# List of shipwrecks in October 1886

The list of shipwrecks in October 1886 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during October 1886.

## 2 October

List of shipwrecks: 2 October 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Garibaldi | United States | The schooner was destroyed by fire off Murder Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. Her crew were rescued. |

## 3 October

List of shipwrecks: 3 October 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mary Lester | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Glasgow, Renfrewshire for Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. No further trace, reported missing. |

## 4 October

List of shipwrecks: 4 October 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Greenock | United Kingdom | The lighter was run into by the steamship Escurial (Flag unknown) and sank in the Clyde at Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire. |

## 5 October

List of shipwrecks: 5 October 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| La Mascotte | United States | The steamship was destroyed by fire in the Mississippi River at Crawford's Landing, 125 nautical miles (232 km) downstream of St. Louis, Missouri. Ten passengers and 22 crew died. |
| Mandarin | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore on Holy Isle, in the Firth of Clyde. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Bordeaux, Gironde, France. She was refloated with assistance and found to be leaky. |
| Theodore | Russia | The brig was driven ashore at Whitburn, County Durham, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by the Sunderland Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Riga to Sunderland, County Durham. |

## 6 October

List of shipwrecks: 6 October 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Guilherme | Flag unknown | The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Oporto, Portugal to St. Simons, Georgia, United States. |
| Juliet | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was wrecked on the Gingerbread Shoal. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. |
| Julius | Germany | The barque was abandoned in the Dogger Bank. Her crew were rescued by the smack Boy Roland ( United Kingdom). Julius was on a voyage from Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands to Stettin. |
| Robert Brown | United Kingdom | The ship was run into by the steamship Tolka ( United Kingdom) and sank in the Belfast Lough off Carrickfergus, County Antrim. Her crew were rescued by Tolka. |
| Sinclair | United Kingdom | The cutter yacht was driven ashore at Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. |

## 7 October

List of shipwrecks: 7 October 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Pegli | Italy | The ship departed from Swansea, Glamorgan, United Kingdom for Table Bay. No further trace, reported missing. |

## 8 October

List of shipwrecks: 8 October 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Agnes | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked in Caswell Bay. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Rouen, Seine-Inférieure, France to Swansea, Glamorgan. An attempt at salvage failed when she was driven further ashore the next day. She was abandoned as a total loss. She broke up on 15 October. |
| Felix Depeaux | France | The steamship collided with the steamship Holmside ( United Kingdom) and foundered in the North Sea off Whitby, Yorkshire, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by Holmside. |
| Tramurora | Spain | The barque was disabled in a hurricane and foundered off the Dry Tortugas with the loss of seven of her eleven crew. Survivors took to a raft; they were rescued by a schooner on 13 October. She was on a voyage from Barcelona to Havana, Cuba. |
| Warwick | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship ran ashore on the coast of Heligoland with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Taltal, Chile to Hamburg, Germany. |

## 9 October

List of shipwrecks: 9 October 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ant | United Kingdom | The ship departed from a port on the west coast of Ireland for a British port. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Cambria | United Kingdom | The abandoned schooner was taken in to Munlara, County Donegal. She had been on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire to Sligo. |
| Garam | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship was driven ashore and severely damaged at Seaham, County Durham. She was refloated and towed in to West Hartlepool, County Durham. |
| Francis | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked near Tiraun Point, County Mayo. Her crew were rescued. |
| Treasaurora | Spain | The barque foundered in the Atlantic Ocean off the Dry Tortugas with the loss of seven of her thirteen crew. Survivors were rescued from a raft on 14 October by the schooner Anna Hutcheson ( United States). |
| LH 1088 | United Kingdom | The steam fishing boat was driven ashore and wrecked 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) south of Newburgh, Fife. |

## 10 October

List of shipwrecks: 10 October 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| San Juan | Spain | The steamship put in to Key West, Florida, United States on fire. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The yacht foundered off Crookhaven, County Cork with the loss of all hands. |

## 11 October

List of shipwrecks: 11 October 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Henrys | United Kingdom | The brig was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her eight crew were rescued by Max Morris ( United States). Henrys was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Southampton, Hampshire. |
| Onward | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned off the Gull Rock, Cornwall. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from an Irish port to Padstow, Cornwall. |

