# List of shipwrecks in April 1871

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

## 1 April

List of shipwrecks: 1 April 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eglantine | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on the Haisborough Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to the West Indies. |
| Illimani | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on "Staten Island", Cape Colony. Her crew were rescued. |
| Tynemouth Castle | United Kingdom | The steamship ran ashore 35 nautical miles (65 km) west of the entrance to the Bosphorus. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to a British port. Tynemouth Castle was refloated but had to be beached. Although declared a total loss, She was refloated and taken in to Beicos Bay. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The fishing vessel capsized and sank off Eastbourne, Sussex with the loss of one of her two crew. |

## 2 April

List of shipwrecks: 2 April 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| A. F. Lindberg | United States | The fishing schooner was lost in a gale on the Georges Bank. All 11 crew were killed. |
| B. K. Hough | United States | The fishing schooner was lost in a gale on the Georges Bank. All 11 crew were killed. |
| Seaman's Pride | United States | The fishing schooner lost on the Georges Bank in a gale. All 10 crew were killed. |
| William Murray | United States | The fishing schooner was lost in a gale on the Georges Bank. All 11 crew were killed. |

## 3 April

List of shipwrecks: 3 April 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Apphia | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Gonaïves, Haiti for Falmouth, Cornwall. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Exley | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. |
| Hooghly | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London. She was refloated and put back to Calcutta. |
| Mentana | France | The ship capsized at Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. |
| Pierre Arsène | France | The ship was wrecked at Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, Manche. |
| Scotland | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to London. She was refloated with assistance the next day and resumed her voyage. |
| Seaton | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Southend, Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Dunkerque, Nord, France. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug. |

## 4 April

List of shipwrecks: 4 April 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albania | United Kingdom | The barque was sighted in the Atlantic Ocean (50°11′N 15°58′W﻿ / ﻿50.183°N 15.967°W﻿ / 50.183; -15.967) whilst on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to the West Indies. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Amazone | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Bremen, Germany. |
| Borrowdale | United Kingdom | The brig foundered off the Smalls Lighthouse, Cornwall, according to a message in a bottle which washed up at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk on 8 May. |
| British Workman | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground. She was refloated and taken in to Brouwershaven, Zeeland, Netherlands in a leaky condition. |

## 5 April

List of shipwrecks: 5 April 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Catharina | Netherlands | The galiot was driven ashore at Cowes, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to Cowes. |
| Charlotte | New Zealand | The cutter ran aground and was wrecked at Tahaenui Beach, near Nūhaka, New Zealand. |
| Jane | New Zealand | The 19-ton ketch was wrecked at Kemp Point, near Cape Jackson in New Zealand's Marlborough Sounds. |
| Jason | Netherlands | The full-rigged ship ran aground in the Hillegat. She was on a voyage from Batavia, Netherlands East Indies to Rotterdam, South Holland. |
| Precursor | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Buenos Aires, Argentina for Iquique, Chile. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Rose | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Pennington Spit, off the coast of Hampshire. She was on a voyage from Lymington, Hampshire to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |

## 6 April

List of shipwrecks: 6 April 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Blandina | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Boston, Massachusetts, United States. |
| British Lion, and Clifford | Canada United Kingdom | British Lion collided with Clifford and sank in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Montreal, Quebec. Clifford was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Dundee, Forfarshire. She put in to Portsmouth, Hampshire in a severely damaged and leaky condition. |
| Dan | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Agger, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Arendal, Norway ton Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham. |
| Merrie England | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Pacific Ocean. Her crew were rescued by a French barque. |
| Narval | French Navy | The Narval-class aviso ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was refloated with assistance from Atalante ( French Navy) two tugs and several luggers (all United Kingdom). |
| Times | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore at Dundee, Forfarshire. She was on a voyage from Dundee to South Shields, County Durham. |
| Young John | United Kingdom | The ship sank in the River Trent near the Keadby Bridge. She was on a voyage from Gainsborough, Lincolnshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |

## 7 April

List of shipwrecks: 7 April 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bella Donna | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew took to a boat; they were rescued two days later by Bridgewater ( United Kingdom). Bella Donna was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Londonderry. |
| Young Eagle | United States | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |

## 8 April

List of shipwrecks: 8 April 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Catharina | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Bembridge, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and towed in to Cowes, Isle of Wight in a severely leaky condition. |
| Malabar | Germany | The ship departed from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States for London, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| S. R. Watson | United States | The tug capsized and sank at Chicago, Illinois with the loss of four of her six crew. |

