# List of shipwrecks in December 1873

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

## 1 December

List of shipwrecks: 1 December 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Burlington | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship Haken Adelstein ( Norway) and sank in the River Thames at Greenwich, Kent. Her crew were rescued. Burlington was on a voyage from Königsberg, Germany to London. |
| Carl Herman | Germany | The collier was wrecked in the Rottum Islands, Groningen, Netherlands with the loss of all hands. |
| Dart | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Methil, Fife. Her crew were rescued. |
| Dr. Petermann | Germany | The barque was driven ashore at Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was refloated on 23 December, and placed under repair in January 1874. |
| Euphrates | Norway | The barque was driven ashore on Texel, North Holland, Netherlands with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage from Dieppe, Seine-Inférieure to Tønsberg. |
| Jubilee | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Horse Bank, in the Irish Sea off the coast of Lancashire. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim to Preston, Lancashire. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The barque was driven ashore on the coast of Somerset. |

## 2 December

List of shipwrecks: 2 December 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Angostura | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the River Lune. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to the River Lune. She was refloated. |
| Eroe | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked on Scroby Sands, Norfolk. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Rochester, Kent. |
| Euphrates | Norway | The barque was driven ashore on Texel, North Holland, Netherlands with the loss of her captain. She was on a voyage. |
| Jacob Kjelland | Norway | The crewless barque was driven ashore at Blokhus, Denmark. She subsequently broke up. |
| Norfolk Hero | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Tarragona, Spain. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent in a leaky condition. |
| Sir George Grey | United Kingdom | The paddle tug suffered a boiler explosion and sank in the Crosby Channel, off the coast of Lancashire with the loss of one of her six crew. Survivors were rescued by the barque Lamartine ( France). |
| Telegraph | United Kingdom | The tug sank at Grimsby, Lincolnshire. She was refloated. |

## 3 December

List of shipwrecks: 3 December 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Celerity | United Kingdom | The steamship departed from Riga, Russia for Stettin, Germany. Subsequently foundered in the Baltic Sea with the loss of all 21 crew; a boat with a dead body on board washed up at Ventava, Courland Governorate. |
| Lochnagar | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground off the Nakkehoved Lighthouse, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Dantzic to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated and towed in to Helsingør, Denmark in a leaky condition. |
| Surbiton | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Riga for Stettin. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| St. Kevin | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire at Quebec City, Canada. Arson was suspected as the cause. |
| Westella | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the River Thames. She was on a voyage from Patras, Greece to London. She was refloated and completed her voyage. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The schooner ran aground on the East Hoyle Bank, in Liverpool Bay. |

## 4 December

List of shipwrecks: 4 December 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Economist | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Barry Island, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Llanelly, Glamorgan. |
| Johanna Margaretha | Norway | The brig ran aground on the Kish Bank, in the Irish Sea. She was refloated and put back to Dublin, United Kingdom in a leaky condition. |
| Julia | Canada | The ship departed from Savanna, Georgia for Liverpool, Lancashire. No further trace, presumed foundered with all hands. |
| Liffey | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Hayle, Cornwall. |
| Nautilus | Sweden | The barque was wrecked on the Horn Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Gävle to London. |
| Problem | United Kingdom | The brigantine struck the Swan Rock, in the Farne Islands, Northumberland and sank. Her crew survived. |

## 5 December

List of shipwrecks: 5 December 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Lizzie | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Daugava at "Muhlgraben", Russia. |
| Mary Celeste | United States | The brigantine was discovered abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean (38°20′N 17°15′W﻿ / ﻿38.333°N 17.250°W﻿ / 38.333; -17.250) by the brigantine Dei Gratia ( Canada), which put three of her crew aboard. Mary Celeste was taken in to Gibraltar. |

