List of shipwrecks in June 1871

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The list of shipwrecks in June 1871 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during June 1871.

List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1871
ShipStateDescription
Baroda  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Muskaputty Lumps, in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Calcutta, India. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[1]
Industry  New Zealand The 24-ton schooner was wrecked on the bar at the mouth of the Waikato River.[2]

2 June

List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1871
ShipStateDescription
Oriental  United Kingdom The barque departed from Bombay, India for Bremen, Germany. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[3]
Phoenix  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Clydesdale ( United Kingdom) at Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides and was beached. She was on a voyage from Holm to Stornoway. She was refloated after temporary repairs were made and taken in to Stornoway.[4][5]

3 June

List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1871
ShipStateDescription
Bengoechea, or
Vengoechea
Colombia United States of Colombia The steamship was driven ashore at "Vuelta de la Madre de Bois". She was on a voyage from Honda to Barranquilla.[6][7]
Good Design  United Kingdom The schooner was abandoned in the Pentland Firth with the loss of five of her six crew. She was subsequently taken in to Wick, Caithness.[8]
Pacific  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at East Hampton, New York, United States. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to New York City. She was refloated the next day and completed her voyage on 6 June.[9]

4 June

List of shipwrecks: 4 June 1871
ShipStateDescription
Alabama United States The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Galveston, Texas.[10][11][12]
Aroot  United Kingdom The ship was sighted in the Indian Ocean whilst on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[13]
Dhunsawee  India The ship was wrecked at Bassein. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bassein to Ghoga.[14]
Eliza  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Ingonish, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Gloucester to Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada[15][16]
Helene  Germany The schooner foundered in the Atlantic Ocean 24°30′S 34°58′W / 24.500°S 34.967°W / -24.500; -34.967). Her crew were rescued by the barque Pride of Devon ( United Kingdom). Helene was on a voyage from the Rio Grande to Pernambuco, Brazil.[17]
Virginia United States The steamship sank at Galveston. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom to Galveston.[18]

5 June

List of shipwrecks: 5 June 1871
ShipStateDescription
Euterpe United States The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her 25 crew took to two boats; Seventeen crew in one of the boats reached the Rio Grande, those in the other boat were rescuedon 7 June by the barque Pepita ( United Kingdom). Euterpe was on a voyage from the Guañape Islands, Peru to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[19][20][21][22]
Infanta  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Weymouth, Dorset.[23][24]
Virginia Dare United States The barque foundered 6 nautical miles (11 km) off Galveston, Texas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Galveston.[10][12]

7 June

List of shipwrecks: 7 June 1871
ShipStateDescription
Anne Inglis  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and put in to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland in a waterlogged condition. She was on a voyage from Montrose, Forfarshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[5]
Berwick Packet  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and sank at Donaghadee, County Down. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to New York, United States.[4]
Lady of the Lake  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex.[10] She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[4]
Mirage  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on "Haeling Island". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bangkok, Siam to Hong Kong.[25][26]

8 June

List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1871
ShipStateDescription
Catharina  Germany The ship was run into by the steamship Nile ( United Kingdom) and was taken in to Reval, Russia in a waterlogged condition. Catharina was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London, United Kingdom.[27] She consequently sank.[28]
George  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Whiting Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and sank. She was on a voyage from Gävle, Sweden to Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.[4]
John  United Kingdom The brig sank at Honfleur, Manche, France.[27] She was on a voyage from Scarborough, Yorkshire to Honfleur.[29]
Melita  United Kingdom The Yorkshire Billyboy collided with the steamship Danube ( United Kingdom) and sank at Hull, Yorkshire.[4][5][11]
Stagshaw  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Danube 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) downstream of Galaţi, Ottoman Empire.[30]
Thames  United Kingdom The ship departed from Saigon, French Indo-China for Hong Kong. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[31]
Tirzah  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Naissaar, Russia. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Kronstadt, Russia. She was refloated.[32]