## 12 October

List of shipwrecks: 12 October 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Hammonia | Germany | The barque sprang a leak and sank at Yantai, China. |
| Lord Jeffrey | United Kingdom | The steamship departed from the River Tyne for Port Said, Egypt. No further trace, reported overdue. |
| North Devon | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore at Workington, Cumberland. She was on a voyage from Cartagena, Spain to Workington. |
| Wenonah | United Kingdom | The schooner sprang a leak and was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her eight crew were rescued by an Italian barque. She was on a voyage from Tuacacas, Venezuela to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. |

## 13 October

List of shipwrecks: 13 October 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Auckland Castle | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Yenikale Strait. She was refloated the next day. |
| Scotia | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked in the Hoorn Islands. |
| Selah Chamberlain | United States | Selah Chamberlain, 13 June 2022.During a voyage from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Escanaba, Michigan, with the schooner barge Fayette Brown ( United States) in tow, the three-masted steam barge collided with the steamship John Pridgeon Jr. ( United States) in Lake Michigan about 7 nautical miles (13 km; 8.1 mi) off the coast of Wisconsin. Selah Chamberlain cut her towline to Fayette Brown and headed toward shore, but sank 15 minutes after the collision off Sheboygan, Wisconsin, 2 nautical miles (3.7 km; 2.3 mi) northeast of Sheboygan Point in 90 feet (27 m) of water with the loss of five of her crew. Her wrecks in the Wisconsin Shipwreck Coast National Marine Sanctuary at 43°46.196′N 087°39.401′W﻿ / ﻿43.769933°N 87.656683°W﻿ / 43.769933; -87.656683﻿ (Selah Chamberlain). |

## 14 October

List of shipwrecks: 14 October 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Belle Mitchell | United States | The schooner sank in a gale in Lake Erie between Conneaut, Ohio and the base of Long Point Peninsula. Lost with all nine hands. |
| Ben-y-Gloe | United Kingdom | The ship capsized off Nash Point, Glamorgan and drove ashore with the loss of one of her 30-plus crew. Survivor were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Singapore, Straits Settlements to Penarth, Glamorgan. |
| Castleton | United Kingdom | The steamship departed from Penarth, Glamorgan for Saint Lucia. No further trace, reported missing. |
| George M. Case | United States | The schooner sank in a gale 3 nautical miles (5.6 km) off Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada with the loss of three of her crew. Survivors were rescued by the tug W. A. Moore (Flag unknown). George M. Case was on a voyage from Chicago, Illinois to Buffalo, New York. |
| Indus | United Kingdom | The steamship foundered off Trevose Head, Cornwall. Her 29 crew were rescued by the Port Issac Lifeboat Richard and Sarah ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution) and a gig. Indus was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Tenerife, Canary Islands. |
| Malleny | United Kingdom | The ship struck the Tusker Rock and foundered in the Bristol Channel with the loss of all twenty crew. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The wreck came ashore at Westward Ho!, Devon. |
| O. M. Bond | United States | The schooner was driven ashore on Rond Eau Point, Ontario, Canada in Lake Erie in a severe gale and was wrecked, a total loss, with the loss of two of her crew. |
| W.R. Hanna | United States | The scow schooner was driven ashore and destroyed by a gale in Lake Erie, Ontario, Canada. No loss of life was reported. |

## 15 October

List of shipwrecks: 15 October 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Gina | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Penarth, Glamorgan. She was on a voyage from Dunkerque, Nord to Penarth. |
| Henry | United Kingdom | The pilot boat foundered off Lundy Island, Devon in heavy gales. Her four crew were rescued. |
| Ida | United Kingdom | The schooner broke from her moorings at Arklow, County Wicklow. She collided with several fishing boats, sinking some of them, and was wrecked. |
| J. W. A. | United Kingdom | The schooner was abandoned off Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. Her crew were rescued by the Fishguard Lifeboat Sir Edward Perrot ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). |
| Lady But | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked in Sheephaven Bay. She was on a voyage from Aberdovey, Merionethshire to Sligo. |
| Matilda | United Kingdom | The barge was driven ashore near Bognor, Sussex. The whereabouts of her crew was unknown. |
| Ocean Beauty | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Aberavon, Glamorgan with the loss of two of her fifteen crew. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan, to Valparaíso, Chile. She subsequently became a wreck. |
| Rochfort | United Kingdom | The smack was driven out to sea from Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire and sank in Carnarvon Bay. Her crew were rescued. |
| Roseola | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in St. Brides Bay. Her crew were rescued by rocket apparatus. She was on a voyage from Dublin to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
| Teviotdale | United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on Cefn Sidan sands, near Pembrey, Carmarthenshire with the loss of seventeen of her crew of 29 or 30. Ten survivors were rescued by the Ferryside Lifeboat. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan to Bombay, India. Some of the ship's cargo of coal was pillaged. |
| Valeria | United Kingdom | The steamship was abandoned off the north Devon coast. Her nine crew were rescued by the Clovelly Lifeboat Graham Hughes ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution). Valeria was on a voyage from Cardiff to Portland, Dorset. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The barque foundered off the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. |
| Unnamed | Norway | The barque was driven ashore in Port Queen Bay, Cornwall with the loss of eleven lives. |

