# List of shipwrecks in October 1873

The list of shipwrecks in October 1873 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during October 1873.

## 1 October

List of shipwrecks: 1 October 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated the next day. |
| Elizabeth Ann | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked near Lamorna, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Penzance, Cornwall to Cardiff, Glamorgan. |
| Ignacio S. | Austria-Hungary | The brig was wrecked 40 nautical miles (74 km) from the entrance to the Bosphorus. |
| Laughing Water | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the River Avon at Sea Mills, Somerset. She was on a voyage from Africa to Bristol, Gloucestershire. She was refloated. Whilst she was being taken in to Bristol, she was run into by the steamship Sabrina ( United Kingdom) and was severely damaged. |
| Linnet | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore south of Cronstadt, Russia. She was on a voyage from Königsberg, Germany to Cronstadt. She was refloated and taken in to Cronstadt. |
| Maisi | Spain | The steamship was wrecked in the Bahamas with the loss of 24 lives. |
| Missouri | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked on the Gingerbread Grounds, in the Bahamas. All on board, about 175 people, were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to New Orleans, Louisiana. |
| Wentworth Beaumont | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked near Carrigaholt, County Clare with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from London to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, or from Limerick to South Shields, County Durham. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | A schooner and a steamship collided off Hittarp, Sweden. At least one vessel foundered. |

## 2 October

List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Emerald Isle, and Jose | United Kingdom Spain | The steamships collided in the Crosby Channel. Emerald Isle was on a voyage from Liverpool to Drogheda, County Louth. She was beached at Waterloo, Lancashire. All on board were taken off by the tug Mersey King ( United Kingdom). Emerald Isle was refloated on 4 October and taken in to Liverpool, Lancashore. Jose was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Liverpool. She was taken in to Liverpool sinking at the bows. |
| Ismailia | United Kingdom | The steamship was sighted in the Atlantic Ocean during a voyage from New York, United States to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all 52 people on board. |
| Laughing Water | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the River Avon at Sea Mills, Somerset. She was on a voyage from Africa to Bristol, Gloucestershire. She was subsequently run into by the steamship Sabrina ( United Kingdom) and was severely damaged. Laughing Water was refloated. |
| Sjvelland | Denmark | The ship departed from Mobile, Alabama, United States for Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Thomas Mitchell | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at "Tolbuchin". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Helsingør, Denmark. |
| Triton | Norway | The ship was wrecked near Lemvig. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Seville, Spain to Saint Petersburg, Russia. |
| Whittington | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Cross Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Amble, Northumberland to Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium. She subsequently sank. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground whilst going to the assistance of Emerald Isle ( United Kingdom). |

## 3 October

List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mariner | United Kingdom | The schooner departed from Liverpool, Lancashire for Wicklow. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

## 4 October

List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Antonio | Flag unknown | The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham, United Kingdom to Galle, Ceylon. She was refloated and put back to South Shields in a leaky condition. |
| Gazelle | United Kingdom | The ketch collided with the steamship Widdrington ( United Kingdom) and sank off the Kentish Knock. Her crew were rescued by Widdrington. |
| Peacemaker | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Pluckington Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated. |
| Rau Runnels | Flag unknown | The barque was lost off San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua. |

## 5 October

List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hebburn Hall | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Baldayo Stacks, off the north coast of Spain and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, to Messina, Sicily, Italy. |

## 6 October

List of shipwrecks: 6 October 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ailsa | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Nash Sands, in the Bristol Channel off the coast of Glamorgan. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Jane and Mary | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked in the Water of Urr. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Palanckie, Kirkcudbrightshire. |
| Pleiades | United Kingdom | The ship collided with Happy-go-Lucky off Black Head, Wigtownshire and was beached. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Belfast, County Antrim. She was refloated and taken in to a port. |

## 7 October

List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Enrique | Spain | The brig collided with the steamship Buena Ventura ( Spain) and sank off Cádiz. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Fatchoy ( Spain) |
| Grenada | United Kingdom | The barque was destroyed by fire at New York, United States. |
| Lavinia | Guernsey | The ship ran aground on the Hook Sands, in the English Channel off the coast of Dorset. She was refloated with assistance and resumed her voyage. |
| Lisitche | Spain | The barque foundered at sea during a hurricane. |
| Marlborough | Canada | The ship was driven ashore on Tybee Island, Georgia, United States. She was refloated on 9 October with the assistance of a tug. |
| Perseverance | United Kingdom | The ship collided with the steamship Olinda ( United Kingdom) and sank off the Isles of Scilly. Her crew were rescued. Perseverance was on a voyage from Larache, Morocco to Falmouth, Cornwall. |
| Polly | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground at Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Teignmouth, Devon to Dordrecht, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated. |
| Prinz Carl | Sweden | The ship ran aground on the Burnham Flats, off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was refloated and assisted in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Little Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. |

