List of shipwrecks in May 1871

The list of shipwrecks in May 1871 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1871.

1 May

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|ship=Breeze

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Padstow, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Padstow to Plymouth, Devon.

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|ship=Ebenezer

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

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Cannon Rocks. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Dublin.

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|ship=Josephus

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The steamship collided with the steamship Princess Royal ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank at Antwerp, Belgium.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=2 May 1871 |issue=7261 }}

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|ship=Neptune

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The sloop foundered. Her crew were rescued by the barque Askur ({{flag|Norway|1844}}). Neptune was on a voyage from Drammen to Kragerø, Norway.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=4 May 1871 |issue=14588 |page=7 }}

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|ship={{ss|Octa||2}}

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked on Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to London.

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|ship=Rover

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

|desc=The ship struck a sunken wreck. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Dunkerque, Nord, France. Sh was assisted in to Harwich, Essex in a severely leaky condition.

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|ship=Unnamed

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay and sank. Her crew survived.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=3 May 1871 |issue=14587 |page=7 }}

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2 May

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|ship=Everhardus

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

|desc=The ship foundered {{convert|20|nmi|km}} north of Montrose, Forfarshire. Her crew were rescued by the fishing boat St. Anna ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=5 May 1871 |issue=9780 }}{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=6 May 1871 |issue=14590 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Onward

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

|desc=The steamship sank off Domesnes, Russia. Her crew survived. she was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Riga, Russia.

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3 May

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|ship=Angelsea

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

|desc=The ship was holed by ice and sank. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Quebec City, Canada.

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|ship=Lucibelle

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Starbuck Island. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sydney, New South Wales to Starbuck Island.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=12 September 1871 |page=9 |issue=27166 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=31 October 1871 |issue=9932 }}

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|ship=Mercury

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground in the Southwest Passage. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.

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

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground off "Tinsum". She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Bremen.

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4 May

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|ship=Charles Maureau

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Saint-Benoît, Réunion. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Inez

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the "Isle de St. Carlos". She was on a voyage from Maracaibo, Venezuela to New York. The wreck was pillaged by the local inhabitants.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=19 June 1871 |issue=7843 }}

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|ship=Newcastle

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

|desc=The steamship collided with another vessel and sank. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated on 6 May and taken in to South Shields.

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|ship=Surprise

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore near Crail, Fife. She was refloated and taken in to Crail in a severely damaged condition.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=6 May 1871 |issue=7265 }}

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|ship=Vale

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

|desc=The smack sank off the Isle of Whithorn, Wigtownshire. Her crew of three were rescued by the Isle of Whithorn Lifeboat Charlie Peek (file:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Vale was on a voyage from Port Dinorwic, Caernarfonshire to Irvine, Ayrshire.{{Cite news |title=Royal National Lifeboat Institution |newspaper=Liverpool Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=2 June 1871 |issue=349 }}{{cite journal |title=Summary of the Meetings of the Committee |journal=The Lifeboat |date=1 November 1871 |volume=VIII |issue=82 |page=184 |url=https://lifeboatmagazinearchive.rnli.org/volume/08/82/summary-of-the-meetings-of-the-committee |access-date=24 December 2024}}

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5 May

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|ship=Christian

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom.

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|ship=Enfield

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on The Shingles, off the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Eling, Hampshire to Swansea, Glamorgan.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=8 May 1871 |issue=14591 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Mahmoudy

|flag={{flagcountry|British Raj}}

|desc=The bugla foundered with the ultimate loss of 23 of the 45 people on board. Survivors were rescued by a steamship and a cotia. She was on a voyage from Mangalore to the Persian Gulf.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=13 July 1871 |issue=7323 }}

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6 May

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|ship=Carrie

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

|desc=The steamship was destroyed by fire south of Savannah, Georgia with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from Augusta, Jamaica to Savannah.

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|ship={{SS|David Burn|1871|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship was run into by the steamship {{SS|Earl Percy|1865|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank {{convert|2|nmi|km}} off South Shields, County Durham. All on board, more than 100 people, were rescued by Earl Percy.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Fearful Collision |date=8 May 1871 |page=11 |issue=27057 |column=D }} David Burn broke in two on 10 June during efforts to raise her.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=12 July 1871 |issue=14647 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The Thames barge collided with Cannon Street Railway Bridge, London and sank in the River Thames with the loss of one of her two crew.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=18 May 1871 |issue=7275 }}

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7 May

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|ship=Curlew

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

|desc=The Mersey Flat sank at New Brighton, Cheshire.

