List of shipwrecks in 1878

The list of shipwrecks in 1878 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1878.

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January

3 January
List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Tocapilla  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Rhosilli, Glamorgan. She was later refloated.[1]

13 January
List of shipwrecks: 13 January 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Nellie  New Zealand The 66-ton schooner struck Astrolabe Reef, eventually grounding on Motiti Island, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, while en route from Lyttelton Harbour to Auckland. All crew survived.[2]

14 January
List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Intibakh  Ottoman Navy Russo-Turkish War: The dispatch boat was sunk at Batumi by two torpedoes fired by the torpedo launches Chesme and Sinope (both  Imperial Russian Navy) in the first successful use of self-propelled torpedoes in combat.

25 January
List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1878
ShipCountryDescription
King Philip  United States
The wreck of King Philip on 28 March 2011.
The three-masted sailing clipper was wrecked at Ocean Beach, San Francisco, California after her anchor dragged and she ran aground in heavy surf.

26 January
List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Rose of Eden  New Zealand The 30-ton schooner struck a rock in Tory Channel in New Zealand's Marlborough Sounds and became a wreck. All hands survived.[3]

28 January
List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Wennington  United Kingdom The Liverpool Ironship went aground and re-floated in the Bali Strait, Java. She left Samarang for Falmouth on 9 January, and as of September has not been heard of.[4]

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List of shipwrecks: unknown date January 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Excelsior  New Zealand The 92-ton topsail schooner left Timaru for Wellington on 12 January with a crew of six. She was not seen again. Wreckage, possibly from Excelsior was spotted off Banks Peninsula in February 1878.[5]
Raven  New Zealand The 6-ton cutter left Picton for Wellington on 27 January with a crew of three. She was not seen again.[2]

February

14 February
List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Excelsior  New Zealand The 35-ton barge ran aground at Amuri Bluff, New Zealand, and became a wreck. All crew survived.[2]

20 February
List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Celestial Empire  United States The clipper ship was abandoned during a voyage from Hamburg to New York City.

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date February 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Telegraph  New Zealand The 15-ton cutter stranded at the entrance to Kaipara Harbour, New Zealand, during bad weather, and broke up. All crew survived.[2]

March

2 March
List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Glencoe unknown The 159-ton barque was wrecked when it hit rocks at Gore Bay, north Canterbury, New Zealand after it dragged its anchor during a gale.[2]

4 March
List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Canterbury  New Zealand The 34-ton schooner was wrecked at Okakuri Bay in Tory Channel in New Zealand's Marlborough Sounds when she dragged her anchor during a gale. All crew survived.[2]

20 March
List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Stromboli  United Kingdom The steamship struck the Stag Rocks and was run ashore west of Kynance Cove, Cornwall. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Liverpool, Lancashire. She broke in two the next day.[6]

24 March
List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1878
ShipCountryDescription
HMS Eurydice  Royal Navy
HMS Eurydice sinking.
The frigate capsized and sank off the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom, with the loss of 376 lives.

May

9 May
List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Confidence  United Kingdom The Bristol ship sank after being hit by a tidal wave off the coast of Peru.[7]

10 May
List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Alarm  United Kingdom The pilot cutter was run down and sunk in the Bristol Channel by the steamship Foyle ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued by Foyle.[1]

11 May
List of shipwrecks: 11 May 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Lily of the Wave  New Zealand The 10-ton ketch stranded on a beach near the mouth of Nelson Harbour, New Zealand, during a gale and subsequently broke up.[8]
Mermaid  New Zealand The 9-ton ketch stranded and was wrecked on North Tata Island, New Zealand during the same gale which claimed the Lily of the Wave.[8]

12 May
List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Gipsy  United Kingdom The schooner struck rocks and sank in the River Avon at Bristol, Gloucestershire She broke in two during salvage efforts, blocking the river until 17 May. Her remains were later blown up to clear the river.[1]
Lloyd's Herald  New Zealand The 48-ton schooner was holed while off the coast of The Catlins, New Zealand, during a gale. She was deliberately run ashore at Wiltshire (Wilsher) Bay near Kaka Point to save the lives of the crew.[8]

15 May
List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Dolphin  United Kingdom The Hull ship sprung a leak at latitude 49, longitude 70.10. A bottle containing the ships position was found in Padstow harbour, Cornwall, along with the following message: Water gaining. Crew taking to boats.[9]

16 May
List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Ann Gambles  United Kingdom The 424-ton barque left Gravesend bound for New Zealand on 26 January. She reached Foveaux Strait during a strong gale and was driven onto rocks at Tiwai Point while trying to enter Bluff Harbour. Her aft bulkhead gave way and the vessel was swamped. All crew survived, but the vessel and cargo were lost.[10]

17 May
List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Beaver  United States During a voyage from Glenora, British Columbia, Canada, to Wrangell, Territory of Alaska, the steamer was wrecked on a reef while passing the Stikine River in Southeast Alaska. Her machinery was salvaged, but otherwise she was a total loss.[11]

31 May
List of shipwrecks: 31 May 1878
ShipCountryDescription
SMS Großer Kurfürst  Imperial German Navy
Großer Kurfürst sinking.
The Großer Kurfürst-class ironclad was accidentally rammed by the ironclad SMS König Wilhelm ( Imperial German Navy) and sank off Folkestone, United Kingdom, with the loss of 284 lives. Survivors were rescued by boats from SMS König Wilhelm and SMS Preussen (both  Imperial German Navy), plus some by three British fishing vessels; 27 by Emily, 18 by Susannah, and 17 by Six Brothers.[12][13][14]

Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: unknown date May 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Hinemoa  New Zealand The 75-ton schooner left Auckland for Samoa on 10 May with a crew of six and one passenger, and was not sighted again.[2]

June

1 June
List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Idaho  United Kingdom The Guion Line passenger ship, on a voyage from New York to Liverpool via Queenstown, after delivering mail to Queenstown, ran aground on Connigmore rocks near the Saltee Islands. Idaho carried 151 passengers and a mixed cargo of fifty-one horses, some cattle and a 1,000 tons of beef. She drifted off the rock and sank within twenty minutes, passengers and crew saved.[15]
Loch Ard  United Kingdom The Loch Line owned clipper ran onto rocks in fog and sank at Muttonbird Island, Australia. There were fifty-two dead and two survivors.[16]

