List of shipwrecks in August 1873

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|ship=Charles Louisa

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship barque was driven ashore and wrecked at the Pointe de La Coubre, Charente-Inférieure. She was on a voyage from La Guaira, Venezuela to Royan, Charente-Inférieure.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=4 August 1873 |issue=27759 |page=6 |column=F }}

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|ship=Express

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

|desc=The schooner was run into by the brig Alert ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) at Maryport, Cumberland and was severely damaged.

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|ship=Marius, and
Wild Hunter

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

|desc=The brigantine Marius collided with the brigantine Wild Hunter in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Portugal. Both vessels sank. Their crews survived. Marius was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure. Wild Hunter was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=4 August 1873 |issue=55708 }}

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|ship=Wawasset

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

|desc=The steamboat was destroyed by fire in the Potomac River {{convert|60|nmi|km}} downstream of Washington, D.C. with the loss of more than 40 of the 129 people on board.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Steamboat Disaster in America |date=11 August 1873 |issue=27765 |page=5 |column=C }}{{Cite news |title=The Steamboat Disaster on the Portomac |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=19 August 1873 |issue=8522 }}

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|ship=St. Clair of the Isles

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

|desc=The steamship struck a sunken rock and was beached on the Ardnamurchan peninsula. She was later refloated and beached at Tobermory, Isle of Mull for temporary repairs to be made before taking her in to the Clyde on 14 August.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=8 August 1873 |issue=10486 }}

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|ship=Warrior

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

|desc=The yacht exploded and sank in the River Tay with the loss of three of the five people on board.{{Cite news |title=News of the Day |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Post |location=Birmingham |date=4 August 1873 |issue=4697 }}

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|ship=Waveney

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Lowestoft, Suffolk to Calais, France. She was refloated with the assistance of five smacks and assisted in to Harwich, Essex.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=4 August 1873 |issue=10483 }}

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

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

|desc=The steamship sprang a leak and foundered off Tarifa, Spain. Her 21 crew reached Tarifa in their boats. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Livorno, Italy.{{Cite news |title=The Mails |newspaper=Hampshire Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=16 August 1873 |issue=4278 }}

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|ship=St. Louis

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked in Trepassey Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=11 August 1873 |issue=27765 |page=11 |column=A }}{{Cite news |title=Loss of the Liverpool Trader St. Louis |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=18 October 1873 |issue=8033 }}

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|ship=Bonaventure

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

|desc=The ship departed from Liverpool, Lancashire for Havana, Cuba. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

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|ship=Emily

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

|desc=The schooner was run into by the steamship {{SS|Allemania|1865|2}} ({{flagcountry|German Empire}}) and sank off Portland, Dorset with the loss of six of the ten people on board. Survivors were rescued by Allemania. Emily was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Genoa, Italy.{{Cite news |title=Mail News |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=5 August 1873 |issue=55709 }}{{Cite news |title=The Fatal Collision at Sea. - Six Persons Drowned |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=10 August 1873 |issue=10488 }}

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|ship=Janrovich

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

|desc=The brig was beached in Tangier Bay.

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|ship=Snowdrop

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

|desc=The fishing smack was driven ashore at Aberdovey, Cardiganshire. Her crew were rescued by the Aberdovey Lifeboat Royal Berkshire (file:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Snowdrop was later refloated.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Royal National Lifeboat Institution |date=8 August 1873 |issue=27763 |page=3 |column=F }}

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|ship=Azalea

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on an uncharted rock {{convert|387|yd|m}} east of Perim, Aden Province.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=6 August 1873 |issue=27761 |page=4 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=6 August 1873 |issue=8511 }}{{Cite news |title=Sunken Rock off Perim Island |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=6 October 1873 |issue=11703 }} Her crew survived. She was abandoned as a total loss in late September.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=30 September 1873 |issue=10532 }}

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|ship=Miantomia

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

|desc=The ship collided with the barque Flufine ({{flag|France}}) south of Algoa Bay and sank with the loss of all but three of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Flufine.{{Cite news |title=Shipwrecked Seamen |newspaper=Southampton Herald |location=Southampton |date=8 October 1873 |issue=2850 |volume=51 |author=Thomas Martin }}

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|ship=Daring

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

|desc=The yacht was wrecked on the Jordan Flat, in Liverpool Bay with the loss of two of her three crew. The survivor was rescued by a gig. She was on a voyage from Beaumaris, Anglesey to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Boat Accidents |newspaper=Bradford Observer |location=Bradford |date=7 August 1873 |issue=3311 |page=5 |volume=40 }}{{Cite news |title=The late Yacht Accident in the Mersey |newspaper=North Wales Chronicle |location=Bangor |date=6 September 1873 |issue=2436 }}

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|ship=Oscar

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

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire at New York.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=8 August 1873 |issue=27763 |page=9 |column=F }}

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|ship=Toni

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was severely damaged by fire at New York.

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|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The fishing boat struck a rock and sank at Wick, Caithness with the loss of four of her crew.{{Cite news |title=Multiple News Items |newspaper=Bradford Observer |location=Bradford |date=7 August 1873 |issue=3311 |page=4 |volume=40 }}

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|ship={{SV|William Bailies||2}}

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

|desc=The schooner, a ballast Lighter, was lost at Cape Ledge, near Milk Island. Crew saved.{{cite web |url=https://www.downtosea.com/1851-1875/1873.htm |title=1873 |publisher=downtothesea.com |access-date=5 July 2021}}

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|ship=Clara and Florence

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} Cape Colony

|desc=The brig was wrecked at Hottentot's Point, Africa. Her crew took to the boats; they were subsequently rescued by Lilla ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Clara and Florence was on a toyage from Table Bay to Ichaboe Island, Africa.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=21 November 1873 |issue=27853 |page=7 |column=C }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Mails |date=21 November 1873 |issue=27853 |page=12 |column=D }}

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|ship=Eliza, or
Elizabeth

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Waterford. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated with assistance from the steamship Jessy ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and beached at Duncannon, County Waterford.

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|ship=Emmanuel

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom.

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|ship=Gowerain

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Pennington Spit, off the coast of Hampshire. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Dublin. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury|location=Liverpool |date=11 August 1873 |issue=7974 }}

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|ship={{ship|Spanish ironclad|Méndez Núñez||2}}

|flag={{navy|Spain|1785}}

|desc=Cantonal rebellion: The ironclad ran aground off Cartagena, Canton of Cartagena whilst attempting to recapture {{ship|Spanish ironclad|Numancia||2}} and {{ship|Spanish ironclad|Vitoria||2}} (both 22px Cantonalist Rebels).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Republican Insurgents |date=11 August 1873 |issue=27765 |page=5 |column=A-B }}{{Cite news |title=The Civil War in Spain - Outrages by Insurgents |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=11 August 1873 |issue=55714 }}

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|ship=Mirian

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

|desc=The ship departed from Troon, Ayrshire for Tralee, County Kerry. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=6 November 1873 |issue=27840 |page=4 |column=F }}

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|ship=Catherina

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The schooner collided with the steamship {{SS|Bahia|1871|2}} ({{flagcountry|German Empire}}) at Hamburg and sank. Her crew were rescued. Catherina was on a voyage from Hamburg to San Francisco, California, United States.

