The list of shipwrecks in June 1872 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during June 1872.
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Ship | Country | Description |
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Jeanette Marianne | Netherlands | 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 | United Kingdom | The yacht was run down and sunk off Folkestone, Kent by the collier Surprise ( United Kingdom ). All three people on board were rescued by Surprise. [3] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Isa | United Kingdom | The steamship departed from Galle, Ceylon for Cardiff, Glamorgan. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. [4] |
Lady Duff | United Kingdom | 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 ( United Kingdom ). Lady Duff was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Dundee, Forfarshire. [5] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Inflexible | France | The schooner collided with Glenhuntly ( United Kingdom ) and foundered in the English Channel off The Lizard, Cornwall, United Kingdom. [6] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Carrie Fischer | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Cow Head, Newfoundland Colony. [7] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Tees | United Kingdom | The hulk, a former Conway-class post ship used as a floating church, sank at Liverpool, Lancashire. [8] [9] |
Unnamed | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Brazil Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashir. She was refloated. [10] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Ems, and Schwan | Germany | 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 | United Kingdom | The schooner was run into by the steamship Rotterdam ( Netherlands) in the Belfast Lough. Rotterdam towed her in to Belfast, County Antrim, where she sank. [12] She was refloated on 13 June. [13] |
Margaret | United Kingdom | 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 | France | The schooner was driven ashore in the Scheldt at Doel, East Flanders, Belgium. [11] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Unnamed | Greece | The ship was run down and sunk off Cape Maleas by the steamship Mid-Surry ( United Kingdom ). Her crew were rescued by Mid-Surry. [15] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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John Phillips | United Kingdom | 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 | Country | Description |
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St. François | France | 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 | Country | Description |
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Emma Annie | United Kingdom | The schooner struck a rock off the North Bishops and sank. Her crew were rescued by Nora Cain ( United Kingdom ). Emma Annie was on a voyage from Caernarfon to London. [18] [19] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Amity | United Kingdom | The smack was wrecked in the River Dovey. Both crew were rescued by the Aberdovey Lifeboat Royal Berkshire ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). [20] |
Eliza O'Keefe | United Kingdom | 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 | 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 | United Kingdom | The brig was run down and sunk in Lough Foyle by the steamship Prussian ( United Kingdom ). Her crew were rescued. Rose and Mary was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Londonderry. [18] [19] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Cromwell | United Kingdom | 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 | New South Wales | The steamship was driven ashore between Bald Hill and Port Macquarie. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Port Macquiarie. [26] |
Leo | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore. She was refloated and put back to Sunderland, County Durham. [25] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Guadiara | Spain | 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 | United Kingdom | 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 | United Kingdom | 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 | Country | Description |
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City of Paris | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked at Ouistreham, Calvados, France. [24] |
Clara | Sweden | The brig collided with the brig Christien ( Denmark) and was abandoned in the Irish Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) west of Holyhead, Anglesey, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. Clara was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Riga, Russia. [24] [27] |
Prince Alfred | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore on Spike Island, County Cork. She was refloated. [27] |
Wild Wave | United Kingdom | 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 | Country | Description |
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Conflict | United Kingdom | 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 | Country | Description |
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Kate | New Zealand | The 27-ton schooner went onshore and was wrecked south of the mouth of the Whanganui River. All hands survived. [31] |
Kingaloch | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Shagstone, off the coast of Devon and sank. [32] [33] |
Unnamed | United Kingdom | The scow was run down and sunk in the Clyde at Bowling, Dunbartonshire by the steamship Eddystone ( United Kingdom ). Her crew survived. [33] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Tweedsdale | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Pequot ( France). Tweedsdale was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was subsequently set afire. [30] [34] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Aldate | Portugal | The schooner sank. Her crew were rescued by Battasara ( United Kingdom ). [35] |
Justicia | Germany | 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 Oporto, Portugal. She was refloated and assisted in to Harwich, Essex. [36] |
Koln | Germany | 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 | Spain | 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 | Newfoundland Colony | 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 | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Büyükdere, Ottoman Empire. [30] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Andes | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship Perière ( France) and was beached in the Clyde. [39] |
Unnamed | United Kingdom | The brigantine was run into by a steam yacht and sank in the River Thames at Erith, Kent. Her crew were rescued. [40] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Gibraltar | United Kingdom | 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 | United Kingdom | The yacht foundered off the mouth of the Humber. Both crew were rescued by the schooner Ebony ( United Kingdom ). Glance was on a voyage from Inverness to Wivenhoe, Essex. [6] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Adalia | United Kingdom | 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 | United Kingdom | 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 | Germany | The steamship was damaged by fire at New York, United States. [47] |
Jesmond | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship Alicante ( Spain) and sank in the Mediterranean Sea 35 nautical miles (65 km) east of Gibraltar. Her crew were rescued by Alicante. Jesmond was on a voyage from Brăila, Ottoman Empire to an English port. [47] [48] |
