List of shipwrecks in February 1870

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|ship={{SS|Brunette||2}}

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

|desc=During a voyage from New York City to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the 274-gross register ton steam screw cargo ship sank with the loss of two lives six minutes after colliding with the steamer {{SS|Santiago de Cuba||2}} (flag unknown) in the North Atlantic Ocean off Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey, in {{convert|75|ft|m|0}} of water. There were 11 survivors. Brunette{{'}}s wreck is known as the "Doorknob Wreck."[https://njscuba.net/sites/site_brunette.php njscuba.net Brunette ("Doorknob Wreck")]

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|ship={{PS|Cruizer|1860|2}}

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

|desc=The paddle tug was driven ashore in Porlock Bay. Her crew survived.{{Cite news |title=Loss of a Cardiff Tug-boat in the Bristol Channel |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=4 February 1870 |issue=240 |edition=Second}}

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|ship=Danube

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

|desc=The ship caught fire at Jersey, Channel Islands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=2 February 1870 |issue=6872 }}

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|ship=Hygeia

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

|desc=The barque was severely damaged by fire at Ancona, Papal States.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=8 February 1870 |issue=33 }}

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|ship=Jenny

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

|desc=The ship collided with the brig Maria ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank off Spurn Head, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Thisted, Denmark to Hull, Yorkshire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=2 February 1870 |issue=6872 }}

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|ship=Louisa Ann Fanny

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Gothenburg, Sweden. She was on a voyage from London to Gothenburg. She was refloated.

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|ship=Mellna

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Embla ({{flag|Norway|1844}}). Mellna was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Hamburg. She was subsequently taken in tow by Antagonist ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

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|ship=Rival

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

|desc=The ship was sighted off the mouth of the River Plate whilst on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to an English port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=19 March 1870 |issue=6911 }}

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|ship=Sheffield

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

|desc=The steamship sank at Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=4 February 1870 |issue=4436 }}

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|ship=William

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Saltfleet, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from London to Selby, Yorkshire.

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|ship=Zenobe

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Kirkcudbright. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France to Kirkcudbright.

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|ship=Britannia

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

|desc=The ship was severely damaged by fire at London.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=3 February 1870 |issue=6873 }}

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|ship=Helen Scott

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Aberdeen. Her crew were rescued by the Aberdeen Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Amble, Northumberland to Aberdeen.

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|ship=Marwell

|flag={{flagcountry|New Zealand}}

|desc=The 28-ton cutter hit rocks near Tiritiri Matangi Island in the Hauraki Gulf while laden with kauri gum and timber.Ingram & Wheatley, p. 168.

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|ship=Navita

|flag=22px Newfoundland Colony

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Head's Harbour. She was on a voyage from Saint John's to Havana, Cuba.

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|ship=Olive M. Rourke

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Wexford, United Kingdom. She was towed in to Santa Maria Island, Azores on 28 May by Moshesh ({{flag|France}}).{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=8 July 1870 |issue=14331 |page=7 }}

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|ship=River Jumna

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

|desc=The ship departed from Newcastle, New South Wales for San Francisco, California, United States. No further trace presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=9 September 1870 |issue=9575 }}

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|ship=Ystavet

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

|desc=The ship put in to Penang, Straits Settlements on fire. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Rangoon, Burma.

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|ship=Eliza

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the English Channel off Elbury Point, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to La Rochelle, Charente-Inférieure, France.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=7 February 1870 |page=11 |issue=26667 |column=F }}

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|ship=Flora

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

|desc=The brigantine ran aground on the Barnard Sand. Her eight crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Hull, Yorkshire.{{Cite news |title=Lowestoft |newspaper=Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=12 February 1870 |issue=6814 }}

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|ship=Lady Cartier

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

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Falmouth, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.

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|ship=Malika

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

|desc=The schooner was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Embla ({{flag|Norway|1844}}). Malika was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Hamburg. She was towed in to Dartmouth, Devon by the tug Guide ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite news |title=District News |newspaper=Trewman's Exeter Flying Post |location=Exeter |date=9 February 1870 |issue=5408 }}

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|ship=Martha

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Brandon, County Kerry, United Kingdom. Her eight crew were rescued by a pilot boat. She was on a voyage from Saint John's to Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=4 February 1870 |issue=6874 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipwreck and Narrow Escape of the Crew |newspaper=Bradford Observer |location=Bradford |date=7 February 1870 |issue=2222 |page=3 |volume=37 }}

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|ship=No-name

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Liscannor Bay.

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|ship=Sarah Hughes

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore near Warrenpoint, County Down.

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|ship=Transit

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Boston, Massachusetts, United States. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=4 February 1870 |issue=6874 }}

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|ship=Waterlily

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

|desc=The abandoned barque came ashore and was wrecked {{convert|20|nmi|km}} north of Cabo Mondego, Portugal. She had been on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Bombay, India. Her crew were presumed to have been lost.{{Cite news |title=Portugal |newspaper=Morning Post |location=London |date=17 February 1870 |issue=30014 |page=5 }}

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|ship=Artemis

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

|desc=The brig was holed by ice and sank at Brăila, Ottoman Empire.

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|ship=Advance, and
Ashford

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

|desc=The steamship Ashford collided with the steamship Advance ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank off Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by Advance, which subsequently sank off Ryhope, County Durham.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=7 February 1870 |issue=32 }} All on board Advance were rescued by the tug {{PS|Fiery Cross|1867|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite news |title=Disastrous Collision |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=8 February 1870 |issue=14202 |page=6 }}

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|ship=Elize

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brigantine was wrecked in Tor Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to La Rochelle, Charente-Inférieure.{{Cite news |title=Torquay |newspaper=Trewman's Exeter Flying Post |location=Exeter |date=9 February 1870 |issue=5408 }}

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|ship=Flamingo

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|200|nmi|km}} off the coast of County Clare with the loss of two of her four crew. She was on a voyage from Africa to Liverpool, Lancashire.

