1880

March

1st or 3rd
The Pioneer, a smack, laden with a mixed cargo, wrecked between Duncansclett and Banna Minn, Burra. All of the crew were saved.

15th
The George Washington (1880), a schooner laden with coal, of Tonsberg, Norway from Charlestown to Memel, Prussia (now Klaipėda, Lithuania) was abandoned by her crew off Lerwick after taking on a significant amount of water.

10th
The Mary (1880), a fishing lugger, of Fetlar, from Lerwick, struck wreckage and foundered between Yell and Fetlar. Four crew and one passenger were lost.
30th
An unidentified barque was observed with mizzen mast gone and flying a distress signals off Papa Stour. The vessel's lights appeared to be stationary according to a report by Captain Sinnot of the Dolores. No trace of the vessel could be found the next day, presumed wrecked on the Ve Skerries.