# List of shipwrecks in October 1874

The list of shipwrecks in October 1874 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during October 1874.

## 1 October

List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Argonaut | United Kingdom | The barque foundered in a typhoon 50 nautical miles (93 km) east of Formosa. All nineteen people on board were rescued by a French barque. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Yokohama, Japan. |
| Bertha | France | The barque ran aground at Cap-Haïtien, Haiti and was severely damaged. |
| Charles | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore near "Oestley" She was on a voyage from Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland to Kalmar. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Saba | Italy | The brig foundered in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Belle of Lagos ( United Kingdom). Saba was on a voyage from New York, United States to Limerick, United Kingdom. |
| Surprise | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Kessingland, Suffolk. |
| Wallachia | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Schwartzonen Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Lybster, Caithness to Altona, Germany. |

## 2 October

List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cavalier | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Liverpool. She was refloated and taken in to the River Mersey. |
| Crighton | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at "Ottchakoff", Russia. She was on a voyage from Odessa to Nicolaieff. She was refloated the next day with the assistance of a tug and taken in to Nicolaieff. |
| Dee, Hawkesbury, Jane, Limehouse, Ready and Tilbury | United Kingdom | The tug Ready was towing the barges Dee, Hawkesbury, Jane, Limehouse and Tilbury in the Regent's Canal through Regent's Park when Tilbury exploded and was obliterated with the loss of her three crew, also destroying the Macclesfield Bridge. Limehouse sank; her crew survived. The other barges were damaged. The keel of Ready ended up embedded in a house 300 yards (270 m) from the site of the explosion. At least two buildings were destroyed and many others were severely damaged. London Zoo sustained damage. A number of animals were killed and several birds escaped due to broken glass. |
| Ebenezer | United Kingdom | The ship sank at South Shields, County Durham. |
| Invincible | United Kingdom | The fishing yawl was run down and sunk by a schooner off Scarborough, Yorkshire. Her crews were rescued by the yawls Nonpareil and Thetis (both United Kingdom). |
| Isabella, and John and Eliza | United Kingdom | The ship Isabella collided with the sloop John and Eliza ( United Kingdom off St. Bees Head, Cumberland and was beached. John and Eliza was also beached. She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire to Workington, Cumberland. |
| Mariner | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea (54°24′N 4°16′E﻿ / ﻿54.400°N 4.267°E﻿ / 54.400; 4.267). Her crew were rescued by the steamship Commissarat ( Russia). Mariner was on a voyage from Harburg, Germany to Arbroath, Forfarshire. |
| Mary Cole | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore near Workington. |
| Richard Brown | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Portrush, County Antrim. She was refloated the next day. |
| Salus | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Whitehaven, Cumberland with the loss of a crew member. Also reported ashore at Workington. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Isle of Whithorn, Wigtownshire with the loss of a crew member. |

## 3 October

List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alexandra | United Kingdom | The smack departed from West Hartlepool, County Durham for Glückstadt, Germany. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of both crew. |
| Isabella Wilson | United Kingdom | The schooner departed from Leith, Lothian for Harburg, Germany. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all five crew. |
| Otto | Russia | The ship was driven ashore at "Areby". She was on a voyage from Riga to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 7 October and taken in to Kalmar. |
| United Brothers | New Zealand | The 50-ton schooner beached at Papakaio Point, 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) north of Oamaru after taking on water during a heavy sea. She became a complete wreck. |

## 4 October

List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Comet, or Courier | United Kingdom | The steamship struck the Plough Seat Rock. She put in to Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland in a leaky condition and sank there. She was refloated on 7 October. Subsequently taken in to the River Tyne for repair. |
| Unnamed | France | The lugger was driven ashore at North Somercotes, Lincolnshire. She was refloated. |

## 5 October

List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ermenegilda Danovara | Flag unknown | The ship put in to Pernambuco, Brazil on fire and was scuttled. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Valparaíso, Chile. She was later refloated. |

## 6 October

List of shipwrecks: 6 October 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Annie Barker | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Crosby, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Paraíba, Brazil to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Dandy ( United Kingdom) and taken in to Liverpool in a leaky condition. |
| Annie Frost | United Kingdom | The ship collided with the paddle steamer Tynwald ( Isle of Man) in the River Mersey and was damaged. Annie Frost was on a voyage from Liverpool to Madras, India. |
| Isis | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at "Foova". She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Maid of Erin | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Portavogie, County Down. She was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland to Dublin. |
| Maypocho | United Kingdom | The ship was sighted in the Pacific Ocean whilst on a voyage from Liverpool to Valparaíso, Chile. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all 21 people on board. |
| Meteor | Canada | The steamship was lost at the entrance to the Strait of Canso. She was on a voyage from Sydney, Nova Scotia to Summerside, Newfoundland Colony. |
| Neptune | Norway | The ship was driven ashore on the east coast of Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Christiania. She was refloated and taken in to Kalmar, Sweden. |
| Queen | United Kingdom | The brigantine was abandoned in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to South Shields, County Durham. She was subsequently towed in to "Lohnestranden". |
| Sir William Pulteney | Guernsey | The brig was wrecked on the Newcombe Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. Her fifteen crew were rescued by the Kessingland Lifeboat Bolton ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution) and a yawl. Sir William Pulteney was on a voyage from South Shields to Cherbourg, Manche, France. |
| Uncle Joe | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the River Avon. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Key West, Florida, United States. |
| Violette | France | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in Mount's Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure to Newport, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom. |
| Wave | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Gullholmen, Norway with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Christiania to a British port. |

## 7 October

List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Capiolani | Flag unknown | The barque was wrecked on a reef off Oeni Island. All nineteen people on board reached the island in boats. They were rescued on 10 October by the full-rigged ship Horsa ( United Kingdom). Capiolani was on a voyage from Brisbane, Queensland to San Francisco, California, United States. |
| Caroline Louise | Norway | The brig was driven ashore at Farsund. She was refloated and found to be leaky. |
| Dart | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Southwick, Sussex. |
| Earl St. Vincent | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in South Ardwell Bay, Wigtownshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Creetown, Wigtownshire. |
| Janet Jacob | Netherlands | The ship ran aground near Farsund. She was on a voyage from Memel, Germany to "Stornziel". |
| Lionne | France | The schooner foundered off Cape Finisterre, Spain. Her crew were rescued. |
| Marathon | United States | The fishing schooner foundered in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland with the loss of all but two of her crew. The survivors were rescued from a boat on 14 October by the steamship Greece ( United Kingdom). |

## 8 October

List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Bloomer | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Dromore Point, County Down. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Belfast, County Antrim. She was refloated and taken in to Dromore. |
| Concord | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Falsterbo, Sweden. She was on a voyage from West Hartlepool, County Durham to Dantzic, Germany. She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark for repairs. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Sound of Islay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Orkney Islands to Campbeltown. |
| Enterprise | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Rauma, Grand Duchy of Finland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from West Hartlepool, County Durham to Pori, Grand Duchy of Finland. |
| Euploea | Germany | The barque ran aground and was wrecked at Farsund, Norway. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Memel to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was refloated and towed in to Farsund. |
| Flying Childers | United Kingdom | The tug sank at Belfast. |
| Mochrum Lass | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Bay of Luce. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Workington, Cumberland to Portwilliam, Wigtownshire. |
| Rover | Isle of Man | The sloop deoarted from Whitehaven, Cumberland for Peel. Subsequently foundered with the loss of all three crew. Wreckage from the ship washed up at Jurby. |
| Thistle | United Kingdom | The sloop departed from Whitehaven for Ramsey, Isle of Man. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Titus | United Kingdom | The Mersey Flat sank at Liverpool, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Garston to Liverpool. |
| Tonia | Norway | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Farsund. She was on a voyage from Fredrikstad to Antwerp, Belgium. |
| Vesuvius | Netherlands | The steamship ran aground in the Maas at Brouwershaven, Zeeland. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Rotterdam, South Holland. She was refloated on 30 October and taken in to Rotterdam for repairs. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Luce Bay. |

