List of shipwrecks in February 1873

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

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1 February

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|ship={{SS|Clan Alpine|1872|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked on Black Head, Cornwall with the loss of thirteen of the 30 people on board. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Liverpool, Lancashire.

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|ship=Clotilde

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The lugger foundered off Hartland Point, Devon, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Hampshire ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

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|ship=Dasher

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at the Old Head of Kinsale, County Cork.

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|ship=Eastwood

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

|desc=The ship departed from Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony for Lisbon, Portugal. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

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|ship=Humber

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Grand Manan, New Brunswick, Canada. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to London. The wreck was refloated on 4 February and towed in to Whale's Cove.

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|ship=James

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Donaghadee, County Down.

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|ship=Jeune Austerlitz

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Brest, Finistère. She was refloated on 3 February and taken in to New Grimsby, Isles of Scilly.

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|ship=Josephine Anais

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore in Cawsand Bay. She was on a voyage from Dunkirk, Nord to Cardiff.

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|ship=Laura

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The barque collided with the steamship Periere ({{flag|France}}) {{convert|15|nmi|km}} west of Holyhead, Anglesey, United Kingdom and was abandoned in a waterlogged condition. Ten of her twelve crew were rescued by Periere, the other two were reported missing. Laura was on a voyage from Stettin to Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=6 February 1873 |issue=15140 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Marie Emiline

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Mounts Bay. Her crew were rescued by a lifeboat.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=4 February 1873 |issue=8354 }}

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|ship={{SV|Mary T. Young||2}}

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

|desc=The fishing schooner went ashore three miles below Race Point Light, and became a total loss. Crew saved.{{cite web |url=https://www.downtosea.com/1851-1875/1873.htm |title=1873 |publisher=downtothesea.com |access-date=5 July 2021}}

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|ship=M. McFarlane

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Currituck Inlet. She was on a voyage from London to Baltimore, Maryland.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=10 February 1873 |issue=10333 }} She was a total loss.

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|ship=Rambler

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Irish Sea {{convert|15|nmi|km}} south south west of Cork. Her crew were rescued by Nerio ({{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Jersey). Rambler was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Cork.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=The Star |location=Saint Peter Port |date=13 February 1873 |issue=102 |volume=60}}

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|ship=Regeneration

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Mizen Head, County Wicklow, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from a French port to Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom.

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|ship=Sarah

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked at Balbriggan, County Dublin with the loss of all five crew. The File:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg RNLI Skerries Lifeboat capsized whilst going to her assistance, with the loss of six of her ten crew.{{Cite news |title=Summary |newspaper=Bradford Observer |location=Bradford |date=3 February 1873 |issue=3153 |pages=1–2 |volume=40 }}{{Cite news |title=Terrible Disaster on the Irish Coast |newspaper=Lancaster Gazetter |location=Lancaster |date=8 February 1873 |issue=4476 }}{{cite web |title=Skerries' station history |url=https://rnli.org/find-my-nearest/lifeboat-stations/skerries-lifeboat-station/station-history-skerries |website=Skerries Lifeboat Station |publisher=RNLI |access-date=13 November 2024}}

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|ship=Sophia

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Pye Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. She was refloated on 15 January and towed in to Harwich, Essex by the tug Gleaner ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{cite book |title=The Salvagers |first=Hervey |last=Benham |author-link=Hervey Benham |page=193 |publisher=Essex County Newspapers Ltd |location=Colchester |year=1980 |isbn=00-950944-2-3}}

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|ship=Tres Adelphi

|flag=22px Trieste

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Cape Pala, Sardinia, Italy. She was on a voyage from Trieste to London. She was refloated on 6 February.

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|ship=Trot

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in Glandore, County Cork, or at Landore, Glamorgan.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=3 February 1873 |issue=10326 }} Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=4 February 1873 |issue=27604 |page=6 |column=C }}

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|ship=Woodham

|flag={{flag|Norway|civil}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Chilton Ledges, off the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. Her nineteen crew were rescued by the Brightstone Lodge Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to New York, United States. Woodham was refloated on 27 April with assistance from the tugs Camel, Grinder (both {{flagcountry|UKGBI|government}}), Robin Hood and Victoria (both {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and taken in to Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom, where she sank.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=4 February 1873 |issue=15138 }}{{Cite news |title=Floating of a Wrecked Steamer at the Back of the Isle of Wight |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=29 April 1873 |issue=15210 |page=3 }}

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|ship=Young Marquis

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

|desc=The brigantine struck a floating baulk of timber in the Bay of Biscay and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Seville, Spain.

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2 February

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|ship=Acclere, and
Henriette

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brig Acclere was driven into Henriette at Penarth, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. Both vessels were severely damaged and were beached. Acclere was on a voyage from Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine to Cardiff, Glamorgan. Henriette was on a voyage from Caen, Calvados to Gloucester, United Kingdom.

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|ship=Ada

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Malahide, County Dublin. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dublin. She was refloated on 12 February and taken in to Dublin.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=14 February 1873 |issue=15146 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Aimable Rose

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Le Conquet, Finistère with the loss of all but three of her crew.

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|ship=Alarm

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|41|45|N|43|08|W}}). Her twenty crew were rescued by Tre Sostre (Flag unknown). Alarm was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida, United States to Liverpool.

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|ship=Albert, or
Alert

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Porthdinllaen, Caernarfonshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Penzance, Cornwall.

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|ship=Aneurin

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Porthdinllaen. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Runcorn, Cheshire.

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|ship=Anna Agathe

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Cardiff.

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|ship=Belle

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

|desc=The schooner sank off the Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued by the steamship John Cory ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Belle was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Harrington, Cumberland.

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|ship=Bois Chollet

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brig was wrecked at "Porsmoguer", Loire-Inférieure. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Brest, Finistère.

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|ship=Catherine

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

|desc=The ship foundered off Penarth with the loss of all six crew. She was on a voyage from Gloucester and/or Lydney, Gloucestershire to Cardiff.

