# List of shipwrecks in February 1871

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

## 1 February

List of shipwrecks: 1 February 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cerbero | Austria-Hungary | The barque foundered off Livorno, Italy. Her crew were rescued by the barque Luca Padre ( Russia). Cerbero was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. |
| Lilibec | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned in the Irish Sea 15 nautical miles (28 km) off the Isle of Man. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Cluth ( United Kingdom). Lilibec was subsequently driven ashore at Tara, County Down. She was consequently condemned. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Dungarvan, County Waterford. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
| Martindale | United Kingdom | The brig was holed by icea and sank in the Elbe. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Pagensand, Germany. |
| Mary Ellen | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and capsized in the River Eden. She was on a voyage from the River Eden to London. |

## 2 February

List of shipwrecks: 2 February 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Active | United Kingdom | The brig struck a sunken rock and sank off Lowestoft, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |

## 3 February

List of shipwrecks: 3 February 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Annie Frost | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at the mouth of the Rhône. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. She was refloated and taken in to Marseille. |
| Caroline Louise | United Kingdom | The ship sank in the Irish Sea at Belfast, County Antrim. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Troon, Ayrshire. |
| Clara Lamb | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Dulas, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint Thomas, Virgin Islands. She was refloated the next day and taken in tow for Liverpool. |
| Deux Marie | France | The schooner was abandoned 18 nautical miles (33 km) south of Lundy Island, Devon, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from La Rochelle, Charente-Inférieure to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The brigantine foundered off the entrance to the Larne Lough with the loss of all hands. |

## 4 February

List of shipwrecks: 4 February 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| George | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from London to Scarborough, Yorkshire. |
| Isaac G. Davis | United States | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (46°30′N 24°30′W﻿ / ﻿46.500°N 24.500°W﻿ / 46.500; -24.500). Her ten crew were rescued by the barque Sylvia ( Norway). Isaac G. Davis was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom to Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Orchis | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship Denmark at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Bombay, India. She proceeded on her voyage but sprang a leak off Holyhead, Anglesey and was beached at Tranmere, Cheshire. She was subsequently taken in to Liverpool. |

## 5 February

List of shipwrecks: 5 February 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Angie Friend | United States | The schooner capsized and sank in Boston harbor. Vessel was later raised and repaired. One crewman drowned. |
| City of Baltimore | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Queenstown, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Princess Royal | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the River Thames at Blackwall, Middlesex. She was on a voyage from London to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated the next day. |
| Teviotdale | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground at Exmouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from the Black Sea to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Exmouth in a leaky condition. |
| Wilson | United Kingdom | The brig sprang a leak 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) off the Bass Rock. She was towed in to Granton, Lothian in a sinking condition. |

## 6 February

List of shipwrecks: 6 February 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Braes of Enzie | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned in Sinclairs Bay. Her crew were rescued by the Wick Lifeboat. |
| Magdala | Denmark | The steamship ran aground on Agnaes Riff, in the Great Belt. She was refloated on 8 February. |
| Massachusetts | United States | The 351-ton whaling ship was lost at Scammon Bay, Department of Alaska, north of Cape Romanzof (61°46′54″N 166°02′14″W﻿ / ﻿61.7818°N 166.0372°W﻿ / 61.7818; -166.0372﻿ (Cape Romanzof)). |
| Ocean Dart | United Kingdom | The ship was sighted in the Atlantic Ocean (28°33′N 72°25′W﻿ / ﻿28.550°N 72.417°W﻿ / 28.550; -72.417) whilst on a voyage from Laguna to a British port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Research | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Antwerp, Belgium. She was later refloated and put back to Philadelphia. |
| Sèvre | French Navy | The Sèvre-class transport ship was wrecked at Cap de la Hague, Manche with the loss of 1,220 of the 1,230 people on board. She was on voyage from Calais to Bordeaux, Gironde. |

## 7 February

List of shipwrecks: 7 February 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alster | United Kingdom | The steamship departed from Falmouth, Cornwall for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Ann | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at St Bees Head, Cumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Maryport, Cumberland. |
| Bolivar | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Gross Vogel Sand, at the mouth of the Elbe. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Catterina Accames | Italy) | The barque was abandoned off Linney Head, Pembrokeshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the steamship South of Ireland ( United Kingdom). Cattarina Accames was on a voyage from Oran, Algeria to Cardiff. She came ashore and was wrecked. |
| Cecil | United Kingdom | The brigantine was wrecked near Rosscarbery, County Cork. Her eight crew were rescued by the Coastguard. She was on a voyage from Lagos, Africa to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Johan August | Norway | The ship was wrecked in the Shetland Islands, United Kingdom with the loss of all hands. |
| Martha | Norway | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Hornsea, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Her fifteen crew were rescued by the Hornsea Lifeboat. |
| Pacific | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked on Whalsay, Shetland Islands with the loss of all but two of her 28 crew. She was on a voyage from Norway to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Sholton | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off the Shetland Islands. |
| Steadfast | United Kingdom | The fishing boat was wrecked on the Foreness Rock, Margate, Kent. . |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The barque sank 6 nautical miles (11 km) south west of Dingle, County Kerry, United Kingdom. |

