List of shipwrecks in September 1872

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

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1 September

List of shipwrecks: 1 September 1872
Ship State Description
Argo  France The ship was wrecked in Trinity Bay with the loss of eight of her nineteen crew. She was on a voyage from Toulon, Var to Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[1][2]
Gladan  Sweden The ship was sighted off Spitsbergen, Norway. Presumed subsequently wrecked in ice.[3]
Polhem  Sweden The ship was sighted off Spitsbergen. Presumed subsequently wrecked in ice.[3]

2 September

List of shipwrecks: 2 September 1872
Ship State Description
Berbice  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean in a waterlogged condition. Her crew were rescued by the barque Robert Wendt ( Germany). Berbice was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Swansea, Glamorgan.[4][5][6]
Calhoun  United States The ship was abandoned near the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Vandalia ( Germany). Calhoun was on a voyage from the Bull River to the Isles of Scilly, United Kingdom.[7]
Julia  United Kingdom The ship departed from New York, United States for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[8]

3 September

List of shipwrecks: 3 September 1872
Ship State Description
Coila  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Kobe, Japan.[9]
Edith Emily  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at "Pointe des Monts". She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[10]
Festina Leute  United Kingdom The ship departed from London for Trinidad. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[11]
Robert Burns  United Kingdom The paddle tug ran aground off Proti Island, Greece. She was on a voyage from "Princes Island" to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated but consequently sank in Beyenkdereh Bay.[12]

4 September

List of shipwrecks: 4 September 1872
Ship State Description
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Harwich, Essex. She was on a voyage from Dram, Norway to Ipswich, Suffolk. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[13][14]
Mary Anthony  United Kingdom The steamship foundered in the Bay of Biscay. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Polina ( United Kingdom). Mary Anthony was on a voyage from Bône, Algeria to Sunderland, County Durham.[15]
Prince Llewellyn  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at the Poolbeg Lighthouse, Dublin. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to Dublin.[14]

5 September

List of shipwrecks: 5 September 1872
Ship State Description
Auguste Georges  France The barque was wrecked on "Malayong Island", Spanish East Indies. Her crew were rescued.[1][16]
Brothers Success  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Brielle, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated.[15]
Elizabeth Jose  United Kingdom The sloop was abandoned in Whitesand Bay. She was towed in to Falmouth, Cornwall the next day by the tug Scotia ( United Kingdom).[14]
Newcastle  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on the Tuskar Rock with the loss of all but one of her 30 crew. A stowaway also died. The survivor was rescued by the steamship Castilian ( United Kingdom). Newcastle was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Savannah, Georgia, United States and/or Havana, Cuba.[17][2][18]
Oscar  Norway The schooner ran aground on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom to Tønsberg. She was refloated and taken in to Fredrikshavn, Denmark in a leaky condition.[14]

6 September

List of shipwrecks: 6 September 1872
Ship State Description
Bretagne  France The ship struck a sunken rock and sank off Abrevac'h, Finistère.[1]
Maria  Germany The barque was wrecked on a rock west of "Luiting", China.[14]
William  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Lindisfarne, Northumberland.[14]

7 September

List of shipwrecks: 7 September 1872
Ship State Description
Sappho  United States The yacht ran aground in the Solent 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) west of Ryde Pier, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom.
Wild Gazelle  United States The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Paysand.[19]

9 September

List of shipwrecks: 9 September 1872
Ship State Description
Alice Maud  United Kingdom The drogher was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at Martinique. Her crew were rescued.[17][20]
Armand  France The barque was lost in a hurricane at Martinique.[20]
Chicken Hazard  United Kingdom The schooner sank in a hurricane at Martinique.[21][20]
Comete  France The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at Martinique. Her crew were rescued.[17][20]
Crusader  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by General McLellan ( United States). Crusader was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Queenstown, County Cork.[22][23]
Elora  France The barque sank in a hurricane at Martinique.[21][20]
Everard  France The steamship sank in a hurricane at Martinique.[21]
Heinrick  Germany The ship was wrecked on the Middelplatte, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to "Wohrden".[24]
Herald  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at Martinique. Her crew were rescued.[17]
Islesman Barbados Barbadoes The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at Martinique with the loss of three lives.[25][17][20]
James Richardson  United Kingdom The barque was damaged in a hurricane at Saint Kitts.[20]
Jenny  France The ship was driven ashore and wrecked or foundered in a hurricane at Martinique. Her crew were rescued.[17][21][20][26]
Joseph  France The barque was wrecked in a hurricane at Martinique.[20]
Louisa  France The sloop sank in a hurricane at Martinique.[21]
Marie  France The barque sank in a hurricane at Martinique.[21][20]
Marsellaise  France The barque was driven ashore and wrecked or foundered in a hurricane at Martinique. Her crew were rescued.[17]

