List of shipwrecks in February 1871

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

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1 February

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List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1871
Ship State Description
Cerbero  Austria-Hungary The barque foundered off Livorno, Italy. Her crew were rescued by the barque Luca Padre ( Russia). Cerbero was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[1]
Lilibec  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the Irish Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) off the Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Cluth ( United Kingdom). Lilibec was subsequently driven ashore at Tara, County Down.[2][3][4] She was consequently condemned.[5]
Margaret  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Dungarvan, County Waterford. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[2]
Martindale  United Kingdom The brig was holed by icea and sank in the Elbe. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Pagensand, Germany.[2][6]
Mary Ellen  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and capsized in the River Eden. She was on a voyage from the River Eden to London.[2]

2 February

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List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1871
Ship State Description
Active  United Kingdom The brig struck a sunken rock and sank off Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[4]

3 February

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List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1871
Ship State Description
Annie Frost  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at the mouth of the Rhône. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. She was refloated and taken in to Marseille.[1][7]
Caroline Louise  United Kingdom The ship sank in the Irish Sea at Belfast, County Antrim. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Troon, Ayrshire.[8][4][9]
Clara Lamb  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Dulas, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands.[10][3] She was refloated the next day and taken in tow for Liverpool.[1]
Deux Marie  France The schooner was abandoned 18 nautical miles (33 km) south of Lundy Island, Devon, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.[1][9] She was on a voyage from La Rochelle, Charente-Inférieure to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom.[11]
Unnamed Flag unknown The brigantine foundered off the entrance to the Larne Lough with the loss of all hands.[11]

4 February

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List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1871
Ship State Description
George  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from London to Scarborough, Yorkshire.[1][12]
Isaac G. Davis  United States The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (46°30′N 24°30′W / 46.500°N 24.500°W / 46.500; -24.500). Her ten crew were rescued by the barque Sylvia ( Norway). Isaac G. Davis was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom to Boston, Massachusetts.[7]
Orchis  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Denmark at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Bombay, India. She proceeded on her voyage but sprang a leak off Holyhead, Anglesey and was beached at Tranmere, Cheshire. She was subsequently taken in to Liverpool.[1]

5 February

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List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1871
Ship State Description
Angie Friend  United States The schooner capsized and sank in Boston harbor. Vessel was later raised and repaired. One crewman drowned.[13]
City of Baltimore  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Queenstown, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[1]
Princess Royal  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the River Thames at Blackwall, Middlesex. She was on a voyage from London to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated the next day.[1]
Teviotdale  United Kingdom The barque ran aground at Exmouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from the Black Sea to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Exmouth in a leaky condition.[1][14]
Wilson  United Kingdom The brig sprang a leak 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off the Bass Rock. She was towed in to Granton, Lothian in a sinking condition.[15]

6 February

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List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1871
Ship State Description
Braes of Enzie  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in Sinclairs Bay. Her crew were rescued by the Wick Lifeboat.[1]
Magdala  Denmark The steamship ran aground on Agnaes Riff, in the Great Belt. She was refloated on 8 February.[16][17]
Massachusetts  United States The 351-ton whaling ship was lost at Scammon Bay, Department of Alaska, north of Cape Romanzof (61°46′54″N 166°02′14″W / 61.7818°N 166.0372°W / 61.7818; -166.0372 (Cape Romanzof)).[18]
Ocean Dart  United Kingdom The ship was sighted in the Atlantic Ocean (28°33′N 72°25′W / 28.550°N 72.417°W / 28.550; -72.417) whilst on a voyage from Laguna to a British port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[19]
Research  United States The ship was driven ashore at Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Antwerp, Belgium.[20] She was later refloated and put back to Philadelphia.[21]
Sèvre  French Navy The Sèvre-class transport ship was wrecked at Cap de la Hague, Manche with the loss of 1,220 of the 1,230 people on board. She was on voyage from Calais to Bordeaux, Gironde.[22][23][24][25]

7 February

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List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1871
Ship State Description
Alster  United Kingdom The steamship departed from Falmouth, Cornwall for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[26]
Ann  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at St Bees Head, Cumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Maryport, Cumberland.[7]
Bolivar  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Gross Vogel Sand, at the mouth of the Elbe.[14] She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[16]
Catterina Accames  Italy) The barque was abandoned off Linney Head, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the steamship South of Ireland ( United Kingdom). Cattarina Accames was on a voyage from Oran, Algeria to Cardiff.[7][27] She came ashore and was wrecked.[14]
Cecil  United Kingdom The brigantine was wrecked near Rosscarbery, County Cork. Her eight crew were rescued by the Coastguard.[28] She was on a voyage from Lagos, Africa to Liverpool, Lancashire.[29][30]
Johan August  Norway The ship was wrecked in the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom with the loss of all hands.[31]
Martha  Norway The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Hornsea, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[11] Her fifteen crew were rescued by the Hornsea Lifeboat.[32]
Pacific  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on Whalsay, Shetland Islands with the loss of all but two of her 28 crew. She was on a voyage from Norway to Hull, Yorkshire.[33][34]
Sholton  United Kingdom The ship foundered off the Shetland Islands.[35]
Steadfast  United Kingdom The fishing boat was wrecked on the Foreness Rock, Margate, Kent. .[14]
Unnamed Flag unknown The barque sank 6 nautical miles (11 km) south west of Dingle, County Kerry, United Kingdom.[36]

