List of shipwrecks in January 1871

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The list of shipwrecks in January 1871 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during January 1871.

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1 January

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List of shipwrecks: 1 January 1871
Ship State Description
Adrien  France The schooner was driven ashore in a cyclone at Saint-Pierre, Réunion.[1]
Argonaute  France The ship was damagedin a cyclone at Réunion.[2][3]
Auffredy  France The ship was damaged in a cyclone at Réunion.[2][3]
Avenger  United Kingdom The steamship sank in the River Tyne.[4]
Caledonia  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore at Lamlash, Isle of Arran. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Port Dundas, Renfrewshire.[5]
Ceara  France The brig was holed by ice and sank at Pauillac, Gironde. Her crew were rescued.[6][7]
Corommandel  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Poorhead, County Cork. Her seven crew were rescued by the Coastguard using rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[8][9]
Czanan  France The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged in a cyclone at Réunion.[1]
Dean,
Grand Era,
John Howard,
Julia Rudolph,
Magenta, and
Thompson 		 United States The steamboats were destroyed by fire at New Orleans, Louisiana.[10][11]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Amble, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Perth.[8][9][12]
Etienne  France The ship was damaged in a cyclone at Réunion.[2][3]
Laurence  France The ship was damaged in a cyclone at Réunion.[2][3]
Maid of Foyers  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Boulmer, Northumberland. Her crew were reached shore in their boat. Maid of Foyers was on a voyage from Loch Ness to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated on 7 January but capsized and was towed in to Amble.[13][8][9][5][14]
Mierendorff Wardow Rostock The brig was severely damaged by fire at West Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom.[6]
Miss Douglas  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) west of Drigg, Cumberland with the loss of three of her four crew. She was on a voyage from Port Dinorwic, Caernarfonshire to Silloth, Cumberland.[8][9]
Misti  France The ship was damaged in a cyclone at Réunion.[2][3]
Morning Star  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Horse Isle, in the Firth of Clyde. Her crew were rescued by the Ardrossan Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Ardrossan, Ayrshire.[8][9][15]
Nizam  France The ship was damaged in a cyclone at Réunion.[2][3]
Oxalis  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Boulmer.[8][9] Her four crew were rescued by the Boulmer Lifeboat Robin Hood of Nottingham ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Oxalis was on a voyage from Sunderland to Portsoy, Aberdeenshire. She subsequently sank.[5][14][16]
Thomas and Joseph  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk.[8]
Torninto  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Queenstown, County Cork.[9]
Undaunted  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore by ice at Brough Yorkshire. She was refloated the next day and towed by the tug James Watt ( United Kingdom) to Hull, Yorkshire, where she sank.[15]
Uranie  France The schooner was driven ashore in a cyclone at Réunion. Her crew were rescued. She subsequently drove out to sea.[1]
Five unnamed vessels Flags unknown The ships were driven ashore and wrecked at Marathon, Greece.[17]

2 January

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List of shipwrecks: 2 January 1871
Ship State Description
Cockaleekie  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Campbeltown, Argyllshire.[8]
Coila  United Kingdom The ship was beached in the River Lagan. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to the West Indies.[18] She was refloated and towed in to Belfast, County Antrim.[19]
Colima  United Kingdom The barque sank at Dundrum, County Down. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Libertad, Central America and/or Amapala, British Honduras.[18][8][9][20]
Daniel O'Connell  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at East Tarbert, Ayrshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Donaghadee, County Down.[8]
Fanny Gurrich  United Kingdom The ship was sighted in the Mediterranean Sea whilst on a voyage from Berdyanski, Russia to a British port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[21]
Rosa Grey  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Stephen's Point, in the Sea of Marmara.[22][12] She was on a voyage from Sulina, Ottoman Empire to a British port.[5]
Viola  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her nine crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "St. Davids" to Matanzas, Cuba.[23]
Unnamed Flag unknown The ship collided with Accra ( United Kingdom) and foundered off Holyhead, Anglesey, United Kingdom.[6]

3 January

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List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1871
Ship State Description
Britannia  Prussia The barque was driven onto the Schultz Ground, in the Kattegat, by ice and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from an English port to Stettin.[24][25] She sank off Anholt, Denmark before 10 January.[13]
Britannia  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean (41°50′N 66°40′W / 41.833°N 66.667°W / 41.833; -66.667). Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from London to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.[24][26][27]
Dunedin  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Clyde. She was refloated the next day.[28]
Fleetwood  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Belfast, County Antrim. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[28]
Flying Childers  United Kingdom The tug collided with the steamship Llama ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Clyde. Her crew were rescued.[28]
H. J. Burton  United States The ship ran aground at Bilboa, Spain. She was on a voyage from New York to Bilboa.[29]
Margaret Ann  United Kingdom The yawl struck the Breast Rock, off Girvan, Ayrshire, caught fire and sank. She was on a voyage from Larne, County Antrim to the Clyde. She was refloated in late May and placed under repair.[30]
Pawnee  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Galveston, Texas, United States. She was on a voyage from Galveston to Liverpool. She was consequently condemned.[31][22][32][33]
Rebecca  United Kingdom The ship struck rocks off Aspronisi, Greece and sank.[34] She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Syros, Greece.[35]
Runnymede  United Kingdom The ship was damaged by fire at Hobart, Tasmania. The fire was extinguished by the Hobart City Fire Brigade with assistance from HMS Blanche ( Royal Navy).[36]
Undaunted  United Kingdom The fishing smack was holed by ice and sank at Hull, Yorkshire.[6]
Veranda  Norway The ship ran aground at Bilboa and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall to Bilboa.[29]
Victoria  Norway The barque was abandoned off the coast of Caithness, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the brig Queen Elizabeth ( Prussia). Victoria was on a voyage from Sundsvall to Fleetwood, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[31][37] She was taken in to Manssund, Norway in June.[38]

