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The '''list of shipwrecks in 1872''' includes [[ship]]s sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during [[1872]].
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==January==
{{see|List of shipwrecks in January 1872}}

==February==
{{see|List of shipwrecks in February 1872}}

==March==
{{see|List of shipwrecks in March 1872}}

==April==
{{see|List of shipwrecks in April 1872}}

==May==
{{see|List of shipwrecks in May 1872}}

==June==
{{see|List of shipwrecks in June 1872}}

==July==
{{see|List of shipwrecks in July 1872}}

==August==
{{see|List of shipwrecks in August 1872}}

==September==
{{see|List of shipwrecks in September 1872}}

==October==
{{see|List of shipwrecks in October 1872}}

==November==
{{see|List of shipwrecks in November 1872}}

==December==
{{see|List of shipwrecks in December 1872}}

==Unknown date==
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|ship=''Annie Scott''
|flag={{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|civil}}
|desc=The ship departed from [[Shanghai]], [[Qing dynasty|China]] on "31 September" for [[Hiogo]], [[Empire of Japan|Japan]]. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.<ref name=Times170473>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=17 April 1873 |issue=27666 |page=11 |column=F }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Black Diamond'' 
|flag={{flag|South Australia|1870}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] was driven ashore and wrecked between [[Moonta, South Australia|Moonta]] and [[Wallaroo, South Australia|Wallaroo]].<ref name=GH060872/>
}}
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|ship=''Braunstone''
|flag={{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|civil}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] was abandoned at sea between 9 January and 15 July. She was on a voyage from [[Cardiff]], [[Glamorgan]] to [[Pacasmayo]], Peru.<ref name=Times160772>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=16 July 1872 |issue=27430 |page=7 |column=E }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Correo de Lebu'' 
|flag={{flag|Chile}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on the south coast of Chile.<ref name=LM150173>{{Cite news |title=Shipping |newspaper=Liverpool Mercury |location=Liverpool |date=15 January 1873 |issue=7796 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Chuckiang'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Qing dynasty|1862}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] was wrecked in the [[Hainan Strait]]. She was on a voyage from [[British Hong Kong|Hong Kong]] to [[Shanghai]].<ref name=GH020472>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=2 April 1872 |issue=10064 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Clarence'' 
|flag={{flag|New South Wales|1870}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] was driven ashore and wrecked between [[Bald Hill (Australia)|Bald Hill]] and "Norogora". She was on a voyage from [[Sydney]] to [[Port Macquarie]]<ref name=GH060872/>
}}
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|ship=''Coryphæus'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked at [[Aqaba|Aila]], [[Ottoman Syria]]. At least five crew survived.<ref name=MP261072>{{Cite news |title=Naval and Military Intelligence |newspaper=Morning Post |location=London |date=26 October 1872 |issue=30853 |page=5 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Don Leandro''
|flag=Flag unknown
|desc=The 86-ton two-masted [[lumber]] [[schooner]] was wrecked. She was refloated, repaired, and returned to service.<ref>[http://scubagonewild.com/documents/Encyclopedia%20of%20Civil%20War%20Shipwrecks%20-%20(Malestrom).pdf Gaines, W. Craig, ''Encyclopedia of Civil War Shipwrecks'', Louisiana State University Press, 2008] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101129144606/http://scubagonewild.com/documents/Encyclopedia%20of%20Civil%20War%20Shipwrecks%20-%20(Malestrom).pdf |date=29 November 2010 }}, {{ISBN|978-0-8071-3274-6}}, p. 27.</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Doon'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost in the [[South China Sea]].<ref name=GH190372>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=19 March 1872 |issue=10052 }}</ref> Her crew took to two boats. Six crew in one of the boats were rescued by the [[barque]] ''Veritas'' ({{flag|Sweden|1844}}). Those in the other boat were reported missing.<ref name=S010572>{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=1 May 1872 |issue=14899 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Elizabeth Fry'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked between 26 January and 9 February. She was on a voyage from [[New Orleans]], Louisiana, United States to [[Liverpool]], [[Lancashire]].<ref name=GH100272/>
}}
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|ship=''Fanny Campbell'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|civil}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked in the [[Banks Islands]]. Her crew were rescued.<ref name=GH060872>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=6 August 1872 |issue=10172 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''[[Glenmark (ship)|Glenmark]]'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|civil}}
|desc=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.<ref name=SNZD184>Ingram & Wheatley, p. 184.</ref> 
}}
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|ship=''Hannah Bloomfield'' 
|flag={{flag|New South Wales|1870}}
|desc=The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Sydney to [[Cleveland Bay (Queensland)|Cleveland Bay]], [[Queensland]].<ref name=GH110772/>
}}
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|ship=''Huntsman''
|flag={{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|civil}}
|desc=The [[seal hunting|sealer]], a [[brig]] was lost in ice off [[Cape St. Charles]], [[Newfoundland Colony]] with the loss of 45 of her 61 crew.<ref name=Times140572>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Loss of a Greenock Sealer |date=14 May 1872 |issue=27376 |page=13 |column=E }}</ref><ref name=Times220572>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Intelligence |date=22 May 1872 |issue=27383 |page=5 |column=A }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''James Merriman''
|flag=Flag unknown
|desc=The [[barque]] was wrecked in the [[Torres Strait]].<ref name=Times190372>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=19 March 1872 |issue=27328 |page=12 |column=E }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Lola Montes'' 
