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The list of shipwrecks in September 1872 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during September 1872 .
List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1872
Ship
State
Description
Argo
France
The ship was wrecked in Trinity Bay with the loss of eight of her nineteen crew. She was on a voyage from Toulon , Var to Montreal , Quebec , Canada .[ 1] [ 2]
Gladan
Sweden
The ship was sighted off Spitsbergen , Norway. Presumed subsequently wrecked in ice.[ 3]
Polhem
Sweden
The ship was sighted off Spitsbergen. Presumed subsequently wrecked in ice.[ 3]
List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1872
Ship
State
Description
Auguste Georges
France
The barque was wrecked on "Malayong Island", Spanish East Indies . Her crew were rescued.[ 1] [ 16]
Brothers Success
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Brielle , South Holland , Netherlands. She was refloated.[ 15]
Elizabeth Jose
United Kingdom
The sloop was abandoned in Whitesand Bay . She was towed in to Falmouth, Cornwall the next day by the tug Scotia ( United Kingdom ).[ 14]
Newcastle
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked on the Tuskar Rock with the loss of all but one of her 30 crew. A stowaway also died. The survivor was rescued by the steamship Castilian ( United Kingdom ). Newcastle was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Savannah, Georgia , United States and/or Havana , Cuba .[ 17] [ 2] [ 18]
Oscar
Norway
The schooner ran aground on Læsø , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth , Stirlingshire , United Kingdom to Tønsberg . She was refloated and taken in to Fredrikshavn , Denmark in a leaky condition.[ 14]
List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1872
Ship
State
Description
Amazon
United Kingdom
The brigantine was driven ashore in a hurricane at Barbadoes .[ 27]
Bride of Lorne
United Kingdom
The sloop was driven ashore in a hurricane at Pelican Island , Barbadoes.[ 27] [ 20] [ 6]
Catherine Thompsan
United Kingdom
The ship sank at Irvine, Ayrshire .[ 33]
Friend
Barbadoes
The ship was lost in a hurricane at Dominica .[ 27]
Grace Kelly
United Kingdom
The brigantine was driven ashore in a hurricane at Barbadoes.[ 27]
Iona
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground in the River Thames at the entrance to Bow Creek . She was on a voyage from London to Leith , Lothian . She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[ 34]
James Barker
United States
The brigantine was driven ashore in a hurricane at Barbadoes.[ 27]
Johnson
Leeward Islands
The schooner was lost in a hurricane at Dominica.[ 20]
Josephine
Leeward Islands
The schooner was lost in a hurricane at Dominica.[ 27]
Lotus
Leeward Islands
The schooner was lost in a hurricane at Dominica.[ 27]
Maggie
Tobago
The sloop was driven ashore or foundered in a hurricane at Barbadoes.[ 27] [ 20] [ 31]
Ocean Spray
United Kingdom
The barque collided with the steamship Hirondelle ( France ) and foundered in the North Sea off Happisburgh , Norfolk . Her crew were rescued by Hirondelle . Ocean Spray was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to Lisbon , Portugal.[ 7] [ 35]
Preciosa
United Kingdom
The ship collided with the steamship Albanian ( United Kingdom ) and was beached at Egremont, Lancashire . She was on a voyage from St. Ubes , Portugal to Liverpool , Lancashire . She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool.[ 7]
Reindeer
Leeward Islands
The schooner was lost in a hurricane at Dominica.[ 27]
Sally
United Kingdom
The ship sank at Irvine.[ 33]
HM hired ship Springham
Barbadoes
The survey ship , a schooner , was lost in a hurricane at Dominica.[ 27]
Stephen
Leeward Islands
The schooner was lost in a hurricane at Dominica.[ 27] [ 20]
West Stanley
United Kingdom
The steamship was driven ashore at Hope Point, County Cork . She was on a voyage from Cronstadt , Russia to Crookhaven , County Cork.[ 34]
List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1872
Ship
State
Description
Amity
United Kingdom
The sloop foundered off Great Orme Head , Caernarfonshire . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Llanhawn" to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 24]
Antonio
France
The chasse-marée ran aground on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk , United Kingdom and sank. Her six crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bilboa , Spain to Middlesbrough , Yorkshire , United Kingdom.[ 17] [ 38] [ 39]
Celuta
Norway
The barque was wrecked on "Hoff's Island". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire to Narva , Russia .[ 17]
HMS Supply
Royal Navy
The transport ship ran aground at Cape Palmas , Liberia. She was refloated and found to be severely leaky.[ 40]
List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1872
Ship
State
Description
Atlas
Denmark