## 9 April

List of shipwrecks: 9 April 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Freya | Sweden | The barque was abandoned off the coast of the Newfoundland Colony (41°04′N 60°20′W﻿ / ﻿41.067°N 60.333°W﻿ / 41.067; -60.333). Her crew were rescued by the steamship Iowa ( United Kingdom). Freya was on a voyage from New York, United States to Cronstadt, Russia. She was towed back to New York by Iowa. |
| Illimani | United Kingdom | The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by the barque Titan ( Germany). Illimani was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Portland, Oregon, United States. |

## 10 April

List of shipwrecks: 10 April 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Courier | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Pico Island, Azores. She was on a voyage from Benin City, Africa to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Dale | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground near Brouwershaven, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Memel, Germany to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated on 13 April and taken in to Rotterdam. |
| Earl of Devon | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the River Dee and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Saltney, Cheshire. |
| Ida E. | Canada | The brig was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by Jenny Berteaux ( France). Ida E. was on a voyage from St. Martins to Lockport, New York, United States. |

## 11 April

List of shipwrecks: 11 April 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aios Georgios | Greece | The ship collided with another vessel and sank in the Mediterranean Sea. Her crew were rescued. |
| H. F. Eaton | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Cuerero ( Argentina). H. F. Eaton was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Baltimore, Maryland, United States. |
| Laura | Germany | The ship was driven ashore north of Vindava Courland Governorate. |

## 13 April

List of shipwrecks: 13 April 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Coronation | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with the steamship Firth ( United Kingdom) and sank with the loss of her captain. Four crew were rescued by Firth. Coronation was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to Ipswich, Suffolk. |
| Unnamed | Cwm Avon | The schooner was wrecked at Rhoscolyn, Anglesey. |
| Deodata | Norway | The ship was wrecked at Memel, Germany. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Torrevieja, Spain to Memel. |
| Valdarno | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Rhoscolyn with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Matanzas, Cuba to the Clyde. |
| Vixen | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at "Crigill", 12 nautical miles (22 km) from Holyhead, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Woodbridge, Suffolk to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 14 April

List of shipwrecks: 14 April 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Conqueror | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Cork Head, County Cork. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Harker Brothers | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Cork Head. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belize City, British Honduras to Liverpool. |
| Queen of Clippers | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Overstrand, Norfolk. She was refloated on 17 April and resumed her voyage. |

## 15 April

List of shipwrecks: 15 April 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aarhus | Denmark | The steamship was driven ashore near "Elfsborg". She was later refloated. |
| Sapphire | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on Alligator's Reef. |

## 16 April

List of shipwrecks: 16 April 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| County of Ayr | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore near Brouwershaven, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from "Pasarœang", Netherlands East Indies to Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland. |
| Gertrude | Germany | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near "Steensort". She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Riga, Russian Empire. She was consequently condemned. |
| Matanzas | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Adele and Marie ( France). Matanzas was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Cartagena, Spain. |
| Victoria | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Kristianopel, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Påskallavik, Sweden to Copenhagen, Denmark. |

## 17 April

List of shipwrecks: April 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amity | United Kingdom | The Thames barge was run ashore in a sinking condition at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. She was on a voyage from London to Colchester, Essex. |
| Caroline, and Virgo | United Kingdom | The fishing boat Caroline and the schooner Virgo collided. Caroline sank. Virgo was on a voyage from King's Lynn, Norfolk to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She put back to King's Lynn and was beached. |
| Cleopatra | Italy | The steamship was holed by an anchor and sank at Livorno. |
| Eliza Everett | United Kingdom | The ship struck rocks and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. She was refloated and put in to the Clyde. |
| HMS Immortalité | Royal Navy | The Emerald-class frigate ran aground at Greenwich, Jamaica. She was on a voyage from Kingston to Port Royal. She was refloated on 19 April with assistance from HMS Cadmus and HMS Volage (both Royal Navy). |
| Leonore | Germany | The ship ran aground on the Kentish Knock. She was on a voyage from Bremerhaven to Trinidad de Cuba, Cuba. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition. |
| Mennettha | Flag unknown | The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Livorno, Italy to Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands. |
| Racklam | Germany | The schooner was driven ashore at North Berwick, Lothian, United Kingdom. |
| Sea Flower | United Kingdom | The ship collided with a steamship and sank off the Mull of Galloway, Wigtownshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Belfast, County Antrim. |