## 16 October

List of shipwrecks: 16 October 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Albert Wilhelm | Germany | The brig hit the Stones reef, near the Godrevy Lighthouse, Cornwall, United Kingdom and was driven on to the sands at Lelant, Cornwall. Five of her nine crew were saved by the Hayle Lifeboat Isis ( Royal National Lifeboat Institution) and four by breeches buoy or rocket apparatus. |
| Alliance | Norway | The barque was wrecked on the Doom Bar with the loss of four of her eleven crew. Survivors were rescued by the Padstow Lifeboat. |
| Ariel | Norway | The barque collided with the brigantine Progress ( Norway) and sank in the English Channel. Her eight crew were rescued by Progress. Ariel was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Le Tréport, Seine-Inférieure, France. |
| Bellaport | United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore at Ballinskelligs, County Kerry with the loss of all hands. She was subsequently refloated and towed in to Kenmare, County Kerry by the steamship Fastnet ( United Kingdom). |
| Ellida | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Dover, Kent. |
| Frederick Start | Norway | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at Pentire Head, Cornwall with the loss of eleven of her twelve crew. |
| Frederick William | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore in Swansea Bay. Her crew were rescued by a steamship. |
| Inversnaid | United Kingdom | The barque was last seen in a disabled condition in the Bristol Channel off Lundy Island, Devon whilst on a voyage from Penarth, Glamorgan to Singapore, Straits Settlements. Presumed foundered with the loss of all seventeen crew, wreckage from the ship was sighted by the tug Flying Fox ( United Kingdom). |
| Leon Raimundo | United Kingdom | The collier was driven ashore near Margate, Kent. She was refloated and towed in to Dover. |
| Nancy McSweeney | United Kingdom | The brig capsized off Newport, Monmouthshire. |
| Nash | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in Swansea Bay. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The barque foundered off Trebarwith, Cornwall with the loss of all hands, between twelve and twenty lives. |
| Three unnamed vessels | Flags unknown | The ships were lost in Swansea Bay. |

## 17 October

List of shipwrecks: 17 October 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Independent | United Kingdom | The steamship foundered in the Swash, off the coast of Somerset. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Sydney to Bridgwater, Somerset. |
| Mary Seymour | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked at Spithead, Hampshire. |
| Rutland | United Kingdom | The barque was abandoned in the Bristol Channel off Lundy Island, Devon. Her thirteen crew were rescued by the steamship Carn Brea ( United Kingdom). Rutland was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to Greenock, Renfrewshire. She was subsequently towed in to Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. |
| Sarah Anderson | United Kingdom | The barque sank at Trebarwith Strand, Cornwall with the loss of all on board. She was on a voyage from Falmouth, Cornwall to Fleetwood, Lancashire. |

## 18 October

List of shipwrecks: 18 October 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Atros | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at the Pointe de la Coubre, Gironde, France. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Bordeaux, Gironde. |
| Unnamed | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore at the Pointe de la Coubre. |
| Unnamed | Norway | The barque was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Lydian Monarch ( United Kingdom). |

## 19 October

List of shipwrecks: 19 October 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Wexford | United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Lundy Island, Devon. |

## 20 October

List of shipwrecks: 20 October 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Benalder | United Kingdom | The steamship caught fire at London. The fire was extinguished. |
| Brilliant | United Kingdom | The barque collided with another barque off Dungeness, Kent. A crew member was rescued in a dying condition by the pilot cutter No. 1 ( United Kingdom. Brilliant was taken in tow for Dover by the tug Ben Nevis ( United Kingdom) but consequently sank 1+1⁄2 nautical miles (2.8 km) south west of Folkestone, Kent. |
| Louis | United Kingdom | The dumb barge was run into by Juana Nancy ( United Kingdom) and sankat Charlton, Kent. |
| Maude, and Teutonia (SS Teutonia (1881), British or SS Teutonia (1878), German? --> | United Kingdom Flag unknown | The steamship Teutonia collided with the Thames barge Maude in the River Thames at Northfleet, Kent. Both vessels were beached on the Essex shore. |
| Neptunus | Norway | The ship foundered in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued by the smack John Wintringham ( United Kingdom). Neptunus was on a voyage from Dundee, Forfarshire, United Kingdom to Christiania. |

