List of shipwrecks in February 1874

The list of shipwrecks in February 1874 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during February 1874.

1 February

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

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

|desc=The steamship was damaged by a freshet at Buffalo, New York.

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|ship=Surprise

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on Oyster Bank, near Newcastle, New South Wales. Due to a heavy gale she was returning to Newcastle after departing for Sydney.{{cite news |title=Loss of the schooners Yarra and Surprise |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/13330963 |access-date=4 August 2021 |work=Sydney Morning Herald |issue=11,143, Vol.LXIX |date=3 February 1874}}

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2 February

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|ship=Flora MacDonald

|flag={{flag|New Zealand}}

|desc=The 18-ton cutter capsized and sank at the mouth of the Manukau Harbour in a southwesterly storm. All on board (the captain, mate, and six passengers) were lost.Ingram & Wheatley, p. 190.

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|ship=Helene

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

|desc=The barque foundered off Chios. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Peace

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked at "Saint Anne's". At least two crew survived. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Guadeloupe.

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4 February

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|ship=Audus

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

|desc=The schooner departed from Dunkerque, Nord, France for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Missing Ship |newspaper=York Herald |location=York |date=2 April 1874 |issue=5361 |page=5 }}

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|ship=Little Alice

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore north of Montrose, Forfarshire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=5 February 1874 |issue=8127 }}

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|ship=Parana

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore in the Dardanelles.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=7 February 1874 |issue=8129 }} She was on a voyage from Gemlik, Ottoman Empire to London. She was refloated on 8 February and resumed her voyage on 11 February. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=25 June 1874 |issue=8788 }}

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|ship=Tiger

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

|desc=The brig ran aground at Exmouth, Devon. She was refloated the next day.

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5 February

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|ship=Adsey

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Filey Brig, Yorkshire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=6 February 1874 |issue=8669 }}

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|ship=Flora

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was refloated.

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|ship={{SS|Illinois|1874|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Caernarfon, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and completed her voyage.

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|ship=Mauritania

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.

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

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

|desc=The steamship departed from Malta for Suez, Egypt. Subsequently foundered in the Mediterranean Sea with the loss of all hands. Wreckage from the ship washed ashore at Benghazi, Ottoman Tripolitania.{{Cite news |title=Disasters at Sea |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=23 March 1874 |issue=1527 |edition=Second }}{{cite web |url=http://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/S-Ships/sidra1873.html |title=Sidra |publisher=Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust |accessdate=13 May 2021 }}

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6 February

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|ship=Alessandro

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship departed from Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom for Hong Kong. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=4 December 1874 |issue=8386 }}

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|ship=Alida

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

|desc=The ship departed from Liverpool, Lancashire for Rosario, Argentina. Subsequently foundered with the loss of all hands. The ship's papers washed up near Waterford in February.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=12 March 1874 |issue=15482 |page=6 }}

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|ship=Pleiades

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Kilroot, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Ayr to Belfast, County Antrim.

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|ship=Riga

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

|desc=The steamship collided with Elizabeth Ann ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and was beached on the Pluckington Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool.

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|ship=Yreka

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

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

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7 February

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|ship=Eastern Isles

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at the Birling Gap, Sussex.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=9 February 1874 |issue=10645 }}

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|ship=Eliza Thornton

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

|desc=The ship departed from Cardiff, Glamorgan for Cádiz, Spain. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=20 August 1874 |issue=28086 |page=9 |column=F }}

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|ship=Soho

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on the Corran Rocks, on the west coast of Scotland.

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|ship=Star

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

|desc=The barque ran aground at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France. She floated off but consequently foundered. Her crew were rescued by the fishing smack Oliver Cromwell ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=13 February 1874 |issue=4648 }}

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|ship=St. Jacques

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship departed from Dunkerque, Nord for London, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=10 April 1874 |issue=8182 }}

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8 February

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|ship=Fanny

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

|desc=The ship collided with Triumph ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) off Scarborough, Yorkshire and was abandoned by all but two of her crew, who were rescued by Triumph. No further trace of Fanny.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=10 February 1874 |issue=10646 }}

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

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

|desc=The steamship departed from Liverpool, Lancashire for Palermo, Sicily, Italy. She subsequently foundered with the loss of all 35 crew. Wreckage from the ship was discovered between Ouessant, Finistère, France and The Lizard, Cornwall.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=13 March 1874 |issue=8158 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=18 March 1874 |issue=8162 }}

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|ship=Thomas Denham

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

|desc=The ship departed from New York for Glasgow, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=11 June 1874 |issue=28026 |page=7 |column=F }}

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9 February

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|ship=Henrietta

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the smack Victory ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Henrietta was on a voyage from Porsgrund to Hull, Yorkshire.

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10 February

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|ship=Eliza Young

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Crookhaven, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Darien, Georgia, United States to Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire.

