Ship
State
Description
Annie Scott
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Shanghai , China on "31 September" for Hiogo , Japan . No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 1]
Black Diamond
South Australia
The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked between Moonta and Wallaroo .[ 2]
Braunstone
United Kingdom
The steamship was abandoned at sea between 9 January and 15 July. She was on a voyage from Cardiff , Glamorgan to Pacasmayo , Peru.[ 3]
Correo de Lebu
Chile
The ship was wrecked on the south coast of Chile.[ 4]
Chuckiang
China
The steamship was wrecked in the Hainan Strait . She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Shanghai .[ 5]
Clarence
New South Wales
The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked between Bald Hill and "Norogora". She was on a voyage from Sydney to Port Macquarie [ 2]
Coryphæus
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked at Aila , Ottoman Syria . At least five crew survived.[ 6]
Don Leandro
Flag unknown
The 86-ton two-masted lumber schooner was wrecked. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.[ 7]
Doon
United Kingdom
The ship was lost in the South China Sea .[ 8] Her crew took to two boats. Six crew in one of the boats were rescued by the barque Veritas ( Sweden ). Those in the other boat were reported missing.[ 9]
Elizabeth Fry
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked between 26 January and 9 February. She was on a voyage from New Orleans , Louisiana, United States to Liverpool , Lancashire .[ 10]
Fanny Campbell
United Kingdom
The ship was wrecked in the Banks Islands . Her crew were rescued.[ 2]
Glenmark
United Kingdom
The clipper left Lyttelton Harbour , New Zealand, for Gravesend, Kent in early 1872 with a cargo of wool and fifty people on board. Presumed foundered with the loss of all on board.[ 11]
Hannah Bloomfield
New South Wales
The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Cleveland Bay , Queensland .[ 12]
Huntsman
United Kingdom
The sealer , a brig was lost in ice off Cape St. Charles , Newfoundland Colony with the loss of 45 of her 61 crew.[ 13] [ 14]
James Merriman
Flag unknown
The barque was wrecked in the Torres Strait .[ 15]
Lola Montes
Queensland
The ship was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Brisbane to Cleveland Bay.[ 12]
Maggie Wright
United States
The ship was destroyed by fire at Kingston, Jamaica on 9 August or 9 September.[ 16]
Mohican
United States
The decommissioned steam sloop-of-war sank at her moorings at Mare Island Navy Yard in Vallejo, California , during the second half of the year. She was refloated, beached, and scrapped.
Panther
Flag unknown
The steamer was lost in the vicinity of "Squan Beach," a term used at the time for the coast of New Jersey , United States near Manasquan and sometimes for the 7-mile (11 km) stretch of coast between Manasquan Inlet and Cranberry Inlet or for the entire coast of New Jersey between Sea Girt and Barnegat Inlet .[ 17]
Petrel
New South Wales
The schooner was wrecked in the New Hebrides .[ 18]
USS Picket Boat No. 5
United States
The torpedo boat was lost.[ 19]
Russia
United States
The steamship struck a sunken rock and sank in Lake Erie off Amherstburg, Ontario , Canada in November or December. She was refloated, repaired and returned to service.
Sarah Anne Blanche
Tasmania
The ship was wrecked.[ 12]
Sarah M.
United Kingdom
The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean between 9 April and 13 May. Her crew were rescued by Bucephalus ( Newfoundland Colony ). Sarah M. was on a voyage from Penarth , Glamorgan to Quebec City , Canada.[ 20]
Solarie Brignardello
Italy
The ship was lost off Cape Horn , Chile. Her crew were rescued.[ 21]
Sophie
United States
The ship was wrecked on Honshu , Japan with the loss of two of her crew.[ 22]
Sunshine
United Kingdom
The ship departed from Richibucto , New Brunswick , Canada for Liverpool in late November or early December. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 23]
Suwo Nada
Flag unknown
The steamship was lost in the South China Sea.Her crew were rescued.[ 24]
Theophile Marie
France
The ship departed from Brest , Finistère for Gloucester , United Kingdom between 12 October and 15 November. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[ 25]
Ticonderoga
United States
The clipper was wrecked off the coast of India .
Tuhlee
China
The tug was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Fuzhou to Shanghai.[ 10]
Waimea
New South Wales
The steamship was wrecked in the Richmond River .[ 8]
William J. Dale
United States
The fishing schooner was lost returning from the Bay of Islands , Newfoundland , in November 1872, but never reached port. Lost with all 9 hands.[ 26]
Young Australian
South Australia
The paddle tug sank at the mouth of the Roper River .