List of shipwrecks in October 1872#19 October

The list of shipwrecks in October 1872 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during October 1872.

1 October

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|ship=British Queen

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

|desc=The tug sank at Tranmere, Cheshire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=1 October 1872 |issue=27497 |page=11 |column=F }} Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Mail and Ship News |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=2 October 1872 |issue=10758 }}

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|ship=Brunswick

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned off Moelfre, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Garston, Lancashire.

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|ship=Delta

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

|desc=The barque ran aground at Newcastle, United States. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=3 October 1872 |issue=8248 }}

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

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands. Her 20-plus crew survived. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London.{{Cite news |title=Gales, Floods and Shipwrecks |newspaper=York Herald |location=York |date=5 October 1872 |issue=5208 |page=4 }}

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|ship=Olga

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked on the English Bank, in the River Plate. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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|ship=Saxon

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked in Morant Bay. Her crew were rescued. she was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Belize City, British Honduras.{{Cite news |title=The West India and Pacific Mails |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=30 October 1872 |issue=10782 }}

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|ship=St. Bradock

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

|desc=The ship sank off Heligoland. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Maldon, Essex.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=2 October 1872 |issue=27498 |page=9 |column=F }}

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|ship=Wabeno

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Port Ellen, Islay, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

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2 October

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|ship=Atlantic

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Ljusne to Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Stockholm in a leaky condition.

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|ship=Edward

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Bjorn Rock, She was on a voyage from Gävle, Sweden to London. She was refloated on 9 October and towed in to Gävle.

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3 October

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|ship=Amanda

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

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore at Portrush, County Antrim. Her seven crew were rescued by the Portrush Lifeboat.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=4 October 1872 |issue=15033 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Amelia

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

|desc=The brig struck the Corton Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued. Amelia was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. She was towed in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire on 5 October by the steamship Eugenie ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

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|ship=Ann and Mary

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

|desc=The ship foundered on the Arklow Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow. Her crew got aboard the Arklow Lightship (22px Trinity House), from where they were rescued on 5 October. Ann and Mary was on a voyage from Dublin to Gloucester.

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|ship=Eagle

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at "Chance Cave". She was refloated.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=5 October 1872 |issue=10224 }}

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|ship={{SS|George Carins|1871|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship capsized off and sank {{convert|30|nmi|km}} south south east of the Low Point Lighthouse, Nova Scotia, Canada with the loss of eight of her 21 crew. Survivors were rescued by the schooner Three Sisters ({{flagicon|Canada|1868}} Canada). George Carins was on a voyage from Montreal, Quebec, Canada to Limerick.{{cite web |url=http://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/G-Ships/georgecarins1872.html |title=George Carins |publisher=Shipping and Shipbuilding Research Trust |access-date=19 March 2021 }}

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|ship=Möwe

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Swinemünde. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.

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|ship=N. Mosher

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Pensacola, Florida. She was refloated and put back to Liverpool in a severely leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=5 October 1872 |issue=8250 }}

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|ship=Queen of the Fleet

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore on Puffin Island, Anglesey. She was refloated but drove ashore at Beaumaris, Anglesey. Queen of the Fleet was again refloated and beached on the coast of Caernarfonshire opposite Beaumaris.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=5 October 1872 |issue=27500 |page=11 |column=C }}

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|ship=Wybren Romer

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Cowes, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom to Harburg. She was refloated and taken in to Cowes in a leaky condition.

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4 October

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|ship=Amelia

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

|desc=The brig was discovered on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk by the steamship Eugenie ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). She was towed in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire.

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|ship=Anna Digna

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was lost in the Macassar Strait. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Hong Kong.

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|ship=Eliza

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

|desc=The brig was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by the Thurso Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Belfast, County Antrim.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=7 October 1872 |issue=8251 }}

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|ship={{SS|Cresswell|1871|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Enos, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Berdyanski, Russia to Cork. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=The Screw Steamer Cresswell, of North Shields |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=2 December 1872 |issue=10810 }}

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|ship=Margaret Deer

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

|desc=The fishing smack was run down and sunk by the steamship {{SS|C. M. Palmer|1870|2}} ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) at South Shields, County Durham with the loss of one of her seven crew. The smack was on a voyage from Buckhaven, Fife to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.{{Cite news |title=A Buckhaven Smack Run Down |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=5 October 1872 |issue=5987 }}

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|ship=Mary Holland

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

|desc=The brigantine was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by the Thurso Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Riga to Belfast.

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|ship=Megaera

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Slangkoss", Cape Colony. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=5 October 1872 |issue=15034 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The smack ran aground on the Arklow Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow.

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5 October

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|ship=Elgin

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Bukkelyne Bank and was damaged. She was refloated and taken in to Ålesund, Denmark in a leaky condition.

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|ship=Jantina

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship ran aground off "Lappen", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom to Stettin, Germany.

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|ship=Jupiter

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The barque was driven ashore in Table Bay. She was on a voyage from Montevideo, Uruguay to Cape Town, Cape Colony. She was refloated.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Cape of Good Hope |date=20 November 1872 |issue=27539 |page=9 |column=F }}

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|ship=Kurkvaart

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked near Lemvig, Norway. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Danzig.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=8 October 1872 |issue=27502 |page=9 |column=F }}

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|ship=Little Western

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

|desc=The steamship struck a rock off Samson, Isles of Scilly and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Penzance, Cornwall to the Isles of Scilly.

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|ship=Merit

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Forchet Head". She was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony to "Camuli".

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|ship=Ocean

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

|desc=The ship was taken in to Bristol, Gloucestershire in a derelict condition. She had been on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Cork.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=8 October 1872 |issue=8252 }}

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|ship=Peri

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Dunkirk, Nord, France. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a severely leaky condition.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=6 October 1872 |issue=27501 |page=11 |column=F }}

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|ship=Phoenix

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on The Shingles, off the Isle of Wight.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=7 October 1872 |issue=10225 }} She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Grimsby, Lincolnshire.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=8 October 1872 |issue=15036 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Reserve

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was largely abandoned off Cape Horn, Chile. Eighteen of her 23 crew were taken off by Hvideorn (Flag unknown), the rest refused to abandon ship. Reserve was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to Callao, Peru.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=30 November 1872 |issue=8298 }}{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=17 December 1872 |issue=15096 |page=6 }}

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|ship=Veritas

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at "Malarie". She was on a voyage from "Malarie" to Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom.

