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

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1 March

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List of shipwrecks: 1 March 1871
Ship State Description
Geraint  United Kingdom The ship departed from Cardiff, Glamorgan for Shanghai, China. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[1]
Girondine  France The schooner collided with a steamship and sank off Sandown Castle, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Marans, Charente-Inférieure to London, United Kingdom.[2] She was refloated on 18 March and beached at Deal, Kent before being towed in to Ramsgate, Kent[3][4]
John and James  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Blacktail Sand, in the Thames Estuary. She was on a voyage from Granton, Lothian to London. She was refloated the next day with the assistance of a tug.[5]
John Vaughan  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground off Borkum, Denmark and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Memel, Germany to Schiedam, South Holland, Netherlands.[2][6][7]
Jupiter  Germany The barque was abandoned in ice off the west coast of Sweden.[5][6]
Leontine  France The barque was wrecked on the Juan de Nova Reefs, in the Mozambique Channel. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Zanzibar.[8]
Margaret and Mary  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) west of Findhorn, Moray. She was on a voyage from London to Burghead, Moray.[2][5]
Marie Leonie  France The ship was driven ashore at Dunkerque, Nord. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées.[9]
Mary Ida Flag unknown The ship ran aground on the Sud, near the mouth of the Oste.[7] She was refloated.[10]
Minerva  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Kilroot, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Maryport, Cumberland.[6][7]
Nancy  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore in the Belfast Lough. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Belfast.[7]
Storm King  United States The ship was driven ashore in the Berry Islands, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from New York to Mobile, Alabama. She was refloated with assistance from the schooners Advance and Scent (both  Bahamas) and taken in to Nassau, Bahamas for repairs.[11][12]
Sutherland  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Heligoland. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Hamburg, Germany. She was refloated with assistance from another steamship.[5][6]
William  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned off Annalong, County Down. Her five crew were rescued by the Newcastle Lifeboat Reigate ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution) before she sank. William was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Dublin.[13][5]
William  United States The ship ran aground on the Brake Sand. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to New York. She was refloated and taken in to The Downs.[2]
Unnamed  France The fishing vessel was driven ashore and wrecked 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) east of Littlehampton, Sussex, United Kingdom.[14]

2 March

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List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1871
Ship State Description
Emilie  Denmark The ship sprang a leak and sank in the Kattegat off Domsten, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Præstø.[5][15]
Evangelistra  Greece The ship was wrecked on "Long Island", in the Gulf of Smyrna with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to Falmouth, Cornwall or Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom.[3][16]
Louisa Ann Fanny  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground off Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from London to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[5] She was refloated.[17]

3 March

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List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1871
Ship State Description
Albania  United Kingdom The ship was sighted in the Atlantic Ocean whilst on a voyage from Tayport, Fife to Berbice, British Guiana. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[18]
Blairmore  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Probolinggo, Netherlands East Indies.[10] She was on a voyage from Sourabaya, Netherlands East Indies to London.[19]
Maria Junge  Germany The ship was wrecked on Amrum. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Bremen.[17][20]
Palanyandaven United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Burma The ship was abandoned at sea in a sinking condition.[21]

4 March

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List of shipwrecks: 4 March 1871
Ship State Description
Fairy King  United Kingdom The steamship was run into by the steamship Knapton Hall ( United Kingdom) and was beached in the River Thames at Blackwall, Middlesex.[17][22]
Tribune  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Flat Island Shoal, off the coast of Burma.[23] She was on a voyage from Akyab, Burma to Queenstown, County Cork. She was refloated on 8 March and resumed her voyage on 11 March.[24]

5 March

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List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1871
Ship State Description
Charles  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Crookhaven, County Cork. She was refloated and found to be leaky.[10][22]
Elizabeth Dominion of Newfoundland Newfoundland Colony The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John's to Barbadoes.[25]
Lapwing  United Kingdom The schooner was run down and sunk in the North Sea off the Dudgeon Lightship ( Trinity House) by the steamship John Wells ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued by John Wells.[10]
Wolfville Canada Canada The ship was wrecked off St Anthony Head, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[26] She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Bombay, India.[27]

6 March

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List of shipwrecks: 6 March 1871
Ship State Description
Figlio d'Italia  Italy The ship ran aground at St Mawes, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Falmouth, Cornwall.[22] She was refloated and towed in to Falmouth.[28]
Grisi  Austria-Hungary The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in Mount's Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Odessa.[10][22]
Helena  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore at Padstow, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Maranhão, Brazil.[10][29][22] She was refloated.[30]

