The list of shipwrecks in 1871 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1871.
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| Alibi |  United Kingdom
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The sealer, a barque, was lost off the coast of Greenland with the loss of all hands, more than 30 lives.[1] |
| America |  Uruguay
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The steamship suffered a catastrophic fire due to an overheated boiler off the coast of Punta Espinillo, outside the harbor of Montevideo. One of the survivors was Ramón Artagaveytia [eu]. |
| Andromeda | United Kingdom
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The ship was lost in the South China Sea before 15 March.[2] |
| Aries | Flag unknown | The steamer was lost at Cranberry Inlet on the coast of New Jersey.[3] |
| Avondale |  New Zealand
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The steamship was wrecked near Taranaki. All on a board were rescued.[4] |
| Barwon |  New South Wales
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The steamship struck rocks off Cape Bridgewater, Victoria and was beached near Cape Nelson. She was on a voyage from Adelaide, South AustraliatoSydney.[5] |
| Borston | Flag unknown | The steamship struck an iceberg and foundered with the loss of all hands, according to a message in a bottle washed up at Den Helder, North Holland, Netherlands on 10 October.[6] |
| Catherine | New South Wales
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The barque was wrecked 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south of Newcastle. She was on a voyage from Newcastle to Melbourne, Victoria.[7] |
| Catherine Jackson | Flag unknown | The vessel was lost in the vicinity of "Squan," a term used at the time for the coast of New Jersey near Manasquan and sometimes for the 7-mile (11 km) stretch of coast between Manasquan Inlet and Cranberry Inlet or for the entire coast of New Jersey between Sea Girt and Barnegat Inlet.[3] |
| HMS Clio |  Royal Navy
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The Pearl-class corvette struck a rock in Bligh Sound and was beached.[4] |
| Como | United Kingdom
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The ship foundered between 9 February and 16 March. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, GlamorgantoNew York, United States.[8] |
| Estrella | United Kingdom
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The barque was wrecked at the mouth of the Brass River with the loss of a crew member after 8 August. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to the Brass River.[9][10] |
| Golden Age | New South Wales
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The ship was wrecked on Barren Island, Tasmania. She was on a voyage from Newcastle to Melbourne.[11] |
| Heinan Maru |  Japan
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The steamship foundered in the Inland Sea of Japan.[12][13] |
| Kanrin Maru |  Imperial Japanese Navy
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The screw corvette was wrecked in a typhoonatEsashi, Hokkaido, Japan. |
| Lady Young |  Queensland
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The steamship was driven ashore and severely damaged near Port Stephens, New South Wales.[4] |
| Nadir Shah |  Sultanate of Zanzibar
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The ship was lost.[14] |
| O. H. Canady | Flag unknown | The schooner was lost in the vicinity of "Squan Beach," a term used at the time for the coast of New Jersey near Manasquan and sometimes for the 7-mile (11 km) stretch of coast between Manasquan Inlet and Cranberry Inlet or for the entire coast of New Jersey between Sea Girt and Barnegat Inlet.[3] |
| Oneida | Flag unknown | The schooner was lost in the vicinity of "Squan Beach," a term used at the time for the coast of New Jersey near Manasquan and sometimes for the 7-mile (11 km) stretch of coast between Manasquan Inlet and Cranberry Inlet or for the entire coast of New Jersey between Sea Girt and Barnegat Inlet.[3] |
| Porcia |  United States
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The vessel was lost in the Arctic on or near the north coast of the Department of Alaska.[15] |
| Rialto | New South Wales
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The barque was wrecked at Newcastle.[16] |
| Rifleman | New Zealand
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The schooner was wrecked at Auckland.[17] |
| Rising Sun | United Kingdom
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The ship sank in Osaka Bay.[18][19] |
| San Juan |  Peru
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The ship was destroyed by fire with the loss of more than 600 coolies. There were about 50 survivors. She was on a voyage from Macao, ChinatoCallao, Peru.[20][21] |
| Tartar | United Kingdom
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The ship was lost near Fuzhou, China in September or October.[22] |
| Victoria | Sultanate of Zanzibar
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The frigate was lost.[14] |
| Villotine | Flag unknown | The barque was lost in the vicinity of "Squan Beach," a term used at the time for the coast of New Jersey near Manasquan and sometimes for the 7-mile (11 km) stretch of coast between Manasquan Inlet and Cranberry Inlet or for the entire coast of New Jersey between Sea Girt and Barnegat Inlet.[3] |
| Wolf | United Kingdom
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The sealer, a steamship, was sunk by ice off the coast of the Newfoundland Colony. Her crew were rescued.[23][24] |
| Unnamed |  China
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The junk was run down and sunk at AmoybyHMS Ocean ( Royal Navy).[25]
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