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|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Nairn.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=8 October 1872 |issue=10226 }}

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6 October

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|ship=Alicia

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and sank at "Melstaby", on the east coast of Öland, Sweden.

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|ship=Dorris

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

|desc=The smack ran aground and sank in the River Nene upstream of Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Tydd St. Giles, Cambridgeshire.

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|ship=Friendship

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned between the Tuskar Rock and the Smalls Lighthouse. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to New York.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=17 December 1872 |issue=27562 |page=7 |column=D }}

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|ship=Onward

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

|desc=The schooner sprang a leak and was beached at Ryde, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Teignmouth, Devon to Leith, Lothian.

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7 October

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|ship=Amelia, and
Susan Bayley

|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}
{{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}

|desc=The barque Amelia collided with the brig Susan Bayley in the English Channel off the Lizard, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Susan Bailey sank. Amelia was severely damaged. She was then run into by the full-rigged ship Aime ({{flagcountry|German Empire}}) and was further damaged. Amelia was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to New York. She put in to Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=Serious Collisions at Sea |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=8 October 1872 |issue=55456 }}{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=10 October 1872 |issue=15038 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Amy Serena

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

|desc=The brig departed from Liverpool, Lancashire for Limerick. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=19 December 1872 |issue=27564 |page=5 |column=F }}

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|ship=Bengalese

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Hamburg, Germany.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=9 October 1872 |issue=10227 }}

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|ship=Clara

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Ballyquinton Point, County Down. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Dublin.

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|ship=Lina

|flag={{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Troup Head, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire to a Baltic port.

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|ship=Lutin

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The barque collided with the steamship La Pampa ({{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}) and became waterlogged in the Mediterranean Sea off Europa Point, Gibraltar. Her crew were rescued by La Pampa. Lutin was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Whydah, Africa. She was towed in to Gibraltar by {{HMS|Endymion|1865|2}} ({{navy|United Kingdom}}) and anchored at the Mole. She subsequently sank whilst under tow by the tugs Jackal and Works (both {{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Gibraltar).{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Mails |date=17 October 1872 |issue=27510 |page=4 |column=F }}

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|ship=Maida

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

|desc=The brig foundered in the North Sea. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Bremen, Germany.

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|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The brigantine struck the pier at Workington, Cumberland and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Workington to Belfast, County Antrim.

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|ship=Palermo

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged on South Ronaldshay, Orkney Islands. She was on a voyage from Kronstadt, Russia to Liverpool.

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|ship=Sjofnen

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked near "Aviken", Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aberdeen, United Kingdom to Sundsvall, Sweden.

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|ship=Wild Gazelle

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Paysandú, Uruguay.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=24 October 1872 |issue=8266 }}

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8 October

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|ship=John Bunyan

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Sainte-Anne-des-Monts, Quebec, Canada with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Quebec City, Canada.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=10 October 1872 |issue=27504 |page=11 |column=C }}

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|ship=Regina

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

|desc=The barque sprang a leak and was abandoned off Islay, Inner Hebrides. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Newhaven, Connecticut.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=14 October 1872 |issue=55460 }} She came ashore on Tiree on 12 October.

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

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

|desc=The steamship departed from New York, United States for Queenstown, County Cork. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all 45 crew.{{Cite news |title=The Storm and Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=27 December 1872 |issue=10831 }}

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|ship=Wobena

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked on Islay. Her crew survived.

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9 October

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|ship=Aldebaran

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

|desc=The ship ran aground and sank on Seskar, Grand Duchy of Finland. She was on a voyage from Kronstadt, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire.

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|ship=Ansel Gibbs

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

|desc=The whaler, a barque, was wrecked on Marble Island, Canada with the subsequent loss of some of her crew. Survivors were rescued on 2 August 1873 by the whaling schooner Abbie Bradford ({{flag|United States|1867}}).{{Cite news |title=Terrible Sufferings of a Ship's Crew |newspaper=Bradford Observer |location=Bradford |date=24 September 1873 |issue=3352 |page=5 |volume=40 }}{{Cite news |title=Wreck of a Whaler and loss of Fourteen Lives |newspaper=Huddersfield Chronicle |location=Huddersfield|date=24 September 1873 |issue=1913 |page=3 }}

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|ship=Elgin

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

|desc=The steamship was damaged by fire at Aden. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Rangoon, British Burma.

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|ship=I Due

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore west of "Point Elena", near Roquetas de Mar, Spain. Her crew survived.

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|ship=Mary Jane

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

|desc=The schooner foundered in the Dogger Bank Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland.

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|ship=Princess Louise

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the brig Collman ({{flagcountry|German Empire}}) and she was set afire. Princess Louise was on a voyage from New York, United States to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom.

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|ship=Themis

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore north of Fredrikshavn, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Charlestown, Cornwall to Rudkøbing, Denmark.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=10 October 1872 |issue=10228 }}

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|ship=Vaflakadis

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

|desc=The ship caught fire and was towed in to the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Hull to Galaţi.

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10 October

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|ship=Abbotsford

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Market Stones Rocks, near "Eckro". She was on a voyage from Lübeck, Germany to Gävle, Sweden.

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|ship=Arche d{{'}}Alliance

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship ran aground off Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was refloated and beached at Blakeney, Norfolk.

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|ship=Avania

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The crewless schooner foundered in the North Sea.

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|ship=Cornish

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

|desc=The ship foundered between Bull Point and the Morte Stone, Devon with the loss of all hands.

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|ship=Fairy Queen

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Little Haven, Pembrokeshire.

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|ship=Gulielmo, or
Quillelmo

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

|desc=The schooner was abandoned off the mouth of the Humber. Her crew were rescued by a smack. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Jersey. She was towed in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire the next day by two smacks.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=14 October 1872 |issue=15041 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Gwydir

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

|desc=The brigantine was wrecked in the Hilbre Islands, Cheshire. Her crew were rescued by Prince of Wales ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite news |title=Severe Storms at Liverpool. - Disasters in the Channel |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=12 October 1872 |issue=8256 }}

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|ship=John

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

|desc=The smack was wrecked on the East Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued by the Hoylake Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from "Port Nant" to Liverpool, Lancashire.