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|ship=Catherine

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

|desc=The schooner sank at Holyhead, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Dublin.

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|ship=City of Rotterdam

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

|desc=The schooner collided with the steamship {{SS|Hansa|1861|2}} ({{flagcountry|German Empire}}) and sank in the Humber. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=5 February 1873 |issue=27605 |page=6 |column=F }}

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|ship=Covent Garden

|flag=File:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution

|desc=The lifeboat was driven ashore at Porthminster, Cornwall whilst going to the assistance of the schooners Mary Ann and Rambler (both {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). She was refloated and completed her mission.

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|ship=Covent Garden

|flag=File:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution

|desc=The lifeboat was driven ashore a second time. She was going to the assistance of the brig Francis ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). She was refloated and completed her mission.

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|ship=Daniele Manin

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

|desc=The barque foundered in the Irish Sea {{convert|23|nmi|km}} north west of Holyhead, Anglesey, United Kingdom with the loss of eight of the thirteen people on board. Survivors were rescued by Margaret ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=8 February 1873 |issue=27608 |page=10 |column=D }} Daniele Manin was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Liverpool.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Bradford Observer |location=Bradford |date=8 February 1873 |issue=3158 |page=5 |volume=40 }}

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|ship=Deux Sœurs et Marie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was lost in the Bay of Ilieu. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Brest.

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|ship=Eliza

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

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

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|ship=Emilie

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Wick, Caithness, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Erin

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Penarth. She was on a voyage from Gloucester to Cardiff.

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|ship=Euphémie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at "Parthgwidder", near St. Ives, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by the St. Ives Lifeboat Covent Garden (File:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution).

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|ship=Francis

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Ives. Her six crew were rescued by the St. Ives Lifeboat Convent Garden (File:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution).

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|ship=Friend{{'s}} Endeavour

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

|desc=The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Portland, Dorset.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=6 February 1873 |issue=8356 }}

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|ship=G. and W. Jones

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

|desc=The ship was run ashore at Angle, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Hayle, Cornwall. She was refloated on 14 February.

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|ship=Iris

|flag={{flag|France}}

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

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|ship=John and Mary

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

|desc=The ship collided with a Greek brig and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by the brig. She was subsequently taken in to the Isles of Scilly.

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|ship=John Scott

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Kilcoole, County Wicklow with the loss of all but one of her seven crew.{{Cite news |title=Crimes and Casualties |newspaper=Bury and Norwich Post |location=Bury St. Edmunds |date=11 February 1873 |issue=4729 |page=3 }} She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Kingstown, County Dublin.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=11 February 1873 |issue=10870 }}

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|ship=John Smith

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of County Wicklow with the loss of all six crew.

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|ship=Leon Marie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The cutter was wrecked on Guernsey, Channel Islands.

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|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at the Mumbles. She was on a voyage from Swansea to Alexandria, Egypt.

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|ship=Maria Natalia

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom. All nine people on board were rescued by the Great Yarmouth Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Helsingborg, Sweden to Penarth.{{Cite news |title=The Late Gale and Snow Storm |newspaper=Bristol Mercury |location=Bristol |date=8 February 1873 |issue=4322 }}

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|ship=Mary Ann

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Ives, Cornwall. Her five crew were rescued by the St. Ives Lifeboat Covent Garden (File:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution).

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|ship=Mathilde

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

|desc=The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Maury ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Mathilde was on a voyage from Cardiff to Trieste.

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|ship=Mincarlo

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Porthdinllaen. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Runcorn to Poole.

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|ship=Miss Madocks

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Porthdinllaen. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to Swansea, Glamorgan.

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|ship=Monarch

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Fowey, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by the Fowey Lifeboat. She was refloated the next day.{{Cite news |title=The Storm |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=4 February 1873 |issue=10864 }}

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|ship=Orich

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Penarth. She was on a voyage from Gloucester to Cardiff.

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|ship=Penseé

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at "Porsmoguer". She was on a voyage from Cádiz to Bordeaux, Gironde.

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|ship=Pierre Marie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship sank at St. Ives.

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|ship=Polmaise

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Rockhampton, Queensland to London.{{Cite news |title=Australia |newspaper=Morning Post |location=London |date=15 April 1873 |issue=31447 |page=6 }}

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|ship=Rambler

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Ives with the loss of two of her three crew. The survivor was rescued by the St. Ives Lifeboat Covent Garden (File:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution).{{Cite news |title=The Late Storms |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Post |location=Birmingham |date=4 February 1873 |issue=4542 }}

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|ship=Rose

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Penzance, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by a pilot boat.{{Cite news |title=Snow Storm and Severe Gale |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=1 February 1873 |issue=10326 }}

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|ship=Satellite

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|120|nmi|km}} off the Isles of Scilly. Two of her crew were reported missing. Thirteen survivors were rescued by the steamship {{SS|Bywell Castle|1869|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). The next day, the ship was discovered in a sinking condition by Lindsay ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Only her captain and cook were on board; her cook was rescued by Lindsay but her captain refused to leave. Satellite was on a voyage from Cardiff to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Mails |date=19 February 1873 |issue=27617 |page=5 |column=C }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=13 August 1873 |issue=1338 }}

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|ship=Stag

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Clovelly, Devon. Her three crew were rescued after a man swam out to the ship with a lifeline. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Barnstaple, Devon.{{Cite news |title=Scene at a Wreck on the Coast of Devon |newspaper=Huddersfield Chronicle |location=Huddersfield |date=6 February 1873 |issue=1716 |page=3 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=6 February 1873 |issue=1178 }}

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|ship=St. Malo

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at "Porsmoguer". She was on a voyage from Cádiz to Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure.

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|ship=Una

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

|desc=The smack collided with the smack British Lass and was beached at Portland. She was on a voyage from Fareham, Hampshire to Jersey, Channel Islands.

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|ship=Wemyss

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

|desc=The schooner foundered in St Andrews Bay with the loss of all four crew.