7 March

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List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1871
Ship State Description
Cornish Lass  United Kingdom The brig ran aground at Waterford. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Plymouth, Devon. She was refloated and taken in to Waterford.[26][28]
Eagle  United Kingdom The ship departed from Hartlepool, County Durham for Dunkerque, Nord. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[31]
Friends  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore near Donaghadee, County Down. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Portaferry, County Down. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[32]
Margaret Menear  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near "Fort Cacella", Spain.[33][34]
Maria Emma  Portugal The schooner was wrecked at Mazagan, Morocco.[35]
New North Star United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Gibraltar The brig was wrecked at Mazagan.[35]
Oscar  Russia The schooner was driven ashore near Thisted, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dysart, Fife, United Kingdom to Rostock, Germany.[36][37]
Solthum Flag unknown The ship was wrecked on the Jadder Sandbank, in the North Sea.[28]
St. Philomene  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Bournemouth, Hampshire.[38] She was refloated.[28]
William  United Kingdom The smack ran aground and sank in the River Avon. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Bristol, Gloucestershire.[23]

8 March

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List of shipwrecks: 8 March 1871
Ship State Description
Camel  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Irvine, Ayrshire.[39] She was on a voyage from Bangor to Irvine. She was refloated on 22 March.[40]
Emanuel  Germany The schooner was driven ashore at Barna, County Galway, United Kingdom. She was declared a total loss.[36]
Great Britain  United Kingdom The schooner foundered at Penarth, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[30] She was later refloated and taken in to Cardiff.[41]
Hope United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Isle of Man The ship foundered off Garwick with the loss of all three crew. She was on a voyage from Laxey to Port Dundas, Renfrewshire.[36][42][43]
John Bell  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned off Cape Finisterre, Spain. Her crew were rescued by the barque Victory ( United Kingdom). John Bell was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Gibraltar.[4]
Northern Star  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Wexford with the loss of all hands.[43]
W. H. Moody  United States The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Cremona ( United Kingdom). W. H. Moody was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Pensacola, Florida.[44][45]
USS Worcester  United States Navy The Contoocook-class sloop suffered a boiler explosion in the Atlantic Ocean, killing four and severely injuring six of her crew. She was on her maiden voyage, from Boston, Massachusetts to London, United Kingdom.

9 March

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List of shipwrecks: 9 March 1871
Ship State Description
Daring  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Pwlldu Bay, Glamorgan, Wales, with the loss of all six crew. She was being towed from Swansea to Cardiff, Wales.[46][47]
Echo  United Kingdom The fishing lugger ran into the schooner Elizabeth ( United Kingdom) off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk and was abandoned by her crew. She was subsequently taken in to Great Yarmouth by the Great Yarmouth Lifeboat.[48]
Isabella  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Blackrock, County Dublin. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Portaferry, County Down.[36][43]
Mermaid United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The ship sank at Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from London to Haverfordwest.[36]
North Branch  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Maryport, Cumberland. Her crew were rescued.[47]
Shooting Star  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Allonby, Cumberland. Her crew were rescued.[36][37]
Verbena  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Knowl Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to King's Lynn, Norfolk.[49]
Vine  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was refloated and assisted in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk in a leaky condition.[32][50]
Wave  United Kingdom The ship collided with the steamship Charles Mitchell ( United Kingdom) and sank off Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by Charles Mitchell. Wave was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to London.[32]
Zenobia  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at "Anse-au-Beurre", between Berck and Étaples, Pas-de-Calais, France with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Agrigento, Sicily, Italy to Harburg, Germany.[11][39]
Zephyr  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Allonby. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Maryport, Cumberland.[36][37]

10 March

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List of shipwrecks: 10 March 1871
Ship State Description
Dido  United Kingdom The steamship put in to A Coruña, Spain on fire. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Trieste.[11][44]
Euroclydon  United Kingdom The brig foundered in the North Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) off Heligoland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Hamburg, Germany.[49][51]
Fortuneteller  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Spurn Point, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Clackmannan to Plymouth, Devon.[52]

11 March

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List of shipwrecks: 11 March 1871
Ship State Description
Canova  United States The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Equator ( Bahamas). Canova was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Charleston, South Carolina.[53][12]
Charles Albert  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on Ragged Island, Bahamas. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Baltimore, Maryland, United States.[54][55]
Desire  United Kingdom The fishing lugger was run down by the steamship Corlic ( United Kingdom) off The Lizard, Cornwall with the loss of seven of her eight crew. The survivor was rescued by Corlic. The wreck was towed in to Porthleven by the fishing boat Warder ( United Kingdom).[56]
Ettore  Italy The brig ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was refloated and assisted in to Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom in a severely leaky condition.[39][48]
Sancta Maria  Norway The ship was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Randers. She was refloated and taken in to Fredrikshavn Denmark in a leaky condition.[11][39]