## 8 October

List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Barbara Young | United Kingdom | The schooner sprang a leak and was beached near Broughty Ferry, Forfarshire in a waterlogged condition. She was on a voyage from Perth to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Carioca | United Kingdom | The ship was sighted off Bic, Quebec, Canada whilst on a voyage from Quebec City to Wexford. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Fleece | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked in Ross Bay. |
| Glamorgan | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Holy Island, Anglesey. Her crew were rescued. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The lugger was run down and sunk in the North Sea by the steamship Osborne ( United Kingdom) with the loss of all but one of her crew. The survivor was rescued by Osborne. |

## 9 October

List of shipwrecks: 9 October 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Beulah | United Kingdom | The steamship struck a rock and foundered off Cape de Gatt, Spain. Her crew rescued by the schooner Henry Scholefield ( United Kingdom). Beulah was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Savona, Italy. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Porthkerry, Glamorgan. All on board were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Cork. |
| Raccoon | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on "Harstmul Island", in Loch Boisdale. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Bangor, Caernarfonshire to Aberdeen. |
| Singapore | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Kish Bank, in the Irish Sea. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Valparaíso, Chile. She was refloated and put back to Liverpool. |
| Western Metropolis | United States | The steamship caught fire at New Orleans, Louisiana. |
| William Radcliffe | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Boneybefore, County Antrim. She was on a voyage from Ayr to Belfast, County Antrim. |

## 10 October

List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Emma | United Kingdom | The brig arrived at Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine on fire. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Saint-Malo. |
| George Batta | United Kingdom | The barque was destroyed by fire 8 nautical miles (15 km) north of "Nagara". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull Yorkshire to Odessa, Russia. |
| Hermes | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Portrush, County Antrim. She was refloated the next day and found to be severely leaky. |
| Hirundo | Norway | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Fear Not ( United States). Hirundo was on a voyage from New York, United States to Falmouth, Cornwall, United Kingdom. |
| Jean Henri | France | The schooner foundered in the North Sea off Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by Young Alice ( United Kingdom). |
| Louisa | Denmark | The barque ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. Her ten crew were rescued by the North Deal and Walmer Lifeboats, and the tug Aid ( United Kingdom). Louisa was on a voyage from Gävle, Sweden to Livorno, Italy. She was refloated and found to be leaky. |
| Sensation | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Shoebury Sand, in the Thames Estuary off the coast of Essex. She was refloated with assistance. |
| Triton | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore on the east coast of Öland. She was on a voyage from Härnösand to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was refloated and assisted in to Kalmar in a leaky condition. |
| Tulip | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on Saunton Sands, Devon. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The Mersey Flat was run down and sunk in the River Mersey by the steamship Ida Batters ( United Kingdom). |

## 11 October

List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Henry | United Kingdom | The lighter sank at Queenstown, County Cork. |
| Ringleader | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the South West Spit. She was refloated and taken in to Boston, Massachusetts, United States. |
| Sensation | United Kingdom | The brigantine ran aground on the Shoebury Sands, in the Thames Estuary. She was on a voyage from Maceió, Brazil to London. She was refloated and taken in to Gravesend, Kent. |
| Signe | Sweden | The barque ran aground at Vlissingen, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Skellefteå to Antwerp, Belgium. She was refloated and towed in to Antwerp in a waterlogged condition. |

## 12 October

List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albicore | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship Fijenoord ( Netherlands) at Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland, Netherlands and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire. She put in to Hellevoetsluis. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The schooner was run down in the North Sea 18 nautical miles (33 km) off the mouth of the Humber by the barque Magdalena ( Italy). Jane was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Ipswich, Suffolk. She was assisted in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire by a smack. |
| Margaretha | Germany | The galiot foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Salina ( Germany). |
| Porteña | Argentina | The steamship, which had been captured by revolutionaries in an attempted coup, was run ashore on Santa Catarina Island, Brazil to prevent capture by ships to the Argentinian and Uruguayan Navies. |
| Stirling | United Kingdom | The steamship sprang a leak at Cronstadt, Russia and was beached. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Cronstadt. |

