# List of shipwrecks in March 1874

The list of shipwrecks in March 1874 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during March 1874.

## 1 March

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anna | Norway | The schooner was beached at Lerwick, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom. |
| Farandus | Norway | The schooner was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by the sealing steamship Haardrade ( Norway). Farandus was on a voyage from Kristiansand to Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, United Kingdom. |
| Gudrun | Denmark | The schooner was driven ashore at Lunnasting, Shetland Islands with the loss of all hands, at least four lives. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Reykjavík, Iceland. The wreck was plundered by the local inhabitants. |
| Janus | Norway | The schooner was wrecked at Lerwick with the loss of all hands. |
| Problem | United Kingdom | The schooner sank at Warrenpoint, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Paisley, Renfrewshire to Dublin. |

## 2 March

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cybele | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. |
| Germania | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Newburgh, Fife. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to South Shields, County Durham. |
| Gitana | Germany | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) north of Seaham, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was refloated and towed in to Sunderland, County Durham in a waterlogged condition. |
| Margaret | United States | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Kake in the Department of Alaska during a snowstorm. Her crew of three survived. |
| Percy | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Exmouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to Par, Cornwall. |
| President Thiers | France | The full-rigged ship foundered. Her crew were rescued by Bertha ( United Kingdom). |
| Tubal Cain | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by the fishing vessel Leverette ( France). Tubal Cain was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Limerick. |
| Walter Scott | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on Islay, Inner Hebrides. |

## 3 March

List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ausgar | Norway | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (25°00′N 9°20′W﻿ / ﻿25.000°N 9.333°W﻿ / 25.000; -9.333). Her crew were rescued by the barque St. Mirren ( United Kingdom). Ausgar was on a voyage from Santander, Spain to Sligo, United Kingdom. |

## 4 March

List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Burmah | Canada | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |
| Elina | Denmark | The ship departed from Haiti for a European port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Marie | Germany | The schooner was wrecked on Flores Island, Azores with the loss of all hands. |

## 5 March

List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Camilla | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Douro. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Enterprise | Belgium | The steamship stranded off Brouwershaven, Zeeland, Netherlands and broke her back. Declared a total loss. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Pillau, Germany. |
| Hare | Sweden | The schooner was towed in to Montrose, Forfarshire, United Kingdom in a capsized condition She was on a voyage from Halmstad to West Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom. |
| Maria Benvenuto | Italy | The barque was wrecked at Barnegat, New Jersey, United States. She was on a voyage from Cagliari, Sardinia to New York, United States. |
| Volunteer | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Thirza ( United Kingdom). Volunteer was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Venice, Kingdom of Italy. |

## 6 March

List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mary Van Every | New Zealand | The 41-ton schooner was being towed across the bar at the mouth of the Molyneux River by the steamship Lady of the Lake ( New Zealand) in a heavy swell. Both ships grounded, but a swell carried the Lady of the Lake free and in doing so broke the towline. The Mary Van Every was struck broadside on by several breakers and carried onto rocks. Her crew survived. |
| Nomad | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked near Mazagan, Morocco. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Safi, Morocco. |

## 7 March

List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cyrus | New Zealand | The 317-ton collier, a barque, was caught by a violent storm in Cook Strait while en route from Wellington to Newcastle, New South Wales, and was wrecked to the east of Sinclair Head. The ship was in company with Wellington ( New Zealand), which was also wrecked. Five of the twelve on board Cyrus, two crew and three passengers, died. |
| Junon | France | The steamship was driven ashore at Piraeus, Greece, or Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. She was later refloated. |
| Randolph or Helen Burns | New Zealand | The 20-ton schooner capsized and sank near the entrance to Lyttelton Harbour. All hands were saved. |
| Wellington | New Zealand | The 696-ton collier was caught by a violent storm in Cook Strait while en route from Wellington to Newcastle, New South Wales, and was wrecked to the east of Sinclair Head. The ship was in company with Cyrus, which was also wrecked. Two of the eleven crew on board Wellington died. |