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|ship=Wilson

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Drogheda, County Louth. Her crew were rescued by the Drogheda Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Cardiff.

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3 February

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|ship=Anglian

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

|desc=The steamship was abandoned off the Longships, Cornwall in a sinking condition. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Marina ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Anglian was towed in to Penzance, Cornwall by the steamship Grebe ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) the next day.

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|ship=Eugene

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Dale, Pembrokeshire.

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|ship=Friend{{'}}s Endeavour

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

|desc=The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Portland, Dorset.

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|ship=James R. Bayley

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

|desc=The schooner capsized off Puffin Island, Anglesey with the loss of all hands. She drove onto the Dutchman's Bank and was wrecked.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=6 February 1873 |issue=10866 }} She was on a voyage from São Miguel Island, Azores to a British port.

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|ship=Josephine Louise

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The lugger was wrecked at Cawsand, Devon, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.

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|ship={{SS|Knight Templar|1872|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship foundered {{convert|80|nmi|km}} off The Lizard, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by Gateside ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Knight Templar was on her maiden voyage, from Cardiff to Bombay, India.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=11 February 1873 |issue=7819 }}

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|ship=Maria Saletta

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her three crew were rescued by Aurora ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Maria Saletta was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=12 January 1873 |issue=10309 }}

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|ship=Mary Russell

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Dunwich, Suffolk.{{cite web |url=http://walberswick.onesuffolk.net/assets/WLHG/ShipsShipwrecks1782-1845.pdf |title=Shipwrecks at or near Walberswick from 1848 - 1874 |first=Alan Farquar |last=Bottomley |publisher=Suffolk Records Society |access-date=26 December 2014}}

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|ship=Mio Moro

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

|desc=The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by City of Brooklyn ({{flag|United States|1867}}). Mio Moro was on a voyage from Cardiff to Trieste.

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|ship=Neptun

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Grimstad to Philadelphia.

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|ship=Reste

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

|desc=The brigantine foundered at sea. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Lisbon ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Reste was on a voyage from Liverpool to Havana, Cuba.

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|ship=Rose

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Penzance, Cornwall.

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|ship=Sarpsborg

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

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. The Ramsgate Lifeboat Bradford (File:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution) lost a crew member going to her assistance. Sarpsborg was on a voyage from Christiania to Cardiff. She was refloated with the assistance of the Kingsdown and Ramsgate Lifeboats and proceeded for London, United Kingdom.

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|ship=Sytende Mai

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore south of Seaton Carew, County Durham, United Kingdom. Her seven crew were rescued by the Seaton Carew Lifeboat Charlotte (File:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution).

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|ship=Thomas

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Dale.

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|ship=Tryphemia

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Dale. She was later refloated.

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|ship=Violette

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Mouth Mill, between Clovelly and Hartland Point, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Swansea, Glamorgan.

}}

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|ship=Windsor

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Rock Channel. Her 60 passengers and some of her crew were taken off by the Hoylake Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dublin.{{Cite news |title=Domestic |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=5 February 1873 |issue=7814 }}

}}

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|ship= Unnamed

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The brigantine foundered in heavy seas on the Seven Stones Reef, between the Isles of Scilly and Cornwall with the loss of all hands. The schooner Aimable Jeanie ({{Flag|France}}) was unable to provide assistance.{{cite book|last=Larn|first=Richard|title=The Shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly|year=1992|publisher=Thomas & Lochar|location=Nairn|isbn=0-946537-84-4}}

}}

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|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on the Dutchman's Bank, in the Irish Sea.

}}

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4 February

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|ship=Annie Forster

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship sprang a leak and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Dakar, Senegal.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=12 January 1873 |issue=10309 }}

}}

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|ship=Cesarea

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Crown Prince ({{flagicon|Canada|1868}} Canada). Cesarea was on a voyage from the Bull River to Belfast, County Antrim.

}}

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|ship=Kaloolah

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

|desc=The brigantine was wrecked at "Welcoombe Mouth", near Bideford, Devon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lydney, Gloucestershire to Cork.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=6 February 1873 |issue=27606 |page=11 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=6 February 1873 |issue=8356 }}

}}

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|ship=Leonidas

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by Beagle ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Leonidas was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom to New Orleans, Louisiana.

}}

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|ship=Sorinto

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

|desc=The barque ran aground in the Whittaker Channel, off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Christiania to Colchester, Essex. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Orford |newspaper=Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=18 February 1873 |issue=7087 }}

}}

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|ship=Wilhelmine

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by Felina ({{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}). Wilhelmine was on a voyage from Larache, Morocco to Falmouth, Cornwall.

}}

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|ship=Windsor

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore near Liverpool, Lancashire. The Hoylake Lifeboat took off 80 passengers. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Dublin.

}}

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5 February

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|ship=Bons Amis

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked near "Cinguet", Finistère. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Caen, Calvados.

}}

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|ship=Emilie Castel Marie

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

|desc=The barque foundered off Long Island, New York, United States with the loss of six of her nine crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=America |date=10 February 1873 |issue=27609 |page=5 |column=D }}

}}

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|ship=Maria

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Antwerp, Belgium.

}}

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|ship={{SS|Mona's Isle|1860|2}}

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

|desc=The paddle steamer ran aground at Ashton, Renfrewshire but got off the same day, undamaged. She was on a voyage to Glasgow, Renfrewshire from the Isle of Man.{{Cite news |title=Greenock |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=6 February 1873 |issue=10330 }}{{cite news |title=The Weather |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000970/18730206/015/0002 |access-date=26 October 2021 |work=Greenock Advertiser |issue=LXIII / 8726 |date=6 February 1873 |page=2|via=British Newspaper Archive}}

}}

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|ship=Rosalie

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by North Star ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Rosalie was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Londonderry, United Kingdom.