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|ship=Gromhoi

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Cyprus to Saint Petersburg, Russia

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|ship=Prinz Adalbert

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Rhyl, Denbighshire, United Kingdom to Stettin. She was refloated.

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|ship=Tiber

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

|desc=The steamship was went ashore at Crosby, Lancashire in dense fog and broke in two. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Alexandria, Egypt.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=9 May 1871 |issue=14592 |page=7 }}

}} The two parts were refloated in June 1871 and rebuilt as a barque.{{cite news |title=For Sale - The Iron Barque Tiber |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0004586/18711212/017/0001 |access-date=17 July 2023 |work=Liverpool Telegraph |issue=14132 |date=12 December 1871 |page=1|via=British Newspaper Archive}} She was again wrecked as Theodorus in May 1894.

8 May

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|ship=City of Quebec

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked on "Dead Island", off Cape Ray, Newfoundland Colony with the loss of all seventeen crew. She was on a voyage from London to Quebec City, Canada.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=News in Brief |date=12 May 1871 |page=5 |issue=27061 |column=D }}{{Cite news |title=Ship and Mail News |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Post |location=Birmingham |date=11 May 1871 |issue=3999 }}{{Cite news |title=Miscellaneous |newspaper=Manchester Times |location=Manchester |date=27 May 1871 |issue=704 }}

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|ship=Margaret Trail

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at the mouth of the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to the Orkney Islands. She was refloated and put back to Runcorn in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=9 May 1871 |issue=7808 }}

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|ship=Nimrod

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

|desc=The sloop was wrecked on the Sow and Pig Rocks, on the coast of Northumberland. Both crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kingston, Moray to Sunderland, County Durham.

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9 May

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|ship=Alert

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

|desc=The brig foundered in the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued by the smack Ann and Sarah ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Alert was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Copenhagen, Denmark.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=11 May 1871 |issue=7810 }}{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=11 May 1871 |issue=14594 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Erminia

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

|desc=The yacht ran aground in the Loo Stream. She was being towed from Cowes, Isle of Wight to Brighton, Sussex. She was refloated the next day and beached at East Cowes, Isle of Wight.{{Cite news |title=The Isle of Wight |newspaper=Southampton Herald |location=Southampton |date=10 May 1871 |issue=2598 |page=4 |volume=48 }}

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|ship={{SS|Pretty Jane|1869|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground off Moeraki, New Zealand. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Otago, New Zealand. She was refloated and completed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=17 July 1871 |issue=9841 }}{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=18 July 1871 |issue=14652 |page=7 }}

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10 May

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|ship=Aptrness

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

|desc=The brig collided with the steamship Philade ({{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}) and sank {{convert|15|nmi|km}} off the Yeni Kale Lighthouse, Russia with the loss of eight of her thirteen crew. Aptrness was on a voyage from Taganrog, Russia to a British port.

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|ship=Elizabeth

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

|desc=The brigantine collided with the barque Bertha ({{flag|Sweden|1844}}) and sank off Morte Point, Devon. Her crew survived. Elizabeth was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland to Newport, Monmouthshire.

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|ship=Isabella Atkinson

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked on the Galloper Sand. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Alexandria, Egypt.{{Cite news |title=General News |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Post |location=Birmingham |date=11 May 1871 |issue=3998 }}

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|ship=Unnamed

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Arklow Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=11 May 1871 |issue=7269 }}

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|ship=Unnamed

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.

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11 May

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|ship=Fanny

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

|desc=The ship foundered off "Magercoil". Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Rangoon, Burma to Bombay, India.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=25 October 1871 |issue=9927 }}

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|ship=Fyenoord

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The steamship was run into by C. M. Palmer ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and was beached in the River Thames near the entrance to the West India Docks, London, United Kingdom. Fyenoord was on a voyage from London to Rotterdam, South Holland.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Court of Admiralty, July 20 |date=21 July 1871 |page=11 |issue=27121 |column=A-B }}

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|ship=Prince Adalbert

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the west coast of Denmark. She was on a voyage from Cyprus to Saint Petersburg, Russia. She was refloated and taken in to Fredrikshavn in a leaky condition.

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|ship=Sofia

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Sundby. She was on a voyage from London to Holmsund.