The barque collided with Pauline ( Germany ) and sank south of Dragør , Denmark. Her crew were rescued. Atlas was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire , United Kingdom to Härnösand , Sweden.[ 24]
Caroline Louise
Russia
The ship was wrecked at Thisted , Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool , County Durham , United Kingdom to Stockholm , Sweden.[ 24]
Deploana
Norway
The yacht was driven ashore at Dragør , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Christiania to Saint Petersburg , Russia .[ 32]
Hafnia
Flag unknown
The ship was run into by Helios (Flag unknown) and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued.[ 41]
Luigina Bianchetti
Italy
The ship departed from Monte Video , Uruguay for Antwerp , Belgium. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 42]
Marianna
Italy
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at The Lizard , Cornwall , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Bassein , India to Falmouth, Cornwall .[ 32] [ 43]
Nuova Raffelina
Italy
The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at The Lizard. She was on a voyage from Bassein to Falmouth.[ 32] [ 43]
Orray Taft
United States
The whaler , a barque was wrecked on Marble Island , Northwest Territories , Canada with the subsequent loss of some of her crew. Survivors were rescued on 2 August 1873,.[ 44] probably by the whaling schooner Abbie Bradfield , which is known to have rescued the survivors of Ansel Gibbs ( United States ),[ 45] who were also rescued from Marble Island that day.[ 44]
Prosperous
United Kingdom
The ship collided with Salisbury ( United Kingdom ) and was beached at Copenhagen , Denmark. She was on a voyage from Riga , Russia to Hull , Yorkshire .[ 32]
Shermann
United States
The ship was driven ashore on the Estonian coast. Her crew were rescued by a lifeboat .[ 32]
Wycliffe
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked off "Palm Island", Brazil . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro to Pará , Brazil.[ 46]
List of shipwrecks: 23 September 1872
Ship
State
Description
Attilio
Italy
The barque was wrecked at Copacabana , Brazil . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires , Argentina to Belle Île , Morbihan , France.[ 62]
Raisbeck
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland for Geestemünde , Germany . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 63]
Susan
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Dover , Kent for Leith , Lothian . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 64]
Twee Gebroders
Netherlands
The ship departed from Ostend , West Flanders , Belgium for Leith , Lothian , United Kingdom . No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[ 65]
List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1872
Ship
State
Description
Adelaide
United Kingdom
The schooner put in to Fishguard , Pembrokeshire and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aberdovey , Cardiganshire to Cardiff , Glamorgan .[ 66]
Eri-King
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Glasgow , Renfrewshire . She was on a voyage from Montreal , Quebec , Canada to Glasgow.[ 5]
Laura
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground and sank at Hook of Holland , South Holland , Netherlands. All on board were rescued.[ 67] [ 66] [ 68]
Lisbon
United Kingdom
The ship foundered with the loss of all hands, according to a message in a bottle that washed up at Portrush , County Antrim on 30 September.[ 47]
Medora
Norway
The ship ran aground on the Rute Miplaper, in the Baltic Sea .[ 66]
List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1872
Ship
State
Description
Albion
United Kingdom
The steamship sank at Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure , France. She was on a voyage from Honfleur , Manche , France to Littlehampton , Sussex .[ 69]
Ariel
United Kingdom
The schooner collided with the schooner Maria ( United Kingdom ) and was beached at Spurn Point , Yorkshire .[ 4]
Eaglet
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Sheringham , Norfolk . Her crew were rescued.[ 66]
Elizabeth
Denmark
The schooner was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aarhus to the Firth of Forth .[ 27]
George Reed
United Kingdom
The steamship was wrecked in the Maldives . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Saigon , French Indo-China .[ 19]
Gesina Antina
Norway
The ship ran aground on the Dvale Grounds, in the Baltic Sea . She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg , Russia to Stockton-on-Tees , County Durham , United Kingdom . She was refloated and taken in to Fredrikshavn , Denmark in a leaky condition.[ 4]
Humboldt
Germany
The ship ran aground on "Oedjon Boegoe", Netherlands East Indies . She was on a voyage from Australia to Batavia , Netherlands East Indies.[ 70]
Jannetje
Netherlands
The schooner was abandoned in the Skaggerak . Her crew were rescued by the barque Hoppet ( Germany ). Jannetje was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham , United Kingdom to Gothenburg , Sweden.[ 71] [ 72] [ 73]
