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List of shipwrecks in December 1873

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

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1 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1873
Ship State Description
Burlington   United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Haken Adelstein (  Norway) and sank in the River Thames at Greenwich, Kent. Her crew were rescued. Burlington was on a voyage from Königsberg, Germany to London.[1][2]
Carl Herman   Germany The collier was wrecked in the Rottum Islands, Groningen, Netherlands with the loss of all hands.[2][3]
Dart   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Methil, Fife. Her crew were rescued.[3]
Dr. Petermann   Germany The barque was driven ashore at Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, United Kingdom.[4] She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was refloated on 23 December,[5] and placed under repair in January 1874.[6]
Euphrates   Norway The barque was driven ashore on Texel, North Holland, Netherlands with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure to Tønsberg.[7][8]
Jubilee   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Horse Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim to Preston, Lancashire.[2]
Unnamed Flag unknown The barque was driven ashore on the coast of Somerset.[9]

2 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1873
Ship State Description
Angostura   United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the River Lune. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to the River Lune. She was refloated.[8]
Eroe   United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Rochester, Kent.[8]
Euphrates   Norway The barque was driven ashore on Texel, North Holland, Netherlands with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage.[8]
Jacob Kjelland   Norway The crewless barque was driven ashore at Blokhus, Denmark.[7][8] She subsequently broke up.[10]
Norfolk Hero   United Kingdom The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Tarragona, Spain. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent in a leaky condition.[8]
Sir George Grey   United Kingdom The paddle tug suffered a boiler explosion and sank in the Crosby Channel, off the coast of Lancashire with the loss of one of her six crew. Survivors were rescued by the barque Lamartine (  France).[11][12]
Telegraph   United Kingdom The tug sank at Grimsby, Lincolnshire. She was refloated.[8]

3 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1873
Ship State Description
Celerity   United Kingdom The steamship departed from Riga, Russia for Stettin, Germany. Subsequently foundered in the Baltic Sea with the loss of all 21 crew; a boat with a dead body on board washed up at Ventava, Courland Governorate.[13][14]
Lochnagar   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground off the Nakkehoved Lighthouse, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated and towed in to Helsingør, Denmark in a leaky condition.[15][16]
Surbiton   United Kingdom The ship departed from Riga for Stettin. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[13][17]
St. Kevin   United Kingdom The ship caught fire at Quebec City, Canada. Arson was suspected as the cause.[9]
Westella   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the River Thames. She was on a voyage from Patras, Greece to London. She was refloated and completed her voyage.[9]
Unnamed Flag unknown The schooner ran aground on the East Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay.[9]

4 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1873
Ship State Description
Economist   United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Barry Island, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Llanelly, Glamorgan.[16]
Johanna Margaretha   Norway The brig ran aground on the Kish Bank, in the Irish Sea. She was refloated and put back to Dublin, United Kingdom in a leaky condition.[16][18]
Julia   Canada The ship departed from Savanna, Georgia for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with all hands.[19]
Liffey   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Hayle, Cornwall.[16]
Nautilus   Sweden The barque was wrecked on the Horn Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Gävle to London.[20][15][16]
Problem   United Kingdom The brigantine struck the Swan Rock, in the Farne Islands, Northumberland and sank. Her crew survived.[21][22]

5 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1873
Ship State Description
Lizzie   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Daugava at "Muhlgraben", Russia.[23]
Mary Celeste   United States The brigantine was discovered abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (38°20′N 17°15′W / 38.333°N 17.250°W / 38.333; -17.250) by the brigantine Dei Gratia (  Canada), which put three of her crew aboard. Mary Celeste was taken in to Gibraltar.

