| Ship |
State |
Description
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| Annie Scott
|
 United Kingdom
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The ship departed from Shanghai, China on "31 September" for Hiogo, Japan. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.
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| Black Diamond
|
 South Australia
|
The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked between Moonta and Wallaroo.
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| 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.
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| Correo de Lebu
|
 Chile
|
The ship was wrecked on the south coast of Chile.
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| Chuckiang
|
 China
|
The steamship was wrecked in the Hainan Strait. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Shanghai.
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| 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
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| Coryphæus
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship was wrecked at Aila, Ottoman Syria. At least five crew survived.
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| Don Leandro
|
Flag unknown
|
The 86-ton two-masted lumber schooner was wrecked. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.
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| Doon
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship was lost in the South China Sea. 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.
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| 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.
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| Fanny Campbell
|
United Kingdom
|
The ship was wrecked in the Banks Islands. Her crew were rescued.
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| 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.
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| Hannah Bloomfield
|
New South Wales
|
The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Cleveland Bay, Queensland.
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| 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.
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| James Merriman
|
Flag unknown
|
The barque was wrecked in the Torres Strait.
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| Lola Montes
|
 Queensland
|
The ship was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Brisbane to Cleveland Bay.
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| Maggie Wright
|
 United States
|
The ship was destroyed by fire at Kingston, Jamaica on 9 August or 9 September.
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| 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.
|
| Petrel
|
New South Wales
|
The schooner was wrecked in the New Hebrides.
|
| USS Picket Boat No. 5
|
United States
|
The torpedo boat was lost.
|
| 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.
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| Sarah Anne Blanche
|
 Tasmania
|
The ship was wrecked.
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| 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.
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| Solarie Brignardello
|
 Italy
|
The ship was lost off Cape Horn, Chile. Her crew were rescued.
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| Sophie
|
United States
|
The ship was wrecked on Honshu, Japan with the loss of two of her crew.
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| 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.
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| Suwo Nada
|
Flag unknown
|
The steamship was lost in the South China Sea.Her crew were rescued.
|
| 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.
|
| Ticonderoga
|
United States
|
The clipper was wrecked off the coast of India.
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| Tuhlee
|
China
|
The tug was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Fuzhou to Shanghai.
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| Waimea
|
New South Wales
|
The steamship was wrecked in the Richmond River.
|
| 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.
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| Young Australian
|
South Australia
|
The paddle tug sank at the mouth of the Roper River.
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