}}

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6 February

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|ship=Anna Mathilde

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The schooner was wrecked at Brekkestø, Norway. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Malmö. Sweden.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=8 February 1873 |issue=27608 |page=10 |column=D }}

}}

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|ship=Clara

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore in a hurricane at Mauritius. She was refloated the next day.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Bradford Observer |location=Bradford |date=10 February 1873 |issue=3159 |page=3 |volume=40 }}

}}

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|ship=Daisy

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

|desc=The tug struck a submerged object and sank in the Clyde at Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=8 February 1873 |issue=10332 }} She was refloated on 8 February and taken in to Greenock, Renfrewshire for repairs.

}}

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|ship=Grebe

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Clyde. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. She was refloated on 9 February and taken in to Glasgow.

}}

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|ship=Joseph Cape

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked at Nohoval, County Cork with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=11 February 1873 |issue=10334 }}

}}

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|ship=Mines de Soumah

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship sank off "Ayck", Nord. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Algiers, Algeria.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=10 February 1873 |issue=27609 |page=7 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship=Peru

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship was partly abandoned in the Bay of Biscay. Eight of her 21 crew were taken off by the steamship West ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). The remaining crew were rescued the next day by Invictor ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Peru was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=10 February 1873 |issue=7818 }}

}}

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|ship=Pomona

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was abandoned off the coast of Finistère, France. Her crew were rescued. She was Vlaardingen, South Holland to Lisbon, Portugal. She was subsequently taken in to Brest, Finistère.

}}

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|ship=Racer

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore in a hurricane at Mauritius. She was refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Zuleika

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Leila Alice ({{flag|United States|1867}}). Zuleika was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to São Miguel Island, Azores.

}}

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7 February

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|ship=Adele et Marie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The sloop was wrecked in the Bay of Leque. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=15 February 1873 |issue=27614 |page=10 |column=D }}

}}

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|ship=Emile Ernest

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The schooner was wrecked at "Penhois", Finistère with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Marans, Charente-Inférieure.

}}

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|ship=Ersilias

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

|desc=The ship foundered. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Pola.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Gitana

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Memel to Southampton, Hampshire.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=11 February 1873 |issue=15144 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Île d{{'}}Arais

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The lugger sank north west of the Longships, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Quimper, Finistère.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mansanito

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

|desc=The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Brestrusbrund ({{flag|Norway|1844}}). Mansanito was on a voyage from a port in Georgia, United States to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sacra Famiglia

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|100|nmi|km}} west by south of The Lizard, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by Impulse ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Sacra Famiglia was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Barcelona, Spain.

}}

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8 February

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|ship=Arab

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

|desc=The brigantine collided with the Cockle Lightship (File:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution) and was abandoned by her crew. She was towed in to Lowestoft, Suffolk in a derelict condition by a tug and the Gorleston Lifeboat.

}}

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|ship=Avalon

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Brielle, South Holland. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Rotterdam, South Holland.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=10 February 1873 |issue=7818 }}

}}

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|ship=Elvizia

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was onh a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to Civita Vecchia.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Kate

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

|desc=The steamship sank off the Cork Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk with the loss of three of her six crew. Survivors were rescued by the smacks Perseverance and Vigilant (both {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Kate was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to London.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Savannah

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked on the Soreno Keys, off the Virgin Islands. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=11 February 1873 |issue=27610 |page=10 |column=F }} She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Barbados.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Young Alfred

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

|desc=The brigantine was abandoned in the Bay of Biscay. Her crew were rescued by the steamship {{SS|Bywell Castle|1869|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

}}

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9 February

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|ship=Frigga

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

|desc=The brigantine was wrecked at Tenby, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall, Sweden to Carmarthen, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=12 February 1873 |issue=7820 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Life Brigade

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

|desc=The ship was sighted off Cape Henry, Virginia, United States whilst on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Neath, Glamorgan. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all eight crew.{{Cite news |title=Foundering of Vessels |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=1 July 1873 |issue=55681 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Stornoway, and
unnamed vessel

|flag={{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}
{{flag|Norway|1844}}

|desc=The barque Stornoway collided with a Norwegian vessel {{convert|40|nmi|km}} off Cape de Gatt, Spain and was severely damaged. She put in to Cartagena, Spain. The Norwegian vessel foundered. Her crew were rescued by Stornoway.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Teviotdale

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked on the Corton Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, with the loss of all twelve crew. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Bradford Observer |location=Bradford |date=10 February 1873 |issue=3159 |page=3 |volume=40 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=10 February 1873 |issue=10333 }}

}}

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10 February

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|ship=Anne Foster

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by the steamship {{SS|Bywell Castle|1869|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Cezarena P.

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked on Tristan da Cunha. Her crew survived.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Mails |date=14 April 1873 |issue=27663 |page=4 |column=F }} They were taken off the island on 22 February by the brig Emma ({{flagcountry|German Empire}}). Cezarina P. was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Rangoon, Burma.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=15 April 1873 |issue=7873 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Enterprise

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Galloper Sand, in the North Sea off the Kent coast. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated and assisted in to Ramsgate, Kent in a severely leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=12 February 1873 |issue=969 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Grange|1856|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked at "Villes Martin", near Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure, France.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Leda

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore {{convert|6|nmi|km}} west of Ouistreham, Calvados.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lord John Russell

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Studland Bay.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=12 February 1873 |issue=15145 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Polka

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked near Torcross, Devon. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durhm to Lisbon, Portugal.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=13 February 1873 |issue=8362 }}

}}

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|ship=Prince Alfred

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Port Isaac, Cornwall. She was later refloated.

}}

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11 February

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|ship=Bard of Avon

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|300|nmi|km}} east of Bermuda ({{coord|34|20|N|55|44|W}}). Her crew were rescued by W. J. Starkey ({{flagicon|Canada|1868}} Canada). Bard of Avon was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida, United States to Greenock, Renfrewshire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=2 April 1873 |issue=10377 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=George John

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Orielton ({{flagicon|Canada|1868}} Canada).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Honorine

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Pas-de-Calais. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom to Cette, Hérault. She was refloated and taken in to Boulogne in a leaky condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Palm Tree

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

|desc=The ship departed from New York, United States for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The ship collided with the steamship Artois ({{flag|France}}) and sank east of Sardinia, Italy. Her crew were rescued by Artois.