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|ship=Speedwell

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

|desc=The steamship was sighted off the coast of Norfolk whilst on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to Hull, Yorkshire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=14 November 1872 |issue=27534 |page=9 |column=A }}

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|ship=Swallow

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

|desc=The Mersey Flat was driven ashore near Great Orme Head, Caernarfonshire. Her three crew were rescued by the lifeboat Sisters (File:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Swallow was on a voyage from Penmaenmawr, Caernarfonshire to Liverpool.{{Cite news |title=The Late Strom |newspaper=Birmingham Daily Post |location=Birmingham |date=14 October 1872 |issue=4445 }}

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|ship=Woodlark

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

|desc=The steamship struck a submerged object and sank at Hartlepool, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Cartagena, Spain to Hartlepool. She was refloated on 14 October.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=15 October 1872 |issue=15042 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Zealous

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore near Terneuzen, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Harwich, Essex to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated and completed her voyage.

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11 October

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|ship=Algol

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship put in to Alicante, Spain on fire.

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|ship=Annie M. Young

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

|desc=The brig ran aground in the River Mersey. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Knight Templar ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and anchored in the Sloyne.

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|ship=Ceres

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

|desc=The sloop was destroyed by fire at Sandsend, Yorkshire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=15 October 1872 |issue=27508 |page=9 |column=D }}

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|ship=Confiance

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

|desc=The ship was lost in the Raz de Sein. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Cardiff, Glamorgan.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=15 October 1872 |issue=8258 }}

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|ship=Elise

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore {{convert|5|nmi|km}} south of Dunbar, Lothian, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Burntisland, Fife, United Kingdom.

}}

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|ship=Elizabeth

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

|desc=The sloop was wrecked on the Ross Sands, Northumberland. Her three crew were rescued by the Lindisfarne Lifeboat Grace Darling (File:Flag of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.svg Royal National Lifeboat Institution). She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to the River Tyne{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=14 October 1872 |issue=27507 |page=11 |column=D }}

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|ship=Hartley

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked near Marstrand, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Copenhagen, Denmark.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=14 October 1872 |issue=10231 }}

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|ship=John

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

|desc=The smack ran aground on the East Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay and sank. Her crew were rescued by the Hoylake Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Nefyn, Caernarfonshire to Liverpool, Lancashire.

}}

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|ship=Lord Napier

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

|desc=The brigantine foundered in the Irish Sea {{convert|12|nmi|km}} west of Strumble Head, Pembrokeshire with the loss of her captain from her eight crew. She was on a voyage from Casablanca, Morocco to Liverpool.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=15 October 1872 |issue=27508 |page=9 |column=D }}

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|ship=Malta

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

|desc=The ship caught fire. She was on a voyage from Malta to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.

}}

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|ship=Mary Sweet

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Larne, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Londonderry.

}}

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|ship=Lucy

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked south of Whitby, Yorkshire.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=12 October 1872 |issue=27506 |page=11 |column=B }}{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=12 October 1872 |issue=8256 }} Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bremerhaven, Germany to Whitby.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=12 October 1872 |issue=15040 |page=7 }}

}}

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|ship=R. W. Hodgson

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on Taylor's Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was refloated and put back to Liverpool in leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=12 October 1872 |issue=8256 }}

}}

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|ship=Woodlark

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

|desc=The steamship struck a submerged object and sank at West Hartlepool, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Cartagena, Spain to West Hartlepool.

}}

12 October

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|ship=Anne Crowald

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship ran aground at Brielle, South Holland. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Bergen, Norway.

}}

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|ship=Ave Maria

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Legazpi, Spanish East Indies.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Christina

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Terschelling, Friesland. She was on a voyage from Kristiansand, Norway to a Dutch port.

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|ship=Emilia

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Legazpi.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Francis Hilyard

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

|desc=The ship ran aground off the coast of Georgia, United States. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Savannah, Georgia. She was refloated and completed her voyage.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Ignacia

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Legazpi.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=30 December 1872 |issue=8323 }}

}}

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|ship=Matheran

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

|desc=The ship foundered off the Old Head of Kinsale, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Demerara, British Guiana.{{Cite news |title=The Late Gales - Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=14 October 1872 |issue=10231 }}

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|ship=Ponon

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Legazpi.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sharon

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

|desc=The ship, which had caught fire the previous day, was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Frey ({{flag|Norway|1844}}) and the schooner Enavo ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Sharon was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to New York, United States.

}}

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|ship=Stephen

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore on Texel, North Holland. She was on a voyage from Hoorn, North Holland to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was refloated.

}}

13 October

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|ship=Albert

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

|desc=The schooner foundered in the North Sea {{convert|6|nmi|km}} south east of Spurn Point, Yorkshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London.

}}

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|ship=Alfred

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

|desc=The brigantine sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea {{convert|5|nmi|km}} south east by east of the New Sand Lightship (22px Trinity House). Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to London.{{Cite news |title=colchester |newspaper=Essex Standard |location=Colchester |date=18 October 1872 |issue=2183 |volume=42 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Andrea

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Utlängan and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Gävle, Sweden to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Carolina

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the east coast of Öland. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall to an English port.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Guatemala

|flag={{flagicon|Colombia}} United States of Colombia

|desc=The steamship was wrecked at the mouth of the Tonalá River with the loss of 23 lives. She was on a voyage from Acapulco, Mexico to Panama City.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=12 November 1872 |issue=27532 |page=6 |column=C }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Mails |date=14 December 1872 |issue=27560 |page=10 |column=B }}

}}

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|ship=Grecian

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Palermo, Sicily, Italy.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jagnina

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

|desc=The ship was sighted in the Dardanelles whilst on a voyage from Sulina to a British port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=9 May 1873 |issue=7894 }}

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|ship=Regent

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Tiree, Inner Hebrides.

