The barque sprang a leak and sank 13 nautical miles (24 km) off the mouth of the Nun River. Her crew were rescued by the steamship (United Kingdom). Ariel was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Lagos, Africa.[1][2]
Express
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at Lagos, Africa and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Africa to Falmouth, Cornwall.[3]
Jason
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore . She was on a voyage from Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France to Newport, Monmouthshire. She was refloated on 8 July and taken in to Ilfracombe, Devon.[4]
Netherlands
The steamship ran aground off , Egypt. She was on a voyage from the Nieuw Diep to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. She was refloated on 10 August and towed in to Suez, Egypt by the tug (United Kingdom). Tromp was subsequently repaired and returned to service.[5][6]
2 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1873
Ship
Country
Description
Olga
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked "on Scarpanto Island". She was on a voyage Gibraltar to Oran, Algeria.[7]
The barque ran aground off Karawang, Netherlands East Indies. She was on a voyage from Batavia to Samarang.[10] She was consequently condemned.[11]
France
The steamship ran aground at Saigon, French Indo-China. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to a Chinese port. She was refloated and taken in to Saigon, where she was repaired. She subsequently resumed her voyage.[12]
Royal Standard
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground off Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and beached at Penarth, Glamorgan.[10]
4 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1873
Ship
Country
Description
Elizabeth
United Kingdom
The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Torrylin, Isle of Arran.[10]
Unnamed
Flag unknown
The schooner ran aground on the North Spit, in Liverpool Bay.[10]
5 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1873
Ship
Country
Description
Albatross
Belgium
The steamship ran aground at Terneuzen, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Bône, Algeria to Antwerp.[13] She was refloated.[12]
United Kingdom
The steamship was wrecked off Little Port l'Hébert, Nova Scotia, Dominion of Canada. All 567 people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New York, United States.[14][15]
Golden Dream
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground at New York. She was refloated.[16]
Ironsides
United States
The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from a Baltic port to Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.[13]
Mary
United Kingdom
The fishing smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Ardglass, County Down.[13]
7 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1873
Ship
Country
Description
Christiania
Norway
The steamship was driven ashore on Vlieland, Friesland, Netherlands.[16]
India
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Girdler Sand. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[16]
Jane
United Kingdom
The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Lindisfarne, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Tayport, Fife to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham.[16]
8 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1873
Ship
Country
Description
Clara
Netherlands
The ship sank at Katendrecht, South Holland. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to New York, United States.[12]
Guiona
Dominion of Canada
The ship ran aground in Lake Saint Pierre. She was on a voyage from Sydney, Nova Scotia to Montreal, Quebec.[17]
Hilda
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground on the Middle Sand, in the Humber. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Cronstadt, Russia. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[18]
William
United Kingdom
The brigantine foundered in the North Sea off Aldbrough, Yorkshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Exeter, Devon.[18]
The steamship was driven ashore 63 nautical miles (117 km) west of Cape Guardafui, Majeerteen Sultanate with the loss of sixteen of her 52 crew. The vessel was pillaged by Arabs.[20][21] She was on a voyage from Singapore, Straits Settlements for Suez, Egypt.[22][23]
St. George
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Irish Sea northwards of Dublin. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Belfast, County Antrim.[19][24]
10 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1873
Ship
Country
Description
Calcium
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground at Terneuzen, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium. She was refloated.[12]
Glenralloch
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Steep Breast, in the River Wyre. She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick, Dominion of Canada to Fleetwood, Lancashire.[12]
11 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1873
Ship
Country
Description
Crown Prince
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground in Lake Saint Pierre. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Quebec, Dominion of Canada to Liverpool, Lancashire.[25]
De Vrouw Johanna
Netherlands
The lugger ran aground at Aberdeen, United Kingdom. She was boarded by Customs officers, who found a greater quantity of cigars and tobacco on board than had been previously declared. They also found undeclared wine and spirits. Her eight crew were arrested for smuggling and the ship was seized. She was refloated and taken in to Aberdeen harbour.[26]
Mesopotamia
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground at Isola Point, Malta. She was on a voyage from London to Bussorah, Persia. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[4]
Sainte Marie Joseph
France
The fishing boat struck a sunken rock and sank at Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.[25]
12 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1873
Ship
Country
Description
Aldebaran
United Kingdom
The ship ran aground on the Spit of Passage, off the coast of County Waterford.[25]
Eringo
United Kingdom
The schooner ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was refloated with the assistance of some tugs and beached at Egremont, Lancashire.[25]
Mozambique
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north of "Arzilla", Morocco. She was consequently condemned.[27]