}}

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12 February

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|ship=Caroline

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

|desc=The schooner was run down and sunk off Cape de Gatt, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Havana, Cuba.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Daring

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

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and sank. Her crew were rescued by the brig Sir Henry Havelock ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Daring was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to London.{{Cite news |title=Wreck off Yarmouth |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Post |location=Birmingham |date=14 February 1873 |issue=4551 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Harmine

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from London to Stralsund.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Hudson

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from New York to London. She was refloated and put back to New York.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=14 February 1873 |issue=10337 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|R. W. Hodgson|1872|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship struck a sunken rock and foundered off Cape Corobedo, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Huelva, Spain to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=18 February 1873 |issue=10340 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Telegram

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the English Channel off The Lizard, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by Constantia ({{flagcountry|German Empire}}). Telegram was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Kingston, Jamaica.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=22 February 1873 |issue=15154 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Wave

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Crosby, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Plymouth, Devon. Wave was refloated with assistance from the Birkenhead Lifeboat and taken in to Birkenhead, Cheshire.

}}

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13 February

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|ship=Topeka

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

|desc=The ship departed from Wilmington, Delaware for London, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The brigantine collided with the barque Ben Nevis ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) off the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom and sank with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=15 February 1873 |issue=10338 }}

}}

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14 February

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|ship=Ben Nevis

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

|desc=The ship departed from Halifax, Nova Scotia for Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=20 June 1873 |issue=7930 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Harold Haarfanger

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore on Bab-el-Mandeb, Aden Protectorate.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=17 February 1873 |issue=10339 }} She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Colombo, Ceylon. She was refloated and taken in to Port Said, Egypt.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Laura

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

|desc=The schooner foundered {{convert|3|nmi|km}} off Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Venus ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Laura was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Ipswich, Suffolk.{{Cite news |title=Summary |newspaper=Bradford Observer |location=Bradford |date=15 February 1873 |issue=3164 |page=8 |volume=40 }}

}}

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15 February

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|ship=Archer

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the West Rocks, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated and assisted in to Harwich in a leaky condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Dorothea

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Montevideo, Uruguay. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and a yawl and assisted in to Harwich in a leaky condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Joseph and Margaret

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

|desc=The brig ran aground at Old Hartlepool, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Whitby, Yorkshire to Old Hartlepool. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=17 February 1873 |issue=973 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Quinteros

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Isla de Lobos, Uruguay.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=13 March 1873 |issue=27636 |page=7 |column=C }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship ran aground in the River Tyne near South Shields, County Durham and was severely damaged.{{Cite news |title=The Tug Owner's Strike on the Tyne |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=17 February 1873 |issue=10339 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The barque collided with a steamship off St. Catherine's Point, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom and sank. Her crew were rescued by the steamship.

}}

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16 February

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|ship=Eliza

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The brigantine was abandoned in the English Channel {{convert|20|nmi|km}} off Portland, Dorset, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Papenburg.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Norwich|1861|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship sprang a leak and foundered off the Shinnecock Inlet. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to New Orleans, Louisiana.

}}

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17 February

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Coronation

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

|desc=The ship sank off Aghada, County Cork.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=18 February 1873 |issue=7825 }}

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|ship=Florence

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by Kohinoor ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}), which put six of her crew aboard and took her in tow. Florence was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to a British port. Kohinoor towed her in to a port in Surinam.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=1 April 1873 |issue=8402 }}

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|ship=Jenny

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

|desc=The ship collided with the steamship Henri IV ({{flag|France}}) at Brest, Finistère, France and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to Port-Launay, Finistère.

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|ship=Jeune Caesar

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Saint-Cast-le-Guildo, Côtes-du-Nord. Her crew were rescued.

}}

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|ship= Lion

|flag={{Flag|New Zealand}}

|desc=The 216-ton barque was wrecked on the bar at Whangapoua Harbour whilst outbound for Adelaide, South Australia with a load of timber. Her crew were rescued.Ingram & Wheatley, pp. 184–185.

}}

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|ship=Lizzie Ann

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Acre, Ottoman Syria. She was refloated in late April.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=30 April 1873 |issue=7886 }}

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|ship=Maggie

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

|desc=The ship departed from New York for Seville, Spain. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=11 July 1873 |issue=7948 }}

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|ship=Magnet

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

|desc=The tug foundered. She was on a voyage from Bremen, Germany to Queenstown, County Cork.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Court of Queen's Bench, Guildhall, Dec. 17 |date=18 December 1873 |issue=27876 |page=11 |column=B-C }}

}}

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|ship=St. Antonio

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

|desc=The brig was abandoned in the Mediterranean Sea off Castellón de la Plana, Spain. All on board were rescued.

}}

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|ship=St. Louis

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The steamship collided with the steamship Aix Scheffer ({{Flag|Netherlands}}) and was beached. St. Louis was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure. She was refloated and taken in to Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure for repairs.

}}

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18 February

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|ship=Iona

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Castlemoyle. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but consequently put in to Scrabster, Caithness in a leaky condition.

}}

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|ship=Kate

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Alexandria, Egypt. She was refloated on 22 February and taken in to Alexandria.

}}

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|ship=Nestor

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

|desc=The brigantine collided with the steamship {{SS|Bulgarian|1870|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of five of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by Bulgarian. Nestor was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Bilbao, Spain.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Court of Admiralty, June 24 |date=25 June 1873 |issue=27725 |page=11 |column=E }}

}}

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|ship=Tres Marias

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

|desc=The brig collided with the barque Cilaos ({{flag|France}}) and sank in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|38|25|N|9|30|W}}) with the loss of 92 of the 213 people on board.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=1 March 1873 |issue=27626 |page=10 |column=E }}

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|ship=Rose

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Gaza, Ottoman Syria. Her crew were rescued.