## 18 April

List of shipwrecks: 18 April 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Felix Estivant | France | The barque was driven ashore at Ardrossan, Ayrshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated. |
| Gallino and Bonsignore | Italy | The ship was driven ashore at the North Foreland, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent. |
| Huydecoker | Netherlands | The ship ran aground in the Hellegat. She was on a voyage from Brouwershaven to Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland. |
| Stella Maris | Canada | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Liverpool, Nova Scotia. |

## 19 April

List of shipwrecks: 19 April 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mary Stewart | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Inishbofin, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Letterkenny, County Donegal to Galway. |
| Nimble | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground at Santos, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Santos to Sombrero, Anguilla. |
| Pearl | United Kingdom | The smack struck the Chicken Rock and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Letterkenny, County Donegal. |
| Royal Arthur | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at the Hook Lighthouse, County Wexford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Tropic | United Kingdom | The barque foundered 60 nautical miles (110 km) off the Scottish coast. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to a Spanish port. |
| Zulmira | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Castletown, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 20 April

List of shipwrecks: 20 April 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alexandria | Denmark | The schooner struck the Mackintosh Rock, in the Firth of Clyde and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated on 26 May. |
| Alster | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Lemon and Ower Sands. Her crew were got aboard the Lemon and Ower Lightship ( Trinity House). Alster was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to the Nieuwe Diep. She floated off the next day and sank. |
| Amelia | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at "Kilroom". She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Dublin. She was refloated and towed in to Belfast, County Antrim. |
| Brenda | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Longhope, Orkney Islands. |
| Cornish Diamond | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on the Mixon Shoal in the Bristol Channel with the loss of two of her crew. |
| Hammond | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Killard Point, County Down. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Maryport, Cumberland. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The brigantine ran aground on the Barber Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Janet | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Clyde upstream of Bowling, Dunbartonshire. She was on a voyage from "Couran" to Calcutta, India. |
| Jolund | Norway | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at North Berwick, Lothian, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. |
| John Spear | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Star Queen ( United Kingdom). John Spear was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida to Hartlepool, County Durham. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The schooner sank in the River Tywi. She was on a voyage from Carmarthen to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated on 22 May. |
| Merrimac | United States | The ship collided with the steamship Aleppo ( United Kingdom) 100 nautical miles (190 km) off Boston, Massachusetts and was abandoned, presumed to have sunk. Her crew were rescued by Aleppo. Merrimac was on a voyage from Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay to Boston. |
| Trioner | Norway | The brig was driven ashore at Macduff, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom. Her nine crew were rescued by the Banff Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Westervik. |

## 21 April

List of shipwrecks: 21 April 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Camilla | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean (44°27′N 8°26′W﻿ / ﻿44.450°N 8.433°W﻿ / 44.450; -8.433). Her twelve crew were rescued by J. B. Gray ( United Kingdom). Camilla was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Trieste. |
| Janet Cowas | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Calcutta, India. She was refloated. |
| Samuel E. Sawyer | United States | The schooner was lost at Sandy Hook,Magdalen Islands. Crew saved. |

## 22 April

List of shipwrecks: 22 April 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Blanche | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground on the Kaloot Sand. |
| Gothen | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States to the Kingroad. |
| Halyma | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship Agnes Jack ( United Kingdom) and sank 20 nautical miles (37 km) off Ouessant, Finistère, France. Her crew were rescued by Agnes Jack. Halyma was on a voyage from Saint-Nazaire, Ille-et-Vilaine, France to Sunderland, County Durham. |
| Pole Star | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the River Mersey at Bootle, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Valparaíso, Chile to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and put in to Birkenhead, Cheshire. |
| Richard Brown | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground in the River Foyle. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Troon, Ayrshire. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and was towed back to Londonderry in a leaky condition. |
| Volante | United Kingdom | The brig foundered off Nash Point, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Mataró, Spain. |

## 23 April

List of shipwrecks: 23 April 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Auxilar | United Kingdom | The ship was damaged by fire at Falmouth, Cornwall. The fire was extinguished with assistance from HMS Ganges ( Royal Navy). |
| Kestrel | United Kingdom | The steamship was run down and sunk off the Dudgeon Sandbank, in the North Sea by the steamship Frankland ( United Kingdom). All on board were rescued by the steamship Eugenie ( United Kingdom). Kestrel was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| St. Thomas Packet | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated with assistance and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent in a leaky condition. |