8 February

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List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1871
Ship State Description
Anna  Germany The ship was driven ashore at Newhaven, Sussex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Guayaquil, Ecuador to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[37][38]
Calliope  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Seaford, Sussex. Her crew were rescued by a smack. She was on a voyage from Fårö, Sweden to Hull, Yorkshire.[14][27]
Crescent City  United States The steamship sank off Galley Head, County Cork, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[39][29]
Etoile de la Mer  France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[7]
Fanny  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Clee Ness, Lincolnshire with the loss of all hands.[40][41]
Huelva  Spain The steamship departed from Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom for Valencia. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[42]
Irene, or
Treue 		 Germany The ship was wrecked at "Mellumplat". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Firth of Forth to Bremen.[7][30]
Ocean Bride  United States The schooner was lost off Brace's Cove. crew saved.[43]
Tarragona  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Nolton Haven, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pomaron, Portugal to Liverpool.[7][27] She was later refloated and towed in to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.[44]
Wanderer  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at "Sandlemere", near Hornsea, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[14][27][24]
Unnamed Flag unknown The brig was driven ashore and severely damaged at Seaford. Her crew were rescued.[27]

9 February

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List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1871
Ship State Description
Alexandra  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Clippera Rock, off the coast of Anglesey. Her crew were rescued by the Holyhead Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She broke in two on 20 February.[45][46][32]
Carolina Cassanova  Italy The barque was aground on the "Sperwestre Sands", in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Cork to Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and towed in to Swansea, Glamorgan.[27]
Jane  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Formby, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued. Jane was on a voyage from Westport, County Mayo to Liverpool. She was refloated on 20 February.[45][27]
Wilhelm Flag unknown The ship departed from Lewes, Delaware for London, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[47]