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|ship=Countess of Minto

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Liverpool. She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool.

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|ship=Dunmail

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

|desc=The clipper was wrecked at the mouth of the River Mersey. All 63 people on board were rescued by lifeboats and tugs. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Melbourne, Victoria.{{Cite news |title=Belfast, Monday, Aug.11 1873 |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=11 August 1873 |issue=55714 }}{{Cite news |title=Total Wreck of a White Star Pacific Clipper on the Mersey Bar - Narrow Escape of the 63 Passengers and Crew |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=11 August 1873 |issue=55714 }}

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|ship=Helen M. Rowley

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at "Hellgate". She was on a voyage from New York to Liverpool.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=12 August 1873 |issue=8516 }}

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|ship=Rangitolo

|flag={{flag|Victoria|civil}}

|desc=The steamship was wrecked in the Cook Strait. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Melbourne to New Zealand.

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|ship=Septimus

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

|desc=The ship departed from Havana, Cuba for a British port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=18 December 1873 |issue=27876 |page=6 |column=B }}

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|ship=A. W. McClellan

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Carrie Annie ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). A. W. McClellan was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Newport, Monmouthshire.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=3 September 1873 |issue=15319 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Chance

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

|desc=The steam yacht sank in the River Tweed. She was refloated the next day.

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|ship=Farmers

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Kimmeridge Ledge, in the English Channel off the coast of Dorset.

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|ship=Far West

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the East Tylters, in the Baltic Sea off the coast of the Grand Duchy of Finland and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Frithioff

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

|desc=The barque caught fire in Ottoman Empire waters and was abandoned. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Odesa, Russia.

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|ship=Gratitude

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

|desc=The ship brig was wrecked at Petten, North Holland, Netherlands with the loss of eight of the twelve people on board. She was on a voyage from London to Amsterdam, North Holland.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=12 August 1873 |issue=10490 }}{{Cite news |title=London, Tuesday, August 12 |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=12 August 1873 |issue=15300 |page=4 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=12 September 1873 |issue=4627 }}

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|ship=Agenoria

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

|desc=The schooner struck the Splough Rock, off Greenore, County Wexford and consequently put in to Wexford. She was on a voyage from Ayr to Cork.

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|ship=Copernicus

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

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to The Downs. Subsequently towed in to Ramsgate, Kent.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury|location=Liverpool |date=13 August 1873 |issue=7976 }}

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|ship=Henrietta

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

|desc=The ship departed from Barbados for Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=13 November 1873 |issue=27846 |page=11 |column=F }}

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|ship=La Escosesa, and
Muriel

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

|desc=The clipper La Escosesa collided with the steamship Muriel and sank in the River Mersey.{{Cite news |title=Collision in the Mersey |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=12 August 1873 |issue=55715 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=15 August 1873 |issue=4623 }} La Escosesa was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Callao, Peru.{{Cite news |title=Summary of News |newspaper=Sheffield Independence |location=Sheffield |date=12 August 1873 |issue=5376 |page=6 |volume=57 }} She was refloated on 13 August and taken in to Liverpool.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury|location=Liverpool |date=14 August 1873 |issue=7977 }} Muriel was severely damaged.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=13 August 1873 |issue=15301 |page=7 |volume= }}

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|ship=Argus

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

|desc=The ship was reported to be in a sinking condition off Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada on this date, according to a message in a bottle that washed up at Velsen, North Holland, Netherlands around 26 September.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=29 September 1873 |issue=10531 }}

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|ship={{SS|Arracan|1871|2}}

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore on "Garfa Island", Maldives. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rangoon, Burma to an English port.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=22 August 1873 |issue=27775 |page=8 |column=F }}{{cite web |url=http://clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=14719&vessel=ARRACAN |title=Arracan |publisher=Caledonian Maritime Heritage Trust |accessdate=22 April 2021 }}

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|ship=Elizabeth

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The schooner foundered in the Bristol Channel south east of Worms Head, Glamorgan, United Kingdom with the loss of one of her five crew. Survivors were rescued by the schooner Pet ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Elizabeth was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine.

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|ship=Excelsior

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

|desc=The steam wherry sank in the River Tyne at Jarrow, County Durham.

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|ship=Eliza

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Ooster Bank, off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. Her seven crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.{{Cite news |title=Another Whitby Vessel Lost |newspaper=Bradford Observer |location=BRadfore |date=14 August 1873 |issue=3317 |page=5 |volume=40 }}

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|ship=Hero

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

|desc=The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea by the steamship {{SS|Brigadier|1855|2}}.Her six crew were rescued by Brigadier.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=16 August 1873 |issue=10494 }}

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|ship=Julius

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The galeas ran aground off "Worms". She was on a voyage from Reval to Turku, Grand Duchy of Finland.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=15 August 1873 |issue=8519 }}

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|ship=Penelope

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom.

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|ship=Abeona

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

|desc=The barque was run into by the steamship {{SS|Alabama|1873|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the Firth of Clyde. Her eleven crew survived; three were rescued by Alabama.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Board of Trade Inquiries |date=2 September 1873 |issue=27784 |page=5 |column=D }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Collision at Sea |date=5 September 1873 |issue=27786 |page=4 |column=C }}

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|ship=Germania

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground near Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Dundee, Forfarshire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury|location=Liverpool |date=15 August 1873 |issue=7978 }} She was refloated with assistance and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=18 August 1873 |issue=10495 }}

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|ship=Maria

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore on Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Drontheim, Norway to Caen, Calvados.

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|ship=Braviken

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground off Landsort. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Norrköping. She was later refloated and taken in to Hamra, Gotland.

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|ship=Elizabeth

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship foundered with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine.

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|ship=Frigga

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked near Morup, Sweden. She was on a voyage from "Schjerup" to Copenhagen, Denmark.

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|ship=La Vierge

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship departed from Singapore, Straits Settlements for Rangoon, Burma. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=14 January 1874 |issue=15433 |page=6 }}

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|ship=Manchester

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Calais, France. She was refloated and taken in to Calais.

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|ship=Sestos de Pononte

|flag={{flag|Peru}}

|desc=The barque was destroyed by fire at Lima. She was on a voyage from Callao to the Guañape Islands.

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|ship=Susannah and Anna

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

|desc=The ship foundered off Carrickfergus, County Antrim. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=16 August 1873 |issue=7979 }}

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|ship=Trave

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Copenhagen. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London, United Kingdom.

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|ship=Betsey Bateman

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

|desc=The schooner capsized and sank off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire in a squall. Her five crew were rescued by the steamships Cochrane and Grenadier (both {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Betsey Bateman was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Poole, Dorset.

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|ship=Coanwood

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground near Waterford. She was on a voyage from Sulina, Ottoman Empire to Waterford. She was refloated and taken in to Waterford.