16 June
List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Helen  New Zealand The 23-ton schooner foundered off the northern tip of Great Barrier Island during a storm.[17]

19 June
List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Mercury  Australia The ketch was lost in Spencer Gulf with her crew of two.[18]

24 June
List of shipwrecks: 24 June 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Hydrabad  United Kingdom The Stephens and Sons owned iron cargo/passenger sailing ship caught in a storm and beached at Waitarere Beach, New Zealand. There was no loss of life.[19]

26 June
List of shipwrecks: 26 June 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Lady Don  New Zealand The schooner (also reported as a brigantine) was driven off course and stranded at the mouth of the Waikato River, New Zealand. She was later refloated and is likely to be the same Lady Don wrecked in early 1881.[20]
Peshtigo  United States The barkentine was sunk in a collision with St. Andrews ( United States) in Lake Michigan near Beaver Island.[21][22]
St. Andrews  United States The vessel was sunk in a collision with Peshtigo ( United States) in Lake Michigan near Beaver Island.[23][24]

30 June
List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Lady Elizabeth  United Kingdom The Wilson & Co owned barque ran aground and sank at Bickley Bay, Australia.

July

2 July
List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Capital City  United States The steamer caught alight while loading cottonseed oil at Memphis, Tennessee. Several lives were lost, and the river was alight 100 ft (30 m) from the shore and a ​1⁄4 mile downstream.[25]

4 July
List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Cosmopollis New Brunswick Went ashore during a snow storm and gale on Satten Islands, Cape Horn. The crew was stranded on the island for twenty-two days and were taken off by the French barque, Bacalan.[26]
Victoria  New Zealand The 23-ton cutter foundered in the Hauraki Gulf during a storm.[27]

12 July
List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Unnamed vessel  United Kingdom The pilot boat belonging to Messrs Scott and Co of Queenstown foundered off Toe Head, Ireland with the loss of ten pilots.[28]
Unnamed vessel  Russia The overcrowded passenger vessel foundered on Lake Onega, Russia with the loss of forty people.[29]

17 July
List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Europa  United Kingdom The Anchor Line steamer collided with Staffa ( United Kingdom) and sank near Ferrol, Spain.[30]

19 July
List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Maiden City  New Zealand The 27-ton schooner was deliberately run aground near Wanganui after springing a leak, but became submerged after settling deeply in the sand.[27]

23 July
List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Ranneys  United Kingdom Out of Seville, she ran aground off St Mary's, Isles of Scilly while awaiting orders. After twenty-four hours she refloated with the loss of her kedge anchor and hawser.[31]

24 July
List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1878
ShipCountryDescription
James Service  Australia The barque was wrecked on reefs approximately 7 miles (11 km) off the Murray River, Western Australia with the loss of all of her crew and 10 passengers. She was bound from Calcutta to Melbourne carrying sacks, castor oil and jute.[32][33]

25 July
List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Peerless  United States The schooner ran aground on Crow's Shoal. Her crew of 3 was rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[34]

26 July
List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Imogene Diverty  United States The schooner ran aground on the South Bar, Cold Spring Inlet and sank in a Gale. Her crew of 4 was rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[35]

27 July
List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Mercury  United Kingdom The steamer sprung a leak in heavy weather 8 miles off Cape Bon in the Mediterranean Sea. She foundered just off the Cape. Her crew was rescued by John Dixon ( United Kingdom), except one who tried to swim to shore from a lifeboat that had been left behind earlier.[36]

28 July
List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Dispatch  United Kingdom The sloop capsized in Cardigan Bay, Wales. Her three crew were rescued.[37]
Lena Thurlow  United States The Portland ship sank after a collision off the Banks of Newfoundland with Harvest Hastings which was bound for Liverpool. All the crew were rescued and landed at Liverpool.[38]
Mercury  United Kingdom The Newcastle steamer may have foundered when she sprung a leak near the island of Zembra, Tunisia. One crew member drowned and the fate of the rest is unknown. She was en route for Sligo from Ismail with maize.[39]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Scottish Admiral  United Kingdom The barque grounded on the Maplin Sands near the Admiralty beacon, on her maiden voyage to Brisbane, with three hundred emigrants on board. (She left London on 11 July and a telegram reporting the grounding was sent on 20 July).[40]

August

2 August
List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1955
ShipCountryDescription
William H. Allen  United States While on an Arctic trading voyage from Honolulu, Hawaii, the 157-ton brig sank in the Arctic Ocean off Cape Smyth (71°17′35″N 156°47′15″W), Territory of Alaska, after ice stove in her hull.[41]

7 August
List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Margaret  United Kingdom The 77-ton Newquay, Cornwall owned ship foundered off Wigton, Cumberland with a cargo of coal from Ayr, Scotland for Waterford, Ireland. The crew of three was lost.[42]

14 August
List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Armenia  United States The schooner dragged anchor in heavy seas and stranded on Whale Rock in West Bay, Narragansett, Rhode Island, she was lost. Her crew of 6 was rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[43]

15 August
List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Albert  United Kingdom The Falmouth steamer ran aground at Bishop's Quay, Helford River, Cornwall. She re-floated two days later.[44]
Kaiuma  New Zealand The 39-ton schooner left Waitara for Auckland on 14 August and is believed to have foundered close to Raglan on the following day. Wreckage was discovered along the coast around and after that date. It is thought the Kaiuma had a crew of seven.[27]
Merlin  New Zealand The 41-ton schooner stranded and became a wreck on Stephens Island in Cook Strait. All hands survived.[27]

23 August
List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Southport  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on Back Beach, Durban, South Africa. during a storm. The remains of the ship and the salvaged cargo was sold for £1,460.[45][46]

28 August
List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Pizarro Spain The man-of-war was driven ashore during a hurricane at Bermuda.[47]