10 February

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Further information: Great Gale of 1871
List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1871
Ship State Description
Admiral Codrington  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Tynemouth, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Rochester, Kent.[37] She broke up overnight.[48][49]
Agabas  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Saltfleet, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to Faversham, Kent.[37]
Agility  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridlington, Yorkshire. Her six crew were rescued by the Bridlington Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from North Shields, Northumberland to London.[37][48][23][50]
Agincourt  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk.[40]
Ann Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Briton Ferry, Glamorgan.[40]
Annie  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Irish Sea off the Tuskar Rock. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Halcyon ( United Kingdom).[51][52]
Ann Rose  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Black Middens, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. Her crew were rescued by a lifeboat.[37][23]
Arctic Hero  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, collided with Agincourt ( United Kingdom) and broke up. Her ten crew were rescued by Alert, Corunna, and the brigantines Italy and Holt (all  United Kingdom). Arctic Hero was on a voyage from South Shields to Guadeloupe.[37][40][53][48][54][41][46]
Arrow  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire with the loss of three of her six crew. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.[37][48][55]
Benjamin Sarah  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Saltfleet. She was on a voyage from Goole to London.[37]
Bebside  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridlington. Her four crew were rescued by the Bridlington Lifeboat.[37] She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Trouville, Seine-Inférieure, France.[48][23][50]
Betsey Ann  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Saltfleet. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Ipswich, Suffolk.[37]
British Queen  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Tynemouth. Her seven crew were rescued by the Tynemouth Lifeboat Constance ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[37] British Queen was on a voyage from Sunderland to London.[38][56]
Brown United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The barque was driven ashore at Aberdeen. Her crew were rescued by the Aberdeen Lifeboat.[57][46]
Caroline  United Kingdom The brigantine was wrecked south of Bridlington with the loss of three of her five crew.[40][24]
Clarendon  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Antwerp, Belgium.[37][58]
Crown United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The barque was driven ashore at Donmouth, Aberdeenshire. Her eight crew were rescued by the Aberdeen Lifeboat.[37][59]
Cynthia Ann  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Black Middens. Her crew were rescued by the Tynemouth Lifeboat.[37][23][46][60]
Czarina  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of Coquet Island Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by a tug.[37]
Damietta  United Kingdom The steamship struck the pier at West Hartlepool, County Durham and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from London to West Hartlepool.[37]
Dauntless  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore at Perranporth, Cornwall with the loss of two of her ten crew.[37][57][61] She was on a voyage from Africa to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[58]
Defence  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned off "Rocliff". She was on a voyage from Port Mulgrave, Yorkshire to Jarrow-on-Tyne, Northumberland.[40]
Delta  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked south of Wilsthorpe, Yorkshire with the loss of all five crew.[40][55]
Dorrie  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Donmouth. Her crew were rescued by the Coastguard using rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Burghead, Moray to Bo'ness, Lothian.[37][59]
Dugald Stuart  United Kingdom The brigantine sank at Clee Ness. She was refloated on 20 February and towed in to Grimsby for repairs.[40][62]
Dutch Trader  United Kingdom The smack struck the pier and sank at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[24] She was refloated on 12 February and taken into Great Yarmouth.[63]
Echo  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridlington. Her six crew were rescued by the Bridlington Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Rochester.[37][48][23][50]
Elizabeth Harrison  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Clee Ness. Her seven crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Calais, France.[40][46]
Elizabeth Emma  United Kingdom The brig ran aground at Hartlepool. She was on a voyage from Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex to Hartlepool. She was refloated with assistance from a tug.[37][59]
Enterprise  United Kingdom The galiot was driven ashore and wrecked at Clee Ness.[33][64]
Euphemia  United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the North Sea. She was driven ashore at Clee Ness. Euphemia was on a voyage from Hartlepool to London. She was refloated and assisted in to Grimsby in a leaky condition.[40][48][23]
Flying Dutchman  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough to Maldon, Essex.[51] She subsequently broke up.[52]
Fortune Teller  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Stoney Binks, off the mouth of the Humber and was wrecked. Her six crew were rescued by the Spurn Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Clackmannan.[46]
Friend's Increase  United Kingdom The Thames barge was driven ashore at Bridlington. Her four crew were rescued by the Bridlington Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[48][32]
Fonmon Castle  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the brig Sofia ( Italy) and sank at Penarth, Glamorgan. Her crew survived.[27]
Giant United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The brig was wrecked off Tynemouth. Her seven crew were rescued by the Tynemouth Lifeboat Constance ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[56]
Great Pacific  Chile The ship, which had sprung a leak off Cape Horn, was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 300 nautical miles (560 km) south of Bahia, Empire of Brazil. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Valparaíso, Chile to New York, United States.[65][66]
Harbinger  United Kingdom The lifeboat capsized at Bridlington with the loss of six of her nine crew.[67][68] She was going to the assistance of Delta ( United Kingdom) at the time.[69]
Harriet  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Margate, Kent. Her crew were rescued by the Margate Lifeboat Friend of all Nations ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[37][56][49]
Harvest  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at South Shields. Her crew were rescued by the South Shields Lifeboat.[46]
Henry  United Kingdom The Yorkshire Billyboy was wrecked at Withernsea, Yorkshire. Her four crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Selby, Yorkshire to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[37][70][46][50]
Imod  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked at Bridlington.[46]
Ino  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Nore. Her crew were rescued.[37][61][41]
Jabez  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Black Middens with the loss of four of her six crew. She was on a voyage from South Shields to London.[37][70][50]
James Bruce  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Ailsa Craig. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to the Firth of Clyde. She was refloated.[44]
Jane and Ann  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Middleton, County Durham.[23] Her eight crew were rescued by the Hartlepool Lifeboat.[46] Jane and Ann was on a voyage from Hartlepool to London. She broke up on 23 February.[71]
Johannes  Belgium The ship departed from New York for Antwerp. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[72]
Kate  United Kingdom The sloop sank in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued by the brig Why Not ( United Kingdom). Kate was on a voyage from Goole to Ipswich.[40][48][41][63]
Launceston  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Haisborough Sands with the loss of two of her sixteen crew.[40] Survivors got aboard the Haisborough Lightship ( Trinity House). Launceston was on a voyage from South Shields to "Calafortis", Sardinia, Italy.[24]
Laura Williams  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Dungeness, Kent. Her crew were rescued.[37] She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough to Newport, Monmouthshire.[33]
Lavinia  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked near Bridlington with the loss of all hands.[40][41]
Light and Sign  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Herd Sand. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to London. She was refloated and assisted in to South Shields.[40]
Lina  Portugal The barque struck the pier at Ramsgate, Kent and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from London to Lisbon.[37][57][73]
Look-Out  United Kingdom The schooner sank at Clee Ness.[40][23]
Margaret  United Kingdom The dandy schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Clee Ness, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kirkcaldy, Fife to London.[37][46]
Margaret  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Bridlington with the loss of two of her crew.[37] She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to Ipswich.[24]
Maria Anderson  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Hartlepool. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to London.[40]
Maria Elizabeth  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked at Hartlepool. She was on a voyage from Seahamto the River Thames.[48]
Mary  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Filey, Filey. Her four crew were rescued by the Filey Lifeboat Hollon ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[37][48][67][46] Mary was on a voyage from North Shields to Maldon.[50] She subsequently became a wreck.[34]
Mary  United Kingdom The brig ran aground at Hartlepool. She was on a voyage from Dieppe, Seine-Inférierure to Hartlepool. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug.[37][46]
New Delhi  United Kingdom The brig foundered off Bridlington with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to London.[48]
Nymph  United Kingdom The Yorkshire Billyboy foundered 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) off the mouth of the Humber with the loss of all hands.[48][41]
Nouvelle Societe  France The ship was driven ashore at Dunkerque. She was on a voyage from Caen, Calvados to Dunkerque.[62]
Orinoco  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Black Middens.[40] Her crew were rescued by the Tynemouth Lifeboat.[60]
Peace  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore near Hartlepool. Her crew were rescued by the Hartlepool Lifeboat Sailors ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Peace was on a voyage from South Shields to Great Yarmouth.[40][48][54]
Peri  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridlington. Her crew were rescued by the Bridlington Lifeboat.[37][48] She was on a voyage from Seaham to King's Lynn, Norfolk.[63]
Produce  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridlington with the loss of all hands.[37][55]
Queen  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore at Carrack Gladden, Cornwall. Her six crew were rescued by the St. Ives Lifeboat Covent Garden ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Queen was on a voyage from Youghal, County Cork to Southampton, Hampshire.[37][56][32]
Rapid  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington. Her crew were rescued.[40]
Rebecca and Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridlington. Her crew were rescued by the Bridlington Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Woodbridge, Suffolk.[37][48]
Robert Whitworth RNLI
 The lifeboat, Robert Whitworth ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution), also was lost with six of her nine crew.[74]
Rose  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Black Middens. Her crew were rescued by the South Shields Lifeboat.[46][50]
Rowena  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Herd Sand. She was refloated and taken in to South Shields.[70][59][23]
Sailor, or
Sarah 		 United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Spurn Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Weymouth, Dorset.[53][75]
Sicily  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Clee Ness. Her nine crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields to London. She was subsequently taken in to Grimsby.[40][48][46]
Spinney  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Bridlington. Her six crew were rescued by the Bridlington Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France to Blyth.[37][50]
Squirrel  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridlington. Her crew were rescued by the Bridlington Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Seaham to Lowestoft, Suffolk.[37][48][23]
Stanley  United Kingdom The brig ran aground off Middleton. She was on a voyage from West Hartlepool, County Durham to London.[37][73] Her eight crew were rescued by the Hartlepool Lifeboat.[46] She subsequently broke up.[54]
Surama  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington.[23]
Surprise  United Kingdom The schooner was run into by the schooner George Canning and was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. Her crew were rescued.[53][58]
Teresita  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridlington with the loss of all hands.[33]
Terminus  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Hornsea, Yorkshire with the loss of all six crew. She was on a voyage from Blyth to Trouville-sur-Mer, Calvados.[40][46]
Thessalia  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Margate. Her nine crew were rescued by the Margate Lifeboat Quiver ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Thessalia was on a voyage from Sunderland to Malta.[37][56][32] She was refloated on 15 February and taken in to for London.[51]
Thomas and Isabella  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand. She was refloated and taken in to South Shields.[58]
Thought  United Kingdom The ketch was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth with the loss of all hands.[53][58]
Treaty  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Saltfleet. She was on a voyage from Grimsby to Antwerp. She was later refloated.[37][26]
Two H. H's.  United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked at Dunwich, Suffolk with the loss of all four crew.[37][63]
Tyne  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at South Shields. Her crew were rescued by the South Shields Lifeboat.[46]
Urania  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington. Her crew were rescued.[40]
Valiant  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at "Priorshaven", near Tynemouth. Her six crew were rescued by the Tynemouth Lifeboat Constance ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[37][48][60][50]
Violet  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at Hartlepool. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug.[37]
Vivid  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore at Saltfleet. She was on a voyage from "Skitterhave" to London.[37][38]
Vivid  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington. Her crew were rescued.[55]
William Maitland  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Ulrome, Yorkshire with the loss of all but her captain.[37][50]
Windsor  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridlington. Her six crew were rescued by the Bridlington Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from South Shields to London.[37][48][23][50]
Windsor Castle  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Flamborough Head. Her crew were rescued by the Flamborough Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Lifeboat.[53]
Worthy  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridlington. Her crew were rescued by the Bridlington Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to King's Lynn.[37][48]
Yare  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington. Her crew were rescued by the Bridlington Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to King's Lynn.[48]
Zephyr  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Kessingland, Suffolk with the loss of all hands.[57][23][24] She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Exeter, Devon.[48]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The ship sank in Bantry Bay.[37]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The pilot boat, coble, capsized and sank at West Hartlepool. All three people on board were rescued by at tug.[59]
Unnamed  Netherlands The smack sank at Great Yarmouth. Her crew survived.[53]
Unnamed Flag unknown The ship was wrecked on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk with the loss of all hands.[53]
Unnamed Flag unknown The ship was wrecked on the Corton Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk with the loss of all hands.[53]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The fishing yawl was driven ashore at Bridlington. Her crew were rescued by the Bridlington Lifeboat.[48]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore at Sewerby, North Riding of Yorkshire. Her crew survived.[50]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The collier, a brig, was driven ashore at Sewerby. Her crew were rescued by the Coastguard.[50]