## 6 December

List of shipwrecks: 6 December 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ardgowan | United Kingdom | The paddle steamer collided with the steamship Clara ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Clyde at Greenock, Renfrewshire. All on board, more than 50 people, were rescued by Clara. Ardgowan was on a voyage from Greenock to Lochgilphead, Argyllshire. |
| Cairo | Italy | The steamship collided with the steamship Cramlington ( United Kingdom) and was beached at Winterton-on-Sea, Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from London to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom. She was refloated on 10 December and towed in to Lowestoft, Suffolk. |
| Karl der Grosse | Germany | The ship was wrecked at Thisted, Denmark with the loss of all hands. |
| Paladin | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with HMS Serapis ( Royal Navy) at Malta. Paladin was on a voyage from Taganrog, Russia to a British port. She was severely damaged and beached. She was later refloated and taken in to Malta. |

## 7 December

List of shipwrecks: 7 December 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alicia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Loch Don. Her crew were rescued. |
| Daar | Russia | The ship was wrecked at Poti. |
| Jessy | United Kingdom | The barque foundered at sea. Her crew were rescued by Tyro ( Canada). |

## 8 December

List of shipwrecks: 8 December 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amphion | Canada | The brig was driven ashore at Belfast, County Antrim, United Kingdom. She was refloated. |
| Colombo | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Barnard Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was on a voyage from Alexandria, Egypt to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Consolation | United Kingdom | The fishing lugger collided with the steamship Vaderland ( Belgium) off South Foreland, Kent and sank. |
| Elizabeth | United Kingdom | The schooner was beached in Cloghy Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Belfast. |
| Fredericke Sophie | Denmark | The schooner was driven ashore on Manø. |
| Orion | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore on Manø. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom to Kiel, Germany. |

## 9 December

List of shipwrecks: 9 December 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Thornhill | United States | The barque was wrecked at Point de Mots, Quebec, Canada. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The Thames barge was run down and sunk by a tug in the River Thames with the loss of both crew. |

## 10 December

List of shipwrecks: 10 December 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Star | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore near New Brighton, Cheshire. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dublin. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |

## 11 December

List of shipwrecks: 11 December 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Amanda | Germany | The ship was driven ashore on Amrum. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Elbe to the Eider. |
| Amy | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground at the Pigeon House Fort, Dublin and caught fire. The fire was extinguished. She was refloated on 23 December and taken in to Dublin. |
| Ernst Moritz Arndt | Germany | The steamship ran aground at Gilleleje, Denmark and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Stettin. |
| Galatea | Trinity House | The steamship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was refloated. |
| Iron King | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked in the Gulf of Saint Vincent. All on board were rescued. |
| Max Dinse | Germany | The ship was driven ashore on Spiekeroog. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New York to Hamburg. |
| Ouse | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Danube. |
| Sportsman | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Cape Pappas, Greece. |
| Swansea | United Kingdom | The ship collided with the schooner Princess Helena ( United Kingdom) and sank at Gibraltar. |

## 12 December

List of shipwrecks: 12 December 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Meteor | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Dungeness, Kent. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Dublin. |
| Preston | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Havre de Grâce. The fire was later extinguished. |

## 13 December

List of shipwrecks: 13 December 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eugene and André | France | The ship was driven ashore near Minden. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to Saint-Nazaire, Ille-et-Vilaine. |
| Greece | United States | The steamship ran aground in the Hudson River. She was refloated. |
| Iron King | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Troubridge Shoals. All on board were rescued. |
| Magdala | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground in the James River. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Norfolk, Virginia, United States. |
| Mongol | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked on a reef 14 nautical miles (26 km) off Hong Kong with the loss of sixteen of her crew. She was on a voyage from Hong Kong to Yokohama, Japan. |

## 14 December

List of shipwrecks: 14 December 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Caroline | United Kingdom | The ship was driven onto the Garrec Rocks, on the coast of Finistère, France. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Beauvoir, Manche. |
| John | United Kingdom | The Mersey Flat foundered in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Whitehaven, Cumberland to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 15 December

