Ship | State | Description |
Alarm | Newfoundland Colony | The sealer was sunk by ice.[1] |
Alice | New South Wales | The brigantine was driven ashore.[2] |
Aurora | New Zealand | The schooner was driven ashore at Timaru.[3] |
B. C. Schriviner | Unknown | The schooner was lost in the vicinity of "Squan Beach," a term used at the time for the coast of New Jersey 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.[4] |
Betsy | New Zealand | The cutter left Napier bound for Auckland and was never seen again.[5] |
Cessina | New South Wales | The ship was wrecked on Flinders Island, Tasmania. She was on a voyage from Newcastle to Adelaide, South Australia.[6] |
Challenger | United Kingdom | The brig collided with the steamship Avoca ( South Australia and sank in Port Phillip Bay.[7] |
Charles Edward | New Zealand | The steamship struck a rock near Hokitika and sank.[8] |
Clarissa | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Tahiti.[9] |
Colonist | New South Wales | The ship ran aground on the Elizabeth Reef. She was on a voyage from Sydney to New Caledonia.[3] |
Countess of Sheffield | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in the Torres Strait.[10] |
Dolphin | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands with loss of life. Five survivors took to the jolly boat, according to a message in a bottle that washed up at Southport, Lancashire on 23 March.[11] |
Edward Edgar | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Valentia Island, County Cork according to a message in a bottle that washed up at Ilfracombe, Devon in September.[12] |
Eli Whitney | United States | The ship was wrecked on Tahiti. She was on a voyage from Newcastle, New South Wales to San Francisco, California.[13] |
Gilman D. King | Unknown | The schooner was lost in the vicinity of "Squan Beach," a term used at the time for the coast of New Jersey 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.[4] |
Highlander | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Newcastle, New South Wales.[14] |
Il'mena | Imperial Russian Navy | The ship sank. She was refloated by means of air bags.[15] |
Jane | New Zealand | The schooner was lost whilst on a voyage from the Bay of Islands to Thames.[16] |
Jeanie Oswald | South Australia | The ship ran aground in the Fitzroy River. She was on a voyage from Adelaide to Rockhampton, Queensland. She was consequently condemned.[17] |
John Collins | Unknown | The schooner was lost in the vicinity of "Squan Beach," a term used at the time for the coast of New Jersey 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.[4] |
Lagos | United Kingdom | The sailing barge was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean after 31 August. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Lagos, Africa.[18] |
Layard | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked at Timaru.[3] |
Leon | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire in Chichora Bay and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Valparaíso, Chile.[19] |
Lizzie Lane | Unknown | The sloop was lost in the vicinity of "Squan Beach," a term used at the time for the coast of New Jersey 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.[4] |
Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Queenstown, County Cork.[19] |
Metch | Imperial Russian Navy | The gunboat sank at Tranzund, Grand Duchy of Finland. She was refloated by means of air bags.[15] |
Myrtle | United States | The schooner was wrecked in the Aleutian Islands late in 1870.[20] |
Othello | Newfoundland Colony | The sealer was sunk by ice.[1] |
Pocumtuck | United States | The fishing schooner was run ashore near Ship Harbor, Nova Scotia. Condemned and sold.[21] |
Scudd | Unknown | The schooner was lost in the vicinity of "Squan Beach," a term used at the time for the coast of New Jersey 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.[4] |
Star of the East | New Zealand | The steamship was lost near Napier.[3] |
Stormbird | New South Wales | The schooner was abandoned off Green Cape.[3] |
Summer Cloud | New South Wales | The ship was wrecked in Wreck Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Melbourne, Victoria to Newcastle.[22] |
United Brothers | Newfoundland Colony | The sealer was sunk by ice.[1] |