11 February

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List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1871
Ship State Description
Anne  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Halcyon ( United Kingdom).[69]
Arrow  United Kingdom The brig collided with another vessel and was beached at Southend, Essex.[40] She was on a voyagte from Falmouth, Cornwall to Leith, Lothian.[76][41]
Doune Castle  United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the North Sea 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) east of Scarborough, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Tweed ( United Kingdom). Doune Castle was driven ashore and wrecked at Burniston, Yorkshire.[40][48][69]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The Yorkshire Billyboy was driven ashore at Holmpton, Yorkshire.[40][23] Her crew were rescued.[76]
Hotta  United Kingdom The brig foundered off Robin Hoods Bay, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by a yawl.[37][46] She was on a voyage from South Shields to London.[41]
Ida  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore near Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland, Netherlands.[40] She was refloated on 13 February.[34]
Iris  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Great Cumbrae, Argyllshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stranraer, Wigtownshire to Greenock, Wigtownshire.[75]
Patra  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Lido di Venezia, Italy. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Venice, Italy.[34] She was refloated on 20 February and towed in to Venice.[77]
Queen  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked east of St. Ives, Cornwall.[37] Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Youghal, County Cork to Southampton, Hampshire.[38]
Richard and Harriet  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Kingsdown, Kent. Her crew were rescued by the Kingsdown Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Pensacola, Florida.[37][38][32]
Two unnamed vessels Flags unknown The ships foundered in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom with the loss of all hands.[48]