List of shipwrecks: 15 December 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Active | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on the Meadulse Skerries, in the Firth of Forth. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Alloa, Clackmannanshire. |
| Alexandrine | Germany | The brig was driven ashore at Halskov, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Wismar to Hartlepool, County Durham, United Kingdom. |
| Arendine, or Arentina | Germany | The galiot ran into a steamship and sank off Leith. Her five crew were rescued. |
| Nebraska | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at South Shields, County Durham. She was refloated. |
| South Western | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Ardrossan, Ayrshire. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Ardrossan. She was refloated on 22 December and taken in to Ardrossan. |

## 16 December

List of shipwrecks: 16 December 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ada Berendina | Netherlands | The ship was driven ashore at Bremen, Germany. |
| Balaclava | United Kingdom | The schooner sprang a leak and was abandoned off Aberdeen. Her five crew were rescued by a schooner. She was on a voyage from Runcorn, Cheshire to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. |
| Brunswick | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Orlock Point, County Down. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Dublin. |
| David | Germany | The schooner was assisted in to Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom in a sinking condition. She was on a voyage from Burghead, Lothian to London, United Kingdom. |
| Elba | United Kingdom | The steamship foundered in the North Sea with the loss of all 32 crew. She was on a voyage from London to Hamburg, Germany. |
| Ernst and Julie | Germany | The ship was driven ashore at "Goos-on-Wiltow". Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Lübeck. |
| Frans | Norway | The brig was wrecked on Colonsay, Inner Hebrides, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. |
| Ivar | Russia | The schooner was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the steamship German Empire ( United Kingdom). Ivar was on a voyage from Schiedam, South Holland, Netherlands to Grimsby, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. |
| John Slater | United Kingdom | The brig foundered off Corsewall Point, Wigtownshire. Her sixteen crew were rescued by the steamship Garland ( United Kingdom). John Garland was on a voyage from Belfast, County Antrim to Ardrossan, Ayrshire. |
| Mosquito | United Kingdom | The ship sank in the River Tyne. She had been refloated by 12 January 1874 and placed under repair. |
| Ocean Bride | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on the Swadman Reef off the coast of Northumberland. Her crew took to a boat; they were rescued two days later by a Danish schooner. She was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire to Sunderland, County Durham. |
| Robert and Paul | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore at Höganäs, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was later refloated and was towed in to Helsingør, Denmark by the steamship Hertha (Flag unknown). |
| Vine | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. She was refloated on 20 February 1874. |

## 17 December

List of shipwrecks: 17 December 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Acorn | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with the steamship Caledonia ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Clyde. |
| Æolus | Germany | The schooner was driven ashore at Tornby, Sweden. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Dantsic. |
| Ann, and Annie Brocklebank | United Kingdom | The schooner Ann collided with Annie Brocklebank and was driven ashore at Whitehouse, County Antrim. One of the vessels had to be beached. |
| Lucie | Norway | The barque was wrecked near Lemvig. Her crew were rescued. |
| Portia | United Kingdom | The brig foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the smack Cambria ( United Kingdom). Portia was on a voyage from Helsingborg, Sweden to London. |
| Regina | Norway | The barque was driven ashore at Hirtshals, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Geestemünde, Germany to Kragerø. |
| Urania | Germany | The steamship was wrecked off Norderney. Her crew were rescued by the Norderney Lifeboat. |
| William Scott Walker | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground at North Sunderland, County Durham. She was on a voyage from the River Tyne to Montrose, Forfarshire. She was refloated and resumed her voyage, but was consequently beached at Ross, Northumberland. |

