The list of shipwrecks in June 1875 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during June 1875.
1 June
2 June
3 June
4 June
List of shipwrecks: 4 June 1875 | Ship | State | Description |
| Andrea | Norway | The schooner ran aground and was severely damaged at Macduff, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Brevig to Macduff.[8] |
| Julia | New Zealand | The 16-ton cutter was driven onto a reef near Kawau Island in New Zealand's Hauraki Gulf by a gale and was wrecked.[15] |
| Lizzie | United Kingdom | The sloop collided with the railway bridge at Skelton, Yorkshire, capsized and sank in the River Ouse. Her crew were rescued.[16] She was on a voyage from Hull to Howdendyke.[17] |
| Mary Moore | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore near Southend, Essex. She was on a voyage from London to the West Indies.[18] |
| Steinmann | Belgium | The steamship was driven ashore and damaged at Blackgang Chine, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Antwerp. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[8][18] |
| St. Marie | France | The lugger ran aground and sank in the Farne Islands, Northumberland, United Kingdom. Her crew survived.[8] |
| Thorbecke | Netherlands | The schooner was wrecked in the Rio Grande.[12] She was on a voyage from the Rio Grande to a Dutch port.[19] |
5 June
List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1875 | Ship | State | Description |
| Elibanks Castle | Flag unknown | The schooner was driven ashore at Timaru, New Zealand. She was refloated.[20] |
| Fosterlandet | Sweden | The ship collided with the steamship Sodra Sveridge ( Sweden at Landskrona and was holed below the waterline. She was assisted in to Landskrona having restowed her cargo and with the assistance of two steamships. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to a Swedish port.[21] |
| Niagara | United Kingdom | The paddle steamer was driven ashore and wrecked 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of the South Stack, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[21] |
| Success | Flag unknown | The 59-ton schooner was one driven ashore and wrecked at Timaru with the loss of all four crew.[20] |
| Wild Wave | Flag unknown | The schooner was driven ashore at Timaru, New Zealand. She was refloated.[20] |
| William and Mary | New Zealand | The 47-ton schooner capsized during a gale to the north of Kapiti Island. All but one of the ship's crew of five men drowned.[20] |
6 June
7 June
8 June
9 June
10 June
List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1875 | Ship | State | Description |
| Forward | United States | The ship ran aground in the Swash, off Portland, Oregon. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Portland.[30] |
| Jennie Prince | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the English Bank, in the River Plate and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Montevideo, Uruguay.[27][31] |
| Linn Fern | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from the west coast of Africa to Hamburg, Germany. She was refloated with assistance from a pilot boat.[17] |
| Southport | United Kingdom | The paddle steamer was wrecked at Malpica de Bergantiños, Spain with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Sicily, Italy.[17][32] |
| Union | Germany | The ship ran aground off Dagerort, Russia. She was on a voyage from Lübeck to Saint Petersburg. Russia.[17] |
| Unnamed | Ottoman Empire | The brig was run down and sunk off Seraglio Point by the steamship Rhondda ( United Kingdom).[33] |
11 June
12 June
13 June
14 June
List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1875 | Ship | State | Description |
| Adona | Norway | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Sejerø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Lübeck, Germany.[38] |
| Culzean | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship ran aground at Belfast, County Antrim.[27] |
| Elida | Norway | The ship ran aground ran aground on the Salvo Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Umeå, Sweden to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Fårösund, Sweden in a waterlogged condition.[27] |
| Jane Ellen | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Moville, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Red Bay.[26][39] |
| Nordlyset | Sweden | The ship ran aground at Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Norrköping.[37] |
| Otto | Netherlands | The schooner ran aground at Dragør. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was refloated.[37] |
| Prinz Adalbert | Germany | The barque ran aground off Cape Arkona.[35] |
15 June
List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1875 | Ship | State | Description |
| Athelstane | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Falmouth, Cornwall. She was refloated.[37][40] |
| Fanny | United Kingdom | The ship, a schooner or a ketch, foundered in the Bristol Channel off Clevedon, Somerset with the loss of all four or five crew.[41][42] |
| George H. Warren | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at New York, United States. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.[43] |
| Ottolina | Norway | The ship ran aground on Bendeser. She was on a voyage from Norway to Quebec City, Canada. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[43] |
| Result | United Kingdom | The brigantine was run down and sunk in the River Thames by Trevelyan ( United Kingdom).[26] She was refloated on 18 June and beached at East Greenwich, Kent.[44] |
| Viatka | Russia | The ship ran aground off Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated and put in to Copenhagen, Denmark in a leaky condition.[43] |
16 June
List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1875 | Ship | State | Description |
| Alexandre | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Lisbon, Portugal. She was refloated and found to be leaky.[45] |
| Bartolomeo Danovaro | Italy | The barque ran aground at Dunkirk, Nord, France.[43] She was refloated with the assistance of a tug.[46] |