12 March

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List of shipwrecks: 12 March 1871
Ship State Description
Diamant United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The smack collided with the tug Prudhoe and sank off Dimlington, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Arbroath, Forfarshire to Jersey.[35]
Hope  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on "Point Holme Island", Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Bangor, Caernarfonshire.[49][57]
Johanne  Germany The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Fowey, Cornwall, United Kingdom to Stettin.[44][58] She was later refloated and assisted in to Fredrikshavn, Denmark.[59]

13 March

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List of shipwrecks: 13 March 1871
Ship State Description
Dagma  Netherlands The ship was wrecked on the Nidingen Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Schiedam, South Holland.[44]
Dinorure  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to Calais, France. She was refloated and assisted in to Harwich, Essex.[57]
Elizabeth  Germany The ship was driven ashore in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Hamburg.[35][60]
Hannah  United Kingdom The schooner foundered off St. Abbs Head, Berwickshire. Her crew were rescued by Velocipede ( United Kingdom).[61]
Improvement  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Lindisfarne, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Berwick upon Tweed to Newcastle upon Tyne.[58] She was refloated and found to be leaky.[45]
Martin Luther  Germany The ship was wrecked on the Nidingen Reef. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Memel to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[44] Martin Luther was later refloated and taken in to Onsala, Sweden in a severely damaged condition.[62]
Provanhall  United Kingdom The steam lighter sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Shandon, Argyllshire.[35]
Spindrift  United Kingdom The tug collided with the steamship City of Exeter ( United Kingdom) off Fairlight, Sussex. She was towed in to Dover, Kent in a waterlogged condition by the tug Rescue ( United Kingdom).[49][57]
Venus  Germany The galiot sank in the Elbe.[61] Her crew were rescued by a pilot galiot.[63]

14 March

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List of shipwrecks: 14 March 1871
Ship State Description
Fern  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Barbadoes.[35][57]
Tilly  India The coaster, a steamship was driven ashore at Quilandy. She was on a voyage from Karaikal to Bombay. She subsequently became a wreck.[41][64]
Veronica  United Kingdom The barque was destroyed by fire in the Bay of Bengal. Her crew were rescued by Planet ( United Kingdom). Veronica was on a voyage from Madras, India to London.[49][41][65][66]

15 March

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List of shipwrecks: 15 March 1871
Ship State Description
Aquila  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Pickles Reef, off the coast of Florida, United States. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Queenstown, County Cork.[67]
Burgermeister von Satten  Netherlands The ship ran aground off Wieringen, North Holland. She was on a voyage from Harlingen, Friesland to Aberdeen, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Texel, North Holland.[62]
Collingwood  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lyme Regis, Dorset.[68]
Dacca  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the College Sand, in the Hooghly River. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[24]
Emma  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Portishead, Somerset. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lydney, Gloucestershire to Newport, Monmouthshire.[69][70]
Igoma  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the No Name Cay, in the Abaco Islands. She was on a voyage from New York to Galveston, Texas, United States.[54][71]
Navette  France The ship collided with the steamship Vigilant ( United Kingdom) and sank with the loss of five of her seven crew.[4]
Princess  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at Wexford. She was on a voyage from Ayr to Wexford.[62]
Venus  United Kingdom The brig collided with the steamship Shepperton ( United Kingdom) and sank off the Dudgeon Sandbank, in the North Sea with the loss of two of her seven crew. Survivors were rescued by Shepperton. Venus was on a voyage from South Shields to Delfshaven, South Holland, Netherlands.[33][72][63]
Versailles  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Galveston, Texas, United States. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Galveston to Liverpool, Lancashire.[73][74][75]
Unnamed Flag unknown The brigantine ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom.[61]