## 21 October

List of shipwrecks: 21 October 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Express | United Kingdom | The steam trawler was wrecked on the Longscar Rocks, on the coast of County Durham. Her seven crew were rescued by the Seaton Carew Lifeboat. |
| Ilex | Norway | The barque ran aground on the Goodwin Sands, Kent, United Kingdom. She was refloated with assistance and taken in tow for the River Thames by the tug Zealandia ( United Kingdom). |

## 22 October

List of shipwrecks: 22 October 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Cambrian Princess | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the River Thames at Thamesmead, Kent. |
| Clare | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore in the River Thames at Barking, Essex. |
| Falls of Dee | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the River Thames at Thamesmead. |
| Little Briton | United Kingdom | The tug was driven ashore in the River Thames at Barking. |
| Stormcock | United Kingdom | The tug was driven ashore in the River Thames at Thamesmead. She was on a voyage from London to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 24 October

List of shipwrecks: 24 October 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Irene | United Kingdom | The schooner collided with the steamship Dawdon ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames with the loss of her captain. Irene was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Gravesend, Kent. |
| Kate | Guernsey | The brig ran aground off Southend, Essex. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and found to be leaky. |
| Medelin | Ottoman Empire | The steamship ran aground at Cape Drepano, Greece and was abandoned by all on board, more than 800 people. |
| Normanton | United Kingdom | The cargo ship was wrecked in heavy wind and rain off the coast of what is now Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. The European officers and crew abandoned ship and reached safety, leaving the twelve Chinese and Indian crewman and all 25 Japanese passengers behind to fend for themselves. All the Japanese passengers died. |
| Samuel J. Tilden | United States | The schooner was rammed and sunk at anchor in the St. Clair River 2 nautical miles (3.7 km) downstream of Port Huron, Michigan by Arabia ( United States). The wreck was raised on 28 October. Samuel J. Tilden was repaired, and returned to service in late 1887. |
| Tonquin | French Navy | The transport ship was driven ashore on Port-Cros, Hyères. She was refloated the next day. |
| William Rudolph | United States | The steam barge caught fire off Grosse Point, Michigan. She was scuttled by the steam barge Cleveland ( United States) to prevent destruction. |

## 25 October

List of shipwrecks: 25 October 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Queen | United Kingdom | The steamship was severely damaged by fire at Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 27 October

List of shipwrecks: 27 October 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sumatra | Netherlands | The steamship was driven ashore at Chesil Beach, Dorset, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Java, Netherlands East Indies to Amsterdam, North Holland. She was refloated the next day with assistance from the tugs Commodore and Queen (both United Kingdom and was assisted in to Portland, Dorset. |

## 28 October

List of shipwrecks: 28 October 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Minerva | United Kingdom | The steamship collided with the steamship Borderer ( United Kingdom) and sank in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent with the loss of seven of the 26 people on board. Survivors were rescued by Borderer, the tug Red Rose ( United Kingdom) and a Coastguard boat. Minerva was on a voyage from the River Thames to Sunderland, County Durham. She was refloated in mid-November and beached near the Shornemead Fort. |

## 29 October

List of shipwrecks: 29 October 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Ongo | United Kingdom | The brig ran aground at South Shields, County Durham and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from South Shields to Baltic Port, Russia. She was refloated and put back to South Shields with the assistance of two tugs. |

## 30 October

List of shipwrecks: 30 October 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Saphir | Norway | The brig collided with the steamship Sumatra ( Netherlands) and was abandoned in the English Channel off Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued by Sumatra. Saphir was on a voyage from Kragerø to Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom. She was discovered the next day by the fishing smack Conster ( United Kingdom and was then taken in tow by the tug Cambria and was beached at Seaford, Sussex. She was declared a total loss. |

