List of shipwrecks in 1873

The list of shipwrecks in 1873 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1873.

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1873
Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr
May	Jun	Jul	Aug
Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
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References

January

6 January

List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Otto	Norway	The brig was fifty-eight days out from Bahia for Falmouth when she was wrecked in Mount's Bay. The Penzance lifeboat Richard Lewis rescued eight men, a dog and a pig at the third attempt. (Wrecked again in 1888).[1][2]

7 January

List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Margaret	New Zealand	The 22-ton cutter capsized close to Tokomaru Bay during a storm. Two of the four crew made it ashore safely, but the captain and mate were drowned.[3]

22 January

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Northfleet	United Kingdom	The full-rigged ship sank with the loss of 293 lives after being rammed while at anchor in thick fog by the steamship Murillo ( Spain) three miles off Dungeness. There were 86 survivors rescued by Tug "City of London", Pilot boat "Princess" and Lugger Mary all ( United Kingdom). Murillo failed to offer assistance and left the scene.[4][5]

23 January

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Talisman	United Kingdom	The 738-gross register ton general cargo ship foundered 48 nautical miles (89 km) northwest of The Burlings archipelago off Portugal.[6]

25 January

List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1873

Ship	Country	Description
George S. Wright	United States	The 214.94-ton, 161.2-foot (49.1 m) steamer departed Klawock, Territory of Alaska, bound for Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada, with a crew of 21 and approximately 13 passengers aboard and was never heard from again. Wreckage – and two bodies – from George S. Wright later washed ashore along the coast of North America from Queen Charlotte Sound in British Columbia to Prince of Wales Island in the Alexander Archipelago in Southeast Alaska.[7]

February

3 February

List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Mary Russell	United Kingdom	The brig was driven ashore at Dunwich, Suffolk.[8]
Unidentified brigantine	flag unknown	Foundered in heavy seas on the Seven Stones Reef, between the Isles of Scilly and Cornwall. The captain of a nearby French schooner decided it was too dangerous to approach the wreck, leaving those on board to drown.[9]

17 February

List of shipwrecks: 17 February 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Lion	New Zealand	The 216-ton barque was wrecked on the bar at Whangapoua Harbour, New Zealand, while outbound for Adelaide with a load of timber. All hands were saved.[10]

March

1 March

List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Chacabuco	United Kingdom	The 999-ton iron–hulled full-rigged ship carrying wheat from San Francisco to Liverpool, sank off the Great Orme, United Kingdom with the loss of 24 lives after SS Torch collides with her, also sinking.[11]

2 March

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Boyne	United Kingdom	The 690-ton iron–hulled barque carrying sugar from Semarang to Falmouth, sank under Angrouse Cliff near Mullion Cove, Cornwall with the loss of all but four of her crew.[12][13][14]

3 March

List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Lalla Rookh (1856 ship)	United Kingdom	The square-rigged, iron-hulled tea clipper of 869 tons,[15] was wrecked off Prawle Point in Devon. Her remains still lie under the beach at Elender Cove, while her figurehead was found in Jersey in 1939 and is now preserved at the Cutty Sark museum ship.[16]
Odysseus	Greece	The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on Pwll Du Point, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Swansea, Glamorgan.[17]

7 March

List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Dollart	Germany	The schooner got into difficulties of Cemaes Head, Cardiganshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by John Stuart ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[18]

22 or 23 March

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Coquette	New Zealand	The yacht left Peraki Bay on Banks Peninsula with three people on board on the 22nd, and was last seen later the same evening west of the mouth of Akaroa Harbour. It is thought she succumbed to damage caused by hitting a rock a week earlier which had not been fully repaired.[19]

April

1 April

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Atlantic	United Kingdom	The wreck of Atlantic. The ocean liner hit an underwater rock off Marr's Head, Meagher's Island (now Mars Head, Mars Island), Nova Scotia, Canada, and sank with the loss of between 535 and 560 lives. There were 371 survivors.

