List of shipwrecks in 1872

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

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1872
Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr
May	Jun	Jul	Aug
Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

March

5 March

List of shipwrecks: 5 March 1872

Ship	Country	Description
Clipper ship Great Republic	United States	Sank off Bermuda in a storm.

7 March

List of shipwrecks: 7 March 1872

Ship	Country	Description
USS Abeona	United States Navy	The gunboat caught fire and was destroyed in the Mississippi River at Cincinnati, Ohio.

July

31 July

List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1872

Ship	Country	Description
Clipper ship Lahloo	United Kingdom	Wrecked on Sandalwood Island, Fiji.

August

24 August

List of shipwrecks: 24 August 1872

Ship	Country	Description
America	United States	Caught fire in Yokohama Harbour, Japan and was wrecked.

September

26 September

List of shipwrecks: 26 September 1872

Ship	Country	Description
SV Assomption	France	Sloop built in Cherbourg belonging to an owner of this city, which was wrecked on the coast of Guernsey Channel Islands]][1]

October

16 October

List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1872

Ship	Country	Description
Eiderstedt	Denmark	The paddle steamer was driven ashore at Covehithe, Suffolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Tønning.[2]

November

1 November

List of shipwrecks: 1 November 1872

Ship	Country	Description
Moscou	Belgium	Foundered off Skagen, Denmark.[3]

11 November

List of shipwrecks: 11 November 1872

Ship	Country	Description
Pyrenee	United Kingdom	The schooner was wrecked at Cardigan with the loss of all three of her crew.[4]

23 November

List of shipwrecks: 23 November 1872

Ship	Country	Description
Jane Catherine	United Kingdom	The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked between Fleet and Wyke, Dorset with the loss of four of her crew,[5]
Pera	Norway	The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Port Tennant, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. All seventeen people on board survived.[6]

25 November

List of shipwrecks: 25 November 1872

Ship	Country	Description
Antonio Luca	United Kingdom	The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Oxwich Point, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Venice.[6]
Paladino	Italy	The brig was driven ashore at Swansea, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued. She broke up over the next few days.[6]
Royal Adelaide	United Kingdom	Driven ashore at Chesil Beach, Dorset and wrecked with the loss of six lives. Four salvors also killed in attempting to salvage her cargo of brandy and gin.

30 November

List of shipwrecks: 30 November 1872

Ship	Country	Description
Celeste Maria	France	The schooner ran aground on the Barnard Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the Southwold Lifeboat. She later came ashore at Covehithe, Suffolk and was wrecked. Celeste Maria was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom to Dieppe, Seine-Maritime.[2]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1872

Ship	Country	Description
Coronella	United Kingdom	The smack foundered in the North Sea between 10 and 16 November.[2]
Thomas and Edward	United Kingdom	The smack foundered in the North Sea between 10 and 16 November.[2]
Gosforth	United Kingdom	On a voyage from Sark to Guernsey the ship struck a rock between Herm and Jethou Channel Islands and sank. All crew and passengers got ashore on Herm [7]

December

5 December

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1872

Ship	Country	Description
Brigantine Mary Celeste	Canada	Discovered abandoned off the Azores, Portugal.

8 December

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1872

Ship	Country	Description
Hope	United Kingdom	The collier was driven ashore and wrecked in Porteynon Bay. Her four crew survived. She was on a voyage from Cork to Swansea, Glamorgan.[6]
Margaret Ann	United Kingdom	The barque was driven ashore at Swansea. She was later refloated. Margaret Ann was on a voyage from Quebec, Canada to Swansea.[6]
Mystery	United Kingdom	The cutter was in collision with the schooner John Pearce ( United Kingdom in the Bristol Channel off Penarth, Glamorgan and sank. All fourteen people on board were rescued by John Pearce.[6]
The Eleanor	Canada	The ship ran aground off Cardiff, Glamorgan. All but one of her crew were taken off by George Gay ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Her crew returned the next day, she was refloated and taken in to Cardiff for repairs.[6]
Wallace	United Kingdom	The brig capsized in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all hands.[6][6]

11 December

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1872

Ship	Country	Description
Karmt	Norway	The cargo ship foundered in the North Sea off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom on her maiden voyage.[8]

References

1. cite web |url=http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?207365 |title=SV Assomption (+1872) |publisher=wrecksite.eu
2. Bottomley, Alan Farquar. "Shipwrecks at or near Walberswick from 1848 - 1874" (PDF). Suffolk Records Society. Retrieved 26 December 2014.
3. "Belgian Merchant H-O" (PDF). Belgische Koopvaardij. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
4. "CARDIGAN & DISTRICT SHIPWRECKS AND LIFEBOAT SERVICE". Glen Johnson. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
5. "Historical List of Shipwrecks at Chesil Beach & from Bridport to Lyme Regis". Burton Bradstock Online. Retrieved 27 December 2014.
6. Tovey, Ron. "A Chronology of Bristol Channel Shipwrecks" (PDF). Swansea Docks. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
7. "Gosforth SS (+1872)". wrecksite.eu. Retrieved 25 Aug 2015.
8. "M/S Karmt". Warsailors. Retrieved 25 January 2012.

Ship events in 1872
Ship launches:	1867	1868	1869	1870	1871	1872	1873	1874	1875	1876	1877
Ship commissionings:	1867	1868	1869	1870	1871	1872	1873	1874	1875	1876	1877
Ship decommissionings:	1867	1868	1869	1870	1871	1872	1873	1874	1875	1876	1877
Shipwrecks:	1867	1868	1869	1870	1871	1872	1873	1874	1875	1876	1877

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