12 February

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List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1871
Ship State Description
Antine  United Kingdom The brig ran aground at Castletown, Isle of Man and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Newry, County Antrim.[41]
Elizabeth Martha  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bootle, Lancashire with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from the River Duddon to Amlwch, Anglesey.[33]
Hero  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Kentish Knock. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to Sunderland, County Durham.[33]
Lise Riber  Belgium The ship was driven ashore and capsized at Fort La Perle. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to an English port.[37]
Merita  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Newcombe Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Cienfuegos, Cuba to Boston, Lincolnshire.[78][79]

13 February

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List of shipwrecks: 13 February 1871
Ship State Description
Ann and Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship struck a sunken wreck off the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and was beached on the sand. Her crew were rescued by a yawl. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Briton Ferry, Glamorgan.[61][76][24]
Bellamy  United Kingdom The ship collided with a Spanish steamship and sank in the English Channel off the Isle of Wight with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Bremen, Germany.[45]
Ems  Germany The steamship sank at Bremerhaven. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Bremerhaven.[33] She was refloated on 1 April.[80]
Morocco  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Wyoming ( United Kingdom) and was holed below the waterline. She was beached at Seacombe, Cheshire with assistance from the tugs Empress, Fire King, Knight Commander and Rock Light (all  United Kingdom). One passenger was lost. Morocco was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.[33][81][82] She was refloated on 19 February and taken in to Liverpool.[45]
Pierre Adolphe  France Franco-Prussian War: The barque, a prize of SMS Augusta ( Prussian Navy) was wrecked on the Norwegian coast with the loss of a crew member.[83][84][85]
Simon  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony.[45]
Stranger  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Tramore, County Waterford.[40] Her three crew were rescued by the Tramore Lifeboat Tom Egan ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Stranger was on a voyage from Gloucester to Tramore.[56][32]
Sylph  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Cork Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to Sandwich, Kent. She was refloated.[63]

14 February

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List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1871
Ship State Description
Airedale  New Zealand The 286-ton brig-rigged steamer struck a reef near Waitara, New Zealand, while en route from Manukau Harbour to New Plymouth.[86]
Blonde  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Church Rocks, off Folkestone, Kent. She was on a voyage from Saint-Nazaire, Ille-et-Vilaine, France to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[75]
Brema  Germany The barque sank off Lundy Island, Devon, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.[87]
Brenda  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Lundy Island. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to New Orleans.[88][87] She was refloated on 2 July and was towed in to Appledore, Devon.[89]
Dauntless  United Kingdom The smack collided with the steamship Argos ( Spain) off Southwold, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by Argos. Dauntless was on a voyage from Colchester, Essex to the Orkney Islands. She came ashore at Covehithe, Suffolk.[51][75] She was refloated on 16 February and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk.[63][90]
Marequita  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[63]

15 February

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List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1871
Ship State Description
Cairngorm  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Last Point, Moray. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Lossiemouth, Moray. She was refloated and taken in to Lossiemouth.[87]
Italia  Spain The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Zedora ( United Kingdom). Italia was on a voyage from Cartagena to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[44]
R. H. Purrington  United States The ship was holed by ice at Cuxhaven and was beached on the Kratzsand. She was on a voyage from New York to Cuxhaven. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Cuxhaven.[90]
Sedburgh  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the North Reef, off the coast of Antigua. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[91]
Southern Cross Canada Canada The schooner foundered off Bermuda.[92] Her crew were rescued by the schooner Baltic ( United Kingdom). Southern Cross was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Sagua La Grande, Cuba.[93][94]
Volunteer  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the steamship Demetrius ( Portugal) and sank in Cemaes Bay. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Newport, Monmouthshire.[51][36][95]

16 February

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List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1871
Ship State Description
Ane  Denmark The brigantine was wrecked at Laguna. She was on a voyage from Vera Cruz, Mexico to Laguna.[96]
Camco  United Kingdom The steam lighter sprang a leak at Kirkcaldy, Fife and was scuttled.[87]
Gipsy Queen  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Kate Agnes ( United States). Gipsy Queen was on a voyage from Darien, Georgia, United States to Dublin.[97]
Lebanon  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Spittal Point, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from "Yelsk" to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland.[75]
Mary Anne  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Zakynthos, Greece.[79]
Nereus  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) north of Wicklow. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California, United States to Dublin.[16] She was refloated and taken in to Kingstown, County Dublin.[20]
Resolute  United Kingdom The fishing trawler was run into in the North Sea 45 nautical miles (83 km) south east of Lowestoft, Suffolk by the schooner Harald ( Denmark) and was abandoned by her crew. She was later reboarded and taken in to Lowestoft.[98]
Vesta  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore at Cromer, Norfolk.[75]