William Wise
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore near Southend Pier , Essex She was on a voyage from South Shields to London.[ 66]
Unnamed
Flag unknown
The schooner was driven ashore at Spurn Point.[ 5]
List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1872
Ship
State
Description
Assomption
France
The sloop was wrecked on the coast of Guernsey , Channel Islands .[ 74]
Attaliah
United Kingdom
The brig foundered in the North Sea off Goere , Zeeland , Netherlands. Her crew were rescued by Richard ( United Kingdom ). Attalia was on a voyage from London to Sunderland, County Durham .[ 48]
Auguste Gache
France
The steamship foundered off Belle Île , Morbihan .[ 47]
Belle
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore and wrecked 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Fraserburgh , Aberdeenshire . Her crew were rescued by the Coastguard . She was on a voyage from Archangelsk , Russia to Aberdeen .[ 4] [ 5]
Concord
United Kingdom
The brig foundered in the North Sea 130 nautical miles (240 km) east of Spurn Point , Yorkshire . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sutton Bridge , Lincolnshire to Lübeck , Germany .[ 75]
Dalhousie
Canada
The steamship was destroyed by fire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Montreal , Quebec to Chicago, Illinois , United States.[ 76]
Economy
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the barque Clemence Marie ( France ).[ 77]
Emma
United Kingdom
The sloop foundered in the North Sea off Lowestoft , Suffolk .[ 78] All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Maldon, Essex to Sunderland, County Durham .[ 79] [ 80]
Russell
United Kingdom
The ship foundered off the Lemon and Ower Sand, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to the Nieuwe Diep.[ 21]
Selicia
Belgium
The steamship ran aground at Barber's Point, in the Dardanelles .[ 47]
Taurus
United Kingdom
The schooner foundered in the North Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) off Great Yarmouth , Norfolk . Her crew were rescued by the smack Wanderer ( United Kingdom ), which lost a crew member effecting the rescued. Taurus was on a voyage from South Shields , County Durham to Falmouth, Cornwall .[ 27] [ 78]
Triton
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Western Tillen, in the North Sea off the coast of Germany . Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall , Sweden to Grangemouth , Stirlingshire .[ 47] [ 48]
Venskabet
Sweden
The ship foundered 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off Ystad . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Sandvig" to Dordrecht , South Holland , Netherlands.[ 21]
Yokohama
United States
The barque collided with the steamship Nile ( United Kingdom ) in the Atlantic Ocean . She was abandoned and set afire. Yokohama was on a voyage from New York to Hong Kong .[ 81]
List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1872
Ship
State
Description
Antje
Germany
The ship sank in the Ems . Her crew were rescued.[ 82]
Argus
Belgium
The ship sank in the North Sea . Her crew were rescued.[ 76]
Carl Linck
Germany
The ship was wrecked on the Understen Rock, off Stockholm , Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall , Sweden to Dundee , Forfarshire , United Kingdom .[ 72] [ 73] She was refloated on 9 October and towed in to Stockholm.[ 83]
Cereal
United Kingdom
The barque caught fire and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by John Ritson ( United Kingdom ). Cereal was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia to Santos , Brazil .[ 84]
Eleanor
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at Mundesley , Norfolk . Her crew were rescued.[ 85]
Henry
United Kingdom
The ship was sighted off Great Yarmouth , Norfolk whilst on a voyage from Southampton , Hampshire to Goole , Yorkshire . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 86]
Honor
United Kingdom
The brigantine collided with a barque and foundered in the North Sea off Flamborough Head , Yorkshire . Her crew were rescued by a fishing smack .[ 21]
La Perien
France
The schooner was driven ashore on Texel , North Holland , Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Drontheim , Norway to Nantes , Loire-Inférieure .[ 21] [ 12]
Rebecca
United Kingdom
The ship struck the North Bull, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Dublin . She was on a voyage from Dublin to Cardiff , Glamorgan . She was refloated and put back to Dublin, but sank in the River Liffey .[ 27]
Swan
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned off Flamborough Head , Yorkshire . Her crew took to a boat; they were rescued the next day by Echantress ( United Kingdom ). Swan was on a voyage from North Shields , Northumberland to Hamburg , Germany .[ 87]
Theresia
Norway
The barque was driven ashore on Texel. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall , Sweden to Antwerp , Belgium.[ 21]
Vivid
United Kingdom
