# List of shipwrecks in August 1874

The following ships were sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1874.

## 1 August

List of shipwrecks: 1 August 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lady Ambrosine | United Kingdom | The steamship struck rocks and was beached in Loch Sunart. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Loch Sunart. |

## 2 August

List of shipwrecks: 2 August 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Corinth | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked near Galley Head, County Cork. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Courland | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Saint Vincent. She was refloated and resumed her voyage in a leaky condition, but consequently put back to Saint Vincent. |
| Eclipse | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in Mill Bay. Her crew were rescued. |
| Illyrian | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Venice, Italy. |
| Wave | United Kingdom | The steamship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 40 nautical miles (74 km) west of Cape Finisterre, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She subsequently drove ashore at Muros, Spain. |

## 3 August

List of shipwrecks: 3 August 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fairy | New Zealand | The 34-ton schooner grounded in the Hokianga Harbour, New Zealand, during a strong gale. |
| Meikong | France | The steamship was driven ashore at Wusong, China. |

## 5 August

List of shipwrecks: 5 August 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Euxine | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship caught fire in the southern Atlantic Ocean on a voyage from North Shields, Northumberland to Aden with coal. She was abandoned on 8 August at 31°20′S 7°45′W﻿ / ﻿31.333°S 7.750°W﻿ / -31.333; -7.750). Twenty-three of her crew reached Saint Helena on 18 August in two boats. Eight crew in a third boat did not find St Helena and headed for Brazil; on 31 August the Dutch ship Java Packet picked up five survivors (two had drowned in a capsize and a third had sacrificed himself to feed the others) and landed them at Batavia, Dutch East Indies on 2 November. |
| Martha and Lizzie | United Kingdom | The fishing trawler was run down and sunk in the Irish Sea off the Morecambe Bay Lightship ( Trinity House) by the full-rigged ship Ironsides ( United Kingdom) with the loss of two of her five crew. |
| Queen of the Lake | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on Rømø, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from a Scottish port to the Weser. |
| Eudora, and Wildfire | United Kingdom Royal Yacht Squadron | The schooner Wildfire collided with the fishing dandy Eudora and sank off Cowes, Isle of Wight. Her crew were rescued by the yacht Oimara ( Royal Yacht Squadron). Eudora was beached. |

## 6 August

List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Carrie Frances | United States | The schooner was lost on Malpec Bar. Crew saved. |
| City of St. Asaph | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground at Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Portmadoc, Caernarfonshire to Stettin, Germany. She was refloated and towed in to Holyhead in a leaky condition. |

## 7 August

List of shipwrecks: 7 August 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Arctic | United Kingdom | The whaler was crushed by ice, caught fire and sank in Creswell Bay. Her 54 crew survived. |
| Doranella | Germany | The schooner was wrecked on the Barranellas. She was on a voyage from "Macabe" to Antwerp, Belgium. |

## 8 August

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ernest | United Kingdom | The sailing barge sank at Shotley, Suffolk. Both crew survived. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The dredger was abandoned in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued by a tug. She was being towed from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Liverpool, Lancashire. She subsequently drove ashore at Black Combe, Cumberland. |

## 9 August

List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Timsah | United Kingdom | The steamship was damaged by fire at sea. She was on a voyage from London to Kurrachee, India. |

## 10 August

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Caterina | Greece | The ship caught fire and was beached on "Jura". Her crew survived. |
| Fairfield | South Australia | The ship was wrecked at Cape Cassini, Kangaroo Island. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Adelaide to Newcastle, New South Wales. |
| Friends | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Clyth, Caithness. She was refloated the next day. |
| Rosa | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the River Avon under the Clifton Suspension Bridge. She was refloated. |
| Shepherd | United Kingdom | The barque was struck rocks in Table Bay and was wrecked. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from London to Cape Town, Cape Colony. |
| Ville de Nantes | United Kingdom | The ship collided with the steamship P. Caland ( Netherlands) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean. |

