title: List of shipwrecks in 1870
text: # List of shipwrecks in 1870
  
  The list of shipwrecks in 1870 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1870.
  
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  List of shipwrecks: unknown date 1870 :
  
  | Ship | Country | Description |
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  | Alarm | Newfoundland Colony | The sealer was sunk by ice. |
  | Alice | New South Wales | The brigantine was driven ashore. |
  | Aurora | New Zealand | The schooner was driven ashore at Timaru. |
  | B. C. Schriviner | 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. |
  | Betsy | New Zealand | The cutter left Napier bound for Auckland and was never seen again. |
  | Cessina | New South Wales | The ship was wrecked on Flinders Island, Tasmania. She was on a voyage from Newcastle to Adelaide, South Australia. |
  | Challenger | United Kingdom | The brig collided with the steamship Avoca ( South Australia and sank in Port Phillip Bay. |
  | Charles Edward | New Zealand | The steamship struck a rock near Hokitika and sank. |
  | Clarissa | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Tahiti. |
  | Colonist | New South Wales | The ship ran aground on the Elizabeth Reef. She was on a voyage from Sydney to New Caledonia. |
  | Countess of Sheffield | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in the Torres Strait. |
  | Dolphin | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean off the Canary Islands with loss of life. Five survivors took to the jolly boat, according to a message in a bottle that washed up at Southport, Lancashire on 23 March. |
  | Edward Edgar | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Valentia Island, County Cork according to a message in a bottle that washed up at Ilfracombe, Devon in September. |
  | Eli Whitney | United States | The ship was wrecked on Tahiti. She was on a voyage from Newcastle, New South Wales to San Francisco, California. |
  | Gilman D. King | 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. |
  | Highlander | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Newcastle, New South Wales. |
  | Il'mena | Imperial Russian Navy | The ship sank. She was refloated by means of air bags. |
  | Jane | New Zealand | The schooner was lost whilst on a voyage from the Bay of Islands to Thames. |
  | Jeanie Oswald | South Australia | The ship ran aground in the Fitzroy River. She was on a voyage from Adelaide to Rockhampton, Queensland. She was consequently condemned. |
  | John Collins | 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. |
  | Lagos | United Kingdom | The sailing barge was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean after 31 August. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Lagos, Africa. |
  | Layard | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked at Timaru. |
  | Leon | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire in Chichora Bay and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Valparaíso, Chile. |
  | Lizzie Lane | Unknown | The sloop 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. |
  | Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Callao, Peru to Queenstown, County Cork. |
  | Metch | Imperial Russian Navy | The gunboat sank at Tranzund, Grand Duchy of Finland. She was refloated by means of air bags. |
  | Myrtle | United States | The schooner was wrecked in the Aleutian Islands late in 1870. |
  | Othello | Newfoundland Colony | The sealer was sunk by ice. |
  | Pocumtuck | United States | The fishing schooner was run ashore near Ship Harbor, Nova Scotia. Condemned and sold. |
  | Scudd | 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. |
  | Star of the East | New Zealand | The steamship was lost near Napier. |
  | Stormbird | New South Wales | The schooner was abandoned off Green Cape. |
  | Summer Cloud | New South Wales | The ship was wrecked in Wreck Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Melbourne, Victoria to Newcastle. |
  | United Brothers | Newfoundland Colony | The sealer was sunk by ice. |
  