30 August
List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Lake Superior  New Zealand The 52-ton schooner stranded and became a wreck at Pakiri, north of Auckland, New Zealand.[27]
Unnamed fishing boat  France The fishing smack sank off the pier at Folkestone, England with the loss of her twelve crew.[48]
Unnamed fishing boat  United Kingdom The Berwick herring boat collided with a schooner and sank.[48]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Eos  German Empire The brig grounded on a sandbank in the mouth of the River Thames and went to pieces. The seven crew were landed at Boulogne-sur-Mer from the fishing boat Catherine.[49]
Hendrika  Netherlands The galliot sank after a collision with an American barque off Dover. All the crew were lost bar one crew member who jumped overboard and made it to Dover.[50]
Irene  United Kingdom The Liverpool ship broke her moorings during a severe north-east gale and became a total wreck at Llandudno, north Wales. Three New Brighton registered vessels were also wrecked.[51]
Juliet  United Kingdom The barque ran aground (in August or early September) on Staten Island while bound for San Francisco from London. One crew member died and the barque was a total loss.[52]
Norfolk The schooner was thought to be wrecked on Corton Sands, Suffolk, with all hands lost.[53]
Unnamed boat The pleasure craft was cut in two after a collision with the steamer Prince of Wales near Pimlico pier. Two youths lost their lives.[54]
Unnamed ships Five ships lost in Table Bay, Cape Colony in the week prior to 22 August.[54]

September

1 September
List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Fanny  New Zealand The 25-ton ketch parted her anchor chain in a fierce swell at Timaru, New Zealand. She fouled the lines of the ketch Glimpse (qv), hose crew abandoned ship and took to Fanny. Fanny grounded near the harbour landing, allowing the combined crews to make it to shore, before drifting off and colliding with rocks. She became a total wreck.[55]
Glimpse  New Zealand The 35-ton ketch dragged her anchors during a heavy swell at Timaru, New Zealand. The ship's lines were entangled by the ketch Fanny (qv), and Glimpse's crew abandoned ship. The sea lifted the Glimpse high and dry on a shingle bank. She was later able to be repaired and floated.[56]
Lapwing  New Zealand The 231-ton brigantine fell prey to a heavy swell at Timaru, New Zealand, parting her cables and running aground. All crew survived. She was able to be refloated several weeks later.[55]
Melrose  New South Wales The 287-ton barque parted her cables in a heavy swell at Timaru, New Zealand. She fouled the lines of the ketch Palmerston, and in doing so felled the ketch's foretopmast, which struck the ketch's master, killing him. The two remaining crew of the ketch abandoned ship and took to Melrose. Melrose ran aground on a rocky shore and broke up within minutes. One crewman drowned trying to get ashore. Palmerston, which had been at anchor, survived the swell.[57]

3 September
List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Princess Alice  United Kingdom
Part of Princess Alice beached after the collision.
The London Steamboat Company owned excursion paddle steamer was hit on the port side and cut in two by the collier Bywell Castle off the City of London gasworks, Beckton, in the Thames Estuary, sinking in 18 feet (5.5 m) of water. The wreck was raised on 7 September. An unknown number of passengers and crew were aboard, some estimate 600 to 1,000. Six to seven hundred were lost, including her captain. Survivors estimated between 69 and 150.[58][59][60]

4 September
List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Ann S. Cannon  United States The schooner ran aground on a shoal off the coast of New Jersey in very rough seas and sank. Her crew of 6 was rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[61]
Sully  France The steamship ran aground at Port Eynon, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was later refloated.[1]

6 September
List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Beaumanoir  United Kingdom The Liverpool brig was bound from Havana to New York City with sugar when she struck the Florida Reef. The crew of ten took to a raft and five survived to be rescued by the Norwegian barque Esteraa ten days later.[62]

7 September
List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Alexander Nickels  United States The brig was wrecked in a violent storm one and a half miles (2.4 km) south of New River, Florida. Five crewmen made it to shore, one died when the ship's boat capsized, and two died when they were washed overboard before she came ashore.[63]

11 September
List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1878
ShipCountryDescription
E. P. Dorr  United States The schooner was wrecked in a gale one mile (1.6 km) west of the Charlotte, New York Life Saving Station. All six crewmembers were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[64]
Sèvre  France The brig was wrecked in a gale near Titusville, Florida. All ten crewmen made it to shore, one died when he tried to swim back out to the ship.[65]

12 September
List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Bijon  United Kingdom The yacht sank four miles (6.4 km) from Dungeness in the English Channel during a squall. Her owner Count Metaxa and his brother-in-law Claude White were picked up by the yacht Colon. The captain and mate (father and son) are missing.[66]

13 September
List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Democrat  United Kingdom The steamer ran aground in dense fog on the rocks of Langness Beg, near Douglas on the Isle of Man. She was in ballast between Lisbon and Glasgow. No lives lost.[67] There was no trace of Democrat after she was washed away during a storm on 21 September.[68]

19 September
List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Ino  New Zealand The 39-ton steamer was wrecked at Kakanui, New Zealand, when she collided with a pier after her lines became fouled.[69]
Wasp  United Kingdom The crew of the foundered Lowestoft fishing smack and her crew were picked up Mary Ann.[32]

27 September
List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Water Lily  United States The schooner ran aground near Life Saving Station No. 6 on the Massachusetts coast and broke up. She was high enough on the beach her crew of two was able to jump onto the beach.[70]

30 September
List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Ocean Belle The cargo was saved when she went ashore at Chittagong, Bay of Bengal.[71]

Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Argyra  United Kingdom The Salcombe brig was wrecked on the coast of Holland with the loss of the captain's wife and his two sons and a daughter. The rest of the crew were saved.[72][32]
Bengal The Indian troopship went ashore at Zaxarana while towing the transport Citadel. The two vessels left Lanaren, Cyprus on 2 September via the Red Sea and were the last to carry Indian troops from Cyprus.[73]
Charlie H Down  United States The barque was one of five ships reported to be wrecked at Tonala or Santa Anna, Mexico via news from Vera Cruz to the Lloyd's agent at New York.[74]
Crimea  United Kingdom The barque was one of five ships reported to be wrecked at Tonala or Santa Anna, Mexico, via news from Vera Cruz to the Lloyd's agent at New York.[74]
Jenny Lind  United Kingdom Went ashore near the west pier at Whitby in the North Sea, and was refloated by steam-tug.[75]
Lightcliffe Nicaragua The barque was one of five ships reported to be wrecked at Tonala or Santa Anna, Mexico via news from Vera Cruz to the Lloyd's agent at New York.[74]
Maria Becker  Germany The barque was one of five ships reported to be wrecked at Tonala or Santa Anna, Mexico, via news from Vera Cruz to the Lloyd's agent at New York.[74]
Santa Roas  United States The barque was one of five ships reported to be wrecked at Tonala or Santa Anna, Mexico, via news from Vera Cruz to the Lloyd's agent at New York.[74]

