The list of shipwrecks in July 1878 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during July 1878.(This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.) (en)
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Blakeney, Norfolk. (en)
The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal. (en)
The steamship ran aground in the Danube from its mouth. (en)
The steamship ran aground in the Douro. (en)
The ship was driven ashore at "Gulliver's Hole", near Digby, Nova Scotia, Dominion of Canada. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Saint John, New Brunswick, Dominion of Canada. She was a total loss. (en)
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean north east of Trevose Head, Cornwall. Her crew survived She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Newport, Monmouthshire. (en)
The ship ran aground at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. (en)
The ship was lost off "Passengan". Her crew survived. (en)
The schooner ran aground on the Nore. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated. (en)
The schooner was sighted off the coast of Renfrewshire whilst on her maiden voyage, from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Málaga, Spain. No further trace, reported missing with her six crew. (en)
The barque was wrecked at Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Mediterranean to Boston, Massachusetts. (en)
The barque foundered off the coast of the Spanish East Indies. She was on a voyage from Singapore to the Pellew Islands, South Australia. Her crew took to three boats. One boat with nine crew aboard was reported missing. (en)
The ship was wrecked on the Isla de Aves, Venezuela. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barbadoes to Curaçao, Curaçao and Dependencies. (en)
The schooner was driven ashore at Boarhills, Fife. She was refloated. (en)
The brig foundered off the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Caen, Calvados, France. (en)
The ship ran aground off St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly. She was refloated the next day. (en)
The brig ran aground on the Heeps, in the Thames Estuary. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to London. She was refloated, and was towed in to Gravesend, Kent, where she arrived in a waterlogged condition. (en)
The barque struck a rock and sank off Glass Island, off the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Cronstadt, Russia. She refloated when her cargo of salt dissolved, and was towed in to Scalpa, Isle of Harris for temporary repairs. She was taken in to Stornoway in early August in a severely leaky condition. (en)
The schooner ran aground in the Sound of Mull. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Wick, Caithness. (en)
The ship was driven ashore in the Satten Islands, Cape Horn, Chile during a snow storm and gale. The crew was stranded on the island for twenty-two days and were taken off by the barque, Bacalan (en)
The ship ran aground on the Krantz Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Freiburg, Germany. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and resumed her voyage. (en)
The steamship arrived at Genoa, Italy on fire. The fire was extinguished. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Genoa. (en)
The steamship was driven ashore at Otter River Point, Anticosti Island, Nova Scotia, Dominion of Canada. All on board survived. She was consequently condemned. (en)
The brigantine foundered north east by north of Cape St. Vincent, Portugal. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire. (en)
The ship was wrecked at Lemvig. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, South Holland to a Baltic port. (en)
The overcrowded passenger vessel foundered in Lake Onega with the loss of 40 lives. (en)
The barque was wrecked at Nantucket, Massachusetts, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from a Mediterranean port to Boston, Massachusetts. (en)
The steamship ran aground in Besika Bay. She was on a voyage from Sulina, United Principalities to Malta. (en)
The ship was driven ashore at Manicouagan, Quebec, Dominion of Canada. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was later refloated and put back to Quebec City. (en)
The brigantine sprang a leak and foundered off Cape St. Vincent, Portugal. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Burlington . Ionian Belle was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to the Newfoundland Colony. (en)
The schooner was lost on Mount Desert Rock. Her crew were rescued. (en)
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at "Dejekkan", near "Bawakan", Netherlands East Indies. She was on a voyage from Makassar, Netherlands East Indies to Singapore, Straits Settlements. (en)
The barque ran aground at Ceará, Brazil and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Ceará. She was refloated but was consequently condemned. (en)
The steamship was driven ashore south of Brindisi, Italy. Her passengers were taken off. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to a British port. (en)
The ship departed from London for Hong Kong in mid-July. She subsequently collided with Sarah Nicholson in the Ombai Strait but was reported to have sustained minor damage. No further trace, reported missing. (en)