## 9 October

List of shipwrecks: 9 October 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Constantino Lapante | Russia | The full-rigged ship was run into by the steamship Northfield ( United Kingdom) and sank at "Kavak". |
| Gertrude | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Jordan Flats, in Liverpool Bay. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Prince of Wales and the Liverpool Lifeboat. Gertrude was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. She was refloated and towed in to the River Mersey. |
| Glenroy | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore 30 nautical miles (56 km) south of Suez, Egypt. |
| Grand Duchess | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Saugor, India. Her crew were reported missing. she was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Calcutta, India. |
| Jessie Ann | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground and sank at Ayr. |
| John and Henry | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at the Point of Ayre, Isle of Man. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Swansea, Glamorgan. She was refloated on 14 October and taken in to Ramsey, Isle of Man. |
| Lavinia | Flag unknown | The schooner was driven ashore on Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Norrköping, Sweden to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated and put back to Norrköping in a leaky condition. |
| Munin | United Kingdom | The steamship sprang a leak and was beached at Rock Ferry, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated the next day and taken in to Garston, Lancashire. |
| Rientse | Germany | The brig ran aground near Tønsberg. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Stettin. |
| Shandon | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Anticosti Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her crew were rescued by Abram Young ( Canada). Shandon was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Quebec City, Canada. |

## 10 October

List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Christian | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore near Glengad Head, County Mayo. |
| Duke of Wellington | United Kingdom | The barque put in to Bowmore, Islay in a waterlogged condition. She was on a voyage from Onega, Russia to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was taken in to for Liverpool by the tug Fiery Cross ( United Kingdom) on 14 October. |
| Falcon | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned off Inchcape, Fife. Her crew were rescued by the pilot cutter Dee ( United Kingdom). Falcon was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Cullen, Moray. |
| Haas | Norway | The brig ran aground at Oporto, Portugal. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Oporto. |
| Joven Thomas | Portugal | The barque ran aground at Oporto. She was on a voyage from New York to Oporto. |
| St. Helena | France | The barque was wrecked at "Haelloe". She was on a voyage from Calais to Drøbak, Norway. |
| Swan | United Kingdom | The Mersey Flat sank off Bromborough, Cheshire. |
| Wave | United Kingdom | The smack sprang a leak and foundered off Lamlash, Isle of Arran. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Greenock, Renfrewshire. |
| Whitby | United Kingdom | The brigantine ran aground at Orfordness, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Goole, Yorkshire to London. She was refloated and found to be leaky. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The schooner capsized 20 nautical miles (37 km) south east by east of Gorgona Island, Italy. |

## 11 October

List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Arconera | Germany | The ship ran aground 16 nautical miles (30 km) south of Pillau. She was refloated and taken in to Pillau. |
| Carmania | United Kingdom | The ship was sighted whilst on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire for Valparaíso, Chile. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Emulous | New Zealand | The ship ran aground north of Oamaru and was wrecked. |
| Louisa | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Ryde, Isle of Wight. She was on a voyage from Bône, Algeria to Dunkerque, Nord, France. She was refloated the next day. |
| Swan | United Kingdom | The Mersey Flat sank off Bromborough, Cheshire. |

## 12 October

List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aurora | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Maassluis, South Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from London to Rotterdam, South Holland. She was refloated and subsequently taken in to Rotterdam. |
| Beecher Stowe | United Kingdom | The barque struck a sunken wreck and was damaged. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Barcelona, Spain. She put back to South Shields in a leaky condition. |
| Deutsche Kaiser | Germany | The steamship ran aground at the Tre Kronor Battery, Malmö, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to London, United Kingdom. She was refloatted and put in to Copenhagen, Denmark for examination. |
| Ellida Johanne | Sweden | The ship collided with Johanna Catharina ( Sweden) and foundered. Her crew were rescued Ellida Johanne was on a voyage from an English port to Trelleborg. |
| Glenearn | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore near "Abooderage Point", Egypt. She was on a voyage from London to Singapore, Straits Settlements. |
| Ida | Russia | The ship was run into by the steamship Vendsyssel ( Belgium in the Humber and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Oulu, Grand Duchy of Finland to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She was taken in to Hull in a waterlogged condition. |
| Marie Bertha | Norway | The brig was driven ashore at Vardø. |
| Maud | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground off Farø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to London. |
| Minna | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Roches Point, County Cork. She was refloated. |
| Sumus | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Maas. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Rotterdam. |

## 13 October

List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eliza Jones | United Kingdom | The brig drove ashore at Blyth, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Sunderland, County Durham. |
| Hannah | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Cézembre, Ille-et-Vilaine, France. |
| Huntley-Berner | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Lågskär, Åland, Grand Duchy of Finland with the loss of four of her crew. She was on a voyage from Swinemünde, Germany to Gävle, Sweden. |
| Kaituna | New Zealand | The 47-ton ketch left Akaroa for Oamaru with a crew of four and was last seen off Banks Peninsula. Wreckage thought to have been from the Kaituna was later found off Le Bons Bay, Banks Peninsula, suggesting that she foundered shortly after leaving Akaroa. |
| Norah Greame | United Kingdom | The ship departed from the River Mersey for Bombay, India. No further trace presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The schooner ran aground in Liverpool Bay. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The brigantine ran aground on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. |

## 14 October

List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Candahar, and Kingsbridge | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ships collided in the English Channel 10 nautical miles (19 km) off The Lizard, Cornwall. Kingsbridge foundered with the loss of eleven of the 31 people on board. She was on a voyage from London to Sydney, New South Wales. Candahar was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from London to Melbourne, Victoria. She put in to Falmouth, Cornwall in a severely leaky condition. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at St. Ubes, Portugal. |
| Ellida | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Noorsgrund, in the Baltic Sea and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Luleå, Sweden to London. |
| Familieus Horab | Flag unknown | The brig was driven ashore on the coast of Suffolk, United Kingdom. |
| James McGee | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Campbeltown, Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Belfast, County Down. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The schooner was run into by the barque Bella ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Bristol Channel off Lundy Island, Devon. Her crew were rescued by Bella. Mary was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Topsham, Devon. |
| Posie | United Kingdom | The brigantine struck the Ringfad Rocks, off the coast of County Down and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ardglass, County Down to Sagua La Grande, Cuba. |
| Theda | German Empire | The ship sank at Larvik, Norway. Her crew were rescued. |
| Tyra | Denmark | The schooner was driven ashore at Egersund, Norway. |