23 April

List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Nebula	United Kingdom	The barque ran aground at Port Eynon Point, Glamorgan and was severely damaged. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Cardiff, Glamonrgan. Nebula was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.[17]

May

3 May

List of shipwrecks: 3 May 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Nancy	New Zealand	The 17-ton schooner was wrecked when she was driven onto rocks while attempting to cross the bar at the mouth of the New River, New Zealand.[19]

10 May

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Margaret Campbell	New Zealand	The 122-ton schooner parted her cable and was driven ashore at Oamaru, New Zealand.[19]

17 May

List of shipwrecks: 17 May 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Wentworth	United Kingdom	The collier foundered in the North Sea 23 nautical miles (43 km) south east of Spurn Point, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.[20]

24 May

List of shipwrecks: 24 May 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Australia	unknown	The 162-ton brig was lost close to Cape Campbell, New Zealand. She attempted to round the cape with the brig Scotsman during a heavy gale The captain of the Scotsman prudently turned back from the cape towards Cook Strait. When the gale had abated, his ship rounded the cape and found the wreckage of the Australia, which probably struck a reef. No trace was found of the eight crew.[21]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date May 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Argo	New Zealand	The 32-ton schooner left Auckland for Whangarei in April 1873 with four on board, and was not seen again.[19]

June

5 June

List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1873

Ship	Country	Description
PSS Waverley	United Kingdom	Two funnels, two masts side paddle wheel propulsion and accommodation for 450-560 passengers. Used on the Southampton - Channel Islands service. On 5 June 1873 she was wrecked in fog on Platte Boue Rock, Little Roussel, Guernsey.[22] [23]

7 June

List of shipwrecks: 7 June 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Stornoway	United Kingdom	The clipper was wrecked on the Kentish Knock off the coast of England at the mouth of the River Thames.

10 June

List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Advance	New Zealand	The 13-ton cutter was carried onto the spit at the mouth of the Waikouaiti River, New Zealand, and became a wreck.[24]
Cornish Girl	United Kingdom	Mousehole sailing lugger sank after striking the Round Rock in the Spanish Ledges on the Isles of Scilly in fine weather. No lives lost.[25]

July

1 July

List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Tromp	Netherlands	Ran aground off Cape Räz Ghärib, Egypt on maiden voyage. Refloated on 10 August, repaired and returned to service.[26]

22 July

List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Meteor	New Zealand	The 43-ton schooner ran aground on a sandspit at the mouth of the Whanganui River, New Zealand.[24]

28 July

List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Union	New Zealand	The 158-ton brig was driven ashore in Whangaroa Bay, New Zealand, in a severe gale.[24]

30 July

List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Rangitoto	New Zealand	The steamer, which was carrying passengers between Nelson and Wellington, hit a reef near Cape Jackson in the Marlborough Sounds, ripping a hole in her side. The ship was deliberately beached in Port Gore to save the lives of those on board.[24]

August

12 August

List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Elizabeth	France	The schooner foundered in the Bristol Channel south east of Worms Head, Glamorgan, United Kingdom with the loss of one of her five crew. Survivors were rescued by the schooner Pet ( United Kingdom). Elizabeth was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine.[17]

27 August

List of shipwrecks: 27 August 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Emile	New Zealand	The 214-ton brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Oamaru by a cyclone which hit the east coast of New Zealand's South Island.[27]
Fairy Queen	New Zealand	The 214-ton brig parted her cable and was driven ashore at Timaru by a cyclone which hit the east coast of New Zealand's South Island.[28]
Scotsman	New Zealand	The 231-ton brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Oamaru by a cyclone which hit the east coast of New Zealand's South Island.[27]
Wanderer	New Zealand	The ketch was driven ashore at Timaru by a cyclone which hit the east coast of New Zealand's South Island.[28]

29 August

List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Ironsides	United States	The paddle steamer ran aground at Hog Island, Virginia, and was lost.
Triton	Germany	The barque was wrecked on the Mixon Shoal, in the Bristol Channel with the loss of two of her eight crew. Survivors were rescued by the paddle tug Digby Grand ( United Kingdom).[17]