4 January

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List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1871
Ship State Description
Bilboa  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from London to Seaham, County Durham. She was refloated and taken in to Seaham in a leaky condition.[28]
Catherine Morrison  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on the Rhins of Galloway, Wigtownshire with the loss of all eleven crew. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[39][5][40]
Crusader  United Kingdom The steamship was lost at Cartagena, Spain.[41] She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Colón, United States of Colombia.[42][43]
Harry Helbert  United Kingdom The brigantine ran aground on the Wolf Rock, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Ardrossan. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[5]
Max  France Franco-Prussian War: The transport ship was captured off the mouth of the Gironde by SMS Augusta ( Prussian Navy) and was burnt.[44]
New Dominion  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked in Dunraven Bay. She was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island, Canada to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[28][22]
Paquita  Spain The barque ran aground on the Doggerbank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wexford, United Kingdom. Her sixteen crew were rescued by the Wexford Lifeboat Civil Service ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Paquita was on a voyage from Santander to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[22] She was later refloated with the assistance of Civil Service and a tug and taken in to Wexford.[12][16]
Sir William Wallace  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at "Burnford", Kirkcudbrightshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dunkeld, Ontario, Canada to Liverpool.[28][12][45]

5 January

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List of shipwrecks: 5 January 1871
Ship State Description
Cincetti Zarlo  Italy The barque was damaged by fire at South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom.[46]
Immacolata Flag unknown The ship ran aground and capsized at Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russian to Queenstonw. She was refloated.[5]
Kirtons  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Filey Brigg. Her six crew were rescued by the fishing yawl Refuge ( United Kingdom). Kirtons was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex.[28][12][16]
Lark  United Kingdom The fishing boat ran aground on the Dogger Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wexford and capsized. Both crew were rescued by the Wexford Lifeboat Civil Service ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[14]
Laura Maria  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at "Tinicum Island", Pennsylvania, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[28][47][48]
Margaret and Ann, or
Margaret and Jamie 		 United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Pettycur, Fife. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Pettycur.[29][49]
Merchant  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Saltfleet, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[28][50]
Miron France Saint Martin The schooner was driven ashore and severely damaged on Bermuda. She was on a voyage from Saint Domingo to New York, United States.[51]
Peggy  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Ross Point. Her crew were rescued.[31]
S. D. Thurston  United States The ship was wrecked on the Nash Sands, in the Bristol Channel off the coast of Glamorgan, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.[22][52][46]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The steamship sank 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) west of Nash Point, Glamorgan.[45]
Unnamed  Spain The barque was wrecked on the coast of Brazil.[53]

6 January

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List of shipwrecks: 6 January 1871
Ship State Description
Elwin Hawthorn  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and sank at Knokke, West Flanders, Belgium. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium.[24][50] She was later refloated and taken in to Blankenberge, West Flanders.[54]
General Havelock  United Kingdom The ship collided with Euphemia ( United Kingdom) and sank off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire.[28]
James B. Duffus  United States The ship ran aground on the Paedermarkt. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Antwerp, Belgium.[28][50] She was later refloated and towed in to Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands.[55]
Jessie Forrest  United Kingdom The barque was run ashore at Ouessant, Finistère, France and abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Africa to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was subsequently taken in tow for Weymouth, Dorset by a steamship,[50][25] which then took her in to Brest, Finistère.[25]
Speed  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Rochefort, Charente-Inférieure, France. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a leaky condition.[56]
Thames  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Collie Rocks. She was on a voyage from Dunbar, Lothian to Culloden, Inverness-shire. She was refloated and taken in to Macduff, Aberdeenshire for repairs.[55]

7 January

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List of shipwrecks: 7 January 1871
Ship State Description
Belle  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore in the River Thames near Gravesend, Kent. She was on a voyage from São Miguel Island, Azores to London.[50]
Belmont  United Kingdom The steamship was driven out to sea from Sunderland, County Durham by ice.[47]
Camilla  United Kingdom The ship was driven out to sea from Sunderland by ice.[25]
Cognac Packet  United Kingdom The ship was driven out to sea from Sunderland by ice and was severely damaged.[25]
Corsair  United Kingdom The ship was driven from her moorings by ice and ran aground at Sunderland.[25]
Dart  United Kingdom The ship was driven from her moorings by ice and ran aground at Sunderland. She was severely damaged.[57]
Draco  Austria-Hungary The barque ran aground on the Brake Sand and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to London.[24]
Escort  United Kingdom The ship was driven from her moorings by ice and ran aground at Sunderland. She was severely damaged.[57]
Fancy  United Kingdom The ship was driven out to sea from Sunderland by ice. She was severely damaged.[57]
Forsoget  Denmark The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Wingo". She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Helsingør.[24][55]
Fuzil Currin United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Straits Settlements The barque sank 40 nautical miles (74 km) south east of "Mooloopully". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Masulipatam to Madras, India.[58]
Jane  United Kingdom The ship was driven out to sea from Sunderland by ice.[57]
Jean  United Kingdom The ship was driven out to sea from Sunderland by ice.[25]
Joseph Fish  United States The full-rigged ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from New York to London. She was refloated with assistance from the Ramsgate Lifeboat and two tugs, including Middlesex ( United Kingdom) and taken in tow for London.[39]
Maria Emilie  United Kingdom The lugger was driven out to sea from Sunderland by ice.[47]
Mary Ann  United Kingdom The ship was driven out to sea from Sunderland by ice. She was severely damaged.[57]
Myrtle  United Kingdom The ship was driven from her moorings by ice and ran aground at Sunderland. She was severely damaged.[57]
Ocean Queen  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands. She was refloated with the assistance of the tug Restless ( United Kingdom) and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent.[50][26][55]
Pearl  United Kingdom The ship was driven from her moorings by ice and ran aground at Sunderland.[25]
Sea  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Goodwin Sands Her crew were rescued by the Ramsgate Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Cuba. She was refloated and assisted in to Ramsgate by a tug.[39][26][16]
Sori  Italy The brig ran aground on the Goodwin Sands and was abandoned by her crew, who were presumed to have subsequently perished. She was on a voyage from Feodosia, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated with assistance from the Deal and Ramsgate Lifeboats and towed in to Ramsgate.[39][25][16]
Vine  United Kingdom The ship was driven out to sea from Sunderland by ice. She was severely damaged.[57]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands and was abandoned by her crew, who got aboard the Gull Lightship ( Trinity House). She was later reboarded by her crew and assisted in to Ramsgate by a tug.[39]
Unnamed Flag unknown The barque ran aground on the Brake Sand. She was refloated with assistance.[39]
Five unnamed vessels  United Kingdom Four barques and a schooner was driven out to sea from Sunderland by ice.[47]