6 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1873
Ship State Description
Ardgowan   United Kingdom The paddle steamer collided with the steamship Clara (  United Kingdom) and sank in the Clyde at Greenock, Renfrewshire. All on board, more than 50 people, were rescued by Clara. Ardgowan was on a voyage from Greenock to Lochgilphead, Argyllshire.[24][25]
Cairo   Italy The steamship collided with the steamship Cramlington (  United Kingdom) and was beached at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk, United Kingdom.[24] She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom.[26] She was refloated on 10 December and towed in to Lowestoft, Suffolk.[27]
Karl der Grosse   Germany The ship was wrecked at Thisted, Denmark with the loss of all hands.[28][10]
Paladin   United Kingdom The steamship collided with HMS Serapis (  Royal Navy) at Malta. Paladin was on a voyage from Taganrog, Russia to a British port. She was severely damaged and beached.[24][10] She was later refloated and taken in to Malta.[29]

7 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1873
Ship State Description
Alicia   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Loch Don. Her crew were rescued.[30]
Daar   Russia The ship was wrecked at Poti.[28][10]
Jessy   United Kingdom The barque foundered at sea. Her crew were rescued by Tyro (  Canada).[31]

8 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1873
Ship State Description
Amphion   Canada The brig was driven ashore at Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom. She was refloated.[10]
Colombo   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[10]
Consolation   United Kingdom The fishing lugger collided with the steamship Vaderland (  Belgium) off South Foreland, Kent and sank.[32]
Elizabeth   United Kingdom The schooner was beached in Cloghy Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Belfast.[10]
Fredericke Sophie   Denmark The schooner was driven ashore on Manø.[10]
Orion   Sweden The ship was driven ashore on Manø. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Kiel, Germany.[10]

9 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1873
Ship State Description
Thornhill   United States The barque was wrecked at Point de Mots, Quebec, Canada. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[33]
Unnamed   United Kingdom The Thames barge was run down and sunk by a tug in the River Thames with the loss of both crew.[34]

10 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1873
Ship State Description
Star   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore near New Brighton, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dublin.[27] She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[29]

11 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1873
Ship State Description
Amanda   Germany The ship was driven ashore on Amrum. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Elbe to the Eider.[27]
Amy   United Kingdom The brig ran aground at the Pigeon House Fort, Dublin and caught fire. The fire was extinguished.[27] She was refloated on 23 December and taken in to Dublin.[5]
Ernst Moritz Arndt   Germany The steamship ran aground at Gilleleje, Denmark and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Stettin.[29][35]
Galatea   Trinity House The steamship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was refloated.[29]
Iron King   United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked in the Gulf of Saint Vincent. All on board were rescued.[36][37]
Max Dinse   Germany The ship was driven ashore on Spiekeroog. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Hamburg.[27]
Ouse   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Danube.[4]
Sportsman   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Cape Pappas, Greece.[27]
Swansea   United Kingdom The ship collided with the schooner Princess Helena (  United Kingdom) and sank at Gibraltar.[27]

12 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1873
Ship State Description
Meteor   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Dublin.[29]
Preston   United Kingdom The ship caught fire at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Havre de Grâce. The fire was later extinguished.[38][39]

13 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1873
Ship State Description
Eugene and André   France The ship was driven ashore near Minden. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to Saint-Nazaire, Ille-et-Vilaine.[39]
Greece   United States The steamship ran aground in the Hudson River. She was refloated.[40]
Iron King   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Troubridge Shoals. All on board were rescued.[41]
Magdala   United Kingdom The brig ran aground in the James River. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Norfolk, Virginia, United States.[42]
Mongol   United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on a reef 14 nautical miles (26 km) off Hong Kong with the loss of sixteen of her crew. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Yokohama, Japan.[43]

14 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1873
Ship State Description
Caroline   United Kingdom The ship was driven onto the Garrec Rocks, on the coast of Finistère, France. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Beauvoir, Manche.[30]
John   United Kingdom The Mersey Flat foundered in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Liverpool, Lancashire.[44]

15 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1873
Ship State Description
Active   United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Meadulse Skerries, in the Firth of Forth. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Alloa, Clackmannanshire.[44][45][46]
Alexandrine   Germany The brig was driven ashore at Halskov, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Wismar to Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom.[5]
Arendine, or
Arentina 		  Germany The galiot ran into a steamship and sank off Leith. Her five crew were rescued.[47][40]
Nebraska   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at South Shields, County Durham.[39] She was refloated.[4]
South Western   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Ardrossan, Ayrshire. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Ardrossan.[48] She was refloated on 22 December and taken in to Ardrossan.[49]

