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The list of shipwrecks in 1872 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1872 .
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Ship
Country
Description
Annie Scott
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Shanghai , China on "31 September" for Hiogo , Japan . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[1]
Black Diamond
South Australia
The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked between Moonta and Wallaroo .[2]
Braunstone
United Kingdom
The steamship was abandoned at sea between 9 January and 15 July. She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Pacasmayo , Peru.[3]
Correo de Lebu
Chile
The ship was wrecked on the south coast of Chile.[4]
Chuckiang
China
The steamship was wrecked in the Hainan Strait . She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Shanghai .[5]
Clarence
New South Wales
The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked between Bald Hill and "Norogora". She was on a voyage from Sydney to Port Macquarie [2]
Coryphæus
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Aila , Ottoman Syria . At least five crew survived.[6]
Don Leandro
Flag unknown
The 86-ton two-masted lumber schooner was wrecked. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.[7]
Doon
United Kingdom
The ship was lost in the South China Sea .[8] Her crew took to two boats. Six crew in one of the boats were rescued by the barque Veritas ( Sweden ). Those in the other boat were reported missing.[9]
Elizabeth Fry
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked between 26 January and 9 February. She was on a voyage from New Orleans , Louisiana, United States to Liverpool , Lancashire .[10]
Fanny Campbell
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in the Banks Islands . Her crew were rescued.[2]
United Kingdom
The clipper left Lyttelton Harbour , New Zealand, for Gravesend, Kent in early 1872 with a cargo of wool and fifty people on board. Presumed foundered with the loss of all on board.[11]
Hannah Bloomfield
New South Wales
The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Cleveland Bay , Queensland .[12]
Huntsman
United Kingdom
The sealer , a brig was lost in ice off Cape St. Charles , Newfoundland Colony with the loss of 45 of her 61 crew.[13] [14]
James Merriman
Flag unknown
The barque was wrecked in the Torres Strait .[15]
Lola Montes
Queensland
The ship was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Brisbane to Cleveland Bay.[12]
Maggie Wright
United States
The ship was destroyed by fire at Kingston, Jamaica on 9 August or 9 September.[16]
Mohican
United States
The decommissioned steam sloop-of-war sank at her moorings at Mare Island Navy Yard in Vallejo, California , during the second half of the year. She was refloated, beached, and scrapped.
Panther
Flag unknown
The steamer was lost in the vicinity of "Squan Beach," a term used at the time for the coast of New Jersey , United States near Manasquan and sometimes for the 7-mile (11 km) stretch of coast between Manasquan Inlet and Cranberry Inlet or for the entire coast of New Jersey between Sea Girt and Barnegat Inlet .[17]
Petrel
New South Wales
The schooner was wrecked in the New Hebrides .[18]
United States Navy
The torpedo boat was lost.[19]
Russia
United States
The steamship struck a sunken rock and sank in Lake Erie off Amherstburg, Ontario , Dominion of Canada in November or December. She was refloated, repaired and returned to service.
Sarah Anne Blanche
Tasmania
The ship was wrecked.[12]
Sarah M.
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean between 9 April and 13 May. Her crew were rescued by Bucephalus ( Newfoundland Colony ). Sarah M. was on a voyage from Penarth , Glamorgan to Quebec City , Dominion of Canada.[20]
Solarie Brignardello
Italy
The ship was lost off Cape Horn , Chile. Her crew were rescued.[21]
Sophie
United States
The ship was wrecked on Honshu , Japan with the loss of two of her crew.[22]
Sunshine
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Richibucto , New Brunswick , Dominion of Canada for Liverpool in late November or early December. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[23]
Suwo Nada
Flag unknown
The steamship was lost in the South China Sea.Her crew were rescued.[24]
Theophile Marie
France
The ship departed from Brest , Finistère for Gloucester , United Kingdom between 12 October and 15 November. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[25]
Ticonderoga
United States
The clipper was wrecked off the coast of India .
Tuhlee
China
The tug was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Foochow to Shanghai.[10]
Waimea
New South Wales
The steamship was wrecked in the Richmond River .[8]
United States
The fishing schooner was lost returning from the Bay of Islands , Newfoundland , in November 1872, but never reached port. Lost with all 9 hands.[26]
Young Australian
South Australia
The paddle tug sank at the mouth of the Roper River .
References [ ]
Notes [ ]
^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times . No. 27666. London. 17 April 1873. col F, p. 11.
^ a b c "Shipping Intelligence". Glasgow Herald . No. 10172. Glasgow. 6 August 1872.
^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times . No. 27430. London. 16 July 1872. col E, p. 7.
^ "Shipping". Liverpool Mercury . No. 7796. Liverpool. 15 January 1873.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". Glasgow Herald . No. 10064. Glasgow. 2 April 1872.
^ "Naval and Military Intelligence". Morning Post . No. 30853. London. 26 October 1872. p. 5.
^ Gaines, W. Craig, Encyclopedia of Civil War Shipwrecks , Louisiana State University Press, 2008 , ISBN 978-0-8071-3274-6 , p. 27.
^ a b "Shipping Intelligence". Glasgow Herald . No. 10052. Glasgow. 19 March 1872.
^ "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard . No. 14899. London. 1 May 1872.
^ a b "Shipping Intelligence". Glasgow Herald . No. 10020. Glasgow. 10 February 1872.
^ Ingram & Wheatley, p. 184.
^ a b c "Shipping Intelligence". Glasgow Herald . No. 10150. Glasgow. 11 July 1872.
^ "Loss of a Greenock Sealer". The Times . No. 27376. London. 14 May 1872. col E, p. 13.
^ "Latest Intelligence". The Times . No. 27383. London. 22 May 1872. col A, p. 5.
^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times . No. 27328. London. 19 March 1872. col E, p. 12.
^ "Shipping Intelligence". Glasgow Herald . No. 10219. Glasgow. 30 September 1872.
^ njscuba.net "Lavallette Wreck"
^ "Shipping Intelligence". Glasgow Herald . No. 10028. Glasgow. 20 February 1872.
^ Gaines, W. Craig, Encyclopedia of Civil War Shipwrecks , Louisiana State University Press, 2008 , ISBN 978-0-8071-3274-6 , p. 186.
^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times . No. 27379. London. 17 May 1872. col F, p. 7.
^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times . No. 27365. London. 1 May 1872. col D, p. 12.
^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times . No. 27316. London. 5 March 1872. col E, p. 10.
^ "Latest Shipping Intelligence". The Times . No. 27660. London. 10 April 1873. col E, p. 6.
^ "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard . No. 14827. London. 7 February 1872. p. 7.
^ "Mercantile Ship News". The Standard . No. 15159. London. 28 February 1873. p. 7.
^ "The William J. Dale" . downtothesea.com. Retrieved 5 July 2021 .
Bibliography [ ]
Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association.
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