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|ship=Envoy

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

|desc=The brig collided with another vessel in the Atlantic Ocean. She was abandoned {{convert|100|nmi|km}} west of the Isles of Scilly on 12 February. Her crew were rescued by the barque Nuova Gamma ({{Flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}). Envoy was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Havana, Cuba.

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|ship=Lady Havelock

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her seventeen crew were rescued by the Ramsgate Lifeboat.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Royal National Lifeboat Institution |date=6 March 1874 |issue=27943 |page=7 |column=D }}{{Cite news |title=Press Association and Central News Telegrams |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=11 February 1874 |issue=6579 |page=3 }} She was on a voyage from Dalhousie, New Brunswick, Canada to Hull, Yorkshire.

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|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Bergen, Norway. She was on a voyage from Larvik, Norway to Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire.

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|ship=Mary Ann

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

|desc=The brig collided with an American ship in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned by all but two of her crew, who were rescued by the American ship. The remaining crew were rescued on 12 February by Lussignano Gladulich (Flag unknown) {{convert|150|nmi|km}} south west of Cape Clear Island, County Cork. Mary Ann was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Berbice, British Guiana.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=18 February 1874 |issue=10653 }}

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|ship=Morning Star

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked at Ballinacourty, County Waterford. Her captain was rescued by the keeper of the Ballinacourty Lighthouse.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Lifeboat Services |date=9 June 1874 |issue=28024 |page=6 |column=F }}

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|ship=Panama

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

|desc=The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque City of Bangor ({{flag|United States|1867}}). Parama was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=3 April 1874 |issue=8717 }}

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11 February

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|ship=Alessandrissia

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore from the Samphire Roads, off the coast of County Kerry, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Severe Storm and Disasters to Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=13 February 1874 |issue=8134 }}

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|ship=Alexandria

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Fenit, County Kerry.

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|ship=Assecuradeur

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The barque was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Lope de Vega (Flag unknown). Assecuradeur was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Neufahrwasser.She was towed in to Baltimore, County Cork by the steamship Don ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) the next day.

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|ship=Athalia

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

|desc=The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked in Dundalk Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Silloth, Cumberland to Dundalk, County Louth.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=12 February 1874 |issue=15458 |page=7 }}

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|ship={{SV|B. H. Smith||2}}

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

|desc= The fishing schooner sank in a gale on the Grand Bank. Lost with all 12 crewmen.{{cite web |url=https://gloucester-ma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/404/LOST-AT-SEAAPR?bidId= |title=Lost at sea |publisher=gloucester-ma.gov |access-date=14 May 2021 |archive-date=6 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506124722/https://gloucester-ma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/404/LOST-AT-SEAAPR?bidId= |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?214844 |title=B. H. Smith (+1874) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=14 May 2021}}

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|ship=Borthwick

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground between Brouwershaven and Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland, Netherlands.

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|ship=Brothers

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked at Sandhammaren, Norway. She was on a voyage from Ventava, Courland Governorate to London.

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|ship=Caladonio, or
Campedoniaca

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

|desc=The barque sank off Crookhaven, County Cork, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Disastrous Shipwrecks on the Irish Coast |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=14 February 1874 |issue=6413 }}

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|ship=Conquest

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore from the Samphire Roads.

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|ship=Evangelistra

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Lefkada and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from "Astaco" to Malta.

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|ship=Frientje

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was run aground on the Pye Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=12 February 1874 |issue=8674 }} She was on a voyage from Groningen to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated and assisted in to Harwich, Essex.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=14 February 1874 |issue=8135 }}

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|ship=Henry

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on the coast of County Waterford.{{Cite news |title=Wreck of Schooners |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=12 February 1874 |issue=55872 }}

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|ship=Jane Maccaul

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore from the Samphire roads.

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|ship=Margaret Maccaul

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore from the Samphire Roads.

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|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Bergen, Norway. She was on a voyage from Larvik, Norway to Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=12 February 1874 |issue=27924 |page=7 |column=F }}

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|ship=Messina

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground off Bari.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=16 February 1874 |issue=8136 }}

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|ship=Northern Light

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Warrenpoint, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Preston, Lancashire to Newry, County Antrim.

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|ship=Priory

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

|desc=The smack was driven ashore at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.

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|ship=Pulcinella

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Berehaven, County Cork with the loss of all but one of her crew.

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|ship=Sailor Prince

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

|desc=The barque sank off Crookhaven.

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|ship=Satyr

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

|desc=The schooner was driven against the quayside and severely damaged at Queenstown, County Cork.

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|ship=Seaward

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

|desc=The schooner struck a submerged object and sank in the Samphire Roads off Fenit. Her crew survived.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=21 February 1874 |issue=10656 }}

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|ship=Shamrock

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

|desc=The steamship was run down and sunk in the North Sea off the Bull Lightship (22px Trinity House) by a Russian barque. Her crew were rescued. Shamrock was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Alexandria, Khedivate of Egypt.