16 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1873
Ship State Description
Ada Berendina   Netherlands The ship was driven ashore at Bremen, Germany.[4]
Balaclava   United Kingdom The schooner sprang a leak and was abandoned off Aberdeen. Her five crew were rescued by a schooner. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[50][51]
Brunswick   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Orlock Point, County Down. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dublin.[44]
David   Germany The schooner was assisted in to Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom in a sinking condition. She was on a voyage from Burghead, Lothian to London, United Kingdom.[51]
Elba   United Kingdom The steamship foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all 32 crew. She was on a voyage from London to Hamburg, Germany.[52][53]
Ernst and Julie   Germany The ship was driven ashore at "Goos-on-Wiltow". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Lübeck.[5]
Frans   Norway The brig was wrecked on Colonsay, Inner Hebrides, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.[50][54][17]
Ivar   Russia The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the steamship German Empire (  United Kingdom). Ivar was on a voyage from Schiedam, South Holland, Netherlands to Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom.[55]
John Slater   United Kingdom The brig foundered off Corsewall Point, Wigtownshire. Her sixteen crew were rescued by the steamship Garland (  United Kingdom). John Garland was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Ardrossan, Ayrshire.[44][56]
Mosquito   United Kingdom The ship sank in the River Tyne.[57] She had been refloated by 12 January 1874 and placed under repair.[58]
Ocean Bride   United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Swadman Reef off the coast of Northumberland.[40][59] Her crew took to a boat; they were rescued two days later by a Danish schooner. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Sunderland, County Durham.[60]
Robert and Paul Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore at Höganäs, Sweden. Her crew were rescued.[5] She was later refloated and was towed in to Helsingør, Denmark by the steamship Hertha (Flag unknown).[61]
Vine   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. She was refloated on 20 February 1874.[62]

17 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1873
Ship State Description
Acorn   United Kingdom The schooner collided with the steamship Caledonia (  United Kingdom) and sank in the Clyde.[50]
Æolus   Germany The schooner was driven ashore at Tornby, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Dantsic.[63][4]
Ann, and
Annie Brocklebank 		  United Kingdom The schooner Ann collided with Annie Brocklebank and was driven ashore at Whitehouse, County Antrim. One of the vessels had to be beached.[63][4]
Lucie   Norway The barque was wrecked near Lemvig. Her crew were rescued.[50]
Portia   United Kingdom The brig foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the smack Cambria (  United Kingdom). Portia was on a voyage from Helsingborg, Sweden to London.[31]
Regina   Norway The barque was driven ashore at Hirtshals, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Geestemünde, Germany to Kragerø.[63][4]
Urania   Germany The steamship was wrecked off Norderney. Her crew were rescued by the Norderney Lifeboat.[4]
William Scott Walker   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at North Sunderland, County Durham. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Montrose, Forfarshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but was consequently beached at Ross, Northumberland.[63][64]

18 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1873
Ship State Description
Caroline   Denmark The barque was wrecked at Thisted. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Nieuwe Diep to Fredrikstad.[50]
Drago Annetta   Italy The ship was wrecked at Cagliari, Sardinia. She was on a voyage from Carloforte, Sardinia to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[65][30]
Enrico Flag unknown The brig was wrecked at Benghazi, Ottoman Tripolitania.[66]
Gronau   Germany The ship foundered in the North Sea with the loss of two of her four crew. She was on a voyage from Fedderwardersiel to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom.[67]
Maria   Germany The schooner foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Burntisland, Fife, United Kingdom to Hamburg.[31]
Nestor   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Whitby, Yorkshire. She was refloated and towed in to Whitby but struck the quayside and developed a severe leak.[4]
Pembroke   United Kingdom The barque was abandoned off Hanstholm, Denmark. Her twelve crew were rescued by the steamships North Star and Rosetta (both   United Kingdom). Pembroke was on a voyage from Söderhamn, Sweden to South Shields, County Durham.[31] She subsequently came ashore at Thisted, Denmark.[49]
Sultan   United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on Coll, Inner Hebrides with the loss of all twelve crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Havana, Cuba.[63][68]

19 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1873
Ship State Description
Mary Brilliard   New Zealand The 13-ton cutter (boat) was driven ashore and wrecked on Ruapuke Island in a gale.[69]
Mozambique   Germany The schooner was wrecked on the Europa Rocks, off Zanzibar.[70]
Wenvoe   United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked at Saint-Nazaire, Ille-et-Vilaine, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Saint-Nazaire.[5]