October

3 October
List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1878
ShipCountryDescription
British Seaman  United Kingdom The Preston brigantine collided with the Greek barque Anthippe and immediately sank in the English Channel, 15 miles (24 km) south-east by east of Portland Bill. Only the ship's boat was saved.[76]

5 October
List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Earl of Devon  United Kingdom The schooner was scuttled after breaking free of her moorings and drifting through the harbour at Penzance, Cornwall.[77]
Volunteer  United Kingdom The Padstow schooner capsized in a squall outside of the harbour at Holyhead, Anglesey.[78]

6 October
List of shipwrecks: 6 October 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Alexandre  France The lugger struck the east side of Penberth Cove, Cornwall and broke up. The ships boat was washed ashore at Perranuthnoe, in Mount's Bay.[79]

7 October
List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Diana  United Kingdom The steamship foundered 20 nautical miles (37 km) south west of Portland Bill, Dorset. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Kvik (flag unknown). She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Swansea, Glamorgan.[76][80]

10 October
List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Integrity  United Kingdom The schooner lost her foremast and longboat in heavy seas off the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly. Carrying lime phosphates from Lisbon to Wicklow she found it impossible to manoeuvre in Smith Sound and drifted around Annet before being beached in Perconger, St Agnes. One of the four crew jumped overboard and drowned. Two days later she was refloated and taken to St Mary's.[81]

11 October
List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Alice M. Bears  United States The schooner ran aground near Grand Haven, Michigan in a gale and high seas. She was scuttled to minimize damage. Raised and repaired after the storm passed. Her crew of seven was rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[82]

13 October
List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Felixstowe Unknown The 500-ton barque hit rocks close to the New Zealand coast north of Otaki and broke up. The crew took to the boats to come ashore, but one boat capsized, drowning four (among then the ship's captain).[83]
Josepf Story  United States The schooner broke her anchor chains and stranded on the beach on Commons Flat in a gale and high seas near Life Saving Station No. 13, 2nd District and wrecked on the outer bar. The United States Life Saving Service rescued the one crewman on board, the rest having gone to town the evening before.[84]
T. & C. Hawes  United States The schooner dragged anchor and stranded on the beach on Commons Flat in a gale and high seas near Life Saving Station No. 13, 2nd District. Her crew had anchored her the previous evening and went to Chatham, Massachusetts for the evening. The United States Life Saving Service found the crew of the sunk Tunis de Pew ( United States) on board and they helped refloat the vessel.[85]
Tunis de Pew  United States The schooner sank on Commons Flat in a gale and high seas near Life Saving Station No. 13, 2nd District, she was lost. Her crew of four transferred by her boat to the stranded T. & C. Hawes ( United States) who's crew had abandoned her earlier.[86]

15 October
List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Hermann Ludwig[87] Belgium The Steinmann, Ludwig & Co owned ocean liner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She had departed New York on 28 September bound for Antwerp, Belgium and believed to have foundered on or about 15 October with the loss of all fifty passengers and crew.[88]

17 October
List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Ambrosia  Norway The barque lost three masts and shipped water during a hurricane two days previous, and was abandoned in latitude 40 and longitude 45. The crew was taken off by the brigantine Ria, and landed on the Isles of Scilly on 20 November. Ambrosia was en route from Philadelphia for Bremen with naptha.[89]
Greenbury Willey  United States The schooner broke the anchor chains and drifted ashore on Long Island on the south side of the Main Inlet in heavy seas near Life Saving Station No. 36, 3rd District, she was a total loss. Her crew of five was rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[90]
J. G. Coleson  New Zealand The 70-ton schooner foundered after hitting rocks near D'Urville Island in Cook Strait during a strong gale, and was abandoned. All hands survived.[69]

18 October
List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Daniel Lyons  United States The schooner was in collision with the schooner Kate Gillett off Algoma, Wisconsin, and sank. There was no loss of life.
Peter Ritter  United States The schooner ran aground on Long Island one mile (1.6 km) west of the Eaton's Neck, New York Life Saving Station No. 38, 3rd District. Refloated on 22 October.[91]

20 October
List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Ferdinand  Germany The barque lost her foremast during a hurricane on 6 October and took on water during a gale on 15 October. She was abandoned on 20 October, at 40°40′N 45°39′W, and picked up by brigantine Nelson. Ferdinland was bound for Swansea from Porto Cabello with copper ore.[92]

22 October
List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Altoona  United States Gale of 1878: The schooner ran aground one mile (1.6 km) south of Cape Hatteras, a total loss.[93][94]
City of Auckland  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship carrying migrants from England to New Zealand went ashore near Otaki. The captain mistook the northern tip of Kapiti Island for Stephens Island during a gale and low visibility, making him think he was at the entrance to Cook Strait. The ship became a total wreck but all passengers and crew were saved.[95]
Livadia  Imperial Russian Navy
Fragment of the painting Wreck of Livadia by Alexey Bogolyubov.
The Imperial yacht foundered in dense fog during a southeast gale and was wrecked during the night of 21–22 October on rocks on the coast of Crimea in the Black Sea. The Grand Duke Sergius, his officers and crew survived.[96]
Magnolia  United States Gale of 1878: The schooner was wrecked in Albemarle Sound. Her captain drowned.[93]

