List of shipwrecks in 1871

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

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References

January

Further information: List of shipwrecks in January 1871

February

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March

Further information: List of shipwrecks in March 1871

April

Further information: List of shipwrecks in April 1871

May

Further information: List of shipwrecks in May 1871

June

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July

Further information: List of shipwrecks in July 1871

August

Further information: List of shipwrecks in August 1871

September

Further information: List of shipwrecks in September 1871

October

Further information: List of shipwrecks in October 1871

November

Further information: List of shipwrecks in November 1871

December

Further information: List of shipwrecks in December 1871

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in 1871

Ship	Country	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]

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