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|ship=Fede in Dio

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship departed from New York, United States for Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=19 December 1873 |issue=15411 |page=6 }}

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|ship=Nymph

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

|desc=The cutter was driven ashore and damaged at Cairnryan, Wigtownshire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=19 August 1873 |issue=10496 }}{{Cite news |title=London, Tuesday, August 12 |newspaper=Mercantile Ship News |location=London |date=19 August 1873 |issue=15306 |page=7 |volume= }}

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|ship=Pioneer

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

|desc=The steamboat caught fire and sank off Southport, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=A Steamer on Fire |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=18 August 1873 |issue=7980 }}

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|ship=Vine

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at "Fahlund", Sweden. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Grimsby, Lincolnshire.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=19 August 1873 |issue=8522 }}

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|ship=Idris

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

|desc=The schooner struck rocks off the "North and South Lighthouse" and was beached near Cairnryan, Wigtownshire. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Londonderry. She was refloated and towed in to Stranraer, Wigtownshire in a waterlogged condition by the steamship Penguin ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=19 August 1873 |issue=7981 }}

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|ship=Jura

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Agger, Denmark. She was on a voyage from a Dutch port to a Finnish port.

}}

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|ship=Lizzie

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

|desc=The schooner struck the pier and was driven ashore at Maryport, Cumberland.

}}

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|ship=Ellen

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

|desc=The smack foundered off The Maidens Lighthouses, County Antrim. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Ayr to Belfast, County Antrim.{{Cite news |title=Stranraer |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=22 August 1873 |issue=10499 }}

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|ship=Hound

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

|desc=The brigantine was wrecked in a hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean. Two of her eight crew died before the survivors were rescued on 5 September by Harp ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}); one of those rescued died shortly afterwards. Hound was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to San Juan, Puerto Rico.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=7 October 1873 |issue=10538 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=8 October 1873 |issue=8024 }}

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|ship=Margaret McColl

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground at Ballyness, County Donegal.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=20 August 1873 |issue=7982 }}

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|ship=Mystery

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

|desc=The schooner sprang a leak and was beached at Rye Harbour, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Hastings to Rye, Sussex. She was later refloated and taken in to Rye Harbour.

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|ship=Norina

|flag={{flag|Austria-Hungary|civil}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore near "Mires", Greece. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom to Syros, Greece.

}}

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|ship=Adela

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Workington, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Workington.

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|ship=Peace

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Ryhope, County Durham. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=22 August 1873 |issue=7984 }}

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|ship=Ureariel

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore in the Pentland Firth. She was on a voyage from Stettin to Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

}}

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|ship=Amado

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Oyster Bank, in the River Laggan. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=25 August 1873 |issue=10501 }}

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

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore of the Isle of May, Fife and sank at the stern. She was on a voyage from Granton, Lothian to Danzig, Germany. She subsequently broke in two.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=23 October 1873 |issue=10552 }}

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|ship=Ann Bradshaw

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

|desc=The brig collided with the steamship Beverley in the River Mersey and was consequently beached at Tranmere, Cheshire in a waterlogged condition. Ann Bradshaw was on a voyage from Huelva, Spain to Garston, Lancashire. She was refloated on 26 August and taken in to Garston.

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|ship=Camel

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Somme, France. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme. She was refloated and taken into port.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Steamship Camel |date=29 August 1873 |issue=27781 |page=4 |column=F |author=H. E. Moss }}

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|ship=Ecureuil

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in the Maldives. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Maldives to Singapore, Straits Settlements.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=22 September 1873 |issue=27801 |page=6 |column=D }}

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|ship=Gitanella

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore on Rathlin Island, County Antrim. She was refloated.

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|ship={{SS|Prompt|1853|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship foundered off Cabo da Roca, Portugal. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Huelva, Spain to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.{{Cite news |title=Wreck of a Steamer |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=22 August 1873 |issue=55727 }}

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|ship=Royal Alexander

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Pluckington Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated.

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|ship=Trafik

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground and sank at Söderhamn. She was on a voyage from Gävle to Sundsvall.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=25 August 1873 |issue=7986 }}

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A major hurricane struck Nova Scotia on this date, resulting in the loss of 1,122 vessels, 900 buildings and 600 lives.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=16 October 1873 |issue=8031 }}

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|ship=Acadia

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore on the coast of Nova Scotia.

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|ship=Achaies

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Richibucto, New Brunswick, Canada.

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|ship=Addie M. Story

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

|desc= The fishing schooner was ashore at Port Hood, Nova Scotia, refloated and proceeded to Canso, Nova Scotia.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27812123/schooner-charles-c-dame-the-boston/ |title=Schooner Charles C. Dame |newspaper=The Boston Globe |date=29 August 1873 |publisher=newspapers.com |access-date=4 June 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.downtosea.com/1851-1875/destru2.htm |title=The gale at the bay |publisher=downtosea.com |access-date=11 June 2021}}

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|ship=Adela

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore or wrecked at North Sydney, Nova Scotia.

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|ship=A. H. Wonson

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

|desc= The fishing schooner sank in a gale on the Grand Banks. Lost with all 10 crew.{{cite web |url=https://gloucester-ma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/404/LOST-AT-SEAAPR?bidId= |title=Lost at sea |publisher=Gloucester-ma.gov |access-date=17 May 2021 |archive-date=6 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506124722/https://gloucester-ma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/404/LOST-AT-SEAAPR?bidId= |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?214842 |title=A. H. Wonson (+1873) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=17 May 2021}}

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|ship=Alan

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

|desc=The barque went ashore and was wrecked at Hog Island at the entrance to Malpeque Bay, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Only 4 crew made it to shore, the Captain of the "Dominion" rescued the boatswain, 7 crew died.{{cite web |url=http://vre2.upei.ca/islandmagazine/fedora/repository/vre%3Aislemag-batch2-714/OBJ |title=The August Gale and the Arc of Memory on Prince Edward Island |publisher=Islandmagazine |access-date=5 June 2021}} She was on a voyage from Montreal, Quebec, Canada to Falmouth, Cornwall.

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|ship=Albert

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

|desc=The barque was damaged at Cow Bay, Nova Scotia.

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|ship=Albert the Good

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore or damaged at Sydney, Nova Scotia. She was consequently condemned, but was refloated in late November and taken in to Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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|ship=Alice

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore or damaged at Sydney.

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|ship=Alice Stuart

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Cow Bay.

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

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sydney. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Halifax.

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|ship=Altan

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island with the loss of all but three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Montreal to Queenstown, County Cork.

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|ship=Amelia

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Sydney.

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|ship=Amelia

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore or wrecked at North Sydney.

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|ship=Amos Cutter

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

|desc= The fishing schooner was lost off Canso, Nova Scotia.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?32542 |title=Amos Cutter (+1873) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=4 June 2021}}

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|ship=Angie S. Friend

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

|desc= The fishing schooner was lost at anchor in the Gulf of St. Lawrence off East Point. Lost with all 13-15 crew.{{cite web |url=https://www.downtosea.com/1851-1875/1873.htm |title= 1873 |publisher=Downtothesea.com |access-date=4 June 2021}}

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|ship=Annie C. Norwood

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

|desc= The fishing schooner was aground off Nova Scotia, refloated.

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|ship=Arctic

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore or damaged at Sydney.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Arizona

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

|desc= The fishing schooner was ashore in the Magdalen Islands with slight damage, probably refloated.

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|ship=Arthur

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked at sea. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to Halifax. The wreck was towed in to Halifax by {{HMS|Spartan|1868|6}} ({{navy|UK}}).