## 11 August

List of shipwrecks: 11 August 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| British Ambassador | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire at Liverpool, Lancashire, or Blackwall, Middlesex and sank. She was refloated on 14 August. |
| Jessie May | United Kingdom | The schooner sprang a leak and sank 10 nautical miles (19 km) off The Maidens, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Portsoy, Aberdeenshire. |
| Jane Young | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground in the River Mersey and sprang a leak. All on board were rescued by the Southport Lifeboat Eliza Fearnley ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Jane Young was on a voyage from Liverpool to Ardrossan, Ayrshire. |
| Minerva | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground at Glückstadt, Germany. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Oporto, Portugal. She was refloated and found to be leaky. |
| Velocipede | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Schwartzonne Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from a Scottish port to Hamburg, Germany. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The brig ran aground on the Yeds Sandbank, in the Irish Sea off Southport, Lancashire. |

## 12 August

List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| James Seed | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with the steamship Norma ( United Kingdom) and sank with the loss of five of her nine crew. Survivors were rescued by Norma. James Seed was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Swansea, Glamorgan. |

## 13 August

List of shipwrecks: 13 August 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Marion | Germany | The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked on Goos Island, in the Elbe. |

## 14 August

List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Gertrude | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Groomsport, County Down. |
| Guiding Star | United Kingdom | The fishing boat was wrecked at Macduff, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued by the Banff Lifeboat. |
| Nancy | United Kingdom | The smack was wrecked at Porlock, Somerset. |
| No. 1 London | United Kingdom | The barge collided with Barnes Railway Bridge and sank in the River Thames with the loss of one life. |
| Ocean | United Kingdom | The fishing boat was wrecked at Macduff. Her crew were rescued by the Banff Lifeboat. |
| State of Pennsylvania | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Clyde. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to New York, United States. |
| Vanguard | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at "Koulought", County Kerry. |

## 15 August

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Parrasford | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the River Avon under the Clifton Suspension Bridge. She was on a voyage from Brăila, Ottoman Empire to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |

## 17 August

List of shipwrecks: 17 August 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Annsboro' | United Kingdom | The steamship sprang a leak and foundered off Strumble Head, Pembrokeshire. Her eight crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Garston, Lancashire. |
| Essex | United Kingdom | The ship was sighted off Bic, Quebec, Canada whilst on a voyage from Quebec City to Aberdeen. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all seventeen crew. |
| Mary and Catherine | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Saddell, Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Saddell. |
| Matheu Fournay | France | The ship was driven ashore at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais. She was on a voyage from Boulogne to Swansea. She was refloated on 1 September and put back to Boulogne. |
| Rescue | United Kingdom | The tug suffered a boiler explosion and sank at Newport, Monmouthshire with the loss of two of her five crew. The wreck had been removed by early November. |

## 18 August

List of shipwrecks: 18 August 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Malta | United Kingdom | The East Indiaman ran aground at Dundee, Forfarshire. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Dundee. |
| May | Cape Colony | The ship departed from Algoa Bay for Cape Town. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

## 19 August

List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Azuma | Imperial Japanese Navy | The ironclad was driven ashore in a typhoon at Kagoshima. Subsequently refloated, repaired and returned to service. |
| Daisy | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore in Sonandereh Bay. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Galaţi, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated on 21 August and taken in to constantinople, Ottoman Empire. |
| Pascal | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked at Cap La Hougue, Seine-Inférieure, France. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
| Southern Cross | United Kingdom | The smack was abandoned off Skokholm, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Clutha ( United Kingdom), which towed Southern Cross in to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. |

## 20 August

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bertha | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Nagasaki, Japan. |
| Daring | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Shoreham-by-Sea. She was refloated and found to be severely leaky. |
| Grecian | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off Stockholm, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Pärnu, Russia. She was refloated and put back to Stockholm in a leaky condition. |
| Hamburg | Germany | The barque was driven ashore in a typhoon at Nagasaki. |
| Madras | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Nagasaki. |
| Ping On | China | The steamship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Nagasaki. She was refloated in October. |
| Yen-tai | China | The steamship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Nagasaki. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The steamship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Nagasaki. |
| 310 unnamed vessels | Japan | The ships were driven ashore or sunk in a typhoon at Nagasaki . |