## 18 December

List of shipwrecks: 18 December 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Caroline | Denmark | The barque was wrecked at Thisted. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Nieuwe Diep to Fredrikstad. |
| Drago Annetta | Italy | The ship was wrecked at Cagliari, Sardinia. She was on a voyage from Carloforte, Sardinia to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. |
| Enrico | Flag unknown | The brig was wrecked at Benghazi, Ottoman Tripolitania. |
| Gronau | Germany | The ship foundered in the North Sea with the loss of two of her four crew. She was on a voyage from Fedderwardersiel to Leith, Lothian, United Kingdom. |
| Maria | Germany | The schooner foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Burntisland, Fife, United Kingdom to Hamburg. |
| Nestor | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Whitby, Yorkshire. She was refloated and towed in to Whitby but struck the quayside and developed a severe leak. |
| Pembroke | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned off Hanstholm, Denmark. Her twelve crew were rescued by the steamships North Star and Rosetta (both United Kingdom). Pembroke was on a voyage from Söderhamn, Sweden to South Shields, County Durham. She subsequently came ashore at Thisted, Denmark. |
| Sultan | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on Coll, Inner Hebrides with the loss of all twelve crew. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Havana, Cuba. |

## 19 December

List of shipwrecks: 19 December 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mary Brilliard | New Zealand | The 13-ton cutter (boat) was driven ashore and wrecked on Ruapuke Island in a gale. |
| Mozambique | Germany | The schooner was wrecked on the Europa Rocks, off Zanzibar. |
| Wenvoe | United Kingdom | The steamship was wrecked at Saint-Nazaire, Ille-et-Vilaine, France. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Saint-Nazaire. |

## 20 December

List of shipwrecks: 20 December 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Aborigine | New Zealand | The 132-ton brigantine was driven ashore and wrecked inside the mouth of the Hokitika River in a severe gale. |
| Ægean | United States | The ship departred from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for Trieste. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Arcuturus | United Kingdom | The steamship heeled over and sank at Galle, Ceylon. |
| Carl | Sweden | The schooner ran aground off Åhus. She was later refloated and taken in to Cimbritshamn in a severely leaky condition and was placed under repair. |
| John and Thomas | United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock near Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire and was beached. She was on a voyage from Fraserburg, Aberdeenshire to the Clyde. |
| Obotvit | Russia | The steamship was wrecked at Domesnes, Courland Governorate. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Riga to Lübeck, Germany. |
| Redcliffe | New Zealand | The 22-ton ketch dragged her anchor and struck a reef at All Day Bay during a heavy sea. One crewman was drowned. |
| Skerryvore | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Clyde. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to the Clyde. |
| Volante | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Domesnes. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The barque sank on the Engelbrake Sand in the North Sea off the German coast. |

## 21 December

List of shipwrecks: 21 December 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Carl | Germany | The barque capsized at Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. |
| Emu | United Kingdom | The dandy was driven ashore at Bexhill-on-Sea, Sussex. She was refloated. |
| Marchioness of Londonderry | United Kingdom | The ship struck a floating wreck and was damaged. She was on a voyage from Whitstable, Kent to Seaham, County Durham. She was assisted in to Bridlington, Yorkshire the next day. |

## 22 December

List of shipwrecks: 22 December 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Flossie | Guernsey | The brig ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. She was on a voyage from Guernsey to London. She was refloated and towed to Ramsgate, Kent. |
| Marquis Ross | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Løkken, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to Lübeck, Germany. |
| Modesta | United Kingdom | The barque caught fire in the Capana River at Paraná and was scuttled. |
| T. A. Darrell | Bermuda | The brigantine sprang a leak and was beached on the Chico Bank, in the River Plate. |
| Tees | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at the mouth of the River Tees. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. |
| Walo | Grand Duchy of Finland | The barque ran aground on the Cannon Rock, in Cloughty Bay. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland, United States to Londonderry, United Kingdom. She floated off on 29 December, drove ashore on Burial Island and was wrecked. |
| William Owen | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Ottendorf, Germany. She was on a voyage from Hamburg, Germany to an English port. |
| No. 24 | United Kingdom | The pilot cutter collided with the steamship Jones Brothers and foundered off Cardiff, Glamorgan. |

