The 54-ton schooner hit rocks in a heavy sea to the north of the Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand, while sailing in ballast from Thames to Russell and came ashore to the south of Cape Brett. All hands were saved.[3]
The 153-ton brig was reported missing in April. In mid-May, the mate of the ketch Mary reported seeing a floating derelict brig drifting near the mouth of the Whanganui Inlet, which was thought to be the Magnet.[5]
The 33-ton schooner left Lyttelton Harbour, New Zealand, on 17 April. The master of the schooner Emerald reported seeing her capsized hull to the west of Stephens Island a week later. All three men on board perished. The steamerLyttelton, aided by the steamer Charles Edward managed to tow her to Nelson.[3]
The 236-ton brig parted a cable while moored at Oamaru. The second anchor was not enough to hold her and she repeatedly struck on the harbour bed. All crew landed safely but the Our Hope became a wreck.[8]
The 585-ton barque left Newcastle, Australia, bound for New Zealand, on 2 July. She hit rough weather and seas in the Tasman, and Hydra started taking on water. She approached the bottom of the South Island on 15 July, making slow progress in a heavy gale, taking onboard some 20 inches (51 cm) of water per hour. She signalled the passing ship Ottawa on 22 July, which stayed alongside. On 24 July, when she was close to the Solander Islands, Hydra's engine broke down, and the crew abandoned her and were taken on board Ottawa.[9]
After suffering ice damage on 19 August, the 215-ton whalingbark was abandoned in the Arctic Ocean. She later was salvaged, repaired, and returned to service.[11]
The steamer was caught in ice sometime in October in the North Pacific Ocean. She was later crushed by the ice. Ten of her crew were rescued from an ice flow in May 1873 by the sealing steamer Tigress (United States).[16][17]
The 538-ton barque was en route from Wellington to Newcastle, New South Wales and took shelterin Cloudy Bay from a heavy storm raging in Cook Strait. In a thick mist, she drifted close in to the cliff-faced shore and became wedged between two rocks. Most of the 14 crew and nine passengers took to the ship's two boats, from which they were rescued by the schooner Canterbury and barque John Knox. Six men remained on board, of whom two drowned (one passenger and the ship's cook). The four survivors were rescued by the steamer Rangatira.[20]
The sailing ship was driven ashore at Chesil Beach, Dorset, England, and wrecked with the loss of six lives. Four salvors also killed in attempting to salvage her cargo of brandy and gin.
The cutter was in collision with the schoonerJohn Pearce (United Kingdom in the Bristol Channel off Penarth, Glamorgan and sank. All fourteen people on board were rescued by John Pearce.[22]
The ship ran aground off Cardiff, Glamorgan. All but one of her crew were taken off by George Gay (Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Her crew returned the next day, she was refloated and taken in to Cardiff for repairs.[22]
The clipper left Lyttelton Harbour, New Zealand, for Gravesend, England, in early 1872 with a cargo of wool and fifty people on board. She was never sighted again.[5]
^"American Marine Engineer April, 1912". National Marine Engineers Beneficial Association of the United States. Retrieved 18 November 2020 – via Haithi Trust.