Ship |
State |
Description
|
Annie Scott
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship departed from
Shanghai,
China on "31 September" for
Hiogo,
Japan. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
[1]
|
Black Diamond
|
South Australia
|
The
steamship was driven ashore and wrecked between
Moonta and
Wallaroo.
[2]
|
Braunstone
|
United Kingdom
|
The
steamship was abandoned at sea between 9 January and 15 July. She was on a voyage from
Cardiff,
Glamorgan to
Pacasmayo, Peru.
[3]
|
Correo de Lebu
|
Chile
|
The ship was wrecked on the south coast of Chile.
[4]
|
Chuckiang
|
China
|
The
steamship was wrecked in the
Hainan Strait. She was on a voyage from
Hong Kong to
Shanghai.
[5]
|
Clarence
|
New South Wales
|
The
steamship was driven ashore and wrecked between
Bald Hill and "Norogora". She was on a voyage from
Sydney to
Port Macquarie
[2]
|
Coryphæus
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship was wrecked at
Aila,
Ottoman Syria. At least five crew survived.
[6]
|
Don Leandro
|
Flag unknown
|
The 86-ton two-masted
lumber
schooner was wrecked. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.
[7]
|
Doon
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship was lost in the
South China Sea.
[8] Her crew took to two boats. Six crew in one of the boats were rescued by the
barque Veritas (
Sweden). Those in the other boat were reported missing.
[9]
|
Elizabeth Fry
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship was wrecked between 26 January and 9 February. She was on a voyage from
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to
Liverpool,
Lancashire.
[10]
|
Fanny Campbell
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship was wrecked in the
Banks Islands. Her crew were rescued.
[2]
|
Glenmark
|
United Kingdom
|
The
clipper left
Lyttelton Harbour, New Zealand, for
Gravesend, Kent in early 1872 with a cargo of wool and fifty people on board. Presumed foundered with the loss of all on board.
[11]
|
Hannah Bloomfield
|
New South Wales
|
The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Sydney to
Cleveland Bay,
Queensland.
[12]
|
Huntsman
|
United Kingdom
|
The
sealer, a
brig was lost in ice off
Cape St. Charles,
Newfoundland Colony with the loss of 45 of her 61 crew.
[13]
[14]
|
James Merriman
|
Flag unknown
|
The
barque was wrecked in the
Torres Strait.
[15]
|
Lola Montes
|
Queensland
|
The ship was wrecked. She was on a voyage from
Brisbane to Cleveland Bay.
[12]
|
Maggie Wright
|
United States
|
The ship was destroyed by fire at
Kingston, Jamaica on 9 August or 9 September.
[16]
|
Mohican
|
United States
|
The decommissioned steam
sloop-of-war sank at her moorings at
Mare Island Navy Yard in
Vallejo, California, during the second half of the year. She was refloated, beached, and scrapped.
|
Panther
|
Flag unknown
|
The
steamer was lost in the vicinity of "Squan Beach," a term used at the time for the coast of
New Jersey, United States 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.
[17]
|
Petrel
|
New South Wales
|
The
schooner was wrecked in the
New Hebrides.
[18]
|
USS Picket Boat No. 5
|
United States
|
The
torpedo boat was lost.
[19]
|
Russia
|
United States
|
The
steamship struck a sunken rock and sank in
Lake Erie off
Amherstburg, Ontario,
Canada in November or December. She was refloated, repaired and returned to service.
|
Sarah Anne Blanche
|
Tasmania
|
The ship was wrecked.
[12]
|
Sarah M.
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship foundered in the
Atlantic Ocean between 9 April and 13 May. Her crew were rescued by Bucephalus (
Newfoundland Colony). Sarah M. was on a voyage from
Penarth,
Glamorgan to
Quebec City, Canada.
[20]
|
Solarie Brignardello
|
Italy
|
The ship was lost off
Cape Horn, Chile. Her crew were rescued.
[21]
|
Sophie
|
United States
|
The ship was wrecked on
Honshu, Japan with the loss of two of her crew.
[22]
|
Sunshine
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship departed from
Richibucto,
New Brunswick, Canada for Liverpool in late November or early December. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
[23]
|
Suwo Nada
|
Flag unknown
|
The
steamship was lost in the South China Sea.Her crew were rescued.
[24]
|
Theophile Marie
|
France
|
The ship departed from
Brest,
Finistère for
Gloucester,
United Kingdom between 12 October and 15 November. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
[25]
|
Ticonderoga
|
United States
|
The
clipper was wrecked off the coast of
India.
|
Tuhlee
|
China
|
The
tug was wrecked. She was on a voyage from
Fuzhou to Shanghai.
[10]
|
Waimea
|
New South Wales
|
The
steamship was wrecked in the
Richmond River.
[8]
|
William J. Dale
|
United States
|
The fishing schooner was lost returning from the
Bay of Islands,
Newfoundland, in November 1872, but never reached port. Lost with all 9 hands.
[26]
|
Young Australian
|
South Australia
|
The
paddle
tug sank at the mouth of the
Roper River.
|