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|ship=Florence Pope

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked on Cape Clear Island, County Cork with the loss of two of her four crew. She was on a voyage from Lagos, Africa to Liverpool.{{Cite news |title=Wreck of the "Florence Pope" |newspaper=Bradford Observer |location=Bradford |date=9 February 1870 |issue=2224 |page=3 |volume=37 }}

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|ship=Hurry Seedee

|flag={{flagcountry|British Raj}}

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Indian Ocean in a sinking condition. Her crew were rescued by William Fairburn ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Hurry Seedee was on a voyage from Calcutta to the Maldive Islands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=8 March 1870 |page=11 |issue=26692 |column=E }}

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|ship=Luther

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

|desc=The ship collided with Bonny ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the Sloyne. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Runcorn, Cheshire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=5 February 1870 |page=11 |issue=26666 |column=E }}

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|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Pittenweem, Fife.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=8 February 1870 |page=10 |issue=26668 |column=E }}

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|ship=Unnamed

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Kingsbridge, Devon, United Kingdom with loss of life.{{Cite news |title=Latest Summary |newspaper=Lloyd's Illustrated Newspaper |location=London |date=6 February 1870 |issue=1420 }}

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|ship=Petrino Palazo

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore near Lagos, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Brăila, Ottoman Empire to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=8 February 1870 |issue=14202 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Active

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Duncansby Head, Caithness with the loss of all six crew. She was on a voyage from Wick, Caithness to a Norwegian port.{{Cite news |title=General News |newspaper=Bradford Observer |location=Bradford |date=9 February 1870 |issue=2224 |page=4 |volume=37 }}{{Cite news |title=The Storm |newspaper=Sheffield Independent |location=Sheffield |date=9 February 1870 |issue=5172 |page=3 |volume=51 }}

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|ship=Eureka

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Dartmouth, Devon with the loss of three of her nine crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Plymouth, Devon.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=9 February 1870 |page=11 |issue=26669 |column=F }}

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|ship=Eva

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Banff, Aberdeenshire with the loss of one of her six crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ship News |date=8 February 1870 |page=10 |issue=26668 |column=E }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=8 February 1870 |issue=6877 }}

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|ship=Harriette

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

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Swansea, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Port Madoc, Caernarfonshire to Gloucester.

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|ship=Hebes

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

|desc=The schooner ran ashore and was wrecked at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Newcastle upon Tyne.{{Cite news |title=Fearful Gale. Numerous Shipping Casualties |newspaper=York Herald |location=York |date=12 February 1870 |issue=5070 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Hero

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

|desc=The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Withernsea, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by the Coastguard.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=11 February 1870 |issue=4437 }}

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|ship=John Bell

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

|desc=The schooner was abandoned off Ramsey, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued by the Ramsey Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Red Bay, Ireland to Barrow in Furness, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Storms and Shipwrecks |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=11 February 1870 |issue=4437 }}

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|ship=Medea

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

|desc=The brig ran ashore at Flamborough Head. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Newcastle upon Tyne. She was refloated on 15 February and taken in to Bridlington.

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|ship=Toni

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Hull, Yorkshire.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=8 February 1870 |issue=14202 |page=7 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=9 February 1870 |issue=6878 }}

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|ship=America

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

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Oaze Sand, in the Thames Estuary. She was on a voyage from London to the West Indies. She was refloated and put back to London.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=9 February 1870 |issue=14203 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Antias

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Hartlepool, County Durham.

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|ship=Brownlow

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Middlegrund, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Danzig to an English port. She was refloated on 17 February.

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|ship=Elizabeth A. Bird

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Dundrum Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Africa. She was later refloated and taken in to Belfast, County Antrim.

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|ship=Hebe

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the North Sand, in the North Sea.

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|ship=Janette

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore near Sligo. She was on a voyage from Oyster Island, County Sligo to Sligo.

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|ship=Marion

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Saltfleet, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Rochester, Kent to Hull, Yorkshire.

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|ship=Oregon

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Cournanisi Rock, off Cape St. Angelo, Ottoman Empire. Her sixteen crew survived.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Naval and Military Intelligence |date=9 March 1870 |page=12 |issue=26693 |column=B }} She was on a voyage from Angostura to Cartagena, Spain.

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|ship=Orestes

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

|desc=The brig was damaged by fire at Hartlepool.

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|ship=Pilot

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Hartlepool. Her eight crew were rescued by the West Hartlepool Lifeboat.

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|ship=Pool

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the North Sand.

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|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=A schooner was wrecked off Duncansby Head, Caithness, United Kingdom; there were no survivors.

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|ship=Admiral

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

|desc=The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by the Great Yarmouth Lifeboat.{{Cite news |title=Heavy Gale at Yarmouth |newspaper=Bradford Observer |location=Bradford |date=9 February 1870 |issue=2224 |page=3 |volume=37 }}

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|ship=Adret

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Inchcolm, Fife. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She subsequently floated off and ran aground on the Drum Sands. She was taken in to Granton, Lothian on 5 March in a capsized condition.

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|ship=Albion

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Hartlepool, County Durham. She was refloated with the assistance of three tugs and taken in to Hartlepool.

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|ship=Aurora

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore {{convert|1|nmi|km}} south of Southwold, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Gravelines, Nord to Ipswich, Suffolk.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=11 February 1870 |issue=14205 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Biago Asserto

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship ran aground at the entrance to Lough Foyle.

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|ship=Dasso

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea {{convert|70|nmi|km}} north west of Heligoland with the loss of six of her crew. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Hamburg.

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|ship=Emma

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

|desc=The schooner struck the Mussel Craig, off Collieston, Aberdeenshire and was wrecked with the loss of all on board.{{Cite news |title=Disasters from the Late Gales |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=10 February 1870 |issue=5157 }}

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|ship=Freden

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked on the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy.

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|ship=Helena

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked on the Black Middens, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. Her fourteen crew were rescued by the South Shields Lifeboat Northumberland (file:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution).{{Cite news |title=Severe Storm |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=11 February 1870 |issue=10181 }} Helena was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Pará, Brazil.

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|ship=Henry

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

|desc=The brigantine was wrecked on Sanday, Orkney Islands, United Kingdom with the loss of seven of her ten crew.{{Cite news |title=Another Fatal Wreck in the North of Scotland |newspaper=Morning Post |location=London |date=12 February 1870 |issue=30010 |page=5 }}

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|ship=Herbert Birch

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Warrenpoint, County Antrim.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=9 February 1870 |issue=9393 }}

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|ship=Hutoka

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

|desc=The ship departed from Falmouth, Cornwall for Hamburg. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=3 June 1870 |issue=14301 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Kate

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

|desc=The ship put in to Hartlepool, where she sank. She was on a voyage from Great Yarmouth, Norfolk to Seaham, County Durham.

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|ship=Lady Clarke

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Adra, Spain.

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|ship=Light of the Harem, or
Pride of the Harem

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Tynemouth, Northumberland. Her five crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.