The ship collided with the steamship Haardrade ( Germany ) and sank in the Elbe . She was on a voyage from an English port to Harburg , Germany.[ 21] She had been refloated by 19 October.[ 88]
W. G. Russell
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent . She was on a voyage from Akyab , Burma to London .[ 12]
William Dixon
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore on Terschelling , Friesland , Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg , Germany to Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland .[ 12] [ 89]
Unnamed
Flag unknown
The ship ran aground on the Chapman Sand, in the Thames Estuary .[ 89]
List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1872
Ship
State
Description
Dorothea
Norway
The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea 60 nautical miles (110 km) east south east of St. Abbs Head , Berwickshire , United Kingdom with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Dram to Grangemouth , Stirlingshire , United Kingdom.[ 82] [ 90]
Eliza Sherris
Portugal
The ship was wrecked at Porto Seguro , Brazil .[ 63]
Enterprise
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from "Fornea" to Grimsby , Lincolnshire . She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen , Denmark in a leaky condition.[ 80]
Florence Barclay
United Kingdom
The barque was destroyed by fire in the Indian Ocean . Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hull , Yorkshire to Table Bay .[ 91]
Jane Bingham
United Kingdom
The steamship foundered in the Raz de Sein . Her crew were rescued.[ 6] She was on a voyage from Swansea , Glamorgan to "Saint-Layavu", on the west coast of France.[ 18]
Lavinia
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Dogger Bank . Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg , Sweden to Blakeney, Norfolk .[ 82]
Nazarene
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in Liverpool Bay with the loss of all seventeen crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool , Lancashire to Havana , Cuba .[ 18] [ 92]
Parisienne
France
The lugger sank at Padstow , Cornwall , United Kingdom . She was on a voyage from Newquay , Cornwall to Neath , Glamorgan , United Kingdom.[ 27]
Viola
United Kingdom
The brig was driven ashore at Gourock , Renfrewshire .[ 48]
Wilhelm
Germany
The ship foundered in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Plymouth , Devon , United Kingdom to Stettin .[ 71]
Four unnamed vessels
United States
The ships sank in Lake Erie .[ 93]
List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1872
Ship
State
Description
Alfred
United Kingdom
The ship sank in Swansea Bay . She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne , Northumberland to Waterford .[ 47] [ 48]
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands , in the North Sea off the copast of Norfolk . Her seven crew were rescued by the fishing trawler Lizzie Mordue ( United Kingdom ).[ 94]
Leif
Norway
The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean . Her crew were rescued by Mary Jones ( United States ). Leif was on a voyage from London , United Kingdom to Baltimore, Maryland , United States.[ 93]
Nenthorn
United Kingdom
The brig collided with the steamship Constance ( United Kingdom ) and sank off Málaga , Spain with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Constance . Nenthorn was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Alexandria , Egypt .[ 47] [ 95]
Spray
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off Lowestoft , Suffolk . Her crew were rescued by Signal ( United Kingdom ). Spray was on a voyage from Rye, Sussex to Hartlepool , County Durham .[ 47] [ 48] She came ashore at Noordwijk , South Holland , Netherlands on 4 October.[ 90]
List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1872
Ship
State
Description
Annechina
Netherlands
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Terschelling , Friesland .[ 47]
Antelope , andZanola
France United Kingdom
The steamships collided in the English Channel and were both beached at Dungeness , Kent , with Zanola beached nearer to New Romney . Antelope was on a voyage from Antwerp , Belgium to Havre de Grâce , Seine-Inférieure . The Zanola was reported to be on a voyage from Smyrna , Ottoman Empire to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 47] [ 95] [ 48] She was refloated and sailed for London .[ 96]
Arianna
Malta
The brigantine foundered off Gibraltar . Her crew were rescued by Audax ( United Kingdom ). Arianna was on a voyage from Odessa , Russia to Falmouth, Cornwall , United Kingdom .[ 19] [ 97]
Bee
United Kingdom
The lugger foundered in the North Sea off Lowestoft , Suffolk . Her eight crew were rescued by the smack Dove ( United Kingdom ).[ 94]
Bonne Romelingh
Flag unknown
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Sylt , Germany .[ 47] [ 48]
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands , in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk . She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Rotterdam , South Holland , Netherlands.[ 85]