17 February

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List of shipwrecks: February 1871
Ship State Description
Avis  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore in the Brass River.[99]
Carl  Germany The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (42°07′N 15°12′W / 42.117°N 15.200°W / 42.117; -15.200). Her crew were rescued by the barque Nouva Gemma ( Italy). Carl was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to New York, United States.[100]
City of Kingston  United States The ship was driven ashore on Vlieland, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Hamburg, Germany.[45] She had become a wreck by 25 February.[78] She broke up on 25 February.[79]
Cruiser, and
Teetotaller 		 United Kingdom The smacks collided and both sank in the North Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Lowestoft, Suffolk. The crew or Crusader were rescued by a smack. Four of the five crew of Teetotaller were lost. The survivor was rescued by the smack Commodore ( United Kingdom).[90][101][102][98]
Rake  United Kingdom The schooner was run down by the steamship Maryport ( United Kingdom) and sank off the Mull of Galloway, Wigtownshire. Her five crew survived. Rake was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Belfast, County Antrim.[45][103][26][104]
Sarah  United States The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of four lives. Survivors were rescued by M. W. Norwood ( United States).[105] Sarah was on a voyage from Galveston, Texas to Bremen, Germany. She was subsequently taken in to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada in a derelict condition.[106]
Wave  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at King's Lynn, Norfolk.[16][17] She was on a voyage from King's Lynn to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[26]

18 February

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List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1871
Ship State Description
Burns  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Nethertown, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from the Isle of Whithorn, Wigtownshire to Liverpool, Lancashire.[45][101]
Eagle  United Kingdom The ship was beached on Sheep Island in a sinking condition. She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to Aberdeen.[90] She had become a wreck by 22 February.[44]
Freedom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The schooner was wrecked on the Minquiers. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Jersey.[107]
Ida Catton Dominion of Newfoundland Newfoundland Colony The brigantine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the brig Canada (Canada Canada. Ida Cutter was on a voyage from Saint John's to Matanzas, Cuba.[108][66]
James Stonard  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at the mouth of the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Pomaron, Portugal to Liverpool.[109]
Jane Innes  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Pennington Spit, on the coast of Hampshire. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Southampton, Hampshire.[45]
Primus  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the brig General Nott ( United Kingdom) and sank at Valkenisse, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from London to Antwerp, Belgium or vice versa. She was refloated and taken in to Antwerp.[90][26][110][111]
Tuskar  United Kingdom The tug was run down and severely damaged by the steamship Minnia ( United Kingdom) at Cardiff, Glamorgan.[112]
William Pitt  United Kingdom The brig collided with Thames ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Northfleet, Kent. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London.[45][104]

19 February

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List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1871
Ship State Description
Amelia  Italy The barque was driven ashore near Egremont, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool.[45][35]
Nimrod Canada Canada The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Kingston, Jamaica.[113]

20 February

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List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1871
Ship State Description
Admiral Lyons  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[97]
Amazon  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the South Sand, in the Strait of Malacca. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Singapore, Straits Settlements.[114][71]
Andromeda  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was wrecked in the Penghu Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Shanghai, China to Saigon, French Indo-China.[115]
Banshee  New Zealand The 70-ton schooner foundered after holing on a reef near Moeraki, New Zealand, while en route from Nelson to Dunedin. The five men on board took to the lifeboat, but it capsized. Only one of the five crew survived.[116]
Edith Wonser  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Western Banks with the loss of all twelve crew.[35]
Fete Dieu  France The ship ran aground off Egremont, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées to Liverpool, Lancashire.[95]
Freedom  United Kingdom The ship struck the Minquiers, in the Channel Islands and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Jersey, Channel Islands.[45]
Joseph Sprott  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Galley Head County Cork with the presumed loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Manila, Spanish East Indies.[45][110][117]
Maria  Portugal The barque was wrecked on the Cabadello Rock, off Oporto. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Oporto.[62][111]
Ottaway  United Kingdom The brigantine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Nouveau Coriolau ( France).[118]
Pomona  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Red Tun, near Boulmer, Northumberland.[119][71]
River Nith  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Criccieth Castle, Caernarfonshire. Her crew were rescued by the Port Madoc Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Liverpool. She was refloated and towed to Liverpool by the tug Black Prince ( United Kingdom).[120][95][32]
Zoë  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked near Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Brest, Finistère, France.[121][122]

21 February

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List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1871
Ship State Description
Abdul Medjid  United Kingdom The barque was run into by the brig Western Star ( United Kingdom) and was then driven ashore in Algoa Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was consequently condemned.[123][124][125]
Avon  United Kingdom The ship departed from Penarth, Glamorgan for Hong Kong. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[126]
Justine  France The brig was wrecked on the Chick Said, in the Bab-el-Mandeb. Her crew were rescued.[127]
HMS Pheseant  Royal Navy The Albacore-class gunboat collided with the steamship Græcia ( France) at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France and was severely damaged.[117]
Priory  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Raven Point, County Wexford. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Wexford. She was refloated on 23 February.[62][95][71]
Union  France The brig was wrecked on the Chick Said. Her crew were rescued.[127]