## 23 December

List of shipwrecks: 23 December 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Harmonie | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore on Falster, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Rostock, Germany. |
| Patriotto | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground and sank at Shadwell, Middlesex. She was on a voyage from Hartlepool, County Durham to London. |
| Rio Grande | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on the Burbo Bank, in Liverpool Bay. Her six crew were rescued by a gig and the tug Dandy ( United Kingdom. Rio Grande was on a voyage from the Rio Grande to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Sarah | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Bristol Channel off Porthcawl, Glamorgan. Her crew survived. |
| Spey | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. |
| Viscountess Arbuthnot | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the North Sea 170 nautical miles (310 km) off Spurn Point, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued by the smack Edward and Sophia ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Leith, Lothian. |

## 24 December

List of shipwrecks: 24 December 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Adelaide | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at "Glenarnie" and became waterlogged. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Glenarnie. |
| Emma | Germany | The brig was driven ashore at Warnemünde. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, United Kingdom to Wismar. |
| F. Chester | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on The Shingles, off the Isle of Wight. She was refloated. |

## 25 December

List of shipwrecks: 25 December 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Eureka | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium to Hull, Yorkshire. |
| R. P. Reynard | United States | The ship was wrecked on the Gingerbread Grounds. She was on a voyage from Boston, Massachusetts to New Orleans, Louisiana. |
| Thorwaldsen | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean 260 nautical miles (480 km) west of Bermuda. Her crew were rescued by Annie Torrey ( United States). Thorwaldsen was on a voyage from Sapelo Island, Georgia, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 26 December

List of shipwrecks: 26 December 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Gipsy Queen | United Kingdom | The tug ran onto the wreck of a hopper and sank in the River Tyne with the loss of eighteen of the 46 people on board. |
| Virginius | United States | The sidewheel paddle steamer sank in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, while under tow from the Caribbean to New York by the screw sloop-of-war USS Ossipee ( United States Navy). |

## 27 December

List of shipwrecks: 27 December 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Berling | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore in the Zuyder Zee. She was on a voyage from Harlingen, Friesland, Netherlands to Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland. She was refloated and continued her voyage, but consequently put in to Whitby, Yorkshire in a leaky condition. |
| Confidence | United Kingdom | The barque collided with the full-rigged ship Craigs ( United Kingdom and was beached at King's Cross, Arran. She was refloated the next day with the assistance of a tug. |
| Tempo | Canada | The schooner was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Edith Rose ( United States). Tempo was on a voyage from Sagua La Grande, Cuba to Saint John, New Brunswick. |

## 28 December

List of shipwrecks: 28 December 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ancilla | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship struck the South Rock, in the Belfast Lough and sank. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to Trinidad. |
| Fulix | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Port Said, Egypt. |
| Goteborg | Sweden | The steamship was driven ashore at "Nedjau". She was on a voyage form Stockholm to London, United Kingdom. She was refloated the next day and assisted in to Ystad in a leaky condition. |
| Iron Cross | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore south of Dunany Point, County Louth. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to the Southwest Pass. |
| Jonas Gabrielson | Sweden | The brig was driven ashore at Snogebæk, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sundsvall to Liverpool. |
| Remembrance | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent. Her crew were rescued by a lifeboat. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Dunkerque, Nord, France. She was refloated and taken in to Ramsgate, Kent in a waterlogged condition. |
| Vivandiere | United Kingdom | The brigantine was driven ashore on Burr Island, Connecticut, United States. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Barbadoes. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Wiggo | Sweden | The schooner was wrecked south of Cimbritshamn. Her crew were rescued. |