[21]

Rosebud  United Kingdom The ship was damaged in a hurricane at Saint Kitts.[20]
Roseway  United States The brig was lost in a hurricane at Saint Kitts.[27][20]
Vengeur  France The barque sank in a hurricane at Martinique.[21][20]
Voyager  France The barque was driven ashore and wrecked or foundered in a hurricane at Martinique. Her crew were rescued.[17][21]
Wilhelmine  Germany The schooner was wrecked. Her crew were rescued.[24]
Winifred  United Kingdom The drogher was lost in a hurricane at Martinique.[20] Her crew were rescued.[26]
Winnefred  France The barque was driven ashore and wrecked or foundered in a hurricane at Martinique. Her crew were rescued.[17][21]
Unnamed Flag unknown The schooner was blown out to sea from Saint Kitts in a hurricane. No further trace.[20]
Unnamed Flag unknown The sloop was driven ashore in a hurricane at Saint Kitts.[20]
Unnamed Flag unknown The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in a hurricane at Saint Kitts.[20]
Unnamed  China The junk was run into by the full-rigged ship Araby Maid ( United Kingdom) and sank at Woosung.[28]

10 September

List of shipwrecks: 10 September 1872
Ship State Description
Beta  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked on the Sage Rock, off Oporto, Portugal. She was on a voyage from London to Oporto.[29][30]
Canonan  Leeward Islands The sloop was driven ashore in a hurricane at Martinique.[27][31]
Coquette  France The steam launch was driven ashore in a hurricane at Martinique.[27]
Emerald  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked in a hurricane at Martinique.[27]
Eloiza  Venezuela The schooner was driven ashore in a hurricane at Martinique.[27]
Exlinsa  Greece The brig was driven ashore at Portimão, Portugal.[32]
Precheur  France The steam launch foundered in a hurricane at Martinique.[27]
Winifred Canada Canada The brigantine was severely damaged in a hurricane at Martinique.[27]

11 September

List of shipwrecks: 11 September 1872
Ship State Description
Amazon  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore in a hurricane at Barbadoes.[27]
Bride of Lorne  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore in a hurricane at Pelican Island, Barbadoes.[27][20][6]
Catherine Thompsan  United Kingdom The ship sank at Irvine, Ayrshire.[33]
Friend Barbados Barbadoes The ship was lost in a hurricane at Dominica.[27]
Grace Kelly  United Kingdom The brigantine was driven ashore in a hurricane at Barbadoes.[27]
Iona  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the River Thames at the entrance to Bow Creek. She was on a voyage from London to Leith, Lothian. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[34]
James Barker  United States The brigantine was driven ashore in a hurricane at Barbadoes.[27]
Johnson  Leeward Islands The schooner was lost in a hurricane at Dominica.[20]
Josephine  Leeward Islands The schooner was lost in a hurricane at Dominica.[27]
Lotus  Leeward Islands The schooner was lost in a hurricane at Dominica.[27]
Maggie United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Tobago The sloop was driven ashore or foundered in a hurricane at Barbadoes.[27][20][31]
Ocean Spray  United Kingdom The barque collided with the steamship Hirondelle ( France) and foundered in the North Sea off Happisburgh, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by Hirondelle. Ocean Spray was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Lisbon, Portugal.[7][35]
Preciosa  United Kingdom The ship collided with the steamship Albanian ( United Kingdom) and was beached at Egremont, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from St. Ubes, Portugal to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool.[7]
Reindeer  Leeward Islands The schooner was lost in a hurricane at Dominica.[27]
Sally  United Kingdom The ship sank at Irvine.[33]
HM hired ship Springham Barbados Barbadoes The survey ship, a schooner, was lost in a hurricane at Dominica.[27]
Stephen  Leeward Islands The schooner was lost in a hurricane at Dominica.[27][20]
West Stanley  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Hope Point, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Crookhaven, County Cork.[34]

12 September

List of shipwrecks: 12 September 1872
Ship State Description
New House  United Kingdom The schooner foundered off Lundy Island, Devon. Her crew were rescued by a smack.[36]
Marion Canada Canada The ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lockport, Newfoundland Colony to Trinidad.[37]

