List of shipwrecks in October 1870

The list of shipwrecks in October 1870 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during October 1870.

1 October

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|ship=Barabino Padre

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

|desc=The ship departed from New York for Antwerp, Belgium. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=16 February 1871 |issue=7738 }}

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|ship=Cairngorm

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the River Clyde. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Greenock, Renfrewshire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=3 October 1870 |page=11 |issue=26871 |column=D }}

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|ship=King Bird

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on Watson's Shoal, in the Belfast Lough. She was on a voyage from Bathurst, New Brunswick, Canada to Warrenpoint, County Down.

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2 October

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|ship=Black Friar

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire.

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|ship=Joseph Haydn

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Torrevieja, Spain. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Snowdrop

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at "Riding", Sweden. She was on a voyage from Malmö, Sweden to London. She was refloated and taken in to Gothenburg, Sweden.

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3 October

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|ship=Escape

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked on the coast of Formosa. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Niuzhuang to Hong Kong. The wreck was plundered by the local inhabitants{{Cite news |title=Naval and Military News |newspaper=Portsmouth Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=7 January 1871 |issue=4006 }}{{Cite news |title=Stranding, and Destruction by Natives, of the Escape |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=10 January 1871 |issue=9680 }}

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|ship=Levant

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Gothenburg, Sweden.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=5 October 1870 |page=7 |issue=26873 |column=D }} She was refloated the next day with assistance from another steamship.

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|ship=Luzanne

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Lemon Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to Dunkirk, Nord. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom.

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|ship=Spitfire

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

|desc=The smack struck a sunken wreck and foundered off the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew survived.{{Cite news |title=Yarmouth |newspaper=Bury and Norwich Post |location=Bury St. Edmunds |date=8 October 1870 |issue=4606 }}

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|ship=Unnamed

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The steamship ran aground on Jordan's Bank, in Liverpool Bay.

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4 October

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|ship=Barbara Moir

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at "Knockhead". She was on a voyage from Banff to Portsoy, Aberdeenshire. She was refloated the next day.

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|ship=Ebenezer

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

|desc=The schooner sprang a severe leak off the mouth of the Humber. She was on a voyage from Pittenweem, Fife to London. She was beached at Spurn Point, Yorkshire with assistance from the Spurn Lifeboat. She was refloated the next day and towed in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire by the tug Warrior ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

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|ship=Eolus

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

|desc=The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Matanzas, Cuba.

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|ship=Fruiterer

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on a reef off "Pius Island". She was on a voyage from Sydney to New Caledonia.

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|ship={{SS|Lady Eglinton|1853|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore in Compton Bay. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Southampton. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=6 October 1870 |issue=9598 }}

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|ship=Lady Stanley

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore on Lady Isle, in the Firth of Clyde. She was on a voyage from Bristol to the River Clyde. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Troon, Ayrshire.

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|ship=Laine

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The ship caught fire and sank in Beşik Bay. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Odessa.

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|ship=Leader

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

|desc=The brig foundered off Sambro, Nova Scotia with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Cape Breton Island to Arichat.

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|ship=Spitfire

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

|desc=The smack struck a sunken wreck and sank off the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.

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5 October

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|ship=Christian

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

|desc=The steamship foundered in Liverpool Bay off the Formby Lightship (22px Trinity House).{{Cite news |title=The Storm |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=7 October 1870 |issue=4472 }}

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|ship={{SS|Cochrane|1854|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Sunderland, County Durham. She was on a voyage from London to Sunderland. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=6 October 1870 |issue=238 }}

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|ship=Mainin

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire off Tenedos, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from an English port to Odessa.

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|ship=Progress

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Scharhörn, Hamburg. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia to Hamburg.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=7 October 1870 |page=5 |issue=26875 |column=F }}

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|ship={{ship|French aviso|Renard|1866|2}}

|flag={{navy|France}}

|desc=The aviso was driven ashore at Newhaven, Sussex, United Kingdom. She was refloated.

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|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The schooner was run down and sunk by the steamship {{SS|Munster|1860|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) with the loss of all but one of her crew.

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6 October

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|ship=Cambria

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the North Breakers. She was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to Galveston, Texas, United States.

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|ship=Cora

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

|desc=The ship foundered off Frangerola, Spain. Her crew were rescued by Yubas ({{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}). Cora was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Barcelona, Spain.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=10 October 1870 |issue=9601 }}

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|ship=Frithjof

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Anholt, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Stockholm.

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|ship=Johanne

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the west coast of Denmark. She was on a voyage from Bergen, Norway to Stettin. She was refloated and taken in to Fredrikshavn in a severely leaky condition.

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|ship=Medway

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

|desc=The barque collided with the schooner Devil ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and foundered with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Halifax, Nova Scotia.{{Cite news |title=Mail and Ship News |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Post |location=Birmingham |date=19 October 1870 |issue=3823 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=17 November 1870 |issue=9634 }}

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|ship=Sophia

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

|desc=The brigantine was lost in Ramsey Sound with the loss of three of her five crew. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Liverpool.

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|ship=Suzanne

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Ower Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Dunkirk, France. She was refloated with assistance.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=7 October 1870 |issue=9599 }}

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|ship=Waterlily

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore near Marsala, Sicily.

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7 October

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|ship=Anna Colbjorssen

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

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Fingrund. She was on a voyage from Luleå, Sweden to Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Stockholm, Sweden in a severely leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=24 October 1870 |issue=14423 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Barter

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Matanzas, Cuba.

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|ship=Captain

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

|desc=The ship foundered in a hurricane with the loss of at least two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=15 November 1870 |issue=272 }}

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|ship=Castor

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore in the Bokkegat.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=8 October 1870 |page=11 |issue=26876 |column=D }}

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|ship=Charlena

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Matanzas.

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|ship={{SS|Darien|1866|2}}

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at Moleno Point, Cuba. All on board were rescued by the steamship Guantánamo ({{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}){{Cite news |title=West Indies |newspaper=Wrexham Weekly Advertiser |location=Wrexham |date=19 November 1870 |issue=923 |page=7 |volume=17 }}

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|ship=Edwin

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Matanzas.

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|ship=Freihandel

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Hamra, Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Lübeck to Saint Petersburg, Russia.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=8 October 1870 |page=11 |issue=26876 |column=D }}

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|ship=Glasgow

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Matanzas.

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|ship=G. S. Hunt

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Matanzas.

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|ship=Gipsy

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Ramsey, Isle of Man. Her ten crew were rescued by the Ramsey Lifeboat Two Sisters (File:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution). She was on a voyage from Glasgow to Liverpool.{{Cite news |title=Royal National Life-boat Institution |newspaper=Morning Post |location=London |date=4 November 1870 |issue=30236 |page=7 }}

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

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

|desc=The steamship foundered off the coast of Florida with the loss of all 36 crew. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to New York.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=11 November 1870 |issue=4476 }}

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

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated.

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|ship=Nelson

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

|desc=The barque struck the Seven Stones Reef, Cornwall and sank with the loss of three of her thirteen crew. Survivors were rescued by the Sevenstones Lightship (22px Trinity House). Nelson was on a voyage from Águilas, Spain to the River Tyne.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Ship News |date=12 October 1870 |page=5 |issue=26879 |column=C }}

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|ship=Pet

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

|desc=The yacht sank at Gourock, Renfrewshire.

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|ship=Rees Lewis

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

|desc=The ship departed from Queenstown, County Cork for Hull, Yorkshire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=6 January 1871 |issue=7162 }}

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

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Black Rock, off Islay, Inner Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Granton, Lothian to Liverpool. She was refloated on 23 October and taken in to the River Clyde. Subsequently repaired at Birkenhead, Cheshire and returned to service.{{cite web |url=http://clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=50359&vessel=SCOTLAND |title=Scotland |publisher=Caledonian Maritime Heritage Trust |accessdate=18 December 2020 }}

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|ship=Sharon

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

|desc=The schooner was abandoned in a sinking condition. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Brixham, Devon to Newcastle upon Tyne.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=17 October 1870 |issue=14417 |page=7 }}

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8 October

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|ship={{HMS|Aigle|1801|2}}

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI|government}} Admiralty

|desc=The hulk, a former {{sclass|Aigle|frigate}}, was sunk by a torpedo fired by {{HMS|Oberon|1847|6}} ({{navy|UK}}) off the Isle of Grain, Kent.

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|ship={{PS|Alacrity|1857|2}}

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

|desc=The paddle tug was wrecked at Holmpton, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=10 October 1870 |issue=9601 }}{{cite web |url=http://www.tynetugs.co.uk/alacrity1857.html |title=Alacrity |publisher=Tyne Tugs |accessdate=18 December 2020}} She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Hull, Yorkshire.

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|ship=Caroline

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

|desc=The schooner was run into by the steamship Filey ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) at South Shields, County Durham and was severely damaged.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=10 October 1870 |issue=241 }}

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|ship=Gertrude Speelman

|flag=22px Stettin

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Boddam, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Boddam to Stettin.{{Cite news |title=Wreck at Peterhead |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=10 October 1870 |issue=9601 }}

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|ship=Harry

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

|desc=The derelict brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Staintondale, Yorkshire.{{Cite news |title=Mail and Ship News |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=12 October 1870 |issue=10141 }}

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|ship=Hero

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Boston, Lincolnshire to South Shields, County Durham.

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|ship=Huntress

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

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore at Lamlash, Isle of Arran. She was on a voyage from Dundalk, County Louth to Troon, Ayrshire. She became a wreck on 12 October.

