# List of shipwrecks in September 1869

The list of shipwrecks in September 1869 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during September 1869.

## 1 September

List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1869 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Express | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Swash. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to London. She was refloated and put back to Poole in a leaky condition. |
| Faith | United Kingdom | The Yorkshire Billyboy struck rocks near Flamborough Head, Yorkshire and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. |
| Havelock | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Domesnes Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Riga, Russia. |
| James Dixon | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked on Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to London. |
| St. Louis | United Kingdom | The ship collided with St. Austell ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Brest, Finistère, France to Sunderland, County Durham. |

## 2 September

List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1869 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anton | Bremen | The ship was severely damaged by fire at Bremen. She was on a voyage from Bremen to New York, United States. |
| Archimedes | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Falhead, Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to London. |
| Cornelia Hendrika | Netherlands | The ship departed from Hong Kong for Yokohama, Japan. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Forward | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on Stoneskar, Russia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Saint Petersburg, Russia. |
| Omaha | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore on Sheldric Island, New Brunswick, Canada She was relfoated. |

## 3 September

List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1869 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Chanticleer | United Kingdom | The barque was run into by the brig Jewel ( United Kingdom) and sank off Morte Point, Devon. . Chanticleer was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Havana, Cuba. |
| Eagle | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Scotstown Head, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued. |
| Hringhorne | Prussia | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Jershöft. She was on a voyage from "Skeppswick" to London, United Kingdom. |
| John and Robert | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore at Kilchousland Chapel, Argyllshire. |
| Marathon | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Salmedina Rocks, at the mouth of the Guadalquivir. |
| Old England | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned off the Cape Verde Islands. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Galle, Ceylon. |
| Standard | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore near Fairwater, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire to Dantzic. |
| William Scott Walker | United Kingdom | The steamship struck a sunken rock off Ballintoy, County Antrim and was holed. She was taken in to Londonderry in a leaky condition. |

## 4 September

List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1869 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Athena | Greece | The ship collided with the schooner Anna ( Italy) and was run ashore at Parenzo, Austria-Hungary. She was on a voyage from Trieste to Patras. |
| Catherina Cornelia | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Neufahrwasser, Prussia. |
| Ezra | Canada | The ship was wrecked on Bodie Island, North Carolina, United States with the loss of six of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Saint John, New Brunswick and Baltimore, Maryland, United States. |
| Golden Grove | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Seskar, Russia. Her crew survived. |
| Louisville | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. |
| Robin Hood | United States | The ship was destroyed by fire at Baker Island. |
| Standard | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Neufahrwasser. She was on a voyage from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire to Dantzic. |
| St. Bede | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Cardiff. |

## 5 September

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1869 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Susan M. Smith | United States | The whaler, a schooner, was wrecked. Five survivors were rescued by Flatworth ( United Kingdom). |
| William | United Kingdom | The collier, a brig, foundered in the North Sea 90 nautical miles (170 km) off the coast of County Durham. Her crew were rescued by Victoria ( Hamburg). William was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Copenhagen, Denmark. |

## 6 September

List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1869 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Banquereau | France | The brig was driven ashore and severely damaged at Newquay, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Larache, Morocco to Dunkerque, Nord. She was refloated the next day. |
| Emma | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Swartwick" to Antwerp, Belgium. |
| Hannah | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of the Courland Governorate. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Hartlepool, County Durham. |

## 7 September

List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1869 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Prima Donna | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Bien (Flag unknown). Prima Donna was on a voyage from Larvik, Norway to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Yarra | Flag unknown | The 32-ton paddle steamer stranded on a spit at the mouth of New Zealand's Hokitika River and broke up. |

## 8 September

List of shipwrecks: 8 September 1869 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alabama | United States | The New England Gale of 1869: The fishing schooner was wrecked in a gale at Kennebunk, Maine, a total loss. Crew rescued. |
| Andes | United States | The New England Gale of 1869: The fishing schooner was wrecked in a gale at Boothbay, Maine, a total loss. Crew rescued. |
| Catharina | Denmark | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Kalmar, Sweden. She was refloated and taken in to Oscarshamn. |
| Cosmos | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Mosquito Coast. Her crew were rescued. |
| Helen Eliza | United States | The New England Gale of 1869:The fishing schooner was wrecked on rocks on the southeast side of Peaks Island in Casco Bay off the coast of Maine and broke up with the loss of 11 lives. |
| Marys | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Glasson Dock, Lancashire to Quebec City, Canada. She was consequently condemned. |
| Pearl | New Zealand | The ketch was wrecked at the mouth of the Grey River while en route from Dunedin. The weather was calm but there was a heavy swell. She capsized, and three crew members were drowned. |
| Potomac | United States | The New England Gale of 1869: The fishing schooner was wrecked in a gale at Orr's Island, Maine, a total loss. Crew rescued. |
| "Rambler" | United States | The New England Gale of 1869: The boat was lost off Portland, Maine. |
| Salus | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Prince Edward Island, Canada. She was on a voyage from Shediac, Nova Scotia, Canada to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was consequently condemned. |
| Thistle | United Kingdom | The barque was destroyed by fire at Cayo Santa Maria. Her crew were rescued by a Spanish Navy warship. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Matanzas, Cuba. |
| Yankee Girl | United States | The fishing schooner was lost, all 11 crew was killed. |
| "Young Raven" | United States | The New England Gale of 1869: The Pilot Boat was driven ashore at Pavilion Beach, a total loss. |

