title: List of shipwrecks in 1873
text: # List of shipwrecks in 1873
  
  The list of shipwrecks in 1873 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1873.
  
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  List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in 1873 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
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  | Alexander Oldham | United States | The sidewheel paddle steamer was lost during 1873. |
  | Alsager | United Kingdom | The ship was scuttled by her crew. Three of them were taken to Auckland, New Zealand for trial. |
  | Arapiles | Spanish Navy | The ironclad ran aground off the coast of Venezuela. Subsequently refloated and taken to New York, United States for repairs. |
  | Artigas | United Kingdom | The steamship was lost in January or February. All on board were rescued. |
  | Blanche Thomas | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Blanche Rock and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Sydney, New South Wales. |
  | Bridgetown | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore at Fremantle, Western Australia. She was refloated. |
  | Claude Hamilton | New Zealand | The steamship was wrecked after 24 October. She was on a voyage from Wellington to Melbourne, Victoria. |
  | Dlhiot | Flag unknown | The schooner was wrecked on Easter Island. Her crew were rescued. |
  | Elizabeth Kimball | United States | The ship was wrecked on Norfolk Island. |
  | Ellen Martin | United Kingdom | The schooner beached on Summerlease Point Cliffs, north Cornwall, while attempting to enter the harbour at Bude. Her crew was taken off by breeches buoy and the ship's figurehead was in the captain's garden for many years. |
  | Emmilienne | France | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Fremantle. |
  | George S. Wright | United States | The steamship was wrecked on the coast of Oregon with the loss of all on board. She was on a voyage from Sitka, Department of Alaska to San Francisco, California. |
  | Georgette | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Fremantle. She was refloated. |
  | Norman | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked at Yantai, China with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Nagasaki, Japan to Yanti. |
  | Ocean Express | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned off Cape Horn, Chile. Her crew were rescued. |
  | Parame | France | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked. She was on a voyage from Manila, Spanish East Indies to Queensland. |
  | Spray | United Kingdom | The ship foundered. Two of her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Niuzhuang, China to Nagasaki. |
  | Tecite | France | The ship was lost at Nouméa, New Caledonia. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Nouméa. |
  | William Thomas | United States | The ship was wrecked on Easter Island. |
  