The list of shipwrecks in June 1872 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during June 1872.
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| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Jeanette Marianne | The ship departed from Lagos, Africa for Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [1] [2] | |
| Little Hirondelle | The yacht was run down and sunk off Folkestone, Kent by the collier Surprise ( |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Isa | The steamship departed from Galle, Ceylon for Cardiff, Glamorgan. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [4] | |
| Lady Duff | The schooner ran aground on the Abertay Sands, off the mouth of the River Tay and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by the tug Sensation ( |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Inflexible | The schooner collided with Glenhuntly ( |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Carrie Fischer | The schooner was wrecked at Cow Head, Newfoundland Colony. [7] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tees | The hulk, a former Conway-class post ship used as a floating church, sank at Liverpool, Lancashire. [8] [9] | |
| Unnamed | The schooner ran aground on the Brazil Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashir. She was refloated. [10] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Ems, and Schwan | The steamship Ems collided with Schwan in the Weser and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Bremen. Schwan put back to Bremen in a leaky condition. [11] | |
| Georgiana | The schooner was run into by the steamship Rotterdam ( | |
| Margaret | The schooner ran aground on the Elbow End Bank, off the mouth of the River Tay. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Dundee, Forfarshire. She was refloated but consequently had to be beached at Buddon Ness. [14] She was refloated and towed in to Dundee in a severely leaky condition. [15] | |
| Unnamed | The schooner was driven ashore in the Scheldt at Doel, East Flanders, Belgium. [11] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Unnamed | The ship was run down and sunk off Cape Maleas by the steamship Mid-Surry ( |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| John Phillips | The ship foundered off the Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued by Acorn (). John Phillips was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Demerara, British Guiana. [16] [17] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| St. François | The ship ran aground off "Solis", Uruguay and was wrecked. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Montevideo, Uruguay. [16] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Emma Annie | The schooner struck a rock off the North Bishops and sank. Her crew were rescued by Nora Cain ( |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Amity | The smack was wrecked in the River Dovey. Both crew were rescued by the Aberdovey Lifeboat Royal Berkshire ( | |
| Eliza O'Keefe | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Seville, Spain to Antwerp, Belgium. [19] She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [21] | |
| France | The steamship ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River and had to be beached. She was on a voyage from Montreal to Quebec City, Canada. [22] [23] [19] | |
| Rose and Mary | The brig was run down and sunk in Lough Foyle by the steamship Prussian ( |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cromwell | The barque sprang a leak and sank off Cape Finisterre, Spain. Her crew were rescued. [24] She was on a voyage from Almería, Spain to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. [25] | |
| Clarence | The steamship was driven ashore between Bald Hill and Port Macquarie. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Port Macquiarie. [26] | |
| Leo | The brig was driven ashore. She was refloated and put back to Sunderland, County Durham. [25] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Guadiara | The steamship suffered a boiler explosion and sank at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France with the loss of 56 of the 85 people on board. [27] | |
| Nevada | The steamship ran aground in Roche's Bay. Her passengers were taken off. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [28] [27] | |
| Tuskar | The steamship ran ashore on Stroma, Caithness. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Liverpool. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage. [27] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| City of Paris | The steamship was wrecked at Ouistreham, Calvados, France. [24] | |
| Clara | The brig collided with the brig Christien ( | |
| Prince Alfred | The brig was driven ashore on Spike Island, County Cork. She was refloated. [27] | |
| Wild Wave | The brigantine struck rocks and was run ashore at Sandyland, County Down. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated and towed in to Belfast, County Antrim in a severely leaky condition. [27] [25] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Conflict | The ship caught fire at sea. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Dundee, Forfarshire. [29] She arrived at Dundee on 27 June in a severely damaged condition. [30] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Kate | The 27-ton schooner went onshore and was wrecked south of the mouth of the Whanganui River. All hands survived. [31] | |