## 13 October

List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Belleisle | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in Liverpool Bay off the Formby Lightship ( Trinity House). She was on a voyage from Charleston, South Carolina to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated and taken in to Liverpool. |
| Eliza Walker | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Larache, Morocco for a British port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| George Washington | Norway | The ship was wrecked off Holmögadd, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. |
| Hawk | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Nieuw Diep, or at Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was refloated. |
| John Wesley | United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock and foundered off The Manacles, Cornwall. Her crew were rescued by Irish Lily ( United Kingdom). John Wesley was on a voyage from Truro, Cornwall to Newport, Monmouthshire. |
| Mary Maria | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked off Brielle, South Holland, Netherlands. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Middlesbrough, Yorkshire to Rotterdam, South Holland. |
| Méndez Núñez | Cantonalist Rebels | Cantonal rebellion: The ironclad ran aground at Cartagena, Canton of Cartagena. She was refloated. |
| Narcissus | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked off Amrum, Germany. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Itzehoe, Germany. |
| Oleander | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground on Sandy Point, Monmouthshire and broke her back. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Monte Video, Uruguay. She was refloated in late October but was consequently condemned. |
| Stoomvaart | Netherlands | The steamship ran aground off Vlieland, Friesland. She was refloated. |
| Suvo | Grand Duchy of Finland | The barque ran aground on the Hittarp Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to a Baltic port. She was refloated with the assistance of two tugs and taken in to Helsingør. |
| Thetis | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) from Ardrossan, Ayrshire. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Ardrossan. She was refloated. |

## 14 October

List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Catarina | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Grand-Métis, Quebec, Canada. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to London. |
| City of Durham | United Kingdom | The ship was severely damaged by fire at Grimsby, Lincolnshire. |

## 15 October

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Canopus | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship Circassian ( United Kingdom) and was severely damaged. Canopus was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was taken in to Liverpool. |
| Catharina | Denmark | The schooner ran aground near Öregrund, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Ayr, United Kingdom to Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. She was refloated and take in to Gävle, Sweden. |
| Diligente II | Brazil | The ship was wrecked on the coast of Sergipe. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Penedo. |
| Ellen | United Kingdom | The fishing smack capsized and foundered in the Dogger Bank with the loss of three of her crew. |
| Emma | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Cape Recife, Cape Colony. She was on a voyage from an English port to Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony. She was refloated and taken in to Algoa Bay for repairs. |
| Wallsend | United Kingdom | The paddle tug collided with the steamship Sanspareil ( United Kingdom) and sank at South Shields, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. |
| Waterloo | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Aardappelengat. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated and taken in to Rotterdam. |
| 581 | Russia | The lighter heeled over and sank at Cronstadt. |
| Unnamed | France | The schooner collided with HMS Serapis ( Royal Navy) and sank in the Indian Ocean with the loss of a crew member. Survivors were rescued by HMS Serapis. The schooner was on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône to Java, Netherlands East Indies. |

## 16 October

List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| RMS Golconda | United Kingdom | The steamship struck the Cadda Rock, off Galle, Ceylon and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Southampton, Hampshire to Calcutta, India. She was taken in to Bombay, India for repairs. |
| Valery Jean | France | The brig was run down and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by Serapis (Flag unknown) with the loss of a crew member. Valery Jean was on a voyage from "Guzeyeh" to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône. |

## 17 October

List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Camilla | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at the Point of Cabedello, Portugal. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off the Hunter's Rock. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Port Dinorwic, Caernarfonshire to Aberdeen. |
| Laura | Germany | The barque capsized at Londonderry, United Kingdom. She was later righted and placed under repair. |
| Lizzie Throop | United States | The schooner foundered in Lake Michigan with the loss of two of her four crew. She was on a voyage from Muskegon, Michigan to Chicago, Illinois. |
| Royal Minstrel | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Hyōgo, Japan for Falmouth, Cornwall. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Tecker Kess | Sweden | The steamship was beached. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Aberdeen. |

## 18 October

List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hinds | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Bolderāja, Russia. She was later refloated. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The barque ran aground on the Great Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was refloated and towed in to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |

## 19 October

List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Commandeur | Norway | The brigantine was driven ashore at Narva, Russia. Her crew were rescued by the Narva Lifeboat. She was refloated in late November. |
| Fernando el Católico | Cantonalist Rebels | Cantonal rebellion: The gunboat collided with the broadside ironclad Numancia ( Cantonalist Rebels) and sank off the coast of the Canton of Cartagena with the loss of fifteen of her 238 crew. |
| Neptune | Sweden | The ship was wrecked on the Finngrundet, in the Baltic Sea. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Gävle. |
| Peggy | United Kingdom | The sloop foundered off Cardigan. Her two crew were rescued by the St. Dogmael's Lifeboat John Stuart ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Peggy was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Cardigan. |
| Sans Rofos | Flag unknown | The ship departed from the "Wanx River" for Falmouth, Cornwall or Queenstown, County Cork, United Kingdom. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

