# List of shipwrecks in June 1872

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

## 1 June

List of shipwrecks: 1 June 1872 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jeanette Marianne | Netherlands | The ship departed from Lagos, Africa for Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Little Hirondelle | United Kingdom | The yacht was run down and sunk off Folkestone, Kent by the collier Surprise ( United Kingdom). All three people on board were rescued by Surprise. |

## 2 June

List of shipwrecks: 2 June 1872 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Isa | United Kingdom | The steamship departed from Galle, Ceylon for Cardiff, Glamorgan. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Lady Duff | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Abertay Sands, off the mouth of the River Tay and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by the tug Sensation ( United Kingdom). Lady Duff was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Dundee, Forfarshire. |

## 3 June

List of shipwrecks: 3 June 1872 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Inflexible | France | The schooner collided with Glenhuntly ( United Kingdom) and foundered in the English Channel off The Lizard, Cornwall, United Kingdom. |

## 4 June

List of shipwrecks: 4 June 1872 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Carrie Fischer | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Cow Head, Newfoundland Colony. |

## 6 June

List of shipwrecks: 6 June 1872 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Tees | United Kingdom | The hulk, a former Conway-class post ship used as a floating church, sank at Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Brazil Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashir. She was refloated. |

## 7 June

List of shipwrecks: 7 June 1872 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ems, and Schwan | Germany | The steamship Ems collided with Schwan in the Weser and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Bremen. Schwan put back to Bremen in a leaky condition. |
| Georgiana | United Kingdom | The schooner was run into by the steamship Rotterdam ( Netherlands) in the Belfast Lough. Rotterdam towed her in to Belfast, County Antrim, where she sank. She was refloated on 13 June. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Elbow End Bank, off the mouth of the River Tay. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Dundee, Forfarshire. She was refloated but consequently had to be beached at Buddon Ness. She was refloated and towed in to Dundee in a severely leaky condition. |
| Unnamed | France | The schooner was driven ashore in the Scheldt at Doel, East Flanders, Belgium. |

## 8 June

List of shipwrecks: 8 June 1872 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Unnamed | Greece | The ship was run down and sunk off Cape Maleas by the steamship Mid-Surry ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued by Mid-Surry. |

## 9 June

List of shipwrecks: 9 June 1872 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| John Phillips | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off the Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued by Acorn. John Phillips was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Demerara, British Guiana. |

## 11 June

List of shipwrecks: 11 June 1872 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| St. François | France | The ship ran aground off "Solis", Uruguay and was wrecked. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to Montevideo, Uruguay. |

## 13 June

List of shipwrecks: 13 June 1872 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Emma Annie | United Kingdom | The schooner struck a rock off the North Bishops and sank. Her crew were rescued by Nora Cain ( United Kingdom). Emma Annie was on a voyage from Caernarfon to London. |

## 14 June

List of shipwrecks: 14 June 1872 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amity | United Kingdom | The smack was wrecked in the River Dovey. Both crew were rescued by the Aberdovey Lifeboat Royal Berkshire ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). |
| Eliza O'Keefe | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Seville, Spain to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| France | France | The steamship ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River and had to be beached. She was on a voyage from Montreal to Quebec City, Canada. |
| Rose and Mary | United Kingdom | The brig was run down and sunk in Lough Foyle by the steamship Prussian ( United Kingdom). Her crew were rescued. Rose and Mary was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Londonderry. |

## 15 June

List of shipwrecks: 15 June 1872 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cromwell | United Kingdom | The barque sprang a leak and sank off Cape Finisterre, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Almería, Spain to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Clarence | New South Wales | The steamship was driven ashore between Bald Hill and Port Macquarie. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Port Macquiarie. |
| Leo | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore. She was refloated and put back to Sunderland, County Durham. |

## 16 June

List of shipwrecks: 16 June 1872 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Guadiara | Spain | The steamship suffered a boiler explosion and sank at Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France with the loss of 56 of the 85 people on board. |
| Nevada | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in Roche's Bay. Her passengers were taken off. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Tuskar | United Kingdom | The steamship ran ashore on Stroma, Caithness. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Liverpool. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage. |

## 17 June

List of shipwrecks: 17 June 1872 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| City of Paris | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked at Ouistreham, Calvados, France. |
| Clara | Sweden | The brig collided with the brig Christien ( Denmark) and was abandoned in the Irish Sea 25 nautical miles (46 km) west of Holyhead, Anglesey, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. Clara was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Riga, Russia. |
| Prince Alfred | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore on Spike Island, County Cork. She was refloated. |
| Wild Wave | United Kingdom | The brigantine struck rocks and was run ashore at Sandyland, County Down. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated and towed in to Belfast, County Antrim in a severely leaky condition. |

