List of shipwrecks in December 1870

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|ship=Arche d'Alliance

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Faro, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Huelva, Spain to Liverpool Lancashire, United Kingdom.

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|ship=Bekara

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

|desc=The schooner was run into by the steamship Osprey ({{Flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the River Thames at Belvedere, Kent.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=2 December 1870 |issue=14457 }}

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|ship=Cardiff Packet

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

|desc=The schooner collided with the schooner Azores Packet ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank off Mullion Island, in Mounts Bay, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. Cardiff Packet was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to St Germans, Cornwall.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=6 December 1870 |page=5 |issue=26926 |column=F }}

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|ship=Elver

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

|desc=The fishing smack collided with the steamship Cromwell ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Lagos

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

|desc=The schooner was abandoned {{convert|75|nmi|km}} west of "Shebar". She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Lagos, Africa.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=27 February 1871 |issue=7206 }}

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|ship=Penguin

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Clyde at Dumbarton. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Union des Chargeurs

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship struck the quayside at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure and was damaged. She put back to Havre de Grâce for repairs.

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|ship=Alina

|flag={{flagicon|Russian Empire}} Grand Duchy of Finland

|desc=The barque was driven ashore on Saltholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Gävle, Sweden to Hull, Yorkshire.

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|ship=Alma

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Saltholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Gävle to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.

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|ship=Beta

|flag={{flag|Portugal|civil}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Douro.

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|ship=Gretine

|flag={{flag|Prussia|civil}}

|desc=The galiot was driven ashore on Inchgarvie in the Firth of Forth. She was on a voyage from Charlestown, Ross-shire to Emden. She was refloated. She was refloated.

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|ship=Leah

|flag=File:Flagge der Hansestadt Lübeck.svg Lübeck

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Kappelshamn, Sweden.

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|ship=Marie Celine

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Penfret, Glénan Islands, Finistère. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=3 December 1870 |page=7 |issue=26924 |column=F }}

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|ship=Resolution

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

|desc=The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil with the loss of all but three of her crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Losses at Sea |date=26 January 1871 |page=11 |issue=26973 |column=F }} She foundered the next day.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=27 March 1871 |page=6 |issue=27021 |column=E }} She was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to London.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=28 January 1871 |issue=7722 }}

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|ship=Tom

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Berdyanski, Russia to Malta.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=3 December 1870 |issue=9648 }}

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|ship=Alpha

|flag={{flag|Hamburg|admiralty}}

|desc=The brig was destroyed by fire at Hebburn, Northumberland, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=A Ship Destroyed by Fire in the Newcastle Harbour |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=5 December 1870 |issue=14459 }}

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|ship=Garibaldi

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

|desc=The schooner collided with Seagull ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and foundered in The Downs. Her crew survived.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=6 December 1870 |issue=9650 }}

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|ship=Jane Corey

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Vogelsand, in the North Sea. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Maria

|flag={{flag|Prussia|civil}}

|desc=The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea {{convert|30|nmi|km}} off Scarborough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dram, Norway to Papenburg.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Casualties |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=16 December 1870 |issue=9659 }}

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|ship=Maria da Gloria

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Faial Island, Azores. She was consequently condemned.

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|ship=Wickham

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Blakeney, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Southampton, Hampshire.

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|ship=Doune Castle

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. She was refloated with assistance from the Caister Lifeboat and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.

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|ship=Elva

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

|desc=The fishing smack was run down and sunk by the steamship Cromwell ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) {{convert|8|nmi|km}} east north east of the North Foreland, Kent. Her crew were rescued by Cromwell.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=9 December 1870 |issue=4480}}

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|ship=Gladstone, and
May Queen

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

|desc=The steamship Gladstone collided with the steamship May Queen and was abandoned the North Sea off the Newarp Lightship (22px Trinity House) by eight of the 26 people on board. They were rescued by the steamship Ransome ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). May Queen was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to London. She was subsequently taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk. May Queen was on a voyage from London to Dundee, Forfarshire. She put in to South Shields, County Durham sinking at the bows.{{Cite news |title=Ipswich |newspaper=Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=6 December 1870 |issue=4615 |page=8 }}{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=6 December 1870 |issue=14460 }}

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|ship=Jantje Wilkins

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship departed from Helsingør, Denmark for Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=14 April 1871 |issue=9761 }}{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=20 April 1871 |issue=7792 }}

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|ship=Nil Desperandum

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex with the loss of all hands. she was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Civita Vecchia, Italy.{{Cite news |title=Total Loss of the Nil Desperandum and All on Board |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=12 December 1870 |issue=5417 }}

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|ship=Osiris

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

|desc=The brigantine ran aground on the Spaniard Sand and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Faversham, Kent.

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|ship=Rodego Donavero

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

|desc=The barque ran aground in the River Tees. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Victor ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite news |title=Salvage Case |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=19 December 1870 |issue=293 }}

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|ship=Sea Gull, and an
Unnamed vessel

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

|desc=The unnamed schooner was run into by the schooner Sea Gull and sank in The Downs with the presumed loss of all hands. Sea Gull was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Wilmington, Delaware, United States to London.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=A Vessel Sunk |date=5 December 1870 |page=11 |issue=26924 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=9 December 1870 |issue=10224 }}

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|ship=Thomas Hubbuck

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

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore and sank at Dungeness, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Caen, Calvados, France to London.

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|ship=Joutsen

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Hafre Riff, off Nidingen, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Skutskär, Sweden to Hartlepool, County Durham. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=16 December 1870 |issue=299 }}

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|ship=Nancy

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

|desc=The ship collided with Nimrod (22px Courland Governorate ) and sank at Sandhammaren, Norway. Nancy was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Pillau, Prussia.

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|ship={{SS|San Francisco|1853|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground and sank at Bermuda. She was on a voyage from New York to Bermuda. She was refloated on 17 December.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=11 January 1871 |issue=7165 }}

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|ship=Thor

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

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked {{convert|2|nmi|km}} west of Dungeness, Kent.

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|ship=Valdes

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Long Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wexford, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Seville. She was refloated with the assistance of two tugs and towed in to Waterford, United Kingdom.

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|ship=Alfred

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on São Miguel Island, Azores. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=17 December 1870 |issue=9660 }}

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|ship=Borneo

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

|desc=The steamship was lost off Cape Santa Martha, Brazil with the loss of 37 lives. She was on a voyage from London to Buenos Aires, Argentina.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=26 January 1871 |page=6 |issue=26970 |column=F }}

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|ship=Eastern Belle

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship was driven ashore on Scharhörn, Hamburg.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=7 December 1870 |page=6 |issue=26927 |column=F }} She was refloated and towed in to Cuxhaven.

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|ship=Freedom

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

|desc=The smack was driven ashore at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Bristol, Gloucestershire.

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|ship=Spindrift

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on São Jorge Island, Azores with the loss of seven of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to a port in Tabasco, Mexico.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=11 January 1871 |issue=7707 }}

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|ship=Supply

|flag={{flag|New Zealand}}

|desc= The cutter was wrecked close to Pencarrow Head in a northwesterly gale while en route from Havelock, New Zealand to Wellington.Ingram & Wheatley, p. 172.

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|ship=No. 35

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

|desc=The pilot boat was driven ashore at Cardiff.

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|ship=Augusta

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Aalbek Bay. She was on a voyage from Dysart, Fife, United Kingdom to Helsingborg.

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|ship=Clarendon

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Harburg to Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk. She was refloated.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=9 December 1870 |page=5 |issue=26929 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=19 December 1870 |issue=14471 |page=2 }}

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|ship=Colorado

|flag=22px Trieste

|desc=The brig was wrecked on the Tendra Spit, Russia. Her eleven crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Constantinople, Ottoman Empire to Odessa, Russia.{{Cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland124.html |title=SHIPS BUILT AT SUNDERLAND IN THE 1860s |publisher=Searle |access-date=27 December 2020 }}

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|ship=Louisa

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Rota, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Cádiz, Spain.

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|ship=Moldavia

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated with assistance and put in to Dover, Kent.

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|ship=Ansgar, and
Caradoc

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

|desc=The ship Ansgar collided with the ship Caradoc off Holyhead, Anglesey and both vessels foundered. Ansgar was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Her crew were rescued by Emily McNear ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Caradoc was on a voyage from Liverpool to Singapore, Straits Settlements. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Avalon

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Schulpen Plaat, in the North Sea off the coast of South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=10 December 1870 |issue=9654 }}

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|ship=Boomerang

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Dardanelles. She was refloated.