## 15 October

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alfreda, and Volunteer | United Kingdom | The steamship Thames ( United Kingdom) collided with the Thames barge Alfreda whilst avoiding a collision with the Thames barge Sisters ( United Kingdom) in the River Thames at Erith, Kent. Alfreda sank with the loss of all four people on board. Thames then collided with the Thames barge Volunteer, which also sank. Her crew survived. |
| Alert | United Kingdom | The fishing smack was run down and sunk in the North Sea by the full-rigged ship Edeith ( Canada) with the loss of two of her six crew. Survivors were rescued by Edeith. |
| China | United Kingdom | The steamship caught fire at Hong Kong. |
| Emanuel | Denmark | The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom. She came ashore at Lemvig on 5 December. |
| Evening Star | India | The ship was wrecked at Saugor with the loss of all but three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to Moulmein, Burma. |
| Maria | Italy | The brig foundered at sea with the loss of eleven of her thirteen crew. Survivors were rescued by an American vessel. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. |
| Susan E Voorhis | United States | The schooner was driven ashore at Diamond Harbour, India. She was on a voyage from Calcutta to Boston, Massachusetts. She was refloated on 28 October. |
| Tunstall | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Kralsand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Cuxhaven, Germany to Sunderland, County Durham. |

## 16 October

List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Buccleuch | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore near Ceuta, Spain. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Livorno, Italy. She was refloated and taken in to Gibraltar. |
| Dunkerquois | France | The steamship was driven ashore on Sandø, Norway. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord to Cronstadt, Russia. |
| Evening Star | United Kingdom | The ship foundered at Saugor, India in a typhoon with the loss of all but eleven of her crew. |
| Gesine | Germany | The lighter ran aground and sank at Bremerhaven. |
| Grand Duchess | United Kingdom | The ship foundered near the mouth of the Hooghly River in a typhoon with the loss of all hands. |
| Marquis | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the River Usk. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Newport, Monmouthshire. |
| Melton | United Kingdom | The smack ran aground off Saltfleet, Lincolnshire. |
| St. Mirren | United Kingdom | The barque departed from Troon, Ayrshire for Demerara, British Honduras. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all seventeen crew. |

## 17 October

List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eglantine Esther | France | The brig struck the wreck of Parisine (Flag unknown) off Colón, United States of Colombia and was abandoned. Her crew were rescued. |
| Hermoso Habañero | Spain | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked near Brook, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. Her eight crew were rescued by the Brook Lifeboat George and Anne ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Hermoso Habañero was on a voyage from Cienfuegos, Cuba to Bremen, Germany. |
| Lorenzo | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground off the Poolbeg Lighthouse, Dublin. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Dublin. |
| Mark That | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Sunderland, County Durham. |
| Mary Jane | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Rosscarbery, County Cork. |
| Merlin | United Kingdom | The schooner was run into by the paddle steamer Earl Spencer ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Irish Sea. Her three crew were rescued by Earl Spencer. Merlin was on a voyage from Carmarthen to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Norma | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Her crew were rescued by the barque Hercules ( Norway). Norma was on a voyage from a British port to Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada. |
| Try Again | United Kingdom | The ship was sighted off Helsingør, Denmark whilst on a voyage from Narva, Russia to Dundee, Forfarshire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| William Lindsay | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned 9 nautical miles (17 km) off the Tuskar Rock. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Bombay, India. She subsequently foundered off Wexford. |

## 18 October

List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Annie | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the West Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was refloated with the assistance of the Point of Ayr Lifeboat. |
| Go Ahead | Germany | The barque caught fire off Cape Sestos, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was towed in to the Dardanelles, where she was scuttled. Go Ahead was refloated and towed in to Copenhagen. |

## 19 October

List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alma | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at "Hammerbak". She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Stockholm, Sweden. |
| Annechina Hermina | Netherlands | The koff was wrecked near Thisted, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Memel, Germany to Leeuwarden, Friesland. |
| Industry | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire. Her crew took to the boats; they were rescued the next day by the barque Citaos (Flag unknown). Industry was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Bombay, india. |
| King Leopold | United Kingdom | The steamship departed from South Shields, County Durham for Pillau, Germany. Last sighted 15 nautical miles (28 km) east of Tynemouth Castle, Northumberland. Presumed subsequently foundered with the loss of all twenty crew. |
| Transit | United Kingdom | The steamship caught fire at Grimsby, Lincolnshire. She was on a voyage from Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France to Grimsby. |
| Vine | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Menai Strait. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Caernarfon. She was refloated and found to be leaky. |

## 20 October

List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Budget | United Kingdom | The schooner was run into by a brig and sank at Greenock, Renfrewshire. Her crew were rescued. |
| Dolphin | United Kingdom | The yacht was driven ashore and wrecked at Broughty Ferry, Forfarshire. |
| Dunrobin | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned off Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. Her five crew were rescued by the Peterhead Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Wick, Caithness. |
| Elizabeth and Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship was sighted off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire whilst on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Newport, Monmouthshire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Euxine | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the Clyde at Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire. |
| Flying Fish | United Kingdom | The yacht was driven ashore and wrecked at Broughty Ferry. |
| Maria | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Lynmouth, Devon. |
| Marinham | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned by her crew. |
| Reindeer | United Kingdom | The schooner sank off Bardsey Island, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Port Dinorwic, Caernarfonshire to London. |
| Taurus | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Hythe, Kent. |
| Viceroy | United Kingdom | The steamship departed from Hull, Yorkshire for Cronstadt, Russia. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all 25 crew. |
| Wild Rose | United Kingdom | The tug was blown onto the Black Middens, in the North Sea off the coast of County Durham. She was refloated. |
| William and Ann | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Portreath, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. |
| William and Mary | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Porthleven, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Porthleven to Plymouth, Devon. |
| Four unnamed vessels | United Kingdom | Two wherries were blown out to sea from North Shields, one of them sank. Tow other wherries sank at North Shields. |