## 20 October

List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Catharina | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at L'Isle-aux-Coudres, Quebec, Canada. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to London. She was consequently condemned. |
| Connaught Ranger | United States | The schooner was wrecked at Fresh Water Cove. Crew saved. |
| Elida | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Rønne, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Hendon | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Cockle Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk. She was refloated with the assistance of the Caister Lifeboat and a steamship and assisted in to Great Yarmouth in a leaky condition. Her nine crew were taken off by the Caister Lifeboat. |
| Niord | Norway | The schooner was abandoned at sea. Her four crew were rescued by the steamship Sweden ( Sweden). Niord was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Norway. |
| Ready Rhino | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore near Cairnryan, Wigtownshire. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Dublin. |
| Star | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the North Sea in a sinking condition. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. |
| Ticker | United Kingdom | The barquentine foundered off Caernarfon. Her seven crew survived. She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire to Porthcawl, Glamorgan. |

## 21 October

List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Anne | United Kingdom | The brigantine foundered off the Dudgeon Sandbank, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by Londonderry ( United Kingdom. Anne was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Faversham, Kent and/or London. |
| Ben Nevis | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in Bootle Bay. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Liverpool, Lancashire. She was refloated. |
| Coral Isle | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Skaarloch, Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Cronstadt, Russia to Aberdeen. She was refloated and taken in to Kalmar, Sweden in a waterlogged condition. |
| Coriana | United Kingdom | The brigantine ran aground. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Margate, Kent. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent in a severely leaky condition. |
| Dumfries | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at Pullocheeny, County Sligo. |
| Eleven | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore at Blackpool, Lancashire. Both crew were rescued. by the Blackpool Lifeboat. |
| Flint | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the River Mersey off Egremont, Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Maranhão, Brazil. She was refloated and towed in to Birkenhead, Cheshire. |
| Jane | United Kingdom | The brigantine foundered off the Dudgeon Sandbank, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Faversham, Kent. |
| Liverpool | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked at Lendalfoot, Ayrshire. Her five crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Troon, Ayrshire. |
| Marie Boustead | France | The schooner was driven ashore at Girvan, Ayrshire. Her seven crew were rescued by the Girvan Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The steamship broke in two and sank in the Bay of Biscay. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Trinidad. |
| Rose | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore at Lybster, Caithness. Her crew were rescued. |
| Sarah | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned off Solva, Pembrokeshire. Her four crew were rescued by the Solva Lifeboat. |
| Vasco de Gama | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Clyde at Bowling, Dunbartonshire. She was refloated. |
| William Griffiths | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland. |

## 22 October

List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| British Banner | United Kingdom | The barque collided with the steamship Hibernia ( United Kingdom) and sank in the North Sea off the coast of Essex, United Kingdom with the loss of eight of her ten crew. Survivors were rescued by Hibernia. British Banner was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Elizabeth Cicely | Guernsey | The ship ran aground on the Girdler Sand and sank. Her crew were rescued. |
| Hilda | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground and was wrecked in the Baltic Sea 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) south of Ventava, Courland Governorate. Nine of her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newport, Monmouthshire to Riga, Russia. |
| Scott | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on the Kentish Knock. Her ten crew were rescued by the Ramsgate Lifeboat Bradford ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution) and the tug Aid ( United Kingdom). Scott was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Algiers, Algeria. |
| St. Peter | United Kingdom | The brig foundered in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex. She was on a voyage from Llanelly, Glamorgan to Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure, France. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The Thames barge sank off Beckton, Essex with the loss of both crew. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Fjällbacka, Sweden. |

## 23 October

List of shipwrecks: 23 October 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Golden Fleece | United Kingdom | The smack foundered in the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued by the smack Bravo ( United Kingdom). |
| Mersey | United Kingdom | The schooner struck a submerged object and sank in Swansea Bay. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Waterford. |
| Renfrewshire | United Kingdom | The ship was sighted off Bic, Quebec, Canada whilst on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to the Clyde. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Sarah | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. |
| Susan A. Blaisdall | United States | The barque was driven ashore in Swansea Bay. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Havana, Cuba. She was refloated and towed in to Swansea. |
| Village Belle | United Kingdom | The pilot boat collided with the pilot boat True Blue ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Bristol Channel off Lundy Island, Devon. All three people on board were rescued by True Blue. |
| Two unnamed vessels | United Kingdom | The Mersey Flats were run into by the steamship Glengarry ( United Kingdom), which was being launched at Liverpool, Lancashire. One flat sank, the other was beached. The crewman on the flat that sank was rescued by the flat which was beached. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The schooner capsized and sank in the English Channel 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south by east of Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom. |