September

10 September

List of shipwrecks: 10 September 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Kestrel	New Zealand	The 20-ton ketch went aground and was wrecked at Port Underwood in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand, in a gale.[29]

13 September

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Ocean	United Kingdom	The smack ran aground at Cardigan. Her two crew were rescued.[18]

23 September

List of shipwrecks: 23 September 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Ottawa	New Zealand	The 222-ton brigantine struck rocks and foundered southwest of New Plymouth while en route from Kaipara Harbour to Lyttelton Harbour with a cargo of timber. All hands were saved.[24]

October

19 October

List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Peggy	United Kingdom	The sloop foundered off Cardigan. Her two crew were rescued by John Stuart ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Cardigan.[18]

20 October

List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Fernando el Católico	Spanish Navy	Cantonal Revolution: The gunboat sank off the coast of Spain with heavy loss of life after colliding with the broadside ironclad Numancia ( Spanish Navy).

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Meridian	United States	The schooner sank in Lake Michigan off Sister Bay, Wisconsin, during a storm.

November

18 November

List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Helen Patterson	Canada	The barque was wrecked off Liverpool, Nova Scotia. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Portland, Maine, United States.[30]

22 November

List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Clarisse	France	The barque, based in Granville, Manche lost in the Minquiers, Channel Islands, during a trip from Bordeaux (Aquitaine) to her home port. There was only one survivor.[31] [32]
Ville du Havre	France	An illustration of Ville du Havre (right) sinking after colliding with Loch Earn (left). Loch Earn later sank as well. The paddle steamer sank with the loss of 226 lives in the Atlantic Ocean at 47°21′N 35°31′W after a collision with the three-masted ship Loch Earn ( United Kingdom). Loch Earn rescued 87 survivors.
Loch Earn	United Kingdom	The three-masted ship sank in the Atlantic Ocean without loss of life after a collision with the paddle steamer Ville du Havre ( France). Her passengers and crew and survivors she had taken aboard from Ville du Havre were rescued by the cargo ship Tremountain ( United States).

26 November

List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Coquette	France	The schooner was wrecked near Porthleven, Cornwall.[33]

December

8 December

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Vaderland	Belgium	Collided off South Foreland, England with fishing lugger Consolation ( United Kingdom) which sank.[34]

19 December

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Mary Brilliard	New Zealand	The 13-ton cutter (boat) was driven ashore and wrecked on Ruapuke Island, New Zealand, in a gale.[29]

20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Aborigine	New Zealand	The 132-ton brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked inside the mouth of the Hokitika River, New Zealand, in a severe gale.[35]
Redcliffe	New Zealand	The 22-ton ketch dragged her anchor and struck a reef at All Day Bay, New Zealand, during a heavy sea. One crewman was drowned.[36]

26 December

List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Virginius	United States	The sidewheel paddle steamer sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, while under tow from the Caribbean to New York City by the screw sloop-of-war USS Ossipee ( United States Navy).[37]

30 December

List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Tetuán	Spanish Navy	Cantonal Revolution: The broadside ironclad burned and sank, perhaps due to sabotage, while undergoing repairs at Cartagena, Spain.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Unidentified		A full-rigged ship wrecked on the Seven Stones Reef, between the Isles of Scilly and Cornwall.[9]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Alexander Oldham	United States	The sidewheel paddle steamer was lost during 1873.[38]
Ellen Martin	United Kingdom	The schooner beached on Summerlease Point Cliffs, north Cornwall, while attempting to enter the harbour at Bude. Her crew was taken off by breeches buoy and the ship's figurehead was in the captain's garden for many years.[39]
Grecian	United Kingdom	The cargo ship foundered.[40]
Ismailia	United Kingdom	After being sighted in the Atlantic Ocean on 2 October during a voyage from New York City to Glasgow, Scotland, with 52 people on board, the passenger-cargo ship disappeared without trace.[40]
Rose	United Kingdom	Five nights after the Otto, easterly hurricane strength winds wrecked the schooners Rose and Treaty ( United Kingdom) while the lifeboat was on call off the Eastern Green, Penzance to aid the schooner Marie Emile ( France) which was heading for her home port of Lorient with a cargo of coal from Cardiff. All saved on board. [1]
Treaty	United Kingdom	Five nights after the Otto, easterly hurricane strength winds wrecked the schooners Rose and Treaty ( United Kingdom) while the lifeboat was on call off the Eastern Green, Penzance to aid the schooner Marie Emile ( France) which was heading for her home port of Lorient with a cargo of coal from Cardiff. All saved on board. [1]

