List of shipwrecks in June 1872

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

List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1872
ShipStateDescription
Jeanette Marianne  Netherlands The ship departed from Lagos, Africa for Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[1][2]
Little Hirondelle  United Kingdom The yacht was run down and sunk off Folkestone, Kent by the collier Surprise ( United Kingdom). All three people on board were rescued by Surprise.[3]

2 June

List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1872
ShipStateDescription
Isa  United Kingdom The steamship departed from Galle, Ceylon for Cardiff, Glamorgan. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[4]
Lady Duff  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Abertay Sands, off the mouth of the River Tay and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by the tug Sensation ( United Kingdom). Lady Duff was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Dundee, Forfarshire.[5]

3 June

List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1872
ShipStateDescription
Inflexible  France The schooner collided with Glenhuntly ( United Kingdom) and foundered in the English Channel off The Lizard, Cornwall, United Kingdom.[6]

4 June

List of shipwrecks: 4 June 1872
ShipStateDescription
Carrie Fischer  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked at Cow Head, Newfoundland Colony.[7]

6 June

List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1872
ShipStateDescription
Tees  United Kingdom The hulk, a former Conway-class post ship used as a floating church, sank at Liverpool, Lancashire.[8][9]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Brazil Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashir. She was refloated.[10]

7 June

List of shipwrecks: 7 June 1872
ShipStateDescription
Ems, and Schwan  Germany The steamship Ems collided with Schwan in the Weser and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Bremen. Schwan put back to Bremen in a leaky condition.[11]
Georgiana  United Kingdom The schooner was run into by the steamship Rotterdam ( Netherlands) in the Belfast Lough. Rotterdam towed her in to Belfast, County Antrim, where she sank.[12] She was refloated on 13 June.[13]
Margaret  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground on the Elbow End Bank, off the mouth of the River Tay. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Dundee, Forfarshire. She was refloated but consequently had to be beached at Buddon Ness.[14] She was refloated and towed in to Dundee in a severely leaky condition.[15]
Unnamed  France The schooner was driven ashore in the Scheldt at Doel, East Flanders, Belgium.[11]

8 June

List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1872
ShipStateDescription
Unnamed  Greece The ship was run down and sunk off Cape Maleas by the steamship Mid-Surry ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued by Mid-Surry.[15]

9 June

List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1872
ShipStateDescription
John Phillips  United Kingdom The ship foundered off the Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued by Acorn (). John Phillips was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Demerara, British Guiana.[16][17]

11 June

List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1872
ShipStateDescription
St. François  France The ship ran aground off "Solis", Uruguay and was wrecked. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Montevideo, Uruguay.[16]

13 June

List of shipwrecks: 13 June 1872
ShipStateDescription
Emma Annie  United Kingdom The schooner struck a rock off the North Bishops and sank. Her crew were rescued by Nora Cain ( United Kingdom). Emma Annie was on a voyage from Caernarfon to London.[18][19]

14 June

List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1872
ShipStateDescription
Amity  United Kingdom The smack was wrecked in the River Dovey. Both crew were rescued by the Aberdovey Lifeboat Royal Berkshire ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution).[20]
Eliza O'Keefe  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Seville, Spain to Antwerp, Belgium.[19] She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[21]
France  France The steamship ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River and had to be beached. She was on a voyage from Montreal to Quebec City, Canada.[22][23][19]
Rose and Mary  United Kingdom The brig was run down and sunk in Lough Foyle by the steamship Prussian ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued. Rose and Mary was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Londonderry.[18][19]

15 June

List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1872
ShipStateDescription
Cromwell  United Kingdom The barque sprang a leak and sank off Cape Finisterre, Spain. Her crew were rescued.[24] She was on a voyage from Almería, Spain to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland.[25]
Clarence  New South Wales The steamship was driven ashore between Bald Hill and Port Macquarie. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Port Macquiarie.[26]
Leo  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore. She was refloated and put back to Sunderland, County Durham.[25]

16 June

List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1872
ShipStateDescription
Guadiara  Spain The steamship suffered a boiler explosion and sank at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France with the loss of 56 of the 85 people on board.[27]
Nevada  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in Roche's Bay. Her passengers were taken off. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[28][27]
Tuskar  United Kingdom The steamship ran ashore on Stroma, Caithness. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Liverpool. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[27]

17 June

List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1872
ShipStateDescription
City of Paris  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked at Ouistreham, Calvados, France.[24]
Clara  Sweden The brig collided with the brig Christien ( Denmark) and was abandoned in the Irish Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) west of Holyhead, Anglesey, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. Clara was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Riga, Russia.[24][27]
Prince Alfred  United Kingdom The brig was driven ashore on Spike Island, County Cork. She was refloated.[27]
Wild Wave  United Kingdom The brigantine struck rocks and was run ashore at Sandyland, County Down. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated and towed in to Belfast, County Antrim in a severely leaky condition.[27][25]