Nazaret
Portugal
The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Saint Paul de Loanda, Portuguese West Africa.[28]
14 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1873
Ship
Country
Description
Senior
United Kingdom
The barque was abandoned in the South Atlantic. Her ten crew were rescued by Excelsior (Germany).[29]
15 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1873
Ship
Country
Description
Bortolina
United Kingdom
The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Dominion of Canada. She was on a voyage from Larne, County Antrim to New York, United States.[30]
Dalkeith
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore on Nyord, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Danzig, Germany to Scrabster, Caithness.[31] She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[32]
Marie Louise
Norway
The brig foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all but her captain. He was rescued by Lara (United Kingdom). Marie Louise was on a voyage from Fredrikstad, Denmark to Dunkerque, Nord. France.[31]
Merritt
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked on Staten Island, New York.[30]
The paddle steamer sprang a leak and was beached at Stanley, Tasmania. She was on a voyage from Duck River to Launceston, Tasmania
Mary Jane
United Kingdom
The barque ran aground on the Middle Mouse Sand, in Liverpool Bay. She capsized and sank. Her crew were rescued. Mary Jane was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Sydney, Nova Scotia, Dominion of Canada. She was refloated with assistance from the tugBlack Prince (United Kingdom) and was beached at Beaumaris, Anglesey.[31][35][36]
M. M. Peter
United Kingdom
The ship was lost off Pará, Brazil. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Pará.[37]
The ship foundered between the Farne Islands, Northumberland and St. Abbs Head, Berwickshire, according to a message in a bottle that washed up near Strömstad, Sweden in late October.[41]
The barque was wrecked on a reef off Tamatave, Madagascar. Her crew were rescued.[46]
27 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1873
Ship
Country
Description
Achilles
Germany
The barque was lost in the White Sea. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Onega, Russia.[47]
Creole
United Kingdom
The barque was driven ashore on the Calf of Man, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Miramichi, New Brunswick, Dominion of Canada. She was refloated and put in to Belfast, County Antrim in a leaky condition.[48]
Formosa
Germany
The brig was lost at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Dominion of Canada to London, United Kingdom.[49]
28 July[]
List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1873
Ship
Country
Description
Active
United Kingdom
The schooner foundered off Lundy Island, Devon.[50]
Conception
Spain
The barque was driven ashore in Bootle Bay. She was on a voyage from Matanzas, Cuba to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and towed in to Liverpool.[48]
Tanner
United Kingdom
The brig was wrecked on the Mouse Sand, in the Thames Estuary off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[48]
The ship was driven ashore at Lingan, Nova Scotia, Dominion of Canada. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Dominion of Canada to Queenstown, County Cork.[44]
Flor de Augra
Portugal
The ship ran aground at Bangor, Maine, United States.[44]
Rangitoto
New Zealand
The steamer, which was carrying passengers between Nelson and Wellington, hit a reef near Cape Jackson in the Marlborough Sounds, ripping a hole in her side. The ship was deliberately beached in Port Gore to save the lives of those on board.[42]
The barque ran aground on the Marquesas Reef. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was refloated and towed in to Key West, Florida, United States.[51]
Unnamed
United Kingdom
The fishing boat was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of two of her six crew. Survivors were rescued by the steamship Tuskar (United Kingdom).[52]
Unknown date[]
List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in July 1873
Ship
Country
Description
Afton
Dominion of Canada
The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 22 July. She was on a voyage from Afton, Nova Scotia to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom.[53][1]
The ship was wrecked at Maracaibo, Venezuela. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Maracaibo to a British port.[4]
Canadian
United Kingdom
The ship struck a sunken rock and was beached at Craster, Northumberland. Her crew survived.[55]
Delside
United Kingdom
The ship was damaged by fire at Callao, Peru.[56][57]
Easby
United Kingdom
The steamship struck a sunken rock and was holed. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Sydney, Nova Scotia, Dominion of Canada. She put in to New York, where she arrived on 1 August in a waterlogged condition.[33]
The ship was wrecked in the Maldive Islands before 11 July. Her crew survived.[56]
Fred Thompson
United States
The ship collided with Hermite (Spain) off Barcelona, Spain and was severely damaged. Fred Thompson was on a voyage from New York to Genoa, Italy. She was towed in to Barcelona in a waterlogged condition by Hermite.[17]
Hannah Hicks
United Kingdom
The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to Greenock, Renfrewshire.[44]
Helsingfors
Russia
The steamship was driven ashore at Reval on or before 4 July. She was refloated with the assistance of a steamship and a fishing boat.[10]
The ship struck a reef off Padang, Netherlands East Indies. She was refloated and beached in Sveng Pissang Bay.[32] She was taken in to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies in a severely damaged condition in early September and placed under repair.[60]
The smack was driven ashore near the Hurst Castle, Hampshire.[12] She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to London.[4]
Monrovia
United Kingdom
The steamship ran aground at the mouth of the Brass River. She was refloated three days later. Temporary repairs were made and she returned to England in October.[61][62][63]
Oracle
United Kingdom
The schooner was driven ashore at Southend, Argyllshire.[54]
Reaper
United States
The brigantine was wrecked on Scatarie Island, Nova Scotia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Greenland to Philadelphia.[17]
William Archer
United Kingdom
The smack was driven ashore at Southend, Argyllshire.[54]
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