## 8 March

List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| American, and Aracan | United Kingdom | The ship Aracan collided with the steamship American and sank in the English Channel 17 nautical miles (31 km) off Portland, Dorset with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Syrian ( United Kingdom). Aracan was on a voyage from London to Hong Kong. American was on a voyage from the Cape Colony to Southampton, Hampshire. She was towed in to Southampton by Syrian. |
| Tacna | United Kingdom | The steamship capsized and sank in the Pacific Ocean 50 nautical miles (93 km) off the coast of Chile with the loss of nineteen lives. She was on a voyage from Valparaíso to Los Vilos, Chile. |

## 9 March

List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bamborough | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at the mouth of the River Tees. Her eleven crew were rescued by the Seaton Lifeboat Job Hindley ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to North Shields, Northumberland. |
| Brockham | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Barbadoes. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to Barbadoes. She was declared a total loss. |
| Silver Lining | New Zealand | The 219-ton brig struck a reef while attempting to gain shelter at Kakanui, New Zealand, during a stiff gale. Her hull was badly holed by the reef and the rudder had become dislodged, so the decision was taken to abandon ship. |

## 10 March

List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adieu | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground at the mouth of the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Baltimore, Maryland, United States. She was refloated and put back to Liverpool for repairs. |
| Argyle | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Dragør, Denmark. |
| Howard | Canada | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Meteor ( United Kingdom). Howard was on a voyage from Jamaica to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom. |
| Fanny Buller | United Kingdom | The ship departed from A Coruña, Spain for Plymouth, Devon. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all seven crew. |
| Lindisfarne | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Råbjerg, Denmark with the loss of seven of her nine crew. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Danzig Germany. |
| Ranneys | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Spanish Ledges. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Palermo, Sicily, Italy. She was refloated and taken in to Palermo. |
| San Antonio | Italy | The barque was wrecked on the Tuskar Rock. Her crew were rescued by a fishing smack. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire, United Kingdom to Genoa. |
| Sun Foo | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on Reef Island, 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Hong Kong and was wrecked. All on board were rescued. |
| Wellington | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) south east of Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by the fishing smack Dauphin ( France). Wellington was on a voyage from Saint Andrews, Fife to London. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The barque foundered 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) off the Brandies, off the coast of County Waterford, United Kingdom. Her crew were presumed to have been rescued by fishing boats. |

## 11 March

List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The Mersey Flat sank at Birkenhead, Cheshire. |
| Luigia Madre | Flag unknown | The ship caught fire at Singapore, Straits Settlements and was scuttled. She was refloated on 26 March. |
| Richard | United Kingdom | The Mersey Flat sank at Birkenhead. She was refloated. |
| (not named) | United Kingdom | The dredger capsized in the River Forth with the loss of a crew member. She was being towed from the Clyde to Alloa, Clackmannanshire. She was refloated on 7 April and towed in to Alloa, where she sank. Refloated on 9 April, subsequently repaired and entered service. |

## 12 March

List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fiery Cross | United Kingdom | The lugger was wrecked at Eyemouth, Berwickshire. Her crew were rescued. |

## 13 March

List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anazi | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Wellington, New Zealand. She was on a voyage from London to Wellington. She was refloated with the assistance of a steamship. |
| Flying Meteor | United Kingdom | The paddle tugboat suffered an engine failure and consequently foundered off the Calf of Man, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued by the barque Ravensbourne ( United Kingdom), which she was towing from Liverpool, Lancashire to Troon, Ayrshire. |
| Little Susannah | United Kingdom | The ship collided with the barque Elizabeth ( United Kingdom) and foundered 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) off Sheerness, Kent. Her four crew were rescued by the smack Active ( United Kingdom). |
| Silbury | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Lydden Spout, Kent. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to London. She was refloated and taken in to The Downs flooded at the bow. |

## 14 March

List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Queen Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked near Tarifa, Spain with the loss of twenty of the 71 people on board. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London. |

## 15 March

List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Belle of the Clyde | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Tobasco. |
| Clara | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Gothenburg, Sweden. |
| Hannah | United Kingdom | The ketch ran aground on the Gore, in the Bristol Channel. She was refloated with the assistance of a steamship and taken in to Bridgwater, Somerset. |

