List of shipwrecks in April 1873

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

1 April

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|ship= {{RMS|Atlantic||2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|government}}

|desc=File:Wreck of the Atlantic (cropped).jpgThe ocean liner hit an underwater rock off Marr's Head, Meagher's Island (now Mars Head, Mars Island), Nova Scotia, Canada, and sank with the loss of between 535 and 560 lives. There were 371 survivors. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New York, United States.

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|ship={{SS|Queen of the Belgians||2}}

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Littlestone, Kent. She was on a voyage from Folkestone, Kent to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=2 April 1873 |issue=27653 |page=11 |column=F }} She was refloated on 10 April and taken in to Folkestone.

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2 April

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|ship=Abbie Perkins

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

|desc=The schooner exploded off Start Point, Devon and was destroyed by fire. Her five crew were rescued by the schooner Challenger ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Abbie Perkins was on a voyage from New York to London, United Kingdom.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=5 April 1873 |issue=27656 |page=10 |column=D }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Disasters at Sea |date=5 April 1873 |issue=27656 |page=10 |column=F }}

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|ship=Cecile

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Cuttyhunk Island, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to Boston, Massachusetts.

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|ship=Corinda Adema

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship foundered off Saint-Armel, Morbihan. She was on a voyage from "Borneuf" to Saint-Armel.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=5 April 1873 |issue=27656 |page=10 |column=D }}

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|ship={{SS|Holmside|1871|2}}, and
Raithwaite Hall

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

|desc=The steamships collided in the River Tyne and were both severely damaged. Holmside was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. She put back to South Shields. Raithwaite Hall was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to South Shields. She was taken in to North Shields, Northumberland for repairs.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=3 April 1873 |issue=1012 }}

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3 April

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|ship=Amelie

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=The brig collided with the collier {{SS|Mary Austin|1865|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and foundered in the Irish Sea off Holyhead, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued by Mary Austin. Amelie was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Foundering of a Vessel off Holyhead and Supposed Loss of the Crew |newspaper=Bradford Observer |location=Bradford |date=4 April 1873 |issue=3204 |page=2 |volume=40 }}

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|ship=Fremond

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was in collision with the steamship Gogo ({{flag|France}} at Bordeaux, Gironde and was severely damaged.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=4 April 1873 |issue=10378 }}

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|ship=Janet Shennan

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to London. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Ipswich |newspaper=Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=8 April 1873 |issue=7101 }}

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|ship=United Friends

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

|desc=The sloop ran aground on the East Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Port Dinorwic, Caernarfonshire to Runcorn, Cheshire.

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4 April

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|ship=Annie Mills

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the North Tail Ridge, in the Bristol Channel off the coast of Devon and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by the Appledore Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Appledore, Devon.

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|ship=Bismarck

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=The ship struck a floating wreck and sprang a leak. She sank off Sal, Cape Verde Islands on 7 April. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Po (Flag unknown). Bismack was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Algoa Bay.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=6 May 1873 |issue=8432 }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Exchequer Division |date=6 June 1878 |issue=29274 |page=11 |column=C }}

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|ship=Cedar

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Polish Bank, in the River Plate. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Buenos Aires, Argentina.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=3 May 1873 |issue=8430 }}

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|ship=Dunorlan

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Agger, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Brevik, Norway.

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|ship=Express

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the North Tail Ridge and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by the Appledore Lifeboat.

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|ship=Mary Ann

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the North Tail Ridge and sank. Her crew were rescued by the Appledore Lifeboat.{{Cite news |title=Appledore |newspaper=Trewman's Exeter Flying Post |location=Exeter |date=9 April 1873 |issue=5654 }}

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|ship=Norman

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at José Ignacio, Uruguay with the loss of nine of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Montevideo, Uruguay.

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|ship=Stag

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the English Bank, in the River Plate. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to a port in Uruguay.

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5 April

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|ship=Ægean

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Brouwers Reef, in the Java Sea. She was on a voyage from Kobe, Japan to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. She was refloated on 6 March and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Feronia

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

|desc=The ship caught fire at Fowey, Cornwall and was scuttled.