## 9 September

List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1869 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cape Horn | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Pichidangui, Chile. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Valparaíso, Chile to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Fulton | France | The steamship collided with Thomas Gales ( United Kingdom) and foundered off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Her twelve crew were rescued by the smack Ethelbert ( United Kingdom). Fulton was on a voyage from Middlesbrough. Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Dunkerque, Nord. |
| Lochnagar | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Falmouth, Cornwall for Zwijndrecht, South Holland, Netherlands. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Rambler | New Zealand | The 72-ton schooner became stranded at the mouth of the Ōkārito River and became a total wreck. |
| Ribe | Italy | The barque ran aground at the entrance to the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire to an English port. |

## 10 September

List of shipwrecks: 10 September 1869 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Balgowan | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked in the Sea of Marmara. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Venice, Italy to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. |
| Bamba | United Kingdom | The cutter was driven ashore at Southend-on-Sea, Essex. All three people on board were rescued. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore in the Rabbit Islands, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated with assistance from the brig Etna (Flag unknown) and found to be severely leaky. |
| Hippolyte | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Shivering Sand, in the Thames Estuary. She was on a voyage from the West Indies to London. |
| Osprey | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with another vessel in the River Thames and was disabled. Her passengers were taken off by Cupid ( United Kingdom). Osprey was on a voyage from Woolwich, Kent, to London. |
| Winona | Bremen | The ship was driven ashore on Heligoland. She was on a voyage from Akyab, Burma to Bremen. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all on board. |

## 11 September

List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1869 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anna | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Southwold, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Whitby, Yorkshire to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. |
| Bamba | United Kingdom | The cutter yacht sank in the River Thames at Erith, Kent. Both people on board were rescued by HMS Worcester ( Royal Navy). |
| Countess of Leicester | Guernsey | The brig sprang a leak and sank in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Tulip ( United Kingdom). Countess of Leicester was on a voyage from Guernsey to London. |
| Diamond | United Kingdom | The brig sank in the English Channel off Newhaven, Sussex with the loss of all eight crew. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Portsmouth, Hampshire. |
| Golden Fleece | United Kingdom | The steamship sank off Sully, Glamorgan with the loss of one of her 43 crew. She was on a voyage from Penarth, Glamorgan to Alexandria, Egypt. |
| Hyderabad | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on a reef 45 nautical miles (83 km) south of Jeddah, Habesh Eyalet with the loss of 25 lives. She was on a voyage from Jeddah to Zanzibar. |
| Minquiers Lightship | Trinity House | The lightship was wrecked on Chausey, Manche, France. Her crew were rescued. |
| Salathiel | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered off Portland, Dorset with the loss of both crew. She was on a voyage from Weymouth, Dorset to Cardiff, Glamorgan. |
| St Cloud | France | The ship departed from Camaret-sur-Mer, Finistère for Watchet, Somerset, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the los of all hands. |
| Volante | United Kingdom | The yacht was driven ashore and wrecked at Ryde, Isle of Wight. All twelve people on board were rescued by the Ryde Lifeboat Captain Hans Busk ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Volante was refloated on 22 September and towed to Gosport, Hampshire by the paddle tug Camel ( United Kingdom). She was beached there. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The brig foundered in the North Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom with the loss of all hands. |

## 12 September

List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1869 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Abundance | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset. |
| Acustus | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Queenstown, County Cork for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Arrow | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Brambles, in the Solent. Her crew were rescued by the yacht Zara ( United Kingdom). Arrow was on a voyage from Whitstable, Kent to Runcorn, Cheshire. She was refloated and taken in to Ryde, Isle of Wight in a leaky condition. |
| Beaver | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 30 nautical miles (56 km) off the Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued by Annie Williams ( United Kingdom). Beaver was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Monte Video, Uruguay. |
| Belle | United Kingdom | The schooner capsized and sank at Waterford. Both crew were rescued. |
| Carnatic | United Kingdom | The wreck of Carnatic, The Illustrated London News, 16 October 1869.The steamship was wrecked on the Sha`b Abu Nuhas reef in the Red Sea with the loss of 31 lives. She was on a voyage from Suez, Egypt to Bombay, India. |
| Chance | United Kingdom | The ship was assisted in to Ramsgate, Kent in a sinking condition. She was on a voyage from Dartmouth, Devon to Goole, Yorkshire. |
| Commodore | Jersey | The smack ran aground and sank on the Doom Bar. Both crew were rescued by a pilot gig. She was on a voyage from Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France. |
| Fanny Kemble | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to Bridgwater, Somerset. |
| Lilla | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Cork. Her crew survived. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. |
| Odone | Italy | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Clovelly, Devon. All thirteen people on board were rescued by the Coastguard. |
| Oneida | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked west of Langney Point, Sussex with the loss of three of her seven crew. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Trieste. |
| Pride of the Ganges | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship ran aground on the Brake Sand. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Dunkerque, Nord France. She was refloated but was driven ashore and wrecked at De Panne, West Flanders, Belgium. |
| Refuge | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France for Plymouth, Devon. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Reliance | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Bideford, Devon with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Looe, Cornwall to Appledore, Devon. |
| Sirena | Italy | The brig was wrecked on the Tongue Sand. Her crew were rescued by the tug John Bull ( United Kingdom). Sirena was on a voyage from Barletta to London, United Kingdom. |
| Telegram | Denmark | The ship was wrecked near "Wornpor". Her crew were rescued. |
| Unity | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Margate, Kent. Her crew were rescued by the Coastguard. |
| Victoria | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore Trevose Head, Cornwall. Her seven crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Plymouth to Cádiz, Spain. |
| Violet | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Waterford for Gloucester. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Unnamed | France | The lugger ran aground on the Doom Bar. Her crew were rescued by the Padstow Lifeboat Albert Edward ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). |