}}

14 October

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|ship=Emma Kreig

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The brig struck the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Sea and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Demerara, British Honduras.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=15 October 1872 |issue=27508 |page=9 |column=D }}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Henrique

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

|desc=The brigantine was driven ashore at Lagos.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=21 October 1872 |issue=8263 }}

}}

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|ship=Lady Beatrice

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore and wrecked on Goeree, Zeeland, Netherlands.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lucretia

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

|desc=The smack departed from Newhaven, Sussex for Runcorn, Cheshire. Presumed subsequently foundered off Portland, Dorset with the loss of all three crew; a boat and other wreckage from the smack washed up there.{{Cite news |title=Padstow |newspaper=Royal Cornwall Gazette |location=Truro |date=2 November 1872 |issue=3615 }}

}}

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|ship=Margaret

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Cockle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=16 October 1872 |issue=8259 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=May Queen

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Cattewater and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands to Figueira da Foz, Portugal.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Prosperity

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

|desc=The smack ran aground on the Black Rock, off the coast of Ayrshire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=16 October 1872 |issue=10233 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sabina

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

|desc=The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea {{convert|40|nmi|km}} north east of Cromer, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by a Dutch fishing boat. She was subsequently towed in to Great Yarmouth by the smack Florence Mary ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Superior

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

|desc=The schooner sprang a leak and was beached {{convert|3|nmi|km}} south of the Highland Lighthouse, Massachusetts, United States. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Martinique.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Telegraf

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The steamship was wrecked in the Hellegat. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Rotterdam, South Holland.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Veritas

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked near Mandal, Norway. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Fredrikstad, Norway.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Wild Wave

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Alaranes Reefs. She was on a voyage from Santa Anna to Queensland. She was refloated and taken in to Havana, Cuba.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=6 November 1872 |issue=15061 |page=7 }}

}}

15 October

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|ship=Charles

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The ship ran aground off Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was refloated and taken in tow for the Rammekens Castle.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Constantia

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Vlieland, Friesland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Christiania to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Humility

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

|desc=The smack was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=18 October 1872 |issue=8261 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Isabel

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

|desc=The cutter ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Jersey. She was refloated but consequently foundered. Her crew were rescued by the smack Tryal ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=J. Gemelli

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Ameland, Friesland, Netherlands. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Naples to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=17 October 1872 |issue=27510 |page=9 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=17 October 1872 |issue=8260 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Newport

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Bude, Cornwall.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=16 October 1872 |issue=8259 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Yeddo

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground off "Lamijet Island", China. She was on a voyage from Shantou to Shanghai.

}}

16 October

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|ship=Artistic

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=31 October 1872 |issue=27522 |page=9 |column=B }}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Charles

|flag={{flag|Belgium}}

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire in the Scheldt.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Due Fratelli

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near "Roguelas". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Catania, Sicily to Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{PS|Eiderstedt||2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The paddle steamer was driven ashore at Covehithe, Suffolk, United Kingdom. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Tønning.{{cite web |url=http://walberswick.onesuffolk.net/assets/WLHG/ShipsShipwrecks1782-1845.pdf |title=Shipwrecks at or near Walberswick from 1848 - 1874 |first=Alan Farquar |last=Bottomley |publisher=Suffolk Records Society |access-date=26 December 2014}}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Hero

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her four crew were rescued by the Walmer Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Truro, Cornwall.{{Cite news |title=Royal National Lifeboat Institution |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=9 November 1872 |issue=10791 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jarlen

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on an island off Sandhammaren. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=King of Tyre

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

|desc=The dandy rigged smack was driven ashore and sank at Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Launceston, and {{SS|Musgrave|1872|2}}

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

|desc=The steamships collided in the North Sea {{convert|8|nmi|km}} off Hartlepool, County Durham. Both vessels sank. Musgrave was on a voyage from Port Mulgrave, Yorkshire to the River Tyne.{{Cite news |title=Mail and Ship News |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=19 October 1872 |issue=10773 }}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Lone Star

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was refloated and taken in to Dover, Kent in a leaky condition.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=17 October 1872 |issue=15044 |page=7 }}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Progress

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Cherry Island. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Proteo

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom with the loss of one of her twelve crew. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Hull, Yorkshire.{{Cite news |title=(untitled) |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=17 October 1872 |issue=5997 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Redby

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Nyhamn to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Ljusne.

}}

17 October

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|ship=Aculeo

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Point Pedro, near San Francisco, California, United States. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to San Francisco.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=21 October 1872 |issue=8263 }}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Congreve

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

|desc=The ship foundered off the coast of the Natal Colony.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Cape of Good Hope |date=19 November 1872 |issue=27538 |page=3 |column=B }}

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18 October

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|ship=Corunna

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Berbice, British Guiana.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=14 November 1872 |issue=15068 |page=7 }}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Glide

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

|desc=The brig ran aground near Understen. She was on a voyage from Skellefteå to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Gävle in a severely leaky condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Guatemala

|flag={{flagicon|Colombia}} United States of Colombia

|desc=The steamship was wrecked at "Sanala Chiapas" with the loss of 28 lives.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=12 November 1872 |issue=8282 }}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jean Bart

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The brig was run down and sunk by the steamship Delston Castle ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Jeune Marie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The lugger was run down and sunk in the North Sea by the barque Oqeundo ({{flag|Spain|civil-1785}}). Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=21 October 1872 |issue=15048 |page=7 }}

}}

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|ship=J. F. Chapman

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by Providenza ({{flag|United States|1867}}). J. F. Chapman was on a voyage from New York to Hamburg, Germany.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Marie Joseph

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Montpellier, Quebec, Canada. She was on a voyage from the Newfoundland Colony to Montpellier.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sally

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

|desc=The brig was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to Portsmouth, Hampshire.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Cheshire Observer |location=Chester |date=19 October 1872 |issue=1054 |page=8 |volume=21 }}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Sizarge

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship sank at Corcubión, Spain.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=St. Johannes

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The full-rigged ship ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was refloated with the assistance of the Caister Lifeboat and two tugs and was towed in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=William Akins

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Kylerhea, Isle of Skye. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Scrabster, Caithness to the Clyde.