Garibaldi
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Montreal , Quebec , Canada for Queenstown, County Cork . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 98]
Gesina
Flag unknown
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Sylt.[ 47]
Ina
United Kingdom
The tender was driven ashore at the mouth of the Brodie River. She was plundered and burnt by the local inhabitants.[ 99]
Jane J. Southard
United States
The full-rigged ship caught fire at Penarth , Glamorgan , United Kingdom. She was beached and scuttled. She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Callao , Peru.[ 47] [ 94]
Salvador
Norway
The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at "Kandestederne". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dysart, Fife , United Kingdom to Helsingør , Denmark.[ 47] [ 95]
Venskabet
Norway
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Sylt.[ 47] [ 48]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in September 1872
Ship
State
Description
Arctic
Germany
The brig was wrecked at Maracaibo , Venezuela.[ 75]
Augusto
Brazil
The ship was lost in the Solimões River . She was on a voyage from Pará to Iquitos , Peru.[ 85]
Blanche
France
The steamship foundered in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire , United Kingdom before 23 September.[ 66]
Christopher
Newfoundland Colony
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Bermuda in a hurricane before 21 September. Her crew were rescued.[ 53]
Dagmar
Grand Duchy of Finland
The steamship ran aground between 4 and 6 September. She was on a voyage from Helsinki to Turku .[ 30]
Dunkeld
United Kingdom
The brigantine was wrecked in the Bocas before 11 September.[ 34]
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The brig was abandoned in the North Sea before 10 September.[ 33]
Eliza Maria
United Kingdom
The barque collided with another vessel and sank in the Hampton Roads . She was on a voyage from Santos , Brazil to a Baltic port.[ 33] [ 30]
Eugenie
United Kingdom
The barque was towed in to New York , United States in a derelict condition by the steamship Dorian ( United Kingdom ). Eugenie had been on a voyage from Brunswick, Georgia , United States to Montevideo , Uruguay.[ 24] [ 100]
Excalibur
United States
The ship was driven ashore on Prince Edward Island , Canada before 6 September.[ 15]
Falcon
United Kingdom
The barque was wrecked on Anegada , Virgin Islands . She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia , Canada to Ponce, Puerto Rico .[ 41]
George Esson
Canada
The barque was driven ashore in the Gut of Canso . She was refloated with assistance from the steamship Medway ( Canada ).[ 66]
G. Palmer
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at North Cape, Prince Edward Island , Canada . She was on a voyage from Cork to Richibucto , New Brunswick , Canada.[ 13]
Isa
United Kingdom
The steamship was wrecked off Socotra , Aden Governorate before 13 September. Her crew were rescued by HMS Briton ( Royal Navy ).[ 24]
Highland Mary
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast , County Antrim to Quebec City , Canada.[ 9]
Julia D.
United Kingdom
The brigantine was wrecked at Maracaibo.[ 75]
Margaret
Netherlands
The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea before 27 September.[ 85]
Mathilde
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at the mouth of the Brass River . Her crew were rescued.[ 85]
Mediterrane
France
The ship was wrecked at "Kootenow", Dahomey . Her crew were rescued.[ 77]
Moldavia
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground in the Danube at "Ghiobau Ghina", Ottoman Empire .[ 41] [ 101]
Nathaniel
France
The ship was driven ashore on the coast of the Grand Duchy of Finland . She was on a voyage from "Tore Forss" to Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône . She was refloated and taken in to Luleå , Sweden.[ 53]
Prompt
Canada
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 5 September.[ 102]
Sailor' s Home
United States
The ship ran aground on the Red Island Reef, in the Saint Lawrence River . She was refloated and taken in to Quebec City.[ 15]
Seriole
Canada
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all but four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Nova Scotia to Demerara , British Honduras .[ 102]
Thorwaldsen
Germany
The steamship was driven ashore between Stettin and Swinemünde . She was refloated and taken in to Stettin, where she arrived on 1 October.[ 90]
Whycliffe
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked off Paranaguá , Brazil before 16 September. Her crew were rescued.[ 71]
Witch of the Tees
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore at East London , Cape Colony . She was on a voyage from London to East London.[ 14]
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^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times . No. 27525. London. 4 November 1872. col E, p. 11.