16 March

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List of shipwrecks: 16 March 1871
Ship State Description
Bliss United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The smack collided with the steamship Ossian ( United Kingdom) and sank in the English Channel off the Isle of Wight. Her crew were rescued by Ossian. Bliss was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to Guernsey, Channel Islands.[33][76]
Duchess of Sutherland  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the River Fal.[73]
Ebenezer  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in The Wold. Her four crew took to a boat; they were rescued the next day by Why Not ( United Kingdom). Ebenezer was on a voyage from London to Aberdeen.[73][59][77]
Equestrian  United Kingdom The ketch ran aground on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and towed in to Great Yarmouth in a leaky condition.[61][77]
Ethel  United Kingdom The schooner collided with a steamship in the North Sea off the coast of Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by Star ( United Kingdom). Ethel was on a voyage from Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands to South Shields.[34] She was taken in to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire in a derelict condition.[73]
Fortuna  Germany The ship ran aground at Malmö, Sweden.[61] She was on a voyage from Memel to Exmouth, Devon, United Kingdom.[63]
Giulietta  Austria-Hungary The brig was destroyed by fire at Penarth, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Trieste.[33][78]
Greatham  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Cork Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London.[33]
Louisa  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore at Penarth. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Newport, Monmouthshire.[33]
Lucie Antoinette  France The schooner was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands. Her five crew were rescued but her captain refused to abandon ship. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure to Middlesbrough or vice versa.[78][62][63][79] Her captain was rescued in an intoxicated state the next day by the lugger Buffalo Gal ( United Kingdom), he had freely imbibed of a cask of brandy.[80][79]
Majestic  United Kingdom The Thames barge was driven ashore near Southwold, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Beccles, Suffolk to Woolwich, Kent.[61]
Mayflower  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on the Kentish Knock. Six of her seventeen crew were reported missing. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to "Agasteria".[33][63]
Panope  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to London.[33]
Patriot  Norway The brig was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Two of her nine crew took to a boat; they reached shore. The rest of her crew were rescued by the steamship Leeds ( United Kingdom). Patriot was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Galaţi, Ottoman Empire.[33][63][77]
Protector  United Kingdom The lugger collided with the sailing barge Antelope ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned in the English Channel between Dover and Folkestone, Kent. Her ten crew were rescued by Antelope. Protector was on a voyage from Lowestoft, Suffolk to Plymouth, Devon.[33][78][63][81]
Ruby  United Kingdom The lighter stuck a sunken rock and sank. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Cove, Dunbartonshire.[82]
Stephenson  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Fultah Sand, in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from London to Calcutta, India. She was refloated the next day with the assistance of a tug and completed her voyage.[24]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The Thames barge foundered off Walmer, Kent. Her crew were rescued.[61]
Unnamed Flag unknown The ship ran aground off Bray, County Wicklow, United Kingdom.[62]
Unnamed Flag unknown The ship ran aground on the Codding Bank, off the coast of County Wicklow.[62]
Unknown  United Kingdom The smack was driven ashore in Brandon Bay with the loss of all hands.[62][63]

17 March

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List of shipwrecks: March 1871
Ship State Description
Ann Mitchel  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Goodwick, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued by the Goodwick Lifeboat Sir Edward Perrot ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[33]
Britannia  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Spaniard Sand. She was on a voyage from Jersey to Chatham, Kent. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to The Swale in a leaky condition.[33]
Carnsew  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Goodwick. Her crew were rescued by the Goodwick Lifeboat Sir Edward Perrot ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[33]
Coral Queen  United Kingdom The barque ran aground off Anholt, Denmark.[78] She was refloated on 22 March and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark.[40]
John Bright  United Kingdom The brigantine was wrecked on the Folly Reef, off Aux Cayes, Haiti. Her crew were rescued by the steamship American ( United Kingdom). John Bright was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to St. Jago de Cuba, Cuba.[83][84][85]
Liberty  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Spaniard Sand. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Portland, Dorset.[33]
Moses Parry  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued.[33]
Nil Desperandum  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Galloper Sandbank. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to Leuven (Louvain), Flemish Brabant, Belgium. She was refloated and assisted in to Ramsgate, Kent.[73]
Norval  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore near Brielle, South Holland.[61] She was refloated.[62]
Phœnix  France The cutter sank off Jersey, Channel Islands with the loss of all hands.[33][78][86]
Queen of the Thames  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked east of Struys Point, Cape Colony with the loss of four lives. There were more than 350 survivors. She was on the return leg of her maiden voyage, from Melbourne, Victoria to London.[87][88]

18 March

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List of shipwrecks: 18 March 1871
Ship State Description
Emperor  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk.[73][34] She was refloated.[3] She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Woolwich, Kent. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[16]
Queen of the Thames  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Struys Point, Cape Colony with the loss of four of the 350 people on board. She was on a voyage from Melbourne Victoria to London.[89][90]

19 March

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List of shipwrecks: 19 March 1871
Ship State Description
Anna Aldrup  Germany The ship ran aground on the Lentsmuir Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Fife, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Emden to Dysart, Fife. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[16]
Falken  Norway The ship ran aground on the Nidingen Reef, in the Baltic Sea and was wrecked.[3][16]
Hesperus  Germany The schooner collided with the steamship Gnome ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. Hesperus was on a voyage from Bremen to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom.[69][70] She was presumed to have sunk[65]
Limerick  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Greystones, County Wicklow.[3] She was on a voyage from Huelva, Spain to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire.[4][69] She was refloated on 10 June and towed in to Kingstown, County Dublin.[91]
Lizard  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at "Colonna Point". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lagos, Africa to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[75]
Thomas Hope  United Kingdom The sloop was destroyed by fire in the Scheldt. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Caen, Calvados, France.[3]