## 26 October

List of shipwrecks: 26 October 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Carmen | Spain | The schooner was wrecked in a typhoon at Manila, Spanish East Indies. |
| Courser | United States | The whaler, a barque, was run into by the steamship Italia ( United Kingdom in the Pacific Ocean 25 nautical miles (46 km) off Talcahuano, Chile. Italia towed the waterlogged Courser in to Talcahuano. |
| Esmeralda | Spain | The schooner was wrecked in a typhoon at Manila. |
| George Clark | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Vyborg, Grand Duchy of Finland to Lowestoft, Suffolk. |
| Hotspur | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in Lake Saint Pierre. She was on a voyage from London to Montreal, Quebec, Canada. |
| Poseidon | Greece | The brig was destroyed by fire at Buenos Aires, Argentina. |

## 27 October

List of shipwrecks: 27 October 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cormorant | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship Skerryvore ( United Kingdom) and was beached in the River Lee. She was on a voyage from Cork to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage. |
| Express | Italy | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Point Piedras, Argentina. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Tarragona, Spain to Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
| Macedon | United Kingdom | The steamship foundered off Kinnaird Head, Aberdeenshire. Her thirteen crew survived. She was on a voyage from Berwick upon Tweed, Northumberland to Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |
| Oradd | Sweden | The schooner ran aground near Loshavn, Norway. She was on a voyage from Skellefteå to Grangemouth, Stirlingshire, United Kingdom. She was refloated and taken in to Farsund, Norway in a severely leaky condition. |
| Salisbury | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore at Ballyquinton Point, County Down. She was on a voyage from Ardrossan, Ayrshire to Dundalk, County Louth. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Temon | United Kingdom | The steamship was run into by the steamship Sentinel ( United Kingdom) and sank at South Shields, County Durham. Her crew were rescued. She was refloated. |

## 28 October

List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sir Walter Scott | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Rangoon, Burma for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

## 29 October

List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Britannia | United Kingdom | The tug sank at Aberdeen. |
| Clara | United Kingdom | The ketch was abandoned 20 nautical miles (37 km) south west of Cádiz, Spain. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Russell ( United Kingdom). Clara was on a voyage from Seville, Spain to Antwerp, Belgium. |
| Monkhaven | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Tanarak Point, Ottoman Empire, in the Sea of Marmara. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Galaţi, Ottoman Empire. |
| Pilot | United Kingdom | The tug was destroyed by fire at Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. |
| Pride of the Ocean | United Kingdom | The smack was damaged by fire at Leith, Lothian. |

## 30 October

List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amoy | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Isla de Lobos, Uruguay. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Monte Video, Uruguay. |
| Blanche | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship Dodo ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Blackwall, Middlesex. |
| Scrabster | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Whitby Rock. She was on a voyage from Seaham, County Durham to London. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Success | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Newbiggin-by-the-Sea, Northumberland. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to the River Tyne. She was refloated with assistance and resumed her voyage. |
| Tetuán | Cantonalist Rebels | Cantonal rebellion: The Protected frigate exploded and sank while under repair at Cartagena, Canton of Cartagena, Spain. |