}}

19 October

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|ship={{PS|Batavier|1855|2}}

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The paddle steamer collided with the mail steamer {{ship|Egyptian ship|Charkieh||2}} ({{flagicon|Ottoman Empire|naval-1844}} Egyptian Navy) and sank in the River Thames at Barking, Essex, United Kingdom. All on board were rescued by Charkieh and the tug Constitution ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Batavier was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Rotterdam, South Holland.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=21 October 1872 |issue=27513 |page=6 |column=F }}{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Wreck of the Batavier |date=22 October 1872 |issue=27514 |page=8 |column=B }}{{Cite news |title=Fearful Collision in the River |newspaper=Morning Post |location=London |date=21 October 1872 |issue=30848 |page=5 }}{{Cite news |title=Summary of This Morning's News |newspaper=Pall Mall Gazette |location=London |date=21 October 1872 |issue=2398 }} She was refloated on 20 November.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=21 November 1872 |issue=15074 |page=6 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Concord

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Cutler Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Gävle, Sweden to London. She was refloated and found to be severely leaky, so was beached at Harwich, Essex.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Eugénie Marianne

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship struck the Roche Cesar and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to L'Orient, Morbihan.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=26 October 1872 |issue=27518 |page=7 |column=F }}

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|ship=Unnamed

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

|desc=The pilot boat capsized off Montrose, Forfarshire with the loss of five of the six people on board.

}}

20 October

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|ship=Active

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the east coast of Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Gävle, Sweden to London.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Astrica

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Cape Arkona. She was on a voyage from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom to Danzig. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Stralsund for repairs.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Chamois

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

|desc=The barque sprang a leak and sank in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Charles Bal ({{flagcountry|German Empire}}). Chamois was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Christiania, Norway.{{Cite news |title=Brazil and the River Plate |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=27 November 1872 |issue=15079 |page=7 }}

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Emil Christensen

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

|desc=The ship capsized at Bridgwater, Somerset, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Oulu to Bridgwater.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Margaret Owen

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore on Cape Arkona. She was on a voyage from Portmadoc, Caernarfonshire to Stettin, Germany.

}}

21 October

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|ship=Auguste Grossherzog von Mecklenburg

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew got aboard the Owers Lightship (22px Trinity House), from where they were rescued by a smack. Auguste Grossherzog von Mecklenberg was on a voyage from Wismar to Dunkirk, Nord, France. She was towed in to Blakeney, Norfolk, United Kingdom in a derelict condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Caroline Marie

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

|desc=The barque was run down and sunk in the North Sea {{convert|40|nmi|km}} off the mouth of the River Tyne by the steamship Mary ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) with the loss of eight of her eleven crew. Survivors were rescued by the schooner Lady Queen ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).{{Cite news |title=A Swedish Barque Run Down |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=22 October 1872 |issue=10238 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship={{SS|Cuban|1865|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship sank at Barbados. All on board were rescued. Cuban was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Barbados. She was later refloated. Subsequently repaired and returned to service.{{cite web |url=http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/wip.shtml |title=West India & Pacific Steamship Company Ltd., Liverpool |publisher=The Ships List |access-date=26 February 2021}}{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=25 October 1872 |issue=8267 }}

}}

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|ship=Elinor Chapman

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Portland, Dorset. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Genoa, Italy. She was refloated.

}}

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|ship=Energy

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on Hunting Island, South Carolina, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Port Royal, Jamaica. She was declared a total loss.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=13 November 1872 |issue=10257 }}

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|ship=Ernest

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

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Leman and Ower Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Hudiksvall to Bristol, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and towed in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom in a waterlogged condition.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=23 October 1872 |issue=15049 |page=7 }}

}}

22 October

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|ship=Asteriana

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

|desc=The ship departed from Rangoon, Burma for Liverpool, Lancashire. Presumed subsequently foundered with the loss of all hands; a boat and wreckage were discovered off the Andaman Islands.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=29 May 1873 |issue=27702 |page=6 |column=F }}{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=28 January 1873 |issue=7807 }}

}}

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|ship={{SS|Cresswell|1871|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship departed from Falmouth, Cornwall for Cork. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

}}

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|ship=Dania

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore in Riga Bay. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Riga, Russia.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=24 October 1872 |issue=10240 }} Dania was refloated the on 24 October and taken in to Riga.

}}

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|ship=Missouri

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

|desc=The steamship burned and sank in the Bahamas. She was on a voyage from New York to Nassau, Bahamas. Two of the people who died on the voyage were, Richard Cecil Cleveland and Lewis Frederick Cleveland,the brothers of future US President Grover Cleveland. There were twelve survivors.

}}

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|ship=Patrician

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Punta Mala, Spain. She was on a voyage from Chile to Hamburg, Germany. She was refloated on 30 October.

}}

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|ship={{HMS|Serapis|1866|6}}

|flag={{navy|United Kingdom}}

|desc=The {{sclass|Euphrates|troopship}} ran aground in the Great Bitter Lake, Suez Canal. She was refloated on 24 October.{{Cite news |title=Naval and Military News |newspaper=Hampshire Telegraph |location=Portsmouth |date=4 November 1872 |issue=4197 }}

}}

23 October

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|ship=Atalanta

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Härnösand, Sweden to a French port. She was refloated and taken in to Gravesend, Kent.

}}

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|ship=Estonia

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on the west coast of Gotland. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Nyhamn.

}}

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|ship=Marie

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The brigantine was wrecked near Cape Picolet, Haiti.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=28 November 1872 |issue=8296 }}

}}

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|ship=Mona{{'}}s Pride

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

|desc=The ship departed from Viana do Castelo, Portugal for São Miguel Island, Azores. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Glasgow |date=10 January 1873 |issue=7792 }}

}}

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|ship=Pelaw

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

|desc=The ship ran aground at Spittal Point, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Granton, Lothian to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated and beached at Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland.

}}

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|ship=Union Bayonnaise

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Dungeness. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=25 October 1872 |issue=15051 |page=7 }}

}}

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|ship={{SV|William Walworth||2}}

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

|desc=The schooner was lost on Squam Bar. crew saved.{{cite web |url=https://www.downtosea.com/1851-1875/1872.htm |title=1872 |publisher=downtothesea.com |access-date=5 July 2021}}

}}

24 October

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|ship=Emmy

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Agger, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Kronstadt, Russia.

}}

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|ship=John

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on McCraig's Shoals, off the coast of Delaware, United States. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=7 November 1872 |issue=15062 |page=7 }}

}}

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|ship=John Watt

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

|desc=The ship was lost off Cape Henlopen, Delaware. She was on a voyage from New York to Savannah, Georgia and Havana, Cuba.