18 June

List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1872
ShipStateDescription
Conflict  United Kingdom The ship caught fire at sea. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Dundee, Forfarshire.[29] She arrived at Dundee on 27 June in a severely damaged condition.[30]

19 June

List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1872
ShipStateDescription
Kate  New Zealand The 27-ton schooner went onshore and was wrecked south of the mouth of the Whanganui River. All hands survived.[31]
Kingaloch  United Kingdom The ship struck the Shagstone, off the coast of Devon and sank.[32][33]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The scow was run down and sunk in the Clyde at Bowling, Dunbartonshire by the steamship Eddystone ( United Kingdom). Her crew survived.[33]

20 June

List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1872
ShipStateDescription
Tweedsdale  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Pequot ( France). Tweedsdale was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was subsequently set afire.[30][34]

21 June

List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1872
ShipStateDescription
Aldate  Portugal The schooner sank. Her crew were rescued by Battasara ( United Kingdom).[35]
Justicia  Germany The galiot ran aground on the Cork Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Pärnu, Russia to Porto, Portugal. She was refloated and assisted in to Harwich, Essex.[36]
Koln  Germany The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Bremen. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[37]
Lealdade  Spain The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to the Cape Verde Islands.[29]
Princess Royal Dominion of Newfoundland Newfoundland Colony The schooner was wrecked on the coast of Labrador. She was on a voyage from Big Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada to Harbour Grace.[38]
Rainton  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Büyükdere, Ottoman Empire.[30]

22 June

List of shipwrecks: 22 June 1872
ShipStateDescription
Andes  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Perière ( France) and was beached in the Clyde.[39]
Unnamed  United Kingdom The brigantine was run into by a steam yacht and sank in the River Thames at Erith, Kent. Her crew were rescued.[40]

23 June

List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1872
ShipStateDescription
Gibraltar  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground and sank at Lisbon, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to London.[41][42]
Glance  United Kingdom The yacht foundered off the mouth of the Humber. Both crew were rescued by the schooner Ebony ( United Kingdom). Glance was on a voyage from Inverness to Wivenhoe, Essex.[6]

24 June

List of shipwrecks: 24 June 1872
ShipStateDescription
Adalia  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on St. Paul Island, Nova Scotia, Canada and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from London to Quebec City Canada.[43][44]
Balmacarra  United Kingdom The barque ran aground off Langeoog, Germany and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to Bremen, Germany.[45][46][41]
Franklin  Germany The steamship was damaged by fire at New York, United States.[47]
Jesmond  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Alicante ( Spain) and sank in the Mediterranean Sea 35 nautical miles (65 km) east of Gibraltar. Her crew were rescued by Alicante. Jesmond was on a voyage from Brăila, Ottoman Empire to an English port.[47][48]
Lamplighter  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and sank at Islandmagee, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Ayr to Neath, Glamorgan.[41]
Tom Bell  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Danube.[36]

25 June

List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1872
ShipStateDescription
Marquis of Lorne  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Highbridge, Somerset.[6]

26 June

List of shipwrecks: 26 June 1872
ShipStateDescription
Germania  United States The ship ran aground on the Burnanceira Rock, on the coast of Portugal. She was on a voyage from New York to Porto, Portugal. She was refloated on 28 June.[49]
Struggler  New Zealand The 30-ton ketch stranded at Le Bons Bay, Banks Peninsula in a gale and became a wreck.[31]
Uruguay  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Odesa, Russia to Hamburg, Germany. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[6]

27 June

List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1872
ShipStateDescription
Haidee United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jamaica The brigantine was wrecked north of Inagua, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wilmington, Delaware to Jamaica.[50]

28 June

List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1872
ShipStateDescription
Astarte  United Kingdom The ship caught fire in the South Atlantic and was abandoned by her crew. They were rescued by Baroda ( United Kingdom). Astarte was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Liverpool, Lancashire.[51]
Sarah Newman  United Kingdom The ship was sighted in the Indian Ocean whilst on a voyage from Akyab, Burma to Liverpool. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[52]

29 June

List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1872
ShipStateDescription
Erasmo  United Kingdom The barque was driven ashore between Cape Spartel and Tangier, Morocco. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Livorno to New York, United States.[53]
Grazietta  Italy The ship was wrecked at Agrigento, Sicily.[54] She was on a voyage from "Mazzarelli" to Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom.[55]
Lizzie Webster  United States The steamship was wrecked on Cozumel, Mexico. All on board survived. The wreck was plundered by the local inhabitants.[56]
Prudhoe Castle  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Mohnsund. She was on a voyage from Reval to Riga, Russia. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[57]
Temperley  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Ottawa, Quebec, Canada. She was on a voyage from London to Montreal, Quebec.[23]

30 June

Unknown date

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