| Kingaloch | The ship struck the Shagstone, off the coast of Devon and sank. [32] [33] | |
| Unnamed | The scow was run down and sunk in the Clyde at Bowling, Dunbartonshire by the steamship Eddystone ( |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Tweedsdale | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Pequot ( |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Aldate | The schooner sank. Her crew were rescued by Battasara ( | |
| Justicia | The galiot ran aground on the Cork Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Pärnu, Russia to Porto, Portugal. She was refloated and assisted in to Harwich, Essex. [36] | |
| Koln | The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Bremen. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [37] | |
| Lealdade | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to the Cape Verde Islands. [29] | |
| Princess Royal | | The schooner was wrecked on the coast of Labrador. She was on a voyage from Big Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada to Harbour Grace. [38] |
| Rainton | The steamship was driven ashore at Büyükdere, Ottoman Empire. [30] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Andes | The steamship collided with the steamship Perière ( | |
| Unnamed | The brigantine was run into by a steam yacht and sank in the River Thames at Erith, Kent. Her crew were rescued. [40] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Gibraltar | The steamship ran aground and sank at Lisbon, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to London. [41] [42] | |
| Glance | The yacht foundered off the mouth of the Humber. Both crew were rescued by the schooner Ebony ( |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Adalia | The steamship ran aground on St. Paul Island, Nova Scotia, Canada and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from London to Quebec City Canada. [43] [44] | |
| Balmacarra | The barque ran aground off Langeoog, Germany and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to Bremen, Germany. [45] [46] [41] | |
| Franklin | The steamship was damaged by fire at New York, United States. [47] | |
| Jesmond | The steamship collided with the steamship Alicante ( | |
| Lamplighter | The ship sprang a leak and sank at Islandmagee, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Ayr to Neath, Glamorgan. [41] | |
| Tom Bell | The steamship ran aground in the Danube. [36] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Marquis of Lorne | The steamship was driven ashore at Highbridge, Somerset. [6] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Germania | The ship ran aground on the Burnanceira Rock, on the coast of Portugal. She was on a voyage from New York to Porto, Portugal. She was refloated on 28 June. [49] | |
| Struggler | The 30-ton ketch stranded at Le Bons Bay, Banks Peninsula in a gale and became a wreck. [31] | |
| Uruguay | The steamship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Odesa, Russia to Hamburg, Germany. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [6] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Haidee | | The brigantine was wrecked north of Inagua, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wilmington, Delaware to Jamaica. [50] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Astarte | The ship caught fire in the South Atlantic and was abandoned by her crew. They were rescued by Baroda ( | |
| Sarah Newman | The ship was sighted in the Indian Ocean whilst on a voyage from Akyab, Burma to Liverpool. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [52] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Erasmo | The barque was driven ashore between Cape Spartel and Tangier, Morocco. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Livorno to New York, United States. [53] | |
| Grazietta | The ship was wrecked at Agrigento, Sicily. [54] She was on a voyage from "Mazzarelli" to Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom. [55] | |
| Lizzie Webster | The steamship was wrecked on Cozumel, Mexico. All on board survived. The wreck was plundered by the local inhabitants. [56] | |
| Prudhoe Castle | The steamship ran aground in the Mohnsund. She was on a voyage from Reval to Riga, Russia. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [57] | |
| Temperley | The steamship ran aground at Ottawa, Quebec, Canada. She was on a voyage from London to Montreal, Quebec. [23] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Dauntless | The 72-ton schooner was lost towards the end of the month while en route from Tauranga to Auckland. [58] | |
| Omaha | The steamship was wrecked in a cyclone at Saugor, India with the loss of seven of her crew. [59] [60] | |
| Orchis | The steamship was damaged in a cyclone at Calcutta, India. [61] | |
| Pekin | The steamship was driven ashore in the Hooghly River during a cyclone. She was refloated. [35] [62] | |
| Singapore | The steamship was driven ashore in a cyclone at Saugor. [63] She was on a voyage from China to Calcutta, India. [64] She was refloated on 6 July and taken in to Calcutta. [53] |
| Ship | State | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Adalia | The steamship was wrecked on St. Paul Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Montreal, Quebec, Canada. [6] | |