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|ship=Margheramore

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

|desc=The ship sprang a leak, caught fire and was destroyed. She was on a voyage from Larne, County Antrim to Stranraer, Wigtownshire.

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|ship=Martha Lloyd

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Harwich, Essex. She was on a voyage from Pomaron, Portugal to Ipswich. She was refloated with assistance from the smack Alfred, the paddle tug {{PS|Reaper|1867|2}} and the yawl Trio (all {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite news |title=Ipswich County Court |newspaper=Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=12 March 1870 |issue=6818 }}

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|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Silloth, Cumberland.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=9 February 1870 |issue=6878 }}

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|ship=Mary Stewart

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Campbeltown, Argyllshire.

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|ship=Onward

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in Lough Foyle.

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|ship=Panope

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Middleton, County Durham. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Paquita

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

|desc=The barque was lost off "Gunabo Point".{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=23 February 1870 |issue=6890 }}

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|ship=Parnaby

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

|desc=The brigantine ran aground on the Middleton Sand, off the coast of County Durham.

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|ship=Peacock

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

|desc=The brig struck the pier at Blyth, Northumberland and was beached. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France to Blyth.

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|ship=Star of Ind

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to London.{{Cite news |title=Heavy Gale at Yarmouth |newspaper=Bradford Observer |location=Bradford |date=9 February 1870 |issue=2224 |page=3 |volume=37 }}

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|ship=Sundew

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Coquet Island, Northumberland.

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|ship=Susan Ann

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham.

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|ship=Susannah

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on the Black Middens with the loss of one of her five crew. Survivors were rescued by rocket apparatus, but a rescuer lost his life. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to London.{{Cite news |title=Storm on the North-east Coast |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=9 February 1870 |issue=6878 }}

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|ship={{SS|Tasso|1864|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea {{convert|70|nmi|km}} off Heligoland with the loss of six of her 21 crew. Survivors were rescued by the smack Elbe ({{flag|Bremen}}).{{Cite news |title=Foundering of the steamer Tasso off Heligoland |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=14 February 1870 |issue=54635 }}{{Cite news |title=Loss of the steamship "Tasso," of Sunderland |newspaper=Bradford Observer |location=Bradford |date=14 February 1870 |issue=2228 |page=3 |volume=37 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=14 February 1870 |issue=38 }} Tasso was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Hamburg.

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|ship=Troubadour

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

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Brake Sand, off the east Kent coast. She was refloated.

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|ship=Aurora

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her eight crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=10 February 1870 |issue=6879 }}{{Cite news |title=Colchester |newspaper=Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=12 February 1870 |issue=6814 }}

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|ship=Bessie Mitchell

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

|desc=The schooner was run down and sunk off Lundy Island, Devon by the brig Volage ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Her crew survived. Bessie Mitchell was on a voyage from Briton Ferry, Glamorgan to Southampton, Hampshire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=12 February 1870 |page=12 |issue=26672 |column=D }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Court of Admiralty, July 20 |date=21 July 1870 |page=1 |issue=26808 |column=B }}

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|ship={{SS|Jacana|1869|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued by the fishing smacks Mary Ann and Rapid (both {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Jacana was on her maiden voyage, from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Cork.{{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}}{{cite web |url=http://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/J-Ships/jacana1870.html |title=Jacana |publisher=Shipping & Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=17 November 2020}}

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|ship=Mary Walker

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked at Southwest Harbor, Maine, United States.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=25 April 1870 |page=6 |issue=26733 |column=E }}

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|ship=Junon

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The lugger foundered {{convert|5|nmi|km}} north east of St. Ives, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by a British steamship. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Pont-Audemer, Eure.

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|ship=Maggie Hayes

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

|desc=The steamship suffered a boiler explosion at Helena, Louisiana with the loss of ten lives. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=28 February 1870 |issue=6894 }}{{Cite news |title=General News |newspaper=Bradford Observer |location=Bradford |date=1 March 1870 |issue=2241 |page=4 |volume=37 }}

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|ship=Renown

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked in the Sir Edward Pellew Group of Islands, Northern Territory, South Australia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bangkok, Siam to Yokohama, Japan.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=2 May 1870 |page=6 |issue=26739 |column=F }}

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|ship=Alert

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on the Drum Sand, in the Firth of Forth off Burntisland, Fife, United Kingdom. Her crew survived.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=12 February 1870 |issue=14206 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Bluebell

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Warrenpoint, County Down. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Warrenpoint. She was refloated and towed in to Warrenpoint.

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|ship=Carmela

|flag={{flag|Malta|1814}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Mogador, Morocco. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Dordrecht

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship capsized and was severely damaged.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=12 February 1870 |issue=6881 }}

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|ship=Edith May

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

|desc=The ship departed from Swansea, Glamorgan for Cádiz, Spain. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

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|ship=Hermit

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

|desc=The ship departed from Cardiff, Glamorgan for Gibraltar. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=24 June 1870 |issue=14319 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Advance

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Sylvanus Blanchard ({{flag|United States|1867}}). Advance was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Antwerp, Belgium.{{Cite news |title=General News |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Post |location=Birmingham |date=24 March 1870 |issue=3644 }}

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|ship=Anna Lena

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Walmer, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Surinam to Amsterdam, North Holland.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=15 February 1870 |issue=248 }}

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|ship=Courser

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore near Dartmouth, Devon with the loss of five of her six crew. She was on a voyage from Fécamp, Seine-Inférieure, France to Torbay, Devon.

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|ship=Eglantine

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Walmer. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Dover, Kent.

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|ship=Falcon

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

|desc=The ship departed from Tripoli, Vilayet of Tripolitania for a British port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=19 August 1870 |issue=14367 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Glendower

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Kingsdown, Kent. All on board were rescued by local boatsmen, the Coastguard and the Kingsdown Lifeboat Sabrina (file:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Glendower was on a voyage from Java, Netherlands East Indies to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=15 February 1870 |page=8 |issue=26674 |column=D }}{{Cite news |title=Fearful Shipwrecks and Great Loss of Life |newspaper=Reynolds's Newspaper |location=London |date=20 February 1870 |issue=1019 }} She was refloated on 19 February and taken in tow for London.

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|ship=Hillechiena Amalia

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the Rhône. She was on a voyage from Genoa, Italy to Cette, Hérault, France.

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|ship=James Evans

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

|desc=The smack was driven ashore and sank at Donna Nook, Lincolnshire.

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|ship=Racine

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Walmer with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Antwerp, Belgium.

