List of shipwrecks in 1869

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

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in 1869
ShipStateDescription
A. S. Ruthven  United StatesThe screw steamer was lost during 1869.[1]
Ann  United KingdomThe ship was abandoned in the South Atlantic before 2 November. She was on a voyage from "Burbosand" to London.[2]
Ann CorbettUnknownThe 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 KingdomAnchored 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 KingdomThe ship departed from Dundee, Forfarshire for Singapore, Straits Settlements. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[5]
Elizabeth Newfoundland ColonyThe sealer was sunk by ice off the coast of Labrador.[6][7]
Emerald Newfoundland ColonyThe sealer was sunk by ice off the coast of Labrador.[6][7]
Falstaff  FranceThe 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 KingdomThe 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 KingdomThe ship was wrecked at Carrizal Bajo, Chile. She was on a voyage from Carrizal Bajo to Swansea, Glamorgan.[11]
Italian  United KingdomThe cargo ship ran aground and was wrecked at Cape Finisterre, Spain.[12]
Jabez Howes  United StatesThe 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 KingdomThe 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. MerrimanUnknownThe 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 ColonyThe sealer was wrecked at Twillingate.[17]
Peruvia  United StatesThe ship was wrecked on "Vries Island", Japan.[18]
Primrose Bank Newfoundland ColonyThe sealer was sunk by ice off the coast of Labrador.[6][7]
Propontis  United KingdomThe 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. WaldronUnknownThe 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 ColonyThe sealer, a brigantine, was wrecked on the coast of Labrador.[7][17]
Volunteer Newfoundland ColonyThe sealer, a brig, was wrecked on the coast of Labrador.[7][17]

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