## 16 March

List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albert | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on Saona Island, Dominican Republic. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Falmouth, Jamaica. |
| Hey Dick | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Woolwich, Kent to Goole, Yorkshire. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage. |

## 17 March

List of shipwrecks: 17 March 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adonis | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on Crundell's Rocks, in the River Suir. |
| Adoram | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Maglin Rocks and sank. Her crew were rescued. |
| Alexander II | Russia | The steamship ran aground on the Englishman's Shoal, in the Baltic Sea. |
| Arton | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Stoney Binks, in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber. She was on a voyage from Port Said, Egypt to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated and taken in to Hull. |
| British Empire | United Kingdom | The ship collided with the paddle tug W. Scott ( United Kingdom) and ran aground in the River Tay. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Dundee, Forfarshire. She was refloated. |
| Cesar | Norway | The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea off Schiermonnikoog, Friesland, Netherlands. Her eight crew were rescued by the fishing smack Adele ( Belgium). Cesar was on a voyage from Christiania to Southampton, Hampshire, United Kingdom. |
| Industry | United Kingdom | The schooner sank at Girvan, Ayrshire. Her crew were rescued by the Girvan Lifeboat Earl of Carrick ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). |
| Ingolf | Russia | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Königsberg, Germany to Brussels, East Flanders, Belgium. |
| John Corliss | United States | The fishing schooner was lost on Half Moon Rocks, near Barrington, Nova Scotia. Crew saved. |
| Princess | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore near Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. She was on a voyage form London to the Firth of Forth. She was refloated and taken in to Berwick upon Tweed. |
| Princess Somawatty | United Kingdom | The barque was run into by the steamship Indus ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from London to Bombay, India. She was refloated on 9 April and taken in to a dry dock. |
| Schiller | Germany | The steamship ran aground on the Krant Sand, in the North Sea off the German coast. She was on a voyage from New York to Hamburg. She was refloated and taken in to Hamburg in a leaky condition. |
| Seaforth | United Kingdom | The brig departed from Blyth, Northumberland for Helsingør, Denmark. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Spartan | Canada | The schooner was driven ashore at Rhoscolyn, Caernarfonshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. she was on a voyage from Hayle, Cornwall to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |
| Spinner | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Blyth for Lübeck, Germany. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The schooner was wrecked at Mytilene, Greece with the loss of all hands. |

## 18 March

List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Elisa Forbes | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Blyth, Northumberland. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Enterprise | France | The barque was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea. Her crew were rescued by La Pace ( France). Enterprise subsequently foundered. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Nice, Alpes-Maritimes. |
| William Batters | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship Pizarro ( Spain) in the Guadiana and was beached. She was on a voyage from Pomaron, Portugal to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated and taken in to Villareal, Spain, where she was repaired. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on the Mugland Rock, off the coast of County Dublin. |

## 19 March

List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adelchi Bignani | Germany | The ship was wrecked on Borkum. Her crew were rescued. |
| Augusta | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Lindisfarne, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Invergordon, Ross-shire to London. She was refloated the next day and found to be leaky. |
| Chalmers | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on the Murray Reef, 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Fremantle, Western Australia. She was on a voyage from Mauritius to Fremantle. |
| Commerce | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Whitehaven, Cumberland with the loss of two of her three crew. |
| Emerald | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Ayr. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from an Irish port to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated on 8 April and taken in to Troon, Ayrshire. |
| Henry M. Hine | United Kingdom | The brigantine foundered off St. Catherine's Island, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage carrying coal from Neath, Glamorgan to Cork. She was refloated on 18 April. |
| Krydseren | Norway | The schooner was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Holmestrand to London, United Kingdom. |
| Rover | United Kingdom | The tug was driven ashore and wrecked at Garroch Head, Argyllshire. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The Yorkshire Billyboy collided with the Cockle Lightship ( Trinity House ) and foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk with the loss of all hands. She was under tow by the steamship Ocean ( United Kingdom), which had also collided with the lightship. |