9 June

List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1871
ShipStateDescription
Bells  United Kingdom The barque caught fire at sea. She put in to Plymouth, Devon on 19 June. She was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to Bremen, Germany.[33][34][35]
China  Germany The barque was wrecked on the Minsener Oude-Ooge, in the Elbe.[36] Her crew were rescued.[30]
Fathel Rahamon  India The ship foundered in the Indian Ocean off Calicut with the loss of 25 lives. She was on a voyage from Bombay to Penang, Straits Settlements.[37][38]
Hertha  Germany The ship ran aground in Åland, Grand Duchy of Finland.[39][40]
Unnamed Canada Canada A schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on "Foxtail Island", New York, United States.[41]

10 June

List of shipwrecks: 10 June 1871
ShipStateDescription
Alecto  United Kingdom The brigantine ran aground on the Holm Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk.[36] She was refloated with assistance.[42]
Northumbria  United Kingdom The ship ran aground near the Cogensand Lighthouse, Germany. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Hamburg, Germany. She was refloated on 20 June and taken in to Hamburg.[43]
Pera  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Cockle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Galle, Ceylon. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[44]

11 June

List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1871
ShipStateDescription
Asia  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Fårö, Sweden.[10][39] She was later refloated and towed in to Fårösund, Sweden.[9]
Brothers And Sister  New Zealand The 21-ton ketch was driven ashore and wrecked at Constant Bay, Charleston on New Zealand's South island West Coast after her mooring lines broke.[2]
Wealth of Nations  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was wrecked on the Hormigas Rocks, near Callao, Peru with the loss of all but nine of her twenty crew. Five of the survivors were rescued by the barque M. A. B. ( Peru), three more landed near Chancay. Wealth of Nations was on a voyage from the Guañape Islands, Peru to a British port.[45][21][46]

12 June

List of shipwrecks: 12 June 1871
ShipStateDescription
Annie Smith  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked near Bonifacio, Corsica, France with the loss of two of her crew.[47] She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Galaţi, Ottoman Empire.[48][49]
Benedicta  United Kingdom The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Guañape Islands, Peru to Falmouth, Cornwall.[21]
Commerce  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on "Derlaunbeg Island", County Mayo. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Galway.[9]
Emily United States The steam lighter sank at Galveston, Texas.[50]
Joven Miguel Argentina The lighter sank at Buenos Aires.[14]
Perseverance  United Kingdom The ship caught fire 50 nautical miles (93 km) south west of The Lizard, Cornwall. She put in to Falmouth, Cornwall the next day and was sunk by gunfire from HMS Ganges ( Royal Navy). Perseverance was on a voyage from Oran, Algeria to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[51][52] She was refloated on 16 October.[53]
Queen of the Belgians  United Kingdom The ship ran aground 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Charleston, South Carolina, United States. She was on a voyage from Nevis to the Clyde. She was refloated on 14 June and resumed her voyage.[54]
Reno Argentina The lighter sank in the River Plate.[14]

13 June

List of shipwrecks: 13 June 1871
ShipStateDescription
Ardicaple  United Kingdom The paddle steamer collided with the steamship Alice ( United Kingdom) off Rosneath, Argyllshire and was severely damaged at the bows. Her passengers were taken off by Alice.[55]
Catharina Sweden The schooner collided with the barque Zeus ( Norway) and sank in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued by Zeus. Catharina was on a voyage from Wismar, Germany to Ljugarn.[56]
Kentucky United States The ship foundered off the Fiji Islands in a typhoon with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California to the Navigator Islands and Melbourne, Victoria.[57]
Kertell  Russia The steamship ran aground off Dragør, Denmark.[42]
Louisa Sweden The steamship ran aground off Dragør. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Stockholm.[42]

14 June

List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1871
ShipStateDescription

