List of shipwrecks in July 1872

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

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1 July

List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1872
Ship State Description
Forth, and
Hugh Streatfield 		 United Kingdom The steamship Forth collided with the steamship Hugh Streatfield in the Elbe. Both vessels were beached. Forth was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to London. Hugh Streatfield was on a voyage from an English port to Hamburg.[1][2] She was refloated the next day and towed in to Hamburg.[3]
Katrina  United Kingdom The ship ran aground off Dragør, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire and/or Leith, Lothian to Dantzic, Germany. She was refloated.[4][5]
Omaha  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in a cyclone at Saugor, India with the loss of seven or 70 of her crew.[6][7] She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Calcutta, India.[8]
Ringende Jacob  Germany The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Punta Carretas, Uruguay. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to an English port.[9]
Rothesay  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked near Midnapore, India with the loss of seventeen of her 26 crew. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to Bombay.[10][11][12]
South Eastern  India The barque was wrecked at East London, Cape Colony with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to Algoa Bay.[13][14][15]

2 July

List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1872
Ship State Description
Baider Flag unknown The steamship ran aground at Visby, Sweden. She was refloated.[2]
Dacian  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Suez Canal.[3][16] She was refloated on 4 July and resumed her voyage.[17]
George Clifford  United States The schooner sank off Harpswell, Maine Crew saved.[18]
Lapwing  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the barque Abbey Holme ( United Kingdom) and sank in the English Channel 18 nautical miles (33 km) off the Isle of Wight with the loss of 21 of the 28 people on board. Three of the survivors were rescued by Abbey Holme. The remaining four survivors were rescued by the steamships Elaine and Rhine (both  United Kingdom). Lapwing was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands.[19][20][2][21][22][23]
William Connal  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to the Clyde.[2]

3 July

List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1872
Ship State Description
Gabriella  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Pearl Rock, off Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Carloforte, Sardinia, Italy to Swansea, Glamorgan. She was refloated and taken in to Gibraltar.[24]
Glad Tidings Canada Canada The ship was abandoned off Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to New York. She was towed in to Clark's Harbour, Nova Scotia on 8 July and beached. She was subsequently refloated.[25]
Isabella Leith  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Nore.[3] She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Gravesend, Kent.[22]
Martin Luther  Norway The brig was wrecked on the Damsel Rocks, off the Isle of Skye, Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom. Her nine crew survived.[26][27]
Minerva  United Kingdom The barque ran aground at Kertch, Russia. She was refloated on 5 July.[4]
Pacific  United States The ship ran aground at Sagua la Grande, Cuba. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Sagua la Grande. She was refloated.[28][3]
Thistle  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Inchgarvie.[3]

4 July

List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1872
Ship State Description
Athol  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore on Saint Helen's Island, Quebec, Canada. She was on a voyage from Montreal, Quebec to Waterford. She was refloated.[22][29]
Harriet King  New Zealand The 184-ton brigantine stranded near Cape Colville, Coromandel Peninsula in a gale while en route from Lyttelton Harbour to Auckland and became a wreck.[30]
Parnassus  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked at Cape Guardafui, Majerteen Sultanate. Her crew were rescued by Delhi ( United Kingdom). Parnassus was on a voyage from Hankou, China to London.[31][32]
Retriever  United Kingdom The brig ran aground in the Gulf of Smyrna.[4]

5 July

List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1872
Ship State Description
Arequipa  United States The ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by Bloomer ( United Kingdom). Arequipa was on a voyage from New York to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom.[33]
Australia  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Rangoon, Burma.[34]
Brothers  United Kingdom The smack struck the Swilly Rock, in the Menai Strait and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Caernarfon.[31]

6 July

List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1872
Ship State Description
Deux Frères  France The ship was wrecked off Portsall, Finistère. She was on a voyage from Brest, Finistère to an English port.[35]
England  United Kingdom The full-rigged ship was abandoned off Alibag, India and came ashore there. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Bombay, India.[28][36][8]
Rodolfo  Austria-Hungary The barque was destroyed by fire at Sulina, Ottoman Empire.[31][37]
Waterwitch  United Kingdom The smack foundered in the Irish Sea 20 nautical miles (37 km) off the Saltee Islands, County Wexford with the loss of one of her three crew. Survivors were rescued by the schooner Elizabeth ( United Kingdom). Waterwitch was on a voyage from a Welsh port to Carrickfergus, County Antrim.[38]

7 July

List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1872
Ship State Description
Olive  United Kingdom The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Steep Holm. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Highbridge, Somerset.[28]