8 January

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List of shipwrecks: 8 January 1871
Ship State Description
Minerva  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Licata, Sicily, Italy. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Licata.[27]

9 January

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List of shipwrecks: 9 January 1871
Ship State Description
Edith Wonson  United States The fishing schooner sank on the Western Banks in a gale. Lost with all 12 crew.[59][60][61]
Magnolia  United States The schooner was wrecked off Cape Charles, Virginia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Norfolk, Virginia.[62]
Zoe  Italy The brig was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. Two crew were rescued by Prince ( United Kingdom).[55]
Volunteer  United States The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Race Point, Massachusetts. Her crew were rescued. Volunteer was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to Boston, Massachusetts. She was subsequently towed in to Provincetown, Massachusetts in a derelict condition.[57][62][63][64]

10 January

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List of shipwrecks: 10 January 1871
Ship State Description
Callie Allie  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rosario, Argentina to Liverpool, Lancashire.[65]
Devonshire Lass  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Foreness Rock, Margate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Exeter, Devon. She was refloated with assistance.[29]
Handy  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Sea. Her five crew were rescued by the Cahore Lifeboat Sir George Bowles ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). She was on a voyage from Ayr to Wexford. She was refloated and beached at Cahore, County Wexford.[56][16]
Inkerman  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Moulmein, Burma.[66] She was refloated on 14 January.[63]
Navarre  France The steamship was holed by ice and sank at the stern at Bordeaux, Gironde. She was placed under repair.[67]
Sarah N. Smith  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Shovelful Shoals. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.[68][62]
HMS Valourous  Royal Navy The Magicienne-class frigate was driven from her moorings and ran aground at Plymouth, Devon.[69]

11 January

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List of shipwrecks: 11 January 1871
Ship State Description
Calliope  Greece The brig ran aground and sank at Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the brig Royal Arch ( United Kingdom). Calliope was on a voyage from Liverpool to Syra.[29][49][70]
Cherokee  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship foundered in the Bay of Biscay. Her 28 crew took to the boats; they were rescued two days later by the schooner Julia ( United Kingdom). Cherokee was on a voyage from Liverpool to Bombay, India.[71][72][73][54]
Crescent  United Kingdom The barque ran aground at Liverpool. All seventeen people on board survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Havana, Cuba.[29][49][74]
Dartmouth  United Kingdom The schooner struck a sunken wreck off Porthcurno, Cornwall and sank. Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Penzance, Cornwall.[75][29][68]
Douro  Netherlands The galiot ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was refloated and beached at Deal, Kent.[56] She was subsequently taken in to Ramsgate, Kent.[29]
Dunbar Castle  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Ryde, Isle of Wight and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Ryde.[29]
Express  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked at Castellamare del Golfo, Sicily, Kingdom of Italy with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from the Black Sea to an English port.[13][67][37]
Harmony  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore on Lady Isle, in the Firth of Clyde. She was refloated and taken in to Troon, Ayrshire.[29]
Royal Standard  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kinsale, County Cork to Southampton, Hampshire.[56][75] She was refloated on 15 January.[76]
Unico  Italy The ship was wrecked on Filey Brigg with the loss of all but one of her thirteen crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Genoa.[31][76]
Unnamed  France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked south of Royan, Charente-Inférieure.[67]

12 January

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List of shipwrecks: 12 January 1871
Ship State Description
Betty  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore on Anholt, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Burntisland, Fife to Copenhagen, Denmark. She was refloated on 16 January and towed in to Helsingør, Denmark in a leaky condition.[31][77][73]
Earl Russell  United Kingdom The ship was sighted in the Atlantic Ocean (42°31′N 26°00′W / 42.517°N 26.000°W / 42.517; -26.000) whilst on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[78]