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|ship=Dazzler

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated and assisted in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a leaky condition.

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|ship=Drie Gebroeders

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Jahde, in the North Sea. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from West Wemyss, Fife, United Kingdom to Brouwershaven, Zeeland.

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|ship=Eyra

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The ship ran aground off Zoutelande, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to an English port.

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|ship=George Avery

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

|desc=The barque ran aground on the North Rocks, off Heligoland. She was on a voyage from Akyab, Burma to Hamburg. She was refloated with assistance from the steamship Victoria ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) but had to be beached on Heligoland, where she was wrecked.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=13 December 1870 |issue=14466 }}

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|ship=Georgiana

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked {{convert|8|nmi|km}} east of Agrigento, Sicily, Italy with the loss of three of her crew.

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|ship=Giovannino

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Dunkirk, Nord, France. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Dunkirk. She was refloated on 14 December and taken in to Dunkirk.

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|ship=Odense

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The schooner ran aground off Stralsund. She was on a voyage from Stralsund to Antwerp.

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|ship=Otto

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

|desc=The ship departed from "Laurkullen" for the Firth of Forth. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

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|ship=Primrose

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

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and sank in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Gertrude ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=24 December 1870 |issue=14476 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Rhone

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The steamship was wrecked on "Piana Island", off Cape Farina Beylik of Tunis with the loss of all but one of her 26 crew. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=30 December 1870 |issue=10227 }}

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|ship=Solon

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

|desc=The barque ran aground off Hanko, Grand Duchy of Finland. She was refloated and taken in to Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland.

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|ship=Souchays

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Dardanelles. She was refloated.

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|ship=St. Pierre

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore {{convert|6|nmi|km}} east of Licata. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=5 January 1871 |issue=9676 }}

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|ship=William Richardson

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

|desc=The brig ran aground in the Moray Firth off Ethie Head, Ross-shire and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Inverness.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=13 December 1870 |page=5 |issue=26932 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=12 December 1870 |issue=9655 }}

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|ship=Adelaide

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

|desc=The barge was driven ashore at Barnstaple, Devon in a capsized condition.

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|ship=Bengollyn

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

|desc=The ship was damaged by fire at Liverpool, Lancashire.

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|ship=Chillas

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

|desc=The brigantine was wrecked at Bagnara Calabria.

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|ship=City of Bristol

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked on the Longsands, in the North Sea off the coast of Northumberland with the loss of two of her sixteen crew. Survivors were rescued by rocket apparatus.{{Cite news |title=Fearful Gale on the East Coast |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=10 December 1870 |issue=287 }}{{Cite news |title=The Late Storm |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=12 December 1870 |issue=5417 }}

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|ship=Dasher

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

|desc=The pilot cutter struck the Tusker Rock in the Bristol Channel and was wrecked. Her three crew were rescued by the Porthcawl Lifeboat Good Deliverance (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 }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=20 December 1870 |page=5 |issue=26938 |column=F }}

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|ship=Eagle

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. Her seventeen crew were rescued by the South Shields Lifeboat and another lifeboat. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=10 December 1870 |page=7 |issue=26930 |column=D }}

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|ship=Emalie

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked at Tynemouth, Northumberland. All seven people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom.

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|ship=Marion

|flag={{flagcountry|British Raj}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked north of Singapore, Straits Settlements. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to Cocanada.

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|ship=Marsden

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and taken in to Great Yarmouth.

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|ship=Odense

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Stralsund. She was on a voyage from Stralsund to Antwerp, Belgium.

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|ship=Peerless

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

|desc=The ship foundered {{convert|70|nmi|km}} north north west of Cape Horn, Chile. Her crew were rescued by the barque Elise Mathilde ({{flag|Norway|1844}}). Peerless was on a voyage from Newport to Coquimbo, Chile and/or Callao, Peru.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=15 February 1871 |issue=7737 }}{{Cite news |title=The Gale |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=15 February 1871 |issue=9711 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=20 February 1871 |issue=7200 }}{{Cite news |title=General News |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Post |location=Birmingham |date=5 April 1871 |issue=3968 }}

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|ship=Piere Superior

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Dunkirk, Nord. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Dunkirk.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=16 December 1870 |issue=9659 }}

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|ship=Red Cross Knight

|flag={{flag|Hamburg|admiralty}}

|desc=The ship was damaged by fire at Hamburg. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Valparaíso, Chile.

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|ship=Samuel Barnard

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

|desc=The schooner capsized off the mouth of the River Tyne with the loss of all fice crew.{{Cite news |title=Great Storm on the North-East Coast |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Post |location=Birmingham |date=10 December 1870 |issue=3868 }}

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|ship=San Demetrio

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Bagnara Calabria.

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|ship=Sherbro{{'}} Hermann

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Strandby, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Cimbritshamn to Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Fredrikshavn, Denmark.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=14 December 1870 |issue=9657 }}

}}

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|ship=Venus

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

|desc=The smack foundered on the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Loss of the Venus |newspaper=Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=20 December 1870 |issue=6862 }}

}}

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|ship=A. B. Wyman

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

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|36|30|N|61|00|W}}). She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.

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|ship=Floresta

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked between "Furado" and "Macabe".{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=25 January 1871 |page=6 |issue=26969 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=25 January 1871 |issue=9693 }}

}}

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|ship=Anns

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

|desc=The smack foundered in the Bristol Channel. Her crew survived.

}}

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|ship=Eclipse

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

|desc=The ship departed from Queenstown, County Cork for the Clyde. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=23 December 1870 |issue=14475 |page=7 }}

}}

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|ship=Deva

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

|desc=The brig was abandoned {{convert|30|nmi|km}} off Port Macquarie. She was on a voyage from New Caledonia to Newcastle.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=21 February 1871 |page=9 |issue=26992 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship=Erne

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Foo Chow Foo, China to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

}}

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|ship=Johanna

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The sschooner foundered off Bardsey Island, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by Alma ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Johanna was on a voyage from Portmadoc, Caernarfonshire, United Kingdom to Copenhagen.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=16 December 1870 |issue=14469 |page=7 }}{{Cite news |title=Fatal Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Lancaster Gazette |location=Lancaster |date=24 December 1870 |issue=4368 }}

}}

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|ship=Pomona

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her 25 crew were rescued by Apphia ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Pomona was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

}}

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|ship=Saxony

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

|desc=The barque was destroyed by fire at Garrucha, Spain. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=23 December 1870 |issue=10226 }} She was on a voyage from Palomares, Almería to the River Tyne.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=6 January 1871 |issue=9677 }}

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|ship=Stjernen

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Whiting Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Dram to Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex in a waterlogged condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=12 December 1870 |sort=}}

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|ship=Alkko

|flag={{flagicon|Russian Empire}} Grand Duchy of Finland

|desc=The schooner was taken in to Rønne, Denmark in a waterlogged condition.

}}

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|ship=Argos

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. All eleven people on board were rescued by a smack. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom.

}}

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|ship=Hero

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Gothenburg, Sweden. She was refloated and completed her voyage.

}}

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|ship=Liebig

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The full-rigged ship was wrecked on Bakers Island, Massachusetts, United States.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=10 February 1871 |issue=7733 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=10 February 1871 |issue=7192 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=3 March 1871 |issue=7210 }}

}}

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|ship=Maren

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to "Porto Negro". She was refloated.

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=13 December 1870 |sort=}}

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|ship=George and Ann

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=15 December 1870 |issue=9658 }}

}}

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|ship=Mendoza

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Gulf of Smyrna. She was on a voyage from London to Smyrna, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated on 16 December with assistance from Austro-Hungarian Navy gunboats and towed in to Smyrna.

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=14 December 1870 |sort=}}

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|ship=Aberdeenshire

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

|desc=The brig capsized in the River Medway at Rochester, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was righted.

}}

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|ship=Agenora

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

|desc=The brig ran aground off the Poolbeg Lighthouse, County Dublin, United Kingdom and was wrecked. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from New York to Dublin.{{Cite news |title=Shipwreck in the Bay |newspaper=Freeman's Journal |location=Dublin |date=15 December 1870 }}

}}

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|ship=Celeste Adelaide

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in Kirkonsland Bay, Argyllshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Londonerry to Troon, Ayrshire, United Kingdom.