8 July

List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1872
Ship State Description
Ericksen  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at South Shields, County Durham.[36][37]
Margaret Jane  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Vigo, Spain.[36] She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Vigo.[37]
Maria  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore in the Hooghly River.[36]
Milliza  Austria-Hungary The barque foundered off "Buslin Island", Spain. Her crew were rescued.[39]
Mystery  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Batten Reef, off Plymouth, Devon. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[37]
Solway  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at Calcutta, India with some loss of life.[31][36]

9 July

List of shipwrecks: 9 July 1872
Ship State Description
Dande  United Kingdom The steamship was wrecked between Little Fish Bay and Moçâmedes, Portuguese Angola.[13][40] All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Benguela to Moçâmedes.[41]
Scotia  United Kingdom The sloop was wrecked in the Crosby Channel.[31]

10 July

List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1872
Ship State Description
Earl of Ellesmere  United Kingdom The tug collided with the ship Bosphorus ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Mersey.[42]
Fanny Alice  Leeward Islands The ship was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands to "Ronaldo".[43]

11 July

List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1872
Ship State Description
Annie  United Kingdom The schooner ran aground at Goodwick, Pembrokeshire. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated and taken in to Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire.[23]
Bosphorus  United Kingdom The steamship was run into by the steamship Dagmar ( United Kingdom) in the River Mersey and was severely damaged. She was taken in to by the tug Dispatch ( United Kingdom) with the intention of docking her, but she sank.[44]
Helen  United Kingdom The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Grimsby, Lincolnshire.[23]
Rooparel  India The ship was driven ashore at Hospital Point, in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Calcutta.[23] She was refloated on 19 July.[45]

12 July

List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1872
Ship State Description
Hankow  United Kingdom The steamship was lost off Cape Guardafui, Majeerteen Sultanate. Her crew were rescued.[23]
Harry Warren  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at False Point, India. Three of her crew were rescued; her officers were unaccounted for. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Calcutta, India.[46][47]
Torino  Italy The barque was damaged by an onboard explosion at North Shields, Northumberland, United Kingdom. Three of her crew were severely wounded.[23]

13 July

List of shipwrecks: 13 July 1872
Ship State Description
Charles Tennant  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore at Whitby, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Galaţi, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated and put back to South Shields.[48]
Providence  United Kingdom The smack ran aground on the Lark Sand, in the Bristol Channel and sank. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Bridgwater, Somerset.[35]

14 July

List of shipwrecks: 14 July 1872
Ship State Description
Excelsior  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Shah-Ali Reef. She was on a voyage from London to Calcutta, India.[45] She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[14]
Great Australia  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the Baragon Flat, off the coast of Burma. Her crew were rescued.[49][34]
Morton  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Hayle, Cornwall.[48]

15 July

List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1872
Ship State Description
Eskdale  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Staithes, Yorkshire. Her thirteen crew were rescued.[35] She was on a voyage from Bergen, Norway to Tarragona, Spain.[50]

16 July

List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1872
Ship State Description
Ajax  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Suez Canal.[51]
Alice  New Zealand The 21-ton schooner ran aground on the bar at the mouth of the Pōrangahau River and became a wreck.[30]
Corsair's Bride  United Kingdom The ship departed from The Downs for Cárdenas, Cuba. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[52]
Earl of Arran  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Irishman's Ledge, off St Martin's, Isles of Scilly and was beached on Nornour. All 108 people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Penzance, Cornwall to the Isles of Scilly.[53][51][54] She broke in two the next day.[55]

17 July

List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1872
Ship State Description
Elizabeth and Catherine  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Kertch, Russia. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Kertch. She was refloated.[51]
Maggie Smith  United Kingdom The derelict ship was discovered in a waterlogged condition off Corvo Island, Azores and was beached there.[56]
Tally Ho  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore near Baltrum, Germany. Her crew were rescued.[51]
Tivano  United States The schooner was lost on Green Island Ledge off Portland, Maine crew saved.[57]

18 July

List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1872
Ship State Description
Antonin  Russia The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom to Saint Petersburg.[58]
Catherine  France The lugger foundered in the Dogger Bank. Her crew survived.[45]
Marianna VII  Brazil The ship ran aground on the Diamond Reef. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Santos. She was refloated and put back to New York in a leaky condition.[59]
Urda  Norway The ship was abandoned between Hirtshals and Hanstholmen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Tønsberg to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland, United Kingdom.[33]

19 July

List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1872
Ship State Description
Eendraght  Sweden The ship was wrecked at Lemvig, Norway.[45] She was on a voyage from Nyköping to the Firth of Forth.[53]

20 July

List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1872
Ship State Description
Abbotsford  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Bamburgh, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Gävle, Sweden to Alnmouth, Northumberland.[45]
Cetiverte Dubrocacki Flag unknown The ship ran aground at Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Queenstown.[45]
Mary Durkee  United States The ship ran aground off Newcastle, Delaware. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Dublin, United Kingdom.[60]