14 January

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List of shipwrecks: 14 January 1871
Ship State Description
Gazelle  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Faro, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Burntisland, Fife to Lisbon and Faro. She was refloated.[79]
Julianne Pauline Dantsic The ship was driven ashore at Løkken-Vrå, Denmark with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom to Dantsic.[31][73]
Leocadia  France The brig ran aground on the Pennington Spit, off the coast of Hampshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.[13]
Margaret McDonald  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Saltfleet, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.[31]
Thetis  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Hamburg.[80]
T. L. McGill  United States The steamboat ran aground in the Mississippi River downstream of Memphis, Tennessee. She was on a voyage from Saint Louis, Missouri to New Orleans, Louisiana. She was destroyed by fire on 16 January with the loss of 58 lives.[81]
Tom Henry  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Kirkwall, Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Alloa, Clackmannanshire to Kirkwall. She was refloated on 16 January and taken in to Kirkwall.[73]
Tornado  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea of the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[67]

15 January

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List of shipwrecks: 15 January 1871
Ship State Description
Cleopatra  United Kingdom The barque sprang a leak and sank at Saint-Marc, Haiti. Her crew were rescued.[82]
Cornhill  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore at Dungarvan, County Antrim. Her three crew were rescued by the Dungarvan Lifeboat Christopher Ludlow ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[34][83][16]
Edward Boustead  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Barcelona, Spain.[67]
Eliza  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Garlieston, Wigtownshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Carmarthen to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[34][32][76]
Foyle Packet  United Kingdom The schooner was discovered in a derelict condition in the Irish Sea by the steamship Defence ( United Kingdom). She was towed in to Liverpool, Lancashire.[34]
Friendship  United Kingdom The galiot ran aground on the Annat Bank, off the mouth of the River Tay. Her three crew were rescued by the Montrose Lifeboat Mincing Lane ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[16]
James and Louisa  United Kingdom The fishing vessel ran aground at Redcar, Yorkshire. She was refloated and taken in to Hartlepool, County Durham.[84]
Ruder  Norway The barque ran aground on the Crosby Spit, in Liverpool Bay. She was refloated and towed in to the River Mersey.[31]
St. Elwine  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven into the schooners Eldred and Jasper (1 and then drove ashore at St. Ives, Cornwall.[34][76]
Therese  France The ship was wrecked at Guadeloupe. Her crew were rescued.[85] She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Guadeloupe.[1]

16 January

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List of shipwrecks: 16 January 1871
Ship State Description
Anna Boot  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Pamso, off the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated the next day and towed in to Rotterdam.[73]
Billow  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Lamlash, Isle of Arran. She was on a voyage from Irvine, Ayrshire to Belfast, County Antrim.[34][77][76]
Cambrian  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Lepe, Hampshire. She was on a voyage from the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Colony to Southampton, Hampshire.[31][84] She was refloated the next day and taken in to Southampton.[76]
Charlton  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Newhaven, Sussex. Three of her crew were rescued by the Coastguard using rocket apparatus; the rest decided to remain on board. She was on a voyage from London to Saint-Nazaire, Ille-et-Vilaine, France.[86] Charlton was refloated on 20 January and taken in to Newhaven.[67]
Driver  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near the Tarbat Ness Lighthouse, Ross-shire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Tain, Ross-shire.[11]
Eleuthera  United Kingdom The ship collided with the brig George and Richard ( United Kingdom) off the Eddystone Lighthouse and was beached at the mouth of the Yealm River, where she was wrecked with the loss of five of the eighteen people on board. Eleuthera was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Galle, Ceylon.[31][87][84]
Elizabeth and Cicely United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Rye Harbour, Sussex. Her eight crew were rescued by the Rye Lifeboat Storm Sprite ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Elizabeth and Cicely was on a voyage from Guernsey to London.[31][83][77][16]
Evenna  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on Seeder's Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Waterford. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Waterford.[76]
Fatled  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Plymouth, Devon with the loss of five of her eighteen crew.[84]
Fairy  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and sank on Islay, Inner Hebrides.[71]
Flora  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by the Great Yarmouth Lifeboat.[31][66][84] She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Poole, Dorset. She was refloated on 19 January and taken in to Great Yarmouth in a severely leaky condition.[67]
Florence  United Kingdom The galiot was driven ashore and wrecked at Lossiemouth, Lothian. Her four crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Littleferry, Sutherland.[31][66][88] She was refloated on 26 January and taken in to Lossiemouth.[23]
Friendship  United Kingdom The ketch was wrecked on the Annat Bank, off Montrose, Forfarshire. Her three crew were rescued by the Montrose Lifeboat Mincing Lane ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution)[66][89][76]
General Outram  United Kingdom The steamship foundered off "Rutnagherry", India with the loss of 53 of the 88 people on board. Survivors were rescued by the steamship Philox ( United Kingdom). General Outram was on a voyage from Cochin to Bombay.[90]
Kalua, or
Kurus 		 Russia The schooner sank at Great Yarmouth with the loss of two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by the Gorleston Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[31][91][83]
Kenilworth Castle  United Kingdom The ship was sighted in the Atlantic Ocean (6°31′N 23°17′W / 6.517°N 23.283°W / 6.517; -23.283) whilst on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[78]
Lady Huntley  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore and sank at Ramsey, Isle of Man. Her four crew were rescued by the Ramsey Lifeboat Manchester Two Sisters ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Lady Huntley was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Dublin.[34][83][89]
Mary  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and sank at Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Ramsgate, Kent.[77] Also reported to have sunk on the Felixtowe Ridge, off the coast of Suffolk.[76][35]
Mary Louisa  New Zealand The 19-ton ketch capsized in a sudden storm at the mouth of Pelorus Sound / Te Hoiere, New Zealand.[92]
Mary Stewart  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore in Loch Ryan and was abandoned by her crew. She floated off, drove across the loch, came ashore and was wrecked.[77][11]
Reform  United Kingdom The lugger struck Deal Pier, Kent and foundered with the loss of eleven of her fourteen crew. She was answering a distress call.[31]
Salmon  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Tresco, Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from London to East London, Cape Colony.[31][32]
St. Philomene  France The ship was driven ashore at Bournemouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Isigny-sur-Mer, Calvados to Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure.[66][76]
Traveller  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Stoney Binks, off the mouth of the Humber. Her crew were rescued by the Spurn Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from London to Hull, Yorkshire.[80][93]
Vertranen Flag unknown The barque was wrecked on the Roker Rock, North Shields, Northumberland, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields.[31][66]
Victory  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore at Scrabster, Caithness. She was refloated and assisted in to Scrabster in a severely leaky condition.[31][88]
Wayford  United Kingdom The ship foundered at Ballyteague, County Wexford with the loss of all eighteen crew.[88]
Unnamed Flag unknown The brig was driven ashore at Deal, Kent.[31]
Unnamed  France The ship was driven ashore on the Shipledge, off the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. Her seven crew were rescued.[66]
Four unnamed vessels  United Kingdom The Thames barges sank in the River Thames upstream of London Bridge. One sank at St. Thomas's Hospital with the loss of both crew.[83]