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12 May

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|ship=Agnes Campbell

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Sound of Mull. She was on a voyage from Thurso, Caithness to Paisley, Renfrewshire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=13 May 1871 |issue=7271 }}

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|ship=Kedar

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at the entrance to the Sea of Marmara. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=5 June 1871 |issue=14615 |page=6 }}

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|ship=Weardale

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Jambe de Mouton, off Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure. She was refloated on 14 May and resumed her voyage.

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13 May

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|ship=Ann

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

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and foundered off Barmouth, Merionethshire. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=15 May 1871 |issue=14597 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Fleetwing

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

|desc=The smack collided with the steamship {{SS|Sun Foo|1871|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in St Ives Bay with the loss of six lives. Fleetwing was on a voyage from Jersey to Runcorn, Cheshire.

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|ship=Mary Russell

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near "Hornbeck", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Dundee, Forfarshire. She was refloated on 15 May and towed in to Helsingør, Denmark.

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14 May

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|ship=Challenger

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|48|00|N|15|30|W}}). Her crew were rescued by Rapid ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). She was on a voyage from Malden Island to London.

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|ship=Star of the West

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship was wrecked off Scatarie Island, Nova Scotia, Canada with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Quebec City, Canada.

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15 May

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|ship=Fauna

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Svenska Högarne, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from London to Sundsvall, Sweden. She was refloated and put in to Stockholm, Sweden in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=17 May 1871 |issue=14599 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Jinko Maru

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

|desc=The disabled junk washed ashore on Adak Island in the Aleutian Islands with three survivors aboard. She had been adrift since November 1870, when a storm carried away her masts and rudder during a voyage along the coast of Japan from Ise to Kumano with a cargo of rice.{{cite web |url=https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-j/ |publisher=alaskashipwreck.com |title=Alaska Shipwrecks (J) |accessdate=31 December 2020}}

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16 May

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|ship=Gertruida Maira

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of Patagonia, Argentina. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to the Falkland Islands.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=23 August 1871 |issue=7899 }}

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|ship=Karen Anne Sophie

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Thyborøn. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to the Sunnfjord.

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|ship=Mezerium

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

|desc=The brig departed from Valparaíso, Chile for the River Plate. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=9 April 1872 |issue=10070 }}

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|ship=Sea Dog

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

|desc=The brig was sunk by ice. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=21 May 1871 |issue=7819 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=22 May 1871 |issue=9793 }}{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=12 June 1871 |issue=9811 }}

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|ship=Sparkler

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked in the Sittaung River. Her nineteen crew took to two boats. Six crew in the gig were reported missing.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=1 July 1871 |issue=14638 }} She was on a voyage from Singapore, Straits Settlements to Moulmein, Burma.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=30 June 1871 |issue=9827 }}

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17 May

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|ship=No, 29

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

|desc=The pilot boat was driven ashore and wrecked at Curlew Point, Glamorgan.

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18 May

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|ship=Alsace and Lorraine

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The barque was wrecked on Bird's Spit, off the coast of Sierra Leone. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=3 June 1871 |issue=9804 }} She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Bathurst, Gambia Colony and Protectorate.

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|ship=George

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Langeoog, Germany. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=19 May 1871 |issue=7276 }}

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|ship=Lady Carleton

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

|desc=The steamship was destroyed by fire at Carleton.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=27 May 1871 |issue=7824 }}

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|ship=Royal Victoria

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

|desc=The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean ({{coord|46|27|N|34|44|W}}). Her crew were rescued by Wild Rose ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Royal Victoria was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Quebec City, Canada.{{Cite news |title=Loss of a Hull Ship |newspaper=Lancaster Gazetter |location=Lancaster |date=10 June 1871 |issue=4392 |page=3 }}

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19 May

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|ship=Idolique

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

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and was beached at or near Livorno, Italy in a waterlogged condition. She was on a voyage from Livorno to Baltimore, Maryland, United States.

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|ship={{SS|Willem III||2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=File:Stoomschip Willem III, na de brand van 1871 Remains of the Dutch steamer Willem III. burnt off the Isle of Wight (titel op object), RP-P-OB-89.222.jpg The passenger ship caught fire off the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. All on board, 220 passengers and her crew, about 350 people in total, were rescued by the steamship Scorpio and a number of fishing boats (all {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Willem III was on her maiden voyage, from Rotterdam, South Holland to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies. She was towed to Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom, where she was beached and scuttled.{{Cite news |title=Burning of a Passenger Steamer |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=22 May 1871 |issue=7278 }} Subsequently sold, repaired and returned to service.