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|ship=Foundling

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

|desc=The schooner collided with the steamship Earl of Durham ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent. All on board survived.

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|ship=James Hull

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Henlopen, Delaware. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Jean Auguste

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The schooner collided with the brig Countess ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} and foundered in the North Sea {{convert|8|nmi|km}} north by west of the Dudgeon Lightship (22px Trinity House). Her crew were rescued. Jean Auguste was on a voyage from Ouistreham, Pas-de-Calais to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=9 April 1873 |issue=27659 |page=11 |column=F }}

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|ship=Rose

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

|desc=The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Ryde, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France to Southampton, Hampshire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=8 April 1873 |issue=8408 }}

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|ship=Stella

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

|desc=The yacht collided with a sloop in the River Thames and capsized with the loss of one of the two people on board.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=11 April 1873 |issue=4605 }}{{Cite news |title=Home News |newspaper=The Penny Independent Paper |location=London |date=12 April 1873 |issue=604 |volume=XXIV |page=224 }}

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|ship=Troubador

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Beaufort, United States. She was on a voyage from Santo Domingo Tonalá, Mexico to Queenstown, County Cork.

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6 April

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|ship=Alexandrana

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Poole, Dorset. She was refloated and assisted in to Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition.

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|ship=Caroline et Sire

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Sæby. She was on a voyage from Randers to Moss, Norway.

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|ship=Helene

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=20 May 1873 |issue=27694 |page=11 |column=C }}

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|ship=Hunter

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated with the assistance of the tug Knight Templar ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and taken in to Birkenhead, Cheshire.

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7 April

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|ship=Camana

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship ran ashore at Clachland Point, Isle of Arran. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to San Francisco, California, United States.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=8 April 1873 |issue=8408 }} She was refloated with assistance from the tug Flying Squall ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=8 April 1873 |issue=10382 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=10 April 1873 |issue=10384 }}

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|ship=Fidelia

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked at Cape Recife, Cape Colony. She was on a voyage from Mossel Bay to Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=13 May 1873 |issue=27688 |page=13 |column=E }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Shipping Intelligence |date=13 May 1873 |issue=27688 |page=12 |column=F }}

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|ship=India

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Clyde downstream of Dumbarton. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to New York, United States. She was refloated the next day.

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|ship=Rose

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Kertch, Russia. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Kertch.

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|ship={{SS|Thorwaldsen|1872|2}}

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground and was wrecked on the Hollands-Vaderöe, off the coast of Sweden.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Mails |date=8 April 1873 |issue=27658 |page=12 |column=B }}

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8 April

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|ship=Africa

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Danube {{convert|40|nmi|km}} from its mouth.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=10 April 1873 |issue=8410 }}

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|ship=Dromedary

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

|desc=The steamship foundered in the Irish Sea between the Tuskar Rock and Wicklow Head, County Wicklow. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Pernambuco ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Dromedary was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Dublin.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=10 April 1873 |issue=10384 }}

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|ship={{SS|Elm City|1855|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked on the Stepping Stones Reef. All on board, more than 100 people, were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=A Wise Captain |date=8 May 1873 |issue=27684 |page=6 |column=E }} She was on a voyage from New York to Newhaven, Connecticut.

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|ship=Twa Broder

|flag={{flag|Sweden|1844}}

|desc=The brig ran aground off Mönsterås. She was on a voyage from Mönsterås to an English port.

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|ship=Zea

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground in the Rabbit Islands, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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9 April

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|ship=Forty-five

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

|desc=The sailing barge foundered off St. Helen's, Isle of Wight with the loss of two of the four people on board. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to Brading, Isle of Wight.{{Cite news |title=Local and District News |newspaper=Hampshire Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=12 April 1873 |issue=4242 }}

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12 April

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|ship={{PS|Batavier|1855|2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The paddle steamer ran aground on the Red Sand, in the Thames Estuary. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam South Holland to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Gravesend, Kent, United Kingdom.