}}

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19 February

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|ship=Cervantes

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

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

}}

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|ship=Citizen F

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

|desc=The steamboat was run down and sunk by another steamboat in the River Thames at Temple. All on bord survived.{{Cite news |title=Latest News |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Post |location=London |date=20 February 1873 |issue=4556 }}{{Cite news |title=Steamer run down |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=20 February 1873 |issue=6106 }}

}}

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|ship=Dagmar

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground north of "Svineborderne". She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Copenhagen.

}}

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|ship=Larnax

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

|desc=The barque was run into by the steamship {{SS|C. M. Palmer|1870|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent with the loss of three lives. Larnax was on a voyage from London to Mauritius.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=21 February 1873 |issue=27619 |page=12 |column=D }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Court of Admiralty, March 25 and 26 |date=27 March 1873 |issue=27648 |page=11 |column=B }} She was refloated on 4 March.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=5 March 1873 |issue=7838 }}

}}

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|ship=Samuel Abbott

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=20 February 1873 |issue=7827 }}

}}

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|ship=Vanguard

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

|desc=The brigantine ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Cherbourg, Manche, France.

}}

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|ship=Victorine

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to Granville, Manche, France.

}}

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20 February

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|ship=Killarney

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Wainfleet, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Goole, Yorkshire.

}}

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|ship=Marmion

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

|desc=The steam lighter was run into by the steamship Princess Alice ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}} and sank in the Clyde at Greenock, Renfrewshire.{{Cite news |title=Greenock |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=22 February 1873 |issue=10344 }}

}}

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|ship=Otter

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

|desc=The steamship collided with the steamship J. H. Lorentzen ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the Wold, off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Otter was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Antwerp, Belgium.{{cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |work=The Times |issue=27620 |date=22 February 1873 |location=London |page=10}}

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|ship=Surf

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Le Moule, Guadeloupe. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Le Moule. She was consequently condemned.

}}

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22 February

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|ship=Tennyson

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

|desc=The ship foundered off Mauritius with the loss of all but three of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Warren Hastings ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Tennyson was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Boston, Massachusetts.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=6 May 1873 |issue=8432 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=6 May 1873 |issue=7891 }}

}}

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23 February

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|ship=Anna

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

|desc=The ship collided with Auguste Blanche ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and was beached at Harwich, Essex.

}}

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|ship=Royal Oak

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

|desc=The sloop was wrecked on the coast of Lincolnshire. Her four crew survived. she was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire to Castleford, Yorkshire.{{Cite news |title=Special Correspondence |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=1 March 1873 |issue=10886 }}

}}

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24 February

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|ship=Concord

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

|desc=The schooner heeled over and sank at Carrickfergus, County Antrim. She was severely damaged.

}}

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|ship=Isabella

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Hinder Bank, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Gioja, Spain to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated and towed in to Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland, Netherlands where she sank.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=26 February 1873 |issue=27623 |page=10 |column=E }}

}}

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|ship=Marianna Pescetto

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

|desc=The barque ran aground off the Barbary Coast and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Cartagena, Spain to Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Morning Post |location=London |date=7 March 1873 |issue=31414 |page=7 }}

}}

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|ship=Nor-Wester

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

|desc=The ship caught fire and put in to Key West, Florida. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was a total loss.

}}

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|ship=Paquebot de Dunkerque

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Nash Sand, in the Bristol Channel off the coast of Glamorgan, capsized and was wrecked with the loss of all but one of her crew. The survivor was rescued by Marquis of Worcester ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Paquebot de Dunkerque was on a voyage from Clonakilty, County Cork, United Kingdom to Cardiff, Glamorgan.

}}

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|ship=Precieuse

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Billant Bank, in the Bay of Biscay and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure.

}}

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|ship=Storm King

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

|desc=The ship was damaged by fire at Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada.

}}

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|ship=Victoria

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

|desc=The ship struck a rock at Cove, Ross-shire and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Ullapool, Ross-shire to Montrose, Forfarshire. She floated off and sank.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=25 February 1873 |issue=10346 }} Also reported to have struck a rock and sank near Girdle Ness, Aberdeenshire.

}}

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|ship=Wakefield

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

|desc=The steamship caught fire at sea. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Grimsby, Lincolnshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Welkin

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

|desc=The ship departed from Cardiff for Havana, Cuba. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=22 August 1873 |issue=7984 }}

}}

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25 February

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|ship=Adelaide

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

|desc=The oyster smack was driven ashore and sank at Pencwmpoint, Pembrokeshire.

}}

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|ship=Anne and Alice

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Derbyhaven, Isle of Man.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Belfast

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Carrickfergus, County Antrim. She was refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Buffalo

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Greenisland, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Belfast, County Antrim. She was refloated and completed her voyage.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=El Cano

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked on the Pearl Rock, off Gibraltar with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Barcelona to Antwerp, Belgium.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Mails |date=7 March 1873 |issue=27631 |page=10 |column=F }}

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|ship=Ferozepore

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Express ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Ferozepore was on a voyage from "Bulsiwer" to London.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=28 March 1873 |issue=10373 }}

}}

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|ship=Mesopotamia

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

|desc=The ship caught fire and was beached at Bushire, Persia. She was refloated on 2 March.

}}

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|ship=No

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

|desc=The barque collided with Gaston ({{flag|France}} and sank in the English Channel {{convert|20|nmi|km}} off Portland, Dorset, United Kingdom with the loss of one life. No was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to Genoa.

}}

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|ship=Perseverance

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

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore at Clandeboy, County Down. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Belfast. She was refloated and towed in to Belfast.

}}

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|ship=Petrel

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

|desc=The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Port St. Mary.

}}

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|ship=Prosperity

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

|desc=The yawl sank off Abersoch, Caernarfonshire. A man was rescued by the Abersoch Lifeboat.{{Cite news |title=Miscellaneous |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=26 February 1873 |issue=55575 }}

}}

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|ship=Reward

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Haaks Bank, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to the Nieuwe Diep.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Victoria Maria

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Deadman Point, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Trouville-sur-Mer, Calvados to Gloucester, United Kingdom.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ythan

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Barry, Forfarshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Arbroath, Forfarshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was run into by the steamship Swanland and sank at Rotterdam, South Holland.