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Notes

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3. Ingram & Wheatley, p. 184.
4. "American Marine Engineer July, 1914". National Marine Engineers Beneficial Association of the United States. Retrieved 11 November 2020 – via Haithi Trust.
5. "Northfleet (+1876)". Wrecksite. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
6. "SS Talisman (1873)". wrecksite.eu.
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8. Bottomley, Alan Farquar. "Shipwrecks at or near Walberswick from 1848 - 1874" (PDF). Suffolk Records Society. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
9. Larn, Richard (1992). The Shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly. Nairn: Thomas & Lochar. ISBN 0-946537-84-4.
10. Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 184–185.
11. "Chacabuco". Coflein. Aberystwyth: Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. February 2010. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
12. McBride, P. W. J.; Richard, L. & Davis, R. (Ferdinand Research Group). (1971) "A Mid–17th Century Merchant Ship-wreck near Mullion, Cornwall: interim report". Cornish Archaeology 10: 75–78
13. Larn, Richard and Bridget (1997). "Vol 1 Section 4". Shipwreck Index of the British Isles. London: Lloyd's Register of Shipping ISBN 0-900528-88-5
14. "Boyne". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
15. "Sailing Ships: Lalla Rookh (1856)". Bruzelius.info. Source: Lloyd's Register of Shipping. Retrieved 27 January 2021.CS1 maint: others (link)
16. Clarkson, Steve (June 2016). "Start Point Project" (PDF). p. 20. Retrieved 28 January 2021. This Start Point project documents the research carried out by the teamon the inshore shipwrecks on the South Devon coast. It covers the area between Start Point and Prawle Point
17. Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
18. "Cardigan & District Shipwrecks and Lifeboat Service". Glen Johnson. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
19. Ingram & Wheatley, p. 185.
20. "Wentworth". Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
21. Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 185–186.
22. "PSS Waverley [+1873]". wrecksite.eu.
23. "1873". RNLI.
24. Ingram & Wheatley, p. 186.
25. Larn, Richard (1971). Cornish Shipwrecks – The Isles of Scilly. Newton Abbot: David & Charles.
26. "Belgian Merchant A-G" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
27. Ingram & Wheatley, p. 187.
28. Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 187–188.
29. Ingram & Wheatley, p. 188.
30. "Helen Patterson - 1873". Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
31. "SV Clarisse (+1873)". wrecksite.eu.
32. Dufiel, Yves (2008). Dictionnaire des naufrages dans la Manche (in French).
33. Treglown, Tony (2011). Porthleven in Years Gone by; Local Shipwrecks. Ashton: Tony Treglown.
34. "Belgian Merchant P-Z" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
35. Ingram & Wheatley, p. 189.
36. Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 188–189.
37. Bradford, Richard H., The Virginius Affair, Boulder, Colorado: Colorado Associate University Press, 1980, ISBN 0870810804, p. 144.
38. Naval History and Heritage Command: Confederate Ships: Fisher
39. "Ellen Martin". Pastscape. English Heritage. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
40. "Grecian". The Yard. Retrieved 18 February 2017.

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Ship events in 1873
Ship launches:	1868	1869	1870	1871	1872	1873	1874	1875	1876	1877	1878
Ship commissionings:	1868	1869	1870	1871	1872	1873	1874	1875	1876	1877	1878
Ship decommissionings:	1868	1869	1870	1871	1872	1873	1874	1875	1876	1877	1878
Shipwrecks:	1868	1869	1870	1871	1872	1873	1874	1875	1876	1877	1878