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|ship=Sir Bevis

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

|desc=The steamship was run into by the steamship Ben Nevis ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank at Cardiff, Glamorgan. Sir Bevis was refloated on 27 February and taken into a dry dock.

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|ship=Successor

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore on Emmanuel Point, Lindisfarne, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Stettin, Germany to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. She was refloated and taken in to Berwick upon Tweed in a severely damaged condition.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=12 February 1874 |issue=10648 }}

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|ship=Tidal Wave

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|40|nmi|km}} off Cape Clear Island, County Cork. Her crew were rescued by Forsoget (Flag unknown). Tidal Wave was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Bremen, Germany.

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|ship=Trial

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

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Penzance, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Connah's Quay, Flintshire to Plymouth, Devon.

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|ship=Viceroy

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Grand Harbour, Malta. She was on a voyagbe from Calcutta, India to a British port. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage on 13 February.

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|ship=Three unnamed vessels

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

|desc=The yawls were wrecked at Kinsale, County Cork.{{Cite news |title=Gale on the West Coast of Ireland |newspaper=Bradford Observer |location=Bradford |date=12 February 1874 |issue=3471 |page=5 |volume=61 }}

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|ship=Unnamed

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|120|nmi|km}} south west of Cape Clear Island, County Cork. Her eleven crew were rescued by a German brig.

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12 February

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|ship=Cardross

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at "Dinsey Head". She was on a voyage from Queenstown, County Cork to Liverpool, Lancashire with the loss of sixteen of her eighteen crew.{{Cite news |title=Disasters at Sea |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=16 February 1874 |issue=6414 }}

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|ship=Clara

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The brig caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by the full-rigged ship Seaford ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Clara was on a voyage from Liverpool to Demerara, British Guiana.

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|ship=Hercules

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The barque was wrecked at "Bogstown", County Cork, United Kingdom with the loss of eleven of her twelve crew.{{Cite news |title=Gale on the West Coast of Ireland |newspaper=Bradford Observer |location=Bradford |date=13 February 1874 |issue=3472 |volume=61 }}{{Cite news |title=Wreck and Loss of Life on the Irish Coast |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=13 February 1874 |issue=11184 }} She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.

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|ship=Minerva

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by John Zittleson ({{Flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Minerva was on a voyage from Long Island, New York to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=14 March 1874 |issue=8159 }}

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|ship=Oleg

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Black Sea. All on board were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=17 February 1874 |issue=27928 |page=6 |column=E }}

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|ship=Raleigh

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

|desc=The barque sprang a leak and foundered {{convert|60|nmi|km}} west of the Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued by the barque Fortune ({{flag|France}}). Raleigh was on a voyage from Colombo, Ceylon to London.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=2 March 1874 |issue=27939 |page=11 |column=B }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=12 March 1874 |issue=1518 }}

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|ship=Thomas and Elizabeth

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

|desc=The schooner put in to Cork in a sinking condition. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France.

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13 February

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|ship=Abraham Lincoln

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked {{convert|3|nmi|km}} east of Galley Head, County Cork, United Kingdom with the loss of six of her thirteen crew. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Messina, Sicily.

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|ship=Active

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The barque was wrecked near Tralee, County Kerry, United Kingdom.

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|ship=Castellian

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

|desc=The schooner caught fire and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her six crew were rescued by the steamship {{SS|Calabria|1857|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

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|ship=Dalkeith

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked at Durness, Sutherland.

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|ship=Fanny Hilbery

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Glandore, County Cork.

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|ship=Romolo

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

|desc=The schooner capsized at Falmouth, Cornwall and was beached. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Penryn to Falmouth. She was righted on 14 February.

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|ship=Somerset

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

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

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|ship=Supply

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Stairhaven, Wigtownshire. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Wrecks on the Scotch Coast |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=19 February 1874 |issue=8139 }}

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|ship=Wan Loong

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

|desc=The steamship capsized at Hong Kong with the loss of at least 100 lives. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Canton.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=News From India |date=1 April 1874 |issue=27965 |page=6 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=14 April 1874 |issue=8184 }}

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14 February

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|ship=Ave Maria

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

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Hastings Spit, in the Rangoon River. She was on a voyage from Rangoon, Burma to a European port. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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|ship={{SS|Graig Merthyr|1873|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked at "Almaida", {{convert|60|nmi|km}} west of Alexandria, Egypt. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Alexandria.{{Cite web |url=http://hhtandn.org/notes/1359/graig-merthyr-a-general-history |title=Graig Merthyr - a general history |publisher=Hartlepool Borough Council |access-date=2 May 2021 }}