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|ship=Dunkeld

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Saugor, India. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.

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|ship=Fiona

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

|desc=The steamship suffered an onboard explosion and fire at Skomer, Pembrokeshire and sank at the stern. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Newport, Monmouthshire. Fiona was refloated on 24 April and beached at Milford Haven.

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|ship=Hakel Adelstein

|flag={{flag|Norway|1844}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Hook of Holland, South Holland. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Hjorring Ruhma

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at "Kjobstad". She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=14 April 1873 |issue=7872 }} She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=26 April 1873 |issue=7883 }}

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|ship=Lourche

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship ran aground and was wrecked at Saint-Louis, Senegal. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Saint-Louis.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=20 May 1873 |issue=7903 }}

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|ship=Macedone

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

|desc=The steamship collided with the barque Solertia ({{flag|Norway|1844}}) and sank at Rotterdam.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=15 April 1873 |issue=27665 |page=9 |column=F }}

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|ship=Olive

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her sixteen crew were rescued by George Hurlbut ({{flag|United States|1867}}).{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=14 January 1874 |issue=8108 }}

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|ship=Soli Deo Gloria

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Saltholm, Denmark.

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13 April

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|ship=Aurora

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=The ship collided with the steamship Morocco (Flag unknown) and sank at Venice. Aurora was on a voyage from "Scarpa" to Venice.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=23 April 1873 |issue=7880 }}

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15 April

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|ship=Bremontier

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The barque ran aground in the Hellegat, off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands.

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|ship=Isabelita

|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore on Scharhörn, Germany.

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|ship=Triad

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Jersey

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on Island Davaar, Argyllshire. Her five crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France to Campbeltown, Argyllshire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=17 April 1873 |issue=27666 |page=11 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Wreck of a Brigantine in the Frith of Clyde |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=16 April 1873 |issue=10389 }} She was refloated on 5 May and towed into a port.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=6 May 1873 |issue=7891 }}

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16 April

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|ship=Mathilde

|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}

|desc=The steamship sprang a leak and was beached at "Santa Magdalena" and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Cette, Hérault, France to Sagunto and Valencia. She was refloated and taken in to Vinaròs in a leaky condition.

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|ship=Three Sisters

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

|desc=The yawl foundered in the North Sea off the coast of Fife. Her crew were rescued by a coble.{{Cite news |title=Royal National Lifeboat Institution |newspaper=Morning Post |location=London |date=6 June 1873 |issue=31492 |page= 6}}

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17 April

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|ship=Juanita

|flag={{flag|Mexico|1867}}

|desc=The schooner was wrecked near "Santecomapan". She was on a voyage from San Juan Bautista de Tabasco to Veracruz.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=24 May 1873 |issue=27698 |page=11 |column=F }}

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18 April

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|ship=Ceres

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Gelbsand, in the North Sea. She was refloated with assistance on 21 April and taken in to Cuxhaven.

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|ship=Galeed

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Danube.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=21 April 1873 |issue=27669 |page=13 |column=F }}

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|ship=Liverpool

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

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore on Orlock Point, County Down. She was on avoyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Maryport, Cumberland.

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|ship=Olive

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

|desc=The fishing vessel collided with Sir Walter Scott ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank off Kinsale, County Cork. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=25 April 1873 |issue=27673 |page=12 |column=E }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Casualty |newspaper=Huddersfield Chronicle |location=Huddersfield |date=25 April 1873 |issue=1783 |page=3 }}

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|ship=Sea Bird

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

|desc=The brigantine was wrecked on the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=19 April 1873 |issue=10392 }} She was on a voyage from a port in the west of England to Dublin.

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|ship=Westoe

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Danube.

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19 April

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|ship=Ferdinand

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

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire at Pensacola, Florida.

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|ship=Leonardo da Vinci

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=The barque was wrecked on the Playa Santa Rosa. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=28 May 1873 |issue=7910 }}

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|ship=Magdalene Esther

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

|desc=The schooner collided with the steamship Neapel ({{flagcountry|German Empire}}) and sank in the River Usk. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Cork. Magdalene Esther was refloated on 29 April.