}}

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|ship=Dovercourt

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to London. She was refloated and taken in to Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada for repairs.

}}

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|ship=Earl of Seafield

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

|desc=The sloop was driven ashore at Leven, Fife with the loss of all three crew. She was on a voyage from Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire to Leith, Lothian. She subsequently became a wreck.

}}

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|ship=Ellen

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Arbroath, Forfarshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Arbroath.

}}

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|ship=Fingal

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

|desc=The steamship arrived at Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands on fire. She was on a voyage from Leith to Rotterdam.

}}

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|ship=Forest Flower

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk.Her fifteen crew were rescued by the Lowestoft No.1 Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Almería, Spain to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.{{Cite news |title=Wreck on the Suffolk Coast |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=15 December 1870 |issue=14468 }}{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=16 December 1870 |issue=10225 }}

}}

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|ship={{PS|Gem|1859|2}}

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

|desc=The paddle tug sank at Greenock, Renfrewshire.{{Cite news |title=Greenock |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=15 December 1870 |issue=9658 }}

}}

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|ship=Hull

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore south of Hirtshals, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Pillau, Prussia.

}}

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|ship=Iberia

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Castropol, Spain.

}}

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|ship=M. A. Jones

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

|desc=The brig collided with the brig Leon ({{flagicon|Russian Empire}}) Grand Duchy of Finland) and sank off Cape Matapan, Greece. Her crew were rescued by the barque Si ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}). M. A. Jones was on a voyage from Gemlik, Ottoman Empire to the Clyde.

}}

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|ship=St. Clair

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Aberdeen. She was on a voyage from Thurso, Caithness to Leith. She was refloated on 19 December.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=21 December 1870 |issue=303 }}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=15 December 1870 |sort=}}

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|ship=Aggie M.

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

|desc=The ship departed from Cardiff, Glamorgan for Manila, Spanish East Indies. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=26 October 1871 |page=11 |issue=27204 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship=Amanda

|flag={{flag|Prussia|civil}}

|desc=The schooner was wrecked at the mouth of the Eider. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Tönning.

}}

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|ship=Amica

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Kinsale, County Cork.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Betty

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at West Hartlepool, County Durham. She was being towed from Hartlepool to West Hartlepool. She was later refloated and taken in to West Hartlepool.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=19 December 1870 |issue=9661 }}

}}

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|ship=Drydens, and Fire Queen

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

|desc=The barque Drydens collided with the steamship Fire Queen and sank at Queenstown, County Cork. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Queenstown. Fire Queen was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was beached on the Spit Bank.{{Cite news |title=Collision in Queenstown Harbour |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=15 December 1870 |issue=14468 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Flora, and
Prima

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

|desc=The steamship Flora collided with the steamship Prima and sank off Burntisland, Fife. Her eighteen crew were rescued. Flora was on a voyage from Dunkirk, Nord, France to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire.{{Cite news |title=Fatal Disaster at Sea |newspaper=Pall Mall Gazette |location=London |date=16 December 1870 |issue=1823 }} Prima was on a voyage from Grangemouth to Flensburg. She put in to Leith, Lothian, where she was beached.

}}

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|ship=Fremad

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

|desc=The barque sprang a leak and was beached near Skudesnes. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=7 January 1871 |page=7 |issue=26954 |column=F }} She was on a voyage from London to Mandal.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=George Todd

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

|desc=The ship capsized and sank in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint George, New Brunswick, Canada to Havana, Cuba.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=30 March 1871 |issue=7774 }}

}}

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|ship=Jessie

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on the Harris Sandbank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire. Her five crew were rescued by the Southport Lifeboat Jessie Knowles (File:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution).{{Cite news |title=Shipwreck |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=16 December 1870 |issue=14469 |page=3 }} Jessie was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool.{{Cite news |title=Wreck of the Jessie, from Dublin |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=17 December 1870 |issue=54897 }}

}}

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|ship=Jeune Emilie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship sank at Dunkirk, Nord.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Juno

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked at Farsund, Norway with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Stettin and Danzig.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=16 December 1870 |page=6 |issue=26935 |column=F }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Oscar I

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

|desc=The brig ran aground at Seaham, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Seaham to Christiania. She was refloated and towed in to South Shields in a leaky condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Psyche|1862|6}}

|flag={{navy|UK}}

|desc=The {{Sclass|Psyche|dispatch vessel}} was wrecked in the Mediterranean Sea off Catania, Sicily, Italy.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Rapid

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

|desc=The tug was driven ashore at Culross, Fife.

}}

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|ship=Suzanne

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Berwick upon Tweed to London. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Berwick upon Tweed.

}}

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|ship=Torrance

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

|desc=The sbrig collided with the brig Celestial ({{flagicon|Netherlands}} Surinam) and the barque Echo ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and was abandoned by her crew. Torrance was subsequently discovered by Dart ({{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Jersey), which put two of her crew aboard. She was towed in to Troon, Ayrshire by the steamship Enterprise ({{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Jersey) on 15 December.{{Cite news |title=Severe Gales and Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=16 December 1870 |issue=9659 }}

}}

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

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked {{convert|4|nmi|km}} west of North Berwick, Lothian. Her crew were rescued. She was on her maiden voyage, from Kirkcaldy, Fife to London.

}}

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|ship=Alexander

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Canovan Point, County Cork. She was refloated on 20 December and towed in to Queenstown, County Cork for repairs.

}}

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|ship=Bolderaa

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the east coast of Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Reval, Russia to London.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=17 December 1870 |page=6 |issue=26936 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=20 December 1870 |issue=9662 }}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Eleanor|1868|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship was run into by the steamship John Elder ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank at Le Verdon-sur-Mer, Gironde, France with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Dublin and Glasgow, Renfrewshire.

}}

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|ship=Emilie

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Klitmøller Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=19 December 1870 |page=6 |issue=26937 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship=Falcon

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

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Littlehampton, Sussex. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Georgia

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

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and sank in the Atlantic Ocean. Four of her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Stephen, New Brunswick, Canada to Havana, Cuba.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=10 January 1871 |issue=7165 }}

}}

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|ship={{SS|James Renforth|1869|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Marsden, County Durham. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham.

}}

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|ship=Maggie Hammond

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

|desc=The ship was damaged by fire at Liverpool, Lancashire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Lundy Island, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.

}}

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|ship=Norfolk

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

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore at Carrick. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Maryport, Cumberland.

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|ship=Oswego

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

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore near Brodick, Isle of Arran. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Troon, Ayrshire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=17 December 1870 |page=6 |issue=26936 |column=F }}

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|ship=Pacific

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Altenbruch. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated on 16 December.

}}

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|ship=Petrel

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore near Port Logan, Wigtownshire. She was on a voyage from Red Bay, County Antrim to Maryport, Cumberland.

}}

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|ship=Waterwitch

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near "Ballycronane". She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to "Ballydonogom Bay". She was refloated and taken in to "Ballycronane" in a waterlogged condition.

}}

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|ship=Adelheid Bertha

|flag={{flag|Prussia|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground at Pillau. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Pillau. She was refloated and taken in to Pillau.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Andaman

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Clyde at Paisley, Renfrewshire whilst trying to pass the wreck of Antilles ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Bombay, India.

}}

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|ship=Antilles

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

|desc=The barque collided with the steamship {{SS|Anglia|1870|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the Clyde at Paisley. Her crew survived. Antilles was on a voyage from New York, United States to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.{{Cite news |title=Collision on the Clyde |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=19 December 1870 |issue=9661 }}

}}

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|ship=Cognac

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Clyde a Paisley whilst trying to pass the wreck of Antilles ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

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|ship=Elizabeth

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore west of Blakeney, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to Bridport, Dorset.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=20 December 1870 |issue=14472 |page=2 }}

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|ship=Ensign

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore on Little Cumbrae, Argyllshire and was severely damaged. All on board were rescued. She was being towed from Belfast, County Antrim to Greenock, Renfrewshire by the tug Renown ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Temporary repairs were made with assistance from the crew of {{HMS|Jackal|1844|6}} ({{navy|UK}}) and she was towed in to Glasgow, Renfrewshire on 20 December for repairs.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Fairbanks|1859|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship was destroyed by fire in the Hatteras Inlet. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wilmington, Delaware to New York.