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|ship=Mary Moore

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

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Chico Bank. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Buenos Aires, Argentina.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=17 March 1874 |issue=8702 }} She was refloated on 17 February and taken in to Buenos Aires.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=26 March 1874 |issue=10684 }}

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|ship=Theodora

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Hope Cove, Devon, United Kingdom with the loss of three of her six crew. Survivors were rescued by the Coastguard using a lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Barcelona, Spain to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Gallant Rescue of a Shipwrecked Crew |newspaper=Southampton Herald |location=Southampton |date=11 March 1874 |issue=2894 |page=3 |volume=51 }}

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|ship=Unnamed

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The schooner foundered off the Roches-Douvres Lighthouse, Côtes-du-Nord with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Star |location=Saint Peter Port |date=19 February 1874 |issue=103 |volume=59 }}

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15 February

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|ship=Anna

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

|desc=The ship departed from New York, United States for Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=28 May 1874 |issue=8764 }}

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|ship=Columbia

|flag={{flag|Peru}}

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire at Hong Kong. Arson was suspected as the cause.

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|ship=Ebenezer

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Tisler Reefs. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Christiania.

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|ship=Haabet

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on Anholt. She was on a voyage from Uusikaupunki, Grand Duchy of Finland to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.

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|ship=Hiawatha

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship departed from Rangoon, Burma for Zwijndrecht, South Holland. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

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16 February

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|ship=Antigua

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

|desc=The ship caught fire and was towed in to Ardrossan, Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Cuba.

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|ship=Charles Gray

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

|desc=The schooner was abandoned off Ouessant, Finistère, France. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Scorpio ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

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|ship=Confidence

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean {{convert|100|nmi|km}} north west of Tory Island, County Donegal. Her crew were rescued by Memory ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=18 February 1874 |issue=27929 |page=6 |column=F }}

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|ship=Cyphrenes

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at St. Helen's, Isle of Wight. She wa son a voyage from London to Australia. She was refloated in mid-February.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=18 March 1874 |issue=8162 }}

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|ship=Ida E.

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Fedalma ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Ida E. was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Glasgow, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=18 March 1874 |issue=10677 }}

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|ship=San Miguel

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked near Derrynane, County Kerry, United Kingdom with the loss of three of the 28 people on board. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Rio de Janeiro.{{Cite news |title=Wreck of a Barque |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=17 February 1874 |issue=55876 }}

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

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Östergarn, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Reval, Russia to Lübeck, Germany.

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17 February

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|ship=Almira

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore on Vlieland, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Bremen, Germany.

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|ship=Arracan

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

|desc=The ship caught fire and was abandoned in the South China Sea. Her crew took to a boat; they were rescued on 27 February by the steamship City of Poonah ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Arracan was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Bombay, India.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=15 April 1874 |issue=1546 }}{{Cite news |title=The Loss of the Arracan |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=25 July 1874 |issue=6551 }}

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|ship=Garden Reach

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

|desc=The ship was sighted off Cape Henry, Virginia whilst on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

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|ship=Magdalena

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Kalos ({{flag|United States|1867}}) and she was set afire. Magdalena was on a voyage from Jamaica to Queenstown.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=14 March 1874 |issue=10674 }}

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|ship=Thessalia

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked near Capo Colonna, Italy. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.

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|ship=Zunge

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Vlieland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom.

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18 February

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|ship=Almira

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore on Vlieland, Friesland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Bremen.

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|ship=Catherine Campbell

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Amble, Northumberland.

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|ship=Gibson Craig

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Blakeney, Norfolk.

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|ship=Hoppet

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

|desc=The ship departed from the "Ydefjord" for Hull, Yorkshire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

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|ship=Janet Dalgleish

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

|desc=The barque sprang a leak and foundered in the Mediterranean Sea ({{coord|39|23|N|5|47|E}}). Her crew were rescued by the steamship Caradoc ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Janet Dalgleish was on a voyage from Licata, Sicily Italy to Copenhagen, Denmark.{{Cite news |title=Vessel Foundered at Sea |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=26 February 1874 |issue=6423 }}{{Cite news |title=Ship News |newspaper=Morning Post |location=London |date=5 March 1874 |issue=31725 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Johann Benjamin

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship ran aground at Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Memel to Lowestoft. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft in a leaky condition.

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|ship=Lapwing

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Säby, on the east coast of Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France.

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|ship=Zunge

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The sloop was driven ashore on Vlieland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bremen to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=19 February 1874 |issue=27930 |page=6 |column=D }}

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20 February

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|ship=Chance

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The barque was wrecked on the south coast of Formosa. At least two of her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle, New South Wales to Hong Kong.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=29 April 1874 |issue=8198 }}

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|ship=Jessie Bannantyne

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

|desc=The smack caught fire and was scuttled.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=3 March 1874 |issue=1510 }}

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|ship=Leda

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

|desc=The derelict schooner was towed in to the Isles of Scilly. She was on a voyage from Wilmington, Delaware, United States to London.