## 8 February

List of shipwrecks: 8 February 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anna | Germany | The ship was driven ashore at Newhaven, Sussex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Guayaquil, Ecuador to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. |
| Calliope | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Seaford, Sussex. Her crew were rescued by a smack. She was on a voyage from Fårö, Sweden to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Crescent City | United States | The steamship sank off Galley Head, County Cork, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |
| Etoile de la Mer | France | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Breaksea Point, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. |
| Fanny | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Clee Ness, Lincolnshire with the loss of all hands. |
| Huelva | Spain | The steamship departed from Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom for Valencia. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Irene, or Treue | Germany | The ship was wrecked at "Mellumplat". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Firth of Forth to Bremen. |
| Ocean Bride | United States | The schooner was lost off Brace's Cove. crew saved. |
| Tarragona | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Nolton Haven, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pomaron, Portugal to Liverpool. She was later refloated and towed in to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. |
| Wanderer | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at "Sandlemere", near Hornsea, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The brig was driven ashore and severely damaged at Seaford. Her crew were rescued. |

## 9 February

List of shipwrecks: 9 February 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alexandra | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Clippera Rock, off the coast of Anglesey. Her crew were rescued by the Holyhead Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She broke in two on 20 February. |
| Carolina Cassanova | Italy | The barque was aground on the "Sperwestre Sands", in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Cork to Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and towed in to Swansea, Glamorgan. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Formby, Lancashire. Her crew were rescued. Jane was on a voyage from Westport, County Mayo to Liverpool. She was refloated on 20 February. |
| Wilhelm | Flag unknown | The ship departed from Lewes, Delaware for London, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