## 13 September

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1869 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ajax | United Kingdom | The yacht was wrecked at Ryde, Isle of Wight. |
| Amanda | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Aggermunde, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bo'ness, Lothian to Rendsburg, Prussia. |
| Argo | Prussia | The barque was driven ashore and severely damaged between Portishead, Somerset, United Kingdom and the mouth of the River Avon. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to Gloucester, United Kingdom. |
| Arthur | Prussia | The barque was driven ashore between Portishead and the mouth of the River Avon. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to Gloucester. Arthur was refloated on 19 September and resumed her voyage in a waterlogged condition. |
| Asia | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in Ramsey Sound. |
| Avonmore | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Morwenstow, Cornwall with the loss of seven of her 22 crew. Survivors were rescued by the Coastguard using rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Monte Video, Uruguay. |
| Becton | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Missolonghi, Greece. she was on a voyage from Patras, Greece to London. She had been refloated by 15 September with assistance from HMS Rapid ( Royal Navy) and resumed her voyage. |
| Bella | United Kingdom | The ship capsized and sank in the River Suir. She was refloated on 21 September and taken in to Waterford. |
| Betsey | United Kingdom | The Mersey Flat was wrecked on the North Bank, in Liverpool Bay. All three people on board were rescued by the shrimp boat Industry ( United Kingdom). |
| Bradford | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned of the coast of Spain, according to a message in a bottle discovered off Cape Finisterre. |
| Caravan | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked between Portishead and the mouth of the River Avon with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Sombrero, Antigua to Gloucester. |
| Casilda | United States | The ship was driven ashore on the Swash. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom to New York. |
| Catherine and Jane, or Jane and Catherine | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked in Ramsey Sound. Her crew survived. |
| Creusa | United Kingdom | The yacht was driven ashore at Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure, France. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure to Fowey, Cornwall. Creusa was refloated on 19 September and taken in to Cherbourg, where she was condemned. |
| Dart | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered off Lee Bay, Devon with the loss of all hands, about ten lives. |
| Eneid | United Kingdom | The yacht was abandoned off Ryde. Her three crew were rescued by the Ryde Lifeboat Captain Hans Busk ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Eneid was subsequently wrecked. |
| Excelsior | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Bristol. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Bristol. |
| Fantee | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Bristol. She was on a voyage from Charlestown, Cornwall to Bristol. |
| Fenella | United Kingdom | The steam launch was wrecked at Ryde. |
| Glenhaven | United Kingdom | The ship was run ashore in the Swash. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Aden. She was refloated on 19 September. |
| Her Royal Highness, and Rowena | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship Her Royal Highness was run into by the full-rigged ship Rowena and then ran aground on the Dumball, in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Bristol. She was refloated on 19 September and taken in to Bristol. Rowena was on a voyage from the Clyde to Aden. She was severely damaged and run aground on the Dumball. She was refloated on 19 September and taken in to Bristol. |
| Hope | France | The barque was driven ashore at Penarth, Glamorgan. |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The barque was run ashore in the Swash. She was a voyage from Bristol to Quebec City, Canada. |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Llanelly, Glamorgan to Drogheda, County Louth. She was refloated on 19 September. |
| Lady Wodehouse | United Kingdom | The steamship caught fire in the English Channel off Folkestone, Kent. She was on a voyage from the River Thames to Dublin. The fire was extinguished and she put in to Portsmouth, Hampshire. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the English Channel off the coast of Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by the Cadgwith Lifeboat Western Commercial Traveller ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). |
| Mary E. Campbell | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel 40 nautical miles (74 km) west of Lundy Island, Devon. Seven of her crew were reported missing; the rest were rescued by Jessie Forrest ( United Kingdom). Mary E. Campbell was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Aden. |
| Minnicoy | United Kingdom | The yacht foundered at Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. |
| Mystic Tie | Canada | The ship was driven ashore at Bristol. She was on a voyage from New York to Bristol. |
| Ocean | United Kingdom | The sloop sank off Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Rochester, Kent to Sunderland, County Durham. |
| Old Forager | United Kingdom | The tug was wrecked at Bristol with the loss of her captain. |
| Ondine | United Kingdom | The yacht was abandoned off Ryde. All three people on board were rescued by the Ryde Lifeboat Captain Hans Busk ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). |
| Paragon | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Berck-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais, France with the loss of nine of her eleven crew. She was on a voyage from Almeria, Spain to South Shields, County Durham. |
| Silistria | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the River Avon. |
| Spray | United Kingdom | The yacht was severely damaged at Weston-super-Mare. |
| Wilhelmina | Netherlands | The ship ran aground on the Makkummerwaard. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland to Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom. |
| No. 5 | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore between Portishead and the mouth of the River Avon. She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada to Gloucester. |