23 October
List of shipwrecks: 23 October 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Adrienne  United States Gale of 1878: The sloop went ashore at Short Beach, New Jersey near Life Saving Station No. 23, 4th District. Refloated later. a man, his wife and little girl were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[97]
A. S. Davis  United States Gale of 1878: The sailing ship ran aground and immediately broke up at Virginia Beach, Virginia. 19 crewmen died, 1 survived and made it to shore.[98][93]
Buckeye  United States Gale of 1878: The vessel foundered off Tasker's Iron Works on Pea Patch Island near Fort Delaware. Her captain, his two sons, and a couple died, one crewman survived.[93][99]
Captain Ray  United States Gale of 1878: The schooner was driven ashore near the Range Rear Lighthouse, Delaware.[100]
Chambers  United States Gale of 1878: The schooner was driven ashore in a field near the Range Rear Lighthouse, Delaware and was almost sailed back before the dropping storm surge left it stranded.[101]
City of Houston  United States Gale of 1878: The steamer foundered off Frying Pan Shoals after being abandoned by her crew.[102][93]
Corry  United States Gale of 1878: The schooner was driven ashore near the Range Rear Lighthouse, Delaware.[103]
D. P. Phillips  United States Gale of 1878: The schooner was wrecked six miles (9.7 km) below Cape Henlopen. Five crewmen killed, two made it to shore on their own.[104]
E. K. Kane  United States Gale of 1878: The scow lost her steering and went ashore 3 1⁄2 miles (5.6 km) from Life Saving Station No. 1, 10th District in a gale and heavy seas and broke up. Her crew of five was rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[105]
Eliza Godfrey  United States Gale of 1878: The schooner went ashore on Pea Patch Island.[106]
Ely Rise  United Kingdom The screw steamer in ballast from Cardiff to Savannah grounded on the Hats in the Isles of Scilly. There was no loss of life.[107]
Emma  United States Gale of 1878: The tug was holed and sank at Delaware City, Delaware. Raised on 27 October and sent for repairs.[108]
Estelle Bright  United States Gale of 1878: The vessel wrecked opposite New Castle, Delaware. Three aboard died.[93]
Express  United States Gale of 1878: The steamer capsized and sank in Chesapeake Bay near Point No Point Light (Maryland) and/or Barren Island (Maryland). 24 people died, including the captain's son. 15 survivors, some rescued by a boat from Shirley ( United States) that was already aground.[93][109]
Fanny Bliss  United States Gale of 1878: The schooner went ashore on Pea Patch Island.[110]
Florence Witherbee  United States Gale of 1878: The steamer went ashore, location unknown.[93][111]
Gen. Barnes  United States Gale of 1878: The steamer foundered off Cape Hatteras. A total loss.[93][112]
H. F. Potter  United States Gale of 1878: The lumber schooner was wrecked at Five-Mile Beach, New Jersey one mile (1.6 km) south of Hereford Shoal. Two crewmen killed, four rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[93][113]
H. P. Laws  United States Gale of 1878: The schooner went ashore in the marshes near Milford, Delaware.[114]
Helen  United States Gale of 1878: The sloop was wrecked in the vicinity of League Island.[93]
Hugh McFadden  United States Gale of 1878: The tug sank on the Cherry Island, Delaware flats.[115]
Ide  United States Gale of 1878: The steamer went aground on the coast of Massachusetts.[93]
J. Dever  United States Gale of 1878: The schooner capsized sailing up the Christiana River. Two crewmen killed.[93]
Jas. McFadden  United States Gale of 1878: The tug sank at the Railroad Wharf in New Castle, Delaware.[116]
John Russell  United States Gale of 1878: The schooner was driven ashore in St. Jerome's Bay, just north of the mouth of the Potomac River, in Chesapeake Bay ending up stranded in a cornfield.[93]
Joseph Fitch  United States Gale of 1878: The schooner went to pieces off Stonington, Massachusetts.[93]
Julia  United States Gale of 1878: The schooner was driven ashore a few miles from Sedge Island.[93]
Louisa  United States Gale of 1878: The steamer went aground on Middle Ground.[93]
Mary A. Mott  United States Gale of 1878: The schooner broke loose from her moorings and washed ashore in a meadow one mile (1.6 km) north of Life Saving Station No. 17, 4th District. Refloated on 25 October.[117]
Mary Tyce  United States Gale of 1878: The schooner was wrecked off the Harbor of New Haven, Connecticut. Two killed.[93][118]
Massachusetts  United States Gale of 1878: The steamer went ashore at Drum Point, New York.[93]
Nora  United Kingdom The Isles of Scilly vessel grounded on the Horsebank, off Southport while carrying pig iron from Ardrossan for Newport.[119]
Rattlesnake  United States Gale of 1878: The collier went ashore 500 yards (460 m) inland in Delaware Bay.[120]
Samuel Carlton  United States Gale of 1878: The schooner grounded (possibly on 22 October) on the north shore of Barnegat Inlet. Refloated on 26 or 27 October.[93][121]
Sarah B.  United States Gale of 1878: The schooner went ashore on the coast of New Jersey near Life Saving Station No. 24, 4th District. Refloated on 24 October.[122]
Sarah Clark  United States Gale of 1878: The lumber schooner capsized, but righted and went ashore one mile (1.6 km) east of the No. 31 life Saving Station near Peck's Beach, New Jersey. Four crewmen killed, four rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[93][123]
Scribner  United States Gale of 1878: The canal boat sank off Eddystone, Pennsylvania.[124]
Shirley  United States Gale of 1878: The steamer was driven ashore on Barren Island in Chesapeake Bay.[93]
Snow Flake  United States Gale of 1878: The sloop capsized off Fort Delaware. One killed.[125]
Star  Canada Gale of 1878: The schooner was swamped and sank in a gale 1,000 feet (300 m) from the entrance to the harbor of Charlotte, New York. She later broke up. All seven crew members were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[126]
Stratton  United States Gale of 1878: The schooner went ashore where she got sucked into a flume that pumps water from the river to the mill wrecking herself and the pumphouse of the Eddystone, Pennsylvania Print Works.[127]
Un-named  United States Gale of 1878: The coal scow broke up at Jefferson's Wharf in New Castle, Delaware.[128]
Unnamed barge  United States Gale of 1878: A barge sank in the Hudson river, New York City. Several lives lost.[129]
Unnamed oyster boat  United States Gale of 1878: The oyster boat was driven ashore in full sail without a crew below Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania.[130]
Unknown oyster boats  United States Gale of 1878: 24 oyster boats were sunk at Clayton, Delaware.[93]
Unknown canal boats  United States Gale of 1878: Nine canal boats were sunk at Pottstown, Pennsylvania.[93]
Unknown schooners  United States Gale of 1878: 23 schooners went aground on the coast of Massachusetts.[93]
Unknown schooner  United States Gale of 1878: The schooner was driven into the woods on the shore of Maryland.[93]
Unknown schooner  United States Gale of 1878: A schooner was wrecked at Erie, Pennsylvania.[93]
Unknown ship  United States Gale of 1878: A ship at Reed Street Wharf, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania rolled on its side.[131]
Unknown schooner  United States Gale of 1878: A schooner at Reed Street Wharf, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania rolled on its side.[132]
Unknown schooner  United States Gale of 1878: A schooner at Reed Street Wharf, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania dismantled.[133]
Unknown brigs  United States Gale of 1878: Two brigs capsized at Point Breeze, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[134]
Unknown vessels  United States Gale of 1878: The four or five steamers and many schooners were driven ashore in St. Jerome's Bay, just north of the mouth of the Potomac River, in Chesapeake Bay.[93]
Virgin de las Nievis Spain Gale of 1878: The barque went ashore 2 1⁄2 miles (4.0 km) south of the House of Refuge No. 3, 7th District on the coast of Florida in a gale and was wrecked. Her captain and cook were washed overboard at sea and lost, the remaining 11 made it ashore safely.[135]
Water Witch  United States Gale of 1878: The yacht broke loose from her moorings and sank after colliding with a canal boat in Wilmington, Delaware.[136]
William Collyer  United States Gale of 1878: The schooner went ashore six miles (9.7 km) south of Barnegat, New Jersey and was lost. Her crew of five was rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[93][137]
W. P. Bolton  United States Gale of 1878: The tug (also listed in one source as William G. Boulton) was wrecked near the Port Penn lighthouse. Her captain and a boy passenger were killed.[93][138]