The ship was run down and sunk off Falsterbo, Sweden by Castor . Her crew were rescued. (en)
The steamship was lost off Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies. Her crew were rescued. (en)
The steamship may have foundered when she sprung a leak near the island of Zembra, Beylik of Tunis. One crew member drowned and the fate of the rest of the people on board is unknown. She was on a voyage from Izmail, Russia to Sligo with maize. (en)
The fishing smack foundered in the North Sea off Southwold, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. (en)
The smack foundered between the Black Head and the Maiden Head, County Antrim with the loss of all three crew. (en)
The ship was driven ashore at Wilmington, Delaware, United States. She was on a voyage from Wilmington to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated and towed in to Wilmington in a severely leaky condition. (en)
The schooner ran aground on the Lillegrunden, in the Great Belt. She was on a voyage from Libava, Courland Governorate to Schiedam, South Holland. She was refloated with assistance. (en)
The smack foundered in Bardsey Sound. She was on a voyage from Port Madoc, Caernarfonshire to Belfast, County Antrim. (en)
The steamship struck a sunken wreck off "Azimoor" and was damaged. She was abandoned the next day and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Galați, Principality of Romania, to Safi, Morocco. (en)
The steam yacht ran ashore near Berry Head, Devon. (en)
The schooner ran aground on Crow's Shoal. Her crew of three were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service. (en)
The steamships collided at Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland, Netherlands and were both severely damaged. Abydos was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Schiedam, South Holland, Netherlands. Dunstanborough was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Rotterdam, South Holland. (en)
The steamship ran aground at Singapore, Straits Settlements. She was on a voyage from China to New York, United States. She was refloated. (en)
The ship was wrecked at Lemvig, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to Laurvig. (en)
The steamship sank at Sunderland, County Durham. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland. She was refloated. (en)
The steamship Dispatch collided with a ferry at Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine. The ferry was cut in two and sank. All on board, about 40 people, were rescued. Dispatch was on a voyage from Saint-Malo to Saint Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands. She was holed at the bow and put back to Saint-Malo. (en)
The pilot coble sank off Whitby, Yorkshire with the loss of one of the two people on board. (en)
The ship foundered in the North Sea off Kettleness, Yorkshire with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from West Hartlepool, County Durham to Whitby, Yorkshire. (en)
The 27-ton schooner was deliberately run aground near Wanganui after springing a leak, but became submerged after settling deeply in the sand. (en)
The ship was lost at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to West Hartlepool, County Durham. (en)
The ship was sighted whilst on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Callao, Peru. No further trace, reported missing. (en)
The ship was wrecked at Lemvig. She was on a voyage from Lemvig to Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom. (en)
The steamship ran aground in Waterford Cove. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Liverpool, Lancashire. (en)
The brig was run into by barque Ethelbert at Cuxhaven, Germany and sank. Her crew were rescued. (en)
The steamship ran aground off Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire. (en)
The schooner ran aground on the South Bar, Cold Spring Inlet and sank in a gale. Her crew of four were rescued by the United States Life Saving Service. (en)
The steamship ran aground in the River Avon. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Bristol, Gloucestershire. She was refloated with the assistance of five tugs and taken in to Bristol. (en)
The full-rigged ship sank off Shanghai, China with the loss of ten of her crew. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to Shanghai. (en)
The ship ran aground at Lindisfarne. She was refloated with assistance from the paddle tug and towed in to Lindisfarne. (en)
The barque was driven ashore at Narva, Russia. Her crew were rescued by the Narva Lifeboat. (en)
The ship ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. (en)
The schooner foundered in the Baltic Sea east of Gotland, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. (en)
The steamship was driven ashore south of Brindisi, Italy. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Brindisi. She was refloated with assistance from the steamship Aquila Imperiale and taken in to Brindisi. (en)
The steamship suffered a boiler explosion and sank in the Volga with the loss of 50 lives. She was racing the steamship Genardi-Ratkoff-Rojnoff at the time. (en)
The ship ran aground off St Mary's, Isles of Scilly. She was refloated the next day. (en)
The barque was lost in the Riau Strait. Her crew were rescued. (en)
The smack sprang a leak and foundered off Cardigan Head. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Aberdovey, Cardiganshire to Portsmouth, Hampshire. (en)