20 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1873
Ship State Description
Aborigine   New Zealand The 132-ton brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked inside the mouth of the Hokitika River in a severe gale.[71]
Ægean   United States The ship departred from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for Trieste. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[72]
Arcuturus   United Kingdom The steamship heeled over and sank at Galle, Ceylon.[67]
Carl   Sweden The schooner ran aground off Åhus. She was later refloated and taken in to Cimbritshamn in a severely leaky condition and was placed under repair.[61]
John and Thomas   United Kingdom The ship struck a rock near Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire and was beached. She was on a voyage from Fraserburg, Aberdeenshire to the Clyde.[30]
Obotvit   Russia The steamship was wrecked at Domesnes, Courland Governorate. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga to Lübeck, Germany.[73]
Redcliffe   New Zealand The 22-ton ketch dragged her anchor and struck a reef at All Day Bay during a heavy sea. One crewman was drowned.[74]
Skerryvore   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Clyde. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to the Clyde.[30]
Volante   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Domesnes.[73]
Unnamed Flag unknown The barque sank on the Engelbrake Sand in the North Sea off the German coast.[30]

21 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1873
Ship State Description
Carl   Germany The barque capsized at Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[31]
Emu   United Kingdom The dandy was driven ashore at Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex. She was refloated.[31]
Marchioness of Londonderry   United Kingdom The ship struck a floating wreck and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Whitstable, Kent to Seaham, County Durham. She was assisted in to Bridlington, Yorkshire the next day.[49]

22 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1873
Ship State Description
Flossie   Guernsey The brig ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Guernsey to London. She was refloated and towed to Ramsgate, Kent.[31][49]
Marquis Ross   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Løkken, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Lübeck, Germany.[49]
Modesta   United Kingdom The barque caught fire in the Capana River at Paraná and was scuttled.[75]
T. A. Darrell   Bermuda The brigantine sprang a leak and was beached on the Chico Bank, in the River Plate.[76]
Tees   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at the mouth of the River Tees. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.[77][5]
Walo   Grand Duchy of Finland The barque ran aground on the Cannon Rock, in Cloughty Bay. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Londonderry, United Kingdom.[77] She floated off on 29 December, drove ashore on Burial Island and was wrecked.[42]
William Owen   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Ottendorf, Germany. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to an English port.[49]
No. 24   United Kingdom The pilot cutter collided with the steamship Jones Brothers and foundered off Cardiff, Glamorgan.[77][78]

23 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1873
Ship State Description
Harmonie   United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore on Falster, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Rostock, Germany.[5]
Patriotto   United Kingdom The brig ran aground and sank at Shadwell, Middlesex. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London.[5]
Rio Grande   United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. Her six crew were rescued by a gig and the tug Dandy (  United Kingdom. Rio Grande was on a voyage from the Rio Grande to Liverpool, Lancashire.[79][80][55]
Sarah   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Porthcawl, Glamorgan. Her crew survived.[78]
Spey   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued.[5]
Viscountess Arbuthnot   United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea 170 nautical miles (310 km) off Spurn Point, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by the smack Edward and Sophia (  United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Leith, Lothian.[81]

24 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1873
Ship State Description
Adelaide   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at "Glenarnie" and became waterlogged. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Glenarnie.[82]
Emma   Germany The brig was driven ashore at Warnemünde. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Wismar.[83]
F. Chester   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on The Shingles, off the Isle of Wight. She was refloated.[5]

25 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1873
Ship State Description
Eureka   United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium to Hull, Yorkshire.[84]
R. P. Reynard   United States The ship was wrecked on the Gingerbread Grounds. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to New Orleans, Louisiana.[85]
Thorwaldsen   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 260 nautical miles (480 km) west of Bermuda. Her crew were rescued by Annie Torrey (  United States). Thorwaldsen was on a voyage from Sapelo Island, Georgia, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[86][87]

26 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1873
Ship State Description
Gipsy Queen   United Kingdom The tug ran onto the wreck of a hopper and sank in the River Tyne with the loss of eighteen of the 46 people on board.[88][89]
Virginius   United States The sidewheel paddle steamer sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, while under tow from the Caribbean to New York by the screw sloop-of-war USS Ossipee (  United States Navy).[90]