}}

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26 February

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|ship=Ann

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Drunmore". She was on a voyage from Portwilliam, Dumfriesshire to Maryport, Cumberland.

}}

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|ship=Clanranald

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked on the Barbary Coast. Her nine crew took to a boat; they were rescued the next day by the brig Express ({{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}). Clanranald was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Carloforte, Sardinia, Italy.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=11 March 1873 |issue=27635 |page=10 |column=F }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Mails |date=18 March 1873 |issue=27640 |page=6 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship=Dorothy

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

|desc=The barque was run ashore at Gibraltar in a waterlogged condition. Her thirteen crew survived. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Messina, Sicily, Italy. She subsequently broke her back and was condemned.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=4 March 1873 |issue=10352 }}

}}

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|ship=Ellen and Maria

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Blyth, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Magna Charta|1865|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship collided with the steamship Abana or Alabama ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the North Sea off Souter Point, County Durham with the loss of a crew member.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=26 February 1873 |issue=27623 |page=10 |column=E }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=28 February 1873 |issue=27625 |page=7 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=27 February 1873 |issue=55576 }}

}}

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|ship=Minerva

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Blyth. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France to Amble, Northumberland.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=27 February 1873 |issue=983 }}

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|ship=Oneco

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

|desc=The ship caught fire at Tybee Island, Georgia and was scuttled. She was refloated in March and towed to Venus Point, Georgia.{{Cite news |title=Summary |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=20 March 1873 |issue=7851 }}

}}

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|ship=Tyro

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

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore on Sanda Island, in the Firth of Clyde. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Dundalk, County Louth.

}}

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|ship=Ulverstone

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

|desc=The collier collided with the barque Concordia ({{flag|Austria-Hungary|civil}}) and sank off Weymouth, Dorset. Her crew survived. Ulverstone was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Cartagena, Spain.{{Cite news |title=Multiple News Items |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=27 February 1873 |issue=15158 |page=6 }}{{Cite news |title=Collisions at Sea |newspaper=The Star |location=Saint Peter Port |date=1 March 1873 |issue=109 |volume=60 }}

}}

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|ship=Witch of the Wave

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near the mouth of the Gillespie Burn, in the Bay of Luce. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Drummore, Wigtownshire.

}}

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27 February

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|ship=Ann

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Drummore, Wigtownshire. She was on a voyage from Portwilliam, Wigtownshire to Maryport, Cumberland.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=28 February 1873 |issue=15159 |page=7 }}

}}

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|ship=Birmah

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

|desc=The steamship collided with the steamship City of Cambridge ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the River Mersey. Her crew were rescued by the tug Iron King ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Birmah was on a voyage from Iloilo, Spanish East Indies to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=28 February 1873 |issue=27625 |page=7 |column=F }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Admiralty Court, Nov 18, 19 and 20 |date=22 November 1873 |issue=27854 |page=11 |column=D }}{{Cite news |title=News of the Day |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Post |location=Birmingham |date=28 February 1873 |issue=4563 }} She was refloated on 20 October and beached at Egremont.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=21 October 1873 |issue=8035 }}

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Indefatigable|1848|2}}, and
White Rose

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

|desc=The ferry White Rose collided with Indefatigable in the River Mersey. Both vessels were severely damaged.{{Cite news |title=Multiple News Items |newspaper=Bradford Observer |location=Bradford |date=28 February 1873 |issue=3175 |volume=40 }}

}}

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|ship=Kate

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground in the Firth of Forth and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Truro, Cornwall to Leith, Lothian.

}}

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|ship=Laura

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Burcom Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Inverness to Weymouth, Dorset. She was refloated and taken in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=1 March 1873 |issue=10350 }}

}}

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|ship=Mary Williams

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

|desc=The ship departed from Lisbon, Portugal for Liverpool. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=29 May 1873 |issue=27702 |page=6 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship=Patrician

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at San Francisco, California.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=3 March 1873 |issue=27627 |page=10 |column=F }} Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=5 March 1873 |issue=27629 |page=11 |column=F }}

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|ship=Tunstall

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Broadness Point.

}}

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|ship=Ville d'Andraix

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brigantine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Black Prince ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Ville d'Andraix was on a voyage from New York, United States to A Coruña, Spain.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=2 April 1873 |issue=7862 }}

}}

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28 February

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|ship=Barracouta

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at New York, United States.

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|ship=Cairngrom

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at New York. She was refloated.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Dio Adelphie

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

|desc=The brig sak west of Cape Trafalgar, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom to Galaţi, Ottoman Empire

}}

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|ship=Ella

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Portrush, County Antrim. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Londonderry.

}}

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|ship=Hadleys

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Aracati, Brazil.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=8 April 1873 |issue=8408 }}

}}

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|ship=Maranhense

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The steamship struck the quayside at Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom and was severely damaged.

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|ship=Palestine

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

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was refloated.

}}

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|ship=Pathfinder

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

|desc=The steamship struck rocks at Dover, Kent and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Calais, France to Dover.

}}

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|ship=Patrician

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at San Francisco, California, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from San Francisco to Liverpool.

}}

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|ship=Robert Irving

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

|desc=The ship sank off Douglas, Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Harrington, Cumberland to Douglas.

}}

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|ship=Aldana

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at North Point, Maryland. She was on a voyage from Cárdenas, Cuba to Baltimore, Maryland.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Anne Foster

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Bay of Biscay. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Azuline

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

|desc=The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida, United States to Sunderland, County Durham.