## 31 October

List of shipwrecks: 31 October 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Calypso | Germany | The brig was driven ashore at Jaederren, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Schiedam, South Holland, Netherlands to Stettin. She was a total loss. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in October 1886 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Acacia | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Zindgir Bank. She was on a voyage from Marianople, Russia to Gibraltar. She was later refloated and taken in to Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire. |
| Adelheid and Berth | United Kingdom | The barque ran aground on the Domesnes Reef, in the Baltic Sea. She was on a voyage from Riga, Russia to Honfleur, Manche, France. |
| Albano | United States | The steamship was driven ashore in the "Black River, Chesapeake". She was refloated with the assistance of a steamship and taken in to Baltimore, Maryland. |
| Anduline | Flag unknown | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. |
| A. Neff | Canada | The steamship was wrecked on rocks off Porphyria Point, Edward Island, Ontario in late October. Her crew were rescued by a tug. |
| Archangelsk | Russia | The steamship was driven ashore and wrecked at the Ryvingen Lighthouse, Norway. She was on a voyage from Archangelsk to Saint Petersburg. |
| Autocrat | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on the south point of Öland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Cronstadt, Russia. She was later refloated and taken in to Oskarshamn, Sweden. |
| Baobab | France | The schooner was driven ashore at Pauillac, Gironde and sprang a severe leak. |
| Belle O'Brien | United States | The full-rigged ship collided with the full-rigged ship Royal George ( United Kingdom at Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure, France and was severely damaged. |
| Benjamin Mollen | Sweden | The ship ran aground on the Cross Sands, in the North Sea off the coast of Norfolk, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Stockholm to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. She was refloated with the assistance of a tug and taken in to Great Yarmouth. |
| Black Diamond | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Chapman Sands. |
| Boswedden | United Kingdom | The schooner was lost in heavy gales off the north Devon or Cornwall coast on or after 15 October. Boswedden's boat was recovered at sea by 21 October, and a brass-bound bucket on Lundy Island, Devon and a table with a ship's notebook near Ilfracombe were also found. She was on a voyage from Briton Ferry, Glamorgan to Penzance, Cornwall. |
| Britannia | United Kingdom | Wreckage marked "SS Britannia, Glasgow" was found in Bideford Bay, and reported on 17 October at Bideford, Devon after the heavy gales of 14–16 October, though the vessel concerned was not identified. |
| Carl Oscar | Sweden | The schooner was driven ashore. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg to Dartmouth, Devon. She was refloated and put back to Gothenburg. |
| Castleton | United Kingdom | The steamship departed from Penarth, Glamorgan for Saint Lucia, West Indies on 14 October with a crew of 23, and was seen in difficulties the following day during heavy gales. Identifable wreckage seen in Bideford Bay was reported from Bideford on 17 October and by the Westward Ho! coastguard on two days later. |
| Chevychase | United Kingdom | The steam trawler was driven ashore and wrecked at Filey Briggs, Yorkshire. Her crew survived. |
| Clutha | United Kingdom | The steamship was abandoned at sea on or before 14 October. Her crew were rescued. She was subsequently towed in to Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium. |
| Conquistador | United Kingdom | The steamship departed from Newport, Monmouthshire for Málaga, Spain on 13 October and lost in heavy gales on or after 14 October; her lifeboat was picked up, waterlogged, on 21 October in 48°50′N 4°50′W﻿ / ﻿48.833°N 4.833°W﻿ / 48.833; -4.833, and more identifiable wreckage was later washed up between Mullion Cove and The Lizard, Cornwall including a boat's stern bearing the name Conquistador. |
| Dovre | Norway | The brig collided with the Grand Bank Lightship ( France) at Bordeaux, Gironde and was severely damaged. |
| Ecossaise | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore on Skagen, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Grangemouth, Stirlingshire to Cronstadt. |
| Elephant | United Kingdom | The steamship foundered in the English Channel off the coast of Sussex. A boiler intended for HMS Imperieuse, which formed part of her cargo, washed up at Eastbourne. |
| Faedrelandet | Norway | The steamship ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Sydney, Nova Scotia to Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She was refloated and found to be leaky. Faedrelandet was taken in to a port for repairs. |
| Fanny | United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked south of Maughold Head, Isle of Man. |
| Fleetwing | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at St Marys Bay, Kent. She was on a voyage from London to Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. |