21 July

List of shipwrecks: 21 July 1872
Ship State Description
Frank Lovett  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Sunbeam ( United Kingdom). Frank Lovett was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.[61]

22 July

List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1872
Ship State Description
Carl  Germany The brig ran aground at the mouth of the Tonalá River and was wrecked.[62]
Doverie  Russia The steamship ran aground in the Don. On being refloated she was holed by her anchor and sank.[59]
Vale of Lorton  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Cap-Haïtien, Haiti. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France to Cap-Haïtien. She was refloated and taken in to Cap-Haïtien.[13]

23 July

List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1872
Ship State Description
New England  United States The steamship was wrecked on the Wolves. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada to Eastport, Maine.[10]

24 July

List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1872
Ship State Description
Dunkeld  United Kingdom The brigantine ran aground at the entrance to the Second Bocas.[63] She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to Port of Spain, Trinidad.[64]
Hydra  New Zealand The 585-ton barque left Newcastle, New South Wales bound for New Zealand, on 2 July. She hit rough weather and seas in the Tasman Sea and started taking on water. She approached the bottom of the South Island on 15 July, making slow progress in a heavy gale, taking onboard some 20 inches (51 cm) of water per hour. She signalled the passing ship Ottawa (Flag unknown) on 22 July, which stayed alongside. On 24 July, when she was close to the Solander Islands, Hydra's engine broke down, and the crew abandoned her and were taken on board Ottawa.[65]

25 July

List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1872
Ship State Description
Blyth  United Kingdom The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked 8 nautical miles (15 km) north of Cape St. Vincent, Portugal. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Alexandria, Egypt.[66]
Lady Lycett  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[46]
Shark  United Kingdom The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in Helen's Bay, County Down. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Belfast, County Antrim.[43][61]

26 July

List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1872
Ship State Description
Esk  United Kingdom The schooner was wrecked in the Farne Islands, Northumberland.[46]
Jean  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Carnlough, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Buncrana, County Donegal to Liverpool, Lancashire.[67]
Scrabster  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground at Emden, Germany.[61]
Union  United Kingdom The barque ran aground at Sandsend, Yorkshire. She was refloated.[46]

27 July

List of shipwrecks: 27 July 1872
Ship State Description
Aurora  New Zealand The 42-ton schooner was wrecked at the mouth of the Catlins River while carrying timber to Oamaru.[65]
Catharina  Denmark The ship struck the Bass Rock. She foundered the next day with the loss of her captain from her four crew. She was on a voyage from Bremerhaven to East Wemyss, Fife, United Kingdom.[68][69]
Speedwell  United Kingdom The steamship collided with the steamship Olinda ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Humber. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to Hull, Yorkshire.[66]

28 July

List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1872
Ship State Description
L'Esperance  France The lugger ran aground off St. John's Point, Caithness, United Kingdom and consequently sank in the Pentland Firth off John o' Groats. Her twenty crew were rescued.[43][70][71]
Volante  United Kingdom The schooner caught fire at Dublin and was scuttled.[43]

29 July

List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1872
Ship State Description
Astrologer  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground on the Madjers Bank, in Kavak Bay and was damaged. She was on a voyage froj Taganrog, Russia to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[72]
London  United Kingdom The ship foundered off Pointe de Corsen, Finistère, France. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Brest, Finistère.[68]
Vencedor Colombia United States of Colombia The steamship suffered a boiler explosion and was beached in the Magdalena River. Twelve of her crew were killed. She was on a voyage from Santa Martha to Honda.[73]
Violet  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Leman Sands, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to Neath, Glamorgan. She was refloated and found to be waterlogged.[61][74]

30 July

List of shipwrecks: 30 July 1872
Ship State Description
Alert  United Kingdom The brig ran aground at Wexford. She was on a voyage from Galaţi, Ottoman Empire to Wexford.[61] She was refloated.[74]
Edward  United States The ship was destroyed by fire at Hunters Point, New York.[75][76]
Elpis  United Kingdom The ship was destroyed by fire at Hunters Point.[75][76]
Flora  United Kingdom The fishing boat capsized and sank in the English Channel 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off Seaton, Devon with the loss of two of her three crew.[76]
Grace Peile  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coast of the Colony of Natal.[77]
Max  United States The ship was destroyed by fire at Hunters Point.[75][76]
Seven unnamed vessels Flags unknown The ships were destroyed by fire at Hunters Point.[76]