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15 June

List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1871
ShipStateDescription
Astarte  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Clyde. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[59]
Queen  United Kingdom The ship ran aground and sank in the River Taff. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[60]
Ulysses  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on Olyphant's Island, in the Yangtze. She was on a voyage from Hankou, China to London. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[61][28]

16 June

List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1871
ShipStateDescription
Clipper  Germany The ship was wrecked on the Hogsty Reef. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Maracaibo, Venezuela to Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom.[62][63]
Florence Louisa  United Kingdom The barque was damaged by fire in the Clyde. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Demerara, British Guiana.[56]
Isabella  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore on Stroma, Caithness. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Stettin, Germany. She was refloated and taken in to Scrabster, Caithness.[28]
HMS Megaera  Royal Navy After springing a leak four days earlier during a voyage from South Africa to Australia, the troopship was beached at Île Saint-Paul in the Indian Ocean. She was declared a total loss.
Pearl  United Kingdom The ship collided with the schooner Florist ( United Kingdom) and was beached at Bowling, Dunbartonshire. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Exeter, Devon.[56]
Semaphore  United Kingdom The steamship ran ashore on Burial Island and was wrecked. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Londonderry.[9][64] She was later refloated and beached at Ballyherbert, County Antrim.[65]
Unnamed Flag unknown A schooner ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay.[28]

17 June

List of shipwrecks: June 1871
ShipStateDescription
Barranquilla Colombia United States of Colombia The steamship struck rocks and sank at Honda. She was on a voyage from Honda to Barranquilla.[6]
Elizabeth Christopher United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland British Guiana The ship was wrecked off "Plue Malda". Her crew were rescued.[14]
Queen  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashoreat "Seniedle", Russia. She was refloated.[66]
Reindeer Canada Canada The tug was severely damaged by fire at Montreal, Quebec. She was declared a total loss.[67]
White Swallow United States The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 230 nautical miles (430 km) south west of Faial Island, Azores. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Hong Kong.[67]

19 June

List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1871
ShipStateDescription
Albion  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Blacktail Sand, in the Thames Estuary. She was on a voyage from Christiania, Norway to London.[68] She was refloated with assistance and resumed her voyage.[66]
Chalmett United States The ship exploded at New York.[69]
Robert and Elizabeth  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Cromwell's Rock, County Waterford. She was on a voyage from Waterford to the River Duddon.[68][66]
Unnamed Flag unknown A brigantine ran aground on the Girdler Sand, off the Kent coast. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and resumed her voyage.[34]

20 June

List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1871
ShipStateDescription
Burdigala United States The ship ran aground at San Francisco, California. She was on a voyage from San Francisco to Port Stephens, Washington Territory.[70]
Carolina  United Kingdom The ship was damaged by fire at Liverpool, Lancashire.[57]
Kingfisher United States The clipper sprang a leak during a voyage from San Francisco, California, to New York City. In distress, she put into port at Montevideo, Uruguay, where she was surveyed and condemned. However, she was sold locally in November 1871, and subsequently was repaired and returned to service as Jaime Ciblis ( Uruguay).
Moldavian  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire at Taganrog, Russia.[71]
Three Brothers  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was beached on Wangeroog, Germany, where she was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Carolinensiel, Germany.[72]
Ullswater  United Kingdom The barque was wrecked on a reef off Robert, Martinique. She was on a voyage from Robert to Trinidad.[73]

21 June

List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1871
ShipStateDescription
Amelia United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Grenada The sloop was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Portena ( Spain). Amelia was on a voyage from Grenada to Barbados.[74]
City of Port-au-Prince United States The steamship was wrecked at Miragoâne, Haiti. She was on a voyage from New York, to Saint Domingo.[75]
Stranger  United Kingdom The pilot boat foundered between Aberthaw and Breaksea Point, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued by Courier ( United Kingdom).[71]
Unie  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on Scatarie Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Cow Bay, Nova Scotia.[76]