| Gebruder | Germany | The galiot was driven ashore on Nidingen, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Kungsbacka, Sweden to an English port. |
| General Napier | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore near the Marjaniemi Lighthouse, Sweden. |
| Georg | Germany | The ship was severely damaged off Hven, Sweden by an onboard explosion. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne to Liepāja, Russia. She put in to Copenhagen, Denmark. |
| Gleneuse | Flag unknown | The ship was driven ashore at Point Lonsdale, Victoria. She was on a voyage from the Charente to Melbourne, Victoria. |
| Guild Mayor | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore near Carrickfergus, County Antrim. |
| Ida | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Corsica, France. |
| Jacoba | Netherlands | The ship foundered at sea. Her crew were rescued. |
| J. H. Niemann | Germany | The steamship was driven ashore at Thisted, Denmark. She was refloated with the assistance of a steamship and resumed her voyage. |
| John Taylor | United Kingdom | The steamship foundered on or after 14 October. Her crew were rescued by a steamship. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Newry, County Antrim. |
| Lake Huron | Canada | The steamship ran ashore on Madam Island, Nova Scotia. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Montreal. She was refloated but had to be beached at Indian Harbour, Nova Scotia. |
| Lancaster | United Kingdom | The steamship caught fire at Savannah, Georgia, United States. |
| La Plata | Norway | The brig was driven ashore on Swain, in the Pentland Firth. Her crew were rescued. |
| Leo | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore on the Isle of Arran. She was refloated and taken in to Ardrossan, Ayrshire for repairs. |
| Lero | Flag unknown | The steamship was driven ashore in Chesapeake Bay. She was on a voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. She was later refloated with assistance and put back to Baltimore. |
| Lilian | United Kingdom | The schooner was driven ashore at Tankerness, Orkney Islands in a waterlogged condition. |
| Martha | Germany | The barque was driven ashore in the Gulf of Onega. Her eight crew survived. She was on a voyage from Drontheim, Norway to Onega, Russia. |
| Martin | United Kingdom | The sloop collided with a steamship and sank at the mouth of the River Mersey. |
| Mindet | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. Her crew were rescued by Saga ( United Kingdom). Mindet was on a voyage from Quebec City, Canada to West Hartlepool, County Durham. |
| Nerbudda | United Kingdom | The full-rigged ship sailed from Penarth for Calcutta, India on 14 October with a crew of 42 and was lost in heavy gales on or after that date. The ship's figurehead and other identifiable wreckage was washed up in Bideford Bay, and reported on 19 October at Bideford. |
| Nicola | United States | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Fortune Island, Bahamas. |
| O. M. Baird | United States | The schooner was driven ashore at "Eau Point" with the loss of two of her crew. She was on a voyage from Detroit, Michigan to Buffalo, New York. |
| Ontario | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground in the Saint Lawrence River. She was on a voyage from Montreal to Bristol, Gloucestershire. Ontario was refloated and found to be leaky. She put back to Montreal for repairs. |
| Otterburn | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire and was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from the Clyde to San Francisco, California, United States. |
| Owen | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Cape Churchill, Manitoba, Canada. All on board were rescued. |
| Oxen | United Kingdom | Identifiable wreckage seen in Bideford Bay, and reported by the Charlotte (Flag unknown) on 22 October at Cardiff. |
| Pan | Sweden | The steamship ran aground at Sandhamn. |
| Pontyprid | United Kingdom | The steamship ran aground on the Doganastan Shoal, in the Sea of Marmara. She was on a voyage from Brăila, Romania to Gibraltar. |
| Queen Victoria | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned at sea. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Navarro (Flag unknown). Queen Victoria was on a voyage from Liverpool to Neufahrwassar, Germany. |
| Solide | Sweden | The steamship was driven ashore at "Alebeckk", Gotland. She was on a voyage from Saint Petersburg to Stockholm. |
| Suakim | United Kingdom | The ship caught fire at San Francisco. |
| HMS Tyne | Royal Navy | The troopship ran aground at Sheerness, Kent. She was refloated. |
| Upton | United Kingdom | The steamship was driven ashore in the Seine. She was later refloated with assistance. |
| Wacissa | Flag unknown | The ship was wrecked on the South Reef, off the coast of New Brunswick, Canada. |
| Wave | United Kingdom | The steamship sank in the Great Belt after 7 October. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from West Hartlepool, County Durham to Wismar, Germany. |
| William and Catherine | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore at Exmouth, Devon. |
| Yuba | | The ship ran aground and the mouth of the Richelieu River. She was on a voyage from Pictou, Nova Scotia to Sorel, Quebec. |
| Unnamed | United Kingdom | The barque foundered off Boscastle, Cornwall with the loss of all hands. |