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|ship=Jane and Elizabeth

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

|desc=The sloop was run ashore and wrecked in Loughan Bay. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=King

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

|desc=The schooner foundered in the North Sea {{convert|12|nmi|km}} off Spurn Point, Yorkshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=13 October 1870 |issue=14414 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Rob the Ranter

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Clogherhead, County Louth with the loss of two of her three crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Newry, Ireland.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=12 October 1870 |issue=14413 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Sportsman

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

|desc=The ship sank off Langstone, Hampshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Portland, Dorset to London.{{Cite news |title=Woodbridge |newspaper=Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=22 October 1870 |issue=6849 }}

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|ship=Veracity

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The brig foundered off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Her eighteen crew were rescued by the schooner Kilburn ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite news |title=Foundering of a Brig |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=10 October 1870 |issue=14411 |page=3 }} Veracity was on a voyage from South Shields to the Nieuw Diep.

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9 October

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|ship=Alice

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on Behring's Island. She was on a voyage from New York to San Francisco, California.

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|ship=Alliance

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Nagara Point, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Sulina, Ottoman Empire to Dunkirk, France. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=24 October 1870 |issue=9613 }}

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|ship=Golden Age

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the River Tyne.{{Cite news |title=Gale on the North Coast |newspaper=Bury and Norwich Post |location=Bury St. Edmunds |date=11 October 1870 |issue=4607 }}

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|ship=Hart

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

|desc=The brig was abandoned in Robin Hoods Bay. Her eight crew were rescued by the steamship {{SS|John Fenwick|1861|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). She came ashore and was wrecked.

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|ship=Marie

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Zinnowitz Shallows, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Stralsund.

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|ship=Marie

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The fishing smack foundered on the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued by the smack George Emily ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite news |title=Mail and Ship News |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=11 October 1870 |issue=10140 }}

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|ship=Mercury

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to a Mediterranean port. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=11 October 1870 |issue=242 }}

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|ship=Mercury

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

|desc=The sloop struck the breakwater and sank at Stolpemünde with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Swinemünde to Stolpemünde.

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|ship=Naiad

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridlington, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Colchester, Essex.

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|ship=Penniman

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

|desc=The brigantine was wrecked at Port Royal, Jamaica.

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|ship=Rival

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Archangelsk, Russia. She was later refloated.

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|ship=Taglioni

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

|desc=The barque ran aground on Skagen, Denmark and was wrecked with loss of life. Five crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Vyborg, Grand Duchy of Finland to Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom.

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|ship=Traveller

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

|desc=The smack collided with a brig and foundered off the Newark Lightship (22px Trinity House). Her crew were rescued.

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10 October

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|ship=H. R. Russell

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked near Havana, Cuba.

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|ship=Japan

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

|desc=The {{convert|140|ft|m|1|adj=on}} whaling barque was lost in a gale and heavy fog on the coast of Siberia, Russia {{convert|2|nmi}} northwest of East Cape.[https://alaskashipwreck.com/shipwrecks-a-z/alaska-shipwrecks-j/ alaskashipwreck.com Alaska Shipwrecks (J)]

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|ship=John and Samuel

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Kingscross, Isle of Arran. She was on a voyage from Ayr to Greenock, Renfrewshire.

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|ship=Mercara

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

|desc=The barque departed from Liverpool for Singapore. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

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|ship=Portia

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

|desc=The brig collided with the steamship Ranger ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) in the River Thames and was beached at Tilbury Fort, Essex. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to London.

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|ship=Raoul Aurelie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship sank in Liverpool Bay off the Crosby Lightship (22px Trinity House). Her crew were rescued. Raoul Aurelie was on a voyage from the Rio de la Hacha to Liverpool.

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|ship=Ring

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

|desc=The Yorkshire Billyboy sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea off Spurn Point, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Sophie ({{flag|Denmark}}). Ring was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to London.{{Cite news |title=Local Intelligence |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=14 October 1870 |issue=4472}}

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|ship=Saxon

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

|desc=The brigantine ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Fredrikstad, Norway to Falmouth, Cornwall. Saxon was subsequently discovered by a Dutch vessel and taken in at a Dutch port.{{Cite news |title=Hayle |newspaper=Royal Cornwall Gazette |location=Truro |date=22 October 1870 |issue=3510 |page=4 }}

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|ship=Thomas

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

|desc=The ship departed from Newport, Monmouthshire for Truro, Cornwall. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=2 December 1870 |issue=14457 }}

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|ship=Trinidad

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore {{convert|10|nmi|km}} south of the Cape Florida Lighthouse, Florida, United States. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Queenstown, County Cork.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=4 November 1870 |issue=14433 |page=7 }} She was refloated on 8 November and taken in to Key West, Florida.

}}

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|ship=Zabina

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore near Étaples, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Étaples. She was refloated and found to be severely leaky. She had been refloated by 14 October.

}}

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|ship=Zephyr

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from New York to Stettin.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=18 October 1870 |issue=9608 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=19 November 1870 |issue=9636 }}

}}

11 October

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|ship=Apollo

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Vogelsand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Hamburg. She was declared a total loss.

}}

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|ship=Cilminar

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

|desc=The ship was sighted off Portland, Dorset whilst on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Rangoon, Burma. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=20 July 1871 |issue=7870 }}

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|ship=Eclipse

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

|desc=The ship departed from Queenstown, County Cork for the River Clyde. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Casualties |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=16 December 1870 |issue=9659 }}

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|ship=Ellen

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

|desc=The schooner departed from Penzance, Cornwall for Runcorn, Cheshire. Presumed subsequently foundered with the loss of all four crew; a boat from the ship was washed ashore.

}}

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|ship=Ely

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

|desc=The steamship struck sunken rocks off Flat Holm, in the Bristol Channel and was beached on the island. All on board were rescued by a tug. She was on a voyage from Portishead, Somerset to Ilfracombe, Devon.

}}

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|ship=Ex

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

|desc=The schooner stucke a sunken wreck and foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Great Yarmouth.

}}

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|ship=Kong Sverre

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

|desc=The barque ran aground and was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew survived; two were rescued by the Kingsdown Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Cartagena, Spain to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom.

}}

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|ship=Lone Star

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

|desc=The ship departed from Cardiff for Palermo, Sicily. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

}}

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|ship=Margaret

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked was West Quoddy, Nova Scotia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia to Rockland, Maine, United States.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=5 November 1870 |page=7 |issue=26900 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=5 November 1870 |issue=9625 }}

}}

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|ship=Marion

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

|desc=The steamship departed from Liverpool for Dublin. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Irish Sea with the loss of all hands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=17 November 1870 |page=7 |issue=26910 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship=River Mersey

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

|desc=The ship departed from the River Mersey for Dublin. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

}}

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|ship=Rockcliff

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

|desc=The barque foundered in the South China Sea in a typhoon. Her nineteen crew were rescued the next day by Ornate ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite news |title=The Gale |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=16 February 1871 |issue=9712 }}

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12 October

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|ship=Aberfeldy

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked north of Blackwater Head with the loss of four of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by the Coastguard using rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Huelva, Spain to Greenock, Renfrewshire.{{Cite news |title=Thursday Morning, Oct. 13 |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=13 October 1870 |issue=9604 }}{{Cite news |title=The Wreck at Blackwater Head |newspaper=Freeman's Journal |location=Dublin |date=14 October 1870 }}

}}

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|ship=Alice

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Portmadoc, Caernarfonshire.

}}

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|ship=Amelia

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

|desc=The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Castletown. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ramsey to Castletown.

}}

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|ship=Anne

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

|desc=The sloop was driven ashore at Caernarfon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast to Caernarfon.

}}

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|ship=Barinaga

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Bardsey Island, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Havana, Cuba.

}}

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|ship=Brigand

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

|desc=The schooner was in collision with the schooner Starling ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and foundered off The Mumbles, Glamorgan. Her captain was rescued by Starling. Her crew were rescued by the tug Pero Gomez ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{cite web |url=http://www.swanseadocks.co.uk/Gower%20wrecks%20Rons%20write-up%20site.pdf |title=A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks |first=Ron |last=Tovey |publisher=Swansea Docks |accessdate=20 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222065415/http://www.swanseadocks.co.uk/Gower%20wrecks%20Rons%20write-up%20site.pdf |archivedate=22 December 2014 }}{{Cite news |title=Loss of the Brigant, and Narrow Escape of the Captain and Crew |newspaper=Manchester Times |location=Manchester |date=12 November 1870 |issue=676 }}

}}

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|ship=Capella

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

|desc=The schooner sprang a leak and was run ashore at Howth, County Dublin. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Newport, Monmouthshire.

}}

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|ship=Christian

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore in Killygowan Bay. She was on a voyage from Sligo, Ireland to Liverpool. She was refloated on 22 October.

}}

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|ship=C. H. Southard

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at the mouth of the River Wye. She was on a voyage from Newport to New Orleans. She was refloated.

}}

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|ship=Clifton

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore in Dublin Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Prince Edward Island, Canada.

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|ship=Corinna

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore between Neath and Swansea, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Porthcawl, Glamorgan to Valparaíso, Chile. She was later refloated and taken to Deal, Kent.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=11 November 1870 |issue=9630 }}

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|ship=Cornhill

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

|desc=The barque capsized at Newport, Monmouthshire and was severely damaged. She was righted.{{Cite news |title=Great Gale at Cardiff |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=14 October 1870 |issue=456 }}

}}

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|ship=Echo

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked at "Hornia", near A Coruña, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Christiania, Norway.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Exine Vesta

|flag=22px Trieste

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Drum Roe Bank, in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Cork, United Kingdom She was refloated and taken in to Waterford, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=15 October 1870 |issue=14416 |page=7 }}

}}

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|ship=Fame

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

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and was run ashore near Bootle, Lancashire, where she was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the River Duddon to Ellesmere, Cheshire.

