Ship State Description A. S. Ruthven United States The screw steamer was lost during 1869.[1] Ann United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the South Atlantic before 2 November. She was on a voyage from "Burbosand" to London .[2] Ann Corbett Unknown The schooner was lost in the vicinity of "Squan Beach," a term used at the time for the coast of New Jersey near Manasquan and sometimes for the 7-mile (11 km) stretch of coast between Manasquan Inlet and Cranberry Inlet or for the entire coast of New Jersey between Sea Girt and Barnegat Inlet .[3] Avonmore United Kingdom Anchored off Sharp's Nose in the parish of Morwenstow , Cornwall , England , where the captain ordered the three masts to be cut down. She drifted on to the rocks below Hawker's Hut , close to Higher Sharpnose Point. Seven out of twenty-two crew died. She was en route from Cardiff to Montevideo with coal.[4] Early Morn United Kingdom The ship departed from Dundee , Forfarshire for Singapore , Straits Settlements . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[5] Elizabeth Newfoundland Colony The sealer was sunk by ice off the coast of Labrador .[6] [7] Emerald Newfoundland Colony The sealer was sunk by ice off the coast of Labrador.[6] [7] Falstaff France The brig ran aground off the coast of Africa She was on a voyage from Old Calabar to Liverpool , Lancashire , United Kingdom . She was refloated a month later.[8] Glendower United Kingdom The ship foundered between 14 April and 17 June. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bassein , India to a British port.[9] [10] Ines United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Carrizal Bajo , Chile. She was on a voyage from Carrizal Bajo to Swansea , Glamorgan .[11] Italian United Kingdom The cargo ship ran aground and was wrecked at Cape Finisterre , Spain .[12] Jabez Howes United States The sloop was lost sometime prior to 10 July 1869 in the waters of the Department of Alaska at a location identified as the "Black Fox Islands" – possibly a reference to the Fox Islands group in the eastern Aleutian Islands .[13] Miss Preston United Kingdom The barque was wrecked in the Sunda Strait between 17 February and 4 July. She was on her maiden voyage, from Sunderland, County Durham to Singapore.[14] [15] [16] M. M. Merriman Unknown The schooner was lost in the vicinity of "Squan Beach," a term used at the time for the coast of New Jersey near Manasquan and sometimes for the 7-mile (11 km) stretch of coast between Manasquan Inlet and Cranberry Inlet or for the entire coast of New Jersey between Sea Girt and Barnegat Inlet .[3] Packet Newfoundland Colony The sealer was wrecked at Twillingate .[17] Peruvia United States The ship was wrecked on "Vries Island", Japan .[18] Primrose Bank Newfoundland Colony The sealer was sunk by ice off the coast of Labrador.[6] [7] Propontis United Kingdom The steamship was severely damaged by an onboard explosion in the Bay of Biscay between 29 July and 4 August. She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Constantinople , Ottoman Empire . she put back to the River Mersey .[19] R. C. Waldron Unknown The schooner was lost in the vicinity of "Squan Beach," a term used at the time for the coast of New Jersey near Manasquan and sometimes for the 7-mile (11 km) stretch of coast between Manasquan Inlet and Cranberry Inlet or for the entire coast of New Jersey between Sea Girt and Barnegat Inlet .[3] Selah Hutton Newfoundland Colony The sealer , a brigantine , was wrecked on the coast of Labrador.[7] [17] Volunteer Newfoundland Colony The sealer , a brig , was wrecked on the coast of Labrador.[7] [17]