## 20 March

List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| A. E. Denham | United Kingdom | The steamship foundered off Læsø, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Copenhagen, Denmark. |
| Alpha | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Lindisfarne, Northumberland. She was refloated. |
| Hurrel | United Kingdom | The ship was travelling between Padstow, Cornwall to Swansea. She foundered off Breaksea Point and the crew taken to Cardiff. |
| James Rankine | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore in the Carron River. She was refloated. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The steamship struck the pier at Liverpool, Lancashire and was consequently beached. She was on a voyage from Valencia, Spain to Liverpool. |
| Matador | Germany | The ship ran aground on the Sunenplate. She was refloated on 18 April with the assistance of five tugs and taken in to the Geeste. |
| Nil | France | The steamship struck a sunken rock and sank in the Inland Sea of Japan off Cape Idzu with the loss of 142 lives. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Yokohama, Japan. |
| Pantaloon | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the North Sea 250 nautical miles (460 km) off Tynemouth Castle, County Durham. Her crew were rescued by the smack Boiler and the dandy Violet (both United Kingdom). Pantaloon was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to a Baltic port. |
| Prince | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Grangemouth, Stirlingshire. She was refloated. |
| Unnamed | Germany | The pilot boat, a schooner, departed from Cuxhaven. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all eleven people on board. |

## 21 March

List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Doretta | Germany | The ship ran aground on the Oysterplatte, in the Harle and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Bremen. She was refloated on 30 March and taken in to Carolinensiel. |
| Olive | Isle of Man | The fishing smack was run down and sunk off the Old Head of Kinsale, County Cork by the full-rigged ship Oakworth ( United Kingdom), which failed to render assistance. Her captain's certificate was consequently cancelled. Olive's crew had survived the collision, but later drowned. |
| Schiller | Germany | The brig was driven ashore at Ottendorf. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom. |
| Venetia | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground off Bowerlie Castle. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Queenstown, County Cork. |

## 22 March

List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Christine Marie | Denmark | The schooner was driven ashore near Thisted. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Nykøbing. |
| E. A. Carrington | Guernsey | The brig was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to Hamburg, Germany. |
| Era | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Campbeltown, Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Dublin. |

## 23 March

List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Attofts | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Spurn Point, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated and completed her voyage. |
| Charles A. Farwell | United States | The barque was driven ashore on Anholt, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia to Reval, Russia. |
| Eugenie | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Hamilton ( United Kingdom). Eugenie was on a voyage from Portugal to the Newfoundland Colony. |
| Francis Thomas | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground in the Maas. |
| H. D. Pochin | Netherlands | The steamship was driven ashore at Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland. She was on a voyage from Bône, Algeria to Rotterdam, South Holland. She was refloated with assistance. |
| Hercules | New Zealand | The 139-ton brigantine went ashore near the mouth of the Kaipara Harbour while en route to Sydney with a cargo of timber. All hands survived. |
| L. G. Bigelow | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Cannon Rock off Donaghadee, County Down. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Providence, Rhode Island, United States. She floated off in a severely leaky condition and was beached near Cloughy, County Down with the assistance of two steamships. |
| Livonia | Guernsey | The brig ran aground on the Jenkin Sand, in the Thames Estuary. |
| Marie Mathilde | Sweden | The ship was lost in the Limfjord. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Nyköping to Hull. |
| Madge | United Kingdom | The brig foundered in the North Sea 80 nautical miles (150 km) west of Lindesnes, Norway with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by the steamship Kirkstall ( United Kingdom). |
| Oberon | Sweden | The schooner was driven ashore near Kristiansand, Norway with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, United Kingdom. She subsequently broke up. |

## 24 March

List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Akola | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Kentish Knock and broke in two. Her nineteen crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Constanţa, Ottoman Empire to London. |
| Crescent City | United States | The steamboat exploded and sank in the Mississippi River at "Montezuma Island" with the loss of thirteen lives. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to St. Louis, Missouri. |
| Emilie | Germany | The barque ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to San Francisco, California, United States. She was refloated and assisted in to Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom. |