22 February

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List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1871
Ship State Description
America  France The ship was wrecked 30 nautical miles (56 km) south of "Cape Pilar", Chile. Her eighteen crew took to a boat. Seventeen survivors were rescued on 5 April by RMS Patagonia ( United Kingdom).[128][129] America was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to a port in Central America.[130]
Elizabeth Dominion of Newfoundland Newfoundland Colony The schooner foundered at Fortune Bay.[131]
F. A. de Bengoechea  Spain The barque was wrecked on The Skerries, Anglesey, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Havana, Cuba.[44]
Jane Kilgour  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on the South Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and was wrecked. Her thirteen crew were rescued by the Caistor Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Alloa, Clackmannanshire to Demerara, British Guiana.[114][32]
Maria  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Amrum, Germany. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Bremen, Germany. She was refloated on 17 May and taken in to "Kniephaven" for repairs.[132]
Undine  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore near Bideford, Devon. She was on a voyage from Bideford to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[114][133]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The pilot boat was run down and sunk at Helmsdale, Sutherland by Morning Star ( United Kingdom) with the loss of one life.[119]

23 February

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List of shipwrecks: 23 February 1871
Ship State Description
Sea Venture  United Kingdom The coble foundered off Staithes, Yorkshire with.[119]

24 February

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List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1871
Ship State Description
Duisberg  Netherlands The ship ran aground between Brouwershaven and Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland. She was on a voyage from Java, Netherlands East Indies to a Dutch port.[119][109] She was refloated in early March.[134]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the steamship Black Swan ( United Kingdom) and foundered off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by Black Swan.[135][77]
Lightcliffe  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Goatzacoalcos River. She was on a voyage from Minatitlán, Mexico to Falmouth, Cornwall or Queenstown, County Cork.[80]
St. Thomas Packet  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Dover, Kent. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to London. She was refloated and taken in to The Downs.[119][77]

25 February

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List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1871
Ship State Description
Airedale  New Zealand The steamship was wrecked near the mouth of the Waitara River. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Invercargill to San Francisco, California.[136]
Thessalia  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Whitby, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Malta.[78]
Tiber  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Smyrna, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Smyrna to Ottoman Empire. She was refloated the next day with assistance from an Ottoman Navy frigate and resumed her voyage on 28 February.[97]

26 February

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List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1871
Ship State Description
Georges  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Seascale, Cumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California, United States to Maryport, Cumberland.[78]
Lykurg  United Kingdom The ship collided with the steamship Nevada ( United Kingdom) and sank off Point Lynas, Anglesey, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. Lykurg was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[78][79][137]
One  United Kingdom The ssloop sank at Penmon, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire to Caernarfon.[138][139]
Sarah Princess  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her crew were rescued.[78][79]
Travancore  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Westray, Orkney Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.[138]

27 February

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List of shipwrecks: 27 February 1871
Ship State Description
Callie Allin  United Kingdom The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her ten crew were rescued by the barque Hyack ( United States).[140][141]
Isabella  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Colorado Reefs, off the coast of Cuba. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London.[142]
Matchless  United Kingdom The brigantine was beached at Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Cork to Cardiff.[79]
Patriot  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. She was refloated and assisted in to Harwich, Essex.[79]
Pearl  United Kingdom The collier ran aground between Brouwershaven and Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland, Netherlands.[79] She was on a voyage from Burntisland, Fife to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[143] She was refloated in early March.[144]
Rangelite  New Zealand The steamship foundered off "Pictouron". All on board were rescued.[145]
Teaser  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Dartmouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from London to Swansea, Glamorgan.[79]

28 February

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List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1871
Ship State Description
Albert Friedrich  Germany The ship was wrecked on Spiekeroog. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Bremen.[146][147]
Curraghmore  United Kingdom The barque sprang a leak and foundered 40 nautical miles (74 km) west north west of Trevose Head, Cornwall. Her crew took to a boat; they were rescued on 2 March by Sauveur ( France). Curraghmore was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Palma de Mallorca, Spain.[144][143][148]
J. C. Boynton  United States The ship ran aground at Waterloo, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New York.[138] She was refloated in early March.[149]