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20 May

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|ship=Edith Owen

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

|desc=The steamship collided with the steamship Florence ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) in the River Thames and was beached at Gravesend, Kent. Edith Owen was on a voyage from London to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=23 May 1871 |page=11 |issue=27070 |column=F }}

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|ship=Northumberland

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

|desc=The ship sank off Hanko, Grand Duchy of Finland. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=T. S. Webb

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

|desc=The steamship collided with the steamship Paraguay and sank in the English Channel off Dungeness, Kent.

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|ship=Ynez

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked at Maracaibo, Venezuela. Her seven crew were rescued by the schooner Columbian ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Ynez was on a voyage from Maracaibo to New York.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The West Indies |date=27 June 1871 |page=12 |issue=27100 |column=C }}

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21 May

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|ship=Esther Eitzen

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship ran aground at Kalk Bay, Cape Colony. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=25 July 1871 |issue=9848 }}

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|ship=Friendship

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

|desc=The brig was sunk by ice off Kalana, Russia. Her crew were rescued by the pilot cutter Sandhavn ({{flag|Sweden|1844}}). Friendship was on a voyage from Whitby, Yorkshire to Cronstadt, Russia.

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|ship=Mermaid

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground on the Maplin Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated with assistance from a tug and taken in to the River Thames.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=23 May 1871 |page=11 |issue=27070 |column=F }}

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|ship=St. Nicolai

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The ship sank at Taganrog.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=8 June 1871 |issue=7834 }}

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22 May

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|ship=Secret

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked near Amrum, Germany.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=23 May 1871 |issue=9794 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=23 May 1871 |issue=7279 }}

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|ship=Useful

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

|desc=The brig was run aground off Saltholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Memel, Germany to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France.

}}

23 May

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|ship=Dankbarkeit

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship sank off Osmussaar, Russia. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Reval, Russia.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=24 May 1871 |page=12 |issue=27071 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=24 May 1871 |issue=7821 }}

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|ship=Gustave Pastor

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.

}}

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|ship=Malaga

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground near the lightship Eendrag ({{flag|Belgium}}). She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Antwerp, Belgium.

}}

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|ship=Minnie

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

|desc=The ship collided with Elizabeth A. Oliver ({{flag|United States|1867}}) and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued by Ida ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Minnie was on a voyage from London to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=27 May 1871 |issue=7283 }}{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=29 May 1871 |issue=14609 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Saxon

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

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire in the Bay of Luce.

}}

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|ship=White Jacket

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Rodrigues. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Hull, Yorkshire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=27 August 1871 |page=6 |issue=27153 |column=D }}

}}

24 May

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|ship=Ann Bradshaw

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Ballywalter, County Down. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Belfast, County Antrim. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Belfast.

}}

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|ship=Foam

|flag={{flagcountry|New Zealand}}

|desc=The 40-ton ketch was driven onto Farewell Spit, New Zealand, in a sou'westerly gale and was wrecked.Ingram & Wheatley, p. 175

}}

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|ship=Minerva

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore {{convert|2|nmi|km}} south of Portpatrick, Wigtownshire. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord, France to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. She was refloated on 7 June and towed in to Portpatrick.

}}

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|ship=Probus

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The schooner sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her six crew took to a boat; they were rescued by the brig Julie ({{Flag|United States|1867}}). Probus was on a voyage from Puerto Rico to Falmouth, Cornwall or Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=17 July 1871 |issue=9841 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=18 July 1871 |issue=7327 }}

}}

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|ship=St. Nicolai

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The ship sank at Taganrog.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=8 June 1871 |page=10 |issue=27084 |column=E }}

}}

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|ship=Unnamed

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The brig was struck by lightning and foundered off Gonaïves, Haiti.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=20 July 1871 |issue=14654 |page=7 }}

}}

25 May

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|ship=Alix

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the English Bank, in the River Plate. SHe was on a voyage from Monte Video, Uruguay to the Rio Grande. She was refloated and put back to Monte Video.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=29 June 1871 |issue=7852 }}

}}

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|ship=Isabella

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

|desc=The barque was sunk by ice off the Packerort Lighthouse, Russia. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Cronstadt, Russia.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=27 May 1871 |issue=7824 }}

}}

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|ship=Isabella

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

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean, according to a message in a bottle that was discovered on Cape Clear Island, County Cork on 9 September. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=21 September 1871 |issue=9898 }}