## 25 March

List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Furioso | Italy | The ship was driven ashore at Currituck, North Carolina, United States. She was pn a voyage from Genoa to Baltimore, Maryland, United States. |
| Gascon, and St. Etienne | France | The ships collided. Gascon was abandoned. Some of her crew were rescued by Ville de Soller ( France). St. Etienne sank. Her crew were rescued by Ville de Soller. |
| Hélène Burchard | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Copenhagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Liepāja, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Markwell | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and sank at Lyngby, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. she was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Pillau, Germany. |
| Sjofna | Norway | The brig was abandoned ain the North Sea Her seven crew were rescued by the fishing smack Humber ( United Kingdom). Sjofna was discovered by the sloop Azziel ( United Kingdom) and towed in to Mandal. |
| Southern Cross | United Kingdom | The smack ran aground and capsized in the River Parrett. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Bridgwater, Somerset. |

## 26 March

List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| City of Kandy | United Kingdom | The barque caught fire and sank at Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Live Oak | Canada | The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew took to two boats; those in one of the boats were rescued by the brig Aino ( Russia). Eleven crew in the second boat were reported missing. Live Oak was on a voyage from New York, United States to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom. |
| Mexican | France | The steamship ran aground at Gonaïves, Haiti. She was on a voyage from Haiti to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. She was refloated on 2 April and resumed her voyage. |
| Perseverante | France | The schooner was wrecked on the Madeleine Bank, off Cherbourg, Manche. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from an English port to Isigny-sur-Mer, Manche. |

## 27 March

List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mary Mitchison | Norway | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Lemvig, Denmark with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Copenhagen, Denmark. |
| Tornado | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a severe leak in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida to Greenock, Renfrewshire. She was towed in to Gourock, Renfrewshire in a waterlogged condition on 30 March. |

## 28 March

List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Electric | Germany | The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked north of the mouth of the Rio Grande with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to the Rio Grande. |
| Holly Bough, and Leontine Suzanne | United Kingdom France | The barques collided in the Mediterranean Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) from Gibraltar. Holly Bough was severely damaged and put in to Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Syros, Greece. Leontine Suzanne sank. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to a French port. |
| Magnolia | Norway | The barque was wrecked at Ballyheigue, County Kerry, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the Coastguard. |
| Perseverante | France | The schooner was wrecked on the Madeleine Bank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from an English port to Isigny-sur-Mer, Calvados. |
| Victoria | Norway | The schooner was driven ashore in Sinclairs Bay. Her crew were rescued. |
| Wanderer | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore near Silloth, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Silloth. |

## 29 March

List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Carbonaria | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Nieuw Diep and sank. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Hamburg, Germany. |
| Tugend | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Leopoldine Iraude ( France). |

## 30 March

List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adelphi | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on Tiree, Inner Hebrides with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Oran, Algeria. |
| Cartonaria | Germany | The brig ran aground off the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Hamburg. She was refloated and put in to the Nieuw Diep in a sinking condition. |
| Caspian | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on Colonsay, Inner Hebrides with the loss of all but one of the ten people on board. She was on a voyage from Marianople, Russia to Sligo. |
| Eugene | France | The schooner was wrecked at Pointe de la Coubre, Charente-Inférieure with the loss of four of her crew. |
| Hebe | Norway | The schooner ran aground and capsized in the Humber. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Christiania to Goole, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. |
| Julia | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Sunderland, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Woodbridge, Suffolk. |
| Juno | Germany | The ship was driven ashore at Hammeren, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to Königsberg. |
| St. Paul | France | The schooner was driven ashore at the Rammekens Castle, near Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Honfleur, Manche. |

## 31 March

List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alaric | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Scars Rocks, near Solva, Pembrokeshire. |
| Flyn Nilsen | Denmark | The brig was driven ashore at Kollerup. She was abandoned as a total loss in April. |
| Idra | Greece | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at "Elleborg", Zeeland, Netherlands with the loss of all but one of those on board. She was on a voyage from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire to Antwerp, Belgium. |
| Magnolia | Norway | The barque struck the Black Rock, in Ballyhuge Bay and was wrecked. |
| Rapide | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire and was beached at New Brighton, Cheshire. Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to Liverpool, Lancashire Rapide was a total loss. |
| Tjumadoes | Greece | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Cornel Mawr, Carmarthenshire, United Kingdom. Her eight crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, United Kingdom. |