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|ship=Belle Gilmore

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

|desc= The fishing schooner was ashore at St. Peters, Nova Scotia with slight damage, probably refloated.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Bessie

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore or wrecked at North Sydney.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=B. Gilkey

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore or damaged at Sydney.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Bjorn Farmand

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Shediac, Nova Scotia.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Bloomer

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Pictou, Nova Scotia.

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|ship=Bonny Bell

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Isaac's Harbour, Nova Scotia.

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|ship={{SV|Bonnie Jean||2}}

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

|desc= The Schooner went ashore and was wrecked with all 10 hands at Cavendish, Prince Edward Island.

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|ship=Brothers

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore on the coast of Nova Scotia.

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|ship=Carrie P. Rich

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

|desc= The fishing schooner was wrecked on North Cape, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Lost with all 17 crew.{{cite journal |url=http://vre2.upei.ca/islandmagazine/fedora/repository/vre%3Aislemag-batch2-714/OBJ |title=The August Gale and the Arc of Memory on Prince Edward Island |publisher=Islandmagazine |access-date=2 June 2021}}

}}

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|ship=Catalina

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

|desc= The fishing schooner was ashore in the Magdalen Islands with slight damage, probably refloated.

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|ship="Centre Point"

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

|desc= The Schooner was probably lost on the Banks with all 11 hands.{{cite web |url=https://www.downtosea.com/1851-1875/cntrpnt.htm |title=The Centre Point |publisher=downtothesea.com |access-date=7 June 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.downtosea.com/1851-1875/1873.htm |title=1873 |publisher=downtothesea.com |access-date=5 June 2021}}

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|ship=Centurian

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

|desc= The fishing schooner was wrecked at Ship Harbor, Nova Scotia, later condemned, or only with slight damage, prossibly refloated. Crew saved.

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|ship=Charles

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore or wrecked at North Sydney.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Charles C. Dame

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

|desc= The fishing schooner was wrecked on North Cape, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Lost with all 18 crew.{{cite web |url=https://www.downtosea.com/1851-1875/chascd.htm |title=The Charles C. Dame |publisher=downtosea.com |access-date=2 June 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?214833 |title=Charles C. Dame (+1873) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=2 June 2021}}

}}

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|ship=Charles E. Scammell

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore or wrecked at North Sydney.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Charles Murdoch

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore or wrecked at North Sydney.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Charles P. Barrett

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

|desc= The fishing schooner was ashore in the Magdalen Islands with slight damage, probably refloated.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Charles P. Thompson

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

|desc= The fishing schooner was ashore in the Magdalen Islands with slight damage, probably refloated.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Charlotte Augusta

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

|desc= The fishing schooner was ashore in the Magdalen Islands with slight damage, probably refloated.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Chase

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Sydney.

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|ship=Chillianwallah

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore or damaged at Sydney.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Christie

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore or wrecked at North Sydney.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Clyde

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Port Mulgrave, Nova Scotia.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Clytie

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

|desc= The fishing schooner was ashore at Port Mulgrave with slight damage, probably refloated.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Constitution

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

|desc= The fishing schooner was ashore at Harbor Bouche with $300 in damage, probably refloated.

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|ship=C. P. Thompson

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

|desc= The fishing schooner was ashore in the Magdalen Islands.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Desiderata

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

|desc=The barque was damaged at Cow Bay.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=D. H. Mansfield

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

|desc= The fishing schooner was wrecked in the Magdalen Islands, later condemned, or with slight damage, possibly refloated. Crew saved.

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|ship="Dominion"

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

|desc= The Schooner went ashore and was wrecked at Hog Island at the entrance to Malpeque Bay, Prince Edward Island, Canada, a total loss. Crew made it to shore.

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|ship=Eagle

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

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore at "Point St. Peter", Nova Scotia.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ebro

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=E. C. Mulet

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore on the coast on Nova Scotia.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship="Edith"

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

|desc= The Barque went ashore at Hog Island at Malpeque, Prince Edward Island, Canada. Later refloated. crew saved.

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|ship={{SV|El Dorado||2}}

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

|desc= The Schooner was probably lost at White Head, Nova Scotia with all 7 hands.{{cite web |url=https://www.downtosea.com/1851-1875/eldorado.htm |title=The El Dorado |publisher=downtothesea.com |access-date=7 June 2021}}

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|ship=Electra

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

|desc=The barque was damaged at North Sydney.

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|ship=Electric Flash

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

|desc= The fishing schooner was ashore in the Magdalen Islands with slight damage, probably refloated.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Elihu Burritt

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

|desc= The fishing schooner was aground off Nova Scotia.

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|ship=Eliza Christie

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Sydney.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ellen

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at "Cleardown".

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ellen

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Sydney.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ellen Bondrot

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

|desc=The brigantine was wrecked in Cariboo Cove, Nova Scotia.

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|ship=Ellen Jane

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore or wrecked at North Sydney.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=E. L. Rowe

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

|desc= The fishing schooner was ashore in the Magdalen Islands with slight damage, probably refloated.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Enola C.

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

|desc= The fishing schooner was ashore in the Magdalen Islands, a total loss. Crew and cargo saved.

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|ship=E. S. Smith

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked at Amherst, Nova Scotia with the loss of three of her crew.{{Cite news |title=The Wrecks by the Nova Scotia Hurricane |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=17 September 1873 |issue=8006 }}

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|ship=Eugenie

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Gaspé, Quebec.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Eugenie

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at "Cleardown".

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Eureka

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at "Grand Bras d'Or".

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Eurine, or
Euxine

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at North Sydney.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Evangiline

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

|desc= The fishing schooner was ashore at Harbor Bouche with slight damage, probably refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship="Faith"

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

|desc= The Brig sank at anchor off the harbor of Alberton, Prince Edward Island, Canada during the storm when her cargo of railroad rails broke loose and punctured her bottom. Lost with all hands.

}}

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|ship=Fanny M. Carvill

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

|desc=The barque was damaged at Cow Bay. She was consequently condemned,{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=3 October 1873 |issue=8020 }} but was refloated in late November.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=28 November 1873 |issue=8068 }}

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|ship=Far West

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

|desc= The fishing schooner was wrecked at Port Mulgrave, Nova Scotia, later condemned. crew saved.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ferguson

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Pictou.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=F. M. Howard

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore or wrecked at North Sydney.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Formosa

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Richibucto. She was later refloated.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=23 October 1873 |issue=8037 }}

}}

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|ship=Freedom

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

|desc= The fishing schooner was ashore in the Magdalen Islands with slight damage, probably refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=G. W. Moore

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore or wrecked at North Sydney.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=George Hughes

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore or damaged at Sydney.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Georgiana

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Sydney.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Georgina

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore or wrecked at North Sydney.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=G. J. Troop

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Cow Bay. She was consequently condemned.

}}

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|ship=Glad Tidings

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=22 September 1873 |issue=8010 }}

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|ship=Glen

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Gaspé.