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|ship=Maasluis

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to Rotterdam, South Holland. She was refloated and taken in to Deal, Kent in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=21 February 1874 |issue=8141 }}

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

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked on the Holewell or Rolamee Reef. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Loss of Tyne Steamers and Seamen |date=6 March 1874 |issue=27943 |page=7 |column=D }}{{cite web |url=http://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/W-Ships/woosung1873.html |title=Woosung |publisher=Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust |access-date=2 May 2021 }}{{Cite news |title=The Wreck of the Steamer Woosung |newspaper=Lloyd's Illustrated Newspaper |location=London |date=15 March 1874 |issue=1634 }}

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21 February

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|ship=Gem

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked west of Kinnaird Head, Aberdeenshire.{{Cite news |title=Fraserburgh |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=24 February 1874 |issue=6421 }} She was on a voyage from Portmahomack, Ross-shire to West Hartlepool, County Durham.

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|ship=Glide

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked off the coast of County Wexford.{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Freeman's Journal |location=Dublin |date=24 February 1874 }}

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|ship=Industry

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

|desc=The schooner sank off "Western Point". She was refloated.

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|ship=Unnamed

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The schooner collided with Ceres ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Ceres.

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23 February

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|ship=Childwall Abbey

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship foundered in the Indian Ocean with the loss of four of her crew. Survivors took to a boat. They were rescued on 26 February by Lord Ashburton ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Childwall Abbey was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Casualties |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=13 May 1874 |issue=55948 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=13 May 1874 |issue=10725 }}

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|ship=Gladstone

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore in the Scheldt. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to New York, United States. She was refloated on 27 February with the assistance of a number of tugs and taken in to Antwerp.

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|ship=Pet

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

|desc=The schooner departed from Padstow, Cornwall for Campbeltown, Argyllshire. Presumed subsequently foundered with the loss of all five crew, possibly on 25 February. Wreckage from the ship washed up at Southend, Argyllshire.{{Cite news |title=Supposed Loss of a Schooner and All Hands |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=10 March 1874 |issue=6433 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=12 March 1874 |issue=10672 }}

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|ship=Walter Johnston

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Port Ellen, Islay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire.

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24 February

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|ship=Iris

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Waternish, Isle of Skye, Outer Hebrides. She sank on 19 March.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=23 March 1874 |issue=10681 }}

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|ship=Macgregor

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at "Kandavan".{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=19 March 1874 |issue=8704 }}

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|ship=Milikano

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked at Benghazi, Ottoman Tripolitania.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disaster |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=4 March 1874 |issue=6428 }} She was on a voyage from Rodosto, Ottoman Empire to Malta.

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25 February

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|ship=Corinne

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The steamship put in to St. Ives, Cornwall, United Kingdom in a sinking condition.

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|ship=Geneze

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near New Romney, Kent, United Kingdom. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Good Hope

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at "Ras Metamer", Egypt. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to a British port.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=27 February 1874 |issue=6424 }}

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|ship=Janes and Margarets

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Thurso, Caithness.{{Cite news |title=Thurso |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=28 February 1874 |issue=10662 }}

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|ship=Jean Shearer

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

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

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|ship=Johanne Mathilde

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

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Dunmore Bank and sank. She was refloated on 13 August and taken in tow for Cardiff, Glamorgan.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=14 August 1874 |issue=28081 |page=5 |column=D }}

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|ship=Lizzie

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

|desc=The brigantine was run down and sunk off Land's End, Cornwall by the steamship Broomsgrove. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Lord Morpeth

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

|desc=The ferry struck the landing stage at Tranmere, Cheshire and sank.{{Cite news |title=Gale on the West Coast of Ireland |newspaper=Bradford Observer |location=Bradford |date=26 February 1874 |issue=3484 |page=8 |volume=41 }}

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|ship=Marie Elizabeth

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The sloop ran aground on the Pole Sands. Her four crew were rescued by the Exmouth Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Teignmouth, Devon, United Kingdom.

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|ship=Pioneer

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Thurso. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.

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|ship=Rajah

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship ran aground at Waterford. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated.

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|ship=Trelawney

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Queenstown, County Cork.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=27 February 1874 |issue=10661 }} She was later refloated.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=3 March 1874 |issue=8149 }}

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|ship=William and Martha

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

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

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|ship=Winsome

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Burghead, Moray. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Burghead.

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|ship=Whitwood

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the River Ouse at Goole, Yorkshire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=26 February 1874 |issue=27936 |page=7 |column=D }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=26 February 1874 |issue=8145 }}

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|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The barque ran aground at Waterford and was wrecked.

