List of shipwrecks in 1873
The list of shipwrecks in 1873 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1873.
January
22 January
- Northfleet (
United Kingdom): Ran into by Murillo (
Spain) while at anchor with the loss of 320 lives.
Unknown date
- 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).[1] - Five nights after the Otto, easterly, hurricane strength winds wrecked the schooners Rose ( United Kingdom) and Treaty ( United Kingdom) while 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]
February
3 February
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Atlantic ( United Kingdom): Hit rocks and sank with the loss of 592 lives, Meager's Island, Nova Scotia.
23 April
- 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
10 June
- 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.[8]
July
1 July
- Tromp (
Netherlands): Ran aground off Cape Räz Ghärib, Egypt on maiden voyage. Refloated on 10 August, repaired and returned to service.[9]
August
12 August
- 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-Villaine.[6]
29 August
- 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
- Ocean ( United Kingdom): The smack ran aground at Cardigan. Her two crew were rescued.[7]
October
19 October
- 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]
Unknown date
- Meridian ( United States): Sank off the coast of Sister Bay, Wisconsin during a storm.
November
18 November
- 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.[10]
22 November
- Ville du Havre ( France): Sank after a collision with Loch Earn ( United Kingdom) with the loss of 226 lives.
26 November
- Coquette ( France): The schooner was wrecked near Porthleven, Cornwall.[11]
December
8 December
- Vaderland (
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Belgium: Collided off South Foreland, England with fishing lugger Consolation ( United Kingdom) which sank.[12]
Unknown date
- Unidentified: A fully rigged ship wrecked on the Seven Stones Reef, between the Isles of Scilly and Cornwall.[3]
Unknown date
- 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.[13]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Carter, C (1998). The Port of Penzance. A History. Lydney: Black Dwarf Publications.
- ↑ Bottomley, Alan Farquar. "Shipwrecks at or near Walberswick from 1848 - 1874". Suffolk Records Society. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Larn, Richard (1992). The Shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly. Nairn: Thomas & Lochar. ISBN 0-946537-84-4.
- ↑ McBride, P. W. J.; Richard, L. & Davis, R. (Ferdinand Research Group). (1971) "A Mid–17th Century Merchant Ship-wreck near Mullion, Cornwall: interim report". Cornish Archaeology 10: 75–78
- ↑ Larn, Richard and Bridget (1997). "Vol 1 Section 4". Shipwreck Index of the British Isles. London: Lloyd's Register of Shipping ISBN 0-900528-88-5
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks". Swansea Docks. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "CARDIGAN & DISTRICT SHIPWRECKS AND LIFEBOAT SERVICE". Glen Johnson. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ↑ Larn, Richard (1971). Cornish Shipwrecks – The Isles of Scilly. Newton Abbot: David & Charles.
- ↑ "Belgian Merchant A-G". Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
- ↑ "Helen Patterson - 1873". Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ↑ Treglown, Tony (2011). Porthleven in Years Gone by; Local Shipwrecks. Ashton: Tony Treglown.
- ↑ "Belgian Merchant P-Z". Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 1 December 2010.
- ↑ "Ellen Martin". Pastscape. English Heritage. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
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| 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 |