20 March

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List of shipwrecks: 20 March 1871
Ship State Description
Anna Canada Canada The schooner was wrecked on Wood Island, New Brunswick with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Boston, Massachusetts, United States.[92]
Betty  United Kingdom The ship collided with the schooner Tiger ( United Kingdom) at Waterford and was beached. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France.[3]
Captain  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on a reef off Norderney, Germany.[3] She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Hamburg, Germany[4]
Cornwall  United Kingdom The barque collided with the steamship Himalaya ( United Kingdom) and sank off Lundy Island, Devon with the loss of eleven of the seventeen people on board. Cornwall was on a voyage from Navassa, North Carolina, United States to Gloucester.[3][16]
Hesperus  Germany The ship collided with a steamship in the North Sea and was abandoned by her crew, who were rescued by the steamship. Hesperus was on a voyage from Bremerhaven to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom. She was subsequently discovered by the yawl No. 40 ( United Kingdom) and towed in to Yorkshire, United Kingdom, where she arrived on 25 March.[93]
Markwell  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Kandestederne, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Dantzic, Germany. She was refloated and taken in to Fredrikshavn, Denmark.[40][4]
Orient  United Kingdom The ship collided with another vessel in the Bristol Channel 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Minehead, Somerset. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Africa. She consequently foundered the next day. Her crew were rescued.[52]
Star of Hope  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Codling Bank, in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to San Francisco, California, United States. She was refloated and put back to Liverpool in a leaky condition.[3]
Yangtze  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked 12 nautical miles (22 km) from Nagasaki, Japan. Her crew survived.[94]

21 March

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List of shipwrecks: 21 March 1871
Ship State Description
Carrie M. L.  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Opobo, Africa.[95][96] She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Opobo.[97]
Evelina  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Pacific Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from a British port to Valparaíso, Chile.[98]
John and Charles  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Salthouse Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire, and sank. Her crew survived.[52][99][100] She was on a voyage from Preston, Lancashire to New York, United States.[65]
King Jaja  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Opobo. She was refloated.[96]
Niobe  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Hullo, Russia. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Reval, Russia.[4]

22 March

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List of shipwrecks: 22 March 1871
Ship State Description
Pacific  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground near "Beregat".[54]
Rover  United Kingdom The yacht ran aground on the Salthouse Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire. She was refloated the next day.[100]

23 March

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List of shipwrecks: 23 March 1871
Ship State Description
Acapulco  France The barque was run down and sunk in the English Channel 37 nautical miles (69 km) south east of Portland, Dorset, United Kingdom by the full-rigged ship County of Forfar ( United Kingdom). All on board were rescued by County of Forfar. Acapulco was on a voyage from Mexico to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[101]
Grietje  Netherlands The ship departed from Vlissingen, Zeeland for Königsberg, Germany. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[102]
Isabella  United Kingdom The brigantine ran aground on the Cockle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Folkestone, Kent. She was refloated and put in to Lowestoft, Suffolk.[103]
Kirkconnel  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Glencaple, Dumfriesshire to Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada. She was refloated on 5 April and taken in to Maryport, Cumberland.[104]
Lilias United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Isle of Man The schooner was driven ashore "on the Briggs". She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Dublin. She was refloated and taken in to Belfast, County Antrim for repairs.[69][105]
Mary Canada Canada The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew took to two boats, but did not expect to survive, according to a message in a bottle washed up at Ballyhire, County Wexford, United Kingdom in mid-May.[106]
Phœbie Canada Canada The schooner capsized at Halifax, Nova Scotia.[107]
Scorpia  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to the Charente. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[93]

24 March

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List of shipwrecks: 24 March 1871
Ship State Description
Anastasie  France The schooner ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to The Downs.[69]
Cadzandria  Netherlands The brigantine ran aground on the Goodwin Sands. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Runcorn, Cheshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to The Downs in a leaky condition.[69]
Clara Wheeler  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on the west coast of Uist, Outer Hebrides. Her 23 crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Águilas, Spain to Leith, Lothian.[25][108][109] She was refloated on 22 August and beached on Barra, Outer Hebrides, where she was broken up.[110]
Fanny Hilberry  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore on Sherbro Island, Sierra Leone.[111] She was later refloated.[112][113]
Glastry  United Kingdom The brig was run ashore on Lady Isle, in the Firth of Clyde. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Dublin.[69][65] She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[70]
Johanna  Netherlands The schooner ran aground on the Outer Bank, off Terschelling, Friesland, and sank. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Amsterdam, North Holland.[69]
Maury  Norway The barque was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to New York. She was refloated and towed in to Dover, Kent by two tugs.[69][65]
Nina  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked in the Elbe 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) upstream of Glückstadt, Germany. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Hamburg, Germany.[114][115]