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26 February

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|ship=Billow Queen

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

|desc=The barque struck the Sand Hale, in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire and was consequently beached south of Cleethorpes. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Viana do Castelo, Portugal.

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|ship=Brilliant

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The barque was wrecked off Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom with the loss of all fifteen crew. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to Swinemünde.{{Cite news |title=Great Gale |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Post |location=Birmingham |date=27 February 1874 |issue=4875 }}{{Cite news |title=Severe Storm |newspaper=Reynolds's Newspaper |location=London |date=1 March 1874 |issue=1632 }}

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|ship=Brisk

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Queenstown, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan Ayrshire to Cárdenas, Cuba.

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|ship=Concordia

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Lunan, Forfarshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Nordbye to a British port.

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|ship=Cerbele

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Slains Castle, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom with the loss of three of her nine crew. She was on a voyage rom Gothenburg to Alloa, Clackmannanshire, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Wrecks on the Buchan Coast |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=2 March 1874 |issue=10663 }}

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|ship=Elizabeth

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Rathlin Island, County Donegal with the loss of all hands.

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|ship=Emma Marie

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Westhaven, Forfarshire, United Kingdom. Her six crew were supposed to have been washed overboard before she came ashore. She was on a voyage from Halmstad to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Terrible Storm |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=27 February 1874 |issue=6424 }}

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|ship=Foldin

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

|desc=The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the steamship {{SS|Algeria|1870|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Foldin was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=3 March 1874 |issue=27940 |page=6 |column=F }}

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|ship=Garibaldi

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked at Lindisfarne, Northumberland with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Heavy Gale |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=27 February 1874 |issue=8146 }}{{Cite news |title=Severe Storm |newspaper=Morning Post |location=London |date=27 February 1874 |issue=31720 |page=5 }}

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|ship=Germania

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Newburgh, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to South Shields, County Durham.

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|ship=Griffin

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked on Stronsay, Orkney Islands. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Livorno, Italy.{{Cite news |title=The Late Storm in Shetland |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=16 March 1874 |issue=55899 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=16 March 1874 |issue=1522 }}

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|ship=Ino

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore in Clayshant Bay, Wigtownshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Paisley, Renfrewshire.

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|ship=Itya

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Cruden Bay, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Wreck of a Russian Schooner near Peterhead |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=27 February 1874 |issue=6424 }}

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|ship=Johanna Matilda

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked at Waterford, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the pilot cutter Seagull ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite news |title=Destructive Gale |newspaper=Bradford Observer |location=Bradford |date=27 February 1874 |issue=3485 |page=8 |volume=41 }}

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|ship=Maria Johanna

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The schooner foundered in the North Sea off Slains Castle with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Dutch Vessel Down with All Hands |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=27 February 1874 |issue=6424 }}

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|ship=Nelson

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Terrific Gale |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=27 February 1874 |issue=1073 |page=3 }}

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|ship=No Joke

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

|desc=The smack was wrecked on Stronsay.

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|ship=Oxford

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

|desc=The smack was driven ashore at Saltfleet, Lincolnshire with the loss of a crew member.

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|ship=Rose

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked in Dundrum Bay with the loss of one of her five crew. Survivors were rescued by the Dundrum Lifeboat Reigate (file:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Shipwreck on the Irish Coast |date=27 February 1874 |issue=27937 |page=11 |column=F }}

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|ship=Scottish Lass

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the Isle of Whithorn, Wigtownshire. She was on a voyage from Donaghadee, County Down to Llanelly, Glamorgan.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=28 February 1874 |issue=10662 }}

}}

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|ship=Willie

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore north of Carrickfergus, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Belfast, County Antrim.

}}

27 February

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|ship=Amity

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Longhope, Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Troon, Ayrshire.

}}

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|ship=Claudia

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Moville, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Limerick.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=4 March 1874 |issue=1511 }}

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|ship=Delight

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

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore at Moville.

}}

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|ship=Diadem

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

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore at Moville.

}}

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|ship=Heiress

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

|desc=The ship ran aground near the South Lighthouse, in the Belfast Lough. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Galveston, Texas, United States.

}}

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|ship=St George

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

|desc=The {{Lbs|Stonehaven}} lifeboat, having launched to the aid of the barque Grace Darling ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}), but found not to be required, and unable to return home due to the conditions, then capsized whilst heading for Aberdeen harbour, with the loss of four of her ten crew. The lifeboat came ashore and was wrecked.{{Cite news |title=Lifeboat Swamped at Aberdeen, and Four Men Drowned |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=28 February 1874 |issue=10662 }}{{Cite news |title=Fearful Storm and Wrecks |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=Aberdeen |date=4 March 1874 |issue=6582 }}{{cite news |last1=Carlton |first1=Anna |title=Stonehaven RNLI commemorates 150th Anniversary of a devastating tragedy |url=https://rnli.org/news-and-media/2024/february/16/stonehaven-rnli-commemorates-150th-anniversary-of-a-devastating-tragedy |access-date=23 August 2024 |publisher=RNLI |date=16 February 2024}}

}}

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|ship=Wynaud

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Hobart, Tasmania.