}}

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|ship=Hope On

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

|desc=The brig collided with the brig Eugenie ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank off Lowestoft, Suffolk with the loss of four of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by Eugenie. Hope on was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Fécamp, Seine-Inférieure, France.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=23 December 1870 |issue=4482 }}

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|ship=Lothair

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore west of Blakeney. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ystad, Sweden to London.

}}

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|ship=Marshland

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore on Vormsi, Russia. She was abandoned by her crew on 20 December. Marshland was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland.{{Cite news |title=Wreck of a Steamer and Fearful Sufferings of the Crew |newspaper=Morning Post |location=London |date=17 January 1871 |issue=30299 |page=3 }} She was declared a total loss.

}}

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|ship=M. R.

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The derelict brigantine was towed in to Scarborough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom by the fishing smack Mary Ann ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

}}

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|ship=Belhaven

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Newburgh, Aberdeenshire. Her four crew survived. She was on a voyage from Clackmannan to Portsoy, Aberdeenshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Blyth

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Libava, Courland Governorate to London.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Fearless

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

|desc=The brigantine collided with Corona ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and was abandoned in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex. Her crew were rescued by Emerald Isle ({{flag|United States|1867}}). Fearless was on a voyage from London to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

}}

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|ship=Flora

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

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore on Holy Isle, in the Firth of Clyde. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Ardrossan, Ayrshire. She was refloated on 20 December.

}}

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|ship=Nick Wall

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

|desc=The steamboat ran aground and was wrecked in the Mississippi River {{convert|3|nmi|km}} from Memphis, Tennessee with the loss of about 100 lives. Survivors were rescued by the steamboat Seminole ({{flag|United States|1867}}).{{Cite news |title=Sinking of an American Steamer and Loss of One Hundred Lives |newspaper=Manchester Times |location=Manchester |date=14 January 1871 |issue=685 }}

}}

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|ship=Ocean Child

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

|desc=The brigantine was wrecked west of Ceará, Brazil. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ceará to a Channel port.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=17 January 1871 |page=7 |issue=26962 |column=E }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=18 January 1871 |issue=9687 }}

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|ship=Transfer

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

|desc=The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Belle Morse ({{flag|United States|1867}}). Transfer was on a voyage from Portland, Maine to Baltimore, Maryland.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=9 January 1871 |issue=14489 |page=7 }}

}}

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|ship=Ville de Malaga

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Borssele, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=19 December 1870 |sort=}}

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|ship=Agnes

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

|desc=The sloop capsized off Souter Point, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by a tug, which towed Agnes in to Sunderland, County Durham.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Brisk

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

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked in Cymryan Bay with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.

}}

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|ship=Ferdinand

|flag=22px Danzig

|desc=The ship ran and sank aground between Borkum and Rottum, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Leer, Prussia. She was refloated.

}}

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|ship=Firm

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Isle of Man

|desc=The trawl boat was driven ashore and wrecked at Douglas with the loss of two of her three crew.{{Cite news |title=Wrecks on the Manx Coast |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=26 December 1870 |issue=9667 }}{{Cite news |title=Morecambe Fisher Company, Limited |newspaper=Lancaster Gazetter |location=Lancaster |date=18 February 1871 |issue=4376 }}

}}

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|ship=Golden Spring

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued by Dagmar ({{flag|Norway|1844}}). Golden Spring was on a voyage from Vyborg, Grand Duchy of Finland to Hartlepool, County Durham. She was towed in to South Shields on 28 December by the tug Reliance ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

}}

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|ship=Johann Heinrich

|flag=File:Flagge der Hansestadt Lübeck.svg Lübeck

|desc=The ship was wrecked off Travemünde, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Lübeck.

}}

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|ship=John Fyfe

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

|desc=The ship caught fire at Liverpool and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, United States to Liverpool. She was refloated in late December.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=28 December 1870 |issue=9669 }}

}}

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|ship=Pearl

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Isle of Man

|desc=The smack was abandoned in Ramsey Bay. Her crew were rescued by the Ramsey Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Ramsey to Douglas. Pearl was driven ashore and wrecked.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Peter Johns

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The barque was run into by the steamship Sappho ({{flag|Netherlands}}) and sank at Copenhagen.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Profit and Loss

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Islandmagee, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to New Ross, County Wexford. She was refloated.

}}

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|ship=Sarah L. Hall

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was refloated and taken in to Cardiff.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=21 December 1870 |issue=14473 |page=7 }}

}}

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|ship=Virgen de Begona

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship was run down and sunk off Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom by the full-rigged ship Baynton ({{flag|United States|1867}}). Virgen de Begona was on a voyage from Ponce, Puerto Rico to Hamburg.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=23 December 1870 |page=5 |issue=26941 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship=Alexander Murray

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground off Pakefield, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to London. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk to repair a leak.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ann

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

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore at Withernsea, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by the Withernsea Lifeboat.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=22 December 1870 |issue=304 }} Ann was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Lowestoft. She broke up the next day.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Charity

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

|desc=The brig was beached in the River Medway at Chatham, Kent. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Chatham.

}}

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|ship=Harbottle Castle

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

|desc=The schooner foundered off Girdleness, Aberdeenshire with the loss of all five crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Aberdeen.{{Cite news |title=Storm on the Scotch Coast |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Post |location=Birmingham |date=21 December 1870 |issue=3877 }}

}}

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|ship=Isabella Davidson

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked at Aberdeen. Both crew were rescued by the Aberdeen Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Kennetpans, Clackmannanshire to Inverness.{{Cite news |title=Fearful Gale on the East Coast |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=21 December 1870 |issue=5425 }}

}}

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|ship=Johan Cæsar

|flag={{flag|Hamburg|admiralty}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Fetlar, Shetland Islands, United Kingdom. Her eight crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to the South Sea Islands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=30 December 1870 |page=5 |issue=26947 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship=Union

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and capsized at South Shields, County Durham. Her ten crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. Union was on a voyage from London to South Shields. She was wrecked.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Two unnamed vessels

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

|desc=Franco-Prussian War: The schooners were scuttled by the Prussians in the Seine at Duclair, Seine-Inférieure, France. Their crews were taken prisoner.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

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|ship=Active

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

|desc=The ship ran aground and was wrecked near Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands. Her eight crew took to a boat, but one of them died before they were rescued the next day by the fishing boat Saint Omar ({{flag|France}}). Active was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=26 December 1870 |issue=9667 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Alpha

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Grenaa, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Kiel, Prussia.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Bexhill

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Shoreham-by-Sea.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Blossom

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland with the loss of all five crew. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Aberdeen.{{Cite news |title=Fearful Storm on the North-East Coast |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=22 December 1870 |issue=5426 }}

}}

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|ship=Emilia

|flag={{flag|Argentina|civil}}

|desc=The lighter was wrecked in the Canaleta del Riachuelo.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=6 February 1871 |page=7 |issue=26978 |column=D }}

}}

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|ship=Eva Maria

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Nore. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to London. She was refloated and towed to London in a severely damaged condition.

}}

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|ship=Glenelg

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

|desc=The ship departed from Penarth, Glamorgan for Maranhão, Brazil. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=7 July 1871 |issue=14643 |page=7 }}

}}

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|ship=Kate

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Isle of Man

|desc=The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Douglas Head. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Laxey to Maryport, Cumberland.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lake Michigan

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship ran aground in the Clyde at Paisley, Renfrewshire.{{Cite news |title=Vessels Aground in the River |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=22 December 1870 |issue=9664 }}

}}

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|ship=Northumberland

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Cardiff, Glamorgan.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Norval

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Sheep Island, Argyllshire. Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Montreal, Quebec, Canada to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.{{Cite news |title=Stranding of the Ship Norval, of Greenock |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=22 December 1870 |issue=9664 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Rapid

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

|desc=The fishing smack was wrecked at the Landguard Fort, Felixtowe, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Renovator

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Berwick upon Tweed with the loss of all but one of her crew.{{Cite news |title=Fatal Shipwrecks |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=23 December 1870 |issue=296 |page=3 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Scotia

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked at Muchalls, Kincardineshire, United Kingdom to Grimstad with the loss of four of her seven crew. She was on a voyage from Hull to Aberdeen.{{Cite news |title=The Storm on the North-East Coast of Scotland |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=22 December 1870 |issue=54901 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ulva