17 January

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List of shipwrecks: January 1871
Ship State Description
Alacrity  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ramsgate, Kent. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Honfleur, Calvados, France. She was refloated and assisted in to Ramgsate in a leaky condition.[34]
Anna  France The chasse-marée was driven ashore and wrecked at Grange Chine, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Mesquer, Loire-Inférieure to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure.[34]
Atlas  United Kingdom The brig sprang a leak and was beached at Grimsby, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London.[35]
Charles  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at West Hartlepool, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Littlehampton, Sussex to West Hartlepool.[34] She was refloated.[94]
Guitar  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Warrenpoint, County Antrim.[31] She was later refloated.[73]
Justine France Algeria The brigantine was wrecked between Bône and Philippeville.[95][96]
Prigitano  Spain The ship was wrecked near Bône.[95]
Skudesnaes  Norway The ship was wrecked on Heligoland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Harburg.[80][97]
Wayfarer  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Kilmore, County Wexford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool, Lancashire.[34]
William and Henry  United Kingdom The ship was driven onto the Friars Bank, off Beaumaris, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Wicklow to Liverpool.[32][11]
Unnamed  France The ship was wrecked between "Gigelly" and Phillippeville.[95]

18 January

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List of shipwrecks: 18 January 1871
Ship State Description
Effort United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Guernsey The brigantine departed from Guernsey for London. Presumed foundered with the loss of all eight crew. Wreckage discovered off Whitstable, Kent was thought to have come from the ship.[98][99]
Minerva  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was damaged at King's Lynn, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[11][48]
Mystery  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to London.[94][48]
Rosa  Netherlands The ship ran aground at Vlissingen, Zeeland. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Vlissingen. She was refloated and towed in to Terneuzen, Zeeland.[11][94]

19 January

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List of shipwrecks: 19 January 1871
Ship State Description
Algiers  France The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Ives, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.[100]
Alma  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Livorno, Italy.[41]
Bachelina  Italy The ship was wrecked at San Pier d'Arena. Her crew were rescued.[101]
Due Amici  Italy The ship was driven ashore at Vado Ligure.[67]
Enterprise  United Kingdom The paddle steamer ran aground on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dublin.[80][102]
Eroe  Italy The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Livorno.[41]
Evangelina  Greece The brig was driven ashore and damaged at Livorno.[41]
Maria Ferguson  United States The ship was wrecked near the Loggerhead Lighthouse, in the Dry Tortugas, Florida. She was on a voyage from Mobile to Liverpool.[63][103][104]
Newsky  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Redcar, North Riding of Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[71][54]
Padre Mimbelli  Italy The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Livorno.[41][105]
Rachelina  Italy The ship was wrecked at San Pier d'Arena. Her crew were rescued.[67]
Rosa  Italy The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Livorno.[41]
Springbok  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Coatham, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Middlesbrough.[80]

20 January

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List of shipwrecks: 20 January 1871
Ship State Description
Caroline  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the ship Sea Star ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned 20 nautical miles (37 km) east of Cape Bon, Beylik of Tunis. Her crew were rescued by Sea Star.[106] Caroline was on a voyage from Agrigento, Sicily, Italy to Oporto, Portugal.[107]
City of Aberdeen  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Portlethen, Aberdeenshire. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to London.[108]
Halston  France The steamship was driven ashore at Le Verdon-sur-Mer, Gironde.[67]
Java Flag unknown The brigantine ran aground at Sierra Leone. She was consequently condemned.[109]
Rosareo Antonino  Spain The ship was wrecked at Santander with the loss of five of her crew.[23]
Volante  United Kingdom The sloop was run into by the steamship Conservator ( United Kingdom and sank off Scarborough, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by Conservator.[64]

21 January

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List of shipwrecks: 21 January 1871
Ship State Description
Carolina  Germany The barque was sighted off the Old Head of Kinsale, County Cork, United Kingdom whilst on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Cork. Presumed foundered off Galley Head, County Cork with the loss of all hands; wreckage thought to be from the ship was found by Goethe ( Germany).[110]
Consuelo  Spain The ship was wrecked near Santa Martha.[111]
Equator  United Kingdom The brig collided with a barque and sank in the English Channel 9 nautical miles (17 km) south south west of Hastings, Sussex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cuba to Alloa, Clackmannanshire.[2][63][112]
Fashion  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on the Isle of Arran. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Killybegs, County Donegal.[63]
Gannet  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Blankenberge, West Flanders, Belgium. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Antwerp, Belgium.[67] She was refloated.[113]
Isabella  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and was wrecked at Whitehaven, Cumberland.[41]