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|ship=West Wind

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

|desc=The steamboat sank in the Arkansas River downstream of Little Rock, Arkansas. She was on a voyage from Fort Smith, Arkansas to New Orleans, Louisiana.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=16 May 1873 |issue=27691 |page=12 |column=E }}

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20 April

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|ship=Eros

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Queen's Channel. She was on a voyage from Odesa, Russia to Waterford.

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|ship=Lochinvar

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

|desc=The barque collided with the transport ship {{Ship|French ship|Loiret|1855|2}} ({{navy|France}}) and sank in the North Sea off Orfordness, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by Loire. Lochinvar was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Cartagena, Spain.{{Cite news |title=A Barque Sunk by a French Man-of-War |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=21 April 1873 |issue=15203 |page=6}}{{Cite news |title=Collision at Sea |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=22 April 1873 |issue=6157 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=25 April 1873 |issue=4607 }}

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21 April

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|ship=Arundel Castle

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Scotstown Head, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Wick, Caithness to Leith, Lothian.{{Cite news |title=Schooner Ashore at Scotstown Head |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=22 April 1873 |issue=6157 }}

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|ship=Zacharias

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The brig capsized at Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.

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22 April

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|ship=Maria

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|30|nmi|km}} south south west of the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom. Her nine crew were rescued by Tertius ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

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23 April

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|ship=Bacciccia

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore on Governor's Island, New York City, United States. She was on a voyage from Agrigento, Sicily to New York City. Bacciccia was refloated and taken in to Brooklyn, where she was drydocked.

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|ship=Harmanna

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The schooner struck a rock off Alderney, Channel Islands and was abandoned. All eight people on board were rescued by the cutter Favourite ({{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}}). Harmana was on a voyage from Bari, Italy to Saint Petersburg, Russia.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=26 April 1873 |issue=8424 }}

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|ship=M. A. Herrers

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Cape Henry, Virginia, United States.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=25 April 1873 |issue=8423 }}

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|ship=Nebula

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

|desc=The barque ran aground at Port Eynon Point, Glamorgan and was severely damaged. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Cardiff, Glamonrgan. Nebula was refloated the next day and taken in to Swansea, Glamorgan. She was repaired and returned to service.{{cite web |url=http://www.swanseadocks.co.uk/Gower%20wrecks%20Rons%20write-up%20site.pdf |title=A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks |first=Ron |last=Tovey |publisher=Swansea Docks |access-date=20 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222065415/http://www.swanseadocks.co.uk/Gower%20wrecks%20Rons%20write-up%20site.pdf |archive-date=22 December 2014 }}

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24 April

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|ship=Dilkoosh

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Hudson River. She was on a voyage from New York to London, United Kingdom.

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|ship=Durham

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Thames Estuary off Higham, Kent. She was on a voyage from Reval, Russia to London. She was refloated and taken in to Gravesend, Kent.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=25 April 1873 |issue=10397 }}

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|ship=Fly

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

|desc=The fishing boat capsized and sank off the Covesea Skerries Lighthouse with the loss of four of her six crew. Survivors were rescued by Press Home ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Fly was on a voyage from Pembrey, Carmarthenshire to Newport, Pembrokeshire.

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25 April

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|ship=Abel

|flag={{flag|Norway|1844}}

|desc=The barque ran aground in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to Odesa, Russia. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug.

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|ship=Garland

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

|desc=The ship ran aground off Millbay, Devon. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to A Coruña, Spain.