}}

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|ship=Fly

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Carnoustie, Forfarshire. Her four crew were rescued by the Coastguard using rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Bonar Bridge, Sutherland to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.{{Cite news |title=Tremendous Storm on the East Coast |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=13 October 1870 |issue=5366 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=14 October 1870 |issue=245 }}

}}

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|ship=Francis Darman

|flag=Flag unknown

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

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Hart

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Kingstown, County Dublin. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=The Gale in Kingstown |newspaper=Freeman's Journal |location=Dublin |date=13 October 1870 }}

}}

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|ship=Humility

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Kingsdown, Kent. She was refloated on 23 October and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=31 October 1870 |issue=257 }}

}}

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|ship=Jane and Annie

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

|desc=The sloop was driven ashore at Caernarfon. She was on a voyage from Dundalk, County Louth to Caernarfon.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Martha Gertrude

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the Irish Sea {{convert|15|nmi|km}} south east of Cape Clear Island, County Cork with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Gloucester to Limerick.{{Cite news |title=AShip and All Hands Lost |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=25 November 1870 |issue=4478 }}

}}

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|ship=J. H. McLarren

|flag={{flag|United States|1844}}

|desc=The barque was damaged by fire at South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Mail and Ship News |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=14 October 1870 |issue=10143 }}{{Cite news |title=An American Barque on Fire in Shields Harbour |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=14 October 1870 |issue=10143 }}

}}

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|ship=Joseph et Marie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The schooner foundered off Swansea Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Carloforte, Sardinia to Swansea.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Leo

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at South Shields, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to South Shields. She was refloated and taken in to South Shields.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ludwig

|flag=22px Rostock

|desc=Franco-Prussian War: The ship was captured and burnt by Desaix ({{navy|France}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Margaret and Mary

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

|desc=The sloop foundered off the Cruggleton Castle, Wigtownshire with the loss of both crew. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven to Garlieston, Wigtownshire.{{Cite news |title=The Storm |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=15 October 1870 |issue=9606 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Maria and Betsey

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked between Cardiff and Neath. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The lighter was driven ashore and wrecked at Carradale, Argyllshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Carradale.

}}

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|ship=Mary and Betsey

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Port Tennant, Glamorgan.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Miran

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

|desc=The pilot boat was driven ashore at Kingscross, Isle of Arran. She was refloated the next day.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Montcalm

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

|desc=The brigantine foundered off Creaden Head, County Waterford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea to Wexford.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=14 October 1870 |page=6 |issue=26881 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship=Key West

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, and was wrecked. }}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Langford

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Olive

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

|desc=The fishing smack ran aground on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and was abandoned. All fifteen people on board were rescued by the Corton and Lowestoft Lifeboats Husband and Laetitia (both File:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Olive was on a voyage from the Faroe Islands to Harwich, Essex.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Gale |date=14 October 1870 |page=5 |issue=26881 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship=Penguin

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

|desc=The brigantine was abandoned off Harlyn, Cornwall in a sinking condition. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea to Plymouth, Devon.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=14 October 1870 |issue=14415 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Perseverance

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Hayling Island, Hampshire. Her crew were rescued by the Coastguard.

}}

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|ship=Porthcawl

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Swansea. She was on a voyage from Valparaíso, Chile to Swansea.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Richard

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Llandulas, Caernarfonshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Liverpool.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ronald

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

|desc=The fishing lugger foundered off the Tarbat Ness Lighthouse, Ross-shire with the loss of all hands.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Rosalie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Southsea Castle, Hampshire. She was on a voyage from Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais to Saint-Nazaire, Ille-et-Vilaine. She was refloated and towed in to Portsmouth, Hampshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Rossini

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore in Fabian's Bay.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Santina

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked on the Dowsing Shoals, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Taganrog, Russia to Boston, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Saxon

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

|desc=The schooner taken in to Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands in a derelict condition.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Severn

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Harlech, Caernarfonshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire to Portmadoc.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sir Colin Campbell

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

|desc=The sloop was discovered off the mouth of the River Mersey in a derelict condition. She was taken in to Liverpool.

}}

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|ship=Three Sisters

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

|desc=The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Brilliant ({{flag|United States|1867}}). Three Sisters was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada to Havana, Cuba. She subsequently came ashore on Wigim's Key.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Transit

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

|desc=The smack was wrecked in Ramsey Sound. Both crew were rescued the next day by the St. David's Lifeboat Augusta (File:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution).{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=14 October 1870 |issue=9605 }}

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|ship=Vorwarts

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

|desc=Franco-Prussian War: The ship was captured and burnt by Desaix ({{navy|France}}).

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|ship=Welcome

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

|desc=The smack was driven ashore at Largs, Ayrshire. Both crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Largs to Brodick, Isle of Arran.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Welcome Home

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

|desc=The brig foundered {{convert|10|nmi|km}} off Ilfracombe, Devon. Her three crew were rescued by the pilot boat No. 6 ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Welcome Home was on a voyage from Newport to Plymouth, Devon.{{Cite news |title=The Storm on the English Coast |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=13 October 1870 |issue=5366 }}{{Cite news |title=Great Gale at Cardiff |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=13 October 1870 |issue=455 }}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=William

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

|desc=The ship was beached in Llandudno Bay. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Portmadoc. She was later refloated and taken in to Beaumaris, Anglesey.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The fishing smack, identification LL41, ran aground on the Horse Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire and was abandoned by her crew.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The lighter foundered in the Holy Loch. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Severe Storm |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=13 October 1870 |issue=9604 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore in the River Wye. She was on a voyage from Southampton to Newport.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Two unnamed vessels

|flag=Flags unknown

|desc=A brigantine and schooner were driven ashore at Pendine, Glamorgan.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The wrecked schooner was driven ashore at Douglas, Isle of Man with two bodies on board.

}}

13 October

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|ship=Akindo

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked {{convert|8|nmi|km}} off Innoshima, Japan. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=11 November 1870 |page=7 |issue=26905 |column=F }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=6 December 1870 |page=5 |issue=26926 |column=F }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ann

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Cloghy, County Down. She was on a voyage from Belfast to Garston, Lancashire. She was refloated on 17 January.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Aurelia

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

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

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Brigand, and
Starling

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

|desc=The brigantine Brigand collided with Starling at Swansea, Wales and sank. Her crew were rescued. Starling ran aground and sank. Her captain was reported missing, the rest of her crew were rescued by a tug. She was on a voyage from Genoa, Italy to Gloucester.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Christina

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

|desc=The steamship sank in Liverpool Bay off the Formby Lightship (22px Trinity House) with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Antwerp, Belgium.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Clara

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore near Prestatyn, Flintshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Llandulas, Caernarfonshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Clara Manning

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

|desc=The schooner was damaged by fire at Falmouth, Cornwall.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Compeer

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

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire in the Indian Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Emma ({{flag|France}}). Compeer was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Bombay, India.{{Cite news |title=Burning of the Ship Compeer, of Greenock |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=13 December 1870 |issue=9656 }}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Content

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned off the Kentish Knock. She was on a voyage from London to Dunkirk, France. She was towed in to Ramsgate, Kent.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Corunna

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore east of Swansea. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Plymouth, Devon. She was refloated and put in to Swansea in a severely leaky condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Diana

|flag={{flag|Bremen}}

|desc=The barque was wrecked on Tegelersplaat, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Granton, Lothian, United Kingdom to Bremen.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Dolphin

|flag=File:Flagge Wismar.svg Wismar

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Norrköping, Sweden to Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Emilie

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked on Bornholm, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Ghent, Belgium.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Express

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Porthdinllaen, Caernarfonshire. She was on a voyage from Mostyn, Flintshire to Newport, Monmouthshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Favourite

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Ballyhornan, County Down with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Dublin.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=17 October 1870 |issue=9607 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Figari

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked on Sarn Badrig with the loss of fifteen of her 26 crew. She was on a voyage from Taganrog, Russia to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Gannet

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

|desc=The steamship was driven against the quayside and damaged at Greenock.{{Cite news |title=The Storm |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=14 October 1870 |issue=9605 }}

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|ship=Gratta

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Memel.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Gloucestershire

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship was wrecked on the Jahde, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Akyab, Burma to Bremen.{{Cite news |title=Bristol |newspaper=Bristol Mercury |location=Bristol |date=15 October 1870 |issue=4201 }}

}}

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|ship=Henry

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Llanaelhaearn, Caernarfonshire. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Historia

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire to Newport, Monmouthshire.

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|ship=Index

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Newhaven, Sussex to Yarmouth.

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|ship=Jane Cameron

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

|desc=The ship was sighted {{convert|20|nmi|km}} north of Helsingør, Denmark whilst on a voyage from Stettin to South Shields, County Durham. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

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|ship=Janes

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Peel, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Maryport, Cumberland.

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|ship=Josephine et Marie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brigantine ran aground and sank at Swansea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Carloforte, Sardinia, Italy to Swansea.{{Cite news |title=Heavy Gale - Life Boat Services |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=14 October 1870 |issue=14415 |page=6 }}

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|ship=Kate

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Llanaelhaearn. Her crew were rescued.

}}

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|ship=Let

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Saint Andrews, Fife, United Kingdom. Her six crew were rescued by the Saint Andrews Lifeboat Annie (File:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Let was on a voyage from Sannesund to Dundee, Forfarshire, United Kingdom. Let was refloated on 31 October and towed in to Dundee by the tug Atlas ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). She was placed under repair.{{Cite news |title=The Wreck of the Let in St. Andrew's Bay |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=31 October 1870 |issue=5381 }}

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|ship=Little Liz

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked at Aberayron or New Quay, Cardiganshire. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Macedon

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

|desc=The ship was severely damaged in the Salisbury Dock, Liverpool.

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|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore and sank at Craden Head, County Waterford.{{Cite news |title=The Storm |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=14 October 1870 |issue=9605 }} Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Greenock to Wexford.