}}

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|ship=Gloriana

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship caught fire and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|200|nmi|km}} east by south of Halifax with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by a fishing vessel. She was on a voyage from London to Saint John, New Brunswick.{{Cite news |title=Total Wreck of A Shields Vessel |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Post |location=Birmingham |date=4 September 1873 |issue=4724 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/G-Ships/gloriana1843.html |title=Gloriana |publisher=Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=23 April 2021 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=4 September 1873 |issue=1141 }}{{Cite news |title=Vessel Burned at Sea |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=24 September 1873 |issue=6290 }}

}}

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|ship=G. McRae

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sydney.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Grant

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sydney.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=G. P. Paysant

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

|desc=The barque was damaged at Sydney. She was consequently condemned.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=G. Troop

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore or damaged at Sydney.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Guide

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore or wrecked at North Sydney.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Guide

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Sydney.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=G. W. More

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Sydney.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Hart

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Pictou.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Harriett

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore or damaged at Sydney.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Hattie R.

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore or wrecked at Cow Bay.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SV|Henry Clay||2}}

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

|desc= The Schooner was lost returning to Gloucester, Massachusetts from the Banks with all 10 hands.{{cite web |url=https://www.downtosea.com/1851-1875/hclay.htm |title=The Centre Point |publisher=downtothesea.com |access-date=7 June 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=H. Haviland

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore or damaged at Sydney.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=High Flier

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

|desc= The fishing schooner was ashore in the Magdalen Islands, a total loss. crew saved.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Humber

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore or wrecked at North Sydney.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=James Duncan

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

|desc=The ship was driven onto a mud bank at Pugwash, Nova Scotia, Canada.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=28 August 1873 |issue=27780 |page=6 |column=D }} She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Charlottetown. Her deck cargo was lightered and she was pulled off, she resumed her voyage a week later

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SV|James G. Tarr||2}}

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

|desc= The schooner was lost with all 18 hands, wreckage and 2 bodies came ashore at Campbellton.{{cite web |url=https://www.downtosea.com/1851-1875/jgtarr.htm |title=The James G. Tarr |publisher=downtothesea.com |access-date=5 June 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jane

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Sydney.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jane and Eliza

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore or wrecked at North Sydney.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=J. B. Gilkie

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Cow Bay.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jedde

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Cow Bay.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jeddo

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore or wrecked at Sydney.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jesse

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Pictou.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jessie

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore or wrecked at North Sydney.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=J. Howland

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

|desc=The ship was damaged at Cow Bay.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=J. J. Marshall

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

|desc= The Schooner was driven ashore at Brule Point in Tatamagouche Bay.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=J. M. Howard

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore or wrecked at North Sydney.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=J. N. Colville

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore or damaged at Sydney.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=John Gilpin

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore or wrecked at North Sydney.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=John J. Clark

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

|desc= The fishing schooner was ashore in the Magdalen Islands with slight damage, probably refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=John Richards

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Richibucto.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=John Scott

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Louisbourg.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=23 September 1873 |issue=8011 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Josephine

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore or wrecked at North Sydney.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Josie

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore or wrecked at North Sydney.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=J. R. Homer

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Sydney.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Katie, or
Katy

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore or wrecked at North Sydney.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Kewadin

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Cascumpec Sandhills at the entrance to the harbor of Alberton, Prince Edward Island. Later refloated. Crew saved.

}}

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|ship=Khandanghaner II

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Whitby, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from the Nieuw Diep to the River Tyne. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=28 August 1873 |issue=7989 }}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Knight Templar

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

|desc= The fishing schooner was ashore at North Sydney, Nova Scotia badly damage, possibly refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lancashire Witch

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore or wrecked at North Sydney.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=La Plata

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Cow Bay.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Little Hugh

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Pictou.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lochiel

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Richibucto.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lord Bury

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Isaac's Harbour.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lucretia

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Louisbourg.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lucy

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore or damaged at Sydney.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lucy

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Cow Bay.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lydia A. Harvey

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

|desc= The vessel was ashore at East Point Chapel with slight damage, probably refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Maggie

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Cascumpec Sandhills at the entrance to the harbor of Alberton, Prince Edward Island. Later refloated. Crew saved.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Maggie

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore or wrecked at North Sydney.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Magian

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sydney.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Margaret Jane

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore or wrecked at North Sydney.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Margaret Jane

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Buctouche, New Brunswick.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Marion Grimes

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

|desc= The fishing schooner was ashore in the Magdalen Islands.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Martha

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore or wrecked at Cow Bay.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore or wrecked at North Sydney.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Cow Bay.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mary and Charles

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore or wrecked at North Sydney.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mary Hart

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked off Owls's Head, Nova Scotia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Halifax to Cape Breton Island.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mary Jane

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore or wrecked at North Sydney.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mary Kate

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

|desc= The schooner was driven ashore at Tatamagouche Head in Tatamagouche Bay.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mary S. Hurd

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

|desc= The fishing schooner was wrecked on Cape Canso, Nova Scotia, condemned. Crew was saved.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Matilda

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sydney.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Matilda K. Hunter

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore or wrecked at North Sydney.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=McDonald Emanuel

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Pictou.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Meggie Wodd

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Cow Bay.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Messang

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The schooner was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Halifax to Saint-Pierre.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Messina

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

|desc=The ship was driven wrecked at Port Mulgrave.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mexican

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

|desc=The barque was damaged at Cow Bay. She was consequently condemned.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Morning Star

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

|desc= The fishing schooner was ashore at Port Mulgrave.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Moses Rogers

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Cow Bay. She was refloated in late November.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Murdoch

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore or wrecked at North Sydney.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship="Muscongus"

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

|desc= The Barque went ashore and was wrecked at Stanhope, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Nancy

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sydney.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=N. Churchill

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

|desc=The barque was damaged at Sydney. She was consequently condemned, but was refloated on 4 November.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=20 November 1873 |issue=8061 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=N. Hale

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore or wrecked at Cow Bay.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Nora

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Buctouche.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=29 August 1873 |issue=27781 |page=4 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Terrible Gale off Cape Breton. Eighty Vessels Ashore |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=29 August 1873 |issue=927 |page=3 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Nordstjernen

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Wallace, Nova Scotia. She was later refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Octavia

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Cow Bay.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Olivia

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Cow Bay.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Oliver Eldredge

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

|desc= The fishing schooner was ashore in the Magdalen Islands with slight damage, probably refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ontario

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore or wrecked at North Sydney.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Onward

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore or wrecked at Cow Bay.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Orloff

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore or damaged at Sydney.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Orloff

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Cow Bay.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Pohono

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

|desc=The barque was damaged at Sydney.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Pomona

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

|desc=The barque was damaged at Sydney.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Port

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore or wrecked at Cow Bay.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{USS|Powhatan|1850|6}}

|flag={{navy|USA|1867}}

|desc=The paddle frigate was driven from her moorings and struck the quayside at Halifax.{{Cite news |title=The Terrible Hurricane in the Atlantic |newspaper=Lancaster Gazetter |location=Lancaster |date=13 September 1873 |issue=4507 |page=6 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=P. R. C.

