List of shipwrecks in 1871

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The list of shipwrecks in 1871 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1871.

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Ship State Description
Alibi  United Kingdom The sealer, a barque, was lost off the coast of Greenland with the loss of all hands, more than 30 lives.[1]
America  Uruguay The steamship suffered a catastrophic fire due to an overheated boiler off the coast of Punta Espinillo, outside the harbor of Montevideo. One of the survivors was Ramón Artagaveytia [eu].
Andromeda  United Kingdom The ship was lost in the South China Sea before 15 March.[2]
Aries Flag unknown The steamer was lost at Cranberry Inlet on the coast of New Jersey.[3]
Avondale  New Zealand The steamship was wrecked near Taranaki. All on a board were rescued.[4]
Barwon  New South Wales The steamship struck rocks off Cape Bridgewater, Victoria and was beached near Cape Nelson. She was on a voyage from Adelaide, South Australia to Sydney.[5]
Borston Flag unknown The steamship struck an iceberg and foundered with the loss of all hands, according to a message in a bottle washed up at Den Helder, North Holland, Netherlands on 10 October.[6]
Catherine  New South Wales The barque was wrecked 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south of Newcastle. She was on a voyage from Newcastle to Melbourne, Victoria.[7]
Catherine Jackson Flag unknown The vessel was lost in the vicinity of "Squan," a term used at the time for the coast of New Jersey near Manasquan and sometimes for the 7-mile (11 km) stretch of coast between Manasquan Inlet and Cranberry Inlet or for the entire coast of New Jersey between Sea Girt and Barnegat Inlet.[3]
HMS Clio  Royal Navy The Pearl-class corvette struck a rock in Bligh Sound and was beached.[4]
Como  United Kingdom The ship foundered between 9 February and 16 March. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to New York, United States.[8]
Estrella  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at the mouth of the Brass River with the loss of a crew member after 8 August. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to the Brass River.[9][10]
Golden Age  New South Wales The ship was wrecked on Barren Island, Tasmania. She was on a voyage from Newcastle to Melbourne.[11]
Heinan Maru  Japan The steamship foundered in the Inland Sea of Japan.[12][13]
Kanrin Maru  Imperial Japanese Navy The screw corvette was wrecked in a typhoon at Esashi, Hokkaido, Japan.
Lady Young  Queensland The steamship was driven ashore and severely damaged near Port Stephens, New South Wales.[4]
Nadir Shah Sultanate of Zanzibar The ship was lost.[14]
O. H. Canady Flag unknown The schooner was lost in the vicinity of "Squan Beach," a term used at the time for the coast of New Jersey near Manasquan and sometimes for the 7-mile (11 km) stretch of coast between Manasquan Inlet and Cranberry Inlet or for the entire coast of New Jersey between Sea Girt and Barnegat Inlet.[3]
Oneida Flag unknown The schooner was lost in the vicinity of "Squan Beach," a term used at the time for the coast of New Jersey near Manasquan and sometimes for the 7-mile (11 km) stretch of coast between Manasquan Inlet and Cranberry Inlet or for the entire coast of New Jersey between Sea Girt and Barnegat Inlet.[3]
Porcia  United States The vessel was lost in the Arctic on or near the north coast of the Territory of Alaska.[15]
Rialto  New South Wales The barque was wrecked at Newcastle.[16]
Rifleman  New Zealand The schooner was wrecked at Auckland.[17]
Rising Sun  United Kingdom The ship sank in Osaka Bay.[18][19]
San Juan  Peru The ship was destroyed by fire with the loss of more than 600 coolies. There were about 50 survivors. She was on a voyage from Macao, China to Callao, Peru.[20][21]
Tartar  United Kingdom The ship was lost near Fuzhou, China in September or October.[22]
Victoria Sultanate of Zanzibar The frigate was lost.[14]
Villotine Flag unknown The barque was lost in the vicinity of "Squan Beach," a term used at the time for the coast of New Jersey near Manasquan and sometimes for the 7-mile (11 km) stretch of coast between Manasquan Inlet and Cranberry Inlet or for the entire coast of New Jersey between Sea Girt and Barnegat Inlet.[3]
Wolf  United Kingdom The sealer, a steamship, was sunk by ice off the coast of the Newfoundland Colony. Her crew were rescued.[23][24]
Unnamed  China The junk was run down and sunk at Amoy by HMS Ocean ( Royal Navy).[25]

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  1. ^ "Supposed Loss of a Sealing Vessel with Thirty Men". Liverpool Mercury. No. 7254. Liverpool. 24 April 1871.
  2. ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 27012. London. 16 March 1871. col D, p. 10.
  3. ^ a b c d e "njscuba.net "Lavallette Wreck"". Archived from the original on 23 February 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Australia". Bradford Observer. Vol. 38, no. 2601. Bradford. 27 April 1871. p. 5.
  5. ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". Daily News. No. 7837. London. 12 June 1871.
  6. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Glasgow Herald. No. 9924. Glasgow. 21 October 1871.
  7. ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 27232. London. 28 November 1871. col F, p. 6.
  8. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Glasgow Herald. No. 9738. Glasgow. 18 March 1871.
  9. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Glasgow Herald. No. 9919. Glasgow. 16 October 1871.
  10. ^ "West Coast of Africa". Daily News. No. 7946. London. 17 October 1871.
  11. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Glasgow Herald. No. 9907. Glasgow. 2 October 1871.
  12. ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 27258. London. 28 December 1871. col D, p. 9.
  13. ^ "Scotland". Caledonian Maritime Heritage Trust. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  14. ^ a b "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 27383. London. 22 May 1872. col E-F, p. 5.
  15. ^ "Alaska Shipwrecks (P)". alaskashipwreck.com. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  16. ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". Daily News. No. 7748. London. 28 February 1871.
  17. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Glasgow Herald. No. 9931. Glasgow. 30 October 1871.
  18. ^ "Shipping Intelligence". Glasgow Herald. No. 9728. Glasgow. 7 March 1871.
  19. ^ "Shipping". Liverpool Mercury. No. 7213. Liverpool. 7 March 1871.
  20. ^ "The Six Hundred Coolies Burned At Sea". Manchester Times. No. 710. Manchester. 8 July 1871.
  21. ^ Sir Charles Wingfield, Member for Gravesend (23 May 1873). "Observations". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). Vol. 216. United Kingdom: Commons. col. 375–396.
  22. ^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times. No. 27263. London. 3 January 1872. col F, p. 6.
  23. ^ "Greenock". Glasgow Herald. No. 9783. Glasgow. 10 May 1871.
  24. ^ "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard. No. 14594. London. 11 May 1871. p. 7.
  25. ^ "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard. No. 14730. London. 18 October 1871. p. 7.
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