List of shipwrecks in 1873

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

January

Northfleet ( United Kingdom): Ran into by Murillo ( Spain) while at anchor with the loss of 320 lives.

Brig Otto ( Norway) 58 days out from Bahia to Falmouth wrecked. The Penzance lifeboat Richard Lewis rescued eight men, a dog and a pig at the third attempt, Wrecked again in 1888.^[1]
Five nights after the Otto, easterly, hurricane strength winds wrecked the schooners Rose ( United Kingdom) and Treaty ( United Kingdom) whilst the lifeboat was oncall 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. ^[1]

the Boyne, a 690 ton iron–hulled barque, under Angrouse Cliff near Mullion Cove.^[2]

Atlantic ( United Kingdom): Hit rocks and sank with the loss of 592 lives, Meager's Island, Nova Scotia.

Tromp ( Netherlands): Ran aground off Cape Räz Ghärib, Egypt on maiden voyage. Refloated on 10 August, repaired and returned to service.^[3]

Ville du Havre ( France): Sank after a collision with Loch Earn ( United Kingdom) with the loss of 226 lives.

Vaderland ( Belgium: collided off South Foreland, England with fishing lugger Consolation ( United Kingdom) which sank.^[4]

^ ^a ^b Carter, C (1998). The Port of Penzance. A History. Lydney: Black Dwarf Publications.
^ McBride P.W.J., Richard L. and Davis R. (Ferdinand Research Group). (1971) A Mid–17th Century Merchant Ship-wreck near Mullion, Cornwall: interim report. Cornish Archaeology 10: 75–8
^ "Belgian Merchant A-G". Belgische Koopvaardij. http://www.belgischekoopvaardij.net/belgian%20merchant%20A-G%2023.5.04.pdf. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
^ "Belgian Merchant P-Z". Belgische Koopvaardij. http://www.belgischekoopvaardij.net/belgian%20Merchant%20%20P-Z.pdf. Retrieved 1 December 2010.