## 24 April

List of shipwrecks: 24 April 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Collingwood | United Kingdom | The steamship departed from Suez, Egypt for Bombay, India. Subsequently foundered in a typhoon with the loss of all 28 people on board. |
| Cwmavon | United Kingdom | The schooner sank off Rhoscolyn, Anglesey. She was on a voyage from Port Talbot, Glamorgan to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Edla | Sweden | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked near Bamburgh Castle, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 9 May and towed in to the River Tyne. |
| Hunsingo | Germany | The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to China. |

## 25 April

List of shipwrecks: 25 April 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Delight | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground at Cardiff, Glamorgan. |
| Deveron | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Hela, Germany. She was on a voyage from Dantzic, Germany to London. |
| Gipsey | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground at Cardiff. |
| Julie | Germany | The schooner was driven ashore at Westkapelle, West Flanders, Belgium. |
| McGregor | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground at Cardiff. |
| Star | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground at Cardiff. |

## 26 April

List of shipwrecks: 26 April 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Union | United Kingdom | The schooner was beached south of Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Findhorn, Moray. |

## 27 April

List of shipwrecks: 27 April 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albion | United Kingdom | The brig foundered in the Irish Sea off the Bahama Lightship ( Trinity House). Her crew were rescued. Albion was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Newport, Monmouthshire. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Hayle, Cornwall. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Hayle. |
| Indian Queen | United States | The brig foundered off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina with the loss of all hands, according to a message in a bottle that washed up on the coast of Virginia. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Baltimore, Maryland. |

## 28 April

List of shipwrecks: 28 April 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Ryde, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Waterford. |
| Mearnshire | United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked at Johnshaven, Aberdeenshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire. |

## 29 April

List of shipwrecks: 29 April 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anna | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Nieuwezand and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued by a pilot boat. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands. She had been refloated by 1 May and resumed her voyage. |
| Emma | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) north west of Clovelly, Devon Her crew were rescued. |
| Haparanda | Sweden | The ship ran aground and capsized at Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Middlesbrough. She was righted. |