The schooner was lost on Straitsmouth Island off Rockport, Massachusetts. Her crew were rescued. (en)
The ketch was run into and sunk off Dungeness, Kent by the steamship Beaconsfield. Her crew were rescued. Armyn was on a voyage from London to Falmouth, Cornwall. (en)
The steamship was driven ashore at Tynemouth, Northumberland. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug. (en)
The ship was wrecked on Rottnest Island. All on board were rescued. (en)
The brig ran aground on the Monscian Reef, off Malta. She was on a voyage from Malta to Cork or Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was refloated with assistance and put back to Malta in a leaky condition. (en)
The barque ran aground on the Carkena Shoals, off the coast of the Beylik of Tunis. She was refloated. (en)
The steamship collided with the tug Don and was beached at Sunderland, County Durham. (en)
The ship ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Dominion of Canada to Belfast, County Antrim. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. (en)
The brig collided with the steamship and sank with the loss of two lives. Kremlin was on a voyage from Cienfuegos, Cuba to Boston, Massachusetts and/or New York. (en)
The fishing smack ran aground on Rock Angus, at the entrance to the Belfast Lough. (en)
The steamship ran aground and was wrecked at Thyboroøn, Denmark. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Saint Petersburg, Russia. (en)
The ship foundered in the Gulf of Lyon. She was on a voyage from Livorno to Lisbon, Portugal. (en)
The barque was run into by Queen Victoria in the Samphire Roads, off the coast of County Kerry, United Kingdom and was severely damaged. (en)
The ship was wrecked on the Isla de lost Estados, Argentina with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from London to San Francisco, California, United States. (en)
The ship was wrecked in the Indian Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Colombo, Ceylon to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. (en)
The steamship Europa collided with the steamship Staffa and sank near El Ferrol, Spain. All on board were rescued by Staffa and a schooner. Europa was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Liverpool, Lancashire. Staffa was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Málaga, Spain. (en)
The steamer caught fire while loading cottonseed oil at Memphis, Tennessee. Several lives were lost, and the river was alight from the shore and a downstream. (en)
The ship was abandoned in Netherlands East Indies waters. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sourabay, Netherlands East Indies to the English Channel. (en)
The dredger was driven ashore and wrecked at Galle, Ceylon. (en)
The steamship ran aground off Burntisland, Fife, United Kingdom. (en)
The barque was driven ashore at Narva. Her crew were rescued by the Narva Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, United States to Narva. (en)
The brig was beached at Harwich, Essex. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Schiedam, South Holland, Netherlands. (en)
The barque ran aground off Belitung, Netherlands East Indies. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Singapore, Straits Settlements to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. She was consequently condemned. (en)
The barque ran aground on "Fillinge". She was refloated. (en)
The schooner foundered in the Firth of Clyde south west of Ailsa Craig. (en)
The schooner collided with the brig Thyra in the River Mersey and was beached. (en)
The brig was driven ashore at Merlimont, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France to Laurvig. (en)
The brigantine ran aground in the Pará River. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Pará, Brazil. (en)
The brig was driven ashore at Whitburn, County Durham. She was refloated the next day. (en)
The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her ten crew were rescued by the barque Lady Head . Haabets Anker was on a voyate from Huelva, Spain to Hamburg, Germany. (en)
The brig ran aground on the Ooster Bank, in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from "Enflewick" to Antwerp, Belgium. (en)
The steamship ran aground and was damaged. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated and put in to Sunderland, County Durham. (en)
The barque collided with a French schooner off Falsterbo, Sweden and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Copenhagen, Denmark. She was towed in to Copenhagen by the steamship Lily Dale . (en)
The ship ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland. She was refloated and taken in to Sunderland. (en)
The 23-ton cutter foundered in the Hauraki Gulf during a storm. (en)
The steamship ran aground at the Isle of May, Fife. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Burntisland, Fife. She floated off and put back to Dundee in a severely leaky condition. (en)
The tug was run into by the steamship Fusilier at Leith, Lothian and was severely damaged. (en)
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Folly Point, Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Old Harbour, Jamaica to Liverpool, Lancashire. (en)
The schooner was driven ashore at Umago, Austria-Hungary. She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to Trieste. (en)