13 September

List of shipwrecks: 13 September 1872
Ship State Description
Amity  United Kingdom The sloop foundered off Great Orme Head, Caernarfonshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Llanhawn" to Liverpool, Lancashire.[24]
Antonio  France The chasse-marée ran aground on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom and sank. Her six crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bilboa, Spain to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom.[17][38][39]
Celuta  Norway The barque was wrecked on "Hoff's Island". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Narva, Russia.[17]
HMS Supply  Royal Navy The transport ship ran aground at Cape Palmas, Liberia. She was refloated and found to be severely leaky.[40]

14 September

List of shipwrecks: 14 September 1872
Ship State Description
Atlas  Denmark The barque collided with Pauline ( Germany) and sank south of Dragør, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. Atlas was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Härnösand, Sweden.[24]
Caroline Louise  Russia The ship was wrecked at Thisted, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Stockholm, Sweden.[24]
Deploana  Norway The yacht was driven ashore at Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Christiania to Saint Petersburg, Russia.[32]
Hafnia Flag unknown The ship was run into by Helios (Flag unknown) and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued.[41]
Luigina Bianchetti  Italy The ship departed from Monte Video, Uruguay for Antwerp, Belgium. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[42]
Marianna  Italy The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at The Lizard, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Bassein, India to Falmouth, Cornwall.[32][43]
Nuova Raffelina  Italy The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at The Lizard. She was on a voyage from Bassein to Falmouth.[32][43]
Orray Taft  United States The whaler, a barque was wrecked on Marble Island, Northwest Territories, Canada with the subsequent loss of some of her crew. Survivors were rescued on 2 August 1873,.[44] probably by the whaling schooner Abbie Bradfield, which is known to have rescued the survivors of Ansel Gibbs ( United States),[45] who were also rescued from Marble Island that day.[44]
Prosperous  United Kingdom The ship collided with Salisbury ( United Kingdom) and was beached at Copenhagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Hull, Yorkshire.[32]
Shermann  United States The ship was driven ashore on the Estonian coast. Her crew were rescued by a lifeboat.[32]
Wycliffe  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked off "Palm Island", Brazil. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro to Pará, Brazil.[46]

15 September

List of shipwrecks: 15 September 1872
Ship State Description
Sanderson  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire off Corvo, Cape Verde Islands. Her crew were rescued by Mathilde ( Germany). Sanderson was on a voyage from Algoa Bay to Sunderland, County Durham.[47][48]

16 September

List of shipwrecks: 16 September 1872
Ship State Description
Braes of Engie  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on Rømø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire to Harburg, Germany.[9][43]
Robert James  United Kingdom The brig sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Mary ( United Kingdom). Robert James was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Riga, Russia.[49][50]

17 September

List of shipwrecks: 17 September 1872
Ship State Description
Lily  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Cardiff, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Bideford, Devon.[51]
Tell  New Zealand The 302-ton barque was wrecked stranded in Northland, New Zealand, while en route from Newcastle, New South Wales and became a total wreck.[52]
Thomas P. Davies  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Tranmere, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dublin.[9]
Victoria  New Zealand The 17-ton schooner was wrecked at the mouth of the Awanui River when she stranded on rocks.[52]

19 September

List of shipwrecks: 19 September 1872
Ship State Description
Hilda  Germany The ship sprang a leak and sank near Glückstadt.[53]
Marthine  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the River Wyre. She was on a voyage from Richibucto, New Brunswick, Canada to Fleetwood, Lancashire.[41]
Seine  France The steamship was driven ashore on the coast of Somerset, United Kingdom.[50] She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[54]

20 September

List of shipwrecks: 20 September 1872
Ship State Description
Alida  Netherlands The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cartagena, Spain to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[55][56]
Ann  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore east of Dunkerque, Nord, France.[41] She had become a wreck by 24 September.[5]
Zora  Greece The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the mouth of the Amazon. Her crew were rescued.[57]
Unnamed Flag unknown The ship was wrecked in Clarach Bay.[58]

21 September

List of shipwrecks: 21 September 1872
Ship State Description
Alfred and Elizabeth  United Kingdom The Thames barge collided with the schooner Russell ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Medway.[59]
James  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Little Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure, France. She was refloated and towed in to Liverpool.[54]
Lena  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Bosphorus. She was on a voyage from London to the Danube. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[53]
William  United Kingdom The brig departed from West Hartlepool, County Durham for Bremerhaven, Germany. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[60]