27 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1873
Ship State Description
Berling   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore in the Zuyder Zee. She was on a voyage from Harlingen, Friesland, Netherlands to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated and continued her voyage, but consequently put in to Whitby, Yorkshire in a leaky condition.[83]
Confidence   United Kingdom The barque collided with the full-rigged ship Craigs (  United Kingdom and was beached at King's Cross, Arran. She was refloated the next day with the assistance of a tug.[81]
Tempo   Canada The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Edith Rose (  United States). Tempo was on a voyage from Sagua La Grande, Cuba to Saint John, New Brunswick.[91]

28 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1873
Ship State Description
Ancilla   United Kingdom The full-rigged ship struck the South Rock, in the Belfast Lough and sank. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Trinidad.[60][82]
Fulix   United Kingdom The brig was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Port Said, Egypt.[92]
Goteborg   Sweden The steamship was driven ashore at "Nedjau". She was on a voyage form Stockholm to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated the next day and assisted in to Ystad in a leaky condition.[81]
Iron Cross   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore south of Dunany Point, County Louth. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to the Southwest Pass.[81]
Jonas Gabrielson   Sweden The brig was driven ashore at Snogebæk, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall to Liverpool.[93]
Remembrance   United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her crew were rescued by a lifeboat. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Dunkerque, Nord, France. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent in a waterlogged condition.[81]
Vivandiere   United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore on Burr Island, Connecticut, United States. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Barbadoes. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[81]
Wiggo   Sweden The schooner was wrecked south of Cimbritshamn. Her crew were rescued.[61]

29 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1873
Ship State Description
Arcturus   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Gindurah Rock, off Galle, Ceylon. She was refloated but consequently sank. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London.[82][94][95]
Clio   Norway The barque was driven ashore at Ballaugh, Isle of Man. Her twelve crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Cumberland, United Kingdom to Lisbon, Portugal.[95]
Dryade   France The lugger was driven ashore at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[81]
Exile   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at Waterford. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim to Mazagan, Morocco. She was refloated.[42]
Gertrude   United Kingdom The schooner sank off the Calf of Man, Isle of Man with the loss of five of the seven people on board.[95]
Isabella   United Kingdom The brig was wrecked off Greenore, County Wexford. Her crew were rescued.[60]
Johanne Catherina   Germany The ship was wrecked at Safi, Morocco.[96][66]
Ocean Belle   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Spit Sand, in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Newport, Monmouthshire. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and towed in to Newport.[97]
Sarah Horn   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Farne Islands, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued.[98]
Spy   United Kingdom The smack was abandoned in the North Sea. She was towed in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire.[81]
Tapageur   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Swansea, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Madras India to Swansea.[42]

30 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1873
Ship State Description
Brownfield   United Kingdom The schooner sank off Douglas Head, Isle of Man. Her five crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Teignmouth, Devon to Runcorn, Cheshire.[95]
Canute   United Kingdom The ship collided with the barque Pauchita (  Italy) and ran aground off Spike Island, County Cork. She was refloated.[42]
Charles Bal   Canada The ship ran aground at Queenstown, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Bassein, India to Queenstown. She was refloated.[42]
Lizzy   United Kingdom The ship was beached at Ballycrovane, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Morocco to Queenstown.[84]
Nymphen   Norway The barque ran aground at Waterford, United Kingdom. She was refloated and beached.[42][93]
Polly   United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of nine of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Rosa B. Barbagalette (  United States). Polly was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida to Liverpool, Lancashire.[99][100]
Robert Henderson   United Kingdom The brig ran aground off Hveen, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Landskrona, Sweden to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark.[42]
Tetuán   Cantonalist Rebels Third Carlist War, Cantonal rebellion: The broadside ironclad burned and sank, perhaps due to sabotage, while undergoing repairs at Cartagena.
Travancore   United Kingdom The barque was damaged by fire at Liverpool, Lancashire.[101]

31 December edit

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1873
Ship State Description
Cleo Flag unknown The barque was driven ashore at Ballaugh, Isle of Man.[101]
Gertrude   United Kingdom The schooner sank off the Calf of Man, Isle of Man with the loss of three of her crew.[101]
Kong Oscar II   Norway The steamship ran aground off Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.[101] She was refloated on 3 January 1874.[84]
Pallas   United Kingdom The schooner capsized in the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued by a smack. She was on a voyage from Bremerhaven, Germany to Plymouth, Devon.[102]
Two Friends   United Kingdom The ship departed from London for Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[103]