## 10 February

List of shipwrecks: 10 February 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Admiral Codrington | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Tynemouth, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Rochester, Kent. She broke up overnight. |
| Agabas | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Saltfleet, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to Faversham, Kent. |
| Agility | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridlington, Yorkshire. Her six crew were rescued by the Bridlington Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from North Shields, Northumberland to London. |
| Agincourt | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. |
| Ann Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Briton Ferry, Glamorgan. |
| Annie | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Irish Sea off the Tuskar Rock. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Halcyon ( United Kingdom). |
| Ann Rose | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the Black Middens, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. Her crew were rescued by a lifeboat. |
| Arctic Hero | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground on the Haisborough Sands, collided with Agincourt ( United Kingdom) and broke up. Her ten crew were rescued by Alert, Corunna, and the brigantines Italy and Holt (all United Kingdom). Arctic Hero was on a voyage from South Shields to Guadeloupe. |
| Arrow | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire with the loss of three of her six crew. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. |
| Benjamin Sarah | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Saltfleet. She was on a voyage from Goole to London. |
| Bebside | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridlington. Her four crew were rescued by the Bridlington Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to Trouville, Seine-Inférieure, France. |
| Betsey Ann | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Saltfleet. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Ipswich, Suffolk. |
| British Queen | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Tynemouth. Her seven crew were rescued by the Tynemouth Lifeboat Constance ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). British Queen was on a voyage from Sunderland to London. |
| Brown | Jersey | The barque was driven ashore at Aberdeen. Her crew were rescued by the Aberdeen Lifeboat. |
| Caroline | United Kingdom | The brigantine was wrecked south of Bridlington with the loss of three of her five crew. |
| Clarendon | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Grimsby, Lincolnshire to Antwerp, Belgium. |
| Crown | Jersey | The barque was driven ashore at Donmouth, Aberdeenshire. Her eight crew were rescued by the Aberdeen Lifeboat. |
| Cynthia Ann | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the Black Middens. Her crew were rescued by the Tynemouth Lifeboat. |
| Czarina | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of Coquet Island Northumberland. Her crew were rescued by a tug. |
| Damietta | United Kingdom | The steamship struck the pier at West Hartlepool, County Durham and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from London to West Hartlepool. |
| Dauntless | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore at Perranporth, Cornwall with the loss of two of her ten crew. She was on a voyage from Africa to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
| Defence | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned off "Rocliff". She was on a voyage from Port Mulgrave, Yorkshire to Jarrow-on-Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Delta | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked south of Wilsthorpe, Yorkshire with the loss of all five crew. |
| Dorrie | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Donmouth. Her crew were rescued by the Coastguard using rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Burghead, Moray to Bo'ness, Lothian. |
| Dugald Stuart | United Kingdom | The brigantine sank at Clee Ness. She was refloated on 20 February and towed in to Grimsby for repairs. |
| Dutch Trader | United Kingdom | The smack struck the pier and sank at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was refloated on 12 February and taken into Great Yarmouth. |
| Echo | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridlington. Her six crew were rescued by the Bridlington Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Rochester. |
| Elizabeth Harrison | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Clee Ness. Her seven crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Calais, France. |
| Elizabeth Emma | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground at Hartlepool. She was on a voyage from Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex to Hartlepool. She was refloated with assistance from a tug. |
| Enterprise | United Kingdom | The galiot was driven ashore and wrecked at Clee Ness. |
| Euphemia | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the North Sea. She was driven ashore at Clee Ness. Euphemia was on a voyage from Hartlepool to London. She was refloated and assisted in to Grimsby in a leaky condition. |
| Flying Dutchman | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Burnham Overy Staithe, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough to Maldon, Essex. She subsequently broke up. |
| Fortune Teller | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Stoney Binks, off the mouth of the Humber and was wrecked. Her six crew were rescued by the Spurn Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Clackmannan. |
| Friend's Increase | United Kingdom | The Thames barge was driven ashore at Bridlington. Her four crew were rescued by the Bridlington Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Fonmon Castle | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with the brig Sofia ( Italy) and sank at Penarth, Glamorgan. Her crew survived. |
| Giant | Jersey | The brig was wrecked off Tynemouth. Her seven crew were rescued by the Tynemouth Lifeboat Constance ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). |
| Great Pacific | Chile | The ship, which had sprung a leak off Cape Horn, was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 300 nautical miles (560 km) south of Bahia, Empire of Brazil. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Valparaíso, Chile to New York, United States. |
| Harbinger | United Kingdom | The lifeboat capsized at Bridlington with the loss of six of her nine crew. She was going to the assistance of Delta ( United Kingdom) at the time. |
| Harriet | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Margate, Kent. Her crew were rescued by the Margate Lifeboat Friend of all Nations ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). |
| Harvest | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at South Shields. Her crew were rescued by the South Shields Lifeboat. |
| Henry | United Kingdom | The Yorkshire Billyboy was wrecked at Withernsea, Yorkshire. Her four crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Selby, Yorkshire to Portsmouth, Hampshire. |
| Imod | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked at Bridlington. |
| Ino | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on the Nore. Her crew were rescued. |
| Jabez | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the Black Middens with the loss of four of her six crew. She was on a voyage from South Shields to London. |
| James Bruce | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Ailsa Craig. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to the Firth of Clyde. She was refloated. |
| Jane and Ann | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Middleton, County Durham. Her eight crew were rescued by the Hartlepool Lifeboat. Jane and Ann was on a voyage from Hartlepool to London. She broke up on 23 February. |
| Johannes | Belgium | The ship departed from New York for Antwerp. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Kate | United Kingdom | The sloop sank in the North Sea off the coast of Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued by the brig Why Not ( United Kingdom). Kate was on a voyage from Goole to Ipswich. |
| Launceston | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground on the Haisborough Sands with the loss of two of her sixteen crew. Survivors got aboard the Haisborough Lightship ( Trinity House). Launceston was on a voyage from South Shields to "Calafortis", Sardinia, Italy. |
| Laura Williams | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Dungeness, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough to Newport, Monmouthshire. |