22 September

List of shipwrecks: 22 September 1872
Ship State Description
Firense  Italy The steamship ran aground in the Danube 39 nautical miles (72 km) from its mouth.[58]
National  France The full-rigged ship ran aground on the Santiago Bank, in the River Plate. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[61]
Nina  United Kingdom The brig was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by Emma D. ( United States). Nina was on a voyage from Redonda, Leeward Islands to Goole, Yorkshire.[55]
Sjofna  Denmark The ship ran aground on the Middle Ridge, in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Appledore, Devon, United Kingdom to Helsingør.[58]

23 September

List of shipwrecks: 23 September 1872
Ship State Description
Attilio  Italy The barque was wrecked at Copacabana, Brazil. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Belle Île, Morbihan, France.[62]
Raisbeck  United Kingdom The ship departed from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland for Geestemünde, Germany. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[63]
Susan  United Kingdom The ship departed from Dover, Kent for Leith, Lothian. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[64]
Twee Gebroders  Netherlands The ship departed from Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium for Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all hands.[65]

24 September

List of shipwrecks: 24 September 1872
Ship State Description
Adelaide  United Kingdom The schooner put in to Fishguard, Pembrokeshire and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aberdovey, Cardiganshire to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[66]
Eri-King  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Glasgow, Renfrewshire. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Quebec, Canada to Glasgow.[5]
Laura  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground and sank at Hook of Holland, South Holland, Netherlands. All on board were rescued.[67][66][68]
Lisbon  United Kingdom The ship foundered with the loss of all hands, according to a message in a bottle that washed up at Portrush, County Antrim on 30 September.[47]
Medora  Norway The ship ran aground on the Rute Miplaper, in the Baltic Sea.[66]

25 September

List of shipwrecks: 25 September 1872
Ship State Description
Albion  United Kingdom The steamship sank at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from Honfleur, Manche, France to Littlehampton, Sussex.[69]
Ariel  United Kingdom The schooner collided with the schooner Maria ( United Kingdom) and was beached at Spurn Point, Yorkshire.[4]
Eaglet  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore at Sheringham, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[66]
Elizabeth  Denmark The schooner was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Aarhus to the Firth of Forth.[27]
George Reed  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked in the Maldives. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Saigon, French Indo-China.[19]
Gesina Antina  Norway The ship ran aground on the Dvale Grounds, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Fredrikshavn, Denmark in a leaky condition.[4]
Humboldt  Germany The ship ran aground on "Oedjon Boegoe", Netherlands East Indies. She was on a voyage from Australia to Batavia, Netherlands East Indies.[70]
Jannetje  Netherlands The schooner was abandoned in the Skaggerak. Her crew were rescued by the barque Hoppet ( Germany). Jannetje was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to Gothenburg, Sweden.[71][72][73]
William Wise  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore near Southend Pier, Essex She was on a voyage from South Shields to London.[66]
Unnamed Flag unknown The schooner was driven ashore at Spurn Point.[5]

26 September

List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1872
Ship State Description
Assomption  France The sloop was wrecked on the coast of Guernsey, Channel Islands.[74]
Attaliah  United Kingdom The brig foundered in the North Sea off Goere, Zeeland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued by Richard ( United Kingdom). Attalia was on a voyage from London to Sunderland, County Durham.[48]
Auguste Gache  France The steamship foundered off Belle Île, Morbihan.[47]
Belle  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore and wrecked 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued by the Coastguard. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk, Russia to Aberdeen.[4][5]
Concord  United Kingdom The brig foundered in the North Sea 130 nautical miles (240 km) east of Spurn Point, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire to Lübeck, Germany.[75]
Dalhousie Canada Canada The steamship was destroyed by fire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Quebec to Chicago, Illinois, United States.[76]
Economy  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the barque Clemence Marie ( France).[77]
Emma  United Kingdom The sloop foundered in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk.[78] All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Maldon, Essex to Sunderland, County Durham.[79][80]
Russell  United Kingdom The ship foundered off the Lemon and Ower Sand, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to the Nieuwe Diep.[21]
Selicia  Belgium The steamship ran aground at Barber's Point, in the Dardanelles.[47]
Taurus  United Kingdom The schooner foundered in the North Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by the smack Wanderer ( United Kingdom), which lost a crew member effecting the rescued. Taurus was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Falmouth, Cornwall.[27][78]
Triton  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Western Tillen, in the North Sea off the coast of Germany. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall, Sweden to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire.[47][48]
Venskabet  Sweden The ship foundered 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) off Ystad. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Sandvig" to Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands.[21]
Yokohama  United States The barque collided with the steamship Nile ( United Kingdom) in the Atlantic Ocean. She was abandoned and set afire. Yokohama was on a voyage from New York to Hong Kong.[81]