## 29 December

List of shipwrecks: 29 December 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Arcturus | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Gindurah Rock, off Galle, Ceylon. She was refloated but consequently sank. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to London. |
| Clio | Norway | The barque was driven ashore at Ballaugh, Isle of Man. Her twelve crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Barrow-in-Furness, Cumberland, United Kingdom to Lisbon, Portugal. |
| Dryade | France | The lugger was driven ashore at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Antwerp, Belgium to Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom. She was refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Exile | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground at Waterford. She was on a voyage from Newry, County Antrim to Mazagan, Morocco. She was refloated. |
| Gertrude | United Kingdom | The schooner sank off the Calf of Man, Isle of Man with the loss of five of the seven people on board. |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked off Greenore, County Wexford. Her crew were rescued. |
| Johanne Catherina | Germany | The ship was wrecked at Safi, Morocco. |
| Ocean Belle | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground on the Spit Sand, in the Bristol Channel. She was on a voyage from Greenock, Renfrewshire to Newport, Monmouthshire. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and towed in to Newport. |
| Sarah Horn | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked in the Farne Islands, Northumberland. Her crew were rescued. |
| Spy | United Kingdom | The smack was abandoned in the North Sea. She was towed in to Grimsby, Lincolnshire. |
| Tapageur | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Swansea, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Madras India to Swansea. |

## 30 December

List of shipwrecks: 30 December 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Brownfield | United Kingdom | The schooner sank off Douglas Head, Isle of Man. Her five crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Teignmouth, Devon to Runcorn, Cheshire. |
| Canute | United Kingdom | The ship collided with the barque Pauchita ( Italy) and ran aground off Spike Island, County Cork. She was refloated. |
| Charles Bal | Canada | The ship ran aground at Queenstown, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Bassein, India to Queenstown. She was refloated. |
| Lizzy | United Kingdom | The ship was beached at Ballycrovane, County Cork. She was on a voyage from Morocco to Queenstown. |
| Nymphen | Norway | The barque ran aground at Waterford, United Kingdom. She was refloated and beached. |
| Polly | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of nine of her crew. Survivors were rescued by Rosa B. Barbagalette ( United States). Polly was on a voyage from Pensacola, Florida to Liverpool, Lancashire. |
| Robert Henderson | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground off Hveen, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Landskrona, Sweden to Hull, Yorkshire. She was refloated and taken in to Helsingør, Denmark. |
| Tetuán | Cantonalist Rebels | Third Carlist War, Cantonal rebellion: The broadside ironclad burned and sank, perhaps due to sabotage, while undergoing repairs at Cartagena. |
| Travancore | United Kingdom | The barque was damaged by fire at Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 31 December