}}

26 May

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|ship=Auckland

|flag={{flag|New Zealand}}

|desc=The steamship was wrecked at the mouth of the Snowy River, Victoria.{{Cite news |title=Australia |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=9 August 1871 |issue=7887 }} She was on a voyage from Melbourne, Victoria to Sydney, New South Wales.{{Cite news |title=This Evening's News |newspaper=Pall Mall Gazette |location=London |date=9 August 1871 |issue=2024 }}

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|ship=Fides

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore {{convert|6|nmi|km}} west of Marbella, Spain. She was on a voyage from Sulina, Ottoman Empire to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=1 June 1871 |issue=9802 }}{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=6 June 1871 |issue=14616 |page=6 }}

}}

27 May

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|ship=Aunt Sally

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

|desc=The brigantine ran aground on the Whitby Rocks. She was on a voyage from Ramsgate, Kent to Sunderland, County Durham. She was later refloated and put back to Ramsgate.

}}

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|ship=Gambia

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked in Algoa Bay.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=7 July 1871 |page=10 |issue=27109 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship=Gannet

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked at Gurnard's Head, Cornwall.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=17 June 1871 |issue=9816 }} All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Antwerp, Belgium. She broke in three in mid-June.

}}

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|ship=Norseman

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked at Algoa Bay.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=7 July 1871 |issue=14643 |page=7 }}

}}

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|ship=Souvenance

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The full-rigged ship was wrecked near Bredasdorp, Cape Colony with the loss of more than 450 coolies. She was on a voyage from the Antilles to Pondicherry, India.{{Cite news |title=The Cape |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=10 July 1871 |issue=55068 }}{{Cite news |title=The Wreck of a French Ship - Great Loss of Life |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=11 July 1871 |issue=55069 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=11 July 1871 |issue=9836 }}

}}

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|ship=Suomi

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Holmpton, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Hull, Yorkshire. She had become a wreck by 8 June.

}}

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|ship=Tairoa

|flag={{flagcountry|New Zealand}}

|desc=The 51-ton paddle steamer became unresponsive while crossing the bar at Port Molyneux, at the mouth of the Clutha River and became a total loss.

}}

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|ship=Two unnamed vessels

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The barques sank at Archangelsk.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=9 June 1871 |issue=9809 }}

}}

28 May

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|ship=Julia

|flag={{flagcountry|New Zealand}}

|desc=The 15-ton schooner was wrecked at Takatu Point in the Hauraki Gulf with the loss of one life.

}}

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|ship=Scotia

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Cartagena, Spain. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Cartagena. She was refloated.

}}

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|ship=Souákin

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

|desc=The steamship was run down and sunk in the Strait of Gubal by the steamship Africa ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). All on board, more than 90 people, were rescued by Africa and another steamship.{{Cite news |title=Reuter's Telegrams |newspaper=Pall Mall Gazette |location=London |date=10 June 1871 |issue=1973 |edition=Second }}

}}

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|ship=Triumph

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

|desc=The dandy rigged fishing smack was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew took to a boat; they were rescued by a brig.{{Cite news |title=Loss of a Fishing Smack |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=31 May 1871 |issue=14611 |page=5 }} She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to London.{{Cite news |title=The Loss of a Hull Smack |newspaper=GHull Packet |location=Hull |date=2 June 1871 |issue=4508 }}

}}

30 May

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|ship=Starling

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on Skallingen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Königsberg, Germany.

}}

31 May

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|ship=Assunta Gianello

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

|desc=The barque was destroyed by fire near Almería, Spain with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Oran, Algeria to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=12 June 1871 |issue=7837 }}

}}

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|ship=Rhea

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The barque collided with the steamship {{SS|Hansa|1861|2}} ({{flagcountry|German Empire}} and sank off Sandy Hook, New Jersey, United States with the loss of eight of her fifteen crew. Survivors were rescued by Hansa. Rhea was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to New York, United States.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=3 June 1871 |page=12 |issue=27080 |column=E }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=14 June 1871 |issue=7299 }}

}}

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|ship=Two unnamed vessels

|flag=Flags unknown

|desc=The schooners ran aground on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=2 June 1871 |issue=14613 |page=7 }}

}}

Unknown date

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|ship=Adele Regina

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The fishing lugger collided with an American barque and sank in the English Channel {{convert|12|nmi|km}} off Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure with the loss of twelve of her eighteen crew.