| Lavinia | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked near Bridlington with the loss of all hands. |
| Light and Sign | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Herd Sand. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to London. She was refloated and assisted in to South Shields. |
| Lina | Portugal | The barque struck the pier at Ramsgate, Kent and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from London to Lisbon. |
| Look-Out | United Kingdom | The schooner sank at Clee Ness. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The dandy schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Clee Ness, Lincolnshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kirkcaldy, Fife to London. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Bridlington with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to Ipswich. |
| Maria Anderson | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Hartlepool. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to London. |
| Maria Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked at Hartlepool. She was on a voyage from Seahamto the River Thames. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Filey, Filey. Her four crew were rescued by the Filey Lifeboat Hollon ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Mary was on a voyage from North Shields to Maldon. She subsequently became a wreck. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground at Hartlepool. She was on a voyage from Dieppe, Seine-Inférierure to Hartlepool. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug. |
| New Delhi | United Kingdom | The brig foundered off Bridlington with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to London. |
| Nymph | United Kingdom | The Yorkshire Billyboy foundered 1.5 nautical miles (2.8 km) off the mouth of the Humber with the loss of all hands. |
| Nouvelle Societe | France | The ship was driven ashore at Dunkerque. She was on a voyage from Caen, Calvados to Dunkerque. |
| Orinoco | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Black Middens. Her crew were rescued by the Tynemouth Lifeboat. |
| Peace | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore near Hartlepool. Her crew were rescued by the Hartlepool Lifeboat Sailors ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Peace was on a voyage from South Shields to Great Yarmouth. |
| Peri | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridlington. Her crew were rescued by the Bridlington Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Seaham to King's Lynn, Norfolk. |
| Produce | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridlington with the loss of all hands. |
| Queen | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore at Carrack Gladden, Cornwall. Her six crew were rescued by the St. Ives Lifeboat Covent Garden ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Queen was on a voyage from Youghal, County Cork to Southampton, Hampshire. |
| Rapid | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington. Her crew were rescued. |
| Rebecca and Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridlington. Her crew were rescued by the Bridlington Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Woodbridge, Suffolk. |
| Robert Whitworth | RNLI | The lifeboat, Robert Whitworth ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution), also was lost with six of her nine crew. |
| Rose | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on the Black Middens. Her crew were rescued by the South Shields Lifeboat. |
| Rowena | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Herd Sand. She was refloated and taken in to South Shields. |
| Sailor, or Sarah | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Spurn Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Weymouth, Dorset. |
| Sicily | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Clee Ness. Her nine crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields to London. She was subsequently taken in to Grimsby. |
| Spinney | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Bridlington. Her six crew were rescued by the Bridlington Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France to Blyth. |
| Squirrel | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridlington. Her crew were rescued by the Bridlington Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Seaham to Lowestoft, Suffolk. |
| Stanley | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground off Middleton. She was on a voyage from West Hartlepool, County Durham to London. Her eight crew were rescued by the Hartlepool Lifeboat. She subsequently broke up. |
| Surama | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington. |
| Surprise | United Kingdom | The schooner was run into by the schooner George Canning and was driven ashore at Great Yarmouth. Her crew were rescued. |
| Teresita | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridlington with the loss of all hands. |
| Terminus | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Hornsea, Yorkshire with the loss of all six crew. She was on a voyage from Blyth to Trouville-sur-Mer, Calvados. |
| Thessalia | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Margate. Her nine crew were rescued by the Margate Lifeboat Quiver ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Thessalia was on a voyage from Sunderland to Malta. She was refloated on 15 February and taken in to for London. |
| Thomas and Isabella | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Herd Sand. She was refloated and taken in to South Shields. |
| Thought | United Kingdom | The ketch was driven ashore and wrecked at Great Yarmouth with the loss of all hands. |
| Treaty | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Saltfleet. She was on a voyage from Grimsby to Antwerp. She was later refloated. |
| Two H. H's. | United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked at Dunwich, Suffolk with the loss of all four crew. |
| Tyne | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at South Shields. Her crew were rescued by the South Shields Lifeboat. |
| Urania | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington. Her crew were rescued. |
| Valiant | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at "Priorshaven", near Tynemouth. Her six crew were rescued by the Tynemouth Lifeboat Constance ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). |
| Violet | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground at Hartlepool. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn to Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug. |
| Vivid | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore at Saltfleet. She was on a voyage from "Skitterhave" to London. |
| Vivid | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington. Her crew were rescued. |
| William Maitland | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Ulrome, Yorkshire with the loss of all but her captain. |
| Windsor | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridlington. Her six crew were rescued by the Bridlington Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from South Shields to London. |
| Windsor Castle | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Flamborough Head. Her crew were rescued by the Flamborough Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Lifeboat. |
| Worthy | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Bridlington. Her crew were rescued by the Bridlington Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to King's Lynn. |
| Yare | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Bridlington. Her crew were rescued by the Bridlington Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to King's Lynn. |
| Zephyr | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Kessingland, Suffolk with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Exeter, Devon. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The ship sank in Bantry Bay. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The pilot boat, coble, capsized and sank at West Hartlepool. All three people on board were rescued by at tug. |
| Unnamed | Netherlands | The smack sank at Great Yarmouth. Her crew survived. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk with the loss of all hands. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked on the Corton Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk with the loss of all hands. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The fishing yawl was driven ashore at Bridlington. Her crew were rescued by the Bridlington Lifeboat. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore at Sewerby, North Riding of Yorkshire. Her crew survived. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The collier, a brig, was driven ashore at Sewerby. Her crew were rescued by the Coastguard. |