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Pictou Island, Nova Scotia.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Rambler

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked in North Bay, County Wexford. Her crew were rescued by the Wexford Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Wexford.{{Cite news |title=Wreck of a Schooner |newspaper=Bradford Observer |location=Bradford |date=25 August 1873 |issue=3326 |page=4 |volume=40 }} She was refloated on 8 September and towed in to Wexford.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=9 September 1873 |issue=15325 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Rebecca Anne

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Cape Bauld, Newfoundland Colony.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Renfrew

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Isaac's Harbour.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Return

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Cow Bay.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Roderick McRae

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore or wrecked at North Sydney.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Rogers

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore or wrecked at Cow Bay.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SV|Royal Arch||2}}

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

|desc= The Schooner was lost at White Head, Nova Scotia with all 14 hands plus 5 passengers, a woman and her 4 children.{{cite web |url=https://www.downtosea.com/1851-1875/roylarch.htm |title=The Royal Arch |publisher=downtothesea |access-date=7 June 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Russell

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Isaac's Harbour.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked on Scatarie Island, Nova Scotia with the loss of twenty of her 28 crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Wrecks |date=1 September 1873 |issue=27783 |page=5 |column=E }}{{cite web |url=http://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/S-Ships/saltwell1872.html |title=Saltwell |publisher=Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=1 April 2021 }} She was on a voyage from London to New York, United States.{{Cite news |title=Foundering of a Steamer |newspaper=Bradford Observer |location=Bradford |date=30 August 1873 |issue=3331 |page=5 |volume=40 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Samuel Crowell

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

|desc= The fishing schooner sank in the Hurricane on the way home to Gloucester, Massachusetts from the Banks fishing grounds. Lost with all 15 crew.{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?214836 |title=Samuel Crowell (+1873) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=26 May 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.downtosea.com/1851-1875/samcrwll.htm |title=The Samuel Crowell |publisher=downtosea.com |access-date=26 May 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Seabird

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Buctouche.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Seaton|1857|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Ryhope, County Durham.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=26 August 1873 |issue=27778 |page=6 |column=C }} She was on a voyage from Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium to Sunderland, County Durham.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=26 August 1873 |issue=7987 }} Seaton was refloated on 27 August and taken in to Sunderland.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Shasta

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

|desc=The ship was damaged at Cow Bay.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Silver Cloud

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore or damaged at Sydney.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=St. Louis

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

|desc=The steamship struck the Gib Rock and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Superb

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore or damaged at Sydney.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Swift

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

|desc=The barque was damaged at Amherst when an American schooner drove into her.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Teddo

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore or damaged at Sydney.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Win. A. Pew

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

|desc= The fishing schooner was aground off the coast of Nova Scotia.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Teme

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Pugwash, Nova Scotia with the loss of two lives.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Temperance

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore or wrecked at North Sydney.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Thetis

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

|desc=The fishing schooner was wrecked on the north coast of Prince Edward Island with the loss of all twelve crew.{{Cite news |title=The Terrific Storms on the American Coast |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=17 September 1873 |issue=6558 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=T. Hunter

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sydney.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Trial

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Pictou.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Typhoon

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

|desc= The fishing schooner was wrecked at Harbor Le Bar in the Magdalen Islands, later condemned. Crew saved.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Undine

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Richibucto. Three crew killed, rest jumped to safety.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Valiant

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Sydney.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Venture

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore or wrecked at North Sydney.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Venture

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Pictou.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Victoria

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Sydney.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Victoria

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore or wrecked at North Sydney.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Victoria Amelia

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore or wrecked at North Sydney.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Vibilia

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

|desc=The ship was either dismasted or foundered in Cow Bay.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Volante

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore or wrecked at North Sydney.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=W. D.

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Cow Bay.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Welcome

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Cow Bay.

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|ship=W. H. Hale

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Cow Bay.

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|ship=White Star

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Richibucto.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Wild Briar

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore or wrecked at North Sydney.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=William H. Raymond

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

|desc= The fishing schooner was ashore in the Magdalen Islands with slight damage, probably refloated.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=William H. Thurston

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

|desc= The fishing schooner was ashore in the Magdalen Islands.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Willow Brae

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Pictou.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Wixande

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in the Magdalen Islands, Nova Scotia. Her crew survived.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Zephyr

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore or wrecked at North Sydney.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Zeroni

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

|desc= The Brig was wrecked near Merigomish, Nova Scotia, in Northumberland Strait.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked at Malpeque, Prince Edward Island.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Several unnamed vessels

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

|desc=The schooners were driven ashore and wrecked at Buctouche.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The brigantine capsized at North Sydney.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Twenty-three unnamed vessels

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

|desc=The schooners were driven ashore in the Gut of Canso.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Several unnamed vessels

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

|desc=Seven barques and several brigs was driven ashore at Richibucto. Several schooners were wrecked. Five square-rigged vessels were reported to have been driven ashore.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Several unnamed vessels

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

|desc=Two ships and several schooners were driven ashore at Miramichi, New Brunswick.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Ketch Harbour, Nova Scotia.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Seven unnamed vessels

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

|desc=The ships were driven ashore and wrecked at Richibucto.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Three unnamed vessels

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

|desc=The schooners broke from their moorings and were damaged at Hantsport, Nova Scotia.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Great American Storm |date=9 September 1873 |issue=27790 |page=10 |column=E }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Three unnamed vessels

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

|desc=The schooners were driven ashore at Frazer's Point, Nova Scotia.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Three unnamed vessels

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

|desc=The schooners were driven ashore at Albion Mines, Nova Scotia.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Pictou Landing, Nova Scotia.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore in Pond's Gulf, Nova Scotia.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Four unnamed vessels

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

|desc=The schooners were driven ashore in the Gosse River, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Two unnamed vessels

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

|desc=The fishing schooners foundered off North Cape, Prince Edward Island with the loss of all 40 crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Twenty-seven unnamed vessels

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

|desc=The ships were driven ashore or damaged at Cow Bay.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Four unnamed vessels

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

|desc=The ships were driven ashore at Bayfield, Nova Scotia.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The United States |date=11 September 1873 |issue=27792 |page=4 |column=A-B }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Twelve unnamed vessels

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

|desc=The ships were driven ashore at Pictou.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Four unnamed vessels

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

|desc=The ships were driven ashore at Port Hood, Nova Scotia.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Five unnamed vessels

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

|desc=The ships were driven ashore at Port Mulgrave.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Four unnamed vessels

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

|desc=The ships were driven ashore at Plaister Cove.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Four unnamed vessels

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

|desc=The ships were driven ashore at Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Eight unnamed vessels

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

|desc=The ships were driven ashore at Guysborough, Nova Scotia.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Many unnamed vessels

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

|desc=More than 30 ships were driven ashore at or near Point Caledonia.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Thirty-six unnamed vessels

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

|desc=The fishing vessels were lost off the coast of Nova Scotia. All hands of two vessels, and two hands from a third, we lost - 35 lives.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The United States |date=17 September 1873 |issue=27797 |page=8 |column=A }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

|flag={{navy|UK}}

|desc=The gunboat was driven ashore at Richibucto.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Several unnamed vessels

|flag={{flagicon|Newfoundland}} Newfoundland Colony

|desc=The fishing boats and whalers were driven ashore at Island Cove.{{Cite news |title=The Late Storm on the Coast of Nova Sotia |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=8 September 1873 |issue=8539 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The schooner sank at Beaver Harbour, Nova Scotia.{{Cite news |title=The Great American Storm |newspaper=The Star |location=Saint Peter Port|date=12 September 1873 |issue=34 |volume=59 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Several unnamed vessels