31 July

List of shipwrecks: 31 July 1872
Ship State Description
Breidablik  Netherlands The ship was wrecked on the coast of the Colony of Natal.[77]
G. F. Gibbon  United Kingdom The brigantine sprang a leak and foundered in the Irish Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) off Cork. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from London to Troon, Ayrshire.[78]
Good Intent  United Kingdom The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Scoughall, Lothian.[25]
Lahloo  United Kingdom The clipper was wrecked on Sandalwood Island, Fiji. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Shanghai, China to London.
Princess Alice  United Kingdom The schooner barque was wrecked on the bar of Port Natal after arriving from Copenhagen. She lost anchors in a gale.[77][79]
Proteus  Netherlands The barque sprang a leak and foundered off Hirtshals, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Riga, Russia.[59][80]
Trinculo  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on the coast of the Colony of Natal.[77]

Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in July 1872
Ship State Description
Abbey Craig  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Sagua la Grande, Cuba.[28]
Alessandro Volta  Italy The steamship ran aground near "Zano". She was refloated.[46]
Alida  Norway The brig was wrecked at "Lenning", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Aarhus, Denmark.[58]
Azalea  United Kingdom The barque ran aground at La Tunara, Spain. She was on a voyage from Thessaloniki, Greece to Boston. She was refloated.[58]
Bengal  United Kingdom The barque was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by Alice Cameron ( United Kingdom).[55]
Boildien  France The brig was driven ashore near the "Moreau Lighthouse".[58]
British Navy  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Saugor, India before 9 July. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Calcutta, India. She was refloated and taken in to Calcutta.[81][8]
Brownstone  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned at sea.[48]
Catherina Cornelia  Germany The ship was driven ashore on Fehmarn. She was on a voyage from Lübeck to London, United Kingdom.[82]
Celt  United Kingdom The steamship ran aground in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to "Damrah".[82]
Champion United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Jersey The barque was abandoned in the Indian Ocean off the mouth of the Ganges before 8 July. Her crew were rescued by Steonker (Flag unknown). Champion was on a voyage from Calcutta to Mauritius and Réunion.[83][39][36][37][23][84][8]
Crido  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 20 July.[25]
Christen  Norway The barque ran aground at Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Taganrog, Russia to Cork or Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Leon Belge (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Gibraltar) and taken in to Gibraltar for repairs,[82][85] but was consequently condemned.[86]
Countess of Dublin  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[81]
C. T. Sutton  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked in Green Bay. She was on a voyage from Jersey, Channel Islands to Green Bay.[67]
Emiliano  Spain The steamship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Manila, Spanish East Indies to Liverpool. She was refloated and taken in to Singapore, Straits Settlements.[3]
Florida  United States The ship ran aground at Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands.[82]
Flying Scud  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Messina, Sicily, Italy. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent in a leaky condition.[36]
Frieda  United Kingdom The steamship sprang a leak and was beached near Kingstown, County Dublin. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Drogheda, County Louth.[36]
Gazietta  Italy The ship was wrecked at Agrigento, Sicily. Her crew were rescued.[87]
Genna  Germany The steamship sank off the lightship Ernst ( Germany), off the mouth of the Elbe.[58]
Georges  France The ship ran aground at the mouth of the Rio Grande do Sul. She was on a voyage from the Rio Grande do Sul to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure.[58]
Grecian  United Kingdom The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean.[59] Her crew were reported missing.[75]
Haddon Hall  United Kingdom The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Calcutta.[82]
Isard  France The ship was wrecked at Saint Domingo.[55]
Laurence Alliance  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Hook Sand. She was on a voyage from Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine, France to Poole, Dorset.[58]
Lebanon  United Kingdom The ship ran aground on the Beaufort Shoal, in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada to London.[55]
Livonia  United Kingdom The yacht ran aground at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure before 15 July. She was refloated and taken in to Southampton.[88]
Mary E. Rigg  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Newcastle, County Down. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.[82]
Megaera  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked at "Slaugkoss", Cape Colony.[77]
Mount Royal  United Kingdom The ship ran aground at Pensacola, Florida, United States. She was on a voyage from Pensacola to Liverpool. She was refloated and resumed her voyage.[4]
Pilot  United Kingdom The sloop foundered off the Point de Corsen, Finistère, France. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Brest, Finistère.[61]
Royal Adelaide  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at St. Jago de Cuba, Cuba. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to St. Jago de Cuba.[46]
Suene  France The schooner sprang a leak and was beached. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Bordeaux, Gironde.[2]
Toivo  Russia The ship was driven ashore near the "Moireau Lighthouse". She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom to Saint Petersburg.[58]
Valente  United Kingdom The ship was driven ashore at Tunis, Beylik of Tunis. She was refloated on 19 July and found to be leaky.[58]
Volunteer  United Kingdom The ship was wrecked on a reef. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to Old Harbour, Jamaica.[55]
William Penn  United Kingdom The brig ran aground and was wrecked off Skagen, Denmark with the loss of five of her eight crew. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Cronstadt, Russia.[58][89]
Young Australia  Queensland The ship was wrecked on Moreton Island before 11 July. Her crew survived.[23]

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