The list of shipwrecks in 1876 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1876.
Operator | Ship | Flag | Class | Cause | Location | Notes | |
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3 February | A A Low & Brother | Surprise | Clipper | Ran aground | Kaneda Bay | ||
3 March | Montell & Co | Carrier Dove | Clipper | Ran aground | Stone Horse Shoals, Tybee | ||
22 April | Dunraven | steamship | struck reef and sank | Red Sea approaches to the Suez Canal | |||
14 June | John Sprott | Geltwood | Barque | Struck reef, capsized and sank | Lake Bonney, South Australia 37°37′36″S 140°10′51″E / 37.62667°S 140.18083°E / -37.62667; 140.18083 | ||
15 July | Davis & Copper | Acme | Schooner | Ran aground | Seal Rocks, New South Wales | ||
20 July | Mohawk | Yacht | Capsized and sank on Maiden Voyage with loss of all crew | New York Harbor | Later raised and repaired, served with the United States Coast & Geodetic Survey and United States Navy. | ||
24 August | Steinmann, Ludwig & Co. | C F Funch | Steamship. | Cargo caught fire, ship beached and broke in two. | Rammekens, Netherlands. | ||
20 November | Alexandre Smyers & Co. | Delloye Matthieu | Steamship. | Ran aground. | Ostergarnholm, Sweden. | 11 crew lost. | |
1 December | Georgette | steamship | sank in storm | Calgardup Bay, Western Australia | 12 drowned | ||
9 December | SS Woodham | steamship | sank | 3 miles out the coast of Lisbon; departed Odessa bound to Freemantle | Capt. Thomaz B. Page | ||
Unknown date | Lammermuir | Clipper | Departed Adelaide 10 November 1876 bound for London | No further trace. |
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