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship ran aground in the Clyde at Paisley.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ville d{{'}}Anvers

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The barque capsized and sank at South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom. Her eight crew were rescued. She was being towed from South Shields to North Shields, Northumberland. Ville d{{'}}Anvers was refloated on 28 December and beached.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=29 December 1870 |issue=310 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Tongue Sand and sank.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=22 December 1870 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Alice

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

|desc=Franco-Prussian War: The collier was sunk by the Prussians in the Seine at Duclair, Seine-Inférieure, France.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Germans in Normandy |date=28 December 1870 |pages=8-9 |issue=26945 |column=E-F, A }} Her crew survived.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ann

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

|desc=Franco-Prussian War: The collier was sunk by the Prussians in the Seine at Duclair. Her crew survived.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=August

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Fjällbacka, Sweden with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from an English port to Stettin.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=George

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at "Paggus". She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Gloucester.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jane Tindall

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

|desc=Franco-Prussian War: The collier, a brig, was sunk by the Prussians in the Seine at Duclair. Her crew survived.{{Cite news |title=The Seizure of British Vessels on the Seine |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=29 December 1870 |issue=9670 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jessamine

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

|desc=Franco-Prussian War: The collier was sunk by the Prussians in the Seine at Duclair. Her crew survived.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Juno

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

|desc=Franco-Prussian War: The ship was sunk by the Prussians in the Seine at Duclair.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Margaret and Ann

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Mussel Scarp. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Dover, Kent.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mary and Elizabeth

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Urr Water and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Bangor to Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbrightshire. She was refloated and beached.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=M{{'}}Laren

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

|desc=Franco-Prussian War: The collier was sunk by the Prussians in the Seine at Duclair. Her crew survived.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Paragon

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

|desc=Franco-Prussian War: The ship was sunk by the Prussians in the Seine at Duclair.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Peter

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

|desc=The brig ran aground off the Owers Lightship (22px Trinity House) and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Lisbon, Portugal.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sally Gale

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

|desc=Franco-Prussian War: The collier was sunk by the Prussians in the Seine at Duclair. Her crew survived.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=San Antonio

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

|desc=The brig sprang a leak and was beached at Cape Spartivento, Sardinia. She was on a voyage from Marianople, Russia to an English port. She had become a wreck by 5 January 1871.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sarepta

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Todhead, Aberdeenshire with the loss of three of her seven crew.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=24 December 1870 |issue=9666 }} She was on a voyage from Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France to Amble, Northumberland

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Scotia

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Aberdeen, United Kingdom with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Grimstad to Aberdeen.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Seraph

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Kinneff, Kincardineshire with the loss of four of her eight crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=St. Joseph

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

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore at Crookhaven, County Cork, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Queenstown, County Cork. She was refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sylph

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

|desc=Franco-Prussian War: The ship was sunk by the Prussians in the Seine at Duclair.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Tees

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

|desc=The steamship sank in the River Tees at Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=23 December 1870 |issue=9665 }}

}}

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|ship=Aries

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Henford, Pennsylvania, United States with the loss of seven of her crew. She was refloated and taken in to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in a wrecked condition.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=13 January 1871 |issue=10229 }}

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|ship=Baltar

|flag={{flag|Portugal|civil}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at "Senhora da Areio Mathozinhas". She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Porto.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Clarendon

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at the Turneffe Atoll, British Honduras.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Conception

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brig collided with the barque Carrie ({{flag|United States|1867}}) and foundered off the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom with the loss of two of her nine crew. Survivors were rescued by Carrie. Conception was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom to Barcelona, Spain.{{Cite news |title=Fatal Collision at Sea |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=28 December 1870 |issue=299 |page=2 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Joseph Hume

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Fjällbacka, Sweden with the loss of six of her crew. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Kiel, Prussia.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Magdala

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. She was on a voyage from Saint John to Liverpool. She was refloated on 31 December and taken in to Saint John for repairs.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=26 January 1871 |issue=7178 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Trois Sœurs

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship foundered off the Glénan Islands, Finistère.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=3 January 1871 |issue=7700 }} She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.

}}

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|ship=Antonio

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Dunball, in the River Avon. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. She was refloated on 8 January 1871 and resumed her voyage.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Arcana

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The cutter was wrecked at Saint Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure to a port in Brittany.{{Cite news |title=A Ship Wrecked at Guernsey |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=28 December 1870 |issue=14479 |page=3 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Astrid

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

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Leman Sands, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Christiania, Norway to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was refloated and put in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=26 December 1870 |issue=14477 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Clarendon

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Soubie Reef, in the South China Sea with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Saigon, French Indo-China to Hong Kong.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=7 March 1871 |issue=9728}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Eaglescliffe No. 2

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham to London. She was refloated and put into Lowestoft, Suffolk in a leaky condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Eleanore

|flag={{flag|Bremen}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Tegeler Sand, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Burntisland, Fife, United Kingdom to Bremen.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Eliza Thornton

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore in Gibraltar Bay. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Falmouth, Cornwall. She had been refloated by 29 December and found to be severely leaky.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=3 January 1871 |issue=7700 }} She was consequently condemned.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=18 January 1871 |page=7 |issue=26963 |column=F }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=General Battle

|flag={{flag|Argentina|civil}}

|desc=The steamship foundered off "Rat Island", Argentina.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=3 February 1871 |page=4 |issue=26977 |column=F }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jeune Daniel

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The lugger sprang a leak and foundered off Padstow, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Saite ({{flag|France}}). Jeune Daniel was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom to Les Sables d'Olonne, Vendée.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=10 January 1871 |page=6 |issue=26956 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=10 January 1871 |issue=7706 }}{{Cite news |title=The India and China Mails |newspaper=Morning Post |location=London |date=19 January 1871 |issue=30301 |page=3 }}

}}

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|ship=Leeming

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked {{convert|10|nmi|km}} south of Figueira da Foz, Portugal with the loss of all but one of her 21 crew. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Gibraltar.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=5 January 1871 |issue=9676 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Magda

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked near "Laurkullen". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Horten.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Newton

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Falmouth or Queenstown, County Cork.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=T. S. Reeves

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Ballinagaol, County Waterford. She was on a voyage form the Cardiff, Glamorgan to Kinsale, County Cork.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ulpiano

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

|desc=The barque was stranded on the Süderoogsand, offFöhr, Prussia {{coord|54.425|8.478889|display=inline}}[http://www.shz.de/nachrichten/schleswig-holstein/panorama/artikeldetail/artikel/das-meer-legt-die-ulpiano-frei.html Das Meer legt die "Ulpiano" frei] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130119072652/http://www.shz.de/nachrichten/schleswig-holstein/panorama/artikeldetail/artikel/das-meer-legt-die-ulpiano-frei.html |date=19 January 2013 |language=German }}

}}

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|ship=Vectis

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

|desc=The brig sprang a leak and foundered off Dale, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport to Lisbon, Portugal.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=27 December 1870 |page=5 |issue=26944 |column=F }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=Franco-Prussian War: The collier was seized by the Prussians and scuttled at Duclair, Seine-Inférieure, France.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=France |date=31 December 1870 |page=3 |issue=26948 |column=A }}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=25 December 1870 |sort=}}

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|ship=City of Sparta

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Clyde upstream of Dumbarton. She was on a voyage from the clyde to Calcutta, India.{{Cite news |title=Gale on the East Coast |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=10 January 1871 |issue=7706 }} She was refloated in mid-January 1871 and towed in to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=13 January 1871 |issue=7167 }}

}}

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|ship=Flora

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore north of Mundesley, Norfolk. Her five crew were rescued by the Mundesley Lifeboat Grocers (File:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution).{{Cite news |title=Wrecks on the Norfolk Coast |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=28 December 1870 |issue=14479 |page=3 }}

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|ship=Hannibal

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at "Landeyjar", Iceland. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=15 February 1871 |page=11 |issue=26987 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship=Isabella

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore on Heligoland. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Bremen.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Maria

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Koster Scheere, off Strömstad before 25 December. Her crew were rescued.

}}

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|ship=Minerva

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

|desc=The collier, a brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Walcott, Norfolk. Her seven crew were rescued by the Ostend Lifeboat Huddersfield (File:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Minerva was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to Rochester, Kent.

