List of shipwrecks in 1871

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

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|ship=Alibi

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The sealer, a barque, was lost off the coast of Greenland with the loss of all hands, more than 30 lives.{{Cite news |title=Supposed Loss of a Sealing Vessel with Thirty Men|newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=24 April 1871 |issue=7254 }}

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|ship=America

|flag={{flag|Uruguay|civil}}

|desc=The steamship suffered a catastrophic fire due to an overheated boiler off the coast of Punta Espinillo, outside the harbor of Montevideo. One of the survivors was Ramón Artagaveytia.

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|ship=Andromeda

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was lost in the South China Sea before 15 March.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=16 March 1871 |page=10 |issue=27012 |column=D }}

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|ship={{SS|Aries||2}}

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The steamer was lost at Cranberry Inlet on the coast of New Jersey.{{Cite web |url=https://njscuba.net/sites/site_lavallette.php |title=njscuba.net "Lavallette Wreck" |access-date=1 March 2020 |archive-date=23 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223173713/https://njscuba.net/sites/site_lavallette.php |url-status=dead }}

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|ship=Avondale

|flag={{flag|New Zealand}}

|desc=The steamship was wrecked near Taranaki. All on a board were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Australia |newspaper=Bradford Observer |location=Bradford |date=27 April 1871 |issue=2601 |page=5 |volume=38 }}

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|ship=Barwon

|flag={{flag|New South Wales|1870}}

|desc=The steamship struck rocks off Cape Bridgewater, Victoria and was beached near Cape Nelson. She was on a voyage from Adelaide, South Australia to Sydney.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=12 June 1871 |issue=7837 }}

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|ship=Borston

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The steamship struck an iceberg and foundered with the loss of all hands, according to a message in a bottle washed up at Den Helder, North Holland, Netherlands on 10 October.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=21 October 1871 |issue=9924 }}

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|ship=Catherine

|flag={{flag|New South Wales|1870}}

|desc=The barque was wrecked {{convert|5|nmi|km}} south of Newcastle. She was on a voyage from Newcastle to Melbourne, Victoria.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=28 November 1871 |page=6 |issue=27232 |column=F }}

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|ship=Catherine Jackson

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The vessel was lost in the vicinity of "Squan," a term used at the time for the coast of New Jersey near Manasquan and sometimes for the {{convert|7|mi|km|adj=on}} stretch of coast between Manasquan Inlet and Cranberry Inlet or for the entire coast of New Jersey between Sea Girt and Barnegat Inlet.

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|ship={{HMS|Clio|1858|6}}

|flag={{Navy|United Kingdom}}

|desc=The {{sclass|Pearl|corvette}} struck a rock in Bligh Sound and was beached.{{Cite news |title=Australia |newspaper=Bradford Observer |location=Bradford |date=27 April 1871 |issue=2601 |page=5 |volume=38 }}

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|ship=Como

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship foundered between 9 February and 16 March. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to New York, United States.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=18 March 1871 |issue=9738 }}

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|ship=Estrella

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The barque was wrecked at the mouth of the Brass River with the loss of a crew member after 8 August. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to the Brass River.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=16 October 1871 |issue=9919 }}{{Cite news |title=West Coast of Africa |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=17 October 1871 |issue=7946 }}

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|ship=Golden Age

|flag={{flag|New South Wales|1870}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Barren Island, Tasmania. She was on a voyage from Newcastle to Melbourne.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=2 October 1871 |issue=9907 }}

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|ship={{SS|Heinan Maru|1856|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}

|desc=The steamship foundered in the Inland Sea of Japan.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=28 December 1871 |page=9 |issue=27258 |column=D }}{{Cite web |url=http://clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=9932&vessel=SCOTLAND |title=Scotland |publisher=Caledonian Maritime Heritage Trust |access-date=11 January 2021}}

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|ship=Kanrin Maru

|flag={{nowrap begin}}{{navy|Empire of Japan}}{{nowrap end}}

|desc=The screw corvette was wrecked in a typhoon at Esashi, Hokkaido, Japan.

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|ship=Lady Young

|flag={{flag|Queensland|1870}}

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore and severely damaged near Port Stephens, New South Wales.

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|ship=Nadir Shah

|flag=22px Sultanate of Zanzibar

|desc=The ship was lost.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=22 May 1872 |issue=27383 |page=5 |column=E-F }}

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|ship=O. H. Canady

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The schooner was lost in the vicinity of "Squan Beach," a term used at the time for the coast of New Jersey near Manasquan and sometimes for the {{convert|7|mi|km|adj=on}} stretch of coast between Manasquan Inlet and Cranberry Inlet or for the entire coast of New Jersey between Sea Girt and Barnegat Inlet.

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|ship=Oneida

|flag=Flag unknown

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|ship=Porcia

|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}

|desc=The vessel was lost in the Arctic on or near the north coast of the Department of Alaska.{{cite web |url=https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-p/ |publisher=alaskashipwreck.com |title=Alaska Shipwrecks (P) |access-date=31 December 2020}}

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|ship=Rialto

|flag={{flag|New South Wales|1870}}

|desc=The barque was wrecked at Newcastle.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=28 February 1871 |issue=7748 }}

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|ship=Rifleman

|flag={{flag|New Zealand}}

|desc=The schooner was wrecked at Auckland.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=30 October 1871 |issue=9931 }}

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|ship=Rising Sun

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship sank in Osaka Bay.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=7 March 1871 |issue=9728}}{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=7 March 1871 |issue=7213 }}

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|ship=San Juan

|flag={{flag|Peru}}

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire with the loss of more than 600 coolies. There were about 50 survivors. She was on a voyage from Macao, China to Callao, Peru.{{Cite news |title=The Six Hundred Coolies Burned At Sea |newspaper=Manchester Times |location=Manchester |date=8 July 1871 |issue=710 }}{{cite hansard |jurisdiction=United Kingdom |title=Observations |url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1873/may/23/observations |house=Commons |date=23 May 1873 |volume=216 |column_start=375 |column_end=396 |speaker=Sir Charles Wingfield |position=Member for Gravesend }}

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|ship=Tartar

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The ship was lost near Fuzhou, China in September or October.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=3 January 1872 |issue=27263 |page=6 |column=F }}

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|ship=Victoria

|flag=22px Sultanate of Zanzibar

|desc=The frigate was lost.

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|ship=Villotine

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The barque was lost in the vicinity of "Squan Beach," a term used at the time for the coast of New Jersey near Manasquan and sometimes for the {{convert|7|mi|km|adj=on}} stretch of coast between Manasquan Inlet and Cranberry Inlet or for the entire coast of New Jersey between Sea Girt and Barnegat Inlet.

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|ship={{SS|Wolf|1863|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The sealer, a steamship, was sunk by ice off the coast of the Newfoundland Colony. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Greenock |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=10 May 1871 |issue=9783 }}{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=11 May 1871 |issue=14594 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Unnamed

|flag={{flagcountry|Qing dynasty|1862}}

|desc=The junk was run down and sunk at Amoy by {{HMS|Ocean|1863|6}} ({{navy|United Kingdom}}).{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=18 October 1871 |issue=14730 |page=7 }}

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