27 September

List of shipwrecks: 27 September 1872
Ship State Description
Antje  Germany The ship sank in the Ems. Her crew were rescued.[82]
Argus  Belgium The ship sank in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued.[76]
Carl Linck  Germany The ship was wrecked on the Understen Rock, off Stockholm, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall, Sweden to Dundee, Forfarshire, United Kingdom.[72][73] She was refloated on 9 October and towed in to Stockholm.[83]
Cereal  United Kingdom The barque caught fire and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by John Ritson ( United Kingdom). Cereal was on a voyage from Savannah, Georgia to Santos, Brazil.[84]
Eleanor  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Mundesley, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued.[85]
Henry  United Kingdom The ship was sighted off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk whilst on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to Goole, Yorkshire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[86]
Honor  United Kingdom The brigantine collided with a barque and foundered in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by a fishing smack.[21]
La Perien  France The schooner was driven ashore on Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Drontheim, Norway to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure.[21][12]
Rebecca  United Kingdom The ship struck the North Bull, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Dublin. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was refloated and put back to Dublin, but sank in the River Liffey.[27]
Swan  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew took to a boat; they were rescued the next day by Echantress ( United Kingdom). Swan was on a voyage from North Shields, Northumberland to Hamburg, Germany.[87]
Theresia  Norway The barque was driven ashore on Texel. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall, Sweden to Antwerp, Belgium.[21]
Vivid  United Kingdom The ship collided with the steamship Haardrade ( Germany) and sank in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from an English port to Harburg, Germany.[21] She had been refloated by 19 October.[88]
W. G. Russell  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent. She was on a voyage from Akyab, Burma to London.[12]
William Dixon  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore on Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[12][89]
Unnamed Flag unknown The ship ran aground on the Chapman Sand, in the Thames Estuary.[89]

28 September

List of shipwrecks: 28 September 1872
Ship State Description
Dorothea  Norway The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea 60 nautical miles (110 km) east south east of St. Abbs Head, Berwickshire, United Kingdom with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Dram to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom.[82][90]
Eliza Sherris  Portugal The ship was wrecked at Porto Seguro, Brazil.[63]
Enterprise  United Kingdom The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from "Fornea" to Grimsby, Lincolnshire. She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark in a leaky condition.[80]
Florence Barclay  United Kingdom The barque was destroyed by fire in the Indian Ocean. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Table Bay.[91]
Jane Bingham  United Kingdom The steamship foundered in the Raz de Sein. Her crew were rescued.[6] She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to "Saint-Layavu", on the west coast of France.[18]
Lavinia  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to Blakeney, Norfolk.[82]
Nazarene  United Kingdom The ship foundered in Liverpool Bay with the loss of all seventeen crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Havana, Cuba.[18][92]
Parisienne  France The lugger sank at Padstow, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Newquay, Cornwall to Neath, Glamorgan, United Kingdom.[27]
Viola  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Gourock, Renfrewshire.[48]
Wilhelm  Germany The ship foundered in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom to Stettin.[71]
Four unnamed vessels  United States The ships sank in Lake Erie.[93]

29 September

List of shipwrecks: 29 September 1872
Ship State Description
Alfred  United Kingdom The ship sank in Swansea Bay. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Waterford.[47][48]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The brig was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the copast of Norfolk. Her seven crew were rescued by the fishing trawler Lizzie Mordue ( United Kingdom).[94]
Leif  Norway The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Mary Jones ( United States). Leif was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Baltimore, Maryland, United States.[93]
Nenthorn  United Kingdom The brig collided with the steamship Constance ( United Kingdom) and sank off Málaga, Spain with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by Constance. Nenthorn was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Alexandria, Egypt.[47][95]
Spray  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by Signal ( United Kingdom). Spray was on a voyage from Rye, Sussex to Hartlepool, County Durham.[47][48] She came ashore at Noordwijk, South Holland, Netherlands on 4 October.[90]