## 18 June

List of shipwrecks: 18 June 1872 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Conflict | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire at sea. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Dundee, Forfarshire. She arrived at Dundee on 27 June in a severely damaged condition. |

## 19 June

List of shipwrecks: 19 June 1872 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Kate | New Zealand | The 27-ton schooner went onshore and was wrecked south of the mouth of the Whanganui River. All hands survived. |
| Kingaloch | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Shagstone, off the coast of Devon and sank. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The scow was run down and sunk in the Clyde at Bowling, Dunbartonshire by the steamship Eddystone ( United Kingdom). Her crew survived. |

## 20 June

List of shipwrecks: 20 June 1872 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Tweedsdale | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Pequot ( France). Tweedsdale was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was subsequently set afire. |

## 21 June

List of shipwrecks: 21 June 1872 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aldate | Portugal | The schooner sank. Her crew were rescued by Battasara ( United Kingdom). |
| Justicia | Germany | The galiot ran aground on the Cork Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Pärnu, Russia to Oporto, Portugal. She was refloated and assisted in to Harwich, Essex. |
| Koln | Germany | The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Bremen. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Lealdade | Spain | The ship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to the Cape Verde Islands. |
| Princess Royal | Newfoundland Colony | The schooner was wrecked on the coast of Labrador. She was on a voyage from Big Harbour, Nova Scotia, Canada to Harbour Grace. |
| Rainton | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Büyükdere, Ottoman Empire. |

## 22 June

List of shipwrecks: 22 June 1872 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Andes | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship Perière ( France) and was beached in the Clyde. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The brigantine was run into by a steam yacht and sank in the River Thames at Erith, Kent. Her crew were rescued. |

## 23 June

List of shipwrecks: 23 June 1872 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Gibraltar | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground and sank at Lisbon, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cádiz, Spain to London. |
| Glance | United Kingdom | The yacht foundered off the mouth of the Humber. Both crew were rescued by the schooner Ebony ( United Kingdom). Glance was on a voyage from Inverness to Wivenhoe, Essex. |

## 24 June

List of shipwrecks: 24 June 1872 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adalia | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on St. Paul Island, Nova Scotia, Canada and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from London to Quebec City Canada. |
| Balmacarra | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground off Langeoog, Germany and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bahia, Brazil to Bremen, Germany. |
| Franklin | Germany | The steamship was damaged by fire at New York, United States. |
| Jesmond | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship Alicante ( Spain) and sank in the Mediterranean Sea 35 nautical miles (65 km) east of Gibraltar. Her crew were rescued by Alicante. Jesmond was on a voyage from Brăila, Ottoman Empire to an English port. |
| Lamplighter | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and sank at Islandmagee, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Ayr to Neath, Glamorgan. |
| Tom Bell | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Danube. |

## 25 June

List of shipwrecks: 25 June 1872 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Marquis of Lorne | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Highbridge, Somerset. |

## 26 June

List of shipwrecks: 26 June 1872 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Germania | United States | The ship ran aground on the Burnanceira Rock, on the coast of Portugal. She was on a voyage from New York to Oporto, Portugal. She was refloated on 28 June. |
| Struggler | New Zealand | The 30-ton ketch stranded at Le Bons Bay, Banks Peninsula in a gale and became a wreck. |
| Uruguay | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Odessa, Russia to Hamburg, Germany. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |

## 27 June

List of shipwrecks: 27 June 1872 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Haidee | Jamaica | The brigantine was wrecked north of Inagua, Bahamas. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wilmington, Delaware to Jamaica. |

## 28 June

List of shipwrecks: 28 June 1872 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Astarte | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire in the South Atlantic and was abandoned by her crew. They were rescued by Baroda ( United Kingdom). Astarte was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Sarah Newman | United Kingdom | The ship was sighted in the Indian Ocean whilst on a voyage from Akyab, Burma to Liverpool. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

## 29 June

List of shipwrecks: 29 June 1872 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Erasmo | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore between Cape Spartel and Tangier, Morocco. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Livorno to New York, United States. |
| Grazietta | Italy | The ship was wrecked at Agrigento, Sicily. She was on a voyage from "Mazzarelli" to Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom. |
| Lizzie Webster | United States | The steamship was wrecked on Cozumel, Mexico. All on board survived. The wreck was plundered by the local inhabitants. |
| Prudhoe Castle | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Mohnsund. She was on a voyage from Reval to Riga, Russia. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Temperley | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Ottawa, Quebec, Canada. She was on a voyage from London to Montreal, Quebec. |

