued.[16] |
Malvina | ![]() |
The steamship put in to South Shields, County Durham on fire. The fire was extinguished.[15] She was on a voyage from Leith, LothiantoLondon.[17] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Mina | ![]() |
The ship ran aground in the River Tay. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, CanadatoMontrose, Forfarshire. She was refloated.[12] |
Pansy | ![]() |
The ship ran aground at Sandhamn, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County DurhamtoStockholm, Sweden. She was refloated and taken in to Stockholm in a leaky condition.[15] |
Rowena | ![]() |
The barque was wrecked in the Magdalen Islands, Nova Scotia, Canada.[18] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Baroda | ![]() |
The barque was wrecked on the Chesterfield Reef. Her crew were rescued.[19] |
Paragon | ![]() |
The brigantine sprang a leak and sank in Angle Bay.[18] She was on a voyage from Neath, GlamorgantoDublin.fer[20] |
Unnamed | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore on Sanda Island, Argyllshire, United Kingdom.[18] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Duchess of Sutherland | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground at Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Greenore, County Wexford to Holyhead. She was refloated.[18] |
Glengarry | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of the Heugh Lighthouse, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, StirlingshiretoMiddlesbrough, Yorkshire.[18] She was refloated with the assistance of two tugs.[21] |
Redesdale | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground at Saltholmen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, RussiatoLondon. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[18] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Annie | ![]() |
The fishing smack was run down and sunk 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) east of the Coquet Island, NorthumberlandbyMarie Stuart (![]() |
Cinar | ![]() |
The brig ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.[23] |
Dawn | ![]() |
The 21-ton cutter stranded close to the mouth of the Waikato River, and became a complete wreck.[24] |
Ship | State | Description |
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J. C. Domgart | ![]() |
The schooner capsized and sank at Hela.[23] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Forward | ![]() |
The smack struck a sunken rock and sank at Ardrishaig, Argyllshire.[23] |
Juan Fernandez | ![]() |
The ship struck a rock and foundered off Rosyth Castle, Fife, United Kingdom with the loss of all hands, according to a message in a bottle which washed ashore at Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands in late October.[25] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Lodka | ![]() |
The ship sprang a leak and sank at Cronstadt.[23] |
Meikong | ![]() |
The steamship was wrecked at Ras Hafun, Majerteen Sultanate with the loss of four lives. Survivors were rescued by the steamship Glenartney (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Calypso | ![]() |
The brig ran aground and was wrecked at Lagos, Lagos Colony.[30][31][23] |
Three or four unnamed vessels | ![]() |
Russo-Turkish War: The schooners were captured and sunk in the Black SeabyVeliky Knyaz Konstantin (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Albatross | ![]() |
The steam yacht was driven ashore at South Nipe Point, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Bridlington, YorkshiretoScarborough, Yorkshire. She was refloated with assistance from the steam yacht Erik (![]() |
J. P. Taylor | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground south of Sunderland, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Brake, GermanytoSouth Shields, County Durham. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[33] |
Morna | ![]() |
The ship capsized at Liverpool, Lancashire.[30] |
Strang | ![]() |
The barque was driven ashore on "the Estonian coast". Eight of her eleven crew were taken off by a lifeboat.[30][23] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Colstrup | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore at Sully Island, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[26] |
Edith Havilland | ![]() |
The brig ran aground and sank at Carpenter Rocks, South Australia with the loss of at 27 of the 35 people on board. She was on a voyage from SydneytoAdelaide, South Australia.[34][35] |
Mathilde et Elizabeth | ![]() |
The brig collided with the steamship Triton (![]() |
Four unnamed vessels | ![]() |
Russo-Turkish War: The ships were abandoned off Cape Kerempe and were sunk by "Constantine" (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Phaeton | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Tellicherry, India.[27] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Elysia | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[27] |
Lowestoft | ![]() |
The schooner was wrecked 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) from Lossiemouth, Moray with the loss of all five crew.[37] |
Unnamed | Flag unknown | The steamship ran aground on the Carreg Cocks Reef, off Anglesey, United Kingdom.[27][38] |
Ship | State | Description |
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J. T. E. Ettringham | ![]() |