Unknown date edit

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in December 1873
Ship State Description
Absolon   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Stubben, Germany. She was refloated.[93]
Acadia, and
Arethusa 		  Canada
  United Kingdom 		Acadia collided with the barque Arethusa in Lower Cove, near Halifax, Nova Scotia. Both vessels were consequently scuttled.[27]
Alkle   Grand Duchy of Finland. The ship ran aground on the Gross Kahlegrundet, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Pori to Bristol, Gloucestershire United Kingdom. She was refloated and found to be waterlogged.[10]
Alpha   Germany The steamship ran aground on "Carlos". She was refloated and taken in to Reval, Russia, where she arrived on 22 December in a leaky condition.[77]
Alwine   Germany The ship sank in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[65]
Ancilla   United Kingdom The full-rigged ship ran aground on the Cannon Rock, in Cloughty Bay and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Trinidad. She subsequently sank.[81]
Arabia   United Kingdom The steamship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of thirteen of her 26 crew. Survivors were rescued by Tropic (  United Kingdom). Arabia was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Boston, Lincolnshire.[104][29][35][105]
Bjorg   Denmark The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Skagen. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Bandholm.[63][106]
Britannia   Newfoundland Colony The schooner was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Tilt Cove to Saint John's. She was subsequently taken in to Catalina.[23]
British Lion   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on "Wolfs Island", Nova Scotia, Canada.[63]
Canessa Madre Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the Shark River. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to New York, United States.[23]
Carl Steinorth   Germany The barque was wrecked at the mouth of the Elbe. Her crew were rescued by the Cuxhaven Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Rio de Janeiro.[65][49]
Cassini   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at "Teke". She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Galaţi, Ottoman Empire She was refloated on 19 December and resumed her voyage.[73][30]
Cerdic   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Perim, Aden Governorate. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Liverpool.[63] She was later refloated with assistance from the steamship Kwangtung (  United Kingdom).[49]
Christine Brockleman   Germany The barque was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark.[28] She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Copenhagen, Denmark. She subsequently broke up.[27]
Clutha   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Broadness Point.[46] She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[5]
Comet   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at "Davis Point". She was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island, Canada to a British port.[20]
Cornwall   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Ajax Reef. She was on a voyage from Belize City, British Honduras to London.[23]
Ebenezer   Norway The schooner was abandoned off "Wadero".[31]
Eftichia   Ottoman Empire The barque ran aground in the Sea of Marmara.[8]
Elizabeth Cann   United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada to Belfast, County Antrim.[28][49]
Far West   United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia.[39]
Fortuna   Spain The brig was wrecked near Cape Spartel, Morocco. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires Argentina to Barcelona.[10]
Franz Ludwig   Germany The ship was driven ashore. She was refloated and taken in to Stolpemünde.[16]
Ganger Rolf   Norway The ship was driven ashore at Sandefjord. She was on a voyage from Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure to Sandefjord.[4]
Ghiorgios   Greece The ship was wrecked at Bourgas, Ottoman Empire.[77]
Giovanni Battista   Italy The brig was driven ashore near Lusinpicolo, Austria-Hungary.[23] She was later refloated.[4]
Isabella   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked near Greenore Point, County Wexford. Her crew were rescued.[81] She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Waterford.[107]
Jane Henry   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Cape Henry, Virginia, United States. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Providence, British Guiana.[27]
Janet Forbes   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at "Davis Point". She was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island, Canada to a British port.[8]
Jerome   United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore near Ayr. She was refloated on 26 December and taken in to Ayr in a sinking condition.[83][42]
Jeune Leonie   France The lugger was driven ashore and sank at Nieuwpoort, West Flanders, Belgium. Her crew were rescued.[63]
John   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Riga to a British port. She was refloated and taken in to Visby, Sweden, where she was condemned.[10]
Juan Emilio   Spain The brig was wrecked east of Nuevitas, Captaincy General of Cuba. She was on a voyage from Cuba to Liverpool.[93]
Kelice   United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamships Ajax and Holmside (both   United Kingdom and was beached.[27]