## 21 October

List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adgillas | United Kingdom | The barque sprang a leak and foundered in the Irish Sea 18 nautical miles (33 km) off the Morecambe Bay Lightship ( Trinity House) with the loss of a crew member. Survivors reached the lighstship in the longboat and were rescued on 23 October by Prince Charlie ( United Kingdom). |
| Aid | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Shoebury Sand, in the Thames Estuary. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug. |
| Ailsa, and Annie Ada | United Kingdom | The barque Ailsa was driven from her moorings at Ayr. She collided with the schooner Annie Ada. Both vessels were severely damaged. |
| Albertine, and Sunbeam | United Kingdom | The schooners were driven together at Gourock, Renfrewshire and were both severely damaged. |
| Anna | Germany | The ship was damaged in a gale at Gourock. |
| Anna Lazzarevich | Austria-Hungary | The brig caught fire off Cape Helles, Ottoman Empire and was towed in to the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. |
| Ann Lovitt | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Ardrossan, Ayrshire. |
| Antelope, and Florence Treat | United Kingdom | The barque Florence Treat was driven from her moorings at Glasgow, Renfrewshire. She collided with the paddle steamer Gael, the steamship Arklow, the ship Guy Fawkes, the steamships Laurel and Albion, the ships Wasp, Inveraray Castle and Cygnet, the schooner Eneas, the ships Atlas (all United Kingdom) and Morning Star ( Canada) and the schooner Antelope, which was severely damaged. |
| Assyria | Canada | The barque was driven from her moorings at Glasgow and collided with the schooner Ellida ( Denmark), the brig Eugene ( France), the steamship Severn and the ship Earl of Carlisle (both United Kingdom). |
| Audax | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire. |
| Belle Star | Canada | The brigantine was partley abandoned off Troon. Five of her eight crew were rescued by the Troon Lifeboat, three remaining aboard. She was subsequently driven ashore at Troon, Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from Londonderry, United Kingdom to Troon. |
| Bessemer | United Kingdom | The paddle steamer was driven ashore at Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated. |
| Bridget Smith | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven into the brig Caroline Henrika ( Germany) and sank at Greenock. Her crew were rescued by Caroline Henrika. Bridget Smith was refloated on 24 December and taken in to Greenock for repairs. |
| Britannia | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore near Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. |
| British India | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship broke from her moorings at North Shields, Northumberland, collided with the schooner Boyne, the tugs British Warrior, Lass O'Gowrie, Rapid, Test, West Dock (all United Kingdom) and training ship HMS Castor ( Royal Navy) and ran aground on the Low Lights Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Northumberland. She was refloated with the assistance of a number of tugs and towed in to North Shields. |
| Boyne | United Kingdom | The schooner was run into by the full-rigged ship British India and broke from her moorings at North Shields. She subsequently ran aground on the Low Lights Sands. She was refloated with the assistance of a number of tugs and towed in to North Shields. |
| Caledonia | United Kingdom | The smack was driven onto the Dorling Sandbank, off the coast of Argyllshire. |
| Camden | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned off Portrush, County Antrim. Her four crew were rescued by the Portrush Lifeboat. |
| Camelia | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore at Campbeltown, Argyllshire. |
| Caroline | Sweden | The schooner was driven ashore at Fredrikshavn, Denmark. SHe was on a voyage from Kristiansand, Norway to Randers, Denmark. |
| Chusan | United Kingdom | The paddle steamer struck the Crinan Rock, off the coast of Ayrshire and broke in two with the loss of fifteen of the 52 people on board. Six of the survivors were rescued by the Ardrossan Lifeboat. The forward section was taken in to Ardrossan; the stern section sank. Chusan was on a voyage from Waterford to Glasgow, or from Glasgow to Shanghai, China. The stern section was refloated on 5 May 1875. |
| Cognac Packet | United Kingdom | The brig capsized at Jarrow, County Durham. She was later righted. |
| Commerce | United Kingdom | The brigantine foundered in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. |
| Crown Jewel, and Star of Hope | United States United Kingdom | The barque Crown Jewel was driven into the brig Star of Hope in The Downs. Both vessels were severely damaged. Crown Jewel was on a voyage from New York to Bremen, Germany. |
| Den Raske Bonde | Norway | The ship foundered off Marstrand, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Randers. |
| Devonshire | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground off Deal, Kent. She was refloated and taken in to The Downs. |
| Dunrobin | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned off the coast of Aberdeenshire. Her six crew were rescued by the Peterhead Lifeboat. |
| Dunvegan Castle | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Dunvegan, Isle of Skye, Outer Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Glasgow to Dunvegan. She heeled over and sank on 21 November during an attempt to refloat her. She was refloated on 1 September 1875. Dunvegan Castle departed from the Isle of Skye under tow on 24 October 1875, arriving at Greenock, Renfrewshire a week later. Subsequently repaired and returned to service. |
| E. C. White | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) north of Laxey, Isle of Man with the loss of four of her seven crew. She was on a voyage from Lisbon, Portugal to Ardrossan. |
| Eli | Russia | The schooner ran aground on the Low Lights Sands. She was refloated with the assistance of a number of tugs and towed in to North Shields. |
| Eliza Ann | United Kingdom | The Mersey Flat was struck by the rotating propeller of Republic ( United Kingdom), and capsized in the River Mersey off Tranmere, Cheshire. Her crew were rescued. Eliza Ann was subsequently taken in to Tranmere. |
| Ellida | Sweden | The schooner was driven ashore on "Ragoe". She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Loviisa, Grand Duchy of Finland. She was refloated with assistance and resumed her voyage. |
| Emma | Flag unknown | The brig capsized at Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. |
| Emma Eden | Guernsey | The schooner ran aground on the Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and was wrecked. Her six crew were rescued by the Kessingland Lifeboat Bolton ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Emma Eden was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Guernsey. |
| Euxine | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was driven from her moorings at Greenock. She collided with HMRC Sylph ( Board of Customs ) and was subsequently anchored at Ardmore. |
| Franklin | Norway | The barque was driven ashore at Park Point, Caernarfonshire, United Kingdom. Her twelve crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |
| Frederick | United Kingdom | The Mersey Flat was driven ashore and sank at Hoylake, Cheshire. Her crew were rescued. |
| George | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north of Workington, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Drogheda, County Louth to Workington. |
| George | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Irvine, Ayrshire. |
| George Booth | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Helensburgh. |
| Georgina | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven from her moorings at Ayr. She capsized and was wrecked. |
| Glenville | United Kingdom | The barquentine ran aground on the Barnard Sand. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Messina, Sicily, Italy. She was refloated with assistance from the Lowestoft Lifeboat and the tug Rainbow ( United Kingdom) and towed in to Lowestoft, Suffolk. Being severely leaky, she was beached. |
| Golden Gleam | United Kingdom | The schooner was beached at Ayr. |
| Haabet | Denmark | The yacht was driven ashore at Jerup. |
| Harriet | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Helensburgh. She caught fire the next day and was burnt out. |
| Hope | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and caught fire in Gare Loch. |
| Immanuel | Norway | The schooner was driven ashore at Jerup. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Aarhus, Denmark. |
| James | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Cairnryan, Wigtownshire. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan to Belfast, County Antrim. |
| Josephine | France | The schooner sank at Girvan, Ayrshire with the loss of all hands. |
| Kate | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked near Trelleborg, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Memel, Germany to Belfast and/or Drogheda, County Louth. |
| Lalla Rookh | United Kingdom | The yacht was driven ashore and wrecked in Gare Loch. |
| Liberal | United Kingdom | The brigantine was wrecked on the Woolpack Sands, in The Wash off Hunstanton Norfolk. Her five crew were rescued by the Hunstanton Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Poole, Dorset to Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. |
| Linnfern | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Airnish Point, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Liverpool. She was refloated. |
| Louis A. Surette | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven against the quayside at Ayr and was severely damaged. |
| Maju | United Kingdom | The barque sank about 12 miles (19 km) west of Stornoway, Isle of Lewis in a gale with the loss of all 24 crew. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Rangoon, British Burma. She was identified when seven bodies, three lower masts and a piece of the vessel's stern were washed ashore. |
| Maranham | United Kingdom | The barque was run into by the schooner Isabel ( United Kingdom) at Greenock and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued by Isabel. Maranham was on a voyage from Glasgow to Port Natal, Cape Colony. She was towed in to Greenock by the tug Stork ( United Kingdom). |
| Margaret Potter | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the River Philorth, Aberdeenshire. She was on a voyage from Rosehearty, Aberdeenshire to Harburg, Germany. She subsequently broke up. |
| Mary and Jane | United Kingdom | The smack was lost in Loch Eriboll. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Thurso, Caithness to Stornoway. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The paddle steamer broke in two and sank in the Atlantic Ocean (46°28′N 8°11′W﻿ / ﻿46.467°N 8.183°W﻿ / 46.467; -8.183) with the loss of three her nineteen crew. Survivors were rescued by the brig Widar ( Norway) and the brigantine Lophena ( Canada). Mary was on a voyage from Glasgow to Trinidad. |
| Moir | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned off Kinnaird Head, Aberdeenshire. Her five crew were rescued by the Fraserburgh Lifeboat Charlotte ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Moir was on a voyage from Portsoy, Aberdeenshire to Newcastle upon Tyne. She was subsequently driven ashore and wrecked at Fraserburgh. |
| Ocean | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and severely damaged on Holy Island, in the Firth of Clyde. She was refloated. |
| Pandora | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground and sank on the Barnard Sand. Her five crew were rescued by the Southwold Lifeboat and a tug. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Portsmouth, Hampshire. |
| P. J. Nevius | United Kingdom | The ship was driven against the quayside at Ayr and was severely damaged. |
| Quebec | United Kingdom | The brig was driven from her moorings at North Shields and was damaged. |
| Reine, or René | France | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore on Burial Isle, County Down, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine. |
| Sevogal | Germany | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Lemvig. She was on a voyage from Piteå, Sweden to Hull. |
| Sourabaya | United Kingdom | The floating dock was driven ashore at Helensburgh. She was refloated on 24 December and towed to Greenock for repair. |
| St. George | Russia | The lighter struck an anchor and sank at Taganrog. |
| St. Tudwall | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Porthdinllaen, Caernarfonshire. |
| Sudwall | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Port William, Wigtownshire. |
| Triumph | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven out to sea from the River Tyne with only two crew aboard. They managed to take her back into the River Tyne. |
| Tya | Sweden | The steamship ran aground at Kalmar. She was on a voyage from Kalmar to Stockholm. |
| Uncas | Norway | The brigantine was driven ashore at Girvan. Her nine crew were rescued by the Girvan Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Stavanger to Venice, Italy. |
| Venture | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore and severely damaged at Campbeltown. |
| Wein Hohenfelde | Germany | The ship was driven onto the Canada Wall. She was on a voyage from Truxillo, British Honduras. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Great Emperor ( United Kingdom) and towed in to Liverpool. |
| Wild Rose | United Kingdom | The paddle tug was driven ashore at Tynemouth, Northumberland. She was refloated. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with a brig and sank at Greenock, Renfrewshire. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea off Cullercoats, Northumberland with the loss of all hands. |
| Two unnamed vessels | Flags unknown | The brigs ran aground on the Maplin Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The ship ran aground on the Gordon Flats, in Liverpool Bay. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The ship ran aground on the Little Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. |
| Two unnamed vessels | United Kingdom | A gabbart and a yacht were driven ashore in Gare Loch. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Helensburgh. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore on Jura. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Kilmin, Argyllshire. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore in Malltraeth Bay. Her crew survived. |
| Unnamed | Isle of Man | The fishing lugger was driven ashore at Port Erin. She was refloated. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Campbeltown . |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on the Voglesand, in the North Sea off the German coast. |
| Two unnamed vessels | Flags unknown | The ships were driven ashore at Fredrikshavn. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The barque foundered in the North Sea 40 nautical miles (74 km) off the British coast with the loss of all hands. |

