List of shipwrecks in 1875

The list of shipwrecks in 1875 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1875.

January

 * Georgia (🇨🇦 Canada) : The steamship foundered off Maine, United States

24 February

 * SS Gothenburg ( undefined) : The McMerkan, Blackwood and Co. owned steamship foundered off the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. At least 98 lives lost.

March

 * Columbus (🇺🇸 United States): She was accidentally rammed and sunk by White Star Line ship SS Adriatic in the Crosby Channel at Liverpool.

7 May

 * SS Schiller (🇩🇪 Germany) : The German Transatlantic Steam Navigation Line owned ocean liner ran aground in fog at Retarrier Ledges, Isles of Scilly. 335 lives were lost

13 June

 * Geffrard (🇦🇺 Australia) : The Fred Davis (Melbourne) owned brig run aground on a sandbank after the anchor chain parted off Quindalup, Western Australia

26 August

 * Comet (🇺🇸 United States) : The W. M. Hanna and George W. Chapin (Cleveland, Ohio) owned commercial wooden propeller collided with the Manitoba at Whitefish Bay of Lake Superior. Ten lives were lost.

September

 * PS Edith ( undefined) : The London and North Western Railway owned paddle steamer sunk after a collision with the paddle steamer Duchess of Sutherland off Holyhead, Wales. She was salvaged in 1877, rebuilt and returned to service.

1 September

 * Vanguard ( undefined) : The Royal Navy Audacious class battleship sunk after a collision with HMS Iron Duke near Kish Bank, Ireland.

27 September

 * Ellen Southard (🇺🇸 United States) : The TJ Southard (Maine) owned Full-rigged ship was wrecked in a hurricane in the Mouth of the River Mersey, Liverpool. 27 first class gold Lifesaving Medals awarded by the United States Congress to the local lifeboat men.

20 October

 * Cornelia (🇧🇪 Belgium) : The Trawler was struck by SS Khedive and sunk in the River Scheldt, near Bath, Netherlands. Khedive was undergoing sea trials prior to delivery.

6 November

 * SS Pacific (1851) (🇺🇸 United States) : The Paddle steamer sunk after being in collision with SS Orpheus off Cape Flattery, United States. At least 318 lives lost

9 November

 * City of Waco (🇺🇸 United States) : The Mallory Line (New York) Steamer sunk after a fire aboard off Galveston, Texas. 56 lives were lost

6 December

 * SS Deutschland (1866) (🇩🇪 Germany) : The Norddeutscher Lloyd Steamship ran aground on Kentish Knock sandbank. 78 lives were lost

22 December

 * Goliath ( undefined) : The Royal Navy Vanguard class ship of the line was destroyed by fire at Grays, Essex. 23 were killed.

25 December

 * SS Khedive (🇧🇪 Belgium) : The A Smyers & Co. owned cargo ship ran aground off Ameland, Netherlands. She was on her maiden voyage. She was eventually refloated on 31 December and towed to London by Cambria. Repaired and returned to service.

Unknown Date

 * Harvest Queen (🇺🇸 United States): The packet ship of the Black Ball Line sank in a collision with the steamer SS Adriatic in St George's Channel, Irish Sea.

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 * Dunbrody ( undefined) : The barque foundered off Labrador, Canada.