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|ship=Richard

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

|desc=The schooner was run ashore at Wicklow. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to Wicklow.{{Cite news |title=The Gales and the Weather |newspaper=Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=19 February 1870 |issue=6815 }}

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|ship=Sheffield

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=14 February 1870 |issue=6882 }}

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|ship=Triton

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Loup Garon Shoal, off Martinique. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Helena and/or Saint Lucia.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=14 March 1870 |page=7 |issue=26697 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=14 March 1870 |issue=9421 }}

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|ship=Ursus Minor

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Bridlington, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kragerø, Norway to Grimsby, Lincolnshire.{{Cite news |title=The Gale |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=15 February 1870 |issue=9936 }}

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|ship=Two unnamed vessels

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

|desc=The schooners were driven ashore at Binstead, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom.

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|ship=Alladin

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Huelva, Spain. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=19 February 1870 |page=10 |issue=26678 |column=E }}

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|ship=Angelica

|flag={{flagcountry|Romania|civil}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Portland. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Syra, Greece or Galaţi, Romania. She floated off on 25 February and drove against the breakwater.

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|ship=Betsey

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Portland, Dorset.

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|ship=Bowes

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Kilnsea, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.

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|ship=Giovannino A.

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

|desc=The brig (also reported as Johanna), at anchor from Venice, broke free in a gale and was wrecked at Gorleston, Suffolk, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by lifeboat, assisted by rocket apparatus.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Gales |date=14 February 1870 |page=7 |issue=26674 |column=D }}{{cite news |title=Maritime Intelligence |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001702/18700214/108/0004 |access-date=24 November 2024 |work=Shipping and Mercantile Gazette |issue=10132 |date=14 February 1870 |location=London |page=4}}

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|ship=Glenmore

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Wexford. Her crew survived She was on a voyage from Wexford to Cardiff, Glamorgan.

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|ship=Maude Annie

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Wexford. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Wexford to Newport, Monmouthshire. She was refloated on 23 February and taken in to Wexford.

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|ship=Saint Cyran

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

|desc=The schooner dragged anchors and was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew of nine were rescued by the Great Yarmouth lifeboat. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Martinique with coal.{{cite news |title=The Weather and the Shipping |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000247/18700219/109/0009 |access-date=24 November 2024 |work=Norfolk News |issue=1313 |date=19 February 1870 |location=Norwich |page=9|via=British Newspaper Archive}}

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|ship=Scotia

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Caernarfon. Her crew were rescued by the Caernarfon lifeboat John Gray Bell (file:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Scotia was on a voyage from Dublin to Caernarfon. She floated off the next day and drove out to sea. She was taken in to Porthdinllaen, Caernarfonshire.

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|ship={{SS|Sea Queen|1859|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship struck the Barnard Sand and consequently foundered in the North Sea off the Cockle Lightship (22px Trinity House) with the loss of all 24 crew. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Málaga, Spain.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Gales And The Telegraphs |date=15 February 1870 |page=10 |issue=26674 |column=E }}{{Cite news |title=Storms and Shipwrecks |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=17 February 1870 |issue=6884 }}

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|ship=Temperance

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

|desc=The ship was run ashore at Penarth, Glamorgan.

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|ship=Vesta

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

|desc=The ship was run ashore at Penarth.

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|ship=Victoria

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

|desc=The barque, North Shields, Northumberland for Barcelona, was driven ashore at Gorleston and completely wrecked; only five of a supposed crew of 16-18 survived.{{Cite news |title=Yarmouth |newspaper=Bury and Norwich Post |location=Bury St. Edmunds |date=14 February 1870 |issue=4573 |page=8 }}

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|ship=William Harper

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

|desc=The barque, from Burriana and anchored for orders, was driven ashore and wrecked at Walmer. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth. Her eighteen crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.

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|ship=Admiral Nelson

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

|desc=The schooner struck the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and became leaky. She was subsequently driven against the pier and sank at Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. Admiral Nelson was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure, France.

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|ship=Adventure

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

|desc=The collier, a brig, was driven ashore at Queenstown, County Cork or Kingstown, County Dublin.

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|ship=Ajax

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Studland Bay.

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|ship=Ann Mitchell

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

|desc=The brig ran aground at Harwich, Essex. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Palermo, Sicily, Italy. She was refloated but had to be beached at Shotley, Suffolk.

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|ship=Bawes

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

|desc=The brig foundered off Spurn Point, Yorkshire. Her seven crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.{{Cite news |title=The Storm |newspaper=Bradford Observer |location=Bradford |date=16 February 1870 |issue=2230 |page=2 |volume=37 }}{{Cite news |title=The Storm |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=18 February 1870 |issue=4438 }}

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|ship=Bethell

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

|desc=The smack was driven ashore at Lowestoft. Her five crew were rescued by the Lowestoft Lifeboat Bradford (file:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution).

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|ship=Chance It

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

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Eleferotreo

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore near "Bari", on the east coast of Sardinia, Italy. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Galaţi, Ottoman Empire to Manila, Spanish East Indies.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=2 March 1870 |page=10 |issue=26687 |column=E }}

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|ship=Elizabeth Ray

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned off Corton, Suffolk. Her eight crew were rescued by the Gorleston Lifeboat Leicester (file:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Elizabeth Ray was subsequently reboarded by for of her crew who sailed south, intending to put in to Harwich, Essex.{{Cite news |title=The First Work of the Leicester Life-boat |newspaper=Leicester Chronicle |location=Leicester |date=5 March 1870 |page=3 |volume=60 }}

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|ship=Favourite

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth with the loss of one of her five crew. Survivors were rescued by the Great Yarmouth Lifeboat Duff (file:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Favourite was on a voyage from Arbroath, Forfarshire to London.{{Cite news |title=The Storms and Wrecks |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=15 February 1870 |issue=6883 }}

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|ship=Favourite

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and sank at Kingstown, County Dublin. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Cardiff, Glamorgan.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=23 February 1870 |issue=46 }}

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|ship=Fratelli Uniti

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Black Sea to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=19 March 1870 |page=10 |issue=26702 |column=F }}

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|ship=Four Brothers

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Studland Bay.

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|ship=George

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

|desc=The ship sank at Scarborough, Yorkshire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=15 February 1870 |issue=6883 }}

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|ship=Glaneuse

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Gravelines, Nord. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=21 February 1870 |page=6 |issue=26679 |column=D }}

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|ship=John Herman

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Antwerp, Belgium.

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|ship=Lucy

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Caerhays Castle, Cornwall with the loss of two of her seven crew. Four of her crew were rescued by the Coastguard. Her captain refused to leave the vessel.