## 30 June

List of shipwrecks: 30 June 1872 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dauntless | New Zealand | The 72-ton schooner was lost towards the end of the month while en route from Tauranga to Auckland. |
| Omaha | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked in a cyclone at Saugor, India with the loss of seven of her crew. |
| Orchis | United Kingdom | The steamship was damaged in a cyclone at Calcutta, India. |
| Pekin | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore in the Hooghly River during a cyclone. She was refloated. |
| Singapore | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore in a cyclone at Saugor. She was on a voyage from China to Calcutta, India. She was refloated on 6 July and taken in to Calcutta. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in June 1872 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adalia | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked on St. Paul Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Montreal, Quebec, Canada. |
| Alexandria | United States | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. |
| Bengal | Flag unknown | The steamship was driven ashore at Aden. She was refloated with assistance from a steamship and resumed her voyage. |
| Bentinck | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Grand-Popo, Dahomey. |
| California | United Kingdom | The steamship sank in the Strait of Georgia before 22 June. She was on a voyage from San Francisco, California to Sitka, Department of Alaska. |
| Chester | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at "Stefano Point". She was refloated. |
| Corning | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Bombay, India. |
| Cremona | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Dry Tortugas before 4 June. she was on a voyage from Galveston, Texas, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated. |
| Dhollerah | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire at sea before 11 June. All on board were rescued by Perle (Flag unknown). Dhollerah was on a voyage from London to Adelaide, South Australia. |
| Dorchester | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Wellfleet, Massachusetts. She was on a voyage from "Trepansto" to Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Eliza and Mary | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the River Parrett. She was on a voyage from Highbridge, Somerset to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was refloated and placed under repair. |
| Emigrant | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Greenock, Renfrewshire. She was towed in to Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. |
| Excelsior | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground on the Mendensand. |
| Fannie | United States | Ten Years' War: The steamship was captured and burnt in Cuba with about half of the 56 filibusters killed or take prisoner. Her cargo of war materials was seized. |
| Florence | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Key Verde. |
| Gape | Canada | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Miquelon. She was on a voyage from Pictou, Nova Scotia to Saint John, New Brunswick. |
| George R. Upton | United States | The ship was wrecked near Norfolk, Virginia. |
| Gertrude | Norway | The ship was driven ashore at Kaskinen, Grand Duchy of Finland. |
| Gibraltar | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked at Lisbon, Portugal before 27 June. She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to London. |
| Gioga | Germany | The ship sank. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Hamburg. |
| Golden Hind | United States | The ship was wrecked on Charles Island, Galapagos Islands with the loss of thirteen of her 21 crew. Survivors were later rescued by the schooner Eagle ( Falkland Islands). |
| Harriet Irving | United States | The ship was wrecked at Laguna de los Padres, Argentina with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to Valparaíso, Chile. |
| Harvest Queen | United States | The ship ran aground at Goiânia, Brazil. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Hibernia | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at "Lake St. Peter". She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Halifax, Nova Scotia. |
| Idaho | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Victoria, British Columbia, Canada before 22 June. She was refloated. |
| John Barden | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at "Jellah Coffee", Dahomey. |
| John Millar | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 11 June. |
| John Mitchell | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 9 June. |
| Karen | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Point Pleasant, New Jersey, United States. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Halifax. |
| Killara | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore on the South Wall. She was on a voyage from Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands to Goole, Yorkshire. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at "Stefano Point". She was refloated. |
| Mayflower | United Kingdom | The skiff foundered between Rùm and Coll. She was on a voyage from Loch Boisdale to the Crinan Canal. |
| Mizpah | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Blakeney, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Malta. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Need | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore at Fowey, Cornwall. |
| Nicholas Etienne Jeune | France | The ship was lost near Lagos. |
| Otter | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Huckerplatt, off the coast of Zeeland, Netherlands. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Recordate | Austria-Hungary | The steamship ran aground at Yeisk, Russia and was abandoned by her crew. |
| Saxonia | Germany | The ship ran aground off Schulan. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Hamburg. She was refloated and completed her voyage. |
| Schiedam | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Pagensand, in the North Sea and sank. |
| St. Andrews | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Hare Island. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Quebec City. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| St. Paul | France | The ship was lost near Lagos. |
| Tunsin | China | The steamship was driven ashore in the Yangtze. She was refloated and taken in to Shanghai. |
| Twee Gebroders | Germany | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea off Heligoland. Her five crew were rescued by the steamship Minerva ( United Kingdom). |
| Valparaiso | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire at Rangoon, Burma and was scuttled. She was refloated. |
| W. Mosher | Canada | The ship was damaged by fire at Quebec City. |