## 31 October

List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alfavata | United States | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked at Portici, Italy. Her crew were rescued. |
| Granatbella | Italy | The brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked at Torre del Greco with the loss of all hands. |
| Henrietta | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore in Swansea Bay. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall, Sweden to Swansea, Glamorgan. She was refloated on 1 November and towed in to Swansea. |
| John Sauber | Germany | The steamship ran aground in the Elbe off Wittenbergen. |
| Magician | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked near "Cape Razo", Portugal. Her crew were rescued by St. George ( France). Magician was on a voyage from Pomaron, Portugal to Maryport, Cumberland. |
| Rosa | Norway | The barque ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom and broke in two with the loss of all but one of her crew. The survivor waw rescued by a fishing smack. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Fredrikstad. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in October 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Abelene Kjerstine | Flag unknown | The schooner ran aground east of Cronstadt, Russia. She was refloated and put back to Saint Petersburg, Russia. |
| Adolf | Sweden | The ship was beached in "Eilosfjor". She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Uddevalla. |
| Adrienne | France | The barque ran aground and was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Sierra Leone to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure. |
| Almo | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on "Wiran". She was on a voyage from Cronstadt to Grimsby, Lincolnshire. |
| Amor | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Quebec City, Canada. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Anna | Germany | The galiot collided with the steamship Artos ( United Kingdom) and sank off Naissaar, Russia. Her crew were rescued by Artos. |
| Anna Elizabeth | Germany | The ship collided with Catharina ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned by her crew. Anna Elizabeth was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Heiligenhafen. |
| Anne | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground at Lavernock Point, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Ballinacurra, County Cork to Cardiff, Glamorgan. She was refloated and taken in to Cardiff. |
| Ann Susan | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from "Cumberland Harbour" to New York. She was refloated and put in to Nassau, Bahamas in a leaky condition. |
| Arcona | Germany | The steamship was driven ashore near Cronstadt. |
| Ariel | United States | The steamship foundered in the Inland Sea of Japan. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Yokohama to Hakodate, Japan. |
| Argyle | United Kingdom | The lighter foundered in the Firth of Clyde with the loss of all hands. Wreckage came ashore south of the Cloch Lighthouse, Renfrewshire. |
| Assebur | India | The ship caught fire at sea. She was on a voyage from London to India. She was assisted in to "Henjam" by Punjaub ( India). |
| Caledonia | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated and taken in to Harwich, Essex. |
| Campanero | Brazil | The ship was driven ashore in Chesapeake Bay. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro to Baltimore, Maryland, United States. She was refloated and completed her voyage. |
| Caroline | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Gävle, Sweden to Ipswich, Suffolk. She was refloated and put in to Gothenburg, Sweden in a waterlogged condition. |
| Carona | United Kingdom | The barque was lost at sea. |
| Catharina | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at the mouth of the Tartigou River. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to London. She was refloated on 18 October with assistance from the steamship Conqueror ( Canada). |
| Cerops | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground near "Ceynowna". She was on a voyage from London to Königsberg, Germany. She was refloated and put in to Dantzic, Germany. |
| Chanonry | France | The steamship was wrecked at the "Tignes Faraman", near Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône with the loss of two lives. She was on a voyage from the Danube to Marseille. |
| Charlotte | Sweden | The brig was driven ashore on Terschelling, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Skellefteå to Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium. She was later refloated and taken in to a Dutch port in a waterlogged condition. |
| Charrúa | Uruguay | The steamship was wrecked. |
| Cingalese | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship Earl King ( United Kingdom and was severely damaged. She was beached at North Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She had been refloated by 11 November. |
| Clifford, and Johana | United Kingdom Ottoman Empire | The steamships collided in the Bosphorus. Johana sank. Her crew were rescued by Clifford. Clifford was beached. She was on a voyage from Sulina, Ottoman Empire to A British port. |
| Columbia | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Skutskär, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Skutskär. She was refloated and found to be severely leaky. She was taken in to Stockholm, Sweden. |
| Cumberland | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore near Killybegs, County Donegal. Her crew were rescued. |
| Daniel Auber | France | The barque ran aground at Sierra Leone. She was on a voyage from Marseille to Sierra Leone. She was refloated. |
| Darien | United States | The steamship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Savannah, Georgia. She was refloated and taken in to Bermuda in a severely leaky condition and placed under repair. |
| Do Tichy | Greece | The ship foundered off "Castithos". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Marseille to Buenos Aires, Argentina. |
| Deerhound | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the coast of Borneo before 20 October. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Elizabeth Knowles | United Kingdom | The ship was beached in the Tubb Inlet. She was on a voyage from Wilmington, North Carolina, United States to Queenstown, County Cork. |
| Elizabeth Marie | United States | The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea in a sinking condition. She was on a voyage from Alloa, Clackmannanshire, United Kingdom to Christiania and/or Kristiansand, Norway. |