22 January

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List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1871
Ship State Description
Fantome  United Kingdom The brig sprang a leak was abandoned 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Terceira Island, Azores. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Margaret ( United Kingdom) and a schooner. Fantome was on a voyage from Sombrero, Anguilla to Gloucester.[2][114][3]
Industry  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Filey, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.[63]
Maria  New Zealand The ship was driven ashore at Bacton, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Her nineteen crew were rescued by the Bacton Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Norway to Dunedin.[63][16]

23 January

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List of shipwrecks: 23 January 1871
Ship State Description
Callirrhoe  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the River Thames at Blackwall, Middlesex. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London.[106]
Chase  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned at off Penarth, Glamorgan.[63][64]
Hero  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Isle of Whithorn, Wigtownshire. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Belfast, County Antrim.[64]
John and Mary  United Kingdom The ship departed from London for Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[115]
Lizzie and Annie  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and was abandoned with the loss of one of her nine crew. Survivors were rescued by a lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Alexandria, Egypt.[106][116][117]
Maize  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near South Shields, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France to South Shields.[63] She broke up on 30 January.[118]
Psyche  United Kingdom The ship struck a rock and sank at Amoy, China. Her crew were rescued.[119]
Utility  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the Bull Lightship ( Trinity House) and sank. Her crew were rescued.[106]
William Ash  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Corton Sand. Her crew were rescued by the Gorleston Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Dunkerque, Nord, France.[106]

24 January

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List of shipwrecks: 24 January 1871
Ship State Description
Barbara  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Roman River,[120] or in the Roma River.[121]
Catherine and John Canada Canada The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Agnes Campbell ( United Kingdom). Catherine and John was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Matanzas, Cuba.[107][122]
City of Auckland  United Kingdom The ship caught fire at Auckland, New Zealand and was scuttled.[123] She was refloated on 7 February.[124]
Irishman  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Kintyre ( United Kingdom) in the Clyde and was beached.[125]
Kate  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Tampico, Mexico. Her crew were rescued.[111][126]
Prins Carl Flag unknown The ship ran aground on the Pearl Rock. She was on a voyage from Trieste to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated and towed in to Gibraltar by the steamship Evadne ( United Kingdom).[106]
Starling  United Kingdom The schooner struck the breakwater and sank at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[127]
Sydney  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to Queenstown, County Cork.[44][128][129]

25 January

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List of shipwrecks: 25 January 1871
Ship State Description
Charles Gray  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Blacktail Sand, in the Thames Estuary.[41]
Fire King  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Tranmere, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool for repairs.[130]
Hannibal  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near "Eyjafjalla", Iceland.[131] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Iceland.[53]
John and Susannah  United Kingdom The sloop ran aground on the Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and was wrecked with the loss of all three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Lowestoft, Suffolk to London.[41][132]
Louisa  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Old Harry Ledges. She was on a voyage from Newport to Southampton. She was refloated on 27 January[41][133]
Lydia  France The schooner was wrecked near Le Conquet, Finistère. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to L'Orient, Morbihan.[118][134][135]
Ocean  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on a reef off the Itacolomi Lighthouse, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Maranhão, Brazil to Pensacola, Florida, United States. She was refloated and put back to Maranhão in a leaky condition.[136]
Sarah  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Margate Sands, off Margate, Kent in a storm. Her six crew were rescued by the Margate Lifeboat Quiver ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Sarah was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Southampton, Hampshire.[137][138][139]
Sovereign  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Blacktail Sand.[41][105] She was later refloated and taken in to Southend, Essex in a severely leaky condition.[23]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The ferryboat was run down and sunk in the River Ely by the steamship Johns ( United Kingdom).[95]

26 January

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List of shipwrecks: 26 January 1871
Ship State Description
Erin  United Kingdom The schooner was run into by the steamship Ybarra ( Spain) and sank in the River Wye at Newport, Monmouthshire. Her crew were rescued. Erin was on a voyage from Newport to Waterford.[17][97]
Kate Smith  United States The barque was wrecked at Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey with the loss of ten of the fourteen people on board. She was on a voyage from the South Passages to New York.[23][140]
Mary Ann United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jamaica The ship capsized at Saint Vincent. Her crew were rescued.[111]
Pride  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Nore. She was on a voyage from Erith, Kent to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Sheerness, Kent.[141]
Queen  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore at Ballyferris Point, County Down. She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to Londonderry. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[95]
Shamrock  New Zealand The 23-ton cutter grounded and was wrecked on the Whangapoua bar, New Zealand.[92]
Vincent J. Wallace  United States The ship was destroyed by fire off Môle-Saint-Nicolas, Haiti. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Jacmel, Haiti.[111][2][142][136]
Wasp  United States The barque was driven ashore and wrecked east of Gibraltar.[95][96][97][143]