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in March 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adria | United Kingdom | The barque was damaged in a hurricane at Mauritius between 25 and 30 March. |
| Agnes | Norway | The barque collided with another vessel and was abandoned in the North Sea before 22 March. |
| Ailsa | United Kingdom | The ship was damaged by fire at New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. |
| Algeria | France | The ship was driven ashore at Bolivar, United States. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. |
| Almora | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Hastings Shoal, in the Rangoon River. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Alpington | United Kingdom | The barque was damaged in a hurricane at Mauritius between 25 and 30 March. |
| Annie Bingay | Canada | The ship ran aground in the Schuylkill River. |
| Antonia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Torre del Mar, Spain. Her crew were rescued. |
| Araminta | United States | The ship was wrecked at Bermuda after 3 March. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |
| Ariel | France | The ship was abandoned off Málaga, Spain. Her crew were rescued by the Málaga Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from the Newfoundland Colony to Málaga. She was subsequent driven ashore, but was refloated and taken in to Málaga. |
| Augusta | Germany | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Savannah. |
| Balkan | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Torre del Mar. Her crew were rescued. |
| Barbadian | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a severe leak off Inishtrahull, County Donegal between 20 and 24 March. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Buenos Aires. She put back to the Clyde. |
| Benjamin Greene | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and damaged in a hurricane at Mauritius between 25 and 30 March. She was refloated and placed under repair. |
| Billy Simpson | United Kingdom | The ship capsized at New York, United States after 11 March. She was later righted. |
| Blonde | Isle of Man | The steamship foundered in the Irish Sea on or before 21 March with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Laxey to Swansea, Glamorgan. |
| Caroline | United Kingdom | The ship caspsized in the North Sea on or before 20 March. |
| Cassini | Flag unknown | The ship ran aground at Portici, Italy. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Chaldea | United Kingdom | The steamship struck a sunken rock and was beached at Vingoria, India. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Colombo, Ceylon. |
| China | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Quebec City, Canada. |
| City of Nankin | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore in a cyclone at "China Buckeer". |
| City of Niagara | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked in the Gotō Islands after 19 March. She was on a voyage from Nagasaki to Taku, Japan. |
| Constance | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore near Paimbœuf, Loire-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure to Liverpool. |
| Cora | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Figueira da Foz, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Figueira da Foz. She was refloated. |
| Craigewan | United States | The full-rigged ship was damaged in a hurricane at Mauritius between 25 and 30 March. |
| Deux Frères | France | The ship sprang a leak and sank at "Guerbaville". |
| Ecliptica | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Vardø, Norway. |
| Eliza Cornish | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was refloated with assistance from the North Deal Lifeboat and taken in to The Downs. |
| Eliza Laine | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on "Sheik Shaub Island". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Busreh, Persia to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. |
| Eliza Oulton | Canada | The barque ran aground at Höganäs, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia, United States to Malmö. She had been refloated by 25 March and had resumed her voyage. |
| Embla | Norway | The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea. She was taken in to Cuxhaven, Germany by the fishing smack Blanche ( United Kingdom). |
| Enterprise | France | The barque sprang a leak and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Nice, Alpes-Maritimes. |
| Excelsior | United States | The ship was driven ashore on the Willoughby Spit, Virginia. She was on a voyage from Santos, Brazil to New York. |
| Excelsior | Guernsey | The ship foundered in the North Sea before 24 March. |
| Fortune | France | The full-rigged ship was damaged in a hurricane at Mauritius between 25 and 30 March. |
| Gelie | Germany | The ship ran aground near Wremen. |
| Glenure | France | The barque was damaged in a hurricane at Mauritius between 25 and 30 March. |
| Goothaab | Norway | The barque was wrecked at Langesund. |
| Gustave Petersen | Norway | The smack foundered in the North Sea on or before 22 March. |
| Harriet Williams | United Kingdom | The brigantine was wrecked in Dunny Cove, County Cork. Her seven crew were rescued by a Board of Customs gig. |
| Hartfield | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Mauritius between 25 and 30 March. She was refloated. |
| Havilah | United Kingdom | The ship was damaged in a hurricane at Mauritius between 25 and 30 March. |