Lady Havelock   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[38]
Lalour   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Louisbourg. She was on a voyage from an Irish port to Glace Bay, Nova Scotia.[27]
Leander   United States The derelict ship was towed in to Sisal, Mexico. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires to Pensacola, Florida.[18]
Lehaute   Spain The brig collided with the barque Constantia (  Spain) and sank at New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.[65][30]
Maria Flag unknown The crewless schooner drove ashore on Juist, Germany.[50]
Maria Rividi Flag unknown The ship was wrecked at the entrance to the Black Sea.[39]
Marie   Sweden The ship was driven ashore on Gotland. She was refloated and towed in to Stockholm.[18]
Martha Cobb   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the South Breaker. She was on a voyage from Galway to New York.[38]
Mary   Germany The ship was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Africa to Flensburg. She broke up on 5 December.[10]
Mary Rice   United States The ship was driven ashore at Cape Henry, Virginia on or before 22 December. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro to Baltimore, Maryland.[77][108]
Mary Spencer   United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Kentish Knock. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Livorno, Italy. She was refloated and put back to Newcastle upon Tyne in a leaky condition.[23]
Matchless   United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at Larache, Morocco before 11 December. She was on a voyage from Larache to an English port.[27] She was declared a total loss.[109]
Michelino Flag unknown The ship ran aground in the Hudson River.[101]
Moyune   China The steamship was destroyed by fire at Shanghai.[50]
Neptun   Denmark The steamship caught fire at Reval and was severely damaged. she was on a voyage from Reval to Lübeck, Germany.[101]
Ocean Wave   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Poplar Point. She was refloated and towed in to Montreal, Quebec, Canada in a leaky condition.[27]
Polly and Emily   United Kingdom The ship sank off Sully Island, Glamorgan. She was later raised and taken in to Penarth, Glamorgan.[49]
Remo   Italy The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to New Orleans.[65]
Rimac   Russia The ship ran aground on the Merse Reef, in the Baltic Sea between 20 and 23 December. She was refloated and taken in to Riga.[77]
Sadney   Sweden The ship ran aground at Marstrand. She was on a voyage from Gävle to an English port.[31]
Saint Severe   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Progresso. She was on a voyage from Marseille to "Lagoon".[28]
Saxon   United Kingdom The barque was wrecked in the Orkney Islands with the loss of all fourteen crew.[95]
Sir George Grey   United Kingdom The tugboat exploded and sank in the River Mersey at Waterloo, Lancashire with the loss of a crew member.[7]
Stephens   United Kingdom The sloop ran aground and sank in the River Ouse between Goole and Selby, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Saint Andrews, Fife to Selby.[110]
St. Helens   United Kingdom The steamship was presumed to have exploded and sank in the North Sea with the loss of all 21 crew. She was on a voyage from South Shields to London.[111][17]
Stork   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from London to Granton, Lothian. She was refloated.[40]
St. Peter   United Kingdom The barque ran aground in the Kattegat. She was on a voyage from Westervik, Sweden to Hartlepool, County Durham. She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen in a leaky condition.[30]
Stradella   Germany The ship was wrecked at Lemvig, Norway with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure to Christiania, Norway.[50]
Sytende Mai   Norway The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean west of Ireland before 25 December.[97]
Texas   United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Stonewall Shoal. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. She was refloated and taken in to Port Royal, Jamaica.[27]
Titania   United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at "Lusure". She was on a voyage from Cephalonia, Greece to Antwerp, Belgium.[49]
Triton   United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore "below Bosch".[49]
Ulisse   Italy The brig collided with the steamship Lufra (Flag unknown) and sank. Her crew were rescued. Ulisse was on a voyage from Galaţi, Ottoman Empire to Genoa.[39]
Uniao   Portugal The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to Oporto.[20]
Union   United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Horn Reef, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Harburg, Germany.[81]
Vallhall   Sweden The steamship was driven ashore near Thisted. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Gothenburg.[50] She was declared a total loss.[49]
Willie Coe   Canada The schooner was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean before 30 December.[112]
W. R. Rickett   United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Constantinople Ottoman Empire. She was refloated.[40]
Unnamed Flag unknown A full-rigged ship was wrecked on the Seven Stones Reef, between the Isles of Scilly and Cornwall.[113]

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