## 14 September

List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1869 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aid | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Petten, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Schiedam, South Holland to Sunderland, County Durham. |
| Blossom | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Boscastle, Cornwall. All on board were rescued by the Coastguard using rocket apparatus. |
| Bonne Mère | France | The brig was wrecked at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais. Her nine crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. |
| Courier du Havre | France | The ship was driven ashore at Cosqueville, Manche. |
| Europienne | Spain | The ship was driven ashore at Malaga. She was on a voyage from Gijón to Málaga. |
| Gallovidian | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Tara Point, County Down. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Valparaíso, Chile. She was later refloated and taken in to Belfast, County Antrim, where she arrived on 27 September. |
| Gertrude | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland, Netherlands. |
| Harmony | United Kingdom | The collier was driven ashore and wrecked at Ambleteuse, Pas-de-Calais. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Gaspé, Quebec, Canada. |
| Idelia | Hamburg | The ship was wrecked in the Eider. She was on a voyage from Rio Grande to Hamburg. |
| Iloa | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Dumball, in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Onega, Russia to Bristol, Gloucestershire. She was refloated on 19 September and taken in to Bristol. |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Doom Bar and sank. She was on a voyage from Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France to Swansea, Glamorgan. |
| Onward | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Savannah, Georgia, United States. She was refloated with assistance from the steamship Sea King ( United Kingdom) and taken in to Cardiff for repairs. |
| Rabbeus | Prussia | The ship was wrecked at Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Konigsberg to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. |
| St. Petersburg | Russia | The steamship was driven ashore on Rodskaer. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Lübeck |
| Wheatsheaf | Guernsey | The collier was driven ashore and wrecked at Ambleteuse. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sidmouth, Devon to the River Tyne. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Ilfracombe, Devon with the loss of all hands. |

## 15 September

List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1869 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| A. Catherine | Denmark | The ship was driven ashore in the Zuyder Zee. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Copenhagen. |
| Aurora | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at New York, United States. She was refloated and found to be leaky. |
| Caroline | Rostock | The ship was driven ashore at Wustrow, Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. She was on a voyage from "Howacht" to an English port. |
| Cherub | United Kingdom | The fishing smack was driven ashore on Heligoland. She was refloated and taken in to Cuxhaven in a leaky condition. |
| Corneille David | Belgium | The ship was driven ashore at Antwerp. |
| Hartford | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London. |
| Hellenis | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Arklow Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow and sank. She was on a voyage from Naples, Italy to Dublin. |
| Ida | Wismar | The ship was driven ashore at Egmond aan Zee, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Wismar to Antwerp. |
| Phantom | United States | The steamboat was destroyed by a boiler explosion near Paducah, Kentucky with the loss of seven lives. |

## 16 September

List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1869 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bella Maria | Spain | The ship foundered in the North Sea off the coast of South Holland, Netherlands. |
| Britannia | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground off Port Ellen, Islay. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Ballina, County Mayo. She was refloated and taken in to Port Ellen in a leaky condition. |
| Federico | Italy | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Francoli ( Spain). |
| Friends | United Kingdom | The ship collided with another vessel and foundered off Cromer, Norfolk with the loss of all hands. |
| Kong Sverre | Sweden | The ship was beached near Portishead, Somerset, United Kingdom. |
| Scotia | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Conger Rocks, in the Bristol Channel and sank. |
| St. Louis | France | The brig was run down and sunk off the mouth of the River Tees by the steamship Black Diamond ( United Kingdom). Her eight crew were rescued by Black Diamond. St. Louis was on a voyage voom Brest, Finistère to Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom. |

## 17 September

List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1869 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bulldog | United Kingdom | The tug ran aground on the Black Rock, in the Sound of Islay and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Dublin. |
| Elizabeth and Ann | United Kingdom | The ship sank in the North Sea off Southwold, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Hastings, Sussex. |
| Emma | United Kingdom | The ship was towed in to Lillesand, Norway in a waterlogged condition. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall, Sweden to London. |
| Excelsior | United States | The ship was abandoned on the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Fécamp, Seine-Inférieure, France |
| Golden Eagle | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Ramsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Scotia | United Kingdom | The tug ran aground and sank in the Bristol Channel. |