27 October
List of shipwrecks: 27 October 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Maggie Robertson  New Zealand The 16-ton schooner foundered near Great Barrier Island in the Hauraki Gulf after springing a leak. All hands survived.[95]
Seventeen ships Sank in the river at Philadelphia during a hurricane.[139]

28 October
List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Persia  United States The schooner stranded in a gale and heavy seas one-half mile (0.80 km) south of the pier at Grand Haven, Michigan. Her crew made it to shore on their own.[140]
Presto  United States The schooner stranded in a gale and heavy seas 50 yards (46 m) north of the pier at Grand Haven, Michigan. She was scuttled to minimize damage. Her crew rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[141]
Tokushima Maru The steamer sank after gunpowder exploded, or a boiler burst, while the ship was off Tonda (reports vary). Eighty-three passengers and twelve crew or, fifty-six passengers and fourteen crew were killed on the ferry which carried passengers and cargo between Osaka and Awa.[142]

31 October
List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1878
ShipCountryDescription
HMS Fanny  United Kingdom The revenue cutter sank after colliding with the National Line steamer Helvetia off the Tuscar Light. Seventeen crew lost their lives.[143][144]
J. H. Rutter  United States The schooner barge was found in waterlogged condition and towed to an anchorage one mile (1.6 km) north of Ludington, Michigan in heavy seas. A gale hit her during the night and she careened and sank on her side in 18 feet (5.5 m) of water about midnight. Her crew and laborers, 44 in all, were rescued by a US government harbor tug Col. Graham and the United States Life Saving Service during an all day rescue on 1 April.[145]
Providénce  United Kingdom The Penzance brigantine went ashore on the edge of the Middle Cross Sand, Great Yarmouth and got off within ten minutes. The following morning, while being towed she struck the bar at the entrance to Great Yarmouth harbour.[146][147]

Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: unknown date
ShipCountryDescription
City of Auckland The emigrant ship was wrecked at the entrance to the Cook Strait, near the village of Otaki, New Zealand. She was bound for Napier and Auckland from London.[148]
Morton The schooner was abandoned at 36°S 50°W, and all the crew were landed at Buenos Ayres.[149]
Vorobey  Russian Empire The transport ship foundered off Soukoum while carrying shot and powder from Nikolaev to Poti. Of the sixteen crew only the captain and one sailor was saved.[150]

November

1 November
List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1878
ShipCountryDescription
America  United States The schooner grounded near the entrance to Grand Haven, Michigan in a gale and heavy seas in Lake Michigan. Eight rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[151]
Australia  United States The lumber schooner missed the entrance to Grand Haven, Michigan hitting a pier in a gale and heavy seas in Lake Michigan. She grounded 20 feet (6.1 m) from the pier and was wrecked. One killed, six rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[152]
J. H. Rutter  United States The schooner was wrecked in a storm near Ludington, Michigan. Though declared a total loss, she was raised, repaired and returned to service in 1879.[153]
L. C. Woodruff  United States The barque dragged anchor in a gale in Lake Michigan off White Lake into the breakers 150 yards (140 m) offshore one-half mile (0.80 km) north of the lake entrance early in the morning, sinking in 13 feet (4.0 m) of water. Broke up around sundown. Of her crew six killed, four rescued, or three killed and seven rescued, by the United States Life Saving Service.[154]
Montpelier  United States The schooner grounded on the wreck of the steamship Orion knocking a hole in her bottom and causing her to sink near the entrance to Grand Haven, Michigan in a gale and heavy seas in Lake Michigan. Eight rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[155]

4 November
List of shipwrecks: 4 November 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Hercules The Inman Line steam barge sank while leaving Morpeth Dock, Birkenhead following a collision with City of Baltimore.[156][157]

5 November
List of shipwrecks: 5 November 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Gazelle  United States The schooner grounded on Long Island and broke up. Some equipment was salvaged. Her crew of three rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[158]
Unknown schooner  United States The schooner grounded one mile (1.6 km) north of the Two Rivers, Wisconsin Life Saving Station in heavy seas. Her crew of three rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[159]

6 November
List of shipwrecks: 6 November 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Fear Not  United Kingdom During a storm the schooner went ashore on the bar at Hayle while being towed by the steam-tug North Star and became a total wreck on Hayle Bar, St Ives Bay.[160][161]
Heligan  United Kingdom The schooner sprung a leak and sank near Lundy while on a voyage from Cardiff to Gweek. Two crew drowned and two were picked up by a passing steamer.[162]

7 November
List of shipwrecks: 7 November 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Wacousta  Canada The schooner grounded one and a half miles (2.4 km) from the pier and a mile off shore at Charlotte, New York in a gale and snowstorm and heavy seas in Lake Ontario. Her crew of six rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[163]

8 November
List of shipwrecks: 8 November 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Speedwell  Canada The schooner grounded four miles (6.4 km) west of Oswego, New York in a gale and snowstorm and heavy seas in Lake Ontario. Her crew of seven rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[164]

9 November
List of shipwrecks: 9 November 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Carlotta  New Zealand The barque, heavily laden with coal, became unmanageable in a gale near the mouth of Wellington Harbour, going onto rocks and breaking up. All hands were saved.[165]