}}

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|ship=Lilly

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kronstadt, Russia to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=26 October 1872 |issue=27518 |page=7 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship=Queen of the Usk

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore near Bootle, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Cork to Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=28 October 1872 |issue=15053 |page=7 }} She was refloated on 29 October.

}}

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|ship=Robert Stephenson

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from London to North Shields, Northumberland. She was refloated.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Thomas Baker

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

|desc=The brig was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to the Nieuwe Diep. She was subsequently towed in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk by some smacks.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=29 October 1872 |issue=15054 |page=7 }}

}}

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|ship=Urgent

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

|desc=The Thames barge was abandoned off the coast of Sussex. Her crew were rescued by the Camber Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Rochester, Kent to Rye, Sussex. She subsequently sank.

}}

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|ship=Vincenzo Gianello

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

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Haisborough Sands. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Genoa. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth in a leaky condition.

}}

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|ship=Virginia

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Broadsands, Devon. She was refloated on 31 October.

}}

25 October

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|ship=Anglo-Norman

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

|desc=The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Curaçao, Curaçao and Dependencies to Plymouth, Devon.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Eiginna

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kronstadt, Russia to London, United Kingdom.{{Cite news |title=More Shipwrecks |newspaper=Cheshire Observer |location=Chester |date=26 October 1872 |issue=1055 |page=8 |volume=21 }}

}}

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|ship=Jeune Noemie

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship ran aground on the Banjaard Sand, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. Her crew were rescued by a lifeboat. She was on a voyage from "Roche Bernard" to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=26 October 1872 |issue=10242 }}

}}

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|ship=Lily

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kronstadt to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=26 October 1872 |issue=8268 }}

}}

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|ship=Mystic

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

|desc=The ship departed from Pensacola, Florida, United States for Sharpness, Gloucestershire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.

}}

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|ship=Richard Thompson

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

|desc=The brigantine ran aground at Dungarvan, County Waterford.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Vondel

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The schooner was lost off Shandong, China. Her crew were rescued but the wreck was plundered by the local inhabitants.

}}

26 October

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|ship=Alexander Gibson

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the Kattegat. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Danzig, Germany.

}}

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|ship=Bengalese

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore in Gibraltar Bay. She was on a voyage from the Black Sea to an English port. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Hercules ({{flagicon|UKGBI|civil}} Gibraltar.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Corinthian

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Loreguil Bay. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Quebec, Canada to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=29 October 1872 |issue=8270 }}

}}

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|ship=Marton

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground on the North Bull, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Dublin. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Newport, Monmouthshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=30 October 1872 |issue=8271 }}

}}

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|ship=Northumberland

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the River Tees. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to West Hartlepool, County Durham. She was refloated and taken in to West Hartlepool in a leaky condition.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Silvia

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

|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Santos, Brazil.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=26 November 1872 |issue=15078 |page=6 }}

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|ship=Ticonderoga

|flag={{flagcountry|British Raj}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to Jeddah, Hejaz Vilayet.

}}

27 October

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|ship={{SS|James Maychurch|1872|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship departed from "Vedien", Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada for Cardiff, Glamorgan. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Sinking of a Vessel at the Entrance to the Belfast Lough |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=25 November 1872 |issue=55496 }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Johanna

|flag=Flag unknown

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the east coast of Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from "Mein" to Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Nina

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

|desc=The brig, from London for Buenos Aires, Argentina, foundered {{convert|20|nmi|km}} south-east of Itapemirim, Espírito Santo, Brazil; the crew was landed at Rio de Janeiro.{{cite news |title=Casualties &c - Foreign |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000861/18721205/095/0014 |access-date=16 April 2025 |work=Lloyd's List |issue=18293 |date=5 December 1872 |location=London |page=14|via=British Newspaper Archive}}

}}

28 October

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|ship=Amedée

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Aude.

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|ship=Blijhan

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The schooner capsized in the North Sea and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by the fishing sloop Eclipse ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Blijhan was on a voyage from Memel, Germany to Rotterdam, South Holland.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=29 October 1872 |issue=27520 |page=9 |column=C }}{{Cite news |title=Yarmouth |newspaper=Bury and Norwiwch Post |location=Bury St. Edmunds |date=7 January 1873 |issue=4724 |page=7 }}

}}

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|ship=Bruno

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

|desc=The steamship struck a rock in the Galoup Rapids, in the Saint Lawrence River and sank.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Drace

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of ten of her twelve crew. She was on a voyage from Santa Anna to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=5 November 1872 |issue=27526 |page=5 |column=F }}

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|ship=Good Hope

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore at Chester, Pennsylvania, United States. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Liverpool, Lancashire.

}}

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|ship=John Clue

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

|desc=The brig struck a rock and sank in the Gulf of Finland off Hanko, Grand Duchy of Finland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kronstadt, Russia to an English port.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=31 October 1872 |issue=10246 }}

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|ship=John Mann

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Savannah River. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Savannah, Georgia.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Kent

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

|desc=The steamship was driven ashore on Hiiumaa, Russia. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Reval, Russia.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=30 October 1872 |issue=27521 |page=11 |column=F }}

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Maggie L. Carvill

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Cresswell Bay. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 30 October and taken in to Sunderland.

}}

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|ship=Suwa

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Cape St. James, near Saigon, French Indo-China.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

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

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground and was wrecked at Cape St. Marie, Uruguay with the loss of two lives. About 700 people were rescued, 300 of them by {{HMS|Pert|1868|6}} ({{navy|United Kingdom}}). Tacora was on her maiden voyage, to Valparaíso, Chile.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=26 November 1872 |issue=27544 |page=10 |column=C-D }}{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?183475 |title=SS Tacora (+1872) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=27 February 2020}}{{cite web |url=http://www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines/pacific.shtml |title=Pacific Steam Navigation Company |publisher=The Ships List |access-date=27 February 2021 }}{{Cite news |title=Destructive Hurricane |newspaper=Blackburn Standard |location=Blackburn |date=27 November 1872 |issue=1978 |volume=38 }}{{Cite news |title=Naval and Military Intelligence |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=17 September 1873 |issue=15331 |page=3 }}

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|ship=Zebre

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The sloop sprang a leak and was abandoned in the English Channel off Dymchurch, Kent, United Kingdom. Her four crew were rescued by the Dymchurch Lifeboat. She subsequently came ashore at Dymchurch and was wrecked.