| Emma | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Balbriggan, County Dublin. She was on a voyage from Maryport, Cumberland to Dublin. |
| Esmeralda | France | The ship was towed in to Stockholm in a sinking condition. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall, Sweden to Bordeaux, Gironde. |
| Evening Star | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground in "Cumberland Harbour". |
| Express | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Hveen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Gävle to Dublin. She was refloated and taken Helsingør, Denmark. |
| Farnley Hall | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at "Sandiglar", Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Port Said, Egypt to Odessa, Russia. She was refloated on 11 October and resumed her voyage. |
| Fleche | United Kingdom | The smack was driven ashore at Lowestoft, Suffolk. She was refloated and taken in to Lowestoft. |
| Francois Joseph | United Kingdom | The ship struck a sunken rock and became leaky. She put in to Guayaquil, Ecuador. |
| Gamay | United States | The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Fortune Island, Bahamas to Boston, Massachusetts. |
| Gio Batta | Flag unknown | The barque was destroyed by fire 8 nautical miles (15 km) from "Nagara". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Odessa. |
| Gondola | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Vaasa, Grand Duchy of Finland. |
| Harvestman | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Bonny, Africa. |
| Humbleton | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to New York. |
| Ida Lilly | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was severely damaged by fire. She was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to an American port. She put back to Rotterdam. |
| Iris | Germany | The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Valparaíso, Chile. She was refloated. |
| Isabel Beurman | United States | The ship foundered. She was on a voyage from Navassa Island to Baltimore, Maryland. |
| Isle of Skye | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Progreso to Liverpool. |
| Jacob | Denmark | The ship was driven ashore at Lohme, Germany. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Stettin, Germany. She subsequently became a wreck. |
| Jamaica | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on the Folly Reef. Her crew were rescued. |
| Jamaica | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Stettin to "Paudula". She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen, Denmark in a leaky condition. She waws placedunder repair. |
| Jean Bart | France | The ship was wrecked off Fjällbacka, Sweden with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Saint-Malo, Ille-et-Vilaine to Fredrikstad, Denmark. |
| J. Polledo | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the Delaware Breakwater. She was on a voyage from Sagua La Grande, Cuba to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |
| Juliane Wilhelmine | Denmark | The ship was driven ashore at Nymindegab. Her crew were rescued. |
| Juan Ferrin | Uruguay | The ship was destroyed by fire at sea. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Montevideo. |
| Kate | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Harrington, Cumberland to Rotterdam. She was refloated and taken in to Hellevoetsluis. |
| Kedron | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Eastport, Maine, United States. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada to Liverpool. She was refloated and taken in to Eastport. |
| Lamb | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked at Brouwershaven, Zeeland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued by a Dutch pilot cutter. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Dordrecht, South Holland. |
| Leander | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires to Pensacola, Florida, United States. |
| Lemvig | Norway | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in Lemfjord. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool to Norway. |
| Lioness, or Times | United Kingdom | The smack ran aground on the Arklow Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of County Wicklow. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Wicklow to Antwerp, Belgium. |
| Lord Reidhaven | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Lossiemouth, Moray. Her four crew were rescued by the Lossiemouth Lifeboat. |
| L. W. Eaton | Canada | The ship was driven ashore on White Island. She was on a voyage from Bras d'Or, Nova Scotia to Montreal. She was refloated and taken in to Quebec City in a severely damaged condition. |
| Marie Bertha | Norway | The schooner ran aground at Messina, Sicily, Italy. |
| Marschall | Germany | The steamship was run down and sunk in the Kattegat by the steamship Oscar II ( Sweden). Her crew were rescued. Marschall was on a voyage from Antwerp to Riga, Russia. |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked at Ayr. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Campbeltown, Argyllshire. |
| Mary Richmond | Germany | The ship ran aground on the Steilsand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Lagos. |
| Mary Stuart | United Kingdom | The schooner capsized in the Baltic Sea between 20 and 27 October after her cargo of rapeseed shifted. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Pillau, Germany to Caen, Calvados, France. |
| Medway | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked in the Strait of Belle Isle with the loss of nine lives. |
| Meridian | United States | The schooner sank in Lake Michigan off Sister Bay, Wisconsin, during a storm. |
| Mindora | Flag unknown | The steamship struck a sunken rock and foundered off Masbate, Spanish East Indies with some loss of life. |
| Minnie Howell | Canada | The ship was driven ashore in the Bras d'Or Lake. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Havana, Cuba. |
| Mr. Johan Herman Geertsema | Netherlands | The ship was wrecked. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Tabasco, Mexico. |
| Nancy | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore on "Gronhos", Denmark. She was on a voyage from Christiania to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. |
| Nea Fyche | France | The ship foundered off "Castellos". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Marseille to Buenos Aires. |
