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 .
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 Department 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]
References
Notes
^ "Supposed Loss of a Sealing Vessel with Thirty Men". Liverpool Mercury . No. 7254. Liverpool. 24 April 1871.
^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times . No. 27012. London. 16 March 1871. col D, p. 10.
^ a b c d e "njscuba.net "Lavallette Wreck" " . Archived from the original on 23 February 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020 .
^ a b c "Australia". Bradford Observer . Vol. 38, no. 2601. Bradford. 27 April 1871. p. 5.
^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". Daily News . No. 7837. London. 12 June 1871.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". Glasgow Herald . No. 9924. Glasgow. 21 October 1871.
^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times . No. 27232. London. 28 November 1871. col F, p. 6.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". Glasgow Herald . No. 9738. Glasgow. 18 March 1871.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". Glasgow Herald . No. 9919. Glasgow. 16 October 1871.
^ "West Coast of Africa". Daily News . No. 7946. London. 17 October 1871.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". Glasgow Herald . No. 9907. Glasgow. 2 October 1871.
^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times . No. 27258. London. 28 December 1871. col D, p. 9.
^ "Scotland" . Caledonian Maritime Heritage Trust. Retrieved 11 January 2021 .
^ a b "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times . No. 27383. London. 22 May 1872. col E-F, p. 5.
^ "Alaska Shipwrecks (P)" . alaskashipwreck.com. Retrieved 31 December 2020 .
^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". Daily News . No. 7748. London. 28 February 1871.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". Glasgow Herald . No. 9931. Glasgow. 30 October 1871.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". Glasgow Herald . No. 9728. Glasgow. 7 March 1871.
^ "Shipping". Liverpool Mercury . No. 7213. Liverpool. 7 March 1871.
^ "The Six Hundred Coolies Burned At Sea". Manchester Times . No. 710. Manchester. 8 July 1871.
^ Sir Charles Wingfield, Member for Gravesend (23 May 1873). "Observations" . Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) . Vol. 216. United Kingdom: Commons. col. 375–396.
^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times . No. 27263. London. 3 January 1872. col F, p. 6.
^ "Greenock". Glasgow Herald . No. 9783. Glasgow. 10 May 1871.
^ "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard . No. 14594. London. 11 May 1871. p. 7.
^ "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard . No. 14730. London. 18 October 1871. p. 7.
Shipwrecks 1870–79, by month
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