}}

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|ship=Minos

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

|desc=The steamship lost her propeller and sank in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Gipsy Queen ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Minos was on a voyage from Burntisland Fife to Geestemünde, Prussia.

}}

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|ship=Stad Appingedam

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked in the West Indies. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Colón, United States of Colombia.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=14 February 1871 |page=10 |issue=26986 |column=F }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Three unnamed vessels

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ships were wrecked at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. Their crews were rescued.{{Cite news |title=The War |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=29 December 1870 |issue=54906 }}

}}

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{{shipwreck list begin |date=26 December 1870 |sort=}}

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|ship=Annie

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore in Ballycotton Bay. She was on a voyage from the Bristol Channel to Cork.

}}

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|ship=Assomption

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship foundered {{convert|8|nmi|km}} off the Pointe de Grave, Landes. Her crew were rescued.

}}

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|ship=Don Quichotte

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The brigantine collided with the schooner Billow ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the English Channel off the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom with the loss of four of her eight crew. Don Quichotte was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Ostend, West Flanders.{{Cite news |title=Epitome of Foreign and General News |newspaper=Lloyd's Illustrated Newspaper |location=London |date=1 January 1871 |issue=1467 }}

}}

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|ship=Ella Maria

|flag={{flag|Prussia|civil}}

|desc=The ship was lost in ice in the Jahde. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Wilhelmshaven.

}}

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|ship=Jantina Catrina

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was driven ashore by ice at "Hornmersiel", Prussia. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=13 January 1871 |issue=7709 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=13 January 1871 |issue=9682 }}

}}

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|ship=Jupiter

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near "Tvisten" with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Larvik.

}}

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|ship=Kate

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

|desc=The brigantine heeled over at Dundalk, County Louth. She filled when the tide rose.

}}

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|ship=Saucy Jack

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Brae, Shetland Islands.

}}

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|ship=Warren

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

|desc=The ship was sighted off Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom whilst on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to New York, United States. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=10 February 1871 |issue=10233 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=27 December 1870 |sort=}}

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|ship=Agenoria

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Buxey Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to London.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Aline

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore in Pegwell Bay. She was on a voyage from Dunkirk, Nord, France to London. She was refloated and assisted in to Ramsgate, Kent.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Aurora

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

|desc=The steamship was damaged by fire at Naples, Italy. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Italy to London.

}}

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|ship=Freihandel

|flag={{flag|Bremen}}

|desc=The ship was driven into the steamship Douan (Flag unknown) by ice and then ran aground on the Mellumplatte, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Douan. Freihandel was on a voyage from Burntisland to Bremen.

}}

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|ship=Isabella

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Eartholmen Denmark. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Leith.

}}

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|ship=Kitty

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Mellumplatte. Her crew were rescued.

}}

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|ship=Lass o{{'}}Gowrie

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

|desc=The ship stuck a sunken pile and sank at Dunkirk. She was on a voyage from Dunkirk to Ipswich, Suffolk.

}}

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|ship=Magnet

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore in the Belfast Lough. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Belfast, County Antrim.

}}

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|ship=Norden

|flag={{flag|Prussia|civil}}

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Alexandria, Egypt. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk by the steamship Kirstall ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} and was beached at Pakefield, where she became a wreck.

}}

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|ship=Nordstern

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. She was refloated and take in to Grimstad in a leaky condition.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=2 January 1871 |page=7 |issue=26949 |column=C }}

}}

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|ship=Paul and Marie

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Scharhörn, Hamburg. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Stettin.

}}

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|ship=Primrose

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

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and sank {{convert|7|nmi|km}} south of Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire. Her crew survived.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=1 December 1870 |page=9 |issue=26922 |column=F }}

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|ship=Rhare

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Happisburgh, Norfolk. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft in a severely leaky condition.

}}

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|ship=Trial

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Runswick Bay, Yorkshire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=29 December 1870 |page=5 |issue=26945 |column=F }}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=28 December 1870 |sort=}}

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|ship=Active

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea {{convert|22|nmi|km}} north of Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium.

}}

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|ship=Arabella

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

|desc=The schooner collided with the steamship {{SS|Olympus|1860|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and was abandoned off Cape Roca, Portugal with the loss of three of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Olympus. Arabella was on a voyage from "Laga Buoto" to Dublin.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=3 January 1871 |issue=7159 }}

}}

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|ship=Clara

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore in the Guadalquivir. She was on a voyage from Pomaron to Lisbon, Portugal. She was refloated on 22 January 1871.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=26 January 1871 |issue=9694 }}

}}

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|ship=Hydra

|flag={{flag|Prussia|civil}}

|desc=The ship sank at Geestemünde. She was on a voyage from Cienfuegos, Cuba to Geestemünde.

}}

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|ship=Rota

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Barcelona, Spain.

}}

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|ship=Wanderer

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on the Colorado Reef, off the coast of Cuba. Her crew were rescued by Manuelita ({{flagicon|Spain|civil-1785}} Cuba. Wanderer was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=3 February 1871 |issue=4488 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=29 December 1870 |sort=}}

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|ship=Caroline Goodyear

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

|desc=The ship was damaged by fire at Hamburg.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ellen

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Buckie, Banffshire. She was on a voyage from Lossiemouth, Lothian to Buckie.

}}

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|ship=Gloria Deo

|flag={{flag|Hamburg|admiralty}}

|desc=The galliot sank in the Elbe downstream of Cuxhaven. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen, United Kingdom to Altona.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=John and Mary

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore by ice at Store Heddinge, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Alloa, Clackmannanshire. She was consequently condemned.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=1 February 1871 |issue=9699 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Liberal

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Langeoog, Prussia. Three of the sixteen people on board were reported missing. The rest were rescued by a lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Hamburg.

}}

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|ship=Thusuelda

|flag={{flag|Bremen}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Langeoog. Three of the sixteen people on board were reported Missing. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Bremen.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Victoria

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

|desc=The schooner sprang a leak and was beached at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, where she subsequently sank. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Bangor to Poole, Dorset.

}}

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|ship=Wanderer

|flag=22px Rostock

|desc=Franco-Prussian War: The ship, which had been captured by a French navy warship and was under the charge of a prize crew, was run down and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by {{ship|Russian corvette|Vityaz|1862|2}} ({{navy|Russian Empire}}) with the loss of two lives. Wanderer had been on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Rosario, Argentina.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=19 January 1871 |issue=7714 }}

}}

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|ship=Unnamed

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship collided with the schooner Accra ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and foundered in the Irish Sea off Holyhead, Anglesey, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=3 January 1871 |issue=7159 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=3 January 1871 |issue=7159 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=30 December 1870 |sort=}}

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|ship=Elizabeth Ann Bright

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

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Lisbon, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Oran, Algeria to the Clyde. She was destroyed by fire on 5 January 1871.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=7 January 1871 |issue=7704 }}

}}

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|ship=Gio Battista O.

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

|desc=The ship struck the wreck of Antilles ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) in the Clyde and was holed at the bows. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom to Odessa, Russia. She put back to Glasgow.

}}

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|ship=Pilgrim

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

|desc=The fishing smack collided with the steamship Despatch ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and foundered in the North Sea {{convert|30|nmi|km}} off Spurn Point, Yorkshire with the loss of three of her five crew. Survivors were rescued by Despatch.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=2 January 1871 |issue=14483 |page=6 }}

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|ship=Sappho

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked at Cape George, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=27 January 1871 |issue=9695 }}

}}

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|ship=Wolfe

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at the mouth of the River Cart. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to the Clyde.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=31 December 1870 |sort=}}

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|ship=Bonnie Lass

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

|desc=The schooner was damaged by ice at Bonar Bridge, Sutherland.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|De Soto|1859|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship was destroyed by fire in the Mississippi River downstream of New Orleans, Louisiana. She was on a voyage from New Orleans to New York.

}}

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|ship=Lady McDonald

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore by ice at the mouth of the Geeste.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=3 January 1871 |issue=7700 }} She was on a voyage from Bremen to New York, United States.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=3 January 1871 |issue=9674 }} She was later refloated and taken in to Geestemünde.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=7 January 1871 |issue=9678 }}

}}

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|ship=Michele

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was wrecked at "Rinopolis". She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to a British port.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=20 January 1871 |page=6 |issue=26965 |column=F }}

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|ship=Paragon

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Burghead, Moray. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Burghead in a leaky condition.