25 March

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List of shipwrecks: 25 March 1871
Ship State Description
Archimedes  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Ballyferris Point, County Down. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[54]
Triton  Sweden The ship was wrecked on the Lillegrunden, in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Lübeck, Germany.[74]
Twilight  New Zealand The 55-ton schooner was wrecked near Cape Maria van Diemen, New Zealand during a gale, with the loss of two crew.[116] She was on a voyage from Kaipara Harbour to Auckland.[117]

26 March

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List of shipwrecks: 26 March 1871
Ship State Description
Mary Ann  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Portaferry, County Down. She was on a voyage from Portsmouth, Hampshire to Glasgow, Renfrewshire.[70] She was refloated.[54]
Nestor  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the River Moy. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Ballina, County Mayo.[118]

27 March

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List of shipwrecks: 27 March 1871
Ship State Description
Annie Rosetta  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground and heeled over at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. She was righted with assistance from the Thames barge Hardy ( United Kingdom).[119]
Diadem  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Garston, Lancashire and broke her back.[75] She was refloated on 4 April and taken in to Liverpool.[67]
Hindu  Norway The 255-ton brig hit rocks in Foveaux Strait while on a voyage from Fuzho, China to Dunedin, New Zealand. Her crew were rescued. Attempts at refloating the vessel failed and she broke up in a heavy surf. All 15 crew survived.[120][121]
Rose  United Kingdom The sloop sank 12 nautical miles (22 km) north north east of Blakeney, Norfolk. Her crew survived.[75][122]

28 March

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List of shipwrecks: 28 March 1871
Ship State Description
Daniel O'Connell  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore near "Voel Nant".[122] She was later refloated.[123]
Hibernia  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore near Dublin. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Dublin.[75][122]
Minna  Germany The ship was driven ashore near Rügenwalde.[124] Her crew were rescued.[125]
Penelope  United Kingdom The brig ran aground on the Blackwater Bank, in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Dublin. She was refloated and beached at Dunmore East, County Waterford.[122]
Ydun  Norway The barque was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the Broadstairs and Ramsgate Lifeboats. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Venice, Italy.[126][127][122]

29 March

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List of shipwrecks: 29 March 1871
Ship State Description
Diadem  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Garston, Lancashire. She wa son a voyage from Santander, Spain to Liverpool Lancashire. She was refloated on 3 April and taken in to Liverpool.[83]
Jane Leech  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned off El Hierro, Canary Islands and foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Madras, India.[128]
Mary J. Wilson  United States The ship ran aground on a reef off the Abaco Islands. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom to Galveston, Texas. She was refloated and taken in to Nassau, Bahamas.[71]
Weardale  United Kingdom The brig sprang a leak and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Aurora Opeica (Flag unknown). Weardale was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Cartagena, Spain.[83][129][130]

30 March

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List of shipwrecks: 30 March 1871
Ship State Description
Eliza  United Kingdom The ship was lost in Brandon Bay. She was on a voyage from Kilrush, County Clare to Castletown, Isle of Man.[131]
Lucy H. Gibson  United States The schooner collided with the full-rigged ship Clifford ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Bay of Biscay. A crew member was reported missing; survivors were rescued by the brig Angelina ( Netherlands). Lucy H. Gibson was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Boston, Massachusetts.[132][107][133]
Mary Wilson  United Kingdom The brig ran aground at Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Bayonne.[108][124][125] She was refloated in early April.[64]

31 March

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List of shipwrecks: 31 March 1871
Ship State Description
Allan  United Kingdom The lighter sank at Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire. She was being towed from Paisley to Greenock.[134]
Sunbeam  United States The barque sprang a leak and sank at Rangoon, Burma.[135]
Wilhelmine  Germany The ship was wrecked on the Grote Vogelsand, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Hamburg.[74]
Wynyard  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked north of the Kullen Lighthouse, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Copenhagen, Denmark.[74]