12 November
List of shipwrecks: 12 November 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Jabez  United Kingdom The St Ives fishing boat drifted onto rocks at Clodgy Point in a gale. Three members of one family, the Bassets, drowned and two fishermen survived.[166]

13 November
List of shipwrecks: 13 November 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Carcand The schooner ran aground off Isle Madame, Nova Scotia while out of Cape Canso for Saint Pierre and Miquelon.[167]

14 November
List of shipwrecks: 14 November 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Bessie  United Kingdom The Liverpool steam collier hit the western side of the Hayle Estuary and floated off and was carried by the wind and tide to the eastern side of the river.[168] Bessie later became high and dry on Hayle Bar and her cargo and rigging were removed in an attempt to refloat her.[169]

16 November
List of shipwrecks: 16 November 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Star  United Kingdom The schooner struck Carn Morval, while leaving the Isles of Scilly for Cardiff. Lady of the Isles towed her off and brought her into Hugh Town.[170]

19 November
List of shipwrecks: 19 November 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Fram  Norway The brig grounded one and a half miles (2.4 km) north west of Life Saving Station No. 8, 2nd District on the Massachusetts coast in a gale and heavy seas. Her crew rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[171]

22 November
List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Caroline Knight  United States The schooner stranded on Straw's Point, New Hampshire one-quarter mile (0.40 km) east of Life Saving Station No. 7, 1st District in a strong wind. Her crew of five rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[172]
William H. Hopkins  United States The schooner stranded on Long Island one-half mile (0.80 km) west of Life Saving Station No. 34, 3rd District in a strong wind. Her crew was rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[173]

23 November
List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Ida B. Silsbee  United States The schooner stranded on the Fire Island Bar in a gale and high seas where she pounded her bottom out. Her crew of three was rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[174]
Mary A. Rowland  United States The schooner stranded on the rocks Rackliff Island, Maine in a gale and high seas. Refloated a week later and beached on flats. Her crew of three was rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[175]

24 November
List of shipwrecks: 24 November 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Richmond  United Kingdom The coal-carrying steamer was wrecked off Cape Finisterre.[176]
Royal Standard  United Kingdom The Penzance schooner collided with the Austrian barque Ezio approximately 7 miles (11 km) north-east of Lundy. The crew, bar the ship's boy, were picked up by Ezio, and the Royal Standard was considerably damaged and towed to Ilfracombe.[177]

25 November
List of shipwrecks: 25 November 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Pommerania  German Empire The passenger steamer was in collision with Moel Elain ( United Kingdom) and sank in the English Channel off Folkestone, with the loss of fifty to sixty lives.[178]

28 November
List of shipwrecks: 28 November 1878
ShipCountryDescription
William Carroll  United States The schooner stranded on North Island, Massachusetts in high surf.[179]

29 November
List of shipwrecks: 29 November 1878
ShipCountryDescription
San Juan  United Kingdom The brig (or barque) was hit by an unnamed steamer near The Lizard. Fifteen of the crew perished with only one saved when he was picked up by the steamer and transferred to a Falmouth fishing boat.[180]
Southminster  United Kingdom The 1,223-ton ship went aground and was holed on Kelp Reef, near Cape Campbell, New Zealand, in thick fog. All hands were saved.[3]
Sweet Home  Canada The schooner lost her tow in heavy seas and hit a pier at Oswego, New York, then stranded 300 feet (91 m) east of the harbor where she went to pieces. Four crewmen jumped onto the pier when she hit it, a woman was left on board and was rescued by the United States Life Saving Service before the schooner broke up.[181]
Taranaki  New Zealand The 299-ton passenger steamer was wrecked on Karewa Island near Tauranga in thick fog. All passengers and crew (in total, 107 individuals) safely made landfall.[182]

Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Fifeshire  United Kingdom The Thomas, Law and Co, Glasgow ship was lost off India. Only five of the twenty-two crew were saved.[183]

December

1 December
List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1878
ShipCountryDescription
General Caulfield The barque became a total wreck after running on to a sandbank during a heavy sea.[184]
Peerless  United States The schooner ran aground five miles (8.0 km) west south west of Life Saving Station No. 11, 5th District on the coast of Virginia in calm seas. Around noon a gale came up and she rolled over and she went to pieces. Eight crewmen were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service before she broke up.[185]

2 December
List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Gypsy Queen  United Kingdom The Glasgow brigantine stranded on St Alban's Head at Kimmeridge Ledges, Dorset while en route from Navassa, West Indies to Newcastle. Part of her stores was saved and landed at Poole.[76]

3 December
List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Oswego  United States The ship sprung a leak in a gale and ran aground in Passamaquoddy Bay, a total wreck. Seven crewmen made it to Campobello Island in the ship's boat, and eight crewmen were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[186]

4 December
List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Wihelmina  United States The barque ran aground one mile (1.6 km) offshore on the bar at Egg Harbor, New Jersey and broke up. Six crewmen made it to shore in the ship's boat, and the rest of the crew was rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[187]

7 December
List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1878
ShipCountryDescription
General Scott  United States The lumber schooner sprung a leak off sandy Hook was beached on the west beach to prevent sinking. Attempts were made over the next six days to refloat her, but she ended up a total loss. Her cargo and some equipment was salvaged. Her four crewmen made it to shore in the ship's boat.[188]

8 December
List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Livadia  Imperial Russian Navy The Imperial yacht, aground on rocks on the coast of Crimea in the Black Sea since the night of 21–22 October, was destroyed by a violent storm.[96]

9 December
List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1878
ShipCountryDescription
James Aiken  United Kingdom Grounded on a sandbank off the coast of India approximately 50 miles (80 km) from Madras. She refloated and reached Madras a few days later.[189]

12 December
List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Lady Hulse  United Kingdom The Southampton barque, carrying coal from Cardiff, grounded off Callao, Peru.[190]

15 December
List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Leader  United Kingdom The Swansea schooner was involved in a collision with the North Shields steamer Ben Ledi about 20 miles (32 km) north of St Ives, Cornwall. Four of the five crew of Leader survived and were landed at Falmouth, Cornwall when Ben Ledi put in for repairs.[191]
Unnamed ship Greece The barque grounded, during and easterly gale, outside the bar at Sulina, Romania with the loss of seven crew.[192]