## 22 October

List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albert' | Germany | The ship was driven ashore at the Little Orme Head, Caernarfonshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Corpus Christi, Texas, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |
| Agnes | United Kingdom | The fishing smack was driven ashore and wrecked in Loch Hourn. |
| Annette | Norway | The ship was driven ashore at Larvik, Norway. |
| Antwerpen | Belgium | The tug collided with the steamship Gassendi ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Scheldt at Antwerp. |
| Brick | United Kingdom | The ketch was abandoned in the North Sea off the coast of Aberdeenshire. Her three crew were rescued by the Fraserburgh Lifeboat. |
| Colleen Bawn | United Kingdom | The steamship was beached near Liverpool with assistance from the tugs Lord Athlumney and Universe. She was on a voyage from Drogheda, County Louth to Liverpool. |
| Curlew | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore on the Holy Isle, in the Firth of Clyde. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Belfast, County Antrim. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore on Islay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Carrickfergus, County Antrim to Ballysadare, County Sligo. |
| Frederic and Annie | Denmark | The schooner foundered off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Aarhus to Rochester, Kent, United Kingdom. |
| Hampshire | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship Prinds Soltykoff (Flag unknown) and sank at Cardiff, Glamorgan. |
| Harkaway | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore near Shoreham-by-Sea. |
| Hey Mi Nannie | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore on the Holy Isle. |
| Hoffnung | Flag unknown | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Larvik. |
| Indien | France | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, United Kingdom. Her six crew were rescued by the Wells Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Bordeaux, Gironde. |
| Janet | United Kingdom | The fishing smack sank in Loch Duich. Her crew survived. |
| Janet Thomas | United Kingdom | The fishing smack sank at Kyleakin, Isle of Skye. Her crew were rescued. |
| Jessie Catherine | United Kingdom | The fishing smack was driven ashore in Loch Hourn. |
| Judith Milbanke | United Kingdom | The ship collided with the barque Enterprise ( Norway) and sank off Harwich, Essex. Her crew were rescued by Enterprise. Judith Milbanke was on a voyage from Whitby, Yorkshire to London. |
| Lady Fielding | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore on the coast of Argyllshire opposite the Holy Isle. She was refloated on 31 October. |
| Lene Marie | Denmark | The schooner was driven ashore at Egmond aan Zee, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Narva, Russia to Schiedam, South Holland, Netherlands. |
| Lord Howe | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Shoreham-by-Sea. |
| Louise Charlotte | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged near Tønsberg, Norway. She was refloated. |
| Maggie | United Kingdom | The steam yacht was driven ashore at Drumfin, Isle of Mull. She was refloated and taken in to Tobermory. |
| Sarah M. Smith | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground on Taylor's Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Saint John's, Newfoundland Colony to Liverpool, or from Galveston, Texas to Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire. She was refloated with the assistance of the tug Kingfisher ( United Kingdom) and towed in to Liverpool. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore in the Nieuw Diep. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The hospital ship sank at Lowestoft, Suffolk. |
| Three unnamed vessels | United Kingdom | The fishing smacks were driven ashore in Loch Hourn. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The fishing smack sank in Loch Hourn. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The fishing boat was wrecked on Shapinsay, Orkney Islands. |
| Two unnamed vessels | United Kingdom | The schooners were driven ashore in Water Sound, Orkney Islands. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore in Widewall Bay. |