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|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Porth Neigwl. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Cardiff.

}}

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|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Cloghy. She was on a voyage from Dundee to Silloth, Cumberland. She was later refloated with the assistance of the steamship Shamrock ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}){{Cite news |title=Shipwreck and Loss of Life in the Atlantic |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=28 October 1870 |issue=5379 }}

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|ship=Merrimac

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Jahde. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Akyab, Burma to Bremen. The wreck subsequently broke up. Part of the ship came ashore at "Krildumersield", Prussia in mid-November.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=15 November 1870 |issue=9633 }}

}}

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|ship=Modeste Eugene

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The lugger was wrecked at Bude, Cornwall, United Kingdom with the loss of all but one of her five crew. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Wales to Bilbao, Spain.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=15 October 1870 |issue=14416 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Morning Glory

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Jahde. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Akyab to Bremen.

}}

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|ship=Mountain Calm

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Craden Head. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea to Wexford.

}}

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|ship=Nugget

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Garston. She was on a voyage from to Garston to Runcorn, Cheshire.

}}

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|ship=Renown

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Port Penrhyn, Caernarfonshire.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=15 October 1870 |issue=14416 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Spread Eagle

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

|desc=The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at New Quay. Her crew were rescued.

}}

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|ship=Stewarts

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and severely damaged at Siccar Point, Berwickshire with the loss of all four crew. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. She was declared a total loss.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=18 October 1870 |issue=248 }}

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|ship=Thames

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

|desc=The ship was severely damaged in the Salisbury Dock, Liverpool.

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|ship=Thomas

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Cloghy. She was on a voyage from Belfast to Garston.

}}

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|ship=Turtle Dove

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

|desc=The ship was beached in Llandudno Bay. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Runcorn.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=15 October 1870 |page=7 |issue=26882 |column=F }}

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|ship=Undine

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked {{convert|2|nmi|km}} east of "Littlehampton". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, to Goole, Yorkshire.

}}

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|ship=Three unnamed vessels

|flag=Flags unknown

|desc=The schooners were wrecked on the Burbo and West Hoyle Banks, in Liverpool Bay with the presumed loss of all hands.

}}

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|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The lighter was driven ashore and wrecked on Great Cumbrae, Argyllshire.

}}

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|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The schooner sprang a leak and caught fire off Carradale, Argyllshire.

}}

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|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Carradale. Her crew were rescued.

}}

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|ship=Four unnamed vessels

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

|desc=The fishing smacks were driven ashore and wrecked at Carradale.

}}

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|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The lighter foundered in the Belfast Lough. Both crew were rescued by the Coastguard.

}}

14 October

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|ship=Amelia

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

|desc=The ship broke in two and foundered in Santoria Bay with the loss of five of her nine crew. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Wales to Bilbao, Spain.{{Cite news |title=Total Loss of the Amelia |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=28 October 1870 |issue=5379 }}

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|ship=Angeline

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Dunkirk, France. She was on a voyage from Algiers, French Algeria to Dunkirk.

}}

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|ship=Apollo

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore on Heligoland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Hamburg.

}}

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|ship=Aurora

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Dunkirk. She was on a voyage from Trieste to Dunkirk.

}}

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|ship=Charlotte

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

|desc=Franco-Prussian War: The barque was captured and sunk by Desaix ({{navy|France}}){{Cite news |title=Operations of the French Fleet |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=12 November 1870 |issue=54867 }}

}}

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|ship=Dante

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

|desc=The ship sank in Cardigan Bay with the loss of eight of the eleven people on board.

}}

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|ship=Despatch

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

|desc=The smack was driven ashore at Penrhos, Anglesey.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=15 October 1870 |page=7 |issue=26882 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship=George

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Ballyhack, County Wexford.

}}

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|ship=Henry

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Clynnog, Caernarfonshire. Her crew were rescued. she was on a voyage from Briton Ferry, Glamorgan to Llandulas, Caernarfonshire.

}}

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|ship=Historia

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

|desc=The abandoned barque was discovered in Morecambe Bay by the fishing vessel Otter ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}), which put two men on board. She was towed in to Fleetwood, Lancashire by the steamships Kirklees and Wyre (both {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). It was discovered that an attempt had been made to scuttle Historia. She was on a voyage from Barrow in Furness, Lancashire to Newport, Monmouthshire.{{Cite news |title=Local Intelligence |newspaper=Lancaster Gazetter |location=Lancaster |date=22 October 1870 |issue=4360 |page=5 }}

}}

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|ship=Hope

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Puffin Island, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued.

}}

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|ship=J. B. Watt

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

|desc=The steamship was run into by the steamship {{SS|Thuringia|1864|2}} ({{flag|Hamburg|admiralty}}) and sank {{convert|20|nmi|km}} off the mouth of the Elbe. Her crew were rescued by Thuringia. J. B. Watt was on a voyage from Hamburg to Hartlepool.

}}

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|ship=Kate

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Clynnog. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Wales to Belfast.

}}

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|ship=Langford

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

|desc=The lugger was driven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Margaret

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Ballyhack.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Nymph

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

|desc=The schooner sprang a leak and was abandoned in the North Sea {{convert|40|nmi|km}} off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Harlingen, Friesland.{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=18 October 1870 |issue=249 }}

}}

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|ship=Proverb

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

|desc=The ship foundered off Great Yarmouth. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Seven Sisters

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Dutchman's Bank, in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Pomaron, Portugal to Liverpool. She was refloated and taken in to Bangor, Caernarfonshire in a leaky condition.

}}

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|ship=Sorrento

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Porthgolmon, Caernarfonshire with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New Orleans.

}}

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|ship=Turtle Dove

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

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

}}

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|ship=Two Sisters

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the One Bush Reef. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands to Kingston, Jamaica.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=3 December 1870 |page=7 |issue=26924 |column=F }}

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|ship=Unnamed

|flag=Unflagged

|desc=A steamship under construction at Low Walker, Northumberland heeled over when the ground subsided under her. Six people were killed and thirteen were severely wounded.{{Cite news |title=Shocking Accident at Shields. Six Lives Lost |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=15 October 1870 |issue=247 }}{{Cite news |title=Frightful Accident at a Tyne Shipbuilding Yard |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=15 October 1870 |issue=9606 }}

}}

15 October

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|ship=Chevy Chase

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Cape Henry, Virginia. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Baltimore, Maryland.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=18 October 1870 |issue=9608 }} She was later refloated and taken in to Baltimore.

}}

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|ship=Emily

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Inch Point, County Kerry. She was refloated on 7 November.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=9 November 1870 |issue=14437 |page=7 }}

}}

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|ship=Eureka

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

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire at Cardiff, Wales.{{Cite news |title=A Ship Burnt in Cardiff Docks |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=17 October 1870 |issue=14417 |page=3 }}

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|ship=Pride of the West

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

|desc=The ship foundered off the mouth of the River Humber. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to South Shields, County Durham.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Regina

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore on Scharhörn, Hamburg. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Hamburg.

}}

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|ship=Victorine

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked on the Pendine Sands, Carmarthenshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Wales to Cherbourg, France.

}}

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|ship=Washington

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

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire in the Cape Fear River. She was on a voyage from Wilmington, Delaware to New York.

}}

16 October

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|ship=Alice

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore on Walney Island, Lancashire with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Millom, Cumberland to Liverpool.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=21 October 1870 |issue=14421 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Asia

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

|desc=The steamship was lost at "Port Orotave" Tenerife, Canary Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Barranquilla, United States of Colombia.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=28 October 1870 |issue=9617 }}{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=29 October 1870 |issue=14428 |page=7 }}

}}

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|ship=Circassia

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship was driven ashore near Fredrikshavn, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Southampton, United Kingdom. She subsequently became a wreck.

}}

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|ship=Daylight

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore between Hurst Castle and Lymington, Hampshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Alexandria, Egypt. She was refloated the next day and taken in to the Solent.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=18 October 1870 |issue=14418 |page=7 }}{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=19 October 1870 |issue=14419 |page=7 }}

}}

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|ship=Gleaner

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

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore near Porthdinllaen, Caernarfonshire. Her three crew were rescued by the Porthdinllaen Lifeboat Cotton Sheppard (File:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution).

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|ship=Naomi

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

|desc=The ship ran aground off Silloth, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Monte Video, Uruguay to Silloth. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Silloth.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Royalist

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

|desc=The ship capsized in the English Channel. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Sunderland, County Durham.

}}

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|ship=Sarah Jane

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Kirton, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Alexandria, Egypt. She was refloated on 31 October and put back to Sunderland for repairs.

}}

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|ship=Sydney

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

|desc=File:Memorial to those lost on the Sydney.JPG The barque was wrecked off Glen Head, Sturrall, County Donegal with the loss of nineteen of her 21 crew. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Greenock, Renfrewshire.{{Cite news |title=Shipwreck and Loss of Life on the Donegal Coast |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=20 October 1870 |issue=54847 }}{{Cite news |title=General News |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Post |location=Birmingham |date=20 October 1870 |issue=3824 }}

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|ship=Watson

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

|desc=The smack was driven ashore and wrecked between Anstruther and Crail, Fife with the loss of two of her three crew. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to St. Andrews, Fife.

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17 October

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|ship=Alfred and Emma

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked in Dally Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea to Greenock, Renfrewshire.

}}

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|ship=Cochrane

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

|desc=The ship ran aground near Juist, Kingdom of Prussia and capsized. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Greenock to Hamburg. Also reported as Cochran Hendry ashore on South Uist, Outer Hebrides.