^ "General News". Birmingham Daily Post . No. 4420. Birmingham. 14 September 1872.
^ "Shipwreck of a French Vessel". Cheshire Observer . Vol. 21, no. 1049. Chester. 14 September 1872. p. 8.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". Glasgow Herald . No. 10239. Glasgow. 23 October 1872.
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^ "Terrible Sufferings of a Ship's Crew". Bradford Observer . Vol. 40, no. 3352. Bradford. 24 September 1873. p. 5.
^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times . No. 27506. London. 12 October 1872. col B, p. 11.
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^ a b c d e f g h i "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard . No. 15030. London. 1 October 1872. p. 7.
^ "Foundering of a Wisbech Brig". The Standard . No. 15021. London. 20 September 1872. p. 7.
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^ "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard . No. 15020. London. 19 September 1872. p. 7.
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^ a b "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times . No. 27510. London. 17 October 1872. col F, p. 9.
^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". Daily News . No. 8260. London. 17 October 1872.
^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times . No. 27520. London. 29 October 1872. col C, p. 9.
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^ "Court of Admiralty, Feb. 7 and 8". The Times . No. 27609. London. 10 February 1873. col C, p. 11.
^ "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard . No. 15038. London. 10 October 1872. p. 7.
^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". Daily News . No. 8270. London. 29 October 1872.
^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times . No. 27521. London. 30 October 1872. col F, p. 11.
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^ "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard . No. 15099. London. 20 December 1872. p. 6.
^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times . No. 27564. London. 19 December 1872. col F, p. 5.
^ a b c d e f g "Latest Shipping Intelligence". Daily News . No. 8242. London. 26 September 1872.
^ "Foundering of the Schooner Laura". Belfast News-Letter . No. 55445. Belfast. 24 September 1872.
^ "Severe Storm". Blackburn Standard . Vol. 38, no. 1970. Blackburn. 2 October 1872.
^ "Foundering of a Steamer". Belfast News-Letter . No. 55445. Belfast. 24 September 1872.
^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". Daily News . No. 8296. London. 28 November 1872.
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^ a b "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times . No. 27501. London. 6 October 1872. col F, p. 11.
^ a b "Storm on the East Coast". Bristol Mercury . No. 4303 (Second ed.). Bristol. 28 September 1872.
^ "Foundering of a Sloop". Cheshire Observer . Vol. 21, no. 1051. Chester. 28 September 1872. p. 8.
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^ "Shipping Intelligence". Glasgow Herald . No. 10246. Glasgow. 31 October 1872.
^ a b c "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times . No. 27500. London. 5 October 1872. col C, p. 11.
^ "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard . No. 15042. London. 15 October 1872. p. 7.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". Glasgow Herald . No. 10264. Glasgow. 21 November 1872.
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^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times . No. 27540. London. 21 November 1872. col E, p. 10.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". Glasgow Herald . No. 10227. Glasgow. 9 October 1872.
^ "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard . No. 15049. London. 23 October 1872. p. 7.
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^ a b c "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard . No. 15034. London. 5 October 1872. p. 7.
^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times . No. 27558. London. 12 December 1872. col F, p. 11.
^ "Press Association Telegrams". Aberdeen Journal . No. 6508. Aberdeen. 2 October 1872.
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^ "Mail and Ship News". Leeds Mercury . No. 10758. Leeds. 2 October 1872.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". Glasgow Herald . No. 10240. Glasgow. 24 October 1872.
^ "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard . No. 15123. London. 17 January 1873. p. 7.
^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". Daily News . No. 8267. London. 25 October 1872.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". Glasgow Herald . No. 10208. Glasgow. 17 September 1872.
^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". Daily News . No. 8238. London. 21 September 1872.
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