|flag={{flag|Queensland|1870}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked. She was on a voyage from [[Brisbane]] to Cleveland Bay.<ref name=GH110772/>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Maggie Wright'' 
|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}
|desc=The ship was destroyed by fire at [[Kingston, Jamaica]] on 9 August or 9 September.<ref name=GH300972>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=30 September 1872 |issue=10219 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{USS|Mohican|1859|2}}
|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}
|desc=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. 
}}
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|ship=''Panther'' 
|flag=Flag unknown
|desc=The [[Steamship|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, New Jersey|Manasquan]] and sometimes for the {{convert|7|mi|km|adj=on}} stretch of coast between [[Manasquan Inlet]] and [[Cranberry Inlet]] or for the entire coast of New Jersey between [[Sea Girt, New Jersey|Sea Girt]] and [[Barnegat Inlet]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://njscuba.net/sites/site_lavallette.php |title=njscuba.net "Lavallette Wreck" |access-date=1 March 2020 |archive-date=23 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223173713/https://njscuba.net/sites/site_lavallette.php |url-status=dead }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Petrel'' 
|flag={{flag|New South Wales|1870}}
|desc=The [[schooner]] was wrecked in the [[New Hebrides]].<ref name=GH200272>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=20 February 1872 |issue=10028 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{USS|Picket Boat No. 5}}
|flag={{Flagu|United States|1867}}
|desc=The [[torpedo boat]] was lost.<ref>[http://scubagonewild.com/documents/Encyclopedia%20of%20Civil%20War%20Shipwrecks%20-%20(Malestrom).pdf Gaines, W. Craig, ''Encyclopedia of Civil War Shipwrecks'', Louisiana State University Press, 2008] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101129144606/http://scubagonewild.com/documents/Encyclopedia%20of%20Civil%20War%20Shipwrecks%20-%20(Malestrom).pdf |date=29 November 2010 }}, {{ISBN|978-0-8071-3274-6}}, p. 186.</ref>
}}
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|ship={{SS|Russia|1872|2}}
|flag={{Flag|United States|1867}}
|desc=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.
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Sarah Anne Blanche'' 
|flag={{flagicon|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland}} [[Tasmania]]
|desc=The ship was wrecked.<ref name=GH110772>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=11 July 1872 |issue=10150 }}</ref>
}}
{{shipwreck list item
|ship=''Sarah M.''
|flag={{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|civil}}
|desc=The ship foundered in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] between 9 April and 13 May. Her crew were rescued by ''Bucephalus'' ({{flagicon|Newfoundland}} [[Newfoundland Colony]]). ''Sarah M.'' was on a voyage from [[Penarth]], [[Glamorgan]] to [[Quebec City]], Canada.<ref name=Times170572>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=17 May 1872 |issue=27379 |page=7 |column=F }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Solarie Brignardello''
|flag={{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy|civil}}
|desc=The ship was lost off [[Cape Horn]], Chile. Her crew were rescued.<ref name=Times010572>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=1 May 1872 |issue=27365 |page=12 |column=D }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Sophie''
|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}
|desc=The ship was wrecked on [[Honshu]], Japan with the loss of two of her crew.<ref name=Times050372>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=5 March 1872 |issue=27316 |page=10 |column=E }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Sunshine''
|flag={{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|civil}}
|desc=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.<ref name=Times100473>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Latest Shipping Intelligence |date=10 April 1873 |issue=27660 |page=6 |column=E }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Suwo Nada'' 
|flag=Flag unknown
|desc=The [[steamship]] was lost in the South China Sea.Her crew were rescued.<ref name=S070272>{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=7 February 1872 |issue=14827 |page=7 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Theophile Marie'' 
|flag={{flag|France}}
|desc=The ship departed from [[Brest, France|Brest]], [[Finistère]] for [[Gloucester]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]] between 12 October and 15 November. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.<ref name=S280273>{{Cite news |title=Mercantile Ship News |newspaper=The Standard |location=London |date=28 February 1873 |issue=15159 |page=7 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=[[Ticonderoga (clipper)|''Ticonderoga'']] 
|flag={{Flag|United States|1867}}
|desc=The [[clipper]] was wrecked off the coast of [[British Raj|India]].
}}
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|ship=''Tuhlee'' 
|flag={{flagcountry|Qing dynasty|1862}}
|desc=The [[tugboat|tug]] was wrecked. She was on a voyage from [[Fuzhou]] to Shanghai.<ref name=GH100272>{{Cite news |title=Shipping Intelligence |newspaper=Glasgow Herald |location=Glasgow |date=10 February 1872 |issue=10020 }}</ref>
}}
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|ship=''Waimea'' 
|flag={{flag|New South Wales|1870}}
|desc=The [[steamship]] was wrecked in the [[Richmond River]].<ref name=GH190372/>
}}
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|ship={{SV|William J. Dale||2}} 
|flag={{flag|United States|1867}}
|desc=The fishing schooner was lost returning from the [[Bay of Islands (Newfoundland and Labrador)|Bay of Islands]], [[Newfoundland]], in November 1872, but never reached port. Lost with all 9 hands.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.downtosea.com/1851-1875/wjdale.htm |title= The William J. Dale |publisher=downtothesea.com |access-date=5 July 2021}}</ref>
}}
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|ship={{PS|Young Australian||2}}
|flag={{flag|South Australia|1870}}
|desc=The [[paddle steamer|paddle]] [[tugboat|tug]] sank at the mouth of the [[Roper River]].
}}
{{shipwreck list end}}

==References==
===Notes===
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===Bibliography===
*Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) ''Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936.'' Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association.

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