}}

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|ship=Patience

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

|desc=The brig ran aground at Portland, Dorset.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=4 January 1871 |page=7 |issue=26951 |column=B }} She was on a voyage from Portland to Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=4 January 1871 |issue=7701 }}

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|ship=Rhodas

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

|desc=The schooner caught fire and sank in the River Thames at Blackwall, Middlesex.

}}

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|ship=Sea Flower

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked at Lybster, Caithness. Her crew were rescued.

}}

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|ship=Waverley

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked on Hesselø, Denmark. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Hartlepool, County Durham.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=24 January 1871 |issue=9692 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked on Bird Island. She was on a voyage from Port Elizabeth to the Colony of Natal.

}}

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|ship=Adda

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The barque was lost near Castillos, Uruguay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to an English port.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Advance

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Juelsand after 16 December. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. Advance did not complete her voyage and was presumed to have foundered with the loss of all 21 crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Wrecks |date=9 January 1871 |page=8 |issue=26955 |column=C }}

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|ship=Æolus

|flag={{flag|Bremen}}

|desc=The barque sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Dorothy Thomson ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Æolus was on a voyage from the Gulf of Mexico to Bremen.{{Cite news |title=Fearful Shipwrecks and Disasters at Sea |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=12 December 1870 |issue=5417 }}

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|ship=Aglae

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

|desc=The barque foundered off the Lemon and Ower Sand, in the North Sea with the loss of all hands after 12 December.{{Cite news |title=The Eastern Coast |newspaper=Morning Post |location=London |date=24 December 1870 |issue=30279 |page=5 }} She was on a voyage from Chiltepec, Mexico to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Aimable Jeune

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Shears. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. She was refloated.

}}

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|ship=Alaric

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

|desc=The ship driven ashore in the Gut of Canso. She was on a voyage from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada to Penarth, Glamorgan. She was later refloated.

}}

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|ship=Aldaminz

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=15 December 1870 |issue=9658 }}

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|ship=Alice

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Barcelona, Spain to Matanzas, Cuba. She was later refloated and taken in to Gibraltar in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=9 January 1871 |issue=9679 }}

}}

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|ship=Alida

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

|desc=The ship was lost neat Castillos, Uruguay. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to an English port.

}}

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|ship=Alliance

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Surinam. She was on a voyage from Surinam to the Clyde. She was refloated.

}}

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|ship=Alvaraod

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States.

}}

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|ship=Ane Kirstine

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.

}}

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|ship=Anglo American

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

|desc=The ship was lost at Cabo Corrientes, Cuba. She was on a voyage from Truxillo to New York.

}}

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|ship=Anna

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Rum Cay, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Sagua La Grande, Cuba to Boston, Massachusetts.

}}

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|ship=Ann Elizabeth

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the Swedish coast. She was on a voyage from Memel, Prussia to Liverpool. She was refloated and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark.

}}

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|ship=Anne Porter

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

|desc=The ship struck the wreck of the steamship Lismore ({{Flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank at Woosung, China.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Antje

|flag={{flag|Prussia|civil}}

|desc=The ship sank at Kolberg. She was on a voyage from Emden to Leer.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=9 December 1870 |issue=9653 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Antonia

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of Patagonia, Argentina.

}}

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|ship=Argos

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked on the Longsand. Her crew were rescued by Faith ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Argos was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom.{{cite book |title=The Salvagers |first=Hervey |last=Benham |author-link=Hervey Benham |page=192 |publisher=Essex County Newspapers Ltd |location=Colchester |year=1980 |isbn=00-950944-2-3}}

}}

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|ship=Ariel

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at North Rustico, Prince Edward Island.

}}

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|ship=Auguste Duvin

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Monte Video, Uruguay. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Monte Video.

}}

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|ship=Aurora

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Læsø, Denmark with the loss of five of her nine crew. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Swinemünde, Prussia.

}}

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|ship=Aygyptoe

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship collided with the steamship Blyth ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the Danube.

}}

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|ship=Aztics

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

|desc=The ship struck a rock off Hong Kong and was beached in Kowloon Bay. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Shanghai, China.

}}

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|ship=Belmont

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked in Cymras Bay. She was on a voyage from New York to Liverpool.

}}

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|ship=Betty English

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Truxillo.

}}

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|ship=Black Boys

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Ryde, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to London. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=2 January 1871 |issue=9673 }}

}}

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|ship=Blyth Knott

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned at sea in a waterlogged condition.

}}

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|ship=Bolivar

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Liverpool. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to the West Indies.

}}

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|ship=Bombay Packet

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Saint John's Bay with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony to the Bristol Channel.{{Cite news |title=Loss of a Waterford Vessel |newspaper=Freeman's Journal |location=Dublin |date=20 December 1870 }}

}}

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|ship=Canopus

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

|desc=The barque capsized with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Memel to London. Survivors were rescued by a schooner. Canopus was towed in to Danzig on 7 December in a waterlogged condition, with the two corpses on board. She was consequently condemned.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=19 April 1871 |issue=14575 |page=7 }}

}}

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|ship=Carrie Puriton

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Bath, Maine to Havana, Cuba.

}}

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|ship=Cassandra

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at St. Anthony's Lighthouse, Cornwall. She was refloated and taken in to Falmouth, Cornwall.

}}

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|ship=Catawba

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Exuma, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Exuma to New York.

}}

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|ship=Charlotte

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Læsø She was on a voyage from Gävle, Sweden to London.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=5 December 1870 |issue=9649 }}

}}

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|ship=Childers

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to London.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=29 December 1870 |issue=9670 }}

}}

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|ship=Cincinnati

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

|desc=The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Genoa, Italy.

}}

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|ship=City of Dublin

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Southwest Spit. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New York.

}}

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|ship=Clothilda

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Wells, Maine, United States. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Portland, Maine.

}}

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|ship=Concordia

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Öland. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam to Stockholm. She was refloated and taken in to Kalmar.

}}

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|ship=Crasio

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Marianople, Russia to Marseille.

}}

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|ship=Darien

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at South West Point. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool. She was on a voyage from .{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=30 December 1870 |page=5 |issue=26947 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship=Daybreak

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Vlissingen. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Delta

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Taganrog, Russia to Falmouth. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

}}

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|ship=Deux Associes

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at La Trinité-sur-Mer, Morbihan. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Briton Ferry, Glamorgan. She was refloated and found to be leaky.

}}

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|ship=Duncairn

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Rangafulla Channel. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

}}

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|ship=Ealing Grove

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

|desc=The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from London to Riga, Russia. She was refloated and taken in to Helsingør.

}}

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|ship=Emanuel

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Rønne, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Memel.

}}

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|ship=Eme

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Foochow, China to London. She was refloated and taken in to Gravesend, Kent.

}}

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|ship=Ettina

|flag={{flag|Prussia|civil}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Nidden. She was on a voyage from "Lee" to Memel.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=6 December 1870 |issue=9650 }}

}}

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|ship=Euphemia

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Truxillo.

}}

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|ship=European

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Traverse. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Liverpool.

}}

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|ship=Flower of Arun

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at East London, Cape Colony.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Francesca Madre R.

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was wrecked in the Sea of Marmara. She was on a voyage from a Mediterranean port to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Geertruda Jacoba

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked {{convert|6|nmi|km}} east of Licata, Sicily, Italy before 9 December. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Trieste to Messina, Sicily.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=4 February 1871 |issue=7728 }}

}}

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|ship=Georgiana

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Mobile, Alabama. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Mobile.

}}

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|ship=George Roberts

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Pampus. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Gloucester. She was refloated and taken in to Rotterdam.

}}

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|ship=Glory of the Seas

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the River Thames at Blackwall, Middlesex. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California, United States to London.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=12 December 1870 |issue=9655 }}

}}

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|ship=Governor Morton

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Tybee Island, Georgia before 7 December. She was on a voyage from Phoenix Island to Savannah, Georgia.

}}

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|ship=Gustav Wasa

|flag={{flag|Prussia|civil}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Viucta Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Swinemünde. She was later refloated and taken in to Swinemünde.

}}

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|ship=Harriet Agnes

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Galaţi, Ottoman Empire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Hector

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

|desc=The brig was abandoned in the North Sea before 14 December. She was on a voyage from Gävle, Sweden to Hartlepool.