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|ship=Flying Foam

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and sank at Hope Cove, Devon.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Gipsy King

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked at Dulas, Anglesey with the loss of nine of her ten crew. The survivor was rescued by the Moelfre Lifeboat.{{Cite news |title=Lifeboat Services in North Wales |newspaper=North Wales Chronicle |location=Bangor |date=28 January 1871 |issue=2302 }}

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|ship=Huntress

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Larne Lough. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Riga, Russia. She was later refloated.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping News |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=25 October 1870 |issue=9614 }}

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|ship=Julie Caroline

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

|desc=The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Louise Henriette ({{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}). Julie Caroline was on a voyage from East Wemyss, Fife, United Kingdom to Åsgårdstrand.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Louis Faun Fanny

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The lugger was driven ashore at Plymouth, Devon She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=18 October 1870 |issue=9608 }}

}}

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|ship=Lydia Cumming

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cushendall, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Dublin.

}}

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|ship=Orange Grove

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Ayr. Her fifteen crew were rescued by the Ayr Lifeboat Glasgow Workman (File:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Orange Grove was on a voyage from Greenock to Demerara, British Guiana.

}}

18 October

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|ship=Alida

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from London to Danzig. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a leaky condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Anje

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Amsterdam. She was refloated and taken in to a Baltic port in a leaky condition.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Barteld

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The ship sank in Kolk Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Amsterdam.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=19 October 1870 |issue=9609 }}

}}

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|ship=Boxer

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

|desc=The brig was beached near Visby, Sweden in a waterlogged condition. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Grimsby, Lincolnshire. She was later refloated.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=22 October 1870 |issue=9612 }}

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|ship=Brother{{'}}s Pride

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore the Rhyl, Denbighshire.

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|ship=Bury St. Edmunds

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

|desc=The ship was beached in the River Thames. She was on a voyage from Mauritius to London. She was refloated the next day.

}}

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|ship=Cossack

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

|desc=The steamship sank at Copenhagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Königsberg, Prussia to Hull, Yorkshire.

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|ship=Emerald

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by Leader ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Emerald was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Alexandria, Egypt.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Eastern Coast |date=20 October 1870 |page=6 |issue=26886 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Ipswich |newspaper=Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=25 October 1870 |issue=6850 }}

}}

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|ship=Emma Blake

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Toledo, Ohio with the loss of all on board.{{Cite news |title=America |newspaper=Bury and Norwich Post |location=Bury St Edmunds |date=8 November 1870 |issue=4611 |page=2 }}

}}

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|ship=Eugenie

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at "Kurop". She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to a Belgian port.

}}

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|ship=Glenora

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her seven crew were rescued by the Lowestoft Lifeboat Laetitia (File:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Glenora was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Rochester, Kent.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=20 October 1870 |issue=250 }}

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|ship=Haabet

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The ship collided with the barque Emigrant ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Emigrant. Haabet was on a voyage from Copenhagen to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom.

}}

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|ship=Mary Amelia

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

|desc=The ship foundered in Lake Erie with the loss of all hands.

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|ship=Orion

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked near Grand Haven, Michigan. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Chicago to Grand Haven.

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|ship=Rechabite

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

|desc=The fishing smack was run into by the brigantine Caroline ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}})) at Tenby, Pembrokeshire and was severely damaged. Her three crew were rescued by Caroline. Rechabite was taken in to Tenby, where she sank.{{Cite news |title=Tenby |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=19 October 1870 |issue=460 }}

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|ship=Skibladner

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Fredrikshavn, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Söderhamn to Aalborg, Denmark.

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|ship=Speculationen

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

|desc=The brig was abandoned off Smith's Knoll, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Arendal to Ostend, Belgium.

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|ship=Thetis

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked at Bic, Quebec, Canada with the loss of three of her nine crew. She was on a voyage from Silloth, Cumberland to Quebec City. Thetis was refloated with the assistance of the brig St. George and taken in to Quebec City.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=23 November 1870 |issue=9639 }}

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

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked in Lake Erie. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Chicago to Buffalo, New York.{{Cite news |title=Terrific Hurricane and Loss of Life on the American Lakes |newspaper=Star |location=Saint Peter Port |date=5 November 1870 |issue=58 |volume=58 }}

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|ship=Zillah

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

|desc=The ship collided with the steamship Victoria ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the Shipway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rochester, Kent to South Shields, County Durham.

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|ship=Two unnamed vessels

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

|desc=The ships were wrecked near Cleveland, Ohio with the loss of all hands.

}}

19 October

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|ship=A. B. Bradshaw

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Matanzas, Cuba.

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|ship=Alvin Buckingham

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

|desc=File:Alvin Buckingham wreck.jpgAfter the wooden schooner started to leak in Lake Huron off Black River Island, her crew beached her in shallow water on the coast of Michigan, where she sank in {{convert|8|ft|1}} of water at {{coord|44.840983|-83.285383|name=Alvin Buckingham}}.{{cite web|url=https://thunderbay.noaa.gov/shipwrecks/alvin_buckingham.html|title=Alvin Buckingham|work=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|access-date=November 14, 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://greatlakeships.org/2902472/data?n=1|title=Alvin Buckingham|work=Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library|access-date=November 14, 2019}}

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|ship=Bee

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

|desc=The ship was damaged by fire at Montrose, Forfarshire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=22 October 1870 |page=6 |issue=26888 |column=F }}

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

|flag={{flag|Bremen}}

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Robben Plaat, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Bremen. She was later refloated and taken in to Bremerhaven.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=25 October 1870 |issue=9614|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/393280430 }}

}}

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|ship=Birdston

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Matanzas.

}}

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|ship=Brothers

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in Manxmans Lake, Dumfriesshire. She was on a voyage from Newry, Ireland to Dalbeattie, Dumfriesshire.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=22 October 1870 |issue=14422 |page=7 }}

}}

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

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

|desc=The passenger-cargo steamship was wrecked off the Giant's Causeway, County Antrim with the loss of 178 of the 179 people on board. The survivor was rescued by the steamship Enterprise ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Cambria was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.

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|ship=Cercalia

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by a Dutch fishing boat. She was on a voyage from Constanta, Ottoman Empire to Hull, Yorkshire.

}}

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|ship=Chalena

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Cuba.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=19 October 1870 |page=4 |issue=26885 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship=Crescendo

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The brig struck a sunken rock off Porkkalanniemi, Grand Duchy of Finland and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Amsterdam.

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|ship={{SS|Darien|1866|2}}

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The steamship was wrecked in a hurricane at Molena Point, Cuba. Her passengers were rescued by the steamship Guantanamo ({{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}).

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|ship=Edwin

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked in a hurricane at Matanzas. Her crew survived.

}}

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|ship=Enigheden

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in Wick Bay with the loss of four of her five crew. She was on a voyage from Christiania to Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Thursday Morning, Oct. 20 |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=20 October 1870 |issue=9610 }}

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|ship=Equator

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

|desc=The brig was severely damaged in a hurricane at Cárdenas, Cuba.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=8 November 1870 |issue=14436 |page=7 }}

}}

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|ship=Evening Star

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Matanzas.

}}

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|ship=Frank Palmer

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

|desc=The schooner was damaged in a hurricane at Matanzas.

}}

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|ship=Graf von Bylandt

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The steamship sank in the Amstel. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam to Rotterdam.

}}

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|ship=George S. Hunt

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at Matanzas.

}}

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|ship=Guantanamo

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Cuba.

}}

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|ship=G. W. Barter

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Matanzas.

}}

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|ship=Ida

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on the Pedro Cays. She was on a voyage from the Cayman Islands to Jamaica.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=14 November 1870 |page=12 |issue=26907 |column=A-B }}

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|ship=Jane Lovat

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Cushendall, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Dublin.

}}

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|ship=Johann Christian

|flag=22px Rostock

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Møn, Denmark. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=20 October 1870 |page=7 |issue=26886 |column=F }}

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|ship=Mary A. Chase

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

|desc=The brig was damaged in a hurricane at Matanzas.

}}

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|ship=Matanzas

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked in a hurricane at Cuba.

}}

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|ship=Maulius

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

|desc=The barque was severely damaged in a hurricane at Matanzas.{{Cite news |title=Cuba |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=8 November 1870 |issue=10164 }}

}}

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|ship=Ricardo

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in a hurricane at Cárdenas.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=9 November 1870 |issue=9628 }}

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|ship=Rosita

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked in a hurricane at Cárdenas.

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|ship=Speedaway

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore in a hurricane and wrecked on the Boca de la Moruvi, off the coast of Cuba.

}}

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|ship=S. V. Nichols

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at Matanzas.

}}

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|ship=Sydney

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked near "Mahermore", County Donegal with the loss of all but two of her 21 crew. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Greenock, Renfrewshire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Ireland |date=24 October 1870 |page=6 |issue=26891 |column=D }}

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|ship=Valeria

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked at Cárdenas.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=At least two schooners were run into and sunk by the schooner Edwin ({{flag|United States|1867}}) during a hurricane at Matanza.

}}

20 October

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|ship=Duquesne

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Whitburn, County Durham, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Genoa, Italy to Montrose, Forfarshire, United Kingdom.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=22 October 1870 |page=6 |issue=26888 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=21 October 1870 |issue=251 }}

}}

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|ship=Marie Stella

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Dieppe, France with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to L'Orient, Morbihan.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Odessa

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the Weser. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Stranding of an American Ship |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=21 October 1870 |issue=5373 }} She was on a voyage from New York to Bremen.