| Alexandria | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. [25] | |
| Bengal | Flag unknown | The steamship was driven ashore at Aden. [29] She was refloated with assistance from a steamship and resumed her voyage. [41] [6] |
| Bentinck | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Grand-Popo, Dahomey. [37] | |
| California | The steamship sank in the Strait of Georgia before 22 June. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California to Sitka, Department of Alaska. [65] | |
| Chester | The steamship was driven ashore at "Stefano Point". She was refloated. [15] | |
| Corning | The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Bombay, India. [34] | |
| Cremona | The ship ran aground in the Dry Tortugas before 4 June. she was on a voyage from Galveston, Texas, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated. [66] | |
| Dhollerah | The ship was destroyed by fire at sea before 11 June. All on board were rescued by Perle (Flag unknown). Dhollerah was on a voyage from London to Adelaide, South Australia. [47] | |
| Dorchester | The ship was driven ashore at Wellfleet, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from "Trepansto" to Boston, Massachusetts. [6] | |
| Eliza and Mary | The steamship ran aground in the River Parrett. She was on a voyage from Highbridge, Somerset to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was refloated and placed under repair. [19] | |
| Emigrant | The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Greenock, Renfrewshire. She was towed in to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. [33] | |
| Excelsior | The barque ran aground on the Mendensand. [67] | |
| Fannie | Ten Years' War: The steamship was captured and burnt in Cuba with about half of the 56 filibusters killed or take prisoner. Her cargo of war materials was seized. [68] | |
| Florence | The ship was wrecked on Key Verde. [30] | |
| Gape | | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Miquelon. She was on a voyage from Pictou, Nova Scotia to Saint John, New Brunswick. [37] |
| George R. Upton | The ship was wrecked near Norfolk, Virginia. [29] | |
| Gertrude | The ship was driven ashore at Kaskinen, Grand Duchy of Finland. [11] | |
| Gibraltar | The steamship was wrecked at Lisbon, Portugal before 27 June. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to London. [47] | |
| Gioga | The ship sank. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Hamburg. [41] | |
| Golden Hind | The ship was wrecked on Charles Island, Galapagos Islands with the loss of thirteen of her 21 crew. Survivors were later rescued by the schooner Eagle ( | |
| Harriet Irving | The ship was wrecked at Laguna de los Padres, Argentina with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Valparaíso, Chile. [71] | |
| Harvest Queen | The ship ran aground at Goiânia, Brazil. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [72] | |
| Hibernia | The ship ran aground at "Lake St. Peter". She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Halifax, Nova Scotia. [72] | |
| Idaho | The steamship ran aground at Victoria, British Columbia, Canada before 22 June. She was refloated. [65] | |
| John Barden | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at "Jellah Coffee", Dahomey. [37] | |
| John Millar | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 11 June. [73] | |
| John Mitchell | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 9 June. [16] | |
| Karen | The ship was driven ashore at Point Pleasant, New Jersey, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Halifax. [47] | |
| Killara | The steamship was driven ashore on the South Wall. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands to Goole, Yorkshire. [11] | |
| Mary | The steamship was driven ashore at "Stefano Point". She was refloated. [15] | |
| Mayflower | The skiff foundered between Rùm and Coll. She was on a voyage from Loch Boisdale to the Crinan Canal. [74] | |
| Mizpah | The steamship was driven ashore at Blakeney, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Malta. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [19] | |
| Need | The smack was driven ashore at Fowey, Cornwall. [72] | |
| Nicholas Etienne Jeune | The ship was lost near Lagos. [67] | |
| Otter | The steamship ran aground on the Huckerplatt, off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. [41] She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [6] | |
| Recordate | The steamship ran aground at Yeisk, Russia and was abandoned by her crew. [6] | |
| Saxonia | The ship ran aground off Schulan. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Hamburg. [21] She was refloated and completed her voyage. [27] | |
| Schiedam | The brig ran aground on the Pagensand, in the North Sea and sank. [72] | |
| St. Andrews | The ship was driven ashore on Hare Island. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Quebec City. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [19] | |
| St. Paul | The ship was lost near Lagos. [67] | |
| Tunsin | The steamship was driven ashore in the Yangtze. She was refloated and taken in to Shanghai. [19] | |
| Twee Gebroders | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off Heligoland. Her five crew were rescued by the steamship Minerva ( | |
| Valparaiso | The ship caught fire at Rangoon, Burma and was scuttled. She was refloated. [15] | |
| W. Mosher | | The ship was damaged by fire at Quebec City. [67] |