List of shipwrecks: 31 December 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cleo | Flag unknown | The barque was driven ashore at Ballaugh, Isle of Man. |
| Gertrude | United Kingdom | The schooner sank off the Calf of Man, Isle of Man with the loss of three of her crew. |
| Kong Oscar II | Norway | The steamship ran aground off Hellevoetsluis, Zeeland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. She was refloated on 3 January 1874. |
| Pallas | United Kingdom | The schooner capsized in the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued by a smack. She was on a voyage from Bremerhaven, Germany to Plymouth, Devon. |
| Two Friends | United Kingdom | The ship departed from London for Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in December 1873 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Absolon | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at Stubben, Germany. She was refloated. |
| Acadia, and Arethusa | Canada United Kingdom | Acadia collided with the barque Arethusa in Lower Cove, near Halifax, Nova Scotia. Both vessels were consequently scuttled. |
| Alkle | Grand Duchy of Finland. | The ship ran aground on the Gross Kahlegrundet, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Pori to Bristol, Gloucestershire United Kingdom. She was refloated and found to be waterlogged. |
| Alpha | Germany | The steamship ran aground on "Carlos". She was refloated and taken in to Reval, Russia, where she arrived on 22 December in a leaky condition. |
| Alwine | Germany | The ship sank in the Elbe. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. |
| Ancilla | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship ran aground on the Cannon Rock, in Cloughty Bay and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Trinidad. She subsequently sank. |
| Arabia | United Kingdom | The steamship foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of thirteen of her 26 crew. Survivors were rescued by Tropic ( United Kingdom). Arabia was on a voyage from Calcutta, India to Boston, Lincolnshire. |
| Bjorg | Denmark | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked on Skagen. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to Bandholm. |
| Britannia | Newfoundland Colony | The schooner was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Tilt Cove to Saint John's. She was subsequently taken in to Catalina. |
| British Lion | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on "Wolfs Island", Nova Scotia, Canada. |
| Canessa Madre | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore at the mouth of the Shark River. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to New York, United States. |
| Carl Steinorth | Germany | The barque was wrecked at the mouth of the Elbe. Her crew were rescued by the Cuxhaven Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Rio de Janeiro. |
| Cassini | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground at "Teke". She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Galaţi, Ottoman Empire She was refloated on 19 December and resumed her voyage. |
| Cerdic | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore on Perim, Aden Governorate. She was on a voyage from Bombay, India to Liverpool. She was later refloated with assistance from the steamship Kwangtung ( United Kingdom). |
| Christine Brockleman | Germany | The barque was driven ashore on Læsø, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Copenhagen, Denmark. She subsequently broke up. |
| Clutha | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Broadness Point. She was later refloated and resumed her voyage. |
| Comet | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at "Davis Point". She was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island, Canada to a British port. |
| Cornwall | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Ajax Reef. She was on a voyage from Belize City, British Honduras to London. |
| Ebenezer | Norway | The schooner was abandoned off "Wadero". |
| Eftichia | Ottoman Empire | The barque ran aground in the Sea of Marmara. |
| Elizabeth Cann | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick, Canada to Belfast, County Antrim. |
| Far West | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia. |
| Fortuna | Spain | The brig was wrecked near Cape Spartel, Morocco. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires Argentina to Barcelona. |
| Franz Ludwig | Germany | The ship was driven ashore. She was refloated and taken in to Stolpemünde. |
| Ganger Rolf | Norway | The ship was driven ashore at Sandefjord. She was on a voyage from Cherbourg, Seine-Inférieure to Sandefjord. |
| Ghiorgios | Greece | The ship was wrecked at Bourgas, Ottoman Empire. |
| Giovanni Battista | Italy | The brig was driven ashore near Lusinpicolo, Austria-Hungary. She was later refloated. |
| Isabella | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore and wrecked near Greenore Point, County Wexford. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Troon, Ayrshire to Waterford. |
| Jane Henry | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Cape Henry, Virginia, United States. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Providence, British Guiana. |
| Janet Forbes | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at "Davis Point". She was on a voyage from Prince Edward Island, Canada to a British port. |
| Jerome | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore near Ayr. She was refloated on 26 December and taken in to Ayr in a sinking condition. |
| Jeune Leonie | France | The lugger was driven ashore and sank at Nieuwpoort, West Flanders, Belgium. Her crew were rescued. |
| John | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Riga to a British port. She was refloated and taken in to Visby, Sweden, where she was condemned. |