}}

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|ship=Sirocco

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

|desc=The brig foundered in the North Sea. Her seven crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Ostend, Belgium.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=22 October 1870 |issue=54849 }}{{Cite news |title=Fearful Wrecks and Loss of Life |newspaper=Lloyd's Illustrated Newspaper |location=London |date=23 October 1870 |issue=1457 }}

}}

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

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

|desc=The steamship foundered off the Jupiter Inlet, Florida with the loss of most of her crew and all 36 passengers. There were five survivors. She was on a voyage from New York to Galveston, Texas.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=America |date=7 November 1870 |page=5 |issue=26901 |column=C-D }}{{Cite news |title=Loss of an American Steamer |newspaper=Pall Mall Gazette |location=London |date=5 November 1870 |issue=1788 }}

}}

21 October

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|ship=Automaton

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked near Ljusne, Sweden.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=2 November 1870 |page=6 |issue=26897 |column=F }} Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Loss of a Whitby Vessel |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=25 October 1870 |issue=254 |page=4 }} She was on a voyage from Reval, Russia to Söderhamn, Sweden.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=21 November 1870 |issue=9637 }}

}}

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|ship=Britannia

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

|desc=The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked in How Bay, Orkney Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen to Kirkwall, Orkney Islands.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Felix

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

|desc=The barque was damaged by an onboard explosion at Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom. Her captain was severely wounded.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=28 October 1870 |issue=10218 }}

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|ship=Ino

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

|desc=The ship departed from Queenstown, County Cork for Hull, Yorkshire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=13 January 1871 |issue=9682 }}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=John Bagshaw

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

|desc=The brig sank off Caernarfon with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to Liverpool.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Maria

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and sank at Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Runcorn, Cheshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at "Mallbrack", Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Skibbereen, County Cork to Cardiff.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Vivid

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

|desc=The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at "Craigheath", Banffshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Portgordon, Moray.

}}

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|ship=Zarco

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Catanzaro, Kingdom of Italy. She had broken up by mid-December.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=13 December 1870 |issue=14466 }}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Horsehead, near North Cape, Prince Edward Island. She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick to a British port.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Unnamed

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The barque collided with Red Ridinghood ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=3 January 1871 |issue=7159 }}

}}

22 October

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|ship=Anna Colbjornsen

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Finngrund, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Luleå to Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom. She was refloated and put in to Stockholm in a leaky condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Asinga

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The ship sank in the North Sea. Her crew survived.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=24 October 1870 |page=6 |issue=26889 |column=F }}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Corolitz

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Vogelsand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Miragoâne, Haiti to Hamburg. She was refloated and taken in to Cuxhaven in a leaky condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jefferson Boardman

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked {{convert|3|nmi|km}} south of the Hillsboro Inlet with the loss of a crew member.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lily

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

|desc=The brigantine was wrecked near Westhaven, Forfarshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Olivier

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Large Bank, off the coast of Sumatra, Netherlands East Indies. She was on a voyage from Macao, China to Callao, Peru.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=8 February 1871 |issue=7190 }}

}}

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|ship=Sapphire

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked on a reef in Elliot's Bay, Florida, United States. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Havana, Cuba.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=26 October 1870 |issue=255 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Volant

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Blyth, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated and completed her voyage.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Watchful

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

|desc=The brig sprang a leak and was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Huelva, Spain to Ipswich, Suffolk. She came ashore near Faro, Portugal and was wrecked.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=22 December 1870 |issue=9664 }}

}}

23 October

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|ship=Blue Jacket

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Gaspar Strait. Her crew were rescued by the barque Grace Piel ({{flag|United States|1867}}). Blue Jacket was on a voyage from Hiogo, Japan to Falmouth, Cornwall.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=24 February 1871 |issue=14529 |page=7 }}

}}

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|ship=Broanstone

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

|desc=The ship ran aground off Pakefield, Suffolk and was consequently beached at Hopton-on-Sea, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Fawn

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her fifteen crew were rescued by the Coastguard using rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to London.{{Cite news |title=A Steamer Wrecked |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=24 October 1870 |issue=14423 |page=6 }} She was refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=John Banks

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on a reef {{convert|50|nmi|km}} off Chittagong, India.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=13 December 1870 |issue=9656 }}

}}

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|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The ship schooner was abandoned in a sinking condition {{convert|5|nmi|km}} south east of Aldeburgh, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Long Ditton ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Petrel

|flag={{flagicon|UKGBI}} Trinidad

|desc=The ship was wrecked {{convert|100|nmi|km}} north west of Belize City, British Honduras. She was on a voyage from Roatán, British Honduras to Baltimore, Maryland, United States.

}}

24 October

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|ship=Branstons

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

|desc=The brig ran aground off Pakefield, Suffolk and was consequently beached at Corton, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a derelict condition.

}}

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|ship=Buttercup

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

|desc=The steam wherry capsized in the River Tyne at Jarrow, Northumberland.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Caroline

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

|desc=The brigantine struck the Highland Patch, off Caldey Island, Pembrokeshire. Her five crew were rescued by a Tenby boat. She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan to Newry, Ireland. She subsequently foundered in Carmarthen Bay {{convert|3|nmi|km}} north east of the Woodhouse Beacon.{{Cite news |title=Aberdare |newspaper=Western Mail |location=Cardiff |date=25 October 1870 |issue=465 }}

}}

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|ship=Fenella

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham and/or Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated with assistance.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Fox

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

|desc=The steamship sank at Blackwall, Middlesex.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=26 October 1870 |issue=14425 |page=7 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Liberty

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

|desc=The brig sprang a leak and sank at Speeton, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by two fishing cobles. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to London.{{Cite news |title=Royal National Lifeboat Institution |newspaper=Star |location=Saint Peter Port |date=6 December 1870 |issue=71 |volume=58 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lovisa

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the east coast of Öland, Sweden. She was refloated and taken in to Kalmar.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Mabel

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

|desc=The brig foundered in the North Sea off Lista, Norway. Her nine crew were rescued by Friedrich Wilhelm (22px Danzig). Mabel was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Danzig.{{cite web |url=http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland121.html |title=SHIPS BUILT AT SUNDERLAND IN THE 1830s |publisher=Searle |accessdate=12 April 2020}}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=7 November 1870 |page=6 |issue=26901 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=A Ship Destroyed by Fire in the Newcastle Harbour |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=5 December 1870 |issue=14459 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=9 December 1870 |issue=4480}}

}}

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|ship=Mary Ann

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

|desc=The sloop sprang a leak and was beached at North Shields, Northumberland.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Rosine

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked between Atherfield and Chale, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Haiti to Havre de Grâce, France.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=25 October 1870 |issue=14424 |page=7 }}

}}

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|ship=Squire

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

|desc=The ship collided with Jessie ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and was beached at Neyland, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire to Swansea, Glamorgan.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=31 October 1870 |issue=14429 |page=7 }}

}}

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|ship=Stefano Grosso

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked off Port Isaac, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Nine of her twelve crew were rescued by rocket apparatus, the others were rescued by the Port Isaac Lifeboat City of Exeter (File:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Stefano Grosso was on a voyage from Sulina, Ottoman Empire to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Royal National Lifeboat Institution |date=2 December 1870 |page=7 |issue=26923 |column=E }}

}}

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|ship=Verita

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned in Walton Bay. Her ten crew were rescued. Verita was on a voyage from Genoa to Cardiff. She was subsequently driven ashore and wrecked at Clevedon, Somerset, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=A Large Vessel Wrecked at Clevedon |newspaper=Bristol Mercury |location=Bristol |date=29 October 1870 |issue=4203 }}

}}

25 October

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|ship=Anna Marina

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Lista, Norway. Her crew were rescued.

}}

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|ship=Bloomer

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Little Ross, Kirkcudbrightshire.

}}

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|ship="Equity"

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

|desc=The fishing boat was wrecked at Spectacle Island. Crew saved.{{cite web |url=https://www.downtosea.com/1851-1875/1870.htm |title=1870 |publisher=downtothesea.com |access-date=7 July 2021}}

}}

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|ship=Fox

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

|desc=The steamship sank in the Victoria Dock.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=26 October 1870 |page=7 |issue=26891 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship=Liberty

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

|desc=The brig foundered in the North Sea {{convert|2|nmi|km}} north east of Speeton, Yorkshire. Her eight crew were rescued by two fishing cobles. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London.

}}

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|ship=Mary Ann

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

|desc=The lugger foundered off Whitby, Yorkshire.{{Cite news |title=Lowestoft |newspaper=Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=19 November 1870 |issue=6853 }}

}}

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|ship=Meteor Flag

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

|desc=The brigantine ran aground and capsized at Caernarfon. Her five crew were rescued by the Llanduyn Lifeboat John Gray Bell (File:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Meteor Flag was on a voyage from Londonderry to Swansea, Glamorgan.

}}

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|ship=Shakespeare

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near the mouth of the Seine. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Shanghai, China. She was declared a total loss.

}}

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|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The schooner foundered off Lundy Island, Devon. Her six crew were rescued by the pilot boat No. 4 ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

}}

26 October

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|ship=Amazon

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

|desc=The barque was damaged by fire at Galveston, Texas, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Galveston.

}}

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|ship=Cecile Marie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Saugor Hall Sand.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=29 November 1870 |page=6 |issue=26920 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship=Emma Sopbhia

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked on the Morant Cays. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to New Orleans.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Shipping Intelligence |date=29 November 1870 |page=11 |issue=26920 |column=B }}

}}

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|ship=G. F. O. Heyn

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship departed from Moulmein, Burma for a British port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=29 June 1871 |issue=7852 }}

}}

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|ship=Kennet

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridport, Dorset.{{cite web |url=http://www.burtonbradstock.org.uk/History/Wrecks%20off%20Burton%20Bradstock/Historical%20list%20of%20wrecks.htm |title=Historical List of Shipwrecks at Chesil Beach & from Bridport to Lyme Regis |publisher=Burton Bradstock Online |accessdate=27 December 2014}} All five people on board were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Rye, Sussex.