27 January

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List of shipwrecks: 27 January 1871
Ship State Description
Forest King  United States The schooner was wrecked in Barclay Sound. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Honolulu, Hawaii to Port Gamble, Washington Territory.[144][145]
Kensington  United States The steamship collided with the barque Templar ( Argentina) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean 60 nautical miles (110 km) north north east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. All fifty people on board were rescued by the steamship Georgia ( United States). Kensington was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia to Boston, Massachusetts. Templar was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was towed into Hampton Roads and repaired.[98][146]
Maggie  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore near Weymouth, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Southampton, Hampshire.[23]
Samuel and Sarah  United Kingdom The brig was run into by the barque Johanna Engels ( Belgium) and sank in the North Sea 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Cromer, Norfolk. Her five crew were rescued by the barque Robert Adamson ( United Kingdom). Samuel and Sarah was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to a French port.[147][23][148]

28 January

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List of shipwrecks: 28 January 1871
Ship State Description
Beaver  United Kingdom The fishing smack collided with the steamship Rose ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Irish Sea off Morecambe, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued by Rose.[149]
HMS Torch  Royal Navy The Philomel-class gunvessel was driven ashore. Subsequently refloated, repaired and returned to service.[150]
Violet  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Longships, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued.[23]
Wakefield  United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak and sank in Conway Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Chester, Cheshire.[151]
W. R. Arthur  United States The steamboat suffered a boiler explosion and fire in the Mississippi River 14 nautical miles (26 km) upstream of Memphis, Tennessee with the loss of 87 lives. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Louisville, Kentucky.[152]

29 January

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List of shipwrecks: 29 January 1871
Ship State Description
Midsummer  United Kingdom The barque was damaged by fire at Swansea, Glamorgan.[153]
Morton Castle  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Sunderland, County Durham.[151]
Omaha  United States The ship was driven ashore in the Ossabaw Sound. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Savannah, Georgia.[110] She was later refloated and completed her voyage.[128]
Susannah  Spain The ship was driven ashore in Ossabaw Sound. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Savannah.[110] She broke up during efforts to refloat her.[128]

30 January

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List of shipwrecks: 30 January 1871
Ship State Description
Alfred Hall  United States The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey. She was on a voyage from a port in Virginia to New York.[140]
Batallion  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued, but three people lost their lives effecting the rescue. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to São Miguel Island, Azores.[154][118][98]
Camco  United Kingdom The steam large was driven ashore near Arbroath, Forfarshire. She was refloated on 16 February and taken in to Kirkcaldy, Fife.[82]
Commodore  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Scharhörn, Germany. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Glückstadt, Germany.[2][155]
Jane Hardman United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Grenada The schooner was wrecked at Barbadoes.[111]
John S. Wainwright Canada Canada The schooner was abandoned at sea. She subsequently came ashore at the mouth of the Inhambane River and was wrecked.[51]
Kanagona  United Kingdom The brig was run down and sunk in the English Channel off Portland, Dorset by the steamship Mauritius ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued.[151] Kanangona was on a voyage from Saint Paul de Loanda, Portuguese East Africa to London.[118]
Lady Claremont  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew took to a boat; they were rescued on 9 February by Assunta ( Argentina). Lady Claremont was on a voyage from the Cape Verde Islands to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[156]
Mary G. Hall  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Little Egg Harbor. Her crew were rescued by a lifeboat.[140]

31 January

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List of shipwrecks: 31 January 1871
Ship State Description
Dania  Denmark The schooner was abandoned off Todhead, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom. Her five crew were rescued by the Montrose Lifeboat Mincing Lane ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Dania was on a voyage from Bergen, Norway to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom. She was towed in to Montrose, Forfarshire, United Kingdom the next day.[157][135][16][158]
E. R. J.  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on St Martin's, Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Monte Video, Uruguay to Sunderland, County Durham.[118][98]
Glenfeadon  United Kingdom The schooner collided with I. R. Hea ( United Kingdom) 9 nautical miles (17 km) south west of the Mumbles, Glamorgan and was abandoned by her crew. Glenfeadon was on a voyage from Truro, Cornwall to Neath, Glamorgan. She was subsequently towed in to Swansea, Glamorgan by the tug Piero Gomez ( United Kingdom).[159][98][160]
Hallo  Norway The brig was wrecked near Buddon, Forfarshire with the loss of all hands.[157][98]
Ocean Ranger  United States The ship was driven ashore on Petit Bois Island, Mississippi. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Mobile, Alabama.[118][161] She was later refloated and completed her voyage, arriving at Mobile on 8 February.[162]
Scout  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground off Cap Gris Nez, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was refloated and towed in to Calais.[118][135]

