# List of shipwrecks in 1872

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

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1872 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Annie Scott | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Shanghai, China on "31 September" for Hiogo, Japan. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Black Diamond | South Australia | The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked between Moonta and Wallaroo. |
| Braunstone | United Kingdom | The steamship was abandoned at sea between 9 January and 15 July. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Pacasmayo, Peru. |
| Correo de Lebu | Chile | The ship was wrecked on the south coast of Chile. |
| Chuckiang | China | The steamship was wrecked in the Hainan Strait. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Shanghai. |
| Clarence | New South Wales | The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked between Bald Hill and "Norogora". She was on a voyage from Sydney to Port Macquarie |
| Coryphæus | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Aila, Ottoman Syria. At least five crew survived. |
| Don Leandro | Flag unknown | The 86-ton two-masted lumber schooner was wrecked. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service. |
| Doon | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in the South China Sea. Her crew took to two boats. Six crew in one of the boats were rescued by the barque Veritas ( Sweden). Those in the other boat were reported missing. |
| Elizabeth Fry | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked between 26 January and 9 February. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Fanny Campbell | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Banks Islands. Her crew were rescued. |
| Glenmark | United Kingdom | The clipper left Lyttelton Harbour, New Zealand, for Gravesend, Kent in early 1872 with a cargo of wool and fifty people on board. Presumed foundered with the loss of all on board. |
| Hannah Bloomfield | New South Wales | The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Cleveland Bay, Queensland. |
| Huntsman | United Kingdom | The sealer, a brig was lost in ice off Cape St. Charles, Newfoundland Colony with the loss of 45 of her 61 crew. |
| James Merriman | Flag unknown | The barque was wrecked in the Torres Strait. |
| Lola Montes | Queensland | The ship was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Brisbane to Cleveland Bay. |
| Maggie Wright | United States | The ship was destroyed by fire at Kingston, Jamaica on 9 August or 9 September. |
| Mohican | United States | The decommissioned steam sloop-of-war sank at her moorings at Mare Island Navy Yard in Vallejo, California, during the second half of the year. She was refloated, beached, and scrapped. |
| Panther | Flag unknown | The steamer was lost in the vicinity of "Squan Beach," a term used at the time for the coast of New Jersey, United States 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. |
| Petrel | New South Wales | The schooner was wrecked in the New Hebrides. |
| USS Picket Boat No. 5 | United States | The torpedo boat was lost. |
| Russia | United States | The steamship struck a sunken rock and sank in Lake Erie off Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada in November or December. She was refloated, repaired and returned to service. |
| Sarah Anne Blanche | Tasmania | The ship was wrecked. |
| Sarah M. | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean between 9 April and 13 May. Her crew were rescued by Bucephalus ( Newfoundland Colony). Sarah M. was on a voyage from Penarth, Glamorgan to Quebec City, Canada. |
| Solarie Brignardello | Italy | The ship was lost off Cape Horn, Chile. Her crew were rescued. |
| Sophie | United States | The ship was wrecked on Honshu, Japan with the loss of two of her crew. |
| Sunshine | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Richibucto, New Brunswick, Canada for Liverpool in late November or early December. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Suwo Nada | Flag unknown | The steamship was lost in the South China Sea.Her crew were rescued. |
| Theophile Marie | France | The ship departed from Brest, Finistère for Gloucester, United Kingdom between 12 October and 15 November. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Ticonderoga | United States | The clipper was wrecked off the coast of India. |
| Tuhlee | China | The tug was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Fuzhou to Shanghai. |
| Waimea | New South Wales | The steamship was wrecked in the Richmond River. |
| William J. Dale | United States | The fishing schooner was lost returning from the Bay of Islands, Newfoundland, in November 1872, but never reached port. Lost with all 9 hands. |
| Young Australian | South Australia | The paddle tug sank at the mouth of the Roper River. |