}}

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|ship=Unnamed

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The galiot foundered in the North Sea {{convert|40|nmi|km}} off Buchan Ness, Aberdeenshire with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=6 March 1874 |issue=1513 }}

}}

28 February

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|ship=Argo

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

|desc=The barque foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Twee Gebroeders ({{flag|Netherlands}}). Argo was on a voyage from Bergen to Charlestown, Cornwall, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=21 March 1874 |issue=10680 }}

}}

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|ship=Danmark

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Memel, Germany to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated.

}}

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|ship=Grace Darling

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Rattray Head, Aberdeenshire with the loss of fourteen of her fifteen crew. She was on a voyage from North Shields, Northumberland to Swinemünde, Germany. Four crew of the Stonehaven Lifeboat were lost attempting a rescue.

}}

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|ship=Harbottle

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

|desc=The ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Buenos Aires, Argentina.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=6 April 1874 |issue=15503 |page=8 }}

}}

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|ship=Jones Brothers

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Bay of Biscay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Smyrna, Ottoman Empire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=7 March 1874 |issue=10668 }}

}}

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|ship=Moses Day

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship was abandoned off Mindanao, Spanish East Indies. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=28 March 1874 |issue=8712 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=28 March 1874 |issue=10686 }}

}}

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|ship=Texa

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore on Islay.

}}

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|ship=Thor

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by J. W. Settervall ({{flag|Sweden|1844}}). Thor was on a voyage from Jamaica to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=16 March 1874 |issue=10676 }}

}}

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|ship=Victoria

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Islay.

}}

Unknown date

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|ship=Adelina

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Ontario Reef, in the Raromata Passage before 27 February. Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Singapore, Straits Settlements.

}}

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|ship=Agil

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Bermuda. She was on a voyage from Minatitlán to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.

}}

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|ship=Amor

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on a rock at "Hillesund". She was on a voyage from Nykøbing Falster, Denmark to Dunkerque, Nord. She was refloated.

}}

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|ship=Ann Staniland

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Queenstown, County Cork between 2 and 10 February.

}}

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|ship=Auguste

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Baltimore, Maryland, United States.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=2 April 1874 |issue=10690 }}

}}

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|ship=Behana Lithuania

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

|desc=The ship capsized with the loss of all but two of her crew. Survivors were rescued by the steamship Burgos (Flag unknown).{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=17 February 1874 |issue=8137 }}

}}

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|ship=Bekham

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

|desc=The sloop foundered off Fleetwood, Lancashire. Both crew were rescued by the fishing boat Christiania ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Bekham was on a voyage from Liverpool to Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=25 February 1874 |issue=8144 }}

}}

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|ship=Bloomer

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

|desc=The ship foundered at sea before 17 February. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to a Channel port.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Cambridge

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

|desc=The steamship foundered in the North Sea {{convert|100|nmi|km}} off Spurn Point, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sweden to London.

}}

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|ship=Carlo P.

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

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire off the coast of Brazil. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Liverpool.

}}

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|ship=Caroline Lamont

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at San Antonio. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Valparaíso, Chile.

}}

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|ship=Charles

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked at Baltimore, County Cork, United Kingdom between 11 and 18 February with the loss of all but one of her crew.{{Cite news |title=Gales in the Atlantic |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=19 February 1874 |issue=6417 }}

}}

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|ship=Cherub

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Irish Sea after 7 February with the loss of all six crew. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure, France. Wreckage from the ship washed up at Ballycotton, County Cork.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=21 February 1874 |issue=8141 }}

}}

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|ship=Clyde

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Ballygrangis, County Wexford. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Waterford.

}}

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|ship=Colombo

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at "Torre Chiarica".{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=19 February 1874 |issue=8139 }}

}}

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|ship=Cronstadt

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Baltimore, County Cork. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=13 February 1874 |issue=15459 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Dove

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

|desc=The sloop was wrecked on Antigua.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Egyptien

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The steamship collided with the steamship Tunis ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank off Civita Vecchia, Italy.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=4 February 1874 |issue=8126 }}

}}

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|ship=Eroe

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked on the Antipata Rocks. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Corfu, Greece.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=28 February 1874 |issue=8147 }}

}}

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|ship=Eunice

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground near Falsterbo, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Dantzic, Germany to London. She was refloated and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=19 February 1874 |issue=8139 }}

}}

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|ship=Eyerson

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Cape Florida, United States. She was later refloated and taken in to Key West, Florida, United States.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Firenze