## 11 February

List of shipwrecks: 11 February 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anne | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Halcyon ( United Kingdom). |
| Arrow | United Kingdom | The brig collided with another vessel and was beached at Southend, Essex. She was on a voyagte from Falmouth, Cornwall to Leith, Lothian. |
| Doune Castle | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the North Sea 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) east of Scarborough, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Tweed ( United Kingdom). Doune Castle was driven ashore and wrecked at Burniston, Yorkshire. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The Yorkshire Billyboy was driven ashore at Holmpton, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. |
| Hotta | United Kingdom | The brig foundered off Robin Hoods Bay, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by a yawl. She was on a voyage from South Shields to London. |
| Ida | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore near Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was refloated on 13 February. |
| Iris | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Great Cumbrae, Argyllshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Stranraer, Wigtownshire to Greenock, Wigtownshire. |
| Patra | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Lido di Venezia, Italy. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Venice, Italy. She was refloated on 20 February and towed in to Venice. |
| Queen | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked east of St. Ives, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Youghal, County Cork to Southampton, Hampshire. |
| Richard and Harriet | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Kingsdown, Kent. Her crew were rescued by the Kingsdown Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Pensacola, Florida. |
| Two unnamed vessels | Flags unknown | The ships foundered in the North Sea off Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom with the loss of all hands. |

## 12 February

List of shipwrecks: 12 February 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Antine | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground at Castletown, Isle of Man and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Newry, County Antrim. |
| Elizabeth Martha | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Bootle, Lancashire with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from the River Duddon to Amlwch, Anglesey. |
| Hero | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Kentish Knock. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to Sunderland, County Durham. |
| Lise Riber | Belgium | The ship was driven ashore and capsized at Fort La Perle. She was on a voyage from Antwerp to an English port. |
| Merita | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground on the Newcombe Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Cienfuegos, Cuba to Boston, Lincolnshire. |

## 13 February

List of shipwrecks: 13 February 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ann and Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship struck a sunken wreck off the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and was beached on the sand. Her crew were rescued by a yawl. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Briton Ferry, Glamorgan. |
| Bellamy | United Kingdom | The ship collided with a Spanish steamship and sank in the English Channel off the Isle of Wight with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Bremen, Germany. |
| Ems | Germany | The steamship sank at Bremerhaven. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Bremerhaven. She was refloated on 1 April. |
| Morocco | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship Wyoming ( United Kingdom) and was holed below the waterline. She was beached at Seacombe, Cheshire with assistance from the tugs Empress, Fire King, Knight Commander and Rock Light (all United Kingdom). One passenger was lost. Morocco was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated on 19 February and taken in to Liverpool. |
| Pierre Adolphe | France | Franco-Prussian War: The barque, a prize of SMS Augusta ( Prussian Navy) was wrecked on the Norwegian coast with the loss of a crew member. |
| Simon | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony. |
| Stranger | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Tramore, County Waterford. Her three crew were rescued by the Tramore Lifeboat Tom Egan ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Stranger was on a voyage from Gloucester to Tramore. |
| Sylph | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Cork Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to Sandwich, Kent. She was refloated. |