| Juan Emilio | Spain | The brig was wrecked east of Nuevitas, Captaincy General of Cuba. She was on a voyage from Cuba to Liverpool. |
| Kelice | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamships Ajax and Holmside (both United Kingdom and was beached. |
| Lady Havelock | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Corton Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Suffolk. She was refloated and taken in to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. |
| Lalour | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Louisbourg. She was on a voyage from an Irish port to Glace Bay, Nova Scotia. |
| Leander | United States | The derelict ship was towed in to Sisal, Mexico. She was on a voyage from Buenos Aires to Pensacola, Florida. |
| Lehaute | Spain | The brig collided with the barque Constantia ( Spain) and sank at New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. |
| Maria | Flag unknown | The crewless schooner drove ashore on Juist, Germany. |
| Maria Rividi | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked at the entrance to the Black Sea. |
| Marie | Sweden | The ship was driven ashore on Gotland. She was refloated and towed in to Stockholm. |
| Martha Cobb | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the South Breaker. She was on a voyage from Galway to New York. |
| Mary | Germany | The ship was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Africa to Flensburg. She broke up on 5 December. |
| Mary Rice | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Cape Henry, Virginia on or before 22 December. She was on a voyage from Rio de Janeiro to Baltimore, Maryland. |
| Mary Spencer | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Kentish Knock. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Livorno, Italy. She was refloated and put back to Newcastle upon Tyne in a leaky condition. |
| Matchless | United Kingdom | The schooner ran aground at Larache, Morocco before 11 December. She was on a voyage from Larache to an English port. She was declared a total loss. |
| Michelino | Flag unknown | The ship ran aground in the Hudson River. |
| Moyune | China | The steamship was destroyed by fire at Shanghai. |
| Neptun | Denmark | The steamship caught fire at Reval and was severely damaged. she was on a voyage from Reval to Lübeck, Germany. |
| Ocean Wave | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Poplar Point. She was refloated and towed in to Montreal, Quebec, Canada in a leaky condition. |
| Polly and Emily | United Kingdom | The ship sank off Sully Island, Glamorgan. She was later raised and taken in to Penarth, Glamorgan. |
| Remo | Italy | The ship was lost whilst on a voyage from Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France to New Orleans. |
| Rimac | Russia | The ship ran aground on the Merse Reef, in the Baltic Sea between 20 and 23 December. She was refloated and taken in to Riga. |
| Sadney | Sweden | The ship ran aground at Marstrand. She was on a voyage from Gävle to an English port. |
| Saint Severe | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Progresso. She was on a voyage from Marseille to "Lagoon". |
| Saxon | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked in the Orkney Islands with the loss of all fourteen crew. |
| Sir George Grey | United Kingdom | The tugboat exploded and sank in the River Mersey off Waterloo, Lancashire with the loss of a crew member. |
| Stephens | United Kingdom | The sloop ran aground and sank in the River Ouse between Goole and Selby, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from Saint Andrews, Fife to Selby. |
| St. Helens | United Kingdom | The steamship was presumed to have exploded and sank in the North Sea with the loss of all 21 crew. She was on a voyage from South Shields to London. |
| Stork | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Flamborough Head, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from London to Granton, Lothian. She was refloated. |
| St. Peter | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground in the Kattegat. She was on a voyage from Westervik, Sweden to Hartlepool, County Durham. She was refloated and taken in to Copenhagen in a leaky condition. |
| Stradella | Germany | The ship was wrecked at Lemvig, Norway with some loss of life. She was on a voyage from Nantes, Loire-Inférieure to Christiania, Norway. |
| Sytende Mai | Norway | The barque was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean west of Ireland before 25 December. |
| Texas | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Stonewall Shoal. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. She was refloated and taken in to Port Royal, Jamaica. |
| Titania | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at "Lusure". She was on a voyage from Cephalonia, Greece to Antwerp, Belgium. |
| Triton | United Kingdom | The brig was driven ashore "below Bosch". |
| Ulisse | Italy | The brig collided with the steamship Lufra (Flag unknown) and sank. Her crew were rescued. Ulisse was on a voyage from Galaţi, Ottoman Empire to Genoa. |
| Uniao | Portugal | The ship was abandoned at sea. She was on a voyage from Pernambuco, Brazil to Oporto. |
| Union | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Horn Reef, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Harburg, Germany. |
| Vallhall | Sweden | The steamship was driven ashore near Thisted. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liverpool to Gothenburg. She was declared a total loss. |
| Willie Coe | Canada | The schooner was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean before 30 December. |
| W. R. Rickett | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Constantinople Ottoman Empire. She was refloated. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | A full-rigged ship was wrecked on the Seven Stones Reef, between the Isles of Scilly and Cornwall. |