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

|desc=The fishing vessels were driven out to sea from Beaver Harbour and were presumed lost.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Several unnamed vessels

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

|desc=The ships were driven ashore at, or driven out to sea from, St. Peter's, Nova Scotia.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore in Pend's Gulf.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Fifty-two unnamed vessels

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

|desc=The fishing schooners were driven ashore and wrecked in the Magdalen Islands. At least three people were killed.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in the Magdalen Islands. All on board, more than 200 people, were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and severely damaged on Entrice Island, Magdalen Islands.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Twenty-six unnamed vessels

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The fishing vessels foundered at Cow Head, each with the loss of all hands.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The brigantine capsized, was driven ashore and wrecked at "Picoe" with the loss of all seventeen people on board.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sixty-nine unnamed vessels

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

|desc=Forty-three vessels were driven ashore and wrecked and 26 more were damaged at Amherst.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Eight unnamed vessels

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

|desc=The schooners were driven ashore between Amherst and Bacque.{{Cite news |title=The Disasters at the Magdalen Islands |newspaper=The Star |location=Saint Peter Port |date=20 September 1873 |issue=37 |volume=59 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Three unknown schooners

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

|desc= The Schooners was driven ashore at Rocky Point, Prince Edward Island.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=25 August 1873 |sort=}}

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|ship=Elizabeth

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

|desc=The ship collided with the steamship Clutha ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank at Swansea, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from a Cornish port to Swansea. She was refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=William M. Reed

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Bremen, Germany to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was refloated the next day.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=26 August 1873 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=J. C. Norton

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

|desc=The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|36|34|N|61|24|W}}). Her crew were rescued by the steamship Delta ({{flagicon|Canada|1868}} Canada). J. C. Norton was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Prince Edward Island.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Perseverance

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

|desc=The steam wherry capsized and sank at South Shields, County Durham.{{Cite news |title=North Country News |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=27 August 1873 |issue=1134 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Qui qu'en Grogne

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brig ran aground "on Cavezos". She was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. She was refloated and beached at Gibraltar.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ruby

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

|desc=The steamship sank at Shreveport, Louisiana due to a stampede of cattle on board. Her crew survived.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=27 August 1873 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Belle Vernon

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

|desc=The steamboat struck the wreck of Jennie Howell ({{flag|United States|1867}} and sank in the Ohio River at Shawneetown, Illinois. Two people were reported missing.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Mails |date=8 September 1873 |issue=27789 |page=3 |column=F }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= Emile

|flag={{Flag|New Zealand}}

|desc=The 214-ton brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Oamaru by a cyclone which hit the east coast of the South Island.Ingram & Wheatley, p. 187. She was on a voyage from Newcastle, New South Wales to Oamaru.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=20 December 1873 |issue=10602 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ethiopia

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked at Cape Negrais, Burma. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Rangoon, Burma.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=India |date=4 September 1873 |issue=27786 |page=5 |column=A }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= Fairy Queen

|flag={{Flag|New Zealand}}

|desc=The 214-ton brig parted her cable and was driven ashore at Timaru by a cyclone which hit the east coast of the South Island.Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 187–188.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Faith

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Cascumpec, Prince Edward Island, Canada.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=H. H. and R.

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

|desc=The sloop was discovered in the English Channel {{convert|40|nmi|km}} south west of Portland, Dorset by the steamship Veritas ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}), which towed her in to Weymouth, Dorset. H. H. and R. was on a voyage from London to HMNB Devonport.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Maria

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The fishing vessel collided with Jeanne et Robert ({{flag|France}}) and sank in the English Channel {{convert|12|nmi|km}} north of Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= Scotsman

|flag={{Flag|New Zealand}}

|desc=The 231-ton brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Oamaru by a cyclone.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Surprise

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

|desc=The yacht ran aground at Caernarfon. She was refloated and taken in to Holyhead, Anglesey.{{Cite news |title=News of the Day |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Post |location=Birmingham |date=28 August 1873 |issue=4718 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= Wanderer

|flag={{Flag|New Zealand}}

|desc=The ketch was driven ashore at Timaru by a cyclone.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Young Hunter

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on a sandbank in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Express ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Young Hunter was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Fleetwood, Lancashire.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=28 August 1873 |sort=}}

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|ship=Chin Chin

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

|desc=The ship capsized at Cardiff, Glamorgan and was severely damaged.{{Cite news |title=London, Tuesday, August 12 |newspaper=Mercantile Ship News |location=London |date=30 August 1873 |issue=15316 |page=7 |volume= }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=J. R. Robinson

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked in the Meiaco Sima Islands. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Fuzhou, China to Adelaide, South Australia.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=28 October 1873 |issue=10556 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=30 October 1873 |issue=8043 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=La Clarisse

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais. Her seven crew were rescued by the Boulogne Lifeboat Frédéric Sauvage ({{flag|France}}). La Clarisse was on a voyage from Caen, Calvados to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom.

}}

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|ship=May Queen

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

|desc=The fishing smack collided with the fishing vessel Vivid ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} and foundered in the North Sea {{convert|15|to|20|nmi|km}} off Bridlington, Yorkshire with the loss of three of her five crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ranger

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

|desc=The yacht was driven ashore on Alderney, Channel Island. All three people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands to Gilette, Alpes-Maritimes, France.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=5 September 1873 |issue=4626 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=T. E. Lemon

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

|desc=The ship sank in Liverpool Bay east of the Crosby Lightship (22px Trinity House) with the loss of four of her 26 crew. The Mersey Docks and Harbour Board Lifeboat rescued twelve of the survivors, the rest reached shore in the gig and longboat. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Sapelo Island, Georgia, United States.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Shipwreck and Loss of Life |date=30 August 1873 |issue=27782 |page=8 |column=B }}{{Cite news |title=Shipwreck and Loss of Life near Liverpool |newspaper=Bradford Observer |location=Bradford |date=30 August 1873 |issue=3331 |page=5 |volume=40 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Triton

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The barque was wrecked on the Mixon Shoal, in the Bristol Channel with the loss of two of her eight crew. Survivors were rescued by the paddle tugs Digby Grand, Flying Cloud, Pero Gomez (all {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and the Swansea Lifeboat Wolverhampton (file:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution).{{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 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The brig ran aground and sank on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=29 August 1873 |sort=}}

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|ship=Ada

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground at the mouth of the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Runcorn, Cheshire. She was refloated and then collided with the yacht Wavelet ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and was beached in the Sloyne.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship= Ironsides

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

|desc=The paddle steamer ran aground at Hog Island, Virginia, and was lost.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mary West

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint-Louis, Senegal.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=30 August 1873 |issue=7991 }} She was refloated on 5 September and towed in to Liverpool.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=6 September 1873 |issue=15322 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=30 August 1873 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Breeze

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

|desc=The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|30|58|N|74|30|W}}). Her nine crew were rescued by the brigantine Carmen ({{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}). Breeze was on a voyage from Saint Helena to London.{{Cite news |title=Foundering of the Brig Breeze |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=31 October 1873 |issue=1406}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Charlotte Christine