| Pace P. | Austria-Hungary | The brig was wrecked at Cape Anguille, Newfoundland Colony with the loss of five of her crew. She was on a voyage from Montreal to Cork. |
| Pau | Norway | The brig was abandoned in the Baltic Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure to Cronstadt. She was towed in to Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland on 19 October. |
| Persian | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by Cambridge ( United Kingdom). Persian was on a voyage from Limerick to Miramichi, New Brunswick. |
| Prince of Wales | New Zealand | The ship was wrecked. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Rarotonga to "Manguea Island". |
| Prins Hendrik | Netherlands | The ship collided with The Brothers ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Gulf of Suez before 30 October. Her crew were rescued. |
| Rapid | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at "Berthier Embas". She was on a voyage from Quebec City to "Moise". |
| Reine Marie | France | The ship collided with the steamship Alfred Euthalie ( France) and was beached. She was on a voyage from Basse-Indre to Nantes, Loire-Inférieure. |
| Queen of the Clyde | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in the Strait of Belle Isle. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to Greenock, Renfrewshire. |
| Rivoli | Canada | The barque was wrecked on Duck Island, Wadham Islands, Newfoundland Colony with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from the West Indies to Quebec City. |
| Salus | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Sellafield, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Stettin. She was refloated in early November and taken in to Whitehaven, Cumberland. |
| Sarah | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked in St. Bride's Bay. Her crew were rescued by the Solva Lifeboat. |
| Scilla | Italy | The steamship ran aground on the Meleoria Bank. |
| Scotia | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Strait of Belle Isle before 21 October. |
| Scotsman | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore on Öland,Sweden. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Arbroath, Forfarshire. She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen. |
| Sir G. F. Seymour | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from London to Bermuda. She was refloated and towed in to Bermuda. |
| Southern Chief | United States | The ship was driven ashore on Bedloes Island, New York. She was on a voyage from New York to Antwerp. She was refloated with the assistance of tugs. |
| Speedwell | Guernsey | The brig was holed by her anchor off the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk and was abandoned. Her seven crew took to a boat; they were rescued by the brig Despatch ( United Kingdom). Speedwell was on a voyage from London to South Shields. |
| St. Paul | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg, Russia to Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire. She was refloated and towed in to Grimstadt, Norway. |
| St. Peter | United Kingdom | The brigantine foundered. Her crew were rescued by Shalimar ( United Kingdom). |
| Tagus | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Sydney, Nova Scotia. |
| Thalia | Germany | The ship was wrecked on the Horns Reef on or after 18 October. She was on a voyage from Bremerhaven to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. |
| Three Brothers | United Kingdom | The ship was run down in the Atlantic Ocean before 7 October. |
| Titan | United Kingdom | The barque caught fire at Montevideo before 11 October and was scuttled. She was severely damaged. |
| Tris | Norway | The full-rigged ship collided with another vessel and put in to Gothenburg in a waterlogged condition. She was on a voyage from Örnsköldvik, Sweden to South Alloa, Clackmannanshire, United Kingdom. |
| Trowbridge | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Beaumont, Quebec. She was on a voyage from Quebec City to London. She was refloated with the assistance of the tug Margaret ( Canada and resumed her voyage. |
| Vafidakis | Greece | The brig caught fire and was beached at Tenedos, Ottoman Empire. She was on a voyage from Grimsby to Constantinople, Ottoman Empire. The fire was extinguished and she resumed her voyage. She was later refloated and towed in to Pera, Ottoman Empire. |
| Valladachi | Greece | The ship was scuttled in the Dardanelles. She was on a voyage from Hull to an Ottoman port. She was later refloated and taken in to Pera, Ottoman Empire. |
| Victoria | Germany | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore at Merlimont, Pas-de-Calais, France. She was on a voyage from Iquique, Peru to Hamburg. She subsequently became a wreck. |
| Victoria | Germany | The ship was driven ashore at Heilingenhafen. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Memel to Lübeck. |
| Ville de Bayonne | France | The steamship caught fire off Bayonne, Basses-Pyrénées and was abandoned. Her crew too to two boats; one reached shore at Mimizan, Landes, those in the other were rescued by a fishing smack. She was on a voyage from Bayonne to Antwerp. |
| Vinco | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned at sea. |
| Volharding | Netherlands | The brig was driven ashore at "Carlos". She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to Reval, Russia. She was refloated and takent in to Reval. |
| W. A. Campbell | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Mantanilla Reef, off the Bahamas before 27 October. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Mobile, Alabama, United States. She was refloated and completed her voyage. |
| Walter Baine | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire at sea. Her crew were rescued by Grenada. Walter Baine was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Calcutta, India. |
| William | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Waterloo, Lancashire and was abandoned by her crew. She was refloated and towed in to Liverpool, Lancashire by the tug Guiding Star ( United Kingdom). |
| Zeebloem | Netherlands | The ship was lost in the "Gulf of Belang". She was on a voyage from Sourabaya to Menado, Netherlands East Indies. |
| 386 | Russia | The lighter sank at Cronstadt. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned by her crew and sank off Caernarfon. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The barque ran aground on the Girdler Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex and sank. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Nash Sands, in the Bristol Channel off the coast of Glamorgan. |