22 June

List of shipwrecks: 22 June 1871
ShipStateDescription
Douglas  United Kingdom The brigantine was run into by the steam yacht Palatine ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Erith, Kent.[77]
Eclair  New Zealand The 17-ton cutter was wrecked inside the mouth of the harbour at Tairua, New Zealand during a gale, likely because she was not carrying enough ballast.[78]
Knight Errant  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship broke up in a heavy gale off Tierra del Fuego. The full-rigged cargo ship Sam Cearns ( United Kingdom) rescued 24 of her crew; five crewman from the two ships combined died during the rescue.[79] Knight Errant was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to San Francisco, California.[80]
Snaefell United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Isle of Man The paddle steamer ran aground at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Douglas to Liverpool. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.
Vigilant  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Aberffraw, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Isle of Whithorn, Wigtownshire to Caernarfon.[25][81]

23 June

List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1871
ShipStateDescription
G. W. Morris Canada Canada The brig was wrecked at Aquilla. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Parrsboro, Nova Scotia to New York, United States.[82]
Unnamed  Imperial Russian Navy A submarine sank in the Bjerkesund off Kronstadt when her hull was crushed at a depth of 98 feet (30 m). She was raised in 1872 and taken in to Kronstadt.[83]

24 June

List of shipwrecks: 24 June 1871
ShipStateDescription
Alexander Sweden The ship collided with another vessel and was driven ashore near Cimbritshamn. She was on a voyage from Kalmar to Copenhagen, Denmark.[67]
Grecian Queen  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground and heeled over at Helford, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Helford to Cardiff, Glamorgan.[41]
Primos Spain The barque was wrecked on the Seven Stones Reef with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Greenock, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom.[25]
Semaphore  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Burial Island, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Londonderry. She was refloated and taken in to Belfast, County Antrim.[25]

25 June

List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1871
ShipStateDescription
Ada  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore at Helsingør, Denmark. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[62]
Harris  United Kingdom The yacht was wrecked at Malabrigo, Peru with some loss of life. There were at least three survivors.[84]

26 June

List of shipwrecks: 26 June 1871
ShipStateDescription
Little Belle Dominion of Newfoundland Newfoundland Colony The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Belle Island with the loss of 42 of the 47 people on board. She was on a voyage from Saint John's to Conception Bay.[85]
Sam Cearns  United Kingdom The full-rigged cargo ship was wrecked off Tierra del Fuego in a heavy gale. All 60 people on board - 36 crew member from Sam Cairns and 24 survivors from the full-rigged ship Knight Errant ( United Kingdom), which had foundered on 22 June – reached shore safely. Sam Cearns was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to San Francisco, California, United States.[80]
Venus Denmark The schooner was driven ashore in the Oste. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Cuxhaven, Germany.[86]
Unnamed  Germany A barque was driven ashore in the Oste. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[86]

27 June

List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1871
ShipStateDescription
Allerton Packet  United Kingdom The brig ran aground at Dunkirk, Nord. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Dunkirk.[43]
Jane Kelly  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked on the Longsand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. Her crew were rescued by a French lugger. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Dublin.[87][15]
Prince of Wales Siam The ship foundered in the South China Sea with the loss of 51 of her 54 crew. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Bangkok.[88][89]

28 June

List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1871
ShipStateDescription
Caroline Beeson  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at Dragør, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Caen, Calvados, France.[15]
Heroine  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and sank. Her crew took to a boat and got aboard the Haisborough Lightship ( Trinity House). Heroine was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Le Tréport, Seine-Inférieure, France.[87][15]

29 June

List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1871
ShipStateDescription
Pilot  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground off Kettleness, Yorkshire. Her passengers were taken off by a tug. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[87][15]
Red  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Nore. She was on a voyage from London to Wexford.[87][15]
Union Spain The steamship collided with another steamship and was beached at Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France to Swansea. She was refloated and taken into a dry dock for repairs.[62][90]

30 June

Unknown date

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