# List of shipwrecks in 1871

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