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|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The smack was wrecked in the Cud Channel. Her crew were rescued by the Ramsgate Lifeboat.{{Cite news |title=The Gale |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=16 February 1870 |issue=9937 }}

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|ship=Mira,or
Riva

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Outer Dowsing Sandbank, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk with the loss of nine of her eleven crew. She was on a voyage from a port in Nova Scotia, Canada to South Shields, County Durham, or from South Shields to London and/or New York, United States. Also reported as Riva, on a voyage from South Shields to Boston, Massachusetts, United States with ten crew and a pilot on board.{{Cite news |title=Shipwreck and Loss of Eight Lives |newspaper=Sheffield Independent |location=Sheffield |date=17 February 1870 |issue=5179 |page=2 |volume=51 }}

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|ship=Ocean Spray

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

|desc=The ship released a message in a bottle on this date stating that she was in a sinking condition. The bottle came ashore on the coast of Nairnshire in mid-April.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=15 April 1870 |issue=10190 }}

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|ship=Peleta

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|39|48|N|13|30|W}}). Her eleven crew were rescued by {{SS|Briton|1861|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Peleta was on a voyage from Cádiz to Bilbao.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=4 February 1870 |issue=47 }}

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|ship=Primus

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Lowestoft whilst evading a collision with the barque Victoria ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). She was on a voyage from South Shields to London. She was refloated and assisted in to Lowestoft.

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|ship=Prince Albert

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

|desc=The brig ran aground and was wrecked at Great Yarmouth. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure.

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|ship=Robert Nicol

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

|desc=The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|60|nmi|km}} south west of the Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued by the barque Azow ({{flag|Norway|1844}}). Robert Nicol was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Dieppe.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=23 February 1870 |issue=6890 }}

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|ship=The Queen

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

|desc=The barque foundered in the North Sea off Cromer, Norfolk, according to a message in a bottle that washed up on the Norfolk coast on 24 February.

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|ship=Union

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Wicklow. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Ardrossan, Ayrshire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=15 February 1870 |issue=9398 }}

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|ship=Zemidar

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Dumbarton.

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|ship=Adele

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 60 leagues ({{convert|180|nmi|km}} off Ouessant, Finistère. Her crew were rescued. Her crew were rescued by Caton ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Adele was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom to Auray, Morbihan.

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|ship=Adolphus

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Portland, Dorset.

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|ship=Confucius

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on a rock in the Yangtze and was wrecked.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=6 April 1870 |page=10 |issue=26717 |column=E }}

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|ship=Cynthia

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Portland.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Hengist

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Portland.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Hope

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

|desc=The smack collided with the smack Vesta ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank off Penarth, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Penarth.

}}

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|ship=Kate

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Kirkcaldy, Fife.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=16 February 1870 |issue=6884 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Liberté

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The brig collided with the Bull Lightship (22px Trinity House) and was severely damaged at the bow. She was assisted in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom.

}}

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|ship=Marie Amélie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Belle Île, Morbihan. She was on a voyage from Réunion to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mersey

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

|desc=The Mersey Flat collided with the steamship {{SS|Marathon|1860|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the River Mersey. Both crew were rescued by Marathon. Mersey was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Tranmere, Cheshire. She subsequently floated and was beached at Liverpool with assistance from the tug Hercules ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite news |title=A Flat Sunk in the Mersey: Narrow Escape of Two Men |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=16 February 1870 |issue=6884 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Rosetta

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

|desc=The brig capsized at Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=St. Stephen{{'}}s

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Cove, County Cork.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Terschelling

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore between Weymouth and Portland. She was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to London, United Kingdom.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=17 February 1870 |page=7 |issue=26676 |column=E }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Trye

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

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Nore. She was on a voyage from Kristiansand to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated and towed in the River Thames in a waterlogged condition.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=16 February 1870 |page=12 |issue=26675 |column=F }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Vedra

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked in the Farne Islands, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by a Norwegian schooner.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=William Green

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

|desc=The pilot cutter was wrecked near Cardiff, Glamorgan.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Zuma

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Saint Sampson.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=16 February 1870 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Grand Frederic

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine to Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=28 February 1870 |issue=14218 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lady Sale

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

|desc=The brig was beached at Hartlepool, County Durham and subsequently became a wreck. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Lowestoft, Suffolk.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Messenger

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Harwich, Essex to Galway. She was refloated with assistance and resumed her voyage.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Prebislaw

|flag=22px Rostock

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Kristiansand, Norway to Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Lerwick, Shetland Islands in a leaky condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Queen of the Isles|1860|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked on the Brest Rocks, on the coast of Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Troon, Ayrshire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=18 February 1870 |page=10 |issue=26677 |column=D }}

}}

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|ship=Skerryvore

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Odessa, Russia.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=18 March 1870 |page=12 |issue=26701 |column=F }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Undine

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

|desc=The brig was destroyed by fire at Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from New York to Rotterdam.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=William

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Sandhald, in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire. She was refloated and assisted in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire in a sinking condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=17 February 1870 |sort=}}

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|ship=Clara

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

|desc=The schooner was abandoned. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Malmö.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Frunhjelm

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Nore. She was refloated with assistance from a tug.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ida

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Orlando, Sicily, Italy.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=22 February 1870 |issue=14214 |page=7 }} She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Bari, Italy.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=22 February 1870 |issue=14214 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Magdalene Caroline

|flag=file:Flagge Wismar.svg Wismar

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the North Sea {{convert|50|nmi|km}} off the Isle of May, Fife, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Wismar.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Seine and Tamise No. 1

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship struck piles at Fécamp, Seine-Inférieure and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Pará, Brazil to London.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=St. Stephens

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

|desc=The ship ran aground a Padstow, Cornwall and was damaged.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Trieste

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated and taken in to the Niewu Diep.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Vision

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Sunderland, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lossiemouth, Moray to Sunderland. She was refloated and taken in to Sunderland.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=18 February 1870 |issue=10182 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Volante

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

|desc=The smack collided with the steamship Forest Queen ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank at Swansea, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Bude, Cornwall to Swansea. She was refloated.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Court of Admiralty, Feb. 22 |date=23 February 1871 |page=11 |issue=26994 |column=C-D }}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=18 February 1870 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Alliance

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at São Julião, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Loanda, Portuguese West Africa to Lisbon, Portugal.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Aquila Meridana