## 23 October

List of shipwrecks: 23 October 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alert | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground and was wrecked on the Menem Sand, in the Elbe near Cuxhaven, Germany. |
| Alpha | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Robben Platte, in the North Sea off the German coast. She was refloated on 12 November and assisted in to the Geeste. |
| Caroline | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Copenhagen, Denmark. She was refloated and put back to Cardiff in a leaky condition. |
| Curlew | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Lindisfarne. |
| Gertrude | Germany | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Harlingen, Friesland. |
| Helene Gesina | Netherlands | The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga to Delfzijl, Groningen. |
| Johanna Elizabeth | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Lemvig, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Narva, Russia to Harlingen, Friesland. |
| Juno | United Kingdom | The ship was severely damaged in a typhoon. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Yantai, China. She put back to Hong Kong but was consequently condemned. |
| Marequita | Germany | The barque was abandoned 50 nautical miles (93 km) east of the Dogger Bank. Her ten crew were rescued by the smack England's Glory ( United Kingdom). |
| Mary Rosanna | United Kingdom | The schooner was deiven ashore at Rhubegg Point, Renfrewshire. |
| Nicholas Smith | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Bawdsey, Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex in a leaky condition. |
| Skandia | Denmark | The schooner caught fire and was beached on "Gillsholm". She was on a voyage from an English port to Copenhagen. |
| Stourbridge | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Egmond aan Zee, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Macduff, Aberdeenshire to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. |
| Van Dyck | France | The barque ran aground on the Haaks Sandbank, in the North Sea off the Dutch coast and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure She was refloated and taken in to the Nieuw Diep. |
| Two unnamed vessels | United Kingdom | A smack and a schooner were driven ashore at Lindisfarne. |

## 24 October

List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alberdina | Germany | The brig was driven ashore at Borkum. Her crew were rescued. |
| Alegro | Norway | The barque was wrecked near Mandal with the loss of all but one of her crew. She was on a voyage from Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais, France to Drammen. |
| Alliance | Germany | The brig was taken in to Tønning in a sinking condition. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom. |
| Alpha | Germany | The ship ran aground on the Robbenplatte. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Königsberg to Brake. |
| Andrea Padrea | Italy | The brig was beached at Cagliari, Sicily. She was on a voyage from Bône, Algeria to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. She was refloated on 25 October. |
| Caroline | Denmark | The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bandholm, Denmark to Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. |
| Clara | Germany | The ship put into Gothenburg, Sweden in a waterlogged condition. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Swinemünde. |
| Cyclop | Netherlands | The steamship was discovered abandoned in the Baltic Sea by the steamship Hermann ( Germany). She was taken in tow but sank at 11°00′N 17°40′E﻿ / ﻿11.000°N 17.667°E﻿ / 11.000; 17.667). |
| Dr. Hansen | Flag unknown | The brig was driven ashore in the Strait of Lemaire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Rio Grande to Valparaíso, Chile. She was a total loss. |
| Eberhardine | Germany | The ship was driven ashore at Lemvig, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Arendal, Norway to Großefehn. |
| Harriet | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Greenock, Renfrewshire. |
| Helene | Sweden | The steamship foundered off Lemvig with the loss of all on board, about 21 lives. She was on a voyage from Gävle to Hull. |
| Hendrika | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore on Spiekeroog, Germany. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Harlingen, Friesland. |
| Henriette | Norway | The barque was driven ashore at "Vilsen". She was on a voyage from Tevedestrand to London, United Kingdom. |
| Ida | Germany | The ship was driven ashore near Lemvig. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Norway to Vegesack. |
| Ivestone | United Kingdom | The brig capsized in the Skaggerak. Her eight crew were rescued the next day by Otto Linco ( Germany). Ivestone was on a voyage from Kotka, Grand Duchy of Finland to an English port. She was taken in to Strömstad, Sweden in a derelict condition on 26 October. |
| Julie | Norway | The schooner was driven ashore near Lemvig. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Harlingen. |
| Lucerne | United States | The ship struck the Ariadne Rocks and was damaged. Being leaky, she was beached. She was on a voyage from Russell to Niuzhuang, China. |
| Lucy Frances | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Harlingen. She was on a voyage from Oulu, Grand Duchy of Finland to Harlingen. |
| Margaret | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Campbeltown, Argyllshire. She was on a voyage from Paisley, Renfrewshire to Belfast, County Antrim. |
| Meta et Max | Flag unknown | The ship ran aground on the Stillsand. She was on a voyage from Härnösand, Sweden to Hull. She was refloated and towed in to Strömstad, Sweden. |
| Prestatyn | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and sank at Ellesmere Port, Cheshire. She was refloated. |
| Suez | Italy | The brig ran aground at "Galala Point", Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated and towed in to Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire. |
| Valkyrien | Sweden | The ship ran aground in the Flekkefjord. She was on a voyage from Hudiksvall to London. She was refloated and taken in to Kristiansund, Norway in a leaky condition. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore in the Holy Loch. |
| Unnamed | Russia | The coaster was run into by the steamship Quito ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Gulf of Finland with the loss to two of the five people on board. Survivors were rescued by Quito. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The barque foundered in the North Sea off Filey, Yorkshire. |

## 25 October

List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Active | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on the Annot Bank, off Montrose, Forfarshire. Her five crew were rescued by the Montrose Lifeboat Mincing Lane ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution ). Active was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Montrose. |
| Ambassador | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Dogger Bank. Her ten crew were rescued by the smack Vulcan ( United Kingdom). Ambassador was on a voyage form Dantzic, Germany to London. She came ashore at Lemvig, Denmark on 11 November. |
| Ellen | Sweden | The schooner was discovered derelict at sea and was beached at Thisted, Denmark. |
| Galeed | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Danube. |
| Glenathron, and Zena | United Kingdom | The steamship Zena collided with the barque Glenathron in the River Mersey and was beached. She was on a voyage from Gibraltar to Liverpool, Lancashire. Glenathron was beached at Tranmere, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Valparaíso, Chile. She was refloated the next day and towed in to Liverpool. |
| Glenfaba | Isle of Man | The schooner was driven ashore at Kirk Bride. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Peel. She became a wreck on 29 October. |
| Hugh Taylor | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Danube. |
| Jean Campbell | United Kingdom | The schooner sank at Belfast, County Antrim. She was refloated on 29 October. |
| Lily | Norway | The brig ran aground at Scarborough, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Porsgrund to Hull, Yorkshire. She was subsequently condemned and dismantled. |
| Marmion | United Kingdom | The ship departed from the River Tyne for Buenos Aires, Argentina. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Oceanus | Netherlands | The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Probolinggo, Netherlands East Indies to a Dutch port. She was refloated and towed in to Jakarta, Netherlands East Indies in a leaky condition. |
| Orwell | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Redgate Hard. She was on a voyage from Harwich, Essex to Ipswich, Suffolk. She was refloated and completed her voyage. |
| Otolita | Denmark | The schooner was driven ashore at Thisted in a capsized condition. |
| Penelope | Sweden | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Charlotte (Flag unknown). Penelope was on a voyage from Pori, Grand Duchy of Finland to Cartagena, Spain. Subsequently discovered derelict, she was taken in to "Blaavand Oxby Strand". |
| Ranger | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore and wrecked at Atherfield, Isle of Wight. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Llanelly, Glamorgan to Southampton, Hampshire. |