## 21 August

List of shipwrecks: 21 August 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alice | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the River Carron. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire. |
| Bertha | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Nagasaki, Japan. She was refloated. |
| Bob Chambers | United Kingdom | The tug was destroyed by fire and sank in the River Usk. The wreck had been removed by early November. |
| Elizabeth Ann | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the River Mersey at Eastham, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Garston, Lancashire to Salcombe, Devon. |
| Glasgow | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the River Carron. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. |
| Hamburg | Germany | The ship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Nagasaki. |
| Hemaja | United Kingdom | The tug sank off Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. Her crew survived. |
| Sooloo | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in a typhoon at Nagasaki. She was refloated. |

## 22 August

List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Fleetwing | United States | The schooner collided with the full-rigged ship Marseilles ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of nine of her twelve crew. |
| Nuova Fama | Portugal | The ship ran aground on the Inner Barrels, off Courtmacsherry, County Cork, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Queenstown, County Cork. She was refloated and towed in to Queenstown in a leaky condition. |
| Vesta | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with another vessel in the River Thames and was beached at Tilbury Fort, Essex. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to London. She was refloated the next day and taken in to London. |

## 23 August

List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| City of Adelaide | United Kingdom | City of Adelaide stranded on Kirkcaldy BeachThe clipper was stranded on Kirkcaldy Beach, South Australia. Refloated 4 September and returned to service. |
| Fairholm | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked on Tory Island, County Donegal with the loss of five of her eleven crew. |

## 25 August

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Noumea | France | The barque caught fire at Madras, India. |
| Mary Grace | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with the steamship Glengarnock ( United Kingdom) and foundered off the coast of Ayrshire with the loss of one of her four crew. Survivors were rescued by the schooner Ellen ( United Kingdom). Mary Grace was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |

## 26 August

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ivanhoe | New Zealand | The 72-ton schooner sailed from Auckland for Suva, Fiji. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Lucayas | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire at Calcutta, India. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Calcutta. |

## 27 August

List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Echo | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Sunderland. |
| Fidente | Austria-Hungary | The barque ran aground at Maryport, Cumberland, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Maryport. |

## 28 August

List of shipwrecks: 28 August 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Balder | Norway | The ship departed from Archangelsk, Russia for Granton, Lothian, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Rosebud | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Altona, Germany and was beached in a waterlogged condition. Temporary repairs were made, and she was taken in to Altona in late September. |

## 29 August

List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albion | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire at Probolingo, Netherlands East Indies. |
| Emily, and Londos | United Kingdom | The steamship Emily was in collision with the steamship Londos off the Whitton Lightship ( Trinity House), in the Humber and was cut in two. Both parts sank. Her twelve crew survived. Emily was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to London. The stern section was raised on 18 September. The bow section was cleared on the orders of Trinity House in April 1875. Londos was on a voyage from Goole to a Dutch port. Severely damaged, she was beached at Hessle, Yorkshire. Her twelve crew survived. |
| Helen Campbell | Canada | The ship departed from Charleston, South Carolina, United States for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Maria | France | The ship departed from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure for Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Père de Famille | France | The schooner was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Vyborg, Grand Duchy of Finland to Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées. |
| Reaper | Guernsey | The ship ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex and was severely damaged. She was refloated. |

## 30 August

List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ione | United Kingdom | The cutter yacht ran aground and capsized at West Cowes, Isle of Wight. |
| Mary Grant | India | The tugboat foundered at the Sand Heads, Calcutta with the loss of eight lives. |