18 December
List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Byzantin  France The steamer foundered during a gale, after a collision with Rinaldo in the Dardanelles. Only fourteen of the crew were save, all the rest including 150 passengers were drowned.[193][194]

19 December
List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Bride  United Kingdom The Hayle steamer bound from her home port to Cardiff hit Breaksea Point, Wales while a pilot was on board. She refloated the next day with little damage.[195]

21 December
List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Iserbrook  United Kingdom The brig caught fire at her berth in Darling Harbour, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, when members of her crew accidentally dropped a lit match into rum spilling from a cask the ship′s captain mistakenly had unplugged in the ship′s store room. The fire went out of control almost immediately and she was scuttled to prevent it from spreading. Her captain died in the fire.
Northam  United Kingdom Sank after catching fire off the coast of Brazil. All the crew and twenty passengers were picked up by Albion and an Italian ship.[196][197]
S. H. Pool  United States The schooner went ashore in a snowstorm on Stage Island, Maine near the mouth of the Saco River, she broke in two, a total loss. Her crew of four were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[198]

22 December
List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1878
ShipCountryDescription
James A. Potter  United States The lumber schooner ran aground off Long Island in a gale and heavy seas and was wrecked. She grounded 125 yards (114 m) offshore. One crewman washed overboard and drowned immediately after grounding, seven rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[199]

24 December
List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Alabama  United States
Alabama
The paddle steamer caught fire and sank.
C. & C. Brooks  United States The schooner went ashore three-quarters mile (1.2 km) from Life Saving Station No. 25, 4th District on the New Jersey coast in heavy seas and sank, a total loss. Her crew of five were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service.[200]
Penair  United Kingdom The Portreath owned brigantine, broke her tow, and was driven onto the east bank of the River Hayle, Cornwall, United Kingdom during a gale.[201] She was towed off on 30 December and it was found there was little damage to her hull.[202]

25 December
List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1878
ShipCountryDescription
County de Pictou  Nova Scotia While in ballast and en route for Sandy Hook from Barrow she foundered in a storm. The surviving crew were rescued by City of London and set down in Havre.[203]
Emily B. Souder  United States The passenger steamer sprang a leak in a severe storm in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned. The 38 on board left but the boats capsized, only two surviving.[204][205]

27 December
List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Mabel Jane  New Zealand The 38-ton schooner went aground and was wrecked north of the mouth of the Whanganui River during a gale. All crew survived.[3]

31 December
List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Minerve  France The coal-laden schooner was wrecked on Morning Point Neck on the Garrison, St Mary's, Isles of Scilly. The crew were saved by the rocket apparatus and the vessel is a total wreck.[206]

Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Conflict  United Kingdom The barque was last reported on 6 December 1878 by Carlisle at latitude, 4 south and longitude, 86 east. Conflict showed damage possibly from a collision.[207]
Cornwall  United Kingdom The steam-ship ran into rocks at Land's End. The keel was replaced at Falmouth by Messrs Harvey and Co.[208]
Guisappenaaccame  Italy The brigantine out of Baltimore with wheat foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Eleven of the crew were picked up by Albatross.[209]
Unnamed steamer Sank under the weight of snow on Lake Zurich, Switzerland.[210]
Unnamed steamer Sank under the weight of snow on the lake at Zug, Switzerland.[210]

Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1878
ShipCountryDescription
Ana Unknown flag The steamer was wrecked in Pendeen Cove on the north coast of Cornwall, England.[211]
Antonia Cane  Gibraltar The vessel was lost sometime in 1878. Wreckage from her – three pieces of board bearing the words "Antonia Cane" and "Gibraltar" – were collected by the Custom House Officer at Newquay, Cornwall, England, on 28 October.[212]
Cambria Unknown flag The quarter board of Cambria was washed up on the beach at Sennen.[32]
D. C. Bradley Unknown The schooner was lost in the vicinity of "Squan," a term used at the time for the coast of New Jersey near Manasquan and sometimes for the 7-mile (11 km) stretch of coast between Manasquan Inlet and Cranberry Inlet or for the entire coast of New Jersey between Sea Girt and Barnegat Inlet.[213]
Dove  United Kingdom The crew abandoned ship when they sighted Launcelot ( United Kingdom) and were taken to Yokohama. Dove had been attacked at Threshold Bay and when the crew abandoned they were within 40 miles of Ambino, New Guinea, and the ship had 2 feet (0.61 m) of water in the hold.[214]
Eliza Walker Unknown The ship collided with the clipper ship Red Jacket ( United Kingdom) and sank. Her crew were rescued.[215]
Esther Smeed  United Kingdom Off course, Esther Smeed ran ashore on the Swedish island of Gotska Sandön in calm weather. While trying to refloat, a storm brewed and the ship went ashore a second time, filling with water and was abandoned.[216]
Florence  United States The 245-ton whaling bark was lost in the Arctic Ocean near Point Barrow, Territory of Alaska, during the whaling season of 1878.[217]
Kathline  United Kingdom The ship disappeared during 1878. The body her captain was identified at Campbeltown, Scotland, by three captains from the town of Newquay, Cornwall, England.[218]
Langley  United States The schooner struck a rock in Chatham Strait in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska and became a total loss.[219]
Mary  United States The schooner went ashore approximately 24 kilometres (15 mi) south of Detroit, Michigan, following a storm, during which she became waterlogged, losing four of the six crew. She was carrying cordwood from Chicago, Illinois.[220]
Maggie McDonald Unknown The schooner was lost at Wreck Pond Inlet on the coast of New Jersey.[213]
New Jersey Unknown The barque was lost in the vicinity of "Squan," a term used at the time for the coast of New Jersey near Manasquan and sometimes for the 7-mile (11 km) stretch of coast between Manasquan Inlet and Cranberry Inlet or for the entire coast of New Jersey between Sea Girt and Barnegat Inlet.[213]
Onward Unknown flag Wrecked on the Australian coast. One able-seaman and four Kanakas survived.[221]
St Enoch  United Kingdom The Dundee clipper sailed in March with coal for Bombay and has not been heard of since. The crew of thirty-five plus the captain and his wife are lost.[49]
Southminster  United Kingdom Wrecked and a total loss on Cape Campbell. The passengers, crew and mail was saved.[222]

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Ship events in 1878
Ship launches: 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883
Ship commissionings: 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883
Ship decommissionings: 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883
Shipwrecks: 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883
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