The tug struck rocks and sank off Broughty Ferry, Forfarhire. She was refloated on 29 June and taken in to Dundee, Forfarshire for repairs.[39] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Amulet | ![]() |
The steamship arrived at Leith, Lothian on fire. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Leith.[40] |
Ann and Joseph | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore at Caernarfon.[40] |
Ark | ![]() |
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at "Saggad Vasparvicu", Russia. Her crew were rescued.[41] |
Excelsior | ![]() |
The barque ran aground between "Chambretta" and Pointe de Grave, Gironde, France. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[42] |
Nella | ![]() |
The brig ran aground off "Kellboda", Grand Duchy of Finland and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Borgå, Grand Duchy of Finland to Middelburg, Zeeland.[41] |
Ship | State | Description |
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J. B. Walker | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at New York. She was on a voyage from New York to Newhaven, Connecticut and Malta.[43] She was refloated.[44] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Cardiganshire | ![]() |
The barque ran aground at Goole, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from a port in Central America to Goole.[43] |
Clarovine | ![]() |
The barque was driven ashore at the Heads of Ayr, Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Venice, Italy.[43] |
Frithjof | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground at Dunkerque, Nord, France. She was on a voyage from "Vignoes" to Dunkerque.[43] |
Harmony | ![]() |
The barque ran aground at IJmuiden, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, CanadatoAmsterdam, North Holland. She was refloated with the assistance of five tugs and found to be severely leaky.[43] |
Regina del Cin | ![]() |
The barque ran aground at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was refloated.[44] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Lily | ![]() |
The steamship was run into by the steamship Prometheus (![]() |
Unnamed | ![]() |
Russo-Turkish War: The steamship was shelled and sunk in the Danube upstream of Rahova, United Principalities by the monitor Podgoriçe (![]() |
Ship | State | Description |
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Antias | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore at Boulmer, Northumberland.[39] She was refloated the next day with the assistance of a tug.[47] |
Clio | ![]() |
The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Athlete (![]() |
Florence Braginton | ![]() |
The barque departed from Callao, Peru for an English port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[49] |
Greta | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground at Ardrossan, Ayrshire. She was refloated.[47] |
Johanna Meelna | ![]() |
The ship foundered north of Öland. She was on a voyage from VästerviktoDantzic, Germany.[39] |
Lady Clare | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore at Kastrup, Denmark. She was refloated.[50] |
Nightingale | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore at Point Areybar, New York.[50] |
Sirius | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground on the Haaks Bank, off the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, RussiatoAmsterdam, North Holland. She was refloated and taken in to the Nieuwe Diep.[39] |
Solvang | ![]() |
The schooner was driven ashore at "Segeastad", Öland. She was on a voyage from Riga, RussiatoCopenhagen, Denmark. She was refloated with assistance.[39] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Denderah | ![]() |
The steamship sank in the Sarmiento Channel. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Hamburg.[50] |
Deodata | ![]() |
The barque was driven ashore at Dragør, Denmark. She was refloated.[50] |
Magnet | ![]() |
The ship was damaged by fire at Pärnu, Russia.[51] |
Sirene | ![]() |
The lighter sank at Antwerp.[50] |
Ship | State | Description |
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Adventure | ![]() |
The brig was wrecked at Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon. Her crew were rescued.[15] |
Agathe | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked by a tornadoatSanto Domingo Tonalá, Mexico before 20 June.[44][52] |
Bradsborg | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked by a tornado at Santo Domingo Tonalá before 20 June.[44] |
Canadian | ![]() |
The steamship caught fire at Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire.[9] |
Canova | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore on Kirkein Island, Beylik of Tunis. She was on a voyage from La Spezia, ItalytoGabès, Beylik of Tunis.[53] |
Catharina | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked by a tornado at Santo Domingo Tonalá before 20 June.[44] |
Centennial | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of two of her crew.[54] |
Ceres | ![]() |
The brig foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued.[19] |
City of Venice | ![]() |
The ship ran aground on the North Rock, in the Belfast Lough. She was refloated on 27 June.[43] |
Daniel Marcy | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on the Alceste Reef, in the Gaspar Strait. Her crew were rescued.[55] She was on a voyage from Manila, Spanish East IndiestoNew York.[19] |
Dante | ![]() |
The 16-ton cutter left Manukau Harbour, New Zealand on 11 June for Waitara, and was not seen again. She had a crew of three.[24] |