}}

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|ship=Verita

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Clevedon, Somerset, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Genoa.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=27 October 1870 |page=7 |issue=26892 |column=F }}

}}

27 October

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|ship=Argo

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

|desc=The ship was lost on this date.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=29 October 1870 |issue=14428 |page=7 }}

}}

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|ship=Cherub

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Peel, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to an Irish port.

}}

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|ship=Elizabeth

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

|desc=The brigantine foundered off St. Martin's Point, Guernsey. Her eight crew were rescued by Sark fishermen.{{Cite news |title=The Wreck at Guernsey |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=1 November 1870 |issue=14430 |page=6 }} She was on a voyage from "New" to Guernsey.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=31 October 1870 |issue=9620 }}

}}

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|ship=Investigator

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

|desc=The barque was lost at Cayo Arenas. Her sixteen crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Campeche, Mexico to Falmouth, Cornwall.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=8 November 1870 |issue=14436 |page=7 }}

}}

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|ship=Jato

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked near Egersund, Norway. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Gävle.

}}

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|ship=Kennet

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridport, Dorset. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Bridport.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=28 October 1870 |page=4 |issue=26893 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship={{SS|North Alabama||2}}

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

|desc= The steamer was wrecked on a sandbar in the Missouri River west of Vermillion, South Dakota in what's today the Myron Grove Lake Access area. Her equipment was salvaged. Barrels of whiskey in her cargo were salvaged in 1890, or in 1906 when she reportedly somehow briefly regained buoyancy on 10 July.{{cite web |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Kv1YAAAAYAAJ&dq=ship:+H.+M.+Hoxie,+1906&pg=RA3-PA18 |title=American Marine Engineer |year=1906 |publisher=Unknown/Googlebooks |accessdate=24 July 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://siouxcityjournal.com/news/state-and-regional/steamboat-wreckage-from-1870-reappears/article_6df7b367-2bd5-57b0-a050-9a6539f228f7.html |title=Steamboat wreckage from 1870 reappears |publisher=Sioux City Journal |accessdate=24 July 2020}}

}}

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|ship=Royal George

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Havre de Grâce, France.

}}

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|ship=Sunbeam

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

|desc=The ship departed from Quebec City, Canada for Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Marine Intelligence |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=30 December 1870 |issue=10227 }}

}}

28 October

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|ship=Aurora

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Cronstadt, Russia and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Leith, Lothian. She was consequently condemned.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=8 November 1870 |issue=9627 }}

}}

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|ship=Eleanore

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Fox River. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Sharpness, Gloucestershire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Fortuna

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Riga, Russia.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Geneva

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on a reef off Godrevy, Cornwall, United Kingdom with the loss of all 22 crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Saint John, New Brunswick.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Newcastle Courant |location=Newcastle upon Tyne |date=4 November 1870 |issue=10219 }}

}}

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|ship=Jim

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

|desc=The fishing boat foundered at Clovelly, Devon. Both crew were rescued by the Clovelly Lifeboat Alexander and Matilda Bœtefeur (File:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution).{{Cite news |title=Loss of a Fishing Boat |newspaper=Morning Post |location=London |date=31 October 1870 |issue=30232 }}

}}

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|ship=Waimea

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

|desc=The steamship was run down and sunk by the steamship Avoca ({{flag|New South Wales|1867}}) at Sydney.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=27 December 1870 |page=5 |issue=26944 |column=F }}

}}

29 October

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|ship=Ceres

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Drobak to Folkestone, Kent, United Kingdom. She was a total loss.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=1 November 1870 |issue=9621 }}

}}

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

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Nagara Point, in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Constantinople. She was refloated on 2 November.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=14 November 1870 |issue=9632 }}

}}

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|ship={{USS|Saginaw|1859|6}}

|flag={{navy|United States|1870}}

|desc=File:Sginaw sketch 440.jpgThe sidewheel sloop-of-war was wrecked in the Pacific Ocean off Kure Atoll. }}

30 October

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|ship=Gibraltar

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Turneffe Atoll, near Rendezvous Point, British Honduras. She was on a voyage from Belize City, British Honduras to London.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=30 December 1870 |issue=9671 }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=26 January 1871 |issue=9694 }}

}}

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|ship=John Myers

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

|desc=The schooner was run into by Elizabeth ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to London.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=3 November 1870 |issue=14432 |page=7 }}

}}

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|ship=Morning Star

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from Cap-Haïtien, Haiti to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=7 December 1870 |page=6 |issue=26927 |column=F }}

}}

31 October

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|ship=Elma E. Hawes

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and sank at Harwich, Essex.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=23 November 1870 |page=7 |issue=26915 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship=Adelphi

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore. She as on a voyage from Dublin to Dundrum, County Down. She was refloated and taken in to Warrenpoint, County Down.

}}

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|ship=Advance

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked {{convert|5|nmi|km}} west of Nefyn, Caernarfonshire. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to Bristol.

}}

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|ship={{SV|Alatamaha||2}}

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

|desc=The fishing schooner was lost on the Georges Bank. Lost with all 10 hands.{{cite web |url=https://www.downtosea.com/1851-1875/1870.htm |title=1870 |publisher=downtothesea.com |access-date=7 July 2021}}

}}

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|ship=Alberto

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Servola, near Trieste.

}}

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|ship=Alexandria

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked near Havana, Cuba before 18 October with the loss of seven of her crew. She was on a voyage from Havana to New York.{{Cite news |title=Total Wreck of the Ship Alexandria, and Loss of Seven Lives |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=10 November 1870 |issue=10166 }}

}}

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|ship=Algorna

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

|desc=The steamship foundered in Lake Superior with the loss of more than 100 lives.{{Cite news |title=Severe Hurricane on the American Coast |newspaper=Southampton Herald |location=Southampton |date=30 November 1870 |issue=2552 |volume=48 }}

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|ship=Alice Thompson

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Swatow, China.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Amazon

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse, Florida, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Galveston, Texas, United States. She was later refloated and completed her voyage.

}}

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|ship=Annie Cowart

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Loch Indaal. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Cronstadt, Russia. She was refloated and taken in to Lough Foyle for repairs.

}}

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|ship=Antilla

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia to Dublin.

}}

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|ship=Arctic Hero

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Hittarp, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Danzig. She was refloated.

}}

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|ship=Argo

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore near Lubava, Courland Governorate before 27 October. She was on a voyage from Lubava to Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen.

}}

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|ship=Bernardus Godelievus

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

|desc=The ship was assisted in to Ostend, Belgium in a sinking condition. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Messina, Sicily and Trieste.

}}

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|ship=Bertha

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Archangelsk between 2 and 4 October.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Bertha

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Brake Sand. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent, United Kingdom.

}}

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|ship=Bessie Rodgers

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Philadelphia. She was on a voyage from Alicante, Spain to Philadelphia.

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|ship=Blue Bell

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at East Hartlepool, County Durham.

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|ship=Brandt

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=Franco-Prussian War: The ship was captured and burnt by Desaix ({{navy|France}}).

}}

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|ship=Bring D Tobias

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

|desc=The ship was lost in Chedabucto Bay.

}}

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|ship=Brothers

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

|desc=The ship collided with the steamship Athlete ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank. Brothers was on a voyage from Wexford to Gloucester.

}}

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|ship=Cambria

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the North Breakers. She was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to Galveston, Texas.

}}

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|ship=Cambridge

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at "Storedam". She was refloated and taken in to Texel, Netherlands.

}}

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|ship=Caribou

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Lake St. Peter, Ontario. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Wales to Montreal, Quebec. She was later refloated and taken in to Montreal.

}}

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|ship=Carl Johan

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Callantsoog, North Holland. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Guam.

}}

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|ship=Cecile

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

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire at Boston, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from Boston to Sagua La Grande, Cuba.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Clymenestra

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Rodrigues. She was on a voyage from Rangoon, Burma to a British port.

}}

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|ship=Cronberg

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

|desc=The ship collided with another vessel and capsized. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Antwerp, Belgium. She was subsequently righted and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark.

}}

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|ship=C. T. Tompkins

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Cienfuegos, Cuba.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Delphin

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Norrköping to Hartlepool, County Durham. She was refloated on 15 October and towed in to Fredrikshavn, Denmark in a waterlogged condition.

}}

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|ship=Demarchia

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Swash. She was on a voyage from Bristol to Cardiff.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=20 October 1870 |issue=9610 }}

}}

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|ship=Dexter Washburn

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on the Conch Reef.

}}

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|ship=Dolphin

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Bridgwater, Somerset, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Lisbon.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=4 October 1870 |issue=9596 }}

}}

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|ship=Dublin

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Scheehoek, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to Rotterdam. She was refloated on 1 November and resumed her voyage.