The schooner was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from St. Jago de Cuba, Cuba to Vigo. She was refloated and taken in to Fortune Island, Bahamas in a leaky condition. She was placed under repair. (en)
The ship ran aground on The Shingles, off the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Nefyn, Caernarfonshire to Southampton, Hampshire. (en)
The pilot boat foundered off Toe Head, Ireland with the loss of ten lives. (en)
The brigantine caught fire and was beached at Cape Spartel, Morocco. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Tarragona. She was a total loss. (en)
The ship ran aground at Adelaide, South Australia. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Adelaide. She was refloated. (en)
The steamship ran aground at the mouth of the River Tees and was severely damaged. (en)
The brig collided with Warren Hastings and sank off the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued by Warren Hastings. Lena Thurlow was on a voyage from Dover to Cow Bay, Nova Scotia, Dominion of Canada. (en)
The steamship was driven ashore north of Drontheim. (en)
The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Skibladner . Presto was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick, Dominion of Canada to Belfast, County Antrim. (en)
The barque was wrecked on reefs approximately off the Murray River, Western Australia with the loss of all of her crew and 10 passengers. She was bound from Calcutta, India to Melbourne carrying sacks, castor oil and jute. (en)
The brig was run down and sunk by a steamship west three quarters south of Brest, Finistère, France with the loss of three of her five crew. Survivors were rescued by the brig Ceres . Anna was on a voyage from Santander, Spain to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. (en)
The steamer sprung a leak in heavy weather off Cape Bon, Algeria. She foundered in the Mediterranean Sea just off the Cape. Her crew was rescued by , except one who tried to swim to shore from a lifeboat that had been left behind earlier. Mercury was on a voyage from Sulina, United Principalities to Sligo. (en)
The ship ran aground off Goeree, Zeeland, Netherlands and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. (en)
The schooner ran aground on the Kentish Knock. She was refloated with the assistance of a smack. (en)
The steamship ran aground at Dover, Kent. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Dover. She was refloated and taken in to Dover. (en)
The full-rigged ship departed from Dundee, Forfarshire for Bombay, British Raj. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all 25 or 30 crew. (en)
The barque was driven ashore at Richmond, Virginia, United States. She was on a voyage from Richmond to Liverpool. (en)
The barque was driven ashore and severely damaged in Table Bay. She was on a voyage from Réunion to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. (en)
The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at "Albarado", Brazil. She was abandoned as a total loss. (en)
The steamship struck rocks at the Isle of May. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Burntisland, Fife. She was refloated and put back to Dundee in a severely leaky condition. (en)
The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean west of Cape Clear Island, County Cork, United Kingdom. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Clonakilty, County Cork to Bath, Maine, United States. (en)
The schooner ran aground on the Shrape Bank, off the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Fredrikstad, Norway to Port Madoc, Caernarfonshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. (en)
The fishing dandy collided with the steamship Northumberland and foundered off Dimlington, Yorkshire. (en)
The steamship was driven ashore at the Coalhouse Fort, Essex. She was on a voyage from South Shield, County Durham to London. (en)
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Natal, Brazil. Her crew were rescued. (en)
The steamship ran aground on a rock off Santa Elena, Ecuador and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Panama City, United States of Colombia to Callao, Peru. She was refloated with assistance. (en)
The schooner was wrecked on Saona Point, Saint Domingo. Her crew survived but the vessel was plundered and wrecked by the local inhabitants. (en)
The sloop capsized in Cardigan Bay. Her three crew were rescued. (en)
The steamship ran aground at "Crane Island", Dominion of Canada. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Montreal, Quebec, Dominion of Canada. She was refloated and taken in to Quebec City, Dominion of Canada in a leaky condition. Subsequently repaired. (en)
The steamship foundered at sea. Her crew were rescued by the steamship John Dixon . Mercury was on a voyage from Sulina, United Principalities to Gibraltar. (en)
The steamship struck the South Carr Rock. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Leith. (en)
The brigantine was run down and sunk by the steamship with the loss of five of her six crew. G. A. Pyke was on a voyage from Gravesend, Kent to Dublin. (en)
The steamship ran aground off Brixton, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Algiers, Algeria to Dunkerque, Nord, France. (en)
The suffered a boiler explosion off Portland, Dorset with the loss of a crew member. (en)