}}

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|ship=1848

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

|desc=The brig was driven ashore in the River Ouse.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=30 October 1872 |issue=15055 |page=7 }}

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29 October

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|ship=Bifondo, and
Ocean Ranger

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

|desc=The barque ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from a Baltic port to Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom. She was refloated the next day and drifted out to sea. She was discovered {{convert|6|nmi|km}} off the North Foreland by the smacks Blue Bell, Ocean Ranger and Volunteer (all {{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}), which attempted to take her in tow. Bifondo and Ocean Ranger collided and the smack sank. Her crew were rescued by Blue Bell. Bifondo caught fire.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=1 November 1872 |issue=15057 |page=7 }}{{Cite news |title=Collision at Sea |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=4 November 1872 |issue=55478}}{{Cite news |title=Lowestoft |newspaper=The Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=5 November 1872 |issue=7057 }}

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|ship=Douglas

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

|desc=The ship ran aground in the Suez Canal.

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|ship=Esther

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

|desc=The pilot cutter collided with Trot ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and sank in the Bristol Channel off Ross Point, Monmouthshire. Her crew were rescued.

}}

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|ship=Glenarn

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

|desc=The ship departed from Redonda to Garston, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=28 March 1873 |issue=7857 }}

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|ship={{SS|Holmside|1871|2}}

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

|desc=The steamship collided with another vessel in the River Thames and was severely damabed. She was then run into by a steamship and sank downstream of Gravesend, Kent. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from London to South Shields, County Durham.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=30 October 1872 |issue=10245 }} She was refloated on 1 November and resumed her voyage.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=2 November 1872 |issue=15058 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Liverpool

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked in the Saint Lawrence River near Bic, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Troon, Ayrshire.{{Cite news |title=Arrival of Shipwrecked Seamen at Greenock |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=5 December 1872 |issue=55505 }}

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|ship=Louisa

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked in the Sound of Mull. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to Aberdeen.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=13 November 1872 |issue=27533 |page=11 |column=F }}

}}

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|ship=Marie Celeste

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Merlimont, Pas-de-Calais.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Pearl

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Fort Carlisle, Queenstown, County Cork.

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{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Princess Victoria

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked on the North Rock, in the Belfast Lough.

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|ship=Rosina

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

|desc=The barque collided with a German ship and sank off Maldonado, Uruguay. She was on a voyage from Genoa to Buenos Aires, Argentina.

}}

30 October

{{For|the loss of the smack Ocean Ranger on this date|#29 October}}

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|ship=Ann

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by Young Rose ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}) and another vessel. Ann was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.

}}

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|ship=Dauntless

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

|desc=The brigantine ran aground on the Chapman Flats, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Woolwich, Kent.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=4 November 1872 |issue=10249 }}

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|ship=De Novo

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

|desc=The ship departed from Kronstadt, Russia for London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=28 February 1873 |issue=15159 |page=7 }}

}}

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|ship=Glendevon

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

|desc=The schooner ran aground and sank off Tanager, Denmark with the loss of all but one of her crew.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=1 November 1872 |issue=27523 |page=11 |column=F }}

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|ship=Jane Sawyer

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

|desc=The schooner was driven ashore at Ambleteuse, Pas-de-Calais, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Guernsey, Channel Islands to London.

}}

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|ship=Sabra Moses

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Middelplaat, in the North Sea off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Rotterdam. She was refloated on 1 November and towed in to Brouwershaven, Zeeland in a severely leaky condition.

}}

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|ship=Sofie

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked at Stavanger Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Alloa, Clackmannanshire, United Kingdom to Gothenburg, Sweden.

}}

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|ship=Stella

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore at Cape Lookout, North Carolina. She was on a voyage from Providence, Rhode Island to Charleston, South Carolina.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=1 November 1872 |issue=8273 }}

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|ship=Thorbeke

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

|desc=The ship departed from Kronstadt for Helsingør, Denmark. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Baltic Sea with the loss of all hands.

}}

{{shipwreck list item

|ship=Viking

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on Coles Reef. She was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island to Pictou, Nova Scotia. She was refloated the next day.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=18 November 1872 |issue=10261 }}

}}

31 October

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|ship=Corunna

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued.

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|ship=Elizabeth

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

|desc=The ship was sighted off Helsingør, Denmark whilst on a voyage from Härnösand, Sweden to the River Tyne. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=14 February 1873 |issue=15146 |page=7 }}

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|ship=Lebanon

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

|desc=The brig ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Arroyo, Puerto Rico to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a leaky condition.

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|ship=Lochiel

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

|desc=The ship departed from Montreal, Quebec, Canada for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.{{Cite news |title=A Chapter of Shipping Disasters |newspaper=Dundee Courier |location=Dundee |date=10 March 1873 |issue=6121 }}

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|ship=Martin Luther

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

|desc=The fishing coble collided with a French lugger and sank at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.{{Cite news |title=Yarmouth |newspaper=The Ipswich Journal |location=Ipswich |date=5 November 1872 |issue=7057 }}

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|ship=Oregon

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore south of Larne, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Ayr to Belfast, County Antrim.

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|ship=Rapid

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Gothenburg, Sweden.

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|ship=Velocity

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

|desc=The steamship struck the pier at Calais, France and sank. She was on a voyage from London to Calais.

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

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

|desc=The steamship was wrecked in the Jupiter Inlet. She was on a voyage from New York to New Orleans, Louisiana.

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|ship=Watchman

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

|desc=The brigantine was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from New York to an English port.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=4 December 1872 |issue=27551 |page=6 |column=F }}

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|ship=Wave

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

|desc=The ship ran aground off Helsingborg, Sweden and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire to Stettin, Germany. She was refloated and taken in to Helsingør.

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|ship=Ada

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Anticosti Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her crew survived; some of them were rescued by the barque Hindostan ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Ada was on a voyage from Montreal, Quebec, Canada to Hull, Yorkshire.{{Cite news |title=Summary of News |newspaper=Leeds Mercury |location=Leeds |date=2 November 1872 |issue=10785 }}

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|ship=Aquarius

|flag={{flag|Netherlands}}

|desc=The brig was driven ashore at Whydah, Dahomey before 29 October. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to an African port.