## 14 February

List of shipwrecks: 14 February 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Airedale | New Zealand | The 286-ton brig-rigged steamer struck a reef near Waitara, New Zealand, while en route from Manukau Harbour to New Plymouth. |
| Blonde | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Church Rocks, off Folkestone, Kent. She was on a voyage from Saint-Nazaire, Ille-et-Vilaine, France to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Brema | Germany | The barque sank off Lundy Island, Devon, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. |
| Brenda | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Lundy Island. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to New Orleans. She was refloated on 2 July and was towed in to Appledore, Devon. |
| Dauntless | United Kingdom | The smack collided with the steamship Argos ( Spain) off Southwold, Suffolk. Her crew were rescued by Argos. Dauntless was on a voyage from Colchester, Essex to the Orkney Islands. She came ashore at Covehithe, Suffolk. She was refloated on 16 February and taken in to Lowestoft, Suffolk. |
| Marequita | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |

## 15 February

List of shipwrecks: 15 February 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cairngorm | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Last Point, Moray. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Lossiemouth, Moray. She was refloated and taken in to Lossiemouth. |
| Italia | Spain | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Zedora ( United Kingdom). Italia was on a voyage from Cartagena to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |
| R. H. Purrington | United States | The ship was holed by ice at Cuxhaven and was beached on the Kratzsand. She was on a voyage from New York to Cuxhaven. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Cuxhaven. |
| Sedburgh | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the North Reef, off the coast of Antigua. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Southern Cross | Canada | The schooner foundered off Bermuda. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Baltic ( United Kingdom). Southern Cross was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Sagua La Grande, Cuba. |
| Volunteer | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with the steamship Demetrius ( Portugal) and sank in Cemaes Bay. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Newport, Monmouthshire. |

## 16 February

List of shipwrecks: 16 February 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ane | Denmark | The brigantine was wrecked at Laguna. She was on a voyage from Vera Cruz, Mexico to Laguna. |
| Camco | United Kingdom | The steam lighter sprang a leak at Kirkcaldy, Fife and was scuttled. |
| Gipsy Queen | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Kate Agnes ( United States). Gipsy Queen was on a voyage from Darien, Georgia, United States to Dublin. |
| Lebanon | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Spittal Point, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from "Yelsk" to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. |
| Mary Anne | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Zakynthos, Greece. |
| Nereus | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) north of Wicklow. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California, United States to Dublin. She was refloated and taken in to Kingstown, County Dublin. |
| Resolute | United Kingdom | The fishing trawler was run into in the North Sea 45 nautical miles (83 km) south east of Lowestoft, Suffolk by the schooner Harald ( Denmark) and was abandoned by her crew. She was later reboarded and taken in to Lowestoft. |
| Vesta | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore at Cromer, Norfolk. |

## 17 February

List of shipwrecks: February 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Avis | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore in the Brass River. |
| Carl | Germany | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (42°07′N 15°12′W﻿ / ﻿42.117°N 15.200°W﻿ / 42.117; -15.200). Her crew were rescued by the barque Nouva Gemma ( Italy). Carl was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to New York, United States. |
| City of Kingston | United States | The ship was driven ashore on Vlieland, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Hamburg, Germany. She had become a wreck by 25 February. She broke up on 25 February. |
| Cruiser, and Teetotaller | United Kingdom | The smacks collided and both sank in the North Sea 30 nautical miles (56 km) off Lowestoft, Suffolk. The crew or Crusader were rescued by a smack. Four of the five crew of Teetotaller were lost. The survivor was rescued by the smack Commodore ( United Kingdom). |
| Rake | United Kingdom | The schooner was run down by the steamship Maryport ( United Kingdom) and sank off the Mull of Galloway, Wigtownshire. Her five crew survived. Rake was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Belfast, County Antrim. |
| Sarah | United States | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of four lives. Survivors were rescued by M. W. Norwood ( United States). Sarah was on a voyage from Galveston, Texas to Bremen, Germany. She was subsequently taken in to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada in a derelict condition. |
| Wave | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at King's Lynn, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from King's Lynn to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |

## 18 February

List of shipwrecks: 18 February 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Burns | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Nethertown, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from the Isle of Whithorn, Wigtownshire to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Eagle | United Kingdom | The ship was beached on Sheep Island in a sinking condition. She was on a voyage from Caernarfon to Aberdeen. She had become a wreck by 22 February. |
| Freedom | Jersey | The schooner was wrecked on the Minquiers. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Jersey. |
| Ida Catton | Newfoundland Colony | The brigantine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the brig Canada ( Canada. Ida Cutter was on a voyage from Saint John's to Matanzas, Cuba. |
| James Stonard | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at the mouth of the River Mersey. She was on a voyage from Pomaron, Portugal to Liverpool. |
| Jane Innes | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Pennington Spit, on the coast of Hampshire. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Southampton, Hampshire. |
| Primus | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the brig General Nott ( United Kingdom) and sank at Valkenisse, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from London to Antwerp, Belgium or vice versa. She was refloated and taken in to Antwerp. |
| Tuskar | United Kingdom | The tug was run down and severely damaged by the steamship Minnia ( United Kingdom) at Cardiff, Glamorgan. |
| William Pitt | United Kingdom | The brig collided with Thames ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Northfleet, Kent. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London. |

## 19 February

List of shipwrecks: 19 February 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amelia | Italy | The barque was driven ashore near Egremont, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool. |
| Nimrod | Canada | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Kingston, Jamaica. |