## 18 September

List of shipwrecks: 18 September 1869 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Contest | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore on Inishbofin, County Donegal. |
| Marguerite | France | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque South-eastern ( United Kingdom). Marguerite was on a voyage from La Guaira, Venezuela to Bordeaux, Gironde. |

## 19 September

List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1869 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amersham | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked at Struys Point, Cape Colony. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Basseine, India to Queenstown, County Cork. |
| Amwell | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Cutler Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition. |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) north west of Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to the Nieuw Diep. |
| Ann Fleming | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Brake Sand. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Ramsgate, Kent. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate in a leaky condition. |
| Argali | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in Algoa Bay. Her crew were rescued. |
| Brilliant | United Kingdom | The schooner was destroyed by fire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Larne, County Antrim to Dunoon, Argyllshire. |
| Cadette | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground on Ted's Bank, in the Irish Sea off Southport, Lancashire and was abandoned by her ten crew. She was on a voyage from Baie Verte, New Brunswick, Canada to Liverpool, Lancashire. Cedette was refloated on 22 September and beached at Southport. |
| Duke of Bucchleuch | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked in Algoa Bay. Her crew were rescued. She subsequently floated off and was taken in to Cape Town for repairs. |
| England | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in Algoa Bay. Her crew were rescued. |
| Fingoe | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and damaged in Algoa Bay. Her crew were rescued. She had been refloated by 29 October and taken in to Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony for repairs. |
| Flash | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked in Algoa Bay. Her crew were rescued. |
| Forres | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in Algoa Bay. Her crew were rescued. She subsequently floated off by as driven ashore again and was a total loss. |
| Gustaff | Sweden | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked in Algoa Bay. Her crew were rescued. |
| Jacob Hatfield | United States | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by British Queen ( United Kingdom). |
| James Hackett | United Kingdom | The schooner sprang a leak and was abandoned off Great Orme Head, Caernarfonshire. Her crew were rescued by the tug Knight Templar ( United Kingdom). James Hackett was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Cork. She subsequently came ashore at Formby, Lancashire |
| James Rankine | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the River Carron and was then run into the steamship Greata ( United Kingdom). James Rankine was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated and put back to Grangemouth. |
| Jeanne | France | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in Algoa Bay. Her crew were rescued. She had been refloated by 19 October. |
| Louise | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Gravelines, Nord, France. |
| Major von Safft | Flag unknown | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in Algoa Bay. Her crew were rescued. She had been refloated by 19 October. |
| Phare | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Lowestoft. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft. |
| Sarah Black | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in Algoa Bay. Her crew were rescued. |
| Sea Snake | Norway | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in Algoa Bay with the loss of eight of her crew. |
| Thecla | Netherlands | The brigantine was wrecked off Castle Island, Bermuda. She was on a voyage from Saint Domingo to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. |
| Tynemouth | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked on Fårö, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to London. |

## 20 September

List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1869 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anne | United Kingdom | The fishing smack foundered in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk. |
| Flower of Milford | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Strumble Head, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Fishguard to Saundersfoot. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned off the Dudgeon Sandbank, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. she was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. |
| Savannah la Mar | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark and capsized. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to London. |

## 21 September

List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1869 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Affo | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked near Newquay, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. |
| Bigarrena | Spain | The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast. she was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Antwerp, Belgium. |
| Cartsburn | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River. She was refloated. |
| Eastern Empire | United Kingdom | The ship was sighted in the Strait of Sunda whilst on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Yokohama, Japan. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset. |
| Jessamine | United Kingdom | The brig collided with Florence Nightingale ( United Kingdom) and sank off the Mouse Lightship ( Trinity House). Jessamine was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. |
| Kongsberg | Sweden | The ship was wrecked on the Horn Reef. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Uddevalla to London, United Kingdom. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. She was taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |
| Moderation | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned off Cape Horn, Chile. Her crew were rescued by the barque Glencairn ( United Kingdom). Moderation was on a voyage from Cardiff to San Francisco, United States. |
| Presto | Netherlands | The schooner ran aground at the mouth of the Rio Grande do Sul. She was on a voyage from the Rio Grande do Sul to the English Channel. She was refloated and put in to Bahia, Brazil in a leaky condition. |
| Prince Rupert | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to the Cape Verde Islands. She was refloated and taken in to Penarth, Glamorgan. |
| Prudence | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Steart, Somerset. Her crew were rescued by the Bridgwater Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Bridgwater ,Somerset. |
| Victoria | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at St. Mawes, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Swansea to Barcelona, Spain. |

## 22 September

List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1869 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Affo | Denmark | The ship was driven ashore at Newquay, Cornwall, United Kingdom. |
| Concordia | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground in Morecambe Bay. She was on a voyage from Onega, Russia to Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Fleetwood, Lancashire in a waterlogged condition. |
| Heinrich | Flag unknown | The ship ran aground on the Blanort Sand. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to "Meidorf". |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset. |
| Prudence | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on "Heart Island". She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Bridgwater, Somerset. |
| Wave | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Lamlash, Isle of Arran. She was refloated and towed in to Ardrossan, Ayrshire in a sinking condition. |