Unknown date

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in February 1871
Ship State Description
Albania  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk after 9 August. She was on a voyage from Tayport, Fife to Berbice, British Guiana.[26] She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[150]
Amelia  Norway The barque was abandoned in ice off Kristiansand.[77]
Anna  United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 250 nautical miles (460 km) off Ouessant, Finistère, France. Her crew were rescued by Edgar ( United Kingdom).[151]
Annie  United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked on the Mabonna Rock, in the Grenadine Islands.[152][147]
Ann Orr  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Whitehaven, Cumberland.[30]
Annette  Netherlands The schooner was driven ashore at the mouth of the Orinoco River. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela.[17][112]
Atacama  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Valparaíso, Chile. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Valparaíso. She was refloated.[16]
Berthe et Leontine  France The ship was driven ashore at Mullion, Cornwall, United Kingdom and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Cardiff.[153]
Blanche  United Kingdom The sloop was crushed between two vessels and sank at Bristol, Gloucestershire when a steamship ran into one of the vessels she was moored next to. Both crew survived.[154]
Boness  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Donmouth, Aberdeenshire.[61]
Boutry  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coast of Grand Bassa, Liberia. She was on a voyage from Elmina, Gold Coast to Falmouth, Cornwall.[135]
Calliope  Greece The brig was wrecked at Yevpatoria, Russia.[33]
Caroline Louise  United Kingdom The schooner sank at Belfast, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Belfast.[1] She was refloated on 17 February.[103]
Cathina Flag unknown The ship was wrecked at Ochotsk, Russia.[5]
C. E. C. G.  United Kingdom The ship sank at Jersey, Channel Islands.[16]
Charles  United Kingdom The schooner foundered with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Woodbridge, Suffolk to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France.[155]
Civilta  Italy The ship was wrecked on "Cervi Island". She was on a voyage from Livorno to Beyrout, Ottoman Syria.[7]
Consort  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Ytterøy, Norway. Her crew were rescued. She had been refloated by 17 February and taken in to Drontheim.[26][20][138]
Content  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Benvoy Cove, near Annestown, County Waterford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Penzance, Cornwall.[40][76][41]
Coquette  France The schooner was wrecked near the Belle Île, Morbihan.[16]
Dageraad  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore on Madura Island, Netherlands East Indies before 8 February. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Batavia to Sourabaya, Netherlands East Indies.[61]
Diana  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Rio Grande. She was on a voyage from Paranaguá, Brazil to the River Plate.[40]
Don  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked near Amoy, China. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Shanghai.[138][113]
Edward Jones  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore and severely damaged near Castletown, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Newry, County Antrim.[40][76][156]
E. L. Cook  United States The fishing schooner was lost in a gale on the Georges Bank. Lost with all 11 crew.[157][158][159]
Eleanor  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Cardiff.[23]
Eliza Thompson  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Goat Island. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to Newhaven, Sussex.[1]
Ellen  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Cardigan. She was on a voyage from Gloucester to Cardigan.[45]
Ellengowan  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near "Griseboain Kloster" before 11 February. She was on a voyage from Alloa, Clackmannanshire to Christiania.[26]
Emanuel  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire at Oran, Algeria.[78][71]
Emma  Sweden The ship sank at Guadeloupe.[144]
Favorita  United Kingdom The steamship was destroyed by fire at Callao, Peru before 10 February.[37]
Fortuna  Norway The ship ran aground off Mandal and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Fredrikstad to Antwerp, Belgium.[44]
Four Sisters  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Clipper Rock. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Cardiff.[30]
Franco Pagliano  Italy The ship was wrecked at Morea, Greece. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to an English port.[160]
Gattshalla  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Whitby, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Malta.[161]
Gertrude  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Isle of Pines, Cuba. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Mobile, Alabama, United States.[33]
Giano G.  Italy The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at "Point aux Dies", Pas-de-Calais with the loss of two of her fourteen crew. She was on a voyage from Callao to Dunkerque, Nord, France.[1][9][5][7]
Glencaple  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore. She was refloated and taken in to Villareal, Spain.[11]
Golconda  United States The ship ran aground on the Nantucket Shoals, off the coast of Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from Liberia to Boston, Massachusetts.[119] She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[162]
Governor  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Banjaard Sand, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Schiedam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated.[62]
Hansa  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Bremen. She was on a voyage from Bremen to New York, United States. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[62]
Hastrasands Hoffe  United Kingdom The ship sank off Robin Hoods Bay, Yorkshire.[61]
Hecla  United States The whaler was wrecked in the Seychelles.[110]
Hellespont  United States The barque was wrecked 92 nautical miles (170 km) north of the mouth of the Rio Grande. She was on a voyage from the River Plate to New York.[163]
Herschel  Germany The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from New York to Hamburg. She was refloated and put back to New York.[11]
Hiawatha  United States The schooner was lost with all 10 hands.[164]
Huanay  Chile The steamship ran aground at Maule.[40][76] She was refloated.[165]
Ida Flag unknown The ship was wrecked at Ochotsk.[5]
Immacolata  Italy The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Missolonghi, Greece.[139]
Industria  Italy The ship was driven ashore near Algiers, Algeria.[30]
Isabella  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Warden Ledge, off the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to London.[7] She was refloated on 8 February.[27]
Isis  United Kingdom The ship collided with a brig off Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Martinique to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. She was towed in to Gibraltar.[78]
J. Blenkhorn  Belgium The ship ran aground on the Spykerplaat, off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Antwerp.[11]
Jessie  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Dudgeon Sand, in the North Sea. She was refloated and assisted in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire in a leaky condition.[23]
John Chrystal  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the New Inlet. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[1]
Josephine  France The ship was wrecked near the mouth of the Semani. She was on a voyage from Trieste to Cette, Hérault.[160]
Juanita  United States The steamship ran aground at Havana, Cuba. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Philadelphia.[166]
Kate  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Gut of Canso before 14 February.[113]
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