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

|desc=The schooner collided with the brigantine Fasel ({{flag|Portugal|civil}}) and was beached near Veracruz.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=29 March 1870 |issue=9434 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Emma No. 3

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

|desc=The steamboat struck a snag in the Mississippi River near Island 35 and heeled over. A stove was upset and she was destroyed by fire with the loss of 70 lives. She was on a voyage from Memphis, Tennessee to Cincinnati, Ohio.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Hermione

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

|desc=The ship departed from Matanzas, Cuba for the Clyde. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=4 August 1870 |page=7 |issue=26720 |column=F }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sea Gull

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Banjaard Sand, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Vyborg, Grand Duchy of Finland to Antwerp, Belgium.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Spray

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

|desc=The ship was damaged by fire at Cardiff, Glamorgan.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

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

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Elizabeth and Jane

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at the Fleetwood Lighthouse and was damaged. She was later refloated and taken in to Preston, Lancashire for repairs.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Fanny Louisa

|flag={{flag|New South Wales|1867}}

|desc=The schooner collided with the steamship New England ({{flag|New South Wales|1867}}) and sank off Shoalhaven.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Flora

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship ran aground at Glückstadt, Prussia. She was on a voyage from Maracaibo, Venezuela to Glückstadt. She was refloated and towed in to Glüclstadt in a severely leaky condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Germ

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

|desc=The ship capsized at "Whetton" and was wrecked.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=21 February 1870 |issue=14213 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Restless

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked on Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=3 May 1870 |page=11 |issue=26740 |column=A }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=24 March 1870 |issue=6915 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Venus

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Clyde. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Berbice, British Guiana.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=21 February 1870 |issue=6889 }} She was refloated on 23 February and taken in to Greenock, Renfrewshire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=24 February 1870 |issue=6891 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=William John

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

|desc=The lighter sank at Belfast, County Antrim.{{Cite news |title=Sinking of a Lighter at Albert Quay |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=21 February 1870 |issue=54641 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=20 February 1870 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Black Prince|1866|2}}

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} Victoria

|desc=The steamship was wrecked at Kissing Point, Queensland.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=19 May 1870 |page=11 |issue=26754 |column=D }}{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?55579 |title=SS Black Prince (+1870) |publisher=Wrecksite |accessdate=20 November 2020}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Favourite

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

|desc=The smack was driven ashore at Girvan, Ayrshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Carrickfergus, County Antrim to Girvan.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Germ

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

|desc=The ship capsized in the River Ouse at Blacktoft, Yorkshire with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to London.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=22 February 1870 |page=8 |issue=26680 |column=D }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Lavinia||2}}

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

|desc=The coal hulk was run into by the steamship {{SS|Cimbria|1867|2}} ({{flag|Hamburg|admiralty}}) and sank at Plymouth, Devon.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Plymouth |date=21 February 1870 |page=5 |issue=26679 |column=E }}

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|ship=Nalopa

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked at Johnstons Point, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to Liverpool, Nova Scotia.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=12 March 1870 |page=10 |issue=26696 |column=F }}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=21 February 1870 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Agnes Linck

|flag=22px Danzig

|desc=The ship ran aground off Skagen, Denmark.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Austicious

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Farne Islands, Northumberland. She was refloated and subsequently put in to Scarborough, Yorkshire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=25 February 1870 |issue=9945 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Hand of Providence

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and sank at Saltfleet, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to Boston, Lincolnshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Robina

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

|desc=The ship ran aground off Kingsdown, Kent. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Barcelona, Spain.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Surprise

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Nore. She was on a voyage from Inverness to London.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Zephyr

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Grimsby, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Grimsby to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was refloated but was driven against the quayside and severely damaged.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=24 February 1870 |issue=14215 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

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

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Albert

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brig foundered off the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the brigantine Bridesmaid ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Auguste

|flag=22px Stralsund

|desc=The ship foundered in the English Channel off Eastbourne, Sussex, United Kingdom with the loss of all but three of her crew.{{cite book |title=Beachy Head Shipwrecks of the 19th Century |first=David |last=Renno |page=247 |publisher=Amherst Publishing |location=Sevenoaks |year=2004 |isbn=1-903637-20-1}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Bazar

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Point Idzella, Sardinia, Italy. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Ajaccio, Sardinia.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=7 March 1870 |page=6 |issue=26691 |column=F }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Blue Jacket

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

|desc=The Yorkshire Billyboy was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued by the smacks Celerity, Eudoxy and Kate (all {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Blue Jacket was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Southampton, Hampshire.{{Cite news |title=Wreck |newspaper=Essex Standard |location=Colchester |date=25 February 1870 |issue=2045 |volume=40 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Confederation

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore {{convert|10|nmi|km}} south of Whitehaven, Cumberland. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Golden City|1863|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked at Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. All on board were rescued by the steamship {{SS|Panama|1848|2}} ({{flag|United States|1867}}). Golden City was on a voyage from San Francisco, California to Panama City, United States of Colombia.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=America |date=3 March 1870 |page=12 |issue=26688 |column=A }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=4 March 1870 |page=10 |issue=26689 |column=E }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Herlios Seip

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was wrecked at "Pentacottah", India. She was on a voyage from an English port to Rangoon, Burma.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=4 April 1870 |issue=9439 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lufredenheit

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship ran aground at Dunkirk, Nord. France and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Nikolaieff, Russia to Dunkirk.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=9 March 1870 |page=10 |issue=26693 |column=E }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Orontes

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

|desc=The ship departed from Villareal, Spain for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=9 June 1870 |page=7 |issue=26772 |column=F }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Patriotte

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked on Zakynthos, Greece with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Galaţi, Ottoman Empire to Cork, United Kingdom.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Primrose

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Princess Helena

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Patras, Greece.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=10 March 1870 |page=7 |issue=26694 |column=F }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sorte

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked at Trinità d'Agultu e Vignola, Sardinia.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=3 March 1870 |page=7 |issue=26688 |column=D }}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=23 February 1870 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Clyde

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Gurnard, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Poole, Dorset.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Emblem

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

|desc=The ship collided with Harmony ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Galaţi, Ottoman Empire. She put in to Broadstairs, Kent, where she was beached.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Idalia

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

|desc=The barque was lost in the Gulf of Satalia. Her crew were rescued by a French steamship.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=29 March 1870 |page=10 |issue=26710 |column=E }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Merriman

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Southsea, Hampshire. She was refloated and taken to Spithead.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Worsley

