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

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in 1871
ShipStateDescription
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 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]

References

Notes

  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. 1 2 3 4 5 "njscuba.net "Lavallette Wreck"". Archived from the original on 23 February 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 "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. 1 2 "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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