}}

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|ship=Barracouta

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Columbia River before 28 February.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Bedlington|Coulson, Cooke, 1872|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked near Les Sables-d'Olonne, Vendée with the loss of all but three of her eleven crew. She was on a voyage from Les Sables-d'Olonne to Whitehaven, Cumberland.{{cite web |url=http://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/B-Ships/bedlington1872.html |title=Bedlington |publisher=Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=8 April 2021 }}

}}

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|ship=Blue Jacket

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and sank at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France to South Shields, County Durham.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=27 February 1873 |issue=10348 }}

}}

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|ship=Brother{{'}}s Pride

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

|desc=The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 24 February.{{Cite news |title=Summary |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=25 March 1873 |issue=7855 }}

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|ship=Ceres

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore before 12 February. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to a Baltic port. She was refloated and put back to Phildadelphia.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Charles S. Baylis

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

|desc=The ship was severely damaged by fire at Mobile, Alabama, United States.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|City of Halifax|1868|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship was damaged by fire at Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony before 11 February.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=13 February 1873 |issue=10336 }}

}}

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|ship=Coronella

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Ballyferris, County Down. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Havana, Cuba. She was refloated with the assistance of two tugs and towed in to the Belfast Lough.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Côte d{{'}}Or

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The barque foundered off Porto Judeau, Azores. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=13 February 1873 |issue=7821 }}

}}

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|ship=Edwin M. Reed

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Addie M. Bird ({{flag|United States|1867}}). Edwin M. Reed was on a voyage from Baltimore to Boston, Massachusetts.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Elisabeth Taylor

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked off the coast of Wigtownshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ellen Jane

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the River Tees. She was later refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Epoque

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Cap-Haïtien, Haiti. She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to Haiti.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Essex

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

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

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Express

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Aracati, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco to Aracati.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Francois I

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship capsized in a dry dock at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was declared a total loss.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=G. W. Hunter

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Old Proprietor and was abandoned by her crew. She was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada to Dublin.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=28 February 1873 |issue=15159 |page=7 }}

}}

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|ship=Helen

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and sank at Southend, Essex. She was on a voyage from Caen, Calvados, France to London.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=26 February 1873 |issue=10347 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Hidalgo

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore in the Red Sea before 16 February.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Karnak

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Straits of Magellan

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Kenilworth

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

|desc=The steamship struck a sunken rock in the Strait of Magellan and was consequently beached at "Grapple Harbour". She was on a voyage from Valparaíso, Chile to Liverpool, Lancashire. Temporary repairs were made and she completed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=18 June 1873 |issue=7928 }}

}}

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|ship=Kfarman

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 13 February.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=17 February 1873 |issue=27615 |page=7 |column=C }}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lady Cartier

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

|desc=The barque collided with the steamship Ville de Brest ({{flag|France}}) and sank before 11 February.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Luce

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Trieste to Cette, Hérault, France.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=21 February 1873 |issue=7828 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Margarethe

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The brig was wrecked in the Los Roques archipelago, Venezuela. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Maracaibo, Venezuela.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Marie Theres

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hakodate, Japan to Shanghai.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Martha Jane

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

|desc=The derelict ship was beached at Kilmore.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mirfield

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

|desc=The steamship struck a sunken rock off Ouessant, Finistère, France and was holed. An attempt was made to abandon ship, but a boat was swamped with the loss of three lives. The survivors decided to remain aboard. Mirfield was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Hull. She put in to Plymouth, Devon in a severely damaged condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mystery

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

|desc=The sloop ran aground and sank in the River Usk at Chepstow, Monmouthshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Naval Reserve

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at the Rammekens Castle, near Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Nouvelle Societe

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Blanc Sablon Cove, Ille-et-Vilaine. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Marennes, Charente-Inférieure. She was later refloated and towed in to Brest, Finistère.

}}

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|ship=Ocean Queen

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

|desc=The ship ran aground and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Amoy, China. She was refloated and completed her voyage.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Olympia

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} Turks Islands

|desc=The schooner was wrecked off Anegada, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ormoy

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Yokohama, Japan to Amoy.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Padowa

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship was abandoned off La Rochelle, Charente-Inférieure, France

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Polonaise

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Masthead Island, Queensland before 4 February. She was on a voyage from Rockhampton, Queensland to London.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=6 February 1873 |issue=10330 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Primrose

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Middlecross Sand. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Alexandria. She was refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Progress

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

|desc=The ship was run down and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Sardinia, Italy by the steamship Artois ({{flag|France}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Reprise

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Cabo de Santa Maria, Portugal.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Richard Thompson

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

|desc=The brigantine sank off Coll, Inner Hebrides before 4 February.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=15 February 1873 |issue=27614 |page=10 |column=D }}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sant Prisco

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Gibraltar. She was refloated on 28 February.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=3 March 1873 |issue=10351 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Secret

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Eleuthera, Bahamas before 14 February. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sjofrocken

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Nassau, Bahamas before 28 February. She was on a voyage from Minatitlán, Mexico to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=St. Vincent de Paul

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the English coast between 5 and 20 February. A crew member was rescued by the steamship Lloyds ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). St. Vincent de Paul was on a voyage from Hull to San Domingo.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sunfoo

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore near Jeddah, Hejaz Vilayet. She was on a voyage from Singapore, Straits Settlements to a British port. She was refloated and continued her voyage, but consequently put in to Malta in a leaky condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Superb

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Granville, Manche.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SV|Thorwaldsen||2}}

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

|desc=The schooner left Newfoundland for Gloucester, Massachusetts on 18 February and vanished. Lost with all 7 hands.{{cite web |url=https://www.downtosea.com/1851-1875/thorwaldsen.htm |title=The Thorwaldsen |publisher=downtothesea.com |access-date=5 July 2021}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Tstriana

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at "Fedona Point". She was on a voyage from Trieste to Bordeaux, Gironde, France.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Warberg

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields to a port on Gotland.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Widdrington

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

|desc=The ship foundered off the coast of Denmark.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=William

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. She was on a voyage from Dominica to Baltimore.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Young Marquis

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Ouessant, Finistère, France. Her crew were rescued.

}}

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References

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=Bibliography=

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

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