List of shipwrecks in 1873

The list of shipwrecks in 1873 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1873.

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1873
Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr
May	Jun	Jul	Aug
Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

January

22 January

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Northfleet	United Kingdom	Ran into by Murillo ( Spain) while at anchor with the loss of 320 lives

23 January

List of shipwrecks: 22 January 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Talisman	United Kingdom	The 738-grt general cargo ship foundered 48 nautical miles (89 km) NW of The Burlings archipelago off Portugal on 23 January 1873[1]

February

3 February

List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Mary Russell	United Kingdom	The brig was driven ashore at Dunwich, Suffolk.[2]
unidentified brigantine	flag unknown	Foundered in heavy seas on the Seven Stones Reef, between the Isles of Scilly and Cornwall. The captain of a nearby French schooner decided it was too dangerous to approach the wreck, leaving those on board to drown.[3]

March

2 March

List of shipwrecks: 2 March 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Boyne	United Kingdom	The 690 ton iron–hulled barque carrying sugar from Semarang to Falmouth, under Angrouse Cliff near Mullion Cove, Cornwall.[4][5]

3 March

List of shipwrecks: 3 March 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Odysseus	Greece	The barque was driven ashore and wrecked on Pwll Du Point, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Swansea, Glamorgan.[6]

7 March

List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Dollart	Germany	The schooner got into difficulties of Cemaes Head, Cardiganshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by John Stuart ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution.[7]

April

1 April

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Atlantic	United Kingdom	Hit rocks and sank with the loss of 592 lives, Meager's Island, Nova Scotia.

23 April

List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Nebula	United Kingdom	The barque ran aground at Port Eynon Point, Glamorgan and was severely damaged. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Cardiff, Glamonrgan. Nebula was later refloated, repaired and returned to service.[6]

June

5 June

List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1873

Ship	Country	Description
PSS Waverley	United Kingdom	Two funnels, two masts side paddle wheel propulsion and accommodation for 450-560 passengers. Used on the Southampton - Channel Islands service. On 5th June 1873 she was wrecked in fog on Platte Boue Rock, Little Roussel, Guernsey.[8] [9]

10 June

List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Cornish Girl	United Kingdom	Mousehole sailing lugger sank after striking the Round Rock in the Spanish Ledges on the Isles of Scilly in fine weather. No lives lost.[10]

July

1 July

List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Tromp	Netherlands	Ran aground off Cape Räz Ghärib, Egypt on maiden voyage. Refloated on 10 August, repaired and returned to service.[11]

August

12 August

List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Elizabeth	France	The schooner foundered in the Bristol Channel south east of Worms Head, Glamorgan, United Kingdom with the loss of one of her five crew. Survivors were rescued by the schooner Pet ( United Kingdom). Elizabeth was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine.[6]

29 August

List of shipwrecks: 29 August 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Ironsides	United States	Ran aground at Hog Island, Virginia.
Triton	Germany	The barque was wrecked on the Mixon Shoal, in the Bristol Channel with the loss of two of her eight crew. Survivors were rescued by the paddle tug Digby Grand ( United Kingdom).[6][6]

September

13 September

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Ocean	United Kingdom	The smack ran aground at Cardigan. Her two crew were rescued.[7]

October

19 October

List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Peggy	United Kingdom	The sloop foundered off Cardigan. Her two crew were rescued by John Stuart ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Cardigan.[7]

20 October

List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Fernando el Católico	Spanish Navy	Cantonal Revolution: The gunboat sank off the coast of Spain with heavy loss of life after colliding with the broadside ironclad Numancia ( Spanish Navy).

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Meridian	United States	Sank off the coast of Sister Bay, Wisconsin during a storm.

November

18 November

List of shipwrecks: 18 November 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Helen Patterson	Canada	The barque was wrecked off Liverpool, Nova Scotia. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Portland, Maine, United States.[12]

22 November

List of shipwrecks: 22 November 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Ville du Havre	France	Sank after a collision with Loch Earn ( United Kingdom) with the loss of 226 lives.
Clarisse	France	The barque, based in Granville, Manche lost in the Minquiers, Channel Islands, during a trip from Bordeaux (Aquitaine) to her home port. There was only one survivor.[13] [14]

26 November

List of shipwrecks: 26 November 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Coquette	France	The schooner was wrecked near Porthleven, Cornwall.[15]

December

8 December

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Vaderland	Belgium	Collided off South Foreland, England with fishing lugger Consolation ( United Kingdom) which sank.[16]

30 December

List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Tetuán	Spanish Navy	Cantonal Revolution: The broadside ironclad burned and sank, perhaps due to sabotage, while undergoing repairs at Cartagena, Spain.

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Unidentified		A fully rigged ship wrecked on the Seven Stones Reef, between the Isles of Scilly and Cornwall.[3]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1873

Ship	Country	Description
Ellen Martin	United Kingdom	The schooner beached on Summerlease Point Cliffs, north Cornwall, while attempting to enter Bude harbour. Her crew was taken off by breeches buoy and the ship's figurehead was in the captain's garden for many years.[17]
Otto	Norway	The brig was fifty-eight days out from Bahia for Falmouth when she was wrecked in Mount's Bay. The Penzance lifeboat Richard Lewis rescued eight men, a dog and a pig at the third attempt. (Wrecked again in 1888).[18]
Rose	United Kingdom	Five nights after the Otto, easterly hurricane strength winds wrecked the schooners Rose and Treaty ( United Kingdom) while the lifeboat was on call off the Eastern Green, Penzance to aid the schooner Marie Emile ( France) which was heading for her home port of Lorient with a cargo of coal from Cardiff. All saved on board. [18]
Treaty	United Kingdom	Five nights after the Otto, easterly hurricane strength winds wrecked the schooners Rose and Treaty ( United Kingdom) while the lifeboat was on call off the Eastern Green, Penzance to aid the schooner Marie Emile ( France) which was heading for her home port of Lorient with a cargo of coal from Cardiff. All saved on board. [18]

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Ship events in 1873
Ship launches:	1868	1869	1870	1871	1872	1873	1874	1875	1876	1877	1878
Ship commissionings:	1868	1869	1870	1871	1872	1873	1874	1875	1876	1877	1878
Ship decommissionings:	1868	1869	1870	1871	1872	1873	1874	1875	1876	1877	1878
Shipwrecks:	1868	1869	1870	1871	1872	1873	1874	1875	1876	1877	1878