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the cost of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a leaky condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{shipwreck list begin |date=24 February 1870 |sort=}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{HMS|Charybdis|1859|6}}

|flag={{navy|UK}}

|desc=The {{sclass|Pearl|corvette}} ran aground between Blunden Island and Pender Island, British Columbia, Colony of British Columbia. Subsequently refloated, repaired and returned to service.{{Cite news |title=Naval Disasters Since 1860 |newspaper=Hampshire Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=10 May 1873 |issue=4250 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Clyde

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Qurnod Sand, off the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Poole, Dorset.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Coquetdale

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

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Haaks Bank, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast and sank in the Schulpengat, off Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Leeds ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Coquetdale was on a voyage from Iquique, Peru to Hamburg.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Dart

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Whitby, Yorkshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Dorothea

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Køge to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=25 February 1870 |issue=6892 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=4 March 1870 |issue=4440 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=John

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

|desc=The smack was run down and sunk by the steamship Jason with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Howth, County Dublin to Ayr.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=1 March 1870 |page=10 |issue=26686 |column=E }}{{Cite news |title=Collision in the Channel |newspaper=Freeman's Journal |location=Dublin |date=25 February 1870 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Julia

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

|desc=The smack foundered in Portland Race. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Looe, Cornwall to Stokes Bay.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=25 February 1870 |page=4 |issue=26683 |column=E }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Louisa

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Isla de Lobos, Uruguay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barcelona to Montevideo, Uruguay.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=5 April 1870 |page=11 |issue=26716 |column=F }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Pansy

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Soldier's Point, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Sulina, Ottoman Empire to Newry, County Antrim. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Warrenpoint, County Antrim.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=28 February 1870 |issue=50 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground near Varna, Ottoman Empire. Her passengers were taken off. She was on a voyage from Constantinople to Varna. She was declared a total loss.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Speakman

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on Taylor's Bank, in Liverpool Bay. Both crew were rescued by the tug Royal Arch ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}. Speakman was on a voyage from Liverpool to Preston, Lancashire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=26 February 1870 |page=10 |issue=26684 |column=E }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=25 February 1870 |issue=6892 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

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

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ebenezer

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Knock Sand. She was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands to London.

}}

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|ship=Eliza

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Tor Bay.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=26 February 1870 |issue=6893 }}

}}

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|ship=Enoch

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

|desc=The ship sank at Courtmacsherry, County Cork. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Youghal to Courtmacsherry.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Gem

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Bruges, West Flanders. Gem was refloated and taken in to Ostend.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Giulia

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked at Naples.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Hippogriff

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on Scroby Sands, Norfolk with the loss of all hands.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Idomenes

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

|desc=The barque collided with the steamship Earl of Elgin ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk and was severely damaged.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Leila M. Long

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on Meyers Ledge, in the Weser. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Bremen.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Maria Santissima Rosario

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Naples.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Matilda

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Dunnet Head, Caithness. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kirkwall, Orkney Islands to Aberdeen.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Medea

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Weser.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Nell Gwyn

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Veulettes-sur-Mer, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from Java, Netherlands East Indies to a Dutch port.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Otterburn

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground near Rosetta, Egypt. She was on a voyage from London to Ceylon.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Latest Intelligence |newspaper=Essex Standard |location=Colchester |date=4 March 1870 |issue=2046 |volume=40 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The smack was wrecked at Gorleston, Suffolk.

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

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|ship=Otterburn

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Rosetta, Egypt. She was on a voyage from London to Ceylon.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=28 February 1870 |page=6 |issue=26685 |column=B}}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Pomona

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Rochester, Kent. She was refloated with assistance.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Preciosa

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Jadder Bank, in the North Sea.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=15 March 1870 |issue=6907 }}

}}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Auguste Marie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The schooner sank at Barra, Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom. Her seven crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Paimpol, Côtes-du-Nord to Iceland.{{Cite news |title=Greenock |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=11 March 1870 |issue=9419 }} She subsequently floated and drifted out to sea.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Charlotte Louise Marie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The fishing smack collided with the brig St. Spiridione ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece|1863-naval}}) and sank in the English Channel {{convert|12|nmi|km}} south west of Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by St. Spiridione.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Cid

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

|desc=The paddle steamer foundered off Cape Sant Antoni. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Columbia

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Jadder Bank, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from an Englisn port to Stavanger.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Economy

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

|desc=The smack foundered in the Dogger Bank with the loss of all five crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Francisco

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked {{convert|10|nmi|km}} from Navarino, Greece. She was on a voyage from Genoa to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=11 March 1870 |issue=6904 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Friends

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Whitby, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Whitby. She was refloated and taken in to Whitby in a leaky condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Gatesforth

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore by ice at Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Hellevoetsluis.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=John

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

|desc=The abandoned schooner was driven ashore at Seaton Carew, County Durham, United Kingdom.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Johns

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on the North Gar Sands, at the mouth of the River Tees. Her six crew were rescued by the Middlesbrough Lifeboat Crossley (file:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution), assisted by the tug {{PS|Echo|1859|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Johns was on a voyage from Santander, Spain to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=1 March 1870 |issue=51 }}{{Cite news |title=General News |newspaper=Southampton Herald |location=Southampton |date=2 March 1870 |issue=2745 |page=4 |volume=47 }}{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=2 March 1870 |issue=14221 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Rosa Gasparo

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked near Porto-Longone, Elba. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Genoa.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=11 March 1870 |page=11 |issue=26695 |column=E }}

}}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Adeliza

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore near Cape Trafalgar, Spain. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Huelva, Spain.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Alessandro

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked at "Riva", Chile.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=17 February 1870 |issue=6884 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Aline Emma

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was abandoned off the Île d'Oléron, Charente-Inférieure. She was on a voyage from Tampico, Mexico to Bordeaux, Gironde. She was subsequently towed in to La Rochelle, Charente-Inférieure by Suzanne ({{flag|France}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Analipso

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked near Anchiale, Ottoman Empire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Antonio

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

|desc=The coaster foundered off Havana.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Artisan

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore on St. Louis Island, United States. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Galveston, Texas, United States.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=9 March 1870 |issue=14227 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Aspasia

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Sigri, Lesbos, Greece.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=3 March 1870 |page=7 |issue=26688 |column=D }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SV|Belle Brandon||2}}

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

|desc=The fishing schooner was wrecked on Long Island, near Mount Desert, Maine. Crew saved.{{cite web |url=https://www.downtosea.com/1851-1875/1870.htm |title=1870 |publisher=downtothesea.com |access-date=6 July 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Boatswain