## 23 September

List of shipwrecks: 23 September 1869 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Commissary | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Port Said, Egypt. She was refloated and put back to Liverpool. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship struck a sunken wreck off Hastings, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Exeter, Devon. She put in to Dover, Kent in a leaky condition. |
| Margaret Bruce | United Kingdom | The schooner struck rocks off Eartholmen, Denmark and sank. |
| Ocean Wave | United States | The scow schooner sank without loss of life in Lake Michigan off Door County, Wisconsin, during a storm. |
| Sphynx | United Kingdom | The ship was severely damaged by fire at South Shields, County Durham. |
| St. Marc | France | The fishing lugger was run down and sunk off the mouth of the Humber by the steamship St. Quintin ( Italy). Her nineteen crew were rescued by St. Quintin. |
| Thomasine | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Warkworth, Northumberland to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. |
| Vere | United Kingdom | The brig foundered in the Bristol Channel off Lundy Island, Devon.. Her crew were rescued. |

## 24 September

List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1869 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Activ | Danzig | The yacht was driven ashore near "Fairwater". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom to Danzig. |
| Anna | Bremen | The ship sank near Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Saint Petersburg. |
| Kinloch | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Ardrossan, Ayrshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan to Dublin. |
| Sainte Marie | France | The lugger was run down and sunk in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber by the steamship St. Quintie ( Italy). Her crew were rescued. |
| Sirius | Netherlands | The ship sank off the mouth of the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Dordrecht. |
| Trade Wind | United States | The steamship foundered in the Gulf of Mexico with the loss of a crew member. Survivors took to four boats. Those in two of the boats were rescued by the steamship Clinton ( United States) with the loss of one life; those in the others reached safety. Trade Wind was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Belize City, British Guiana. |

## 25 September

List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1869 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bud | United Kingdom | The sloop sank off Landunvez, Finistère, France. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Brest, Finistère. |
| Empress | Canada. | The barque ran aground on Taylor's Bank, in Liverpool Bay and was wrecked. All eighteen people on board were rescued by the New Brighton Lifeboat Willie and Arthur ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Empress was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Prince Edward Island. |
| Helen | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Penarth, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Plymouth, Devon. She was run into by the schooner Harmony ( United Kingdom). |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The Thames barge capsized in the River Thames at Blackwall, Middlesex. Her crew were rescued. |
| Pembroke | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore on Puffin Island, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Fowey, Cornwall to Runcorn, Cheshire. |
| Shooting Star | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Llanelly, Glamorgan to Southampton, Hampshire. She came ashore on the Towyn Sands. |
| Stork | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Barrow Sand, in the Thames Estuary. |
| Strathspey | United Kingdom | The barque foundered off McCloud's Island, in the Pacific Ocean. Her crew took to the longboat; they were rescued a week later. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California, United States to Queenstown, County Cork. |

## 26 September

List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1869 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anna Maria | United Kingdom | The brig foundered. Seven people were rescued, four were reported missing. She was on a voyage from the River Clyde to Valparaíso, Chile. |
| Bebside | United Kingdom | The ship steamship was damaged by and onboard explosion at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |
| Conquest | United Kingdom | The paddle tug struck the breakwater at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk and was severely damaged. |
| Electric Spark | United States | The full-rigged ship was wrecked on the Connybeg Rock, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wexford, United Kingdom. |
| Irvine | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Arranmore, County Donegal. |
| Izaac Walton | United States | The fishing schooner was sunk in a collision with schooner William Babson. Crew saved. |
| Sarah and Ann | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Eyemouth, Berwickshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Eyemouth. |
| Sarah Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Reighton, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Leith, Lothian. |

## 27 September

List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1869 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bessie Stanton | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked at the mouth of the River Plate. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Monte Video, Uruguay. |
| Corunna | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Grasgard, Öland. She was on a voyage from Sandarne to Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom. |
| David | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked in the North Sea 80 nautical miles (150 km) off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gävle, Sweden to West Hartlepool, County Durham. David was subsequently taken in to by the smack Cambria ( United Kingdom). |
| Defender | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore south of Helsingborg, Sweden. |
| Devonport | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship struck a reef off Natuna Besar, Netherlands East Indies and was beached. She was on a voyage from London to Shanghai, China. |
| Maythorn | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Sheep Island, Argyllshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool. Lancashire to New York, United States. |
| Minstrel Boy | Norway | The ship was lost near Lemvig, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stockvik, Sweden to Dover, Kent, United Kingdom. |
| Northwick | United Kingdom | The steamship foundered in the North Sea. Her 21 crew took to tow lifeboats. Five crew in one of the lifeboats were rescued by Hopper ( Sweden); the other sixteen crew landed at Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. Northwick was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Cronstadt, Russia. |
| Numa | Italy | The derelict barque was towed in to Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. |