Lamplighter | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and sank at Islandmagee, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Ayr to Neath, Glamorgan. [41] |
Tom Bell | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Danube. [36] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Marquis of Lorne | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Highbridge, Somerset. [6] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Germania | United States | The ship ran aground on the Burnanceira Rock, on the coast of Portugal. She was on a voyage from New York to Oporto, Portugal. She was refloated on 28 June. [49] |
Struggler | New Zealand | The 30-ton ketch stranded at Le Bons Bay, Banks Peninsula in a gale and became a wreck. [31] |
Uruguay | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Hamburg, Germany. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [6] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Haidee | Jamaica | The brigantine was wrecked north of Inagua, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wilmington, Delaware to Jamaica. [50] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Astarte | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire in the South Atlantic and was abandoned by her crew. They were rescued by Baroda ( United Kingdom ). Astarte was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Liverpool, Lancashire. [51] |
Sarah Newman | United Kingdom | 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 | Country | Description |
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Erasmo | United Kingdom | 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 | Italy | The ship was wrecked at Agrigento, Sicily. [54] She was on a voyage from "Mazzarelli" to Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom. [55] |
Lizzie Webster | United States | The steamship was wrecked on Cozumel, Mexico. All on board survived. The wreck was plundered by the local inhabitants. [56] |
Prudhoe Castle | United Kingdom | 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 | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Ottawa, Quebec, Canada. She was on a voyage from London to Montreal, Quebec. [23] |
Ship | Country | Description |
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Dauntless | New Zealand | The 72-ton schooner was lost towards the end of the month while en route from Tauranga to Auckland. [58] |
Omaha | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked in a cyclone at Saugor, India with the loss of seven of her crew. [59] [60] |
Orchis | United Kingdom | The steamship was damaged in a cyclone at Calcutta, India. [61] |
Pekin | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore in the Hooghly River during a cyclone. She was refloated. [35] [62] |
Singapore | United Kingdom | 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 | Country | Description |
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Adalia | United Kingdom | 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 | United States | 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 | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Grand-Popo, Dahomey. [37] |
California | United Kingdom | 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 | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at "Stefano Point". She was refloated. [15] |
Corning | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Bombay, India. [34] |
Cremona | United Kingdom | 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 | United Kingdom | 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 | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Wellfleet, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from "Trepansto" to Boston, Massachusetts. [6] |
Eliza and Mary | United Kingdom | 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 | United Kingdom | 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 | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground on the Mendensand. [67] |
Fannie | United States | 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 | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Key Verde. [30] |
Gape | Canada | 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 | United States | The ship was wrecked near Norfolk, Virginia. [29] |
Gertrude | Norway | The ship was driven ashore at Kaskinen, Grand Duchy of Finland. [11] |
Gibraltar | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked at Lisbon, Portugal before 27 June. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to London. [47] |
Gioga | Germany | The ship sank. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Hamburg. [41] |
Golden Hind | United States | 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 ( Falkland Islands). [69] [70] |
Harriet Irving | United States | 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 | United States | The ship ran aground at Goiânia, Brazil. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [72] |
Hibernia | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at "Lake St. Peter". She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Halifax, Nova Scotia. [72] |
Idaho | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Victoria, British Columbia, Canada before 22 June. She was refloated. [65] |
John Barden | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at "Jellah Coffee", Dahomey. [37] |
John Millar | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 11 June. [73] |
John Mitchell | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 9 June. [16] |
Karen | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Point Pleasant, New Jersey, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Halifax. [47] |
Killara | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore on the South Wall. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands to Goole, Yorkshire. [11] |
Mary | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at "Stefano Point". She was refloated. [15] |
Mayflower | United Kingdom | The skiff foundered between Rùm and Coll. She was on a voyage from Loch Boisdale to the Crinan Canal. [74] |
Mizpah | United Kingdom | 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 | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore at Fowey, Cornwall. [72] |
Nicholas Etienne Jeune | France | The ship was lost near Lagos. [67] |
Otter | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Huckerplatt, off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. [41] She was refloated and resumed her voyage. [6] |
Recordate | Austria-Hungary | The steamship ran aground at Yeisk, Russia and was abandoned by her crew. [6] |
Saxonia | Germany | 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 | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Pagensand, in the North Sea and sank. [72] |
St. Andrews | United Kingdom | 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 | France | The ship was lost near Lagos. [67] |
Tunsin | China | The steamship was driven ashore in the Yangtze. She was refloated and taken in to Shanghai. [19] |
Twee Gebroders | Germany | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off Heligoland. Her five crew were rescued by the steamship Minerva ( United Kingdom ). [75] |
Valparaiso | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire at Rangoon, Burma and was scuttled. She was refloated. [15] |
W. Mosher | Canada | The ship was damaged by fire at Quebec City. [67] |