## 26 October

List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| 'Alster, and Annie | United Kingdom | The steamships collided in the Humber and were both severely damaged. Alster was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Hull, Yorkshire. Annie was on a voyage from Antwerp to Goole, Yorkshire. |
| Antje | Netherlands | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. All on board were rescued by Jacoba Lucretia ( Netherlands). Antje was on a voyage from Hammerfest, Norway to Rotterdam, South Holland. |
| Askoy | United States | The ship ran aground on the Korsa Reef, in the Baltic Sea off the Swedish coast. She was on a voyage from New York to Stockholm, Sweden. She was refloated and taken in to Stockholm for repairs. |
| Betty | Sweden | The schooner ran aground on the Stoney Binks, in the North Sea off the mouth of the Humber. She was on a voyage from Cimbritshamn to Skutskär. She was refloated and assisted in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom in a waterlogged condition. |
| Christian | Sweden | The schooner was wrecked at "Hollandswaders", Sweden with the loss of three of her crew. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Höganäs, Sweden. |
| C. P. | France | The barque was wrecked in Struys Bay with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Bimlipatam, India to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. |
| Eendraght | Netherlands | The galiot was driven ashore on the west coast of Jutland. |
| Heinrich III | Germany | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Læsø, Denmark. |
| Jeanne | France | The steamship was wrecked at Deva, Spain. Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques to Gijón, Spain. |
| Margaretha Henderika | Netherlands | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Amrum, Germany. She was on a voyage from Dantzic, Germany to Amsterdam, North Holland. She was refloated on 29 October and towed in to Wyk auf Föhr, Germany. |
| Margarethe | Germany | The ship was driven ashore on Anholt, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom to Stettin. |
| Pierre Desirée | United Kingdom | The smack capsized and sank at Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom. |
| Simcoe | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Clyde at Greenock, Renfrewshire. |
| Seevogel | Germany | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Larvik, Norway. She was on a voyage from Piteå, Sweden to Hull. |
| Windsor Castle | United Kingdom | The steamship caught fire at sea and put in to A Coruña, Spain. She was on a voyage from London to the Cape of Good Hope, Cape Colony. |

## 27 October

List of shipwrecks: 27 October 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aleppa | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Syros, Greece. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage. |
| Alphonso | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore at Vardø, Norway with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Söderhamn to London, United Kingdom. |
| Folke | Netherlands | The schooner struck a sunken rock in the Gulf of Squillace and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Trieste. She put in to Malta on 5 November in a leaky condition. |
| Grandville | France | The ship struck the wreck of Kerschel (Flag unknown) at Maldonado, Uruguay and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
| Lema | France | The steamship was lost off Cape Finisterre, Spain. Her crew were rescued. |
| William and Ann | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in Mount's Bay. |

## 28 October

List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amelia | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Crow Rock, off the coast of Pembrokeshire. Some of her crew were taken off by the pilot boat No. 6 ( United Kingdom). The Milford Haven Lifeboat rescued eight others. Amelia was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She broke in two and was a total loss. |
| Constantine | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Höganäs, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Cardiff to Copenhagen, Denmark. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Henry | United Kingdom | The schooner foundered off Carnsore Point, County Wexford. Her crew reached shore in a boat. She was on a voyage from Wexford to Gloucester. |
| Mariquita | Germany | The barque foundered in the North Sea 50 nautical miles (93 km) east of the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued by the smack England's Glory. Mariquita was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to Hamburg. |
| Mary S. Parker | United States | The barque was wrecked on the coast of Patagonia, Argentina. Her crew were rescued by Rossalls ( United Kingdom). Mary S. Parker was on a voyage from New York to Callao, Peru. |
| Palestine | United Kingdom | The barque was abaondoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Iceland ( United Kingdom). Palestine was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to South Shields. |
| Truant | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Dartmouth, Devon for Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

## 29 October

List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cordelia | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Salthouse Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France to Runcorn, Cheshire. She was refloated and taken in to Lytham St. Annes, Lancashire in a leaky condition. |
| Leopard | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Krautsand, in the North Sea off the German coast. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| Lily | United Kingdom | The ship sank at Scarborugh, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Porsgrund, Norway to Scarborough. |
| Lotta Bernard | United States | The paddle steamer foundered in Lake Superior with the loss of two of the fifteen people on board. |
| Opgaen de Sol | Norway | The ship was driven ashore at Horten. |
| Terlings | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Sunderland, County Durham. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to Sunderland. She was refloated on 31 October. |
| Tilsit | Sweden | The steamship was driven ashore at "Snagbeck". She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Wolgast, Germany. |
| Trackfuglen | Norway | The ship was driven ashore at Horten. |
| Vavelet | Norway | The ship was driven ashore at Horten. |
| Young Mary | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Speeton, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. |
| Unnamed | Qing Navy | The gunboat foundered off the coast of Taiwan in a typhoon with the loss of all seventy crew. |

## 30 October

List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Betsey | United Kingdom | The fishing smack sprang a leak and sank off Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. Her crew survived. |
| Creole | France | The lugger foundered 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) north east of Trevose Head, Cornwall, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Neath, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Pontorson, Manche. |
| Eliza | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Cutler Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated and assisted in to Harwich, Essex in a severely leaky condition. |
| John Sauber | Germany | The steamship ran aground at Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Sunderland to Hamburg. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Karen | Denmark | The brigantine was driven ashore at Hurst Castle, Hampshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Lagos. She was refloated with the assistance of the tug Fiery Dragon ( United Kingdom) and towed in to Cowes, Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. |
| Kelpie | United Kingdom | The brigantine ran aground at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to London. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and taken in to Great Yarmouth in a severely leaky condition. |
| Königsunde | Netherlands | The ship was discovered derelict in the North Sea. She was taken in to "Blaavand Oxby Strand". |
| Marie Stuart | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the South Carr Rock, off the coast of Fife. She was refloated. |
| Mary Fenwick | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on "Wrangelsholm", in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Kotka, Russia to London. |
| Mersey | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Wicklow. |
| Quicksilver | United Kingdom | The schooner sprang a leak and was abandoned 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off the Mumbles, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued by at tug, which towed Quicksilver in to the Mumbles. |
| Sophia and Isabella | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. |
| Sparrowhawk | United Kingdom | The smack foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. |