## 28 September

List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1869 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Annie M. Cann | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Thomas Point, Maryland. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Dublin, United Kingdom. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Annapolis, Maryland. |
| Ariel | Italy | The schooner was destroyed by fire at Bordeaux, Gironde, France. |
| Arthur H. Goodwin | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in the "Allas Strait". She was on a voyage from Mauritius to Sandalwood Island. |
| Bordelaise | France | The ship was damaged by fire at Bordeaux. |
| Charlemagne | France | The ship was destroyed by fire at Bordeaux. |
| Charlotte | France | The ship was destroyed by fire at Bordeaux. |
| Chimiste | France | The ship was destroyed by fire at Bordeaux. |
| Cirestine | France | The ship was destroyed by fire at Bordeaux. |
| Chomin | Spain | The brig was destroyed by fire at Bordeaux. |
| Confiance | France | The ship was damaged by fire at Bordeaux. |
| Costa Rica | France | The ship was damaged by fire at Bordeaux. |
| Crizava | Mexico | The ship was destroyed by fire at Bordeaux. |
| Falcon | United Kingdom | The brig caught fire off Gotland, Sweden. She was run ashore at Fahludd Point and was burnt out. Her crew survived. |
| Formose | United Kingdom | The ship was damaged by fire at Bordeaux. |
| Guipazcoano | Spain | The ship was damaged by fire at Bordeaux. |
| Harmonia | United Kingdom | The abandoned ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Wiay, Outer Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Aberdeen. |
| Harmonie | France | The ship was destroyed by fire at Bordeaux. |
| J. B. D. | France | The ship was damaged by fire at Bordeaux. |
| Jeune France | France | The ship was destroyed by fire at Bordeaux. |
| Josephine Marie | France | The ship was severely damaged by fire at Bordeaux. |
| Léon | France | The ship was severely damaged by fire at Bordeaux. |
| Lieutenant Bellot | France | The ship was destroyed by fire at Bordeaux. |
| Lormont | France | The ship was severely damaged by fire at Bordeaux. |
| Maas | Netherlands | The steamship ran aground on the Schulpenplaat, off Maassluis, South Holland. She was on a voyage from Brielle, London, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 1 October and taken in to Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland. |
| Maréchal Pellisier | France | The ship was damaged by fire at Bordeaux. |
| Marguerite | France | The ship was damaged by fire at Bordeaux. |
| Marie Christine | France | The ship was destroyed by fire at Bordeaux. |
| Mary | France | The ship was destroyed by fire at Bordeaux. |
| Moise | France | The ship was destroyed by fire at Bordeaux. |
| Niger | France | The ship was damaged by fire at Bordeaux. |
| Orissa | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Decapolis ( United Kingdom). Orissa was on a voyage from the Clyde to Mauritius. |
| Orizava | France | The ship was destroyed by fire at Bordeaux. |
| Panama | France | The ship was destroyed by fire at Bordeaux. |
| Pionnier | France | The ship was destroyed by fire at Bordeaux. |
| Podensac | France | The ship was damaged by fire at Bordeaux. |
| Prince Consort | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Bouline Rocks. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to London. She was refloated and taken in to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland in a leaky condition. |
| Progress | Norway | The schooner was destroyed by fire at Bordeaux. |
| Scoter | United Kingdom | The steamship struck a submerged rock and sank in the River Plate off Monte Video, Uruguay. Her crew were rescued by an Imperial Brazilian Navy gunboat. |
| Souveraine | France | The ship was damaged by fire at Bordeaux. |
| Tourny | France | The ship was destroyed by fire at Bordeaux. |
| Ulysse | France | The ship was destroyed by fire at Bordeaux. |
| Unico | France | The ship was damaged by fire at Bordeaux. |
| Unnamed | France | The lighter, loaded with petroleum from the steamship Comte de Hainaut ( Belgium) and the ship Der Fruhling ( Prussia) caught fire and sank at Bordeaux. The burning petroleum was carried upstream on the tide and set fire to many other ships. |

## 29 September

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1869 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| A. L. Palmer | Canada | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Westphalia ( Hamburg). A. L. Palmer was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to New York, United States. She was subsequently discovered by Melrose ( United Kingdom), which put a skeleton crew on board. |
| Delphin | Hamburg | The ship ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Sunderland. She was refloated and beached. |
| Guayaquil | Flag unknown | The steamship ran aground 18 nautical miles (33 km) south of San Antonio, Chile. She was refloated and taken in to Talcahuano, Chile. |
| Prince of Wales | United Kingdom | The steamship suffered a boiler explosion off the Bass Rock, in the Firth of Forth. Her passengers were taken off by a fishing boat. She was on an excursion from Stirling to the Bass Rock and back. |