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|ship=Gessa

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was wrecked at "Cogbrinas". Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=7 May 1873 |issue=7892 }}

}}

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|ship=Pride of the Nile

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

|desc=The smack collided with the smack Marble or Warbler ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} and was abandoned off the Dutch coast. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=2 May 1873 |issue=4608 }}

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26 April

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|ship=Zouave

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked {{convert|22|nmi|km}} north of the mouth of the Rio Grande do Sul with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to the Rio Grande do Sul.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=27 May 1873 |issue=10424 }}{{Cite news |title=Loss of a Liverpool Ship |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=28 May 1873 |issue=6188 }}

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27 April

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|ship={{SS|Glendale|1870|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her 23 crew were rescued by the lugger Florence Nightingale ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Glendale was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Reggio Calabria, Italy.{{Cite news |title=Wreck of a Steamer on the Goodwin |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=28 April 1873 |issue=15208 |page=6 }}

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|ship=Peter

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship was run into and sank with the loss of all but one of her crew. The survivor was rescued by August and Marie ({{Flag|Sweden|1844}}).{{Cite news |title=Fearful Collision at Sea and Loss of Life |newspaper=Bradford Observer |location=Bradfore |date=20 May 1873 |issue=3243 |page=3 |volume=40 }}

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|ship=Proctor

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

|desc=The smack collided with the smack Flirt ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the North Sea.

}}

28 April

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|ship=Jeannie and Mathilda

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The barque collided with the steamship {{SS|Liberia|1870|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank off "Appam", Africa with loss of life. Jeannie and Mathilda was on a voyage from Calais to the Bight of Benin.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=4 June 1873 |issue=7916 }}

}}

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|ship=Jeverland

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The barque was wrecked at Akyab, Burma. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Mauritius to Akyab.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=4 June 1873 |issue=27707 |page=7 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship=John Ericsson

|flag={{flag|Sweden|1844}}

|desc=The full-rigged ship was wrecked at Akyab. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Akyab to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=4 June 1873 |issue=27707 |page=7 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship=Kildare

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

|desc=The brig sprang a leak and foundered in the Bristol Channel. Her crew were rescued by Canada ({{Flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Kildare was on a voyage from Bône, Algeria to Swansea, Glamorgan.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=30 April 1873 |issue=10401 }}

}}

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|ship=Vittorio

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}

|desc=The barque ran aground off La Atunara, Spain and was abandoned by her crew. She was towed in to Gibraltar the next day by {{HMS|Barracouta|1851|6}} ({{navy|UK}}).{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=30 April 1873 |issue=8427 }}

}}

29 April

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|ship=Emmanuel

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Horse Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the Lytham Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Preston, Lancashire to Rochefort, Charente-Inférieure.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Lancaster Gazetter |location=Lancaster |date=3 May 1873 |issue=4488 |page=6 }}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Maracaibo|1873|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship capsized in the Clyde.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=30 April 1873 |issue=7886 }} She was righted on 1 May and taken in to Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire.

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|ship=Margaret

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Corton Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Dartmouth, Devon to Grimsby, Lincolnshire. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and taken in tow for Great Yarmouth, Norfolk but consequently sank.{{Cite news |title=Press Association and Central News Telegrams |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=30 April 1873 |issue=6538 }}

}}

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|ship=Medallion

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

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Kerken Banks, in the Mediterranean Sea {{convert|50|nmi|km}} from Sfax, Beylik of Tunis. She was on a voyage from Tripoli, Vilayet of Tripolitania to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.

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|ship=Plato

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked on a reef off New Caledonia. Her crew survived the wreck, and reached Malaita, Solomon Islands in a boat. They were attacked by the local inhabitants and all but one of the crew were murdered. The survivor was rescued two months later by {{HMS|Renard|1873|6}} ({{navy|UK}}). Plato was on a voyage from Newcastle, New South Wales to Hong Kong.{{Cite news |title=Massacre of a Shipwrecked Crew by Savages |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=26 March 1874 |issue=8169 }}

}}

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|ship=Sisters

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

|desc=The schooner foundered off Padstow, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Newquay, Cornwall.

}}

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|ship=Tri-Adelphoi

|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}

|desc=The ship struck the breakwater and sank at Kertch, Russia. She was on a voyage from Messina, Sicily, Italy to Taganrog, Russia.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=20 May 1873 |issue=8444 }}

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Unknown date

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|ship=Alpha

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at the mouth of the Chesapeake River. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Puerto Rico. She was later refloated and towed in to Baltimore.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=8 May 1873 |issue=7893 }}

}}

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|ship=Ann and Mary

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at "Penmaen Point". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Milford Haven to Abercastle, Pembrokeshire.