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The barque was wrecked. All on board were rescued by the corvette {{ship|Russian corvette|Vityaz|1862|2}} ({{navy|Russian Empire}}). Charlotte Christine was on a voyage from Vladivostok, Russia to Yantai, China.{{Cite news |title=China and Japan |newspaper=Morning Post |location=London |date=11 November 1873 |issue=31627 |page=3 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=William

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

|desc=The brig was damaged by fire at West Hartlepool, County Durham.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=31 August 1873 |sort=}}

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|ship=Albion

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Swash, in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Cork.{{Cite news |title=Wreck of the Albion |newspaper=Freeman's Journal |location=Dublin |date=1 September 1873 }} She was refloated on 5 September and taken in to the Kingroad.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Danube

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Star |location=Saint Peter Port |date=4 September 1873 |issue=30 |volume=59 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Newcastle and Arendal

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground at "Savnevaag". She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Arendal. She was refloated and taken in to Arendal in a leaky condition. Subsequently placed under repair.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Prince Alfred

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

|desc=The barque was destroyed by fire at sea. Her crew were rescued by the barque Bussorah ({{flag|France}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=3 October 1873 |issue=27811 |page=4 |column=F }} Prince Alfred was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Galle, Ceylon.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=18 October 1873 |issue=15358 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=Unknown date in August 1873 |sort=}}

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|ship=Albertine

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked at Oban, Argyllshire.{{Cite news |title=Multiple News Items |newspaper=Southampton Herald |location=Southampton |date=13 August 1873 |issue=2834 |page=3 |volume=51 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Annawan

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

|desc=The whaler, a barque, capsized in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|35|30|N|66|20|W}}) before 7 August with the loss of five of her 22 crew. Survivors were rescued by the barque Peerless ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Assam Valley

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

|desc=The ship foundered at sea. She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Carmen and Teresa

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

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore at Almería before 15 August.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=16 August 1873 |issue=27770 |page=6 |column=F }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Countess Russell

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Rockhampton, New Zealand". Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=28 August 1873 |issue=10504 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=County of Nairn

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

|desc=The ship caught fire in the Java Sea and was beached on Pangkapoint, Java, Netherlands East Indies, where she burnt out. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Surabaya, Netherlands East Indies.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Dunkerque

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at "Point Piedras". She was refloated and taken in to Buenos Aires, Argentine in a leaky condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ella Maria

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

|desc=The ship foundered at sea. She was on a voyage from Port Caledonia, Nova Scotia to Havana, Cuba.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Felicie

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Grand-Popo, Dahomey. She was on a voyage from Whydah, Dahomey to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Fille de l{{'}}Air

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=12 September 1873 |issue=10517 }} She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, United States to London.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=13 September 1873 |issue=15323 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Formosa

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to London.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Gloriana

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

|desc=The ship foundered off St. Peter's, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was on a voyage from London to Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=4 September 1873 |issue=27786 |page=7 |column=E }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Lost at Sea |date=4 September 1873 |issue=27786 |page=10 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship=Joseph Wilson

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

|desc=The ship foundered at sea. She was on a voyage from London to Saint John, New Brunswick.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lake Ontario

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Lake Saint Pierre. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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|ship=Landbouw

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship ran aground at Buenos Aires, Argentina before 28 August. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=8 October 1873 |issue=8024 }}

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|ship=Magdala

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

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore in Morecambe Bay. She was on a voyage from Barrow in Furness, Lancashire to Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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|ship=Margaret Knight

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

|desc=The ship was severely damaged by fire at La Libertad before 4 August. }}

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|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked at Santo Domingo Tonalá, Mexico. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Tabasco to Santo Domingo Tonalá.

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|ship=Minmanneth

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged near Nantucket, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Boston, Massachusetts. She was refloated and towed in to Boston in a severely leaky condition.

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|ship=Miramichi

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

|desc=The steamship struck a sunken rock and was beached on Green Island, in the Tusket Islands, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Pictou, Nova Scotia to Quebec City. She was refloated in September and taken in to Quebec City for repairs.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=24 September 1873 |issue=8012 }}

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|ship=Mystic

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

|desc=The ship was lost before 15 August whilst bound for Paysandú, Uruguay. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=13 September 1873 |issue=27794 |page=12 |column=B }}

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|ship=Norden

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Moschny Island, Russia. She was on a voyage from Kronstadt, Russia to Stettin.

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|ship=Norma

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore near "Mires". She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Syros, Greece.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=27 August 1873 |issue=7988 }}

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|ship=Oregon

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked in the Strait of Belle Isle before 13 August.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=15 August 1873 |issue=27769 |page=7 |column=F }}

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|ship=Pert

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbrightshire. She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool for repairs, arriving on 6 August.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury|location=Liverpool |date=7 August 1873 |issue=7971 }}

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|ship=Precursor

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in Lake Saint Pierre. She was on a voyage from West Hartlepool, County Durham to Quebec City. She was later refloated and completed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=10 August 1873 |issue=10488 }}

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|ship=Queen of the Belgians

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The ship ran aground at "Galzon", Uruguay. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Paysandú, Uruguay.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=11 August 1873 |issue=8515 }}

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|ship=Rivola

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was wrecked at "Anbasque". She was on a voyage from Barbados to Quebec City.

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|ship=Robert and Mary

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

|desc=The schooner was run into by a steamship and sank in the River Thames. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to London.{{Cite news |title=Great Yarmouth |newspaper=Bury and Norwich Post |location=Bury St. Edmunds |date=5 August 1873 |issue=4754 |page=3 }}

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

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Detroit River near Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada. She was repaired and returned to service.

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|ship=Ruth

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Løkken-Vrå, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to Stockhokm, Sweden.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=5 August 1873 |issue=8510 }}

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|ship=Scotia

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Saint-Pierre, Saint Pierre and Miquelon before 6 August. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Liverpool, Lancashire.

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|ship=South

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Arzilla" before 14 August. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Larache, Morocco.

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|ship=St. Vincent

|flag={{flag|Newfoundland}} Newfoundland Colony

|desc=The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Saint John's to Valencia, Spain. She was refloated and taken in to Port La Tour, Nova Scotia.

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|ship=Sveridge

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at "Fahlund". She was refloated on 9 August with the assistance of a steamship.

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|ship=Times

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Karteelhoek Bank, in the North Sea off the Belgian Coast. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California to Antwerp. She was refloated.

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|ship=Tinnevelly

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in a cyclone at Mayotte before 7 August. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Galle, Ceylon.{{Cite news |title=Loss of a Shields Barque |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=8 August 1873 |issue=6250 }}

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|ship=Zanoni

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=2 September 1873 |issue=7993 }}

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|ship=Many unnamed vessels

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

|desc=More the 100 canal boats and schooners were sunk in the Delaware and Chesapeake Canal at Saint George's, Delaware on or before 22 August. Twelve people were reported missing.{{Cite news |title=Extraordinary Flood in America |newspaper=Nottingham Guardian |location=Nottingham |date=12 September 1873 |issue=1429 }}

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{{reflist|20em}}

• 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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