## 30 September

List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1869 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Attje Bouwers | Flag unknown | The ship foundered in the Kattegat. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to Narva, Russia. |
| Beau Monde | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at "Wellegurnon". She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was refloated. |
| Bonny Lass | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Stettin to London. |
| Eagle | United States | The 336-ton whaling bark was wrecked in the Chukchi Sea on Sea Horse Shoal (70°53′N 158°42′W﻿ / ﻿70.883°N 158.700°W﻿ / 70.883; -158.700﻿ (Sea Horse Shoal)) off Point Franklin on the coast of the Department of Alaska. The vessel John Carver ( United States) rescued her crew. |
| Eva | United Kingdom | The schooner was run into by a French schooner and sank in the English Channel 11 nautical miles (20 km) east of Berry Head, Devon. Her crew were rescued. |
| Ostsee | Flag unknown | The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. |
| Randolph | United Kingdom | The barque struck The Mewstone, off the coast of Devon and foundered. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Martinique. |
| Rusebank | Norway | The schooner was driven ashore at Kingsbarns, Fife, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. |
| Swan | Isle of Man | The lugger was wrecked on Langness. Her eight crew survived. She was on a voyage from Derbyhaven to Douglas. |
| Wedlock | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in September 1869 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aden | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Maranhão, Empire of Brazil. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Maranhão. |
| Anna and Allen | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked near the mouth of the Rio Grande. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Valparaíso, Chile. |
| Appellina | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked at Wijk aan Zee, North Holland, Netherlands between 12 and 14 September. She was on a voyage from China to Schiedam, South Holland, Netherlands. |
| Apprentice Boy | United States | Carrying a cargo of lumber, the 122.1-foot (37.2 m), 216.92-gross register ton two-masted schooner ran aground on the coast of Door County, Wisconsin, 15 miles (24 km) north of the Wolf River and was scuttled to prevent her from suffering further damage from pounding by the surf. Although declared a total loss within a month, she apparently eventually was refloated, repaired, and returned to service. |
| Beatitude | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Sunderland, County Durham. Her crew were rescued by the brig Josephine ( United Kingdom). Beatitude was on a voyage from Sunderland to Cronstadt, Russia. |
| Caspar | United Kingdom | The brig collided with another vessel and was abandoned in the Baltic Sea off Öland, Sweden before 26 September. |
| Catherine | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked at Utsire, Norway before 13 September. Her crew survived. |
| Colombe | France | The brig was wrecked in the Zuid Beverland Kanaal near Hansweert, Zeeland, Netherlands between 12 and 14 September. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Spain to Antwerp, Belgium. |
| Dastre | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 18 September. She was on a voyage from Trinidad de Cuba, Cuba to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
| Eliza and Jane | United Kingdom | The schooner struck a reef and was beached at Cabedelo, Brazil. |
| Eno | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Cross Island before 12 September. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to Sunderland. |
| Falcon | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked near Niuzhuang, China before 18 September. |
| Fanny | United States | The ship collided with a British ship and sank in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of two of her crew. |
| Florence | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Cape Henlopen, Delaware, United States. She was on a voyage from Kingston, Jamaica to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. |
| Hesperia | United Kingdom | The ship collided with another vessel and sank in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent before 11 September. |
| Jeune Gerard | France | The fishing boat foundered in the North Sea off the Dutch coast between 12 and 14 September with the loss of eight crew. |
| L. J. Knight | United States | The abandoned and derelict ship was taken in to Newport, Virginia. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia to Salem, Massachusetts. It was discovered that three holes had been bored in her hull with an auger. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Saint Lawrence River in a waterlogged condition. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Quebec City, Canada. Shew as on a voyage from Glasson Dock, Lancashire to Quebec City. |
| Mary | Denmark | The ship capsized at Manzanillo, Cuba and was wrecked. |
| Mayflower | United Kingdom | The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Portland, Maine, United States. |
| Niger | France | The full-rigged ship was damaged by fire at Havre de Grâce before 29 September. |
| Ouangondy | India | The ship was driven ashore in the Sunda Strait. She was on a voyage from Bombay to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. |
| Palmyra | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada. She was consequently condemned. |
| Paragon | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Indian Rocks, off Wood Island, Prince Edward Island, Canada before 15 September. She was on a voyage from Pugwash, Nova Scotia, Canada to Liverpool. She was consequently condemned. |
| Peg | United Kingdom | The brig foundered in the Bristol Channel off Lundy Island, Devon. Her crew were rescued. |
| Pia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Taganrog, Russia to Falmouth, Cornwall. She was refloated. |
| Princess Royal | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Little Metis, Quebec, Canada before 25 September. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Quebec City. She was later refloated. |
| Selim | United Kingdom | The barque was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Nederland ( Netherlands). |
| Spartel | France | The barque was wrecked at Struy's Point, Cape Colony before 26 September with the loss of all hands. |
| Sphynx | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Livorno, Italy. |
| Siren | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked near Monte Video, Uruguay. |
| Thames | United Kingdom | The steamship was presumed to have foundered with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Caen, Calvados. |
| Tigré | France | The steamship ran aground on a reef off Perim. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Unity | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Cape Primer, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pomaron, Portugal to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| W. D. B. | United Kingdom | The brig capsized 12 nautical miles (22 km) south of Cape Elizabeth, Maine, United States. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Portland, Maine. |
| SMS Vulcano | Austro-Hungarian Navy | The corvette suffered a boiler explosion. Eleven crew were killed. |
| William and Helen | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on the Gelb Sand, in the North Sea after 7 September. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire to Harburg. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Hook of Holland, South Holland, Netherlands between 12 and 14 September. |