## 31 October

List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adolphe | Germany | The ship was wrecked at Wissant, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Valparaíso, Chile. |
| Alfredo | Spain | The barque collided with the steamship Alicante ( Spain) and sank off Sagua la Grande, Cuba with the loss of a crew member. |
| Kong Oscar | Flag unknown | The ship ran aground in the New Inlet. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to New York, United States. She was refloated and found to be leaky. |
| Live Oak | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at "Zervi", Greece. She was refloated and taken in to Syros, Greece. |
| Naiad | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with the steamship Robin Hood ( United Kingdom) in the Bristol Channel. Naiad was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Newport, Monmouthshire. She was towed in to the Mumbles, Glamorgan by Robin Hood, sinking at the bows. |
| Seagull | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated on 2 November. |
| Ville des Couets | France | The chasse-marée was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent, United Kingdom. Her three crew were rescued by the Dungeness Lifeboat David Howlett ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Seville, Spain. She was refloated with assistance from the tug Victory ( United Kingdom) and taken in to Dover, Kent. |
| Violet | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at the entrance to Telegouia Bay. She was on a voyage from Bergen, Norway to Nicholaieff, Russia. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in October 1874 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Acapulco | United States | The steamship ran aground at Panama City, United States of Colombia. She was on a voyage from New York to Panama City. |
| Achates | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Jonesport, Maine, United States. She was on a voyage from Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada to Pembroke. She was a total loss. |
| Adler | Germany | The steamship was lost off the coast of "Kinshui". |
| Admiral Fitzroy | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned before 14 October. Her crew were rescued. |
| Alexander Hall | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River at Rivière-du-Loup, Quebec, Canada. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Quebec City. She was refloated in late October. |
| Anglia | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore on the coast of Northumberland. Thirteen passengers were taken off by the Hauxley Lifeboat. |
| Annette | Germany | The koff collided with a steamship and was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Memel to Brake. |
| Assineboine | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Langlade Island. She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |
| Augustin | France | The ship was driven ashore 10 nautical miles (19 km) from Dénia, Spain. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Guadeloupe. |
| Balder | United Kingdom | The ship capsized in the North Sea before 28 October. |
| Brodrene | Norway | The brig capsized. Her crew were rescued. She was towed in to Kristiansund. |
| Camano | United Kingdom | The ship arrived at Odessa, Russia from Liverpool, Lancashire on fire. The fire was extinguished. |
| Cambria | New Zealand | The 43-ton schooner left Port Chalmers on 9 October for Timaru. She and her five crew were not seen again. It is likely that she foundered in a storm which hit on 12–13 October. |
| China | United Kingdom | The steamship was damaged by fire at Hong Kong, China. |
| Congo | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Cameroon River. She was refloated eight days later. |
| County of Perth | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire at sea. Twenty-one of her 30 crew were rescued, nine were reported missing. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Calcutta, India. |
| Die Sonne | Germany | The schooner was driven ashore near Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Fraserburgh. She was later refloated and taken in to Fraserburgh. |
| Emilia | France | The ship was driven ashore at "Isador". She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Marseille. |
| Ennerdale | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Red Sea. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Bombay, India. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, arriving at Bombay on 4 November. |
| Etna | Canada | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean before 7 October. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Matanzas, Cuba. |
| Flibberty | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Port Dauphiné, Madagascar. |
| Galgo | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked on the coast of Brazil. |
| Generoso C. | Italy | The barque ran aground on the English Bank, in the River Plate and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Montevideo, Uruguay. |
| George Peabody | United States | The ship ran aground in the Mississippi River. She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to the Southwest Pass. |
| Germania | Germany | The ship was driven ashore near Burgsvik, Gotland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Stockholm, Sweden. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Giovanno R. | Austria-Hungary | The barque foundered in the Mediterranean Sea off Saint-Laurent-de-la-Salanque, Pyrénées-Orientales, France. She was on a voyage from Trieste to Cette, Hérault, France. |
| Gomez II | Portugal | The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Bangor, Maine, United States to Saint Vincent. She was refloated and taken in to New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States in a leaky condition. |
| Grand Master | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Java Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Zebu", Spanish East Indies to Liverpool. |
| Grandville | France | The ship struck the wreck of Kertschel (Flag unknown) at Maldonado, Uruguay and was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde to Maldonado. |
| Griffon | France | The schooner was driven ashore and sank at "Habblingbo". |
| Hannah | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore at Cape Espichel, Portugal. Her crew were rescued. |
| Hermann | Germany | The sbrig capsized in the North Sea before 27 October. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga to an English port. She was subsequently discovered by the steamship Stettin (Flag unknown) and towed in to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom. |
| Janetta | Austria-Hungary | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean a sinking condition. Her crew were rescued by Jenny Queirolo (Flag unknown). |
| Johannes Bray | Flag unknown | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was towed in to Whitby, Yorkshire. |
| Julia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Onega, Russia to Liverpool. She was refloated and take in to "Wardsoe" in a leaky condition. |
| Kiasiena | Denmark | The ship was abandoned in a sinking condition. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to the Faroe Islands. |
| Kosmopoliet II | Russia | The ship capsized at Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. |
| Langan | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Anticosti Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Quebec City. |
| Lucerne | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Ariadne Rocks, in Chinese waters and was beached. |
| Mary Ann | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was refloated with assistance from the Walmer Lifeboat and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent. |
| Max Emil | Germany | The schooner was driven ashore in "Roinaldsfjord". She was on a voyage from Gävle, Sweden to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was refloated and found to be leaky. |
| Meike Cornelia | Netherlands | The ship was towed in to Fredrikshavn, Denmark in a waterlogged condition. |
| Mermaid | Barbadoes | The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. Also reported ashore at "Vauchin", Martinique. |
| Mogul | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire at sea. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to San Francisco, California, United States. |
| Moreno | France | The steamship ran aground at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro to Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure. She was declared a total loss. She capsized and sank on 21 October. |
| Moss Trooper | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire in the Atlantic Ocean and was abandoned before 14 October. Her crew were rescued. |
| Nancy | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on East Bimini, Bahamas before 19 October. She was on a voyage from Campeche, Mexico to a European port. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| New England | United States | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Labrador, Newfoundland Colony before 8 October. |
| Niger | France | The steamship ran aground in the Gironde and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Brazil to Bordeaux, Gironde. She was refloated. |
| Orconera | Flag unknown | The steamship was driven ashore at "Grezhano". She was refloated on 11 October and taken in to "Grezhano" . |
| Penelope | Sweden | The ship was abandoned in a sinking condition. Her crew were rescued by Charlotte ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Pori, Grand Duchy of Finland to Cartagena, Spain. |
| Rambler | Canada | The barque was driven ashore at Richmond, Maine, United States. She was on a voyage from Pictou, Nova Scotia to Boston, Massachusetts, United States. |
| Rose de Mai | France | The schooner sprang a leak and foundered off Arcachon, Gironde. Her crew were rescued. |
| Rjukan | Denmark | The ship was wrecked on Dead Island. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Quebec City. |
| Scawfell | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground off Bohol, Spanish East Indies. She was on a voyage from Manila to "Zebu", Spanish East Indies. She was refloated and towed in to Zebu in a leaky condition. |
| Sif | Norway | The ship was driven ashore at "Alandskaf". She was on a voyage from Härnösand, Sweden to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Öregrund, Sweden in a severely leaky condition. |
| Stephensons | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Yeni-Kale, Russia. She was refloated. |
| Susannah Johanna | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Acheen, Netherlands East Indies. |
| Tegner | United States | The ship was wrecked at "Doboy". She was on a voyage from "Doboy" to Savannah, Georgia. |
| Thora | Denmark | The brig was wrecked in the Los Roques archipelago, Venezuela. Her crew were rescued. |
| Tif | Norway | The ship was driven ashore in the Sea of Åland. She was on a voyage from Härnösand, Sweden to London. She was refloated and taken in to Öregrund, Sweden in a severely leaky condition. |
| Undine | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in Caffa Bay. She was refloated. |
| Vesta | Norway | The brig collided with the barque Riga ( Netherlands) and was abandoned at sea. Vesta was on a voyage from Aberdeen, United Kingdom to Tvedestrand. |
| Ville de Marseille | France | The steamship was lost off "Cape Torenana". Her crew were rescued. |
| Voloscano | France | The ship was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux to Cardiff. She was subsequently taken in to Le Verdon-sur-Mer, Gironde. |
| Walker Hall | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground at Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from the Sea of Azov to an English port. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and taken in to Constantinople. |
| Wave Queen | South Australia | The barque was wrecked in Rivoli Bay. |
| Waverley | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground near Helsingør, Denmark She was on a voyage from Riga to Leith.. She was refloated and taken in to Helsingør. |
| Witch of the Seas | United Kingdom | The ship foundered. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Port Alfred, Cape Colony. |