}}

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|ship=A. F. Larrabee

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

|desc=The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Frontera, Mexico.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=8 June 1871 |page=10 |issue=27084 |column=E }}

}}

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|ship=Albert

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on Östergarnsholm, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stettin, Germany to Saint Petersburg, Russia.

}}

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|ship=Alfred

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

|desc=The brig ran aground near Reval, Russia. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland. Alfred was refloated in mid-June and completed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=14 June 1871 |issue=9813 }}

}}

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|ship=Angele Victoria

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked between Berck and Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=12 May 1871 |issue=9785 }}

}}

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|ship=Anna

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore in the Daugava.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Atlantic

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked near "Languillo". She was on a voyage from Port-au-Prince, Haiti to Hamburg.

}}

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|ship=Auguste

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Terranova. She was consequently condemned.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=16 May 1871 |issue=7814 }}

}}

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|ship=Baroda

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Muckraputty Lumps, in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Calcutta, India. She was refloated and completed her voyage.

}}

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|ship=Berendina

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship collided with the steamship Danube ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by Danube. Berendina was on a voyage from Livorno, Italy to Antwerp, Belgium. Danube towed her in to Lisbon, Portugal in a sinking condition.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=23 May 1871 |page=11 |issue=27070 |column=F }}

}}

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

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked on the Hassa-el-Thamid Reef, near Jeddah, Jeddah Eyalet before 15 May. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Bombay, India.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Telegraphic Intelligence |date=16 May 1871 |page=5 |issue=27064 |column=B }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=12 June 1871 |page=6 |issue=27087 |column=E }}

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|ship=Burgess

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

|desc=The sailing barge sprang a leak and was beached. She was on a voyage from Kingston, Ontario to Montreal, Quebec.

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|ship=Cadrio

|flag={{flagcountry|British Raj}}

|desc=The ship foundered off "Khetty" between 13 and 15 May with the loss of more than 80 lives. There were four or five survivors. She was on a voyage from Kurrachee to "Kotasair".{{Cite news |title=Indian Shipwreck and Great Loss of Life |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=12 June 1871 |issue=9811 }}{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=16 June 1871 |issue=10251 }}

}}

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|ship=Candace

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore by ice between "Richmond Bay" and New London, Prince Edward Island, Canada. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Cascumpec, Prince Edward Island.

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|ship=Charles

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on "Richelieu Island". She was on a voyage from Montreal to the Newfoundland Colony.

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|ship=Chimborino

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore in the Danube downstream of Sulina, Ottoman Empire.

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|ship=Chusan

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of Korea. She was on a voyage from Yantai, China to "Passeitor Port". The wreck was burnt on the orders of the Korean government.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=21 September 1871 |issue=14708 |page=7 }}

}}

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|ship=Corinna

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

|desc=The schooner foundered off San Pietro Island, Sardinia. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to an English port.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=12 May 1871 |page=11 |issue=27061 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship=Cormorant

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

|desc=The barque ran aground in the Bonny River. She was refloated and beached.

}}

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|ship=Dayspring

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

|desc=The ship foundered at Monte Rosa, São Tomé Island. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Melbourne, Victoria.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=16 May 1871 |issue=9788 }}

}}

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|ship=Deerfoot

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Southend-on-Sea, Essex. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. She was refloated.

}}

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|ship=Delta

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Trijon Shoals. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Richibucto, New Brunswick, Canada.

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|ship=Dromedary

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore in the Daugava.

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|ship=Elise

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brig foundered off the Norwegian coast. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Riga, Russia.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=13 May 1871 |issue=14596 |page=7 }}

}}

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|ship=Eliza

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

|desc=The ship collided with the Newarp Lightship (22px Trinity House) and sank. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=11 May 1871 |page=7 |issue=27060 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship=Eliza and Alice

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

|desc=The barque struck a rock at Cape St. Francis, Cape Colony and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall, Sweden to Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=12 May 1871 |issue=10246 }}

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|ship=Eliza Hunter

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina, United States to London.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=11 May 1871 |page=7 |issue=27060 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=10 May 1871 |issue=9783 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=11 May 1871 |issue=9784 }}

}}

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|ship=Emily McNear

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Keeling Island. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Hong Kong.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=23 May 1871 |issue=7820 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=29 June 1871 |issue=7311 }}

}}

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|ship=Eugenie

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Champlain, Quebec. She was on a voyage from "Purtow" to Montreal.