Emily Smith | Flag unknown | The brig was wrecked on Kangaroo Island, South Australia with the loss of nineteen of the 22 people on board.[56] |
Emperor | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on Acklins Island, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from the West IndiestoHavre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.[51] |
Erwartung | ![]() |
The ship ran aground at Gotland, Sweden before 13 June. She was on a voyage from Riga, RussiatoLeith, Lothian, United Kingdom. She was refloated and put in to Swinemünde in a leaky condition.[18] |
Fatula | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked by a tornado at Tupilco, Mexico before 20 June.[44][52] |
Henrich | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked by a tornado at Santo Domingo Tonalá before 20 June.[44] |
Honduras | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked by a tornado at Santo Domingo Tonalá before 20 June.[44] |
Imprevue | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked on Acklins Island, Bahamas before 4 June.[11] Her crew were rescued.[9] |
Isurium | ![]() |
The ship ran aground at Cuttack, India and broke her back.[30] |
Java | ![]() |
The 309-ton whaling barque was lost in the Bering Sea.[57] |
Juan F. Pearson | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at L'Étang-du-Nord, Magdalen Islands, Nova Scotia, Canada between 26 and 30 June with the loss of all hands.[18][58] She was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland ColonytoAmsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.[20] |
Kaikoura | ![]() |
The 31-ton schooner left its namesake port in New Zealand on 5 June for Greymouth, and was not seen again. She had a crew of three. Some wreckage washed ashore near Charleston, north of Greymouth, was identified as being from the Kaikoura.[24] |
Kalstad | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore on Goose Island. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Waterford. She was refloated and put back to Quebec City in a leaky condition.[27] |
Kate Agnes | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore near Barrington. She was on a voyage from Saint John's to Newport, Monmouthshire.[18] She was consequently condemned.[50] |
Kildare | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and damaged at Quebec City. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Belfast, County Antrim.[22] She was refloated on 18 June.[31] |
Koh-i-Noor | ![]() |
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at L'Étang du Nord between 26 and 30 June with the loss of all hands.[58] |
Leith | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked at Tupilco before 20 June.[44] |
Maria | ![]() |
The schooner foundered at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from LisbontoBoulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France.[19][54] |
Miranda | ![]() |
The brig was wrecked at Folly Point, Jamaica. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from KingstontoAnnotto Bay, Jamaica.[19] |
Nordkap | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked by a tornado at Santo Domingo Tonalá before 20 June.[44] |
Pomona | The barque was wrecked in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. Her crew were rescued.[54] | |
Primus | ![]() |
The steamship was driven ashore on Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to an English port. She was refloated and put in to Copenhagen, Denmark on 14 June in a leaky condition.[19] Subsequently repaired.[23] |
Result | ![]() |
The barque was driven ashore in the Salt River, Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Guernsey to the Salt River.[40] She was refloated on 28 June.[59] |
Rowena | ![]() |
The barque was wrecked on a reef off South West Point, Magdalen Islands between 26 and 29 June. Her crew were rescued the next day by the schooner Typhoon (Flag unknown).[58] |
Salier | ![]() |
The steamship ran aground on the Chico Bank, in the River Plate. She was on a voyage from HamburgtoBuenos Aires, Argentina. She was refloated on 1 July and taken in to Buenos Aires.[60] |
Stanley Heath | ![]() |
The ship was wrecked by a tornado at Tupilco before 20 June.[44][52] |
St. Agnes Filichi | ![]() |
The ship foundered off "Cape Sicie" before 2 June with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Comte Bacchiochio (![]() |
Stanley Castle | ![]() |
The barque was wrecked on the Sacramento Shoal, in the Indian Ocean.[12] Her crew were rescued.[61] |
St. Clair | ![]() |
The steamship struck a sunken rock in Loch Brackadale and was wrecked.[62] |
Sultan of Sockotoo | ![]() |
The paddle steamer was wrecked in the Niger River.[41] |
Typhoon | Flag unknown | The schooner was wrecked on a reef off Entry Island, Magdalen Islands between 27 and 30 June. All on board survived.[58] |
Winchester | ![]() |
The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued by Privateer (![]() |
192 | ![]() |
The lighter was run into by the steamship Bewick (![]() |
Four unnamed vessels | Flags unknown | The ships were wrecked by a tornado at Santa Anna, Mexico before 20 June.[44][52] |
Unnamed | ![]() |
The ship was sunk by a spar torpedoatTherapia in an experiment by the Ottoman Navy in late June.[65] |
Eighteen unnamed vesels | Flags unknown | The ships were driven ashore at L'Étang du Nord between 26 and 30 June.[58] |
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