# List of shipwrecks in 1870

The list of shipwrecks in 1870 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1870.
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List of shipwrecks: unknown date 1870 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alarm | Newfoundland Colony | The sealer was sunk by ice. |
| Alice | New South Wales | The brigantine was driven ashore. |
| Aurora | New Zealand | The schooner was driven ashore at Timaru. |
| B. C. Schriviner | 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. |
| Betsy | New Zealand | The cutter left Napier bound for Auckland and was never seen again. |
| Cessina | New South Wales | The ship was wrecked on Flinders Island, Tasmania. She was on a voyage from Newcastle to Adelaide, South Australia. |
| Challenger | United Kingdom | The brig collided with the steamship Avoca ( South Australia and sank in Port Phillip Bay. |
| Charles Edward | New Zealand | The steamship struck a rock near Hokitika and sank. |
| Clarissa | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Tahiti. |
| Colonist | New South Wales | The ship ran aground on the Elizabeth Reef. She was on a voyage from Sydney to New Caledonia. |
| Countess of Sheffield | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in the Torres Strait. |
| Dolphin | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands with loss of life. Five survivors took to the jolly boat, according to a message in a bottle that washed up at Southport, Lancashire on 23 March. |
| Edward Edgar | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Valentia Island, County Cork according to a message in a bottle that washed up at Ilfracombe, Devon in September. |
| Eli Whitney | United States | The ship was wrecked on Tahiti. She was on a voyage from Newcastle, New South Wales to San Francisco, California. |
| Gilman D. King | 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. |
| Highlander | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Newcastle, New South Wales. |
| Il'mena | Imperial Russian Navy | The ship sank. She was refloated by means of air bags. |
| Jane | New Zealand | The schooner was lost whilst on a voyage from the Bay of Islands to Thames. |
| Jeanie Oswald | South Australia | The ship ran aground in the Fitzroy River. She was on a voyage from Adelaide to Rockhampton, Queensland. She was consequently condemned. |
| John Collins | 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. |
| Lagos | United Kingdom | The sailing barge was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean after 31 August. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Lagos, Africa. |
| Layard | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked at Timaru. |
| Leon | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire in Chichora Bay and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Valparaíso, Chile. |
| Lizzie Lane | Unknown | The sloop 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. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Queenstown, County Cork. |
| Metch | Imperial Russian Navy | The gunboat sank at Tranzund, Grand Duchy of Finland. She was refloated by means of air bags. |
| Myrtle | United States | The schooner was wrecked in the Aleutian Islands late in 1870. |
| Othello | Newfoundland Colony | The sealer was sunk by ice. |
| Pocumtuck | United States | The fishing schooner was run ashore near Ship Harbor, Nova Scotia. Condemned and sold. |
| Scudd | 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. |
| Star of the East | New Zealand | The steamship was lost near Napier. |
| Stormbird | New South Wales | The schooner was abandoned off Green Cape. |
| Summer Cloud | New South Wales | The ship was wrecked in Wreck Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Melbourne, Victoria to Newcastle. |
| United Brothers | Newfoundland Colony | The sealer was sunk by ice. |