## 30 April

List of shipwrecks: 30 April 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jenny | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim to Runcorn, Cheshire. |
| Laurel | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the River Aln. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to Alnwick, Northumberland. |
| Rover | United Kingdom | The tug ran aground in Liverpool Bay. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in April 1871 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Active | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Fjällbacka, Sweden before 17 April. |
| Aigle | France | The ship was driven ashore at Brest, Finistère. She was on a voyage from Granville, Manche to Brest. |
| Albert | Germany | The ship was driven ashore on Scharhörn. She was on a voyage form Cuxhaven to Lagos, Africa. She was refloated. |
| Ann | Canada | The ship was lost "at the Sisters". She was on a voyage from Ponce, Puerto Rico to Halifax Nova Scotia. |
| Annchen | Germany | The ship was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Lübeck. |
| Arab | United States | The schooner was lost off Cape Cod. crew saved. |
| Arabia | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Hooghly River. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to Bombay, India. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Archibald | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Fowey, Cornwall. |
| Asia | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Bremerhaven, Germany. She was on a voyage from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Bremerhaven. She was refloated. |
| Black Prince | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides. |
| Carmen | Spain | The ship was wrecked at the mouth of the Rhône. She was on a voyage from Mallorca to Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France. |
| Christana | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Trelleborg, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Ystad, Sweden. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Conway Castle | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Akyab, Burma. She was refloated. |
| Cordelia | United Kingdom | The barquentine ran aground on the Brigantine Shoals. |
| Cynthia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated and towed to Montrose, Forfarshire. |
| Dauntless | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Aberdeen. She was refloated and taken in to Kalmar, Sweden. |
| Deo Gloria | Germany | The ship was driven ashore at Eitzenloch. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Bremen. |
| Dilawur | India | The ship ran aground at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from Bombay to Havre de Grâce. |
| Ebron | Italy | The barque was wrecked near Zengg, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia with the loss of four of her crew. |
| Elida | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from "Saby" to Lillesand, Norway. She was refloated and taken in to Fredrikshavn, Denmark in a leaky condition. |
| Eliza Hector, or Eliza Hunter | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean before 20 April. Her crew were rescued by the schooner Emma Canada. Eliza Hector was on a voyage from New Guernsey, Solomon Islands to London. |
| Ernst | Germany | The ship ran aground in the Eider. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne. |
| Hannah H. | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Folly Reef. She was on a voyage from Morant Bay, Jamaica to London. |
| Hazard | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Falmouth, Cornwall. |
| Hiram | Germany | The barque ran aground on the Middelgrunden. |
| Isabella Brown | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Saugor, India. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Colombo, Ceylon to Calcutta, India. |
| Isis | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on Taylor's Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Jane Ann | New Zealand | The ketch left Greymouth, New Zealand and was not sighted again. Wreckage was recovered from the sea near Haumuri Bluff in early June which proved to be from the Jane Ann. No trace of her crew were ever found. |
| Johanna Sophie | Russia | The schooner was driven ashore and sank at "Everingen". She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Middlesbrough to Rendsburg. |
| John White | Canada | The schooner was wrecked on Nashawena Island, Massachusetts, United States with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from the Cape Verde Islands to Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Joseph Dodds | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at St. Stephen's Point, in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Odessa, Russia. She was refloated on 26 April. |
| Joseph Weir | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Barnegat, New Jersey. She was on a voyage from the West Indies to New York. |
| Lesage | France | The ship was wrecked near Zanzibar. She was on a voyage from Zanzibar to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. |
| Lucida | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Petit Manan Point, Maine. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship was beached at Plymouth, Devon. She was on a voyage from Teignmouth, Devon to Runcorn, Cheshire. |
| Maria | Sweden | The ship ran aground and was damaged at Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Trelleborg to Hellevoetsluis. She was refloated and taken in to Hellevoetsluis. |
| Maria J. Moore | United States | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic to Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Marie | France | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at La Calle, Algeria. |
| Martha Norbon | Netherlands | The ship ran aground at "Harbins". She was refloated and taken in to Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. |
| Mary Lloyd | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. |
| Mercury | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at the "Asiatic Castle". She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Constantinople. |
| Minna | Germany | The ship was driven ashore at Rügenwaldermünde. She was refloated. |
| Minnie Arnold | Canada | The ship was abandoned at sea in a waterlogged condition. She was on a voyage from Port Medway, Nova Scotia to Saint Kitts. |
| Nanny | United Kingdom | The ship was severely damaged at Guadeloupe. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Guadeloupe. |
| Nelson | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked in the Niger River. |
| P. D. Donicke | Germany | The barque was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. sHe was on a voyage from Hartlepoolto Stettin. |
| Port Glasgow | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by Jamsetjee Cursetjee ( India). Port Glasgow was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Quebec City, Canada. |
| Pretty Julia | United Kingdom | The schooner capsized at Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
| Prins Frederik | Denmark | The ship ran aground at "Stockosk". She was on a voyage from Visby, Sweden to Copenhagen. |
| Raswell | United States | The schooner was wrecked in the Desolation Islands. |
| Regent | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground at Heraclia, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Gemlik, Ottoman Empire to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. She was refloated and towed in to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire in a severely leaky condition. |
| Sabrina | United Kingdom | The ship was holed by ice and beached on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. |
| Sebaldus | Germany | The ship was driven ashore at Leba. She was on a voyage from Kiel to Dantzic. |
| Sisters | | The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Nova Scotia to Barbadoes. |
| Socrates | United Kingdom | The barquentine was driven ashore near Puntales, Spain. |
| Splendid | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Minatitlán, Mexico to Bremen. She was refloated and taken in to Bremen. |
| Spring | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and sank at Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Ipswich, Suffolk to Fraserburgh. |
| St Giorgio | Trieste | The ship was driven ashore at "Vojuzza". She was on a voyage from Trieste to Alexandria, Egypt. |
| Sunbeam | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Rangoon, Burma. |
| Tartar | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on Toby's Bank. She was on a voyage from Demerara, British Guiana to a British port. |
| Vigil | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked near Holyhead, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. |
| Virginia Dare | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Satilla, Georgia. She was on a voyage from Satilla to Monte Video, Uruguat. |
| Volta | Gibraltar | The ship ran aground and was wrecked at a port in Morocco. |
| Waterwitch | United States | The ship was driven ashore in Pocomoke Sound. She was on a voyage from Mayagüez, Puerto Rico to Baltimore. She was later refloated. |
| Wavelet | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Cape Cod, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from Portland, Maine to Cárdenas, Cuba. |
| William Muir | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Currituck, North Carolina. She was on a voyage from Puerto Rico to Baltimore. |
| Windau | Russia | The ship was driven ashore at Riga. She was on a voyage from Riga to Devonport, Devon. She was later refloated. |
| Wind Flower | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire at sea. Her crew were rescued by Glencorse ( United Kingdom). Wind Flower was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to Falmouth. |