}}

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|ship=Hendricka Pybes

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The ship sank near Riga. She was on a voyage from Riga to a Belgian port.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=13 December 1870 |issue=9656 }}

}}

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|ship=Heinrich Wupper

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Medem Sand.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=30 December 1870 |issue=9671 }}

}}

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|ship=Humberstone

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

|desc=The barque foundered off the coast of Formosa. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Foo Chow Foo, China.

}}

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|ship=Iona

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

|desc=The ship was lost near Monte Video{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=13 December 1870 |issue=9656 }}

}}

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|ship=Isabella

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated with assistance.

}}

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|ship=Jacobus

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Bornholm, Denmark and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Amsterdam.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jerome

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground off "Chapes Virado". She was refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Joanis

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was wrecked in the Dardanelles.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=John E. Chase

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

|desc=The ship was holed by ice at New Castle, Pennsylvania. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia to Antwerp, Belgium.

}}

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|ship=John Gustav Cordis

|flag={{flag|Hamburg|admiralty}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Scharhörn, Hamburg. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Hamburg.

}}

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|ship=John Todd

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

|desc=The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with loss of life. Survivors were rescued by the full-rigged ship Euxine ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite news |title=Presentation to a Captain |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=4 April 1871 |issue=14562 |page=6 }}

}}

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|ship=Julia

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Surinam to Boston, Massachusetts.

}}

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|ship=Junfrau

|flag={{flag|Hamburg|admiralty}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and abandoned near Cuxhaven. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Hamburg.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Kago Emile

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at New Romney, Kent. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom to Barcelona. She was refloated and taken in to Newhaven, Sussex, United Kingdom.

}}

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|ship=Kalahome

|flag={{flag|Siam|1855}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Lycemon Pass. She was refloated and found to be severely leaky. She was beached at Hong Kong before 28 December.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=7 February 1871 |page=4 |issue=26980 |column=E-F }}

}}

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|ship=Kebroyd

|flag={{flagcountry|British Raj}}

|desc=The ship ran aground at the entrance to the Shatt al-Arab. She was on a voyage from Swansea to Bussorah, Persia. She was refloated and put in to Bombay, India.

}}

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|ship=Land o{{'}} Cakes

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Boston, Massachusetts.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Laurents

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Kertch.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lorina

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

|desc=The ship struck rocks at "Cochinos", Spain. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Cádiz, Spain. She was refloated and taken in to the Bay of Cádiz.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Louis Marie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Carmen, Uruguay. She was on a voyage from Carmen to Marseille.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Manning

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Hat Key Reef. She was on a voyage from Puerto Cabello, Venezuela to Belize City, British Honduras.

}}

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|ship=Martha Bowker

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at "Schuylkill". She was on a voyage from Philadelphia to Bremen.

}}

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|ship=Martinus Henriette

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground on Schulmansplaat. She was on a voyage from London to Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland. She was refloated and taken in to Hellevoetsluis.

}}

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|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The ship struck the pier at Dover, Kent and sprang a leak. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium.

}}

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|ship=Mary Fenwick

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Low Hauxley, Northumberland.

}}

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|ship=Mary Maria

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Harrisburg, Nova Scotia with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Sydney, Nova Scotia to Boston, Massachusetts.

}}

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|ship=Mercedita

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Folly Island, South Carolina. She was on a voyage from New York to Charleston, South Carolina.

}}

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|ship=Mercia

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Berdianski, Russia to Falmouth. She was refloated.

}}

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|ship=Milano

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked at Cape Spartivento, Sardinia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to Venice.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mill Driver

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Cape Henlopen, Delaware.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=22 December 1870 |issue=9664 }}

}}

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|ship=Millicete

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Heligoland. She was refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Milos

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles near Cape Sestos, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Falmouth. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mina

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

|desc=The schooner was abandoned in a waterlogged condition. She was on a voyage from Dram to Papenburg, Prussia.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Minerva

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore {{convert|6|nmi|km}} east of Licata. Her crew were rescued.

}}

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|ship=Morning Star

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen, Denmark to Boston.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=7 December 1870 |issue=9651 }} She was subsequently discovered by a British government steamship.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Nestor

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore by ice downstream of Cuxhaven.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Neva

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at the entrance to the Caledonian Canal. She was on a voyage from Riga to Belfast. She was refloated and towed in to Belfast in a leaky condition by the steamship Flying Sylph ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|Civil}}.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=5 December 1870 |issue=14459 }}

}}

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|ship=Ocean Wave

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from New Orleans to Liverpool. She was taken in to Nassau, Bahamas in a derelict condition on 18 December. She was repaired and resumed her voyage, but subsequently foundered.

}}

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|ship=Ottawa

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Thomas Point. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Baltimore, Maryland, United States. She was later refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ottille

|flag=22px Danzig

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Rønne, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Grimsby to Danzig.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Pensee

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Mardyk, Nord. She was on a voyage from Oran, Algeria to Dunkirk, Nord.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=21 December 1870 |issue=9663 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Phare

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Happisburgh, Norfolk. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a severely leaky condition .

}}

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|ship=Professor Matheson

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The barque was wrecked on reefs off Cape São Rocque, Brazil before 8 December. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Rangoon, Burma.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Reburn Rose

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Cape Forchu, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia to Saint John, New Brunswick.

}}

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|ship=Rossway

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

|desc=The ship was lost at Lagos, Africa. She was on a voyage from Africa to Liverpool.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=4 January 1871 |issue=9675 }}

}}

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|ship=Royal Arthur

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

|desc=The ship caught fire at San Francisco.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Samson

|flag={{flag|Prussia|civil}}

|desc=The ship was beached in the Elbe downstream of Twielenfleth.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=San Francisco

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

|desc=The ship was beached on Bermuda. She was on a voyage from New York to Bermuda.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sarah Louisa

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked in the Bahamas. She was on a voyage from Havana to Boston, Massachusetts.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Saxon

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

|desc=The steamship struck a sunken rock off Struys Point, Cape Colony and was damaged. She was placed under repair.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Seaton

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Southampton, Hampshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sharon

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

|desc=The ship collided with another vessel and was abandoned. She was on a voyage from New York to Constantinople.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Silver Oar

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Riga to London.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Souvenir

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Sisal, Mexico. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Spark

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of the Newfoundland Colony. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Canada to Penarth.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=19 January 1871 |issue=14498 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=St. Louis

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Memory Rock. She was on a voyage from New Orleans

to an English port.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=5 December 1870 |page=6 |issue=26924 |column=D }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=St. Philomene

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Calvados. She was on a voyage from the Mellacorée River to Caen, Calvados.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Stromness

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Lovells Island, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from Port-au-Prince, Haiti to Boston, Massachusetts.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Suomets

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Kertch.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Syren

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Gratness Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Fair Isle.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Thisnelde

|flag={{flag|Bremen}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on "Landwoog". She was on a voyage from Philadelphia to Bremen.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Trovatore

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

|desc=The barque capsized off Cape Spartivento with the loss of six of the ten people on board. Survivors were rescued by an Italian brig. She was on a voyage from Palermo, Sicily to Trieste.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Twinkling Star

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Savanna-la-Mar, Jamaica before 9 December. She was on a voyage from Kingston, Jamaica to New Orleans. She was consequently condemned.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Two Brodre

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Hundelbakje and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Brake, Prussia to Copenhagen.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ukko

|flag={{flagicon|Russian Empire}} Grand Duchy of Finland

|desc=The ship was taken in to Rønne, Denmark in a waterlogged condition. She was on a voyage from Lübeck to Pori.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ulpiano

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked on Süderoog, Prussia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Spain to Hamburg.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Valentia

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked at Scilla, Italy. She was on a voyage from Taganrog to Marseille.

}}

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|ship=Veteran

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Edgartown, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from Kronstadt, Russia to New York. She was refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Victor

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

|desc=The brig was abandoned in the North Sea before 21 December.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=14 January 1871 |issue=9684 }}

}}

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|ship=Victoria

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Skallo Reef. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall to Kiel, Prussia.

}}

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|ship=Victoria

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and sank at Clockhouse Point. She was on a voyage from Bangor to Poole, Dorset.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=30 December 1870 |issue=9671 }}

}}

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|ship=Virginia

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

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic to New York.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Watchful

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

|desc=The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Huelva, Spain to London.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Wenogen

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Dublin. She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen.

}}

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• 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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1870-12

Category:Maritime incidents in December 1870