}}

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|ship=Annie Grieve

|flag={{flagicon|Canada|1868}} Canada

|desc=The schooner was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Ponce, Puerto Rico to Baltimore, Maryland.

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|ship= Argo

|flag={{Flagcountry|New Zealand}}

|desc=The 32-ton schooner left Auckland for Whangārei with four crew on board, and was not seen again.Ingram & Wheatley, p. 185.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Bella Cathrina, or
Ellen Catrina

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 2 April.

}}

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|ship=Blencathra

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

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida to Plymouth, Devon.

}}

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|ship=Columbine

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Cahore, County Wexford. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Wexford. She was refloated and was towed in to Wexfored in a leaky condition.

}}

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|ship=Earl of Dufferin

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground and sank off Porto, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Porto.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=10 April 1873 |issue=27660 |page=6 |column=E }}

}}

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|ship=E. C. Redman

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked on the Isle of Pines, Cuba.

}}

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|ship=Expertus

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked at Glades Scituate, Bermuda before 15 April. Her crew were rescued.

}}

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|ship=Fidelite

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Hogsty Reef. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Rio de la Hacha to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=23 April 1873 |issue=8421 }}

}}

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|ship=Friends

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Öland, Sweden before 15 April. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Stockholm, Sweden. She was refloated and completed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=24 April 1873 |issue=7881 }}

}}

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|ship=Glenalladale

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 17 April. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada to Liverpool.

}}

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|ship=Hamburg

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The fishing smack collided with another vessel and was abandoned in the Dogger Bank before 19 April. She was subsequently discovered by the fishing smack Swanwick ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and taken in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire.

}}

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|ship=Harmingja

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

|desc=The ship caught fire and was abandoned at sea before 15 April. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Reval, Russia.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=17 April 1873 |issue=10390 }}

}}

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|ship=Henriette

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship struck rocks off Flores Island, Azores, whilst on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Montevideo, Uruguay. She completed her voyage in a leaky condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Henry

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Blakeney, Norfolk.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=5 April 1873 |issue=15189 |page=6 }}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Hopeful

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

|desc=The ship foundered off the coast of Finistère, France.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Juanita

|flag={{flag|Mexico|1867}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Anegadilla, off Veracruz before 6 April. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Veracruz.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=26 May 1873 |issue=7908 }}

}}

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|ship=Kiang Loong

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground and broke her back before 11 April.

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|ship=Marie Claire

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Garrucha, Spain.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=5 April 1873 |issue=7865 }}

}}

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|ship=Phoenix

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from "Touricareah" to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. She was refloated and taken in to a port in Sierra Leone, where she arrived on 1 May. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=7 June 1873 |issue=7919 }}

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|ship=Rachel Blackwood

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

|desc=The ship was damaged by fire at Demerara, British Guiana.

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|ship=Reichstag

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 4 April. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Santos, Brazil to Falmouth.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=7 April 1873 |issue=10381 }}

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|ship=Reyna de los Cieles

|flag={{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire at "Cabezuela", near Cádiz.

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|ship=Ruby

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Duncannon, County Wexford. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Snow Queen

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Delaware River. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

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|ship=Southampton

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship was destroyed by fire {{convert|250|nmi|km}} off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, United States. Her seventeen crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New Orleans to Reval.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=28 April 1873 |issue=8425 }}

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|ship=Storm King

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

|desc=The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida to Liverpool.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=26 April 1873 |issue=8424 }}

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|ship=Unico N.

|flag={{flag|Ottoman Empire|red}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked near Antioch. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Mersin.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=16 April 1873 |issue=7874 }}

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|ship=Vesper

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

|desc=The fishing vessel foundered off Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands.

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References

=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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Category:Maritime incidents in April 1873