## 20 February

List of shipwrecks: 20 February 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Admiral Lyons | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
| Amazon | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the South Sand, in the Strait of Malacca. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Singapore, Straits Settlements. |
| Andromeda | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was wrecked in the Penghu Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Shanghai, China to Saigon, French Indo-China. |
| Banshee | New Zealand | The 70-ton schooner foundered after holing on a reef near Moeraki, New Zealand, while en route from Nelson to Dunedin. The five men on board took to the lifeboat, but it capsized. Only one of the five crew survived. |
| Edith Wonser | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on the Western Banks with the loss of all twelve crew. |
| Fete Dieu | France | The ship ran aground off Egremont, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Freedom | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Minquiers, in the Channel Islands and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Jersey, Channel Islands. |
| Joseph Sprott | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Galley Head County Cork with the presumed loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Manila, Spanish East Indies. |
| Maria | Portugal | The barque was wrecked on the Cabadello Rock, off Oporto. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Oporto. |
| Ottaway | United Kingdom | The brigantine was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Nouveau Coriolau ( France). |
| Pomona | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Red Tun, near Boulmer, Northumberland. |
| River Nith | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Criccieth Castle, Caernarfonshire. Her crew were rescued by the Port Madoc Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Liverpool. She was refloated and towed to Liverpool by the tug Black Prince ( United Kingdom). |
| Zoë | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked near Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Brest, Finistère, France. |

## 21 February

List of shipwrecks: 21 February 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Abdul Medjid | United Kingdom | The barque was run into by the brig Western Star ( United Kingdom) and was then driven ashore in Algoa Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was consequently condemned. |
| Avon | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Penarth, Glamorgan for Hong Kong. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Justine | France | The brig was wrecked on the Chick Said, in the Bab-el-Mandeb. Her crew were rescued. |
| HMS Pheseant | Royal Navy | The Albacore-class gunboat collided with the steamship Græcia ( France) at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France and was severely damaged. |
| Priory | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Raven Point, County Wexford. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Wexford. She was refloated on 23 February. |
| Union | France | The brig was wrecked on the Chick Said. Her crew were rescued. |

## 22 February

List of shipwrecks: 22 February 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| America | France | The ship was wrecked 30 nautical miles (56 km) south of "Cape Pilar", Chile. Her eighteen crew took to a boat. Seventeen survivors were rescued on 5 April by RMS Patagonia ( United Kingdom). America was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to a port in Central America. |
| Elizabeth | Newfoundland Colony | The schooner foundered at Fortune Bay. |
| F. A. de Bengoechea | Spain | The barque was wrecked on The Skerries, Anglesey, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Havana, Cuba. |
| Jane Kilgour | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground on the South Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and was wrecked. Her thirteen crew were rescued by the Caistor Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Alloa, Clackmannanshire to Demerara, British Guiana. |
| Maria | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Amrum, Germany. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Bremen, Germany. She was refloated on 17 May and taken in to "Kniephaven" for repairs. |
| Undine | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore near Bideford, Devon. She was on a voyage from Bideford to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The pilot boat was run down and sunk at Helmsdale, Sutherland by Morning Star ( United Kingdom) with the loss of one life. |

## 23 February

List of shipwrecks: 23 February 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sea Venture | United Kingdom | The coble foundered off Staithes, Yorkshire with. |

## 24 February

List of shipwrecks: 24 February 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Duisberg | Netherlands | The ship ran aground between Brouwershaven and Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland. She was on a voyage from Java, Netherlands East Indies to a Dutch port. She was refloated in early March. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with the steamship Black Swan ( United Kingdom) and foundered off Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. Her crew were rescued by Black Swan. |
| Lightcliffe | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Goatzacoalcos River. She was on a voyage from Minatitlán, Mexico to Falmouth, Cornwall or Queenstown, County Cork. |
| St. Thomas Packet | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Dover, Kent. She was on a voyage from Blyth, Northumberland to London. She was refloated and taken in to The Downs. |

## 25 February

List of shipwrecks: 25 February 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Airedale | New Zealand | The steamship was wrecked near the mouth of the Waitara River. All on board survived. She was on a voyage from Invercargill to San Francisco, California. |
| Thessalia | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Whitby, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Malta. |
| Tiber | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Smyrna, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Smyrna to Ottoman Empire. She was refloated the next day with assistance from an Ottoman Navy frigate and resumed her voyage on 28 February. |

## 26 February

List of shipwrecks: 26 February 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Georges | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Seascale, Cumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California, United States to Maryport, Cumberland. |
| Lykurg | United Kingdom | The ship collided with the steamship Nevada ( United Kingdom) and sank off Point Lynas, Anglesey, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. Lykurg was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
| One | United Kingdom | The ssloop sank at Penmon, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Chester, Cheshire to Caernarfon. |
| Sarah Princess | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her crew were rescued. |
| Travancore | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Westray, Orkney Islands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. |

## 27 February

List of shipwrecks: 27 February 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Callie Allin | United Kingdom | The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her ten crew were rescued by the barque Hyack ( United States). |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Colorado Reefs, off the coast of Cuba. She was on a voyage from Jamaica to London. |
| Matchless | United Kingdom | The brigantine was beached at Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Cork to Cardiff. |
| Patriot | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to London. She was refloated and assisted in to Harwich, Essex. |
| Pearl | United Kingdom | The collier ran aground between Brouwershaven and Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Burntisland, Fife to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated in early March. |
| Rangelite | New Zealand | The steamship foundered off "Pictouron". All on board were rescued. |
| Teaser | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Dartmouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from London to Swansea, Glamorgan. |