| Chrysolite | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the Ards Peninsula, County Down. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Ballysadare, County Sligo.[47] |
| Deborah | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Happisburgh, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by the smack Serjeant Ballantine ( United Kingdom). Deborah was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Pont-Audemer, Eure, France.[45] |
| Hermann | Germany | The barque ran aground on the Middle Shoebury Sand, in the Thames Estuary.[43] |
| Olga Maria | Russia | The steamship ran aground at Dragør, Denmark.[45] |
| Prarie Bird | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire and put in to Key West, Florida, United States. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[45] |
| Rafaelo | Italy | The brig ran aground in the Scheldt. She was refloated and towed in to Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland, Netherlands.[45] She was refloated with the assistance of tugs.[47] |
17 June
18 June
19 June
List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1875 | Ship | State | Description |
Assiz, and Spitfire | Germany
United Kingdom | The steamship Assiz and the tug Spitfire collided in the River Thames at Greenwich, Kent. Both vessels sank[52] |
| Ayresome | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with some barges and was beached at Greenwich.[46] |
| Brothers | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground and was damaged at Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Fraserburgh.[46] She was refloated.[7] |
| Royal Family | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Western Sands, off Rangoon, Burma.[52] She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Rangoon.[46] |
| Sir Edward | United Kingdom | The schooner sprang a leak and foundered in the Irish Sea 7 nautical miles (13 km) south south west of Point Lynas, Anglesey. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Silloth, Cumberland.[39] |
20 June
21 June
23 June
24 June
25 June
26 June
27 June
28 June
List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1875 | Ship | State | Description |
| Else | Denmark | The ship sank in the Lumfjord near Aalborg. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom to Nyköping.[69] |
| Esperance | Flag unknown | The ship ran aground on the Banco Ortez, in the River Plate. She was on a voyage from Valparaíso, Chile to Buenos Aires, Argentina.[70] |
| Geffard | New South Wales | The brig was wrecked in Geographe Bay.[67] |
| Marius Henriette | Netherlands | The steamship ran aground on the wreck of Bertha ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Dordrecht, South Holland to London. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and taken in to Gravesend.[68] |
| Orion | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Lepe, Hampshire. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France to Plymouth, Devon.[70] |
| Probité | France | The schooner was wrecked near Ouessant, Finistère, France. She was on a voyage from Redon, Ille-et-Vilaine to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[67] |
29 June
30 June
Unknown date
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in June 1875 | Ship | State | Description |
| Anna | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Lavansaari, Grand Duchy of Finland. She was refloated and towed in to Vyborg, Grand Duchy of Finland.[38] |
| Champlain | United States | The ship ran aground in the Farallon Islands, California and sank. She was on a voyage from New York to San Francisco, California.[52] |
| Earl of Elgin | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Cap-Chat, Quebec, Canada. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Quebec City, Canada. She was refloated on 18 June.[62] |
| Eden | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked in a hurricane at Valparaíso, Chile.[67] |
| Egeria | Chile | The launch was wrecked in a hurricane at Valparaíso.[69] |
| Eleanora | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall, Sweden to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark.[68] |
| Holgate | Norway | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 15 June.[59] |
| Ismay | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked at "Punta de Choros", Chile before 8 June. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Valparaíso to Peñablanca, Chile.[23][28][75] |
| Monadnock | United States | The Schooner was lost in the Magdalen Islands. crew saved.[76] |
| Ocean | Chile | The launch was wrecked in a hurricane at Valparaíso.[69] |
| Pacific | New Zealand | The 51-ton schooner left Timaru bound for Manukau Harbour, Auckland on 4 June with eight crew and one passenger. She was not seen again.[15] |
| Presidente Sarmiento | Argentina | The ship ran aground on the Banco Chico. She was on a voyage from Magdalena to the English Channel. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[18] |
| Pearl | Chile | The launch was wrecked in a hurricane at Valparaíso.[69] |
| Rangatira | New South Wales | The steamship was wrecked on the coast of New Caledonia before 25 June. Her crew were rescued.[67][69] |
| Redby | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore near Thisted, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Burntisland, Fife to Copenhagen, Denmark. She was refloated and taken in to Halmstad, Sweden in a severely leaky condition.[68][62] |
| Regina | Norway | The brig ran aground at Arkhangelsk, Russia. She was condemned.[68] |
| Rogate | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 16 June.[77] |
| Tonga | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the coast of the Natal Colony. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to the Natal Colony.[38] |
| Trujillo | Chile | The brig was wrecked in a hurricane at Valparaíso.[67] |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The schooner collided with Tolvo ( Norway) and foundered on the Grand Banks of Newfoundland with the loss of all hands.[38] |
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