Unknown date

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in January 1871
Ship State Description
A. A. Drebert  United States The ship was wrecked off Cerro Molle, Peru.[23]
Ada Canada Canada The ship was driven ashore in the Gut of Canso.[68]
Adele  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore north of Oporto, Portugal.[63]
Adelaide  United Kingdom The ship was lost at Mayaguana, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Maracaibo, Venezuela to Manila, Spanish East Indies.[95][126]
Alert  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a leaky condition.[63]
Alexandre  France The ship was driven ashore near Marbella, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cartagena, Spain to an English port.[11]
Amoor  United Kingdom The ship ran aground. She was refloated and taken in to Plymouth, Devon for repairs.[94]
Amykos Dantsic The barque ran aground at Ystad, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Dantsic to Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Rønne, Denmark.[55][25]
Andrew Lovitt  United States The ship was driven ashore on Spiekeroog, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia to Bremen.[11] She was refloated on 18 January and taken in to Bremerhaven.[73]
Anfrilrite  Ottoman Empire The ship was wrecked near Mangalia before 13 January.[106]
Anna  United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 24 January. Her crew were rescued by Edgar ( United Kingdom).[157]
Appin  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Shingle Spit. She was refloated and taken in to Zhoushan, China.[55]
Apton  United Kingdom The brig was abandoned at sea. She came ashore at "Chekogin Point", United States.[68]
Ariel  New South Wales The steamship caught fire in the Murray River.[63]
August and Charlotte Flag unknown The ship was abandoned in ice off Varberg, Sweden.[56]
Avenir  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Oran, Algeria to London. She was refloated.[118]
Avoca  United Kingdom The ship heeled over at Dundalk, County Louth. She filled when the tide rose.[19]
Baron Heemstra  Netherlands The steamship was abandoned in ice in the "Meir".[22]
Black Brothers  United States The ship sank whilst on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[106]
Bretagne  France The steamship was wrecked at Cape Shablar, Ottoman Empire. Her crew were rescued.[13]
Cambria  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Donaghadee, County Down. She was refloated.[163]
Cameo  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Arbroath, Forfarshire.[98]
Carobel  United States The barque was wrecked before 10 January. Her crew were rescued by the barque Catharine (Flag unknown) . Carobel was on a voyage from Manila, Spanish East Indies to New York.[41][17]
Catherine and Mary  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground near Kilrush, County Clare. She was on a voyage from Kilrush to Liverpool, Lancashire.[11][94]
Chedabucto  Canada Canada The ship was driven ashore at St. Peter's, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Chaleur Bay to Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony.[50]
Chloe  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Jane Bacon ( United Kingdom) and sank off St Bees Head, Cumberland with the loss of a crew member.[41] Also reported as Jane Bacon being run down by Chloe.[132][127]
City of Baltimore  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Sandy Hook, New Jersey, United States. She was on a voyage from New York to Liverpool.[41] She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[95]
Clara  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at "Lianho", China. She was on a voyage from Shantou to Niuzhuang, China.[71]
Clarendon  United Kingdom The ship was lost in the South China Sea.[67]
Clifford United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jamaica The schooner was wrecked at Ocho Rios. She was on a voyage from St. Jago de Cuba, Cuba to Jamaica.[157]
Constantine  Sweden The ship was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Exmouth, Devon to Gothenburg.[31]
Copse  United Kingdom The brig caught fire at St. Ubes, Portugal and was scuttled. Her ten crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Almería, Spain to the River Tyne.[68][87]
Cornwall  United Kingdom The schooner collided with Jacinta ( Portugal) and sank in the Bristol Channel with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Plymouth to Newport, Monmouthshire.[71][101][54]
Cornwall, or
Cromwell 		 United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Minatitlán, Mexico.[63][64]
Cornwallis  United Kingdom The ship departed from Hartlepool, County Durham for Philadelphia. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[164]
C. White Canada Canada The ship was driven ashore at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Fall River, Massachusetts, United States.[77]
Delaware  United States The steamship ran aground on the Fisherman's Flat, in the Hooghly River.[41][64] She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[96][151]
Delphin  Sweden The ship was abandoned in ice off Visby.[23]
Duchess of Beaufort  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the English Channel off the coast of Devon between 12 and 20 January with the loss of all six crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Torquay, Devon.[71][165]
Dunsmole  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned at sea.[68][166]
Edith  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Huelva, Spain. She was on a voyage from Huelva to Liverpool. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but consequently put in to Falmouth, Cornwall on 24 January in a severely leaky condition.[41]
Edward  Russia The galiot was driven ashore at Espinho, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to Oporto.[57]
Elangowan  Norway The brig was wrecked near Strömstad. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Alloa, Clackmannanshire, United Kingdom to Christiania.[11]
Eleanor  United Kingdom The brig ran aground near Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland, Netherlands.[24] She was on a voyage from London to Rotterdam, South Holland. She was refloated and assisted in to Rotterdam.[49]
Eliza Lee  United Kingdom The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Jersey to Guernsey, Channel Islands.[96]
Ellon Castle  United Kingdom The ship was lost at "Lianho". She was on a voyage from Shantou to Niuzhuang.[73]
Emilie  France The smack was driven ashore and wrecked near Weymouth, Dorset, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.[34]
Emilie, or
Emillys 		 United Kingdom The ship ran aground on Watson's Shoal. She was refloated and taken in to Warrenpoint, County Antrim.[49][167]
Evenus  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Waterford. She was on a voyage from Newport to Waterford.[31]
Falkland  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on the Salt Keys. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida to Belfast.[2][168]
Fanny  United Kingdom The ship foundered on or before 9 January with the loss of six of her crew. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Stettin.[24][55]
Fides  Germany The ship foundered off the mouth of the Weser with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Burntisland, Fife, United Kingdom to Geestemünde.[106]
Francis  United Kingdom The steamship was damaged by fire at Mobile, Alabama, United States.[63]
Frank Flag unknown The ship collided with Leona (Flag unknown) and sank. She was on a voyage from Cienfuegos, Cuba to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.[41]
Fremad  Norway The ship was driven ashore at Kamperduin, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Leith to Philadelphia.[11]
Gala Placida Flag unknown The ship sank at "Besharka". She was on a voyage from Berdyanski, Russia to Falmouth.[68]
Garibaldi  Italy The ship was wrecked on the coast of Greece.[66]
Gem of the North  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Montrose, Forfarshire.[5]
George  United States The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean.[23]
Giovanni  Italy The ship was wrecked at Spiropoli.[31][66]
Gleaner  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at "Cape St. Antonio".[22]
Grace United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The smack ran aground on The Shingles, off the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from London to Torquay.[24][50] She was refloated and anchored at Hurst Castle, Hampshire.[55]
Gustava Sophia  Denmark The ship foundered on or before 9 January. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Copenhagen.[24<

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