## 28 February

List of shipwrecks: 28 February 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albert Friedrich | Germany | The ship was wrecked on Spiekeroog. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Bremen. |
| Curraghmore | United Kingdom | The barque sprang a leak and foundered 40 nautical miles (74 km) west north west of Trevose Head, Cornwall. Her crew took to a boat; they were rescued on 2 March by Sauveur ( France). Curraghmore was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Palma de Mallorca, Spain. |
| J. C. Boynton | United States | The ship ran aground at Waterloo, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New York. She was refloated in early March. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in February 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albania | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk after 9 August. She was on a voyage from Tayport, Fife to Berbice, British Guiana. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Amelia | Norway | The barque was abandoned in ice off Kristiansand. |
| Anna | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 250 nautical miles (460 km) off Ouessant, Finistère, France. Her crew were rescued by Edgar ( United Kingdom). |
| Annie | United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked on the Mabonna Rock, in the Grenadine Islands. |
| Ann Orr | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Whitehaven, Cumberland. |
| Annette | Netherlands | The schooner was driven ashore at the mouth of the Orinoco River. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela. |
| Atacama | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Valparaíso, Chile. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Valparaíso. She was refloated. |
| Berthe et Leontine | France | The ship was driven ashore at Mullion, Cornwall, United Kingdom and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Bilbao, Spain to Cardiff. |
| Blanche | United Kingdom | The sloop was crushed between two vessels and sank at Bristol, Gloucestershire when a steamship ran into one of the vessels she was moored next to. Both crew survived. |
| Boness | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Donmouth, Aberdeenshire. |
| Boutry | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Grand Bassa, Liberia. She was on a voyage from Elmina, Gold Coast to Falmouth, Cornwall. |
| Calliope | Greece | The brig was wrecked at Yevpatoria, Russia. |
| Caroline Louise | United Kingdom | The schooner sank at Belfast, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Belfast. She was refloated on 17 February. |
| Cathina | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked at Ochotsk, Russia. |
| C. E. C. G. | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Jersey, Channel Islands. |
| Charles | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Woodbridge, Suffolk to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France. |
| Civilta | Italy | The ship was wrecked on "Cervi Island". She was on a voyage from Livorno to Beyrout, Ottoman Syria. |
| Consort | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Ytterøya, Norway. Her crew were rescued. She had been refloated by 17 February and taken in to Drontheim. |
| Content | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Benvoy Cove, near Annestown, County Waterford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Penzance, Cornwall. |
| Coquette | France | The schooner was wrecked near the Belle Île, Morbihan. |
| Dageraad | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore on Madura Island, Netherlands East Indies before 8 February. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Batavia to Sourabaya, Netherlands East Indies. |
| Diana | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Rio Grande. She was on a voyage from Paranaguá, Brazil to the River Plate. |
| Don | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked near Amoy, China. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Shanghai. |
| Edward Jones | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore and severely damaged near Castletown, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Waterford to Newry, County Antrim. |
| E. L. Cook | United States | The fishing schooner was lost in a gale on the Georges Bank. Lost with all 11 crew. |
| Eleanor | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Cardiff. |
| Eliza Thompson | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Goat Island. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to Newhaven, Sussex. |
| Ellen | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Cardigan. She was on a voyage from Gloucester to Cardigan. |
| Ellengowan | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near "Griseboain Kloster" before 11 February. She was on a voyage from Alloa, Clackmannanshire to Christiania. |
| Emanuel | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire at Oran, Algeria. |
| Emma | Sweden | The ship sank at Guadeloupe. |
| Favorita | United Kingdom | The steamship was destroyed by fire at Callao, Peru before 10 February. |
| Fortuna | Norway | The ship ran aground off Mandal and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Fredrikstad to Antwerp, Belgium. |
| Four Sisters | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Clipper Rock. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Cardiff. |
| Franco Pagliano | Italy | The ship was wrecked at Morea, Greece. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to an English port. |
| Gattshalla | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Whitby, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Malta. |
| Gertrude | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Isle of Pines, Cuba. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Mobile, Alabama, United States. |
| Giano G. | Italy | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at "Point aux Dies", Pas-de-Calais with the loss of two of her fourteen crew. She was on a voyage from Callao to Dunkerque, Nord, France. |
| Glencaple | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore. She was refloated and taken in to Villareal, Spain. |
| Golconda | United States | The ship ran aground on the Nantucket Shoals, off the coast of Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from Liberia to Boston, Massachusetts. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Governor | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Banjaard Sand, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Schiedam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated. |
| Hansa | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Bremen. She was on a voyage from Bremen to New York, United States. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Hastrasands Hoffe | United Kingdom | The ship sank off Robin Hoods Bay, Yorkshire. |
| Hecla | United States | The whaler was wrecked in the Seychelles. |
| Hellespont | United States | The barque was wrecked 92 nautical miles (170 km) north of the mouth of the Rio Grande. She was on a voyage from the River Plate to New York. |
| Herschel | Germany | The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from New York to Hamburg. She was refloated and put back to New York. |
| Hiawatha | United States | The schooner was lost with all 10 hands. |
| Huanay | Chile | The steamship ran aground at Maule. She was refloated. |
| Ida | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked at Ochotsk. |
| Immacolata | Italy | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Missolonghi, Greece. |
| Industria | Italy | The ship was driven ashore near Algiers, Algeria. |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Warden Ledge, off the Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to London. She was refloated on 8 February. |
| Isis | United Kingdom | The ship collided with a brig off Gibraltar. She was on a voyage from Martinique to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. She was towed in to Gibraltar. |
| J. Blenkhorn | Belgium | The ship ran aground on the Spykerplaat, off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Antwerp. |
| Jessie | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Dudgeon Sand, in the North Sea. She was refloated and assisted in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire in a leaky condition. |
| John Chrystal | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the New Inlet. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |
| Josephine | France | The ship was wrecked near the mouth of the Semani. She was on a voyage from Trieste to Cette, Hérault. |
| Juanita | United States | The steamship ran aground at Havana, Cuba. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Philadelphia. |
| Kate | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Gut of Canso before 14 February. |
| Lancefield | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Walsoorden, Zeeland. She was on a voyage from Falmouth to Antwerp. |
| Margaret Porter | United Kingdom | The schooner departed from Carlingford, County Louth for Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Marietta D. | Austria-Hungary | The ship was wrecked at "Rismago", north of Zanzibar. She was on a voyage from Trieste to Rismago |
| Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore at Dunwich, Suffolk. She was refloated and taken in to Southwold, Suffolk. |
| Mary Ellen | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Blasket Islands, County Kerry. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to Liverpool. |
| Merenso | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Waterford. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to "Duggan". |
| Meta Elizabeth | Germany | The barque was driven ashore at Grenaa, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom to Dantzic. |
| Minerva | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground. She was refloated and taken in to Waterford in a leaky condition. |
| Minerva | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Belfast Lough. She was on a voyage from Troon to Dublin. She was refloated and towed in to Belfast. |
| M. M'Farland | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Sandy Hook, New Jersey. she was on a voyage from New York to Liverpool. She was refloated and put back to New York in a leaky condition. |
| Montreal | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Cienfuegos, Cuba to Boston, Lincolnshire. |
| Olan Cristino | Italy | The ship was wrecked at Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire. |
| Palmerston | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked 25 nautical miles (46 km) east of Galle, Ceylon. |
| Palmyra | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground off Cape Scalla, Cephalonia, Greece before 14 February. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Ancona, Italy. She was refloated and taken in to Corfu. |
| Penniman | Canada | The ship was wrecked at Port Royal, Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida, United States to Kingston, Jamaica. |
| Pera | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at London. She was on a voyage from Callao to London. She was refloated and docked. |
| République | France | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from "Le Marc" to New York. |
| Revision,and an Unnamed vessel | United Kingdom Flag unknown | The brigs ran aground on the Cockle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and sank with the loss of all hands. |
| Rising Star | United States | The steamship ran aground at Sandy Hook. She was on a voyage from New York to Aspinwall, United States of Colombia. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Roseland | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Fowey, Cornwall. She was refloated. |
| Sanguinetti | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore at Gallipoli. She was refloated. |
| Scheldex | Belgium | The ship ran aground near Antwerp. She was refloated. |
| Schoonderloo | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore at Brouwershaven, Zeeland She was on a voyage from Java, Netherlands East Indies to Brouwershaven. She was refloated with the assistance of four tugs. |
| Sergei | Russia | The ship ran aground and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Lisbon to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated and completed her journey. |
| Shamrock | United Kingdom | The ship, a brig or a tug, was driven ashore at Belfast. She was refloated on 8 February. |
| Sikh | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in South Bay, County Wexford. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Bombay, India. She was refloated the next day with assistance from the tug Ruby ( United Kingdom) and resumed her voyage. |
| Simon | France | The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Bône, Algeria to Dunkerque. |
| Speedaway | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Cárdenas, Cuba before 15 January with the loss of her captain. |
| Spirit of the North | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Calicut, India. She was refloated the next day. |
| Starling | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Maplin Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated. |
| Thomas Dryden | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Coloradoes, off the coast of Cuba. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Havana. She was refloated and completed her voyage. |
| Thor | Norway | The steamship was abandoned in ice off "Winga". She was on a voyage from Bergen to Gothenburg, Sweden. She was taken in to Gothenburg on 1 March. |
| Titan | Flag unknown | The steamship was destroyed by fire at Savannah-la-Mar, Jamaica before 6 February. |
| Trident | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Nieuwesluis, Zeeland. She was on a voyage from London to Antwerp. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Trois Freres | France | The ship was driven ashore at "Cavoni" and capsized. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure to Port of Spain, Trinidad. |
| Udola | United States | The ship was driven ashore near Barnegat, New Jersey. She was on a voyage from Catania, Sicily, Italy to New York. |
| Ulster | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the barque Albert Gallatin ( United States) and foundered between 8 and 21 February. Ulster was on a voyage from Dunkerque to Liverpool. |
| Violet | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked in the Ryukyu Islands before 15 February. All 72 people on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Yokohama, Japan to Hong Kong. |
| Wave | United Kingdom | The ketch was wrecked between 4 and 7 February with the loss of both crew. She was on a voyage from Brixham to Dartmouth, Devon. The wreck was towed in to Dartmouth. |
| William | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Rye, Sussex to Seaham, County Durham. She was refloated and put back to Rye. |
| William IV | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Whitford Sands, off the coast of Glamorgan. |