| Hazel Holme | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in a hurricane at Mauritius between 25 and 30 March. She was refloated. |
| Helen | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Whitby, Yorkshire in mid-March. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Iberian | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Sea of Marmara. |
| Industry | United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked at Girvan, Ayrshire. Her three crew were rescued by the Girvan Lifeboat. |
| Ionian | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore in the Nieuw Diep. She was on a voyage from the Nieuw Diep to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Johann Heinrich | Germany | The schooner was wrecked at Casablanca, Morocco with the loss of all hands. |
| Julie | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Salthammer Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Memel, Germany to Hartlepool, County Durham. She was refloated. |
| Leading Star | United Kingdom | The schooner was damaged in a hurricane at Mauritius between 25 and 30 March. |
| Leonore | France | The barque was damaged in a hurricane at Mauritius between 25 and 30 March. |
| Liburno | Austria-Hungary | The ship was wrecked on the west coast of Africa before 2 March. |
| Margaret Falconer | United Kingdom | The barque was damaged in a hurricane at Mauritius between 25 and 30 March. |
| Louisa | United Kingdom | The ship departed from South Shields in mid-March. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Maria | United Kingdom | The ship departed from South Shields in mid-March. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Maria Tantina | United Kingdom | The ship foundered with the loss of all hands on or before 8 March. She was on a voyage from Groningen to Cardiff, Glamorgan. |
| Marie | France | The ship was wrecked at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Her five crew were rescued by the Wells Lifeboat. |
| Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The ship foundered near Marstrand, Sweden with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Helsingør, Denmark. |
| Minerva | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Torre del Mar. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shieldsto Torre del Mar. |
| Minnet | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Jutland. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Copenhagen, Denmark. She was refloated and put in to Gothenburg, Sweden in a leaky condition. |
| Minnie Bruce | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony. |
| Nathaniel | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Santa Rosa Island, Florida, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New Orleans. |
| Naworth Castle | United Kingdom | The barque was damaged in a hurricane at Mauritius between 25 and 30 March. |
| Nina Maria | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea before 21 March with the loss of at least four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Vyborg, Grand Duchy of Finland to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Oncle Felix | France | The barque was damaged in a hurricane at Mauritius between 25 and 30 March. |
| Oscar | Denmark | The schooner foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Charlestown, Cornwall, United Kingdom to Aarhus. |
| Peter Brown | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven against the quayside at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from London to Wick, Caithness. |
| Phœnix | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at "Stonehouse". She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Savannah, Georgia. |
| Pondicherry | France | The barque was damaged in a hurricane at Mauritius between 25 and 30 March. |
| Promesi | Italy | The schooner was damaged in a hurricane at Mauritius between 25 and 30 March. |
| Rapido | United Kingdom | The barque was damaged in a hurricane at Mauritius between 25 and 30 March. |
| Sambo | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea between 4 and 24 March. She was on a voyage from Drammen, Norway to a Scottish port. |
| Scotia | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was damaged in a hurricane at Mauritius between 25 and 30 March. |
| Scottish Lass | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Kidsdale, Wigtownshire. Her five crew were rescued. |
| Sidi | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Columbia River. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California to Portland, Oregon, United States. |
| Stad Papenburg | Germany | The ship was wrecked near Mazagan, Morocco. |
| St. John | United Kingdom | The cutter was abandoned in Broad Strand Bay, County Cork. Her seven crew were rescued by the Coastguard. |
| Toronto | United Kingdom | The barque was damaged in a hurricane at Mauritius between 25 and 30 March. |
| Victor Louis | France | The lugger was driven ashore in the Pentland Firth. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord to Iceland. |
| Vigilia | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Lilly ( Canada). Vigilia was on a voyage from Darien, Georgia, United States to London. |
| Waverley | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on São Jorge Island, Azores. |
| White Fawn | United States | The schooner was lost sometime in March. Lost with all 12 hands. |
| William Anning | United Kingdom | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Philadelphia to Penarth, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued. |