## 31 August

List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Caroline | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground at Barnstaple, Devon. Her five crew were rescued by the Braunton Lifeboat. |
| Corumba | Brazil | The steamship was wrecked in the River Plate at "Molmodo". |
| New Granada | United Kingdom | The ship struck a submerged object at Hong Kong. She was on a voyage from Niuzhuang, China to Hong Kong. She was refloated and taken in to Hong Kong in a leaky condition. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in August 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alceste | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in Portaline Bay, County Donegal. Her fifteen crew were rescued. |
| Allegro | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground of the Dutch coast. She was refloated and taken in to Hamburg, Germany. |
| Androcles | United Principalities | The brig caught fire off "Nagara". She was towed in to the Dardanelles, where she sank. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. |
| Androcles | United Principalities | The brig caught fire in the Bosphorus. She was on a voyage from Constantinople to Odessa Russia. |
| Azalea | | The steamship was wrecked at Mistaken Point, Newfoundland Colony. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Saint John, New Brunswick. |
| Baltic | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned off the coast of Anglesey. Her crew were rescued by the Bull Bay Lifeboat. She subsequently drove ashore and was wrecked. |
| Blair Athol | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the English Bank, in the River Plate. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Montevideo, Uruguay. |
| Bolivar | Austria-Hungary | The schooner ran aground near Tangiers, Morocco. She was on a voyage from New Yorkto Alexandria, Egypt. She was refloated and taken in to Gibraltar, where she arrived on 12 August in a leaky condition. |
| Conqueror | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on The Shingles, off the Isle of Wight. |
| Davig G. Fleming | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a severe leak and ran aground on the Indian coast. She was refloated and taken in to Madras. |
| Dunstanburgh | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Dagerort, Russia. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Cronstadt, Russia. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Ebenezer | Germany | The ship was driven ashore near Narva, Russia. Her crew were rescued. |
| Ecta | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire at Berbice, British Guiana. |
| Emilie | Germany | The brig foundered at sea before 10 August. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Queen ( United Kingdom). Emilie was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Stettin. |
| Essie | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. |
| Excelsior | Trinidad | The schooner was wrecked. Twenty-seven people were rescued on 21 August by Kilkerran ( United Kingdom). |
| Fredeert Wanges | Norway | The tender was wrecked in the Atlantic Ocean with some loss of life. Ten survivors were rescued by the schooner Ann ( United Kingdom). |
| George and Richard | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground near "Gallippia". She was on a voyage from Port Said, Egypt to London. |
| Germain | France | The steamship ran aground and was wrecked at "Fourches", Finistère before 11 August. |
| Golden Age | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore west of Cape Guardafui, Majeerteen Sultanate. She was on a voyage from Birkenhead, Cheshire to Aden. She was refloated and taken in to Aden in a leaky condition and was placed under repair. |
| Guillermo | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Bulkhead Bar, orr New Castle, Pennsylvania, United States. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated. |
| John Tucker | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on a reef in the Strait of Malacca before 7 August. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Yloilo, Spanish East Indies to Queenstown, County Cork. |
| Lanercost | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore on "Paday" before 8 August. She was on a voyage from Singapore, Straits Settlements to Yloilo. |
| Laure Julie | France | The lugger sank at Le Verdon-sur-Mer, Gironde. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to La Rochelle, Charente-Inférieure. |
| Laviniane | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked. She was on a voyage from New York to Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony. |
| Liffey | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked at Monte Video, Uruguay. Her crew survived. |
| Lwlig | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Nyland, Sweden to Fécamp, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark. |
| Militades | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Auckland, New Zealand before 5 August. She was refloated. |
| Minerva | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Oporto, Portugal. She was refloated and taken in to Glückstadt in a leaky condition. |
| Nashwauk | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. |
| Nereide | Germany | The barque was taken in to Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom in a derelict condition. |
| North American | United Kingdom | The ship struck a sunken rock in the Gaspar Strait. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Liverpool. She put in to Singapore for repairs. |
| Osterbotten | Sweden | The steamship was destroyed by fire at Gothenburg with loss of life. |
| Petrellen | Norway | The barque ran aground at Riga, Russia. She was on a voyage from Riga to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but consequently put in to Copenhagen in a leaky condition. |
| Petronella | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Norderney, Germany. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rügenwalde, Germany to Hartlepool, County Durham. |
| Sarmiento | United States | The barque was driven ashore on the Isla de Flores, Uruguay. She was on a voyage from Portland, Maine to Monte Video. |
| Solidor | Brazil | The steamship struck the quayside at Liverpool and drove her anchor through her bow. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco to Liverpool. She was docked in a sinking condition. |
| St. Olaf | Norway | The steamship ran aground on the Jubbal Teer She was refloated and taken in to Aden. |
| Therese | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship ran aground on the Apo Reef. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Yloilo. She was refloated and put back to Hong Kong. |
| Trumph | United States | The brig was driven ashore near "Getares", Spain. She was on a voyage from Cette, Héraultl, France to New York. |
| Ulrica | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Sanday, Inner Hebrides. She was on a voyage from London to Saguenay, Quebec, Canada. She was refloated. |
| Una | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to London. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The ship collided with the steamship Olbers ( Belgium) and sank off the coast of Brazil. |