}}

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|ship=Eurichetta

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

|desc=The ship capsized at Darien, Georgia, United States.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=29 May 1871 |issue=9799 }}

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|ship=Express

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

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire. She was on a voyage from Halifax to Guysborough, Nova Scotia.

}}

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|ship=Forganhall

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Bic, Quebec. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Greenock, Renfrewshire. She was refloated and put back to Quebec City in a waterlogged condition.

}}

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|ship=Frederick

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the North Sea before 9 May. She was towed in to Aberdeen, United Kingdom on that date.

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|ship=Glory of the Seas

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

|desc=The clipper ran aground on the Round Reef. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Liverpool. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

}}

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|ship=Harvest Maid

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Paspébiac, Quebec.

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|ship=Harvest Queen

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

|desc=The ship was beached.

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|ship=Haselunne

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The brig was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Carl Johann ({{flag|Denmark}}). Haselunne was on a voyage from London to Königsberg.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=11 May 1871 |page=7 |issue=27060 |column=F }}

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|ship=Hellechina Reina

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was holed by ice and sank off "Wulff". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Saint Petersburg.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=1 June 1871 |issue=7287 }}

}}

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|ship=Hoop

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Ghent, East Flanders to Saint Petersburg.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=2 June 1871 |issue=9803 }}

}}

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|ship=Houghton

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked on Öland, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga to Dunkerque, Nord, France.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=27 May 1871 |issue=9798 }}

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|ship=Iberian

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Constantinople, Ottoman Empire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=31 May 1871 |issue=9801 }} She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=31 May 1871 |issue=7286 }}

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|ship=Lammegina

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship sank of Keri, Russia. She was on a voyage from Livorno to Saint Petersburg.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=24 May 1871 |page=12 |issue=27071 |column=F }}

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|ship=Maggie

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

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

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|ship=Margaret Tod

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on Naissaar, Russia. She was on a voyage from Reval to Leith. She was refloated and put back to Reval in a waterlogged condition.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=6 June 1871 |page=10 |issue=27082 |column=E }} The leak was stopped and she sailed in early June for Riga, Russia for repairs.

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|ship=Maria Busch

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Shelburne, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Halifax.

}}

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|ship=Mary Bentley

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Caibarién, Cuba to New York.

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|ship=Michelino

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Sea of Marmara. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Batoum, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated and taken in to Constantinople.

}}

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|ship=Mima

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Inverness. She was on a voyage from Invermoriston, Inverness-shire to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Mondego

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

|desc=The steamship caught fire at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.

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|ship=Napoli

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground near Palermo, Sicily.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=15 May 1871 |issue=9787 }} She was refloated and put in to Palermo.

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|ship=Nellie Staples

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned at sea.

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|ship=Nordlyset

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Caicos Bank. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Havana, Cuba.

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|ship=Omega

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Brigantine Shoals. She was on a voyage from Sagua La Grande, Cuba to New York.

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|ship=Pactolus

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Larne, County Antrim. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=17 May 1871 |issue=9789 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=19 May 1871 |issue=9791 }}

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|ship=Puchoco

|flag={{flag|Chile}}

|desc=The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Valparaíso to Coronel.

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|ship=Queen

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Plymouth, Devon. She was refloated.

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|ship=Queen of the Belgians

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

|desc=The ship was run ashore on Nevis before 27 May. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=23 June 1871 |issue=7847 }}

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|ship={{ship||Red Jacket|clipper|2}}

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at the Cantick Head, Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Dundee, Forfarshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Remembrance

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Mowiss Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Gävle, Sweden to Hartlepool. She was refloated and towed in to Varberg, Sweden in a leaky condition .

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|ship=Sir Robert McClure

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

|desc=The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Charleston to Plymouth. She was refloated and put back to Charleston.

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|ship=Starling

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Horns Reef, in the North Sea before 30 May. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Königsberg. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=Thetis

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

|desc=The ship ran aground off Pakefield, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk to Antwerp. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition.

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|ship=Thornhill

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on "Barque Island". She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Glasson Dock, Lancashire. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=8 June 1871 |issue=9808 }}

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|ship=Tribsees

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Constantinople. She was refloated.

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|ship=Tropic Bird

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Colorado Reef, off the coast of Cuba. She was on a voyage from Cuba to Boston.

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|ship=Victoria

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at "Peapath". She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Constantinople.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=13 May 1871 |issue=9786 }}

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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 May 1871