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|ship=Argo

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned at sea before 25 October with the loss of three of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Loch Tay ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

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|ship=Bernardine de St. Pierre

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Sal, Cape Verde Islands before 30 October.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=2 November 1872 |issue=27524 |page=6 |column=D }}{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=2 November 1872 |issue=8274 }}

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|ship=Cadenace

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

|desc=The steamship was destroyed by fire at sea before 23 October. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Callao, Peru.

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|ship=China

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

|desc=The steamship was destroyed by fire in Lake Ontario {{convert|15|nmi|km}} off Kingston, Ontario.

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|ship=City of Perth

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

|desc=The brigantine was abandoned off Bardsey Island, Pembrokeshire before 12 October.

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|ship=Cyclops

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

|desc=The barque collided with the steamship Thames and sank at Quebec City, Canada.

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|ship={{HMS|Daphne|1866|6}}

|flag={{navy|United Kingdom}}

|desc=The {{sclass|Amazon|sloop|1}} ran aground. She was taken in to Bombay, India for repairs.{{Cite news |title=Naval and Military Intelligence |newspaper=Morning Post |location=London |date=26 October 1872 |issue=30853 |page=5 }}

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|ship=Delta

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Bermuda. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands. She was refloated and taken in to Saint Georges, Bermuda.

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|ship=Eagle

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

|desc=The steamship ran aground at Trois-Rivières, Quebec.

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|ship=Elizabeth

|flag={{flagcountry|German Empire}}

|desc=The jacht was wrecked on the Galvanasen Bank with the loss of a crew member.

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|ship=Elizabeth

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

|desc=The schooner was wrecked in the Royal Islands.

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|ship=Eywind

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked at Thisted, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Kronstadt, Russia to London, United Kingdom.

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|ship=Golden Hind

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Charles Island, Ecuador with the ultimate loss of twelve of her crew.

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|ship=Isobel

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

|desc=The sloop ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, and sank. Her crew were rescued.{{cite book |title=The Salvagers |first=Hervey |last=Benham |author-link=Hervey Benham |page=192 |publisher=Essex County Newspapers Ltd |location=Colchester |year=1980 |isbn=00-950944-2-3}}

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|ship=James Welsh

|flag={{flag|British Honduras|civil-1870}}

|desc=The barque was lost before 3 October. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Barbados.

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|ship=Jenny Bertaux

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked at Saint Thomas before 8 October.{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=23 October 1872 |issue=10239 }}

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|ship=Lac la Belle

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

|desc=The steamship foundered in Lake Michigan before 15 October with the loss of five lives.{{Cite news |title=America. Steamer Lost on Lake Michigan |newspaper=Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough |location=Middlesbrough |date=15 October 1872 |issue=707 |page=2 }}{{Cite news |title=Foundering of a Steamer |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=16 October 1872 |issue=55462 }}

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|ship=Lebanon

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on Anticosti Island. Her crew survived; some of them were rescued by the barque Hindostan ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Lebanon was on a voyage from Trois-Rivières to the Clyde.

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|ship=Liepa Bakarka

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

|desc=The barque was driven ashore at Cape May, New Jersey, United States. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to New York.

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|ship=Margaret Dees

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

|desc=The fishing smack was run down and sunk in the North Sea by the steamship E. M. Palmer ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}).

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|ship=Maria

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

|desc=The schooner foundered in the Bristol Channel in late October with the loss of all four crew.{{Cite news |title=Foundering of a Schooner |newspaper=Belfast News-Letter |location=Belfast |date=31 October 1872 |issue=55475 }}

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|ship=Mary

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

|desc=The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 11 October. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Freeport to Barbados.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=24 October 1872 |issue=27516 |page=9 |column=F }}

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|ship=Medway

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

|desc=The barque was wrecked off Cape Henlopen, Delaware, United States with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from London to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=29 October 1872 |issue=27520 |page=9 |column=C }}

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|ship=Niagara

|flag={{flag|France}}

|desc=The ship was driven ashore on the east coast of Africa before 10 October.{{Cite news |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Daily News |location=London |date=14 October 1872 |issue=8257 }}

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|ship=Peace

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near South Shields, County Durham. She was on a voyage from London to West Hartlepool, County Durham.

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|ship=Peter

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

|desc=The smack was abandoned in Llandudno Bay. Her four crew were rescued by the Great Orme Head Lifeboat.

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|ship={{USS|Polaris|1871|6}}

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

|desc=The steamship was caught in ice sometime in October in the North Pacific Ocean. She was later crushed by the ice. Ten of her crew were rescued from an ice flow in May 1873 by the sealing steamship {{SS|Tigress||2}} ({{flag|United States|1867}}).{{cite web |url=https://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?202405 |title=Polaris (+1872) |publisher=Wrecksite |access-date=18 November 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=chi.103308678&view=1up&seq=171 |title=American Marine Engineer April, 1912 |publisher=National Marine Engineers Beneficial Association of the United States |via=Haithi Trust |access-date=18 November 2020}}

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|ship=Premier

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the coast of the Newfoundland Colony. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Holyhead, Anglesey.

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|ship=Prowess

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

|desc=The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by Hartfell ({{flagcountry|UKGBI|civil}}). Prowess was on a voyage from Fernandina Island, Galapagos Islands to Montevideo, Uruguay.

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|ship=Samarang

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

|desc=The ship was driven ashore in Longueil Bay. She was on a voyage from Montreal to Cork. She was refloated on 1 November.

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|ship=Saxon

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

|desc=The ship was wrecked on the Morant Cays. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Belize City, British Honduras.

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|ship=St. Michael

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

|desc=The ship was run ashore and sank at "Kuja", {{convert|10|nmi|km}} from Arkhangelsk, Russia.

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|ship=Zouave

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

|desc=The yacht was run aground at Southsea, Hampshire. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug.{{Cite news |title=A Yacht Aground |newspaper=Southampton Herald |location=Southampton |date=16 October 1872 |issue=2748 |page=4 |volume=50}}

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References

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