Unknown date

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in March 1871
Ship State Description
Aberdeenshire  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Rochester, Kent to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated and found to be leaky.[32]
Albert  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Dungeness, Kent. Her crew were rescued by the Coastguard.[33]
Alida  Germany The ship was driven ashore west of Burntisland, Fife, United Kingdom. She was refloated.[105]
Ameral United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Straits Settlements The ship ran aground on the Britto Shoal. She was on a voyage from Saigon, French Indo-China to Hong Kong. She was refloated and put back to Saigon, where she was condemned.[39][32]
Andrea Danovaro  Italy The ship ran aground in the Dardanelles.[38] She was on a voyage from Genoa to the Danube.[28]
Andromeda  United Kingdom The ship was lost before 8 March.[59]
Anna Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore on Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from "Colbjarnsen" to an English port. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[70][105]
Anne Beer  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated and put in to Dover, Kent.[75]
Annie  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Tobago to Barbadoes.[25]
Aporlo  Denmark The ship was holed by ice and beached on the Krautsand.[17]
Atlas  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Romer Shoals. She was on a voyage from New York to New Orleans, Louisiana, United states. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[136][123][67]
Bengal  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal after 8 March. She was on a voyage from China to London.[107]
Bride  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Barber's Point, in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated but ran aground at Nugara Point. Again refloated, she ran aground a third time.[10] She was refloated and towed in to Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire.[58]
Brothers  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned off "Canta", Spain. She was subsequently taken in to Canta by Spanish fishermen.[54]
Busy Bee  United Kingdom The Thames barge foundered off Lydd, Kent.[73][61][79]
Candia  Spain The barque caught fire at Manila, Spanish East Indies.[75]
Caroline  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Berwick upon Tweed.[62]
Charlotte  France The ship was abandoned. She was on a voyage from Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure to Seville, Spain.[47]
Chevreuil  France The barque was driven ashore in Gibraltar Bay. She was on a voyage from Santos, Brazil to Gibraltar. She was refloated with the assistance of a number of tugs.[52][136]
Clara Novello  United Kingdom The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Llanelly to Neath, Glamorgan.[47]
Collingwood  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lyme Regis, Dorset. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Lyme Regis.[33]
Colon Flag unknown The steamship was wrecked on Pomègues Island, Bouches-du-Rhône, France with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Barcelona, Spain to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.[3]
Cyberning  Netherlands The ship ran aground at Brouwershaven, Zeeland. She was refloated and taken in to Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland.[32]
Dædalus  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by May Queen ( United Kingdom). Dædalus was on a voyage from Doboy, Queensland to Swansea, Glamorgan.[44][45]
Despatch  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at "Voel Nant".[30] She was refloated.[36]
Dunrobin Castle  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Helmsdale, Sutherland.[38]
Eaglescliffe  United Kingdom The steamship foundered off the Longstone Lighthouse, Northumberland. Eight of her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Burntisland, Fife to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.[11]
E. F. Dunbar  United States The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean.[40]
Eglantine Esther  France The ship was driven ashore at Koksijde, West Flanders, Belgium. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Dunkerque, Nord.[15] She was later refloated.[38]
Express  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Ryde, Isle of Wight.[32] She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[45]
Germany  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Strait of Magellan before 11 March. She was refloated with assistance from the steamship Patagonia ( United Kingdom) and continued her voyage to Valparaíso, Chile.[137]
Gipsy Queen  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Darien, Georgia, United States to Dublin.[11]
Grace Redpath  United Kingdom The barque ran aground on a reef. She was on a voyage from Sagua La Grande, Cuba to Portland, Maine United States. She was refloated and taken in to Key West, Florida, United States.[66]
Grand Duchess  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in the Sunda Strait before 18 March. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Singapore, Straits Settlements.[4][138]
Gussie Trueman  United States The ship was driven ashore at Aspinwall, United States of Colombia. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Asinwall.[61]
Helios  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore at New Romney, Kent. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Boston, Massachusetts, United States. She was refloated and taken in tow for Dover.[70]
Herald  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in the Belfast Lough. She was on a voyage from Bangor, County Down to "Beleneve".[17]
Holyrood  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Avebury ( United Kingdom). she was beached near Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands and sank.[136][139]
Hope  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Malmö, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Malmö to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[60]
Ida  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Vesta ( United Kingdom) and was beached at Check Point, County Waterford. All on board were rescued.[35]
Isabella  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Minorstown, County Down.[47]
Isdahl  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Galaţi, Ottoman Empire.[62]
Johann White  United States The ship was wrecked on Nashawena Island, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from the Cape Verde Islands to Boston, Massachusetts.[69]