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

|desc=The steamship foundered in the Red Sea {{convert|78|nmi|km}} off Suez, Egypt.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=14 February 1874 |issue=10650 }}

}}

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|ship=Francisko

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked at Imbros, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Dedeagac to Naples, Italy.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Franklin

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

|desc=The brig departed from South Shields. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all eight crew.{{Cite news |title=Loss of Shields Vessels |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=8 July 1874 |issue=6536 }}

}}

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|ship=Gabrielle

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was discovered in a derelict condition {{convert|120|nmi|km}} west of the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom by Margaret Jane ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and taken in to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=20 February 1874 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=George Buckley

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

|desc=The ship departed from Goole, Yorkshire for Lagos, Lagos Colony. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Supposed Shipping Disaster |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=28 September 1874 |issue=56066 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Hannah

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Nore. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Harmony

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Matanzas, Cuba to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Harriet William

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Clonakilty Bay. She was on a voyage from Huelva, Spain to Llanelly, Glamorgan.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=13 February 1874 |issue=15459 |page=7 }}

}}

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|ship=Hartstene

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Ballycotton. She was refloated on 16 February and taken in to Queenstown.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Hélène

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore. Her four crew were rescued by the Winchelsea Lifeboat.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Henry

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

|desc=The brigantine was wrecked at Ballinacourty, County Wexford. Her five crew were rescued by the Dungarvan Lifeboat.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Hope

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Blackwall, Middlesex. She was on a voyage from London to Montrose, Forfarshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jane Shearer

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked near Scrabster, Caithness.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=2 March 1874 |issue=15473 |page=6 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Larcelle

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Tuskar Rock. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=10 February 1874 |issue=15456 |page=3 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SV|Laura A. Dodd||2}}

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

|desc=The fishing schooner was lost at Miquelon Island. Crew saved.{{cite web |url=https://www.downtosea.com/1851-1875/1874.htm |title=1874 |publisher=downtothesea.com |access-date=5 July 2021}}

}}

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|ship=Loyal Sam

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship collided with the barquentine Portland ({{flag|United States|1867}}) and sank at Astoria, Oregon.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Margaretha

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Rostock to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=17 February 1874 |issue=10652 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Pietro

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Çanakkale, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=18 February 1874 |issue=8679 }}

}}

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|ship=Regent

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

|desc=The schooner sank in Loch Carron. She was on a voyage from Burntisland, Fife to Dublin. She was refloated in May and was taken in to Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides for repairs, arriving on 12 May.{{Cite news |title=Shipping News |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=18 May 1874 |issue=6492 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ridesdale

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Southampton, Hampshire. She was refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sandusky

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

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire at Mobile, Alabama.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=11 February 1874 |issue=10647 }}

}}

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|ship=Sedra

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

|desc=The steamship departed from Malta in mid-February 1874 for Port Said, Egypt. She disappeared without further trace, and was presumed foundered with the loss of all 30 crew.{{cite news |title=The screw steamer Sedra |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000487/18740306/009/0002 |access-date=5 May 2021 |work=The Daily Gazette |issue=1078 |publisher=British Newspaper Archive (subscription) |date=6 March 1874 |location=Middlesbrough |page=2}}

}}

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|ship=Thetis

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The schooner ran aground at Aracaju, Brazil and was wrecked.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=4 March 1874 |issue=10665 }}

}}

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|ship=Tindell

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Kingsdown, Kent. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Singapore, Straits Settlements.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Urbino

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Trieste to Constantinople.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=12 February 1874 |issue=27924 |page=7 |column=F }} She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Valdivia

|flag={{flag|Chile}}

|desc=The steamship was wrecked at "Trumay" with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Valdivia to "Trumay".

}}

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|ship=Ville d{{'}}Aurillac

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

|desc=The steamship put in to Brest, Finistère on fire. She was on a voyavge from Bordeaux, Gironde to Porthcawl, Glamorgan.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Vincent de Paul

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship foundered {{convert|4|nmi|km}} south of Las Palmas, Canary Islands. Her crew were rescued. she was on a voyage from Sierra Leone to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=23 February 1874 |issue=1503 }}

}}

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|ship=Virgen de los Angelos

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

|desc=The ship was lost. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Burgos ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite news |title=Local Intelligence |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=24 September 1875 |issue=4700 }}

}}

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|ship=Vites

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned at sea. Her ten crew were rescued by the barque San Miguel ({{flag|Portugal|civil}}). Vites was on a voyage from Galway to Cardiff.

}}

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|ship=Wenvoe

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore near Saint-Nazaire, Loire-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Saint-Nazaire. She was refloated on 3 February.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=7 February 1874 |issue=8129 }}

}}

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|ship=William Landreth

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Trepassey, Newfoundland Colony. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony.

}}

References

=Bibliography=

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

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Category:Maritime incidents in February 1874