30 September

List of shipwrecks: 30 September 1872
Ship State Description
Annechina  Netherlands The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Terschelling, Friesland.[47]
Antelope, and
Zanola 		 France
 United Kingdom 		The steamships collided in the English Channel and were both beached at Dungeness, Kent, with Zanola beached nearer to New Romney. Antelope was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. The Zanola was reported to be on a voyage from Smyrna, Ottoman Empire to Liverpool, Lancashire.[47][95][48] She was refloated and sailed for London.[96]
Arianna  Malta The brigantine foundered off Gibraltar. Her crew were rescued by Audax ( United Kingdom). Arianna was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[19][97]
Bee  United Kingdom The lugger foundered in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her eight crew were rescued by the smack Dove ( United Kingdom).[94]
Bonne Romelingh Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Sylt, Germany.[47][48]
Elizabeth  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 Sunderland, County Durham to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[85]
Garibaldi  United Kingdom The ship departed from Montreal, Quebec, Canada for Queenstown, County Cork. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[98]
Gesina Flag unknown The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Sylt.[47]
Ina  United Kingdom The tender was driven ashore at the mouth of the Brodie River. She was plundered and burnt by the local inhabitants.[99]
Jane J. Southard  United States The full-rigged ship caught fire at Penarth, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was beached and scuttled. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Callao, Peru.[47][94]
Salvador  Norway The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at "Kandestederne". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Dysart, Fife, United Kingdom to Helsingør, Denmark.[47][95]
Venskabet  Norway The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Sylt.[47][48]

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in September 1872
Ship State Description
Arctic  Germany The brig was wrecked at Maracaibo, Venezuela.[75]
Augusto  Brazil The ship was lost in the Solimões River. She was on a voyage from Pará to Iquitos, Peru.[85]
Blanche  France The steamship foundered in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire, United Kingdom before 23 September.[66]
Christopher Dominion of Newfoundland Newfoundland Colony The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off Bermuda in a hurricane before 21 September. Her crew were rescued.[53]
Dagmar Russian Empire Grand Duchy of Finland The steamship ran aground between 4 and 6 September. She was on a voyage from Helsinki to Turku.[30]
Dunkeld  United Kingdom The brigantine was wrecked in the Bocas before 11 September.[34]
Elizabeth  United Kingdom The brig was abandoned in the North Sea before 10 September.[33]
Eliza Maria  United Kingdom The barque collided with another vessel and sank in the Hampton Roads. She was on a voyage from Santos, Brazil to a Baltic port.[33][30]
Eugenie  United Kingdom The barque was towed in to New York, United States in a derelict condition by the steamship Dorian ( United Kingdom). Eugenie had been on a voyage from Brunswick, Georgia, United States to Montevideo, Uruguay.[24][100]
Excalibur  United States The ship was driven ashore on Prince Edward Island, Canada before 6 September.[15]
Falcon  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on Anegada, Virgin Islands. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada to Ponce, Puerto Rico.[41]
George Esson Canada Canada The barque was driven ashore in the Gut of Canso. She was refloated with assistance from the steamship Medway (Canada Canada).[66]
G. Palmer  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at North Cape, Prince Edward Island, Canada. She was on a voyage from Cork to Richibucto, New Brunswick, Canada.[13]
Isa  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked off Socotra, Aden Governorate before 13 September. Her crew were rescued by HMS Briton ( Royal Navy).[24]
Highland Mary  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Quebec City, Canada.[9]
Julia D.  United Kingdom The brigantine was wrecked at Maracaibo.[75]
Margaret  Netherlands The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea before 27 September.[85]
Mathilde  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at the mouth of the Brass River. Her crew were rescued.[85]
Mediterrane  France The ship was wrecked at "Kootenow", Dahomey. Her crew were rescued.[77]
Moldavia  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Danube at "Ghiobau Ghina", Ottoman Empire.[41][101]
Nathaniel  France The ship was driven ashore on the coast of the Grand Duchy of Finland. She was on a voyage from "Tore Forss" to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. She was refloated and taken in to Luleå, Sweden.[53]
Prompt Canada Canada The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 5 September.[102]
Sailor's Home  United States The ship ran aground on the Red Island Reef, in the Saint Lawrence River. She was refloated and taken in to Quebec City.[15]
Seriole Canada Canada The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all but four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Nova Scotia to Demerara, British Honduras.[102]
Thorwaldsen  Germany The steamship was driven ashore between Stettin and Swinemünde. She was refloated and taken in to Stettin, where she arrived on 1 October.[90]
Whycliffe  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked off Paranaguá, Brazil before 16 September. Her crew were rescued.[71]
Witch of the Tees  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at East London, Cape Colony. She was on a voyage from London to East London.[14]

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