Karikail Flag unknown The ship ran aground on the Salivedera Rocks. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure to Cádiz, Spain.[7]
Leader  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (44°20′N 8°15′W / 44.333°N 8.250°W / 44.333; -8.250). Her crew were rescued by the steamship Adria ( Italy). Leader was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Venice, Italy.[33][78][63]
Leverington Canada Canada The steamship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Wreckage came ashore on the Cornish coast.[140]
Lina  Belgium The ship was driven ashore at Snekkesten, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Ghent, East Flanders. She was condemned.[60]
Lindisfarne  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Sea of Marmara. She was on a voyage from Port Said, Egypt to Constantinople. She was refloated and taken in to Constantinople, where she arrived on 27 March in a severely damaged condition.[141]
Lizzie A. Watson  United States The ship was wrecked on the Joeflogger. She was on a voyage from Cárdenas, Cuba to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[52]
Marie Dickow  Germany The ship ran aground at Swinemünde.[142]
Maroc, or
St. Maroc 		 France The steamship struck rocks off Cape Blanco, Morocco and was beached at Mazagan.[30][60]
Mary and Ann  United Kingdom The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony to a French port.[143][144]
Mary Ann Williams  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Zakynthos, Greece. She was refloated.[142]
Mary Tatham  United Kingdom The ship struck a rock in the Caramata Passage. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Singapore. She completed her voyage on 14 March and was placed under repair.[145]
Mayflower  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her eleven crew were rescued.[33]
Milan Flag unknown The steamship ran aground at Galaţi. She was refloated, ran aground again. Refloated a second time, she ran aground again.[142] She was later refloated and taken in to Galaţi.[143]
Minna  United States The ship ran aground on the Flindengrund, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from New York to Dantzig, Germany. She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark.[10]
Montrose  United Kingdom The ship collided with another vessel and sank. She was on a voyage from Ponce, Puerto Rico to New York.[44]
Nations  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore in Luggan Bay. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Irvine, Ayrshire.[58]
Nereide  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Rixhöft, Germany. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Sunderland. She was refloated and taken in to Gothenburg, Sweden.[136]
Orion  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Irish Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) east south east of the Hook Lighthouse, County Wexford before 21 February.[52]
Ormesby  United Kingdom The schooner was run into by the steamship Cromwell ( United Kingdom) and sank 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued.[52][99][103]
Palmerston  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore "on Tinicum". She was on a voyage from Philadelphia to Hamburg, Germany.[30]
Phoenix  United Kingdom The ship struck the Cofar Rock, off the coast of Cornwall and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea to Portsmouth, Hampshire.[75]
Pola  Austria-Hungary The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Catherine's, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to St. Catherine's.[44][58]
Prospero  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Nassau, Bahamas. She was on a voyage from London to Nassau.[108]
Rhyddlan Trader  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Porthdinllaen, Caernarfonshire.[33]
Rona  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore between South Shields and Sunderland.[70]
Ruby  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on Navy Island, Ontario, Canada. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.[30]
San Nicolo  Italy The ship was wrecked at "Petola". She was on a voyage from Çeşme, Ottoman Empire to Trieste.[70][124]
Stad Goer  Netherlands The steamship sprang a leak and sank at Antwerp.[47]
Staffa  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at "St. Ane". She was refloated and taken in to Guadeloupe, where she was condemned.[78]
St. Svithin  Norway The ship was wrecked on the Jadder Sandbank, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued.[23] She was on a voyage from a Dutch port to Norway.[39]
Surprise  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Surinam to Liverpool. She was refloated and put back to Surinam, where she arrived on 21 March in a leaky condition. She was consequently condemned.[146]
Thule  Norway The ship was abandoned in ice off Grimstad. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to Arendal.[10]
Tuscarora  United States The ship ran aground on the Turtle Shoal. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Mobile, Alabama. She was refloated with assistance from the steamship Resolute ( United States)and completed her voyage, arriving on 16 March.[84][111]
Unity  United Kingdom The schooner struck rocks near the South Bishop Lighthouse, Pembrokeshire and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex to Western Point, near Liverpool.[93]
Vampyr  Germany The ship was wrecked in Low Bay.[44] She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Guayaquil, Ecuador.[58]
Vernailles  United States The ship was driven ashore at Galveston. She was on a voyage from Galveston to Liverpool.[59]
Victoria  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Teignmouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Teignmouth. She was refloated.[10]
Virginie  France The ship was driven ashore in Algoa Bay. She was later refloated.[54]
Viscount Canning  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at the North Foreland, Kent. She was refloated and towed in to The Downs.[136]
Wilhelmina Helburg  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore near Molde, Norway. She was on a voyage from Tromsø, Norway to Vlaardingen, South Holland.[17]
Woodman  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida, United States to Maryport, Cumberland.[49]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The whaler foundered off Dartmouth, Devon with the loss of all hands.[127]

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Bibliography

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

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