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

|desc=The brig ran aground in the Courantyne River. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Berbice, British Guiana.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=1 March 1870 |issue=14220 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Carausius

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 4 February. Her crew were rescued by Althea ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Carausius was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Boston, Massachusetts.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=23 March 1870 |page=10 |issue=26705 |column=D }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=17 March 1870 |issue=9424 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Carrie Hill

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

|desc=The ship was lost at Saint Domingo. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Mobile, Alabama, United States.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Concordia

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Anguilla. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to Liverpool, Lancashire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Constantine

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Tarpaulin Cove. She was on a voyage from Saint Domingo to Boston, Massachusetts.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Davila

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

|desc=The steamship collided with the steamship Bilboa ({{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}) and sank at "Zoroza" in late February. All on board survived.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Deva, or
Ed Eva

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near "Apis Hill". She was on a voyage from Ancona, Papal States to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. She was refloated and put in to Gibraltar, where she arrived on 19 February.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=3 March 1870 |issue=9412 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Douwiena Timmens

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The sloop foundered {{convert|12|nmi|km}} east south east of the Farne Islands, Northumberland, United Kingdom.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Elleray

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

|desc=The ship was lost in Chinese waters. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Yokohama, Japan.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Englishman

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Drogheda, County Louth before 20 February.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Evangelista

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked near "Carabournou", Ottoman Empire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Express

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Terrace Bay, Ontario, Canada. Shew as on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Felix

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

|desc=The ship struck the Merilles and the Le Trempe Rocks and sank. Her crew were rescued. she was on a voyage from Greenock, United Kingdom to Buenos Aires.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Flash

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Inishark, County Galway.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Fortuna

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Manger Key. She was on a voyage from London to Belize City, British Honduras.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Frederic Nicaise

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire at Batavia, Netherlands East Indies before 9 February. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to a port in Chile.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SV|George R. Bradford|| 2}}

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

|desc= The fishing schooner sank on the way home to Gloucester, Massachusetts in a gale after leaving Fortune Bay, Newfoundland. Lost with all 6 crew.{{cite web |url=https://gloucester-ma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/404/LOST-AT-SEAAPR?bidId= |title=Lost at sea |publisher=gloucester-ma.gov |access-date=19 May 2021 |archive-date=6 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506124722/https://gloucester-ma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/404/LOST-AT-SEAAPR?bidId= |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?214730 |title=George R. Bradford (+1870) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=19 May 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.downtosea.com/1851-1875/grbrdfrd.htm |title=The george R. Bradford |publisher=downtosea.com |access-date=19 May 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Heaton Hall

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

|desc=The steamship collided with the steamship Europa ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and was beached in the Clyde. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to a Mediterranean port.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=7 February 1870 |issue=6876 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Helios

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cocanada, India.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=5 March 1870 |page=11 |issue=26690 |column=A }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=J. B. V. No.1

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

|desc=The ship damaged by fire at Buenos Aires.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=7 February 1870 |issue=6876 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jilt

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Deadman Point, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Italy to Antwerp, Belgium. The Coastguard boarded the ship and found two crew dead. It was alleged that her captain had murdered one of them and he was arrested. Jilt was refloated on 16 February with assistance from the tug Dandy ({{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}}) and towed in to Falmouth, Cornwall.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=John Bunyan

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Pensacola, Florida. She was later refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Joseph Frank

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Cádiz, Spain. She was on a voyage from New York to Cádiz. She was refloated and taken in to Sanlúcar de Barrameda.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lady Alice Kenlis

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Dundrum, County Down. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Dundrum. The hulk eventually ended up on the Sutton Hoo estate.{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/aug/09/sutton-hoo-steamship-hulk-in-suffolk-gains-legal-protection-lady-alice-kenlis | title=Sutton Hoo steamship hulk in Suffolk gains legal protection | newspaper=The Guardian | date=9 August 2023 | last1=Sherwood | first1=Harriet | last2=Arts | first2=Harriet Sherwood }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Leon Crespo

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

|desc=The ship caught fire and was scuttled "at Chincora". She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Valparaíso, Chile.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=M. and E. Robbins

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Queenstown, County Cork.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=5 March 1870 |issue=6899 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 10 February. Barratry suspected as the cause of loss. She was on a voyage from Cork to Callao, Peru.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The ship foundered at sea. She was on a voyage from Callao to Boston, Massachusetts.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=18 February 1870 |issue=6885 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mary Alice

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Grand Bahama, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=24 February 1870 |page=6 |issue=26682 |column=E }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mary Kelly

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony to Cárdenas, Cuba.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Myrtle

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Longsand. She was on a voyage from the West Indies to Ipswich, Suffolk. She was refloated with the assistance of nine smacks and a tug and beached at Harwich, Essex.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Nora

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

|desc=The ship collided with another vessel and sank. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Baltimore, Maryland, United States.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Petite Auguste

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked near Cádiz, Spain. She was on a voyage from Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure, France to Cádiz.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked at Port Aransas, Texas.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Republique

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Flores Island, Azores. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Martinique.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Runnymede

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

|desc=The brig was lost on the east coast of Japan.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=San Fernando

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

|desc=The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Manila, Spanish East Indies to Liverpool. She was refloated and put back to Manila.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Susan H. Gibson

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

|desc=The ship was lost on the Spanish Main. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Laguna, Brazil.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=16 February 1870 |page=12 |issue=26675 |column=F }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Teresina

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

|desc=The schooner was lost near Ostia.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=2 March 1870 |issue=6896 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Tulsco

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated and put back to Philadelphia.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{ship|Greek ironclad|Vasilefs Georgios||2}}

|flag={{navy|Kingdom of Greece}}

|desc=The ironclad was damaged at sea, dislodging guns in one of her turrets. She put in to Lisbon, Portugal for repairs on 9 February.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=16 February 1870 |page=12 |issue=26675 |column=F }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Virgendi Begona

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Gironde. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to the Gironde.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Voltigeur

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

|desc=The ship was severely damaged by fire at West Hartlepool, County Durham.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=5 February 1870 |issue=31 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Westburn

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

|desc=The ship was lost in the Pescadores. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Foo Chow Foo, China to London.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Zwee Bruder

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Pola, Austria-Hungary. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to Pola. She was later refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was wrecked near Ventnor, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom before 12 February.{{Cite news |title=Ventnor |newspaper=THampshire Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=12 February 1870 |issue=3912 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list end}}

{{reflist|20em}}

• Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936. Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association.

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