}}

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|ship=Electric

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

|desc=The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Rimouski, Quebec. She was on a voyage from Rimouski to London.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=24 November 1870 |page=4 |issue=26916 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=3 November 1870 |issue=9623 }}

}}

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|ship=Enigheid

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

|desc=The ship collided with another vessel and sank in the North Sea. Her crew survived.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Eolus

|flag={{flag|Bremen}}

|desc=The barque sprang a leak and foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued nine days later by the barque Dorothy Thompson ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Eolus was on a voyage from Mexico to Bremen.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=South America |date=1 December 1870 |page=5 |issue=26922 |column=D }}

}}

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|ship=E. Richardson

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in the Dry Tortugas.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Eugene

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from the Îles d'Hyères to Dunkirk, France.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Executive

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Bangor to Madeira.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Fannie Gordon

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Gut of Canso before 21 October. She was on a voyage from Pictou, Nova Scotia to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ferry Hill

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Archangelsk between 2 and 4 October. She was refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Gebroeders Fokkes

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

|desc=The galiot foundered off the mouth of the Humber. Her crew were rescued by a British lugger.{{Cite news |title=Shipping and Mail News |newspaper=Daily Gazetter for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=10 October 1870 |issue=243 }}{{Cite news |title=Yarmouth |newspaper=Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=11 October 1870 |issue=6849 }}

}}

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|ship=Gladstone

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Brouwersand before 13 October. She was on a voyage from Samarang, Netherlands East Indies to Rotterdam. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=28 November 1870 |issue=9643 }}

}}

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|ship=Glengarry

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

|desc=The ship foundered off Havana before 18 October. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Golden Gleam

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore. She was refloated and taken in to Belfast.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Golene Houge

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was wrecked in Algoa Bay.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Governor Marion

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

|desc=The steamship sank off Key West, Florida.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Gratta Strout

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Memel.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Great Northern

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Renkioi, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Taganrog, Russia to Falmouth, Cornwall. She was refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Harwich

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Brielle, Netherlands.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Havelock

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Rhos Bay. She was on a voyage from Holyhead, Anglesey to Port Dinorwic, Caernarfonshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ida Engelsman

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The galiot was driven ashore on Farö, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Reval, Russia to Dundee, Forfarshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Slite, Sweden.{{Cite news |title=Dundee Bound Vessel Ashore |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=27 October 1870 |issue=5378 }}

}}

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|ship=Ida Maria

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

|desc=The ship foundered near Farsund, Norway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Danzig.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ida Whelan

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked {{convert|4|nmi|km}} south of the mouth of the New River, Florida.

}}

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|ship=Idun

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Söderhamn to Huelva, Spain. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ina

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

|desc=The ship sprang a leak and was beached at "Carrack Strand". She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Liverpool.

}}

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|ship=Industrie

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Hartlepool. She was on a voyage from Dover, Kent to Danzig. She was refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Iris

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Ballantrae, Ayrshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Glasgow to Sunderland. Iris was refloated on 12 December and towed in to Ardrossan, Ayrshire by the steamship Flying Meteor ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite news |title=Greenock |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=15 December 1870 |issue=9658 }}

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|ship=Isabella

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on "Tara", County Down. She was later refloated.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=12 October 1870 |issue=9603 }}

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|ship=Islander

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Archangelsk between 2 and 4 October.

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|ship=James Brown

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Peel, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Maryport, Cumberland.

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|ship=Japan

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked at East Cape, Russia with the loss of nine of her 34 crew. Survivors were rescued by the brig Hattie Jackson ({{flag|United States|1867}}).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The United States |date=20 September 1871 |page=3 |issue=27173 |column=C-D }}{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=19 September 1871 |issue=7922 }}

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|ship=Jason

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

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Gulf of Mexico.

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|ship=Jessie

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

|desc=The ship collided with Squire ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom.

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|ship=Jesus

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked in the Cymyran Strait, Anglesey, United Kingdom with the loss of eight of her sixteen crew. She was on a voyage from Manila, Spanish East Indies to Liverpool.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=28 October 1870 |issue=4474 }}

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|ship=John Crookes

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on Cape Florida, Florida. She was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia to Sagua La Grande.

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|ship=John Randolph

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

|desc=The schooner was driven onto the Pickles Reef.

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|ship=Kalervo

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on a sunken wreck off Raahe. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Raahe. She was refloated with the assistance of a steamship.

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|ship={{SS|Key West|1862|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. She was on a voyage from New York to Charleston, South Carolina.

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|ship=Knapton Hall

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Vogelsand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Cuxhaven. She was refloated and taken in to Cuxhaven.

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|ship=Leander

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at "Hambro".

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|ship=Lenoir

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at "Hambro". She was on a voyage from Glace Bay, Nova Scotia to New York.

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|ship=Lisa Brindley

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned at sea before 21 October. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Waterlily ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Lisa Brindley was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Dublin.

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|ship=Locomotive

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

|desc=The brig ran aground at Opobo and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Gaboon. The ship was plundered by the local inhabitants and destroyed by an explosion of gunpowder on board with the loss of about 50 lives.{{Cite news |title=West Coast of Africa |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=15 November 1870 |issue=14442 |page=6 }}

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|ship=Lord Raglan

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Archangelsk between 2 and 4 October. She was refloated.

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|ship=Lord Raglan

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

|desc=The barque sprang a leak and foundered. Her crew were rescued by Marie Louise ({{flag|Norway|1844}}). Lord Raglan was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Gothenburg, Sweden.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Northern Echo |location=Darlington |date=15 November 1870 |issue=272 }}

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|ship=Lübeck

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Pärnu, Russia.

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|ship=Lydia Hilton

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Archangelsk between 2 and 4 October. She was refloated.

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|ship=Malabar

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

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire in the South Atlantic ({{coord|27|03|S|58|58|W}}) before 12 October.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=9 December 1870 |issue=9653 }}

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|ship=Maria Adriana

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship collided with {{HMS|Scorpion|1863|6}} ({{navy|UK}}) and sank at Brouwershaven, Zeeland.

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|ship=Marmion

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

|desc=The Mersey Flat ran aground on the East Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was refloated.

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|ship=Mary Richmond

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the River Foyle and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Londonderry.

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|ship=Mary Tatham

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Eilean Sionnach, Inner Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Rathmelton, County Donegal. She was later refloated.

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|ship=Mercurius

|flag=22px Stettin

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore on Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Stettin to a Norwegian port.

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|ship=M. N.

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

|desc=The brig was lost at "Varadera" with the loss of six of her thirteen crew. She was on a voyage from Cárdenas, Cuba to Falmouth.

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|ship=Moreno

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse. She was on a voyage from Caibarién to Sydney, New South Wales.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=16 November 1870 |issue=9634 }}

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|ship=Neptune

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Vogelsand, in the North Sea.

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|ship=Neptune

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

|desc=The smack sank in Ramsey Sound.

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|ship=Nora

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at "Storedam". She was refloated and taken in to Texel.

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|ship=Northampton

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Shanghai, China.

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|ship=Olive

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked in "Diersey Sound".

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|ship=Ottawa

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Long Island, New York. She was on a voyage from Cow Bay, Nova Scotia to New York City.

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|ship=Pacific

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground near Brielle. She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=10 October 1870 |issue=9601 }}

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|ship=Paluca San José

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on the Pickles Reef.

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|ship=Pepita

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked at Matanzas, Cuba.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=27 October 1870 |issue=9616 }}

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|ship=Plato

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

|desc=The steamship foundered in the Bay of Biscay between 17 and 21 October with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Trieste.{{Cite news |title=Supposed Foundering of a Steamer, with all Hands |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=9 November 1870 |issue=54864 }}{{Cite news |title=General News |newspaper=Bristol Mercury |location=Bristol |date=12 November 1870 |issue=4205 }}

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|ship=Pleiades

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Santa Anna to Falmouth.

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|ship=Prussian

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on Tuns Bank, in Lough Foyle. She was refloated.

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|ship=Queen of the Isles

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at "Assis".{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=1 November 1870 |issue=9621 }}

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|ship=Quixote

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

|desc=The ship was lost neat Santa Anna.

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|ship=Regina

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Zapodilla Cays. She was on a voyage from Newport to Puerto Caballos, British Honduras.

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|ship=Regina

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Archangelsk between 2 and 4 October. She was refloated.

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|ship=Richmond

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the "Clure River".

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|ship=Right Bower

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

|desc=The schooner was driven onto the Pickles Reef.

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|ship=Rosedale

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked at Matanzas.

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|ship=Sarah

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

|desc=The smack was driven ashore in County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire to Belfast.

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|ship=Sars Johan

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Norrtälje. She was on a voyage from Norrtälje to Hull. She was refloated.

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|ship=Sharon

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Jeddore, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was on a voyage from Portland, Maine to Port Caledonia, Nova Scotia.

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|ship=Sicilia

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The brig sank at Matanzas.

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|ship=Skjold

|flag={{flag|Denmark}}

|desc=The barque was wrecked at Archangelsk.

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|ship=Stately

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked on Neckman's Ground, in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Helsingør, Denmark.

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|ship=Stirling

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked at "Caissaid". She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Pernambuco, Brazil.

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|ship=St. Marys

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned at sea.

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|ship=St. Mitrofane

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The lighter ran aground and was wrecked at Taganrog.

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|ship=St.Nicolas

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The lighter was loss at Taganrog.

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|ship=Stranger

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the coast of California.

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|ship=Sultan

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked on the coast of Luzon, Spanish East Indies. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong, China to Borneo.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=26 November 1870 |issue=9642 }}

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|ship=Thomas and William

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked off the Faroe Islands. Her crew were rescued by the fishing smack Olive ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

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|ship=Tomas de Resa

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked near Key West, Florida, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New Orleans to Barcelona.

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|ship=Valetta

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

|desc=The ship was lost north of the mouth of the Rio Grande with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Montevideo, Uruguay.

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|ship=Victoria

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore between Crosby and Waterloo, Lancashire.

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|ship=Wandsworth

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

|desc=The ship caught fire and was beached at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from an English port to Quebec City.

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|ship=William Brown

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked near Havana before 18 October with the loss of a crew member.

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|ship=William Rathbone

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked in the Hillsboro Inlet. Four of her crew were rescued by {{SS|Mississippi|1862|2}} ({{flag|United States|1867}}). William Rathbone was on a voyage from New York to New Orleans.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Hull Packet |location=Hull |date=2 December 1870 |issue=4479 }}

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|ship=Zanzibar

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The barque was wrecked at Ibo, Mozambique. She was on a voyage from Marseille to Ibo.

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|ship=Zibiah

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Arichat, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Gaspé, Quebec, Canada.

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|ship=Unnamed

|flag={{Navy|France}}

|desc=Franco-Prussian War: The man-of-war ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk whilst pursuing a Prussian merchant vessel. She was refloated.

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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.

1870-10

Category:Maritime incidents in October 1870